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troul over the taste of the persons who took the directions in their own hands. The proper duty of the Board of Works he conceived ought to be, to take care of the repairs ordered to be u ndertaken, and to see the due performance of contracts for buildings.—(Hear, hear !)—The rest he considered ought to be v este d in the Treasury, and he should certainly propose some alteration of the system for the approbation of the House. --(Hear, hear !) Mr. CHOKER was quite sure the House would agree with the proposition of his Right Hon. Friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) as to the controul over the erection and mainte nanee of public buildings, being vested in the Treasury. They were at considerable expence, on their account, whilst they tended to disgrace the national taste—Meer !)—lle had ?nraye b een o f opinion that the Treasury ought to have this con `rtati• 'When the country saw the effects of the good taste which would accompany their efforts, they would cease to have that niggardliness in suc h m a tt ers , w hich h a d be e n so un j ustly charged upon them, because they disliked to pay money for the deb asement of the i r own character. H e saw with deep "ow that an edifice, the Painted Chamber, was about to be rlittliell down, which so long as 500 years ago received the epi "et throughout Europe of per illustria. It was the first of til ese - times which united the highest beauties of architecture a!? , 1 painting. The colours were in a most surprising state ° f Preservation an d f res hn ess ; an d th e style of archit e ctur e was f ' l. the purest kind. lie should be sorry then to see that which had been celebrated 500 years ago make place to one of the ' ll licar ° d7 ) n gcw-haws which disgraced its neighbourhood.—Wear, Itlr. BERRIES briefly explained the purposes for which the Present grant was required. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER regretted that th e new erections had not been built in a better state. He "e 4 far from disagreeing with all that had been said on this sub j'"ct• He was of opinion that in London there was no Royal 1- ,Nidence su i ta bl e t o t h e wea lth an d gran d eur o f th e na ti on . 'tut the Hon. Gentleman would reflect, that to build a palace (~," adequate splendour would occasion considerable ex. had The repairs in the Palace which hall been commenced ad be en ma d e necessary by the fire which occurred some Years ago. MACKINTOSH thought it going much too far to down a Royal residence like the Palace at Westminster, :ntake way for a modern substitute many of which were of a LerY petty nature. He regretted that the new building near re front of Westminster Hall, which had been called Grecian, "'at which could only be so called, because it was not Grecian, and because it was not Classic, should not have been built up °a to correspond with the front of the Hall itself. He was Pr diet the noble building should have been deformed by an (if he which, if Grecian at all, ought to be called Brzotian `" re were such a style of architecture), but which was un queetionably most barbarous. ES regretted that the whol l e building had not '" 1 1 brought to the ground, rather than it should have been iLade what it was. As repaired, it looked hiore like an alms '-`,! than a palace, and was a disgrace to the national taste. „ar THOMAS BARING thought it might be advisable to 4," the ground on which the palace now stood, and some of the C ' s , -.°T existin g palacesmoderate addition to the sum k ; a r r eceived, would suffice to build a new Royal residence in a A l a P„Prepriate situation. ; h -ItiGHT thought the country had hitherto gone on well of a w is itit respec dole palaces, and was against the erection si r i,,,,0Yal resien. sec! b' • RIDLEY was sorry to hear the opinion expres leo "le last Hon. Member. He thought every friend to harehy niii tb e of o inion that in London the Sovereign IA ttlo lodged. I‘ll EATON inadequatel hoped he should not be thought niggardly -4 ° l l he expresse d an op i n i on t h at , b ecause the country was ' ° M in what G ent l emen ca ll e d a state o f p ro sperity, they ought t 0 begin a new race of extravagance. 31 r• BENNET felt disposed to support the proposition of te Hon. Member for Bristol. Sir C. LONG disclaimed for himself and the Committee ap pointed to consider the merit of the models for the intended national monument, all concern with the new building in Palace-yard. After a few further remarks from Sir J. NEWPORT and the CHexcE Limit of the ExcnEQUER, the grant was agreed to. The following votes were then moved : £lo,ooo to defray the expences of Edinburgh College for the Present year. 4:131155 to defray the expence of the works at Port St. Patrick.. Sir I. COFFIN thought the money expended on Port St. Patrick had been thrown away. The grant was agreed to. The next vote was 25,0001. to defray the expence of com pleting the Caledonian Canal. The next vote was— £3o,ooo towards defraying the expence of building the now Courts of Justice in Westminster Hall. Mr. BA NKES could not help remarking on the inconve. 'hence of beginni ng works without first determinin g th e extent to ti.. sb,,,aft he carried and ascertaining the expence which they would occasion. TL. general taste of the building at the end of Westminster Hall was detestable, though, by a strange misnomer, it had been called Grecian. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER regretted as Intel % a s the Right Honourable Gentleman, the very un. pleasant excrescence which had been noticed. He had only fi rs t ".flown of what was intended last summer, some time a f ter t h e 'oandations had been laid, when he deemed it too late to in. terf ere . Mr. BARING expressed a hope that care would be taken that in the erection of the new Post-office such errors should h ot be committed. The CHANCELLOR of' the EXCHEQUER. mid, the , 11 1 °use would recollect that it had been recommended by a cow. almathat prizes should be offered to Architects to send in ma for a new Post-office. This course being taken pro. a i u br e d , a considerable number, but as it was obviously impos pract;_r those who sent them to know instinctively all the Plan" Practical purposes which were to be attended to, none of the received were exactly what was desired. The Post sathen applied to their Architect to furnish one. He fit the it was laid before the Treasury last year. How ahe internal arrangements might be, it was not what he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) thought the outside of such then ap $ ought to be. His Noble Friend and himself had which tgiteyetut. Smirke , who had laid a plan before them purpose in view." ht both respects admirably adapted to the a sufficiency of ern It combined grandeur from its extent, with in g with an lonianitt ; it presented to the eye a large build- Insuldings in baess.relfw; windows of a considerable size, and Mr. WILLIAMS tlin pressing any motion for post. Ponement, and the Resoluti on was agreed to. The next grant W 40.0, • towards of the new buildings Tat tthooekßritish Musedefra ying the expence Mr. BEAU MON and noble conduct of Sir G. Occasion to advert to the liberal Public his gallery of pictures. Beaumont' who had given to the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, no man frolic more cordially agree with every v bl had fallen "'oln the Hon. Gentleman than he dicl. s. lla e which 2:he resolution was agreed to. The next grants were— • 1 ,.1' 4 1 . ,000 f or i mproving the Royal Harbour of George the `7.. 1 1, formerly Dunlearyt 42 CA4,467, for improving Leonagbadee Harbour. . 3 )000 to defray th e expences of the Penitentiary at Mil. Mr. c 0 RDON said, a sum of near half a million, namely, limr.... °°o/, had b een expen d ed on this building, and, after all, he 55 „.:ft o tt 0 ed it was so unhealthy that it was absolutely neces „.! leave it unoccupied. He wished to hear from his Ma `,744.Yl3iii‘shlli,nliesoter7 some explanation us to the ultimate fate of the t.5111:r• Secretary PEEL observed that the policy or the Peni. i t w i a ary had been so frequently . discussed in that House, that toi 2a ll'inn9cessary then to go into the subject. With respect pecli_l;irogitunoccupied, there was but one opinion, on the eli te th e _ ,y of removing the criminals. They had been conveyed b een ° Regent's Park, and to the hulks, where their healths had uf t h e a rded. It w as i mposs ibl e to say w h at wou ld become take Penitentiary. Th e Ri g h t H on . S ecretary wou ld not Upon him to send any more prisoners to the Peniten. N ei r e Y e, wt , tho ut furth er aut h ority. He had decl i ned mov i ng fora (~ommittee because Hon. Member (the Member for ea ding) had told him it his intention to move for the ap- Po ll intittirL e of a Select Committee. The opinion of medical per m taken, and the alteration had been made to pro ftot.e th e health of the criminal He had not the slightest ob 4‘,ction to have the whole s ubjec s t .— investigated by a Committee. The Resolution was then agreed e to. voted ...The foll ow i ng items were th To mak e up deficiencie s of sums for services in the de „,nartment of the Home Secre t ary T O make good de fi ciencies inthe o d f ep S a ta rt te ment - of the £15,000 TO snake of State for the Colonies - 4,500 4°llriake good Deficiencies in the Funds of - the Privy coeoluncil.Department- 15,422 INT,...neonge,nt Expences, Messengers Bills, Ike. - 8,000 kers Bills in the Department of the Home I,;:`Lretary of State - 9,737 alPcnees of the Insolvent De bt ors Court - - 8 1 640 p arl es and Allowances to O ffi ces to the Lords in ° def - - . . - 21,619 f o ,r„Sy the Expences of the Vaccine Establishment 6,000 Pet". e s ,„ Com pensations , and Sup erannua tion of zs"Peo, employed in Public Offices . - 10,900 fensions and Provisions for Toulonese Ls's) those of Corsica, and St. D om i ngo • X 14 1402 • The support of criminal lunatics in Bedlam . £3,360 The following sums were also voted : For printing Acts of Parliament, both Houses - £17,000 To make good a deficiency in the sum for Printing voted in 1823 - - . _ - 4,831 For carrying into effect the measures recommended by the House with respect to Records - - 4,047 Printing Bills and Reports for House of Commons 12,000 Defraying the Expence of printing Votes during the present Session - - - - 3,500 Expence of Printing in Public Departments - 96,310 Law Charges, 1824 - - - - - 17,000 Salaries and Allowances to Professors at Oxford anti Cambridge, for reading Lectures - - - 1,171 His Majesty's foreign and secret services - - 3,800 For defraying extraordinary expencta of the Gold Coinage - - - - ' - 10,000 To make good loss on Silver Tokens, to be re-coined in 1824 - - . - - - 100,000 On the motion of Mr. HusiE, the Chairman was ordered to report progress. The House then resumed. Report received on Wednesday. Mr. GREY BENNET, pursuant to notice, moved for a Se. lect Committee to inquire into the Establishment of the Peni tentiary. The motion was agreed to, and the Committee no-; minated. The other Orders of the Day were postponed, and the House . adjourned at Half-past ,Twelve o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. nousE OF COMMONS. Luna', 1° die Martii, 1824. Ro&ns—Kidwelly, and Worcester and Bromsgrove--Bills re ported, to be ingrossed. Arundel and Petworth, Broadway and Mickleton Shepley and Barnsley, Ambleside and Kirk by Kendal, and Appleby and Kirkby Kendal (Petition from Grayrigg, &c., against, to lie on the table)—Bills read a second time, and committed. Halifax and Huddersfield, and Cerne Abbas—Bills read a first time. Redbrook—Bill read a third time, mid passed. • Blackburn and Preston— Petition of Sir D. Hesketh, against, referred to the Com- mittee on the Bill. Thirsk and Tarm . --Petition of Thomas Bates, of Kirkleavington, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill. RAlLWAY—Redruth—Petition for Bill reported, Report to lie on the table. CHAPELS—Worthing—Bill read a second time, and commit ted. Brighton (East)—Petition of Inhabitants, for addi tional provision, to lie on the table. Ixat.osunES—Pamber and Inhurst (Sussex)--13111 read a se cond time, and committed. Alton (Stafford)—Bill read a first time. BRIDGES—Haw (Act Amendment)—Bill read a first time. Poo a—Newton—Bill ordered to brought in. read a first time. CHU SCHES—Barnsiey, and Blackburn 1_ Bills read a 2d ti me , HIDES AND SKINS REGULATION and committed. GAS lAD wrs—Manchester—Petitions of Inhabitants of Rus-. holme, Houghton, Failsworth, Demon, Harper Hey, New ton, and Blackley, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill. Coar. Du T rEs—Petitions against the Duties on Coals, from Emsworth, and Honiton—to lie on the table. P r. I CAN s—Petitions of Licensed Innkeepers and Victuallers of Louth, Horncaxtle, Southampton, Gosport, Skipton, York, Hull, Stamford, and Bishopsgate Ward, for the re peal of the increased Duties on Licences ; to lie on the table. ALE AND BEER—Petitions from Brewers, &c. of Louth, and Horncastle, for repeal of the Duties thereon, to lie on the table. LEATirrat TAX —Petitions Of Bootmakers, &c. of DaventrY, and Tanners, &c. of P er th, f or the repeal thereof; to lie on the table. COURT Or CHANCERY—Petition of Inhabitants of Devon shire, for an inquiry into the practice of the Court of Chan cery ; to lie on the table, and to be printed. PENITENTIARY (Milbank ) Select Committee appointed, "to inquire into the present state of the Penitentiary, Milbank :" —Mr. Grey Bennet, Lord Stanley, Mr. Hornby, Mr. Evans, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. R. Clive, Mr. (3. Dawson, Admi ral Sotheron, Mr. H. Sumner, Sir.l. Yorke, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. John Smith, Mr. S. Rice, Mr. W. Whitmore, Mr. Hobhouse, Lord Althorpe, Mr. R. Smith (of Lincoln), Mr. Stanley, Mr. Wilbraham, Sir T. Baring, Mr. Holford, Mr. F. Buxton, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Downie, Sir W. Hope, the Marquis of Tichlield, Mr. Ross ; power to send for persons, papers, and records ; five to be the quorum. --a.— NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Hobhouse—Resolutions regarding proposed reduction of Taxation, and mode of repealing.the Window Tax. 2. Sir Robert Heron—Bill to preyent the necessity of .renewal of official appointments on the demise of the Crown. . ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. County Courts Bill—Second Reading. 2. Mutiny Bill—Committee. 3. Revenue Inquiry Bill--Rcport. 4. Annual Indemnity Bill—Report. 3. Austrian Loan Convention Bill—:Report. 6. Church Rates (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 7. Four per Cents. Bill—Second Reading. 6. Postage Rates Bill—Second Reading. 9. South American Postage Bill—Second Reading. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Friday, March 5. Mr. Herries—Miscellaneous Estimates. (In Committee of &Ipply). - - - • After Latter. Mr. Calcraft—Repeal of the Leather Tax. (Deferred from March 4.) PRIVATE BILLS—SECOND READINGS for This Dar. I. Snelston Inclosure `nn 3. Deae and Dove Reservoir 2. West Drayton lnclosure 4. Bolton and Chorley Roads. The Foreign Jaurnal,s contain nothing of in terest. W e extract, however, the subjoined article from the Eloile of Saturday : " Some of the EngliSh Papers say that the Court of London is to invite the. French Government to make common cause to chastise the Algerines in an exemplary manner. The friends of humanity cannot bu t hope that this plan may receive entire execution. Lord Exmouth, in 1816, certainly displayed much valour in the attack on Algiers, but he left his expedition so incomplete, that all Europe predicted what has just happened. " If the French take part this time in the attack on that haunt Of robbers, we may be certain they will not be * content with lying promises. The port of Algiers is very narrow, andiconse quently very easily filled up by blowing the Mole, and sinking, moreover, one or mOrevesselsladen with stones in the mouth. Stich is the opinion of several skilful sailors." Funds at Paris on Saturday.—French, 101. 10.; Ditto Scrip, 12/ ; Bank Stock, 1.7 5 ; 1 ; Neapolitan, 86A ; Spanish, 21 i Exchange, I month, 2.5. 10. ;;3 incoths, f?,5. 30. Accounts from Bayonne this morning posi tively stale that the Spaniards have granted the French a free trade to the Havanna!), and which is supposed to have been the object of the late Cabinet Council held by our Government. CITY", Twelve o'clock.. —Consols opened this morning at Oni-, and afterwards got up to 93i to 94, with a good deal doing ; and for. Money 934 f. Up to this hour I do not hear of any Ex press from Paris ; indeed, au Express rarely ar rives on Tuesday. There is again a rumour that a great house in the City is negotiating for :he New Spanish Loan, on the basis that the Spanish Government shall take the Old Bonds in part payment, at a Certain price. FOREIGN .MAILKIZT.—The Market opened this morning with Greek. Bonds at 34 to 3 3 7 In - other Foreign Sec►:rities there is very little doing. dispute respecting CH I A ' Is stlioer sloi.ode licateSubjectand a nature that we do not deem it proper for us to dwell upoh the subject. Mr. CANNING cer tainly placed it in the true light, viz. that the Noble Lord had relied too much upon the accuracy of the Newspaper Report, and had hastily given way .to th'eanxiety which he felt to vindicate his character to the. world at large but ; that if the Noble Lord had read a faithful report of what:Mr.,Aliatcaouni E really said in •the House of Cororriti no observation would have issued 'from his•-Lrl 4 .)ip that would have infringed the freedom.or Debate, or have given the least . offene . e- 0,57v1r. ; BERC ROSIBI E. That Gentleman reflection, allow for the anxiety which' his . Lordship mutt have felt upon what he .(I.oe,med an unjust attack upon his judicial conthllit. -. By a reference to Drama. tic Reports, fduud that Mr. JUSTICE 'settled the point, i n th e SIUKSPELE E had Itllly. case of TOUCHSTONE versus cerain Courtier," viz. then.. said so"—" Your is 4t‘htfe onlyNou suit pa 0 ., n much virtue in if." Our columns are so, crowded by the debate of last night and other tem'orary matter, that we poiitpone our further observations on the plans of QUER till to-mor. the CHANCELLUIL of the Excut row. PETITION for the REPEAL .of the HOUSE and • . • WIN.DOW. DUTIES. A requisition, 'very numerously signed, of • which the followipg is a copy, Was presented yesterday to the Right I-lon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, when his Lordship as pleased to appoint a Court of Common Council, to be held on Friday next, at 12 o'clock, to take the subject, matter of the same into cons:Aeration IFI TIO N. We, the undersigned memberi of the Court of Common Council, having observed with satisfaction that his Ma jesty's Chancellor of the Exchequer had reported that the surplus Revenue of . the .Country adMitted the repeal of various taxes • and being anxious that such relief should be given to ;hose classes.; sof:_society which have so grie vously suffered', and' 'continue to sufnr, from the As sessed Taxes ; requeSt your Lordship will calla Court of Com mon Council on an early day, to consider the propriety of petitioning the House of Commons to repeal the House and Window Duties, and such other Taxes as may be most bene ficial to the interest of the public. " To the Right lion.' the Lord Mayor, &c." Letters, dated Constantinople, 26th ult. state that the Russian Secretary of Legation had been very well received ; and that the Russian Banker who had been so many years imprisoned there, had been set'at liberty. Yesterday, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which sat only about an hour and a half. The Duke of CLARENCE attended in the House of. Lords on Appeals on Friday. It is reported that Lord REDESDALE, Lord GIFFORD, Sir WILLIAM. GRANT, and Mr. BELL, are to be the Commissioners to investigate the practices in the Court of Chancery. MINA is at present attended by SirA. COOPER, who has voluntarily offered to cure the General's leg of a serious bruise received during his last campaign. We regret to antiounce thy death of Sir -Tilos. REID, Bart., a Director or the East India Company, and who lately filled the office of Cha►rman of the Court of Directors. lle was the head of that most respectable firm, REID, I lIVING, and Co. Ills death took place at his seat at Chiselhurst, and was the result of a paralyt►c attack, 1 1 Alh c i. -- tit ..." 4 . :.'141 •" ~ -9.- ::. ~i, c )- ,) - Y..,i . 4 : 1 ? .'-.. . f ... . 4 „, ... 0. p.. 0.. 'v; , ,5::, , t , i3,.7:7...- 0. A, z .,:. ' .9 , (9/..,, c. , . 1 ,, : ..-. rai'friA • ,:,l: : , j 0 1 2 c. , ,,,,,..4 E . ..‘-. 4)7 s i,r;fi 9 . ' 1,...;;• ' •'.5:11,. •.: , ?„,„,- t ,- , ...- , ,,,,k..,,, , ..... , .:.. , o , 1 , ,.. - ,x .) - ( , .. '‘ lr - Mr.ek 071- e... . ' • 'I . - - P - . . s Li IV INTte sl 47-4 v ,, i , v, , f .i._' •-•k: rt. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lady Louisa Grey and the Hon. Mrs. Grey, at the Countess DowagerofStamford's, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square ; the lion, Captain and Lady IsabellaCust ; at their house in Charles. street, Berkeley-square, from Lincolnshire ; Sir Matthew and Lady Tierney, in Dover-street, from Brighton ; Hrs. unter and Miss Holmes, in Manifield-street, Portland-place; Lady Bayning and Miss Townshend, in Seymour-place ; Mrs. and Miss Bruce, in Stratford-place; Major Cust and Mrs. Edward Cust, in Great George-street, Westminster; Count D'Aglie, in Hill-street; Lieut.-Colonel Desbrowe and Miss Desbrow, at Kensington Palace. DEPAUTURES.—John Elphinstone, Esq., Mrs. Elphin. stone and family, from Marshal Thompson's Hotel, for India; Lord Charles Townsbeml, M.P. from ditto, for Warwick shire; lion. Mrs. Gore, from ditto; S. Waymouth, Esq. from ditto, for Bath. BATH.—Arrived since our last, Lord Exmouth, Lord Dun. ally, Lady Andley, Sir Joseph and Lady Esdaile, Sir J. Etts.. tace, Sir J. Cox, Sir A. Iliallatt, Col. Graham, Col. M'Don. aid, Maj. Digby, Maj. Faucett, Mai. Jones Creme, Capt. and Mrs. Stevenson, Capt. and Mrs. 'forriano, Captains Duff, Forster, Halford, Heisham, M'Guiggon, Musgrave, Pember ton, Schultz, Whalley, Williams, Lieut. Shipton,- R.N.— Rev. lir. and Mrs. Jones, Rev. Mr, and Mrs. Bedford ; Rev. Messrs Baillie; Gould, Gouch, Myers, Pyne, Rogers, Sea_ grave, Taylor, Whitt, Wilson, LONDON FASHIONS FOR MARCH. [FROM ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY OF ARTS, R.C. onNING-DREss.—Shaded striped silk dress of gins de Naples ; the corsage iz la blouse ; the fulness confiaed at the top with three satin rouleaus, equi-di s t an t. L ong easy sleeves, finished at the wr st with rouleaus of purple and aurora, or orange colour ; the upper sleeve very full, and intersected . with satin rouleau s , as at t h e wr i st. Th e s ki rt touches the ground hehind, and is finished with two satin rouleaus, of the darkest shades of each colour; above is an or namented crescent, composed of three semicircular hands ; the points or horns united by a satin star, and placed alter nately up and down. ElizAbethan riff of very tine tulle, worked muslin ruffles, cornelle or cottage cap of tulle ; border of .double tulle, disposed in boujrants by alternate rouleaus of aurora and purple satin ; one side has a double row of bouffant:, and a quilling of tulle behind ; the strings are of broad figured geuze.ribbon, cross under the chin, and tie at the op in the front of the cap, The hair parted in front, with a few ringlets on each side. Green Cachemere shawl, and green kid shoes.' EVENING DRESS.—Dress of yellow China Crape; the cot - sage Cut bias, made rather high and plain, simply ornamented round the bust with a wheel trimming of the same colour in satin and gauze, composed of ornamented rings, placed at equal distances on a circular satin wadded stem or rouleau. The cor sage is rather long, and set in a band, with satin corded edges, and fastened behind with a rosette to correspond.— , Tucker of fine blonde, drawn at the top with a silken thread. Short full sleeve, with perpendicular rows of wheel trimming. The skirt is decorated with the same trimming, only much larger ; and, with the wadded satin hem at the bottom, gives weight and grace to the folds of the drapery. The hair is arfanged is one row of large regular curls; and two long yellow ()stria feathers, tipped with pouceau, are placed on the right side, and bend over the head. Necklace, ear-rings, and bracelet of topaz and turquoise. Embroidered lace scarf, with Vandyke ends ; white kid gloves ; white satin shoes, Sr. DATID'S DAY . — Yesterday the Hundred and Tenth Anniversary Festival of the Most Honourable and Loyal Society of Ancient Britons was celebrated according to custom. The' children under the patronage of the Society went in their usual procession to St. George's Church; Hanover_ square, where an impressive sermon was preached by the Bishop of CHESTER.—After Divine Service, the procession formed in the same order as before, and proceeded to St. James's-square, where they halted at the houses of the Duke of NORFOLL and Sir WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN, giving three cheersat each; and thence proceeding to Carlton Palace, paid the testimony of respect to his Alm sT Y. The next stage was to Freemasons' Hall, where an excellent dinner was provided. About half past five o'clock, between 400 and 500 persons sat down to a ; the Earl of BRECK NOCK in th e the Loan MAYOR and on the sumptuousuirsui supported o e r n t e t entertainment; t o a n i ihnee right by learn, hour. left by the Bishop of CHESTER. Several loyal and pat r i o tic . toasts, and some excellent songs a nd g l ees , , rave spirit to the enjoyment of the evening; in the.course Aiche t girls and boys were introduced by the Stew ar d s , an d p ara d e d roun d t h e room ; their appearance ,, was clean and h ea lthy, a nd afforded general satisfaction.— lhe o ) ll ect i on at t h e C h urc h an d the was considerable.—The com pany edridwnot a r ehappy separate ti ll t o a His Royal Highness the puke of Cambridge returned to this Capital on the 13th inst., in ex ce ll ent h ea l th, after having been on a visit to Berlin and Brunswick.—( Ilanover, Feb. 13.) It is stated in a letter from Paris, that a distinguished fo. reigner recently gave a grand ball at his h o t e l i n that city, at which a great many of the first classes of society, both French and foreigners, were present. The female invitations, however, were confined to the actresses at the great French Theatres.__ Mademoiselles Mars and Bigothini, as also Madame Pasta Noblet (the letter states), declined the proffered courtesy. The Princess AUGUSTA has been some days on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCS, at their residence, Bushey Park. Yesterday morn ing, about ten o'clock, the Princess and the Duchess of Clarence left Bushey Park in a tra velling carriage and four, and proceeded to the King's Palace at Kensington, where the Duchess of Clarence alighted on a visit to the Duchess of Kent. The Princess Augusta proceeded on to London, where her Royal highness alighted at her future residence, in what is called the Stable yard, in the King's Palace, St. James's, adjoin ing the residence of the Earl of Harrington, where her Royal Highness was in a short time joined by the Duchess of Gloucester. Their Royal Highnesses proceeded to inspect the re pairs, alterations, and improvements making pre viously to its being occupied by the Princess ; after which her Royal "rigidness returned to Bushey Park. Sunday Prince LEoror.n dined with the Duchess of K EST, at the King's Palace, at Ken sington. Tho Royal Duchess had a select party in the evening - to tea, to meet her Royal brother. The Securities of Austria, Russia, and France each experienced an advance in price yesterday. In the South American Bonds no considerable alteration took place, with the excepticn of Mexican Scrip, which was done at 9 prem.., and closed at fV. The same circumstance which served to ad vance this latter Stock has produced an advance in the Greek Scrip, the first instalment upon which becomes due this day, and it is understood the greatest part has been already paid up. —( NC-a , 'i'irie(r.s.) Tile Repeal of the Assessed Taxes, at the same time that it would most relieve those who have most occasion for relief, would likewise alibrd ease to all in a reasonable and proportionate degree. It would be a general and diffusive blessing ; whilst the plan of finance adopted by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer is calculated only to afford unneeded luxuries at an easy rate to the rich, and stops short before it reaches the poor and middling classes. What effect can it have upon the country shopkeeper that the price of silk is lowered, except it be to injure the sale of his printed stuffs and calicoes, and to ruin the manufactures of those articles ? How many country towns are there in England, upon which the admission of foreign silks into our ports can have no effect whatever, except it be a mischievous one • and to every inhabitant of which to wns t h e repea l o f t he As sessed Taxes would be a most substantial benefit ? We are surprised that these people do not see the advantages within their reach, anti call upon their county members to require of ,Ministers a plan of finance calculated for the relief of the poor ; arid not to sutler a scheme to be realized, which has no thing English in it, and does not extend to the body of the English nation.—( Times. ) A letter from Southampton says—" The war with the Algerines seems to have caused a particular sensation in France. At Havre the merchants seem apprehensive that the tranquillity of Europe will be interrupted." PRICE 0 THIS DAY AT Bank Stock! 240 i 3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent. Cons- 93ia 3i per Cent 4 per Cent. i Old lo2i 1 New 197 i 5 per Cents. 1797 Rank Long Ann 234 I Imp. 3 per Cents. F STOCKS TWO O'CLOCK. 273 725. 38 37 PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS ix LONDON, 111,tr,m2, AT ONE O'CLOCK. French Russian Neapolitan A tistrian Spanish Prus%ian Danish Portuipese Peruvian Chili Colombian Mexican Poyais Mexican Mines India Stock. India Bonds.. South Sea Stock . Old Annuities.. Ex. Bills Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Act. 93ii ( Five per Cents. 101 i. 1 Scrip, 13i pm. Six per Cents. 00. - 7 , Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. (Ditto New 94. Five per Cent. Bonds, 88. Scrip, 12 prem. - - {Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Ditto 1821, 24k. Ditto 18'23, 19. .f Five per Cent. Bonds, 98. 1 Ditto New, 96. Five per Cent. Bonds, 99i. Bonds, 90i. Scrip, 00. 83. Six per Cent. Bonds, M. Scrip, ili prem. 500. ( New, 00. f Hullett's, 1 prem. 1 Anglo, 8 prem.. 31 prem. ( Bank Shares £2325. Oct. I Seven per Cent. 95. -{Six per Cent. 94 —lO2. Five per Cent. 100-102. Three per Cent. 76i. Greek A Inericsq Bank Stock --- ----- Cloy. Deb. :la per cent. 100 Stock, 3. per ct 99a Cloy. Deb. 4 per cent. Goy. Deb. 5 per cent. —Stock, 4 per cent. New Treasury Bills, 6 per cent — C:ity Debentures, 6 per ct — Lying in Hospital 4 per ct — Exchange on Lone PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, FEB. 28. Grand Canal Loan, 6 p.ct. --Ditto 4 per cent.... -Ditto Stock Royal Canal Stock Wide-street Cert. 6 per ct Do. Deb. with Gov. Sec Pipe Water Deb. 5 per ct. Do. Ballast Office Govt. Sec. 4 per cent. lon, Feb. 27, R. HIGH WATER AT LONDO Homing, 34 minutes after 3. J BRIDGE TO-MORROW' Evening, 49 minutes after *„,* For the Remainder of the Article respecting WINCIIES TER CATHEDRAL, see the Fourth Page. 'II N-1 I_, SU N . SOIEM QUIS nicEnk: r_4Lsum AUDEAT ? LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCII 2, 1824. SURREY SESSIONS—(This DAY.) Mr. Neonnap, late proprietor of the Richmond stages, nas indicted for an -assault on Mr. J. Duggan, a Collector of King7,s Taxes, residing at Richmond. Mr. lluggan's statement went to prove, that while in the execution of his duty, collecting Tail.s, the defendant beckoned to him, and on proceeding towards, hiM, he doubled -his fist, and shook it at him, and after challenging him with robbing the public of their money, swore he would knock his floury head about (he wearing powder.) 110 then spit several times in his face. This was the assault complained of. Mr. Thessiger was retained for the prosecution, and Mr. Andrews for, the .defence, who denied the assault altogether. , The CllAlastAN addressed the Jury, who found the defendant Guiky, and sentenced him to pay a fine of 101. and to procure sureties to keep the peace for 12 months. FOR THE SUN. • MR. EDlTott —On my return' a few days since to this my native town, after a residence of three months hi Normandy, I was struck with surprise at a report very general, that it was in contemplation of Government to remove the )stend Mail Packet from this station to some other part of the coast of this county, but not being able to trace such report to any source which ought to he relied upon, I now, through your respectable Journal, call on those who can give informs tion to state—if this report be true—and if so, on what grounds such a preposterous meas ure can h ave b een thought of. Surely the position, the certainty of access, the safety and the conve ninice of this ancient port—the utility it has been to the great commercial interests of this and of foreign realms—the known loyalty of its inhabitants—the noble works lately constructed sl judiciously at the cost of those interests, under the sanctiom of the Earl of Liverpool, on the able plans of Mr. Moon, the Harbour Master —every consideration in short connected with the public interests, requires that no alteration should be made in the dispositions of these Mail Packets, conducted as they have been tbr so many years, by skill and experience of the Post-office Commanders, all of whom I have good grounds for believing are inimical (privately) to any alteration in the pre. sent arrangements. If no official motives interfered, I would ask these Gentlemen to state their own candid opinions through, your Paper, on this important affair, for important it is, not only as regards our own local feelings and n !ws, but those of all persons corresponding with the Continent resident in the metropolis. The Elder Brethren of the London Trinity Cor. roration also might be referred to. whose experience and prac tical knowledge of our noble harbour, I have no sort of doubt, would at once unanimously decide with our Post.office Captains in its favour. I trust that this may yet be done by order of the Noble Earl, Warden of the Cinque Ports, who I cannot for one moment believe would p erm i t th e high character of thin port, its strong claiM on the public, anti the interests of its respectable inhabitants, to be compromised and injured by the removal of the Ostend Mail Packets, merely for the gratifica tion or 'advantage of those who it is probable have no claims of the sort I have pointed out. Perhaps some of your Cot. respondents in the secret may favour me with information on. this affair, which has excited great anxiety in the minds of ail ranks of people here, and, amongst the rest, of your humble servant, C. P., Pilot. Dover, March 1, 1824. P.S. I have some hopes that the inhabitants will meet and petition the Earl of Liverpool to avert the intended scheme. MERCANTILE DEAL, MARCH l.—Wind I V.N.W.—Came down from !.he Ricer 'the Kingstone, Leckie; Reward, Harris; 31aiscisait, Armstrong ; Frederic, O'Haro, outward-bound Vessels, and sailed for tlkir destinations. PoitTsmuuTti, Mauch N.W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Bulwark from Plymouth. Sailed the Ranger, South Seamen, and Elizabeth, Wickham for London. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 39.—Wind E.—_Arrived the ivneei Treoleraa, from Messina; Louisa, Le Fevre ' from (iibraltar ; and Dispatch, Jon es , f rom Li s b on ; and Three Brothers, Brown, from ditto. • FALIEOU Tll, FEL E.N.E.--Arrived the Hazard, D'Grouchy, from Gibraltar in 22 days ; Sarah, Grove, from St. Mary's (Gambia), in 43 days, with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, s c., and P r i n c e C o burg, Pa ge , f rom Li s b on , i n 23 days. Otf Scilly, the Laurel, -- ~ from Rio Janeiro. Yanmouru, Mancn I.—lt is feared that at least 2, and probably 3 vessels, were lost on Ilarborough Sand on Friday morning. The Joseph, Holditch, arrived at Limerick from New York ; spoke the Hannah, from St. John's, N.B. to Liverpool, on tint llth ult., in let. 51. long. 22., wi t h loss of fore-mast and bow.. sprit i • and the Midas, Prince, fr om N ew Y or k to Sli go, on . he lath ult., 15 miles to the Westward of the Blasi:ens, with oss of fore-mast and rudder. On the 19th it blew a tretnen. dous gale from S.E. Yesterday the Dispatches for St. Helena, Bombay, and China, by the ship London, were closed at the East India House, anti delivered to the Purser of that ship. SPORTING I NTE LIAGENCE. BETTING .ROOM, MARca 1.-. STATE OF THE ODD& Iwo wrn• ninuras to 2 agst Reformer 7 to 2 agst Prudence 19 to 4 agst Quadrille 13 to 2 agst Don Carlos 12ito 1 agst Sister to Sailor 16 to 1 apt Lymessa 20 to 1 agst Cressida High odds apt any other. RT. 9 to 2 agst Swiss 6 to 1 apt Reforms" It to 1 agst Agnes 12 to 1 agst Ilanshes IS to 1 agst Reticule 18 to 1 agst Hurly Burly 20 to 1 apt .lessy 24 to 1 agst Don Carlos 25 to 1 agst Bess 25 to 1 agst Skim Colt 30 to 1 agst Cressida 30 to 1 agst Corinne 35 to 1 agst Pantina 3$ to 1 agst Sir Grey 35 to I /tot Dactyls High odds apt any other. KS. 12 to 1 apt Rarossa 12 to 1 agst Pope Joan 17 to 1 apt Peele's f. ST. LEGER► 25 to 1 agst Young Tinker 25 to 1 apt Equity 25 to 1 apt The Miller of Mansfield 25 to I apt Streatham. 4 to 1 agst Prudence 7 to I agst Sister to Sailor 8 to 1 agst Lyrnessa DONCASTER S to 1 agst Swiss 12 to 1 agst Altisidora filly 14 to 1 agst Rosanna 20 to 1 agst Ringlet 20 to 1 agst Miss Cranfield HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OP ROUNDS IN TUE PEESENT WEEK. The Quorndon Hounds, on Tuesday, at Great Dal by ; Wed nesday, at Martinshaw Wood ; Thursday, at Widmerpooi ; and on Saturday, at Kettleby. Lord Anson's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Prineethorps Village; Wednesday, at Coombe Abbey ; Friday, at Wavarley Wood ; and on Saturday, at Branston Wood. Tnt Ansty.—lt is said, that Major-General Lord Fred. Bentinck, M.P. from the Grenadier Guards, will be appointed Colonel of one of the three regiments of toot, that are shortly to be raised.—lt is stated that Major-General Sir James Lyon. K.C.B. and G.C.H. will be appointed Colonel of another of the said Regiments. It ix also understood that Major General Couran will be appointed Colonel of another of the said Regiments. THE LATE FIRE AT PICKFORIeII WIIARI.—A. Coroner's Inquest was yesterday held on the bodies of the persons who unfortunately perished in the late fire. Nothing new transpired, and the Verdict was of course " Accidental Death." FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, as a Lady and Gentleman were riding in a gig along Blackfriars'-road, the horse took fright, and the Lady attempting to jump out, got her clothes en tangled in the step, and was thrown out on her head with great violence ; she was immedidiely taken up, but before surgical assistance could 1)e had, she expired. The Gentleman was not I+tirt. COAL-MARKET, MAncH I. Ships at Market. Ships sold 31i Newcastle . 111 9 Sunderland . . 21 Primo. • 351 Od to 44h 64 325 Od to 43 Od R nd any Bat )bie