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k EIGN INT ELLIG ENCE. [From the &Wile of Monday; April 12.] Anstin, A Pull. I.—The Extraordinary Sup. ,ikiement to the official Gazette gives the Procla raation of the Royalist G4'neral Olatteta, who so powerfully contributed to the defeat oft.the rehels in Peru. The Proclamation being ex-t *.:acted from the Argus of Rnenos Ayres, its . z•ithettticity is unquestionable. It connrins the • -,letail4 already published ; that is to say, the : tota - Froute of the army of Santa Cruz, with the lowa 6,000 killed,. 1,5L10-prisone.rar talery '10(000 Cartridges, the whole of his bag. Oige, •the •printing office of the army, &c. Letters from, Buenos Ayres add, that General 'Canterac has • eumpletely defeated Bolivar in itiree actions. ile-wasactively pursuing him in is retreat, or rather'-his Hight, towards Truxillo, turd there is every reason ti) believe that he will overtake him, and complete-his destruction. brave general . 01aneta .was going to re ..saare- hi.s head=quarters to •Tucuntan. Great -changes in our diplomatic Corps are -spoken of as , ce.rtain. The Duke of Sint Car -los, Ambassador at Paris, is to be recalled se Madrid, where he will exercise his func tions as Counsellor of State. • His •uccessor -will he Count Revillagiezedo. 4 ,rlie son of Marqui4. Casa I rajo is appointed First .Secretary of Legation., as a reroinpenCe for the services which his father has rendered to the.M6- ,izarchy. The• Second Secretary is Corps, for rri.erly .Consttl-General of Spain, is Algarve. M. Ni.via, now First Secretary .of Legation, is sutured Minister of Spain, in. !Wand. M. Don . eel, the Second Secretary, is .recalled to till the office of Magi:trate of the Chancery of Valladolid. M. Joseph fleredia, brother to our Minister ,of State, is recalled to Madrid. Ile was sent to „London a; agent-of liquidations :he is succeeded ...by st\ 1, Q rue. M. Alvarez.tle Toledo,' Colonel in the Spanish Aervice,.ii_gene to Munich us Charge d'Affaires. In my last letter I said that we expected here Guebhard. We now po*itively know that .that banker has contracte►l %vitt) our Government for a loan of 9.00 millions of reals (50 ►uillions of francs), and that lie is coming in person to •Madrid for a second loan, equal to the first. Their Majesties and Royal Family en:l.y good -health at Araajnex. The French military hospital is resrmved to Toledo, where General Boormont now 13 with Ilk Staff and the Royal Guard . ; this seems to in dicate that the Court will be absent from Madrid -for some time, >though many penious affirm the .contrary. TRUST C, MA ncti.2o.—Letters from Corfu, of *the 18th of Mardi, give an important piece of , .hews, -but which n-e4ds confirmation :.it is the -Gurrendwr of Arta, by a particular convention., to the Greek General Bozzaris. It is added, that the Albanian troops had joined the latter, ay ho immediately advanced _towards joiintiimt, which they hope likewise song to bring to a . ca,pitulation. Whet* the Greeks rc. once /rasters of these two places, they may consider themselves as firmly established in F.„virus.-: (ylitgibourg Gazette.) [From the Journal des Data: of 3fonday.l PM:IS, A I.IIIL I.—We have received import ant news relative teethe affeirs of South America. If this be c oniirneed, in all its extent, it may serve to gain credit-for die .news which has arrived, by way of England, that Sants Fe de liegota has acknowledged the authority of Ferdinand. The events of which we haVe received intelligence have nothing im probable in them. The long silence of the English and Arne riesn Animals, respecting the operations of the Colombian Army in Peru, render its defeat probable, and the sudden in eratsion of Quito, and -the Provinces of Venezuela, situated in the plaleau of the Cordilleras, has-nothing impossible in it, be cauee it is precisely in these Provinces *here the population is least warlike, and least attached teethe Republic. Certainly, a geeat want of foresight mast - be supposed in Bolivar, leaving -t;e line of his retreat undefended; but thieewould not be the first time, from wanting a suflicient number of troops, that this General has, in this manner, exposed himself to reverses. The following is the letter front Terra Firma (America) to which we alluded, dated January 2, 1824 " fle;ivar, after the defeat-of-Santa_Cruz, embarked oe Oct. 4, a. Guayaquil for TruxilleeinePere, there to assume the di rection a the war. Ile tool: some troops with him, and caused, the garrison of Panama to be entLarked funs,. same desti.'ation. With these and the troops he had sent oc before in March, and -the remains of the garrisou of Lima, he might have* army of nearly 6000 men. A recent letter from Lima, written.hy an Tallish merchent, says that the Spanish army occupies that eapital, and that Captain Provost, commanding _the Aurora, teul•coneluded with Serua, the'Viceroy, a Coninierciel Treaty, Wei, advantageous to the English. General Suc:e appointed Use Marquis of ' e neeretagle, President of . Lima, who had been 'ferce4 to leave it a year ago by the inhabitants ; yet A guero, the xi:lit:try chief, opposed his appointment, and placed hitneelf at tbe head of some troops to dissolve the Congress. During these troubles, a Royalist Chief, Angelo, at the head of some faithful Patetinoe, (inhabitants of the province of Paz), taking advantage of the absence of Bolivar, by making a rapid movement, de strOyed the Colombian forces under Salon:, who vrae forced,-on clee Ist of Nov. to flee towards Popeyan with the remains of his army ; but a Royal* party having collected_evee at Popayan, he was obliged to retreat to Neyva, thus leaving the province of Quito to the mercy -of who with his Paztinos made himself maater of it, and extended his movements to Guayaquil and Cuenca. Terror overcame tic Representatives of Colombia ceitected at Santa-Fe, who demanded assistance of the northern provinces, but the few troops there refused to march, _ under pretext that they had not been paid. In consequence the pay ment of all debts was suspended for three months, which wore to have been paid by means ofebonds • on the customs of all the northern provinces, And they obliged the merchants to Pay these customs in money without the esinalleet . delay.— t Carat:cite a contribution was also : demanded of 20,000 deilare, -ia order to stop the daily desertions which have re duced the forces of Venezuela to 2,000 men, including the garrisons of Puerto-Cabello, 'Maracaibo, and Cumarra. All the vessels of war, of which, however, there was only one, • the rest so called being merchant vessels, were sent to Tucrto-Cahelln, with all the disposable materiel; and all the flocks were sent to the southward of the river Apure-- Ili:etc preparations indicate the resolution of the Congress to retire to the valh•y of Arauco, in case of being attacked by the Deropeans. The misunderstanding among the authorities in Peru has reacher] the -highest point, and has .Occasioned the a hnost iotal dieeolution of the insurgent forez.s. Movements • Royalist are visible at every point ; and followingthe sita mple Or Quito and (est:veva,: the province of Madeleine ,Imes risen irearrns. The garrison anddiepoeable.vessele of Ma su aibo iverneeliately for Carthagens, in order to reinforce iii s treopli destined to restrain The movements of Cieneija, which have been extended thiough all the province of Santa Martha, and alang the course of the Madeleine, as far as Montport.— The letter of the foreign officer which supplies this news, adds that the want of money is so great, that the soldier only receives four plantains ' and a small :piece of meat per day. It is im possible, he adds, to contintteatupporting the cause which they have embraced, for there is neither phyaical nor moral force, and the Colombian Republit is destined to perish in ita cradle. With, it also will perish the hopes of many brave people, who have given up a brilliant career in Europe, to go, in search of honour and fortune, to a country where there is - neither the one nor the other. MARSY.ILLE 9, illo acu 22.—Letters from Pere, which may be depended upon, give the following information respecting the late diplomatic transactions at Constanti nople. The French Charge d'Affaires has remained in -a manner wholly neutral in the late discussions, with the '--Porttn, -anti -as he-was not furnished with any full powers., confined himself' J the. simple part _of a, diplomatic ob server. The French influence cannot be effective till the new Ambassador shall have arrived at Constantinople, and, acting - upon•general instructions, shall take such steps as he may judge necessary;to interfere in the neseociations. -. But be will, probably, not act till thomoment when he may do it with effect, and ,will, very .likely, take that part.which has hitherto been assigned to Lord Strangford,and which teems to be draw ing tq.a , closv4.: foreitis generally known at,Pera, that the cre dit of the British -ambassador with the Grand Vizier and the Divan has greatly declined, and that he now has the greatest difficulties to struggle with, where he formerly found it easy •to obtain every thing: This important change is justly ascribed to the opinion (whether well or ill founded is indif ferent) now entertained by the Divan and all the Turkish Officers•of State, that the British eabinet has lately become favourably disposed towards the Greeks. This opinion has caused the ivarnt discussions with Lord Strangford, and in particular the hatter and cutting tone of the Turkish Mini sters, of which f:e English Ambasaador so much complains. The last disputes in which the Noble Lord was en g a g e d with the GrandNizier, and which, with all his diplomatic skill, he could not evade, related to the corps of troops formed at Missolunghi under Lord Byron, the supplies of arms, and Warlike stores sent to the Greats from Malta, the lonian Islands—nay, even front England itself; the ioans•negociated in London, for the aid of the Greeks, and other recent circum. stances. •But this was not all, the distestst of the Turks being once roused, other circumstances, which had never been men tioned before,' were brought forward ; among others, the pre tended plan of 'the English Cabinet to obtain the supremacy of the Morea - andLthe adjacent Islands: the frequent visits of the English staff offlcers and engineers to the Peloponnesus which they traversed in all directions, and took plans of the most im portant military positions and marititne stations; the presence of a considerable naval force at Malta and the lonian Islands ; the negociations of Captain Hamilton with the Chiefs of the Greek Rebels, as the Turks esteem them, &c. Their ancient ill will towards Russia continues, and no recent event has been able to appease it. The arrival of the Russian Agent, )1. Von Minziachy, flattered the pride of the Turks, but it has not di minished' their distrust of the Court of St. Petersburgh, and will hardly lead to the evacuation of Wallachia and Moldavia.=-- The mission of this Russian Agent is considered as fruitless : the influence of the Austrian Internuncio is not considerable enough for hint to effect any change in this respect. • NAPLES, Mancir 20.—His Majesty, desiring to bring the code of the Kingdam of the Two Sieilies to the greatest degree of perfection, created in the mouth of August last, Live Commissions, each consisting of three Magistrates, and charged them: to state, independently of each other, the observations, which from their experience, and the exercise of their func tions, they had b:en enabled to make, some on one part, and some on another part, of the said Code. These Commissions having preeented their several reports, his Majesty, in the Council of State held on the 9th of February last, was pleased to create a general Commission, which he has charged to pre sent a plan for the improvement of the Code, aVailing itself for this purpose of the labours of the-.above-mentioned separate Commissions: Ilis 31aje,ty' has choSen seven Magistratei from the va.ri nos Courtsof:Justicc at ,Naples to compose the Commission. Its 31ajeity has further ordered, that the Minister Secretary t , f . State for the Department of Grace and Justice shall be President of the lo►Ymission, allowing him, in case of impe diment, to appoint one of the Members of the Commission to exercise. his functions. MARCH 22.—nis Majesty presided to.day in the ordinary Council of State.- SIERRA LEONE PAPERS. ittr.T awl; , AN. Si, 1321.—Amongst the many subjects of congratulation we have to offer to those who feel interested in the daily iner,,asing prosperity of this rising s;:ttlement, we may notice the artival of a large ship with a cargo of timber front the port of Dublin. This is another convincing- proof that the value of this article is becoming more generally known. Since our last statement, two large ships for cargoes of the same kind have arrived, and more are daily expected. The only fear expressed by the traders is, that they shall not be able to loud ' them fast enough. We have long ago stated our conviction that the immense resources of this colony were not sufficiently known ; and every hour proves the truth of our assertion._ We have uluelt pleasure in drawing the attention of our readers to an advertisement at the end of our Paper, relative to esta blishing a Prayer Book Society in the Colony, and sincerely hope that this suggestion will be readily met by the well-wishers of the Colonists. Among those who have observed the want of this inestimable work in the village churches certain support may be expected ; and from the enlighicned liberality that has hitherto been witnessed for the promotion of Christian - mora lity, we have no doubt of its success.—By the brig Frances Ann, from Leeward, which fell in with his Majesty's . In Swinger at sea, we learn that Belzoni had landed in the Bight of Be nin, where he experienced a slight attack of fever; but feeling himself perfectly recovered in a few days, he started upon his enterprise with every hope of ultimate success. If we were inclined to indulge in the gift of prophecy, we should speak very favourably of his undertaking. This enterprising travallcr certainly possesses advantages which none of his predecessors have ever done, and should he prove unsuccessful m the point he has chosen, anti return, we feel confident that in starting front this place or the Gambia, he will leave under such favour able auspices as must inure the completion of his object. We have again to congratulate our fellow Colonists upon the arrival of more caravan:. of gold merchants from the interior. Among those which came direct from Teethbo are many persons who accompanied Mr. O'Beirne on his return from loom J o h ion, and who are much rejoiced to find him here. They take great credit to themselves for the performaucc of the promises' they made at that period, cf sending . their produce to thi s Co lony direct. While our commerce is increasing so rapidly with the surrounding nations and the nativCs of the interior of Afri ca, we must not neglect the vital principle of all States—the Agfieultural Interest; to us rendered doubly dear, e as it is the r means by which we hope to raise the once de railed liberated Africans to a level with the nations of Europe. PRACTICE OF " OBEAII." BAIi3OADOES.-Thenr have • been printed, by . order of Parliament, tbe recent Acts of the Co.;' lonial - .Legislature regarding th e treatment of Shrves.•• The , following .curious document 13 in titled "An 'Act for-the better prevention of the Practice qf " Whereas it is expedient to prevent the evils and offences which arise from the wicked arts and pretensions of persons going under the appellation of Obeah - men and women.: And . whereas the provisions now by law made for the prevention of such evils and - offences have been found ineffectual for that purpose; tie it therefore enacted, &c. that from and after the passing of this Act any person who shall wilfully, malici ously, and unlawfully pretend to any snagical and super natural charm or power, in order to promote the purposes insnrrertion or rebellion of the slaves within this island, or to injure and affect the life or health of any other per son, or who wilfully and maliciously shall use or carry on the wicked and the uplawful practice of °bull, shall, upon conviction thereof, suffer death or transportation, as the Court by which the said offender may be tried shall think proper, any thing in this or any other Act of this island to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. " And he further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that from and after the passing of this Act, if any person wilfully and' maliciously, in the practice of Obeah or otherwise, shall mix or prepare, or have in his or her possession any poison, or any noxious or destructive substance or thing, with an intent to administer to any person (whether the said person be white or black, or a person of colour), or wilfully and maliciously shall actually administer to, or cause to be administered to, or taken by any such person as aforesaid, any pOison, or any noxious or destructive substanceor thing whatsoever, al though death may not ensue, upon the testimony thereof, every such person, together with his or her counsellors, 'eiders and abet tors, knowing of and being privy to such evil intentions and of ..fences, shall, upon conviction thereof', suffer death, transporta tion, or such other punishment as the Court, by which of fenders may be tried, shall -think proper, any thing in this or any other Act of this island to the contrary in anywise not withstanding." PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Apurr.l3. Mr. BnoGnt N and others, froth the Commons, brought up the Alien Bill, the Irish Proctors' Costs - Bill, and the Records Bill ; and returned the Irish 'Burials Bill, with the amendments agreed to. The three first mentioned Bills were read a first time. " The Earl of DARNLEY presented a petition from the Pa - - rish of St. Mark, Dublin, against the taxation of Coals and other articles by . the Corporation of Dublin. Lord HOLLAND presented a petition from the Corpora tion of Nottingham, of which he is a member. The petition, in the sentiments of which his Lordship concurred, stated the Alien Bill to be hostile to the commerce of the country , and calculated to endanger its peace-I;ostile to Th e laws 'Of the country—hostile to the comforts and interests of the natives of this country who live abroad—and, above all, hostile to the principles of the Constitution, as it plaCed an arbitrary power in the hands of M inisters. • _ ... The Earl of DARNLEY wished to know when it was in tended to move the second reading of the Alieu•Bill. Earl BATHURST .said that the second reading Would be proposed on the ThursdaY after the holidays, should that be an open day. . Lord BELHAVEN presented a petition from' the city of Glasgow and its Vicinity, praying for the gradual Abolition of Slavery. NEWFOUNDLAND JUDICATURE BILL. _ - Earl BATH uRsT rose to Move the second reading of the Newfoundland Judicature Bill. 'lle began by describing what the system of the a dministration of justice in that country had been. The present system commenced under an Act of Par liamentyear -'1790 the-firstlCourt of passed in 1809. In the Judicature was established in the island. It must at first sight appear extraordinary,-that for a period of 200 'years no regular Court of .Justice had been established, but it had , been the policy of this country to discourage any sedentary fisheries in the island. The civil administration' hatt been placed in the hands of the Admirals, Vire-Admirals,-and other Naval Com manders on the station. The - only alteration - made -previous to 1790 was the appointment of -some Justices of the Peace in 1729, in consequence of the increase'. of population. In 1792, both criminal and civil judicatures were established. The Noble Earl described the'ehief , objeet of the Bill now brought in to be the formation of a supreOe Court of ; Judicature, with a Chief Justice and two -Assessors. Certain clauses authorized the division of the island into three districts, and the establish, went of Circuit Courts. it had also been thought proper to institute Courts of Quarter Session; After. stating a variety of details, which were not heard below the. bar, the Noble Earl adverted to that part of the Bill which relates to the celebra tion of marriages. We understood him to say, that up to 1817 the greatest confusion had prevailed on this subject. A Bill was then introduced by which certain regulations were made. That A tit was now proposed to repeal, and , to re-enact only that part of it which requires persons celebrating marriage to be in holy orders. Roman Cathelic priests, by the common law . of the island, had the right of celebrating marriage, and the present Bill gave the same-right to dissenting clergymen of every description. The Earl of DA RNLEY observed, that if certain alterations in the system.of judicature had nut been proposed to be made, he should have had a petition to present on the subject. -lle was happy to understand that the trial by Jury which had been taken away, was to be restored. On the suggestion of Lord lltit.t.A'ND, Lord BATfluttsT agreed to divide the Bill into .two Bills, and fixed the Com mittoe for the Thursday after the holydays.—Adjourned. nousE OF. COMMONS. On the motion of Sir RonEuT SHAW, the Hibernian Min ing Company Bill was read a second time, after a few obser vations from Sir HENRY PARNELL, Mr. ll.aviEs (4 11.3 E al', and Mr. G. DawsoN, respecting the intended effect of the measure. motion of Mr. SPRING RlCE;the Mining CoMpany of Irelimall.4as read a Second time, after s a.few observations from Sir JOHN NEWPORT. Sir BYAM MARTIN presented a petition from Plymouth, in favour of the Oil-Gas Bill. Sir JOHN NEWPORT gave notice, that on Tuesday, the 18th of May, he should submit a motion to the house on the subject of the Church-rates levied in Ireland. atr. SPRING RICE presented a petition from the Noble mer, Gentry, &c., of the County of Dublin, against the Dub lin Toll Bill. In answer to a question from Mr. GIIATTAN, Mr. Et.t.is said that it was not his intention to press the further considera tion of the Toll UM during the present , re w sj o i jeccitiaVoeuthhalabvietatnhtes effect, againsttk:bilfinpe le a I l T , li o ri f Mr. SPRING RICE presented a petition from a number of the raining price of the article. Co l 1° 1: C11'1' 1 ( .1AS denied that' the Bill would produce such an effect. • Mr. CURIVES presented a petition ,from 400 individuals trading between Dublin and Whitehavei; against the Dublin Coal Bill. Lord LOWTHER said that the complaint in this petition was not the general opinion in the:part of the country from which it came. Mr. CURWEN repeated, that this petition contained the general sentiments of the Northern Ports, and others were pre paring at Nl 7 liitehaven a scission aga i nst t h e Bill . Mr. SPRING BICE said, that the feeling of the inhabitants of Dublin WaS against the Rill. In fact; they knew nothing of its introduction. Mr. GRATTAN repeated a similar assertion. Bill was meant to correct the iniquitous persons S e f t ) N e O ' f Lid' certain thatths Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, that the most respectable mercantile and trading interests of Dublin were hostile to the Bill, which was only calculated to legalize the exactions of the Corporation. Ile should therefore oppOse it. . After a few words from Mr. KENNEDY, the petition was laid on the table. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from several Inhabitants of Dublin in favour of the Irish Mining Company Bill. Mr.- ELLIS,.in movin g the second reading of the Dublin Coal Bill, said that the measure which he now proposed to the House was rendered necessary by a combination of Ship-mas ters in the port of Dublin to keep tip 41I: extravagant price of Coals. That combination was supported by a series of frauds, which it was his firm belief .could not be put down without the assistance of the present Bill. It had been said, that the ob ject of this Bill was to legalize the exactions of the Corporation of Dublin ; this, he denied. It was founded on a Bill of the late Mr. Grattan, and was so far from legalizing an exactions made by the Corporation of Dublin, that it absolutely dimi nished their power, without at. all increasing their emoluments. The two main objects of the Bill were, to prevent Coals of an interior quality from being sold as Coals of a superior quality, and to cause them to be sold by fair and legal weight. Mr. GRATT,‘N contended, that-this Bill was filled with monstrous and cruel enactments, which would not be tolerated fcr a moment in this country. Every clause of it gave sum mary power to the Magistrate to committlrenders against it to prison without bail or mainprize. He denied that this Bill was formed upon the model of his father's ' , tnd said that he felt so hostile to it that he should take the sensd of the House upon it, by moving as an amendment, that.it , ! be read a second time this day six months." Mr. DAWSON supported the ilill, : and contended that it was approved of by very respectable inhabitants in Dublin. Sir H. PA KNELL opposed. Bill,....hezause -every clause in it proposed a restraint, and every : x;t: , atyaint in it was aggra vated by a penalty. Mr. G. PHILIPS thought this Billactlfe: particularly un wise. It restored all the old prejudiees,by.which commerce was formerly so much impeded ; it was filled with penalties against forestalling and regrating. It was foundetV-upon the principle that all the sellers of coals were rogues; and all the buyers of tliern fools.—( A laugh.) Mr. CURWEN opposed the secomtreading of the Bill.— The Hon. Member had already abandoned three-fourths of his Bill, and it was his opinion that he could not do better than to abandon the remaining fourth. Lord LOWTHER trusted the House would allow the Bill to gointo a Committee. Sir R. SHAW thought that the Bill might be allowed to go into a Committee, as his worthy colleague had declared his willingness to modify several of its clauses. The House then divided—when there appeared— For the Amendment - 47 Against it - - 34 Majority -•- —l3 The Bill was consequently lost. The City-road Bill was read the third time and passed. HAMMERSMITH-BRIDGE BILL. - Mr. H. SIDI N presented a petition from the inhabitants of Rielimond,.in favour of the above Bill. Mr. S. NVIIIT BREAD presented a similar petition from the inhabitant"; of Hammersmith. Mr. BY ii, after presenting a petition to the same effect, from the inhabitants of Kensington, moved the order of the day for the second reading of the Bill. 11Ir. Sergeant ONSLOW opposed the motion. The mea sure he considered to be perfectly uncalled for. There were already two bridges, Kew-bridge and . Putney-bridge, within a mile and a half of the site of the intended bridge, which would lead to a part where there were at present hardly any in habitants. Private rights ought not to he thus invaded • and if this Bill were pz:ssed, the rights of the proprietors of kew bridge would be materially injured. But, leaving private in terests out of the question, this appeared to be a measure that was not called for by the public either in Middlesex or Surrey, and therefore lie should move " that this Bill be read a second time thiS day six months." Mr. HUME hoped the Learned Sergeant would be induced to wave his opposition to this Measure. The Learned Sergeant did not, and could not, argue that bridges were not a very great accommodation. All he said was, that there were al ready two bridges in: existence, one above, the other below the place where it was intended to erect the new bridge ; and he considered that the interest of the proprietors would be affected if an additional bridge was built._ But supposing that to be the fact, still it did not form an objection to the 'principle of the Bill, which was founded on public convenience. It ought therefore to go to a Committee, and if on examin a tion it ap peared that le interests of individuals were affected, a proper Compensation might be awarded to them. ' Mr. SYKES said, that the proprietors of Fulham-bridge had a right, if the present measure. were carried, to come be fore the House and demand compensation for the bridge, which they had built for the accommodation of the public.= Unless some (;entleman assured him • that proper compensa tion should be afforded to those parties, he should certainly oppose the Bill. Lord LOWTHER did not think that the individuals on whoa&behalf compensation was demanded, deserved that ex tensive remuneration for which Gentlemen contended: they had taken very' good care to pay themselves handsomely by the ex action of extravagant tolls. Persons frequently passing and re-passing Putney-bridge paid nearly as much in a year as they could rent a house for in that neighbourhood., He hoped the Bill would be read a second time : the question of compen sation could then be examined in a Committee, and the parties interested would probably be induced to come to some compro mise. At all events, it was most desirable that this bridge mo-i nopoly should he put an end to. Mr. DENNISON believed that the tolls alluded to did not amount to more than 9,000/. or 10,000/. a-year. But if they were as high as 15,0001., he thought those who owned them had a right to claim compensation. That being admitted, lie was favourable to the measure. Heewas glad to see the super: fluous capital of the country laid out in that manner. It was much betterto employ it thu s , i nstea d o f t h row i ng it awa y on Utopian speculations. Sir F. 03IMANEY spoke in favour of the Bill. He com plained strongly of the insecure state of Putney-bridge. Not long since, a friend of his happened to be riding over that bridge, when the fore-feet of his horse sank into a holee and. both horse and rider were placed in a most perilous situation. Mr. LOCKHART contended, that the interests of parties connected with the other bridges in the neighbourhood ought not to be neglected. Unless an assurance were given that they would he properly compensated, he should give the Bill every opposition in his power. Mr. CURTEIS was friendly to the measure. - The question of compensation might be considered in the Committee. Mr. C. PELHAM said a few words, but they were inaudi ble in the gallery. Sir J. YORKE opposed the Bill. It might be very well to! individuals to have good level roads to walk upon —or, to use a homely phrase, that they should have an opportunity of steering; to any point of the compass they pleased; but it was really al heart-rending thing, when roads were cut in every direction I round gentlemen's estates, which previously were 'quiet and retired. The House ought to consider this, and pause before; they passed the Bill. Mr. BYNG defended the measure as one of great public utility. As to compensation, that was a point which could ' only be considered in the Committee. Sir J. GRAHAM said, the intended bridge' would be of no use, unless new roads and approaches were made in its neigh bourhood; • and this.could not be done without sacrificing pro perty to a great extent, as was.tho cane with the Southwark bridge. It was a measure for which there was no necessity, since it would not save .6()0 yards in the distance between Lon don and Richmond, and therefore, in his opinion, it ought not to be countenanced by the House. They were told, that I.the question of indemnity-to the parties, whose intere s t s wou ld be affected„might be settled in the Committee ; but what M- I demnity could be derived from a bridge that would never pay a shilling to the subscribers? If indemnity were intended, it ought to . he charged upon some certain substantial security. For his part, he thought it would be a mercy to the specu• lators themselves, if they were prevented from proceeding farther. Sir J. SEBRIGHT said, if the arguments of those who opposed the Bill were to prevail, no public improvement what soever could take place, because in every instance it must in terfere in some degree with the property of individuals. If they looked to their own times, however, they would find that such arguments were not received as sound ones. Improve ments had succeeded each other beyond all precedent, because wealthy individuals found that to be the beet mode fbr the employment of their capital. He was decidedly in favour of the present measure, for he detested monopolies of all kinds. They only tended to shut the door against useful improve ments. Mr. H. SUMNER advocated the measure as a necessary and proper one. It was said that the new bridge would not save a distance of 600 yards in the journey between London and Richmond : but there were a great many other points in proceeding to which a considerable saving of distance would be effected. Besides, there was much valuable property in the neighbourhood, which, instead of being deteriorated, would be greatly improved by the measure. The Hon. Gentleman had called the persons who projected this bridge speculators : but what were the proprietors of Kew-bridge and of Fulham-bridge but speculators ? (Hear !)—The former, he believed, had some reason to complain of the ill success of their speculation, whilst the latter had just as much reason to exult in the prosperity of theirs. He should cordially vote for the second reading of the Bill. _ _ Mr. Alderman WOOD said, that (putting aside London. bridge) he believed there was as much traffic upon the South. wark-bridge as upon any bridge in town. _ Mt. CROKER supported the Bill, which was then read a second time without a division. SCOTCH COURTS. Mr. KENNEDY wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Peel) whether the report of the commission on the state of the Scotch Courts would be in the hands of Members before the recess; and whether a Bill WaS likely to be brought in soon, in conformity with its recommendations ? Mr. PEEL trusted that the report would be laid before the House previous to the recess. The recommendation of the Commissioners had received the earliest attention from Govern ment; and a measure. would be submitted to Parliament upon the subject, as soon as possible. Ol L-GAS. Sir T. ACLAND presented a petition from Bideford, in fa vour of the Oil Gas-Bill. Mr. HUME presented a similar petition from parsons con cerned in the \Whale-fishery at Montrose. NEGRO SLAVERY. Mr. CURWEN presented a petition from Maryport, for the abolition of nero slavery. Mr. HUME' presented a petition from Dundee, upon the same subject. LINEN TRADE. Colonel TRENCH presented a petition from the Nobility. Gentry, and Clergy of Roscommon against the Repeal of the Linen Bounties in Ireland. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH observed that the private business before the House had already, as it seemed to him, gone too far into the evening. Mr. LAWLEY presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce in Birmingham, complaining of Post-dues exacted at Bristol. Mr. CURWEN presented a petition from the Holders of Foreign Wheat in England ; but from the indistinct tone in which it was read by the Clerk of the House, we were quite unable to collect its import. Mr. GRATTAN presented two petitions from the City of Dublin ; one on the subject of the coal duties, and the other referring to local taxation. DEMERARA.—Mr. SMITH. Sir J. MACKINTOSH presented a petition from the Lon don Missionary Society, complaining of the trial (at law) of one of their Missionaries in Demerara (Mr. Smith), and pray ing for the revision and rescindment of that gentleman's sen tence. In presenting this petition, (the Honourable and Learned Gentleman said) he should abstain from entering into the de tails of the transaction referred to, because it was a matter which would be better discussed when the minutes of Mr. Smith's trial should be laid before the House. He hoped that, all circumstances considered, that course would meet with ap proval, and that Honourable Members would, generally, re serve their observations for the present. The body petition ing, he would observe, consisted of persons of the very highest respectability; they might, perhaps, have been imposed upon by misrepresentation, but certainly they had no wish to impose upon the House. Their present application was not at all in tended to touch the broad question of colonial legislation ; they only desired to ensure safety to their own missionaries, while in the strict performance of religious duty. Mr. W. HORTON regretted that the presenting of the Petition, as well as the discussion of it, had not been reserved until the minutes of Mr. Smith's trial were before the House. If he abstained at present from commenting upon the docu ment produced, he muss be understood as not thereby preclud ing himself from exposing, on a future o c c a si o n, th e extr e m e i naccu racies with which it abounded. lion. Members, in re serving their observations for the present, would do well also to reserve their opinions : lie (Mr. Horton) believed that the petitioners might have no wish to deceive; but in many points, they had (past question) been grievously deceived themselves; and he doubted much, if they had exercised a sound discretion in the course which they had pursued. The Petition was then read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. GRENFELL moved that an account should be laid before' the House, of merchandize lying on the wharfs and quays of the London Docks (distinguishing descriptions) on the sth of April instant. Mr. HLT 31 gave notice, that on Thursday, the .(11)th of Mal. he should make a motion (as we understood) connected with the Irish church establishment ; and on the Ist of June, a motion on the subject of compensation to slave-owners in the West Indies. ENGLISH CATHOLICS. Dr. PHILLIMORE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to • amend the law relative to the marriage, baptism, and burial 0 1 Roman Catholics in England. The object of the AO Learned Gentleman was, to render the marriage ceremony valid when perfi.rmed by a Catholic priest, tees being paid-re- gularly to the Protesttalt Church, and banns also published: there, or licences obtained in the orditr,ry way : also to vary the Act of Parliament, the 52d of the late King, commonly called Mr. Rose's Act, and grant registration as of right, by the Protestant Minister, upon certificate of baptism performettiy the Catholic Clergyman. . . The SOLICITOR.GENERA I, thought that the, law did, not require any alteration ; b u t h e h o p e d th a t i n some st age el ,. ' this Bill, when brought in, the subject would undergo the wog ample 41 iscussion. . Mr. MONCK said that there was great public inconvenience in the present state of the law, on account of the great number :of poor Irish Roman Catholic children which tell upon some of the parishes, because, though born in Popi s h wedlock, they were not held by law legitimate. r. 1). GI ',BERT said, that it was an unnecessary hardship to require the Roman Catholic to be married in the Protestant churches, as they reckoned it among the seven sacraments of their own church. He really thought that something nti,t;lit be done to legitimatize their marriages after publication or banns' in the Protestant church.—Leave given to bring iii a I ill. WEST INDIA PAPERS. Mr. F. BUXTON proceeded, pursuant to his notice_sizae 'no gentleman of his Majesty's Government would oppose hiut• —for the production of a long series of papers relatiVe to the • West India Colonies, including net only general returns, bat )particular documents, proclamations, inatructione from. the, f, home government, proceedings in the iourts..gf justice against .. negroes delinquent ; accounts of French and Spanish slave MI. , portations ; correspondende Upon the subjects of various incur:- . reetions; copy of the proceeding in the trial of two slaves con demned to euhlic-floggingln Trinidad, on the filet of March, 1833, for making groundleSs complaints against their masters together with another series of papers relative to the• Afric" settlements and the Cape of flood Hope, especially in• regard , to the skirmishes with the Bushmen ; returns of killed Oa. wounded within a given time. • Mr. T. WILSON thought that there were so many ohief: tionable matters in the motion, that if any gentleman would second him, he would divide the House upon it. Mr. HUME thought it extraordinary that the lion. Gentle-, man should object to the pre diction of papers and informa tion, as if there could be any danger so great as that which -was likely to arise from suspicion and doubt. Mr. BUXTON said that he had consulted several gentle then deeply interested in the West India interests, and no ob jetion whatever was offered by them to the production of the paperS.—Ordered. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL obtained leave to bring to a Bill to enable infants to transfer dividends under the direc tion of the Court of Chancery. WAREHOUSED WHEAT. In a Committee of the whole House, Mr. lIIISKISSON' said that it was. his intention to apply for leave to bring in •Is Bill to enable those who had foreign grain in warehouses W convert it into flour, on giving security to replace it with a cot-: responding quantity of flour. His reason for doing this was to enable the British capital now shut up in this produce to go out and seek a market. There were immense exportationa of flour from flainburgh and other places to the West India colonies, which; bitt ' for the existing regulations, might se well be supplied by British capitalists. To say nothing,, at present, of the Corn Laws, though he would have no (Alec- - tion to a material alteration of them, there was an advantage which would be felt by the measure now proposed to the con sumption at horns. The greater part of the wheat last 114,1 . - 1 , 6 i was hurt by the constant . raitie.' The grain in the ware houses was too dry, and from confinement for so long a' pent was rapidly &Striving. A mixture would be useful to both storks. It was computed, that a barrel of flour like the Arne-. ricah barrel ought to weigh 1961 b., and that it was equal to fin good bushels of wheat ; but from the waste by long keeping 0 I the wheat in the warehouse, and. the defective state of the last crop, he thought that it would be about a fair average to allow a barrel of flour to six bushels. Mr. CURW EN said, that there would be little danger frog' the measure just now, because there were only 400,000 quarters of foreign wheat in warehouse, and the letting- of that out WO, the market would not produce any thing like the mischief that the opening of the ports would bring—that being an event which they must expect in August. The report was then brought up, and leave given to bring lit; the Bill. Oa the motion of Mr. BANKER, the British Museum BM was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thure• day next. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of .the EXCHEQVURT• the Order of the Day for the amend reading of the Rum Duties Bill was reed. 111 r. lILT:iTE said, that considering how the present duties had the effect of keeping up a monopoly in the rum trite's, it behoved the ttight Hon. Gentleman to provide some remedy for that evil., The only mode, as it appeared to hirn, would be toe permitting rum to be converted into gin. Complaints were made of the conduct of distillers ; but he thought they were unfounded, while the existing imperfections in the lairs alone caused the monopoly. After a few words from Mr. BRIGHT, the Bill was com mitted for Thursday next; as were also (after being read second time) the Beer Duties' and the Sugar Bounties' Bills.. The Exchequer Bills for Public Works Bill was read ICCOIII time, and committed for tomorrow. On the motion of Mr. CHARLES GRANT, the House re solved itself into a Committee on the Fisheries' Acts. The Right Hon. Gentleman stated that the object of this Bill was to reduce the present Bounties upon the Fisheries. In the E nglish Fishery it had been found that these Bounties were not beneficial ; and even in Ireland it was only proposed to continue them for a few years upon a reduced scale. Heintended, how ever, to propose the continuation of a portion of the usual grant, which should be appropriated to building piers in the small bays. This, it was believed, would operate more to the benefit of the fishermen than the continuation of the bounties. • After a short conversation between the Right Hon. Gentle-. man, Mr. - DAVIES GILBERT, and Mr. Brucfrr, the House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up to morrow. The Reports on the Glass Duties' and Sweets' Acts ifere brought up. The Law Stamps' .Repeal Bill was ordered to be committed to-morrow. _ _ The Report on the Savings Banks' Acts was ordered to be brought up on Tuesday, 4th of May. The House then went into a Committee on the Scotch Julies' fill; and having resumed, the report was directed to be brought up to-morrow. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, arid the House adjourned at IIALF-AST NINE. , - • . LIST OF THE MINORITY Mho • voted against the Grant or £5OOOlO/. for. Iltiil2iikr 4 ; - -. Churches.-,•April 12. Althorp, Visct. Hobhouse, J. C. Phillips, G. Seu. Blithe,' Colonel James, W. Itice, T. S. Bernal, It. • Ingilby, Sir \V, Itoharts, A. W. Birch, J. Kennedy, T. F. Bickford, W. Bright, Henry Lambton, .1. G. Seflon, Earl of Calcraft, .1. H. Leycester, It: - SMith, Wm. Cavendish, C. Maberly, J.. Wharton, .1. Colborne, N. W. Moberly, W. L. Whitbread, .C. Cradock, S. •Martin, J. Davies, T. . Monck, J. B. Denman, Thos. • . Normanby, Visct. Duncannon, Visct. Nugent, Lord Grattan, J. Pelham, J. C. TELLERS. Fergusson, Sir R.C• Hume, J. The 'Bill before the House of Commons, roc amending the Act respecting the British Museum,. adds the President of the Society of tho Anti , queries and the President of the Royal Acadomf : to the number of the official Trustees, and givo power to the Trustees to purchase and take lands. The lion. Member for Galway, in taking his rounds a few mornings since to enforce compliance with - big celebrated Bill, found in one of the streets of St. Giles's a native of the Sister Kingdom beating his wife. The Hon. Gentlem;n very humanely interferred ; but the woman flew at him like a tiger, exclaiming, " Does your honGur take MC for a biate baste.' The hamburg Coricspondenien of the 2d instant contains a letter from Philadelphia, dated the last week in February, which states that mortality had greatly increased in that city—so much so that they had had deaths in ono week. _