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FOR THE SUN. TIMBER TRADE. • Liverpool,- April 4,1321. R EDITOR—If- you . think the folloWing Letter tir Lord ALTHOILrE worth insertion in. your veil valuable Paper, by publishing it you mill add• another obligation to the many your late exertions in the cause of British commerce have already conferred on your very obliged and obedient humble Servant, A BRITISH SEAMAN AND SHIP-OWNER. country. Hoping your Lordship !kill pardon the liberty I hive taken in addressing you individually, I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most'obedient humble Servant, A BRITISH SEAMAN AND SHIP OWNER. TO LORD .ALTIIORPt. .. • Lonp—ln addressing•your Lordship_on . the subject.of the Timber Duties, I am aware :of the small. probability of making you a proselyte to my opinions ; yet, nevertheless, hav ing every reason to belie* you an honest man,- and an inde pendent Nember of Parliament, Itake 'the liberty of making some reinaila on hat fell from your Lordship : on ,this-sub ject, en the evening of the 29th ultimo;, when AIr._IVAL- L'Ac.r proposed a*set of Resolutions, which if acted urn, will, in my humble opinion, be the most unjust Legislative act that ever pasSed the - British Parliament :--the Corn . Bill only excepted. Your Lordship said, that, to let the 4. dies re main as they are, only tended to encourage the employment of bad ships; and that the Canada trade operated as.anirnmense tax . upaii this country ; both which propositions, .my,LOrd, tahe , the-libery of contradicting , on grounds, which rbope will be convineing,- both to your Lordship and the public. , In the first place; then, my Lord, for.any,particular branch of tr;de to operate as -a tat on the- community at large it is . „ necessary that it should act as a constant drain upon their pur ses, without any ramification through-which itcould- possibly return back again ; and that this is not the operation of the Canada - trade, I think is very clearly shewn -by the following facts, exhibited before the Committee of the House of Com moni„ First, That the whole of the timber imported from the Colonies is paid for by our manufactures.. 2dly, That is all brought home by our own shipping. 3dly; That -none hut British subjects are employed throughout the whole:business, except a few American ax-men, -who are paid for their labour with our manufactures. Lastly, That under the present -regu lations it is purchased by the consumers at from 10 to 20 per cent. Itss than Baltic timber, and is equally valuablefor many purpoies. AS to the next proposition, " that it tends to encourage the emple'yment of bad ships," I beg to assure your Lordship, that the fact is directly contrary ; and that, if the Baltic was thrown open, vessels that are utterly unfit to bring a cargo of timber from North America, - might and would be employed in the Baltic trade with the greatest comparative safety. To. con vinCe-your Lordship of-the truth of this _ assertion, I have only to remind- you, that when a ship springs a leak. on her paaaage frOnn the Baltic, or meets - with extreme brash weather, she. NEVER Carr be more than from one to three, days' sail from a port whereas it is no uncommon - thing in the Western Ocean to ei=un.ter gales, amounting almost to hurricanes, for weeks together,' without the possibility of sheltering. any where. I once had to contend for a whole month (December 1812) against a succession of easterly gale?, and had to throw my gniei overboard, and in other respf„Tts was•reduced to- the ex. trerieityW distress, without even a hope of relief, except from a chinge of wind. Had I been from the Baltic; I would have ?ditto the Era.: port on the commencement of the gale, and. lap snug daring its continuance. It follOwsfrom this, then,. that the Baltic trade would tend more to the encouragement of i4'sliips than the trade to North America."•llonourable Gen . tmacq , :ainted with the nature of the subject, may ankese from Mr. 'WALLACE'S- speech, . that - motives; of humanity operate with him as well as reasons of politi cal' economy, in wishing to divert the timber trade from ~AMeriCa to the Baltic. I hope, however, they_ will guard themselves from such a view of the subject ; as it must be a Very qUe.stionable measure of humanity, that will reduce .sonic thousands of seamen to the CERTAINTY of pauperism or ftiivition on shore, rather than leave them' (withenough to eat) to the pOssntrurr of having, one in a hundred, of their • . - number, drowned at sea. Jack will not thank: - Mr. Wallace " officious interference" in this business.. But the most - extraordinary feature of this measure is its positive inutility,. (as admitted by the Honourable Shover) - as a measure of relief, or encouragement, to any part of this suffering community ; whilst he gravely acknowledges, that it is likely:to ruin flume. bera of Ship Owners, and throw thousands. of seamen out of employ. This is legislating with a vengeance, My Lord I And *ie/o.ly, we may well despair of our Country, 'when it has come "to this ; to be threatened ivith ruin by. a deliberate A c t o f t h e • Legislature ; and to be told, by way of consolation, that we : Will not be without fellowship in misery, as there are already' "tialtitids suffering without the smallest hope of relief, EVEN from the WISDOM OF PARLIAMENT,. . Mr. Wallace and Mr. Vansittart both say, that the measure ought to be carried, not on the score' of its .bensfitting the . corn- Munity, for that effect they, of course, cannot expectit to have ; htit iietise it will be thd " first stop" towards a " 7 liberal sys tem of commerce."--Pray, my, Lord, what do those two , Gentlemen mean by a "liberal system of commerce ?" I - should suppose, according to my limited capacity for inter ,. preting the jargon of those official humbugs, that it meant to - • "put other Nations upon a par with us ;-and to this plan I have_ , no objections, provided we are put upon a par with them—that is to - Say, provided that the Corn Bill is done away i with, arid Our faxes reduced to a lei el with the taxes of thepeopleof the Contitient. Can our WISE Gentle4;o4ll,4 t41.0?I;114, #4?x-Lord? ''Pliselievii I may safely answer the question by saying no, , they , cannot. Is it not, then, mere jargon to talk about a "liberal Sys ern of Commerce," when every man of common sense, who icee a's zlny thing about - the matter, knows the thing to be int; possible. It is true, they may ruin the British Carrying Trade 44 - allowing Foreigners to compete with us on equal. terms, and call that liberality ; but it will be a sort of liberality that de serves about as much praise as a thoughtless; ignorant spend thrift would deserve who squandered his money about him, and allowed his family to starve. , In alluding to the Corn Bill, as ,I have done, I beg your. Lordship to tanderstandthat I do not particularly blame the Agriculturists, as they could not pay their rents and taxes with out it; I simply condemn it .as abed and unjust , measure- of general policy oh the part of Government, as it would, have been Much wiser 'to have met - their- difficulties at once, than to pro crastinate the business, and thereby increase the miseries of the country-; for sooner or later they must meet them, and I think the period is not now far distant when they will be obliged to do it.. . •In another Letter. I intend to address to your Lordship, I 'mean to inquire how it happens that Mr. Wallace, in the STEP' tow"-axds, A LIBERAL SYSTEM OF COMMERCE,' should 'have begun at the wrong end of the business, by proposing a iumsu're which will throw hundreds of British ships out of em- Ploy,,ifist'e.'ad of one that . weuld have created an additional de mand, foriuch . ships,and of pointing out where I think he ought t o 'have begun, if he meant to afford-any kelief.to his suffering PRICE 0 THIS DAY 3 per Cent. Red.... 71i eX Or. 3 per Cent. Cons. ... 72 711,- 7:2 4 per, Cent. 88/i 5 per Cent. Navy Ann., lOW HIGH WATER AT LONDO. Morning, 26 minutes after 6. ?ARL.T4SIENTARY'PROCEEDINOS.. HO'S'E OF COMMONS. freneris; 6° Die Aprilis,] 59.1. EAU BRINK DRAINAGE PetitionufFrancislinightAamiisT; AMENDMENT BILL. j referred to the Committee on -the - . ' - Bill Counsel ordered. CRIMINAL 1 Petition of the Mayor, &c. of Falmouth corn: -LAWS. j plaining of Abe severity thereof; to lie 'on the , table, and to be printed. . . AGRICULTURAL 'Petition of Owners and Cultivators of Land DISTRESS.' - 1 in. Humberstone, complaining thereof , ; to lie on 'the table, and to be printed. - • MALT DLIT - ie.-Petition of Occupiers of Land at Stamford ' . - . against; to lie on the table. TIMBER 'Dt:Tizs.—Petition of Sawyers in Edinburgh and Leith against ; to lie on the table, and . . to be printed., TIMBER DUTIES ` Resolution. reported and agreed to ; Bill ACT. I ordered to he brought in by. Mr. Wal lace•and Mr. Frederick Robinson. • . COURT 4 OF JUSTICE 1 Petition Of Thomas Church, Joint De (IRELAND) BELL. j _ pnty Filacer of the Court of Kin't., ' Bench valso of Joseph Reid ;. too - -of William Clancy ; also of Edward • Maithew:i, Principal Clerks to the ' Prothototaries in the Ce.tirt of Com : - mon-Pleas, -for com , , - ,ensation ade . . ; • quate to their official emolunnents (the Kings Recommendation hav ing been signified to each of thetil); to he -on the table, and to be printed. STOCKS ra.vt o'cLocx. . . Lank Long Ann. 113,f ex div. India Bonds '. -48 s; 49i. pi: Excheq. Bills 4 6 pr. Cons.ifor Aceount 724. 74 ti BRIDE TO-MORROW. Evening, sG minutes aP - er 6. THE :SUN. SOLES! QUIS DICERE PALSTIM JUDEAIT LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1821. The Paris_ Papers of Wednesday contain no intelligence of importance from Piedmont.—The folloiving"are extracts : " PARIS, APRIL •4. " Accounts from Naples, dated the 25th ult., state that . the Austrian officers were surprised and struck at the reception they received in the provinces. They.state that they were treated as delivereri, and that 'every where the principal Carbonari were denounced as the authors of all the misfortunes that afflicted the country. They add, that had they encouraged the spirit of vengeance Which is so natural to the inhabitants of the country, they would have massacred-all the Carbonari. At. Salerno„ the . Deputy MaChiaroli, known for-his revolutionary opinions, hav ng endeavoured to rouse the people, became the victim of his imprudence, and was killed by the populace. . " The Duke of Calabria was to depart on the 26th for the , Castle of Caserta. His brother s Prin c e Leopold, it is said, goe:' to Florence to the King. " The arrival of the - Grand Chamberlain of the Emperor , Alexander is the subject of mueh conversation in Paris. This personage has had, as we have.already stated, an audience of the King, in which, it is said, he delivered to his Majesty a letter from his august Sovereign. " The Prince of Carignan° 'arrived at Marseilles from Nice on the 27th of March. • ' " Accounts from Genoa, posterior to those which we publish. ed yesterday, give .reason to fear the factious may have pro ceeded to deplorable excesses against the Governor, Count des Geneys. It is at least certain that for six hours the furious multitude Continued their cries of death under the windows of their faithful Governor. At the moment when some devoted friends succeeded in rescuing - him from the fatal destiny intended for him, the miscreants entered the palace, broke the glasses, destroyed the furniture, and pillaged it completely. " Several journals have stated that the Austrian General Count NeipPeri, had been assassinated at Parma. We have received letters from that city which make no mention of any such eient.--(Gazette de France.) , " Private letters state that 30,000 Austrian troops (10,000 of whom are cavalry) have arrived. at .Milan, • " ROYAL: ORDINANCE. " Louis, &c.—On the report of our Minister, Secretary of State.—Considering that several Students of the faculty of law of Grenoble - have constantly taken a part in all the troubles with which that town has.been agitated at different periods, and that latterly great numbers of these ''students have coMposed part of the mobs which displayetithe ensigns of rebellion " Considering also that the measures hitherto taken to,pre vent the repetition of such disoiders have proved insufficient ; " On the view of the 38th article of the law of the 22d of Vert; tose, year 12, - relative to Itke.g.chOols. of Law, " We have ordered and do order as follows .1-7- " Article facully - orixtrof-Grcnoble is suppressed. " 2.—The students of the faculty shall be required to ob tain, before the llth:Of Noyember next, the special authority of theTresident of the IYoyal Counenf Public Instructioi,th en lile them to continue their studies in other faculties. " 3.—Before the Ist of November next, our Minister Secre. tar) of State, Presideßt of Council of Public In structiOn, shall, it there be occasion,iiiesent,t6 for the re-organization of the faculty of law ofGrenoble. " " '4. Our Miniiter Secretary of :State, President of "the. Royal Council of Nadi& Inititction; - is charged with the exe cution of the present Ordinance: " ' Paris, April 2.' (Sfgned) LOUIS. " The Swiss regiment of Freuler, which was to march from Dijon to Lyons, received counter orders on the 30th of March. The Staff of the Ist and 3d battalions, and the section of and lery_ attached to this regiment s continue to form part of the garrison of Dijon: the 2d battalion remains-- at Chalons-sur. Sa9ne. • " The 21st regiment of infantry of the line, which was to have marched to Grenoble, has received a new destination, and is proceeding from Dijon to Valence. _ "The Gazette Universelle' of Lyons contains, tinder the date of the 30th, a private . letter from Genoa, which confirms the news we have already published, and adcls further particu. lars, " A deputation of young men, after having torn down all the Proclamations which had been posted, went to the Governor, but received no satisfactory answer from him. A great tumult thentook place in the city. ,Several patriots and sentinels were disarmed. Discharges of tire arms were heard from time to time ; and next day we learned that two soldiers had been wounded and a citizen killed. Towards night a pistol was fired at an artilleryman who was stationed with a lighted match beside two cannon loaded with grape shot, and posted on the arch- Of the Ponce Reale. The shot missed him ; but the artilleryman be ing alarmed fired the piece without reflecting that troops were in the adjoining guard-house. In consequence of this accident,, three soldiers were killed and eight wounded. Next day, about .noon, all the shop doors were shut. Every one was flying, - . ,when a Pietliiiontese - ierjeant.turning to his officer Live the Constitution.' . - The officer"replied, that he wished for no thing better ; - and immediately the whole detachment joined in the The people united withrhete'soldiers, slid the whole pro deeded to the Piaz2a6Baiaehi,Where Cue Governor's palace is situ ated. - In an instant all `the guards and all the troops exclaimed, Live the - Constitution . 1 . 1 The soldiers were then sent in different directiOns through the town to manifest their joy and withdraw the people from the house of the GOverno r , before which they wereoisembieddernanding his head. Towards evening it was thought advisable to bring the Archbishop and the national guard to the spot: by this means the Governor was extricated, and conveyed-safeand,sound to the ducal palace. The brave General Icon frequently made his body a rampart for him.— The Piedmontese and the - Genoese embraced each other in the streets, with expressions: of the sincerest friendship ; and - the national guard mixed with the soldiers, who had their schakos on the ends of their lworiets. Joy was painted on every coun tenance. Thecoustitution Was once more proclaimed, and-the most perfect order - succeeded. - " PAI:IS, Arlin. 4. . - .lExTltAc.7: OF A ritIVATE LETTER.] ", If the reports disseminated in the political circles here may he-relied on, the Austrians; on their entry into Naples, offered '.to.the Neapolitans a - Mixed Constitution ; somethingresembling that of Francei:anci; as an inducement for their acceptance of it, intimated - that -refusal, would be immediately followed by the advance ofa Russian army also into, their territory. The - Neapolitans ake said,- to have acquiesced immediately in . this proposition, and also, anxious to suspend the threatened - March of the itussians i to have sent an express to head-quarters to de dare.' their obedience:, They were jnformed, however, that it was -too late.-;.. the Russians were on the march, - and Mast proceed. 7 • - `' " French 5 per Cents.,-April 4.-,432f. sc. • - - "VIENNA, MARCH 24. . _ ". Among- the propositions which. General Fardella was charged- to make, one was that the AUstrians should halt ; but , this proposition was not listened to, and Generil Editions received orders to continue his march on Naples. ", In the beginning of April, twenty-two Austrian regiments, under the: command of Generals 'Wittgenstein and Klaberi bergek, will arrive itl.Lombardy. The Russian army of Volhinia has received orders to march in five days. It consists of 80,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry, 3,000 Cossacks, and 300 cannon. The commanders are Generals Saken and Jemeloff: [From the " Diario di Roma" of March 21.] " TERRACINA, 11.1ItdII 19. The city of .Fondi was on the 18th of March occupied by three companies of Austrian chasseurs, and a piquet of hussars.. On the advance of this detachment the, Neapolitans abandoned the strong ptisitions of Fondi and Itri. " The inhabitants of Fondi gave a very favourable reception to the Austrian troops, who observe, in the places which they occupy, the most rigorous discipline." [From the " Milan Gazette," March 26.1 " The following news is from Florence, dated tliC 23d Although the capture of Fondi and Itri by Captain Fetzer'at the head of three companies of chasseurs is not in the Bulletin, it is not the less authentic. The enemy did not defend this post better . than: the others. Major Curtis this morning presented to the King of the Two Sicilies a letter frOm the Hereditary Prince. A deputation from Aquila has ttlso arrived at Florence this morning. At Naples every thing is in the greaten' confu sicm,and the chiefs of the party have resolved to embark. •)-''" MADRID , MAncit 26. - "There was a grand festival at the Court on the 24th, to celebrate the anniversary of the King's entry into Spain after his captivity. A Deputation of the Cortes waited on his Ma• jesty, and congratulated him on this occasion. " At the Sitting of the Cortes on the 22d, Don Raphael Riego, Captain-General of Arragon, sent two copies of a sedi tious and alarming Proclamation against the new system, and represented the necessity of adopting severe measures to put an end to - these evils. Referred to the Special Committee ap pointed to propose measures for the internal security of the kingdom. 44 The Minister delivered p Message from the King, corn municating the late events in Piedmont. Thanks were voted to •his Majesty for the Communication, and Senor Moreno Guerra _proposed that this fortunate Revolution should be cele.. biated. by:public rejoicings. ." The discussion on the plan proposed by the Special Com mittee of Public Safety was resumed. In the heat of debate, Senor Moreno Guerra said, that Naples,wasthe constitutional advanced guard, Spain the centre, and Portugal the rear that -if the first. was attacked, it behoved Spain .to be on her guard. Two thousand Spaniards in he continued, will maintain order bettor than 20,000 Neapolitans, and, observing that seve ral of the Ministers. were present, he asked whether there would. be any objection to sending 2000ment6 Sicily ? " Count Torreno complained of the scandalous conduct of foreigners Under .the Spanish Flag, who were engaged in the Slave Trade on the Coasts of Africa and America. To re dress these grievances, the Cortes have nominated a Special Cammittee•to consider and submit to the Congress the best. means of. abolishing this trade." It is not with any satisfaction, that we direct the attention . of the public to the following account of the Revenue for the last quarter. hitherto, the first - quarter has, we believe, been, the greatest o( the year, from the large shipments, whichsare usually made , within that period,- to the . Colonies and to remote parts of the globe. We , - are not, however, surprised at this deficiency in the last quarter, from the peculiar .state, in which the trade to the Colonies has been plac ed, by the indecision, in a certain quarter, re specting the trade to British North America. If the intercourse with thoSe Colorriesi as esta blished by Lord BAtxuasT and the late Mr. Rost, had been adhered, to, and not rendered doubtful, the exports to them would have been increased twofold beyond their amount in 1809, and would, of course, have greatly.covered the whole 'deficiency-of the last -quarter, whatever may haVe'been the fall-off in the trade to other countries. But if ire are - correctly informed, the 'exports' to these Colonies this year will not ex ceed thine of 1809, making a difference of not less than from 600,0001. to 800,000/. in the !cports to British North America and Newfoundland: It will give is : pleasure to find ourselves deceived in this respect ) but our observations are founded upon the information of persons of the first mercantile respectability, to whom we are more disposed to . . give implicit credit than to the Member for Shrewsbury, who liberally thinks that men in trade are always 'swayed - by their individual interest, and therefore are not entitled either to attention or belief! A pretty specimen of:the liberality of the New School, and of the generbus conduct its disciples, are likely to. observe towards the people,.should they unfortunatelY again get into power. . . OFFICIAL. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. Abstract of Nett Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, (Exc t:u sivE of the Arrears of WAn Duty on.4talt and Pro perty,) in the Quarters ending the sth Apr11,..1820, and sth April, 1821 ; shewing the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof : sth April sth April Ificiease b-cre'r3e 1820. 1821. - 7 ` • Cnstoms 1,960,703 1,905,276 . 55,427 Excise 5,876,335 5,707,590 - .168,745 Stamps Post Office 341,000 350,000 9,000 Assessed Taxes 873,716 842,531 31,185 Land Taxes Miscellineous 48,860 57,573 8,713 1%703,24710,468,196 32,288 267,339 Deduct Increase ... 32;288 • . Decrease on the Quarter £235,051 " From this APPARENT decrease of 235,0511. must be de , ducted the payments upon the Malt Duty, charged upon the stock in hand. in July 1819, but not paid into . the Exchequer Until the April quarter of 1824.1,, amountin g to 214,2301. so as to REDUCE the REAL diminution o f th e British Revenue to 20,8211. And we have the great satisfaction to know, although the accounts of the Irish' Revenue cannot be made up till the arrival of the accounts from Ireland ; including the sth of April, that the accounts of that period of the quarter which have been received, shew an increase much exceeding the small diminution above-mentioned in the English Revenue.._ The surplus of the income of the Consolidated Fund above the charge for the quarter ended .the sth instant,, is upwards of 309,0001."—[Et ening Paper.] . It is astonishing that such delusion should pre vail as appears in the conduct of the Protestant advocates for Popery, and instead of praising them for liberality, they ought either to be pitied for folly, or despised for indifference to Religion and the.security of the Constitution. The Pa pists have every degr ee o f t o l erat i on f or t h e i r religious faith, aridlorthe ceremonies of their wor ship, ceremonies of the most imposing and en snaring kind for common - minds. It is, there fore, nothing they want but the possession of political power, which they hope to employ in due time for the total destruction of the Protest ant Establishment. The British Legislature will consequently expose itself. to the contempt and ridicule of the latest generations of mankind, if they ever suffer Roman Catholics to'possess any portion of legislative authority. We can boast of a Constitution in Church - and State, the gra dual' groivth of wisdom and experience. We want nothing of the Papists but obedience to the laws. Our ancestors, to whom we are indebted for that Constitution, and who were wiser men than any, without exception, who now exercise the authority of the- State, — those revered ancestors not only matured the Constitution by their sagacity and vigilance, but they placed around for its protection certain hul warks which the Papists are anxious to destroy. The misfortune is that even if the Papists were to submit to any tests which the security of the Constitution essentially demands, there would be no reliance on their faith. They deem themselves under a paramount obligation to obey the commands of a foreign .power, whom they deem infallible, and whom, there- ' fore, they consider it as a religious duty to obey. How then-can they be trusted with poli tical power in this country, the laws of which they would consider it as impious to obey, if their foreign, infallible Head should command them to act otherwise ? The great error has been to' suffer them to possess a Titular Hierarchy in the British'dominions, an Hierarchy which they would always strive to realize and substantiate.' Another great errer was the concession of the Elective Franchise in Ireland. The former should be abolished withoht scruple, as it is pregnant with future danger,, and though we would not wish . the -latter - to be rec,alled, yet we consider the 'concession as the utmest.limit of political power that Papists_should be suffered' to exercise. Let them take their Hierarchy to a foreign State, but, let them not continue'' to hold it here in terrorum, to 'let us know what they will do if the Legislature should betray the Constitution, by suffering them to have any share in it. The alarm created in Ireland by the passing of Mr. PLUNKETT'S threugh the House -of Commons is such, that Protestants are already be' ginning to ,rnake arrangements for the dis posal of their landed property, with a .deter mination to quit ,the Island, from a conviction •that in a few years it will be wholly a Popish Country, and, that Protestants will be exposed to every species-of outrage, till they are wholly exterminated ! ! ! Such are the evils which weak men and "-rash bavin wits," in Parliament are likely to bring upon this happy Country by ad vocating the -restoration - of a Popish Ascendancy., POPERY..--7--A. paper haS,be-en up,•which. is supposed 'to contain the private: memoranda of one of the leading supporters of Mr.PLUNICETT'S Bills.—lt is thus headed " ULTERIOR MEASURES. " To move for the taking down the Monument on Fish.' street-hill; as an unjust reflection upon Roman Catholics ; or to dedicate it solemnly to some more liberal and generally na tional purpose; erasing all the present inscriptions, and re moving the sculptures. " To more to bring in a Bill for abolishing the Service. which.stands in the Liturgy for the sth of November ; and to forbid the carrying about of Gulr l'Aux.,..&c, on that day. " To make it. legal for Roman Catholic PrieSts, Monks, &c. publicly fo wear their respective "habits ; to. have proces sions, and carry about the, Host, for all those to worship who are so disposed. " To-permit quitrit Catholics to set up Crosses in the public ways, and Shrines to the 'Virgin &c. for the solace of their pious brethren. : " To make it legal" — ( Here the paper is torn off) . , PRIVATE AND AUTiItNTIC CORRESPQNDECt. Pailis Apnii 44—The arrival of Count NES. SELRODE has ptit all Paris in an tiptoar: He comes with a proposal from the trnpetor of Russia to suffer the passage of a Russian army of 100,000 or 204000, according to circum stances, through France to Spain, of which a Certain number, some say 40,000, ,shall,: rest .111. France, and be replaced by an equal number of French troops, for the Spanish caMpalo. - ..;: We apprehend that, were 'such a proposal•listened to,. it • would •be attended .with the most 'fatal consequences to the repose of Europe. • There is not a' single . Frenchman who does not, com pletely See what object is intended. The nation has been humbled, not destroyed-,-it is ten times strong er than it -was in the beginning of the Rvolution ; it has .too the sentiments of its strength, and if ever again corps of Russians profane the soil, the tocsin, of patriotism would instantly be sounded,'.. and a million of swords would leap from their scab bards; even the voice of loyalty would be in the al., of arms ; the territory woad' be purged of its . enemies ; and who • can fore w• where the matter would end ? We are sorry see, that through the absolute inefficiency "of Sir Cnani.rs . STEWART, the Engli,:b. - Cabinet :.has entirely lost its influence ; and is it ,4tling that England should be repreSented Conr . .t of FranCe, by a man. whose naive is = con-,; tinually in .the mouth of the kept women.2.off Paris, and those even of the lower order? - .lt : is a scandal to ..Government to permit it. We hope the Cabinet of the Thuilleriesw ill Meet- the. ddnger that threatens it; there is nothin> ut sage•: measures that' will do it. SHIP NEWS. DEAL, APRIL 6.—Wincl N. Ir.—Catne 'doWn. River and sailed, the Ulysses, Dawsan, for Rio•lineirit4 l : 111ary Ann, Jackson ' EweretW., Stoddart ; and the Generat„ Elliott, Franks, ,for Quebec ; the Surrey, Garbrit, for :St' John's.; Nestor, Theake r , f or New Brunswick . Columbo.'• - Billert and the Jenny, Nicholson, far Ilaunaht Dixon,, for Cape Breton ; and Sceptre • for knee Ed-- 4 ward's Island. Arrived and sailed 'for the Dixon, River, -Withrthe' rest of the homeward-bound, the Martha, Mathews ; from fear-% nambuco ; and Oroilino, Fanning, from NeW I'ink; - the LiV - ei: remains. The Anna Robertson, sailed this rooming f:.rinitifki• but has since put back. BRISTOL, Arrtir. R.—The Flora 'McLean, for New. Tipt ll4- : wick, drove ashore at the mo u th Wads river a f-xi - 'dap . i.6-..+. but is gat off, it is supposed, with little damage. - ' . * PORTSMOUT H , APRIL 6.—WiIII.IW. S.Nr. , --Arriv e4 I ° l3 the DOwns, the John Howard, Smith, f or Qtiebec ; Anni, Church, for the West Indies ; Vigilant, Davidson, for4far; seilles ; Ulysses,- Dawson, for the Brazils ; and his .MajcstYlt ; A fo p r ß the m S4 .o_ll t i hi h S eeS S A .d oi p aAenhe Pruneand, Whit* 9t l ship.Solibie.—Frances, PasSed down Channel, the Evans ; ;.‘P° . Dntl,sTA ciw, lien carried into Port Isaac, 24th u l t . parte d . f roth h er cater', aum . drove on the rocks, where she n ow li es a complete wreck. . .... PLYMOUTH, APRIL s.—The Sp ecu lati on , Gaff, from € l . l '_, p; . dill; got ashore this morning under Mount Batt en , within . ii .. entrance of Catwater, where she now remains. ii , '...e, FALMOUTH, APRIL 4.--Wind SI N. W.—Sail!'-' , " Stantner packet, with a mail for Lisbon.. . DEPRECIATION,. OF SHIPPING.-011. WidlleSaill 1d g t very fi ne ship in complete repair a nd fitt e d f or sea , 0 5 ' Lloyd's for £l9O. Her burthen was near 500 tons. t cuitta STEAM BOATS.—The increase of th e d r opioyment 0 , ' ce ll. Vessels in. the. Coasting and Irish Trade - will 'so es.tensi , lesson that Nursery for Seamen, that SinIENRY PATITO,. and the men of the New School, will be obliged; tolens r ..iti o to encourage the Trade with the King's Colonies in •L" Shipping.. The New Steam Boats are fiat . ; - London . - . to . .. Leith. Loudon to - full. Bristol - to - cork. • PO- 0E WITHERED VIOLETS. Lon; years have passed, pale flowers ! since you , M ere cull'd and given, in fiiightest.bloorn, By one whose eye eclips'd your 13lue-- . - Whose breath was like your own per f u me. _Long years ! but dm' your bloom be gone,: The fragrance Which-your freshness shed SUrVives, as memory lingers on, : • • When. all that.bless'd its birth bas fled- • • • Thus hues and hopes will pass away - .- • • Thus youth, and bloom, and bliss depart. . Oh ! what is left when these decay ?. • The faded Leaf,--the wither'd Heart !. • th Thursday --- the - Thik - e — Or — Ci.ARETIcc dined' s" the Princess AUGUSTA, at her apartments A . King's Palace iti P . th;erichiotte.lcsi Princess Pimlico.—The — tc thiAe r e l su fi sa e o D s. xit u A c .T h ; e 0 sta:ien,toe, ire KENT Not- S dn i Y g N t . 0 0 E 1 2 her . d — i n ';a dined e awr King's a d the Duchess. of GLOUCr,ST Elt yes - terday.=l' :--e c 0 morning:Prince E . ttN ' cousin to the vu. 7 llC' io tl of CLAROicE, arrived at the - residenc e. Duke and DucheSs of Cr._ It EN dE, itz the Palace,. St. Jame S's on a visit for a (eV , ' 6.8) a" 5 •h' Yesterday -Prince ..LEopOLD . and the Du". - . of Ct.Anr.set visited . the Duchess, of 41 ty • .Last night Prince. LE() POLD hid a numeroos 13...vijue Con-k-Exciiai; - or, 6.1-- We- had, lard'Barley to,day.frdin Suffhlk, which met . lieuvi sale, at 3 , af or'''' of ls. per quarter on the finest qualifies ; but the inferior could not '• be got off, ladlottgh • Offered at a greater rc,;l.llTP' What Wheat appeared this: Morning' consisted chiefir, remained over from Monday's' supply,' and fOr villich*ac.l3) . very little demand ;. a.feyt :picked _Samples obtained ;: e beal' a .prices ; but inferior sorts are from. is. 'to Ils. upp l per qua te " • In Beans; •Peas, a nd-O a ts there is nteration• . I te ` ut • •.SmiT4PitLD, - :i o.- id narket Wits w.e;%.,- this morning, and. prime - Beasts obtained a good P" , nJ inferior qualities were cheaper than last market dtPoa to t 4 ` 4 1 Beef --3 s firl to 4s 8d I Veal - - - e d to rts Mutton 3s: 6:11.0 - 4s lid Pork. .. . beer l _,s; The new Useful plan of Veniiiatinn;*hich has lat e , l brot!), trodueedinto LiverpoOl by Dr. iIIEYLEIt, has b een t he J o' fairly into action, under his.own.superintendarice,. 4 and commodious Chirhy SehOols, calculated for el e dation.of 700 children, lafely erected" ni Jordan-streetcw t C h o e m y m c o i n t e o r f ii a le inn .ex d i g )c e r m ini e: e it 4i hai , e authorised Us "f as ;which made in this town on new hifildin is the tohave l c ,s ol t ceedul. The rooms hire &free circulation of ai r P;r6 31 4 .:114 .stantly thrOugh them, Without any anno-dnee fo n ' ' t are rents, which renders .the Air .. i within. alth ou gh th e Y t ;d , with children; rc.spirabl-,, free, 'and wheiescalie mittee recoininend the plan to the hispee. t ion o l i those :0 take an interest in. the velitilgitiri of public burlding9 e - o ' e pool Courier.) • - Robert C Air ; ' tou colo 51 ' iic 4371:,--thr:LY3 :39L61.thaat4inarsliitg."13hriiriteni:Cii.I' the a( 1 Jane Neville, of a aauPhter. ° .nerl;ell-s`l":'''' . • NARRIgD. Henry " On Thinsdayi -5, , by the Rev. Rectdiof Poetor Warburton, of Clifford-szkl;i4, street, to Anne., eldest ttaliotter of John Abernt. - thlo • Betlfortb.raw. •• • /'r" .DIED. ow, .01i . tile inst;,' at her b . rcither'4 hou.Se.", 1 :`;041 .0 AP 7- ,, : j r ," eola's-ipn ,- fads..., Mrs. Sarah powis, a ged ;a, siricer-- ed by her -xclat:iyes friends. „ t he l e Op . the 4th. ult., at Barbadoes, whithr,r he hall gonOe',,,,,ftre• • coven Of his health', James Bowdtm, of Bedtb ru c Ak -s ' 9 trec'' Early oil the morning of thel;th it • "sr w Charles Piesehell,. Eq. armed 70 h ton Mmogreeemmakelera.- . • • 1..40ND0N : • Printed by - BC .k . R.STA IR Ssf 1/ . ° ' . .th apon&street; Queen-spina' .e znd published by - stl,' SCItIPPS,- of No. 7, Son :1,1(4t0n-street , 3t 11%uzer ' (.*e -1 - Strane.. A - w h ew ADV E 1;1157.1. 0)4 fani•itS TI v E (1 '.17,u4t.b; a ddre = 5 •