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the slave trade in the Mauritius bad not been practised during his government there. He did not mean at present to enter upon proofs that he meant to submit to the House when the proper time for inquiry should arrive; but this much he would say, without the least hesitation, that the slave trade in the Mauritius had been carried on to the eternal disgrace of those by whom it had been suffered.— (Cheers.)—He repeated that the slave trade in the Manri tius had been carried on to an enormous extent, and when the Hon. Baronet said that he had prosecuted offenders to the utmost rigour of the law, and in some cases with more rigour than the law allowed him, how was that statement reconcileable with the fact, that not a single person accused °f s lave dealin g had been convicted during the government of the Hon. Baronet ?--(Cheers.) Alr. BROUGHAM, in rising to offer a few observa tions on the subject before the House, could not but express part igh satisf ac ti on at t h e tone an d temper in which a of this debate had b een con d uc t e d. H e (M r. BEongbam) was the last man who would willingly tender advice; and he was sure that his Hen. Friend near him Dlr. Willi am Smith) was the last man to whom advice ' 413 needful. He hoped, however, that his Hon. Friend Yrauld excuse him, if he recommended him to treat a sub- Ject like the present in a different spirit than that in which he displ ayed to night. He could assure his Ho n . F r i en d, o r whom he entertained the greatest respect, that he meant this observation in no unfriendly serse, but solely because he felt the deep importance of this subject, and the great theextensive a d vantages wh i ch were likely to arise from liberal and candid view which the Right Hon. Gentle rain had taken of it. Feeling most forcibly the good which must be the result of the favourable opinion expressed by hh9Right Ho n . G ent l eman, and in consideration that Alajesty's Government would at no distant day take u P the subject, he had now to hope that his Honourable Friend (Mr. Whitmore) would not press his motion.— (Hear, hear.)—lf his Honourable Friend should in his discretion think fit to act upon that suggestion, but little would then remain for him (Mr. Brougham) to add to what he had already stated. As errors might, however, go forth to the public if not corrected, it would be as well perhaps for him to state one or two particulars in which he could not bring himself to agree with the Right Hon. Gentleman. He remembered the Right Hon. Gentleman stated, that the West Indies derived no benefit from discri nating duties. Now if that position were well founded, it zoultot once put an end to the argument. Because if we WPaYa duty of 10s. on such India produce, and if at duty was no protection to produce, surely there was no nn Pr o posal more f a i r an d reasona bl e th an th at we s h ou ld !"nlitte .ong be called up on t o p ay th a t 10 s . d u t y , i t b e i ng ' fact d that it was of no benefit to the West Indi es , an d ; , was of no service wh a t ever e ith er t o our possess i ons or to this country. An Hon. Member on the u hd tiow said, th at we ought not to force the West th l t ies to raise sugar. His (Mr. Brougham's) reply to t e i a t hr e this—Don't force them not to raise sugar, but There raw as V eedi lY as possible your protecting duty.— t ari was one circumstance above all others particu- Y galling to a British Statesman, which was this, that protecting duty should be extended to the Maitritiu!. c'oinoynithe.Mauritius should be included in the West India es it was not for him to say, but there was one rea,son-which he owned struck him very forcibly why that e°l°l l should :ailed i n t not have b een so included. The sugar he Mauritius was produced by slaves, and not by I h re t e lab i. our—(H ear , hear)--and it was for this reason that o he fel ` 1t most galling, as a British statesman, to be - "god to countenance system, which from his soul he conde eo „„ s - •‘-‘i, and give protection to the master of slaves, as vv f i e e ll h all the emplo - yersof free labourers.—(Hear, bean)._ e;,, s , ° fed, however, and be was justified in what had this t iout fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman, in hoping, 4net the dawn of a better and a brighter day would soon l e ar, when the colonies would share in those benefits to sir well-wishers looked with hope and confidence. what g forward to the dawn of that day, and regarding h e 4. a d Passed as a favourable augury of the good which ae-„..uaw anticipated, he should abstain from any harsh ob mil "thin with respect to the couduct of those who would oillorltthe benefits to which this country and the countless lo o i t uerB of our Asiatic subjects might with eonfidence i . es forward. He owned he exulted mightily when be th e eete d on the vast benefits which would arise from enla rged and liberal policy of his Majesty's Govern-. er tit Thou g h samples of a vast commodity, to use of „ oantile phr ase , could give but an inadequate idea orteme value of the commodity itself, yet they were tie u seful to give an idea of its nature. A little in- ) tehrt i e t w hich lately occurred to him (Mr. Brougharn - " li the borders of Lancashire, would show both the the meaning, °f his mea ning and to what extent our trade with t e it E aat Indies was carried on. He had occasion il'flrs that a mercantile house in that part o f t h e coon eat-ad„,,latelY rec e i ve d or d ers f or co ttons from the he -- `"° B ; to what extent those orders were made the Wi , t' a l most afraid to say, lest be should mis-state eett ' .Ilowever the orde r a mounted to several thou tartteancl thousands of pieces of calico for the East India Johainform an t t o ld hi m t h at if h e l oo k e d into " ears -Dictionary he would see, under the head ° " a place in the E as t I n di es w h ere a f a bric was facturere" of gaudy colours." I n th ose d ays th e manu haid of c otton was carried on by a cou ntless number of ati a and t o when completed it was shipped to this country im other parts of Europe. We now, by our own native t oett lis o. t t , Y and growing wealth and vast resources, found nand growing the position in which we then stood with ri ve to the East Indies ; and, under the very name de- Pori o at its ancient emporium, we shipped to that ern cittitillro the identical article, but of a better material and (Rea than than the original inventors were able to supply.— heeo ar a j ear. ) - -Looking forward, therefore, to what had jreadY accomplished, he thought he was not too Ran h 'n fo reseeing that benefits were yet in store in which iiaZglit he our lot at no very distant day to partioi - ti ck 0 , } 4 bad willingly avoided a single observe fete a personal character that might wound the d witt i ng of .any, individual, and he owned he had f Bay the with pain a singular want of judgment-- ta. .7 the least of it—with which some Honourah es l! "r:tlenien had thought fit to mix up the present t . itt k ° with certain persons connected with the Mauritius ; e b er - /44)". Gentleman, who had taken to himself a greater Lif.t e lso: goo n° (i ti ee -ni a ght than was consistent sense,h d indulged in topics which it we re t 0 have left untouched. If he (Mr. Brougham) " extr allow e d to suggest a course which struck him 16 " alla •,:telY wis e an d j u di c i ous , th e individual to whom 4 84 been made should meet the accusation as often f brought forward against him ; and if it was re ere,/ would tlens,„ mmittee, in that Committee the Hon. Gen hernO doubt meet the charge. The Hon. Mem ,,orwieb, however, made no charge against the in • th;l_."°Bl alludedto. He (Mr. Brougham) had heard no wi'eltr, either in the House to-night, or in the Committee, vey , e „ was always at his post, at all calculated to con had 1; - a•eensation ; and this much he would add—that he 'Lite r t r d n °thing, either then or now, that would at all subj ect ! ° Pinion which he had already formed upon that is nv uzio af t k h e T HORTON defended the late Governor Mauritius.sex. c fa cer " n'• WYNN said, that as our manufactures had houn, extent superseded those of India, we were we co " inn and policy to extend our trade, as far as h ad could' to the interior of that country. A beginning ty o . ue n made, from which he trusted much advantage ~,0 1 1 0 1 d be derived. As this was the case, he hoped the " 1 • Ai r. Member would w ithd raw his motion for the present. sin what had OVIIITMORE, i n reply, observed, that after consent t o wi ee r► drld by the Ri g ht H on. Gentleman, he would in his hands ; motion, leaving the matter entirely tion e d would not be ZpoPed that the improvements men of the Cha r t er , aYed till the di scuss i on o f th e renewa l The motion was then vvithdraws C O R NWALL AND taEsiciV" , * Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN MINING COMPANY. the appointment of _a Select Co s aid, that in moving for transactions connected with ttA a nkzti o tt Oe.t.niisquire into the_ i ntention at that late hour to ti eees in l'anY, it was not hie of the House. It might, perh a p h r'ang on the attention evi leWhich had resulted from th sea m, would not be necessary to appoint owe e ; ' mid ' that as the n 8 had already mil a ti tnimittee ; f " he could assure the House that he oft speculations were not yet at an end. Hundreds some e Yet suffering from them. He had also anotheorftsr7,llBl A i r P re ssing the Committee. The characters inati, ° Thera of that House were implicated, and itzsiodiTiet ee to those whom they represented that they Placed • be in a proper light before the country--that they Tottld be freecl from the imputations cast upon them if 0 tOY could show that such imputations were unfounded. Hone Alderman concluded with moving, " That a ;71eet Committee be•appointed to inquire into the allege 4L'una contained a Petition presented to the House, on 7, 1 9 til of April last from certain har and scrip holders the Cornwall and ' Dev Mi s ning e Company ; and to re.P°rt t° the House their7plinblion thereupon, together with anY special matters touchin of the H om e. g the conduct of any Members Mr. MONCK seconded the motion. Lord PALMERSTON said, te with reference to his e° , 43 3exion with the pan y, it was a matter of perfect in thtference to him whether the Houle decided on the motion gu t !ray or other. Mr. G. R. ROBINSON observed, that it would be a I nes of time to grant the committee u nless the House was prepared to take tv the report of this second:committee, and act upon it. Mr. WILKS replied to the observations of Mr. Alder man Waithman, in which lie repeated many of the argu ments employed on a former occasion. He remarked that the motion of the Hon. Alderman arose from nothing more than a private quarrel between him and the Hon. Member. Taking his speech from beginning to end, it contained statements either untrue, or which were grossly exaggera ted. He could not account for his mis-statements unless from the charitable supposition that he had been imposed upon. The Hon. Member concluded by objecting gene rally to going into discussions upon questions the merits of which were already pending in several actions and proceed ings at law. Mr. HUDSON GURNEY was of the same opinion upon the last point with the Hon. Member for Sudbury, and thought that in going into the case of the Arigna Mining Company the House had acted rather hastily. These were private companies, and the transactions were private.— That in many of them frauds to a most disgraceful extent had been committed, he did not doubt ; but the House was not the fit tribunteto take cognizance of those frauds. Mr. BROUGHAM said that the House was very much indebted to the Hon. Member for the City of London for the zeal and industry with which he had brought the pre sent case under 'its consideration; but, for his own part, he had never felt more confident upon any point in his life than the question was one which Parliament ought not to entertain. For, suppose a case to exist ten times more nefarious than that alleged against the Hon. Member for Sudbury, one part of whose statements he (Mr. B.) hap pened to, know, from having been counsel in one of the recent actions " Moore v. Hammon," to be perfectly cor rect—yet even suppose such an exaggerated case as that which he suggested to be capable being made out, a case of direct fraud, of swindling, and even of forgery, still he should say that it was not a case in which the House' of Commons has jurisdiction, or in which it could properly interfere. It should be recollected what a tremendous engine to employ against a man was the power of a Cone mittee of the House of Commons. Every description of evidence, legal and illegal, regular and irregular, was re ceived, and the party accused had no power of cross-exa mination. Of all descriptions of investigation, that of such a committee was the most rigorous. It was highly useful, — highly adapted to elicit truth ; but it ought never to be resort ed to out of its proper place. And in the present case it was most particularly oppressive to propose the resort to such a committee, because proceedings at law were in fact already existing, which its report might influence or damnify.— He agreed that in the case of the Arigna Mining Company, there had been a better ground for Parliamentary inquiry than there existed in the present case, because these a ques tion had arised as to the fitness of an Hon. Member of the House to fill a high and particular office ; but in the case before the House, he never had been more fully convinced of any fact, than that it would be most inconvenient for that House, as well as most enormously unjust to the party concerned, to let the inquiry go on. He had not a question that the motion was brought forward in the most perfect feeling of candour by the Hon. Alderman, and therefore it was that he submitted these points to his consideration. For himself, he had never had the slightest traffic in shares, and therefore cared not how far the inquiry went ; it was not likely to offend him ; but he confessed that, if it was persevered in, he did not know what part of a gentleman's private conduct might not be made the subject of Parlia mentary investigation. Mr. BROGDEN complained of the constitution and proceedings of the Committee, as of a court more inquisi torial and cruel than the Star Chamber. He complained also of the formation of the Committee by which, as it hap pened, those upon whom he relied the most were constantly absent, and others, whom the Hon. Member named, were as constantly present. He bad to regret much, that upon a particular day, when he had entreated the attendance of the Hon. Member for Surrey, who was well versed in judicial proceedings, that Hon. Member had [sent him word that he could not be present, because he had to view a prize pig at Stnithfield.—(No, no," from the Hon. Gentleman referred to.) He highly approved of the sentiments ex pressed by the Hon. and Learned Member for Winchelsea, and he felt sure that the more that question of his conduct in the Arigna Mining Company was discussed, the Booties would his justification be perfected. Mr. ROBERT GRANT would not have risen but from the necessity put upon him of answering for the conduct of the Committee of which he had been, however unworthily, appointed Chairman. There could be no specific complaint against the conduct of that Committee, because.it had pro posed no active proceeding for the adoption of the House ; and having fulfilled its functions, delicate and unpleasant as he bad throughout found them to be, ought not to have again become a topic for the discussion of the House. In answer to the abjection of the Hon. and Learned Member for Winchelsea, he would only say, that defective as such tribunals might he deemed, and perhaps justly deemed in general, the Arigna Committee had conducted their pro ceedings with as close an analogy to the proceedings in a Court of Law as they could. He did not concur in the opinion of that Hon. and Learned Gentleman as to the want of a sufficient distinction between acts done by a So licitor for his client, and acts done by a Solicitor as a lead ing accomplice with other parties. He confessed that his personal experience of the proceedings in these Committees would lead him more than any arguments which he had heard, to concur with those who thought them defective and inconvenient tribunals, for the purposes of the House, or the investigation of the conduct of its Members. Mr. W. WARD, as one of the Committee, declared that he had attended the Committee with as much diligence as be could, having a just regard to his own affairs, and that he had stayed up on the night before agreeing to the Re port, to read it over, and compare it with the evidence, till half-past two o'clock. Alderman WAITHMAN replied, and consented to with draw his motion. _ _ The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter before Two o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. woncEs OF NIOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. L. Mr. Littleton—Select6;;ittee to consider the beet means of reducing the various charges on the renewal of Turnpike Trusts Acts, and the procuring of cer tain other Bills. 2. Mr. Wodehouse—Bill to discontinue certain Present- ments of Constables. a .-- 3. Mr. Alderman Thompson—Bill to amend Act (3 Geo. 4), relating to the sale of Bread in London and the Bills of Mortality. ____ _ ~...„ 4. Mr. Thomas Wood—Bill to suspend for two years the laws which prohibit the sale of Game. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Supply—Committee. 2. Ways and Means—Committee. 3. Prerogative Court (Ireland) Judge's Salary—Comm] tee thereupon. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY , Thursday, May 17. Mr. Beaumont—Resolution, That the Administration, as at present constructed, is not deserving the confidence of the House and Country. Monday, May 21. Mr. Moore—To bring under the consideration 'of the House the Petition of the Mechanical Operative Classes of the City, liberties, and vicinity of Dublin (presented 12th April), and praying the establish ment of a Loan Fund. Tuesday, May 22. Mr. Henley Eden—Bill to amend the Bankrupt Act. Thursday, May 24. 1. Mr. Edw. D. Davenport—Select Committee to inquire into the causes of the severe distress which has af flicted the Commercial and Industrious classes of the Community during the last and present years. 2. Mr. Moore—Bill to give validity to the service of pro cess to compel appearance issuing out of the superior Courts of Justice in any one of the parts of the United Kingdom on persons in any of the other parts of the United Kingdom. 3. Mr. Moore—Bill for the protection of purchasers for valuable consideration in Ireland against judgment not recovered within twenty years. Monday, May 28. Mr. Portman—To present Petition from Landowners of Dorsetshire, on the present state of the Wool Trade. Thursday, May 31. Mr. Fowell Buxton—Select Committee on the Mauri ritius Slave Trade. ORIGIN OF DISEASE.—" I tell you honestly what I think is the cause of the complicated mala dies of the human race ; it is their gormandizing and stuffing, and stimulating those organs (the digestive) to an excess, thereby producing nerv ous disorder and irritation. The state of their minds is another grand cause ; the fidgetting and discontenting yourself about that which can't be helped; passions of all kinds—malignant passions, and worldly cares, pressing upon the mind, dis turb the cerebral action, and do a great deal of harm."—Abernethy's Lectures. .14G E TESTIADAY. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam . .... ....C.F 12 4 Ditto, at sight l2 1 Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Antwerp l2 5 Hamburgh 2% U. 37 5 Altona • 2% U. 37 6 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 SO Bordeaux 25 80 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 154 Petersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 9% Vienna, effective fl. 2 M. 10 12 Trieste do. Madrid 33% Cadiz 33% Bilboa Barcelona' 3 3 M Seville Gibraltar 45 - - - Leghorn 4714 Genoa 26 Venice 46 Malta Naples, 37% Palermo per oz. 114 'Lisbon 49 Oporto ...., Rio Janeiro 37 - Bahia 42 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork ly BULLION, PER OZ. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 91 Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 ERRATUM.-In our leading article of yesterday the amount of Unfunded Debt was stated to be £24,565,850, on sth -January, 1826 :.--This was its amount on sth. January, 1827. On sth January, 1826, it was £27,994,200. ;U Srt ' ke'Ph j A P lC 1) 4 44 7,:'''qt,i 1 74:i 1 T - L - s: tiertiri+ LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1827. The French Papers of Sunday, and the Etoile of Monday morning, were received last night. It appears by a statement published in the non-official part of the Moniteur, that there has been a very considerable falling off of the public Revenue of France, in the first five months of the present year. Its amount foi this period is less than the amount of Revenue of the five first months of 1826, by nearly six millions of francs. Upwards of three millions and an half of this diminution has taken place in the " Customs, Navigation, &c." The Constitutionel asserts that the Spanish Government has ordered 280,000 muskets in France, and that 'the French Government has guaranteed payment to the manufacturers ; but the Etoile contradicts this statement, as one of the " Lies of the Day." Intelligence from Constantinople, to the 17th ult., has been received, via Odessa, but nothing had transpired since the refusal of the REIS EFFENDI to the proposals made on behalf of the Greeks. (From the Moniteur of Sunday.) The non-official part contains, under the head of Ministry of the Finances, a comparative table of the produce of the indirect taxes during the first five months of the year 1827, with the produce of the same taxes during the correspond ing period of 1825 and 1526, from which it appears that there is a decrease of 5,997,000 francs as compared with 1826, and of 2,563,000 franca as compared with that of 1825, which was taken as the basis of the Budget of 1827. the items on which the diminution is the greatest (com pared with 1826) are— The Stamp Duties fr. 1,840,000 Customs, Navigation, &c 3,515,000 Duties on Liquors. Tobacco 377,000 Various indirect Taxes 633,000 The only articles on which there has been an increase are— On the consumption of Salt fr. 969,000 Sale of Gunpowder 16,000 Post Office lB,OOO Being an increase of 993,000 With a decrease of 6,990,000 Leaving the total dimininution, as aforesaid, of 5,997,000 Compared with the produce of 1825, there is a total diminution of 4,687,000 And an increase of 2,124,000 Leaving a deficiency of 2,563,000 (From the Etoile dated Monday.) ODESSA, APRIL 24.—We have news from Constantinople of the 17th. Nothing new has passed since the negative answer of the Reis Effendi to the proposals in favour of the Greeks. We learn from Smyrna that the citadel of Athens still holds out, and that several sanguinary actions have been fought for the deliverance of that fortress. Some Greek vessels have appeared in the vicinity of the Dardanelles, probably to observe the Ottoman fleet. Lord Cochrane, according to some accounts, is gone on an ex pedition against Oropo and Negropont, but according to others he was off Cadiz, waiting for the Egyptian fleet which is to come to the Merea. PARIS, MAY 13.—M. Eynard has arrived at Paris. The Lyons Gazette says, " It is not the Marquis but Sir Arthur Wellesley who arrived, on the 7th of May, in our city, accompanied by Sir Robert Ferguson ; they both came from Malta. Accounts from Trieste say that letters from Corfu, of the 18th of April, announce that Karaiskaki, with the aid of the Moreots, has succeeded•in defeating the Turks, and delivering Athens. The Turkish magazines at Oropo are stated to have fallen at the same time into the hands of Colonel Heidegger. LIE OF THE DAY. The Constitutionnel. —The Spanish Government has ordered 280,000 muskets in France, and the French Go given its guarantee to the manufacturers. vernment has - The petition of Mr. TURNER to the House of Lords, for leave to bring in a Bill to declare null and void the marriage between his daughter and Mr. WAKEFIELD, is to be tak en i n t o t h e consideration of a Committee of the whole House on Thursday. There cannot be the smallest doubt of the justice and' propriety of such a Bill being passed, if a Special Act of the Legislature be necessary to render the marriage of the parties invalid ; but it appears to us, that if the state of the law is such that a marriage contracted by the means which were used in this case, must be set aside by a Special Act of Parliament, an immediate revision of this part of our Code ought to take place. It would seem to every rational person, that a marriage, accomplished by means which had subjected the party using those means to three years' imprisonment, ought to be ipso facto null and void. Many of our Readers will have seen in the Second Edition of our Paper last night, con taining the 'Parliamentary proceedings up to Seven o'clock, that Mr. BEA UMONT, the Mem ber for Stafford, gave notice, that, on Thursday, he would move a simple resolution to the effect That the Administration, as at present consti tuted, is not catitied to the confidence of the House or the Country." We cordially re joice that a direct attack is to be made, which will shew under whose banners Hon. Members have ranged themselves, and which, by the utter discomfiture of the opponents of the Ministry, will complete the triumph of Mr. CANNING 'S Administration. Frankfort Papers, and the Allgenzeine Zeitung to the 10th inst., have been received. They contain some details of piratical outrage on mer chant vessels in the Archipelago, and the effectual reprisal of the French vessels of war. IBRAHIM PACHA had left Modon with the flower of his troops for Patras and Corinth. The use of Steam boats up the Rhine promises to be of the greatest advantage. We received, this afternoon, Lisbon Gazettes to the 6th instant, containing some additional bulletins of the PRINCESS REGENT'S health, which appears still to be in a precarious state. An account, dated the sth says—" A mer chantman has just arrived, in 61 days, from Rio de Janeiro, the master of which, brings two letters for the PRINCESS REGENT, from the EMPEROR, with particular directions to deliver them personally. The EMPEROR'S intention of visiting this country is much talked of. The Guards and Artillery have entered Lisbon. The following are the bulletins ;- LISBON. HEALTH OF THE PRINCESS REGENT. Sixth Bulletin.—The Infanta had a shivering fit this morning at ten o'clock, followed by a fever fit, but less violent than the preceding, which ended with perspiration, and the erisypelas changed its situation; it is more and more necessary to endeavour to put an end to the fever. 7th Bulletin.—The Infanta is better with respect to the erisypelas; but not to the fever, which; by its conti nuance with the state of debility, gives uneasiness to the undersigned physicians, who have had a consultation. 3d May. Signed by Seven Physicians. Sth Bulletin.—The Princess Regent passed the night rather better than those preceding, and up to five o'clock in the afternoon there has been no fever fit, and scarcely any more weakness at the time when the fit usually comes on.-4th May. The following is an extract of a letter which we have received from an Officer at Lisbon, dated the sth "instant : Since I wrote you last, Lisbon has been quite tran quil, but the public mind is much agitated, arising from the illness of the Princess Regent, and of a mutiny of the garrison of Elvas, which latter was sup pressed on the 30th ult. by the activity of the Go vernor. Many lives lost. Its origin had nothing political in it. The Princess is in a most dangerous state ; but there is so much dissimulation in their State affairs, that it is impossible to get at the truth of her actual situation; but so alarming has it been, that upwards of 2,000 men are introduced into the capital (our troops), I presume under pretence of looking after British property and persons ; as I cannot in any way see how we can interfere—as in the event of her death, no provision having been made by the constitutional charter for a new Regent, it is impossible to say what parties might attempt, and all amongst them selves, without any foreign aggression, though some Apostolical influence might prevail. I have seen pri vate letters from Spain, saying, that the Portuguese deserters, disarmed i❑ Spain, are well treated, and those in want, reclothed.—ln Catalonia, matters are in an odd way : but much exaggerated. It is said that the French evacuate in October, and a similar movement on our part is expected, but of this we are only in hopes ; all heartily tired of the life we lead. 1 cannot say, that lam one of the idle ones, having enough on my hands. We have been much amused with the long faces of some Orange worthies whom we have met this morning. They really begin to fear that their friends are completely and irretrievably out. They cannot fancy why Mr. CANNING is in such favor with the nation, but such, they admit, is the melancholy fact. Our friend, the Morning Post, has given admission to a long leading article, probably written by one of those characters who give an air of Eastern magni ficence to Parliament, by acting the part of mutes. " The best thinkers," says this thinker, " with such splendid exceptions as the Illus trious PITT and a few others, speak but little." This must be a very consoling reflec- tion to one whose speeches have been repeatedly coughed down ; but we could refresh his me mory with a considerable number of exceptions, if we did not suspect that the exercise of the thinking faculty has already convinced him of his miscalculation. There is one extraordinary fact, that the Ultras did not, during the whole of yes terday, circulate a single " mischievous report for the purpose of deluding the public mind," which was the character given by Mr. CANNING to the last " weak invention of the enemy." Truly it was a grand idea to create twenty or five-and twenty new Peers, for the purpose of securing a majority, where it is about as certain as in the other House. But there is such degradation in telling a deliberate falsehood to gain any possible object, that we trust the report originated with some of ,the humblest of the crew ; and that nobility, at least, has not been sullied by lending itself to the vice of Slaves. • Mr. PEEL gave a grand Opposition Dinner some (lays ago, or, we should rather say, a grand Orange entertainment. There were pre sent— " Valiant Chiefs, and men of mighty name." But we doubt whether the Ex-Secretary would not have gladly exchanged their society for a regular Cabinet Dinner. He is said by his friends to enjoy the quiet of private life, but we fancy we see in him (nor do we blame him for it) a certain hankering after office. It is very well for a Poet to say that— "— more true joy Marceline exiled feels, " Than Caesar with a Senate at his heels." But for. our own part, we should prefer the lot of C/ESAR, and in this respect, we are of opinion that we agree with the Right Hon. Gentleman. Lord REDESDALE made a very learned speech on the Corn Laws, and proposed a very great number of Resolutions which, even his friend Lord LAUDERDALE, thought that his Lordship need not press farther. Of course they did not venture on a division. Mr. HUSKISSON made another admirable speech, thereby giving additional strength, though it is scarcely wanted, to the Administration of his Right Hon. Friend. The Lord Melville packet has arrived at Falmouth, from Vera Cruz, from whence she sailed 2d of April, from the Havannah on the 15th, and from Bermuda on the 25th of April. A Government Bogota Paper is said to be in town of the 11th March, signed SANTANDER, stating that no pensions or salaries shall be paid ; and that all monies which shall be received, shall be deposited in the Treasury for the liquidation of the English Debt. Despatches have been received this fore noon at the Foreign and Colonial Offices, from our Ambassador, at Lisbon, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Army in Por tugal ; and at the Admiralty, from Vice- Admiral Lord AMELIUS BEAUCLERK, Com mander-in-Chief of his MAJESTY'S ships in the Tagus. These despatches were brought to Falmouth by the Sandwich packet, which arrived there the night before last, in eight days from Lisbon. All remained quiet in Lisbon, and in consequence of the return of part of the Army to the capital, the detachment of Royal Marines had been re-embarked in the squadron. We lament to add, that the Princess REGENT re mained on the sth in an alarming state of health. To-morrow the foundation stone of the CA LEDONIAN ASYLUM will be laid by his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, with Ma sonic honours. We understand that there will be a very great assemblage of Noblemen and Gentlemen present who feel an interest in the success of this very necessary charitable In stitution, and we recommend all those who wish well to Scotland, to give their support to an Asylum which has for its object the relief and education of the children of those who have spent their lives in the service of their country. After the ceremony there will be a dinner to celebrate the event, at which the ROYAL DUKE will preside. The present fine weather must render the scene as interesting as it is nationally important. It has our best wishes for its prosperity. The report received yesterday from the Brazils of battles, and the American Charge d'Affaires having left, is now discredited on Change, as Messrs. Rothschild and Samuels have received letters from Rio of the 10th March, which do not mention one word on the subject. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. The Consol market remains in the same dull state which it exhibited yesterday, scarcely any business having been transacted all the morning, nor has any variation of moment taken place since the opening of the market, when the) were 83 8 both for money and account, and 83*, buyers, for the next time ; they are now 831 4, and 834 I : for July. Exchequer Bills, 49 50 ; and India Bonds, 76 7 pm. The settlement yesterday in the Foreign Funds appears to have gone off without mischief; in Colombian and Mexican Bonds little business has been transacted, the former being 314 4, and the latter, 684 4. The intelligence received yesterday from Rio Janeiro has caused Brazilian Bonds to wear a very heavy and lowering aspect, for prior to this in formation sufficient had come to hand to make this stock extremely dull; should the news be confirmed a further reduction may naturally be expected, although the greater part of these securities is understood to be held by a very powerful party ; the Bonds were offered yesterday in loth at 59, which is the nearest quotation this morning ; Greek have retrograded a little, being 154 164 ; Spanish have not moved in the slightest degree, and are 124 4. Mining. Shares wear a worse prospect every day ; in Anglo Mexi can the discount has increased to 45 ; United Mexican to 11 ; Tlalpuxahua are 10 die., which were, on the 7th of this month, 15 20 pm. ; such is the uncertainty attending these speculations. Three, per Cent. Consols, 831 4 ; Ditto for account, 831 4 ; and for July, 831 4 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 82 4; Three and a half per Cent. Reduced, 884 4 ; Font per Cent. 994 1 ; Ditto, 1826, 984 4 ; India Bends, 76 7 pin. ; Exchequer Bills, 49 50 pm. FOLEIGV.--Brazilian, 59 60 ; Buenos Ayres, 56 8 ; Chilian, 31 3 ; Colombian, 314 ; Danish, 614 4 ; Greek, 154 161; Mexican, Five per Cent., 56 7 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 684 i; Peruvian, 30 2 ; Portuguese, 77} 8 ; Russian, 904 1 ; Spanish, 124 4. MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 45 dis. ; Brazilian, 2 1 dis. ; Colombian, 10 12 per Share ; Real del Monte, 40 60 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 10 dis. ; United Mexican, 14 13 die. ; Bolanos, 80 60 dis. _ Two o' Clock. Consols have gone back to their first price, 83 *, and 83i I for July, with scarcely any business; in Exchequer Bills and India Bends not the slightest variation ; Colom bian Bonds are rather better, being 32, buyers ; Mexican. 68/ ; Brazilian remain extremely depressed at a still further decline, being 58/. THREE OCL 0 CK. Consols, 83, buyers. FOUR O'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 83 Danish Bonds 611 Do. for Ac. 83 Greek Do. 1825, Brazilian Bonds 581 Mexican Do, 1825 68; Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. Russian Do. 91 Columbian, 182 , 1., 32} Spanish Do. 12i SHIPPING IN TELLIGENCE -(T HI S DAY FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY 15.—Wind variable.—Passed, the West brook, Hall, for Jamaiea ; Ellen, —, for the Isle of France ; Zephyr, —, for Demerara ; Wildman, Burney, for the South Seas; Moira, Hornblow, for India; Moffatt. Brown, for China ; Earl of Balcarras, Cameron, for ditto ; and the Colonist, Smith, for Barbadoes. Arrived frou London, the Margaret, Craig, for Corunna ; Lord Sid mouth, Giles, for Quebec; Oscar, Handerwell, for Gib raltar ; and the Harley, Gibbons, for Malta. Arrived an remain, the Stately, Edgar, from Jamaica; Cape packet, —, from the Cape; Pursuit, Adea, from Porto Rico.— We have had an amazing arrival of River bound ship, during last night and this morning; the largest arrival sine( the Peace in the same space of time. The Cambrian, Robertson, from New York, in 28 days, all well, passed through for London ; the Nepos, from Rio de Janeiro, fei St. Petersburgh, is also arrived. PLYMOUTH, MAY 14. —Wind S.—Passed, the Susan, Harvey, for Lisbon ; and the Luna, Knox, for the Cape. FALMOUTH, MAY 14.—Wind N.—Sailed, Lhe Creole, Galloway, for Trieste. PFNZANCE, MAY 14.—The Decatur, Sillirnan, fron' St. Thomas's to Hamburgh, was towed into the Bay last night, with starboard-bow stove, and other damage, hav ing been ryn foul of off the Lizard, yesterday, by the Ruth, of London. She encountered a severe gale four days after sailing, and became leaky. - FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS The Right Honourable George Canning had an audience of the King, yesterday, at his Palace, in St. James'w. The Duke of Clarence attended at the Ad miralty, yesterday. His Royal Highness transacted officia; business with a number of Naval Officers. The Duke of Sussex appeared at the Caledo nian Ball, at Willis's Rooms, on Monday night, in hip Highland dress. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Feodore, and attended by Captain Conroy. honoured the Italian Opera-house with her presence last night. The Duchess of Clarence, accompanied by the Princess Carlotta, visited the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, at her apartments, in the King's Palace, Kensington. 'We are authorized to state that Mr. Mulock': Letter to Mr. Canning, advertised in our present publica tion, 'grew out of a communication received from Mr. Canning by Mr. /Unlock, on the 18th of April, six days subsequently to_ the appointment of Mr. Canning to tin Premiership. BIRTH.--On the 15th inst., in New -street : Spring-gardens, the lady of J. H. Tremayne, Esq., of a son. CONTINENTAL SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFU SION OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE OVER THE CONTINENT or EUROPE.—The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Friends and Promoters of the objects of this Society took place to-day, at Freemason's Hall, Great Queen-street, whicl was crowded to the utmost excess. , PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—The Cape Packet , Captain Dunkin, arrived in the Downs from the Cape o' Good Hope and South-sea fishery, took off from the island of Crozet the Captain, Mate, and thirteen of the crew of the schooner Adventure, Capt. Fotherington, which ves• sel sailed from the Mauritius on a sea elephant oiling party, and having lost their boats, and in want of water, war obliged to run the vessel on shore, on the above Island. where she was wrecked on the 29th of July, 1825 ; th, crew remained, until taken off the Island by the Cape Packet, on the 6th of January, 1827. This Island is it. 47 East, and 47 South. LORD GREY.—This is a man of talent, of eloquence, of principle, and of honour—but of no judg ment whatsoever. He speaks when he should be silent ; he acts when he should remrdn tranquil; and he is full of surmise and suspicion, when he ought to disregard the one and relieve his mind from the other. In 1809 he was in and got himself out ; in 1812 he was out and could have got himself in ; and in 1815 he closed the door on himself and his followers for ever. In the first pe riod, he went out of office on the minor question, and wa; wrong ; in the second period, he kept himself out of office on the household question, and was wrong also ; in the third period, he extinguished himself on the Waterloo question, and was not only egregiously wrong, but ludicrously mis taken as to facts or to circumstances—as to information— as to intelligence—and failed in point of judgment, of spi rit, and of foresight. Doubtless, he has no capacity for acquiring power, and his cold and haughty man ner, added to his singular want of judgment, will un fortunately for ever doom him to deprive the King's Councils of the benefit of his great abilities. This is a loss ; for, mixed with men, and forced to mould his plans along with those of others into a practicable form, he could have rendered his country essential services, in spite of all his formal, reserved, and distant manner and habits—but he will never stoop to con quer ; and the consequence is, that he will never conquer any person or any difficulty, except himself—the most un accountable man on earth. He would stop on the brink of a precipice, and adjust his hat, or wind up his watch, with perfect complacency, lest it should go down before he fell. The whimsicality of his character is as striking as hio impruticability.w.Freaman'a LAW INTELLIGENCt-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY, IN THE MATTER OF SIR GREGORY FAGS TURNER, A LUNATIC. Mr. HORNE presented a petition, which prayed that this matter might be referred to the Master, that be might make a separate report for the maintenance of the infant daughter of the lunatic.--Prayer granted. 1N TUX MATTES OP YOUNG ) A LUNATIC. Mr. Bort°Lvit had a petition, which stated that it had been referred to the Master to enquire whether-a lease or leases of the Lunatic's property ought to be granted ; he had found it would be for the benefit of the estate that leases should be granted, and he had approved of the terms ; the present application therefore was, that the Master's report might be confirmed.—Report confirmed. MORRIS V. DAVIS. Mr. TAUNTON appeared to show a prima fade caae, why this Court ought to direct a new trial, that the Court might decide upon whether or not it would send for the Judge's notes of the trial. The issue directed out of this Court by:Lord Eldon was, to try whether the plaintiff was the legitimate son of William and Marry Morris, of Argoed. The ground of Complaint was, the manner in which Mr. Baron Vaughan had left the law to the jury; he had said, that the jury must be satisfied that the husband by no possibility could have had access to the wife, they being at that time (1792) living separate and apart, at a distance of 16 miles from each other. The Counx was satisfied that.this statement of thelaw, justified it in calling for the notes. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. JAILED V. VINCINT. This was a bill filed by a creditor against three parties, for the recovery of a debt contracted by one of them. The' Master reported that the debt was due, and the case now came on for further directions on the Master's report. vV The VICE-CMANCELLOR enquired what had been done with respect to costs when the reference was directed. Mr. HORNE replied that the costs were to he paid to the plaintiff. Mr. PRILLIMOAE for the defendants, assured the Court that no such order had been made with regard to the costs, in proof of which the Learned Gentleman read the en dorsement in his brief, which was to this effect, that the question of oosti bad been reserved. Mr. HORNI pledged himself for the aocuraey of his first assertion. The Vwx-CsuarcaLt.oa observed, that during his long experience he had known many instances in which the Gentleman of the Bar, of whose honour and integrity he always would entertain the highest opinion, differed in the same manner : his Honour recommended the parties to apply to the Master of the Rolls, who might perhaps re collect how the question stood. If the Master of the Rolls refused to interfere, the case must come on again de novo before hie Honour. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. The Court was occupied all the morning in hearing ar guments on points of law of no general interest. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. STOCKLEY V. CLEMENT. This was an action fora libel published in the Morning Chronicle, as an advertisement sent for insertion, by the solicitor of Lady Page Turner, and purporting to he a caution to bill-brokers and others. It stated that informa tion had been gives► to the advertiser that attempts had been made to get discounted a Bill of Ex change for 6,000/. drawn by Janice Stockley, and alleged to have been accepted by Lady Page Turner. It the❑ stated that if any such document was offered for dis count, bearing the above Lady's signature, that such was a forgery, and the advertiser offered a reward to any person who would give information of the person having posses sion of it. An action was then brought by Stockley for the libel. 1:118 LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, in charging the Jury, ob served, that if they considered the advertisement was pub lished midi a view to bring an offender to justice, or to re cover lost property, they would find for the defendant ; as it was, in either of these eases, a privileged communica tion. The Jury found for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant WTLDE obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial granted, on the grounds that evidence had been admitted that shoulti not have been, and the case was argued on Monday, last, Mr. Sergeant Taddy appearing for the plaintiff. The Court took time to consider, and the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE gave judgment this morning to the following effect:—lt had been contended that this was a privileged communication; and, secondly, that it was no libel upon the plaintiff. Upon the first point the Court questioned whether the defence ought not to have been specially pleaded, in support of which opinion the Lord Chief Justice cited several cases. In this case, however, they were of opinion that it was ro libel on Stockley, it merely stated, that a bill had been drawn, and that the acceptance had been obtained by fraud. The Court, how ever, thought it right to apprise the profession, that if an action should be basonght for libel, when the public-tion is privileged, they had a doubt whether the defence should not he specially pleaded, or at least pleaded on the record. After some farther observations the Court refused the rule. SPORTING-(RECEIVED THIS DAY). NEWMARKET SECOND SI'RING MEETING, 1827. TUESDAY . , MAY 15. handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three-yr-olds aad upwards. T. Y. C. Lord Exeter's Redgauntlet, 5 yes, , 9st. Mr. Dilly's Panic, 4 yrs, Set. Sib. Mr. Barnard's Toss, 5 yrs, Oct. Duke of Grafton's Mantua, 4 yrs, bet. 31b. Lord Verulam's Helas ! 4 yrs, Set. 2lb. Mr. Dilly's Pendants, 3 yrs, Est. 41b 0 Mr. Hunter's 1. by Orville—Canvas, 3 yrs, 6st 0 Two paid.-11 to S aget Redgauntlet-6 to 1 aget Panic— ? to 1 aget Tose. Fifty Pounds, for three-yr-old colts, Sst. 71b. fillies, Sat. 41b. H.M. Mr. Radelyffe's Windermere, by 'Whalebone Mr. Wyndham's Tom Thumb . . Lord Wbarncliffe's Carthusian Mr. Vansittart's b. c. by Blacklock—The Doe 0 Mr. Golds ch. f. by Soothsayer 0 Colonel Wilson's b. f. by Merlin—Spotless Lord Exeter's ch. c. Atticus, by Corpus 0 Mr. Wilson's h. c. by Comus--Juggler's dam Mr. F. Shailer's Moor Buzzard, by Castrel D. of Graftou's ch. c. Zoffani, brother to Zinc 7to 4 agst Windermere-5 to 1 agst Tom Thumb-3 to 1 agst Carthusian. PIGEON SHOOTING. THY. Ran llousE CLUB.—On Friday last there was a very strong and respectable muster of the Gentlemen of this Club, when several sweepstakes were shot, which were respectively won by Mr. Roes and Mr. Osbaldea ton. A match at thirty yards, took place between the latter gentlemen, which was won by Mr. Roes, in con sequence of Mr. Osbaldeston's having two mien-fires, which, according to the rules of the Club, tounta as a lost bird. In the course of this week, two matches, one at double shots, and the other at single ones, will take place bitween Mr. Rose and Captain Fletcher Welch. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English Grain are very small, of nom they are good, and of Foreign Oats large. The attempt to raise the price of Flour on Monday haring proved unsuccessfill, there is there fore little doing in the Wheat trade this morning. Barley, Beans, and Fease, support last quotations. Oats find scarcely any buyers, as most of th em are di spose d t o wa it till this article is admitted next week at the low duty. AItaIYALS. I Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. 2,430 qrs. *5O qrs. 181 qrs. s,4soscks. 380 7,020 13,13G0 English ...... Irish Foreign I 57350 FISH-BIARKET, BILLINGSGATE. The supply of fish at the market this morning was very prices were high. Mackerell were the only fish of y which there there was a middling supply, but th e y s w ea e r n e t b , y a n .d o t means plentiful--the prices were 40,. and SOs. per hundred ; those at the latter price had an extremely fine appearance, and were nearly as large as Salmon.— Turbot sold from 9s. to 21s. each; Salmon Is. 10d. to 2 e . per lb. ; Salmon Trout, ls. 4d. ; Mullets, from 245. to 365. per dozen ; fine Brill, 4s. to Sc. each; Whitings, from 4s. to 6s. per dozen ; Haddocks, Ss. 6d. per dozen ; Eels, ss. per five lbs. or 10a. per draught ; Soles of good size, 3s. per pair ; Flounders, 3s. per basket. Lobstei were not so plentiful as at our last quotations, and sold much higher—the prices were front lbs. to 255. per score ; Crabs, from Ns. to 20a. do. ; Prawns, 3s. to 4s. per lb. ; Shrimps, 2s. 6d. per gallon. Pickled Salmon, per kit, of 40 ur 50 Ills. weight, 50s. ; new Cod Sounds, in barrels of lb lbs. weight, ss. to 6s. each. Newfound land Caplins, Is. per lb. ; salt Salmon, S4s. per cwt. ; do. Ling and Cod, 151. do. ; Red Herrings, 4s. to 6s. per hundred ; Salt White do. 4s. to ss. per do. Thera was a small quantity of fresh Cod fish in the market, which sold lew, but the quality was very inferior.