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I %stiffest. The Hon. Member concluded by expr2ssing his disapprobation of the Sinking Fund. HUSKISSON said, that when he considered how much expectation had been excited, and how many interests Were affected by the intended measures of his Right Hon. Friend, it was a source of great satisfaction - to find that so few objections were made to them.—( Hear !)—He could not but ex preisahis pleasure at hearing the candid admission of the Worthy Alderman (Mr. Thompson), that the reduction of three-fburths of the duty on foreign iron would not injure his own interests in that article of trade. That reduction was necessary, not only to lessen the high price which iron at present bore in the mar ket, but also to assist the manufacturing and shipping interests lie had long wished to see this and all other prohibitory duties taken off, and retain only those which were protective, and for the encouragement of British commerce. The argument of the Hon. Member for Bristol (Mr. Bright) did not appear to be e xact l y j ust . Th e b ounty on the exportation of sugar was a bonus to the foreign consumer, and an injury to the English consumer. The repeal of the coffee duty was in some measure an equivalent, and would occasion a great increase in the con sumption. He himself had reduced the duty on coffee sonic years ago from between three shillings and four shillings per Pound to four-pence per pound, and the consequence was an augmentation of revenue. But this was not the only measure of relief to the %Vest Indies. The reduction of the duty on rum al) per cent. would greatly assist that interest. The high duty oft British spirits was one cause of smuggling, and it would he a, preventive of smuggling by diminishing the duty. The great consumption of spirits was chiefly among the lower classes, and so long as they could obtain them cheap, they made little distinction between what was pure and what was less so. The taking off part of the duty on British spirits would prevent the smuggling of brandy. It was desirable to extend the reduction on ruin still further. Ile had other liberal views on this sub- Jett, and should submit them to the House during the Session, and though not in the shape of a reduced taxation, yet they would be of service to the country, by assisting to increase and extend its commerce. He confessed that the duty on Tobacco war too great, but it was riding a willing horse to death, to Press the repeal of all taxation when so much had been done. :7:lt was necessary to proceed- gradually. The taking off uile duty on tobacco now would interfere with so many inter. " 4 , and so much derange tha revenue as to excite an opposi tion to those liberal principles which were now produoing the happiest results. Though he agr ee d th a t the duty oug h t to b e lessened, yet he would say that it ought not to be done at pre sent, when the duty on so many other articles had been so conaiderably lessened. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had aa option between tobacco and spirits. His object was to prevent smuggling, and spirits formed the principal staple of the smugglers. The Right Honourable Gentleman concluded by expressing a hope that the example of the worthy Alderman (Thompson) would be followed by others, when the Ministers came to repeat the prohibitory duties on copper and tin.— (Hear !) Mr. E. ELLICE was greatly, though not entirely satis fied with the statements of the Chancellor of the Exche. quer. Ile agreed with the opinions of his H onoura bl e Friend (Mr. Hume) about the Sinking Fund, but that measure ought to be discussed by itself. He was sorry that foreign iron Should be the only article selected by Ministers out of the numerous others on which the duties were so high as almost to amount to a prohibition. Brass, lead, tin, &c. had thus risen to a 'high price extremely disadvantageous to the con 'twee. It was desirable, if possible, to get rid of the unequal `duties imposed on the different spirits distilled in Scotland, "eland, and Ireland. He thought the West India interest b ‘a not been fairly dealt with. He tho ug ht some thi ng ou gh t t o e done for the sugar trade. All Europe was concerned in the a llgar market, and the price was regulated by the price of all the ruarkets of the world. It was a question whether throwing .1 2n the trade, (and he was convinced the West India suer. ''''Auts would derive more advantage from it), would not be tl uxe productive than petty restrictions. In the experiments .the Right Hon. Gentleman had resorted to with respect to wine •rid spirits, he was convinced the Right dean Gentleman was lufluenced by liberal policy, which wou swer the public "tectation and the interest of the country. Air. NVIIITMORE said he should make out, on some fu. lure occasion, that th e b oun ty on sugar was not t h ree b ut s i x 'shillings. He thought they had acted upon principles of in. ,justice towards the sugar trade. On the subject of the wine ''tads, lie thought before the duties were reduced there ought to ` u e an equalization of the duties on Portuguese wine. His hope visa, that his Majesty's Ministers would use the influence they :might hav e i n P ortuga l to d estroy the monopo l y i n t h ose w i nes. ' l '4 Hon. Member thought a revision of the Corn Laws would reatly benefit the country. r. BERNAL wished to know whether It was the intention " the Right Hon. Gentleman to make any alteration in the ttletnent he had made with res p ec t to Colonial Spirits. H ow ugh' the public take rum at a duty of eight shillings per Talton, when they could get British spirits at five shillings - Before the resolutions were drawn up, it would be Ile t7.s°y tR ate whether:the duties might not be equalized so as benefit the public. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had said nothing on the war duties on sugar. That article, as it 4 100 d, was with many poor families a luxury. kr. H. VIVIAN, referring to the reduction on foreign iron, 'only wished to have such an equivalent, in the way of duty, for produce of the Cornish mines, as would reimburse them 'r the difference of charges caused by taxation at home. lair C. FORBES was. astonished, amidst all the reductions tla,_ articles of foreign growth and produce, th a t no re d uct i on had bets proposed on East India commodities ' • and that we should Persist in burdening them with intolerable duties, while British t uaxtnodities were put upon India at about 2i per cent. Mr. RUSKISSON signified to the Honourable Member, in sus under tone, something about doing away with prohibitory 'tiles which was not, beyond this, audible in th e ga ll ery . lI:CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to t/re suggestions of the Honourable Member fo r R oc h es t er , 1 W to ?give a reason why he did not co n ce i ve r u m en ti t l e d . I ' l4 an equal reduction with British spirits. The price of grain, 'torn the natural operation of the corn laws, put the distiller under a necessity of paying a price for his malt beyond that Which he would have to pay if there were no such restrictions. - -In rum, the first material was not subject to that specific ,r4 l harge. Th e pr i me cost of t h e malt spirit was so much more an rum, that the latter could more easily bear his. per gal.' 'on than the former could ss. He professed himself, however, 't, t o be in no wise wedded to his o wn o pi n i on , nor did h e o ff er t ,` ll 4e propositions as if they could admit of no qualification. the contrary, he courted the animadversions of other Mem. ~-Trs on the introduction of the resolutions which it would be hl duty to submit to the House. Ur. GORDON proposed to himself to make some use of the ° PPortunities for discussion, so handsomely offered by the night lion. Gentleman. slr. ELLICE said a few words to the same effect. 1 1 0 41 derman WOOD complained that the scale of seven win wouldwould preclude from the advantages of the remission all the middle classes who had been contributors to the urdens of the war in the Property Tax. Mr. THOMAS WILSON could not concur in the dis. 11.1tisfaction of his lion. Friend, the Worthy Alderman. For ft uwn part, lie had heard with extreme pleasure and grad. cation the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ..!ul -felt the. most friendly feeling to the Right Honourable ‘teritleinan in the detail of all the measures he had suggested. " - Wea r , hear !) The House having resumed, the report was ordered to be re idled to-morrow. The House then resolved itself successively, pro forma, into , I finiittees on the Excise Acts, and the Assessed Taxes Bill, hOili of which the reports were ordered to be received to. -4orro w . i T The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the 'clise adjourned at a QUARTER-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK. FRENCH PAPERS. r From the lifoniteur of Saturday, Feb. 26. ) ttile official part contains a Royal Ordinance relative to the unes on the Cod and Whale Fisheries which bounties are be continued till Ist March, 1830, according to the present ''l L ltefri, with the reserve of certain modifications which are to " Placerfrom the Ist of March, 1825. (NON-OFFICIAL PART.) The Court of Assize continued to-day (the 25th) the examina tiou of the witnesses in the affair of Papavoine. orThe mother of the two children appeared in Court. The sight t he prisoner —the remebrance of the horribl scene hich V*he had to retrace—made m such an impression upon e her, w that I le Shrieked and fainted. She was taken out of the Court. In I 4 f an hour she returned, supported by a huissier, and gave t r evidence in a f a i nt vo i ce, an d w i t h great emot i on. D ur i ng 4 , 14 affecting scene, the countenance of Papavoine betrayed not least emotion. The depositions of the witnesses threw no light i s ,, the motiv e w hi c h actuate d Papavoine; only they prove d t h at o h befo re an d after the assassination, he was in entire posses (l°ll of his r eason. T o-morrow 111. Peyronnet, the Advocate -weft', will speak on this affair. ( From the Etoile if Sunday, Feb. 27.) ntiCONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 26.—Captains of merchant vessels ti t t heir passage heard, at Chios, on the 14th of this month, ezta 26 Gr ee k vessels and four fire-ships had overtaken, near cot 8 s a Turkish frigate, escorting four transports. As the was told the frigate was burnt, and three of the trans- Pant. taken. _ Ac counts from Sy ra o f th e 1 5t h state, t h at di ssens i ons h ave ? ell between the Turks in C a ndi a an d the Egyptians, and that blo o d h as been spilt on both aides. ..txtThe P orte exerts great activity in its preparations for the campaign. _The convoys of warlike stores are in motion, and every "healltire is tsken to collect a considerable supply of grain. POPULATION OF NORTH lioLLAND.-4t appears by the following statement, that, since the year 18'24, the population of this Province has in creased considerably : BIRTHS. Males - 8,508 Females - - - 8,131 Total - 16,637 Deaths - 11,182 Excess of Births . . 5,455 A letter from Lima, dated Oct. 29, states, that the marines of his Majesty's ship Cambridge were withdrawn from it on the 14th. A few nights afterwards, there being no troops in the city, several Englishmen were robbed in the streets of watches. money, &c. An application was, in consequence of this occurrence, made by the British merchants to Captain !Haling, for a body of marines. With this request he complied, and sent up an officer and thirty marines to protect British property. The Spanish troops, although no longer quartered in Lima, entered the city occasionally ; and a body of them were stationed on the road between Lima and Callao. Small parties of Patriot Montonera entered Li clay; and it w as no t an unusua l o c cu r r e nce osee them azza, or gre a t square , one h our o f th e d a y, t a almost n every the p and a body of Royalist troops in the next. A Patriot force of 2000 men from the northern coast was coming to post itself be tween Lima and Callao, and form the blockade of the fortresses. In the event of such an occurrence, it was supposed that the Patriot Government would establish the post for Lima either. at Ancon or Cherilog. The late Lord MACDONALD'S splendid residence in Wel beck-street, was sold yesterday, by Mr. PHILLIPS, for the great sum of One thousand six hundred and fifty guineas, subject to a rent of MI. per annum, thirty years of the Lease re unexpired, The CHANCELLOR of the EZCHEQUELL last night presented hi► Statement respecting the Finances. He first took a view of the Finances of last year, and his estimate of the Revenue when he pro posed the reductions of that period. These, he stated, amounted to 1460,0001. After those re ductions, and pitying 1,150,0001. to the Sinking Fund, the surplus was 1,437,0001., which ex ceeded his former estimate. He estimated the ►hole receipts for 1825 at 56,445,3701., and the expenditure (including Sinking Fund) at 56,001,8421., leaving a suplus of 445,0001. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then proceeded to his proposed relief. The ascending scale of Sugar duty was to be altered. There was to be a fixed duty of 275., and a repeal, after July, 1826, of the 3s. bounty, that amount, in fact, going into foreign treasuries. The first reduc tion was on Foreign Iron 50 per cent.—from 31 to 11. 103. ; on Hemp, to encourage shipping, also one half—from one penny to a halfpenny ;1 on West India Coffee, from ls. to 6d.; on French Wines, from 11s. 6d. per gallon to 65.; on Port Wines, from 7s. 7d. per gallon to 4s. per gallon ; on British Spirits, from 10s. 6d. to ss. per gallon on spirits distilled from malt, and 6s. on spirits distilled from raw grain. The duty on Rum to be reduced from 10s. 6d. to Ss. Whisky to be al lowed to be imported into England. The duty on Cider to be reduced from 30s. to 10s. lie then proposed that the Assessed Taxes on the fol lowing items be totally repealed :—Four-wheeled carriages drawn by ponies; occasional Nc ai tel s ; coachmakers' licenses ; carriages sold by auction or on commission ; persons quitting houses after the commencement of the year, not to be chargeable for the whole year; taxed carts; the w hole of the duty on windows on houses not having more than seven windows; inhabited house duty on houses under 101. &c. &c. These reductions of the Assessed Taxes, which would get rid of many vexatious charges, would cost the country 276,0001. But the whole relief this year would be 1,520,0001. Calculating its operation also over 1826 and 1827, there would be a loss of 3,650,0001.; but these would be, he estimated, a surplus of 4000,000/. to meet such reduction. These statements appeared to give much satisfac tion to the House, and the Right Hon. Gentle man was much cheered during his expositions. Rio de Janeiro Papers from the 15th to the 24th December were received this morning. They contain dispatches from the Governor-General ( DE BRITO) of the province of Bahia, by which it ap pears that the inhabitants give every proof of loyalty and attachment to the EMPEROR and the Constitution, and there is every prospect of the continued preservation of order and tranquillity. GovernmentTll The air •ival of a u ( nw s nt i i ) o p n l e y d o i f mntohtel e i y o 1 t l o the w t ii e i g Brazilian extract) tra ct) will infuse fresh vigour into the measures of the EMPF.ROR new6CoTnaAinedin 144 chests, has :-- remittance of 433 , Rio 00E j A 24 Dec. p I e a s , arrived from London i n the Rover, Ca pt. Coox. The Ex:- PERO it or d e red the Directors of the Bank of Brazil to t a ke th e 0 ounces n • •steps to have the money lodged . in the Bank, and the requisite . ascertained. —(Dtar .h , • quantity and weight to i„,„,nuese.) Lisbon Gazettes to the 20th instant reached us this morning.. That of the 14th officially contradicts a rumour ) which had been circulated borne days ago, that a corps of French troops was on the frontiers ready to enter Portugal; and adds, that no fears of foreign hostility need be apprehended, us the Portuguese Government maintains the most perfect understanding and harmony with foreign Powers. The Gazette of the 15th mentions the arrival of the Duke of VILLA licamosa, the Spanish Ambassador, at Lisbon on the 10th, and contains the official no tices of the following nominations : _ _ I. Of Conde de Porto Santo, Ambassador to his Catholic Al ajesty, to the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. 2. Of the Conde de Sub-Serra to the post of Ambassador to his Catholic Majesty, the decree of appointing him Ambassador to London being revoked. 3. Of the Marquis dc Palmella to the post of Ambassador to his Britannic Majesty, instead of to the Court of Paris. These nominations are dated the sth of February. Last night we received New York and other American Papers to the 2d of February. They contain nothing new. The packet ship Canada, which sailed from Liverpool on the sth January, arrived at New York on the 30th of the same mouth. We are obliged to defer the Report of yes terday's Debate iii the East India House till to morrow. The French Chamber of Deputies was still oc cupied on Friday and Saturday last with the discussion on the Indemnity to the Emigrants. The amendment of M. BRETON, proposing an indemwity to the emigrant fundholders, was re jected after a long discussion, in which M. HYDE DE NEUVILLE took a part, contending that the property of the fundholder was as sacred as that of the landed proprietor or others. The Chamber then proceeded to the consideration of the next in the list of the numerous amendments suggested. TIIE KlNG.— Windsor, Feb. 28.—Ilia MAJESTY this day, shortly after one o'clock, left the Royal Lodge in his pony phae ton fur a drive in the Great Park. The King was accompanied by the Marquis Conyngliam. We are happy to state that his Majesty is greatly improved in health. He has, since his re turn to the Lodge, given various orders for improvements which are to be made in the Great Park during the ensuing season. Yesterday, about two o'clock, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester arrived in town from their seat at Bagshot Park.— The Princess Sophia visited the Duke of York yesterday. PRIVY COU:WlL.—Yesterday, the Lords of his MAJESTY'S Most Honourable Privy Council had a Meeting at the new Council Office, Whitehall-place, at which the Earl of Harrowby presided. There were also present Lord Gifford, Lord Colchester, Lord Stowell, Mr. Sturges Bourne, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. Beckett. The case for the consideration of their Lordships was that of Mr. Serjeant Rough against Gene ral Murray. Their Lordships were engaged till half-past two o'clock in hearing the arguments of Sir James Mackintosh, at which time the meeting broke up, when their Lordships ad journed the further hearing of the case till the 3d instant. Mr. Secretary CANNING, we are happy to say, was better yesterday. The Earl of LivElmo'. and Mr. WYNN tran sacted business for a considerable time yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office. M. Aaneuis, the eminent Paris banker, ar rived in London on Saturday last. Lord PORTSMOUTH'S Committee have com menced proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court, for a divorce from his lady, formerly Miss HAN SON, on the ground of adultery. ARGYLL ltooais.—The first Meeting, for the season, of the ARGYLL GLEE CLUB took place yesterday in these Rooms. 11. COOKE, Esq. of the Adelphi, was in the Chair, and the general musical arrangement was under the direction of Mr. lIAWEi. Harmony, in every sense of the word, prevailed at the Meeting, and the charms of sound were supported on the solid foundation of a good dinner. _ _ _ MARRIAGE IN HIGH Cholmondeley House, last evening, in the Grand Saloon, Lord Henry Cholmondeley was married to Miss Arbuthnot, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot. The ceremony was performed ut nine o'clock, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Carlisle. The Duke of Wellington gale away the bride, and the junior Miss Arbuthnot and the Hon. Miss Burrell were the bridernaids.— There were present besides—The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, the Hon. Mrs. Lisle, the Baroness Willoughby, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arbuthnot, Mr. T. Arbuthnot, the Earl of Rocksavage, and the Hon. Mr. Motteux. Previous to the ceremony the party partook of a sumptuous banquet in the grand dining-room.—At ten o'clock the suite of drawing-rooms were illuminated, and thrown open for the reception of about forty fashionables. The dress of the bride consisted of abeau tiful robe of Valenciennes lace, &c.— The happy couple de parted in a new postchariot and four, for the Noble Marquis's villa on the Banks of the Thames, where die yintend passing the honey-moon. CONSECRATION or SAINT PETER'S CHURCH, WAL WORTH.—This church, one of those erected by the aid of the Parliamentary Grant being completed, yesterday was appointed for its consecration. The Archbishop of Canterbury, attended by his Chaplain, Sir John Nicholl, the Dean of the Arches ; Gco. Jenner, Esq. the Deputy Registrar, the Rev.A.C.Onslow„ the Trustees of the Church, and the heads of the parish, form ed in procession in the aisles, when the ceremony of consecra tion was performed. The Archbishop then took his seat at the Communion Table, where the Dean presented to his Grace the deeds of conveyance, which the Archbishop placed on the Communion Table. The sentence of consecration was also read, and signed by his Grace. The church is very capacious and handsome, and possesses some beauti ful stained glass in the front window. The centre picture is " Christ crowned with Thorns," after Carlo Dolce. The two on either side, are acts of the life of St. Peter, from designs by Raffaelle di Urbino. A new organ has also been built by Lincoln, upon a very large scale, containing thirty stops, with improved composition pedals, and of remarkable fine tone. Mr. Pukis was the organist of the day, and received the procession with the introduction to Ilandel's grand Dettin gen Te Deum. In the voluntar he introduced the chorus— " Lift up your heads, eternal gates," with great effect. The Sacrament was administered to a select number, after which the Archbishop consecrated the burying ground, and the cere mony concluded. HORRID EVENT.—We have just heard the following melancholy statement, which we give upon the authority of a respectable Correspon dent, but which we shall be truly happy to con tradict, if ill-founded :—The Earl of SHAFTES BURY has three younger sons at Eton, the second of which yesterday entered into a pugilistic con test with a son of Colonel Woon, who is at the same school. The battle lasted two hours, at the end of which Lord SHAFTESBURY'S son fell exhausted, and was borne to his Boarding Dame's apparently asleep. A surgeon was immediately procured, who, on examining the body, declared that the young Gentleman must have been dead half an hour. Such are the dreadful effects of the rage for boxing, to which the declaration of the Judicial Bench, and this lamentable event, it is to be hoped, will soon put a stop. The examination of the bankrupts, Messrs. MARSH, STRACEY, and Co., which took place yesterday, was to haVe been final; but owing to the complicated state of the accounts, and the difficulty of ascertaining the precise amount which the late partner Fauntleroy had withdrawn from the house, it became necessary to adjourn the meeting. The next meeting will be on the 9th of April. - - PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. .Luna?, 2S° die Februarii, 1825. NAT ttRALIZATION—Maubert ' s mils read a first time. IttsEit.Vo rit—Leith ,_ RoAus—Cleobury Mortimer, and Doncaster and Thorne (Pe tition from Hadleigh (York), against—to lie on the table)— Bills ordered. Stockport, Leicester and Lutterworth, Mel ton Mowbray, Welford Bridge, Lockwood and Meltham, Leeds and Tong Lane-end, Bramcote Oddhouse, and Gran tham—Bills read a second time, and committed. Stockton and Barnard Castle, Barton Bridge, Gravesend and Wro tham, and Huddersfield and New lley—Bills read a first time. Wiveliscombc—Petition of Francis Seymour, against —to lie on the table. Brighouse and Bradford—Petitions against—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel or- dered. Derby and Uttoxeter—Bill reported, to be ingrossed. GAS Ltairr—Stockport, and Ash-1 Bills read a second time, ton-under-line and committed. Two PENNIES SCOTS—DalkCittl WarEttwoßKs—Stockport and Chesterfield—Bills ordered. Metropolitan—Petition from Portsoken Ward, in favour-- to lie on the table. PAVlNG—Leamington Priors—Bill read a first time. Nor- wich—Bill ordered. CHAPEL—Hastings—Petition of Rev. W. Whistler, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. RAlLWAYS—Liverpool and 31anchester—Debate on second reading adjourned till Wednesday ; several Petitions, in fa. vour-2io lie on the table. I/cLosunrs—Orsett (Essex)—Bill read a second time, and committed. Stock and Bradley (Worcester)—Bill read a first time. I xrnovzstENTs—Windsor—Report on Petition for Bill re ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. York 0 , 70.131—8i1l ordered. York ( No. 2.)—8i1l read a first time. Co M PANIE s—.-Metropolitan Fish—Bill ordered. • Welsh Iron and Mining—Bill read a second time, and committed. NavlGATtox—Calder and Hebble—Petition from Barnsley Canal Proprietors, against, referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. MARKET—Hungerford Reports on Petitions for Bills referred PIE R--SidMOUIll sto Committee on Standing Orders. COMMITTEE—London and Westminster Oil Gas Bill—Or dered, that the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Com- mittee of last Session, together with the Report thereupon, be referred to the Committee on the Bill now depending. House—Called over, and several of the 3tembers appeared ; and the names of such Members as made default to appear werd taken down. And the names of the Defaulters being called over, several of them appeared ; and several of them were excused on ac count of their own illness or of the illness or recent death a their near relatives, or as being abroad ; and those who were not excused were ordered to attend at the time appointed for them, as followeth Ordered,—That Lord Apsley, Mr. Anson, Mr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Astell, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Henry Baring, Lord Viscount Barnard (of Tregony), Mr. Berne, Mr. John Bastard, Mr. Pollexfen Bastard, Mr. Pownall Bastard, Mr. S. Bathurst, Mr. Beaumont, Mr. Wrixon Becher, Earl - of Bective, Lord Viscount Belgrave, Mr. Grey Bennet, Mr. Boyd, Mr. James Browne, Lord Brudenell, Mr. Burrell, Sir Charles Burrell, Mr. Byng, Mr. Frederick Campbell, Mr. Secretary Canning, Mr. Chambe rlayne, Mr. Chaplin, Lord Clifton, Sir I. Coffin, Mt. Coke, jun., Mr. Crosbie, Mr. Dalrymple, Mr. Jas. Daly, Mr. Denman, Mr. Dent, Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Evans, Lord Viscount Folkestone, Sir Charles Forbes, Lord Viscount Forbes, Mr. French, Lord GlenOrchy, Mr. Gott!. burn, Mr. John Peter Grant, Lord Graves, Mr. R. E. D. Grosvenor, Mr. Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Hanbury Gurney, Mr. Hanson, Sir Christopher Hawkins, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Sir Alexander Hope, Mr. Wilmot Horton, Sir Chas. Hulse, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Jocelyn, Mr. Kemp, Mr. Ker, Mr. Langston, Mr. Robert Latouche, Mr. Cecil Lowther, Dr. LUshington, Sir J. Mackintosh, Loyd Charles Somerset Manners, Lord Robert Manners, Mr. Manning, Sir Byam Martin, Mr. Martin (of Galway), Mr. Maxwell (of Renfrewshire), Mr. Milbank, Mr. Mildmay, Mr. Mundy, Sir Philip Musgrave, Lord Francis Godolphin OsbOrne, Sir Charles Paget, Lord Viscount Palmer ston, Mr. P. B. Pellew, Mr. William Powlett, Me. Granville Levison Proby, Mr. Raine, Mr. Frederick Robinson, Lord J. W. Russell, Mr. Greenhill Russell, Lord John Russell, Mr. Richard Ryder, Sir Horace St. Paul, Sir John Sebright, Mr. George Smith, Mr. Assheton Smith, Sir Marcus Somerville, Mr. James Stuart, the Marquis of Tavistock, Mr. Chas. Wm. Taylor, Lord Henry Frederick Thynne, Mn Tierney, Mr. Tindal, Lord James Townshend, Mr. Trench, Mr. Twiss, Lord Viscount Valletort, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Wellesley, Mr. Wells, Mr. Wigram, Mr. Wittierforce, Mr. Wildman, Zlr. Wilkins, Mr. Owen Williams, Mr. Thomas Peers Williams, Sir Henry Wilson, Mr. John Wodehouse, Marquis of Wor cester,—do attend the service of this House to-morrow. ASSESSED TAXES—Several Petitions for the repeal thereof. COAL DUTlES—Several Petitions against. HOUSE AND WINDOW TAX—Several Petitions for the repeal thereof. , ROMAN CATIIOI.IC Cl.Ams—Several Petitions AGAINST. ANNUAL. INDEkNITY }Bills read a third time, EXCHEQ lIE BI 1.1.8 (V. 0,000,000) TRANSFX IL or AIDS and passed. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Sir Francis Burdett.—To take into consideration the Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland. 3. Mr. Goulburn—Bill to facilitate proceedings of the Corn miissioners of Judicial Inquiry in Ireland. 3. Mr. Goulburn—Bill to amend Act of last Session, relative to Treasurers of Cities and Towns in Ireland- ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR TIIIS DAY. 1. Ways and Means—Report. 2. Customs and Excise Acts—Report thereupon. 3. Assessed Taxes Acts—Report thereupon. NOTICE GIVEN YESTERDAY. Friday, March 4. . Sir Henry Hardinge—Ordnance Estimates. (In Committee of Supply.) PRIVATE BILLS. Second Readings . fin• this Day. Midhurst and Petersfield, Haleworthy, Winchester and Pc tersfield, Leominster and Hope, Mailing and Strood, and Pim well Vent and Rye Roads; Oundle, Margate, and Stourbridge Improvements ; Edinburgh and Leith, and South London Docks ; London Water Company ;• St. Andrew's (Holborn) Poor; and Kerne Bridge. *.! For WEST INDIA DOCKS' STOCK ACCOUNT, see our FOUL th Page. PRICE OP STOCKS THIS 1)%li AT ONE O.CLOCK. Hawk Stock 238 3 per Cent. Red. -1 3 3 per Cent. Cons 9 3lii 3i per Cent. Diuo Red. ( Diss 4 per Cent. 1 New IO6R Batik bong Ann. ... 23 5-16 Imp. 3 per Cents. India Stock Ditto Bonds 97 96 pm. South Sea Stock 014 Annuities New Ditto EL Bills 10001. 24. 56 58 Ditto 1A(1.. ... 57 56 Ditto 5001.11. _.59 56 57 Ditto 1. 1 ,4. Ditto Small ... • 5B 56 Ditto lAcl. 57 56 Ditto Commercial Bank for Act. ... — India for Acot. Cons. for Acct. PRICES OF FOREIGN Ft Austrian Bds, 5 per ct. 9B Brazilian Bds - Scrip 1825 ..... 4 pm. Buenos Ayres Bds Bds, ti per ct. Colombian Bds.ti perct.... 92i Do. do. 1824 ... 914 2 Danish, 5 per cent. Greek Bds Do. Scrip, 1825 exican Bds Do. Scrip 1325 ... 3ja 4 pm. ; NDS, A.T ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 5 per teat. — Neapolitan Scrip Peruvian Itonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per ct. Ditto New 'Russian. New, 5 per ct. 954 Spanish lik2l, S per ct. 2444 -- 1823, ditto French Rentes Exchange ... —t —c. Scrip PRICES OF SHAKES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Per Share. Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company Ditto, Marine Department A nglo-Mexican Mining Company Anglo-Chilian Mining Company ....„..... .............. 16 11 Brazilian Mining Company Chilian Mining Company • Colombian• Mining Company 41 42 41. General Mining Association • 16i 17 16 Hibernian Mining Company Pasco Peruvian Mining Company ... 39 40 38 401 38. 40 39 Rio de la Plata Mining Company United Mexican Mining Company , l6O 150 Ditto New ' 37a 36 pm. Welch Iron and •Coal Mining Company ' Continental Gas eoTil pan y 9,i 4 British Iron Company Canada Company Gold Coast Association Great Westminster . Dairy Company .. 2a i Hibernian Joint Stock Company ' i Pm- Metropolitan Fish Company —. . 3 i i i Pearl Fishery Comp an y, Y e ll ow R ece ip t Ditto White Provincial Bank of Ireland Patent bricks FOIIEIOII NAILS. Guernsey and Jersey Lisbon - Gottenb►frgh France Brazil ARRIVED. 1 DUE. H1(111 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 0 minutes after 0.1 Evening, 9 minutes after 0. TIIE SUN. SOLEM CUES DICE! YIILSUJI AUDRAT LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1825. THE THEATRE. COVENT•GARDEN.—After the diverting and -dramatic kind was innteerwestAinigteorpldiecCe of omedthyeol‘elo of Woman Never Ve x t, a l A brought forward, under the title of Father and Son, or the Rock of La Claarbon n i cre . Thi s Piece is fo un d e d on an event not long sinc e stated in the Public Journals, as having actually happened in France. The story is simply a s follows :—A Nobleman having squandered the fortune of his ward, and as she would soon be of age, when he must account for the trust, employ s a ruffian who had escaped from justice, and hid himself in a wood, to murder her. The ruffian gets into her chamber ; but the terror of the ward, in having seen him pass, induces the Nobleman's daughter to change beds for the night. The ruffian, therefore, stabs the daughter instead of the ward, but has not killed her. Ile, bears off the body to bury it among the rocks, but finding that she lives, and that she was the ' object of his former love, he bears her to hii cave, intending her to be the victim of his passion. The supposed murder is discovered—the Noble man anti. his son 'are taken into custody, but escape to the rocks, where the Ruffian is dis - vered and shot, and the Lady rescued. The Nobleman also is shot by the soldiers, and thus political justice is satisfied. There are many in cidental circumstances which we have not room to notice. The Piece was well supported by COORER, BENNETT, FARLEY, T. P. COOKE, Miss LOYE, and Mrs. VINING. It experienced some slight opposition, chiefly arising from the terrific nature of the fable, but is likely to be repeated with success, after some judicious curtailments. The house was well attended. The Tragedy of Masaniello has been with drawn, Mr. KEAN refusing to play the chief part after the first night, considering it as un worthy of " the representative of SHAKSPEARE'S heroes." !!! INUNDATIONS IN HANOVER. Yesterday a highly respectable Meeting tool( place in the . City of London Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration the most proper means of affording early and effectual relief to the sufferers by the recent inundations is Hanover. His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK in the Chair. Amongst the distinguished individuals present, we re cognized the Lord Bishop of London, Count Munster, Thomas Wilson, Esq., M. P., Alderman Brydges, M. P., William Thompson, M. P., besides a numerous assemblage of Ladies and Gentlemen. The Rev. Dr. Ku PZII. (Chaplain to the German Lutheran Chapel) detailed to the meeting some of the effects of the late tempestuous weather, particularly the hurricane of the 3d ult., when the sea being driven up, the rivers Elbe and Westr quickly rose to the tremendous height of front twenty-one to twenty-two feet, an height never known since the dreadful in undation of 1717. On the following day the consequences were still more dreadful; the dikes had been seriously injured, and it was his painful duty to state, on the,, best authority, that one hundred and fifty thousand individuals had been reduced from a state of affluence, to utter ruin, in the short space o f o ne night. The Rev. Gentleman procee ded to read extracts of a letter from: a Clergyman in Hanover, describing the distr f ssin scenes lie had witnessed, amidst which ' many acts of bravery an d humanity were displayed. One young officer, in particular, had succeeded in saving the lives of 160 persons. The desolating effects of the inundations in that part of the country, would not be effaced for the ensuing ten years. The Bishop of LONDON, in proposing the first Resolution, observed,. that the distressing facts spoke for themselves ; all comment of his own was unnecessary. The inhabitants of this rich and fertile c,ountry were relying upon the pro tection afforded by the dikes, when the sea suddenly, and at midnight, burst in and destroyed all property, to an extent unparalleled ; and it now might fairly be said; that their country formed a front of the main ocean_ Every spring tide added to their distresses, from the damaged state of the dikes, which unavoidably, amidst such general disorder, continued unrepaired. The Right Reverend Pre late concluded a very animated address by observing, that the Hanoverian' had suffered in various and frequent in stances ; in time 'of war they were oppressed by the enemy, on account of , theft; connexion with this country ; and 4e trusted, when this Country was enjoying the present state of prosperity, their distresses from an awful visitation of Pro'ri dence would not be overlooked, and meet with that benevo lent assistance for which Great Britain was so conspicuous amongst nations !—( Applause !) Count MUNSTER. seconded the first Resolution. A series of other Resolutions were put, and second 4 by Mr. T. WILSON, Alderman BRIDGES Alderman TtiomPsox, and Mr. HALL, and unanimously adopted. It was announced at the Meeting by Mr. R. H. Marten, that a subscription had been raised by several Ladies, at the head of which was her Royal Highness the Duchess of Clarence, to the amount of 800 guineas. A list of other subscrip tions to the amount of upwards of 20001. was announced. After a vote of thanks had been passed to the Ladies, subscribers, and the Royal Chairman, the Meet ing broke up. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, FED. 28.—Wind N.W.—Passed through from the River the Diana, Hughes, for New York ; Gratitude, Bowen. for the Brazils ' • Africa, Skelton, for Indi a ; H e l en , C o l ey , f o r Malta ; British Tar, Robson, for Jamaica ; and the Hereford shire, Hope, for India. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Britannia, Kreft, from Dantzic. FALMOUTH, FEB. 27.—Wind N.W,— The Sandwich Packet, front Lisbon, is now (2 p. m.) off the Port ; also, the Margaretbock, Johnson, from Trieste, in 38 days, for Landon. LIVERPOOL,• FEB. 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Pacifle, Maxwell, from New York, sailed the Ist of February ; Bra. ganza, Allen, from ditto, sailed the 4th of February ; New England, Berry ; Ganges, M itford, and Fame, Woodford, from Charlstone ; and the Exchange, Graham, from Baltimore. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEER• The H. H. on Tuesday, at Brookwood ' • Thursday, at At kins Lone Farm ; Saturday, at Phoenix Lodge. The Hambledon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Soberton Down ; Friday, at Park Place, Wickham. The Earl of Darlington's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Hawkxsley Hill; Friday, at Piersbridge. H. Jolliffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Brock-. haml; Saturday, at Reigate Hill. The Surrey Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Pratt's Bottom'; Saturday, at the Half Moon. The Brighton Harriers, on Thursday, near the Race Course ; Friday, at Devil's Dyke. DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT.—Within the last few,' days the Clerks employed in different depart ments of the East India Company's House itt Leadenhall-street have been much annoyed by a powerful effluvia of gas, which was at first , proceed i n from different a branch nunibex pipes, o f re gu i n such a way as supposed to arise from some accidenta l defect io. the pipes, but, on examination, has , been found to t a r perforations made leaves no doubt but that they must have bee the work of some incendiary , and with a view to an extent of mischief and devastation which the mind shudders to contemplate. Au inquiry has been instituted into the affair, and a very hand.. tome reward offered for the discovery o f t h e party.