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• the the of Henry VIII. to the reign of Queen Anne, and he (Mr. Huskisson) had expected, in consistency with that argu- Nent, that he wished for an Act to reduce the rate of interest to 4 per cent. ; but those laws bad not forced down the rate of in terest —in fact, they had done little more than follow the mar ketrates. He could not understand the argument that money was the only thing which paid no taxes ; undoubtedly gold and silver were not taxed, but income, whether it was de rived from land or from capital, equally contributed to the state. Sir ROBERT HERON was against the proposed change of the law. He was assured it would be ruinous to the landed interest. T. WILSON said a few words against the measure. Sir JOHN SEBRIGHT was favourable to the measure, and begged, as a landed proprietor, to return his thanks to the "on. and Learned Gentleman for ying brought it forward. 11 1 r. BA RING supported the measure, on which he had never entertained but one opinion since he had been capable of form ing an opinion on such subjects. He had no share in bringing the treasure before the House, but he entertained a firm con viction that it was for the benefit of all classes of the com munity, and he should therefore give it his warmest support. The great argument of the night appeared to him to be this— that tne borrower would be at the mercy of the lender ; but there was no more foundation for such an opinion than that the buyer of corn was to be at the mercy of the seller. Did they not find, in fact, that at t'ie present moment the lender was obliged to come down from sto 4 per cent. ? Upon the free dom of capital depended the freedom of all other branches of trade ; and if the house were disposed, as they appeared to be, to return to the free principles of trade, there was no branch in which it was so essential as in the circulation of capital.— It had been said that money had been sent to India, and ten or 11 per cent. exacted for it. But what had been the result ? \VII, that interest of money has come down there to 5 per c ent., and the people of India had derived a great benefit, which they could not have had if there had existed any restrictions. It was said there was a want of capital in Ireland, and if no one shall have more than 5 per cent., then capital will not go to Ireland. 111 r.4IE VGA TE explained. The House then divided on the question that the Speaker leave the Chair, when there appeared— Id% For the Motion - • Against it - - - - 32 Majority - - - —l6 On our return to the gallery, we found the House in a Com mittee on the Bill, and after proceeding some time the Chair- Man reported progress, and the House having resumed, ob tained leave to sit again on Monday. ...The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourn(' at HALF-PAST Two o'CLocx. LIST OF THE :,,11INORITY Who voted for Mr. Abercrombie's Motion, "for leave to bring • in a Bill for the more effectual Representation of the City of Edinburgh in the Commons House of Parliament." Althorp, Visct. Heathcote, J. G. Rice, T. S. bating ' A. H eron, Si r R. Ridl e y, Si r M. W. 1 3 • a nng, Sir T. • Hobhouse J. C. Robarts, A. W. 13 1 enyon, B. Honeywooll, W. P. Roberts, G. J. er3 al, llilpk flume, Joseph Robinson, Sir G. brougham H. James, W. Rumbold, C. E. f ur y, Viscount Johnstone, W. A. Russell, Ld. J. eT tul elt, Lord W. Lamb, Hon. G. Russell, Lord G. .. r a f t, J. Leycester, Ralph Scott, James Carter, J. Lethbridge, Si: T. Smith, John Chaloner Moberly, J. Stanley, Hon. E. C. Cl ifton, Viscount Macdonald, J. Stanley, Lord E ' Sir I. Mackintosh, SirJ. Stuart, Lord P. Colburne N. 'W. Marjoribanks, S. Sykes, D. Cr eeYeY, T. Milton, Viscount Tennyson, C. Crompton, Sam. Martin, J. , Tierney, Rt. Hn.G. Evans, William Monck, J. B. Warre, J. A. Ellis, lion. G. A. Newman, R. W. Webbe, E. Ferranti, Robert Newport, Sir J. Western, C. C. Gaskell, Benj. Ord, W. Williams, J. Graham, Sandford Palmer, C. Wyvill, M. Grattan J. Palmer, C. F. W rotte s l ey , Sir J. Guise, Sir W. Pares, T. Whitmore, W. W. Gordon, R. Pym, Franci s TELLERS. Haltlimand, W. Portman, E. B. Abercromby,lln.J. Hamilton, Lord A. Ramsden, J. C. Kennedy, T. F. MAJOR IT Y . . Who voted against Mr. Abercrornbie's Motion. A'Court, A. H. Davenport, D. Miles, P. J. Alexander, J. Dawkins, H. Monteith, H. Arbuthnot,Rt Hon. Douglas, J. Alorland, Sir S.B. C. Downie, R. .Munday, G. Ashurst, W. H. Dundas,Rt.Hn.W. Nieholl, Rt. Hon. Astley, Sir J. D. Dunlop, J. Sir J. Ralfourt_John Denison, J. Ni g h t i nga l e , Si r M. Baker, E. East, Sir H. Paget, Hon. B. Bathurst, Hon. S. Eastn or , Visct. Palmerston, Lord Blair, J. Ellis, C. R. Peel, Rt. Hon. R. Bourne, Rt. Hon. Elli son , C. P ee l, W. Y. ~W, S . Eastcourt T..., 0t i. Phillituore, J. ioirownlow., C. Fleming, '- .T.' Prendergast, G. Bruce, It. Forbes, Sir C. Rae, Rt. Hn. Sirlir. Boyd, W. Gilbert, D. G. Robinson,RtHn.r. Burgh, Sir U. Gladstone, J. Rogers, Ed. Chetwynd, G. Gordon. Hon. W. R oss , . Calvert, J. Goulburn,RtHnH. Sandon, Lord Campbell, A. Herries, W. C. Scott, Hon. W. H. Canning, Rt.IIII.G. Holford, G. P. Seymour, H. Cartwright, W. R. Holmes, W. Somerset, Lord G. Cherry, G. Hotham, Lord Sotheron, F. Clerk, Sir G. Huskisson,Rt.Hon. Stuart, W. (Arm.) Clinton, Sir H. W. Thompson, W. Clive, Hon. R. Horton, R.,- W. Thompson, J. L. Cockerell, Sir C. King, Hon. H. Trench, F. W. Cocks, J. Lamb, Hon. W. Walpole, Hon. J. Copley, Sir J. S. Littleton, E. J. Wellesley, R. cotterell, Sir J. Long, Rt.Hn.Sir C. Wetherell, C. Crip ps , J. Lowther, Vise. Wilson, W. W. C. Croker, J. W Lushington, S. R. Wynn, C. W. e . — uninung, Geo. Macnaughten,E.A. Wortley, J. S. jun. C urteis, E. J. Martin, Sir T. B. TBLLERS. Dawson, G. H. Magennis, Rich. Binning, Lord Disbr ow; W. C. Martin, R. Wortley, J. S. EAST INDIA HOUSE. Yesterday an adjourned General Court of Proprietors of East Stock was held at the Company's House in Leadenhall-street, for tion of the propriety the purpose of resuming the considers.. of petitioning Parliament for the repeal of the compulsory clause of the Act of the 53d of Geo. 3d; which directs that no Writer shall be sent out to India who shall not have previously resided for four terms at HATLEYBU&T COLLEGE. Prior to the commencement of the regular business, Mr. KIRKPATRICK a ll u d e d to the exclusion of the Reporters for the Public Press during the preceding debate, from the si tuation in the body of the Court where they were in the habit of sitting, and inquired whether it was i nten d e d to a fford them th 7 usual accommodation ? , o'rhe CHAIRMAN answered that he was not aware of the cir lirnstance alluded to until l a t e y es t er d ay even i ng . No order had been ;; , iven to exclude the Reporters. They were now pre sent, and he hoped would receive every accommodation. But he could not be a party to granting that as a right which WAS in fact a matter of indulgence. The motion was then read. Mr. MONEY rose, and in a very eloquent speech pointed out the various benefits which the Company derived from the Insti tution at Hayleybury, and concluded by imploring the Pro- P r ietors to put a direct negative on a proposition, which, if car ried, would effect the demolition of the College. Mr. TRANT expressed himself as decidedly in favour of the Resolution. He urged that the young men ought rather to be educated at Oxford or Cambridge, than at Hayleybury, and in s uPPort of his opinion quoted the speech delivered by Lord G renville in 1813, who censured the establishment of a sepa rate Cone e for the education of young men going out to la• His Lordship considered it most unwise to rear up the Y oun g men as a sort of caste, instead of allowing them to mix lit general society, by which means alone they could form a streng and ma scu li ne c h aracter. ▪ Mr. BEBB stated, that when the Institution was first pro- Jected, he, deceived by the speciousness of the plan, was Fealous in its support. But he would not be acting justly, if he did not say that eighteen years experience with a vigilant eye on what Passed during that period, had greatly altered his °pinion. He then pointed out a variety of defects in the system, and reprobat e d , i n strong terms, that statute of the College by d which con f essions of delinquency were extracted from the Stu eats. He lamented the expulsion of the young men in 18 21 ., on account o f mere boyish thoughtless tricks. He was grateful to'those who brought forward this proposition, which he thought would produce very beneficial effects. Mr. R. uRANT, though of opinion that those discussions ended to injure the College, would yet add, that the injury considerably lessened by the tone of calmness and temper 1 1 ",..• t, ll which the Motion had been brought forward, and which characterised the whole debate. The Learned Gentleman intended that if there were any defects in the law by which • Colleg e was governe d the proper course would be that pro r' by hia Hon. Fri en d (M r . H ume ), name ly, to refer to the Lett of Directors to consider what steps it would be neces -0417 to take to remedy those defects instead of proceeding at to Parliament, and as must be the case, opening the PRICE 0: TIII3 DAY AT sank Stock' 2331 3 per Cent. Red.: 93k 3 per Cent. Cons. 92b 3k per Cent 4 per Cent. -I Ne w 1 10 7 ( New hlO7 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. 22 11-16tlis i Imp. 3 per Cents. F STOCKS TWO O'CLOCK. India Stock 277 India Bonda 791._ South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills 48 45 Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Act. 93ii PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS ix LONDON, FEB-18, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 101. Scrip, 12 pm. Six per Cents. 00. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 951. Five per Cent. Bonds, 84. Scrip, 10i prem. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Ditto 1821, 241. Ditto 1823, 19#. Prussian Five per Cent. Bonds, 96i. Ditto New, 946. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 99. Portuguese 90g. Peruvian Scrip, 00. Chili 81. • Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds,fira. Mexican Scrip, 12i prem. French { Russian 1 Neapolitan Austrian Poyais Mexio s an Mines Greek New, 00. linllett's, 1 dis. Anglo, 7i prem. 2 prem. Bank Shares £2325. Cd. Seven per Cent. 95. Six per Cent. 94-102. Five per Cent. 100-102. ,Three per Cent. 76i: American HIGH WATER. Morning, 53 minw LT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW :es after 1. 1 Evening, 14 minutes after 4 *,,,* For a Letter to Lord BATHURST, on WEST, INDIAN COMPARISONS, see the Fourth Page. S N • SOL,ChI QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1821. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received by Express the Etoile of yesterday, from which we subjoin extracts:— [From the Etoile of yesterday.] His Majesty heard Mass in his apartment. The Gazette of Madrid contains several Royal Decrees, none of which, however, are of irn- whole question to the decision of the Legislature. The Learned. Gentleman then proceeded to inquire, Ist, Whe. th'er the College had in any fair degree answered the purposes for which it was intended, and not whether there_ was any probability' of those purposes being answered by the substi tuted establishment now proposed. The Learned Gentle. man argued that the College had fulfilled the objects which it was instituted to attain, end pointed out the defects of the sys trn which would be established if the motion were agreed to. In point of integrity and efficiency for the performance of their duties, the great body of their Civil Servants were more distin guished at present than at any former period. No less than 5-7ths of these servants were supplied from Hayleybury Col lege, and the source which supplied so large a portion of meri torious functionaries could not be corrupt and worthless as it had been described. To prove the general improvement of the junior department of the service in India, he quoted the Addresses of the Marquis of Hastings at the College of Fort William in 1818 and 1822, and observed that the individuals who were the most distinguished were Members of the calum niated Institution at Hayleybury. From these and a variety of other facts, he contended that the College had answered the purposes for which it was instituted. The Learned Gentlemen then compared with great minuteness the system of examination in public viva voce, which was now recom mended, and the. examination in writing at present pursued at the College, and gave his opinion decidedly in favour of the latter. He also defended, at' considerable length, the practice of allowing the examinations to be conducted by the Professors. The Learned Gentleman then adverted to the charge of immorality which had been levelled against the Col lege, and contended that at Hayleybury there was more moral conduct than was to be found at either of the Universities. At six o'clock an Adjournment of the debate till Friday, March 5, was moved and agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 110 USE OF COMMONS. Veneris, 27° die Februarii, 1824. ROADS—Button and Stockport, Chester and Nantwich, and Carlisle and Cockermouth—Bills read a second time, and committed. Shepley Lane Head, &c., Stafford and Sandon, Stone and Stafford, Cerne Abbas, and Trent Bridge—Bills ordered to be brought in. Redbrook—Bill reported, to be ingrossed. Bolton and Chorley—Bill read a first time. Cittraczt—Oldham WiAnt L—Brighton (East) Bills ordered to be CANAL—Counter's Bridge brought in. TUNNEL—ManteI g COMPAN tics—Phenix Gas Light and Coke—Petition for Bill reported, Report to lie on the table. Mining (Ireland) lit— Bill ordered to be brought in. HlGHWAYS—Wedmore—Bill read a first time : _ _ Anuto v a mEarr—Brompton-square—Bill read a second time, and committed. Glamorganshire Canal—Bill ordered to be brought in. COMMUTATION or TlTHES—Leeds—Bill read a third time, and passed. ferotosuriEs—lVenden Lofts and Elmdon Bills read a first (Essex), and Camerton (Cumberland) time. Cuuncx RATES ( Ireland) COAL Du Tixs—Petitions against the Duties on Coals, from Combemartin, and Dorking—to lie on the table. P USLlCANs—Petitions of Licensed Innkeepers and Victuallers of Boston, for the repeal of the increased Duties on Li cences ; to lie on the table. POSTAGE RATES--The following Resolutions reported and agreed to, and Bills ordered to be brought in ; instruction to make provision to prevent Letters being sent otherwise than by the Post " I. That there be charged for the conveyance by the post of packets exceeding a certain weight, containing re-issuable Country Bank Notes from London, rates of postage not exceed ing one-fourth part of the rates of postage payable for the con veyance of letters and packets by the post. " 2. That there be charged for the conveyance of Letters and Packets, from or to any part of the United Kingdom, to or frOm Buenos Ayres, or any other port on the Continent of South America, the packet postage following; that is to say, for every single Letter 2s. sd. • for every double Letter 4s. 10d. • for every treble Letter 7s. 3d. ; and for every ounce in weig ht 9s. Bd. ; and so in proportion for every packet of greater weight than an ounce. " 3. That, upon the establishment of Packet Boats to his Majesty's Colonies, or to other foreign parts where rates of postage have not hitherto been authorised, a rate of packet postage shall be charged on the conveyance of letters and packets equal in proportion to the before-mentioned rates on the conveyance of letters and packets to and from Buenos Ayres, or any ports on the Continent of South America." ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR MONDAY. 1. Cattle 111-treatment Bill:-Second Reading. 2. sei; — iy Residence (Ireland) Bill—Second rßeading. -9. County Courts Bill Second Resdinr. 4. Gaol Act Amendment BillSccond Reading. 5. Weights and Measures Bill—Second Reading. O. 31arine Mutiny Lill—Committee. 7. Supply—Report. H. Supply—Committee. 9. Usury Laws Repeal Bill—Committee. 10. Ways and Means—Third Resolution, 16th February, (Fo reign Spirits and Sweets--Further consideration of Re port. al. ways and Means—Second Resolution, Feb. 16, (Tax on Pensioni, &e.)—Further Consideration of Report. 12. Ways and Means--Committee. is. Mutiny Bill—Committee. 14. Revenue Inquiry Bill—Committee. 15. Annual Indemnity Bill—Committee. 16. Austrian Loan Convention Bill—Committee. 17. Church Rates (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR MONDAY. 1. Mr. Herries—Miscellaneous Estimates. (In Committee of Supply). 2. Mr. Grey Bennet—Select Committee on General Peniten- tiary. 3. Mr. William Williams—Returns relating to Shipping and Merchandize. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Thursday, March 4. Sir henry Parnell—Bill to enable Roman Catholics to pur chase and hold lands for charitable and pious purposes. PRIVATE BILLS —Stamp READINGS for MONDAY. Pamber and Inhurst Inclosure—Newton Abbot, Broadway & Mickleton, Arundel and Petworth, Shepley and Barnsley, Appleby, and Ambleside and Kendal Roads—Blackburn, and Barnsley Churches—Worthing Chapel—and Hides and Skins Regulation. PUBLIC COMMITTEE for MONDAY. Artizans and Machinery, at one. portance. The Gazette of Madrid of the 19th gives from the Eloile the opening of the British Parliament, which it accompanies by several notes worth at- tention. " Lord Liverpool says, in his speech, that the most wise course is to leave the Spaniards to quarrel amongst themselves." The Gazette of Madrid says the following on that subject:— "This way of thinking is that of a country where they see with pleasure two - men fight until one of them falls dead ; but it is fortunate for us that the French Government look upon us with more compassion than Lord Liverpool." " According to the British Minister, Spain ought to have made concessions, not to France, but to Spain herself."—" His Excellency will permit us," says the Spanish writer, " to observe, " that this way of speaking is not intelligible except to himself." " Lord Liverpool thinks that Spain ought to lose her Colonieb because she refused the medi ation of England." " No," says the Spanish Journalist, " we are convinced of the bad intentions of all the Revo lutionists in the world, and we think if their projects are promoted, it will prove prejudicial to all the world. According to this principle, we believe that the recognition of the inde pendence of our American Colonies will be dan gerous, not only to Spain, but also to England." Prince Carignan arrived at Verona on the 14th, and will continue his road to Tuscany. [Extract of a Letter from Rio Janeiro, 16th December.] 4, The French corvette Echo is arrived here, coming from Brest. She has brought the intelligence of the fortunate issue of the war in Spain, the news of which we had not officially re ceived. The Echo will sail again in a fe;yays for the Isle of Bourbon." FRENCH Fut{ns.—Rentes on the 25th, 100. 65. cents.; Spanish, '2O ; Ducats, C6l• The Etoile of Wednesday, in speaking of the hostility which the Algerines have provoked from the English Government this for not country, i av 11 g censures entirely eradicated that nest of lawless barbarians, When our nava l th un d er s h a d laid them prostrate at our feet, and expresses a wish that Great B r it a i n may make a better use of the opportunity again furnished to her, by the insolence both of the Tuni.fians and the Algerines, for freeing Christendom from the vexations of the Piratfr s . The Etoile adds to these reflection') that at least one imme diate and positive advantage can already be discerned as resulting from our warlike opera tions against the Corsairs ; f or that 14 as soon as the Dey of TUNIS was aware of the preparations against him at Malta, he hastened wereniedto makingrecal all his ships of war which were united to the fleet of the Turkish CAPTAIN PACILA. It cannot be doubted (adds the Etoile,) but that the Dey of ALGIERS Will, with equal eagerness, adopt the same precaution. The re treat of the Tunisians has already had the direct result of compelling the Turks to raise the maritime blockade of Missolonghi ; and the further separation of the Algerines from the forces of the Porte, will, as they are much more numerous than the Tunisians, be productive of still more considerable advantages for the cause of the Greeks,—a cause which has insensibly become that of all Christendom." We are glad to see this feeling in favour of Greece, evinced by one of the official papers of the French Cabi net ; and we can only on our part express a hope, if the bomlardment of Algiers and Tunis should be undertaken, that a French, as well as a British fleet, will be employed in what is ac knowledged to be the common cause of all Chris , tendom, and the vindication of which will be found a service of no small difficulty and peril. The Journal des LIMO: of Wednesday con tains intelligence from Constantinople to the 20th of January. It announces the arrival of the Russian Consul-General Mr. MENZIACEY in that capital on the 18th of that month, and confirms, though not officially, the re port previously received of the death of the new REISS•EFFENDI, before he had time to enter upon the duties of his office. Letters from Zante, given in the same Paper, and dated the sth inst., state that Lord BYRON was still at Missolunghi, and that a Greek corps of 3,000 men had march ed against Prevesa. Arms and ammunition from England had arrived at Missolunghi, and had Leen received with gratitude, less on account of their intrinsic importance, than because they showed that the sympathy of the only free people in Europe was at last excited in behalf of one struggling to establish its freedom. Success con tinued to attend the efforts of the Greeks in all quarters, and the important place of Patras was daily expected to surrender. Advices from Bar celona of the 15th inst. assert that the 7tlgerines had formally declared war against us on the 31st January ! CITY, Tredve o'Clock.—Consols opened this morning at 92-1 to 93, and soon after were done at 93kt, with a good deal of business doing, and for Money, 99.1{, with the Market looking up to a further rise. FOREIGN MAnKET.—The above Market was also brisk this morning. The following Letter from Tunis, dated Feb. 2, was this morning posted at Lloyd's:— " Yesterday a fine Spanish brig came into our Roads, a prize to the Algerine squadron ; she was taken off Cape Spartell, with two other brigs, which were sent into Algiers. The Spanish ship Virgin del Roxerio, Flaquies, from Mahon, bound to Alexandria, has put in here, and will not proceed. The Spanish brig Lubri Vau. rell, from Alexandria to Mahon, put in here the 27th ult.; she will sail iu a day or two with a French squadron, which lately arrived here, con sisting of three frigates, two corvettes, and twelve schooners." New Orleans Papers to the 11th January ar rived this morning. Extract of a Letter from Tampico, dated 15th December:—" The political affairs of our coun try wear a most pleasing aspect. The new Con gress has been installed, and a Cotnmittee ap pointed for the purpose have reported the project of a Constitution, which will uodoubt be accepted by the people, founded upon the Federal Repub lican system. A Republic is to bedivided into 15 State Governments. The proposed Constitution has been drawn up with great ability, and has disappointed all the Archists. A Treaty of Amity and Commerce has been concluded be tween the Government and the liupublic of Colombia." The crowded state of our columns compels us to postpone the continuation of our observations on the Financial Exposc" of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQtn until Monday. PRUSSIAN' LOAN negocialed by Mr. N. M. ROTHECHILD, in London, in 1818.—The half yearly dividend on the above Loan, which be comes due on Thursday the Ist of April next, will be paid by Mr. N. M. itoutscHlLD on that and every succeeding day (Sundays excepted) between the hours of 10 and 2, at his Counting house, No. 2 , New Court-street, St. Swithin's lane. The liivid , end.Warrant-s r of in numerical order, must be left one day for examination. A respectable article, which, by an Evening I publication, we perceive must have appeared in an unrespectable paper of yesterday morning, replies tnour strictures on the finance n. It is certain, as we are charged, that we Present year. We shall make a few com mentsas open a commerce as pos►ible with : of but does it from thence follow, that sthwhylsevt have nubtrio:i continent runtoehlt:i approve hostp'oe raid'odE-fd : uu: I f Ptoeees t he Chancellor of the Exchequer ? Th e present situation of the country is such, after a long peace, with a thriving revenue, and with establishments that ought to be reduced, that it has a right to expect the re mission of Taxes. Now, can the Chancellor of the Ex chequer say, that his changes in the CoMmercial practice of the country, with respect to the Wool and Silk trades, is the remission of a tax ? If it be, let them tell us to what amount, by estimate, the tax is remitted; and we will with pleasure inform the dealers in those articles, how much the Government has done for them. Mr. Robinson said in the House that he would be content to lose about 800,0001. on the experiment ; but do the dealers in wool and silk gain what he loses—do they take what he gives? That of which we com plain, therefore, is, that he has presented the nation with the execution of a theory, when it was looking for the remission of a tax. We did not reprobate the repeal of the coal-duty of the port of London ; but we reprobated it as a substitute for the repeal of the window-duty over all the kingdom. In that sense, we said it was nothing ; and we asserted generally, that frivolous, uncertain, delusive boons, were held ot4 to us in the finance plan, instead of the repeal ofsome heavy pressing tax. It is said that the object of Government in preceding years, " was to favour the agricultural interest, and that with that view, the property-tax (along with others named) was " repealed ;" whereas the truth is, that the property-tai, from the manner in which it was collected, bore less heavily upon the agricultural than upon any other interest.—( The Times. Letters from Rome of the 12th instant, state, that the POPE was daily recovering from his late severe illness. The Archduke FRANcte of AUSTRIA will re side at Milan, immediately after his marriage, which is speedily to take place. The Duke of CLARENCE came to town yester day morning from Bushey, and returned in the evening. Lord and Lady GRANYILLN and family sailed from► Dover ou Thursday, for Calais, on their way to Brussels. Tuesday evening Mr. WALTERS, the King's Messenger, left town with dispatches to the Right lion. Sir CHAS. BAGOT, our Ambassador at St. Petersburgh.—Mr. BAILEY, the King's Mes senger, left Downing-street the same evening, with dispatches for our Ambassador at Vienna. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the ship Thames, taken up on the 24th inst. for China direct, was thus timed, viz.—to be afloat the 28th inst., sail to Uravesend 14th March, stay there 30 days, and be in the Downs the 18th April. The Astell was consigned to Bengal direct. The body of the man murdered at Bethnal green was last night owned. It appears that his name is James liackstraw, and that he resided at Spitalfields, and was at work as late as eight o'clock on the evening of the murder. That he was murdered the body affords indubitable proofs. There is a cut, probably effected by a heavy instrument, across the forehead; five cuts across the throat, one of which extends from ear to ear; there are also several marks across the back of the right hand, produced, no doubt, in his efforts to save himself. Near to the pit are numerous large marks, of an inky blackness ; and unless these are stains of blood discoloured by amalgamation with the mud, the presumption would be that he was murdered elsewhere.— rhe pit is at the angle formed by the meeting of Weavers'-row and prospect-place. Some persons residing in the Cata-row heard a cry of murder about midnight.—One of these says that he rose and looked out of the window, but, not being able to glad a watchman, did not feel himself safe in venturing out. THE KING. 41-.l l ' IP,- -,.).Pf; •:- 4, ' ~.7::6 A,, - " -- ', '" :-..,•,,,4 C .ray 1, , e lire i''N '. C;:2 1 ,...•: 1 1'0tet A7'..,, I .,„c"' I ' %., t y. - Itr-) :S.- 6 1' it 0$ WINDSOrt, FEB. 27.—His MAJESTY, as stated in my last, has been occupied with public business since Monday, so as to preclude his accustomed exercise ; besides which the weather has for the most part been unfavourable. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS, Dowager Lady de Clifford, at her house in South Aud]ey street, from her seat, Dudley Grove ; the Earl of Dartmouth, at his house in Berkeley-square, from his seat, Sandwell Hall, Staffordshire; the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at their house in Park-place, from their seat, Hatfield ; Lord Molyneux, from a tour ; Lord Langford, at his house, in Bek keley-square, from his seat in Surrey ; Mrs. Egerton and fa mily, at their house in St. James's-square, from their seat, Tat ton Park, Cheshire; Mrs. and Miss HinchclifFe,at their house in Green-street, Grosvenor-square, from Lord Crewe's seat in Cheshire ; the Duchess of Somerset, in Park-lane; Col. Strutt, Lady Rayleigh, and the Hon. Misses Scutt, at their house in Green-street, Grosvenor-square ; Dowager Lady Floyd, in Upper Seymour-street ; Lady and. • Miss Neshitia, in Bruton-street, Berkeley-square ; Lady William Ben ti nck; in Park-lane ; Lady Poore, in Stanhope-street,' Park lane ; Colonel and Airs. Mitchell, in (;arson-street, May fair ; Mrs. Freemantle and Miss Hargey, in Stanhope-street; the Ladies Seymour, in Park lane ; Mrs. Humphrey St. John Mildmay, in Piccadilly ; Miss Boddington, in Upper Brook-street ; Mrs. and Miss Alex. Baring, in Bolton-row ; Major and Mrs. Lambert, in Green-street, . Par lane • Lady Louvaine and Miss Pere' ,' in Brook - street ; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Tyssen, and Family, at their house in Fitzroy-square, from their seat in • Kent ; General Paroissien, at his house in Grosvenor-street, from a visit at - Bladon Wood, Der by, the seat of P. Kendall, Esq.; Sir C. and 'Lady Hunter, at their house in Chesterfield-street, from a tour ; Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart. and Capt. Young, from Battle Abbey„ Sus sex ; Sir Francis Wilk*, Bart. at his house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from iris seat in Herts. MannrauE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Wednesday last, the 25th inst., at Duloe, by the Rev. John Wood, Lieut.-Col. James Drummond Buller Elphinstone, 3d Guards, son of the lion. H. Fullerton Elphinstone, to Anna Maria, only child of Vice- Admiral Sir Edward Buller, Bart., of 'Tenant Park, in the County of Cornwall. P 0 E T It Y. EPITAPH On the late Mrs. MULLINEX, of the- Adelphi Terrace. HEAV'N here releas'd from sharp and ling'ring pain One,' who, by worth, was form'd esteem to gain ; Her temper gentle, and her manners pure, Prompt to relieve, and patient toeralure. Through all the duties of a well-spent life, Fond as a Mother, virtuous as a Wife ; A friend to all who could deserve her aid, Wise by experience, good without parade. Death had no terrors for so just a mind, Except on leaving those she lov'd behind. Farewell, dear INltri.LisEx, a faithful friend ltever'd thee living, and now mourns thy end ; While sorrowing kindred o'er thy hunour'd bier, Drop the sad tribute of a heartfelt tear. COURT OF CHANCERT--,(Tms DAY.) ERRONEOUS NOTIONS RESPECTING the COURT. LORD CHANCELLOR—As it has been repre sented that the person who sits here does wis chief by hearing certain motions without the sig nature of Counsel, that is to say, when motions have been made to discharge an order of the Vice-Chancellor orAlie-Xaster of-the Rolls, that such motions have been brought on without the signature of the Counsel, —I have only to state, that having- been in this Court since the year 1775, whenever a motion has been made before the Master or the Rolls, which he has refused to allow, or which he did allow,-and,upon an appl:- cation to the Chancellor to vary' what the 'Master of the Rolls had done, or to devroy it alto gether; and so, again, whenever a motif n has been made before the Chancellor, and Counsel have been of opinion that the motion had been im properly granted, - or discharged, the party has • always in all those cases been at liberty to move again with a view to set the matter right, and if again with the signature of Counsel be necessary to alter the practice of the Court, as it has obtained since the period I have mentioned, all I can say is, that I haveinot a right to tax the King's subjects in that way. With respect to appeals and re hearings, it is supposed that I have heard them on new evidence, and thereby brought dis credit on some part of the Court. It is an utter falsehood ! On re-hearings it is always competent to read the evidence given in the cause, though it was not read in the Court below either by the Counsel or the Judge—further than that the Court does not g o . On appeals it only reads what has been read in the Court below, and that practice I have never departed from in any one instance—therefore • really before things are so represented, partieu.: larly by Gentlemen with gowns on their - backs, they should at least take care to be accurate, for • it is their business to be so. Mr. AGAR—Upon motions it would be impos.4- sible for Counsel to certify. LORD CHANIPELLOR - Such motions as I have, referred to, have been made for half a century and never with the signature of Counsel, and yet the public are told that the signature of Counsel is necessary by Act of Parliament, and that I havo dispensed with it. 11E[tCAN1'L14L Silit','lNG. DEAL, FEB. 27.—Wind S S.W.—Arrived the TrAn Sophie, Blosen, from Hamturgh. Remain his Majesty's ship RP.- millies. PORTSMOUTH, FE n. 27.—Calm.—The Hon. Company': ships Canning, Earl Balcarras,. and Dunira, frora the Downs, for India, &c. Passed by the Isle of Wight, all well. Sailed the Hopewell, Smith, for Jamaica ; Caroline, Harris, Batavia; and West Indian, Cook, Antigua. FALsrowrit, FEB. 26.—Wind E.N.E.--Arrived the Aurora, Thornbeck, from Trieste : sailed the 25th of Decem ber; Lucretia, Kraft, from Copenhagen ; -Walclenas, Torsen, from Arundal. Sailed the John, Walters; Dorothy, Sutton ; and Charles, Walker, for Charente ; Jane,Avery ; and Rising Sun, Budd, for St. Alichaels. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 28 --Arrived the Mount Wallaston, Frances, from New Orleans ; Activite, Guichon, from Havre. Sailed the John, Dawson, for Bahia ; Wanderer, Warren, for Valparaiso ; Fame, Gibb, Oporto ; and David, Richards, for Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 26.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Ceres, Asp, from Marseilles. Passed by the Atlantic, —, from Cadiz. COWES, FEB. 27.—Wind E.—Sailed the Orpheus, Findlay, for the Isla of France. GENOA, FE➢. 14.—1 t Li reported that die Mayflower, from Yarmouth to this place, has bore up for Marseilles in distress. The ItOmulus, Wilberforce, from Blyth to London, was carried into Harwich yesterday leaky, having been on Barbo rough Sand. r r L. LO I^ d; ild of, Int