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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. . FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile, dated Tuesday, May 8.) CONSTANTINOPLE, A PRIL 4.:--The rejection of the proposals of Russia and England, in favour of the Greeks, was made by the Porte, in the separate conferences of the Reis Effendi with the Dragomans of the European Ambassadors. The latter have drawn up, a statement of the negative declaration of the Reis Effendi, and the Ambassadors have dis patched couriers, to inform their Courts of the re sult of their efforts. The Reis Effendi has not given them a formal note. The Austrian Interntmcio has since had another conference with the Reis Effendi, who, it is said, has only referred him to the answer made to the other Ministers ; and he is even re ported to have added, that the Porte was astonished that such proposals should have been made to it. A note is now spoken of, as being to be presented to the Reis Effendi, by all the Ministers of the European Powers collectively. h is affirmed, that in the next campaign, the Ot toman fleet will be placed under the command of the Pacha of Egypt and his son, as soon as it has quitted the Dardanelles. MADRID, APRIL 26—yesterday was a Court day, on account of the birth-day of the Queen Dow ager of Portugal. The Princess of Beira set out this morning, for Aranjuez, to which place the state of her health al lowed her to go. The King has just conferred the Grand Cross of St. Ferdiaand on Major-General D. Francisco Le maur for the share which he had in the defence of St. Jean d'Ulloa, before Brigadier-General Cop pinger. he Madrid Gazette of the 24th contains ad dresses of congratulation from the Municipalities of Malaga and Cuenca on the Manifesto of Jan. 11. The remains of the Catalonian insurrection are at present confined to ihe mountains about Puycerda. The differeneser which had arisen in the Province of Guipuscoa, with-respect to the Royalist Volunteers, and which seemed on the point of being terminated amicably, have-now taken rather a serious turn. The Captain-General has received orders from . Ma drid, to disband the old militia, and organise in their stead corps of royalist volunteers, and as the Depu tation has hitherto opposed this change, as it is con trary to local institution, the same Captain General is, by all possible means, to hinder it from meeting to deliberate on the subject. He has lost no time in communicating this order to the Deputation. PARIS, MAY 7.—M. Camacho, Minister for Fo reign Affairs of the United States of Mexico, and Minister Plenipotentiary from that Republic to the English Government, sets out to-day from Paris, for London, where he will, doubtless, soon receive the ratification of the treaty of commerce which he has consolidated with the English Government. As soon as the ratifications are exchanged, M. Camacho will return to Mexico, to resume his functions as Minister; and M. Rocafueite, who went to Mexico with the treaty concluded by 111. Camacho, to lay it before the Government for its ratification, will, pro bably, return with it to London, and resume his former functions of Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republic. The Diplomatic Agents of Mexico, who had hitherto been considered only as confidential agents, without any public character; without any Consular authority, have been acknowledged by the King, and, in this quality, enjoy all the rights, immunities, and privileges, attached to the employments with which they are entrusted by their Government. Royal patents have also been sent to the French agents in Mexico. The Princess Regent of Portugal has just ordered the Spanish refugees, among whom is Romeri Afpuenti, to quit Portugal. (From the Quotidienne.) MADRID, APRIL 26.—The Minister for Foreign Affairs has received the official intelligence of Mr. Canning's triumph. The preponderance of this personage gives great vexation to the friends of mo narchical ideas. It is with reason feared that the progress which liberalism made when he was only in a secondary situation, will increase in proportion to his power. It is also feared, that he may require from M. de Villele a co-operation which that Mini ster would not venture to refuse him. PARIS, MAY 6.—A Journal of this morning affirms, that orders hatie been giien for several corps of military to advance towards Paris, and that, al ready, some regiments of cavalry are cantoned at Sablonville, and in the environs of the Chateau de Madrid; and that the inhabitants of Clichy and Ba tignoles have received notice to hold themselves in readiness for lodging troops. We give this piece of news without vouching for its truth, for we have no means of verifying the facts, We equally abstain from copying the remarks which appear in the Jour nal that communicates it The day before yesterday a Courier from St. Pe terbtvgh arrived at the Russian Ambassador's. On the same day, Count Pozzo di Borgo, dispatched to London, as a Courier extraordinary, the Count de Meden. (From the Journal del Pebats of Monday.) 7 PARIS, MAY 6.—We are prompted, at the pre sent moment, to turn our eyes towards a country, the example of which deserves at least to be studied, if not followed. The last sitting of the English Parliament is a great spectacle, where the Ministers who are out, as well as those who are in power, state before their colleagues, the one the cause of their withdrawal from , office, and the others the rea sons of their continuance there. These Parliamen tary forms afford great and useful 'lessons to a people whose constitutional education is beginning, and will be completed in spite of all obstacles which were hoped to be cast in its way, Every sincere man who coolly reads the debates in the House of Commons, must allow that every thing there breathes the spirit of the representative system. Let us hope that our Parliamentary discussions will soon afford this consoling impression. New writs being required for the election of the Members who have accepted new situations, an opptartunity was afforded for the eloquence and jus tification of Mr. Peel, and the no less brilliant an swer of Mr. Canning. ;Neither feared to be ques tioned. Asking questions is the daily practice of the English Parliament : Ministers and Deputies arrive there, the former under the necessity of ask ing, and the latter•with the consciousness of a duty imposed on them to answer. And let no one ima gine that these open and loyal communications be tween the Clown, and the Nation decrease the a geenclancy oithe formes: on the-contrary, they an nounce that its interests are those .of the people. That is far different from -the dark distrust which is spread in an assembly, by that tight g i ven to the Ministers of being silent on every thing which ex cites a difference of opinion, and which often causes us to regret their silence when they determine :to break it t• (From the Contitutionnel.) MADRID, APRIL 26.—The Minister of Finance arrived the day before yesterday, about mid-day, on his return from Aranjuez. The King has given him orders to collect, at eysry cost, the necessary funds to be sent to Talaveira7for the 2d Regiment of the Guard, in order to take from it every pretext for prolonging its disobedience of the orders it has re ceived, in common with all the other corps d'armec a the Reserve, to set out on its march for Truxillo. " The last letters from Estremedura, announce principal Spanish corps has arrived at that the Navas and Puebla, villages within about three or four leagues of Caceres, and has halted there pro visionally. General Sarsfield has, however; pub_ Wished an order of the day, which is nearly equiva lent to an order for entering on a campaign. The whole baggage of an officer is not to exceed 251 b. Erielt soldier is to have.two pair of shoes in his I,.sversack. The provisions are to be deli ve r ed by ct9rs always two weeks in advance. The "ftillexPeetation of an immediate order to r p T U I nal des Debuts,) - •The Portuguese refugees lately made an irruptiop Jmo Portugal, but they were soon driven back by the troops of the Regency. The report of this affair sent to the War Department, contains an important fact, which will at least cause a recommencement of our diplomatic disputes with England and Portugal. It appears that some of the Regency's troops crossed the frontier, on which they found no military force, and which is, besides, scarcely marked out as the point where the rebels passed—that the Com mandant of Monterey assembled the militia, and marched to the frontier—and that some shots were exchanged between the militia and the Portuguese Constitutionalists. If reports may be believed, the troops of the Regency carried with them, on their return into Portugal, about 30 of our militia. THE ARMY. Detachments belonging to the '74th, the Newfoundland Companies, and the 52d Regiment of Infantry, are ordered to embark on board the Sophia transport for Halifax ; and a Detachment belonging to the 71st Regiment of Foot, is ordered to embark on beard the same transport at Devon port, for Canada. PORTUGUESE WATERMEN. LISBON, MAY 2.—Last week I made short excursion up the country, for the purpose both of seeing the British troops and the inhabitants, and though I met with disappointments, and had a variety of inconveniences, the journey altogether afforded many gratifications. It did not, to be sure, tend to raise my idea of the industry or activity of the people ; but it placed their moral character in a much more favourable light than I had been led to view it. Our party consisted of four persons, Portuguese, Italian, Irish, and Scotch. We hired a boat with four men, for a moidore (a guinea), to take us from Lisbon to Santarem, an ancient city, about 50 miles north east of Lisbon, on the banks of the Tagus. The boatmen here are reckoned the most worthless class of the community ; but the same may be said of the watermen of every country, and, as far as I have had an opportunity of judg ing, I would place those of England at the head of the class. No such instances of violence and extortion are to be met with here as at Gravesend and other places on the banks of the Thames. You must make your bargain to be sure, else a fiery dispute may be expected— though I have met with instances in which they appeared quite satisfied with what was given. There is such a flow of spirits too about them, and such vivacity and good humour, that one willingly excuses their hasty, ardent temper in a quarrel, and would willingly give them two shil lings, for one that he gives to sullen, sulky watermen of other countries, who hardly say a word in half an hour. Like most persons of their description, they are much given to swear ing, but their oaths are not half so coarse as those either of France or England. When scold ing one another, the worst epithet they use is filho de puta, which may be translated " son of a harlot." This is their favourite oath, and they use it so often, and apply it at times so ridiculously, that it is impossible but to join in the laugh. The man at ,the helm says, apparently with great gratitude, gram a Deos (thanks to God), when the boat, in tacking, obeys the helm, and the next moment will call the wind a flit° de puta, for not car rying her forward. There is a great familiarity between the master and those under his autho rity ; and they argue with one another at times with so much warmth and freedom of expression, that one could not say which was master. A delightful noise to be sure they make, and such shrugs of the shoulder—such gesticulation—and such grimaces, that none but Neapolitans could surpass them. Talking is their great delight. On one occasion, in which I made a voyage in a falua,. the man at the helm spoke for an hour without intermission ; and when another boat runs foul of them, or even crosses their course, they all set up such a yelping, and grumbling, and growling, and continue it so long, and when none in the other boat can hear a word that is said, that I can compare it to nothing but the noise of a pack of hounds in a kennel when disturbed at midnight. Well, we left Lisbon a little after daylight, on a fine warm sunshine morning ; the sky was clear, there was not the least vestage of a cloud. The hills at twelve miles distance were seen so distinctly, that a na tive of Britain would suppose them quite at hand. The wind and tide were in our favour, and every thing conspired to excite that sort of feeling, which Johnson luxuriated in so much when driving along at full speed in a coach, and which ' 1 he considered for the moment the sztnzmum bonum, The Tagus above Lisbon is from .a mile and a half to three miles in breadth, and quite as muddy as the Thames at London. The tide flows about forty miles above the city. It abounds with a variety of fish, none of which, as far as I have hid an opportu nity of judging, have much to recommend them ; but they afford a cheap food for the nation, and give employment to a great num ber of fishermen. The largest and most com mon is about the size and shape of a small salmon, and resembles it somewhat in taste. On the right bank of the river, up to Alliandra, .a small town about 16 miles from Lisbon, and close to the lines of the Torres Vedras, there is a pretty high ridge of mountains chiefly covered with olive trees and vines, with a few villages scattered along the plain, which produce wheat, oranges and grapes, On the other side is an extensive plain, with a high ridge of mountains, terminated by a little romantic looking bill, on which the' town of Palmella is built, and which overhangs St. Uhe's. At Alliandra, the lines of Torres .Vedras are distinctly seen in most places, and in others quite entire. They run along the edge of a range of hills, and consist of a ditch and mound of turf, with irregular projections at certain distances. A narrow valley, or rather glen, which lies below them, formed the line of de marcation, between the British and French troops. Alliandra, which was in possession of the French, is but a few hundred feet from the extremity of the lines. Above this place there are extensive plains on each bank, with a few straggling pop lars and willows close to the river, and, in the interior, long extensive tracts of wheat or grass land, with flocks of young horses, oxen, sheep, goats, and swine, feeding. The oxen are gene rally of a dark brown, are uncommonly well Shaped and in good condition, and are altogether the finest animals in the country. The pigs are all black, aro middle-sized, and apparently of an excellent breed. The sheep, too, are black, but neither they nor the horses thrive in this warm climate. The river abounds with numerous islands and sand-banks. When within about ten miles of our destination, and the rain was falling in torrents, the boatmen began to repent of their bargain, and invented a number of ex cuses for making the best of our way back to the nearest town ; but, by a little persuasion : and no little squabbling, they were induced to pro ceed, and we arrived at our destination at five. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 9. Their Lordship met at four o'clock, and for a consider able time were engaged in ballotting for the Peers who were to hear appeals. GAME LAWS.' Lord WHARNCLIFFE gave notice that he would, on Friday next, move that the Report of the Game Laws Bill he taken into consideration. Their Lordships were directed to be summoned for that day. Mr. JOHNSON presented papers from the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland. Mr. CLARK presented the Annual Accounts of the Revenues and Charges of the East India Company, pur suant to an order of their Lordships. THE CORN LAWS. The Earl of MALMESBURY moved an humble address to he presented to his Majesty, praying that he would di rect that there be laid before the House a Copy of the An. saver of the King of Prussia to the Merchants of Dantzic ; and also, a Copy of the order of the Prussian Cabinet respecting the Duty on Corn, dated September 20, 1821, and signed by Von Bulow, Minister of State. The motion was agreed to. THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY was understood to say, that he most willingly acquiesced in the request of his Noble Friend, that the motion of which he had given no tice should stand over. He hoped that his Noble Friend would then be able to give him a decided answer ; if not the Noble Marquis would certainly press Lis motion, and also a call for further information. WAR IN INDIA. Lord GODERICH gave notice that on Monday next he would move that the Thanks of their Lordships be given to the Naval and Military Forces employed in the late operations in India. CORN LAWS. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented petitions from the owners and occupiers of land in certain parishes in Aber deenshire, praying that protection may be extended to agriculture. Lord MAYNARD presented a petition from a parish in Suffolk, against any alteration in the Corn-Laws. The Duke of BEAUFORT presented a petition from Newport and Monmouth- Ordered to be laid on the table. SIMONY RELIEF BILL. On the motion of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Simony Relief Bill. Several amendments were agreed to. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY reported the Bill with the Amendments of the House, and moved that the Report be taken into consideration on Wednesday next. FOREIGN AMBASSADORS. Lord STRANGFORD said, that finding that some al lusion had been made to him as Ambassador to Russia dur ing his absence, he took that opportunity of inviting his Noble Friend to declare, whether that allusion was made in consequence of and• •.3mmunicatioß direct or indirect from him. The Nohle Lord had seen the ❑,atter in the jr;! , lic press, and was anxious that a full explanation should be given on the subject, least it should appear that he had brought forward this other— a grievance which he would not have the resolution to do himself. He knew enough of the candour and sincerity of his Noble Friend, to be convinced that he would appreciate his motives in asking for this explanation. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY assured his Noble Friend, that he never for a moment insinuated that he had received any communication from him on the subject. The. Noble Marquis was not even now sure that he had specifically mentioned his Ma jesty's Ambassador at Russia. He certainly did allude to certain individuals who had been Ambassadors at the Courts Abroad, and who were now returned. He wished to know their situation on the Pension List; in fact his object was to elicit the exact state of that list, and to bring forward the situation of ;lie Foreign Office Department, in order to contrast its present with its former condition. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, as Lord Chamberlain, presented his Majesty's most gracious Answer to their Lord ships' Address of yesterday, intimating that the required returns had been ordered to be laid on their table. Their Lordships then adjourned. [The attendance of Peers was unusually numerous ; there was also a great crowd below the bar, which felt much disappointed at the result of his Lordship's motion.] HOUSE OF•OQMMONS, WEDICESDAT, Max , 9. The SPEAKER took the Chair this evening at the usual hour, but there was a very thin attendance of Mem bers. A number of petitions on Private Bills were presented, and ordered to lie on the table. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Mr. HUDSON GURNEY presented the following pe tition from Lieutenant. General Thornton, in favour of Ca tholic Etnancipation To the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. The bumble Petition of Lieut.-General William Thorn ton, of Grosvenor Gate, Park-lane, in the County of Middlesex. Sheweth—That your Petitioner, in the years 1817 and 181 b, being then one of the Representatives in Parliament for the Borough of New Woodstock, did propose to your Hon. House to resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of repealing such parts of the Statutes as require, in certain cases, declarations to be made against the belief of Transub stantiation, and asserting the worship of the Church of Rome to be idolatrous, on which occasions the previous question, namely, that the question be now put, was moved and negatived, on the plea of a Noble Lord, that those sea sons were not convenient for agitating the question, so that your Petitioner humbly represents such a measure has never been negatived, nor even discussed in your Hon. House, believing it to have been an original motion on his part, and that no such proceeding has been before, or since, brought forward by any other Member of your Hon. House. Your Petitioner begs leave to repeat, what he then urged in argument, that the Oaths of Supremacy, Alle giance, and Abjuration, are full and sufficient security to Church and State against the influence of the Pope and the Church of Rome; and that it does not necessarily fol low that Christians, believing in transubstantiation, believe likewise in the Supremacy of the Pope. The Greek and Russian Churches believe in transubstantiation, in the in vocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary and of the Saints, and in the Sacrifice of the Mass, as now used in the Church of Rome, although they do not in any wise ac knowledge the authority of the Pope. They, moreover, dissent from part of the Creed which the Members of the United Church of England and Ireland and the Roman Catholics maintain in common. The tendency, there fore, of the declarations to identify and unite the doctrines of transubstantiation, and the ecclesiastical or spiritual au thority of the Pope, is themselves perfectly distinct, your Petitioner considers a great evil, not only as giving a false impression, but likewise as contributing to increase the dangers of foreign influence, which all true Protestants must wish to avoid, Humbly conceiving that the present may be thought a proper season for bringing forward such a motion as a Pro testant question, in the true spirit of Christian charity and toleration ; and hoping it may be received as a peace offer ing, and as a liberal, rational, and most conciliatory pro posal, as it was declared to be in Addresses of Thanks communicated to him from large meetings of Roman Ca tholics, as well by many Protestants individually ; your Pe titioner beseeches your Honourable House to adopt speedy measures for dispensing, in future, with any declaration hitherto required from any of his Majesty's subjects, against the belief of transubstantiation, any law, statute, or usage to the contrary, in any wise notwithstan6ling. WILLIAM THORNTON. The Hon. Gentleman expressed his most hearty con currence in the prayer of the petition—Ordered to be printed. SUSSEX ELECTION BILL. r Mr. CURWEN, in moving the second reading of the Sussex Election Bill, complained of the enormous expense and great inconvenience to wliich the freeholders of the eastern part of Sussex were exposed, from the holding of the election at Chiche,-,:r. Mr. HUSKISSON said, that a Committee had been ap pointed to consider the means of diminishing the expence at Elections, and it would be very premature to apply any remedy to one county, at a period when the Committee were likely to suggest some remedy on a general principle which would be applicable to every other county. The course pursued by the Hon. Member was the more unne cessary, because the grievance complained of, was not any thing like so great in the County of Sussex, as in the Counties of York, Lancaster, and several other Counties. For these reasons, he should move as an amendment, that the Bill should be read that day six months. Lord G. LENOX seconded the Amendment, and com plained of the reports which had been spread by the Hon. Member, to the prejudice of the City of Chichester, by re presenting that his life had been in danger from the mob of Chichester, and that he had been prevented by them from going to the poll. The Hon. Member had also written to the Mayor of Chichester that he had given information to the Government abtint the matter, and that the Mayor might be called upon: to answer at - the bar of the House, as the person- most .capable of affording an explanation.— ' It . 'appeared also from a letter from Mr. Peel, having reference to a letter of the Hon. Member, that he had stated to that Gentleman (then Secretary for the Home Department), that he had been prevented from going to the poll by the Chichester :nob, and that his son had been seriously injured. Now he had attended the hustings for the whole fifteen days except three, and raw no such grounds of complaint as had been stated by the Hon. Member ; who hal, however, even gone so far as to require, by advertise ments in the newspapers, that a list of the wounded should be sent him.----(A laugh.)—The Hon. Member, instead of attending at Chichester, had gone to Lewes, and there ad dressed the Freeholders in the Star Inn at that place, pledg ing himself, if they would vote for him, that he would bring in a Bill for transferring the polling for the county of Sussex from Chichester to Lewes. In this way the present Bill originated. He cordially supported the Amendment. Mr. POINTZ also opposed the Bill. Sir J. SHELLEY supported the Bill, because he was friendly to a moderate but gradual Reform in Parliament, and thought the best way to begin it would be by allowing all the freeholders of Sussex to give their votes at the County elections, which they could not do while the poll was taken at Chichester. By this course one fourth of the freeholders were virtually deprived of their suffrages. Mr. W. BURRELL was favourable to the division of the county into two parts, for the purpose of taking the poll ; the freeholders of the western part might vote at Lewes, and those of the eastern part at Chichester. Mr. D. GILBERT said, that as a Committee had been appointed this Session, on the motion of a Noble Lord (Althorp), to consider generally the mode of taking the poll in County Elections, he would advise his Honourable Friend (Mr. Curteis) to withdraw his Bill for the present, until he saw the Report of that Committee. Sir C. BURRELL protested against any proposition to legislate for Sussex on any principle distinct from those which were applicable to other counties. Mr. C. PELHAM was of opinion that local interests were better attended to at present, than they would be under the proposed Amendment. Mr. CURTEIS assented- to the suggestion of his Hon. Friend (Mr. D. Gilbert). If, however, the measures of the Noble Lord (Althorp). did not succeed, he would, if called upon, revive this Bill. When the Hon. Gentleman stated his intention to with draw the Bill, several voicee cried, " No, no, divide ;" but the motion was 'fix,n.y withdrawn without Opposition. ,•...•• POSTAGE DUTIES' BILL. Mr. HERRIES theix,,,moved the third reading of the Postage Duties' Bill, to _which he., added several clauses by way of rider. Mr. HUAIE gave notice of • his intention to move to morrow for a Return of the Amount of Fees received at the General Post-office for the-early delivery. He repeated his objections to this practice, by which, for a guinea a-year, one person obtained his letters two or three hours before another. The public were entitled to an equal delivery, and he had no doubt that that might be effected at the earliest time for a sum nut exceeding the amount of the fees now paid for the early delivery. Mr. HERRIES said, when the Return was produced, he would satisfy the House that all parties were benefitted by the present arrangement, and that the public at large obtained their letters much earlier than they would do with out the early delivery.—The Bill was then passed. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House Adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS roR, THIS DAT. I. Mr. Wilmot Horton—Bill to amend the Slave Trade Coniolidation Act. 2. Mr. Macqueen—Law of Settlement S. Lord John RusseH—Select Committee to inquire into the cause of the increase of 'crime in England. 4. Mr. Wilmot Horton:--Correspondence between Sir Ru fane Dunkin and the Colonial Department, and other Papers on the subject of the Government of the Cape of Good Hope. 5. Mr. - Wilmot Horton—Bill to provide for the adminis tration of Justice, &c. in New South Wales, and for the Civil Government of the said Colony. ORDERS OF EMI DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Fraudulent Bankrupts (Scotland) Bill—Committee. 2. Aliction Duties (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 'NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. - Wednesday, May 16. Mr. Wodehouse—Bill to discontinue certain Presentments of Constables. - Tuesday, May 22. • Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor—Motion tending to sepa rate the jurisdiction in all matters of Bankruptcy from the High Court of Chancery. - • -Tuesday, June 19. Mr. Lombe.-,Mil-administestion of the Cape of Good THE WlDOW — and DAUGHTER of an OFFICER,' whO was THIRTY YEARS in HIS MAJESTY'S service, being minced to a state of the greatest destitution, - the attention of the Benevolent is earnestly solicited to an examination of the case, full particulars of which will be furnished by an application at 112, STRAND. They will gladly undertake the care of Chambers or a Counting House, if a small subscription could enable them to redeem the little property which they have been obliged to pledge. FILICKS OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Rid. 82% 2 3 per Cent. Cons. S'N% 74 34Y per Cent. B Bl' l i Ditto Red. BB ,4 n 0,.. 4 per Cent. New 99 % 9 Ditto, 1826 9B Bank Long Ann..... 18 15-16 % India Stock 244 5 Ditto Bonds ...... ...-.. 7B pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. Brazilian Bonds' 6034 60 Buenos Ayres Bonds . Chilian Bonds, 6 per et — Colombian Bonds — Ditto, 1824 31 N 34 33i 4 Danish, 3 per cant. Greek Bonds Ditto, 1826 l6 Guatimala Mexican Bonds Do. 1825 69%M DAY AT OWE o'cLocir. Paid. Per Share, X2O 23 ,ssoe 5 £1 15 150 ISO 25 201,4 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, MAY 7. . . Bank Stock 259. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Consols, 3 percent. BO4 Royal Irish Ditto Gov. Stock, 3.' per cent.... 87 National Ditto Ditto, New Patriotic Ditto 4% 4 per Cent. 96 % 1,4% Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3 per cent. ... 88% Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock Imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent B B l, {a Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. ct. Commercial Buildings — HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...59 minutes after 1. 1 Evening ...27 minutes after 2. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. The Election commenced yesterday morning in the Se nate House, which is a large quadrangular building, sur rounded by a spacious gallery, to which the public are per mitted access. The Vice Chancellor entered shortly after nine o'clock, and having taken his seat at a table on a raised platform, the business of the election commenced. No attempt was made to administer the Bribery Oath.— Until the close of the Poll on Friday, no official announce ment will take place; but as the candidates employ agents to mark its progress, they are enabled to state the poll from time to time. At the close of the Poll yesterday, the num bers were The Solicitor General - 175 Mr. Bankes - - - - 173 The numbers had been uncommonly close throughout :he whole morning. The following is one of the squibs called forth by this contest:— A lover of late was I, For Cupid would have it soe," &c. &c. Reliques of English Poetry, ♦ol. iii. page 51 i 8 • A Member of late was I, For Granta would have it soe, And to speak my best did try, As every man doth•know ; But I blundered and stammered, alas ! For her that laughed and, called me asse. Yet my seat was I loath to lose, And so canvassed by Granta again ; But the lady Sir John did choose, And gave nice the asse quite plaine; Yet would ..I her asse freelye bee, So Bhee'd submit and beare with mee. An' I were as clever as shee ; Or shee were as seelie* as I, What payre cold have made as wee So pretty a sympathye ; But I was seelie as she was clever, So a mensd et thorot, I'm banished for ever. * Silly. - t Query Foro. Letters have been received at the Admiralty from Captain Beechey, of the Blosivm frigate, which detail the particulars of the voyage of that ship into Behring's Straits. It appears the ves sel arrived in the harbour of St.- Peter and St. Paul, in Kamscliatka, in June last, and thera learnt of the , failure of Captain Parry's expedi tion ; and after refitting and taking is Lueh stores , as could be procured, sailed to the northward. The fliossom entered Kotzebue's Inlet, and then proceeded to Behring's Straits, and reached the latitude of 72.30., when all further progress was put an end to, by an impenetrable barrier of fixed ice, which extended in an entire mass as far as the eye could reach. After several fruitless at tempts, and remaining as long as it was prudent, Captain Beechey raurned, and again entered Kotzebue's Inlet, the shores of which are repre sented as having a most inhospitable and dreary appearanCe. They had several interviews along the coast with the natives, hut could not from them, or by any other means, obtain the least in formation of Captain Franklin or any of his party, who, it was understood, were to proceed in the course of last summer from the mouth of the Mackenzie river to the westward, in the hope of being able to reach some part of the coast in the neighbourhood of Icy Cape or Kotzebue's Inlet. The officers and men were all well, but the ship had suffered some damage from the pressure of the ice. It is understood the letters are dated-in November last, from San Francisco, where the vessel was undergoing some necessary repairs, and refitting for sea. ribr =Am* LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1827. The appointment of his Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE to be Lord High Admiral of Great Britain will form an important epoch in the annals of the Royal Navy. Already, the feeling which had spread amongst the Officers of this honourable service, that the Navy " werc kept in the back ground" has vanished, and high and ardent expectations are entertained that this Right Arm of the Country will be replaced in its proper position. These expectations will not be disappointed. His Royal Highness's Naval Administration will achieve many and important alterations which, we have no doubt, will be conducive to the Na tional Interests, and beneficial to the Gallant Officers and Men of our Fleet. One most proper and important measure has, we learn, been already ordered—namely, the appointment of an Officer of the rank of Corn mander to each Line-of-battle and Flag-ship, in lieu of one of her Lieutenants. Of the propriety of this regulation, no per son acquainted with naval affairs can entertain the smallest doubt.- That so important a trust as the command of a Line-of-battle-ship, with a compliment of perhaps 900 men, should in the case of death, sickness, or absence of her Captain, devolve on an officer of the rank of Lieutenant only; and possibly of junior standing in the service, is so obviously improper, that, it, is surprising the measure now taken has not long since been adopted. To his Royal Highness, however, the merit belongs, of having, immediately on entering on the duties of his high office, supplied this striking defect in our service, by adopting a measure, which is admitted by every naval officer to be both neces sary and proper. It is also rumoured, that the sale and purchase of Captains' and Commanders' Commissions is to be sanctioned. If this be the case, we have no hesitation in saying, that it will be a great and just boon to the Navy, and must produce the most beneficial results to the public service by replacing many old and worn-out Of ficers by young and active men. • The intelligence which we published yester day, of the fresh 'revolt of some of the Portuguese troops, necessarily gives rise to serious consider ations as to the steps which it becomes this country to take, both for the .sake of consistency and for the preservation of that Constitution, in the defence of which we have embarked, and in the maintenance of which must depend, our present relations both with Portugal and Spain . . It appears to us that the insurrection which has taken place amongst the troops, at Elvas, though founded on the plea of arrears of pay, must be attributable to one of two causes, or per haps, to the united influence of both. Those causes we conceive to be ; Ist, the pusillanimity or folly of the Portuguese Government in not having rigorously punished the parties guilty of former acts of rebellion ; and 2d, the direct or in direct support of the cause of rebellion in Por tugal by the Spanish Government. If we are correct in assuming these to be the true causes of the rekindling of the flame of insurrection in Portugal, every principle calls for the immediate and determined interference of Great Britain. She nobly answered the call of her Ally, and embarked in her cause----for what ? for the support of her independence as a Nation, and for the protection of the free Constitution which she had thought fit to adopt ; and Great Britain has, therefore, a right to insist, that Portugal having called her to her aid for such purposes, should not he backward herself in measures on which alone the maintenance of the order of things she had estab lished can be looked for. A vigorous and de cisive course on the part 'of the Authorities, against all persons implicated in acts of treason, must therefore be insisted upon by Great Britain ; and as the demonstrations of Spain on the Por tuguese Frontier, whether hostilely intended or not, keep alive and excite a spirit of Rebellion against the Government, more serious in its consequences, perhaps, than an act of open aggression would be, the time is now ar rived when we must distinctly demand of the Spanish Government the removal of this cause of Insurrection in Portugal, and follow up , O r demand by such steps as will clearly show to Spain that Great Britain and her Ally are n ° , longer to be trifled with, and th a t a refusal o f such demand by Spain will be the signal for measures which will shake her Monarchy to its very foundation. We received last night the Paris P a pers Of Monday and the Etoile dated Tuesday morning► extracts from which will be found in a nother column. The Etoile copies from the Augsburg Gazelle a communication from Constantinople, dated one day later than the former accounts, namely, Oi l the 4th of April, which confirms the intelligenc e of the rejection of the proposals of England and Russia, in favour of the Greeks ; and asser ts that a general note from all the powers of Europe , on this subject, is to be prepared and presente d to the REIs EFFENDI. If such be the case' resistance on the part of the Porte, to the wishe s of all Christian Europe, will be vain. The disbanding of the National Guard, an d the debates'in'our Houses of Parliament, form the only topics ofconversation in Paris at present. Th e former, however, has nearly given way to the latter► which seems to excite intense interest. The tri' umph of Mr. CA NN ING is the theme of every Pr per, and the effects which his influence will hiv e on the Councils of France are eagerly anticipated• The Apostolical party see, in the success of our distinguished Statesman, the certain advance lit France and Spain of principles which are hateful to them, because those principles must, in the end, lead to the overthrow of bigotry and super' stition•. • PARIS STOCK EXCRANOR, MONDAY Evarrixa, MAY Five per Cents. 100 f. 65c. 60 e . 70 c . 75 e . S o c . ; Tbre 4 per Cents. '7of. 45c. 55c. 60c. ; Bank Stock, 2027 f. 5 0 c - Rentes de Naples, 18f. 10c. 20e. Sa c . 25c.; Royal SP . nish Loan, 571 561 ; Haytien Loan, 670 f. 665f.--E %- change on London—One Month, paper, 25f. 40c., 01°°el ' 25f. 40c. ; Three ditto, paper, 25t 25 c . ; money, 25f. 20c' It is curious to compare the political career of the late Lord LONDONDERRY, and the l en gth of time that he held a prominent place i n publi c opinion, with the ephemeral and ludicrous noto riety of the Statesman who now bears that nam e ' Detested as a public man by one party, b ut still respected for his undaunted resolutio n, and esteemed in private life by all, the la te Lord LONDONDERRY. acted a conspicu olls part for twenty years in the foreign and do mestic history of this Country. But his Nob le Brother (whom as a soldier we highly re spect) has fallen into the melancholy m istak e that there is a noble road to fame, a nd th at a Marquis with 50,000/. a year, has n othing to do but to bring himself before the pub lic ' and . pour forth the crude ebullitions of a n untutored (but sensible!) mind, in order to plac e ! him Self amongst those great and distinguish ed characters whose memory lives after them, b ut who acquired that posthumous fame, by th e painful exertion and improvement of the fatal' ties which nature had originally bestowed n' t them. Instead of twenty years, we really think that the Noble Marquis will lay down the cha racter of a Statesmen in much less than twenty days from its first assumption. His Lordship has, perhaps, read of military weapons being turned into pruning hooks and plough-shares, and we would humbly recommend those . agr i ' cultural and rural occupations, as much wor e congenial to his former habits, than the new office which he has undertaken, and which is n othing less, than Leader of the Opposition in the House of L or ds. We would have him a n ' ! many other Legislators read a passage in BL.Ac STONE, where .th e L earne d J u d ge expose s the folly of men finding preparation necessary for the meanest professions, but thinking none requi site in the case of legislation, which is undoubte dl y the highest exercise of the human faculties! There is not a Dandy in town, sslio succeeds t° a Peerage by the unexpected, death of a n eld er brother, or a fat Country Gentleman of si 3 g; without intellect or education, and whose readiuo has never exceeded the daily perusal of t l ' a weekly county paper, but thinks himself as go° a judge (if once in Parliament) of every cl ues ; -tion, as Mr. CANNING or Mr. BROUGHAM , Ci s any of those men who have devoted their clay and their nights for years together, t o obtain e in formation by them considered essential to the character of a Statesman, but which, may, per haps, come by intuition to the more aifted pe sonages of whom we have spokei7. may talk of Reform in Parliament ; but tit would be one important improvement if a Noble Peers and Hon. Members on taki . no , their seats, were to produce certificates of be lt :, able to read English fluently, and to write eg ie , mon letter without the use of JOHNSO:k.I'S V tionary. It would perhaps be too much to I‘, insist on their having gone through BLA B STONE'S Commentaries, or some other / 1 , 1 : 0 , giving even a sketch of that Consu s ' re tion, in altering and amending which theY:. o , to be e n akr g lr . eie ag aimfna e er d ti i hftreo h cmco u ot t nitiniip i ti i r i e: o re r vda d an e idu r o to keep pace I g e JOSEPH HUME'S calculations, some knowle of simple arithmetic might be required. oii see eWa whom sPetaa' were not bound ifsnh'g men,o by ut lhde s e 'bP l te ; s - in sc'e. t r esbr st f; to be good citizens ; but at the same tune th e surprising to observe how some men cov et nr e, distincti on o f b e i ng Members of the Legis la " t he only for the sake of giving franks, and t° be exclusio n o f o th ers whom they must know ° do t better qualified in every respect, except in o t most atoning virtue—the possession of g r wealth. a The Allgerneine Zeitung, of the 2d en t, instant, and Frankfort Papers to the 4th i nSt3 b l :; , have been received. Their contents poss e/s tlo t little interest. Letters from Trieste suite an English brig, the Mary Ann, had been demnedat Napoli, in consequen ce of the (,ire of having discovered that her cargo, consisting warlike stores and implements of ago .cul . it were destined for the PACHA of Egypt,. 1 . 1 ,4 also stated, from Trieste, that a frigate loweep v., seen off Candid, waitin g "to for the tob new ships eGreeks, kind ca of v@ which the. PACHA of Egypt ex p ected Europe. This squadron, we have god Xo ogor PRICES OF SHARES THII Brazilian Mining Co. Potosi La Paz and Peruvian A Tlalpuxahua Mining Co Provincial Bank of Ireland , DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock — Old Annuities SIN New Ditto B23* Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 48 4 9 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 48 49 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial —pm. Bank for Account — I iidia fbr Account — Cons. for Account 827 % THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian oncls 3l Portuguese Bonds 77% Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New — Russian, New .' % 90 q Spanish, 1821 — 1823 French Rental, 5 p. c. 1011 —c. Exchange.— 25f. 60c. -- 3 per cent —f. —c. Exchange —t. —c.