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[rabbi THE CONSTITUTIONWEL Or MARCH 28.1 PARIS, MARCH A petition for the preservation of peace, signed by a great number of the inhabitants (among whom are the most respectable houses) of Marseilles, was yes terday laid on the Duteaux of the Chamber of Deputies. After having reported the arguMents of those who desire war with Spain, and demonstrated the absurdity of the fears of the mural contagion of the Constitution of the Cortes,•these memo rialists, foreseeing the evils which war must occasion to Mar seilles anti the Southern 'Provinces, endeavour to impress upon the Chamber the consequences that must result from war, The South of France, they say, which has already hist its olive plan. tations, which was the chief source of its wealth, by the mcle. mency of the season, will soon see its vineyards parish, which are its only remaining resource. Marseilles, which is obliged to make its vessels employed on long voyages, rail along thewhole -eastern coast of Spain, and into the ocean by the Straits of Gib raltar; will again see them ly,frig in its port, its seamen re duced to beggary, and most Oe . lol ateliers closed, , • The King has transacted business this morning, with the Marquis of Lauriston, Minister of his Household. • Iruom THE QUOTITHENNE OF THURSDAY.] The Liberal Papers indulge in repeating, on the authority, of the Bru.viel4 Ora& ' that all the English are eagerly quitting France for England. Ii y this it Is insinuated that tho present state of Vrance•renders the residence of foreigners in it unsafe. This fear, or this repugnance, can Only be entertained by those who only know the state of the kingdom from perusing the iiiheral Journals. Handmrif ewe: patient has stated that three Com. missiuners of the Allied Monarchs are .on their way to the head-quarters of the Duke d'.Angoulaine. Thii statement rests on no authentic foundation; but from it may be inferred, that the .Allied Powers arc so persuaded of the deliverance of Per ! . dinand, VII.; that they have already appointed.the Envoys Who are again to represent-their Sovereigns at the Court of his Ca. tholic Majesty PA u Rea 17.—it is known that most of the FrenCh of ficers who, under various eireitinstances, were condemned for p o li t ical, offences, 'succeeded in finding refuge in Spain ; thence they endeavoured to seduce our soldiers, and to . corrupt their fidelity, Of this, the following fact, the authenticity of which we guarantee, is a sufficient proof :—Two soldiers were in gar risen a few days ago in the little Commune of Biriaton. This village is oniy separated :from the Spanish territory by the llidas.soa, which in this place is very narrow. Posted on the bank of the river, they saw advance on the opposite side two officers, whom, by their mien and attire, they at once recognized to be Frenchmen. These latter invited the two sentinels.td cross the river and drink with them ; the invitation Was - ref Used —they importuned them more earnestly; but still without success. The officers at length proposed to them to abandon for ever the French soil, and enter the service of Spain.— " C o me," said they, " you shall want for nothing; you shall have 15 pence (trente told) per day, and share the glory of serving the Emperor."—" No," replied the soldiers, " we are contented with what the King gives us, and we will be faithful to him." —This answer did not, however, disconcert the officers; they pushed over a boat, in which they put a purse containing money —the soldiers pushed back the boat with the purse, anti came and told their comrades of the proposition which had been made to them., Their conduct was unanimously approved of, • and will dotibdess be rewarded. They belonged to the sth com pany of the 9th light corps. GERMAN PAPERS AN•D FLANDERS MAIL. BucitaitEsT, illArten 1.---A ,private individual, who is now here, and who has had more opportnnities than any body' else to he acquainted with, and to appreciate the real situation of Moldavia and W a ll ac hi a , as well as of surrounding pro vinces, is now engaged in putting the last hand to his Notes on the events that have taken place within the last four years, of which he has been partly an eye-witness, and whit iri of the most importance, a disinterested witness. This work, which will soon be put into the Press in Germany, will throw an extraordinary light on the affairs of this country, and it will certainly be found piquant, since the author, .who has no interest in offending oisparing any person, will make no scruple of unmasking those catnelions of all parties, who have acted, and who -still endeavour to act parts, for which they have no other qualifications than unbounded cupidity, ambition, and above all, arrogance. Canvas Oglou has received orders to send to their homes all the Turks who are here and in the districts, and who do not form a part of the - corps under his command. .1.11/iNxpoivr, MARCH 22.—11 is Excellency Count Puol Schauentein, Minister. of State, arrived here yesterday, from Vienna. WARTZROURG, 31.aucit 20.—At six o'clock this morning, the cannon of the fortress announced the happy deliverance of her Highness the. Princess Royal of a Princess, who with the august mother is doing well. The infant Princess was baptized in the afternoon. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince leaves us to-morrow for some time, and goes to Munich. BERLIN M.Ancu 21.—The consultation at which his Royal Highness the Crown Prince has presided, with the Deputies of the States from .the various provinces of the Prussian Mo narchy, and which have now been continued for nearly two years, are at length terminated, and it is expected that an of ficial statement of the result will be shortly published; but it will however relate exclusively to the Provincial Assemblies. The King of Sweden has proposed to the Diet to mitigate the penalty of death, which the law now decrees, against those who are guilty of expressions against the government. MAUCH 21.—1 n French Flanders and Artois,which forms the 16th Military Division, there is a great number of Officers on half-pay, who, while they are in the receipt of it, await the time when they may be employed in active service. These Officers have chosen the places where they desire to fix their abode, and cannot quit •the department without permis sion. Yet vie are informed that several of them have succes sively disappeared. It is supposed they have found means to embark for England, and thence without doubt have proceeded to Spain, which has given occasion to stricter measures of surveillance. Several Commissioners appointed by the Government are charged to make considerable purchases of horses, not only on our frontiers, but even in Germany and Luxembourg. These horses are destined for the artillery and the train. They are to be conducted first to Strasburg, Metz, and Douay, which are the grand arsenals of the North ; they will thence be sent to their farther destination. BRUSSELS, AiA nett 27.—Theday before yesterday, a British Cabinent Messenger, and this morning an Austrian Messen ger, passed through this city, both on their way from Vienna to London. A great number of the Members of the States•Cleneral left this city yesterday to return to their homes. It is thought that the Session will he closed in a few days:. In the Sitting of the Second Chamber on the 24th, some chapters of the new Civil Code were discussed and agreed to. In the Sitting of the 25th, the order of the day was the new pmject of law on the Stamp Duties. This project met with very great opposition, and was at length rejected by a majority of 06 to 9. M. Liefinanns,. of Outlenarde, was the only Member of the southern provinces who voted for it. VIENNA, MARCH' 17.—.MetalliqUes, 001 ; Bank Shares, 091. MAR or 18.—Metalliques, 001—Bank Shares, 8904. PORTUGAL. 4Frorn the French Papers.) The news from Portugal is very satisfactory. The Municipality of the city of Oporto has published, under the date of the Bth inst. the following intelligence _ _ " The Constitutional Municipality announces to its fellow. citizens, that the cause of liberty, of reason, and ofjtistice, triumphs over the criminal designs of their enemies. The re giment of infantry, which was at Villa Real, has repented of tite guUty resolution it adopted on the nth of the preceding month, and has refused to defend despotism. The greatest discontent prevails among the miserable individuals whom the Conte d'Amarante had succeeded in seducing. On the news of the approach of our advanced posts they fled precipitately. Our troops contract daily the circle of sedition, and in a short time tranquillity will be perfectly re-est a bli s hed in the whole kingdom, where the Constitution which we have sworn to up. hold shall reign with greater glory than ever. " According to intelligence from the banks of the Douro, dated the 4th instant, we learn, that at three o'clock in the morning the head-quarters of the factious were at Reogoa. They are composed of 'the COunt d'Amaranthe of Gaspar 'Teixeira, Antonio de Silveira, Martinho,Corren, and'Don Miguel Vescon cellos. Two hours afterwards, the army of the insurgents, consisting of a battalion of infantry of the 12th, of a squadron of cavalry of the 9th, and of some bands of peasants, defiled by the road of Lobrigos. 'They expected, no doubt, to find no obstacle in passing the Douro ; but when the Count d'Ama ratite wished to pass with his cavalry,• he was received with a sharp fire of musketry, which forced him to retire. Two hours afterwards he attempted to cross the river with the battalion of the I . 2th whom he placed in four boats, three which were perforated; with balls, and stuck on a sand bank in the middle of the'river. The factious demanded quarter, which was granted them by the Constitutionalists, who saved the -lives of many that were on the point of drowning. During the time the bat. Wiens of the 7th and the tith, as welt as the regiments of mi lids, formed in battalions on the banks of the river, to the cry of Live the Constitution I' The ardour of the Constitutional troops and the dismay 'of the factious decided the victory in fa. your of the former. The Count sent a flag of truce to demand that the firing should cease; they replied that they would stop, but only to begin again ; immediately it became necessary to do so, as the Constitutional troops were determined net to stiffly the territory -of their King to be violated by rebels who wished to make him absolute against hie inclination. " The garrison of Lamego then retired singi ng , d ur i ng i ts march, a Constitutional hymn." The Supplement. of the Borbaleta, Oporto Paper of the 10th inst., contains the following particulars relative to Amarante's attempted coun ter-revolution:-- " Captain George, of the Oporto Police Guards, has just ar rived front Villa Real, which place he left at ten yesterday morning, and he brings advices that the rebel troops fled in dis . order towards Villa Pouca d'Aguiar, in the night of the Bth, leaving their baggage with a guard, .which immediately surren dered. Thera, information was obtained of the discontent that prevailed among the officers and soldiery, who, in their retreat, declared they were surrounded and lost, swearing vengeance against Arnarante, who had deceived them. The towns, where the Rebels had been, experienced the greatest insults and hard ships • owing to the robberies they had committed. General Itegii writes, that the Colonel of --the lith Regiment of .Cavalry hadjoined,the column from . Cave; ,and that the remainder of the Officers will soon do the same. The, Commander-in-Chief this day marches from Villa Real on Villa Pouca d'Aguiar, in pursuit of the rebels, having previously sent forwards the fol lowing Proclamation : " Inhabitants of the province of ,Tras Os Monti% The di. vision under my command is about to enter your towns; this the imperious law of the preservation of order and public tran ituillity requires; these are also the.commands of our Constitu tional fling, given in his own:name as well as that of the whole Portuguese nation. The Constitutional troops are not going to deiolate the towns, after the manner of Vandals and enemies, they merely go to deliver the inhabitants from the snares laid for them by a perfidious man, and restore to the bosom of the nation some of its deluded children. Be tranquil, for the most strict discipline guides the conduct o f th e so ldi e r s .under my command ; receive them as your brothers and protectors : with sentiments of this kind it is that they tread your territory. Do not allow what was merely a seductive delusion to be converted into the horrid crime of anarchy ; do not sow the seeds of civil discord among you—all resistance is in vain. They t o ld y ou untruly, who assured you that the whole nation, and much less its brave army, were united to the projects of the perjured Count de Amarante ; rely on my 'Word...your province alone has been deceived ; some of your troops have been seduced ; but all the rest of the kingdom, on knowing that .the Government of our Constitutional • King and the civil liberty of the nation began to he attacked; voluntarily, and with the greatest entliti, • siasm, renewed their oath to die in defence of our sacred Con stitution. • Minho, Beira, Estremadura, Alemtejo, and Al garves—all are tranquil, and Lisbon and Oporto exhibit testi- I monies 'of an inexplicable enthusiasm for the sacred cause of liberty. " You yourselves have been made sensible of these truths, in the decided opposition Count de Auiarante experienced in his attempt to cross the Douro, In which he did not succeed. The same will he meet with every ' where else ; salters', strong columns. are marching to disperse those who accompany him—you will soon see the death or shameful flightof his chiefs. Wait quietly' till then, and without taking any part in his criminal projects, reflect that your fate must be that of the whole nation, and that people who allow themselves to be deceived deserve the pity and clemency of the Government, when by ,inanimous repentance, they make their own blame fall orethe authors of their error. Do not therefore quit yoetr dwellings, con tinue your labours, and attend to your families, and you will soon see that the haracter th e enemi es o f t h e ood cause seek to attribute to us is diametrically opposed to the sentiments of friendship we devote to you, which alone can be changed, if you shouldventure to brave the valo ur o f t h e troops under my command, &c.. - ' - (si gne d) LUIZ DO REGO DARRETO." iThis Paper also inserts a Proclamation of Antonio da Sil veira, uncle of Amarante, - one of those who first raised the Re- volution in Oporto, and afterwards Vice-President of the Pro visional Government of Lisbon, which proves that he was im plicated in the counter-revolutionary plot. This man, owing to his intrigues and wishes - to subvert The stew order of things which he at first pronioted, not from patriotic, but rather per sonal motives, had been banished from the capital; and this is the mode he has taken to avenge himself.] PARIS PAPERS. PARIS, 311.nci7 28. %~'~'p.. Intelligence was yesterday circtilated 'from' Perpignan, which must put a final cleee:io every , hope of preserving peace. The Spaniards in this city are :preparing to: leave. Several went the day beforeyesterday.to the Prefecture of Police to get their passports. The Count de Torreno is one of the ;number; his departure is to take place to-day or to-morpow , It is not true, as stated by the journat?hi Commerce, of this morning, that General Pharnyi brother-in-law of General Guilleminot, has been arrested. Neither is it true, that any Aide-de- CaMP of this General has been arrested. The affair of the editors- of the Journal du Commerce and of the Courier Francais has been decided before, the Tribune of Correctional Police. M. Cardon, the editorof the Journal , du CoMmerce, was first heard for the article in that paper of March 11, 1823, whiCh was de nounced to the Chamber of Deputies by M. Frenilly, The Court condemned Ceylon to three months' imprisonment, and a fine of 3,000 francs, -ordered that he should be bound to insert the present sentence in his paper within three days, and condemned him besides in costs. The tribunal then proceeded to try separately the accusations against the editor of the Journal du Commerce and of the Courier FranFais, for having given an account (without beingauthorized) of the secret sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, on the Bth of February, for the discussion on the Address, and for having, besides, excited the citizens to hatred and contempt of the King's Government, by attributing to the President of the Council of Ministers language which he did not hold, viz.—That Mi de Villole, replying to Messrs. de la tiourdonnaye and Delalot, had said that the French Government has, relatively to Spain, done all it could to favour the insurgents. The King's Counsel, after some observations, prayed for judgment on 'both the accused, and that they should be sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and a fine of 3,000 francs each. The Court sentenced Messrs. Carden and Le- Araiveux, responsible editors of the two journals, as they refused to give up. the names of the authors of the articles, to three months' impri sonMent, and to a fine of 2,000 francs each ; declared the seizure of the numbers of the 9th of February to be valid ; ordered the copies to be torn to pieces ; and condemned these editors. also in costs. The affair of the young men 'arrested in the tumult of the 3d and 6th of March, was divided, and tried by the Court of Correctional Police, on two separate days : on the first six persons were implicated ; viz. Blochet, aged 40, tailor; Chef-. lard, apothecary pupil ; Arnout, 33, Merchant's clerk Eittard, cutler ; Diolot, 20 ;' and. Claitte, traveller. The last appeared on a summons, the others were prisoners. M. Bella, the King's Advocate, gave a summary of the grounds of the accusation. Blochet was accused of having vio lenity resisted gendarmes, who wished to binder Mini , froth crossing the Pont Louis' XVI., and of having insulted 'by gestures a Commissary of Police, in seizing him by . the collar. The others are accused of having added seditious cries to those of " Vive Manuel !"—" Vive le Cote Gauche! Vive la Liberte."—The witnesses being called, most of whom were gendarmes who had .assisted in arresting 'the prisoners, one deposed that Diolot.had cried, " Down with the hussars of the guillotine." M. Blanvillier, a young ,ad vocate, in his defence of CholFard, pretended that the assemblage of the 3d of March was not 'seditious; and was interrupted by the President . , who told him he, was preaching resistance to the armed force, and the defence of the sovereignty of the people.. After hearing the Counsel of tint - other persons, the Tribune condemned Blochet to two months' imprisonment and a fine of 50 francs ; Choffard. eight months and 100 francs Arnout and Diolot, each six months and .50 francs; Errard, two months and '25 francs ; and Claitte, 15 days imprisonment and 16 francs tine. TUE ARMY. On Satnrdny morning Earl CATticiirr, Colonel of the 2d regiment of Royal Life Guards, inspected that fine regiment in the new Barrack-yard, Regent's Park, for the first time in their new exercising dress. The whole of the regiment was drawn out, and passed in single line before his Lordship, w h o highly approved .of the dress and their fine military ap pearance. POIVI'SNOTTTN, MARCH' 29.—0 n Wednesday that dis tinguished Officer, Lieut.:General Sir GALBILAITII LOWRY COLE, G.C.B. Governor of the Mauritius, and Lady Frances Cole and family, arrived from Heron Court (the seat of Earl Malmesbury.), and next morning embarked, with Sir Lowry'a Staff; in the Charles Grant, Captain Hay, which ship sailed .at noon for the Mauritius and China. The following Officers comprise Sir Lowry's Staff:-Lieut.-Colonel Wade, Military Secretary . (Mrs. Nrade and family), Capt. During and Capt. Maggenis, Aides-de-Camp, Dr. Dyce, Chief of the Medical Staff.—Sailed the ship Sophia, for Bermuda and Halifax, bay ing on board some officers and detachments of troops for the latter place. War-Qifice, March 28, 1823. 11th Regiment Light Dragoons—Capt. Thomas Pratt Bar low, from the half-pay of the 40th Foot, to be Captain, vice Stephen White, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 14th Ditto—Capt. Sir Thomas Ormsby, Bart. from theCepe Corps, to be Captain, vice Ward, who exchanges. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Loftus Francis Jones, from the 59th Foot, to be Adjutant and Lieutenant, vice Nunn, who ex changes. • 10th Ditto—Captain Nathaniel Farewell, from the half-pay of the 40th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice William Willi* who exchanges. 21st Ditto—Serjeant-Major Alexander Young to be Ad jutant, with, the rank of Second Lieutenant, vice Keane, deceased. 28th Ditto—Ensign Grenville Berkeley, from the lialf.pay of the 62d Foot, to be Ensign, vice William Maxwell Stewart, who exchanges_ 40th Dita—Lieutenant George Ilibbert to be Captain, by iiurcliase, vice Bowen, who retires ; Ensign Harcourt Master to be Lieutenant, by . purchase, vice llibbert ; J. A. Robert. Son, Gent,. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Master. 41st Ditto—Captain James Alexander Macleod, from the Ist Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Captain, vice Lord George Ben. thick, who retires upon the half-pay of -Royal 'West India Rangers. 44th Ditto—Lieutenant Henry Donnithorne, from the 65th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dunletie, who exchanges. 47th Ditto—Lieutenant John Peach, from the lialf.pay of the 84th Foot, to be lAtutenant, vice It. William Macdoncll, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 59th Ditto—Lieutenant.Tolin Nunn,' front the 2d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Jones, who exchanges. 65th Ditto—Lieutentun Gillespie. Dunlevie, from. the 44th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Donnithorne ' who exchange*. 66th Ditto—Lieutenant Wm. Bristow, from the 534 Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Richards, who retires. 89th Ditto—Liebt..General Sir Robert Macfarlane, K.C.8., and G.C.H. to be Colonel, vice General Sir George Beckwith, deceased. _ _ Royal Staff Corps—Lieutenant Thomas Hatriott .to•be Cap tain, without purchase. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign Henry. Cole; Ensign Ernest Wilford; Lieut. Edward John Cleather, from the half-pay of the Regiment, vice Harriott. To be Ensigns, without purchase—R. M,Westmaeott, Gent. ; Francis Shearman, Gent. vice Cole ; Gentleman Cadet Charles • Stoddart, from the Royal Military College, vice Wilford. 2d West Indian Regiment—Lieutenant 'William Francis Cartwright, from the half-pay of the Royal African Corps, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. Ist Ceylon Regiment—Lieutenant Samuel Braybrooke to be Captain, by purehase, vice Abbey who retires. Cape orps—Captain Charles Nirartl, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be CiT i t l ain of a Company, vic e Si r Th omas Ormsby, who exchan es, Ist Royal Veteran attalion—CaPtain Henry Barry Hyde, from the half-pay of the Royal .West India Rangers, to be Captain, vice Macleod, appointed to the 41st Foot. East India Volunteers—To be Lieutenants—Ensign Peter Cameron, vice Ritherden, who resign* ;, Ensign Francis Fre derick Thompson, vice Carter, who resigns. To be Ensigns— Walter Edward Powell, Gent.. vice Cameron t. Edward Fuller Dauvers, Gent. vice Thompson. BRE V E T.—Staff Surgeon Robert Hartle, to be DepUty In spector of Hospitals, by Brevet. HOSPITAL STari.—To' be , Hospital Assistant _to the Forces—Hospital Assistant Daniel Mullarky, frotu.half-pay, vice Garrett Barry, superseded; Hospital Assistant John Car ter, from half-pay, vice Dempster, resigned; Hospital Assistant John O'Donel, from half-pay, vice. Charles Butler, whose ap pointment has not taken place; - 11eipital Assistant Alexander 11Iunkittrick, from half-pay, vice John Dixon, who resigns. Gauatsows.,-James Frost, Fort Adjutant at Fort Welling ton, to be Town Major at Quebec, vice Lewin, deceased. EA ItTUUUAKES.- By letters received on Satur day from St. Jago de Chile, it appears that on the night of the 19th November a shock of an earthquake was experienced, the . most severe ever remembered in that country, Its duration was of the very extraordinary space of four • minutes, during which the earth 'is deseribed as being in continued motion, resembling the rolling of a heavy sea. Its effects were most fatal at Valparaiso, where, it is said, few houses were left standing : of those but a.. small proportion were habitable. There is some variation,' how ever, in the accounts as respects Valparaiso, and as it is natural to expect, under the first impres sion of so awful a calamity, that there should be much exaggeration, it IS probable that has been the case in the present instance. The loss of lives in :Valpara l 4.P.ts steed at from 15Q to 200, among whom are some English. The only' names mentioned are' those of. a Mr. Stevenson and of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly. Most of the villages in. Chile had suffered severely, and some of them were destroyed. No intelligence had been re ceived from Conc ep ti on , b u t e qually dr e adf u l accounts were anticipated from thence. At Santiago the shuck hid beep comparatively slight ; no lives_ were lost there, hor any houses thrown down, but all the churches except, three had been . so much injsired as to require taking down, and it would be necessary to re huild many of the houses before they could be rendered habitable. From the 19th up to the 21th of November, which is the date of the letters, slight,shocks had occurred daily, so that many of the inhabitants slept in tents without the city, only venturing into - their houses to take meals, during which time all the doors' were kept open.—Letters from Naples of the 11th inst. re ceived on Saturday, state that a severe shock of an earthquake was felt on. the sth at Palermo, J by which a number of houses and churches were' destroyed, 21 persons killed, and 125 wounded.l The damage done to the city alone was esti mated at 50,0001. It was not. ascertained that any other part of Sicily had suffered. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. FAGGOT VOTERS! A BILL to prevent OCCASIONAL FREEHOLDERS from VOTING in the ELECTIONS of MEMBERS to serve in PARLIAMENT, for BOROUGHS in ENG LAND and WALES. Whereas it frequently happens in towns and boroughs, where the right of election of Members to serve in Parliament, is in persons having a right to vote for or in respect of lands, tene ments, or hereditaments within the same, and much trouble, expence and litigation is created by occasional voters, to the great prejudice of the bona fide freeholders, and other real voters, to whom the right of rending Members to Parliament justly belongs. And whereas it is resonahle and proper that provision should be made for the due election of Members to serve in Parlia ment, for such towns and boroughs, in that part of Great Bri tain called England and the dominion of Wales, in which per sons have a right to vote for electing such Members, for or in respect of freehold lafids, hnuses, tenements or hereditaments within the same ; Therefore, be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Ma jesty, by and with theadvice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Comthons, in this present Parliament as sembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the day of every person demanding to vote for the election of any Member to serve in Parliament for any Town or Borough in that part of Great Britain called England or do minion of Wales, for and in respect of any freehold estate, shall (instead of the oath now required by an Act partied in the 25th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, inti tuled "An Act to limit the duration of polls and scrutinies, and for making other regulations touching the election of members to serve in Parliament for places within England and Wales. and for Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also for removing culties which may arise • for want of returns being made of members to serve in Parliament,") before he is admitted to poll at the said election (if required by the candidates, or any of them, or any person' aving a right to vote at the said elec tion), first take the oath (or, being a Quaker, the solemn affirmation) following, viz. " You swear (or, being a Quaker, you solemnly affirm), That you have a freehold estate, consisting of (specifying the nature of such freehold estate, whether messuage, land, rent, tithe, or what else; and if such freehold estate consists in mes suages, lands, rents or tithes, or what else, then specifying in whose occupation the same are ; and if rent, then specifying the names of the owners or possessors of the lands or tenements out of which such rent is issuing, or some or one of them) lying or being in the town (or, borough, as the case may be), and that you have been in the possession or in the receipt of the rents and profits thereof for your own use, above calendar months, (or, that the same came to you within the time aforesaid; by descent, marriage, marriage settlement, de vise or promotion to a benefice in a church, or by promotion to an office), and that such freehold estate has not been granted or made to you fraudulently on purpose to qualify you to give your vote; and that the place,of your abode is at in ~ and that you are twenty-one years, , as you believe, and that you have not been polled before at this election." . • . . , Which oath (or solemn affirmation) the returning officer or of for the time being'of such towns or boroughs shall, by him self or themselves, or by his or their deputy or deputise, 'os by such clerk or clerks as shall be by him or them sworn and ap pointed for the taking of the Poll, is and are hereby required to administer ; and in case any freeholder or ocher person, taking the said oath or affirmation hereby appointed, shall thereby commit wilful perjury, and be thereof convicted, and if any person do unlawfully and corruptly procure or suborn any freeholder, or other person, to take the said oath or affir mation, in ordeeto be polled, whereby he shall commit such wilful perjury, and shall be thereof convicted, he and they for every such 'offence shall incur such pains and penalties as are in and by two Acts of Parliament, the one made in the fifth year of .the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth, intituled, " An Act for punishment of such persons as shall procure or commit wilful perjury, " the other made in th e secon d year of the reign of his late ajesty King George IL intituled, "An Act for the more effectual preventing and fu r th er puni shment of For gery, Perjury, Subornation of Perjury, and to make it Felony to steal Bonds, Notes, or other Securities for payment of Money," directed to be inflicted for offences committed con. trary to the said Act. ' And be it further enacted by the 'authority aforesaid, That from and after the said day of no person shall vote in such Election of a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for a town or borough in which persons have a right to vote for such Member or Members, for and , in respect of lands, tenements, or hereditament s w i t hi n t h e same, unless such persons shall h avei a freehold estate in the town or borough fee which he votes, and shall have been in the actual possessitio,'or in the receipt of the rents and profits thereof for his own,use,..aboye calendar months, except the same' came to him within the time aforesaid, by descent, marriage, marriage settlement, devise, or promotion to any be. nefice in a church, or by promotion to an office ; and no person shall vote in respect or in right of any freehold estate, which was made or ?ranted to him fraudulently, on purpose to qualify him to give his vote, or shall vote more than once at the same Elec tion ; and if any person shall vote in any such_ Election con. Crary to the true intent and meaning' hereof, he shall forfeit to any candidate for whom such vote shall not have been given, and who shall first sue for the same, the sum of 'to be recovered by him or them, his or their executors or administrators, together with full costs of su i t , b y act i on of debt in any of his Majesty's courts dr record at 'Westminster, wherein no essoign, protection, wager of law, privilege or inf parlance, shall be admitted or allowed ; and in every such action, - the proof shall lie on such person against whom the same was brought; unless the fact, on which such action is grounded, be the having polled more than once at the same Election.—(Sec. 19 (leo. 2. c. 28. sec. 4.) And be it declared by the authority aforesaid, That no pub. lie or Parliamentary tax, church or parish rate or duty, or any other tax, rate, or assessment whatsoever, to be assessed or le. vied within such towns or boroughs as aforesaid, is or shall be deemed or construed to be any charge payable out of or in re spect of any freehold estate, within the meaning and intention of this Act, or of the oath or solemn affirmation hereinbefore directed to be administered to and taken by every freeholder as aforesaid.--(lbid. sec. 5.) And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, Th a t it shall and may be su ffi cient for the plaintiff, in any action o f debt given by this Act; to se t f ort h, in the declaration or bill, that the &fondant is indebted to him in the sum of . - and to allege the particular offence for which the action or suit is brought, and that the defendant bath acted contrary to this Act, without mentioning the writ of summons to Parliament, or the, return thereof; and it shall be sufficient, In any indictment or information for any offence committed contrary to this Act, to allege the particular offence charged upon the defendant, and that the defendant is guilty thereof, without mentioning the writ of summons to Parliament, or the return thereof; and upon trial of any issue, in any such action, suit, indictment, or information, the platntiff, prosecutor,. or informer shall not be obliged to prove the writ of sununons to Parliament, or the return thereof or any warrant or aut h or i ty o f the Sheriff or Sheriff's, grourided upon any such writ of summon s : Provided always, that every a c t i on , su i t , i n di ctment, or information, given by this Act, shall be commenced 'within the space of calendar months after the fact Upon which the same is grounded shall have been committed.—(Thfd. see, 10.) And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That all the statutes of Jeofails, and amendments of the law whatso ever, shall and may be construed to extend to all proceedings 'in any action, suit, indictment, or information, given or allowed by this Act, or which shall be brought in Rursuance thereof.-- (ibid. sec. 11.) Provided always, and be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That in case the• plaintiff or informer, in any action, suit, indictment, or information, given by this Act, shall dia. continue the same, or be rionsui .ta, or judgment be otherwise given against him, then and in any of the said cases, the de fendant, against whom such ac ti on, su i t, or information shall have been brought, shall recover his costs.--(itid. sec.l2.) Provided always, and"be it enacted, by the authority afore. said, That this Act, or anything therein 'contained, Moll not extend, or be construed to extend, to any town or bomugh, or to-any person or persons, wherein the right of voting for every Member or Members of any such town or borough is for or in respect of burgage tenure. • . . . 4111111141LTY.OFFICA, Morels .21, 1S 3. IVOTICE is hereby ffiven that a Session of Oyer and 7'erminer and Gaol Delivery, fin- the Trial of ()fences eoznmstted on the High Seas, within the Juridic, ties of the d r imiralty of England, will be held at *Malice Ma l l , in Me Old Bailey, London, on Friday, the 23th day of ,dpriloext, at Eight o'Clock in the ,llocninp,r. J. ir. CROKER. PETERSFIELD SUBSCRIPTION ASSEMBLIES. rrIHE L)ST SUBSCRIPTION ASSEM., BLY will be held at the Red Lion Inn, at Petersfici on Wednesday, the 2d April, O• Dancing to commence at Eight 'ClocK reose , Y . Non4ubscnbers' Tickets to be had at the lied Lon.-ove dies, No 53.; Gentlemen Pitc. No n.:subscriber , to be admitted unless introduced bY Subscriber. st EASTER 3loNDAY.—Holiday at the Bank, Excheq uer ' Ea India and South Sea Houses. PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS Ix LON,DONI 3'4-- AT ONE o'cr.ocF.• Five per Cents. 77i. Six per Cents. 00. PcaNsian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. {Ditto New 711. j Five per Cent. Bonds, 67. (Scp, OO. Five per Cents. C.lletallie),oo. }lv" Cent. Bonds, 00. Spanish French ", {Five per t:eti New Ditto, 29t. Scrip, 00 disc. Prus,iau 1 Five per Cent. Bonds, V. Danish t Ditto 'Sew, 79i. Chili Five per Cent. Bonds 81. , 69. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 57. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Bank Shares £2l ss. American Six Per Oent• W -99 ' live per Cent. 95A-91. Three per Cent. 70. r;; if .~ i . 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' a take the field with th • ' i test t at the s'' °l . ea regimen s notice. - s:genravtiicoe:—.oftb: ;P.:la:cm:: ......., have EXPRESS FROM PARIS. the We . Paris Papers of Saturday. from Ivhich the fon i, _ this day received, by exPress', ow , _ " Marshal ling are extracts.—The contents of they e re: it ournals, which arrived yesterday, w ill be ° 1 our preceding columns: — Orders ha t [From the Monaco.] c A n. cc p longing Aim ) MAncit 9.9—The Puell e " ° ~J o f gc ) ulrati will set out for Bortleau on the next month. II ; a t v h e e ‘ bpeeunkeissOuefdßfoergga: ::::Itheir Ba , y , onne on the 19th instant. nitcer sbr to posts without delay ; and well infortned p" i : jo the Army of dip Pyrenees toy 0 10 ....005 are of opinion that hostilities will begin e ar I Ili, ti e e p x a t r mo nth. tt tr e of f Cortes Y a ... [From the Journal du Commerce.) fro -1 ° the news which we gave yeste that Madrid d of the 21st instant, we h a ve to s a l ne hi the th jeset morning, agretehaebiKyintog tthoookwipsr oerathi:i‘lllol: will close their Session a slatjl ag ol ills train consisted of 420 carrigge; .a o f soono . n as it is known that the N-ilig 1° , 5 P Vith L a—they wilt then adjonin to " e I ii . fir) April, when they are to hold th e " to l San M iguel at Seville. The Ministers er [it were to remain some daYs I° l lo to Madrid. The departure of General) °r! wo take the command of the krmy o f Gall° matiemmedGiaet daily expected. , [From the Drapecus Blanca nollt)ce " The remanilap formation er s o l c . otinnti tt v u ti e ro to pe : i l ci4inra i i : the i "'a:Mission to regulate the affair; 0 " after the Invasion. h ] [From the Pi tote y . I dote of Saturday ero-iijerrir nan i lt IS rumoured that an Expres s il l Aar) $ has brought important news to a Pi'llo sitg onMember of the Chamber Of Derstiel' ,ire ' the Right Centre. Nothing has yet troll 0 i n be s ll°l and of various interpretations are given I lat ioa Ministers relative to the reports in c ire' yesterday. s‘l' It is reported that General Y,}© b er fl isi te c a division o f r. the Army t 00 the 11 n IC vanced on the '22d as far as Loero,l olio captivef O.