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STOCK OF MR. KILPACK, BOOKSELLER, STRAND. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. WILLIAAIS, . - ET ORDER OF THE PROPRIETOR, On the premises, No. 379, Strand, opposite Beaufort- Buildings, OD. WEDICIESDAY Next, April 18, TRUILSDAY the 1 9th, Fatn.tr the 20th, and SATURDAY the 21st, at Twelve, in consequence of the Commissioners for the Improvements of the Strand and Charing-Cross having purchased th e P t em i ses ; ALL the Valuable STOCK of Mr. T. KlL ca PACK, Bookseller, who is quitting t h e b us i ness , niprising near. TWELVE THOUSAND VOLUMES. Am ong numerous other Select Works will be found, viz.— B • , "tales of England and Wales, 25 vols. ; Le Brun's Gal -11".r, 2 vols. ; Solvvn's Hindoos, 4 tomes; Galerie "Aimee de Napoleon, 10 tomes ; Dodwell's Views in Greece, folio ; } f 3ti tisb Novelists, 50 vole. ; Boyden Shakspeare, 9 vols., °lO , splendidly bound ; Sir W a lt er S co tt' s Works, 60 ; 4 ; Todd' s Johnson's Dictionary, 3 vols. ; Byron's °r am, 8 vol e . ; th e St a ff or d , H oughton , Sh a k s p eare, and liritieh Galleries ; Pennant's London Illustrated, 3 vols. ; Hogarth, folio ; Butler's Hudibras, 3 vols. folio, B te. Including most of the Popular Publicatio ns . Sala ; b e Vi ewed on Tuesday preceding, and mornings of t " ; and Catalogu es h a d o n the Premises; as t h e Auc -1" Mart, and of Mr. Williams, Throgmorton-street. YOREIQN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. AMSTERDA M APRIL 11-12 f. 2 W ,— Two months, 11£95. HAMEURG II , 'APRIL la-36. 'IA—Two -months 36. 851• I i ETERSBURGH, MARCH 27.—Three m ont h s, 9 31-32. RRRLDI, APRIL 7.—Three months, 6. 291 4 VIENNA, M.A.acx 31.—Three Months, M ot wATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-111ORROW. ... 5 minutes after 6. Evening ...34 minut es after 6 PAlt.krum.__ln the Advertisement inserted on Thursday last, soliciting the ♦otes of Proprietors of East India Sto c k t o be one of the Directors, the Signature should have been WILLIAM Gowan, and. not GORRAN. - 4... oPeyaf e w. f ..to , rt , • - --....._ LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1827. W e again refer our Readers to the " Spirit of the Public Journals" for the reports circulated by our Cote in Ministerial poraries respecting the all'angements. We can add nothing farther except that Si r JOHN COPLEY h as accepted Seals as Lord Chancellor of England. This event will necessarily renew the contest for the representation of the University of Cambridge. T he resig RnatiOn of the ATTORNEY-GENE 21' w ill also occasion another important pro -°tinn in the law. W e und erstan d t h a t a ll the p resent L or d s C°Misaioners of the Admiralty (with the ex ceri°n of Si r G EO . C LE R K ) will rem a i n i n D ee as th e C ounc il t o his Roy a l Hi g h ness t h e Mik e of CL ARENC E as Lord High Admiral.-- th ChoK ER and Mr. BARROW are to retain A t ti ir pr esent appo i ntments as S ecretaries to the t 4 414 4, and Mr. HAMILTO N , P r i vate Secre t° Viscount MELVILLE, has been appointed Roy a l Highness his Private Secretary. W, h e stated, on Saturday, that Lord BEXLEY ( -, d , revoked th e res i gnat i on o f hi s seat i n the -40inet. There is no doubt of the fact; and it Speaks volumes. It has fortuned to Lord BEX 14Y to discharge functions, the exercise of which, the 'tithes rend ere d pecu li ar ly i nv idi ous . H e .. as • . , reaped his share, therefore, of good report, 414 C evil report; but obloquy itself never citlettioned his good sense, his honesty, or hi s Patriotism. It is also well known that he ~. . 4) in the best and strictest sense, a, Pro ;4llt Mot like 'many of that name, whose wh9le t-betil., dicalogue, liturgy; and articles, consist in --e i Pregnant negative- No Popery—Protestants , 3° ' l ,Y apr otestando. Lord BEXLEY is sin t-berel and practically religious. In retracting, to f ore, his secession from Mr. CANNING, t -1 / 4 11 1 whom he has no personal attachment, he t h e r e proves hi s own can d our , hi s respect for Li just exerc i se o f the Royal prerogative, and le.3,e(lfidence in Mr. CA NNING as t h e chosen 44 r of the Royal counsels. u ius Itth, , the n ,' one of the . S even Satraps who ited their standard against the free choice of 4 S overeig n , h a s quitted - th e league. The e ' l l is broken. There is a dissolution of the ra Q v iltarc hY ; and the precedent . of recantation som e of its remain -4)4' Pnsaibly he followed by tl! tlle inbers. We do not however expect that th e : i ll be the ; case with the only one of from Mr. CAN lite, '"en whose departure 4 '')'. seem s matter of material regret. We 1 10 11 , 14 ' in the language of CICERO, pro f, 1 - ) 41 ,e that departure g ' Secessionem--non 4, Punt: non hostile odium, sed civile dissi rempublicam sal ``i( v llllll ; utrisqiie cu ientibus P • partim studiis, a c .4 : 1 : s ed Partim consiliis, ~ reuni militate aberrantibus• . Ple a h as se eedi , . been set up 1 •11 vindication of the . t o me party, which it may be worth while ,iee .'iention and to expose. They had, 1 1 , 11 , 418 ' .no objeCtion to serve under Mr. CAN that''Ci3 had Mr C •positive un .., . • CANNIN G riven a wc,ll _ _ (ter no futur e b pledge, a . 'Would propose the measure of Catholic E or possible circumstances h.e. pat to the Cabinet. Nov, on this subject, manci 11114 could Mr. CANNING, what could Mr. lla t L, What-could an y M ember of Lord LI vEn 'oeva'Adrainistration say for himself, or expect fr 4 ''a his brethren h . , vi 4,,,, , ' beyond t is--tnat, as now ad to ill q, he was content. that the Cabinet should main the ;... perfect and sincere neutrality ? Ever since • ti ot lIRNVILLES joined' the Ministry, even if 'l, e be fore that junction, has `it not been o )en to r Y kof the Cabinet, at I bent t .ember any one mo le ; ' 3 ,.Propose the adoption . eithe r. o f a Catho of Govern advisable ; hen; jttan Anti-Catholic principle lone C°ne_, in fact, have thought this h e y h,,lve 'had the inclination ; but all knew 'ert ul , h a , t je_power. On this basis the . G O . 4 n thin e °lf Lord LivEnPool. subsisted ;__ his he al 4is i . had that Nobleman retained. would have ‘' to o r n e ti nu l lth 44 1 :1 4 his place, it to - On this basis, ther e truct I\ll l • CANN ING was bound to eon ' tairly tol'e new Government, predeees continue the system ofi hhies dare 60 143 r ; and to this his colleagues iii..meant noble office a ..,,l'ere l i, and to conform, if they on their p rt thte h ere ; .n professin g an adherence to . that tttetirli:, ,Consequen . tly, they, and not h e , vio: 40t ilia pledge given by both,—they, and Ill e e n e, i..: . staud.. chargeable , in .the face of ten e ° , ll44 Y - 'with 'schism and - with incon- ~Illich I .' , they` , asked- of him- a - • concession 4 ) ,,, 1, l t evtreseerni to - Lis that he Was not at i tkfr j t no 4 _ grant, but; which, at all •events,. they Th u ..l % to demand. - IY. I are entirely warranted in asserting C, _ . that, on the accession'orthe Git)rviLLE"party to the AdministritionrOf:Lord 'LIVFAPOOL,L— an event which it ii-pe rfectly notori ous that Lord LIVERPOOL took infinite pains and -made great sacrifices to compass,--liberty was distinctly reserved to the Members of the Cabinet to propose, at their pleasure, any change of po licy on the Catholic Question, will appear from the following declaration made by Mr. 'WYNNE in the House of Commons, on the 21st of April, 1823 : " In joining the Administration, he had reserved to " himself the liberty of supporting, or originating, either "in Council, or in Parliament, any proposition which " might tend to ameliorate the condition of Ireland : " amonyst which he considered Catholic Emancipation " to stand first and foremost."—Hansard's Parlia- Mentary Debates. Can any thing then be more clear than that, not only no pledge of silence on the subject in question was given, but that the liberty of speak ing out upon it was expressly and formally retained ? It was retained by the GRENVILLES it was the very condition of their adhesion ; and, if possessed by them, - then undoubtedly, on every principle, by parity of reasoning, by elua lity and reciprocity of advantage, it belonged in equal fullness to every other individual of the body. But it is idle to waste confutation on this pal pable pretext. No man doubts that Mr. CAN NING was entirely resolved to carry on the Go vernment on the same principles with that of Lord LIVERPOOL. To this extent his pledges were full, were explicit, were completely satis factory. Even the sternest of the Seven will not dispute either the fact' or the sincerity of his pro fessions. The real' motive of their proceedings, therefore, must be sought elsewhere. Either they hate the individual whom the KING delighteth to honour ; or, under the name and semblance of neutrality on the Catholic question, their wish and intention were, in reality, to set up Anti- Catholic ascendancy. It remains to be seen what will be the deci sion of Parliament and of the Country. For ourselves, we feel little difficulty in anticipating it. Let Mr. CANNING openly and candidly state his case ;--the case between the Monarch and his popular Minister on the one hand, and the dissentients on the other. Let him throw himself on Parliament and on the people ; th ere can be no doubt of the result. The nation, and like the nation, the Representative Body, hate injustice, dislike aristocratic combination, appre ciate talents and services, respect consistency and fidelity, and love and honour the KING.— Animated by these feelings, they will rally round the SOVEREIGN, will repel the spirit of dicta tion by which he is assailed, and will give to the Minister of his choice their free, cordial, and honourable support. The restoration of the ancient Government 01 the Navy, by the appointment of a Lord High Admiral, in the person of a Prince of the Blood and the Heir Presumptive to the Throne of these Realms, has given universal satisfaction both to the Navy and the Public at large. There is no branch of the public service which is so popular with the Nation as the Navy, and an Esprit de Corps animates the Members of that profession, to an extent which is not to be found in any other service in the world. With this, however, is. united too frequently a. feel, ing of restlessness and dissatisfaction which probably has its origin in the nature of the employ ment itself. To this cause alone is,to be attribut ed the little popularity which the Naval Admi nistration of Lord IVIELviLLE has lately enjoyed; for, undoubtedly, it has deserved a more grateful return, both from the profession and the nation, than it has received. We shall hereafter give an historical sketch of the Administration of the Naval Affairs of Great Britain during the period which his Lordship has presided over them, a period during which, if opportuni ties of brilliant exploits have been rare, some splendid instances of the efficiency of the British navy have occurred, and during which the com fort and discipline of the seamen have been un proved, and our filture glory secured, by the magnificent state of preparation in which the fleet and naval arsenals have been placed. At no former period of our history was the navy of Great Britain in the state in which it is at this moment ; and if its services should be re quired, the nation will find cause of ample grati tude to Lord MrLviLtiz, and that Board of Ad miralty, which has unostentatiously but persever ingly pursued a system which has re-created a fleet superior to the united Navies of all the rest of the world, and provided the means for its equip ment and maintenance with expedition and efficiency. We have received the French Papers of Fri day, and the Etoile, dated Saturday. The news in them from Spain appears of a warlike charac ter, notwithstanding all the hypocritical preten sions of FERDINAND and the Apostolicals to give a peaceable colour to all their movements. But if the accounts from Catalonia be true, the Army of the Faith will find enough at home to employ their brave propensities. The embers of the Constitution a l fire, though smothered, are not yet quenched; andFERDINAND would do wisely to set all right at home before he meddles with the affairs of Portugal. It appears, however, that the Marquis of CHAVES is to try his fortune once m ore with the Portuguese r e b e l s, and will pro b a b ly make entry lt into Portugal b e f ore the end o f this o hiso is even stated th a t t h e Vi scount mn l . DE MONTEALEGRE has returned in disguise to stir up a new insurrection in the provinces of Tras-os-Montes and Beira. Meantim e p EREt p. NAND is-busy in completing his levy of 25 , 000 men, and has issued pressing orders to • the Municipal Authorities to hasten the completion of their quotas. Extracts from these Papers will be found in anothe r column. The following are the prices of the French Funds Ce •APatt, 13.—Fiv e p e r C en ts., 100 f. sc. ; Three per n ts " "f '7se. Bank Stock, 2030 f. ; Rentes de 77f..20,.; Royal Spanish Loan, 551 1-1 :amburgh papers of the 10th inst. have been received this morning ; they contain a curious article, highly honourable to the Regency left in Stockholm during the KING'S absence in Nor way. The Consistory at Carlstadt thought that poo r children would be learned enough if they could read the Psalms tolerably, hut-the Regency rebuked this feeling in very pointed language, which will be productive of great good, as tend- trif - ,r: ' 1 j: ing to keep up the stimulus for. th e Jotter diffu. sion of knowledge among the lower orders of the people : STOCKHOLM, MARCH 12. His Majesty has resolved to prolong, till the 15th of July, the permission to import rye and barley, on payment of a duty of 1 and 2 rix-dollars, and of hay duty free.' The Regency appointed during the King's absence hi Norway decided an affair which has excited the attention of the public. A district in Wermeland had resolved to establish a Lancasterian School, because the instruction of youth in religion, and in reading, was much neglected. It was determined to erect a school-house near the church, to the exisence of which all the inhabitants were to contribute. Some who lived at a distance refused to contribute, alleging that their 'children could not visit the . school. The affair was referred to the Consistory at Carlstadt, which reversed the decision of the Commune, for this reason, among others, " that it was sufficient for the poor working classes, if they could read tolerably the Psalms and prayers which they hear, every Sunday in the church." When this decision came before the Council of State it was annulled, and a letter, addressed to the Con sistory, which says, " It has excited our highest displea sure that we have found such expressions in a decision given by you, upon a question which relates to one of the Most important parts of your office, namely, that a little knowledge of reading was sufficient for the working classes, and a better education dangerous, though on such better education depends an accurate knowledge of their religious and civil duties. Considering our constant endeavours to promote public instruction and private education, such ex pressions are 'wholly unexpected by us, 'and agree neither with the ordinances issued by us from time to time, re specting the improvement of the schools, &c. in the king dom, nor with the just wishes of the nation and the wants of the age." AMSTERDAM, APRIL 13. The Amsterdam Courant contains long extracts from he Batavian Journals of the 6th December: We understand that the resignation of Boi. 1- VA . R. is placed beyond doubt. What his motives were, for a step so decisive, it is difficult -to say, but probably the dissatisfaction manifested by the party inimical to his elevation may be a principal reason. One thing is certain that Co lombia owes him much, and the inhabitants .of the new world their liberty. In another column weJiave given some-particulars. The following is a leuer.of the 26th February, from Laguayra On the 6th inst. Bolivar sent.in his resignation as Pre sident of Colombia, since which we , have been very fertile in rumours, as to a new system of Government, &c. &c., but nothing certain is known; where the seat of government will be established is a matter of doubt. The merchants here had taken exception to some of the decrees of Bolivar, which' went to enforce payment of the Custom-house dues in hard money instead of paper. Since the late convulsion trade and confidence have been almost annihilated in these provinces, and specie, consequently, not attainable for any purpose. Altogether this country is in a most unsatisfactory state. We received this morning Brussels Papers of the 14th inst.; and Prankfort Papers of the 9th. It appears that the Project of the Law for' the or ganization of the Courts of Justice has been agreed to. The Russian Government ,find it difficult to make the Tartars of the Crimea good scholars, and are therefore about to adopt some plans for more effectually diffusing knowledge among them : BRUSSELS, APRIL 11. In the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States- General yesterday, the debate on the project of law for the organization of the Courts of Justice, was at length brought to a conclusion. It was agreed to by a majority of d► 9 to 42. BRESSELS, ♦2RIL 13. The Diana, Captain Meulenbroek, sailed on the Gth from Flushing for Batavia, with the troops which were to have embarked in the Schelde, which last vessel was brought into the basin at Antwerp on the 2d. STUTTGARD, APRIL 8. The Swabian Mercury contains the following article : " It is known that for some time past, there have been various reports respecting the discovery of a conspiracysaid to have been farmed agai9lt the Government. We r however, are able to affirm that there is not the smallest danger in this respect, but that the police had an intimation of a plan of this kind, conceived in the head of an inexperienced young man ; and that with the exception of an attempt to seduce a small number Of peasants, the plan was confined to the absurd reveries of its author. Even if it had not been discovered by the police, there Would have been no danger that an enterprise conceived by a solitary individual, without any ramification either' t home or abroad, could have found any partisans, or assume any - solid shape; and most certainly the love of the people of Wirtemburg for their King, and their faithful attachment to his dynasty, would not have been affected by it for a moment. MATENCE, APRIL 6. Four Wirtemburg families, consisting of 18 persons, passed down the river yesterday on their way to America. FRANCTORT, APRIL 9. In the 10th sitting of the German niet, on the 29th of March, the President annonneed that his Britannic Ma jesty, had recalled his Minister M. Frederick Cathcart,' and appointed M. John Ralph Milbanke, Charge d'Affaires during the absence of a Minister. His Majesty's letter dated Windsor, March 12, to the Sovereign Prince and free cities, announcing the recal of M. Cathcart, and Mr. Canning's letter to the President of the Diet, announcing the appointment of M. Milbanke, were read. The answer being agreed upon, it was resolved to place his Majesty's letter in the archives, and to recog nised Mr. Milbanke as Charge d'Affaires. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 12 The Government has laid a new duty on the silk o: Broussa, and it is feared that it intends successively to aug: ment the duties on all the productions of the Levant. ST. PHTERSBURCH, MARCH 27. Notwithstanding the constant endeavours of the govern iwnt to diffese knowledge throughout the Russian empire, the Tartars of the Crimea have not profited from them, as might be wished. Since the Union of the Crimea with .ussia, the Tartars have remained nearly in the same state as before. The Russian language is very little known among them, and in many places they are entirely unac quainted with it. This circumstance is a great hindrance to the intercourse with the Russians, and to the endeavours of the magistrates to make the Tartars acquainted with the ordinances of the Government. To remedy this incon venience a particular establishment is to he added to the Gymnasium at Sympheropol, to educate teachers for the Tartars, in which children, especially those of the Tartar priests, are to be educated at the expense of the Grown.— After completing this course of study, they are to, he placed as teachers in the Tartar schools; Which are , established in some town or village of the Mimic' Government, and are maintained out of the funds belonging to the mosques. Every man who endeavours to ameliorate the condition of the human race deserves well of his country, and propitiates the good will of pOs terity. The deplorable condition of the natives of Africa has often awakened the sympathies of the philanthropist, and roused the indignation of reasonable minds. But, although their wrongs have been pictured with glowing truth, and the generous ardour of the British people been inte rested in their favour, yet the poor Africans have reaped little advantage from the abolition of the Slave-trade, while other nations carry on that inhuman traffic with an avidity proportioned to the extremity of the case, and, regardless of the misery they create—set off the absence of competition against the chance of c apture. Scarcely an arrival comes from that ill-fated coast, where all the ties of natur e are torn asunder for the sake of gain, but details of atro cities too shocking to contemplate are present ed to public wonder, or individual commisera tion. Various have been the plans proposed for remedying this melancholy evil, but none has yet produc e d th e d es i re d eff ect . E ng l a nd, t h ou gh fore most-in abolishing a guilty practice, in which, un fortunately for her fame she participated to o l ar gely, has not been a ble eith er by intreaty or threats to prevail upon other nations to follow her example, or to believe in the sincerity of her conduct.— They are too much interested in the spoil to be convinced of their own error, to appreciate the - ,i +QIS integrity of her views ; and, unfortunately for the misguided Africans themselves, the facility of sale keeps up the stimulus to traffic, thus perpe tuating their own degradation by acts of rapine and revenge, which brutalize their natures and afford a plea of justification to those who prose cute a trade so revolting to humanity. But it is obvious that if there were no purchasers, there would be no sellers of slaves, and those who seek the coast of Africa to trade in human vic tims are far more guilty than the savages who supply them. But it is idle to hope for the entire suppression ofthis odious trade without first impro ving the minds of the natives, and bringing them to a due sense of their present degradation—and the bright prospect before them, by cultivating the arts of civilization and good-will towards each other-- These are the arts that humanise mankind— and the introduction of these into the interior of Africa will do more than the Navy of England in abolishing the Slave Trade. In another part of our Paper we have in serted a very feasible plan for accomplishing this humane object by Mr. HEATON C. DE CRES- PiGNy, who proposes that a road sufficiently broad should be made from the British. Settle ment of Sierra Leone to Cape Coast. This road would be of incalculable benefit to the na tives, by accelerating the means of communi cation ; and other roads could be gradually made to branch from this main one, so as to diffuse every comfort over the country. The plan may, at first sight, appear simple ; but it is laid in a deep knowledge of human nature. It was by their roads the Romans secured the triumph of their arms, and civilised the barbarous coun tries which they conquered. Our ignorance of the interior of Africa is entirely owing to the want of good roads. No traveller can ven ture thither , without a guide, the traces of whose feet are lost in the wilderness as effectually as if he trod the ocean. We feel convinced, that' f a liberal subscription were set on foot for accomplishing this road, that the progress of civilization would be very rapid in that unhappy country, the ample resources of which would thus, be soo n b roug h t i nto t h e market, for the gratification of Europeans and the benefit of the natives. For promoting this subscription we need not appeal to public sympathy, by picturing the scenes of misery to which these poor beings are ex posed—words could not sufficiently express, nor imagination well conceive, the deplorable condi tion to which the African slave is reduCed--, torn from. his country,- though savage still dear to him, with all the tender recollections of home crowding: upon his frantic sensibility— he is borne away in bondage to writhe in chains under the. hatches of despair, with the hot stench of suffocation—the occasional burst of agony, and the .horrors of hourly death and putrefaction around him ! , , • The. following is a copy of the circular STOKE DOYLE, Ocitm.a, APRIL 7, 1827. Sin,—With the view of more speedily putting into ope ration the plan which I herewith lay before you for the more effectual suppression of the Slave Trade, I am induced to solicit your aid, and earnestly implore of you to subscribe 11. if you can conveniently spare the same. I also implore of you to excite your more wealthy neighbours to a sense of pity and charity towards the thousands of souls that are ready for embarkation along the coast of Africa. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your most obedient servant, HEATON C. DE CRESPIGNY. Subscriptions will be received by Messrs. Ransom & Co. Pall-mall East, London. THE FUNDS- 7 -(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clack. To-day (Easter Monday) being kept as a holiday at the Bank as well as both k the Stock . Exchanges, the Brok-era and , Jobbers have met on the Royal Exchange in rather greater ritiinbera than usual, arising from the peculiar situa tion in which' the country is 'placed by the re,s.ent events relative to the change in the Administration, but up to the aboVe hour not ;Imre than two or three private bargains bane been made at'B2l k; Colombian-Bonds have had. a sudden fall to 97, froth the publication, in a Morning paper, of an, apparently Olcial, document, purporting to be from BoliVar, resigning the whole of the important offices he held in that Republic, and expressing his earnest desire to retire to private life ; some doubts are, however, entertained that it is not genuine; a report of this description was cir culated on Saturday which was not, however, credited. Private lettere from the same quarter make no mention of ' any aucb intention on the part of this extraordinary man— should it, however, prove true there does not appear any thing very extraordinary in it. Bolivar has been charged frequently with ambitious views, and he may have taken this mode of completely doing away with that impression ; he may require rest from the long and anxious time spent in the service now that they are ir. tranquillity; he still, however, remains among them, declares his unabated re gard for his 'country, and adds; his sword and services, if required, *ill still continue at their command; there may be also other and ulterior movements emanating from this resignation, but the feeling seems general in the City, that if this is the caie.it will be only for the future welfare and benefit of that country which owes its existence, as a power, to the long services of this indefatigable Juan. Two o' Clock. Consols, 824.83. _ _ Half- past Two. Private business has been,done in Consols at •82i, buyers, which is now the price. The resignation of Bolivar, as stated, has acquired further credit, and the Bonds have de-. dined to 36i 7i; Mexican are 701 1. THE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE. The arrival of last week was tolerably good of most kinds of Grain; of Foreign Oats it was large; and of English Flour considerable. This morning there is a fair show of samples from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, of Wheat, Barley, Beans, and Peas ; and several more Foreign vessels are reported with Oats. Superfine samples of Wheat have obtained the terms of Ibis- day se'nnight ; but all other de .seriptions are very dull' in• sale. Itariey does not sell so freely as of late, and last quotations are hardly maintained. Beans and Pease are without variation. Most of the 'oreign Oats that now arrive, are going to granary in bond, from the expectation that they will be allowed to be entered after the 15th of May, at a duty of 4s. per q uar t er , under the Old Corn Bill ; this circumstance keeps a great quantity out of the Market at present, and the trade fully supports the rites of last Monday. The Flour trade con tinues in a languid state. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) ...... .._.B. -s. Beans, Small (new) 50s. 545. -- - -White (01d)... --s. .--6. ----Red ( 1826 ) ... 505. 545. Tick (new).... 4.55. 475. Fine......... 545. Ks. Superfine.. 55 5 . 60s. --- Harrow (new) 475. 50s. - ---.White (1826 ). 535. 565. Fine........ 58s. Ms. Brank Superfin e.. 62,. 65 5 . Oats, Feed 21s. 28s. Rye (new) ................ 36 5 . 40s. ------- Fine 29s. 31s. Barley .................... 36,. 38 s . --- Poland 29s :325. - Fine (new) . .... 395.405. Fine 335. 365. - Superfine..,.... 41s. 435. --- Potatoe '32s Ms. Malt ........................ 495. 535. - Fine .................. Xs. 655. --- Scotch 39s. 40s. Pease, Grey (new) .... 48s. 50s. Flour (per sack) 4ss. 50s. Seconds - Maple (new) ... 51 s. Gls. --- 42.9. 43s White (new) ... 43 5. u s . --- North Country 408. 455. Boilers ......... 48s. 525. Bran . 16,.. 17s. SMITHFIELD MARKET. This day's market was throughout scantily supplied, and ra. ther numerously attended by buyers ; Beef and Pork, for which considerably advanced prices were in the early part of the day demanded, went oft' slowly, at about Friday's quotations, Mut ton, Lamb, and Veal, at from 2d. to -Id. per stone beyond them. PRICES PER STONE OF SLBS. TO SINK THE OFFALs. s, d. to s. d, S. d, to s. d. Inferior Beasts ...... 3 4 3 8 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 Second qu ality ditto 4 0 4 4 Prime small ditto 6 6 '7 6 Prime large Oxen... 5 0 5 4 Large coarse Calve s 4 8 5 4 Prime Scots, &e...., 5 4 5 6 Prime small ditto 510 6 2 Inferior SheeP ..•• .... 4 6 410 Large Hogs 4 6 410 2.s Second quality ditto 5 2 5 6 small Porkers 5 2 5 6 Coarse-woolledthtto 5 6 '.5 10 Suckling Calves 1 SouthdownWetters 5 10 - 6 0 Quarter old Pigs 10s [olds. each. SUM.Y, A. 5 PER CLERIC ' S STATEMENT. Beasts. ISheep and Lambs. Calves. . I Pigs. 1,662 , I 12, 1 20 1 - 1 20. ... .1 :,84 - 'Aboutmoo of the beasts curse fraM Icorfolk add Suffolk about 60 from Sussex; not snore than 30 from the western and midland districts ; a bout the same number up the great North Road; and the most of the remainder from those stall feeders its the neighbourhood of London who are in the practice of avail ing themselves of short Markets, FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS The Duke of Clarence came to town on Fri day evening, and visited the KING for about an hour. His Royal Highness afterwards returned to his residence in Bushy Park. On Friday evening the Marquis of London derry visited his Majesty. Mr. Canning, after transacting business on Saturday morning with the Earl of Harrowby and Viscount Granville, went shortly afterwards to attend the King. On Saturday the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London had audiences of his Majesty. Yesterday Mr. Canning, the Marquis of An glesea, and the Master of the Rolls, had audiences of his Majesty. Yesterday, being Easter Sunday, divine ser vice was performed at the Chapel Royal, before the Prin cess Augusta and a numerous assemblage of nobility. The ~ ! rmon was preached by the sub-Almoner, who took his text from the 11th chapter and 26th verse of the Epistle to ..se Hebrews. The communion service was performed by the Bishop of London, as Dean of the chapel, assisted by the sub-Dean. The morning service was read by the Rev. Messrs. Knap and Cannon. The anthem was, " I know that my Redeemer liveth." The solo part was sung by Master Nicholls, and the verse parts by Messrs. Evans, Heather, Nield, Hawes, Roberts, and Clark. It was followed by the quartetto, " Since by man came death:" The whole con cluded with the Hallelujah chorus. 'Sir G. Smart presided at the organ. Yesterday divine service was performed before the Duchess of Kent, the Princosa Victoria, and the Prin cess Feodore at the private chapel in the King's Palace, Kensington, by Archdeacon Pott, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Davis. After the service the Archdeacon administered the sacrament to the Royal Duchess, the Princess Feodore, &c. On Saturday morning, it was officially an 'nounced at the Commander-in-Chief's Office, and also at the Ordnance Office, that his Grace the Duke of Welling ton had resigned both of those departments. At four o'clock in the afternoon, his Grace attended at the Com inander-in-Chiers Office, and transacted business . with Sir Herbert Taylor for about an hour and a half. It is under stood his Grace will fill the duties of the office till his suc- , cassor is appointed. Earl Bathurst visited the ColOnial Office on Saturday afternoon - , and selected a number of papers, &c., Ishicls were to. his Lordship's residence In Great Stan hope -street. The Noble Earl was visited 'while at the office by the Right Hon. Frederick Robinson, who bad an interview with his Lordship for about half-an-hour. After remaining for about En hour, Earl Bathurst left the office. Mr. Wilmot Horton, Under Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, had an interview afterwards with Mr. Robinson. Viscount Granville, Mr. Huskisson, Sir Charles Stuart, and Viscount Palmerston visited Mr. Can ning at his residence in Downing-street, on Saturday. Mr. Wilmot Horton transacted business on Saturday with Viscount Palmerston, at the office of the Secretary at War, in th e Horse Guards. Viscount Granville had au interview on Satur day with Mr. `Wilmot Horton. Viscount Granville, Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Plunkett, and Lord Morley visited Mr. Canning yesterday. Lord Seaford has had frequent interviews with Mr. Canning lately. The Marquis de Palmella, the Portuguese Minister, transacted business on Saturday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Russian Ambassador visited Mr. Can ning on Saturday. Mr. Wynn visited Mr. Huskisson yesterday. The Marquis ,e Palmella also _visited. Mr. Canning yesterday, as did M. Feick, the Ambassador from the Netherlands; Count Ludolf, the Sicilian Minister; the Spanish, Bavarian, and Sardinian Ministers. It is said that all the principal places in the Cabinet are filled, except the Chancellorship, the contest for which is between the Master of the Rolls and Mr. Scar lett. Many think the latter will come off victor, although a sort of reconciliation has taken place between Mr. Can ning and Sir John Copley.—Morning Paper. " It never rains but it pours," says a homely proverb. The Ex-Lord Chancellor was last week struck off the Rolls of the Athenceum for non-payment of the arrears of his subscription money ; verily, " A perilous omen !" unless we are to suppose his Lordship, with in stinctive prescience, had already begun to contract his ex pences to provide against the " rainy day." Mr. Peel's brothers were, on Saturday, active about Whitehall, and in calling-at their brother's residence in Privy Gardens.—Morning Paper. From the specimens afforded in the last num ber of the Quarterly Review of the unpublished writings of the late Bishop Heber, a very general wish has been ex pressed that those who possess them will allow them to he given to the world. It is likely to be again a great " lady-bird " year, for many are now to be seen amongst the * leaves of young flowers ; and during the last week many ‘f gold but terflies " have skimmed with all the gaiety of midsummer in the gardens of the suburbs of the metropolis. A Dr. Boston, of Newcastle, is now actually in London for the purpose of obtaining a patent for clear ing the metropolis of Smoke ; he proposes that the order of things shall be reversed, and that our chimnies shall descend into huge subterraneous fluess,.•thrnugh which the dense clouds which now envelope the town are to be conveyed into 'the country, and then discharged—what an enviable retreat that village will afford, the neighbourhood of which, is to he selected for this agreeable visitation.—John Bull. Madame Sontag and Madame Pasta are, we understand, both engaged by Mr. Ebers to sing at the Italian Opera House during the present season. In conse quence of previous engagements, we fear Madame Pasta cannot arrive in England before the end of May. GRAND TOURNAMENT.—A letter from Corfu, of the 14th March, says, that the principal inhabitants of that island had celebrated the return of Sir F. and Lady Adams, to the lonian Islands, by a Tournament. All the horsemen were dressed in the costume of the Knights of ancient times, their horses ' caparisoned in a suitable man ner. According to the customs of chivalry, each Knight wore the colours of a Lady ; the victor wore the colours of Lady Adams. A great number of per sons from all the Islands came to be present at this en tertainment, in which every thing was perfectly well managed. PLEASANT NAMES FOR A NOVEL !—An American paper of the 18th ult., says—"A Treaty with the Chippeway Indians has recently been ratified by the President and Senate, and published. The names of about 80 Indians are subjoined to the Treaty, of which the fol lowing are specimens:— Madwagkunageezhigwaab Oshauguscodaywagqua Peekwankwotoansekay Obnyshatmoquotoqua Oguhbayannuliquotwaybee." A PENITENT.—At the last Salisbury Assizes, sentence of death was passed on Raymond Read, for horse stealing; and from that moment, up to the time of his reprieve, no one could be more devout, or apparently pe nitent ; but immediately on hearing the news that mercy had been obtained for him, he returned the Bible and Prayer Book which had been lent him, saying, " that he had now no further occasion for them."--fionts Chron. BTJONAPARTE'S SMALL-CLOTHES.--One day, Alexander. expressed his ardent desire to have a pair of Napoleon's breeches. Duroc, the Grand Marshal of the Palace, sounded his master on the subject. Napoleon" Oh, b y a ll means, " laughed heartily. said he, " give him them all if he wishes it, only leave me a pair for a change." This may be vouched for as authentic ; but it is not equally certain, though strongly affirmed by many, that Alexander, who was very superstitious, made the cam paigns of 1812 and 1813 in Buonaparte's breeches.— [Anecdotes not in the firthcoming History.]—Literary Gazette. Dr. Pitcairn " was a great enemy to quackery and quacks, of whom he used to say that there were not such liars in the world except their patients. A relation of his, one day, asking his opinion of a certain work on Fevers, he observed, Ido not like Fever curers; we may guide a Fever—we cannot cure it. What would you think of a pilot who attempted to quell a storm ? Either position is equally absurd. We must steer the ship as well as we can in a storm, and in fever tt•e can only employ patience and judicious measures, to meet the difficulties of the case.'" —Nugce Chirurgietr. Dr. Radcliffe " told Dr. Mead one day, `Mead, I love you ; and now I will tell you a sure secret to make your fortune —use all mankind ill.' He was avari cious, and would never pay his bills without ranch impor tunity. A pavior, after long and fruitless attempts, caught him j us t getting out of his chariot, at his own door in Bloomsbury-square, and set upon him.--.' Why, you rascal,' said the doctor, do you pretend to be paid for such a piece of work? Why you have spoiled my pavement, and then coveted it over with earth to hide your bad work.' Doc tor,' said the pavior, mine is not the only bad work the earth hides.' ' You dog, you,' said the doctor, ar e you a wit ? you must be poor —come in and be paid. ' ".„....Arugte Chirurgicce. INTEL T.IGENCI-(THIS DAY). FROM LLOYD'S. Nut., Avzn. I4.—Wind 8.....-Arrived the Sir A. Mackenzie, Robinson, from Zatte ; Margaret Booth, John • son, from Trieste; Carvirons, Todd, (torn Berbiet. Ar rived from London the Herald, Thompson, for, Berbice ; Betsey and Sarah, Bloom, for Gibraltar ; Ada, Friend, for Demerara; Resolution, Ward, for Habfaz ; and Bri tannia, Tyne, for Quebec. APRIL. 15.—Wind S.—Arrived from Linuh;tl, - the Abeona, Fairburn, from Honduras; Ward, Hare, : fr(nn St. John's; and Broxhornebery, Fenson; from China. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 15. —Wina N. W. rtived, the Princess Royal transport, from Belfast; Caledonia, Chington, from Cadiz ; his Majesty'. ship Treed.. from Chatham. Sailed, the Crown Roy, for Q ue b e c; Jam es Bushman, for Riga; his Majesty's frigate Victorine in miniature, sailed yesterday, for Virginia Water, for the use of his Majesty; hip Majesty ship Sybille, for the 'Western Coast of Africa, went out , of harbour, and will sail in about seven days. PLYMOUTH, Aram 13. and ..14. Wild Arrived the Jane, Benett, from Oporto. Sailed, the Eliza, Biasel, for NewfoUndland ; Maria, Jacobs, for ,St. Thomas's; Amethyst, Tkinnson, for Quebec; and Swift, Brown, for Teneriffe. FALMOUTM, AntlL 111.--:Wind N. --Arau. 14. N. to S.—Arrived, the Woodford, Lamborn, from London, for Jamaica. Sailed, the Hunelons packet, Crope, for Halifax and Bermuda. The Providence, Whanoope, bas arrived in the River, from Bombay. RESIGNATION OF BOLIVAR. CARA CCAs, Fee. 21 t —The expedition preparing hare has been suspended, as late information assures us Spain will not force England into a war. Six thousand men were in readiness to embark. The battalions of ALISWaI - tegui, Boyaca, Carabobo, Apure, grenadiers, and three squadrons of cavalry, were ordered for the service. The battalions of Jntilia, Verglasi,Gellen,,, i and a squadron of moue ted grenediere, would lave xeplaced these in the fort ress iairounie.' T r hese latter troops have recently arrived from . Peru; mind the'Privites are Pertiriens. They e ..? now quartered in - Caraccas, 'and the Valley of Aragua, and they make excellent soldiers out,of their own country. " The reforms and xeductioacof expences made by order of the l Liberator begin to fiheyr the beneficial effects. I n .._ dustry'Sgain Sentinel her power ; commerce increases, and agriculture, so lOnefiegleeted, is now studiously pu r s ue d. One of the greatest evils under whi c h thia country labour ed, was the iniquitoni traffie. Amide by foreign merchants of Government paper money; which they pin - Chatted fee s, 4, and et per cent., and paid into the custona-kouse at its full nominal value. Such'a system of cruel ecTry was never heard of; and, whilst the poor unfortunate vie tints to this rapacity were forced to sacrifice the hard earn ings of their life, passed in so many dangers and difficulties, tho treasury was exhausted, and taxes.were necessarily mul tiplied. A just decree of the Liberator, however, has put art end to these prosesdings. "On the 14th of January, Congress wanted only one Nfember to make up the number required by ,law. As each Deputy receives six dollars per day, it is hoped they will do something, to earn a salary, which presses so heavily on the country. , " There has been no living greatness which ever escaped calumny. The traitors who gave up Lima and Callao to the common enemy, who have unceasingly conspired against the life of the Liberator, ae the palladium of South Amp- rican liberties—who have endeavoured to promote anarchy 'in ,regibni enjoying 'the biesaing of peace, under the pro tection of equal rights and laWs,. that they might gratify ,their own resentment, or Make &eh : fortunes by the spoil and humiliation of their lellow-Cititeas—Lhaftl e d in their ' machinations by the vigour of the Liberator, and the love which is borne him by the people, have, we see with re gret, and some pain, called to their aid - portions of the press in Europe, that they may assassinate a reputation which is the most cherished object of the Liberator's ambition, and which belongs to the world, horn:tuned bya.and deeply inte rested in, the preservation of h*glnry. -.lndependence,won by his . genius and his iWOrd.7.eonstittitional :systems 'este- - ‘ blished—freehistittitions ereated-4ducatien disseminated— religious liberty promulgated in the code which hears the name of its founder--slavery abolished—clisiuterestednesa: unparalleled —power never abused--were his titles to con fidence, and are titles to which future ages will do just ~ homage, by recording him as one of the most illustrious be nefactors of mankind. The proclamation which I encloie affords another proof of the integrity by which this greatest ' " 1 of men is governed, in hia,vicera; but it is an Act that all 'l/ii South Americans will deplore,, and which, at, all eviiti, is -,11 premature, till Spain has recognised South American in-. ... . dependence. A - c's ' • "H=AD WVAIRTERS, VAILACCAs, FIE. 6, 1827, " TO Nls NICXLI.JINCY TUE PILISIDINT-Olt TYT KONOCR. . A/11. MVila 2 CRA Ote MS IIZNATX., . " Moel Exext.tAtue Bps, " Under no circumstances has' die august authority •of Congress_ been me teecessary to the Reraiblie as at thi s ' Period, *hem internal disagreement has ;fielded the mi n d s , and excited eornroptione throughout. ,the whole nation. Called by your Excellency to take the oath of office. as Pre. ' sident of the Republic, 'I earns to the capit a l, wheise] 1 was obliged to set out for this department of aniee:, vene __ ,_ 1 .. Issued some s zuela. important decrees, Which were ' call e4 '. - - - .n. brurgent ne cessity. Your Excellency will haves the goodness to direct On my way from Bogota to this city, and beseech it, in my t n h a e m a e t , te to nt t i a o k n e o t f he C m on in gzss its to tl , 7 ern, *serious consideration, if I have exceeded my powers, let 'me bear Vie blame ; lam willing to sacrifice even my innocence' in the salvation of my country. That sac.l:l&e only was wanting, and I glory in not having shunned. it. When 1 learned in Peru, by an official notice, my appointment to the Presidency of the Re public, which the people had conferred on me, my answer to the Executiee Government, was a refusal to accept of the first magistracy of the nation. I have been for four teen years Supreme Chief anti President of the-Republic; I have been ferced by the, perils of the Aimee 'to fill . that office ; but those perils now no longer exist, .and I'may retire' to the enjoyment of priVate life. I beg of the. Con. gress to recollect the situation of Colombia_of America— of the whole world. Every thing conspiree to flatter us. —There is not a Spaniard oa. the American Continent. Domestic peace has reigned in Colombia since the _com lusaimaremeitycoonftatihneedgifitns meneement of this year. Many powerful -nations me inisacelourSgpueainri re cognize our political existence, and some of &in ire our Allies. A large portion of the American Steil; are con iccianosnscaonf naottyrloannok i o e n u r s l u le rp w a i t t i h ( 11 ... • federated with Colombia, ainpadxGovreaidetnßeeritaialonn What mighty hopes are ours! T fo h r e t w h h e ic h l . i i . dd P e r n ov a i br den e ce o l f ias tim prii e disturb my mind, and weaken the confidence of the Colorn the .trouk;fes of my zealous t il b e e p s i ; p i out a secret fear, inasmuch as history has told them that all, in similar circumstances, have been ambitious. In vain,i b d i i t: n ns . . Ae ' T h o e seek to defend myself by the example of Washingble - ; ille4, the powerful. lam grieved between in truth, one or even many exceptions can effect notk;ing against the experience of a whole world,' ever oPPre';sed by fellow-citizens, and the sentence which I exprzt from pot ttrity. Id o not eeel'tnyself innocent o f e:inbitio„, an d for my own sake r vim to snatch myself fr'om the grasp of this fury ;to free i l ly fellow-citizens from uneasiness ; and secure after my deaths remembrance work of liberty. With such sentiments I renounce for eve'," the Presidentship (»lily mil lions de veces). The Congress and the'people may look on this renunciation 4ts irrevocable. Nothing shall have power to prevail on me to continue in the public service after having employed in it the whole of my past life. And .now that the triumph of liberty has conferred rights so sublime upon all, shall I alone be deprived of that prerogativ e ? No. The Congress; and the Colombian people, are just; they will not seek to give me up to the ignominy of deser tion. But few days now remain to me : I have passed more than two-thirds of my lib; let me then be permitted to hope for an obscure death in the silent retirement of my paternal mansion. My sword and heart will nevertheless ever be Colombia's, and my last sigh will ascend to Heaven for her happiness. _ . I implore for the Congress, and from the people, the fa. your of simple e, God pres itise o nehip. , erve your Excellency, "Most excellent Sir, SIMON BOLIVAR," MEETINGS OE CREDITORS.' , I gragrat t. ,ir COUNTRY DIARY. rn -...___Z.:RODAY• APRIL 19. • 1.- sit mackinore_, W. lippotti—George, Chard ............ H -.........` J.,2embridge---Duke's Head, Leominster, Bonner,' J., Goltha—Peacock, Boston ' "10 ' 4 '''"'''_,. -_ It .....Conrt.houte, Huddersfield Denbign; C., Skipten—/31ack Horse, Skipton. ..t . i 4 3 04 C B o u t s t h o ' n; w., AlmondburY Gwhine ll , R. ch.ftenham—Ro nal hotel, Cheltenham. ... . HHalls. S., Stownaarket--King's mead , Stownlarket ...... Hawke, W. Spilsbl-7, George, _ilsby .. — t ..... . ............. enry, S., Chester — v , nite's, Manchester .. ............... ..., ' , r ' .':: ESC' Holroyde A. Triangle--Swan, Huddefs - fitld . " - 1 - f;"-a.1 1 J a mes , Y., Bimige..lll/1....it0ra hq,el, Birtningham .. • . . ...1••• ' 10 - James, J., IterthYlr 1141- 11 --White Lion ( Bristol - n +.t. Maim, W . an d J. L., Lincoln—Court - house, Leeds Maynard, IL, Menhenlott—Weekley's, Devonport Pearse, J., Bristol—Cook e an d C o ., B ristol Robinson, 'T., Liv erPool--.l(ork hotel, Liverpool . Row, w., sen.L.St. Peter's—rue, Newcastle... 11 Tunnel], G ., vvoreastor-...Crown, Woris e t ei 11