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PARLI A MENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 16. 'The Oathg were atitninisrered to the Marquis of Bate.—The Malt, &e.'Duties' Bill was'read a se cund time, ,tlie Commitment Dept tived, and the Bill ordered to he read a third time to-morrow.— Adjourried till to-morrow (this day) 110UE OF COMMONS. At Four O'Clock the Hou;e proceeded - to ballot for two Cominittces to try the merits of the Petitions ciiiiipluining or moine.itct urns for Pew - bpi and Waotton "insult. In the e,;tirSe of, the evening the Clti k appeared ut the bar with the reduced lists, which were as follows PENII HYN. James Martin Lloyd, Esq. IViliiarn Joseph Deaison,Esq II aniphrey Howorth, Esq. John Edwards, Esq. Spencer Perces - al, E;q. The [lon. William I-Inward John Atkyns Wright, Esq. Edwa:d Webi), Esq. Richard Lyster, Esq. R. S. Carew, EN Dowdeswell, EN. Samuel Stepheris, EN. G. H. Stunner, Esq. Gt , oi•ge P. Rulford, Esq. Char-let Hervey, Esq. WOOTTON Alexander liftmen, Esq. G. Doi eton, Esq. Hon. W. H. J. Scott A. It. Dottie, Esq. Sir W. H. Pringle tianiuel Crompton, Esq. W•Wiarn A. Montague, Esq. Lord John BASSETI'. Ri g ht Hon. Sir John Stewart Sir John Dashwood King H. 1•. Luttrell, Esq. Sir Charles Edmonstone Cecil Lowther - Hon. William Lamb Jonathan Itaine; Esq. BRIG Sir G. WEI3STER presented tants of I.3rig4liiii, complaining Rates, and praying relief.—Rel Poor Laws. • a Petition from the of the great increase of Poors' (erred to the Committee oil the SCOTCU BURGHS Mr. HUME presented 'a Petition Iron) the •Inhabitanta'Lf ;he Royal Burgh of Moutroite, against the systems of self election vt .Magistrates, which had supervened on the ancient law in the Rbyalliurghs of Scotland,.prayingthat the rights and liberties of the inhabitants . of the said Royal Burghs zuight be restored.—Ordered to he printed. • INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Mr. CURIVEN presented a Petition frotn the Dehtot , con fined itt Carlisle Jail, praying fo r the qxnsi,firi of ,the period of the Insolvent Act.—Ordered to bt printed. COUNTY OF' NorrniumdEil LAND Sir. C., MONC.K. holding in his hands a:Petition fromcer- Wit Occapieis and Proprietors of hand in the Count). of Northumberland, -wished-for the - indulgence of the House %011ie he endeavoured to explain the . parlicultir merits of it.— He then shortly-stated, that the Petitioners gave it their opinions, that our native soil was sufficient to support our po pulation, and that the agricultural' productions of othr countries ought not to be allowed to be imported into these kingdoms without extra duties. Although such a measure ;night tend in some degree to a prohibition of.the articles al luded to, yet it would operate as a protection to the produce of our own country. The Hon. Member• thought that per sons of the description of the Petitioners, the most - valuable, perhaps, in the nation, deserved to he Protected in their in dustrious pursuits as well as those in.the mercantile world.— The _Petition was read, ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. • . • .„ WORCESTER ELECTIO:k; Tile Petition of William Gray, At4enri praying that thii'pai ties might have leave to extend the tithe of entering into their ' fecognizanees was read, and-time was grant e d *titr'Saturday e snnight for the same. WINDSOR ESTABLISHMENT. Lord CASTLEREAGH observed; that as he unclerstOod the Committee would not be enabled to make their report before . ti late hour t o morrow evening, or perhaps on Thursday, it *As otilioui that the House would, desire some short time to consider its codtcuts previous;y to the intended discus sion, The motion, therefore, which' his. Lordship atlithUllf ed for Thursd,,v next, he thought it incumbent upon him to postpone till Niunday, in order to afford Gentlemen an op portunity of making themselves better acquaiuted , ,,ith the, subject. Mr. fIERNEY had no objection to the accommodation re quired by the :' , ;olmie Lord for the postpoutoent of his motioo. Ent he hoped ,that. both his Lordship and his 'CI - jolt's would perfectly understand, that he• (Mr. T.) meant on the very same day to tape time sense of the House on. his announced moth - um tor the additional payment ,of, .the tO„Uf..m.q. to be in future allowed to the Duke of York (in his new ottice), to be paid out of the Privy Purse, instead of being defrayed by the IN ATI ONS TO THE HO t7*E: The SPEAKER thought it incumbent on_him,.to --state, that the parties concerned in petitioning against the Ox ford Election had neglected so complete their recognizatices in the time ailowed.—(The return is therefore confirmed.) The SPEAKERafterwards mentioned, that he had received a letter frOm Edward Quin, Esq. dated Dublin, the t3th in stant, assuritig'hitn of his anxious promptitude to obey the commands of the House; -but , that from a serious indisposi tion he de , lTired 9f being able to set out oa his j,iti [ivy be fore Sunday. He therefore hoped fur some further indul— gence as to his time of attel,dinee. - Sir ItOBEItT WILSON, - 'agreeably to this intimation, mov edthat the rime for the attendance of Edward Quin, Esq. be extended to to se'nnight.—Ordered, that Mr. Quin do then attend in his . place. BANK OF IRELAND. Mr. Gar:sr:ELL ionic some-few remarks on the conduct of the Bank of It eland, in which his contrast between that puhiic body'atid the Bank of England was in favour of the former. .I.le, however, condemned the extraordinary increase of paper issues by the Bank of Ireland. In the sear 1797, the whole amount- did n!it e x cee d 600,0001. ; i n the Ja n u ar y, 1818, it had risen to the enormous suns of four millions ;aid a half. An inquiry into the cause of such a reprehensible auoientation of, their paper currency was a subject. Worthy Of the consideration of Parliament. Fur his own satisiac tion, and for the information of the Home, he had several motions to offer. But however much he condenmed this Wonderful increase of paper issues by the Bank of Ireland, he thought the Governors and Directors of that firm de served every encomium for their liberality in the manage ment of the public debt. While the Bank. of Englatid charged GovernMent enormously for their trouble in the JUR nagement of the public debt, the Bitnk of Ireland gave their time and attention to the same object without any e xp enc e t o the public. He conclude d by several inOtitini relative to the issues of notes, &c. by the Bank of 'lreland, and for the wechly amount of posting bills, and amount of notes under 51. now is circulation. . Mr. MANNING, in a very inaudible tone of voice, vindi cated the Bank of England from the insinuations of th• Hon. Member. Ile assured the House and the Public, that the charges of the Bank of England were in every degree per ' lently reasonable. The motions were then severally put and carried. SURCHARGES. Sir M, W. RIDLEY complained of the hardships which the Vartoef, and others connected with agriCulturalists, 'suffered by unwarrantable surchfarges. He hoped Government would devise.-some immediate remedy fur this grievance. If the •Hon. Chancellor of the E xc h equer , however, wesild not 'bring forward some proposition soon after the Easter Holi days' he lainiself (Sir M. W. Ridley) wou ld cer t a i n l y cons id er it as hie duty to move for an ainelioration of the laws. He Con cluded by moving for an Account of the Surcharges matle_on Farmers within the last year, for want of Licenses to act as Horse-dealers, &c. Tile CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that some time must elapse before such an Account could be made out and presented to the House. If, however, the lion. Baronet, would so:pend his hatention of moving an amendment of the laws, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) thought that his Majesty's Ministers would submit to the House a proposition to remove the cause of complaint. Th e Motion was agreed to. SECURITIES FROM PUBLIC OFFICERS, Sir JOHN NEWPORT, in allusion to the losses whichlhe public had sustained by public, defaulters, adverted . to a law which was at thi: time applicable to England, but not appli• stalaie eitaier to Scotland or Ireland, imposing imprratier!y . sample securities from those entrusted with loonies in offices tim'itte Government. After ,saute observations, the Han. Baronet moved for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Act for - Seetat 'ties from all Plablic Officers. to Scotl an d an d Ir e l an d. Sir .20. HILL hoited the stun. Ba,vonet, and he thought he toight call liina his Float. Friend, would not pr-as his nto• lion at this time. Although the provisions of the Act did not extend to Ireland, yet an arrangement had been made for alliple moot satisfactory serwities from prrsoos entrusted with public mosaics.. The manner of registering the securities had. been found extremely inconvenient in Ireland: but if Go. , venoto•ilt, on investigation, found the extension Of the Act net essai y. there AVA,; no doubt but that it would be adopted. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was of opinion that every satisfactory security was now given from Public Officers entrusted with monies. If any imdrovement tri the wire found expedient, Government 'would no doubt .eon cur with the Hon. Baronet. fie therefore recommended, that the motion shonll be withdrawn or postponed, leaving it to the . fteastirry to inquire into the expediency of the mew.. . _ sure. Sir JOHN NEWPORT, from the assurances now given, that the subject would be attended to by the Treasury, was not inclined to press it on the present occasion. The Trea sury niLltr. chose its coadjutors or servants; but Parliament had a right, and might to exercise that right, in obliging the Treasury, or his Majesty's Servant;, to discharge the ditties of office. What was the consequence, whets: collectors came as defaulters before the Public without the securities requi site ? The law which be new recommended grew out of the transactions and reports of the Committees above stairs. Ily the want of the ample security now earnestly urged, t !tenth lic had suffered to .a considerable amentwhy the defalcations of Mr. Hunt. Ilse Hun. Baronet was therefore fur some speedy measure.' Sir GEORGE I - TILL Irwin!) objection to any improvement! ut the law; Itut he again recommeuded. the - Hon. Baronet nor to pre , : his motion, as he might safely wait the result of the present Session. Sir JOHN NEWPORT confessed, that although be did not mean to impute any part iemlar blame to the. Treasury, yet he could not forget that Parliament Ilan left further pro visions or improvements et . the Act in the year:1810 to the ;Members of his Majesty's Government, and that it was evi-; dent they had not advanced one step in the business. Sir John Newprirt, however, from the assurance given, had nu objection to withdraw his notion. PRESERVATION OF LIVES BY SEA. , • Sir JOHN NEWPOR'P now moved, pursuant to his notice, for leave to bring in a Bill for better securing the lives of ships: wrecked seamen 'and, passengers. • The circumstance which induced him to bring this subject under consideration Was, - that no reward was - at present provided for those whO per termed the meritorious act of savissg the Jives of persons its that unhappy condition. The reward was-limited to the pre servation of the cal gari and might serve,, jtherefore, ; to di minish the inducement to exertion for the other purpose. He oreposed, Ilia- when the carats, or any part of it, should be saved, the reward"lor 'preserving life also shetill be Triode a lien, two() its value t and that when the property should he . entirely lost, a ntorlei ate reward should be [mid at, the - ,pub-. lie expellee. As he was not aware that . any objection could he . urged against-the principle of such a treasure, so he trusted that no 'very seriorts difficulties would present themselves in modifying its different provisions. He moved, •therefore,for • 'care to bring in a.1.1i11 for better securing the lives of seamen and passengers, in vessels wrecked or stranded, or in danger of being so. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER - could not ima gine that any objection could be raised against a principle equally consonant with humanity and justice. In wronging . the details of the measure, there might neChaps arise doh crillies, Which he should meet with every disposition to re move or surmount. . . :1 " Mr 1). GILBERT remarked; that he had hims e lf brou g ht to a Bill in the last Parliament on the subject of wrecks in genel;al, and believed that the laviof salvage might be ma trrially improved. Leave was given to bring in the Bill. GALWAY ELECTION. The Order of the Day fur resuming the adjourned debate, i m the Petition against the Galway Election having been read, . Sir .1. MACKINTOSH trusted that the House would feel disposed to grant every, facility to the Petitioners, in order to examine the true merits of the.case. This was the first Par- - lilt - vent in which the Act front which it arose had been carried nto executiot4and therefor et more indulgence should be shown than it _time hail consecrated its provisions, and made them extensively kinowit.' He Contended that as only fourteen days were allowed for entering into recogniiances, it was barely possible that intelligence of their having been so entered into shimid have beets received that:morning. :Would the House act With rigour in a case in which the parties concerned . resided in the most distant County of Ireland?. He , than quoted two cases_which had happened in 1807, those of Salt ash and Dungarroto, in which the time had been enlarged on no other grounds than that, in the our, letters had been mis laid by the post, andlo the other an Officer was alisent on' duty with a cerps of Yeomanry at sonic distance from his own residence. The present •Petition was nuts frivolous one, and the parties really intended to prosecufe,i“he House kept the dsors of justice open for them. He then.moved thatfurther • tilde be granted to the Petitioners, until the 12th of March next, to cuter into their reeognizances. Mr. BATHURST was• desirous that in all cases like this, no form should stand in- the way of justice.: Rut when the terms of the law were so precise, howeter hard it might be, he did not think any departure from them- allowable, unless on stronger grounds than those adduced on the present oc , cosion. Mr. 'WYNNE coincided in that opinion. The question was then•ptrt front the Chair, and negatived without a division. GRAMPOUND PETITION. Mr, BARNARD presented a Petition from John ~Keith Te;ed, Esq. it; the County of Devon, stating that be hadpe titioned against the return for GI ampound, and that at the. time of entering into his recognizances, one .of his sureties had been objected to on the ground that he had entered_ into cOmmercial speculatioes which were not would up, and which therefore must leave the question of his solvency undecided. Mr. Teed then prayed fur more thine to prove the solvency of his surety, and to enter into his recognizances. After some conversation between Mr. Denman, Mr. Lush. ington, the Speaker, Mr. Wynne, Mr. Bathurst, Sir J o h n Newport, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Robert Ward, the House granted Mr. Teed till this day se'nnight to ascertain the sol *trey of due of his sureties, and till to-morrow sennight to Enter into bis recognizances. HORSE DUTY. The House having resolved itself, on the motion of Mr. LUSHINGTON, into a Committee on the Assessed Taxes with respect to Horses _Mr. CURWEN stated, that as the Act nosy stood, ponies which were employed by farmers and country butchers to carry on their business, were rated as riding, instead of agri cultural horses. This subjected the persons in question to pay a . futy of 111. tys. , instead of 41. 85. 6d. Such a grievance tell hard on individuals, and ptodnced but little to Government. It could not be intended, and he trusted that some redress would but given. Mr. LUSHINGTON stated, that his intention hail simply been to continue the Act of the last Session for reducing the duty on bourses. With respect to the -grievance now men !lotted, the Hon. Gentleman would perhaps propose a clause when there should lie a Bill before the Committee, to cause it to he remedied. The Report of this. Committee was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. SM UGGLERS. The House then went into a Committee to consider the propriety of offer;n;; rewards for apprehending Smugglers. Report ol &reit to bto , hrought up4o-morrow.—Adjournett at Halt-past Seven. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE SLAVE TRADE. A series of highly interesting Papers, connected with the efforts of this Country to procure the Abolition of the Slave Trade, have been laid on :be Table of the House of Commons.—The fol lo►ving is a summary of these documents : No conclusive arrangements having resulted from the con ferences at London, the subject was resumed at Aix-la-Cha pelle,.and Lord Castlereagh, in a dispatch to Earl Bathurst, dated Aix-la-Chapelle, Nov. 2d, states, tliiat in the conference of the 24th October, he opened to the Plenipotentiaries the existing 'state of the trade in slaves, and gave notice that he should, on a future day, submit to them two propositions; Ist, for addressing a (tiled appeal, on the part of the five Courts, to the. King of Portugal, urging his Majesty to de cree the final abolition of the Slave Trade in his dominions, at the period already agreed to by Spain, namely, the 20th May, 1820; and 2dly, that the Powers there represented should accept the principle of a qualified right of mutual visit. His Lordship adds, it was impossible not to per ceive, in the short discussio❑ which ensued, that there was considerable hesitation, especially in the French Plenipoten tiary, with regard to the principle of the latter measure."— The principle of a mutual right of search seemed to iuvolie the greatest difficulties. There is a paper, addressed by Lord Castlereagh to the Duke de Richelieu upon this sulject, in which his Lordship combats the various objections which had been taken to lite above ►neasure. He also obtaioeil an interview with his Grace, the day after the conference, and entered into a full examination of the measure in all its bearings ; and though, obset yes his Lordship, " 1 cannot say We received this morning the Paris Papers of Sunday hist. The following are extracts : " CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. " SITTING OF SATURDAY, Fee. 13. " The discussion of the projet respecting the financial year was resumed. " The projet was opposed at great length by the Count de la Bourdonnaye, and supported in an extempore speech by the Count de Saint Aulaire. The projet eras also opposed by M. de Villele and M. Cornet d'incourt, and supported by M. Roy and M. Souther (de Vaucluse). " The discussion was adjourned till Monday. " PARIS, FEE. 14.—'T6e King beard mass yesterday in his apartments, and afterwards trans acted business in his Cabinet. " The law relative to the Treasury Accounts, which is to precede the Budget, will, it is said, be presented the commencement of next week to the Chamber of Deputies. His Majesty is recovered from big attack of the gout, " Lieutenants-General Teste, Subervic, Vi chery, L'Heritier, Marchand, Moleter, Domon, and Large, arc amongst the disposable Officers of the Staff of the Army, and also Marecbaux-de- Camp Ayme, Bader d'Albe, Barbanegre, Hugo, Belair, Domangel, Fornier d'Albe, Louis Four nier, Pannetier, Rambourg, and Sintter. " Lieut.-General Maurin is appointed Gover nor of the 15th Military Division. " The object of the journey of the Duke de Cambaceres to Brussels, Is said to be, to dispose of his property in Belgium. He proceeds from hence to Spa, and returns hare in September. " Ilhe King of Bavaria opened the Assembly of the States of that Kingdom on the 4th instant. " The King of Naples was absent from his capital when his [Pother Charlei IV. of Spain died th e re. The state of health of the form er Monarch is such as to cause much disquietude. FIVE Pali CRNTS. Saturday ••69f• 7O C. Of the 22d 2d N,Sieaprt El .b E , F il E BB l l l l77 7 . D .. . s . T . ......... . .... ff: 44 CC: '. 22d March, 1818, 22d Sep4. 1818, 77 f . 50 c• g et ter' nick tf VsettEsNoNuat,fok:Elnt.alyl.—th'efl;setill'ritiltsiciaeritt.it lie pr,o6 , ceeds, it is said, direCt for will arrive previous to their Imperial Majesties' —,...0....—_ 1 ... bas i° TI-113 EyNDB,--Ciiy, Otte o'Clock.--Mac. , ness has been (lone at the Stock Exchange ill , i f morning, and Consols have risen one-loif P e , Ole Cent. Next Friday is the final pavlne DE -I i 0 Re:lemption on the Omniurn, wi) en a foryo. Florence, where ,a, advance is fully anticipated. The Commissit'ere• gaeiiginf7oe7 f o rrraiiy Reduced this morning , a! sce s t 1 served o'clock, .. Abcycotthinet.Jobbers. Cons°l6' We may fairly congratulate the Public ou success which has attended the meritorious vj" lance of the Revenue Othcers in dete Ctilig vr rit preventing the adulter a ti on o f TBA and C°. • red but these are not the- only articles attention. TOBACCO and SNUFF are still g re r i e d, subjects of fraud and adulteration. It is rolo °11. „, Seli g l " that great quantities of leaf inbacco are priv a twi t troduced into some of the manufactories, au" g 00 5 the quality and price of snu ff are reduce d P which rel ter adulterations, t o th e grea t i n j ur y o f the gel-11 0' the fair trader, and the Public ; but vire er se" sured, that the attentio n of,: Government SI riously drawn to the subject, and thlo s uch Il f le bt sures will be adopted as must go to ther °°t°- t evil. • »la P Gtr The promises of Mr. HOBHOUSR to political principles (we are as h a med of d e g rsdi b lot the word on the present Oc cas i o n) an" ° ors have melted " into thin air." His real 650 1 11 , still as obscure as ever. He talks of being : r' ed to his Post by the Ele c t ors o f Westre ini-e rs, when in fact be obtruded him s elf on the 61e rs ci ,olti a total stranger, and only k no wn by th e re ;i v ' rho imputed to him; of whi c h, if be was ' s 1 1)0 author, he has forfeited all pretension 9' io t b ot name of a Briton, since he mourned e ver o f, victory which released E uro p e from ()li rl4 and his eyes were " moistened" with sell ; i b bete when he looked on the Tyrant in power' to acts are not proofs of a character ' -a s of genuine Patriotism, and rathe r intlie 3tiofi c o at idiotcy, or of a shameless disregard oureP ut ' l : they are at least proofs of mystery, do' °o f he completely shrouds himself. The 004100 Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, its' abandoning hi9 a ff friend and political Ally, Major Catern lll- 9 0 to take up the cause of this untried e btr ,olo stranger, admits of nospalliation. It IS liTlP°s',3itl to defend it on honourable grounds. I t that Mr. LAMB is the Candidate of Ariste erlc ' si Be it so. We wish to see the Con stit : ll • P re d Ranks of the State duly maintained. T he P.l.i b cratical Branch of our Political Sr i° been styled the Hereditary Coensellurs %to Crown.—Their fortune and their rank de P eo foe the preservation of that System, and ai r: "l of the Candidate whom they support, (bough . t ett , be adverse to the temporary interests of M iliss n th e must be supposed to be heartily attached t-socb fundamental principles of the Government' gore we conceive Mr. LAMB to be, and th e A r- o itli we shall support him with our pen a " tvs our vote, in so doing we conceive tb31 ( 1 0 01, are not supporting the -cause of an .111divj of , f but the honour of Westminster, the vO l , O the Country, and the existence of the 1 " 1 1 4 - CONSTITUTION, against the Jacobiniesi h inn creants, whose only aim is its total stlu„ers ' WESTMINSTER ELECTION. r ot% STATE OP THE POLL AT ONE O'CLOCK 015 vy J. U. 1 - 10BHOUSE, ESQ. The Hon. G. Lama 491 26 Major CA RTW IG T THE HOBIJOUSE STANDARD.—A a Poll with a while silk Flag, inscribed vv""odi letters in favour of the .lob-CaudidatePr„ • through the streets this day, attende d " 41 e ` f it Drummer and two Pipers, and a train of fr ii° , l ' to whom FALSTAFF'S ragged Regiment Will'01; l iel comparison, appear like well-dressed Gen We hardly think the Standard was ca fe iii i . s ; e l hands, or the poor Pedestrian Music ians to preserve their Instruments. - ' CO CORN-MARKET, FEB. 17.—Our Ma rl "lo r tinues abundantly su ppli e d, w i t h, 8 11 Gra in . ; iit le which the demand is very trifling, and w bilt i st lie t wheat was disposed of this morning , " it ' s re . r ol c 0 lower terms than on Monday ' • t h e 130 1 is exceedingly dull, and althongh lower ~. i ce' 0 1)# were asked by frill 2s. per quarter than wet ff'ec ti mined on scarce a sale co „" d e ed ; Beans, Peas, and Oats are also cbetiPei'co, supply of each being large, and very toy btl that I succeeded, in shaking his Grace's opinions ' t flatter myself I r 'awed the weight and nu m ber of his objections and. that I brought his mind to feel the extreme inconve nience, as well as moral objection, to leaving the question where it is." In a subsequent sitting of the Congress (Nov. 4), a propo sltion, made by Lord Castlereagh, was adopted unanimously, " that a .letter !Gild be written to the King of Portugal, in the name of the Sovereigns, in the most pressing and at the same time the most affectionate terms," in order .to engage him to fix the 20th of May, 1820, as the final term of the traffic in his dominions. Lord Castlereagh also proposed that " it would be useful and' perhaps necessary to consider the trade in slaves as a crime against the L.tw of Nations, and to assimilate it to piracy." This was submitted as a matter for consideration merely. In a Letter from the Noble Lord to Earl Bathurst, dated :Aix-la Chapelle, Nov. 23, transmitting the mitts of the Rus !sian, French, Austrian, and Prussian Plenipotentiaries, upon the two propositions submitted to Congress, his Lordship says, "-the result of these notes being extremely discouraging to nor hopes, it was determined to review the objections brought forward to the measure of mutually conceding the right of visit, especially by the Plenipotentiary of France. " After presenting this review to the consideration of the Conference, and in an audience with which I was honoured by 'the Emperor of Russia, I took occasion to represent to his Imperial Majesty, in the strongest terms, the necessity of , taking some effective measure of this nature without delay, ann-withoot waiting for the decree of final abolition on the part of Portugal. " His•tmpenal Majesty listened with his accustomed inte rest tit my representations on this subject, and promised me to give directions to his Ministers, to propose that the con sideration of the question should be re-opened in London under fresh instructions. " The modification which I have finally urged of this mea sure, and, I trust, with considerable hope of success, is, that, in addition - to the limitation of the right of visit to the coast of Africa, and to a specific number of ships of each power, the duration of the Convention should he for a limited nuniber of years, say seven, at the end of which period, the several - Powers would again have it in their power to review their decision, after some experience of its' convenience or in convenience, of its efficacy to the object, and of the neces sity of its tieing renewed, regard being bad to the then. state of the illicit slatie trade.. This arrangement w o uld sufficient ly meet our most pressiv wants, whilst it would go less per manently to disturb the acknowledged principles of maritime :law, as regulating the right of visit. By the aid of this latter expedient, I hatter myself that I have made a considerable :impression in removing the strong repugnance which,was at hrst felt to thelueasure." The'result of all these deliberations was, a declaration on ,ithe part of the Allied Sovereigns, represented at Congress, that theywould instruct their respective Ministers in London :to Continue the discussions upon the subject; and Lord Castlereagh, in his last dispatch to the Government at houlle - ,' dated Paris, December - 10, 1818, says, - though " - I - cannot give hopes of any immediate progress, I. venture, neverthe less, to indulge a sanguine expectation, that if the object be • pursued with the same persevering and conciliating tempo' on the part of Great, Britain, which has already achieved so .much for the cause of abolition, the French Government may be brought, at no distant period, to unite their naval exertions with those of the other under Powers for the sup pression. of the illi c it Sl ave T ra d e , the modified regula .tions submitted for this purpose to the Plenipotentiaries as sembled THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—(42(I time), Brutus : Lu cius Junius, Mr. Kean; Tarquinia, Mrs. W. West. After which (5111 time), High Notions. THEATRE ROYAL, CO vENT-GA RDEN.--Rob Roy Macgregor : Francis Osbal listone, Mr. Durnset ; Diana Vernon, Miss Stephens. After which, How to get a Place. To wh eh was added, The Sleep Walker. TO 'CORRESPONDENTS, ANALYSTS and COMMENTARY o❑ The INsoLVENT DEBTORS' ACT (concluded), To-morrow. Also, VIGIL andJoNaTnAN, Jux.—dmbulator, Terre Filius, A BRITON, and other Favours as.noun as possible. . 'PRICE OF STOCKS. rats DAY AT T , l ELY E *'(,''LUCK. 3 per Cent. Red 77.if 1 Bank Long Ann. 20 3-16 tbs I 3 per Cent. Cons . 7(.;ik • India 80nd5......ti95. 70s. pr. Si per Cent . ..... 80* Exch.Bills, 2d....125. I gs. p r . 4 per Cents . . 95f Cons. for Aec0unt......76i 77 S per Ct. Navy Ann. 1061 107 E. EYTON, Stock-Broker, Old State Lottery- Office, 2, Corobill, and Lombard-street. MAILS. .. ~ . . Attntven-1 Waterford, 1 Flanders. Due,-1 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Sweden, a liamburgh, 9. ilolland, 1 Lisbon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To,momtow.. Morning, II minutes after 7. I Evening, 46 minutes after 7. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1819.