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lion. t 3-lemb , :•i's rt . :pi!tiort, an) 1 . - 0 help l' th i4 erft‘ tr) i '.! ' °in nc le wthe o ' h a i t ingt t o l a ' decision, as to %shadier :t was possible to Pass that resolution con s istently with the law l,.id down in that i statute, and, what was more,consstently with the conpaet p) wh l ic i l e i that statute was intended to record and enforce.— ii ( rm i ea Member— r thought he should have the admission of the .. .his himself that the statute to which t he be hzi re r , eferred stood in o expressed his ells_ The Hon. Member had, approbation of the settlement m o ade at the Union • hut with respect to the state of the law there could he no 'dispute.— The compact which had been made at the Union might be broken ; but until that was done, it become Parliament to act with good f a ith on t h e i r part . Parliament could not, without a violation, which *could lead to the . approh t e . t i i e sio l n fo o n f . t ..,1 -i i o c l u at ) Lo e i r - zs . of ail kinds, concur in the resolution of of i w hich went to put - out of the purview the settlement made at the union the wliole of the property of the Church of Ire land, and to declare that it was a tiring vitlLa•llicl of the lion. i Parliament had a ri g h t to d ea l as it thought tit. The s difficult} Mover' s case was, that it went directly against all that hitherto bad b een considered as established. The church property of Ireland might be compared to a corporate . property, which had been revised and conferred by Actor Parlianiento; gobut the lion. back to a Mover seemed to think that he bad a rtg . Period antecedent to be establishment of a ri ' g rt li t t to the property on the part of the Church, and when it (the p.roi l i . e t rav) remained to be distributed amon a. mankind for the bene i of particular claasea. If the Noise shove agree to the lion. Member's resoluti on, there was nothing to prevent them front seizing upon Property of corporations. Than, again, why was the House to atoP with the tithes of the church ? Why not also possess themselves of the lay tithes ?--4Llear !ii—ln short, the to lea,t. the pro action a ition of th e Hon. Member was so monstrous, 'so likely to the m ost alarming consequences, that it w sure. q u ite impossibl e t h at t h e H ouse cou ld for aianst; he was tnent he- lame at to the course which they should pursue regarding it. , The Hon. Member haul in the course of h's speech remarked that the aesaion had been wasted -in fruitless attempts to carry t i he Catholi c Question Tbe greatest enemy of that que.sts te"A e uuld not have devised -a surer means of procuring I ,f. lat i el i t ( !i tt it s ti e by causal' c ,__ • a resolution denounct ~ g ti he inserted on the Journals 1 n , the spoliation of the Iry wie‘tant church property next . session.—(Hear, hear !)—lt A " dm fear of such a proceeding which originated much of --' °l PPe , .i(ion to the Catholic Claims. (le stems therefore rather Pleased that the lion. Gentleman ha& -afforded the House Oortunity of showing how they would meet any such propo sl°o- Ile was confident that the v f ote r, to wh w ie l h tic n h ,i they were ht he en :oout to come would tranquillize an ( 7 t4 ined on the subject. The R' y ht eA llou. Gentleman con y ctuded by characterizing the motion of the lion. Member . for bettleen as one of the most-barefaced . proritiii l n i :o ti f r i m nju b s e t l i i c e e t. that had ever been submitted to Par 4 ", that to sach a resolution the I l l i o a l l i._ n _ e M i e e i w n e b r e — r would find or he (Mr. ' o ' 4 sti --AnninPir) was much mistaken—in the country. Sir F. BURDETT said that the facts of the Hon. Member M c Aberdeen's speech seemed to have been so stubborn that the Right lion. Secretary:opposite had not cared to meddle with tS ' 4 a- The speech of the Right Hon. Gentlemannan himself was a Esi lare at ail points; for in his first proposition—that fonnded uPon the article of union—he was not at all borne out; that ar title in terms only applied itself to the maintenance of the Pr at , carom religion, while it was the ma i intenance of tithes which put in proof, if he `oe Right lion. Gentleman should 4 ' ea4 t hit argument to tell for any lave i think. ladeen—a gross cheat, h For the union itself, Q body knew what the un.on rail_ `labia piece of corruption,supr mi o t r n t r d y by unprincipled vio nother Parliament ae°o.o—one Parliament selling the c u° 7tag it ---and the wrong upheld, and made good, by the as iatitace of military power. But take the Union Act to have b een a f a i r measure , still it was not a h or of the Persians; and what reason wasw f othe Medea there desirable that it s hould not be revised, if such a course wa s l or the ad antage of the Publ i c ? The Right Honou t r a .. a b b ,le Sect. etat; talked of the sacredness of private property ; b . a "'".. (Sir F. Burdett) had no hesitation to say, that even with it demanded it, ayeta to private property, if the p 1 a course as that of the Hon. Me u n b ib li e e r l f i o en r Aberdeen , w h o . u .n l g d dell warranted. The Hon. Baronet, after contu li t a y that there was, nevertheless, no parity between cases of vate property and church property, I the Pro sat down by declaring id thos e did the greatest mischief to the cause o testant church in Ireland who ave a tatic admission that its 'tat eatigatione was not wh a t i t s h ould be, g eery by resisting demand for ZMr. ThANT opposed the resolution and objected r to_ c t e l n ie . v„apiag legislatiou of the Honourable Member for n .. s uib l e ie d (A ; Ir. 1, 1 ,_11 a Gentleman meddled with so many q 3 1 ,47 . 9 would absolUtely pin his faith upon him n" with ro ;espect to lit' Aldertnan WOOD said, that he had meant to cheer the trai t Mern'oer for Aberdeen's declaration as to his ow . n ee s r i e n i . the wih.olellspweeocthil.d, however, (if he had heard it) have ell u Ibtroulr. li_ecretary for him ti,, ble the ,louse • PEEL said it would be unnecessary . with more than a very few observations, al-ttitsVie thought the lion. Baronet had entirel failed to Putts or thr al)°l " .l °fla of his Riht lion. Friend. 3' In_ other 'Tad to th e pACt of Union besides the Article which had . been , she Cha t h ' ° use, the that . c of Ireh ind ot"-k--- . part which watt fully recognis , a • 1s as Re.Cponstciitulrr'olnof Eresentative p Provided .for the sitting of the Bisaop eers. Baronet sp k Re Wa s surprised to hear the Honourable "1„e71-;_i wi: lo t. n e ; 4 b b ro e haul done of this Act of Union, when . he d by htni oht a Bill into the House whatever 4 et ou t h 'Union Stev er cont u e Y n3 declaring it permanent and fr i a n m vi e olable; so_ pt he might now entertain for the act of su er u . he certainly at that time was satisfied to rest hi l s l m . e t a- Chetßut trana.,,the corner -stone of it permanency and invio hiltY. e Hon as s -a in somewhat singular Pqr, kiew • ember propose., a ui,,a froth that the Bishops should be'— "doub ledP2 the I si o 7: grunt Sir la ri aairdett). He did not mean to say that 1 ih_ wait aronet was going to " double them up" he was would 1 1.;!-:t1;, atoeuxsper._ess(ion which the Honourable Baronet wfu i i.l , ;ll . 2.tt h l is ier li f l o orti Much laughing.) —It was the Honourable . ..elobferdeen who meant to double the Bishops up; 'ere were " doubling up" was a remarkably odd one. t o a_ a .. e twenty-four Bishops in Ireland, and the_ Ho bc ! w r Ole twenty-four thought they ought to be " doubled ull;ut Va °:-.4l4tughter.)—He considered two quite enough ; 'uaß that he had to deal with aprejudiced House, lie con- 'let ' s° tec l oti , _in the excess of his liberality, to double his two uir, that oa_ The Honourable Baronet admitted the principle vate indi •`."urell property was equally sacred with that of private theZlebtuds. But then he declared himself ready to support appii_lleaolutions, which he considered perfectly harmless, as , 4,4 '-'4 tO Private property. Now, had the Honourable Baronet ,„, tiit or heard the resolution ? He thought that with all his lii.)- avea ri h . th e Hon. Baronet had too much consideration for his : Utul e .r r4 °,. °4l Property to consent, that it should com i e s esoitel°o description which would be given to it by _t t h e . Qhu r , 4 ,‘"'n• It began by stating that " the property of that sh e i ala of Ireland is public property." Ile hpprehended , k,hi7, Baronet would not like this description to be applied . t o he tPrivate.property; and if the property of the church was , the H tea ted In the smile manner as private property, which againßaronet admitted, then he called upon hini to vote * t ile st the proposition of the lion. Member for Aberdeen.— th R ight Hon. Gentleman expressed his willingness to enforce heesatrict performance of the duties of the Church by its mem -4 ;j ( ;1 1)1 : t he would never consent to principles which sanctioned violation of its lawful rights and possessions. . ._ . ,i,i,};ritouGliAm said, that both on the principles upon .i te ,; , noth toedwre formed, and in the rules by whicla both were aitei,omed N zttt (41 between private 'property and church property. Prt q hir:PertY Was that sort of property to which an individual, Pre p right, and of that right only, had a t . itle. It was u 1 , ^ b) which could be sold, or given away, or transferred, or lilted ete4—property which the possessor could bequeath as he h ei .or which in default of bequest, by law, descended to his t his 'a it._ ilut hew did the proa2rty ofthe parson at all transfer sorresod with l eave i: cti Ption ? He could neither sell it, nor . it, nor or 10 ,. to whom he pleased; but it passed from him to a successor °I . , ort a il tl l!e_ knew nothing, and who, perhaps, had been his most gtual, ritesLoia lf private i,roper:ty'were taken from an oeh.,.ate robbed not only him, but his children, or next 140640ut if the law said to a clerical incumbent, " The Illat t l. l t his living shall cease after your death, who, in whom clittatgeVolan had any interest, was in the smallest degree ierty v/as th ? Besides, was it not clear that private P lfa i d no d.. at i Uty to - o o oMe for the receipt of which the holder ' . like ata? erf brol ? They Clergy were officers of state, and, th e I ;I'r officers of State, might he got rid of in proportio t n wa a s s enireci,ere no further required. If the church property, as it o r nav was private property, why was not the pay of the l t the lia,seYdersonal in an equal degree? And the practice — th e fact ° l' only at what had been the practice— it , ,_, stood. If the tithe was really privat s e im p w r e Op le e h r o ty:, th e - il l ',O oot be meddled with at all. Now what . w • Prii n iVng as to that ? Why, the tithe of agistment—this was. the u P!°Perty—liad been given up in Ireland at the time of h oe '°o, and it was well known that the Union could no no t t h e 'leel! carried without it. If tithe was private property, caul, , slightest reforin could ever be made in it; for who ti!eolol:ol.tieoovpeer;oframe a scheme which should meet the approba throe: 4 sub clergyman ? And if a single individual was com s mit, the snoliation was as decided as if it extended to ~_g the whole boda. For the act of Union, it ought to be ttltraortie-anot fo r a mouient—to any course in which the public t",asconcerned. In the case of Scotland, the heritable juris recotsi_, ter . which there had been an especial clause made against thatrep kteraion......being found to be pernicious, had subsequently t hat,d o ea led• The Hon. and Learned Member after observing, al waya 1 :1 to the day of Richard if. the tithes in every parish had hath cen hoedhOrd with the m aintenance of the poor, and 0 knew of law - which relieved the clergy from that ' charg, , •• Asit of lqiizah,-_,-wl)ich 5 i 1 not extend to Ireland, concluded by recommend g his Ifon. Friend (Mr. Home) to wave the first resolution, and to to k:: the sense of the IlouSe upon the second. Mr...Sericant ONSLOW opposed the resolutions. Mr. HUM?: replied, and said that his arguments had been ridiculed, hut not answered. The first resolution was then put, and negatived without a division. On the second, the House divided, and the numbers were— For the Regolution, 37 Agaillst it, lt. - !ti I Majority 39. Mr. MONCK withdrew his Bill respecting the wages of labourers till next session. The Customs' Regulation Bill went through a Committee. The second reading of the Bubble Act was postponed till Thursday next. On the Order of the Day being read for the third reading of the Shooting and .Sabbing (Scotland) Bill, Mr. H. (; 0 lIDON objected to the bringing , on, at so late an hour of the night, a bill of so much importance. Indeed, it so . happened that business of very great inte r est was rarely brought before the House until a very late hour. The CHANCELLOR of the EX6I EWER said, that as the private business was now very nearly of through, he thought that in future business of a public nature might be commenccd at half-past four in the afternoon.—The third reading of the Bill was then postponed. The House adjourntd at TEN 1 . 4114 t7TEs BEFORE ONE OCLOCK. - - - PAILLIAAWNTMIN PROCEEI)INGS. HOUSE OF CO3I:' , IONS. Maths, 1.4' die And, 18(25. :iIESSAGE from the Loons—That they have agreed to— Leasing-making (Scotland) Bill ; Small Debts (Scotland) Bill ; A neholme Drainage Bill ; Doncaster and Thorne Roads Bill ; Dundee, and Godahning Improvement Bills ; Felhrigg ( Norfolk) Inclosure Bill ; Liskeard and Looc Canal Bill ; and Oldham Waterworks and Gas Bill, without amendment. COMPANIES—ImperiaI Mining ( Ire-) land), and London Portable Gas CANAL— Western Ship Bills read a third time. TRIAL or PEERs (Scotland) and passed. CONVEYANCE OF NEWSPAPERS TO Trir Cor.oNms ESTATES—Archbishop of Canterbury's, and Markham's— Bills read a second time, and committed. PRISON Laws ( Ireland) DlLL—Petition from Physicians, &c. of Glasgow, against—to lie on the table. DIST' LLERY BlLL—Petitions of W. S. Wilson, and Corn Distillers of England, against—to lie on the table. FoREIC,N Tial HER—Petition from Boston, against an increase of the Duties on Deals from 12 to 16 foot long—to lie on the table. EXCISE STAMP DUTIES—BiII to transfer certain Excise Du ties from the Commissioners of Excisz; to the Commissioners of Stamps, ordered. COURTS OF JUSTICE OfFicEs Bills read a second time. GLASS DUTIES SALCEY FOREST Brt,L—lnstruction to the Committee to make additional provision. llotTsu OF COMMONS TAXATION OF COSTS—BiII "to esta blish a Taxation of Costs on Private Bills in the House of Commons, and to prohibit the sale of certain offices under the Serjeant-at-Arms," read a first tune, to be read a second time on Thursday next, and to be printed. LINEN TRADE ( Ireland)--_Bill read a first time, to be read a second time on Thursday next, and to be printed. PUBLIC ROADS " to provide for the repair ing, maintaining, and,keeping in repair, certain Roads and Bridges in Ireland," read a first time, to be read a second time on Friday next, and to be printed. NOTICE OF MOTION FOR THIS DA Y. Mr. Bankes—Select Conunitteee on the progress of the Journal Index. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Supply—Committee. 2. Ways and .Means—Committee. 3. Customs Management Bill—Report. 4. Navigation Laws Bill—Report. 5. Customs Regulation EilL—Report. 6. Holyhead Roads (Advance of Money!--Report thereupon. 7. Silver Coin for Ireland—Report thereupon. 8. Stamp Duties Act—Report thereupon. 9. St. Mary-le-hone Rectories Bill—Second reading. NOTICES (3 IVEN YESTERDAY. Friday, June 17. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—To insert Appropriation Clause, in Committee on Surplus of Grants Bill. Monday, June 20. Mr. Martin (of Galway)—Select Committee, to inquire whe ther the practice of Bear-baiting, and other cruel *ports, has a mischievous effect on the morals of the-people. PRIVATE BILL. Second 'trading. fhr This Day. Leitch' s Estate. LONDON BRIDGE. GRAND CEREMONY of LAYING the FOUNDATION STONE of NEW LONDON BRIDGE. The above Grand Masonic Ceremony, which was appointed to take place this day at two o'clock by his Royal Highness the Duke of Yonx, the Archbishop of Can terbury, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &c. &c. excited the most considerable interest. At an early hour crowds of per sons flocked from various parts of the town, and took their stations on the banks of the river and the various wharfs, whilst the water was covered with boats containing fashionable company, and the tops of the houses adjacent to the bridge were covered with elegantly dressed Ladies, and on the whole the spectacle was of the most exhilirating and interesting appear ance. Bands of music were stationed in various parts of the River, and continued playing during the morning, which added very much to the interest of the scene_ By order of the Lord Mayor, the passage on the old bridge was stopped, but every facility was afforded to the public, who had free egress and ingress over Southwark bridge free of toll during the ceremony. Barriers were accordingly placed at each side t: the bridge, and an immense number of city and other officers attended to keep off the anxious crowd, and to arrange the carriages which stationed themselves near the sot, some of them were most spendid equipages, and contained elegant company. The spot fixed on for the stone to be laid was near the Southwark side, sound which seats were erected and covered with green and red cloth, with an immense awning over it to keep off the heat of the sun, which shone most powerfully. The Aldermen and Liverymen of the various Wards marched in procession, together with the Charity Children, who were of the most healthy and clean ap pearance, to this erection, where the children were arranged in proper order before the arrival of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, &c., which formed a gratifying picture. The Stone was attached to a chain, which would be raised through the medium of a crane, when the inscription plate, with the various current coins of th e realm, were to be placed under it with the usual forms. The City Marshals had a numerous body of officers under their attention, and great credit ix due for their proper regulations. The Mansion House was closed during the day, and the business was transacted at Guildball.—The crowd was unmensely great when we left the spot. LAW INTELLIGENCE• COURT OF CIIANCERY—(This DAY.) JUDGMENT—THE LANCET. The Soracrrort-GENERAL resumed, his argu ment, on the part of Mr. Abernethy, against the Publishers of the Lan:yr to restrain them from publishing that Gentle man's Medical Lectures, and contended, at very great length, that it was by no means a legal question to suppose, that any student should take notes of these lectures for the purposes of publication. If such were t h e opinion of that Court, no Lec turer or Professor could give his lectures, unless indeed under the impression of being plundered of his own copyright. The Learned Counsel enforced a variety of points upon this posi tion, and cited the cases of Lord Carrington, Mr. Pope's Let ters, and the cases of Miller and Taylor, where publishers had been restrained from publishing on, he conceived, precisely the same grounds. The Lour) CHANCELLOR, in commencing his judgement in the case, took a review of the arguments on each side, ob serving it was not merely the question whether the defendant should be restrained, but whether as a matter of equity it would b e expedient to advance a point under such circumstances, as he conceived there being no copyright proved, he could not gra nt an injunction on the ground o f li terary property, the l ec t u res being delivered and taken by the defendant or pupils in short hand- and then given by the m to the world. Ills Lordship staled the law of equity as regard e d copyr i ght, breach of contract, and his opinion of the bear . ' igs of the case i n another Court., and observed, as the c ase was one of infiniteimportance 3 he houig FakeWWl Friday to g i ve hi s j udgment upon it finally. 1ig1147, StTN. SOLE)! QUIS DICEfII F.41..517,1 .411DEAT ? LONDON. IVEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1825. The French Papers of Sunday, which arrived last night, contain no confirmation of the reported victory of the Greeks over the Egyptian fleet, nor any news worth extracting. The Official Gazette of Madrid, May 30, states, that his M. EsTY, out of friendship for the. King of FRANCE and the union between the two nations, ordered Madrid to he illuminated yesterday evening, in honour of . the Coronation, and that the hells of all the churches should be rung. .oappily, as the fete of St. FERDIN AND and the Kixilrls birth-clay are to day, we have an uninterrupted series of re joicings. The Duke of NOIZTIIUM BERLAND'S fete will he on Wednesday. The DAUPHIN and the DA UPUIN rss, and the Duchess of Bratty, will honour it with their presence. Mr. LITTLETort last night presented a petition from the Artisans of the town and county of Nottingham to the House of Commons, praying that the Muse would not repeal the laws against the Exportation of Machinery. Under existing circumstances the expediency or non-expediency Of this repeal, either in whole or in - part, is a question of the greatest importance. It in volves the. interests of the manufactories of the country, and the consideration as to how far it is possible to execute and enforce such a law ; a difficulty that is obviously increased in case it shall be deemed advisable to permit a partial exportation. That the ex traordinary prosperity of this country is mainly derived front the manufactures, no one can doubt, and that the gr , at demand abroad for British manufactured goods, is attributable to their cheapness, a quality they attain by the use of machinery is equall y ,clear; but it m ay perhaps be questioned whethe r (laying cheapness aside), foreigners would not • b e abl e to bring some branches of their manufactures to as high state of perfection, without the aid of machinery as the British do with it, and if they could, upon that ground they might enter into com petition with our merchants. But, taking it for g granted that at prese n t they cann o t, yet h ow fun will England be able to hold this exclusive per fection to herself ? Ts there any thing in nature that throws an insurmountable objection in the way of the foreigner attaining by practice and ex perience a similar perfection ? if not, it is clear that unless England goes on suggesting and adopting further improvements in th e art of ma nufacturing, the foreigner will soon reach her, and thus be placed upon an equality with her. Now the only object of prohibiting the exportation of machinery is to prevent the foreigner from com peting with us in the Foreign Mark ets , i f, there- fore, it was possible to restrain all exportation of machinery, and also to confine inventions and dis coveries solely to this highly-favoured island there is no queStion but that such a law would be both wise and expedient, notwithstanding that it would deprive us of another branch of trade and manufacturing, viz. machine makin g . B ut look ing at the question according to the fact, that such a law could not be enforced m every case , , and that inventions and discoveries are ma d e and protected in foreign countries, what is t h e effect ? Why, that we have driven our own artisans to lucrativetrade b y stealth as it were under the fear of heavy pen a l t i es, and carry and o is a Very yet foreign countries not only get machines con structed in England on the Most appr ove d prin.: ciples, but have inventions of their own to boot,. both conspiring to defeat the very object of our prohibition ; so that whilst the law operates to depress the exertions of national industry, it makes no visible impression on the state of the foreign manufacturers. If there is any mann facture in the British Islands, in which we eminently excel, in which, indeed, we stand unrivalled, and far before all the rest of the world, it is in hardware and machine making; the very manufactory it is thus sought to de press and confine to the limited demand that may exist at home. It would be very easy to enlarge on this most interesting. subject, but want of room obliges us to be brief, and we conclude with this observation,—that time best way to en sure superiority and cheapness to British made goods is to keep down the price of labour to the level, or nearly so, of other countries; and that can only be done, in justice to our own country men, by keeping down the price of corn. We are happy to see that we may expect the Report of the Committee on Combinations in a day or two at most ; anti that a Bill is soon to be brought in on the subject. This, like the exporta tioi► of machinery, is a question of the highest importance, nearly connected with the most vital interests of our manufacturing system, and yet presenting difficulties to legislative interference of no ordinary nature. A reenactment of the ancient laws arc, for many reasons nut desirable, but we see no objection to the restoration of the ancient Cowmen 1,3 w. We shall defer our re marks until the. Bill is before the House. Want of room obliges us to defer an article on the subject of the Scotch Jury Courts, and the LORD ADVOCATE, who is, however, no advocate —for the introduction of this highly beneficial measure into Scotland. The article arises out of proceedings in Parliament so long ago as the 30tli of May ; but ne trust the importance of the subject, and the fact, that the circumstance we complain of did not come to our knowledge until yesterday, will be deemed sufficient reason for the delay. We propose to take it up to-morrow. INovEtc, JUNE B.—Royal Ordinances of the ! 2d of this month, by the advice and concurrence of the States of the Kingdom, ordain :__. 1. The collectin:r of the land-tax on the same footing as hitherto for the year 1025.6. 2. An additional import duty on foreign articles. 3. The levying of a tax on ornamented rooms for the year 1325-6. This last new tax, which is 8 good groschen for each room, is to cover the extraordinary deficiency in the amount of the taxes which must be expected in the inundated provinces. The increa"e of the import duties is thought necessary for the inte rest of the. National Manufactures, &c. The prokent land tax is continued, because the new regula tions, by which it is expected that the tax will be imposed in a mere equitable manner, cannot yet be carried into effect.. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. .11.4.3ruuRcir, JUNE 10.-35, 2 Us. 35 A. PETERSBURGII, MAY 27.-10. 1-16. VIENNA, .JUNE I.—Three Months, 9. 35. LEIPSIG, JUN E 6.—Three Months, 6.124. J UNE 7.—Three Months, 6. 19}. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 4.—A new Decree rela tive to the law of Bills of Exchange has been published here, which abolishes all the preceding regulations in those matters. It appears from official accounts that the sum of 208,643 rix , dollars is the amount of the charitable donations for the suf ferers by the inundations in Jutland and the Duchies. OERLIN, .JUNE 7. The celebrated - Poet, CHARLES WILLIAM JALICE CONTESSA, died on the 2tl of this month, of a consumption, in the 48th year of his age. Sr. PETF.RiBURGH, MAY . --Her Imperial Highness the Princess of OFANOE has purchastd the rich col lection of Minerals of our Mining corps, for 22,000 rubles.---. His Majesty the EMPEROR. is expected in the middle of next month. Ile was at Warsaw on the 28th of May. Captain KOTZEBUE, after contending with terrible storms in the South Sea, arrived on the 29th of June last year, at St. Peter and St: Paul's harbour, in Kamtschatka, whence h e sa il e d, on t h e I st A ugus t, f or Silka. Mr. DItAFFEN, the King's Messenger, .was sent ofron.Sunday night from the Colonial Office, with dispatches for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian I slands. We are . happy to learn from Elsinore that Sir WILLIAM CURTrs passed through the Sound for St. Peters burgh in his yacht on the 29th May. The yacht of Loyd WII.LOUGIIRY Di Baoxr wai in company. They sailed from Gravesend on the 24th May. The limitation of the subscription at Liverpool for a piece of plate to be presented to Mr. Husxissos, having been removed, a further subscription is going on. Several in dividuals andassociations have put down 10U guineas each, and the amount subscribed exceeds 2,8701. TUE THEATRE.-The new piece of The Devil and Dr. Faustus was folloWed last night at Drury-lane Theatre, sby a new Melo-drama entitled The Recluse. It is a translation of a French drama which was so popular in Paris as naturally to excite a hope, that it would be equally successful on the London Stage. The plot consists of the discovery of a murder, and the union of two lovers who had been separated from each other by mysterious appearances.-- fIoRNE, HARLEY, Miss PovEY, and Miss GRAnDox exerted their several talents with zeal, but the piece did not make a favourable hnpres sion on the audience. In fact, strong symptoms of disapprohation appeared, and though it may be repeated, it is not likely to experience a more prosperous fate. The demand in France for English riding horses is increasing in a most unprecedented manner. For two months past, there have been daily arrivals at a restaurateur's, in th e H ay _ market, of French horse-dealers who have come hither for the express purpose of purchasing riding and cabriolet horses. It is said that JOSEPII Esq. 111,P. in. tends offering himself as a candidate, at the ensuing election, for the representation of the town and port of Dover ; but (ete. 1 nET a pro bablyde- cided the Freemen of that ancient town will not r e t urn a Mem ber who has uniformly supported the cause of th e R oman Ca tholics. At the ensuing general election, we t rust t h at the people, wherever they have an opportunity, will mazket cided stand against those candidates who would consent to, or support a measure that. ;ntiw days si nce a s 9 directly tends to en d anger, if not de stroy, 7r BY f . thunder storm passed over Sudbury, in Suffolk. The light ning struck a young man, named DIxEY, who was carrying a hoe upon his shoulder, and passed down through one side of him, to his shoe, which had nails in it, and was torn from his foot. He was killed on the spot. It will be seen by the Recorder's Report that . Probert is ordered for execution on Monday next. It is said that when the awful tidings Were com municated to him by the Ordinary of - NT ewgate, he discovered much surprise and anguish of mind, as he had fondly cherished a hope that his life would be spared. He immediately sat down to write letters to his wife and aged mother, inform ing then) of his melancholy .fate. ICE OF STOCK?, hoick per ( t•nt. Ited. 9t.) 4 3 per tent. Cons. 3.4 per Gent. than lied. 974 4 per ( :rut., New Bank Long Ann. 1 15-16ths India :itock Ditto Bond, 34 55 pin. South Sea Stock PRICES 01 , 1 , 0 IZEIGN Fl Austrian MN, 5 per et. 934 Brazilian lids 1825-1 1 dis Buenos Ayres ltds iftls, 6 per et ..... Colonti , ittn 1W:4,6 per CCM. Do. do. 1824 percent. Do. scrip (;revl; 13ds Do. Scrip, 1825 ... Alcsican Bds Do. Scrip 1825 ... di Neapolitan, 3 per cent: .9 —2 A t)a Y AT ONE () - CLOCLi- Old Amin:ties New Ditto Ex. Bills 10301. 1 j;(1. 35 40 Ditto 500/. 14d Ditto Small ... 1 Ail. _33 41 Ditto Commerci - 111. Dank for Act. .... India for Acct..... 'Oll4. fur Opening. fl N N I, S, AT (!NY_ oCLOCK Neapoll tall SCrip Peruvian Bondi Do. scrip Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per ct. •Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per Ct 95 Spanish 1132:, 5 per ct. ,2.3 i 4i ...It~l 19 French Ilen:es, 5 p,n. cent MI ----- Exchange ... 25f. 10c. .71 per cent. ------ Exchange POICF.3 OF SIIAULS AT ONt: O'CLOCK Anglo-Mexican Mining Company A nglo-Chilian Mining Company / Arigna iron and Coal Mining Company .. 13, 13 Brazilian Mining Company Chilian Mining Company 13 Colombian Mining Company Cobalt and Copper Mining Company Is • • 8 General Mining Association ...... . Pasco Peruvian Mining (7ompany Potosi Ltt Paz and Peruvian Mining Association ... It)? 1.1 Royal Irish Mining Company d . New United Mexic a n- Mining Company , BB . Welch Iron anti Coal Alining company 11%; Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company Ditto, Marine Depa rt m ent t; i Li Continental Gas Comp an y British Iron Company 7i 7 British lock and Patent Salt Company ! lii ' Egyptian Company 81 9 I..quitable Loan Bank Company Ilontiont Company 42 Imperial Plate Glass Company London Brick Company • 2i Metropolitan Ald erney D a i ry Company 5 i Provincial Bank of Ireland 71 • Patent t , team Canal Co wl p any 1-1 2 West India Company . 3l Per .S'lo7re. 114 115 VOLIE/GS 1%111/.5. ARRIVED. Dun. Guernsey end Jersey - I 0 I lantburgh - - - I 0 Clottenburgh - 0 1 11I(in WATER AT LOSI)ON mirDuE To_mort ROW. Morning, 51; minutes after 1. 1 Evening, 22 minutes after 2. TILE 'KING'S COLT:I7. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, his Ma.FaTY held a Court at his Palace in Pall , Ptiall, which was attended, by the Lord' Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury . , ,the - Secretary or State for the home Department, the MaSter-• General of th e Ordnance, the President of the Board . of nide; the President of the Board of Controtil, the Chancellor of the Duchy of-Lan caster, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward'of the fioiteie hold, the Comptroller of the Household, the Treasurer of the Household, the Lord Chief Justice of. the - Court of King's Bench, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Recorder of London, the Earl of Plymouth.—Lord Stowell, as Judge of the Admiralty Court, reported to his :Majesty the cases of 'lasting, and Alanburgh, who had been capitally convicted at the Admiralty Sessions, when the King was graciously pleased to remit the capital part of the punishment, and to command that they be 'transported for their natural lives beyond the seas,. to such places as by the advice of his Majesty's most Honour.. able Privy Council they shall appoint.--The Earl'of Plymouth had an audience of his Alajestv to deliver the insignia of the Order of the Bath worn by the late Earl of Whitworth. His Majesty's held a Privy Council, at which Mr. Buller attended as Clerk. Air. Secretary Peel officiated as the Lord President of the Council in the absence of the Earl of ilatrowhy. At the conclusion of the Privy Council, the Recorder of Londoo was admitted into the presence of the King in Council, and made his report of the convicts capitally convicted at the Justice Hall in the Old Bailey, at the April and May Sessions. His Ma jesty gave audiences to the Earl of Liverpool, Mr. - Secretary Peel, the Duke of Wellington,. Alr. Wynn, atid•thc Duke of Montrose. ..Viscolint Lake was the 11.ord in Waiting. The: Court broke up a little before fire o'clock. ' DUKE 'OP YORK'S LEVEF..-Yesterday after noon, at half-past four o'clock, the Duke of YORK held 3 Levee as Commander-in-Chief, at his Office in se the Horse Guards, which was a ttend e d by Vi scount Forbes, Lord Saltoun, Lord Hotham, Sir John Tylden, Sir Richard. Church —Gene rah', Sir W. P. Galloway, Maitland, and Gaseoyne—Lieute nant-Generals. Sir W. Houstown, Sir W. li. Grant, Sir P. K. Skinner, Sir Charles Wall, Sir Th omas Hi s l op , Fuller, Dar_ ling, Peachy. Bayly—Major-Generals, Woodford, Taylor, Harris, Sir George Bingham, Lord Charles ? , tanners, Sir it Vivian, Barns, and about sixty other Military Officers. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, from Worth ing ; Lady Bloomfield, from the Stud Ilouse, Kingston ; Capt. Mylne, at Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from India ; Francis Walker, Esq. at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn- s t r eet, f ront Paris; the Dowager Countess of Tankervillc and Lady Mary Bennet, at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street, from Wal. ton on Thames ; William Scott, Esq, at ditto, from his seat, Abingdon Hall, Cambridgeshire. DEPART CRZB.—Countess De Grey, for her scat, Putney Heath ; Mrs. (Cutts, for Worthing ; Joshua Walker, Esy. M.P. Mrs. Walker, Miss Holford, and Miss Walker, for twain ington ; Captain and Mrs. Sherwin, from the Brunswick . House Hotel, for the Continent ; W. Campbell, Esq. from ditto, foc Cheltenham ; Sir IV. Wraxall, from Hatehett's Hotel, Dover street, for Spring Cottage, near Cheltenham. FASIIIO.NABLE PARTIES. General Sir B. 'l'arletun entertained his Royal Iligitnvs the Duke of York and a large party of distinguished personage# to dinner yesterday, in Grosvenor-place. Grand dinners were also given yesterday by the Duk,-r of Rutland, Earl of Aberdeen, and Sir George Warrender, at.tbetr respective residences. Alderman and Mrs. Magnay entertained at dinner yesterday, at their house, East Bill, Su rre y, t h e L or d Mayor and L a d y Mayoress, the Dowager Viscountess of Galway, the [lon. Lady Smith, the lion. General Bligh, General Sir John Doyle, and select party of friends. The Duchess of Gloucester risked the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge walked out with his son, Prima George, yesterday. ..‘ • „• , 11 ( , ' aist k r! TE ‘gk' THE ARMY. Yesterday morning the Duke of York, accompanied by hi 4 Royal Brother, the Duke of Cambridge, inspected the thief battalion of the First Regiment of the Guards in Ilyde Park. Commissions in the Shrewsbury Regiment of Yeomanry. Cornet Walter Burley to be Lieutenant, vice Kynaston, re signed ; _Francis Harries, Gent., to be Cornet, vi c e Burl e y. promoted. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, Jvwt 14.—Wind N.E. blowing fresh.—Arrived and remain, the Fortune, Sharp, from Gibraltar; Lady Mack. worth, , from Honduras ; Retrieve, Steel, from Cadiz; Charles, Butcher, from the South Se as; E ag l e, Ton kin, from St. Domingo. A ship from Jamaica, with the signal T. B. 0., and several other vessels, but. blowing so fresh, wa have had no communication. Passed through from the River. the Mercy, Beuzley, for Barbadoes; and Hope, Sweet, for St . Uhea. PORTSMOUTH, Ju E.N.E.--Arrived the Orient, White, from the Downs, repaired her rudder, and pro ceeded for China. COWES, JUNE 14.--Arrived the Brothers, Motley, tient London, to take on board 380 sheep for New South Wales. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 13.—Wind variable.—Sailed the 14. rd Nelson, Wilson, for Fayal; and Susan, Corbyn, for Halifax. FALMOUTII JUNE la-Wind variable.--Arrived t h e Auriga, Walfo rd, from London, for Valparaiso. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 13.—Wind N.—Arrived the &thane, Thomas, and Aurora, Tubman, from New York, sailed the 22d ult.; Amo, , from the Mediterranean; America, Pray, from New Orleans. Off the Port, the Duke of Welling ton, Watson, from St. John's, N. B. Off Portsmouth, the Lord Cranstoune i from janlaiea. In the Downs the John Charles, from Trinidad de Cub:.. CORN EXCHANGE, JUNE 1.5'. 'The arrival of all sorts of Corn this week is tolerably good, and of Flour it is abundant. Prime Wheat obtains Monday's terms; other sorts are very dull. Barley for malting is unsale able ; other kinds are rather dearer. Beans and Peas are ism altered. Oats are plentiful, and the trade hardly so good as Monday. A RRlVALB.—English Wheat, 2,6oo—Barley, ltk—eats, B,6oo—Flour, 8,000 sacks--Irish Oats, 3,000. ~ltannyi l, R A : b i. co t ua o tm o tsi ' i cl r ock a G , cco f rt r m o A m p l a i n A t i h e m e d ( b 4 a y a S r e h d e i e s n n s i w i‘ i . of el the l.a anti Y ci ll ' ' I., , ; t t i r. e i r ri Beckett, in the presence of an immense multitude. The Ladies were both seated in the car, and Mr. Graham stood up in the e e Nv n .e—n Town, il° middle. The balloon took a westerly direction, and in about an hour descended at Feltham, three or four miles beyond noun_ slow. The aerial travellers returned to town at half-past twelve o'clock. MUNGO PARK.—We had lately to annolnce the return of Lieutenant CLAPPERTON, after successfully ex ploring those wilds, which have been the grave of so mor,y of our heroic countrymen. We now understand, that besides di-• covering walled towns, in places heretofore supposed to be soli tary deserts, peopled with inhabitants who were in the con stant habit of using articles furnished by the manufacturing industry of this country, he had the good fortune to Cisco ver the Journal, or part of the Journal, kept by Mungo Park when he last attempted to discover the source of the Niger. How this treasure was obtained we have not heard ; but, is we are correctly informed, the MS. has been preserved with care. probably by those who were ignorant of its true value, and who, it is to be feared, prevented the author from brinving.it to that conclusion which he contemplated, and which science desired. Yesterday eveniug,a young woman in Harrow-. road, Paddington, who had the care of two children, nhe , of whom was in her arms, seeing the other, a little girl three years of age, in some danger, ran, in order to protect the child, but was too late ; a loose horse passing by 'at the moment, threw out and struck the infant with such foam as to move it several feet distance, and then set off at full speed into a field adjoining the canal. On taking up the child it was discovered that one of the eyes was driven out of the head; in this shocking state the little sufferer was taken to Mr. Campbell's, surgeon, Edgewere-road, who gale but little hopes of its recovery.