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CHINA. Accounts have been received from Canton, confirming the American statement, that several Chinese had been killed and wounded at Lintin, near Macao, in consAuence of the Top= fri _gate being compelled to open a fire upon them, to save the lives of her own people. The Viceroy called upon the Select Committee for satisfac tion, demanding that they should order the Captain of his Majesty's ship to deliver up two .of his Men, as two Chinese" had been killed.— • The Committee of course replied, that they had D 3 controul whatever over his Majesty's ships, ansi that therefore they could not pretend to ex t.-rcise any such authority on the present occasion, the Captain of the frigate not being in the slightest degree accountable to them. As the Viceroy persisted in . his unreasonable requisition, and put a stop to the .trade until it should he . complied with, the ',Committee embarked , and Moved, with all the .ships, out of the River. It appcars that the Local Governinent of .Canton, elated by the success of their injustice and per in the case of the unfortunate American (whom they may fairly be said to have murdered,' hi violation of the principles evenOf their own haws), acted with a degree of precipitancy at the commencement of the present affair, which they were afterwards induced to repent of, and an undress actually arrived from the Viceroy to the Committee, inviting, them. to..return with -the. s'hips tOCanton, but . rnakingnci - abaternent in his demandS. This was the precise situation in which affairs stood when the last vessel sailed_ from ; and it must be confessed to have been sufficiently embarrassing. The Committee could obviously do nothing but wait on board the shipS until the Chinese had settled the affair, either by allowing that the frigate's firing was an act of mere self-defence, or by having recourse to. one of those ingenious expedients, to which onr firmness has driven them on former occasions of a Similar,nature. In the year 1807, a Chinese having been unfortunately killed by some un known person, hi a :general riot with the sailors, the local Government, as usual, demanded the person who had slain him ; but as the Committee persisted in declaring that they were unable to discover the offender ; and as the Viceroy found that the suspension of the trade would be attended with the greatest inconvenience to himself, a varnished tale was prepared and transmitted by him to Peking, in which it was stated that the man had been killed by something falling on his head out of a window. It is sin cerely to be hoped that a favourable result will attend .us on the present occasion,-. and :Tha't the frequent ,:sre.currence of such embarrassments, prergitakt iVith - inconvenience to both parties, will prove to the Chinese Government the necessity of restraining their subjects from acts of wanton aggression.--(Morning Post.) P 0 R UGA L. . ,; LISBON. MAY 11. CIRCULAR ADDRESSED TO THE 31INITERS OF 1115 MOST FAITHFUL MAJESTY RESIDENT AT FOREIGN COURTS. M. Avogrado, late. Sardinian •Charge d'Affaires at this Court, having by his Majesty's order received passports to leave this kingdom, it , sis proper that you should be informed of the circumstances which have thereupon occurred, in order that you may be able to correct any misunderstanding which may arise on this subject. As soon as this Government was informed by our Ministers . resident at Vienna, Naples, and Turin, that those Governments had declared, that while they (lid not hesitate to recognize such Ministers of his Most Faithful Majesty as had been appointed before 24th August, 1320, they were deterrnined,nOteto,acknow ledge any persons who,, in virtue of subsequent- appointments, might arrive with the view of supplyiir their places • because -they had, with one common accord, resolved not to acknowledge. the Government. aotially existing in Portugal; his Majesty then ordered that the before-mentioned Ministers should not only wislakaw from those Courts, but that the Portuguese Consuls, • resident in-the ports of the respective countries, should suspend - the exercise of their functions until the said Courts desisted from theextraotelinary; pretension ofconstituting themselves thejudges of the internal government of this kingdom, since the power of the Consuls could not fall to be regarded as null by those Courts, clog that - they were derived from a Power thus held to be il legitimate. But-in order that commerce might not suffer from. these political differences, orders were issued to all the custom houses of the United Kingdom, not to give trouble to merchant weasels, in consequence of their not having papers legally authenticated by our Consuls, but to treat them as it they came from ports where no Portuguese Consuls reside, in which case the authentication of the local authorities is suf. ficient. itt the.same time his Nlajesty determined that the Sardinian Citerrge d'A f faires, resident at this Court,. should not in future be considered as a diplomatic agent, but that he might remain as long as he pleased as a private individual. Some months having elapsed after this resolution was com municated to M. Avogrado, there arrived from Ilatnburgli va ricios packages addressed - to him. - lie requested an order for receiving them duty free, according to the usual practice with respect to foreign Ministers. There was no hesitation in acced ing to his demand,*because the shipments'had been made while exerciseclAte functions of Ciar:r d'Aj'airen, notwithseand ing that he now no longer held that character. In. pursuance of the reason here stated, the following Order WV, dispatched : " The King orders, by his Minister for Foreign Affairs, that the general adMinistrator of the principal customs of Lisbon sl - ill deliver, duty free, to Augusto i vogrado, a• box, and the accompanying invoice,. which have been forwarded to Urn from Hatribuigh, in the ship ,Cuxhaven, inasmuch as the said box had beereshipped for him at the time that he ex ercised the function's of C'harg: d'Affaires fol. Sardinia at this Court " SILVESTRE PINHEIRO FERREIRA. Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affajrs, April 24, 1822." Three days after, M. Avogrado came to my house, and hav ing asked a servant for pacer and ink, left for me the foliowiug note, accompanied with the order which had been ad.ii-ssed to him according to the official practice :—' " Count d'Avograclo regrets that he cannot deli,Ver to his Exellency himself the enclosed papa:, which heXi . under the nemssity of returning to the Secretariat of State'.' " The . total neglect of all decency whieti appears in this order does not pernnt the Count d'Avogrado to accept or make use of it." I no .soonez received this singkiiar communication than 1 hastened to lay it before his Majesty, by whose order I, on th&following day„ addressed a note to M. Avogrado in these tennis " The undersignd Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in reply to the indecorous note of Senhor Au gusto Avograclo, late Charge d'Affaires of the Government of Sartlin4.;transmits whim, by order of his Majesty, passports, in oider that he may leave this capital within the term of 24 _hours, and the kingdom within eight days. " SILVESTRI; PINHEIRO FERREIRA. ".office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, April 30." These facts prove that the Government, while always ready to pay to other Governments that tribute of respect which is that due, will, at She same time, submit to no insult from them or their agents. You will make that prudent use of this information which cimmstances may require. ..11ar Ow) preserve . you, &c. SILVESTRI:: PINIIEIRO FERREIRA. „Lisbon, May 4, 18'22. EAST-INDIA HOUSE. THANKS TO THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS. • A special General Court of Proprietors of East-India Stock was yesterday held at the Company's House in Leadenhatl-street, for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors a Re solution of .the Court of Directors, thanking the Most Noble the Marquis of lI.tsTINGs for his unwearied ,zeal for the interest of the Company (luring his administration of their affairs in the last nine years.—The resolution having been read, • The CfrAIRSIAN said, that the subject which he meant to submit to the consideration of ,the Court required but little in troduction. 'the services, both civil and military, of the Mar quis of Hastings were so generally known and acknowledged; they were of so signal and.distinguished a character, as to re quire no comment from him. The object of the Court of Di rectors, in framing their resolution, was not to praise the Noble Marquis for any one particular act, but to express their sense generally of his meritorious services during the space of nine years. On this account they now submitted to the Court of Proprietors no particular documents or papers. He would refer merely to two former occasions, when the Noble Mar quis received the thanks of the - Court for special services, namely, the Napaulese and the Alahratta war ; and a third, when a sum of 50001. a year was voted to him in consi deration •of those services. The present resolution met with the unanimous concurrence of the Court of Directors, and he hoped the General Court would express their sense of the services of the Governor-General with equal una nimity. The happy result of his government was seen in the general pacification of India, the improvement of the finances of the Company, - and the absence of every circumstance which .could lead to an apprehension that the peaceful prospect of af 'fairs at present was likely to be disturbed. It was only that day they received documents, from which it appeared that the ex cess of revenue 'over the expenditure amounted to nearly a crore and a half of rupees. Thus had the Noble Marquis, by his skilful operations, changed as it were, with the suddenness of a magician, the aspect of their . pecuniary affairs. He had besides achieved a considerable saving of interest to the Com pany. By making tlT,interest of th debt payable in Eng iand4 the saving effecte4awas not less than between 150,0001., and :100,0001. But these were considerations of a mere pecu niary nature, and though not unimportant in themselves, were trifling compared to the moral effects of his government.— ( Hear !)—lt was these considerations, to which he had but shortly alluded, that induced the Court ofDirectors, in their Re , solution, to express unqualified regretat those domestic circum stances which led to the recal of the :Marquis Hastings. Ile would not tro4ble the Court further. • He believed there was an lion. Proprietor who would submit a resolution for their consideration. _ _ _ Mr. It. Jacxsow moved, that two resolutions of December 1616, and the 3d February, 1019, voting the thanks of the Court to the Noble Marquis for his conduct of the Napauleie and Mahratta wars, and also a resolution of the 10th March, 1819, voting to him the sum of 50001. a year for twenty years, should be read. The Resolutions having been read, Mr..lacxsow said, this was now the fourth time they had met on a similar occasion, to express their sense of the eminent services of the Marquis4k Hastings. The expectations they formed of him were not disappointed. Never, he believed, was there any Governor Gener a l of India, who, from the moment his:destination became known, tool; more pains to fit himself for the arduous duties he had to perform. The Nepaul war was the first thing to which he should call the attention of the Court. In the conduct of it the Noble Marquis displayed in an eminent degree the abilities both of the soldier and the states man. • The results were alike honourable to their arms and to the British character. In the ceded provinces the effects of his government were seen by a progressive amelioration. If any person was disposed to arraign his government in those pro vinces, now was -the time to do it; but he was confident no charge could be even insinuated against it. No circumstance could prove more fully the disposition of the Noble Marquis to do all inn his power - ftif .the happiness of those ~provinces, than the apPointment of Governor Elphinstone and Sir.,John Mark ham to consider the best mode of governing them. The conse quence of his measures was, that peace now prevailed through out India, and that the best informed on the subject were of opinion that peace could not be interrupted unless through some fault of their own. The Hon. Gentleman concluded a long speech by moving a resolution of thanks to the Marquis of Hastings. The Resolution having been seconded, and put from the Chair, Mr. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD condemned the tardiness with which the Court of Directors acted, in not bringing for- Ward' this subject. sooner. It was the more strange, when coupled with the wish expressed in the Resolutions, that they might reach the Marquis of Hastings before he left the Indian shore. He called upon the Directors before to express their sense of that great man's services. This was the first time allusion had been in their Resolutions to his civil services. Ile would ask, what documents had they upon this subject ? No allusion was made to them in the vote , of thanks, which ho should not oppose, though he. thought it in adequately and tardily expressed. His regret was, that they did not intreat the Noble Marquis to continue in his govern mehtewhen first he intimated a wish to return ; but the good .effects of that government would not, he hoped, • end with his recal, but operate as an example with future Govern nors General. There could be no better test of the merits of the Marquis of Hastings, than an appeal to the present state of their Indian Empire, and the universal opinion that prevailed on the subject of his government. He must condemn the Court of Directors for giving countenance in their votes to that sort of hypocritical cant, against the extension of their Indian posses. sions which was too often employed as the mere tool of party. In the affair of the Pindarrec war, the thanks of the Direc tors were given, not to the Governor-General, but to the Commander-in-Chief, though it was more a war of political than of military talent. This sort of language was echoed in the House of Commons by Mr. Canning, who, though he admitted the justice of the war, did not record that sentiment in the vote he proposed, -lie (Mr. K.) now called for those documents on which the Court of DirectorA came to the conclusion that the war was a just one, and determined at length to vote thanks to the Marquis of Hastings for the justice and wisdom of his civil government. Colonel STA3THOPE said, the great object to which the go vernment of the Marquis of Hastings had been directed was, the happiness of the people. His efforts had been productive not merely of moral and financial, but also of great military improvement. li e prevented the plundering of village Sand the impressment of the peasants. As an instance of military im provement, he (Colonel Stanhope) might mention one native regiment of Madras Cavalry, under Colonel Lushineton, which after a pursuit of 70 miles, overtook and beat the Pindarrees, to whom they were opposed. Though an enemy to standing armies, as dangerous to civil liberty, for his support of which he lost rank both in Ireland and India, still lie would main tain them when necessary to the protection of life and industry. In alluding to the civil administration of the Governor-Gene ral, he would begin with Hydrabad, where a most happy re form had been effected under the judicious management of Mr. Metcalf. By the difference of education and the freedom to the Press, the Marquis of Hastings- laid the foundation of permanent good government. Before these he had little doubt that the superstitions of the Ilindoos would soon vanish ; their .18,060 Prophets,. their 3,300,000 Gods, their system of casts, the burning of widows, and all the other enormities of that systerti, which the •Mahorattift - conquerors, and the Portuguese, with all their efforts, were unable to eradicate. It was a free press that beae r dowh Pagan Christianity, and brought about the ReforMation. The same effects, he had no doubt, it would produce on the religion of the.Hintloos. Ile would not attempt An excuse the threats held out by the Governor-General towards Mr. Buckingham, by alluding to the indiscretions of that Gentleman; but he was accused for bringing a criminal infor mation against him. Was not the press here, and every indi vidual in the empire liable, to the same sort of proceeding? The lion. Gentleman concluded by proposing two additional Re solutions expressive of the Thanks of the Court for the efforts of the Governor-General to diffuse education througn India, and for his abolishing the censorship. The Resolution's not having been seconded were not put to the vote. ' Mr. Hu DIE did not think the Resolutions proposed by the Honourable Gentleman who spoke last were well timed. The attention of the Court was thus taken up to no purpose.— The reason, he believed, why Mr. Canning, upon the oc casion mentioned by his Honourable Friend (Mr. Kinnaird) did not allude, in his motion, to the civil policy of the Marquis of Hastings, was, that at the time he was not in possession of sufficient documents on the subject. Being desirous that the vote might be carried unanimously, he confined it to the military services of the Noble Marquis, knowing that there was a party in the House who questioned the policy of extending their Indian possessions. He (Mr. Hume) should be better pleased if his Honourable Friend (Mr. Jackson) had confined his motion to a mere approval of the Resolution of the Court of Directors, as they had no documents to direct their opinion with respect to the civil government of the Marquis of Hastings. The Noble Marquis was worthy, he knew, of the highest praise ; but it was not fair to call on the Court of Pro prietors for a general opinion, until they had the necessary do cuments before them. Allusion had been made to the improve .ments of the revenue. He found, however, .that in the year. 1813 the debt was 29,965,0001., and in 1821 38,999,0007., being an increase of 9,000,0001. In 1813 the revenue was 17,267,0001. leaving a surplus over the expenditure of 1,632,0001. In the years 1818 and 1819, the, revenue increased from 17,267,0001. to 19,000,0001., but the expenditure bore no proportion to this increase. The surplus revenue in 1813, as compared with that of 1819, was 2,000,0001. greater in the former year. Perhaps the last returns were more favourable, but those of the pre ceding year did not shew a surplus. With respect to the case of M. Buckingham, he bla - led the Governor-General for having begun by holding ont threats, and not directing the public authorities to prosecute at once. These things, however, were I light, and it was a consolation to the friends of the Noble Mar quis, that there never was a Governor General against whom, on the whole, so few charges could be insinuated.—(Hear !) Mr. D. KINNAIRD explained. He meant to impute no im proper motives.to the Right lion. Gentleman (Mr. Canning). Mr. LOWNDES supported the motion ; but expressed a wish that the documents relative to the Civil Government of the Mar quis of Hastings should be submitted to the Court. They could otherwise foriu no opinion as to the motives which induced the Court of Directors to alter their opinion of the war. in India. Sir JOHN DOYLE spoke in the highest terna4of the military talents of the Marquis of Hastings, and of his general conduct in the Government of India. He (Sir J. D.) was a friend to the liberty of the press, but with those restrictions without which it must degenerate into licentiousness. Mr. Buckingham had been guilty of many indiscretions, and libels, for which pro ceedings had been commenced against him, ,and he hoped he would meet with his deserts. After a few words from the Chairman, Mr. D. KINNAI RD, and Mr. JACKSON in - reply, the resolution was put and unani mously agreed.to.—The Court then adjourned. IRISH DISTRICTS. MEETING AT LLOYD'S. In pursuance of a requisition, signed by several of the Subscribers to these rooms.rand addressed to the Committee appointed for the Management of the Funds, Ste.' of Lloyd's, a meeting of Under-writers merchants, &c. was convened at twelve o'clock yesterday in the subscription room.--...,At the aPpointed . hour, Mr. 111a.naleaT, M.P., took the chair, and briefly stated that the object of the meeting was to consider of the sum pro per to be advanced in aid of the funds now raising for the re lief of the distressed Irish. The Honourable Gentleman then recapitulated the: substance. (as it appeared to us) of a former speech delivered by him some few years since, in which the necessity of applying their funds to purposeS'strictly commer cial wasinsisted upon. , The requisition having been read by :Mr. J. Bennett, jun. the Secretary to the Committee Mr. 31AltRYAT addressed the meeting, and explained the principle upon which former votes of that body (the sub scrilx:rs to Lloyd's) had proceeded. He understood that the sum intended to be proposed was not very large, but it was rather to the principle upon which they were to give ' than to the amount to be given, that the meeting were to look. They would all remember the distresses of the poorer classes of this country, arising principally from. the high price of bread in 1800; and though in all cases, perhaps, the relief of the poor laws was not deemed adequate to the relief of the distresses of the podr, yet in that instance they certainly were liberally re lieved. It was not necessary that he should state the various votes of money to which the subscribers to Lloyd's at various periods had agreed, whenever suitable objects of their bounty had been pl.esented to their attention. It was sufficient to say, they were all distinguished by the same character of muni ficence ; and, indeed, the present call 'upon their fund was so small in amount,' compared with the magnitude of those which had been raised op other occasions, that if that were the only point for the consideration of the gentlemen present, scarcely any difficulty could exist upon the subject.—(ll ear !) The sums they. had already voted were almost infinite, coin pared- with the present claim upon them.—(Bear, hear !) He would wish gentlemen to consider what immense exertions they had made during the last years of the late war ; what liberal advances had been made out of the funds of that house - for the alleviation of their distresses, who had been the principal sufferers. in the war. It was impossible to over-' look either the -amount of subscriptions, which was not less than 50,0001.—(hear, hear !)--or the admirable effect with which they had been attended. At a time when the nation from one end of it to the other was panic struck at the duration and the sacrifices of a protracted war, they had had the effect of restoring public credit, and of re-establishing the confidence of the empire in the resources of her commercial classes ; and this was an admirable effect produced by the, noble donations given from their funds. But if, diverting the applications of those funds from their original destination, the subscribers to Lloyd's attempted to give their aid to every subscription of this kind, however unexceptionable its nature might be, their means would become so limited and minute, that it :would be impos sible for their contributions to retain theirlormer noble and munificent character.. To do so, they must strictly confine themselVes:t9 the originally proposed application of their funds. At the same time every man must naturally feel for the dis tresses, of his .Irish: fellow-subjects ; , and no doubt every Gen tleman who heard him would feel-equally ready to. give his own individual aid, as he had felt to contribute to the relief of the Russian, the German, and the Spanish sufferers,: during the late war. The Committee thought it- highly important to obi serve, that upon all these several occasions the great portion Of relief to be afforded had been left to depend on the individual liberality of the subscribers to Lloyd's. It was proper to state, that this requisition was signed by very few subscribers ; and as matter of secondary consideration, he (Mr. Marryat) might he allowed to urge, that the trustees were bound, in justice to themselves as well as to the subscribers, to protest against any improvident appropriation of the funds ; since, in the event of these becoming exhausted, and of any change taking place in the original institution of the subscription and fund, the four trustees, of whom he had the honour of being one, must be re‘ sponsible for rent, taxes, and all other incidental charges. The lion. Gentleman then went on to allude to the case of the suf ferers at Newfoundland ; a representation had been given in on their behalf, and a strong claiM, indeed, was made out ; they were sufferers by a conflagration, which had consumed a large property, that from situation, distance, and other circum stances, it was next to impossible to replace. Their case was submitted by certain Gentlemen'to the Committee, and he (111 r. ,Marryat.) was• sorry to say, that out of a list of 2,000 subscri bers to . Lloyd's, the names of three only were.added to the re presentation. •Iri• - frietitioned. this circumstance only for the sake ef showing with what different:feelings Gvntlemen were disposed to grant subscriptions out of the general fund; to those. with which they were ready to grant thm. out of their own pockets. lie hail no doubt that every Gentltriniii . Who felt in terested in the fate of Ireland"wOuld contribute from his own means to her relief; but he felt assured that on the principles he had already stated, all must see that it was not proper to call upon the funds 'of the house to con tribute snch.relief. He believed it remained for him now only.to propose the Resolu tion-which was meant to be submitted. - , • Ronnav DEWAB, Esq., then addressed'the Meeting. He begged leave, in the first place, to make-a singleOliservation upon that part of the,Chairman'a.apeeeh in which he had al luded to the small number oT stibscribers who had signed the requisitionfbr theconVenins• of this meeting. The fact was, thatzthe number of those Gentlemen who had offered to sub scribe it amounted to more than 100—(Hear, hear !)—but, as the necessity of the case was felt to be most pressing, and it was considered that the earlier the meeting could be convened "the better, it teas thought desirable to send in the requisition,, as it now stood, without waiting for further signatures. As to the, case which the Honourable Chairman had thought proper to put, with respect to the distresses of the English poor in 11100, there *as this very material difference, between it and a case like the present-to-be observed at all times—he (Mr. Dewar) meant the difference arising from the relief which was extended in the one country ay the poor laws. He decidedly affirmed, that le gally no man could starve in this kingdoin.--(Hear, hear.) — There was no overseer in England who dared to refuse the pauper that bread' which the Poors' Rates furnished him with the means of providing; and whatever differences of opinion might subsist as to the law, there could be little doubt but that the provision was amply sufficient to support the poor. The Chairman had admitted that the case of Ireland was very different from this ; and so it was ; because, in Ireland, there were no poor laws—( H ear.)—there were no means of administering present re lief, while the rich proprietors and those from whOin support might be expected were' mostly absentees. With regard to the case of Newfoundland, that was a case of distress arising from a fire, which, however calamitous it was in its consequences to 'the inhabitants, they surely had possessed the tneano of giaarding against : they might have secured their property by insurance.--(llear.)—There could be no difficulty in doing this : for, 'God knew, insurance companies or associations Abounded all over the commercial world. In the present case, on the contrary, no such protection could . be resorted to, nor was any such liability to be contemplated. No less than 800,000 people were at this moment starving in Irelanda... (Hear.)—and what was the cause of their; misery ? It was not corn nor meal which was wanting in the country, but the cause existed in the common poverty and degradation of the people. To such a height had the distresses of peasantry arisen in the counties of Mayo and Kerry, that after having had re course to the weeds and hay of their fields, they had been com pelled to resort to the growing crop of potatoes, intended for the subsistence of the coming year.—(Hear.)—Surely, under .cir, curnstanees of this - sort, it was net proper for that room to 'bold back, to withdraw its aid in a case of this inconceivable dis tress, after the liberal supplies it had granted on other occa sions, where the claim (he might be permitted to say) had been at least not superior to that which was now made upon their generosity. The instances which had been cited by the Chairman really had very little to do with the . present matter ; and if they were yet more relevant, could it be expected that precedents for such a vote as this now propos ed were to be found ? Was misery of this kind a thing of such frequent occurrence ? It was singular that the meet ing were to be told, that the funds of Lloyd's had always been voted to purposes in some way or other connected with the interests of commerce.—(Hear, hear o—Surely, that large and liberal vote which the subscribers had agreed to, and which none of them had supported more warmly than he (Mr. Dewar) had done—the vote to those meritorious and gallant men who fought at Waterloo—was not of such a description.— Nobody, surely would say that . that vote had been beneficial to our commerce ; in that House, at least (Lloyd's Coffee-house), every thing had gone on most unfortunately ever since. --(A laugh, and cries of " Hear !")—Nor let it be forgotten, that of those who were now starving in a sister kingdom, in the midst of plenty, many, very many, had carried the flag of England into all parts of the world ; and, fighting by the side of our own men, had dyed the soil with their blood, and purchased glory at the price of honourable wounds.—(Hear. hear !)-- Why that house, after furnishing a donation of 1,0001. in aid of the suffering: Russians, after the invasion of their coun try by Napoleon, should now hold back, -he (Mr. Dewar) really could not comprehend. Besides, at that time, we were not even upon' terms with Russia—no peace had been treated for ; and she had, but a short period before, confiscated several valuable British ships, to the ruin of many of our wider writers.—(Hear !)—Were the Meeting, when our fellow-sub jects were bowed down by affliction, to be required to pause for want of a precedent ? He contended that it was now that they ought to come forward ; and if they did, there was not another Chamber of Commerce in the kingdom which would not hasten to follow their example. Humble individual as he was himself; and poSsessing but little property, on no occasion had he . ever felt more eager to contribute his subscription than upon this occasion. He had twice or three times applied at the bar, to know if any hook were opened for the relief of the Irish ; and finding that that was not the case, he had car ried his humble aid elsewhere. There could be no doubt, that if this house subscribed, the Lloyd's at Liverpool, and all other similar institutions, would follow. The sum he should propose as the subscription of this fund would be 5001.—(Hear.)—The Chairman had truly said that was a very small sum ; and when to this he (Mr. Dewar) added that it was for the relief of a very large portion of the population of Ireland, he trusted gentlemen would support his proposition. He should conclude the little which-he felt it necessary to say, (and he lamented that such a cause had not found an abler advocate), by moving a resolution— " That the sum of 5001. be granted, out of the funds of this house, in aid of the subscription for the relief of the distressed Irish."—(hear, hear !) LEwis BURNAtiD, Esq., seconded the resolution. He 'thought it had been very properly observed by the Gentleman, who preceded him, that the house had subscribed out of its funds tin many occasions where the claim upon their liberality had been much weaker. lle felt it unnecessary to detain the meeting any further, because he was sure that the subject itself would plead better with those who heard him, than any advo cate could possibly hope to do.—(Hear!) Mr. MAnRyAT, the chairman, thought.it necessary to ob serve, that upon the occasions alluded to, the votes had pro ceeded on the ground that the, objects were such as, were con• netted with the best interests of commerce. The war itself had been undertaken by the enemy for the destruction of our commerce. Here the Hon. Gentleman was interrupted by repeated cries of " Question, question," and he concluded by saying, that he would, without further preface, put the question on the pro posed resolution. • . This was done, and on a show of hands, the resolution was declared to be negatived. Mr. I)EwAit gave notice that a ballot would be applied for ; and the meeting broke up. FOIL THE SUN. POPERY. . . MR. 'EDITOR—AS you are so good, and so strong nti advocate for upholding the Protestant Religion, now that it is proposed to make great innovations, by introducing into the House of Parliament some Roman Catholic Peers, I think cannot do better than bring under your notice, in order that the Lords who may be in favour of the measure, and to whom, and our most gra cious KING, the public have now only to depend for security, the House of, Commons having passed the Bill, the following extract from the Government Gazette of Lima, dated 29th No vember last, on the subject of their Religion, Which Shews that they mean to hold the Catho lic Faith inviolate, and particularly with respect to public functionaries. • Your Constant _Reader, and "London, May 23, 1822. A TRUE PROTESTANT. " The Catholic Apostolic Roman Religion is the Religion of the State. The Government considers it one of its' first du ties to maintain and preserve it lay all the means within the reach of human prudence. " All those who profess the Christian Religion, and dissent in some principles From the Religion of the State, may obtain permission of the Government, on consultation With the Council of State, to use the rights which may suit them, while their con duct is conformable to public order. " None can become a Public Functionary unless he professes the Religion of the State." CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Consols for the July account opened at 80i advanced to 803 ?‘, and remained at nearly this price till towards the closing of the market, when they fell to 84, and finally dosed at this price. It is generally understood that a Russian loan has been contracted for, to the extent of froth two millions five hundred thousand pounds to three millions sterling, by Messrs. Tuom sow Box.i.n. and Co., Mr. WILSON, and Mr. ROTHSCHILD. This loan will bear an interest of five per cent., payable in London, and is much the same as the one contracted.for with the Prussian Government Lists are reported to have been handed about at 77; amongst the - private friends of the Con tractors, but !the terms of the agreement are unknown. It 4a—a--. subject of uncertainty whether this loan should be considered as a proof of the pacific or warlike intentions of thit Czar of MuscovY. Those, whose interests incline them to look for a continuation of peace, think that the neces sity for a Russian loan is a complete proof of the inability of the Russian Government to prosecute a successful war against the Turkish Empire, whilst others think that such a loan is only requisite to enable the Russian armies to emancipate from barbarism the finest portion of the earth.—ln foreign se curities very little business has been done this day. The French Rentes are noted at 89. 50. and Prussian Bonds at 86. Old Co lumbian Bonds remain Steady at 1004 ; Sixes at 844 ; and Scrip at 85A. In Spanish Securities there is a very considerable de cline, and that has been produced without any proper cause.— The Spanish (tortes have assumed the right to examine accounts (much regret ought to be expressed, that another assembly did not avail itself during the last 30 years of the same privilige), and they only ask a short time to determine whetheir their Ad ministration have properly or improperly expended the public money. The honour of the Spanish nation is well established, and no doubt ought to be entertained of their doing justice to those who, on the faith of their Government, have advanced them their property. The Old Bonds opened at 62i fell to 61i, and closed at 614. The new are quoted at 623 1, 62 , and it was almost impossible to make any sales. The Danish Fives hold their value of 85, and the Neapolitan of 71.. Under the pre sent circumstancei of Europe, Englishmen ought to be very cautious in disposing of their property, for the day may soon ar rive when they will have cause to regret misplaced confidence. A letter has been received from Buenos Ayres, dated the sth of February, which states that advices have been received from Lima, dated the sth December, by which it appears that Ge neral Sax MARTIN had declared that part of the coast of Peru, from about Colissa to Nasca, in a state of blockade, and that the Admiral of Peru had hoisted his flag on board the Thais, at Callao, to enforce the decree of blockage. The Chili= squadron, under Lord COCHRANE, was repairing at Guyaquil, and intended to proceed to the coast of Mexico.— ( Morning Chronicle.) Past good Fortune is a fair prece,dent for future. BISH, whose success in selling Capitals is proverbial, sold last Lottery, Both the Two of £20,000, drawn last day, and he hopes, and the Public expect, that he will sell the Two of £20,000 in the present, which, with all the other Capitals, and all the other Prizes, must be drawn in One Day, Next Tuesday. * - - ,A 7 -r rdir MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. P. NG LAN D. Monday, June 3, LONDON. Nos. 5, 27 ' 39, 89, 213 1 223, 289. Corn. Boy s School at 7. COUNTRY. Nos. 20, 64, 72, 97, 1 P,,, 1 ' 148, 191, 202, 219, 2 0 ,7 267, 311, 369, 372, 3 6 °.,/ 423, 437, 455, 498, 5 01 '„' 5C3, 509 i 524, 541, 5 5 !,' 558, 632, 638, 643, 6 44, 680, 710, Tuesday, -4, LONDON. Nos. 9, 240, 281, 287 ' 381. T , Couritri.Y. Nos. 24 127, 130, 167 ' 170, 180, 184, 196, '20 4 , 3 05, 3 07, 476, 501, 5?Z' rim 532, 544, 551, 6°l' 579, 634, 640, 649 i Wednesday, -5, Loarnox. Nos. 35, 75, 220. (211 3 '''.. terly C ommun i ca tion. Courvrny. Nos. 54; 84, 95, 121, 12 ' 4 139, 146, 164, 207, 2,4 ' 291, 339, 465, 472, 413 , 7 ,' 491, 505, 513, 526, 543, 563, 581, 585, 650' , • 711 713, 725. , on Thursday, -6, LoNDON. Nos. 25 34 61, 122, 2"' 277, 325. COUNTRY. Nos. 45, 48, 11, 57, 115, 171,182, 234, 416, 420, 451, 453, 461, 466, 469, 483, 506, 543 ' 555, 556, 561, 586, 587, 599, 627, 657, 670, 717 ' Friday, -7, LONDON. Nos. 10,210, 399, 409• COUNTRY. Nos. 13, 28, 30,5`5, 58 " 470, 530, 533. IRELAND. , . Monday, June 3, ConK. Nos. 3, 41, 347. Tuesday. -4, Cony:. No. 95. Wednesday, -1, Cori:. No. 1. GENERAL .MEETING of the BRITISII and FOREIGN PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY' for the PERMANENT RELIEF of the .LABOURISO. CLASSES. COMM JOHN INGRAM LOCK!. Earl of Blesinton Viscount Torrington His Excellency the Russian Ambassador - the French Ambassador the Spunish Minister the Prussian Minister - the American Minister - the Swedish Minister - the Sardinian Minister - the Sicilian Minister M.deM oraesSarmen to, Charge d'Affhires Portugal Baron Lon ' .rsdorfr, . Charge d'Affaires Baden and Hesse Sir T. Lethbridge, Bart. M.P. Colonel Wood, M.P. T. S. Rice, Esq. M.P. Sir W. de Crespigny, Bt. M.P. T. W. Coke, Esq. M.P. Sir Edw. Lloyd, Bart. M.P. Col. John Baillie, M.P. Sir T. Mostyn, J. Maxwell, Esq, M.P. Col. Hughes, M.P. H. Brougham, Esq. M.P. Richard Martin, Esq. M.P. Owen Williams, Esq. M.P. C. Fyshe Palmer, Esq. M.P. John Jones, Esq. M.P. Joseph Hume, Esq. M.P. Wm. Williams, Esq. M.P. Sir Jas. Graham, Bart, M.P. Sir James Graham, Bart. of Netherby W. L. Maberly, Esq. M.P. General Brown Colonel NVildman :TTEE. ART, Esq. M.P. giairrnan Henry Hase, Esq. Hudson Gurney, Esq. Rich. H. Gurney, Esq. Mi l ' johii Ileming,, Esq. M.P.. William Fry, Esq. Joseph Hoare Bradshaw, P cl " J. L. Goldsmid, Esq. Joseph Fry, Esq. Rev. Dr. Herdman Rev. George Glover Thomas Richardson, L 34• W. G. Carter, Esq. Wiliam Strutt, Esq. Joseph Strutt, Esq. Dr. Pinkard George Drake, Esq. Rev. Isaac Saunders, 31. A• James Morrison, Esq. Alexander S. Gordon, Esq- Dr. Ashburner Henry Jones, Esq. Dr.• Stewart • • William 11. Crook, Eicf• A. G. C. Tucker, LL.D. J. M. Morgan, Esq. Richard 'Taylor; Esq. James Miller, Eiq. B. S. Jones, Esq. W. J. Baldwin, Esq. Augustus Applegarth, E* Edward Cowper, Esq. Thomas Rowcroft, Escl• William Ford, Esq. , John Galt, Esq. Thomas Abraham, ES(I. Robert Owen, Esq. Wm. Forster Reynolds, Forster Reynolds, Esq. At a Meeting of the Committee, held 23d May, .1822, it 05 moved by the Earl of Blesinton, and seconded by Sir Wm. to Crespigny, " That a First General Meeting will be held, to receive the Report of the Committee." A FIRST GENERAL MEETING will accordingly be held at the Freemasons' Hall, GreA Queen-street, onSAT UIt- DAY nest, Ist June, at Twelve o'clock. L. STENVA RT,'M.D. W. H. CROOK, Secretaries. • E. COWPER, Seats will The provided for Ladies.—Tickets may be procured at the Committee Room, Temple Chambers, Fleet-street; and at Freemasons' Tavern. • , * For SYDNEY, Letter X., see the Fourth rage. ERRATUM in Yesterday's Su x.:—Leading Article,' Line 17 ' • for " fug ique: read "famous." PRICE OF STOCKS TILTS DAY AT ONE o7cLpcg. n rln 'h i a 35 S Pp t o t c ri k CCeennt ' 7.2 74- -° India Bonds s3s• 13. South Sea Stock 89 i 6 New AnnuitieS ............. "Excheq. Bills 1 dis. I pr. India for'Opening ......... Cons. for Account ......... 304. Bank Stock • 240 239,i 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 794 ia 311 per Cent. Old 4 per Cent. { New 04 iii 95 5 per Cent. Navy Ann. ... 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. 19i 15-16ths PRICE OF IRISI Bank Stock 245:1 Gov. Deb. 3 . a per cent. 89 4D Stock, 31 per ct. Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. Gov. Deb. 5 per cent 3 STOCK, MAY 27. Grand Canal Loan, 4 pct. Ditto 6 per cent. ••• Ditto Stock ......... 3 Royal Canal Stock . ........ Wide-street Cert. 6 per ct• Do. Deb. with Gov. Sec..- Pipe Water Deb. 5 per ct. Do. Ballast 'Office Oovt. Sec' 5 per cent. ............... lan, May 27, Bi. —Stock, 5 per cent, 3 Treasury Bills, 5 per cent — City Debentures, 5 per cent Lying in Hospital 4 per ct --- Exchange on Lone HIGH WATER AT LONDO Morning, 36 minutes after 10. BRIDGE TO-MORIO C I: Evening, 0 minutes after 1_ THE SUN. .S'OLE.II OUIS DICEItE FALSUM AUDE4T • LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1822• An express arrived last night from Par'" with the Atate of the French Funds on Mon daY No Papers were published in France on tl' a day, it being the Feast of the Pentecost. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, MAY 27. Five per Cents. Closed at B9 f. 60,c• Exchange on London—One Month 25 f. 35 c^ Three Months 25 f. 15 c• Two new Loans have been contracted for 0 1 ' morning in the City ; the first is that of Rus sia ; amounti4g to . 31 millions sterling ; the lee ° that of the Republic of Chili, for 1 million stet:. ztr iti li on IL.. 14 t . 1( titl t A dtr 1,1141) t C11 ) h .. th 1 1) e , ._ (xli