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~, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. ITOUSE OF COMMONS. Treneris, 20 die Aprilis, 1 824. Monday, April 5. ORDERS OF THE DAY. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. RUM Duties Acts—Committee thereupon. 2. Beer Duties Acta—Committee thereupon. 3. Labourerers' Employment Bill—Second Reading. 4. County Courts Bill—Committee. 5. Crown Debts (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. lVidrraday, April 7. NOTICE OF MOTION. ORDERS OP' THE DAY. I. nu Laws Repeal Bill—Committee. 2. Qualification of Jurors Bill—Committee. • rs ottt of the conn:ty at...that time w•as not considered a mea -sore a severity. Air.ll, oultram said it was oily an endeavour to 6rt, 4 4iti at fish. The !Ugric lion. Gent. had cautioned him not to be eowe a police agent for thre4.7,11 powers. " I ri,!rer have (said the .P.:4;Jit lion. Seertary) become the agent of Foreign PZ)Vitri.— ) i;C:Ver will become such agent. I ask for this Bill solely be - e..e I ftink the interest of my own country requires it." If Lr:glatid was happy and contented at home, why should fo feners disturb it ? Within the last two months it had been proved to his satisfaction, that if the Alien Act had not been in ,:ati,tence they must have resorted to a measure of more seve ✓ity. The Act, so far from being an injury to tiro Alien, was an advantage. Tice interest of the country required the conti- Noltion of the Act. Lord Al/I'llOR PE had heard the speech of the Right Hon. :-.4t:retary with great satisfaction, and partictihnly that part wl. +;h told the douse the Bill was not to be longer than two yeLrs in its thiration. The Right Hon. Gentleman had alluded to tomething he said on a former debate. The Noble Lord had Atit recommended an Act for the punishment of Aliens guilty 4 f treason against their own States, but he suggested that the maehinatims of foreigners might be met by some specific law. The question being loudly called for the Hone divided— For the Second Reading - - 174 Fur the Amendment Majority The pill was then read the second time. - -80 Ti*e other Orders were Postponed, and the House adjourned Oxt: O'CLOCK. LIST OF THE MINORITY Who voted against the reading of the Order of the Day for the Second Reading of the Alien Bill. Althorp, Visct. Huskisson,Hon.H. Pryse, P. Abercromby,Hn.J. James, W. Rice, T. S. Allen, J. H. Jervoit?, (;. B. Robarts, A. W. liaillie, Colonel Johnstone, W. A. Robarts, Colonel Barrett, S. M. Jones, John Robinson, Sir 0. _Benyon, B. Kennedy, T. F. Russell, Lord W. Bernal, R. Lambton, J. G. Scott, James Birch, J. Leycester, Ralph Sefton, Earl of Ilyng, George Leader, W. Smith, Wm. Calvert, C. Moberly, W. L. Smith, Robt. , Calvert, N. Macdonald, J. Stanley, fl on. E. C. Cavendish, C. .Marjoribanks, S. Sykes, 1). Clifton, Viscount Martin, J. Tierney, Rt. Hn.G. Colburne, N. W. Milton, Viscount Townsuend, Ld. C. Creevey, T. Monck, J. B. Warre, .1. A. Crompton, S. Moore, Peter Whitbread, W. H. Davies, Colonel Newport, Rt. Hon. Wilkins, W. Dundas, Hon. T. Sir J. Wilson, Sir R. Farrand, Robert Nugent, Lord Wood, Alderman Fergusson, Sir R.C. Ord, Wm. Wrottesley, Sir J. slaskell, Benj. Osborne, Lord F. Haldimand, W. Palmer, C. ,Hamilton, Lord A. Palmer, C. F. Honeywood, W. P. Pares, 'rhos. Holthoulue., J. C. Ilume, Joseph -I ROADS—AIston and Bnrtry ford, Whitchurch, Kingsbridge, and Rugeley and Alrewas—Bills read a third time, and passed. Glasgow and Parkhead, Glasgow ' Street, and Rad nor and Hereford—Bills read a second titng, and committed. Whiteparish and Southampton—Petition for additional pro vision reported, Report to lie on the table. Colne—Bill re ported, to be ingrossed. Patrington—Petition of Arthur 11Iaister, Esq. against, referred to the Committee on the Bill. Commercial—Petition of Commissioners of Paving, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill. Camden Town—Pe tition for additional provision, referred to a Committee. ESTATES—Macclesfield School, & Stone's MARKET—Maidstone Billsread a 2d time INC os ft E—Bincombe (Dorset) and committed. ImPnovEMENT—lslington LANCASTER JUDGES LODGINGS }Bills read a third P ottit PER CENTS. (Ireland) time, and passed. Docx—St. Katherine's—Seven Petitions, against, to lie on the table.—Bill read a second time, and committed. SUSPENSION BRIDGE — St-Katherine's—Petitions from Com missioners of Paving, and Corporation of London, against, to lie on the table. -COMPANIEs —Royal Irish Mining, and Patriotic Assurance (Ireland)—Petitions for Bills referred to Committees. A r.tEtis BHA—Petition of Corporation of London, against, to lie on the table. FLEET MARKET BESlON7AL—Petition of Messrs. Pontifex, • against, to lie on the table. FISHE I? s (Scotland)—Petition from Glasgow, for the regu lation of the _Laws applicable to the Salmon Fisheries, re ferred to the Select Committee on Salmon Fisheries. 'CROWN DEETS RECO7ERY (Ireland)—Bill " to amend an Act of the 41st year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Tnird, for the more speedy and effectual Reco very of Debts due to the Crown," read a first time, to be read a second time on Tuesday, and to be printed. " for fixing the Rates of subsistence to he paid to Innkeepers and others, on quartering Soldiers," read a first time ; to be read a second time on Monday. VOTICES of MOTIONS, and ORDERS of the DAY, which now stand in the ORDER-BOOK for the Ensuing Week. 1. Bankrupt Laws Amendment!Bill—Further consideration of Report. 2. County Gaols Bill —Further consideration of Report. 3. Clergy Residence (Ireland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. 4. Tithe Composition (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. ii. Exchequer Court Fees Investment Bill—Second Reading. 6. County Treasurers (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. 7. Records (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. O. Uame Laws Amendment Bill—Committee. Y. Cattle 111-treatment Bill—Third Reading. 19. Wool Importation and Exportation Bill—Second Reading. 11. Supply—Committee. VG. Aliens Bill—Committee. 13. Juries (scotland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. 11. Barrack Department Property Bill—Report. 1.5. Ways and Means—Committee. 16. Judges in Wales Bill—Committee. 17. Insolvent Delhors Bill—Report. 16. Constables Act Amendment (Ireland) Bill—Report. 19. - Customs (Coals and Linens) Bill—Second Reading. 24. innkeepers Bill—Second Reading. !I. Building of Churches Acts—Committee thereupon. NOTICES OF 310TIONS. 1. fur. Chancellor of the Exchequer—To move Grant towards buildings New Churches. (In Committee on Church Building Acts.) Y. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—To move Vote for Wind. tor Castle. (In Committee of Supply.) Tuesday, April 6. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Mr. George Lamb—Bill for allowing persons prosecuted for Felony to defend by Counsel. 2. Mr. Maberley—Land Tax Redemption Acts. 3. Kir. Kennedy—Bill to regulate the relief granted to the Poor in Scotland. 4. Mr. Peter Moore—Bill to repeal Combination Laws. 4. Mr. William Smith—Bill to extend the powers of the High land Road Repair Act of last Session. Mr. Cressett Pelham—Resolutions, showing the utility of - Parliament being occasionally holden in other Capitals of of the United Kingdom. ORDERS OE' 'rim DAY. 1. Land Revenue Sale of Stock Bill—Second Reading. 2. Proctors Costs (Ireland) Bill—Committee. Thursday, April 8. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Ilume_Select Committee on the practice of impressing !Seamen. 2. Mr. Goulburn—Bill for Draining and improving Bogs in Ireland. 3. Mr. Curteis_To move that the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on the Manchester Gas Light Bill be laid before the House. 4. Mr. Spring Rice —Bill to regulate Courts of Petty Sessions in Ireland. Friday, April 9. ORDER OF THE DAY. Marriage Act Amendment Bill—Second Reading. ntIVATE BILLS—SECOND READAjtOS for MONDAY. it. United General Gas Light Compahy.=-Milc-end Old Tarn 'Rates. We have received the Paris Papers of Wed nesday, and the Etoile dated Thursday.--They contain intelligence from Greece to the 3d of March, according to which Lord Brao2N had repaired to Tripolitza and successfully mediated between the Peloponesian Chiefs, so as to restore the harmony which personal ambitions had in terrupted, and to make the Legislature and the Executive Government combine their efforts to insure the ultimate triumph of their country.— Acrocorintli (the citadel of Corinth) had been amply provisioned, and a manufactory of gun powder had been established at Trip°litza, the mills of which were built on the banks of the Eurotas. But what is still more promising for the future welfare of Greece, is the foundation of six schools on the Bell and Lancasterian plan at Tripolitza, Mistra, Caritene, Gastonni, Calamata, and Phanari, where large numbers of I the people r e c e i ve d i ns t ruct i on and profited so ra pidly as t• cause a triu m ph an t an ti c i pat i on that in a short period there would remain no Anal- phavitos, or unlettered man, throughout the Cher sonesus of Pelops. In the vicinity of Misso lunghi, Colonel Stanhope had established a Mi litary College and Hospital, and Prince Mavro cordato a Lancasterian School ; and the siege of the Castle of the Little Dardanelles and of Le panto was carried on under the direction of English, Prussian, and French Engineers, who with a few Americans and Italians were the only foreigners yet engaged under the banner of the Cross. The news from Epirus is equally favourable. Arta has fallen into the hands of the Greeks, and the insurrection of the Pacha of Scodra against the Ottoman authority is confirmed. Of the same gratifying nature is the intelligence from Hydra, by which we learn that the declara tion of independence by the Pacha of Egypt had been followed by the withdrawal of his troops from the strong fortresses of Crete, thereby leaving the whole island in the possession of the Greeks. It is evident that the Divan have not, since the war of Greek independence, Leen placed in a situation of greater difficulty ; and when we consider the increased resources at the disposal of the Greek Senate, and the int- proved discipline and experience •f its forces, both by sea and land, we cannot avoid en couraging the hope that the establishment of Greek Independence is close at hand. The Etoile states that the house of GUEB. HARD has made arrangements with twenty-three other houses at Paris, which have taken amongst them the Spanish Loan. In consequence, the Loan is said to have risen at once from 60 to 70. The Members nominated as Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies are—Messrs. De Martignac, De Vaublanc, De Renville, and De Labourdonnaye ; the 'Secretaries are—Messrs. Syrieys de Marinha►c, De Berbis, De Blangy, and De Coupigny. The President is M. ftavez. Pants, 111Aucli 31.—Five per Cents. 102 f. 80c.—Loan of 1823, Kt.—Bank Stock, 1990 E—Neapolitan Five per Cents. in ducats, 9lii, in francs, 102.—Rentes d'Esp. 21.—Royal Spanish Loan of 1823, 65.—Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 40c.; three ditto, 25f. 25c.;—( fours duthentique, Masels3l.) ()ITT, Twelve o'clock.—Consols opened at 95 to 95i for the Account, at which price they remain steady, with little doing.—lt is said that one Express has arrived from Paris, bringing the Rentes at 1021. 10c.—Spanish is also said to have come lower. FOREIGN MARKET.—The chief business doing this morning is in Colombian and Spanish Bonds.—ln all other k °reign Securities there is little doing. Half-past Twelve o'Clock.—Consols have im proved : they are 954 i, which is a proof that the French Rentes have not come lower. Indeed, it is by no means certain that any Express from Paris has arrived. In the House of Commons last night the se cond reading of the Allen Act Renewal Bill was, after an eloquent Speech from Mr. CANNING, carried by a majority of 172 to 92. In the course of his luminous observations on the policy of re newing the Act in the present instance, the Right Honourable Secretary expressed a hop e that this was th e l as t ti m e in which it would be necessary to that on th e e xpiry of the two years during which apply to Parliament to sa nc ti on th e measur e, and its provisions are to continue in force, Ministers would be able to propose some permanent and less objectionable system for the treatment of Aliens resident in this country. From the allu sion again made by Mr. CANNING to the contin gency of an armament sailing from Spanish ports for South America, whilst Spain is in the occupation of a French force, it may now be re garded as certain that Ministers would not con sider sad ' an armamen t, (if it i s o f magnitude,) as Spanish, but that they would rather regard it as a foreign force and as furnishing, therefore, one of the grounds •on which Great Britain might deem it expedient to take a . decided part in favour of the South American States in their struggle with the Mother Country. The distinction which Mr. CANNING made as to our permitting a few straggling ships to de part from the ports of Spain, without de viating from our neutrality, cannot be object ed to, inasmuch as Spain, even in her pre sent state, may be presumed not to be altogether incapable of some slight effort, and as this coun try is pledged not to oppose any obstacle to her unassisted endeavours to recover her lost sove reignty over her Colonies. In the House of Lords there was an interesting discussion on the Irish Tithes Composition Act, and on the Unitarian Relief Bill. T he second Reading of the latter was carried by a majority of only two ; andas Lord LivEapoo c clogged his vote in its favour by a declaration that he would withhold his further support from it, unless it is modified in the Committee, it may be taken for granted that the Bill will not pass in its present shape. The subjoined Petition was last night present ed to the House of Commons by Mr. Mien Aim AN TAyLoa, on behalf of that class of Ship Owners who are interested in the Coal Trade to the Port of London, and who very prop er ly re quest, ifthe olitritciple of protecting them in their employment, as a nursery for seamen, be abandoned, that they shall be at least placed on a footing of equality, as respects imposts, with the importers of Coal into London by land or canal conveyances. We really do not see on what grounds this most fair and reasonable de mand can b• rejected. To the Honoura . ble tile CO 31;10)(S of the UNITED KiNGDOM of G Ij EAT BRITAIN and IREL AND , i n P ar li arnen t assem bl e d. The humble Petition of the undersigned Snip OWNERS and others concerned hi the COAL TRADIC to the PORT of LoNno. StrEWF. 7 rn—That your Petitioners are under the necessity of appealing to your honourable House on the Coasting Trade, as regards the supplying London with Sea-borne Coals, as your Petitioners have reason to believe that there is a proposition before your Honourable House to impose a higher Duty on all Coal sea-borne to London, than on Coal brought by other conveyances. That your Petitioners are fully aware that it is not their province to meddle in any way with the price of Coal at the pit mouth, whether in the counties of Somerset, Stafford, Glou cester, Durham, Northumberland, or elsewhere; but they sub mit to your Honourable House the claim which the Shipping have to, be admitted to supply London and other ports with Sea-borne Coal, at the same rate of Duty as Coal brought in any other way. That your Petitioners are induced to claim this privilege as a right extended to other subjects of the realm, but indepen dent of such a claim, the Legislature and Executive Govern ment have from time immemorial protected the seamen in such employment, to serve as a source of defence whenever the emergencies of the State require them. That your Petitioners submit with the greatest deference the subject of their Petition to your Honourable House, and pray such means of relief" as to your Honourable House may seem meet. And your Petitioners (as in duty bound) will ever pray. London, March 31, 1824. A Mail from Hamburgh arrived yesterday, by which we find that the warehousing system of this country, with regard to foreign goods, hae been productive of much benefit to the woollen manufactures of Prussia. Lord GIFFORD (the Chief Justice of the Com mon Pleas Court) was not sworn in by the Loan CHANCELLOR this morning, as the Master of the Rolls, in the room of the late Sir THOMAS PLU 31ER ; the appointment, however, is certainly to take place in the early part of the ensuing week. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the Duke of You.K yesterday.—The Princess AUGUSTA re ceived visits yesterday from the Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the Princess SOPHIA. Letters from Berlin say that the manufacturers at Aix-la-Chapelle have made great alterations in the fabrics prepared in that town. Their chief business now is the manufacture of light cloths for the Levant, especially those known by the name of Circassians ; and in this department t here is uncommon activity at the present moment. j FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Baron and Baroness Langsdorff, from the Continent ; the Earl and Countess of Pembroke and Family, at their house in Privy-gardens, from the scat, Wilton House, Wilts ; Lord and Lady Waldegrave, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from their seat, Twickenham ; Countess de Grey, at her house in St. James's-square, from her seat, Pulteney-heath ; the Ladies Fitzpatrick, at their house in Grosvenor-place, from their seat, Farming Woods, Northamptonshire ; Col. and Mrs. Smith, at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street i • Winkfield Shaw, Esq. at the British Hotel, Jer m y n _ street , from Paris; Col. Derevoir, at the St. Petersburgh Hotel, from Russia ; Capt. Jeffery, R.N., at ditto, from Portsmouth; Sir R. Steele, at Long's Hotel, Bond -street, from Dorsetshire ; the Rey. J. Allnutt and family, at Nerot's Hotel, Cliff or d- s treet. DEPARTURES.—Lady Caroline Lamb, for her seat, Brocket Hall; Mr. and Mrs. Weatherall Smith, for their residence, Charlton, Kent, for the Continent; Mrs. Price, from Black heath, for ditto ; the Right Hon. Lord Plymouth, from Nerot's Hotel; Mr. and Mrs. Douglass, from ditto ; Mrs. Hamilton and Ladies, from ditto. FA SHIONA BLE PARTIES. Sir Chas. Plower gives this day a most sumptuous dinner to his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and several of the Ministers. In point of splendour it will surpass an Eastern banquet, as the preparations for several days past have been of the most magnificent and extensive description. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury entertained an ele gant circle of fashionables yesterday evening, at her house in .Arlington -street. The Earl and Countess of Roseberry entertained a distin guished party at dinner yesterday, at their house in Piccadilly. Mrs. Legh, of Brook-street, gave a Grand Concert, on Thurs day evening, which was attended by a host of Fashionables. ORATORIO AT CovENT-GARDEN.—The ora torial performances at Covent-Garden, last night, were as excellent as diversified. The whole of the Selection was good, and the new Piece, by Dr. Busay, entitled 7'he Returnfronz Waterloo, was well received. The concluding choruses were in HANDEL'S style, and, throughout, reminded us of the manner of that sublime Composer. MR. Til ELWA LL.—A 3 the critical Lectures upon our chief Dramatic Writers, at the Hay market Theatre, may really be considered as one of the intellectual features of the passing time, we are glad to find that they are progressively better attended. We are obliged to abridge our notice of last night, on account of the pressure of important temporary matter. The subjects were —The Works of SUA KSPEA RE, MILTON, and later Writers—Conrus, Macbeth, an d Oth e ll o ---SHAKSP EA lit E 9 S Witches —the p oet i ca l mer i t of GoLusmiTH—Pizarro—eulogiums on K EM-• BLE and Mrs. StunoNs—remarks on the er- rors of KEAN—Lord BYRON'S Works, &c.— The intermediate observations were judicious and liberal. The Lecturer's extemporaneous powers aro really extraordinary, and hi s manner very impressive. lie was much applauded during a longer Lecture than we have heretofore at tended. A DELPHI THEAT Lye, the Stage Manager of this Theatre is not only a good actor, but by all reports a very worthy man. We are, therefore much gratified in finding that his ap proaching benefit is to be supported by the mu sical talents of Messrs. ItnonEs, and many other respectable performers, who are laudably zealous to support his interest. Letters were received yesterday from Pernam buco, dated the 23d of January, hut their con tents are of little importance. Some anxiety is manifested by the merchants at the continued re sidence there of the Portuguese, who had had no. Lice to leave the country, and for whose convey ance to Europe the means had been provided by I the Administrative Junta, lest by their intrigues some movement might be set on foot in favour of Portugal ; but the danger, from the smallness of their number, appears to be one of a very slight nature. Letters by the last Mail from St. Petersburgh, state, that the weather continues to be marked by mildness, although there has been a good deal of snow. In the Western Provinces of Russia, however, there has been very little snow. The Marquis Wzr.LEsr.Er, after visiting Lime rick, proceeds to Cork, in which latter city he is expected on the 10th of next month. The Earl of THANET, who has been daily ex pected in town from Paris, we are concerned to hear is much indisposed. To chew the friendly intercourse which sub sists at the present moment between the Govern ment of Brazil and the British Naval force on hat station a private letter from Rio Janeiro mentions that the comedy of She Stoops to Con quer was performed by the Officers of the British squadron at the Opera House, in the presence of the Emperor and Empress, and a crowded au dience, who expressed much gratification with the representation. The recent fall of snow was very great in many places in the country ; in many parts of Leicestershire it was fourteen inches in depth, and, so near London as Hitchin, it was ancle deep. OPPRESSION OF LABOURERS IN THE COAT. 'TRADE.—For several days past the Loan MA - roa has been occupied by the complaints of a nume rous body of men called coal-whippers, who are employed in unloading the colliers in the River. ITS. There are several thousands of these men, and it is a general complaint amongst them that they cannot obtain work unless they spend a large portion of their wages in the houses of publicans who act in concert with the coal undertakers that have the controul of the whippers. A coal un dertaker of the name of Swain was yesterday charged with this offence, and suspended from his office. For the LAST OF THE LOTTERY, there are only 6,000 Tickets for Sale, with THREE of 20,0001., to gain which, the Risk of a Whole Ticket is only 51. 19s. and a Sixteenth 9s. only. On TUESDAY NEXT, the First-drawn Prize will have an Additional 1'20,000, when TWO MORE 20, 0 0 0 and 13 other floating Capitals may ALL BE DRAWN, after which those who do not obtain them may, on or before 15th April, have nearly ALL their MONEY RETURNED at all the Offices, and of J. and J. SI vr.w RIGHT, Contractors, 37, Cornhill t 11, Holborn, 38, Haymarket, and their Agents. 1/.0.1)..f1::)j :t...t.:44:.,....c.:,, , i.. 1: .„. 4 1 - v ? .. - . 4 1 4 % ,, e , „. vto ea , .. . , T ., i. .14' ,-,, - ' , . 4 / - • . • - I.* . ' ' S TEP 0 0 - itit ;ttItATUM YESTEItDAY.-3d column, 2d page, in the Letter on the SEA-(,mat. 1)r-rr, after " ten shillings per chaldron, Winchester measure, for that district," read " that DIS TANCE." PRICE OF STOCKS Tills OAY AT TWO O'CLOCK. Bank Stocl- shut 3 per ('cut. Red. shut perCcnt. Cons. 951 4 per Cent shut 4 per Cent. - t Old shut 1. New ... 5 per Cents. 1797 Rank Long Ann shut Imp.3perCents. India Stock shut India Bonds 87s. 84s. South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills 56 54 Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. Mr Acct. 95h1a PitiCE OF FOREIMN STOCKS Ix LONDON, APRIL 3, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 1031. Scrip, 171 pm. Six per Cents. 00. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 97i. Five per Cent. Bonds, 961. Scrip, 16g prem. ( Five per Cent. Bonds, 1 1 8 8 2 .) 0 1 , 00. 19. Ditto Ditto 1323, 17. ( Five per Cent. Bonds, 93.1 ex div. Di.!.,) New, 984. (Bonds, 'J7' Portugueseet Scrip, 7g. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 1001. Peruvian Scrip, 00. Chili 801 ex div. C,olt»nbian Six per Cent. Bonds, 1341. Mexican Scrip, 7l prem. (;reek 16 dis. Alliasce Insurance Shares-161. Bank Shares £24 03. Od. Seven per Cent. 95. Six per Cent. 94-102. Five per Cent. 100-102. Three per Cent. 77. Fren oh Russian Neapolitan Austrian Spanish Pr kt A nieri ran 11 IGH WATER A Aiorning, 59 minut( T LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. es after 4. 1 Evening, 22 minutes after 5. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICEREFALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1824. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—Be so good as insert the inclosed. Yogr Paper having taken up the affair before any other, is looked to with intense anxiety. Your's, TO DON MANUEL .TOSE HURTADO. Sur—The very sudden and unexpected manner in which you have adjusted the long agitated question, concerning the late Mr. Zea's Loan, seems to call for some observations, which I think you will not find foreign to the subject. last, The to which Decree yoofo allude t he Con i g n r eysosuorf advertisementColoin bia of tohfe to-day, y , J , 11 ,r ~e n e e . probated in th e s t rongest and most unqualified terms all the financial transactions of the late Mr. Zea, and stated in the most explicit manner that it disavowed and disowned them: that he, Mr. Z ea , h a d b een gu i lty of many misrepresentatil with regard t o t h e resources of the Colombian Governme n, particularly that part of them arising from the revenue of Mines,. it went on to affirm that Commissioners would be al' pointed to e xam i ne i nto t h e state of all transactions connected hold dh itself l f ,o p a l e n d in question, todiscl a a r f g t e e , r which not tl l e the fic t t 4 i t o i voeursn Bondsment would o°l .t d , late Plenip o t ent i ary, b ut all that could be proved to have bet.,n, transmitted either as rem i ttances, munition of war, ship stores, or other effects. Such, Sir, is, I believe, the sum and substance of this fitnloll s , decree, which the Congress of Colombia published to the world while it entrusted to the Executive the mode, the mere manne r +. of its being carr i e d i nto effect; and in your advertisement 0 ' to-day, dated within a fortnight of your arrival in this countrY, you notify " that all the holders of the Bonds, issued by the late Hon. F. A. Zea, in virtue of a Loan contracted by hi m &c., may receive in lieu thereof, Bonds signed by yourself, virtue of the special power vested in you for that purpose , the Government of Colombia, founded on the decree of the CO r tl: gress of 313th June last, &c." Now, Sir, did you come to tru: isi untry as a Commissi oner to investigate claims, or did i ° `: not? If you did, y ou h ave b een rash and precipitate in decision,—if you did not, why did you not publish the objec t of your mission immediately upon your arrival ? I cannot sue' pose it possible that you had any stock-jobbing purposes t° answer; but I must say, with all respect, that appearances are very much against you. If you have failed to profit by the opportunity yourself, you must by disclosures in conversation . have afforded it to others, who might be sufficiently adept 13 gambling to have availed themselves of it ; and I must sad' that you owe it to yourself personally —to your country politi cally—and to Messrs. Herring, Graham, and Powles, col lectively and individually, to publish your reasons for 70 0 ' very extraordinary conduct. So much, Sir, for the manner in which the late Mr. Zdo Loan has been recognized. A few words now upon the Foli c, ' and veracity of your Government. When first the intelligenc e of the late Mr. Zea's financial transactions reached Colombia , though the sacrifice would have been great, it would have been wise to have recognized the Loan at once, with all its imper fections on its h ea d, i n or d er to shew the world that your 6 0- vernment was determined in its infancy to establish the invio lability of its faith ; but it chose a different course, and the Congress published a Decree, which annulled and denied al: the financial acts of its late Minister, which personally abuse" him, and deprived the holders of hia Bonds of any expectation beyond their legal claims. Such was the policy of your Government-=such the value it placed upon those Bonds which you have this day recognized in the fullest and most unqualified manner; and what, Sir , can you say to those unfortunate individuals, whose only fault was to rely upon the veracity of your Government , and who, taking it at its word, preferred realizing forty or fifty per cent. rather than endure a further sacrifice ?", Sir, I will fe a rle ss ly t e ll you, that they have been tti°'` wantonly wronged ; they have claims upon its justice, which . : as a rising co u nt r y, i t cannot d eny ; and dif f icult indeed will be the negoeiation of any new Loan, while the circumstance s to which I have alluded continue to remain unexplained. tha t One word more : I h ave goo d aut h ority foe believing you yourself in reply to a querist upon the subject of the ]auto Mr. Zea's Loan, made use of the following expression :--- " How can you expect that I can confirm this Loan, which wa s for ten millions of d o ll ars, w h en my Government only rece i ve' one ?" This, Sir, you must deny or acknowledge. I have the honour to remain, Your obedi O ent servant, AN EX-HOLDER OF CLOMBIA.N BONDS" London, April 2, 1824. MERCANTII,E SHIPPING. DEAL, A PRIL 2.—Wind N.E.—ln the course of last night' and early this morning, it came on to blow excessively hart! from S. %. to S.S.W., during which the An n , Bi nn i e , fret" , London to Q ue b ec , d rove so near the Brake Sand that slig slipped from her chain cable (having struck), and brought IT in the Downs. The Ogle Castle, Brown, from Madras, drain; in the hawse of his Majesty's ship Ramillies, lost her boat, anti sustained some trifling damage. The Demerara packet, iron' Demerara, also drove in the hawse of the Ramillies, cut het cable, cleared her, and brought up again ; the above three sluP s have since b een su ppli e d w i t h anchors and cables.—A brigd name unknown, ran through the Gulls to leeward, firing, A n exhibiting blue lights, reported to be from Jamaica. Abet" 3 p. m. it began to blo w su dd en l y from N.N.E. to N.E. 5.°11 , Barks, supposed bo u nd to Q ue b ec, one ship homeward boun d and several brigs, including the lithe for St. Kitts, a ppear t° have lost anchors and cables; 5 p. tn. blows strong. The Castle, Demerara Packet, Ann, Sidney Packet, John, Layton, and Alex an d er, appear to ride well. The Shepherd" from London to St. Kitts, slipped and proceeded. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 2.—Virind N.N.E.—It has blown* very heavy gale from N.W. until 3 p. at., it is now more mo derate, and several of the outward-bound are underweigh. Tile' having c h oppe d round to N.N.E. the following entwor". bound have arr i ve d here viz. :—Charles an d William, George* Fairy, Alchy nu i t, Albion, Diadem, Phoenix, Tyne, and Marl a ` PLYMOUTH, APRIL 1.--Wind W.S.W.—A rr i ve d tbC Lady Arabella, Itenner, Kennersly Castle, and Tom Bowling , front London, outward-bound. FALMOUTH, APRIL L—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived le st evening his Majesty's sloop Grasshopper, to collect convoy for Gibraltar ; when off' Portland, on Tuesday, at 9 p. m. (vetl dark), she ran foul of the schooner Industry, Dealwith, laden with slates, from Wales, for London ; the violence of the WI caused the Industry immedi a t e l y to s i n k ; t h e crew were We' except a boy who was unfortunately below. The Grasshoppe r sailed this day for Plymouth to repair her damage, having carried aw a y her catwat er . Hi s Majesty ' s brig Plover I"' make convoy, signed fbr the Mediterranean, and give instrug• tions to vessels that may arrive until the Grasshopper Mato, which is expected in a day or two. MONSTROUS SERPENT.-We learn by our letter§ that a serpent of an uncommonly large sizes which is supposed to have been brought down by a current from some mountain, has taken, abode at a plac e near B ra h m i neetu lh a h , situate d on the north of Santipore. It has not mach breadth,but is 22 to 24 cubits long. As some people have seen it from the public road, which is near to its den, we learn thereby that the serprot times of rest collects its body into a form re— sem b ling a wheel ; but at the noise of any on , •''' approach it stretches itself and jumps up to the distance of 25 or 30 cubits. Fortunately it lias not bitten any one, but gr(;at alarm has beet' occasioned among the passengers. Some of the respectable inhabitants of the place, with the view to kill the monster, sent up a body of men with bludgeons and muskets in theirhands ; theY being frightened at its terribl hissing and fright ful shape they could not command courage to at tack it.—(Calcutta Paper, Oct. 24.) According to the discovery of a Mr. Cools, le Alkalies are said to render both cotton'and cloths incombustible. ,0111.= BIRTH. On the 29th ult., at Bicton-house, Devon, Lady Rolle, ors (laughter. DIED. On the 31st ult., at Ramsgate, Mrs. Elizabeth Wykeham, relict of the late Richard Fiennes Wykeharn, Esq. On the Ist instant, at his mother's residence, Faversham, Kent, in the 33d year of his age, Mr. Edward Perkins,.of the firm of Clark, Budden and Co., Size-lane. printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the Sill° OFFICE, 112 ; Strand, by J. B. Caaivtinta.