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- altered in this respect. They wished to give efficiency and strength to the Bill, by making it more constitutional. Their opposition, he thought, was entitled to the serious attention of .Parliament. The instruction offered by the gallant Officer went to recommend an inquiry, in order to ascertain whether less severe measures might not be adopted. Ile was inclined to found the remedies he would apply to Ireland on measures of conciliation. This he wished to keep in view, though he might feel the Insurrection Act to be neceseary, and with that feeling he should vote for the Amendment Mr. Secretary PEEL could not but regard the course taken •by the Honourable Gentleman who had just spoken as sin gularly applicable to an Irish question, as he had set out with supporting the motion, and finished by declaring it to be his resolution to vote for the Amendment. He however -must bear his testimony to the temperate manner in which the Honourable Gentleman had, discussed the subject, and if in the coarse of his speechhe had pressed rather hard on those ' who -.vete now or who had been connected with Ireland, he could bear it: in consideration of the fetling which that Hon. gentleman always evinced where 'relent'. was concerned.— He had a' few comments to offer on those who had preceded the lion. Gentleman, though as two of the four Members who had spoken from the opposite side were in favour of the Bill, of course his remarks would occupy but a short time. Ile confessed that he was of opinion the Gallant Member (Sir Robert Wilson), had brought forward no argument that could at all counteract the impression which must have been made on the House by the statement of his Right Hon. - Friend. It hail only been upon the most overwhelming necessity that the renewal of the Act was called for. His Right Hon. Friend had challenged the production of one instance in which the eowere entrusted to the hands of ,the Government had been exercised with severity. Ile had proved that the Noble Lord at the head of the Irish Government had only resorted to such .measures with the utmost necessity ; and it was impossible to withhold from him the highest praise for the manner in which he had exercised the prerogative of mercy towards individuals who .by their crimes had incurred the penalties of the law. Under allthese cireurnstances , he must express his surprise that the Gallant Mernber for Southwark should permit himself to de clare that the suspension'of the Habeas Corpus. Act had been required of Parliament at the beginning of the Session from the lust of power. It was impossible for any man to look at the result of that application to Parliament and say that it was . dictated by the love of power.—(Cheers.)—Was it fair, either, for that Hon. Member to withhold the power now askedfor, be cause he saw abuses of power twenty-five years ago ? Was it wise to revive topics connected with that period and its events? Would it not be wise, on the contrary, for the House to draw - the veil of oblivion over them for ever ? It was said that these powers should not be 'granted, because there had. been no in quiry into the causes of the melancholy transactions which - called for them. Now, he should be glad to know what was meant by inquiry ? He would ask the Honourable Member • who urged this, to take the 'three first objects of complaint— Catholic Emancipation, Tythes, and Education • and he would then ask him if there had been no inquiry made into the state • of thoseeat questions. It was impossible to throw them Together for the purpose of examination. Each of them was enough for the utmost attention of one Committee, or for - the House at one time. As an example in proof of this, there was the Committee upon Illicit Distillation, to which he himself had given the most unwearied attention for two Sessions ; and he should like to know whether the Hon. Member for Limerick would have considered it probable that the operations of that Committee , would' have been expedited by mixing up with its inquiries the subjects of Education and Tithes. He said this to shew that these questions had not escaped the attention of Government, ,because they had not been brought under consideration in the mass ; and to remind Hon. Members that they were not so light and unimportant in • their separate character as to be so easily disposed of, and to be immediately remedied. With regard to the inter ference of Government, to render assistance to the distressed, it was extremely difficult to say, where a Government ought to step in with gratuitous relief under such circumstances. Certainly not at the _first appearance of complaint. A Go vernment who pursued such a course would not be de- , serving the name of a Government. The public money was not entrusted to their hands for such a purpose, and no thing but the-most urgent state of public distress could war rant its application to the relief of partial distress. If the Government had, upon the present unhapproccasion, pro ceeded at once to give indiscrinimate gratuitous relief, -would • they not, .in all probability, have preverited that spontaneous - display of charity and benevolence which they were now wit nessing ? Upon the question of tithes, notwithstanding the claims which the state of the country had made upon the time .of the Lord Lieutenant, every pledge which had been given upon the subject by his Noble Friend near him, at the begin ning of the Session, had been fatly redeemed. The gallant Member opposite had quoted the opinion of one whom he con eendered to be among the ablest advocates of Tithes in the sister ...country. 'Now be had paid the greatest attention to this, and ' he confessed he could make nettling at all of it. lie would read to the'House an extract; and 'let them judge of the rest from it. Thatight Hon. Gentleman then read a passage, in which the writer said Tithes united " the chants and canticles of all ages with the fruits and flowers of ail seasons."— ' (laughter.)—This was the authority which the Gallant Mem ber quoted. Sir R. WILSON intimated that the writer was Monsieur • Chateaubriand. Mr. Secretary PEEL then proceeded to remark upon the • Trial by Jury, and stated his doubts of the practicability of partial introductions of the system of this country. He could • never consent that the renewal of the Insurrection Act -should be considered as an 'increase of the power of the 'Government, or as a measure of coercion to the people of Ireland. It was , not intended to coersce the people of Ireland, but, to protect those who wished to observe the laws. It was not so much a photection for the slated house as for the thatched cottage. He -relied upon .the dispassionate judgment of the House for the - enewal of -the Bill, but he would ask those who opposed it how they could, with the documents before- them, leave the -country to the dangers which the next winter might bring with it, unless this protection"were afforded ? It was a measure of - protection to the innocent and unoffending, and of mercy to - those who, without it, mighObe led to deeper crimes, which ne cessarily brought with them the certainty of deeper punish ment.—(Hear, hear, hear !) • Sir R. WILSON explained. Mr. J. SMITH said, that if inquiries bad been made into • the state of Ireland, they had only been attended by the result of insurrection and famine. That country had been always governed by a system of coercion, and its real grievances Mid -never been attempted to be redressed. Even for the sake of no-, velty, they might make the experiment of te little kindness to wards the people of Ireland. They could not make their situa .tion worse, or produce worse consequences ; for, under the ex isting.system, Ireland had been a burden to this country rather than an assistance. He could not consent to give such a power -to the !magistrates of Ireland as this Bill would place in their hands. The situation of Ireland was now more deplorable than that of any people in the history of Europe. 'He should oppose the'Motion. Mr. DENNIS BROWNE rose to correct a misunderstand ing of what he had said upon a former occasion, relating to the distress in Ireland. What he did-say was, that the causes con sisted notein want of provisions, but in money to purchase them. Sir J. NEWPORT gave a reluctant assent to the renewal of the Act ; and he trusted that the House viould only do that under a pledge of limiting its extent to an early period of the next Session. He hoped that theist of May would be the latest time at which it should again he brought forward, if, un fortunately, that should be necessary, so as for the subject to re - ceive the attention of a House not constituted like that which was to be found at the end of 'a Session. It was not to Insur rection Acts that they must look for removing the evils with • -which Ireland was afflicted. It could only be done by fully in quir g into its condition, and altering the system under which they had grown up. He thought no one would •be bold enough to libel the people of Ireland so far as to say, that itwas some deformity in their nature which prevented their observance of law as it was observed by the people of England. They were respected in Other countries; and 'they conducted themselves with honour, and attained the highest-station and rank. It was at home only that they were dishonoured and degraded. Lamenting exces sively the necessity for supporting this Act, he must say that all who valued the peace and tranquillity of Ireland would pursue • the same course. No one could feel more deeply than he did the pain of shutting out his•country from the pee of the British Constitution. Mr. 'PLUNKETT said; that he went as far as the Right Honourable Baronet in lamenting the necessity in which this Bill originated; and henhould consider it as a dreadful evil if it were proposed to be permanent; because that would un edoubtedle- be taking the Constitution from the people of Ireland. The Right Honourable Baronet had-spoken upon the goes -lion aslin always did, with the greatest good sense,- and prac tical' knowledge of his country, which, -upon all occasions, rendered him-so valuable an ornament of that:House. He felt . as an Irishman, •the degradation of shutting out his country from the pile of the-Constitution, even for 'an hour-; but he sew and acknoviledged the necessity which demanded it. The Right Hon. Gentleman proceeded to thank the Gentlemen of England 'in that House who took so deep an interest in pre serving the liberties and the rights of his country. Ile believed that if there were any difference in the feeling of the Irish and , English Members of the House of Commons with regard to the welfare of Ireland, it was in favour of the latter. He did .rot mean any thing invidious 'towards the Gentlemen deputed from thet country,—to depreciate their patriotism, or to dero gate from their sincere and anxious exertions to benefit its in- • eterests. It had been said by a Noble authority alluded to that night, that the penal laws against the Catholics attended them eat .theinbirth, .and followed them to their graves. But these had been now removed; and was this, a proof that there had i :been no consideration for the condition of Ireland ? The :great Statesman now no more, whose name had been .justly described as being identified with that of Ireland, had greatly raised -the commerce and the constitutional liberties of his country. Did this prove that there had been no considera tion for Ireland % 'The Right Hon. Hart. had not mentioned . his own exertions, but he' (Mr. - P.) would not suffer his mo desty to bide the share be had taken in benefiting Ireland.— There was the Upion also ; was that nothing for the country ? There were different opinionstipon the subject, but his was that the Act to which he alluded was its salvation. The pre sent Government of Ireland found ,On their arrival in that coin try a conspiracy ripening into rebellion, and before they could adopt measures to put it down, the Noble Marquis had-to-encounter the additilmal evil of famine. All that could reasonably be expected the Government of Ireland had done.— The measure for the commutation of tithes had been brought forward to do as much good as circumstances would allow.— They were told it was mere milk and water, and not calculated to afford any essential assistance; but the Government said they had offered the best measure they could produce, and if any lion. Member would bring forward a better they evere dis posed to give it support. On a former debate he censured the principles upon which the Hon. Member for Montrose. ap peared to rest his arguments on the tithe question. The Hon. Member laid_down the principle that tithes were not the fixed : property of the Clergy of the country, and that the Legislature was . not to deal -with it as the property of a landlord. That, however, was not the doctrine of the Hon. Member for Mid hurst. Without any offence to the Hon. Member, or even sup- ; posing that he meant to confiscate the property of the Clergy, : tie should' say the Hon. Gentleman's argument applied to other species of property. If it were good as applied to tithes, no pro- , • perty would be safe. With fespect to what had been urged isv, the Hon. Member for 3lidhurst, he was satisfied, from the well known feeling- of the Hon. Member's heart, .that if he knew what was the state of Ireland, he would not-object tothe passing . of the Bill as a temporary measure. The Hon. Member knew not the state of suffering, oppression, and degradation, to which the people had been reduced by insurrection. No system of despotism had ever existed more goading and abominable than that adopted by the miscreants who took part in the insurrec tion—murder, robbery, and house-burning, had been resorted to in order to obtain absolute dominion over landed property. —There was no crime they were not ready to commit in Order to carry into execution their lawless despotism over the refit -of the community. In the county of Cork, not less than six teen human beings suffered capital. punishment. In Limerick :and other counties, the number of punishments were more .extensive. He could assure the Hon. Member for Midhurst, that these executions had not the desired effect ; but when the insurrection Bill passed the effect ceased. The consequence of .the passing of this Act was the suppression of a system of terror. -He was --sure if that were so, the Hon. Member , for Midhurst would consent to an extraordinary measure, ,which would stop the effusion of human blood. With respect .to the clause which took away Trial by Jury, he was satisfied the Bill would - be usele.sa without it. The system of terror which prevailed in the different counties would have stopped the course .of justice. The most respectable' Jurors would have been intimidated, and unable to discharge their duty. They-would in all probability have fallen victims to the dis charge of their duty. He had first received a communication from the-Crown Solicitor of Cork, stating,- that the greater part of the law expences of the county had been occasioned by hav ing to maintain 100 persons in the gaol of Cork, who sought security from the terrorists. They were kept in prison as-a place of safety, to save them from these murderers. In one instance a person ventured out, and was murdered. The re newal of the Bill was necessary. Mr. GRATTAN did not oppose the Bill, but expressed a hope that his Majesty's Government would do something ef fective for Ireland, and limit the duration of the Bill to May • only. . The House then divided- r - For the Bill , - - . 135 ' Against it - - 17 Majority - - —llB On our admission again to the Gallery, we found the House in Committee on the Bill. ____ _ . _ . . . . . Mr. GOULBURN proposed, filling: up the blank with the -words First of August. Sir JOHN NEWPORT suggested that the first of May ought to be substituted for the first of August. Mr. GOULBURN assured the Committee, that he_ would take care to give an early notice of his intention to renew :the Bill, if, unfortunately, the renewal should be necessary.— No effort would be wanting on his part to introduce the sub ject when there should be a full attendance of Members. Sir J. NEWPORT could not admit that any duty which Irish Members had to discharge ought to interfere with their duty. in that House. Mr. J. P. GRANT expressed a hope that his Right Hon. Friend would not give up his intention to shorten the duration of the Act. _ _ _ _ Mr. BROUGHAM also recommended his Right Honour able Friend to take the sense of the Committee upon his pro posal amendment. He could not depend upon the assurance of theßight Hon.. Gentleman, who might be out of office next year. He-should distrust the statement of any Minister. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, he should object to shorten the duration of the Bill. If it were limited to the Ist of May, the House would • be compelled to discuss it about Easter, and his Majesty's Government would not have the op portunity of waiting to the longest period, to see if tranquillity might not-supersede the necessity of' renewing the Bill. The Committee then divided on the question— For filling up the Blank with the Ist of August 94 For the Ist of May . 37 Majority - —57 The House then resumed, and the report was ordered to ue received to-morrow. _ _ TITHE LEASING BILL. Mr. GOULBI3IIN proposed the second reading of the. Irish Tithes Leasing Bill; with an understanding that the discussion should come on in the Committee. _ _ _ _ The Bill was opposed by Mr. DALY and Sir J. NEWPORT. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the Motion - - . 64 Against it - - 22 • Majority _ I —42 The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed im Friday. • The Irish Constables Bill was re-committed ; and the House being in a Committee onithe Bill, Mr. C. GRANT said, that although many of his objections had-been removed by the modification of the Bill, he was not yet reconciled to the principle of the Bill. He particularly objected to the power of appointing the Chief Constable being vested in the Lord Lieutenant. Mr. GOULBURN expressed his willingness to alter the Bill so as to meet the views of his Right Hon. Friend. Some verbal Amendments were then agreed to ; the House resumed, and the' Report was ordered to be received on Friday. Adjourned at HALF PAST Two. LIST OF THE MINORITY OF 37, WHO VOTED FOR LIMITING THE DURATION OF THE INSURRECTION BILL TO THE ISt OF MAY, IN STEAD OF THE 31ST OF AUGUST, 1823. , ........._ Browne, Dennis Hutchinson, Hon. Palmer, C. F. Barrett, S. M. C. H. Parnell, Sir H. Bankes, 11. • Hamilton, Lord A. Prittie, Hon. F. A. Bernal, R. . Hill, Lord Arthur _ Powlett, Hon. W. Brougham, Henry Kingsborough, IA Ricardo, D. Concannon, Lucius Langston, J. H. Robarts, Colonel Cradock, S. Lamb, Hon. G. Rice, T. S. Calvert, C. ' Monck, J. P. Robinson, Sir Geo. Calcraft, J. Martin, J. Stewart, W. Fitzgerald,LordW. Moberly, J. Wood, Alderman Grant, J. P. Marjoribanks, S. Williams, J. Glenorchy, pord • Newport, Rt. Hon. Groton, J. Sir John TELLER. Hume, J. ' Nugent, Lord Davies, Colonel. , MINORIT 1" WHO VOTED TOR SIR ROBERT WILSON'S AMENDMENT. Barrett, S. B. M. Hume, J. Robarts, Colonel Bennet,Hon.H. G. Moberly, John S t ewart, W. Concannon, Lucius Monck, J. B. Whitbread, S. C. Cradock, S. Moore, Peter . Williams, J. :Fitzgerald,LordW. Nugent, Lord TELLERS. Hutchinson, lion. Palmer, C. F. Smith, J. E. H. Ricardo, D. Wilson, Sir R. INTERESTING DOCUMENT. The following STATEMENT, from the Circular of an eminent Stock-broker at Paris, exhibits, in a clear point of view, the VALUE of the several Species of FOREIGN STOCK in the French Capital Rate of Interest. Funds. Price. Per Cent. (Pay a yearly In- } Per Cent. 3 English .81 terest on the Ca- 3 11-16ths _ pital of 3 N. American 79 Ditto 3 13-164 21 .Dutch ' 47i -Ditto 5 3-16th3 4' Prussian 71 Ditto si' 5 French 88 Ditto 5 3.sths 6 ' Russian 102 Ditto , 51 5 Austrian 741 Ditto , 6i. 5 Neapolitan 69 Ditto '7/ 6 Rep. Columb. 85 Ditto :7 1-20th 5 Spanish fis .Ditto .7 7-10ths. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ' JULY 6.—A letter from Perpignan, of the 28th June, contradicts the statement of the capture of Fort d'Urgel, by the Anti-Constitu tionalists of Catalonia. It is stated that the number of French troops which compose the first line of the Sanitary Cor don amounts to 35,000 men, and the second line to 25,000.—(Constitutionnel.) A report was circulated at Bayonne at the de parture of the courier, .that the permanent Com mittee had. declared the country to be in dan ger.—(Quotidienne.) It is stated, that of the number of persons charged with being implicated la the affair of General Berton, 45 have already been placed in a state of accusation. The States in the South of Germany lollow up their system of excluding the wines and brandies .©f France, either by absolute prohi bitions or by e•xhorbitant duties. The King of Wurtembere has just published a decree abso lutely prohibiting them, and the import duty im posed by Bavaria is 2f. 63e. a bottle, which is equivalent tea prohibition, even for wines of the :first quality;- However threatening the whole of these mea sures-appear, we have reasons for thinking that the•-.fears manifested in this respect by a part of the public are very extravagant. In the first place, nature will not admit of Bavaria, Wur teruberg, the Grand Duchy of Baden, and Swit'. .zerland, producing good ordinary wines in suffi cient quantity. Though in the same latitudes with Champagne, the greater elevation renders the temperature colder; a fetv favourable expo sures, such as the Johannesberg, Mount Liest, near Wurtzburg, the hills washed by the Upper Rhine, opposite Basle, form only exceptions. We believe then that the South of Cermany will be obliged to supply the place of the wines - of Burgun dy and Frauche Comte by the red wines of Hungary. Now, the latter already too dear, considering their quality, mill be still raised in price by an in creased consumption. Austria, therefore, will be the gaiu ' er•by the prohibition of French wines. Now, cannot the able Statesmen possessed by Bavaria and Wertemberg discover certain politi cal reasons of a higher order, which we will not develope, and which render it advisable for the South of Germany to prefer friendly relations with France? We do not believe these prohi, bitions will be of long continuance ; but, sup posing them to be so,, the result is not necessarily a diminution in the sale of our wines. Those which bear sea carriage will always have a vent in the North and in America ; those which can only bear a short land carriage will suffer at first from the German prohibitions, but•th'e improve ment in our circumstances, the result of the in creased price of home cattle, will increase the home consumption.—(Journal des Dahals.) FRENCH FUNDS.—JULY G. Five per Cents. Highest Closed at 9l f. 50 c. Exchange on London—One Month 25 f. 50 c. Three Months 25 f. 30 c. SEMLIN, JUNE 18.—Since the advantages gained over the Turks at Trikala, Larissa, Suli, and Zeitouni, the Greeks hope that the expedition projected for the third time against the Morea will not succeed, and that their cause is not des perate. The best informed men, however, still tremble for the future ; their principal enemies, the English, being very active, and having hither to done them more mischief than the Turks them selves: But for the English, all the fortresses in the Morea would have fallen into the hands of the Greeks, who would boldly assume the offen sive, if they had not continually in their rear their most powerful enemy ; as it is, they are compelled to wait for the union of all their forces, and their enterprises can only be partial. The most singular and contradictory reports are in circulation respecting Chourschid Pacha. Some say that he has been poisoned ; others that he has gone over to the ' Greeks ; at all events, it appears to be certain that he is extremely irri tated at the conduct of the Porte, and that for some months he has made no movement unless when compelled to it by the attacks of the Greeks. It is said that the favourite of the Sultan, Haleb Effendi, who is the sworn enemy of Chourschid, gave him the command in chief against Ali, to draw upon him the fate of his predecessors, who never having been able to overcome Ali, had fallen under the disgrace of the Sultan, but de ceived in his hopes by the death of Ali Haleb Effendi, he availed himself of the negociatio'ns of Chourschid with the Greeks, for the ransom of his harem taken at Tripoliza, to render him suspect ed with the Sultan, who had a sister in the harem. The Sultan, in consequence, ordered the harem to be conveyed to Constantinople. It is easy to imagine that this order gave great offence to Chourschid, who also sees that the reinforce ments promised to him are withheld by the in trigues of Haleb. The Greeks have been en abled to profit by all these circumstances, and have delayed for some time their total ruin. The defection of the Albanians may have also contributed to the turn which affairs have taken. NUREMBERG, JUNE 28.—The.Bill by which great variety of foreign manufactures are per mitted to be imported into England, ware housed, and then exported to the East and West Indies, or to North and South America, has ex cited considerable sensation at Berlin ; but there are persons who think that, as far as Prussian manufactures are cot.cerned, ,very little is gained by this Bill; for, taking it for granted that they were equal in quality to the English manufac tures, there would be a great difference in their prices. This difference would cause those who undertook to make considerable consignments to the East and West Indies, to lose rather than gain. So long as machinery is so sparingly em ployed among us—so long as many of our manu facturers reside in great towns, where they and their workmen have to pay high prices for pro visions, and when they have too many tempta tions to indulge in an expensive style orliving— so long as the Prussian Government does not in troduce, like the English, a lottery of manufac tured goods, and purchase the stock of the ma nufacturers, to place it in the Government ma. gazirrfs, our prices .cannot possibly support the competition with those of the English. The Saxons will be able to derive much more ad vantage from sending their goods on the new plan than the Prussians can, because in Saxony most of the manufactories are in the country where provisions are cheap, and the wages of the workmen low. JUNE 29.—Before quitting the head-quarters of the Guards, the Emperor of Russia had long conferences with the Generals in Chief, Sackers, Wittgenstein, and Otivaroff. These Generals, and the Chiefs of their Staffs, re turned to their head-quarters after the depar ture of the Emperor. It will doubtless shortly be known what arrangements have been ordered respecting the new positions of their armies, and we shall see whether the reports circulated by the partisans of the Turks, " That the Russian armies will retire into the interior of the empire," will be confirmed.—There is no doubt that such a march of the Russians into the interior will confirm all the reports of peace ; but there is reason to believe, even according to private accounts from Vienna, that affairs are not yet ar rived at this point, the differences between the Porte and Russia not being arranged. Thus, notwithstanding what is said by the Austrian Observer, it is asserted that the Porte exacts a preliminary step on the part of Russia, that is to say, the sending a new Ambassador to Constan tinople; it being alleged that there have been no difficulties with Russia, nor any rupture of the negociations, which were only suspended by the departure of M. de Strogonoff.—The Porte demands, therefore, in some respects implicitly, that the Court of Russia should disavow the conduct of that Minister; and it is not believed, whatever may be the dispositions of the influen tial Ministers in the Russian Cabinet, that Russia will consent, at least that she will not avow her self the slave of Austria. It is also said that the Porte will not evacuate Moldavia and Wallachia ,until after the arrival of a new Russian Ambas sador at Constantinople.—lt is reported that .epidemic maladies prevail in Natolia and Vol hy nia. • 'VIENNA, Juxr 24.—Metalliques, 79 1.16 ; Bank Shares, 771. ANCONA, JUNE 20.—The States of the Sove reign Pontiff, which were in all times the refuge of persecuted Christians, are now the land of safety for the Greeks. Not a day passes without vessels ,arriving here laden with the wrecks of the population of the islands of the Archipelago : 11l persons who escaped from the massacre at Scio have been received in the Lazaretto of this city. This conduct is doubtless opposite to that pursued by the agents of the British Government, who close all- the ports of the lonian Islands against the Gre - ers, and even constrain the refu gees to abandon them !—The Pope, who has nei ther army nor navy, but a militia entirely - evan gelical, cannot be at all formidable to the Otto man Porte. We do not doubt, that in conse quence of the plan for the extirpation of Chris tianity uninterruptedly pursued by the Ottoman Porte, the Pontifical States will be enriched by . an industrious Greek population, rendered doubly interesting by their attachment to the religion of their fathers, and by unmerited misfortunes.— The Greeks who are here say, that they have been sacrificed by Russia, who fed them for fifty years with promises and hopes ; they all protest against the authority of the intrusive Patriarch, whom the Sultan appointed in the room of the mar tyr Gregory, and through gratitude, as well as from conviction, the greater part of the Greeks, lay and ecclesiastic, already manifest a desire to attach themselves to the Roman Catholic religion. The Bishops and religieux of the Order of St. Bazil, being celibataires, see no difficulty in this union ; and it is probable that his Holiness, as he lately did in favour of the Muscovites, will permit the secular priests to preserve their wives, and to follow in this respect the discipline of the Eastern Church time, and GOD will do the rest. In the mean time the Holy Father covers himself with glory, and his name will be blessed in all future ages. The Papal authorities, without being stopped by any of those considerations to which we have alluded, have given succour to every one, and evinced a charity perfectly dis interested, without having recourse to vain sub scriptions or to the love of notoriety, often more at work than the love of humanity. ST. PETERSBURGH, JUNE 18.—Amongst the articles im ported here this year, we remarks oats, which never used to be brought hither from abroad. • The house of Mollwo and Co. has already had four cargoes this year, and others are said to be expected. In the night of the 13th of June there was here, and in all the North-Western Provinces of Russia, a severe frost, which has done, as it is said, much dhmage to vegetation, especially to the young potatoes. His Excellency Count Ro manzow, Chancellor of the Empire, is shortly expected in this capital. Our course of Exchange has materially improved within a few days, on account of the continuance of reports favourable to peace, and it is very probable that it will rise still higher. Letters from Kambschatka of the 30th of November, 1821 ; mention the arrival of several vessels in the harbour of St. Peter and S/. Paul, viz. :—On the Bth of September, the sloop Otkritie (Discovery), and on the 21st of September, the Bla gonamerinnie (the Meanwell) from Cronstadt, under the com mand of Captain Wasilieu, of thp Navy : on the 14th of Sep tember the transport Michael, from Ochotzk, and on the 2d of October, the Dionis and the San Pedro, belonging to the Aulic Counsellor, Dobel. The Discovery and Meanwell put to sea again on the 16th of October : while they were in port there were several fetes ; one of the most remarkable was that given on the 12th of October in honour of the celebrated English pe destrisn traveller, Captain Cochrane, who intended to spend the winter at St. Peter and St. Paul. A ship from the Sand wich Islands, manned entirely with natives, had likewise been there, and the people were very well received. They lived on very friendly'terms with the inhabitants ; the Kambschatdales in particular were much pleased with them. On Sunday they visited the churches, and paid great attention to the service, and were at all times very cheerful. STOCKHOLM, JUNE 21.—8 y a royal ordinance, all Swedish vessels are permitted to trade with the continent of South Ame rica, and to encourage their trade. The reduction of the Impart Duties, which has hitherto been allowed only in certain cases, is extended to all articles of South American origin, import ed into Sweden by Swedish ships. Accounts from East Gothland say, that a terrible fire has laid waste the great forest Kolmarden. HAMBURGH, JULY 2.—To-day being a holiday, no course of exchange is published. Business was done on London at 37. 4., Paris 26. 5-32., Amsterdam 1054.—( Hamburgh Papers, July 2.) SPAIN. PROROGATION OF THE CORTES. We have received by express Madrid Papers from the 27th ult. to the Ist inst. inclusive, from which we have extracted some interesting intelli gence. A Deputation of the Cortes haring wait ed upon the King on the 28th to receive his com mands relative to the close, of the Session, his Majesty proceeded in state on Sunday the 30th ult., to perform the august ceremony of ter' niinating their legislative labours. When his Majesty arrived at the Hall of the Congress, he was again received by a Deputation of the same Body. Her Majesty and the Infants accompanie d him. The Speech 'from the Throne, whic h wil l be - found below, is chiefly remarkable for the constitutional spirit which it breathes, for the re solute firmness with which the King professeS th l e determination of his Government to support public credit, by adhering strictly to the stiPu" lations of existing contracts and the confidence with which it announces hopes of a restoration 01 tranquillity to' the disturbed districts. Unhar pily for the last topic, the occurrences which his Majesty had witnessed on his way to the Hall 01 the Cortes, and those which took place at hi s palace, and under his eye after his retUrn, she w. an exaltation of the public mind, not muc h calculated to inspire perfect belief in his flatter' ing anticipations. We shall first give his Majesty speech,-- together with the President's reply, se t then state the particulars of the disturbance t ° which we have alluded, with such further 110" [nation as these papers supply : SPEECH OF HIS MAJESTY IN CLOSING THE S-- - r , s / OF THE CORTES, JUNE 30. t of " SENORS DEPUTIES—In performing the solemn ae closing the Cortes in the present Legislature, I cannot oinitt declare how grateful to me have been their endeavours to i! e,, blish a becoming economy in the various branches of the Ind".„`, administration, and to supply to my Government the resou rce indispensable to the necessities of the State. sys ` t ‘ e T m h o e f ad th v e an .fi ta n g a e n s e w es h t i n ch vi n r i t u o s e t o r f esu th lt e Spanish territory, the greater vigour in the collection of the venue which must follow from the decrees that have b e ,,, 0 , passed, and the simplicity and uniformity with which the the tern of calculation and reason is to be estabrshed, to satisfy people with the legitimate employment of their sacrifices, an me the hope that a striking improvement is taking place 0: 5 , branch as important to the prosperity of the nation, as nec' froremeenthtedaidvmtstionnisotrtir;e: sary to give to my Government proper vigour and energy tte " The consolidation of the credit of a State depends ull° ll res s combination of so many causes, that it is not possible to de_ . . es mine beforehand the degrees of its rise or decay ; but the Col' have passed important resolutions, which cannot fail to insP re , into natives, as well as foreigners, security and confidence ; P an d serving untouched at all hazards that character of probi t y e of good faith which has been always a distinguishing feat u es e the nation ; and intrusting to the individual interests of the _ea ditors of the State themselves, vigilance over the funds dentin to the pay ortes have decreed the reform of the standing t to and acceded to my proposal for authorising the Governin en ce s. employ beyond the bounds of their respective provincel!' g e t tam number of regiments of the national militia. lin" lt 'i e al, this measure in all its relations, both political and ecoinn t he and desiring to alleviate as much as possible the charges t he public service, circumstances will,: successively deternain e dee se exercise of this authority, as necessity may dictate, or P i advise W . t oeac " ith not less temperance and economy my Gover n ba se shall exercise the other power's with which the Cortet t o; thought proper to widen fo r a t ime th e s ph ere of its ac the t he thus presenting a memorabl e e xam pl e on t h e one band e,ss great confidence of the Deputies of the nation in the GI bo• ment, and on the other, of a corresponding feeling ill w ;oriti vernment to make a prudent and mild use of the au d "" with which it is entrusted. it ad l2l "If such is my purpose respecting the powers which fs' of a certain undefined latitude in their own nature, and i te air your of circumstances, it would be superfluous to declare oes Cortes the steady and circumspect conduct with which rnY it iesy vernment will proceed in the exercise of its natural , n at ion to avoid in any case a departure from the line of &ma t drawn by the laws. an d " But, resolved at the same time to sustain their ernPi r :hat', to prevent their violation, under any motive or pretex t OW soever, I shall exercise the full measure of m y c onstitu,Sl authority to guarantee public tranquillity, and to secure Spaniards the peaceful enjoyment of their rights. that tit fire of In° 01( 1 " It is to me supremely distressirtg, e d tion has been kindled in the provinces which compos e rt y tf Catalonia; but, notwithstanding the fact that the Pov e hove some districts, and the simplicity of their inhabitants , 1 04 made them serve as the instruments and the victims of th e es pi' criminal seduction, the good spirit which reigns in all the tals and industrious towns, the intrepidity of the regular _r ge the enthusiasm of the militia, and the disposition Which,n,ises neral the people display at seeing their liberty and thel: t its sides endangered in one and the same struggle — all th e t e lissf' cumstances inspire a just confidence that the plots of the fected will be frustrated, the deluded undeceived, and su ro of bility of the constitutional regime confirmed by the new V of its power. t,e r ." Desiring all to join their efforts for an aid so isnl' ° , 4 rite, hope, Senors Deputies, that on returning to your horusst; having, fulfilled the august functions with which r e g oof charged, you will persevere in contributing to the pubi t to prof enlightening the opinion of the people, endeavouring a you r duce conciliation, establishing by your persuasion a t he influence that just confidence between the subject an- , -° vernment, which increases respect for the laws, adds vigo ie de , ; authority, and contributes to protect, under its beneficent the rights of individuals." The President of the Cortes replied in the following t. ernl ee n i ;t i t ' " It was the duty of the Cortes to procure for th e et,, r he Ro s s , tuents the greatest sum of goOd, at the expense of possible sacrifice ; and they have beard with flinch . t ri s jest A )'' that their labours have merited the acceptance of your S e hest - ; " Agriculture being almost annihilated, .industry an ih ened, and trade paralyzed, it was necessary to pare, d j t houL public expenditure with themost severe economy ; and , e a IP; there is reason to apprehend that the measure has ca u l kind of disgust which springs from offended private int t iag t ‘ i has furnishd an opportunity to the Spaniards of preset' s ,,, al 3 , e the admiration of the world new proof of their patriots io,of their virtues. Such proofs they every day supply of t 'aQ d for liberty, of their respect for the constitutional thrn'T jePe s , f their hatred to every kind of foreign domination anl e dence ; but our political institutions, which excite ir ` - ce g ui e and emulation of foreigners, find likewise enemies 3 t Spaniards themselves seduced by malignity, and ths.„, to t he fanaticism which so often has been fatal and destruc ti v human race. " The Cortes could no but allow the necessity of e t f e se to the Government of your Majesty,. efficacious ass,' 9 ` r igor ° ol "e ample authority, to render its action prompt anua ia s e e t They do not renounce the glory of having anticipat e sense the wishes of Government, in order to give a test te o v a l g their ardent zeal for the.' good, and of the in ti f a s te• which reigns between two first powers of the 'fi s jesti h e these means be deposited in the august hands of your not e . „, strong and powerful instruments to make the Spanist l er ,..t o pronounced everywhere with attachment and resPe d t o g e i cure quickly the re-establishment of internal order , s e ' ( 1. for ';;ar rantee public tranquillity. Every thing may be hot ) , e of ', et , the paternal love of your Majesty, and the vigil" l :a enlightened Goysrnment. The heroic' Spanish na zi- s sinsa tains such a hope ; and its expectations shall not be in Nn On the day in which his Majesty performed this °l it c e], fro e a imposing duty, considerable alarm prevailed in the ea! fot e, ,s s pe a slight occurrence that had happened the evening b • e g. the manifestation of a strong popular feeling that noloo t nst i ; great body of the people are' evidently inclined to t" a ,tins sf tional system, and the lower classes, with this a e bias, c aslO t he disposed to suspect the designs of the Court. Th e , ° ls both co ll proroguing the national legislature--the body whie4 e ly to w it offspring and the support of the Constitution —wa s The l'` t he 'forth the respective feelings of' the hostile parties. it 010 3 is of the proceedings of Sunday, so far as we can lear n t but Papers of the following day, was not very imports f ac ts Ift) ac' evident that the agitation extended farther than the ive t he ot justify in any ordinary state of public feeling. W„ e .,,,g s 0 0 1 ,60 count of them from two journals of opposite po readers may be enabled to judge for themselve s of e of truth is likely to lie under the exaggerated colouring it' (From the Universal of the Ist instantil avai l o , to " Ifs it were not that , malevolence is accustom the self of the silence of Journalists to alarm and seduce of escerbidi, dons : , we should wait till time gave us the luenn s „ resi scsw s yore ing the exact truth before we spoke of the oath" e low o f o f th_os see 0 0 o f for the last 24 hours, have agitatsd the minds public tranquillity, and afflicted all who wished t" s e a thos e os volution free from those horrors which have disglia"sbie to l o other countries. The facts, so far as we have ISee" o f sato: , certain them, are the following :—On the eveningrornerisio;io (29th ult.) when his Majesty went out to his P sed i t iot ls o o, militiaman, provoked, according to-some, by thu rovne:d who broke forth in expressions no less seditious, w' al goaru'othe, of a woman, or, according to others without a,ni, ii P es seit, w ho displeasure of a soldier and a drummer of the rol in sot t o& gave him two blows. This occurrence, whY -1 2 . w as P ef tecit, circumstances would have' excited no attentyt, , peri_ n or abroad in all parts of the capital, embellts7The and exaggerated in the most alarming term s , prey precautions taken by the Authorities, however, y