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THE LONDON JOURNALS. **TRACTS FROM THE HNIL I Y MORNING PAVERS, March 8, f 823. [THE TIMES.I Tito city of Paris is like a tossing sea afto strong gale. There is comparative tranquillity, with a sufficient intimation of the preceding tu mult. it will be perceived by the report of th e proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies on "Wednesday, the day after the abstraction of Manuel, that certain members,' his friends,' pre sented a protest to the President against that act of force, The reading of the protest was negatived and therefore its contents do notappear in the proceedings of the day. Almost the whole of the left side may be considered as having seceded —a course which was once adopted, and that with no very good effect, in England. The right side is either very safe, or, if there be danger, very blind ; for they receive all the denunciations of vehgeance with laughter and derision. [stonlsiNo posT..3 The proceedings of the French Chamber of Deputies, in relation to the expulsion of M. Me nne!, and the circumstances by which the actual completion of that enormity was attended, al forded altogether a clearer view into the cha atter of the present dominant party in France ll and the estimation' in which it is held by the community, than any antecedent occurrences., It is evident that the foreign and domestic policy', of this cabal of furious and servile bigots are perfectly accordant and appropriate to each other ;—to beat down the rising efforts of free dom abroad, and , at home to , establish the un bounded sway of despotism and' superstition., The expulsiotr of M. Manuel consummates the proof that such are their objects, and that they are entirely without scruple as to the awaits by which they proclaim and pursue them. If any topics can be blameless, if any class of ar gument can claim toleration in an assembly call ing itself deliberative, it is surely those which refer to historical facts, in order to guide or mo dify by the lessons of experience the decisions of modern policy. M. Manuel was no doubt cor rect in his assertion, that the menacing attitude of Foreign Powers towards France, provious to the death' of Louis X VI., however proper and necessary, did, in fact, excite an effervescence in the popular mind by which that melancholy and fatal crime was accelerated. And he was equally right in the conclusion, that the inva sion of Spain at the present day will increase the personal danger of the King, if, as the op ponents of M. Manuel contend, any such dan ger is to be apprehended from the distrust or indignation of his subjects. --.ew5ig0........ Peninsula. Whatever opinions may be enter tained with respect to modes of Government, there are now, we trust, few in this country who think one nation authorised in deciding what Government is most proper for another, and still fewer who do not think the case of Spain affords less juPtification of interference than any other on record. In other cases, the pretext has been the danger to which the interfering State was threatened from the spread of the dis order; but the everlasting exclamation of the Ultras is—let us rescue a Bourbon Prince from the difficulties of his situation ; a Bourbon Prince must have no restraint imposed on him. The people are considered like cattle on an 'estate, the absdlute property of legitimate Sovereigns. The objects nearest the hearts of the Ultras we are aware is the conquest, in the Peninsula, of their old priviliges, and the reduction of the people of France to their former servitude; and this ardent regard for every branch of tilt Bourbon family is merely of a piece with the disgusting affectation and hollowness which have always characterized the Noblesse of France.— It will be observed, that the speeches at the dinner seldom travel beyond the condemnation of the doctrine of interference, and the expression of a generous sympathy with the people of the Peninsula. On the subject of the course which we ourselves ought to hold, opinion is naturally divided, and the Gentlemen present very properly abstained from entering on it.—Other proceedings will no doubt immedi ately follow those of yesterday. On British generosity the Spaniards and Portuguese have a strong claim, evert could we suppose that the Portuguese have no claims on our justice. [Bu vrisn PltE9s.l The outrage on the Deputies of France in the person of M. Manuel has created a sensation in that country which is not likely soon to subside, aftd which may 1w productive of the most itnpor taut consequences. The l'aris Papers of Wed'. nestle y morning and evening, received by express, with confidential private letters of the same date, [MORNING HERALD.] Some recent speeches. and 'proceedings in the House of Commons, relative to Ireland, deserve particular notice. They may be regarded as pro phetic of a somewhat better state of things there, even in spite of the frequent and melancholy dis appointments that have followed the measures hitherto applied to ameliorate the condition of the rich. It is an interesting fact, stated some nights since by Mr. Canning, that the proceedings of the Irish Government, up to the moment at which he spoke, had the cordial and unanimous support of the Government in this country.— The idle rumours, therefore, of Ministerial schisms, and the recall of the Chief Governor, are reduced to their proper value—a cipher. The next point of importance is the pledge given by, the Government, that no professions, no pre tensions, shall henceforth procure for any party the dangerous privilege of forming secret and ex clusive, Associations—in a word, that what are called Orange Lodges shall be put down, and prohibited by extending the law of this country to Ireland. This will strike at one of the main roots of feud and faction, without any coercion of jus t` eights. At all events, they must be a very overweening party in Irelend, who should murmur at the extension to them of a represent the public feeling and indignation to be at their height in that troubled capital.- - Violent scenes are stated to have taken place at several cay'es on the Boulevards during Tuesday night. Groups of individuals attached to the Left Side read the Ultra paper, the Etoile, aloud with mockery, and declaimed in the most violent manner against the Ministry, the garde royale, anti the gendarmerie in particular, who forced M. Manuel from the Chamber when the national guard refused to act. Parties of the garde royale paraded the Boulevards to a very late hour. The feelings of the people of Paris have evidently been kept down by an overwhelming military force ; that capital, on the day of the violent expulsion of M. Manuel, swarmed in every part with troops and gendarmerie ; all the bridges tind avenues were lined with bayonets and cannon, and Paris was one vast armed camp. law, which has now for several years existed in England not only uncomplained of, but unfelt. If there be any doubt upon the extension of the Act in this case, it is only the doubt whether it be necessary, and whether the secret bonds anti organization of the Orange Lodges are not illegal under the actual state of the laws.— No one who had made himself at all acquainted with the state oftreland, will deny that a strong Government .is indispensible there. But a strong Government, to be benelical, tnus also, above all things, be an equal one.— The third topic—perhaps the most importan of all—is the measure about to be intro duced by Mr. Goulburn, for the commutation of tithes. The adoption of the very phrase, by a member of the Administration is an important circumstance, even if ho had not given an outline of his views. The operative machinery of the projected measure, which is to he divided into two Bills, is so complicated and minute, and as yet so little known in detail, that no judgment can be formed of it. But in the hands of such a person as its author, who derives authority from his office and his opinions, it can hardly fail to inspire confidence in the quarter where alarm and opposition might be most naturally expected : and as to the lay community of Ireland, it ap pears that the Irish Aternhers of all _parties have [NEW TIMES.] Our opinion of the insignificance of the distur bances at Paris is fully confirmed. The Renter, far from being depressed, have actually risen 14 per cent. The rlosipg price of Tuesday, was 80, 55 ; ajul of Wednesday 81, 80. A few groupes of idle people were collected here and there in the streets ; and an occasional shout of cc Vive Manuel!" was heard: but at. the ap. peeranco of the gendarmes all was quiet, and the idlers, dispersed with great celerity. We are disposed to think that no great judgment was *hewn in the .mode of attack on M. Manuel. it is very true that he was a disgrace to the Chamber nf Deputies, both from his conduct in the Rebel Chamber of Deputies Wild from the seditious language which he held last Ses sion in the tribune : and it would have been perfealy right to have expelled him, had he repeated in the course of the present Session the e xpres4,ions which on a former occasion excited so much disgust. But by interrupting him in the midst of Ids speech, he was left to allege that his, sentence was unfinished, and to give it what turn he chose. It will he observed, that the Ministers took no part in the interrup tion, and even showed a tacit disapprobation of the measure. We have been informed, indeed, that one of them expressed a decided wish that M. Manuel should finish his speech, and meant to have answered him on the spot. But no sooner bad Munnel let it be seen that he meant hll rectly to justify the doctrine of Regicide, than the indignation felt by the Members of the ex .. treme Right burst out with uncontrolable lence, and carried the Assembly along with them. 'The Centre even seemed to participate the same feelings, though in a less enthusiastic degree; and it is said that some even of Manuel's'friends told him he deserved to he expelled. declared themselves not only satisliitcl•with the measure, but particularly grateful to the Secre tary. It is by asyttens of Administration such as that of which there is now at least a p rom i se , and by it only, that the condition of the Irish can be improved. They must be governed with a strong, but an equal hand—coercion must be accompanied with gradual soothing and relief, in order to break and discipline them into that state of (if we may use the expression) social mansuetude, which is utterly incompatible .with their actual and long existing state of in,. perfect political protection, and consequently imperfect civilization. CMOR,NINU: CiffLONICLE.I The dinner in konour of the Spanish and Per. tuguese AMbassedprs and the Duke de San Lo• renzo, afrortiva most unequivocal proof of the feelings of-ell .classes and parties in tills country On the subject of the threatened invasion of the PARIS PAPERS. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. sITTING or ItARER 5. At a quarter past one, the PRESIDENT entered the 11. Immediately after, M. Caumartin went up to him, delivered a packet, and retired. The president opened and read it. MM.' Forbin des Issarts, Duhamel, Dudon, Pavy 4 Benoit de Martignac, and many other Members of the right side, successively went up to his bUreau, and surrounded him. Different Members on the same side formed themselves into various groups in the middle of , the hall, and dis. coursed with each other; the packet which ,had been delivered seemed to be the object of their conversation. • The Duke of Belluno, M. de Peyronnet, and M. de Chateaubriand, entered after each other, and, took their seats on the Ministerial Bench. At two o'clock the President rang his bell, and opened the sitting. • During the reading of the proces-verbal, the Ministers of the Interior and of the Marine were introduced, and took their places near their col leagues. , The PREslDENT—Messieurs, the following letter has been addressed to the President of this Chamber :—. " M. Le President—We have the honour to address to you a Declaration, which we request you will communicate to the Chamber.—(Signed) Foy, Deraarcay, Cabanon, de la Tour du Pin and others. On the right—What is the Declaration ? The President—lt is a Declaration which contains a Protest against the proceedings adopted towards M. Manuel. On the right—Do not read it. M. Dudon--I demand to be beard against the reading of it— [Murmurs on the left]. On the right—No, no, it is not worth while. The order of the day. M. Dudon—l wish to shew the grounds of objection which exist to reading a document consisting of a protest. On the left side—lt is a declaration. M. Dudon continued—Address, protest, or declaration, it is all the same, when the object is to protest against a proceeding of the Chamber. That is why I oppose the reading of it. In support of this argument I will adduce that which was recog nised by the Constituent Assembly, against the protest of 266 Members of that Assembly. On the left—What a comparison 1 They then protested against the Constitution ; we protest in favour of it. M. Dution—l invoke the same principles which then served as guides to the Assembly. The whole left side rose. The orator was vehementlyapos trophised .by several Members on that side. The voices of MM. Dcatarcay, do Lameth, Foy, &c. were .dietingaished. The President had some difficulty in restoring - order. M. Dudon—lt is a principle of every representative assembly, that the will of the majority constitutes the law. While die:. cussion is going on, the minority may employ every means in its power ; but when the majority has decided, the minority must submit.' Otherwise there would be disorder and anarchy, and no conclusion could ever be attained. After the decision of the majority, the protest of the minority is an act of rebel lion.—(Freidi interruption ; fresh murmurs on the left.)—You • often cite the examplesSf England, and you will not fail to. re fer to her example on this occasion. In the Chamber of Peers the protests of the minority are allowed ; but we must recollect all teat passes in that Chamber. This custom arises from the circumstance that all the Members sign the acts anti decisions of the Chamber; the Opposition sign and state the grounds of their dissent. But this practice does not exist among us. — (,11. Lameth interrupted the orator.)--I am astonished that M. Lameth should question what I say, for in' the Constituent Assembly it was lie who opposed most strenuously the protest of the 25b Members. Yet, that number included a third of the ,Members composing that Assembly.—( Laughter on the right.). —lt was then said, that they who should protest would be considered as having abdicated the functions which they exer cised. During the speech of the Hon. Member, the President of the Council of Ministers was introduced. The tumult on the left increased r all the Members on that aide vociferated together : it wits_ impossible to distinguish any thiug - that was said. The President was appealed to. The President—l have read the letter which Iva.% written to me. I was asked what it enclosed. I replied, that it con ' tabled a declaration. At present, the reading of this piece is disputed. I cannot refuse the right to speak updn that subject. /IL Dutton repeated his last sentence ; and concluded by moving the order of the day. M. Foy—The last words of the Speaker who preceded me embrace the whole of this question. He has cited I know not what Decree of 1791, which prohibited functionaries and mem bers of deliberative bodies, _under pain of forfeiture, from mak ing protests. It is 'precisely because we arc placed in a supe rior sphere that such considerations are inapplicable to us. I ask you, is there in the Charter a single word which forbids protests and declarations? No one, consequently, can refuse to a fraction of this Chamber the right of making a declaration. This declaration having reached the tabl e o f the President, the President, by virtue of the 12th Article of the regulation,ought to read it. I ask of you, Gentleman, has the former that power' to refuse the reading of a declaration which concerns the.viglits of the Chamber, a declaration which concerns the rights of the Deputies,—a declaration, in fact, which concerns the sanctity of the Charter? Can the Chamber propose to the President the interdiction of reading,,h ? On the Right—Yes.—Plurmurs on the left !) General Foy resumed—Under the momentous, solemn, and terrible circumstances (Laughter on the right,) which surround us, ought you to be allowed to refuse to the minority the ex ercise of Its rights ? Its rights, which are recorded in the Char. ter, in the hearts of Frencnmen,-in the hearts of that brave National Guard, which yesterday gave so noble an example of their respect for the representative di g nity (Violent murmurs on time right.) No i the Charter is not lost, when my country contains such citizens. I demand that the declaration be read. The President-1 am going to put the reading of the declara tion to the vote (Murmurs on the left.) M. Demarcay to the President—Take care; Sir, the day of justice will come (explosion on the right. Order'i order I) The President (with dignity)—Sir, I shall never be intimi. ": . the M . in the exercise of my functions. u (IC KI 'WISH llt E ASSIZ ES.—The trial of ttie Dupont de L'Eure42You have gendarmes at hand to Reverend W ILLIAM EYRE canoe on at Aylesbury seize upon us (Violent murmurs on the,right side.) on Monday. It will be recollected that this, de i ntjut the reading of the declaration to the vote. T t h e r ig ht centre rave, tumult waft at its height on Reverend Gentleman was charged with committing the l e ft side ITe h l e ef i t ' a re n s il all the Members of Which quitted their places pro a rape a few months ago, at Worship-street testieg, anti left the Hall. Police Oflice where a long examination took on pass ing Dupont de IlEure saluted the Members of the right aide in front of them. place,. and he wits sent down to Buckingham- MM. Sebastiani and Michin were the only Members of the shire ott the charge. The Grand 'Jury threw left side who did not withdraw ; those of the centre continued in their places. out the bill for the capital offence, and Annul The President--The order of the day is the continuance of one for a misdemeanour. The trial lasted six the debate on the project of law relative to the grant of extra. hours, and he was acquitted. A great number of ordinary supplies for 10143, It is M. HumblotContes turn to speak' respectable farmers and others attended, and gavepM. Humblot Cont 6 (front his seat)--I renounce it. him a most excellent character. The verdict of The President—Does M. Mechin wish to address the As. acquittal was received with great satisfaction. senility ? M. 'Medlin—No —[Th e Honourable Member then with. MURDER Or NEEDLE AND HIS WlTE.—Josepa drew.l Groker and Thomas Randal were tried on 'rues. 31. - Laisne de Villevesque also renounced his turn to address day last at Aylesbury Assiies, for the murder of the Chamber . The President announced that before time opening of the Edward Needle and his wife, keepers of the toll!' Sitting, M. Sappey (who was inscribed to oppose the ' project) gate. The evidence (which has been fully before had informed him that an extinction of voice would not per the public) was conclutive, and the Jury found a mit Idol to address the Assembly.—(Bursts of laughter on the, right aide.) verdict of " Guilty"—Death,. du Thursday The closing of the discussion was then called for, which was Morning these men undo went the awful sentence not °Maul. of the law in front of Aylesbury gaol ; the M. 0 Martignae Rep ter of the Commission, was. =se- ' r coed or . Y upon to address the Assembly. Ile reeapitulat• concourse of spectaters was imtnettse ; the con• ed and combated all the objections made against time project of VictS had previously acknowledged the justice of law, and anno tutted that the Commission persisted .n weir views for its adoption. The luminous speech of the Reporter their sentence ; attd,their appearance. anti cop• freqUently excited movements of approbation. COAL-MARKET, Manor thict subsequent to the knowledge of their The Reporter of time Commission having been heard, the Ships at Market. Ships sold President read the first article AS follows (Ili Newcastle - 49 unable fate were penitent, nod as it should have „ , _ _ _ /too, Lventual treedits.to the amount of one hundred 30 Sunderland - 14 been, They seemed 'to die without a.squggic, thaliQtta i ate opened to the Ministers on/own/deur/lot the U Scotch Coal • • traonlinary and urgent expences which would be authorised in 1823, in the forms prescribed by Art. 152, of the law of the 25th of March, 1817, in addition to the c redits voted for the ser vice of 1823." An Amendment, observed the President, has been proposed to his Article by M. Schastiani ; it consits in commencing the said Article by the' words, " In case of war." M. Sebastian' was called to the Tribune ; he refused to ad dress the Assembly. M. the President—Since there is no opposition, I shall put the Article to the vote. It was accordingly put to the vote, and almost unanimously adopted ; three Members on the left centre rose for its rejection. The President read the the 2d Article " There are appropriated to the liquidation of the said ex pences Flatly, the supplementary resources of the budget of 1823, amounting to 10,278,108 f. and the excess in receipt above the expences of the budget of 1822, amounting to 62,658,801 f. Secondly, a credit in rental, 5 per cent. consolidated, of the sum of four millions of francs which the Minister of Fi nance is authorised to inscribe in the great book of the public debt, with interest from the 22d of March, 1823." The Commission has proposed an amendment, tending to change the word amounting into estimated at. Thu proposed substitution of words was approved, and the article thus modified, adopted. The President read the third article : " Article 3.—An account shall be given in the Session of 1824, of the realization and appropriation of the whole or a part of this credit in itentes, which cannot be disposed of other. wise than by public negociations i without concurrence, agreeably to the forms prescribed for the transfer of )tenter effected by the Treaty of the 9th of August, 1821. This article was put to the vote and adopted. The scrutiny on the whole law was then proceeded with. The members of the left side and of the left centre, who had not quitted the hall, refused to vote. The following is the result of the scrutiny.—Number of voters, 258. White balls, 239; black ditto, 19. The law was declared adopted by the Chamber, and the Sitting adjourned at four o'clock. _ . The Order of the Day for to-morrow is the opening of the discussion of the project of law relative to the recal of a per. tion of the discharged military. PARIS, MARCI/ s.—Yesterday morning, at three o'clock, three or four individuals, who were pressing on the Quai des Tuileries ap proached the wall, and called to one of the sen tinels on duty on the terrace. As soon as he shewed.himself a pistol was fired at him; he dis charged his musket, but did not hit one of the assailants. Thei guard of the chateau, and the posts placed at each end of the Quay tool• up arms. Patroles paraded the Quay, but did not find any person. New's from Madrid of the 24th ult. arrived yesterday. The opinion of the Council of State relative to the departure of the King was, that the departure would be premature. The resig nation of the Minister of the Interior, Gasco, has been accepted. The King 'charged the Council to present candidates to him to form a Ministry. The Council at first refused, but the King having insisted, the selection of new Mini sters was expected every moment. TOULOUSE, FEB. 28.—The speedy arrival of the Duke of Angoulame has been announced. M. de .Bray is appointed Central Receiver of the Army of the Pyrenees. Twenty millions is to be the amount of the first supply. The day before yesterday uniform coats were served out to a detachment of the Army of the Faith. BAYONNE, Fr.a. U.—Lord Fitzroy Somerset is arrived in our town from Madrid, on his way to Paris. It appears that the Cabinet of Madrid had declined all foreign mediation, at least, in What relates to modification in their constitution. Perhaps the sacrifices which England required were too painful.. Besides, it is known that the Spanish. Revolutionists were much displeased et the Speech of King George to the British Par liament. Hence, of all the Journals of the fac tion, the Expectador is the only one that published it ; they expected an armed intervention on the part of England. Letters from Madrid announce that 800 militia of Madrid and of the Province, have demanded their retreat. from the ,service.—lf we may credit more recent letters, Abisbal has been beaten by Bessieres. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAncli 7. LTBEI..---PALMER'S PRINCIPLES OF NATURE. THE Klso V. CHARLES TRUST. This was an information filed by the Attorney-General, charging the defendant with vending a blasphemous publics. Lion, entitled Palmer's Principle s of Nature. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL shortly stated the case to the Jury. -By the evidence it appeared that the publication in question was sold by means of an inlet in a screen, through which the money was put, and immediately the work was delivered through an aperture by an invisible hand. The defendant appeared' to be an illiterate youth of about eighteen years of age, railer smartly dressed ; he was attended by a man, who suggested several question* by way of cross. examination. Several passages of the work were read by the Associate, con. taining very coarse and irreverent expressions applied to the Christ= Religion and its professors. The defendant being called on for his defence stated, that Mr. Prendergast was retained as his Counsel, who was not pre. sent. —He then read a short defence from a paper which was handed to him by the man who sat next him. It was preg. nant with scurrilous epithets directed towards the two witnesses who had been called to prove the. publication, and denied the fact of publication. The SOLICITOR-GENEftAL, in reply, observed that he could not help lamenting to see the defendant surrounded by those, who were endeavouring to make him the tool of their base and mischievous designs. The Lon') CHIEF JuiT ICE summed up, and the Jury imm mediately found the defendant Guilty. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAncn 7. JONgs v. TIRIQII.4II. Mr. Serjeant __ xs stated, that this was an action of assault I and imprisonment, brought by the plai n tiff, a surgeon, against the defendant, who was a Captain of an East India vessel, the Arab, and who had imprisoned him on his passage, and treated him in a very improper manner. Disputes had arisen at the very commencement of the voyage, but the assault and impri sonment of which the plaintiff complained did not take place until after the vessel had reached St. Helena. At thit time the defendant's conduct became very viblent, and he imprisoned the plaintiff in his cabin, and never suffered him to go on deck hut for the purposes of nature. He had placed the plaintiff in his cabin, and strictly guarded him by placing a sentry at his door. These ass au lt s were justified, end the defendant affected on the record to say that he had been obliged to imprison .the Plaintiff in order to secure peace on board, and prevent the_ crew from mutiny. He believed that no foundation could be &hewn to exist for such a statement. It appeared by the evi dence for the plaintiff, that the imprisonment continued tilt the vessel got into the channel. 'Mr. Serjeant PELL, for the defendant, maintained that the action had arisen in ingratitude. The - passengers in the ship had declined to continue their intercourse with the piaintiff. and had signed a requisition to the Captain to exclude him from the cabin table. The Captain sent him a letter, containing this requisition, and desiring him to consider himself excluded. at the same time saying that his dinner should be sent him from the cabin mess, and that he should himself select the dishes.— To this letter the plaintiff had teplied in "a style of unbearable insolence. iVitnesses were called to prove the violent conduct of the plaintiff; and a strong manifestation of opinion having been .ob. served among the Jury, the evidence was stopped, and the plaintiff nonsuited. Price. 37* Od to 40* 9d 37* & to 49**1 Ott to Ott INSOLVENT DEBTORS. On Saturday last a Meeting of Merchants and Tradesmen was held in the Town.hall, for the purpost of " taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning Par. Raiment to repeal the existing laws for the relie f of 11 ' 1 "'" 411 Debtors." The 3:AYou opened the business by stating, a reil l i' i " don having been presented to him numeriCally, and, he might say, respectably signed, he had deemed it his du t y . to tall die Meeting together, to consider of a Petition to be sent to Par liament, praying for a repeal of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. The Town-clerk having read the requisiden, Mr. RUSHTON rose, and stated , that he bad b e e n desired to presort to the notice of the meeting a series of resolutions , and a petition founded upon them, for the purpose of carryisS into Effect tl.c object for which it had been convenal. Be could not but regret, that this task had not been committed to *big . hands than ma. Many persons much more competent than he might have been found to undertake it • and he was glyco l / sorry that none such had come forward ' on that occasioe, Jt wait admitted, on all hands, that great and cxying evils were inflicted upon the trading part of the c ommunity by the °pets? tion of the present law for the relief of insolvent debtors. Htz would be the last person who would attempt to repeal int,, llll t.' for the relief of men whose suOrings had sprung from misor tune ; men who had sunk under the pressure Of unavoidable. calamity ; men who had become the victims of disasters which elley could not avert. It was not the object add s sueetineea" attempt to deprive unfortunate debtors of the only means winds they had of escaping from the evils that had be fallen them' but it was their desire to break up the gigantic spool ot fraud and robbery under which society was nor suffering, an!. which had grown u under the present law. It was a mstter,o, notoriety, that debts had been contracted by insolvents to tal i amount of many millions sterling, for which th e credieori not received one halfpenny in the pound. fie held in his liatwe a statement, fmm which it appeared,_ that the debts of seven insolvents had amounted to 90,4804 and the assets totearlit the payment of those debts to only 171. 17s. 31 „, i 1t 'le s s 's % their estates had not amounted to three fuel:logs peered, from authentic statements, that eleven soiiiv-:,..„am had been contracted by insolvents, and that the De Pri"• 44— n d Was the tntito. Could such a state of things be longer endured ? trious teadman to he defrauded of his property in this marine!, without redress ? The evil could not be tolerates! longer, 1 1 na . _ effectual measures must be taken for stopping. eta destructive career. The law, as it now stands, offers a direct bctuntY wi : villany. The effects of the bankrupt laws are not tt be pared with those which it inflicts on society. Its operate° 140 to deteriorate public morels ; so much so, that men, n it ow , they have had a most respectable character, cone,!„er They crime to contract debts without the ability to rePaY t"`''" text' know that they can take the benfiet of the insolvent deb act, by which they are exonerated from their debts, in I ,: ; 1 1 1. summary way, in the short space of eight.and-twantrinriu, in the And this is what they call " whitewashing." T he en i e, ate creditor has no relief in law. The insolvent is set at and provided, perhaps, with the means of acquiring fresh ?,7_ . Pert,' ; yet how few instances have occurred of his comintivorn, ward and discharging the c l a i ms of his tied itorS millions had, as c before stated, been taken from the 1 ;1 of the tratling. part of the community by this spei 444 ,.`" fute rt fraud, and tradesmen were left without the means el ne m, he ra freely allowed, w redress. Such a system of robbery ought not, lie agai n r a Lior, ed, to be tolerated for one moment. The unfortunete tit described, ought to be punished with the uunost sever as a preventive against fraud, and as a protection to 111 e ought to d to ed ha hira ve some means yo. f s e u sc,a i p sis ing , 1 1)0 .4 al trious tradesman srainst the arts of unprincipled nese Mr. ROBERT PRZSTON seconded the resolutions., in o r i then read, and agreed to unanimously. The The resolutions and the petition founded ol';' 11 II T lyin for signature, was onlered to be presented to 1 I'" 11 oe ' s hy Loris by the Earl of Derby, and to the House of Coon the Members for the Borough. 'ass i 3 'Thanks were then voted to the Mayor, for his resit' calling the Meeting, and for his able conduct in the Clear, the Meeting separated.--(Lieeepool Courier, March ) petitio, st voto • (From the Gloucester Journal, 111arth 3 .) ~a s of THE HAUNTED COACH ! OR, TIIE pe r, I t ENTRILOQUTSM!—Monsieur ALEXANDRE, wit 4 r formances have recently so much delighted this citYl he wilcr e l l L Lednesda d y evening, returning from Tewkesbuclt , circ les , _ he b een dining with a friend well known in drarosu c ti ce lt , ifnight was dark, and the occasion too inviting fa/ „ 1 of th e ' rated Ventriloquist to forego his rokurries ! u e.- „y he o box had not proceeded far, when be was assailed bit r lo lo h e e h d in ro d y t e h o e n co . a Ills . ss pa i s io se w nge . r breathless tofovoie,-,:i',. ?r ip: he pulled up, and waited some minutes , but no on the after lion : the co lain acl e t . ; in a d n " d it a l; gti r; cal k li i n f' ; lame : he 's 7 a te Pr'' nt il lY str 011 0, °: , : ,:?vi 4911 t°:111; • Coaches stopped ; but in vain—no one was near!'" " a tce YA . rage d, an p b e - noy o u a: n r t oe , l • h deis oe and be ai when coach partyni resistedse omt i m a g i ningcdu p:eptmyoi regard d la n d som e it l it g a nd his hour, c r e C ti ' ° a u I c i 'l t ' y e e were i4j i in wilne ' l ' s 1471 a deaf ear to his fo rnicr fri e e isngs‘dtl'a laces e c l ° tl a trsh f the i,e1e11;11:11140"-hvI.:11 disc ew d sethneg p inAle p r o sae. inte : d ihis l e b E erx n ect ra h g lairenm e r d o be f ti yo ,ie n o a . meas - ore , he i gi m tuve b: 3e't. ` "ll. voice front the inside the coach deinandet.a;to paP • s P h a otrd d a l l a i t gh h t e : of he th di e d wsoliiPanailltftdsietanreliallrbidietire:l;°:bir, Sonte ti y hr t beliT eina h ee and v, et :n e r ti d o et ee to ed, Del b 7 e ll se ah t im i:Tv e r ed n l r ehnr i r e wetaa re lli i n n il ; P ;:c e°llrt;sliTeillidillni-L',lci n 4ckevt::"ca-(41 nu— his whip was projected in air, for he tfloi Ivorrreot of that some evil spirit haunted the voiturc. 4 .14 a detnefu le i courage, he drew on to a house near at 1 10 , "La a ll ' o ,`",; a light, and, with the wondering passengers; T° ll l, first rio t` Vercsomic la !—By and °cid coincidence, it via, con yietiO our modern Phatten had driven this coach ,11 • all" h i s it beslY; ! !vita so complete of an evil spirit being about i t ? - One d rAnglaiir, he would never mount the box again' r r diseov e tor outside passengers volunteered to go inside? and „ 4 10. 1 , sible this mysterious visitor ; notwithstanding vir ° f or an ' 1 it every precaution, Conches drew up more titan on s ee if 00' w ' 'tenor!, fare. Monsieur Alexandre, who was hinies (3 passenger, endeavoured to tranquillize the fo— , the o' sc ra l renew. He said it might be Alexandre himself ; titan, whose mind was now tilled with the fear of it o of agency, said, " I know he is at Cheltenham, a a nduos;.i. w slide for him to throw his voice from thence la th`,o coach." On their arrival, M. Alexandre line the do culty to persuade the passengers, or the coachmen, t 'non had been practised by himself. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Misr! i'l 11 Arristel dam Ditto, at Sight 1 q 19 ltottenlani ............................. 9 `ti Antwerp l4 p t r 3. 10. Haniburgli 2$ , Alton* ....... 9 1, j 4 Paris,3 Day's sight Ditto ................................•• io 96 liourdeanx, ditto of Frankforton the M .• • • Blain .... vti'' l ‘ rrt , Cadiz ............ . ..................... Bareuloua Glbralta Leghorn .............. . .. . ............... 47 .......... Ital. Lir. to Malta 45 -Naples .......... Palermo Cisbon . 7 ..... 35! ...... 00i P t 3porto kUu.lanciru Lot.. 91 Cork 41 itet 0 # l , Portugal Gold, in Coin .................. . 1 " . 1 ; Foreign Gott!, in 0r5....... ... . . . .......0 New Doubloons .... . ........ .• . 0 0 4 9 BULLION. New 1)0114es Silver in Rarc. tit andard 0 0_ P DIUTIIS. „....,, Cortaa l "' .., On the Gth inst., in Tavistock-square , o'l' fif obe" daugh . 28, ter. ° Or Feb at Spralton, near Northampton> t he I , %maiden, Esq., Jun., of a daughter. .........4 On Thursday, the 6th inst., at HOY ____._---.•,•"'"--- 006 MA /tit 1E1). , _b, yet► -y o the Rev. John Hurst, son of Robert flu A ll t a' ao ghtg„:„ Horsham Park, Sussr_x to Ottlierinc, 30 ° 611 ' e stor." - Nbef s Rev. the Chancellor Pluliyn, of Pershore, WO roo t s kli Last week, at St. John's, 31argate, Mr. Joh n of that town, to .Mists Harriet Jowl, of Deal. cross Cha rc f;op, 1 ilic On the ath inst., at Hampton, the infan t sun af gtl George Hemming. B a th, 0 1 On Thursday, at his house in Henrietts.strcet, Cuthbert, et . the East India Service, lienital• atifl P Printed and Published fur the PROARIEVOSSI °Mee, No, 112, Strand, by. J. lb CAItOTAISt•