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gelded, that the explanation of the Oath of §u premacy shduld be incorporated in the Oath. There were conveniences and inconveniences in adopting this suggestion. A Right Hon. ,Gen tleman whom he saw opposite thought it anoma lous, however, to have an explanation detached from the Oath itself. But it was not his inten tion now to enter into any discussion on this or any other points of the subject. He had only risen to explain his object in moving that the House go into a Committee on the Bill. The Order of the Day was then read for the House's going into a Committee on the Roman Catholic Disability Removal Bill. On the question that the SPEAKER do now leave the chair— Sir J. NICHOLL rose and said, that if the ob ject of the Right lion. and Learned Gentleman was merely to have the blanks in the Bill filled up, the new clause added to it, and the Bill itself ,committed pro fbreta, he, for one, should offer no opposition to the motion, as he wished to see the Bill, with all its , details, in the improved , state in n tacit it was.proposed to pass it. He ,should, however, wish the Right Ron. and-Learn ed Gentleman to give hint an answer to one ques tion ; and that question was, " when was the Bill to be recommitted ?---was it to be in the next week ?" As the House had already divided on the principle - ofestfie Bill, he did not intend to .offer any opPOsition to the committal of the Bill ; but he thought it of great importance that the House should have some previous notice of the time when that committal would take place. The measure which was involved in it was more ltn .portant to the Constitution than any measure _which had been submitted to Parliament since the restoration, or, at least, since the Revolu tion ; for it tended to produce a most material alteration icy . its spirit and character. The Con .stitntion, as at present established by law—and he spoke of no other—excluded Roman Catholics from any share in the political power or the public . trust of the country ; whereas the present Bill gave them both. political power and public trust. As so important a change ought not to be made without a certainty of its giving satisfaction not only to the majority of the Protestant, but also of the Catholic community, he thought that the measure which was to produce it ought not to be discussed any further in the House until after the Easter recess.—(Cries of " Ilear," and laughter.)—He did not say so from any desire to have a number of Petitions got up against the Bill, but from a desire to enable the House to see its way distinctly, and. to discover whether the Ca tholics would be satisfied with the boon of eman cipation in the way in which it was now proposed 'to give it them Even if the measure were to stand over 'to another Session—(Loud cries of " No, no," and 44 Hear, hear !" mingled with some laughter)—it would not be more perhaps than the country wonld have a right to expect; at any rate, he thought that the measure ought to-be de layed until after ; the Easter recess. He wished to know whether the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman would 'have any objection to postpone the Matter until that period.—(Hear!) Mr. PLUNAcwrr begged 10 In nersnittefl te - —us iu reptylo the night Hon , . Gentle man who had just sat down. As the Right Hon. Gentleman had stated that the only object for which he . had risen was to ask when he (Alt. Plunkett) intended to have the Bill recommitted, he (Mr. Plunkett) thought that he (Sir J. Nichol!) might have dispensed with the argu ment which hs hod used against the principle of it. He would not enter into any discussion with 'the Right Hon. Gentleman, whether the consti tution existed in the enactments of positive laws only, or whether it had a principle beyond them; though he might be permitted to say that some of its most valuable privileges did not rest upon any of its written laws.—(hear.)—lndeed, if its privileges were merely the privileges of a paper constitution, he did not think that the Roman Catholics would show such anxiety as they now did to participate in them: but the Right Hon. Gentleman's question, instead of relating to one object only, as ,he bad stated, related to three objects. He fiat wanted to know whether he (Mr. Plunkett) would delay the further discus sion of this question until next week ; he then wanted to know - whether he would delay it till after the Easter recess; and, finally, whether he would delay it till the next session of Parliament, —(.Bear, and a laugh.)—A motion had been made on a - former evening to adjourn the 2d read ing of the Bill till that day six months i that mo tion bad been negatived ; but, notwithstanding that circumstance, the Right Hon. Gentleman was not discouraged, bat came forward with a very modest pro.pesal, which amounted only to this—that the Bill should be committed that day twelvemonth.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) eselio was willing to allow that it was desirable that this question should not be hurried through the House, and he could assure them that he did not wish to take any part of it by surprise. In deed he did not conceive how, that could be done, ai.a considerable time had elapsed since he had originally given notice of this question, and also 'since he had first made his motion upon it. Be sides; there Was not a single point-likely to arise in the Committee, :which hail not been debated in the previote‘i discnssions. He should therefore inform the Right lion. Gentleman, that it was 'his intention to recommit the Bill on Wednesday - next.—(Near, hearl)The mainalteration which' lie should haste to 'make in the Committee,' was to propose that the explanation of the oath which the Catholics were in fature to take, should be incorporated with the oath itself, instead of being annexed to it as he had originally proposed ; and that point had been already argued at consider able length. If the Right Hon. Gentleman wish ed to have the discussion postponed to a later day than that which he had named, he was sorry that he could not oblige him by consenting to his wishes. Jibe (Mr. Plunkett) had been the only person inconvenienced by the postponement of it, he would willingly have granted the delay requited ; but as he knew that many Gentlemen on both sides of the question were kept in town, and at a great and-heavy inconvenience to them selves, by this question alone, he could not con sent to postpone the discussion of it beyond Wed nesflay ; indeed he should almost prefer going into the Committee that night, with Ont aiy post= ponement at all, to postponing it to a late 'and distant day.---(Hear, hear !) Sir W. SCOTT could not agree with the Right Hon. and Learned.. Gentleman in thinking that Wednesday next *Could be a proper time for the recommitnient of the Bill. There were many Members of the House who would be prevented by professional avocations from paying that at tention to the alterations in it which they de served in the course of a day or two; and it was therefore only right that a reasonable time should' ue permitted to 'elapse before they were called upon to make a decision as to the propriety or impropriety of them. The improved Bill would not be pritited and in the hands of Members till - Wednesday morningi or at the earliest not till Tuesday evening. Calls of public duty might prevent Hon. Gentlemen from taking any notice of it that night, and professional avocations dur ing the morning of the rieil day. That a longer space of time than a few hours was necessary to deliberate on the import of the altered clauses, was evident from this circumstance—that the Right Hon. Gentlemaillihnself had allowed mo re than a w ee k t o th e House for the consideration of the first edition of the Bill. It was now to undergo various alterations ; and from what had fallen from the. Right Hon. and Learned Gent., he was convinced that the alterations were of considerable importance.—(Hear !)—To call upon the House to agree to those alterations on Wednesday next, was pressing too much, not only on the convenience of the House, but on the just discussion to which they ought to be sub mitted.—(Loud cries of « No, no !"-and " Hear, hear !")—He thought that a postponement of the discussion till Monday or Wednesday week was necessary for, a full consideration of the merits of the Bill.—(Hear!) Sir JOHN NEWPORT begged to remind the Rt. Hon. Gentleman who had spoken laSt, that the alterations which his Rt. Hon. Friend wished to introduce into the Bill were only alterations of detail, arising from suggestions which had fallen from Hon. Members in the course of the previous debates.--(Bear !)—Why- might not the pro priety of those alterations be discussed after they had been in the hands of Members six hoursl— House was bound to take care, not only that due deliberation should be exer cised on this question, but also that no unneces sary agitation should be created during its dis cussion on either side of the Channel.—(Hear I) Sir T. LETHBRIDGE was well aware that great agitation had already been created in the coun try by the introductions of this measure, and was quite sure that- it would be still greater, if it were suffered to proceed.—(Hear, and laughter.) —On that ground alone, be thought that the fur ther consideration of the Bill ought to be post poned for a few days. It was an act of courtesy in himself, and those Honourable Gentlemen who acted with him, not to oppose the Speaker's leaving the chair on the present occasion; and the least that the Right Honourable and Learned Gentleman could do in return for it, was to oblige them by delaying the recommittal of the D : 11 'ill M on d ay 1.14.. t• The alterations, come from what quarter they might, must - be of Im portance, otherwise, he was certain. they would not have been made.--(hear !)—There was a feeling in the country that rendered it imperative upon the House to approach this measure with calmness and .deliberation ; and the small ma jority in favour of the second reading of the Bill made it incumbent on the Right Honourable and Learned Gentleman not to proceed too rapidly in his course. The Right Honourable and Learned Gentleman had no reason to congratu late himself upon that majority; when there were 254 Members on one side, and 243 on the other, it showed . very clearly how divided the House was. in its sentiments of the expediency of the measure in question. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER suggested the propriety of mutual accommodation. Though he did not himself wish for a long -delay, he thought that Wednesday was too early a day for the recommitting of the Bill. lie should, there fore, submit to the candour of the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, that he ought to ap point some day for the recommittal of it, on which Hon. Members could come better prepared to discuss it than they possibly could be on Wed nesday_ He should suggest as a fit day Mon day next.—(Loud cries of " No, no ; - Friday, Friday.") Mr. C. HUTCHINSON reminded the House that his Right Hon. and Learned Friend could, if he thought fit, go into the Committee, and make that night the alterations whi'cli he 'proposed, inas much as they were only alterations in detail. The - Honourable Member for Somersetshire had stated that this question had - created considerable agitation in the country. In reply to that lion. member,: he must take the liberty of stating, that 11l such agitation did exist, he did not know- where it existed either in England or Ireland.—(Hear !) —lf any Member' wished to create such agita tion (and he by no means intended to accuse the Honourable Member for Somersetshire of a wish to create it), he was ill' consulting. the duty which he owed to the House arid to the Country. —(Cheers.) Mr. PEEL trusted that the conduct of the op ponents of the. Bill on this occasion would con vince the country that they had no desire to com bat the Bill with any other weapons than those of argument and reason.--(Hear.)—He disclaimed all intention of availing himself of public agitation on this question ; he would neither propose nor support any motion for delay, in order to create it.—(Cheers.)—Holding those opinions he must still say—and, he trusted that the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman would give him credit for sincerity, though he was opposed to him in opinion —that he thought that the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman - would best promote his own object by consenting to the delay which was now requested. The- Right Hon. and Learned, Gentleman had stated that the alterations which he was going to make were merely alterations in detail: but he. (Mr. Peel) wished to remind the House, that these alterations in detail were alter ations of the oath of supremacy, which had now existed for 300 years.—(Hear, hear!)—These al terations? too, had not been communicated to the . . Housethe presen t evening. Now, the. ne cessary consequence of permitting this oath to be . administered would b e t o a d m it th e ex i stence aof spiritual dependence of the Catholic upon the Popes unconnected, .hoWever, with any de pendenCe on his civil authority. Was it not an important point to determine how far the supre, macY of the Pope in matters of ecclesiastical su . premacy was to be legally admitted by an act of Parliament ?—(Hear!)—ln his opinion - it was a point of the very greatest irnportance—(Hear, hear !)—and he, therefore, thought that it was rather too much to call upon Hon. Members to aflirni in the evening; propositions which had only been placed in their hands for the first time in the morning of that day.—(Hear, hears hear !) —At present he had.only one word to any upon the Bill itself-=and that was, that it carried into effect all the provisions of the Bill of 1813, but did away with all the securities provided in it. The alterations made in the Bill on Friday last, and those Which were now proposed by the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, showed what vast importance belonged to the discussion of these details. Time, therefore, ought to be granted ; and all that he and his Honourable Friends wish ed to obtain was, fair time for the discussion.— He trusted that the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman would grant to them such time, as it must promote the object Which he professed . to have in view, if he could show that he had car ried his measure, .supposing that he should here after'carry it, not by delusion or by hurry, but by a calm and deliberate discussion of its real merits.--(Cheers.)--In conclusion, Mr. Peel said that he differed from his Right Hon. Friend (Sir John Nicholl). He did not wish the discussion; of this measure to stand over till the next Ses sion of Parliament; he. only wanted it to stand over till four days after the printing of the Bill —(Hear, hear !)—and he trusted that the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman would not think it too great a courtesy to extend to him that fa vour.—(Loud cheering from both sides of the House). Dr. Pnummoar said that if any agitation ex sted in the country upon this question, it was .e duty of the House, as far as it could, to allay hat agitation.—(Hear I)—The question ought o meet with a free discussion in Parliament, and lot to be influenced by any feeling that might exist out of it.---(Hear, hear!)—The point to be now decided was, whether they were to put the Catholic on the same footing with the Protestant Dissenter, or whether they were not, The means originally proposed to place him in that situation was by a repeal of the declaration against tran substantiation, and by annexing an explanation to the, Oath of Supremacy. The only alteration which it was now wanted to make in that proposition was to incorporate the explanation with the Oath, instead of annexing it to it. Was there any thing in that alteration which the house had not previously discussed.---(Hear, hear, heart)—The Right Hon. Gentleman had stated that the Bill had been entirely altered ; but this was not true;—the short Bill had been altered : but the long Bill, which had now been a fortnight before the House, had not been at all changed.-,-(Hear l)--IIe thought that the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman would be fully justified, if he thought fit, in going into a Com mittee that evening ; and that he would he wrong, if he postpoueilit for any length of time. He trusted that at any rate he would not postpone it beyond Thursday or Friday.—(Loud cries of " Thurs day, fix it for Thursday," from several parts of the House.) Mr. PEEL, if he bad understood correctly what had fallen from the Learned Gentleman who had spoken last, he had said that the object of this Bill was only to place the Roman Catholic on the same footing with the Protestant Dissen ter. Now that could be done by withholding the Annual Indemnity Acts. But he (Mr. Peel) understood the object of the Bill to be this, viz. to place the Catholic on the same footing with the Protestant of the Church of England.— (If ear, bear !) Mr. WETHERELL was understood to say that he would supp or t th e pos t ponement o f the Com mittee to any day later than Wednesday. Sir G. HlLLasked for delay till Monday next. Mr. TIERNEY understood the proposed change only to be, that instead of an oath and a clause, an entire oath was to he inserted. The recom mittal was an act of candour—Of excessive can dour ; and he much wished that his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Plunkett) would not, at all events, postpone that stage beyond Thursday.—(Hear The debate would probably occupy two days ; and if the recommitment were on Friday, it would necessarily carry the subject over until Monday. He gave full credit to the declaration made on the other side, that the object was not to gain time to disturb the public mind ; but, notwith standing its presentstate of tranquillity (produc ed, no doubt, by a perfect understanding,of the subject), others might be found who would be anxious to excite the popular feeling by every means iu their power. Without great efforts they would most unquestionably fail. If it were necessary to take the opinion of the country on the subject, it would be different;,' but here the great leader of the opposition. to the measure ad mitted that it was a topic for the House, antrnot for the great body of people out of doors. lie (Mr. Tierney) would be one of the last persons to resist delay, if in so doing there appeared any want of candour, or any wish to take by surprise; but the result of it could only be to agitate the public mind, while the Billj,with the amendment, could be reprinted to-morrow,and Members would have all Wednesday to take it into considera tion : that amendment was nothing more than shifting the position of particular words. The general feeling seemed to be, that if the conces sion were fit to be made, it ought to be made without delay ; and whether it ought or ought riot to be made, might be soon settled by a single vote of " ay" or 44 no," without that discussion among the people that might impede, but could not aid, the deliberations of Parliament. Lord CASTLEREAGH quite concurred in the statement just made, that tbiel'e was nothing in the amendment which ought to prevent the de bate of the subject even on l'Vednesday.—(Hear, hear!)—At the same time his feeling, and that, • , he believed, of all who, like himself, professed themselves friendly to the measure, was not to proceed to a, division on such, a point as the day when the Bill should be re-committed. On Thurs day it was.to be remembered that there was a Drawing ROOin, which might have some influence in not fixing upon that day; btit Monday seemed quite out of the question.—(Cheers:)—The' amendment was merely Verbal; and did not re quire a whole week's consideration. lie was in favour of Friday being appointed fOr the re-com rnittuent. Mr. TIERNEY added, with reference to die drawing-room, that he was informed by his Hon. Friends round him, that that circumstance would not interfere with their attendance at four o'clock on Thursday. Dr. PH IL [AMORE explained. Mr. IVYNN observed, that so many points a discussion would arise, that the probability certainly was that the debate would continue for more than one day. If a full House could be obtained at four o'clock on Thursday, he did not know why that day should not be c ho sen . Of t h e A men d ment itself the House was, perhaps as capable of judging now as if three weeks were allowed for consideration.—( Hear, hear !)—He begged to inform the Honourable Member for Oxford (Mr. Peel,) that in stating that the oath of supremacy had existed for 300 years, he was under a mistake : it had not been known till within the last century. Sir W. SCOTT said that he saw no indisposition to conci,: hate on either side of the House. The question was then put that the Speaker do leave the Chair. Mr. CROKER rose in consequence of his notice of a former evening that he should, before the House resolved itself into the Committee, call its attention to the propriety of making a 'provision for the Roman Catholic Clergy. As he understood that that Committee was now to be gone 'into only pro forma, he did not wish at present to bring on the debate, but on the motion for the recommitment of the Bill. He had prepared his clauses, and he was desirous, if the House wo u ld p erm i t hi m, to have them p r i n t e d, and placed in the hands of :Members : if so, then the discussion upon them could be taken, and the sense of the House obtained on the Report. 'Whatever course might be thought best, he felt that, in thus proceeding, he was dis charging a paramount and indispensable duty. COURTENAY confeased'that he bad heard of the pro posal of the Honourable Gentleman with the utmost alarm.— (Hear !)—The question in all points,of view was important ; but he regretted that any attempt was thus'made to lngraff it on thopresent Bill.—(Hear !)—lt might be attended with ex treme inconvenience, if not danger ; for if a pecuniary clause were introduced, the House was aware.that elsewhere no Amend ment could be made. 'Whatever views the Honourable Gen tleman might take of his duty, he (Mr: Courtenay) did not think it very consistent with the duty of a friend of this Bill to bring forward the promised proposition—(llear !) CROKER had not said one word upon the merits of the question, and .did not think it quite fair that any imputation should be cast upon his motives. He felt confident that he should be able to show that he was justified in what he intend ed to suggest. He believed also that he should be able to prove that he proposed nothing but the recognition of a principle which, according to the forms of the House, would not make the measure a money Bill; and would leave a discretion of amendment open to the House of Lords. He did not think that this Bill would be satisfactory to Catholics or Protestants, or final in itself, if it did not containlieivileges for the Laity and provision for the Clergy. Mr. COURTENAY begged to knoiv the general nature of the proposition of the Honourable Gentleman. Mr. CROKER replied, that he should suggest the propriety, of a Commission to inquire into the subject. • Mr. DALY expressed his regret that any thing should be brought forward cal cu l a t e d to em ba rrass t h e measure before the louse. —(Hear, hear !) The SPEAKER then left the Chair, and the house having resolved itself into a Committee . on the Bill, Mr. Plunkett proposed his amendment, which was adopted, pro forma.— The report being brought up by Mr. T. Courtenay, the Speaker asked when it should be recommitted ? Mr. PLUNKETT answered, that he was quite ready to proceed on any day.—(Cries of " Friday, Thursday.")-4One Hon. Friend proposed Thursday, and another Friday, so that he was at a loss which to choose. It was his anxious desire to accunimodate the Right Hon. Member for Oxford ; but there seemed an overwhelming majority in favour of Th urs d ay .— (Thursday, Thursday, Friday.) The SPEAKER put the question, that the Bill be recom mitted on Thursday. Mr_ GOU,LBURN was proceeding to detail some reasons why Friday should be preferrca, when Mr. PLUNKETT gave way, and consented that the meow , mitment should Jake pia& on Friday.—lt was, ordered ac cordingly. • Mr. CHOKER are notice of his motion for a provision for the Clergy on Friday. Sir 0. HILL moved, that the Petition of the Rev. R. Hayes, a Catholic Priest, presented a few days ago by the Honourable Member for Aberdeen, be printed. He was somewhat sur prised that the Honourable Member had not moved it at the time. Sir J. NEWPORT reminded the House that the individual in question had received from the head of the Catholic Church one of the strongest marks of reprobation that could be given to any man. Mr. HUME said that it was merely from an accidental omis sion that he had not moved that the. Petition be printed in the first instance. He had stated his dissent from the sentiments it contained. yHJAN COMMISSION Liord A. HAMILTON, in allusion to a paper on the table respecting the expendit ure i n t h e case against the Queen, wish ed to know w h a t p ar t o f t h e i tem of 40,0001. went to pay for the Milan Commission, or whether it was supported by the Se cret Service Money, as charged under another head ? He also wished to know if the Chancellor of the Exchequer or the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) would have any ,objection to his moving for the total cxpence of the Milan Commission, as well as the source from which it was supported ? TU. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the whole amount of the expenditure was already before the House, but he had no objection to produce such details of the experuli tare as were consistent with propriety. There would be no ob jection to give - the general heads- of the expenditure, but other details Would be altogether improper. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, the items of 40,0001. and 18,0001. would go under the same auditing, as far as law ex pences were concerned. Dr. LUSHINGTON was of opinion that the Noble Lord could not obtain the information he now sought, It was im possible at both sides to give the minute detals clearly and sa tisfactorily. The relative expenditure of both sides could not be exactly known ; for instance, the public couriers carried many communications from the Government at one side, and all those ocher Majesty were sent forward by special messengers. Lord A. HAMILTON then said, the result was this, that the Right Hon. G en tl eman an d t h e N o bl e Lord refuselaying before the Route an account of the expence of the Milan Con. IlliWoll. Such an account shOuld be laid before them, and he therefore gave notice, that on Wednesday se'nnight he should move for an account of the expenditure of the Milan Commis sion, and from what . ftind it had been defrayed. RUSSIAN TARIFF. Mr. BERNAL asked .LMII Castlereagh some 9uestion re specting the Russian Tariff, which was not heard in tne gallery neither was the answer of the Noble 1,:w; . ASSESSED TAXES, Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY asked the Chancellor of the Ex, chequer if he• would object to a motion for instituting an inves tigation into the conduct of an individual charged with extor tion in the collection of the Assessed Taxes ? • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that the subject could.be better investigated in another quarter. Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY—It has been so said four years ago, but all in vain. FOR THE REMAINDER OP THE PARLIAMENT, SEE THE FOURTH PAGE.] The Annual Meeting of the Auxiliary Bible Society, in this city, was held on Thursday last, in the Assembly Rooms. It was as usual most numerously and respectably attended. ARTHUR FOLKES, Esq. , presided, and the Rev. J. OWEN, and Re:v. Dr. STEINKOPFF, two'of the Secretaries of the' arent Institution, with other Gentlemen, advocated its principles and widely-extended benefits,in theiraccustomed and well known strains of eloquence and feeling. The Secretary of the local Institution in this city, produced a series , of letters, which he had received the evening be fore the Meeting, containing or announcing no less than 5601. therein into the Treasury of the Society, by one of its departed, and several of its surviving friends. The collection at the door of the room amounted to 521.—(Bristol Journal, March 17.) PARLIAMENtARY PiibeEEDINGS. HIGH WATEA AT LONDW Morning, 57 minutes after 1. THE' SUN. SOLEiI BUI9 DICEIIE FALSUM ;UDEAT? LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 182 I . Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday last ar rived this morning. So.ne slight skirmishes have taken place between the Austrians and Neapoli tans in the neighbourhood of Spoletto, but no serious affair had occurred. The hostile armies are in sight of each other, and there is every reason to suppose that the advanced guards would be engaged about the 7th or Bth inst., which, in all probability, may lead to a general action. From Turin we receive a confirmation of the revolt of the garrison of Afessandria, and that other Piedmontese troops had joined them. Fears were entertained that the garrisons of various other places would follow their example.— The Prince of CARIGNAN° had been sent to Alessandria, but it does not appear that he made common cause with the troops, of that the Pied montese had marched to Milan. On the nth, Turin was perfectly quiet ; and the day before the King of SARDINIA had issued a Proclamation, calling upon the revolted troops to return to their duty immediately, and promising a general amnesty. The Proclamation states, that the capital had not taken part in the late insurrec tionary movements, and that he had received unequivocal proofs of fidelity and zeal from Prince CARIGNANO, and that his MAJESTY - had also received from the Allied Powers the most positive assurance respecting the independence and in tegrity of the Piedmontese territory.' The Austrian Head-quarters have been re moved to Terni, and the troops were concentrat ing to pass the Roman frontier, and enter the Neapolitan territory. General Faimowr was waiting the arrival of several columns of Austrian troops, and these reinforcements were expected about the 13th instant. In another column we have given a Proclamation from the King of NAPLE3 to the Neapolitans, dated Laybach, Feb. 23, which has been made public from the Austrian Head Quarters ; and also n Proclamation from the .Austrian Commander ia Chief to the Neapolitans. A private letter from Vienna of the 4th men— tions the arrival of intelligence from the South of Italy, which has excited a great sensation in the Austrian capital. The resistance tnade by the Neapolitans was quite unexiietted, and the ad— vanced columns of the Austrians had, in conse, (pence, halted near Foligno for the bulk of the army. General FIwIoNT abandoned his original plan of marching direct to Naples by R ome and Terracina, and means to act against the Abruzzi, the central point of defen6 of .44 Neapolitans. This proves that he proposes to carry on the war with method and prudence; and does not enteptain a contemptuous opiniOn of thO. Neapolitans, Spanish Papers of the Stb ki.,tant, received at Paris, do not contain any fresh intelligence. The Government has ordered the Coffee House of the Fontana d'Oro to be shut up. One of the most celebrated Debating Societies of Madrid held UR meeting 2 at this Hotel. FRENCII FUNDS • ~,, • March 15.—rive p er C ents. shut. Ditto for the Opening on tSI f. Go c, the iid inst ,, .. J Batik Stud; • '592 r. 50 e. March IG.---Firer pe r Cents.... , Ditto fir the Opening on the 22d inst. N-79 f. 50 c, Bank Stock 1490 f. c, RGssiA•--We understand from a most authen, tic source, that there are not less than 120,000 Russian troops assembled at GEORGIA, ready for the field; and this Nformation is confirmed by a gentleman who has Just arrived 1!I town from that country. The ambitious designs of Russia become daily more apparent, and we must not be surprised to see shortly that Court openly. . iibusc o commolkis. Lilnce; 10Q 'Die Marta, 1821. Rou CAROL IC 1 PetillOoS AGAINST, from tine ArAdea CLAtils. conry of Sudbury, the London Clery and the Cdrporatibn of ExE r En. CoMmitteerOn these Bills POSTPONED un til FRIDAY 'NEXT. Bill as anieudet to be printed. TIMBER DUTlES.—Petition frtnii Leith, Kirkaldy, and others, AGAINST any alterations. Committee thereon DEEERIIEI) MONDAY NEXT, .. AGRICULTURAL jPetitions complaining of, from Kirton and DisTakss. Skirbeck, Wintringham, Cumberland. Dorset, Ilants, Wilts, Coleridge, Stan. borough, and Ermington. GnAmitOumn.—Bill read a third time, and ordered to tin Lords. PRICE OF STOCKS . . . THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. _ Bank Stack '' • shut 5 per Cent. Navy Ann.... 105 : f 3 per Cent. Red shut 104ai 3 per Cent. C ons • 704 69 2 Bank ciong Ann. • shut 70 69a Exchey. Bills ..par f; dis. 2 dis. 34 per Cent .;' •i - shut Cons. for April ....... 71i 7U 4 per Cent. - shut 69j BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 17 minutes after 2.