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-would consequently, during all that time, exchange for 13 bush. and a half ; that from 1797 to 1.1316, „theaverage pike of wheat fluethatedfrOM 50s. to 125a a per-quatten a ilieskverageof.thelast eight years of the - 3t4a . irig . ,lol-..,•,l44 a taloftsite - averogitcoerthe tintble period/A : 10M. _inn - an aaanae-aniagolalawilnld3tlosarfOrkel 4:// tIY exchange foqtenfahiistiAs ,ati a nnsteietal:;: Lbw. the Tiriiei of grain thus . beca*, its: nplunag. l lll antltiirataY 444, snbillY ' 'double in; amount at aur v forineTepoi l k,gos rentiokivathand, • Comm ad hi es acqu ire& aasmallan . 4diaiarmab atlue,an lid. carise-;E, • (06?4iy - all possessors pr.Exed . . in-cOp:ae.a aitataired aadjuiatv3latol . the extent of :alai alteration. „ m „, i: f',....., r: , T , ;. _.i' ~- ..7*-t s.‘That the:ayerageprieeCof wheat betwecu the years - 1787'. and 1130 having been therefore in that, currency about 802... per; Tu , • ner, existing leases were formed•according thereto ; - that. the'aierage price since 1819 has been ;55s a nal., and last year. anti this, aboat 50sa; that, upon the supposition of rent being .elstimated at one-fourth, or two-eighths of the gross produce, it is eVident, at ,the price of 505., being a reduction of three ti ghths, that so much of the money 'value of the gross produce is annihilated, as constitutes the present entire rental of the' kingdom, and likewise so mach of the ,receipts of the occupier as amount to one-eighth ; that the tenant is , thqefore liable to Inter ruin if'held to his engagement, or the landlord to the loss of his income, subject, at the same time, to the payment of all charges and settlements increased in theit'amounnin the ratio of the increased nominal or i.naoney a priee of grain , and other vommodities ; :and 'in case ormor!gage to the, extent of half the value, at that period, a reduction of rcntaininroportion to the falrin the money pfice of *deice, places a the mortgagee in full possession of the estate. , • ~ !. - . " 6 .: That, frOm ilieyear 179'7 to 18 1 (1 the country was, with -:+ hurt intervals; engaged in a war of unprecedented expence ; the taxes *ere quadrupled, as well as county.and parochial assess ments, and a lieaVy public debt created. ,That this period was -at the "same timendistniguished by extraordinary efforts- of. na , Ilona] indaatry, applied to its apiculture, manufactures and aural-fierce, by a facility and: extension of credit int all those -;,ranches; giving mote . imm ciliate activity to capital, and a con sequent extent and complication'of money engagements beyond all4former Precedent. That the national . debt a , which on the sth OfJannary, '1793, was n7,989,14/31. at annual charge of 1'.9 I I,oflol.- progressivelyinereaaed to the amotraittaf 795,312,7671. of capital of varionsalenominations, on the silt:o January, 1822, ;.t.an annual -charge, incl u sive of•terniinable'andlife atintlities, of 30,015;7851.; and-'the:total of taxes, which' - on the sth of January, 1793, amounted to 17,656,4181. lls: 3d. progressiyely increased, till, in the year 1815, it amounted to 78;431,4891: : • That subsequent to the/war it has been reduced ; and:the total on the sth of,January, 1820, was 60,671,0251. 7. That this taxation has acquired an additional_ eight by the Act of 1819, and the meastries preParatory thereto, the de gree of which can inyart be ascertained by, a cOmpariion of the price of gold, but more Justly by the tioney price of comnlo... -dities, by which the' real value of all payments must be deter mined :- That the equivalent in gold to 60,871,0254 Was, in. the for Mer period, - 13,3513,9340z5a; and; in the pie Sent, 15,357,2460z5. ; or in current money Of the former . period, 71:109,992/. ; and that taxation is therefore ftirthel. and un justly increased, as paid in gold, 2,298,312:dz5. ,Or:10,438,007/.- . M medley.: • a ' ' ' " 8. That the average price of wheat of the former period ' -having been 31s. 10d. per quarter, the equivalent of the taxes -in wheat was 14,228,155 quarters ; and the price, since 1819, having been on an average 555. 6d. the equivalent at that price is 21,863,720 quarters ; or, in money, 89,459,0501. - and the in-1 crease of taxation paid in wheat is consequently 7,035,565 quar ters, equal to 28,787,233 n ' - - ' ' " 9. That it appears from various evidence, given in succes sive Committees appointed to -consider the Petitioni of . the agriculturists; that the wages of labour of an able husbandman, did, during the former period, amount to 15 or 16s, per week :a and that, at 15s. the labour of 5,000,000 of persons for fifteen weeks, was then equivalent ten. the diScharge . ofnthe ,present. taxes : That the price of labour being now reduced to adroit 9s. per week, the labour of 27 weeks of -the-iv:Me "number of persons:. is now necessary; and whith, at los.'per wock,' ~mount;* to 191,150,0001: ; and that taxation paid in labour is cOnse quently increased.to the amount of 40,468,-1151 - .'' t _-: "JO. That it appears by a tOmparisodbfAliel:4llLal alufde- - ' :dared- value of exports of British - nonintaltieifthat 'irrt* year 1814, the declared • value of the catpditi'liai r. 4";Bsfta ,: -and -the official value 36,120,7331. being . '324 PWO.brit.l3,f ' `, * declared above the official value ;and that hilt 21 stlie ltiahli ?the decla red in of fi cial value amounted to 40,194,893 U and eclare value to 35,826,0831. being 11 per cent. of the official above - -the declared, making a total decline in vahie of 43 per cent. and the general price currents exhibit a similar decline : that the total amount - of taxation in commodities is theteibre equi valent to 87,003,3971. of the former period, and the increased taxation paid in commodities to 26;331,5721. . • i " It That the further reduction of wheat from 555. 6d. to ' . : 455., and other agricultural produce, together with any further decline in the money, wages of labour, and price ofcornmotli -ties, additionally increases the burden of taxation,Las well as all other charges, both public . and private, upon the property -and industry of the country to an extent prOportionhte .to stich further reduction;-and that as wheat never exceeded, upon -the average, the present rate in the old money standard, -it must be expected that it will on an average there remain, un less enhanced by starcity ; and - that the price of. commodities ; and wages of labour, *ill continue at the Money value they I:0 w bear, or be further reduced. - " 12:That such effects could not by possibility have been in the contemplation of the Legislature, still less of the people of - England, at the time of the passing the Act of 18)9 ..:-That its destructive'conSeqta-nces'are now visible-that individuals held •to their contract, either have been or must be ruined ; an unex ampled revolution of property follow, and the burthens of taxa -lion become absolutely intolerable. " 13. That by the -Parliamentary Paper, No. 143,0 f the pr;. sent Session, columns I and 2; it appears, that from the sth of Jan. 1798, to the sth of Jan.lßl6, the sum 0f.439,00,82111anfl •morey, including bills funded; was Ohl intdtlie r 4Yelsury,ft , t cccr•an eof loans, for which an 'annual charge* interest•nnd. .annuities was created of 23,890,0'301. which Sainsaaularted into a three per cent. capital is cnttrl to 705,334,0001: E5 - ~. .i. -. "*l4."Thatthe average price of gold haVing . lie*during that, ~period 905. - 10 d., the equivalent' in, gold to the ini*ey:sodentrand capital created was .101,293,14 ozs. ; and the 3. : per cant. stock being now at 80, the said capital is equal to 140:405 - .450 oat, of gold, at the before mentioned average price otilik -10 d. and that at the prcSent . priee• Of gold- of 775, fid. to 160 - ,40,3U6 (4 5 .; the diffe.rencea'being 23,311,336 oz,, constitutes an undue gain to the public creditor, at the expellee of ' the publiCa equal in money to 110,974,6941. • - •• - ' " 15. 'that the average price Of wheat having been during the above period 81s. 10d. the'equivalent in wheat to.the Money- so lent wa512,333,400 quarters ; and the price of 3 per: cent.. stock being now 80, and wheat at the same average, the equivalent - would new be 455,533,185 quarters ; but at 55sa 6d. the Average price since 1819, it is equal to 229,285,478 .quarters, or in money, 938,159,3301., being an increased gain of 73,782,215 -quarters by the alteration of the currency, !Dr a in : : money • 301,892,2281. ' - " lfk 'That the annual charge of 23, - 880,0201. created in the -period above-stated, as equal to 5453,502 Sas., and:ll,-equal to 14127;174 os.4.,•behig an increase of 874,192 ozs, 0r.3;4.03.8881. : that the above annual charge in wheat was equal to 5,831,370 quarters; is, at 'the average - since 1819, equal.to 8,80,000 .. quarters ' Or in money 35,196,6861., being an increasedgain 2,799,000 'quarters, or in money of 11,328,3111. and . that by .comparison with- commodities and labour,...in the propostion of 4difference of their money value indhose two periods, an equally undue advantage to the public creditor is proved to have keen given at the charge of the, public. " 17. That.all publiccreditors prior to 1798, and others sub-.. sequent, have suffered id proportion to the depreciation that fol lowed their respective loans ; that they arc therefore entitled,. in strict justice, to be paid in money, of value equal to that of Those periods, and be indemnified for the diminish&l Value of their income during the interval: That many or Olosevreditors having probably, in such a length' of time, sold their stock and . purchased- property, - . haVe since undergone another and more • fatal injury . , by the restoration of the old currency, and conse- Tient dimimition of the value of their property so bought: on the other hand, those who lent their money when the currency. was depreciated below the average of the whole period.,,,gained a further undue advantage tnan isliewn by the foregoing state ment; and the depreciation 4Kas at its greatest-extent during the latter yeari of the War, when the largest proportion of money was lent, and capital created; in addition to which the. public have, upon very advantageoitSternia to the stockholder;reiieetn ed a larger capital debt than existed prior to 1797. . • " 18. That under all these . .circumstances, it. is e v idently, indispensibly necessary to take into iminedfateconsideratiyn the ~d estructive effect§ that have arisen out of the alteratiOns made in the currency, by the Acts of 1797 and 1819, as well.respeck iing the enormous public burthens created and so augmatited•bY the Act of 1815, as the revolution, of property in the' vast and complicated intercourse of individuals throughout-thiS country occasioned thereby ; in order that, by a final arrangement of the currency, as equitable to all parties as circumstances will -admit, or by a reduction of taxation equal to the advance casioned by . the Act of 1819, together with the establishment some principle for the adjustment of private contracts, ;justice snay, as far as possible, be administered to all; and the country saved from a f,volution of property l and also from a piossure of- taxation beyond the abilitfof the FrOpls , to" sustain. • • • • • • _• • ,•,, , • —.,--...- 111 r. RICARPO began.by.observing, that the FfeTi. 'Gentle- ' man assumed that low prices proceeded from the alteration in the tura:ivy caused by the'Billl3f 1819.; `ibe (AirefttY-t64 the cause to be entirely differentoind tinconnoeteawithlhostati of the currency. He would state is case, and shOrthdt might proceed from a: totally , difrerent 'bushels of, COM were now worthen ounce of geld,, , a before seven bushels brought the same price. 4ltte , liarlitdia. au tion, of pice, ,and yet no..,alteration; took piate'in iheNtateifc' : , -1 ; jr,_ '01,17 ~.:.: r' the currency of that country. lf, then, this effect might be .prpdueed differerft cause, the Iloh. Oentleman's argument on deli point was invalid. s The Nol t e:Member then proceeded more particularly to' advert to thelroif.' Gentleman's Reso lu tions. He said the Hon. filsildtriran, in one of his Resolutions,; -7-e.fercd-toAealistress -of Alt itgrlAil i tatrietee e-Theleexistence of let/s ifittq4:l;v* 4itraitto,. t thepe,was a iliN - 4sity„of opinion' as to se 'lir It Sil,) 0 0.4 1 1t1 its eage th i lribinic.e die :I;#oigiow.typrgA, an alteration ZJrnrl talceida*in the cutretiq, Which - ineuld lower • Prldioethe'prodfiCe of the',gauntry.also. StielaMprovenients - if *. hu sbandry Ide ff ect, e .111,3 in as wou lave t he same and yet nabody,could contend that "an:.altetation in the currency from such :t-cause, would be ProductiVe of distress: As to the al_ teration of the currency increasing taxation, he (Mr. 11.) thought it had no effect sufficient to produce the distress which was be lieved to exist; but that question ought to be argued as if no al- . teration took place in the metallic currency. It was his opinion .that a country might be distressed without being taxed at all. :—Even if it were admitted that the nheratiOn in the currency increased the taxes 20 oe '3O per cent., it was by no means adequate to account for the existence of the present distress.- -e-The argument of distress from low prices was by no means true, because a greater profit might arise from low prices than high prices. If equal justice were to be done, those who made hargaini fiorn. 1797 ,down to 1809, were as. fairly entitled to consideration as those who Made bargains from 1809 to 1814. In one of the Holt Member's Resolutions, he has evidently made gold the standard of the currency, and why then should he with to make corn and labour a standard also ? If the corn -06 W- e t-came and asked that corn should be made the standard of the currency, so might the sugar-merchant also, upon the same principle. Often the lion. Gentleman said that the rents were annihilated, while the taxes still continuedehe hoped from this declaration that he would give him his favourite scheme of wishing that the national debt were at once paid off from the capital of the country. In the 13th Resolution, in *hid' it was stated; that PrOm the sth January, 1798, to t he sth January, 1816, the sum of 459,630,8261. of money, including bills .funded, was paid into the Treasury on account 'of leans .for which there was an ,annual charge of 23,860,0201., wideh sum, converted into 'a three ,p . er cent capital, was -equal' to 795,334,0001. In this Resolution the lion. Gentleman - com mitted an error of no less than 154,000,0001. e because that, sum was given to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, to purchase up stock with it in the depreciated currency. In his, opinion it would be extremely difficult to bring together so many errors in one mass as were pressed into the honour able Member's statement. He deprecated the proposition of the Honourable Gentleman for altering the currency, and maintained, that so far from its having a tendency to relieve distress, the effect •of its adoption would be to aggravate all the difficulties under which the country now laboured. He had- been unjustly charged by the Honourable Gentleman with having made in -that Housaan attack upon Landlords. No thing-was farther from his intention ;"all he had ever said was, that he looked upon rents as a marketable commodity, like every other ; and one - liable totluctuation, according to demand and supply. It was quite: absurd to suppose that a remunerating price -had any thing to do with the value of cam The two questions were completely distinct. The payers of taxes stood, upon the whole, in a tolerably fair situation ; what they had lost by one alteration in the currency they hadTained by anothere:— Theliouse ought always to bear in mind that the fatal measure of 1797 ought never again to be resorted to. The. Hon. Member concluded by expressing his hope that the ;House would put a decided negative upon the Resolutions. Lord MILTON said the proceedings from 1797 to 1819 had been the cause of all the evils. The public creditor lost more between 1797. and 1814 than they had gained since 1819. Taxes had raised the expenses of the poor. It had been said the na tional debt was a mine of wealth..' He could not allow that to . be the case with'respect to the, nation at large. It might be a mine of wealth to the mortgagee; 'but the-nation was suffering a loss: His delibetate opinion was,- that if 10,000,000 of taxes had -been taken off at the commencement of this Session,' the Farmers and Agriculturists would have been saved-front -ruin. Taxeii.were the great evil, nd it was-idle to suppose any 'Knee' would accrue to the country without a reauctioivettaXation. '-.4-Tbe Noble Lord took a general view - dell the arguntentS on the subject,. anti contended that - there was reined} e- ceps giving up the-sinking fund. The landed - gentlemen ,rhad Zone nothing to benefit themselves on this important question. '• -The 'Noble Lord trusted they would come 'forward next year with votes instead of promises.. With the exception of -the motions made by the Member for. Winchelsea, and the Member for York, no measure had been brought forward for the interest of the country. The Noble Lord concluded by declaring he could' not agree to the resolutions of his Honourable Friend. Ile believed the last resolution, in particular, would be productive of great • evil to the country, and therefore he could not sup port it: - Mr. ROBERTSON said he felt the importance of the ques tion beibre the House. The present state of the country was such, that ruin would ensue, unless Parliament, by wise legis lation, averted the evil. Mr. ATTWOOD thought that the Resolutions proposed by his Hon. Friend were extremely applicable to the present state of the country ; and that the ingenuity . of the Hon. Member for Portarlington had not disproved their necessity. Mr. -Secretary PEEL - opposed the inquiry proposed at that late period period of the Sessions. , The House, after the decision en tered into not •one month back, could. not, in consistency, agree to the motion. He be Ey ed" the House to consider what the effect must be, if the douse, by their vote that night, were to determine that every contract entered into since 1797 was to be revised. Tne distress in Ireland was to be attributed to the failure of the potatoe crop, 'and not to an alteration in the sten daid. It was essential to the comfort of the labouring classes of England to have a metallic standard. There was no other means of avoiding these fluctuations which must take placaun eder an irredeeniable paper currency. The. Ri g ht lion. (Jeanie apen`vent over Resolutions op e ,after the other,. and' contend !led that there was not one of them. Which the Muse could affirm. . _ • • AleAlderriian HEYOATE" spoke in favour of some of ,the ;JteSoliitioris. 'There were others to.which he could not assent. F. BURDETT expreseil bis concurrence in last Re. • sollition, the necessity of making inquiry to ascertain whether there were any means of getting out of these difficulties. , • After a.short' reply froM Mr. WLSTERN,, th© gallery was cleared; but the - Resolutions were negatived without any divi sion.-=Adjoirriied at, a QUARTER TO FIVE 4 LIST OF- THE MINORITY WHO VOTED FOR MR. SCARLETT'S CLAUSE TO THE ALIEN BILL. Bernal, R. Phillips, G. R. Western, C. C. Cradock, Col. Ricardo, I). , Wood, Alderman Hume, J. Titchfield, arq. of • TELLERS. amilton,. Lord A. Tierney, Rt. Hn.G. Scarlett, J. Monck, J. B. Whitbread, S. C. Bennet, Hon.II.G LA FONTAIN.E.—The naivete and simplicity of LA, FogrAINE, were very remarkable ; and many traits of his absence of mind are on record. It must ? indeed, have been great, since it carried him to an absolute insensibility of exter nal impressions. One day, 11.1adame2le.Bouilion, in.her way to Versailles,Met him in a reverie under one of th a trees ol‘ the court. On her return in the evening, she 'passed him standing in the same place, and in the same attitude, notwithstanding that the day had been very dad; and it had rained incessantly. So simple, unaffected, and retired were his manners, that Mad. de Sabliere, who gave him an asylum for; some years in her house, once exclaimed, on the occasion of dismissing . all her servants, " I have kept only my three animals, my cat, my dog, and my La Fontaine." His old coat having become very shabby, one of his female friends caused ‘a new one to be laid by his bed side ;,which he puton, and, wore for two, clays, when a friend. meeting him in the street,- caused him great surprise by corn, plimenting him on his change of dress. Another time, and the fact,is incontestible, he carried a party of literary men to dine at the house of one of Ms friends, whose body he had followed to the grave only .a few days before. On the porter re minding him of the circumstance, ' Good God !" cried La Fontaine, I could not have thought it had been so long ago." Neither noise nor conversation disturbed the apparent lethargy in which 'he appeared occasionally absorbed in his reveries. It was as difficult to restrain .him sometimes, when on a par ticular subject, One, day dining with Moliere and Des preaux, he inveighed against the absurdity of making performers speak aside, what is.beard by the stage and the whole house. Heated with this idea, he would listen tom argument. " It can not be denied,"'exclaitned Despreaux, in a loud key, " it cannot be denied, that La Fontaine is a rogue, a great rogue, a villain, a rascal," . &c. &c.. multiplying his terms of abuse, and in creasing the loudness of his voice. , Fontaine, without paying 'any . regard-to the abuse, went on declaiming. At last the com pany's roar of laughter recalled him to himself. " What is that laughter about r! he asked. "At what ?" cried Despreaux, " why at you, to -be sure. You haVe not heard a word . of the abuse which I have been bawling in your very cars ; yet you are surprised at the folly of supposing a performer not to hear what another actor whispers at the opposite side of the stage." One. proof ,more of his absence of mind. When he went to present his Sables to the King, it appeared; after he hid delivered a very good address, that he had forgotten the .Vrious rumours are afloat respecting the route (4.11(1r. A BtIiCTIONIIY. Soine. say he %vent direct tolEdinhuigh=Otiterstha t a Meeting was arranged ` - eoirliurbain. 'Another report . states that he" Ids ,gpite ;t:toLtititis,'lh r - tonsequenFeok: a previous ar 4telinieee'nie4A %Ili It . the parties. • - - FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ~3 , ,,r , ..-4. 1. ../..... f , nig, J1,5•Ar.1:. ~ ' -by tolok,s, An t l':4 1 a 01 1 - hl AtktAT, \ l , ,-S:, '-St• 4 1 ',#:47: 144 A),>*. 4 ‘ -1 * - ***#i'4llioettfifiiii4 4440/;;;*etial (tlit:i BM& has e c Ciiii4,.: t*'.able mab*A.:**iffelt he htut*- Biped for ciOting biNt#treleyiietr 4 Frai4e, from'lhe rebels commanded by Queitilla. Yesterday, at six in the morning, the latter debouched froM his position at Otcho garia rithout firing a single shot. Seeing themselves cut o ff, the emigrants refused to 'fight, and retired into the centre of the Valley of Runcal. In that position' they were still more compromised, as the national troops were stationed in their rear on the heights of Banca, between the Valley of Runcal and France. We expect every moment to hear of a decisive action; as the Rebels can no longer avoid the combat. All the, accounts, therefore, which have been circulated for some days of their pretended successes are false.' An indi vidual who has arrived here, and who was for five days in the centre of the army of Quesada, says, that it consisted of only 1;500 men, the greatest part of them peasants, seduced by the gold which was profusely circulated —There were not above 300 capable of fightifig."--(Constituilonnel.) TRIESTE, JUNE 18.—An English vessel ar rived yesterday from Corfu with dispatches for Sir T. Maitland, and letters from the lonian Islands ; their contents are favourable to the Greeks. There has been a battle be tween the Souliotes and the Turks, which last ed three days ; the Turis were repulsed, and the Souliotes made 600 prisoners, amongst whom Were 50 Turks of distinction, whose ransom has been fixed by the,Greeks at 500 purses. In this battle the Greeks lost one of their bravest Chiefs ; Captain Kissos Zavellas. A corps of Moraites has arrived at Missolonghi to reinforce the Sou liotes and besiege Prevesa. General Normann has also advanced with another corps towards Artq. Prince Maurocordato has arrived at Mis solonghi with General Tahokos and several Foreign. Officers, to direct the military operations of Epirus. They came by sea with a considerable corps of troops and eight pieces of cannon. Markos Botziaris is about to embark for Albania with 1000 men, to manoeuvre in the rear of Chourschid, whilst 500 Souliotes attack him in front and MaurOcordato by the way of • Arta.— The same accounts state the capture of Nauplia ; the garrison was to embark on board English Vessels. The Provisional Government - in order to prove that the blockade of the_Turkkh ports is not merely a paper blockade,slras destined 12 ships, of war.for the blockade of - Patras and the Gulph of Lepanto ; the same ships will observe the coasts of Albania. One ship cruizes before . Modon, one before Coron, two observe Athens, Tour Eubea, six the Gulf of Thessalonica, and eight the strong placeslof Crete. Four Austrian vessels, laden with provisions for Patras, were captured by the , Greeks and carried into Misso longhi, but the Government,. in consideration of the great Power whose flag they bore, ordered them to be released, on condition of selling their cargoes in a Christian port.. The Turks are again committing the greatest excesses in the two Principalities. At Jassy they have demanded extraordinary supplies of grain and money, threatening that, if not obeyed, they , will set fire to the town. As to the evacua tion, or rather the non-evacuation, nothing is changed, every thing remains on the old footing. LEI PSI c, JUNE 27.—( Private Correspondence.) Different versions are in circulation respecting the affairs of Russia. According to some, those of the Ministers and Public , Functionaries, who were for war with the Porte, will retire. Ac cording to , others, it is the partisans :of the Aus trian system who will quit .the helm of affairs ; others again say, that the partisansof an intimate alliance with Austria have at present the lead, but that after the return of the Emperor to Pe tersburgh, there will be new changes,- and that M. Capo d'lstria and his friends will definitively remain at the bead of affairs. It would be diffi cult to say which of these versions is the true one.—All the commercial letters from the North state that the price of grain has risen very consi derably, and that there was a great demand for wheat of all qualities. The price in some places lad risen 50 per cent. Fn.ANKronT, JULY 4.—The negociations at Vienna are covered with •so thick a :veil, that nothing transpires respecting 'them either in our diplomatic circles, or at the Exchange.—The sudden departure of Prince Golow kin, the Russian Minister at the Court of Vienna, is much talked of in our diplomatic circles. The departure of this diplomatist is generally regarded as a conse quence of the changes which have taken place in the Russian Ministry. It is not believed that Turkish Ministers will be summoned to the ap proaching Congress, if it takes• place. European policy, however, spews itself favourable: to the heroic enterprise of the -Hellenists, the public taking a deep interest in the deplorable fate of this unfortunate nation. There is a talk of ob taining aid for them by means of a loan ; at the head of this project are persons whose natural re lations seem to invite to every undertaking for the safety of their common country, and the civi lization of Europe ; they are the Prince Canta cuzena and COlonel George Zerowiez. Sestr.ug, JUNE is—We receive from all quar ters the confirmation of accounts so important for Greec, respecting the events of war which have taken place at Tricala, Larissa, Sulu, and Zittuni ; at the latter place the Turks experienced a complete defeat. The Greeks again indulge the hope that the third enterprise against the Mo rea having failed, their cause will not succumb ; reflecting persons, however, still tremble for the future. THE WELLINGTON ,„ R orn Y.—Hyde Park was like a fair (luring the greater part of yes.' terday, thronged with 'visitors of all ranks and descriptions, to-view the grand colossal Statue of Arihilles, which in our last, w stated to have been placed on its lofty, pedestal tile preceding ‹. - 1— '9, k'• '' -. I k V' # ' V W etc - N :._ -• 4 , .. , , , e, . r I 7. - .--,..3 - tr. -,t - z - .. '' . "..... . ~, 1 .„ , -- .- - -- ite - ‘'' , 44o , -,,,,, ~, ... , \‘‘.4./.. \ . . , .. MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. • - - ENG LAND. Monday, July :15,. LONDON. Nos. 1,8, 14, 15, 22, 284, 293, 308. COUNTRY. NOs. 20, 72, 102, 219, 311, 423, 509, 510, 521, 583. Tuesday, - 16, Lormox. Nos. 33, 42, 266. COUNTRY. Nos. 127, 151; 167, 170, 184, 199, 385,032, 544, 551. Wednesday, - 17, LorrnoN. Nos. 56, 225, 296, 309. COUNTRY. Nos. 92, 95, 105, 124, 134, 146, 207,229, 332, 342, 465, 480, 487, 522, 581, • 678, 711. Thursday, - 18, LONDON. Nos. 65, 152, 274, 388. Rouse Com. Fern. Sch. at 11. COUNTRY. Nos. 48, 113, 171,288, 416, 453, 466,.469, 511, 561. Friday, --19, LONDON. No: 493. COUNTRY.. Nos. 30, 55, 193, 470, 600, 646. Saturday, - 20, LONDON. * * COUNTRY. No. 64. IRELAND. Monday, July 15, CORK. No. 67. NEW BRIDGE AT WINDSOR. Yesterday the ceremony of laying ;the first stone of a New ; Bridge over the Thames at Windsor was, performed by his Royhl Highness the Duke of Yonk, with Masonic ceremonies, and '.he interest which was excited on the occasion was . very greatH-At an early hour the town was filled by fashionable visitors, and during the morning. the ;roads, leading thither were lined with every species of vehicle, and at length the town was thronged, to such excess“ that accommodation was obliged to be refused to numpers of individuals woo arrived ' on the spot. the early part of the morning it commenced raining, and a dismal gloom pervaded the sky ; but this did not seem to iinpetle, the disposition of the anxious travellers, who were flocking front - Lon-' don in barouches, gigs, &c. containing Freemasons and their families, it being announced that his Royalnighness was to at tend as High Steward of the Grand Lodge of England in full costume, and assisted by many Gentlemen of the Craft.—Every arrangement was made for the accommodation of the Masons, who attended most numerously, and were introduced to the Toxin Hall, Windsor, where several Noblemen and Gentlemen otdistinction, high in that order, were. ready to receive them, and crowds of persons were _attracted round the place, and many Military officers, together with' some elegantly dressed ladies - otationed themselves in the balcony of the: White Hart Tavern,.opposite the Town Hall, in the expectation of viewing his ROyal Highness the Duke of York on his arrival. • Several headboronths were in attendance with long staves ; they were stationed Oiiposite, the entrance to the Town flail, so as to form a passage tor his Royal Highness and the intended procession to pas. .11rOugh. The Ist Regiment of Life Guards were also ordered to be in attendance, and those who were Freemasons were intended to join.the procession in full dress. The officers of this regiment attracted great attention ; their peculiarity, of dress had so striking an appearance ; instead of wearing .helmets, they had cocked hats with white weeping feathers. The town, on the whole, never presented a more interesting appearance. The day was observed as a holiday, and the whole of the tradesmen , closed their shops.—At about two o'clock his Royal Highness the Duke of York arrived at the Town Hall, wherehe was received by the Gentlemen forming the Grand Lodge, and others of the Craft. Amongst the Gen- Aleinen present, we partieularly noticed the Earl of Harring ton,. Lord Harcourt, Lord Rede,sdale,. Lord Gore, the Hon. Harry Beecher Lygon, General Sir John Doyle, Col. Caven dish, Colonel Cormack,' Williams, Esq. M.P., and many other persons of distinction. The procession shortly after com menced, and the town by this time presented a most lively and. interesting 'appearance ; every window and situation that could be possibly occupied, were filled by ladies,. &c., and the spec tacle presented to public view surpassed all description ; suf fice it to say, that the whole of the beauty and fashion of this pleasant little town was now shown off to great advantage. The streets through which the procession had to pass were so thronged, that it was almost incredible that Windsor could contain such a body of persons. The procession moved on slowly in the following order,' proceeding out of the West en trance of the Town Hall, .from thence down High.street - and Thames-strect„ to the sate of the foundation, on the Windsor side Of, the intended new Bridge.. „ . ORDER QF . TIIE PROCESSION. • Beadle and' Peace Officers.. • Two Tylers withdrawn swords. Boys of the Charity School. Clerk and Sexton. - ' The Bachelors' Committee; Visiting 'Brethren, two and two. • K I Lodges belonging to-the Province. Gentlerhen, not Members of the Corporation nor Maions. The Inscription Plate; the Builder bearing a Silver Trowel and the Coint. The Architect, bearing the Plans of the Bridge. Military Band of Music. Banner of the Grand Lodge. Provincial Secretary. Provincial Grand Treasurer. • The Bible, carried by a Master of the Lodge, supported by two Stewards. Provincial Grand-Chaplain. Officers of the Lodge according to seniority of rank. Provost and Fellows of-Eton. Dean and Canons of Windsor. - Constables ' &c. The Borough Colours. The Town Clerk: Members of thee. Corporation,-Juniors first. Mace Bearer. '. The Chaplain, the Mayor, the ReCorder. Book of the Constitutions. Officers of the Grand Lodge, according to seniority. Provincial Grand Masters. Banner of the Grand MAsters. • Provincial Sword and Mace:Bearer. . His... Royal Highness the Duke of York, KAI, &c. &c. &c. supported by John Ramsbottom, Esq. ALP., P.S.G.W. find Major-General Sir Herbert Taylor, K.G.H. the two Members f®r the Borough. The Noblemen and Gentlemen attending his Royal Highness. Two Stewaids. Peace Officers, &c. &c. ' - The line of procession reached from the Town Hall nearly to the bottom of Thames-street ; and his Royal Highness and the whole of the Grand Lodge and Craft being in their full cos tutoe;and decorated with all the honours of Freemasonry, had a most peculiar and grand effect. On their arrival at the place where the stone was to be laid, the Brethren and others who walked in procession formed themselves -on a platform, which was erected immediately above the• spot intended for the cere mony.; and the Mayor and Corporation, Committee, and.the -Attendants on his Royal Highness were ohly allowed to descend into the foundation. The pressure that now took place was excessive, so anxious were the populace to view the ceremony. On his Royal Highness, &c. descending;, the stone which' had been lowered by the workmen had some cement placed underneath it, and a lower stone had a hole worked in it, in tended for the coins and medals which were to be deposited therein. His Royal Highness then ordered the !stone to be lowered, and the Chaplain recited an appropriate prayer ; on which the stone was placed, and his Royal Highness performed the ceremonies by placing under the stone a sovereign, a half sovereign, a dollar, a half-crown, a shilling, a six-pence; a four-penny piece, a two-penny and penny-piece--current coins of the realm. His Royal Highness then delivered to the architect a plan of the building,. and some of the .instruments of masonry, wishing him success in his un tlertaking. His Royal Highness then re-ascended the .plat form and: the 'Grafi& Officer delivered an. oration whiai con cluded the ceremony,. when the loud acclamatinns of the pee- . ple ensued. The procession. then ..returned by the east, side !: of" the Platform 'to the Town Nall, where -the Lodge, was, closed in the accustomed manner: The Bridge is already in a very,forward ; -state.„ :It is to - have three hrelies, and to, consiseof stone,aild iron,. and, will.faeilitate an access ,to Eton, from Thatheistreet; Windsor to Bier-lane, which is-exactly. opposites,A,Ferryinarklsimpleiredltt present near the spot O. convey persons to the opposite side of the river. Tr. PROCEEDINGS.. ' Housrl,ftifittmoNs. -„s ; . 2lscgq. Jidu,',lBe29l „ SAT,IS'S NAT ;I RALIZ.O.:ZIOII, ,SILL , ' ' ' • '' ' "' CIIA.RGE.OF PENSIONS BALL- FIVE VER BILL aItOWINO PROIMNE .13 HIP: iS; 'J RoAns—Sonthwark and Surrey--retition [presented JulY.. B • - Courisel - ordered.' Voices'. ' • • t HO P-P LANT ERs 2 Pe#tion of Hop-growers of Sussex, ega lns ' the Law for marking Bags and Pockets ; to be printed. ... SOOTTISI I DRAWBACK BlLL—reported; to be r e ad a third - time to-morrow (this day). • RETAIL OF , BEER BlLL—Petition of Country. Th' e Y iers ' against ; to be Printed. MARRIAGE SERVICE BILL—" to amend an Act of Ws' 'er t Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act ~ the better preventing of Clandestine Marriages'; relating al the due solemnization, of Matrimony,"jireseßto,. an d r ls, a first'time ; 'to be read a second ti me th i S 'day three man and,to be printed. - _ Pooh.' LAWS =Bill to amend ordered to I be * tiought in. M MESSAOE FROM TE :Lcrnns---That the Bp have a , "ree - . FiVe per Cents. Contracts Bill, and. Cornmportt:;tion , without aritendmento 73 tOl , • Read a third t. 17,! arid intised. NOTICES OF MOTIONS for TIIIS DAV '. Mr. 2 Wilberforce,—To prevent the extension of Slavery a the Cape of Good Hope. 2. Mr. Lennard,—To iepeal Act (60 Geo. 3, c. for 111°re • - effectually preventing Seditious Meetin g s a nd Assembli.l,.s: —Also to repeal Act (60 G eo . 3, c . 8.) f or t h e more e'`,l, tual prevention And punishment of, Blasphemous and se' tious Libels:—Also, to repe a l A c t (60 G eo . 3, c. 9). •S e• curity given by Publishers. DUPERS .OF THE • DAY for THIS DAY. 1. Deeds Registry (Ireland) Bill ;—Committee. 2. Ca a n ti a o d.a n • o f G Report.ovenient and Trade Bill ;—Further , Cons taer " 3. Supply, (Barracks, Public Works, and Law Cliarge' 3) ' .-- Further consideration of Report. 4, Coroners (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 5. Supply [sth July] —Report. 6. Royal .Burghs Accounts Bill—Thiid Reading. 7. Burgh Magistrates Residence Bill—Third Reading 8. Leather Duties Reduction Bill ;—Committee. 9. Insurrection (Ireland) Bill—Third Reading. 10. Temporary Advances (Ireland) Bill--- - -Committee. 11. Salt Duties Repeal Bill—Coinfrififee. 12. Salt Duties ( Ireland) Bill—Committee. 13. Scottfsh Spirits Drawback Bill—Third Reading. 14. Servants of the late Queen (proposed Pensions and Alle /fr ances)—Report thereupon. 15. Stage-Coach Duties Bill—Third Reading. 16. Lotteries Bill—Report. 17. Receivers-General Bill—Further consideration of Repor t ' 18, Punishmeni' by Hard Labour Bill—Committee. 19. Bankruptcy Laws Amendment Bill--..-Report. 9, 20. Greenland Fishery Acts [26 Geo. 3, c. 41, 46 Geo. 39 c' and 1 Geo. 4, c. 33]—Committee thereupon. 21. Court of Exchequer Sittings Bill—Second R' ending. 22. East India Sugar Act [1 and 2 Geo. 4]Committee . upon. 23. Muriatie Acid Act [55 and 56 Geo. 3]—Committee the upon. NOTICE GIVEN LAST NIGHT. Tuesday, July 16. Mr. Warre,--Infoiliiation relative to certain free Indian s ' the Settlement of Honduras Bay, who have been tr emet. as Slaves. - *.* For 2fliatftres , ne'pli'ta trsT us, see the Fourth? ge.. , PRICE OF STOCKS - TIIIS nAY AT ONF. O'CLOCK. .. 245 I Endii Stock ..... ..... • • •• 5.15. India 80nd5........... 0-s• Bank Stock! 243 A 244 3 per Cent. Red. ...80 791 80 3 per Cent. Cons 79if per Cent.. 91 per Cent. OM New 98997 5 t )er Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. 201 11-16ths Imp. 3 per Cents. South Sea Stock ....•••••"' 011 Annuities ............... }ou t 3 per Cent. 1751 ............ Ex. Bills t , Fr Bank for Cons. Act. ......... India for Con. Acct. ....... 81 Cons. for Aect. 1 0 PRICE of FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, .10. 1 French Five per Cents. 91 75. Prussian Five pdr Cent. Bonds, ga. Old Bonds, 1011. Six per Cent. Bonds, 833. Ditto Scrip, 84. *- Five per Cent. Bonds, 638 1. New Ditto, 621 A. Five per Cent. Bonds, 851. Five per. Cent. Bonds, 70i Five per Cents. (Metallic) 73. Six per Cents. • Five-per Cents.(MetaMc) 78. Bank Shares 22. Colombian Spanish Seven per. Cent. 931. Three per Cents. 6/. Five:per Cent. 'ikian; 1820, .95. .Fivep9F Cente Lo, 1821, 95i1. 791., :' -~.._ Danish Neapolitan Austrian Russian .?.errt ArneriCan • Chili Russian . HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MOR„ jtoll Morning, 6 minutes after 7. 1 Evening, 26 minutes aft THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS. DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 15c2(2.. Extract of a Letter from the 4kent to MY Constantinople, dated ,Jane 10.] drs " The Echo, IVPLEAN , is WM - veil i n 60 1) (7 " . from Odessa, bringing disi;atclies' whic h Ice ta e . understand to be of a Highly satisfactory sa r # , Letters from the Dardenenei of the 3d inst• sta the following vessels 'to have been there lc r 'a bound, viz. Alert, WGEE, from: Malta, C o ' l of London, from Meisina, Starling, Dov, a last frOin 'Malta, and 'Britannia of Liverpoc, The wind has since been fair 2 but 0011 " n these have 'arrived. Another squadron , sa" sisting or eight or ten, is preparing to I ,ion for 'the Arches with troops. The. eva col l" ° . t of the provinces is gradually taking place/ anci fter is expected the Princes will be named soon. a the tYram." " J , 5 Voyt` [Extract of a Letter from the Agents to. 'at Smyrna, dated Jane I.] AO 44 Matters remain In the same state 113 The quarter between the two hostile parties. ... ; the Capitan PACIIA'S fleet keeps its station . 11 ot road of Scio, excepting -having occasionallY e* Gre under weigh on the near 'approach of the h ,the vessels which avoid coming in contact with ,h enemy, and escape by superior' -sailing. ,prevalent Impression' is, that -the-Turkish jtc .-` miral waits the ariival of the - Other . c ns urgen from Egypt to proceed in 6.ttacicin m g - the 'der e . Islands, none' of which - in such.-i'aie cons' .., Tb ls capable of making an'y effectuahtsistance. f 1 . -1106 . intellig enc is `perfectly quiet,- art 'a e naval forrt