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FRENCH PAPERS. Front the Moniteur of Wednesday, April 28. The Official Part contains a short Ordinance - .relative to contracts for clothing the troops. The Non-Official Part, including a Supple ment of a whole sheet (with the exception of some Court-news, and a few details from the English Papers), is filled with the proceedings of the Chamber of Deputies on the 26th and '27th 9f April. (Prom L'Etoile, dated Thursday. ) ,T4fpB, APRIL I.43.—Sentence .was yesterday - 11t , 60 - aryned by the Correctional Tribunal iu the affair of the. two Journals appearing under the title of :the Pants. M.Tissot, Editor of the Jour nal stopped by the „Magistrates, was condemned to a nionties imprisonment, and a fine of 200 francs, for !laving published it without being au thorised. As for the question of property, the Tribunal refered the two parties,-M. Tissot and i.;assauo, to the Civil Court. The Etoile speaks in high terms of a work just published by the title of The justice, advan tage, and necessity of an Indemnity to the -Emi grants., "In every revolution," says the author, " there are crimes, misfortunes, and actions that may be called relative. Crimes are.the violation of divine and human laws; no time, .no motive can render them excusable. Misfortunes are the sufferings and losses caused by a great convul sion. Relative actions are those which may be considered .as crimes or virtues, according to the interest and safety .of those who govern. In Our revolution, the burning of the chateaus, the popuiar murders, the judicial assassination of in nocent men, are crimes. The diminution of the public revenue, the bankruptcy of two-thirds of the debt, the loss of legitimate rights suppressed or abolished, are misfortunes. The emigration, the Vendee') war, the devotedness, the, resistance of faithful subjects in the interior, are relative actiens. They are crimes in the eyes of those Who had got the power into their hands ; they are virtues in the eyes of those who do not re cognize the usurped power. So long as the usurpation lasts, a Vendee)) is, in the eyes of the Committee of Public Safety, a brigand ; so they are styled by the Convention. An emigrant is an enemy armed against his country, a man Worthy of death, if he is taken ; his property is confiscated, and falls to the public treasury. But when the end of the revolution comes, when the usurpation ceases, the crimes are punished or pardoned, the misfortunes remain, the relative actions lose their conditional.cheracter of crimes, and resume that of virtues. A Vendean, then, is a hero of fidelity ; an Emigrant, a noble and , glorious -companion of -the misfortunes of his Prince, a virtuous support of the throne. Such is the theory on which the work in question is founded." PART A PRlL:27.—Count Bourtnont kit Ma- Arid on the 9.oth for Paris. CIIAMBER OF PEERS, APRIL 27. - Count Pon-I-m.la brought up the Report of the project of law relative to offences- committed within churches, or during - the time of -religioas worship. The discussion on this project will be opened on Friday. • Count DESEZE likewise brought up the Report of the pro ject of law relative , to different modifications of the Penal Code, aati. the Code of Critninal Instraetibif.' The Chamber will, at ulterior. period, fix the time of the opening of the discussion. CIIAMBER,OF ,D,EPIITIES,. Aram The.diacassion of the project of law relative to ,the Rentes was again resumed. M. the .Glitaanim said that General Foy, detained at home by a" aeirere, illneas, was forced to yield to him his turn to speak; • bat if he could.rot-make his eloquent voice heard within that place faithful to his command, he would nevertheless come to iz iae his !Vote, and although he should be obliged to he carried, AIC, would be there te-morrow to take part in the discussion. T:N.,...lginister of Finance has been heard with a religious eelie.ncea Brach good fortune, • without doubt, was not reserved to laughing.)-L-ft was admitted that it was not to - tattr institutions that we could-attribute exclusively the credit which wa... -- enjoyed, since a financial prosperity almost equal to . ours was also to be sees .at Naples, Berlin, -Vienna,- St. Peters burgh. lie repeated that our institutions were not what pre werved our credit, and what-induced him to belieVe it was, that fie snore they. were Attacked, -the more public -credit increased, Which had . led to the - saying that-the ltentes were ultras.— ..SA taagli - :) - a --Thus a financial. house had been found which lbw! not heaitated to-furnish -funds when it was intended to employ thema in the • most- hazardous speculations, and to re stiarekaatnfertuneite .Spain the iniseries'iiont which she had be gal to extrirete herself-for a short ; iine a —( Violent murmurs.) -4 1 isaita anti Naples had become, as well as France, the tribti taidea.Of: this Rouse, which appeared to have been for many y^art a trite European Mont de Pietc;,—(a general laugh)-- since it was to her that every nation addressed herself to obtain ass stance, since it was with her that they had contracted en gage/mute, but which were not ..for the benefit of the people. ze The pre . alt project attacked not' only the confidence which 'people in the country had.in the public funds, but that which had been felt for a longtime in the capital itself. It was upon the capital that, above .all, the -financial measure which was proposed,. would .weigh ~with its whole force ; it was towards -her that it would be most hurtful; it was to her population, the most . .ntimeroos, the most interesting ; it was to the an :fortunate' in retirement, to old artisans, to ancient domes tire, who were made to support this reduction, which they ovatild call a real bankruptcy. This population which had Glen 'part in the 'revolution in 1789, would think (for those who lost were not always just), that the recollection was riot a stranger ,to the conception of a similar measure.—(A violent eafiosio,n . Of inurraurs.),-The evils caused by the Re •vOintirth. are constantly cited. I have been a witness and a - vitaiiia*.of the 'excesses of the .Revolution—l have been de prived-of . a part of my fortune and cast into prison. The ex camas of the Revolution have, brought my parents and friends a - tothe aeaffalti ; .but if I avow the evils of the Revolution, do. - raft you - deny its beriets--t.fiese are equality of laws, equal divi-' of taxes, ibe free vote-of contributions., individual -liberty, - the same o ale, presi,. the palladium A' all our liberties, and th e abolition of privileges; in fine., they are all, or rather were ' all, in the,Charter.—(;ilatrinurs..)—The.Revolution, gentlemen, has becoizte the le-arena ofa.rraineroua :fatally. Its children are everywhereethey occupy The principal -employments—we even see thia - it inalte.ranks of thivalry, from which heretofore pre has kept them, and all who could not show proofs of a very ancient nobility. • -Therefore, • - deelaiin not against the Re - veliititin, which has favoured so many - private- interests, for, , without the Revolution, I ask you where would be his Lord where would be the President .of the Council of Mini . stera ?.--(lncreased munnurs.)...ee vete against the project of -the law. as reje c t e d b y a great ma j or i ty. The printing of this speeCh AI;V de .c o ,,,, Enr , (Minister of the Interior) said it could not be expected from him that he should answ er the violent objec tions addressed to a Minister of the King and his colleagues, - mach less the sarcasms, which ought never to an tes f or a rgu meat. If all these attacks, and the tone with which they-were - delivered,. were - - deserved, and if they were supported o n j us t .gretinds, then, indeed would there be a real error in th e p l an . aclepted a but if these reproaches are ill-founded, and if there was an. an exaggerated injustice in the tone assumed, th e y ' might be said to outstrip the prescribed limits, be out of place, and might be justly called insults. It had been said that, to a ' Vtrt of the stockholders it-would be attended with .diflicalties, - because the. Minister of Finance, in 1817, had said that there • wousld never be a repayment of the debt. It via 4 strange that the 141iniater.of . that board should :express himself so, when • he himself was presenting a. loan where.uo such stipulation w as ,anade, • I. P2Dlut LE a.—That is to be seen in-the , speech of M. CAuwette. -•M. de CpuzinnE.-..,-11ear me--see what took place, of _which Sae Monitttir beers testimony. -The Minister of Finance an lsiwered the objections of those who said, "'Yoe borrOwed at 50. Coma, and you remy at clout* that, sum," .he said as we eaitr, " The state will • never be obliged tc.t,:psy.!' expression is faithfully recorded in the Monitevr of the 13th Feb, 1817. M. FERDINAND DE BERTHIER proposed to take into ac count the economy of 23 millions, and if it were necessary the indemnities on the Sinking Fund. Upon this point no reserva tion had been made with the lenders. The article 109 of the financial law - of 1815, states that a law will determine the period when a certain portion of the Rentes shall :. annulled, and it can how be declared by laW, that that perio4 has arrived.-4 This speech was ordered to be printed.) ' M. de Ix CAZI: answered the objectiOnAnade to the proposed measure. He skewed that a reduction : , made, in the Sinking Fund would not bring about such adhantages. • 111EChIsr (holding in his hand a large manuscript) apclo giied for presenting himself at so s late an hour (five o'clock) ; but cries of hear, hear ! proceeding from all parts of the Clam ber, he went on to speak at considerable length against the preject of law.--(The printing of his speech was not contested.) The Sitting was then adjourned till the following day, when it is supposed the discussion will be terminated. FIik:NCII FUNDS. Panis, APRIL 23.—Five per Cents. opened at 102. 5., closed at 103. 25: Bank Stock, 1,980. Neapolitan Five per Cents., 953. Spanish Five per Cents. 18k. Royal Spanish Loan, 64. Exchange on London, one month, 25. 15. ; three months, 25. —( Cuurs Athentique. ASSAULT ON A CLERGYMAN. UNIox-HALL. Yesterday Captain L. C. O'Callaghan, Aide-de-Camp tosGeneral Quiroga, appeared at this office beforc'M. SIVABZY, D. KING, and S. DAviEs, Esqrs., to answer the• complaint of the Rev. J. Saurin, son to the Bishop of Dronio - re; who chard the Captain with having violently assaulted him on the King's highway, in the parish of • St. Giles, Camberwell, on the '9th ult. The complainant came to the office in his carriage, accompanied by several of his friends. The defendant attended with Mr. Thelwall, and some other gentlemen. The Rev. James Sanrin sworn, stated, that on Thursday .afternoon last, between four and five o'clock, .as, he was re .turning from a visit to the - diSciivery ships.at Deptford, on horseback, accompanied by . a friend (now present), he observed :a carriage on the road, eoninig towards the town, near the New Cross turnpike. He and his friend paSsed the carriage, and proceeded on towards the turnpike, at the gate of which they stopped, for the purpose of paying the tell ;'by thiS' time the carriage came up, -and while he (the - Witness) wafs 'receiving change from the toll collector, the defendant, whO was sitting in the dickey of the carriage, called out and stigmatized him (witness) with the words—" You are a blackguard! You are d• scoundrel! You are no gentleman !" and ire Ultiniately got down from the coach, seized hold of the 'horse's reins, dragged a stick which he (complainant) carried, from his hands, and beat him violently with it across the shoulders. Mr. SWADEr.—This is a most extraordinary case. have you had any acquaintance with the gentleman who used you thus, previous to the assault ? Had you 'or your friend given no offence? The complainant —Upon my honour, and upon my oath, 1 never recollect having seen him before the time of the outrage. The defendant. —The Rev. Saurin is perfectly- correct : it is quite true we never saw each other until the period I chas tised him for his impertinence to sonic ladies who were under my protection. The complainant declared, that he was not conscious of hav ing committed any breach of decorum which should warrant such conduct as that exhibited by the defendant on the occa sion. The horse which lie rode on that day was a' restive one, and probably might have frightened the horses attached to the carriage in which the defendant and his friends were ; but as for offering any insult to ti - .eladies, he ( the complainant) again repeated, that neither himself nor his- friend had. SWADEY observed, that the defendant had now an op portunity of answering the assault. Captain O'Callaghan.---I admit that what the Rev. Gentle man stated relative to the assault which I committed upon him is true, but the provocation I received was omitted al together in his statement. Upon the day Mentioned I accom panied a party of ladies on . board the Heck discovery ship ; upon our return, I was sitting in the dickey of the carriage, when I observed the complainant and another gentleman ride up to the side of the carriage, in which there were four ladies, and stare into the windows in a very impertinent manner. I mentioned the circumstance to a gen drman, a friend of mine, who was sitting with me, but made no observation- at this time to the complainant or his friend: However, after pass ing the. carriage, they pulled up their horses a second time, and.stared into the windows as before ; a third time, they Waited until the carriage was abreast of them, and came close to the windows ; upon which I addressed myself to the com plainant, saying, " Sir, I hope you are satisfied now." lle sneered at me in a most contemptuous manner, and again re piked' his insulting conduct towards the ladies; who were under my protection. • These repeated insults I could not bear any longer : although the carriage was going forward at a very 9uickl'ate, I sprang off the dickey, with the determination of insisting on having the card of a person who had so grossly misconductedhiniself. As soon as he and his friend perceived - my intention, the latter called out to the complainant " Gal- LOp off, Saurin ; gallop oft';" and put spurs to his horse ; but I instantly seized the reins of the Rev. .oentleman'thorse, who endeaVoured to ride over me, and having no whip or stick my self at the 'time, I seized his and certainly thrashed him with it. .I confess my country's sons are not endued With the pa tienCe of. Job; but under the circumstances of the case, I trUat - the'l.3enelk will Make some allowance for the aggravation received. • Mr. SWAIIEY. asked the defend ant w h et h er he was certain Mr. - Satirin had stared into the carriage in the, way described. The defendant. —I am positive - of it; and one of the Ladies is now in attendance, who will speak to that - fact. The complainant declared. that he was not even aware - of the number of Ladies who were in the carriage. The:Magistrate apprized the defendant that it would be ne cessary he should have two bailto answer the charge. The defendant said, that he did not come prepared with hail. lle•'expected another mode of proceeding would have been adopted. Mr.. Thelwa/1 stepped forward, and stated that ha was ready to become bail for his friend's appearance to any amount. That gentleman had unquestionably committed a breach of the peace, in protecting his, (Mr. Thelwall's) wife, and other ladies, from insult. lle (Mr.- Thelwall) was of the party, but did not see the transaction, in consequence of being in another carriage in the rear of that occupied by the party who were insulted. - The complainant's friend was here about to enter into a state ment, when the Magistrate observed, that it would be better not to discuss the matter there any further and added, that as the defendant had not come prepared with two hail for his ap pearance, he (the 3lagi::trate) would be satisfied .to bind the defendant, himself in the sum of 80/.,_ and one surety of 401. toappear - at the next Quarter-sessions. The parties then•leet the office. DrsTREssiNG Evr.NT.—The -violent inirricane from the north-east, which was eNperienced at Edinburgh on Thursday, was Severely felt on the Frith, where several fi,shing boats were'in imminent danger. One boat belonging to Buck haven, althOugh within two miles of that barbour i - was obliged to run,up to ,Newhaven for shelter. But we are .sorry to add, the storm"Nvas produCtive of more serious and fatal consequences. —Two line , young- men belonging' 'to Newhaven; had gone down the Frith their boat on• Monday to wait for employment as pilots,_sitice whi c h per i o d t h e i r f r i e nd s h a d h ear d nothing. of thehrtilllare on Friday- evening, when they received the melan. clioly in tAlfgenCe that their boat had been picked Up at Crailin the course of tliedayi bottom up and with all sails set.-'The bodies of the unfortunate sufferer s had not been found. Their names were John' Carrii and Andrew Adamson ; and their loss has caused great lamentation in the little community in whiCh they had lived, .witere their characters for sobriety and' industry were highly esteemed,; but it will be more severely felt by their immediatt relations s the former having left a widow and three children, while the latter ; who was unmarried, had been long the sole spppOrt of an aged mother. These individuals are now left destitute,,and, if . the hand of benevolence is not stretched out to relieve them, must speedily, in addition to the loss of all that they held dear, be involved in poverty and want. A POTTERY COMPANY.....ThP formation of Company for establishing the Pottery Manufac ture in Ireland is now proposed. It is intended to establish factories in the counties of Ros common (at Lanesboro'), and Leitrim (at A rigna). It has been ascertained that all the neces sary materials exist in great abundance, and may be _procured on moderate terms ; while, by means of the river Shannon, the canal, and other navigable waters, great facilities are afforded for the -conveyance of the manufactured article, through extensive and populous districts. The capital Stock is to consist of 100,0001. in 4000 shares of .2.51. each. Subscribers are entered at the office of Mr. LABErvroucHu.---(Dublin Free man 74 Journal.) LITERARY NOTICE. THE OLD ENGLISH DRAMA. The first number of a new collection of those noble specimens of English genius, the Earl*: Drama, has just made its appearance. - The Work, it seem's, is intended to be general acid extensive, and to supersede the collections of Poosr.cy, ,R.c. The present Nutnher contains THE SECOND MAI OE-N's TRAcr.DY, - the prOduc tion of an unknown Author, which is now printed, for the first time, from a MS. of WA anua-roN's (the Somerset Herald), which had time good luck to escape a -too intimate acquaintance with his • pie and pudding dishes, a calamity which happened _to many . valuable relics of the English Stag e , and which has been a standing subject of regret with all - the . tribe of commentators for many years. The Second Maiden's Tragedy is unquestionably well deserving of its escape from the clutches of the anti-dramtic Gook, Who seasoned Mr. IVA It MI It- ToN's dinners with such etherial viands; and its PtlblicatiOn will, we are sure, afford • much gra tification to the lovers of - our sterling plays ; it is evidently the production of a man of genius- 1 is superior to the general run of plays of the time when it was writ ter. (about 1611), and what is commendable as well as extraordinary, is entirely flee from the extravagance ; which frequently marks the productions of'that age of our dramatic literature. It consists of two distinct plots, one of which is founded upon the story .of the Curious Impertinent, in Don Quixotic, which the author has closely followed : - the other plot is so independent'of it, that they might well, btit for the deficiency in the requisite number of acts, form two separate Plays. The Dramatic excellence of this Tragedy is perhaps ,not very great, but there are scenes of tender ness, and occasional touches of pathos, _which go to the heart ; the great defect is the want of in tensity in the more passionate scenes ; but to compensate for this deficiency, there are dignity, nobleness, and•pn r itY o f feeling, and some deli cious instances of poetic beauty. In short, we have read the firSt number of the Old English Drama with great pleasure, and if the proposed collec tion often presents a treat equally novel and agreeable, we shall hail the appearance of the suceeding•numbers with unfeigned pleasure. THE UNION CLUB HOUSE. The removal of some of the old buildings be twetn the King's Mews and Cockspur-street has surprised the public with a view of . e.e facade of the magnificent structure which completes the west side of the great square, and which will occupy the space between the new Club House and Charing.: cross. We do not understand why the old buildings - in front of the Mews are still permitted to stand ; they interrupt not merely the view, but the passage of the public. We under stood that they were all to be removed immediately, but we fear that there is to be some further delay, for we observe that a new wall of great length and height has been built, within these few dayS, in front of the Club House; an expence which we suppose would. have.heen hardly thought justifiable, if the remaining houSes wercto,be pulled down so soon as.was origi nally expected. —The new fnade which, as we said, forms -the west side of the square, is a building of great extent and beauty.' It consists of eenr,er, adorned with four fluted lonic columns of very tine..diirensiotni, and _kw. wings somewhat in the style of . Thawbole.aurmounted with entablatures; freezes, and iallui,trades of corresponding proportions. And great elegance, The ; center and the southern wing compose the new Club House; the northern wing, which is not yet quite finished; is the new College of Physicians.. The facade, with a circular WindoW to Cocksput-street, which, from the rest being hidden, was supposed to - be the front of the Union Club House, turns out to be only the side of that building, and we confess that we ourselves partook of the general surprise and satisfaction Whidi Were excited by this sudden display of so very magnificent an addition- to the architectural ornament of this part of the town; and we cannot but applaud the pub lic spirit of the Club, . which has gone to so large an expence, and produced so s triking an object. The style of th e w h o l e structure is a magnificent simplicity . , and is marked by the pure and classical taste which ,distinguishes all the works of Mr. Smirks. The interior. of the Club House is answerable to its external beauty. The rooms are of vast size, ornamented and furnished with a rich simplicity. The morning room oc-* cupies the whole front towards Cockspnr-street, and is full 60_ feet in length ; it is increased by a bow towards Cockspur street, and is adorned by four Riagnificent Sc gliola columns of great beauty. The great dining-room is 60 feet long by 32 feet wile, and affords room for from forty to fifty dining tables. — All the robinS on this floor are upwards of twenty feet high._ The principal roonis on th e n ex t floor are the Library and Card-room ; the latter of which is about forty-five feet long by thirty-two feet wide ; as this is more particularly . the dress room of the Club, it is furnished and ornamented in a mope-, rior style with Scagliola pill ars , a p ro f us i on o f gilding, very fine mirrors, magnificent lamps, and the most costly furniture. The Library is in a More simple style ; yet by its dimensions and shape, and the good taste of its decorations, appears to our eye not less agreeable than its gaudier neighbour. The BB ) are on the upper floor, and we are obliged o o t t o n s c ( o t n h f e e r s e s a t r i e ta t t wo neither in their position, nor in the mode of lighting them, do they -appear to us to be worthy the rest of the house. We particularly object to the sky lights over them as disagree - able when looked at within, and as offensive in the "external view of the building. lire trust that they will be removed or screened : they are, at present, not sky-lights, but eye-sores. Yesterday die Committee, to the number of 21, dined together, preparatory to the grand .opening of the honse, which is -to take place on - Monday even ing, at 8 O' c l oc k, when it is understood that all the rooms will be brilliantly lighted up, and thrown open for the reception of the Members and if (as was'the case at the opening of the University Club) . Ladies should have the curiosity to see this splendid establishMent, we may anticipate one of the most bril liant and fashionable assemblies of the season. There is cer tainly no oth e r house in Londo n which can open such a sUitc, of apartthent s . The Club itself consists of thousand Noble . men and Gentlemen, s great propo r tion of whom are Peers and Members of Parliament. . The new comedy'of Pride shall have a Fall was represented for the first time at our Theatre on Saturday night, and it drew a crowded and fashionable audience. It was got up in a very splendid style—the dresses, decorations, and scenery being of a very superb description. It is, we underOand, the production of the Rev. G•. Caot,y, who has signalized himself before by the success of several poetic pieces. The language of the present comedy is also highly poetic, being written for the most part in blank verse, inters persed with several songs ; and some passages, particularly one descriptive of that female foi ble, curiosity, which seems to be parodied from SnAlispEArtes celebrated portrait of Queen Mab, afford a rich treat of intellectual pleasure. A few characters appear in it which exhibit some humour in the delineation. The chief hero of .the piece, Lorenio (Mr. ll,t3entaN), is an officer in a regiment of Sicilian Hussars, the Twentieth, and by a very curious coincidence many of the sallies of wit and dantiyism of his brother officers are supposed by the audience to have reference to the alleged conduct and proceedings of an other Hussar Regiment which have of late en grossed much of public attention.—(Dublin Cor respondent, April 27.) . SAINTS PHILIP' AND JAMES.—lioliclay at the Bank, Exalt quer, East India and South Sea Houses. P z itrCE or FOR , IiIGN'STOCKS - -WikONDON, M 1, , '• • r t p uc h Vivi per Centsi-(94.- - • t•Scrip, 171 • (TiceSix per Cents. - 00. Russian per Cents. (Metallic) 00. ( Ditto New 97. Neapolitan Five per Cent. Bends, 97. Austriaai Scrip, 17 prem. ( live per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Ditto 18:),I, 171. Ditto - 141, prus.ian } D 'i i v tt e o p N er e ( w :e . nf. ,9 ll . onds, .58. Portuguese s li c o r n i i t , l ,'9 9 e i. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 1011. Peruvian Scrip, 1. Chili 821 ex div. coluinbitn Six . per , Cent. Bonds, 921.. Scrip, prem. Mexican Scrip, N prem. Greek 2C' dis. Alliance Insurance'Sharer,--16i. ( Bank Shares .f.:24 17s. Gd. Seven per Cent. 00.- A merioac 1 Six per C-ut. 97 —lO4. Five per Cent. 00. Three per Cent. 801. 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TO-MORROW. 3lnraing, 8 tninutot after 4. I evening, 28 minutes after 8. THE SUN. SOLE)! QUIS DICERIi • F.AI,tII,I dr.1111;474? LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1524. CITY, Half past Twelve o'Clock. Consols opened at 964, for the Account ; they have been done lai•gely at 964, and are now trt 96! 4, looking firm. Colombian 21 4, with a good deal doing. Russian 964 97, looking up, in consequence of large orders to purchase from France. Mexican, 8 3 1 L.—Alliance Shares, 16f 4.—Palladium do.l to I.—Equitable Loan, (Mrs. Fry,) 24 3. One o'Clock—lt is now very generally be lieved in the City, that the real amount of the French naval force at Rio de Janeiro is only two frigates, three corvettes, and one sloop. There are also two British Ships of the Line, so that our own force in the Brazils, is in reality greater than that of the French. IMPORTANT. At the moment I am writing this, however, it is reported at LLOYD'S that a French squadron of five ships of war positively fired into an English ship off Tortola, and that even after they had recognized our flag, they shewed no disposi tion to make reparation of the outrage. Consols have declined to 954, perhaps in consequence of this rumour, although no 'great reliance can be Placed ou its truth.—Colombian is now If to 2. Mexican 71 +. Greek, '!0 .2 des. Another account states that , three French frigates have appeared off Tortola, and fired into an English ship from Glasgow ; but when she hoisted her colours they desisted, and left her to proceed. - Ila(f-past One.—Consols are now 95-T,. This is a'holiday at the Bank. WINDSOR, Saturday Morning.---There is not the slightest foundation for a rumour that has been circulated respecting an intencre'd change of the Ministry. T he Earl of LIVERPOOL will be in town this day. Ins MAJESTY, I rejoice to say, is so much recovered, that he transacted business yesterday. We believe we , are indebted to the politeness of the Editor of the Liverpool Mercury for the following unpleasant intelligence, which has been received by a respectable mercantile House in Liverpool, via Barbadoes. The account is cor roborated by the Barbadoes Mercury of the 20th ult.:-- " DEFEAT OF THE BRITISH TROOPS BY THE ASHANTEES. • Acrn, Jan; 31, 11324. `°DEAR SlR—This will be. handed you by Captain p ug. MEY,'Of.the brig Elizabeth, who is now lying off 4 - nd on,, and as she touches at Itarbadoes, I cannot let slip this opportunity of writinga few lines., " It is with the greatest concern that I have to inform you that the Ashantees hare made an attack upon Sir CHARLES 31 4 CAapir's division of the army, upon the Gold Coast, and completely routed it r mostof the officerakilled, and Sir Csuati.r s himself wounded in two places during the action, and now missing. They came down 15,000 strong; Sir CHARLES'S division was not more than one-third of that number. The battle was fought on the 21kt instant near Sicondee, and lasted from 2 P. M. until 6 P. m. when Sir CHARLES having expend ed all his ammunition, was surrounded, and his army com pletely routed. The Ashantees, however, sustained a great loss, and it is not known where they are gone to. " There were fourteen officers with Sir CHARLES when the action commenced, and only one, a Lieutenant Enskixt, escaped to tell the tale of woe. " Among the slain are some of the principal and oldest mer chants at Cape Coast; those that I have heard named are— GEORGE ROBERTSON, JAMES HEADLE, EDWIN JONES, and Mr. TEDLET, the Staff-surgeon, killed; Captain L. Lr- TRANGE, died of fatigue ; Major RICKETS, severely wound ed ; many others that I do not know the names of, killed; and mangy-wounded and missing. They were expecting an attack at Cape Coast, by the latest intelligence, and they had actually sent down a vessel to get 7,000 stand of arms, which it was reported at Cape Coast, that I had here. " As this vessel will most likely call at Cape Coast, the Captain will be able to give you late accounts, and most accu rate intelligence of this dreadful transaction, which may yet be the cause of the Gold Coast being taken from us." An article from the Southampton Chronicle, dated Portsmouth, April 30, says— " It was reported -here by the master of a merchant vessel from the coast of Africa, that the natives had come down from the interior and murdered all the white population at Sierra Leone: the report also added, that the Scout and Ringdove had been dispatched thither. This report wants one thing to ren derit interesting, namely, confirmation,. for otherwise it is too sweeping in its nature, and too vague in its origin, to excite anY reasonable alarm." EXPRESS FROM PARIS. At a very late boor we havereceived by Ex' press the I:toile of yesterday. It contains a Ion; speech by M. de VILLELE, in favour of the pro ject of law for the reduction of the Rentes, which we have not time to translate, 'Fit Etolle contains no political intelligence of any cow' rejuence. Our private letter states, that the Itentes left off on Thursday at IQ4r. The debate on the project for the - reduction of the Rentes was expected to be continued until thii (Saturday) evening, when the project will, . o t . course, be carried by an immense majority. Au equally large majority is expected to sanction the project.in the Chamber of Peers: . *: In a preceding- column we have given extracts from the French Journals, the contents of which are, hqwever, unimportant. The discussion on the project for reducing the French rentes was continued, with a good deal of heat, in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday. It was ex pected that the, debate would terminate on Wed nesday ; but if the discussion had been finished on that day, the fact must have been known ere now in London. Not a doubt is entertained that the project will be sanctioned by a yell large majority of the Chamber. Our usual extracts. from the Morning Papers of this day will enable our Readers to form their own judgment on the very conflicting statements that are in circulation respecting the important intelligence brought by the ship Courier from Rio de Janeiro. We ourselves are . as yet in pos session of no additional information on the sub• ject. The only thtng certain is, that the intelli gence originally communicated to the Public was actually brought by the Courier' ; and al though it is said that other letters have been received which make no allusions to the French naval force, yet the silence of one person by no means proves that the assertion of a specific fact by another is a falsehood. We shall be very happy if the intelligence which has excited so much alarm turns tkut Oa he either eX. aggerated or untrue, The recognition of Mr. ZEA's Loan, and the transactions connected with it, are undergoing the grave consideration of a most respectable party of Gentlemen, with a view to lay the :Mods qyair openly and honestly before the Colombian Government. It is high time that the -financial operations of British capitalists with Foreign Governments should be conducted with better faith, or at least on bases better and more clearly specified and understood, and that the Financial Agents should be individuals whose powers and credentials for completing such stupendous pe cuniary engagements are both explicit a nd incontrovertible. This seems to be the more necessary, as it is not impossible, from the man ner in which even the last South American Loan was concluded, that even it may not be sanctioned by the Government for whose use it was negociated.. American Papers to the 9th April arrived this morning. [From the New York Getzetts,Df the sth April.) Letters from Carthagena state that an expedi- tion of four brigs and seven schooners was fitting out there, to be commanded by Gutra, against Torquia de o,moa, and that the Government of Carthagena had furnished 2,000 men to pillage Omoa. • THURSDAY, AFRIL concluded his speech on the general principles of the Bill. Mr. Webster began his speech, and continued until three, o'clock, when lu moved for he Committee to rise.—Carried, and the House adjourned. Extract ry - a Letter from Batavia, Nov. 29 --- We have accounts from Manilla, to the middle of September, by the Dutch ship Palembang, stating that an attempt had been made by several Officers in the King's service, assisted by the half-blood natives, to overturn the Government of Manilla. Ti►e revolution took place during the absence of the Governor, with part of the European troops ; but the Governor, with some faithful troops, marched against the city,recovered the principal fortress, and before the new made Sovereign and his adherents could reco►er from their surprise, they were taken prisoners, and the principal ringleaders ordered to be shot, I At his jest 1,01 Tit Sol the of ( Pan /01) ope thn and tiori togs 8 toc t Kin be 1 lerfi