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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. gOUSF. OF LORDS, Arm 15. Mr. Leveck presented &terns of • the quantity of each of Britiyli Corn sold 'in Mark-lane, during the last Fe le vearQ. Dr. PHILLIMOItE and others from the Commons, Itrought up the Penrvn Witnesses Indemnity Bill. Mr. TENNTSEP: and others brought up the Bill for th, Naturalization of Frederick William Jacob. Mr. Fosee a presented returns from the Liverpool Dad, Company. The Earl of ELDON presented a petition from the Ma gistrates and other inhabitants of Kilmarnock, in the ccnnty of Ayr, against any further concessions to the n o . man Catholics. UNITARIAN MARRIAGE BILL. The Earl of ELDON, in presenting a petition from certain clergymen of 'Staffordshire against the Unitarian Marriage Bill, was anxious to take some notice of a statement mad' . in a certain newspaper, respecting his conduct as con - nected with the Bill which was before their Lord ships in the last Session of Parliament. It was not his practice to offer any observation N the House upon the occasion of presenting petitions, being ge nerally of opinion that the petitions should be left to speal: for themselves, but iu the present instance he felt that he ought to correct the erroneous statement which appeared in the publication alluded to. It was there stated that he undertook to propose the introduction of such clauses into the Bill as would remove all objection to it on the part of the Clergy of the Established Church, whilst at the same time it would afford relief to the Uni tarians. It would be in the recollection of their Lord ships that he had entered into no such undertaking, and that he n ever h e ld ou t, eithe r to th e House or to the public, any such promise. He had merely declared that if the House should persist in forwarding the Bill to a second reading, he would then be prepared to'offer such amendments as would make the Bill leas objectionable than it was in its original form. The Bill was brought in at a very late period of the last Session, and the business of another office, which the Noble and Learned Lord then held, necessarily occupied so very great a portion of his time as to leave him • little opportunity of Attending to any other matters, however interesting they might happen to be. It was now, however, said by the publication in question, that he undertook to bring in an Unitarian Marriage Bill in the present Session of Parliament, whilst, in fact, be never even dreamt of such an undertaking. There could he no question, but that if he, .nr any other Noble Lord, should pledge lair iself in a former cession to bring forward a particik r measure in a estbeequent one, it would be still open to him to withdraw from that promise, if, upon feather consideration, lit he& any reason to alter his former judgment.— The Noble Lord's opinion always was with respect to the Unitarian Marriage Bill that a relief vas asked which was 'not at all necessary, regard being had to what the marriage ceremonies of this country were. But if Parliament granted any such relief, then it appeared to thata Bill much less objectionable than the one presented to , the House last Session might be brought in. It, however, having been the Noble Lord's opinion that no such Bill should be passed, he ventured to affirm that he could not in/reentered into such undertaking. He was sure be spoke in the hearing of Noble Friends, who could corroborate his assertion. One of those in particular (Lord Tenterden), he well remembered, proposed a very considerable number of useful amendments; but until the publication, the Noble Lord alluded to, appeared, he knew net what had become of those amendment'. He would not have thus troubled the House,' except to hope that if any Noble Lord 'ntended to bring in a Bill respecting Unitarian marriages, noseuch step would be delayed by any thing to be expected on his part. He now declared that he had never made smell an undertaking, and further, that should a Bill of the nature of the one which bad been brought into the House last Session, be again brought forward, he ehould certainly feel it his duty, on the introduction of that Bill, to zay " Not Content," Nevertheless, should judgment, with respect to the measure, be overruled, and if it appeared that such a Bill should he read a second time, he should do his utmost to make that Bill as good as ;it could he with his assistance, reserving to himself the right of forming a judgment, as to whether, on the third read ble, of it, he ought to say Aye or No. Lord ELDON then presented a petition of a-similar na ture to one presented during a former Session from the Electote of the Borough of Penryn, praying their Lordships not to pasa the Bill that had been brought in for disfran chising that borough, and that the petitioners might be heard by Counsel against it. ills Lordship then moved that Captain Wm. If, Robinson, R.N., John Stone ' Thomas Pierce, Richard Jannr, James Piper, anti several others, /night be ordered to attend this !louse with respect to that NIL In presenting this petition and making this motion, the Noble Lord meant no moors than at present merely to lay them before the How. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he could corro borate the Noble Lord's statement who had just sat down with respect to the Unitarian Marriage Bill. That Noble Lord bad certainly made 10 sitch assertion as it was now asserted he had. The Noble garquis had a perfect recol lection of what passed. not only from the circumstance of his having been the individual who brought that Bill into the House, but because about a fortnight ago he had re ceived a letter from a person calling himself Secretary of the Unitarian Association, and requesting him to call upon the Noble Lord ( . Eldon) to fulfil his pledge.— The Noble Marquis wrote an answer stating that the Noble Lord had made no such pledge. He knew not whether that answer had been received hut he had now received another letter abusing bins for the neglect of his duty. That individual had, it seems, resorted to the public newspapers for the purpose of bringing the Noble Lord to account.—(Loud laughter)--The Noble Marquis added for dee character of the Vnitarian Association, that he had applied to that body for the purpose of ascer raining whether such an individual represented them or not, and the reply was, no such person Was known to them. Lord ELDON observed, that he had also teeelved a lOW . from the individual alluded to, and which began by saying that he would publish it iu the Morning Herald, in C'arlile'.e Zion, and other publications, which at the mo ment h e e f n e 'd not recollect.—el,lear, and laughter.)-- as e further state* f that he had often hid the fate to see his name appearing in 1 0 very respectable colours inethe news papers. Several petitions were p r esented for the repeal of the Test Acts, and also against fiftlher concessions to the Ca hnlic.s. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE premted petitions front the surgeons of Liverpool and Leeds, arJ neighbourhend, praying for measures to he adopted for the facilities of dis.. A petition to the same effect was presented from the inetlical students of Glasgow. Lord MA LMESBURY gave notice that he should move, nn the 23t1 instant, the second reading of the County Lunatic and Pauper Lunatic Asylum Bills. Lord GODCRICI - 1 moved for returns of the gold and silver imported auto this country, as far as regarded the re• ceipt of it, by tLe Mint during the last year; also, for an account of the sunk Notes circulated through England, Scotland, and Ireland. Lord MALMESBURY moved fee certain Returns with resp Net to Poore' Rates, Way Rate, :i.nd Church Rates. lie hoped 1 , - hat some Bill would he brought 14. by come Mem ber for the purpose of having such Returns regularly laid before the flotNe. rquit of LAN. snow NE that the On the inotion of the .lla sill for consolidating the laws foe Offences against the Person be read a third time, Earl GREY said, that he had no ohjeet.i,,g) to the Bill introduced by the Noble Marquis ; but, apolocizing for his not having spoken on the subjecE during its second rea.dic,, he felt himself called upan to object to the omis sion of the clause, which provided that the bodies of mur derers should not be given to surgeons for dissection ; he wa s n,e,t one of those who had ever felt hiwisei f disposed rrt conts,nd for the punishment which the law attaches to the perpet,;ation of crime being made heavier than neces sity called for, and he could not see the necessity of a prac tice which appe a :ed to him to be useless and cruel. The general character of the laws of this country was that they were too sanguinary, ail this being so, seemed to afford Lim still greater grounds foe proposing the amendment, to which be thought it necessary ID call the attention of the ifouse. It certainly did appear necessary that a difference should be observed in the punishment of those convicted of the greatest offence next to tr eason , the crime of murder ; but to say, that the law which made that difference to consist in giving the bodies to the surgeons for dissection—to say that the existenc e of that law had any effect upon the minds of the individual s who had already eonreived the perpetration of the crime, or in its operation was attended with any salutary terror, or seem e d to keep op a horror of the crime, did not, in his opinion, express the real effect of its existence. The grounds for the altera• tion in that part of the Noble Marquis's Bill to which he alluded was the great difficulty chic': the existing laws threw in the way of procuring subjects fur anatomy. M any petitions bad been presented by persons engaged in acquir ing the science of surgery, complaining of the great impe diments occasioned by such laws ; and he (Earl Grey) be lieved they complained with justice of their e xistence, but he hoped that the difficulty would be soon' at an end, for he (Earl Grey) considered that the circumstances of givine the bodies of murderers for dissection, threw a great difficulty in the way of procuring subjects; inasmuch as that it excited in the minds of the community a greater horror of the thing generally. He attributed to himself much blame for not proposing the measure to their Lordships' consideration as an amendment, on the second reading of the Bill ; however, he would now move for such an altera tion, and he hoped that their Lordships would perceive the necessity there was for it. He remembered, and he had no doubt but that their Lordships also remembered, the intro duction of a Bill into the other House of Parliament, the purport of which was to grant the power to Judges of ordering for discretion the bodies of any persons convicted of capital offences ; that Bill was ably and effectually opposed by a Learned Sergeant, then aZlember of that House, who to the experience of a Lawyer, added that discretion which liaJ ever distinF,nished him as a Judge. The measures propgsed were deemed impolitic, and the_Bill was accord ingly thrown out;—and he had now to suggest to their Lordships the expediency of removing entirely the distinc tions in the punishment of capital offences, which consisted in ordering the bodies of murderers for dissection ; and would, therefore, move that the clause referring to that subject should he again restored, as it was originally in the Bill. Lord TENTERDEN rose to express his concurrence in the sentiments delivered by the Noble Earl. He would, however, take the liberty of expressing- his doubts as to whether the measure would be beneficial or not. When the Bill came a second time before the House, he (Lord Tenterden) was not present ; but it was not yet too late, 'even at the third reading, to restore the Rill to the state in which it was originally presented. The Noble Earl (Grey) seemed to think, that by the adoption of such a measure, subjects for anatomy may be obtained with greater, facility; whether the result would be so or not, lie Lord (Tenter den) could not tell ; but he did think the law, which obliged the bodies of murderers to he given for dissection, was not an additional terror to the person who had de liberately planned the perpetration of the horrible crime of murder, for that when a man had arrived at such a degree of depravity as to reflect upon a crime of so heinous a nature, and calmly to premeditate its perpetration, it was his opinion that his thoughts were never taken as to its result--he hoped it was not y et too late to re-amend the Bill, and bring it before their Lordships in the state' in which it was originally presented. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE expressed his con currence in the amendment proposed by Earl Grey, and took the opportunity again to advert to the great diffi culties thrown in the way of procuring subjects for ana tomy, which, he said, was the only barrier against ac quiring a knowledge of the science, and was driving out of the kingdom every year more and more medical stu dents, and obliging them to have recourse to other coun tries where such difficulties did not exist. The Noble Marquis also proposed as an amendment that the pe nalties contained in the clause, against procuring abortion by physical means should not extend to accoucheurs. Earl GREY said, that, as the Noble Marquis and Lord Tenterden seemed to acquiesce in the amendment proposed by him, he would forthwith move for the re assertion of the clause to which he had alluded. The Bill, with its amendment, was accordingly read a third time, and passed. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, for the third reading. of the Bill for amending • the Law of !'Evideire in certain cases, some verbal amendments were agreed to, and the Bill was passed. The House adjourned at Six o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aran. 15. A person from the Liverpool Dock Trustees Trusteei brougl up an account of the dock and light duties. Mr. PLANTA moved for a new writ for the borough of Ennis, in the room of Mr. Frankland Lewis, who has accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition from the inhabitants of St. Paul's, Shadwell, praying that they may be beard by counsel against certain clauses in the Lond‘4l Docks lid!. 'Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented another petition from the trustees for watching and lighting Wapping, against certain claims in the Whiteehapel Roads Bill. Mr. BELL presented a petition from the Mining Districts of St. Catherine, Durham, praying that the im portation of foreign lead might not be allowed. _ _ _ Mr: FERGUSSON presented a petition from the Magis trates and Ministers of Paisley, praying for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Mr. ALEXANDER DAWSON presented six peti tions from various pat ishes in the county of Louth, in fa your of the Catholic Claims. Col. DAVIES moved that Dr. Phillimore be added to the Committee on the Cities and Boroughs Poll Bill.— Agreed to. Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved for returns of the ex ports and imports of Ireland iu the years 1720, 1760, 1790, 1800, 1810, and 1820, distinguishing the nature of the goods and the caunty from whence imported, the value, and,the gross amount of revenue collected during these periods. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented dpetitioa from the Friendly Society of Botley, praying that the Friendly Societies' Bill might not pass into a law until they should have an opportunity of being heard against it.—Referred to the Committee on the said Bill. Colonel BAILEY presented a petition from the mer chants and traders of Hendon, in Yorkshire, against the Aire and Calder Navigation Bill.—Referred to the Com mittee. Mr. CAPEL presented a petition from the inhabitants of the South of Durham, praying to be heard by Counsel against certain clauses in.the Tees Navigation Bill. Lord DUNCANNON presented petitions from the Ca tholics Of various parishes in the county of Kilkenny, praying for " free and unshackled Emancipation."—Laid on the table. Mr. PONSONBY presented a similar petition from Yonghal. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a person named Thomas Poynter, of Fulham, against the Hammersmith Bridge Road Bill.— Referred to the Committee on the Bill. . „ Mr, LITTLETON presented a petition front the Trus tees of a road in Staffordshire, complaining of the costs on Turnpike The Hon. Membe'r presented a similar petition from the Trustees of the Bit mingham road. Mr. BERNAL postponed a motion for which he bad given notice for Thursday next, to Thursday, May 3. Mr. HUME presented a petition front the Weavers of Kilmalloa, in the Queen's County, complaining of distre=s arising frn.n tithes, taxes, and the want of employment, and praying for the introduction of the Poor Laws into Ireland. On the motion of Mr. TENNYSON the order for com mitting, the East Thetford Disfranchisement Bill wns dis charged, and it was ordered that the Bill should be re committed on the 2d May. The Hon. Member's object in moving for this postponement was to wait and see bow the other House wouki dispose of the Bill. FEES ON TURNPIKE BILLS. , Mr. LITTLETON rose to move the resolutions of which he had given notice, for exempting Turnpike Bills from fees on renewals. The subject had already been before two Committees, both of which recommended the aboli tion of those fees ; but notwithstanding those recommen - dations the fees existed, and were much larger than the fees which were paid on what were called Naturalization Bills. He had some documents which would prove that the subject of fees on the renewal of Turnpike Bills was one of great im portance. The floating debt due by Turnpike Trusts, for which in fact those Trusts were mortgaged, was enor mous. in England the amount of the debt was 4,437,5001. and the annual interest was 500,5811. The debt of the trusts in Wales was 231,18(57., and the interest 34,11'2/. ; and in Scotland the Trusts were mortgaged for 1,733,000/. and the interest paid was 213,000/. The total sum for which the whole Trusts cf . England, of W a l e s, and of Scotland were mortgaged was c.)39,7081. independent of the great an nual charge for maintaining and repairing the roads. Having brought thi s subject before the House last session, he (Mr. Littleton) was in possession of communications on the subject, and all those communications led him to the conclusion that the Turnpike Trusts throughout the country were breaking down with the weight of the debts with which they were now Membered. The re ceipts of some trusts were actually iosidficient to pay the fees on their renewal, which happened on au average once in seventeen year s. The ordinary expense of a Turnpike 'Frost Bill in both Houses was about 1481._ The lees in the House of Commons amounted to 83/., and the fees in the Lorde to fail. ; but this was a single Bill, the feast expensive description of Bill. He had received let ters from Devonshire, w hich stated that 2781 . had been paid for fees on one bill, 280/. on anothe r , an d 2731. on a third, In poor csonties the expense of renew ing those bills was very great. In Glam6rganshirelast year the expense was 1,0007., and that was a very poor county. He should propose first that from and after the end of the present Session of Parliament all Bills containing among other matters a provision for the renewal or repeal of any Acts of Parliament now in force for turnpike-roads be free from the payment of 'the fees now chargeable by the Resolutions of the House; secondly, that the Com mittees upon Petitions to bring in Bills of this de scription should be dispensed with ; and thirdly, that in eases where the parties applying for a renewal of those Pills had complied With the standing orders ; sish Bills should be engrossed and printed at the public expense. He was aware that under those resolutions, a party having in view other objects than the renewal of a Turnpike Bill, might avoid the payment of fees ; but in order to meet that, he should propose that no Bill which, under the pre tence of avoiding hills or bad ground, should extend the old line of road by more than one fourth, should be con sidered a renewal Bill, and therefore discharged from the payment of fees, but that such Bills should be chargeable with single fees and no more. The last resolution which he intended to submit to the House was one of very great importance, and one which deserved the serious considera tion , of tne House, as the object of that resolution was to extend the renewal period from 21 to 31 years. By the three first resolutions, a saving of 234/. in passing each Bill would he effected, and if the last resolution were agreed to, the saving would be greater than he could state with any degreeof accuracy. It was well known that although the re newal period was at present 21 years, that those Bills were upon an average reneweeonce in every 17 years, and that the average expense of each renews! amounted to two years' revenue of the trust. The Hon. Member con eluded by moving his final resolution. Mr. SPEAKER having put the question, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, as he was not at present aware of the extent of the resolutions to be submitted by the Hon. Member for Staffird, he did not feel himself called upon to enter into a de tail of his opinions upon the subject; and be was the less inclined to do so, because he understood it to be the intention of his lion. Friend to postpone to a fu ture occasion the discussion upon those resolutions. He trusted, however, that he should be excused for offering one or wiz) observations to the notice of the House upon the resolution which had been submitted. The question of fees involved not only the interests of those who ap plied to pass those Bills, but it also involved in a great degree the principle upon which fees were demandable by this House, and he thought it would be well if the Ikon, before it acquiesced in the resolutions proposed, considered what effect such Acquiescence might have upon other branches of fees likely to come under the considera tion of the House The House must recollect that the fees payable upon those Bills were applied to public ob jects, and that if those were cut off the House must vote the means for defraying those public charges, which were heretofore defrayed out of those fees. By the pre sent practice Bills, which were strictly renewal Bill 4, were chargeable with the lowest scale of fees, hut if the resolution now proposed were agreed to, he thought the House might as well give up the fees altogether upon private BiHs, as there could be no difficulty in intro ducing into a private Bill of any description a clause for the renewal of a Turnpike Bill. He did not, however, mean to oppose the resolution at present, but should re serve his objections to a future occasion. After some observations from Sir CHARLES Bunarm., Sir T. LETHBRIDGE, Sir R. GORDON, Mr. HOHE Daum- MOND, and Mr. BURRELL in support of the Resolutions, Mr. BARING said he did not see how the passing of those resolutions could affect the,fees chargeable upon those Bills in the Howe of Lords, and he therefore suggested that after the expiration of the first twenty-one years the Bill should be considered to he in force until some notice of a proposed alteration by the Turnpike Trust were given. Mr. LITTLETON having replied, and entered into a detail of the advantages to be derived from his resolutions, Mr. MUNDY suggested the propriety of postponing the further consideration of the Resolutions to Monday next. _Postponed accordingly. ROMAN CATHOLIC LAND TAX. Mr. G. BANKES moved the postponement of the further consideration of the Report upon the Bill to Monday next. —Agreed to. NEW POST-OFFICE. Mr. GORDON moved for a return of the sums ex pended in providing a site for the. New Post Office, and building the same—distinguishing the proportion defrayed or to he defrayed in the city of London. Sir J. NEWPORT and Mr. HUME expressed their approbation of the object of the mover, and they thought it desirable that the expences of this building should be kid before that House instead of being as hitherto defrayed out of the Post-Office Revenue, without the intervention of that House. Mr. HUME concluded by asking if the expensive range of building which was Row going forward at Liverpool, for the purposes of a Custom House, was to be at the expense of the Revenue, or at the expense of the Corporation. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that with respect to the Post Office, whatever objection there might be upon that subject, he c.,uld assure the Hon. Member that it had not been adopted without a great deal of discussion up stairs ; and with respect to the building at Liverpool, he could inform the Hon. Member that the Corporation of Liverpool entered into an agreement, by which they hound themselves to find the site, and also to contribute all the expenses which might be incurred above a stipulated sum. After a few words from Col. DAVIES, Mr. BARING, and Mr I GORDON, the returns moved for were agreed to. Sir ROBERT WILSON presented a petition from the Olive Branch Friendly Society assembling at the Two Brewers in Red Cross-street, against the Friendly S e . cieties Bill. Mr. S. RICE moved the second reading of the Execu tors Bill, which was agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be committed on Friday. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. The anxiety of the public mind grows daily and hourly more intense. " Penelope ;or Love's Labour Lost," is on the eve of publication. Nothing else is talked or thought about. The public offices are all at a stand still. The river is crowded with ships, and so are the East and West India Docks; not one captain will sail without a cargo of the new novel, for they have received assurances that they will not be allowed to unload unless they bring an abundant supply. It is rumoured, by the hest- authority, that no fewer than ten compositors have died of broken hearts at the pathetic portions, and that twice as many have burst their sides with laughing at the ludicrous matter. The publishers have applied to the Commander-in-Chief to have a troop of cavalry stationed at the different approaches to the plaCe of publication, to prevent too great a rush ; and there are to be two hundred special constables sworn in on the occasion. In order to prevent disappointment, it is recommended that those who are anxious to obtain early editions, should take lodgings in the neighbourhood. —Morning Paper. The first of a series of evening meetings was held on Monday in the elegant rooms of the Physicians' College. The object of these reunions is to aftbrd, to men of science, an opportunity of meeting for the purpose of conversation, and discussion of matters connected with their pursuits. By way of giving a beginning to the evening, and of affording a subject of conversation, Sir H. Ilm.rono read a paper on the Tie Douloureux. In this Essay he put forward a theory that the distressing malady, which was the subject of it, is produced either by a deposit of bone out of the natural erturse, or by an exfoliation of bone, the consequence of some disease or injury. He maintained this notion with great ingenuity, and men• tioued a great number of cases which had fallen under his own observation, which tended to support it. In further• illustration of his position, he produced a cranium, in the interior of which a most extraordinary deposition of bone had taken place, and theihistory of which strongly corrobo rated the theory for which he contended. The discourse was rather short, but:was listened to with great attention, and excited, as it was well talented to do, great interest. The rooms were fully attended ; and, besides the most eminent professors of medical science in the Metropolis, there were many persons of distinction in other professions. Nothing can be more creditable to the good taste and liberal feeling of the College of Physicians than this sort of invitation to social intercourse among men of science, and nothing better calculated to answer the purposes they have in view. A master baker belonging to this city, who lately died, left injunctions in his will of a very unusual kind, respecting the mode of his interment. It appears that he had a particular dread, that after his decease his re mains might be disturbed by the unhallowed interference of churchyard violaters, and, therefore, resolved, that when that event should take place, his person should be secured from all external violence, by means of barriers, the pos sibility of breaking through which would be rendered en tirely hopeless. According to the exact letter of his wills his body was consigned to the dust in the following man ner :—A cast-iron slip was constructed, weighing 1,200 weight, across the lid of which was laid three iron bars, four inches broad, and one inch thick. This lid was laid at the bottom of a grave twelve feet de e p, on time top of which was next placed a large oak box, s i x f ee t seven inch e s i n l eng th, an d on e foot fo ur i n d ept h, eac h plank two inches thi c k, and secretly dovet a il e d a t t h e c orners. The coffin was then lowered into this chest, and the oaken lid screwed down upon it with four inch screws. Next followed the iron slip or box, which covered all, and three snugs, which projected from each side of it, fell perpen dicularly over the three iron bars at the bottom of the grave, through which passed three screw bolts, one inch square, on earls side, making the whole as secure as may be conceived. Th e gr a ve w as then tilled up in the usual way. The deceased h a d th e oa k p l an k s i n his possession for two years, during which ti me t h ey h ave, i n prospect i ve , ilsen allotted to this purpose,— Glasgow Chronick FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Monday, April 14.) CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 19.—The Pacha of Smyrna made a landing upon Scio on the 12th, and massacred all the Greeks who could not make their escape by timely flight. It is not known here what has become of Fabvier. M. De Canitz arrived here on the 13th, and has caused himself to be recognised by the Reis Effendi as Extraordinary Commissioner of the Court of Prussia. As M. de Militz ceased his functions im mediately upon his arrival, it is natural that there should be various reports upon this subject. Some days previous, M. de Militz and the Austrian Inter nuncio had sent a Tartar to Smyrna, to deliver to Admiral de Rigny the proposals made to the Greeks by the Porte. Admiral de Rigny appears to have sent them by an aviso to Malta and to Corfu. No change had taken place in the capital, though all the accounts from Russia are of a warlike nature, and gives reason to fear an attack on the Bosphorus. The Porte has received from Odessa certain infor mation, that many Europoan vessels have been freighted there for the conveyance of troops and ammunition, and that the contracts with the Cap tains contained a stipulation that they may be em ployeol by the Russians even in the environs of Constantinople. BUCHAREST, MARCH 2.s.—Letters from Missa say, that a division of Turkish troops, coming from Widdin, having attempted to enter Servia, Prince Milosch had opposed the augmentation of the Turkish garrisons in that country; and that his remonstrances on this subject having proved in effectual, the Servians had,revolted and defeated the Turks ; much- blood was shed, on this occasion. It is said that the Pacha of Widdin was killed on the field of battle, and that Prince Milosch was wounded. (From the Constitutionnel of Sunday.) PARIS APRIL 13.—Yesterday, at half-past seven o'clock, the King received the President and Secre taries of the Chamber of Deputies, who had the honour of presenting to his Majesty the list of can didates for the questure. The President, M. Royer Collard, addressed his Majesty in the following manner :—" Sire—Behold the day after the revolution of fourteen years, when we saluted with our acclamations legitimacy, the living image of right, order, and peace. Its power has been increased by its benefits; France owes to it the Charte and a good King; all minds are con vinced, and all hearts are gained. May legitimacy, the guardian of our liberties, traverse with them ages of glory and happiness ! May the august race in which it resides present a long line of generations, which shall be its protection against despotism and anarchy ! The organs of public confidence we hasten, Sire, to lay at the foot of your Majesty's throne the homage of our profound respect and inviolable fidelity." CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, APRIL 12. The Fundholders of the Spanish Loan, at Paris, prayed the payment of the arrears due since the Ist of May, 1824. Gentlemen (said M. Mechin, the Reporter), it would be hard to imagine that a remonstrance of this nature should excite amongst yen other senti ments than those of commisseration and benevolence. We have not to explain to you the causes which led his Catholic Majesty to swear to the Constitution restored at this period, and which, in the former years, had been acknowledged by the Alliance of the Sovereigns leagued, against the French Empire. Ferdinand VII. reigned, surrounded by the Mini sters of all the Powers of Europe. His august re. lotion, Louis XVIII., had congratulated him on the events in the Peninsula. The loans subscribed in France, England, and all the capitals, had been quoted at the Exchange of Paris, in virtue of a Ministerial authority. They were negotiated as notices of the national credit ; and the interest - was at first paid exactly. Now how could all the persons into whose hands these Royal Debentures came con ceive that they were compromising their fortunes, and that they would one day be. treated as fa vourers and accomplices of revolt, and be punished with confiscation, because they had paid such au thentic acts, coming from so high and august a source, the respect which, by their nature, they de manded ? The produce of this Loan had been ap plied to the wants of his Majesty and his fa mily—to the repair of roads, canals, and public edifices—to the liquidation of the greater part of the debts of Charles the Third—to the pay ment of a debt of eleven millions of reels con tracted with Holland, by a convention signed at Madrid—before any idea was entertained with re ference to the assembling of the Cortes. And that which is remarAble is that the same loans, desig nated as loans of . the Cortes, were only admitted by them with great difficulty, as the debates which took place on the 18th of May and 3d,of June, 1822, shew. The loans of the Cortes were caused, and solicited by the Ministers of the King, pressed by the King himself, and concluded under his Royal signature, which remained in the hands of the contrac tors. But moreover the King, of his own accord, con sidering these loans, the circumstances of which jus tified the inquiry and necessity, asa service rendered to his person and his state, conferred on the con tractors the Order of Charles III.; and the Am bassador of France obtained for those who accepted it, the King's permission to wear it. Now, could the French lenders foresee that these were all vain appearances, and that the French Government itself was the dupe of its candour ? It is worthy of re mark, that there is no special measure which re proves these loans, but the general and vague terms of the Royal Decree of Forte Sainte Maria, which annuls the Acts of the Cortes. In this state of affairs, and without wishing to enter into all the de velopments which the subject would permit, your Commission proposes the reference to the Minister for Foreign Affairs." M. Alexander de Laborde supported the proposi tion of the last speaker. The public funds of Spain, he contended, have been for the last hundred years a constant object of dangerous stock jobbing ; and I would even add our debt of 89 millions by Spain (laughter' on the left), in case the Govern ment should not take measures to insure reimburse ment. The debts of Spain are now 16,000 millions of reals. By reducing these debts to the quarter, or to twenty-five per cent. of the mass, the sum then remaining would be above the whole amount of the present revenue of Spain. If that state of affairs interested only the bankers or capitalists, I would not speak of it : but the bait of high interest which was offered induced fathers of families, poor work men, thus to lay out the fruit of their savings, and they have soon become victims of their confidence. I do not pretend to call Spanish fidelity in question, but the means must be possessed in order to fulfil what it requi res . N ow t h e present revenues o f Spain can scarcely meet the most indispensable ex penses of the Government; and Spain will never have revenues until it has institutions and a wise ad ministration. France has always honoured its mis fortunes by its fidelity—but why ? Because its Princes have given it institutions in harmony with the events of the country, and the general interests of the country; and these they will maintain.— (Cheers on the left.) M. Syrievs de Mayrinhac--'-The order of the' day. (Laughter.) This propositi on was l o st, and the refere nce t o the Ministe r for Foreign Affairs was carried. several Half-pay Officers prayed for the continua tion of their pay until the time appointed for their retirement. The Reporter, after long details on the Petition, concluded by moving the reference of it to the Special Commission for the credit of - 300,000 f., and the Commission of the Budget. M. de Cause, the Minister of War; gave some ex planations, which show Clot the Royal Ordinance of the month of March. had done every thing pos sible for the military persons who required an ame lioration in the position in which this Ordinance had placed them. General Sebastiani—ln 1815, there were nearly 22,000 officers, whose half-pay amounted to more than 18 millions. In 1818, Marshall de St. Cyr pro cured an Ordinance which divided these officers into different' classes. He only wished to admit F into his service those who could be admitted with advantage to the State; he wished to insure to the • .others an honourable repose in their retirement. He ; never entertained the barbarous idea of excluding a single one from the pay which would procure him the means of existence. A great number of them were adthitted to active service; others have suffered the greatest reverse. Many have been dispersed, like real Israelites, by misfortunes. The late, Adminis tration ruined 150 Generals—the glory and the pride of their country. But their swo rd i is not broken,- and their King will find-it a t t h e Moment of . battle.—(Continued cheers on the left.)—Now, the number of these Officers is one thousand two hun dred, and the expence, which was originally 18 millions, is now only 178,000 f. By the Ordinance of March, all this half-pay has disappeared, and a part of these Officers have been reduced to a soldede reforme. You may conceive the narrowness of this income, when you knew that for a Lieutenant or Sub-Lieutenant it is nineteen sous a day ; three francs for a Colonel.--(Strong sensation.)—Now, do you think that the heroes who fought in the cam , paigns of Spain, Germany, and Russia—who were ' present at Essling, Wagram, Moskva; at the bat tles fought about Paris; who resisted the misfor tunes of the almost fabulous retreat from Moscow— have not acquired claims. on the gratitude of the country ; that they have, at least, met a sufficient number of dangers to ensure them the means of ex , istence ?—(Warm opposition on the left.) M. Jars—lf there are sacred debts in existence, they are those contracted by a Government with its defenders. I know nothing which can free it from them except the death of the creditor. However, the officer may be withdrawn out of sight of his flag, he has a right to reckon on you till death. (Warm approbation.) No doubt the army will be always courageous and faithful—your experience teaches you that; but by guaranteeing his future conduct, you will attach him the more to his ditties. You will increase, if it be possible, his zeal for France—his love for the King. General Higounet, after expressing himself in favour of the opinions of the last speaker, pointed out the great inferiority of the military to the civil pensions. He cited on this subject a Brigadier-' General, who, after fourteen years'service, received a pension of 300 f.; ,and another General Officer of the same rank, who had received 2,800 f., after twenty-seven years and eleven months' service; while that of a Maitre des Comptes, having been two years less in service, had received 4,800 f (Sensation in the Assembly.) M. Bregueville—The Charter states, Article 9th, " The military in active service, officers and soldiers in retirement, the widows, officers, and soldiers receiving pensions, r e t a i n t h e i r gra d es , honours, and pensions." This law is clear, Gen tlemen; every disposition manifested to paralyse the effect of it, is not less a, blow at the authority from which it emanates than an injustice towards the iuterests which it protects. The Minister of War—A Minister cannot re main silent when he is accused of vielat?ng the Charter. It is not the power to guarantee any ether contract than according to the conditions to which it was subject_ at the period at which it was enacted. The Decree of 1812 had enacted these eonditions, but which were subsequently acknow••• ledged by an Ordinance favourable to the army, and of which the army has recognised all the advantage. The petition was ordered to he referred, without a discussion. [Many inhabitants of Paris require the suppression of gaming houses, and of the Lottery.] M. De Conny, in a long speech, developed the moral considerations which warranted the abolition of those disastrous institutions, and demanded that the petition be referred to the . Ministers of Finance, of the Interior, and of Justice. M. C. Dupin.—l have not listened, without sur prise, to the causes alleged by the Hon. Reporter, for preventing the radical suppression of lotteries, and of games of hazard. I cannot admit as a fact de monstrated, that agricultural departments are superior, upon the score of religion and morality, to the manufacturing departments and. to large manu facturing cities. In those agricultural departments, where the lower class is a prey to misery and ignor ance, it is depraved, superstitious, and inclined to games of hazard. In those departments where there are large cities, in the 'aosoni of which the lower class has the advantage of education, the citizens are orderly and industrious, and the popula tion are less inclined to games o f ? hazard than in other cities equally populous. It should be remem bered, that offences in themselves equally blameable, are chastised as crimes in cities, and punished as simple delinquencies in the country. The theft of a dwarf-tree will not be visited with the punish ment of the galleys upon the borders of a forest ; but in the heart of a city the slightest theft in a shop, if it be accompanied by burglary, may lead, not only to the punishment of the galleys, but even of. death.— Remark, too, that the surveillance is more active and more effective in places where the population is very condensed. There is, therefore, much less of un punished crime in cities than in the country. But in the country Government does not maintain at a great expense lotteries and gaming -houses, to tempt the passions of the peasant ; whilst, in large towns, the public authority amply supplies these instruments of ruin to the lower orders. There is to be found a remarkable connection between the passion for gaming and irreligion. I will not recapitulate the general results which I have stated at a former sitting, and the melancholy relations subsisting between crime and gaming, in communitie.4 in which gaming pre. vails. The existence of this sad connection cannot be denied. (From the JT71:"7:r.:2 des Debats.) PARIS, APRIL 13.—The Marquis of London derry has been here for some days. Perhaps he has only profited by the Easter holidays ; but a format residence at Vienna, as Ambassador, and a conspi cuous part in the House of Peers in oppo s i ng Mr. Canning's Cabinet, with his connection with the present English Ministry, may, perh aps , attac h some political importance to his journey. Some pel sons see in him a successor to Lord Gower, the English Ambassador; and others have attributed to his pro ceedings at Paris a demi-official character, having for his object to induce France to enter into a triple alliance with Austrja and England against the futnre pretensions of Russia. We see nothing, however, on t h e part of England, so decided as that of placing her self in opposition to Russia, and forming a coali tion in case of certain events. The English Ministry seems much more occupied with the present than with the future. It clings to the hopes of peace, wherever they arise. There is, indeed, about it a secret mistrust, and a vague uneasiness, but from that to an actual rupture there is an immense dis tance. As long as the fulfillment of the Treaty of Loudon can serve the Cabinet of St. James's as an honourable pretext for inactivity, we do not suppose that it will hurry before events. It frill wait for them, and this expecting policy seema common to all the Cabinets of Europe. (From the Courier Francais.) CORFU, FEB. 2S.—The French Ambassador is still here, waiting orders from his Government. We are quite ignorant of what is going on in the East. The Captain and Officers of the French frigate here are much invited out by the English Officers, ‘i th, pay them great attention, In the parties whi c h have been formed were the emblems of France and England. Other letters fr'om Corfu announce that the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands has sum moned Ibrahim Pacha to abandon the Morea, but he has formally refused. On the other hand, it is said that Count Capo d'lstrias has declared that he will oppose the free egress of Ibrahim, till the Pacha has set at liberty and restored to their country the Greeks that he had earrit-ti off and sold into slaverv. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS' HOUSE OF COMMONS. ORDERS OF TOR DAY FOR TDIR•DAY. 1. Bills of Exchange (Ireland) sill—Further con. tion of Report. _ 2. Juries (I re l an d) 8i11..-Further consideration of wr S. Crinait Canal Petittion Report—Repert therenlO i 4. Election Trial A.cts Consolidation Ter 5. Supply—Committe e . 6. Ways and Meins--Conunittee. NOTICH GIVEN YESTERDAY . ; Thar - Way, May 8. Mr. George Lamb---Bill to enable peraoos cl with felonies to make their full defence by cc under certain regulations. PRICES OF STOCKS TUB Bank Rock cx div. 1 9 per Cent. Red. 83%% ex di v . 3 per Cent. Cons 54%34 per Cent. 9 134% ex div. Ditto Red '41% 1 34 ex div. 4 r•ar Cent New IBIS% Ditto, 182 d 191% ex thy. Hank L. Ann.... 19 I.ltl ex div. 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Having been e 0j 1 ; gratulated by a friend who accompanied him oo very gracio us reception he had met with, the Les 11 1; ed Gentleman made no thrther observation tba that " the serpent was more subtle than 0 : beast of the field." This pre-eminent subtlety the Noble lie r , has evidently not resigned along with the Seal e ' but we doubt if it ever shone forth more co il ; spicuously than in his speech last night on Unitarian Marriage Bill. His future intentio n ' respecting it were announced in the followi r explicit terms : He now declared that he had never made such an 1111' dertaking, and further, that should a Bill of the nature the ene which had been brought into the Home last ite,; sion, be again brought forward, he should certainly feel,: f his duty, on the introduction of that Bill, to say " Content." Nevertheless, should his judgment, with spect to,torteshmeearmkiatcrshtaitroteß,hiihilnel overruled, and if it appeared t b' such a Bill should he read a second time, he should do utmostese+ to whether, on the third reading of it, he ought s a e s ] f g o th w e l as it t c o o f u could r b r e n i w n g i th a his o c : s Aye or No. s isytmeatl Ai These few words contain the perfecti° of caution —the very essence of ambiguity . i . they would have suited the announcement final judgment in the tenth or twentie th year of a Chancery suit. Indeed the` may possibly be familiar to many who, bless° with good memories, have long had the felicitl of hearing and studying casuistry at his Lor` l ' ship's feet. The Noble Earl alluded to the attacks whi rl ` have been made on him by the public Pre 9 . s l i Does he suppose that p r i n ciples such as his w l escape animadversion in a Free Country? or O n any feeling of compassion be excited t o ward one who wishes to exclude one half of countrymen from even aspiring to the high h o nou r ; which he has himself attained ? BuoNAPAR T e when ravaging Europe might just as well 10 comp cruet execr in ani have bable, receiv 94 USe Ac sound storm crews. Let quene.4 ginain tsz, und lki Paratic have b Pssitio hark e d 11) ? Po tR the lif e ail t he dal the tro their ev ery ( Ar rionl has va 4 E% e Whole With it Plunde visions suffer Itieved Morea. Lark a der his Ca and been Coffe on fill G.C. - of 131 able Was a Mr. i norms t 0 Ei Illeetil I (lera MAI' Naiqu seeure the M of his c'onsis bligad 4 / 1 ;4 , Bat b een r C offee f our ciure e Plante the su Febr u B ARI the f o i adopt I co Ds i del griev e wh en et Q. I the Act and t h a tap urpt s• T 'rat]►