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',relaxation of- discipline Would be found incompatible with the peace and Jiappiness of the country.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. D. SYKES said, if flogging were necessary in the English army, why was it not required in other armies ? Soine officers had expressed their disapprobation of it; and he thought it a practice which ought to he put down. 'Sir H. HARDINGE would not trespass long on the time, of the House, as he only rose for the purpose of men tioning to them an authority on this subject which was of a very recent date, and did not proceed from military men. It was an extract from the Report of the Committee which had lately sat for the purpose of inquiring into the state of the Penitentiary. It bore the date of 17th of February, 1827, and stated that solitary con finement appeared to have little or no effect on the criminals, and that the committee were satisfied that corporal punishment would have much more influence over them. This committee was com posed of the highest and most enlightened individuals, and when he mentioned that it was signed " Bexley," he was sure that they would all feel convinced that he would he the last man to sanction any unnecessary severity. He certainly wished the power of flogging to be exercised as leniently as possible, and he was sure that there was as strong a feeling against any unnecessary se verity in the breasts of officers as in those of any other gentlemen whatsoever. Sir A. HOPE contended that soldiers in every other army, except the British, were subject to arbitrary punish ment. Sir H. VIVIAN bore testimony to the good feel ing of the British officers. When he commanded a regiment of 1,000 men, he found that all at once they became extremely dis orderly; he sent a sergeant amongst them to inquire into the cause of it, when he found that it arose from the men having got an idea into their heads that Sir Francis Burdett had procured the abolition of flogging. Sir R. WILSON observed, that with regard to the difference of conduct between the Prussian and English troops, on their march to Paris, it must be recollected that the Prussians invaded France under feelings of irritation which the English did not. _Though be disliked as much as any one could the late march of the French troops into Spain, yet it must be con fessed that they had conducted themselves there with the greatest propriety. Sir H. HARDINGE wished to remark, that on that occasion the French had entered Spain as allies, but when on a former occasion they hid entered it as enemies, they had been guilty of the great barbarities. Mr. HUMS thought it monstrous that the Hon. Member should put the soldiers of the British army upon a foot ing with convicted criminals in a penitentiary. _Sir.H. HARDINGE said, that the Hon. Gentle man's assertion was illiberal and untrue. He had merely used the case to show that corporal punishment was thought necessary by persons not connected with the army. Sir H. VIVIAN begged to state distinctly, that he had never seen soldiers taken down from punishment because it was thought their lives would be endangered by its continuance; nor did he believe that in any regiment such a system would be permitted. The Bill was then passed. THE CORN LAWS. Mr. CHARLES GRANT moved the Order of the Day for a Committee of the whole House upon the question of the Corn Trade. On the q uestion for the Seitaxia's leaving the Chair, Mr. W. J. DENISON supported the resolutions of Ministers, and he believed with the commence of his consti tuents. He was very anxious, however, to see the old Winches ter measure restored throughout the country, the departure from which had occasioned much inconvenience. Under the existing arrangement, Nye were obliged to import wheat by the Winchester measure and sell it by the Imperial. Mr. CURTEIS was desirous that the country should return to the old system of the Winchester measure. The present gate of things was inconvenient. Mr. J. 'WOOD said, that the resolutions of Mi nisters had spread alarm throughout the manufacturing districts ; and well this might be the case, since their first effect had been to raise the price of corn ss. or 6s. a quarter. He hoped it was not true, as was rumoured out of doors, that Ministers meant to let themselves be bullied by the landed interest into laying any further restrictions upon the importation of oats and barley. Mr. CRIPPS gave his opinion as connected both with agriculture and manufactures ; and was decidedly in favour of the resolutions. The House then went into a Committee, and the first Resolu tion was read from the chair---viz. that un the duty upon sh foreign co rn when the average price in this CO was 60s. dbe 20s. a quarter, and that the duty should QU decreasing 2 s. as the average rose one, until the price arrived at 765. Mr. C. GRANT said, that, with respect to the spring c.orn, the ordinary measure of value had been to treat bar ley as or One half the value of wheat, and oats of one third of the value. The committee of 1822 had thought that estimate rather too low, and had been disposed to add a little to the relative value of the oats and barley. The Right Hon. Gentleman then stated that, upon consideration, Ministers had come to the determina tion of proposing a higher duty upon the importation of oats and barley than that which was originally submitted to the House. — What the alteration was he would state when the Committee should come to the Resolutions respecting those kinds of grain. The Resolution Was then carried. Upon the moving of the second resolution " that whenever the price of wheat should be at or above 70s. the duty shall be, for every quarter, 15.," Mr. Catcaarr and Mr. CURWEN severally expressed their approval of the intention to increase the duty on the importation of oats. Mr. WODEHOUSE state d that he meant to pro pose two resolutions in the Committee ; but he would now simply state them to the Committee, and defer taking the decision upon them until it should suit the convenience of Ministers. The first resolution was, " That a certain proportion of the duty to be hereafter levied upon the several species of foreign Corn to be im ported from foreign countries, shall be paid (at the time of impor tation) into the hands of the Board of Customs. The amount of such proportion to be determined, both with respect to the several sorts of grain, and also with respect to the shipment when made in vessels of other nations as well as in those of Great Britain." — (Hear, hear.)--His resolution with respect to vessels oats was to the fol lowing effect :—" That as it appears that in of equal sise a larger quantity of oats than of other grain can be carried, and as the cultivation of oats is not only an object of interest to the poor toils of England and Scotland, but of still greater import ance td Ireland, it should be required of the Board of Customs to , report, whether some arrangement might not be made by which a limitation of the importation of foreign Oats might be secured s ubmitting that such en arrangement does exist at present, under the law for regulating the importation of foreign Corn from Canada, and that a similar one most also be supposed to have been made last year, when Govefument resolved to admit 500,000 quarters of foreign grain." , Mr. FERGUSSON said, ti l f2t the country was indebted to the Right Hon. Gentleman for haring determinad to increase the duty on Oats, without which he was sure the greatest injury would have resulted to the agricultural interest of Scotland. Mr. PEEL requested the committee would abstain from entering into any further discussion respecting Oats or Bar ley until the resolutions respecting those grains came before them. As a proof of his own forbearance, he would net even notice the unjust attack made upon Government by the Member for Preston (Mr. Wood), in which he had applied the coarse expression of " bullied" to Ministers.—(Hear.) Mr. PORTMAN said, that the landed interest bad cue as far as possible in conceding that 60s. should be con sidered ti:_q minimum price ; and if the present measures should fail, they (the landed interest) would be compelled to turn round on the Governme:.% in which he was convinced they would have the support of the wit - Ole country. Colon a few words from el Wood, Mr. Alderman Thom p - After son, Lord Milton, and Sir Johd Newport, which were interrupte d by loud cries of " question," Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN plaind that the trading interests we re denied a hearing upon important subject, and that every effort was made to lAA down their v oatsoice by clamour. The question was not now upon wheat, but on . ,—(Laughter.) The CHAIRMAN interrupted the Worthy Alder man, to inform him that the question upon wheat bad not been yet dispilied of. Mr. A.lderman WAITHMAN replied, that whe ther disposed 9f, or not, the discussion for some time had exclu sivelyoats and barley, and not upon wheat—(Hear. turned upca then put, and carried without a division. The Resolution way The CHAIRMAN then put the next Resolution , which was, that " whenever t iprice of bariey was 3 2 5., and 4 arter shall . be 125." under 33a, the duty upon every cp: meted in the strongest Mr. WHITIVIORE deprea terms the passing of so oppressiv e a law m ust arise out of these Resolutions. He was persuaded that the ey-i'° of the coun try would at length be opened to the tremendous evils 01,15.uch a , system. He likewise complained of the manner in which the recent alteration had been effected in the details of this measure. Lord ALTHORP could not concur in his Hon. Friend's strong opinion of this measure. Mr. Alderman WOOD complained of the manner in which the Resolutions had been altered. Sir JOHN NEWPORT condemned the attempts which had been made to separate into classes the interest of the people. Mr. HOBHOUSE would only say two words, and they were to complain that Ministers should have suddenly altered their Resolutions after the general support which they had received in that House. Their alteration, too, was not for, but against, the people, and to suit the particular interests of a party in that House. The Members for the City of London, and of other populous towns, ought to he heard without interrup tion upon a question so vitally affecting their constituents. He would support Ministers in their original proposition. What was the reason for the change in their plan ? Did not the King's Ministers know that reason before ? He would assert, that a Government like the present, which did not know its own mind, was not worth twopence.—(A laugh.)—lt would not do ; he declared to God that every one with whom he conversed out of doors was of opinion that such a miserable disjointed Govern ment could not stand.—(Hear, hear, hear.)--If it had not been for the Gentlemen on his (the Hon. Member's) side of the House, where would the original proposition have been ? Had they said, " for God's sake let them fight it out ; don't let us meddle with the nasty mess," where would the King's Ministers have been ? the proposition had been carried by only 61 ; had three or four rows on his side of the House walked out, it would have been shown by a vote of the House, what was well known out of it, that the Ministers were divided amongst themselves, and could not carry any great measure. He was called upon to stand by Ministers when they would not stand by themselves. He would 'vote with the Right Hon. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and against the Right Hon. the Vice-President of the Board of Trade. —(Hear.) Mr. PEEL observed, that the Honourable Mem. her had been diverted, by his indignation against his Majesty's Ministers, from the real question before the Committee.— His Right Hon. Friend, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, had distinctly left the subject of barley and oats open to consideration. By the present modication of their original propositions, Ministers were not liable to the reproach of being bullied by a majority in the House ; nor did they deserve to be characterized in the elegant and classical phrase of the Hon. Member for Westminster, as "s Government not worth two-pence."—(Loud laughter.) General GASCOYNE stated, he should maintain his own consistency by voting for the original proposition. Mr. WARD observed, that he had voted for the original proposition under the conviction that it had been the re sult of consideration on the part of his Majesty's Ministers. He viewed the present amendment as an encroachment upon that pro position, and should vote against it. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE observed, that the only fault he (Sir T. Lethbridge) had to find with the amendment was, that 821. for barley was not enough.—(A laugh). Colonel SIBTHORPE supported the amendment by a few observations, which were inaudible from the noise in the Committee. Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL made a few remarks which did not reach us. Mr. MONCK rose amidst loud cries of " Ques tion." He would adhere to the original proposition of his Ma jesty's Ministers against the Ministers themselves. The averages for the last forty years were wrongly taken.—(Goughing.) The gallery was then cleared for a division, when the numbers appeared to be— For the resolution 215 Against it BB Majority in favour of the resolution 177 The other resolutions respecting the duty on barley were then agreed to without a division. On the resolution respecting the duty on oats being put, Mr. Alderman WOOD arid Captain GORDON made a few observations, which the noise in the House prevented us from catching accurately. Mr. WHITMORE then rose, but the noise con tinuing, he sat down. Lord MILTON complained of the interruption, and expressed his intention of adjourning the House if it should be continued. A conversation ensued, in which Mr. Thompson, Mr. Peel, Gen. Gascoyne, and Mr. Hume took part, tha_lattee gentleman ii. sisting upon moving that the Chairman should report progress. The motion was, however, not put, and Mr. W. WHITMORE again rose, and hoped he might be allowed to address the House very shortly, without in terruption. He was sure, notwithstanding what had been said to the contrary, that the duty on oats now proposed was much mor: oppressive than those under the existing law- that convincing the House, in its present .ter?per, t q a u i e r s et tl on f , et:1 1 7111; d , had conviction upon wit which ought would be forced upon them by the painful and disadvantageous tru:dbuee aceotniseileZticf:, means of experience. Mr. HOME DRITAIMOND said a few words. Mr. CHARLES GRANT thought that the charges of his Hon. Friend were quite unfounded, and that, as far as oats were concerned, there was a clear relief by the proposition now before the House. The resolution was then put, and carried without a division. The other resolutions were agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. LIST OF THE MINORITY OF THI WHO VOTED FOR THE MINISTERS' ORIGINAL PROF , IMPORT PRICE OF BARLEY AT afs. AND THE DI 325, AND 12s. citrrv. , Hobhonse, J. C. Baring, F. , 11. Hodgson F. Battey Bernal, R. Howick ' Lord Birch, J. J. Hume, Bright, H. Lumley, J. S. Buxton, T. F. Lushiogton,Ar. Calvert, C. Marshall, W. Cradock, Col. Martin, J. Ehrington, Viscount Milton, Lord Fergusson Sr B , M onck, J. B. Fortescue , Hon. G. Philips, G. Fyler, T. Ramsden, J. C. Gascoyne, Gen. ,Itancliffe, Lord RTY-EIGHT, :011TION OF FIXING THE LIT AT 101., INSTEAD OF Robinson, G. Stanley, Lord Thompson, Aid. Waithman, Aid. Warburton, H. Ward, W. Wood, J. Wrightson, W. Wyviu, N. Whitmore, W. W. Wilson, lair R. 'DeLuca. 'Wood, Aid. Two Roman Catholics, having a Scriptural convic tion of the errors of Popery, conformed to the Protestant reli gion at Magheracoolmony church on Sunday last. We have just learned that a third person, also of the Roman Catholic persua sion, came forward on the s ame day, and partook of the Sacra ment in that church. Thus the leaven is beginning to spread in Fermanagh.—Fermanagh Reporter. LAKE OF ABRAHANI.---The noon-day sleep of the Hadjee (a Mohammedan pilgrim) and his followers was en joyed on the sofa of the room that overhangs the Lake of Abra ham (in his native city, Ur of Chaldees), and after this, on our way back to the town, we halted to take a pipe and nargeel at a p t Nic coffee-house. The great bench in front of the house, on w hich the principal guests generally sat, was a seat of raised ma sonry, smoolt4 plastered, railed around with open wood work, at the back and sides, and spread over with clean strawsnrats. It overhung a clear stream, ritnning from the Lake of Abraham, crowded with playful fish, and was capable of accommodating fifty persona, who might sit there at their ease, to watch the cur rent of the brook. On the opposite side was a garden, so thickly planted with trees, that the lofty and ruined walls of the castle could be but here and there perceived through their openings r , though appearing, from its elevated site, to be almost above ou heads. A beautiful weeping willow, the trunk of which reared itself from the banks of the stream, within a few feet of where we sat, spread its falling branches over the waters, and completely shaded us from the heat of the sun, while the scarlet blossom of the pomegranate, and the finest combinations of summer-green in the various trees that vied in richness and beauty with each other, delighted the eye, and helped to complete the charm of this lovely spot. Every thing that I had yet seen, indeed, about the town and its environs, convinc ed me that the Turks were engine and lovers of nature ; and here they had been pec uliarl y fortu na te in the combination of her beauties for the common enjoyment of all. --Buckingham's Travels in Mesopotamia. EXECUTION AND SuicipE.—.77White, alias (Mar chant.), one of the murderers of Selfridge and 'Jenkins, who was to have been executed on Thursday last, hung himself en the pre ceding Tuesday night, Various efforts had been made to bring him to a proper sense of his awful condition, but in vain. White refused to see any clergyman and avowed that he had never en tertained an y idea of a future state, and merely asked to be hung in his own cloth e s . During the evening of Tuesday, he occupied himself as he was wont to do, in obscene singing and declama tion ; and !tit nearly as can be jutted he committed suicide about He effected this by means of a silk one o'clock the saf e rip of 41 34 ket ; the former he put poeket handkerchief and a .7 t . around his neck and the latter_ he fasten,,,, . upper Con the grate of the window of his eel ] ; having t h e n tied them t oe... _ tracted his legs and thus strangled himself.—New Yo rk Enquirer. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. (From the Lisbon Gazette, March 3.) " WAR OFFICE. " SIR,—In reply to the despatch that your Excellency sent me on the 21st of this month, I have 4- the honour to inform your Excellency that I have taken the same measures as your Excel lency communicates to me, and which appear from my despatch of the 23d. Gen. Mello began his movement on the 1 Sth,lit not being anywise possible to make the squadron of the 11th regiment of Cavalry, which was to reinforce him, march earlier, as I in formed your Excellency. On the 19th I learnt, that the rebels had their forces united in Chaves ; and as the Cavalry of General Mello is in small force, and this in the very worst condition, the horses being knocked up, it was necessary to defer for one day the march of General Mello, as the remainder of the Cavalry of Count de Villa Flor was only ready on the 22d, as he then thought, but in fact it could not march till the 23d, which was also the case with the artillery. Your Excellency will have the goodness to reflect on the duties which the troops have done for two months, and the badness of the roads through which they have passed, so that it cannot be wondered at, if they are in absolute need of some repose. The squadrons too are reduced to companies ; the same has, doubtless, happened to the rebels, but on the occasion when their force was annihilated, ours has suffered losses:very difficult to repair. On this account I have determined to accelerate the movements in Tras-os-Montes. " I have not received any news from General Mello. The Count de Villa Flor arrives to-day at Amarante, where he is to be joined to-night by the column of Colonel Vasconcellas, com posed of the battalions of Cacadores, Qd and 9th, and the 16th regiment of infantry. All this force is destined for Tras-os-Montes. The 9th regiment is to march, on the 27th, for the line of the Tamega, in order to keep up the communications with that province. "My bad health still confines me to my bed, and thus hinders me from marching to Tras-os-Montes, but I hope to be able to do it in a few days, and, meantime, I have desired the Count de Villa Flor to take such necessary measures, and such as I judge most advisable. " Head-quarters at Braga, Feb. 25, 1827. (Signed) " Marquis de ANGEJA, " Commanding the Forces of the North. " To his Excellency Candido Jose Xavier." " Sts—Since my despatch of yesterday, nothing important has happened. I have not yet received any news from General de Mello, but I have learned by two officers, who escaped from Chaves, on the 21st, that, in the evening, there was a great tumult in that place, arising from the misunderstanding be tween the Rebel Chiefs, and the complete insubordination of the soldiers. " On the 19th, the 11th Regiment, and abolished Regiments, 17th and 24th, left Chaves, by Valle de Passes, the Battalion of the 7th Cacadores remaining in Chaves, because when the Rebel Marquis wanted it to march out, this corps mutinied and demand ed the heads of the rebels, Magessi and Texeira, who were obliged to fly, and the mutiny ended with the soldiers of the 7th going into quarters, and those of the I I th, 17th, and 24th, returned to Chaves, in the morning of the 21st ; but, learning on this day that our troops were advancing, general disorder ensued, and the officers taking advantage of the confusion, escaped, and went in the morning of the 22d to General Mello, who was in the Boticas, and was marching towards Chaves. It is probable that, taking advantage of the moment, he is gone in pursuit of the enemy, and that, to %his we must attribute the entire want of news. " Count de Villa Fletl-gestepday united all his forces, at Ama rante, and to-day enter% ( Viitt Real. Mesao Frio was occupied yesterday by the Militia, nroler, the command of Colonel Serpa, charged with the defence of the Tamega, from Amarante to the Douro ; and to-day the communication with Lamego will be re opened, in order speedily to reinforce General Azeredo, in case the Rebels should attempt to repass intO - ,Beira. " Head-quarters at Braga, 26th Feb., 1827. (Signed) " Marquis de ANGEJA." " LISBON. " CHAMBER OF PEERS, FEB. 29. " The Order of the Day was the Debate on the proposal of the Committee of Finance, that, on the arrival of the Queen, Donna Maria 11., a hundred contos of reis should be given her from the public treasury ; which, after some debate, Was agreed to. "CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, FEB. 24. " The President gave an account of the reception of the depu tation which wept to the palace of Ajuda, to present to the Princess Regent the address intended to be presented to the Emperor Don Pedro, thanking him for giving the Charter to Portugal, to which her ILlstmetees gave cs, vary gracious answer, promising to transmit the address to her brother. " Senhor Gam, Lobo made a motion that the Government should be required to order immediately the disarming of all the militia, who, having joined the rebels, afterwards left them, and are now at their homes. He enforced the necessity of this mea sure in an energetic speech. Senhor Borges Carneiro said, he was a friend to moderation, but, in truth, to confound moderation with the most scandalous connivance, is intolerable. Provinces are suffered to be laid waste, and the rebellion to spread, without taking any repressive mea sures; honourable families, loyal to Don Pedro IV. are plunder ed and full of terror, and the rebels unpunished, and boasting if their speculations do not succeed, they will give them up ; and all this is called the necessity of the casus fcederis—an unheard of ignominy—a connivance unparalleled in the history of nations. " The motion was seconded by Senhor A. J. Claudino, and supported by the President. " In the Sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of the let March, a statement was read of the territorial Magistrates, who, by the decree of the 27th Jan. were dismissed from their offices, with the c h arges against them.' This statement was sent by the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Justice, and the Chamber decided by acclamation, that it should be read. " In the Sitting of the 2d, the Chamber of Deputies com menced the debate on the proposed loan. " The first article, authorizing the Government to contract a loan of 4,000,000,000 reis, was agreed to." PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. I. Mr. Wilmot Horton—Bill to amend the Slave Trade Consolidation Act. 2. Dr. Lushington—Copies of all Dispatches received from Jamaica, re. specting an attack on the Wesleyan Missionary meeting and dwell ing-houses in the parish of St. Ann in the month of December last. 3. Mr. Harvey—Papers explanatory of a Return recently made of Pro secutions under the Customs Laws, by the Solicitor of the Customs. Also, an Account of Fees received in the various Stages of bank. ruptcy from Ist October 1825 to Ist October 1826, stating by whom they were received, and the application thereof. 4. Mr. Henry Grattan—Report of Commissioners directed by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to inquire into the state of the Richmond Pe nitentiary in Dublin. • ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. - - - I. Crail, &c. Burghs Petitions—Ballot for Committee at three. 2. Sudbury Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at half after three. 3. Copyhold Estates Bill—Committee. 4. General Turnpike Act Amendment Bill—Committee. 5. Distresses (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 6. New South Wales Act—Committee thereupon. '7. Rum and Spirits (Newfoundland) —Committee thereupon. 8. Duke and Duchess of Clarence Annuity Bill—Committee. 9. Ways and Means—Report (26th February). 10. Spring Guns- Bill—Second reading. 11. Corn Trade Acts—Committee thereupon. 12. Canada Clergy Reserves Bill—Second reading. 13. Marine Officers Widows Pensions Bill—Second reading. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Wednesday, March 14. Lord Viscount Lowther—That the new List of Committees on Private Bills be printed IRELAND. The debate on Tuesday night was continued for four hours longer than on the night preceding, and in the end there was a division of 548 Members, which exceeded by 33 the numerical strength of the House in 1812—the period, we believe, of the greatest muster of votes that ever, until the present- time, took place on this question. The cast (for it was, after all, a cast) was against the Catholics. There were two or three voters (Daly, Kavanagh, and, it is said, Talbot) detained in Dublin by sickness or something else. The decisions upon election petitions threw out three or four more. So that accident had its share in giving the enemy the majority of four, in which he triumphs, and of which we will admit he has, in the 27th year of the 19th century, a right to be boastful.—Dublin Morning Register. The Catholics seem to be more than half threatened with the application of Cromwell's recipe for the settlement of a kingdom. One of their friends avows that prosecution is proper to be admi nistered to the " demagogues ;" and one of their foes more than hints that , a proscription of the whole people would be attended with ultimate advantage to the empire. Mr. Canning, to be sure, declares that he will not be one of the persons to sanction the butchering of a whole people for asserting the rights of hu man nature. Butchering or no butchering, the Catholic voice shall not be silenced. Meeting the first goes on on Monday, and we trust that, before a great lapse of time, we shall have - tidings to relate of meeting the five hundreth.—lbid. Upon two things, we collect, that all Catholics in this part of Ireland are nearly unanimous—the expediency of making a direct I appeal to the royal and illustrious personage who pronounced the " patting injunction," so feelingly alluded to by Sir Francis Bur dett, and' of forwarding another series of petitions, contradictory of the hell-born falsehoods, if of nothing else, upon which we are to suppose that the decision of Tuesday night was partly founded, As to the provinces, they will not, we presume, be slow in in dicating their opinion as to what is proper to be done in the present state of our unhappy The unfortunate state of cur social condition in Ireland could scarcely he paralleled in the darker ages. The churches and chapels in the metropolis, and ever a considerable part of the country, are covered with placards of controversial sermons, exciting political and sectarian exasperation, while the most extreme poverty and contagion continue their frightful and heart-rending ravages.— Dublin Patriot. A Gentleman was arrested on a fiat in a house in Dame-street, last Monday, upon a very aggravated case of breach of promise of marriage to a highly respectable young lady in Galway. The de fendant is rich, and was on his way to France. The affair is likely to give the gentlemen of the long robe something to do at the Summer Assizes.—.bid. - • The English Ambassador in Paris addressed a re questrtooteaLtaounites sea t to the gallies i n consequence of Xj 4 l 7 o ., ha in d btheeen na me of his Brit ann i c Majesty, that t h e revocation of the edict of Na ntes s hould be set at liberty. What would th e King of Great B rit ain say, " replied Lo uis, were 1 to ask him to pardon all the con v i cts in Ne w g ate?" ,6 Sire," nisi, tie AmbassAdor, " the , ;.ng my master would gran t theP the pada if 744 1 diked it p s fqe our brothers." _ Friday, March 16. Mr. Bankes—British Museum Estimates (In Coma - date of Supply) Tuesday, March V. Mr. Spring Rice—The Government of Ireland. PRICES OF STOCKS TAI Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent. Cons. 51%76 % 3 1 4 per Cent. Ditto Red. 4 per Cent New 9 6 % it ' 7 Ditto, 1826 Bank Long Ann. India Stock Ditto Bonds 54 56 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. — Brazilian Bonds 66 Buenos Ayres Bonds. - Milan Bonds, 6 per ct. — Colombian Bonds — Ditto, 1824 40 % Danish, 3 per cent. — Greek Bonds — Ditto, 1826 — Guatimala — Mexican Bonds — Do. 1825 — DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities -._, New - Ditto _Bl% Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO 2d. 34 35 pit - . Ditto 5OO 2d 34 36 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Bank for Account India ftir Account Cons. for Acct. 8 234%n %ii ENDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds — Portuguese Bonds —. Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New — Russian, New, 5- p. c. ea% Spanish, 1821 182:3 — French Rentes, sp. c 104 t —c. Exchange 25f. 50c. ----- i per cent —Exchange —t. —c. PRICES OF SNARES Anglo Mexican Mining Company Bolanos Mining Company Brazilian Mining Company Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Assoc PRICE OF IRISH S' Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. Ditto, New —. 4 per Cent. 96% Gov. Deb. 334 per cent 89% Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock -- City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent. AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. XSO ?75 270 25 25 £1 S £1 10 'OCKS, MARCH 10. St. Patrick Insur. (per share) Royal Irish Ditto. National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings .MA Arrived. Due. O America 0 O Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres O Donaghadee 0 , 1 Dublin 0 Flanders 0 2 France O Gottenburgh a ____. Arrived. Due. O Guernsey& Jersey 2 O Hamburgh 2 O Holland 0 O Jamaica. 0 O Leeward Islands 1 Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 48 minutes after 2. J Evening 7 minut, a ft er 3. ,---- t ~ 4 , ,, , ,.4,,,,,,--„,.....„.4.3*,•„„. ...4. ltn ( J . 0 _,,.....„,.,,,, , ,.... ~, b ::....„_........,...„....:. 4.W. I • LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1827. We received last night Lisbon Gazettes to the 3d inst. inclusive, extracts of which will be found in another column- The dispatches from the Marquis de ANQEJA, commanding the Forces of the North, give a miserable account of the state of the Constitutional troops under the orders of General MELLO and himself. The ca valry and artillery are described to be in the very worst condition ; the horses being knocked up, and the men in want of repose—the squadrons reduced to compa nies, " having, on occasions, when the enemy's force was annihilated, suffered losses very difficult to repair." Sad, however, as the condition of the army was, it was concentrating for the purpose of advancing into Tras os-Montes, to follow up its successes over the rebels, whose forces are described as being in a state of mutiny, disorder, and confusion. It would be impossible to discover from these Papers that a British army was in Portugal, as no mention is made of what it has done or is to do. In the Chamber of Deputies the connivance of pub- lic functionaries with the rebels was openly spoken of. The Government were accused of not taking decisive measures to prevent the excesses of the rebels in some of the provinces, and of allowing the militia, after joining the rebel army, to return to their homes with their arms. The motion for disarming all these men seems to have been carried. A loan of 4,000,000,000 rei• is to be raised. We received last night the Paris Papers of Saturday and the Etoile dated Sunday morning. The Etoile is filled with extracts from the debates in the House of Commons on the Catholic question, and remarks taken from the English journals on the decision of the House ; and the proceedings in the French Chamber of Deputies on March 9. The morning papers of Saturday are in like manner taken up with English news and the con tinuation of the debate on the Law of the Press, w hich is not yet ended. import an t any y ed to send ~ The accounts from The Journal de. Paris says Portugal. The num b er o f says, f S a p et ai : n a t n h d e P s o p r a t n u i g sh al Gdoovnerno mnoetntafrcoorndti troops to the frontiers of Portuguese refugees who have returned into Spain and been disarmed is estim ated at about 500 men. T he others, with the Marquis de CHAVES, still keep their ground in Tras - o s-Montes, to Which kn province the troops of th ea Regency, comm an d e d by the Marquis d'ANGEJA a nd Count VILLA F LoR , were marching." Faintca FUxns,PARIS MARCH 1.0._ Five per Cents., jouiss. 98 f. 95c. 99f. 99f. 95c. 90 c. ; Thr ee per . Bank Stock, 1,990 f. ; Rentre N4Plee, 75f. 4 5 c. 40c. 45 e. ; Rentes d'Espagne, 11 1 ; Ro y al S p anish p e r 6 1% , 9 1 f a . r 9 25c., 30c ; Loan, 55 i I.— 1827, Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25 f. S b c . ; money 25 f. 35c. ; three months, paper 25 f. 2 0 c. ; money 25f. 20c.— Cours Authentique. Accounts have been received from Lima to the 25th November, at which period every thing remained quiet. The Government was proceeding with great energy in improving the condition of the country, and reducing the expenditure of the several public departments. Particular attention was paid to the Finances, and a Sinking Fund was established with a view to provide Wt received thie morning Frankfort Papers of the 6th inst. The following letter from Rome is rather cu rious. It distinctly condemns the conduct of the French Ministry in their endeavours to destroy the liberty of the Press in France, while at the same time it laments that some Journals should have ascribed to his Holi ness the idea of originating the measure in order to support the Catholic religion. If his Holiness has nothing to do with the law the Apostolicals certainly have : PROM THE RHINE, MARCH 4. The journals of Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle, contain the fol lowing letter from Rome : "We seldom read the French journals here, but we have learnt with regret, what is said and done in France. Nothing has more afflicted those among us who are religiously disposed, than the late measures of the men who are at the head of the Govern• ment. How was it possible that men who are reckoned here among the most zealous friends of the Catholic religion should be struck by the Ministry of his Most Christian Majesty. How could the odium of a project of law, which every one blames, be imputed to religion and to the Priests ?-- It is greatly to be lamented that some Journals are for ascribing to the common Father of the Faithful, the idea of a law which is rejected by the Faithful, because it offends religion in all that is great and noble in it. Those who would place the Ca tholic Church under the protection of so weak a law, must have a very mean opinion of its internal strength : Catholicism is eter nal as the power which has set it up in the world ; it needs not stamp duties, and the prescription of the sciences, to insure its Divine duration. Our Pope Leo VII. has very different ideas of the sciences which he esteems and patronises. The severe measures —1.pr...1 against Lacretelle, Michaud. and have grieved his Holiness. These academicians are highly esteemed among us. Michaud's History of the Crusades, and Lacretelle's History of the Revolution, which display such religious and monarchical principles, are in the hands of all our prelates, and the Pope has learnt with pleasure that a man like Villemain makes the wonder ful works of the Fathers of the Church appear in all their beauty. I repeat, it is mach to be lamented that such things are done in the name of religion and morality; what have such acts of vio lence to do with the legal suppression of the abuses of the press ? Yee, religion will have a check put on the dissemination of bad books, but religion will also have the mind left in entire liberty; for religion is allied to mind—atheism to matter. The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 6th inst. contains the following news from Trieste ; but the same intelli gence has, we suspect, reached us through other chan nels : 'MIME, FIB. 26. By the negligence of the Captain of a ship, who is gone to Venice, we have not received till to-day several interesting letters from Syra of the Bth and 13th of December. They contain ac counts of the raising of the blockade of the citadel of Athens in November, and of the capture of a Turkish schooner of Omer Pacha of Negropont, by an Ipsariot vessel, and of the defeat of the Turks at Arachova by Karaiskaki and Nikitas. in which the Turks lost 1300 killed, and several prisoners ; five or six of whom being persons of distinction were sent to Napoli. There have been some disputes between Captain Hastings, Commander of the Steam boat, and Admiral Miaulis, and between the English and Greek seamen on board that vessel, but they seem to have been adjusted, as Captain Hastings still commanded the vessel in the more recent operations. Reds chid Pada has not been able to complete the number of his troops, notwithstanding the strict orders of the Sultan. Ibrahim, in his expedition towards Corinth, in November, burnt the village of St. George, half a day's journey from that city, and in general destroyed every thing in his way. Great hopes are entertained at Syra of the arrangement between the Porte and Greece, to he negotiated under the mediation of the European Powers. The French frigate Pomona, which had arrived at Napoli di Romania from Smyrna, had revived the report of it. The Mutiny Bill gave rise to a long discussion last night, in the House of Commons, on the subject of Corporal Punishments in the Army ; Lut a clause which had been proposed for its prohibition was nega tived without a division. The House subsequently proceeded, in Committee, with the consideration of the Corn Laws. The Re solutions respecting the importation of Foreign Wheat were finally disposed of, and after some discussion the amended Resolutions respecting Barley and Oats were also adopted. It will be recollected, that Mr. CAN NING proposed 30s. as the protecting price of Barley, and 225. as that of Oats, the duty on the former to be 10s., and on the latter 7s. On furthor consideration, however, his Majesty's Government determined to re commend that the protecting price of Barley should be 325., with a duty of 12s. per quarter ; and the pro tecting price of Oats 245., with a duty of 9s. Mr. CFIARLF.6 GRANT, the Vice-President of the Bo ar d o f Trade, moved these amendments, and, upon the first, respecting Barley, the House divided, when it was earned by a majority of 215 to 38. The 11eso lution respecting Oats was subsequently carried with out a division. o p the first p u bli cat i oti We expressed an opinion, of the Resolutions, that it would probably be found necessary to make some mo difications ill th ose respect ing Barley and Oats. The duty before proposed would not have operated as a sufficient protection to the home-grower of those descriptions of Corn, and the necessary consequence would have been, that much cc the light land would have been driven out of oultiva for the dividends on the English Loan, in order to retrieve their credit with the monied interest in this country. Smuggling had been carried on so long on the coast of Lima, that the revenue had been greatly defrauded, and the Government, feeling its own strength, was resolved to put down the smuggling system altogether. The following letter augurs favourably of the mines, provided the steam-engines are brought to bear : " LIMA, OCT. 90.—We are in great hopes that commerce in this part of the world will shortly experience a sensible improve ment, in consequence of the productive state of the Cerro of Pasco, a continuance of which may now be looked upon as pretty well ensured, by the arrival in the port of, Callao of two steam engines, belonging to the Pasco Company, on board the brig Ocean, the Cerro being at present kept in a state which admits of its being worked in various parts to immense ad vantage, even now, by a single old crazy engine, brought here by Abadia, which has been repaired so often, that if it should once more break it would hardly be possible to set it to work again. The removal of the Custom-house hence to Callao, so long projected, and which took place on the 20th instant, pre vents, most vexatiously for the present, the landing and dispatch of these engines to the interior, as, till all the goods (not a few) which had been landed previously to the removal of the Adreana, are cleared from the Quay of Callao, the Government will not per mit a single package to be landed from any vessel whatever.— These two engines, placed judiciously, it is thought, will dry the whole of the mines of the Cerro, the richest of which are too deep and too far removed from the old engine to be affected by it. The Quay of Callao being now in an advanced state of clearance, it will not be long before we see them on their passage to the Sierra. " LIMA, OCT. 29.—Quicksilver is in such demand in Pasco, that the Iluancavelica Quicksilver, is here worth 130 dollars per qql. ; foreign 110 dollars. The scarcity and great demand for this article have induced the Government to issue a decree, allow ing the import of the Spanish quicksilver, also the introduction in the principal ports of Peru, of cargoes of Spanish manufactures, in vessels under whatever flag, provided such vessels bring ten* quintals of quicksilver per register ton. " The Mint coined, in the last seventeen days, 208,000 dollars. Owing to an accident to the water-wheel, the operations are, at present, suspended. " Nov. 22.—The Mint is again at work, and coining at the rate of 20,000 dollars per day." * By a letter of the sled of November, the ten quintals had been reduced to two.