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THE LONDON JOURNALS. SITRACTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS March 5, IS`23. [MORNING CHRONICLE. j .A private letter from Madrid, of the highest pclitical character, mentions that Sir W. A'Court Was extremely instrumental and active in endea vouring to persuade Ferdinand VII. to dismiss Ms Ministers, as persons on the spot allege, from a wish to create a commotion that might involve the Spanish capital in confusion and anarchy, by setting the several parties at variance against each other—a circumstance that would neces sarily_ lay Spain at ,the feet of a mediating power, Abe character that, under present circumstances, could only befit England,. or facilitate the entry of the French army. The plan, it is added, was intended to serve - a double purpose. In case it did • not succeed, and Ferdinand was compelled to retain his present Ministers, the , conclusion to be drawn and vociferated throughout Europe, was, that he was. under restraint and divested of his Royal prerogative ! It is indeed whis pered that the Council convened by Mr. Peel, in coacert with the Duke of York, was to treat on this very subject, and to take measures to demand KiogFerdinand's freedom, and that he should he alloWed` to act with full liberty. If this is the ,case, we have the profound designs of the Mi nisters at once revealed, who, not being able to keep down the feelings displayed throughout the whole British Empire on the present - occasion, avails themselves of this incident, managed by 'themselves, as a plea to extort concessions from the Spaniards, by openly declaring the King has riot liberty to act under the present Constitution. [MORNING eosT.] The recent intelligence from Madrid has _afforded a momentary triumph to each of the parties, in ,this country. The enemies of Spanish independence affect to infer the absolute captivity of the King, from the temporary abdication, and the rapid reinstatement of the Ministers ; as if the individual volition of the Sovereign, with respect even to the appointment of his Ministers, was not . in every country, and under every form of Government, frequently controuled by the infity.,?nce of popular feeling, by the force of insti tutions, o-r by the dominion of circumstances. It cannot surely be pretended that the personal character, or the past conduct of Ferdinand, gives' him any extraordinary claim upon the. confidence or respect of his subjects ; and it is quite of course that the interventions to which the individual will of the Monarch' s in every country is more or less exposed, should be prompt and vehement, in proportion as confidence and respect are wanting. It implies au inconceivable warmth of admiration of the King of Spain to give the name of crime to a certain degree of controul over him in the exer cise of a function, which in the hands neither of George the Third of ,England, nor of Louis "the keghteenth.of.France, has been in every instance sp•Ontaneoils and nnfettered. This we think a very sufficient and conclusive answer to the par tizans of oppression and tyranny who derive an argument in favour of French invasion from the inability, assuming such to have been the fact, of Ferdinand to effect a • total and instantaneous difirte in the Spanish Administration. [MORNISG BEnAt.D.I The following is the only leading article in tEe Herald this day :---" We have much satis faction in reporting that a remittance has reached the Committee of the London Tavern from Cal cutta of 4,0001. in part of subscriptions in Bengal, for some assistance in the distress and penury of the peasantry of the south and western counties of Ireland, - through the failure of pota tees last spring. We cannot fail to attribute this manifestation of sympathy to the influence and exAmple of the Governor-General of India." [BRITISH PRESS.] No intelligence of any importance relative to the I.tiTat question of peace or war with Spain has ahi'vOd since yesterday. Private accounts repre sent the public discontent in Paris and the great manufacturing towns through France as very great. This, with the numerous addresses against this insane war, which have been presented to the King and Chamber, has induced a general feeling that the French Cabinet will still hesitate and weigh the fearful consequences before it passes an army across the Pyrenees, and enters on a long and bloody contest with a brave and deioted people. Our own hopes would incline that way, but our fears are, that the Ultras will not recede, " Quos Delta vuit perdere, " Prius dementat," and this faction appears to be distinct by their insanity to ruin. Their ferocious violence in the Chamber against M. Manuel resembled more the contest of contending factions in the hippodrame of Byzantium than the calm deliberative wisdom of. Representatives assembled for the government °Mance. They have been unceasingly employed to' inutralize and destroy any semblance existing of liberty in France, and their whole hostility is directed against its confirmation in Spain. Arbi trAry power is the object of attainment. Such in Fiance, In Naples, and in Spain, has been the slstem of government of the fanatic Bourbons and their band of followers. [THE TIMES.} The attention of the public having been at last powerfully - excited by the abuses existing in the 11,'Rst India College, flowing from the unlimited powers intrusted to the Masters, and exemplified by the' unprincipled exercise of those powers in the expulsion of several young men, at different times, for trivial and boyish offences, a pamphlet hiis been published by , a Civilian, with the con cealed object of bespeaking favour for an esta blishment, the defects in the formation of -which he acknowledges ; and, in drawing a cOntrast between what the establishment might aril ought to be, and what it actually is, he has been obliged to acknowledge that the conduct, of the masters towards the stu- dents is improper, illiberal, oppressive, vindictive, and in direct contradiction to the objects of the establishment, by encouraging the meanest and most detestable system of espionnage, artifice, falsehood, and treachery, though softened down in milk-and-water colours. He confesses the powers of expulsion intrusted to the masters to be excessive, and he admits the abuse of those powers ; and yet, by a strange inconsistency, he invites the public, in the last pages of his work, to repose confidence in those very mas ters : omitting to touch on the power of selec tion, which has no parallel in the jurispru dence of Christian Europe, since the abolition of the Spanish Inquisition ; and entirely •pass ing over the late expulsions, as if he had never heard of such an event, though they belong exclusively to the professors. The work is an attempt to soften down the public feeling, weakly executed, and full of contradictions. If the es tablishment be deemed to be useful, it ought to be continued ; if the rules and regulations have proved defective, and have led to abuse, they may be amended ! if the masters have betrayed ignorance and incapacity in the management of the pupils, they are unfit for their situations; but if they have exceeded or abused their powers of selection or expulsion, to corrupting the morals and ruining the fortunes If the young men intrusted to their care, and entitled to their protection, on trival and inadequate youthful follies, they de serve and ought to be dismissed. [NEW TIMES.] For some days past, the confident persuasion that this country will maintain a strict and abso. lute neutrality has tended to improve our Funds; and this tendency has been increased by the cheering exposition of our financial prospects, which was given on Monday evening by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. We now find, that since the war Government has directed its attention with astonishing success to the allevia tion of the public burthen, in every possible way. —l. It has remitted of annual taxes above Twenty Millions.-2. It has reduced the Capital of the National Debt Twenty-five Millions.- 3. It has diminished the annual charge of the Debt Three Millions.—Under these circum stances, wisely resolving to support the public credit of the country, Government has established an effective Sinking Fund of Five Millions, which will annually redeem an equivalent amount of Debt, while the interest of the Debt so reduced will accumulate to form such a capital as Mr. Pitt originally intented. The ultimate destina tion of these accumulations is wisely referred to the future wisdom of the Legislature, They may be applied, as occasion shall point out, either to the diminution of Debt, to the remission of Taxes, or to meet any emergency that may arise.—The favourable impression produced by this statement was seen yesterday in the price of Consols, which closed at 734 for the Account. As to the objections urged against the M inistet's plan, they were for the most part founded in utter ignorance of the very first principles of political economy. IVe must except from this condemna tion the remarks of Mr. Baring ; for although we differ from that Gentleman as to the proper ap. plication of a Sinking Fund, yet in his opinion of the necessity and property of such a Fund we perfectly agree. The ignorance which we censure is shewn in such absurd propositions, as " that a high price of Stocks is injurious to the country" —that" there should be no Sinking Fund at all" that " there should be an equitable adjustment of contracts," thereby meaning " an iniquitous refusal to fulfil the nation's contract with the stockholder." It is very true that these proposi tions come only from such persons as Joseph Hume and Grey Bennet, but still they must not be suffered to pass without reprobation. Every Philosopher has agreed that a low rate of interest is favourable to industry ; in fact, the lower the interest of capital is, the higher relatively are the wages of labour— the one is the loss of the rich man, the other the gain of the poor man ; but Mr. Hume, in his ignorance, desires that the profit of the poor man shall be sacrificed to the advantage of the rich. — A high price of Stocks implies a low interest of money generally, and a low interest of money shews that the supply of capital exceeds the demand. Now the establishment of a Sinking Fund manifestly tends to produce a high price of Stocks, and consequently a low rate of interest, and therefore is beneficial to the poor man and the debtor. It is said that if there had been no Sinking Fund we should have been able to borrow money with equal facility ; but this is an assumption directly contrary to experience. The establishment of the Sinking Fund was not only a pledge to the lender that he would gradually . he repaid, but it equalized and rendered steady the money market. There cannot be a weaker supposition than that we might have borrowed on as good terms without a Sinking Fund as with one ; and yet on this gratuitous and nonsensical hypothesis rest all the declamations against the Sinking Fund ! DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—Monday afternoon, about three o'clock, a young man named JAbiES GOODWRIGHT, who was in the employ of Mr. WILLIAM Poo n, timber-merchant, of Drury-lane, while driving his master's team, which was heavily laden with timber, along the Camberwell-road, on his arrival opposite Addington-place, he found it necessary to secure one of the logs, which had inconsequence of the jerking of the waggon, re moved from its situation to the danger of passen gers. The poor fellow mounted the front part of the timber, and in his endeavours to adjust the log the horses went on, and he was thrown from his situation to the ground, when unfortunately the wheels passed over his body ; he was picked up by some individualS passing by, and carried, in a most dreadful condition, to his lodgings in Bowyer's-lane, Camberwell, where every atten tion that medical skill could devise was paid to him, but after lingering in the greatest agony until yesterday morning he expired. What ren ders the accident more melancholy is, that th e uLfortunate decea4d has left behind him itwife and five small children to lament his loss, and in the greatest distress. FOR THE SUN. Ma. EDlTOR—Catholic Emancipation has been fully discussed in a political, but, in a religious view, has been little touched upon. A Corres pondent of yours, in a- Letter addressed to Lord Grenville, ridicules the notion that the People of England, in this enlightened age, could be in any danger of being led astray by the arts of Popish Priests in case the Emancipation Bill should be passed. " It is not," he says, cg by a passion for the fan tastical fooleries of Popery that our Church can be pushed from its strong foundations." And, in deed, it seems to be the opinion of the majority of one part of our Lestislature that these Idolaters may safely be admitted into our Council of State; that there can be no danger of contagion among a People who are now so much better informed in religious knowledge than they were formerly. Such an opinion arises in some, I do not doubt, from a conviction that the doctrines of the Church of England are most agreeable to Scripture, and from a confidence of their own stedfastness in what they think the true faith--in some from want of a due attention to the subject, bdt in others, I fear, from a disbelief in Scripture, and an indifference to all religious tenets whatever, holding those of the l'apist, and those of the Protestant, in equal estimation. To such scoffers, who deny the Lord that bought them, I do not address myself; but to the former I should re commend a constant vigilance, and to take heed lest they fall, for their adversary, the evil one, is particularly active in these latter days, assail ing the Church of England (the first object of his hatred) with Popery on one side, and fana ticism on the other, so that he shall almost deceive the very elect. Who would have thought St. Peter, after his strong professions to the con trary, would have denied His LoßD,'or that Solo man, the wisest of men, could have been induced to build a temple to Moloch, after the LORD had appeared unto him a second time, and told him the consequences of his obedience and disobedi ence to his commands ? Idolatry is the fashion of the world, and almost all nations have practised it, and the frequent denunciations of Gon's wrath against it to the Israelites ought surely to raise a suspicion in our minds that there is a bewitching proness in the heart of men towards it beyond what your Correspondent is aware, of ; and that, therefore, it is our duty to watch and guard against the most distant approach of it. In the 20th chapter of Exodus, God says,— " Thou shalt have no other Gods before me ;" (coram me), nor make them with me, or unto you; which surely must exclude all use of saints and images and relics altogether, if words can exclude them. In chapter 23, he says,--" Make no mention of the names of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth." In chapter 34,—" Take heed to thyself lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land—lest it be a snare unto thee," &c. 44 Thou shalt make no molten gods." They are commanded not to bow down to them, nor worship them ;—and in Deutero nomy the command is repeated. The Almighty we see thought these injunctions against idola trous worship necessary to be often repeated to a people who had so lately seen his glory and heard his voice out of the fire ; a voice so dread ful that they desired Moses to talk with them in future, that they might not hear it a second time, and who had been eye-witnesses of all the wonderous works that he had done for them in the wilderness and the Red Sea, and shall we notwithstanding think ourselves so secure in our own strength, as to need no such warning voice ? Shall we fraternize again with men who acknowledge themselves subservient in their faith to a power who arrogates to himself the at tributes of God, granting as well absolution for sin, as a license to commit it, saying he has the keys of Heaven, and can admit or exclude whom he pleases (by what right he claims these keys, see Bishop Horsley's Sermons on that subject, who clearly proves that St. Peter's grant was merely a temporary authority to preach salvation to the Gentile world (that is to what part of it he thought proper) through the redemption of Jesus Christ. St. Peter has bequeathed us two Epistles, but says not a word of his heir or as sign. Again,—He styles himself the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth, and impiously invades his office of intercessor, by authorizing prayer to be put up to the spirits of dead men, that they will intercede for the supplicants ; and how does the use of images in the Roman Church differ from the use of the molten call in Horeb ? The Jews persuaded Avon to make them a God to go be fore them. He made a molten calf, and pro claimed a feast of the Lord for the morrow, but I in what manner they intermixed the worship of God with that of the Calf does not appear. In whatever manner an Image is applied in worship before God, it is a violation of his commandment; he even orders his altar to be of unhewn stone ; if they lift up a tool upon it they defile it. What agreement has the Temple of God with Idols, says St. Paul ? It is true, the commandments are given to the Jews, but as far as they are con firmed in the New Testament, they are binding upon us; we Christians are . now the Is rae l o f God, and no d ou bt, h e is as jealous of our wor ship as he was of theirs. Let us compare the prosperity of those kindoms with the state of those nations who worship the Virgin Mary, and authorize a p ro f ana ti on of the Sabb a th, an d we shall have reason to b e thankful fo r th e super i or blessings which he hath bestowed upon us, and from what era can w e d a te the rise of this p ros p er ity, but from th e d a y w h e n the Papist w as d r i ven f rom the helm and the Church of England renounced Idolatry ? Are we prepared to see the Mass carried by a procession of Monks ab ou t our streets, and part of the popula ce b ow i ng d own to the creature instead of the C reator ? are we prepared to see the livings in the gifts of Roman Catholics occupied by Clergy of that persuasion. God forbid that by a false step our Legisla ture should forfeit his favour and bring a curse upon the land and not a Messing, March 3, 1823. . A LAYMAN. From the LONDON GAZETTE, March 4 Cronin Office, March 4, 1823. Members returned to serve in this present Parliament. Borough of Ryegate—James Cocks, of Charing-cross, in the County of Middlesex, Esq. in the room of the Hon. James Somers Cocks, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. County of Dorset—Edward Berkeley Portman, Esq. of Bryanston House, in the County of Dorset, in the room of Ed ward Berkeley Portman, Esq. his father, deceased. • --.0.-- BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. T. Fitzgerald, Lawrence Pountney-hill, merchant. BANKRUPTS. W. Wells, Brightwell, Berkshire, farmer, to surrender March 12, 13, and April 15, at ten, at the Lamb Inn, Wallingford, Berkshire. Attornies, Mr. Hedges, Wallingford; and Messrs. Williams and White, Lincoln's Inn, London. C. Ford, Regent-street, linen-draper, March 8, 18, and April 15, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Clarke, arnford-court, Throgmorton-street. J. Aldersey, Liverpool, grocer, March 25, 26, and April 15, at one, at the George Inn, Liverpool. Attornies, Mr. Bulmer, Liverpool; and Messrs. Clarke, Richards, and Medcalf, Chan cery-lane, London. J. Fletcher, Plumbland, Cumberland, lime-burner, March 14, 15, and April 15, at eleven, at the Globe Inn, Cockermouth. Attornies, Mr. Armstrong, Staple-Inn, London; and Mr. Bragg, Cockermouth. A. G. Mingay, Silver-street, Golden-square, Middlesex, builder, March 15, 18, and April 15, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Brooking, Lombard-street. T. Charlesworth, Clare-street, Clare-market, Middlesex, grocer, March 11, 18, and. April 15, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Portal, Clifford's-Inn. S. Hebbron, Hutton, near Rudby, Yorkshire, butcher, March 20, at four, 2], and - April 15, at eleven, at the Black. Swan Inn, Stokesley. Attornies, Messrs. Morton and Wil liamson, Gray's Inn-square, London ; and Mr. Harker, Stokesley. M. Halle, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, victualler, March ! 14, at six, 15, and April lb, at eleven, at the Plough Hotel, Cheltenham. Attornies, Mr. W. R. King, Scrjeant's Inn, Fleet-street, London ; and Mr. Straford, Cheltenham. J. Humberstone, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, victualler, March 8, 15, and April 15, at one, at the Court of Commis sioners. Attornies, Messrs. Saunders and Bailey, Charlotte street, Fitzroy-square. ( Dividends, 4c. to-morrow.) A LIST OF THE MINORITY WHO VOTED IN SUPPORT OF MR. HUME'S RESOLUTION " That it is expedient to inquire whether the present Church Establishment of Ireland be now more than commensurate to the Services to be performed, both as regards the Number of Persons employed, and the Incomes they receive ; and, if so, whether a reduction of the same should not take place, with due regard to all existing Interests." Barratt, S. M. Grattan, J. Ricardo, D. Becher, W. W. Griffith, J. W. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bennet, Hon. H. G. Hamilton, Lord A. Robarts, A. W. Benyon, B. Hobhouse, J. C. Robarts, G. J. Birch, J. Itoneywood,W.P. Robinson, Sir G. Calcraft, J. H. Hutchinson, Hon. Sefton, Earl of Campbell, Hon. G. C. H. Smith, John Carew, C. S. . James, W. Smith, G. Caulfield, Hon. H. Lambton, J. G. Smith, W. Clifton, Viscount Leycester, Ralph Stewart, W. Colburne, N. R. - Macdonald, Jas. Taylor, M. A. Creevey, T. Marjoribanks, S. Titchfield, Marq. Cradock, S. Martin, John Webbe, Colonel Crespigny, Sir W. Maxwell, S. W. White, Luke Davies, Colonel Normanby, Visct. White, Colonel Denman, Thos. Palmer, C. Wilson, Sir R. Ebrington, Visci. Palmer, C. F. Wood, Alderman Ellis, G. J. W. A. Phillips, G. Wyvill, M. Farquharson, A. Phillips, G. H. Fergusson, Sir R.C. Power, Rd. TELLERS. 'Fitzgerald,LOrdW. Price; Robert Hume, J. Fitzgerald, M. Pry se, P. Monck, J. B. Glenorchy, Visct. Ramsden, J. C. LISTS OF THE MINORITY AND MAJORITY WHO VOTED ON MR. HUME'S MOTION ON MONDAY, " That in the opinion of the Committee it is inexpedient, in the present circumstances of the Country, to maintain the whole of the Real Sinking Fund of Three Millions ; and that it will afford an immediate Relief to the Country to Re peal Taxes to the Amount of Two Millions thereof." MINORITY Allan, J. H. . . Griffith, J. W. Phillips, G. H. Bernal, R. Hamilton, Lord A. Price, .1 1 - . . Bright, Henry llobhouse, J. C. Poyntz, W. S. Calcraft, J. sen. Hume, J. Pryse, P. Chamberlayne, W. James, W. Ricardo, D. Creevey, T. Lamb, Hon. G. Robarts, A. W. Cradock, S. Lennard, T. B. Robinson, Sir G. Talbot, R. W. Tierney, Rt.lin. G. Davies, I'. Sir W. LLeuys•hceinstgwer,nß, S. Denman, T. Maxwell, J. White, Luke Dickinion, W. Monck, J. B. Wood, Ald. Ellice, Ed.. Moore, Peter Glenorchy, Visc. O'Grady, Standish TELLER. Grattan, J. ' Pelham, J. C. Bennet, Hon. H. G. Acland, Sii T. D. Alexander, J. D. Alexander, J. Apsley, Lord Arbuthnot,Rt Hon. C. Br 7ell, RtHnliV. MAJORITY Fremantle, W. Nolan, M. Gifford, Sir R. .Nugent, Sir G. Gilbert, D. G. Ommanney, Sir F Gladstone, J. Onslow, A. Goulburn,RtHnH. Osborne, Sir J. Grant, A. C. Parnell, Sir H. Grenfell, Pascoe Palmerston, Lord Baillie, Colonel, Bankes, llensy Bankes, W. J. Bathurst, Hn.S. T. Binning, Lord Brecknock, Earl of Browne, J. Buchanan, John Buxton, T. F. Baring, A. Becher, W. W. Calvert, J. Campbell, A. cu 41.310.1%.• Grant, G. N. Peel, Rt. Hon. R. Herries, Phillimore, Dr. Handley, Henry Phipps, Hon. E. Hardinge, Sir H. Pitt, J. Heber, Richard Plummer, John Heygate, W. Rae, Rt. fin. SirW. Hill, Rt. Hon. Sir Rice, Hon. G. G. T. Robertson, A. Holford, G. P. Robinson,RtHn.F. Hope, Sir A. Ross, C. Hotham, Lord Shifiner, Sir G. Huskisson,Rt.Hon, Skeffington,Rt.Hn. W. T. Canning, Rt.Hn.G. Holmes W. 9 . WSomerset, Lord G. Cheere, E. M. Jones, John Stewart,. Sir John Cherry, G. King, Hon. H. Smith, J. Clerk, Sir G. Knox, Hon. T. Smith, George' Cockburn, Sir G. Legge, Hon. H. Stuart, W. (Arm.) Cooper, R. B. Leslie, E. P. Thompson, W. Corbett, Penton Littleton, E. J. Twiss, Hora ce Courtenay, T. P. Long ? Rt. Hn. Sir C. Tulk, C. A. Courtenay, W. Lushing,ton, S. R. Valletort, Nrisc. Davenpor4 D. Luttrell, J. F. Vernon, G. G. V. Daly, J. Mansfield, J. Ward, Robt. Dawkins, J. Martin, J. Walpole, Hon. J. Domville, Sir C. Martin, Sir T. B. Wilmot, R. J. Dowdeswell, J. E. Maxwell, J. W. Wilson, Sir H. W. Ellis, C. R. Maxwell, Sir W. Wilson; Thomas Evans, William Monteith, H. Wood, T. Fane, John :Borland, Sir S. B. Wynn, C. W. Forbes, C. Nightingale, Sir M. Whitmore, W. W COURSE OF EXCHANGE, March 4. Amsterdam Ditto, at Sight l2 7 Rotterdam l2 11 Antwerp l4 9 Hamburg!) 3B 4 91 Cis Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight Ditto Bottieleanx, ditto Frankforron the Main Madrid Cadiz Bilboa s7/ Effective Barcelona Seville Olbraltai '3oi Leghor❑ Gel la, „.. . 424-Venice, Ital. Lir 27 50 Malta 45 -Naples 3B Palermo Lisbon . Oporto fl io Janeiro Dublin .... 91 ........ Cork 91 pm Cent. BULLION. Portugal Gold, i n Coin 1.0 0 6 prtOZ. Foreign Gold, in Bars l G New Douhloons New Dollars p 4 9 Silver In 1.3.1r5, Standard 0 0 0 k Requisition to the High Sheriff of Essex to convene a Meeting of the County, to take into consideration the distressed state of Agriculture, is in the course of signature. MISCELLANEO US. s o AFFAIR OF HONOUR.--A rumour has fo r llm days been in circulation of a duel betwees. s distinguished f ore i gners . Th e following i s authentic statement of this affair :—ic Abent :os4 years ago th e N ea p o lit an G enera l CAlLk s i . c , t oo , announced his deter m i na ti on o f ca lling ou t d e r tenant-General WILLIAM PEPE, late Comma ," of the Neap o lita n f orces . V ery short' re. the arrival in L on d on o f G enera l P E PE, !le la ceived a letter from General C_AgAscosAt_.., which, after charging General PEPS w ith S. duct injurious to his reputation , he pni.n t , e tr e avowed his opinion, that military revolution s ''.,; in all cases contrary to the principles of honer; ef that any change in the Government of S: a ri i i was unnecessary ; and still less in that of 3 11 h; The letter concluded with a challenge in, re , usual terms. To this letter General Pis frif plied, by declaring his opinion, that every' K . State was indebted f o r it s lib er ty t o military to volution—that th e Sp an i ar d s were now a PrS, civil anarchy, only, because certain indivinii calling themselves Lib era l s , were , i n f a ct, r og i to the Constitutio n o f th e C or t es; th a t he -0 employed the authority which his rank I r e: his command had given him at Naples, te: ob sist the despotism of a Government, 141 , 0 while it rendered the people miserable, iji of no actual advantage in the reigning dyes s „ d —and concluded by accepting his challene tl On the 20th of February, the Generalsej, Counit SANTA ROSA, Ex-minister of war 0' 1 7'4 mont, attended General PEPE, and M. Ballo' French Gentleman, General CARAscosA• weapons were swords—and the combatants gaged—but at the second pass, General Ps„ r i o sword snapped short n ear th e guar d, on the seconds interfered, and the combat, usual in such cases, was deferred.—A meeting took place on Friday last, a few fi ll ip from London, not far from Kew Bridge. o l engaging, General C ARASCOSA a t tac k e d vi o • great impetuosity, but after several poses both sides, General PEPE, seizing his advergir 111101 J f b • sword with his left h an d, di sarme d him; $ placing the point of hi s swor d at hi s breastt.ll4 his life in his power.—Here the affair would bs e i.. terminated, hut G e n era l C ARASCOSA , on r eco ing his sword, renewed the combat, which T o d warmly maintained, until h e was fi na ll y disalLi by a thrust from General PEPE in the rt shoulder. General PEPE, on seeing his adver incapable o f f urt h er defence, declined avai lt e r Himself of hi s a d vantage, an d thus the d ue l minated." DEATH OF LORD ASHBURTON.--The Hon. Lord ASHBURTON died last week, after°, e , two hours' illness, at Friar's Hall, n ea r Melrvi i The death of this respectable Nobleman Will felt in the County of Sutherland, to whic hAbfi was long and sinc e rely att a ch e d, as an irrepar'"i; loss.—His Lordship was a ki n d an d stea dy 1 1. 1 0 factor to all the poor in th e ne i g hb our h o od el* romantic seat of Rosehall, and spent annit.;o, large sums of money in beautifying and Wog, ing his property th ere , w h ere b y h e gave calm employment to all his industrious tenants. --- k 7 . verness Courier of'Thursday, 271 h uel.) ' The death of C. DRUMMOND, &q•/ b an k was in consequ e nc e o f an operatiOn for the s t eti. which he und erwen t on Thursday last, but owing to his advanced years, was not attend with the happy effect anticipated. Mr. TaowEa, King's Counsel, was swat he ° 0 0 Master of Chancery y e st er d a y morn i n g - the LORD CHANCELLOR, at Lincoln's Inn/ ' Mr. JEKYLL, resigned. CASTLE-HOWARD CHARITIE S .— EThe 0 . CARLISLE has, we hear, with his usual kin ds i beneficient feelings, recently cause d sev er sheep and a, large fat beast t o b e sla ug htereny the benefit of the poor famili es on hi s L0rt 19 , 1) . 0 0 Castle Howard Estat es , an d a l s o di recte d a 'V quantity of coals to be distributed among,st poor persons in that neighbourhood. And A isi the Countess of CARLISLE, under a like chl e orAii ble feeling for the poor, has directed her . 14 7, ship's annual money charity to be given ttrj wards of 50 poor widows and other distreWy persons. HARE HUNT • IN HYDE PAREC.—YeSterd Ol. l; novel scene presented itself in Hyde Par l6 l, hare, supposed to have got out of Ken sl4 , Gardens, afforded great amusement to both eQ trians and pedestrians, who hunted him as fgt Hyde Park gate ; several cur dogs, terrietst dogs, and spaniels joined in the chace ; h tom` hunted up to Grosvenor-gate, he' then : o f , a direction to the Roy a l H umane Seci e h A Receiving-house ; a number of ladies "0.. on foot and on horseback, partook of roe amusement. The interf er enc e o f s ome o f stables but an end t o th e amusemen t, and ifosif Puss was suffered t o esca p e . D ur i ng the 'Pot a very ludicrous scene presented itself near k iif bridge at Rotten-row : a gen tl eman ws 0 0: along, wrapped up in a large Spanish cloal‘ , o F, run at by a sheep, which st ruc k hi m in the roof with his head, and threw him head-fer e et ift into the ditch, where lie was completely C OI / 1 0. with mud and dirt, and nearly suffocated' ; sheep, it appears, is a stray animal, and ham_ 1118(• in the Park four or fi ve d a y s w itbOnt owned, and has made a similar attack 9 0 .j.:o lf persons. It is now confined in the coW-1 8 the milk-house.at Hyde Park Corner. .-.-.. ~... BIRTH. A lio On the ad inst., in Lower Thames-street, 3fii. Gorg e Aylwin, of a son. MARRIED. e t id # On the 10th ult.. at Hamburgh, John Kruger, E 4 4iolf in the house of John Oliveira and Co., of Madeira, t° Von Pleseen, of that city. DIED. ba r °l 07 On the 23d of August last, in B e n ga l- roa ds, on, t hita Hon. Company's ship Earl of Balcarras, Henry -to e- eV , of the late Thos. Sew ar d, B eac h cro f t , E sc . "OP! On the 21st ult., aged 36, the R e v. or - son of Sir Thomas Burdon, of W es t J esm ontl, castle-Upon-Tyne. '5ip , " 15 0 ,14 On the 28th ult., at his house in Newgate-street. upon-Tyne, aged 85, Anthony Hopper, Es / q . ., P f in the County of Durham formerly an eminent . chant in Newcastle. His character was essentiallY and he leaves behind him a very considerable proP" l- A part of which was the result of honourable industry 0 I'd erchant. • tte 0 0' Printed and Published .for the PxtQctuttcrOtt 4,-Bt „- Office, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CA.ustioll'"