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-54 )41. 15. of the is fact, )11 the ession, lie dc' money turn.- - ew nil- ade in [lntent, remelt' to the tier 0 itendet, t. :heque r N - cent. annu" nd, in !) of ' 25 wou ld e wo uld be sub pe men t Of st year 11 as a [oubt it to the woint- in the If the lad not ng and li;tinct ly Mr. :y and rn had it vur- Lct it of the )e sup iper of ite, or f thosa Mem ted bar mum anour arc.' to ) great Hon. ;et, he taunt ) acted. xi been in that rad the. 1-lotts6 e Mar-. •espect ium he 's than hear !) or the inking bat alt tatrott- od the u their given iersoos is from to :d -ives to 0 point • grate ot ae -rientb• of the as call )n that was to of the than it e Hon. eyed it lie eir- to vote bound of the tld not tiraitY, • of re- in the riety of ort be organ is pro- OUlltrY 'hetber t whc )ard as en t lie c ontented himself with proposing a reduction of the Esti• k ates - by only the sum of 10,0001.. The Estimates for the tiesent year wer e 7 or 8 0 00 1 : less than the last, and yet the so-Gentleman proposed to reduce them by 25 per cent. It i s undoubtedly true, that the Committee of 1817 did ex- Press their opinion of the office of Treasurer of the Navy, in the terms'quoted by the Hon. Gentleman last year. But he (11r. Robinson) . stated at that time, that the duty of the rreasurer of the Navy did nut consist in merely paying cbt(pieS, hut be had also to investigate the rights of the per son presenting them to receive their amounts. If the Hon. Gentleman said the contrary, he would tell that lion. Gen tleman that he had not read a single Act of Parliament on the subject. The duty of the Treasurer of the Navy was very d 'ffelent front that of a banker. Although the lion. Gen tleman (lid not do himself the favour of attending to him, he \mild tell hint, that Abe Treasurer of the Navy was liable to be called to account by Parliament. It was the duty of the ',Treasurer of the N ar y to refuse payment of cleques, if he had •.tny doubts whatever of the correctness of the claim. The Treaturer of the Navy executes .that ditty—nay, fur having refused payment of one cheque, an action had been brought 4g:dustbins in a court of law. Was that the duty of an or di nary banker ? Certainly not. The banker wits not subject to such consequences. Another' branch "rif the duty of the T reasurer of the Navy was the payment of claims and wages. vut hat head he had not only satisfied the House last S e s s i o n, out men the Honourable Gentleman himself, whit had dune him the honour to say, that his conduct was to C•tlifild, that he (Mr. Hume) should withdraw his opposition to - the vole, and it passed accordingly. Ott that occasion he (Mr. Robin '4ll} had told the House, that if the Honourahle Gentleman cattle and spent in the Nave-office one or two of the dullest 'lava that could be passed, he would venture to say, That the 1-I( ;nourable Member for Aberdeen would go away satisfied that it would he utterly impossible to dispense with the office. - " - (Hear, hear !)—The Honourable Gentleman had said, that reduction had taken place. Three distinct offices and four-- leen individuals bad been reduced, three of whom had high salaries. Did the Hon. Gentleman mean to say, that was nett ing ? He would declare upon his honour that'it was ', Considerable difficulty the business could be done with `,"L! present r e duced number of the establishment. Allusion ;;ad been m a d e to the office of Cashier, and the Hon. Gen e 5 1 ,5 15 (Mr. House) expressed surprise, that a person who 14151 y d held that office could become a defaulter, as the Act ' not allow money to remain in his bands. It should be c i e ntenthered, however, that it was the business of the Cashier 5 Pay off a variety of bills, and, for this purpose, sums of : 1 1 w5 eY were occasionally placed its his hands, drawn from . `le Rank. It frequently happened that small balances re -I"L'ained, ov e r and above what was necessary, and it was r'eotlgh the balances so remaining the 'WWII alluded to ,etorie defaulter. The law contemplated the necessity t. " their placing money in the . bands of the cashier, for it had trot been inoperative was clear front this circinn- C 4 , s ce- Front the year 1789, not less than 400,000,0001. Passed thtough the hands of that officer, of which only " 15, 0001. disappeared, and of this 35,0001. was afterwards re c^cered, so that the whole loss was no more than 30,0001. out ;I 5 " large a SIMI. The salaries, he -contended, were not too 5 0- They had been earned by length of service. The amount of security in the higher situations, and the great difficulty of Procuring it, should also be recollected. That security was the "Illy effectual protection against the bad pa-sions and se if•interested motives by which it was natural to suppuae 'Orne persons might be actuated. There were some who had teen thirty, forty, and fifty years in the office. Were they How to be told that 45 per cent. was to be taken from their s ilaries. He wished the Hon. Gentleman had heard the statements many of those &affects made to hint of their per sonal situation. The first in that office was Mr. Fennel. Hats long did he serve ?49 years —a man of the most unim- Peached honour and integrity.—lt was easy for Gentlemen to t 411; of the necessity of reduction, of catering away salaries; lief if they were placed for a day or two in his situation, they would find the difficulty of suggesting to those who had large families—who had nothing to depend upon but their places— who hid spent many years in laborious service—they would Unkl the difficulty of telling them that, at the close of life, they were. to he deprived of part of those means they had long calculated upon as their only source of support. He felt confident that the Gentlemen of England, or the people of England, would not now say that they could not give these People the reward of their long services. —(Hear!)—He only wished that those who talk of the high salaries of those per sans were obliged to perform the painful duty of paring them ' bowl). With respect to the Treasurer of the Nary, he could nut allow that 30001. a year was too much. It should he re smoked that this had been the salary for 150 years. Thi s Was not more than adequate both for the labour and ' es " asl bllitY. Did the lion. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) know that the Treasurer of the Navy could make no title to any t l a r s h i l ' i ,if his real property, not even to one acre—that he d ere , l4 , ( e to pecuniary claims, which in many instances reit " the situation one of loss in place of emolument. He could much prefer that the House should vote away part of his salary than to reduce that of those persons. Mr. ELLICE said, be rose for the purpo se of remarking on the difficulty of the situation i n w hi c h the Right Hon. Gen tleman (Mr. Robinson) and others were placed in the pre seat state of the law. He did not thirsts, by any means, that the salary of the lkight lion. Gentleman was too high. For f ts part, he would not accept it with the responsibility at (ached to it. His only object in rising seas to draw the atten tion Of the House to that particular subject. He thought shelf an alteration should he made in the lawns would remove flout Gentlemen in office some of the difficulties they were flow burthened with. Mr. BENNETT said that when the sufferings of persons 'n offic e woe spoken of, the sufferings of the people out of ,i "Is should not he lost sight of. Now many families lived 11 1 1 °n 6s. and even Is. Gd. a week, and the consolation to those ' 4ll O were obliged to remove persons from official situations thould he that they were lessening the relief if the rest of the ii ` c fi kitt• The Honourable Member stated, that. the situation i; the people of England was changed materially for worse. le considered reduction necessary in every department. - Mr. GIN'S supported the motion. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY expressed a hope that t i l ie House would not impede the Estimates. When his Right th e Friend came to plopose his plan of reduction, 'ie noose would find that all establishments had been piarged, and that all persons bolding offices were placed t '' new scale of salary. The Right Honourable Gentleman 1 , 1 , 4 ' 1 given notice of his motion on Tuesday, and the Noble I , a rquis expressed a hope that Gentlemen would keep their ' i linds open at least until they heard the plan. He could tsttr e them his Majesty's Government had been assiduous attending closely to all the recommendations of Puha -1,1'"1, and they had no proposition to make unworthy the Mice of the public. Until the House heard the plan, they ,ail take no steps. It would ( expect found that the per ventage to what the House ed. A considerable sa iPg would be made. The Noble Marquis was persuaded the "'use would feel there was no difficulty in separating the i'lloiates front the proposed plan. Every office, and the sa of every officer had been considered with reference to re duced salaries. A scale of income had been closely followed, ; l id th e House would find reductions made in offices upon that t e l 4 le• There was a reduction in four offices alone of 41.0001. Ile again begged Gentlemen to wait for the plan, and suffer the estimates to proceed. ALTHORN , . admitted that it would be desirable to ''''sPeod the judgment of the House upon the subject of re iuciien, until the plan was submitted for consideration. At t v ie sam e time it was not likely the House could go far wills lie Estimates that night, and he should propose to wait until "c Ri , ht Hon. Gentleman opened his plan on Tuesday. The Noble ' Lord then moved, that the Chairman report progress, an d ask leave to sit again. „Mr. LIUME expressed his surprise that the Noble Marquis ‘rut on voting the Estimates, without putting the House iu "v3ession of his plan. A Right Hon. Gentleman had "Meed feeling and compassion for persons in office, but the t e . °eta) distress of th e country called for the greatest synn. „ 41 , 1 ')'s It was well known that the suffering classes were tint !relic serv an ts. H e w i s h e d t o se e redu c ti on s f rom th e Wiest to the lowest offices. The Civil list expense was ex ''ive• A !eduction of twenty-five per cent. was required every department. T he Committee then divided upon Mr. Hume's amend laent, when the numbers were— For it Against it Majority t _ k le stra ngers con ti nue d exc l u d e d, f our more di v i s i ons n place, all of which were alike in favour of Ministers, fl 9 to 2B 194 to 23 97 to 21 94 to 21 On onr re-admission to the Gallery, we found the Spealw dlthe Ch a i r , an d after the other Orders of the Day were 14posed of, the lluuse adjourned at ONE O'CLOCK this o Min g. MINORITY L IST OF THE MINORITY OF 21, WHO VOTED FOR THE A LA ST MOTION, WHILE THE DOORS WERE CLOSED. , 1 1 1t h°rP, Visct. D av i es , C o l. Moore, Peter ,"rY, Viscount Elli ce, Ed . Palmer, C. F. -1-lennet, Hon.H.G. Ilobho use , J. C. Ri car d o , D. B l iernal, Ralph Hume, J. Robarts, A. arrett, S. B. M. J ames , W. Sm i th, J. oncannon L. L us hi ngton , D r. Williams Wm. Crespigny, ' Sir IV. Maimly, J. Wood, alderman SALT TAX, &c. MINORITY ON MR..CALCRAFT'S MOTION FOR REPEALING TILE SALT TAX.—FEB. 28. Abercromby, Hn.J. Ellice, Ed. *Owen, Sir John Allen, J. H. *Egerton, W. Ommanney, Sir F. *Althorp, Visct. Fergusson, SirR.C. Palmer, C. F. *Aclancl, Sir T. Fitzroy, Lord J. Palmer, Col. •Aaley, Sir J. Folkestone, Visc. Pares, Thos. *Beaumont, T. W. Frankland, R. Phillips, G. R. Barham, J. F. jun. *Fane, John *Powlett, Hon. W. Baring, Sir T. *Fleming, J. , *Price, R. Barnard, Lord Graham, Sandford *Proby, Hon. G. L. Barrett, S. M. *Guise, Sir W. *Pym, F. Bennet, Hon. H. G. (iipps, G. Plumber, John Benyon, B. Gascoyne, General Ramsden, J. C. Bernal, R. Haldimand, W. Ridley, Sir M. W. Birch, J. *Hamilton, Ld A. ItObarts, A. Brougham, H. • Heron, Sir R. Roberts, George' Bright, Henry *Hill, Lord Arthur Robinson, Sir G. Bury, Viscount Hobhouse, J. C. Rumbold, C. Baillie, John •Honeywood,W.P. *Russell, Lord J. *llloughey, Sir J. F. Howard, Hon. W. Rice, T. S. *Bentanck, Ld W. Hughes, W. L. Rogers, Ed. *Bastard, Edw. Hume, J. *Smith, Hon. Rt. Bastard, J. P. • Hurst, R. Smith, J. Butterworth, J. Heber, Richard Smith, Wm. Burrell, Sir C. James, W. Smith, G. ' *Burrell, Walter Johnson, Col. Smith, Itobt. Boughton, Sir C. R. •Jervoise, J. P. Scarlctt, J. Buxton, J. J. .Tones, John ' Scudamore, R. *Benett, John *Knatchbull, Sir E. Sefton, Earl of Chaloner, It. King, Sir J. D. Scott, john Carter, .1. Keck, G. A. L.* *Sebright, Sir J. , *Cavendish, Ld G. *Larnbton, J. G. *Stewart, W. Cavendish, H. 'Lemon, Sir W. . Scourfield, W. H. Cavendish, C. Lennard, T. B. *Stuart, Lord J. *Caulfield, Hon. H. *Lloyd, Sir E. Shelley, Sir John Clifton, Lard Leycester, Ralph Sykes, D. Coffin, Sir I. *Lethbridge, Sir T. Taylor, M. A. Concannon, Lucius Luttrell, H. F. Tierney, Rt.Hn. G. Crespigny, Sir W. Luttiell, J. F. Tulk, C. A. Crompton, S. eLawley, F. Thompson, W. *Curwen, J. C. Maberly, J. Tennyson, C. Creevey, T. Maberly, W. L. Townshend,LordC. Chetwynd, ' ,G. Macdonald, Jas. Warre, J. A. *Curteis, ~1.,- c . APlntosh, Sir J. Webb, Ed. : . *Cole, Sil t , Martin, John Whitbread, W. 11. *Chanilos,i . ',g. of *Maxwell, John *Whitbread, Sam. Corbett, Pt, : Musgrave, Sir P. *Wilkins, Walter Calvert, N. - , .. ' Marjoribanks, S. Williams, T. P. Davies, T. li; Normanby, Visct. Williams, Wm. Denison, W. J. *Neville, Hon. R. Wilson, Sir It. . Denman, T. Newman, R.W.f *Winmngton, Sir Dundas, Hon. T. Nugent, Lord T. E. *Davenport, D. O'Callaghan, Jas. Wood, Alderman *Dickinson, W. Ord, Wm. Wyvill, M. Deerhurst, Lord *Osborne, Lord F. Wells, John Ebrington, Visa. Ossulst9n, Lord Whitmore, W. W. TELLERS—John Calcraft and Viscount Duncannon. Those marked * are County Members. MINORITY ON ALDERMAN WOOD'S MOTION, FOR AN INQUIRY IN THE BUSINESS RELATIVE TO MR. SkIERIFF WAITH MAN AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE.—FEB. 28. Allen, J. H. Hamilton, Lord A. Price,. Richard Brougham, Henry Hume,. Joseph Robinson, Sir Geo. Benyon, Benj. Hobhouse, J. C. Ricardo, D. Barrett, S. B. M. Howard, 11. W. Smith, John Bernal, R. James, W. Smith, W. Beaumont, T. P. Lambton, J. G. Smith, Ch. Crespigny, Sir W. Leycester, Ralph Sefton, Earl of Concannon, Lucius Lushington, S. Scudamore, R. Curtis, Sir W. Lemon, Sir W. Scott, James Chaloner, Robert Lloyd, Sir Ed. Thompson, W. Carter, John Lennard, T. B. Tennyson, C. Denman, Thos. Martin, J. Tierney, Rt. Hn.G. Davies, T. H. Moberly, John Wilson, Sir R. Duncannon, Visct. Ossulston, Lord Whitbread, W. H. Dundas, lion. T. Ord, W. Wyvill, M. Ebrington, Visct. Osborne, Lord F. Williams, W. Folkestone, Visct. Phillips, G., Williams, 'l'. P. Guise, Sir W. Phillips, G. R. Winnington, SirT. Graham, S. Pares, Thos. IVebbe, E. TELLERS—Hon. H. 0. Bennet and Alderman Wood. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Veneris, 1 0 die Marta, 1822. ROADS—Leith Walk, Whitchurch and Ternhill, and Wigan and Preston—read 2d time, and committed. Leith Walk— Petition for additional provision reported, instruction to Committee to make provision. Honiton, and Hundred House—Bills ordered. _ Gai - LioxrLilla.;„;ow--read 2d time, and committed. Brad ford (York)-13i11' presented and read a first time. LIGHT MG, &c.—Bromley (31iddlesex)—Bill ordered. IxeLosunEs-13rabounie, &c. (Kent)A—Bill ordered. Ening ham and Ibsley (Southampton)—Bill presented, and read a first time. ROCHDALE MARKET—BiII ordered. PAVlNG—Bristol—Petition for leave to present a Petition for a Bill, referred to a Committee. GRAND JURY AssEssmENTs--Petition of Grand Jury of Li merick, against ; to lie on the table. AGRICULTURAL. DlsTßEss—Petition from Warwick—to lie on the Table, and to be printed. COPPER 1 Accounts ordered. TIN RECOGNIZANCES—SeIect Committee appointed, " to inquire into the course pursued in the levying all forfeitures of Recog nizances entered into before Justices of the Peace and Coro ners; and to report their observations thereupon to the House :" —Mr. Nicholson Calvert, Mr. Chancellor of the ExcheqUer, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Bragge Bathurst . „ Sir Thomas Baring, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Ed ward knatchbull, Mr. Littleton, Mr. Treinayne, Mr. Bankes, Mr..Wihnot, Sir Thomas Acland, Mr. Bright, Lord Eastnor, Mr. Beaumont, Mr. Nolan, Lord Viscount Cranborne, Lord Viscount Lowther, Sir Matthew Ridley, Mr. George Bankes :—Power to send for persons papers and records :—Five to be the Quorum. UPPER CANADA—Copy presented, of Act passed relative to Tithes, to lie on the table. REFORM IN PARLIAMENT—Petition of Inhabitants of Bol ton-le-Moors, in favour, to lie on the table, and to be printed. ORDERS of the DAY, for MONDAY. 1. Supply— Report. 2. Supply—Committee. 3. Ways and Means—Committee. 4. Land and Assessed Taxes Collection—Report thereupon. 5. Smugglers Commitments Bill—Second Reading. 6. Arms Importation (Ireland) Bill—Third Reading. 7. Sugar, Tobacco, &e. Duties Bill—Report. 8. Exchequer Bills (X 20,000,000) Bill—Report. 9. Transfer of Aids Bill—Report. 10. Navy Five per Cents. Bill—Committee. NOTICE OF MOTION, for MONDAY. Lord Viscount Palmerston,—Army Estimates. (In Commit. tee of Supply.) PRIVATE BlLLS—Second Readings, for MONDAY. 1. Leicester and Peterborough 3. Canterbury and Sandwich Road Road 2. Canterbury and Ramsgate 4. Wakefield Gas Light. Road PUBLIC COMMITTEES, 1. Agriculture, at one. 6- MONDAY MORNING. 2. Sewers, at one. 'V' For LITERARY NOTICE, and the COLONIES, see the Fourth Page. --.... PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O.CLOCK. Bank Stock shut 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons. 7Blia 4 per Cent. • shut 5 par Cent. Navy Ann. 1022 a HIGH WATER AT LONDOI , Morning, 24 minutes after 10. Bank Long Ann. 20 9-I6ths Imp. 3 per Cents. 7 8 India Stock Excheq. 8i115...1 dis. 1 pr. par Cons. fbr Account 79 78 794 4' BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 48 minutes after 10. rillE SUN. SOLE 11 QUIS DICERS PALS UM AUDEAT LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1822. On the motion of Sir M. W. RIDLEY in the Committee of Supply last night, the House of Commons reduced by two thousand pounds the grant for Admiralty salaries and expences, thereby abolishing the offices of the two Junior Lords. By the large majority which carried this measure, it should seem that Ministers had indi rectly given up the point. The grounds upon which the Opposition speakers rested their vote are worthy of serious attention. Sir M. RID LEY gave two reasons for his motion ; first, the necessity of relieving the country ; and, secondly, that of reducing the influence and patronage of Ministers : he confessed that the first object was comparatively trifling, from the smallness of the sum to be retrenched, and that his true, leading purpose was to weaken the hands of Government. The sum of 20001. it was observed, is scarcely felt in the general expenditure of the country, but by the bestowing of that sum, two votes are secured to Minis ters and taken from Opposition, and those two votes would almost have turned the scale on Thursday night, against the Salt Tax.— It is important that" the views of Opposition, ; whether laudable or otherwise, should be clearly understood by the nation. If economy be the object, let that object be professed ; but if the purpose be to diminish the influence of the Crown, let the nation be distinctly appealed to upon that point, and called upon to sanction the measure for its own sake. This is not done. In the debate last eight it was hardly pretended that the reduction in point of expence would be a ma terial acquisition ; it was generally understood that the enfeebling of Government was the true point to be carried; yet the burden of every Opposition Speech throughout the debate was " national distress," and it was by this clamour principally, if not solely, that Ministers were compelled to resign that object, of which, on other occasions, they had bee❑ successfully tenacious. The same plan of operations is carrying on by Mr. Husic and his supporters on every side. The Ho nourable Member for Aberdeen insists upon the abolition of seven offices at, the head of the Marine Corps, although it has confessedly been the practice to bestow these as rewards upon naval men of the highest character, and in disputably entitled by their services to public reverence and gratitude. But Mr. HusiE thinks it would be better that these rewards should be dealt out at the discretion of Parliament, in the shape of pensions, than bestowed at the Royal pleasure in the form of honorary offices. Again, the Hon. Member considers it to be the expec tation of the country, that all offices, including , " the highest," should be curtailed in their emo luments by one-fourth. He is " not disin clined" to the due splendour of the Royal dignity, but he thinks that, " under the present circumstances of the country," the extraordinary state and ostentation of the Monarchy are by far too great." Thus, under the plea of relie ving a present National Distress, are objects to be carried, which, if displayed to the public in their true Point of view, as Constitutional chan ges, would rouse, alarm, and stir up indig nant opposition. Amidst the outcry for pe cuniary relief, not only is the Public ser vice to be embarrassed, but the very ba lance of the State is to be irreparably disturbed ; and the people are to be bribed to acquiescence by the gain of a few sums, which cannot produce the least sensible improvement in the condition of any individual throughout the country. We consider it most important that the public atten- Von should be fixed upon this subject, as it is not always recollected that the Constitution may be as fatally attacked in a dry discussion of Esti mates, as in a Committee on the State of the Nation. The consequence of Sir M. RIDLEY'S success will be a saving to the public of 20001. a-year, and, possibly, a loss to Government of two Parlia mentary supporters. Notwithstanding their di vision of last night, we believe the Opposition to be in much more urgent want of two votes than the nation, with all its distresses, of 2,0001. Messrs. llonifousE and Alderman WOOD pre sented Petitions from Blackburn and Bolton (Lancashire), in behalf of Mr. HUNT. At Bol ton they think Mr. HUNT ought not to be con fined any longer. It will be remembered that Mr. W. I,Amn observed very sensibly on Thurs day night, that a rabble who break windows and assault passengers ought not to be quoted in Parliament as " the people !" Mr. Ilonnousu thinks this an aristocratical exclusion. It may indeed affect his own dignity if he should suc ceed, by reversion or otherwise, to the honour able post of " Man of the People." The motion made on Thursday for repealing the Salt Tax was a new attempt to derange the financial plan lately submitted to the House of Commons, and approved of by that body. The effect of the measure, if carried, would have been to reduce the sum of five millions set apart for the Sinking Fund, or to compel a material retrench. meet of expenditure, which it is much easier to recommend than to point out judicious modes of accomplishing. No doubt it would be very desirable to see the Salt Tax, as well as many others, repealed, if such a step were practicable, but the vessel of the State must not be lightened all on one side. The Agriculturists, (whose distresses were a principal topic on this occasion) have been promised an abatement of the Malt- Tax, at the expence of the 5 per cent. Stock holders, and other measures are contemplated for their relief.—Must the Sinking-Fund be crippled also, to satisfy the Farmers ? 0! Jura nisissorum ilia! We received this morning the Paris Papers of Wednesday. It is affirmed, in an article from Augsburg, that a further delay has been granted to the Porte, to answer in a satisfactory ,runner to the Russian Ultimatum. This delay will ex pire on the 15th of March, when, in all proba bility, war will he declared, as the Turks do not appear disposed to accede to the propositions of Russia. Such we believe to be the general impression throughout the South of Germany, from our private sources of information. The Cabinet of Vienna is stated to have modified its policy, and not to be disinclined to join the Powers who demand guarantees for the execution of an arrangement favourable to the Greeks. On the other hand the intelligence from Constanti nople to the 25th of January, expresses hopes of the continuance of peace, founded on the fre quent conferences of the English and Austria'n Ambassadors with the Dragomans of the Porte, and the removal of CALEB EFFENDI (the all powerful favourite) from the person of the Sultan, who is considered to have been the principal opposer of peace with Russia ; but we have reason to suppose that the Sultan himself is the most hostile to the demands of Russia, and that his opposition is not likely to be_ weakened by • the determined • adherence of the Emperor ALEXANDER to conditions which are considered as highly derogatory to the dig nity of the Ottoman Throne, and as subjecting her to the perpetual interference and dictation of the Russian Court. The Schah of Persia has not signed the treaty of peace with the Porte, and the war still continues on the frontiers. This diversion of part of the Ottoman forces from the contest with the Greeks is highly favourable to the cause of the latter, and has com pelled the Pachas opposed to them to act on the defensive ; but they have been obliged to retreat before the victorious Greeks, particu larly in Thessaly, where the Turks retain pos session of only one town, Larissa, which, being unfortified, will not long hold out. It is grati fying to observe that as soon as the country is delivered from the presence of its oppressors, the inhabitants proceed to the formation of regular Provincial. Governments, each of which have sent one, two, or three deputies, according to its extent, to the National Congress at Argos. The Turkish fleet is reported to have sailed again for the Archipelago, to attempt the re-conquest of the Morea ; but the moat unfavourable accounts for the Greeks are those brought from. Alexandria. The Pacha of Egypt, it seems, has been induced, by the promise of having undisturbed possession of Candia from the Porte, to equip a second ex pedition for the Greek seas, consisting of six large ships of war and twenty smaller vessels, on board of which are several thousand troops and a quantity of ammunition and provisions. It is conjectured they will be directed against that island, which has long been an object of desire to the Pacha. The French Five per Cents. which closed on Tuesday at 91f. 60c. fell 14- per Cent. on Wed nesday, in consequence of a new attempt made to excite disturbances at Saumur, by a General BERTIION, who, at the head of 50 men, had ap peared at Saumur and hoisted the tri-coloured flag. They were attacked by the municipal guard ; several were killed ; the greater portion of the remainder were apprehended and im prisoned but their leader escaped with a few others. (Extract of a Letter from the Agent to Lloyds, at Constanti nople, dated 25th January.] " The Turkish fleet, or at least a portion of it, has sailed from the Dardanelles, with troops and provisions, supposed for the Morea. There is no account here of the proceedings of the Insurgent squadron." IRELAND.—We stated yesterday by mistake that the County of Limerick, with the exception of the City of Limerick and its Liberties, had been placed under the operation of the Insurrec tion Act.—The provisions of the Act are also applied to the south Liberties of the County and City of the City of Limerick. The City and Liberties of Cork are exempted ; but the Magis trates haie memorialized the Loan LIEUTENANT, praying that the Liberties may be included in the application of the Act to the,County of Cork.— Cornelius Rylakan, John Mahony, and Daniel Breen, were executed on Sunday morning at Churchtown, pursuant to their sentence.— On Saturday night a party of insurgents attacked Ballynoe-house, the seat of WILLIA?tI Cox, Esq. in the County of Limerick. Some resistance having been made, the wretches murdered DENIS BROWNE, a faithful servant, by shooting him through the heart. Accounts from Newcastle state that last week forty cows were stolen from a place called Killoready, and that several others were houghed ; a house was burned at Lisanskate ; at Dougehy, a poor man 70 years of age was unmer cifully flogged; a servant man was fired at ; some houses near Camas were burned ; as was also a house nearC room, and several others in the village of Cap pagh. TheCastlebar Papers describe the state of the peasantry, in the County of Mayo, as being ex tremely wretched. 66 Potatoes," they say, " rose in our market on Saturday, to the alarming price of 6d. per stone. The wretchedness and po verty which exist at present in and about this town exceed belief, and the prospect for the spring and summer is dismal indeed. It is not uncommon to see a man spending the greater part of the day in re-digging ground from which potatoes had been dug in the season, and taking home, in the evening, the few that, upon this second search, he discovers in the earth, as the only sustenance which he can provide for a fa mishing family. Perhaps a more persuasive proof of the poverty that prevails could not be ad vanced, and it may be seen in almost every po tatoe-field about us."—ln a district of Clare, we understand, there is also a great scarcity of potatoes. . From Charlestown, Jan. (28.—Capt. WESTON, who left Havannah the 15th ult. reports, that Capt. PERKINS, of the schooner Upton, had his vessel and cargo destroyed by a piratical schooner, off Cape Antonio. Captain P. and his crew were ' put on a desolate island, near Cape Antonio, where they remained four days without any sus tenance, when they were taken off by a Spanish dogher. Two other vessels were destroyed at the same time; one an English brig, the Captain of which they hung at the main-yard and shot him ; they killed the cook by splitting his head open with an axe. The Privy Council held by his MAJESTY at his palace at Brighton on Thursday, commenced at six o'clock, which was attended by, in addition to the Lord President, the Lord Steward, the Marquis of CIIOLMONDELEY, Lord St. lILLExs, Sir BENJAMIN BLOOMFIELD, and Mr. THORNTON. An alteration in the pricked list of Sheriffs for the present year was sanctioned by the KING in Council. His MAJESTY gave an audience to the Earl of HARROWBY. • Lord ORFORD'S Memoires of his own Times, was published Tins DAY. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duchess of Portland_ and the Ladies Bentinck, from their seat, Welbeck, Notts ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, from the Earl and Countess of_ Surrey's seat, Notts; the Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, from the Pa vilion, Brighton ; the Marquis of Chandos, from Stowe, Bucks; the Earl of Arran, from has seat, Bognor; Lord and Lady Grenville, from Dropmore Lodge. BAT II ARRIVALS.—Lady Collyer, Lady Elton, Lady Viner, Hon. Miss Arundel, Hon. Captain Abbot, Sir John and Lady Cox Hippesley, Sir C. W. Burdett, Sir W. James, Sir W. Robinson—Major-General Bridges, Lieut.-General Bridges, Colonel and Mrs. Burslem, Col. and Mrs. Hall, Col. Brumley, Lieut.-Col. Harrison, Elton, Capt. Aubrey, Capt. Blacker, Capt. Byron, Capt. De Courcy, Capt. Holland, Capt. Hunt ley, Capt. Holton, Capt. Martin, Capt. Stack, Capt. Tiswell, Capt. and Mrs. King, Capt. and Mrs. Nicholas.—Dr. and Mrs. Bower, Dr. and Mrs. Somers.—Rev. Mr. and Mrs. !Shipley, Rev. Mi. and Mrs. Fussell, Rev. Mr. Gore, Rev. Mr. Reid, Rev. Mr. Winsloe, Rev. Mr. Whyte, Rev. Mr. Windsor, Rev. Alr. Way, &c. _ The litike of Montrose gave a grand dinner yesterday to a select party. _ _ _ 111r. a Stuart Wortley had a dinner party yesterday, at Wort ley House, Curzon-street. 'The Earl of Glengall gave a sumptuous entertainment on Thursday, in Grosvenor-street. MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. DEAL, MARCH I.—Wind S.W.—Sailed the Zodiac, Hun ter, for St. Helena ; and Adrian, Horn, for Bengal; the latter has since put back. FALMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind S.—The Emulation, Stan worth, for Newfoundland, did not rail yesterday as reported. LivERPOOL, Fxn. 28.—The Champion, Lewis, from this port fin Boston, was spoken lath February, in lat. 49. 30. long 15.: she had experienced very heavy gales of wind. A sloop was boarding them for a supply of water. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Expedi tion, Jones, from London to Fayal. Sailed the Dw a rf cu tt er , for ork ; Royal Eagle, Gibbs ; and Harriet, Cummins, for St. Michael's. SHIELDS, FEB. 28.—Arrived the Farmer's Adventurer, Spicer, from Berwick to London, with her pumps choaked, and must partly discharge to repair. COWES, MARCH I.—Arrived the Mary, Durent, from Ber bice, in 59 days : was struck by a sea on Bth ult., which car ried away her jolly boat, bulwarks, and stancheons, and made her leaky. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH I.—Wind S.W.---Arrived the Alfred cutter, from Guernsey, with four of the crew of the British Army, includin,g the Master. The Ellen, Barton, for Jamaica, has gone out of harbour, and brought up at Spithead. WirrTnr, FEB. 28.—This morning, about 4 o'clock, the weather being very hazy and much sea, the Elizabeth, King. horn, of Newcastle ; and Barnwelt, Booth, of Sunderland, came ashore within Whitby Rock, and expected to be wrecked ; crew saved. MAnclr I.—Arrived the Prince of Orange packet, with a mail from Holland. . ABERDEEN, FEB. 24.—Put back the ship Graines, with the loss of Captain Scorgie, who was washed overboard and drowned on the 22nd inst. PUBLIC CIIARITIES.—The following is a copy of a letter which, we understand, has been ad dressed to the Marquis of LONDONDERRY by W. IT. FOLLIOTT, Esq., of Chester, a gentleman widely and justly esteemed for political rectitude and true public spirit, and who never suffers any opportunity to pass without evincing his zeal for the welfare of his country, and the benefit of mankind. The object of the letter is highly me ritorious in itself, and is an additional proof of the active and disinterested benevolence of thQ writer : CHESTER, FEB. 25, 1822. MY LORD—The honour I do myself in addressing your Lordship, is not to object to your proposed measure of paying off the 5 per Cent. Navy Annuities, though 1 shall be a ma terial sufferer thereby ; but to solicit your Lordship's endea vours to induce the House of Commons, this Session, to repeal that part of an Act imposing a Duty upon LEGACIES, SO far as the same relates to the PUBLIC CHARITIES of this King dom ; your Lordship being well aware that the incomes of many of them will be greatly reduced by the alteration of in terest : having had, long before this measure was contemplated by his Majesty's Government, much conversation, and several interviews with Members of Parliament on the subject, who acquiesce in the propriety of the Repeal, I wish not to take up much of your Lordship's valuable time, Having the honour to be, With great Respect and Esteem, Your Lordship's obedient humble Servant, (Signed) WM. HARWOOD FOLLIOTT. The Right Hon. the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, London. THE ORATORIO.---The new Oratorio, entitled The Deluge, written by Mr. CHARLES DIBDI.N, and adapted to music by Mr. BOCHSA, was per formed last night for the second time at Covent garden Theatre. We have already stated, that in our opinion the subject is too sublime for mu sical expression, but we conceive that the com poser has been as successful as most of those who have preceded him in the same arduous track. There was a miscellaneous act, in which all the performers exerted themselves with great ability, both vocal and instrumental. Miss STEPHENS, who is justly admired for the pathetic sweetness of her " Auld Robin Gray," gave it last night with unabated success, and was encored. So was Mrs. SALMON, most deservedly, in " Aly lodg ing is on the cold ground,." Mr. Mold's per formance on the violin, of what he whimsically styles a Potpo jo urri, was an exquisite specimen of tasteful execution. The house was very well attended. Mr. ADOLPHUS, the Counsel, has displayed such forcible eloquence, argumentative acumen, and true Christian fervour, in the case of the blasphemous publications, that it is to be re gretted he has not a seat in Parliament. Such an able and resolute Champion for THE CONSTI TUTION would be a powerful counterpoise to the BROUGHAMS, the DENMANS, the BENNETS, Grey or black, and, perhaps, however difficult the task, he might check the vague volubility of the financial Encyclopedia. GREAT SUCCESS AT HAZARD'S!--On the First Day of Drawing, last Tuesday, llAzAnn and Co. Shared and Sold the following Capitals : No. 467 - - £20,000 2,290 - 283 - - £2,000 1 2,79: - 2,305 - £5OO No. 336 £3OO 4200 £2OO The Second Day of Drawing will be on Thursday, March 14. The Wheel is extremely rich, and contains four of 20,0001., with others of 20001., 10001., &c. All Money, and not Two Blanks to a Prize. The First-drawn Prize on the 14th March will receive 20,0001.—Tickets and Shares are Selling at HAZARD and Co.'s Old Established and Fortunate Offices, Royal Ex change-gate ; 26, Cornhill ; and 324, Oxford-street, corner of Swallow-street; and by their Agents in all the principal coun try towns. About ten minutes before four this morning a tire broke out at the house of Mr. BAGSTI,II, bookseller, in Paternoster-row, and in a short time the premises were a heap of ruins. All ap prehension of farther danger had ceased at five o'clock. The cause of the fire is not known. No lives were lost. , ___, , A 7 4.,. . ,,: 4. 0.404 ,". di e‘• , r .1 't• . JP • ,r,. ,_ 6 .1 , , e , (a s, - „,., _„., , ,% .ar ; f!., • ~„ rav ... e, A,. ,f,.. ,it,, -....-,.._ .. ke I i I ,Ceill - '', „: r-,,,' ...--,„•,,,..;,,,,., ,___ ..-t 3 , .. / 47 ' , s 1 , , , .. o p 4 /V , .. i , V' . , I