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PARIS PAPERS. [From the ConstitutionneL] PARIS, JUNE 14.—The disgrace of M. de Chateaubriand came suddenly and violently, but It may, perhaps, be traced to a period more remote, and to depend on more profound and mysterious causes than his opinion or influence in the Cham ber of Peers on the Law for the Reduction of the Rentes. Money is not alone at the bottom of all disputes ; there is still another occult poser which supports or destroys public men in other interests than those of Royalty or Aristocracy.— "It is not the Journal des Dads, nor either of the Quotidiennes, which must be consulted to learn the friendship and the hatred of this power, but the Drapeau Blanc, who is the depository of its secrets. It contains the fol lowing passage :—" It was not without unea siness that pious people observed in a Paper, ap sarently placed under the influence of the Mi nistry, a tendency towards dangerous doctrines in matters of religion, a tendency sufficiently avowed by a ['timber of attacks on a celebrated Corporation, and lately by an attack both impru dent and improper, on the whole body of the - University and on its venerable Chief. People will now be convinced, since the Journal des Di buts avows that the Ministry and the President of the Council were not acquainted with this ten dency, nor with the crooked policy which 'for some time has characterized this Journal. The severity, too, with which Count de Maistre was treated in this Journal, will be recollected. It .arrogated to itself a dictatorial power, and would -only suffer by the side of the author of c 4 The Mar !yrs" an ancient Grand Master, (more respectable probably in its eyes than the venerable Prelate - who now governs the University) M. de Fon ntanes, in whom we acknowledge the supreme merit of having known how to arrange, in a thousand elegant modes, the eternal theme of -despotism, who could not by his reputati6n as -an author and a politician, cast any shade on his illustrious friend. It was then conceived why a man of such vast talents and so noble a character as Count de Maistre was mal-treated, and why Tti. de la Mennais was not more fortunate in the Journal des Affaires Etrangeres." What a num ber of revelations and accusations in this passage. "What, the Journal des DlThats did not belong to the Treasury, but to the Minister of Foreign Af fairs. -Its crooked policy, and the versatility of its opinions at the period of the war in Spain, were not, as it was believed, the wrrk of M. de 'Thiele, but of M. de Chateaubriand. It was under the influence of the illustrious friend of the -Grand Master Fontanes that those attacks were made on a Corporation much more implacable Allan celebrated. It was for the glory of the Au. thor of the "Martyrs" that the glory of two men of genius and of the Corporation was -sacrificed. The effect produced on the Exchange at -Frankfort, by the news of the rejection of .the law for the reduction of the French 'ltentes, was very strong. All the Funds fell from 15 to 20 per cent. The Actions of the Bank of Vienna fell from 1450 to 1300. The Notes of flolland were sold at 64 7 and some .hours before they were at 7-i. The Austrian Tvletnllics, as well as all the paper at 5 per cent., fell less in proportion. They are now at 92. ODESSA, MAY 16.—The following is a transla tion of Lord Strangford's Note, which served as -the basis of the conference of April 27 : NOTE DELIVERED TO THE SUBLIME PORTE ON APRIL 10 7 1821, BY THE ENGLISH AMBASSADOR. " The undersigned Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister .Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty, conformably to the orders of his Sovereign, invites the Ottoman Ministry to take into consideration the following facts : tenting itself with satisfying Russia only in one respect, it had profited by the favourable moment for putting an end to the subject in dispute on the second point, (those which are connected with political events), there can be no doubt that it would have received still more certain proofs of the good will of the Emperor. In place of sending a temporary agent, appointed only to take care of commercial affairs, his Majesty would have sent an accredited Minister to the Sublime Porte, charged with the honourable mission of re-establishing friendihip between the two Powers on an honourable basis. It was even in the power of the Sublime Porte to have arrived speedily at this end, which its friends wish with as much ar dour as is employed by its enemies in turning it from this object. In comparing what has with what might have happen ed, it appears that it still depends upon the will of the Divan to ensure success to the efforts of the Court of London and its Allies. May its will be directed by wisdom -.may it be the means and the guarantee of a result which is desired by all Europe. To ensure to the Porte and its friends the fruit of so many efforts and sacrifices, it is only necessary for it to take one measure, which is already prescribed by treaties, demanded even by the interests of the Porte itself ; a measure of which the advantages will be greater or less in proportion as it is promptly executed or delayed,—a measure which, in any case, the Sublime Porte cannot neglect, if it is animated with a sincere desire of reconciling itself with its most powerful neighbour —if it attaches any value to there-establish ing of its former political relations with Russia ; finally, if it pre. fers eertain advantages to the dangerous alternatives of fortune. The undersigned has received orders to insist on the execution of this measure ;• in eonrequence he has the honour to invite the Sublime Porte, in the name of his own Court, in the name of - Russia, and of all the Powers interested in the preservation of peace, finally to agree, and without firther delay, to place the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in the same situa tion in all respects as they were before the disturbances of 1821, and to limit the number of its troops in these provinces (for their presence is evidently contrary to the Treaties and Engagements entered into by the Ottoman Ministry) to the or dinary number in time of peace. The demand which the under signed makes, in the name of these Illustrious Sovereigns, is founded, first, on the rights and duties of the Court of Russia, which ought to make this demand ; secondly, on the rights and engagements of his Britannic Majesty and his Allies, who are bound to support it ; thirdly, on the consideration of the advantages which the Sublime Porte will itself derive from the frank and sincere execution of this measure ; fourthly, on the consideration of the injuries and dangers which will infallibly be the result of a refusal or of a delay."—(The conclusion in an early number.) [From the Courier Francais.] PARIS, JUNE 14.- - There appeared yesterday only one Quotidienne, which we might expect after the seizure of the number for yesterday, published by M. Michaud. H resisted as much as he could the blow which was to ruin his jour nal. His firmness has, at least, had the advan tage of forcing those, who would eject him, to renounce their crooked ways, and have recourse to open violence. [From the Etoile, dated June 15.] PARIS, J usu 14 —His Royal Highness the In fant Don Miguel, who landed at Brest, having made the voyage from Lisbon to this port on board the Pearle frigate, proceeded to Rennes,l where he was received with all the honours due' to his rank. His Royal Highness was expected on the 10th at Nantes, but the 16th regiment re mained long under arms in vain, waiting to do him military honours. On the 11th the same regiment was drawn up the whole day on the Fosse in vain, waiting the arrival of the Prince, before the house of Mr.De Qum', the Portuguese Consul, where his It. 11. is to alight. A great number of persons, curious to see this young Prince, had assembled ow the Fosse. 1 'We have a. letter from Angers, of the 12th June, stating the arrival of his Royal Highness in that capital : he. is on his way t o P ar k. Baron de Royer is just appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Lisbon. NI. de Maltzahn succeeds M. de Royer at Madrid, and M. de Werther is appointed Charge d'Affaires at Paris. FRENCH FII N S. —PA Ills, JUNE 11.— Th e It entes opened at 102 f. 55c.—For the end of the l'tlonth, 102 f. 75c. " Since the .unfortunate period which put an end to the friendly relations subsisting between the Sublime Porte and the Court of St. Petersburgh, by the departure of the Russian Le. gation from Constantinople, the Cabinet of L on d on h as con stantly desired with the most lively ardour the establishment of a BA TONNE , J UNE - B.—W e h ave the following friendly intelligence so necessary to th e p eace o f E urope, an d accounts from Madrid, dated June 1 : A French Express ar- E so rr i: i d re ispensible to the prosperity and safety of the Ottoman rived here yesterday from Saragossa. h -- The dispatches which wishes . or England has not been satisfied with manifesting its he brought with him announce tranquillity is established Allies, 1; . this point. In- concert with the great Powers, its in that city, where the , people had t committed t great excesses, in of E ea, •bich share with it the duty of watching over the repose which much blood was apilt. Inflammatory placards were seve erope ar , it has constantly had for its object, in the very per posted up, asserting that the King did not govern according to g eo e o fi r d ts ed it has made, to preserve untouched the precious the interests of the nation, and inviting the people to take up a dc s p in os c i e t n to its care, S and has laboared with zeal to effect arms. A deputation of the Clergy waited on Gen. Grimarest, lay. beenre reconciliation between Turkey anti Russia. Its efforts Captain-General of the Province, p w e i r t s h ; a bo v f ie:; fe t r o discover the tte,Emperorauthors ofinflammatory papers Alexander in the most active manner, and his , ared t w o ,e b ar e en grounds_ on.eene for believing s til l a n t e s i o n m ve e st o i f le themselvesClergyyreaehouses of f The people, Rn e e l f , i r f en th ei e f generous suo sentiments have enabled a number of difficulties to be and t m to ed the ° l however, - were inflamed .surmo u u n n t t ed, l which, under other auspices, would have been in- p ,an nzig n l o C pp on os s e ti i r Constitutionalists, who were murdered. ° At length, it is hoped that the desired object ff b n u a t n s: ia m nf e soldiers nf having been strongtilled in remote housese,xtriessgn; will be obtained, abe: r and it - is with lively satisfaction that the troops s e r n s o o u n l e h t , resolved to leave the city, sontd finding himself rl i 8 1 ° )Is f Court of London It 'relent homage to - the honourable sentiments'T i lie inhabitants then shut the gates, and of the Divan. may now be hoped that the Porte, convinced took measures to d i nt . the French from returning. Esa T pnad h g e 4n , G ele:in o afo; vernment, alarmed at er th of the disinterestedness of the advice always given by , England, s aragossa to restore order es a and A'reen_etssiasbelllsth geenlja l recalling to mind the past and looking forwards to the future, thei the dispatches brought by the above ' Expres i s ng w 's e au fi th r ity. authority of the. K. G in e g ne i r s a ct;i ; ally re-established, will make no digieulty in following, in order to remove all its Grimarest arrested. ri t n a!e g f s h h e is c place. The disputes with Russia—the'couns e l of an old friend and ally ithoevTrnramper f i s t re has also succeeded i s n P aTr a ces e ApostolicG juenral Calta. ire, who were labouring in Arr er e i g n -o o n' who has never consented, and will never consent to ld be the for the P mans of communicating any proposition whichprice of p br o e s a s d es, d i oes not fall ; the e people loudly injure f f F o r n a e n o c a i s sca o 7 Monks, wi who have ig t, eo w n y o l o n f. ot part sT,ofh ‘yith it, and the the rights or the interests, the dignity or the independence complain of tl i ii7 the Ottoman empire. There are two subjects of contention b e ea be wr i e n t o c r b e ed dull than t o t f r e a o me d z i ; there-are no amusements, l o c n a lY tween Russia and the Porte—one has its source in questions - never goes out even into the gardens Which are connected with navigation and commerce, and the of the Palace without hel i a l i n fs a fsrtof French genies du corps, with their sabres drawn. however, enjoys excellent events. The former has been health ; the Queen, on the Maje st y, other is derived from political contrary, appears ilI ; she is very fortunately settled by the treaty concluded in September, much changed since her marriage.JUNE 2.—M. Victor Ouvr ard, and a merchant of Lima, 1823, between the Ottoman Ministry anti the English A- both coming from Cadiz were attacked and robbed of every .bassadore and the Court of London is undoubtedly far from m- 'thing.The Merchant, ' who had a great many bills of ex.- believing representing these papers could be that • " at the Sublime Porte will refuse to execute pm_ '. change, to the robbers that of no use to them they answered, that they would do to make mises made with - sincerity and good faith. The Emperor of segars. A convoy' with wa money for the Foreign Department e was attacked onits Russia, on his part, always disposed to attend to the concilia-b m u a t n w w as saved by the good wounded. d of the escort ' of y t° wl l i 3 iC i l r i g o o n s e , t ot tery . steps of. the Porteealways'ready to listen to the principles that these bands as those which a JU NE 3.11 Spa in . affirmed It is feared a•rielledporatniodntshreoef are ; for, whatever may be animated eut'ce from which he has never departed, and constantly ceytain fliatisther i t,°— armed parties in several pro w:th the desire of re.establishing on a firm basis rela- . v . ln id c ' es i in i ; o tio f nasroprfovin amity with the Sublime Porte, has made no difficulty 1 Zi a aml f ie French are going to esta blish a military routerrroemd Bayonne ; that is to say, comm e ati th ; e result of the treaty which England and her 1 Allies to chain,, , , n ia c ce on a nt of posts at sun slio to rt intervals tier. that they may bL icated to him at first, and he sent immediately communication afterwards The Apostolic a Councillor of State, to Constar,_ anycontinues its operations : the Govern tinople, to watch lintlialV,ment has not yet taken was measuresonly against it. Three His over the _commercial interests Russia :. in brothers,. the eldest . of whom fourteen. were lately the Levant. s Imperial Majesty has - • of drowned in a well in the Retire; there are other children who and the Ott . . semen nation, an, given the Sudan . have disappeared . from their . families both at Madrid and Aran all Europe, another proof of - . juez. Will it be believed that the people attribute these as the stability of the w i se and a nobl e - • ndu e e. If the Divan which are tee sesfonaanns to the- Swiss? Wherever principles i • • . -• there have been Swiss basis of his political co troops in -- a Spanish town, such events have always occurred. had teken a siagle %te,p more to 'reconcile Turkey with R uss a— S may be, it is ussut _ if in plat. of - I ,c l e l r owFver extravagant and absurd such suspicion • - I tain that nineteen. Spaniards out of twenty entertain them, SPAIN. BATTLE WITH THE ASHANTEES. We have at length obtained details of the at tack of the Ashantees on our troops at Cape Coast, respecting which there has been so long and anxious a suspence in the public mind. The following are extracts from private letters re ceived yesterday :---- 4, CAPE COAST, FEn.23, " The news I have to tell you are of the most distressing na ture. His Excellency Sir C. Icl‘CarthY, with a few regulars and militia, and some of the natives, made a rapid advance into the Warsaw country, to repel theAshantees, who advanced in great numbers, anti in the most gallant style. The attack commenced about two o'cl9ek p. m., on the 21st of January, across a river about 20 or 30 feet'wide. The firing was tremendous on both sides till 6 p. m., when it w as found the ammunition on our side was all expended ; on which the Ashantees began to cross the river in great numbers, and the havoc began. The natives of our party (the Faritees) . - would never carry bayonets; but the regulars and militia used them - with the most deadly effect.— Each one bayonetted three or four Ashantees ; then, snatching the bayonet from the musket, they dashed into the middle of his s eand killing till the last. As falling com no m bl e y nced retreating, they were enem Excellencyy energy's force, an d st aff at tacked in rear by about 2,000 of - the enemy who had been sent round to intercept them, after which nothing certain has been learned of any of the whites. Only two officers escaped out of the battle, who were Brigade Major Ricketts and Lieutenant Erskine. Those that are missing are his Excellency sir Charles M'Carthy, the lion. Mr. Buckle, Messrs. Wetherell, Williams, Heddle, Jones, Rayden, Robertson, Tedlle, Brandon. There is not a doubt of his Excellency and most of them being It is said their corpses were used in the most shocking manner. It Is-pretty well ascertained that "Williams is a prisoner. Thus in one day has the sword cut off what disease left. " The most lamentable part of the catastrophe is, that it was caused in great measure by the neglect of the officer who had charge of the ammunition, and did not bring it forward as he ought : the Ashantees never would have broke our line had there been powder. When Major Ricketts went to open the three last kegs, he found—what think you ? Why Macaroni ! ! while the Ashantees, who plundered . the camp next day, took ten barrels of ball cartridges, with a great quantity of other booty: When we got the news of Sir Charles's disastrous fight we retreated directly ; Captain Lang going to Cape Coast, by the way of Annamaboo, While 1, with Mr. Fraser, and all the Fantee force, marched across the country to reinforce Major Chisholm ; but when Captain Lang arrived at Annamaboo, the reports from Cape Coast were, that the Major and his party were also cut to pieces, and he sent expresses after me to fall back and garrison Cape Coast, as the panic was so great, and an attack dreaded. I shall always recollect with pleasure the reception I met with when the standard was seen advancing over the rocks, and the bugles played Over the hills and far away.' The whole town appeared mad with joy ; such a day in a man's • life richly repays for years of pain. Fortunately, next day Major Chisholm and party arrived, having never been engaged. I was ordered to occupy the camp of Djguah with my little band of 80 ; none oft he auxiliaries having come up. " All trade is at a complete stop; every merchants goods are deposited in the forts, which I have no doubt we shall have to defend till we bear from England, as the Ashantees will no doubt make a push to destroy us before supplies can come out. The short of the matter is this—England must either now with draw her protection to this coast, or send out a force to put down as cruel an enemy as the world produces. The loss of the merchants is not to be calculated, such a quantity of goods been on hand." Another letter of the same date says,— " When Sir Cliarl, M'Carthy and Major Chisholm were in the interior, they divided their army, and each took a different route. Sir Charles, I hear, had only 1,000 men and 10 offi cers, of which only 50 have returned. They had gone but a short way, when they were attacked by the Ashantees, by all accounts 10,000 in number. Our party behaved very well, and had much the advantage, until they found all theirammunition was expended. There were only two officers that were not killed, and they had to make th e i r escape a f ter b e i ng woun d ed. The battle took place on the 21st, and we did not hear of it Until the 23d ult. Poor Mr. Heddle was the first that fell a sacrifice to these dreadful barbarians. He was shot through both his knees, and in that . state he killed with his sword two of the enemy. In a short time after a party of the Ashantees came to cut off his head, when he shot hiiaself in the heart. " The officer's who returned wounded are Major Ricketts and Ensign Erskine. It is said th at t h e h ea d s of those unfortu nate Gentlemen are carried to Commassie. We expect the enemy to come down to attack this place, but if they do, they will meet with a warm reception, as we have the frigate Owen Glendower and the Raven sloop of war to assist us. 1 have put all onrpreperty int o th e C ast l e f or sa f ety ; b ut I d o not think there is the least fear, but it is better to be on the safe side, as the people at the Dutch fort of Elmina are supposed to be rather favburable to the Ashantees. We have blockaded it to prevent any supplies being brought there. In fact, we shall never be at peace until Elmina is under the English flag; and instead of Government sending out a few white troops, they should send out three or four regiments. Major Chisholm is sending home dispatches, and I have no doubt he has stated to Government the actual necessity of sending immediate relief."' We have also received the letter subjoined, which was published to the friends of the Hamp shire Telegraph, as a supplement CAPE COAST CASTLE, MARCH 23, 1824.—The following are the heads of what has lately occurred on this coast : The late warfare that the Gold Coast has been engaged in with the Ashantees, for the last 12 months, has created little or no importance until the present period. His Excellency Sir Charles M'Carthy arrived here from Sierra Leone, in December last, and in the early part of Ja nuary marched to the interior, towards the river Pra, with a force of from 6,000 to 7,000 men, consisting of natives and companies of a West India regiment. On the 21st of January, near the Pra, a most desperate battle was fought, and from the superior force of the enemy, they had surrounded our troops in every direction ; and after our ammunition was totally expended, the troops under Sir Charles retreated, with a loss of nearly all the officers, and sorry am I to st a te the inhuman m anner i n which they hays been treated, amongst whom that gallant chief; Sir Chas. M'Carthy, who was wounded and taken prisoner. The loss of the Ashantees was upwards of 1,000, who were brought down by our fire. Every possiblemeans has been taken to ascertain the loss of our officers and men,and intelligence has been received from - a messenger, who saw at the enemy's camp the heads of nine white men (officers) with their jaw -bones taken out, and amongst them was the head of Eir Charles. This is invariably a practice among these savages, when an enemy falls into their hands. It is said, that our losS'of men was not to any great amount: out of 140, said to bait arrived in the Joseph Green transport in November last, one half have paid the debt of nature. Extract of a letter from Mr. Williams, the Colonial Secre tary, addressed, I believe, to the . Commandant of Cape Coast Castle, from the Dutch settlement of Elmina, dated March, 1824, and read to me by Brigade-Major Ricketts, the day before I sailed from Cape Coast Castle, March 22, 1824 . " It was my fortune to be near , our lamented chief when he received a wound in the breast by a musket ball, I believe mortal. Buckle, Wetherell; and myself conveyed him under shelter of the nearest tree, and there sat to await that fate which appeared inevitable. We had not remained long before we were discovered by the enemy, who immediately rushed on us with their knives. In the struggle, I received a despe rate cut on the left side of my neck, and before the stroke could be repeat e d , a man who appeare d to b e of authority among them fo r t unately passed,. a nd ordered my exe cut i oner to desist, which w as i mmediately complied with. On my being released from their grasp, and turning round, 1 was horror struck at seeing my three companions lying headless corpses at my feet. I was n ow bound as a prisoner and conveyed towards their camp." . . - A strong force have now crossed the Pra, under the command of Captain Blenkarne, West India Regiment ; and it is to be hoped that the Ashantees will meet their reward. An action is hourly expected to take place, and the natives appear fully re solved to revenge the fate of our poor countrymen. The Owen Glendower has been usefully anti actively engaged with the armythe towns along the coast, wher e th e enemy hadin destroying; t,tkenah e itcr; she sails to-morrow morning to destroy a town in the Cahoon], whi c h h as l a tely insulted the British flag, and murtiend the crew of an English merchant vessel. PARLIAMENT., 'HOUSE OF LORDS, Jtrxs 16. lIIESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Mr. HERMES, and others from the Commons, brought up the - Irish Magistrates' Indemnity Bill ; the Dublin Police Bill the Irish Tithes' Composition Bill, with the Lord's amend ment agreed:to,"and several private Bills. SCOTCH JUDICATURE BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR informed their Lordships that when he got home last night he found a petition from the Dean and Facility of Edinburgh, against the Scotch Judi ca t ure Bill;. but as that measure h a d already received their Lord ships' sanction, he should not present it. MARINE INSURANCE BILL. The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a petition from cer tain underwriters, praying that they may be heard by Counse at their Lordships' bar, against the Marine Insurance NI passing into a law. .. IRISH STEAM PACKET BILL. On the third reading of the Irish Steam Packet Bill heir. moved, The Earl of LAUDERDALE objected to it, and observed that it was as complete a job as ever came before their Lord ships. He moved that it be read a third time that day three months. This motion was agreed to, and the Bill in consequence thrown out. EQUITABLE LOAN BILL. The Earl of DERBY-presented a petition from certain inha bitants of llancliester and Salford, in favour of the Equitable Loan Bill.—Laid on the table. • 'The Manchester and Salford Equitable Loan Bill was read a third time and passed. - - On the Dublin Equitable Loan Bill being read, a second time, The Earl of LAUDERDALE sa id h e should certainly op pose it in a future stage.—The Bill was committed for Friday. STA NDING ORDERS. The Earl of pARROWBY moved the suspension of the Standing Other, that required four-lifths of the capital of a pro posed chartered company to be paid before a Bill, sanctioning its operation, cou ld b e rea d a second t i me. 116 moved this suspension, that a Bill might be read a second time, the object of which was, to establish a chartered company in Ireland, for the purpose of working mines. The employment of capital in Ireland in this way was of so much utility, that ha trusted their Lordships would agree to the motion. The Noble Earl's motion was agreed to, and the Bill read a second time. .. COLONIAL SLAVERY. Lord SUFFIELD presented a Petition from Chippenham, in Gloucestershire, praying for the gradual abolition of slavery in the Colonies. SCOTCH JURIES. The Earl of LAUDERDALE moved that this Bill be com mitted, and observed, that an alteration in the present law was necessary. A Bill had been introduced a year or two since, in which the selection of the Jury was by ballot, but that mode was considered objectionable ; and the selection was by rota tion in this Bill, which it was thought would be unobjectiona ble. He cared but little what course was adopted, so that the evil complained of was remedied ; and he thought the present measure would have the effect of bringing► Juries into Court impartially selected. The Noble Lord moved that the Bill be committed. Viscount MELVILLE observed it was his intention to in troduce a measure in the next Session, to relieve Judges from the responsibilty of selecting Juries. He hoped the Noble Earl would withdraw his motion, or he should move that itbe com mitted this day two months. The Earl of ROSSLYN supported the Bill, and at the same time expressed his satisfaction at the intention of the Noble Viscount to introdude a measure on the subject next Session ; but he could see no reason for the Bill not being committed now, as objections might there be made to it anti its errors cor rected. The power given to the Judges relative to the selection of Juries had long been matter of complaint. The present measure would certainly remedy that evil. After a few words from the Duke of ATHOL and the Earl of ABERDEEN in favour of the amendment, and from the Earl of LAUDERDALE in reply, Lord Melville's amendment was agreed to without a division. NEW CHURCHES. The Earl of LIVERPOOL stated that he should to-morrow move the second reading of the New Churches Building Bill. COUNTY GAOLS AMENDMENT BILL. On the second reading of the County Gaols Amendment Bill being moved, Lord SFFIELD proposed that the minimum of classes of prisoners should be foul, instead of three. The Earl of LIV.aRPOOL said, that the point had been maturely considered by a Committee of the other House, and the minimum of classification agreed upon, and he saw no rea son to disturb the recommendation of the Committee, and the decision, that had taken place upon it. E7.ri. GROSVENOR supported the amendment, and in lu:stration of the necessity of it, adverted to the ease of a gentleman recently committed for an assault in the county of Surrey. • _ _ Loid CALTHORPE thought the classification of prisoners much too limited. Their Lordships divided on Lord*Suifield's amendment— Contents, 5 ; Non-contents, 25; Majority against the amend. ment, 20. The Bills before the House were forwarded in their respective stages, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ' At Four o'Clock the SPEAKER took the Chair, and proceeded to count the House, when there being but thirty-eight Mem bers present, the House adjourned till-morrow. LIST OF THE MAJORITY Who voted for the Second Reading of the Insurrection Bill. Alexander, J. Forde, M. Paxton, W. G. Arbuthnot,Rt Hon. Gilbert, D. G. Pearse, John C. Gordon, Hon. W. Peel, Rt. Hon. R. Astell, Wm. Gordon, R. Phillimore, J. Baillie, Colonel Goulburn, RtHnll. Plummer, John Bankes, Henry Grenfell, Pascoe Prendergast G. Binning, Lord Green, Tho s . Price R. , Bridges, G. Berries, J. C. P r i n gle, Sir W. Brogden, J. Hardinge, Sir H. Rae, Itt. lin. SirW. Browne, Dominic Hart, G. V. Rice, T. S. Burgh, Sir U. Hawkins, Sir C. Ridley, Sir H. W. Butterworth, J. Hill, Sir G. Robarts, W.A. Buxton, T. F. Holmes, W. Robinson,Rtlln.F. Bonham, H. H orton, R . W. Rogers, Ed. Calvert, J. ••• Hulse, Sir C. Rdss, C. Canning, Rt.Hn.G. Huskisson,Ralon. Rowley, Sir J. chohni n r, Sir M. W. Shiffner, Sir G. Clive, Hen. Inglis, Sir H. Smith, Abel . Cooper, R. B. I nnes , J. Somerset, Lord G. Copley, Sir J. S. Irving, John Sotheron, F. Corbett, Penton King, Hon. IT. Stuart, W. (Arm.) Courtenay, T. P. Kingsborough, Ld Stopford, Viset. Courtenay, W. Knox, Hon. T. Sumner, G. H. Croker, J. W Lamb Hon. W. Thompson, W. Cuffe, J. Leader, W. Trench, F. W. Colthurst, Sir N. Lockhart, W. E. Twiss, Horace Dawkins; H. Lowther, Visc. Tulk, C. A. Dawson, G. R. . Lucy, G. Tindall, N. Dawson, J. M. Luahington, S. R. Trant, W. H. Divett, T. Macnaughton,E.A. Walker, Josh. Douglas, W. K. Manners, Lord IL Wallace, Rt.lin. T Ellis, C. R. - Martin, R. Webbe, E. Ellison, C. M ar tin, Si r T. B. Wellesley, R. Ennismore Visc. Mundy, F. Wetherell C. Fitzgerald:Ma-fon. Musgrave, Sir P. Wigram, 'W. W. V. Ommaney, Sir F. "Wilbraham, E. B. Farquhar, J. . Owen, Sir John Wilson, Thomas Forbes, Sir C. - Paget, Hon. B. "-- - Wynn, C. W. . Fremantle, W. Palmerston, Lord . . MINORITY Abereromby,Hn.J. Ifoneywood, W. P. Smith, J. Baring, A. - Hume, J. Smith, W. Brougham, Henry Knight, Robert Whitbread, S. C. Bury, Lord Illoncic, J. B. White, S. Bright, H. Palmer, C. F. Wilson, Sir R. Grattan, J. Robarts, A. W. TELLERS. Griffith, J. W. . Robinson, Sir G. Denman, Thos. Hamilton, Lord A. Robertson, A. Fitzgerald, Rt.Hu. Hobhouse, J. C. Russell, Ld J. .N. MINORITY Who voted against the Third Reading of the New Churches Bill. Abercromby,Hn.J. Grenfell, P. Smith, John Baillie, J. Hobhouse, J. C. Smith, George Bright, Henry lloneywood, W. P. White, S. Brougham, 11. Knight, R. Whitbread, S. G. Browne, D. Palmer, C. F. Wilson, T. Denman, T. Rice, 'T. S. Fitzgerald, RtHon. Robarts, A. W. TELLERS. M. Rumbold, C. E. Monek, J. B. Grattan, J. Smith, Wm. ' Hume, Joseph 1111NORrTY Who voted against the passing of the New Churches Bill. Baillie, J. Hobhouse, J. C. . White, S. Bright, Henry Knight, R. Wilson, T. Brougham, H. Palmer, C. P. Wood, Alderman Browne, D. Robarts, W. A. TELLERS. Denman, 'l. SMith, J. Monck, J. L. Grattan, J. Smith, W. Hume, J. ,e 1 • kt,‘lW 1.4*. - , ,,; ,17 S Vik F. * **/ MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. Monday, June 21, LownoN. Nos. 1,8, 14, 16, n, 284, 293, 308. COUNTRY* Nos. 20, 72, 192, 219, 814 368, 423, 509, 610, 521, 583. Tuesday, laoltnols". No. 349. QOUNTRY. Nos. 38, 67, 145, 4e7. Wednesday, - 23, Loxpou. Nos. 2, 12, 235. ConwritY. Nos. 84, 215, 314. 414, 446, 442, 478, 548, 65!. Thursday, 24, Lormoar. Nos. 7, 39, 82, 142, 156, 216, 327, 481. en.Cotn• Fern. Sch. at 12. 001/itTILY. Nos. 110, 153, 176. 178, 243, 269, 453. Faidey, - 25, LONDON. * * * COUNTRY. NOS. G 3., 236, 283. Saturday, - 26, Loxno N . • • • COUICTRY. Nos. 412, 492. IIt7CLAN D. Monday, June 21, Conic. No. 67. SOME SE TS Ii IRE. The ceremony of laying the foundation stone Of the new pub lic buildings at Bridgwater, took place on Wedntsday seen night with masonic ceremony, and very r are ly h as a more splendid or more interesting spectacle been witnessed in that town. The corner stone was laid by C. K. K. Tynte, Esq., Grand Master of Freemasons for the Province of So merset.—( Taunton Paper.) PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 40 USE OF COMMONS. Mercurii, .16° die Junii, 1 524. The House met, and Forty Members not being present at four o'clock, Mr. Speaker adjourned the house. ORDER OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. Judicature (Scotland) Bill—Second Reading. Dropped Notices of Motions of Yesterday. 1. Mr. Hume—Returns relating to Impressment of Seamen. 2. Mr. William Smith—To present Petition from certain Dis senters for the Repeal of Corporation and Test Acts. 3. Mr. Ellice—Papers relating to the conduct of Sir William Lumley, Governor of Bermuda. 4. 31r. Hume—To present Petition from Inhabitants of Cape Breton. IL Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—To move the usual Ses sional Addresses. Dropped Orders of Me Day of Yesterdw. 1. Small Debts Recovery (Scotland) Bill—Second Reading:: 2. Superannuation Fund Bill—Third Reading. 3. East India Possessions Bill—Committee. 4. Insurrection Act (Ireland) Bill—Report. 8. Law Expences (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 6. Ecclesiastical Benefices Bill—Third Reading. 7. Clerk of the Parliaments , Bill—Second Reading. U. Irish Roads Bill—Report. • 4 For A. P." on the TZ3IMATURE of WATxR, :tee the Fottrth Pugs. PRICE OF STOCKS TDIS DAT AT ONE O . 4ILOCK. ink* Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills £lOOO, 2d. 34 32 25 Ditto 509 ......28 34 29 Ditto Small 33 26 36 Bank for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for Account flank stock 237 k 3 per Cent. Red....04i 94 94i 3 per Cent. Cons shut 34 per Cent. lOl Dissented — 4 per Cent. { Assd. wig New shut Bank Long Ann. blip: 3 per Cents. Ind* Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN Fl.l Austrianlids, S per ct. I NDS 7 AT Or( R WCLOCK, Prussian, 6 per cant. Ditto New New, b per et.. 4p, Spanish 1821, 3per et. ...20_i 1823, ditto Alliance Shares • I3E, 16 Palladium par Equitable Loan Irish Ditto Manchester l)itto - French Rentes Scrip l5O - - ----Scrip Milan, lids, 6 per et. -.._•-7ros Colorultiat, _ds, 6 per ct. 34A1 .5 Scrip 1 pr. Danish, 6 per cent. — Greek Scrip Mekican &rip i 1 i pr. Neapolitan, 5 per cent.... Peruvian Bonds ------ Scrip Portuguese Bonds 9o,} MAILS. Dug. 0 Hamburgh tY Gottenburgh 0 Flanders 0 Lisbon N BRIDGE TOZIORROW. Evening, 26 minutes after V. FOREIG ARRIVED. 1 Hamburgh 1 France 1 Brazil 1 Leeward lalands Hl6ll WATER AT LONDO, slnrning, 5 minutes after 6. I THE s uN. SALEM QUIS DIOERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1824. CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. There is nothing doing this morning in either the British or Foreign Securities. Consols opened at 9548 7 and have undergone no fluctuation. — South American Securities have mot suffered so much from Mr. CANNING'S Speech as might have been expected, Mexican being at a premium of and Colombian at a premium of 1. We have received the Paris Papers of Tuestlagy, and have given copious extracts from them in our preceding columns. The Etoile states that M. HYDE DE NituviLLE has been dismissed from the post of French Ambassador at the Court of Lis bon, -acid , that Baron de ROYER has been ap pointed to succeed him. This is a most extraor- dinary measure just after the energetic and honourable manner with which M. tt ; DE DE NEUTILLE contributed to frustrate the reLellious enterprise of the Portuguese Prince Don MIGUEL, and has naturally excited a suspicion that that foul crime was secretly approved of, if not insti gated, by the Cabinet of Paris. Yesterday his Excellency Count LUDOLF, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary of his Majesty the KING of NAPLES to his BatTArevc MAJESTY, jointly with Mr. N. M. Rothschild, and accompanied by Mr. C. Green, Notary Public, deposited in the Bank of England the principal obligation, signed by his Sicilian Majesty, for a Loan of two millions five hundred thousand pounds sterling, contracted with Mr. C. M. de Rothschild, at Naples, and of which