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Est be not more than one dollar. By this means all Con -113 would be placed on one footing, and, excepting a small um which might be obtained by subscription for burial !laces, houses of worship, and similar purposes, British mer- Oants would be exonerated at foreign ports, from all charges. should any difficulty, however,. be experienced in raising a ta,fficient amount for those objects, the House, he trusted, night be expected to giveeits aid, by granting one half the 'am subscribed nrovided that were necessary, to pay the eip eed , • ot the Clergyman, and otherwise, promote the ends v iew. . In Brazil, the change would produce a material en efit• Connected with the Consular Establishment, was the by of th e L evant tra d e. Th e L evan t C om p an y, e st a blished "Y charter in the rein of James I. was allowed to appoint 11 b Can su sin that quarter, and to levy dues to pay them. He .. edee e d he might say, that far two centuries past, that Com- PanY had discharged these duties with as much fidelity and P f uti management as p oss ibl e . But still in a commercial point i ll v iew, he thou g ht the system ought to be new modelled—and ...• 4 Political point of view, it also seemed to him, that the ap revnament of Consuls should rest with the Crown. In times of Ll 3t il War many complaints were necessarily preferred by inte 'Ai parties against Consuls, and it was only right that the leea ,n , of explanation as well as of controul should be confided to to e t ` 3 overnutent. With respect to the dues levied they amounted or 2 per cent. on Merchandize, and that in foreign countries considerable subtraction from the profits. When this subs was brought under the notice of the Noble Lord at the h ead of the Treasury (the Earl of Liverpool), who at all times evill eed the liveliest desire to promote the trade and commerce „'le nation, and who in a remarkable degree 'combined the entered full of a statesman with the wisdom of a philosopher, he ,ttered fully into all its bearings. The Noble Lord then ap ',14:.(1 to the Company, and when they assented to relinquish , 1 4 . 1 * privileges, he informed them that his Majesty would be "tmed to accept the tender, but that it would also be neces p4:3' to bring in a Bill to terminate the existance of the Corn and transfer its funds to the Government. When Gen bTea considered the vast importance of the new trade which te opened to us in Egypt, they would perceive the value and t° benefit hecessity of this aleration—and how much it was calculated ~e ep ,enefit our shipping and commercial interests. He was ,TY ashamed for having led the committee over so extensive c e ici• He was anxious, however, before the recess, to lay ti " ) re the House and the public, .the whole of his plans, v at ( luring the recess they might be fully considered and can . Lased by all the interests whom they concerned. If objections f "ere found. t o any part of them he should be happy to be in enned on th e subject, and to give every satisfaction in his if)ower, only requiring of the House and the country to hold a a ' e t ,. e __ l 'Y the principle on which he proceeded, and which was Jecßett by sound policy. By that means they would prove, °re the end of the Session, to the country and the world, thatfrom the House had been governed by the spirit of the Address TM) , the throne, at its commencement, which recommended ~t e removal of the restraints and restrictions under which the (isnunerce of the empire previously laboured. The Right Hon. sr emle man, who was frequently applauded in the course of his sat down amidst much cheering, by moving his first e solution. • Mr. Alderm a n THOMPSON, while he approved of the i t °utse of policy pointed out by the Hon. Gentleman, expected ee ' ve nia excite seine alarm among the manufacturers of the 4 1 .'ry• The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to t defend him- L from the imputations which had been cast on him, because i t ;expressed hi s approbation of the reduction of the duty on h* rei gn iron recently recom mended by the Chancellor of the aitchequer, and took that opportunity that he had previously i i " no communication whatever on the subject with the Right Gentleman.—(llear, hear !)—As he bad supported Mini itcra in all their measures which aimed at a free trade, he thought tee Would b e b ase if he had turned round on them whom the sys- I T lvas applied to a su bj ec t in which he was interested. et , r. HUSSEY VIVIAN thought the reduction of the duty c orti °reign copper was likely to affect seriously the mines of ee, . The whole of the capital now employed in these 7c7s amounted to about 2,400,0001., which gave employment or the aO,OOO men. He had spoken to the proprietors of two te e : richest mines, and they said that they could not work irk Ai unless the price of copper was 751. per ton. .Now copper. ee a .y . erica was only 451. per ton, to which the proposed duty niche i st if' added, would raise it to about the price at which our p eet , r mines only could be continued open. The effect then on tht ea , Tines would be to shut them up entirely, and should any v'llaV, ln alierw ards obstruct the intercourse with South America, th eip, \ V be the consequence at home? 'THFW W. RIDLEY said that lie acquiesced in tietriaril'l.cii)les just ' now recommended by the Right Hon. Gen t° soole' branches anxious to draw the protection ot . the Committee "ere en d of our trade which, by late circumstances, allud an gered, at least in his estimation.—fie particularly (lent Mention the duties on glass wine bottles. He thought suffi a3 the had not been shewn to the glass manufacturers, th em. enormous duty on kelp was exceedingly injurious to ti er • r . ; l:he kel that came from Scotland was of a very infe ma4l"b"t•Y ; lie Was afraid he should give offence to a great truth ; ha ying, but his duty compelled him to speak. the N ewer ,. a matter of constant complaint amongst the glass er.e Was one part of the Right Hon. Gentleman's measure for w.hich he returned him much thanks, viz. the repeal of aihetuties on the transferring shares in ships.—(He ar! )—He sure that this would be hailed by the shiping inte rest as the removal of one of the chief obstacles to marine traffic. 3 1r.. BA RING said, that much as he approved of the mea sures. introduced the other night by the it ight Hon. the Prest (ilie_nt of the Board of Trade, he yet thought that those which I ,e__ ll 9d reserved for this night's discussion were even more beneficial than their predecessors ; their chief recornmenda ct7 'was, that they did not touch on particular interests, but 21.1 r advantages were to be generally diffused. He could 1 t?! coincide in the statement of the Gallant Officer opposite t he y • Vivian), that enough had not been clone to protect ttie copper-mines of this country ; there had been a yeduc , 21 1 of the duties from fifty-fuur to twenty-seven, which was Y one-half, whereas in iron the reduction had been to the extent of three quarters ; and when it was recollected that copper was the met a l chiefly u s e d i n s t ea m-engines, of which , e "°", the use was almost universal, he did not think the sariplaint of the Gallant Officer !howd There was, lie would admit, some difficulty as to the question of the or n Laws was to be met ; he wished to see that degree of not think which might be agreeable to all parties, but he did. think. that it would be safe to reduce the protecting price be ,Y,onti the rate of the old Corn Laws. He would not admit that "le, price of labour was always to be regarded as conclusive evidence ; Ireland was an instance to the contrary; but he ' r usted shortly that the anarchy and confusion which had so ~O nt t reigned there would he put an end to, and that she would false notion remain as an illustration of his position. It was a Holland notion that capital would always subdue competition, and olland and Germany would soon give us proofs that it was l o t well founded. With regard to the new experiments a dvised the Right Gentleman Honourable was then making, he him rot to go on too fast. He had tried it at fir s t with the silk trade, but it there had not had time to operate, ;a the foreign silks had not yet come to market, so that it was t et too early to adopt that experiment as a criterion, and tt ° go to work in the same manner with the whole mass of our e P l e• • But he hoped that our liberal policy would be recipro -4Y met with rance. He admired what the Hon. Gentleman lad done tile Levant Company; but still there was another Co mpany more mischievous than that which he had left intail e meant the Russia Company. They claimed all the im asnneities which had been granted to the Levant Company, such e the appointtnent of Consuls, &c. and the effects of that Corn- F r an Y . , were even more than the other, as they frequently led to es a s uu „and perjury, by suffering no one to trade with Russia un sten"teY were members of the Company, which in many in es was not the case. Another important benefit which the c o f t t a Hon. Gentleman contemplated was the regulation of taants, though lie did not see how an arrangement could be e to equalize them, as proposed by the Right Honourable entlem ae . . hol es : HUSKISSON—I only spoke with regard to their Sa- Alr. DA se m .; RING—As the subject was to form the matter of a (TW e ' r t i e Bill, lie would say nothing further on the question.— th "°n• Member spoke so low as to be nearly inaudible in ei,.gia..lle,ry the greater part of the time.) si n ' s • LRIPPS was afraid, that if the duties on the imorta- C e jlf books were repealed, it would be impossible for the at i t T i Lls e ll publisher to compete with the French one; though lie d etai "t d, that where the public advantage required it, indivi el. cot ncessions ought to be made ; yet he thought that we '" Alit I the principle too far. wasiri;eLITTI•ETON said, that the Right Hon. Gentleman by those who supported particular interests,—there weao_stsh.eseGtallant Officer (Sir Hussey Vivian) appearing -for the wil l' i t: miners, the Hon. Member ft Newcastle for the colliers, Was the greatest sufferer, as the reduction was very large ; and that • Ith regard to earenware and china lie did not conser tne British trade in those articles would stand competition With the French and German, if it were not for high protecting He spoke m ore p ar ti cu l ar l y w i t h regar d to ornamental I , as the clay abroad was much finer, and the figure consPalf cheaper ; and a duty on them of , 25 per cent. lie idered Malni,uefa_sct_urea.r too low, as it afforded no protection to our CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would only "Y one word with the view of diminishing the alarm that see med t c all the' o pervad e mong many lion. Members. lie must their attention to g a matter which they had all appeared to loge sight of, viz. —that the greater part of th e d ut i es w hi c h t h e non of of the internal trade of the country, but were the effects of afocueindaen_t_al ci rcumstances ; as, during the p er i o d th a t it was a ccessary to raise money by loans to carry on the cur- 'rent expences of the country, those duties were then imposed from time to time as temporary percentages to such an extent, as to render the articles on which they were set almost prohi- bitory. v What he was then stating applied particularly to copper—it was proposed now to reduce the duty on copper to what it was in 1808 nobody at that time complained that the copper mines in this country were not worth working.— We heard nothing then of the depression of copper manufacto ries. He did not think that the copper mines would he at all de __ teriorated by the present reduction of duty. On the contrary, the demands for the article, in his opinion, would increase. He was disposed to listen to any argument that might be adduced against the measures of his Right lion. Friend, but unless the objections were founded on broad and liberal Principles, he hoped that his Right Hon. Friend would meet with the support of the House.—(Hear ! ) Mr. TREMAYNE said, that the duties on copper had in creased gradually, and therefore he objected to the precipitate reduction that had been proposed. He hoped that a protecting price would still be preserved, for if the mines of Cornwall were to attempt to compete with those of South America, they must succeed. It would no longer be a question of revenue but of existence, as their best artificers were withdrawn to work the mines in South America. He did not object to the princi ple on which time Government was acting, but he advised it to proceed with caution. Mr. T. WILSON observed that he was an old fashioned merchant, and did not like the deviations that were about to be attempted ; he however would advise that if the altered system were to be adhered to, the Government should frame a scale of duties in such a manner so that they might be tried before they were permanently adopted. Mr. GIPPS thought the measure of the Right Hon. Gentle man proposed to reduce the duty on woollens lower than the security of our trade warranted. We were not,- he was sure, yet able to compete with the foreign woollens. At 20 per cent. there would be a considerable importation of woollens, but at 15 per cent. he was convinced the importation would be to a dangerous extent. Mr. LINDSAY said he had some apprehensions to express with reference to the Linen Trade of Scotland.—(A laugh.)— He assured the Right Hon. Gentleman that considerable alarm would be telt in Scotland at the proposed reduction. Sir R. FERGUSON reminded the Right Hon. Gentleman that the Scotch Linen Manufacturers had much to fear from the competition of the Germans. if the duty on hemp was re duced they would be able to undersell the Germans in their own markets. Sir H. PARNELL said he had no fears whatever for the Linen Trade of Ireland. The growth of Wool, he thought, ought to be encouraged in that country, especially if they made any alteration in the corn laws, so as to ailect the landed interest. Mr. C. GRANT observed, that in the discussions which had taken place, the consideration of foreigners had been left en tirely out of the question. It was the opinion of foreign nations that we had attained all our greatness through the re strictive system, and it was thought thai we were not sincere. —The sooner, therefore, that they found means to convince them of their sincerity the better; but above all, it behoved them not to stop. The question was equally interesting to the consumer and producer how long the restrictive system should be continued. They had seen the successful result of a more liberal system in the case of the silk trade. All those who had anticipated ruin, now found themselves in full employment.— With respect to . Barilla, the duty had been imposed, not upon the restrictive principle, but upon a principle of humanity, in favour of the collectors of kelp. Ile agreed with those Hon. Members who thought the Corn Laws ought to be altered. — He confessed he did not see how, in consistency and common sense, they could continue a system of protective Corn Laws. He hoped they would see some change in this respect effected, before many years. Mr. ROBERTSON felt very sensibly the concessions which had been made to the general commerce of the country. If the duties were properly reduced, he was convinced the cottons and linens of this country might be spread over the, whole of South America. Sir RICHARD VIVIAN thought it would be useless to raise copper unless they could obtain for it 1001. per ton. If the duties were taken off no such price could be got, and then the miners would be reduced The extent of the mischief to Cornwall might be judged by the reflection that there was a population of 70,000 miners in that county. lie was sorry to hear the threats of the !tight Hon. Gentleman as regarded an augmentation of the duty upon copper. Mr. HUSKISSON denied having held out any threat upon the subject. He had merely stated, that if the duty upon cop per were to prove a prohibitory duty, he would consider the propriety of reducing it. He had no idea of making any fur ther reduction of the duty until it should appear to be so ex travagantly high as to prevent the. admission of the foreign article. With respect to the objection made to the reduction of duty upon foreign books, he be ;•ed to say that it would not at all affect the rights of authorship. The law would still remain the same, and this reduction would only affect books generally in their passage here. Mr. SYKES expressed his satisfaction at the intimation which hid come out in the course of the discussion that some change was likely to be made in the Corn Laws. Mr. EVANS concurred in the sentiments of the Right Hon. President of the Board of Controul on the subject of the Iron Trade. Mr. J. BENETT said he hoped no alteration would be made in the Corn Laws before te general discussion upon the subject took place in that House, Mr. HUME wished to know whether a reduction of timber duties was contemplated. With reference to the intentions of the Right Hon. Gentleman as to the duties on French gloves, and articles of that kind, noon which he placed a duty of 30 per cent, he was confident that these articies could be insured a safe delivery for 20 per cent. If this were so, the duty would • evidently tend to an increase of smuggling. He had heard with ismer satisfaction what had been stated with reference to the Corn Laws. Nothing, he was sure, Auld so much benefit the country as any change in these laws. Mr. HUSKISSON said, it was not his intention to make any observation upon the subject last alluded to by the Ho , nourable Member. With regard to the wool, he was satisfied that at the present rate of duty, yarns to a considerable amount go out of the country. Next, as to old iron, the alteration in the duty upon that article was made merely to equalize it with the duty on other iron, with a view to the prevention of unfair dealing with the Revenue. On the subject of timber, he was surprised at the question of the lion. Member for Aberdeen. The timber trade was carried on entirely in British ships, and nothing could be more valuable to the country. There was no one article in which so great an increase of trade had taken place as the Baltic timber. The resolutions were then Fit and agreed to. Mr. H ME wished them to be reported forthwith, but Mr. HUSKISSON stated that there was an objection to that in the case of resolutions affecting the Revenue. It was his intention that the new and old duties should appear before the public in separate columns. The House then resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. DISSENTERS' MARRIAGES BILL. Mr. W. SMITH moved the second reading of the Dissenters' Marriage Bill. He spoke on behalf of the Unitarian Dissenters, who could not assent to some passages in the Marriage Service of the Church of England. He at one time had proposed to leave out the objectionable passages; that, however, had been strongly objected to, and had caused the loss of a former Bill. When the Dissenters brought their case before the other House of Parliament, the reasonableness of their scruples had not only been conceded, but assisted by the venerable Prelate at the head of the Church. The Dissenters, therefore, hoped that the Bill would be allowed to pass ; at the same time they were not so wedded to it as not to assent to any alterations that might be made consistently with their conscientious scruples.—He should trespass no longer on the House, but move the second reading of the Bill. Mr. ROBERTSON opposed the motion, as he considered the Church of England as essential to the throne, and the pre sent bill had a direct tendency to shake that venerable fabric. — If scruples of. Conscience were to be admitted in one case, they must be in every other. The Presbyterians of Scotland had no objection to the marriage ceremony of the Church of Eng land: The Unitarians were no Christians, and might more prope rl y be denominated. M a h ometans .—(Laughter.)—Nor should the feelings of Sectarians be consulted, to the injury of the Church of England. This measure was very different from toleration, to which he had no objection, for there was nothing intolerant in his disposition.—(Hear! and laughter.)—He must oppose the Bill in the strongest manner. Dr. LUSHINGTON said, that the present measure was not wrested from, but conceded by, the. Church, as due to the conscientious scruples of the Unitarian Dissenters. The Pre lates of the Church held that the conduct of the individual must be regulated by his own conscience, and thoseprinciples had long been held by the Church. In 1732 the Prelates of the Irish Church had avowed a similar doctrine, and had signed a Protest to that effect in the Peers: The only remedy for the scruples of the Dissenters was either by a Bill of this nature, or by an alteration in the Liturgy. To the latter mode there was the strongest ob jections, anti the other mode only remained. He did not think that the indulgence should be confined to the Unitarian Dis celebrating the marriage of Dis senters. The present mode of Dissenters,•was any thing but to the honour of the Church. In many cases, the parties had, in the teeth of the clergyman, pro tested against the ceremony, and declared it was by compulsion alone they complied. Though lie approved of the principal of the Bill, he did not mean to pledge himself to all its details. Care must be taken to prevent clandestine marriages, and not -to offend the clergy of the Church of England. On that ac count he was very doubtful as to granting to Dissenters the might open a door to clan, liberty of marrying by licence , as it destine marriages. He was inclined to think. that marriage must be made a civil contract, leaving it to the party to super add a religious rite, according to their religous opinions. M r . PEEL would consent to the Bill going into a Commit tee, where its author might have an opportunity of obviatin g the objections to• which it .was liable. Though he respected the religious scruples of the Dissenters, he was sorry that they existed. It would have been a matter of much satis faction to him had the Dissenters, after an acquiescence of fifty or sixty years, continued still to acquiesce in the mar riage ceremony of the Church of England. For many sects of Unitarrans the pTesent Bill afforded no relief, as, some of them denied that the marriage ceremony should be performed by a Clergyman. The present Bill did not propose to put the IJni tarians on the same footing as the Jews and Quakers, but pro posed to unite them with the Church of England. Ile was afraid that many would pretend religious scruples where none were really felt, in order to avail themselves of the provisions of the Bill. He thought that the Clergy of the Esta blished Church might entertain conscientious scruples as to the registration of such marriages. It would be bet. ter to forward the Unitarian register to the proper officer, without the intervention of the Church of England. Should the present measure pass into a law, anti should a further indulgence he. required, he must call for some distinct principle to know how far we were to go. Lord G. CAVENDISH thought, the great difficulty was to prevent clandestine marriages ; and lie hoped no objection would be made to the second reading of the Bill. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed for Tuesday. WINE DUTIES. . The House; on the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex. CHEQUER., went into a Committee on these Duties. _ Mr. T. WILSON stated that the. growers of Cape wine had imported 6,500 pipes, and in case. extra duty was to be laid•on they. would feel it hard. The bill was then read the third time and passed. Mr. T.WILSON , then moved that the duty of 2s. per gallon on Cape Wine be reduced to one shilliag and sixpence., The motion was supported by Alderman TuomPsori and Alder man BRIDGES. . _ _ . Mr. HUSKISSON said the question was, whether the . -duty on Cape Wine should be reduced sixpence in the gallon or one penny farthing in the bottle ? In case the House should agree to the proposition the consumer would derive little or no ad vantage. Mr. T. WILSON said, the savingof 11. in a pipe was worth the attention of the Cape wine merchants. .Mr. - HUME considered it unjust to, refuse the growers of Cape wine a reduction of the duiy. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not see it was a question of justice. He had dealt with the proprietors of this wine with fairness. He denied that they had a right to consider the duty on wine at one time acting as a pledge to bind Government. He had intimated to them that the great difference of duty could not be maintained. When he gave half what they required he thought it would bring them home, and did not for a moment contemplate that they could be ruined. The one penny half-penny in the bottle of wine could not involve them in the loss of capital. The Right Hon Gen tleman.was reluctant to alter the duties, because he knew that a large portion of Cape-wine was mixed with other wine, there by operating as a fraud upon the public. A fter.some further conversation, the amendment was nega tired without a division.—The Bill then passed. • The Caledonian Canal Bill was read the third time and passed. - Mr. Coun T E NAY obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to lunatics. Mr. HUME presented a Petition from a body of persons un der the name of the Tropical Free Labour Company, for leave to bring in a Bill, to establish the said Company.—Leave given. Mr. Co unTENAY brought in a Bill to amend the Bankrupt Laws. The other Orders of the Pay were disposed of, i,nd the House Adjourned at TwEr.v E O'CLOCK to Monday. PARLIAMEN FARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Veneris, 25° die 111arlii, 1825. NEW WRIT for PF.TERSFIELD—In the room of Sir P. Mus grave, Bart. Chiltern Hundreds. RoADs—'fewsbury and Cheltenbam—Petitions from Inhabi tants,' and Trustees of Cheltenham Road, against—to lie on the table. Birmingham and Pershore (Petition from Trus tees of the Studley and Birmingham Road, against—to lie on the table), Upton-on-Seven, Cirencester, Greenhill Moor, Mahon and Pickering; York, anti Coekermouth and Mary port—Bills read a second time, and committed. Kingston upon-Hull—Petition of Trustees, against—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Leeds and Hali fax—Bill ordered. Manchester and Ashton Petition, in fa vour, from Beswicki &c.—to lie on the table ; anti from J. Healey, and C. Turner„ against—referred to the Commit tee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Manchester and Auster lands —Petitions from J. Healey, and C., Turner, against— referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Flimwell Vent and Rye—Bill reported, to be ingrossed. Wakefield and Denby—Bill read a third time, and passed. CI; E L—Gosport—Biil ordered. DIV ORCES—Baring's and Gramme's INC LOS RE— Pe wsey Wil ts) 1 I+l E DUTIES Bills read a third time, and passed. CALEDONIAN CANAL CONSOLIDATED FUND RAILWAYS—Tees and Aireardale—Petition from Tyne Col lieries, against—to lie on the table. Stroud and Severn— Petition from Thames and Severn Canal Proprietors, against —to lie on the table. Llanllyfin and Carnarvon—Bill read a second time, and committed. East London—Petitions from Whitechapel and Goodman's Fields, against—referred to the Committee on the 1111, Counsel ordered. • IMPROVENE wrs--Edinburgh, Cirencester, Sudbury, York Minster, and ltochdale—Bills read a second time, and com mitted. Oundle—Bill reported, to be ingrossed. MARKETS—Tiverton BRIDGE—Great Bow 1 Bills read a second time, GAS LlGHTS—Rochester ERCH—Poole and committed. DISSENTERS MARRIAGES Docics—South London—Petitions from Bermondsey, &c, against—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel or dered. Isle of Dogs—Petition from Wapping, against— referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. COMPANlES—Metropolitan Waterworks-Petition froM Cam den Town, against—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Joint Stock Banks (Ireland)—Petition from Limerick, in favour—to li e on t h e ta bl e . • Andrew's (Holborn)—Petition of Inhabitants, against—refered to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel or dered. Henley-upon-Thames--Bill read a second time, and committed. CEIAL DUTIES- - -Petitions from Clontnell and Belfast, against —to lie on the table. ItortAN CAT:tiaLic CLAlMS—Petiti ons against, front Ches • ter, and Belfast--to lie on the table. ASSESSED TAxEs—Petition for the repeal thereof, from Brandon—to lie on the table. NOTICES of MOTIONS, and ORDERS of the DAY, which now stand on the ORDER-BOOK of the HOUSE of COMMONSfor the ENSUING WEEK. Monti«y, AThrch 23. oupEns 01."1'klE 1. Apothecaries Bill—Committee. 2. Juries Bill—Further consideration of Report. 3. judicature (Scotland )—Second reading. 4. Quarantine Laws Bill—Second reading. 5. Fisheries Bill—Second reading. 6. Police Magistrates Bill—Second reading. 7. Threatening Letters Punishment Bill—Second reading. 8. Felonies Pardon Bill—Second Readin g . 9. Small Debts (Scotland) Bill—Committee. It). Debts Recovery (Scotland) Bill—Committee. 11. Customs, and Stamps Consolidation, &c. Acts—Report thereupon. 12. Canada Trade Act—Committee thereupon. 13. Prison Laws (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 14. Sheriff Courts Fees Bill—Committee. la. Supply—Committee. Ways and Means—Committee. 17. Game Laws Bill—Committee. 13. County Treasurers (Ireland) Bill—Third reading. 19. Arrests for Debt Bill—Committee. 20. Bankrupt Laws Amendment Bill—Second reading. NOTICE OF MOTION. 31r. Herries—Remaining Miscellaneous Estimates. (In Committee of Supply.) Tuesday, March 29. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Sir John Newport—Bill to limit the power of holding a plu rality of Benefices, and to repeal the Statutes granting to the Archbishops and Bishops the power of forming Epis copa. 1 U n ions in Ireland. 2. Sir Francis O m manney—A_cc , ount of Piratical V esse l s ta k en or destroyed by Ships of 1% ar on th e Jamaica Station be tween Ist April 1823 and Ist December 11124 ; together with the number of Pirates tried a n d condemned in the same period. 3. Mr. Hume — p aper s relating to the Burmese War. ORDERS OF THE DAY, 1. Tewkesbury and Cheltenham c y o o n als i S tt e ee. cond reading. 2. Dissenters's Marriages RIVA I b PI 141,5. Second Readings for Monday. Garford, and White Ladies As Inclos ures ; Halifax and Sheffield, Worksop and Attercliff, Kensington, Fulham and Kensington, Dawlish and Exeter, ShaWon and Torquay, Glas gow and Redburn Bridge, and Glasgow and Parkhead Roads ; Glasgow Street; Liverpool, and Bermondsey Collier Docks; Abingdon, Dundee, and Louth Improvements ; Louth Gas Light ; Devizes; and Norwich Paving ; Bow Church-yard ; Chelsea Church 9 • London Brick Company ; Edinburgh. and Leith Water; Rowbottom's Estate; and Portsmouth and Arundel Navigation. NOTICE GIVEN YESTERDAY. After Easter. Dr. Lushington—Motion respecting the conduct of the Ja maica Government in sending from that Island certain per sons of colour. PRICE OF STOCKS ruts Y AT ONE O'CLOCK tiax lc Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 14 per Cent. Ditto Red Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills 10001. 2(1 Ditto 14.53 a .55 52 Ditto 501)1.24. - Ditto 144. ... 55 52 Ditto Small IM. Ditto I id. Ditto Advertised 2d. Bank for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for Acct. I per Cent. / 14ies:d• Bank (nip. India 105 a Long Ann. — a per Cents. Stock Ditto Bonds ... 75 77 74 pm. South Sea Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bds, 5 per ct. — Brazilian Bds Scrip — Neapolitan, 5 per cent. 92 Neapolitan Scrip Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per ct. Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per ct. 94. Spanish 182! 5 per ct. 24 34 4 1823 French Rentes 102:11. et, div. Exchange 1825 li pm. Buenos Ayres Bds Chiflan, Bds, 6 per ct. ... 89i ('olombia►n Mts. 6 per ct. Do. do. 1024 Danish, 5 per cent. Greek 13ds Do. Scrip, 1825 5 dis. 31exican lids Do. Scrip 1825 Scrip PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Per Share. Anglo-Mexican Mining Company Anglo-Chilian Mining Company Brazilian Mining Company Chilian Mining Company Colombian Mining Company Chilian and Peruvian Company General Mining Association Pasco Peruvian Mining Company Royal Irish Mining Company Rio de la Plata Mining Company United Mexican Mining Company Ditto New Welch Iron and Coal Mining Company Peruvian Mining Company Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company Continental Gas Company Atlantic and Pacific British Iron Company Canada Company General Steam Navigation Company Hibernian Joint Stock Company Mexican Company Metropolitan Fish Company Provincial Bank of Ireland Patent Bricks Pearl and Coral Fishery Company Royal Stannary • 4 Sea and Inland Coal Company . 11 31 30 8 1 8 40i 9A 9 191 9 pm. 171 18 FOMTIGN ARRIVED. DI , E. Lisbon - 0 1 Malta - 0 Ilan WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 2 minutes after - 7.1 Evening, 32 minutes after 7. TIIE SUN. SOLE-11 QUIS DICERE F4LSUiI AUT,E.IT LONDON,• SATURD.4 Y EVENING, MARC 26, 1825 Advices have been received this day from Co• penhagen, stating that the Danish Government has confirmed the contract entered into by Mr T. WiLsoN with the Danish Commissioner al Paris, for a loan of five millions and a hal Sterling. MI The Paris Papers of Wednesday are chiefly filled with the resumed debate on the law for the conversion of the Rentes. The principal speech on Tuesday was that of M. L3ERTIN DEVAUX against the measure, which he considered as cal- culated to bring odium on the indemnity, to which it was unnecessarily and improperly an nexed. To provide for the 30 millions voted to the Emigrants, he proposed that 15 millions should be taken from the Sinking Fund, and 15 millions charged generally on the revenue. With this speech the debate closed and on Wednes day the Reporter of the Commission was to speak in its support, after which the articles with the amendments were to be separately considered in detail. The following are the only passages contained in these papers of any general interest : ( From the Etoile. ODESSA, MARCH 4. Private letters from St. Petersburgh rectify what some Jour nals have said relative to the Mission of the British Ambassa dor Mr. Stratford Canning. They have ascribed to it the in tention of making important overtures concerning the affairs of Greece; but it is certain that . it was not until the fourth day after his arrival that he saw Count Nesselrode, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and that the audience which the Emperor gave him was very short.—(Augsburg Gazelle.) The Courier Francais announces, after the Echo du Midi, that Diplomatic Conferences will take place at Milan after the arrival of Prince Metternich. We believe that this Congress at Milan is the necessary sequel of the Congress at Paris, which several Journals have announced for this long time past with so much assurance. The one is just as true as the other. The day before yesterday, at seven in the evening, Prince Metternich went to the Hotel of the Count de Villele, Presi dent of the Council of Ministers, and had a long conference with his Excellency. A Journal says, that immediately after this the Count de Villele held a Council, and that all the Ministers were pre- sent at it. There was no meeting of the Ministers that day at the note' of the President of the Council. It is not true, as was announced by the Quotidiemze, and as was erroneously reported yesterday, that Prince Metternich is to depart to-morrow. It is thought that his Excellency will re main at Paris till the Bth o: 10th April, because his Majesty the Emperor of Austria is not to leave Vienna for Milan till the sth- Letters from Leghorn of 11th March, received at Paris to day, announce on the authority of letters from Trieste that a ship, which had arrived in four days from Corfu, has brought news of the surrender of Patras to the Greeks, on the 25th of January (fith of February) by capitulation. PARIS, MARCH 23.—Five per Cents. 103 f. 10c.; closed at 103 f. sc.—Bank Stock, 202f.—Rente de Naples (Certificates Falconet) 90f. 75c.—Rente d'Espagne 18 if.—RoYa1 Spanish Loan, 1823, 598.—Eschange on London—One month, 25f. ; three drtto, 24f. 85c.—( fours Authentique, lifurch 23.) We received German Papers this day to the 18th inst. They do not contain any article of news, and their contents are chiefly speculations orr the subject of the great value and importance of the Commercial relations of England with the new States of Columbia, Mexico, and the Brazils. CARLISLE.—The recent death of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Bart. has created a vacancy in the re presentation- of this city, which, it is understood, will be contested by ALEXANDER NowELL, Esq. of Underley Park, Westmoreland, and Sir PHILIP MUSGRAVE, Bart. who has accepted the Chiltern Hfindreds,and vacated Petersfield. The vacancy thus created in this Borough will not be contested, from the near approach of the Gene ral Election. Si'i PHILIP MUSGRAVE Will, it is said, be succeeded at Petersfield by Colonel LUSIIINGTON. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, MARCH 25.—Wind E. by N.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Simpson, Simpson, from India, and Diadem, Milian, Falmouth. Passed through from the River the Phochy, Richardson, for Demerara; Earl of Mar, Strather, for Cadiz; Archibald, Suwel, for the West Indies ; Graham Moore, IDixon, for Paraiba, and the Brothers, Ferguson, for Rio Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 2 5.—Wind E. by S.—His Ma jesty's ship Diamond has come into harbour to be paid off:— Arrived his Majesty's ship Brazen from a cruize. Sailed the :ope, Flint, for Madras and Bengal. The John, Popplewell, for India, remains. PLYMOUTH AND FALMOUTH.—Wind E.—No arrivals or sailings. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 24.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Law land Lass, Ausdell, from Macaio, sailed the tith of Februitry The Cambrian and Muta were to sail in about ten days ; Eliza Ann, Baird, and Sarah Skeaf, , from Savannah, and Camaens, Hairam, from Oporto. WINDSOR, MARCH 25.—We feel great- plea surein stating that the health of his MAJESTY is so far re-esta blished as to enable him to take his usual exercise in the Great Park.--Yesterday afternoon, at a little before three o'clock, his. Majesty left the Royal Lodge accompanied by the Marquis Co nyngham, in his pony phaeton, attended by outriders, for Sand pit-gate, where the King made a short stay, after which he conti nued his drive to Virginia Water, and returned at half-past four o'clock through the Plantations to the Lodge, where he dined. This day his Majesty, shortly after two o'clock, again left the Royal Lodge in his pony phaeton fora drive in the Great Park. The Duke of SUSSEX and the Duchess of GLoucEsrEit paid a visit yesterday to the Princess AUGUSTA. The Princess AUGUSTA honoured the Oratorio at Drury lane Theatre with her presence yesterday evening. The Duchess of KENT has been slightly indisposed at her apartments in the 'Xing 's Palace, Kensington, for the last 'few days. Her Royal Highness is getting better. Mr. and Mrs. CANNING and family were at the English Opera House on Thursday, to enjoy • Mr. MATkiEws' Enter tainment. A letter from Kingston, Jamaica, dated th,- /Ith of February, states that his Majesty's ship Helicon 11.4:1 arrived from Honduras with information that the Govern ment of Guatimala had imitated the example of the other new American States in issuing an order for the expulsion of th European Spaniards. This step was taken in consequence of some intrigues and secret communications with Havannah, dis covered to be carrying on in Truxillo, by some Spmiards, with a priest at their head, for the purpose of again hoisting the. Royalist flan. Attempts of a similar nature had been disco vered in different parts of Gautimala. There is not the slightest foundation for t report circulated yesterday of a serious misunderstanding hav ing taken pace between Mr. STitATFoaD CANNING and the Russian Ministry, on the subject of the affairs of Greece. On the contrary, every thing is proceeding in tiie most amicable and satisfactory mailmen Roy Ar. ACADEMY OF Music.-A Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music took place last night, in the Hanover-square Hooms, for the Benefit of this Institution. Strong prejudices prevailed against the Institution before and ' on its establishment, under the patronage of his .MaJEsTv, as it wassupposed that the Musical lb a rket would be overstocked ' to the injury of existing Professors and their pupils. But those prejudices seem to be gradually wearing off, on the considera tion that the Professors themselves and their Pupils would tie too well settled in general repute before the Students of this Academy could rise into formidably rivalry, and that parents and guardians, viewing the progress and illustrious patronage, would therefore be induced to choose various occupations rot those under their care, rather than devote them to music and the consequent danger of want of employment. Hence the oto jections to the Academy begin to disappear, and it is now pre sumed that the Institution will flourish, and contribute to bet. prove the Art, and give increased reputation to its Professors. The Concert of last night was creditable to the Institution, in point of selection and performance. We have no space for par-• titulars ; but in justice to the pupils we ought at least to men tion their names. In the Vocal Department Misses M. BELL CHAMBERS, PORTER, J. BELLCHAMBERS, and GRANT, chiefly distinguished themselves. In the Instrumental, .Aliss CHANCELLOR, Masters CHARLES LUCAS, MAWES, PRICE, SEYMOITR, and W. H. PHIPPS, were most prominent. Sone of the vocal compositions were encored, and the Concert is general received the approbation of a numerous audience. TAE SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS, whose Institution commenced last year, yesterday opened their Spacious Rooms in Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, to gratify their friends and many well known amateurs, with a private view of their present Exhibition. The first Exhibi tion was last year, and it is no more than justice to say, that the Artists have employed the interval' highly to their advantage, as the Exhibition, OR the whole, displays evident marks of improvement. The Institution arose in consequence of the want of sufficient space in the ROYAL. ACADEMY for a considerable number of the efforts of genius which were annually sent to it, and which, therefore, must have remained obscurely in pri vate houses, and have been denied the advantage of public notice and the hope of liberal patron age. Its origin, therefore, was founded in justice to themselves, not on envious rivalry, but honourable emulation. In the cursory view which we took yesterday, and under the pressure of temporary matter, we have no room for any remarks on the particular merits of the rooms this day, but shall take an early opportunity of suming the subject, and endeavour to.pay adt3q tribute of praise to the respective Artists.