The Sun. — London, England, 1824-02-05 00:00:00

The, ,House had, however, recently seen the principles then - promulgated carried into application; and, what was more important, had seen them carried into application without any inteinpt at resistance from the British Government. Ile should sot press this point any further at present ; he merely men dicned it, that it might not be supposed that he concurred in - tile approbation which had been bestowed on the policy of the ?resent cabinet. He cceld not describe the painful mixture of aurprite and indignatien by which he was affected, when he tweed the Right Honourable Secretary declate last night, that - we ought not to interfere, even if the minor states were going to be annihilated. He agreed with him fully, when he said On: it would be Quixotic in us to become the champion of all the minor states upon every case of grievance which they had to ailege; but it was one thing to become their champion, and another to - remonstrate against• manifest injuries which were nifiicted upon them. To uphold the cause of the weak against the strang, eto watch (wee the relative interests of the different states i,f Etirooe, and to hold .the balance of power between the , n with an impartial hand, was formerly the distinguishing ,tide arid policy of Great Britain ; and he trusted that we .:scald sop:, return to it, notwithstanding the temporary aber r:,tion we hail made from sound, principles under the guidance af the preeeat cabinet. Colonel PALMER rose, under feelings of shame and indite . nansin,• te, protest SigairiSt the conduct of the Government; and firmly believing that Europe and the world had never before —.teen reduced . to a state of such actual and prospective misery "aid ilegratlatios, and that such state was to be imputed solely to the conduct of the British Goverment, he considered it to Int a duty to . his country, as a Member of that House, to de niore his opinion upon the subject. If it were true, as the Ministers had told us, both in and out of Parliament, and more isnecially in a late speech of the Right Honourable Secretary, that the weantry had been so long prepared for war, they had. seeriticid its honour and most vital interests by suffering Prance to conquer Spain ; if it were false, they had equally betrayed their duty by deceiving the country to support the system of their Government: but, whatever was the real state 61 the nation, the conduct of the Ministers towards Spain had been wholly indefensible ; as, looking to the avowed inten tions of France and the Holy Alliance, neutrality on the part of England was impossible, and could not be maintained : for what had been the late measure of the Ministers in sending Consuls to South America but an act of hostility to those Powers, which, if not resented, was but a further proof, if any were wanting, that if England had acted with firmness at the Congress, and declared herself the ally of Spain, France would not have dared -to invade her ; if, on the other hand, after abandoning Spain, the country was to be involved in war for the independence of her colonies, what excuse was to be made for the Ministers, who might !lane secured the liberties of bOth at a less expence to the nation than had already been incurred by the active measures to which their crooked and in censistent policy had at last compelled them ? The Ministers in the last Session, to cool the ardour of the people in the cause .of Spain, declared that any interference in her behalf would involve all the expences of the fbrmercontest. But he then stated to the Right Hon. Gentleman what he now repeated, tha no such expence was necessary : all that honour_ and policy ret quired of England was to render Spain the assistance which her means afforded,. anti those means wire more than adequate to the object 'for to have sent but half the force of our naval peace establishment lying ready in our ports to the defence of Cadiz, would have prevented all the disasters to the cause of Spanish liberty which the consummate folly or treachery of the British Government necessarily had led to. Yet this straight and pru dent course, which every consideration for the honour and in terests of the nation demanded, had been termed-Quixotism by the Right Hon. Gentleman. Would that his conduct as Mi nister could bear the same comparison; but, unfortunately, it hod betrayed all the insanity of the character—(Hear, hear!)—_ without a spark of that chivalrous feeling, which, however ro mantic in its origin, or thankless in the end to the mind of the Right Hon. Gentleman, was, in the opinion of the Hon. Mem ber, the best foundation of a great or good name, either for states or individuals. The Right Hon. Gentleman, too, in his late speeat, further to mark the distinction between his Quixotic opponents and himself', had openly declared, as the Minister of England, that in the conduct of political affairs the grand object of his contemplation was the interest of his own coun try : and what had been the result of this most wise and liberal policy, but to combine the whole world against her? For where was the nation wherein both with the Government and the people the name of England was not justly held in detes mtion ? She was necessarily hated by all the Governments of Europe as the only nation wherein that liberty of the press existed, which, if not destroyed itself, must eventually destroy :heir tyranny—(cheering)—and she was equally bated by all other nations, because in every instance of a struggle for ..liberty, whether in France, since the commencement of her revolution, or latterly in South America, in Greece, in Italy, or in Spain, the British Government had invariably opposed it.---(Heriet).— Thus England, through the system of its Ministers, was. the enemy of the whole human race ; and whilst the Right Hon. Gentleman had been exhibiting himself about the kingdom, trumpeting in alldirections tha praises of.himself and colleagues —.(alaugh)—therenwas nova: nation but abhorred them, nor a rower in Europa that was not pledged to destroy the liberties of the country committed to their hands. . And after all his fine speeches, what, in fact,- haitheen the measures of the Right Hen. Gent. to oppose France and the Holy Alliance, up to the to al destruction of Spanish liberty by the fall of Cadiz? Nothing whatever, but intemperate abuse of their conduct, and a posi tive declaration of strict neutrality. This was not Quixotism, certainly ; nor did he know a parallel to such conduct in history or romance. The only resemblance the Hon. Member could find to it, was in the case of the late atrocious murder, wherein the Holy Alliance was the bold villain who went straight to his purpose, whilst the Right Hon. Gentleman was the humane and consistent accomplice, who, after furnishing the rope and sank, resolved, come what might, to have no share in the trans action—(Hear, hear, and a laugh);—for precisely with the wane feelings that this miscreant hung back whilst the deed was perpetrating, so the Ministers of England, who had gone hand in hand with their accomplices in their plot against li berty for the last 30 years, now stood aloof whilst their victim wen expiring under the blows of its assassins. As to their accomplices, compared with themselves they were honourable upright characters, tbr their conduct had been consistent throughput, and whilst he detested their policy, in justice to their private characters, and what he believed and knew upon the subject, he could not agree in all the odium cast on per sons, to whom every allowance was to be made for those pre.. indices and impressions which, however hostile to the liberties of mankind, were ineeparible from human nature, and would be felt equally by others under similar circumstances. For the same reason he could excuse the Ministers of those despotic powers, who were, in fact, their slaves; but he could find no mediae for the Ministers of England, who were not the slaves, but the tyrants of the Crown and people, and of all others the molt bas^ and cruel that ever infested the earth. - Even the Zing of Spain, madman or monster that he was, had been less Luc and inhuman; for his conduct had.been consistent with the feeling of bigotry ant . diVine right ; but where had. been the consistency or the humanity of Ministers ? For at once to have declared against Spain would have prevented a struggle equally disgraCeful and deplorable in its consequences to the victory and the vanquished. But what had been the refined policy of Eugiand's Minister, and of that heart, which, by its own ac count, beat so high for the interests of humanity, but to create this cenfusion of Ircnnors in Spain by means ,of a treacherous neateedity, and having so far succeeded, it was now to perpe tuate tile miseries of that wretched country, to prevent France from reaping the fruits of her victory. So much for the hu mmity of the Right Hon. !Gentleman ; and as for consistency, - l e i hi m reconcile his prayers fo r t h Spanish Constitution, and Ida contemptuoue anawer to the Regency, with his sub sequent congratulations to Ferdinand on his success, and the treatment of die patriots who sought refuge in Gibraltar ; and when he had answered that charge of apostasy from radicalism to divine. right, let him answer the charge of ultra-apostacy from divine right back to radicalism, in declaring for the patriots of South America, in the teeth of the Foreign Enlistment Bill, expres4 enacted against them. And now, continued the Honoarable Member, as to the real situation of the country.— He remembered long since, upon a question of the same nature in the House, they were told by an Honourable and leading Member of the landed interest, that it was time to speak out and look the danger in the face. If that was his opinion then, what did he think now ? When, during eight years of a peace establishment, no reduction whatever had been made in the hurilen of die public debt—when, in spite of all the retrench ment which, session after session, had been forced upon the Ministers, the load of taxation still pressed too heavily on all classes to admit of an increase—When such was our state of real weakness, that the Ministers, who fn the last war had ex-, pended millions to delive.r.Spain from thhpower ol,France, now suffered her to fall without even an attempt to save her—, wlezn France herself, whom so lately, in conjunction with our allies, we had humbled to the dust, was r'ow' again on foot, more greae, powerful, and inveterate as our'hnemy than ever ; and lastly, when these sanie allies who first '&ornbined with us against bee liberties, were now combined Whir. France against . the iiherties of England, and the storm, long gathering around, , ',a:: now at last ready at any mordent to burst upon its head— . if, in suet a state of things, he might - be allowed to speak out and look. die danger in the face, the Hon. Member believed he could state the cause and the only means to remove it ; but v• - e.adT occupied so much of the time of tlle House, be himself cf another occasion to deliver hiS sentiments subject. . Jill said, that he merely rose for the purpose of a misconception from prevailing with the public, iencc of what had fallen tjyttevening from the. .oitoura . ole ,Se'cretary. He li4E4 -recelycdinformation .e lonian Islands, fully corrglipxating that which had catedto the House by, Op lion. Memba fur West,. i (/f minster. A letter, which he had received from Ithica, led him to believe that the statement of the Right Hon. Secretary was far from correct; for instead of the Greeks firing first upon the Turks, the Turks had first upon the Greeks from the shore. In the struggle between the Greeks and the Turks, atrocities had no doubt been committed : but they did not originate with the Greeks ; and the retaliations of that, oppressed people put an end, in a great degree, to the cruelties of the Turks. He could wish to see some desire on the - , part of Sir Thomas Maitland to act lißeially towards the Greeks. Formerly no , man was more fond of revolutionafy principles than Sir Thomas Maitland was. Let him, therefore, look to his past conduct, and suffer himself to be guided in some degree by- the prin ciples which he had heretofore professed. He believed Minis ters wished the scale to be balanced equally between the two parties ; and it was to be lamented if, their agents pursued a course contrary to that wish. He knew that the Greek Government had, with the utmost readiness, stated their anxiety to make amends for every violation of that 'neutrality which had been alluded to, and certainly they could not do more. He most sincerely wished, in justice to those brave men who were now gallantly struggling for their freedom, that Sir Thomas Maitland had not issued his proclamation until all the facts were regularly laid before the Government. In con clusion, he felt it to be his duty to protest against the partiality which the lonian Government had shown in opposition to the cause of freedom. Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE would not have addressed the House on this occasion had it not been for the allusion which had been made by his Honourable Friend (Colonel Palmer) to an expression which he (Sir Thomas) had used in the course of the preceding Session. He was well aware of the observation .he had then made, when speaking of the situation of the landed interest. He said he considered it the wisest course, if the country were in danger, to look that danger in the face, and to meet it resolutely and manfully. He had felt as strongly as any person in the House or out of it could feel, the severe distress that pressed on the landed interest ; and he was happy to find that a great change had taken place in the situation of that important class of society. He en tirely approved of what was said in the Speech from the Throne on that subject. It was pleasing to him to observe, that a permanent amendment had taken place in the state of agriculture: He hoped, and he believed there was every, reason to suppose that that great interest was not improv ing by mere accitlent, or through the agency of temporary circumstances; but that it was advancing in prosperity in consequence of causes that would give permanency to that prosperity. With respect to our situation as it regarded our foreign relations, he must say, that he thought this country stood high in the opinian of Europe, and of every other part of the world. Instead of the British character being detested (as his Hon. Friend rather strongly stated) by the other na tions of Europe, and by all the world in general, he must con tend, that at no former period did the character of Great Britain stand on higher or more enviable ground. As to the affairs of Spain, he should have considered it a very fatal determination of this country if she had interfered with the Spanish cause ; and he thought the result of the policy pursued by England had been most fortunate for Spain and for this country. The line of conduct pursued by Ministers was the best for England as well as for the parties concerned in the contest ; and, how , ever strong the feeling of a party in this country (he believed a very small one) might be for war, he conceived that it was the duty of the great body of the representatives of the people in that House to give to Ministers all the support in their power, when they used their discretion .and exercised their functions in that prudent manner which conferred such signal advan tages on the country. Mr. W. SMITH could not let this opportunity pass without • expressing his most anxious hope and wish, that no negociation for the termination of the differences between. Russia and the Porte might be successful, which did not leave the Greeks in a better situation than that in which it found them. He regret ted that, the situation of the 'Right Hon. Secretary did not per mit him to do that which he was sure would have been con sistent with his inclination--namely, to give an assurance to the House that this country would not he a party to any arrange ment which did not protect the Greeks from the barbarous re venge of one power, and the insatiable ambition of another. The Report was then brought up and agreed to. The Ad dress was ordered to be presented to his Majesty to-morrow by such Members as a r e of his Majesty's Privy Council. Mr. IJUME gave notice, that he would on the 12th instant move that the House should take into consideration the state of the laws respecting the exportation of machinery, and the emi gration of artisans to foreign countries. 'The Hon. Gentleman also gave notice, thathe would on the 19th instant bring before the House the subject of impressment in the Navy, and that he would call for certain documents connected with it. Mr. WARRE moved for a series of accounts relative to the exportation and importation of wine for the' last two years.— I Ordered. Mr. GRATTAN gave notice,that he would to-morrow move for an account of the number of constables and sub-constables appointed in Ireland since the passing of the Police Act ; and also for an account of the committa/s under the Insurrection Act since it has been in operation. Mr. WESTERN moved for an account of the number of persons committed in England and %Vales on or before the 20th of December last, and the number remaining for trial at that time—clistinguishing those committed for felonies from those committed for misdemeanours.—Ordered. lilr. I.l6lllll;enewed his notice of v last Session, respecting the expence of the Gaernment of Newfoundland ; and moved for a variety of documents connected with that subject, , which were ordered. _ _ An account was ordered to be laid upon the table of the num ber of persons returned to serve on juries in the county of Mid dlesex for the last three years , distinguishing the common juries from the special. The House then adjourned at half-past six o'clock. MR. MACQUEEN'S ROBBERY. Bow-STREET. — Yesterday the three brothers named Thompson, who stood charged with robbery to a large amount in the house of T. P. MacQUEEN, Esq. M.P., under went a final examination, which lasted from half-past one until five o'clock. In addition to the former evidence, that of a jeweller named Carnegy, living at No. 57, King-street, Soho, was taken. Bishop and Avis, of this Office, having been unremitting in their exer tions to trace the property, succeeded in obtaining information which led them to the house of Carnegy, where they found a valuable pearl necklace belonging to Mrs. Macqueen, and in consequence;of the account he gave of it he was taken into custody, and committed on Monday night last bySir It. Birnie for re-examination yesterday, when Mr. Adolphus attended as his Counsel. The Magistrates, however, upon consideration, were of opinion, that there was not sufficient evidence to go to a Jury against him as a receiver, and he.was admitted a witness for the Crown. He stated that on the day after Christmas Day, the prisoner Jarrkes Thompson (as lie believed) came to his house and offered for sale a pearl necklace with diamond clasps. Wit ness said the pearls would not do fOr him, and the prisoner said, " perhaps you will, purchase the diamonds." Witness agreed to do so at 31. per carat, and the . diamonds were.cut out from the clasps and weighed.. They weighed a little more than 3 carats. After some further conversation, witness agreed to purchase the pearls at 2s. each. There were 13 in the necklace, and he paid the prisoner for the pearls, diamonds, and gold, something short of 201. He had a book in which was a scale of.prices of pearls, and according to the .size of those produced, he believed them to be worth about 255. each on the average. Sir IL.;Bru..NIE—And so,. believing them to be worth 255. each, you purchased them at 2s. ? . Mr. MiNsiltim.---It was your duty, Sir, to have told the .young man that he could not have come honestly by them, and to have had him detained. _ . . Carnegy—Yes, Sir, I acknowledge I ought to have done se. I was imprudent. Sir R. BlRME.—lmptudent!4—it was something v.l:f much beyond imprudence. It was stated that the necklace cost originally 200 guineas, and that the pearls were worth 50s each at the trade price. After evidence was adduced by which the Highland dirk, a Chinese carved snuff box, a card-case, and several other things, the property of Mr. Macqueen, were traced to the prisoners, they were all three fully committed for trial. INQUEST OK AIR. PIERCE, OF BRISTOL.—On Monday afternoon►, as soon as the body of this .unfortunate Gentleman was found, a Jury was ; immediately summoned at the Rounhain Ferry_ house ; who, after most patiently and attentively investigating the case, returned a verdict of-- " Found Drowned."—No doubt seems to be en lertained but that the deceased came by his death accidentally, as the following property was found on his person, viz.—a gold watch, chain, and seals, a gold pencil case, two 10/. and .three 11. noteS, a promissory note for 301. and several drafts and 'letters. From lying in the water so long, the body presented a most shocking- specta cle, the lead being very much swollen. FRENCH PAPERS. [From the Moniteur of Monday, Feb. 2.—galcial Part.] PARIS, FEE. I.—After Mass his Royal High ness the Prince of Carignan took leave of the King and the Royal Family in private audiences. ORDINANCES OF THE KING. I. An ordinance s ordering to be received and published in the kingdom, in the usual form, seven Papal bulls, five issued at Rome on the 15th of the calends of December, 1823, and two on the Bth of the calends of the same month, or dering- the canonical institution of 1. Gustave Maximilian Juste, Prince of Croy, and Bishop of Strasburg, Grand Almoner, and Peer of France, to the archbishopric of, Rouen. 2. Of Gilbert Paul Aragonnes Dorcet, to the bishopric of Langres. 3. Of Marie Joseph Franyais Victor Monyer ' de Prilly,to the bishopric of Chalons-sur-Marne. 4. Of Jean Francois de Saunhac Belcastel, - to the bishopric of Perpignan. .5. Of Jacques Alexis Jacquemin, to the bishopric of St. Die. 6. Of Jacques Francais Besson, to the bishopric of Metz. 7. Of Claude Marie Paul Tharin, to the bishopric of Strasburg. IL Relates to the publication 'of a bull for the 'canonical institution of Louis Silvestre de la Chatre, as Bishop of imeria in partibus. Art. 2. of each of these ordinances says, " The said bulls of canonical institutions are received without, approbation of the clauses, formulas, or ex pressions which they contain, and which are, and may be contrary to the constitutional charter, to the laws of the kingdom, to the franchises, liber ties, and maxims of the Gallican church." The 3d Article orders the bulls to be tran scribed and registered in French and Latin ; and the 4th charges the Keeper of the Seals and the Minister of the Interior with execution of the ordinances, each as far as he concerned. 111. Relates to the meeting of the Electoral College of the sth arrondisserlivit of the depart.. ment of the North, at Maubeuge. IV. Oiders the appointment of an Inspector of the Arsenals - for the construction of Artil lery, to be chosen by the War Mioister among the MajorGeneral d of, that arm who are in active service. V. Orders that 'seamen taken prisoners of war shall have the time of Iheir captivity counted as actual service. The non-official part of the Moniteur co n t a i us a very lone report (above two pages) on the affairs of the Bank of France, by the Governor, the Duke of Gaeta, and the report of the Cen sors in the General Meeting of the Proprietors on the 2ifth of January. PAMPICLUNA, JAN. 26.—We enjoy great tran quillity here, owing as much to the harmony which exists between the Spaniards and the French, as the excellent discipline of the Allied troops. As our Government is engaged in the reorganization of tire army, the battalions of Na- Varre have been discharged, (F rom the Journal des Diba CORFU, .JAN• 2.—(PRIVATE CORRESPOZMENCE.)- 0 " Offlcial Gaxette has lately Published a species of Proclamation, which has excited some surprise in the public, on hearing our Lord High Commissioner denounce, in disdainful terms, the conduct of Alexander Illaurecordato. It is asked what offence, or rather what infraction of the law of nations he has permitted ? Several accounts were afloat on this subject, when we were apprised of the following facts It appears that the IlYdriotes, after having completely de feated the Algerine squadron that was cruising before Misso longhi, pursued three Barbary vessels to the coast of Jatacos, a desert Island, where they ran aground. The Greeks, who knew that one of the vessels was laden with the sum of 400,000 pia stres, made no scruple of landing at the place, where they took a considerable prize, seized the vessels, put to death a num ber of Turks, and .then re-embarked. Jatacos belongs to the lonian Heptarchy ; this act, therefore, was a violation of terri tory ; but as the Island was uninhabited, the Lord High Com missioner, actuated by well known motives of kindness to the Zanteans and the Cephalonians, placed both under quarantine, over and above the martial law under which they have so long suffered. It •is said, however, that this measure will not long continue in force. Our latest news respecting the movements of Colocotroni state that he was about to lay siege to Patras, which for some time past had been the asylum.for adventurers. Letters from Tine of the 26th December mention that the Greeks, after various enterprizes, were upon the eve of entering Smyrna. • This intelligence, which is confirmed by. letters from Hydra, had occasioned some alarm at Constantinople. [The, Congitutionnel makes some remarks on a narrative which has appeared in the Moniteur, in the College of Loth le-Grand. It appears that 115 of the most distinguished pupil s have been expelled from that eblle g e on'account of what the Moniteur calls a vast plot, in the course of which four candles were extinguished. The Co/Wit/it/mind observes, that some of the expulsions of the students took place at a late hour in the night, and among them a young man, whose fathily re-, sided 150 leagues from PariS, was turned out in the capital where he had neither relations, correspondents, nor resources.] FRENCH. FUNDS, PARIS, FED. 2,—Five per Cents. opened at 96. 40. ; closed at 97. 10. ; Bank Stock, 1,660. ; Neapolitan Rentes, 82. ; STanish Bentes, 25. Exchange on London, one month, 25. 45. ; three months, 25.35.—( Cour: Authentique.) BAYONNE, JAN. 27.—From what transpires, it seems certain that the Constitutional corps in. Andalusia, Murcia, Valencia, and Gallicia, begin to assume an attitude which excites some uneasi- ness. Assassinations are ftequent. We have seen a letter from Biscay, which says that the Royalist's begin to be on bad terms with. the French, and that an arrangement between than .cannot be made without the retreat of the French. They will then be t liberty to treat the Liberals as they please. The Diario of the 22d contains a most indecent article respecting the French, who are compared to dogs—the means of getting rid of them are discussed under the coarsest allegory. Some officers have been to the office of the journal, to learn the name of the author ; but it was.: not given up. Search is making for him. - , •T4i r • 41,10,.. .41 • • ,• MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGl.•lti D. Monday, Feb. 9, LONDON. Nos. 40, 143, 241, 319, 329, 335. COUNTRY. Nos. 131, 238, 243, 320, 378, 425, 433, 455, 473, 517, 536, 541, 546, 553, 470, 574, 578, 680, 701. - 10, LoNDox. Nos. 23, 62,100, 290, 300, 367, 421, 479. Gotrri - TRY. N 05.24, 67, 138, 145,211, 263, 292, 427, 471, 497, 501, 528, 579, 604, 626, 668, 714. Wednesday, - 11, LoNrno:r. Nos. 3, 11, 19, 29,1 47, 96, 237, 257, 334, 353, 435. COUNTRY. Nos. 54, 121, 126, 129, 159, 164, 213, 215, 232, 314, 344, 400, 440, 442, 447, 468, 472, 478, 563, 577, 606, 647, 661, 690, 705. Thursday, - 12, Lorrtoom. Nos. 6, 18, 25, 34, 79, 86, 19 99 4, 271, 299, 301, 338, 4. COUNTRY. Nos. 44, 57, 70, 79, 110, 111, 153, 172, 178, 214, 269, 278, 354, 384, 397, 420, 461, 483, 518, 513, 540, 545, 556, 560, 586, 587, 591, 642, 679, 717. Friday, - 13, LONDON. No. 275. COUNTRY. Nos. 53, 282, 283, 433, 550, 655, 709. Saturday, 14, LONDON. __ * * • Tuesday, COUNTRY. No. 675. IRELAND. Tuesday, Feb. 10, CORK. No. 71. Wednesday, - 11, CORK. Grand Pro,. Lodge of Munster. NORTHUMBERLAND. Sir 31. W. RIDLEY, Bart., who has recently been appointed Provincial Grand Master of Northumberland, on the resigna tion of Sir J. E, Swinburne, Bart. was on Tuesday last, the anniversary of the birth of H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex, installed with great masonic pomp at S. G. Lodge, Free masons' Hall, Newcastle ; on which occasion the following brethren were appointed Provincial Grand Officers, viz:--- Sir Chas. Loraine, Bart. Deputy P.G.M. ; Cuthbert Ellison, Esq. M.P., S. W. ; Charles Wm. Bigge, Esq., J. W. ; the Rev. John Collinson, Chaplain; Robert Thompson, Treasurer; Charles Larkin, Registrar ; Thos. Brown, Secretary ; Thomas Hall, S. of Works ; George Dodsworth, Director of Cere monies; John Walker, Esq. S.D. Jas. Archbold, Esq. J. D. ; Henry Ransom, Sword Bearer; Robert Nicholson, Standard Bearer; Robert Robson, Usher ; Henry Monro, Organist; James Pringle, Pursuivant ; Matt. Bell, Dixon Brown, John L. Loraine. W. Kirkley, Henry Hewitson, W. Loraine, jun. John Davidson, and Wm. Linskill, Esqrs., P. 0., Stewards; John Anderson, Jatries Gibson, John Watson, James Bell, J. Spark, and Edward Redhead, of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Lodge ; H. Esther, of the Peace and Unity Lodge, 3lorpeth ; and J. Hall, St. George's Lodge, N. Shields, P. G. Assistant- Stewards. After the ceremony of the Installation the Brethren dined together at Dodsworth's, the Queen's Had Inn. The following were present at the dinner :—Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart.; Sir Chas. Loraine, Bart. ; Mr. Lambton, M.P. for Durham ; Mr. Ellison, 31. P. for Newcastle ; Sir Thomas Hankin, and Major Milles, Scotch Greys; Sir Cuthbert Sharp ; Sir R. S. Hawks; and 'William Loraine, D. G. M. for Dur ham Bell, Woolsingto n ; Mr. Dixon Brown ; Mr. J. L. Loraine ; Mr. Bi gge, Linden; Mr. Linskill, Tynemouth ; Mr. Loraine, jun.; Mr. Walker, Benwell ; Masters, Wardens, and B ret h ren of the following Lodges :—Newcastle . upon-Tyne ; Union, Gateshead ; Peace and Union, Morpeth ; St. George, North Shields ; St, South Shields ; Sea Chaplains, and Phoenix, Sunderland; Granby, Durham; and Industry, Swadwelr. Total number, 150. [The foregoing is the entire of the Report given by the local Newspapers of the Grand Masonic Festival which took place at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on the Installation of Sir M. W. RIDLEY, Bart., M.P. as Provincial Grand Master for Nor thumberland. We have to regret that a Gentleman of talent, who does us the favour to report for Till: SuN in that quarter, was prevented by indisposition from being present at the Meet ing alluded to. We undersand, however, that nothing could exceed the unanimity, hilarity, and enjoyment which prevailed •at the Dinner at the Queen's Head. The health of the illus trious Grand Master, the Duke of Sussex, was proposed in the most appropriate manner by the Chairman (Sir M. W. Ridley), who dilated most becomingly on the liberal and com prehensive mind which distinguished the Royal Duke—and to whose benevolent and kindly feelings the Society of Free-Ma sons were so much indebted for the harmony and good under standing that now pervaded the Craft from one end of the kingdom to the other. The toast was drank with the most rap turous applause. On the health of the Grand Master for the province of Durham being drank, John George Lambton, Esq., M.P., (the Grand Master) rose, and delivered, in an impressive and animated manner, a speech which, was deserv edly admired, as well for its pertinency to Masonry and the pleasing occasion that brought them together, as ,for the easy and elegant tone he assumed while tendering his acknowledg ments for the honour conferred upon him by so numerous and respectable a body of Gentlemen. Very greelapplauSe ensued, and the Hon. Member sat down in some degree overwhelmed by the sonorous and unbounded greetings of one of the largest and most respectable Masonic meetings ever remembered in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. We are sorry that we are unable to give at greater length the further interesting proceedings of this day. Amongst the speakers were—Mr. Ellison, M.P., Sir Charles Loraine, Bart., Lieut.-Col. Sir Thomas Hankin, (of the Scots Greys), Mr. Bell of Woolsington, 'Mr. Bigge of Lindon, Mr. Wm. Loraine, &c. Their object was to shew, and their illustrations bore them out in the fact, that the main end of Masonry was charity and benevolence to all mankind ; and such ennobling principles, it was contended, must be creative of peace and good neighbourhood—and so far of mun dane - happiness. The exertions of Brother Dodsworth, the caterer of the feast, are spoken of as being fully on a par with the usual splendid entertainments of the Queen's Head.] On the evening of the 19th ultimo, MATTHEW BELL, of Woolsington, Esq., was installed W.M. of Newcastle-upon ' Tyne Lodge, No. 26, of Free and Accepted Masons. On his taking possession of the Chair, the Worshipful P.M., Sir Chas. Loraine, Bart., addressed him in a concise inaugural speech, to which Mr. Bell made an excellent and very animated reply, which was much applauded. The following Brethren were then installed, as his subordinate officers, viz:;— , Brother Josex LAMBTON LORAINE, Esq., S.W.; Br. Robert Thompson J.W. ; Br. Henry Ransom, Secretary ; Bt. Jaifieil36ll, 'Tea surer ; Br. Edw. Redhead, S.D. ; Br. William BroWn, J.D. ; Br. Robert Nicholson; S.S.; Br. Thomas Hogg, Tyler.—The Brethren having paid due homage to the 'Worshipful Master, according to ancient custom; the evening:was spent with that harmony which has ever been characteristic of the ancient Craft. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. ,~ lIOCSE OF COMMONS. lifereurii, 4° die Februarii, 1824. Resolved—That this House will not receive any Petition for Private Bills, after Friday the 20th day of this instant February• Resolved—That no Private Bill be read the First Time after Monday the 22d day of March next. Resolved—That this House will not receis•e any Report Of such Private Bill, after Monday the 17th day of May next. Ordered—That the said Resolutions be printed. J. B. LEY, Cl. Dom. Corn. INCLOSURES—Orsett (Essex)—Bill ordered to be brought in. Tarrant Hinton (Dorset)—Petition for Bill referral to Com mittee. • GAS LlGHT—Manchester }Petitions for Bills referred RoAD—Faversham PAVlNG—Ashford and Rudlow to Committees. Cowl, DU TlES—Petitions from Paul (near Penzance), St. Re. verne, Eye, and Canterbury, against the Duty on Coals car ried Coastwise ; to lie on the table. LEATHER TAX—Petition of Tanners of Waterford, for the repeal thereof; to lie on the table, and to be printed. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Serjeant Onslow—Bill to repeal Usury Laws. 2. Sir John Newport—Papers respecting the right of burial in . Ireland by Roman Catholics and Dissenters from the Esta blished Church ; and Papers respecting Parochial Assess ment in Ireland. 3. Mr. Grattan—Return of the number of Constables appointed under the Act of last Session, and places where appointed 4. Mr. Grattan—Number and names of parishes where Tithe Composition Act of last Session have been put in operation. 5. Mr. Grattan—Committals of persons under Insurrection Act:. 6. Mr. Martin (of Galway)—Bill to amend Act of last Session', respecting the cruel treatment of Cattle. 7. Mr. Martin (of Galway)—Bill to prevent Bear baiting, al.l. other cruel practices. ORDER OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. Lords Commissioners Speech to be considered. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Wednesday, Feb 11. Mr. Western—Bill relating to qualifications of Jurors. Thursday, Feb. 12. Mr. Hume—Committee on the Laws respecting Machinery and Artizans. Thursday, Feb. 19. 1. Sir John Newport--To repeal Statute 9th William, c. and for securing the right of burial of Roman Catholics and Dissenters in Ireland. 2. Mr. Hume—Returns relating to Impressment of Seamen. Tuesday, Feb. 24. Mr. John Williams—Motion relating to the Court of Chan eery. Tha Feb. 1. Mr. Calcraft—R epea l urs ofthe Leather 26 . Tax. 2. Mr. Abercromby—Bill for the more effectual Representa tion of the City of Edinburgh in Parliament.- Tuesday, March 2. Mr. Hobhouse--Repeal of the Window Tax. - _ ' For "A. P." on PATRIOTISM, see our Fourth Page. PRICE OF STOCKS Tilts 13.ty AT TWO O'CLOCK. Bank stock 237. 2361 India Stock VI 3 per Cent. Red. ...90 891 99% India Bonds, • 82s. 83s; 3 per Cent. Cons. 89,-16H South Sea Stock 34 per Cent 99 100 Old Annuities 01d ....101i 102 Ex. Bills 155 51 4 per Cent. {New 10548 100 . Ditto Small 15 3 54 5 per Cents. 1797 — Bank for Act. , Bank Long Ann. 22 5-16ths a India for Con. Acct. Imp. 3 per Cents. 89, 3 / 4 Cons. for Act. 8941 90ii PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, Fr3a.45, AT'ONE O'CLOCK, French 1 Five per Cents. 964. l. Scrip, 84 pm. ISix per C en t s . 00. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 901. Neapolitan Five per Cent. Bonds, 811. Austrian Scrip, 4i prem. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish / Ditto 1821 24t. • Ditto 1823, 16g. Prussian ( Five per Cent. Bo n d s , 91i . I. Ditto Z4eiv, 891. Danish Five p er Cent. Bonds, 964. Portuguese 00. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Chili 78. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 66. Mexican Loan, 5 prem. ( 00. Poyais 1. New, 3i. Bank Shares £22 105.—.C23. - 1 Seven per Cent. 000. --- , American I Six per. Cont. 00-000. 1 Five pqr Cent. 00-000. lThree per Cent. 71 :4. HIGH WA TER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW' Morning, 33 minutes after Z. 1 Ev en i ng , 0 minutes after a' T 11.1 14 -:., UN. SOLEM (2111 S DIOERE FALSU3I ALIDEAT LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1824. Tha following is an extract of a. letter from one of his Majesty's Commissioners in Jamaica, dated Dec. 24, Is23: " Admiral Sir L. W. TEALsTED and ,family and his Majesty's Commissioners, the Consul' General and some of the Consuls for Colombia , were entertained during their stay for one dai at Barbadoes, with a dejeunj a la fortrcheite, by Mr. Cavan, of that island. " The effect produced on the trade of the Spanish Main by the arrival of the Cornmissioner s and Consul-General at Jamaica, has been of 11. most favourable kind ; persons at this Island BF' preparing to establish branches in Colombia , and the influx of British trade through tl''' Atlantic ports alone of Colombia, is expecttd soon to reach four or five millions sterling. i c will require upwards of thirty days for tin. Coo' missioners and Consul-General to get up tlje river : the stream sets down very s trooP and the boats are pulled up the 10101° way, a breeze scarcely ever prevailing ü a the heat is very excessive, o' l a species of hard biting mosquito infest s the river in myriads. The usual mode i 4 to encamp on sa n d b an k s every n i g h t, ,wi th mosquito nets susp en d e d over porta bl e h' e o a r cots. The Consul-General takes his Lady family to Bogota, and the sufferings they have to undergo in the Magdalena are of no ° l. ' Binary kind." the river : I rl We yesterday adverted to the disclosure wh ;cit had been made by Mr. CANNING, of a proP sk tion having been made to this country by SP 3 relative to S ou th A mer i ca, an d o f t h e ans wer IP