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_ i ~:: a elper -Hams 62i a 'and satop,• er 4ba gd • ‘ ' k lig ~...i.' , P. ' O . , • 1 , f-'• -• - - 0:V , , ....,,- .7----- • , 1 , Ell 0 , , ~.-..- • . , , 4: . 5, ,,,,4 : 4:,7 6 4, ---....‘" ' -,,. ~../ ~, \ • . ... ' I T st. - . u .-~, Od a 409 Od Od 04 ad a — 8 _ A "' Od a -- 8 Od a •"'‘ „ y r n / - 4-1) / - 6.4 „ • - k * ”. C f€ Od A S 9 84s 0 •• aelsd re. er bushei m q uarter qtiartet r bushel r sack. NUMBER 9842. TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1824. PRICE SEVENTENCE. WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. INDIA. PAR LI AME NT, HOUSE OF COMMONS. TIRE COURT of DIRECTORS of the -11 " WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that an EXTRAORDINARY COURT or GENE RAL MEETING of this Company will be held at this House on Friday, the 19th instant, at One o'Clock in the Afternoon, pursuant to the following Requisition, agreeably to the Act of Parliament : " West India Dock House, March 5, 1824. THE DIANA STEAM PACKET. _,~. Mr. S. RICE brOught In A bill for .incorporating the Inbai. 2 niart Mining Company, which was read a first me. Mr. HART DAVIS time. Mr. braught in a hill for oriabling the ccr poration of Bristol to a:ter tbe toon dues and Mayor's whiCh was read a first time.' • - • ' Cd a 46 O a td a es 0 1 Per boll -0- HOUSE OF LORDS, MA Icki 8. SLAVERY IN THE COLONIES. The Bishop of EXETER, the Duke of SO.M . ETISET, and the Bishop Of LICHFIELD and COVENTRY, presented Pe titions from St. Hillary in the County of Cornwall, Hol bech in Lincolnshire, and several other places, praying for the Abolition of Slavery in the Colonies.—Read and laid on the table. WEST INDIES. Mr. H. SUMNER. obtained leave to bring in a bill foi. Incorporating a second gaslight (=Piny in the Borough o f Southwark. lacy is 641 Mr. NV. PEEL presented a petition from fhe victuallers of Tomworth against the excise iicences. lie toot the optiOr, tunity the Exchequer, if it was the intention of Ministers to reduce the London duty on calm, in equ2:l proportion with the duty on coals ? a 765 . od, irky $ ; Besot lars, Cs Od' Veal, Sci " We the undersigned Members of the West India Dock Company (being severally Proprietors of five hundred pounds or upwards of the said Company's Stock), do hereby request a Special General Court or Extraordinary Meeting of the said Company may be called, for the purpose of considering the expediency of making certain further reductions of rates, in consequence of the present state of the Company's Funds, and on - other special affairs. " JOHN BOURDIEU " RICHARD LEE Earl BATHURST had giyen notice some days since, that it was his intention, on Friday next, .to lay certain papers before their.Lordships 2 relative to the state of the Negro Population of the West Indies, and at the same time to explain the mea sures adopted by, his Majesty's Ministers, for the religious and moral improvement of the Slaves. A circumstance had -since .occurred which rendered it necessary for him to postpone his notice. He should: therefore fix on Tuesday se'nnight for that purpose, and moved that-the Lords be summoned for that day. —Ordered. Mr. - BERRIES undertook to answer, so fai as stating, that the duty - on - London coals would hthught. as nearly as fos.:, sible to the rate of duty paid by Other otnnities. ' Mr. MUNDY presented a petitidir froth Glossop, in Derby.. shire, against negro slavers.' ' • • 11r. MANSFIELD presented a petition from the Vietualers of . Leicester againtteactst. lice nest Mr. T. WILSON preSented a similar petition from th. - 1 victualer* of the ward of Aldgate, in' the, - city of Liondo#. SILK. DUTY. •:. tton 56 0 per bead , QCs '7l Oa ;w os *0" olt—OkAt Id a Os Od Id a 7s O d , la6sOa upply of at more r quarter al rather )ats and and the I4s a 55' lOs a SOs ,48 a 50. 161 a Sys .4s a si l ' 5s a 5 0 ' II a 341 a 20s Od a Lisa a 16s 01 a —s Oa s 40s 01 a 478 0 7 —s Du !ly sup an ad" tat day. quarter I prices• ls a 50 6 35 a 406 Is a SO -a a --$ .5 a 54 It n l O-• es Inec he first - • , wen r-noted ntinnes 54501 44s Oa —3 0( 1 43; :0 4 er sack at Was me a, p a --. I a 41' ; A 1• 18 Itis a 90 1 a 16 1 a 90 4 a IB+► a BIS a 105 Dar' ; Hog Oat , . 54a ; is ocl; s, O•• --a; 34e is s °di sack. ,riefe I per bent I nd Deaf oadi )5 04. Ss 0 (1 ' _, 43 1 * ad, tics 40* Ot 4 It3 lll ices, hits, so ld ropo i Ss 11 0 s Wltt Inf. *.'" 6 Secresy will be observed. N- O STItE -is hereby given by-the. LORDS COMMISSIONERS of HIS MAJESTY'S TREA SURY; that all Persons desirous of signifying their Assenr to receive CS 10s. per Centurn Annuities, in lieu of £4 pet Centum Annuities, directed to be paid off, in pursuance of a 'Resolution- of the House of Commons, of the 24th Fe bruary, 1824, in the manner therein specified, must signify 1401 1 Assent on or before the 6th April, 1824, to the Gover nor Ind Company of the Banks of England, or of Ireland, R ecording as the Dividends may be payable. F , Trns for expressing such Assent have been sent to the al Country Bankers in Great Britain and Ireland ; and 11 ' "). alfti 4 be had of the Postmasters of every Market Town gre:dt Britain and Ireland, as well as the Banks of Eng rtarl.lreland respectively. I sa r. B. The Assents addressed to the Banks of England and Ireland- respectively will be delivered free of Postage; but c are most be taken that they are put into the Post-Office in ulfficient time to be delivered in London or in Dnblinors the vase may be, on or before the 6th April, 1824. EAST INDIA HOUSE, March 5, 1884. E COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, T hat a GENERAL COURT of the said Company will h e held at their House in Leadenhall-street. on WEDNES DAY, the _ 31st Instant, from Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon until SIX in the Evening, at the desire of the undermentioned Proprietors, viz Jamas Patterson William Flower J. C. Farmer Randle Jackson • G. Chalmers Samuel Dixon Henry Gahagan Edward Goldsmid John Addinell Alexander Nowell. Edward Walpole, To ballot on the following question, rii.:— " That application he made to Parliament in the present Nession for the Repeal of the 46th Clause of the Act of the 534 Geo. 111 . cap. 155, by which the Court of Directors is pro hibited from sending to India, in the capacity of a Writer, any Person who shall not have resided during Four Terms at the Haile hury College." • JOSEPH DART, Secretary. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, February 2tl, 1824. NOTICE is hereby given to . all Persons de , girous of contracting to supply the following Articles for the Use of the Army, viz.:— BREAD--To his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the under-mentioned Counties and Islands:— Bedford, Berks (including the Town of Hungerfora), Ber ewick, Bucks, Cambridge (including the Town of Newmar bet), Chester, Cornwall (including Scilly), Contherland,• Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex (exclusive of Tilbury Fort), Gloucester (including the City of Bristol), Hants, Hereford, Hertford, Hunts, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Kent (including Tilbury Fort, in the County of Essex), Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlesex, Monmouth, _Norfolk, Nor thampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Oxford, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Westmorland, Wilts, Worcester, York North and South Wales-, in the several Counties in North Britain, and in the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey. As also Bread to the Household Troops in London and its Vicinity. OATS; to his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses, , in Cantonments and Quarters, in the under-mentioned Conn _ Bedford, 13erwick, Buck, Cambridge, Chester, Curnhet land, D er b y, Durham, .Gloucester, Hereford, Hertford, Hunts, Leicester, Lincoln, Monmouth, Oxford, Rutland, S4IOP, &WON, Westmorland, Wilts, Worcester, North and South Wales. FORAGE, viz. -..OATS jeity's Caval ry and HAT, and STRAW—To his Ma- Artillery Horses in Barracks, and flats, in Cantonments a nd Quarters, in the under mentioned Counties in South Britain : Berks, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hants (including the Isle of Wight), Kent, Lancaster, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Somerset, Suf folk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, York, and in the several Counties in North Britain. That the Deliveries are to commence on and for the 25th day of April next; that Proposals in writing, sealed up, 'and marked "Tender for Army Supplies," will he received at this Office on or before Tuesday, the 30th day of March next, but none will be received after Twelve o'Clock on that Day. P roposals must be made separately for each County and island, except for the Counties comprising North and South Wa les) all of which must be included in one Tender; likewise the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey; as also the several Counties in North Britain; and ",'ll Proposal must have the Letter which is annexed to ahe Tender properly filled up, by Two Persons of known I'voPerty, engaging to become bound with the Party ten <l'4l4, in the amount stated in the printed Particulars, for th e due Performance of the Contract ; and no Proposal lus noticed unless made on a printed Tender, and the i t ices exp resse d i n Words at length ; and should it so ha ppen that during the continuance of the Contract no Tro ops should be supplied by virtue of the same, the expence of the Stamps on the Contract and Bond, paid in the first instance by the Contractor, shall be refunded to bins. Particulars of the Contracts may be had upon application at this Office, between t he hours of Ten and Four. ( 4( 8 . Samples of th e B rea d an d M ea l ma y b e s e en a t th e ce betwe en the hours of Twelve and Two. STRICTURES CURED, tr a new Method the above troublesome k 4 , 3 „ .. Complaint is entirely eradicated, (without the use of c e: tt p l e , n, t e e ot t i ) .s r tit C u a t i i t t s m t l i , cd , , whether of low , or shoi t standing, ex , generally atl as well as all weaknesses em ai W i nYulg it, and in a short time the whole system is re -133. j:hed, being one of the greatest discoveries ever made. it..`'"N LNCH, 4 , 1, Duke-street, St. James's. t e -Pectabl e re f erences will be given, if required.—All Let „..rPhst_paid or.? i ' A le price o f th e M ed i cine is Four Poun d s a pareel. T ,' Ik e ,Lerrect Cure f or Bili ous Aff ect i ons an d Ohstrartions in This Day was published, In Two Volumes, Octavo, with Portraits. price 2Ss. COWPER'S PRIVATE CORRESPOND ENCE. Now first published from the Originals, in the Possession of the Editor. Published and Sold by H. Colburn, 8, New Burlington street. - We are most h a p py to learn that the Di ana Steam Packet succeeds to admiration, stemming the rapid freshes of the river with a velocity Perfectly astonishing. She left Chandpaul Ghaut at 11 A. M. of Saturday, 16th August, in charge of 111 r. Anderson the Engineer, and piloted by Mr. Branch, Pilot Bason, for Serampore, to take on board his Excellency, Col. Krefting the Governor; she manoeuvred off the town for some time, until his Excellency and suite embarked, when she pro ceeded up to Chinsurah. The whole time occupied in running the distance from Calcutta to Chinsurah was between six and seven hours. There was no flood, but, on the contrary, the fresffes were very strong, running at the rate of at least 6 or 7 knots per hour, yet th e steam-boat moved up the river against this extraordinary current at the rate of 4 or $ knots, a proof of her speed that must be satisfactory to the most sceptical we should think.. In the afternoon the vessel returned to Scram . pore, where his Excellency and suite, with the rest of the party on board, landed and partook of an elegant entertaiment pre iiated for the occasion- The party returned to Calcutta on 'Sunday morning. . the vessel' passed up, the bank of the river were crowded with natives gazing with stupid wonder on this novel scene. To behold a vessel thus stemming a furious tide without the aid of oar or sail, and sending forth from a black column standing in the usual place of a mast a.volume of smoke, was indeed a sight well calculated not only to excite the curiosity, but to work on the superstitious fears of the natives; they gazed on it with silent amazement or with loud- expressions of astonish ment, as the feelings of fear or curiosity predominated, utterly unable to divine the power by which the vessel was impelled with such velocity. Such was the effect of this specimen of the triumph of science over the elements on some of the more ig norant natives, that several of them, it is said, actually leaped out of their boats into the river . through fear. We do not vouch for this; but it is by no meene improbable. Be this as it may, the passing of the stem Boat occasioned a complete na tive holiday, nor were the natives the only beholders of the in teresting spectacle, for every window in every house in Scram pore, Chatdernagore, • and Chinsurah, that commanded a view of the river, was filled with eager spectators. There is every reason to believe that this first trip up the river on the steam-boat wiil be succeeded by many others, for all the party speak with rapture of the delight they experienced in the trip, and declare, they never passed a pleasanter day in India. To those who have only one day in the week, in which they can either for recreation or the renovation of health take a trip up thnxiver, to Chandernagore or Chinsurah, the steam boat presents the only eligible opportunity of ,inclulging their inclination—during the freshes, for by any other water convey. Luke, when they prevail, the day would be half gone, ere they could reach the length of Serampore even. The present party was planned by Mr. John Hunter, and composed partly 'of some of the Officers of H.M.S. Jupiter, and several resident gentlemen of Calcutta. They are unanimous in recommending the Steam-boat to the patronage of the public. The hire of her for a day is 200 rupees : but when it is considered how numer ous for individuals, it will not, pence will reduce i t to a mere when v-eant more particularly her ous a party she will ac commodate, and that the division of ex we think, be deemed ex za , ver s uperior accommodations, and the velocity and certainty with which the trip may be performed in her, are taken into account. We ardently hope that the public spirit of Calcutta will never suffer the first Steam-boat that ever glided over the waters of the HooghlY, to become alosing concern to the indi viduals interested, in the property Of her, for want of their pa tronage. Forbid it all ve - on whom - Fortune has bestowed the means of averting a resultso discouraging to all future effects to promote the cause of science and the arts, and add to the sum of human enjoyment. THE STEAM BOAT. the o - 's ship had on board, we understand' Leers of his Majesty am the river on Saturday, Jupiter. She called at Ser 1 , ent f sett tm , proceeded to Chandernagore, The Steam-boat which proc:I re e: 1 : 1. the Governor o that having taken on board 1 , -of an entertain 0 1 for them b landed and partoan. from whence she returned in about two hours. The party then Governor. About midnight they t w h a e sat anchor off the flag start gnaut at ilarrackpore, and pro ceededwhich to Calcutta early on Sunday morn i ng . From an expe rionccd nautical man how wi tnessed her rnanceuvres of Seram. pore, we learn that she is, in every respect, the best suited of any thing fora pitssage-boat on the river, or tbr assisting ships ih passing difficult parts of i t , by towin g veial times, and from them over. She sailed backwards and forwards at Sra pore several the came authority to.hich w e .h avU before allu d e d , we learn that the utmost speed of' Whi c h this boat is capable, laying w aside the conSideration of the tide being either for, or against her, is about ten miles an hour, her favour, her motiOn would be proportionally ac tl ut t t e re , rme w npt e ts swifter and vice versa. The banks of the river were crowded all the ex tent of her cruize with Europ e " s as well as natives, and many Of cootie, with the tide in expressions of wonder and surpriz2 escaped from the latter at cafidits shoals, at steam navie . ation in this coun. :try, and that, too, on a river remarkable fo'r the strength of it 4 , 1 1) 1 a t a h s d e t hlaiulumsmbQ number t e e i. n made cur inipotent powers of steam. The al, and the intricacies of its channels. The result is, that the attempt was crowned with such a manner as to ensure to the natives of this country a complete success, and we tru s t centinuance of the advantages to be derived from its more ge that it will now be followed in neral adoption.—( Calcutta Monthly Journal. ) ---- .... FIRE IN THE SHIP ARGYLE, Authentic accounts reached town this morning, that the ship Argyle, Captain HARDIN - a, proceeding to China, was on the morning of the 11th i t. when below Saugor, discovered to be seriously on fire befifeen the f o i e end main hatchways bet eon decks, they were obliged to scuttle the dock, and break out cotton at both hatchways; by seven, A.M. the fire was entirely extinguished—about 50 or 60 bales of cotton were burnt, but no other injury sustained.-- The cause of the fire had not been discovered, but from its situation, it is apprehended to have been intentionally done, as no person had been at work in that part of the ship since she left Diamond Harbour. Every assistance was afforded by the Asserghur pilot vessel, and the ships Westmoreland and Roberts. The Argyle has returned to the New Anchorage.— (Bank:hall Circular, August 12, 1823.) , WHISKEY SMUGGLING.-- ' Tie Brewers and Spirit Merchants of Carlisle have determined to memoralize the Treasury, on the consequences of smuggling Scotch Whiskey over the borders into England. Vast numbers of persons are en gaged in the illicit traffic, and it is supposed that from 8 to 10,000 gallons a week are smuggled into Carlisle and its vicinity, at about 6s. per gal lon, introducing drunkenness into the cottages and farms. The Lent Assizes commenced at N'ewcastle upon-Tyne on Thursday last. Sir JOHN BAILE his Majesty's Judge of Assize, arrived safe the evening before at the Mansion-house, with his suite. The business is . not heavy. Letters from Leghorn mention, that the pleurisy had raged this winter at Florence to such a degree, that 1,118 personi bad died since the commencement of the present year. In Rome; too, it would seem great siCkness pre. veiled. Even at St. Petersburgh, according to the Russian let ters of the 4th ult. there were an unusual number of invalids, owing to frequent and sudden changes in the atmospheric temperature. EXT R AORDINARY CASE OF DROPSY.—On Sa turday last a female, who resides on the estate of Walter 111‘Gwire Esq. Clonea Castle, within three miles of Dungar van, and who has for a considerable period been afflicted with the dropsy, was tapped, for the sixty-first time, by Surgeon Quinn, of that town, who computes the average taken at each • tapping, to thirty quarts, amounting in the whole to the enormous quantity of eighteen hundred and thirty. quarts, or four hundred and fifty-seven gallons and - a hay,• within the short period of three years. This is certainly the most extraordinary of any local case that has, occurred for years, at least that has come within our knowledge; and what adds to the singularity of it, the female appears in good health, and has frequently walked into Dungarvan from her residence, where she transacted her business, underwent the operation, and returned h orn eon the following day. —( Dubli n Correspondent.) " WM. MITCHELL "ROBERT LANG " GEORGE HIBBERT " DAVID LYON "JOHN PLUMMER " JOHN HY. DEFFELL " ANDREW COLVILE " JOHN IRVING " /ENEAs_i3A-rild;LV. " C. ROBERTSOIsI.", By Order of the Court, H. LONGIIiISiDS, Sec. West India Dock House, March 5, 1824. N.B. • The Chair will be taken at 2 o'clock precisely. NA TO UAIENT to the MEMORY of DIB .,f_L - PATRON. The . Right Hon. the Earl of HARCOURT, &c. &c. &c. CHAIRMAN. Admiral Sir JOSEPH YORKE, K.B. AI.P. &c. The STEWARDS to the FESTIVAL on Friday last beg to return their warmest acknowledgments to the Gentlemen of the Musical Profession, for the kind and truly disinterested manner in which they volunteered their gratuitous services, and contributed to the delight and gratification of the brilliant as semblage of Ladies and Gentlemen who honoured the Meeting with their company; nor can the Stewards be unmindful of the kind offers which they have received from several distinguished Female Vocalists and eminent MN sicians—offers which, though unavailable at the Festival, will be gratefully accepted in sup port of a Public Concert at some future period. Communica tions from such as may still desiie to contribute their talei?ts, and letters upon all business connected with the object, are re ceived at the Bar of the Freemasons' Tavern. Subscriptions are received by the Treasurers, Messrs. Ran som' Bankers, P a ll- ma ll E ast, an d at the Tavern.—A List will be announced in a very few days. TO BE_SOLD BY AUCTION, - •Bi At his . ROOMS, -- No. 3, WELLINOTON-STREET, STRAND, on MONDAY, 29th of MARCH, and Eleven following Days, (Sunday excepted), at Twelve o'Clock , ..,. THE highly valuable . Collection of PRINTS, the'Property of the late Sir MARK MASTERMAN SYKES, Baronet, of Sledmere-house and Settrington, in the County. of York : PART THE FlRST,—Consisting of a series of BRITISH PORTRAITS, from the Heptarchy to the end of the Reign of William 111., comprising a capital assemblage of extremely rare and curious Prints, including several unique ;—Beautiful P Matchless ass Fana d i i l s y pla d Equestrian and Hisiorical Engravings, by Delaram, Elstracke, Ito iio te , r r s ~ theA &c. o ;—the Productions lYorksof ‘l. the of that Cele brated 'Artist, W. FA I ' rii rtNE, many Df- them Brilliant Proofs, &c. &c. &c. Catalogues (price 3s. 6d.) may be nowhad of Oxford; Mr. Thorpe, Cambridge • Mr. Laing, Edinburgh; Messrs. Hodges and M'Arthur, Dublin; 3le s s rs . 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Why are you wandering here, I pray - - 2 0 Billy Lackaday's Lament - '• - - - 1 6 I'll not be a maiden forsaken •- - - - 2 0 A Secret - - - - - - 2 0 How can you abuse an easy woman so - - 1 6 The offerings love we bring to thee - - - 2 0 Likewise the following new Compositions : Skippity, whippity, nippity, hop ! - - - 2 0 Our own fire-side - . - - - - 2 0 Then waltz with me, love - - - - 2 0 This Rose to calm my brother's cares=-Bth edition - 2 6 The Fair Haidee - - - - - 2 0 My life, I love you - - - - - .2 6 Bright be the place of thy soul - - - 2 0 When we two parted . - - - - 2 6 Well, thou art happy - - 2 0 - - - - - - 2 0 Yes, Love indeed is light from heaven - - 2 6 Bound where thou wilt my barb - - - 2 6 Thou art not false, but thou art fickle - - 2 6 Think not thou art what thou appearest - - 2. 6 The castled crag of Drachenfels - - - 2 6 As o'er'the cold sepulchral stone - - - 1 6 eeLSO THR FOLLOWING SONGS, FROM " ADA RE,6:' .• Sir Henry de Varx."—Pgice sr. Poetry by Lady Caroline Las.b. Maine by I. Nathan. . _ „,..,-- Sir liecry deTatax sane {-erase the 1,,, To T 1 - eit his en - tie• cline. ~.4. E ==minutmeeemememmoint !re= '. ea elV''' , .........7 . 7o=e• mr ai§iiiWifteme. , . Sing not for othars."—Price sr. SOUTH AMERICA. The Marquis of LANSDOWN had on Friday last intimat ed his intention of putting so me ques ti ons t o th e Noble Earl opposite, on the subject of the papers which had been laid on the table on the previous day, relating to South America; and though, front circumstances which had taken place eliewhere,- some of the points on which he bad wished for information might be-cOn!idered as already answered, yet he still had three distinct questions on which he. was desirous of obtaining expla nation from the Noble Earl. The first question arose out of that part of the memorandum of the conference which took place between the Prince de Polignac and Mr. Canning in the month of Oct - ober last, which related to the trade of this country with South America. It was stated, that permission to trade with the Spanish colonies had been conceded to. Great Britain in the year 1810. Now he certainly did not recollect to have seen any treaty to that effect, .or any document containing a stipulation .or concession of the kind described. He would, therefore, be glad to know whether any such stipulation or con cession existed, and where it was to be found. His second question related to the last dispatch of Mr. Canning, dated Jan. 30, which contained an offer of mediation between Spain and her colonies made on the part of this country, He thought that sufficient time had elapsed for receiving an answer to this dispatch, which answer would, doubtless, enable his Majesty-7s Ministers to come to a final determination on the measures they were to adopt. He therefore wished to he informed whether. any answer had been received to this dispatch.. • His third question was, perhaps,stillmore important.: In the same dispatch of Mr. Canning it was stated, that a communication of the sentime-As of his Majesty's Government on the subject of South America had been made to each of the Powers now invited to a conference at Paris. The communication thus made to Russia, Austria, Prussia, and France, it appeared, wasin.substance similar to what was stated in the dispatch and . the conference with Prince Polignac, Ile wished to ask the Noble Earl whether his Majesty's Gbvernment were in posses sion of any answer to this communication from the Powers to which it had been made. The Earl of LIVERPOOL wished to give the Noble Mar quis every satisfaction in his power to give in the state in which the question now 5t00d..,. W ith respect to the first question, there doubtless never had been any dittinct stipulation or con cession.by treaty of permission to the merchants of this country to trade with South - America ; but, undoubtedly, ever since the year 1809, when the first separation of the Spanish Colonies from the Mother Country took place, their Lordships must be aware that a trade had de facto existed. In all the conferences which had taken place with the Governments of Spaia froth the commencement of the separation of the Colonies before and after the restoration of Ferdinand, there never had been any question made as to the assent of the Spanish Government to this commerce. Under these circumstances he could state that, notwithstanding the various changes which had taken place in. the Government of Spain, there- had always existed a complete understanding of the existence of a free commercial intercourse' between the subjects of this country and the provinces of South America ; but as to any express•areaty or stipulation to • that effect, there certainly was none. As to the second question of the. Noble Marquis, namely, Whether any answer had been received to the dispatch of Mr. Canning, he had to reply in the • negative. There certainly had been no answer returned as yet. • His Majesty's Ministers were merely informed of the receipt of the dispatch, and its communication to the Spanish Government, but no official answer whatever had been received from Madrid. With regard to the third question of the Noble Marquis —as to' the communication of the course adopted with respect to South answer also er h t a n d e dispatch, hitherto had beenberceiLi America by his Majesty's Government t o t h e other Powers which had been mentioned —he had to state, that that course, a co s ceived in pursuance of such com munication. He wished now n d l e n s o c r o i i b e e a d t e i d n t possession of their Lordships were co mmunicated for the pur pose of making known to Parliament w hat was the actual posi on to say one. word on the general subjec t. Th e p a p ers n ow in the i b le ut e Th fe a r t e-n n c o e' non in which the country stood as to . the question of the Spanish Colonies. These papers sufficiently explained what course his Majesty's Government bad held on this important question, what had already been done, and by what principles the Go vernment bad hitherto been guided, and'would be guided,. in future. Under these circumstances, he conceived that his Ma jesty's Government were entitled to the confidence of Parlia ment, and he had no hesitation in saying that he would resist any proposition which implied the contrary. He considered his Majesty's Government to be entitled to the full confidence of the House on the principles laid down in the papers. If the Noble Marquis should be of a different opinion, it certainly would be comp e t en t for him to bring forward the motio n of of which h e h a d g i ven notice, and in that cane he sho u ld b e pre pared to justify the course pursued on this question by his Ma jesty's Government. The Marquis of LANSDOWN understood from what the Noble Earl had stated, that no answer had been received by hie Majesty's Government to the communication made by them to the Continental powers on the subject of South America ; he wished also to be informed whether any communication had been made to Ministers of the answers returned by the Govern ments of France, Russia, Austria, and Prussia, to the invita tion of the Spanish Government to a conference at Paris. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that no communication to the answers of those Powers had been received by his Majesty's Government. Lord HOLLAND wished to know whether the Powers al luded to had made no communication of their intentions: . The Earl of LIVERPOOL replied, that not the slightest in timation had been received. He would not say that conversa tions had not taken place with some of their Ministers, but no official communication had been received from any of them. Lord .HOLLAND considered the answer given by the Noble Earl perfectly satisfactory. It was just . what he eXpeet et! from Min. The Marquis of LANSDOWN was also to understand that no answer whatever had been received to Mr." Cunning's Dispatch . . The Earl of LIVERPOOL said nothing farther than what had already been explained. That dispatch had been.cOmmu nicated by Sir W. A'Court to the Spanish Minister' to be laid before the King at Madrid ; but no answer; farther than he had stated, had yet reached this country. Earl GROSVENOR referred to the passage, in the confer ence between Mr. Canning and Prince Polignac, in which it is stated, that Great Britain " would Consider any foreign inter ence by force, or by menace, in the dispute between Spain and the Colonies, as a motive for recognizing the bitter without d c • lay." The Noble Earl obserVed, that this language waA stronger than that contained in the letter to Mr. Canning. 1-ij wished to know whether Ministers adhered to the intention of making any foreign menace a motive for recoghizing the SoUth American States? The Earl of LIVERPOOL saw no difference in sense be tween the two Papers. With respect to the word " menace," its meaning was vague, and depended upon the purport given to it by the person who used it. Ile should understand by it, as it appeared in the Papers, any tbre . at accompanied by an overt act which implied an intention of carrying' such threrit into execution. - _ _ Here the conversation ended. On the second reading of the Austrian Loan Bill, Lord HOLLAND intimated that he would propose some amendment in a future stage. • . Mr. RnoODEN and others, from the Commons, brought un the Irish Churches' Rate Bi. and the Annual Indemnity Fill which were read a first time.—Adjourned. Various petitions vrerc: presented from per Sons concerned the silk trade, upon the subject of the intended repeal 'of pro-, hibitions, and the reduction of duties on raw silk—some of them directly against those Measures-some praying for time to. intervene before their. .atloption-iind some for an allowance.itS' to the duties for the stock on _ _ _ _ Mr. MUNDY presented a petition from the Silk4.llrowe,trt,t and Weavers in the County of Derby ! . Lord GEORGE CAVENDISH supported it. Mr. EGERTON presented a similar petition from Sand.; bach, in the County of Chester. Mr. DAVENPORT presented similar petitions from the Silkmen and from the Corporation of the Borough of QM gleton. Mr. BLACKBURNE presented a similar petition from the' .Silkmen of Manchester. Mr. MABE RIX- said, that it was striking to observe the anxiety which the intended alterations in the Silk-laws had created out of doors, which was not only manifested by the pc- . titior.s presented, but by the _crowding of the London trades men and weavers about the passages of the house.. The Hon. Gentlemen on his side of the House had been constant in their demands on the Government for a,reduction.. of the duties on raw produce, the removal of which was likely to lead to a large additional trade in the respective manufactures. Ministers hac4 'at length, come into that view, end' measures were likely tolia. adopted:- accordingly, tti which the petitioners were op posed. As to the - prohibition laws, they were no security ; they existed but nominally .; and, in smuggling transactions, they were over-reached by paying to the smuggler the same amount of duty which would be hereafter paid to the Government: FOf an insurance: of 20 per cent., the smugglers introduced and undertook to deliver at home - any quantity of French .pro duco or manufactUres. Therefore, one of the most politic and wise measures ever undertaken by Ministers was the-. doing away with the • prohibitions; and he called on all his Hon. Friends to support the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. HUSKISSON said, that it might be convenient, in con- - sequence of the absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to state the course which would be taken with respect to the two great questions which were likely to engage the a tt en ti on o f t h e House, to the postponement, as he supposed, of all other bus)- - nets. The first related to the annual sugar - duties, for the re-. newal of which it would be his business to move, notwithstand-- ing the absence of his Right Hon. Friend, because • they would otherwise expire on the 24th inst., and therefpre it was urgent that they should come to a decision upon them, not, only with a view to commercial regulations, but also in consideration of the public service, which required the continuance of those ditties. Afterwards, it would he his duty to proptise in a Committee oft the Silk Laws, the resolution which his Right Hon. Friend had intended to submit, as containing' the final determination of Government. • The anxiety and suspenSe attendant upon that great subject at' present would be a sufficient excuse for him with the House in pressing it forward in the absence of his Right Hon; Friend.—( Hear, hear !) Mr. B. - WILMA HAM pr,sented a petition from Rum ford against:the Coal-tax. Mr. GRATTAN withheld a petition, which he was to hay& presented from seven Irish Roman Catholic Bishops, until another day, that he might not impede the important business which was to occupy. the. attention of the, House. He then moved forreturns ci wool exported from .Ireland since Isoo. Ordered. _ - _ • Mr. H. DAVIS presented a petition from St. Stephen's Parish, in Bristol, praying for a repeal of the Window-tax. . Mr. BRIGHT supported the petition. The Sheriffs of London pres,:ented a petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common' Council of the City, praying. for the repeal of the. Assessed Taxes. 111 r. Aiderinan WOOD said a few words in support of the House of the p e titio n , b u t f rom th e n o i se w hich prevailed in the House at the time, we could only collect the general import of his remarks. We understood hiiu to contend, that the Assess ed '1 axes, as they now stood, were uneqUal and oppressive in their operation. _ _ Mr. 'Aldermiin HEY GATE expressee hope that his Ma jesty's Ministera would take this subject into their early and se rious consideration, and that at no distant ddy we might see the whole of the direct taxes done' away. The petition was Ordered to be printed. On the motion of Mr. Alderman Worm, there was ordered, to be laid before the Ilousean Account of the quantity of Malt and Barley shipped from Eng Laid to Scotland, and from Eng land to Ireland, in the years ending the sth Feb. 1821, 1822, and 1823. - , SLAVERY . IN THE COLONIES Petitions for the - Abolition a 1.,- . very were piffented from Ipswich, by Mr. Ilai.DrmAND ; Caine, by Mr. ABEA CROiIBT ; from the town of Bedford, by Lord W. Russum.; fromEastßetford, by %lr. li'v S ; and from Hodclesdon, in Hertfordsbire„: by Mr. N. cAtvEß.7 . .—Q:dercif to lie on the table, and to be printed'. EXPORTS-AND IMPORTS. On the motion a Air. P. GRENFELL, there was ordered to be laid hcfoi : e the lions!! scvcral ReturnS of the Exports and Imports of Great Britain generally, and of the Port of London in particular, at different perials, from the year 1798 to the 1823. DUTY ON CIDER Sir J. COTTER;ELL preNcnted a petition from the Inha-- bitants of Ilerefcr4shire ' praying for the Repeal of the Duty on Cider.—Oriierid to be printed. • • • • - • ' • UNION DUTIES. - Mr. S. IVORTLE V prescntea a petition from the mer chants and triaiufat•turer; of fitiddcrstiehl, for th repeal cf the Union Du*. ; alb° a similar peLitiOn from Waltefield.—Laid On the table: STAT.FNENT RELATING Tp THE WEST INDIES. 111 r. PEEL said; that on the . part of his Ilfght Hon. Friend (Mr. Canning) /ie tind•to pp:itpolie a notice giVe'nlby Min, which at present itc'.ed forFeiday Ilt'Xt.. Fl e %you/41116w tix it for the Tuesday follewir„,„ , i, the Ifih. If (i)Ir: Pcci) lair a Noble .Lord (Lord John Ruestlt) placc; he would a! , Y. him to postpone his motion, - s.vhitti stood for Thnr , day'ilex.t : , (on pa-. pars respecting the evacuation of Sp in by the French .treops), , to some day next week, ai Ns liir,ht Hon.' nicrd (11Ir. Can Hint) would be . prevented from attending op Thursday. Mr. TIERNEY Faid l is NOI•le Fri - ,•od (Lord J. Russell) would be 'in his'place tut.ecni-se of tile e.ve;!itig, and no doubt he would nttend to th: - ...ltiv,ht Ilon. wish. Mr. LINDSAY PreAenteti a petition 'frOrd the inhabitants of, some place in Scotland Awe did not hear the name), p ra yi ng t o be heard by Counsel against a bill for regidating a Salmon Fishery in their neighbotirlim., Mr. HUAI E said the questiOn involved in the bill was one of the utmost iinportance to the tfahnoir Fishery in Scotland, and be wished to lvlow whether it waS the intention 'of his Majesty's Government to take any steps on the. subject. Mr. lIIISKISSON.s . iid (hilt it was only . within a very few days the in..itter was brou;4llt unO.ry the consideration of . the Board of Trade. 1t it ~ que.:,tion of such. magnitude, it was thought to inrte it th. sub.l(-ct of an inquiry by a Coin mittee.--The petition w.,s ord red to he referr:fd to the (om mittee on the bill. SILK. Tit/11DV, Mr. Alderman IILYGATIL presented a petition. from the Silk : manufacturers of Sudbury,.praying that the proposition for removing the dit:y on foreign wrought silks iY;iti,ht not he carried • into effict. Laid on the table, and ordered to he printed, as was a similar petition from the silk-marinfacimreis of the •toWn • and vidnify of Tann'ton. Mr. P. ittixToN Presented a petition from the operative silk-w‘..avers of the-metropolis, signed by 23,000 individuals, -.