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Gentl I order W iself some ing away. he canal oners cot tan elsen ristliction aintenanc was tru t periods hat the ompanik ) be prin at a Soe' ) a copy verage pl nted. from e city of Order .th Wale] .cond tit he did observal e Secret course Trial 1 e did ro preee vet b elected 'er, wit] my otht until o go int a instru civil ant gislativ' ten by nount whiel • repref Goveri ht lion eemed oe for lie pros Ty t as tl sion at minul longs legisl ttle at Pet to o Qua lette [on. 4**B i Crow perior tee of his op' tl font the Ii ok fro ed th rbjecte interr The .ludg ;, and Teal ifesset erenc [l. Bill ernmi 30Ssit it wh y in e situ thotti lion 5, cc ['the lad b lite cola shat adv] ted t on b titer erva and 'NN TA: er Tax It t ithe I he ark cat ich as! Alai of int .scl nd th rd 1 f tl tut lit ted et lre let has n LEH en 3P et] Ins OF 1 1 Jr ir gl It 0 st It It FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE: FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated April 17.) °testa, MARCH 22.—War is declared against the _ . P° rter and our army waits only for a favourable season to °Pen the campaign. Our Civil Governor, Count Pahlin, will then leave us. It is said that he is to fill the post of Intendant of Moldavia and Wallachia when those Principalities are occupied. Six Austrian vessels, laden with corn, have sailed for Constanti nop l e . Th oug h t h ey are ver y sure of not selling their cargoes without great loss, they have been obliged to take corn in order to release themselves from the heavy se curities in money which they were obliged to deposit at the C ustom-house at Constantinople. At present above 100 transports of different nations have been placed at the dis- P°sztl of the Commissariat Department. The Govern cent ha s signed contracts with several merchants and Captains of ships, for the conveyance of all the materiel and tbe wine which may he required for an army on its march in the interior of Turkey. These contracts stipulate that the vessels may be employed as far as Constantinople, and insure considerable advantages to the owners. Woollen cloths and leather have risen considerably in price.- - 4 119.tburgh Gazette. WARSAW, MAacit 24.—The accounts from St. Peters burgh give us reason to hope that our beloved Monarch Will pass through this city on his way to the Army, and will receive the homage of the Polish Nation. Letters from St. Petersburgh say also, that in the course of next month a great many persons of distinction will arrive at Warsaw, and among them a great Monarch and a foreign Statesman, whose presence will cause great surprise. The Grand Duke Constantine is still here, but his head quarters are at Lublin. The field equipages of the Em- Peror Nicholas are supposed to have arrived in the environs of Brody. It is said, that the negotiation with Austria i 5 terminated, and that nothing is now wanting but the r atification of the two Governments. The Austrian Con- 'MI-General in this capital has obtained leave of absence for some time.—Augsburgli Gazette, BERLIN, APRIL 9.—The private letters from St. Pe tersburgh say, that the war with Turkey is considered elnae at hand, and that the people have received the news With the greatest joy. It is said in the capital, that orders bad been given to fit out all the ships of war at Sebastopol, Which are to join the fleet in the Black Sea, and it is thou g ht that this fleet will he sent to cruise at the entrance of the Bosphorus. Many vessels are fitting out at Odessa. Ton Lost, APRIL 4.—The preparations making here lead us to consider the expedition, which has been so long talked of, as certain, but its destination is still unknown. A great number, both men-of-war and merchant vessels, are assembled in our port. His Majesty's brig Le Chumpennise, Captain Vallin, arrived yesterday from the coast of Algiers, which it left en the 28th of last month, With despatches for the Government. The blockade con tinues to be strictly enforced. Rear-Admiral Collet, who 'own:lands the squadron, has his flag at present an board the Provence. The Amphitrite, which was before his flag -ship, is at present under quarantine at Toulon. It is to h e supposed that it will make part of the expedition which is preparing. Oa the 25th of March, the Astrea frigate captured an Algerine corsair of six guns, the Captain of which declares that he haul been cruizing on the coast of Spain, but that ne bad made no prizes. The accounts which we have received from Alexandria by the Emulation, inform us that Egypt continues to elajoy the same tranquillity as before the late events. It is ' l 4 PPosesl that this will continue to he the case as long as toe present Pacha lives, who, being a man of extraordinary firmness of mind, will employ every means to hinder his People from committing any excesses against the Franks. P ROJECT OF THE NEW FRENCH LAW RELA TIVE TO JOURNALS AND PERIODICAL PUB LICATIONS. " CHART-is, &c. —We have ordained, and do ordain, "Is follows :—The project of the Law relative to the Pe riodical Press, shall he presented to the Chamber of Depu ties by our Minister Secretary of State of the Department °f Justice, and the discussion of it shall be sustained by Messrs. Pourdeau and 13arot de Romans, Connsellors of State. " A r t. 1. Every Frenchman who iv of age, enjoying civil rights, shall he enabled, without any previous autho rity, to publish a journal or periodical writing, by con forming to the provisions of the present law. " Q. The proprietor or proprietors of every journal or Periodical writing shall be obliged, before its publication, to give security. If the journal or periodical writing ap pears more than once a week, either on a tixed day, or in Parts and irregularly, the security shall be the same as that nua by Art. 1 of the Law of 9th June, 1819, for daily journal s , " It shall he equal to half of the security, if the journal or periodical writing appears only once a week. "It shall he equal to one quarter, if the journal or Periodical writing appears only once a month. " The journals, or periodical writings, which do not a ppear' more than once a month, or more rarely, and the Periodical ,publications exclusively devoted to advertise izients, announcements, judicial notices, maritime arrivals, statements of prices of stock, and current prices of corn 'nodities, shall be exempt from giving any security. " S. The King may, at the request of one of his four Academies, which comprehend - the Royal Institute, div ',ale With the securities in the case of a journal exclusively devoted to the Sciences, Literature, or the Arts, which " 1 Y appears once a week, or seldomer. lithe journal or periodical appears more frequently, or one of its parts con "alas news oribther political matters, this dispensation shall lie Withdrawn from it ; and if the proprietors do not deposit at the proper office, in the course of one month, the neces sary security, it shall cease to appear, on pain of I,ooof. tine f or e very number or part published after the lapse of that period. " 4. In case of partnership, the Society must be one of those defined and regulated by the Code of Commerce. "Except when the journal shall be published by an a nonymous association, the partners ,hall be hound to c hoose among themselves one, two, or three conductms, 1110 , in the terms of the Code of Commerce, shall each ' n( lividually leave his signature. , If one of the responsible Cond uc t ors goes a w a y, th e P roprietors must present another within two months, on Pain cf a fine of 500 f. ; if they had only constituted one, 14. must replace him by another in three days, or cease ' 0 Pt;blish, on pain of a fine of 1,0001, for every number, °' part, published afterwards. b. The responsible Conductors, or one or two of th em, will watch and direct, themselves, the editing of the Journal or periodical writing. "Each of the conductors must have the qualifications required by Act 890 of the Civil Code, of being a Pro- Prietor of at le.tst a part or share in the enterprise, and assess in his own private name a quarter, at least, of the eecunity.__ "6. No journal, or periodical work, by the provisions of the present law, can he published without a previous decla ration, indicating— " Ist, The title of the journal or periodical, and the time at which it is to appear. " 2d, The names of all the proprietors, their residences, arid the share of each of them in the enterprise. 3d, The name and residence of the responsible con ductors. " 4th, The affirmation that these proprietor s unite the 'anditions of capacity prescribed by the law. " sth, The printing-house in which the journal or pe liodical is to he printed. " 7. Wh enever any c h ange t a k e s place in the title Of th e iournal, or the conditions of the time of publication, tle r amon g th e p ropr i e t ors or responsible conductors , a de_ e ar ation of it must be made before the competent Autho . i , ti oa, within two days of the change, on pain of a fine aoof. -" " The sam e appli e s wh ere th e place of printing is auged: p Where the en terprise i s by a si ng l e p e rson, the pro r'elor will be at the same time the responsible conductor. i ` The se d ec l arat i ons w ill b e accompanied by the deposit t , t he pie ces justificatires, signed by each of the propric h,:s or their agent. They will be received at Paris, at the P tri ral offi ce for the direction of printing ; in the Depart ts, at the Secretary General's Office of the Prefecture. i ,: 8 . Every number must be signed as a minute, by the r ' ri eter, if it is a single sheet ; by one of the responsible c444ll l ctors, if the periodical is published by a society ; and '' ll e of th e a d m i n i strators , if pu bli s h e d b y an anony 's. 4 soci e t y . The copy signed for a minute shall be deposited at the be li e Attoublic rney-Gene ation, ral's pain Office, front the printingffi -oce, 'ere/the pon of a fine of I,ooof. • 1 T he signature must be printed at the bottomof all the p e i t h in e! pr copie s , o n p a i n o f a fi ne o f 500 f. to b e paid by . Th ose who sign are responsible for the facts published by a uthors, if t h e author or authors are not known—an d tb,,ceomplices, if the author or authors are sued. For jatll , piirpos e th e j u di c i a l proceed i ng w i ll be carr i e d on t the author or authors of the article or offensive ,vl‘. itch and th e person s i gn i ng the number or part i n 'lot. it shall have been inserted. a `` 9. The p resent propr i etors of Journals are allow delay of three months from the promulgation of this LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1828. It was rumoured in the city this morning that Government had received despatches from Lisbon ; but, on enquiry, we ascertained that none had arrived. An interesting discussion took place last night in the House of Commons, respecting New South \Vales. It is impossible to read it without being impressed with the growing importance of that Colony, and it is wonderful to consider low even the crimes of England, may contribute to the civiliza- tion of the habitable globe. By the French Papers last received we are given to understand, on the authority of an article from Odessa, that war is declared against the PORTE, and that the Russian Army only waits for a favourable season to open the campaign. This is the twentieth time at least that we have been favoured with the same edifying intelligence from various quarters, all o f which are no doubt much interested in the commencement of hostilities, but we have yet to wait for an official declaration of the fact before we can credit such questionable authorities. It is not likely that the Russians would declare war as a proof of their disposition, and th e❑ wait for a favourable season. Great as their charity may be, we would not suspect them of displaying it in that manner for the edification of their natural enemies the Turks. We shall rather expect to hear of the actual:passage of the Pruth by theßussian armiesibefore we receive the declaration of war from St.Petersburgh. But one thing is certain that the Missians mean to cross the Pruth—and that the Turks fully expect it. Want of room prevents our enlarging upon this portentous subject. Frankfort. Papers, and the Allgemeine Zeitung of the 12th inst. have been received this mornin9;, but their contents are not of a political nature— they merely refer to the fluctuations in the price of Corn : NIAYENCE, APRIL 4. The prices of corn had risen in consequence of the rise in France. Now that they have fallen in that kingdom, they decline more and more among us. At Marseilles, the price of wheat was, on the 23d of March, two francs, in consequence of the permission of importation. At Lyons Gray, Dijon, &c., where the hectolitre was at 30 francs, it is now sold at from 25 to 27f. The prices at Toulouse, Rouen, and Havre, are likewise falling, and they have de clined also at Strasburg, Basle, Worms, Frankenthal, and on the Maine. The general tendency to a decline in France could not fail to produce a similar effect on our market, where wheat, which on the 3d of January this year, was at 10 florins, 30 kreuzer, is now worth only 7 florins, 40 kreuzer. Some consignments, but not considerable, con tinue to be made from this place to the Moselle and Stras burg. We now receive very little from the Maine, be cause the prices are nearly as high at: Frankfort, where the malter of wheat is sold for 7 florins, 30 kreuzer, chiefly for home consumption. Letters from Dantzic, of the 18th March, say that the corn trade there is very dull. The navigation of the Vis tula was interrupted by floating ice, and no supplies could come; yet wheat of the best quality W.aS worth only llf. 87c. on the spot; delivered at Havre, all charges included, it would come to 15f. Under these circumstances, a far ther decline in the prices may be expected in Western Eu rope as soon as the supplies from the North shall be re ceived. In the ports of the Mediterranean the prices ap pear to keep up, and rather inclined to rise. DARMSTADT, APRIL 9. Considerable uneasiness having been felt for the health of his Royal Highness our Grand Duke, a bulletin has been issued to-day by Dr. Wedekind, his physician, by which we are assured that our beloved Prince is much better. NIMEMBURG, APRIL. S• Yesterday the ceremony of laying the first stone of the intended monument to Albert Durer was performed with suitable ceremony. Avtists and friends of the Arts had assembled from all parts of Germany, and even from Italy, and mild spring weather favoured this patriotic festivity. Boston Papers to the 25th tilt. have been received at the North and South American Coffee-hottFe ; their contents are uninteresting. By his Majesty's packet brig Frolic, from Halifax, Prince Edward's Island and Miramichi Papers, the former to the Ist inst., have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house ; the fol lowing are the principal articles of intelligence they contain : NORTH-EASTERN BOUNDARY.-We understand that the President of the United States having written to Governor Lincoln, informing him that the Emperor of Russia has been fixed upon by the United States and Great Britain as an umpire between them, and offering to send as Envoy to St. Petershurgh, any person whom Maine should re commend to plead her cause, upwards of 90 Members of the Legislature signed a paper, recommending William Pitt Preble, a Judge of the Supreme Court. A Society has been formed at Halifax, by the merchants, for the management of the Fisheries, and the Papers con tain the regulations for its guidance. The attempt is laudable, and we trust it will meet with encourage ment and support from all who wish well to the country. The Hon. R. J. Uniacke is to be President, and the Hon. T. N. Jeffery, the lion. Judge Habarton, and the Hon. Enos Collins, Vice-Presidents. The subscription is to be two pounds each Member. The affairs of the So ciety to be under the direction of the above-mentioned Gentlemen and ten Directors, chosen from the Sub scribers. Ile principal object of the Society is to offer premiums to the masters and crews of vessels employed in taking fish on the coasts of Labrador, the banks of New foundland, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. From the New Brunswick Paper, dated St. John's, March 25, we are sorry to learn the death of the Hon. Thomas Watmore, Attorney-General. • This melancholy event took place at his residence at Fredericktown, on the evening of the 17th, but the particulars of his decease had not reached this place. The Commissioners of Woods and Forests are about to sell the Crown estate of Eckington, in the county of Derby, with the view of defraying the large sums expended on the Royal Palaces, &c. &c. Would it not be advisable that all the Crown lands in the United Kingdom, not immediately connected with the Royal residences, were sold, as well as the feu duties paid by many estates in Scotland into the Exchequer? A large sum might thus be imme diately realized, and the heavy and vexatious ex pence of collecting it be saved. This is a subject well de3erving the attention of the Finance Com mittee. THE FUNDS-(TIJIS DAY,. CITY, TwRIvR o'CLocs Consols opened this morning at 84i 1, went to 841, sellers for time, and buyers for money, since which the market has regained its first quotation both for time and money; 111oney Stock is scarce. Another feature in the market this morning has been the appearance of the Go vernment Broker to sell 60,0001. Exchequer Bills at 64 premium. A report exists that one of the recommenda tions of the Finance Committee will be to fund fifteen mil lions of this security. India Bonds, 96 8 pm. ; Exchequer Bills are somewhat heavy, from the above sale, 61 pm. In the Foreign Funds every thing remains in a calm, and little or no business can be stated since yesterday, except in Spanish, which are a mere shade better, being 111 1. The Share speculations are totally devoid of interest ; United Mexican Mines are 25 4 dis. ; Brazilian, 49 51 pm. The arrival of his Majesty's ship _Lyra at Falmouth, from Lisbon, with despatches, is announced, having sailed from thence on the 11th inst., but no informatio❑ of the intelligence she brings has hitherto transpired in the City. Three per Cent. Consols, 84,1 ; Ditto, for the Ac count, 814 i; India Bonds, 96 8 pm.; Exchequer Bills, 64 6 premium. FORZlSN.—Brazilian, 58f ; Buenos Ayres, 32-i 3 ; Chilian, 26 6 ; Colombian, 23 4 ; Danish, 59 -,1; Greek, 16 17 ; Mexican, Five per Cent., 24k- 5k ; Ditto, Six per Cent., 33 4 ; Peruvian, 23.4- 43-; Portu guese, 60 i ; Russian, 874 ; Spanish, MlNKs.—Angb3 Mexican, 70 671 dis. ; Brazilian, 41 51 pra. ; Bolivar, 3i 3 dis. ; Colombian, 8 '7 tii9. ; United Mexican, 2b 4 lie. ; General Mining Association, 101- II premium. TW 0 0' CLOCK. There is not the smallest alteration in the price of Con cola, which continue 841 a, without business. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols, 84. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 84i Dani sh 59 Do. for Ac. 84 Greek, 1825 17 Brazilian Bonds 59i Mexican, 1825 34i Buenos Ayres t Peruvian 231 Chilian Do. Russian Columbian, 1824 24 I Spanish, 1821 11 Lsw, to present one, two, or three responsible conductors, according to the conditions contained in it. " If the conductors do sot themselves possess the quar ter of the securities, they will be admitted to prove that, besides their share in the enterprise, they have been for more than a year the real and legitimate proprietors of real property, paying 500 f. direct contributions, and free from all mortgage. " In that case, express mention will be made of this circumstance in the Declaration. _ " 10. If the Declaration is found to be false, the jour nal or periodical will be suppressed ; and the authors of the Declaration will be punished by a fine, the lowest amount of which shall he equal te, the quarter, and the highest to the total amount of the securities. " 11. In case of any contest as to the regularity or sin cerity of the Declaration, it shall be determined by the Tribunals, at the instance of the Prefect, or a simple me morial, summarily, and without expense; the public pro secutor shall be beard. " If the journal has not yet appeared, it shall be stop ped, till the judgment to'be passed, which shall be execu tory, notwithstanding appeal. “12. In case a journal or periodical is established, and published by a single proprietor, if that proprietor should die, his widow or his heirs shall have a delay of a week to present a responsible conductor ; this conductor must be a proprietor of real property, free from all mortgage, and paying at least 500 f. direct contributions, if the Journal is published in the departments of the Seine, Seine-et-Oise and Seine-et-Marne ; and 150 f. in the other departments. The security of the deceased proprietor will be liable. " 13. The pecuniary mulcts pronounced on the respon sible conductor shall be raised—l st, On the portion of the security which belongs to him. 2. On the remainder of the security, in case the former should be insufficient; without prejudice to the remainder of the rules established by Art. 3 of the law of the 9th June, 1819. " 14. The fines, besides those directed by the present law which shall have been incurred for crimes of publica tion, through the medium of a journal, or periodical, shall never be less than the double of the minimum fixed by the laws relative to the repression of crimes of the press. " 15. In case of relapse, independently of the provisions of Art. 10 of the law of June, 1819, the tribunal may de clare the responsible conductor of a journal or periodical incapable of mingling for the future in the administration of any journal; they may also, according to the circum stances, pronounce the suspension of the journal or periodi cal for a time, which shalt not exceed three months, not he less than one. During that period the security shall continue as a deposit at the caisse de consignations, and it shall receive no other destination. " 16. I❑ the proceeding for defamation, if the Tribunals direct, in the terms of Art. 64 of the Charter, that the proceedings shall be with closed doors, the Journals can not, on pain of a fine of 2,000 f., publish the facts of de famation, nor give any extract of the statements or writings which may contain them. " 17. When in the terms of the last paragraph of Art. 23 of die law of the 17th of May, 1819, the Civil Tri bunals shall move for defamatory facts foreign to the cause reserved, either the public proceedings or civil actions of the parties, the Journals shall not, under the same penalty, publish those facts, nor give the extract of the statements which may contain them. " IS. The law of the 17th March, 1822, relative to the police of the Journals and Periodicals, is abrogated." (From the Constitutionnel of Wednesday.) Rams, AYAIr. 16.—When we examine the new law re lative to the Press, and compare it with the laws which preceded it, and that it mitigates and abrogates the exist ing evils, candour requires us to acknowledge the great amelioration► introduced by the Keeper of the Seals. Such transactions can only do honour to the frankness of those who propose them. Honour to the Monarch in whose reign the censorship and privileges have disappeared for ever! No attention, however, has been paid to the Stamp Tax. The political journals pay for every number a centime and a half more than literary journals ; so that the new law grants to the latter a faculty which is taken from it by a preceding law, which is not abrogated. The new law does not epeak of this. What law, then, are we to obey? (From the Courier Francais of Wednesday.) PA KIS, APRIL 1 6.—Lord Londonderry appears to have had a political object in visiting Paris. It is said that he is to supersede Lord Granville as Ambassador. His Lordship expresses his discontent at the progress of the Constitutional system in this country. He is anxious that Al. Villele should resume his office. But his Lordship does not know that the principal cause of the fall of that Minister was his deference to the Cabinet of St. James's. It is time that France should resume its proper rank among nations . ; it should have its own policy, and pursue the course of its own interests. FRENCH Forms.—Rentes, Five per Cents., 101 f. 50e. 60c. ; Three per Cents., 6Sf. 35e. 55c. ; Bank Actions, 18S2f. 50c. FottriaN Fiqns—Neapolitan Renter Cer. Fal. 74f. 45e. 80e. ; Fran. '74f. 50c. ; Spanish Rentes, 9 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 73 ; Interminable Spanish Annuities, 481 1 , ; Ilaytian Loan, 670 f. PRICES OF IRISH STOCK Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent. ...... Gov. Stock, 3y 2 per cent.— 91 Ditto, New 4 per Cent. 10t) 5 4 Gm. I)eb. 3Y, per cent 93 Poyal Canal stock..._ — Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office I)eb. 4 r. ct. A FAIL 15. St. Patrick Insnr. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto bilbernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Building; NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam CF 12 31 Ditto, at sight 12 It Rotterdam 2U. 12 31 Antwerp 12 3. Hamburgli id. B. 13 13; A Itona I't 14 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 65 Bordeaux 25 70 Berlin — Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M.150i Peter.burgli, rble... 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, efibctive ii. 2N. 10 4 Trieste do. Madrid 3514 Cadiz 'ISX Bilboa 9 6% Barcelona 15 Seville Gibraltar 4fi Leghorn Genoa 25 :10 Venice Malta Naples 'IN Palermo per oz. 118 Lisbon 4(i Oporto 46 Rio Janeiro 13 Bahia 29 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' Sight Cork BULLION, PER 07,. C . d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 9j Silver. bars. stand3rd 0 0 0 BICH WATER AT LONDON /MIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...s2 minutes after 5. I Evening ....I5 minutes after 6. 111 j Till. te•-• 41", THE ARiIY. The 63d, or West Suffolk Regiment of Infantry, lately arrived from Portugal, have been ordered to remove front Deal to Dover. Ak detachment of the 3d Regiment of Dragoon Gaards marched on the 14th inst. from Belturhet for Donaghadee. The 72d Regiment (or Duke of Albany's own High landers), late:), doing duty at the Tower of London, are WI march for Canterbury. A Petachment of the 17th Regiment of Lancers arrived at Dundalk, on the 11th instant, from Dublin. A detachment of the 55th, or Westmoreland Regiment of Infantry, arrived at Chatham on the 13th in , tant, from the Cape of Good Hope. The DUKE Of WELLINGTON, the CHAN CELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. lIUSKISSON, Mr. PEEL, Mr. HERRIEB, Lord ELLENBOROUGIC, Lord BATHURST, and Mr. ARBUTHNOT, transacted business at the Board of Trade this day.—Mr. BiscurAm and Mr. BARTON, of the Mint, were in attendance. On Sunday last the Bishop of ROCHESTER read himself into the office of Dean of Worcester, having been formally installed the day previously, in the presence of the Bishop of WORCESTER. W e are informed that Sir JAS. SCARLETT, when Attorney-General, was one of the most uncompro mising asserters of the KING'S rights that ever performed the duties of this high office. His MAJESTY, we under stand, has sent Sir JAMES an autograph letter, expressive of his approbation of his conduct.— York Gazette. The difference between the Carpet manufac turers of Kidderminster and their journeymen still remains unadjusted Sheffield Courant. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, APRIL. 18. —Wind S.W.—Arrived the Star, Crowe, from Trieste. _ FALMOUTH, APRIL 17.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrived the Mary, Munro, from Pernambuco; his Majesty's brig, Lyra, from Lisbon, in six days; and Frolic packet, from Bermuda, sailed the 14th March, and from Halifax the 31st March. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 18.—Wind—W. S.W.—Arrived Le Bienfaiscent, from Harikm-. COWES, APRIL IS.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrive d the Sun burgh, Mattison, from the Mauritius. She was plundered on the Bth inst. in lat. 40. 37. N. long. 22. 23. W., by a piratical brig of 220 tons and about 30 men, principally Italians and Spaniards. One Englishman appeared the leader, who called himself an American. The brig hoisted Buenos Ayres colours, and was painted yellow on the bulwarks. The pirates took several sails, cordage, and other stores, and a small quantity of her cargo; also took the master and carpenter on board, and kept them covered up from 3 to 10 p.m, when they restored them on board, after taking the Captain's money, the men's clothes, and the mate's watch. She carried six carriage guns, and one large gun mounted on a swivel. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. DUFFIELD V. DUFFIELD, The Learned Judges were again in attendance, this morning, and after hearing Mr. Horne and Mr. Sugden, at great length, the LORD CHANCELLOR. proposed that the consideration of this case should be postponed till Monday. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. His HONOUR, after disposing of a few uninteresting motions, rose at half-past eleven o'clock. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. SLATER V. WEST. This was an action on a bill of exchange for 4.51.—Ver. , liet for defendant. LONDON SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) MOCK AUCTIONS. Alexander Sloman was indicted for assaulting John Challener. This was a city proseimtion, and the COMMON SERJFANT stated that several auction rooms bad been opened, and one of them in Cheapside, which were gene nerally called " Mock Auctions," and in which goods were sold of an extremely questionable description. The gentle men of the want of Cheap knowing that an exposure of such practices might have a good effect on the credulous part of society, engaged Challener to walk backwards and forwards with a placard (Beware of Mock Auctions) before the Auction room of the defendant, who took umbrage at the proceeding, questioned Challener as to who had em ployed him, and ultimately assaulted him by throwing two hands-full of mnd in his face. Mr. ADOLPHUS made a powerful appeal to the Jury against the legality of employing a man to parade before a man's house with a placard, for the purpose of injuring him and inciting him to a breach of the peace. Suppose an Alderman were an auctioneer, and a person were to pa rade before his house with a placard, exhibiting " Beware of mock auctions."—(Loud laughter, in which Mr. Alder man Farehrother, an auctioneer, who was on the bench, joined, and stated that, in such case, he should certainly indict the man.)—Yes (continued Mr. A.), the Alderman has properly said that he would have indicted him, and so would any one ; but my client took a milder course, and only attempted to obliterate the libel by mud, a part of which, by accident, reached his nose.—(Laughter.)—lt is usually said that a man who insults others should soap his nose before he went out; but it would be reversed in this case, as the defendant would merely have to soap it afterwards, and remove all the injury. The RECORDFR. observed, in summing up, that it cer tainly was a libel, but the defendant had another remedy. The Jury convicted the defendant, who was fined 10s. Mr. ADOLPHUS.-Really, Sir, the persons who have employed this man had better desist, for one evil may lead to another, and we shall shortly, perhaps, have a man dressed in an Alderman's gown and asses ears, with a placard, " Beware of Mock Aldermen." THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) FISK-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. There was an abundance of fish in the market this day, but a large portion having been left on board the last day or two, the prime sorts bore no comparison in quantity to the inferior ; there was a vigilant look-out however, which kept the worst descriptions out of the market ; the choicest met a moderate demand at the following prices : Feline Turbot, each lSs. Oct. to 225. Od. Ditto small, per do. 4 0 l 0 Fine Cod-tisli, each 6 0 10 0 Inferior ditto Salmon, per lb. Fine Whitings, per 15 7 0 12 0 Smelts, per 26 4 0 16 1) Fine Soles, per three pairs 1 0 6 0 Brill, each Fine Lobsters, per score 911 0 40 0 Inferior ditto Fine Crabs (each) Fine Prawns, per lb. Shrimps, per gallon Fine Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hundred 6 0 7 0 Scotch ditto Halibut, each 3 0 13 0 Mackarel, per 100 £2 0 £3 0 Inferior Sole, Gurnett, Flounders, Plaice, Guardfigh &c. &c. at nominal prices only. COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a good supply at this morning's market, anti the trade was dull on the whole. The prices of Cab bages, Turnips, Onions, Leeks, Greens, and Strawberries, were lower, the latter by several hundreds per cent., than on this day se'imight. Turnip Greens and Grapes, though still in the market, seemed to be a drug. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d Potatoes (per cwt.) ... 2 6to 5 C Spinage (half-sieve) 0 6to 1 0 Cabbages (12 heads)... 1 0 2 0 Cabbage Lettuces 1 3 2 3 Horseßadish (bundle) ' 6 3 6 Apples, Common '1 6 4 0 Celery 1 0 1 6 Ditto, Choice 0 0 10 0 Forced Asparagus .... 2 0 5 0 Sweet Oranges (100) 6 0 12 0 Brocoli Rhubarb 0 A 1 0 Lemons l2 0 14 0 Carrots (12 bunches) 4 0 '7 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 5 0 11 0 Turnips Young Onions 1 0 2 0 French Walnuts 3 0 6 6 Coleworts or Greens .1 0 2 0 Spanish Hazlennts 4 0 8 0 1 eeks 0 6 1 0 Grapes (per lb.) Turnip Radishes 0 9 1 0 BrecoliSprouts (bush.)o 6 0 9 Sea Rail (pummet) 0 9 1 6 Cos Lettuces (score).. 2 0 4 0 Strawberries 6.0 8 0 Radishes (doz.) 0 6 1 0 HAY MA RKE l'S.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. _ - f. s. I owland Mead. Ha) 3 5 to 3 5 Upland Ditto 4 0 5 0 Ilye.grass Hay 1 0 5 0 New Meadow Hay 3 15 4 10 Supply rathe - , limited, on acco impeded binding, and trade dull X. s. X. S. foyer L!ay Oat straw Wheat Ditto ll4 118 mint of yesterday's rain having 1; prices as on Thursday. [FIELD. SMITH. s. s. 1 •rmlanil Mead. Hay 3 Oro 3 15 Upland Ditto 3 15 4 15 Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 15 New Meadow Hay 3 10 4 0 Supply limited, trade somewhat - s. X. s. Cloy. Hay generally 4 10 to 5 10 Do. extra line 0 0 515 Oat Straw llO 112 Wheat Ditto .... 112 116 brisk. and prices as last quoted. THE PRESENTATION OF THE NEW SHE itirr OF LONDON, IN TIIF. COURT OF EXCIIEQUER.—Yes terday EDWARD ARcHER. WILDE, Esq., who had been elected one of the Sheriffs of London in the room of the late Mr. Sheriff STABLE, was presented to the Cursitor Baron, in the Court of Exchequer, by the Loan MAYOR and Mr. Sheriff SPOTTISWOODE. The RECORDER, in in troducing the new Sheriff, mad e a l ong eu l og i ui n upon th e public and domestic virtues of that gentleman. The Cur sitar Baron, then addressing the Sheriff, said, that consi dering the numerous excellencies which he was described, by the Recorder, as possessing, and which he (the Cur sitor Baron) believed him to possess, there was less reason for congratulating the Sheriff on his appointment to his office, than the city of London in having the good judg ment to appreciate so much excellence, and the good for tune to find so many valuable qualities united ir one man, w h o wa s ready to enter into the public service. The Baron then, after expressing the public sorrow for the death of the late Sheriff, said that he hoped he should not be considered as o verstepping the line of his duty, if on his own separate account, he took Occasion to express his grief for the loss o f a valuable fellow-subject and fellow-servant of the Crown. His Lordship, the Cursitor Baron, concluded with repeating his congratulations to Mr. Sheriff WILDE, after which the parties withdrew and returned to the city. The Loan AlAvon, on coming into the presence of the Cursitor Baron, put on his bat (as is the custom), and wore it during the time of his continuance in Court. His Lordship, on returning into Westminster-hall, wad again uncovered, and so continued until he passed to his carriage. The Recorder acquainted the Cursitor Baron, that in consequence of the melancholy nature of the occasion which had led to the election of Mr. Sheriff WILDE, the festivities u sual on such 'occasions would not take place at present. He invited the Baron to an entertainment to be given on ' the Qd of May, by Mr. Sheriff Wit.nF, and the invitation was politely accepted. ' The Brazen, 26, is the vessel which his Royal Highness the LORD than ADMIRAL has ordered to be fitted up at Woolwich as an Episcopal Floating Chapel, to lie in the Thames for the u , e of the seamen frequenting the River. CHAMI3ER OP COMMERCE, NEWCASTLE- UPON-TYNE. [FROM OITR OWN CORRESPONDFNT.] N E WCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, APRIL 17.—Yesterday, at a very full meeting of the 'Chamber of Commerce, it was unanimously determined upon to petition the Legislature on the impolicy of the Act which re strains the issue of One Pound Notes by Country Bankers, from the Gth day of April, 1829. There cannot be a question that the enactment should be disturbed, if Ministers (and who dare dis. mite it ?) are desirous for the national welfare. Without One Pound Notes , it is obvious that the Provincial Banks must cease to do business, or do so on Mucha limited scale as neither to benefit the mse l ve s nor r.heir customers. From all the great manuf ac t ur i ng dis tricts as of to the the c manifestountry,ther there is, nge i r n fact,aat absurdity of i only one opi nion contracting the circulating medium. Internal com merc,e will be palsied to a degree that may bring about the most distressing evils, should the Government persevere in the tinw6e measure.— It is observed of him, by his friends, that Mr. Peel is not ashamed at any time to avow that he is wiser to-day than he -.vas yesterday. Let us hope, then, that upon the present occasion the Right Hon. Secretary will afford a gratifying example of the justice of the compliment. With such an immense debt, our social system is very complex; all matters of theory, therefore, should be hazarded with extreme care, lest the great machine of State. received a vital injury in its working, and a mass of evil overwhelm the land of the most appalling des cription. The following is the petition : TO THE HON. THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED, THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, OF NFWCASTLE-UPON-TYNF, SHENVETH, That your Petitioners are deeply interested in all that concerns the commerce and manufactures of Newcastle and the surrounding district. That by an Act of Parliament, some time ago passed, the period for the circulation of any promissory notes to bearer, under the value of Si. will expire on the sth April, 1629. _ _ That now, for many years, a great proportion of the circulating medium of this district has consisted of a local currency of 1/. notes, and that with great advantage to the community at large. That your Petitioners are fully aware that while Country Bankers were not under the salutary check of being obliged, on demand, to pay their notes in a metallic currency, a great temptation was held out to an over-issue of paper; that your Petitioners, however, in confining themselves to the state of the Northern Counties, fee! bound to declare, that at no time has the issue here of Bank Notes been excessive, or beyond what the circum stances of trade fairly required. That, in this part of the Kingdom, no inconvenience has been, or is likely to be, experienced from the existing system of paper circulation ; and that your Petitioners must, therefore, deprecate any measure having for its object a change in the local currency. That, in particular, your Petitioners must deprecate the suppression of the 1/. notes,—a species of circulation, without which it must be extremely difficult to effect the payment of wages, and the smaller interchanges of trade. Your Petitioners will not press upon the attention of your Honourable House, the inconveniences which must be felt in all the retail branches of business from a suppression of the 1/. notes, as they are such as must be evident to every person ; but they deem it necessary clearly to explain the difficulties which must be experienced in the payment of wages to the workmen 'connected with the collieries, and the various manufacturing concerns of the district. It is usual to pay such persons once a week, or once a fortnight, and the ' sum which each person has to receive may be from 1/. to 21. at a time. There are some concerns here, which, for wages and trifling purchases, pay as . much, regularly, as 4,000/. in a fortnight; and your Petitioners can positively state, that out of 4,000/. advanced for such purposes, nor more than SOO/. or 1,000/. can in general be paid (with out subjecting the parties receiving to great inconvenience) in notes of 5/. or upwards. The consequence necessarily is, that a large proportion of the paper circulating in the district consists of 1/. notes ; and that to make a forcible substitution of gold for such notes, would be in a great measure to deprive the public of the utility of Banking Establishments. _ . - . That your Petitioners have most respectfully to observe upon the anomaly of the law as affecting England and Scotland. At a distance of not more than sixty miles from Newcastle, the Scotch Bankers, or any other Bankers, choosing to establish themselves on the borders of Scotland, will have it in their power to issue 1/. notes ; and which, in the nature of things, cannot be prevented cir culating in this populous neighbourhood. The law, there fore, in this part of the kingdom, as regards the suppression of the 1/. notes, must be altogether ineffectual ; and while, in that respect, ineffectual, it must subject both Bankers and Traders here to the most serious restraint and embarrassment. That so long as the paper currency is convertible into gold on demand, your Petitioners see nothing to appre hend on the score of an over-issue of V. notes ; and being fully convinced that a circulation of small notes affords both facility and advantage to commerce, Your Petitioners humbly pray, that your Honourable House will be pleased to take into due consideration the premises here set forth, with a view to a repeal of the Act of Parliament which limits the circulation of I/. notes to the sth of April, 1829. And your Petitioners will ever pray. Signed, on behalf of the Chamber, ISAAC COOKSON, President. Newcastle, April 16, 1828. The Duchess of GLoucEsTER and Princess SOPHIA visited the KING yesterday. Prince LEOPOLD entertained the Duchess of KENT and a select party to (limier yesterday, at his resi dence, Marlborough-house, Pall-mall. The Princess AUGUSTA has been confined to her residence, in the KING'S Palace, St. James's, by indis position, having taken cold.. The Princess was, however, we are happy to state, better yesterday, and received visits from the Duke of SUSSEX, the Duchess of GLOCESTER. and . the Princess SOPnia. _ Prince ESTERIIAZY, the Austrian Ambassa dor, had an interview yesterday with - the Duke of Wm- LINCTON, at the Treasury. The Earl of ABERDEEN and Lord ELLEN BOROUGH transacted business yesterday at the Foreign office, Downing-street. Mr. CHOKER transacted business yesterda). with the Duke of IVELLINcToN. Madame PASTA has prepared a very splendid dress for her appearance, this evening, in the Opera 01 " Semiramis." THE MILITIA NEW UNIFORM.—The new uniform approved of by his MAJESTY for the different Regiments of Militia throughout the kingdom is now in the course of delivery to them. Long lapped coats, similar to those worn by the Guards, supersede the present jacket. At a meeting of the Governors of the Free Grammar School in Bury, held on Tuesday, the Rev. JOIIN EDWARDS, of St. John's College, Cambridge, was elected Head Master, in the room of B. H. MALKI>r, Esq. L.L.D. —Norwich Mercury. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—The 54th Anniversary of this excellent Institution was held yesterday, at the City of London Tavern, his Grace the Duke of NORTPIUMBERLAND in the Chair. After the customer) toasts had been drank, the Treasurer read the subscription list, which was liberal. The company separated at a late hour. Captains PARRY and FRANKLIN were of the party. FASHIONABLE AIIRIVALS.—Viscount and Viscountess Downe, at their house in Charles-street, Ber keley-square, from Cowick Hall, in Yorkshire ; Sir Mat hew 'I ierney, Bart. and family, in Dover-street, from Brighton ; Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Inge, and family, a' Hyde-park-place, Cumberland-gate; Mr. and Miss Mur ray, in Harley-street, from Ardeley Bury, Hats ; Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bennet, at the York hotel, from Reugham Hall, Bury St. Edmund's, for Dover, on their way to the Continent ; the Rev. Mr. Mackie, in Pall-mall , from Chi chester ; Viscount Mandeville, at the Berner s hotel, Ber- I ners-street, from the Grove, Beaconsfi,el, Bucks ; Mrs. Sober and the Misses Sober, at ditto, from Brighton ; Mrs. Captain Warren, and Miss Warren, at ditto, from Nottingham ; the Rev. Robert Bisc oe and F. Biscoe, at ditto, from Oxford ; the Duke of Rutland, in Saekelik _ street ; Lord Sinclair, from Has tin g s; Sir Henr y Cook e , Bart. in Charles-street, Berkeley-square ; the Earl of Ash hurnham, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from Sussex ; the Earl of Thanet, at Fenton's hotel, St. James's -street, from his seat in Kent; Colonel Austin, at ditto, frow Kent ; Hon. B. Watson, at ditto, from Portugal ; C o l Sir James Hope, of the 3d Guards, at the Royal Hotel St. .lames's-street, from Portugal ; Captain Norton, 3 , Guards, at ditto, from Portugal; Colonel Blagrave, a] ditto, from his seat in Berks ; Archdeacon. Prosser, a' his house in Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, from Here fordshire. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC ,TOURNALS. Too much praise cannot be bestowed on Lord -Holland's speech on Thursday night. It was evi dent that the Bench of Bishops were taken hy sur prise with the reading of English History which he -gave them; for though they protested against his views, they were unable to combat them. He de monstrated that the Corporation Act only came through circumstances, which could not have been calculated on at its passing, to be a religious test, excluding Protestant Dissenters, for when it passed the Churches were chiefly filled with Presbyterian Ministers. The history of the Test Act is better known.—allorning Chronicle. The petition from a congregation of Wesleyan Methodists at Lewes, presented by the Duke of Wellington on Wednesday night, praying that the Test and Corporation Acts might not be repealed, ought by no means to cause any surprise. The Wesleyan Methodists take the Sacrament according to the forms prescribed by the Church of England, and having consequently the whole range of offices open to their ambition, they no doubt deem it hard that an Independent or a Presbyterian should lessen the value of the monopoly for which they are in debted to their orthodoxy. The Weslevans call themselves Church of England men ; they only claim the humble merit of being serious, by way of distinction from t h e ot h er Ch urc h men , w h o are se rious only with respect to temporalities. But serious as they are as to spiritual matters, the petition spews, that while one eye is turned towards heaven, they have the other attentively fixed on the things below But on the principle on which they now determine to resist the admission of the Dissenters - to the fall benefit of the Constitution, the Clergy of the Estee blishment hated them with a more cordial hatred, than they bore to the other Dissenters. As a, proof of this, we will not go back to the publications of Warburton, Laviugton, &c., because their bitterness may be placed to the account . of a natural hatred of innovation, but to the official publications of the Church in our own times. The late Bishop of Lon don did not scruple to state, in several of his pasto ral charges, that the Presbyterians, Independents, Baptists, &c., were respectable enemies, as they fought under their own banners, and people knew they were enemies ; but the Wesleyans would iueree with the Church, whether the Church would or not : and in that way fought against the Church at an advantage. Lord King gave great offence to the Earl of Falmouth by calling them miserable Wee leyans. He did not know why so respectable a body of people should be called in the House misera ble lifethodish.. This does not augur well for the Wesleyans. We fear for a sect when it is called respectable by Lords. It used to be said, in the country, of a youth, when he had done growing, that he had got a knock on the head. During the growth of sects, the rule is to hate ehemt they be come respectable when they become stationary, or are on the decline. Many thousand worthy ortho dox men passed uneasy days and sleepless nieens, during more than three times the period that Pro vidence permitted the French Revolution to haunt the pillows of the great and the powerful ones of this land, under the idea that Quakerism would swal low up every thing valuable in our glorious Consti tution ; but when it began to be discovered thai running into steeple-houses, and bothering the Pin son, lost its attractions with the multitude, and that the Quakers were thinking of making money instead of making proselytes, then your Lord Falmouths began to discover that they were a very respectable sort of people. The Wes . leyans are, we presume, gaining money and losing enthusiasm ; for respecta bility as Alderman Brown knows, is never applied to poor people in this country. As the Wesleyans, however, hang together, we presume this petition from Lewes is only the precursor of a long array of. petitions. The Conference has, no doubt, deter mined to make a stand in favour of Orthodoxy,— The thing will not surprise those who are read iu the book Of human nature : but if it is not surpri sing, it is at least instructive.—lbid. • We understand that the story of a Congress at Warsaw and the Coronation of Nicholas on the Ist of May, which appeared in the Augsburgh Gazette, is a pure invention, for which the Jew party receive credit. Neither at Vienna nor at St. .7ames's is any thing known of such a Congress and Coronation having ever even been in contemplation. Some speculation is afloat as to whether Prince . Lieven is likely to remain here. The grounds for suspecting that he may not remain are, Ist, that Mr. Wm. Temple, brother of Lord Palmerston, is the only representative of our Court at St. Petersburgh and we understand it is the intention of. Goyerli ment not to send an Ambassador, but to continue to avail ourselves of the services of Mr. William Temple, in whom British Diplomacy - does not exactly appear with the advantage it received from his celebrated namesake. Secondly, people remark, that Prince Leven has not Leen at the Foreign Office for three weeks. Thirdly, we understand that no General Officer will be sent from England to attend the Emperor at the Russian head-quarters neither will arty such character be sent thither by Austria. It is confidently affirmed by thore wleCe have good sources of information, that the Russians will not remain in the Principalities, but proceed to Constantinople. They will neither meet with any opposition in the Principalities, nor will they find any one to negotiate with, were they even inclined to negotiate. Lord Prudhoe is now in ,Constanti 'nople, and writes of very late date, that the English were there treated with the utmost kindness and consideration, and he thinks (but of course this was only inference) that the Porte is assured of the support of England, in the event of Russia invading her. We should imagine the Turks, if they count on the support of England, are deceiving themselves. Our Government never can be so imprudent as to involve us in a war for any such object its the de fence of Turkey. Though Algiers is unquestionably the point the French are fitting out their eapedition for, and it is now ascertained that great preparations have been made by the Dey to meet the Freech force, yet the suspicion is entertained by Ministessa that a part at least of the naval force is destined fin the Archipelago.--Ibid. Who would have thought, some few years tlgo, was the case that the principle of a repeal of the Test and Cor poration Acts would be carried in the 'louse of Lords without a division, or, to speak more prope r t y, Este-- aft restraint on them. Ty aTlmhuorsstdauynnanigirno.usliy4)?rd E Y l e ( t lo s n uri .ris the chiefono_ b ne li n sked opponents, and by N C V l e m e r e c i l l i f — ess for %N it e s to f p e l r e v e l a s i se l tt i r ' s :antgiol)i-t i f i ° rs r t, ti l i t e nd next for its dignity. But real dignity, ,arnectsultsienvgerfer.omTtiii consciousness of strength, is best ev i nced by he... f cious w hich is insecure of its own existence;, Ty ranny le niency only, antl impositionge n o t e Learned Lord aboveeeatned said, that it was with the greatest pain that he contemplated an y c hange in that principle which declared that the Church and State, taken together, formed the Con stitution,—that they were inseparable,—and that it was impossible to destroy the one, without at the same time destroying the other, and undermining, the principles of the Constitution." But, exclu sive of tile fact that the new Bill recognizes in the broadest terms this union of Church 'and State, is his Lordship prepared to say that we had no Con stitution, or that there was no union of Church and State in that Constitution, Ivor(' the Test and Corporation Acts became the law of the land ? And if not,—if his Lordship assert this, may not the Constitution and the union of Church and State under it, which existed before the passing of the Test and Corporation Acts, con tinue to exist also after their repeal ? His Lordship's argument would make the whole British Constitution, and all the blessings, civil and religious, emanat ing from it, to depend upon the permanence of those two Acts,—Acts passed only from motivee (perhaps misjudged motives) of temporary expedi ency !—Acts that apply exclusively to what we may call the central part of the realm,--and Acts which exist only as a brutum firlirtctt, and are never ‘ , O! .~ i