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THE LONDON SOURNALS. • . DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, April 19. [Mt rnuas.J The French Papers which arrived yesterday present no news of importance. The homely proverb says," No news is best news ;" and cer tainly, in war, the want of any occurrence of moment is a reproach to those who attack, rather than to those who defend. A number of the Moniteur contains a defence of the war ; but the article is very dull, and not worth translating.-- Annexed to it is the copy of a Proclamation, addressed to the French, in the behalf of Napo leon 11. The boy is stupifying in Germany, and mill require much of his father's vivacity to over come the prejudices of his education : but it is surely as competent to the Spaniards to say to the French," You shalt not have institutions pro fessing to be derived from'the King," as it is to the King of France to tell the Spaniards that " they " shall have institutions derived from the King." Who was first guilty of the insolence ? The Moniteur avows that this proclamation was not intended to be published till the commencement of hostilities. The Austrian troops which had commeliced their retreat from Naples are said to have halted. If this be . so, what a proof " that things ill-begun, must be by ill main tained." If every people that claims the rights of humanity against the, encroachments of arbi trary power must be put down by the sword, and being thus put down, must be kept down also by the same process, without allowing the oppressors to find their work finished in one quarter, and themselves able to remove their force to another, the legitimates may find enough to do. [NEW TIMES.] The illoniteur contains a long article on the affairs of Spain. The first part of it consists of general observations, presenting nothing novel or remarkable. It is then observed, that ever since the period when the French Government found it necessary to establish the cordon sanitaire to protect the country from contagion, the do minant faction in Spain has been engaged in endeavouring to excite revolution in France.— " Our troops," says the Monitear, " were urged to revolt in the name of the Spanish Re volution. Agents of that Devolution came to Paris to concert with factious individuals who were closely watched by the Government. Obliged to conceal their plots here, bur conspira tors revealed them in the French newspapers printed at Madrid. 'These papers denounced to Europe our laws, our institutions ; they pointed out our Maitistrates as blood-thirsty; and as a climax of audacity,our Royal Family was treated by these libellers as Louis XVI. the Queen, and Madame glizabeth, were by their criminal pre decessors in the same path."—Passages are here cited, in which the French Government are called " execrable tyrants" and other oppro brious names ; and it is stated that a plan had been conceived in France for the formation of n Regency on the- Spanish territory, to proclaim " Napoleon the Second the legitimate Emperor of the French, and the additional Act of 1815." [BRITISH PRESS.] The Inclination of Government to act in the. spirit of equity and conciliation towards the Catholics of. Ireland, has already had the' effect of creating .two vacancies at the Treasury Board.' Mr. Barry resigned a short time. Once, and Alex. M'Naghten, Esq. gave up his CcimmiSsionership the very day before the motion was to come on against Mr. PlUnkett. The former Gentleman has, we know, long since predetermined to abandon this next-to-sinecure office, and there fore did no more than profit by the opportunity of doing that with a , race, :which he otherwise would have done without any grace at all. 'But Mr. M'Naghten is a model of precipitate Patriot ism. lie was determined to show how prepared lie was to prick , the sides of Ministers with the spurs of his ; resentment, if they supported the Attorney-General. Mr. Brownlow was in a blaze of admiration ; both personages calculated on the effect which such a sublime specimen of heroic self.devotion would produce on the coun try gentlemen ; but unfortunately the whole affair ended in a cold but charitable compromise, and all Mr.M‘Naghton's heroism went for nothing. We fear her will find .this rather a costly exploit. Good places, in these our days of retrenchment and economy, lo not fall vacantevery day. Mr. Hume has put the patronage of Ministers upon short allowance, and sheulti.Mr. M'Naghten, which is very likely,bring them his first frni is of repentance, as 11 peace-offering, we doubt much if they will be of avail. The high priests of the political temple will insist upon the sacrifice.. In truth, there is nothing so likely' to betray a weak politician into difficulties,, as a presumptuous confidence in his own importance. These tliglits . of Protest'ant Ratriotism are very,tlangerens, because, having one 46 set-to,"_ the ha.ro, under every possible' punishment, must 44 stanil up, to the scratch." After for, FalStati. is tole right—" The better part of valour is discretion." [mon - xi:No PosT.] Tire Government of England had determined to maintain neutrality in ease any war; should arise in Europe ' from whatever eaw>e, unless the interests or the honour of the country were essentially compromised. Does this determin ation involve any proof.: that the Administration consisted of imbeciles or dupes? The Government bad determined also in ease , any dispute Or irritation should arise likely to terminate ifs war, to interpose its good offices AS far as possible, in order VI avert that calainity, and to maintain such a position with re spect to elk parties as would afford the best chance that its inter position might be effectuaL Do these resolutions imply that the Ministers who-formed them were dupes ? When it was'an. fl ounced that the discussions pending between the Governinents of France and Spiin were to be introduced as a leading Sub ject for the consideration of the Congress of Verona, amt when afterwards France applied, to the other Powers to know what would be the policy of each in case they should ter minate in war, England, true 'to her resolution of neutrality, and to her wish to be if possible the 'confidential medium of adjustment and conciliation, refrained from expressing fully those feelings of suspicion. and displeasure which must have disqualified her for the duty of mediation, and' which were not cilled for by the intentions, so far as they were then avowed, of any party; Does this abstinence aflbrd any proof that the English negociaters were dupes ?-I.lrhateyer circumstances of suspicion might exist at the commencement of the nego- ciatien that it was the ultimate intention of' France, by di rect th'reats, and if threats should not avail, 'by open war, to effect a change in .the Spanish Constitution, and how- ever that suspicion might be strengthened At the different periods of its . progress, the gngiish Government had de termined - to give diplomatic credit to the representations of France, conscious that by this means only the negociations could be kept open—conscious that during this period of con ventional deception, no interest that was dear to her could really suffer—certain that as she had determined to waive any direct interest in the questions at issue, her character could sustain no injury by the procrastination—desirous that the moment might be . delayed when the French Govern ment should be fully and finally committed to war—and hoping something from the insecure ascendancy of the war party. in France, it would have been the very extremity . of rashness and folly to precipitate the conclusion, by refusing diplomatic belief to the repeated assurances of France that war was not unavoidable. Duped indeed ! The Statesmen would have duped themselves into a premature defeat of their own objects—they would have duped themselves to tke destruction of all their remaining chances of success, if they had declared every word to be fraudulent of which they had reason to suspect the sincerity. England, for her own wise and honest purposes, - kept the negotiation alive, not b y . receiving falsehood for truth, but by abstaining merely from _giving direct insult. This the men in Opposition, who think themselves most qualified for government, say is being duped. [AIORNING CHRONICLE.) It will be seen from the account of what took place last night in the House of Lords, that Lord Liverpool has agreed to produce some additional Papers on Monday. In answer to one of the questions put by Lord Holland on the pre ceding night, relating to communications in dispatches from Spain to England, or to her Ambassador at Madrid, charging France with having- fomented discord and divisions in Spain, by money or otherwise, lie said that no communication on the subject, of any importance, had been made by Spain_ ; -but Lord Holland having stated that he had been led to infer the existence of such communications from the allusion in the dispatch from 111 r. Canning to Sir Charles; Stuart, dated Feb. 3d, alluding to the complaints of the Spanish Goverment in this respect,— and that he was most anxious to- ascertain whether Govern ment were in possession of communications official or un official of what was known to many merchants and other in dividuals,—Lord Liverpool said he did not mean to deny that money had been employed by France in the manner stated, and that Government were in possession of information respecting it. This frank confession is so far creditable to his Lordship ; but what are we to think of the conduct of the Noble Representative of this country at Verona, who, knowing that the dissensions in Spain had been created and fed by French gold, could yet make the following ,admission (Answer to the Questions of the French Plenipotentiary, Oct. 30, 1822, Paper No. 4) :—" Considering that a civil war exists in the whole extent of the frontier which separates the two kingdoms ; that hostile armies are in move ment and in operation in every part of it ; and that there is not a town or village on the French frontier which is not liable to insult and injury—there is no person who must not approve of the precaution which his Most Christian Majesty has taken in forming a Corps of Observation for the protection of his frontier, and for the tranquillity of his people." Wasbis Grace, a Cabinet Minister, seized at Verona, with an opportune forgetfulness of the information respecting the cause of the civil war existing along the frontier, as he so op. portunely forgot at Paris, that he was sent to protest against interference in the affairs of Spain ? He did not forget, however, to dwell on " the unfortunately false posi tion in which the King of Spain is placed, 'and that the spirit of party . . . . is in a great measure the cause of the unfortunate irritation in Spain against France."— No wonder that Mr. Secretary Canning should dwell with such exultation on the claims of the'Noble Duke, "who had en deavoured to preserve inviolate, by his diplomatic labours at Verona, the independence which he established by his sword" to the everlasting gratitude of all Spaniards ! Never before was the cause of national independence so defended. It is not sur prising that dispatches so seaioned should have given satisfac tion to the Pavillon Menem, and been quoted with applause by the redoubtable Chateaubriand. Of a great man with whom he has sometimes been compared, it was From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow. [MORNING lIERALD.I Various of our cotemporaries abuse the Duke of Wellington for not having been able to avert the war. Some of them almost accuse him of want of courage ; him who proved himself so brave and so persevering as to beat Buonaparte l who certainly was one of the most skilful Generals that ever existed. Now, this part of our cotemporaries must have forgotten, that Plenipotentiaries are guided by the instructions they may receive from the Government deputing them. Dur ing the Duke's military campaigns, he never was the man who said much, until he had beaten the enemy ; and even then his dipatcheti bore the character of modesty. In his di pLimatic character, he seems to have proceeded on much the same principle, of writing nothing but what, under the cir cumstances, he could not help writing. That in the diploma. tic conferences,' there has been much finesse, especially on the part of the French, cannot be 'denied, and that John Bull's Government have not had at the Verona meeting the weight John could have desired, is too apparent. But the Duke of Wellington could not help this. 'Why, therefore, blame him, and endeavour to lessen him in the eyes of ie people Of what use would blivitering and a high tone have been on ' the part of the Duke ? He is accused of not remonstrating.— Of what use would it have been to have remonstrated or to have threatened, except John Bull's Government could have second'. ed these threats and remonstrances with a large Army and Navy ? It is probable that England stood unsupported by any Power at this late Congress, in oppolition to the two Emperors, the King of Pnissia, and the king of France. It is more than probable that these Potentates totally disregarded any verbal threats which the Duke might have thought it expedient to make use of on the part of bngland ; and that if lie had been so unwise as to put down on paper written remon strances or threats, that these Emperors and Kings would have disregarded them as much as it islikely they did his remonstrances by speech, if he made any. Ambition pos sesses these men, just as it possesses men in common life. We believe it more than probable that the Holy Alliance, as they term themselves, have parcelled out in their own imagination, and among themselves, certain States, which might suit their views to become masters of—for instance, Austria • may have said to Russia, " If you will let me "quietly enjoy Italy, you shall take Turkey, as a prelude to a good slice of England's East India possessions.— France has probably stepped in just here, and has said to both of them, " Well, if we sit quietly by looking on, and will not join England, you must let me have Spain, and, in due time, it is at unlikely but that the King of Prussia may think himself entitled to simething for also quietly looking en; and the three crowned beads might by possibility say to the King of Prussia, " Well, if you will only be a looker-on, and have nothing to do with England, there is Hanover, go and take it; it would round off your territories. PRO V INCIA CJTTIINALS. [Franz the Dublin Coriespondent, April 15.1 We quote the ,following extraordinary para graph from the C our i er' of S a t ur d ay _ _ "It would be ridiculously premature to assume any final result of the campaign from the mere fact of the unobstructed entrance of the French army. Their advance upon Madrid may take place without tiring another gun; they may even en trench themselves in the capital, and yet find much to do before they bring,the war to a close." ,These observations come' now with a very bad grace froM a Journal which has peen all along justifying the condutt of the Bourbons in this at tack upon Spain, Which bui been vaunting of. the expedition with Which the French army would conquer the country, and which has been repre senting the majority 'of the Spanish nation cle cidedly friendly to the - invasion. That Journal has not'been backward in spiriting up the French Government to the attempt, and, now, 'for the first time, it recognizes some difficulties in the undertaking. It would be difficult to account for such duplicity arid tergiversation.—The anxiety of the public will no doubt be kept alive every day, to learn the further progress of the French army, and to ascertain whether the Spanish Authorities 'had Jey good grounds for resisting every attempt at concession. The country presents unquestionably' great facilities for resistance - ; and if the people are true to each other, and ftilly imbued with the noble ardour of patriotism, which, from their conduct .hereto fore, we have no reason to .suspect, we should entertain but - little fear for the result. Wa would dread more the dangerous and destrUctive fanaticism of the followers of the Army o f ,the Faith, than the most potent achievements of the French mercenaries.—The latter may conquer,, but the - 'former would massacre under the sacred name of religion. PARIS PAPERS. [From the Pilote of Thursday Morning.] PARIS, APRIL 17.—The King yesterday pre sided at a Council of Ministers, which -lasted an hour and a half. The Duke de Belluno, Minister of War, being indisposed, was not present. It is asserted that 4,000 troops of the Quard are to march forthwith, to form the nucleus of an army of reserve.—A. traveller, who left Lisbon eleven days ago, who has seen all the Portuguese Army, asserts that this army is one of the finest, the best equipped, and the best disposed, to sup port the national honour that has been seen for a long time. _ _ _ _ The operations of the corps of Marshal Mon cey were to commence, it is said, in Catalonia, the 15th. It is the force under the orders of Mina that is opposed to us in that quarter. It appears that this year Generals are - not the only persons who perform acts of prowess. The wife of an officer of high rank is mentioned, who had lhe courage to maintain herself alone in a house which her husband had abandoned, and who, by an energetic defence, had succeeded in preserving the place. The siege was raised on Monday.—[This seems to be an allusion to the Duchess of Belluno, the wife of the Minister of War, who, during the absence of her husband, would not remove from the official residence, to make way for the ad iintcrini successor.—TRANS LATOIL] We learn from Vienna, that the Austrian troops, which have, left the kingdom of Naples, and were on their march for Austria, have re ceived orders to halt. Letters from Italy say, that a Sardinian squa dron is to cruise on the coasts of Spain, to assist . the operations of the FFench Army, and that at the same time the troops of Piedmont and Savoy are to be put on a respectable footing to take part in hostilities, It is well known that all diplomatic relations have long ceased between the Courts of Turin and. Spain. It is supposed that the determination of France will induce the Cabinet of Turin speedily to declare war on the Peninsula. [From the Constitat;onnel of Wednesday.] BAYONNE, APRIL 10.—Some persons of our town, who were at St. Sebastian eight days before the commencement of hostilities, assert that there are fifty pieces of cannon upon the ramparts of the town and the citadel. The garrison consists, independently of the artillery from Valencia, of the regiment* of Imperial Alexander, commanded by O'Donnel ; of Valen cay, commanded by Saurea ; a battalion of the Regiment of Espana, and one of the Militias of Salamanca. The Governor, of the town is Don Pablo de-Lapegna, Brigadier of Cavalry. Provisions have been put in requtstion throughout the neigh. bourhood. It is provisioned for six months. AU that I have informed you on the subject of the plans of defence of the Spaniards is "confirmed. Bilboa has been com pletely evacuated by the troops, which have retired in the di. rection of the Ebro. It is even asserted that this town has sent a deputation to the Duke of Angouleme, that it will submit on condition that it is not entered by the troops of the Faith. They write from St. Jean Pied de Port, that the Prince of Ilohenlohe has entered Spain by the points of Roneesvalles, and Baygori. He proceeds, it is said, towards Pampeluna. It is Colonel Chapalengarras who commands that town. General O'Donnel, brother of the Colonel, who is at St. Sebastian, de parted hence with his son, and an escort of 30 horsemen. Forty of the militia made prisoners by Zebula, in Biscay, ar rived yesterday in our town—they are Covered with rags. Four physicians and four apothecaries of this place are put in requisition for the service of the hospitals. An embargo is placed on all vessels, French or Foreign, in consequence, it is said, of orders from the Minister of the Ma rine. This precaution was the more necessary, as several Spanish vessels of war were in sight. It is announced that a squadron is expected from Rochefort, in order to cruize upon the coasts of Spain and within the gulf. B A I A. OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. " Senhor—l hasten to inform your 'Majesty that this morn ing the Insurgents made a vigorous attack with a division of considerable strength on our left wing. " They were dislodged from the positions which they had oc cupied, and compelled to retreat m disorder by the Lusitanian Constitutional Legion, the 3d battalion of Infantry, and the Ist battalion of the Ist Regiment of Militia. " The enemy's loss was considerable ; the artillery of the be fore-mentioned Legion made gnat havoc in his ranks. Our troops behaved most nobly. Our loss is trifling. " God preserve your Majesty many years, " IGNACIO LUZ MADEIRA DE MELLO. _ " Bahia, Feb. 15." A dispatch, dated Feb. 13, mentions, that in consequence of the want of vessels for the port of Lisbon, it was determined to dispatch the Infante Don Sebastian packet. It is stated that the desertion of the natives and the militia has been very great, and that the Junta was reduced to three Members, circumstances which the General adduces in proof that the spirit of rebellion had become very general ;—that the in surgents had compelled the townships of the Prado and St. Matheus, whence some supplies of Mandioca meal used to be obtained, to revolt;--that he would have taken possession of the island of Itaparica, but that its occupation could not be effected in consequence of the great force with which the enemy defended it, and the attack with which he threatened the city, which he hail realised by attacking the right and left of its line of defence. The General does not name the date of this attack, but merely observes that our loss was small, that the troops behaved very gallantly, and that the enemy's loss, which was considerable, included some officers left dead on the field. By the muster-rolls transmitted under the date of the 14th of February, it appears that the force existing in Bahia, consisted of—troops of the line, 4,222 ; militia, 3,851 ; total, 8,073. On the 14th December, the following was the force:—troops of the line, 4,301; militia, 4,374. Difference.—ln the troops of the line in the course of two months, 79; in the militia, during the same time, 523. The great diminution of the militia is owing to desertion.— The sick of the troops of the line in the hospitals and quarters, amount to 739. . . The situation of Ireland harrows up our soul. How long shall we hear of burnings, murders, robberies, and every species of crime that can be supposed to fill the blackest catalogue ? There is not a post that arrives from the South with out a list of outrages which would be dis. graceful to savages! We doubt not but there are very considerable exaggerations in the accounts, but, at best, they are such as we do not hear of even in Spain, where the people are in a state of positive warfare. The con sideration of this subject carries the mind back to some of those circumstances, which have, in the first instance, occasioned discontent : high rents, and tithes; these are in a good degree re. moved—for the people in the disturbed districts, generally speaking, pay neither one or the other —and yet the evils still continue ; nay eucrease ! There are secret ramifications of a deep rooted and determined system of alteration, beyond the ken,of common observers. It behoves these who are concerned to look to what may he the conse quences.—(garloto, Morning Post, April 17.) We regret to state, that, since the discussion on Mr.BROWNLOW'S, motion on Tuesday night, Mr. UuTctimsorst,,the Member for Cork, has been confined to his bed -by a severe- feverish Cold. The ,Uon. Gentleman, paired off on the Catholic Question.: UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, APRIL 18.—Tuesday, April 16, the Rev. Charles Milman' Mount, Bachelor in Divinity, and late Fellow of Cor pus Christi College, was elected, by the Heads of Colleges, Canon Bampton's Lecturer for the year 1824. Wednesday, April 16, the followidg degrees were conferred : Doctor in Medicine.—Francis Hawkins, Fellow of St. John's College. Bachelor of Zach. Henry Bidaulph, Fellow of Magdalen College. Masters of Arts.--John B. Ottley, Fellow of Oriel College ; Gabriel Edwards Gillet, Oriel College; Rev. Wadham Knatch bull, and Frederick William Hope, Christ Church. Bachelors of Arts.—James Drummond, Esq. Christ Church, Grand Compounder ; George Powys Stopford, Christ Church ; Horrace Gore Currie, Oriel College. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.—A dispensation has passed the Great Seal, enabling William Bohun Yeomans, D.D. Fellow of New College, in this University, to hold the Rectory of Warndon, Worcestershire, (in the patronage of Robt. Berkeley, of Spetchey, Esq.) with the Rectory of Buckneil, Oxon.—The Rev. T. C. Willutts, M.A. Fellow and Tutor of Downing College, Cambridge, to the jtectory of East Hatley, Cambridgeshire ; patrons, the Master, Professors, and Fellows of that Society.--The King has presented the Rev. Corbet Hue, D.D. to the Deanery of the Island of Jersey, void by the death of the Rev. Dr. Dupre. • CAMBRIDGE, Arun. 18.—At a Congregation on Wednes day_last, the following degrees were conferred : HONORARY MASTER OF ARTS.—Lord Viscount Howick, of Trinity College eldest son of Earl Grey. MASTERS OF ARTS.-Edward Williams, of Trinity Col lege; .Joseph Cotton Wigram, of Trinity College; Rev. Henry Law, Fellow of St. John's College ; Watkin paddy, Fellow of St. John's College ; James Loxdale, of St. John's College ; Charles Jenyns, of St. John's College ; Charles Hebaden, of St. John's College ; Rev. Thomas Yates Ridley, of St. Peter's College. , BACHELORS or Anvs,—Kerrison Harvey, Trinity Col lege ; Edward Pearce, Trinity College ' • Wm. Bertram Evans, Trinity College; John IVarne, Trinity College ; Marcus Ger vaise Beresford, Trinity College ; Henry Peckitt, Trinity Col lege; Stephens Lyne, Trinity College; Ely Wigram, Trinity College; Maxwell Williams, Trinity College ; George Shep ley, Trinity College ; Wm. Scrocold Wade, St. John's College; James Bedford Poulden, St. John's College ; John Docwra Parry, St. Peter's College ; Thomas Brown, Pembroke Hall ; John Lunan, Caius College ; John Harrington, Queen's Col lege ; Henry Palliser Costobadie, Jesus College ; Morgan Devenish, Jesus Colle • John Shillibeer, Jesus College ; T. Lloyd Owen, Jesus Co llege; ' Charles Austin, Jesus College; Richard Dan iels, Clare Hall ; John Topper Gouthwaite,Christ College ; John Abel Smith, Christ College ; Rev. Chas. David Maitland, Catharine Hall; Rev. Edward Selwyn, Catharine Hall ; Robert Lugger, Catharine Hall ; Thomas Wentworth Gage, Magdalene College. At an , ordination holden by. the Lord Bishop of Bristol, in the chapel of Christ College, on Sunday last, the following gentlemen were admitted into Holy orders : DECONS. Wyndham Jean Goodden, B.A. 064 College, Oxon. Edward Frowd, B. A. Exeter College, Oxon: Henry Wellesley, M.A. Christ Church, Oxon. Hamnett Holditch, B.A. Call's College, Cambridge. Charles Gray, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. By Let. Dim. from the Bishop of Durham. j ltd. Henry Millington, B.A. St. John's College, Oxon.l David Morton, B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge. John Mrenham, jun. Literate. Benjamin Henckell Heath, Literate. By Let. Di fr the Bide' of London- _ y Let. from the Bishop of London. Gilbert Elliot, B.A. Trinity Hall, Cambridge. 1 . By Let. Dim. from the Bishop of Hereibrd• Edward Ruddall, B.A. Pembroke College, Oxon. I Thomas Byrth, Magdalen Hall, Oxon. By Let. Dim. from the Bishop of Exeter. ) .PRIESTS. Frederick Rouch, B.A. St. John's College, Oxon. Henry John Crickitt Bl a k e , M.A. Kings College, Cambridge. David Jones, Literate. Michael Wilkinson, Literate. By Let. Dim. from the Bishop of London. The Itev. G. A. Browne, M.A. k'Cllow of Trinity College, was on Tuesday last elected a S e ni or o f t h at soc i ety , on t h e va cancy by the death of the Rev. Thomas Spencer.—The Rev. Haninett Holditch, B.A. Fellow of C a i us C o ll ege , was on Tues day last elected a Senior Fellow of that society. At the Congregation on Wednesday last, a grace unanimous ly passed the Senate, to petition both Houses of Parliament in favour of measures for the gradual extinction of slavery in the West Indies. The following is a copy of the petition to the House of Lords : To the Right lion. the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parlia nient assembled. The humble petition of the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge— Sheweth, That your petitioners are deeply convinced that the perma nent existence ofslavery is inconsistent with the principles of British Legislation, of sound policy, and of justice, and con trary to the feelings of humanity and to the spirit of the Chris. tian religion., That your petitioners have learnt with regret that, during the 16 years which have elapsed since the abolition of the Slave Trade, no effectual measures have bee n t a k en bt t h e C o l on i a l Legislators in the West Indies, directed either to the gradual termination of slavery, and the preparing of the unfortunate subjects of it for freedom ; or even to the mitigating of their wretched condition. That your petitioners humbly submit to your "ordships, whether a reasonable hope can be entertained of any improve ment in'the condition of slaves under a system where arbitrary and debasing corporal punishments are the only stimulus to exertion, where enfranchisement is so greatly discouraged, where marriage is unfrequent, and where religious instruc tion and the duties of the Sabbath are nearly altogether pre. eluded. That your petitioners, impressed with the liveliest feelings of gratitude for the legislative enactments already passed, cannot forbear expressing to your Right Honourable House their earnest hopes that you will take the evils of slavery into your most serious consideration ; and they humbly pray that you will devise and enact such measures us in your wisdom may seem fit, not only to • enforce (by further provisions if neces sary) the preverition of the fresh importation of slaves, but to mitigate the state of slavery itself, whilst it is allowed to con tinue; and eventually to produce its final and complete termi nation. _ _ And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c. COAL-MARKET, APRIL 18. Ships at Market. Ships sold Price. 17 Newcastle . -36 s Od to 46s Od 11 Sunderland - - 11 - 41: 6d to 47s Od 0 Scotch Coal - 0 - —s Od to —s Od COURSE OF EXCHANGE, April 18. Amato, darn Ditto, at Sight l2 5 Rotterdam - ~ l2 9 Antwerp l - 9 Hamburgh Altana Paris, 3 Day's sig lit Ditto Rourdeaux,dit to Frank forton the Ali an . . . .... 159 Er. Money —... Matirid Effectir; Cadiz Bilbua st; EHrcti ct Barcelona 354 Gibraltar in . ' Leghorn Gelooa , ... ..... :4514--Venicc, Ital. Lir 2H 10 Malta 45 --Natiks . 3B Palermo . , . ll4 per Os Lisbon . - . Oporto 4o 2 IlioJatteiro — 44 Di)lin .... 9} Cork 9j pet Ccllt. BULLION. ' .. . Portugal Gold, in ('oin 1 .O ptt tht. Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons •• • • .. ......... 3 0 0 New noi ra Silver in Barg, Standard 0 0 0 The decaying state of the salmon fishing in the Clyde is strikingly contrasted with the pros perous state of the liishings in the Doon at Ayr. During the month of March one dealer in Glas gow sold for his oWn part 165 fish - , wighing 1121 Ih. from that river. Prices of Doon sal mon on an average run about 6d. per pound less than they did last year at this time.—(Glas got° Paper.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. • COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL 18. George Clark was brought up, on the motion of Mr. George Marriott, to plead to an indictment preferred against him by the Society for the Suppression of Vice,' for publishing a blas phemous libel. TRUSCOTT AND CO. v. 3IARS/1 AND CO. This was an action to recover 4551. for money hod and re ceived by the defendants to the use of the plaintiff: The de fendants, who are bankers, are merely nominal parties, being stake-holders, into whose hands the-money was paid, and w on an indemnity from Messrs. Brindley and Co., pad it into their hands. At the trial before the Lord Chief Justice, at the last sittings for Middlesex, it appeared that before the Corona• tion of his Majesty, Messrs. Truscott and Co. were in treaty with the Board of Works, for permission to erect scaffolding and seats before their premises, for the accommodati on of those who might desire to witness the procession. They had almost agreed on terms, when Messrs'. Brindley slur CO . proposed to take a larger space, includin the frontage 0 the plaintiff's house, and the Board of 'Works according l y let the whole to them, stipulating that Messrs. Truscott and Co. should have their own frontage let to them by Brindleys, on the terms which they had almost concluded for themselves. The rent of this frontage amounted to 4551.; and this sum the plaintiffs were ready to advance ; but as some doubt Was then entertained whether the coronation would take place, it was agreed that the money should be deposited in the hands of Messrs. Marsh and Co. until after the event. The coronation took place ; but the degree of anxiety in the public to witness it had been so greatly overrated, that the speculators did not even obtain money enough to pay the expence of erecting the temporary buildings, M essrs . B r i n dley and Co., and other speculators, petitioned the Board of 'Works for a remission of the rent ; their case was submitted to the Treasury its har d ' ship was felt ; and the whole rent was remitted. Still Mess's. Bnndley and Co. contended that they were entitled to the rent from their sub-tenants the 'plaintiffs, because the only event n which they were to be excused was the abandonment of the hank" ceremony ;,and they received the money „from til e Chief which this action was brought to recover. The Lord im Justice then thought that Messrs. Brindley had no clart_o_ rent, and, the Jury under his direction, found a the plaintiffs. Mr.. F. POLLOCK now moved for a rule to show cause why this verdict should not be set aside , and a nonsuit entered. It! said that Messrs. Brindley and ~ in the statement which . they laid before the Board of Works, gave credit for the hat,sl which they expected to receive from the hi p._ntiffs, and even if they retained this rent and paid none themselves, they would be losers. The COURT were unanimously of opinion that the t , was right. It was clear that the Crown intended to roni rent to all.parties liable to pay it, and it would be a t fraud verdict for ie on this bounty if the defendants could prevail. TheYv-h erei°r " refused the rule. • This action was . brought -------- ---- P b S y v .MBrI.S PhillipT 01. L . s auctioneer of Bond.a ' treet, to recover 88 guineas, the price'of er-ings kneel, ed do down to the defendant at a sale at his rooms. The ear -rings were correctly described -in the catalogue as brilliant drop ear. rims; but no description was given of the stones which formed thew centre. so Th ese, according to the judgment of some per' sons, were rubies; while others thought them As cYrial l g ar. nets. The defendant himself was a person ski ll ed in jewellri, having been jeweller to th e Empress Josephine. It aPPear!,4 the suet , that after they were knocked down, they were delivered to Iv defendant, who received them, but after inspecting them, re turned them to Dlr. Phillips, saying that he had intended to i bid only 48, and not :•;,_ guineas. The Lord Chief-Justice if they directed the Jury to find their verdict for the plaintiff, thought s there was no mistake as to the sum ; but, if there r. a mistake, then for the defendant. The Jury found for the plaintiff. llOll5O ;L on Mr. SOARLETT now moved for letrve to enter a UrCha ief the ground that there was no acceptance to bind the P t e nd ed, under the provisions of the Statate of Frauds. He c01i.,,, that as the auctioneer might insist on the party's returnpY "!: goods, unless he paid the deposit, such Party could not be re if girded as accepting them by merely taking t n em to 104 at, he immediately returned the articles to the auctioneer. The Court granted a rule to show cause. VD •"... THE KING V. THE REVEREND ED WARD rlcTorr A. HENDERSON, ESQ. IliDg 01l This was a rule obtained last term by Mr. s carlett, cathe latter the defendants, the first of whom is a ClergYnon, and w cog a Diagistrats of-the County of Carmarthen, tu sir t h e m, why a criminal information shottld not be filed sir ~.h t for attempting to provoke a gentleman named SaTntlers, t o n .. a duel. It was then stated, that at a meeting of the Lom","— sinners of Roads, Mr. Henderson first taunted 111 r. Sir : w e a r; I . ts having no land in the county and yet c oining to, v o u t , hl its monev and th off' ' h :' ...• fat ion t too toff& Pieten advised • en "Int; u n 8a " . I 'el with Pah a him not to himself en aIA p ace person as Mr. Saunders. the rule on the Mr. TauNTON now shewed cause a PinSt Thee affidavits of the defendants al Mar: tr ams. and of sever t Mr. Saunders suggested that Mr. Henderson had understood t a complained Of, had • applied to hith the taunt which he himself explanation on some other occasion • that he came to obtain an ioever of the affair ;that he ' his Ins generallY' w. applied expres 0 . d hi m no had used these words ; and that Dir. Picton advise to notice them. ~,i d an ger of The COURT suggested, that as there aPPeat' im , root breach of the peace, the rule should be discharged on P'!, of costs by the defendants. _ ,n, r h rgea This suggestion was acceded to, and the rule was ••-- i on these terms. PALACE COURT, FRID►Y, APRIL 11• THE BERWICK ELECTION. Mr. MANliouLGEl:Esstavtedersudlait.thivis• wPasAlltraesl-107143;reicer Ofrltilliec sum of 231. 4s. 10d. for refreshments furnish ‘sd by o rde r of ( ;.. i te d- 101. defendant to the Burgesses of Berwick, at th e 'White P j.,. f a ctS. lie house. The Learned Counsel then shortly Mated In' . • as afterwards detailed in evidence. wi G th e rin g t e . , uof al_ e , _ Air. THESIGEIt objected, that as 31r. Do dd a to parb refreshment so lavisly used, he was prima fade, pliable of the expences.—Objection overruled. 31r. P' l " 1:, T e svere kips resumed—l was at 3lr. Hu rhes'shouse• Iv . .. r _ was there, and several of his fnends. her ~d to the ! e^shments on the occasion. My brother Burgesses el ere ,ap honour of electing me Chairman The refreshmenn to .1P Vied by Mr. Parkin's order. 'Subseqety, '"'-• e ?'' Hear Mr.'s," 'Will you do me the honour to take some vil l , l l r e. plied "It was remarkablyood " II th 11 sal ' The immediately called the landlord to me, . d tt l 'ieve r -mind h h people must have some refresnutent. 0 Te ll know Mr. Parkins --I became waCtri.a„lntiO t-at—t-esep said " No, as it wasgeneral g generally . ba_d at e suck 11,_, oases. ~.,... roo e m was nearly full of Burgesses. He said also to 11 1 c, , ,,,.4 , I landlord!h to give the cotnpany whatever they re r . : 46 It is Mr. l'ark' ' ins s pleasure that you give the componYlandiard merit." Mr. Parkins was on my left at the tirne ; colddle the an d sa id to wr;froli.. in reply said, " Sir, I thank you. The landlord cd; lie tables then with refreshments; Mr. Parkins pardeiPAti l e rernained with me and the burgesses till half Pat one . erges ic. it cTnmenced at half-past ten at night ; I left inallY bu rg`"" behind me ; during the time we had a private c on T.. an ti nothi ngwrote n 'tv a a s orderedbit o f f u ga w r i k s i h ns t f t h e e the n .:: 1 : 1 i l ' iristo iv b _e , roesse k entertained as they were last night ?" his answer vost . co ' not generally so, but use your discretion." 1' "re nt j r ir, Pa r ' quence forthwith to the landlord, and repeated the '. oa ittee• kins had said, and also communicated it to the u' l l , a ) wee* There were more refreshments ordered. We had seve leo t 00. Digs afterwards. The average number of persons P!' those occasions was ten or fifteen. . . . Th .fir. e T ju n D ß o ss E r ( G ß E u ß rto tul n dr . T3 lo 4ed rsic t e lr I..:lsuqr.y) r f e o g r a 4 p h i e tu d ia e t r e e a nc - e d ' ; au - , Several other witnesses were examined. wto b aio le c of the evidence, and observed, that they were to eci'l e 1 . n t W I 'credibility of the witnesses, antral - so whether the deco( 3 an , i not made himself liable. ; itcs, i The Jury consulted together for more than ten 111 1 5 09. 0 ,'; at length returned a verdict for the plaintiff, than die nig' .l ' being the amount only of the expences incurred on when 31r. Parkins was present at the meeting. --....e—"°5° BIRTHS. f A 6 On the 11th inst., Mrs. Cansdell, of Nortonfalote ° At Farley, the Lady of the Rev. C. F. Niratkit, , i v nb to ll n ir ,ll ' ..... :n o i rr l e fa y tu -s d tre a e , d t, al S l t i rand, tfol:la.,"id,anas Y rt n o u ri ng: s : ., 0 MARRIED. On inst. at St. Sh ' If hW W . A.- I bt o his 26th _..,. , ...... Stephen ' s, e n s , I t ssw te , . tiau g of .-41211°Inas Edwards, EsT, of Brook -street, Ipsocit jesias, _ P Thursday, t h e 1 7, inst., at Burnham, ligi,,S' Vri%ae+ u edest son Josias Nottidge, 1 . a Rose -b,-, f dip' ; e ifi g harn . b 1 . k tuh 1 ,. e .h4 1 3u . 7 1 t :: . g 'ter o in. I, / DIED. On the leth inst., at his house, Palmer-terrace, Ponfilhato Staines, Blight, Aldertnat of tie City of Lorld°ll* berg 4 • On the 29th ult., at Leii l ie 111 1 r Johan Friedrich spin aged id, ' of Old F' h . 4 liill . ' is .s.,reet- • , ____---- - ' 77 /ear., John Staines, Esq , son of the late Sir A ---------- ......48. , _- t the by ' Printed and Published for the Pnornatroan, a t Office, I`'o. 112, Strand, by J. .13. 01,1104•71111. i