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IN rfiERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARcu 21. CATHOLICS. The Bishop of CHESTER presented a petitiJn from the Noblemen, Gentlemen, and others of the County of Car narvon, against any further Concessions to the Catholics ; and a similar petition from several parishes in Westtnorland. CORN LAWS. The Earl of MALMESBCRY presented a pe tition from Branscomb, Devon, praying for protection to agri culture... . The'NOBLE EARL also gave notice that he would to-morrow move for certain Papers connected with the Wool Trade. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM presented two petitions from the Hundreds of Buckingham, both ('eying for protection to Agriculture. His Grace said, the petit ners only wished for such prices as would enable them to grow torn, and compete with the foreign grower. They did not wish for high prices ; and he could not but express his surprise and astonish ment, that any measures should have been introduced to alter the Corn Laws, without any attention having been given to the :nost material point of the rate at which the importer of foreign corn could bring it into our market,. His GRACE presented a third petition frjm the Hundristl of Burnham, Bucks, to the same effect ; and a fourth petition from the Lace-manufacturers of Buckingham, praying for the removal of the duty on Thread Lace. Lord TEYNHANI presented a petition from Cray ford, Kent ; and one from a Hundred of Norfolk, against any altera tion of the Corn Lawn.—Adjourned. • . HOUSE OF CO3BIONS.—MAacit 21. COUNTY GALWAY ELECTION. The following are the Members appointed on the Committee to try the merits of the petition complaining of an undue Election for the County of Galway :—Honourable J. Sinclair, J. 11. Hutch inson, Viscount Forbes, Colonel Davies, Sir W. Mildmay, Charles Calvert, 'C. Barclay, Sir Wm. Maxwell, Otway Cave, T. B. Leonard; W: H. Whitbread, Sir W. Guise, R. Traut, Lord F. 1.. Cower, D. W. Harvey. - COUNTY OF DUBLIN ELECTION. The following are the Members-appointed on the Committee to try the-iniiiits . of the petition complaini:z of an undue Return for the - 66iiisty of Dublin :—Sir William Scott, Sir J. D. Astley, Augustus J. O'Neill, Sir T. Gooch, T. Holdsworth, J. Stuart, Rightlittstiourable T. Wallace, J. E. Dowdeswell, Percy Ashton, H. Gtiiikiey; -Sir Myles Nightingale, Antrohus, G. Moore. T. P' . ..4{.ezmedy. - NEGRO SLAVERY. Sit.-C. COLE presented a petition from Swansea against:Negro Slavery. ' NAVIGATION LAWS. Nre.'M. A. TAYLOR presented a petition from the Shipwrights and Ship-owners of Sunderland. He would not enter into a discussion of the Navigation Laws, but entreated the attention of the House to the fact stated by the petitioners, that the shipping interest was reduced to extreme distress, and that they saw no prospect of relief from it in the present state of the Navigation LaWs.- He would state. two 'facts to the House, to shew the great disadvantage which the Shipping Interest in this country suffered in its competition with foreign shipping. In Prussia, for instance, the cost of building a ship was, on an aver age, from 8/.lls. to 9/. a ton. In England the average cost was tram 14/. to 161. a ton. Again, a Prussian three-masted ship might perform a voyage of three months, and defray all her charges of Captain, nen, and provisions, for 1211., whereas the cost of a British yeesei for the same period would be 2081. (Hear, hear.) This 'sVa's a great disadvantage to the shipping of this country; and he really thought that some important change must be ef fected- in the Navigation Laws to parznt the ruin of this im portintbranch of our national interests. He thought that some responsible organ of Government ought to be in this House, to answer the complaints -that were made ;n the petitions nn this !Aim CONVENTION WITH PORTUGAL. Mr. Secretary PEEL had an explanation to offer the House, which would probably obviate the necessity of a m otion, which he perceived stood !Ton the paper for this evening. He (Mr: Peel) had had a communication with his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who had re cuested him- to state, that a Convention had been entered into with Portugal for the maintenance of the portion of our troops n that country. The Ratifications of that Treaty bad only been exchanged last week. In the course of to-morrow, either his Right Hon. Friend or himself would lay the Convention on the table of the House. - Mr. HUME expressed himself satisfied with the explairation offered by the Right Hon. Gentleman, and in conse quence of it consented to withdraw the motion, of which he had given.notici for that evening. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, AND SIERRA LEONE. Mr. LOMBE wished to know whether any further *port had been made bythe Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the Cape of Good Hope? 7-Mr.-W. HO RToN said that nothing further had been received sint the report which had been laid on the table of the:House— Mr. LOMBE then gave notice, that at as early a period as possible after the holidays, he would bring under the cosisideratiou of the House, the mal-administration of that Co lony during the last ten years. Mr. HUME inquired if any Report had been made respecting the state of Sie rra Leone? Mr. W. HORTON replied that he hoped to be able to lay on the table of the House a report upon the subject on the first day after the recess. He begged to take this opportunity of requesting that the Hon. Member who had given notice of a motion relative to the Cape of Good Hope, would previously s tate to the House the specific nature of the proposition which it was his intention to submit to it. TOBACCO DUTIES. Mr. CALCRAFT said that he had intended to present a petition, praying for the Repeal of the Duties on To bacco ; but that in consequence of the absence (from indisposition) of the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he would postpone doing so until Monday. TRADE TO THE EAST INDIES. Mr. HART DAVIS presented a petition from the Merchants and Ship-owrs f urt he r Bristol, the object of which (as we understood) vras the opening of the Trade with the East Indies. SMALL RENTS. Sir R. WILSON gave notice, that he would to morrow move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the 53d of the late King, with respect to the Collection of the Small Rents. CANADA. Mr. STANLEY gave notice, that on Tuesday, the Ist May, he would move for the Appointment of a Select Committee, to inquire into the State of Upper and Lower Canada, with refe rence to the 31st of the late King, respecting the Maintenance of the Clergy in those Provinces. BOROUGH AND CITY ELECTIONS. Alr. STANLEY also gave notice, that, on the 6th of April, he would submit to the House a motion respecting the mode of taking the poll at the election of Members to represent cities an'd boroughs. CORONERS, AND CORONERS' COURTS. Mr. LITTLETON presented a petition from the Coroners of the County of Stafford, praying for an increase of re muneration. Mr. Secretary PEEL, adverting to the series of pe titions of this nature which had been presented, expressed the dif ficulty which he felt in believing that the prayer of those peti tions coui.: l be well founded. At the last election for a coroner for the may of Staffot'd, eight thousand persons had polled, and the exertions made were so great that it was evident the ob ject was considered as one very desirable. Under those circum stances, he really could not lend his support to any increase of sa lary to these officers. Sir J. WROTTESLEY said, that with respect to the particnlar case to which the Right Hon. Gentleman had alluded, the successful candidate had candidly declared at the commence ment of the contest, that he had not a shilling in his pocket, and had been elected by the spontaneous efforts of the electors. During the progress of the contest, however, there was some lukewarm laces manifested ; but the over-zeal of a friend of the other candi date having induced him to post a large placard, with the words No Popery" upon it, the sensation of disgust and indignation which it created was so strong and g eneral , that the contest was ,peed,77 t erm inated.—(A laugh , and cries of hear, hear.) M. FUME thought that the Coroners ' Courts re quired some re: form. Among other matters it had been doubted whether or not they were open Courts. In his to o b e distinctlyinion they ought to be so, but it was a question which ought settled. Mr. Secretary PEEL observed, that as the duties And emoluments of the bier order of Judges had been inquired into and determined ; the time might he said to he come when the inquiry and determination should be extended to the duties and emoluments of the smaller order of Judges, such as Coroners, Clerks of Assize, Clerks of the Peace, &c. Sir EDMUND CARRINGTON said, that there was, at all events, one circumstance, with respect to Coroners, deserving of consideration. They were obliged at any time, whe ther by day or night, to travel, perhaps to a distant extremity of the county, and the sole remuneration they had was an allowance of 9d. per mile, for going and returning. He put it to the Howse whether that was a fair allowance. As to salary, he should say nothing, but he thought that the office should he supported by an adequate remuneration. Mr. ABERCROMBY said that the night Hon. Gentleman had not replied to the question of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Aberdeen, whether or not a Coroner's Court was an open Court. On a point so important, if any doubt existed it was fitting that that doubt should be solved. Mr. PEEL thought that the Court of King's ,tench was the prener authority to decide whether or not a Coro net's Court was au open Court. Mr. G. LAMB understood that that question had been already decided both in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, against considering the Coroner's Court an open Court. It had been remarked by the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, that the fat of administering oaths of secrecy to the Members of a Coroner's Court, was a suf ficient proof that the Court was legally an open one. Mr. LITTLETON, reverting to the remuneration oldie Coroners, maintained that it was not sufficient for persons charged with duties so important. RATE OF WAGES. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a large body of weavers and other workmen, inhabitants of Manchester and its vicinity, on a subject which almost entirely occupied the minds of the people in that neighbourhood at the present moment. He was sorry, however, that he could not agree with the petitioners. They said that they were reduced to the lowest state of distress ; an assertion which, he feared, was but too true ; but they were anxious that some mode might be resorted to of regulating their wages ; and declared it to be their opinion that if a fresh Com mittee of Magistrates were appointed every three months for that purpose, the result would be highly beneficial. On that point he differed from them entirely. It was impossible to regulate wages by any such means. They must he regulated from day to day by the demand for labour. However, the situatn of the peti tioners was certainly such as to -demand attention ; and, in the conclusion of their petition, they expressed their hope that if the House could not agree to the plan which they had suggested, they would grant them some other relief. The petition was brought up, read, and ordered to be printed. CHURCH PROPERTY. Mr. HUME said he had another petition to pre sent of a very different nature. It was from an individual who had frequently addressed the House in that shape—Mr. Robert Gourlay. The petitioner stated that all Church property was public property ; and he prayed that it might be so treated. He reprobated the union of Church and State, as contrary to the doctrines of Christianity ; and lie prayed that that union might be dissolved, and that the clergymen throughout the country might be chosen by the flocks over whom they were to preside. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. ALE-HOUSE LICENSES. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, seeing the Hon. Mem tier for the University of Oxford in his place, wished to know whether or not it was his intention to propose any further measure fur altering the law respecting the licensing of public houses. Mr. ESTCOURT replied that he was preparing a measure which was now considerably advanced. The course he ileant to pursue was, to ask leave of the House to bring the Bill in before the recess, then to have it printed, and to send it down to the Quarter Sessions, for the purpose of obtaining the general opinion of the Magistracy with respect to it. Mr. MABERLY observed, that great private in jury had been sustained, by the protraction of some definitive le gislative proceeding on the subject. The suspense had occasioned a complete stop to the transfer of property in public-houses. Un der these pressing circumstances, he trusted as little further delay would be allowed to take place as possible. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Lord NEWBOROUGH presented a petition from the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the County of Carnarvon, pray ing that no further concession might be granted to the Roman Catholics.—Ordered to be printed. - - COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. Lord LOWTHER, after a few prefatory observa tions on the impracticability of actually keeping secret the names of the Members of the Committees on Private Bills, and on the great inconvenience which resulted from the attempt to do so, moved, " That the New List of Committees on Private Bills be printed." Mr. LITTLETON, in reply, stated that, although it might be impracticable to preserve perfect secrecy, yet that his proposition went, at least, to throw an obstacle in the way of canvassing the Members of Private Committees ; while the Noble Lord's proposition went to facilitate that canvassing. There was also a fee to the Clerks of the Committees for making- out the Lists; which, although not a matter of mu ch importance, ought to be considered. He would p refer movin g that the Speaker be requested to alter the Lists more frequently, in order to prevent canvassing. After a short discussion between Mr. Littleton, Mr. Gordon, Sir Edmund Carrington, Mr. George Lamb, and Mr. Hume, Mr. LITTLETON withdrew his motion, and the Resolution was put and carried. SLAVE TRADE. Mr. F. BUXTON wished to ask his Majesty's Ministers, whether they had any satisfactory communication to make relative to the Mauritius Slave Trade ? Mr. W. HORTON said, that he had to inform the Honourable Member, that if his intended Motion for a Com mittee on the subject should be as restricted in time and place as that of last year, it would be opposed. Mr. BUXTON then gave notice of a motion upon the subject, for 10th April next. Mr. HUME gave notice, that on Tuesday next, he would move for a Return of the State of the Gaols of the Metro polis, and for various Returns relative to the Shipping Trade. The House then disposed of the Orders of the Day, and at seven O'clock the House adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Hume—Copy of the Report of the Committe,, of Inquiry on the Mutiny of the Native Troops at Barrackpoor in November 1824, and of Orders issued since that time. 2. Sir John Newport—To bring under view of the 'Muse the state of the Law for rebuilding and repairing Churches in Ireland. 3. Sir Robert Wilson—Bill to explair Act touching Distresses for Rent. 4. Mr. Kennedy—Bill to regulate the Salmoa Fisheries of the United Kingdom. 5. Mr. Hume—Number of Corporal Punishments in the Army in each Regiment during the last two years. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Tregony Election Petitions—Ballot for Committee at half after three. 9. Denbigh Borough Election (Double Return) Petitions—Ballot for Committee at a quarter before four. 3. Names of Members absent to be set aside. 4. Bills of Exchange Bill—Further consideration of Report, 5. Defaulters at the Ballots yesterday, to he reported. 6. General 'Turnpike Act Amendment Bill—Further consideration of Report. 7. Lareeny Laws Consolidation Bill—Further eonsideration of Report. S. Distresses ( s it - eland) Bill—Second reading. 9. Annual Duties Bill—Committee. 10. Spring Guns Bill—Comm ittee. 11. Duke and Duchess of Clarence Annuity Bill—Third reading. It Public Works (Ireland) Bill—Third reading. TO THE COMMANDER -IN-CHIEF. May I presume to suggest to your Grace the justice, as well as propriety, of allowing " all" Officers, who come within the late Regulations by their " time of service," the privilege of selling their Commissions—at present, those who hold situations in the Customs, Excise, Consulate, or other Dep artments under Govern ment, and whose salary exceeds three times the amount of their half-pay, the latter is " withheld," nor are they permitted to dis pose of it. When the German Legion was first raised, the Offi cers who did not commence as Cornet or Ensign, were entitled to only " temporary rank and pay." After the peace of 1815, his present Majesty was graciously pleased to grant them half-pay, they are now allowed to dispose of it also. I hope, should these observations come to the ear of your Grace, that the case of Officers situated as above, may be recon sidered, and that their half-pay (the reward of past services), will no longer be withheld, nor the privilege of disposing of their Com missions ; for surely, what is given to Foreign Officers as a " boon," may, without impropriety, be deemed something of a " claim" by English Oftigrs, whose merits are equal. MILES CONVENTION BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY AND HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE INFANTA REGENT OF PORTUGAL, FOR PROVIDING TOE THE ILAINTE- NANCE OF A CORPS OF BRITISH TROOPS, SENT TO PORTUGAL DEC. 1826 ; SIGNED AT BRIGHTHELMSTON, lAN. 19, 1627. In the name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. Her Royal Highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal having, in consequence of aggressions committed against the Portuguese ter ritory, claimed the fulfillment, by his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the ancient treaties of alliance and friendship which subsist between the two Crowns ; and his Britannic Majesty having thereupon resolved to send, and having actually sent, a body of troops to Portugal, the two high contracting parties think it necessary to agree upon certain arrangements for the maintenance of the said troops during their stay in Portugal, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries for that purpose, viz : His Majesty, the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Hon. George Canning, a Member of His said Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, and His said Majesty's Principle Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs :—And Her Royal Highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal, the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Lord, Don Pedro de Souza e Holstein, Marquis of Palmella, a Peer of the Kingdom of Portugal, Grand Cross of the Order of Christ, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Grand Cross of several other Orders, and Iler Royal Highness's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Britannic Majesty ; who, after Irving communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon, and concluded the following articles: — Art. 1. Her Royal Highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal, anxious that the body of troops which has been so promptly sent to her Royal Highness's aid by his Britannic Majesty, should be treated with the hospitality becoming the relations of the two allied nations, engages to provide the necessary barracks and quarters, and buildings for hospitals, and for stores and magazines, and the necessary rations of provisions and fora g e, for the officers, non commissioned officers, and soldiers, and for the horses and cattle of the British auxiliary army, according to the regulations of the British service. 3. The provisions and forage above specified are to be delivered to the British Commissariat, at a distance not greater than six Portuguese leagues from the head-quarters of each British detach ment to which they are supplied, unless in cases where a different arrangement shall be made, with the consent of the British Com missariat. 3. In order to obviate the difficulties which an immediate dis bursement of funds for the purchase of the aforesaid provisions and forage might occasion, under the present circumstances, to the Go vernment of Portugal, it is agreed that the British Commissary- General shall, for the present, provide those supplies for the British Army, charging the cost thereof to the account of the Portuguese Government. As, however, cases may arise, in which it may be more con venient to receive such supplies from Portuguese magazines, for the purpose of avoiding competition in the markets, the British Com missary-General shall, in the execution of this agreement, concert his proceedings from time to time with a person appointed for that end by the Government of Portugal. 4. The accounts of the British Commissariat being approved and signed by the Commander of the Auxiliary Army, shall be delivered every three months to the Portuguese Government, which, having verified the same, shall either pay the amount thereof forthwith to the British Commissary-General, or carry it over to the credit of the British Government, as shall be judged most convenient by the two Governments. 5. The cost of provisions and forage for the British troops shall be placed to the account of the Portuguese Government, from the day of the landing of the said troops in Portugal, and shall cease to he placed to that account from the day of their de parture, or of their passing the frontiers of Portugal. C. Her Royal Highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal, bar ing consented that on this, as on former occasions, the forts of St. Julien and of Bugio shall he occupied by the British troops, it is agreed that the said occupation shall continue so long as the auxiliary army shall remain in Portugal. Those forts shall be, from time to time, duly provisioned by the Portuguese Govern ment, or by the British Commissariat on account of the Portu guese Government, in the same manner as is provided in the fore going articles with respect to the auxiliary army. Arrangements shall be made between the Government of Por tugal and the Commander of the British Army, for the carrying on of the service of the Pratique of Police of the Harbour, and of the Customs, by the proper officers of the Portuguese Government, usually employed for those purposes. A list of these officers shall he given to the British Commanding Officer, and they shall be stri c tly under his command in all that may relate to military ser vice, and to the tleferkee,o4 the forts.. 7. His Britannic Majesty requiring, on the part of his ally, only that which is indispensably necessary for insuring the pro per maintenance of his troops, and for the good of the com mon service, declares that he will not bring forward any pe cuniary claims whatever against the Portuguese Government, on account of the assistance furnished by his Majesty on this occasion to Portugal, beyond what is specified in the preced ing articles. 8.. The stipulations of this convention shall remain in full force until the two high contracting parties shall mutually agree to make any change therein. 9. The present convention shall he ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in London in the space of six weeks from the date hereof, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at Brighthelmstone, Jan. 19, in the year of our Lord 1827. (L. S.) GEORGE CANNING. 'L. S.) MARQUEZ DE PALMELLA• latter is to obtain the command when the fleet sails, which how ever cannot take place in leis than two months. The building of the arsenal is continued with great ardour. A frigate of 54 guns was launched on the sth of this month, and commissaries have been sent to Gemlick, Rhodes, and Sinape, to accelerate the building of the ships of war which are on the stocks there. Several other changes have taken place in public employ ments. The former Ambassador at the Court of London, Far rani). Ismael Effendi, who had been in exile at Broussa, has ob taMed permission to return to this capital. The latest accounts from Greece are rather important. It seems that the engagements which took place in Livadia , near Rachovia, Velitza,&c. were nothing more than sallies, in which some isolated advanced posts were taken from the Turks. All the movements concerted between Karaiskaki, Karatosso, and the other insurgent Chiefs, have failed. Their object was to divert Seraskier Redschid Pacha from the siege of the Acropolis of .Athens. The latter has, on the contrary, lately received a rein forcement of 3,000 men. These facts are confirmed by the Uni versal Gazette of Greece. It is said that Col. Fabvier has suc ceeded in escaping from the Acropolis by night, with two of his , Philhellenic companions. Ibrahim Pacha has sent the Egyptian fleet, with the exception of eight ships, which he has kept in the harbour of Navarino, to Alexandria. His forces assemblA between Modon, Coron, and Navarino, are estimated at 15,000 men. Ile is himself prepa ring to march to KAritene, with 6,000 men.—Austrian Observer. PARIS, "MARCH IS.—The Grand Duke Constantine, whose arrival at St. Petersburgh we have already announced, has left that city on the 2Siii of February, after a residence of only 12 days. It has been remarked, that he took no part in the amuse ments of the Carnival ; but he frequently visited the cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, where he went to pray at the tomb of his brother, the Emperor Alexander. (From the Constitutionsiel.) iNlauaxn, MARCH B.—( Private Correspondence.)—Letters from Gallicia,which we have just received, confirm the account of the defeat of the Marquis de Chaves, who, according to one of the letters, is at present at St. Jaques, in Gallicia, where he arrived accompanied by a very small number of his followers. The same letters say, that Brigadier Magessi, who had incurred the displeasure of the rebel troops, when passing the Minho on enter ing Spain, received a musket ball, which killed him on the spot, or as others assert, wounded him so severely that there is no hopes of his surviving. In the meantime, the great question of war or peace is treated with more earnestness than ever, in the King's Councils ; and in a meeting which took place on the 7th attended by tlao Ministers, Councillors of State, and even some Members of the Council of Castile, there was no difference of opinion as to the propriety of declaring war, the only question being how soon it ought to com mence. Some Members were of opinion that it ought not to be gin till the end of June, while others thought that it ought to be commenced immediately. What appeared to incline the Council to the expediency of a war at present was the considerations urged by the party who gave the latter opinion—namely, the bad spirit of the troops, and the necessity of preventing its consequence by compelling them to action at once, before they bad time to think of turning their arms against the cause they were called on to defend. (From the Journal des Debats of Monday.) CONSTA.NTINOPLE) Fee. 11.—M. Pisani and part of M. de la Ribeaupierre's suite arrived here yesterday afternoon; and the Ambassador himself is expected to-morrow. A fresh conspiracy is spoken of, which threatened the life of the Grand Seignior, of the Reis Effendi, and of all the heads of the reform, but principally that of the Capitan Pacha, by whose vigilance it was discovered. The details which are related re specting it border upon romance; and it is added that this plot has induced the Capitan Pacha to solicit another employment, which the Sultan granted to him. Very unfavourable conjec tures are, however, drawn from this circumstance. It has been observed, that the Capitan Pacha did not make this request until after having well investigated the state of the capital, and the pro bable duration of the new reforms. He had displayed much vigour in the arsenal since his return from the Archipelago. Letters from Syra, Naxos, and Yarns, of the 15th February, mention, that the differences between the 11ydriots and Caudiots have been settled. The Austrian Consul, who residee at Naxos, has been delivered from out of the hands of the Candiots by the crew of an European ship, which accidentally anchored a► that island. (From the Constitutionite/.) Ai. is said that the Ministry intend, to-morrow, to present to the Chamber of Peers, the projet of the law against the liberty of the Press. It appears, that, at first, it was proposed to adjourn the discussion until after the Easter recess, and the reason assigned for the delay is not a little extraordinary. The Ecclesiastical Peers, purposing to sojourn, during the time of that high religious solem nity, in their respective diocesses, tile Ministers, they say, were not willing to deprive themselves of their collective intelligence, nor of their votes. It appears to us that such a contemplation was the grossest affront that could be offered to the Bishops. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile, dated Tuesday.) ST. PETERSBURCII2 MARCH 3.—On the proposal of the Mi nister of Finance, which he has had the honour to lay before the Emperor, a Special Committee has just been formed, which is to examine all those measures which may contribute to facilitate in Russia the building of merchantmen and barges. The Committee is composed of the Director of the Department of Manufactures and Inland Trade, of the Director of the Department of Foreign Trade, of an Officer belonging to the Department of the Marine, and another belonging to that of the Interior. -LIE OF THE DAY. The C o nstitutionnel—The President of the Council has an nounced his intention not to give up any fundamental article of the Law on the Press ; and has threatened, if an amendment is made, to re-establish the Censorship. The Augsburgh Gazette contains news from Greece by way Trieste, in which we remark the following facts : " Colonel Burbacki, in concert with Vasso Braicovich, and other Captains, had formed the project of attacking the Turkish camp before Athens. They were to form in two columns, but as Burbacki attacked alone, while the other Captains looked on, the Turkish cavalry was obliged to overthrow the small number of those who composed the two columns. Burbacki was made pri soner, and Vasso escaped with great difficulty without arms. A Hydriot says, in_orie 0f...11,is letters, that the Greeks must have lost five hundred men on this occasion. The steam-boat attempted to attack a Convent occupied by the Turks, near the Pireus, but it was damaged by the fire of the latter, and obliged to retreat." (From the Journal de Paris of Monday.) VIENNA, MARCH io.—(A private letter.)—The news of the death of the Empress of Brazil has the more afflicted the Court, as the Emperor Francis, her father, and the Imperial Family ex pected she would obtain the consent of Don Pedro, her consort, to come to Europe in the spring for the recovery of her health, which seems to have been much affected by the climate of Brazil. It is said that Don Miguel has lately had a conference with P rin ce Metternich, after whic despatches were sent to Lisbon to the Infanta Regent. The latest accounts from Constantinople announce the refusal of the Porte to accept the mediation of foreign powers in the affairs of Greece. Since this the diplomatic correspondence with Pe tersburgh has become more active. The Russian Ambassador, Senator Tatischeff, frequently sends couriers with despatches to Count Nesse'rode. Rigorous measures are said to have been taken by the police of the city against persons who had no ostensible means of sub sistence, and had been noticed as spreading false rumours in places of public resort. (From the Quot!dienne.) COVSTANTIEOPLE, FEB. 11. --It is now some time since the grand Admiral Khosrey Mahorned Pacha soli c it e d hi s di sc harge from public duties on account of his advanced age. His prayer having been at length attended to, they have conferred on him the offices of Sandjacks of Kontahiga, Karahisser, and Akhissar, besides the command of the Corps of Ob serva ti o n on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus. The dignity of Capitan Pacha has been transferred to his predecessor. The Vice-Admiral of the Fleet, Mohamed Tahir, has been named Pacha with two tails and Seraskier of the Fleet. The SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ANSON HUNT RACES. OVER LICHFIELD COURSE. TUESDAY, MARCH ?AL—Trial Stakes of 10 NYS. each, New market Craven Weights. Nine Subscribers. One Mile. Mr. Yates's br. c. Sharpshooter, 2 yrs (Baker) 1 Mr. Mytton's h. c. Fisherman, S yrs Mr. Gleaves's Miller of Mansfield Sir W. Wynne's ch. c. by Waxy Pope, 2 yrs; Mr. Giffard's Billy Lackaday, X yrs -, Mr. Beardsworth's b. e. Laraine, R pis ; and Mr. Cook's lir. c. by Rhadamanthus, S .yrs. Started, but were not placed. Won easy. Match-100 sous. One Mile. Mr. Giffard's ch. c. Pantaloon, Sst. 41b. (Arthur) Mr. Mytton's b. c. Mexican, Sat. 41b. The Bosworth Stakes of 25 sovs. each, h. ft. Two Mile.. Sixteen Subscribers. Mr. Milward's brother to Hexgrave, 5 yrs (Capt. White) 1 Mr. Payne's Gossoon, aged 2 Mr. Richards's Habberley, aged S The following started, but were not placed— . Mr. Grosvenor's Thompson, aged ; Mr. J. S. Barry's Oddity, 5 yrs ; and Mr. Biddulph's Coral, 4 yrs. A good race. The Paulowits Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added. Heats, Mile and a-half. _ _ Mr. Legars's Own Brother to Betsey, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. Robinson's Miss Jarman, 3 yrs 2 2 Won easy. Carr rode the winner. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DxAL, MARCH 21.—Arrived from the River and remain, the Belzoni, Tabbert, for Bengal; Earl of Egremont, for the Cape ; John, Urquhart, for Jamaica ; Thomas and Alfred, for Genoa ; Acasta, Smith, for Trinidad ; Burden, Corbett, for Honduras ; Spring, Palmer, for Faro ; Breman, Grave, for Bordeaux. P O RTSMOUTH, MARCH 21.—Wind W. S.W. to N.W.--Arrived the Kangaroo, Meadows, from London, for Genoa ; Navigator, Appleton, from London, for Honduras, with loss of ancho r ; and Union, Hoskins, from London, for Falmouth, with loss of a nchor. PLYMOUTH, ?sham 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the C yg net, R u ssell, from St. Michaels ; Barbadoes packet, Stew art, from London, for Barbadoes ; Hasley Hill, Hunter, fro m London, for the Bay of Honduras. FALMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Wind W. to N.W.—Arrived the Isabella, Rickman, from Newcastle for Opor to ; Sir W. Curtis, Wittingham, from London to Lisbon. TOPSHAM, MARCH 20.—The Aspasia, Bowles, from Sunder land, errived off Gyemouth, with loss of anchor and chains, and an d Sarah, Milne, from Bombay. Sailed with the crew of the Eliza, Tyall, for Sunderland, on board, hav ing drove foul of the former on Saturday, in Dungeness Reads. GRAVESEND, MARCH 2 1.—Arrived the Lord Lowther, Brown, from Wick to London, has put Stewart, from Canton ; r a ri n g r' b b een on shore, and must discharge. the Orinthia, Dison, for Singapore. The brig Westburn is sunk off Dungeness. int ' o rh ß e ri tt n s g y t a o n n d , Arrived at the Isis of Man, the Isabella, Thompson, from the Mediterranean, with damage and loss of rudder. T HE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS—.( At per Load of 56 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. Lowland Meadow Hay .f. 3 15 to 415 Clover Hay ... £4 ioto6 10 Upland Ditto Rye-rasa Hay 415 6 0 Wheat Ditto 2l 2 v Meadow Hay St r aws. to 6s. per load lower than last quoted ; ices of Clover Hay and stationary. Supply good, and trade dull. Low land Meadow Ha SMITHFIELD. 413t0 6 10 U p land Ditto Rye-grass Hay YZ3 15 to 4 15 Clover Hay generally £ New Meadow Hay .- 0 0 0 0 Wheat Ditto .... .. .. ... . 1 13 3 2 Supply limited, pricy stationary, and trade a little alive. ELECTRICITY.—From the excessive dryness of the air, our blankets and barracans emitted electric sparks, and crackled distinctly on being rubbed. The horses tails in beating off the flies had the same effect, —Lyons Travels in Africa, Just Published in Bvo. price 2s. 6d., with a Portrait of his Royal Highness; or an inferior edition without the Portrait, ls. 6d., 9IHE LAST ILLNESS and DECEASE of his late ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK ; being a Journal of Occurrences which took place between the 9th of June, 1826, and the sth of January, 1827. By Lieutenant-General Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, G.C.H. Printed for William Sams, Bookseller to his late Royal High ness the Duke of York and the Royal Family, No. I, St. James's street, opposite the Palace. PRICES OF STOCKS TH I Bank Stock ........................ DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red ................ ... - 3 per Cent. Cons. ........ ....327i Vi i 3,4 per Cent. ..................... - Ditto Red. ... - 4 per Cent. New Ditto, 1b26 - 13ank Long Ann. - India Stock -- Ditto Hondo s't 58 pni. South Sea Stock — Old Annuities — Nevi Ditto 82 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. Y 3 37 NO - . Ditto 5OO 2d.......36 37 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial —Ptn• Bank for Account India for A ccount Sid Cont. for Acct. BIM _3 3% 'Pa MA Arrived. Due. O America 0 Brazil O Buenos Ayres O Donaghadee 0 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 I France O Gottenburgb I IL S. Arrived. Due. I Guernsey & Jersey O Hambargh I Holland • Jamaica 0 - 0 Leeward Islands 0 O Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 I Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning....... 47 minutes after 10. I Evening '2O minutes after 11. Z , V , , „ igig l / 4 i 0 - • • / 1 * IA * JR. I V ii :' • . Z.: t. t % . :4P .17 4 11 t' C$ LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1827. We received last night the Paris Papers of. Mon day, and the Etoile dated Tuesday morning. They do not contain any intelligence from Spain of ;it later date than that which we were before in possession of. The Etoile, however, states, on the authority of a Bordeaux Journal, that desertion is general in all the corps of the Army of Observation on the frontiers of - Portugal ; about 40 daily go over into that kingdom, and this is said to be the only reason of the retrograde - movement of the Spanish army. The French Chamber of Peers met on the 19th, and the Keeper of the Seals presented the law on the Press adopted by the Chamber of Deputies. From Vienna it is stated, that according to the latest accounts from Constantinople, the Porte had refused to accept the mediation of Foreign Powers in the affairs of Greece ; the Quotidienne and Journcl der Debatr have also intelligence from Constantinople to the 11th Feb., by which it appears that a fresh conspiracy had been discovered by the CAPITAN PACIIA, the first object of which was his own destruction and that of the SULTAN, REIs EVFENDI, and all the chief heads of the reform. Executions and banishments have not put - down the spirit which has given rise to such long resistance of the change of system which has been so vigorously carried into effect by the SULTAN. His watchfulness and energy, however, seem unabated, and complete • success will, probably, ultimately crown his exertions, unless Turkey should blindly resist the views of Great Britain and Russia respecting Greece, when it will be • impossible to calculate on the effects of those events to which her obstinacy may give rise. Extracts of these Papers will be found in another column, and we subjoin the price of the Funds in Paris on the 19th : - - FRENCH FUTZDC—PARIS, MAaca 19.—Five par Glens. 98f. 90c. 99f. 98f. 95c. ; Three per Cents. 69f. 40e. 455. ; Bank Stock, 1985 f. ; Rentes 4e Naples, 75f. 50c. 55c. ; Royal Span i s h L oan , 52a;, Hayti= Loan, 630f.—Excl i l ign on London—One,nunath, 25f.,40c. ; three ditto, 25f. 25c. The proceedings in Parliament were not of particular interest last night. Mr. PEEL stated that Mr. CAN-- NING, or himself, would to-day lay on the Table of the House the Convention between this country and Portugal, the ratification of which had been exchanged only last week. From the expressions used by Mr. PEEL, we are happy to infer, that the health of Mr. CANNING is sufficiently recovered to justify the ex pectation that he may be able to resume his duty in the House of Commons this evening. We regret to add, that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was prevented from being in the House, last night, by in dis position. Frankfort Papers of the 15th inst. contain some in teresting particulars of proceedings against the Greek pirates by the English corvette Rose. While Greece remains in its present state it is impossible to suppresa the depredations of the pirates, who hold their own Government in contempt, and make little distinction between Turks and Franks, the general name for all other nations : _ SMYRNA, JAN. 26. On the 16th December the English corvette the Rose per ceived near Ipsara a large boat without sails, the rowers of which were inactive, and seemed to be waiting for something. The Captain of the corvette immediately put out his boats ; but the strange vessel having remarked this, rowed off as fast as possible towards the island, and reached it before the boats could overtake it. Fifteen men who were on board landed precipitately, and the vessel was taken. Soon afterwards the Ipsariot brig, the Rival, appeared, and informed the English Captain that it had perceived another large boat on the other side of the island towards the south. The Rose immediately proceeded thither, and discovered two boats concealed among the rocks near Anti-Ipsara. As it was to be pre sumed that they were pirates, Mr. Lyons, the First Lieutenant, was sent to reconnoitre, and having convinced himself of the fact, he made a signal to the armed boats, which soon cam: up, under the command of Lieutenant Stopford. A long galley-boat (caique) having been seen near the Isle of Ipsara, a boat was sent to recon noitre, which was fired upon by the Greeks, who were concealed ,anadndeaupost an chor the rocks. The English boat fell back, but had no person wounded. corvette hore. Tthheenp p i rat e sroee ed s e u d a t k o this th e ir plac bo e a , t near English the themselves behind an old battery, within musket-shot. Meantime the First Lieutenant returned from his expedition, having cap ehoTrhe tared the two boats, and an armed sacoleve with its crew. The Captain of the corvette having questioned the men, whom be found to be pirates, caused all the goods to be brought on board, and burnt the boats and tit; sacoleve. The men were delivered up to Captain Hamilton. Immediately after this all the boats were sent to this galley boat which had been sunk, and in order to protect the men who were ordered to get it afloat, the corvette fired two broadsides upon the heights occupied by the pirates, who seemed resolved to de fend their boat ; they immediately took flight, and a landing was effected. But night coming on the galley-boat was not taken and burnt till the next day. of Colonel BuRBAc Kr. tioi l :s h t e he A a ll r g r e h i r n al ein i e n Z j e an it u tt a n r g y, of the 15 th March men from France, a t S a lamis, on his w a y t o Eleusis, with 900 men. It appears that t he Em p ero r NicoLAs is not yet d o ne with the m embers of th e l ate conspi racy. The Russians are disposed of, but the . kingdom of Poland has been deeply implicated, and several of