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tlpon, its being exported. Russia, with. the eX teption. of our American Colonies, was the only country now favoured in our present timber in '''lercourse ; and this regulation he thought would be found in its effects to be highly prejudicial to •our North American Colonies. He concluded with professing his determination to. oppose the ndment and support the original motion.' Mr. RICARDO professed - he thought the boon intended to be given by his lion. Friend's Amend ment to the merchants of Norway was inconsi -d•erable. It was, in fact,' but a remission of 'duty. No monopoly would be created to Nor way of, the Timber Trade by acceding to the proposition . now made by his Hon. Friend. It was said there • was no compulsion to purchase • from our American Colonies, but was it not a most effectuitl'species of compulsion to purchase from North America, when all duties on her timber were taken off, and additional duties were laid . 'on Norway'timber, so as to put it quite out of the market. He should, under these circumstances. • - vote for the Amendment of his Hon. Friend. Mr. K. DOUGLAS thought an intermediate • •scale.Of duties might have been adopted, so as to -arrange the matter more equitably between the Baltic :rowers. It was most desirable that a • - competition should be established in all branches of the Timber Trade. One great objection to . the ;reposed regulation was; that it would not -tiviie into operation for two years. In a further ..stage of the Bill, he should propose what he ...Imagined would prove a more equitable principle to regulate these duties. Sir W. DE Catsmoxy trusted the House . -- Iyould not forget how much was due to the inte rests of its colonial trade in any future arrange.; ment.. Mr. GLADSTONE considered it would be most unwise to lay a_ duty on foreign deals, merely in orcler, to encourage the sawing of deals is this country. He should prefer the consideration of • the snbi-ect in a Committee of the House. '• Mr. G. BENNETT contended that the interests of Norway, of Russia, and of Canada, were con tinually thought of, but not one word was heard .of the interest of the consumer. It was here that be took his stand, and had from the first moment up'to the present opposed the Bill. There could be nothing so absurd as to talk of competition, ivhen they were laying on duties to enable a dis tent country to compete with one which was close efland. He was glad to hear that this was to' be a temporary measure ; he hoped that it would not last a twelvemonth. The colonial interest had o t been considered by the Committee, so much as the interestsof the canting, hypocritical, blood • - .-stained, despotic Government of Russia. • •T heamendment was then negatived without a division. The Bill went through a Committee, and Mr. WALLACE moved that the Report be received to-morrow. After a few words from Mr. Bennett, Mr. Wallace, and Mr. P. Grant, it was agreed that the Report should be received to-morrow, and the Bill read a third time on Thursday. Mr. HUME gave not i ce o f a mot i on f or T hursday, relative to the attendance of the Advocate-General at Courts-Martial. ARMY ESTIMATES. UR= the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE (VitaI, the House then went into a Committee of Supply. Lord PALMERSTON moved a Resolution for granting the sum of 66141. for the service of the Director of the Medical Staffs Department. Col. DAVIES said that the Physician-General in 1816 re. ccived• a salary of 7001. whereas it was now 20001. He consi dered the grant to be extravagant, and should therefore move a reduction of 12001. He moved, as an amendment, that the sum of 44141. should be substituted for that proposed in the Reso lution. • Lord PALAIERSTON said, that the duties of the Director- General's Department were of an important nature, and pro duced the half-yearly reports made to head-quarters. The business of the Cffice could not be carried on by less means than were now proposed. , Mr. MIME said, that in another year, if the Noble Lord would take the trouble to examine, he would find that thii esti mate might be very well reduced 12001. After a few words from Lord PALMERSTON' and Mr. BEN.. NE7.T the Amendment was negatived without a division, a nd the Resolution carried. The next Resolution was for a sum of £10,517 for various Irish departments. HUME moved an Amendment that the sum of £7OOO be 'substituted. There was one item to which he particularly objected. It was that which provided for the Medical Inspec tor General in Ireland. He had said on a former occasion that tlyesc Officers were riot liable to be sent on foreign service, and the noble Lord contradicted him ; but he had since ascertained that what he had stated was perfectly correct. Lord PALMERSTON admitted that the superior Officers wqre exempt from foreign service, but those in inferior stations were not. heir H. PARNELL supported the Amendment. Mr. G. BENNETT said, that if a Houseof Commons went on disregarding the Petitions of the People, and voting such Estimates as those now before the House, such a House of Commons would no longer be a blessing, but a curse to the" country.—(Loud cries of " Order !" and " Chair !") The CIIATRMAN said, that the Hon. Member must be aware that he was exceeding the utmost limits of debate in the laiguaoe he had used. • .Mr. BENNETT said, that he had only stated a supposed case. If the House were to act in a certain manner; it would then he what he described it. The Hon. Member .supported the -Amendment. Ford PALMERSTON would n o t remark upon the"tone in which the /ion. Member thought proper to induge., for he was sure it *mild have all the effect upon the house which it de served.--(Gifeers.) Mr. GORDON said, that the disposition to economise now evinced by the Goiernment was chiefly -to be attributed to the exettidn3 of his Hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen. After alevi wards from Mr. llurne,. the House divided— ; For~ the Amend men t - - - 45 Against it - - • Majority in favour of the Resolution —54 The next Resolution was for a sum of £27,824 for the, Medi calSettitg or the Army. Cdionel DAVIES aaid that the medical expanse of the Army wrs gr.Je.ter ..now than in the time of war ; and moved an Ara:cid:rent for redirtingl.s,ooo from the Estimate. • FERGUSON called the attention of - the Committee to the ninth Report'of the Military Inquiry, wherein they re= comqlendexi,.thatthe patent place of Apothecary-General, held by .Igr._clarnier, should be discontinued, and the medicine for the Army 'purchased at Apothecaries' Hall. He expected some explarktion An that .subject, as well a; the Botanical G a rd en ; and mpyed that the Resolution be postponed. C4oneIDAVIES wished rather to curtail the vote than post pone it : • . 4...ordTALMEII.S TON said, the fact was, Mr. Gamier had a patent ;which entitled him to supply.the army with medicines. Since tlid - expiiation of that patent and the death of Mr. Gar nier,'Mr. C. Clark, who had been in the employ of Mr. Gar nier, was, engaged to purchase medicines fo r th e p u bli c . Th at Ocr:tleinan had bought drugs. Of the parties who sold them to the .Apothecaries' Company, which had led io a reduction of their prices.' .111 r. • Clark had greatly benefited the Medical Boart, and there was not th e l east groun d to in pute blame to that. individual. Mt.'lll.3lE:objected to the emplorpent of . Mr. Clark. It was the duty of Go ver n inftn t to buy their drug . s''itt once of the Apothecaries Company. He wish e d to know trom•the Noble Lout where the London depot of Medicine was: . ' Sir R: FERGUSON explained. • • Mr. W. SMITH observed, that ,Mr. Gamier held the patent to the day of his death. That individual, supplied good medi cine, but he did not supply it cheap. Forty per cent. was his constant gain on the article. He thouglat a reduction might be male, Lord PALMERSTON said, the London depot of medicine, vral- the house in London for keeping; mexiicine. The Botani cal Garden was. Ict on foot by Sir George Young. It was of considerable benefit to science. If, however, a garden of this s crt was necessary, he was ready tc admit that it ong'r.t te,b4 at Trinidad rather. than. St. Vincerits. The Noble Lord iritcrided to dispose of it to the hest advantage. Mr. J. P. GRANT :mid ft few words upon the subject, and the House divided— ' • For the postponement - Against it e - 109 Majority - - - - A second division of course took place on Colo: el Davies's Amendraent—The Numbers were-a- Forthe Amendment - - - f.B • Against it - - - - - 110 Majority - - —52 Mr. PROGDEN then moved a Resolution for granting £170,000 to defray the expence of Volunteer Corps in Great Britain. Sir W. DE CR:ESPIGNY expressed himself at a loss to know why the Volunteer Yeomanry were increased in the county of iiouthanapton. • Lord MILTON said, it was necessary to inform the Com mittee where the increase of Volunteer comanry had occurred. Mr. F. PALMER said, he was desirous ofknowing why the Yeomanry. Cavalry had been increased in B e df or d ? Mr. BROUGHAM asked a similar question with respect to the Yeomanry of Westmorland. Mr. HUMEeobeerved, that there had been a gradual in crease since 1916 in the expence incurred by that description of force. The revenue lost £lOO,OOO per annum by the vast num bers in the Volunteer Cavalry, as they paid no tax. Lord PALMERSTON recalled to the recollection of Gen tlemen, that last year the greater part of these corps were en gaged in the preservation of the public peaee.—(Hear, how !) —lt was too much to turn upon the Government, for cn a force which might be considered the most constitutional, for the preservation of valuable lives and property. It was said those corps of volunteers were increased in particular districts where they were not wanted. In many of the manufacturing districts it was found impossible to raise Volunteer Corps. Per sons were not willing to expose themselves to the unpleasant duty thehad occasionally to discharge. LordMILTON explained. Sir ROBERT WILSON said it was necessary to protect the peace of the country ; but he disapproved of perseverance in the employment of Volunteers. That system, if persevered in, would save made rebellion an act of duty.—(Considerable mur murs, and cry of order !)—By increasing the military force of the country, taxation was increased. Mr. HUME said, the unfortunate events of Scotland and other places which required military force were occasioned by • the late proceedings of Franklin. The very placard which caused the disturbance at Glasgow was written in London by that individual; The Ho n . Member here insinuated that his Majest's Government had some k now l e d ge o f t h at person. Mr.BATHURST staid it was impossible for any Member of the Administration to befsilent when they heard acts of treason in Scotland charged as the act of his Majesty's Government.— The Honourable Member. had brought forward a charge for which there was not the slightest foundation. It was a gross calumny. It was too much, at the same time, for any reason able person to credit. • The Members of Government knew no thing of that man Franklin. The Hon. Member, should be more guarded, and abstain from making charges until he could support them by proof. With respect to other charges made by a gallant General, was it to be said, that because a taxation pressed on men they were bound in duty to rebel ?—(Cry of No, no!) Mr. HUME, in explanation, adverted to the f ac t s w hi c h transpired with respect t o F ran klin, and contended that his escape had been connived at. Mr. BATHURST again defended his Majesty's Govern ment. The Honourable Member had nothing bpt suspicions to support his charges. He might ask, whether any individual, standing in the situation of Minister, Secretary of State for the Home Department, could be capable of keeping Franklin or any other person in wealth for the purpose of making him the instrument to excite the people to rebellion ? It was almost insanity to entertain for one moment such an idea. Lord MILTON said the Government had connection with Oliver, if not with Franklin. Mr. BATHURST observed, that all he knew about Oliver • was, that he was employed to discover disaffected persons ; but what had Oliver to do with Franklin ? There was no connec tion with respect to those names. The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND saki, it was the first time he had ever heard the Government charged with the acts of Glasgow. He appealed to the Hon. Gentleman who appeared as Counsel for the persons implicated, whether he ever heard the least insinuation against Government ? With respect to the placard, he could say, on the best authority, it was writ ten at Glasgow and printed at Glasgow. Sir ROBERT M'ILSON explained, and justified his ex pression upon the language of the Bill of Rights. • Mr. MONTEITH stated, that they found the printers and types with which the placard at Glasgow -was printed. No Ministers could send persons down to excite disturbance in the manufacturing districts. • Mr. BROUGHAM said, none could be so ridiculous as to suppose Ministers had excited riots. The connection of Go. vernment with Franklin was not proved, but circumstances of suspicion existed. It could not be denied that Oliver and Ed wards had been used as spies by the GovernMent. Mr. W. POLE said, the insinuations of the Hon. Gentleman had been woven by the legal ingenuity of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman into direct charges, which never should have come before the House without due notice. The Member for Aber deen had made a charge against the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which, if well founded, ought to be the subject of impeachment. But the charge was made only on suspicion. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman did not mean to insinuate that Franklin:was employed by the Noble Secretary. If-any one had made that charge in direct terms, he should say it was false and scandalous. It was disingenuous to insinuate that-the Government had been guilty of such conduct, when common sense and the knowledge of the parties brought a conviction of the contrary being the fact. Mr. BROUGHAM then complained of a scandalous charge made against him by the Right Honourable Gentleman. This was said in so loud a tone, and with so much vehemence, that considerable agitation ensued. There was a ,general cry of— " Chair, Chair !" " Adjourn, Adjourn !" • Mr. ROBINSON th e n sa id h e had interrupted the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, supposing that some misunderstanding had occurred which might be coolly explained: • Mr. TIERNpY expressed a hope that good temper might be restored, and misunderstanding removed. Mr. W. POLE said, he should be sorry to state any thing in the warmth of debate indecorous. He was not . aware that he had said any thing the Honourable and Learned Gentleman could consider a charge. Mr. BROUGHAM stated that no man was more unwilling than himself to be captious. •He had only to s ay, w ith- r e s p ect to the view he had taken of the Right HonourableGentleman's words, that he was not a man to insinuate that his Majesty's Ministers were exciting treason, and knew at the same time thai the charge was false. - - Mr. W. POLE explained. • The. Resolution was then agreed to. Mr. BENNET next proposed the Chairman to report. pro gress, and ask leave to sit again.• Lord PALMERSTON stated, that delay in the discussion of the Army Estimates had occasioned considerable inconvenience. The Half Pay and the Widows'. Pensions could not be paid, He wished, therefore, to take those items as agreed to. Colonel DAVIES and Mr. HUME stated, that they had considerable objections' to the vote for Officers' Half Pay. They did not object to Widows' Pensions. , The. Chairman then reported progress, and asked leave to sit again on Wednesday. - The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House Adjourned at a QUARTER PAST'' WO O'CLOCK. SHIP NEWS. The Columbo, Captain RICUARDSON, arrived at Blackwall' on Sunday, after a passage of 9 - 3 days, from the Isle of France. The David Shaw, Captain JORDAN; sailed' for London six days be fore the Columbo, and may be , scion expected.— Prince RATIFFE and• Suite, from the Island of Madagascar, are arrived in the above ship. FALMOUTH, APRIL 14.—Wind S. S. W. Arrived the Danube, Stevenson, from London for Genoa ; and Sceptre, Lowden, from ditto for Leghorn ; the William, Rathbone, of Liverpool, from the coast of Africa, out 60 days, put into Lis bon Ist April, leaky and with loss of bulwarks, &c. Hanwrctr, APRrr. 16.—Arrived the Lord Nelson packet with mails from Holland. . MrvAurssEY, Apnrr. 14.—1 t has blown a heavy gale all day from S. to W. hut is now (9 p. m.) more moderate. PENZANCE, Amur. I4.—The Bideford, M'Donald, in ten days, from St. Michael's for London, put in here with sails split, but has sailed again on her voyage. DEAL, APRIL I6.—Wind S.—Arrived and sailed for the River the J.,;p:vlng, Lentil, from St. Domingo ; and George from St. Vincent's.—Carne down from the River the Princess Charlotte, Blyth, for Ceylon; Eden, for Jamaica; Coventry,' Horn, for Demerara; Mary, Thomas,' for Havanna ; Tyms; for Newfoundland ; G oo d C zar , M unro, f or the Cape of Gooi Hope ; Candidate, Bacon, for Gibraltar ; Providence, Judinson ; and Hannah, Wake, for Quebec ; Friends, Clark, for Mirarnichi; and Sophi, for St. John's.—Several of the out.. ward-bound are getting under weigh, and the remainder are prffparing to sail. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Luna., 16 ° die April's, IS2I. REFORM or 1 Petition from the rre e holderS of Middle- PARLIA.mENT. sex, and the inhabitants of Belfast, IN • _.. _ _ _ • FAVOUR OF. WOOL TA!{.—PetitOß of the Merchants, Ship Owners and others AGAINST. GRAIN, (Canada).—Petition of - the Merchants of London, trading to Canada, for the Importation of Grain ' free from Restrietion.—lte ferred to the Committee on Agriculture. CROWN Lr.AsEs.—Bill to facilitate granting of—ordered to be brought in. PRICE OP STOCKS • THIS DAY AT TWELVE o'cLoor. 3 per Cent. Red. 74 ex div. India Bonds 465. pr. 3 per Cent. Cons, 74 72 2 Exche3. Bills. 45. pr. 31 per Cent uog - ex diV. COns.'for May 72ei 5 per Cent. Navy AruL 1i2144 HIGH WATER AT LONDO: ot.r.ir.g, 37 , minutes after 2. , N BRIDGE TO-MORROW% I Evening, 54 minutes after 2. THE SUN. ,SOLEN QUIS prePRB FALSUM AUDEAT? LONDON, TUESDAY; APRIL 17, 1821. Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this day, by which it appears that the Revolution in Pied mont is at .an end, and that the Royal _Authority has, 'ere this, been re-established.----The follow- ins are extracts : " TURIN, APRIL 9. " The following Declaration was posted up here this even. ing : TILE PROVISIONAL JUNTA TO THE CITIZENS. " The troops commanded by Count de Latour, in conjunc tion with the Austrian troops, are approaching the capital.— , The Junta, which has employed itself W-Lth success in the pre servation of the public peace, and in guarding against the evils of anarchy and civil war, now confides the care of good order, and the tranquillity of the city to the Municipal Authorities. " The inhabitants are informed, for. their satisfaction, that the Citadel is delivered over to the National Guard. " Given at Turin, April 9, 1821. (Signed) " MARENTINI, President. CHAMBERY, Arun. 10. • "An express dispatched from Turin on the 9th, brought a letter to the Count D'Andczeno, of which the following is an extract, which was immediately affixed in different'parts of the City The number of the rebels was 5,000. Yesterday (the Bth) the Austrians entered the Piedmontese territory, and encoun tered the rebels in front of Novara. A single regiment of Hulans proved sufficient to disperse this troop, which appears to have been incapable of making a stand, which perfectly ex poses the state of anarchy that subsisted among them. " In one hour the citadel of Turin will be evacuated ; the Junta is dissolved, and every thing announces that in th ree days the royal authority will be re-established in the whole a Piedmont, as it has been preserved in Savoy, Count Andezeno by your wisdom and firmness." A true copy, Chambery, April 10, 1821. " LYONS, APRIL S. " I hasten to announce to you that a body of Austrian troops entered Turin on the morning of the oth instant, and have re established there the King's authority. On the previous even ing another' Austrian corps occupied Alessandria : the rebels of that town were already disheartened by the' vain attempts which they had made upon Voghcra. " A new proclamation by his Royal Highness the Duke de Genevois has been published at Turin. This Prince persists in his refusal to accept the crown which the King his brother only abdicated from the force of circumstances ; but he has ordered that prOmpt'ineasures may be taken for the suppression of all movements Which may tend to perpetuate disorder. " Savoy receives the reward of the fidelity which it pre served towards its Sovereign. This duchy will not be sub jected to military occupation. " The GenerAssimo, Latour, has effected his junction with the Austrian army. • " Letters froth Constantinople, of a recent date, announce that the Porte has resolved upon prosecuting the war in Alba nia with the utmost vigour. Numerous troops, artillery, and ammunition, have been expedited to that quarter." FRENCII FUNDS. • April 13, Five per Cents. Bank Stock 1547.1. c. ANDEZENO. We received, this morning, New York Papers to the 24th ult. inclusive.. They contain nothing of importance.: There is in the Boston Paper of the 22d. ult. an extract of a letter.from St. Domingo, dated February 27, but we have inserted a pa ragraph froth another letter of the following day, on the affairs of Hayti. The debate, which is to save or' destroy the Protestant Constitution of this Realm, is ad journed; and anXions . expectation Waits in sus pense for the - final result ;--that resiilt . Which is to confirm our - peace and security, or give . * dis cord and interminable fury. The 'measure of giving power to PapiSts has been advocated, as if it was a measure of conciliation and concord ; but .never. was there 7:1))olitical 'Step - so'replete with the- very opposite s--effects: Even already they begin to.appear. Where No Popery is in scribed, various Popish comments are here and there added. ,One we noticed lately ; another; not less remarkable,. may now be' pointed out. Close to Cavendish:;g4Uare, in Margaret-street, Co the Protestant apostrophe is added Here-.j Tier. Alreaify,' - theit, - "we are I.4retiei', nOtTir * O- - testantS : and. what does No Heretics rne2tnf.,iii the language, of Popery, but tliat all who are so . reputed .shall, if . possible, be destroyed—extern ininated ? No Poperyineans' simply no Popish Governors or Legislators, no triumph of Popery over the Reformed Religion. But No Heretics amounts completely to decl-a.ration of war. Are we to put arms into the hauas of such ene mies to enable the:Tito:fight us more effectually ? Heaven Forbid it ! BR/GgTON,.APRIL 15.—Divine ..Sarvice. ,was perforMed in, the presence Of the•. ICING~ -suite, •and Household, at the Palace this morning, by the Rev..TIVOH PEARSOM—The Duke of YORK took leave of his MAJESTY,. .and . set off to rettult . to. London to-day, -about an• hour before noon. His Royal Highness's departure was followed by that of the Prussian Ambassador, Count LIEVEN, , and Countess LIEVEN.—The Earl of Inrcapoor. arrived at,thePavilion at half past three o'clock this afternoon ; and had the honour of an audience of his MAJESTY ; at the close of which, about five o'clock, his Lordship re-ascended' his car . - riage, and retfirried' to London.—The KING liaS .not appeared in public to-day. 'HIS MAJESTY'S health continues rernarkcthly good. . . PRIVATE: AND AUTTIrSTIC CORRESPOI4DENCL' PARIS, Anti!. 14.—in a city like Paris, which contains more idlers than any other place in Europe, crowds and mobs are easily formed. A stock-broker, a Jew, called IwAN MANUEL, or rather EmAnur.L, was killed in a duel, and on Thursday the Church refused the funeral cere monies ; in the first place, because he was a Jew ; in the second, because he was - killed in a duel, which the Catholic Church holds now to be a species of suicide. A great mob collected, the church doors were forced, a priest Was obtained, and the funeral service •was performed amidst the cries of " five la Chario!" We hate into lerance, but we think the Archbishop of Paris had good reason to refuse Christian burial to a Jew: however, the mob carried the day, and MANUEL now sleeps, awaiting the first coming of the AlesstAx. The ridicule of these Liberals prevents one being seriously angry with them on many ocmions, for it is pleasant enough to see those .who neither fear. GOD nor honour the KINo create a riot, to force the Church. to grant Christian burial to a Jew !—The', poor Liberals are at present completely aux übais ; their only hope is in the stand of Sardinia against the great Powers of Austria and Russia : but yet it is not well to insult them. We have i seen a mastiff chained, break that chain by re peated efforts, and worry the cowardly wretch that insulted him because he thought there was no danger in it. Let the Ultras look to theta selvestheir system is as inconsistent with the welfare of France as the doctrines 'of the De .magogues-1789 and - 1793 may again be pro duced—and they certainly . do all in their power to - produce events,whiCh will be 'fatal to them— they exult in the disgrace of M. DE CAZES. When intrigue brings forgery to its aid, and that forgery is given credit to, what reputation can stand against it i POPERY. TO THE PRINTERS OF THE HAMPSHIRE TELEGRAPH. Catisfield, April 13, 1821. The policy Of admitting the Catholic Claims has been, for many Sessions of Parliament, so ably and fully argued in both II uses; and by Petitions from Clergy and Lnity, that it must appear presumption in an humble individual to attempt to stop the progress of the present Catholic Bill, which has ALREADY PASSED the Commons, arid the first reading in the Lords; but foreseeing the serious mischief's which must unavoidably take place in the professions, more particularly in the Navy, and which appears to have escaped the notice of every Naval Mem ber in both Houses, I cannot resist offering the following re marks : I will confine myself to the situation in which the Officers of a Man-of-War may be placed, by the indiscriminate admission of Protestant and Catholic. I willpresume the members of the Officers' messes to be equal in numbers as to their religious te nets. At sea, on a long cruise or voyage, will it be possible to avoid discussion on religious points? and TO WHAT has not religious zeal and controversy carried men ? Many ships must eventually be commanded by Catholics. Will not a Catholic Captain. have a Catholic Priest on board, who will be his Con fesse.r, and whose conscience will be in his keeping?, I will also presume the Captain to be a weak man, or a bigot. Will the private Signals, which are of the most vital consequences to the country, and with which every Captain, and every Com mander in the Navy, is entrusted, be safe in his possession ? Is it not probable that this Priest (who may be an enemy to this country) may get possession of the Private Signals ? and if we are at war with a Catholic country, what serious conse quences may follow. I dread to look forward to such an event. Will not the Protestant Officers of the ship claim the privilege of a Protestant Priest? a man as zealous in his Religion as the Catholic. To what dissensions and f act i on will not so hetero geneous a mixture of reFzions opinions tend ? It should never be forgotten, that about the time of the Mu tiny in the Navy, the Catholics on board a line-of-battle ship bound themselves by a most solemn oath* to murder every Pro testant in the ship, and carry her into an enemy's port. Many other points, equally alarming and dangerous, present them selves to AN OLD SAILOR. • P. S.—Since writing the above, I have obtained a copy of the oath, viz.—" I swear to be true to the Free and Lnited Irishmen, who are fighting your cause against tyrants and op pressors, and to defend their rights to the last drop of my blood, and to keep all secret within my breast ; a nd I d o agree , t h e next time the ship looks out a-head .at sea, to carry her into Brest, and to kill and destroy all the Officers, and every man who opposes, except the Master, and to hoist a green ensign with a harp in it, and afterwards to kill or destroy all Protest ants."—This horrible oath was administered on board the Defiance, Capt. TheophilusJones, in 1797.—Eleven were hanged by the sentence of a Court-martial, and ten were transported for life. By the : Leward Island Mail of yesterday we have advices'frorn St. Thomas's of the 13th of March. They mention, as official, that the Ar mistice which had been agreed upon by Moant.o . andBOLIjAR had been : prolonged for six months. The. Commissioners who had been sent from the Cortes had at last come to an agreement with BouvAn., arid it was deemed not.unlikely that a long peace would be the result of their negocia tions. In consequence of this favourable aspect of affairs, business hadLbeeome very brisk at St. Thomas's, and a free communication to all ports in the Mainn-was fully expected. A Jamaica Mail arrived yesterday: The, ac counts from the Spanish Colonies by this convey ane•state, that the Raleigh sloop of war spoke one Of-BUrOm's vessels, and learnt 'that, the ar misEiee was concluded ; and• a letter kern Santa •it . Was likely to. produce a }nit `matiefit peace. • • • - • - Letters from St. Domingo, dated the end' of .Fehruary,'state, that 'a conspiracy hid he'en coveted at Cape Haytien, : at the head of which . was the Duke de MARMALADE, late Governor of that'place', and General RicHAnn. They had succeeded in geducing part of the troops, sothe of whoM were on the point of plundering, robbing, and murdering the Whites and Mulattoes-; when', the diabolical plot was discovered, and .the ring;.l leaders arrested. They were subs e que n tly sen t .to Port-au-Prince to be tried. The annulled spread throughout the whole island, and a t th e date of our last advices, tranquillity [tad trot been completely restored. - • Yesterday, the Duke and 'Duchess of CsA •RENCE, accompanied by Prince ERNEST HOIiEN- . LOH LANGENBOURG, went to view the Tower and the Mint, where their Royal Highnesses partook of some refreshment.—The Princess AUGUSTA visited the Duchess -of GLoUCESTER. yesterday. —Yesterday, the• Princess AUGUSTA took an airing in a coach and four, and honoured Lady CREKORNE with a visit at Chelsea.----The Prin cess AUGUSTA dined with the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE:, yesterday.--Yesterday-," Prince I..Eprorm and a select party dined with the Duke and Duchess . .Of GLot CESTER. MANILLA. 1.1.irt12A13.1TV.-(FiTILTIIER P.A7LTICVLATIg.) (TR. NSLATION.) St. Denis, under sail, Dec. 24, 1020. TO Tyr GOVERNOR OF TO F. ISLE or BOURBON. MR. GOVNR is probable that you are not aware of the melancholy event which took plaCe -at Manilla on the 10th of October ult. I consider it therefore as my. duty to make you acquainted with the particulars which have just come to my knowledge. On the 2d of October a very high wind arose in the south-east quarter that lasted 24 hours during which .so great a 'quantity of rain fell as to occasion the overflow ing of the ;ivers. The advantageous situation of the ships in the roads of Carite Secured then* against danger. The Bth of fhe same month we ' heard that the cholera mbrblus had spread to an alarming extent at Manilla, and as a preventa r tive against the contagion; we forbade our crew from landing. On the 10th the Governor of Carite sent guards to prevent the boats from ap proaching.' On the Ilth, receiving intelligence that the natives, suspecting the Europeans of having poisoned the waters of the river Passig, and of having thus occasioned the disease with which many were infected, entered the houses and assassinated great numbers. We put our ships in a state for defence. AnQtlicer of the Government of Carite informed os of the mea sures taken by the Government fer our safe com munication with the land. My SecOnd Lieute nant, whom I •had Sent some days . before to Manilla, arrived with the disastrous: tidings of the melancholy events that happened' on the 10th, and of the IoSS which was suffered on that terrible day. He could only, however, give us a general account of the state of things, having been obliged to escape from the ferocious barbarities of the Mani/kis'. . Mes,srs. Foulon, Dtipeyrait, and Gadefrai the:elder, had been massacred, as wallas Monsieur Dibard, Captain of the Cultivator. of Nantei a Monsieur Stoup, Captain of the Alexander, of Bourdeaux, toge ther with his Lieutenant and three of the crew Monsieur Guillot, Supercargo of the E eantine., of Bourdeaux, and four strangera;j,wo of whorl had settled in the country.--Many more had been dangerously wounded; and had miraculously. escaped by the attention of their country Men ; among whom are Monsieur Gatxtherin.woanded in four place, with a dagger, and the y oung er Gadefrai, now. both recovered. All Frenchmen and other foreigners were: obliged - t& conceal themselves, and afterwards to. - escape into the citadel, to be secure from the Indians, who pur sued them every where with the greatest fury- All the houses of strangers were plundere:ir and every thing else destroyed. On the follow. , ing day their fury was directed towards the Chi nese, who, rendered cautious by the butchery 0 1 the preceding evening, sheltered themselves frog= their barbarous assairants, but,. however, hundred of them fell victims to the enraged Ala' nillois, and the greater part of - their-houses were pillaged. The Governor did not render any 'as". sistance to our unfortun a t e countrymen durinc the carnag e , an d on l y l ent t h em aid w h en t h e y were partly in s a f e ty. I n t hi s con d uct t h ere a r pears to be s om ethi ng more than negligence. cholera morb us h as ma d e a. l ame n table progre throukh Manill a an d th e env i rons. _ U pwards Of 5000 persons have become victims to this po-- lence. The buildings have been Much injured' We have lost four men. At our departure' the malady 'had considerably abated. All our crew are healthy, although much fatigued from the length of the voyage, having been out of France fifteen months. W e s t an d i n great need of pr(); visions, parti c ul ar l y w i ne an d water, not haviPar been able to procure the formeiat Allow me t o h o p e , M r . G over n or, t h at you Will (keeping in view such cautions - as yoU deem Ile; cessary) permit us to obtain the objects' vihicl2l required from Mr. D esp ianches, and you Wl' confer on us an essent i a l f avo ni ,.as we hope 0., reach France in the winter. I have the honour to be,. &c. Sac. WATIV 3, : , Captftin of the vessel LE NANTEs, bound for Bourdeg' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE- STATE OF THE ODDS.- D El BETTING ROOBI /5. - Ft BY. 9 to 1 agst Charm 12 to 1 agst Morel 5 to I agst Reglnlld n to 1 agst austavus 11 to 1 agst Jock 3i to 1 agst My Lady. 8 to I apt Augustit. OAKS. • JUDDLESWORTH. 7. to 4 apt Reginald • 3i to 1 agst 3i to 1 agst Morel 7 to 4 agat Banker 3i to 1 agst Antal- est.7lb . . Stake. 1.3 i to 1 agst Charnpignoll to I agst Tiresias., NORTHAMPTON SPRING MEETING. _ cf .. A Cup, and £4O in specid. Heists, twice round the Cor r Rode by Farmers. • • I, Drage's b..g. Luck's-All, 4 yrs. old, list... - . ,- 6 ' f!.! J. Sliarman's Tallk.lid ! 5 yrs. I Ist. 71b. : .. 1 I : c . Whitmell's b". mare, G yrs. old, 12st. - -.-- - 5 '! I 3 4 Wilson's br. geldingi 6 yrs. - -old, 12st. - • - 3 ',.. Hathslaw's br. gAtting, 4 qrs. old,.llst. '- 4 d z . Iliggiles'cli. gelekitti446ad, 12st. .. . --- - , Mr. Mr, Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. ilTr. BA RTLEst . A . N.---The - anus cal 'world , wi lL4 hear with sincere 'regret that' thiS •Gentleroa°' 'died on -the-.lsth instant, 'at his house, in 13 „ 8 ,7,. .ner's-street.aftera. long and painf u l illbess; he bore" exemplary 'fortitude and'resi l -V 3 f, - d' .. Fre was in the -54th y e a r of his .age.' sense and good humour,` as well 'as his gre3tia'rarc fessional talents,, end eare d him' to a volide`r circle of friends, aud his death may i)e • ed, -at present, as an irreparable. .sical circles. • loss .to tn_ ~a_~,~ BIRTH. On Sunday last, at Clapham, of a daughter, W A? , 'Rolland, of the AdelT` [-tern L' - vice / `:: at Lockch . . Governor of the Island of St.. Kitt's, to Miss -Mary Doughs, a near ral?,tiye to the Marquess and Marchioness of Queensber• ry• After a few days, the happy couple will leave England for the 'West intlics. • - - }- IV -1 1 1 A ou rt se R , LESDcOtland,Cclonel Malty/clip Iratcrday nisming, DIED. . 81t year ot' his age, G.3org- lia-rrison, Esn. late Clarenetz:t King of' A rari, and for nearly - forty years V:easurer of tbat Corporation, at the Coll-ge of Arms, London, in the if:-..2.::::-..f:22:.2....7,--.....-------..... rwa5er.waaRr0ac5erqmp0rta.....r..................% LONDON : Printed by J. E. CARSTA IRS, of No. 29, great Or:,•nond-street, Qurrer.-square .. .. and published bi W. A' 1...:J.-:!'"I'S, of No. 7, South Melton-street, at T 7.51,: btr:: OrFrus.„ No. 112, Strand; where ADVIE:LTISVMENV;/ -Or.rizr,s, LEI - TEI*IB, &c. (poet-paid) must be addresii3l