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. we had already cosnpenaa.ed, while the Spanish claima were only now *Wit to be redressed. The several resolutions were agreed to. Sir G. MURRAY moved the Order of the Day for a Committee on the Newfouudland Fisheries' Regulation A( ts. On the question that the SPEAKER do leave the Chair, Mr. H. VILLIERS begged leave to remind the House. that it was last Session promised to inquire in this into the whole condition of Newfoundland. Sir G. MURRAY assured the Hon. Member that the Government was very anxious to legislate for Newfound land, and only awaited the report of the Chief Justice of fiat Colony. Mr: 'ROBINSON should not feel it his duty to bring ;:ferrward the amendment of which he had given notice last night, when the House went into Committee on the Acts, if he could obtain a pledge from the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite that the Government would introduce next Ses 'ion a legislative measure in reference to this colony. But the Right Hon. Gentleman now said that they had not sufficient information on the subject to enable them to legis late, and he (Mr. Robinson) was not hound to believe that they would have such information next year, or the year after, more than at present. He (Mr. Robinson) did not want the Right Hon. Gent. to legislate in that haste, but surely the Right Hon. Gent. would not object to give a pledge now, from which the inhabitants of Newfoundland might have.reason to expect that all legislation on this subject would not be postponed, perhaps for the next three years, when these Bills shall expire,—namely, in the year 1832 ? Surely the Right Hon. Gent. would have no ob jection to the appointment of a committee next Session to sit up stairs, for the purpose of receiving whatever infor mation the public functionaries and the inhabitants of the colony could lay before them, in order to furnish grounds upon which Parliament could adapt a system of legisla tion in reference to that island. The truth was, that up to the present time the interests of the inhabitants of New foundland had given way to the interests of private indi viduals in this country. He was aware that the House would he unwilling to pledge itself on the subject, hut if the Right Hon. -Gent. would say that he would agree to the appointment of the committee next Session, the public functionaries of the island might then be enabled to furnish him with the information he wanted; and he (Mr. ,Rohinoon) would undertake, on the part of the inhabitants of Nesvfoundland, that they would furnish the Committee with a body of evidence on the subject. If he should get that pledge, he would not bring forward his amendment. Sir G. MURRAY repeated that the Chief Justice of Newfoundland had stated to him that he could not at pre sent furniah him with sufficient information, and he (Sir G. Murray) would only say that whenever he obtained the necessary information, he should be prepared at once to legislate for this colony. Mr. ROBINSON explained. The House then went into a Committee on the New foundland Acts, Sir A. GRANT in the Chair. On the first Resolution, limiting the operation of these acts to the year " eighteen hundred and thirty-two" being put, Mr. ROBINSON moved as an amendment that the word " two " be left out of the Resolution. Mr. HUME thought the Right Hon. Secretary should agree to the proposition which had been made by the lion. Member for Woreester. He did not see what ob jection the Right Hon. Gentlem in could have to the ap pointment of a Committee to inquire into the operation of these Acta. Sir GEORGE MURRAY would be ready to legislate without a reference to the interests of one party or an other, but for the good of the whole colony, whenever he should obtain sufficient information on the subject to en able bins to do so. But surely Hon. Members would not call upon the House, or upon him (Sir George Murray), to enter into a specific pledge on the subject, in the absence att. necessary information ? Mr. ki1.731E was satisfied that the Right Hon. Secre tary, whenever he should introduee the subject to the flour•, would endeavour io legislate so as to satisfy all in terests. but he could not still see upon what pound the Right Hon. Gentleman was opposed to the appointment of a Committee. The House then divided on the Amendment, and there not being forty Members present (only thirtysseveu were counted), the See.axae declared the House adjourned to this day. The House accordingly Adjourned at a quarter before Eight o'clock. _MR. STEPHENSON AND HIS CLERK ARRiVED AT SAVANNAH, (errvrt 01101MI1, OHEOF THE 110 ST SOUTHERN OT ?HS T.IXITHD STA,TXS 4, North snsi South American Coefee-house, „London, April 7. " LIVERPOOL, APRIL 3,,—Extract of a letter, dated Savannah, March -forgot to tell you that Mr. Stephenson, the banker, And his clerk, Mr. Lloyd, have these four days past been boarding at the same house with me. It appearsl that they winced their way to Milford Haven, and there found the brig Kingston, Wood, from Liverpool, bound to Savannah, ready for sea, or getting under weigh. A young man was seat on board previously to engage passage, &c. The particulars of his arrival were made public to-day at one - of the newspaper offices in this city ; and Mr. Stephenson, who passes by the name of Smith, did not in consequence appear at. the public table at the City Hotel. Both of the fugitives, on their arrival, were recognised to be the runaways, as the description of Stephenson was very minute and exact. Mr. Stephenson appears dread- Fully agitated ; his snuff-box, which is ever employed, appears to be his only consolation and comfort." Sir ROBERT FARQUHAR entertained the Duke of WELLLYGTON and a select party to dinner on Sunday, at his residence in St. James's-street, A number of gentlemen connected with the --ilk trade transacted business at the office of the Board of Trade on Saturday. The following represents the ranks of the Preys who voted on : TOTAL UAJORIT Y. Dukes ... 24 Marquisses 22 Earls S3 Viscounts Barons Bishops lO TOTAL MINORITY. Archbishops Dukes 5 Marquisses '7 Earls 43 Viscounts Barons Bishops l6 Lord KENYON intended presenting the Orange Petition, which was agreed to at his house, in Portman square, early in March (the Duke of Cristmaa ND acting as Grand Master, and Lord CHANDOS Secretary), to his MAJESTY, at Windsor, last week; but it was notified to his Lordship that all Petitions in future were to be triins mitted to his MAJESTY through the Secretary of State. In consequence of this arrangement, the Duke of NEW CASTLE did not go down to Windsor, as he intended. It is said his MAJEwer was much gratified at the triumphant majority in the House of Peers- The KING eentinues in excellent health and spirits ; but, in consequence of the severity of the weather, his MAJESTY has not been able to take his favourite drives, or visit Virginia Water. It is his Msiorrs's intention to come to town after Easter, and it is said be will hold two Levees and a 13rewing.room, and visit the Opera and Theatres.—Morning chronirk. Mr. GEortsE RosiNs has announced the sale of All-Brighton, in One Lot, and it should seem, by reference to our columns to- night, that he is likely, very soon, to sell " all England." Two of the quickest passages ever known from America have occurred this year. On Saturday, Jai. 8, the Silas Richards arrived at Liverpool, from New York, n 19 days, a distance computed at 3,200 miles, being at the rate of 168 miles per day ; but this was far exceeded by the Edward Bonaffe packet, which two days before arrived at Hasre-de-Grace, in 16 days, from the i:une place, a distance in a right line of 3,225 miles, being at the astonishing rate, for the whole time, of 201 miles each day. On Monday night, a gentleman named LACY was robbed of a diamond pin, while entering the Surrey theatre. There was a crowd collected round the pit-door at the time, and while Mr. LACY was endeavoecirg to get forward a well-dressed fellow seized the frill of his • shirt, and tore away the di itnotd. pin, which lie adroitly passed into the bawls of an associate who stood by his eitL. A female who happened to observe what had taken place, immediately pointed out the thief, who was Seized en the spot, and lodged in Ihe watch-house. He was yesterday taken to Union-hall, and gage his name HEN ay PERE/NS ; he is a fashionable-looking men, and affected rouch icdignation at the charge. The evideece, bowever, was of that nature that the Magistrates considered it their duty to commit him. ELuc UTION.--On Saturday last John Evans, alias Squire Sinallynan, was executed at Shrewsbury, for mahewusly shooting EDWARD Rio-teens, of Bishop's Castle. Tilt DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM'S LETTER. TO THE GENTRY, CLERGY, AND FREEHOLDERS OF THE HUNDREDS OF BUCKINGHAM, .ASHENDON, ANO COT- TESLOK, IN TUE COUNTY OP BUCEINGIIM. ROME, 'NIARCII 12, 1629. GENTLEMEN—Through the medium of the public Papers, I have learnt that a meeting of the inhabit ants of the Hundreds of Buckingham, Cottesloe, and Ashendon, has been called, to express their opinions against the admission of Roman Catholics to the enjoyment of political privileges and power. Had I been in England, I would most certainly have attended that meeting. Had my health per mitted it, I would ere now have been at my post in Parliament, to have given my vote personally, as I now must do by proxy, in favour of that measure. By the same channel of information, 1 have as certained that at the meeting thus held, certain re solutions were put, a petition to Parliament was agreed to, and an address to his Majesty was carried. Had I been present, I would, most assuredly, have opposed them all, and for these plain reasons :—that I never would have consented to resolutions, which in themselves involved absurdities, neither would I have agreed to a petition to Parliament, or an ad dress to the Throne, which represented as true what I know to be unfounded. I take the proceedings of the meeting from the .IVlorning Journal, the only British newspaper communicating what passed that I have been able to have recourse to here. The first resolution states the Constitution of our country " to have been settled at the Revolution." I have been bred up in great respect for the wisdom of our ancestors, and have always thought that the Constitution of England consisted in the establish ment of our three Parliamentary Estates :—in the trial by jury,—in the liberty of the person of the subject,—and in the other provisions of the Great Charter, as recognised by the Bill of Rights. If I am wrong in this belief, I have high authority to justify my error; for in that case Hampden, the boast of our county, must have idly spilt his blood in a vain defence of mistaken principles. If I look back to times in which these blessings were granted to us, I find that those times were Catholic, and that those who gave them were Catholic Monarchs, and Catholic Parliaments ; in many cases Catholics con tending against the Pope, and maintaining, in defi ance of his authority and power, the liberties of their country. Your first resolution, therefore, contains a mis statement of a fact; your second involves an ab-ur dity. The King, as first magistrate, takes no oath, save to defend our institutions as established by law. The King can neither make nor alter the Constitu tion of England : it is treason to say that he can. The laws are in the power of no monarch of Eng land. But what the three branches of the legisla ture can together make, they can together alter; and what shall so have been declared law, the King by his oath is bound to maintain, and none other. You will probably agree with me that the late Earl of Liverpool was a tolerably stout opponent of the Catholic claims, and he, in Parliament, and in my hearing, declared, that he was decidedly of opinion that there was nothing in the Coronation Oath which could or ought to prevent the King from ac ceding to the repeal of the laws of which the Ca tholics complain. You were told that his late Majesty had declared to a noble relative of mine, that " he had courage to lay his head upon the block, or to retire from his throne to a cottage, hut that he had not the courage to break his oath." The story was calculated to make an impression upon you : it purported to convey the solemn opinion of a monarch whose memory you re vere, given hy him to a statesman, who, I may say, is proudly b itisted of by nu! country. I say this with out fear of being considered unduly vain of my vene rated relation, for Lord Grenville's character is under the safeguard of the history of his country. But the whole story is utterly untrue. It is a pity that those woo relied so much upon this appeal, did not take the obvious means which presented themselves before they made it, of ascer taing its correctness. It would at least have saved them from the awkward dilemma of maintaining a fallacy by aLi v4n6ing what, on proper inquiry, would have been found to be 4p untruth. In your address to the Throne, those in whose laigtoTical hands yon have placed your faith have been singularly enfortti nate, That Address consists of but three para graphs; anti whilst each of them contains a mis statement, the third in7elves an absurdity in addi tion to an untruth. The &Ist states that it was f‘ the glorious Revolution of 1688, whereby the Ca tholics were evitided from all political power in the Government of these re4lins." Now, the Act which did this was pa s,ed in the reign of Charles 11. I advise your historian to correct his first error, In the second paragraph, the means tined now by the Catholics to obtain a revision of the laws of which they complain are described as " violent and un constitutional." . Now, as these means consist only of a recommen dation from the King to his Parliament to take the situation of his Catholic subjects into its " Consitiee ration, with a view of ascertaining whether the laws affecting them may pot be repealed without injury or danger to our Protest,tuir, establishment," and of Bills brought in by his reponsible Ministers in pur suance of that recommendation, to be considered lgy Parliament, the allegation that those means are un constitutional artl violent, may be seditious or foolish, but cannot be true. The third paragraph declares, that " it is utterly impossible for Roman Catholics anti Protestants to legislate in harmony together; and that, to make the attempt, would be to risk the blessings whisk we now enjoy." It is a pity that the zeal with which your petition was pressed upon you did nqt allow of the history of your country being examined before it was com mented upon. Had that preliminary and precau tionary step been taken, it would have been disco, vered that the attempt thus deprecated had been al ready made, and, according to the highest Protestant principles, not without some succese. It would have been found that Catholic Lords did sit in Parliament with the Protestant Peers long after the Reforma tion,—that they did legislate togetlipr for the benefit of the country, and that it was owing to the votes and the ,exertions of the Catholic Peers that the Pro testant Bishops were recalled to Parliament after the Restoration, in the yew 1661. But if it be true that the collision in Parliament of ectholic and Protestant Legislators would only risk the Loo of the " bles sings ;ve now enjoy," surely it must be the limit of the Proteatents3 as history proves to us, first, that the Catholic Legislat.ors li4 legislate in such a man ner as to give us the 56 1)14,411W which we now enjoy ;" that, in conjunction with PrntMant legis lator, they were the means of restoring our parlie,- mentary welacy ; consequently if any risk now be run of losing tinJap blessings, it is more likely to be incurred by the Proteg/ents who would endanger them, than by the Catholics, whpase ancestors erected them. So much for your address to the throne. The petition to Parliament includes all these mis-statements, and all the fallacies of the resolu-' tions and the address, 7,0 b an absurdity peculiarly its own. It« prayer is, not tbitt parliament shall continue to exclude Catholics from poger i f , n4 poli tical rights, but that the laws to which the Re-, man Catholics have for the last 130 years been sub,- ject may not i,i repealed, es the best and safest means of preserving the 131-C!ettant .r !fethligion and G over nment of the county f." Now, is prayer granted, the whole of the Catipl i ie Penal Code mast 4.e re.-enacted! Every Parliament 3ebkeh has sat since tile Ite•?,/plution, and has repealed any po i . r , tion of that satigun,a.ry And tyrannical code, must be declared to have committed tr r z... - .:eon against the Con .atitution ; and even our late re - ,it.; 1 Monarch, whose firm adherence to his oath is so strongly pre sented as an example to be followed by all his sus. cessors, must be declared to have violated that oath,' inasmuch as during -his reign a Catholic Bishop (Cbelloner), and other Catholics, having been tried for' their lives for saying mass as priests of the Church of Rome, under the law at that time exist ing, a bill was brought in by Lord Mansfield to repeal that bloody law, which passed both Houses of Par liament, and to which the King, instead of his veto, affixed his assent,—thus, according to the reasoning of your composer of petitions, violating his corona tion oath. Fortunately, the humanity and good sense of British Monarchs and Parliaments have supplied the practical refutation of your resolutions and of your petitions, The greater part of that bloody code, which he who has composed what you have subscribed to considers the best and safest means of preserving the Protestant religion and Goverment, has been repealed already. His thirst for blood can not now be satisfied ; fur a man may now, in Eng , land, worship God according to his conscience and the religion of his ancestors, without incurring the danger of the gibbet and the axe. Here I close my remarks upon what yon have been induced unwittingly to agree to and transmit to Parliament and the throne as the exposition of your sentiments. Ido in charity and in truth firmly believe, that you suffered your good and kindly feelings to be blinded by the bigotted zeal of others, whom I excuse by feeling convinced that they knew nothing of the subject on which they wrote the sentiments to which you hastily assented. But permit me to make an appeal to my old friends amongst whom I have passed the whole of my life, and to recal old times to your remembrance. You loved my father—a warm friend, a kind landlord, a generous, an able, and an honest mats. He never swerved from his principles; and they led him invariably to support the cause, the comple tion of which Providence did not allow him to witness, but wh;ch his descendants may now look forward to with hope, as they do, wi:h the full belief and conviction that its accomplishment will lead to the security of our Protestant establishment, and the tranquillity of the empire. His exertions all were directed to one end, and that was, to keep the county which the King had intrusted to his charge in peace, harmony, and good neighbourhood. During his life the great spectre of Catholic power, which has alarmed you, appeared in all -its terrors. You never then apprehended the dangers you now tremble at. You differed from him, perhaps, in so much of his political opinions : but you relied in con fidence on his well-known attachment to the Con stitution of his country, and his loyalty to his King, and you did not then allow any fear of imaginary perils to interfere with your feelings of good neigh boerhood and mutual friendship. His brother, Lord Grenville, became Prime MiNister of the country; and, faithful to his principles, openly avowed his conviction, that a measure for the relief of his Ca tholic fellow-subjects was necessary for the safety of the empire. For honestly and constitutionally tendering to his Sovereign advice to that effect, Lord Grenville lost his power : _the very measure which he had recom mended—and for recommending which he was dis missed from office—was carried through Parliament by his opponents ; the King gat e his Royal assent to the Bill; no charge was brought against his Majesty for a breach of his Coronation Oath by so doing : but the object of Lord Grenville's opponents was gained, and the cry of " No Popery" was raised against him and hia friends by the men who, a few years after, actually carried into execution the mea sure which he had recommended. I was then one of your Representatives in Parliament. I held a sub ordinate office in Lord Grenville's Administration. Duripg its short continuance, and in the course of the events which accompanied its fall, I passed through the ordeal of no less than three county elections—the first, on my acceptance of office; the second, on the dissolution of Parliament during the existence of that Administration; the third, on the dissolution which immediately followed our dis missal. I appeal to you all! Pid I for a moment conceal my opinions ? Was there a single dissentient voice to any one of my re-elections ? My colleague was at that time the son of a Nobleman who succeeded my uncle as Minister. Every inducement, there fore, existed to raise the cry of " No-Popery" against me, and it was raised ; and every freeholder within those hundreds who lately assembled to vote those resolutions, petition, and address, voted for me. Aye, every one ! I never experienced a warmer welcome from my constituents . than I did upon those occasions. Aye, every one! even some of those were loudest then in my support, who, at your last meeting, concurred most vehemently with those who virtually charged my father—whom you loved when living, and wept when dead, and myself whom you then honoured with your unbounded confi dence—with being traitors to the Constitution of our country, and enemies of its establishment. Do I take any part of the credit of the reception I at that time eXperippeed to myself ? No. You had not then been lashed into fury and madness by intriguing, mischievous, and discontented spirits, which find in the division of families, in the destruc tion of social habits, in the dissolution of long established friendships, their own foul harvest, and their true reward. You had not then suffered the unbridled enthusiasm and fiery zeal of heated youth to overpower prudence and overwhelm experience. You had not then permitted the quiet of your hos pitable betties to be broken in upon by the frantic orgies of clubo, ana the intoxicating violence of fee. dolls imputations. Ido not charge you with having changed your political opinions; many of my best friends differed from me then upon this subject, as they do now, but none then tried to set the son against the father the nephew against the uncle. The affections of private life were deemed sacred, and its decencies were preserved inviolate, and none thought it worth their while to talk f deluging Buckingham, Winslow, and Waddesdon, with bipod, in full confidence that the Legislature would best decide the wetter, without having re course to such butcher-like appeals. You felt then as Englishmen—and as Englishmen you feel now. But you then preferred quiet homes to noisy meet ings, and good plain sense to frothy speeches and absut.'d addresses. For God's sake and Tor your own, let me implore of you to return to ycur ancient habits. Select the Members of your choice to re present you in Parliament, form and express your opinions like sensible men, but be content with your f r e'p., and Parliamentary Constitution, as it was really formed by you forefathers, who were Catholics every soul of them; who, although Catholics, swore and kept their path, that in defiance of the Pope they would admit no arbitrary power within the realm ; and take example from Protestant Elizabeth, who when the realm of England was invaded under the consecrated banner of the Pope, and with the avowed purpose of establishing Papal power, ac cepted the aid of British Catholics, and calling Bri tish 'Catlio,lie ofli r cers to assist her Protestant forces, by their united efforts preser:;ied the liberties of the , country. i P,.?.lieye me, gentlemen, with every feeling of at 7 tachusent end regard, your affectionate and sincere friend and servant, BUCKINGHAM ADD CHANDOS. The Duke of CUMBERLAND came to town on i.);,:x,dy, from a visit to his 111Antstv at his Palace at Windsor. T;tl.2 A;chhisliop of DUBLIN paid a visit to his Royal Highness after ,itia at his residence in the Kincr's Palace, St. James's. !rile j«arl cl ;41..npri visited the 'Royal Duke yesterday. A great many "gentlahae:; wane..', on his Royal Highne s s yesterday with petitions againss ,the fi;r removing civil disabilities from the Roman datholcs,"to be ,vrweted by the Royal Duke to the Hopeof Lof.Gs. The I)uebess 3f,oucEs4.Eit dined vitil the Princess AUGUSTA on Monday, at her residrpce ig the King's Palace, St. James's. er li me POLIGNAC, the French Ambassador, had a I ig;c +nfe; er^r with the Earl of ABERDEEN wester day, at the office of tits 6.e: 21, ,A 1 ry of State for Foreign Affairs. Monsieur BEitatubi; thep Minister, transacted business with the Noble Earl od Monday, The 1 7 ..,;r1 of ABERDEEN and the Dean of CHESTER, had interv4v9 with the Duke of WELLINGTON on Monday, at the Treasury. Despatches were sent of from the Colonial, office, on Monday night, for Sir J. KEMP; the Governor - Geaeral of the Canada. PRICES OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock - 2OSX South Sea Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. 86% 7 Old Annuities — 3 per Cent. Cons. S7-,y4% Kew Ditto — 354 per Cent. ' 95 i Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO 2d. SO 58 pm. Ditto Red 95 7 0% 'Ditto 500 2d. 59 5S pm. I per Cent. 102 % 1A% I Ditto Small 2d. 50 58 pm. 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Leghorn 47% Genoa 25 60 Venice 47 Malta 4...... 4854 vaplcs 30% Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 48% ft.o .laneiro Bahia 34 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork l% BULLION, PER OZ. Z. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New I loubloons 0 0 0 \ew Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due. O Hamburgh.... 0 O Holland O Jamaica O Leeward Islanda O Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 O Mexico 1 Waterford NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. • Morning ... 4 minutes after 6. I Evening ...26 minutes after 6, br LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1829. The discussion last night in the House of Lords on the subject of the Committal of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill was unusually interesting and animated. Lord ELooN, annoyed by a teasing gout, as he indirectly observed, launched his sarcasms right and left in a style wholly inconsistent with his usual equanimity. One of these invectives directed at a Right Rev. Prelate was replied to by him with unanswerable effect, and must have given a keen edge, we suspect, to the surprise more than the satisfaction of the venerable and lachrymose Ex- Chancellor. Meanwhile, the Relief Bill is making a triumphant progress through the House, even though the logical faculties of Lord TENTEDEN are opposed to it, and his Grace of NORFOLK, whose ancestors figure in almost every page of our history, will soon take his seat in that House from which he has been so long ungenerously excluded. One great reason for the extraordinary success of the Bill, inde pendently of the general conviction of its justice, may undoubtedly be found in the lamentable imbe cility of its opponents. There has been no union— no consistency among them. One has announced himself a Reformer in the evident sense of the term : another has declared his hostility to any thing like Reform ; a third has voted for the Bill, even though he confessed himself opposed to it on principle ; in short, the whole brotherhood have been smitten with a paralysis of judgment. Such are usually the symptoms which herald the downfall of any great leading faction. United in prosperity, and while all goes on swimmingly with them, they hang together like bees in a honey-comb; but the first touch of adversity sunders them, temper gets the better of discretion, and they form a striking illustration of that just old adage, " gum Deus vult perdere, Arius de►nentat." The Ultra Tories are now at the last stage of political decrepi tude. Even in their corporate capacity they are impotent, as individuals they are the object of general derision. The Catholic Question, that strange resistless influence,6s proved their downfall, in the same way that years since it ensured the dis solution of the Whig Administration. Both parties have in turn been equally the victims of its power. The French Papers announce the elevation of Cardinal CASTIGLIONE to the Popedom. His Holi ness has assumed the name of Plus VIII.; he is 68 years of age, and has been a member of the Sacred College since the year 1816; he was born at Cin goli, Nov. 20, 1761. The Ambassador of France, it is reported, endeavoured to procure the election of Cardinal ZURLA, who did not obtain a single rote. There is a rumour very generally prevalent at Paris that M. nn CHATEAUBRIAND, the well-known author, is to be made Secretary for Foreign Affairs. We have received the Allgemeine Zeilung to the 2d instant, from which the following is an extract : ANCONA, MARCH 14.—The political horizon seems to become rtire s 7,loomy, and the good not to be fulfilled which accompanied the presentation of the Powers to the Porte. Not only is the war with Russia continued, but letters from Constantinople, said to have been received at Corfu, are reported to ipeak of the possibility of a breach with France, because hostilities are continued on the reel:. continent, almost in sight of the French troops, so that the agreement of the 16th November is not observed ; and the Porte be gins to consider the French expedition sot as exclusively intended fur the protection of the Morea, but as a direct hostile proceeciin , tswards itself. Letters from Corfu add, that it is entirely owing to the English Govrnment if the Porte does not suffer itself to be 'carried away by the first impression that this proceeding makes on it. Sir K. Main v raised for ba'ving used his influence with the Tyriii4l Pqpit.lF,(:er.!: in Liyadia and Albania, on having, throqh their Mewls, viptilieht from any i:reel pitate step which iirOulti ligyp plgFea 690 and the French Ministry in a very critieat situation , The inter, view of the Lord High Commissioner with the present Grand Vizier excites new apprehensions, because various a7e in circulation which announce a change in the s entiments of the FA,e and even connect the removal of Redschid Paella with : it, I;ho'notw,th;,taidi.77, his military character, is considered as very mild, and'a friend to peace, and who might probably adopt a more moderate system in the affairs of Preece, than would correspond with the sentiments of the Sultan. Tbe blockade of Candia, and the interruption by Russian ships of the communication between Alexandria and the Asiatic. coast, are now causes of complaint to the Porte, which sees in these measures a continuance of the hostile partiality of France in favour of the Greek insurrection, and thinks that without the occupation of the Morea by French troops, no other Power could have ventured to act independently Of the others, at a time when the Porte continually hears of unanimity, It seems to suspect that a particular understanding sub sists between France and Russia, in order to force conces sions from the Divan, which it cannot voluntarily assent to, and hence it infers, that in point of fact, France is as much at war with it as Russia. It is affirmed, that the Porte acting on these presumptions, is taking measures which indicate dangerous intentions, and the only comfort is, that the English agents will leave nothing untried to prevent the flames of war from spreading any further- But the letters from Corfu of which we have spoken, ex press a fear that the irritation which has lean excited will cause all mediation to be thrown aside, and that the Porte, more and more entangled by complicated circum stances, will in the end resort to extreme measures, without regarding the suggestions of prudence. VIEXNA, batten 27.—Metalliques, 97 7-16.—Back Shares 1093. Letters have been received this morning by the Isabella Brazilian frigate, arrived at Falmouth, from Rio de Janeiro, to the 11th February, by which we learn that Count MACAO is on board the above vessel, who is empowered, on the part of the Em peror Don PEDRO, to settle the differences which exist between Portugal and the Brazils. The frigate, it is said, brings over a considerable remittance with her far account of the Imperial Government. The Exchange there is improved. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, APRIL 7.—Arrived from London, the Alexander, Errington, for Quebec ; Justinia, Reay, for Halifax ; Falcon, Littleiliart, for Fayal. Sailed the Ellen, Patter son, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Ann, Boyle, for Jamaica ; Brunswick, Parker, for Madras and Bengal ; Prince, Chapman, and Bonito, Cockburn, for Quebec; and Tweed, Shackley, for St. John's, N. B. Poarsmoulat, APRIL 7..—Wind W.N.W. to W.—Ar rived the Arcadia, Forster, from Sierra Leone; and his Majesty's ship Sparrowhawk, from the Cape of Good Hope, sailed the 28th of January. Off Port, the Cir cassian, Dot nthwaite, from Madras. FALMOUTH, APRIL 6.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Brazilian frigate Isabel, from Rio Janeiro. The Emulous packet arrived at Rio Janeiro on the 17th of December, and soiled for Buenos Ayres on the 20th ; intelligence had reached Rio of her safe arrival at Buenos Ayreß. Bats Tot, APRIL 7.—Arrived the Earl of Liverpool, Clayton, and Jane, Pines, from Nevin. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 6.—Arrived the Famer, late Carey, from Buenos Ayres. The Duke of Norfolk, Manning, from St. Kitt's is supposed to be arrived in the Channel. The London, Smith, from China, has arrived off the Start. The Carlton, Bennett, from St. John't4, N. B. to Jamaica, was capsized ,in lat. de. long. SO ; master and two of the crew drowned. TIIE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCK. His Majesty's ship Sparrowhawk has arrived at Ports mouth from the Cape of Good Hope, sailed from thence on the 10th February; and the Imperial Brazilian frigate Isabella has arrived at Falmouth from Rio de Janeiro, the period of her departure from thence has nut been exactly ascertained, but it is supposed to be about the 11th Feb., as letters have been received from her of that date, it ap pears, however, her departure was extremely sudden, and two days earlier than expected ; the packets had sailed, and consequently we may be in hourly expectation of ad vices from this quarter of an interesting nature. The letter we have seen does not give the exchange; a distinguished Nobleman (Macao) is on board. The Consul Market has been very inactive all the morn ing, and few transactions have taken plum, they opened at 871 for money, and buyers for the account; they have since been at the latter quotation for immediate transfer, and may now be quoted at 871 / both for money and time, and 87i 8 for may. India Bonds, 51 3 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 59 60 pm. Little or nothing has been doing in the Foreign Funds, Brazilian Bonds, which opened at 52 I, have been rather heavy at 511; the other Foreign Securities remain still much depressed, below are the prices. In Shares Bolanos are worse, and the discount on them increasing, at present they are 40 30 die. Three per Cent. Consols, 871 ; Ditto, for Account, 871 a ; and for May, 87i 8 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 86i- 7 ex. div. ; Three and a half per Cent Reduced, 95i ; Four per Cent., 1021 ; Ditto, 1826, 1031 1 ex. div.; India Stock, 2311 21; Bank Stock, 2071 81; India Bonds, 51 3 ; Exchequer Bills, 59 60 pm. FORElGN.—Brazilian, 511 21 ; Buenos Ayres, 23 5 ; Chilian, 19 20 ; Colombian, 14 ; Danish, 651 French, 5 per Cent., 1081 9 ; 3 per Cent., 79180 ; Greek, 14 ; Mexican, Five per Cent., 16 17 ; Six per Cent., 191 201; Peruvian, 101 11 ; Portuguese, 421 3 ; Russian, 96 ; Spanish, 91 1. MrxEs.—Auglo Mexican, 79 7 die. ; Brazilian, 21 3 pm. ; Bolanos, 40 30 die. ; Colombian, 231 21 die. ; Real Del Monte, 120 30 per share; United Mexican, 29/29 dis. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols remain 87j I both for money and account; Brazilian Bonds have advanced to 53i 54, and Portuguese to 42i 431; Russian 96 i; and Danish 651 1. The accounts received by the Brazilian Company are of such a very favourable nature as to their production of gold, that the Shares, from 21 23, have advanced to 40 premium, and are at present 36 8. THREE 0' CL 0 CIL Consols, 871} FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 871 Danish Do. for Ac. 871 Greek, 1825 141 Brazilian Bonds 531 Mexican, 1825 Buenos Ayres Chilian Do. 17 Columbian, 1824 144 Peruvian Russian 96i Spanish 91 PARLIAMENT-(THIS DAY.) 'Nothing of any particular interest took place in either House up' t? our gQlllg to PFest!: The Princess .AUGUSTA took an airing in her carriage yesterday for the first time for the last fort night, her Royal Highness having been indisposed during that time with a slight cold. The Prineem visited the Duchess of GLoucEsvia, at Gloucester-house. The Royal sisters afterwards proceeded together to pay a visit io'a the Du c chess of KR:v-4 at her arurtments in the Ic.in , 's Palace, at I(ensington. • A Board of the Lords Commissioners of igkatie w as held which`was I attended by the p rp ,i4 eqt of th e poar4 of Trade, the Chanc F ilor of the Exchequer, and the Ajoter of the Tint. BIRTH.—On the 24th Nov., at Bombay, the Lady of Mr. GARDENRR, of a daughter. The Sessions for the City of London were held this morning, there were only two eases of assault for trial, and they did not possess any interest. The Court, after disposing 4• veve oofmpied a considerable time in hearing Parish appeals, FOREIGN IitITELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (Prom the Moniteur of Sunday; April s.—Offiviarr I PARIS , APRIL 4.—By a telegraphic despatel tf ceived this morning from Toulon, and dated Iti/ 1 March 31, half-past two o'clock, the Ambassad i o r i , France announces, that Cardinal Castiglioni e a , t y been elected Pope. His Holiness has assum name of Pius VIII. (From the Gazette de Prance, dated Monday) PARIS, APRIL s.—The news of the elevaO n Cardinal Castiglioni to the Pontifical Throneqachl Paris to-day by the telegraph. It took place`' on the 21st of March. Cardinal Francis At ° Castiglioni is sixty-eight yaws of ag e , and has be l t a member of the sacred college since 1816. was born at Cingoli, November 20, 1761. It was be who, as chief of th e o r d e r of 131§0,1 in the conclave, was commissioned to reply to t; Viscount Chateaubriand, and delivered that rol, able speech in which sound a n d re li g ious doctro r are laid down with so much firmness and a bility This speech has this very day been the objecLil an attack by a revolutionary J ourna l, the disgtur avenger of the wounded vanity of M. de Chateo r briand. We are informed that the Ambassador of rf,l, endeavoured to procure the el e cti on o f Cam Zurla, who did not obtain a single vote. (From the Journal du Commerce of Sunday.) . , PARIS, APRIL 4.—The foll ow in g letter, at Murcia, March 24, gives afflicting details of the cor sequences of an earthquake. " On the 21st March, at six o'clock in the et. ing, we had three s evere s ho c k s o f an e arthquo," Several buildings -are damaged, particularly churches. The shocks having continued nn 22d, all the inhabitants went into the squares. "iv shocks of the 21st threw down a tower at Orihuell4 six persons perished. Toirevicja is now only a he e l of ruins; Altnoradi the same. Above 200 de ° bodies have already been dug out of the ruins; Benesuzar is partly destroyed; above 100 persoP: l lost their lives. The other communes of the a erta de Orihuela have also suffered severely. , P.S.—A later ac coun t f rom Orihuela announce' that San Fulgencio and Guardamar have jtist wholly destroyed." The Committee of Inquiry had yester day a /atilt which did not break up till h a lf an h ou r after In iu ; night. Mr. d'Argout first took a view of the sts t of the question, and after a mature deliberation , t 3! Committee seems to have decided for a reduction, the extra duty on foreign sugars. Though amount of the reduction is not precisely deterrni!, it is thought th a t it w ill be 15 f rancs , co mraenc2 with the y ear 1830, an d fi ve f rancs more f r om r" to year. The Moniteur and Messager say on the 31st. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BORN EXCEIANG E. 0110 1 There is a moderate arrival of English Corn, a good surlind Irish Oats, and a great many foreign vessels with various to w of Grain. The Wheat trade remains in a langnld state at,f, o r, day's prices. Barley is also very dull in sale, and rather a nd Beans and Peise are unaltered. Good Oats meet a fair den' ip at the prices last quoted, other sorts still are dull in dispess L :he Flour trade there is no alteration. ARRIVALS. Barley Wheat. Oats. flotir.„, loChr _ . English Irish — 11,450 Foreign OLD BAILEY. THE ENSUING SESSIONS. ...„„ N eo A SUMMARY STATEMENT, DESCRIPTIVE OF THIS VARIOUS 04. ' ; WITH WHICH THE PRISONERS 811 v11RALLY STAND CRIAR GB. ) Murder _ 61Stealing in d we lling.houses + 4_ 6 stew_ Burglary iS7 6 Steeling from the perw n ." -6 Housebreaking 3 Receiving stoles goods. . . ..... 1 }l, - 11 a" *". gi! c; 1 Arson ..anslauihter ................... „,. Highway robbery Forgery Uttering counterfeit coin, Freud .............. ..•••• .. : ... I having been before - con- Uttering counterfeit coat v lewd as utterers . ...... 2 Total ...**a i stss Of the above number, 49 are charged with crimes COW in the City, and 249 in the County. STATE OF MIS MAJESTY'S GAOL. OF NEWG.4IPO • !HADA UP TO MONDAY NIGHT. 11 Prisoners under sentence of transportation for 1ife...... '••••• 14 years'•,'"" Y 4.. 7 Year s ''''' '** ill For trial at the ensuing Ses s i o n s * ...... .. .......... , I Remanded from last Sessions ................. ... , ••• • Committed under the Bankrupt Laws ................ « ............. Whose judgments are respited ............................. . ..... ... ... • . Acquitted en the ground of insanity Imprisoned for felony and misdemeanours for certain peei° 4l / 01. !dales 299 I Females .... 'l9 !Total ................ • • 000 * Since the Calendar was made up there have bee° to re SO prisoners committed to Neu gate for trial. I . OW tion ß i tli G K ov O er F no E r ENGLAND.—j ov e e s r t n e o r i d f a o y r t the t efre _ tied g year took place, wh en S a m ue l Drewe, Esq., Was e ',,, ec o r. Governor, and Joh n H. P a l mer , En. Deputy o f „ A . COVENT-GARDE N T HEATRE .--a ser f; .f entertainments was performed here last night, in si", ol . the funds collecting for the purpose of 'raising a i ll ,°,l o r ment to the late Mr. C. Dianne, the well-known an, of England's Naval Ballads. Ths . house was well atter a though the absence of Miss PATON, from indispos'°- occasioned much disappointment. - at SURREY THEATRE.—The performanc - to p this theatre last night, which were patronized by.tr t AlAyon, the LADY MAYORESS, and the Shea* , ,- o gee for the benefit of the Spitalfields Weavers. Th e was crowded to suffocation. The enteitainme nS l.,,, sisted of the Dramatist and the Heart of Mid--6("''' BIRTHS. On the 6th inst. in Winchester-place, the lady of 11°ger Staples Fisher, Esq. of a daughter. ridirlee On the 6th inst. in Bedford-row, the lady of ‘3' . — Morgan, Esq. surgeon, of a son. MARRIED. u the On the 7th inst. at St. Pancr s a New Church , Rev. Henry Arlett, Fellow and Tutor of Pembroke 'c o 11, lege, Cambridge, John Arlett, Esq. of Great Alt o Herts, to Louisa, only daughter of Charles Har p ' Esq. of Great Coram-street, Russell-square. i ,b On the 7th inst. Edward, the eldest son of 0 ,1101 Jackson, Esq. of Kidbrooke Lodge, Blackheath, to Henry, of Greenwich. . On the 25th ult. in Dub DIED Boyd lin, Lieutenant Riche r- , i s Du Pre, of the 64th Regiment, eldest son of w e Joseph William Du Pre, Esq. of Canterbury. in Vei l On the 25th ult. in Surrey, at an adwinced ages ' 4 ' f it reduced circumstances, Mr. James Qrant, comedian' I I had from very early life followed the stage, and merof many provincial theatres. Some years since he made d successful debut at Covent-gards•n, Theatre, in Sir Peril Macsycophant. He was for many years a member uf Liverpool company. On the 31't ult. at his house in Lamb's Conduit-Weeo after a lingering illness, Mr. John Shotton, in the 59 i t, year of his age, sincerely regretted by his numerous far and friends. th inst. at Pembury, Kent, in the 56th ye t On eh 4 of her age, Elizabeth Standen, widow of the lat e Be ; John Hargrave Standen, rector of Murston, in th e °a ' On ei On the sth inst. Mr. Joseph Mond, in the 64th Y, of his age, and in the 50th year of his faithful and 031° services as clerk and secretary to the Mines R o yal COP Company. 11' the 4th inst. at isis house, payault.place , ,Luke Thorowgoog, in the 84t1i . year of 'his' age, la ;111 i le-end-green. th family 01 Ited b; On the 6th inst. deeply 'amen ly her friends, Mrs. J. Clabon, Mark-lane, in her 45th Yea r ' On the 28th ult. in Paris, in his 51st year, B er t ~, Bovill, Esq. of the late 3d Battalion of the Ist or P(", Regiment, and eldest son of Benjamin Bovill, F." l. Putney. :e On the 6th inst. at Dockhead-pl?ce, B2rmond:ey , 78th year of his age, Robert Bleb, Esq'" a' clePiitYr i l arid holding :his , Majesty's coniinission Of the puzice. counties .of Surrey and Middlesex. • ' On the 3d inst. Mr. James Roscoe, third son of v,v Roscoe; Esq. of Lierpoel. pp . the sth #4tvaged 52, Susanna, widow of the 131; i : .john. Warnefqra; of porking,Snrrey, ttaving q uiviyo 34 yeqr., , • ute r On the 6th inst. Mary Sophia, youngest (JOB" Mr. Stamp, of Abingdon-street, Westminster. On the 12th of November, at Calcutta, Edwa rd nett, Esq. Hon. Company's Civil Service, • second b°° the late BenPnin Barnett, Esq. of London. PAINTRD and PUBLISHED by AIIIRDO YOUNG, a$ •Oraicz, 112, STRAND, LONDON. i