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. . DIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. should come more fully under the consideration of his reason was his own eapriee %vas undoubtedly the House. bold ; but more than a month after to come and HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(LAST NIGHT.) Mr. SYKES was glad that the motion had been expose his conduct-to repeat that in soft language brought forward, as it had elicited from the Right which had been announcer] in language full of pride, At a few minutes before Four the SPEAKER Hon. Gentleman opposite the declaration he had is to acknowledge himself weak and restraine d, and • took the Chair. made relativi to the consolidation of the laWs•ve- far from that powerful commanding situation which Numerous Private Bills were carried through specting the assessed taxes. He agreed with the seemed to permit favour and insult indifferently. their respective stages, and several petitions relating Hon. Member for Essex as to the hardships com- Don Miguel has not been acknowledged by any: to Private Bills were received. plained of, and he knew of many of a similar nature Power of Europe; even Spain has recalled its Am- Mr. PROTHEROE presented three petitions in the town which he had the honour of represent- bassador from Lisbon. We do not deny that secret from Highgate, Stepney, and Stratford, praying that ing; but after the declaration of the Right Hon. agents have remained there, and that the Congrega the market-day at Smithfield might be altered from Gentleman opposite, his Hon. Friend would not lion of -France has accredited Envoys there; but Monilav to Tuesday. press I•is motion at present. the Co n g re gat ion is not itself a le g itimate power, Mr. DENNISON presented a petition from the Mr. T. LENNARD supported the motion. and it is net astonishing that it has intimate connec- Anti-Slavery Society of Surrey, praying for the Abo , Lord ALTHORP said, that though the Chan - tions with the usur p er. This is that same Don lition of Slavery among" the dark - co loured brethren' celior of the Exchequer was not so well acquainted Miguel whose posting expenses were paid by M. of the petitioners in the West Indies. Villele, in order that he might go the quicker to with the operation of farming concerns as he hap- Mr. HODGSON presented a p etition from Wi pened to be, yet he must still be aware that upon establish absolute power in Portugal. We hope gnu, praying for a Free Trade to India, every farm it was necessary to grow vegetables for that the Chamber of Deputies will no more permit Mr. HORACE TWISS brought up certain Re the use of the land, and therefore the horses used this expence than those of M. Peyronnet's dining. turns of the Slave Population of the Colonies, for the purpose might, according to the Right Hon. room. SCOTCH JAIL BILL. Gentleman, be called trade horses. He was glad There is a singular difference between the Al- Petitions against the Scotch Jail Bill were pre- to hear the notice given by the Right Hon. Member rnanack Royal of France and that of Spain. In the sewed by Mr. ROBERT GRANT, from Banff; by Mr. opposite, and he hoped he would give the subject former Donna Maria is described as Queen, and A. CAMPBELL, from Elgin ; arid by Mr. HOME of his Hon. Friend's motion his most serious consi- in the latter Don Miguel is described us King of DRUMMOND, from Ayr. deration betwixt this and the next Session. In the Portugal. The petitions were severally referred to the Com- meantime be concurred with the Hon. Member If the two Courts are allied, we see that there is mittee upon the said Bill. for Hull, in hoping that his Hon. Friend would, for no accordance in the policy of their Almanacke. Mr. PENDARVIS presented threepetitions from the preFent withdraw his motion. FRENCH Forms, MAY 11.-Rentes Five per Cents. I OSf. 10Sf. sc. ; Three per Cents. 78f. 90c. SOc. ; Bank persons engaged in the Pilchard Fisheries, on the Mr. W. small did not know the distinction Actions, 1865 f coast of Cornwall, praying for the continuance of the that was to be made in taxin g horses that were em - FOR EIGN Fewns.-Neapolitan Rentes, Cert. Fal. 87f. bounty on the exportation of Pilchards. ployed to draw vegetables, that might serve either 86f. 65c. ; Royal Spanishloan, 791 f. 79f. ; Redeemable, Mr. ALEXANDER DAWSON, after a few for the food of man or of cattle. He thought the 99k. ; Interminable Spanish Annuities, 531 i. ; llaytian observations of a local interest , presented a petition Parliament would act more consistently, in taking Loan, 460 f. 465 f. from the Undertakers of the Grand Canal, at Kill- the tax off the market-gardener, than in laying it o n --..... beggin, praying that they may be allowed to con- the farmer. In order to do justice to all classes in PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. tinue their work. the details of a Bill proceeding on such Rice distinc- After a few words from Lord rULLAMORE and tions, the mcst minute and troublesome exactness , EAST INDIA TRADE. Mr. BUTLER CLARKE, the petition was ordered to would be necessary. The people mould be more RETURN of the Number of Snips cleared out from the he printed. than ever subjected to the vexatious of the collectors different Ports in the UNITED KINGDOM, for BRITISH Lord MILTON presented a petition from a Mr. arid assessors, and a great number of petitions would INDIA, in each Year from 1801 to 1825, both inch"- C. rdigan W be presented on that very account to the House, as illiams, respecting the benefits of As3u- sive ; specifying their Tonnage, the Number of Seamen there had been already on the inconveniences assessed taxes. occa- employed .- : nee on Lives of the Poor. His Lordship a lso pre slimed by the conduct of these who collected the in navigating them, whether British or In sented a petition from Mr. T. Smith , of Liverpool,than , and *distinguishing the Ships belonging to or praying that the number of St udents in Sur g er y Mr. G. DAWSON observed, that from the Re- chartered by the East India Company, from those of might be reduced, thereby to diminish the demand Private Merchants. for dead bodies for the purpose of dissection. turns made to the Treasury, it appeared those per sons only were taxed whose horses were used solely, Mr. MABERLY moved for extensive returns of. Total Number of Ships I Ships belonging to, or l ley, for the purposes of market garden- Cleared out from the Ports' Chartered by, the Import and Export of Flax Hemp, and Yarns, or almost solely, of the United Kingdom. I the East India Company. 10:0 and from the ports of Great Britain and Ireland, ing. That employment was, perhaps, connected - c1 . 7 -..---s ~ ( . 7 . 7 .----. 7 -&--____, with husbandry; but the law did riot look on it as Years. snips. Tons. Men. I ships. fons. Men. tutee January, 1829.-Ordered to be produced.husbandry, but as a trade; anti the horses were, No' • f; 3-2 26,141 2,859 Lord SURREY presented a petition from certain therefore, held liable to the duty. The market gar- 1: 2 3 - Growers of Wool in the county of Sussex, prayingso 33 0 16 3,437 den e . rs had agreed to abide by the decision of the N os .... .. *** .. 44 35,403 4 111 for relief from the importation of Foreign Wool.- law officer . s . of the Crown ; but the Treasury had 1805 The Books containing i 42 3-2 216 3' 62 Ordered to lie on the table -(His Lordship, we 1806 the Accounts for these ' 39 33,688' 3,819 ,1 0-0 t a decision from a higher quarter, namely, from 18"7 Years were destroyed 39 28476 3062 must observe, affords the first instance of a Catholic 1808 in the Fire at the late 36 31,737 3,615 the Judges, and that decision being against the Peer addre,sing the Speaker from the floor of the. 1809 Custom Hous . 41 32,408 3,300 market-gardeners, he thought they ought to yield. isio ... house of Commons for the last century and a half.) He recommended' the Hon. Member to withdraw mu • 1812 .. . AGRICULTURAL HORSES. Iris motion, and wait for the measure which the 181 3 . ,Mr. WESTERN rose to ask leave to bring in a Chancellor of the Exchequer intended to bring in on 1814 1 7 ~, W .) N l l '4 3 4 ,819 36 2 , 3,524 ,1.7 2,603 Bill explanatory of the Ist and 2d of the King, this subject. 1816 166 99,936 9,412 26 26,063 2,891 passe d for the purpose of exempting from taxation Admiral HARVEY concurred with this recom- 1817 195 106,847 8,543 22 22,326 2,303 ISIS 186 104,692 8,110 32 59,215 3,048 horses employed in the business of agriculture. In mendatiore 1819 106 66,525 5,606 35 27,419 2,546 his opinion, the subject had been taxed without any Mr. WESTERN thought he must, under present I rt t 'l f 2 Nil 22 23,473 2,8592'425 authority, and in violation both in the letter and circumstances, withdraw his motion ; but he should 1822 102 73)02 i,267 25 2 . 4r8 2 5 spirit of the law. He would fully prove this asset- much have wished to have seen a measure that liM 11l V 22 1 : 1 9 p i , 1 3 F 2 t !, .. 6 , L 1 V 99 tion. In 1821, a motion had been made to exempt would relieve the market gardeners rather than one 1825 139 81,103 7,095 - 33,205 - 5:7g agricultural horses from taxation, and it had been that would impose a tax on the farmer. He ob- n:p. 14 ,j.,,,vg 7,44 3,.,, r..4„sil ,2',F i - R 5 ___.....i.v-tarevers which the Tax Office served, that the cases before the Judges had not 1828 208 109, I . .5 8, ‘ 574. 1 35 39 41,388 Y,ii AGRICULTURAL HORSES. ,Mr. WESTERN rose to ask leave to bring in a Bill explanatory of the Ist and 2d of the King, passed for the purpose of exempting from taxation horses employed in the business of agriculture. In his opinion, the subject had been taxed without any authority, and in violation both in the letter and spirit of the law. He would fully prove this asset tion. I; 1821, a motion had been made to exempt agricultural horses from taxation, and it had been carried ; but notwithstanding which the Tax Office had thought proper to re-enact that tax, and to sub ject to its operation a number of persons who really were not liable to the duty. He had received a pe tition upon this subject from a number of persons .s.;io occupied 10,000 acres of land, the average of the petitioners holding about 150 acres each. These people employed their agricultural horses in carry ing their produce of vegetables and potatoes to market, and upon which ground they were pro pounced by the Tax Office to be traders, and ac cordingly deemed liable to be taxed for the horses they used. It was after a lapse of four years that the surveyors had come to this determination, and they then surcharged the parties. 'the uzgrieved persons appealed to the Commissioners of Taxes, who decided against the surveyors, but these thought proper to refer the case to the opinions of the Judges. The Judges at once pronounced that the commis aioners were wrong, and that consequently the Bpi eirlarrists were to pay the tax upon their horses. Under this decision of the Judges, the Treasury deemed that it would not be right in them to afford the parties any relief. In his opinion it was quite as competent for the House of Commons to decide the case as the Judges, for who could better tell what had been their intentions in making the laws ? Such an appeal would be impartial, and would be of very great advantage to the subject generally. The C o mmissioners, however, were the intermediate Board of Appeal from the people against the Sur .yeyor ; but if the latter found the Commissioners against them, they referred the case to the Judges. .t)f the fate of these references the House would be surprised to hear that of tiftyetrine cases referred to the Judges, their decisions in favour of the subject were only eight ! !! Thus fifty-one eases out of tifty-nine were given in favour of the Crown. When the Commissioners decided in favour of the Crown these Judges always pronounced them in the right ; and when they decided for the people, they were always pronounced to be in the wrong.—(Hear, hear.)---Out of forty-six eases, in which the Commissioners decided in favour of the subject, the Judges had pronounced themselves wrong in thirty-five instances. When they decided for the Crown, out of twenty-one cases the Judges pronounced not less than eighteen to be right.— Hear.) —In consequence of this the parties aggrieved thought proper to present a memorial to the Trea sury ; and the Treasury Board did so far relieve the petitioners as to decide that those horses em• ployed in the cultivation of wheat should be exa empt from taxation, whilst those used in culti vating potates were to be liable to the tax. For his part he must confess that he wanted to know the grounds of this decision, forhe was wholly unable to comprehend the distinction. In all cases, how ever, in which there existed a doubt, that doubt ought to be given in favour of the subject. It was is well known fact, that potatoes had recently been imported from Scotland for the use of the London market, and he would ask whether the growers of those potatoes were not equally liable to brought within the operation of the tax? The Hon. Member concluded by moving for leave to explain and amend the Acts of the Ist and 2d of George IV., relative to husbandry horses. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if he differed from the view taken by the Hon. Member for Essex, he assured him that it was without the slightest doubt as to the consci entious motives by which he was actuated. The Hon. Member must himself be aware of the extreme difficulty of drawing the line in cases of taxation. It was difficult to point out or to satisfy persons as to what articles were taxable and what were not. He would take an instance—the trade of packing nuils. The nail-packer cried out, " Why should you tax me for packing nails, which is only putting them into a sack, while you don't tax the farmer for putting corn or other produce into a sack ?" The exemption under the present Act referred to horses in husban dry, and in husbandry only. It had become a ques tion whether horses used by persons employed as , market gardeners were to be taken as husbandry horses ? The question was referred: to the Comma aioaere; and they, after serious consideaation, decided that the horses were employed for the purpose of bringing articles to market for sate pxKl profit, and were therefore to be considered as traderses, and consequently liable to the tax. This was the sitaraa tion in which many persons in Surrey, Kent, Mid dieser, Essex, and other places in the immediate vi cinity, were placed—persons occupying land partly as farmers and partly as market.gardeners, were taxed in this way. He had had it in contemplation, at an earlier period of the year, to introduce a Bill for the consolidation of the different Acts that had reference to the Assessed Taxes, but circumstances prevented him from doing so. He should, however, bring it in early in the next Session, and he therefore hoped that the I-lon. Member would consent to withdraw his motion for the present, until the whole question Mr. WESTERN thought he must, under present circumstances, withdraw his motion ; but he should much have wished to have seen a mensure that would relieve the market gardeners rather than one that would impose a tax on the farmer. He ob served, that the cases before the Judges had nut been those of farmers only, or of market gardeners only, but of both united; and he did not, therefore, seem inclined to consider that those decisions had been given on a full knowledge of the facts. He thought the Government were straining the law in the case of the tax; but he saw he could do nothing at present. Mr. BARING should be sorry to see the revenue frittered down, for what we did not pay in one way we must pay in another. The Motion was then withdrawn. _ Mr. WESTERN presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of land in Essex, respecting Assessments on Ma►ket Gardeners. The sheriffs of London were admitted to the bar, to present a petition from the Lord Mayor, Alder men, and Common Council, praying that leave might be given to bring in a Bill to regulate the Port of London. LAW TERMS. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the moveable Terms, which were productive in their present state of much inconvenience. He proposed that the two Terms which were now moveable should be fixed for the days mentioned in the Bill. Those days were— for Easter Term the 14th of April, and fur Trinity Tern's the .sth of June; the latter to end on the 25th of June. _ Leave was given, the Bill was brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. The Butter Trade (Ireland) CoMpensation Bill went through a Committee, was reported, and the reported ordered to be received to-morrow. The Committee on the Anatomy Regulation Bill was postponed to Friday next. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Six o'clock. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated May 12.) PARIS, MAY 11.—A letter from Bucharest says —" The last accounts inform us, that the grand [lead-quarters of the Russian Army had been fixed for some days at Gallaez. The head-quarters of the corps which is to besiege Silistria are at Kal larasch. The want of forage as well as the bad state of the roads, caused by the inundations of the Danube, will not permit any operations before the beg,iiming or middle of May. ' The Earl of Shrewsbury, one of the Catholic Peers of England, set out from Rome on the 29th April, to take his seat in the House of Lords. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 12.—The blockade of the Dardanelles has not hindered English speculators from passing them to supply us with corn. A merchantman from Alexandria has passed through the midst of the blockading squadron, without re garding its fire, and has entered this port. The Captain has „received the bounty which the Govern• meat had promised to those which should taring corn. It may be hoped that this example will find imitators. The fears of a famine are dispelled, and the emigra tion of the Jews and Greeks has ceased. The Go vernment itself has regained its confidence, and no longer apprehends internal commotions. The favour able accounts ficm Asia fill the Massulmen with en thusiasm, and inspire them with the most flattering hopes for the commencement of th 2. campaign. The negociations with the Envoy of the Nether lands still continue, and it is hoped that the differ ences with England and France will soon be ter minated. The Porte begin,: to chew a very concilia tory disposition with respect to th mediations, and it seems that it has secretly consented to the eman cipation of the Norea and the Cyclades. It is observed that the Official List (The Court Almanack) of the Public Oftices makes no mention of the authorities 6f those provinces. - (From the Constitutionnel of Mpnday.) TILE SPEECH OF M. MARTIGNAC, AND THE EUHARRASSMENT OF THE 311NISfRY. PARIS, Mny 11---Since the blow struck by the Ministry at the independence of the Chamber of Deputies, M. ►lartigu;;.e bad pot had the coarage to resume speaking before that Chamber, except to speak some insign►ficant words. The Ministry was ? therefore, left without a single man to support its measures. At length M. 1114rtignac resumed speaking ; and notwithstanding his preparation, he had. better not have spoken at all. The more the Ministry has offended and injured the public, the more it requires the public to rally round it; and in proportion to its foibles ought to be our attachment towards it. M. Martignac, by his honeyed explanations yes terday, concerning the withdrawal of the two Itzws, has done more harm to the Ministry than he did by a silence disrespectful to the Chamber, To say that NoTH.—The Vessels whose out for the Easl * The distill( transmitted by above Account includes the Trade with China, as ultimate voyage is to that country usually clear t Indies also. 'Mon in the Account is supplied from Documents the Directors of the East India Company. T. E. WILLOUGHBY, Registrar General. :rar General of Shipping, Custom • London, May 5, 1829. Office of Regist House, MADR A S. On Saturday, Dec. 13, his Excellency the Go vernor of Bombay entered camp at Kalladghee, in the progress through the territories recently ceded to his jurisdiction from the Madras Presidency. Ru mours of his approach from Becjspoor had long pre ceded him; amid the picturesque ruins of which place he held a durbar of the native Jagheerdars and others of the neighbouring districts. The morning of his arrival here was ushered in by a continual in flux of the multitudinous attendants on a great man travelling in the East. The escort, consisting of a squadron of the Madras 7th Cavalry, and a body of Spiller's Horse, came in early. Elephants, camels, and all the " minora sacra" of beasts of burden, swarmed in every moment of the day, " frighting" our heretofore peaceful station i` from its propriety." The magnificent tents of the Governor, and those of his su'te and retinue, formed a very considerable encampment. Both European and Native curiosity was on tiptoe, when, shortly before six in the evening, Sir John Malcolm rode in, surrounded by his suite. Our artillery peeled forth the salute due to his high rank, and his Excellency rode down the ranks of the Kalladghee Light Field Brigade, which had been drawn up in line, in full dress review order, to receive him, noticing in high terms of approbation the general appearance of the force—since his arrival in the country, the first he bad seen of that army. The following day, being Sunday, Divine Service was performed in the Governor's tent, by his Ex cellency's Chaplain, and the beautiful Liturgy of our Church was read in that remote spot of our Indian Empire, I imagine, publicly, for the that time— For the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smii'd when a Sabbath appear'd. On Monday evening the Honourable the Gover nor honoured a dinner by his presence, to which he had been invited in the name of Li e utenant-Colonel Dickson, C. B. and all the officers of the Brigade. His excellency departed very early the following morning on route to Belgaum, via Gokauk. We have been favoured with the perusal of a private letter from Paris, from a source little likely to be mistaken, and addressed to a quarter that gives it addi- ' tional weight, which states, in the most direct terms, that the refusal of the Due de LAVAL to accept of the Portfolio of Foreign Affairs is only conditional, and is not grounded on any personal objection to the office, but to a delicate consideration for the feelings of the Minister discharging its functions ad interim. We learn from the same autho rity, that explanations of the most sitisfactoFy nature, both from the French Cabinet and from the individual more directly interested, have been forwarded to Vienna, and sanguine hopes are entertained that the reluctance of the Duc DE LAVAL will not prove insurmountable. The permanency of the existing Administration (can this be possible ?) is supposed to depend upon his determination. —Morning Chronicle. The Report so confidently circulated of an intended promotion to the new Equity Bench has, we ap prehend, this much of foundation, and no more. A very eminent Practitioner in the Court of Chancery has been offered the situation, with an understanding- that, in the event of his acceptance of it, he may look to further ad vancement, on the occurrence of certain contingencies, which are considered as more than probable. The Learned 'King's Counsel has demanded time for deliberation, as he is not very eager to exchange the most lucrative practice possessed by any individual of the Chancery Bar for a mo derate salary and a subordinate rank, however tempting the contingent expectancies. It will be obvious that the above statement, which we believe to be substantially cor rect, sets at rest the pretensions of certain other candi dates for the contemplated appointment. —Morning Chrun. The West of England Bank, Messrs. FLoUD and Co. of this city (Exeter), was entered by some thieves last night, and property to a considerable amount has been stolen therefrom. The upper part of the banking-house is occupied by Mesdames HEARN and BOAUND, nil' liners, through whose apartment, it is reported, the plun derers effected au entrane!:. Mr. Fi,oun, who is one of the Aldermen of this city, resides a few miles from town : on the discovery of the robbery he was immediately sent for, but had not arrived when we went to press. The amount of property stolen dues not exceed 3,0001., an'l from the information we hare been able to collect, we have every reason to suppose no difficulty will exist in discharg ing in full every demand upon the hank, although they e t hi s d e y, in consequence of the robbery, thought pro per to suspend their payment. As it is supposed this bank was on the eve of winding up its conce•ns, the demands on it can be but Western Luminary. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1829. The East London Water-work Company are, it seems, on the eve of obtaining a Bill from Parlia ment, to secure to themselves the right of taking water from the river Lee, by which they will have the undisputed privilege of supplying a long cata logue of places greatly important as regards amount of population. This fact was stated at a respectable meeting convened yesterday evening at the Mer maid Tavern, Hackney, by Mr. SCALES, the Chairman, who further observed, " that the rates at which the water was to be supplied, were to be copied from the Pembroke Act, by which scale a house of 10/. annual rent would be burdened with 1/. per annum of water rates; and by a gradual scale, the rate would be so increased, that when a rental was 100/. per annum, the water rate would be 71.. and might, at the discretion of the Committee of the Company, be increased to 101. per annum." Such are the inevitable results of all monopolies. They impoverish the many to enrich the few; render public subservient to private interests; and keep down, by their grinding despotism, every healthy and independent principle of competition. Under whatever disguise the monster may lurk, mono poly is still the same crafty, injurious, and op pressive spirit of evil ; and it will never be well for the interests of the country, until the word is banished from her commercial vocabulary, or is remembered lonly to be despised. Dutch Papers of the 13th May have been received this afternoon. They contain, from the Courier of Smyrna, some estimate of the Turkish forces, but we know not what reliance can be placed on their authenticity. The Prussian State Gazette, to the 9th May inclusive, has no farther news from the theatre of war :-- AMSTERDAM, MAY 12.—The Courrier de Smyrue contains at great length an estimate of the force of the Turkish army, that is likely to be employed in the new campaign. The regular cavalry consists of thirty-one squadrons of one hundred men each, six of them are in the camp at Ratni• Tchiflilc. The regular infantry, o f fifteen battalions of one thousand men each, in the barracks at Constantinople, and 48 battalions with the army. No change has been made in the artillery, but the Topchis are very much devoted to the Sultan. It is impos sible to state the amount of the irregular force, even ap proximately for want of data. Last campaign 107,000 rations were daily distributed at Choumla, so that we may reckon 100,000 fighting men. If we take the number of troops in the fortresses in the Danube at 50,000 men, the Turks had 150,000 men in the field last year. At the approach of winter most of the irregulars as usual returned home, but the time is now come fur them to appear at their post again. For these three months troops have been arriving at Constantinople, and the corps are already on their march to Adrianople. Bssnia be sides has resolved to send its contingent, which it re fused to furnish last year, and there is every reason to believe that the Sultan will be able this year to bring into the field an army twice as numerous as in 1828. The Courrier also says that the President of Greece before he left Egina obtained from the Russian Govern ment a promise that Russia would guarantee the third loan of 30 millions of francs, in the hope that France would guarantee another third. It was not known whe ther England would do the same. The loans appears to have been offered to some houses at Paris. The same paper affirms the resignation of Prince ypysilanti has been accepted. The Roman Catholic clergy and part of the inhabitants of the island of Syra i have addressed a memorial to the (Pope, requesting that they reseain under the dominion of the Turks, because if they-should-be - united_ with the free state of Greece, they would hary:to'expect nothing but misery and persecution, from the baited whick , the Greeks have of them on account of the difference of their faith; they therefore solicit the interference of the Pope. AmSTE DA 31, Aids 12 . —Exchange• on London -1207 3-10 to 12 10—Two Months 120. By recent private accounts frow Glasgow, we learn that trade in that city is slowly reviving, that business of every sort is brisker than it has been for some months, and that there is every prospect of its still further continuing to improve. In the present distressed state of the country—a distress, which though undoubtedly in some places severe, has been, ve have reason to believe, unduly exaggerated,— such information cannot fail to be acceptable. Glas gow is the great emporium of the trade of the West of Scotland ; its influence is unquestioned, its re sources immense; it is from that city that commerce flows as from a reservoir in different channels throughout the country, and it is to that city, as to a vast engulphing ocean, that it returns. In fact, Glasgow is to Scotland what the heart is to the human body ; it is the very seat and origin of its commercial existence. Whenever, therefore, it exhibits symp toms of amendment, we may take it for granted that the country is equally improving, and that trade is returning, after a temporary torpor, to its wonted state of healthful and enterprising activity. From Manchester we hear little, but that little is rather favourable than otherwise. The disturbances hare abated, the misguided operatives have seen the error of their conduct, and are quietly returning to their duty. By such conduct only can they hope to en sure the sympathy, and what will answer their pur pose much better, the assistance of a public already sufficiently alive to their distresses, and inclined. rather to forgive and forget than to remember and stand aloof. Letters from Lisbon, received at Havre, state that Don MIGUEL had frequent interviews with his mother, and that he had lately followed a religious procession on foot. It is said in the French Papers, received this morning, that accounts have been received from Greece, stating that the Turkish garrison in Misse longhi had offered to capitulate. German and Brussels Papers have been received this morning. It was stated at Odessa that the Russian fleet had taken on board 6,000 troops at Sebastopol, which axe to be landed at Bazardjik, for the purpose of cutting off the communication with the Turkish army in Asia. This movement s expected to create a great sensation at Constunti. nople : BRUSSELS, MAY 9.—la the sitting of the Second Chamber to-day, the President announced that he had re- ceived a Royal Message, with a project of law, relative to the bakers. The Message says, that it has appeared from legal proceedings that have lately taken place that some bakers, induced I,y a love of gain, had used poisonous substances in the bread, and it appearing that the existing penal laws have no adequate provisions against this crime, his Majesty has judged it advisable to lay before the States General a project of law to remedy this defect. This project of law is divided into seven articles,, of which the following is the substance : Those who shall mix with bread or other food blue vitriol, white vitriol, or any other deleterious substances, shall be punished by imprisonment from two to five years, SHIPPINQ INTELLIGENCE—CI III S -DA9 FROM LLOYD'S: DEAL, MAY 13.—;-Wind fretn_ don, the Albinia, Purvis, for Deraerari-; and'ir"7 Grenville, Shea, for India. i i; l o 4 PORTSMOUTII, MAY 13.—Wind the Paris, Neale, for St. Andero. t h PLYMOUTH, MAY 12...—Wind Marquis of Anglesea, Stewart, for Swan - R•iq, Orient, for Quebec. Off POrt, the , stow, from Bengal, sailed the 17th ofjanuail; St. Helena the 26th of Mardi. fit FALMOUTH, MAY 12..—Wind Sally, May, from New York ; Alacrity, Fintill! , -;„ Bengal ; Broxbornehury, from Bengal;' a nd' 07 A . 0 7.. nor Harcourt, and Recovery, ChapinaT4 Bombay. Arrived the Fortitude, Barbadoes. rit ri " PENZANCE, MAY 12.—Arrived the g F from the Mauritius, sailed the 13th of FehrOfr oi i i JERSEY, MAY 10.—Arrived the Ant, Lisbon. ton, BRISTOL, MAY 13.—Arrived the Eleanor, PAY— , from Demerara. , from HOLYHEAD, MAT 12.—Arrived the An." Barbadoes. Act NEW YORK, APRIL I.s.—The New York r ship, which was to have sailed from LiverpPw n a the 16th of February, has not yet arriied•here,ni fears are entertained for her safety. The weitherls this coast has been very tempestuous for solve past. The New York, Bennett, sailed from •Liv.e pool, for New York, the 17th of February. The John, Taylor, from Bengal to Liverpoo4 V l left at the Cape of Good Hope the 17th of DOS' # with loss of fore and mizen topmasts, an d not- 6 ; pected to be ready for sea in less than fourteen day _by the Broxbornebury, arrived at Plymouth. :a . The Industry, Snow, of Jamaica, was wrecki"' the 27th of February, near Campo Bello. ~~~A • . N ~~=~ PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank stuck 0 0'04 8 ..i . South Sea Stock . ....... ....... 3 per Cen.. Red..... 567,i . Old Annuities — 3 per Cent. Cong. S'XF,II.4" iii New Ditto 87 % 3 1 4 Lei . Coe O% gi !Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO 2d. 66 67 pin. Ditto i‘eti. i'.s%%lDitto 300 2d. 6667 pm. t nor Cent. lO3 2.3 i 2 iDitto Small 2d. 67 CA/ pm. Di - .lo ' 11-2 t.: --iDitteiromsocrcial . pm 11 , nicL Anil. 19 % 5-16 }Rink for Ae„.ckunt — .livita i:teck 230'11' tindialor Account .. ...... . 221 Ditto iirmds 53 54,pm ;Coils: ff)r Aect 87% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT ►T ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds 51.7.4, Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds - . Portuguese Bonds — Chilian Bonds — Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New Ditto, 1824 6516U Russian ,;gi.6 Danish — Spanish. 1821 914 Greek Bonds — ---182.3 — Ditto, 1825 — French Rents, sp. c. 107 f. 75c. Guatimala — -- Exchange 27t Site. Mexican Bonds — -- 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto. 1825 — -- Exchange —f. —c. PRICES OF SHAWN THII DAT AT ONI O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. ass. at 5/. pm.) £2O '72 74 United Mex. Min. Ca. (iss. at 2/. pm.) £.10% 8% Alliance Fire and Life Insurance Co. 10 SIA PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 11. Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent 8 6 1,6 Aoyal Irish Ditto — Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 954 :National Ditto — Ditto, New 954 iPatriotic Ditto — 4 per Cent...... ............ .... 101 1,4 , Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3.A; per cent... 95% l'rovincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock 42% Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock —i— imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent. —, Mining Co of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings — MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. O America 2 0 Hamburgh 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 U Jamaica I Dublin 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 Fl.• nd ers 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 France 0 0 Malta O Gottenburgh 0 0 Mexico O Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Merning ...26 minutes after 11. I Evening ... 0 minutes after 0. CONTRACTS FOR COALS AND CANDLES. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT, TREASURY CHAMBERS, MAY 12, 1829. QUM PERSONS as are desirous of k.' Con tracting with the Agent for Commissariat Supplies, to furnish for Twelve Months, from the 25th of Jul.rx next, such Quantities of COALS and CANDLES as may from time to time be required, for sundry Barracks and Stations in the undermentioned Counties and Islands, may receive Particulars of the Cantracta on applying at this Office be tween the Hours of Ten and Four; and to the respective Barrack Masters in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney ; and deliver their Tenders at this Office, as follows, viz. Tenders for supplying Coals, sealed up, and marked " Tender for Coals," until Twelve o'clock on TUESDAY, the 9th June. Tenders for supplying Candles, sealed up and marked " Tender for Candles," until Twelve o'clock on THURSDAY llth June ; but no proposal, either for Coals or Candles, will be noticed, unless .made on, or annexed to, a printed Particular, and the Prices inserted in Words at length ; nor unless a Letter be subjoined to anch Proposal from two Persons of known Property, engaging to become bound with the Party tendering in the sum expressed in the Par ticulars for the due performance of the Contract. Tenders to be made for the several Counties, and sepa rate Barracks and Stations, as specified in the Particulars of Contracts. COUNTIES, &c. Gloucester Hants Isle of Man Lie of Wight Kent Lancaster Middlesex Norfolk Northumberland Berks Brecknock. Chester Cornwall Cumberland Devon Dorset Northampton Nottingham Pembroke Suffolk Somerset Surrey Sussex Warwick York Durham Essex North Britain, Isis] ids of Guernsey, Jei I, and Alderney. This day was published, in Bvo. 12s. with Ft Map, THE LIFE OF BELISARIUS By Lord MAHON. John Murray, Albemarle-street. T " - :LT .4 ? ASitts r.. 1% r *Am. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TwPLrR o' COO' There has been little speculation in the Mi l l i market up to the present hour. Console , 7,„ l ec t left off yesterday at 87i I for the account, h i ck olll at 87*, buyers, and sellers for money. a t w prices they now remain. Consols for the new a:, count, 87i 88 ; Exchequer Bills, 66 7; Scrip, 41 premium. There is nothing doing in the Foreign rock et deserving any notice. TIP 0 O'CLOCfli, Consols have remained all the morning at alternately buyers and sellers, except in one instseo when the Commissioners purchased at 87i. - are now 87f and 87i 8 for the new account. THREE 0' CL 0 Consols, 871 FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRIC °. Consols 87i 4 Danish 651 Do. for Ac. 87i I Greek, 1825 15 Brazilian Bonds 52* Mexican, 1825 Buenos Ayres Peruvian Chilian Do. Russian 96i Columbian, 1824 15i Spanish 9i PRIVY COUNCIL—(THIS DAY.) Pr'sA Meeting of the Lords of his Majesty 's Council was held this morning. The Lords were—Earl Bathurst (Lord President of the &ire cil), the Lord Chancellor, Lord. Chief J u i t t h i e f Best, Lord Chief Justice Tenterden, Lord Baron Alexander, Lord Ellenborough, Sir J. NiZb; Sir Christopher Robinson, Right Hon. J. C ' The house, and the Right lion. J. W. Courteng• C(4O, case for their Lordships' consideration W as a c i e s plaint made by Sir J. P. Grant, one of t he Jo 4,, of the Supreme Court of Bombay, against in tp therer vernor of that Presidency, for an allge& , interference with the jurisdiction of e the SuPr el Court. theit Mr. Sergeant BOSANQUET was Si ddro9o l l,. - Lordships at the time we went to press. - • , 4 4 The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was in a ttendant ( ' the case being one of great importance, 000 14 ships bad been specially . summoned. The beautiful Misses LIDDELL, the tis' and a fine of 200 tO 50 - 0 florins. ' Those who shall mix deleterious substances with liquors shall be liable to the same penalties. o te f ts at o ti f Lord acti Re tm in t v h e e s.ss fa to sviicitniramb,leawteoarlt present d. the tsvi n ' The same penalties are applicable to those who shall sell Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE has or attempt to sell bread or liquors containing poisonous rare repast for his friends next Wednesday, th il at th W e l so se substances, who shall know they contain such, and to not despair of a bumper following. The cn't °'. o f p sf those who shall knowingly sell or present such substances picious Husband would do honour to the best tone .4, 11 a cted' 'ef° l/17 for an unlawful use. theatrical history—such a play, and so. we- ae i n 10 ° The necessity of this law being urgent, it was resolved in itself, be a sufficient magnet, but Mr. KestaLl's 0 ,0 , that it should be presented and examined as soon as zeal to cater well for his friends, has procured the 1 10 possible. ful aid of the inimitable SONTAG—but this is lot ; ISO The Chamber has been engaged in discussing various has beside seduced the lovely VESTRIS to AO ber i s If 0 details of the ptoposed changes in the law relative to the part in the attractive farc of the / • cibics• ''' te mon . 6 i Fri Administration of Justice. were not afraid of the accusation of indlligiS A l ~.0 41 0/' ODESSA, APRIL 18.—We hear that the 6,000 men we should K be invincible D 1Y es .— . 0 say curtse must 0 . oi whom Admiral Greig bad taken on board his fleet at Se-COLCHESTER ....-- e pr9 vided,BUC i3o 4 l. FUNERAL OF LORD , ...,, 1, 0 0 1 . bastopol are to be lauded at Bazardjik. This expe- dition will certainly cause a great sensation at Coustanti- morning, at half-past eight o'clock, the 'to": in 6prial COLCHESTER proceeded front his late residence rd cute r. nople, by impeding not only the conveyance of provisions to the capital, but also the communication with the Turkish gardens, for interment in Westminster Abbe'' , army in Asia. It is reported that the Turks have assembled an army of 60.000 men at Erzerount, and that it will be the cathedral from Dean's-yard-gate, at niee ci ! c :( l ) - I rf i, cisely, when the procession was met by the t) S a cs 1. r v : Hoteocoun), Vergisrs, aud others of the Ab ey. Th!':/se reinforced in less than two months by an Egyptian corps of 16,000 men. VIENNA, MAT' I.—On the 27th ult. an extraor- ! service pr . iit SS E - L a was r N e D a , d inD Dean n e of most iv impressive s covered with rich black velvet superbly ornatnen_,! it i g li r dinary courier from Constantinople brought dispatches plate was of brass, on which was engraved " T . n,,, c .- t io t for the Foreign Ambassadors at Vienna. Since the Hon. CHARLES Loan COLCHESTER, born 14th :; te a sl landing of the Russians in the Bay of Bourgas, the Seraskier Chosrew Mucha has proceeded with a con- 1757, died Stb May, 1829, aged 71," and stain?, o f 111 siderable corps to Karabourno, between Media and tminstern2annTehreblete:s7ll V‘et the armorial bearings of the family. The rensaT! st olts' Constantinople; be is accompanied by Captain Julius Lordship are deposited in the north side of the (S e e de Rolle, for manly captain of cavalry in the Bavarian among the illustrious statesmen PITT, FOX/ l', W , iii yel army, who is to direct the fortifications that are to be TLEREAGII, and Mr. CANNING. His Lordship: P ro 0 erected on the coast, to hinder any further landing of the only separated from Lord Ceerezaxaan's by th g Russians. his (Lord COLCHESTER'S) mother. f Si dur The Turkish fleet at anchor off Bujukdere is r e i n - About three o'clock in the afternoon of 0 0 forced by the vessels which are sent front the arsenal as day se'nnight a labourer of Frampton devoured 00l s oon as they are ready for sea. Two corvettes, built at blbs. of pig's lives ) and a qu art e r of a peck of pot leo Sinope, lately arrived at the Bosphorus to be equipped At five o'clock he mad e a mea l of a half quart er ' s ," here. and at seven ate a pound of raw bacon! Wa s h in g tolti a VIENNA, MAY 3.—The Duke de Laval Montmorency, this delicate repast with three quarts of ale! en d ° the French Ambassador, who has been summoned to Paris several pipes of tobacco ! • Jo , to take the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs, is prepar- I At the Insolvent Debtors' Court, Oi s e li e ing to leave this city in a short time. M. de Royer, the Mr. R. Dowstma RICHARDS, late proprietor of Os, newspaper, was sentenced new Prussian Minister to Constantinople, has already left , •to four months'" • lore imp Vienna on his way to the Turkish capital. sil . sis MURDER OF A YOUNG FEMALE • .pbs FRONTIERS OF WALLACHIA, APRIL 17..-.. The Turks r the 1 0 0 have formed at Ghiurgevo an entrenched camp opposite that susaxote.—This morning, at an early i n to II ,p , tants of Kensington and its vicinity were thro wo ol 0, 4 of the Russians, in which they are said to have 17,000 men. of great alarm by the circumstance of a you"g irese edr, c ol On the 11th inst., they attacked the Russians near the hour, parently about 23 years of age, r e spectablY u, . 0 . Sloe village of Piatra, but were forced to return to their tramp with only one eye, having been found murdered k ' eo to iv without success. After this action 32 wounded were con near Lord HoLeatan's Park. The body Wan t 4 0 10 t d 1 veyed to our hospital near Bucharest. Among the killed • A nd's Arms, Kensington, where it now s fort° was a Colonel of Hulans. The Russian force at Kallarasch Holly inquest, which will sit to-morrow. The no Le opposed to them are estimated at 8,000 men. In the neigh- ! creature has not yet been owned. bourbood of that place there being no buildings adapted for . 0 114 , S s li o military hospitals, barracks are to be built capable of re- The Hertfordshire races, usually oe t i g ceiving 24,000 wounded. Count Langeron, b e fore hi s d e . Hoo races, were this year, for the first time,. l ' f r „ s rtic ° ,.. p a sture, which took place on the 11th of this menth, re- i Alban's : there was no feature in them veorthY o r iot p it y ceived orders to proceed directly to Warsaw, where the observation. The attendance was pretty ful" ct 6l I( Emperor Nicholas is expected. It is affirmed that M. Hugo, ! slated principally of families immediately COn ne . l or the French Consul of Bucharest, will leave that city in a the county. - if CS tery Of few days, and that the English agent will depart as soon A FEMALE CHIMNEY SWEEP. --- ~,to by as he is informed of the arrival of Mr. Gordon at Coustan- morning a Mr. BROWNING, of Gee-street, Sol le i, - o ea r - ,,, tinople. This news has caused an tutpleasant sensation at sent to SMITH, a sweep, of St. Pancras, 0 • o f $v Bucharest. ANCONA, APRIL 20.—Mr. Gordon is expected at was sent in a most ragged and pitiable state, to r io lS t e s chimney swept. A poor girl, about eleven Yea ll e rfil . f e j ill Naples the beginning of May to embark immediately for the job, who, after having ascended the c himney' s fe o o ,l Constantinople, as well as Count Guilleminot. Mr. Strat-- as a boy, discovered her sex, and stated that b io e t heoi:se ford Canning intended to go to Paris, and M. de Ribeau- had, for the last five years, dressed her in boy'* ° , slo t t y pierre to Florence. The last letters from the lonian Islands sent her out with boys to sweep chimnie s, ands. Seeoo give a very favourable account of the proceedings of the slept at night with them on the sacks in th e cell° r ll ' e d o of Greeks on the continent. It was not doubted that they i t ral parish gentlemen, with Mr. I.3KovessiNG , el a d' e 4 • an ue a , would soon be masters of Prevcsa. the unnatural parents, and severely repritu . 1 .1 o V IEN NA, MAY 2.—Metalliques, 98k; Bank Shares, and immediately ordered them to clean the poo r T e r fi e o f .. 1,102. the soot, and clothe her. in the dress belonging to oive THE LEECH.—One of the most sol ; w olf ; I; all animals is the leech, a disposition owi n g pies ,if Extract of a letter from Port-au-Prince, March 26 : —Business in the commercial line is exceed ingly dull here, and the principal topic of conversation relates to the negociations now pending between the Go vernment and the French Consul ; nothing has yet tran spired from which we can state with certainty, but I learn from an unquestionable source, that France proposes to allow this Government not only the term of twenty-five years (as demanded), to pay the stipulated sum, but much longer if it should be desired, provided that iuterest should be paid them at; per eat. per mum. the curious arrangement of the cutaneous 00::i outer coat. This creature, being put into a Ph"' • t tl lll r filled with water, has been used as a me ans of e f ,ir 1 ,, e changes of weather several hours beforcliaud. Iti frosty weather, it Nv ill lie rolled up in a spiral forto,i, bottom of the vessel, but prior to rain or o'l 004 creep to the surface ; if there is wind, it will gl;"`';i about the bottle, and if lightning be approaching, 'd " canvalsively near the top, and gets as inucb °t it water as it eau.