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lialifax, Weis:ill, and Froome. At Froome the population amounted to 12,500, with accommodation in churches and cha. peis for 930, and conseqeently 11,600 remained unprovidect ter. At 'Walsall the population was •12,000 e of these 7,000 were provided with the moans or giving religious instruction. eft Halifax there was a population of 92,000 souls, ant1..85,480 --were without the means of perforniing Divine Worship. HE - might increase the list, lint without -doing so, he would ask oily Man to say that such was a state of things that ought to , exist. It was fit that the Legislature Should interfere and, pro , vide for these people, who, though poor, were the sinews of tioi state, whenever extraordinary exertions were required. It cod, therefore, appear to him that no sound objection could oor made to the appropriation of half a million to such an im portant and necessary purpose. The application of the last million which Parliament had devoted to the same object was - perfectly satisfactory, and there was nothing to fear on that head in case the present grant were made ; and if the expen diture of this half million should provide the means of reli- Pious worship to one out •of eighty thousand families. it would 'demure good' than could be obtained by tie use of any half million applied in any other way. He should therefore give his vote most cordially in favour of the grant.—(llear co • . Mr. J. SMITH said, - that if we had such a sum as 500,000/. to spare, it could be applied to much better purposes than Aat of building churches. _lt had always been his opinion that their lino duty was that of providing education for the poor, and all nicalern authors from Helvetius downwards had declared ei.elacation to be the basis of all improvements-in society. He believed that the vices of the lower classes in the country were entirely to be attributed to their want of moral and religious instruction. Ho had beeninvited to visit the prisons of Paris, and he had alio attended the Courts of Justice in that Metro. atolls, and it was with shame as an Engliehrnanand a Protestant, enat he found the proportion of - vicious crime and of cruelty tio much smaller than it was in this great City,. He believed that the difference was entirely owing .to the education given - .the: poor in France. There was a school there that he .• hel. been made acquainted with, the beautiful effects of • which would not be believed by the House if' he were to state them. Oat of 240 children that had been educated there upon • the Lancasterian system, not one was ever known to commit . a crime. These children were also taken from the lowest classes. He had turned his attention to the state of education. this country, and he found that amongst the agricultural mtees, who w ere th e most i gnorant, t h ere was ' t h e most vice. ,hue the Ountry was left in so lamentable a want of inetruc- Jinn-, it•was little less than blasphemy to expend 500,0001. in -eke building -of churches. He was quite certain that in London tbere was no necessity for applying}, the public money to such oittrOoses. If left to themselves the pesiple would not fail to :provide churches whenever they were wanted. In proof of -this, the Hon. Member alluded - to a church, the name of which see could not hear, that was built by voluntary contribetion.— Re admitted that there were particular places, and he could .name some in Lancashire, where churches were necessary, and =zooid not be supplied by the people; • but they would require ion such sum as ;sOO 0001. The expence would be covered by ..140,000/., • 0r150,000/. ' - and if a grant to that extent were pro opesede he would g i ve i t his support: But lie should feel it his duty to oppoee the present motion. D • ie - LIISHINGTON said that the arguments of the Hon. , Gentleman had failed to, convince him that this grant of 5e0,040/. was not due to the people. So far was he from agree ing with the opponents of the measure, that he considered it to be an act of justice and duty on the part of that House. The old . laws of the land compelled all classes of the people who professed the religion of the Church to attend public worship. How then, he would ask, could they leave tfic people in their present state, when the poor had no m ea n s of com plyi ng w i t h the law, and what was of infinite more importance, when theye Zonel no means of conforming to the first duties of religion.' - These; :tie thought, were sufficient grounds to justify the voting cfehe -stem proposed. But if he looked to the consequences of leaving .olle people in-such a state, he wes still more strongly impressed with the imperative nature of the necessity for re moving it. The first unavoidable consequence must be, that tee people absented themselves altoge:her from the service of • (sod s or they were driven to the meetions of the Dissenters' He: did not mean to allude disrespectfully or with 'intolerance to any class or.botly, but he was desircius to give the church fair, ';Play—(Hear, hear, hear!)—and to see tient it had the same means and opportunities as its enemies. It was well known that the people were assailed in every possible - way, in order . to make the m sece d e f rom t h e wors hi p o f the Established .Church : - There Iris a Home Missionary So c iety es t a bli s hed, al which the Missionaries were almost exclusively Dissentere, and these were finding their way into almost every p a rish in .the kingdom. He' hellin his hand a paper which contained as . account of their proceedings in that dark district, the aunty of 'Worcester. He slid not know whether any of the unemners for Worcester were present, but if they were, he hoped they would be able to answer for the - unenlightened ciao. of that county. The was a report from some of the M is sionerien to whom he had alluded, and it stated the horrible facts, that the boys played against each other at foot-ball on Sundays, were seen in the fields with sticks, went into the river to catch fish with nets, and moreover, the boys and --the girls assembled together ! The paper went on to state, that .Christianity could not endure under such a state of things, eand • that they must go from house to house and convert the people from their errors. He (Do Lueltington) objected to T he progress of such doctrines by such means, and thought :.here calculated to deteriorate the British character, and to be ,productive of infinite misery.— (Ilear, hear, hear!)— Me found also that there were regular monthly preaehings, at which three preachers were announced to relieve each other in • succession, to attract audiences and gain subscriptions for the support of their chapels. Ile knew he should be asked why the people did not subscribe to build churches. The answer was that in all times the people of England had been accustomed to have churches proviucd for them, and that the poor, for whom -churches were wanted, were not able to build them. No activity on the part of the members of the church could avail, if the people had not the means of attending its worship. - Ile did net think this was a state of things which that House, the large ma. jeritee of which were of the Established Church, would wish to sea continued. At all events he would do his utmost to change it. With regard to the right of presentation to the new c h urc h es, the Hon. and LearnefG en t. expressed his opinion that. the con -sent of the incumbeat should be dispensed with: But he would have no election. That practice exited in some cases, and he once had the honour of being counsel at one in tile City. The contest lasted five days,. and there was a regular scrutiny, and, every appearance of a political election. Now he thought ail this was degrading to the character of a Clergyman. It wee unbecoming his character to be canvassing - votes and soli citing favours as the ground of his elevation to an office whose subsequent ditties were of so serious and important a nature. Besides this, he did not think such a mode of appeintment cal culated to place the most proper persons in much situations. People were often induced to give their votes upon any but the true merits that were requi - red, and many referred those •Clergymen who were inclined to send the m to the world below with the least scruple. lie thought the duty cf a Clergyman of the Church of England was to maintain those doctrines he had -sworn 'to maintain . and to stoop for favours to no man.— (fl..r, hear !)— lt had b2en said, that churches, if wanted, mold be built by voluntary subscription in London, and one chapel had been selected as an example. Such places were very good for the rich, hut at this identical chapel the seats were. the dearest in London. He denied that sufficient means of public worship were possessed by the people of Westmin ster. Ile lived in Westminster, and (it was a duty to which he eheerfollysithinitted) he was obliged to pay a considerable su m fur seats for his servants.—He would again ask how the poor were to obtain Divine worship under such circumstances. He knew, that within a mile of where they 'sat, there were thousands and tens of thowamds who were unable to attend the church for the same reasons. He would now state that he thought the last million appropriated to this object had been ex tcndeil upon too large a scale ; and that much more accommo dation might be afforded to the poor at less expence. When they came into a Committee on the Bill, he shculd propose a clause relative to this part of the question; and another to pro vide that none of the Churches built by the benevolence of Par liament should be tenable with any other benefice. The last observation he bad to make, was to express his hope th a t th e Right [lon. Gentleman would find means of appointing to these Chapels without the consent of the Incumbent, taking care never to dispense with that of the Diocesan. He would once more declare his cordial approbation of the vote, which he was confident would be acceptable to the people at large. Ile said so because • he was confident that the people at large felt the want of it—and so long as that want continued to be felt, so long would vice and crime go on increasing.—(Cheers.) - Mr. HUME said that he should not have troubled the [louse, but after the speech he had just heard, he could not sit still.— (Dear !).—lle had never heard a speech so little applicable to :th7 question before the House. The Learned Gentleman had first .Ittisicpt:e.sented the intention of the Acts of Elizabeth, which compelled people to go to Church, and which were exclusively against the Church of Rome. The paper he had introduced could oniy have been used to induce the House to go into a crusade against the Dissenters. He knew not whose writing the document was—it might, for what he knew, be written by the Learned Gentleman himself.—(A laugh.)--,But it could have been introduced for no other purnose than that he had described. Diddle Hon. and Learned Member mean to deny that these missionaries had done good, or that there was any thir, so ridiculous in th e i r w i s hi ng to abolish the games he had described on a Sunday ? If so, let him look to the lan guage and conduct of Wesley, whom Southey had described as having done the .greatest benefit to the Church by pointing out its ahuses. He had procured an account of the number of places o r re n_gious worship, and he f ou nd th a t i n 18 81 parishes there were 2533 churches, and that the dissenting places of worship *amounted to 3413, being one. third ;nor:: thsa those afforded b e y the Church Estaltiliihment. He contended that election to the churches would greatly improve the state of its members. lie thought the revenues of the Church were too great ; they were larger than those of any other country except Ireland, and they ought to be revised so as to ascertain whether they could not bear the aspences of building new churches. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite said that the people were rich and happy. H.edenied it, and maintained that 'the work ing classes were all in the most extreme state of poverty. They had therefore no sight to take this 50t000/. front the pockets of the people, because it was a god-seed, and constituted one fourth of all they would receive in return, for 21;000,0001., which they had paid. Minisrers thought they might do this, because they were in some grace and favour with the public— at least they said they were—(a laugh)--and he believed they were. But it was only because those who went before them were so bad. It was only by comparison of degrees. He denied the justice of calling on the Dissenters to pay for such a grant. If the Right Hon. Gentleman would introduce a Bill, inviting the inhabitants of large towns to contribute to the building of churches - where neceseary, he had no doubt that many persons would be quite ready to acqniesce, provided that a Committee of five or ten of the parishioners might be allowed to nominate the Clergyman. fie would admit that all candidates should be obliged to produce the qualifications from a Bishop who should finee,examined them. That examination he thought was not a very difficult ordeal if he might judge from those he met with 101 - 0 had passed it. It was well known that officers who had .bed a gay dashing life in the army, navy, and marines, had 'got through it without much trouble. The Honourable and Learned Gentlemen said he wished to give the Church fair play. The Church could not have fair play, until they put an end to non-residents and pluralities. Its members must have zeal and activity to give it fair play ; -- and he would . say, that those who did not choose to have duty, should have no benefice. The Hon. Member adverted to a Meeting at Manchester for the building.uf Churches. When the question fbr building new churches in Manchester was put, the opposition was great, and, on a scrutiny, the proposition was negatived by a large majority. A communication was vent to Lord Sidmoutin stating that new chueches were not required. Notwithstanding that representation, the Commissioners were of opinion that new churche s should be built. The Ilon. Member was ena bled to say the churches were badly attended. Dr. LUSIIINGTON disclaimed all hostility to Dissenters, - and was assured nothing he had said could warrant an inference That lie had ever entertained such hostility. His hope was that the House would vindicate him against the misrepresetltstion of the Hon. Member for Montrose. Mr. G. BANKES had always found the `churches in Lon don tilled to repletion. If the Hon. M ember - for Aberdeen would attend at the doors of St. Pancras Church, he would find that church numerously attended. The Hon. Member appeared to forget .another object which might be gained by new churches, namely, the union of sexes —(a laugh)—he should have said sects. Much advantage had been derived in that re- Spect in Ireland. Mr. W. SMITH was convinced his Hon. Friend (Dr. Lush ington) had misrepresented himself. lie was convinced his lion. Friend felt more liberal opinions than the Hon. Member for Aberdeen had supposed. Ile abjured entering into reli gious argument, hut was ready at all times to discuss the poli tical part of the question. Lord PALMERSTON said the House on a fernier occasion had been ready to vote a million for the purpose then under discussion, but now when a surplus was in the hands of Go vernment applicable to the purpose; there was considerable hesitation to give half that sum. The increase of population rendered Churches necessary. _The people required instruc tion in Churches, or they would be thrown on the Sectariars 'to receive that instruction they could not obtain from the Established Church. The Noble Lord wished to see no diffe rence in religious principles, but could not say he should be anxious to find Dissenters increase. If they denied the people the means of frequenting their. temples of war ship here, could they expect to keep up the Church Establish ment. The Noble Lord adverted to the good effects produced be frequenting places of worship. In Scotland, where the lower classes were instructed by their pastors, every thing was conducted with decency anti order. In Ireland it was quite the reverse. Every thing was vicious and lawless,. because - the minds of children w e re not i m p resse d w i t h - good examples. The object in building churches might be •considered the a , ivancement of education. The Noble Lord was persuaded the application of 00,000/. to the intended purpose, would greatly•promote the interest of the public. Mr. GORDON observed, that he was greatly surprised when the Chancellor of the Exchequer first mentioned the sub ject, and proposed to appropriate the money to building churches : but when he heard the speech of the Learned Civilian, he changed his opinion. He had attended to the Hon. Member for Aberdeen, and was obliged to say he never heard a speech which he disapproved of so much.—(ll ear !)--The speech of ti at l ion. Member had determined, him to vote for his Majesty's Ministers on the present occasion. He was more, particularly disposed to do so from the great exertions need by M!s!iionarics to Kaiu proselytes. This was a cantireg and hyp -critical —a he canting, did not come from Ministers of the Church of England, but from those canting dissenting Missionaries. Be cause he would deprive them of their influence, he should vote tar the motion. The cluestion being loudly called for, thc . Heuse . divided-- . For the Resolutions • 148 For the Amendment Majority - RUM DUTIES. -89 The report of the Committee on the Rum Duties Act was received, the Rciolutions agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be , brought in thereupon. - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed to take ,the discussion on, the Bill on Thursday. 'the other Orders of the I fay were disposed of and the House adjourned at ONE O'CLOCK. THE GREEKS. [From the Etaile, dated Thursdayl SEMLIN, MARCH '21.--The people have risen most parts -of Albania. They began by ex pelling all the Turkish authorities, who were mmediately replaced by the natives of the couti. Lry. It appears that they were English agents ho succeeded in effecting a strict alliance be_ vs yen the Albanians and the. Greeks. Letters 'rom Biaxits of the 7th of March even give the :artieulars. TRIESTE. MARCH 24.--A vessel Nchich has ar rived from A lexandrette, in Syria, in 20 days, brings the news of the Declaration of Independ ence, by the Viceroy of Egy pt.— (Jugs/meg Ga zette, March 26.) PARIS, APRIL 7.—Letters from Odessa, of 16th March, say—" We received some days ago news from Constantinople, of the 6th of this month. The revolt of the Pacha of Egypt was still talked of. To-day we have letters of the 10th, which repeat and confirm this great event; and the vessels which the Porte sent to Alexandria for grain have returned empty. The news of the surrender of Patras to the Greeks, which was spread at the same moment, completed thecon sternation of the Divan.--Th e Grand Vizier is so dangerously ill, that the Sultan visits him every day." I REL A ND. ATTACK ON • CHURCIITOWN i3.attßncrs. 'lr. Farrell arrived in town from England, at two o'clock • on Sa turday, with the following prisoners, and accompanied by Peace. officer Macartney ;—Timothy Breneshan, P. Al'A uli ff and J. Neenehan, the three prisoners who were arrested - in London, charged with having, with others attacked the police at Church torn, county of Cork, underwent an examination before the Ma gistrates on Saturday. Bryan Carr, one of the peace constables on duty at Churchto wn on the 31st of January, 1822, and whose skull had been so dreadfully fractured as to render recovery very astonishing, appeared in the office, and without hesita tion, identified Breneshani as having been one of the assail ants on the terrible night in question, when a lawless band of murderers attacked the police, killed three, and wound.A eight.. There had bean several houses burned on the occa sion. Another of the prisoners bore the marks of the conflict, one of his fingers being nearly cut away :—all three supported themselves in London (since they, as it is presumed, fhA from this country) by working as bricklayer's labourers. They kept up their spirits tolerably well on the journey, but on nearing the Irish shore in the packet, they became completely chop-fallen. They will be sent to Cork immediately to take their trial for the serious offence with which they stand charged. The prisoners have left town for Cork. Their trial will take place during the Cork Assizes, now pending. The Right Hon. the Attorney- General will, it is said, proceed immediately to Cork, to conduct the prosecutions.—(Dublin Corr: 3 4 o ,o l *rtt, APrilt.) PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.' Veneris, 10 0 die April's, 1824. ROADS—Cambridge and Ely, and Trent Bridge—Bills read a third time, and passed. • Blatidford and Poole—Bill reimrt ed, to be ingtossed. Chester and Nantivich—Lords amend ments agreed to. Brighton and Newhaven—Report on Pe tition for additional provision read ; Instruction to Commit tee on the Bill to Make provision accordingly. Porthd inllaen —Bill read a second time, and committed. Camden - Town— Petition •for additional provision „ repined, Report to lie' on the table. ESTATE—Thornnill's Pools—South Lynn d an ls d r p e a a s t 4 l ed a . third time, EEL so• Two PENNIES Score uTlAPEL—Brighton IBMs ordered to b e b roug h t i n. RECORDS (Ireland) j BRlDGE—So ut h war k CR u c It—Chester - CoIuPANIeS —Australian—Bill ordered to - be brought in. Portable Gas—Order 'for ,Bill discharged, and another or-; dered to be brought in. -Compressed Gas—Bill read a first tune. Gas Lionees—Grenwich and Deptford —Bill read a second time, and committed. Londo nderry —Petition • for leav e t o present a Petition for a Bill referred to a Commitee. RAILWAY—Tees andiVeardale—Petition. complaining that the Standing Orders bad not been complied with,' referred to a Committee. ASSAY OFFICE —Birmingham —.petition of Workers of Gold, of London, against, to lie on the table. INCLOSUEES—Tarrant Hinton (Dorset)—Bill read a third time, and passed. - Long I 4 endon (Bucks)—Bill reported, to be. ingroslied. IMPROVEMENT a -- ir r st e , ti r ti e O fe O rr o e f d T o ru t a h t e ee co s o l f nn fi li i t g t ? e a o t n e (Lincoln)_, ttieltosatedrs—,Bill ordered to be brought in. and the B I Hampstead DitArNAGE—Wainfleet and committed. Bill read a second time, SALMON FlSHERY—Petition of Freeholders, &c. of Elgin, referred to the Select Committee on Salmon Fisheries. FISHERIES (Ireland)—Petition from Belfast, for a continu ance of the Bounties, to lie on th e ta b le. FOOR'RELIEF (Scotland)—Bill read a first time, to be read a second time on May 7, and to be printed. COIIBIIsrATION WonxmEN LAWS—Two Petitions against, to lie on the table ; and four others, referred to the Select Committee on Artizans and Machinery. NOTARIES P BELlC—Petitions• for repeal of the Duties on Li cences to act as Notaries Public, from .Greenock and Port .Glasgow, and Banff', to lie on the table. HOUSE AND WINDOW TAX—Petition from Clerkenwell, for the repeal - thereof, to lie - on the table. WOOL—Petition from Northumberland, for the repeal of the Laws prohibiting the exportation of British Wool; to lie on the table. HIDES AN!) SKINS REGULATION BlLL—Petitions of Tan ners, &c. of Hexham and Corbridge, against, to lie on the table. P BB eicAN a—Petitions of Licensed Innkeepers and Victuallers of Penritb, for the repeal of the increased Duties on Licences ; to lie on the table. FILEEKASONS—Petition of Freemasons of Connaught, corn phdning of Act of last Session, which prohibits the meetings of certain Societies ; to lie on the table. Haase TAN—Petition of Farmers, &c. of Battersea, corn plaining to lie on the table. • LINEN II ouN T Irs—Petition from Clonakilty, for continuance of, to lie on the table. DraTlLLEity—Petition of George Francis, of Whitechapel, that Rectifiers may be allowed to convert Rum into Gin, to lie oo the table. • CANDLE DU7lES—Petition of Candlemakers of Edinburgh, &c. fbr the repeal thereof; to lie on the table. MESSAGE rnoaz THE LORDS —Th a t they have agreed to Four per Cent. (Ireland) Bill—Alston and Burtryl ord, and Glossop anti Marple Bridge Roads Bills—and to Lancaster Judges Lodgings Bill—without amendment ; and to Bitrials (Ireland) Bill—with amendments. PAU PEE . LUNATI CS—BiIIs read all time, aeed committed for _ _Alay 7. NEW STREET (3larylebone)—Bill for mere effectually paving and lighting the same ordered to be brought in. V.Aonnwrs—flill for the more effectual suppression of N'a grancy, and punishment of idle and dirorderly:persons," read ' 4,1 first time; t be read a second time on Monday. LAW STAMPS REPEAL.—.-Bill read first time, to b e read a second time on Monday, and to be printed. uoAlt. BousTrE . AcTs.:..-The following Resolution reported and agreed to, and Bill ordered to ba brought " Tina it is evir.4ient. to continue the Bounties now payable on the exportation of Refined Sugar front any part of the Unit ed Kingdoth." • . Re t, DUT rE3A cT s—The followi77 Resolutions reported and agreed to, and Bill ordered to be brought in • " :- 1. That .1 s. • I the Duty of Excise on every gallon of Single Runs imported iltto Great Britain of the produce of the British Colonies or Plante:lions in America; and 2,4. 2d. of the.. said, Duty on every gallon of Ruin above proof so imported, j of R shall cease and determine, "2 1 . 1 WhatLl imported s l into toofLielelad DnutoYf°rthe produce of th e Customs on every gallon I Duty Col on 2 1 3 1 c o Irr P ery lantations o t i n o s iii f ; . and 2s. 2d. of the said Runs a .ov, proof so imported, shall cease-and determine:" NOTICES of MOTIONS , and ORDERS of the DAY, which now stand in the ORDER-BOOR for the Ensuing Week. _ _ Reading. Monday, April 12. OILDETtS OF THE DAY. t(r)tfli he e r e consideration of Report. Bill—Second Reading. 23 1 ... A( P ;o l; i : le m nnts o y u liG t Plymouth 1 110 7 14 i l c ju t , I I i li i a lrl l , l 7 : nFgt 4. County Courts Bill—Further consideration of Report. 5. London and Westminster Oil Gas Bill—Second Reading 76.. %InvsooollvelnmtpDo.retbattoiorsnßanildliTxphoirrdtaßtioenadin. 18 and .intendmentLinens, B B. Game Laws Amendment Nil —Committee. 11. Building of Churches Acts— Bill—Committee. _fl thereupon. • ' Bill--Committee. Bill—Second Reading. 12. Bankrupt Laws Amendment 13111—Committee. 13. Proctors Costs . (lrela,nd) Bill_ 1 18 1. - ( 2, .;it a s r t r o i n ag is e ( A Co c a t Third Reading. 14. Suyply—Cornmittee. 15. Vt . ays anti )I3ftns—Cornmittee. IC). Crown Debts Recovery (Ireland) Bill—Report. 17. County Treasurers T 1 c -r e-and) Bill—Report. 18. Juries (Scotland) 13/IL-Further consideration of Report. 19. Judges in Wales Bill — CoMmittee. 20. Constables Act Amendment (Ireland) Bill—Third Reading. 21. Innkeepers Bill—Report. 22. County Courts Bill (Compensation to Officers of Courts of Justice)—Committee thereupon.. . 23. Highland Roads Bill—Committee. 24. Slave Trade Laws Consolidation Bill—Committee. 25. Vagrants Bill—Second Reading. 26. Fisheries Acts—CoMmittee thereupon. 27. Glass Duties and Sweets Acts — Committee thereupon. 28. Four per Cents. Acts—Committee thereupon. 29. Law Stamps Repeal Bill—Second Reading. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr..Esteourt—Bill to . alter and amend the Tables of 63. Geo. 3, c. 11(4 for settling the Assize on Bread. 2. Mr. Solicitor-General—Bill to enshle infants to transfer Di (lends, under the directions of the Court of Chancery. 3, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer —Application of Consoli dated Fund and Exchequer Bills. (In Committee of Ways and Means.) 4. Mr. !Terries—Bill to amend - Act for authorizing the issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Wcrks. Tuesday, April 13. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Sir Henry Parnell—Address to give effect to the recom mendations of the Committee on Holyhead Steam Packets. 2. Mr. Peter Moore—Bill to repeal Combination Laws. 3. Dr. Philimore—Bill to amend the' Laws regarding the Bap tisms, Marriages, and Burials of Roman Catholics in England. 4. Mr. Fowell Buxton—Address for certain Returns and Pa pers from the West India Colonies. 5. Sir George Hill—Bill to amend Act for regulating Vessels carrying Passengers betw een G rea t B r it a i n and &land. ORDER OF TITF. DAY. British Museum Bill—Second Reading. Wednesday, April 14. NOTICE OF MOTION'. Mr. Lushington—Bill to repeal the several Acts imposing fines for damages arising in the flaying of Hides and Skins. Thursday, April 15. ORDER OF Ttly... DAY. Law Expences (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. MR. CONNOLLY.—We Ere informed that this unfortunate Gentleman has directed his - friends to supply him with a complete set of surgical instruments with all the new inventions, and a complete chamber medicine chest. There is no doubt that he will be of the greatest utility to the Colony from the great want of medical men there ; but there is less doubt that he will be one of the first in the country, going as he is, covered with misfortune, and unpolluted by crime.—(Medi cal Adviser.) EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received the Etoile of yesterday, from which we subjoin extracts : . [Frorn the Moils of Yesterday.] MADRID, MARCH SO.—The Official Gazette of this day contains a Decree, which the King has published since he arrived at Aranjuez, re lative to the liquidation of the claims of Spanish subjects u pun France. General Bourmont will soon set off for Paris. Don Francis Vives, Captain-General of the Isle of Cuba, writes to Government, that from one extremity of the island to the other the King can put faith in the fidelity of his subjects. • PA:tn.- I -The Marquis of Carignan will set off the end of next week, to take his Situation at Vienna. Lieut.-General Count GuilleMinot will set off next week on hi. appointment to Con stantinople. M. de Rotte is appointed first Secretary to the Embassy at London. The Emperor of Russia has conferred the Grand Cordon of St. Wladirner on Marshal the Duke of Conegliano. The. Duke and Duchess of Devonl:ire are very ill at Rome. • Rentes, for Money End of the Month Spanish -101 f. 25c. - lU2f. We have received the Paris Papers of Wed nesday. They contain intelligence highly fa vourable to the Greeks, which will be found in another column. The proceedings in the French Chambers possess little interest for the English reader. T HE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. LIX. WILL BE PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY NEXT. PRICE THIS DAY AT Bank Stock - 244 3 per Cent. Red. 95; 3 per Cent. Cons. 9fin 31 per Cent shut per Cent. f - Old t New ...10M 103 :oyer Cents. 1797 — F STOCKS TWO (PC LO C India Stock India Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills Ditto Small Bank for Act. _ India for Can. Acct. Cons. tbr Acct. shut 5 . 9 liitnic Long An 23 2-18ths Imp. 3 per Cents. Gri PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS 1m LONDON, APRIL 10, AT ON! O'CLOCK. j• Five per Cents. 103/. 1 Scrip, ltii pm. ( Six per Cents. 00. Russian -' Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. (Ditto New 94 _. Five per Cent. Bends, 90/. Scrip, 17/ prem. {Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Ditto 1821, 19. Ditto 1823, 16g. f Five per Cent. Bonds, 904. . Ditto New, 991. . . Portuguese f Bonds, 99. .' ( s cr i p, 9 . Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 1011. Peruvian Scrip, 00. Chili 119. Colombian ' Six per Cent. Bonds, 92/. Mexican • - Scrip, 13 prem. Greek ' • • par. Alliance Insurance Shares--16i. ' Bank Shares £24 Os. (Id. Seven per Cent. 95. Six per Cent. 94 —lO2. Five per Cent 100-102. Three per Cent. 77. French Neapolitan A ustrian. Spanish Prussian A m eri can HIGH WATER A Morning, 0 minute, T LONDON BRIDGE TO-3101t ROW es after 0. 1 Evening, 24 uiinvteg after 0, THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1824. FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, APRIL 7.—Five per Cents. opened at 101. 25 ; dosed at NJ. 15. ; Loan of 1823, 15. ; Bank Stock, 1930. ; Neapo litan 5 per cents., in ducats, 94* ; Rentes d'F.spagne, 19 ; }loyal Spanish Loan, 1823, 65k. Exchange on London, one month, 25. 35. ; three months, 26. 15.—(Curs Authentique.) CITY, Twelve o'Clock.—Conso!s opened this morning at 961-i, got up to 96i- for the May Account, and for Money 96:11. There is not much business doing, except in settling the accounts. At the present moment the price of the Cons o l s i s 964 for the May Account. FOREIGN MARKET. - Spanish Bonds have lowered this warning. They were done at 174, but afterwards rose again to 18. The Greek Scrip, I am happy to say, at the commencement of the Market, got up to r per cent. premium, but lowered again to par. There is now, how ever, a prospect of progressive improvement in this interesting, but hitherto neglected security. The following is an Extract of a Letter from the Agents to Lloyd's, at Genoa, dated the 29th of March : " A Commercial house in this City has this day received a letter from Trieste, dated the ..c.).3d inst., which states that letters from Corfu to the llth inst. report that the Algerinei have a squadron cruizing in those seas, and that our Government there had laid an embargo on a►l British and lonian vessels." We are glad to see that notwithstanding the o p pos i t i on w hi c h was offered to the grant of 500,0001. for the Building of Churches, that sum was last night voted in the Committee of Supply, by a very large majority. We are well assured, from personal observation in many of the manu facturing districts, that the present accommoda tions and facilities for the worship of the Esta blished Church are very defective ; and whilst it cannot be denied that it is the duty of Par liament to make ample provision for the reli gious instruction of the people, there is the further satisfaction of reflecting that the expenditure of capital within the country, oil national undertakings, directly conduces to in crease the employment and the comforts of the working classes, as well 'as to improve the value of fixed property, and the circumstances of the middling ranks in the community. LAW PnomoTroN.--Lord GIFFORD (late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas) has been appointed and sworn in by the Loan CuAll cEr..i.on, Master of the Rolls; on which occa sion his Lordship took the customary oaths of allegiance and supremacy for the due perform ance of his new official duties, which his Lord ship, for the first time, entered upon last even ing in the Rolls Court and transacted business. Mr. ScAnm-:TT.—We learn, front inquit ie3 made this morning, that the above Gentleman yesterday arrived in town from off the York Circuit, and that, notwithstanding the arduous professional duties he has had to go through, he has returned in better health than when he left town. The Learned. Gentleman, we understand, yesterday left town, to join his family at his seat a few mi;es from the Metropolis. There is not the slightest foundation for a re port mentioned in some of the Papers of yester day, that a dissolution of Parliament will take place at the end of the present Sessioa.—(Morn ing Post.) The Duke of YORK and the Duchess of GLoc cEs•rsa visited his MAJESTY yesterday. Yesterday the Duchess of • Gr.oucEsTEtt and the Princess SorillA of GLOUCEST'Ea paid visits to the Princess AUGUSTA. The Princes, SOPJLIA of QLOUCEsTEa arrived at her residence it) Curzon-street, on Thursday, from her residence at Blackheath. Letters by the last mail from St. Petersbergh state, that the Austrian Ambassador at the Rus sian Court, Baron LUIZ ELT ERN, was dangerously ill, and had been so for eight days. The Ling of the NETHERLANDS has granted a Patent to Messrs. VAN HOUTEN and Co. of Rot terdam, for their very ingenious discovery of manufacturing Paper from water-moss. Letters from Lyons of the 2d mention that the family of General FruantnE had arrived in that city. They had been refused a passport to pro ,ceed through France from the French Minister. at Florence, but succeeded in obtaining one from the Minister residing at Turin. They are daily expected in En g l an d. General huunins has taken a house in Bath, and, we understand, me dstates.a permanent residence in this country. We are sorry to learn, that a distressing accie dent occurred on board the George the Fourth, War-office • steam-vessel, plying bet ween Bristol and Cork, from the bursting of one cf the boilers,. hy which one man was killed, and four others of the crew seriously iujured. KING'S THEATIte.—The Co7therts Spirittiel at this Theatre closed last night, but did not come mence with much harmony. CATALAN' was too ill to attend, and a printed bill announced her indisposition. The audience, however, were not satisfied. Mr. BENULLI in vain attempted to ad dress them. A board then stated—" Madame CATALAN' is coming," • At !ength she appeared and took her seat, but was so evidently ill, that kinder feelings began to prevail, and the follow ing intimation from a Gentle-man who accompa nied her completely restored tranquillity, and the Concert afterwards proceeded without inter ruption, her exertions being no longer de manded " Madame CATALAN' wishes me to express her gratitude, and sincere regret at not being able to satisfy the Public. She will endearour to make it up another time. She has done every thing to prove thatobility is wanting, but not good for she has quitted a sick bed to pre sen t h erse lf b e f ore you, an d here she is." ORATORIOS.—The Lent musicals, which Closed last night at Covent-garden Theatre, have reflect ed a degree of honour on the taste, judgment, aml assiduity of their ingenious director, of which he may surely be proud, and added 'to every one of his principal performers a sprig of bay, which by no means disgraces the fame their previous ex ertions had so thoroughly earned. BRAHAM, whose name crowns the graduated scale of vocal talent, was perfectly himself in all he executed ; and - SINCLAIR, SAPIO, Airs. SALDIo V , and Miss STe• - MIENS, through the evening, were as felicitous as we ever witnessed; or. the instrumental parts of the. performance, the most striking' were tie beautiful fantasia so deliciously breathed I . l!'i from the flute of NicnsLsoN ; the neat, rapi,t and tas:eful pianoforte concerto, by NVIGLEv, • and the several song accompatnnents executed by Sir Gconor. SMART, MORI, and BIRCH.— Mrs. STEWART'S composition was received with deserved favour, as it formerly was in India, where her talents were well known and duly up predated. The honour of closing the cratorial,.: seasort. was reserved for Dr. Busty, and could not have been placed in abler hands. From his science and ingenious management, God save the King received a grandeur and brilliancy which certainly it never derived from the arrangement of any other Master, and imparted to the per formance of the evening an eclat not less gratify ing to the audience, than ad vantagecus to the competent and praise -worthy Director. OPERA AT ST. PETEasnuaGlL—lt is generally understood at St. Petersburgh, that the Emperor is about to introduce a regular establisl'ment for the performance of Operas in the Italian Jan guage, in the Russian capital, during six monthi of the Jear ; and in order to this, it is said, he appropriates the sum of half a million of roubles, about 20,0001. sterling. Madame Fonon, from Paris, alone is to be pensioned with a monthly • allowance of 12,000 roubles. .1