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h which he intended to vote in support of tit 's e motion. He was the more desirous to do so, as he stood et a peculiar and singular situation, according to the opi nion expressed by his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary for the Home Department. That Right Hon. Gentleman Lad observed that no person spoke in favour of the motion before the House who did not also profess himself Iw:cur able to a property-tax. He, however, was an bxceptieen amongst those who. should so vote, as he did - d ot desire to recoettnend a property-tax. Nay more,, tlie bias of his mind was against the imposition of suet , , a tax as a substi state for those upon articles of consr•,mption. If it were 4nly to affect the rent of land, it mast, necessarily be partial and heavy upon those to whim", prct:ndice it operated. If it were imposed on the prer d t s o f capital, it would leave the country nearly in the. Game distress which was prevalent at present. He should support the motion fee a Commit tee, hoping that it 'might ascertain to what extent the inconvenience atti:ndant on raising the existing taxes could be abated, or ":ehether the system of inquisitorial inspection conic, not 'oe entirely abolished. It had been justly said that, the taxes on production were ultimately on con surold!,on ; but passing that part of the subject altogether, Ir., thought that the able exposition of the manner of levy.- log taxes at present adopted, which had been made by the Hon. Member for Dover, ought of itself to induce the House to accede to his proposition. Indeed, the recent statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer tended much to the same effect, and it was now high time to in stitute an inquiry for the purpose of deciding whether hel bad adduced solitary instances of his mismanagement in the important matter of taxation. 'When, he asked, had the inexpediency of their mode of taxation been revealed to Ins Majesty's ministers? If they had been aware of it brfare, why did they neglect to alter it until the present se'rsten ; or did they mean to allege that the discovery and reformation were precisely coincident in point of time ? it was but fair to infer that what was true of the beer and leather taxes might be true of many others, in which case ' itwas not unlikely that they were now paying 12,000,000/. a year, which never went to the support of their national expenses. The Noble Lord concluded with deprecating the assumption that those who voted with the Hon. Mem ber for Dover were necessarily friends to the imposition of a property-tax. Ater a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CIIECIITER, and Lord PALMERSTON, in explanation, which were not distinctly heard in the gallery, Mr. P. THOMSON briefly replied. He complained that those Hon. Members who followed him in opposition to his motion left out of consideration the real merits of what lie said, and rested their objections upon inferences as to the object of his motion which he had never intended to draw. They never stated that his proposal would net prove beneficial, hut confined themselves to appealing to the feelings of those who were known to he opposed to a property tax, which it formed no part of his plan to pro pose. It was not his wish to delegate the powers of the Howse to a Committee. All he asked was, for an oppor tunity to get information on the subject of taxation, which would he useful in directing the House in its future pro ceedings as to what taxes were best to be continued or repealed._ The House then divided For the motion, 78 I Against it, 167 I Majority, 89. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Three o'clock. POLICE INTELLICENCE. UNION-HALL Yesterday a Miss Cynthia little, an antiquated damse on the wrong side of 40, who described herself the au thoress of several poems, aria well knosto tn the literary world, was brought before Mr. Swaney, charged with circulating obscene books and prints of an immoral ten dency amongst the inmates of the King's Bench prison. The defendant was dressed in the most fantastic style for a woman of her years, and to heighten her charms she w a s rouged np to the eyes. Colwell, one of the turnkeys of the ptison, stated, that having had information that a number of obscene prints awl poems of the same licentious description had been in trusluced to the gaol by some person, he made a point of ascertaining the individual. After repeated inquiries on the subject, the imitates being ❑nailing to let him into the secret, he at length obtained a sight of a poem, entitled, " Encounter of Venus with a Mad Actor." On reading a page or two of this work, which was i❑ blank verse, he Mond it contained BO notch ohseenity of language, that satisfied him such a production was unfit to be circiCated in such a place as a prison, wig re there was contamina tio❑ enough without the introduction of books of that kind. The turnkey having been informed that a female seas in the habit of calling daily at the prison for the purpose of disposing of prints and books of the descrip tion alluded to, kept a very strict look-out for the "lady," and was successful stopping her at the gate with a bag, in which was a portfolio, containing a great number of prints of the most disgusting nature, beaides several poems, chiefly , of au amatory character, and clothed in language so indecent as to he totally unfit to meet the eye. The moment she was stopped she struagled bard to retain the bag, but finding her entleavoura fruitless she proclaimed herself the owner of the portfolio and its contents, and de clared herself to be the authoress of the poems, adding that she only wanted to let a friend have a sight of her pto dnetions to arouse him, during his solitary confinement in gaol. The turnkey however was deaf to her entreaties to restore the portfolio, and by direction of the Marshal took the defendant into custody, and forthwith brought her, papers and all, to this office. The portfolio was opened for the inspection of the Magistrate, and he turned over the poems in order to ascertain the printer's name, but none appeared to any of the works. There was a great variety, and amongst them were those entitled " The Plaster Cast, or a Phrenological poem." The " Star of Eve, and Cynthia among the Gods." " Tete-a-tete Scenes of various individuals with Venus; particularly her conversation with Haybee, a college youth, which dis plays the mental character of this divinity." " Cupid attacked by Satan." " The trial of Lothario for Seduc tion." " The Passion of Love discussed." The Magistrate inquired whether any person could prove having witnessed the defendant in the act of dis posing of any of the prints or poems now produced? The turnkey, in reply, said that he stopp,l her as she was going out of the prison, but did not see her either sell or exhibit any of them t) public view. Two female servants belonging to the gaol, stated that the defendant called at the room of a prisoner, and re quested them to exhibit the prints to the occupier, to see if he would become a customer. They refused to comply with the request, having received directions should a female of the description of the defendant call there with papers, to refuse her admittance. The Magistrate asked the defendant what she had to say in answer to the charge ? A number of the most obscene prints and books of a very indecent kind were found in her possession. The charge, however, against her was not tOr circulating such abominable tra-sh, but for having books of such a nature in her possession without a printer's name affixed to any of them. The defendant, in a soft tone of voice, implored to have a private interview with the Magistrate, intimating, that as she saw reporters present, she felt great diffidence in ex ptaining the cause of her present unhappy situation. If the Magistrate was only pleased to give her the desired op portunity of explaining herself, she would satisfy him that dice necessity compelled her to write in the strain of the poems now produced. She had written some on moral subjects, but found they had no sale, and, on changing the style, and reversing the subject, she then found that she obtained readers for her works. The Magistrate said that no hope of reward could have justified her in penning such a lewd and wicked writing. If she ever had possessed a respectable character in the world, it would now be blasted for ever, and most de servedly so ; for her conduct was even worse than the most degraded of unfortunate women daily placed at the bar of that office. She had represented that she was well known in the literary world. If such was the ease—an assertion, however, which he was disposed to place very little de pendence upon—it was high time that the character of her writings should be proclaimed, in order to have her works scouted from all decent society. The defendant again applied for a private interview, but this was rejected by the 'Magistrate, who intimated his de termination not to hold any private communication with a woman capable of acting as she had done. The defendant declared her intention to write no more in the same st ra i n . Sh e was at present engage d on a sub ject of great importance—namely, the Catholic question, which was nearly ready for the Press, and ii she was only permitted to go at large and finish the article, she should abandon all poetry, and stick to writing in prose, for the benefit of her fellow-creatures. The Magistrates having consulted, inflicted a fine of 201. on the defendant, for having a hook in her poss,s s i o „ o f an immoral description, without the printer's name affixed to it, and in default of payment she was committed to the Howse of Correction for the space of four calendar months. An adjourned Inquest was held on Tuesday last, at Dublin, on the body of Mr. O'GRADY, who fell in the late unhappy duel with Captain SMITH. Nothing material tran•pired at the inquisition, which was still far ther adjouractl tg Wctluviday, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1830. We received the following this morning from our Paris Correspondent "PARIS, MARCH 24, " An extraordinary sensation was for a moment excited at the French Court in the month of January last, by the announcement of a pamphlet under the taking title of Ileve!lations aux Chat - arcs sur l'Assassinat du Duc de Berri.' This feeling was the mere intense, as the author avowed himself under the name of Lieutenant-Colonel the Baron de St. Clair, and intimated that the forthcoming publication would be sold at his own residence. When the work appeared, it was found to contain an open accusation against several distinguished individuals, as having been privy to the murder of his late Royal Highness the Duke de Berry, and particularly the Dukes Decazes, d'Escars, and de Maillv, the Viscount Paultre de Lamothe, and the Count Lyon, who are boldly accused of having been the accomplices of Louvel, the actual perpetrator of time deed. " Au action having been raised against the author and the printer before the tribunal of Correctional Police, at the instance of the eminent individuals who were thus aspersed, the cause was yesterday set down for hearing, and the Court was filled at an early hour with crowds of foreign officers, Peers of France, and other persons of distinction, to witness the proceedings. The principal defendant ap peared at the bar very richly dressed, and covered with a profusion of foreign orders and decorations, among which were observed those of St. Ann and St. George of Russia. and the Crescent of the Ottoman Empire. In person he is tall and thin, Lis face long. his hair very light, wearing large and red monist:it:hoes. His eyes are small, indiffe rently matched, and evidently weak, as they seemed to be greatly dazzled by the light. The general cast of his countenance is languid and phlegmatic, he appeared to week with difficulty, his right hand was cased in a sort of iron gauntlet, but..he discovered no want of confidence in the air with which he surveyed the audience, casting a look of disdainful indignation and defiance on the host of wit nesses arrayed against him. " According to the custom in the courts of this country, which appears much more efficient than ours for the accom plishment of the great object of judicial inquiry, that of expiscating the truth, the accu'ed was interrogated by the bench on the subject of his identity, and his author ship of the incriminated publication. He declared that his neme was Charles Ferdinandee, Baron de St. Clair — that he was horn at Landau, in Alsace, in 1779—that ' witit the exception of sane verbal emendations, he was the .ele author of the pamphlet—and that the printer could not have been fully acquainted with its contents, as he only sent him a few sheets at a time. " Before the Court proceeded to the examination of the witnesses, the counsel for the defendant interposed to move that the trill be postponed for a fortnight, ae sufficient time had not been afforded for the examination of the docu ments intended to be produced in justification ; he urged, moreover, that the accused being now in custody, was de in ived of the means of procuring other documents essen tial to his defence. It was further stated by counsel, that the Court having been moved for a provisional discharge out of custody, that course had been opposed on the part of the plaintiffs, and as that question was still a lis pen dens, he objected to proceed to trial until the preliminary matter had been disposed of: It was, however, decided by the Court that the witnesses for the prosecution should then be heard, without prejudice to the renewal of the defendant's application for his enlargement from custody, before proceeding with his defence. " The first witness was the Count de Noe, an emi vent Nobleman of the highest character, who deposed, that having had the honour to serve the British Govern ment in India, he there knew the defendant by the name of NPLean, as a Captain in the 78th Regiment of Font. While residing some years afterwards in the Isle of Wight, he there again met with the defendant, who asked him for an introduction to the Major Commandant, and in presence of the witness stated to that: officer that he had lost cer tain certificates of wounds which he described, and at the same time asked him for a fresh one. This was given in consequence of the witness's introduction, anti to show how easily the public purse is drawn upon in England, it was stated, that two pensions hal been obtained by means of these certificates, each au:ounting to 1001. per annum, but that the falsehood of the facts thus certi fied, having afterwards been discoved M`Lean, when on the eve of being brought to a Court-martial for the fraud, had suddenly left England when his name was erased from the Army List. The next time the witness met the defendant was in the year 1815, in the gal dens of the Tuileries. lie heard a voice behind him, which he in stantly knew to he that of 111`Lean, and said so to the Countess de Noe, who was walking with him. The wit nese turned and saw the defendant in the uniform of a French Colonel, with a number of decorations at his but ton-hole ; but on discovering that he was recognised, he instantly disappeared among the crowd. About two months ago, Count Noe added, that being on duty at the Tuileries, he dined there with Prince Polignac, who introduced the subject of the pam phlet which had just appea red, and stated that it was by a Baron St. Clair, whom the Prince described so minutely, as to make the witness exclaim it was un doubtedly the portrait of his old acquaintance M`Lean. The witness in consequence went to the house of the de fendant to buy the pamphlet, and having again recognised him, observed that he had not always borne the name of St. Clair ; but the defendant stoutly denied his identity with the Cptain M'Lean of the 78th, or that he had ever been in India or the Isle of Wight. " The second witness, Colonel Gurwood, proved that . . he knew the defendant as ALjor M‘Lean in the Portuguese service. The sane fact was also established by another English officer named Knox, who declared that, although he had not seen him for IS years, he recollected bins as perfectly as if he had never lost sight of him. Major Fry, another English officer, declared, that he had known the defendant in Egypt and at Goa, under the name of 'lf•Lean. The defendant, however, persisted in declaring hi•s ability to prove himself the Colonel Baron de St. Clair. " Witneslses were then heard on the part of General l'aultre de Lamothe, whose testimony went to prove the falsehood of the statements contained in the publication complained of after which the further helriDtir of the cane was postponed for eight days, k terms of the defend ant's request• " In the absence of any private intelligence as to the present state of political affairs in Paris on which I can bid you rely, I enclose some extracts from our two English prints, some part of which may possibly be new to you." The following are extracts from the Gazette de France of Thursday, and the Mcssager des Chatnbres and Moniteur of Wednesday:— of Holberg-Stolberg, at the age of 80, after a short illness, on the 20th of February. The Count was Major in the service of the King of SAXONY. Accounts have been received from Sidney to the 23d Oct. last ; they had had fine rains, and bread was failing in consequence, and meat getting up to the usual market price, which had been as low as 11-d. per pound, farmers being obliged to sell their cattle from want of grass or fodder for them. From an article in a Maltese Journal, which has just come to baud, we learn that the Trial by Jury has been just introduced into the law of that island. We have no space to claer into particulars to- day, but refer our readers to the excellent speech of Mr. PAULETT THomrsoN upon the effects of taxation generally, and, in particular, as it re gards the Newspaper Press. Upon this subject we may also recommend the letter extracted from that intelligent Paper the Scotsman, which will be found in another part of The Sun. Though it is a received maxim that no deli berate discussion is without its use, we are almost disposed to doubt whether the protracted debate on Mr. DAVENPORT'S motion has been worth the time that has been spent in speechifying. There is an old law proverb, that a Fraud lurks in loose generalities ;" and, truly, no greater opening for all sorts of delusion ca❑ be conceived lan a Committee which would have embraced the consideration of fifty different questions at once—would have unsettled matters which had been considered as set at rest for ever—and would have excited hopes throughout the country which could not by any possibility have been gratified. Giving every credit, therefore, to Mr. DAVENPORT, and his supporters, for their con scientious fulfilment of what they believed to be their duty under the circumstances in which the country at present labours, we think the House have acted rightly in refusing to enter into an inquiry of so very general a nature as that sought for. The motion being, moreover, intended to throw an indirect censure upon Ministers, without any just or sufficient cause, was on this account to be reprobated, as tending to weaken the public confidence in a Govern ment, which, whatever may be its errors, has not shown any inattention to our domes tic situation, nor any culpable indifference to the complaints and wants of the people. There has not, at any time, been a Government more alive to public opinion than that of the Duke, of WELLINGTON, and though the borough-mon gering and aristocratical influence preponderates against the scale in which the general interest is placed ; yet its mischievous power is insufficient to prevent the popular voice from gradually weighing it down. The Government is far from resisting the sway of the aristocracy to the ex tent it ought to do, but it is not a sufficient reason for a factious opposition to it, that it does not, or cannot, effect all the good that is to be derived. There are, already, indications of the return of activity to the manufacturing districts ; and the advance of the spring will naturally add vi gour to their operations. A propitious harvest may, after two bad years, be not unreasonably looked for, which will, in a great measure, re vive the spirits of the agricultural interest. To encourage despondency is to make bad worse, and to dilate upon the good old times of the war is as idle as it is mischievous. The higher classes, who have the means of much private benevo lence in their power, should talk less about dis tress, and do more to relieve it. The ability to live in, and enjoy, all the luxuries which the me tropolis can furnish, is no evidence of any pecu- liar state of suffering; and when we look to the increase in the use of plate, and in the consump tion of coAly wines—to the high prices which articles of virtu, such as pictures, still fetch— and to the constant routine of entertainments at the west end of the town,—we certainly cannot admit that our nobility and gentry have any great reason to complain, so far as themselves are con cerned. Nor can we look, as some do, upon the increase of luxury, as injurious to the country, whilst every addition to the luxuries of the rich—to the splendour of the gilded drawing room, or to the brilliancy of the most finely dressed lady—is a certain excitement to industry, and a means of subsistence for the poor. It cannot be supposed that the causes which swollen the incomes of Englishmen, as compared with those of the inhabitants of otio: countries, are likely to be perpetul. The English landlord cannot reasonably expect that he will for ever travel on the Continent, as Milord Anglois, com manding the exclusive reverence of the hotel, keepers and lacqueys de place, and turning the French and Italian Nobility from the saloon to the entresol, and from the entresol to the garret . These things will in due time find their level. We have got the start of the world in our powers of production ; but other nations are becoming active, and will interfere more and more with our markets. Our best chance of retaining our supremacy is, by alleviating the burthens upon our industry, by relieving that industry from monopolies, and by allowing it to turn itself into the most productive channels. But so long as the legislature listens to those who prate about the currency—who uphold Corn Laws and Chartered Companies—who scoff at Free Trade—and who vote against re trenchment, and the reduction of taxes—there is little hope of the preservation of our ascen dancy over other nations. If we have antago nists to contend with, our best prospect of pre vailing is, not by strait-lacing and fettering our selves, but by freely using the strength we pos i Sess. SPRING TIDES.—On Friday morning next, the spring tide is expected to rise higher in the Severn than for many years past, consequently the singular and magnificent phenomenon of the Ilygre or Severn Boar will be seen to great advantage at the Parting, or at Stone bench, three miles below this eity...—Chltenhani Own, SHIPPING IN i ELLIGENCEe-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH 25.—Arrived the Fox, from the Medi terranean. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 25.—Wind W..—Arrived the Harmony, Church, from New South Wales. Sailed the Hope transport, for Cork. FALMOUTH, MARCH 24.—Wind W. to W.N.W.— Arrived his Majesty's steamer Comet, from the Mediterra nean, sailed from Corfu the 3d inst., Malta the sth, Gibraltar the 16th, and Cadiz the 18th. Sailed the King fisher packet, for Plymouth ; and his Majesty's steamer Meteor, for ditto. LIVERPOOL, MAncit 24.—Arrived the Navy, Newell, from New Orleans ; Lima, Wylie, and Envoy, Wheaton, from Savannah ; and Amethyst, Nye, from Charleston. — _ _ PENZANCE, MARCH 24.—Off port the John Frederick, Besarg, from Havanna, and the Grampus, from Charleston GRAVESEND, MARCH 25.—Sailed the Marquis of Huntley, for New South Wales. The Amethyst, Coithead, from Sydney, has arrived at Liverpool—sailed the Sth of November, and from Van. Dieman's Land the 2d December. . _ The Aruveda, Pepe, from St. Übe's, basarrived at Cork. The Albion, Gell, from Leghorn, hal arrived at Pen zance. The Rosebank, Boyd, from Belfast, and the Margaret Maier, Barron, from Dublin, have arrived at Charleston. The Lady F e versham, Ellerhy, from London, for New South Wales, has arrived at Portsmouth. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL V R 0' CL 0 CK. Hobart Town Papers to the 29th Nov., and Sydney to the 21st. Oct., have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. They are rather interest ing in regard to two subjects. An official account has been published relating to the Swan River, the other is the case of Ikey Solomons. From the Hobart Town Papers of the 2lst Nov., we have the pleasure of laying before our readers the follow ing authentic and interesting particulars of the Swan River : Colonial Secretary Office, Nov. 19. Sta,—Much interest and considerable contrariety of opinion appearing to prevail in the colony, respecting the new settlement of the Swan River, I have been authorized by his Excellency, Lieutenant-Governor Arthur, to send you the following extract : Transport ship Georgiana, Gage's Roads, 0ct.18,1829. have the honour to acquaint your Excellency that we sailed from Partridge Island on the 2d Sept., and after experiencing very heavy weather, came to anchor in these roads on Monday, the sth instant, to obtain fresh supplies of wood and water. With regard to the anchorage, it is generally admitted to be decidedly unsafe, from its being exposed to the swell of the ocean from the W.N.W. to nearly N.N.E. In a gale just before our arrival the Marquis of Anglcsea was driven on shore; there is a very bad bar at the entrance of the river, which is most dangerous, being studded with rocks, some of which appear above water, and extend nearly across, leav ing a very narrow passage for small boats even within the, bar, which has not more than from four to five feet water. The navigation, except for the flattest light empty beats, is interrupted by extensive shoals, stretching across the river for an extent of more than one mile and a half; after which a deep channel, taking a most zigzag course, may be traced for about six miles till the site intended for the town of Perth comes in view, when it again becomes very difficult from extensive mud flats. The north and south heads of the river are two flats with broken rocks, and round the S.E. of the southernmost is the only landing place for the cattle and stores ; the landing-place is both inconvenient and unsafe. Cockburn Sound is said to be a safe anchorage. In regard to the soil, the lands upon the Swan River, commencing about four miles above the town, appear to be very fine, and especially well-watered flats along both banks of the river, and are considered by the country bred people to be very good, and certainly very superior to any that I have seen in New South Wales. The flats are extremely rich, looking most beautiful. Altogether the appearance of the land is highly favourable for the purposes of colonization. There are cow seven vessels at anchor in these roads." Isis SOLOMONS.—We mentioned in our last that a person of the name of Ikey Solomon had been committed to prison, charged with having committed certain offences in England. Mr. Gallibrand, having obtained an Habeas Corpus, moved on Monday for his discharge on grounds so conclusive, that we apprehend it is impossible to contro vert them. The Attorney-General opposed the applica tion, and the Chief Justice not having decided, we forbear entering into particulars on the subject. We have much pleasure in stating that his Excellency the Governor kindly consented that Mrs. Solomons, a Crown prisoner, should be permitted to remain with her little infant family for their protection. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Risk 5:t0 ,,, - shut South Sea Stock .... ..... :; per Cent. Red. - - shut OM Annuities — 3 per Cent. Cons. • - 92.) , i 1 , 3 A New Ditto — . /2 'per ~., ,a t. I`,itt;.lleti... :.% Ditto • - litl. 7S 79 pm. _ . -- 1 per Cent. Ann. 102%% ? i f, Ditt0............500 :/cl. 78 79 ;Tin. Ditto, 1828 abut Ditto lid. 78 79 pm. Ban;,. 61.. Ann. Ditto 30 fears ..,,,..., - Ditto lid. 79 80 pin. Ditto 50 yeel'a - Bank for Account 219 India Stock shut India for Account =- Pitta Bonds SO 81 pm. Cons. for April 16 • • • 92N%• r*JCES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. `MIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Atistri;,n Bonds Brazilian Bonds , - • ;Peruvian Bonds l97i Buenes it•yres Bends —lPortuguese Bonds — Chilian Bonds .'.. ...2il; Prus,ian, Old Colombian Ponds - 'atto, New — Ditto, 1821 Danish 75% Spanish, :821 14% Greek Ponds —•-• !823 — 1 ,, t0, 19 9 5 .,... 40 French Rcntcs, sp. c. if7f. ...-e. Guathrela — '-- Exchange 251. 70,-. ileitcan Bonds .... 29 —3 per cent. —f. Ago, 18723 — Exchange —f. ?DICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brarilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 511,4 79 Ditto National lO 19 PRICES OF 'Mini STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 23, Bank Stock ...„ 2 - ,..N A. Patrick I nsur. (per sh.) Consols, 3 per cent. ..” 91% !loyal Irish Ditto — Gov. Stock, 3M per cent. 9914 'National Ditto — Ditto, New t per Cent —l/libernian Dark — t:iov. Deli. 3% er cent —lProvinelel Dltto — Royal Canal StocK 4714 I Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock ..... ~.. 25 1 ,i :Imperial Mine -- City Deb. 4 per cent —lMining Co. of Ireland 13allast Office Deb. 4p. c. —;Commercial Buildings — Arrived. D. Arrived. O America . 0 O Brazil O 13•.1`.', , 1bs Ay te. 0 O Carthagen a 0 1 Dublin 0 O Fimylcrs 1 France 0 O Guernsey &Jersey 0 Du e. O Hamburg 4 0 Holland ......... 1 O Jamaica 1 O Leeward Islands O Lisbon 0 O Mexico O Sweden 1 Waterford lilGii WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ... 6 minutes after 4. I Evening...2s minutes after 4. TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. Committee Room, London Tavern, Monday, March 15. rrilE TRADE COMMITTEE inform their Brethren throughout the Country that they are anxiously and zealously engaged in the endeavour to protect their Property arid Interests. They sit daily, and request to be favoured with Subscriptions towards the expense of the Petition to the House of Commons, and any communications for the general welfare. , - . ~,. , f4.7-4-A i fs ~i!,43t. , --i•r ,- ...1* ,tf• - IPT - - ;4'1•1 r ... --,-,:ii'-.. , , e ..--- , _._ N.J. , .f,c,. c .1 ,- , -- „,„, , (~..., ,_ ,_ " INVENTIONS OF THE DAY. " The Journal du Commerce.—A list of a recomposed Administration was in circulation yesterday on 'Change, and obtained some degree of belief. It is as follows : M. de 'Villele, Minister of Finance ; M. de Peyronnet, Minister of the Interior ; M. de Vitrolles, Minister of the Marine ; M. Guernon de Ranville, Minister of Justice. M. Montbel will be appointed peer of France. " The same.—We can assert that MM. Frenilly and Dudon were received members of the Congregation, on Sunday, the 11th inst., in the upper chapel of tt•e foreign missions. Father Ronsin, who delivered a discourse on that occasion, had taken for text the words of the Gospel—. He who is ashamei of me before men, I will be ashamed of him before God.' " A private letter from Malta, dated the 11th of March, announces that the Russian squadron had sailed on that morning from the Baltic. " A private letter from Madrid states, that the official announcement of the Queen's being enceinte bad been made public. " AI. de Bourmont is expected to leave Paris about the 15th of April. M. de Polignac o ill sign the documents of his department during his absel ce. " The orders for the departure of the Generals, form ing part of the expedition, have not yet been sent off. It is expected the expedition will sail (bout the 7th or 12th of April. Several Colonels of regiments, named for the expedition against Algiers, have Pent in their resignations. The names of three of those who have resigned are men. tioned,—Journal du Commerce. "AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAYTI. "We have intelligence from Ilayti to the 10th ult., which confirms what we have already given respecting the departure of the Spanish frigate Cusilda, and the refusal of Hayti to yield to the demands made by Geu. Castro, in the name of his Government, for the restitution of the eastern part of Hayti to Spain. We are enabled to lay before our readers the following Proclamation, issued by President Boyer on this occasion : " Haytians,—The King of Spain has claimed from the Republic the restitution of the eastern part of Hayti. The answer to this demand cannot require a moment's hesitation. It is dictated by our Constitution of Decem ber, 1806, which declares:—The island of Hayti (for merly called St. anningo), with the adj scent isles de pendent upon it, form the territory of the Republic of Hayti. " The founders of the social compact which governs us, in proclaiming, at that period, the national wish, in no deuee encroached upon the possessions of his Catholic Majesty ; they only exercised a right rendered sacred by the example of so many civilized nations, and from which necessarily results that principle of self-preservation which has created the existence and guaranteed the security of almost all nations. " "The ancient Spanish colony, fur a long time aban doned to itself, became, in 1795, by the treaty of Basle, an integral part of the French Colony of St. Domingo. ' When, in 1802, an expedition was sent here, to deprive us of those liberties we bad acquired at the price of so many sae: ifices, the proscription extended, as is well known, even to the eastern districts of the island. There, as in the western provinces, the shores and seas were dyed with the Wool of our unfortunate fellow-countrymen. Thus, when by the aid of Providence, the glorious resistance made by the Haytians had forced the invaders to capitu late, was it not the incontestible right of a regenerated people to consider and declare, as necessary to its pre servation and future security, the integrity and indivisibility of the whole of the territory? This island, formerly inhabited by one indigenous race, from the time when it was invaded by the Spaniarib, b: came the theatre of long and bloody wars ; for soon after they had to defend themselves against the French, who endeavoured and succeeded in establishing them selves. Neither the ties of consanguinity, which united • the Sovereigns of the two nations, nor even the most solemn treaties, were sufficient to restrain their rivalry. " If two nations, having the same form of govern ment, were not able to live together on this soil in peace and good neighbourhood, it is a lesson that ought not to be lost upon us ; it teaches us that a nascent people, created by liberty, cannot, without endangering its national exist ence, remain in contact with a people governed by institu tions of an opposite character. " Citizens of the Eastern Country ! Inhabitants of St. Domingo, of St. lago, of -Neyba, of the Vega, of Porto-Plata, and other dependencies of this Government ! You who, in 1820, immediately on the downfall of the oppressor of the north, hastened to send to me numerous deputations, manifesting your impatience for, and calling upon me to establish, the blessings of a Republican Con stitution—you have not forgotten the paternal advice I then gave you, with regard to existing circumstances, in order to moderate your anxious eagerness, and prevent the unhappy results commonly resulting from commetions produced by too great excitement—. You then duly appreciated the solicitude and pru dence of the government which preserved you from the dangers with which you were threatened, and procured you the peaceable enjoyment of the invaluable ad vantages which you have possessed for eight years. You will be faithful to the wish you have pronounced, and, to gether with all the sons of Hayti, you will remember your origin, and that African blood flows in your veins. Evil be to hint who shall give way to treacherous suggestions ; he wilt infallibly become the victim of his own blind cre dulity ! Let the fulfilment of your oath to defend your country be ever in your hearts a sacred duty , and let t he Tree of Liberty I have had the happiness of planting in th e _ midst of you, constantly send forth fruitful and indestruc tible roots. Haytians After these incontestible facts, establishing the rights of the Republic to the occupation and preservation of the whole territory of Hayti, it would be vain in the present day to pretend that the Eastern Di vision, because it fell accidentally under the Spanish flag, from 1809 to 1821, should not be considered as a part of our acquisitions. In fact, by the emancipation of this di vision ; by the rupture of the bonds between it and the mother country, and by its voluntary incorporation with our Constitution, is it not incontestible that it has only exercised the same prerogatives as those assumed by the Batavians, the Portuguese, and the citizens of North America, to establish their independence? Whatever may be the obstinacy of the absurd prejudices that would deny to our country the rights which we have acquired by the same means as these acknowledged States, our resolution to defend them to the last moment of our existence can never be shaken. " 6We have declared to the universe that our desire is to lire in peace with all nations ; it is an express law im posed upon us by our Constitution ; we are resolved to revect at all times the security of those States which do not molest ours ; but if ever our territory should be vio lated, we shall be free to act against our aggressors, and will place our destiny in the hands of the Sovereign Arbi ter of the fate of nations and of kings. " ' Given at the National Palace, at Port-au-Prince, this 6th February, 1530, year 27 of the independence of Hayti. " BOYER.' " A letter which accompanies this proclamation says : It will not be long before we shall know whether this step of the Spanish Government may not be attributed to an intention to sound the Ilaytian Government as to its disposition to grant an indemnity, which would be ac ceptable no doubt, to replenish the Treasury of the Ha vanna!), exhausted by the expensive and fruitless attempt of General Barradas. We are unwilling to suppose that the benevolent disposition of Spain towards France has induced her to second in a manner so singular the object of the French Commissioner sent to Port-au-Prince.' (Front the London Express, Paris, March 21.) We regret that we cannot compensate our readers for the total absence of news from London, by decisive intelli gence respecting the contemplated measures and further arrangements of the French Ministry. Various rumours were afloat yesterday respecting extensive changes in the Cabinet, none of which we could trace to an authentic source. The most probable was, that M. de Villele, whose trartscendant talents qualify him for the highest situation in the State, was again to enter upon office, as President of the Council, in the room of Prince Polignac, who is to be appointed Minister of the Household, the place formerly filled by the Due de Blacas. FasNeu FUNDS.—PARIS, MARCH 21-.—Five per Cents., lea. 60c. ; Four and a Ilan' per Cents., 105 f. 60e. ; hour per Cents., 1020 10e. 15c. • ' Three per Cents., 831. 75c. 80c. 83c. 95c • Bank Stock, 1,900 ; Rentes de Naples, 92f. SOc. 85c. 90c. 85c.. 'Reines d'Espagne, 12% 13 1274 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 89a4 ; itcntes pe t ue lle d'Espagne, 74 7- 1 .14 3sa ; Hasti an Loan, 5271. 50c. 5300 527 f. 50e. —Exchange on London —One month, paper, 25f. 65c. ; money, 25f. 65c. ; three months, paper, 2Sf. 50c. ; money, 25f. 50z.—Cours Authentique. • The German Papers received this day con tain no intelligence of moment. A Frankfort Journal announces the death of Count GEORGE THE FUNDS. Consols opened at the same price they left off yesterday, 92Y1 for the Account, and 9211 for Money, with little or nothing doing at present. The Foreign :Market is now in a stagnant state. Bank Stock, India Stock, 3 per Cent Cuns. 9.2,11 Do. for Account, 92i 1 Ditto Reduced, ENGLISH FJNDS. 31 per Cent. New 4 per Cent., 10:4 7 :- 4 per Cent. 1826, India Bonds, SO 81 Exchequer Bills, 78 79 FOREIG. FUNDS. Greek, 39 40 Mexican, 301 11 Peruvian, 191 20 Portuguese, 59 60 Prussian, Russian, 1104 Spanish, l 4 2 TWO O'CLOCK. The accounts received at Hobart Town, from the Swan River, by the Amity, Captain Owen, are of the 29th Nov. There were three vessels in the port. The num ber of settlers was estimated at from 350 to 400 ; but se veral vessels were expected from England, full of passes. gers. The expectations of the settlers were somewhat dis appointed, the quality of the soil not being near equal to what they anticipated. Several exploring parties had been in various parts of the interior, but all the good land was reckoned at 3,000 acres. At Perth they were engaged in building dwelling-houses and stores, but at Fremantle they were all residing in canteens, brought out from Eng land. The English had no where met with the French, who were supposed to have formed a settlement at Sharks' Bat', about 400 miles to the northward of Swan Itiver. The Consol Market has continued, during the morning, without the least interest, and scarce any fluctuation has taken place. They are the same at present as when they opened, 92i ± for the Account, and 92/ for money. The Foreign Market is in the same state, without a feature worth observation, and the prices are much the same as yesterday. Accounts from Alexandria, dated Feb. 3, state that the French brig Eclipse had arrived from Toulon with Alex ander fladder. The cause of his return is not known. • The Pacha was at Delta, and Ibrahim was at Dametti. 7 HREE 0' CLOCK. Consols for Account, 92i. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 92 L j Danish 75i Brazilian, 701 71 Buenos Ayres, 32 34, Chilian, Colombian, 204 211 Danish, French, 5 per Cent. 10C, 7 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 831 II Do. for Act Co: n B ,A,ds Buenos Ayres Chinon Do. 261 Columbian, 1824. Greek, 1823 40} Mexican, 1825 Peruvian 194 Russian Spanish 14i THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of all kinds of Grain this week are consi derable, with a good arrival of Flour. The Wheat trade is dull at Monday's prices, except for prime parcels, which are very scarce. Barley remains as last repotted. Beans are rather dearer. Pease unaltered. The Oat trade is not quite so brisk as of late, but Monday's prices are main tained. Flour unvaried. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I3arley. Oats. Flour. English (3,5110 q rs. 11,151 qrs. 10603 qrs. 9,G00 sacks. Irish - 11 , ,9(Y) I. reign - brls. A correspondent in Enniskillen states, that the trials of the Macken•men commenced on Friday, and two of them, IGN (TILTS CALLAGHAN, and a person named 11I'Ilarrx, were given in charge to a jury, upon which there was not one Catholic. CALLAG HA N was found guilty, and sentenced by Judge JEBB, before whom the trial took place, to he hanged this day. Our correspon dent states, that the town of Enniskillen is in a consider able state of excitement with respect to those trials, as 19 more are in prison, charged with the same offence of which CALLAGHAN was found guilty. It is said that the friends of the unfortunate man have forwarded a memorial to the to the LORD LIEOTEXANI,--Dublin Morning E,gister. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The ilerehant of Venice was performed here last night, on which occasion Miss Faicrtr liemULE • took her benefit, and was received with tumultuous applause by one of the most crowded houses wp ever saw. Altegethcr. ,l l . her Portia was an admirable performance. When she came upon the stage (beautifully, though not perhape ireb, dressed in pink and blue, ornamented with silver), she was received with every possible demonstration of sitisfaCtion . ; and deafening shouts were sent, up by the pit, and'sent, down by the galleries, succeeded by the continued clap ping of innumerable hands. It was like the bursting of male huge bellowing wave upon the beach, followed by the multitudinous rattle occasioned by the retiring waters, or like a roll of heavy thunder, after which comes a pelting hail-storm ; either simile will answer the purpose; but still neither can give a correct notion of the effect upon the car. She advanced to the middle of the stage, with a step of obviously assumed resolution, and there, with her hand upon her heart, inade repeated and graceful obeisances; last she seemed quite overcome by her situation, and tally shed tears, which she was obliged to wipe away;- but fortunately never lost her self-possession, although the more she suffered the less mercy the audience seemed disposed to show her. When she began speaking to Nerisya (Miss Ner.soN), the effect was apparent in the tremulousness of her voice; but she soon recovered, and played so well, with so much case, both of utter ance and action (with the assistance of a feather fan), that we are convinced, when Miss FAN NY KEstutz becomes more at home in the part, she will prove that her talent for comedy is scarcely inferior to her genius for tragedy, excepting in as far as all talent is inferior to . - . genius. The casket-scene is of a more serious cast, and. here noth:ng was wanting, excepting, perhaps, that it ought to have been performed a little nearer the front of the stage: her bve•play while Bassani° was making his choice was very just and skilful. We dislike the fifth act of the play (if we may venture to dislike anything by. SHAKsrEARE); but it cannot be omitted, nor easily. curtailed : it was written for male actors of female parts in an age of little refinement, and we pity any young lady who is compelled to give point to the too unambiguous passages of the t. xt. Of the trial scene, which fills very nearly the whole of the fourth act, and where ends the career of Shylocl, we may remark that we by no means concur with some who sat near us, that there was too. much formality in the air of Miss F. Kitatitlx: every. body knows that Portia is playing a part—the part of a judge : --ruid without being stiff, it is necessary that she . .. . should assume, in some speeches, a severe manner and a d.gtnatical tone. Yet her feelings ought not to allow her to keep it op always, and the mode in which Miss F. KEMELE uttered the words " Be merciful; Take thrice thy money ; bid me tear the bond," ' was excellent both in delivery and in the hasty action which accompanied it on this account. The Irincipal. and well-known passage, beginning with, the line " The quality of mercy is not strained," could not have been beat's' pronounced—with a sweeter tone or more moving atc- . cent, and whatever Shylock might have done, we would , have defied any moiern Jew, even from the Stock change, to have resisted it. Without attempting to go over particular passages marked by long and loud applauses, we may remark on the whole performance, that there was nothing overdone, for Miss KE➢LBLE has too much taste and good sense ever to offend on the side of rant and ex travagance. Several things no doubt will be heightened in the repetition even on Seurday, and so far the part of Portia may be improved'; but as it was exhibited last . _ night, with our critical anxiety to find fault, we can re— collect nothing to blame. The older C. KEMBLE grows the better he seems to act, and yet, excepting that we have had him so long before our eyes, we see no evidence that a single year has elapsed since he first undertook the part of Charles Surface. His Shylock is much superior to what we expected to find it, and in all the great scenes he was great : it was only in the inferior portion.; that he failed by attempting to do too much. Thus when, in Act 11., he is parting from'Jea- sica, having given her directions to shut up his house, he ' delivered the less important linos with a degree of empha-. sis that seemed to us too laborious and injurious to the impression and effectiveness of the more important pas sagel: we refer especially to the Observation— • • " Perhaps I will return Immediately," and the citation of the proverb which follows. We•did' not quite like the dropping upon the knees with the worde,:: " Thank God," in the interview with Tubal, perhapkost, account of its novelty ; it seemed too much—ton violent even for the necessary contrast of the alternate passages of joy and grief. The only fault of the trial scene was that which has now, perhaps, betn established by custom; we mean that when Portia proposes that Shylock should ' have a surgeon present, he is !wide• to take the instrument in his hand, and after poring over it to return with the remark. ' cannit find it : 'tis not in the bond."—lf he look at it at all it should only he for an instant i❑ derision and mockery, well knowing that there was no such con dition. All the other parts were well acted, and Worm took the inferior part of Antonio for the sake of making the cast complete. ABBOT may be advised to make a few . • judicious pauses, and to study more the meaning of the words he now seems to utter mechanically. Miss NELSON'S Nerissa was hardly sufficiently shrewd. At the close ABBOT came forward, but was compelled , to retire, which he did with a good grace; and the curtain rising immediately afterwards, Miss F. KEMBLE and all the performers engaged in the last scene were discovered. She was led forward by Aattor, and acknowledged in the usual manner, and with some apparent gratification, the tumultuous applauses of the whole house, which stood up - to greet her. After the curtain fell, ABISOT again at tempted to be heard, but he was driven back by a volley of shouts for C. KEmut.r, who soon afterwardi made his ap- pearauce in a plain morning suit. As soon as he could obtain a hearing, - he. apologised for his dress, not expecting such an honour, and announced, that " in consequence of the flattering manner in which the audience had deigned t o receive the play (meaning of course the performance, though he modestly gave it to the production), it would he repeated on Saturday, and on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday in next week." He was then allowed to retire, repaying in bows what the spectators bestowed in vociferous contributions. DItURY-LANE THEATRE. The new farce, under the title of Perfection ; or, t/c Lady of Munster, founded on a tale in one of the An nuals, the point of which depends upon a young lady being represented to her lover to have a cork leg and sundry other slight imperfections, was; successful last night. Madame VESTRIS played the heroine with considerable spirit. JONES was the hero, and was very lively. The dialogue is passable. CORK ELECTION. (From the Cork Constitution of Tuesday.) MONDAY—EIGHTH DAY. Notwithstanding the exhausted state of the constituency, it was evident from the numbers in town this morning, that the candidates and dick friends had been very active since the adjournment on Saturday. The streets in the neighbourhood of the booths were crowded, and the activity o❑ both sides had not been exceeded since the elec tion began. As usual, Mr. Callaghan took the lead in the Freemens' booths and kept it throughout the day-- and at one time the majority ran so high that it was gene rally rumoured the election would finally close in the even-- ing. The friends of Mr. Newenham rallied again in the Freeholders' booths, and were successful, as almost all the Liberals of the Chamber of Commerce were brought up to poll. At four the candidates appeared on the hustings s urrounded by a vast number of their friends. The Court was almost crowded to suffocation. The mobility were loud in their approbation or disapprobation of the candi dates, and their friends and agents—boisterous merriment and badinage were indulged in to excess, until the arrival of the Sheriffs from the Assessor's room, which put an end to the political and personal warfare, and the state of the Poll was declared as follows t—. .- - Freemen. Freeholders. For Mr. Callaghan;... 58 Newenham... 53 GROSS POLL. For Mr. Callaghan .... 1,051 Mr. Newenham Majority for Mr. Callaghan -----40 This announcement ww•as received with tremendous cheer ing and waiving of hats by th e friends on both sides...—. Those in the interest of Mr. Callaghan expressed them . selves confident of success, and asserted that from the ex piring effort of the opposite side in being obliged to poll their reserve, they had expected to be much lower in their majority on the Gross Poll. Mr. Newenhain then came forward to the front of the hustings, and said—Gentlemen, the severe cold under which 1 still labour must plead my excuse for not address' ing you myself. It is pitiful to me to decline, but I mu 4 throw myself on your indulgence, and request you to hear Mr. Freeman while lie addresses to you the very few word 4 with which it is necessary for hint to trouble you on roY behalf.--(Hear, hear.) PaurrED AND PUBLISHED BY AIUBDO YOUNG, Al THY Sys Ornci, 112, 2rra,Atuk, LONDON. 1. 2:1..? 7 7 ~ 1._,--