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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. 'PARIS, APRIL 2.—Au express was despatched this morning from the hotel of the Russian Am '•iassador for St. Petersburgh, An extraordinary courier has arrived this morning from Madrid. The individual arrested in the department of the Sarthe, and who was mistaken for General Berton, arrived last night at Paris with an escort, and was conveyed to the Prefecture of the Police. On the 27th a domiciliary visit was made in the apartment of M. Bodin, at Rennes ; he was 'formerly Captain of the Staff, and was absent. Two letters from General Berton were found among his papers. According to the Echo of the ;West, Crom which we take these details, one, elated 181-8, was written by the General to M. , Bodin, who had formerly Leen his Aid-de-Camp. The other, of 1821,-i-elates to an account for a •pamphlet, some copies of which the latter had been commissioned to dispose of. We just learn," says the Echo, " that, by an order of the Minister of the Interior, sent by telegraph; M. Bodi❑ has just been arrested in the 'family of his mother, at.Conte l'Abbe, and con 'eyed to the prison of Quimper." It is said that just-as M. Bodin was arrested he was preparing for a journey. A new domiciliary visit has been made in the "house of AL Cossen, at Nantes, which does not Feem to have furnished the police with the infor mation which they sought. It is asserted dint besides the Piedmontese Refugees at Paris and in the neighbourhood, N. de Saitit Alarsan, the younger, and several .others at Lille, have also been arrested. Accounts from Rennes announce the arrest of an Aide-de-Camp of General Berton, at Brest, just as he was endeavouring to procure a passage r.on board a ship, which it is conjectured was also :to receive the General him Self. FRENCH FUNDS. April 2, Five per Cents.: Opened at ^B7 f. 50. e. Fell to B7 f. 35 c. And Closed at 87f. 60 c. April 3, Five per Cents. Opened at ..Closed at B7 f. 80 c. HERMANSTADT, MARCH 18.--The news from 'llloldavia and Walachia - inspires horror. The • Asiatic troops lay waste every thing with fire and sword. Even the city of Jassy 'was on fire in several places on the 12t1► March ; whole streets were burnt to ashes ; we tremble for Bucharest. The Kiaja Bey has published, that if he was -forced to evacuate the country he would carry all the male inhabitants into, slavery, and that he would not leave.a village standing. . The fugitives.reach our frontiers almost naked ; :the soldiers strip them of all their clothes. VIENNA, MARCH 23.—A courier who arrived unexpectedly from Constantinople the day be fore yesterday, has brought news from that Cap'- , la! of the 6th of March. The Divan has decidedly rejected the - Russian Ultimatum, and the Reis , Effendi has notified this rejection in a Note to :the Ministers of the mediating Courts, conceived in no very temperate terms. The note which -.our Internuncio, Count Lutzow, despatched im- Eniediately after to our Court, was instantly _com ,municated to the Russian Ministers, Golowkin and Tatischeff, who immediately transmitted it ,to the Court of St. Petersburgh. We are im ,vatient to know if AL de Tatischeff will prolong stay in this capital - . SEM lAN, MARCH. 18.--,(1321 -Express.)—Extract ,from a private communication.—" Tartars des patched froth Constantinople on . the 10th of March have brought important news to the ..3 2 acha of Belgrade, and to the Servian ,Prince , Milosch. What I had foreseen and said in my ,preceding letters has been fully confirmed. The ,death of Ali Paella has not only inflamed the -leads of the'Turkish populace, braille Divan it -sell partakes the general intoxication. On the• 128th of February last, the grand Council of the Sublime Porte assembled all the Chiefs of the Ortas and of the Janissaries, and several thernas had been summoned to this sitting of the Divan, which is never done except when a declaration of • 'war is in agitation. T he Assembly unanimously rlecided on-rejecting the proposals of Russia, the , acceptance of which had been so warmly urged by 4he Ministers of Austria and Great Britain. The' •.,Reis Effendi immediately announced to the Eu -ropean Ministers, by, a note, conceived in terms -.the most insulting to Russia, that all its demands '• - were rejected. It said that Russia had violated .the treaty - of Bucharest, by refusing to deliver np the traitor and the rebel Suzzo ; and that, 'far from delivering him up to the just vengeance •of the law, it had received him in the- most ,frieLdly manner, and had supplied him with -money for his support; ,that another,enemy of the Porte, Alexander Ypsilanti, had appeared in ,th.. 3 Russian uniform,- and was, in fact, but •an -agent of that Court;. that the Greek churches -,-might be one day rebuilt, , but never. till the re bellion of the Greeks was entirely stilled ; that the principalities of Moldavia and Walachia could -not be evacuated till the same - epoch; and that as for the nomination of Hospodars to govern those provinces, the .Porte was resolved never more to intrust such' functions to Greeks, which is equivalent • to the total annihilation of the po litical existence 'of the two provinces. • In - short (adds the writer of the letter) I could scarcely . believe my eyes on reading this au thentic act, so contemptuous and insulting is the style of it..; and it ; is easy to foresee the • impressions which such a Note must make on the .:I;:mperor Alexander, .however mild and pacific -Tie may be,and though the Greeks for some time past have accused him of •looking with indiffer ence on their cause and their misfortunes." After having pitied the, Greeks, the author of ;the letter deplores also the fate of the European - Diplomatists at Constantinople, ,who, after 10 •tnouths' constant •etl'orts and daily labours, he -hold the arrogance and insolent audacity of the barbarians destroy the whole pacific edifice -which they had taken such pains, to rear. A new Turkish army.is. assembling in the en virons of Nyssa, and another on the•frontiers of 3osnia. The troops in the environs of Sophia have set out for,the.llannbe. It is expected that .the Turks will shortly enter - Servia, and the situation of Prince Milosch, when. hostilities break out, may become very critical. lONIAN 'ISLANDS.—Accounts from Zante of 11th February say, that the division of the Ot toman fleet, which lately left Constantinople, has been seen off Navarino. It consists of six ships of the line and two frigates, and has troops and ammunition on board. According to the last ac counts only four millions were found in Ali's treasury (3,600,000 francs). AUGSBURG, MARCH 29.—(Extract from a Private Letter.)—The news that we received to-day from Warsaw positively announces -war, The Generals-in-Chief of the Russian Armies of the South and the West have had to attend a Council of War at the grand head-quarters at Minsk, in which the operations of the campaign. have probably been decided on, according to despatches brought by an extraordinary courier from St. Petersburgh. It seems that the Rus sians will shortly enter Walachia and Moldavia. It is affirmed that in a note subsequent to its Ultimatum, Russia had demanded of the Porte a large suni to indemnify it for the expellees caused by the great armaments which it has been COITIp pelled to make in consequence of the insurrection of the Greeks, and sanguinary scenes at Constan tinople,. The same thing was done when Austria sent an army to . occupythe kingdom of Naples. A Ix-LA-CHAPELLE,MARCH 31.—(Extracyrom a private Letter.)—Private letters say that the arrogance of the Divan was such in its ne!,-ocia tion with the Ministers of Austria and England, that the latter,. who has exhausted all the re sources of diplotnatic skill to ensure the main tenance of peace, was himself wearied out. The rejection of the Ultimatum has given a decisive Wow to the Austrian , paper currency. = From the T.O to 25th March, the great banking and commercial houses at Vienna sent numerous expresses to their correspondents in the com mercial cities of the west of Europe. On the other hand, the Office of Foreign Affairs and the British Minister at Vienna have despatched courier upon courier to London. The silence of the Austrian Obserrcr on the critical state of the political affairs of the east of Europe very re markable. People are curious to see the style of the first article which their Ministerial Journal (which has never been a moment favourable to the cause of the Greeks) will publish on this subject. PETERSBURGH, MARCH 13.—1 t is affirmed that the fleet will be speedily equipped again.—The expected return of M. de Tatischeff, which will be in about three weeks, will probably throw some light on the present state of the political relations. COPENHAGEN, MARCH U.—The health of his Majesty continues to improve daily. HANOVER, MARCH 27.—1 n the . night of the 22d, a dreadful fire destroyed in four hours time, in the town of Diepnau, in Hoya, the town house and 143 dwelling-houses. Thum:, MARCH 15.—An English sloop, in nine days from Patras, brings the following news :—" On the 2d of March the Greek fleet, 70 sail in number, sailed into the Gulf of Patras, where the Turkish fleet, nearly equal in num ber, had• arrived before it. The battle that ensued was fought with great obstinacy on both sides; it continued during the greatest part of the night ; the darkness, indeed, in terrupted it for some moments, but it was always renewed with more fury, and lasted twenty-eight hours. At the end the Turkish fleet, which was completely defeated, was forced to seek safety in flight. The result was, that the Greeks captured twenty-five ships,. ran five Turkish ships aground, and blew up two Alge rine xebecs.—The Greeks lost seven vessels, which were sunk, and their Vice-Admiral I3otaze with his brig. The brave Admiral being between the two xebecs, fired a red hot ball at one of them, which fell into the powder-room, and set fire to the vessel. In blowing up it destroyed also the Vice-Admiral's brig and the other xebec. The Turks, pressed on all sides, fled with the rest of their ships, and hastened to the Gulf of Lepanto. The Greeks, having detached some of their vessels to convey their prizes to Nava rino, folloWed the Turks to the above-mentioned Gulf without obstacle through the Little Darda nelles, and prosecuted their advantages." SPAIN. Mitacu 27.—(Extract of a . private Lette...)—ln spite of the opposition to the present Ministry ,on the part of many Deputies, whose ar-, dent love for liberty makes them desirous that more decisive gnd speedy measures should be taken, the talents of the new Ministers, the nu merous proofs they have given of their attach ment to the Constitution, and their practical knowledge of business, gain them daily fresh par tizans in the Cortes. coulisr. OF .C.A1...11:11Ni15r.., 5. _ A nistet dam Ditto, at Sight. l2 :3 Rotterdam l2 7 Antwerp l2 2 Elarnhingh Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight • • . ' -24 30 - - 0 Us:• Ditto Bourdeamc, ditto . ' 25 60 0 his. Frankfort on the Main Slaelrid Cadiz Ililboa 37 Effective Barcelona ieville .. Gibraltai e Leghorn.. Get ..a Malta 45 ---Naples 4O Palermo Lisbon Oporto ltioJanciru 4ti ' Dublin .... Cork Oa pet Cent. . BULLION. Porttipl Gold, i n Coin I Foreign Gold, in Bars i 17 10f New Doubloons New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars. Standard 0 4 11i Several most respectable houses in this town have advertised a general. reduction in the price of malt liquor. From this reduction it is very obvious, that the publican will we able to re tail it 'out at a reduced rate, which, we perceive by placards in the windows of the public-houses, is already done. The Bd. ale is now sold for 7d. and that which was charged Gd. is reduced to sd. —(Liverpool Courier.) INCOME. Customs - - - - - -- 1,983,208 Excise - - -. I - 5,8410,798 Stamps - - - - . - - - 1,582,346 Post Office - - - - - 320,000 Assessed Taxes. - - - - - 832,075 Land Taxes ' - - - - 152,999 Miscellaneous -I - - ..: - - .. " 50,463 Unappropriated War Duties , - - - 1,461 • 10,785,950 , . To Cash brought to this Account, being the Surplus) of the Consolidated Fund o Ireland for the guar- ' e - 368,619 1 ter ended sth January, 18'22 . - - ) Total Income - £11,154,569 Years ended sth April, Increase. De- lQrs. ending sth April,l i De . 1821. 1n22. crease. ' - 1821. 1822. ncrease. crease. . , Customs - I 8,576,464 9,325,704 749,240 Customs - X 1,905,276 2,095,878 190,602 Excise - - 36,195,957 26,696,623 499,966 ' Excise - - - 5,707,590- 5,856,798 149,203 Stamps - - 6,165,922 6,223,187 57,265 , Stamps - - 1,467,799 1,532,346 114,547 Post Office - 1,309,000 1,288,000 110,000 Post Office - 350,000 320,000 - 30,000 Assessed Taxes 6 ; 280,11;1 6,246,952 —— - 33,209 Assessed Taxes 842,531 832,672 9,859 Land Taxes - - '1,180,275 1,278,846 98,571 Land Taxes . 137,427 152,999 15,572 Miscellaneous 302,651 302,353 —' ,298 Miscellaneous . 57,573 56,463 1,110 " 50,099,430 51,360,665 1,404,742 143,507 , 10,468,196 10,897,1561 469,929 . 40,969 Deduct Decrease 143,507 . Deduct Decrease I I 40,969 I Increase Increase on the Year 1,261,235 I ' on the Quarter' 428,960 INCOME and CHARGE on the CONSOLIDATIA FUND in the Quarter ended sth April, '182'2. CHARGE. - Exchequer Annuities - - - 23,750 South Sea Company - - - - 153,456 Bank, on their Cc.pital - - - - 89,125 - Dividends - - - - .5,744,188 National Debt - - - - - , 3,186,590 Civil List - - - - - 212,500 Pensions - - _ - 93,000 Imperial Annuities - - - - 9,173 Other Charges - . - - - 83,218 9,600,000 Surplus - 11,154,596 . • Exchequer Bills issued to make good the Deficiency ) of. the Consolidated Fund, at sth January, 1822, 8921303 and charged on the growing produce of the Con- i solidated Fund, sth April, 1822 - - ) Deduct Surplus stated as above - 1,544,569 Total Amount to be provided for by an issue of Ex- • chequer Bills charged on the growing produce of 7,366,734 the Consolidated Fund, sth July, 1822 - Ass RACT of of War Dut sth April,‘ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE AND THE BRITISH SHIP-OWNERS. [rßosi THE NEW TIMES.] Sin—The liberality with which you open the columns of I your Paper to subjects connected with the commerce and ship ping of Great Britain, entitles you to the thanks of all classes engaged in these pursuits ; nor are the)a Sir, less indebted to you, when you occupy a portion of your columns with com ments ()flour own ; which I have always hitherto found no less solid and judicious than fair and liberal, as respected the emancipation of commerce from unnecessary thraldom and re straint. It is under these circumstances that I presume to trouble you with some remarks on the two Bills introduced into Par liament by the very able President of the Board of Trade; one of which is to throw open the trade between the West India Colonies and Europe generally'; the other, to admit the United States of America to trade with our Colonies upon the same terms (with very few exceptions) on which this country herself carries on her commerce with them. In other words, Sir, the Colonies are to become like the Isles of Man, Guernsey, or Jersey—open to every vessel, to import all licensed articles, and to export every species of their produce. That this is conced, ing to the liberal spirit of the day there can be no doubt. It outruns all that the economical writers, with Mi. Ricardo at the head of them, have hitherto suggested; for that Gentleman admits, in his Chapter on Colonial Trade, that a monopoly be tween the Colonies and the Parent State may, under certain. circumstances, be • beneficial. But it does more, Sir ; it lays the axe to the root of the colonial system, and, without the de cency and delay of gradually sapping and undermining it; throws downs by undisguised assault that proud buttress of our naval strength—the Navigation Laws. For I think I may venture to say, that these laws had for their first object, the double monopoly, of the Colonial Trade for exports and im ports. It was to this trade that every Statesman has looked for the formation of a navy, and the.discipline of seamen in long and dangerous voyages. It has been jealously maintained for more than a century and a half by the Parliament of Great Britain ; and if relaxations of any kind have been admitted, they have always corresponded with the principle of these laws, and in no way been opposed to it general spirit and policy.. The free port trade, upon which the President dwelt, was• a relaxation no further than by admitting the ships olforeign ColonieS to import articles of use into our 'West India Islands, and to export Rum, and Such British manufactures, as had been previously imported, and for which the colonial dealers could find no market. This was the extent of the relaxation of the free port system, which jealousy kept. back, and confined to our own vessels the great colonial staples of sugar, tobacco, coffee, molasses, &c. The next relaxation dwelt upon as an authority for the present total departure, is the trade with Malta and Gibraltar. But surely the Right lion. Gentleman must have seen aware that tht export and import trade with these ports," as well as the commerce permitted with all the ports south of Cape Finisterre, must be carried on in British ships. No foreign vessels of any description, can engage in this trade. With-respect to the relaxation of the colonial sys tem by the institution of the especial free port of Bermuda, the British ship-owners have no complaint to make. They were always willing to enlarge it : but there is a wide distinction be tween opening the Bermudas and Jamaica ; between establish ing a colonial entrepst, in a small convenient port, and opening every colony' to the vessels of every State, and abandoning all preference in imports and exports. Now, Sir, the first and obvious mischief of this system will be that, in addition to its departure from the fundamental law of the State, the Magna (Marta of our maritime rights, it will de stroy the British ship-owner ; most seriously affect the ports of London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Greenock ; and, withotit any material relief to the planter, it will throw the greater part of the carrying trade, to Europe, into the hands of the United States. _Sir, I wish , to argue a question of this vital importance to our shipping and commerce with the temper which is suitable to it. I shall therefore abstain from all exaggeration ; and beg leave simply to state, that if these laws should be enact ed, the ship-owners of Great Britain will be ruined, and the ' ports of London and Liverpool most materially injured. The experiment of throwing open the trade between our colonies and Europe has been tried by the Statutes of 12 Geo. 11. c. 30, and 15 Geo. H. c.' 33. By these 'Statutes British ships were permitted to load sugar in the colonies, and to carry it thence direct to any foreign port of Europe. When the Boaid. of Trade was tinder the direction of the late Lord Liverpool, these Acts were repealed by the 34 Geo. 111. The experiment there fore has been made aad failed. The ship-owners, perhaps, would not object to this measure being renewed, but they de precate the renewal in conjunction with the concession con tained in the second Bill of the Right Honourable. President, namely, the free trade between the West Indies and the United States. It is this second Bill which destroys, or rather qualifies with unmixed evil, any advantage which the planter might derive from the first measure. It may lie expedient to permit a direct trade between the Colonies; and foreign Europe, and to enable us to enter the ports of the Baltic with colonial produce, without a voyage'to Great Britain in the first instance, and all the expences attendant upon unloading, warehousing, and reloading.. It maybe beneficial to bring our own vessels and our colonial produce into- immediate competition in those parts, with the sugars of Cuba, the Caraccas, the Brazils, and the shipS of the United States. By such a provision, I am ready to allow that the planter would gain much, and the British ship-owner lose little or nothink. But take this relaxation in conjunction with the second measure, the free trade with the West India Colonies and the United States, and it is fraught with absolute ruin to our shiPping interest. The United States are, it seems, to be admitted to bring provisions and lumber to Ja'maica and the other islands, under regulations, reserving a preference, in the shape of a sitiall protecting duty, to our North American colonies. In return, they are to be allowed to ex port, itn&rnited/y, colonial produce. 'What then is to prevent their carrying such produce DIRECTLY to Europe ? Will they not immediately engage in this traffic, and attleast divide it with the English shipowners, if they . should not be able, under their peculiar adiantageS of navigation, almost to env - Joss it. The vessels of the United States, under the proposed system, must necessarily become the primipal carriers of the colonial produce of the whole world. They have already dispossessed us, in the proportion of three tons to one, of the carrying trade of Cuba and South America ; and will they not have the same facilities aflbrded them in the carrying trade of the colonial produce of the British West Indies ? I wish to know, Sir, what is to him der them. They may take whatever colonial produce they please from these islands, under the proposed system of the Board of Trade. The President hinted at no restriction, and lam told 'none is meant. Will they not find it to be 'the most beneficial commerce in which they can engage, to carry such produce (after supplying themselves) to the European ports, as they already carry thither the produce of Cuba and the Carraccas ? Now, Sir, what must be the result to the shipowner and to the ports of Great Britair. ? What must be the injury to our general com merce, putting aside the interests of the \Vest India planters and proprietors? If we look 'at the returns of the last year, of our colonial trade, we shall find that the exports of colonial produce, _that is to sal - , of the produce of our colonies actually landed and warehoused in Great Britain, and exported thence, amounted in value to 11,490,3391. All this was brought to Great Britain in British ships, and exported from our ports in vessels V the same description. I will give you a few of the articles. Of coffee, we exported nearly three millions ; of sugar, one million two hundred thousand ; of rum, one million one hundred thousand ; the produce of our West India Islands.—How much of this, Sr, shall we have any chance of exporting, if the Americans are admitted into the carrying trade ? 1 will ven ture to say, not one half. The Americans, having access to the West Indies, will be enabled to carry more cheaply and directly. What they have done in the China and Indian trade, they will at least be enabled to do in the West India trade; that is, to be our most formidable, and, indeed, only rivals, in the markets of Europe. But I will not occupy any more of your time, Sir, though I have only touched upon this sub ject. I confess that I expected that more respect would have been paid to our Navigation Laws by his Majesty's present Mi nisters, with whom, on the main, lam disposed to agree. I should have expected, Sir, that an attachment to these laws had run in the blood of the Earl of Liverpool, to whose father the country is indebted for the Register Acts, and whose name will always descend with the greatness, opulence, and commercial superiority of the country. But the labours and zeal of that Nobleman were in nothing more conspicuous than in his steady maintenance of the Navigation Laws. His Register Acts were intended as a buttress to the system, and they will contribute to render this magnificent portal of our national defence as lasting as the citadel itself, of which it is an outwork. The work of Mr. Reeves, composed under his auspices, is itself a scientific panegyric upon this system ; and the recent work of Mr. Holt, upon the " Shipping and Navigation Laws of Great Britain," is ano less able and learned defence of them. As the latter work appears to be published under the special pro tection of Lord Stowell, and is highly commended by him in his judgment, in the Juliana,* a few days since, I shall beg leave to conclude with a quotation from 'that work. Lord Stowell's influence at this Board, as one of the Lords of Trade, still, Jtrust, continues. _ _ _ "Vithotit our commsrce," says Mr. Holt, " and our com merce under the Navigation System, our existing naval do minion and superiority would be but a tree without a root.— But whilst it is thus planted in the inexhaustible resources of our national wealth, and fed through all its height and breadth by a never-ceasing spring, that Navy and Commerce, by which we have become what we are, will continue for centuries to be the soil and shade under which our childrens' children will maintain their descending inheritance. The Navigation Act, like many of our laws of constitutional liberty, arose in times of popular commotion ; and, from the effect of political causes, was the source of many bloody wars with our maritime rivals, the Dutch. BUt succeeding Kings and Parliaments, acknow ledging its wisdom, and respecting the patriotic spirit in which it originated, have considered it no less a measure of good po licy, than a proper maintenance of the popular interests, to give it,'upon every suitable occasion, a larger compass and a firmer root ; and so to direct and vide its growth into our system, that it might be sustained by one common trunk, and supported by intertwining its branches with the spreading tree of British liberty." I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your friend and constant reader, A SHIP-OWNER. Devonshire-place, April 3, 1822. * See New Times, March 20. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. SURREY LENT ASSIZES; KINGSTON, APRIL 4. CIVIL SIDE. XERXES V. THE SOUTH LONDON WATER-WORKS COMTANY This was an action on the case to recover a compensation, for an injury sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of the negligence of the defendants. The declaration stated, that the plaintiff was the driver 'of the Godalming stage-coach, and was driving the same, in a public highway, in the parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, and that the defendants, by their ser vants, had excavated a part of such highway for the purpose of water-works of the Company, and that it was the defendants' duty to guard such excavations, so that the public might safely travel along the said road with their carriages ; but that the defendants neglecting their duty, so improperly filled up such excavations, that the road became insecure and dangerous, and in consequence, on the lath of June, 1820,'the wheels of the coach which the plaintiff' drove sunk into ''such excavations, and thereby the plaintiff was thrown from the coach and had one of his thighs broken, The damages were laid at 1000I._ The defendants pleaded Not Guilty. The cause of the accident 'was clearly proved to have arisen from the carelessness of the defendants' servants, in not taking precaution to fill up with hard materials the excavation which had been made, whereby the misfortune happened. Mr. GURNEY addressed the Jury in mitigation of damages, and admitted that the Plaintiff was entitled to a verdict, but contended that, under the circumstances of the case, no claim had been made out to any thing more than moderate damages. Mr. Baron GRAHAM charged the Jury, that the defendants were responsible for all the consequences of their servants' mis conduct. It was their duty to guard the public against misfor tunes of this kind,• and if they were guilty of any negligence in this respect, they must be answerable for their want of care in employing skilful servants who might he trusted in the per formance of their duty. The plaintiff, who had suffered se verely, was entitled to a liberal, but at the same liMe a tem perate compensation for the grievous injury he had sustained. The Jury retired for about twenty minutes, and returned their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 5001. CROWN SIDE. Thos. Birch, alias Birt, was indicted for feloniously stabbing Hannah Roberts, at Farnham, on the 9th of September last, with intent to murder her, or do her some bodily harm. The prisoner said, in his defence, that he did not know what he was about, and expressed great contrition, for what had happened. 'The Jury, under the'Learned Judge's directions, found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy, which recom mendation was seconded by the . prosecutrix. Thirteen,capital convicts received Sentence of Death to-day. The further business of the Assizes was adjourned over until Saturday morning. ' DREADFUL SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning Mr. Nix, boot and shoe-maker, residing at the corner of White Hart-yard, Drury-lane, in a fit of temporary delirium, produced by rheumatic fever on the brain, put a period to his existence .by cutting his throat with a razor, which at one stroke nearly severed his head from his body. The jugular and windpipe were divided, and surgical assistance was of no avail. His wife was in bed with him at the time he perpetrated the lamentable act, and was awoke by the blood gushing over her, which so terrified her that she is in a very alarming situation. An in quest will be held on the body this day. THE REVENUE. 'he NET PRODUCE of the REVEN On Malt and PropertA, in the I UE of GREAT BRITAIN (exclusive of the Arrears ears and Quarters ended sth April, 1821, and FOR THE SUN. MR. SPENCE'S PAMPHLET. Mit. EDITOR—This sensible and well-informed Writer's Tracts on Political Economy were highly valued by t he late Mr. PrTT, Mr. Ross, and several distinguished indi viduals of that School, and it is to be regretted they have not recently been again brought into notice ; but I am happy to observe, by the letter of your excellent and intelligent Co respondent J. S., in this evening's Paper, that it is Mr. SPENCE'S intention to v ublish, immediately, a new and cheap edition of his Tracts, which cannot fail to be most acceptable to the Public. It may not be improper to state that it was Mr. PITT's determination, had he lived, to have acted on the sug gestions of Mr. SPENCE, for, on his return to office, in 1804-5, as will be seen on reference to the Minutes of the Board of Trade, as he made several regulations with that view, though some of them, especially that which related to the then tolerated intercourse with France, was postponed at the request' of the late Mr. IDLE and others until January, 1806. MERCATOR. Globe Tavern, sth April, 1822. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. NOTICES of MOTIONS,' and ORDERS of the DAY, which now stand in the Order Book of the HOUSE of COMMONS. IVednesday, April 17. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. William Smith,—Bill to amend the Marriage-Act, so far as respects the Marriages of Unitarian Dissenters. 2. Mr. Grey Bennet,—Bill for amending the Laws against ac cessaries before the fact in certain clonics. Also, Bill re garding the Crime of Manslaughter. ORDERS OF THE DAY: 1. Warrants of Attorneys Bill—Second Reading. 2. Yorkshire Election Polls Bill—Second Reading. 3. Supply—Committee. 4. Ways and Means—Committee. 5. Bank of Ireland Charter Acts—Report thereupon. 6. Commercial Credit (Ireland) Bill—Report. 7. Malt Duties Repeal (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 8. Countervailing Malt Duties Bill—Committee. 9. Stamp Duties Act—Report thereupon: " 10. Excise Licenses Bill—Sacond Reading. • 11. Flax and Cotton Bill—Second Reading. Thursday, April 18. NOTICE OF DICTION. - ' Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer,-Select Committee on Public Accounts. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. West Looe Borough Election Petition—Ballot for Com mittee, at three. 2. Seditious Meetings Amendment Bill--Second Reading. 3. Receivers General Bill—Further consideration of Report. 4. London Bridge Waterworks Bill--Second Reading. 5. Superannuation Act Amendment Bill—Further considera tion of Report. Friday, April 19. ORDERS OF THE DAY. • 1. 'Juries (Scotland) Bill--Second Reading. 2. Ancient Commercial Statutes Repeal Bill—Second . Reading. 3. Navigation Bill—Second Reading. 4. Importation of Good s Repeal Bill—Second Reading. 5. Slave Trade Acts Consolidation Bill—Second Reading. 6. West India and American Trade Bill—Second Reading. 7. Scotch Creditors Bill—Second Reading. 8. Scotch CommisFary Courts Bill—Second R eading. 9. Marriage Act Amendment Bill—Committee. 10. Royal Burghs Accounts Bill—Further Consideration of Report. 11. Bakers Regulation Bill—Second Reading. illonday, April 29.. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Agricultural Distress Committee—Further consicleration of Report. 2. Supply—Further consideration of Report. (Barracks, Pub lic Works, and Law Charges.) 3. Summary Proceedings Bill—Third Reading. NOTICES OF moTioNs, 1. Sir John Newport,—Address on the subject of the Affairs of Ireland. . 2. Mr. Arbuthnot,—Select Comtnittee on Printing for the House of Cornoions. l'uesticw, April - 23, 1 822. St. George's Day.—King's Birth Day kept. Wednesday, April 24. NOtICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Sir Robert Shaw,—Repeal of Irish Window Tax. 2. Mr. Alderman Woody—Motion relating to Ilchester Gaol. 3. Sir Francis Rurdett,—Address, to remit the remainder of Mr. Hunt's imprisonment. ORDER OF THE,DAY. House to be called over. Thursday, April 25. NOTICE OF MOTION. • ' Lord John Russell,—To propose,Resolution, That the House will take into serious consideration the State of the Repre sentation of the People, in Parliament. ORDER OF THE DAY. Drogheda Borough Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three. Monday, April 29. Last Day for receiving Reports of Private Bills. Tuesday, April 30. • NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Sir Robert lleron,—To prevent the necessity of , renewing appointments to Offices on demise of the Crown. 2. .111 r. Scarlett,—Bill to amend the Poor Laws. 3. 11r, Sykes,—ltepeal of the Duty on Tallow Candles. 4. Canning—Bill to repeal so much of an Act (30 Car. 2.) as debars,Roman Catholic Peers'from the exercise of their right to sit and vote in the House of Lords. Wednesday, May 1. NOTICES Or MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Beaumont—Repeal of the Leather Tax. 2. Mr. Tennyson—Motion the subject of the Game Laws. Thursday, iilay 2. NOTICE Of MOTION. Lord Viscount Norinani);,—Address,Concerning the office of Joint Postmaster Gcoeral. l'ilesday, May 7. NOTICE OF DIOTIbN. Lord Archibald Hamilton,—To take into consideration the ' state of the County Representation in Scotland—(To move Resolutions.) Wednesday, May 8. _ NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Lennard,—To repeal Act (GO Geo. 3, c. 6.) for more effectually preventing S6ditious Meetings and Assemblies : —Also to repeal Act (60 Geo. 3, c. O.) for the more effec tual prevention and punishment of Blasphemous and Sedi tious Libels :—Also, to repeal Act (60 Geo. 3, c. 0), Se curity given by Publishers. 2. Sir Robert Heron,—To alter the Law of Settlement of the Poor. ORDER OF THE DAY. Colonial Securities Bill—Second Reading. • Thursdas, 9/11 May, 1822. NOTICE , OF MOTION. Sir .James Mackintosh,—Motion tegaading the Criminal- Laws. Tuesday, May 14. • NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. Hume—lonian Islands—Expenses of Goveinment, and Establishment. Wednesday, Mull 15. NOTICE OF 'MOTION. Mr. Lennard—Address, requesting His Majesty to recommend to this House a reduction of the several branches of the Civil List Expenditure. NoTICES.of MOTIONS AFTER EASTER, for which no particular days have been fixed. 1. Mr. Hobhouse—Repeal of House and Window Tax. 2. Mr. Allen—Resolutions regarding Welsh Judicature. 3. Mr. Abercromby—lnquiry into the conduct of the Lord Advocate of Scotland, in relation to the Public Press in Scotland. 4. The Lord Advocate of Scotland—Bill to enforce the Reg" dente of the Sheriffs Depute within the Shires (Tr *in burgh and Lanark. MEMORANDUM.—NOTICES of MOTIONS on DAYS DURING the ADJOURNMENT. Thursday, 11th April. 1822. Mr. Wihnot,—Trade with Canada. Tuescla~, 16th April, 1822. 1. Mr. Hume—Committee on the Church-Establishment and Tithe System-in Ireland. a 2. Mr. Lockhart—Bill to recover possession of Small Tene ments against overholding Tenants. I