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_ No PA R LIAMIC wear !NM' LLIGH IY CE. HOUSE OF LOBWMI Siemer, Naomi 17. eft Brogden, and several Alemben of the House of Commons, =t up the Army Mutiny Bill, sad tit Marine Mutiny Bill, were read a Seat dam. er r .....lohnstoe, from the O*e of the Chid Smeary for Ire presented keened of Dread Jury Presentments, and other CATHOLIC CLAIMS. itattstr NTH mid WILLS said, that notwithstanding AM bed bon mods le tit Home by certain able Leeds Maim 111 die debt of dot to Clew petition, he felt it bib tbej to preossellopedise besot held bible band. It was al. hie feeling old No mooks, blibee Ike ted any petition to Imrdships, eseertals, es far as that it waierespect. • worded. end that It coutaised mate important signatures. He womb dim alio ratios wee seemembemble is feriesperts. IN* SO= mat usbeib• smhsed to curtail the so he as to deny • "11148 b i t i t adl eobse so to Moo of owe ems IN *sold be omega by tie Sob and Limed oN die Weis& He did ea man to lopmeebt eselier gay each seedier', but be el thempoormisel hgr a rribe who'd all to the lismi=s2 si lt Ilea of the memeeeity. yy Ism ids the Arelidemion and of OS Aboodsoossoy er siisOa the diocese of Bath and . • VIM prayiag Mot*, Isms void me rant any further ma to the Ombelliesmfased s melba Os she table. • KING NM limit hi felt it areoveary to reply to the observe d(' the Reldiald Old Learned Lard, nod to state that no one • objected I. eNed web petition, as the cue new presenowl. IF 111 slams& pedaloes was calle in • pelidoe wee est some may remerksble d for thee door Ghat bed prowled it. The Fieldmice' com plained that dm Roman bed_ were eta ' their children. What ! did 'boy • dna that se education ld be given " them ? fite woad sell would dime Rev be lath /NI to be way Damp ht mediae. and set ilicolos oTi fooolu- Swots ban Li P me Wel Wain* that WI be a geoid to the Hems re Nu üblis iris Brit and ;417 7 *Bishops( BATH slid WELLS oig dot be believed be Nye correct Aim be said that mamba NO* Leeds bad objected to waive peddles hue Lbi g pry. Lord H a lite to correct the statement of the Reverend far sa his recollection served, no objection . bed boa made N toosive any petitions. Earl of uvsarooL bland pardon of the Noble Lori, but y readiemod that a Nob* - Earl who was not now In the • rouse was saidoes to hem suet petitions altogether rejected. SCOTCH MAILS BILL. Lord M ELVILLE postponed the Committee on the Scotch arks Bill until this day week. MUTINY BILL. Tile Earl of LIVERPOOL gave node:. that he should move the :a ssailed reading of the Mutiny Bill to-merrow. SCOTCH JUDICATURE BILL. all . the notion of Lord MELVILLE, the Hotse wean into a flemoshtee on the Scotch Judicature Bill • end the amendments, Bair agreed to, the Report was ordered as 'be'received te-meerow. SPRING GUNS BILL. Laid SUFFIELD moved that the Report be the Spring -Guns ]NI be received. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that It 'meld be otteessary to alter the preamble of the Bill, as it said, " be It further enacted and declared, that the setting of Spring Guns in the King's high way be unlawful." Now the illegality of such a proceeding was never doubted. CL•ver,l n t nip amendments were suggested, in consequent:* of *Mb the 818 was tatonarnitted, and the Report ordered to be m edia to4sonow.—Adjo mad. SOUSE OF OF COMMONS, THIMIDAT, MAILCH 17• STROUD RAILWAY. Oethemotlon of tile. J. PITT, the Stroud Railway Bill was botooolit ap and read a first time. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILROAD. Lard STANLEY prevented a petition from the proprietors of Use Alersey and Orwell Canal against this intended railroad.—Laid co the table. Mr. CREEVEY presented a petition from certain landholders and P,..p len of farms in Lancashire against the same railroad. The Hon. Gentleman said he wan instructed to state, that Oils road, with, as the petitioners characterised it, all its internal machinery of steam-engines and waggons, would, as at present laid out, pass BO only through the meadows and grounds of the petitioners, but even through their yards and orchards, separating the farm front Ode farm-yard, the garden from the house. and in some cases cutting die yard of Oho house itself into two divisions. The peti tioners also wished it to be made known, that this was not, as it Tad been Belled, the project of either the towns of Liverpool or Manchester, but of a few individual speculators unconnected with either. The parish of Liverpool, and everybody who knew Liver peal, knew too that it had only one parish. The pariah of Liver pool had actually petitioned against this infernal machine (Laugh ter), apd the Corporation had expressed their determination that it should not come withii one mile of the town, being the utmost 'Pent of their jurisdiction. Manchester had likewise expressed its elotermissation Dote° be visited by this infernal machine (Laughter), and likewise refused its projectors permission to approach within a sprain distance of the town. The petitioner., a numerous and • respectable body of men, expressed the lame abhorrence of the neighbourhood of this infernal machine (Laughter), and they tbetdore hoped that the Bolin: and the country would direct their utmost Worm against a measure desired by no one party in its ‘siekilty, and so very unlikely to do any good, when it could make =shirts by Its journey oo either way to which it might be directed. (If ear, hear, and Laughter.) The petition was then referred to the Committee. cn FEVEY afterwards moved that it be printed. The CLERIC, we believe, replied, " Then, you must pay the expenses." The Hon. Member, with • very significant gesture, expressed hit disinclination to its bring printed on such terms. LEITH DOCKS' BILL. . Sir R. FERGUSSON presented a petition from Dysart, signed by tem or three hundred merchants, against the Leith Dock Bill. Mr. A. CAMPBELL presented another frein Greenock agaiost the Same Bill. SHEFFIELD ROAD. ME MUNDY brought in a Bill fur repairing the Sheffield Road. —ead a first time. MR. Dußois. Mr. F. BUXTON said, he would take :he earliest opportunity of explalr.ing a misapprehension arising from what he had said last right with regard to Mr. Dubois. He had learnt to-day that there there were ten Messrs.. Dubois in the City, and he begged now to ' say, that his observations, which he by no means felt any diaper sttiec to retract, were applied to Mr. James, not to Mr. William, ' Dubois. EQUITABLE LOAN BANK. Petitions were presented from Clerkenwell by Sit J. Yo ALE ; from Bethnal-green by Alderman Tuo UPSON ; and front Ber mondsey by Sir R. AVlcsost, in favour of the Equitable Loan Baok.—Ther were laid on the table. METROPOLITAN WATER WORKS. •••• Petition! , were then presented by Mr. FREEMANTLE froth the Chelsea Water Company, and the New River Company against the Metropolitan Water Cotnpany.—Referred to the Com. mitten BRISTOL TOWN DUES. Mr. HART DA VIS brought in a Bill to repeal certain duties peptic to the Corporation of Bristol upon all goods shipped from that port for Ireland. Sir J. NEWPORT expressed his satisfaction on hearing of this Srtention. The Bill was read a first time. GREENOCK HARBOUR. DOWNIE presented a petition for leave to bring in a Bill to improve the harbour of Greeunck. WEYMOUTH HARBOUR. Mr. MASTERTON URE presented a petition for leave to bring in a Bill to improve the harbour or Weymouth. IRISH JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. Mr: SPRING RICE brought in • Bill to incorporate a Joint Stock Company fix promoting Manufactures in Ireland. and for . granting powers to erect glass-houses, tiying.houses, read a tint time. J R 1 N 0 RICE obtained leave to bring in a Bill for makiag a bridge over the Shannon and approaches to the same. ATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGA'fION COMPANY. Colonel TALBOT presented a petition from certain persons in ...amid, praying for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating the atm7e Company. BRIGHTON IIIIPROVENIENT. M. CI:RTEIS brought in • Bill for better paring and lighting i torsi of Brighton.—Head a Ent time. RETURNS UNDER THE CORN LAWS. Mr. CALCRAFT said, he held in hes hand • return of the ;mbar of quarters of erne sold in the market of Ipswich during Quarter ending in August, 11124. In this return it had been stated that 0000 quarters were sold by the house of Claude, Scott, a o:1 Bowe. although there was no such house is the corn trade. ohs highly respectablr Baronet Sir Claude Scott had been, about tetnry-tve year' ago, in the cent trade in thct very town, and it was therefore with no little surprise that his friends read the impu tation of that fraudulent practice which this notice conveyed. The Inspector, upon andics the error. bad amended the return, Mum - to giro any rcrisoo for his doing so, or any account of the -• mirepreseatation. Under these circunicances, t pleined, whits.h tended to throw some doubt Mr lon the character of a man whose life was charity sod usefulne‘s, it became • matter should be pursued. lie bad not yet made not he would move for the attendance of ar, but at all events he was determit.ed. on dual injured, and .for the sake of securing returns, to make some motion on the subject. wore infamous and scandalous iropostn.nt Ipon a public officer. The sole object affect the pultitc returns. For the f ur ,:ing the authors of such sr attempt, he . report to the House what return he tug August, It le; what alterattoos he tad why he had reads thou altmtioua." it would be final impossible to adopt !ember, which weuld aalJ upoo a penon • . Mr. b P Itl NO RICE oh , t making a bridge over the Sh ATLANTIC STEAM Colonel TALBOT presen ' I; Tana, praying for leave t • atte7e Company. BRIO BTU.' Mr. CUP-TF.IB brought i the tars of Brighton.—Rear RETURNS UND Mr. EALCRA FT said, l r.o mter of quarters of mil 1 tte 4%m - ter ending in Angu Voted that 4000 quarters wer anti Bowe, although there v ills highly reapectabl! Baro tatnri-fre years ago, in the was therefore with no Hula s talon of that fraudulent prac Inspector, upon Er.dieg the i fitted to give any reason for I owe of the first mlrepreee vi...th ovents unesphdowl, wit rm.: duleat practises upon tin op tat in the eaercise of char of difficulty what course shot up his totad whether or not the inspector at the bar, bit Atcov,rit of the individual in more at -ataxy in the returns Mr. 3COTT said a atone tad never been practised upc NI been, tic believed, to aR . , woul paw d mow er , of os ei m ii: , " Tbat the Inspector du wads for the garner ending V , , hid made is that return, an Mt. W. WYNN e n lk, the moa of the llon. 314 TH E BRITISH PRESS. . . in alathority to state the tenon for his pub& corduct. It would be better, he theught, to give notice of a motion upon the subject for a future day. Mr. CURTEIS thought the matter should be followed op is some way or other. Mr. CA CCRA PT, on behalf of his lion. Faso., bogged to withdraw his 0106011 for the prevent. TIIAMES QUAY. Mr. HOIIHOUSE presented a petition front certain persona, owners of property on the bank of the Thames, against the Thames Carriage-way Bill. The petitioners were, they etneek dip owners of MO feet of that part of the bank of the Tht:thoo biteNin 'Waterloo Bridge and Thames-street. 'f he w hol e of that a space of about 1.100 feet, therefore the petitioners were of nearly one-half the distance. On one part ta. extensive warehouses had been erected, at an expithokt I on the other, suites of chambers, valued at 10.0111. flod n lng an Income of 0001. a-year. These chambers' s*l see would be, he was instructed to say. materially injestelby the Hon. Colonel's project, their light and air much obvtrodtsJ and the ground floor totally obscured. The Honourable Atesilier ' eoncluded by moving, that the petition be referred to the Committee. On reference to the Resolutions it was found, however, that no petition against a private Bill could be received subsequently to the that reading of said Bill, and it was therefore laid on the Table. PASCOPERUVIAN MINES COMPANY. Mr. IMBHOUSE moved, that the Committee on this Bill have power to send for persona, papers, and records.—Ordered. METROPOLITAN FISH COMPANY. Mr. HERRIES presented a petition horn Harwich against the Company. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Mr. PEEL presented a petition from the University of Oxford against any further concession to the Ronan Catholic ims. That learned body he had the honour to represent declared it to be their opinion that It was not expedient to repeal the lan by whith Ro man Catholics are excluded from that House, wad from bolding certain great and important offices in the sutra. They had Were expressed their sentiments upon this subject. WI }ft flan mon events their opinhvis might by their ail anon be war and en have nu de 'gone any alvretlon, they took this °proem*, et TWO= ibbe the HOMO - th at thee viewed with deep regret t y for ictroducinga Bill of Emancipation ; and Wh et an attentive consideration of all the arguments for and the measu re, they felt themselves bound to declare their 0 romairod un changed. If he (Mr. Peel) diffaed frooa ththe.oththeients. if his his opinions had undergone any change, be beeped be would have the firmness to acknowledge it; bat it was wane slitelbotion to him, opposed as he was to those with whom he wan- ameeted by the warmest feelings of private friendship, with Aso s toe. he was bound by public duty in the ties of office, it we sotdd toropensa- 1 'ion he would say to those painful emotions, t h at be reads" d the approbation of, while he maintsinal a perfect eeneurrence with, his oonsit• eats.—The petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. PhEL presented another petition to the same purport from the Mayor and Aldermen of Beverley.—Ordered to be printed. DIJTIE.S ON COALS. 1 Mr. PEEL patented a petition from the Merchants of Belfast connected with the Linen Trade, praying for a Repeal of the Duties on Coal% carried coastwise.—Laid upon the Table. Lord LOWTHER presented a petition frum Kendal on the same subject. —Laid on the Table. POLICE LAWS. ' Mr. PEEL gave notice of his intention to move for tease to bring in a bill to amend the Police Arta and he begged, at the sane time, to nay that it was in contemplation to propose an in crease to the salaries of Police Magistrates. He meant at the same time to make sending threatening letters it felony ; and to amend the Act relating to the pardon of convicts capitally convicted. ASSESSED TAXES. Mr. DUNDAS prevented a petltloa from Edinburgh ; and Alderman WOOL) a petition from Applebury, in Norfolk, pray ing for the Repeal of the Assessed Taxes. Alderman THMIPSON presented another from the Tower Ward to the same purport.—Thar were laid on the table. A petition was presented from Kilkenny, in favour of provincial banks.—Ordered to be printed. ATTORNEYS' TAX. General MONTGOMERY presented a petition from the attor neys of Ayr, praying fee • repeal at the tax upon attorneys.—Or dered to be !meted. • _.._ TRADE OF LIVERPOOL. General GASCOYNE moved for a Return of the number of -reside which cleared out from the port of Liverpool in the years 1766, 11312, and 1824, specifying the amount of tonnage, and the value of the exports. MANCHESTER COTTON SPINNERS. . Mr. HOULDSWORTH presented a petition from the cotton. spinners of Manchester, praying fur a reduction of the hours of labour. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Sir JOHN NEWPORT presented a petition from Ballinasloe in favour of Catholic Enumeipation. CHURCH RATES IN IRELAND. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, he WAS sorry to complain that the powers granted to the levyers of church rates in Ireland still continued to be abused. He held in his hand a petition from the parishioners of the union of Tuam, which alleged that they bad brat lately assessed to the amount of 1.5001. for repairs of the Cl. thedral, and that the rich dignitaries of that establishment had rot contributed a single guinea. l r the dignitaries wished for magnifi cent decorations, he (Sir J. Newport) thought they should pay for them, but not levy heavy rates upon those who did not pram the the same religion, to support their taste for embellishment. The petitioners complained, that three yea's ago they had to pay for the repairs of the Cathedral, and that they were now charged with the expense of building a church, in which there were only three Protestant families, and they had equi.pages which would convey them to the Cathedral.—The petition from the Union of Tuam complaining of the augmentation of vestry cusses was then read and ordered to be printed. Mr. CALVERT presented a petition from the parish of St. Saviour, Southwark ; which after a desultory conversation, in which Mr. BERRIES and Mr. BARING took a part, was ordered to be printed. Mr. DEN ISON presented a petition from Tooting, praying for an amendment of the Poor Laws. PERSONS IN HOLY ORDERS HOLDING OFFICES. Mr. HUME, in rising to submit a motion on the subject of persons in holy orders holding corporate and other offices, ad dressed a few observations in support of his proposition ; iii the ' course of which he urged the necessity of the clergy of the Esta blished Church being rfreserved from the contamination of politi cal turmoil and party Intention. The Hon. Gentleman referred to the names of several places where the clergy held emanate and other offices. The Bishops, he said, highly disapproved of such practices, but being unarmed with an Act of Parliament were net able to exert any authority for their suppression. lie con. eluded by moving, that an humble address be presented to his Majesty praying a return of all individuals in holy orders holding offices in Borough Corporations or other civil offices: also what berefices such b dividuals hold, and whether they are resident. Dr. PHILLIMORE saw no ground for the motion of the Hon. Gentleman opposite; and although he did not mean any thing personal, yet lie thought that most unwerran - able attacks had been made upon the clergy of the Established Church. No valid übjection could be made to their holding offices to which the law tully recognised their competency. Mr. J. SMITH supported the motion. Mr. PELL said, that the House ought not, by implication, to decide noon the rights of the clergy. If it were inexpedient for them to hold such offices, let them be rendered ineligible by bill, but let not the notion go abroad that the House pronounced all OF i• nion upon the subject before it was brought regularly under their consideration. He thought that it would be too great an exercise of their inquisitorial powers to call for thenames of individuals under such circumstances. The principle might, with equal propriety, be extended to the office of Justice or Peace, or to interference at elections. exclusion from both of which the doctrine of the lion. Mover tended to establish. Mr. F. PALMER supported the motion, and contended that without the returns sought for no Bill could be brought in with a prospect of success. 1 Mr. C. WILSON briefly opposed the motion. ) Mr. C. W. WYNN would maintain the respectability of the I clerical body, and was prepared to say, that high as their charm. ter for learning and piety had previously been, it was infinitely in creased during the last few years. There appeared to be nothing of a legal or conventional nature which went to restrict clergymen from holding corporate offices : and though he might privately en tertain an opinion of the policy and propriety of not exercising those functions in many instances, yet would it be extremely mis chievous that an ides of their incapacity to hold such offices should go forth to the world, from the nature cf the present discussion. lie was (as he had said) prepared to admit the good taste of ab staining from the fulfilment of corporate situations in some cases, but at the same time he was persuaded there were others in which clergymen could materially increase their ministerial utility by combining with the discharge of their other and more immediate duties the exercise of magisterial functions. Ile would call upon the lion. Member (Mr. Hume) not to draw his inferences from particular and individual instances, but upo3 general principles. It was becauste he thought the present motion one of that nature, that he would oppose Ir. There were many instances in which it WAS of extreme ptility that Clergymen should be in a situation to accept the offices of Mayors of Towns and Capital Burgesses. They were at present in that situation, and he would not consent to any manure etleulated to deprive them of these privileges. Sir J. NEWPORT—The question to be considered was one of some importance, and resolved itself into this:—whether the din. chirp of iclerical duties was consistent with the enjoyment of magisterial ones by the game individual ? In the country and re mote districts. it might be advantageous to permit Clergymen to exercise the functions of magistrates; hot that was a necessity which !lid not exist in towns and cities, at least sot to the same ex tent, or :r. a similar degree. Ile agreed with the Right Honourable President of the Board of Control ( Mr. Wynn) that the general principle of the measure was the question to be considered by the Houseoand not the number of particular instances in which Clergymen were magistrates. lie did not care whether there were fifty individuals or only one in that situation, it mattered not in the consideration. Under those circumstances, he AOlllll call upon the Honourable Member (Mr. Ilume) to bring the general question upon broad grounds before the House. independent of the another of individuals who did or did not exercise clerical and magisterial function+ at the same time. Mr. 111531 E hail no hope of putting down the obnoxious prac tice by the influence of public opinion. The Right Honourable 1 Gentleman opposite (Mr. Wynn) eulogised the high character of the clerical body. He (Mr. Hume) had not questioned the eh*- , racier or conduct of the English Clergy. lie ennsidend than se a most important body, seen educated, influential, and, with Indi vidual exceptions, correct in their general conduct. Yet were they in his opinion much inferior io every respect to the Scotch clergy, who did not assume to themselves any right of interference with political it.teree's. He thought such conduct in every respect more becoming. He was opposed to clergymen meddling with polities. It had been said returns such as he sought would constitute a kind of Bieck Bonk. lie did not thiuk that language at all applicable, to a motion like the present, the object of which was to afford a necessary degree of information upon a subject at present little known to the House. There existed a strange degree of ignorance upon this point. One Honourable Member bad told hint he Was not aware that corporate offices were held by clergymen. The ob ject he had in view in moving for those returns was to disabuse' Gentlemen, and mil the attention of the House to the facts as well as the principle of the rase, which he considered of importance. He was old enough in the practice of that House to know that an extraordinary degree of ignorance upon many subjects, notorious i enough eissaltere, existed in it. Ile recollected when • Noble Lord introduced a motion on the abuses existing in Boroughs to the notice of the House, he had been met with an assertion that no I such abuses existed. It was foe the purpose of removing the doubts of Honourable Members, and assertaming the precise extent of the evil, that he had moved for these returns. He maintained that it was an evil, and one of a very serious nature. He was further pre pared to say the practice was illegal ; if sot by the statutes, at least by the Canons of th e Ch urc h. There existed no power capable of compelling clergymen to serve as Magivrates, and he looked upon their so doing as highly improper and derogatory to their sacred Mae. They virtually violated their oaths by holding offices in. compatible with the due discharge of their clerical duties. He would not consent to withdraw his motion, because by so doing he should consider himself as lending his sanction to an improper practice. He would accordingly take the sense of the House upon the subject. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided; when there app eared— Agsinst the motion - - - 22 For k There not being 40 Members present on the division the House Adjourned in consequence, at EIGHT O'CLOCK, till Friday OMB day). PRICES OF Bit 11'1611 STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 pet I ant. C.ne. 93i i I Ex.111113,10.1.000/.64 56 53pm Ditto Acct. 931 I i I Ditto, 580/. 63 MS pm New 4 per Ceps , . 146 i i Ditto, Small 63 68 pm India for Acet. 281 Lottery Tickets, IW. IN. 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TREATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. Tomorrow Evening. SATURDAY. Marcia 19. will be perforated WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. Lord Oriory, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir William Dorrilon. Mr. Fawcett; bit George Evelyn, Mr. Cooper. Lady Priory, Miss Jones; Lady Mary Rade. Mrs. Gibbe; Mlaa Dorrlion, Miss Foote. • Atter which, ALADDIN; or, THE WONDERFUL LAMP. Aladdin, Mrs. Fitting; Abanatar, Mr. Farley; ltazrack. Mr. J. S. Gri maldi. N ldow, Mrs. Daveuwrt. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GAIiDEN. ORATORIOS. LAST NIGHT lIVT OXI. This Evening. FRIDAY, March 18. will be performed the Sacred Oratorio of THE MESSIAH. Composed by G. C. Mandel. % ith additional Accompaniments by Mozart. End of Part I. Handers Elm eat h Grand Concerto, Violin Obligntoi Mr. Mori. Principal Vocal Performers—Madame Candor!; Misses Oraddon. !Awe, and Hatumerslee ; Mrs. Tennant; Master Longhut A; and Alias M. Tree; Messrs. Briliam, Ssplo, ?carman, E. Cliamns.o, Robinson. and Bellamy. Leader of the hand, Mr. Mori. Conductor at the Organ and Plano Forte, Mr. S. WeAley. The Choruses. under the direction of Mr. Wat son, will he numerous and complete, assisted by the Young Gentle man of hie MS/OSty'll Chapel Rine! and St. Paula Cathedral. The whole under the superintendence of Mr. Hawe, The Dramatic Fur List does not estend to the Oratorios. THEATRE ROYAL, L'ATiLISH OPERA HOUSE, STR.4.VD. MR. MATHEWS AT HOLE. To-morrow, StTURDAV, March ID, and on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturday*, MR. 'MATHEW MEMOR %NOUN-ROOK of Peesliarities, Characters. and Manners, collected during Ws various Tripe. Sovos—" Memoranda in Confusion"—" Night Coach - --.. Bubble*: a eeptial Salllr.g Hatch'—'• Old and New Times'—•' Public Ott w, flow-street. Pear lII. t Idonopolylogne, to be called THE CROWN INit DANGER. Doors open at Seven; the Performance tocolun•enee at Eight. Piston to be taken of Mr. Stevenson, at the Bot-odice, humid ant ranee, from Teu tW hive. C•11:710,-Th• new Entertainment will not be yented and all Books yraleseing to eoutain toy parts of It are gross impositions and Muds on the PuLlte. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE, sTR Opposite Waterloo Bridge. LAST NIGHTS. LECTURE ON ASTRONOMY ILQA the PHENOMENA of the HEAVENS and of the E;RTH, To be delivered by Mr. BARTLEY. on the EONESDAVe and FRI DA Vs dorlog LENT. The Theatre will be eonsontly warmed by large Stoves in various parts of Hie House. rickets of Admission for Families to be bed on moderate Tereus at la.x.oitee.—Doure to be opened at belt-past SIX, and begiu at Straw The BILITISK rates commenced publishing yesterday morning at five o'cloek. LONDON, FRIDAY. l'iLani.o 18, 1623. The Park Papers of Tuesday are filled with the tedious debates on the Law of Indemnity. Several amendments were discussed and referred to the Commission. It was expected that the main question would be put to the vote on Tuesday. In the Chamber of Peers, the proposition of Count B'ot:a for the direct heirs of Peers to be permitted to occupy seats in the galleries during thi sittings of the Chamber, has been rejected. We have no news whatever from Spain. The Pilule states, " that the Spanish Cabi net has concluded a treaty offensive and defensive with Russia, and that the ratification of this important act has arrived at Madrid." We do not place much reliance on this pretended information. Attempts are making to draw the new King of Nart.Ea into the trammels of the Holy Alliance. The Emperor of At:STRIA has conferred upon him the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen - of Hun gary, and invited hint to repair to Milan, where the En rear): had intended to meet him ; but it appears that his Neapolitan MAJISTY has civilly declined the dangerous honour of the proposed conference. The Elude of the previous evening had stated that he had eagerly accepted the invitation. IFrom the Recite of Wednesday.l PARIS, Mancrt 15. His Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies has sent to the I)uks de Cavell° his credentials as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cor•.federation. His Majesty has at the same time given order to that 51inister to conclude conventions with those Cantons which are willing to adhere to the capitulations agreed to by Lucerne. His Majesty regrets that he cannot grant to Switzerland greater commercial advantages than it his already obtained, without affecting the honour of his crown and the interest of his dominions. NAPLES, F. 24. Count Appony, Ambassador ExtraorAinary of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria to the Holy See, comnaissioned to compli ment our King on the occasion of his accession to the throne, set out from this capital to return to his august master. Our Monarch has taken this opportunity to send an autograph letter to the Em peror of Austria, in answer to the one lie has received, and which contained protestations of perfect friendship, and also an invita tion for him to come to Milan, in order to confer with the Emperor. His Majesty the King, in assuring the Emperor how extremely agreeable this invitation was to him, answered him that he would with great pleasure come to Milan, if the mass of aides with which, being the beginning of his reign, he was busiest. FREV:CH Fuxos.—Patts, 31.incit 15.—Five per Cents 103 f. 45e. Rank Stock, 2,040 f. Rents de Naples, Certif. Falconnet, 91f. 20c. Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 59g. Exchange on Lon don--one Month, 25f.; three ditto, 24f. 83c.—Coup Akthentique, March 15. The intelligence received yesterday relative to the Greeks was as favourable as their warmest friend could desire. Advices which may be relied on, from Corfu, dated the 2d (14th) of February, state, that in a naval engagement off Rhode:, 25 transports of the Egyptian fleet have been cap tured. Prince MAUROCORDATO, who was acting as Mi nister for Foreign Affairs, had met with an accident by falling from his horse, which had occasioned the fracture of one of his arms. Eight of the captured transports had been taken to Hydra. These vessels were laden with troops, horses, and provisions. The confidence and reso lution of the Greeks have been raised by these events, and by the highly favourable atate of their present condition and future prospects. Certainly never did a people more nobly or deservedly win their freedom. They have established their independence by a course of heroic achievements worthy of the brightest days of their ancient glory. But their successes, signal as they have been, are no more than all who knew their active energies and determined spirit were prepared to expect. Their internal govern ment has assumed that tranquil form, and is exercised with that protective moderation which are the truest marks of its strength and solidity. Great are the advantages that will be derived to England and to Europe from the pros perous issue of their contest with the Ottoman Power. It is an issue on which our foreign interests were deeply in volved. It is a subject of rejoicing, not only to the friends of freedom and science, but to all who understand the bases on which the real welfare of Europe rests. We do not regard it merely as an event favourable to the preservation of the general balance of power—although, even so considered, its importance is not slight ; but we contemplate the establishment of a Constitutional Greek Empire, introducing the energetic action of liberty into the great circle of Continental Europe, and repelling at the same time, by its moderation, all those evils which the enthusiasm of liberty is so apt to produce when excited by those who do not know how to direct it :—we contemplate this as an example which will not end in the regeneration of the Greeks, but will lead, in its results, to the gradual ascendancy of those prin ciples of sound and rational freedom which can alone place the influence of European Governments on a sure founda tion, and relieve them from those internal agitations which at this moment, and under their present system, are work ing their inevitable downfal. If anything were wanting to render certain the triumph of the Greeks, it will be found in the aecounts from Con stantinople in the German Papers. The Turkish capital is a scene of continued disorders. Conspiracies have been formed amongst the mutinous Janissaries against the life of the Sur 1. N, and a general insurrection is prevented only by putting to death all their principal officers. It is easy to predict that a Throne so supported cannot endure long. By the Company's ship Mellish, which has arrived off Exmouth from Calcutta, papers and letters have been re ceived to the lath of November. From the extracts we have given in another column, it appears that some dispo sition to revolt has been manifested by a petty Chief in the Madras Presidency, and that in endeavouring to reduce him to obedience, a distinguished Civil servant and seve ral military officers have lost their lives. The political atmosphere of India...it cannot be concealed, is strangely clouded. The papers mysteriously allude to other reports which they " deem it proper to keep back." We have no doubt, however, that it will turn out that Rumour with her thousand tongues has greatly exaggerated the evils she has had to relate. We cannot believe that feelings of discon tent can be generally spread among the population of India, who enjoy so many and such valuable benefits from the just and enlightened Government which now presides over their destiny. Every fresh arrival of intelligence confirms our opinion that the Burmese war will he of long duration, and will entail upon the Company a very heavy expenditure. The British have not yet had to contend with an enemy so reckless of danger and so well disciplined. Not a few disasters will be sufficient to subdue troops of such daring and enterprise as those who attack the boats in the river of Rangoon. Active preparations were making for the open ing of the campaign as soon as the rainy season should be passed. The Ist of December bad been appointed for the departure of the expedition from Chittagong. Sir E. PAG rr was to join the army at Dacca. On the tth of November the GOVERN OR-C F.KER•I. offiejel.;• announced the mutiny at Barrackpore to the Bengal army. In this order, it is stated, that the 47th native regiment was joined in its insubordination by a num ber of Sepoys, equal to about two companies of the 621, and, perhaps, 20 mend the 26th native regiment. " These corps," the order said in continuation, " had been under orders ef march for come time, and had experienced some dittettlty in procuring carriage: this, however, was imme diately removed, on its being brought to the notice of Government, by an advance of cash to each tarps, to aid the Sepoys in procuring the necessary carriage tattle for their baggage. As the event, however, proved, the diffi culty served hut to cover a su►►terfuge; a bad spirit pos sessed the corps; and when all difficulties were removed, and it was no longer possible to practice evasion, they refused on the parade to march, with the exception of about ISO men and the non-commissioned and comntieeloneti native officers." The order then narrates the arrival of the Commander-in-Chicf, and that " such an example was made on the spot as the necessity of the cuss Ind the infamy of the regiment merited : the moat guilty of those who were made prisoners having been subsequently exe cuted by the sentence of a General Court Martial." The Gov eu:ros-GeNta•L proceeds to State, that " it is not for a moment to be credited " that the mutiny could have been planned " without the knowledge, not to say partici pation, of the native officers ;" and therefore, considering the regiment to be disgraced, be " orders that No. 47 be struck out of the Army List, and the native commissioned and non-commissioned officers to be instantly discharged the service, a■ totally unworthy of the confidence of Go. vennnetit or the name of :oilers." A Goeernment Gazette Extraordinary wts published on the 9th of November, containing despatches from Lieut.- Colonel MILES, C. 8., announcing the subjection to the British arms of the enemy's sea-port towns of Tavoy and Mergui. Tavoy submitted without opposition. The May boon (Governor) and his family were made prisoners by the Burmese themselves, and delivered up to the British Commander. The population of this town is very great, and from the strength and extent of the works, the less must have been severe if any defence had been attempted. At Mergui some resistance was made ; but under a heavy fire the British troops waited with the greatest steadiness till the ladders were brought up ; an escalade was then or dered, and carried gallantly into effect ; the enemy gave way instantly, and the town was captured. The loss of the Burmese well estimated at SOO men ; that of the Bri tish atuounted to 6 privates killed ; Y Lieutenants, 7 ser geants, 4 corporals, ■nd 13 privates wounded ; and 1 bheestie missing. The names of the officers wounded art —Lieut. W. KENNEDY, severely; and Lieut. P. WiLl slightly. Above 300 pieces of ordnance were taken its these two places. CITY, THURSDAY EYINING. There was scarcely anything doing in the English Stock Market this morning, and Consols may be quoted at yes terday's prices, via. 9394 for Money, and 9314 for Time. In the Foreign Market the South American Securities improved. Colombian Bonds were at 914 ; Mexican Scrip 34; and Brazilian 249. Old Spanish Bonds were steady at is} ; and the New at 204. The New Greek Scrip im proved very considerably. It left off' at 34 to 4. Indeed we have every reason to believe that the opposition to it is at an end, and, as we stated a few days ago, we have no doubt that it will speedily be at a premium again. The Share Market was lively. The discussion on the Pasco Peruvian Company last night had rather a good eff.•ct on the Shares. The Pascoe themselves fluctuated a goad deal. They left off' at 234 24, and the other Shares were light. The New Mexican Company Shares were at 67 ; the Colombian Agricultural Company at 144 15. A new Association, called the Pearl and Coral Company, came out this morning publicly, and the Shares•were eagerly sought after at 6 75. Amongst the Associations now in progress, is one tinder the title of the " Rio de la Plata Association, for Laudeit and Agricultural purposes." It is well known that the inhabitants of South America procure a large portion of their flour from distant countries, at exorbitant prices, and yet there is as fine land for growing wheat in that continent as any in the world, entirely unoccupied. The Company intend to acquire considerable portions of this land, and to send over a number of the unemployed poor to enclose and cultivate it, and ultimately to become tenants of it. We understand that the shares of the English Mining Association are distributed. The " regrets" have been very numerous. There was very little doing in the Colonial market.• A sale of Coffee had been appointed, but it was withdrawn. In consequence of the anxiety of persons to sell Sugars, we must quote the prices rather lower. The Duke of Sussex entertained Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bart. and several Members of the Catholic Deputation, on Sunday.—Mr. Abercromby gave an elegant entertainment on the same day to Mr. O'Connell : amongst the guests were, Lord Holland, Sir 11. Parnell, M.l'., Sir F. Burdett, M.P., Mr. Hobhouse, M.P., Mr. S. Rice, M.P., Ste.—On Wednesday Mr. O'Connell was entertained by Sir James Mackintosh. The venerable Bishop of Norwich had • long interview with the Deputation on the same day. Mr. Goulburn, the Secretary for Ireland, is indisposed; and, in consequence, Sir J. Newport's motion regarding the holding of a plurality of benefices in Ireland, which stood for yesterday evening, has been postponed till Wednesday next. The private letters from Calcutta state, that at Delhi and another station in the Bengal Presidency, the lives of two Civil servants of the Company hail been attempted ; one of these gentlemen, a Judge, was, it is said. while sitting in his own Court in Kutcherry, tired at by a Sepoy, who was instantly taken into custody. In other private letters it is stated, that the promptitude with which the mutinotts Sepoys were attacked and sub dued, alone prevented the manifestation of a similar insub ordination in two other regiments. Many of the mutineers had been executed, and others sentenced to hard labour. Letters from Smyrna of the Slat January state that great quantities of silk anti opium had arrived there. IVe learn by a gentleman lately arrived from Rio de Janeiro, that the Empress of Brazil had received from her Imperial Father of Austria, a heady guard of 2,000 Hungarians, who have bee n made over to him in full right of property. They were splendidly equipped and had a ' gay appearance. A great portion of the Austrian soldiery are in like manner the feudal vassals of the officers who command them. A private letter from Barcelona states, that never have murders been so numerous in that- province as since the coinmeneement of Lent, the Monks having been zealous in preaching high doctrines. In some villages of the district of Tarragona, after sermons in which the negroes hasa been declaimed against, the populace have fell upon ani assassinated them. On the other hand, the negroes seize every opportunity to revenge themselves. On Saturday the Stackpoole case came on for further hearing before the Royal Court, when M. Hennequin con cluded his pleading for Mr. Henry Driver Cooper, repre sentative of two of the adversaries of the late Count George Stackpoole. In a preceding sitting the Learned Gentleman went into the facts of the case ; he now discussed the ground in law, which seemed to him to require that judg neenta pronounced by the Halt Court ot Chancery and the Britieli Horse of Lords should have their execution ordained in France. The cause was then postponed till Saturday next, when M. Triplex, Counsel for the heirs ot the late Count Stackpoole, will reply.--Galigenanes Mea -1 sengrr. M. Gignortx, a proprietor at Miramont, arpeared a few days ago before the Court of Assiz,s of the Tarn and Ga ronne, upon the charge of having committed voluntary he micitre upon the person of Antoine Castagne, his servant. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner, having sucpiciors of his wife's fidelity, pretenticil to go on t en a jourio y, and, returning unexpectedly, found the servant in bed with his wife. and shot him. The Counsel for the prisoner admi:- ted the homicide, but cantentled that having surprised' the deceased with his wife, the prisoner anticipated resistance, which might have endaneeted his own life, and conse- . quently the homicide be regarded as an act of salt - - defence. The Jury acquitted the prisoner. Puree:lei/Loa I .—Dr. Spunk a *pond Lccture nth•:: be noticed to-morrow. • 4! I - p. r ti S 14 S II I I f 1 1 1 1 . 4 4