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<,~t~ ' - ~_ s V~ 4 re an ;h no - Wing, so phe Li g of JAEN, n the her rning, nfant d ac-_ uiz ed • e too ncreo the her eoted r, and non' ertY' OnSi' LmeS, had say. ..7.L.4 IS I:51B ER 9864 March M T B E COMMISSIONERS f or VICTUAL LING His .1.1,4.1. ES TY'S N,-/ 4..". do hereby give Nofire.flint„„ th e 9th April next, they will be ready to receive Tcoders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the such cream ities of SEA PROVISIONS, includ ing. RUM, as may be demanded for the use of his Majesty's 's and Vessels at Galway and Clifdrn, front the elate of ; Ire Contract to the 31 st December next; and also fyr the sup plY of what FRESH BEEF may be required for the use of nu Majesty's Ships and.Yessels at Belfast, Carriekfergus, L arne Har4our, and Newry, and also a 1 Greenock, during lhe- kfore-mentioned period. S eparate Tenders will be required to be made for the Sea l 'rnvision s and Fresh Beef ConPracts. "le Conditions of the Contracts may be tern at this Office, ( 4 applying to the Collectors of the Cueorns at Galway, ji eliart, and Greenock, respectively. -eoch Tender must sped& the Price in lrords at length, "' I I '4 delivered before One ()Thick on the day appointed ; and " be accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible Perron, engaging In become bound with the Party tendering in 'he penal sum of 5001. for the due performance of each of the Contracts. " e Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his " c4 a,(l, must attend to answer when called for. 31. 17 7 ,11.LER CLIFTO.V. CONTRACTS FOR PAPER. James -street, Buckingham Gate, April 2, 1824. T"E COMPTROLLER OF HIS MA . • JEsTy% S STATIONERY OFFICE is ready to receive TENDERS for various descriptions of PAPER required for the Public Ser,ice. Particulars of the Contract can he seen, and Samples of the Papers required be had, at the Stationery Office. The Tenders must he delivered ou or before Twelve o'Clock of the day of the 14th of .April. sealed, and marked "Ten . der for Paper." , qt '4 ; : % 6 • NOTICE TO ARTISTS. ALL 'WORKS intended for the ensuing EX -4 HIBITION at the ROYAL ACADEMY of ARTS, most he sent in oil MONDAY, the sth, or by Six o'Closk on TUESDAY, the 6111 of April, after which time uou• eau be rtgrived. The Regulations necessary to be obgerred may be obtained by applying at the Royal Academy, Somerset House. HENRY HOWARD, ft.A. See. A T A MEETING OF ME RCHANTS, Bankers, ship Owners, Underwriters, and Traders con s hected with the Commerce of the Port of London, held this Ist day of April, 1824, at the City of London Tavern; WILLLA II MANNING, Esq. M.P. in the Chair; Moved by John Smith, Esq. M.P. ; seconded by Alderman Bridges, M.P. That it appears to this Meeting, that on the 28t hdayof g u Aust last, at a numerous Meeting of M e r c h a nt s , Bankers, Trade rs , an d o th ers , h e ld at t hi s p l ace , c a Committeeimlawabser of ap- Pointed to con s id er o f th e e xp e di e n c y o f forming a C ommerce in the City of London, and to report their opinion thereupon. Upon which an amendment was moved by G. Hibbert, Esq.; leconded by T. Tooke, Esq. That it appears to this Meeting to be inexpedient to proceed furth er un d er any circumstances in the formation of a Chamber 'of Commerce in the City of London, an i ns tit ut i on w hi c h could slot be u se f u l or convenient, and might be mischievous; which Was negatived, and the original resolution carried. Moved by Thomas Wilson, Esq. M.P. ; seconded by R. Fatrant, Esq. M.P. Resolved unanimously, That it appears to this Meeting that copies of the Resolution by which such Committee was ap pbinted were upon the 23d of September last transmitted by John Smith, Esq. M.P. the Chairman of the Meeting before named, to the Right Honourable the E ar l o f Li ver p oo l, a nd to the P res id ent of the Board of Trade, and that the receipt of the co mmunication to the Noble Lord was acknowledged. Moved by R. Ryland, Esq. • seconded by T. Wilkin s on, Esq. Resolved unanimously, ihat it appears to this meeting that a report was presented by the Committ ee , w hi c h cons i ste d o f the following Gentlemen : Alderman Bridges, M.P. Robert 11. Mart en , Esq. Alderman Thompson, M.P. R. Farrand, Esq. M.P. Thomas Wilson, Esq. M.P. John Bainbridge Esq. John Smith, Es q . M.P. Richard Birkett, ' Esq. .John Plummer, Esq. M.P. John NV. Buckle, Esq. John Martin, Esc; M.P. James Cook, Esq. L. Doxatt, Esq. . George Dorrien, Esq. J. H. Freese, jun. Esq J. Alsterman, Esq. (I. C. Glyn, Esq. • C. Richardson, jun. Esq. John Hodgson, Esq. It. Ryland, Esq. W. A. Hankey, Esq. B. Shaw Esq. Robert Holden, Esq. H. W. S ' inith, Esq. John Hall, Esq. T. Wilkinson, Esq. Kymer, Esq. John Kymer, Esq. T. Wilson, Esq. Warnford court E. B. Kemble Esq. H. Ward, Esq. Andrew Loudman, Esq. 11. S. Wollaston, Esq. At a Meetin g of Merchants, Bankers, Ste. on the 18th day of March last, held at this place, at which it was resolved, that such Meeting should adjourn to this day, for the purpose of - considering the said report, and that William Manning, Esq. M.P. should be invited to take the Chair; Moved by B. Shaw, Esq.; seconded by J. H. Freese, Esq. Resolved unanimously, That this Meeting being impressed with the conviction that the advantages to be derived from a Chamber of Commerce in the City of London must greatly depe n d upon an unrestrained and cordial communication with the several branches of his Majesty's Government for the time b eing, it has learned with deep regret, from a communication recently addressed by the Right Ilonourable the Earl of Liver- Puol to John Smith, Esq. M.P. Chairman of the late Commit tee, that strong objections are entertained by his Majesty's Mi sisters to such an association being formed within the City of London.- That under such circumstances it is expedient to de fer the consideration of the said report until it shall have been ascertained whether any, and, if any, what modifications of the Project will obviate the inconveniences which it is apprehend might arise from such an institution in the Aletroolis, gistinguished fr om s i milar existing associations in sev p eral Ports of the United Kingdom, some of which have re ceived the special sanction of the Crown, and all of them enjoying the countenance of his Majesty's Government. ma loved by David Lyon, n, Es q . Esq. i seconded by T. M as t er - Resolved unanimo us l y, That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Gentlemen who composed the Committee for the very able report presented by them at the last Meeting, and for the great attention bestowed by them upon the subject. Moved by H. S. H. Wollaston, Esq. ; seconded by James Cook, Esq. Resolved unanimously, That the Chairman be solicited to t !'ansinit a copy o f t h e foregoing Resolutions to the Right lion. t he Earl o f Li verpool, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the President of the Board of Trade; and that they be adver tised in the usual morning and Evening Papers. The Chairman having left the Chair, T. Wilson, Esq. M.P. w called to the Chair, and it w as Moved b y John liall, Es Buckl e, Esq. q.; seco n d e d b y J o h n William Resolved unanimously, That the heartfelt thanks of this Meeting be given to William Manning, Esq. M.P. for the rea diness with w hi c h h e complied with the invitation of the former meeting to preside this day, for the attention he has uniformly shown to the commercial interests of this Metropolis. and the Wanner in which he has filled the Chair. t; W :4' ,4. e r 4 -- 4.# //2 44177-IVii- PAYMENT of PRIZES drawn on the 17th Day of March in stant, being theSECOND DAY oIDRAWING the FOURTH LOTTERY for the Year 182 t. LOTTERY-OFFICE, SOMERSET-PLACE, March 27, 1824. T HB COMMISSIONERS appointed for MA NAGING the LOTTERIES do hereby give Notice, That Numbers of TICKETS and SHARES thereof may he registered for information of their fates to be sent after the Drawing, and tnay be examined at this Office every day (Sundays excepted), with their Registers of Benefits and 13,1anks. And the COMMISSIONERS appointed to take in the BE NIiFFI"FICKETS of the FOURTH LOTTERY for the year Mt, do hereby give Notice, That they will attend at their Office, in Somerset-Place, on MONDAY, the sth day of April next, Irons Ten o'Clock• in the Forenoon to T wo o'Clock in the Afternoon, to take in and enter the BENEFIT TICKETS drawn on Wednesday, the 17th day of March in stant, being the Second Day of Drawing the same Lottery, to be ex'clianged for Certificates pursuant to the Act of Parlia ment in that behalf. And for further dispatch thereof, the said CONINIISSION ERS will take in and enter the TICKETS numbered from Nu. I to No. 7,000 at one seat, and the Tickets numbered kom No. 7,001 to No. 14,000 at another seat, and the per sons possessed thereof are directed to bring with their Tickets separate Lists thereof, marked A and B, distinguishing Stock from Money Pa izes, formed in numerical order, adapted to each °tate said seats, and at the bottom of each List to write the name and proper additions of the person entitled to the value of the said Tickets. And the said COMMISSIONERS also give further notice, That Certificates for the value of the said Tickets will be deli vered out on lIIURSDAY, the Eth day of April ilex', at Noon, after which the said COMMISSIONERS will take in and enter Tickets in their usual Monthly entry; and all persons are desired to observe they must bring duplicates of their Lista when they come for their Certificates. The COMMISSIONERS also give further notice, That a Bond of indemnity must be entered into by two respreable Housekeepers (to be approved by the said COMMISSIONERS) together with the person entitled to the value of any Ticket •r Tickets which may have been lost; or to any Ticket or Tickets the Checks of which may have been turn or destroyed, before the Commissioners can grant Certificates for the same; aed that, in case of a lost Ticket, an Affidavit toast also be wade of the circumstances attending the loss of the same, before one of the Honourable Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer. SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1824. This Day was published, With 39 Plates, 4to. price 41. 14s. 6(1. CAPTAIN PARRY'S JOURNAL of a SE COND VOYAGE for the DISCOVERY of a NORTH WEST PASSAGE. Printed for JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle-street. ITALIAN PRONUNCIATION. In a few Days will be published, In a neat Pocket Volume, price 6s. 6d. half-bound, 'THE ITALIAN INTERPRETER, consist ing of Copious and Familiar Conversations, on subjects of general interest and utility, together with a complete Voca bulary in English and Italian ; to which is added in a separate column, the exact Mode of Pronunciation, on a plan eminently calculated to facilitate the acquisition of the Italian Language. By S. A. BERNARDO. London : Printed for Samuel Leigh, 18, Strand. BISHOP 11 0I3A - RT'S SERMONS. This Day were Published, Handsomely printed in 2 vols. Gvo. price 1/. Is. in Boards, QERMONS on the PRINCIPAL EVENTS and TRUTHS of REDEMPTION; to which are an nexed an Address and Dissertation on the state of the departed, and the descent of Christ into Hell. By JOHN lIENRY HOBART, D.D. Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the State of Now York, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pulpit Eloquence in the General Theological Seminary, and Rector of Trinity Church, and St. Paul's, and St. John's Chapel, in the City of New York. Printed for U. and J. Itivington, St. Paul's Church-yard, and Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. ji"di.oAN CONTRACTED for his Majesty the RING of PRUSSIA, by Mr. N. M. ROTHSCHILD, in London, in 1818.—Notice is hereby given, that in con formity with the General Bond signed by his Majesty the King of Prussia, at Berlin, the 7th of May, 1818, wherein reference is made to the contract of the above-mentioned Loan, dated 31st of March, 1818, according to which a Sinking Fund was provided, whereof the Eleventh Half Yearly Redemption fell due on the Ist of the present month of April. His Excel lency Baron Weather, Envoy Extraordinary and Mini ster Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Prussia to his Britannic Majesty, jointly with Mr. N. M. Rothschild, in the presence of Mr. Bonnet, Notary Public, have, on the let in. stant, CANCELLED and Deposited in the Bank of England, according to the form prescribed, the following amounts, viz. : Twenty-five Thousand Pounds, in Special Bonds of the said loan (as specified below), being the first half of the sum fixed for the redemption of bonds in the sixth year, viz. one per cent. per, “onum on the said loan ; and also the amount of Fourteen Thousand Five Hundred Pounds in the said Bonds (as in cluded in the specification below), being purchased from the interest of the Fire Hundred and Eighty-nine Thousand Seven Hundred Pounds which have been redeemed successively on the lst of April and Ist of October, 1819 ; Ist of April and Ist of October, 1820; Ist of April and let of October, 1821 ; Ist of April and Ist October, 1822 ; and Ist of April and Ist of October, 1823. Special Bonds Cancelled with their respective Dividend IVar. rants Letter. Nos. 85 . 2 of 1000 3 of 500 32 of 250 8000 B 197 993 1348 C 302 375 400. 403 404 452 701 799 800 813 837 1352 1277 1279 1352 1393 1447 1863 2000 2117 2176 2416 2630 2650 2811 2847 3056 3,513 3691 3827 8963 3993 D 27 368 3 7 8 383 786 799 1682 2216 2396 2418 2470 2673 2687 3283 3378 3396 3476 3495 3518 3868 4113 4180 4362 4418 4464 4510 4511 4513 4530 4293 5053 5054 5074 5078 5222 5223 6893 6143 6323 6442 6599 6899 7046 7048 7049 7129 7207 7218 7219 7243 7582 7761 8246 8564 8829 9059 9111 9191 9452 9454 9657 9860 9881 9935 10271 10272 10319 10325 10543 10544 10545 10965 11032 11103 11338 11536 11537 11653 11786 12204 12331 12485 12727 12780 12781 13073 13084 13139 13158 13490 13864 13925 14119 14294 14296 14667 15654 16028 16035 16116 18118 16206 16732 16996 17135 17206 17207 17208 17209 17210 17211 17212 17213 17214 17215 17584 17586 17747 17776 17805 18315 19541 19720 19726 20015 20030 20095 20282 20382 20483 20526 20546 20808 20816 20963 21003 21146 21157 21165 21166 21209 21348 21363 21462 21703 21704 21705 21706 21745 21906 21908 32507 22721 23280 23358 23748 23749 23750 23751 23752 23753 23754 23755 23766 23757 23753 23759 23760 23780 23786 23787 23788 23789 23790 23819 23822 23968 23969 23970 23971 23972 23973 23974 23975 23976 23971 23978 23979 23980 23981 23982 23983 23984 23985 23986 23987 23988 23989 24990 23996 23997 23998 23999 24000 24032 24278 24721 24722 24723 24724 24725 24726 24727 24728 24729 24730 24786 24787 24788 24789 24790 24791 24792 24793 24794 24795 24796 24797 24798 24799 24800 24888 24891 24924 24925 24926 24927 24928 24929 24930 '24961 24962 24963 24964 24965 24966 24967 24968 24969 24970 24971 24972 24973 24974 24975 24976 24977 24978 24979 24980 24981 24982 24983 24984 24985 24986 24987 24988 24989 24990 24991 24992 24993 24994 24995 24996 24 097 24998 24999 25000 Bond; ADDRESS TO SIR 11. LEES, BART. The ADDRESS of the MASTERS, WARDENS, and BRETHREN of the GUILD of MERCHANTS, unani mously Voted to Sir H.ARCOURT LEES, Bart. NVe, the Masters, Wardens, and Brethren of the Guild of Merchants, beg leave to present you with this Address of thanks, for the undeviating and powerful support which you have, and are still affording, to the British Constitution in these awful times, by the zealous exercises of your genius, your profound information, and your virtues. When we reflect that the whole of the Catholic Question turns on the expediency of removing the disabilities under which the Irish Roman Catholics labour, and on the degree of security which could be given to the Protestant Religion as by laws established amongst us, we feel pride that we pos sess in the gratuitous service of our reverend King such an in dividual•as,Sir HAncounT whose talents have crushed, in both - countries, the enemies who rashly entered into the arena of polemics with a writer as pure in principle as he convincing in argument. We will not trespass, Sir, on your time, by endeavouring to give even a sketch of • those services which you have rendered, with honourable and manly perse verance, to the King, the Constitution, and the Church—we shall merely content ourselves by saying, that to your abilities are the Protestants of Great Britain indebted for the clearest light that ever has been shed on the state of the Irish Emancipa tion Question—the rivalry and the enmity between the Catho lics and the Church—and the inadequacy of all securities which have been proposed by the advocates of that baneful measure— as well as impressing on the deluded minds of the Irish people, that the first and general duty of the Legislature is, to secure the Establishments as settled at the glorious Revolution. HARCOURT LEES, Bart. My sherli; and Gentlemen Deputies from the Loyal Guild of jfrchants, e , Holding, as I do, the I rote s t an t E sta bli s h ment i n Church Lord A N 8 Mayor, lß f Mr. S . 111 and State in the highest veneration, and impressed with the most profound gratitude for the blessings we have so long en joyed under its influence in this portion of the United Empire, I cannot but feel the greatest degree of satisfaction at re ceiving so strong a testimony of the approbation of my Fellow-citizens for my humble exertions in defence of my , a3 vo i te d oTl= in to ou in sl e y in by thi t s he Lo d y l a ji l id ai o n f l ai K f l ee n rc g ct 0 1: n 1 1 1 1a : 7. R A e 1 i t g i d i o r e s n , s My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen—ThP Protestants of Ire land, and the Church of England, in p a rticular, have alway s been considered since th e R evolution as the chief support of civil and religious liberty i n this almost pagan country ; and it affords me the deepest concern to behold, in the nineteenth century, a system of policy, engrafted in the Government of Ireland, which, in weakening the connection which has existed for so many centuries between the King and his most faithful subjects, has commenced its ominous and lamentable career, by essaying to deceive an enlightened Sovereign—and which system I predict, will ine v i ta b ly terminate its course through the blood of the Protestants of Ireland, if much longer per severed in, by convicting the Jesuit faction in his Majesty's Councils, of either the mose profound ignorance of the Consti tution, or the most prem e di tated treachery to the Throne of my beloved Monarch. The Popish Church, G ent l emen, is, by the essential prin ciples or her constitution, i ntolerant, and avowedly hostile to every other religious est a bli shment—consequently at direct enmity to every extension o f religious freedom ; and to so en lightened an assembly as the present I need not refer to the page of history to establish this unanswerable fact—that the Popish creed is equally unfavourable not only to the civil li berty of the subject, but that it is perpetually encroaching upon the rights and prerogatives of the Throne, while it is unceas ingly, but most cautiously undermining the vital principles of the British Constitution. MTLord Illayor and Mr. Sheriff Lamprey—l beg leave to express to you in particular the deep sense I shall ever enter tain of the distinguished and unparalleled proof you have af forded, by your presence here this day, how highly the City of Dublin appreciate my humble exertions in defence of both Church and State; and I beg you will convey to Mr. Sheriff Perrin my regret that his official duties in London have pre ♦ented me from assuring him in person how fully sensible r am of his attachment to the King and to the Protestant Establish ment of Ireland. Gentlemen of the Common Council—l have already experi. enced, by your unanimous declaration of confidence in my judg ment, and a vote of thanks for my services, passed at an earlier period, and the true interests of this unfortunate country, with the dignity and happiness of our venerated Sovereign, are ever paramount and ascendant in all deliberations and resolves of his Majesty's loyal and Protestant Commons of the city of Dublin. —(Dublin Antidote, March 27.) ASSAULT ON MR. JAMES, the Naval Historian. —Yesterday forenoon, two persons burst into the house of Mr. James, Chapel-field, South Lambeth, and after some threatening language, fell upon him with bludgeons, struck him on the head, and several other parts of his body. His wife, who was beginning to recover from a se vere illness, suffered a relapse in consequence of the alarm into which she was thrown. On the servant being ordered out for a Constable, they ran out immediately, pursued by Mr. James, and escaped in a coach which was in waiting for them. One of the individuals introduced him self by the name of a gallant Captain in the Navy ; bat we do not think ourselves at liberty to mention the name, as we cannot believe that any gentleman would be guilty of such an act. — (Morning Chronicle.) A numerous and respectable Meeting of the In habitants of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was held in the. Guild Hall in that town on Wednesday last, the MAYOR. of Newcastle in the Chair, when it vas resolved to address Petitions to both Houses of Parliament for the gradual and effec tual Abolition of Slavery, throughout the British Colonies. 2000 1500 280 of 100 28000 317 139,600 _ _ -r— .. -i`:.: - ' -,e.," ,*„. a . ,. - s + ~÷.-.. _ • TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extrosts ,fretn the Morning Papers, _April 3. [MORNING POST.] Both Houses of Parliament were actively en gaged last night. In the Lords the Silk Duties Abolition Bill was read a second time on the motion of the Earl of Liverpool, and with the universal concurrence of their Lordships. An interesting discussion then arose respecting the operation of the Tithe Composition Bill in Ire land, which the Earl of Liverpool declared to have succeeded beyond the most sanguine ex pectations of its authors ; more than one-tenth of the parishes in that country having entered into compositions with the Clergy in the short time that had elapsed since the passing of the mea sure. The Marquis of Lansdown then moved the second reading of the Bill for allowing Uni tarian Dissenters to solemnize their own mar riages, under certain regulations, in their own chapels. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Earl of Liverpool supported the Bill with the intention of changing some of its provisions in the Committee. It was opposed by the Lord Chancellor, the Bishop of Exeter, and several other Right Rev. Prelates and Noble Peers, but ultimately carried on a division by a majority of two, the numbers being, for the second reading, 36 ; against it, 33.—The Commons were en gaged in the early part of the evening in a Com mittee of Supply, in which Mr. Ihme, who wishes to strike at every thing, plunged into in flammable gases up to his neck to prove that Sir Congrevw had " no science in him," and ought not to have been appointed Inspector of Gasometers in this metropolis. If the Hon. Gentleman was not fairly blown up by the gas, he was so by his friends, for even Mr. Lambton turned against him, and assisted in exposing and ridiculing his ignorance. Mr. Secretary Peel then moved the second reading of the Alien Bill, which Mr. Hume recovered, in time, sufficient. sang froid and resolution to oppose. The neces sity of the measure was fully and ably demon strated by Mr. Secretary Canning, in a strongly argumentative, eloquent, and classical speech, in which he stated Some important facts of late oc currence which had decided his Majesty's Minis ters to renew that Bill, instead of suffering it to expire, as they were previously inclined to do.— The question for the second reading was carried by a majority of 174 to 94. [sionxlmo cisnortreLl.] Mr. Hume called the attention of the House last night to the Grant for defraying the expellee of Conveying the Honour of the Order of the Garter to his Majesty the King of Portugal. The moment chosen for conferring this honour on his Most Faithful Majesty n a t ura lly gave r i se to a good deal of remark at th e ti me ; an d i Mr. Hume might, therefore, well as k w h e th er there were any peculiar circumstances w hi c h tGhearKteinrgtoohs Brother of England r to en t d ra e l r i e smit d the Order of o he of Portugal, immediately after the receipt of the it intelligence of the violation of his oath, thereby incumbentt n giving an appearance of connection to the two acts. Mr. Canning said, 66 the grant had been carried years ago, but several circumstances had intervened to prevent its being carried into ex ecution ; and as no occurrence which might have taken place in that country could have originally induced the iniention of conferring the honour, so on the other hand they could not prevent its ac complishment." It certainly does seem singular that the circumstances which retarded the trans mission of the honour, should cease to exist the very moment his Majesty of Portugal ceased to be a Constitutional Sovereign. If the honour is a mark of esteem or regard, is it a matter of in difference whether the individual on whom it is conferred is deserving of esteem or regard ? But, perhaps, it will be said it is not a mark of esteem or regard. In that case we have nothing to say. But if it is, one canno t h e lp b e i ng s tr uc k with the circumstanc e , that a mark of regard should be conferred on a Sovereign at she very time when he ceased to deserve it. What would be thought of the man who, in private life, bestowed a mark of Iris esteem on an individual descending from the pillory, to which his perjury had ele vated him, because the determination to do so was taken some time before, when be entertained a firm belief in the honour of the party, but cir cumstances had hitherto prevented him from car rying his resolve into effect ? We are sure that his Majesty's advisers, who being for the most part Protestants of the first water, hold nothing so much in abhorrence as the dispensing with oaths, must have felt indignant at the bare-faced manner in which so many of their Allies have lately perjured themselves. We are, therefore, utterly at a loss to understand upon what prin ciple they acted on the occasion in question. [NLW TIMES.] The notice published by Mr. Hurtado in all the Morning Papers, yesterday, of his intention of exchanging the Colombian Bonds issued by Mr. Zee, for those of a new loan about to be contracted under his authority, produced a con siderable sensation in the Money Market. The announcement was unexpected, for several par ties who laid claim to the friendship of Mr. Hur tado asserted in very positive terms that that gen tleman had expressed himself to the effect that no such measure could ever take place.— How these parties can exculpate themselves a few days will chew ; in the mean time there is a talk of sundry affidavits being pre pared, to chew . that there were good grounds for gment of th e what they stated. The acknowled PRICE SEVENPBNCE. loan, as it. is termed, has given great satisfaction to a large majority of the public, whilst some persons have suffered, from the sudden advance which took place yesterday from 69, -at'which price the bonds were the preceding evening, to 85; they finally closed at 83. • FBRITISII PRESS.] The Marquis of Lansdown, in a speech of considerable ability, moved the second reading of the Unitarian Bill, last night, which, after a de bate of considerable length, was carried by a majority of two,—the numbers being, 35 for Lord Lansdown's motion, and 33 against it. The Chancellor, with his wonted attachment to all toleration, warmly opposed the Bill. The great Legal " Ancient" came down from the Wool sack, and declared his opinion, that the conces sion of this Bill to the Unitarians would be the greatest. blow ever levelled at the Established . Church of this country ; adding, that if it passed there was nothing to prevent the other Dis senters from corning before Parliament in a body and making similar claims. The Arch bishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, both withaChristian liberality honourable to them, supported the principle of the Bill, but opposed the licensing clause. Lords Liverpool and Hat rowby expressed the same opinions. Lord Cal thorpe gave his support to the Bill, but feelingly lamented, with more than the pious commisera. tiou of the Right Rev. Prelates around him, the absence of belief by the Unitarians in the great mystery of the Trinity. The Noble Lord de plored the unfortunate scepticism, not as the pri vation of a speculative means of grace, but as the loss to them of an active hope of happiness here after. The simple Unitarians, we are sure, will duly appreciate the pious sympathies of Lord Calthorpe, and his charitable regrets for their " souls' salvation." Lord Holland warmly ad vocated the Bill, and called on the Chancellor distinctly to state, whether the Toleration Act of relieted the Unitarians from penalties which previously existed against them for the profession of their principles ? Lord Lansdown, in his reply, defended the Bill ably, and asked Lord Eldon to explain why he permitted the To leration Act to this body, of the 53d of the last reign, to pass " sub silentio," while, with a strange inconsistency, he deprecated the present measure, which was only a consequence following on that sta tute; but the Chancellor gave no explanation. We . do not think that the Established Church has any thing to apprehend from measures of enlightened toleration of this description. That Church must stand or fall on its own merits, and proscription or monopoly never can prop it. We do hope the Chancellor's anticipation will be realised, and that all Dissenters will come in and claim the same just relief, and that they will obtain it.— We trust also that we shall soon See the last statute, impugning unlimited liberty of con science, blotted from the statute book of this country. [THE T{;11 ES.] Mr. Hume, in his speech on Thursday night, touched but a nook of that unnatural impost, the Legacy -duty. We hope to see the whole of it laid aside for ever. We are aware that when the situation of the country allows the Chancellor of the Exchequer to commence the agreeable work of remitting taxes, it may be difficult to make a selection among conflicting claims for priority. Every one thinks that tax the most severe, and the most strongly demanding a re peal, to the pressure of which himself, from his trade, profession, or situation in life, is most ex posed : yet do we think a general principle might be adopted in this respect, which would leave no just cause of dissatisfaction to any one. It is reasonable to conclude that those taxes to which the nation has always been subjected. are most congenial to the habits of the people, and are borne with least impatience; but that those which are of a novel nature, and to the vention of which the Minister was forced only by the exigencies of the war, are most pain ful to public feeling—most repugnant to national usage. Of this description is the Legacy-duty. No impost of the kind was ever before thought of in England. It was a reproach of the most crafty and cruel of the Roman Emperors, that even death itself did not rescue the deceased from his rapacity, the tyrant being frequently left a co-heir in the will. But with us Government is co-heir, in a greater or less degree, to all the personal property of the kingdom, no matter whether we die intestate, or endeavour to transmit what we had previously secured from the gripe of the tax-gatherer by a testamentary disposi tion.—Another objection to the tax is, that it imitates the Income Tax in its most oppressiv e and odious traits : it is an inquisitorial tax. It not only seizes a parcel of a man's property which has been converted into money at his de cease, but it enters his mansion, his counting house, and shop, and itthereestnnatei his t ra di ng stock, the utensils of his business, its net produce, effects the value of which it is often most inju rious to disclose, and it shares the amount with the legatee. Ibe tax, however, with all this se p ll ed this a nincapacity)we d are verity, is still a partial tax : it is i nca p a bl e o f being r s undera thankfultoreal p r t o h i a )e t rt l y t. la ;-- that bu that is, it weighs u p on individuals who are strug gling with the winds and waves of fortune, and endeavouring to reach a port of security ;, but from those who are arrived, in that port, and are secure, it exacts no contribution, as a fee for the protection of the cargo which they have landed. [MORNING HERALD.] There is no leading article in this paper to-day, e in' ( ding e `~ .t.' ;,:.,.;. cle' 4 irted ower ce ne• ; of ed a ing , the eX. ,fter iage Y . It, E' ns id is