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for salaries of the officers and expences of the naval esta blishments, Mr. HUME objected to the captains-auperintendants of the dock-yards. Sir J. GRAHAM said, if there was one thing more than another for which he might take credit, it was hi , endeavour to reduce the expenditure for the Royal yachts. One of these was constantly at Pembroke, the other at Woolwich, end the captains of each did full and active duty as superintendents of those yards. Mr. HUME wished to know if he was to understand there were only two Royal yachts? Sir JAMES GRAHAM said there were formerly five yachts. One of these, which had been usually at the ser vice of the Lord-lieutenant of Ireland, he ha , l wholly done away e ith. Two were afloat at the command of hi - Majesty, and he did not think that the House or the country would object to a naval King, the first that ever ascended the throne, having two vessels for his sole use.-- (Hear, hear.) The other two were, by the arrangement he had alluded to, no longer s;necures, but tributary to the public service. Mr. HUME said, then there were, in fact, still four yachts. He freely admitted the pre priety of placing two at the disposal of his M ijesty, but the other two should, in his opin;en, he put down. Mr. YOUNG (of Tynemouth) asked if Roth! way could not be hit upon of rendering the vessels thernselvesefficent fir the public service? Sir J. GRAHAM said that, from the time of Wil liam the Third to the present day, there had never been less than four Royal yachts. George the Third, when at Weymou7h, had always three in immediate att. ndance upon him. He (Sir J.) thought it right to keep up the number of four, that the other two might be ready if they were ever wanted. Mr. HUME said they should he kept up, n t on the ground o usage, but fur the purpose of use. Why bad they applied schedules A and Bto certain boroughs? De cause they did not et ant them. Yet usage might, on the same principle, have shielded those boroughs, as now i: was advanced to uphold these yachts. He was sorry to hear smell reasons adduced for maintaining what the coon- Iry did not require. After a desultory and uninteresting conversation between Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Mr. YOUNG, and Captain DUNDAS, Mr. HUME complained of the high salaries paid to civil servants, and instanced the master shipwrights and others employed in the dock yards, who received much larger pay than the naval officers. After some further conversation, the resolution was agreed to ; as was also one (in which Sir JAMES GRA HAM stated that there had teen a saving of fifteen per cent.) for granting to his Majesty a sum not exceeding 23,422/. for the salaries of officers and contingent ex pences of his Majesty's Naval Establishment abroad. Sir J. GRAHAM, having moved that a sum not ex ceeding 438,426/. be granted to his Majesty for the wages of artificers, &c., employed in his Majesty's Naval Esta blishment at home— Mr. CARTER stated, that be had a petition in his possession from a number of the inhabitants of Portsmeutb, complaining of the hardships to which the artificers of Portsmouth Dock-yard had been subjected, by the dis charge of a great many hands, by the degradation of many who had acquired a certain rank in the yard to an inferior rank, and, above all, by the employment of convicts in the yard. He was happy to hear that his Majesty's Govern nient intended to correct the last-mention e d evil ;. and he trusted that their intention would be carried into effect with as little delay as possible; for nothing could be snore irksome to honest and free men, than to be associated in labours with persons of so different a description. Sir G. STAUNTON said he entirely concurred in the sentiments of the petitioners. C , pt. DUNDAS observed, that the attention of the House had been for many weeks called to the misery of the people of Ireland. That misery was at least equalled, if not exceeded, by the misery of the inhabitants of a dis trict not four miles from the metropolis; be meant Dept ford ; where, in consequence of the number of artificers who had been discharged from the neighbouring yard, the poor rates had been raised to eighteen shillings in the pound. Sir JAMES GRAHAM observed that the predecessors of his Majesty's present Government had fixed upon 6,000 as the number to which the artificers in the various dock-yards might be reduced. After having been three years in office, his Majesty's present Government had felt it their painful duty to make this, almost the last saving in the way of reduction, of which the naval de partment was capab'e; and had thought that the time had arrived when they might discharge 500 labourers, re ducing the number from 6,500 to 6,000. It should be considered, however, that the sum saved, namely, 37,0001., was spread over the whole of his Majesty's dock-yards. That it tell more heavily on Portsmouth dock-yard than on any other was owing to the circum stance that almost as many labourers were employed in thet yard as in any other two yards in the kingdom. He was happy to confirm the statement of the Ho. neurable Member for Portsmouth, that his Majesty's Government were of opinion that the employment of convicts in the dock-yards might cease, and that with reference to politicil as well as moral considerations. It appeared that the demand for labour at Van Diemen's land was so great that this step might be taken without difficulty; and he spoke upon this subject the opinion both of his Noble Friend the late, and of his Right Hon. Friend the present, Secretary of State for the Colonial Department. Time, however, must be given for the ar rangement. If the convicts were all removed at once, the sudden demand for labourers in the dock-yards would create an inconvenient rise in the price of that labour. Another difficulty in the arrangement was caused by the consideration, that many of tl e convicts had already gone through the greater portion of their time, and that in such cases it might be desirable to allow them to complete their time in the yards. In answer to the question from Mr. CARTER, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, that in the reductions which had taken place care had been taken to keep the most efficient men.—Voce agreed to. For the wages of ar ificera, labourers, and others, em ployed at different establishments abroad, 26,905/.- Agreed to. Naval stores, for the building, repair, and outfitting the fleet, 423,0001.—ALreed to. PLYMOUTH BREAKWATER. On the question that a sum of 63,7001. be granted to defrily th e expense of new works and improvements in the II:ck Yards, Sir J. GRAHAM said that he wished to call the atten tion of the Committee to this vote, the decision of which would, in fact, involve the question ',hat should be the future outlay of the Breakwater at Plymouth. The late- Sir John Rennie had recommended that the work should be finished with solid masonry ; that recommendation was adopted by his son, and the Admiralty, after having ob tained every possible information on the ma ter, supported the recommendation. The last winter had afforded a severe trial of the efficiency of the work, and he was happy to say that the result was most perfectly satisfactory, lie had received a letter upon the subject, and should beg leave to read a few lines to the House. The writer stated, that although it had blown a hurricane during the past week, such as had never been equalled since the disas trous gale of November, 1824, all the vessels in the Sound had ridden it out in safety, and the work itself had suffered very little damage. Only a few stones had been thrown over to the northern side. All that part I,f it which had been finished in solid masonry was left uninjured, and the few stones that had been swept off were those front that part which had not been so finished. He wished only to add now, that to the immortal honour of Sir John Rennie, the sum required for the works would fall short of th e estimate he had sent in. That estimate amounted to 1,200,0001., but the expense amouted only to 1,100,0001. Mr. HTJME thought that if the stork was to be finished, the sooner it was finished the better : for that would be sounder economy than leaving it ❑ncompleted for a lung pet iod. If it could be finished better with solid Imsonry than i❑ any other manner, lie should not oppose its being so finished; but lie thought it should he done without further delay. SHEERNESS AND PEMBROKE DOCK-YARDS. Mr. HUME wished to know on what principle it was that Deptford Dock-yard was to be put down, and new Dock-yards at Sheerness and Pembroke were to be built. He did not understand this mode of proceeding. Sheerness was at a great distance, and in an exposed place, and he wished to know why the public money was to be expended in the erectio n of a Dock-yard there. Sir J. GRAHAM said that if the question was now for the first time to b e discussed, whether there should or not be a Dock-yard at Sheerness, he might possibly be found to agree with the Hon. Member opposite; but as two millions had already been spent upon this work, and as the money now required to finish it was comparatively small, he recommended that it should be finished, in order to prevent the utter wasting of so great an outlay. As to Pembroke Dock-yard, he thought that a most fit plies to select for such a purpose; for the depth of water w . ages were low, and ther e wets was considerable, and the many things that rendered i t a proper oDock-yards, plaCefor, h should the build_ c ing of ships. By having these k yards be able to do what he h a d long wished, to know exactly the comparative expense of building and of repairing ships, because the two sorts of works, and consequently the two sorts of accounts, would be kept perfectly distinct. Mr. YOUNG said that the accounts were distinct enou g h alreittly, to enable the Right Hon. Gentleman to form a jude.ment on that point. The Vote was then agreed to. The next was 31,5001. for Medicines and Medical Stores. —Agreed to. As was 50,3801. for the Miscella neous Services of the Navy. On the question ) that 871,8581. be granted for the Half•pay of tie Royal Navy and Marines— Mr. HUME objeceed, on the ground that gross extra vagance was committed in that department of the public service, in consequence of no care being taken to place per eons enjoying half-pay upon full when additional Officers were required for the active service of the Navy. Captain D. DUNDAS was surprised at the remark just made by the Hon. Member for Middlesex. In his opinion, the recommendation of the Hon. slember was anything but judicious; and there was no one, he was sure, in that House, who had the slightest acquaintance with the naval service, who would not be ready to testify to the fact, that sufficient justice was not done to the naval service. There were many Officers of the Navy who had served 30 and 40 years, who had not above 3s. 6d. a-day, and he referred to the case of the Pursers as one in point. Sir E. CODRINGTON felt deeply the injustice that was done to the Naval Service, and he thought that that injustice would be greatly aggravated, and, at the same time. the efficiency of the aerteice itself much diminished, if the recommendation of the lion. Member far Middlesex were adopeed. It would be, in his judgment, most inju dicious to fill up the active situations of the Navy with old worn-out Officers. In fact, the whole half-pay system was a disgrace to the Navy, and plair.ly proved that the feeling of the present day was to keep down the Naval Service as much as possible. As a further proof of the prevalence of that sentiment, he would state, that for a long time past he had been endeavouring, unsuccessfully, to obtain an answer to a memorial which be had presented on behalf of the unfortunate men who had lost their clothes and other property, and, more than that, lost their limbs, at Navarino. That memorial was in the first in stance presented by desire of the Lord High Admiral. It had disappeared in a most mysterious manner. Nothing was known of it at the Treasury —nothing could be beard of it at the Admiralty ; hut he sincerely hoped that the subject would again be brought forward and submitted under better auspices to the consideration of a Reformed Parliament. Returning to the subject of the state of the half-pay system in the navy, he asked why should a retired Secretary of any (1-partmsnt receive 2,0001. a year, and such a man as Sir Benjamin Hdlowell, the companion of Nelson, get but 750/. ? It was a fact at which some Members, perhaps, would feel no small surprise, that a Commissary had half-pay five times the amonnt of that en joyed by a purser. Ile then went on to complain of the injustice done, net only to officers of the navy, but to their widows, and expressed an earnest hope that every thing relating to this department would undergo complete re vision. Rea ly, as things stood, he could not help saying that he thought the Foreign Enlistment Bill ought to be repeded, and that our seamen ought to be permitted to fight en both sides of foreign wars; they would be the more efficient for our purposes when we might require them. Mr. O'DWYER also complained of the system upon which the navy was governed, all promotions being con ferred upon persons having Parliamentary influence or connexion with the aristocracy. Sir J. GRAHAM challenged investigation into the manner in which the patronage of the navy had been disposed of since he came into office. He contended, that it was uniformly given upon account of long service and general professional qualifications. He hoped that the whole question of naval promotions would undergo the strictest investigation, for he felt that the result would but show that it had been most impartially administered. He was sore that most Hon. Meinhers would agree with him, that unless the navy were kept in effective condition, it might as well be given up at once. The vote woe then agreed to. The four fol:owing votes were agreed to without any discussion :—A grant to his Majesty of 533,4031. for mi litary pensions and allowances; one of 2d0,3421. for civil pensions and allowances ; one of 200,8001. for the freight, &c., of ships engaged for the conveyance of troops and stores : and one of 118.3001. for freight of ships to convey convicts to New South Wales. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Wednesday next. Report to be brought up tomorrow. The House then resumed. TRADE WITH CHINA. Mr. R. GORDON asked the Hon. Member for South Hampshire (Sir G. Staunton), whether it was his inten tion to postpone his motion on the above subjict, which stood for to-morrow ? Sir G. STAUNTON said, that this was the second time l.v was asked to postpone his motion. He thought it of importance that the question should be considered as early as possible. If he saw an open day, he should have no objection to postpone it until then. It the motion was called on to-morrow, he should either bring it on or postpone it until some fixed (11. METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICES' BILL. Mr. G. LAMB, in moving the second reading of this Bill, said, it was one to con,olidate the former Acts respecting the police. One or two alterations had been made, and they related principally to a reduction of ex pence. It was intended to dispense with the police office of Sr. Mary, Whitechapel. The removal, however, wouti be attended with the discontent of those who res.d,cl in the immediate vicinity. If any material objections were made to the removal, it would not he persisted in. In the ori ginal plan, it was proposed to take away one Magistra e from each of the offices, and to grant the power of conviction to one Magistrate where two were required. He did not think any objection could be made to this last alteration, as generally one Magistrate only pre sided —(Hear, hear.) Night business should not, perhaps, b, transacted without a Magistrate, for if one was not present at night, too much power might be placed in the hands of Inspectors, and persons be incarcerated without sufficient reas.n. In :he City, however, the attendance of Nlagistrates at night was dispensed with. Mr. HAWES was glad to see that the design of the Bill was ta introduce economy into the police system. H, would not object to the second reading of it, if the Hoo. Mover of it would consent to have a Committee appointed to consider the institution of the police generally. Mr. G. LAMB had no objection to have a Committee appointed, but he thought that, as its itiquities would take up a long time, it would be better to defer it for the present sess!on. At any rate, he hoped that the present Bill would be suff,red to pass before the Committee was appointed. Mr. HAWES would trust entirely to the Hon. Mem her's promise of having a Committee appointed to inquire into the subject, and hoped that some fresh measures of police would be founded on the report made by that Com mittee. He would not, therefore, oppose the second reading of the present Bill. Mr. G. F. YOUNG wished to know if the Lambeth street office was to remain or not? If it was not, he bad a few observations to make in opposition to the presen B" Mr. G. LAMB said lie did not mean to press that part of the Bill. Whether that office was to be dispensed with or not, would be determined afterwards. The Bill was then read a second time. LANCASTER ASSIZES. EWART moved for leave to bring in a Bill to re move the assizes from Lancaster to Manchester and Liver pool. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL referred to the conver. s &on that took place on a former evening on the above motion, when it was suggested that the power of removing the assizes should be vested in the King in Council, which suggestion had been approved of by the Right Hon. Ba ionet the M-mber for Tamtvorth, ant by the Noble Lord the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The matter had been since considered by his Majesty's Ministers, and it was determined, that instead of limiting themselves to this particular Bill relating to the removal of tne Lancaster Assizes, one should he brought in !or the removal of all assizes to the places that seemed most fit to his Majesty's Council. He would move then, by way of amendment, for leave to bring in a Bill of the description he suggested. After a desultory conversation, Mr. EWART withdrew his motion ; and leave was then given to bring in the Bill proposed by the Solicitor-General. Owing to the protracted indisplsition of the Lord Ad vocate, the motions which he was to have brought forward were again postponed by Mr KENNEDY. —. . The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and le House adjourned at Twelve o'clock. Accounts from Avington Park, state that the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, whose life had been for some time despaired of, was on Saturday considered out of d3nger. BRISTOL ASSIZES.—The citizens of Bristol have again, for the third time since the ever. morable riots of 1831, bee❑ spared the pain they would have experi enced front an official visit of their Recorder. Strange as it may appear, not one crime of has been committed of Inch magnitude, since the Special Commission for the trial of the rioters, as to require his presence on the Bench ; all prisoners subsequent to that period having iieen disposed of at Quart, Sessions, at which his worship the Mayor presides.—Query. —Has crime increased in the city ?—Hereford Times, FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Afessager des Chambres of Sunday.) PARIS, Amu 13.—We have received the following news from Odessa, dated March 25: " A part of the fleet has been in our road for some days.* To-day the artillery and troops intended for the expedition to Turkey are getting on board 30,000 men, who are advancing across the Balkan to Constantinople." Amu. Pizzo di 8,„. 4 , an d D- Werther, as we are as sured, have joined their remonstrances with those of Count d'Appnny, ou the departure of the Poles. A Council has been held on this subject at the Duke de Broglie's. The Minister of War, aware of the object of the meeting, dui not think proper to he present. It is affirmed that it has been agreed that nothing should he neglected to satisfy the diplomatic body, and especisliy to keep Count d'Ap puny at Paris. The departure of that Amhassador, how ever, remains fixed for Wednesday or Thursday if nothing intervenes. It is determined that the Duke of Orleans shall go to London at the same time as Lord Granville. It is pro bable that he will set out in three days. It is believed that the chief object of the mission of the Prince Royal is to ascertain, as far as may be possible, the views of the English Cabinet in the affairs of the East. Lord Gran ville wishes also to confer with his Government on the conduct to be observed in the circumstances in which these affairs may place hint with respect to the representations of the North-rn Powers. (From the Journal des Desbats of Sunday.) PARIS, Arm'. 13 —We have received further details of the route taken by the Piles, who have just entered Switzerland. Leaving More, as we said yesterday, they arrived, to the number of about 400. at Trevillera, after a forced march. At two they had entered the7 b i u s t s ter ritory. Part of th em h a d sa b res, swor d s , and pistols. I t seems these were their o ld arms , w hi c h they have re- tained. Som e o f th em s h owe d proc l amat i ons, country people could not discover in what language they were written, or to what people they were addressed. A Polish officer had a standard with the arms of Poland and Lithuania; they said they were to display it, after they bail crossed the frontier. On reaching the bank of the Daubs, which forms the frontier between France and Switzerland, they were harangued in Polish by a colonel who commands them, and entered Switzerland in two files, but without displaying their flag; they went to pass the night at Sarregudigues. If we may believe some inhabitants of the extreme frontier, several Pules told them that Russia having its forces and its attention engaged wi h Turkey, they were going to the south of Germany to second its projects of insurrection, and that the peasantry of Bale would deliver their arias to them. They cannot reach the banks of the Rhine before the 12th. It is affirmed that tw o ba gs fiilpl with gold were even in the hands of one of the officak - All their expenses ou the way were paid, but by each separately. Yet a great number left debts atßes incon. On the 9th of April, at ten in the morning, about twenty Polish officers were seen at Pcsentruy. They were said to hsve arrived by the Upper Rhine, and have probably come from Paris. It was from motives of prudence that the aethorities had always refused the Poles as far as possible, permission to reside near the eastern frontier. Orders hail lately been given to remove into the interior those who lived in the departments of the lower and upper Rhine. The Nouvelliste contains the following article:— " The Minister of the interior has addressed to the prefects of the departments in which there are depots of Polish refugees a circular, in which lie acquaints them with the regulations that have been adopted by the several German Courts with respect to those refugees who desire to pass through their respective territories. " The Prussian diplomatic agents cannot countersign the passports of Poles from the interior of Prussia without first referring to Berlin. " The Saxon Government has given its Minister at Paris the most preci;e orders to reluse passports to any Poles who should desire to go to Saxony. " The same measures have been adopted by the Govern ment of Baden with respect to all Poles coining from France, who shall not be provided with passports signed by the Russian legation at Paris. " Austria has again formally prohibited its ambassador from signing the passports of Poles, subjects of Russia, to which the Russian ambassador shall have refused his signa,tire." • The squadron of Admiral Kumany from Sebastopol, in. tended to reinforce Admiral Lazareff: HAMBURG PAPERS. HAMBURG, APRIL 9.—BORSEN HALLE.—Our Stock market was animated to-day, and funds rose in conse quence of higher prices -from Vienna, where Bank Shares stood on the 4th inst. at 1,204, and Metalliques a , 93i. A Anglo-Danish Loan, three per cen t End ofpril. 7i Anglo-Russian Russian Inscription, 5 per cent., 1821 911,y Ditto, ditto, 1831 mist Ditto, ditto, 1832 90% Polish Bonds Prussian Bonds, 1832 Austrian Bank Shares 1231 Ditto Metalliques 92X New Austrian Four per Cents 83% Spanish 3 per Cents The new commercial treaty was issued at Berlin on the 21st ult., the ffect of which is to bring 25,000,000 Ger mans under the influence of the Prussian customs r. gulf's th,n. The representatives of the fallowing German States affixed their signatures to the treaty in question :—Prus. 4a, Bavaria, Wurternhurg, Saxony, Hesse Darmstadt. Hesse Cassel, Saxe-W,imer, Saxe-Coburg, Gothe, Saxes Altenburg, Saae-illeiningen, Reuse, Schwarsburg, Ru dolAtadt, Schwarzburg, and Sandershausen. Several merchant ile houses in Leipsic, unable to bear up against the effects of the new system, are preparing to re move their establishments. The trade of Leipsic it is thought will be reduced to a mere shadow.—Hamburg Reporter. CASSEL, APRIL 6.—The conditions of the commercial treaty between Prussit on the one part, and B avatia and Wurtemberg on the other, are not positively known, but we hear, that from the beginning of May there will be a reduction of 50 per cent. on the duties of customs for the importation of the produce of the respective parties, in the dominions of each other. STOCKHOLM, APRIL 2.—The Supreme Tribunal baying confirmed the sentence on Baron Von Vegesaitt, the latter has petitioned the King to pardon him. His Majesty has been pleased to release the Baron from imprisonment, till he shou d make a confession of his fault, but has or dered the rest of the sentence, which condemns him to banishment, to he carried into effect. The Supreme Tribunal has rejected the appeal of the Baron Von Dubin against the sentence of banishment pro nounced on him. The peasant of Nerike accused of improper language respecting the King, has been sentenced to death. It i. hoped his Majesty will pardon him, as his fault originated rather in ignorance than malice. The Storthing has requested the King to prolong the session to the 3 , 1 of June. &RIJN-, Aran. 9.—The Collection of the Laws pub lishes the resolution of the German Diet of the 6th of Sept. 1832, for securing the rights of authors and pub lishers against literary piracy. M. Flottwell, President of the Grand Duchy of Posen, has invited the inhabitants of that province, whose rela tions may have been taken prisoners by the Russians along with the Polish troops, and who have been sent to the in terior of the empire, to send him the ❑ames of those persons as soon as possible, and at the latest within six weeks, that he may take the necessary steps to get them sent home. 111AvEtwx, APRIL s.—We hear that, in consequence of the troubles at Frankfort, the Diet, in an extraordinary sitting, resolved on the measures that seemed the moat proper to prevent a recurrence of such events. We hear that the Governor of Mayence, at the requisition of the Diet, has declared himself willing to hold a corps of 2,000 infantry, with several cannon and howitz?rs, with 100 cavalry, in readiness to be sent to Frankfort at the first summons. BRUNSWICK, APRIL s.—Though some journals say that Duke Charles has s ea t Baron 5.--Though to London to mike arrangements respecting the Duke's private pro pewhich gives reason t o suppose that he has wholly uoced the idea of returning to Brunswick, it appear'', on the contrary, from authentic information, that the object of that mission is the purchase of arms in England, in the execution 0! which he Was lately hindered in France. Thus the placing of Duke Charles' affairs under the care of guardians seems s to b e a very necessary measure for the preservation of h is property. BERLIN, MAacir 9.—Meh,med Namick Paella, Am bassador from the Ottoman Porte to the Court of Great Britain, has left Berlin to proceed to St. Petersburgh. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HANIRITRO, APRIL 12.-13 I2yl ; two months, 13 11. BERLIN, APRIL 9.—Three months, 6 *28!i:• PETEItSIitiROII, MARCR 29.—Three months, 10 33-C4. —Hamburg Papers, April 13. The Irish Agitators are expected to for to a curious gallery of "Studi es o f Ch iracter, " in tie Coon tens of BLESSINGTONS forthcoming work of fiction, en titled" The Repralers." It is sa id t h at t h e work will also u some amusing expositi ons o f t h e state of things c among the lower orders in Ireland, should so wild a scheme ever take place. LISBON AND GERMAN PAPERS. LISBON, APRIL s.—His Majesty's Government received yesterday accounts from Braga. of the Ist, and to-day of the 2d inst., stating that the King and his august sisters , were in pood health. " Sir,.—l transmit to your Excellency, to be laid before his Majesty the inclosed account of a sally made by the rebels on our entrenchment of the Ponta do Cahedello, in the morning of the 25th of March. " Head-quarters, S. Alameda da Infesta, 27th March. " To the Conde de Barbacena. it The Cantle de S. LOURENCO, " Commander-in-Chi-f of the Army of Operation." " Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, the rebels attempted to destroy our entrenchment constructed on the Ponta do Cahedello, to cover the piquet which is intended to hind 'r th e boats from going nut and crossing the bar during the night. With this view then landed at that spot 20 soldiers covering themselves with an English boat, which passed with the signals agreed upon, while their infantry were posted on the opposite hank, at Cantarcira, to protect the operation by the fire of their tnusketry. The force which occupied the batteries of Tancos and Birbacena, com manded by Captain Domingo, Gonsalves Loptz, of the Militia of Maia, advanced boldly to repel the enemy. Colonel Antonio Lobo da Silva, who came up at that time, caused some troops to advance, placing himself at their head, which they did with great bravery, notwith standing the fire of grape shot and shells from the Castle of La Fox. The enemy being unable to sustain the fire of our batteries of TaRCOB and B irbacena, and of that of Don Miguel 1., returned to their boat, and crossed over to the right bank of the Douro, witnout doing the slightest damage to our intrenchmr•nts, where our soldiers re mained till dark, when they retired, leaving only the usual picquet. " JOSE ANTONIO D'AZEVIDO LEMOS, " Commanding the Third Division. " Head-quarters, Villa Nova da Gaia, 26th March. " To the Conde de S. Lourenco." —Lisbon Gazettes to 6th April, inclusive. VIENNA, APRIL 4.—Private letters from Constan• si n/a l e say that theiSultati has expressly requested the Russian Ambassador to let the fleet remain in the Bospho rus till peace with the Pacha of Egypt is finally restored. The Sultan seems to be apprehensive for the tranquillity of the capital if the Russian fleet withdraw earlier. The accounts from Greece are highly satisfactory. Order is most strictly maintained; and the confidence which the King's Government universally inspires re covers commerce. The finances in particular -engage the attention of the Regency, and will be improved partly by the introduction of the roost rigid economy, anti, lastly, by giving a new impulse to industry. Greece possesses great resources, and may.btrexpected soon to attain a high degnee of prosperity. Notice was given to our Bank Directors, on their settling this day, that the Government will repay the nine millions which the Bank has lent it, at 4 per cent. in terest. As this operation will diminish the income of the Bank, and as it was at the same time resolved to reduce discount and interest on loans from five to four per cent., the dividend on Bank Shares, on the next half year, may be rather smaller than before. This measure has had but little effect on the funds. (BY EXPRESS.) VIENNA, APRIL 6, HALF PAST 7, r. au—According to Leiters from Alexandria, of March 13, received by way of Trieste, there seems to be no doubt that Mehemet Ali has rejected the conditions proposed to him by Admiral Roussin, and guaranteed at Constaotinople. He is said to be particularly incensed at the demand that he shall deliver up his fleet to the Porte. It is added that he his caused a second squadron to sail from Alexandria, and sent orders to Ibrahim to advance. Oo this the Sultan (according to accounts from Constanti nople), is said to have again proclaimed Mehemet Ali and Ibrahim rebels, and the Russian fleet to have began to move from the Bosphorus. Some persons flitter themselves, perhaps too hastily, that in conjunction with a F,encli squadron, it will im mediately sail for Alexandria, and compel the Pacha to make peace. The prices of our funds have fallen cous'clerably to-day, AUSTRIAN FUNDS. April 4. April . 6 Five per Cents. 93 1 ,6 91 14, Four per Cents. S 4 4 82% Bank Shares ...... ............ ...1,216 1,189 .Allgemeine Zeitung, April 10. CONVOCATION OF THE CORTES. The following are the extracts from the Madrid Gazette of the 7th, which appear in the Journal des Debats and other morning papers:— " Toe custom existing from time immemorial in regard to the regular and direct succession to the crown of Spain is notorious. It has been acknowledged and confirmed by the law 2, title 5, of the parida 2, constantly 'ollowed without any instance to the contrary, re•established by the praematic sanction of March 29, 1830, which was or dained by the Cortes of 1789, against the pretended inno vation of the decree of 1783, which never had any effect. The custom, observed without interruption during several centuries, that the kingdoms should swear allegiance to the heir to the throne, thr eldest son, or, if there be no male heir, to the eldest daughter of the King, is not less notorious. " In virtue, then, of this law of immemorial custom, and of this practice, I have condescended to ordain, and I do ordain, by the present decree, that my kingdoms do take the oath of fidelity to the Most Serene Intan'a Donna Maria Elizabeth Louis, my most dear and beloved eldest daughter, as the hereditary Princess in de aulr of a male heir ; and I ordain that the solemn act of taking the oath and paying homage shall take place on the 20th of June next, in the chumu of the Royal Monastery of St. Jerome of this Court, with the aid of the prelates, grandees, titled men, and de puties of cities and towns, who shall be convoked for that purpose; and that the others of the classes specified, who will not be present at that solemnity, shall take 'be oath and pay the required homage in their respective residences, in the presence of persons who will be appointed for that purpose. " At the Palace, April 4. " Signed by the KING. " Addressed to the President of the Council and Chamber. " ANOTHER DECREE. " The 20th of June having been axed upon for the oath of allegiance to the Infanta Donna Maria Elizabeth Loui.a, my dear and beloved eldest daughter, as hereditary Princess of these kingdoms, in default of male heir, by my kingdoms and vassals, in the church of the Royal Convent ()ISt. Jerome of this Court, I ordain that the Council of the Chamber do address the customary letters of convocation to all the cities and towns which have a voice in the Cortes, so that they mty send Deputies to Madrid at the period fixed upon, invested with full powers, which shall hive to be acknowledged by the junto of assistants of the Cortes, whom I shall name. " At the Royal Palace, April 4. " Signed by the KING. " To the President of the Council and Chamber." The following note, as transmitted from Madrid with the Gazelle, appears in some of the French papers after the above extracts : " The decrees just published fur the convocation of the Cortes, in order that the oath of fidelity to the King's daughter may be taken on the 20 , h of June nest, have produced a very good effect among the friends of the Queen and of monarchy. The resolution taken to that e&ct, and the accounts received from everywhere by the Government, which make it appear that tranquillity reigns in the provinces, show that the energy displayed by the President of the Council, Zea Bermudez, and enjoined hy the Ministerial circular of G enera l Cruz, Is is produced t p l u 'e hl m ic i 7 ,t rde s r a , lu b t u ar t y fo e r ff tle 'c)t' not only in th e ma i ntenance o f adoption of all the measures that are necessary to ensure the rights of descent from the King, and avoid the dangers that were menaced for the future." The influenza Continues to extend at the West end of the town. Several of the celebrated modistes are put to great inconveni ence i n completing the Court dresses for the ensuing Drawing Room, from their assistants being confined by this complaint. At one fashionable haber dasher's, also, there are 18 assistants, male and female, confined to their rooms by the same malady. PIICENIX PARK, DUBLIN.—A Parliamentary return relative to the state of Phoenix Park, near Dublin, has baea published. This return describes the natural beauties of the park, w i t h i ts f i ne commanding views of the mountains and of the river Liffey, to be exceedingly str iki ng . It is not, however, in such good order, nor so well laid out and finished as the parks near London. The whole extent comprises 1,758 acres, walled round, of which 1,357 acres are open to the public, and the re mainder is appropriated to the Lord Lieutenant and the two Secretaries for Ireland ; to the Zoological Gardens ; to the Royal Hibernian Military School (forty acres), and to other public establishments. The Lord Lieutenant's portion is 209 acres, and that of the Chief Secretary 71 acres. The outlay on the park principally for keeping it in order, for the last seven years, was altogether 12,7511. Tnere is no profit derived to the public from this park, except from the produce of the sales of the thinning of the timber, which has been laid out in improvements, Eff,i) t I V/ ,ettn "Mt ItN OF STOCKS THIS nAv AT ON O ' CLOCK. Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. B6' ..S 14 % India Stock 3 per Cent Cons. 87%14 % Ditto Bonds 29 29 pm. .114 per Cent...—. ......... 93% South Sea Stock 97% Ditto Re 1.... 9370 i 4 Old Annuities — New:3% per Cent. (15 4% New Ditto — 3 per Cent Arm. 172 h .... 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 I per Cent. 1926 Rank Long Ann t. PXDI re Ditto... 500 .40 50 pm, Jan. 5, Isfio lot 13-16 11-16 Ditto Small Oct. I 10, 1959 l6 9-16 Ditto C0mmercia1......... pm. Jan 5, 1860 16 15-16 I Ditto Advertised — pr , n Jan. 5, 1980 — 'Bank for Account: l9l April 5, M 0..... ......... . India for Account ~ lan. 5, 1870 Cons ''r April 12... R7z , ;4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account... ...... 93 1 4%U Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account 6046 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds 21N Ditto Account 22 Columbian Bonds Ditto Account THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds I6IA Portuguese Bonds Did; Account 504', Regency Scrip 6 544 dis. Ditto Account 5% dis. Prussian Bonds lOl% Ditto Bonds, 1822 10 3 14 Russian Bonds, 1822 - Ditto Account 102'4 New Loan (17Si Spanish Bonds, 1821...J9%18%Z, Ditto Account 19%18% Ditto Bonds, 1823 16% Ditto Account French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f —c. —9 ner cent. —f —c. Exchange ... —f —e. Dutch, 21 p. c.... 45% 6 5% 6! s Ditto Account 46 1 4 Ditto, 5 p. c B5 Ditto Account B5 4 French Scrip 44; Pm. Ditto Bonds, 1824 18 1731 Ditto Account — Danish Bonds - 2% Ditto Account. ....... ...... Cheek Bonds. 34% Ditto Bonds, 1825 37 631 Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 3l Ditto Account 31% ►Ditto, It per cent Ditto Account 37 Neapolitan 92 PRICES OF SHARES Tills DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. Liss. at 5/. pm.) £loo 14% Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 130 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. prn„) £2i 60k4 Ditto National 17% 23 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes . British Iron Mining Company £5O 20 Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 50% 9 English Mining Company 12% 27 t3eneral Mining Association l2 Mexican Mining Co. £46 Real del Monte Alining Co. ..., - 'flalpuxahua Mining Co :3.'30 United Mex. Min. to. (iss. at 2/. inn.) 40 Ditto New Setip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO VI - mecum lns i trance ComP. Australian Co. Canada Company l7 I;eneral Steam Navigation Co. l3 p ,,,, incial Rank 4' Ireland 25 131 44 3 4% XI 771 11 12 MAILS. rri red. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 1 Hamburg 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica. 0 0 Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 I Dublin 0 1 Lisbon 1 0 Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 1 i•rance 0 0 Sweden 0 , iiern.... \• .I.r.ev. 0 1 " 7 .. ,, .. , ... .. ....... .. 0 HIM> WATMN AT L0N1,,,N anli,tit v.) ...10 minutes after 0. I Evening...3sminutes after 0. CHEAP LIBRARY OF MODERN FICTION. On the Ist of April, price only 4s per volume, bound in morocco cloth, THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS, By the Author of " The Suhalt.rn." FORMING THE THIRD MONTHLY SET OF COLBURN'S MODERN NOVELISTS, A Selection of Works by the most admired living Authors. N.B. The Sets for February and March comprised " Tremsine" and "Pelham," and on the Ist of May will appear Mr. Bulwer's celebrated Tale of "The Disowned," with a Portrait of the Author. Publisl etl for H. Co!burn by R. Bentley, New Bur. ington-street. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1833. It will he seen by our report of the pro ceedings in the House of Commons, that a large portion of the Navy Estimates was last night gone through, without any very strenuous opposition —none that led to a division. This affords a great contrast to the discussions of former times, when the avowed intention of the Government to persist in its career of patronage and favoritism justly excited the indignation and raised the most determined opposition of the friends of economy, which went one night, if we recollect rightly, to the extent of dividing the House forty-five times. Mr. HUME sheaved himself still watchful at his post, but, like the rest of the House, gave Sir JAMES GRA HAM full credit for the extent of his re ductions. It was, as a morning cotemporary truly observes, a novel thing to hear a First Lord of the Admiralty challenge investigation into the promotions he had made in the navy. The announcement made by Sir JAMES GRA HAM, that no fresh convicts- should be placed in the dock-yards, to the exclusion of honest work men, must prove highly satisfactory. It was, indeed, farcical to give men lighter employment and better food, as a punishment, than men could get by their free labour. And, if we rightly recollect, there is in the evidence collected by the Poor Law Commissioners, a passage, in which it is stated that the convicts have held up their provision to the soldiers guarding them, and taunted them with the fact of its being better than theirs. It was high time to put a stop to this open encouragement to crime. We only hope that as these gentlemen are now to be sent to Australia, and the worst of them, according to Mr. STANLEY, to be treated in a way which will make transportation the most dreadful punishment conceivable, that of death, that a somewhat stricter prison discipline will be established, so that a prison may be less de sirable than the poor man's cottage, instead of affording both better lodging and better food, as it now does. It is clear, that if some general arrangement be not come to, between the several departments, with respect to the treatment of prisoners and convicts, by which the severity of punishment shall be proportioned to the nature of the crime, the objects so long aimed at by the humane part of the public, who have wished to mitigate the severity of our criminal code, will be completely defeated. Accounts have this morning been received from Oporto. They do not, however, com municate any new facts of mater ial interest. The weather having continued unfavourable, very few supplies had been landed, and the prices of the provisions on land had risen conside rably. The Constitutionalists had increased the strength of their fortifications, and become masters of a greater extent of country than they had possessed for some time past. The Miguelites on the other hand, however, were not inactive. At the date of these accounts they were erecting a . new battery in Villa Nova, from whence they will be enabled to batter down the barracks of the Torre tra byoccupied d t inst. cont a i ns a the Fr e n c h :Ve troops.dr long offi cial are reportf h c e up awhich The C lsr°oz :O o ) of ftte Is affair of the 24th ult., but it differs in nothing, except in length, from the official report received at the Por tuguese Embassy here, and which we were able to give several days since. Major SADLER, we regret to add, died of his wounds on the 3d inst. The boat of the Nautilus had f been fired at from the Miguelite fort o de Castro, and an explanation had bt manded by Captain CTLAscocK of the efi , The answer received was the usual O s ' that the firing had been made by mista ke ' Of t° We are still without decisive intelligen the East, where all, for the present, seel°,‘ tery and contradiction. The Mesitic Chambres of Sunday says, that the Pu oi ORLEANS'S mission to England, for one (observes that journal) his Royal Hie 0 set out in a few days, is to ascertain, 15.00 i possible, the views of the English Cab' respects the affairs of the East. 4r or We are assured from an aut hentic sv the visit of the Duke of ORLEANS tO hi try, which is fixed to take place early l it : s, had been resolved upon for several alit, that it has nothing to do with the pe c ti n of political matters at the prese nt mom °. real object of the visit is to keep up the 00 feeling which subsists between the two c ° and to enable the Duke to increase thein°.rog which he h as a l rea dy acquired respect laws, institutions, and national characte J r;, d But although these are the avo wed ° the visit, we are no t to conclude that v e d of such good understanding to th e 0 (01 ORLEANS will neglect the opportunity ing it to profit in - matters of a dire' : 'O J tical natur e . Po zzo di BORGO an d 1 .? Representativ es o f t h e d es potic So vereg t e laboured hard t o f orm a p ar ty in this coo n 0 0 tile to constitutional France and the I ' ll. o o l Louis PHILIP, and we can seena reas ini ° o o i increase Engli the heir to the French throne, who t o I t ettif i Englishman m thean n h t y i m e t t ) l e u r c e a i t education, , o s w h n o u fr l i d e ; s t , : o , s . i b loo to; at the same time be the friends of re tt°- 0 01 It may be said, perhaps, that no ep r soa successfully count erac t th e intrigues ri s t lutis s as M. de TALLEYRAND; a very old man, and the Duke of 1 70 without d ou b t i ng t h e zea l or ability '; TALLEYRAND, may choose to be h's. advocate. Or e A report has been current that the " -$ OOl 5 , Church Reform, which the rill teS is the int en' i on o f Mi n isters t ° r o e forward, will no t b e qu i te s° s 6 7 t iod the public have a right to expec t ' t, perhaps, afte r h av i ng b een l e d to b e i h - 0 ,0 4 Ministers would d o not hi ng i n Ch ur , c " o lest ) this Session, th e y m i g h t rece ive icit" much less than their right, knowing tbawitby ters could, if th e y h a d c h osen , have every thin g . Th e c hi e f reason for ti lll 7: 9 o' the measure o f Ch urc h R e f orm will nc 4 "l o t tl as it ought to he, i s , we b e li eve , the l' ct l l ivis Archbishop of C A NTERB UR Y h a s declor e 0 / 1 satisfied with m an y p arts o f it. EirerY:bis4l) remembers the last charge of the A rc ..o to the clergy of his diocese, must tccii either th a t Mi n i s t ers h ave ma d e irnP r frA i gl' cessions to this c hu rc h man , or that, o 'o period which has elapsed since that eb sr e y made, his own m i n d h as un d er gone 111- Is ol markable cha nge on t h e su bj ec t. T he bf supposition, h owever , i s no t warrante d of experience i n Ch urc h matters , for W e e , always observed that the high churc i l er eo from th e na t ure o f hi s e d ucat i o n, his iri. to and his habits, th e l ast man w h os e mind ex. under the influence of reason. f CO I The charge of th e A rc hbi s h o p 0 fine d BURY, to which we have alluded, on° ,ollowing passage : d " How soon th e s pi r it o f persecut i o n an ha ps 49 91 , avow its designs in this island, it is not per eri el o d , determine; but wh en we are sure t h a t O r 0 4 0 employed with unwearied activity in colleetirigia or f concerting plans of attack, we shall grossly fa : ii . rest a° , 4 l' if with a conviction on our mints that the 113 ; e actr a ,pi ligion, morality, and social order are deeply ',e ( the preservation of our Church Establishrneo".o r e P r" no preparations for defence lam aware th at l ot e t° 0 to the measures best calculated to meet !he r n e- g, fete h gency, and settle the Church on a secure fO tk o f - rh ol great diversity of sentiment. a questi ° %s importance, and opening so many cu nsidera tt ba t rIV principle and detail, it will not Ix! expect ed : , r a r° , hbe ' give my opinions at length on this occasion. ... ° o ,l3 l ''' o e" posed to examine the merits of the various fd an : he been prop ose d f or t h e re f orm o f the Church, 'f IY ment of its constitution, the renovation ° c h t irc"' a ‘ ort' pline, or the r egu l a ti on o f i ts property. The as u`., 6 all institution s un d er t h e d i rection of too , b rt ticmatily defects and imperfections. But a t t d rtst first sight offends, is not always wrong. P l o ci" singly cons id ere d , are pronounced to be fa9lll'Abi. Mood on a l arger survey to po . sess a re l, s tive bole agfboci and to c on t r ib ute b y t h e i r hear i ngs on the A system to a beneficial result. A system 010 A i° , t tea,, t h lre of theoretic perfection, may be exquisitsly a""' e combinations of en curnstances in this mixed Btat is ° l l P, 01 ) In respect to the conduct of affairs more e-P e % p olV e r allowance is necessary ; and things really ohj ecti t tha t possibly be altered fir the worse, if we fl irge ol: 11' fection in wisdom and virtue is not the lot of e After having read this passage of Eh O f bishop's char ge , and knowingthat t e he pittl,o Reverend Prelate has subsequentlY w eel li fhe langu a ge t o th e Cl ergy i n t h e var ious oo 'a which have been held at his Palacegloll the subject, is it possible to believe tha t h at e ( ample m easure o f Ch urc h Reform will 9 I f c support of th e Di gn i tar i es o f t h e Cl' Ll . s rio t - tt l , the Archbi s h o p o f CANTERBURY Ade co altered man, an d E ar l G REY h as not °lto has cessions to him w hi c h h e oug ht not the in j ors it made, the Bi s h o p s , an d their supr r f u ll House of Peers, w ill not a llow the w hich ° re ample measure of Church Reforro, the a s ev e lli have a right to expect, to p a ss wid ic he r tigO r j struggle. We hope to find tha t t tot 1- 4° above alluded to is un A fotiOd h e ci '; e t pi - li.4 1°1 0 )5 ; has a G nd ßE t Y hatli Pres s, dent P re e willnot lo te o m k p f o o r r iz s e u u ppo w r l t t in a tueasii re oaj real Reform from the Independe nt the country at large. i SO "' en 3 Since w • • the riting above, we have b e ` JE ST' that Earl GREY has submitted to his MA/5 pe a real measure of Church Reform , but th3h h / fi e :is met with obstacles in that quarter wh ic it li did not expect. We do not know whatnit there may be in this statement, but Ir b :ie, the unusual bustle observable at the tab offices, yesterday and to-day, and the fre t ': :4 e 31.31- communications betwee n the Ministers, Ito, certain that something e xtraordinary has It certain oicfl'i' if we are to judge from aPP a very satisfactory nature. We 00 °l • te t hardly imagine, however , tha t the Iktt toy 44 toe