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avow its views on Tnrkey and Persia, in a more decisive manner. NAPLES.-Private Letters from Naples to the 2d •inst.„ confirm the news, that the utmost cor. diality subsists between the PRINCE REGENT and the Parliament—That the generality of the No bles are decidedly in favour of the new Consti tution —That MEDICI had escaped. with the Duke of SANGRO, and had arrived at Rome—That these -individuals Were universally , execrated by all classes of the peciple, and that TOMASI hid endeavoured in vain to effect his escape—That there was but one general feeling throughout the country, and that little doubt was entertained that the Austrians must retire within their fron tier, and that passports ty LAND were discon- Untied to travellers, all the roads having been broken lip. No positive confirmation has yet been re ceived to the full extent of the French Bul letin so confidently announced iu some of the Evening Papers on Saturday. We have often predicted that the revolutionary spirit would spread over the Continent, but the Conti nental Ruiers seem to have no foresight, and not even to be capable of deriving knowledge from the lessons of experience. We fear, however, that they will soon be taught severer lessons in the school of adversity. The conduct of Austria respecting Naples has been marked by such ab surdity as seems to sliew- that its Rulers are fitter for Bedlam than for the government of a great Empire, and a due management of its relations With other States. We rejoice, however, that ?ur Ministers have had wisdom enough to avoid i nterfering in a cause which threatens ruin to all who are rash enough to engage iu it. PIEDDIONTESE.--" The Report of the Prince of CARIGNAN having headed TIIE INSURGENTS," as they are called in an Evening Paper of yes terday, does not 44 rest wholly upon the autho rity of the strange bulletins published on Satur 4aY," but on an authority of a more imposing nature; and if the paper alluded to possessed the Priority of intelligence, which many think it ex clusively does, it could not have ventured on That assertion, because it was well understood in t he upper circles two months since, that the 7710. ',tent the Austrian troops advanced towards Na ples, the Piedmontese Aram) would interpose in their favour. The sentiments of the Prince de CAR/GNAN, who is the Presumptive heir to the Throne of Sardinia, are well known in the diplo matic circles. The Sardinian Army are satisfied With his views, and he is in th e p ossess i on o f their unlimited confidence ; and so far from hay , log headed " Insurgents," as the Sardinian Army are degradingly termed by sortie of our cotempo raries, he has assumed the command of it, with the perfect knowledge of His Sovereign, and ap pears to be destined to give an effectual aid, in 'checking a system as injurious to the civilized condition of mankind, as the late Revolution Fiance was contrary to all s oun d p r i nc i p l es p ep "bversive of th e r i g ht s an d lib ert i es o f t h e s r eopi e. We lament to se e th e l eng th s t o w hi c h ~c " e w r it ers w ill go i n a d vocat i ng the cause of the Holy Alliance," regardless of all those great conservative principles which ought to be maintained by the Press of a Free Country. If i heY will condescend to look at Home and ha -11"tly to think on the innovations which are now at tempted to be made, not only on the Mo, t ar e y, the Hierarchy, but on all the other insti -I.lltions which are connec t e d w i t h, an d are essen -1.11 to, th e preservat i on o f our civil and religious I herties, we should not see th e a p a thy o f some (1 f them, and the dereliction of sentiment in :thers,—but we should, we hope, behold them w t ttvieing each other in their endeavours to resist further inroads on the Protestant establish 111euts of the Country, which are more likely to ,4.ll b vert our happiness a n d we lf are , t h an t h at t h e liberti es of I taly or Europe will be endangered ' t 'Y - the present .etrorts of the Neap o lit ans t o pre "Ye and maintain their national independence ' 414 freedom. , - Trill:Mß DUTIES.—We give our Readers to-day, eSupplement (No. I.) the first portion of the s' e l,dence on th e ti m b er d ut i es, taken before the l_et Committee of Foreign Trade. We intreat r partictilar attention to it. It is iby far the : :14 t important p ar t o f th e R epor t, and tlae only a c sr t which can ena bl e t h em to f orm a just and B urate estimate Of the merits of this interesting eSE 5 11 1 for the report itself, abandoning the to ` f ence altogether, goes chiefly, as our • readers aye seen, into the consideration of certain iti ciPfes, and a particular system founded on p a r n; and incompliance , with which system tun e, it is that the committeee have resolved t o re of eu ronaend n. measure to Parliament, the effect ab iit is clearly proved by the most respect. b p le Witnesses, must be to raise the price oft m in the Northern ports of Europe, without in. 4 , l l ea aing,. in atry degree, the export of British e l lufacture, whilst it must as certainly be pro. ttive of the most' ruinous consequences to the Ship-ownars and Colonists, ani interme erillMy to the British manufacturers of every des :llE4 ;n. It is, however, impossible for us at pre at to ent.r into that minute and laborious inves lation Of the evidence annexed to this Report, : j ell it deserves, and which we purpose in a :" days to do; but in. the meantime it will be t ie , th a t one of the principal objects to which t hr , tl „Committee directed their attention, was the t (le in which an alteration of the present duties tld be effected, consistently, as they say, in c c " jargon of the new school, " with those sound c c Ninciples by which all commerce ought to be c c 'egulated ;"—namely, " whether by the reduc s, tion of duty on Baltic Timber; by an imposi tion of duty on American ; or by a combina tion of both." The Committee having ac knowledged, that they had found the Colonial Timber to be free from the defects, which had, +vidently, from interested motives, been ascribed 10 it, and that it Was " of a durability equal to " that of the best timber of Europe," enter upon various speculative reasonings, with which we shall not fatigue our readers, .but proceed immediately to the consideration of that part of their recom • mendation to the House of Commons, which is [ to make a reduction of ten shillings per load on the present duties on foreign thnber. We have looked in vain for the evidence on , which this proposition is founded, and we cannot trace it ; but by referring to the testimony of Mr.. HoL LAND and several other witnesses, it will appear, that they all concur in the opinion, 44 that if. the " duty on foreign timber is lowered, it will raise " the price of it in the countries from whence it 44 is imported :" and which is confirmed by the last advices received from the North of Europe. We, therefore, in common with these well inform ed individuals, cannot but deprecate any reduc tion in the present duties on foreign timber, for it cannot be productive of any advantage what ever to us, as its certain effect will be to raise the price in Norway and the Baltic ; and thus it will only lessen the revenue—depress the British Ship Owner—and destroy the timber trade of British North America. On no grounds of public policy can this recommendation be sustained ; nor, can we divine the reasons which have led to its suggestion, unless it is to redeem Some improvident pledge which may have been given to the Prussian Government on this subject. The qualified answer of Mr. EDWARD PA.TZCIi ER, as it now appears in the plated evidence, is by no means satisfactory to us on this point ; but -we shall defer any further comment upon it until another opportunity, when we shall resume it for reasons which we will then state. Independent of the advantages which this reduction will give the importers of foreign wood over those who im port timber from the Colonies,we must not overlook the great facilities which they have, from their proximity to this country, and their means of in undating it with Norway and Baltic goods, long before the' first ships can arrive from the King's Colonies. We do not, however, conceive it ne cessary to add any further observations at present on this branch of the subject, for all the arguments in support of the existing system are so concisely, so ably, and so powerfully, thongh plainly, stated in the petition which we yesterday inserted from the Ship-owners of Leith, &c., that it would be a useless waste of time to reiterate them now, and the mote parti cularly as -19 , e must so soon revert to the subject. In conclusion, therefore, we have only to observe, that we cannot but think that this report, though we believe it not to be expressive of the unanimous opinion of the Committee, tco strongly upon the whole evinces a deter mination to abandon the principles upon which the old policy of the country was founded ; and to adopt a system founded on the speculations of theorists, which, however spe cious and liberal it may at first appear, will, without doubt, prove altogether illusory and de structive of our best interests. For our own parts we shall ever protest against it, convinced that we shall be supported by the public opinion, which must, we are persuaded, concur with us in deprecating It, as injurious to the Revenue and the British consumer, and at the some time tending to increase the depression of our Home and Colonial interests, whilst it can only benefi foreigners. • POPERY.—We refer our - Readers with much satisfaction to the result of the Devon County Meeting on this subject on Friday last ; the pro ceedings of which will be found in another part of our Paper. We are convinced a little more energy on the part of the Protestants will lead to a better and more liberal consideration and at tention by the . Legislature of their claims for protection against the innovations.now proposed to be made on the Establishment in Church and State, and therefore as the Committees on Mr. PLUNKETT'S two most unaccountable Bills are postponed until Friday next, a respite is given to the Protestants, and an opportunity afforded to them of appealing to the Legislature, which we are satisfied will not be made in vain. This delay is of the utmost importance to the cause of civil and religious liberty, and. we have no doubt the spirit which has been roused by the conduct of the advocates of Popery will, in the end pre vent any further , inroads on the Constitution, and consolidate the liberties and immunities of the Protestants of all denominations. SE RrsK.—Lffe Assurances.—We wish very much that some of our intelligent Correspondents would inform us why the Premiums on Sea Risk in Life Assurances are so very high ? They pre vent thousands making Assurances on their lives, which is a great injury to the families of Sea-far ing and Naval Men. The statement of a Cabinet Council having been held at Fife House on Sunday night, to which some of the papers affected to attach great importance, is entirely unfounded. No such Council was held. Sunday morning a Messenger arrived in town with dispatches from Naples, when the Earl of LIVERPOOL had a consultation with several of the Cabinet Ministers, at his house in White hall. The Noble Earl afterward gave dirictions for summoning a general Cabinet Council, which assembled yesterday at two o'clock. The Mem-, bers continued in deliberation till about half-past four o'clock. The Active frigate has arrived iu sixteen days from the Bay of Naples, bringing papers and letters to the 2(1 instant. Sir H. LUSLIIN6TON, the English Cousul-Ge i neral at Naples, came home in her. BRIGHTON, MARCH B.—The KING leaves tl3 for Carlton Palace late to-morrow, or early on Tuesday. His MAJESTY purposes returning at the latter end of the week. His MAJESTY, ac companied by Sir BENJAMIN BLOOMFIELD, was in public yesterday, leaving the Palace grounds on horseback, towards two o'clock in the after noon, and returning between , four and five. His MAJESTY appeared in good health and spirits ; the most affectionate and joyous salutations met him in all parts of his ride. Sir Wir.r.lAn MANNERS is become Viscount JIUNTINGTOWER ) -by the. decease of the Earl of DYSART. AFFAIRS OF NAPLES. The follovving Documents have been published at the Austrian Head Quarters - - • 44 FERDIICAND I. by the Grace of Gon, ,King of the Unite(' • , Kingdom of the Tno Sicilia, ecc. " The fears.expressed in my ,Letter of the 28th of January to our very dear son the fluke of CALAnRIA, and the corres ponding Declaration made at the same by the :Monarchs, our Allies, must have manifested to our people the consequences to which, our Kingdom would be exposed by the deplorable events of the nionth of July last, And their progressive effects. • "Our paternal, solicitude entertained the strongest hopes, that our urgent exhortations would have led to prudent and, mode rate councils, 40 that, 41. . blind fanaticism would, nvt have broughtypon our, kingdom the evils which it has been our constant endeavour to avert:, " Influenced by this eapectatioh alOne, we deemed it our duty to prolong our residence in the place where.oar powerful Allies were assembled, in order that we might, up to the last moment, according to the determination resolved on at Naples, use our utmost exertions to obtain the object we so ardently desire, as conciliator and pacificator, the only consolation which, at our advanced age; could compensate the ♦exation and fatigues of e long and laborious journey in a rigorous season. " But the men who now exercise the power in Naples, acting under the influence of a_ small number, ha►e remained deaf to my voice. To deceive the people they have circulated a report, as erroneous as it-is injurious to the great Monarchs, that we are here in a state of constraint. ,4 si nce , o wing to these pernicious councils, our residence among the Allied Sovereigns can no longer be attended with the utility we hoped, we shall immediately take our departure to return to our States. " Under these critical circumstances, we consider it a duty to ourselves and our people to make known to them our royal and paternal sentiments. " Our long experience during a reign of sixty years has taught us to appreciate the character and real wants of our sub.. jects. We rely on the rectitude of our intentions, and we know, with the assistance of God, how to supply their wants in a just and peruta.neut manner. " We, therefore, desire, that the Army which advan ces to . wards our Kingdom may be regarded by our f a i t hf ul subjects, not as enemies, but as friends destined to protect them, by con tributing to consolidate the order necessary far the maintenance of peace both abroad and at home. " `:re order our forces by land and sea to consider and receive the army of our august Allies, as a force acting solely to pro. mote the true interests of our kingdom, and as not sent to inflict on our people the scourge of an unne , :essary war, but as co operating in the preservation of tranquillity with those who are the true lovers of peace and their country, and the faithful sub jects of their King. (Signed) " FERDINAND. " Laybach, Feb. 23, 1821." The Proclamation of General Panto:4lT is conceived in corresponding terms, from which we give the two following extracts:— 6, Neapolitans . at the moment when the army placed under my orders is about to set foot on the frontiers of the kingdom, I think it right to declare to you frankly and' openly, the real operations. object of my " A deplorable revolution has since the month of July last di stur b e d your internal tranquillity arid dissoh ed the amicable 'relations with other nations, which can only subsist between l idgfibouring States on the fundamental basis of reciprocal con fidence." It then alludes to the Proclamation issued by the King of NAPLES, and calls on the Neapoli tans to comply with the wishes of their Monarch, and thereby avert all the disasters inevitable from an ineffectual resistance. It is dated from Foligno, on the 27th of last month. SHIP NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Arrived the Samuel Whit bread, Ward ; and Earl Dalhousie, Scott, from Buccari. FALMOUTH, MARCH 17.—Sailed the Recovery, Hamlin ; Ceres, Richards ; and Agnes, Yeo, for London. CowEs, MARCII 19.—Arrived the Sophia, Bucker, from St. Petersburgh for Oporto, with loss of mainmast, &c. HARWICH, MARCH 19.—Arrived the Henry Freeling packet, with a mail from 'Holland. WHITBY, MARCH 18.—Sailed the Phoenix, Dawson ; and Lively, Baxter, for Greenland. DEAL, MARCH 19.—Arrived and remain the Eclipse, Carew, from St. Domingo, in 28 days ; Funny Voase, Lister, from Charente for Hull ; Fame, Mitchison, from Madeira ; Cyrus, Hall, from the So u th S eas (f u ll' s hi p) ; Apollo, Taylor ; Scarthingwell, Chapman, from Charenti ; William, Ball, from Madeira ; Caroline, Peter, from Lisbon ; Margaret, Weir, from Jamaica ; 'Thames, Langdon, from Bahia ; and several more, names unknown. , Came down from the ' River the Albutira, Borthwick, for the Cape of Good Hope. DOVER, MARCH 19.—Arrived off the Port -the Brothers, Gransmore, from Bombay for London. On Monday se'nnight a Court Martial was held on Captain FurtifEAux, and the remaining Officers and crew of his Ma jesty's late ship Carron, when the Court determined—That the loss of the Carron was occasioned by unaccountable currents issuing out of the River Ganges ; that it appeared every precau tion had bean taken, by comparing the Rates of the Chronome tors, when it could be done; that there was no reason to sup pose the ship to hays been' within eighty miles of the place where she struck ; that every possible exertion was made to save the ship, without effect ; and that no blame whatever was imputable to Capt. Fu 11.2 . 4"EAUX, his Officers, or Sitip's Corny pany for their conduct on that occasion ; and the Court, there fore, adjudged them to be fully acquitted. I'Lm ROYAL FAMlLT.—Yesterday their Roya Highnesses the Duchess of Yeut, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess Augusta, visited the Duke and Duchess of Clarence.—The Prin cess Augusta dined with the Duke and Duchess of Clarence on Sunday.—The Duchess of Glou cester and Prince Leopold visited the Princess Augusta yesterday.--Yesterday the Princess Au gusta dined with the Duke and Duchess of Glou cester. It is stated that every Drawing Room, previous to the exploding of hoops, caused 100,0001. to be expended amongst silk-manufacturers, dress makers, &c. &c. There cannot be a greater stag nation in the above trades than at present. If hoops, therefore, at his MAJESTY'S Drawing Rooms produce trade, it is a question , worthy of , consideration whether they should not be re vived. A Letter from Vienna, dated March 4, in the Dutch Papers, says, " The Greeks in this city speak with confidence of the probability that a Russian fleet from the Black Sea will support - - the operations against Naples. It is also cur rently reported that negociations are carrying on to obtain the co-operation of a Bavarian army ; so much seems certain , that as the affairs of Italy have become more complicated than had been anticipated, our Court is resolved to strengthen its army beyond the Alps." UNi VERSITY INTELLIGENCt: CA311111.11)GE, Dlancit 17.—At the Congregation on Mon day la*t;:fo Plowing Gentlemen were admittA . • , . BACilELOri.t3 OF ARTS.—John Henry M. buxrnoore, of St. John's. College ; John Smith, of St. John's College ; John Cressio6,ll, , ' of Catharine Hall. On Wednesday last the following Gentlemen were admitted to De' tees':: HONORARY ;11ASTERS OF ARTS.-.:-The Hon. Leland Noel, of Trinity College ; John Hamilton, Esq. of .St. John's Col lege ; Charles Manners Richard Norman, Esq. of St. John's College. •• ,• . . BACHELOR. of AnTs.,-Henry Trail, of Trinity College. The Trustees u nd e r the will of the late Rev. John Hulse have given notice, that Mr. Benson, the Hulsean Lecturer, be ing unable, from indisposition,toperform the duties of his office for the present year, they are desirous of proceeding to the ap pointment; of ' a Dep u ty, to preach the Lectures in the en suing months of April' and May, and in September and October; and confiirrnably to the other conditions requir ed in the will. ' : Candidates are to signify their intentions of offering theniselves, to the Vice-Chancellor, on or before Monday the 2fith•instant.— , -We shall be sorry to find Mr. Ben son's illness arises from the great exertions he made to fulfil the intentions of his Founder, •We have often heard it mentioned as a matter of regret that these Lecturers are so many in number, and that ten of them. most be delivered in the Autumn, before the Under-graduates return to the University. An application to the proper authority should be made, to authorise some al teration-in these respects. lhLL's SCHOLAnsHirs.—An • Election of two Scholars upon this foundation will take place on Friday the 6th of April next. , TYRWIIITT'S HEBREW -SCHOLARSBIt'Ef,-The examina tion for a Scholarship on this foundation will conimence on the first Wednesday after the Ist day of May next. THE NEW COMET. • OBSERVATORY, GOSPORT, MARCH 17.—The Comet cani to its perihelium to-day, namely, within 14 degrees of the sun. It has only lessened its right ascension half a degree, an its north declension four-fifths of a degree since ' the evening of the 24th of February, when it was first seen here ; but by the an ; anal motion of the earth, its distance from the sun is decreased about IV. Now it is advanced too far in the'solar rays to al low us to make correct observations on its position.—At the close of this month it will begin; to set after the svn, and with a dear horizon an hour before sunrise,' there will be a chance of seeing it rise about E. N. during the ensuing month. The weather has lately been unfavourable for seeing the Comet co near the western horizon in the evenings ; as, from its very slow geocentric motion, it will not afford-sufficient space to at temßt to deduce the form of its orbit, which is the chief object to science.—lt is hoped that correct observations on the frequent appearances of those celestial visitors, will, in the course of time, throw new light on the theory of Comets, and divest it of much of the uncertainty that seems to exist, in regard to the form of their eccentric orbits and their periodic returns: SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, FOR THE PRESENT WEEP. His Majesty's Stag Hounds will meet on Friday, at Salt The Pytcbley Hounds, on Wednesday, at Stowe ; Friday, at Welton ; Saturday, at Great Harrowden.—These Hounds, after tbe 25th instant, hunt from the Brigstock Kennel. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Friday, at Bilsden Park. The Oakley Hounds, on Thursday, at Halsey Wood ; Satur day, at Oak Close. The Quorndon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Widmerpool Thursday, at Kettleby ; Saturday, at Illartinshaw. The Hampshire Hounds, on Wednesday, at Matterley Gate ; Thursday, at Nutley Church ; and on Saturday, at Northing ton Down. The Hambledon Hounds, on Friday, at Fisher's Pond. The Earl of Derby's Stag Hounds, on Wednesday, at Wick ham Court ; Friday, at Epsom Downs-.. H. Jolliffe, Esq.'s Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Chal don ; Saturday, at Reigate Hill. The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Pratt's Bottom ; Saturday, at Limpsfield. • The Harriers meet every day. Lord Anson's Fox Hounds, on Friday, at Burbage ;. Satur day, at Ansley Hall. Mr. Meynell's Fox Hounds, on Friday, at Kedleston. Mr. Mytton's Fox Hounds--Ivetsey Bank Kennel. The Moorland Fox Hounds, on Saturday, at Endon. Sir Edward Smythe's Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Acton Burnell. Kennel. The Cheshire Hounds, on Wednesday, at !Shavington Thursday, at Combermere ; Saturday, at Highway-side. The Worcester Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, :at Rouse Leach ; Friday, at Newer's Wood. The Earl of Darlington's Fox Hounds, on 'Wednesday, at Sleniford Park ; Saturday, at Camp Hill. The Lainbton Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Brandon ; Sa turday, at Cawsey. The Northumberland Fox Hounds, on Wednesday, at Ne therwitton ; Friday, at Weldon Bridge. STATE OF. THE ODDS.-: SETTING ROOM, March 19. WO RV/. 7 to l_agst Canopus colt I Bto 1 agst Cecilia. RI DALES 2 to 1 agst Reginald t to 2 agst 51orel 5 to 1 agst Selima THE BST. 7LII. HUNTERS, D. I. 2to 1 agst Banker I sto 2 agst Antar. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Gustavus 13 to 1 agst Charm. 8 to I agst Reginald [0 to 1 agst Morel [0 to I agst Jock 5 to 1 agst My Lady B to 1 agst Springe 8 to 1 agst Augusta OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Ibla 13 to 1 agst Catherine. SAINT LEGER. 7 to 1 agst Jack Spiggot. l6 to 1 agst My bady 1 to 1 agst Colwell. 17 to 1 agst Ardrossan 5 to 1. agst Sandbeck 25 to 1 agst Champagne. 5 to 1 agst Annabclla 1 POLITICAL INDIcAT ss.—The apparent cordialities be tween the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Canning, Lord Darnley, and others of his party, are indica tions in the political world not to be overlooked. From circum. stances which have transpired within the last week, there are evident approximations between the parties alluded to, which lead us to concluie, from the avowed determination of Lord Castlereagh and his immediate party, to concede every thing to the Papists, and to abandon the old maritime and commercial principles of the Country to the advocates of a Free Trade, and the introduction of a more liberal System of Trade with Fo reigners, that there are differences in a high quarter, which the want of energy and firmness in their present Chief cannot re concile or controul ! Last week the worthy Archdeacon - BOW ER, Vicar of Northallerton, gave a great quantity of good beef and mutton to the poor inhabitants of Northallerton, Romanby, Brompton, and Deighton. The Rev. ROBERT GRAY, Rector of Sunderland, has open.: cd a school in Vine-street, in that town, for the education of girls ' the daughters of the poor of his parish. Three hundred and fifty haVe already been admitted. They are instructed in. reading , and. writing, upon Dr. Bell's plan, and a mistress to teach them needle work has been engaged, and brought down from London. There arc 108 Causes entered for trial at York Assizes from •the West-Riding ; 46 from the North and East-Riding ; and two from the City_in all 156 ; of which five have Special Juries. The new Churcbat Poole is to be opened‘on Easter Monday, 23d of April—the King'te Birth Day. The brewers at Weymouth have enabled the landlords to re duce the beer one penny per pot; and a farther reduction is shortly expected. lire have great"rcason to believe* that Some of the Cabinet Ministers are not quite satisfied with the advice said to-be-given by Lord CASTLEREAGH and a certain Nobleman not very dis- . tant from the Stewart family, on the subject of Catholic Email eipation.—(l'rom a Country Paper.) Mr. FLEMING and Mr. Jt nvoisE, _the 31embei8 for Hants, voted against the Popish Claims. 'l'he Earl of EGREMONT has, with his wonted liberality, subscribed ohe hundred pounds to the new road, for the junction of. the West and East Cliffs. Several inhabitants of Brighton purpose going out in the course of the ensuing summer, as free settlers to New South Wales. Dr. CHARD'S Concert and Ball, at St. John's House, Win chester, on Tuesday,.was honoured with the first families in the neighbourhood ; .nearly 40t1 partook of • the elegant selection 'of music on the occasion, and the cheerful dance continued to a late hour. PIiPIATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE• • MAncur.l,s.7--A.„curions scene took. place yesttrday on the, trial of GOYEt and SAN QUAIRE SCIULIGNY.. The Marquis de la. FAYETTI: and M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT were called as witnesses ; their correspondence with 6Citur had been seized, and they Were interrogated as to .their, contents. One would really think that the French were as young in jurisprudence 'as they 'are', - in legislation. The;President of the Court _entered into a very ridiculous conversations with M...LA. i FAYETTE, and gave him a lecture on the nature . and tendency of his letters, on which ; .lie_hacl no right to descant. M. L.t.. FATETTg avowed having written them, and; said be, if they. contain matter of accusation,- why don't you punish vie ; but I have no need of a lesson from you;: confine yourself to y our d uty; .and' he so completely turned •the laugh. against the President, that, the latter said in a passion, Sir, it is improver to turn the President into ridi-; cule. The Advocate General got him out of the scrape, by asserting, that if the letters had been. published, they would bare prosecuted Now, with all deference to M. YATIMESNIL, we apprehend the sending a letter by the -post another person is a publication; we know that Lord ELLENDOROUGH decided it to be such; and his legal judgment is worth more than that of the whole Bench of French Judges, who seen'', to possess neither talents nor dignity. -Indeed ) the French Judges not. unfrequently enter into conversation with criminals, and argue the point with them, calling the very person they hope to condemn to death, " Mon ami." An tire reform, at least in the manners of the Judges, is necessary ; for a Court to be respected,. it must respect itself. As to thecase of GOTET and his companion and fellow-prisoner, there can be no doubt of their guilt, but the goverurrient takes the worst means of proving it they merit, richly merit, punishment, yet • it :Were almost an injustice to punish them, as precisely the same system is carried on, and has been so since 1813, by the Ultras. When will the Government have energy-enough to strike boldly at the root of these abuses and criminal attempts ? It was the occult Government that occasioned all the inas• sacres of the South, and severed the perpetrators from justice; it was that against which , M. Dr CAzus struggled so long; and at last fell a victim to it. It is that which will overthrow the pre sent Government; for whatever indulgence the MinisterS may chew towards it on account of the, primum mobile, its t en d erness i s regar d e d on l y as weakness, and it longs for the moment to get rid of what it calls the " mongrel Ministry," to have nothing but the immaculate Ultras. A pamphlet has just been published, which is a direct attack on the charter ; it insists on the right of the Emigrants to the restoration of na tional property, and suggests force to obtain it. We are persuaded that the Government will, seize it, and prosecute the author. If he escape with impunity, it will be a shock to public con. fidence, and a fatal one too. PRUSSIA. In the official Catette We find, under the heat! of "Scientific Intelligence," the following re• markable expression : The 'English Constitution (says Count de Vass, in the Preface to the very respectable work on the Constitution of England, which, he has translated from the French) has not been giVen (octroyee), bat it has arisen—it has developed it self in a natural manner in the progress of time : its manifold intertwined roots spread in all direc tions, and are so intimately woven with the native soil, that neither external nor internal storms, in ancient or modern times, have been able to shake the . free aspi r i ng . stem. The little wo r k i n ques tion shews in a clear and convincing manner how this gradual development has taken place, how little - has beers done by - abstract speculation, how much 'by chance, just feelings, and 'steady perseverance.— Nurnerous as those are who repeat the general praise of the English Constitution —there are few . who are acquainted with the essence of'it; nay,. they scarcely know that there is no such thine as an English Const:tutionalist--that• no dead theory ever furnished chapter and section for it. The English Constitution has originated in actual life, and consequently so peculiarly national, that in it is displayed the highest per fection of the English national • character,-,-- The general longing for - Constitutions Which in our times every where shows it softly, anil, abounds in strength, and in writings, is a pleasing: rather than an alarming phenomenon. But the error which is at the same time widely spread is. injurious -7-namely, that a Constitution is to, be . attained by an i n t e ll ec t ua l p rocess, an d that ti,o share of it belongs' to past times ; that there may. be Normal Constitutions, which, with, at the most, some local modifications, would make one State happy as well as another. This error has spread to such an extent, that most persons when they have the Iford Constitution, think ofa written document, which they: can lay open before them • either in a splendid edition, or in a size fit for a pocket. The longing for. Constitutions in itself comprehends only the allowable wish, that what time has changed in'the rOatjons of civil society, and by the progress of li.now.ledge in all classes, developed, may ,constituted into laws, and those lawS,aS well,aS al.l. thefollowing ones which may . thnS arise in a nattfrixl .manner, may be re ceived py some "means, according as custom and • the local circumstances of the country point oat, and thus withdraw, from the influence of ar bitrary will, anif there is surely no ,Govern- :pent which can have the intention to , leave this • wish Unsatisfied, or belieite on the possibility .of absolutely suppressing it, and the accompAishment • of it might' perhaps. .be more easy and simple -. than it appears; its only respect foraneient tutiocis is-continued With the modelling of also • 'new. Even There, where the I. principleS of qt . ,. unsparing progress have already'prevailed, and?_ have begun the work of destruction,.which is in 7 separable from them, there will be still so mere= mains - tot* earlier institutions, which hts.yeioi yet been swallowed up by a new systens ;: of adrni nistration, and to which the changes, tie necessity • Of' which is felt, ma y b e successfully connected." -L-(....lllgerneine Zeitung.) ~t ~►Cii T