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What retrenehmer.tte Alley meant to make. He should, however, resgr':e to 'himself the right, next year, to oppose any ibeln ot expenditure which, after the labours of the fi nance committee had been completed, he might deem im proper. Tip: &Lila& then left the Chair, and the House resol- Ved itself into a committee on the IRISH MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. Mr. W. LAMB moved, that a t urn not exceeding 18,5001. be voted for the Protestant charter schools in Ireland for the year 1827. Mr. HUME, in making a few observations on this item, had no other object in view but that of reducing the national expenditures It was quite impossible that this country could go on while such immense establishments were kept UP ? in Ireland and elsewhere. He regretted much that the f aiancellor of the Exchequer, as there was time sufftn;.ent for the purpose, had not referred those estimates to a Committee up stairs. This would, at least, have !.down a disposition fur retrenchment. He did not wish to press any opposition to the motion at the present mo ment, because he thought it only fair that Ministers should be allowed to look round them. Sir J. NEWPORT was bf opinion that the constitution and management of these schools required revision. The Hon. Member then adverted to the Linen Board, the con stitution of whisl, he hoped would be altered. He should, perhaps, be illowed to state, that in changing his side of the linn:ie he had not abandoned one principle which he 12 0.'sormeriy supported.—(Hear.)—He supported the pre sent Administration, because a large portion of those who composed it held those opinions which he had long enter tained.....(Hear.)—He gave them his assistance freely, be eall:Se they weis opposed ni men who were all their lives inimical to the bceat object of Catholic Emancipation.— (Hear.) Mr. S. RICE observed, that nothing could be more un candid than to discuss miontely the present estimates, prepared, as they had been, bef'ore his Right Hon. Fri , . ad (Mr. Lamb) came into power. With respect to the pre sent vote, he did not mean to cppose it ; but he hoped next year that it would be considerably reduced. He again begged to ask his Right Hon. Friend whether it was his intention to adopt any measure, or to take any course, founded on the reports of the Committee of Inquiry, during the piesent realign? Lord MILTCN did not mean to oppose the estimates, because they were not the work of the present Adminis- trlaition, and that body was not, therefore, responsible for them. There were, however, parts of them which he did not approve of, although they had long been the objects of particular favour. A Government, in his opinion, had no business with charity : it belonged exclusively to indi viduals. In his opinion, the who;c of the money be- , stowed on this vote was mis-spent. He trusted that the whole of these grants would undergo a thorough revision and that next year they would be laid before the House in a reduced state. Mr. MABERLY should not oppose any estimate laid before the House ttis session, because he thought it but fair to leave Minist -ers to themselves, and not to embarrass them by new sur,gestions at this moment. But next year, if he found himself disappointed in what he expected, he hoped they would not accuse him of inconsistency if he refused then' his support. Mr. G. DAWSON said, the Noble Lord had observed, that the Government ought not to have any thing to do with charity. That might be very true with respect to this country, but it ssas not so with reference to Ireland. What , vas the great cause of the misery of Ireland ? What was the cause of the extensive system of absenteeship 2 It was the attraction of living in this country which operated most powerfully. Now if those persons, absentees from Ire land, were indifferent about assisting the charitable institu tions of that country, he thought it but fair that the country which derived the benefit of their absenteeship should sup ply the deficiency thus created. He wished this branch of expenditure to be discussed in a committee, where it might be considered with much more coolness and temper than it could he in the House ; and when that inquiry took place, be was sure that gentlemen would find that an increase, rather than a diminution of the grant for Irish charitable institutions, ought to be sanctioned. Mr. CROK.Ert begged leave to remind the House, whilst Cis subject Was under discussion, that there were no poor laws in Ireland ; that there was, in that country, no mode of reanedying those extremes of misery which the poor laws remedied ners, beyond the activity of those charitable institutions which the Government supported. When this subject-came before a Committee, he trusted that it would be considered on great general principles, and not with a view to individual feeling or to individual caprice. He hoped the day was not fas ilisoint when some plan would be devised for preventing he greatest evil under which Ireland laboured—the evil or pauperism. Gentlemen might talk of educstiou and of Catholic emancipation as the most important subjects that affected the welfare of Ireland : but he would say, that the extinction of pauperism was of more - importance than the extension of the one or the granting of the ce.her. Until the Legislature took some means to give the people of Ireland food and raiment, all other ,measures would be unavailing, either for tranquillizing or civilizing Ireland. Mr. C. GRANT did not know what the opinion of his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. W. Lamb) was on this subject, or whether he had made up his mind as to the course he ultimately meant to pursue, but he was persuaded that the subject would meet with all the attention which its im portance deserved. The Noble Lord (Milton) had argued that a Government ought not to be charitable. It ought not to be indiscriminately so. No doubt could however exist, but that it was bound to give charity, when that charity, going through proper channels, was beneficial to the State. There were, he admitted, in those estimates, some items which were objectionable, in point of principle, still he felt the difficulty of dealing with those subjects in detail, even where the principle was wrong. Some of the institutions which were annually provided for were alike condemned by all parties, both in principle and practice. The principles on which they were founded were false and hollow, and the practice, with few exceptions, was cor rupt and pernicious. He, however, looked forward to an amelioration of the whole system ; for he was sure that an assembly, constituted as that House was, must, more and more, fed tiecnly interested with the importance of all sub jects connected with the welfare of Ireland.—(Hear.) — Mr. GOULBURN stated, that the present were the lowest estimates ever presented to the House. He thought that any Gentleman who would take the trouble of con trasting the estimates of former years with those of the present year, would see that there was no ground for charging the Government of Ireland either with extrava gance or with a want of due consideration for the situa tion of the country. When be first became connected with the Irish Government about five years ago, he had an objection to these grants upon principle. He therefore de termined to examine very closely into the propriety of them when he went over to Ireland ; and he now informed the House, that ais examination cone ;;iced him, that con sidering the peeuliar circumstances of Ireland, they were quite indispensable. They bad been of the greatest ser vice in conciliating the feelings of the lower orders in Ire land to the Government of this country. Mr. C. GRANT, in explanation, said it was far f:oni his wish and intention to throw, by the observations he made, any reflection on the Right Hon. Gentleman, or the Government of Ireland. Mr. GOULBURN said that he did understand the Right Honourable Gentleman to say that the grants lately were marked by peculiar extravagance. Mr. MO', CK was convinced that Ireland as a country would never be comparable to England, until provided with a system, if not entirely similar, at least something like to our poor laws. He wished these institutions to be supported, but not at the expence of England. Mr. BARING was of opinion that it would be injuri ous to refuse the present grants. Mr. 31. FITZGERALD protested against the sweeping censure applied to these grants. Mr. J. GRATTAN contended that the House was hound by the act of Union to continue the grants to these Institutions. Mr. HUME said, that though he hall no disposition to break faith with the Irish people, he must still remind the House, that the bargain which we had made with them at the time of the Union, was only to continue the grants to their charitable institutions for the first 20 years from that time. That period had now expired, and the bargain had been fulfilled to the letter. Sir J. NEWPORT rose to caution his Right Hon. Friend, the Secretary fur Ireland, against the practice of making prospective engagements for these institutions, and of subsequently calling upon Parliament to sanction them, because they had been made. Mr. W. LAMB thanked the Committee for the forbear. ance hitherto shown bim. He had submitted the present estimates to the Committee, as they had been originally framed, because be had not had time, since his accession to office, to make any inquiry into their propriety. As to a ny reduction of them in a future year, he would not at present give any pledge. In answer to the Noble Mem ber for Limerick, who had asked him what the Govern ment intended to do with regard to the reports which had been received from the Commissioners of Education, he could merely say, that he believed that it was the inten tion of Government to have them speedily taken into con sideration. He would not pledge himself as to the mode in which it would be done, though he thought that the mode which the Hon. Gentleman had suggested would perhaps be found most prudent. After a few words from Mr. Huns and Mr. Goon ittax, the resolution was carried. The next grant was 9,0001. for the Association for Dia countenancing Vice. Mr. HUME.—This is the largest g rant which has been proposed for this institution since its f ormation. So much for the vaunted economy of Government ! Here is a sum of 2,4001. proposed for bibles and prayer books in one year.—(Hear.) The grant was agreed to. On the proposal of the grant of 34,000/. for the Found ling Hospital in Dublin, Mr. G. DAWSON rose to observe, that this institution had cost the country 984,449/. since. the Union ; and it .was worth while to consider the purpose for which it had been expended. It was expended for nn other purpose than the maintenance of the children which were sent to it, not only from all parts of Ireland, but alsts from the western parts of England and Wales. He knew that there had been latge importations of children from Wales into Ire land, in order that they might be nourished at the public expense in this institution. From June, 1796, to June, 1826. the children admitted into this institution were about 52,150. The Committee would be surprised to hear that out of this number 14,613 had died in the hospital ; 25,859 had been returned dead from the places to which they had been sent for nourishment in the country ; 730 had died after they had returned from the nurses ; and 322 had died when they were grown children t so that the number of deaths out of these 52,000 children, was 41,529. If an institu tion which had produced such results were allowed to con tinue in existence, what institution could the House ever pretend to put down hereafter?—(Hear)—He understood that there was a I-ranch of this hospital established at Limerick, and that it was conducted upon principles ex actly the same as those which were pursued in the estab lishment of Dublin. He was informed that in the last year 70 children had been admitted into it, and that out of that number no less than 41 had died. This statement pre sented something so appalling to his mind, that he could not allow the system to proceed any longer without soma examination. 'Great evil must arise from the continuance of it ; and he was glad to say, that that result was so ap parent, that Parliament had interfere,! to put a check to it. He had prepared a Bill to assimilate the law of Ireland to that of England for the maintenance of infant children ; and he was willing to communicate it to the Honourable Secretary for Ireland for his approval. As the law at pre sent stood, it was an encouragement to infanticide : it was therefore incumbent on the House to find out some remedy by which the waste of human life could be spared. Mr. LESLIE FOSTER agreed with his Hon. Friend in many of the remarks which he had made upon this in stitution, but could not allow a waste of human life to be charged upon those who had the management of it. Be sides the 10,000 children whom his Hon. Friend admitted to have survived out of the 50,000 admitted into this institution, there were a number of others, officially re turned dead, who were now living and grown up to man hood.—(A laugh.)—He recommended that the children reared in these establishments should, after they had arrived at a suitable age, be sent to New Brunswick, where there was at present a voracious demand for apprentices. Mr. GOULBURN defended this institution at consider able length. Mr. S. RICE contended, that to continue this hospital would be to establish infanticide by Act of Parliament. Mr. HUME was glad to find that the Hon. Member for Derry was nol•' likely to become a very useful auxiliary to him in examining the estimates. He thought that after the present day a stoppage would be put to the reception of children into this hospital. He morel an amendment to that effect.—(The amendment was declared to be infor mal in the committee, and was therefore abandoned by the Hon. Proposer of it.) Mr. W. LAMB declarer! himself much disposed to ac cede to the principle laid down by the Hon. Member fur Derry; but wished not to act with precipitation in a case where the feelings and prejudices of the people were so strong. He therefore, requested the Hon. Gentleman op posite to give him time for further considering this interes ting subject. A conversation ensued, in which Mr. DAwsoN and Mr. GOULBURN mutually reiterated their former statements. Mr. GOULBURN at last said, that he must, for the fifth time, contradict the statements put forth by his Hon. Friend on this subject. The grant was then agreed to. On the proposal of a grant of 8,9281. for the College of Maynooth, Mr. MOORE asked whether the Commissioners of Education intended to present any report on the College of Maynooth. Their commission eznired on the 14th June. He understood they had collected a vast mass of evidence on the subject : would they be able to report upon it ? Mr. F. LEWIS believed that the Commissioners would be able to report upon it ; if they should not be able, they would take care that the evidence which they had collected should be laid before the House.--The grant was agreed to. The other items of the estimates were then agreed to. Mr. HERRIES then moved the following estimates for the army extraordinarie.s £850,000 for defraying the extraordinary expences of the army. £449,839 for defraying the charges of the Commissariat Department. £593,200 to pay off Exchequer Bills, issued under the Acts passed for carrying on public works, and for building additional churches. These resolutions were agreed to, and ordered to be re ported to the House. The House resumed, when the report was ordered to be received on Monday next. LARCENY LAWS CONSOLIDATION BILL. Mr. PEEL moved the Order of the Day for the House to resolve itself into a Committee en the Larceny Laws Consolidation Bill. The House resumed, the report was forthwith received, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Wed nesday next. The Malicious Injuries Bill was also passed through a Committee. The remedies against the Hundred Bill was postponed until Wednesday next. The other Orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past One o'clock. LORD AND LADY WELLESLEY. (From a New York Paper.) Of the numerous tokens presented to distinguished in dividuals on the occasion of the celebration of the comple tion of the canals, one was forwarded to the YsTarquis Wel lesley, for his consort, our countrywoman, the Marchio ness. The following is a copy of the correspondence which took place : " New York, Nor. SO, 1826. " My Lord,—The Corporation of the city of New York, desirous of commemorating the completion of the grand canal which unites the Western Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, have directed that medals he struck, and a memoir be published, deseriptive of that splendid event. " I have the honour, by direction of the Committee of the Corporation, to transmit to you a silver medal, and a copy of Mr. Colden's Memoir, with a reruest that you would be pleased to present the same to your illustrious consort, who is connected with our country by the most endearing ties ; and wl.ose exalted virtues and eminent ac complishments have served to elevate the American name to the highest rank in a distant land ; and, I may be per mitted to add, who has an hereditary claim to our respect and regard, as the descendant of a most distinguished and venerated citizen, the last surviving member of the illus trious Congress of 1776. " I have the honour-to be, " My Lord, with the highest respect, " Your Lordship's most obedient servant, " CAMPBELL P. WHITE. " To his Excellency Marquis Wellesley." " Phoenix-park, February 27, 1827. " Sir,—The completion of the great work happily ef fected by the genius, spirit, and perseverance of your fel low-citizens, is an event worthy of the public celebration, and honourable record by which it has been recommended. " I accept as a distinguished favour, the duty which the Corporation of the city of New York has been pleased to assign to me ; and, participating in the honour which you have conferred on a person so dear to me, I return our united acknowledgments of gratitude and respect. You may be assured that of all the virtues and excellent qualities of that person, none are more highly estimated by me, than her true affection for her native country, and her unabated attachment to her family, especially to that most eminent and dignified citizen of the United States, so Justly the general object of private and public esteem and veneration. With these sentiments, we jointly offer our most sincere congratulations on the auspicious event to which your letter refers; adding our anxious and cordial wishes, that it may prove the source of increasing affluence, happiness, and prosperity, to the people of the United States. " I have the honour to be, with great respect, " Sir, your most obedient servant, " WELLESLEY. " To Campbell P. White, Esq." LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1827. The glorious majority of last night in the House of Lards surpassed our most sangt: expectation. Even in the fancied strong hold of the enemy, and on the very subject where they expected bigotry and selfishness to stand firm in their support, the Ultras have madly ventured to chew their strength, and the result was a majority of 57 in favour of the Government—the numbers being 120 to 63, or nearly two to one. This event is most satisfactory, not only as prov ing beyond a doubt the strength of the new Mi nistry, but as fraught with infinite benefit to the Agricultural and Manufacturing interests, the two great bodies composing this empire, comprehending even the Catholics, that fractional portion of only one-third ! of which the Orangeman loses sight, when he professes his exclusive devotion for Church and State. The new Corn Bill promises to do all that the limited reason of man can effect in preventing those violent fluctuations which have so often brought distress and ruin on our country. It holds out to the Farmer a prospect of such a fixed price for his produce, that in entering into new engagements he may proceed on reasonable calculation, and not act the part of a gambler, uncertain whether the quarter of wheat may be 40s. or 120 s. To the Manufac turer it affords the expectation of having the neces saries of life at the lowest price which is consistent with national faith and the prosperity of his best customer—the Agriculturist. For in these days of the " march of intellect," many of the Op'ratives must be aware, that had the new Corn Bill pointed at 30s. instead of 605., as the average price of wheat, the certain and inevitable increase of marriages and of the population, not to talk of the additional importations from unhappy Ireland, would have very soon brought us back to the position which we now occupy, that is a population always trespassing on the extreme limits of the supply of food, and a consequent lowness of wages and severity of labour. In the meantime, their best friends, the Agriculturists, would have been utterly ruined, and a national bankruptcy could scarcely have been avoided. Now, instead of being exposed to the peril of trusting for food to other nations, by which system the mightiest empires have been ruined—we shall make the su perabundance of other countries steady the prices of our own produce, to which, by-the-bye, foreign im portation never has borne but the most insignifi cant proportion. With something like a fixed price for food, and with a bullion currency, (though that currency has been refined at a fearful cost of individual happiness), we shall now proceed more steadily, if not so brilliantly, as we might, (for - a short time,) with a paper currency and un unlimited importation of foreign corn. In the House of Commons, Sir T. LETHBRIDGE made another exhibition of himself. We have heard an Irish translation of semper cadent, worse and worse, which applies admirably to the , worthy Baronet's discourses. But have none of his , friends sufficient influence with the Honourable Member to put a stop to this absurdity? It is really quite humbling. He keeps the House in a rear of laughter from beginning to end, not with, but at him, a distinction which is too fine for some intel lects to comprehsnd. Lord SANDON put the following puzzling question to Lord CASTLEREAGH :—" He could not understand how the Noble Lord (CASTLEREAGH), or any man who was favourable to the Catholic Claims, could oppose the present Government. The obstacle al luded to was not created by them—(Cheers); — and he would ask whether it was more likely that this obstacle would be diminished by op posing the Government ?—(Loud cheers.)" In short, we hope that all good and loyal subjects have had their spirits raised as ours have been by the events of last night. The splendid majority in the Lords, has assured us of what we ardently hoped and confidently expected; namely, that the Admi nistration of the Right HOD. GEORGE CANNING will be as powerful and as popular as any which has ever directed the Councils of Britain. We have received the Paris Papers of Wednes day, and the Etoilc dated Thursday morning. In the latter we find an interesting article from Con stantinople, dated the 25th April. SAIDA EFFENDI, lately REIS EFFENDI, died on the 20th, suddenly ; his death is said to have been occasioned by apo plexy, but it is more probable that it was the effect of that malady which produces so many sudden deaths in the Turkish Empire. It appears that 2,000 Albanians had landed on the Greek island of Imbros, and not content with plundering several villages, and exacting a large contribution from the inhabitants, carried off many of the women and children. The Quotidiennc has various reports from Lisbon, none of which deserve much credit. One of the reports is, that the illness of the INFANTA REGENT, was occasioned by poison, administered to her by the Constitutionalists, in consequence of the detection of a plot in which she had engaged with the Queen Dowager, for the overthrow,of the Constitution. FRENCH FUNDS, MAY 23. • Five per cents. I OQI". 40c. 35c. ; Three per Cent 6. 70f. Ssc. ; Bank Stock 2022 f. 30c. ; Rentcs de Naples, 77f. 60c. 65c. 50c. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 4.24 c. ; Money, 25f. 40e.; lirce ditto, parer, 25f. 274 c. ; Money, 25f. 25c. Mexican Papers to the Ist instant have been re ceived, but their contents are entirely uninteresting, except to those who have either to pay money to that Government on account of loans contracted for, or to receive money in the shape of dividends on Mexican Stock. The complaints against the con duct of the former appezr as strong in Mexico as those of the people of this country at the non-re ceipt of remittances from thence. Frankfort Papers and the Allgemeine Zeitung to the 20th inst. have been received this morning.— The following is the only paragraph worth extract ing : TRIESTE, MAY 12. The Captain of a ship which has arrived in 16 days, brings word that Lord Cochrane was still at Napoli di Ro mania engaged in equipping a strong division which was supposed to be destined against Alexandria. The same Captain, who touched at Zante a week ago, heard that thirty Turkish transports with ammunition and provisions, had arrived tt Motion. The Greeks continued to fight bravely before Athens, and are said to have gained some ad vantages. VIENNA, MAY 14.—Metalliques, 90k; Bank Shares, 1088. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. The settling day in the English Stocks having passed over without any mischief, to-day, as usual, is the day for paying the various balances. Immediately after the com mencement of business a few transactions took place in Consols, but they have since, however, been very stagnant, and scarcely any thing is doing. Consols opened at 83i 1 for money, and 83 for account, since which there has been no variation except their advancing to 831 Three per Cent. Coneols, 831 ; Ditto for account, 831; India Bonds, 79 SO pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 52 3 pm. Fourtow.—Brazilian, 571 ; Buenos Ayres, 59 60 ; Chilian, 30 2 ; Colombian, 31 1 ; _Danish, 61 ;__Greek, • 16 : 4 ; Mexican, Five per Cent:, 56 7 ; Ditto; Six per Cent., 69i ; Peruvian, 26 8 ; Portuguese, 77 ; Russian, 91/ 2 ; Spanish, 12/ MlNEs.—Anglo Mexican, 50 45 die. ; Brazilian, 2 1 die. ;- Colombian, 10 12 per Share ; Real del Monte, 50 30 die. ; Tlalpuxahua, 60 40 dis. ; United Mexican, 17/ 16/ dis. ; Bolanos, 80 60 die. [A Correspondent informs us that our information wn , . not quite accurate yesterday regarding the Tlalpuxahua Mining Company. Some individuals may view its pros pects with suapicion ' w but that as not the opinion of those best acquainted with the concern.] Two o' Clock. Consols are 83i i for money, and 831 i for account, with scarcely any thing doing ; Colombian Bonds, 311 i ; Mexican, 68 1. On the Stith will be published, BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MA GAZINE, Nos. CXXVI. and CXXVII. for JUNE, 1527. CONTENTS OF PART I. I. Persian Women.—ll. Colonel O'Shaugh nessy in In dia.—lll. The Shepherd's Calendar. By the Ettrick Shepherd. Dreams and Apparitions. Part 2.—IV. Aird's Religious Characteristics. —V. Letters from the Penin sula. No. 1. The Battle of Barossa.—Vl. The Spell Broken. By Delta.—Vll. The Monkey Martyr. A Fable. By T. H.—VIII. A Subaltern in America. Chaps. 13, 14, 15, and 16.—1 X. Hum Italicae. No. 4. L'Ar-' beech°, by Giambatista Giraldi Cintio.—X. The Navy. No. 1, —XI. The Change of Ministry.—Xll. Works pre paring for Publication.—Xlll. Monthly List of New Pub lications.—XlV. Appointments, Promotions, &c.—XV. Births, Mari iages, and Deaths. CONTENTS OF PART 11. I. Cruickshank on Time.—ll. Selwyn in Search of a Daughter (concluded). —111. The Rod and the Stream.— IV. The Young Brewer's Monitor.—V. " Puggie, Pug gie."—Vl. The Military Sketch-Book.—Vll. Pollok's Course of Time.—Vlll. Sonnets and other Poems. By David Lester Richardson.—lX. Dr. Phillpotts' Letters to Mr. Canning.-•-X. The Reigning Vice.—XL Noctz. , s Am brosian2e. No. 33. Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh ; and T. Cadell, Strand, London. In a fen• Days will be published, in 3 vols. foolscap Svo., VITTORIA COLONNA : a TALE of ROME, in the Nineteenth Century. " Nee to longinquam bonus aspernabere Musam, Quw, nnper gelida vix enutrita, sub areto, Imprudens Italas ausa est volitare per urbes." Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh ; and T. Cadell, Strand, London. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid, Brazilian Mining Co. Real del Monte Mining Co. Per Share. •? ,2 350 345 FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. 1-1,1,1.8un0u, M. 18.-36. 10%—Two months, SG. 7% MAT It—Three months, 6. 111 i. BERLIN, MAY 15.—Three months, 6. 28%. COURSE OF EXCHI Amsterdam C.F. 12 4 Ditto, at sight l2 1 Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Antwerp l2 5 Hamburgh 2 1 ,4 U. 37 5 Altona 9 % U. 37 6 Parts, 3 days' sight Citto 2 U. 2.1 80 Bordeaux 25 SO B.irlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 15-8 Petersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 034 Vienna, effective B. 2 M. 10 12 Trieste do. Madrid 33 Cadiz • 3 : 3 '31 Bilboa Barcelona 334 Seville Gibraltar 45 .HGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4IA Genoa 23 00 Venice 46 Malta Naples 37% Palermo per oz. 114 Lisben 4l Oporto 49 Rio Janeiro 57 Bahia 42 Buenos Avres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork 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 Di Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 YRICES OF RUSH Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3 per cent. 88% Ditto, New 4 per Cent. 98 !i 8 Gov. Deb. 3,(i per cent Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent ... - Ballast Office Deb. 4p. ct. - MA Arrived. Due. O America 0 O Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres I Dublin O Flanders 0 O France O Gottenburgh 0 O Guernsey & Jersey 0 STOCKS, MAT 21. St. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto 4lB Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings Arrived. Due. 1 Hamburgh 0 1 Holland 0 O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands O Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 0 Mexico 0 I Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ... 9 minutes after 3. I Evening ... 4 5 minutes after 3. ztr *ll4l. THREE OCL 0 CK. Consols, 831 I. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 83i Danish Bonds Do. for Ac. 831 Greek Do. 1825, 16i Brazilian Bonds 57i Mexican Do. 1825 68k Buenos Ayres Do. 601 Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. 29 Russian Do. Columbian, 1824, 31 , Spanish Do. 121 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. - _ DEAL, MAY 25.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from Lon don, the Lady Rowena, Russell, for Bengal ; and the Eliza, Sutton, for India. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 25.—Wind W.—Passed, the Gla phyra, for Antigua. PLYMOUTH, MAY 24.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed, the Susan, Nicholson, for Quebec ; and the Stokeby, for Prince Edward's Island. GRAVESZIID, MAT 24.—Arrived, the Harriet, Clark, from New Zealand. MAT 25.—Arrived, the Cumberland, Stayers, from Lisbon ; and the Juno, Storr, from Aguila. Sailed, the, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Biden, for India ; and Rambler, Paulin, for Constantinople. CowEs, MAY 23.—The Sicilian, Jameson, from Ger genti to Newcastle, has put in here, very leaky, and must discharge to repair. Mt croan, MAY 24.—The Baltic Merchant, Parry, from Dublin to Quebec, has put in here with damage, having struck on a bank. The Duke of Clarence and the Princess Sophia visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester ho noured Mr. and Mrs. - Watson Taylor with their company to Dinner yesterday. The Duke of Clarence, the Duchess of Glou cester, the Princess Augusta, and the Princes Sophia visited his MAJESTY yesterday. The Marquis of Anglesea and Sir Herbert Taylor had audiences yesterday of the Kura, at his Palace in St. James's. The Princess Sophia Matilda entertained the Princess Augusta and a select party to dinner yesterday, at her residence on Blackheath. POLITICAL STOPS, FROM THE NEW Po- LITICAL PRIMER. A note of Interrogation, Sir Thos. Lethbridge ? A note of Admiration, Marquis of Londonderry ! A Comma, Mr. Dawson A Semicolon, Mr. Peel A Colon, the Earl of Eldon A Full Stop, the Duke of Wellington • MR. WAKEFIELD'S LETTER TO LORD Ermorr.—ln consequence of threats of persecution by Mr. Turner, the publisher of Mr. Wakefield's letter has stopped its sale ; it will be reprinted, without alteration, and re published, at the latest, on Monday morning, and may be bought at all booksellers in town and country. In the neighbourhood of Ecelesfield a meet ing was held, after divine service, last Sunday week, when it was resolved, due notice having been first given, that all dogs seen at large should be destroyed, and proper persons were appointed to attend to it. —Nottingham Review. If we may judge from the following circum stance, an unprecedented abundance of fruit may be anti cipated this season. There were pulled, a few days ago, from a tree in the garden of a gentleman in the neighbour hood of this city, not less than 2660 peaches, fully formed, for the purpose of admitting those that remain to come to maturity; and it is expected that it will still be necessary, with the same view, to remove some of those that ware l e ft. The tree is spread along a wall, having a southern exposure, and its extent is 23 feet in a horizontal direction by eight feet in heighth..... Glasgow Courier. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. RULE OF PROCEEDINGS. Mr. Sum:TN stated that he was in attendance, at some personal inconvenience, prepared to go on with a part heard motion in Deacon v. Deacon, which the Court had crdered to go on to-day, and he had been surprised to find so much time occupied in other things having been pressed on before he could have gave got himself edged in in any way. Mr. MoNTAou understood that the bankrupt petitions which stood in the paper were to be first taken. It was not material to him whether the bankruptcies were to be heard on the Saturdays, after or before the motions or other business of the day, provided a regular rule was only laid down ; but he had certainly believed that the bank ruptcies were now to be heard first, agreeable to the old course, when the Saturdays were entirely appropriated to the bearing of those matters. Mr. SUGDEN.-Pray when was that ? Mr. MoNT.toti.-0, before you were born. In my Lord Rosslyn's time.---(Laughter.) Mr. SUGDEN.—Then are we now to have all the mo dern rules of this Court annihilated, and the most ancient rules established in lieu of them ? Mr. MoNTAGU.—I don't say that. His LORDSHIP.-The bankruptcies will be taken in the course of the day. Mr. MONTAGU.—Why, my Lord, I remember having had the honour of beginning a case in August, and con cluding it in the August following. Mr. HEALD—I suppose that was in Lord Roslyn's time. —(Laughter.) His LORDSHIP—I will take this part heard motion first to-day, as I appointed it to come on ; but let it be under stood, that for the future, I will take the bankruptcies at the sitting of the Court. Mr. SUGDEN-If your Lordship yields to that, you Nal always have the paper full. His LOR.D3IIIP—I have great confidence. Mr. SUGDEN-You may have entirt confidence that you will always have a full paper of pressing cases. His LORDSHIP.-I have great confidence in the gentle men at the bar. Mr. AIONTAGI.7.—For my own part, and for some of my friends around me, I know I can safely state, that with respect to the urgent pressure of the matters we ask to have put into the paper, the Court may confide in the education and good feeling of the gentlemen at the bar. Mr. Sucimr—l don't mean any thing I say to apply personally to any of my Learned Friends, but still I must take the liberty of repeating that his Lordship will always have his pressing paper full. DEACON V. DEACON. Mr. SUGDEN then addressed the Court in support of the application for an order to dissolve the injunction. He went at great length into the case, occupying the greater part of the day with his speech. He considered the condtrzt of Mr. Wm. Deacon most oppressive towards Mr. Cull, against whom the injunction had been granted. He charac terized the proceeding as being a foul and villainous conspiracy, and had no doubt that the Court would, in the end, send Mr. Cull home, bearing the fair and honest character he had ever done, until Mr. W. D. had commenced his attack. Mr. KNIGHT followed on the same side. Mr. HORNE and Mr. TINNEY were retained on the other side. We gave a full report of Mr. HEALD'S opening, on Wednesday. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. BURTON V. TYSER. Mr. LOVETT said, that the whole question in this cause turned upon the interpretation to be given to ," et ccetera" in a testator's will. The will itself was then in Court, as well as the probate, but on referring to the latter, it was found that the words "et ccetera" had been omitted. The Counsel on both sides however agreed that the case should go on then notwithstanding the mistake. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—But I cannot be a party to this consent. In this case I have to deal with personal property, and can act only on the probate. You must therefore go back and get the mistake rectified at the Ecclesiastical Court. They can't have the conscience to charge you any thing for curing their own blunder. The Court was occupied during the remainder of the day in getting through the short cause paper. COURT OF 'TNG'S BENCH. THE KING V. FRANCIS DIAZARONI. In this case the defendant (who, it appeared, was a dis ciple of the celebrated Isaac Walton), was brought up for judgment for an assault. In his defence Mr. Mazaroni read a long statement, from which it appeared that he was amusing himself by angling in a part of the Thames, in which a Mr. Ogle is alleged to have a private right r * " fish ing, when he was interrupted by a person named Sbpp herd, who called upon the defendant to desist. Upon de fendant refusing to comply, Shepherd threw a pole into the water, which splashed on defendant, and irritated him so much, that he seized some stones, which were at hand, and flung them at Shepherd, who swore that one of the stones struck him on the shoulder. Mr. Justice BAYLEY, in giving judgment, observed that he was sorry to see a gentleman in Mr. Macaroni's situa tion, so ignorant of the law, and conducting himself so improperly. The defendant was then sentenced to pay a fine of 50/. to the King, to give security for his good behaviour for two years, and to remain in custody of the keeper of the Mar shalsea until the fine was paid. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. HoLBEAcH V. THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE BANK. Mr. Sergeant WILDE moved in this case for a rule to show cause why an annuity, granted by the plaintiff to the defendant, (two persons calling themselves " the Knights bridge Bank," whose names did not transpire), should not be set aside.—ltple granted. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAY 26.—0 n Tuesday the 22d instant, the Rev. James Hardwicke Dyer, M. A., was elected Perpetual Fellow of Trinity College. Friday the 25th, the following Degrees were conferred MASTERS OF ARTS. Rev. Robert Denny, Worcester College. Rev. Edward Rowlanclson, Michel Felloir of Queen's. Rev. Nathaniel Best, Balliol. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Charles Griffith, Christ Church. John Edward Jackson, Brasenose. Hungerford Hoskyns, or i el. Edmund Walker Head, Edward William Forty Latimer, Exhibitioner of Lincoln. Thomas Hand, Trinity. James Evans Hughes, Jesus. William Bussell, Postmaster of Merton. Thomas Hutton, Demy of Magdalen. Edward Marshall Kempe, Exeter. WESTMINSTER. ELECTION OF SCEOLARS..—The follow ing young gentlemen were elected to the Universities on Thursday morning : 0XF0RD......L .Anstice, J. E. Bates, E. Hill, and H. Kynaston. CAMBRIDGE.---R. Baldwin, S. E. Walker, and L. E. Brown. The Rev. G. Swayne, jun. D.D. late Fellow of Wad ham College, and Vicar of Hockley, is to hold by dispen sation the vicarage of South Bemfleet, both in Essex, void by the death of the Rev. John Palmer. The Bishopric of Rochester has been vacant ever since the 22d February, and the Deanery of Durham since the 16th March. The Duke de Polignac is at present on a visit to his brother the Prince de Polignac, the French Ambas sador at this court. Such brothers must be bound to each other by more than the fraternal tie; and meetings between them proportionately endearing. It will be recollected that they were both taken and tried for a conspiracy against Buonaparte, in the affair of Pichegru and Georges Cadou• gal. The Duke was found guilty, and sentenced to death ; the Prince also was condemned, but his sentence was com muted on account of his youth, he being then only 19. It was then that this youth, who had shown the greatest firmness and prudence during the trial, implored that he might be allowed to take his brother's place. The scene was most affecting. Providence preserved them both to adorn a prosperous fortune, as they had been examples of fidelity in an adverse one. UNITED STATES MANUFACTURES..--.- FLANZiELS.—Between Salisbury and Amesbury, and about three miles above Newbury-port, the river Powow dis charges itself into the Merrimack. On the Salisbury side of this stream is a flannel factory that employs 80 hands, and manufactures weekly 100 pit,es of flannel, and pays yearly 20,000 dollars for labour. On the Amesbury side of the Powow is a factory that employs ISO workmen, manufactures 200 pieces of flannel per week, and pays an nually 40,000 dollars for labour. A new building is erecting, which will contain 10,000 spindles, and manu facture 400 pieces of flannel per week. The occupier of a farm at Holton Beckering, in the neighbourhood of Lincoln, on going to pay his half year's rent to hie landlord, was sent away with a light heart and the whole sum (between 2001. and 3001.) in his pocket..—,Doncaster Gazette. THAMES TUNNEL.-(THIS DAY•) ill No attempt has yet been made to reduce the Water the shaft beyond a certain point; and it is not correct", stated, that the engine had been employed to do so. It'. Court of Directors yesterday afternoon, after 601110 c O l deration, it was resolved not to commence drawing °ff water until the lapse of a day or two ; and it was , ° , O l ascertained with correctness this morning that the leagu " been stopped. The steam-engine has been at work the last two days in draining off the leakage, w i ld now about 150 gallons per minute: before the acci occurred it was about 500 gallons per minute. It 18 1 1 0 tended, in order to increase the security of the bed (t,,, River from any further accident, to form a large finct i which will be sunk at low water on the place where 1 fissure was made. The water has never yet been redo_f within about three or four feet of the crown of the to consequently it cannot have been fairly ascertained wh et v the brick-work has or has not been damaged by the ac t t l ipi of the tide. The men are now employed in construnio the flooring, which Mr. Brunel confidently exp" g yp so much encrease the strength of the mass of clay throw into the River, that all further impediments will be w o moved. Until Monday, therefore, nothing further,A he done—the steam-engine only being employed in keg' — the water from getting too great a-heed. • THE ARMY. MOVEMENTS IN TILELAND.—The Depot of the Regiment of Foot, has marched from Buttevant, for rettlo The Depot of the 11th Regiment of Infantrif marched from Fermoy, for Cork. .40 The Depot of the 97th Regiment of Foot, has Iv — from Cork, for Buttevant. The Depot of the 10th Regiment of Infantry, has 0 06114 from Buttevant, for Spike Island. The Depot of the 19th Regiment of Foot, has 1 13 a from Spike Island, for Charles' Forc. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. POILTSMOLITH, MAY. 25.—Wind S.W.—M o'clock His Majesty's ship Acorn, came into Spi t through the Needles, and at three r.sr. the rest of tb_;,w perimental squadron, accompanied by the Pyramus, !)!:; the flag of Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, were 0 %0 standing in through St. Helen's. Several of theta r i p, already anchored, and the remainder will have Colo before I h a ve fini s h e d w r iti n g thi s . The Cibu t i ti Wolfe, Challenger, and Sapphire, were (or at least aPr" to be) the headmost ships as they stood in. /1 His Majesty's ship Dartmouth, was paid to-day, • sail in a day or two for the Mediterranean. GREECE. PROCLAMATION OF LORD COCHRANE_TO NATON. Greeks !—Your GREEK mast dangero l us enemy, diseor;or overcome; what remains to you to perform is novi,d dered easy. The people on every r::iz rush to ar7 t y The fate of the Acropolis is no longer doubtfol'7l beseigers are in their turn the beseiged—the trangeo provision is intercepted—the passes are guarded, sti treat is become impossible—the liberty of the classi c . 0 0 of Athens is insured—once inore will arts and s cl ` flourish there. 0, Greeks!—Having attained this object, lay o t .S - 0 your arms so long as the - ferocious Mussulman _5l the sacred land of your f a thers. Let a noble C 1 flli:I0 for glory animate your young seamen and the mil of the Continent—let them hasten in a mass to tak e . , stations in the National Fleet—then will independen the possession of all your rights prove sufficient to r" — # you to stop the passage of the Hellespont, and earl - # war into the States of the enemy ; the haughty Sults*. t y sanguinary destroyer of your countrymen, will be old victim. The Mahomedan Power will destroy itas j banner of the Cross will again float on the walls Sophia—Greece will again have laws—her cities 154 : 01 0 once more from their ruins—and her future 0 1 ' 0 1 equal that of ages past; but think not, 0, Greelol - country will be free, unless each of you hotel' t° assistance and defence. From onboard the Greek vessel Hellos, the First and Commander of the Maritime Forces of Orli r , (Signed) COCHR 3 31st March (12th April), 1827. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY•) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. 1 4 1 111 There was a great supply at this morning's mall?, trade was dull. Most kinds of Vegetables, and Eng w,',..iciti Fruit, considerably lower than on this day sennightljwar Foreign and English Old Fruit, and Old Potatoes, is. The Flower part of the market was exceedingly ga y. , :s . Sii s. d. s. d. it. 1 O D Potatoes (per cwt.) ... 40t3 8 0 French Beans QM." 0 6 I Ditto New ((per 1b.)... 1 0 2 0 Spinage (half.sreve)..! t, Cabbages (12 heads)... 1 0 2 0 Onions 46 6 4 i° 4 Cabbage Lettuces 0 9 9 6 G oos eberries ...........•.. 26 6. Co Lettuces (score) 1 6 2 6 Apples Common....' , 0 d i Horseßadish (bundle) 2 0 4 0 D:1:1, Ch0ice............ . : .14 Turnip Radishes 0 6 1 0 Sweet (100.. . ; 3 1 40 Brocoli 1 6 2 6 Seville Dittoes. ........• 0 x g i Celery 1 0 16 Lemons 1 0 6 ° Rhubard OCI 0 9 English Walnuts ........ i p Carrots (12 bunches) 10 018 0 Span. Chesnuts ( peck) 96 64 Turnips 4 0 7 0 French ditto ...........• a 6 .1 Coleworts or Greens 1 6 3 0 French Walnuts .....•. : 0 ;6 Young Onions Leeks 1 0 1 6 Strawberries (pottle) 2 0 ' 1 d Radishes (12 hands) 0 6 1 0 Cherries (lb.) .......... .1,, 6 Sea Kail (pummet) Asparagus (100) HAY MARKETS.—( At per Load of 36 Trussegi I, ST. JAMES'S. fi• 1 .i. s. £. s X. g Lowland Mead. Hay 3 15 t o 4 15 Cl over H a y 4 15 . to t ' i 0.1 1 19 0 Upland Ditto 4156 0 . O a t Str aw o 0 0 , :01S/ Rye-grass Hay 415 6 0 Wheat Ditto ....... ~ h Supply good, trade moderately brisk, and prices as 00 •'" 0 SMITHFIELD. 0 £. s. .x. .. i Ago / 6 1 Lowland Mead. Hay 315t0 4 15 Cl ov. H a y generaßY -c, , r Upland Ditto 4155 15 D o. extra fine ...... 0 1 I* , A 0 0 0 Rye-grass Hay 415 515 O at S traw l6 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Wh eat Di tto .. „.,,o-0 Best Clover Hay 5 5 . p er l oa d higher, best and midd ll ayi, • 2s. per load lower than last quoted ; prises of Meadow' " i stationary. Supply great, and trade very dull. PRICE OF TALLOW, Si Town Tallow 465. Od. Yellow 40s. Od. - -4 Od. Soap Ditto —s. Od. Melted 5tufr,.....--„,„ 335. Od. Ditto Rough.. -----1. Od. AP, &c. per 1191 b.- •i# Yellow 866'0 Mottled 90°' White _ - 00' Graves Good COAL 'VAR] Burden tnesowoweanon• 30s. Od. Forrest Heaton 34 0 Hebburn Main 31 8 Ord's Redhugh 28 0 TOWllllTY..e...weow.mwwnro... 31 0 Willington Wylarl WallsEndßewieke&Co. 35 0 Ditto Brown's 31 0 Ditto Carr and Co. 30 0 Ditto Hilda 3O 0 Ships at Market, 443,4--ihi 0 ,1 :KE'r.—May 25. Walls End Nev;marC , i' 31 6 Ditto North Percy •••••"". 0 0 Ditto :3 5 6 Ditto Russell's 49 Culin Cox gg 0 Culm :3 0 0 Hartley • 43 9 Llangenneth 0 Walls End Hettoti....,' 0 9 Ditto Ravenswortll,,' 95 g Ditto Steivart's Russell's Hetton'sW• A 0 4 ' sold, 24N--Unsold, SCOTCH MARKETS. —m t o a : Y di e t l o ' fi A l l ~1,5' EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. We had a short supply of all sort, of Grain sold readily at an advanco - on the general i'''''"' in t d Is. lower than last market day. Oats, Barley, Pease, .in 6' 5 ,1 were flat; prices the same as last day. v 6 .1 Wheat. Barley. Oats. pease. y 55 , j First 66s Od 46s Eid I 41s 6cl IXs 14 5 46 5,g Second Third sBs Od 38s Od 33s Chi 40a Od ~,iPpi There were 378 qrs. of Wheat in market , which sold a, - 61. 5 • 0 60 ...at ...... 6 6 5. Od. 47 ...at 63s . 6d . 48 ...at.....' g 9 4 107 Average, 635. Od. J' l PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C .n It'' Beef, per lb. Os. sd. to O. Bd, Mutton 0 6 0 9 V T , L i e u r n a l l o r F, T P l g O O 4 5 0 0 40 4 9 69 i 05 0 7 Potatoes, 141 b. 0 8 0 01 ~1,4 0 IP O Fresh Butter,lb.ls.• -- Salt 0 0 , 9 Ditto, per cwt. 0 , Eggs, per doz. 0 1 OatStraw(kpl.)l B Q Wheat Ditto —l6 ~ I 0 Barley Ditto -..16 Hay, per 0 10 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET.—MAY ;,* 1 01 We had a small supply of Oatmeal at this da/ - which sold heavily, at last \ week's prices. IrOr'f , i Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Stone of 1111'xo 0 First Oatmeal £2 19 0 First Oatmeal ........ ' 0 i Second ditto 2 9 0 Second ditto .......... o 1 Barleymeal 1 16 0 Barleymeal ............... oe Peasemeal 1 19 0 Peascmeal ............. ?es, Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 146.-9 d, 165.-3 d, 206''' 10 1 PRINTrD and PUBLISHED by AL YOUIIGt Sti-Orrlcr, No. 1154 Strand. rut. Darley—P.O. .I, per cw, 1.5.- - zu, ttm.•—...........::L:; 5 e....-- - --- . - - '..----------- v BIRTH. Wl °dil On the 23d inst., at Felbrigg Cottage, Mr>." of Cromer, of a daughter. MARRIED. hi al, f 4 t4 i Lately, at St. John's, Westminster, T. F 6r. il ll° "• of Crutched-friars, to Henrietta, only daughter - Steele, Esq. of Vauxhall. DIED. : exiov ie On the 23d inst, at his uncle's house, , fi 13 , J Richard, only son of Col. Egan, of Bombay i jot. i ll On the 24th inst., J. B. Ford, E sq . late J. , , 9th Regiment of Foot. hill' 4 , r , r- On the 24th inst., at th e ..EXCille- office, AoWea...oo' 70, Thomas Groves, Esq., late Insp ector- . .0 Impor te. Rich g4 On the 22(1 inst., at Plymouth, Captain Lewin, R. N. ill