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in proportion to the wants of each, it results that nothing is granted to superfluity, and nothing is lost. In the visit which we made in ISIS, the generality of the Local Authorities assured us, that the amount of the tax remained far below the alms which fear and disgust had previously exacted from the citizens. In most of the communes the difference was valued at the double, and some even the quadruple." —Morning Chronicle. Various rumours and suggestions have been afloat, since the de bate on the Catholic question, as to the probable retirement of Mr. Canning and his friends from the Government. If it be true, as we have seen it stated, that he experienced any unfair play upon that occasion—such as Treasury Circulars being issued upon a question avowedly not a Ministerial one—we cannot wonder at the personal warmth which Mr. Canning exhibited in the debate ; nor should we be surprised at his refusing to re main a Member of an Administration in which se evident and disheartening a collision exists. The real importance of the question itself has always been, in our estimation at least, much over-rated, both by its advocates and opponents ; and its actual consequences are much more serious, and to be deprecated in the schism and disunion it creates, than any real advantages or mischiefs that would flow from its adoption on the one hand, or its rejection on the other. Though we have had the misfortune to dissesit from one important feature of Mr. Can ning's foreign policy, we are ■ot on that account the less sensible of his talents, or of the importance of the influence of his per sonal weight and character to the Councils of the country ; but we are free to confess that it has all along surprised us that Mr. Canning, or any other man of high feeling, should have even joined an Administration who were at variance upon a point of so much supposed vital importance as the Catholic Question ; we say of supposed importance, because its importance is, we repeat, on all hands vastly overrated. It is essential to their own honour, we should think, as well as to the true interests of the country, that those who compose the Government should be united upon the main points both of their foreign and domestic policy. To be met at every turn by differ ences among themselves, must embarrass their deliberations and cripple their exertions in a way most injurious to the public ser vice; while it leaves the country itself at a less how or where to repose that confidence which is so essential to a Government over which public opinion holds so marked and extensive an influence. The difference we allude to is, however, much too great and sincere on both sides to admit, we fear, of any re conciliation ; and however we may, in the abstract, wish to see all religious distinctions put an end to, it is impossible to expect to see what is called the Catholic Question ever carried by the wil ling consent of the Protestant community, either of this country or of Ireland, while the Catholic agitators themselves exert every nerve, as they have unfortunately long done, to keep alive all those feelings, alarms, and objects of excitement which are most calculated to prevent it. We wonder that such men as Mr. Can ning, Sir Francis Burdett, and Mr. Plunkett, have not long since told the Catholic leaders in plain terms, " Either you must serve yourselves, by adopting a different course to that which you are now pursuing, or we cannot serve you. It is in vain that we, year after year, labour for your cause, while you are labouring as zealously against it." If, therefore, Mr. Canning's continuance in the Government depends upon his carrying this question at ' present, we believe the thing to be impossible. And the only middle course we can imagine is, that the question itself should be abandoned till those in whom it originates have the honesty or the discretion to adopt a line of conduct no longer calculated to defeat their own object, and ueutralise the efforts of their best friends —Morning Herald. FEAST OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY. THE ANNIVERSARY of this FESTIVAL will he held on THURSDAY, the 1 0th day of May next. The SERMON will be preached by the Rev. JOHN HUME SPRY, D.D., Rector of St. Marylebone. The Rehearsal of the Music will take place, as usual, on the preceding Tuesday, the Bth of May. Temple, March 8. COURSE OF EXCHJ Amsterdam C.F. 12 4 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Antwerp l2 5 Hamburgh 2S U. 37 2 Alton& - 214 U. 37 3 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 80 Bordeaux 25 80 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 154 Petersburgh, rble...—. 3 Us. 9 0 Vienna, effective!! 2 M. 10 13 T r ieste do. .s. Madrid 34 Cadiz 34 Banos 34 Barcelona Seville 334 Gibraltar 4 .1. H. BIARKLAND, Treasurer. .NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn „. 474 Genoa 26 15 Venice 46 Malta Naples 3B Palermo per oz. 114 Lisbon 50 14 Oporto 5O Rio Janeiro 39% Bahia 42 8110/1011 Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight IA Cork 1 BULLION, PER OZ. .g. a. d. Portugal Gold, in coin .... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 3 13 3 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver, in bars, standard 0 4 gi 11 5,7 6%. bt • • or LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1827. We received last night the Paris Papers of Wednesday, and the Etoile dated Thursday morning. The debates on the law respecting the Press still fill their columns. No hope remains of the objectionable articles of the Ministe rial project being got rid of in the Chamber of Deputies; but an expectation seems to exist that some very material rnodifieation of the law may be made in the Upper House. It is stated in the Etaile, that when a party of the Por tuguese rebels were assembled in the public square of Vigo, for the purpose of being billetted,.they shouted Virus for Don MIGUEL—the absolute King FERDINAND — Death to the Constitution, &e., in the presence of Gen. SEMPERE, Governor of Tuy. Many of these rebels are said to have returned into Portugal, while others have proceeded to Santiago. SILVEIRA is supposed to be concealed in Spain. The Porte appears to have rejected all mediation in be hair of Greece ; but the Independence of that Country will be established by the heroism and persevering spirit of her people,notwithstanding the savage determination of his Highness the SULTAN. We subjoin a few extracts : (From the Etoile, dated Thursday, March 8.) " BucHa aryl-, FEB. 13.—Private letters from Constanti nople, dated the 4th of this mont.'l, state that the Porte has declared, through the Reis Effendi, that it would reject all diplomatic over tures in favour of the Greek insurgents. The motives on which this resolution is founded are the same as those that have been al leged on former occasions. This news appears to he the more de prying of credit, as it is a fresh proof of the immoveable pertina pity of the Divan."—Augsburg Gazette. (From the Pilote of Wednesday.) "PARIS, Maucif 6.—M. Eynard has addressed a letter, dated Feb. 26, to the Greek Committee of Geneva, of which the fol lowing is an extract : " I have news from Napoli to the 24th of January. They confirm the third victory gained by Karaiskaki. They state, that at Volizza the booty taken was much more considerable than at first reported. " Letters from Corfu, from Count Viaro-Capodistrios, and from M. Constantine Jerostathy, of Feb. 8, bring rae the fol lowing particulars : " Salons is in the hands of the Greeks. Karaiskaki, after his victories at Arakova and Volizza, where be took 1,500 horses, and all kinds of ammunition and provisions, &c. surprised and cut to pieces, near Lepanto, a corps of 1,000 Turks, who were marching to Salons, to relieve that place. According to the orders of the Government, this brave General is going to send a part of his troops to the army of Eleusis. Two hundred Peloponnesians have already repaired to that quarter, and 2,000 men under Colo nels Gordon and Petromichaly are going to sea to the Piraeus, es corted by the American frigate commanded by Miaulis. All these forces united are simultaneously to attack the Seraskier, Redschid Pacha, who has approached Athens, from which he had retired in consequence of the victory of Arakova, thus giving Col. Fabvier an opportunity to enter the Acropolis with ammunition and provisions.' We received to-day from Previsa„under the date of the 30th of January, the news that two vessels laden with provisions were at Petala, waiting for orders from Karaiskaki, and that Makry had made himself muter of Stamnias near Missolonghi. " These favourable circumstances prove, gentlemen, how useful our consignments of provisions have been, since the Greeks have been enabled by this assistance to resume offensive operations. The Emperor of Russia, who had hindered the introduction into his dominions of several German literary journals after the first of January this year, has revoked that prohibition. The Journal des Debats of Wedneseay contains a private let ter from Frankfort, dated March Ist, which says, " there has been much talk here, lately, of a note from the Prussian Govern- went, which openly menaces that of the Netherlands with war, if the latter persists in its pretensions to close the Rhine, or at !cast, to subject the navigation of that river to Custom-house aties of so rigorous a character. It is added that Prussia, before taking this step, had obtained the consent of Russia and Austria; perhaps, also, of England. The latter Power has an obvious in terest in seeing fiscal regulations abandoned, which almost neutra line the navigation and commerce of the finest river in Europe." FRENCH Finins, Wednesday, March 7.—Five per Cents.,. 98f. 95c. ; ThrPe per Cents, 69f. 20e. Bank Stock, 1,985 f. Rentes de Naples, 75f. 25c. Royal Spanish Loan, 534. — Court Authentique. New York Papers to the 17th ult. were received in town last night,- having been brought to Liverpool by the Pacific. A Baltimore Paper of the 15th, states, on the authority of a letter from the Havannah of the Ist, that a skirmish had taken place between an English and a Spanish ship of war—the former mistaking the latter fol. a slave vessel. The intelligence of the separatiou of Texas from Mexico is confirmed. The new Republic is to be called Fredonia. Commodore LABORDE, with four frigates and two brigs, still blockaded Commodore PORTER at Key West. The Boston Centinel states, that " the instructions received in the Navy Yard there, are for putting in readiness the launching of the two seventy-fours, and the Cumberland frigate of the first class, in the course of the present year, and to fit for sea the Java, of 44 guns, which wants nothing but her stores." We subjoin a few extracts : REVOLUTION IN TEXAS. NEW YORK, FEB; 16.—FROM NEW ORLEANS.—We have re ceived, by the packet ship .Azelia, New Orleans Papers to the 27th ult. inclusive. The Advertiser of the 25th says, "We learn, by the steam-boat from Natchitoches, that hostilities have commenced between the forces of the Mexican Republic and the Revolutionists in Texas. _ A Natchitoches paper of the 16th contains a Treaty of Union, League, and Confederation, between the Republic of Nacogdoches and sundry tribes of Indians, which was concluded in the town of Nacogdoches on the 21st of December. The following it the preamble to the Treaty : . oa Whereas the Government of the Mexican United States have, by repeated insults, treachery, and oppression, reduced the white and red emigrants from the United States of North America, now living in the province of Tcxas, within the territory of the said Government, into which they have been deluded by promises so lemnly made, and most basely broken, to the dreadful alternative of either submitting their free-born necks to the yoke of an im becile, faithless, and despotic government, miscalled a republic ; or of taking up arms in defence of their unalienable rights, and as serting their Independence ; they namely, the white emigrants, now assembled in the town of Nacogdoches, around the indepen dent Standard, on the one part, and the red emigrants who have espoused the same Holy Cause on the other, to prosecute more speedily and effectually the War of Independence, have mutually undertaken, to a successful issue, and to bind themselves by the ligaments of reciprocal interests and obligations, have resolved to form a Treaty of Union, League and Confederation." One of the persons who signed the Treaty, as an agent of the Red People, is J. D. Hunter, who is pretty well known in this country and England. Bosrow, FIB, 12.—1 t is said that a few days previous, six In dian Chiefs, in that vicinity, held a council, and promised to as sist, and 201 Indians, principally Cherokees, had actually joined the new party. The new Republic had been christened " Re public of Fredonia," and their flag consists of a stripe of red and white, emblematical of the union between the red and white men. Later accounts received at Natchitoches furnish a treaty entered into between the insurgents and twenty-three tribes of Indians. A National Congress is to assemble at Nacogdoches on the first Mon day in February. _ (From the Baltimore Paper of the 14th February.) We are authorised to state, that the Spanish Consul has this day received from Havanna a new general Tariff of duties on exports and imports, at all the Custom-houses on the Island of Cuba, with various regulations concerning deposits, Ex. WASHINGTON, FEB. '7.—lt appears from the report made from the Department of State to the House of Representatives, stating the claims of American Citizens, on the Governments of France, Naples, Holland, and Denmark, for vessels and their cargoes, un lawfully taken and condemned, amount to 15,045,612 26 dollars, viz.:— Aggregate claims on France 9,600,332 17i dollars. • Ditto Ditto Naples 2,032,930 88 dollars. Ditto Ditto... Holland 750,059 84 dollars. Ditto Ditto... Denmark 2,662,230 361 dollars. Total COLOMBIA. (From the Baltimore Patriot, of Feb. 10.) Ls GUAYRA, JAN. 9.—The present and future success of this country seems to depend so entirely on the movements of . General . Bolivar, that any thing relative to him must excite a lively inte rest with those abroad as well as with those of this country. A more enthusiastic appeal to the feelings of the constituents of a Chief Magistrate never was made by man, than the Proclamation of Bolivar's, issued at Puerto Cabello on the 34 instant, which I have taken the liberty to forward you. This proclamation was preceded by one of the Ist inst. which no doubt has been publish ed in your Papers. They have been followed by one from Gen. Paz, wherein he revokes all his former decrees, and all resolu tions of the convention held a short time since at Caraccas, recog nizing Bolivar as Supreme Chief of Venezuela, and all Colombia, commanding that he should be received as such throughout the Province, and that due honour be paid him as their Supreme Chief, &c. &c. It is with great regret we mention, that the accounts 'rom Sierra Leone and the Gambia, are of the most afflict. ing description. We have received private communications from thence which excite the most serious apprehensions for his Excel lency, the Governor, Sir NEIL CAMPBELL. His Excel lency had proceeded up the River to a place called Port Logo, to settle a Palaver with a Native Chief, and there caught the fever. After being alarmingly ill for some time, he became convalescent ; but we regret to add, that His Excellency subsequently suffered a severe relapse, and was dangerously ill when his Majesty's brig Cadmus left Sierra. Leone, about the 23d January. His Military Secretary, Major BONNY, had left Sierra Leone in the Cadmus, on account of severe illness. The Chief Justice, Mr. HAMILTON, had recently died, and many of the military. The King's Advocate had proceeded in a ship to Barbadoes in a dying state, and public business was suspended, in consequence of the death or illness of nearly all the Heads of Depart ments. At the Gambia, the Commandant and one hundred men had paid the debt of nature in the space of one month, and at the last account from thence the whole of the re maining white troops, 18 in number, were in the hospital. The boats of his Majesty's ship Maidstone, sent into Sierra Leone, in the beginning of January, a Spanish schooner with 224 slaves on board, twenty-eight had died since her capture, and the rest were in the most shocking state of wretchedness. On these unfortunate creatures being landed, they all fell on their knees, and kissed the ground in gratitude for deliverance from their merciless purchasers. Mr. Wiwi-MORE brought forward, in the House of Com mons last night, his motion to substitute the Resolutions which he had proposed for regulating the Importation of Foreign Corn, for those proposed by his Majesty's Go vernment. The main object of the Hon. Member's Reso lutions was to fix the duty of 20s. when the price of Wheat was 50s. per quarter, instead of when it was GOs. A long discussion took place, which turned more on the general question than on Mr. WHITMORE'S Amendment, which was negatived by a commanding ma jority of 335 to 50. Every discussion which takes place on this subject more clearly shows that all parties admit the wisdom of the measure proposed by his MAJEsTy's Ministers ; and no doubt now remains of its being carried through the House of Commons without any further seri ous opposition. We cannot doubt also that it will receive the concurrence of the Upper House, as the principle is admitted by all to be just; and the scale of duty cannot be said to be too low for a standard by which the price of Corn will be nearly fixed at a rate which will afford a fair though not an exorbitant remunera tion to landlords and tenants. Until this question is settled, considerable stagnation of trade, in various branches, must exist, and we therefore earnestly hope that the measure proposed will be carried through Parliament, not with pre cipitation, but with as little delay as can consistently be allowed.—Every future bargain will be made with refer ence to the final determination of Parliament on this most important question of policy. We perceive that the Marquis of LANSDOWNE has with drawn his notice of a motion for the 15th, on the Catholic Question. Believing the Noble Lord to be a sincere friend to the cause, and possessed of the best means of judging—we feel satisfied that he has acted wisely in post poning the subject for the present. The KNIGHT of KERRY's motion on the Ist of May, will perhaps afford a fit opportunity of discussing it simultaneously in both Houses. There is nothing which appears more ex traordinary than the prescriptions of those men who say, " we will not grant Emancipation—the Irish do not trouble their heads about it, (a fact denied in the most unqualified manner by the Attorney-General of that Kingdom) let us increase the wealth, knowledge and comforts of the people, and all will go well." To this doctrine we would object most decidedly. If the Irish Catholics are not to be put on a footing with their fellow-subjects, we would say, for Heaven's sake keep them as they are, make them your Helots, your hewers of wood and drawers of water, but do not let education open their eyes to their degradation, and convert them into still more dangerous denizens, (for we cannot call them citizens) of the empire. Lord LANSDOWNE declared, in the sincerity of his heart, that if he could be placed in the distressing situation of assisting the Councils of a hostile Power against his country, the first prayer which he should offer to fortune would be " give me Ireland as she is— (Hear, hear,)—with a great, increasing population; with leaders whose road to fame and fortune is cast in a direc- tion opposite to the interests of the State ; with a popula tion under the influence or a clergy alienated, rejected by the State, and denounced by the authorities of that State as faithless and not to be believed—a population deprived of those conductors between the high and the lower classes, necessary to preserve, by splendid actions, the strength and harmony of the whole. This was the con dition in which their Lordships left, or rather abandoned, Ireland." Surely our policy ought to be the reverse of that which would suit a hostile Power. Without taking any notice of the various rumours which reach us, regarding changes in the Administration, we cannot help expressing our sincere hope that the nation is not going to be subjected to a violent and ruinous change of measures. We shall not at present argue how far, as to principle or to time, the present Administration were right in relinquishing the old system of overbear ing monopoly which marked our commercial intercourse with other nations. We are satisfied that it could be maintained only during war, and therefore we think that it was properly abandoned. But whether it was so or not, will any man compare our present system of Government, domestic and foreign, with the wilfully-confused and cor rupt system of the last century ? We never heard any one of common sense olject to the simple theories of Political Economy. Rational but cau tious men say, they are very beautiful on paper, and would do well in a new State—but consider the difficulty of adapting them to the circumstances of this country— consider the consequences of any change. This was all well in the commencement of the new system ; but the change has been effected, the pain of the operation is nearly over, and shall we now madly endeavour to re attach w the wrsteow the decayed branches which have been lopped off? But it is impossible, the wit of man cannot reproduce the chaos which folly and ignorance effected. It is a matter of indifference to us whether Mr. CANNING'S or Mr. PEEL'S star is in the ascendant. We are not astrologers (though we are ashamed half to confess an undefined and lingering belief in the obsolete revelations of the horoscope,) but we are deeply concerned in the issue of a contest for mastery, which is said to be going on, between liberal and illiberal principles. We must beg pardon of the Right Hon. Secretary of the Home Depart ment for associating his name with illiberality. We are well aware how little he deserves the appellation, but there is a Lull which connects him with an illiberal party, and there fore rumour presumes to . hold him forth as the fu ture Premier, under a system of intolerance and im perious sway. We totally, disbelieve that the Right Honourable Gentleman would not prefer to con tinue as his associate, the enlightened and eloquent Secre tary for Foreign affairs ; but we can hardly fancy the spirit of Mr. CANNING submitting to a superior in office, where none can exist in reality, and the assumption of such a position would be a virtual announcement of a poli tical separation. We received, this morning, the Nurernburg Corres pondent, of the Ist instant, and the Austrian Observer, of the 26th February, but they contain no news of interest. The private . letters b roug ht by th e packet chip Pacific, i n 19 days from New York, express much surprise at the passing of the Bill for laying additional duties on the import of woollens, and which they add may with more propriety be called an Act for the increase of smuggling. The Bill has yet to pass the Senate, and as it is at present framed, may be considered as a prohibition. These accounts fur ther mention, that, eery where in th e U n i on , th e a ccounts were of the most discouraging nature, and money extremely scarce.— If the duty on Nvoollens does t a k e p l ace , we may s h or tly expect an Advertisement Extraordinary, un d e r the head— Wanted, for the service of Government, an additional num b er o f Officers for the Customs, under the class of Blockade Men, Searchers, Landing 'Waiters, &c. &c.—Per eons applying must bring with their recommendations of their ability and integrity in refusing bribes, and must be well ac quainted with the chicane of the new laws ; perhaps an educa tion in the English Customs and Excise might be important to their success. THE F' ISHISDAY). CITY, Twelve o' Cluck Every thing in the English Funds is extremely dull ; Consols opened at Si 4, and the first business done afterwards was at 824 at whirls rate they continue. India Bonds remain at 56'7; and Exchequer Bills, 35 6 pm. Colombian Bonds, 44 4 ; Mexi can, 694 ; Greek, 164 174; in the other Foreign S ecurities there is no alteration since yesterday. Three per Cent. Consols, 824 4 ; Ditto for account, 824 4 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, shut ; Three and a-half per Cent. Re- Buenos Ayres, 51 3 i ; duced, sh u t ; F o ur per Cent. 971 ; India Bonds , 56 ' 7 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 35 6 pm. FOREIGN Furms.—Brazilian, 654 ; Chilian, 36 8 ; Colombian, 1824, 40 Danish, 60 1 French 5 per Cent. 1014 2 ; Ditto, 3 per Cent, 694 70 ; Greek, 6 I ; Mexican 5 per Cent. 564 74- ; Ditto, 6 per Cent. '69 4 ; Peruvian, 344 54 ; Portuguese, 754 6 4 ; R"jan, 87 4 ; Spanish, 124 1. MlNEs.—Anglo Mexican, 40 35 dis. ; Brazilian, 14 24 pm. ; Bolivar, par 1 pm. ; Colombian 17 19 per Share ; Pasco Peru vian, 5 6 per Share; Potosi, 34 6 per Share; Real del Monte, 70 pm. ; Tlaxpuxabua, 25 35 pm. ; United Mexican, 124 114 dis. Two o' Clock. The only alteration in the price of Consols is their being 524 a , at which a few trifling bargains for Tuesday next have been effected. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols, 824, sellers. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICE, Consols 82 Danish Bonds G 1 Do. for Ac. 82k Greek Do. 1825 16g Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825, 69 Peruvian D o . Buenos Ayres Do. -- Chilian Do. _ Russian Do. 87- 1 4 Columbian, 1824, 402 Spanish Do. 124 ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(TIIIS DAY.) THE BERWICK ELECTION. The Members returned for this Borough are—Capt. Bereeford and Mr. Gladstone. The unsuccessful candidate is Sir Francis Blake, who has petitioned against the return on the ground that there were one hundred and ninety-six freemen allowed to vote who were not entitled to that privilege, it being contended on behalf of the petitioner that none but resident freemen who pay scot and lot, and poor rates, have a right to vote for Members of Parliament. The Town Clerk was examined, who, to the several ques tions put to him by Members of the Committee, replied, that honorary members were obliged to pay 51. and some Odd shillings on their admission to the freedom of the borough; that the eldest sons of freemen were entitled to their freedom when of age, and also such persons as had served apprenticeships to free men ; and that such persons when made free were, by the custom of the borough, entitled to vote at an election for Members of Par liament,, even though they had no residences of their own, and paid neither taxes nor poor-rates. After the examination of this witness, Counsel addressed the Committee on behalf of the petitioner, and contended that the custom of admitting out-voters was contrary to the charter of that borough, and consequently illegal. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE- , -(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. Guava:x/4n, MARCH 9.—Arrived the Royal Oak, Stockman, from Lisbon ; • Diadem, Edmonds, from the Isle of France ; Henry, Burney, from Van Diemen's Land ; Diadem, Cotgrave, from Bombay. DEAL, MARCH 9.—Wind E.—Arrived the Ada, Friend, from Demerara. The whole of the outward-bound cleared the Downs this morning, with a fair wind. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Wind E. by N.—Sailed the Sym metry, Absalem, for Leghorn ; Canada, Sinclair, for Bahia; Mangrove Bay, Ritcher, for Demerara ; Jane, Hawksworth, for Malta. FALMOUTH, MARCH N. W.—Arrived the Felicidado, Terreira, from Nantz for Lisbon. PENZANCE, MARCH 7.—The Despatch, Warren, from Wood bridge to Liverpool, has put back for St. Michael's Mount, for the third time, and took the ground near the pier head in running in, and it is feared has received some damage. YARMOUTH, MARCH 9.—The Soho, Irvine, from New York to Hull, which ran on the Cross Sand on the 7th inst. is broken up and the cargo floating about ; boats from hence and along the coast are employed to bring it on slime. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) THE DOVER ELECTION. The Members returned for this Borough are Messrs. 'I hompson and Wilbraham. The unsuccessful candidate is Mr. Halcomb. The petition against the return is grounded on an objection to out voters. It appeared, by the evidence adduced this day, that none but resident freemen were ever permitted to vote at the election of a Mayor or other Officers of the Corporation; but that, from the year 1723 down to the present period, no objection was ever taken against non-resident freemen voting at the election ofMembers of Parliament, except on one occasion in 1768; all the Charters of that Borough are lost, and the only evidence on which the Committee have to decide, is the custom above alluded to in the election of officers, and the rejection of out-voters in 1768. Mr. HARRISON, for the petition, and Mr. Serje,ant SPANKIE in support of the Return. THE READING ELECTION. Mr. ADAM addressed the Committee on behalf of the petitioner, Mr. Fysche Palmer. He contended that there was a prima facie case of fraud made out against the Corporation, who had enrolled on the poll-books several names which had not been entered in the rate-books for six months previously, as required by the Act ap pertaining thereto, in order to entitle them to the privilege of voting. THE PONTEFRACT ELECTION. The unsuccessful candidate for this Borough is Mr. Hardy, and the objection against the return is alleged bribery on the part of Mr. Houldsworth, one of the Members returned. Mr. Hardy being a barrister, appeared as Counsel in support of the petition, and several witnesses were examined to establish the charge. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. LOPEZ V. Dr TASTET. Mr. HART begged to bring to the recollection of the Court, a motion in this' case, which had occupied a great deal of time, and had since stood over for no inconsiderable period, and which, the longer it stood over, the more time it was likely to take up when it next came on. The motion resolved itself into a question, whether an alleged balance due from the plaintiff's attorney (a large sum struck off upon taxa tion) to the defendant, should be placed to the credit of the defendant Mr. de Tastet ? It was a matter of great importance to the professional man, that the case should be disposed of in judgment, because of the observations that had been made upon his bills in argument he had found himself seriously injured, though there was nothing in those bills dishonourable or improper in any way, as he was sure the Court in judgment would state. Mr. PEPY3 appeared on the other side, and opposed further argument at present. His LORDSHIP would dispose of it on Tuesday, as well as Browne v. De Tastet. _ . y. This was .the Seal Day, and, at the beginning of it, Mr. HART moved, in Grant versus Grant, for an order to dischar,e the writ of ne exeat regno, that had issued against Mr. Charles Grant, to quash the writ, and to com pel the plaintiff, Sir Alexander Grant, to withdraw the detainer he had lodged in the hands of the Marshall of the King's Bench Prison against the defendant, and which occupied all the morning. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. INJUNCTION. VAMIMTIGIS V. fITZPIIIMIIOIi. This was an application on the part of the plaintiff, to restrain the defendant from negociating a certain bill of exchange and pro missory notes, passed to him, by the plaintiff, under the following circumstances : The plaintiff, it appeared, having been some time since in a very embarrassed state, proposed to compound with his creditors, and eventually, they all, with the exception of the defendant, agreed to sign a deed of release and composition, upon receiving two shiilipga and sixpence in the pound on their respective demands, the defendant refused to accede to this arrangement, and insisted on getting 2001. as the composition for his particular debt, which would, in fact, amount to much more than the pro portion about to be given to the other creditors. The plaintiff, anxious to obtain the deed of release, and knowing that the least hesitation or unwillingness on the part of the defendant to sign it, would have the effect of deterring the others from doing so, at length consented to come into the terms insisted on by the defendant, he accordingly passed to him the securities, the negotiation of which he now sought to restrain ; and, in order to give a colour to the transaction, and to make it appear that the bill of exchange and promissory-notes were given subsequently to the execution of the deed of release, it was agreed that they should be post-dated. The plaintiff in his affidavit now stated that the securities were procured by the defendant under such circumstances. Upon which The VICE-CtiaNCELLoa granted the injunction. JEFFREY V. THE 11.EPRESENTATIVES OF MRS. CLOSONG, DECEASED. An injunction had been obtained on the part of the plaintiff, to restrain the Bank of England from transferring to the defendants certain stock, which was standing in their bank books to the credit of Mrs. Closong and her late husband. Mr. SUGDXN now appeared to show cause against the injunc tion. Mr. Closong, the Learned Gentleman said, had been in the habit, from time to time, of purchasing stock, which he'caused to be placed to the credit of himself and his wife, without any declaration of trust. Closong, in his will devised "all his property in the funds," to his wife; but in a codicil he made a demise which appeared inconsistent with the provisions of the will, and would teem, as the plaintiff supposed, to give him a right to the monies on the death of Mrs. Closong. In order to support this claim and to prevail on the Court to grant the in junticm, he produced evidence of various declarations on the part of the testator that on his death, "John (the plaintiff) would pos sess all he was worth." Independently of the difficulty which the plaintiff had to contend with, from the express declaration in the will there was another obstacle, indeed an insurmountable one, in the opinion of the Learned Gentlemen, namely, that he was an attesting witness both to the will and codicil—this was agains the t he established law. It was expressly declared, that i f a devise made in a will to a person who is au attesting witness, such demise is null and void. This had been long the rule as far as real pro perty was concerned ; and Sir Wm. Grant, in a case which came before him, decided that it applied equally to personal property. The Learned Gentleman submitted, that it would be a serious in jury to his clients if the funds in question were to be locked up; they had already been put to considerable expence in taking o u t administration, and adopting other proceedings which were ne cessary, in order to get possession of the property of Mrs. Closong, to which they were most unquestionably entitled. • Mr. BARBER, who appeared in support of the injunction, had no objection that the money should be paid into Court, to abide the event of the suit, which would determine the claims of all parties. The VICE-CHANCELLOR —It is but just that the defendants be paid whatever money they expended in obtaining the admini stration. Let the injunction, therefore, be dissolved, as far as regards that a mount of the stock, let the defendants receive so much of it, and let the remainder be paid into Court. I cannot now, on such a motion as this, decide on the merits of the case. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. The Earl of Derby's stag-hounds will meet on Monday at Cat. terham Common ; Thursday at Woodminster ; and Saturday near Home--at ten. H. Jolliffe, Esq.'s fox-hounds on Monday at Watton Heath— at eleven. Surrey fox-hounds on Monday at Addington; Thursday at Half Moon ; and Saturday at Learn Green—at half-past ten. The harriers on Monday at Kennel; Wednesday at ditto; and Saturday at ditto—at ten. St. David's College opened on St. David's day : no less than thirty-seven Students entered. In the evening there was a public dinner at the Town Hall, Lampeter.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. MARYLEBONE. Christopher Higgins sad Thomas Hewitt, were brought 'be fore Mr. Griffiths, The Sitting Magistrate, under the following circumstances i-At seven o'clock this morning, Buckeridge; otie of the officers of this establishment, observed the prisoners driiing a cart with two horses along - Oxford-street; the cart appeared to him heavily laden; and was covered with bay and matting, which excited his suspieion; be made up to the prisoner Higgins, and asked him what was in 'the cart, which the prisoner at first evaded answering, but on being pressed, said it was lead. On being further questioned by Buckeridge, the prisoner said that he had brought it from a person in Hammersmith; who deals in old iron and different other' articles, and that he was going to , the Haymarket with it. Buckeridge then told him that he was a police officer, and took the cart from him. There were between 20 and 30 cwt. of lead in the cart, on which was the name of Thomas Smith, Hammersmith.—They were both committed till further inquiry should be made. LENT ASSIZES. CARLISLE, THURSDAY, Mandl 8. CHAAGI or MURIAIt. —John Ray, an elderly nian, tvas'given in charge upon an indictment, for the murder of a woman named Jane Myers, in the parish of St. Mary, Carlisle; on the' 7th of Oct. last. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. The JUty found the prisoner guilty of Manslaughter. He was ordered to he brought up at the end of the Assizes for sentence. Mr. Baron HuLLocx disposed of two civil causes of no interest. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GARI There was a good supply at this m tolerably brisk, at last week's prices, s. d. to s. d. Potatoes (per cwt.) 3 6 7 0 Cabbages (12 heads) 0 0 0 0 Savoys ' ' 1 6 3 0 Parsnips (dozen) Horse Radish (bundle) 2 0 4 0 Brocoli 1 3 2 6 Celery 1 3 2 6 Asparagus (100) 5 0 10 0 Carrots (12 bunches) Turnips Coleworts or Greens Leeks lEN MARKET. )rning's market, and the trade was Pears (half-aim) l. 8. to s. d. 4 0 I 0 Apples, Common 2 6 4 0 Ditto, Choice 4 0 8 6 Oranges (100) Lemons 3 6 10 0 English Walnuts I 6 2 6 SpanishChesnuts(peck) 3 0 6 0 French ditto 2 6 3 0 French Walnuts 2 6 4 0 Spanish Hazlenuts 3 0 4 6 Filberts (121b5.) 8 0 12 0 Grapes ........... ... . Sea Kail (punintet) 2 0 4 0 Scotch - Kail (junket) 1 3 $ 0 Spinage (half-sieve) 1 9 4 0 Onions 2 0 4 0 and prices generally as on Thur HAY MARKETS.-:-(At per Load or 36 Trusses.) Wbbeeeant obtained Ditto in an instance Or . ST. JAMES'S. Lowland Meadow Hay.f4 oto 5 0 Clever Hay £4 10 to 6 10 Upland Ditto - 6 Oat Straw ll2 114 Rye-grass Hay Supply moderately good, trade brisk, day, though 6/. 10s. was said to 6 h ave B two for the best Meadow Hay. SMITHFIELD. Lowland Meadow Hayf3 15 to 4 15 Clover Hay generally .i 4 10 to 6 0 Upland Ditto Rye-grass Hay New Meadow Hay .... 0 0 0 0 Wheat Ditto ll2 116 Meadow Nay ss. per load higher t an last quoted; in prices of Clover Hay and Straw no alteration. Supply good, and trade rather dull. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. The Duke of Sussex continues gradually to recover from the effects of his late indisposition. His Royal Highness took an airing in his carriage yesterday morning. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Feodore, paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, at their seat in Bushy-park, on Thursday morning. The Royal Duchess returned to her apartments in the King's Palace, at Ken sington, in the afternoon. The Countess of Charleville entertained an elegant Circle of Fashionables yesterday, at her house in Cavendish-square. The Countess of Essex had a select party yester day, at her house, in Hill -street, Berkeley-square. The Spanish Ambassador had an interview yester day afternoon with Mr. Secretary Canning, at the Foreign Office. Mr. Wynn transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department. Lord Bexley transacted business yesterday with Earl Bathurst at the Colonial Office. We are happy to state that the health of Mr. Hits kisson continues to improve. EAIfL OF LIVERPOOL.—At twelve o'clock this morning, the following Bulletin was issued :—" Lord Liverpool continues to-day as well as he was yesterday. The night has been a good one." We understand that Viscount Enuismore voted in the majority on the Catholic Question. It is said that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests have purchase , : the late Duke of Yerk's house for 60,0001., and that the lower part of it is to be given up to the Royal Society, while the upper part is to be appropriated as the national gallery. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when James Rivett Carnaa, Esq., took the usual oaths and his seat as a Director, in the room of Jacob Bosanquet, Esq., who had disqualified. It is expected that Dr. Percy, Dean of Canterbury, will be the new Bishop of Rochester. The following conversation was overheard the other night between two M.P.'s, in the side gallery of the House of Commons : Q. What do you think of the present condition of Ireland ?—A. No. thing can be possibly worse. Q. What remedy would you propose I—A. I really think none necessary. Q. Yoii do not vote then for Catholic Emancipation ?—A. Certainly not. Q. What are your reasons for objecting to it ?—A. Because 1 am afraid the Catholics would subvert the Constitution. Q. What part of the Constitution?—A. Why, the whole of it, Magna Charta and all. Q. But was not Magna Charta obtained from King John by Catholic Peers, in the days of the greatest bigotry ?—A. No doubt it was, but perhaps they might take it away now, if they got into Parliament. Q. Do you remember how Catholics were excluded from Parliament ? —A. Yes—by the detection of the Popish Plot. Q. Was it not rather by the perjury of Titus Oates, for which he was afterwards put in the pillory ?—A. Yes it was—but they deserved it I am quite sure. Q. Do you say that you are really afraid of the Catholics ?—A. Greatly, I assure you ; I very often dream of bloody Mary, and wake in a dreadful fright, thinking lam burning ; I hear Sir J. Copley does the same. Q. Are you acquainted with ally Catholics ?—A. Yes, with a great any Q. Arc you afraid of them 2—A. No, they ate very good people ; I like scm much. Q. Do you think they would burn you, if they were in Parliament ? A. No ; I am sure they would hurt no one ; but I think other Catholics would. Q. Would you believe the oath of those Catholics whom you know?-- A. Certainly ; but I hear that most Catholics would perjure themselves at any time to carry a point, and then get absolution. Q. What, then, is it keeps them out of this House ?—A. Why, the Test Oath, to be sure; they cannot swallow it. Q. Well, it is strange enough that they should hesitate about taking It, if they care so little for oaths. How do you explain that 2—A. I really cannot say ; it is odd, I must confess ; but I promised on the hustings to vote against Catholics ; I should not have got in other Wise. But here is Goulburn going to speak ; he is worth listening to.—None of Plunkett's or Canning's flummery for me. CATHOLIC QUESTIoN.—Our Parliamentary Cor respondent has furnished us with an outline of the commencement of Sir Francis Burdett's speech, with which the latter was pro ceeding at the hour of post on Monday. Our letters state the anxiety of the public was even greater that that manifested on former occasions. The gallery was opened at twelve o'clock, and the rush is said to have been terrific. Protestants of Ireland ! We never deceived ye. We tell you, emphatically and joyfully, that ye have nothing to fear.—Dublin Evening Mail. We have had a communication from a most respect able quarter, saying that no less than 51 persons, formerly profess ing the Roman Catholic religion, had read their recantation at Ballinasloc, during the last three weeks.—Derry Journal. Printed and Published by Al. YOUNG, at the SarN-Orvror, No. 112, Strand.