The Sun. — London, England, 1827-03-05 00:00:00

FRANCE-THE PRESS. (From the Dublin Patriot. ) The debate, upon the project of restricting the Press, in the Chamber of Deputies, at Paris, will be read with peculiar interest and instruction by all whose prejudices do not blind them as to real facts and inevitable deductions. The first observation which arises from the proposed law of restriction, and the perusal of the speeches in resist ance to it, is the spirit of despotism which evidently per vades the Court, and the spirit of liberty which per vades the people—those elements of popular resistance alluded to by Mr. Canning as existing on the Continent, denied by many of our contemporaries, but which the spirit manifested in the Chamber of Deputies, evidently re frecting that of the people, proves to have an extensive possession of the French mind, and accounts for the fact of France wishing to avoid a war which would unlock the springs of discontent, and excite into activity a spirit, which even now is suppressed with difficulty. It is curious that some of our cotemporaries, who were most ready to impress that England was vulne rable through Irish discontent, were most sceptical with respect to the dissatisfaction of the French people. Oh ! they used to say, England dare not go to war with France —the discontents of Ireland forbid it; but forget to perceive or to acknowledge that France was more vulnerable,becausc her Government was more unjust, and her people there fore more discontented. The maxims applicable to human nature were insisted upon as it related to British impolicy and injustice, but were quite overlooked as applicable to the much greater injustice and impolicy exercised by thC Government of France. No; though we apprehend great evils, nay d.aigers, in denying equal legislative privilege to the Irish Catholics, yet we insist that, even in their present state, they enjoy more immunities, more protec tion to life and property, than the population of France, and that there is beside, in our institutions, a principle of adaption to circumstances, which contains in its own nature the capacity of improvement, while the character of des potism in the Court of France is of an obstinacy not to be convinced but by the final appeal. One privilege, however, the French seem already to exercise, and that is the privilege of complaint—and this brings us to another important reflection. We beg our readers' particular attention to the f pcech of M. Chabaud Latour; they will judge of the spirit which actuates the French nation, when we remind them, that in France the Court and the people are Roman Catholic, and that Mon sieur Latour is—a Protestant ! ! France is estimated at thirty millions of people, of whom five hundred thousand are Protestants—that is—a sixtieth part are Protestants. The Chamber of Deputies is com posed of about four hundred and twenty-five Members — seventeen of whom are Protestants—that is about the twenty-fifth—so that, while the relative Protestant popu lation is in the proportion of one to sixty, the number re turned as Deputies are in the proportion of one to 25! ! Let our readers reflect upon this fact—let them read the speech of the Protestant M. Latour in the Catholic Chamber of Deputies—and if prejudice has not totally clouded their understanding, and perverted their hearts, to what reflec tions does it give rise ? Read the language of M. La tour—read it, ye perverted and" depraved politicians, and ask your hearts, if ye have hearts, what would you say if such language were used by a Catholic in a Pro testant assembly, -against a Protestant Government and a Protestant Church ? Here M. Latour, a Protestant, returned by a Catholic Constituency to a Catholic Legislature, A ssails the Catholic Government, and the Ca tholic Church, and is heard with applause and acclama tions by a Catholic assembly ! ! Look at this fact, ye who rummage antiquity, and neglect existing and palpable truth—what would ye say if such an attack was made upon our Government and our Clergy, by a Papist ? " Prose cute, prosecute, prosecute"—ye would bellow—ye would fume—" oh ! the terrible Papists are riding rough shod o ver us, and they are encouraged by Wellesley, Plunkett, and Conciliation !" This would be the language of the ribald, obscene, and slanderous press—this would be re echoed by the Lortons, the Mount cashels, Robinsons, Milers, and Hoggs, who would call it Christianity to d o a s they would not be done by. Go, ye miserable politiciao, and be taught toleration by Popish France. Read the sp;ech of M. Latour, a Protestant, daring to tell truth in a Popizh as sembly—not protected by the Court , for that was hostile--not protected by the Clergy, for these, like other Clergy who shall be nameless, fancy they are only secure by arraying themselves against popular free dom !—but, protected by the spirit of the French people, in resistance to the Court and the Clergy—read it, and acknowledge, if candour has one refuge in the bosom of prejudice, that, while the spirit of ecclesiastical dernipation may remain in the Church, the spirit of popular obedience to its mandates is gone for ever from among the people ! ! CONDUCT OF A MAGISTRATE. We some days ago noticed under this head a charge that had been preferred against a worthy "unpaid" Magistrate for the county of Middlesex, in which he was accused of accepting and demanding a fee of one guinea for his trouble in dispensing justice to a complainant, in a case of assault that had come on to be heard before him in his "kitchen," (for this is literally the apartment in which he has been accustomed to preside upon the judgment seat as the representative of Majesty) at his country-house. We also stated, that the Magistrate in question, whose name we did not Oink it then delicate or proper to mention, had been served with a no t,lce to attend the then next approaching county meeting of his brethr,:n of the bench, in order to account for or explain, if he c ould, the very unseemly, to say the least of it, sort of conduct that had be.'n so unequivocally attributed to him, and which was considered by the whole body as casting a shade upou the magistracy in general, and particularly upon those of the metro politan county. The meeting at which the accused magistrate, whose name it is no longer necessary to conceal (Mr. Hanson, of Hammersmith) was expected to Attend, according to the notice he had received, took place a few . thp ago, at the Sessio,4o . • -house, Clerkenwell-green, and a very strong must' : there was, the case being considered an unusually important one. Some routine business hav ing been gone through, and the appointed hour for the attendance of Mr. Hansen having acme time elapsed, without that gentleman making his appearance, considerable surprise was expressed, and many surmises formed, when, sud.denly, a letter was handed to the bench, addressed to the meeting. from Mr. Hanson, in which be begged to decline appearing before them, and in allusion to the accusation made against him, stated that although it was not alto gether without foundation, yet that the case was much exaggerated as represented, for that a part of the guinea fee was intendatedhow for a co nstable who had had som e trouble in the matter ; but th, ever this might be, he, Mr. Hanson, did not think it necessary to enter into an; further explanation, the more particularly as he was a ,:, , out to expatriate/himself, and pass the remainder of those days w h t ;:h Providence might be pleased to allow him, either as a ma gistrat,• or a man to stay upon earth, on some part of the Conti nent o f Knrope, more congenial to his present state of health than the soil and . climate of England, and as, therefore, he never again intended to wts..id the sword of justice in this country at any price, or by though., word, or deed to come in contact with his brother Magistrates, he trusted they, would suffer him to retire in the ful! enjoyment of that e•;eenl and respect which he knew they all entertained for him, as strongly as he himself feit conscious of having at all times performed the Auties of his office with c.edit to his country and with honour to hbasti4,and concluded by wishing them all every happiness, and that they ti,ight ultimately end their magisterial course with as high a character as bp did ! The meeting seemed for a time amazed and at a loss how to with this strange letter or its author, until at last Sir George Farranz, one of the oldest and m ast respectable Magistrates of the County, got up with much indignation, and declaring that it was t oo much to allow Mr. Hanson, after having brought by hi conduct a certain degree of discredit upon die whole corps, to march off in this triumphant manner with all the honours of war, proposed a resolution that a brand should be s ot to upon Mr. Han son's name as a Magistra t e of the county, prevant his coming in contact with them again in their meetings, and that his name, with that view, should be at once struck out of the lists of all Committees of Magistrates meeting for county purposes. This resolution being seconded, was put to the Meeting, and carried unanimously, which ended all proceedings of the Meeting upon this subject.— Times. On Friday las s-- t, Mr. Gilchrist, a butcher, in Devon port market, took from a sheep's heart, a casing of one pound and three quarters of solid fat, a circumstance unparalleled in the me mory of the oldest butcher in this neighbourhood. —Plymouth iourna4 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile, dated Saturday, March 12. ) " NEWS FROM THE ARMY IN GEORGIA OF JANUARY 24. " ST. PETERSBURG'', FEB. 12.—Lieutenant-General Prince Madatoff, after having passed the Araxes on the 28th of December, effected his junction with the detachment of Colonel Mitschenko, commanding the regiment of infantry 'of Apcheron, which had come from Djavat. The troops then advanced rapidly by the defile of Darourte to the little river Zambour, near which was encamped a part of the Nomads tribes of Schakesvan, Adjaline, and others. The sudden appearance of our troops threw these tribes into great confusion. The cavalry of Karabagh and Schir wan, reinforced by the Armenians of Karabagh, suddenly attacked their camp with success, and took from them 15,000 sheep, be sides a considerable number of camels and horses. About 500 Nomade families of Karabagh, who had been carried beyond the frontiers by the Persians, came and offered their submission, and were put back into that province. " Lieut.-General Prince Madatoff, having caused a report to be spread that he intended to advance into the Chanate of Talyche slowly continued his march, in order to induce the Nomade tribes on the borders of Talyche to take refuge in the district of Meschkine, when it was more easy to attack them ; this plan per fectly succeeded. " On entering into the district of Meschkine, during the night of the Ist of January, Prince Madatoff learned the arrival of these Nomades, and immediately detached his light cavalry and the Ar menian infantry to attack them. The enemy being taken by sur prise made but a faint and short resistance ; they had 18 men killed and some wounded ; on our side we did not lose a single man, and we took from the several Nomade tribes of Schakesvan, 2,000 camels, 10,000 head of horned cattle, and 60,000 sheep. Prince Madatoff occupied the little town of Lahar or Lori, in the district of Meschkine. "Ala-Khan, Govei nor of this district, and his brother, Schou kuou-Khan, came and solicited the protection of Prince Mada toff, who received them with kindness. The terror inspired by the appearance of our troops has spread as far as the city of Ahar- Emir. Zade-Seifoumoulick-Mirza, who occupied it, has fled to Tauris with his family, and the 1,500 regular troops under his command have disbanded themselves. Prince Madatoff writes that the road leading to the town of Lahar, and the passage of Mount Salvate-Hiadytchi, are rather difficult. The corps under his command amounts to 11,000 troop■ of different descriptions, with 35 pieces of artillery." " WARSAW, JAN. 31.—Twenty-five Englishmen have just ar rived here, who are engaged to build machines for the mining corps of the kingdom of Poland. 1 " The Warsaw Correspondent has just published the prospec- tus of a new Polish Journal, which is to give an account of the most recent voyages and travels ; it will be published at the end of every month, and the first number will appear on the 29th of January, (0.5.) " PARIS, MARCH I. —At Madrid the winter continues to be one cf the most severe, as well as the longest, that has been in Spain for many years. It is constantly raining or even snowing., not only in Madrid and the northern provinces, but even in Andalusia. A violent tempest at Barcelona sunk a great many vessels with their crows. " The Memorial Bordelais of the 27th of February says, Sil veira and his partisans were advancing victoriously towards Oporto, on the 4th of this month, when they suffered a terrible de feat, and were compelled to return to the frontiers. There is an immense number of Royalists in Gallicia ; their cavalry has suf fered hut little, and they have still a corps of 4,000 or 5,000 men fit for action. General Eguia, who commands that province, has in c onsequence of that event hastened his departure for the Army of Observation, the head-quarters of which are at Orense ; he set out yesterday. " Letters from Prussia say, that Prince Puckler Musken, who was married to the daughter of the late Prince Hardenberg, has di.. vorced her to marry the widow of King Christophe, a negress, of Hayti, who is still young, if we may believe the German correspon dent." (From the Quotidienne.) We have received the following letters from different points a the frontiers : CUIDAD RODRIGO, FKB. 16.—1 hasten to inform you that we have just learnt here that the English Army has at length decided to move. It is proceeding, it is said, towards the frontiers. I know the Portuguese Royalists have been wishing for this move ment for a long time. Their forces are increasing daily. Every where they pass, their ranks receive a visible aggrandisement, so greatly does the population of Portugal abhor British domination. There is no doubt but that the first shot fired by the English Army will be the signal of a levee en masse against these insular folks, who are come on the Continent to intermeddle with what does not concern them. CACERES, Fan. 16.—The news which I have to communicate you to-day is, that the chief authorities of this city have received advice that the English Generals, acting the part of mediators, have proposed a suspension of arms to General Chaves and Sil veira, in order that negociations may be entered into respecting an arrangement. We have not ti.e least doubts as to the Marquis de Chaves and his land , . Silveira, being quite averse to hear any thing of the Constitution, the first clause of any arrangement with them must be the re-establishment of things on the same footing they were befyre the Charter of Don Pedro. MADRID, FEB. 19.—This capital presents the appearance of a warlike city. Reviews are taking place rapidly, and the King came in from the Retire, where he had been to dinner; on the 16th, to be present at these military exercises. Six regiments, at present here or in the envifons, will set out for the frontiers as soon as they shall have been reviewed by his Majesty. The expedition for the Canaries is merely waiting at Algesiras for a favourable wind to set sail. They speak of a loan of 50 millions of reals (12,500,0001.), which is destined to equip the 24,000 men that are about to be raised. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS AND ORDERS OF THE DAY WHICH NOW \it STAND ON THE ORDER BOOK FOR THE PRESENT WEEK. Monday, March 5. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. House to be called over. 2. Land Tax Commissioners Names Bill—Second reading. 3. Copyhold Estates Bill—Second reading 4. Duke and Duchess of Clarence Annuity Bill—Committee. 5. Supply—Committee. 6. Ways and Means—Committee. 7. Ways and Means—Report. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Sir Francis Burdett—Roman Catholic Claims. 2. Mr. Home Drummond—Bill for further continuing the Scots Credi. tors Act. Tuesday, March 6. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Lord Viscount Althorp—Select Committee to consider the mode of taking Polls at County Elections. 2. Mr. Fynes Clinton—To discharge the Order for consideration of the Hedon Election Petition. 3. Mr. Sykes—Select Committee to take into consideration the Petition of certain Freemen of the Borough of Leicester, complaining of the conduct of the Corporation of that town at and previous to the late General Election. 4. Mr. Villiers Stuart—Papers connected with the Appointment of a re sident Stipendiary Magistrate, under the Constabulary Act, for the District of Kilmacthomas, in the County of Waterford ; viz. the Certificate of the Magistrates to apply for, and the Memorial of the County against, that Appointment. 5. Mr. Aldermen Walthman—Receipt and Expenditure of the Society for the Refuge of the Destitute. ORDERS OF THE DAY. Berwick-upon..Tweed Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three Reading Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at half after three. Writ of Right Bill—Second reading. Canada Clergy Reserves Bill—Second reading. • Wednesday, March 5. NOTICE OF MOTION. General GaSCOVlC—Select Committee to inquire into the present state of the Shipping and Commerce of Great Britain, in consequence of the relaxation of the old Navigation Laws. onnEns OF THE DAY. I. General Turnpike Act Amendment Bill—Second reading. 2. Postage Duties Bill—Second reading. Thursday, March 8. 1. Sir Henry Parnell—Debt due by the Government to the Bank—the ba lanca of the pubis money in the hands of the Bank—and the sum paid in 1825 to the Bank for the management of the National Debt. 9 . Mr. Hume—Copy of the Report of the Committee of Inquiry on the Mutiny of the Native Troops at 13arrackpOor in November 1824, and Order 3 issued since that time. 3. Sir Join. N& - ,yport—To refer the Irish Estimates to a Select Committee. 4. Mr. Henry Grattan—Report of Commissioners directed by the Lord Lieutenant of Irelapd to inquire into the state of the Richmond nitentiary in Dublin. • ORDERS OF TILE DAY. 1. Pontefract Etection Petition—Ballot for Committee at three. 2. Dover Election Petitions—Ballot for Committee at half after three. 3. Corn Trade Acts—Committee thereupon. Friday 7 March 9. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. New South Wales Act—Committee thereupon. 2. Rum and Spirits (Newfoundland)--Committee thereupon. 3. Mutiny Bill—,Third reading. 4. Marine Mutiny Bill—Third reading. A political writer, who designed a character of the principal Members of the present Parliament, was saying the other evening that he intended to give the country a gallery of the House of Commons ; when it was observed, that he would render them a far greater service if he could give them another Pitt.—Berks chronicle. PRICES OF STOCKS Till Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent. Cons. B2 IV s 3V per Cent. Ditto Red. 4 per Cent. New 97% 7 Ditto, 1826 98% 8 Bank Long Ann. India Stock Ditto Bonds 51 52 53 pm PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. — Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 39% Danish, :3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, 1826 l6, 17 Guatimala Mexican Bonds Do. 182.5 6114 IA PRICES OF SHARE Brazilian Mining Company Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Asso United Mexican Mining Company Canada Company PRICE OF IRISH S Rank Stock 240 Consols, 3 percent. Gov. Stock, 334 per cent.... 5 7 34 ;V s S Ditto, New 87% 4 per . Cent. 96 j A Gov. Deb. 3% per cent S 9 %IA Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent. - DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 34 32 33 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 34 32 33 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Batik for Account 207 India for Account — Cons. for Acct. NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds 34% Portuguese Bonds ' 75% P.russian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New — Russian, New, 5 p. c. 86% Spanish, 1821 l3 12.4 13 1823 — French F:entes, 5 p. c. 102 f —c. -- Exchange 2sf. 5Cc. 3 per cent —f. —c. -- Exchange —t. —c AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. £1 16 £1 13 Arrived. Due. America 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres Donaghadee 0 Dublin Flanders France Gottenburgh 0 ,TOCKS, MARCH 2. 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 Arrived. . Due. O Guernsey& Jersey 1 O Hamburgh lO O Holland 0 O Jamaica 0 0 Leeward Islands 1 Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 2 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 43 minutes after 7. I Evening ....... 12 minutes after 8, int 4 ,,, Avs, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1827. We received last night all the French Papers down to Friday, and the Etode dated Saturday morning. They are still chiefly filled with the discussions on the Law on the Press, and do not contain anything im portant from the Peninsula. The Quotidienne describes the appearance of affairs at Madrid as extremely war like. Reviews and military exercises daily take place under the eye of FERDINAND, and have become popular spectacles with the Citizens. It is also said that the Governor General of Gallicia has marched to the frontiers of Portugal for the purpose of en couraging the Portuguese Rebels. The Etoile contains accounts from St.Petersburgh down to the 12th February, furnishing intelligence of the successful operations of the army in Georgia to the 24th January. Extracts from 7.3iese Papers will be found in another Column. The French funds have again improved. FRENCH FUNDS.-Five per Cents., 101 f. 55c. ; Three per Cents. 69f. 40c. ; Bank Stock, 1990 ; Naples Funds, 75f. 85c. ; Spanish Cortes Bonds, 11i ; Spanish Royal Loan, 53i. Ex change on London—One month's date, 25f. 25c. ; three months, 25f. 15c. We mentioned in our paper of Saturday, the receipt of Madras Papers to the 15th October. We find in them advices from Calcutta up to the end of September, but containing no news of importance. Earl AM HERST and his family were making an excursion up the Ganges. His LORDSHIP'S health was consider ably improved. The whole of our possessions in India continued to enjoy perfect tranquillity. We received yesterday Lisbon Papers from the 19th to the 24th February, but their contents have been in a great measure anticipated, and they do not furnish us with any farther accounts of military operations. On the 17th ult. a letter was read from the Minister of the Interior, relative to the Papers taken from the Rebels, which Papers accompanied the letter. Senor AIAGALHAES moved, however, for some ad ditional Papers, and for copies of those taken in the baggage of the Viscount MONTEALEGRE, and after some opposition the motion was carried. A Convention between Great Britain and Portugal, signed at Brighton on the 19th January, and ratified by the PRINCESS REGENT on the 6th ult. for the maintenance of the British Troops, so long as they shall remain in Portugal, was read in the Chamber of Peers on the 16th February ; it consists of nine Arti cles, but they are not given. We subjoin a few extracts : (From the Gazette of Lisbon.) CHAMBER OF PEERS, FEB. 16. Ltsaos, FEB. Q.—The Marquess of 7 ances read a letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who sends to the Chamber by or der of the Infanta Regent, conformably to sec. 8, of Art. 75 of the Charter, a copy of the Convention signed at Brighton, the 19th January, and ratified by her Highness on the 6th instant, for the maintenance of the British troops, so long as they shall be in Por tugal. The Convention, in nine articles, was read; and on the motion of the President, ordered to be deposited in the Archives of the Chamber. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, FEB. 17. A letter was; read from the Minister of the Interior with the proceedings of the Municipalities, and other papers coming from the rebels, which he had been asked for, on the motion of Senor Magalhaes. The Minister said they were all he had in his office. They were referred to the Secretaries of the Chamber to be exa mined. Senor Magalhaes moved for other papers of the same description, and also for copies of those taken in the baggage of the Viscount de Montealegre, and, after some opposition, it was agreed by the Chamber to apply for the production of those papers. In the sitting of the Chamber of Peers, on the 21st, the Pro ject of Law on the endowment of the Royal Family, was opposed by 33 votes to 2. The Articles were discussed separately in the following sitting, and all approved. In the Chamber of Deputies the discussion of the Project of Law on the inviolability of the house of the citizen took place. The Gazette to the 24th February inclusive, contains no far ther news of the operations of the army ; only a letter from Major-General Azeredo, dated head-quarters at Lamego, 17th Feb., gives an account of the good conduct of Senor Ber nardo Anto n i o Soazes, who had been entrusted by the Marquess d'Angeja with the defence of a bridge. This individual, a landowner, had made great exertions among the peasantry, and collected boats at his own expence, and kept the inhabi tants of the district in their olaedience to the Government- General Azeredo, finding him so zealous, had named him pro tempore Captain of his district, and the General of Tras-os- Montes furnished him with some ammunition and arms. Thus encouraged, he did considerable service to Gen. Azeredo, fur nishing him with information re specting the movements in the North, guarded thet passage of the Douro, and having recei ved an addition to his force, attacked and defeated some Guerillas, and on the 15th expelled them from Mezaofrio, where he re established the legitimate Government, desiring no recompence for all his services, except that the facts might be made public. A project of law on the rights of the authors or editors of printed works, engravings, &c. was read in the Chamber of Deputies in the sittings of the 20th,—Lisbon Gazette, from the 19th to 24th Feb. inclusive. We regret to observe, that some of our totem poraries are endeavouring to excite a strong feeling against the Corn regulations proposed by Mr. CAN NING; and unhesitatingly advocating the unrestricted importation of foreign grain, without its being subject to any duty whatever. We have invariably contended for the application of the principles of free trade to corn, but we have never advocated a measure so ruin- ous in its consequences to every interest in this country, as the importation of foreign grain free of such duty as might be a protection to the Landed In terests up to a certain remunerating price. We cannot conceive for a moment how any person can be found weak enough to argue that such should be the case. He must be a shallow calculator of what the inevitable consequences of free importation would be. The ruin of the Landowners and Occu piers would be followed by the ruin of every descrip tion of traders ; and the labouring classes, in the diminished means of employment for them, and the reduced wages those who still found employment would receive, would soon perceive that their situa tion was not benefitted by any measure which was in jurious to their employers. A time of agricultural distress has been always followed by one of commer cial difficulties ; but the consequences in this case would be more serious than in any former period of national distress. Two-thirds of our annual expenditure is the interest of money borrowed by our forefathers and ourselves, for the payment of which the faith, the honour, and the resources of the country are pledged. How can those engagements be fulfilled if the land, from whence sprihg the great revenues of the country, is thrown out of cultivation, or rendered, by the reduc- tion of the price of its produce, barely capable of paying the expenses of its culture ? And surely a violation of those solemn engagements will not be contended for, except by the unprincipled and the destitute, who have nothing to lose bythe overthrow ofthe most sacred obligations. If they are to be fulfilled, taxes now drawn from the land must be charged on other property or in come, if the price of the produce of the land should be reduced in the degree which it must be, without an ade quate protecting duty is put upon corn imported into this country. That such a duty should be charged on it, therefore, seems both reasonable and necessary ; and the only question is, what ought to be the amount of that protecting duty ? If the amount of duty pro posed by Mr. CANNING appears higher than had been expected, still it should be remembered that the prin ciple on which it is regulated is sound, and may here after admit of further modification in its details ; that the consumers will not be subject to the occurrence of seasons of extraordinary high price, as the tendency of these measures will be to. keep prices steady ; and that by degrees every existing bargain in the country will be regulated by the price of Corn thus fixed at or about a given price. On the whole, we trust, that Mr. CANNING'S resolutions may receive the sanction of the Legislature, and we have little doubt that the public at large will soon be convinced that both in principle and operation they are sound and just. German Papers reached us last night to the end of last month. They mention that instructions had been sent by the French, Austrian, and Prussian Courts, to their respective Ministers at Constantinople, not to support the applications of the English and Russian Ambassadors to the PORTE, in favour of Greece. It is added, however, that those orders came too late, as the Ambassadors in question had previously com mitted themselves with respect to the PORTE, by unit ing with Mr. STRATFORD CANNING and the Mar quis DE RIBEAUPIERRE, in the measures which had been already taken for the pacification of Greece. Brussels Papers of the 3d inst. have been received this morning. The King of Sweden opened the Storthing, at Christiana, on the 12th ult. By an ex tract from his speech, it will be seen that the affairs of the Kingdom are in a prosperous condition. The po pulation has advanced one-fifth in ten years :--- BRUSSELS, EEB. 28. On the 26th of this month above 350 students of the Univer sity of Liege signed a declaration to the following effect : " That they are deeply afflicted at the disorders which took place in consequence of the putting in force of the ad ditional statute, dated 10th of December, 1826 ; that they distinctly disapprove and disavow all acts of violence and insult which a sudden effervescence may have occasioned, and collectively express their regret to the professors who were the object of them ; that it never was their intention to oppose the orders and regulations legally proceeding from the Academic Senate, only reserving to themselves to make their respectful re presentations to the proper authorities. ' We hope', say they, that this sincere profession will satisfy such of our Professors as have had reason to complain of some inconsiderate acts, and will testify to the Government the good spirit that animates us.' " His Majesty having been solicited to declare the cities of Brus sels, Louvaine, and Ghent, places for the landing of salt ► has been pleased to comply with this request, ordering, however, a great many precautions to prevent any fraud on the revenue. BR AyssELS, MARCH 1. The Courier de la Meuse, sa „, recent accounts from Brussels confirm those lately sent us from that City, respecting the favourable progress of the negociations for the concordat. MARCII 2. Letters from Genoa of the 24th of February, say, " We learn from good authority that M. Eynard has just received letters from Napoli di Romania, as late as the 21st of January. They state, that 1000 Turks coming from Prevesa, I were attacked and tut to pieces, by Karaiskaki in a recent action.— These letters bring very obscure accounts of the affairs of Hydra. They say that only one English officer was wounded there ; that some of the inhabitan ts w ere killed by the English, that tran quillity was restored, and that several pirates had been arrested, and thrown into prison. With respect to Athens the accounts are not clear ; it should seem that the siege was not raised. Nothing is known respecting I the assembling the Government at Egina. CHRISTIANA, FEB. 12. The King opened the Storthing to-day at two o'clock. The following are some passages of his Majesty's speech : " Notwithstanding all the difficulties which we have had to surmount for the creation of the bank, I have the satisfaction to inform you, that after,defraying all the expences fixed in the last Session, and employed in large sums in objects of public utility, our surplus revenue is still considerable. The state of the public debt will be laid before you; the payment of the interest of the debt, and the reimbursement of the principal, proceed regularly. A treaty with his Britannic Majesty, renews the abolition of the Negro Slave Trade. I shall call the attention of the Storthing and of the Diet of Sweden, to the legislative measures necessary on this subject. Another convention, from which I expect the happiest effects, fixes the commercial relations between the two United Kingdoms and Great Britain. A convention with the Emperor of Russia has decided the long desired demarcation of the frontier, between Russia and Norwegian Lapland. The Treaty with Denmark completes the freedom of trade in the three kingdoms in the north : a perfect reciprocity has been esta blished between Norway and the city of Lubeck. The negociations with Prussia promises an equally satisfactory result. The Treaty with the United States being expired, I intimated to the Presi dent my desire, that it might be prolonged, and I learn that the President has the same wish. Though our ports have been open to the South American ships since 1822, our commerce with these countries has not attained any great extent. lam now engaged with a commercial conven tion with them, and have every reason to hope that it will be ad vantageous to the trade of these kingdoms. His Majesty, in the course of his speech, said, that the popu lation had increased one-fifth in ten years. That singular friend to every thing liberal and en lightened, the John Bull newspaper, made a furious attack yesterday on Mr. PLUNKETT, for his speech in the House of Commons on Friday evening.— He says Mr. PLUNKETT " defended the Popish Priests, and echoed the cry of Mr. GRANT, who some years since declared the tranquillity of Ireland to be entirely owing to that worthy body." We really for get whether Mr. GRANT said so or not, and are not at present going to defend that Right Hon. Gentle man's administration of Ireland. It has become a matter of history, and future ages, when acting perhaps on his principle of conciliation,willbest pronounce an opi nion, how far he was wrong in relinquishing the op posite system of rigour and almost military law, which had been so long tried in vain. If his plan could be said to have failed after a three years' trial, abruptly terminated, it may at least be said of the other that it has been equally unsuccessful, after an experiment of as many centuries. Mr. PLUNKETT'S observations regarding the inter ference of Clergymen at the late Elections appear to us, as well as to John Bull, well worthy of notice, but we would refer our readers to our Paper of Saturday, where the whole of that eloquent speech may be found. In the discussion to-night vie hope the House will not forget the advice given them by Mr. SPRING RICE. In a question where unqualified good cannot be expected, nothing is so unwise as violence of temper. It can only be met by a dispassionate consideration of the evils on both sides, with a view to selecting the lesser. We have this morning been favoured with the fol lowing extract of a letter from Lisbon, dated the 24th ult. If its contents can be relied upon, the reign of the Constitution must be nearly at an end, and the bright prospect which opened upon Portugal from the establishment of Liberal Institutions, must soon be utterly destroyed. Of the intentions of Spain, we have never entertained a doubt, and every succeeding piece of intelligence only evidences the nearer approach of an event which has long been decided upon, namely, a war for the support of bigotry and slavery:— (Extract of ; letter from Lisbon, dated Feb. 24.) " From the army there has been nothing published these last five days, so that we remain in expectation ; in fact, there is a report that Chaves has again beaten the Constitutional troops. The latest accounts state him to be at Chaves, at the head of 1,500 men, with a number of guerillas, and that Mello, the General whom he at first forced out of Tras-os-Montes in the beginning of December, and the division of Villa Flor, Angeja, and Azeredo, were endeavouring to draw him out of Portugal. An account is stated to have been received lately from his army, that he has issued a proclamation, calling on the young men of Tras-os-Montes to come forward to join his standard, under penalty of being shot on refusal. Number of reports are afloat that the Spaniards are coming to join the Royalists, and that the English are disposed to give way to the general wish of the Por tuguese nation, and to send there Don Miguel to govern them ; in fact, instead of the Constitution having gained strength by the defeat of Chaves on the last occasion, it appears now that quite a different result has taken place; from the impression on the people, it appears, that Lisbon was about to declare itself in favour of the Infant Miguel and the Queen's Mother. Letters from Badajoz state, that Lealdad had been sent to Ceuta, to reinforce the garrison, as it was expected that England would soon attack that fortress. General Sarsfield, the most able General in Spain, appointed to command the Spa nish Army of Observation, is considered as the commencement of war. The Spanish army now consists of— Army of Sarsfield 30,000 The Royal Guards, Grenadiers, and Provincial 20,000 Militia The New Levy 24,000 n ow vi e t n ab le i clear that lls have e th n a o n t Total 104 , 0 00 My informant says, that war will soon be declared by Spain if England does not frustrate it, and whatever pa r ty strikes di: first blow, would be sure to gain gre at advantages, as the R oyalist party in Portugal would instant l y j oin the Spanish arm y , and two months, before the en d of Apri a was drive the English out. llestaisysa s i t ,p h a a n t war is Spain was supported by R as yet been able to see G en. Clinton's proclamation, but there is do th l ; er ine d it still a report that a proclamation is to be published at Coimbra.— The Prime Minister is about to be impeached. The Bishop of Viseu is acc used of favouring the rebels. The Minister of War is regarded as an old French officer. All is in confusion and dis content; how these affairs can continue, I leave you to judge in England. THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL. .4 All his Lordship's Medical Attendants were present this morning, as was also Mr. Tupper, (the Apothecary to the Noble Earl,) the consultation lasted upwards of an hour, when the following Bulletin was issued : g , Fife-House, March 5. " Lord Liverpool has passed another good night, and is going on in a satisfactory manner." New York Papers to the 9th February have been received. They contain a copy of the Memorial to the Senate and House of Representatives of the merchants and traders of New York, hav ing claims upon France and other European States, for spoliations committed upon their commerce. After commenting on this document, which is stated to be drawn up with great ability, the Editor concludes his arguments by observing :—" Every petty principality of Europe has demanded and received satisfac. tion even from colossal France, while all the Govern ments against which we have similar, and even stronger claims, as if by common consent, presuming, as the Memo rial befoie us truly says, upon the influence of the Ame rican people, towards the rights of the claimants, or upon the weakness of the Government, have met our remonstrances with the most futile excuses, or with cold and silent contempt. Its this to be endured by a nation, which boasts, as we boast, of its power, its resources, a nd its high sense of-national honour ! Can Holl an d and Algiers, and a petty German State, demand, an d re ceive redress from France, and are we to fold our arms, and be shuffled out of our 'rights by one, and treated with silent scorn by tho, other. Let Congress answer. There is no question of the legality and justice of our claims, and we can see no possible reason for further delay, or for tampering any longer ; with England, we cancelled our claims by drawing the sword, but not so with France—on the contrary, she had the full benefit of our 'belligerent attitude. Nothing can be more just than the claims of the memorialists, or more respectful than the language in which they are urged. The Government must either enforce payment of their claims abroad—vindicate their wrongs—or assume and pay their debt themselves." The claims to which the memorial refers, arose in the year