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present. PARIS PAPERS. IFronz Me Pilote of Thursday.] " Ocuores, MAY 22.—General Curial. marched from Gra. nolles on Mater° ; at the approach of the French troops, those under the command of abandoned the town, and a posi. tion which they had taken behind that town.. They did not stop till they came under the walls of Barcelonit, Gen. Curial, after having ordered Mataro to be occupied, returned to Gra. nolles, where the principal forces of his division are assembled. From this point he can either march upon Barcelona, Vich, or 111anreita. " General Donnadieu took possession of Cellent without the least resistance, the enemy having abandoned it before Ida arrival. " Mina, after having feigned a march on Manrciet, threw himself soddenly to the left, on Saint Barthel:nes del del Grau, passing by Olost. Instead of pushing on as far as Vieh, he made a new turn towards illoya, in the hopes.; no doubt, of reaching Barcelona, where Llobere and .51ilans are already shut up. It is affirmed that divisions are beginning to break out among the inhabitants. " Generals Donnadieu and d'Eroles follow the enemy in all his movements." [From *Journal des Ddbats of Wednesday.) PARIS I MAY .28.—Extract of a letter from Madrid, the 22d inst. in the evening. " The Duke d'Angouleme will not make his entry till the day after to.morrow in the morning. (kneed Bessieres attempted the day before yesterday, an d contrary to the orders of th e p r i nce , to seize upon the city.-11e is at present with his troops at Alcala. " lie had an action and was repulsed, leaving fib killed and 300 prisoners. " On the day that this combat took place, two French 0111. reels came here with if flag of truce. As soon as they were dis. covered the y ivat: commenced ; the crowd was immense, the windows were open and were filled with females shouting " Viva el Rey !' " Vivant los Frangeses !" and waving white bandkerchiefit. The Officers were hemmed in by the crowd, and the people amused themselves by shouting " Viva el Iley!" to the Constitutional Officers who accompanied them. Arrived at the Puerta del Sol, a post of militia men fired upon the crowd and dispthed great part of them. The Officers were then disengaged, and proceeded to the residence of Oen. Lagos. " This celebrated revolution appears to be now appreciated at its just value. I had anticipated that our career in Spain 'would turn out to be much more easy than was commonly thought, but I confess I did nut believe that things would have happened as they have. " What we have seen here of the Constitutionalists are doubtless the best of them. Th e officers are very good ; 'they all speak French, and their manners arc hijildv polished. Th e soldiers are the greater p ar t o f th e n boys, hi-domed, and many without shoes. These persons have the appearance of being very little oatilous for the cause. They salute us, present arms, and chew almost as much pleasure at seeing us as the people themselves." ( From the Constitationnel of Wednesday. ) PAWS / MAY 28.—Letters from Leghorn, al tho 13th inst., say:----" The Captain of an Alge. rine ship of war having approached an European, an the promenade, in the environs of Alexandlia, and having tou c h e d hi m , as if i n mockery-of the fear of the plague, testified by the latter in en. deavouring to avoid him, the European, enraged at the insult, severely caned the Captain, who complained to the Cadi.. Not only he was not listened to, but the Governor, informed of what had passed, issued orders to all the Algerine ships of war, six in number, to quit immediately the port of AlexandritL - Irritated by this act of justice, , the Algerines ) attacked all • the vessels they met : an Austrian vessel, destined for Syro, with a cargo of wheat, was captured by them, and nn Italian sailor, and also a Greek who formed part of the crew of an English vessel,and whom they forced the Captain toy deliver up to them, were hanged at the yardarm on board one of their vessels, as a signal of vengeance against the Europeans; The Turkish fleet had not sailed up to the 20th April." (From the Courier Prangais of Wednesday.) PAILI, MAY 28.—The public attention being now absorbed by the events of the Peninsula, it 'might happen that the changes which have taken „place in one of the greatest Courts in Europe, might not be sufficiently, remarked. It is there. fore not unimportant to make known the partial chaugei which have taken place in the Russian Administration. The Count GourietT, Minister of Finance, father-in-law of the Count de Nes selrode, has lost his porte.feuille, and has been succeeded by the Intendant-General of the army, General Kangr . en. M. Speranski, known by his previous conduct, and by the catastrophe he wet with previous to the war with France, has sue. seeded the Prince de Labunoti in the Ministry of Justice. These changes, added to those which have taken place in the army, and which we an. bounced some days slime, afford reason to pre. some an entire reform, which, from its causes as well as its results, may give rise to the most con tradictory interpretations. It appears, however, to he certain, that the persons who have been dismissed, yielding more or Jess to a foreign influence, have at length given umbrage to the -Emperor by their conduct, and that shortly Russia will have a system more con. formable to her interests, which on more than one occasion have been made subordinate to what the Prince de Metternich calls an European object. l i ke importance of the political intelligence has prevented us hitherto from giving an account of a prods on the 15th instant, in which General •Gourgaud was unsuccessful. lie on the 28th PAnts, MAY 29.—Yesterday at TlOOll the King presided at a Council of Ministers, which lasted for an hour and a half. All the Ministers were It is affiroed, says the Journal de Toulouse, that the Grandees of Spain and the ancient Cortes assembled at Madrid, are to confer the title of Regent of the kingdom ou the Duke of Angou leme, till King Ferdinand be set at liberty. -Brigadier Baron Bouchos, Director-General of the stores of the army, has been at Toulouse, for the purpose of inspecting the arsenal. lie is gone to the head-quarters. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 26.—0 n the 22d of this month several discharges of artillery atmounc ed the .birth of a new imperial Prince, who has been named Abdul Medschid ; since then all the mosques and minarets have been illuminated.— The. Sultan is gone to his summer residence, which is called Bekitschaf. The new-born child luis just been attacked with an epileptic fit. The Capitan Pacha is still on the point of setting sail for the Archipelago. A very con siderable Greek fleet, divided into 3 squadrons, and having several fire-ships, is lying in wait for . bitri at the entrance of the Dardanelles. (From the Muniteur of Wednesday. ) " PARIS, MAY 28. "TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. " IIAIIRIA , MAY, 24, TEN O'CLOCK, A.M. '" THE MAJOR•GENERAL TO MS EXCELLENCI"rME MINISTER OF WAR. "His Royal Highness the Duke of Angouleme entered Ma. drid this morning at nine o'clock. "ARMY OF THE PYRENEES.--(POURTII CORPS.) March last presented at the Bureau d e PEtat Civil of the first Arrondissement of Paris, a male infant, of which his wife had been delivered the day before. In the act prepared by the Clerk of the Mayoralty, General Gourgaud took the title of formerly Aid-de-Camp to the E'mßeror Napoleonond the infant was named LQUIS Marie Napoleon Saint Helene. The Mayor having dis approved of these names, he wrote oh the sth of April to the General, stating that he should not sign the act, and that he bad ordered it to be erased from the register of the Etat Civil. In order to obtain the authorization of this act General Gourgaud appealed to the Tribunal de Premiere Instance of the Department of the Seiner, demanding that the Mayor should be 'com pelled to sign the act. After having heard M. Manguin for the Ge neral, and M. de Lapalme, the King's Advocate, the Tribunal decided against the demand of Ge. neral Gourgaud, reserving to him the power of registering as he should be advised, the birth, &c. of his son. • A work recently published, reports an incident of this kind, in vt hick M. de L then Secre tary of ranbassy at Rome, figures. The fact is thus stated : " Having become the father of a female infant, he gave it the name of Atala ; the Priest refused his sanction, but 31. de C. insisted with all the obstinacy of an author, and the haughti ness of an Ambassador. The affair made a nose, and a corn, plaint was made to the Cardinal Minister, who skied with the Priest, anti received very ill the confidential communication of M. de C., who terminated his arguments by saying, • That it was very ridiculous, what was it to him that he should make such a difficulty about it, for he observed, your Eminence between ourselves ought to know well.' (The rest will be found In the Memorial de St. Udine, by M. de Las Cases.) BAYONNE PAPERS. BAYONNE, MAY 22 . 4 —Notwithstanding Or advance of the head-quarters towards Madrid, without any ma terial interruption, those persons who are of opiniOn that the Spanish Generals act upon a preconcerted and well digested plan, are not quite at their ease respecting the results of the campaign.—They see in their movements an intention of sepa rating the various corps of our army, by drawing them to diffe rent parts of the kingdom, where they will be unable to afibrd each other any support. Thus Mina has been constantly hover ing on the French frontiers ; Ballaateros, who might easily have joined either Mina or A bisbal, prefers retiring inwards Va lencia, drawing the second corps after him ; Morillo - suffers him self to be entirely out-flanked , anti even cut off by the first co r p s , while lie remain s in Galicia and the Asturias, where he may soon double his force, and render our position, advanced us far as Madrid, and the frontiers of Portugal, whose neutrality is very problematical, extremely critical, by attacking us in flank. Abisbal, with an army increased by all the Constitutional_ ists, who have retired as the troops of the Faith ad vanced, may dispute the ground which he is charged to defend. Add to this six thousand chosen men from the Capital who have left it in eighteen guerillas, disposed to do us all the mischief they can, and taking in the chances of scarcity of provisions, anti diseases —such Is the picture which the fears of some persons present to their imagination. On the other hand, those who arc more sanguine say, that two mercantile ex. presses dispatched from Madrid by the houses of Butbedat and ltothschilct, have brought news that a pacification would shortly take place i—lst, By the submission of the Cortes, who will engage not only to make all the changes in the Constitution that may be desired, but even, if necessary, to restore the King to his A ncient power , on con diti on t h at t h e i r safety is gua ranteed, and a certain fortune in their respective provinces. —These same persons aflirm, that Abisbal has betrayed the cause of the nation, and published a proclamation to his army, saying, that he can n ot defend himself against the French, and that the Constitution has need of being modified • it is .even said that he has been a t the head-quarters to ;lave a conference with the Prince. Count. Abisbal certainly has issued a proclamation, but, lie says, that according to the general plan of defence adopted by the Ministers, he must not er slut in uselessly defending the Capital, nn4 that he will re p tire into positions where he may employ the valour of his troops to advantage. He adds that, as a citizen, he is sensible that the Constitution has need of some modifications, but that us a Ge neral it was not for him to judge of them, or to ask th e m ; his duty is to defend th e C onst i tut i on to the last drop Obis blood, as he has solemnly sworn to the Cortes to do, an oath which lie will not violate....4ller° follows an account of the Correspond ence between Count Mon* and Abisbal. --The King, it is said, has attempted to escape from Seville ; the Archbishop of Cordova, who was the author of this project, has been arrested. Some persons say that Abisbal has been arrested and conducted to Seville, under a strong escort, principally for a letter which be is said to have written to the King, in which he begs his Majesty to come to Madrid to settle the affairs of the kingdom, SEVILLE PAPERS. We are in a competent manner authorized to contradict the report from Leon,. inserted in No. 751, of the Espectador, in which, speaking of the progress of Gen. Rego against the rebels under the ex-Count Aniarante, an insinuation was thrown out that the aforesaid brave General ceased following up the rebels, in consequence of orders received from his Government to return to Portugal. We are further authorised\ to.assure the public, that the Government of his. Most Faithful Majesty furnished Gen. Rego with the most ample and positive orders, not only to attack and exterminate Silveira and his followers, but also any other auxiliary force of Spanish or of foreign rebels who might protect or join him ; and that the determination of Geo. Rego to retire, was taken in a Council of War, in consequence' of his being unable to come up with Silveira, who by his precipitate flight, had gained considerable ground of him, and had already opened comMuni. cations with the invading forces, greatly superior in number to those commanded by Gen. Rego - , who for this very reason must have taken great respell. sibility on. his own shoulders, if be advanced against the several corps of an enemy without sufficient and previous combinations with the armed force of the province, and without any apparent advantage; at the same time that • advices of new machina tions in the province of Tres os Mentes, excited by the - factious spirit that began to display itself after the absence of the army, rendered his return indispensably necessary in order to suppress them, after bravely expelling from the said pro vince the principal force intended to kindle a civil war in Portugal . We h ave a l so an assurance o f the highest character that General Rego, as soon as he has rec five(' his new instructions from the Portuguese Governinent, fOunded on the treaty of the Bth of March, will enter Spain with most of the additional Portuguese forces already placed on the war establishment, in order to attack and defeat, in concert with the Spaniards, any enemies of the Constitutional system, where. ever they may be found.—( Espectador, May 0.) " ADDRESSES) TO Till: EOMID or TRADE BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. "Although the departure of:the Imperial Charge d'Affaires from Madrid causes a temporary interruption in the diplomatic relations between the Court of Austria and the Spanish 00. vernment, this does not pl ace A ustr i a i n a hostile position towards the latter power, nor has it any connection with th e commercial relations of the two states, which are to continue on the same footing of friendship as before. Under this sup. position, there is no motive for any change at present, neither with regard to the conduct of the Consuls of Spain in the Aus trian ports, nor with respect to that of the Austrian Consuls in Spain, &e.—Seville, May 12, 1023. (Signed) "ANTONIO CAMPIiZANO." ARMY OF RESERVE—PROCLAMATION, " Our territory havin g been profaned by French troops,, the rights of nations, hitherto acknowledged by men the most bar-' baroutt, having been trampled under foot, and an attempt hav ing been made to bind those to the car of slavery and ignominy who spilt so much blood for their freedom ; thOse hordes of banditti, the opprobrium of humanity and the terror of the, traveller and peaceable citizen, being spread over our beautiful' country, and a band of miserable wretches, who prefer to live. by vagrancy rather than follow the national banners, being now on their march against us, it has been necessary to consider this country in a state of war, and that tire and sword should take the place of beneficence and generosity, which hitherto have only Served to encourage liberticide projects. Let, therefore, the enemies of our weltare tremble; let the authors of our in. juries also tremble, and let those feel the enormous weight of the armed force, who, abusing the candour of our people, have been led astray so far as to believe that it is possible to serve God and,the Nation by robberies, assassinations, and perjuries. " Nevertheless, do not believe the sword our country com mands me to draw shall be guided by blind fury, nor should I be worthy of the confidence of a Government founded on rea son and justice, Were I to confound the guilty with the inno cent, and the pe9ple ze a l ous an d d evoted to liberty with the apathised and criminal. Peace, therefore, do I announce to the good, and protection to the loyal; at the same time that against the wicked and rebellious I declare a war of ruin and extermination, and I oll'er to ,avail myself of all the right I. acquire by the declaration of the 9th and 10th districts being in a state of war, and subject to my military command, as the General-in-Chief of the army occupying the same. " The time of indulgence is gone by ; the day has arrived when bayonets are to re-establish the empire of the law and secure and consolidate the tottering edifice of our valuable li berty; when we have got to compel those monsters to disap pear front our land who, under the cloak of religion, trample upon it in the most atrocious manner, by committing robbe ries, assassinations, and a ll ki n d s o f di sor d ers. In short, the time is arrived when true Spaniards am galled upon to shew to Europe that- it is easier to render their own country free than enslave that of others, and that those who before knew how to conquer theiri own independence and' King are the Same who , have now resolved not to forego their liberties and their King. In order to carry these sacred objects into am, I ordain and command that, i n the Eight Provinces of which the ancient Andalusia is composed, the following Regulations be Obeyed with theeatest exactitude. I I gr lere follow the Regulations, 24 in number.] " head-quarters, Seville May 12, 1823. • (Signed) PEDRO %ILLACAMPA, of the Army of Reserve." LONDON TO PORTSMOUTH INLAND NAVIGATION. REPORT of the COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT. To the PROPRIETORS of the PORTSMOUTH and ARUNDEL' NAVIGATION, at their General Meeting, held at the Old Town Hall, Portsmouth, on Tuesday, the 20th May, 1823, in pursuance of the Directions contained in the Act of Parliament. Your COMXITTEE of MaleaGratENT (in relinquishing the ;rust which you were pleased to confide to their directions, for the year this day completed) submit to you their Report of the State and Progress of your Navigation. They have great cause to regret that (notwithstanding every endeavour on their own pert) they are still unable to state' its - ' Completion :it be hoWeiter, sa tisfactory to your COMmittee to be enabled, before they resign their office, to inform you, that the day has been named by the Contractor, (viz. the 26th of the present month) wherein your said Navigation, (and censequently the whole line from Lon don to Portsmouth) will be ready for the Passage of suitable Barges of 40 tons burthen each. YOUr Committee, aw a r e th a t (owing to the pres en t l ow pr i ces of Forage, as well as Provisions and Pay) Goods are forwarded to and from the Metropolis, both by land and by sea, at very low and unprecedented rates of charge, have thought it advis able to propose to time 'Proprietors of the diff'erent Canals and Rivers between your Navigation and the River Thames, in order to give every proper encouragement to the trading inte rest, that a partial and proportionate Reduction of the Tolls shall tedie place, on the part of each Company, in favour of all Goods passing from the elver Thames 'to Chichester or NM. mouth, and vice versa, and are happy to inform you, that their suggestion has met with the entire concurrence ,of all partiks concerned, which arrangement .they hail as a prelude to th transportation of Sri extensive trade on your Navigation ; and in order to promote the same, the advantages of this channel of communication between London and the South-western coasts of the Kingdom, have been published and circulated in every Port in the Bridal Channel, b etween Arundel and the Land's End, as well as in the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, and in the Forts of Havre, Hontieur, Caen, and Cherbourg ; at suitable g: vessela are preparing for a more ral of which places, expeditious and frequent tom vessels with this port, in order that Goods conveyed on t h e Canal might reach their destine don with all practicable dispatch. Amongst which vessels, is the " Sir Francis Drake," a tine Steam Schooner, of about 'l3O tons burthen, which in the month of July next will be ready to sail between Plymou and this port; large French Steatu,Vessel, the "- Triton th " intended to com municute between this and Havre de Gr a ce; and }four Coin mittee are informed that the inhabitants of Jersey have it also in contemplation to establish a Steam Packet, to maintain a cemmulication between Portsmouth and that Mind. The Branch of the Canal leading from Langstone Harbour across the Island of Portsea to the Half-way Houses, was in itself so far completed in the month of September last, as to ad mit vessels of considerable burthen thereto, but the Lake lead ing through the mud, in Langstone Harbour, from the Sea Lock to deep water, required considerable labour to enlarge and deepen It, and us die work could only be done at low water spring tides, and it being the winter season of time year, it WAS necessarily very slow in progress. —That part of the work, however, is in such forwardn ess , that within the last three w ee k s , t h ree C o lli ers , of from 1110 to 230 tons burthen, have entered the Canal, and discharged their cargoes on the Wharfs, and another is now preparing to do :he same. The Masters of these Vessels have unanimously approved of the ()A nal, as safe documents, and two of them have voluntarily left written under' their hands, to that effect, for time information of other Masters engaged, in the same trade i—it is therefore to be expected, that the prejudice excited by interested persons will shortly give way to facts which cannot be disputed on any solid grounds. On the Chichester. Branch a similar prejudice 'has existed, but your Committee are happy to say, that it is fast wearing away, every recent month having, at that place, exhibited an increase of time revenue, as compared with the preceding one . it considerable abatement has been made in the rate of 'rolls received there, and the whole Line of Canal from the City of Chichester to Arundel not having hitherto been made passable, it follows, that the trade on the Branch is as yet but partial, notwithatanding which, the'receipts of the last t wo months are quite equal to the eatinlate held forth in the odginal prospectus. There are various parts of the works included In the Contract which remain still to be completed, particularly the cutting a channel through the mud, which will intersect the wudeway that connects (at low water) Hayling Island with the main hind. At that point, the Bridge which wits originally intended to communicate across the channel has been abandoned, and one upon a more extensive scale connected with a cau seway , to be passable at all ti mes of tile tide, is now in progress, under the authority of an Actor Parliament, by a Joint Stock Company of Proprietors, for making and maintaining it. Towards the expence of which, this Company contributes the sum that the Bridge would (in the way that it way originally intended to be erected) have cost, together with the further sum of 6001., as a consideration for being for ever hereafter exonerated from main taining or repairing the said Bridge or Causeway. It remains for your Committee to inform you, that the sum hitherto received, including money borrowed of th e Commis sioners, fur issuing Exchequer Bill Loans, for the carrying on of public works, amounts to 162,700/. 10s. 3d. and that the total amount of the expenditure has been 1511,4311/. Is. 7d. an Abstract of which is bud before this General Meeting. The Balance in the Treasurer's hands, including 4,0001. in Exchequer Bills at this date undispoxed of, amounts to 4,271/. 8t 114. and the other resources of the Company, to meet out st? riding claims, will, it is preatimed, amount (in instalments npaid, and in the value of disposable houses and land) to about (4000/. Your Committee avail themselves of this opportunity to in vite the zealous co-operation of the numerous Subscribers in London and along the Coast of the British Channel, for pro moting the Trade on this Navigation at an early date, as they feel fully satisfied, that on trial, it will be found to be a chan nel for the conveyance of rnerehandize superior to all others. LITERARY NOTICE. ! Though the usual periodical works do not fall immediately within our notice, yet the LONDON MAGAZINE for the following month is so pregnant with interesting matter, that we may fairly re commend it to the particular attention of our Readers. Indeed, they will naturally anticipate much amusement when they learn that among the Literary contribUfors there are productions from Mr. BOWRING ; the PUBLIC ORATOR of Oxford; Mr:ELTON ; the OPIUM 'CATER; HART LEY COLERIDGE, ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, and JOAN CLARE, who may be styled the Inspired Peasant, as his woks bear such a charm of simplicity as those who have the advantage of early classical cul ture seldom, if ever can attain, and which she w the genuine stamp of nature. It should be men- 1 tioned to the honour of Messrs. TAYLOR' and llEsszY, that the public are chiefly indebted to them for bringing forward the Rustic Muse of this affecting Poet. As Spanish affairs now en gage the attention, curiosity, and solicitude of this country, we were particularly attracted by the continuation of an Essay on Spanish Romances, by Mr. BOWRING. With the political principles of this Gentleman we have nothing to do. We conceive that he was hardly treated in France ; we are glad that he is restored to this Country,and that his pen is employed on subjects of Literature.-- We have already been gratified by his transla tions of Russian Poetry, and we are now not less pleased with the effusions of the Spanish Muse, which he seems to have anglacized with great , spirit,, and with more adherence to tfur vernacular idiom than could be expected from a writer who is conversant with so many languages. We have only room at present for the following version of a Spanish Poem : THE NIGHTINGALE. • The rose looks out in the valley, And thither will I go, To the rosy vale, where the nightingale Sings his song of woe. The virgin is on the river side Culling the lemons pale ; Thither—yes ! thither will I go, 'to the rosy vale, wh ere the nightingale. Sings his song of woe. The fairest fruit her hand hath 'Tis for her lover all : Thither—yes ! thither will I go, To the rosy vale, where the nightingale Sings his song of woe. In her hat of straw, for her gentle swain, She has placed the lemons pale. Thither yes ! thither will I go, To the rosy vale, where the nightingale Sings his song of woe. COURT OF,CIIANCERY.—(Tins DAT.) BowEn AND OTHERS v. BUSHELL AND OTHERS. JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR, OD taking his seat, this morning, gave judgment in this long liti gated cause, which came before him on a peti tion praying for an order to stay proceedings pending• an appeal from the Decree of the Vice- Chancellor. His Lordship said, the Court had nothing to do with the question as to the per sonal property, and in this case 0-10ths of the case, bore wholly upon that. With respect to the verdict of the Jury, on the former issue, he had never in his life witnessed a more unintelligible one, as they had in the first instance found that the will was not drawn according to the wish of the Testator, who did not devise Ids property as stated; secondly, that he was not of sound mind; thirdly, that the will was drawn within the sta tute of fraud; and fourthly, that the will was made by a man who was sensible of what he was doing, and meant to bequeath his property as stated,with the exception of the last clause. It was a dangerous practice, without showing evidence Co try the contents of a will. And the issue ought to have been-with respect to the words,“ I here by revoke all former wills ;" but ns it appeared there was evidence he would look into, but lie was of opinion that he could not grant the issue. His Lordship requested that Counsel would only hand him up one copy, and not do as they had here done, give him three copies to read over. MURDER OF MRS. DONATTY. the ß n o m w- " Si f it -a tT s . e -- d o Y t. e t s h t e er m d u a r y der ß o eiu m 'a n m . in Do D na o tt g y r w t u l, ' brouht up for final exam i nat i on . C apta i n Fraser (we under ' stoo d and two other officers of the Marquis opfuntley, the ship in which Doggett ba il e d, were present. When he was placed at the bar, Mr. llsLi.s said—Now; Doggett, some of your officers are present, and I ask you, once more, what induced you to make the confession which I hold in my hand, and which you volun tarily. signed ? Prisoner—Why, Sir, because I was wrongfully and impro perly punished. Mr. flat.Ls then made a very long address to the prisoner, in the course of which he remarked upon the folly and wickedness of his making such a confession, and bringing upon himself as he had done the stigma of having been concerned in a cruel and diabolical murder. The most minute and laborious investigation had been entered into, and in the result there was every reason to believe that the story he had told in India was a fabrication ; but still he was not entirely free from suspicion, nor would he be until the real murderer was discovered. lie }Cad done one great mischief by this pretended confession ; namely, that of diverting the attention o f th e P o li ce f rom the pursuit of inquiries whch it was by no means impossible mighthave led to the detection of the real offenders ; and this was a mischief for which the best conduct during the remainder of his life could scarcely atone. With respect to the ill-treatment he had complained of, he 11114 trog) had caused the most minute inquiry to be made; and he now believed, front all that he had been able to learn, that no Improper punishment had been inflicted on board the Maryhis of Hurillep—no punishment but what was absolutely necessary train the state of the ship. A Court of Inquiry he found was always held before punishment was inflicted, 'and belted great pleasure in adding, that on no occasion was the complaining party suffered to form a part of that Court. " You are now, added the lir ort h y M ag i strate, " discharged ;_ and in yo ur fu ture life always a dh ere to t h e truth, and endeavour to recover the good character which I have reason to believe you had maintained previous to this occurrence. Recollect that the im prisonment and degradation you have suffered were brought upon you by your own conduct." The present Viscount DUDLEY and WARD has already given ample proof that, with the princely fortune which fell to him upon the death of his late lamented father, he also inherits the same munificent disposition, so pre-eminent a trait in that universally esteemed ,Nobleman. To the numerous charities and institutions patronized by his deceased father, his Lordship's name thus early stands enrolled as a contributor, and he has, we learn, intimated his intention of continu. ing to them the same liberal support which they received from their departed benefactor. The late Viscount, we understand, died intestate.— (Worcester Journal.) PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDING& 110 SE OF COMMONS. ORDERS 'OF THE DAY FOR MONDAY. Slave Trade Consolidation Bill—Committee. Usury Laws Repeal Bill—Second Reading. Sale of Game Bill—Second Reading. Occasional Freeholders Bill—Committee. Confirmations (Scotland) 13ill—Committee. Commissaries (Scotland) Bill—Committee. Supply—Postponed Resolutions of 30th April to be cosi* tiered. Church Rates (Ireland) Bill—Committee. Felo de Se Bill—Second Reading. Reciprocity of Duties—Committee thereupt?n. Tithes Composition (Ireland) Bill--Commatee. Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill—Third Reading. Insurrections (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. Elections (Ireland) Bill—Committee. Silk Manufacture Bill—Second Reading. Commutation of Tithes (Ireland) Bill—Committee. Labour of Convicts Bill—Committee. Larcenies (Benefit of Clergy) Bill—Committee. Capital Punishments Repeal Bill--Committee. Felonies (Benefit of Clergy) Bill—Committee. Sentence of Death Bill—Committee. Capital Crimes Defence Bill —Second Reading. Supply-Committee. Ways .and. Means—Committee. 'Joint Tenancy (Ireland) Bill—Third Reading. Linen Manufacture (Scotland) Bill—Report. Recognizance% Bill —Second Reading. County Courts Bill—Second Reading. CapiAs utlegatum Bill—Second Reading. London Bridge Bill—Committee. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR MONDAY. Lord Archibald Hamilton—To take into consideration the state of the County Representation in Scotland. (To wove Resolutions.) 2. 3lr. Davies Otlbert—Bill to facilitate recovery of Penalties on Convictions before Magistrates. 3. Mr. Creevey—To take into consideration the Petition from Barbadoes anti the other Islatids relating to the Four and a Half per Cent. Duties. 14. 31r. Curwen=--To refer Report on Captain Manby's Petition to Committee of Supply. 3. Sir HenryParnell. , -To move, as an Amendment on the Se cond Reading of Insurrections (Ireland) Bill, for Ap pointment of a Secret Committee, to inquire into the ex. tent and object of the Disturbances existing in Ireland. 6. Mr. Lushington—Civil Contingencies, Printing, and deferred Miscellaneous Estimates. (In Committee of Simply). 7. Mr. Goulburn __fl emainin g Irish Estimates. (In Commit tee of Supply.) it 31r..notilburn—RepOrt Supply. 9. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Vote for a new Build ing for reception of his late Majesty's Library at the Bri tish Museum. (In Committee of Supply.) 10. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer —Lottery Resolutions. (In Committee of Ways and Aleans.) NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Tuesday, Jesse 3. 1. Mr. Hume--Retums of the Special Jury Pannels in the Court of Exchequer, &c. 2. Mr. Hume—Select Committee, to take into consideration the existing Laws respecting Artisans leaving the Country; and also, respecting the export of Machinery. Wednesday, June 11. Mr. Western—Resumption of Cash Payments. Deferred from June 9. . Thursday, June 19. Mr. nume—lnexpcdiency of hubjecting any person to pu nishment f or express i ng or publishing his opinion upon re ligious sulkifets. Deferred from Juno 11. PRIVATE . BILLS--.SECOND 11}:amixos for MONDAY. 1. Capers Estate. I 3. Bood e ' s N atura li zat i on. 2. Guise's Est a t e . 4. Wemyss's Estate. PUBLIC COMMITTEES for MONDAY. 1. Foreign Trade - at 1. 4. Glasgow and Portpa 2. Penitentiary - at 1. trick Roads - 3. Law Merchant - at I. PRICE 0: 0.1. - it AT at 2. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 79i 80 3 per Cent. C ons . uog ai per Cent. I per Cent. f " hi t N 3 per Cents. 1797ew 100i1 Bank Long Ann. 201 3.l6tha Imp. 3 per Cents. STOCKS ORR •Wct,ocx. India Stock India Bondi South Sea Stock Old Annuities ........ Lx. Bills Imo e,t Vtt pr, Ditto Small t .. ... ......... .. Bonk fox . India fbr Con. A cct . . Cons. forAett. PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS ix LONDON, MAY 31, AT ONE O'CLOCK.. Five per Cents. 00. Russian {Six per Cents. 00. Five per Cents. (51 eta lli c) 00. Ditto New 801. Ne a p o li tan J Five per Cent. Bonds, 76i. ..,.... Scrip, 00. Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic) Va. {Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. New Ditto, 37g. Scrip, 00 disc. PrusKian 1 Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. I, Ditto New, 86. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 90. C 00. Colombian Six p Peruvian er Cent. Bond s , 80i. New Loan, 00. • Bank Shares £2l ss. American Six per Cent. 90-98. Five per Cent. 95i--97. Three per Cent. 7 French Spanish HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW; alorning • 43 minutes after 4. 1 Evening, 6 minutes after 7.. Veneris, 30° die Mali, 1823. Mr. SPEAKER reported the Royal Assent —to Union Dees hill-... County Treasurers ( Ireland) Bill—Charitable Loan So cieties( Ireland) Bill—Swearing Act Anoendment Bill—Shad well Mirth Bill—AVorcester Improvement Bil/—Greenwich, and Gorbals Folic,: Bills—Paisley, Woolwich, and York Gas Light Bills —Grange Road Lighting Bill—Deepin g Fen Drainage bill—Wadsley and Langset, Helston, Kingston and Sheet Bridge, Norwich and Fakenharn, Dover and Barham Downs, Tarporley, Winchester and Andover, Bermondsey, Great Staughton, and Hor s h am Roads Bills. —B e i s h e e , and King's College Estate Bills and Beam Heath (Chester) In closure Bill. Mt:gam:in FROM THE LonDs--That they have agreed to Okehampton Road Bill —and to Northampton Gas Light Bill—without amendment. That they have passed a Bill, intituled, " An Act for ' confirming an Agreement b etween Sir John Packiplton, Bart. 'and' the Trustees of the Estates devised by the Will of the Right lion. Henry Coventry, Esq. deceased, for chari table purposes." ESTATES—Philanthropic Society,—Bill read a second time, . and committed. Coventry —Bill read a first time. CaxAt--Trent and Mersey—Lords amendments agreed to. Roaos—lleaconstield and Stokenchurch, and Castleton—Bills read a third time, and passed. Stirlingshire—Bill reported, to be ingrossed. . . CO /IPA NI Ls—Gas Light and Coke—Further time granted for making the Report, .till June 10. BRlDGES—London —Further time granted for making the. Report till Friday. Sounwark—till June 9. IMPROY EarErer —Bermondsey—Bill read a third time, and passed. COAL Duriza—Petition from B ran d on, against the Duties on N.. Coals carried coastwise. KIN O'S BENCH —Petition of several inhabitants of Camber well, for the discontinuance of the Bales of the King's I.;:ncli ; to lie on the table, and to be printed. TiCanE—Report respecting Standing Order considered. and Resolutions agreed to. Ordered, That the said Standing ' Order be rescinded, and be no longer a Standing Order of the Iloutte. 1 COUNT Y Cottn Ts—Bill "for preventing delay, and expences in the Proceedings of County Courts, and for th e more essy . . and speedy recov er y o f S mall Debts in England and Wales," presented, read a first time, to be read a second time on Monday.. TESTS REGITLATION—BiII " for regulating the administra tion of Tests and QualificatiOns for the exercise and enjoy ment of certain offices and franchises," presented, read a first time, to be read a second time on Monday, June 9, and to be printed. EAST INDIA TRADE —Bill "to consolidate and amend the se veral Laws now in force with respect to Trade from and to places within the limits of th e Ch arter of the East India Company, and for making further provision with respect to such Tiade," presented, and read a first -time to be read a second time on Frid a y next, and to be printed'. TITHES—St. Andrew, Holborn} Bills read a fi rst t i me. OssuLs.rox LICENSING •