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p(e .‘„ozzs.4,, ~.,,,.. _ r ut. t , //,Z •1/ 1 1771-- it. (4 •9ir ~ iF+ - • e,/ 414-2,z0:"; A ••c [r;\ll .ER 10,152. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1825. UNDER THE IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE AND SANCTION OF HIS MAJESTY. ir NEW ARGYLL ROOMS, REGENT-STREET. ft. II AW ES most respectfully acquaints the Nobility, Gentry, and his Friends in general, that ' , is ANNUAL CONCERT will take place on FRIDAY, April 29th, instead of the 15th, as previously announced, in c onsequence of Mr. Braham's provincial engagements. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be had at the Royal Harmonic Institution, Regent-street; at all the principal Music Shops; and of Mr. Hawes, 7, Adelphi-terrace. PRICE SEVENPENCE for the present, at Four Millions of Pounds Sterling, to be di vided into eighty thousand Shares of fifty pounds each. The conduct of its affairs will be intrusted to Board of Di rectors in London, to be chosen by the Subscribers ; but at each of the Outports of the United kingdom, where Subscriptions shall be received to the amount of 100,0001., a Subsidiary Board will be appointed, to receive consignments and effect sales at such port. In the mean time, a Provincial Committee has been named, for the purpose of carrying into effect the proposed plan ; and to them it is left to take the necessary measures for legally constituting the Company ; to frame laws and regu legulations for its governmeni ; to collect further information ; to establish agenci es ; an d otherwise to promote the objects contemplated by the present prhspectus. To enable the Committee effectually to prosecute these ob jects, the sum of One Pound per share will be required to be paid by the Subscribers to on or other of the Bankers named above, as soon as they shall here received notice of the shares that have been appropriated toi'lern. When the Board of Directors .4111 have been chosen, they .:!: , 11 be at liberty to make fort} : , calls en the Sulxscribers, as circumstances may require, to the amount, in all, of ten per cent., or Five Pounds per share of-the capital subscribed.— But, before any call bevound ten per cent. shall be made, the Directors must be authorised to do so by a General Meeting in London, specially summoned for the purpose, on a day of which four weeks notice shall be given ; before which Meet ing the Directors shall lay a full view of the state and pro gress of the Company's affairs.—The Shares of this Com pany will not be transferrable without the consent of the Directors. in the bond," declined entering upon any topic not expressly committed to him to negotiate with the English Envoy. As the affairs of Greece formed no part of the avowed and special object of Mr. S. Canning's mission, he of course submitted ; and having no further busi ness at the Court of St. Petersburgh, demanded his audience of leave. From these united cir cumstances, which seem to constitute a kind of disagreement, may have sprung the rumour of the quarrel between the two negotiators. QNTRACTS for SUPPLYING PROVISIONsz, CLOTHING, LINEN, COALS, CANDLES, and other Articles, for cONVICTS on BOARD HULKS. London, 22d March, 1825. [xi' Persons as are desirous of Contracting Meat, with thelSuperintendent of Convicts, to supply Bread, ~tat, Cheese, Barley, Oatmeal, Salt, Be er , C o als, C a ndl e s, ~,"1 1 , Soap, Clothing, Necessaries, Blank e ts, Wo o llen Cloth, back, Striped Linen and Cotton, Wrapper Cloth., Shoes, "Ptl Leather, for the use of Convicts o n board Hulks at 't>rtsmoutb, Woolwich, Deptford, Sheerness, and Chatham, !!' 4 3' receive Particulars of the Contracts on applying to the ~a perintendant of Convicts, No. 15, Lambeth Terrace, and ,",r3 board the several Hulks, and deliver their Tenders at the 1-o nnaissariat Office, Treasury Chambers, sealed up and di ected to the Superintendant of Convicts. marking th e re o n 4 ,;,,Tender to furnish Suppli e s f o r Convicts:" on or b e f ore ursday, the 14th April ; b u t none will he received after q.O we've o'Clock on that Day; r,or will any Proposal be noticed 12Idess made on or annexed to a printed Particular, and the Prices inserted in Words at length ; nor unless a Letter be subjoined to such Proposal, signed by two Persons of known P r° PertY, engag,ng to become bound with the Party tender ing in the SLIM expressed in the Particulars, for the due per formance of the Contract. nitITISII STONE AND SLATE COM b PAN Y.—No further Applications for SHARES can Stone and Slate Quarries. After their Report the Shares will a Ppropriated, and the names of the Directors and Officers l i mve i rtjsed. All Communications to be addressed to DAVID tii`lG, Esq. at the Office of the Company, 22, Lincoln's fields, or to Messrs. ANDERTON and WILLIAMS, `oohcitors, Quality -court, Chancery lane. SAMUEL ROBERTS, Secretary. GLORIOUS TWELFTH OF APltt L.- New Lottery.-List Contract. All in One Day. Four Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds. Thirty other Capitals. No Blanks. Ticlivts and Shares for the above Grand Lottery are on Sale at EY-TON'S Brie Lucky Office, 2, Cortibill. • " 11 Rnd Foreivi Securities, Fire, Bridge, Gas, Cana "nd Mine Shares, bou.ht and sold by Commissiou THE CONCLUDINC CONTRACT. SWIFT and CO. respectfully inform the ija 11 9th lie, th a t th e Scheme (to he all decided in One will:l eth m , 9 APRIL). contains FOUR PRIZES of ,C 20,000, 'mull",,""Y other Capitals, and many Prizes, as usual, of j ` .4l lte down t o ,C3O. Every Ticket will he entitled ‘"1 . : I .o 't C 5. This last feature rendered the Ist,' Lotteries v ''lteni -T), 17 4, and is theref o re c o ntinued the present gr e r :it Sly t l 'ariety of Numbers are selling. at the old Offices al, Aid 1.. ": and CO„ 11, Poultry ; 12, („, ; baring-C'ross ; and the p r . g 4l. e liigh.street, London ; an d by their Ag e nts in all N.LI:"%iP4I Country Towns. ( f () Qtri tet. /Vir T and Co. sold SiX of the Capitals in the last .• . - - -- . ,c9.ootoon ALI.; IN Og ' E O D F A L I ( , ):I7 I_ I T ;*. E R S I L E ) 7 I. . y., 12tIt APRIL. j_ anti J. SI VEWRIGHT, the Corarectors, . , • t,,, ; to r epeat, that the present Scheme is one of the 4s . ~ 1 . tney le nt shal have the honour to submit to pohlie no :ce. Gm-et-m havit ~ v . ,d i ne :ermitred to pass no more Lottery 4, ts. 'fbe Scheme col: IV FOUR PRIZES of £2 0,000 ! ail Thirty or her Capitals, &c. &c. amounting to £200,000'. All Sterlir tz M oney. —No Blanks ! 'ricket s ALL IN ONE D AY, 12th of APRI L . and !Shares f •tl above£2oo,ooo are now on Sale t the Contractor's Otti o c i es, " 3 . ,Cornliill 11, Holborn ; arid ~.,., .2aynittrket. t 4 l : ,-- g . J• and J. sivEwitlGH-r Sold in Shares in the very -------___ t 1 Lott • Y , 12 ,47 R, a Prize of £30,000 1 EROGLYPHICS; orohe IRISH PRE htsn CEPTOR. el• 1.. . 9 ".'g in teaching to c u r i ous spec ifi cs, Irish Preceptor thus us'd hieroglyphics :- 1n Dublin you've been, and on Curragh of Kildare, Shaughnessy, rank and high fashion when there ; what was the prevalent charm at each place, t x ' 4 4 ' gave to att rac ti on super l at i ve grace ?— 1.6.;',.ine th ese p i ctures, an d amp l e suggest i "I find how correctly to answer the timesiion. e fir strepresented.desperate strife, Tierc,. combatants striigg!ing fot vielory avid life.— 1N 1 , 7 second a double yew-trte on the wing. sceni'd some small feather'd minstrels to sing,- 4 third a chat-bird, whose tongue seldom is still, 'lli i f se r"ll, French conjunction that b, re. in its bill.— I.4!_ o urth was a n i nsect , industry not scant in; Last a g il t frame, but the picture was wanting. v,:` This painting • t spreads desolation afar, surely represents WAIL 1,, 4nlall biros are wrens, lint the double-yew rot, The'srlnths, that is It, N, S, is then left ; , Pr, o wl'lVures uniting to form thus a name Arid "<I o'er the world by the clarion of Fame ! name of this chatter-bred bird, Ahdt,n the s cro ll , the con j unctive French word ; Th, t `f , s hier og l yphic so aptly is set, Isitxt it Call mistake in pronouncing it JET.— sirrd ne' stmosihe name of an ins e ct t o show ; 11 5 to this fr ame no i nstruct i on we owe, And mi s P is al ornament plainly is LACKING, illusinited WAiiiiEN'S JET BLACKING! Tll' l p "sy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING, prepared by ROBERT WARREN, 30, STRAND, LONDON ; AIIuM)QUID, And sold in every Town in the Kingdom. 1 in Bottles, 6d. 10d. I2d. and 13d. eac i 1. A s,,•,I,.AsTE BLACKING, in Pots 6d. MI. and 18( . each... d ' ''' u g Pot of Paste is equal to Four Is. Bottles of [Aqui . (*ASK FOR WARREN'S BLACKING. 40,.„ published, price Is., a Pamphlet, entitled . , i _. 1,,, AD DRESS to BOTH HOUSES of ` b itt, • Altlil A.MENT on the CATHOLIC QUEST ION, A.43otne Re marks on Mr. O'Gorman' s S tatement, ca ll ed 41tie1...A .Peal of th e C atholics of Ireland to th e People of Eng- P r i -- LI a Pupil of Vicesimus Knox. 44(1 $ n 4 , -Ll ,d and sold by J. Hatchard and -Bon, 187, Piccadilly, by all other Booksellers. I O ne Day was oublistied,f,,,. .4, bEFE NCEo V f i t u t - Te r ' 'TR UE B" and CA'r HO -441 l'i DOCTRINE of the SACRAMENT of Ihe BODY ti 410 00 44 of $ of OUR SAVIOUR CHRIST ; with a Confuta uudrY Errors concerning the same. fiy the Most Rev. THOMAS ';BANNER, l o Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. 'SI • wh ich is prefixed an Introduction, Historical and Criii ;tli,VeilleterlUstration of the Work ; and in Vindication of the .' hi, i of the Author , and therewith of the Reformation ttsi i g'3ud, against sonic of the Allegations which have ‘,. recent! "lii4e, and 7 made by the Rev, Dr. Lingard, the Rep. Dr. ‘,. IV, ._Charles Butler, Esq. "'' P l4l 4i ' Rev' HENRY JOHN TODD, M.A. F.S.A. i 1, Ordinary to His Majesty, and Rector of Set ,t,',.ondon : n by etrington, Yorkshir,. Hei l aold and J. Rivisigton, and all other Booli- R. opiCA L FREE-LABOUR CO M PANY.—Capital 4,000,000/. PRESIDENT, His Royal Highness the Duk,: of GLO1:- : CESTER, • VICE-PRESIDENTS. William Wilberforce, Esq. Stephen Lushington, Esq. Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe - D.C. L. M.P. Thomas Babington, Esq. William Smith, Esq. M.P. Henry Brougham, Esq. M.P. James Stephen, Esq. Thomas F. Buxton, Esq. M.P. Daniel Sykes, Esq. M.P. William Evans, Esq. M.P. W. W. Whitmore, Esq. M.P. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. William Allen, Esq. G. G. Larpent, Esq. T. G. Babington, Esq. Z. Macaulay, Esq. G. G. Babington, Esq. Henry Pownall, Esq. Edward Carroll, Esq. W. F. Reynolds, Esq. James Cropper, Esq. Anthony Robinson, Esq. Henry Drummond, Esq. I Thomas Sturge, Jun. Esq. William Fry, Esq, Joseph Trueman, Esq. Luke Howard, Esq. Henry Weymouth, Esq. BANKERS—Sir P. Pole, Bt. Thornton, Free, Down, and Scott, Bartholomew-lane; and Messrs. Drummond and Co. Charing-cross. Sor.tcrrons—Messrs. Tilson and Preston, 29, Coleman_ street. SECRETARY—John Doughan, Esq., 13, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street ; to whom all communications, and applications for Shares, may be addressed. The object of this Company is to promote, within the British Dominions, the growth of the several articles of Tropical Pro duction, by means of Free Labour. With respect to Indigo, this object has been already accom plished. It was once produced solely by the labour of slaves in the West Indies and America. In consequence of the appli cation of i British skill and capital to its production, nearly the whole of that article which is now consumed in Europe, amount ing in value to about four millions sterling, is raised by free labour, and almost entirely in British India. A similar effect might have been expected with respect to Cotton, had the same means been employed in the same quarter to extend its culture and to improve its quality. This, how ever, has not been done ; anti therefore the Cotton Trade of our >siatic Dominions continues to labour under many disadvan tages. Such, nevertheless, was the impulse given to the im portation of East India Cotton, on the opening of the trade with that country, that in a few years its price throughout the world was reduced to nearly half its former amount. On this extraordinary fall of price, the Cotton of India, which is of the lowest quality, was neglected, and no further attention was paid, by Europeans, either to its culture, or to the improvement of its staple. Had a contrary course been pursued, it cannot be doubted that the present alarming in crease in the price of that article might have been prevented. It is now the more important to protide an effectual remedy for such an inconvenience ; and for this, India seems to hold out the only certain and permanent resource. The official value of the cotton goods exported from Great Britain in 1824, amounts to sum exceeding thirty millions sterling. The continued and progressive prosperity, therefore, of the vast interests which are connected with our cotton manu factures, and which obviously involve most deeply the interests of the nation at large, requires that a vigorous effort should be made to enlarge the importation, from British India, of cotton wool of superior quality, if possible, to any which is now grown there. Without such an effort, our manufacturers are likely to be reduced to very serious difficulties from that enhanced price of this indispensable article, which must be the effect of an in. creasing consumption without a corresponding increase in the supply : while a new impulse will be given to the extension of the Slave Trade and Slavery in the possessions of Foreign Nations. It will not be denied that much may be done by an Associa tion like the present to counteract these evils, by stimulating the increased growth of cotton in India, and by facilitating and encouraging the substitution of superior descriptions of that article, for the low, and compkatively worthlesa.kinds, which are now grown there. To this truly national object the atten tion of the Tropical Free-labour Company will - be particularly directed. for which this Company h as .Another main purpose is been formed, is to promote the production of Sugar by free labour. The British Dominions in Asia are well adapted to the growth of this article, and are capable of supplying it to an indefinite extent; but from the unskilfulness of the natives in the process of manufacturing it, combined with their want of capital, and the fiscal restrictions to which it is subject, little progress has hitherto been made in introducing the sugar of that part of the world into general consumption. If effectual means, however, were adopted of obviating these disadvan_ taps, the Sugar Trade of British India could not fail rapidly to increase. The requisite means to this end have been fully pointed out, ' in a small pamphlet published by Hatchard, and entitled— " East India Sugar; or, an Inquiry respecting the Means of Improving the Quality and Reducing the Cost of Sugar raised by Free Labour in the East Indies." The statements con tained in it are taken from authentic documents, officially furnished to the East India Company, and by them laid before the public. That East India Sugar may be made a profitable article of culture, even under all the disadvantages with which it has to contend, no one, who candidly examines the evidence there produced, will doubt. What is chiefly required is, that British intelligence and British capital should be employed to give an impulse and a right direction to the industry of the natives ' • by encouraging the more ext ens i ve cultivation of Sugar ; by improving the mode and lessening the expence of its manufacture; and by thus generally rais ing its quality, and diminishing its cost, so as to render it an article of more enlarged and more beneficial commercial in tercourse with our Asiatic possessions than it is at present. The Tropical Free-Labour Company proposes, therefore, to direct a large share of its attention to the objects of promoting the cultivation and manufacture of Sugar by free labour in British India, and of facilitating its admission into general use, not only in the United Kingdom, but in all other parts of the world. This will be chiefly effected by introducing into India improved modes of manufacture ; and by making such safe and judicious advances to the manufacturers, and, through them, to the cultivators of the soil, as may be necessary to promote the increase of production. Such advances as may be made from year to year, with the view of promoting the growth or manufacture of Sugar, or of any other article of tropical growth, will be annually liquidated by the consign ment of the produce thus raised to the Company ; whose pro fits will arise from the usual commissions on the sale of such produce, and the interest chargeable on its advances. The course which it is intended to pursue in this respect, has had the sanction of lengthened experience. It is precisely that course which has been uniformly pursued in similar cases by the East India Company, and by the Capitalists of British India ; and which has already proved so signally successful in promoting the cultivation of Indigo, and in otherwise develop ing the faculties of that vast and fertile region. Proceeding on the data already referred to, and which stand fully confirmed by other satisfactory testimony, it appears that the whole advance which can be required for the production, for example, of a ton of Sugar, would be from twelve to about fif ten or sixteen pounds, even on the supposition, which is a very improbable one, that the Manufacturer possessed no funds of his own. To ensure, therefore, the production of 10,000 tons of Sugar annually, the utmest advance that could be required would not exceed 160,000/. And it is obvious, that, if the suc cess of the Company should be such as may fairly be expected, it would be possible greatly to enlarge its efforts.—An addi tional supply of 10,000 tons of Sugar might be raised by every fresh advance of 160,0001. ; until a sufficient amount of capital should be employed fully to meet that growing demand for Sugar which may be anticipated from the combined effect of the di minished cost of its production and the increasing prosperity of the Empire. 'the advantage which would accrue to the Commercial Inte rests of Great Britain, and still more of Ireland, by the exten sive creation of fresh means of making returns, to meet the ra pidly increasing demand of our manufactures on the part of the immense population of British India —to say nothing of the benefits which would thus be conferred on that population— is too obvious to need be insisted on. But it will nut be the least powerful recommendation of the scheme to multitudes, that if it should succeed, it must eventually tend to extinguish in Foreign as well as in Briti s h Colonies, and to put a period to the Foreign Slave Tr a d e, which still prevails on final Slavery the coast of Africa.—Although the preceding statements have an especial reference to British India, yet the Tropical Free. Labour Company does not intend to confine its views to that quarter ' hut to extend them, as fair op en i ngs may occur, to th e in Br Africa anditish Dominions the West Indi in other es parts of th e world, and particularly Tlxe,capital•of the Tropical Free-Labour Company is fixed, E LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Illeructv ft coo the Morning- Papers, March 26,1625. LNFW TIMEs.I It is rather extraordinary, that, notwithstanding we last Tuesday adverted particularly to the un fortunate fate of Mr. Thackeray, who perished in the western part of India, with a view to shew,- that that lamentable occurrence could have no possible connection with the mutiny at Barrack pore, in the east of India, no intelligible ac count of the former occurrence has yet been laid before the public. The result of our inquiries into this lamentable affair is as follows :—Mr. Thackeray was the principal Civil Officer at, or near Darwar, and within the sphere of his autho rity, were the possessions of a native Prince, called the Rajah of Eittor. This personage dying, a question arose who was his lawful suc cessor, and a claimant was set up by one party of the natives, and opposed by another. Mr. Thackeray, in the proper discharge of his official ditties, decid e d against the Pretender; but the W [BRITISH ettEss.] e have not much room t o b es t ow on t h e 1 adher e nt s o f t h e l atter re f use d su b m i ss i on to his article in the Times of yest er d ay respect i ng t h e award, which it therefore became necessary to Spanish Loan ; nor, in truth, does it. call for enforce by military power. The error of Mr. much comment. How much lower can this Thackeray s eems to h ave b een th e considering shuffling and equ i vocating Paper sink ? On hSu pposition in too trivial a point of view.— himself, w ith two other meM7 turday last, it ass e rt e d ro un dl y t h at " F er di - Being a t Ki ttoor nand would never acknowledge tile bonds of th e hers of th e Ci v il D epartment, named Stevenson and Elliott, he thought it only necessary to order Cortes even for the v a l ue o f th e.paper on w hi c h they are printed." On Tuesday it declared up a few native soldiersa consisting of a troop .r itntry, and two pi eces o f that "art exp res s h a d arr i ve d f rom M a A r id , con cavalry, a company o f i a firming almost t o th e l etter " w h at i t h a e stated on artillery. These guns, with their men, w ere ad. Saturday. Y e st er d a y, w i t h per f ect sang froid, mined into the fort ress o f K ittoor ; but the next the day it was found that an d w i t h out any t h e slightest explanation malcontents had shut of the former st a t emen t s to w hi c h a contem the gates of the fort, an communication bet d meant to cut off all porary und ers t oo d t h e Ti mes h a d " ple d ged between the artillerymen within its charact er ," this Journal, a s an ent i re l y and the troops without. In c onsequence two other guns w e r e br oug ht up, an d the fresh ma tt er o f i nte lli gence, opens an gate article, " in the most distinguished part o f th e of the fortress was bl own open ; b ut i t was paper, " with noticing th a t " it is now said that found impossibl e t o f orce an entrance ; for the hostile p ar t y f in di ng t h emselves com- attempts are maki ng t o re-unite the two ends o f the thread of negociat ion between Ferdinand an d mined, becam e d esperate, an d b e i ng very nu- the great capitalists, 8;.c." D oes the editor of memos, overp owere d t h e assa ilants.—When Mr. the Times think to slip his head out of the Thackeray, who was encamped a short distance halter so easily as this ? Who will ever place g the slightest reliance on his statements again ? from the fort, found that things were proceeding to such an extremity, he proceeded himself to- The public might forgive him for his state wards the fort ; but the rebels had gone too far ment on Saturday last. He perhaps knew no to recognize his authority, and they fired upon better then. But the story invented for Tues. and killed him. Captain Black, who command- day's paper, in answ er t o our contradiction of his ed the artill er y, was also killed ; Lieutenants article, demands, we think, a severer notice. For Dighton and Sewell were severely wounded, and the present we shall abstain; but unless heacknow all the European officers being then put hors de ledge his offence, and supplicate some mitigation combot, the troops retreated, leaving. the rebels of punishment, our generosity must give place to in possession of the place, from which, however, our justice. In addition to the f a cts we h ave there is no doubt they would soon be dislodged, as already stated, we have only to -ay, that M. Ar a considerable force was moving against them from Darwar. Some of th e S epoys that could not esca p e, town, for t h e p u rpose of bringing the negociation douin, a banker of Paris, is no w c e rt a i n ly i n remained priso ners i n t h e fort, as did Messrs. St evenson and Elliott, whom the rebels to a close, we suspect by dividi ng th e l oan be probably to serv e as h ostages for their own par- detained, t ween the two parti e s with whom Ferdinand has been negotiating. don ; for it is quite clear that as this was a mere insulated transaction, arising, out of a local dis pute, a moment's reflection must have convinced those who were most forward in the rebellion, that they kid no prospect but of ultimate sur render. Partial oppositions to European audio. rity have been at all times common in the newly subjected territories, Every considerable fortress (and they are numerous in all parts of India) gives its inmates the means of temporary resist ance, but Kittoor is not a place of peculiar strength, arid if it were, it would not long hold out against British skill and valour. [MORNING II FR 4 LG.] Two new Schemes were introduced on the gambling market yesterday—the one named a " Permian Trading and Alining Company," and the other an " Imperial Distillery Company."— The Peruvian opened nominally at a premium of four, but immediately declined ; and after great exertions, ineffectually exercised on the part of the projectors, they closed at a nominal premium of three quarters, but no real purchasers were to be found. In the Imperial Distillery there was n o great deal done, and the Shares were through out the day par to 1 premium, without any ex ertion either to support or depress them. The Pearl and Coral Fishery Shares have again ad vanced, but i n the other schemes very little was done. [THE TIMES.] We were informed yesterday, in a respecta able quarter, that the true,state ref Our present diplomatic relations with St. Petersburg() is this--that Mr. tratford Canning is about to re turn home, having wholly succeeded in his mk sion, which was a special one, relating solely to the adjustment of the differences between Russia and the United States on the subject of the navi (ration of the Pacific Ocean. Lord Strangford , will become the resident Ambassador to that Coouwr-tl,fd it ge of the affairs of being considered that his Lordship's kn Turkey w ill r e nd er his interference useful at t h is junc ture in cementing the good understanding which has recently been establi s h e d between the t wo Powers. It is added, h owever, that Mr. Stratford Canning, who of c ourse had received instructions to that effp ct , attempted, after the a r r ange m e nt of the spe c if ic object of hismi ; tint the Russianssici : tointro;lnct.t iheqtestli o f Greek politics Minister,n notfind_ lug the discussion of this subject " nominatud [MORNING PosT.] Numerous Petitions were presented to the y wl o w f i a n nu t d he it y , House of Lords last night to be heard by Coun sel against the Equitable Loan Mil. The Earl o to f o l k .a t u h t , l i e t r o d p a were presented, perilous speculations which now engross exces sive and e . , to the the attention and the capital of the commercial world, and stated that 200 p le Ortu b i y iit millions were at the command of the directors of the varionsJoint Stock Companies now in existence, 1-4th of which was a larger sum than it had been Possible for Go vernment to raise at once at any p er i o d of the late contest. The Earl of Liverp ool, whilst he admitted that speculations within c er i tt i n li m i ts might iii time of peace and with great superabund ance of capital, be advantageous to the country, wished that those who engaged i n them should know exactly the situation in which th e y stood.] [MORNING CHRONICLE.] Last night Mr. Huskisson laid before the House the particulars of his new Commercial regulations. Tl►e duties on the importation of various descriptions of cottons are all to be lowered to 10 per cent. Woollens are to be lowered from 50 to 15 per cent. The duty on linens of all descriptions to be 25 per cent. The duty on foreign hooks imported to be double the Excise duty on Paper of this country, that is, to 6d. a pound. Iron to be lowered to the rate stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Copper, to 271. per ton.—Tl►e whole Consular • System is to be changed.— The Consuls are hereafter to be paid by the Crown. Mr. Huskisson will have the country with him, though each manufacture will contend that it ought to be exempted from the operation of the general principle. Thus Sir 11. Vivian thought we ought to be upon our guard against the cheap copper of America, because some day the people there might refuse to sell copper to us e and then what a sad thing it would be to have bought so much cheap copper in the mean time ! Mr. Alexander Baring gave Mr. Hos kisson credit for what he had done ; only lie thought that he had pressed too lightly on Cornwall. We heartily agree with Mr. Ba ring, that the subject which most demands the attention of those in power, is Corn ; but on this point we acquit Ministers. The Aristocracy of this cou►►try are determined to tread on our necks as long as . they can ; but the voice of an indignant country will compel them to do justice. I In former times Bankers and . Merchants who had proceeded far in the same line had applied to Government for aid, and had obtained it in the shape of Exchequer Bills. He wished it to he distinctly known and understood, that those who now ventured their property in speculations, did it at their own risks and perils, and were to ex pect no such relief in case the always pos sible change from a state of the deepest peace to one of war, should plunge them into difficulties willingly incurred. lie was not friendly to legislative interference with the manner in which individuals chose to dispose of their money, but he wished that they should be fully aware of the nature of the dangers which they pleased to encounter. • The Lord Chancel tor accounted for not bringing in his Bill rela tive to Joint Stock Companies, by stating that sitting judicially upon such questions in one place, he did not think it right to be delivering the law on the same subject in another. As all these remarks were of a general nature, and not parti cularly applicable to the measure before the House, the Equitable Loan Bill was read a first time as a matter of course. A smart discussion afterwards took place on the language of the Petitions presented by the Clergy against the Catholic Claims, in which the practice of raising critical debates on every expression used by Peti tioners was justly reproved, as tending to curtail the exercise of the right of petition, and the Members of the Established Church were tri umphantly cleared of the charge of want of Christian charity cast upon them by the advocates of the Catholics. LTIIE PUBLIC LEDGER.) The privat e a c c oun t s from Paris are at variance with the statement which has appeared in some of the Journals of that capital respecting the object of Prince Metternich's visit, and even the probable period of its duration. The ostensible object was no doubt the same as is mentioned in the Papers ; but that he availed himself Of it to sound the French Government upon a ques tion, in which the Austrian Government appears to take a stronger interest that) any other, is so extremely probable, that the contradiction of a French Journalist is not of sufficient weight to overturn it. Even the refutation itself bears rather a suspicious character, particularly as tLe Prince was stil l in Paris ; an d it. may have been inserted, either with the view of mortifying the Public, or relieving his Highness from some portion of the pain of having• faired in his attempt to bring over the French Court to his views. Even the - ostentatious manner in which it has been denied that he allowe:I the current of his private cares to be interrupted by publiC busi ness, is unfavourable to the impression intended to be conveyed ; and our own inference from it is, that the political object having failed, the French Government was unwilling to add the disgrace of exposure to the mortification of a refusal. It is clear that it is, or at least has been, in contemplation to hold a Congress in some part of Italy this summer ; and such a design being entertained, it would be of the last import ance to get France, by her Representative, to assist at the meeting. But the Ministry of that country, if they have the least prudence, must feel almost insurmountable objections to get further entangled in the meshes of the Holy Alliance. They are already much embarrass ed by their concessions to that League ; and, besides this objection to further compliances, they must be aware, that they cannot more effectually meet the wishes of England, thaw by opposing themselves to the mischievous no velty of three or four Sovereigns holding pe riodical meetings for the avowed purpose of. dictating to other Powers in their domestic con. cerns. If our surmise be correct, the idea of holding a Congress will be probably abandoned ; for, with the reluctance of the French, and the decided opposition of the British Government, to become parties to the proceedings, its authors would scarcely venture to persevere in their design. We therefore believe that, if Prince Metternich tried to induce the French Cabinet to become a party to a Congress, lie has failed, and that he moreover owes his disappointment to the circumstance of his overture being inconsistent with the views of our own Cabinet. As the only object of such a meeting would be to deliberate on the affairs of Greece, we shordd rejoice, both upon principle and from motives of the soundest policy, to see our conjecture confirmed. It is impossible to say where the interference would end, or to fix the degree of mischief it might produce. If it were to be the conjoint act of Austria and Russia, it would, in all probability, end in involving them in deadly hostilities ; and if Russia were to undertake the task alone, where would be the se curity that she would not turn it to her sole ad vantage, and keep firm footing in Greece, after having taken military possession of that country ? Bow - STREET.--Henry Thurtell, through the intercession of Mr. Halls, the Magistrate, has received the appointment of Master at Arms in an Indiatnan which is about to sail. As money was required to fit him out, several respectable persons have attended at this office to subscribe for that purpose ; and there is every prospect of a sufficient sum being collected.---George Vin cent, a bankrupt, late a jeweller in the Borough, was charged with concealing effects from his cre ditors, and remanded till Friday next. Lead, which for some years has remained nearly stationary in price, has experienced a sudden and considerable rise, in common with other metals.