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SPAIN. IMADRID GAZETTIC 7XTRAORDINART, FER.I, 1824.] OFFICIAL ARTICLE. Lieutenant-Colonel DON ISIDORE BARRADA, who was sent as Commissioner to the Isle of Cuba, to notify the liberation of our Lord the King, and to give orders for the recognition of the Royal authority there, has returned with the happy account of having discharged this duty successfully. He is detained in quarantine at CAdiz, but has transmitted to His Excellency the Firat Secretary of State the following dis- patch : " ExcELLrxT SIR—I have the honour to inform your Ex cellency that the King our Lord has been recognised in the plenitude of his sovereign rights at the Havannah. On the 9th of December I reached that place, at three in the afternoon ; and, having put the dispatch which contained the Royal Decree of His Majesty into the hands of the Captain-General, he im mediately proceeded to take measures for carrying into effect so sacred a duty ; beginning by dissolving the Cabildo of revolu tionary Constitutionalists, and by ordering the Stone of the Con stitution to be overturned. I had the honour to attend at this satisfactory proceeding, and to give my personal assistance in destroying this odious symbol of rebellion. The dispatch goes on to state the performance of Te Deum for his Majesty's liberation, the excellent conduct of the Go vernor, the rejoicings of the inhabitants, &c. &c. Accompanying this is a copy of Diario del Gaierno of Ha vannah, dated 12th Dec. containing an Address of Don F. A. Vives the Governor, to the inhabitants, soldiery, &c. Madrid Gazelle, 3d Feb. 1824.—His Excellency the Secre tary of State has communicated to the President of the Council a Royal order, which, referring to various laws of the Novis rima RecopilaciOn and others, ordains that for the future no other persodical publications shall appear but the Gamic: and the Diar;o of Madrid, except the Journals of Commerce, Agri culture, and the Arts, as already published, or which may here after be published with licence of the Supreme Authority. This order is dated on the 30th January, 1824. The Restauradar of the 31st of January, 1824, contains an .extract from L'Echo du Midi, a French Paper published at Toulouse, stating that the most absurd rumours were on foot relative to the affairs of. Spain ! among others, that there was a party formed to dethrone King Ferdinand, and to raise to the throne his brother Don Carlos. The Rcstaurador declared that it was with the greatest repugnance it printed these injurious and fabricated rumours, invented by the perfidy of the Spanish Revolutionists ; nevertheless, as we perceive by the preceding Order, the ilertaurador shared the fate of all the other Papers except the Gaceta and the Diaries [PRIVATE LETTER.] MADRID, FEB. 3.—The news of this day is important. A 'Gazette Extraordinary was published on Sunday evening which contains an account of the reception •of the King's Officer at the Havannah, of the recognition.of Royal autho rity, anti of the abolition of the Constitution there. The ad herence of this island to the Mother Country it hailed with great satisfaction by the Royalists here, who regard it as a good omen towards the same line of conduct on the part of other provinces of the South American Colonies. The Gazette Extraordinary and the Gazette of this morning contain the accounts. The Restanrador has been suppressed. It was the organ of the sentiments of the High Church party. Its suppression was fbr some time earnestly desired by all the partizans of the late order of things. The Ministry has gained no favour with the Clergy by this act; and there ire pamphlets published which contain the same sentiments. There was an extraordinary ar ticle in the Ilestaurador of Saturday last relative to the Infant Don Carlos and the King. I send the article to you. It was stated yesterday by some persons, that the Infant had demanded the suppression of the. Journal in consequence of the insertion cf that article ; but the Gazette of this morning shews the false hood of that insertion, for it contains an order of the Council for preventing the publication of any newspapers but the Ga zate and the Diary. To the great regret of the Diplomatic Body resident at this Court, as well as of the friends of the King, the Marquis de Talent has sent in his resignation, in a letter which he wrote yesterday to the King of France. The causes of his resigna tion have not yet been made public. M. de Marcellus, who was for some time in London, has been appointed Charge d'Affaires here. The character and the respectability of the Marquis leave no doubt of the purity of his intentions ; it is, hoivever, much to he regretted that the royalists of both nations will be deprived of the advantages which were derived from his judgment and his experience. Is was rumoured that M. de Marcellus was partly commis sioned to demand, on the part of the Government of France, the recognition of the Cortes Loan ; but 1 can assure you, on the best authority, that there is no truth whatever in the rumour. , In addition to what I already stated relative to the Cortes Bonds, I have hesrd that during the commencement of the late war, the leaders of the Constitution compelled various persons to accept some of Bernales' drafts for stems of money, which they were forced to deliver. Those tirafts were afterwards dis honoured, and the unfortunate holders lost their property. This Art of Spoliation requires no comment to prove its enormity. There is no chance whatever of the Bonds being recognised. The attention of the Ministry, as well as of the French, Russian, and Prussian Ambassadors, has long been occupied by the proposed Act of Amnesty. Great difficulties surround this measure, the principal of which arise from the absurd and obstinate conduct cf the Revolutionists, who in various parts of Spain continue to chew their hatred to the Royal Government. A pardon to such men would be a confession of weakness in the Government. The Baron d'Eroles, as Captain General of Catalonia, lately presented himself at the gates of Barcelona ; but the inhabitants, fearful that he would take vengeance on them for their attachment to the Constitution, refused to admit him. The French troops in garrison there were in consequence under arms for 24 hours, and prevented the mischief that might have been apprehended. In fact, the French are now on all occasions called upon to act as mediators, and their conduct as such is highly praised. The discipiine of the French army is coinmended by even the party which they have put down. Ic. addition to the facts which I communicated to you in my last relative to the Loans of the Cortes, I have to state that a Spaniard of considerable information on the subject of those Loans, and who seemed to doubt the correctness of what I al ready mentioned, (I had it from a Clergyman, who offered to prove it by documents),. assured me th at app li cat i on h a d been made towards the end of 1822, by certain Liberals in Paris, for a sum of money to c orrupt die Fr enc h army . Th e Mi n i s t r y and the Cortes sent four millions of reals of the Loan advanced by Bernales; but the credit of the Loan having failed, the money was not dedicated to their liberal object. I mention this fact, in order to prove to you that there is scarcely one of whatever party he may be, who does not think that the Loans of the Cortes were infamously applied. the Royal Swiss Guards, winch the King of France had pla6ecl at the disposal of his Catholic Aiajesty, arc not to be withdrawn on the sth of this month, as had been previously stated; but will remain to do duty around the Royal Person, until the Spanish Guards is formed. There is a rumour that the Algerines have declared war against Spain. Certain it is, that their cruisers have been seen ofPitlicant ; but we learn here, that the Dutch sTiadren in the Mediterranean have received orders to protect Spanish com merce against the Barbaresques. NAPLES, JAN. 10. FERDINAKD I. by the Grace of GOD, King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, &c. &c. &c. By our Decree of the lgth of November 1822, we did exempt from payment of duties all grain exported by the national ves- Sets on this side of the Faro, which was, however, to remain sub ject to duties when exported by foreign vessels ; but being will ing to facilitate more the commerce and the exportation of the above grain, upon the proposition of our .Councillor, Minister of State, Minister Secretary of State for the Finances, having heard our usual Council of State, we have resolved to decree, and do decree as follows : _ _ . _ . Article the lst.—From the publication of the present Decree up to the Ist of December 1824, the exportation of all grain by foreign vessels shall be also exempted from duties. Article the 2d.—Our Councillor, Minister of State, Minister Secretary of State for the Finances, is charged for the execution of the present Decree. (Signed) FERDINAND. THE GREEKS AND TURKS. ( From the Journal des Debuts.) CONSTANTINOPLE,J AN. 10.—The events which have passed near Smyrna, have awakened atten tion in this Capital. The European Consuls bent a remonstrance on the 10th of December, to the Senate of Ipsatta, to require it to desist from the attack. The Primates replied on December 18, and their letter contains the following passage —" We even feel ourselves obliged to add, that agreeably to the laws of war, we will never neg lect any opportunity of pursuing the Turks on every part of the coasts under their dominion. If irritated against us, they then persecute the Christian subjects of the Porte, and the Euro peans, this will arise from .their own barbarity, which tramples under foot all the laws of hu manity and of civilized Europe, which might, if it pleased, protect by force the life and honour of every Christian, and we are persuaded that it will do so without asking any sacrifices from us, who are the avowed enemies of the Turks." The Primates then demand an annual tribute of the town of Smyrna, if its inhabitants desire that the town and the Gulf of Smyrna shall not be mo lested. The peace with Persia is not yet ratified. The Sultan has ordered the Pacha of Bagdad to con tinue the war. The Greeks have established themselves in the islands of Mitylene and Chio s and display every where great energy. souTH AMERICA. We received some late numbers of the Lima Gazette, of which the last, in point of date, is that of October 1. The following decree shows that the Ex-President, Itiva Aguero, still held out against the authority of the existing Government of Lima, and that the first task assigned to Bolivar, the Liberator, was to crush the rebellious party which he headed : " The constituent Congress of Peru, in consideration of the obstinate resistance of the Ex-President Don Jose de la Riva Aguero, by which, despising the generous offers of conciliation which have been made him through the mediation of the De liverer (Bolivar), he endeavours to excite anarchy, fights against his country, and thus prevents the body of the army from combating with the common enemy, has decreed as follows : " That the Deliverer, in virtue of the supreme power with which the Congress has entrusted him, may proceed in pre ference to attack the proscribed Riva-Aguero, employing force , and all other means that he might think effective, to extinguish altogether the anarchy thus existing. " The Minister of War will see to the execution of this decree. " Signed by the President of the Congress and the President of the Republic, " JOSE BERNARDO. " TAOLE." It would seem by the above decree, that overtures of cond. liation had been made to the ex-President Riva-Aguero, to which he had declined to accede, and that force was only re sorted to when persuasion failed. Another decree in the same page would seem to indicate that the Peruvian army at Lima was riot in a very fit condition to make head at once against a domestic revolt and the unsubdued remains of a Spanish force. This decree is directed against deserters, and is introduced by the following preamble The criminal conduct of many individuals who, deserting the ranks of their country at a time when she has the greatest need of their services, remain quietly at home in their houses, while their brethren bravely face danger in the field of honour, obliges the Government to take serious means to compel their return to active service. The voice of Justice, likewise, appeals to those who harbour de serters." To remedy those evils, it is decreed that deserters who return to duty within a specified period shall be par doned, but that those who do not shall be shot. Four years' imprisonment is awarded against those who harbour deserters. The same paper contains a dispatch from General Santa Cruz, dated Sopita, in Arequipa, August 26, claiming a brilliant victory over the Spanish General Valdez on the pre ceding day. By this success a great tract of country is said to be freed from the iron sceptre of their Spanish tyrants, and the loss of the rich provinces which composed it, is described as a mortal blow to the Peninsular army, which they supplied with provisions and enriched with treasure. The following is an abridgement of the dispatch in which Santa Cruz details his suc cess. Learning that Valdez was approaching with 1,800 men, he ordered Col. Cerdena, who,was at Pomata, to fall back upon the Desaguadero, and he himself proceeded thither from his head-quarters at Viacha, followed by the battalions of Chas seurs, and of the Conquerors of Pichincha, and a squadron of Hussars. On the 23d Santa Cruz arrived at the bridge on the Desaguadero, where he remained on the defensive till, on the 24th and 25th, being joined by the corps which he expected, and a column of 1,300 men, of different arms, he marched to meet the enemy, whom he expected to find at the town of Sapita, which he occupied, leaving the bridge defended by two pieces of cannon, and two companies of each battalion. The vanguard of Santa Cruz came up with the enemy after two hours' march, but owing to some delay in the advance of the rest of the troops, he had time to retire. In the neighbourhood of the town, the enemy waited the Peruvian force, and Santa Cruz determined to attack him, though a third inferior in numbers. The Peruvian line was extended on a plain, having the battalion of the Legion on the right, the 4th on the centre, and the Chasseurs on the left. The b a tt a li on ca ll ed " The Victors" formed the reserve, the third squadron covered the right, and the second the left; and the two pieces occupying the centre kept up a well-conducted fire. The enemy withdrew his cavalryein number 400, to the rear, and placing his artillery on an eminence, replied to ours. His infantry, 1,400 strong extended on the declivities, where alone they they thought they could light. When attaked by the Republicans in these po sitions, the Spaniards at first thought they had the advantage, and descended into the plain, where they were totally routed. —The result of the victory was 100 Spaniards killed, and 184 taken prisoners, besides 240 muskets, 52 horses, &c. The Peruvians had only 28 killed and 84 wounded. We have received Gibraltar Papers to the 26th January, from which we copy the following articles of intelligence : " MALAGA, JAN. 2.—Our Governor, M. de Zambrona, has issued a Proclamation, in 13 Arti cles, enacting all we could wish for, under exist. ing circumstances. The object of this Proclamation is to prevent the re-commencement of the infa mous scenes which we have so often witnessed ; and the occason of its being issued, is the infor ►nation obtained here that several of the Consti tutionalists in Gibraltar intended to creep into this and other parts of the province, with a view to sow the seeds of discord and anarchy. One of these goes by the name of Landis, and is but too well known by the tears he has caused to be shed. The thirteen Artich a contain excellent Police regulations ; and by the second every person is authorised to arrest Laticha, and Muchonchini, for which purpose the mi litary are to give the requisite assistance.— The 6th directs the permanent Court Martial to assemble, in order that any one attempting to disturb the public or private tranquillity may be tried in a few hours; and the last states that the examination of the measures detailed in the Pro clamation will not be recurred to again, as the Government will take care they are enforced. PA RLI AMEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEE. 13. The Earl of SIT:1 FTESBUJtY laid on the table an account of the number of convicts sentenced to transportation on board of the hulks.—Ordered to be printed. A person from the India House presented an account of the sglaries, pensions, and gratuities granted by the East India Company, and other annual accounts, made up to the latest date. Earl GROSVENOR presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Shaftesbury, praying for relief from the duty on coals carried coastwise'. SINECURE . PLACES. Earl GROSVENOR moved for an account of pensions, sinecures, and reversions granted during the last year. The motion, he observed, was precisely the same as that which he had made last Session, with the exception of the necessary difference of the dates. This motion being agreed to, the Noble Earl proceeded to advert to certain offices, the abolition of which had been recommended by the Report of the Finance Committee, but spoke in so low a tone of voice that he could not be distinctly heard below the bar. We understood him to state, that according to public rumour, a new appointment to the office of King's Remembrancer of the Exchequer had been made, in direct violation of the principle laid down in the Re port of the Committee, which recommended that that and other offices executed by deputy should be abolished when the pre sent interests vested in them should cease. The Noble Earl also referred to the offices of Clerk of the Pells and of the Lord Justice-General of Scotland, and wished to know whether any regulations had been adopted with respect to them. As to the office of Clerk of Parliament, he recollected that the Noble Lord opposite had last year recommended the appointment of a Committee, which would have to inquire into the duties of that office, parts of whcih, he understood, it would be proper to preserve ; but he thought that no time ought to be lost in regu lating it, and every other office of the same description. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that the whole of the cir cumstances to which the. Noble Earl had alluded, as exhibit ing a violation of the principle established in the Finance Report, were unfounded. Some of the officers referred to were to be regulated under the authority of Parliament. One of these offices, that of Clerk of the Pells, had very important duties, which had hitherto been discharged by deputy. With regard to the office of King's Remenibrancer of the Exchequer, the regulation of which was undertaken by the Treasury, its duties had also hitherto been wholly executed by deputy; but it was the intention of Government that this course should no longer be observed, but that it should be executed altogether by the prin cipal. In consequence, however, of the measures recommended by the Committee being now undergoing a revision in order to their being carried into effect, a gentleman of the Treasury had, in the mean time, been appointed to the office of King's Re membrancer. But this was a mere temporary appointment, which had solely for its object the execution of certain duties which, by law, must be performed until the office b e fin a lly regu lated. With regard to the office of Justice-General of Scot land, that was also one in which regulation was to be applied as speedily as possible. The regulation of the office of Clerk of Parliament lay chiefly with their Lordships' house, and he had no objection to the subject being taken into consideration in the present session. The Marquis of LANSDOWN observed, that it had been recommended, that bills should be introduced for regulating the offices referred to in the report of the Finance Committee, and he should have expected that bills would have been brought down for that purpose as soon as possible, in order that the re gulations might be made by Act of Parliament. As yet, how ever, no such bills had come before the House. The Earl of LIVERPOOL reminded the Noble Marquis, that, by the Act of Pailiatnent already passed, it was compe tent for the Treasury to make, in the offices pointed out, such regulations as appeared to be called for. This was to be done on the responsibility of the Treasury. What regulations ought to he made in the office of Rernembranoer of the Exche quer, or any other office, could not be explained until the alterations which might be necessary should be ascertained. In the mean time it was c er t a in, that no appointm ents were made to offices of this description, except such as were per fectly temporary and indispensable for the execution of parti cular duties. . vsrN remarked, that the office of The Var - q uis of. LA NS D 0 Remembrancer, Clerk of the Pens, and others, come under the general division in the r eport of offices executed by de puty. He was aware, however, that under the Act of Parlia ment, it was competent for the Treasury to proceed to regu late them in the manner most convenient, consistent with the spirit of the report. [Here the conversation on this subject ended.] THE 'rREAD-MILI4. The Marquis of LA NSDOWN wished, before he sat down, to take notice of a report which had reached him, connected with the subject of prison discipline in general, but more parti cularly with the enforcement of hard labour previous to convic tion. Nothing of this kind was understood to be contemplated by the Act which came from the other House of Parliament, and he was certain that none of their Lordships who sat on the Com mittee to which the Bill was referred ever supposed that such an interpretation was to be given to the law. It was clearly under stood that the punishment of the tread-mill was never to be en-'forced except on conviction. On this subject there had been no difference of opinion in the Cornmittee, and had it ever been sup posed th at any d ou bt could ari se i n t h e b reast o f t h e Magis lie was fully conv i nced that the Committee trates as to the sense of the clause au th or i z i ng th e em pl oyment of the t rea d- m ill, would not have hesitated to add a clause, making it penal for any Magistrate to sanction such a principle as that of punish ment before conviction. He would refer to the words of the clause, which had been adopted in the presence of 20 Peers, among whom no doubt whatever prevailed as to its meaning._ The clause made provision for the enforcement of hard labour as a punishment for convicts in prisons, and for the fair em ployment of others. The word "employment" being contra , was a sufficient explanation of dng the e ti me u a ishd nin e from gefthhaeerldaulaaehour clause. Re knew not whether any core spondence had taken place between the Magistrates who entertained doubts on this question ; but certainly there could be in the Legislature only one opinion on the mean ing of the Act. He hoped this misunderstanding would be corrected, and that a species of punishment, liable to no objection in it se lf, should not be perv er t e d by an undistinguish ing application. It was of the utmost i mportance that the ignominious stamp of the punishment should be held up as a disgrace to be attached exclusively to guilt ; and all persons in authority ought to be restrained by an express law, if neces sary, from otherwise applying it. The Earl of LIVERPOOL compl e t e ly concurre d w i t h t h e Noble Marquis in all that he had stated on this subject. He perfectly agreed with him, that if th e pun i shment of the tread mill was applied previous to sentence, such application was a violation of the letter of die law. The distinction between em ployment before, and punishment after conviction, was most material ; and he would freely say, that if any doubts really existed among the Magistrates, they ought to be removed alto gether by an Act of Parliament , if necessary. The Marquis of LANSDOWN again expressed his sur prise that doubts should be entertained by any person.—Ad journed to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. COA Id DUTIES. Sir W3l. LEMONprestmted a petition from Padstow, in Cornwall, against the coasting duty upon coal. Mr. TRESIAYNE pfaentai similar petition from St- Auatle, in Cornwall. Lord FOLKESTONE presented a petition from the Inn keepers of New Sarum against the last Licensing Duty Act. On the motion of Mr. IlumE, the names of Sir John New port, Mr. Whitmore, Capt. Moberly, Mr. Gladstone, Sir F. Baring, Sir G. Clerk, an d M r . Lawley, w e r e added to the Artisans' Committee. On the motion of Mr. Goutßunx, the Irish Law Courts Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. WAYS AND MEANS. On the motion of the CHANCXLIOR of the ExcREQuER, the llouse resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered the accounts of the naval and military pensions, and the . East India half-pay, to be referred to the said Committee. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed in the Committee, towards raising the supply, that the usual an nual duties upon tobacco and snuff, and upon pensions, be con tinued. On the Resolution that the usual annual sugar duties be con tinued, Mr. HUME objected, and expressed a hope that, as in the salt-tax, a reduction would take place in the sugar duties, which would increase the consumption, without seriously affecting the revenue, while it would undoubtedly aflbrd great relief to the West India interests. He thought that the duty ought to be fixed at 15s. the cwt., as before the war : indeed, the additional amount was strictly a war duty. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he was not aware it was intended to take any objection to the usual annual duties, and particularly to this branch of revenue, which yielded an amount of 3,500,000/. per annum. It was, he ap prehended, quite irregular to take an objection of this nature in so summary a way. Mr. HUME saw no irregularity in the course he had pur sued, and complained that the additional war duties hnposed, by three Acts of Parliament were now continued in time of peace. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that these were not additional rates, but the main amount under the Consolidation Act of last Session. Sit. HUME was quite surprised that the West India inte rests were not alive to this subject for their own sakes as well as that of the public. In 1792 the duty was 15s. per cent. ; it was then successively raised to 175., 195., 1/. 45., 1/. fia., and up to 11. 10s., on the express understanding of being war duties. In point of honour, the Chancellor of the Exchequer was bound to redeem his pledge. He was sure that in so doing he would not lose half a million of Revenue, while he would, far beyond that amount, compensate the public interests. He was there fore disposed, unless the Right Hon. Gentleman withdrew his resolution, to move an amendment, that the duty be reduced to Iss. per cent., the sum taken before the war. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCU EQUER said, that in proposing this resolution he was merely recommending the usual annual votes to meet the supply ; at the same time, if the Hon. Gentleman was prepared to discuss, the larger question of the duty itself, he would for the present withdraw the resolu tion, from a sense of the inconvenience of discussing such a topic at the present moment. The resolution was accordingly withdrawn. The Right Hon. Gentleman then proposed that an issue of 15 millions of Exchequer Bills be granted towards the supply, and that two millions unappropriated in the Exchequer from the past year be applied to the service of the present; that 4,800,0001. be paid for naval and military pensions ; that 600,0001. be paid for East India half-pay ; and that certain ba lances be paid for public works, and to the Bank of England, upon specific accounts. Mr. BRIGHT complained of the tax upon rum, now that a regulation of the distillery laws was pending. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the general question was by no means prejudged by the impo sition of the present duty. Mr. BRIGHT did not wish to impede the supplies, but why not allow the duty upon rum to be dependent upon the general regulation which was known to be depending ? Mr. HUME hoped that when the report of the Committee was brought up, the subject would be fully discussed. The House resumed, the report was received, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Monday next. RECIPROCAL DUTIEg On the motion of Mr. Husiassoisr, the House resolved into a Committee to amend the reciprocity of Duties Act of last Ses sion. (4 Geo. IV. c. 77.) Mr. HUSKISSON, in the Committee, explained that by the Act of last year, it was competent for the king in Council to impose duties upon foreign shipping, of equal amount with those imposed by Foreign Powers upon British shipping, and vice versa to reciprocate the conduct pursued by other Powers, where the duty was taken off British shipping. Notwithstand ing the amicable footing upon which the United States of America agreed to place British shipping in 1822, it appeared that they imposed an additional duty upon them, different from that which affected the American shipping. This duty upon the shipping from the West Indies to America was at the rate of 94 cents per tonnage, and 60 cents on the value of the cargo. New a doubt arose whether the Act of last Session affected the cargo as well as the tonnage, and it was to explain that doubt that he meant to propose a resolution on which to found a bill. He knew that there were many difficulties in the way of a mu tual adjustment upon the shipping-question between Great Britain and America; they were partly colonial—partly re specting the navigation-laws—and partly relating to their North American trade ; the subject was still under discussion in an amicable way between the two Powers, and every thing was conducted with a becoming spirit of harmony between them ; nevertheless, he thought it necessary that a resolution should be adopted to remove all doubts respecting the meaning of the litcbonecludedby moving resolutions to adverted. A clear of ltahset doubt Sessio to which Mr. ROBERTSON expressed himself to be hostile to the resolutions which the Right Hon. Gentleman had proposed, and which he confessed had excited in his mind no small asto interest was daily greater protection g pLin ed puin , c and the Report was than h i saAhnmf declining,tt eh e r n i s B t f andl H wl e wtwha TortcdhaisetlesHfurt contended loooaomut, 1d House e l I_ sn a tt iho a t rue. o ne f fH i e i rdo r eurs s odt islific so resumed, tr, the resolutions were agreed to. ordered to be received on Monday. Lord A. HAMILTON rose to put a question to the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department. In the last Session of Parliament an Act had been passed, by which the inferior Commissary Courts of Scotland had ceased to exist on the Ist of last January, and their business had been transferred to the Sheriff o f the several counties. Now he wished to know, whether certain arrangements, which were mentioned in the Act, and which the Noble Lord detailed, but in so low a tone of voice as to be inaudible in the gallery, had been carried into effect or no. A court had been abolished in every county in Scotland, and, as far as he could learn, not any had been sub stituted in its PEEL' replied, that to the best of his belief all the ar rangements which the Act required had been made. He could not speak certainly on the point at present, but would make the requisite inquiries in the office, and would give the Noble Lord a more detailed answer in the course of a day or two. Lord ALTHORP moved for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the Act of the 56th of George 111., cap. 83, in so far as it applied to the distraining on growing crops in Ireland.— The proposition which he wished the House to adopt was, to exclude from the operation of that Act all farms which did not pay a rent of 101. a year, leaving the landlord at full liberty to distrain for his rent upon all cattle and other stock which might be upon the farm. He trusted that the alteration which he proposed would appear to the House to be necessary, as an act of humanity to the lower orders of the peasantry of Ireland. One of the principal evils by which that unhappy country was inflicted arose out of the frequent subdivisions of con farms ; and h, perha conceived this alt erat i on wou ld h ave some ten dency, ps, not a v er y grea t one, to di m i n i s h. He ht that th e H ouse wou ld not re f use to give l e im eney la t v hg thereforeeotouintroduce a Bill, to effect the improvements which he contemplated. Sir JOHN NEWPORT seconded the motion. Mr. °MILBURN would not oppose the motion, because he considered it calculated to aftbrd some relief to the people of Ireland. He desired, however, that it might be distinctly un derstood, that he did not at inpresent pledge himself either to support or to oppose the Bill question. He would suggest to the Noble Lord, whether the benefit which he proposed to give to the people of Ireland might not be safely extended to the people of England also. Mr. GRATTAN understood the great object of the Noble Lord's Bill to be this—to prevent the keeper from being sent upon the growing crop, and so increasing the expences which the tenant had ultimately to pay.—Leave was then granted to bring in the Bill. ENGLAND AND SOUTH . AMERICA. _ _ Sir J. MACKINTOSH rose to give notice of a conditional motion of a very extensive and general nature. He did not know when he should bring it forward, but he believed that it would be on an early day in March. It had reference to the relations exist ing at present between this kingdom and those countries in South America which had formerly belonged to the throne of Spain, and which had now, and indeed for some time past, become independent. He was unable to specify what the nature of his motion would be, or on what day he should bring it forward._ He should therefore allow his Majesty's Ministers further time to make their arrangements ; and should be happy to be re lieved from the necessity of making his motion at all by their taking some salutary measures on the subject in the interim. At the request of Mr. GOIJI.BIJRN, Sir J. NEWPORT with drew his motion respecting the population returns of Ireland. The House then adjourned at HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—The pickpockets seem to have been lively yesterday.— William Davis, a respectably dressed person, was put to the bar, charged with robbing Oliver Lloyd, lisq., a solicitor, residing in Clifford's Inn, of a valuable silver watch. Mr. Lloyd stated that last night, as lie was coming out of the pit of Covent-Garden Theatre, the prisoner pulled at his watch, and had it not been secured by a guard-chain, he would have succeeded in his object. The prisoner, by the advice of his Solicitor, Mr. HuMPHRIES, declined saying any thing at present. Mr. HALLS fully committed him.—Robert Dunford, an old dealer in the bandana way, was charged with picking the pocket of a gentleman of the name of Hall, who was returning home last night front Drury-lane Theatre, and in Russell-street the prisoner very dexterously dived into the gentleman's pocket, End twitched out neatly a new silk handkerchief, with which lie ran off as far as the end of Bow-street, but was secured by Smith and Curtis, two of the patrol. Mr. HALLS committed the prisoner for one mouth to the House of Correction.—Charles Stewart was charged by Mr. Richmond, one of the clerks of this office, with attempting to pick the pocket of a gentleman last night near the door of the office. Mr. Richmond stated that seeing the prisoner putting his hand into a gentleman's pocket, and 'drawing partly out 'a white handkerchief, he pushed bins into the office. Committed for one month. _ MARYLEBO NE-Or Yesterday William Gray under went another examination at this Office,. upon various charges of fraud and swindling. The Office was crowded to excess with tradesmen to prefer their complaints.—Some fresh evi dence was adduced, but in consequence of the absence of some material witnesses, and one of the Gentlemen belonging to the house of Messrs. Cox and Creenwood, in Craig's -court, Charing-cross, the pri soner was again remanded for f ur th er examination. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Veneris, 13° die Februttrii, 1824, • EAST INDIA COMPANY—Resolutions presented, being War - • rants or Instruments granting Salaries or Pensions, Alloy' - , ances, Compensations, Remunerations, and Superanuations ; Proceedings relative to Abatements of Allowances to Owneo i of Ships [by Acti ; to lie on the table. . . INcLosußE—Snelson (Derby)—Petition for Bill reported, Re - port to lie on the table. ~,. , ROADS—Worcester and Bromsgrove, Blackburn and Preston , and Redbrook—Bills read a first time. Gisburn, Cambridge' and Ely, Broadway and Meckleton, Whiteparish and South ampton, Stone and Stafford, Stafford and Sandon, and Hp" - well—Petitions for Bills referred to Committees. Penr: i i and Cockermouth, Kensington, North Biericy, and Thirsk and Yarm—Bills ordered to be brought in. LANCASTER JUDGES LODGINGS I POLlCE—Brighton GALWAY CHAR TER , Petitions for Bills re- WELLAND OUTF A C E .. 1 . ferred to Committees. IMPROVEMENT—KeighIey i 3 York) M GAs LlGHT—anchester ill read a second time, and com mitted. RAlLWAY—Stockton and Darlington} Poon—Stow Hundred Bills read a first time. . . TAY FISHERIES Coax. DUTlES—Petitions against the Duties on Coals, front Padstow, and. St. AuNt Il—to lie on the table. PUBLICANS—Petition of Licensed Innkeepers and Victuallers of New Sarum, for the repeal of the increased Duties on Li cences ; to lie on the table, and to be printed. GROWING CROPS (Ireland)--Act [56 Geo. 3, c. 88J read — Bill to amend, in so far as it applies to the distraining on growing crops in Ireland, ordered to be brought in. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR MONDAY- I. Usury Laws Repeal Bill—Second Reading. 2. Supply—Committee. 3. House in Lombard-street Bill—Committee. 4. Law Courts (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 5. Ways and Means—Report. 6. Ways and Means—Committee. 7. Reciprocity of Duties Act [4 Geo. 4, c. 77.1—Report there upon. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR MONDAY. 1. Sir John Wrottesley—Address for inquiring how far the Coin of the Realm may be adapted to decimal calculation. 2. Sir George Clerk,--Navy Estimates. (In Committee of Supply.) 3. Mr. Goulburn—Bill to enforce the Residence of the Clergy in Ireland. 4. Mr. Jones—To extend the power of Judges in Wales. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Tuesday, Feb. 17. Mr. Hume—ln Committee on Postage Rates, to move that Newspapers may be sent free to the Colonies. Thursday, Feb. 19. Mr. Grenfell—Account of Balances of Public Money in hands of the Bank of England ; Charges of Management. &c. &c. [But not the amount of Issues of Bank Notes.] Friday, Feb. 27. Sir Henry Hardinge--Ordnance Estimates. (In Committee of Supply.) • PRIVATU BILLS—SECOND READINGS for MoNDAI. 1. Orsett Inclosure. 2. Totnea and Bridgetown Pomeroy Roads. 3. Leeds Commutation of Tithes. PRICE 0. F STOCKS TWO O'CLOCK. India Stock India Bonds 73s. 70s. 7 1 s . South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills 32-35 26 28 21 Ditto Small Bank for Act. 231 India for Con. Acct. Cons. for 91ifiti THIS DA V AT Bank Stock 236,4 237 3 per Cent. Red....92i 92 92i 3 per Cent. Cons. 11144 li per Cent lOO4 4 per Cent. 5 1 New 106 5 per Cents. 17 9 7 Old lo2fa Bank Long Ann. 2 - 2 7-16ths 4 Imp. 3 per Cents. PIIICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS n LONDON, FEB• 14, AT ONE O'CLOCK. f Five per Cents. 97i. ( Scrip, 9g pin. {Six per Cents. 00. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto Near 924. Five per Cent: Bonds, 834. • Scrip, 7A prem. I Five per Cent. Bond s , 1320, 00 . Ditto 1821, 24g. Ditto ' 1823, 17i. • Prussian f Five per Cent. Bonds, 93.. 1 Ditto New, 91. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 931 Portuguese 88g. • Peruvian New Loan, 00. Chili 801. Colombian Sii per Cent. Bonds, 721. Mexican Loan, 6 prem. Poyais 00. 1 New, 3i. Mexican Mines Hullett's, i prem. IBank Shares £23 10 3 . Seven per Cent. 95. American Six per.Cmt. 95-102. Five-per Cent. 00-000. Three per Cent. 7 6 A 77. FrenclL Russian Neapolitan Austrian Spanish wail WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOZIORROW- Morning, 45 minutes after 2. 1 Evening, 7 minutes after :3'• TH E 4U9. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEiIT" LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1824. In our preceding columns we have given co.. pious extracts from the Paris Papers, i❑ addition to those which we were yesterday enabled to lay before our Readers by the arrival of our Express, and to which we beg to refer our Readers. The Quolidienne contains a violent tirade against the Speech of Mr. CANNINGin the House of Commons on the 4th inst. The article is tco long, and, besides containing gross misrepresen tations as to matter of fact, is too wild and i,:•' conclusive in its reasonings, to deserve re-publi cation in our columns. There is one passage, however, of which it may he proper to take sUIU notice. It is as follows : " Europe and Spain,' said Mr. C.4/4xxxta, ' know une quivocally that England denies the right of any interference in order to aid the mother country in the subjugation,of her Colo nies.' Here is a novel doctrine, indeed, which tears up by the roots all alliances which Kings may form for mutual protection and defence, This is so destructive not only of all received principles, but even of the conduct which England herself has observed, that it is necessary to expose it in order to show it' inconsistency. The only conclusion to be drawn from the words of the English Minister is, that interest is the prim? rl . motile of his policy. This policy has viewed without emotion the intervention of French arms in the aflitirs of Spain,—and yet it feels alarmed at the subject of interference for the possession of the transatlantic possessions. What is the cause of this? It is, as Mr. Brougham has said, because he who touches r I purse touches my life." The " doctrine" of Mr. CANNING, even grant ing that any political doctrine whatever is laid down by him in his simple declaration of what has been the determination of lo:ngland with tel'.