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irsittincing those indirect taxes, which pressed on commerce COMBDZAT/ON Laws—Several Petitions, Against—referred inthistry, in preferenee to-the'direet taxes. To pledge the to the Select Committee. • and House now to a dopt the repedl of the Window Tax in the en- RAPE SEED—Petition from Hull, against reduction of the • e anntilt Session. would be most impolitic. Duty thereon till after the consumption of the produce of the Mr. MABERLY contended. that Ministers, by persisting in ensuing Import—to lie on the table. repealin:; indirect, instead of direct taxes, they were setting up HOUSE AND WisiDow TAX—Petitions for the repeal thereof, their opinion in contradiction to that of the nation. If the pub- from Bath, and Westminster—to lie on the table. lie were to understand from this night's debate that no further ELEcTivE FRANclusE—Petition from Rye, for the exten r4netion of direct taxes Would take place, the petitions of the sion thereof in that town—to lie on the table. sonntry would, before the next Session, show the opposition of LORD ELLENDORouGH'S ACT—Bill to extend the provisions public to such a line - of conduct». thereof to Scotland, ordered. Me !!ir F. BURDETT only objected to the m otion-of his Ho- LINEN TRADE (Ireland)—The following Resolutions reported nourableColleague; because it went not immediately and wholly and agreed to, and Bills ordered : en get rid or so odious a tax. If it were necessary to keep up 1. That it is expedient to place the Irish Manufacturers of the total amount of revenue, he (Sir F. Burdett) should pre- Linen on the same footing, in respect of the free use of British fes that the sum were raised as an additional House Duty, Mill Spun Yarn and Foreign Yarn, with . the English and riaher than to obtain it from a valuation of windows. He Scotch Manufacturers. however, consider he was doing his duty to his con- 2. That the Duty now payable on the Importation of Flax, atiMenti by ma/spirting this measure as a means of reducing dressed or undressed, and on Tow or Codilla, whether of Flax expenditure. or Hemp, shall cease and determine ; and that in lieu thereof Mr. 11USKISSON reminded the Hon. Baronet and his Hon. the Duties following shall be paid, viz. : UnDeagewe that on the motion of the Hon. Member for Abing- Flax, and Tow or Codilla. skrn, the only question upon which the House divided, was the From . July 6, 1825 6 , until July 6, 1826, the cwt. fat resolution. for a repeal of the Wi ndow Tax. With respect 182 - - 2 so the substitution 'of an increasrd H ouse Tax, he would only 1827 - 1828 segnest the Hon. Baronet and his H on. Colleague to have 1828 - another meeting called of the Citizens of Westminster, and see what they should think of the proposal. He (Mr. H.) bzlieved they would be little gratified at a measure which went i relieve the . Hon_ Gentlemen from the duties upon their horses in the country, and saddled an additional burden on the inhabitants of great towns. It was his (Mr. Huskisson'S) misfortune to differ respecting the Window TaX, and another subject lately under discussion, from a considerable portion of hie constituents ; but he explicitly eleclared that difference; however painful to him, and acted according to his own convic tion, in a similar course he should persist for the future. col. PA LMER . said, that notwithstanding the rebuke given wan a formernight to a worthy- Alderman, he agreed with his Hon. Friend in supporting all motions for relieving the bur ..:liessiof the people; as the Ministers, on their side, invariably :opposed them, whilst in every instance of the repeal of a tax 'being carried, they had contrived to go on just as well without -.lt: This at least was more consistent than the conduct of an. other worthy Alderman. who, upon the same occasion, had praised to the-skies the Ministers and their sinking fund, whilst ite voted against them, anti reprobated in the strongest terms tie injustice and oppression of the Assessed Taxes. For his own part, looking to the principles of free trade, at length adopted by the Ministers, he had considered the measures o f the Chancellor of the xchequer to be best calculated for the general interests of the country ; nor was it against them, but . -the system of the Government, that his opposition was direct ed. The Right Honourable Gentleman had said in his former speech, that he could not do all at once ; but looking to the borthens of the pt ople, he had in fact done little or nothing to relieve them, nor could, without a change of system.— Let'the Miniateri only consent to that, and they would find "n him as warm a friend as he was an enemy ; but being convinced that the country was never yet in greater danger, which the Ministers might at once remove, by adopting the ooly: measure to relieve the pressure of taxation, ensure tranquillity to Ireland ; and which, by firmly uniting the people with the Government, could alone enable it to avert the impending storm;. and, until the Ministers, whoever they might be, could resolve upon that measure, he meant Reform'in Parliament, he should continue to oppose them with the same rooted hate, which the General of Carthage felt to Rome, is swearing his son upon the altar. The Honourable Member stated his regret at the continued indisposition of the Right Honourable the Foreign Secretary, which, with other reasons, had prevented his taking a part in the debates upon the Catho lic Question—but he meant to avail himself of the Bill yet before the House, to declare his feelings upon the subject ; aad should the Right Honourable Gentleman be still unable to attend, he hoped to be aIIONVed to advert to his conduct as a Minister, in a matter wherein he had taken so prominent a part. Mr. HonuovsE replied. After which the House divided— For the motion - - - 77 Against it - - 114 Majority 37 CRIMINAL LAW OF SCOTLAND. The Lord ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to extend parts of the provisions of the 43 George 111. c. 38, commonly called Lord Ellenborough's Act, to Scotland. After a few words from Sir ROBERT WILSON and Mr. H. Darr at MON.D leave was given to bring in the bill. REMOVING CASES OF MISDEMEANORS. Mr. DENMAN moved for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent persons indicted for misdemeanours at the Sessions and As sizes, from being compelled to attend the Court of King's Bench by writ.' of certiorari. Leave was accordingly given to bring in the bill. CUSTOMS' CONSOLIDATION ACT. Mr. HUSKISSON moved the Order of the Day for going into a Committee on this Bill. The House accordingly resolv ed-Itself into a Committee, when the Right lion. Gentleman moved a Resolution for assimilating the duties on the produce of the Island of Mauritius in all cases to those chargeable on the produce of rite British West Indies. Mr. BERNALL objected to any decision being come to on this question till certain Papers relative to the Slave Trade were in the hands of Members. Mr. HUSKISSON only wished the resolution for the pre gent to be reported pro forma, and that it should stand over till the papers referred to (already on the table) were printed. After a few observations from Dr. LUSHINGTON and Mr. W. HORTON, Mr. BRIGHT, Sir C. FORBES, Mr. T. Win sox, and Sir R. FARQUHAR, the resolution was agreed to; -the House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received o-morrow. NOTICE OF MOTION FOR THIS DAY. Mr. Hume—Copy . of Proclamations issued by the Governor of Ceylon. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Small Tithes Bill—Committee. 2. Dunleary Harbour Bill—Further consideration of Report. 3. Exchequer Court (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 4. Columbia Postage Bill—Committee. 5. Church Rates (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 6. Supply—Committed. 7. Ways and Means—Committee. 8. Kensington Roads Bill—Further consideration of Report. 9. Customs Consolidation Act—Report thereupon. 10. Linen and Brandy Duties Acts—Report thereupon. 11. Salaries to Judges, &c. (Scotland) —Report thereupon. 12. Bankers (Ireland) Bill—Third reading. 13. New Strtiet Act Amendment Bill—Report. 14. Supply—Report. 15. Canada Company Bill—Third reading. 16. Duke of Atli°ll's Bill—Third reading. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Thursday, May 19. Mr. Brougham—Motion for the better securing the practi cal independence of the Judges. Tuesday, May 31. Mr. John Williams—To present Petition, complaining of delays in the Court of Chancery. PRIVATE BILLS. Second Readings fbr This Day. Bognor Improvement, Sidmouth Pier, and Tropical Free Labour Company. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The same reasons which induced us to decline the insertion of P. V. K.'s first poetical Epistle apply to the second, though we acknowledge the merit of both. We know not why lie sent the other coutents of his last Letter. PRICE OF STOCKS 'nits o 1Y AT ONE o'cr.ocK. tlaak Stock.. 229 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons-... 90 89a 90 per Cent. Ditto Red 97“ per Cent. Dissd { New ... 104 i 5 Bank Long Ann.... 21i 11-16 Inip. 3 per Cents. India Stock Ohl Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills 1000/. 2d. Ditto 1 Ad. .. 43 44 40 Ditto 5011/.24. Ditto I id. Ditto Small 2d. Ditto I Ad. Ditto Commercial Bank - for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for Acct. 89190} 891 90 Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian lids, 5 per a.— 97# Chilian, Bds, 6 per ct Brazilian Bds - Scrip Neapolitan Scrip 1825 Buenos 'Ayres Bds Oli I Portuguese Bonds UN Colombian Bds. 6 per ct. 86' Prussian, 5 per ct. Do. do. 1824 BR Ditto New Danish, 5 per cent. Do. Scrip Greek Bds • Do. Scrip. 1825 :%lexican Bds Do. Scrip 1825 24iidis. Scrip PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Per Share. 6 ii 7 14 Anglo-Chilian Mining Company Brazilian Mining Company • General Mining Association _ Hibernian Mining Company Pasco Peruvian Mining Company 16 141 15 Potosi La Paz and PeruviartMining Association United Mexican Mining Company 38 Welch Iron and Coal Mining Company British Iron Company Bristol Ship Canal Company Brazilian Agricultural and Jewel Company London Brick Company • New Corn Exchange Provincial Bank of Ireland Rio de la Plata Agricultural Company Royal Stannary Watt India Company BRANDY DUTIES ACT. The House resolved itself into a Committee on this Bill. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. TOWNLAND BOUNDARIES BILL. M. Clour.nunx moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of this Bill. Mr. S. RICE', objected to the measure, as injuriously inter facing with private property. Mr. GOULBURN defended the bill, as indispensable to the object of the House and the Government, of making an accu rate map and valuation of Ireland. Lord MILTON objected to the measure, upon the same ground as the Hon. Member for Limerick ; and if not modified, sittoold move as an amendment, that it be read this day six months. Mr. GRATTAN opposed the Bill. After some slight discussion the House divided, when the members were— For the second reading - - - .34 Against it - - - - 15 Majority - - -—2 l The Bill was then_ read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday. COUNTY COURTS BILL. Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Retort of this Bill, which was agreed to.—Ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the lipase adjourned at ONE O'CLOCK. 3 iii. FOItEIGN 341.1 LE. Aftuirzu. 1)(sr. 0 liamburgh - t 1 10 11 IYA It AT LONDON BRIDGE, To_mortuonr. Morning, 0 minutes after 3.1 Evening, 17 minutes after 3, THE SUN. SOLEM QUIZ DICERS IeALSIIM AUDE.! LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1825 PA FtLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 1106 E OF COMMONS. • Marti:, 17 0. die Mali, 18'25. it.OOOIIXTS PRESIICNTED—BritIport and Lyme Regis—Ex ports and Imports—to lie op the table. oOnn AT LY Mg REGlS—Abstract of all sums paid on account thereof—to lie on the table. CAMPANY—London Portable Oas—Petition of Imperial Gas, •Light Company, against—to lie on the table. • Sell'A•re—Unett's Bills read a second time, and - Sit/wolfs —Salford Hundred- I committed. - beaks—Kingston-upon-Hull—Three Petitions, against—re_ terra to, the .Committes on the Bill, Counsel ordered; and One, in favour—.to lie on the table. lettritta—:-St. Olave (Hart-street) —Petition from the Rector, sgsinst=td lie on the table. London—Petition of It. Ky. tanston, Esq. against—to-lie on the table. Bill rejected. .I.ici.ostrass--West llKley (Berks),l • 'andel:Wu Church (Hants) Oa/sm.—Gloucester and Berkeley • LIGIT--Lonth 4-litnoTZNEßTS—Louth, Glasgow, • apd' Rochdale • ROADO—Barnsley and Orange Moor, mad Shepley.larre Head • VAN DiNNIAN'S LAND COMP/INT dip at. JURIEs (Ireland) , • DIGOXIIIIODICD M itt rns hiIIVANT COMPANT.. - thiVISATION & Bunny—Clyde—Petition from Dumber , favour—to Leon the table. liss.stotr Prsivenr Hits.—Petitions of A. Hayes, of Cork, sod Millers, &c. of Kilkenny, against—referred to the Select Ossnmittee. ;00111ONTY COURTS 13“&—Petition from Mancbeater, in fa- Viter—to lie on the table. STAMP AND:LEGACY DUTlES—Petition from Elgin, against --en tie on the table. ,dosto lasws--Petition from Elgin, against any alteration thin; 'sad from Tomes" foe revision thereof—to lie on ikatable. . • Bilk read a thiril time, azul pssed. After a very long discussion, we have to con gratulate the country on the rejection of the Bill for the relief of the Roman Catholic subjects of his MAJzsrv. The consideration of the ques tion came on in the House of Lords lust night, and was protracted until five o'clock this morn ing. On the division, there appeared for the Bill—Present, 84 ; Proxies, 46 ; total, 130. Against the Bill—Present, 113 ; Proxies, 65 ; total, 178 ; giving the large majority of 48. This question is thus, at any rate for a season, set at rest ; and we hope, before it shall be again introduced for the consideration of Parlia ment, the conduct of the Roman Catholics may have been such • as to chew them better worthy of the important privileges they seek to be invested with. We have sai d before, and we repeat again, that these highly-prized privileges would long since have been in their possession, had they evinced their love for their country, and their attachment to their Km:, in a manner less equivocal than mere words, and had they patiently submitted to the restraints policy and caution imposed to prevent ex cesses that have so often desolated the face of the country. The public attention should be given to the very able and eloquent speeches of the _ Bishop of IL CUESTE and Jaorti LIVERPOQL.— 71 8 We have often been told that the Irish Catho lic Priest does not influence the minds of his flock, that he does not use the power his proles- skin gives in exciting theth to rebel, and preach ing up doctrines hostile to the established autho- rities. It may he so, but it does appear to us then somewhat strange,that whilst this is asserted as a fact, any person should persist in sup- porting the Bill on the ground of danger to the State, it is strange he should endeavour . to inti- midate on the one hand, and hold out the other wise probable detachment of Ireland from Great Britain as one of the greatest inducements to pass the measure on the other. The fact and the argu- 'nent are at variatice,and whichever is wrong, either s equally conclusive against the measure. The !ruth is, however, the tranquillity of Ireland de- pends on no such g.rounds, and for this very ob- riot's reason—a reason that cannot he too much remembered, that the privileges sought for would reach but a few, a very few, of the Catholic sub- ects of the K P4G. And if the Bill were to pass, we may exclaim with the great majority or the Irish Catholics," And where will I be the better for it." It would be well, indeed, if this nega- ive quality was all , that could be said against the measure ; but, Connected as it was in the closest ties with that most objectionable and wicked Bill for the disfranchising the Forty Shilling Freeholders, and the anomalous measure for the payment of the Catholic Priesthood, bear ing in its own provisions defiance to the autho- rity of the Crown, by providing for the domestic nomination, at the expence of the Veto, that ought to be lodged in the hands of the Executive, the measure takes a character so odious, so Utt constitutional, and so unprecedented, a• to raise at once a most determined feeling of dislike, cal culated to ensure defeat, and to remove any doubt that existed on the propriety of the measure, in any assembly not swayed by interest or borne down by passion. The arguments of the supporters of the Bill all goon the supposition of danger attending the Em pire by the disturbed state of Ireland, and thus laying ourselves open to the machinations of our foreign enemies. But what force can they have when, on their own shewing, the Catholics, to a man,are loyal and devoted subjects,and the Priests I preach up obedience and submission to the laws ? It is plain, therefore, that so far as danger goes, the Bill is uncalled for ; and if, in addition to this, it shall appear that the tranquillity of ,Ireland cannot be ensured by the passing of the measure (and we have shewn, that without a clear admission of the undue in fluence of the priest on the minds of his flock, it could never have that effect) what is its object, what good purpose will be gained by experimen tal legislation on a subject of such vital im portance, and the introduction of a law, which if once passed, can never be recalled ? On the ground of expediency the measure must be abandoned, and the claim remains to be con sidered on the ground of justice only, arising out of the mutual obligations of King and subject. There is, however, in truth, as little justice as expediency in the claim. We will admit, that all the subjects of a State have an equal right to the protection of the laws, and it therefore be comes a simple act of justice to place all religions on the same footing as far as the free exercise of them is considered. But it is necessary that officers should be appoint ed to execute the laws it ; is equally neces sary that these officers should be chosen (for they cannot be conferred on all) from the people, and those selected best able to discharge their duties with fidelity, and support the authority under which they act. The holding then of an office is not inherent in the subject, it is not a natural right resulting from the relation that the subject bears to the state to which his allegiance is due, and thus the imposing of regulations in the choice of officers becomes not only a legitimate but a proper subject for legislative interference, and, indeed, that State would be most culpably negligent of its welfare that did not ensure by law the due execution of their duties by its officers. In this point of view, then, we must re gard the laws that impose the oaths of supremacy and allegiance on persons taking seats in the Le gislature, and filling certain high official stations, and what then becomes of the justice of the claim ? We cannot see that the great majority of the Roman Catholic subjects of the KING would be the happier or the richer if this Bill passed, and it is these two things that chiefly i►rterest the lower classes of the public. When their lives, their persons, and their properties are secured by law — when daily labour produces daily bread and a few comforts besides, the factious would preach the doctrines of rebellion in vain. The evil that afflicts Ireland lies deeper than Catholic disabili ties, but we acknowledge this circumstance gives an additional stimulus to the discontented, because it presents a ground of complaint more popular than true, and deriving its popularity solely from overcharged statements. It is very easy to talk of equal rights, to say that six millions of people are excluded from the en joyment of them on accou►►t of their religious feelings. It is very easy to select the most im posing words to express what the six million look for, viz. Emancipation (as if they were now in a state of slavery), and thus cause the world to join in the cry, without considering what is with held or eve❑ what is asked for. The plain matter of fact, however, is simply this, that every subject of the K ING is equally eligible to every office of the Empire, to a seat in Parliament, and to a seat in the Cabinet on the same conditions. There is in this respect no difference between a Catholic and a Protestant. Ti►e conditions imposed are the taking of certain oaths, oaths that were in tended not solely (as has been averred) to ex clude the Catholic, tho' partly with that inten tion, but more with a view to ensure fidelity, zeal, and a faithful discharge of the duty in trusted to the 'deponent. What is there in this that enslaves a Catholic, that he should be emancipated ? what is there in this that sa vours in the smallest degree of religious prose cution ? of exclusion on account of religious feel ings ? As well might a beggar say he is excluded from the right of voting for a Member of Parlia- meat because he is poor, or that he is excluded from a seat in the l'arliament for the same rea son. The acquisition of a certain portion of pro perty is the condition precedent of sitting in Par liament or voting : the taking of certain oaths is the condition precedent for the same object; what difference is there then between the wo, that the one is sanctioned as a whole- some provision, the other stigmatized as intolerant, wicked, and unjust. The purpose to be obtained by both conditions is the same, Fidelity !! ! If, therefore, it is thought a poor man cannot be a faithful subject of his King,how much stronger does the inference become, when a Catholic refuses to take tl►e oath of allegiance to his Soyereign, refuses to acknowledge him as Lord Paramount in his own dominions. In the [louse of Commons the London Tithes Bill, on the question of its second reading, was thrown out without a .division. Mr. llon- HOUSE made his promised motion for the repeal of the Window Tax. Ile!was most satisfactorily answered by the CHANcrztou. of the ExcHEQuitit, as were the other Members who spoke in support of the Motion by Mr. II Rani zs and Mr. Iluszts sox. On a division th• Motion was lost, by a Majisrity of 114 to 77. The French Papers of Sunday arrived last night. The Etoile, on the authority of letters from Constantinople, contradicts in positive terms the account of the taking of Navarino. The na val force of the Turks is said to consist of two frigates, three corvettes, a►►d ¶t smaller vessels. The land operations in the Morea are understood to be wholly confined to IBRAHIM PACHA. The Emperor of AUSTRIA was expected to make his entry into Milan on the 10th inst., and the arri val of the King of NAPLES at the same place had been fixed for the 14th. The Chevalier de PRITO, Portuguese Envoy Extraordinary, died at Paris ou the 13th. The Hamburg!' Papers to the 13th May ar rived this day. They give an account of the ar rival of the Emperor of RussiA on the 27th April at Warsaw, also of that of his Royal Highness Prince FREDERICK of the Netherlands at Berlin on the 10th instant. It appears that Russia has_ concluded a Treaty with Austria for the liquida tion of the debts of Poland, and so satisfied is the EMPEROR, with the result that he presented the negociator, M. V. TATISCHEFT, with the insignia of the Order of St. Alexander Newsky in diamonds. The Government of Sweden has come to a final resolution respecting the organiza- tion of the system of customs. The whole king dom is to be divided into eight districts. Letters from Copenhagen give a very lamentable account of the Asiatic Company established there. It would appear that they have, since their establish ment in 1818, lost upwards of 582,400 dollars of capital, besides 141,620 dollars of interest. The accounts of Switzerland state the intention of preserving the present measures regarding the Press and the Police of Strangers. The pressure of Parliamentary matter precludes us from giving larger extracts than those that follow : SWITZERLAXD, MAY 7 A circular from Lucerne, as presiding Canton, invites the Cantons to send their Deputies to the Diet, which is to meet the 4th July, provided with full powers and instructions relative to the subjects of discussion mentioned in the circular. Of these subjects, 49 in number, only one is new, viz. the com plaints of Zurich, Lurgovia, and Schafhausen, against the duty imposed in St. Gallen on Swiss wines. The direct ing Canton believes that it meets the wishes of the seve ral Cantons, by proposing that the measures which have subsisted for these two years on the abuse of the liberty of the Press, and of the police, bo confirmed without alteration by the approaching Diet. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAIIIIURGH, MAY 13.-36. ; two months, 3,5. 10i. PETERSHURGII, APRIL 29.-10. 3-32. BERLIN, MAY 10.—Three months, 6. 20i. VIENNA, MAY 4.—Three months , 35. RIGA, MAY 2.-10. 3-16. BREMEN, MAY 12.—Two months, 590. The value of goods exported from Archangel last year was 5,574,545 rubles ; imports, 792,834 ; balance, 4,781,686, c t".7 , \ 4 ti L -4 2 1 r: t !";:g t 3t : : : ;4 1 ("' Cr‘•• t'jej c -7210 ;`',„ . 7t" -- ::: . ": ' ~,, t ...,,,..,..., , . • A«,.. , ;, : .... ..., , <:"? . "7, - ., 9 400 , ''':k° 4 A ,. v •:,,,,. N , o• /•,-, 1•1..-ts , , , f,..,.; , "4: • II ;,or' Vec• iPi A 4 •••• ~ •i. • ~_, V 54.4 - -, ./4-; OF i l l , t; , f ...,i,:, 6 4.'" 'OA 6'jk'AY . . • i:".' The KING'S DRAWING-ROOM FURTIIEn PO3TPO NED. Lord Chamberlain's Office, May 17, 1825. Notice is hereby given, that the Drawing-Room intended to be held at St. James's Palace, on Monday, the Ind instant, is celebration of his MAJESTY'S Birth Day, is postponed to Thursday, the oth of June next. DUKE or YORK'S LEVEE.—The Duke of YORK was Una. voidably prevented from holding his Levee yesterday afternoon, as commander-in-Chief, at his office in the Horse-Guards, by being obliged to attend the House of Lords, for the purpose of presenting petitions to their Lordships. His Royal Highness postponed his Levee until Tuesday next. Prince William of Brunswick was indisposed yesterday at Blake's Hotel, Jerrnyn-street. FASHIONABLE ARRIVA LS. The Duke of Buckingham, from his seat, Avington, Hants; Lord Northesk, at Cook's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from a tour; Mrs. Fitzherbert and Miss Seymour, in town, from Brighton; the Ilon. Mrs. Lumley Saville and Family, at Batts' Hotel Dover-street ; the Misses Parry, at ditto. DEPARTURES.-Sir Hugh Palliser, Bart., from Spring_ gartures, for Ireland ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Savage, from Batts' Hotel, for France ' • Mr. and Mrs. Preston Hutton, from ditto, for Norwich; the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Harvey, from ditto. FASHIONABLE' PARTIES. Lady George Cavendish gave a grand rout on Monday even ing at Burlington House, Piccadilly. J. H. Lainbton, Esq. M.P. gave a grand entertainment ott Sunday at his house in CleVeland-row to the Duke of York and a distinguished party. G. H. Sumner, Esq., M. P.,entertained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at his use in Grafton-street. R. G. Cox, Esq., had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in - Grosvenor-place. The Countess of Grosvenor's rout on Monday evening bit Grosvenor-street was very numerously and fashionably attended. Dowager La:ly Nairn had a select party yesterday . evening at her house in Albemarle-street. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, MAY 17.—Wind N.E.—Sailed for the River the General Harris, from China. Passed through from the River the Amphitrite, Abbott, for Quebec; Ann, Reed, for New port ; Eliza, Sutton ; and 'William Miles, Beadle, for India. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 17.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the John Reed, Feathers, and Rider, Lewis, from Ilavannah, in 49 days; and his Majesty's ship Tweed, from Cork. Passed by the Wight the Crisis, Mead, from Jamaica. FALMOUTH, MAY 16.—Wind N.W.—Sailed the Plover packet for the Brazils. LtvrnrooL, May.l6.—Wind S.—Arrived yesterday the Pacific, AN:lowan, from Macaio, in 42 days; Lucy Ann, Andrews, from Nassau, N. P.; Bingham, Fleming, from New Orleans; and Edward, Cormoris, from Savannah ; also, to-day. the Mogul, Bradshaw, from New York ; and the Thomas Par sons, Bragg, from New Orleans. COWES, MAY 17.—Arrived the American brig Niger, Luce, from Matanzas, in 44 days, has experienced easterly winds for . the last 30 days; the Master states that, two days'. previous to his sailing, a Pirate had been taken off that place by the United. States armed steam-boat Sea Gull, one of the squadron em ployed on that coast for the suppression of Piracy. The Pirate . mounted six guns, and engaged the steam-boat two hours, when she finally sunk, and had seven men killed during the action. Arrived off Dartmouth, the Larch, Crews, from Demerara. The... Molly, from Kilrosh to Liverpool, was driven on some rocks, near Ballywater, the 12th inst. and bilged ; most of her cargo damaged. The KING'S gout, we regret to say, continues to so inconvenient ft egree, that it has been deemed advisable to postpone his MAJESTY'S Drawing Room still further, from Monday Bev to Thursday, 9th June. his MAJEsTY's general health ; however, we are happy to state, i 3 rrniAa paired and excellent. Yesterday Prince PorAGNAc, the French Ambassador, transacted business, with Mr. Se cretary CANNING, at the Foreign Office, for a considerable time, previous to his Excellency's departure for Paris, to be present at the Corona tion of his Royal Master. CORN EXCHANGE, MAT 18. The arrivals of all descriptions of Corn this week are 'neon slderable. There is scarcely any business doing in the Wheat trade to-clay, and prices remain as last reported. The Barley trade is excessively dull ; Beans and Peas are without varia tion ; fine fresh Oats command ready attention at the rates last quoted, but other sorts sell very heavily. A RitlV ALS.—English Wheat, 2,2oo—Barley, 400..-Oats, 1,900 qrs.—Flour, 2,900 sacks. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, May 17. A nate, dam Ditto, at Sight l2 19 Rotterdam l2 3 Antwerp l2 3 Haniburgli 36 9 24 Us. Altona Paris,3 Day's sight Ditto Boni deaux, ditto Berlin 7 0 Fi ant; fort on the Main Pete' stnirgli Vienna Trieste 9i 9 52 9 52 Madrid . 364 Effect iv' Etirctir• . 364 Mei ive 35 - Cadiz Bilboa Barcelona ieville Clamsßat Leghorn 491 11a1. I.lr 47 Malta Palermo Lisbon Oporto ItioJarleiro Bahia SO Dotblits .... 9f CliFii 9 pet Cent. BULLION. l'orttigal Goldin Coin I .0 0 0 per Ot. Foreign Gold, in Bars New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 11} S;lvi l r Standard in Ikrs. On the 17th inst., in Gloucester-place, the Lady of Chula* Parke, Esq. of a daughter. On the 16th inst., at Wembley Park, Middlesex, the Lady of the Rev. John Edward Gray, of Gayton, Northampton, of daughter. MARRIED. On Tuesday, at Marylebone Church, Mrs. Hen Davison, of Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, to William Home, Esq. of Upper Harley-street, and of Epping Green, Herts. At Marylebone Church, on the 17th inst., the Rev. Brown low Poulter, Rector of Buriton, Hants, eldest son of the Rev. E. P., to Harriette, youngest daughter of the late James Morley, Esq. formerly of Kempshot, Hants, and Member of Council at Bombay. DIED. On the 16th May, at his house in Devonshire-street, George Mowbray, Esq., in his 78th year. On the 14th inst., after two days illness, Jane, youngest daughter of Christopher Blackett, Esq., of Wylem, Northum berland. On Monday, the 16th inst., after a lingering illness, Mrs. A. C. Bootle, of Bryanston-square. 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