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PARIS PAPERS. TELEGRAM DISPATCH. PARIS, 31.ty 12. • "f'ROlst THE 11.4.30R-OENERAL OF THE AILMY TO THE MI NISTER THE INTERIOR. 44 ' The head quarters have been at Burgos since the 9th. The reception given to his Royal High ness was very brilliant. 44 The first corps has made its movement upon Valladolid." NAY 11.--The Moniteur contains in the official part the law relative to the fixing of ' the budget of receipt and. expenditure for 1824. Chapter 1. The credits voted for the service of `1824. Section 1. The expences of the consolidated debt, and of the arnortissentent, are fixed at 237,086,308 francs. Sect. 2. The general expences of the service are— Francs. neneral expences 525,982,069 Collecting, management, deficiences, &c. 126,704,489 Reimbursements, &c. - 6,089,000 Total 658,776,346 Chapter 11. enumerates the taxes authorized for the service of 1814. Chapter 111. states-the amount of the revenue for 4824 to be estimated at the sum of 896,334,190 francs. ROCH E FORT, MAY 6. (EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.) " The frigate 'La Flora sailed on the 4th of this month _from the roads of the Isle of Aix, ha Ling under its ,care eleven mer chit:it:nen bound to the Antilles : they will find there other - vessels of the Royal Navy which will bring them back to France. ",The gabnre La Pantlare sailed at the same time as.the convoy. It conveys to the Isle of Goree M. Hugon, Capitainc -de fregate, who is appointed to the government of that island. " At the end of last month, the brig of war La Vigilante, having been sent from La Rochelle, to convey to Bayonne 16 merchantmen, met with on the way 24 other vessels, bound to . the same port : she added them to her convoy, and after con. ducting-them to Bayonne, took charge of six vessels that sailed from that port. She arrived in the roads of Aix yesterday. .Th 6 Vigilante did not •see . a .single privateer. She ,met with a great number• of our merchantmen going to Bayonne and coming from that port : they all proceeded on the voyage with , the greatest eecurity.—(llconiteur.) We read in the .Constitutionnel of yesterday morning—" It is stated," says the Etude," that a Peer of France goes to Madrid, in the charac •of Ambassador—Ambassador to whom P' "We know not whether the appointment be true, but supposing it so to be, we shall reply to the Cunstitutionnel.—" To the same authority to .which were sent the Ambassadors of the different Powers, during the first captivity of Ferdi nand V I 1."----(Journal des Dtbate.) It was yesterday reported on 'Change, that the Marquis de Taiaru, Peer of France, was gone, or was about to set out for Spain, on an extraordinary mission. This is probably what the evening journal meant in speaking of a Peer of France who was to repair to Madrid as Am tassador. The Marquis de Talaru is a grandee of Spain.—(Constitutionnel.) POSTSCRIPT OF A LETTER FROM BAYONNE,DATXD SLAY 4. At the moment of sending my letter to the post-office, I am assured that couriers from Seville arrived at the Prince's head quarters yesterday morning, which leaves no doubt of a nego eiation. We form moat sincere.wishes for its favourable issue. Journal de Paris.) " We are assured •that M. de Martignac is gone to Seville, • for the purpose of giving effixt to overtures for peace, the imme diate result of which would be to bring back Ferdinand to his capital, to re-establish him on his throne, and to restore to that unfortunate country the happiness and tranquillity of which the violence of party had so long deprived it."—(Quoted by the Journal de. Paris from the Memorial Berne's, May 3.) (From Me Constitutionnel.) [EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.] " BASLE, 1V1AY , 5.-It appears that the Government of our Cantons have received important communications from the Fe deral Directory. The Great Councils have been specially as. senibletl, and, although the object of their deliberations is still a secret, it is generally believed that they have been invited to adopt measures of high police against foreign refugees more severe than those hitherto acted upon, and to impose restric tions upon the liberty of the press. • " What contributes to sustain these reports, is the forced de parture of all the Italians who,had obtained permission to re. idain in Switzerland. " These facts are more striking at Geneva, not only because 'the individuals were assembled in a smaller space, where they were better known, but especially by the contrast of this exces sive rigour with the noble hospitality for which that city has been for so many ages celebrated. " !fit is the Government of Geneva itself which has adopted such measures, we regret to see it make so unworthy a use of its independence ; but if it obeys foreign invitations, we see with heavy hearts an estimable and enlightened people, losing thosesentiinents.of Independence and honour which indemnity 'a small State dim all the privations imposed by its position.— We would say to those who govern, that when they enter on the road of •concessions made to power, it is impossible to 'foresee the end; and if, as there is reason to hope, the sa cred rights of nations and of men receive at length a sanction which shall put them out of the reach of every attack, Ge neva will regret the want of that little firmness which might have saved it. . " Other letters, which we have received from the same coun lry,state that it is in consequence of a species of dictation con fided to the Council of State by the Legislative Council of Ge nova that these harsh measures have been adopted: After hav ing made Italians quit Geneva who had resided ' there for 20 . years, they have interdicted a work published by a Learned Society of the first class (The Annals of Legislation and Ju. risprudence) which had existed' upwards of two years, to the .great advantage of Philosophical, Political, and Legislative Science." PAW, MAY 11.—Our correspondence Prom Perpignan, .dated the 4th at BA. M . contains the following note:— " It is said that there will be an affair to-day or to-morrow. It is believed that the head-quarters will be in:notion to-day.— Yesterday some firing was heard on the side of l3esatre." [Prom the Journal der Dilate.] .13AanAn, Jati.'o.—The Ottoman troops here have expe rienced a fresh check front the Persians who are fortifying them selves in the provinees.of Chalis and the environs of Menduli. The fate of Uoerdistan is very problematical, and the discon tent of the resident of Ilussoralt against the Government here givea reason to fear a new rupture. A regular cruise of Eng lish ships is established in the Persian Gulf, to protect the com merce of India and secure the principal points of the Gulf, such •aslthe Island of Djezati, or Kischtne, The English vessels also watch the Arabian Chatul, a river formed by die waters of the 'Ties and Euphrates. TINE, MARCIt lb.—According to the last letters from Hydra, dated the 26th February t Prince Maurocordato, after a hrisk , action, had compelled Omer .Vrione tq retreat into Thessaly. The same letters state, that the troops which were • in. german in the citadel of Corinth attempted to force a pas sage to Patras, bUt theii attempt was fruitless; they were stopped on their march by the Greeks, superior in number, and they returned to their entrenchments without any loss on either side. These reports, so full of obscurity, want confirmation. 'Wiz:oh has been lately appointed Governor of Hydra, and . Admiral in Chief of the Greek squadron. Forty-eight I,psariot MS*, and 31i Hydriotea, are ready for the next campaign. The Greeks already chaunt victory; their 481 only have to comhat Recoil:l-rate frigates. The turnpike load between Chatham and Can. lerbury has been, during the last week, measured by Mr. HOWARD DRAKE, -the Surveyor, of Sit tingbourne ; and it is . found that not a single -mile-stone is placed at a correct distance. The one from Harbledown• to St.. Dunstan's is eighty yards short. This fact imperiously culls on the Trustees of the. 4(1 , 4 rid Toads. to revise the dis tances for the ,bonefit'• of the public:.—(Konlish Vatette.) - • ' • roa THE SUN. Ma. EDITOR—The far-fetched and ill-applied (however ingenious) arguments brought forward, in a late protracted debate by the Opposition Members (I do not mean to include the violent speeches of those whom nothing will content but war, and who assert that Ministers, in their en deavours to substitute a judicious and honourable neutrality in lieu of it, " did just nothing all the day ;" nor of these to whom their own " conjec tures," and 44 coffee-house bets," form the basis of reasoning) exhibit a proof that they felt them selves obliged to have recourse more to their imagination and passions than to their reason, in 'mentioning on this occasion their determined habits of opposing every measure of Ministers, and of preferring the interests of a party, (with all its views) to the fair investigation of the ques tion before them, however connected it might be, with the best interests of their country. How these interests are , generally understood and re. garded, is however manifested by the manner in which that debate was terminated, in which the " numerical triumph of ,Ministers" certainly was not quite so much in opposition to the " force of public opinion" (which was similarly expressed, in material points by both sides of the House) as the British Press would Min have its readers believe. May, 1023. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, MAY 13. The Quorum Magistrates and Union Duties Bills were read the second time; the other Bills on the table were forwarded one stage. LAWS RELATING TO iIARRIAGE. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented the Re port of the Committee appointed to consider the state of the ' law respecting Marriage, which was read. The Report stated, that the Committee having considered the dissatisfaction which had been expressed by many Clergymen, on the sub ject of the various new forms rendered necessary by the Act 'of last Session, had deemed it expedient to recur to the forms previously in use; they therefore recommended the discon tinuance of all such forms as were vexatious and nugatory, more particularly those which regarded the oaths required to be taken by parties, previously to the solemnization of marriage.— On the general subject, the Committee recommended a better arrangement of the clauses of the Act of 26th Geo. 11. With respect to bans, they did not consider any alteration necessary, except that permission should be given to have them published in chapels. With respect to licenses, they recommend that they should be su ff ered to remain on their present footing. Both bans and licenses, if not acted upon within three months, I Should be renewed. The Committee declare the great culty they have had in reconciling the parental r ights with a due regard to the rights of minors ; and understanding that the opinion of the house was fully expressed against the renewal of that clause of the old law, by which marriages of minors, had without consent of parents and guardians, were declared null and void ; they suggest, therefore, that there should be apro vision, by which such marriages may be voided, if a suit be commenced within 12 months after solemnization. The Court of Chancery to have jurisdiction in thalike manner as it has in cases of wards of that Court. The Committee had extended their considerations to the marriages of Roman Catholics and other dissenters, but were of opinion that it would not be de sirable to include them in the present bill. After the report had been read, Lord ELIAINBOBOUGH rose. It was not his intention, he said, to provoke any discussion of' the measure at prtsent, but he wished to state, as might be imagined, that he did not concur in the principle that marriages of minors without consent of parents and guardians should be void. He would o n ly now beg to call their Lordships" attention to the necessary conse quences if that principle were introduced into the marriage-law. In the first place, it appeared to him to be entirely nugatory, for a minor might form a valid marriage by means of bans (it was only to marriages by licences that the principle was to extend), and therefore need not have recourse to the marriage by license. But though it was nugatory as to the end proposed, it did seem to him to hold out a means by which profligate young men might obtain possession of the persons of women by means of a fictitious marriage. It contained a penalty applying only to the weaker party, who, on every principle, was entitled to pro tection. For these and other reasons, with which he would not trouble their Lordships then, but which he would state at length when the Bill carne under discussion, he entirely dissented front the provision recommended by the Committee, and ha gave notice to the Noble and Learned Lord (Lord Stowell) and the Right Rev. Prelate, whom he considered as the authors of that clause, that he should oppose it in every way possible consistent with the forms of Parliament. The Archbishop of CANTEItIIURY then brought in the Bill, founded on the Report of the Committee, which was read the first time. His Grace observed, that the second reading might be fixed for some convenient day after the holidays. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a Petition from Samuel Thornton, Governor of the Russian Company, setting forth that it had been the custom for two centuries to solemnize the marriages of British subjects in Russia, but that doubts had recently been raised as to their validity; he therefore prayed the House to pass an Act to declare them valid. Lord STOWELL considered it unnecessary to comply with the prayer of the petition, as the marriages referred to had al. ways been considered valid marriages in our Courts of Law.— Petition ordered to lie on the table.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock, but there were not sufficient Members present to make a house.—Adjourned. A LIST OF THE MINORITY ON LORD ALTIIORP'S MOTION,, For Inquiry into the State of Ireland, previous to the Intro. duction of the Insurrection Act..—May 12. Abercromby,lln..E. Haldimand, W. Osborn e , Lo r d F. Allen, J. 11. Heron, Sir R. Palmer, C. Baring, Sir T. Hill, Lord Arthur Palmer, C. F. Barnard, Viscount Hohhouse, J. C. Parnell, Sir H. Barrett, S. M. Ilornhy, Ed. Pelham, Hon.C.A. Becher, W. W. Hume, Joseph Phillips, G. Bennet, Hon. H. G. Hutchinson, Hon. Phillips, 0. jun. Bentmck, Lord W. C. H. • • Power, Rd. llenyon, B. . James, W. Price, It. Byng, George Jervoine, G. P. • Poyntz, W. S. Carter, John Johnstone, W. A. Ramsden, U. C. Caulfield, Hon. IL Kennedy, T. F. Ricardo, David Cavendish, IL • Knight, Robert - - - RObarts, G. J. Chaloner, Robert Lamb, lion. O. Robinson, Sir Geo. Clifton; Viscount Langston, J. H. Russell, Lord J. Colburne, N. R. Latouche, It. Robertson, A. Creevey, T. Leycester, R. Scott, J. Davies, T. Leader W. Smith, J. Denison, W. J. M o b er ly, J o hn Smith, W. Denman, Thos. • • Alaberly, IV. L. Smith, T. Duncannon, Visct... Martin, J. C - .• Stanley, Hon. E. C. Ellice, E. Milbank, M. . . Whitbread, S. C. Fergussun, SirR.C. Maxwell, J. W. White, Colonel Foley, J. H. >Tilton, Viscount Williams, J. Folkestone, Viset. hlonek, J. 11. - • Wood, Ald. Glenorchy, Visct. Moore, Peter Grattan, J.• Newport, Sir J. • TELLERS. (lrenfeli, Pascoe Normanby, Visct. Althorn, Visct. Griffith, J. W. O'Cadh4chaii, J. Rice, T. S. Gordon,- ,R. Ord, W. It is , not, we believe, generally known that Illyr,Ey the Poet, and the Friend and Biogra pher of Cowenit, was for many years engaged in writing the Memoirs of his own Life. These Memoirs, which, we understand, are nearly ready for publication, are enriched by a variety of Letters and Anecdotes of the most illustrious men of his age ; for 'JAIME Y, though rather a re cluse, was in constant correspondence with all the eminent men of his time. This work, as a Literary History, written with fidelity by an ac complished scholar and most amiable men, will, no doubt, prove a rich treat to all lovers of genius and distinguished talent. SUN-OFFICE, Two O'CLOCK. We have just received and are enabled to an- nounce the following most important informa- lon, on the same high and indisputable au tho- rity on which we have from time to time exclu- sively laid political intelligence before our Readers :—• It is certain that the basis of an amicable ad. ustment between France and Spain has been laid down. The last dispatches from Seville state, that as soon as the change of the Mi• nistry has been completed, the Negociations are .0 be formally opened ; and that no doubts are entertained of their pacific result. Both in Seville and in London, the obstacles to an accominoda- ion are believed in the highest quarters to have been completely removed. INDIA. The following paragraph appeared in 77w Times of this morning : " A courier arrived on Saturday at Paris from the French Consul at Aleppo, with intelligence of the utmost importance to Great Britain, but implicit relianee cannot be placed upon its correctness. The Consul apprises his Government that an insurrection had broken out in the British possessions of Western India of the most serious nature, and that all our posts on the Persian Gulf had been carried. It was understood that a copy of the dispatch from the French Consul has been handed to our Ambassador in Paris." We are enabled to give the gratifying assu rance, that Government have received no intel- ligence confirmatory of the above rumour ; and r that there is nothing in the tenor of the last ac counts from India to warrant the slightest ap prehension of such an insurrection. The only port we have in the Persian Gulf is a small detach ment in the island of Kishme, at the entrance of the Gulf, but which it was the intention of the Bombay Government to withdraw, on account of the unhealthiness of the place.— There is a British Agent at Musaut and a Commercial Resident at Bushire.-We trust that this statement will have the effect of tranquillizing any unfounded alarms which the unpleasant report from Paris may have occasioned, particularly to those who are more immediately interested in the security of our vast possessions in India. Private letters received this, day by Express from Paris, continue to speak of a severe battle having been fought between MINA and Marshal MONCET, with great loss on both aides, and a doubtful result. We have received with the Paris Papers of Monday a Telegraphic Dispatch from the French Army, announcing that the head-quarters of the Duke d'ANaouvEstE have been at Burgos since the 9th instant, and that the first corps has made a movement upon Valladolid. The French, therefore, are by no means so near the capital as was supposed. On Wednesday, the 7th instant, letters were received in London by express from Calais, which alleged that Segovia had opened its gates to the invaders. We then expressed our disbelief of the intelligence ; and it now ap pears that the French only began to mmie towards Valladolid subsequent to the 9th I Even supposing that the march of the Duke d'ANcouLEmE, therefore, continues to be un obstructed by an enemy in the field, a con-' I siderable period must elapse before he reaches the Spanish Capital. The tardiness of his advance is. almost equivalent to a victory for the Spaniards, whose eventual triumph is rendered more probable by delay. The Cortes, as is evident from the Speech delivered by their President, expect that some pacific propositions will be made to them at Seville, on the part of France; but if the overtures of the enemy should be such as they cannot accept, they are pre pared, it is understood, to remove with the KING to Cadiz, being fully aware that it is their interest to protract the contest as as long as possible. Indeed, as we have for merly observed, we do not see how the war can be brought to a conclusion, so long as the Con stitutional Government, with the KING, can re tain a footing in any part of Spain, or in Portu gal. Supposing the French to be every where triumphant in the field, still they would be un able to occupy the whole country ; and unless the Spanish nation were universally devoted to their views, therefore, they could not prevent the Government from eluding their pursuit, and always re-establishing itself in some new quarter as it was driven from another. Will the French Government continue their armies in a country so circumstanced ? That would be taking permanent military possession of Spain, an intention which France has disclainied, and against which England has solemnly protested ! Will the French, then, after beating any force that may be opposed to them, and establishing a Regency at Madrid, and proclaiming it in the principal Cities, affect to believe that they have completed their work, and withdraw from the conquered country, without having gained possession of the KING'S person? No sooner will they have eva cuated the Spanish territory, than the civil war will re-commence, and will speedily re-esta blish that very Constitution for the overthrow of which the French invasion of Spain was under taken ! In either case, it is evident that if the Spanish. Cortes are inflexible, the Spanish war must be interminable, if tho , French persist in asserting their pretensions. At the opening of the late Session of the Legislative Chambers, the King of FRANCE was made to say that he would use every effort to contract the circle and to shorten the duration of the war ! But the Ministers of His Most Christian MAJESTY do not seem to have very wisely calculated all the chances of the position which they were about to assume. The duration of the war, it appears, depends, not upon the wishes of France, but upon the degree of firmness, and even upon that of the obstinau, of the Spanish Cortes; and as for its extent, it has been happily enough an ticipated by the figure of a circle, for Spanish obstinacy might absolutely prevent it from hav ing a termination ! We do not mean to say that the contest will really be a prolonged one. On the contrary, we know that the French Go vernment will gladly avail themselves of any loop hole by which they may escape from the danger ous situation in which they have placed them selves; and we also know that Spain is not indisposed to make some slight concession, not inconsistent with her national honour, which may furnish the French with a pretext to re tire We only wish to shew, by the example of France; the dilemma to which a Government may be reduced, by entering into a war upon the► principles and with the views alleged by that of France, as the motives for its unjustifiable attack upon the Peninsula. -- °"leiM.. ,, •-•-. [rßom A COIMESPONDENT.I STOCK EXCHANGE, Twelve o'Clock.—Cotisols opened at 781 went 'down again to 781 e, at which they remain steady. The Express from Paris this morning brings the French Renles at 87f. SOc., and Spanish 381, the leaving off prices, but it is said they were done much lower after four o'clock. FOREIGN MARK ET.—panislt Bonds opened at . 1 1 - 1 1, but again lowered to 3-li, with a heavy market, and but little doing. THE KING'S CovnT.—Yesterday, at half-past two o'clock, his MAJESTY held a Court at his Palace in Pali.; mall, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the First Lord of the , Treasury, the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretary of State for the Home Depart. ment, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the First Lord of the Admiralty, of thedmiralt mi y,thnet, Viscount President Sidmouth,t oflteßoard of Controul, the Master Lord Chamberlain, th e L or d Steward, the Groomlird B of e t x b i e eY i the. tole, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Earl Cathcart, Gold Stick in Wait. ing, the Treasurer of the Household, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Recorder of London.--T+ Earl De la Warre and Colonel IVhatley were the Lord and Groom in Waiting.—His Majesty held a Privy Council, at which the Recorder of London was admitted, and made his Report of the Convicts capitally convicted at the last Sessions of the Justice Hall in the Old Dailey.—His Majesty audiences to the Earl of Harrowhy and Mr. Secretary eth-• The Court broke up about half-past four. --- WILLIAM CunTts, EsQ.—We find, by the advertisement in our Paper of to-day, that this Gentleman, though under promising auspices of success, has declined to offer himself as a candi- date for the present vacant Directorship of the East India Company. The interest naturally attached to his venerable father, and his own per sonal merits, held forth a fair prospect, b u t the conscientious motives which induced him to with draw his pretensions, viz. want of time to do justice to the duties of the situation, must in crease the esteem of the public and his friends for his character. It would be happy indeed for the country if all who have merely the good for- , tune to be supported by rank and power were actuated by th e sam e laudable feelings, an d that talents, knowledg e , and meritorious servic e, when without parli amen t ar y interest, were de emed suitable recommendations to efficient patronage. His Royal Highn e ss the Duke of YORK left. town on Monday morning for Newmarket, for few days. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, Prince LEOPOLD left town for Claremont. the EXCHEQUER to the Stock Exchang e, of M S A notice has been sent by the CnaNcELLort (4. intention to receive proposals to contract for the new Lottery on Saturday next. Recent m coo plain loudly commercial the I a te letters fair from ii, thatl.ei c p i z t i y g . b 0 t torts of merchandize was in great p l ent y , m . there were very few buyers. Hardly any It' : sians or Poles were present. The consequeoge. of all this was ruinously low prices. Books e . were to be wished even that in this species 01 Id take place? cepted, nothing maintains its currency. And f t property a certain reduction wou ld as then there might be a chance of done in the business. a states, The writer of a late letter from Vienn . he Porte hats that t upon unquestionable authority, tine collet:, longing to the Princes Mottu he given orders to sell 4 weight all t Constantinople tions of books that were in C par ticular mention is made of the noble library be' more being to that most were objects of jealousy and hatred despotic Governt •cOunt of their vast Government on at 1 Is After wealth, their patriotism, and their taten• • I ten such a trait as this, one would.think no enligi b ed State in Europe would care a rush what came of such hopeless imbeciles as the Ottut e Government. t St. The subscription in aid of the Greeks a : I Petersburgh amounts to upwards of one Iniiit e , l 9 of rubles, above 45,833/. sterling. The &or e ' st, individuals who Dowager subscribed 10,000 rubles. This i s e a x ; elusive of the money raised at Odessa and seve r other places in Russia. It having been stated in THE Sex a few, We i r ' 5 back, upon the authority of a letter Publ islle- in the Hamburgh Newspapers, that all Portuguey property in Rio de Janeiro had been sequestrete; and that in consequence the Royal Win! Coi-re pany at Oporto would lose a million sterling, . 0 have now very great pl easure i n announciug,:uP°o Rio same a u th or it y , (i. e . a l etter from o Janeiro, publish e d i n t h e H am burgh Lisle, April '240 that the sequestration has be . e a in part suspended, and it is con fi dently egPecle will be wholly removed in a short time. , t hat We learn from the Dublin Evening P"" ,i,,y , an Aggregate Meeting took place on Sut er : s ly' when an Address to the KING was Unan ilTi°- a carried, as also a Resolution for the forma tion it an Association of Catholics for the Me nageregi of their own affairs. G a ralernan! THE LATE MR. BENNETT. Tllls whose death we 5 1, 00 1 d flo c ; yesterday announced, pass into the grave without a tribute e f resPe r al to his memory. lie was, as the public ill ge r n e- .„ know, many years Master of Lloyd's Coffee I.l " ' h'. throug the chief resort of commercial characters out the world. Mr. BENNETT ‘las active.uh li g i t liorsett; and intelligent. No persou tan discharge .t duties of any situatiou tt ith more ofi bil ,, ll i t i promptitude, an d di scret i on , th an he did ; - il i a; his succ e ssor cannot do better than foi l " ' - track of so meritorious an example. ~,,g Yesterday being his Most Faithful MAJEs i , t Birth-day, ac cor di ng t o th e custom observeu ..5 the Portuguese Legation, a solemn High 'T s 1 or• and Te Deum were performed at the Royal tuguese Chapel, in South-street. South Au di : street, at which were present M. de lq° ll l - S AILMENT° and suite, dressed in their Court en forms. The music of the Mass was a se lection from MO Z A RT , and th e Te Deum Musician, position of the famous Portuguese MARCOS ANTONIO PORTUGAL, both which Ive T: . very ably performed to the great delight o f large and respectable congregation. n i. The young NAPOLEON was ' dressed in h is u form, at a late reception at the Court of Vientint. One of the of fi cers, -- BELGARDE (the 6 °:: asked 11itty t vernor of the Hereditary Prince), joke, how many battles he had served in? " I U . %,‘ as the coil' that question to me this day 20 a s his reply. Newer. The Corporation of the 'Trinity-house, donation of 25 eastle-upon-Tyne, have given a don in guineas to the Floating Hospital for Seamed the River Thames. years," w PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. noest or COMMONS. Martis, 13° die Maii,lB23. The House met, and Forty Members not being present at four o'clock, Air. Speaker adjourned the House. NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY. 2. Mr. Hume—Motion relating to the late_ Promotions in the Navy. 3. Mr. Hume—lnquiry into the Laws and state of the Colony • of Newfoundland. ORDERS of the DAY for THIS DAY. _ _ _ _ - 1. Sheriff of Dublin—lnquiry into his conduct—Committee thereupon.—Witnesses to attend. 2. Lancaster County Court Bill—Second Reading. :i. Marriage Act Amendment Bill—Committee. 4. 'Witnesses Abroad Bill—Third Reading. L. Supply—Postponed Resolutions of 30th April to be consi dered. 6. Beer Duties Bill—Report. 7. Supply—Committee. 11. Ways and MeanS—Committee. 9. Commercial Credit (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 10. Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 11. Combination of Workmen Bill—Second Reading. 12. Linnen Manufacture (Scotland) Bill—Secondßeading. Dropped Notices of Motions of Yesterday. 1. Lord Archibald Hamilton—To take into consideration the state of the County Representation i n S co tl an d. (To move • Resolutions.) 2. Mr. Grey Bennet—Select Committee on the present state of the Penitentiary (Milbank). 3. Mr. John Smith—Select Committee on the Law Merchant between Principal and Factor as to consigned Merchandise. 4. Mr. Martin (of Galway)—Bill to prohibit Bull-baiting, and Dog Fights. 5. Mr. ume—Correspondmice between Irish Government and Nolan and Shaw, respecting a Loan. Dropped Orders or the Day of Yesterday. 1. Allardyce's Divorce Bill --Committee, Counsel, and Wit nesses. 2. Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill —Further consideration of Report. 3. Capital Crimes Defence Bill—Second Reading. 4. Customs Duties Act [59 Ueo. 3, c. 52]—Committee there . upon. PRICE 0. TDIS DAY AT F STOCKS ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock India Bonds 30s. 40s, South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills l7 20 pr. Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Acct. 7B Bank Stock . 3 per Cent. Red. 77/1 3 per Cent; Cons. 78Aa 3i per Cent - • Old - 951 96 1 per Cent. { New 98i, 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank L. Ann. 19 15.16ths 20 Imp. 3 per Cents. PRICE or FORM(' N STOCKS ig LONDON, MAY 14, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 861. (Six per Cents. N. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Neapolitan ( Ditto New 781. 11.:ive per Cent. Bonds, 74. Scrip, 00. Austrian - Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent.. Bonds, 00. Spanish New Ditto, 35. Scrip, 00 disc. Prussian ( Five per Cent. Bonds, 84. t Ditto New, 821. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 90i. Chili 671. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 67. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Bank Shares 1:21 ss. Six per Cent. 90-98. American Five per Cent. 953-97. Three per Cent. 70. French 1110 U WATER AT LON DON. BRIDGE•T0 , 1110R ROW. Morning, 34 minutes after 5: I Evening, 2 minutes after 6. THE SUN. "'OLEN QUIS PICERE FALSUM AUDEJT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1823. ••• • • •