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sions, all I Sent. to ma *peal hear- Tr to 9tB to n 130 his tho ess !r, be al be e- ' i~ tere to learn their sentiments while the Bill was in Com mittee., Mr. W. SMITH expressed his pleasure at having within his grasp, and that of his brother Dissenters, that object for the attainment of which he had laboured 40 years in that House. He was inclined to agree with the recom mendation of his Hon. Friends on that side of the House. He respected the ancient prejudices of the Established Church ; but when be saw them fading away, year after year, he could not believe that a large proportion of , them remained to be sacrificed, and he was sure that if the Dis senters waited a few years longer the House would then repeal the Test and Corporation Acts, without adding any • conditicrns, as cheerfully and unanimously as they were now going to substitute a declaration for the sacramental test. But to the few existing prejudices he would give way, ra ther than excite opposition to the Bill elsewhere, or drive Hon. Gentlemen in that House to a measure against their will. But, as to securities, he thought them unnecessary. He conceived that the proposition of his Noble Friend, for the total and unqualified repeal of these tests, would lie better calculated, were it to pass, than any other mode, fo r putting a final end and settlement to all the heart-burn ings and difficulties which had ever existed between the State and Church, and the Dissenters. As for the declara tion which the Right Hon. Secretary proposed to introduce, it really appeared to him (Mr. William Smith) to be ask ing for a no-security against a no-danger. At this moment England was almost the only country of Europe in which any such qualifications were demanded as the existing ones, from any class of subjects upon taking office. Let the House look to the language of the Treaty of Vienna, executed by the Plenipoten tiaries of almost every European Power in that city, in 11115. One of the articles was to this effect :—" No innovation shall 'be made in the articles of this contract, which secure equal protection and favour to every sect, and guarantee the admission of all sectaries, whatever their religious belief may be, to public employments and offices." ---(Hear, hear.) This treaty was executed on the 31st of May, 1815, between the Kings of the Netherland, Prussia, and England, and the Emperors of Austria and Russia; and the late Lord Castlereagh had repeatedly declared in that House, that there was no article of the treaty upon which the contracting powers were more cordially agreed. He (Mr.. W. Smith) thought it disgraceful to England to be the last of the countries in adopting, in her own domes- tic policy, this principle of the Treaty pfyienna ; but he trusted that. the Parliament would, by passing this Bill, almost efface the stain. For his own part, he thought the measure would have been better without the proposed in struction to the Committee; but after what had been stated by the Right Hen. Secretary (Mr. Peel) and stated no doubt advisedly, that he thought the Bill would have a better chance of acquiescence from another House, with the addition of this clause, than it would have without it, be (Mr. W. Smith) would certainly support the instruction. Lord JOHN. RUSSELL begged to remind the Right Hon. Secretary that he had expressed his readiness on a former evening to concur in the proposition of the Hon. Member for Devonshire, or an other motion, having for its object the conciliation of all parties.—(Hear, hear.) If the present Bill of Repeal (provided always that it went to a total and entire repeal of the Tests in question) could be made satisfactory to the Church, it would be doubly agreeble, to himself (Lord John Russell.)—(Cheers.) Of the general sense of the House on this question there could be no sort of doubt. Having listened attentively to all the speeches which had been delivered in the course of the debate, he could have uo hesitation in agreeing to the clause of the Right lion. Gentleman (Mr. Sturg es Bourne), as being, perhaps, better than his own, calcuated to satisfy the apprehensions of the Church. He never could forget that the enactments of this Bill must run, like those of all others, in the form, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual as well as Temporal, and God forbid that their consent should' be a forced one.---(H eee , hear.) He could as little doubt that the instruction proposed by the Right Hon. Secretary would have a better chance of being entertained by the Committee, than any instruction proceeding from any other person ; and though he would unhesitatingly promise tq support the spirit of such an instruction, he could not at present pledge himself to that Right Hon. Gentleman to concur in any particular form of words. lie felt bound to acknowledge,' however, that he thought the occasions upon which it was proposed that that declaration should be taken, were quite unexceptionable ; and lie should hope that the Dis senters themselves would readily concur in it. It was, as he (Lord J.illussell) understood, to be equally taken on such occasions by Churchmen and Dissenters. Mr. Secretary PEEL, in explanation, said that it was not his intention to extend the necessity of making this de claration beyond the cases of those who were now liable to the duty of qualifying. Mr. FERGUSSON, Mr. S. BOURNE, and Lord. J. Rus stet severally explained ; after which the Resolution— That it be an instruction to the Committee, and that they be hereby empowered to provide for the subscription of a declaration by all persons who would, under the existing l aw, be required to take their tests—..was agreed to nernine cantradieente. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the House then resolved itself into the Committee. Mr. Secretary PEEL laid upon the table his clauses, apologizing for the present defective state of their mecha nism ; the principle being strictly the same as that which he had io lately opened to the House, and the mechanism might be amended hereafter. As he had said before, he did entertain a hope that their insertion would insure a sa tisfactory issue to the Noble Lord's Bill, whom he begged to a s sure that he (Mr. Peel) would g ive every aid calcu lated to effect th e success of this measure. It was then moved mid agreed that these amendments form part of the Bill. The House then resumed ; the Chairman, R. GORDON', Esq, brought up the Report, which was ordered to be tek e n into consideration on Monday next; and the Bill, as am e nded, was ordered to be printed. BOROUGH OF PENRYN. Op the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL the House re solved itself into a Committee on the Penryn Disfranchise.. inert Bill, Sir A. GRANT in the Chair. Some pro forma steps were taken, and the House re sumed; the Chairman reported progress, and the further consideration of the Report, which he brought up, was fixed for Monday next. PASSENGERS' REGULATION BILL. Mr. Secretary HUSKISSON moved the Order of the Day on the second .reading of the Passengers' Regulation Bill. Mr. WARBURTON observed that various complaints aoe manner in which emigration was at present con ducted had been received from the Colonies, and were ge nerally to this effect—first, that the emigrants were pauper' ; secondly, that they were chosen from the nio , t abject classes of the community. Almost every page of the correspondence on this subject before the g o ose was full of these allegations. The Honourable B e ndel/lan then read extracts from the communications of sir Howard Douglas, Mr. Symons, Mr. Wedder burn, Mr. Stubbs, and Mr. Street—which represented that whole families arrived in the most dreadful destitution, ®wing to their extreme poverty at the time of embarkation ; t h a t large bodies, especially of the low Irish, were dis charged upon those countries in a squalid, loathsome, and disgusting state; that for the most part they were the most miserable race of emigrants ever seen. It was also made m atter of complaint that some of them had been disaffected or disconiented subjects at home. Now, the absurd incon sistency of all this was, that the very reason which the Com mittee of 1824, the Reports of other Committees, the repre aantations of the Parish Priests of Ireland, and Mr. New eo _ h a rp (who had written a book not very long ago upon the state of Ireland)---all agreed is urging as the most cogent g rounds for encouraging emigration were those, the exist.. vice nf Which wss so much deprecated in the correspondence. After a few further observations, the Hou. Member coacluded by saying, that unless the Right Hon. Gentl i e : I ran opposite (Mr. Huski sson ) wou ld agree to a t. 9 inquire into th e d e t a il s of the question, s pppose the further progr ess o f t h e measure. mhmtould Mr, VILLIERS STUART did not wish to impose any unnecessary restrictions upon shipowners, but he was strongly in favour of such regulation s as would insure the passe nger a sufficiency of space and provisions for the voyage. Mr. ROBINSON hoped this Bill would be persevered i n , and not be sent to a Committee. Mr. GRATTAN opposed the Bill. Mr. Secretary HUSKISSON could not agree with the Hun. Member that the questionwas so simple as he seemed to think- He seemed to hint that if it was right to en wage emigration at all, they ought to take no charge of . he manner i n w hi c h those who were forced by necessity to ' e migrate were provided with the means of subsistence „ t o n g their passage from this country. The Honourable pal t er spoke of them as if they had no claim on their n ative country—(hear)— country to which they had devoted years of labour and industry, till, perhaps, .7.1, changing circum s t ances of the country might have ,4 4 , 7 ,0 an excess of labour above the means of employ rag it, and thus obliged them to emigrate. No ; they were not to apply tA this question the abstract doctrines of t r „ ee trade, making a commodity of our fellow-creatures, ;: oman beings like ourselves, the most helpless too, the mos t unprotected and uninformed of th e community. In Z e R e ports on the table o f t h e House, which were to guide him in bringing this subject before them, the fact of di se ase being generated on board of these vessels, from want of food and of room, was abundantly proved. He (Mr. Huskisson) must say that there never was a more inge nious mode of reading an extract, he did not mean to speak invidiously, than that adopted by the Hon. Member for Bridport ; he had simply quoted from the letters he had alluded to, that the emigrants were the most squalid race the writer had ever beheld, _ without reading what preceded that opinion, and then proceeded to draw the in ference, that they were in that state when they left Ireland. Mr. WARBURTON said that if the Right Hon. Gen tleman would read to the end of the passage, he would see the object of the Colonists. The Hon. Gentleman then :read an extract from the letter, in which it was urged that the emigrants were paupers sent out by different parishes, to be rid of the trouble of supporting them. Mr. HUSKISSON begged to read to the Hon. Gentle man what preceded. The Right Hon. Gentleman then read an extract from the letter, which stated, that ships too much crowded, constantly arrived with disease raging on board. The lion. Member had spoken of the James, of Waterford, which carried out 164 passengers, 21 of which were ill of the typhus fever when they arrived at the end of the voy a ge, and said that it was proved that there • was no complaint of want of room there; but he forgot also to state, , that it was proved that there was st total want of food.—(Hear, hear.) But the evidence be fore them shewed, that in every instance where a ship was over-crowded, sickness prevailed, and there were parts of it which described these passage vessels to be in a more horribly disgusting state than French slave ships. Were they not called upon to put a stop to this ? Was the Hon. Gentleman to come with his theory of diseases, and his philosophy, and get this Bill, that was to prevent the repe tition of such misery as was suffered in the spring of last year laid to sleep in a Committee up stairs. But he (Mr. Huskisson) would not consent to that, and should it, in' spite of his efforts, be sent up stairs, he would recommend the Legislatures of all the Colonies to pass Acts to prevent emigrants in the state that had been described entering their ports.—(Hear, hear, hear.)—The Hon. Member ' for Waterford had stated the simple principle which ought to govern all Legislatures upon f his point, and he agreed with him entirely in the opinion he had expressed.— They were bound to see that these unfortunate beings had a sufficiency of the commonest food and water, and also that the water was secured in such a manner as to preserve it wholesome for the whole voyage. He had, however, an instance of water being carried out by a vessel in old casks, which had brought molasses from the West Indies, and another where the water was put in a cask that had brought hides from Buenos Ayres. Of course the water had become putrid before the vessel was well out of port. While this country was labouring under the disgrace of the American Slave Trade, when we first attempted to mitigate it by what was called the Middle Passage Bill, we regulated that no more than a certain mother should be taken an board, proportioned to the tonnage of the vessel. Should we not take as much care of our own countrymen as we had of Africa n Slaves? All that h e proposed by the Bill was to provide that there should be proper space for each passenger, and a sufficient supply of wholesome water. It had been spoken of as a hardship, that every Captain should be obliged to take the trouble to make out a list of his passengers. But surely the lion. Gentleman who made that complaint, could not be aware that every ship was obliged to give an account of every bale and parcel it had on board. Would it be much additional trouble to manifest the same care of fellow human beings ? He pro posed to read this Bill a second time that evening, and as he was desirous that the scenes exhibited last spring-- scenes which bad reflected in some degree disgrace and obloquy on them, for haviiig suffered them to take place— should not be repeated, he should endeavour to prevail upon the House to go into the Committee, and make such alterations as wsre requisite on as early a day as possible. Mr. HUME said that the warmth the Right Honourable Secretary had manifested appeared to him quite surprising, when he reflected with how much credit to himself he had heretofore advocated freedom of trade.—(Hear, hear.) — He (Mr. Hume) was taking pleasure in becoming one of his disciples, but he regretted that he could no longer be so. —(A laugh.)—His Hon. Friend near him, in opposi ng this Bill, was a cti n g consistently with himself. The. Right Honourable Gentleman was not acting consistently, for he was deviating from those general principles which he had himself laid down, and carried into effect in so many branches of our trade. The Right Hon. Gentleman had asked, if our fellow-subjects, in emigrating, had no claim upon our humanity. But what was the difference in their claim by their going abroad to better themselves, and when they remained at home and starved. What did the Government when they were starving here ? Why, they let them starve. Emigration was carried on to a great extent up to 1817, when, unfortunately, some distressing cases oc curred, which, like the present, were exceptions to the rule, and immediately that Nouse was had recourse to, and a Bill was passed almost putting an end to emigration al together, for it required that meat and biscuit and other things, which the parties could not afford, should be put on board. The Right Hon. Gentleman now only wanted biscuits put on board : but it was in Mr. Buchanan's evi dence respecting the Scottish emigrants that they wanted noting but oatmeal and water. It was also in evidence that the Irish emigrants sent out under the former Reso lutions, could not eat the beef provided for them, and that the plum pudding actually made them sick.—(Laughter.) —A number of complaints were made up to the time of the repeal of the Act in 1827, a repeal which he believed had the unanimous approbation of every person connected with trade and shipping. The Right Hon. Gentleman then had an admiration of free trade, and the repeal met his approbation also. If it did not, he (Mr. Hume) wondered that he, who was so constant an attender of that House, had not heard the Right Hon. Gentleman raise his voice against its being repealed. He wondered Gentlemen could in this manner at one time advocate one set of principles, and, when an emergency occurred, come down and support principles of a contrary nature. But this was not the fi rst t i me t h e R i ght Hon. Gentleman had wandered backwards and forwards in a manner that made it impossible to say where he would land at last.—(Hear, hear.)—He had begun well, and continued well for a time, but he had wavered, and now they had another deviation from the principles of free trade. If the present Bill were limited to the duration of a year, he might perhaps agree, although in principle he was altogether opposed to it. Sir J. NEWPORT said, that emigration had been ever free up to 1817, and that no inconveniences had resulted from it. Although not very friendly to emigration on the great scale on which it had been proposed by some persons, yet he did not wish that too great checks should be laid upon the present system ; and lie did think that Ministers were not correct in coining down to the House merely upon representations from par ticular person s , an d p ro p os i ng le gislative remedies for evils which were temporary, and had arisen from adventitious circumstances. The Right Hon. Baronet went on to say, that he could,have no objection to regulations if the country were to pay at the rate of 20/. or 30/. a man, according to the plan of the Member for New castle, but, tinder present circumstances, he deprecated legislative interference with emigration. Mr. WILMOT HORTON should enter his protest against the doctrine that this country could be relieved by sending paupers out to be received by the Colonies. That would not be acceded to by them, and even in America they no longer received those paupers who were produced in Ireland by the improvident system pursued by owners of property in that country. He contended that there was no room for attack upon him, on the ground that emigrants would not be able to•pay back any sums which might be advanced to them, as there was sufficient evidence to the contrary. Neither was th e Bill befor e th e H ouse an y in fraction of the principles of free trade, for it surely could not be such to call on the master of a ship to provide a sufficiency of water and of food for his passengers. The Gevernrueut was charged with attending to the representa tions of individuals, but was there no attention to be paid to the Governors of Colonies--to suclt men as those who . presided in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and New foundland ? Si r James Kemp the Go vernor, ' had stated that h e was o b l i ged, in Newfoundland, ' to fit up an hospital solely for the recovery of Irish emigrants . (Hear, hear.) Th e same d i sorder seemed to have reach. e d our neighbours, for during the last winter a Dutch vessel, the Helen M ar i a , f rom Amsterdam to Rio Janeiro, was obliged to put i n t o F a l mouth, dismasted. Herburden was bu t 240 tons—sh e carr i ed 312 passengers, and when she arrived at Falmouth it was found that from her crowded and filthy state there were s evera l cases o f typhus on hoard, produced principally from the bad quality of her bread and water. Mr. STANLEY bestowed the highest praise upon his Right Hon. Friend, who ~ had just s p o k en , f or t h e zeal he had s h elv e, in the midst of difficulties, in bringing into notice the subject before the !louse, at the same time that he regretted that the theoretical should have been mixed with the practical part of . the matter. With respect to the present Bill, he coin cided almost entirely with his Right Hon. Friend, but in expressing th a t opinion h e wished to make an observation or two on what had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Newport) and the Hon. Member behind him (Mr. Hume.) The former had argued with zeal, and treated the subject as an I r i s h- ' man, who thought it was the best pol icy for England to rid herself of the Irish population, which, reduced to a state of destitution at home, must seek a remedy abroad, if denied that must fall upon the people here. As to the Hon. Gentleman (his Hon. Friend, if he might be allowed so to call him) behind him (Mr. Hume), be would appeal s to the whole House, whether if one-half, or one •twentieth of the facts stated in the Report, were placed in his hands as grievances, whether he would not say it was a case the most grievous that ever was passed , unredressed— a case of gross remissness on the part of the Govern ment, and one which could not be passed over without the interference of the House.—(Laughter and cheers.)— As to impediments to emigration being an additional mi sery to Ireland, that must, he thought, follow from the trade at present carried on in emigration. For, in the . first place, if persevered in, it would indispose provinces,' now' anxious for emigrants, from receiving them, and oblige them to resist emigration, not only by hostile feel ings, but by legislative enactments. The United States had imposed restrictions on the importation of paupers, the consequence of which would be, that unless they took steps to prevent it the Colonies would be ruined ; and he therefore asked whether it was not better that the Mother Country should give aid by proper restrictions, than that the Colonies should pass laws for themselves. Under all the circumstances, he would support the Bill. Mr. PAULET THOMPSON was of opinion, that if any thing could prove that a Committee of the whole House was not the best place in which to examine into this subject, it was the spirit in which the Right Hon. Secretary for the Colonies had met the proposition of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Mime). That Right Hon. Gentleman might sneer at the desire of his Hon. Friend to do good, and might say— " Video meliora proboquc deteriora sequor ;" but he could not congratulate him upon the adoption of such a motto. After some other observations the Hon. Gentleman concluded by saying that he thought further evidence ought to be allowed, and that the House should not be forced to come to a premature decision. Mr. S. WORTLEY would give his support to the Bill. After a few words from Mr. A. BARING and Sir JOHN BERESFORD, the Bill was read a second- time, and com mitted for Thursday. The other Order; of the Day were then disposed of, and .the House adjourned at a Quarter to Eleven. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From tine Gazette de France, March 17.) TRIESTE, FEZ. 28.—Our accounts from the Archipelago are to Idle 12th. Count Capo d'lstria, entering on his functions as President of the Government, took the follow ing oath:— " I swear to attend conscientiously, and to the best of my judgment, to all the interests of the Greek nation which are confided to me. I swear by the Holy and In divisible Trinity to maintain the statutes of the State as they have been decreed by the National Assembly, and to gol ern according to the letter and the spirit of the laws passed at Epidaurus, Astro, and Trezene. I swear not to lose sight of the safety and happiness of Greece, and to labour without ceasing to accelerate its regeneration, in order that it may enjoy the advantages resulting from the Treaty of London of the 6th of July, 1827. I promise to submit my resolutions to the National Convention, which I will convoke in April." This oath was taken almost in the same terms by the Members of the Committee of Government; after which Count Capo d'lstria was installed as President of Greece, amidst acclamations of joy. The next day appeared the proclamation of the Senate, convoking the National Assem bly for the let of April. Count Capo d'lstria has invited the Assembly to assist him with all its power, and to take such measures that the army and navy may, above all things, submit to discipline. At the same time he an nounced that a French and a Russian frigate would shortly appear at Egina, to discipline the Greek marine, and to teach the manoeuvres of the naval service. The Greeks who were in prison at Napoli di Romania, as accused of the crime of piracy, have been set at liberty, with the exception of those who are liable to accusations for murder. The President published, at the same time, a proclamation to invite the Greeks to abstain from this crime, which will henceforth be punished with all the rigour of the laws. Small vessels have been fitted out to examine the most secluded bays, and to destroy the retreats of the pirates. Convinced of the necessity of meeting the calls of the state by extraordinary expenses, the President and the Government have agreed on the urgency of a new loan, which is to be negociated in England by Count Viaro Capo d'lstria, brother of the President, who is now at Corfu. The Ipsariot brig Hector, which accompanied the President from Malta to Egina, is said to have sailed to Smyrna, with a Commissioner of the Government on hoard, who is the bearer of despatches to Admiral De Rigny. It is said that the combined fleet are to assemble again in the Archipelago, where .they will be at the dis posal of the three Ambassadors, who are going to com mence new negotiations at Corfu. The persecuted Armenians of Constantinople have ap plied to their chiefs at Venice, requesting them to interest the Holy See in their favour.--Augsburgh Gazette. LISBON, MARCH 11.—The - Wellesley sailed this day with the 11th Regiment, for Coati. The 23d embarked on board the Ocean, but. remained in the river, and was to take the 20,0001. money to Malta, saved out of the Terror bomb, lost at Villa Nova de Milfontes. The 10th Regiment has embarked in the Revenge. The transports had left the Tagus with the 10th Hussars. The Portu guese troops have received orders to discontinue playing the Constitutional Hymn. It was said that Don MIGUEL was, on the 12th, at Villa Vicosa, under the pretence of sporting, but in reality to meet the Marquis de CHAVES.' All sorts of changes in the Ministry and Government of the country have been made, and from the Queen's party. Baron QurarELLo is going away, as well as other persons of distinction. Conde VILLA FLOR has been obliged to take shelter in an English. General's house. (From the Messager des Chambres of March 16.) CRACOW, MARCH 9.—A division of the Russian corps stationed at Lublin is gone to Chelm to replace the troops who have been sent to Bessarabia. All the depots have received orders to equip, train, and send immediately to the regiments, the recruits, in proportion as they are en rolled. At Warsaw, where the Hata Seheriff of the 18th Sept. was made known by the Augsburgh Gazelle, there is only one opinion —a cry of war--and the signal is im patiently expected from St. Petershurgh. The return of the Grand Duke Constantine, whose presence will decide the question, is looked for almost with equal impatience. The Senators appointed to examine into the affair of the Polish conspirators, are now engaged in drawing up the report to his Imperial Majesty. Several of these unfor tunate persons will be removed to St. Petersburgb, and it is presumed that in a few weeks sentence will be passed upon them. It is asserted that the answer of the Courts of Russia and Austria was received yesterday, respecting the disputes that have arisen in our legislative body, which were submitted to the three Sovereigns for their decision, I who are said to have declared that the composition of the present Elective Chamber by no means answered the views of the three Powers who, at the Congress of Vienna, had stipulated the integrity of the free State at Cracow; that the resolutions taken by that Chamber were reprehensible —and consequently its dissolution was indispensable. The old order of things is therefore going to be re-esta blished, and the President, Wooelcizke, who had been removed from his seat, is reinstated in it. It is said that a deputation from our city is going to Vienna to express the public gratitude to his Imperial Majesty. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(TIIIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH 18. —Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrived the Mary, Beacheroft, from Bombay. Arrived from Lon don, the —, Roy, for the Mauritius ; Redman, Freebody, 'for Gambia; Chieftain, Salmon, for Adeira; Metanda, Depson, for Grenada; and Foster, for St. Thomas's. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Wind 5.W...--.Sailed the Glutton, Lawton, for Honduras. FALMOUTH, MARCH 17.—Wind N. W. to N.N. W._ Arrived the Glasgow, Stewart, from St. Domingo; Myrtle packet, from the Meditermean, sailed from Corfu the 24th of January, Malta the let of February, Gibraltar the 4th of March, and Cadiz the 7th ditto. Sailed the Duke of Kent packet for Lisbon. Arrived off port the Achilles, Henderson, from the Mauritius. The Matilda, Bothwell, on shore on Bolt Point, River Plate, was got off the 10th of January. LIVERPOOL, MAncit 17.—Arrived the Cambrian, Airy, from Macaio ; Trent, Bristow, from Mobile; Cashmere, Whitney, from New Orleans; and Oliver, Blanshard, from Trieste. BRISTOL, MARCH 18.—Arrived the Active, Ash, from Terceira ; John, —, from Lisbon. Arrived off HoLviitAn the Tagus, —, from Lisbon. W ATERFORD, MARCH 15.—The Town of Liverpool (Steamer) on the rocks near the Hook Tower, fills every tide, and is expected to go to pieces; cargo discharging in a damaged state. On Monday night the celebrated clown, GRl mAtm, took his leave of the stage on the boards of the Sadler's Wells' Theatre, where lie first appeared forty years ago. The house was crowded in all parts by hun tlreds anxious to catch a last glimpse of their old comic favourite. . , AA &A, -41-1144 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1828. It is with heartfelt satisfaction that we direct public attention to the issue of last night's debate on the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. The Ministry have, with much wisdom, consented that instead of impiously receiving the Sacra ment in the way of business—Dissenters shall in future be called on to sign a solemn declara tion that, in accepting office, they will not / employ the power they acquire in subverting the Esta blished Church. Nothing surely can be fairer than that this security should be required, for with all our good will to the Catholics and the Dis senting Interests, we )ield to none, in an earnest hope that the superstitions of the one, or the infinite and varying creeds of the other, may never take the place of that defined and established standard of faith, which, guided by inspiration, is as pure as the Heaven from whence it emanates. Should the Dissenters refuse these terms, we shall give them credit for worse than insanity, and shall feel no pity for their case, if, in grasping at too much, and covering deep plans of hostility towards the Church of England, they fail in obtaining those just rights which are now within their power, without the compromise of dignity, conscience, or independence. Extracts from the Gazette de France of Monday will be found in another column; but there - is nothing new from Russia or Turkey. The Liberals in the French Chamber have gained another victory in the expulsion of the Member for St. Malo, the numbers being 177 to 153. By accounts from Greece it appears that Count CAPO D'ISTRIA has taken the oath as President of the Government. Accounts from Paris state, that in the course of fifteen days the Jean Bart is to sail from Brest, accompanied by four frigates, for Rio de Janeiro. By this it would appear, that the French negociations with the Emperor of the BRAZILS do not proceed in so satisfactory a manner as was expected. We ap- Prebend] that Don PEDRO will feel little at his ease with the French, Americans, and Buenos Ayreans all discontented with his Imperial proceedings, while his hopeful brother, Don MODEL, is cutting off his retreat to Portugal (if such should hereafter be ne cessary), by setting up as King on his own account. The next arrivals from Lisbon will probably an nounce the departure of the English troops, and the downfall of the Constitution. Don MIGUEL has played off the hypocrite with modest assurance while in this country, to which he would not have come but to raise a loan at the expence of our Go vernment. But the trick has failed through the spirited instrumentality of Sir FREDERICK Limn, and Don MIGUEL must now consult his mother as to the means necessary for carrying into effect her insi dious counsels. By the departure of the French and English troops, Spain and Portugal will be in a precious condition with two such rulers as FERDI NAND and MIGUEL. The Allgenzeine Zeitung of the. I2th inst., with the Austrian Observer of the 7th, have been received, but they throw no additional light upon the state of affairs in the East. The passage of the Danube is rendered so dangerous by floating masses of ice, that couriers are delayed several days on its banks. The report that the Duke of BRUNSWICK had embraced the Cathblicßeligion is said to have been unfounded. VIENNA, MAnctt 7.—Metalliques, 89i ; Bank Shama, 1,019. The Bill which is before Parliament for the repeal of Mr. PERCEV2tL' S Acts of 1808 and 1809, is a measure obviously necessary to prevent an undue waste of the public money. The plan proposed by Mr. PERCEVAL was to exchange 3 per cent. stock for an annuity on the life of an individual not under 35 years of age; and he calculated, that by convert ing the 3 per cent. stock into life annuities, while it \Vag at the low price of 68, he would facilitate the redemption of the public debt. MrePERCJIVAt was impressed with the hindrance which a rise in the price of the 3 per cents, would give to the redemp tion of the public debt. He saw plainly that it would be easier to purchase them at 68 than at 88 ; and there is no doubt, indeed, that our mode of borrowing money, by creating a great amount of nominal stock, which we may have to redeem at par, or a't least at a very high price, offers a serious ob stacle to the decrease of our debt. It was to pur chase it, therefore,'at the low price, that Mr. PER CEVAL bethought himself of this plan. He wished to clinch the bargain while it could be done with advantage; and with this single object his mind seems to have been so pre-occupied that he could think of no other. He, accordingly, was so set upon converting the 3 per cent. stock into life annuities, that he gave too much for them : he not only allowed the stockholder to retain the original dividend of 3 per cent. on the life of the annuitant, but he gave him 6 per cent. besides,—and all this on the faith that the Funds would rise, and that the public in this case would greatly profit by having previously con verted the 3 per cents. into life annuities. The plan was, therefore, a species of adventure on the Stock Exchange,—it was only to be advantageous in the event of a rise in the price of stock, and for this contingent advantage too high a price was given; the perpetual annuity was converted into a life an nuity at far too great an expence, and, accordingly, it appears now, when the public are duly alive to the nature of the transaction, that a loss is incurred of about 8,0001. per week. The first year, annuities to the amount of only 50,0001. were created; but they amounted last year to above 800,000/. and would, no doubt, still encrease, as the favourable terms on which they are given become more gene rally understood. Lord ALTHORP'S Bill will, of course, put a stop to these disadvantageous trans actions. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELVE 0' Cr oar. The English Funds have been quite uninteresting to day, and attended with trivial variation. Consols opened at 824 became buyers at Z, and have been 83 ; the pre sent quotation is 828 3. India Bonds remain at SS 9, and Exchequer Bills, 57 S pm. In the Foreign Funds the attention of the speculators has been chiefly directed to Portuguese Bonds ; late in the hours of business yesterday this security became extremely heavy, and declined from 71 2 to 69, and after hours they might have been procured, in all quarters, at 66k, which was the first price this morning; the impression, however, made by the intelligence received from Lisbon has been so serious as to bring sellers from all quarters, and the general feeling is, that no dependence can be placed on the Govern ment as administered by that pink of legitimacy, Don Miguel. From this cause the Bonds have still further gone down to 62, and remain in a state of great languor. Mexican Bonds are also lower, and 'Sii sellers. Brazilian and Russian are kept up by the exertions of a powerful party in their favour ; the former have given way a trifle, being 60i 61 ; the latter 85 3 1. In Shares, Brazilian Mines have declined to 43 45 pm. Three per Cent. Consols, 82i- 3 ; Ditto, for the Account, 828 3 ; India Bonds, SS 9 pm. ; Ex chequer Bills, 57 8 pm. FORRIGN.-Brazilian, 601 1 ; Buenos Ayres, 31 3 ; Colombian, 24 ; Danish, 60 4 ; Greek, 161 174 ; Mexican, 6 per Cent., 32 4 ; Peruvian, 23 4 ; Portu guese, 65 ; Russian, 85 ; Spanish, 10 1. MixEs.—Anglo Mexican, 65 60 dis. ; Brazilian, 43 45 pm. ; Colombian, 161 171 per share ; Real del Monte, 70 50 dis. ; United Mexican, 23 2 die. ; General Mining Association, 104 111 pm. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols are somewhat improved, and are 83i ; Portu guese Bonds have also undergone a trifling rise, and are 63 64. THREE O' CL O CB. Consols have bcex done at 83k, in consequence of a few purchases, they are now 83 THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There are this week small arrivals of most kinds of Grain, and not much Flour. The 'Wheat trade remains unaltered from Monday's report. Barley sells freely, and the stock nearly cleared away. Beaus and Pease are ex tremely dull in sale. Oats are held firmly at the reduc tion of Monday, as the boisterous weather preveate fur ther arrivals. Flour remains as last quoted. A it RIVAT , S, Wheat. ' Barley. Oast. I Flour. • 1,900 qrs. 2,050 qrs. 2,400 qrs. 3,4:losacks. - 1,700 Irish Foreign The Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the Princess AUGUSTA, and the Princess SOPHIA, visited the Duchess of CLARENCE yesterday, at her residence at the Admiralty. The Cabinet Council which was held At a late hour on Monday night, at the Foreign Office, did not break up till one o'clock yesterday morning. Captain BATTY arrived at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, about half-past one o'clock yesterday after noon, with despatches from Sir FREDERICK LAME, our Ambassador at Lisbon. The Captain also brought des patches for Mr. Secretary HusictssoN, from Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON. Soon after the arrival of Capt. BATTY, Mr. Secretary linsKtssoN, accompanied by the Captain, proceeded to have a conference with the Duke of WE L LING TO N which lasted a considerable time. Copies of the despatches were forwarded in the course of the afternoon to the KING, at St. James's Palace. ~About half an hour after the arrival of Capt. Rim, Capt. goro, R.N., arrived in a post chaise and four at the Admiralty, bringing despatches from Lisbon. The Captain had an interview with his Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE, who went with the dispatches tq his MAJESTY. The Captain landed at Brighton about nine o'clock yesterday morning, A Deputation of the Merchants of Bristol waited on the CITANCEf.LOR of the EXCHEQUER yesterday, at his residence in Downing - street, and had a conf erence with the Right Hon. Gentlman. Mr. HART DAVIS, the Member for Bristol, accompanied the Deputation. Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Arnim, sador, had an interview with the Duke of Wgriat:wrox yesterday. Eari ABERDEEN and Lord ELLENBOROUGE transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office, Down• ii)g:streetl Mr. Secretary PEEL transacted business yes terday with Mr. Secretary Husussow, at his residence in Downing-street. Mr. CROKER visited the CHANCELLOR of the gacHEQuEs. yesterday. Mr. DRAREEN, the King's Messenger, was sent off from the Colonial Office, Downing-street, about seven o'clock yesterday evening, with despatches from Mr. Secretary Husiussow for the Hon. General PONSONISY, the Lieutenant-Governor of Malta; and also for the Right I fon. Sir FREDERICK ADAM, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. A numerous Meeting of the Subscribers of LLOYI'S Coffee House, took place this morning, War. THOMPSON, Esq. M.P. in the Chair, who stated the re sult of the communications the Committee had with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to lessen the duties on Marine Insurances, and to which the Chancellor had re plied that however desirable such a reduction would be, for the present at least it was not possible. The Chair man also adverted to the new regulations at the Policy Office, relative to the payments of the stamp duties being made at Somerset House, instead of Lombard-street, and the inconvenience which would result from such a mea sure, the CHANCELLOR had, in consequence, consented to receive the payments at the Bank of England for the future, which was deemcd satisfactory. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 17..--. TO-day our mar ket was well supplied with both Beef and Mutton, which met sale at our last quotations, Beef .51d. to 64d., Mut ton 61d. to 74d. per lb. sinking the offals. On Saturday evening his Excellency the Marquis of ANGLESEA went for the first time in state to the Theatre. He was accompanied by the Ladies PAGET, and the whole of his splendid Court, and was received with enthusiastic applause. —Dublin Paper. There is a report of a serious accident hap pening to Gen. CLINTON, at Lisbon, who it appears, in passing, received a kick from a mule, which has seriously injured his leg. It is said the old QUEEN, on hearing of the accident, sent orders to have the mule purchased for herself, and expressed herself highly delighted at the me- • ritotious act of the beast. MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL SEECEAL QUARTERLY COURT OF THE DTHECTORS OF THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA cOMFANY. To-day, at a quarter past twelve, a General Quarterly Court was held at the East India House, made special for the purpose of 'submitting for confirmation the Resolution of the General Court of the I9th of De cember last, approving the resolution of the. Court of Directors of the sth of the same month, granting to Capt. Thomas Buchanan, the present superintendant of the Born - bay Marine, a pension of Eight Hundred Pounds per annum, on the grounds therein stated, and for other purposes. The minutes of the last Court were read. Upon the Resolution to grant the pension, a considerable debate took place. General THORNTON could not understand why in un qualified terms such a grant as this should be made to Captain Buchanan, who • had only held office for about eighteen months, and who was now in the prime of life. He proposed as an amendment that the pension should be granted until a suitable employment be provided for Captain B. Mr. GAnaoArr agreed with the General. The service. of Captain 8., however meritoi ions, had not been of that. signal kind by any means to demand such a compensation on leaving office. Sir H. LINDSAY (Chairman) said, though this Officer's services had not been long, yet he had for many years been looking up to this situation, which yielded about 3,000/. a year, and during that time he had held but a subordinate office. On his being superseded now by another officer, approved of by the Court, there being no fault to be found with his conduct, an d h e hav i ng had reason to suppose he might have held the office for a length of years, the Court of Directors had thought him entitled to tie' Ha a-year. If, however, it were proposed as an amend :nent, that the pension should be granted till the Captain should be otherwise employed, he (the Chairman) should not oppose such an addition to the resolution, but to say, till he was otherwise provided for, implied a pledge on the. part of the Directors to provide for him, which he appre liended could not be given. Finally General Thornton withdrew his proposed amend ment, that the Chairman's might be substituted for it, and which was carried unanimously. Mr. Dam; now begged to ask for his own information, whether the grant of a pension of this sort was to 1 - ) deemed payable to the guarantee, even after the Company itself might be dead.—(Laughter.) The CHAIRMAN hoped the Company would never die (Repeated laughter)—but should it, he had no doubt of it , being understood that such pensions were only to be con sidered payable during the Company's life time.—(Con tinued laughter.) A DruEcToa apprehended the worthy Chairman ha;l misunderstood the question, otherwise he would not have made such an answer. The fact was, the Company wa,) a chartered body, and the pensions granted by it were re gulated precisely and subject to the same terms and dura tion that all pensions were granted by all other bodies re gulated by Acts of Parliament. DISMISSAL OF MR. COURTENAY ~ O f which notice had been given by Colonel Stanhope. , _ That this Court of Proprietors has heard with regret . that 111 r. Courtenay Smith, Chief Judge of the Stu:, reme Nativ o The Secretary having read the following motion Court, in Bengal, has been suspended fro.:, h is office, fo, having expr esse d th e f o ll ow i ng op i n i on, na.rnei., .., "tn, , at. as suits app ea l e d t o th e aut h or i t i es in E ng l an d, 4 ,. , decided by them aft er man y year; and as the p er i o d of. th, Hon. Company's Charter will sho r tl y exp i re, and ~ i: i f , t h e e r th t e h r e i t exzi l t l a b t e i e r n e n o e f w t e l d is , p as re t s h e e n t go C v l e ta r r u t p e it I s tincz.rtain. n t of the coun try will be assumed by his Majesty; in my opinion, the , ecurity of the Government is Nutth as cannot be accepted. But as this is an uncommon circumstance, it requires the concurrence of another judge, 2dly. That Mr. Canning, when President of the Board ~f Control, acted upon the same principle as that for which Mr. C. Smith has been condemned, the former having re fused to sanction a pension which extended the grant be yond the period of the East India Company's charter, 3dly. That the conduct of the Government in suspend— ing 'this most upright Judge for expressing his honest opi nion, is calculated to corrupt the fountain of justice, in British India ; and that Air. C. Smith, in laying dowz4 the rule of equity, and protecting the weak from the stwong,, has done his duty, and deserves the approbation of this. Court, The CHAIENIAN rose and said that, in answer to, the gallant officer's motion, lie had to inform the Court that, the writers of the East India House, had been examined, and that no information had been received on the subject. Colonel STANHOPE thought that if there was no infer oration received on this subject, there bad been great re missness on the part of the Government in India, The subject had been before Parliament, and was tho topic of general conversation in this country for five or six month. past. As the Indian Government had not transmitteit any information on the subject, perhaps the Court would ac cept some information even front ao humble an individual as himself. The fact was, that Mr. Courtenay Smith had been dismissed by the Indian Government for giving a conscientious opinion in his judicial capacity, on a ease which Mule before him, between a subject and the Go vernment. Colonel Stanhope was proceeding to read a printed report of the case 411tIded to, when The CHAIRMAN interposed, and hoped the Hon. 'is_ prietor would suspend his motion until the Court Direc tors hio received some inf orma ti on on thern Col. STANI IOPE sa id, t h at the circusta Direr :lce was stated in Parliam en t by M r . B roug h am, an d n, t d en i e d . The Cu AI am N sa id M r . B roug b "4nt had postponed his motion in P ar li amen t, on t h e very ground he bad now taken the lib er ty t o suggest t o the Gallant Colonel. ' Colonel STANHOPE, after a few words, consented so postpone his motion. CARNAric COMMISSION. Captain Mitxrtsaz brought forward a motion respect ing the Carnatio Com Mission. He stated that the Com mission had hem in existence for twenty-three years, and had coat upwards of two millions of money. The whole amount of claims which the Commisl,ion was appointed to inquire into was about 30,000,000, of which the Commissioners decided absolutely and provisionally for claims to about two millions and a half, and against claims amounting to 27,000,000. The CHAIRMAN begged to refer the Hon. Proprietor to the report before the House of Commons, by the Commis sioners, on the 10th of this month, and after that he would put it to the Hon. Proprietor whether he would not with draw his motion. The Report having been read, Capt. AfaxnELn expressed himself satisfied, and with drew his motion. STAMP ACT. Colonel STANHOPE said, that the motion which he hal now to offer to the Court was relative to a measure which certainly sounded ominous to the ear, for a Stamp Act it was that lost to this country British America. - The' Stamp Act in India was alike unjust and imp-. Stamp n litic, illegal and dan gerous . Thi s A ct was secretly canvassed by the Board at Calcutta, an d secret l y sent over to this Court, wh ere it was a l so secret l y discussed and sent t o t h e B oar d o f C ontrou l, w h ere i t was again secretly cons id ere d, an d sent once aga i n to Calcutta as a law, bi n di ng t h ose w h o were w h o lly ignorant of every thing about it u n til it h a d been finally adopt e d. lion forTheCthHeaptritodmAttean Ntiherenf papersinterfered and relating said i d to the ta tha that in amo _pct, it was not en o r d er t o discuss the measure itself. which was at length his w ct t . A uramr it l uo o dta n aito , e d:no fbaymotion,Col.hdiscussione prse s eAw r n e wht : i t i i n :, ,virt P t : o : gi a att lic!ilnniabesgwreinianfntugaiolntlltt3gi,hetedeot iotsflpoeiltro:afsloeilitrsilomeldffnrutteallix,:ii:! before the meeting.:afe:rceoo now m pp Company, prosecutions rn a iyn i d ,g , had been instituted against anti that a trial had taken tc j ,l , : : : eat r l t Meeting,Tt. e a e in e o ne D 3 tnc h qp i C tr ec e e l e il u A s e h ot t A i h to f o a ra r sit bs t t lAte h :N a i n al d sanart n iied o tth t ti e hie s eraiett o i w f pt whraiselni printed intention t e was then prepared to lay before them. Mr. GA NAGA X wished to know if it was the intention them. penraticotniceofwapsritnotilnagy Mr. GAHACIIAN had to ask a questiiin relative to pro ceedings in the Treasury department. Captain PRESCOTT then rose, and said that he was happy to appear again before them after an absence of nine months, without a stain upon his character. His wish was, that the Court should examine all those papers as closely as possible, as without being possessed of their con ti,lence, he was not the man who could continue to sit within that Bar.—(Hear, hear.) Some further business of no public importance then took place, after which the Court adjourned. AT R E.---Th e ap i),.arCVan°eeEofNKTEtA, Y R o D u E N N G, and iil lEC. KENILLE, as Othello, Jago, and Cassio, attracted an immense crowd here last sight. Hundreds were unable to obtain admission, and a rpikeral uproar ensued, which was only terminated by Mr. KEMBLE'S proposing to return the admission money of who were inconveniently situated, and felt inclined i„ leave befote the oommtneement of the second act, rievance 4 )een told I opprei- opp!TS- conjure at relief 1, would of secu• ; will, no t protec diasent lay pos- Lsed, eon :ancea, to ijoyment at length in favour Aeta—l think he ke some 4 State 4 re is no d be en [thy for ter into (duct of ry as au and I security Dssess if I affirm as an Roman ications, pposite, ring the known of the Church that the to pro mgthen• ssential a's Bill, iament, le Con senting ing this Eng :Hear.) during ite and respect 1 confi•• nd die , what in. It asper onduct PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock . shut 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons 33 2%, 334 per Cent shut Ditto Red shut 4 per Cent. New looli li Ditto, lEeti Bank L. Ann, shut India Stock shut Ditto Bonds ...... ...... —pm. PRICSS OF PORTION FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent Brazilian Bonds 60% Buenos Ayres Bonds 32 Chilian Bonds, 6 per et. 25q Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824. 6OS Danish, 3 per cent. 604 Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 Cruatnnala — Mexican 80nd5.,.. 24% Do. 1825 31% iX, DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock — Old Annuities shut New Ditto — Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 57 58 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 57 58 pm. Ditto Small ... . 2d. 57 58 pm. Ditto Commerc ial pm. Bank for Account India for Account .. Cons. for Ae . 82% s 2T, THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Rends 23 Portuguese 80nd5.... 68 5 4 4 Prussian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New — Russian, New B5 1 4 Spanish, 1821 leg% - 18V3 French Rentas, sp. c. —f —c. -- Exchange —t. —c. .....-- 3 per cent...— —f. —c. _____. Exchange —f —c. PRICKS OF MURES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Brazilian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £TO Columbian Mining Co. (►as. at 51. pm.) £3214 COURSE OF EXCII4 Amsterdam C.F.12 29 Ditto, at sight 11 191 Rotterdam 2U. 12 3 Antwerp l2 3 Hamburgh M. B. 13 Ili Altona 13 11# Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 60 Bordeaux 25 65 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 1501 Petersburgh , r01e... 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective fl. 2 }J. 10 3 Trieste do. lO 3 Madrid 34%, Cadiz 35% Bilboa 35% Barcelona 35 Seville 3SM Gibraltar 46 NOE YESTERDAY. Per Share. TO 69 17 Leghorn 4B Genoa 25 50 Venice Malta Naples 39% Palermo per oz. 1174 Lisbon 46 Oporto 46% Rio Janeiro 3l Bahia 34 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork BULLION, PEI OZ X s. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gal, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 Silver. bars, standard 0 0 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...s6 minutes after 4.1 Evening ....15 minutes after 5. TO THE GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, AND FREE HOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF ANGLESEY. GENTLEMEN, HAVING accepted an office in the House hold-KAI of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, my seat in Parliament, as your Representative, has become vacant, and I again present myself to your notice as a Candidate for RE-ELECTION to the like Honour, with those im pressions of confidence which long experience of your kind ness, and the uniform support I have met with at your hands, inspire. Gentlemen,—l am aware that, on the present occasion, I appear before you under new circumstances, but you will not fail to appreciate justly the motives that have led me to accept the office I hold ; and I trust that, should you again distinguish me by your choice, I shall not be found wanting in a due attention to my Parliamentary duties, or to the particular and local Interests of my Constituents. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most faithful and obedient servant, Dublin, March 17, 1628. UXBRIDGE. THE Subscribers to the proposed MONU MENTAL TROPHY to His Late MAJESTY, are requested to meet the Committee and Sub-Committee, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 2d of April next, at Two o'clock pre cisely, for the purpose of Settling Outstanding Claims, ap propriating the Subscription, and other Business. By Order of the Sub• Committee, C. BLEADEN, Hon. Secretary.