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TusATiticAt. REGISTER.. Perforated Last Night. THEATRFRGYAL, C OV ENT-GARDEN. --The Comedy - of Emirs. After which, Too late for Dinner. Til EATIa. KOYAL, HAYMARKET.—The Will. Alter whiell, 'Lock and V. Y. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA Houst...—The Promissory Note. Alter yrlsicti, Is he Jealous I To which was added, The Hun. tuack. PRICk.; 4) nAY AT Bank Stack 3 per Cent'. lied .. 694 4 $ per Cent. Cons ... . . gel if 3S per Cent.... ..... 4 per Cents B6g S 7 foyer V. Nary Ann..— tut s rocKs • - inNe a CLUCK. I Bank Long Ann..... 18 I -16 th I Imp. 3 prr Cent. Ann 6Ki Old Annoities 69i !I n v DtrE,-1 IVatertotd, f f;,,, „._ P.l%ch. 13.11 b, 4s. ss. pr. Oiniaium Cons. ton Account .... 70414 Alin, 1 Wat.iford. orciiimigii, 2 tiamburgh? HIGH WATER AT LONDON MU IX; E Ta•MORROW. blurring, 4 minute alter 4.—h,reising. 14 atinat•s Attu! 4 THE SUN. SOLE3I QUIS D1CE12.13 FALSU.V 4UDE.IT LONDON, . IVEDNESD,4:I:I4UIeY We received this - Wioriiing Tapers of Sunday last. 'The Cli'alaer of Peers Metbu Sia thtday, but transacted no business of iinportariCe. In the Chamber of Deputies, the disctisiion was resumed on the Budget of Wiys Mid Means. M. B..CONS'fA7kr 'made a - slie`ecli, niters with partiality in publishing. in,,aft official qa.4n,eoll)3iSterial,fSpeeehes, to them which, was .denied by the. Minister for goTeigu4..kffaifs. M.FnINFC.tis D N A,N : r,eading r of very : long speech, w Web. at x leit . g tlr tired out t4Chamher, and. they adjogpedhear ing . the remainderof it ,till'f r-Follow- Lug are extracts P4RIS, JULY 9.---Yesterday. being the an niversary of return of the King to the Capital in, 1815, the King received several pe r sons of distinction. Ilis Majesty afterwards *transacted business,,with the Duke de Richelieu and the Marquess de tatour.Maubourg, Minister of War. .The King gave another audience to-the. Duke Decazds on Friday evening at ten o'clock. ..f.cV.riday...Lieutenant-General the Count De trance. conveyed , Lieutenant-General... Viscount Pontp.dieu, in,hiscarria&e, from the Abbaye to ' tiehotel_of the Minister of War, - where were unantsX assembled Lieutuneralßordesoult, ristou r ausl Pijeon. General D.annadien.,.was af terwards re-conveyed to the Abbaye. 4a The ; King gale a private audience iesterday to Lieutenant-Geliiial the Cubist Grouchy. " 'lie • dep . artgro _of Detizies for London is finally settled fo . r to-morrow. " Genral Donnadieu was yesterday s e t at liberty. FIVE ?T;.:1 CZYTS. Saturday . 79 f, 20 c. STOCK. Of the-22a Mardi. I - MV -611 , 18.29 9 3 -t. stie:" -As the Petition from the Q,CEEIST to the Jiouse of- s l_iords last night,..desiziag that her _ Attorney- General may be provided with a list of the Wit- flosses to be-produced on the Second Reading of the Bill for the Degradation and Divorce of her MAJESTY, fixed for the 17th of August, will be the subject of discussion on Friday next, on the motion of Lord ERSKINE, it would ill become us to offer any observations at present. In the mean time there will be a search.for precedents applicable to the case. We deem it but right, however we may distrust our own judgment on the occasion, to give the opinions of some of our Competitors in our daily Extracts from the London . Journals. But we may be per mitted. to . remark,. that--precedents. must have been : .founded. : .,tmcg . inatnre, experience, .and' framed by reflection and ,sagacity, upon sound. constitutional principles; They ought not therefore io..he .lightly Ngarded. for temporary convenience— .0-iving,however,..the opinions of our. ,more : liberal ; Competitors, ..we have again t=hought' it' tiecessary to extra - et - a passage from the-Whics,:isfilmplieSa scandalous attack:upan Giiiernment, - ind in our opiniop, a criminal pre 7 judieition of the ease, which ought not to escape due -,notice. The . Tiines this day st)4es THE QUEEN persecuted woman"--=and expresses its hopes that . 6 . 4 .. Ministers will desist from this iniquitous persecution." What is this but to charge Ministers with being " iniquitous perse cutors ?" -Perhaps the forbearance with which -Ministers receive the attacks of their opponents in Parliament,.may induce the Times to suppose that they will - be equally-quiet and conceding — to assaults out of doors. The fact is, that Government has not acted with due firmness and decision through the whole course of this unfortunate business. Com pelled as they were to proceed to the trial so. vehemently demanded by TifE QUEEN,. they should nut have suffered themselves to deviate from the straight forward course that Justice also demanded. We recommended this course from the first, and since they have 'at last deemed it ne cessary to adopt it the call of Justice and of the( Nation demands firm perseverance. Most hear tily do we hope that THE QUEEN will tome pure through the ordeal of Legislative Inquiry ; but the charges are so heavy against her that en style her a " per - secuted libmin," or to Chai•acterise the Trial, which shesolemnly...required, as an " ini quitous persecution," is to ttample,tipon Law and Justice, and. to be guilty . of 'in'. infamous libel '..upon the Goveiliment of the Country. We hai , e but 4 few more s words to say upon this most audacious calumny.. .A Committee of fif teen Noblemen, of high rank in the State, and of unimpeachable honour in pithlic and private life, selected impartially from both sides of the llouse, have solemnly declared that there were just grounds for an inquiry into the . conduct of the 'QUEEN. Does not, therefore, ti e libel of 77ie Mies pronounce this Committee, as .well as his MAJESTY'S Ministers in general, INlQultons Te1;11. 1 . „ I'LLISECUTORS ? The new sPanish Constitution has not been re ceived with more demoustrg.tions.of joy through out all Spain,- than in the It lands under the sub jection of that MonaTchy: T e whole of the accounts we have received are replete with in formation on this hea4,, and are such as may be expected from those•who,--, , probably•for the first time in . their lives, =are - - in the enjoyment of liberty. The island_ of Teneriffe has not been less zealous , in displaying this .feeling, and by a letter which we have seen from a house of the first respectability at Santa Cruz, it appears that • g meeting had been held for .the pur pose of erecting a handsome pillar, with appro priate devices to commemorate the event. The spot selected for the occasion was in the princi pal square of the town, and / to,add to its appear, ance the whole of the houses had been newly white-washed, and the square newly paved. Cockades of the constitutional colour w ere worn by all descriptions of persons, who ,seemed to vie with each other in exultation. Another fa vourable circumstance was the theaptieSs of all kinds of prOvinions,:and the best wine of the Island was to be purchased at ,28/. per pipe. We intended this day to lay before our Readers a portion of the Evidence annexed to the Loitns' Rerowr on the Tim- DKR TRADE, but ate' plevental by 'the leni;th of the Parlia - . meritary Debates, upon various subjects of considerable inte rest. We shall, however, insert a portion of that evidince to-morrow, until we have presented the whole of it; afte'r which, we shall subniit to them some obst;rvitions on the imp'Ortanee of the subject, and the necessity of a more en tarried end extended inquiry into it. For the present, we shall content enrssices with taking a short retrospect of the • encouragement which the Legislature has held. out to the COlonial 'fimber Trade, in order to shew, that such encou- ragement is not of recent date, and was not a mere expedient, devised at a period when our relations with Northern Eu rope made it difficult to procUre a supply from that source; but that, on the contrary, this Trade has been cherished and protected with peculiar care by the Government, on the beat and soundest principles of policy, from the reign of her late Majesty Queen ANSE, down to the present period. In the Preamble of the Statute 3 and 4 Ann, e. 10, those sound practical, maxims -of policy are stated upon which the Legislature at. that time proceeded, - and, therefore, we shall lay it before our Readers. .states -that " the " Royal Navy, and the Navigation of England, wherein " under God, the wealth, safety, and streng , h of this King " dons is so much concerned, depends on the due supply of "Stores necessary for the same, which being now brought " mostly from Foreign parts, in Foreign shipping, at cam.- " bitant and arbitrary rates, to the great prejudice and dis " couragement of the Trade and Navigation of this Kingdom, ' may-be provided in a more certain and beneficial manner from her Majesty's own dominions;' and, whereas,• her ' Majesty's Colonies anti Plantations in America were at first Settled, and are still maintained and protected at a great ex pence'ultlietreasure of this Kingdom, vith a design to render them as useful - as may be to Englisnd,wstr t he•Labour and In- dustry of the people there prOfitable . to themselves; and in regard the said Colonies and Plantations, by the vastpacts. of Land therein, lying near the sea, and upon navigable, may commodiously afford great quantities of all surts of Naval Stores, IF DUE: ENCOURAGEMENT be given fur ' carrying on so great and advantageous an undertaking,' w hi c h w ill likewise tend, not only . to the further employ 7, meta and increase of English Shipping and Seamen, but also to the enlarging, in a great measure, 'the Trade and vent of the Woollen and other Manufactures and COnnuo ' dities of this Kingdom, and of other her Majesty's nions, in exchange for such * Nasal Stores, which are now purchased from Fureipi'Vountries with money or bul e lion." This .Statute . of itself proves, that flatlet the encourage ment to the Colonial Timber Trade, nor the principle, upon which it was afforded, are novel; and the subsequent Statutes of 8 Ann, e. 13.; 8 Geo. 1. e. H.; the 5 Geo. 3. C. 45. ; and the later Acts which have been passed on the subject, reLog, nize and confirm the wisdom ,of-theaa. We shall therefore now state, as concisely as .posiible, the nature. of the en-. couraiement which has been held out to this Trade. From 1705 to 1781, a bounty was given on the importation of wood from the King's Colonies; and at.different periods large sums were voted by Parliament for this purpose; And from 172 . 4 to 1812, timber fit fur naval purposes fimu these Colonies was allowed to be imported, duty free. In 1806 the late Lord Auckland and the - theti - Lord Temple . Crought in tie 46th Geo: 3. c, 117, overlOoking 1 7 n all probability the:al:rye mentioned Acts, which did not expire. tiii itite. :The 46th Geo. 3. C. 117, was to grant an exemp,tion. from duty of Naval Timber. To this Act, and that of 109, thereftre, there ,s little doubt that those who - contend that the encouragement of ti►e Colonial Tin,lice 'trade is of recent date, retet•. This Act has been continued by subscqueknt Statutes down to the present period, and an Act has just paSsed both /louses of Parliament to continue it further till March Mt. The rapid extension of the Colonial Timber 'Fratle, under the protection of•these Statutes, and the assn.' antes, which, it is understood, were given to 108 to the Shipping Interest and the British North American Merchants, that-they would be peznia.nettt, is well ;mown. , • • -• • - _ • - _ . . . _ is, we Ircjir-e.lroe,: that-no expettat.iion:was:_therrfornir4, br that the. War Doty „imposed .by the Act of t 809; wfAnixl continued or increased ; it was, however, found necessary do lioth, And Foreign Timber is not only liable to the Pttprit xENT tkoly.iniposed by that Statute, but also to the War or etnfineary Diity, and its subsequent increase by later Statutes; and which we contend ought to be contir.ued on the principle mentioned in the Lords' Report, to enable British Shipping "- to enter into a successful competition with that of every '" other Country on the Globe." • For the present,-we must &intent ourselves by stating, ttiat *e • are convinced we shall be able to satisfy the public wind, that the Timber' of British North America is not of that inferior quality which has been represented by tbe few wit neiscs who - have' been examined before the Lords' coin . - wittee for, on -the ediltiaty, it wiri be seen,.thallheWood which has been described by a ceitaln - Contractor as only fit t•i i pietnre fraascs ant inniicAl . .instru:nents, is used for eX ttrior pnrpoAeii, and that 'Most of the Public Pttildings 'of (7anada and the Sister Provinces are, tinilt of it, and hate stood, many of them, for 11401'e than a century. «'e may prubibly have . oecasion to ask sumo. of these . v,:itaesses, if, 6;1 never kntw Buildings which were built with Bal. ticjimher affected by the dry rot; we can probably jo their memories in this 'respect at. another opportu nity. It is, however, Unnecessary for Us to pursue this sub- iect further at present, than to refer to she printed et idence given before the Committee of the House of Corwin:is on East India Built Shipring, and there they'will find the un qu'aliffed approbation given to Canada Timber by disinterested persons, and especially in its use for masts; yards, and how syrite,_as prefetable in hot climates to the Baltic Timber, and as being lighter and better adapted : for, these purposes than Leak ‘VOO4I. We do, therefore, hope that in the next Sc:sions=of Parlia ment the Ship Owners and British North Ameriran Colonists will be allowed the opportunity of tendering and examining witnesses to prove their case before the Committees of both Houses. It is not enough, in times like these, that they should send their witnesses into Select Committees, but the means should be allowed them to examine them, and to put such questions as will elicit the truth from their own, and the witnesses of the.For6gn Traders for We can not admit, there is any other than a . Foreign Interest now in crimpetition With the Bt itish Ship-Owner and British Colo nist. It will then be seen that British Ships can neither be built nor navigated at so cheap a rate as Foreign, and•that any one should have ventured to advance that position, is to us, in a matter of such public notoriety, almost incredible. But so it will appear. To the Evidence* annexed to this Report we refer our Readers, and When it is gone through, we will resume thC subject ; yet before we close these remarks, we cannot but express our surpiize that no account was given to the Lords Committee of the price Of-Tinther in. Norway and the 111.1 tie, from 1750.t0 the prrs}•ut time, and the prices of it in the Britilh Musket fur the same period. If there had, it would most on . equivrically have appeared; that the system recommended by that enlightened and distinguish , 4Statesuntn,LordßATti 1.1 Hsi*, and bis Colleague, the Iate . Mr..ROSE, had produced in addl ._ tion bt all the other adrantages of it, a reduction of price in Norway and Baltic Timber to the Bs itish Consumer. • This Evidence shall certainly appear to-morrow.' Mn. DE:imAN.-- - --We cannot but express.. our surprize at an extraordinary passage in a late speech of this Gentleman :---" It might become a question," said the Learned Counsel, " with his colleagues and himself,, whether it was not due to her MAJ EST Y and to public justice (if a list of witnesses were refused) to abandon the defence altogether, and leave it to the indignation of Pos terity to pronounce upon the transaction." The menace of abandonment reminds us of the old fable, " how we apples swim." We conceive, however, that such abandonment, in the present state of matters, would not evince much respect either for TILE QUEEN or for public justice, and that it would anticipate " the indignation of Posterity." ARRIVAT, OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.—Mon day afternoon, at three o'clock, his MAJEsTv's packet, the King George, Captain KtNo, arrived in Dover Roads and landed the Duke of C,IM. BRIDGE aDd . sulte,,under salutes.frojntbe guns at the Heights, and his Majesty's brig Brisk, in the roads.—His Itoyal Highness was received by a guard of honour, and a crowd of persons asseni bled, with every . demOnStnition of, loyalty. Yes terday afternoon his Roy al :Highness reached town, accompaniect by Ma3or'DAVISON, Colonel PR OTT, and COlOnel RE..Nlii4,` ltoyal Ifighness was received - by' Colonel ICEAT and Major JONES. We -. are happy to say. his Royal . Highness appeared in ex!:ellen(health. Soon after his arrival his }royal Highness . ,went to pay his affectionate and dutiful respects , KING. It is rather strange that only three Petitions against any alteration in the present Ditties on Foreign Timber appear from the title to the Re port to have been referred to the Lords' Com- Mittee on Foreian Traile,• nan%ely, from thajghip Owners of Sunderland, the London . :Merchants engaged in the Trade to' British North Aierica, and from the Ship Owners of Leith, Kirkaldy, and other neighbouring ports ; when so many were presented from the other Out-Torts, to the House of Commons ;—bnt whether Petitions were presented to the Upper House from these places we have yet to learn. If they were, they should certainly have been referred to the same Com mittee. Considerable collision is likely to arise between the Importers of Wood from Russia and Prussia and the Importers of that article from Norway. The proximity of the latter to the English. ports precludes.all competition from the more -.distant places; and indeed,.it i§ literally even a prohi bition to the importation of Larch and other woods from Scotland.. DESCRIPTION OF NORWAY. The following account of the appearance ot, Norway, as distinguished from Sweden, is given . by BEDEMAR Norway, he says, consists principa ll y of a mountain basiar s urr o unded by the remains of an elevated plat form . the OE. tenor bnriler of which, jagged by deep Cuts , an d ascending to a treat height, lief-around 'the'whOle of the ridge .of tit! principal range of mountains.) , The sea has penetrated to this border, through the abysses which have been opened ; and the western storms, and an ill-judged industry. have circum scribed within the eallites the scanty Woods which run through' the basin •itself. On -the outside - descend • only -Inountaifs inrrents, short •in their course: the large streams belong to the centre of the land. They form ma n y b eautiful and bile! waterfalls, and many large lakes in their course. On tht Coasts only area few To - Wns to he found : the rest cm the Country is covered with insulated dwellings; brOwli log-houses, snrtounded by a few corn fields and , exten sive meadows, small and independent possessions, suited to the character of the people. In the vicinity of rivers, which at-times ate nearly invisible from the quantity of Timber floating down •them, numerous saw-mills are to be seen; ens a few iron and copper woilis are to be met With in the spaces cleared from wood. Mang the 'sea' shore, habitations, soli lary.or iu groupes, sursounded with implements for fishing and• - curing fish, appear like so many nests in the green hol lows among the rocks. Overall this, an atmosphere generally clear, delightful and invigorating , is s p read as far as the 69-70 of latitude,' after which we meet with deep aLd im penetrable fogs, a sea like lead, and the melancholy silence Of an uninterrupted" Wilderuesc • lIIGII Tlt EASON. GLASGOW, JULY 8.---The Court met this "d'ay' at ten o'clock, ,which was composed. orthe Lord President of the Court of Session, the Lord Jus tice Clerk, and Sir Samuel Shepherd - ) the-Lord Chief Baron. The prisoners, James Wilson and Williars, 111 bzore, were then called on to say Whether th e y . were Guilty or not Guilty, when they said " Nat Guilty, and that they would be tried by God and their Country ;" on which the Clerk said, GL Go 4 send you a good deliverance !" The Loin" 1 3 11,ESIDE.NT addressed the Jury,, forming them, that their ; attendance would be required on Monday next,. for the other case' which are-to be brought before them. Lord ship then told the Prisoners, that they would be brought up for trial on theNtli current, on which they were removed from the bar. Yesterday the I(lNa,, attend&l. by Sir BENJ A ' MIN B L O OM FIELD, rode on horseback in the . Parks, Pimlico, &c. The Duke of 'rollr held a Levee yesterdaYt at his office in the horse Guards, as Commander- in-chief. 1 esterday the Duke of CLARENCE visited the KING, at his Palace, in Pall Mall. • Viscount SIDMOUTII had an audience of lag MAJ EST Y yesterday. Yesterday the Lord Mayor "held a Court ot• Aldermen. James Williams, one, of th e Sheriffs elect, attending, gave the usual bond t o take upon - himself that office at Michaehnas nes t ' and time was allOw'ed Mr. Alderman Waittona o for the above purpOse. In last Trinity 'Perm, WILLIAM JO PE, E AndIITNitY TENANT, Eq., Members of Cl''. Honourable SOciety of Gray's Inn, were call`''` to the Bar. CORN-EXCILINGE, JULY 1.2--li'hat.little fn, Wheat appeared this morning fOund . buyers' 31 Monday's prices,.but the demand Was far f s '°' ) brisk, and some quantity of'the tios remained on band at the • close of t. J : n market; the arrivals of Oats hue 'been . ver e ; small this Week, and rather higher prices W -er d obtained for fine corn ; in Barley, Beans, 371 • Peas, there is no alteration. Aldermen of Skinner's quest the attention of our Readers to the Re": 'talons of the Aldermen of Skinner's-alley, Pll3, lin (seethe first page), which were passed u tl j. animously on the 4th inst. This ancient f- 3t , loyal Society is composed of 1000 Me nibco b , least of the Freemen and Freeholders of t City of Dublin ; for such is its qualificatiol that no person is eligible to be a member exc e l ' a Freeman or Freeholder. -1301 f The Dragon belonging to the spire of y, Church was replaced yesterday at one o 'cloc. upOn new'Spire ; the men upon the sca olo at the : same time gave nine cheers. the Enixth - n - cn JULY 6, 1820.---Married I ,by Right key.. itiISbOVnA'N'DPORD, Cllptah l J 0 STIn oNc;fli ; of Glenlyan, fourth son Olio rate Jou' .1.1111 - .llc - ;;, of Is", ippendarie, Es4:/ 01 0: Mlii-y; third daughter Of the late avg . P . M ACDOW ALL F q• of Castle Semple. .....—___________ 7 _____________----_ -' 7, ttA3II.SE OF EXCHANGE, JULY 11. • . ' Anisteidam • ig 6 .;• Ditto,, at tijght, , .. l4 9: ' RotterClatil - ' - - l2 I • • Antwerp l 4: 8 i o.* 4 4 Co Hamburgli • • - 7 -,,it • Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight - Ditto ... - - • 115,int deiti,tx r ditto , F ankforiOn the • Maiu .... 155 i 6 '‘f,lt'ec t l il t Madrid '.",.••ii Cadiz .. ....... 341 "ec t 8i11i0k.i...t.:.. - . ' : - 341 •1 , 11 Barcelona irrille f•iitiraltar •; - • -.' - , 3O Le010rn..... - , . - Genoa ,,, 44 ' -- -----Venice, Ital. LiT. '27 q v ~, Malta 'l- 45 Naliles ' • agi Y et if': Paternio - - . • .:. 4•16t- Lisbon 1 Oporto ,. 4PI •, Rio Janeiro ' . 55 Dub1in....... 8........C0r1i......" g ti-er cent. . o p .• ~ - • . . BULLION. ' el . e r . Porto a{ GA:4,in Coin •' • • /.4 i • . 10 • • ,• Foreign (.4tild, in Bars . - - 3 -17 • ,A 0 • New Douldoons New Dollars • -- a.- - '6 4 • "" 0 5 -Silver in Bars, Standard - • " --- • -- , • -----• - ----: 1.) . "1 MARRIED. ' " ii . .1. • CO / At Mary-le-bone Clrcli. Major -Gt mral S ~,,, , ,1 0 :2 K.C.B. to Anna; clde-s t datiliter of the hale t • "" Esq. of tianifisteatl Heath. - et' _____ ------ ------.------ --- • 10 d , r , P,, 0 • _ . DIED.. l e ,o- c.° On Sunday last, lo his 27th year. Thomas Tar , oie ~, • fi i j in 1, eldest son Of Edward Fitikner, Esq. of Fair c , i d ili+ f or , of Lancaster.. SeP % . • On Si, wday last, at Norwood-green, Nliddleseixiiooos, wife of Tlionial Braman, daughter of Nli. Ji.-'1" el , wick-street; Golden square. . Os i" ----- : - :17 --- •—• - ' ---. •. 9 ' %%* , 0 of N ° I Y tit LONDON: I'i int eel hyi, B. CARSTAIRS, 1 , 0 0 1 00 01 • oC3imill- strives , Utiee-Sicitar. and Pu ll i t, at f r od e . SCRIPPS, of No.-7i• Soot) , 'Motton-streee_entst . . Odi4e, No. 112, Strand i•i-wherse Ativersiscr ..,.. Leiters, &c. (post-paiel) ainst Ire ittldre" c , • ' ' • "' 2) -____ ....... si aa tlqiv 4 ike h 4 t t4.' ?toy . 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