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quarters or the Austrian Artny are rentoved to Spoitto. The Austrian Government have re sorted to reprisals against the Decree of the il l ien , politpn Government, placing .under seques tration all the. Austrian vesselt . in the ports of Natilec • The repert of a Russian squadron coming from the.Llack, Sea through the Straits of the Dar danelles, in order to cruize off the Neapolitan c•ait to support the tperations of the Austrian appears to gain ground, but We doubt ctuch the acquiescence of the Ottoman Porte to this measure, as the Russian fleet must neces sarily sail under the walls of constauthrople. rom Madrid we learn that the Political Chief of that capital had detected .a plot for assailing with Atones and other rliissiles the• houses of the Austrian, Prussian, and Russian Ambassadors. The principal leader was a master shoe-maker, and the persons concerned in it were arrested in front of the Russian Ambassador's house, niid taken before the Judge of First Instance. The address of the Cortes, in- answer to the •KING's speech, was presented to his .MAJzs- Ty by a Deputation ; to Nyhich :his MAJESTY mplied that it should be his study to Proinote the happiness and prosperity of the Nation. Senor VALDE:won° has declined the office of Minister of the•lnterior, and, the appointment has been conferred on Senor FELICE, Minister for the Colonies. • With respect to France there is nothing new. The Duke de GAzzs has had frequent and long conferences with the KING. FRENCH- March 14.—Five p" . Cents shut. Ditto for the -Opening, on } f. 60 c. the "22t1 inst. Bank Stock • . March per Cents 530 f. c. shut. Opening on the lid lust ' f _ 60 C. Advias have been received from Madrid to /he 9th inst.•bringin. the reply of the Cortes, to the spee c h d e liver e d' by FERDINAND, but we are, obli4ed to postpone the insertion of this interest ing document till to-morrow, from the great press of important Matter before us. must be laid aside ; Protestants must come for ward, and be true to themselves ; -or those deci 7 sions which have already been obtained in the House of Commons, will be confirmed by others; and should that happen, we have heard it ru moured, that the Protestants will lose the sup port of a distincruished individual, who has hitherto been considered the firm and undaunted advocate of the Protestant Ascendancy since the death of the late Mr. PERcivat,, whose attachMent and devotion to their cause, no motives of tempo rary expediency, or private advantage, no hope - . . of obtaining the suppOrt of Parliamentary influ ence, which might endanger the existence of the Protestant filatures of the Constitution, could ever shake. That the present is a moment of peculiar peril 'to the Protestant Interest, and our Ecclesi astical Establishment, the rapid progress of Mr. Plunkett:s Bills is a sufficient proof. , We are, in fact, beset on every Side. "We have," in the words of a venerable and excellent Prelate, " enemies Within as well as without, that. require " all our vigilance and caution, to keep the " unity of the spirit in the bond of peace." With this conviction, whiCh every day's expe rience more strongly impresses ,upon our mind, we feel it incumbent upon us, and we recom mend every sincere and zealous Protestant to take every opportunity, " whilst PapistS and. " their advocates arc 'making every exertion "in their power for the attainment of " their purpose, to explain and defend the " grounds of our separation from the Church of " Rome, and to call to .recollect ion those evils, c"—the INVARIABLE consequences of its POWER., " —which a long tranquillity has nearly effaced " from public remembrance—especially too when " we are told by Papists theMselves, that Popery " remains the same it ever was.'and is incapable "of any change. If. we have POPISII LEGISLA " TORS, We must expect Poeisn LAWS. If the " KIN - a has.Pop;sh advisers, he mill unquestion " ably receive Popish advice!'—"lf, therefore," concluding , . in the words of the same admirable writer, " we dread , the RE-ESTABMSIIMENT Popery : if we feel an attachment to the cause of Protestantism; if we value the continuance of those civil and religious blessings which this is. The discusssion which arose on Friday nigi O n presenting the Petiiion from Dr. MILNER, 4 _ ll d several other Catholic Clergy against the Bills now pending in Parliament, for the remo val of their civil disabilities, is well worthy of attention. It is curious to remark the anxiety with which the advocates - for the Bills endea voured to impress upon the House, that the feelings and principles expressed in this Petition are not' TIMBER DUTIFS.—We have just received the the f ee li ngs and principles that influence the Report on the Select:Committee on Foreign Trade ' on this Catholics o f the present day, :which they illus- branch of the subjects referred t o th em; an d we lose no time ' h it a y s l t arug it before i our Readers. We have carefullY though r trated by stating that the names of the . CLIF- ,at u ld h 7ie si c t o v n e fest that it is far front satisfactory; for its i YPerue conclusions, lt ° ans. JERNINGRAMS, FITZIIERBERTS 7 and other know them to he in direct (nip°. - Wealthy a n d ancient Catholic. f am ili es were no t sition to the opinion of every practical man with whin» . we mixed to it. This ill us t ra ti on is singularly conversed,, a- the evidence detailed in the Appendix. The shortness of the YaCteristic of .the sophistry which pervades all time , of course, precludes o u r enteeing upon a minnte con their of the Report, he t . there are some ohserrations upon I heir arguments ; and when examined, it will he ih n e i m ic e la m s e v i e lt. sba i l l t m ofier to ,our Readers TOund to prove nothing. ft is true, that thesti as s they en occur era l altloegautsi allegations, Report r, states, ms e r Trade, t lint liamesare not affixed to the Petition: These familiei the encouragnnient given to the Colonial and the of other great families, who ex- though It may be said to bare commenced in the re c igu , of Queen Anne, was not rendered a c t ua lly ef pQpt to reap the benefits to b e di spense d fe by these Bills to 44 a few of th e C at h o l ic "t rir. till th* year 1801, when the' Earl BATHURST and . Ross introduced the present system ; bra, if 4listDeraCy," and who hope throucrh them our recollection d o es n o t fail us, we thi n k i t w ill h e :a f o und , that from the statute of the 3d and 4th Anne . 1 2S. _ be invested -.with political influence and e. In, down to'the year 1781, a system of protection and pre: ference to Colonial timber uniformly existed, and that it was - - 1,7)-er which Protestants may be assured will thence extended to the period . to Which we liars before . ..,7 i rresistible, and who are therefore content for alluded, when the above-mentioned distinguished indi -"le to be stigmatized cc ~.,._ ~,_ present was continued during two years, recommended the Le jeell icnowing, that when these Bills are passed r s i i s s i atu l ie h i i s o carry it nearly to the extent at which it now ex ;2 y cari.easily vindicate their characters. for at- ) t he believe is the collect statement of this fact.— .7 e alla . eilt. to 'their own church, do of course pru- With regard to the point which the Report laboriously en deavours to establish,—namely, that 'lien this extension of - '1 htly withhold their natnes frorrrevery public duty took place, " care was studiously taken to prevent the . 4 1_ 1 ( indiscreet avow a l, th a t P opery " rema i ns conclusion that theexisting regulations w ere to b e p e rnianent, e l same it ever .was, and is incapable of any %Illt e know not yet accurately th e e v id ence upon w hi c h it rests ; j '. awsesidiroe, frn thekintiwo,•itltat c ommunications the Colonists and the Shipowners a change ;" but surely, no man can for a moment test ' omn E iu rn rt mr nica m ti A o s. us of G over nment, t ha t ""Raging. that the suppression of . these nam e s such regniations WERE TO B , and that no Intl ....!:hounts even to disapprobation of the spirit of T r ini ci sn to the contrary, either directly or intlirtetly, was con i7e petition itself, much less to a clear and dis- lionsy too the pi lt i t i l l t a B short eard time ~ f Trade, since, that. is•h e n , t. it Ryas a 3 y, announce d , iecti 61 , 4 _ . h o ct disavowal of the lalatuTABLE PRINCIPLES whether ibe system would be continued on its present (Outing. - If the evidence taken before the Committee is silent upon this .". In which it emanates. Yet, such is the feel -I,N, of the day, (a feeling, which we know not point, it is not, we are assured , because evidence of it is not to be obtained, but merely, because the parties who are most deeply . interested in this question have hitherto had no oppor rutlether to refer to infidel indifference, ors peci -7 3 and mistaken liberality), that arguments of t v. u. s n re itY o (t n f is k e r iru7 i i i i jg y i 1 w r i r ' e a c t i " u ' i a le ' d fi s ( i ) t iu bt t es i irin t g o t t i i t m t the e p e ro o v i e n ti n;i a t t n e ti •e t a it t e t;:' __this nature are allowed to prevail, and to influ- statements and proofs whioliwiere necessary terillustrate their case, and to point out thirgiPi4nds upoii which they rest . their f _", the judgment of Legislators upon a measure cla ims , ai,ste no r t u t i i: i enci)iitagetitiorit',: but merely to . protecto:pfront .7 11 0 1 sodeeplyafects the civil and religions Tiber- ' T iters ia, .however, one fs.ct In cot - letter. tie. _, , , . of the country, as that now before Parliament. before the Committee., avlaieh: though it may nut in words' negative the fact of ;ray care whatever, much less of e have, indeed, heard it asserted b some at the . •Mc are indifferent to this y studious care, having been taken to impress ni on the tim pa great ques- minds of the Colonists nod Ship Owners the uncertain °l, and by. others, that impressed with the he-) continuance of regulations which alone enabled theta lief that Popery is. different no ' w from what I to supply this 'Coontry with 'li mber at a period when it 0- was doubtful Whether site ((told procure it from any other Pe rt' was, they rest '. el _ rectly negative the presumption of any snelt care having been „"it of Parliament. If we were nbt convinced' taken ; for it appears that large sums were immediatel • ex -11-n_ at this question is viewed with the Most painful pended in British North Anterica in the erection of saw t Y iiills and other establiabnit tits for carrying oil the Timber b n x .. iety by a very large portion of the people Frady, and exertionswere made, which nothing but a perfect .:ttl of this and the Sister Kin , rdOm ) we should ' conviction of the CERTAIIMY of , permanent protection could ?risitler. the state. of the public mind 'as most 'either hare justified orencouraged. Thus ranch-for two facts which we cannot butt consider of material importance, since 1 1 ' . 4 -rflaing ; for it could only result on the one c if . ) l e i i tr one y a w ff i t e l e ; tsthe regard d t a o t e herof the Colonialorigin t i t:f t) t a l r i e (ratio,riolieyao , f i (hie th de 'h i. d, from the persuasion of atheists that infi v_'lty and irreligion are rapidly overthroivitig other relates to assurances which were most uileonbtedly held ,i , out to the Ship, Owners and Colonists, and from 4 7y , religious distinction ;or on the other, from , i no temporary motives, no prospects of specui- J:elltSion, which the advocates of popery have latire and uncertain advantages can in our opinion, at the 4o n 'sl . been artfully and industriously spreading ; present moment, justify a deviation On every side, we our popolation.—We see tes lnat in the one case both Catholics and Pro- their her miseryof t 1 daiiffinle'ddititrit)fsse,:llii'lillilltig . Is , 'ants, - as well as : every other religions sect, sacrifice an extensive ' and affuotiwrislyiii7ge a re at e s ent : i l etl a t e cr ii i i s i t il s o t y o s t reanytbou t s i and incli . v . iduals, we know nut; but whether it is , Il Cll _ . l , kl have just season to fear the result, whilst gratify .. th e as/nice o f afew men, wh?s . e commiSsions it t t he other, at least the Established Churai of may inctease, or to appease the importunities of foreigners, liown_evfsr no in the glanil would have to deplore it. There is, who may have extorted an tummy pledge, we shall ever think it unjust, impolitic, trod unnatural. We shall add hut to , reason for believg . public mind. one more remark on the Itepoit, before we pr o c ee d to the , be in s uc h a s t a t e either. of “ apathy," or of recommendation of the Committee, which arises_ frour our C seeing inserted in the Appendix, voluntarily as it were, the d o co mplete resignation." It ,views - this, as it Memorial of the Rossian COIII,IIIV, dated ,Mrh, I SiO, tO the Icit ' i s l every other great constitutional question, Board of Trade, whilst we 1,,:,-..a in vain f i r eall the Menlo anxiety and jealousy ; but it is not the spirit vials and other written applications which have been pre sented to that Board by th e British Coloni,ts and Ship illt,Protestantisin to break out into violence and owners._ 'l . 'he omission is singular and unaceountabli, indeed i, Te rnperanCe ' it is distinguished by its mildness, it is surprising to us.that c.,ines of all the proceedings which es c , took place at the Board of Trade prior to 1809, when Ike S l ip,' onstancy, and its firmness, which, in the hour of Fair! . B . ATIT U its's- and Mr. Rosy, lust ititted the ahove-ruentioned. 11, 1-4 ttlty and danger, it will ever exert ; and inquiries, were not brought before. this Comma tee,. in order lie,,rief.or‘no mats can be justified in .Charging it to show them the grounds inroti which' these eminent itidivi -1,1 " indifference, or in believing that it will see duals founded their recoataietidation to the Legislature. Is t , There is also another hoportaiit inis.sion in this Appendix, t, e .oyed a subject of grave and vital importance namely, of an Account shcwing the ';(ate of the Timber 4 4 ted with frivolous and unbecoming levity, for Trade to the Colonies, arid the Number of Ships and Men employed therein prior tft'lltoa. For an account for I gOti or vr e i llay be assured, that it will on the contrary 180:, and a f r oj i I b B: l l „ ,. fie o; a ot l il i d nc li , u e e a •e se st: i eill t . i n ,i Ot, Legislature the ert l t with contempt every attempt to. illustrateTrade; fi,ri ~, i h t u i t , f t this. ~c io c -, wt. " rgnment upon such . a question by allusions, count inserted inlhe Appendix. is merely and cannot illustrate this important fact.—Neither can the .1 , ,, 1 ' 5 1 C . h, whilst they plaialy manifest how little P o e ue ti s tir 3 o to vn t e ll , r , L a er l situt e e d ir t e o fr i o h l e n it ß e ritis t li North h America and ,rer,ence the person who adopts them 'has for `, Lrr e-naost sacred institutions, tends, at the same we har l e P ou ' rseh:e ' s irsoine measure i t q l ' i l e ..; opp t . t ir t tti t it d y efi o e f i s ' : ) l c t ) : . ..I . . 1(, to degrade them in the estimation 'of the plying., by teferring our Readers to the Petition ject .fgont Leith , which is in ;mother part' of our Paper. It 1 . uigar and ignorant, and . to make them the sub- spews in a distinct and admirable matittet the reason,' foracisn- Ject of eoarse and indecent ribaldry. The ma- tinuatice of the present system, and we hope it will have with Inentb. however, has arrived, when deliberation Tits House. all the weight which we think it ;I liset justly merits. We hare now only to direct the attention of oar re4tlet. to " country has now enjoyed for more than a cen " tury ; we are bound by every principle of in " terest and conscience to contend against the " REMOVAL. of THOSE BARRIERS which our " Ancestors erected to protect the establishment " of Prolestantism, and to guard against the re " turn of Popery." . • , • the recoMmerattion of thc-Coinmittee, which is that a RE DCYCTION of 10s. per,load of the present duty on Fo EMI G Eft sharild ta4ce place—that a dirty of 10s. per road should he imposed on timber imported from • nor own Colonies in our own ships—and that.an ithportane aiteration should be tirade in the duty on deals. We shall suspend our observations upon this recommendoni o till-to-morrow, %viten we hope to be able to direct the attention of our. Ite s aders to the most material patis of the - evidence, arid 'point out its bearing on- the general tpiestion ;: but every p,-a c tieal man will immediately see that the Ship Owners and every branch Of trade• and manufacture connected with them will have toy contend with a regulation, which if adopted, will press toOre heavily upon them than a direct ‘tax of twenty-five shillings un Colonial Timber. . We 'shall, 1(1-111 . 01row, give our Headers, tit a Supplement, which we shall present to them gratuitously, a poi lion of the evidence subjoined to the Rep,r, and we shall continue it till We have laid the whole before them. For, we are con'vineed, that we cannot render- the extensive and Valuable classes of the Cory' :nullity interested in this question, or the Country itself •a inure important service, than • th‘at of affording, theni all the information which we can command or procure. Saturday morning the llyperien frigate, Cap tain T. Sn.i.aLE,, C. B. arrived ar Portsmouth from the South Seas,. after a very short passage of ninety-six days from Callao, having on board specie to the amount-of 500,090/. belonging to British, -merchants: She did not fall in _...._ ......_ ~____ ..._ With any vessel for si x wee k s, nor. see land after leaving Callao until she arrived off the Lizard: The intelligence - she brinks resPect ing the operations of- Lord COCHRANE and General SAN MARTIN against Li ma , is such as to lead to a confident expectation, that long ere this the capital .of Peru has fallen into their possession. SAN MARTIN had taken up Such a position, within about 16 'miles of the. place, as enabled him to cut off most of the supplies, and where be had been joined by numerous parties of deserters from the Royalists, 'including most part of the regiment of Ninnantia, which had marched across the country from the Caraccas, ' purposely for the defence of t h e city. - : THIS state of affairs on the land side' was powerfully aided by the bold an d success f u l operations of Lord Cochrane on th e coast. H is ~ Lordship. had cutout the Spanish frigate Esmeral da , and having gun-brigs from und er th e f orts o f C allao and , appointed Captain Guise to her, he subsequently proceeded with her and the O'Higgins, Captain Crosby, in search of the Preuba and Veganza frigates. His Lordship had also recently taken two ships from Cadiz, laden with ordnance stores and clothing. These 'suc cesses, combined with the daring spirit, with which -they were executed, had very much dispirited the Spaniards at Lima. His Lordship's attack on the Esmeralda and Spanish force in Callao, is represented as one of the most brilliant achievements' ever effected: The ships were all secured by chain moorings, defended by the strong forts of Callao, and several tiers of old ships, armed as block,ships, and which were manned every night from the farts. His Lord ship-I - leaded the attacking parties, which consist ed of about 1200 men, and by his foresight and undaunted bravery overcame all opposition. The attack was made iil , the night, whilst the Ilyperion and the American frigate Macedonian lay about two cables' l eng th dis tance ; before they could get under weigh and out of gun-shot range from the, batteries, the fri gate and gun-boats were captured and under sail, proceeding out of the roadstead. Sev era l s h ot struck the Macedonian ; one man Was killed in her. Lord COCHRANE was _ shot through the fleshy part of the thigh, and he bad, about 25 men killed and wounded. The Spaniards suffered more severely. His Lordship was recovered from the effects of the wound. The Spaniards in the ships were all at their quarters, fully pre pared for the attack, and resisted nobly ; but, on shore, the Peruvians spewed such a dastard ly spirit, that, on the rockets flying about, they would have all left the city, had not the horse soldiers been employed to prevent them. The Macedonian left Callao on the lith Decem ber, for Valparaiso, at which port the Andro mach, Captain Sin %REPT, was lying, under repair. The latter would sail for England shortly.— (Hampshire Chronicle, March 17.) SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.—ITI the course of the Divinity Lectures on the 'Lives of the Fathers, which are now delivering in one of the Universities, and -which' have attracted great attention, as well from the acknowledged talent of the Learn ed Professor,. as from their intrinsic merit, after having had occasion to comment on various sects, the Professor used the following remarkable ex pression :--•" The Church of-Jerusalem was per " fectly orthodox, until one SIMEON, a . converted ENI6 was made Bishop !" It is impossible to describe the simultaneous effect which. it pro - ' , zinced ! THE DEAto OF THE EMPF.ROR or Letters dated the 11th of October have been re ceived from Canton, announcing the death of the Emperor of China, and that the event had been succeeded by a contest between two of his sons-for the 'lmperial Diadem. Several of the.provinCesare said to have been in a state of revolt in conse-' quence of the dispute for the succession. To add to the distraction of the Chinese empire from these causes, we learn, that ,the cholera inorbis, that fatal epidemic,. had found its way thither from Bengal, and was producing the most fatal ravages, the inhabitants : dying by thousands. With every precaetiou, its of had been se verely felt even among the crews of the British ships at Canton. . . • A - - TRIESTE.-:- An embargo and :serprestration has been laid on all Neapolitan and . Sicilian Vessels at this port ; but whether the embargo extended to the ships of other countries does riot appear. 4Ay-ri.---We learn from Cape Francais, under date of the 2.5 th of . December, 'that President BO ER, after.haying organised - all the branches of,the Administration in the north of the island, has transferred the seat of Government to Port au=Prince. A part of the troops, who had as sembled from the .west and south to overthrow the despotism of CHRISTOPIIE have returned to their g'arrisans. The widow of ennisToi , HE has retired with her children to Port-41u-Print e; the President of the Republic has saved them from the fury of the enemies of the,. tyrant. The widow of Desgalines is now also in the same town, undor the immediate safeguard of the Pre sident BO YE!t• Last night a Meeting of the Cabinet Ministers. took place at the Earl of LivEnrooL's house in Whitehall. POETRY: INIPIUMPI'U ON A RECEVC SPEECH IN T tfp: ii o (~ se oF commotci All Orator, warm in tint CATHOLIC CAUSE; Of eloquence pouring a flood, . . , _ Said PAPisTs should share in the making our laws, As they " ibe;,:le/d with their blood." The . metaphor's bald, iet less novel than sti-dnig; For Hibernia can boast of a strain Which relates, 'tis well known; in a pleasant old sons, " sivert Iltaterwllk watez"d the ?lain." But hence we the Orator's ancestry trace, That om Eri❑ devoted from the Flood, As the figure appears to demonstrate the race; And the genius 'that runs in tki , KATE OF COLERA,:N. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 17. : - . The Speaker took the Chair at a quarter before four The Repo l t of the Inicichatut.r of tirliiii Bill was received.' The Rrsoftition wat agreed to, and a Bill was ordered pursuant Abel et°. , - The HOnie then ti'ent into a Cominittee on the,Mutiny Bill. , Lord PALMERgtoi ., ,r said there'were,ito alterations in.the Bill of last Session, except a kw verbal ones. • The several Clauses were then .agreed to; arid the Report Was ordered to be received on Monday. The" Marine Mutiny Bill went through a Conimittee.—Re- . port on Monday s . Mr. WALLActi moved for Retur ns o f th e number of Ships and Men eniployed in the Northern Trade; also for an Ac count of the value of rrodnee of PruSsia, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, imported 'during the last year.—Ordered. • The Committee on the India Prize Money Bill was post poned to Tuesday.—Adjourned to Monday. SHIP NEWS. PORTSATOVITH, MARCH !S.—Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ship Hyperion from Soutir America. Sailed the Berwick, Tyler, for London. Arrived to-day his Majesty's ship Came loon from a cruise. P-eNzANce., MAecti IG.—Arrived the Ctimberland, More, from Guernsey; she struck upon the Pier Head, broke her antitor, , and received some damage in her larboard bow. Ps.vmotfTtr, Mmicir I7.—Sailed yesterday the Success, and Bideford, Butters, for St. John's, New.firtins wick. Arrived to-day the Ariadne, Summers, from Yarmouth for New York, leaky, end must discharge. Sailed the Cheerful Revenue cutter for Beaumaris, and William and Mary, Phillimore, for Dublin; the latter is the Lord Lieute nant's yacht. FAtimotttx, NIARCII Is.—Arrived the Recovery, Hamlin, from Jamaica, in six weeks, for London. Sailed the Bideford, M.l)onald, for Teneriffe, and the Duke of Marlborough packet with a mail for Lisbon. The Lady Louisa packet, for America ' and Marchioness of Salisbury ditto, fur the Brazil*. are further detained. LtvxstrooL, Niattert 16.—Arrived the Ellen, Campbell, from Demerara, with loss of boats, bulwarks, &c. On the 20th Feb. in lat. 51. 13. long. v 6.6. fell in with the brig Carle. ury, Chambers,. from St. John's, N.8., f0r Falmouth, ilisma.ted and watir•loggerl; took off two- f the crew (the only survivors); the Master, 12 men, and a woman (passen ger), had died through want of food—they had been on the wreck is days._ HARwiCH, MARCH 17.---Arrived the Lord Duncan packet with a mail fron Cuxhaven. Sailed the Braufny Packet fur ditto, and Prince of Orange packet for Holland, .each with a YA "MOUTH, MAncn 18.—The Bucephalns, of South Shields. is coming in here, with loss of foremast head, topmasts, t;op•galtsnt masts, yards and sail.. DIEM, I‘lll.llCll 18.-011 , 1 e down from the River yesterday the Jane, Bartlon, for Hayti; lonia, Donovan, for Trieste; and Missionary, Nicholson, for Hayti ; the two latter have sailed with the William Pitt for St. Michael's,; Astrea, Hodgson, for Trieste; Agnes, Cundy, for Lisbon; anti Gleaner, Bardwell, for Barcelona. Came down from the River to-day the Woodford, Lanibton, and Old Maid, Smith, fur Jamaica; C:ay, Hitehine, for Batavia; Aur ora,Sher wood, for Tobago and Grenada ; Antelope, Sherriff, fur Monte Video ; Two Brothers, Bennington, for Lisbon ; Ocean transport, for Ireland; and Frances, Whytoek, for Buenos Ayres. Arrived the Berwick, Tyler, from Dernelara„ last front Plymouth. Put back the Missionary. for Hayti. BALTIC TIMBER.—As the Ships from Norway and the Baltic begin to arrive here towards the end of March, they can between that period and-- the Ist of July, bring into the English market more than a year's consumption of 'Timber and Deals for the whole kingdom—whilst, on the other- hand, it rarely happens, that any of the Ships with Timber from the British Colonies arrive before the Ist of. July, consequently the proposed alterations in the duties on Timber will ' ; after this year annihilate altogether the Timber Trade of the King's Colonies. NATIONAL SCHOOLS.— Th e Committee of the National School on Dr. BELL'S system report, that nearly 540,000 children are, at this time, under a course of elementary instruction in the principles of the Etablished Church. BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA.-The Commemora,- tion of the Anniversary of this distinguished. in stance of British valour, will be splendidly cale , orated by The Highland Society of London on Wednesday next, when, the Duke of York, the Duke of Wellington, and several illustrious pee sonageS will Attend. Barrtsm AMERICAN CoLoNtes.—We have' heard that one of the members of the Select Com mittee on Foreign Trade said to a City friend the other day, that it would be to the advantage of Great Britain and these Colonies, that the latter should be independent of the former, and allowed to trade • wherever they could. To which his friend replied he . did not think so, for that they would fall into the hands of the Americans, and would soon be followed with the loss of our Newfoundland Fisheries and Sugar Colonies in the West Indies—that such was the opinion of all sensible Men, and amongst thein the Abbe RAYNAL, whose work on the West Indies is well known. If these are the views of some of our present Legislators, we shall not be surprised at any measures which may be adopted respecting our Colonial interests! FOREIGN WHEAT.—Considerable shipments for Naples and the Mediterranean of. Forei g n Wheat took place in the course of the list week-. [IWO MORE Palt,Qoo PRIZLS SOLD BY 8151_,1 _M —Saturday was the last'Day of Drawing of the State Lottery, when No.• 2,888, Class A, a Prize of 21,000, was sold by. BI,H, in a Whole Ticket ; • and No. 2,888, Class B, another ,e9,l,ooo,.Prize, was:also "sold by in one Ball, one Quarter,. one. Eighth, and two Six teenth. Shares, at his fortunate Offices, No. Cornhili, and 9, Charing CrosS, London. also sold some minor Capitals the same Day ; and on the preceding Day of Draiving - iist of the present Month, sold another - ,221,000, viz. 2,053, Class A, makii•g.nrce Prizes tf t 21,000 sold li y Misr.' in less Man . Three Weeks .I—rrhe fortunate . Holders may receive the Money on demand. PLYMOUTU_DoCk, ICLuiCii TIMBER TrtAnc.—A meeting; of the Merchant; and Ship owners of this tri . ivir Was held on Thdrs-: day, for the purpose of petitioning the. House of Commons against the reduction of the exisClig duties on foreign Timber. The proposed wasure seems to have excited considerable alarm among the parties concerned in the trade, inasmtich as a decided preference appears to be given to the foreign merchant, by the reduction of the duties, whilst the heavy additiOnal ones intended to be. impOsed on Colonial Timber will be the means of raising the prite to the Consumer, and eventually- annihilating- the trade hitherto.earried on at this The exports. of British manufactured goods to British North America; from this place,' have 'amounted to many thousands per annum, whilst those to Norway have been literally no thing. ,The petition was unanimously agreed to; and si - e shall be very happy to find the measure followed up at the other ports. A p eti t i on; embracing similar objects, hag been already forwarded from the Chamber of• CommerCe at Plymouth. ST. PATRICK'S aki. The annual celebration of St: Patrick's DaY' for the benefit Of the Charity which bears the mime - of the Saint, was celebrated on Saturday, at the City of London Tavern. The Duke of WELLtivcir6:4 presided. He arrived a few notes bcfOre seven o'clock, and was accompanied by Lord Cotlereagh, the Marquis of Lansdowne, thra Eartof 431es - hitt:in, Lord Darnley, the Duke of Leinster, the . -Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir J. Doyle, and other persons of distinction. The cloth being removed, Non .Notiii Domino was sung, after which, The Duke of Wet,t,tr:ro'ON gave the " Health of the KING,;" and stated that he had received his Maicrev' s cow-, iminda to announce his us ua l annual su bscription, and at the same tithe to convey to the company his continued 'wishes for the prosperity of the Society. The toast was drank with three times three. " God save the King," was sung by the vocal p er f or M er i present. The frilloiriug.tda4ts succeeded The Ro'yal "'The Navy and Army of the United Kingdom." Prosperity to the Benevolent Society , of St. Patrick." Tile children then passedin procession through the room. The CHAIRMAN then eared the attention of th e meet i ng t o the - present state of the funds of the Society. It appeared from the accoents before them, that the building so_ long its contemplation, which was at length erected, had left the So ciety in debt 3,0004 over the sum. now ih the bands of the Treasurer. After the interesting spectacle they had just wit nessed, nn man could reflect on the erils to which the indi viduals they-bad seen would hare been exposed; if suffered to go astray in this town, without feeling an -additional motive fora new exertion of generosity, to contribute to remove the burden thrown, on the country by the expence of lirbuilding. .: " The memory of George the Third" was drank in solea,ti The ttuke of LEINSTER gave the health of " The Hero of Waterloo, the Nook Chairman," which a-as drault with loud acclamations. The Duke of WELLINGTos returned-thanks for the manner in which his'hralth had been proposed by the Noble Mkt-, and drank by the company. He had-felt much flatte re d Veliti he learnt that his health had been made one .of ti is standing toasts of the Society. 11611i:own as -he was personally to ninny of them, he could only ascribe it to their partial opinion of the services which he had been - enabled to perform'. Rut whatever the motive had beets, lie begged to return his thatlli for the honour he had received. Tbst health of the Marquess of Flairlxos was next dfank whl) three times three. The ,Chairman gave the health of the Duke of Lrmsrvt. The toast having been drank with the usual honours, The Unite of IMNITiR returned thanks, and in the course of his speech intimated an intention of speedily returning to Ireland, and hoped many others would follow his example.— He begged to propose as a toast " The health of Lord Csigtle reagh." • • • The toast WAS recoired with -great applause, and drunk with three times three. Lord CASTLEREAGH, -in returning thanks, applauded the intention announced by the Noble Duke of residing its Ire land. Precluded from doing so himself, he hoped to make some reparation by doing what he could where he then was, to promote the interests of that Charity. it was a matter of higb giatification to him, that formic day in the year, with drawn from political struggles, he could 'inert to unite with those iron, whom in other places he might differ, in order to fort her the interests of this Charity. He expressed an anxious hope that the liberality of the-friends of the Institution would soon extinguish the debt which had been incurred, and which, if not liqUidated, would materially cripple and rinbatiass the proceedings of the Society. Ha finished by proposing as a toast, " The health of Lord Darnley . . ' Lord DARNLEY returned thanks for the manner in .which his health had been drunk ; and after eulogizing the:Feet-d -im( speakers, and strongly enforcing the necessity-of abstain ing from polities, begged to propose the health of his Itight Hon.. Friend and old School-fellow,." Mr. Canning." 'This toast ,Which was•drunk with loud acclamation, called up •• Mr. CaNNiteo.-=--linprepared for the honour he had reutivid be said tie felt much difficulty ill offering himself to their no tice, niter they had been so.ably addressed by those who wr-re distinguished by all that was most illustrious in bit th-Lsby all that was must eminent in service—by all that was roost pre ponderating its property—and by all that was must interastmg to them . from habit, descent, and long acquaintance with that people, whose ,cause they were that day assembled.to plead. lie had Ovate of those splendid recommendatrUns, and had no claim to be among , them but his derivation from.that vet:tutu to whom those he addressed . belonged, and tbefrfore, felt at a loss to what to asci bei fire honour he'had receivrd froin them. He participated 'in the satiSfactioa expressed by his two Noble: Friends. at the oblivion of political hostility which distin4uislred this festival, and each .t meeting cans, dervd, with a'view to this eircunistanze alone, was ari honour to the metropolis and the country. He finished with .0 warm . paue;yric. on tiic talents and virtues of the Marquess of Laos dowov,whose he alth he proposed as th e n e xt toast . _ _ . _ Tee - Marquis of LANSDOWN, in returning thanks, denied that any vim surpassed him in zeal for the interests of that Institut mu. Like Irishmen they made a blurider iu euend ing poure.monry Win they had to expend, but they made no blunder when Ital. calculated. that the liberality of those they addressed.wnnld repair the error; nor would 1.114.1.ie the filst time that Irish generosity had compensatedlor Irish in discretion. They had made what his Right *Hon. Friend the Chanedlor of the,Exchcquer would view as a treat bin:icier, as Ili y.liad voted supplies to double the amount of the Ways anti Means.--(A lauo.)—Hearing of their difficulties; had brought Ilse Chancellor of the 4:u:hi:Tier; with a air:4.ms generoSity, to contribute to their relief, and therefore he was s „,„ t h at t h e pleeting would have ninch satisfaction in drink• ny to the health of that !tight .Hon. Gentleman, which he now begged leave to propose.. The n e st 'Nat: drank like those which preceded it, with shout s of airplatise. • e..0.;,,Vet.r;0n of the Excurcausit returned thanks in an alipropriatv yiirrt s. far..ASti#L'it 'licit 'tunic his report—read over the stall and atinutpicell (IC (including the collection at the tattles), 1,904 $ .The , 14Arquess of .I..,llDowxgs lisoogh the' Duke of W t .'. linKttot% F t ealtlt hid Gefore been drunk, Its one of th e s t an di ng tot- I s of the Society; now culled on the Meeting to think it el second time as tilit President of the day. Hie call he.w 4 complied with— t The Dtate , ut WELLING fON again returned thinits,annottne ed the Marlins of Lansdowne as , President fur Atte ensniog year, aitd'tleclared it to he his intention to attend Ant use his L es t edoets to ntahe time result of the Pcriidenbti'y of the Nohle Marquess as tkvourable to the interests of the Charity as his ctwo tout been. tie Ndarquefis-of t.A.NstiowNE expressed the high souse that be entertained of Ilii4 new !Minna. Luiet CASTLIREAGII crisiz,ratulated the meeting on t'Ae pros pect. beforet hem; and wa,s coneinted that th e tionl , s ivho fiad acted this day under the Noble Dulie.-Atosirld to e...nie forwa, d next yr:. r 10 stipportA Noble Mary Prospe'r;ty to Ireland and other appf",,t. ate toasts wee g; r en. A variety songs and glees were • • ' . :‘,lg C0:1r,..1 the evening in - excellent style •by West s. i-taw e i% T. BroxilhurSt,Clailie;.Terrail, King, and' Wehh. The sougf of ttfe lasi lifklitione4l Ifietitle:matC ‘, ere reqUit , it With si,urit.of rafiltiroui . iipplaost. - Istento•t priest ar prevailed, and the company did- - KA vv10,21..: sepal ..t. s it t. e near HIT , oacti of midnight.