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FARM iMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOLSE OF COMMONS. Lance, 7 0 die Martii, 1825. 'STANDING ORDERS COMMlTTEE—Resolutions reported:— That, in the cases of the Brighton Railway and Windsor Improvement Petitions, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with.—Postponed. That, in the case of the Sidmouth Pier Petition, the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, and that Leave be granted that Notices may be inserted three times in some one newspaper of the County of Devon, and also affixed to the door of the -Sessions-house at the next Easter Quarter-sessions of the Peak for the said County ; and that an Estimate and Subscription -paper he forthwith deposited in the Private Bill Oflice.—Read a second time and agreed to. That, in the case of the Ardglass Road Petition, the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill; and that leave be g ranted that _Notice may be ailixed . to the door of the Sessions ouse at the next Easter Quarter-sessions of the Peace for the County of Down.—Read a second time and agreed to. That, in the case of the St. Dunstan's-in-the-East Church Petition, the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, and that leave be granted that Notices may he inserted three times in some one newspaper of the County of Middlesex; and that the Committees on the three last-mentioned Bills do respectively examine, in the first place, how far the said Orders shall have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the Repo r t of th e Bill—Read a second time and agreed to. Roans—Gravesend, and Crewkernc—Bills read a second time, and committed. Manchester and Austerlands, Mary-le-bone and Finchley, and Battle-bridge and Hollo way —Bills read a first time. Gatherley Moor and Winston, and Kirkby Stephen and Hawes—Bills reported, to be in grossed. Brighouse and Bradford—Bill read a third time, and passed. LtiotOVEMENTS—Ardwick—Bill read a third time, and ,Passed. Godahning and Walcot—Bills read a first time. Doers —Leith, and Rotherhithe—Bills read a second time, and committed: St. Katharine's—Petition from Barnstaple, In favour—to lie on the table. Car; sr.war —Hayle— Bills read a third time, and Uttar L—Hastiogs WEIGHTS AND 'MEASURES and passed. COMPANlES—Manchester Equitable Loan—Bill read a second time, and committed. London Water—Petition complaining that Standing . Orders have not been complied with —referred to the Committee on the Bill, Committee revived. Hann° Ons—Littlehampton—Petition from Arundel, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered ; Bill read a second time, and committed. Weymouth—Re port on Petition for Bill referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. RAlLWAYS—Portland—Bill read a first time.—Bolton and Leigh—Petition of Proprietors of Coal Mines, against, re ferred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ord red. LIGHT ING—Hanley and Shelton—Petition for leave to present • a Petition for a Bill referred to a Committee. WATERWORKS—Stockport—ROI read a first time. INoLosunEs—Pewsey (Wilts)—Bill read a second time, and committed. Garford (Berks)—Bill read a first time. NAVIGAT I osr—Weaver—Petition from Runcorn, in favour, and froth Liverpool, against—to lie on the table. CANDLE D:; TIE s—Petition from Edinburgh, against—to lie on the table. ASSESSED TAxEs—Petitions for the repeal thereof, from Brighton and Perth—to lie on the table. COUNTY COURTS BlLL—Petitions from Bridgwater and Li verpool, against—referred to the Committee on the Bill; and 'from Northallerton and Wellingborough, in favour— to- lie on the table. SMALL DEBTS (Scotland)—Bill " to alter and amend an Act Passed in the 39th and 40th year of King George 111. tier the Recovery of Small Debts in Scotland," read a first time, to be read a second time on Friday, and to be printed. MEssAGE from the Loans—That they have agreed to— Unlawful Societies (Ireland) Bill, and Derby and Uttoxeter Road Bill. JUDICIAL. INQUIRY (Ireland) ) Bills read a second time, COUNTY TREASURERS (Ireland) j and committed. SALMON FISHERIES—SeIect Committee appointed, " to take into consideration the state of the Salmon Fisheries of Scot land, and of the United Kingdom, and the Laws affeeting the same, and to report the Minutes of the evidence taken before them ; together with their opinion and observations thereupon, from time to time, to the House :"—.3lr. Ken nedy, Mr. Iluskisson, Mr. Wallace, Mr. C. Grant, Lord Althorp Mr. S. Bourne, Mr. W. Dundas, Lord Lowther, :N„Tr. Lindsay, Sir H. Parnell, Mr. E. Lockhart, Mr. Thos. .!Vood, Sir T. Acland, Mr. 3lacphcrson Grant, Mr. Stuart Tortley, Mr. Irving, Lord Eastnor, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Rrownlow, Sir G. Hill, Mr. R. Colborne, Mr. Curwen, Sir Ferguson, Mr. Brandling, Sir W. Guise, Mr Ord, Lord J. Stewart, Mr. Tremayne, Mr. Wemyss, Mr. Wane, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Macdonald, Mr. K. Douglas, Mr. Hobert Clive, Mr. Baillie, Lord Binning, Sir R. Vaughan, Mr. J. S. Wortley, Mr. Farquhar, Mr. Downie, Mr. J. Bastard, Mr. Lambton, Mr. Home Drummond, Sir M. Ridley, Mr. Bright, Mr. Abercromby, Sir G. Rose, Mr. Madocks, and Mr. Corbett. Power to send for persons, papers, and re cords; five to be the Quorum; Report of last Session re ferred ; Petitions presented last Session referred. COUNTY BOUNDARY—Address for " Return of insulated parcels of Land belonging to each County, or division of County, but locally situated within some other County ; and the amount of County Rate, and Land-tax levied in every such insulated parcel." PRISON Laws (Ireland)—Bill to amend and consolidate or dered. SURVEY OF IRE [.AND—BiII to repeal Act of last Session, and to ascertain the Boundaries of Parishes, ordered. ARTICLES OF CLEnxsuto 5 Bills read a first time, to be read ANNUAL CERTIFICATES a second time this day. - NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. Colonel Davies—Committee on reduction of the Duties on various articles of Foreign produce. 2 . Mr. illaberly—Repeal of the Duties on Beer. 3 . Mr. Hume—To move the following Resolution—" That no Member shall vote for or against any Question in which he has a direct pecuniary interest." 4 . Mr. Synge Cooper—Motion regarding the impounding of Cattfe in Ireland. 5 . Sir .Henry Parnell—Copy of Memorial presented to the Treasury, relating to the Butter Trade of Ireland. Mr. Twist —Bill for regulating the appointment of Assessors - at Elections. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS.DAY. I- Ways and Means—Report. F. Assessed Taxes Bill—Further consideration of Report. 3 . Fishery Act—Committee thereupon. 4. Judicial Inquiry (Ireland) Bill—Committee. •;• County Treasurers (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 1 ;• Articl es o f Cl er k s hip Bill—Second reading. d• Annual Certificates Bill—Second reading. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Wednesday, March 9. Mr. Dickinso . x—Select Committee on County Rates. Thai day, March 10. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Bill to amend the Cale donian Canal Acts. Friday, March 11. Mr. lierrics—To move Civil Contingencies, Army Extra ordinaries, and Commissariat. (In Committee of Supply.) Thursday, March 17 . Sir John Newport—Bill to limit the power of holding a plu rality of Benefices, and to repeal the Statutes granting to the Archbishops and Bishops the power of forming Epic. copal Unions in Ireland. PRIVATE BILLS. Second Readings .for this Day. 'Weston Inelosure ; Brighton, &c. Wooler, &e. - Eeeleshill arid Bradford, and Wakefield and Denby Roads ; St. Andrew's (Holbor n ) Poor; ' and Weaver Navigation. Held NEW QuA Y .—Y e ste r d a y a Vestry was ileld in the New Church, in the Strand, for the purpose of taking into ,the-• „ consideration propriety of adopting measures to oppose the Progress of the Bill intended to be introduced into the House leommons, for erecting a Quay on the north bank of the river ,1111arnes. It was stated by those who sent the requisition to the orchwarden s that the contemplated measure, if put into exe 11,tion would have the effect of destroying the trade of the exe rt at least of impairing it in a considerable degree. After s Tile discussion, it was ultimately agreed that a Committee should be appointed to watch the progress of the Bill, if it Inhabitants be introduced to Parliament. It is the intention of the ':_ibitants of all the leading streets from the Strand to London ridge, to etition the Legislature against any Bill that may brought in for making a Quay, in the apprehension that _‘ 4 erection of such an extent of building would have the meet of transporting the whole trade of the great streets to the Il elv Quay. The rich Picture Gallery that once adorned t he Palace of Malmaison, and was afterwards the property of ts•-ortr)ice EITGINE (the late Duke of LIU CHTENBERG), iS about p ala e 4 i 4 Posed of by way of Lottery, at Munich. The noble ee of Prince LUBOMIRSKY, at Vienna, is to be dis. Ned of the same way. ANGLO-MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION. rrui E DIRECTORS of the ASSOCIATION A. for ASSISTING in WORKING the MINES of MEXICO and other Parts of SPANISH AMERICA having made a Call of FIVE POUNDS on each of the Shares of the Association, under the powers vested in them by the Deed, the Proprie tors are requested to pay the same on the Amount of their respective Shares to Messrs. BARCLAY, TRITTON, BEVAN, and Co. on or-before the 12th day of April next. JOSEPH LOWE, Secretary. 147, Lcadenhall-street, March 8, 1825. I) Y AT ONE: O'CLOCK PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS Bask Stock 3 per Cent. Reel. 3 per Cent. Cons- 31 per Cent. Ditto Red. I per Cent. - ( Dissd. New lOr s Bank Long Ann.- shut Imp. 3 per Cents. India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN Ft Austrian Bds, 5 per ct. ... Brazilian Bds scrip 1825 3 pm. Buenos Ayres lids 92i Chilian, Bds, II per ct. 901 Colombian Bds, ti per ct. Do. do. 1824 Danish, 5 per cent. Greek lids Do. Scrip, •1825 Mexican lids Do. Scrip 1825 Oid Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills 10001. 2d. Ditto I Ad. Ditto 300/. 2d. Ditto 11d. — Ditto Small 2d. Ditto I d. — Ditto Advertised Bank for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for Acct. -4 9-1 NOS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 5 per cent. — Neapolitan Scrip Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per et. Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per ct.... 95A Spanish 1821, 5 per ct. 2-11 i 1823, ditto ... French Rentes Exchange ... —f. —c. Scrip PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Per Sharp. Alliance Fire and - Life Assurance Company Anglo-Chilian Mining Company Arigna Iron and Coal Mining Company liolanos Mining Company Brazilian Mining Company Chilian Mining Company Colombian Mining Company Hibernian Mining Company Pasco Peruvian Mining Company Real del Monte Mining Company Rio de la Plata Mining Company Welch Iron and Coal Mining Company , 84 0 9 al Continental Gas Company London and Northern Hallway Company -T Atlantic and Pacific British Iron Company Gas Engine Carriage Company Hibernian Joint Stock Company Mediterranean Steam 4 li, pm. Mexican Company Metropolitan Alderney Dairy Company Metropolitan Fish Company New Corn Exchange Pearl Fishery Company, Yellow Receipt Provincial Bank of Ireland Patent Bricks Royal Stannary . rq i 4 : FOEIGN 51Arr.s. Guernsey and Jersey Lisbon Brazil • . • Flanders - ARRIVED. 1)11E. 0 0 0 0 111(.111 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-31011110W. Morning, 12 initiates after 5.1 Evening, 33 minutes. after 5. THE SUN. SOLENT GUIS DICEIZE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARC!! 8, 1825. Mr. S. WORTLEY brought forward his motion last night, for limiting the time for presenting Petitions complaining of infringements of the Standing Orders of the House regarding appli cations for Private Bills, and after a just, but ineffectual opposition, on the part of Lord Mu- TON and Mr. CALcuAF•r, carried it without a di vision ; and it, is, in consequence, now the order of the House of Commons that no such Petition shall be received AFTER, the FIRST READING of . a Private Bill. We cannot but think this regulation very unadvisedly adopted : for it will render ineffectual and nugatory all the Standing Orders which have been framed for the protec- Lion of the public, to prevent speculators and jobbers in Railway Shares, Canals, Docks, &c. invading the property of Landholders, and destroying the privacy and comfort of their resi dences, without affording them an opportunity of urging their objections in that House which can alone afford them relief. The public will best understand the effect of this new and singular regulation by considering its effect and conse quences on proceedings upon Private Bills. For the protection of persons interested in the consequences of private Bills, the Standing Or ders of the House require that parties soliciting the sanction of the Legislature to a scheme for making a canal or rail-way, &c. shall deposit with the Clerk of the Peace of the County a plan and section, describing the lands and the level of the country through which the intended line is to pass, and a duplicate or copy of such plan in the Private Bill Office, before their Pe tition can be received. The intention of this re gulation is obvious. The plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace is open to public inspection, and affords to all parties the means of ascertaining the manner in which this property will be affect ed. The plan deposited in the Private Bill Office is also open to public inspection, but it is intended more particularly for the use of the Le gislature, and to form the ground-work and foun dation of the proposed Act of Parliament. It is evidently therefore of the first importance that the two plans should exactly correspond ; and any variation is calculated to inflict the greatest injury both upon the public and individuals. Now, under the new regulation, a party having deposited a very plausible and unobjectionable plan and sec tion with the Clerk of the Peace, may introduce great and extremely objectionable variations into the plan and section deposited in the Private Bill Office, and on the same day present his Petition, w hi c h is immediately referred to a Committee, who sit and report the following day, upon which the Bill is brought in and read a first time; and thus he may with impu n it y eva d e t h e regula tions and Standing Orders of th e H ouse , f or all complaints against this gross and flagitious act is silenced by Mr. S. WoRTLEY'S measure, after the first reading of the Bill. He has precluded all opposition by the plausibility of the plan left for local inspection ; and by his activity in pro ceeding upon his Bill, he has prevented every party residing at the distance of a hundred miles from the metropolis from becoming acquainted with the nature and extent of his real plans and intentions, and of complaining to the House of the injury it is calculated to inflict. Such will be the practical effect of this new order. An order more inconvenient and more in jurious in its consequences, we do not hesitate to assert, could not have been framed, and we cannot but regret that it has not received more grave and deliberate consideration, involving as it does not only some of the first principles of our Constitution, but the happiness and interests of every member of the community. We trust, however, that the whole of the present system will be brought under the review of a Committee mpowed to consider all the existing regulations, and that its inconsistencies and inconveniencies will be removed or remedied. We are glad to find, for the credit of the French Government, as well as for the safety of our countrymen now in France, that the offensive order for opening all letters to and from England, upon which we animadverted yesterday, has al ready been rescinded. We may, therefore, in csndour, conclude that the FrollthfriAtikvern.-, meta had reason to suspect, bier cha racters unhappily abound in all countries, that' some machinations were on foot pregnant with danger. The promptness with which the order was rescinded, chews that it was only intended for temporary operation ; unless, indeed, it was abolished from a reflection on the disgrace which so odious a measure was likely to incur in all other States. The following is the notice recal ling the offensive regulation : ." CALAIS, MARCH " The Mayor of Calais received this day at finir o'clock a telegraphic despatch from Paris, with instructions for him, and the Sous-Pre:fret at Boulo'ne, to discontinue opening any despatches that might be forwarded from hence or from that town, by inerchanni or bankers, to any part of the Continent." The Paris Papers of Saturday do not contain an.y news of the slightest political importance, except a report mentioned in the Etoile, that OMER PAcu.t had actually joined the Greeks. The French Chamber of Deputies is still occu pied with the Law of Indemnity, and the amend ments proposed to be made in its provisions. Considerable satisfaction is expressed by the Frencb Journalists at the system of Finance laid by the CHANC ELLO it of the ExcuEQuEn. before the House of Commons yesterday week ; and with good reason, for the reduction of the Duty on French Wines must increase the exportation from France, and revive that important branch of her produce and commerce which has for some years past been much depressed. I'IRIS, S.—FRENCH FtiNns.--Fiye per Cents. opened at 106 E ; closed at 106 f. 13c—Bank Stock, 2,035 E Itente de Naples, Certificate Falconnet, 911. 30c.—liente d'Es pagne, 201 E—Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, GllE—Exchange on London one month, 251. ; three ditto, 241. 85c.—(Dour: Au thentique.) Frankfort Papers of the Ist instant furnish the following article of intelligence : - tr ISTCADEX, FEE. 28. • His Serene Highness the Duke of Nassau opened the sitting of the Assembly of the States to-day in person. In his speech on this occasion he observed that the introduction of this insti tution, which had been established only a few years, had been rendered necessary by the dissolution of the German Empire, and that the experience of seven years had proved its utility. Il is Highness observed that the public expenditure was gradually decreasing, that the taxes on the land-owners and farmers, who suffered by the low price of agricultural produce, had been al ready diminished, and that he had particular satisfaction in being able to hold out a hope that it would be possible to afford that class of the people still further relief. Hamburgh Papers to the 2d, and Dutch Papers to the 6th inst., have arrived this morning. Their contents are not of any importance. EXCHANGES. 11AmnuRGH, MARCH I.—London, 36. 3. ; 2 Us., 36. PETERSBURGII, FEB. 15.—London, 9. 13-16. I,Eirsm, FEB. 25.—London, three months, 6. 141. BERLIN, FEB. 26.—London, three months, 6. 25. AMSTERDAM, MARCH 4.—London, two months, 39. 10. 39. 7. MR. ROWCROFT.—This Gentleman, who was British Consul• General at Lima, according to a report in the City this day, has been acciden tally shot at that place. It is said that he was challenged by a sentinel, but not hearing the man, he fell a victim on the occasion. We sincerely hope that this report is unfounded, as his character was highly respected in this coun try, and his abilities well calculated to support its interests. Private Letters, dated the 24th December, have been received from Lima. They confirm the recent accounts of the decisive triumph of the cause of independence in South America. A Gazette, communicating the official reports of the series of actions on the 7th, Bth, and 9th of De cember, which led to that important result, was published at Lima on the 18th of that month, and a copy of the Gazette is, we understand, in town. We have received a file of the RoNal Sierra Leone Go:ytte, to the 16th January. The following article, dated Freetown, Jan. 15, is the only one of any interest: --" His Majesty's ship Bann, Capt. CouRTENAv, arrived here on Sunday last, after a passage of eighteen days, from Cape Coast, from whence she brings letters. The Commodore had arrived ' there in the Maidstone, after sending his boats into the Sherbro, where there were several slavers u n d er the Spanish and French flags, but, as usual, waiting for their ladino• and, consequently, n also looked in at the sever a l hauntso h n Castle c ont i nue d as un h ealthy tlia o le to be waymo molested home. : the ship as at any former period, and the deaths equally great. Among those who have lately fallen victim s to the eful climate, are the Rev. Mr. DENX,Y, the Chapl a i n " hat .k I_,fill'MAN, of the Commissariat Staff. Colonel GRANT was continuing his exertions most successfully in giving due effect to the blessings which restored tranquillity had brought about. The Ashantees were heard of only as being hardly pressed in their own country by the almost equally powerful surrounding tribes, who, it is e xpected, will humble this hitherto o ver b earing Power. On the Maidstone's passage from here, she f e ll i n with and spoke h Huritflyortr(aanpspeorct, with eight o ffi cers an d 139 troops, and This vesse l was t h en flay clays from England, and when th e B ann left, was expected at the Cape hourly. ,, It is reported that the British C ont i nental tliii, ,Marquess andprovisions of Gas Company has contracted to light the King Copenhagen with gas, and that of D eNmARK has sig nified his approbation of the measure. Last year the value of goods imported into Odessa, amounted to nearly eleven millions of rubles, and the exports to above fourteen million. LIVERPOOL, AND MANCHESTER RAIL-WAY. Mr. HusxxssoN asserted in his Speech on the second reading of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Bill, that the promoters of it are not influenced by interested mo tives ; and in proof of that assertion he stated that no individual is allowed to hold more than six shares. Now the fact is, that although the Committee who had the distribution of these shares professed not to permit any person to take more than that num ber, it was so arranged that four or five times as many (it is believed even more than that) were actually at the -dis posal of the Gentlemen who brought them to market. Now, what has been the consequence ? A great proportion of the shares have passed into the hands of speculators; uncon nected with the trade of either of the two towns, who have pur chased at a premium of from thirty to fifty per cent., and thus enabled the original projectors to realize an enormous profit, and to profess, at the expence of the new Shareholders, so great liberality and disinterestedness, as to be content with a dividend of ten per cent., or even five per cent., if the Legislature should be disposed to prescribe that limit. But how then can Mr. Husmssosr answer for the views and feelings of the present promoters of the measure,—for the great majority of them ? lie may well enough speak for his constituents, the original projectors, who have already made a good thing of it, but as for the rest, we rather think that he will find himself utterly mis taken, if he supposes that a profit of five per cent. will content them, on shares, for which they have given a premium of fifty per cent., or undertaken to pay a premium Of one hundred per cent. in the event of the Bill receiving the sanction of Parlia ment. We hope, however, the Committee on the Bill will not ,forget Mr. Hus)si!Ote , a'de2 , laptioit of the disinterested views Aica:intaatioaa:of-iken4fatkr P;oraftterSOf it, and that - they ./ will take the Right Honourable Member's constituents at his word, and give the Public the full benefit of the suggestion thrown out, with the view of making an impression in their favour, by fixing the maximum of their dividend at five per cent. ! When the Right Honourable Gentleman talked of monopoly and of the high tolls and rates from which the traders wish to be relieved, he surely did not know that the tolls and rates on the existing canals are as low, if not lower, than those on any other canal or rail-road in the kingdom, where equal facilities are given to trade ; though it is a fact, of which there is no doubt. The Hon. Gentleman had evidently also forgotten that a considerable part of the increased export from Liverpool con sists of colonial produce which arrives there by sea, and is shipped to the Continent ! But supposing the whole of it arose from home manufactures brought to the port for exportation, it must be admitted, that it would furnish no argument in favour of the necessity of the Rail-road, if it can be proved (as it can he) by the carriers, that a great proportion of their vessels, which now go loaded from Liverpool to Manchester, are obliged to return light, notwithstandfng the traders on the Mersey and Irwell, and the Duke's Canal, are so anxious to earn something by back carriage, that they take goods from Manchester to Liver pool for little more than two-thirds of the freight paid to them on the up-voyage, and frequently return half laden only ! ! FOR THE SUN. Mr. EDITOR—I understand that there is an attack made upon the veracity of soma of the statements in my publication, as to those places the Christians have, during Lent, recourse to, in order to exercise religious devotions in Judea, and the mountain Christ was led to by the Tempter, when he fasted the 40 days, and hanging over the great Alin of .lericho. This is by, it is said, a " Subscriber," and of course a well wisher to the accuracy of any thing inserted in THE S ux. Lying, if it is to be deemed by some persons a quality, is what I never have in.my life laid claim to, or exercise; hut, on the contrary, have striven to the very utmost to be strict as to veracity. Have the goodness to send me on receipt, either the paper with the article, or a copy of it, as this is due to me. At the same time 1 add, that not one article of intelligence I have given otherwise to your Paper, but has been marked with strict truth. This is the first attack made on my volume, in any one of the public Papers, and it is right I should know the exact na ture of it, which I trust is from a person who has actually been on the spot. In giving the statement, I perceive your Printer has com mitted a great blunder, in separating the narrative in one part, and making a full stop, which quite alters the sense. This is in the centre of it, from what I remarked in the Paper of last night. Begging the copy, &c. I am, Sir, , Yours, sincerely, \V. RAE WILSON. 33, Bury-street, St. James's. HARMONIC TIItATRE.-This elegant little Theatre, in Catharine -street, Strand, was opened again last night with The Rivals, a Musical Pas.. ticcio, and The Wags of Windsor. Some of the Performers are evidently practised in acting and singing, and the others are, at least, promising tyros. The House was tolerably well attended, and the applause liberal. Their Highnesses the Duke of BRUNSWICK, and his brother Prince WILLIAm, have subscribed 10,000 rix dollars for the relief of the sufferers by the late floods in Hanover. Mr ROTHSCHILD, it is said, has purchased a magnificent mansion in Piccadilly. Such is the effect of industry, integrity, and prudence, in this free country. Dr. HoLLAND and Mr. Slltrrign visited Mr. Secretary CANNING yesterday, whose health is still improving, although the Right Honourable Gentleman remains confined in the Foreign Office. Letters from Copenhagen state, that on the 23d and 24th January, no fewer than 55 vessels had passed the sound, which as it is the first Month of the year, is regarded as a favourable symptom for the .Baltic trade of 1823. We learn from unquestionable authority that only one of Lord SHAFTSBLMY'S sons was present at any part of the fatal contest at Eton. The youngest of the two surviving brothers was at that time confined by severe illness to his room. JOSEPH HUME, ES(I. I M.P., was, on the Ist instant, elected Lord Rector of the Marischal Collerre and Uni versity for the ensuing year; and Gavin Iladden, b Esq., Lord Provost of Aberdeen; T. Gordon, Esq., of Cairness, A. Banner man, Esq., and R. Abercrombie, Esq. were elected Assessors. At the same time, Hugh Lumsden, Esq. of Pitcalple, Adv,p cate, was elected Dean of Faculty. The fees upon discharge of Members in cus tody of the Serjeant at Arms are —for a County Member, 10/. 3s. 4d. ; and for a Borough, 7/. 6s. Bd. besides travelling el;penses. MR. CHARLES BELL.—This Gentleman, whose death we yesterday noticed, was many years Printer of The Times newspape r . H e was so deservedly esteemed for private wor th, profes sional knowledge, general int e lli gence , atten tion and accurary, that he should not be suffered to drop into the grave without such a tribute of respect for his memory as is due to those who discharge their duty to society, FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS, The lfarquis of Huntly, at the St. George's Hotel, Alb.:_ marle-street, from Newmarket ; Lady Anne Coke,, at ditto, from Norfolk ; Lord C a rb er y, a t Blake's Hotel, Jermyn street, from Dublin. CIEANGEs.—EarI Pomfret, from South Audley-street, for Bath ; Sir James Webster Wedderhurne, from South Audley street, for Yorkshire ; Countess of Carhampton, from Bruton street, for Payne's Hill, Kent; Lord Lilford, from BrtitOn , street, fbr Northampton. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Last evening Lady Pultney entertained a:fashionable circle, at her residence in Piccadilly. On Saturday evening the Countess Dowager of Poulett had a brilliant party, at her house, Hyde Park Corner. Emily Marchioness of Londonderry, gave an elegant dinner on Saturday last, in St, James's-square. On Friday the Countess of Essex had a small party in Hill street; Lady Grantham, at Whitehall; and the Earl of Har rington, in the Stable-yard, St. James's. The Duke of Devonshire gave a magnificent dinner, at De vonshire House, on Saturday last, to a family party, exceeding twenty persons. The Duchess of Gloucester paid a visit to her Royal Brother the Duke of York yesterday. Colonel BURNET and Mr. BLANICHEAD PARISH, attached to the British Embassy at St. Petersburgh, had the honour to he presented to the Emperor Alexander and the Empress. Mother on the 9th of last month. Pritice Borghese, in the absence of the Princess, who is r,: , - cidinwith Madame Mere, and Cardinal Fesch, at Rome, gave a superb dress ball and supper at his Palace in Florence, early in February; and for the only time this season, the ball was held in the Picture Gallery, which Is said to be the finest room in Europe, and Ivhich is furnished with all the luxuries of France, Italy, and England. Lord and Lady Thirghersli, and all the suite of the British Embassy were preseva. __J :..,---) .e • .4".... ~...e.z.,,,,. . 5 ".•,..4 . 1 A - ,t) :4 4 .•• : ‘ - ....; ii ' 4 , ; --"--: , . *". e 6 st ir. ' ) .7„ 9 „4-4, ~...- •.,- 4 - am „ , ,, ,, ,,„„.. c ...; .. . i - do , 4, • _ - ~ . 1. . 4. -„,. - ':',•-•. -I ' 4l = - -,!-A i „.._,....,N0 ..„ ...‘ '..,,,„..-. 4 . .„..., „ i . -4,, 7 .---,...,....,-,-.- :4-, 57 ,, ~ ~. .41,, N. e ' 1 : . I '; '- .4 5 . .1" . . '''''''' .giS,: - , .0 1.* 1 - . ' t . 41, '' R OE .?"' '-ft , ',.:_, ..,,,,,, ~ ,<;"\ 1' ._ s. 1 ) ' . 1 - 1, ' '' '<". - #4 0 41 0 0e .-p• ROYAL NAVY, &c, PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 5.--,Op Sunday evening arrived his. Majesty's ship Tweed, 28, Capt. INEH. H UN N, from Rio Ja neiro, whence she sailed on the 25th Dec. bringing dispatches of considerable importance.—They relate (we believe) to some re cent Commercial regulations which the Emperor of Brazil has been influenced to order to take place, which are not conceiv ed in the best spirit of liberality and of amity towards this country. His Imperial Majesty had lately given an order (among others), that no ship of war of any friendly nation should salute his, the " Imperial" flag, without previously striking her national flag, and hoisting that of his nation on the mainmast of the saluting ship. The consequence had beers that our ships of war discontinued saluting the flag of the Brazilian Nation. Such orders are ridiculous caprices, which render the Sovereign head contemptible, and, as they re spect this country, must ever prove nugatory—the British flag must never cease to fly as " Ruler of the Main." The Portuguese territory to the Northward of Rio Janeiro had shewn no refractory disposition since the suppression of Car, valho's party, and the sailing of that enterprising Chief for Europe. Commodore Jewati (in the Paraguay frigate) continued at Pernambuco, to watch the movements of events in that quarter, the inhabitants of which are deep, ly imbued with feelings of independence. The Nethoroy, Captain Norton, was gone to Maraham. Lord Cochrane lett Bahia in October, in the Pedro, 74, accompanied - by a schooner, on an unknown destination, It was supposed he was gone on a hostile visit to the Portugueze settlements on the coast of Africa, where (probably at Agra Pequena) he expected to fall in with the Portuguese frigate Carlotta, just freightea with ivory and gold dust, the tribute of the Chiefs of that country to the Portuguese nation. The most flourishing trade at Rio Janeiro, appeared to he that iniquitous traffic, Slave dealing ; upon the average, three vessels a week had ar rived there lately, with Slaves front the Coast of Africa. They are chiefly employed in the cultivation and manufacture of sugar. The Spartiate, 74, (Rear-Admiral Sir George Eyre, K.C,8.) Blanche, Eclair, and Emulous packet (appointed to sail fbr England on 2d January) were lying at Rio ; the Jasseur had sailed for Para, Maranham, Bahia, and other ports to the Northward ; the Cambridge, 34, Capt. Thomas James Malirig Briton, Tartar, Blonde, Mersey, and Fly, were employed in various services round Cape Horn. The brig Louisa, Morrison, from London, bound to St. Michael's, for fruit, • was spoke in lat. 47, long. 10—all well, but had experienced bad weather.— The Tweed is ordered to be fitted for Channel service. The Blonde sailed from Rio Janeiro on the 18th December for Valparaiso and the Sandwich Islands. The Esk, for Africa the Egeria, for the West Indies ; the Niemen, for Halifltx ; and the Goldfinch, for the Brazils, sailed from Madeira on the 28th January. The Seringapatam and Cambrian remained at Smyrna on the 15th January. Lieut. William Nevill (son of William Nevill,Esq., of Win, chester), of H. 11. ship Jasseur, is promoted to the rank of Commander. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, MARCH 7.—Wind S.—Passed through the Ocean, of Whitby, from Sierra Leone ; Argus, Girdler, from Ch ar l.. stone, in 32 days, for Antwerp ; and th e Ann, Richie, from the westward. PoRT43IauTH, illartoz S.S.W.—Arrived from the Downs the Honourable Company's ship Herefordshire, 'lope, for Madras and China ; Briton, Sutton ; St. Mary, Bat. ter, and British Tar, Robinson, for Jamaica; Hope, Forrest, for Buenos Ayres ; Lively, Ritchie, for Smyrna ; and the Mint, Sthith, for Lisbon. CONES, MARCH 7..—Wind S.W. strong gales.--Arrived the Sceptre, Stewart, from Rio Janeiro, in 79 days, for London ; and the following outward-bound vessels from th e D owns , viz. :—Hantonia, - Tisdale, for Gibraltar; Diana, Hughes, for' New York ; Active, Lindy, for Charante ; Ann, Whitmore, for Trinidad ; and the Venus, Cowen, for the Cape of Good Hope. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 6.--. Wind S.W. blowing a gale.—.. Arrived the Lady of the Lake, Gray, from St. John' s , N. B. ; and from the Downs the Earsden, Whiteman, fur Alexandria ; and Triton, Carter, for 'Tenerife. FALmou'rn, Matto" S.S.W. strong gales and thick weather.---Arrived the Sphynx Packet, fro m Ch a th am , c.nd not the Magnet Packet, fiorn Lisbon, as reported yester day ; Harmony, Ross, from Bahia, sailed the 24th of December. THE KENTIEAST INDIAMAN.I The following appeared only in the second part of our im, pression yesterday :—. List of Passengers, Troops, Women and Children, on board theate Honourable Company's Ship Kent, Captain Henry Cobb, bound for Vengal and China, March 3, 145. PASSENGERS. Lieut. Dodger Mrs. Colonel Fearon and five Raxton daughters -- Booth Mrs. M‘Gregor and one son Douglas Miss Dick Campbell Mrs. Bray and two children Guinnis Miss Murray Ensign Tate Mr. Waters Shaw WRITERS, Mr. Grant Mr. Pringle Assistant-Surgeon Graham Quartermaster Waters . Paymaster Monk CADETS. Mr. Shuckburgh Mr. Birch Mr. Hatchell All saved. TOTAL ON nciAnD - . Passengers - - Military Officers - Troops - , Women - - Children - MILITARY OFFICERS. Lieut.-Col. Fearon Major M•Gregor Capt. Sir C. Farrington, Bart. Green Spence Bray Lieut. and Adjt. Shaw Lieut. Baldwin Return of Troops, Wi Ship's Company 20 344 66 Troops Women Children 494 - 145. 86 Total , 637 men and Children lost. SiltP'S COMPANY. Men - Illarine Boys - I 3 To tol Loss 964 was blown o u t t h e The Udney, of and f r o m C a l cu tt a to. London, been for several months a m i ss i ng s hi p , an d it ~,a a supposed w hich has the Emma wh a l er . Soma' o h f ad x f a b t u ta n i d i, er g ed ot , in sp to ru p ng el a ag le o a a k B on ay th o e n ith th, of June ()lithe coast 21st, and wrecked on th e 2d o f J u l y i n Inhambine River, i n t h e a 3 n lo d za h l ad ub a iq r u ri e ved Ch a a t nn s e t l . . Hielleenacrei: an d passengers were saved, pepper And cardamms of the cargo saved,