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to t),,nrtiaci bees so long ; bud as we were well acquainted with the value of those, blessings ourselves, our guilt was still greater in disappointing the ho-pes which we had excited. As to the effect which it had been said the speeches of Members of Parliament had pro duced, he cared little. It was their duty, to ex press _their real sentiments without regarding ef 'feet, which must proceed, not from the speaker, but from the intrinsic weight and justice. of his arguments. Mi. STEPHENS stated, the Gentlemen opposite were wrong in supposing any one on the belich .1)clow him even glanced at the idea that the ques tion 4vas one:of mixed good faith,and policy. Had be _understood that the Ministers intended to rest their defence on that foundatiOn, the very-state ment would. have satisfied 'him of it futility. If the case was really as it had been represen tejl one in which the national faith had been pledged and btoken, he would be ready to subscribe to all that Lad been said against the infamy of the Act, and to consider all motives of policy as mere dust in the balance. The principle on which he hoped to form one of the majority this evening,' was that the question ought not to be 'pre judged before it was possible to produce the documents necessary for its illustration. Did any one.be lieve that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the other Members of Government, x‘otild have got up, and stated distinctly that no breach of na tional faith and honour - bad been committed— ( Hear !)—had it not been in their power to prove thjir assertion ? There was nothing in their con duct which would justify their being pre-judged as guilty; and when he found it stated, that in the recesses of the Alps the high honour and public spirit of the country were extolled, he considered -trifit the tiler/ at the head of affairs were those who had raised her. to that pinnacle of fame. There Tva:4'-nothing before the House on which it could collie to a decision whether a breach of honour had been committed, anti to attempt it would be an injustice. Mr. PoNsoNBN thought, that 'unless Ministers should represent the ProelamatiOns which formed the. subject of the motion as forgeries, a course which he did not think they would adopt, they could have no defence. From the tenour ot their arguments, he thought they meant to allow their anthenticity, but to insinuate, that the Officers from whom they proceeded had exceeded their powers in issuing them. . \WMId this be the groun► .of their - defence If so, he hoped some relative or friend of that Noble - Lord would let him know the charge against .him. But he who was acquainted with him declared, that it -was impOssible he should si g n . sur7ll a Proclamation, without the authority otGovevnment to perform the, promises he had. made. He maintained, that unless Ministers should deny th,e authenticity of the Proclamations of • Lord Wm. Bentinck and Gelieral Dalrymple, and the protest ot the Senate of Genoa, at being obligedto give up the Go vernment to the Piedmontese, every necessary document was laid berm* the House, and there was no cause .for delay. Should Ministers, lire tend that they had been reluctantly compelled to give up thiS point, in order to secure some ad vantage. for England, he, would consider them guilty of having entered into the basest compact. Li - NIBTON in reply, stated, that to see whe ther there remained a spark of ancient English spirit in the breasts of the F..e.pees.eneatives of the Nation, he should call for a A divisicut then took place— For the. previous quest.iod Against it Majority • —49 IRISH FREEHOLDEP-i. • ' Mr. BIIOWN moved for returns of the number of registered Freeholders rated at the value a forty shillings, in each county of Ireland, distitiguish ing baronies, from February 7„1807, to the same date, 1815. Lord G. BERESFORD inquired whether it was tire lion. Gentleman's intention-to bring in a Bill to t:►ke away fro►n those Freeholders the elective franchise Mr. BROWN replied, that his object was to find the amount of Freeholders, in order to judge of the ►►umber of days necessary for polling. Or- Mr. TIIEEMAYNE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act concerning LnnatiaPaurers. FINANCE. On Mr. BROGDEN'S appearing - at the Bar with the Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, Mr. TIERNEY hoped that at this late hour the Chancellor of the Exchequer .would not think of pressing his Resolutions through the House. The CHAkCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed that the Report of the Assessed Taxes should be postponed till Monday, but did not see any rea son why the other Taxes, which were not, likely to meet with any objection, should not be teat! to-night. • Mr. TIERNEY did not intend to object to the ASsessed Taxes in particular, bnt to the whole plan of Finance proposed, and especially to the continuance of the War Taxes. He • thought,. therefore, it would be preferable 'to postpone all the Resolutions at once to any day which- the Chavellor of the Exchequer noght please.. After some further conversation, it was agreed that the War lad Assessed Taxes shOuld be ho ;tom paned till Monday; and that the Resolutions re - specting the new Taxes on Licences under the Excise on Tobacco, and on Newspapers, should be read to-night. They were read accordingly, the others postponed, and the Report was order cal to be taken into further consideration 'to . marcow. RoßtNsoN brought the Malta and Co lonial Trade Bill, which was 'read a first- time. • The Other orders of the clay Were then disposed of, ?Ind the House 'adjourned at half-past Eleven. REsultimmoN I‘4:s —Those who have lain buried, as ic were, for years past, have note risen to a new life of Adventure, in their •eagerness to purefase Tickets and Shares for the Three Thirty Thousand P9und Prizes, and the Five Thousand Guinea efizes to he paid in Gold us soon as'drawn, declaring they had no inducement in the common insipid Schemes 'of late years, and : only buried themselves until the present enlivening Scheme reanimated them, and which seems to please all classes of Adventureis.--- 7 Te Drawing begins sth APRIL.. . MAILS. AJ:ItIvEnI France. DITE—I Li, , ben, 1 Malta, 3 Hantburgb, o Gutteniiurgh. . PII.ICF. OF S'll`;:i(S .THIS u,IY Al TWELVE: u'ci,ncx. Bat)k Stock, I Batik L. AIM. 16 5-lGtlis 3 per Cent. Refl. /144 Brn nllY, I Is. pr. - 3 per Cent.C'ons. G-, . I Excite:l. par per Cent. Cons. H Omnium . ,. dis. ."3 per Cult. Navy Ann. 9:41 (ous. for Account, 64 • HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE XO-NIOIIIIOW. Nlorning, 49 winutes.ivltev 1. I Evening, 14 alinulvs after 2. , V...J 1 * SOLE:11 CIUIS DICF:HE FALICIAI AUPEAT ? LONDON, 11 7 E. D E S D-11; FEII 22,• 1815. The SPeeches in the ilouse of Conunons last night, at least on one sle,/partake too much of kspirit which we must consider to be at once so 4legrading and dangerous, that it is impossible for us to record them in our columns,' without at the same time Lot only entering onr'earnest protest' against them as depidely at variance with the sen timents of the British People, but also denounc ing them in the sevetest terms our pens can e►:zploy. We have no hesitation in asserting, that the unbecoming language used by Mr. WfUT.BREAD and his associates on the Opposition bench, in speaking of . the Allied Sovereigns, is even to themselves discreditable, and to their Country dis graceful. Such abusive epithets applied to per sons so powerful anal elevated, has a tendency to lower our national character all over Europe, where such indecencies are- not permitted : Such bold and unsupported slanders are calculated to beget us many enemies, instead of consolidating the peace of the world. But were we to discard entirely from- our minds the peril . and injustice of such gross proceedings ; surely, as a matter of taste, We could wish the British Parliament to stand higher in the esteem . of. ,mankind than the mere theatre for vulgar declamation, wherein any in temperate person may, under the sanction of the Chair, call the Sovereigns of other Countries— " hucksters and trucksters"; vilify them per sonally with every opprobrious denomination, aml broadly accuse them of " iniquitous and infamous actions." We put it to the sense of the Country—what would we say if we read reports . of such unmannerly and irritating discussions in the French Chambers, or in any other deli berative Body on the Continent ? Would we not, and justly, exclaim against conduct so insulting to our national feelings, so generative of hostile Sentiments among the people of different coun tries, and so little 'to the honour either' of the heads or hearts of those front whom it emanated ? .URon the chief subject under consideration, Genoa, we have scarcely a Nish to say any thing. It is so obviously absurd to press on the discus sion of a tingle and a small insulated point, which cannot be separated from greater and extensive-ar rangements which are yet inconiplete ; such a course is, we repeat, so inconsistent with common sense as not to require the labour of exposure. IV2TC any thing wanted to demonstrate the folly of these pre mature and factious Cabals, it may be found in the blundering feebleness of the harrangue of the No n-filial. Leader of the Talents, Mr. PossoNay. iln order to raise an argument, he and his Friends have, of necessity, recourse to their own imagina tions, whence they suppose what will be the de fences set up by Ministers, and these supposed defences, it is but justice to say; are so feeble as to be susceptible of hieing overthrown by the very ingenious Gentlemen Who raised:theitt,.and whose powers arc certainly not, of the highest order. But we shall examine the question, when its real merits and not its fitheied properties arc k flown. French Papers to the 20th arrived this forenoon. The Gazette de Fr . uttee intimates, in a decided tone, that the fate of Saxony is Cletermiated 5 that the King retains his"crown, but . cedes about one-third of his territories to Prussia. It also asserts gene rally, that matters are settled in a way favourable to the views of France ; but - neither of these re ports arc corroborated by the other Journals. BuoNArAr.TE; it is said, has banished the As sassin who attempted his life from Elba. We should not be surprised if there Was something politique under this'aflair. It is rt / trnonred that the Ballyary Powers are to be put down by authority. .The following are the chief extracts : • " GExoA, F. 9.—Our august Sovereign ar rived the day before yesterday ; great preparations were made to receive his l`dajest)i, who had every reason to be satisfied with the spirit by which we are animated. " The letters from the Isle of Elba state, that litimnaparte has contented lair ;elf with banishing the man who attempted to assassinate hiw fro in ,the ' His Majesty has issued several Edicts, which are most watifyink to us. One of them relates to the special - protection which ow commerce is to receive hy expulsion of the Barbary Corsairs from the Mediterranean. Those persons who were the most determined against the union with Sardinia, are beginning to change their opinion. " Pants, FEB..lB.—The official news from Vi enna confirm the happy intelligence of favourable termination of the \egociation respecting SaXony. The legitimate Sovereign of that Country will re tain his crown, making,' however,. some cessions to Prussia. Thus the legitimate rights of Sove reigns will remain untouched, which, as was ob served by M. TALLEY RAND in his Note of the 19th thi:cctuber, is-the first and most important of po litical principles, because upon that depends the existence of States, and the welfare of the people. " The Kingdoin'of Saxony contained two mil lions of inhabitants ;„ it will, in future, contain thirteen hundred thousand. "The possessions of the Ducal Houses of Saxony, Schwartzburg, and Hcuss - , which are connected n) the Kingdom of Saxony, will prevent the domi nions o► Austria and Prussia from coining in con tact.with each other. The City of Leipsick will not change its Master. " We are assured that the King has appointed ,the Prince of Benevento Grand Chamberlain, and the Duke of Rohan, Grand Ecuyer. " The - repairs _which his Majesty had ordered to be made at the Palace of Versailles are nearly completed. ". MADRID, FEB. 7.—Our new Minister of Fi nances has resigned his office, and has been suc ceeded by M.. Valleyo, Treasurer-General under the reign of Charles IV. " DRESDEN, FEB. 3.—The Prussian Provisional Government .has ordered a contribution of some hundred thousand crowns for the maintenance of the Prussian and Saxon troops. . " VIENNA, FEB. 6.—lt appears. certain that all the great political questions are nearly terminated to the satisfaction of all the parties interested.'' FUNDS. 5 per Cents Bank Actions 70. 90c. 1177 f. 50 c. The following paragraphs from Brussels and Frankfort Papers seem worthy of notice—that re lating to St. Domingo is curious, and, as the Yankee Editors say " important if it be true" : " VIENNA, FEB. 6.—The Austrian Observer con tains the following article : " The arrival of the Duke of Wellington does not a little contribute' to the splendour of the pre, sent period, which will be for ever memorable in' the annals of the city of Vienna. Though the in, habitant§ of this capital are less ardent or less im petuous in the expression of their sentiments than the French or the English, they do not the less appreciate with heartfelt emotion, extraordinary . services, and true greatness. The - warrior who, by his glorious actions in Portugal and Spain, gave. the first example - of a persevering and fortu nate resistance to a despotism which tended to the dominion of the world, and who laid the first stone of the liberty of Europe, has such well-founded titles to the admiration and gratitude of his con temporaries, that wherever he chews. himself, all hearts fly. to meet him. The Victor of Busaco, of ,Salamanca, of Vittoria, and of Toulouse, no longer belongs to 'a single nation, but to the . whole, and the Duke of Wellington must be every whereat home." • " ROME, FEB. I.—We are told to-day that the Neapolitan troops are advancing in th e Marches, along the Adriatic, and that they occupy the three • Legations, " BRUSSELS, FEB. 17.—The King of Napks is givingfeteS and .reyiewing his troops. His army is estimated at 40,000 foot, 18,000 horse, 6,300 artillery, 6000 Guards, 4;200 Marines, and 15,000 free corps, the Corsican Legion, and -other fo.' reigneis—total,. 89,500 men, without counting the National Guard. "• News coming from a good source affirm that at the Congress of Vienna all the Powers have covenanted that the possession of St. Domingo should be guaranteed by a solemn act to Louis XVIII.; that in consequence England itself and the other Maritime Powers,. if necessary, would contribute to the armament and the expedition. In this manner the conquest of that vast colony, which is of such inestimable value to France, would be easily effected, and the occupation of it would leave no room for future fears." The accounts front Genoa in the French Papers are perhaps as apropos and severe a satire upon the revolutionizing orations of " the Talents" in Parliament as could be desired. Last night the PRINCE REGENT honoured Co vent-Garden Theatre with his presence, to see Miss O'Nlitu., perform the character of Mrs, Be verley, in the .Gumester„,, PARLIAMENTA Y PAPERS. ABSTRACT OF IMPORTANT PARLIAMENTARY PAPEAS.--(To be continued regularly) . By Papers laid before Parliament it appears, that the f °l '' lowing are the Amounts of the Revenue actually received in the corresponding Quarters of the Years 1813 anti :0 14, ending sth January, 1814 and 1815 respectivelY:-- 1813. 1814. April Quarter.... 14,934,882 13,99'6,970 July .... October 18,531,218 January 15,495,203 62,957,371 65,429,98 1 So that it appears ther e w as an Increase of. Revenue in the Year ending sth January, of 2,472,610. The Permanent Taxes and Annual Duties pro duced last year 41, 3 5' 03 The War Taxes FOREIGN OpERA.-7—Although 'the Op - era of AT' temisia was curtailed, GENI resumed his character, and SESSI sung well ; still its natural dullnessV jg so preclominant,that much disapprobation w 3 ,/ expressed at its conc l us i on . A new B a ll e t fig''' . lowed, and it etnainly sheaved oif all the dancer s to advantage, but for what the story is ab° l-1 1 C we must refer to the p rogramme . I t was near ly two hours long. The Madager is determined 0 have enough for his money. The Company v" 5 not very numerous. CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 22.—We had but feW arrivals of any kind of Grain this morning, b' what was left over from Monday was quite apo' to the demand ; the sales being exceedingly doll' and scarcely any thing doing, the prices most be considered nominally the same as on Melnday; but where the sales are forced, lower prices mus‘ be submitted to. The port of London is now definitively she against the import of Foreign Wheat, Rye, BO' ley, Beans, and Pease, until the 15th of IU4 next, (the highest duty acting as a prohibition)' and open during that time for Oats at the middle duty of Is. 7d. per quarter. DUEL.—Early on Monday morning a meeting took place behind Holland=house, Kensington , between Captain M. of the Navy, and Mr. consequence of a dispute on the subject of Sir 3 ' MortaAY's Court-martial. The parties were ac companied to the ground by their seconds and I surgeon ; and each exchanged two limas. At tine second fire Mr. H's ball entered the right arty ° Captain M. at the wrist. The seconds now ins tettered, and the parties declaring themselves tisfied, entered a post-chaise which was waitine -the Uxbridge Road, and returned to town t°' gether. An eropement has taken place within the las t week, froma boarding-school near tow n , a your'', Lady, not above 15 years of age, with a Corvo of heavy dragoons, aged 17. The Lady is pP S : sessed of considerable_ fortune, and the 1) 3 0 1 ., couple, in the first stage of the journey to Gretna' drove a tilbury to Barnet. SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning a coachman Ctrs his throat at - ,SMITH'S Livery Stables, Pie c adit and expired soon after. It i s s upp ose d that was driven to this rash action by severe distress' MURDER.--Thursday last, the wife of Mr. Me t ; tees, a farmer,' of Whitechurch, was murdered b / her servant man . , whilst Mr. Metters was attelw; Jug the Plymouth market. The wretch struck 1 1 5 on the head with a round h oo k, an d a f ter ular‘ , conveyed the body i n t o th e ou t-h ouse , an d c ove,. cat it with loose straw ; he then plundered the house of money, and sonic silver spoons, w it i i which he absconded. He was soon afterro f ' apprehended at a public-house at Dartutoor. EXECUTION.---This morning Ja 01 ! ri t Richard Moore,' fo r ro bbi ng C apta i n PATRIDGF". if! the month of N ovem b er l ast , on hi s r e turn ho i r through the Shepherd an d Sh e ph er d ess Fields' near Islington, were, pursuant to their sentence' executed before the Debtors' door, Newgate' These young men were brought at eight o 'cln,c - 0 upoo the scaffold, and were d ecen tl y d resse d, " e, one in a suit of mourning, an d t h e ot h er i n blue' They were attended by the Ordinary of Newg 3te e i t i and, on ascending the temporary- platform 1)0%, Ulrike times to the spectat o rs, an d a ft erwa rds Ci t , tered into prayer with th e i r a tt en d an t ; a nd 13fi , only then, but previous to their leaving the r e it son, they had both e x p resse d th e j ustness o f th sentence, and most penitently, throughout t whole of the melancholy scene, exhibited a deg r .` t o 'of proper c o n t r iti on , an d res i gne d t h emse l ve s c' e l tet fortitude to their fate, which a few minutes o l ere eight o'clock they. underwent. Their bodies v v . e i r taken down at nine o ' c l oc k, an d d e li vere d to t 4 relations for intern - 16m. OLD BAS LEY .—Ye&tetday these Sessions en ( when Sentence of D ea th was passe d on t he. f° 4 lowing Prisoners : J , O ° James Driver, for returning f:om transportation ; • „gsg Stacey, fur horse-stealing; at stsinah Lawn alias Jen a ' p ei and Sarah' Ward, for high treason ; Richard Grape, ‘t o • James, Elizabeth Mary Turn er , an d J o h n L ane , fur for ing in dwelling-houses ; Sarah Perry and George Jun e aor" stealing privately in ' ' Curtis, shop ; Joseph John Sar h ;j a ro Joseph Pli.dges,JohnAlcock, and John Varnel, for bu r eberY/ Timothy Desmond, alias Desmore, for burglary and at 55 and Elizabeth.Ringrose, who was capitally convieted ` t 1,114 last Sessions, for stealing in a dwelling-house. Tw 9 fots t7 - transported or life; fulaiffr fourteen years, and thirty for seven years. BIRTHS. if, Scot ct, tb e '6're ...st. at Macdun, ..and, Mrs. BisseTl of Captain Biss e t; 9th Royal Veteran Battalion, of a 5 , °- 0 1. 0 ?" On Sunday last, at Hexton-H o us e , the' L"4 seph -Lautour, - Esq. of_a son. . On the 6th inst. at M MART irn. CcJ r7 At St. Mary-le-Strand Church, Captain John Larliin,.seo4 yell, of the ship. Forbes, Eaa-lath:small, to MISS Campbell. • , . , DIED. - .0 .01" f On Thursday last, Mr. Austin, Bank er , o f Wottoo f o. Edge. . . • titer 'On Sunday last, Cha r l o tt e E r .ki ne , th e e ldest ( 13 " 1.- John Erskine, Esq. of the Grove-HOuse, Ai.ensingto Ibmwsersamawposamssim.... Gr ay „ 1 LONDON: Printed by J. B. CARSTAIRS, No 7 : ? ; j rot fl 4 'e fi, buildinzs; and imblisfied by 'N. A. SCRIPPS, o',,,—t.ert'A—, at -the St7N-OFFICE, No. 112, • Strand ; 'where meats, Orders ; 1-etterscost-pa;(l , c. mast •