The Sun. — London, England, 1822-02-21 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIG ENCE. I .7. PATLIS, EB, 18.—.—• The King transacted busi tpess yesterday with• the Minister of Foreign --" Affairs. ''fie Duke de Richelieu breakfasted with his e• • 7f We learn from Marseilles, that several per. , .1 , • - , . s& 15 nave•heen arrested m that town, and some -;•;: - ..sit-anerther plkce. • • Nearly Jifty individuals- have been; arrested, ,▪ -as implicated in the conspiracy of Be!fort. • The King of Wirtemberg has refused to corn ,. ....ply with the _application of the Emperor of Aus ,..tria and the King of Prussia, to impose severer • restrictions on the press in his dominions. The Russian General, Prince Eugene of Wir : ternberg, quitted Berlin on the 7th of this month - far Petersburgh. ;_.The report that the Russian Ckbinet has made a.communicatioft of high importance to the Great golvers ,of _Europe, relative to the affairs. of .Turkey, gains-ground daily. •-• Persons well versed in.the politics of Ca.bi 'nels.are not at all surprised, that the, negociations .at Cuttstantinople-should'have become very corn . +Heated, on ace - bunt of the' perpetual tergiversa tions of the Divan respecting the conditions of the Russian Ultimatum. All Europels interested 'ink' the favourable, termination of these negocia tions, so that the Greeks may not .be sacrificed, .0 1 .10$ the.'same thing, delivered over again to the Ottoman yoke. Tire appearance of the Greek squadron off the Dardanelles has.eaused a gteat sensation at Con . atantin4le. • The inquiries of the Police of Cassel to disco; •ver the person who 'poisoned the servant of 'the - youngPyince of Cassel, who was mistaken for - his master, .have not yet been successful. All •persoris- who were present at the masked ball - - where this detestable event occurred have been ordered to appear before the Police. TRIESTE, JAN. el.-All the news front the East continues favourable to the • cause of 'the Greeks. The troops or Mahomet, Pacha of Negroponti have been beaten by the Greeks of Castro 7 who have taken possession of the castle of the town of Livadia ; and the Hydriotes dis embarked irr the Gulf, and attacked the retreat , Turks. A • - MAR ----rtSEILLES, FEB. B.uvices from Athens affirm in a positive manner that the Turks have surrendered the citadel of that town, and that the. Greeks have hoisted on its ramparts the standard of independence. The Pyreum is again in the power.of the Athenians. Everyday there arrive in the Morea men and ammunition from SWeden, Holland, England, and Germany. FRONTIERS or SERVIA, JAN. 30.—The insur rection of Servia has been prevented by the Paella of . Belgrade, who has succeeded in gain ing over Prince Milosch to the interests of the Turks. This Servian Chief possesses most -ie. fluence over his nation, and to him may be zittri huted the restoration of tranquillity in that country. VIENNA, FEB. 6.—The courier so anxiously expected from St. Petersburgh has . not ,y e t ar -lived,. but an English courier has brought tOs patches, containing, it is said, the copy of a note, ylitich the Marquess of Londonderry has caused the 13ritish Ambassador to present to the Court of Petersburgh, in the name of his Britannic - Majesty, and the object of which is, to, maintain peace between' Russia and the Porte. It is added, however, that England declares its inten tion of observing the strictest neutrality in case or a rupture, reserving to itself power to send reinforcements of troops to Corfu, and a more numerous squadron to the Mediterranean. Per- ions who have the means of knowing the opi iiinal of our Cabinet assert, that there is not the feast probahility . of war. .Letters from Odessa s ay,that the war between the Porte and :toe Persians appears to continue:. The 6chah OPPersia is 'stated to have given an evasio .answer to the. English Resident<at his court,' who endeavoured to propose terms of ac ctrnmodation. were disorderly scenes at Zamora, in which a great number of women took an active part; order wa l s'nof.reitir&l till the 30th. Don M. F. J.auregui has received orders to 'repair. to,ciu4ad-Real de la Mancha, there to await the asseTbling of the General Officers ap pointed to try him * w lien he is to .proceed to MAdrid., The Poli4ical Chief of Madrid has published an ••Ordinance, prohibiting seditious , cries and !mulls.. General Riego is expected at Madrid on the 14th or 15th of this month. The Eitraordinary Cortes will close their Session on the 14th, and the following day the New Cortes will hold their preparatory sitting, for the opening of the ordinary session, on the Ist of March. It is supposed that D. Cajetano Valdes, Lieutenant-General of Marine, who was Minister of War last will be elected Pre sident. Adjutant-General Barcena, who' succeeded General Velasco at . SeKitle, ills been sent by the King to Cgijar, in theA-pojarr,as.. • - AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. , Mr. RteAltDO on'Monday night in illustrating the effects of taxation -upon the agriculturists, in their relation as producers, said, '‘ There are two descriptions of taxes, one of whiCh falls upon the consumer, and the other upon the producer. If the producer came to the,House to ask-relief, he (Mr. Ricanno) would say to him, ' You have had the poster in yotif own hands of avoiding the tax ; and if you have not regulated the produce to the demand, you must bear the consequence.' If the' consumer, on the other hand, came to the House in distress, they ought to throw open their doors to relieve him; and, if they took off The malt tax, he would say, they took"itl off the consumer; If, they took it off the tax on soap, and he were asked whether they took it off the agricultural produce or the consumer, he would say, 'SHE CONSUMER." _ The practical consequences involved in" the above extract from Mr. RrciaDes Speech are of the greatest importance, and merit examination. Like most of the theoretical but ruling Political Economists of the day s . Mr. Ilickano is on this, as on most other occasions, correct 'as to his general principles, but wrong as to their parti cular application, and as to the inference to be drawn, and the results to be anticipated, from his proposition. The fallacies which are thus imposed upon Parliament and the country, as if they were unerring conclusions demonstrated upon true principles, have the most mischievous effect upon the public prosperity, and upon the vital interests of every clap of the people. Thus, though it is true, on general and abstract principles, that the Prochwer has the pot,er iii his own hands of avoiding a tax, and of throwing it upon the consumer, by regulating or restriq. ing the produce to the demand, and of thus compelling the consumer either to pay a price which shall cover the cost of production, pay the tax, and leave a profit besides, or to go withou the product altogether: yet, it is not true, that, it the case of the agriculturists, for example, they, as producers, have had it in their power to regulate the produce to the demand; and, not having had that power, it would be both cruel and unjust to tell thorn' . that " they must bear the conse quences" of 'circumstances oer which they could not possilzly'exercise any controul. . . .'l!crince Michael:Suzzo, who has been sent away We Will endeavour to render this point suite 'lr9fnXischenoff, the capital of Bessarabia, has clear and familiar. received passports to proceed to- the Morea, by On the. general principle, it will be admitted the Way. of Marseilles or of Leghorn. It is said that .Mr. Iticauno is in the right. For instance, that his conduct has been of late rather equi-, the sole right of - producing certain commodi vocal, .Dangerous connexions hav e . been:disco- ties. is sometimes possessed by an individual vered;bitween some of the Moravian emigrants or a.company of partners :—Let us suppose, for attached -to the corps . of :the • Ileterrits and the the sake of distinctness, that the individual or - Five. of : them have, been shot at companjr, ,have the: sole. right, conferred by -let- . the lewd-quarters of Geheral Sabanieff, - s the Go- tars . patent,•• of producing any article , of, utilit - y : vernoruf - sp*al.abia. BarOn linho( ,discOvered which is in general,. deinand,---say hats, and let di: . :!AiiinCe'd,' their --Criminal intrigues. Since us,stipPose that the. ost of producing each hat. is tbiithe.corps :of the Ifeterists have, • been' dis- ten shillings, that theiT, is tax of jive softiod'- MOldaVianS WaliChians have and 'that the, 'remunerating price which the paten: been sei aW,a5--. , :;it: the :Ileterists, properlt, so tees expeCti.its -order to cover these expenses and caileili:or . OreekB; have been better treated . ,,oply to leave a profit Upon. their capital, thq th:AveliOr) `e joined to retire further:,into seventeen shigings, . • t i k l46 o )6 r-T 1 or.oFiripek of It LlASia,'bot . o Say that the numbet of hataannuallyreiluired:. brtihe'to the : 0, 1 • for - the demand-4s two ; but that the Letters s-from , Constantinople of The 15th of patentees manufacture-Iwo - Millions and a q4 . 11:r.- January,4rm, #4,Pr . ince. Ali, who was stated ter.-Though the.. quarter of a million remains to haieAtiof;the - choleralnorbus, 4-as alive and at the year's end , trusold they go on from year to, in goodhiraltM' There is . stili a nuineronsparty year producing this excess - of supply, and ware.:' that .:4010' . 1 ,ftY . ),. - ctettnts . of The Ausirian:Ob- housing the suiplas Qll- ha n d in barns, or other serPer, and considers them .as coming - froin'the premises, until ther..whole •of their capital:ll4l house of Rothschiitl; which is charged,with, the been at length'Vested in.this accumulated stock of trnitf4op:er'afJ9ttS- s of the Court of Austria.. • the ,Comfriadity: • Yekt" ukftY' 7;-;---The : Austrian 'AuthoritieS At this stage, it would be in the power of the .in kliyria tratre: - received news that: the strictest CoMpany to suspend the Manufacture, or produc ordeq.fia-Ve- been sent to all-the Pachas of sEtro 7 'lion, of • the. hats until the stock should be gra.: perm. turkey., to assem'ole all men, able to:bear dually•sold off at the full price of seventeerf.shil.. orals.. Two armies are to march, one .to the Hugs per. . rlore and',.the other to Epirus. •-The Comman;- Supposing further, that the Patentees persist Acre. - in-Chief are JusSof Paella, and Ibrahim in their endeavours to keep up the : excessive pro .1. 3 444 .IrattarSf, have also been sent to the duction or supply ; and that. in order to eff e ct l'acl'iai;•Ofi Asia to send numerous corps of troops :this, they must-sell all or some part of their at! to Kamp! ? Which Will -join : the Ottoman armies. -d-stock, at any price, in order that they on thePilith,antionthe left hankof-theDarsube, may thus set, afloat a part of the capital . loCked , MA,Dan),:re, Sitting 'of theCottes. up-in. it, and ,w . ithoirt which etpitat :they. cannot yestei • cla . *)fi o.'" - art kies9( the bi t .w.en the Rey pay for materials; I(thOiln and the tax,: pres4ib - .4..41( :We ,Abuses.:Of. s the •Liberty of-the of their intended production ; .and supposing the ~Press were addptett..:•'Gineral Cainiio Verde 'en- Consumer's, Or tha:;1) eukt,sbetweerk ;the Patentee's tered . SOVilfo3o„ilie.ti.b 7 - ,aecolupanied liy the new and the: Consumers, to.biaware of the situation of Politii'alChief; D. Soaquina A R ter, amidst the the Patentees,—to be aware that they, have . a large acclamations of all the :wet! .disposed .citizens,i surplus eXhatisted,=and to AO e an , end to- the:s•systenkithatthey - mustlatv - tomoneylogo on zath, what would . -established by the anarchists. On the . 2.7-th 'there' be the co . Onct..'oohe eottinkters when.fhe. ex ..4c iis : .:Y >: ~. `.: : ! ' cessive supply is at length brought to market ? It is evideitt.thit - Aliei'Weuld . a.t first look very shy at the hats,--that - the sales would be heaVyi that the Patentees' - would btcdine "eager,—that the _buyers shy more and more. the dealers alleging they . were • already. supplied with more than they could 'sell, the consumers, that they: were furnished to the extent of their present wants. The dealers at length offer sixteen shill ings for a parcel of the hats, which, as the Pa tentees must have,money, is accepted. The glut, hoWever, in the market, is thus increased ;. and at the succeeding sales the price is gradually lowered to twelve or, eleven shillings. The Pa tentees become embarrassed ; and apply to Par liament for relief from the tax of five,shillings, to the imposition of which. they attribute their distress, contending, that, if the tax of. five shill ingi Were taken Of, their selling price of eleven shillings would remunerate them! r , ' In this case of application for relief, Parlia 7 meat would, with equal,justice -and wisdom,.re.; ply to the Petitioners, in the words of Mr. tti. CARDO, 4 4 You haVe:had the power in your, own hands of avoiding, the tax ; and, if you have not regulated the produCc: to the demand, you must bear the consequence ! !" , But the, circamstztuces in which the ag . ricul turists are placed are very different. It is im. possible that they=or`dny other numerous class of producers should act in eoncert,—should; like an.• individual, or a company, have . eithe r the will or the power to limit their produc tion to the amount fequired by the demand. It is quite imposSible that, having once attained the power of furnitliing an over supply, the sup ply should,in the present circumstances of society, be limited by any bther means than by .the _dis— tress of the producers. They are necessarily Impelled by those circumstances to produce all that they can; and; having . been thus forced to produce an excess, - that excess necessarily reduces them to a situation of difficulty. Some of them must cultivate less, or all of them must be dis tressed, and many of them must be ruined. But who amongst them will cultivate less, whilst_all the rest raise the utmost amount of produce in their power ? None , will do this :—none, until by repeated losses they are driven from their farms altogether; and until by repeated trials at rents more and, more reduced, and the successive ruin of successive cultivators, the inferior lands be wholly abandoned ; and even then the occu piers of the poorest soils which remain under the plough will - continue to be in a state of distress, as will alto the mass of the population, from the diminished supply of the necessaries of life! So far are the farmers, as producers, from hav ing the power in their own hands of avoiding the taxes, by'regalating the supply to the demand,, that each farmer is compelled; by the very distress in which he .is involved, to make • greater and' greater efforts to increase his produce to the highest possible amount which his soil is capable of yielding. Whatever may he the consequenees to the agriculturists, as a body, each farmer has no other means' of preserving himself,—of sur viving the action of causes which are certain to destroy great numbers' of the class to which he belongs ; and from which destruction, he, as an individual, can only escape, by' raising so large a quantity of produce,• that, even at a low price, it will afford him a chance of going on, until the ruin of numbers of his competitors is effected! - . , NVe have now before us a Letter from a'Scot tith, land-owner, a gentleman of great intelli gence, and well versed in Agricultural affairs.— He says, "The Farmers in Scotland are not 'so badly circumstanced as in England.. In East- Lothian, there are not any complaints from them. The crop of Wheat there this year averaged nearly five quarters Ver statute acre, which, at the present prices in Scotland, .will bring 1'51. 7 - This accounts for the' few.complaints you hear from thit , part of the island." The Farmers in East-Lothian, by their great produce, have saved themselves, though, by creasing the •general excess, thoy contribute to the ruin of others! Was it possible, however, for the Scotch Farmers to do otherwise ? or, was it possible for the Farmers who are in distress to prevent their more- fortunate competitors from raising a great produce? Surely not. The dis tressed Farmers, then, have not had the power of regulating-the supply.—lt can only be restricted by their ruin, and the ultimate abandodment of a part of - their lands. ERCANTI , I.& SIH &e. -; GunvEsEzrn, FED. N.—Sailed the • Asia, Lindsay, for Malras. DEAL, "FEB. W.S.W.—Put b ac k th e outward bound. Sailed the hOrneviard-bound. Arrived and remains the Hazard, Nhiteham, frorriLeithfor Havre. Arrived and sailed for the River the ReJiauce,,..Sioith, from Bourdeaux and Vriisland Welwaait; Van "Viers' Harlingen for Liver pbol ; the latter remains : - Came down from the River and re: mail the Richard . Reynolds.i.Roberts ; iand Somersetshire; Parent, for JaMaica ; Baltic - Merchant, Laughton, for Trini dad; Camden, Morton ; and ',Vary, Nahrwaring, for Antigua ; London Packet, Ttaccy,Tor Boston ;`and Mars, Soinersall, for .Demerara. SEVEN o'CLocic.--Arriyed and sailed for the River the Simeon, Roberts, froin Rio Janeiro. SOARBOnOuGIii Fri! 1.:--The Queen, Follett, from :London for Sunderland, was•ittn on board of by a loaded brig on Sunday night off Runswick, which carried away her bow sprit, jibbnoin, &c.: great fears are entertained for the safety .of the , other vessel. • PENzANcE, FEB. 19,!--,The: Voltaire, of Philadelphia,, in 1104 days from Batavia, was spoken with off the. Lizard; the Captain was lying dead in the cabin, and three of the crew had died, and were thrown overboard ; several of the remainder were sickly. . . FALMOUTH, FEB. 19.—Wind N.—Arrived the Duke of Kent packet, with a mail from Lisbon, in 7 days. Sailed the Duke of York: pac';.et,- with a mai4 for Jamaica ; -and Dyson :Norris, for. St. Michael's. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Herald, Young, from iondon for Sierra Leone. Sailed the Phteton frigate to the Eastward ; Windlust, EnVman, for Antwe r p ; Eclipse, Kent, for Africa ; Ocean, M"ielage ; and Endea. your, Mosselmanfor Jamaica. FEB.F YABMOUTII 20.--One hundred and four kegs of geneva and tobacco were delivered over to the Excise yesterday by the Preventive boat ' and 64 kegs of .geneva and brandy, and : some bags of tea to thetustaing by the Ranger cutter, having been picked up near the Wcll.Livht, by . some coasting vessels. HARIVICII, FEU. 20:L—Arrived theNansittazt packet, from Cuxhaven. Sailed the Prince of Orange. packet, for Holland; : and Lord Nilann,'ditto,:forCtixhaven, all With-niails. • Yesterday a Court of Directors. was - the East India Ilouse, when the ship Princess Amelia, of 1275 tons, wn taken up and stationed. for China.direct7—The, following Cap= taing" were sworn . into the •cominand of their.respective .slyps; viz. - Captain J. Miles, ~ P rinee ; Wain R. WC: Norfori —t.biutt IdireCt. ' • f'Y~ e , 4- ‘vfoz,,, *, - @ t , V iLy ..;3\p--, nt -- - ) ) , ;.1- _, -, d e ' 't ; 1114§ONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. 'Monday, rebruary, 25, Lnis - Do:.". Nos. 4, 46, 71, 104, 385', 321, 407, 453. COUNTRY. Nos. 227, 246, 320, 490, 546, 578, 707. *- * - 28, LONDON. Tuesday, COUNTRY. Nos. 38, 67, 63, 145, 427, 537, 668. Wednesday, --- 27, LONDON. Nos. 2, 12, 36, 91, 235, 349. Lodge of Bene volence. • - COUNTRY. Nos. 84, 112, 215 314, 414, 410, 442, 478, 548, 549, 661. 28; LONDON. Nos. 7, 82, 86, 142, 156, 216, 222, 327, 481. Gen. Com. Fem. Sch. at 12. COUNTRY. Nos. 70, 110, 153, 176, 178, 214, 269, 453, 518, 560. 64Z, 671 Friday, - .March -1; - Lorrpox. Noi. 10 4 , 210, 399, 409. COUNTRY. Nos. 13, 28, 30, 55,.58, 470, 538, 550, 655, 709; Saturday, 2,: - .l4o.r(ptiY. No. 173: CtiuNiqtr. No. 675. ' , Int:LAND we . . dnesday, Feb.. frh: OR . N O . 2 7. • K • Thursday, The GRAND LODGE 01FREEMASOW3 in the CITY of MAGDEKIRG, in Prussia,...nag.ved by the finest,sentiments of humanity; intended to patronize. a Concert of Vocal and instru.; mental Music, for the benefit of the widow and ten children of the late Mr. Andreas' Romberg, Musical Professor, and Maitre. :de Chapele. 'The 'Orato-rio given at 'Berlin, on the 17thrnit. (whose object was the benefit of the same family, and about which the Masodie Body 'Vry Much interested themselves), produced a net'Sinti 61-1084 . dollars, nearly 1801. - sterling • Accounts groin Petiiitibitigh of the 25th of last Month con tradict the report lately announced in Seveial Foreign Journals, that.the Emperor-of Ri4sia had published an Ukase, suppress ing the Lodges of Freeasofis in his dominions. These Lodges have, ivis. said, -alwaysi4kifted in the Russian Empire, under the especial protection of the Government. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 110 USE OF COMMONS. Mercurii, 20q die Februarii, 1822. TAY FlSHERY—Petition for Bill referred to a Committee. RoADs—Plynaouth and Stonehouse, and Stockport and Marple Bridge—Bills ordered to be brought in. Wigan and Prqs ton, and Brighton and Shoreham—Petitions reported, Reports to lie on the Table. Glasgow and Inchbelly Bridge, Ruthin and -Denbigh, Shrewsbury, lVorksop and Retford, Mans:. field and Worksop, V Yarpole and Presteigne, Drayton Lane, Bridgewater, Surrey, and Burford and Preston—Petitions for Bills referred to Committees. Borer, and Leith Walk—. Bills presented and read a first time. Holyhead—Mr. Eger.. ton Mr. D. Browne, Mr. Peter Br o w ne , an d Si r I. Coffin; to the Committee. GAS LlGHT—Glasgow and Leith—Petitions referred. LIGIITING—ChorIton Row—Petition ofLey-payers and others, against, to lie on the-=Table. - ' ' ' ' RAILWAY—Severn and Wye - DRAINAGE—Bray, &c. . Petitions referred. CARNATIC CREDITORS . ' PAVlNG—Durham--read aid time, and committed. Barns } ley—Petition reported, and Bill ordered. Alloa, Alnwick, and Mary-li-bone—PetitionsTeferred. . Istc Losu nEs—Sturt6n and Li ttleborough (Notts), Tan sley, &e. (Derby), and Pinninster, &c. (Somerset)—Bills ordered. BRIDGES—Tawey and Deritend—Bills ordered. BOGNOR MARKET—BiII read a 2d time, and committed. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS—Two Petitions from Scarsdale to lie on the table. Petitions from Chester, and from the' Eastern Division of the Isle of Ely, to lie on the Table, and to be printed. GREENWICH CHURCH—Petition referred. V NORFOLK GAOL—Petition reported, Report to lie on the Table. BRISTOL Docris—Petition reported, and Bill ordered. NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY, 1. 141 r. Alderman Wood,--To move to take the Petition from the City . of . London, (presented Bth February), into con sideration. 2. Lord Viscount Althorpe,—Resolution on the Plan proposed for the Relief of the Country. 3. Mr. Lushingtod—Land.Tax Commissioners' Names Bill. 4. Mr. Goulburn,—Bill to regulate the - Importation of A rms into Ireland :—also, Bill for indemnifying such persons as have seized or detained any Arms since Ist -Nov. Is2l. 5. Mr. Hume,—Additional Army and Navy Returns. • ORDER--OF. THE DAY for THIS DAY. Supply—Report. PRICE DI THIS DAY AT Bank Stock • • 248 248a -3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent.-C0n5...':,4.78k 73i4 34 per'iCent 4 per C6it . ' ' - '97t Hi PRICE_ OF. IRISI Bank Stock ' 2454. 5 Gov. Deb. 34 per cent. 894 Stock, 34 per cent. , 89Agi Gov. Deb. 4 per cent - 5i Gov. Deb. 5 per cent - 5i Exchange on HIGH WATER AT LONDOZ Morning, 12 minutes after 2. ; 4 ' STOCKS VELVE O'CLOCK. 5 per Cent. Navy Ann 1048 1038 104 • Excheq. Bills 1 pr: Cons. for Account ... 78 788 STOCK, rk;l3. 18. Grand Cantil Loan, 4 p.ct. 48, -Ditto 6 per cent.... 143. Ditto Stock ' Royal Canal Stock Wide-street Cert. 6 per ct. 4ondon, sh. BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 36 minutes after 2. THE SUN. SOLEN QUIS DIeELIE FALSUM JUDEAT ? _LONDON, 7.III.URSDAY, ..FEBRUARY . 21, 182% The following Irttet was yesterday sent by Lord LIVERPOOL - Mr. VANSITTART to the . _ Governor, &c„ of lie Bank of England.:-- " ous E. Wednesday, Feb. 20. GENT MEN--WVill thank you to give notice in the 'usual: manner, that we shall be glad to see such Bankers; 'Merchants, and others, as 'are interested in the Navy 5 per Cents.; at , the Treasury ChaMbers, on Fritlay next, at 12. '(Signed') " LIVERPOOL, " VANSITTART. " To ,the Governor and I)4dg Governor of the Bank." STOCK EXCitANTift.Ae O'CLOCK.—The business at the Stock Exchanee MIS morning was not so brisk as yester ,day, as all parties seem to be waiting the issue of to-morrow's interview with the Lords of the Treasury. It is reported that a large holder of 5 per cetit.. hai petitioned the Lords of the Treasury to change the hOtirs of meeting from one o'clock to four, that no - advantage should be taken in the market of the issue.— It is also reported that an intimation will be sent from the Bank, announcing its intention to discount at 4 per cent.—There is a rumour that there is to be a Turkish war.—Consols opened this morning at 78k, and for the next Acct. 5 per Cent. 104 i Foreign—French 5 per Cents. 90 ; Spanish 5 per Cent. Bonds 59, New Loan 59A ; Prussian Bonds 883 ; Danish Bonds 84. Lord ArtcninALD HAruit.ToN moved last night that 'the Reports of the Select !Committees upon Scotch Burghs should be referred to a Committee of the whole House. His Lordship dwelt at some , length upon the ahuse,s, particularly those connect ed with peruniary atrministration, which he con- sidered to arise from thepresen t forms of municipa l goiermnent in Edinburgh, Aberdeen , an d , other Royal Burghs. He stated the chief source of these. evils to bethe system under which the IgagistrAte° going out of office elect their successors.;, and. he Proposed as a remedy the abolition of ,this . right, and the establishment of a poPular mode of elec. tion. The LORD ADVOCATE (who, it may be_re• membered, has given notice of a Bill on the subject of Scotch Burghs) declared explicitly, that hi? , plan would not extend to the innovation proposed . , by Lord A. HAMILTON', "which he objected to as a violation of chartered rights, an infringement of the Articles of Union, and an indirect Mode 0 1 introducing Parliamentary Reform. That this is the true end of Lord A RCHIBALD ' S m otion is, we think, very - fairly inferred from the fact, that the Noble Lord has'only interested himself for anise burghs which return Members to Parliament, although there are many others equally liable to objection with respect to their internal gOvernment. Mr. Hume openly avowed' this object, and adduced himself (in bis capacity of member for Mow trose), as an instance of the a.dvantagei to Le reaped - by the country from a more open -system of 'election in these Burghs. • The 'queslion s affecting these Northern Corporations, which might be looked upon `with little interest in this part , of the kingdom if teonsideTed as 'mere mat. i tees of mere local regulation, become highly itir portant to the whole empire when we view them as connected with a plan for introducing:Par liamentary Reform by the way of Scotland: A Petition was 'presented yesterday evening by Mr. HUME, on behalf of HENRY HUNT. Jt appears that this gentleman having been refused permission to see his Solicitor and his own Sur geon, in Ilchester gaol, applied to the Court of King's Bench, for au, order to that effect. The Court could not regularly make an order except on affidavits, but they desired that Mr , HUNT'S Solicitor' might have access to him for the purpose of preparing them. Whether Mr. II uNr objected to making a statement of his grievances on oath, or whatever may have been his reason, he neither prepared any affidv vies, nor made any regular application to the Court.—But some four or five thousand inhabi• tants of Preston, in Lancashire, conceiving that the matter ought not to rest here, send UV a Petition to Parliament in 'Mr. HUNT'S behalf, which is presented by Mr. Hussu i with 'lnailf strong reflections upon the Courts of Law, and-s gratuitous opinion that the-'Mee'ting presides over :by Mr. HUNT was perfectly lawful. The petitioning inhabitants.of Preston, in Lancashire, being obviously very conversant with the local administration of the county of Somerset in gene' !al, and of Ilchester in particular, entreat. that HUNT may not be a sufferer -by the caprice or ma. lice of the Magistrates; they dwell upon the belie' I fit done to the county of Somerset by his inter' ference with the abuses in lichester gaol ; they contrast the punishment of Sir MANAssut LOPEZ, who was found guilty' of bribery, with that of Me. IfusT, who was only convicted of on.'dtt bordering upon high treason ; they are 0, opinion that a man who is convicted only . " half a count," cannot be a great offender;' and filially, they request Parliament to addreis' his MAJESTY for a remission of the remaining part of Mr. HUNT'S sentence. A very worth"' errand ! We must own, however, that it 10010 ill on the part of the Somersetshire people, who have 'received such benefits at the hana of Mr. IfuNT, to leave the task of preparing this Petition in the hands of their fellow-subjecti four hundred miles off. The presentation of.thi s t • mOdest, sensible, and reasanableslocnment, gall% rise to some warm language between the SoLiti- TOR•GENCRAL and Mr. Rtmirr. It stems , froal the proceedings that have taken place or Mr. HuNT's account, that an ex-deupgogne, well SU pd _ported in Parliament, may be _almost as troub l . • some a captive as an Ex-Emperor of France. The French. Papers. of Monday arrived this , morning,from which Aregive extracts in our pre. ceding columns. The new Law for regulating the Periodical Press in France passed the Chamber of Depu ties, supported by a majority of 92, twenty-five of the Opposition (as it is said) exhibiting the petulant and puerile Caprice of refusing to vote. If any person considers the present state of France to be such as renders the existence of s • free Press inconsistent with general safety, he may on that ground defend the present law with at least some shew of reason ; but the attempt to reconcile its provisions vs ith the Liberty of the Press, as understood in. this Country, would. he extravagantand hopeless. The Journ a ls, it . will be remembered, were already subject to the veil severe, and in some. respects arbitrary enactments of the law previously introduced for the repres sion. of seditious - or libellouscommunications «1