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PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY 12. Mr. Masost, from the East India House, presented an ac count of the receipt and expenditure of the Bengal Govern - 'rent, for the year ending the 31st of May, 182-I.—Laid on the table. !•'ir J. YDGES presented a petition from the Noblemen,. Gentlemen, Merchants, and Manufacturers of the county of Waterfoid, in favour of the Irish Manufacture Company Bill. 'el - 4e petition was most numerously signed, and the petitioners eep•easaal their decided opinion, that the best way of securing iee prosperity and tranquillity of Ireland was by giving ample fIT? p 14, ymen t to the peasantry. M-. A. CAMPBELL presented a petition from Glasgow, in favour of the Clyde Navigation Bill. - - Mr. KENNEDY moved that the evidence taken before the' Committee on the Leith Dock Bill be printed. Seine conversation took place between Mr. J. P. GRANT, KENNtDY, and Sir J..M ARJORIBAN its, as to - the persons on whom the expellee of printing the evidence was to fall. The SPFat KER observed, that the House ought to be nhliged to the Hon. Member (Mr. Kennedy) for the manner in which be had brought the subject forward, because an erroneous idea had gone forth, that any person, without leave, and having no responsibility, might print evidence taken before a Com mittee of that House. To do so was, however, a breach of privilege. In cases of this nature, when application was made to have evidence printed, the expence must be incurred by the party applying for that evidence, and it must be printed from the Coinmees copy. When permission was given to the party applying to print evidence, it was accompanied by an order to the Rrinter of the House of Commons-to- print such evidence if it were called for. If this order were not sent forth, parties de , sirmas of procuring such evidence would be placed in this situa tion—that the House of Commons' . printer alight refuse to comply with the request to have such evidence printed.—Motion agreed to. On the motion for receiving the amended Report of the Car narton Rail-road Bill, Mr. IL BERNA I. moved as an amendment—" That the Bill be re-committed." Mr. R. WILLIAMS considered this to be a very vexatious opposition to the measure, originating, he believed, with persons who were interested in similar speculations. Mr. R. BERNAL said, this observation did not apply to him, as he had not a single share in any speculation of the kind. After a few observations from Mr. DavtwoonT and Mr. HONE, the amendment was negatived without a division ; the report with its amendments was agreed to, and the Bill order ed for a third reading. Mr. R. SMITH presented a petition from the Provost of the Royal College of St. Mary's, Eton, praying that the Basing stoke and Thames Canal Bill should not, with its present provisions, pass into a law.—Referred to a Committee on the Bill. Mr. DENISON presented a petition from certain Mer - chants and Trades of London and Southwark, against several clauses of the Hull Dock Bill.—Referred to the Committee on the said Bill. Lord ALTHORP presented a petition from the Inhabitants of Manchester, in favour of the County Courts Bill. Mr. G. PIIILIPS presented a petition from the Inhabitants of Bolton, Lancashire, in favour of the County Courts Bill. Lord MILTON presented a similar petition from a district in the County of York. Lord MILTON presented a petition from the Artisans and Mechanics of the town and parish of Sheffield, praying that no alteration might be made in the Bill passed. last ,year for the repeal of the Combination Laws. IRISH .FREEFIOLDERS' BIM. • Mr. J. GRATTAN rose to present a petition-from the Ma gistrates, Gentry, and others, inhabitants of the county of Mo naehan, against the Bill brought -in by the Hon. Member for Staffordshire (Mr. Littleton), which would have the effect of disfranchising the 40s. freeholders of Ireland. The petitioners considered this Bill to be contearyeto justice, and to involve a direct violation of the Constitution. In the sentiments of the petitioners lie entirely concurred. He had'before stated his opinion, which was entirely hostile to the Bill, and he should now content himself with moving " That the petition be brought up." Mr. S. RICE said, the opinion of the petitioners was found ed on an entire misapprehension of the question. If what the petitioners had stated were fact, he would at once agree with them. He would say, that the 40s. freeholder ought not to be interfered with. But this Bill did not affect the 40s. freeholder. What he, and those who approved of the measure, objected to was—the number of electors who were brought into the consti tuency. not as freeholders, hut as leaseholders. So far from diminishing any right which existed at present in England, or which was valuable to the constituency of Engl a nd, those who approved of this Bill took a course which rather blended the rights of the real constituency of the two countries, by striking t a practice known unfortunately in Ireland, but not at all keown on this side of the water. No desire existed to the exercise of the elective franchise. The great ob ject was to introduce a better and more independent description of voters than was known in Ireland at present. Mr. GRATTAN contended that the petition did speak facts, and nothing but facts. When they raised the qualifica tion of voters above 405., it was clearly a limitation of that right, and he would say, one of the most enormous that was ever proposed. But' it was said that the friends of this mea. sure were anxious to assimilate the law of Ireland to the law of tion, perhaps a rebellion, in Ireland, anti this he was ready to England on this subject. He would maintain that, at present prove on a proper occasion. • the practice in England and in Wales was the same as the prat- Mr. J. SMITH presented a petition from the proprietors of -t;ce in Ireland. Connaught, relative to making certain roads. Mr. HUME wished his Hon. Friend (Mr. S. Rice) to show Mr. GOUI,BURN said, that by command of his Majesty, how it was possible to p a s s thi s Bill without depriving indi- an estimate of the necessary expences was now in preparation, viduals, at a future period, of rights which they now expect e d and when it should be completed would be laid before the to enjoy ultimately. By the practice of Ireland, every holder House.—The petition was laid upon the table. of a lease of 40s. was entitled to a vote; and in all time to Sir N. COLTHURST p resente d a petition from Cork, .come, unless the law were altered, those who succeeded him in against the Salmon Fisheries hill; which, after a few words his property would be entitled to the same privilege. Now, it from Mr. LEsLIE FOSTER, was laid upon the table. wee intended by th e Bill o f th e Hon. Member for Stafford to Mr. HUME presented a petitioa front Carmarthen, relating rake away- from all future holderie of leases the power to vote to the Duties on Beer. for Members of Parliament. This was the admitted object; Mr. HUME presented a petition from certain cotton-spinners and if this were not taking away from the popular part of the of Glasgow, in favour of the Bill for regulating the hours of community a right which they hod long enjoyed, he knew not labour. The same Hon. Member presented petitions from the -whet to call it.—( Hear !)—lf the practice were mischievous, Cotton-spinners of Ashton-under-Line and Oldham, against let them put an end to it in some other way. Let them intro- any alteratio of the Combination Laws. duce a measure by which the evil would be corrected. But Mr. BROWNLOW presented a petition from the merchant let them not, with one sweeping measure, deprive 4,000,000 of Armagh, in favour of the Irish - Manufacturers' Bill. people of an established right.—(Hear !)—lt had been re- Mr. CURTOIS presented a petition from certain owners and ported, that because he was hostile to this Bill, he had declined occupiers of land in the neighbourhood of Lewes, in Sussex, to vote on the Roman Catholic Relief. Bill—(Hear !)—but it against any alteration of the Corn laws. was perfectly well known to Gentlemen around him, that he COURT OF CHANCERY. attended in his place, and formed one of the majority on that Sir J. NEWPORT gave notice, that on Thursday, the 19th occasion ; and sorry he was that that majority was not t en inst., Mr. J. Williams would present a petition complaining of times greater.—( !leer !) . the delays in the Court of Chancery. Lord ALTHORP said, the opponents of this Bill object e d Sir H. PARNELL presented a petition from certain mee ts it, because, in their opinion, the extent of popular election in chants concerned in the butter trade in Ireland, praying for a re- Ireland would, if it were carried, be more respected than it was vision of the existing laws relative to thattrade. at present. Now he would•vote for it, because he tho ug ht it Sir J. NEWPORT presented a petition from certain farmers would give the popular interest greater force and power than and dairymen of Waterford, pruying that the existing butter k could now command.—(Hear !)—At the present moment, laws might not be altered. gentlemen of large property, by subdividing their estates, were Mr. DOHERTY-presented a similar petition from certain enabled to overpower the middling and better-informed classes. landowners of New Ross. —(Hear!)—But by the operation of the Bill now before the Mr. GOI.ILBURN presented a petition from the prisoners , House, the weight of the- independent freeholders would he- for debt in the four-courts-marshalsea, Dublin, praying that the greatly increased ; and instead of lowering the right of popu- rules in force in the King's Bench and Fleet prisons might be Jar election, it would place . the counties of Ireland, which extended to diem. were now nothing but close boroughs, in the same free situation ELECTIVE FRANCHISE (IRELAND) BILL. which they now held in England. —(Heer !) On the motion of Dr. Pee Lot atoox, the Order of the Day Mr. LITTLETON said, that by the Bill which he had in- for the further consideration of the report on the above Bill was troduced, there was not. one ieelividual in Ireland, who at pre- postponed to the 27th ins.. sent had a right to vote, to whom that right ,would not be pre- PAYMENT OF LABOURERS OUT OF TIIE POOR served.—(Hear!)—He really thought that the Hon. Member RATES. for Aberdeen, and the' reformers in general, ought to be first Mr. MONCK moved for leave to bring in a Bill to pro and foremost in supporting this measure.—(Hear!)—For the' hibit for the future the payment of any part of labourers' very seine reason which induced the Hon. Member for Aber- wages out of the poor's rates. The Hon. Gentleman observed, deen to call for a n i ncr ease o f th e El e ctive Franchise in Scot_ that this practice of rendering every agricultural labourer par land, his object b e ing to d e St r orcorrupt influence—for that very dolly a pauper went not only to annihilate all independency of reason the Hon. Member was bound to vote for a decrease of principle among the lower classes, but, moreover, to incum the Elective Franchise in Ireland ;--(hear ! )—because in that ber the country with a population which it Iliad no means of country, the fictitious - voters overwhelmed the real freeholders. providing for. The law, as it stood, amounted to a bounty _W ear could not conceive on what principle those who absolutely upon idleness. A labourer who, by day-work, earn supported Parliamentary Reform could oppose this measure.— ed, say Bs. a week, was unable, if lie had a family, to live on (Hear!)—He was astonished how Gentlemen who came into , this, and received perhaps, GS. therefore in aid from the pa this House by the voluntary. votes of independent English elec- rich , If be was a man industriously inclined, and by task tore, could support a system,.under which, by dividing four or work, or other extra exertion. raised his Bs. earnings to 12e., five estates into shreds and patches,. the power of the real free- what was the consequence ! He. had his toil for his pains : for holder was completely overwhelmed,—(Hear !)—They ought then the parish gave him 2s. And even this was a slighter to support a measure which oro u ld put an end to a system so evil than the encouragement w hi c h thi s practice gave to early - vicious.--(Hear !)—Sooner-or later, when the principle of this martiages. In his natural state, the bachelor stood better oil' Bill was understood by the public at large—when the opinions than the married man • his gains might be equal, and his bur so strongly and generally2expressed in the House were pro- dens were less ; and th'is co m p ara ti ve ease of condition formed perly weighed—the measure would be successful.—(Hear !) the true and legitimate.check to improvident unions. But our The misunderstanding which prevailed—the misrepresentation law neutralized that ch ec k en ti re ly • or rather, .indeed, gave a which had most unfairly been m a d e in th a t House, and the bounty to a man f or p ro d uc i ng ch ild ren . w hich he could not inconsistency which he had observed in the conduct of various maintain. The law said now, that a single man should not parties with respect to this measure, would ultimately be cor- earn so.mtmith by his d i lly l a b our as a married man. While reeled ; and he had no doubt but that it.would•be eventually he was a bachelor, h e mus t l a b our at so low a rate, that all carried.—(Hear !) . s hope of making any provision fur matrimony was out of the Sir J. NEWPORT said, as the practice now stood, men of question; but he had only to marry . tet .ence,Yrithout thinking; nil substance, of bona fide property, refused to attend at elec- of consequences at a ll ; an d th e p aris h would at once increase tions. In many instances; individuals of respectability would his wages, and give a pauper's support, as fast as they were net qualify themselves to act as electors. They knew that they born, to his children. The Honourable Member, after corn would be completely overpowered bythose fictitious freeholders menting generally u p on t h e o pp res ieeness as well as tilt im -and therefore they viewed the Elective Franchise as a privi- policy of the existing system, sat down by moving for leave to lege not worth having. It was to him most extraordinary, that bring in his Bill. aav e man who had looked into the evidence given before the 311- ', I3 PNNETT did not see how it w ould he p racticable t o ConiMittee, or who was personally acquainted with the Pr" - • make the farmers raise their rates of wages ; and still less, how, at long as the poor-laws existed, parishes could refuse relief to those labourers who were actually in want. If bachelors were to be paid for their labour at the same rate as unmarried men, an increase in the price of corn would certainly be the con sequence. Sir G. CHETWYND did not believe that it was lawful, as ! rate.; a and if lie was ri g h t i n t h at op i n i on, t h e H on. M em b er ' s matters stood, to P ay t h e wages of labourers out of - the poor bill became unnecessary. MONCK believed that the Statute of Elizabeth, which authorized the raising a rate to maintain the children of parents who could not maintain themselves, would warrant what was done. However the law stood; the practice was notorious. In many places the farmers paid mere nominal wages-4d. or fid. a-day, and sent the labourer to the parish to make up the de ficiency.--Leave was then given to bring in the ital. CURRENCY ASSIMILATION. Mr. WA Id, iCE rose to submit his promised Motion on the subject of the English and Irish currencey. The Right Hort Gentlennui stated, that with a view further to carry this desira ble measure into effect, it was intended to issue an entire new copper Coinage in Ireland, equivalent in value, whether far. thing, halfpenny, or penny, to the corresponding coin in the cur e , rency of Great Britain. The same course would be adopted as to the re-coinage of the silver currency, particularly the currency of Ireland. With respect to future contracts in Ireland on the plarrteotfh a io l n they were to be taken, a nd va l ue d a t. n o no v t e a r -e n l i ve e - n ti t i ' irteenth s of the usual, or customary rates or tenders according to the present currency. In fact, in order to prevent all possikile danger to those whose labouring avocations or scanty means ofinformation rendered them more liable to imposition or misconception, it was intended to make the change in the currency as notorious throughout the country, as the as-. pect of the new coin should be distinguishable at first sight. to any ordinary observer from the old. The issues of paper from .t to B, nle of Ireland also were to be-in future taken as issues at the value of the British currency, instead of as at present they were issues at the value of I r i s h. Th e i r present notes, it was well known, were reissuable for three years after their first issue, and this in consequence of the public being no loser by the bargain, inasmuch as thellank had compounded with the stamp officefor the duty. Theie-Were, disoon as convenient, to be withdrawn from circulation ;' and in Ortlerao deal fairly by the Bank, and not withdraw' from it any of its privileges or profits, it was pro posed that the Bank should, on its reissuing any number of the new notes, tender-to the stamp office the old ones, which they new meant to replace, an d r ece i ve an allowance rom that de pAlment as for so many spoilt stamps.—(Hear !)—Another re ge-lation would be very necessary, which was, that all the new nhtee should be so distinguished bYmarks which could not be rdsconceived or misunderstood, so as to prevent the old notes of the present Irish currency being taken for the new Imperial currency by ignorant persons. Ile, for his part, could see no reason for apprehending any injurious consequence as likely to result from the alteration; he hoped now about to be sanctioned by they'Legislatttree He felt there was no just grounds for the alarm which he knew prevailed amongst some persons, that the increased value or the currency scold have a more than fair or proportionate effect on the prices of commodities in Ireland, and disturb, in particular, commercial relations, in a manner prejudicial to that part of hi. Majesty's dominion'', which it was the object of the Bill and of Government to serve and improve.—( Hear !)—The experiment had already been tried to a certain extent in Scotland, and had produced no such consequences as these persons anticipated.— Indeed, he felt satisfied that these apprehensions were far too vague and visionary to influence the House, and- he had great pleasure in being able to assure the Committee that it had been intimated to him from the most respectable men in the House charged with the local interest of Ireland, that they had no in. tentton to offer the measure the slightest opposition.—(;hear!) Amongst the practical difficulties to be surmounted, wax one re lative to the future qualifications of electors. He had the plea sure to acquaint the Committee that he intended to Introduce a clause into till Bill, for the purpose of meeting the difficulty which might arise should a certain Act now before the House not pass into a law ; he meant the Bill for abolishing the forty_ shilling freeholds in Ireland. It was conceived this might prove in the minds Of some an objection to the measure, lest in the event of that Bill relative to the freeholds not pheeing into a law, parties now entitled to vote would be excluded in consequence of the increase in the value of the currency,- or, in other words, a f •rty-shilling freehold being no longer Of the value of forty_ shillings in the reformed currency. The clause -to -provide against such an occurrence then, would be framed 40 as to enact that nothing whatever contained in this Bill for regulating-the coinage, should, not w ith s t an di ng , a ff ect or interfere with the right of voting for Members of Parliament, or the value-of -free holds as reveected thetlectire franchise.—(Cheering.) —The ad vantages which would result to the Executive Government -both in. England as connected with Irish affairs, and :in 'lreland, would be in theniselyes sufficient to warrant his strongly press ' ing the assimilation of the currency of both counteias.on Perlia ment ;-.btinthat, important as it might be, was-buten: dust in the batence . compared with the advantages which .must result to Ireland in the fecilitatien of trade and commercial intercourse between the two countries. Ile sincerely trusted that this.would prove a relief to sonic of Per embarrasernents e and that under the fostering prot ec ti o n o f G overnment and thatilouse, ' lreland would be found.making safe and rapid strides,in emulating the industry, energy, and enterprise of Great Britain, already the object of cniulation and admiration to other nations.—(Hear !) —The Right Hon. Member then moved the eltesolutions--(for which see another column of THE SUN.) Sir J. NENW PORT was not unfavourablato the-principle of the proposed treasure, bat there were many who thought it would be attended with disadvantages to.lreland in a variety of instances. Many, niche changes which had recently been made with a view of benefitting the commerce of this country, were not equally advantageoue to the prosperity of Ireland. He hoped, however, that the present-Bill would.be so modified as to prevent its becoming injurious to the interests of particular classes in that country. Mr. L. FOS"I'ER approved of the system -of .the Bill, and thought there would be no difficulty in getting over the oh stacles opposed to it., lie believed that in two months after it passed, it might be brought into practical operation. Sir H. PARNELL expressed himself satisfied with-the ge. neral policy of this measure, which he thought was the -only plan calculated to remedy the evils of the present system. Mr. GRENFELL suggeeted, that the weight of-he copper currency in Ireland, shoal(' be increased. The pound of copper was coined in Ireland into 25d.and in England into 24d. where as its present intrinsic value was no more than 'l3d., so that a pound of copper was actually current when coined, for double its value, which was exceedingly detrimental to the lower classes of the Irish, who eeldont saw any other than copper coin. r.M.F I Tai ERALD returned his thanks to the Right Hon. Geetlemaniopposite for the very, salutary measure of which he had just stated the outline to the Committee. He did not anti cipate any of those practical difficulties from it which had been mentioned by some of his Hon. Friends near him. On the con— tiary, lie was certain that it would tend much to the simplifica tion of the present system; and, by so doing, would greatly .be. netit the commerce of Ireland. • SirJ. NEWPORT considered that the suggestion thrown out by his Hon. Frieuel (Mr. Grenfell) relative to the increasing the weight of the copper. coin in Ireland, was a valuable and an important one, and he hoped that it would meet with the at. tention of the Right Mon. Gentleman (31r. Wallace.) Mr. WALLACE said, that it was matter of sane difficulty accurately to fix the weight of the copper coin, as the price of copper fluctuated so much, and if they were to estimate-it by the present value of that article, the price of it might possibly rise, awl then all the copper coin of the country wouldimmediately disaepear. 1 MPORTANT TO lIOP.PLANTERS.—The follow ing is the copy of a letter addressed to Sir EDW. b. ATCHIID LA I Bart., M. P. : My dear.Sir—Lord Liverpool and Mr. Robinson, after hay ing given their best consideration to some applications received from several quarters, and more particularly from Mr. Hodges, in behalf of the Hop Planters in the Weald of Kent, for 'such lenity and facility on the part of the Excise, in the collection of the Hop Duty, now due, as it may be practicable to afford, have authorized me to give directions to the Excise to proceed ac curdingly with as much forbearance, and to allow as much la titude in the recovery of their duties as may be consistent with a due security for the ultimate payment of them, in all cases where the peculiar distress of the parties may appear to the Of ficers to require it. I have written to the Excise accordingly ; and it would, I think, contribute much to forward the view in which these applications have been. made, if you and the other gentlemen who interest themselves in behalf of the Hop Planters, would communicate to me the names of those whom you may judge to be most in need - of such indulgence as can be shown to them. I am your's truly, (Signed) J. C. lIERRIES. Treasury Chambers, May 6. JOHN MARTIN suggested to the Right Hon. Gea. tleinart the expediency of issuing a coinage of silver three pences. We had formerly hTul silver pence and silver two pences; and every' person would allow that the recurrence to such a currency would be a measure of very great and very ge neral convenience. We last week ventured to prognosticate that during the year which is past, " the whole of the shares in the Newcastle and Carlisle Railroad would be disposed Of, aril 4.1: 4 t an interest in the concern would not be attainable but at a pre. mium." What we then foretold has been completely accom plished :.on Friday the subscription list was full, and innume rable applicants for shares were disappointed. On Saturday th e shares began to be sought for at a premium ; as high as V. per cent. was offered, but no shareholder could be found who would part with his interest at so low a rate ; a much higher premium must necessarily soon be offered. In this part of the country, however, it is not probable that many p urc h ases will he effected, the shares being chiefly in the hands of those w h o h ave weigh ed, and have the means of estimating, the advant ages o f t h e in vestment, and will, therefore, be disposed to hold tenaciously. It is satisfactory to observe, that the great e ff ort h as been made at borne, more than t wo-thirds of th e s h ares having been taken by subsccribers residingin Newc as tl e an d its neighbourhood. The gentleman around hav e , w i t h a sp i rit which does them honour, united with the commercial interest, and the body of shareholders embraces much of the wealth and consequence both of the town and of the adjoining counties.--..( Tine Jliercury, May 10. The resolution; were then agreed to. The' llonae restuned, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. THE .IRISH BANKS BILL On the motion of Sir G. HILL, the Irish Banks Bill went into a Committee. After a long and desultory discussion, which produc e d n o definitive res u lt, as to the l iberty of the new Banks to have their bills " paid" in Dublin, The House resumed : the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow (this day.) The other Orders were then disposed of, and the House ad, journed at ONE O'CLOCK. The LORDS did ❑ot sit yesterday on account.of being Holy Thursday. FUNERA L ON SIR JOIIN COX lII.PPIIII,Er, Batten. —Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the funeral of Sir Jour( Cox HIPPISLEY took place-in the Temple Church, the oldest ecclesiastical edifice in tile metropolis. The remains of the ve nerable Baronet were attended by his son, Sir John Stuart Hip pisley, who succeeds to the title, as chief mourner, Sir Robert taker, lint. and th e f o ll ow i ng B enc h ers : —James Scarlett, Esq., John G urney, Esq., Benjamin J o h nson , ,E sq ., Barne Barne, Esq., Ed war d Fi nc h H atton, E sq ., William POtts,Esq., and Rob er t Ray, Esq. The hearse, which was dratim by six horses, was followed - by three mourning coaches, with four . 'horses each, and twelve private carriages. Sir John Cox Hip pisley was a Doctor of Civil Law, a Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies, and for many years an active Member of the House of Commons. - The venerable Bishop of DURHAM, we are happy to find by letters from Worthing, received yesterday, continues to receive great benefit from the air of . that place. i The Bishop of Dual.'Am has, with his accus tomed liberality, made a valuable Present of books to the Mechanics' Institute at North and South Shields. In the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, on Saturday, in the case of Beere v. Lord Donouglimore, a mo tion was made to set aside the verdict. it was an action brought by Mr. Beere, a gentleman of some condition in Tipperary, against the Earl of Donouglimore, for having falsely and.mali ciously stirr e d u p one Thomas White to lodge informat i ons against the plaintiff, charging him with felony, a nd with having caused the plaintiffto by prosec u ted for the same at the general assizes. The ac ti on was tried at the last assizes at Cl onme l , when a verdi c t was h ad for the plaintiff, with 2501. damages.— A point was reserved at the trial, on behalf of the noble de endant. The Cou r t . did not give judgment. We received this morning the Etoile and the' Pitote of yesterday. The former does not CO" lain any political information. From the latter we give the following extracts:— V . l'm the Pilate, dated ye:let-hill COWITANTIXOPLX, APRIL 11.—PRIT1TIC There has sailed from here within these ten days, thirty-tw° Turkish vessels and fifteen light vessels, most of them tak e !, from the Greeks, arm e d an d repa i re d , 1 9 b rigs, five frigates, 013". two corvettes. SMYRNA, APRIL 3.--(Private Lettc r.)-4.lthough p 8 are but a short distance from the theatre of war, and every dal °iv have arrivals, we are still at a loss to know the truth and th e state of affairs in the Morea. Each party cries out Victory I" No doubt you are informed of the landing of Ibrahim Paella° Modon. Up to this moment no one knows the truth of operations, if you believe the Greek Journals, the EgYPti ans have experienced considerable losses. It is impossible to be lieve the reports of the European vessels which arrivi in this port, as they generally give false information. A ° Austrian brig of war, which left the Archipelago on the 15th, announces positively the taking of Navarin, although we know that on the 24th of last month this fortress was still in possession of the Greeks and not besieged, and that Ibrahim Paella was still with his army, occupied at Modon. BARCELONA, MAY 2.—The Edict of the Archbishop °f Tarragona, relative to the re-establishment of-the Inquisition/ is the general conversation here, and causes great alarm. The camp composing the Royal Guard at Rheims trig bO under the command of the Marshal Bellune. FRENCH FUNDS.—Rentes, 101. 70. money—Three Pe r Cents., 75.—After Change, 101. 95. Paris Papers of Tuesday last have arrived*. They are for the most part filled with the debate' s in the Chamber of Deputies on the Budget' . The plan of M. DE VILLELE for -creating a nev r 3 per cent. Stock out of the old 5 per cents. has not been attended with any very great subcesSP but the Minister is satisfied with the result, as h e could not expect the fundholder to decide until the term allowed for option was nearly expired' In two days 375,000 francs of Rente had be en subscribed, certainly no very large sum. 11 e give the subjoined extracts : (From the Mcnziteur of Tuesday, May 10.) f The non-official part gives a lon g accoun t o f the recePtl °lla his Excellen c y t h e T un i s i an Ambassador, at the Tovin-bu'_,," on the 9th. 31. de Chabrol, the Prefect, offered to his Excellency the medals struck on the restoration, and on the birth of the Pu ke of Bordeaux. His Excellency replied, that he would keep theta • as honourable recollections of his visit to Paris, and as flatter" ing proofs of the politeness of the noble magistrates, and of tb splendour of the city of Paris. The Prefect said, that ordell tice, could oppose a measure which would put down an evil of such magnitude.—( Hear !) Mr. S. BOURNE said, that besides the strong ground— that of purifying the elective franchise--there was another very powerful argument in support of the Bill. It was ad mitted, that amongst:the evils which - oppressed Ireland, the subdivision of land was one of the greateste'e. It was itnery— sible directly to interfere with property, and. while a. motiye existed for the subdi v i s i on o f Iproperti, that stibdivision wont d take place. Noe, when the motive 'which-Pled to that , sys tem was known, it was the duty of Parliament to remove it and its accompanying evil together. Surely the increase of leaseholders (at rack-rent,ein meat instances, he it remem bered) ought not to be continued, when it was clearly the means of perpetuating a generally admitted evil. Mr. W. BECHEIt spoke in favour of the Bill, be ause he thought its tendency was to remedy existing evils in Ire land. _ Mr. MONCK said, he was determined to vote against the further progress of this Bill. He believed that its effect would be to destroy the little independence which Irish freeholders at present possessed. Lord MILTON admitted that the Bill deprived certain persons -of a right to vote, but he was so fully,convinced that that right gave rise to great evils, that he should vote in fa vour of the Bill. He took this opportunity of asking the Hon. Member for Staffordshire whether it was his intention to proceed with this Bill, or to postpone it until the final determination of another measure, on the success of which its operations must-ultimately depend. Mr. LITTLETON said, he was quite ready to comply with whatever might be the wish of the House on the subject. Ile would either wait the decision which might be come to in the House of Lords, or he would proceed this evening, but he was -particularly desirous to avoid doing any thing which might seem to impute to him any breach of feith. lie was wilfing that the wishes of the Members for Down and Ar magh, both of whom he saw in the House, should be complied with relative to the postponement. Colonel FORDE said he was indifferent whether the Elec tive Franchise Bill should be disposed of now, or postponed to a future day; provided it were distinctly understood,.that it the great measure of Catholic Emancipation should be car ried in another place, this Bill should be perservered in here, and pressed forward as rapidly as was consistent with the forms of the House. • Mr. BROWNLOW rose to address the House, but was for some time wholly inaudible, owing to the subdued tone in which he spoke. He alluded, as was understood, to the opinion he had formerly given on the subject of Catholic Claims, which opinion he saw no reason to retract. Ile particularly recom mended the passing a measure of general conciliation, and he looked upon the bill which had been alluded to as a component part of that measure. The concession of the Roman Catho lic Claims, the increase of the qualification of electors, grad the provision for the Roman Catholic Clergy were called for by the present situation of Ireland. If any of these measures were not to be carried, still he should not regret the vote he had given. Ile was deeply anxious that the bill should he carried, but to its present postponement he could have no objection. Mr. LITTLETON said, that it was . his intention, if the Catholic Relief Bill should be carried in another place, to pro ceed with all possible alacrity to press on the Elective Franchise Bill. On the centrary, if the former bill should be lust, he would abandon the latter. After a few words from Sir C. Cots and Lord MILTON, Sir F. BURDETT rose for the purpose chiefly of expressing his admiration of the sentiments and the conduct of the Hon. Member for Armagh (Mr. Brownlow). Ile confessed that the opinion &the lion. Member had considerable influ e n ce on hi s mind. In looking at th e great measure of Catholic Emancipa tion, he could not but perceive that as a measure of concilia tion, it must have a very considerable effect on the Protestants of Ireland. To grant emancipation without conciliating the Protestants, would be only making the difficulties which were now felt and acknowledged, change sides. On the contrary, if conciliation could be effected, it would consolidate the whole power of the British empire. He was prepared to defend the Elective Franchise Bill upon every principle. As a princi ple of general reform, if applied to the elective franchise of England, it would tend to benefit the independence of Parlia ment and the liberty of the people. He felt himself, however, bound, in conseepeetce of the support which h a d b een g i ven by certain Hon. members, to support this measure, even if he could not have found reasons so satisfactory. The provision for the clergy he should also support, because he looked upon it as connected with the question of religious liberty in the coun try generally; and he should therefore be prepared to make very great :sacrifices for it. He thanked every lion. Member for the support he had received from them on a bill which seem ed to him of paramount importance to the tranquillity and wel fare of the country. The petition was then read. Colonel TRENCH was alluding to something that had pass ed between the Honourable Members for Galway (Mr. Martin and Mr. Daly), on a former evening, when he was called to order by The SPEAKER, who said, that in mere impartiality lie was obliged to prevent the Hon. Member front following a course which had already been decided to be irregular. Colonel TRENCH was only desirous of expressing his re gret that by the loss of the present Bill, Ireland would be de prived of the benefit of a measure of great importance.—(Cries of " No, no. - ") Mr. MARTIN thought that this Bill would be one of the greatest visitations ever inflicted on Ireland, if it should pass into a law. He had no doubt that it would produce a commo- PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Avis, 12" die Mail, 1 825. 40ADS—Greenhill Moor, and Worksop and AtterclifF—Bills read a third time, and passed. Cheltenham and Gloucester, York, and Shepley -lane Head—Bills reported, to be in grossed. Doncaster and Thorne—Bill read a second time, and committed. GAS LIGIITS—Ashttm-under,llne . I sZAME—Newport' s 1 Bills read a third time, CtraNcEnY C ounT (Ireland) f and passed. WATERwoßKs—Stockport—Bill reported, to be ingrossed. R.ArLwAvs—Llanllyfin and Carnarvon—Bill reported, to be ingrossed. Portland—Bill reported, Report to lie on the table. BarDGE — Chester—Petitions of Justices and Grand Jury of Cheshire, in favour—to lie on the table. CO3fl'Ax —Manufactories (Ireland)—Petitions from Water fbrd and Armagh, in favour—to lie on the table. NAVlGATlON—Clyde—Petition from Glasgow, in favour-- to lie on the table. DOCKS—Kingston-upon-Hull—Petitio n of Merchants, &c. of London, against—refe rre d to t h e Committee on e Bill, Counsel ordered. Leith—Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee to be printed at the expence of the parties, they think fit. CANAL—Berks and Hants Junction—Petition from Eton Col lege, against—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Coun sel ordered. Go N'ir COURTS Br I.J.—Petitions from Howden, Manches ter, and Bolton, in favour—to lie on the table. DUBLIN LOCAL TAxATloN—Petition of Water Bailiffs of Dublin., complaining of the Evidence given by Mr. Stewart before the Committee in 11323—t0 lie on the table. COAIIIINATION Laws—Petitions, against, from Sheffield and Oldham—to lie on the table ; and from Ashton-under-Lyne —referred to tlie select Committee. Er.EcTIvE FrtaxcrirsE (lreland)—Petition from Monaghan, against—to lie on the table. Roans (Ireland)—Petition from Iron and Coal District of Con naught, for the completion of the Roads undertaken by Go-. vernment—to lie on the table. SAL3ION FrsitErty,BlLL—Petition of A. Hayes, of Cork, against--to lie on the table. BEER DuTiEs —Petition from Carnarvon, for the repeal thereof— to lie on the table. COTTON MILLS REGULATION B x t.t—Petition from Glas- gow, in favour—to lie on the table. BONDED CORN BlLL—Petition from Lewes, against—to lie on the table. Du TltAnt (Ireland )—Petitions against any alteration in the Laws relating to, from Waterford and New Ross ; and in favour, from London and New Ross—to lie on the table. LanouttE its' WAGES—BiII to prohibit, in certain cases, the payment of any part or portion of the wages of Labourers out of the Pour Rates, ordered. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Bubble Act Amendment Bill-Second reading. 2. East India Judges Bill-Further consideration of Report. 3. Spring lions Bill-Second reading. 4. Gardens Protection Bill-Second reading. b. Colonial Intercourse Bill-Further consideration of Report. Juries Bill-Further consideration of Report. 7. Small Debts (Scotland) Bill-Report. 8. Quarantine Laws Bill-Committee. 2. Dietillery Bill-Committee. 10. 'rr.insports in the Colonies Bill-Committee. 11. Canada Company Bill-Further consideration of Report. 12. Van Dieman's Land Comp .iy Bill.-Further consideration of Report. 13. Supply-Report (25th April) [Postponed Resolution.] 14. Salaries to Judges, &c. (Scotland)-Connuittee thereupon. 14. Chelsea Pensioners Bill-Third reading. 16 Lcasing.making (Scotland.) Bill-Second reading, 17. Aliment of Prisoners (Scotland) Bill-Se.cond reading. 18. Canada Tenures Bill-Committee. 19. Exchequer ,Bill (Public Works, Ireland) Bill-Report. 20. Duke of Atlioll's Bill-Second reading. 2,1. Linen Trade „Urelantk)-Fttrther consideration of Report thereupon. 22. Lunatic Trustees Bill-Second reading. .23. Lunacy Traverse Bill.-Third reading. 24. Warehoused-Corn Bill-Third reading. 24... Supply-Committee. 26. Ways and Means-Committee. 27. Impounding Distresses (Ireland) Bill-Third reading. 28. Currency Assimilation-Report thereupon. 29. Bankers .(lreland) -Conin4ittec. 30. Special Juries klreland) Bill-Committee. 31-Stealing in .'Mines Bill-Report. 32. County Courts Bill-Report of Resolution thereupon. 33. Sealing of Writs (Ireland) Bill-Report. 34. Excise Stamps-Report thereupon. 31, Disembodied Militia Bill-Committee. 36. Levant Company Bill-Committee. 37. Liverpool and Ireland Postage Bill-fteport. 38. Naval Asylum Bill-Third reading. .30. Pembroke Market Bill-Third reading. NOTICE OF MOTION FOR THIS DAT. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Vote of X2OOO to Mr. ,M'Adam. (in Committee of Supply.) .NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Tuesday, May 17. .111r.Curteii—To present Petition from Rye, for the exten sion of the Elective Franchise. Thursday, May 19. Mr. John Williams—To present Petition, complaining of delays iu the Court of Chancery. PRIVATE BILL. .Second Reading for This Day. Ardglass Roads. For Mr. FITZGERALD'S CATHOLIC QUESTIO POE N, and " P. V. K." on the s, see our Fourth Page. PRICE OF STOCKS Tills tlamk Stock . 3 per Cent. Red 9oi 0 ' 3 per Cent. Con s . 34 per Cent. Ditto Red. 4 per Cent. { g e issd New los}i Bank LongAnn....22 21 15-16 Imp. 3 per Cents. India Stock Ditto Bonds 7l 68 pm. South Sea Stock DAY AT ONE O'OLOCK• Old Annuttiem New Ditto Ex. Bills 10001.2 d. — Ditto Lid. ... 53 50 63 Ditto 5001. . Ditto lid. -- Ditto Small . 9 d. Ditto I Ad. — Ditto Commercial Bank for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for Acct. - . PRICES or FOREIGN FUN DS, AT ONE O ' CLOCX• Austrian Bds, 5 per 'et.— 87i Chilian, Bds, 6 per ct. ...... Brazilian Bds Neapolitan, 5 per cent. 924 i ---- Scrip ^ Neapolitan Scrip ---__1825 Buenos Ayr es Ild s ...... 91A Portuguese Bonds. - -94 (!olonihiat, lids. 6 per ct. 87. Prussian, 5 per et. ... 1001 Do. do. 1824 ........ 881 ii Ditto New Danish, 5 p e r cent . Russian. N ew , 5 per ct. ... 95! Do. Scrip Greek Bds 2i l t d 5 i5 2 . .......__Spanish_ 1 1 8 8 2 23 1, 5 per ct.:..- 24 'II Do. Scrip, 1825... 54i dia. French R en t es , .. 101 i Mexican lids MO Exchange ...- Do. Scrip 1825 lin dm. --- Scrip PRICES OF SHAKES AT ONE O'CLOCK. A nglo-31exican M Per Share' ining Co m p an y ,. ri Anglo-Chilian Mi n i ng C ompany 7 2S Colombian Mining Company General Mining Association - 'l4 15 Pasco Peruvian Mining Company . .l Potosi La Paz an d P eruv i an 31 ining Association 10 4 91 lOi 10 Rio de la Pl a t a Mi n i ng Company • - 16 Iv United Mexi can Mi n i ng C ompany Ditto New Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company - - ,--"; Ditto, Marine Dep ar t ment •••' Guardian Ass ura n ce C ompany British Iron Company, Bristol Ship Canal Company British Rock and Patent Salt Company „ 4 Equitable Loan Bank Company - ' - 14 t Honduras Company , 51 Imperial Plate Gl ass C om p any 3,1 0 Imperial Distillery C ompany London Brick Company Mexican Company 5 Pearl Fishery Company, Yellow Receipt . Provincial B an k o f I re l an d '9 iii 21 Patent Bricks Peruvian Company Pearl and C ora l Fi s h ery C ompany ' Rio de la Pl a t a A gr i cu l tural Company B; Royal Stannary United Pacific Association 3/ - West India Company PRICE OF IRISH Bank Stock.-- ........... 253 Gov. Deb. 3i per cent 99i Consols 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 33 per et. 9B 4 per cent. New do. 44 Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock • 25# Ditto Loan, 4 per cent. Ditto Ditto, 6 per cent. 7oi Pipe Water Deb. 6 per ct ll , TOCKS, MAY 10. Royal Irish Mining National Insurance Ditto Insurance Shares •-••—• Patriotic ditto Imperial AI ining Company. 94 Provincial Stock St. Patrick Insurance Hibernian Gas Company -- Hibernian Joint Stock -- Ballast Office Govt. Sec TOMEIGN MAILS. ARRIVEI). Gottenburgh II arnbu rgh .. Holland - France - , Dux. 11(411 WAI'E it AT Lost)oN nittnoß To-mortitow . Morning, 22 minutes after 11. I Evening, 49 minutes after 11. THE SUN. JOLEM QUIS. DICERE: F.411.8(1,71 AULIZAT 7 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1825• ,•• ''''