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we are sore, find it to he a subject full of and that if the present latitude is in some eases the source of increased trouble to Mem bers in compelling their investigating more strictly the compliance of parties soliciting Bills, with the clear and intelligible regulations at the Legislature, it will, upon the whole, be more tolerable than the inconvenience and injus tice which must frequently be the consequence of any limitation or restriction. Notwithstanding the liberal and enlightened conduct which seemed to mark the character of CitAltr.cs the TENTH, at the commencement of Ills reign, it is evident that his Government be gins to assume some appearance of the suspicion and despotism which characterized the operations of the French Cabinet previous to the terrible Revolution. The order for opening all letters from this country, unless there were good grounds for suspecting the existence of some dangerous correspondence, is an act of narrow-minded tyranny, and may prove very injurious to our countrymen. The most harmless letters which may have been addressed to persons in Pa. rIS and other parts of France may be supposed t.° contain some political mystery, and may sub- J e ct those to whom they are directed to confine ment. We know a recent instance in which three letters, though merely of a domestic nature, were not delivered to the party for whom they were Intended, and doubtless many other letters were treated in the same manner. We find, that besides that despicable policy for which no, grounds have hitherto been stated, that certain institutions, which had been esta blished in all the chief towns and cities throughout France, under the title of Cabinets Litteraires, meaning simply Reading Rooms, for the purpose of introducing foreign Journals, and scientific articles of various descriptions, are abolished by order of the Sovereign. Another Edict of the Sovereign prohibits all Clubs in j'aris, though politics in some were expressly excluded from discussion. These abridgments °f public liberty, and the laws against sacrilege, recently promulgated, evince as much bigotry as If they came from FERDINAND of Spain, and mnst tend to render the French Government con tftiltible in the estimation of all mankind. Paris Papers to the sth instant arrived in town last night. Their contents, which we subjoin, arel by no means important. ( From the :Etoile, dated Saturday.) PARIS, MAIICH 4. By an orr of his Majesty the King of Spain to the Board of Custom s of Alicant dated the 24th of January, the Decree of the 4th of .July, 1824, is revoked. This Decree, which, under the specious pretext of striking a zeid patting down smuggling, unfortunately injured commerce and navigation in general, had led to many remonstrances from s everal foreign Consuls, and especially the French Consul. The r?ew De cree o f hi s Majesty has accordingly been received in unit city w i t h genera l satisfaction. The P ret b urg Gazette says, " It was announced too soon T ha t h tranquillity was entirely restored in Servia. Prince Mi -1111111, by abusing his first successes over the insurents, a great . 1 . 130 bee of whom he has caused to be beheaded, ha g s only added wt,:,r,the flame ; on all sides the people fly to arms. The • .urki,h ton ' tl garrisons are insufficient to repress the insurrec m.;', I ,e,Y are worn out with fatigue, by being made to march "" Ha uy from one place to another." Journal says, " Our correspondent at Augsburg infornls ,14,8, that he has received information from Trieste, that Sir Frederick Adam Governor of the lonian Islands, after having received dispat c h es from London, was gone from Corfu to Ce- 'No. It was generally believed that he would there have an l aterview with Some of the most influential members of the "reek Government." The Courier Francais, in its Number of the 2d March, has given some very incorrect statements respecting the situation of the men of colour from Martinique now in Senegal. We can assure our readers that none of these persons have been subjected to confinement; th a t on t h e contrary a ll exer ise their professions at liberty ; that the government of Sene gal leas been formally authorised to afford assistance to those w ne may need it, only requiring in return, after the first month, of some kind for the benefit of the King's service; anti ns t, lastly, the letters from that Government do not mention mat we have to deplore the death of so much as one of the men 01 colour in question. We have letters from Lisbon of the 19th ult., which mention : 41 st Marquis Palmella and Count de Subserra were to set out 141 reediately for their destination. The Mo n ie ur con t a i ns , i n th e o ffi c i a l p ar t, a 'loyal Ordinance, which, referring to previous "diets and ordinances (the first dated March I G 7 Q), granting to the Duke of ORLEANS liberty 1 4 have made, at his expense, navigable canals f rom the Loire ) near Orleans, to the river Loing, `lce., orders that the shares which shall return into The hands of the Duke and Mademoiselle W ORLEANS shall be replaced by others in a dif ferent form, of which a model is annexed to the wdinance. The remainder of the Moniteur and !,uPplement are filled with the debates of the March." of Deputi e s o n th e 2d a n d 3d o f 4areh i . , ) P ARIS, MARCH 4.—FRENCII FUNDS.--Five per Cents. I t Peneel at 106 f. ; closed at 103 f. 80c.--Bank Stock, 2,0301. 1 ,, 4 ente de Naples Certificate Falconnet, 91.—Rente d'Espagne, 41 - -Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, M. : V.—Exchange on London, month, 23f. ; three ditto, 241. 85c.—(Coors Authentique.) _At a l a t e h our thi s d ay we rece i ve d th e Et o il e °I Yesterday. It contains no news of political interest. Zv,. T. ' r !'ench Rentes opened at -106 f. 106 f. 15c. T O 0 Clock - - -106 f. 35c. t ee o 'Clock, for the end of the month 106 f. 45c. Italian and German Papers have been received this day. In Naples a Decree has beer' issued, tlrd ering the removal of ornaments, &c. formerly 4ttatiled to R e li g i ous Edifices, no longer in use f t : r 111 5 , pur German Papers poses. The following are the con- Rts ° of th e : CARLSRIIIIE FEB. 25. tVesterday morning at 11 o'clock the Grand Duke, accom :nied by the Princes of his family, and followed by his Adju wuts General and Aids-de-Camp, repaired on horseback, be een a double line of troops, to the Hotel of the Assembly of ,e,,,States, and having seated himself on the throne delivered, much energy and dignity, a speech to the following effect. th'oing expressed his confidence in the satisfactory results of ~e d eliberations of the Assembly, and touched upon the un .teasant circumstanc es which had obliged him to make use of 'l° ext raordinary though Constitutional measure, he said :- 130 %Th e C. onstitution has left all the rights o . f the executive w r united in the person of the Sovereign ; it made only the t he of some positive rights depend on the co-operation of e States. But this co-operation can tend to a final result only b Y union and concord, w ith ou t w hi c h, t h at w hi c h ex i sts may .a e mah.ltai n . ed, but the desire of real amelioration cannot be : a limitation of my duties as member of the rfn,t,edseration is no part of the co-operation of the States.— e principles have been at times involved in obscurity, the t 0 t ve:lepement of the Federal Constitution of Germany has given te monarchical principle a more solid basis. The doubts on of the Federal Diet have dispelled all obscurity and all on this point. if, then, Gentlemen, you content yourselves with the ho- Th-e_urearble. vocation of co-operating with reciprocal calmness and 14anon to the good of the Country by a conscientious cm 12e,,ti and your knowledge and your experience keeping the limits prescribed by the Constitution of the Grand - ""`"' 1 1 1 and by the resolutions of the Germanic Diet, my people will tns the first time enjoy, in their full extent, the blessings of a German representative Constitution." His Royal Highness, speaking of the dreadful ravages caused by the inundations, expressed his cordial gratitude for the readiness with which all classes had hastened to the relief of the distressed, as well as for contributions received from foreign countries. The negociations respecting the affairs of the Catho lic Church are not cotnpleted, but have made some progress. His Royal Highness mentioned with great satisfaction the birth of a Prince in the Grand Ducal family ; the speech was received with great emotion by the assembly ; all the Members rose and took the oath, which was read to them by the Minister of the Interior, after which he declared the Session opened, and invited the Chambers to meet the following day to commence their labours. The Grand Duke then withdrew amidst the sin cere acclamations of the Assembly, and returned to the Palace in the same order as before.—( Frankfort Papers, Feb.23o TOTAL DESTRUCTION of the Hon. Company's Ship KENT, Captain COBB, by Fire, in the Bay of Biscay, with Troops on board. The following is a copy of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Falmouth, dated the 4th instant " Put back the Cambria, Cook, for Vera Crux, having on board 547 passengers, officers, seamen, soldiers, women, and children, rescued by her from the Honourable Company's ship Kent, Captain Cobb, which unfortunately took fire on the Ist instant, in lat. 47. 30. N. long. 9. 45. W., on her pas sage to Bengal and China. The Kent, soon after the re moval of the above to the Cambria, blew up, and front the returns made since, 90 must have perished i❑ her, or were drowned in getting into the boats. &c., of whom 64 were sol diers, 1 woman, 21 children, 1 seaman, and 3 marine boys ; the Pursor set off by the mail yesterday for the India House.— We are happy to state that the inhabitants of this town and nighhourhood have contributed every thing in their power by cloathing and money to the necessities of the poor creatures who saved nothing more than they stood up in, and many, from having been taken out of their beds, were destitute of any covering whatever. The Cambria is only 200 tons bur then, and had a cargo on board, besides near 50 persons (miners and crew), which, added to the people saved from the Kent, made a total of about 600 souls, huddled together for near three days. Captain Cook did every thing in his power to make them as comfortable as the circumscribed limits of his vessel would allow, particularly the women and children ; and by carrying a press of sail, fortunately reached this port just as a strong north wind set in." - List of Passengers, Troops, Women and Children, on board , the late Honourable Company's . Ship Kent, Captain henry Cobb, bound for Bengal and China, March 3, 1025. PASSENGERS. Lieut. Dodger Mrs. Colonel Fearon and five Itaxton daughters -- Booth Mrs. M‘Gregor and one son Douglas Miss Dick --- Campbell Mrs. Bray and two children Guinnis Miss Murray Ensign Tate Mr. Waters WRITERS. Mr. Grant Mr. Pringle CADETS. Mr. Shuckburgh Mr. Birch Mr. Hatchell MILITARY OFFICERS. Lieut.-Col. Fearon Major M.Gremor Capt. Sir C. Farrington, Bart. I - Green - Spence - Bray I Ship's Company Lieut. and Adjt. Shaw Lieut. Baldwin I Total Return of Troops, Women and Children lost. ti 4 SHIP'S COMPANY. Evans Assistant-Surgeon Graham Quartermaster Waters Paymaster Monk All saved. TOTAL ON BOARD. Passengers Military Officers Troops Women - Children - - 34 _ _ - 66 492 . 145 Troops Women Children - 21 Marine e Boys 861 To tol Loss 90 [Further Particulars.] This vessel, which sailed from the Downs about a fortnight ago, was making her way in the Bay of Biscay on the morning of Tuesday the Ist instant, across the heavy swell common in that stormy entrance to the Atlantic, when her progress was ar rested by a fatal accident, in lattitude about 47 deg. 30 min., and long. 11 deg. 40 min. An officer, who was sent into the hold to see whether the rolling of the vessel had disturbed the stowage, perceiving that a cask of spirits had burst from its lashings, gave the lamp he had in his hand to a seaman to hold while he should replace the cask. Unfortunately in the con tinued rolling of the vessel the man let the lamp fall near the spirits, to which it set fire in a moment. The flames spread ; attempts were made to smother them by wetted blankets and hammocks, but all was in vain, and they soon assumed an aspect so tremendous, as to shew that it would be impossible to subdue them. At this moment of despair the man at the mast head exclaim ed that a sail was in sight : guns were fired, and a signal of distress hoisted. The gale however was so heavy that it was for some time doubtful whether the strange vessel perceived the signals or was likely to turn aside from her course, but this painful suspense was soon removed by her approach. The boats of the Kent were now got out and placed, not alongside, on account of the flames and the danger of staving the boats, but a-head and a-stern. Into the latter many got out from the cabin windows, but the chief part were let down from the bow sprit into the boat a-head, the men sliding down by a rope, while the soldiers wives were lowered into the boat slung three together. _ _ The fire had burst out about ten o'clock, and about twelve the signal of distress had been perceived by the strange sail, which proved to be the Cambria, Cook, outward bound to Mexico, with a number of mining workmen and a cargo of mining machinery. It was at two o'clock that the Cambria received the first boat load of passengers, consisting chiefly of ladies and children, half clothed and pale with fright and fatigue. The whole afternoon was passed in exertions on board the one vessel in sending off the sufferers, and in the other in receiving them. The Cambria had amongst her pas sengers several stout workmen, who took their station at the ship's side, and were indefatigable in hoisting ti'e poor sufferers on board, so that, out of 642 persons in the Kent, no less than 557 were safe in the Cambria before midnight.— The remainder (85 in number) were lost, chiefly in getting out and in of the boats, the swell of the sea being very great all the time. The Captain of the Kent was the last man to leave her. She blew up a few minutes before two o'clock on Wednesday morning. It may naturally be asked how the vessel could keep so long together amid so destructive a conflagration ? She could not have kept together two hours had not the officers, to avoid one danger encountered another, by opening the ports and let ting in the water, when she shipped such heavy seas as to be come water-logged, which of course prevented the burning downwards. The Cambria, a vessel of little more than 200 tons, was pre viously sufficiently filled, having goods in her hold and above fifty persons in passengers and ship's company. How great then must have been the pressure and confusion caused by an influx which carried the total on board to more than 600. The progress of the fire in the Kent had been so rapid, as to prevent the sufferers from saving any clothes, except what were on their persons, and both officers and soldiers were thus ill pre pared to encounter the wet and the cold of the deck. The cabin and the tween decks (the space for the steerage pas sengers) were thug crowded beyond measure, and most for tunate it was that the wind continued favourable for the return of the Cambria to an English port. She reached Falmouth in 48 hours after quitting the wreck, and was landing her unfor tunate inmates, many of them half clothed, on Friday morning, at the date of our correspondent's letter. Persons Saved.-31st Regiment; •21 officers, 280 men, 46 women, and 51 children ; ship's company, 140 ; passen gers, 19. . . Persons Lost-3lst Regiment; 64 soldiers, I woman, and .5 children ; ship's company, 1 man, 4 boys.—(New Times.) It is reported on 'Change, that favourable news has been received from Mr. STRATFORD CANNING, at St. Petersburg!), and that all dif ferences are on the eve of being amicably settled. INDlA.—There are letters in town from the Isle of France to the 20th November. They bring no news. The Hungerford, from Calcutta, has arrived, but almost all her letters and papers are left at Portsmouth. The letters that have arrived are chiefly duplicates. Those that are not so are purely commercial. The report of the indigo crop was favourable.— The letters are dated from Madras, 12th O c t o b er ; B enga l , 14th September; and Mauritius, 23d November. This vessel is not above ten days later than th e l ast arr i val. Mr. Secretary CANNIN G , we are happy to state, is nearly recovered from his recent severe attack of the gout. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday after noon at half past two o'clock at the Foreign Office, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Earls of Liverpool, West moreland, Harrowby and Bathurst; Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Canning, the Chacellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Melville, Mr. Wynn, &c. The C ouncil did not break up till half-past five o'clock. WINDSOR, 3/Ancu 6. Her Royal Highness the Princess AUGUSTA, accompanied by her Lady in Waiting, attended the Parish Church, where an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Gossett, from the first chapter of Timothy, and 15th verse. The improve ments at the Castle are proceeding with great expedition, there being upwards of 50 men constantly at work. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Earl Gower, from his father's (the Marquis of StalThrd's) seat, in Surrey ; the Earl of Essex, from his seat Cashiobury Park, Hells; Lord William Lennox, from Sussex ; Lord Charles Manners, from his brother's (the Duke of Rutland's), Belvoir Castle ; Sir Gilbert Heatheote, Bart. from his seat, Normanton Park, Lincolnshire ; Earl of Lismore, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Ireland ; M r . an d Mrs:Jukes and family-, at ditto, from York. _ CHANGES.—CoI. Worsley, from Batt's Hotel, to eJeaming ton ; Captain M. M. Johnson and family to Bath ; Mr.. John Hyde and family, from diva) to Clifton ; Mr. and Mrs. Smyth and Miss Smyth, from ditto to Brighton; IV. Fletcher Norton, Esq. from Harley-street, to Leicestershire. , &0 "r ; P 7:''' ' . ' ' _ir • , i • . r i' • ; rp--*.i -"uw - i --) , it, .=- fi u- - --) cs,- - . l ' • iv.; . 1',.._ - a '• . ' -- 4 1 VP ., ,, 1 - •.:1 - ,f,* 4 ,--,7 17,1,2::"",p''$ N.: -,., : . E ..,..,, • 3. .., -- . ~.., 4...),/t,, ,, , 7 . -7. e ., v , . 1.. 5 ..,.. It ~s , v .4 k-,lt of I ',- - '''' ' ' 4311 ..ie FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Saturday the Chancellcr of the Exchequer, and Lady Sarah Robinson, had a numerous dinner party. The Marquis of Lansdown gave a grand dinner on Saturday to the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Downshire, the Bishop of Norwich, Earl Fitz william, the Earl and Countess of Roseberrv, the Earl and Countess of Darnley, &c. at Lansdown House, Berkeley-square. Lord King gave an elegant Entertainment on Saturday, at his house in Dover -street, to a distinpmishedparty,among whom were—the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Grosvenor, Earl of Essex, Lord Clifton. Lord Suffield, Lord and Lady Duncannon, Sir F. Burdett, Bart., Mr. and Mrs. Abercromby, Mr. Phillips, &c. The Duke of Norfolk had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in St. James's-square. The Countess of Arran entertained an elegant circle of fa shionables on Saturday evening, at her house in Dover-street FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS for the WEEK. Tlt is EVENING—The Marchioness Dowager of Salisbury's fourth Assembly. To-stonftow—The Countess of Arran's Card Party. WEDNESDAY—Lady Gwydyr's Assembly, in the Terrace, Piccadilly ; Countess of Essex's Rout, in Hill-street. TfiliftsDAY—The Marchioness of Ilertford's Assembly, Manchester-square ; Duke of Devonshire's Grand Banquet ; Countess of Arran's Card Party. FRIDAY—EmiIy Marchioness of Londonderry's fourth As sembly ; lion. Mrs. llope's Rout, in Mansfield-street. SATs : RDAY—Lady Langford's Party in Berkeley-square Countess of Arran's Evening Party. GRAND CHRISTENING. Saturday being the day appointed for the christening of Mr. Secretary PEEL'S infant son, and the expected honour of the Duke of York's standing sponsor upon the occasion, every due preparation was made, upon a very splendid and magnificient scale. The Court-yard, or ground in the front of the new man sion in Privy Gardens, was brilliantly illuminated with six large gas lamps. The lower part of the mansion was lighted with gas. The principal apartments were lighted with Grecian lamps and wax. The whole had a most splendid appearance.— The house altogether is considered the most complete, well fitted-up, decorated and furnished of any modern house in London. The upper servants were dressed suitably for the occasion ; the livery servants appeared in splendid new live ries. The company invited began to arrive at half-past six o'clock. At seven o'clock the Duke of York arrived. Ills Royal Highness was received by Mr. Peel, who conducted the Royal Duke to the splendid drawing-room, where all was in readiness for the ceremoney of christening to commence. —A temporary altar was erected, and the Reverend Doctor Lloyd, the tutor of the Right Honourable Secretary when at Oxford, immediately commenced the ceremony of christen ing the infant, who was named Frederick, after the Duke of York. The other sponsors were the Earl of Whitworth and Viscountess Melville. Mr. Martin, the parish-clerk of Saint Margaret's Westminster, officiated as clerk upon the occasion, and also produced the registry-book, in which he entered the christening. Immediately a f ter the cer emony th e company re ' tired to the dining-room, the dinner having been previously served up. A most splendid banquet presented itself. The service of plate had a most brilliant effect. It is needless to say the dinner consisted of ever y d e li cacy , o f w hi c h twenty _ seven persons of distinction partook. In addition to the above named were the Dowager Dtichess of Richmond, the Duchess of Dorset, Viscount Melville, the Ladies Lennox, Lady Lloyd (the mother of Mrs. Peel), Mr. William, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. John Peel, and their ladies, &c. &c. The dessert corresponded with the dinner, in the centre of which was a large cake, si milar to those given at weddings, on which was inscribed " Frederick Peel." Yesterday Divine Service was performed to the King's Household, at his Palace in Pall-mall, by the Reverend Dr BLOMBERG. KING'S THEATP.E.-The most active prepa rations are snaking to render the Opera [louse perfectly secure before the opening of the sea- SOIL In the mean time the audience are as well accommodated at the Haymarket Theatre as the situation of the House will admit. Le Nozzi di Figaro, and the ballet of La Noce de Village, were performed on Saturday before an elegant audience. We regret to state that an apology was made for the illness of Madame floNzt DE BEGNIS, who was unable to execute the songs. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—This Institu tion appears to thrive better than was expected. The Monthly Concert of the Pupils took place at the Academy on Saturday last, and was at tended by a numerous body of distinguished supporters and visitors. The music was chiefly selected from Cimattos.l and WINTER. A MS. Overture, composed by LUCAS, one of the Pupils, wa s much admired, and is very creditable to the Professors of this Institution from whom he re ceived his musical tuition. The Memoirs of MICHAEL KELLY, written by himself, have we find been purchased at a liberal j4rice by 11r. CoLnurtx, one of the most enter prizing patrons of literature of the present day. KELLY has mixed with the first wits of his day, and has a memory stored with anecdotes. We have been assured by an intelligent friend, on whose taste and judgment we can confidently rely, and who has read the work, that it is cal culated to excite in no slight degree general curiosity and attention. A Commercial Treaty between Colombia and the United States has been ratified. A Passenger in the As pasia, from Carthagena, states that Mr. Anderson, the brother of the American Consul, sailed from Carthagena with the Treaty on the same day he left that port. . . . A Dublin Paper states, that Mr. PLUNKETT has , procured the appointment of Mr. Wourrr. to the office of Crown Counsel on the Munster Circuit. ETON SCHOOL—Notwithstanding th e l a t e un fortunate affair at Eton, and the painf u l sensation which it has produced in the breasts of the diffe rent members of the Earl of S HAFTESBURY'S fa gso6oldl sgorof;uirmslaftoisrfile)delieving that the with the N mi o ly bie w E e a h r a l v i e s disci pline and regulations adopted there as to intend returning one of his sons to the School in the course of a day or two; the other had completed the period usually passed at this School, and would have been removed in the course of the present week had nothing occurred ; he will not, therefore, return, but proceed to Oxford to complete his studies. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, 'Dimwit 6.—Wind • N. W.— Arrived and sailed for the River the Calypso, Hutchinson, from Alexandria ; Queen, Jones, from St. Michael's; Luna Packet, Pearson, from Piliau ; James Dunlop, from Sierra Leone; and the Greenock, from Bengal, sailed the 31st of August. PORTSMOUTH, MAncir G.—Wind S. by W.—Passed down Channel the Honourable Company's ships Atlas and Herefordshire for the East Indies. Sailed the Madras, Fayrer, for Madras, and brought up again at St. Helens. Arrived the London, Smith, from Petersburgh ; and from the Downs the Sophia, Rae, for Tampico ; Hopewell, Smith, for Jamaica ; and the Glatton, Lawton, for Teneriffe. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 5, Wind N.—Arrived the Venus, Porland, from Messina. Sailed the Branstons, Wilson, for Rio Janeiro ; Mary, Ill•Clure, for Jamaica ; Henry, Steen, for Madeira; .lane and Harris, Aston, for Marseilles; and the Britannia, Ruby, for Lisbon. FALMOUTH, MARCH s.—Wind N.—Arrived the Emu lous packet from Rio Janeiro. Sailed, 9th January ; and the Magnet packet, from Lisbon. Seiled the Duke of Kent packet, for Lisbon, and the Asbourne ditto, for the Mediterranean. LIVERPOOL, MAncn s.—Arrived the Selima, Langfield, from Mobile ; Tamerlane, Johnson, from Savannah ; West morland, Jefferson, from Charlestown ; Edward, Chase, from ditto ; Caledonia, from do.; Charles, Summers, from Boston ; Ca;npo Bello, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Livonia, Smith, from Leghorn; Venus. Simons, from Messina; and Vigilant, Oliveira, from Lisbon. Off Dover, the Cyrene, Barrett, from Demerara; Neptune, Rickets, from Charlestown; the Delphine, from Rio, and the Ellen, Camper, from the Cape of Good Hope—sailed Dec. 24. The East India Company's ship Earl of Balcarras was pro ceeding from the Sand Heads, on her voyage to Penang and China, on the 27th August. FUNERAL OF THE HON. F. ASHLEY COOPER. ETON, SUNDAY EYENING.-This day, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the remains of the Hon. F. A. COOPER, fifth son to the Earl of SHAF T sn RY, were removed from the house of Mr. Foster, where they had been lying since his un fortunate decease, to the School Chapel for interment. The ceremony was expected to be very imposing, and the melan choly event, it was thought, would have been made the theme of some obvious instructive reflections for the youthful com munity of Eton. In the eagerness of curiosity, many families from Windsor and the neighbourhood attended at the chapel, admittance being denied to no one who could find accommo dation within the place. The boys were all present, and . the scrutiny of the muster-roll w a s, re s o r ted t o as i n cases of or dinary obligation. This circumstance aided the general be lief that the heads of the School would not suffer an oc casion so propitious to pass with the mere fulfilment of a necessary form. As soon as the bell had ceased to toll, the funeral procession, headed by the Champlain, advanced from 1)r. Foster's house towards the chapel, which they. entered, and the coffin was laid in the aisle on tressels, surmounted by the white plumes. The procession consisted of the chaplains, stavemen, mourners, &c. The scarfs and hatbands were of satin, and the staves were covered with the same material. The funeral service was read in the chapel; and, when it was con cluded, the coffin was raised, and removed on with the same procession as before into the ante-chapel, where the vault lay. There was an immediate rush after the procession ,but the approach of the crowd w as p revente d , and the boys and strangers were obliged to go across, for the purpose of gaining access to the ante chapel by another entrance. The coffin, after the usual prayers, was lowered to the vault, and was quickly lost sight of. Two things were remarkable in this ceremony ; one was, the non-appear ance of any one member of the family of the deceased, and the next was, the general apparent indifference of his companions to the fate of this unfortunate youth. Amongst the multitude of boys which crowded the forms of the chapel, we in vain looked for a single cheek Bloomed in sadness, or exhibiting any concern for the event which had thus convened them at an un wonted hour. And we might ask, in wonder, how it was that they could behold the paraphernalia of death surrounding the lifeless form of him who had been, but a few days back, their living companion, the partner of their sports.—haw it was that they could pore over the coffin—observe the funeral procession, and mark the descent to its gloomy abode of the remains of their recent friend and companion, without some indication of pity for his fate and sorrow for his loss ? But from whatever cause it proceeded, certainly no such system marked the day's proceedings. Every eye was dry —every countenance was either serene or wreathed in the smiles that belong to the season of youth. Were, then, we would still ask were there no friendships discomposed —no juvenile associations sundered—no future compacts which had been negociated in the fervour of youthful sincerity and disinterestedness, frus trated by the untimely fall of this yonng gentleman 1 Alas the even expression that marked the features of the youthful community answered these inquiries but too explicitly. The coffin was a large one, considering the age of Mr. Cooper. Its colour was light blue, and it was richly mounted. The inscrip tion on the lid merely communicated the age of the deceased, and the day of his death. There was no sermon, no ceremony beyond the usual burial service. It was certainly intended that a sermon should have been preached upon the occasion, anti also that a funeral anthem would be sung, but they were abandoned upon consideration. The deceased was a ge neral favourite with the boys who knew him : Wood was a still greater favourite. Wood, his father, Mr. Leith, and the witnesses, went yesterday to Aylesbury, and gave notice to the Coroner of their being present. No bill has been presented, nor - will be presented against Mr. Wood. If he is to be tried at all, it will be on the former inquest ; but even should he be arraigned on the finding of the Coroner, it is believed that the friends of the deceased will not offer any testimony against him. —( Iborning Herald.) A YLESB LT n Y.—Colonel Wood has arrived here with his son, who fought with Mr. Cooper, at Eton. Mr. Leith, the second, has also arrived, and they have given notice to Mr. Charsley, the Coroner for the county, of their intention to surrender to take their trial upon the finding of the Coroner's inquest. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, .11Ancu 7. The arrivals of most of Grain last week were middling, and this morning the fresh supplies of Wh ea t, B ar l ey , B eans , and Pease, from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, are small. There are some vessels fresh up from northern ports, with Wheat and Oats. Prime samples of Wheat found a ready sale at 2s. per quarter advance on the terms of this day se'nnight, and other kinds are rather improved in value ; Barley of superior quality is ls. per qr. higher, but other kinds are still very dull ; Beans that are dry sell freely, but damp samples are heavy at hardly such good prices as last quoted ; Pease of both kinds are without alteration; Oats of dry quality meet a good sale at Is. per quarter advance on last quotation, but stained samples are no dearer. The Flour trade continues to experience more life than of late. AnittvAr.s LAST WEEW.—English Wheat, 4,004 ; Bar ley,. 3,111 ; Malt, 3,501 ; Oats, 9,233 ; Beans, 852 ; Pease, 666 ; Irish Wheat, 155 ; Oats, 7,000 ; Foreign Oats, 3,825 quarters ; Flour, 4,736 sacks. Wheat, Red (old) s2s 65s Beans, Small (new) ....42s 45s White (old) ~.56s 76s --- (old) ....48s 528 Red (1824) 50s 56s 37s 'Mae 60s 63s (old) 40s 44s Superfine ....68s 72s Harrow (new)...39s 41s White (1824)...52s 56s (old) ...44s 48s Fine sBs 64s Brank 34s 40s -- Superfine ....74s 78s Oats, Feed 9 08 22s 1.5 s 40s Fine 23s 25s --.. 30s 35s . Poland 22s 24s Fine 38s 40s —Fine 25s 27s —Superfine 43s 46s Potatoe 9 5s 28s sfis 61s —__. Fine 27s 30s —Fine 66s 70s Scotch 31s 32s Peas Grey 37s 39s Hour (per sack) 60s 65s Maple 4os 415 Seconds s2s 58s —White .... ....... 42s 46s North Country 52s 54s Boilers 50s 54s Bran Bs Os GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF GRAIN,EROM THE RETURNS RECEIVED IN THE WEEK ENDING FEB. 26. Wheat, 60s. od. ; Barley, 40s. 6d. ; Oats, 235. 3d. ; Rye, 40s. 9d. ; Beans, Ms. Bd. ; Peas, 40s. 4d. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed March 2, 1825, is 375. 7 f. ld. per cwt. a MARKET, Reporto :N f i t A h lt e c n n u 7 m . ber,s and The follSoM FI wi isan LaD accurate prices at Smithfield Market this morning E CATTLE AT MARKET B ea st s - _ --- 2,317 I Sheep 14,580 Calves To sink the Offal, per stone of 81h. Beef 4s Be, to 5s 4d I Veal ......... 6s 2d to 7s 4d Motto- 5s Od to 6s Od I Pork ......... 56 6d to 6s Gd Lamb Os Od to Os Od. HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. Hay £3 Os to £4 15s I Clover ...... £4 Os to £5 15s Straw ....... £2 2s to £2 12s. Sir M. W. RIDLEY, Bart.,find CUTIIBIJItT EL- LisoN, Esq., Member of Parliament fix. Newcastle-upon- Tyne, have each made a donation of 2M . to " the Port of New castle Association, for the preservation ()fide from shipwreck." THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY' Extraets from the Morning Papers, March 7, 1 525. [THE TIMES.] It appears by letters received on Saturday from Dover, that the French Government has ordered that all letters and papers carried by express from Paris to London, or from London to Paris, shall be opened by an officer appointed for that purpose, who is instructed to have copies taken of them, and forwarded to the Minister of the Interior at Paris. This order has already been acted upon both at Calais and Bougloe,ne in the case of mercantile expresses, and the con sequence has been, owing to the unavoidable loss of time required in its execution, that of render ing the expresses wholly useless to the merchants who sent them. No exception whatever has been made with respect to the parties affected lry this order; those merchants who, on all former occasions, have been treated with peculiar respect. and forbearance by the French Government, hav ing in this instance beet► equally subjected to scrutiny. It is said that some packets have beet► opened which were written in cipher or in some unintelligible language, and that these were allowed in the first instance to pass, but an inti mation was conveyed to the parties to whom they were addressed, that none such would in future be sent on to their destination. Various expla nations are on foot to account for so extraordinary and unusual a proceeding on the part of the French Government, but none, of course; on which full reliance can be placed. Their jea lousy is by some supposed to have taken thse alarm at the astonishing number of expresses sent from England on account of the rise in cola- nial produce, and of the reduction in the duty °a French wine announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Not being able to understand the extraordinary degree of commercial activity displayed by the merchants of London, the French Government is believed to have formed the suspicion that some deep intrigue of a poli tical nature with respect to Spain was actually carrying on. Another interpretation is, that many facts have been stated of late its the private let ters conveyed by the expresses, both in relation to the Royal Family, and the general measures of tlse Government, which have afterwards appeared in the English papers,and given great cause of scandal in that shape to the good citizensof Paris ; and that great anxiety is felt by the French Ministers to put a stop to a species of public information which may render the censorship on the French press wholly a useless stretch of arbitrary power. We are inclined to think the latter the more probable explanation of the two. The incon venience to merchants and others from this pro ceeding is very great. The delay which neces tarily takes place does, in fact, render all the expence useless which they have incurred for increased expedition. France, by means of its spy system, its secret agency, or avowed interference, may now be regarded as hermetically sealed against all confidential or political communica tion between its citizens and foreigners. The stage-coaches which leave or enter the capital, are not allowed to carry a hill of lading without submitting it to inspection. The passengers in the mail have their luggage unlocked and examined—letters sent by post are opened and copied ; and now, even the dispatches of com mercial couriers, for whose departure a permit has previously been obtained, are not allowed to reach their destination without stoppage and sera tiny. The Police Argus of a suspicious Govern ment has its eyes and its hands every-where, ex pecting to detect sedition in a stock-list, conspi racy in a bill of exchange, and treason against the Bourbons in an advice of the sale or purchase of coffee, cotton-wool, or nutmegs. A Govern ment which acts in this manner, must either be very weak or very arbitrary —very weak to feel such continued alarms ; or very arbitrary, to im pose such restraints upon its subjects n ithou-t feeling them. [MORNING II ERALD.] Although the Parliament has assembled so short a time, not more than fifteen days, ex cluding those days on which " no Houses " were made, an unusually large proportion of the " Public Business," as the Estimates and money affairs are termed, has been brought forward by the Government. The Navy, Army, and Ord nance Estimates have been agreed to ; and the appendages of those Estimates, the votes for Civil Contingencies, Army Extraordinaries, Comtbis sariat, &c., are to he moved this evening. The " Budget," in reality, is nut, and there are already Bills before the House to carry into effect the proposed reductions of duties and taxes. The Assessed Taxes Bill, indeed, after to-night, has only to pass through another: stage, when it will he forwarded to the Lords. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will this day propose the Annual Duties : so that, although cotinhieng"fMromm:et,lYw'uneirnoldtlieijrthstee'many nights have been occupied with debates re garding the Catholic Association and the state of Ireland, the Ministers, by the end of this . week, disabilities,T he Bilk Government D relieve 0 0 W Resolutions,ffi Offices, preparings the Mutiny Bill excepted, may have contrived to get nearly all the Public, or rather all . the Money Business, before the House of Commons., According to present conversation on the subject,. there will be an Adjournment on the 30th in i o ( S i sb d: er s l (es, Session o , o e. n i f i BeJeutiolet.---he, start to April the 11th, for the Easter Reces , . If there be only a continuance of that active attpil-; tion for forwarding the Public Business which. measures displayed, 1 1 as has a are hitherto called b t e h e e n Trea sury, and founded on the Estimates, will And when any been got Bill s have through the Parliament, it has been the prac ticenot . Prorogation on h y en vas t t he de; i l on 'o e f y attention after Easter. of modern times to delay the - account ca o l f eu a l n a y ted oth a e b r ou p t ub t li: present Houses , and at the it is ' husines. It is at short, closing at latest the Roman Catholics from House, after the carrying of Sir F. Burdett's expec ted , will be ed in the course of the week ; but a dill: present orderMr.Plunkett, tt,e fdr.croketbhry,atB „ :beet.bhinlyen