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running across several fields, took shelter in a farm-house. opponent eagerly pursued him, followed by the amazed seconds who could by no means comprehend the cause of this mysteriou , chase. When they arrived at the cottage, the gentleman mounted the stairs, and searched all around for several minutes ; but thk redoubted hero was nowhere to be found ;—he had escaped b‘ jumping out of a back window at the very instant his antagonist had entered the-house. Thus terminated Fitzgerald's fighting career in England, when he never again showed himself in public. He embarked some months after for his native country, where he soon fell a victim t► his ferocious disposition, perishing by the hands of a commo►: hangman; and, ►n his wardrobe, after his death, were found se veral cuirasses, constructed of iron or steel plates, and lined with pasteboard and flannel ! Thus the whole conduct of his life con firms the opinion of a celebrated philosopher, that " Whatever may be the physical strength of a bully, he has no moral courage; for, however fierce his demeanour, he is surely a coward at heart." Our limits will not allow us to say more on the subjec of this number, than that it is every way equal to its pre decessors. The passages marked in " Montaigne's Me. moirs," possess a deep, general, and strong 41tttest. THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE. A gentlemanly and industrious number with no great whim or talent about it, but highly meritorious neve..-the less. " The Irish Polemics" is a spirited Paper, and tells some home truths. Miss 3litford's Village Sketches are racy and original, with all the fair authoress's naivete about them; and the " Chapter on Dreams," so happily charac teristie, that we have twice fallen asleep in our endea 'vows .to peruse it. The article "on the Four Nations," ipsa44 - ses some nice discrimination of national character, bvt . fails in delineating the Welchman. Toto ccelo errat. We happen from no slight personal experience to know that the crafty and polite Welchman differs in every respect, at all points, even the most unimportant, from the being he is here represented to be. Unfortunately we have little or no space left for extracts, but we would recom mend the Essay entitled " On the feeling of Immortality in Youth," to the attention of those who love to see a certain subtle and poetic own of thought expressed in befitting language. THE MONTHLY REVIEW. There are two or three very elaborate and ably penned criticisms in this number of the " Resurrection Review :" among others, one on " Dugeld Stewart's Elemetts of the Philosophy of the Human Mind," front which we are tempted to make the following brier extract, as a very cor rect—though, perhaps, notsvery profound—analysis of the great metaphysician's peculiar turn of mind. But aithougl. we thus cheerfully applaud Mr. Stewart's exer bona for the imi.tovement of this most interesting, and most valuable of all studies, yet we have never been blind to his defects, nor slow to caution our readers against them. Prominent amongst those faiths, Lppears to be his habit of giving expression to all the vague ideas that he finds floating in his mind upon the subject under his consideration, without at all considering whether they cut upon it the slightest gleam of light. Hence it is, that many students have co'cplained, and we do not hesitate to acknowledge ourselves of the n.zraber, that they have often risen from the pages of this writer, captivated by his enthusiasm, and charmed by his style, but unenriched by a single clear perception, as to the mean ing of the author, or as to the conclusions which he would wish to establish. The suavity and eloquence with which he addresses us, seem to aim at something very profound, something hitherto concealed in the interior of the mind, which he has had the good fortune to discover, and the benevolence to disclose. But after we arrive at the end, aad reflect on all this fine array of language, we feel disappointed that promises so specious and so engaging, dwindle into mere conjecture, or vanish in some airy vision, upon which no sound superstructure of knowledge can be erected. The Review of " Segues Memoirs, are interesting—but how can they be otherwise ? A critic must have a very superhuman genius for stupidity, who could fail to delight, when associated—no matter how remotely—with such a magician as Count Segur. By the way, a literary friend of ours, calls him Count Segar, because his anecdotes, however imposing at the commencement, usually end in smoke : this may be, but ex funto dare lucem, is no slight praise. On the whole, we may venture to recommend this number of the Monthly Review as a sample of very superior ability. THE LITERARY MAGNET. A very light, gossiping, and miscellaneous number, from which we make the following extract from a review of Mr. Ryan's Poets and Poetry. It regards the late eccen tric Maturin, the well-known author of " Melmoth," a man whose imagination was as unbounded as his absurdities : . The curate of St. Peter's, Dublin, was exceedingly vain, both of his person and accomplishments; and as his income would not allow him to attract attention from the splendour of his dress and manners, he seldom failed to do so by their singularity. Mr. Maturin was tall, slender, but well proportioned, and, on the whole, a good figure, which he took care to display in a well made black coat, tightly buttoned, and 'some odd light-coloured stocking-web pantaloons, surmounted in winter by a cloak of pro_ digious dimensions, gracefully thrown on, so as not to obscure the symmetry it affected to protect. The reverend gentleman sung and danced, and prided himself on performing the movements and evolutions of the quadrille, certainly equal to any other divine of the established church, if not to any private gentleman of the three kingdoms. It often happened, too, that Mr. Maturin la boured under an attack of gout, or met with some accident, which compelled the use of a slipper, or a bandage on one foot or one leg: and, by an unaccountable congruity of mischances, he was uniformly compelled, on these occasions, to appear in the public thoroughfares of Dublin, where the melancholy spectacle of a beautiful limb in pain, never failed to excite the sighs and sympathies of all the interesting persons who passed, as well as to prompt their curiosity to make audible remarks and inquiries re specting the possessor. THE INSPECTOR. This periodical which is only eleven months old—is a very fine child for it's age ; full of life, spirit, and juvenility. A few nionths since, it was weaned, we understand, and put out to nurse, under the superintendance of a new Editor, and truly, from that time up to the present, it has been gradually improving in appearance. This month it is particularly clever: in proof of which, we extra c t the fol loliving Sonnet, as a choice sample of healthy sentiment • - TO - A LADY. " That touching-and unearthly charm, Where early death has set its seal."—Knight's Quar. Mag. Thy step is measured by the beating heart, Thy voice is passion's choaking sigh, thy form Is trembling with the presence of the storm, The eyes that see thee, give thee up their tears For all thou dolt appear, and all thou art ; Too like a temple, radiant with the flame, Whose fiery breathings feed upon its frame, Thy very peril se sublime appears, We hardly dare thy destiny deplore ; Such awful loveliness thine aspect wears, We feel to wrong that beauty with our tears, And lose our pity, learning to adore ; Tho' while we look on thee, we cannot keep From weeping, yet we worship as we weep. A is LA BELLE ASSE3IBLEE. The engravings to this fashionable miscellany are this month of first-rate excellence. With respect to its literature, it is, as it is in duty bound to be, very lady-like and insipid. ve understand it is edited by a " Blue" of the masculine gender, who, when duly inspired by weak tea and toast, vents his genius in the shape of sundry small criticisms on " cotemporary writers of fiction." So far, so good; if, however, the next time this critic, tries his hand on paper, he will make his tea a little stronger (a spoonful more or less is no great additional expence), per adventure, his criticisms may acquire corresponding strength. With this friendly and affectionate hint, we dismiss him ! ACKERNIANN'S REPOSITORY. This Patagonian periodical p ossesses merit proportioned to its magnitude. The descriptive little paper on "March," in particular, marches on at a very pleasant ambling pace. We should think its author must have been no con temptible pedestrian in his day. It is, in short, the best paper in the Number, and happily blends sentiment with description. The coloured illustrations are in unison with the literary merits of this work. This is saying a great deal. THE LONDON UNIVErtSITY. Yesterday the Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of I the University of London was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, purstiani to the 58d article of the Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Coun cil as to the state of their affairs. The attendance of Shareholders was, for ciliate time after the Council - entered the room, under 30, the number required to make a Court. Lord AUCKLAND took the Chair. .- Mr. John Smith, 111.1 3 ., Dr. Birkbece - , M.. A 4 ' . Campbell, Mr. Hume, and the MeMbere Of the Council, were present. The C!."iRMAN stated the object of the Meeting, and said, that the inclemency of the season had prevented the p , : , •sons em ployed in the building of the University making tha'i. progress which the impatience of the Shareholders and of the Council made them desire ; but he had great pleasor?, iti beii:g able to in- 1 form the Shareholders that the 'cle;aY arose from no deficiency of means, or advent cause, other than the one he had stated, and that the whol'a a.'ifairs of the Institution were in a state of continued prosperity.—(Cheers.) Mr. THOMAS CAMPBELL, as he was obliged to quit the Meet ing abruptly on a journey of important business to a distant part of the country, begged to be permitted, though out ef. Order, to make a valedictory address to the Meeting. lie was sorry to say that the progress of the signatures to the Deed of Settlement was not so great as it might to be, or the promises of those who thus delayed gave them a right to expect. He owned he felt mortified at this circumstance ; but he hoped that before he returned, every Shareholder would have redeemed the pledge of honour given, and which was outstanding until the Deed of Settlement was signed, and the subscriptions completed.—(Hear, hear.—He regretted that he should be unable to attend their intended solemnity of lay ing the first stone, but he trusted that the highest spirit of zeal would be manifested on the occasion. One of the Counsel here came fotWard, and saieit was useless to regret the delay of Shareholders in signing the deed, because little could fairly be expected of those Shareholder; until they and the public received proof that the pledge given them of building the University would be redeemed. E proportion as the Council advanced in the work, and gave practical assurances of its com pletion, ti- ,, se Shareholders and others would come forward to give their support to the undertaking.—(Hear, hear.),—For his part, as an individual Shareholder, and as a Member of the Coun cil, he could declare that the prospects of the completion, and-en tire success of the undertaking, were now beyond the warmest anticipations which actuated him at the outset.—(Cheers.)—Let it be shown how far they were in earnest, and the Shareholders would not, he was sure, be backward. Mr. CAMPBELL said, the advice was proffered in his zeal for the Institution, and he hoped it had not given offence.--(No, no, from several Members of the Council.) Mr. Cox, the Honorary• Secretary, then read the Report, which stated that the Council had completed the contracts for building the University. Under these contracts, excavations of earth had been made fir laying the foundation. Nothing was expected that might intervene to prevent them from laying the first stone in the course of April next.—(Applause.) —His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex had promised to honour them with his presence. A call of one instalment of 10 per cent. had been made, and now in the progress of collection. It was met in the most satis factory manner. The Council had great satisfaction in being able to stare, that the applications for Professorships had been highly numerous, from men of the highest eminence, and that these situ ations would be filled by men who could not but satisfy the expec tations of the public, and ensure the success of the undertaking.— The money at present received on 1,179 Shares, amounted to 29,4701. The total receipts, including donations, &c., were 33,6021. Of this 30,0001. had been paid for land for the scite of the University, and after various charges enumerated, had been defrayed, they had a balance of upwards of 2,5001. in the hands of their bankers. A resolution, expressive of the satisfaction of the Meeting with this Report, was then moved and carried unanimously. It was ordered that the Report should be printed, and sent to th e Share . _ iolders. In consequence of the present thin Meeting, which was at tributed by several Shareholders to the circumstance of its only having been advertised in two Daily Papers, the Council were recommended to send notice of Meetings in future by letter to all those who resided in the Metropolis. Dr. GILCHRIST said, he was of opinion that it was highly im portant there should be a Professorship of the Oriental Languages established in the Metropolis. He wished to learn from the Noble Chairman whether there was any intention of attaching one to the University. The CHAIRMAN, in reply, assured the Worthy Proprietor that the Oriental Professorship had not been lost sight of, and that they had still an intention of making provision for one. Dr. GILCHRIST said, he had offered his gratuitous services to the University, in promoting the knowledge of those languages. He by no means wanted himself to have any thing to do with a Professorship. —( Applause. ) The CHAIRMAN said, the University were much indebted to the Doctor for his offer. One SHAREHOLDER stated, that himself and several others were desirous of paying up in full upon their Shares, but when it was tendered, they were informed that no authority had been given by the Council to receive more than the regular calls. He thought it desirable that every person who chose should be allowed to pay up in full. The CHAIRMAN said, they were certainly ready to receive such payments ; but if any express notice had been given that they were ready to do so, it would appear as if they wished to forestall their resources. Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR stated, that in a case where he was ex ecutor, the intention of the party to pay up in full had been pre vented by his death. He would have paid up in full, in the first in stance, had he understood that he would be permitted to do so. A SHAREHOLDER expressed his hopes, that the building would not be delayed by the ceremony of laying the first stone. The CHAIRMAN replied, that what was called the first stone, was not, in fact, the first stone of the building, but the corner stone, and that the work would not be delayed by the ceremony. It would certainly not be performed until after the 15th of April, since Mr. Brougham, whose presence on the occasion was much desired, would not return from the Circuit before that time. Mr. Tiumr suggested, that the Shareholders should bring as many of their friends as they could to the entertainment, which would be given on the occasion, for numbers would greatly con tribute to its spirit and success. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, after which the Meeting separated. ONE SWALLOW DOES NOT MAKE A SUMMER.— One sharp frosty day, the Prince of Wales went into the Thatch ed-house Tavern, and ordered a beef-steak ; but, observing that it was excessively cold, desired the waiter to bring him first a glass of brandy and water. He emptied that in a twink ling, then a second, then a third. " Now," said his Royal Highness, " I am warm and comfortable ; bring my steak." On this, Mr. Sheridan, who was present, wrote the following im promptu : " The Prince came in and said 'twas cold, Then put to his head the rummer ; Till SWALLOW after SWALLOW came, Then he pronounc'd it sumstia."—Liverpool Albion. ARBROATII.---On Wednesday morning, a report got abroad that that noted miser Willie Scott, better known by the name of Pluffy, was dead ; and as he had been observed to be in a declining state for some time past, it was readily believed...— An immense crowd soon collected at his house, who, after many attempts to force an entrance, at last broke open the door, but such an effluvia issued from the interior, that few could go far ther. On going in, they found the poor wretch not dead, but in a very deplorable condition. He lay stretched upon a pallet, not of straw, for that would have been a luxury; but on a few rough boards, which kept him from the earthen floor, without an article to cover him, save a few rags which served the two-fold purpose of bed and body clothes. On being found, he expressed a wish that two or three individuals, distant relations of his, should be sent for, and on their appearing, he disclosed the secret where the purse was laid, and desired them to part it among them, for he wished to die. It is something singular how the poor wretch who has undergone every species of self-privation could have parted with his money so freely. In the corner of his dreary cell, under a flag-stone, was discovered a bank cheque for 100/., one sovereign, and twenty-eight one pound notes—the paper shelved symptoms of a speedy approach to dissolution.— Large quantities of silver mostly old coinage, and copper, were found deposited in old shoes ; but there are still two boxes which he has forgotten where they are hid ; however, he says they will be got, as they are not out of the house. Scott had a great partiality for hens and ducks, for guns, pistols, swords, and other warlike instruments, several scores of n w o h m ic p h ani a o r n e s t in he s house. Such of the hens and ducks, his only dreary mansion, as had survived the protracted confinemei,t, without food, were sent to his relatives. He was also conveyed from his filthy abode to the house of a relation, where he is to un dergo a thorough cleinsing; but it is not expected he can re cover, as one of his legs is greatly mortified.—Caledonian Mer cury. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS: (From the _bode, dated TiiesAay 4 , Feb. Tt.) Manazo, FEB. 15.—Doubts are entertained whether the levy, which has been decreed, can be soon carried into effect, the Trea sury being so exhausted as to be unable to provide for the most trifling disbursements, however urgent. Another Decree of February the 9th, founded on the necessity of protecting and extending the commerce of America with the mother country, provisionally auihbriies the Spaniards to send merchandize from the ports of the Peninsula to the Colonies, in foreign vessels, on the payment of certain duties by the proprie tors of those ships. A Royal Order, inserted in a Circular of the Council of Cas tile, elated the 7th, grants to the bank of St. Charles the privilege of receiving judi:±l Gen. Morales, who rendered himself so famous a lei? years ago in the war on the Terra Firma, is going to set out for the Canary Islands, of which he is appointed Capt.-General. VIENNA, FEB. 17.—A dreadful murder was committed a few days ago on Abbe Plank, 72 years of age, and Professor of the Mathematics. He had given lessons to the Crown Prince and the Duke of Reichitadt, and was generally eeteemed. The individual whom every circumstance indicates as the perpetrator, disco vered yesterday by the exertions of the Police, and delivered into the hands of justice. He belongs to the higher class of society, had been Colonel in a Polish legion, wore the insignia of several orders, and had been Marshal of the Nobility in a district of Po dolia. Under the pretext of having money to lend, he formed an acquaintance with the unfortunate Professor, and stabbed him with a dagger in thirteen places. The whole city is seized with horror, as well on account of the murder itself, as of the circum atanees accompanying the arrest df the supposed murderer. The latter has hitherto persisted in denying his guilt. LIES OF THE DAY. PARIS, FEB. 26.—The Courier Francais.—The King of Spain lately received a Note from Mr. Lamb; and having given it to the Council of State, that it might give him its opinion, the Council, in which Don Carlos presided, took the strange resolu tion not to answer it. THE Samr..—The New Holy Alliance has been formed of Rome, Austria, France, and Spain, to reduce to nothing the reclamations of the people. The Jesuits are the secret agents of it. THE QUOTIDIENNE.--It is proved by the reports of the Con stitutional Generals themselves, that the Moniteur and Etoile, in announcing that the Portuguese Refugees were retreating towards Gallicia, have announced a fact notoriously false.* (From the Journal de Paris of Monday, Feb. 26.) PARIS, FEB. 25.—The Quotidienne, which, since it has joined the ranks of Opposition, partakes of the systematic madness by which that opposition is possessed, sings Te Deum in honour of the Portuguese Rebels on the day of their defeat, and thinks it can divine their victory as it divined their plot. Unfortunately, the field of battle is in Portugal. The head-quarters of the intrigue are perhaps here. What does the Quotidienne say to this, which was so w e ll inf orme d _ _ before-hand of the revolt of the Marquis de Chaves, and now s; ill-informed respecting the success of his arms? We must, how ever, explain to the readers of the Quotidienne the return of the Portuguese refugees into Portugal, which it considers as a cir cumstance so favourable to the party which it protects. The Re fugees, who were lately repulsed to the Spanish frontiers, had re turned into Portugal out of despair, and because the Spanish Authorities, who .had received positive orders, were seriously re solved to disarm them, and send them into the interior of the kingdom, they then thought it better to try their fortune a . second time, and to return into Portugal, either to venture another at tack, or to seek an asylum in the mountains. It is in conse quence of this second attempt that they have been completely beaten, as stated in the letters from Madrid of Feb. 15. This may open the eyes of the Quotidienne to the real causes of this second enterprise. We are happy to give it this information, for this proves that the Spanish Government has acceded in intention and fact to the general policy of -Europe, which will, doubtless, give the Quotidienne great satisfaction. (From the Constitutionnel of Monday.) PARIS, FEB. 25.—One of our Subscribers, of the reformed religion, addresses to us the following observations The Ga zette des Tribunaux of the 18th February contains a Decree passed by the Court Royal of Bourges, the consideration of which deserves all the attention of the friends of Religious Liberty. The case was that of M. Gobin, a merchant of Sancerre, whose shot, in killing a partridge, had touched, it was said, a statue of the Holy Virgin, placed there by the piety of a private individual. The Tribunal of Sancerre had condemned the sportsman to six months' imprisonment and 600 francs fine, conformably to the law relating to sacrilege. The Court Royal of Bourges, on ap peal, annulled this judgment." The following are the principal grounds of its decree :—" Considering that this crime is one of those which ought to be regarded with the greatest horror in a country where the only true religion, the Catholic, is the religion of the State; that the profanation of the image of the Mother of our Divine Saviour ought to be punished with great severity; but that the more grievous the offence, the more the accused has a right to require that his guilt should be proved in the most po sitive manner ; considering that such proof is not found in the present case; that presumption and probability are not sufficient to justify the infliction of the severe punishment provided in Article 11, of the Law of the 20th April, 1825, on a well-known inhabitant, who has never before been subjected to accusation, producing numerous certificates, among which is one of the Mayor of the Commune, who attests that the civil conduct of this honest merchant is irreproachable, and also that of ,the Curate of the parish, who declares that M. Gobin has never proved himself an enemy of religion." Here then we have a Court of Justice, declaring by its decree, that the Catholic Religion is the only true religion. That with which the law, with respect to sacrilege, has been particularly reproached, is the conversion of religious truths into legal truths, and to restore the mixture of spiritual and temporal, which is so fatal to public peace, and religion itself. The defenders of this law have pretended that that was not its effect ; that it protected equally, all religions, and excepted none. His Excellency, the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, has said, that the law watched with equal solicitude over the security of every communion ; that the question was not so much to know whether the Catholic Re ligion was the true Religion or not; that it was sufficient if it was recognised by the state, in order to obtain from it the neces sary protection. Is it not, then, to depart strangely from the spirit of the law t o say, in stating the grounds of a decree fur its , ti f application, that the Catholic Religion is the only true o It seems to us that there is controversy in this , and that the seat of the Judge singularly encroaches on the pulpit of the Preacher. in had What been would 11 d have Protestants occurred as in ifother the ca C u : t u a r o t f ß t o h y e a of kingdom iaglo there murfes They could not have signed the reasons which were given for the de cree; and what sort of formula of judgment is that which cannot be signed by a numerous class of Frenchmen, declared as fit as others for judicial functions? The orators for the Ministry have said, in the present discus sion on the law relating to the Press, that if the offences which it embraces are referred to the Tribunals, the latter must lay aside what is called public opinion, and even their own opinion, in order to consult nothing but the law ; can it be said that the Counsellors of the Court Royal of Bourges have laid aside theirs ? We wish not to arraign their attentions ; they feared, perhaps, that the acquittal they were about to pronounce contrary to the opinion of the Government officers would be a triumph for irre ligious minds, and therefore they thought it necessary to introduce a corrective; yet this excess of prudence has strangely misled them. We tremble to think that the accused might be a Protes tant ; for there is a Protestant Church at Sancerre. Certainly he could not have produced the certificate mentioned in the con siderant ; and without that attestation the Court Royal would have thought that the strongest presumptions of a guilty intent existed against him, and although innocent he would have been condemned. M. J. Didot, one of our most celebrated printers, has just formed an establishment at Brussels. He is transporting thither a second set of dies, and they will have the same types as at Paris. The King of the Netherlands, who does not regard printing as a wound or a scourge, has, by his decree of the 27th January last, granted to M. Didot the importation, without duty, of all things necessary for the formation of a foundry, and a printing-house.— Thus our neighbours profit by the faults of our Ministry. LISBON, FEB. 1 0.--(Extract from a private Letter.)—The connivance of Spain at the Portuguese rebels was prored to-day in the most evident manner. All impartial men in Europe will allow the Casus Fcederis with respect to Portugal. Its alliance, however, with England will not allow it to adopt directly any re solution, on this point, until Mr. Canning has thought proper to declare that it would henceforth be dangerous to await the adop tion of the locus penitentice by the Apostolical Spanish Cabinet, which seems determined not to change its system, and to com bine in mocking the caution employed in its favour. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) MADRID, FEB. 15.—General Sarsfield has suddenly set out from Talavera, for Valencia d'Alcantara. The cause of this de parture has been discovered by a plan of desertion which em- a The Marquis and Marchioness of Chaves have retired from Braga : according to all appearance, the Rebels retire by Lindo to Galicia.—Lisbon Gazette. braced not less than a battalion of provincial militias and a squadron of horse chasseurs of the guard, who were cantoned in the city of Rosas. General Rodil discovered the plot, and al though the execution of it was stopped in time, till now it is the only discovery made throughout the line. The Government is greatly alarmed, for all the troops are persuaded they are going to fight the battle of the Monks, and therefore are very much dis contented. As to the Maintenance of peace between Portugal and Spain, both countries are preparing for t it ; and if it does not break out immediately, the reason is, that events have taken them rather unawares; and the exchange of diplomatic notes is nothing more than time reciprocally granted to prepare for the exchange of cannon shot. At length the levying of 24,000 men has been published in the Gazette of to-day. It contains a diminution of two years' ser vice in favour of each of the helv recruits. The term is thus re duced to six years. This is joined to a number of other conces sions, to soften the had effect which it is reported this publication will produce in the public mind. The Comptroller-General of the Finances has just received or ders to pay to the Jesuits the sums due to them for the revenues of such of their ancient property as hare been adjudged to the State. These Reverend Fathers, who have re-opened almost all their old schools, increase their power with such great rapidity, that in a dozen years we must expect to see them as formidable as they were at their expulsion under the Count Aranda. An attempt has just been made to excite the Fauxbourgs of Madrid. The Apostolicals, in their Proclamations, published for this purpose, pretended a de claration of war on the part of England. (From the Journal des Debats of Monday.) MADRID, Fan. 15.—(Private Correspondence. )—I informed you some time ago, that very considerable sums, which were said to come from France, had been disembarked at St. Buder, and had been frnmediately addressed to the Portuguese Rebels ; and I add now, that a similar disembarkation has just taken plate, and that the sums disembarked amount, it is said, to 12 millions of reale. I will also tell yon, that the commercial paper on all places in Gailicia, and even Old Castile,commencing with Salamanca, has come into great demand, and this can arise from nothing else than the effect of sending thither foods to the Marquess de Chaves, who, according to the general opinion, will not remain above a fortnight on our territory. AMERICA. EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COM MERCE. " Your Committee believe, that, having offered to Great Bri tain all that she can claim upon any principle, all that else is now understood at any time to have asked, and all that any indepen dent nation can surrender, the trade vrii: be opened, unless she has determined to exclude us from all intercourse with her Colo lonies, while they are opened to other nations. Such a measure as that would.speak a language not to be misundes?tood. In the remote contingency, then, that such may be her policy, we have provided an absolute interdict, t o t a k e e ff ec t at a futu re daj , , which will give her time to weigh the subject and snake known 10. r in tentions. " This interdict is to take effect only in the event of her refust. ll to open the trade to her Colonies. The refusal would draw a broad line of distinction between us and other nations, and evince a spirit of jealousy and rivalry which we cannot believe to exist, and indicate a policy at war with the liberal principles and ami cable sentiments she has professed. " In consequence of the possibility of being driven to the en forcement of the interdict, it has become necessary to inquire into the extent to which it should be carried; and your committee believe, if contrary to expectation, Great Britain should adhere to her exclusion of our vessels under the terms proposed, there would be but one feeling and one voice in this country. The principles on which we act, the dignity of the Government, and the interests of commerce, unite in demanding an absolute and rigid non-intercourse. "If we make it partial, Great Britain will derive the benefit, and we shall lose all that is worth contending for. If we merely exclude her vessels, then her productions will still find a market here, and the colonies will find their supplies as usual from us.— It will be for both parties, out of a spirit of jealousy, to lose the carrying of their own productions. This will be to give her co lonies all the benefits they derive from a free trade, and will indi rectly effect the avowed object of their policy, as indicated in their debates, to secure by her laws to her own shipping as large a portion of the navigation of the world as she can obtain, and what she cannot in this way secure to herself, to divide and diffuse among the other nations, to prevent any nation from hav ing an undue share of it, and to throw it, if possible, into the hands of the lesser powers. By this arrangement she obtains what she can of the trade with her colonies, by excluding us from the competition, and thows the balance into hands of others, divided and diffused so as not to augment the power of any par- ticular country. " It is not to be disguised that such a policy, while it subtracts from our, and does not increase her navigation, preserves her pre ponderance by maintaining her relative strength. If it has en tered into her views that we are rivals, that the natural effect of fair competition must be thrown into the hands of those powers, who excite jealousy, in order to preserve her relative superiority, then it becomes us, without indulging any feeling of rivalry to wards her, to counteract a policy so injurious to us. " The vast colonial power, the extensive commerce and mari time strength of Great Britain, which we cannot pretend, in our infancy, to rival, excites no feelings of jealousy. But the fair trial of the enterprise and skill of two such nations is a noble contest, in which we willingly engage, not to depress her, but to improve ourselves. But if her ample means, conducted by masterly ability, and seconded by the spirit of her people, is not enough. and she finds it necessary to protect herself from fair competition by regulations, prohibitions, and interdicts, we must regret, while we yield to the necessity, to be driven into a system of counteraction alike injurious to both. " Your Committee cannot, therefore, hesitate to make the in terdict as broad as the case requires. The British interdict leaves open the ports of Noi th American possessions, and so much only as suits her own peculiar system. Ours must be made to meet its operation, not its terms. Some fears may be entertaine d t hat this ma y prove injurious that information their articles from r o twillloseinos most exar pe- rienced rienced merchants , that no injury will be sustained. Th e Co l o _ I , i oifnnr ere, s t h t a b n e d s best and to by cv u le r ud a s is nies must be supplied, and the depressed state of their produce will not allow them to bear any increase of their burdens, espe cially in the necessaries of life. Canada cannot supply them to a greater extent than at present. The flour from the Baltic, if it can be obtained, will he at very advanced prices. They must de pend for supplies upon us, which they will obtain from neigh bouring ports, to which it would be carried by our vessels. The quantity of articles, sold in the West Indies, and the navigation employed, will not be changed ; but if we permit British or neu tral vessels to carry direct to the colonies, we shall lose all the car rying trade. The situation of the colonists will scarcely bear the increased expence of the indirect voyage. During the non-inter course between 1820 and 1822, the colonists complained, in nu merous petitions, of the ruinous effect of the restrictive system. It produces such a derangement in, the trade, such ii regular sup plies, advanced prices, and want of market, that the Government was obliged to relieve them by opening the ports. We shall hear the same thing again. " All the merchants concur in representing the trade as not profitable. Losses are sustained on all the home voyages: the v.-; exportation duties alone are heavy burdens on the trade. It will further appear that our exportation to the West Indies, and wereth e shippingdiminished.employed, ()u during productions tl y i ears foluBa2doa, market lB2l, and u,h enever West India productions were sold. The colonists were obliged to find the article where it was to be sold, and the exchanges of their productions were necessarily ma d e wh e r e v er they found our sup plies. " The Committee believe, from the information alluded to, that no injury will be sustained in the sale of the articles for that mar ket ; that this part of the interdict is an essential prohibition, without which it will fail to produce its effect. " It is recommended to close the communication with the North American possessions, for a reason equally obvious.— They are left open by the British regulations, in order to draw our provisions, lumber, and live stock to those markets, by which means the colonies will be supplied, at prices somewhat increased, but cheaper than from elsewhere; and the great ob ject of all these regulations, the carrying of these articles from those ports to the West Indies, will be secured to the British shipping. Without this precaution the interdict will be worse than useless. "The effect of closing these ports will be to concentrate our trade in some of the ports adjacent 'to the British colonies, to which it will be carried by our vessels. Without this provision, the trade of the northern States would concentrate in the northern British possessions, and exclude our shipping. " But it is said that Great Britain will intercept the commu nication between these intermediate ports and her colonies. No apprehension of that can be indulged. Her colonies could not sustain such a state of things. It would produce inevitable ruin. They did not venture to resort to that violent remedy in 1821 and 1822, and if she does, the effect would scarcely be felt by us. Whatever they consume must be taken from the general market, and will so far diminish the supply of that market. But this measure could not be effected but by a non-intercourse wit all the West India Islands in American produce. " The British West Indian colonies are iu a most depress state ; their production are reduced to the minimum; they me with a powerful competition from other islands, in every mark except England, and even there they must be protected from tl sugars of the island of Mauritius and the East Indies. They r quire to be supplied direct, and at the least expence, from t] United States, to maintain themselves. The increased pric the natural effect of irregular supplies, and the expence of lm voyages, could not be tolerated there long. " By permitting our productions to go direct by the vessels other Foreign Powers, or circuitously by her northern possession we lose the carrying, without benefitting the agricultural inter( of this country. By the other course recommended, our produ tions, carried in our own vessels, will find a ready market. 0 interdict will be felt, and the only operation of the British inte diet will be to burden more heavily the colonies, already sinkii under the pressure of other causes operating on them. " Great Britain, in applying the interdict, either had in vie a free intercourse or entire exclusion. We report a Bill to me either exigency. " Your Committee, having presented their views to the S nate, with the accompanying Bill, indulge a hope that the terr proposed will be acceptable to Great Britain —that the commer will return to its wonted channels, and that the two countrii though touching at many points, but rivals in none, will purse their march in the high career that lies before them, not in tl spirit of commercial jealousy, but with a generous and noble con petition." COLOMBIA. By an arrival from Colombia we are put in possession of in portant intelligence—th e arrival of the Liberator at Maracaib and hostilities between Paez and the Constitutional army.- They appear to be only slight affairs, and to the disadvantai of Paez. Bolivar has issued the two following important Sts Papers : " PROCLAMATION. " Venezuelans—The glory of your brave champions has bee tarnished by the crime of fratricide. Is that the wealth whit was to crown your virtue and your valour ? No, lay dow your parricidal arms, and spare your country. Listen to tl voice of your brother and your companion, before you make tl last sacrifice of that blood which has eluded the grasp of tyrant's: and which Heaven was preserving for the support of the Republ of heroes. " Venezuelans—l solemnly pledge my word that a convocs tinn of the people shall be made, in order calmly to deliberate o their welfare and their sovereignty. You will be, ere long, na] before the expiration of this year, consulted to declare yourselvi as regards the time, place, and manner intended to be agreed upo for the Grand National Convention. There you will, withot restraint, declare your sovereignty. There you will publish you fundamental laws ; and, as the sole arbiters of your fate, sele( that which will be most conducive to your happiness. Unbiasse by those in power, or by any private individual, or even by a pot tion of the community, the majority will constitute the sovereig body. He is a tyrant who assumes the privilege of the people and his power the work of usurpation. 6' Venezuelans—l march towards you, determined to place my self' between your bayonets and your breasts. I prefer to di rather L'an see you dishonoured. Ignominy is s till worse t h a . tyranny, to 4void which we have sacrificed every thing. W o e t those who spul.4 my admonition, and are found deficient in thei duty ! " Head-quarters (;_f.the Liberator, Maracaibo, Dec. 16, 1826. " BOLIVAR." _ _ _ " Simon Bolivar, LiberatOY. President, &c. considering— " Ist. That I have been app;qinted President of the Republi by the people of Colombia ; 2d. That the Senate has tequired we to take the oath a President ; " 3d. That all parties have solicited my return, in order ti adjust their differences; _ _ " 46. That the civil war is absolutely desolating Matxriu an( Venezuela ; " I do decree-- "Art. Ist. The departments of Maturin, Venezuela, Ori noco, and Zulia, are placed, from this day, under my imme diate orders. " 2. Whatever claims the different cantons, provinces, and de partments may have to make, are to be addressed directly to the office of my Secretary General. " 3. From the 'moment tlfat the competent authorities will re ceive the present Decree, their obedience to any higher authority save my own is to cease. " 4: All hostilities between the contending► parties shall dis continue immediately. " 5. The moment after my arrival at the capital of Carac&ts, will assemble the Electoral Colleges, to receive their declaration, when, where, and on what terms they wish the great National Convention to be assembled. " 6. My Secretary-General's office is charged with the execu tion of this Decree. "Maracaibo, 19th Dec., 16th year of Independence. " BOLI VAR. " For the Liberator President, Secretary of State, and General Secretary of his Excellency, " J. R. REVENGA." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEB. 28. There being but thirty Members present when the Speaker took the Chair, the House was of course Adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. EMIGRATION. REPORT from the SELECT COMMITTEE on EMIGRATION, 1827. Your Committee, in the prosecution of their inquiries, having ascertained from evidence that a considerable portion of the la bouring population entertain the expectaction that they shall be transferred to, and located in, the B"itish American Colonies, ex clusively at the public expence, and being desirous to remove such misapprehension at the earliest period, have adopted the fol lowing Resolution : Resolved—That this Committee is not prepared to recede from the principle which is distinctly laid down in the Report of the Committee on Emigration in 1826, that private or loc a l contri bution, in some s h a p e , oug ht t o form the basis of a n y system o f Emigration to which it may be expedient for this Committee to recommend any assistance from the National Funds. February 26, 1827. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. Earl of Connaught's Claim to rote for Peera for Ireland —Committee of Privileges thereon. Earl of Roscommon's Claim—Further consideration thereof. Temple Normantown Road Bill—Committee. Stainsby and Heath Common Inclosure Bill—Committee. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICE OF 111 0TIONF0RTHIS DAY. Mr. Secretary Canning—Consideration of the Laws relating to the Im portation of Foreign Corn. ORDER OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. Stirling, &e. Burghs Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at half after three. DROPPED NOTICES OF MOTIONS OF VESTERDAY. passed between the I. Mr. Villiers Stuart—Papers connected with the Appointment of a re. of sident Stipendiary Magistrate, under the Constabulary Act, for the which passed and its vicinity, District of Kilmacthomas, in the County of Waterford ; viz., the Certificate of the Magistrates to apply for, and the Memorial of the relating to Orange Parades on the 12th July, 1825 :—Also, Copies of sh the Opinions of the Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland which 2. Ml C ri. c . : against,t ou y „..citeorssn; ecntohtpal tensdothe Correspondence Appointment. Magistrates were Mid before the Magistrates respecting Processions. 3. Sir James Graham—To present two Petitions relating oo the intro duction of the Military into Carlisle during the last Election. 4. Sir Thomas Lethbridge—To present Petition from the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Bath, relative to the Roman Catholic Claims. 5. Mr. Moore—Revenue Returns, relating' to Duties and Drawbacks on Malt and Spirits in Ireland and Scotland. 6. Mr. Henry Grattan—Report of Commissioners directed by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to inquire into the state of the Richmond Pe nitentiary in Dublin. 7. M .r. Mabel'ly—Return of the Convicts confined in the Penitentiary, and on board the Hulks, with a view of contrasting the expences of the two Establishments 8. Mr. Alderman Wai thruan—Receipt and Expenditure of the Society for the Refuge of the Destitute. DROPPED ORDERS OF THE DAY OF YESTERDAY. I. Supply—Committee. 2. Ways and Means—Committee. 3. Ways and Means—Report. 4 . Mutiny Bill—Report. 5. Marine M u ti ny B i ll—Report. 8. Public Work s (I re l a nd) Acts—Co mmi tter thereupon. SALE and C O ., B OO T-MAKERS to his E xce ll ency Prince Staremberg, 33k, STRAND, do continue to m a k e to mea sure their Wellington Boots, for 11. Is., of the test leather and workmanship England can produce. SALE and Co. return their sincere thanks for the generous support which the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public have been kind enough to favour them with, which enables them to make a pair of Wellington Boots for 11. Is. equal to those charged 2 1 . 141. S. and Co. defy any other Manufacturer to surpass their Boots, though the charge is but 14 11. Remember it is at 33i Strand.