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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PAlCts, AEI: 2.-The King yesterday presided ,at Counia of Ministers, and gave a. priitate audience to Prince Paul of Wurternberg. The Baron Pasquier has declared by letter that the statement of his bring abOut to proceed to Italy' on a special Mission is deStitute of foun datiob. A special messenger from Vienna arrived yes terday tnorniug at the Austrian Embassy. It is stated that several regiments of infantry of the line are to quit Paris in a few days. The 4th is-to go to Toulouse. M. de Serre arrived at Metz the.2sth April, ?aud, according to the Journals of that city, in- Stead of proceeding to the:U.pper Rhine, as had fieen4fitiounced, he set-out from Metz the 28th, to proceed direct to Naples. letter from Nancy, of the 28th.of April, gives •' forinal eontradiction to the Journals of the .Ntherfacalg, %hi ch have spoken of .the agitation that prevails in that city, and of the discovery of conspiracy. The same ,letter states, hai,Lorroine; and-particularly Nancy, never en \ - oved'greater tranquillity. • .."NII4A- 3. —Alm Lyons Gazette of the 29th April says—" A letter from Marseilles of the . -25th April states, tliat the intelligence of an in surrection Qf , the Greeks in the lonian Isles against ,the English high Commissioner, is con , Armed'? „.,) Letters from Bourdeanx, of ..the 29th April n - There were seized, yesterday morning in . ihe river three chests, - containing each 25 mus kets ; the chests were conveyed to the, house of _ the. Lieut.-General Commandant of Division." TRIESTE, _APRN. 19.—Wg have .this .instant received the' tollowing bulletin , " ,lIZLLENIC GOVERNWENT.—The Presidentof-theExe, • .. cutive Power makeaknawn, that the enemy's fleet having been, pdt to flight after the - naval combat of the 20th offebruary (4th 4 Marc*, and pursued by the national fleet, the latter sailed on the 'morning of the 25th of February (7th of March) to 'Cape. Papa. It then advanced towards Patras, where it found 24 enemy's vessels, a part of which saved themselves under the Castles of Lepanto,. and the rest were burnt at Agia,(an an chorage situated a league from Patras.) The Greek fleet passed the following night between Missolongi and Patras.. next day it sailed towards Patras, carrying terror amongst .. the enemy. The Pacha, •Alahomet, who had quitted the fort • reSS with some troops, seeing the destruction of his own vessels, and a . great part of the naval division burnt, retreated full of terror irito - the fortress. • (Signed) " ALEXANDER MAUROCORDATO, • President of .the Congresi. , . " THEODORE . -- "Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and President of the. Council of Ministers. - " Ist (13th) March." • Theodore: Negri is the same whom the Grand Seignior had-Appointd his Charge d'Affaires at Paris. Taken in the. Archipelago' in the month of May last, he decided to remain ,witialle Insurgents, and sent back his credentials to the Sultan. • T . AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, APRIL 2.6.--(Extract of a ii ) rizzate Letter.)•.--" We have received ,by the i Couriers to-day several letters from Warsaw and Merlin ; one of them says, 4 It is now stated that the Emperor of Russia has consented to wait the result of the new propositions which the Austrian Cabinet has directed the Imperial Interuuncio, -the Count de Lutzow, to make to the Ottoman Government, and that it will not be till imme diately after the . receipt of the answer of the Di- van that the Russian armies, in the event of this answer being unfavourable to.the maintenance of peace,will open the campaign by entering the two principalities of Aloldavia and NVallachia.'" Ap - otker letter states, " that all the Russian regiments ‘rhioit form part of the armies of the South and West, as well as other separate corps, have .be-e . .placed on the war establishment since ... the l tth April. A.t Petersburgh great activity, 'continues to ; prevail is the - Ministries..of War and Foreigni:Alfairs. arrival of important dis patches has successively caused the assembling.of special ContiCils of State, but nothing ha`publicly , transpired respecting the subjects of daliberatiOn. The I.3'ifon de StrogonOff is Charged in - the de partmen.t ~. of Foreign : Affairs with the direction of ~,the negociations respecting the affairs of Turkey,. Jt is remarked that this Minister has been pre sent at all the Councils of State held . upon' this subject." STOCKHOLM,- AMU, 21.—Mr. Vesey Fitz gerald, the English 'Ambassador, left us on Fri ;. day. He has been commissioned by his Majesty to present to the King, his Master, two large and elegant porphyry-vases. It is said that his Ma jesty has also.presented to the Ambassador two . similar vaSes, hut of a smaller size. Bit kisStiS, MA.,I- : 2.—A ,latter from ,Lille of :10th itpril says—" While terror is at the height in. Picardy -in co))Sequence of the fires which dafiy • tske 'price in the country, Artois and French Flanders, which are •so near, enjoy the most. Pr'prOtilld . tranquillity. Their commerce, ttieiir manufactures, are more nourishing than at any former • period ; and the number of .hands etttpfoyd increases progressively. It is certain that,dreadful plots have been formed to spread consternation in the departments of the Seine and i gise ;'but the ob t ject- of these frightful atrocities is not so easily - divined. The.rigorous measures adapted by the Government will, it is hoped, bring to light the authors of these excesses, which are worthy of a liord'of savages." An Austrian: Courier from Vienna passed through this city on the.3oth in his way to Lon- don. i.; • • ": • -WeJean-Mr:am Copenhagen that the price of grain b.eg-iiigfo rise there, as well as in the ports of N',(•) r*Wiy ! 'iand Prussia. the report Of an approaChing interview be tweeti of Austria and Russia gains „groti,itd•at Vienna. • A-journal, •which seems to he • "says that ,the'.Emperor Francis will not go to•ltaly at present. Co.pg,raf.WEN , , - A•inur, the memory of man i n was so much damage done by stOrms . ..as iq the last" .winter . It is calculated ah that oui 2,000 ships and 20;000 men have perished on the several coasts' of Europe, of which 250 sbi-pi•und.2;soo men were lost on the Danish coustttione.: . • - • •• • :k-114 Collstil - 4re. has received orders. .. !: to send every post a list of 'all vessels and their cargoes that Clear :put 4or Russian ports. Mr. Fitzgerald,* English .trnbaSsador at _ Lue Courtbi ` 4 CagktiGefrn s 'arrived here two days • • agO, and - sets out the •day aftetto-morrow for f o olathin,;by. way of ifarnburgh and Cuxhaven.-- We expect next month the,.-Crovn Prince of Sweden W h0„- . 10$ 5i.1,41;.; Will Aneft the Queen, his mother, at Ali-la-Chapelle. AUESIALLRG, Arnii,24.—Account from Odessa, say's tie ,fillgernefne Zeitunff b aftr some other "papers; state . that the Turkish vesels employed in the wasting trade along th:: Dambe have been ,put under embargo for 20 days. Under present circunutattcestrade suffers great stlgnation. The , : north vinds,detain at the entrauceof the Darda nelles t great npmber of ships coning from Eu rope, atd,,thns we are without anynews from the Archiptlago.. In ccnsequence of the difficulties which have occnrrel, ith respect to some v.e:sels bound for,, the Archipelago, which have befn detained by the Gceernmetit, the Legations, d France and Naples intend to withdraw their passports from , all vessels which do not really )eloug to their respective nations. This measure will affect the ',Russian and Greek ,vessels which changed their flags las; year. If the navigation s'iould not be wholly interrupted, it will be necessary to pay the greatest attention at Odessa to the flags of the ships that are laden. The Russian produce may be in great demand. , If we nay judge by. the measures of Police at :present adopted, we may•hope that 'Ale internal tranquillity of Con stantinoplewiltnot he interrupted, even if war should bre* Out,. and that we •shall. be able to . carry on ow business with more confidence than last year. MEN'rz, kPRIL 25 - .—A counterpart to the story of Mr. Lovday is related by our Gazette. At Trelich, a catholic village near Neuwied, a citi zen took older "his protection morphan girl, and received fom the authorities a;legal instrument; recognizini him to be the father by adoption. The child wAs of Protestant parents ; but her adopted faller being a Catholic, brought her up in that reigion. A few days ago he sent the, child to INeuwied to, purchase something. She did not retirn ; and the father, who is much at tached to tie girl, now eleven .years of age, dis covered km inqqiry that She was with the Pro testant Cle-gymen, who refused.. to deliver her up, Saying bat as her: parents' had been Protes tants,.she slnuld be educated in - their religion: The foster:father has brought'the affair before the compeklt.tribunal, ,whose decision is im patiently eApected. _ 'VIENNA, APRIL 21. 19.--ISetalliques, 74 3-16--Bank, 660. 20.—N1etalliques, 741—Bank, 660 I-sth. BERLIN, Apair.,l3.—The author of the work on the Conversion of the Jews is said to be Mr. Rose, the English Ambassador it the Court of Prussia ; and the translator, Mr. Beckedorff, , Who came here some years ago, and is now eni ployed as Privy Councillor in the department of the Minister for Religious Affairs. SP A I-N. ( Extract of a Private Letter, Journal des Debats.) " MADRID, APRIL 22. --At Barcelona tran quillity has been again disturbed, and the Authorities have been obliged to close the place of assemblage of the soi 7 disant patriotic society, a measure which for two days caused new dis turbanees. Every, thing seems to announce that the factious are proceeding straight forward to theirobject, and that the moment, of the crisis is not far distant. " His Majesty having promenaded incog. at Villaconejos, near Aranjuft, and having been recognized by the peasants, the latter immediately shouted ' Long live the King, our Lord 1' A militiaman of Chinchon, who was by chance pre sent, Shouted Long live the Constitutional King !' The pea sants fell upon him, and the poor militiaman would have paid dear for his bravado, had not the King himself interposed to save hirn. "At Grenada,.shouts of Long live the King !" Long live our Sovereign !' are heard even in the churches. The Jacobins cry out upon the scandal of the King, and denounce the Au dimities ; but they cannot prevent the people from manifesting their oppOsition to the present system. " Since the 7th February, . four churches in Madrid have been robbed. The 19th inst., in the morning, the Augustins, Where there was great wealth, was robbed. Our Jacobins do• not fail to say that it is'the monks themselves who commit these robberies. " 4 report ;vas circulated this morning that a special mes senger had arrived from Carthagena, with the intelligence that the'garrison of that city had'• mutinied, in consequence of a violent contest with the National Militia, and that they had retired into the forts, with the determination of having no com munication with the inhabitants. The Authorities were divid ed in opinion, which gave reason to apprehend some dreadful calamity. - " A contest has also taken place at Antequera, between the inhabitants and the garrison, at the moment of a procession. Some of the citizens were wounded, but the latter being aimed took their revenge ; and it is stated that nine officers fell victims to their imprudence. " SITTINGS OF THE,CORTES. " Bth. The Provincial Deptiti!tion-- of Cadiz denounced the. Intendant of the Province, for having exacted arbitrary duties upon Several cargoes coining from Vera Cruz. 19th. A projet of law Was read a first time, for the establish ment of schools in all the chief places of military districts. " The Committee of Legislation, after having examined the projet of law of the 7th June, 1821, respecting Seignoral pro perty, referral to the Cortes by his Majesty on the 7th March last, and also the Report of the Council of State, and another projet respecting the same matter, and by virtue of a proposi tion.made by several Deputies, and of the examination of all that-had antecedently taken place, are of 'opinion that the first projet of law having for its object to amend Article 5 of the Decree of the 6th of August, 1811, by which Seignoral rights and property are abolished; and that this matter having been sufficiently discussed in preceding Cortes, it is not expe dient to alter the said projet. The Committee .therefore re.:T commend the adoption of the projet of 7th June, 1821, ap, proved by peceding Cortes, reserving to every member the ,right of sating in the discussion the ideas which may suggest them,9elyes upon the, examination of so important a subject. " The Committee of War presented to the Cortes its Report on the proposicion made to it, to the effect that no foreigner Should henecfOrth be admitted into his Majesty's Guards.' THE ARMY. On the 26h April, the last division of the 31st Regiment marched from this town for Armagh. It is with pleasure- we remark, that, during their residence. here, the general conduct of the regiment was such as to merit and receive the approba tion of the inhabitants of Belfast.—( Belfast News-Letter.) One company of the 73d regiment will arrive at Wolver-. 'hampton, from Weedon, to-day. 'Two cornianies of the 2d regiment of Foot will' arrive at Wolverhaimton to-morrow. The 58th regiment, Col. Campbell, landed last week at Gosport.fron Jamaica. INSPECTOR OF REGIMENTAL COLOURS George Nagler, lateClarenceaux (now Garter), King of Arms—Genea logist of the Order of the Bath, King of Arms of Hanover, and of the Orderof St Michael, and St. George.—Office, Herald's College, Doctors' Commons. EDINBOICII, MAY 2.—On Monday morning, a detach ment from the small party of the 77th regiment, which has been for some time in garrison here, marched for Stirling, and yester day a detachment from that fortress marched into the Ca§tie.,, NAVIGATION LAYS, FOR THE SVN. Met. EtaTom,—lM our day of philosophy and desire for economical change, we find smooth ingenious lucubrattions from the most disinterested foreign merchants and their agents, requesting us to surrender the advantages we enjoy, and the security we derive from the employment of our commercial marine. By some, this is recommended from partial and paltry considerations. By others, from a spirit of innovation, founded an the .most. dangerous abstract views of hasty theorists ; and by some, from ignorance, wishing, for a change without any fixed object. But they are all joined in using every effort and trick : of negociation ; and they are earnestly employed to en force it as a .measure, not merely of common justice, but of political necessity. Their demands are imperfect consistency with these principles, and they are incessantly reiterated from various quarters. If those effbrts had been fruitless, they would have been unworthy of notice ; but unfortunately they have produced the effect these sophists and econornieteintereded„ -and they have induced those in power to listen with a favour, able ear to their jesuitical innovations, that the alteration is to improve the Navigation System, although the measures pro posed are in direct violation of all the maritime and colonial policy of this country ; and they are ne less injurious to all the other British interests, as they will not only lead to the ex tinguishing ,of the protecting- laws, but will extinguish the proteCtion of all property. Therefore, before the country is subjected to this radical chAnge in our system, allow me, through the medium of. your valuable 'Journal, to declare my opinion, as regards.the effects which such concessions will pro duce on the three great leading interests of the State. , Then, as the commercial marine, on which depends the maritime tran sit, and as our furnishing in time of war men for the maritime defence of the State, protects the manufacturing interests in their exports to all quarters of the glObJ; and protects from innovation or insult the agricultural interests, on which is founded the great aristocratic wealth, the whole may be con sidered as naturally depending on each other for support. So long as they are each cherished and nursed together, they not only assume, bait actually acquire, that herculean strength, from which emanates that wealth, power; and greatness, which defeated the continental confederacy formed for the ruin of Britain : and should those interests, by any unforminate cir cumstance, he divided, they will become as languid, pigney dwarfs—rickety, impotent, and poor—creating dissension,- dis cord, and ruin. But as national defence is indubitably more essential than an increase of national ,riches, to ensure and continue the-great resources of .our navigation should occupy the first piece in our minds, (and prevent foreign powers from fooling use; being the arm from which all the other interests must receve their protection, even to the most distant regions ; and, without which, neither our liberties nor our wealth can be maintainel. Thus circumstanced, each interest so immediately depends of the other, that they require the most paternal care of the legislature. The end and aim of all Governments ehould be, to find the most profitable employment for the people whoth time govern ' and from whom the taxation necessary for the servica of the State is to be drawn. Those are the prin., ciples which the Ship-owneis are most respectfully solicited to support; aid are the priciples'ori which, in my humble opi- nion, all tit other interests of the country should join their en deavours tcmaintain. These principles -and positions may be considered ie old exploded notions by. the liberal-minded, and unsuitable tor the present most enlightened era; and sigh :sen timents, it s said, come from a high quarter, that now and more libera principles are to be acted: upon. This reminds rue that anEnglishman would think it o most severe priVa non, if he wire denied the liberty of arguing. against the evi dences of hh own prosperity. Such arguments are sufficiently lamentable ; but Legislatures acting against such evidences may prove air ruin. Therefore, notwithstending these illu minated ideas; let us claim the' privilege of considering that our commercial marine is the main spring from which our resource have been most abundantly supplied—the foun dation uponw.hich that stupendous fabric of wealth and power has been enacted, on which the world has gazed with wonder. ifo undernine' and level this magnificent structure has been the cause et' many wars, and many more intrigues in peace. Hitherto, Bank Heaven ! both have failed. Let us be carefid then not toundermine the 'foundation ourselves, and bury our grandeur under its fallen ruins.. If •these are old prejudices, they are the prejudices of education—prejudices under which we Piave heed and flourished—prejudices which'have been che rished and advocated by our wisest Statesmen, arid defended by the braves; men the country ever produced. It is perhaps the most unfortunate feature of the new era, that the prejudices ' which rendered the fathers so ctinspicuous, as lovers of their country's weal, are nearly, if not altogether, extinct in their de scendants. Whatever has been the cause of this dereliction, those who yet cherish and A dhere to venerable principles or old prejudices, give them what denomination you please, need not shrink from a comparison of the actual benefits which have resulted from them, if contrasted with the highly inflated air-blown bubbles of the new school ; let let us repeat that these old prejudices have had the merit of rearing a commercial and 'naval marine, which has been the. .dread and envy of the world, as • Much as the wealth of,the country has excited its astonishmrsit. If these, then, are erro neous prejudices, they ar e s t ro n g in circumstantial proofs_ confirmed, sanctioned, and attested, by the experience of many ages. . And before we give up prejudices so sanctioned, may we not be allowed to inquire on what foundation the advocates for a new system rest their claim ? Do they give us any clear substantial, proofs of the benefits which are to arise from the change ? Every one knows that ,it is' easier to destroy than erect such a fabric ; and without these proofs, we must surely pause ; for most audacious must that man be, who stands for ward to depounce that system as erroneous, on which such na tional commerce and navigation has been reared, fostered, and matured: To destroy at once the principles of a code, so ve nerable and wise, without producing something on which to lay a sure foundation for the future, would be the highest pitch of temerity. ", Let their deeds show." Is it on a second edi tion of Dr. Frankland's story of the Girl's Cap, by a Noble Marquis ? Has any thing -more been offered than theoretic nostrums, and vain pretensions to execute . impractiCable schemes ; a cosmopolite sensibility, (which is the very reverse of patriotism,) under pretence of feeling for the distresses of -foreign countries,- and feeling nothing for their own, a cold-blooded calculation on political economy,: balanced in the brain of the Theorist, How much gratitude honour, and na tional defence, may be sacrificed for the sake eof a few bales of woollens, packagesl of calicoei, and boxes.of cutlery;—add to this a doubting philosophy, and a puling sophistry, insinuating that the country is rued,—recommending filching the public creditor, and accusing the blessings of Providence in sending too great abundance to ruin us. From this modern school of political economists, originated the intention of abrogating our Navigation-lays; and to accomplish this object, they have long been acting in concert to bring about this radical change : they have been favourably listened to by those who were supposed free from such delusive theories ; and it is now fully under stood that it is the intention of the political economists in 'both Houses, to introduce and support a new system of Navigation which will employ foreign ships and foreign seamen in lieu of: British ships and British seamen—as the preponderance of the British is considered as too great for the good of the universe ; and the British ship-owners must either withdraw their capitals,or have them rendered harmless, by superseding the ancient princi ples for a new and more liberal transit. That the long carrying trade from Asia, Africa, America, and the distant ports of Eu rope, must be relinquished in favour of foreign powers, that the British seamen may act as lightermen from the Scheldt, or any near continental depot; as in longer voyages they acquired a hardihood, and that more daring spirit, which renders them _inimical to 'the liberal sentiments of the present time, and the views of foreign powers. When these measures are Adopted, they are expected to diffuse more general satisfaction to all foreign nations, as tending to prevent Great Britain from domineering over the ocean. This once carried into effect, will likewise render it unnecessary to assemble that national congress, recorninended by the Abb6 DE PRADT, which was to express the indignation which foreign powers felt, ",That England, swelled with the spoils of the world, should rule over every colony and over every sea, thereby destroying the mari ' time equilibrium :" the attention of the congress was to have. been directed towards restoring this equilibrium ; but our economists having liberally undertaken this so long wished for desideratum of Europe,. they may now rest' quite satis fied, that, with the precaution of giving up the long car rying trade, the constructing the new old fashioned round stern ships, which are building, and most carefully prepared for running away, thereby endeaVauring to im press those ideas congenial to that • construction ; and, as a further security, they will. be manned with inland navigators,--it being necessary for the general good of the uni verse, that not any more regular British seamen should be rear ed.—This is certainly an effectual way to prevent England from again domineering over the ocean. This is not an overcharged • picture of the intentions of those who are soliciting for the abro gation of the Navigation Laws ; for, - under whatever lation the pending measures are covered, the effect will-be, that the hard earned laurels and conquests gained in every quarter of the globe, and which are well'calculated to give employment as a blessing, will, under the • new system, become a burthen to the mother-country ;—all must be sacrificed for the visionary system set forth by Citizen HAU T E RIVE and ProfesSor SCIILE GE.L. to restore the.equilibrium of the seas from being domi neered over by that navy, '"'Whose flag has braved a thousand years ‘.‘ The battle and the breeze." If these are the principles on which the view school of political economists mean to act, (and the measures which are pending bear us out in saying they are so, then may we exclaim, in the words of the Poet, " Our occupation's gone:" Before it is too late, every .true friend to his country should exert himself in opposing such ' innovationy and declare himself so far friendly to restriction As to prefer the employment of his own countrymen in piefe rence to foreigners, and particularly those who have been their defenders, and whom they have been accustomed to loopt up, to and call upon, im every emergency, to defend . the State r —men, who have given such proofs of their serviceswho haVe ever been- found ready to maintain- the rights and liberties of their country against the world in arms. This is the Body that craves nothing but the ancient laws to' protect them—the spirit of the 12th of Charles 11. to secure the long carrying Trade, which, if-given up, they will be thereby sacrificed to the new maritime code for the 19th century ; for, whether the system now'pending is adopted or abandoned, it is neither more nor less than the system recommended by, and which formed the basis of, that powerful confederacy whichhad for its aim to destroy the Commercial and Naval preponderance of Britain.—lt is that recommended to Europe in the writings of lI4,I7TEItivE ,and ScitLEGiEr.„ the then organs of Abbe TALLEYILAND, De ?RADT, BIJOISTAPAIITE, and' others. Our Political Economists have not even the merit of origina ting the system • but they have the demerit, as Englishmen, of bringing forward a'systein which the world In arms united hos tilely to accomplish,And failed i?.;1 their design i:;--they hive the demerit now, in the calm of peace, wantonly, and without just cause, to ,bring forward the maritime system of the German Illuminati, and the Revolutionists of France—a system then decried by those very men who are now found favourable to the adotion of „it. Ilbweyer this may end, most certainly restriction is necessa ry, so far as regards the employment of our countrymen, to give their a preference, to enable them to meet foreigncompetition. The National and Colonial resources of the British empire are almost unbounded; and, if managed with a fail prOportion of the old British principles and ability, and the valuable and extensive Coloniesproperly encouraged, the BritiAli empire will nbt only recover frka the present lassitude, but will rise greater than the 'most sangt4e admirer has yet contemplated. No man's opinion was more earnestly given on the Navigation Laws of the country than that of the late Earl of LIVERPOOL. —" I know," said he, " There are even British.Stateameri' who are willing' to relinquish - thoSe Markin - 1e rights which, ,I have been endeavouring to maintain, however feebly, throtig4 the whole course of my life ; but I trust., on .due .consideration, they 'be induced to alter their opinion." - NALTLERLTS. ROMAN CATHOLICS. 17611 - vlh SUN. Ma. Enrron—You will probably be glad to insert jn your paper the subjoined List of the Minority on Mr. CAIsiNING / S MOtiOrl. on Tuesday last; and it is earnestly hoped that you will not relax in your endeavours to rouse the country from its present state of apathy on a question so vitally important to the Protestant Establishment. Your's &c , • MINORITY. ON MR. CANNING'S MOTION TO ADMIT CATHOLIC PEERS INTO TIU HOLTSE7OF LORLS. A'Court, E. A. Forester, F. Pitt, W. M. Alexander, J. Fynes, Henry C. , Pitt, J. Antrobus, 0. C. G!iscoyne, Pole, Sir P. Apsley, Lord -Giffora, Sir R. Pollen Sir John Archdall, M. Gipps G. Powell, W. E. Ashurst, W. H. • Gooch , T. S. Pollington, Visct. NVm. -Gordon, Hon. W. Raine, J. Astley, Sir J. D. , Gossett, W. - . Rice, lion. fa. pankes, 11. Obtilburn,RdlnH. Bickford, Wm. Bankes, G. Grant, A. C. - Robarts, A. W. Barnell3. - araves; Lord Robertson, A. Barry, Rt.ljn.J. Mr-. Greville, Sir.C. Rogers, Ed. Bastard, EdW. P. (hosed, J. R. Rowley, Sir Josias Baitard, J.- If andley,lienry Russell, J. W. Batharkt, Hn. T. S. Hart, - Gen. Ryder, Rt. Hon. R. Belfast, Earl of Harvey, Sir E. St. Paul, Sir H. Bentinck, Loid I'. Heber, Richard Scott, S. Berestord, Lord G. Heygate, Ald. Scott, Hn.W. H. J. Beresfotd, Sir J. P. Hill, Rtlion.Sir,G:. Shelley, Sir John Bernard, Visct. Hill, Rowland Shiffner, Sir G. Blackburne, J. ' Hodson J. Smith, T. A. Blair, J. Holford, G. P. Smith, C. Boughey, Sir J. F. Holmes, W. , . Smith, Abel Bouverie, Hon. B. Horrocks, S. Sneyd, N. Bradshaw, R. IL Hotham, Lord Somerset, Lord E. Brydges, G. Houldsworth, T. 'Somerset, Lord G. Bright, Henry Howard, Hon. F. G. Sotheron, F. Bruce, Robert Hudson, H. Stanhope, Iln. J. H. Brudenell, Lord Innes, John Stewart, Sir John Buchanan, John Irving, John • Stewart, IV. Butterworth, J. Jervoise, G. P. Stopford, Visct. Buxton, T. J. Keck, G. A. L. Strathaven, Lord Calvert, J. King, Sir J. D. Strutt, J. H. Cartwright, W. R. . Kinnersley, W. S. Stuart; W. Chaplin, C. Knatchbull, Sir E. Sumner, G. H. thandos, Marq. of • Langston, J. H. Suttie, Sir J. Cheere, E. M. Lascelles, HnW.S. Taylor, G. W. Cherry, G. Legh, T. Taylor, Sir H. Chetwynd, G. Leigh ; J. H. Thynne, Lord J. Childe, W. L. Leigh, F. Thompson, W. Cholmeley,- Sii M. Leslie, C. P. Townihend,LordJ. Ulaugh ten , Thomas Lethbridge, Sir T. Town shend,gln. H. Clements, IIn.J.NI. Lewis, W. Tremayne, J. H. Clinton, Sir W. H. Legge, Hon. H. Trench, F. W. Clive, Hon. R. Lindsay ; Lord . Tulk, C. A. Clive, Hen: Lindsay, Iron. H. Ure, M. Cole, Sir G. L. Long,'ltt.Hn.Sir C. Vansittart,Rdln.N Collett, E. J. Lopez, Sir M. . • Vaughan, Sir R. Congreve, Sir W. Lowther, Viscount Walker, Josh. Cooper, - E. S Lowther, Hon. C. Wallace,Rt. 'ln. T. Cooper, B. B. Lowther, J. Walpole, Lord Copley, Sir J. S. 'LoWther, J. H. Wells, John Corbett, Panton Lucy, George Wemyss, J. - Cotterell, Sir J. G. Lushington, S. R. Westenra, Hn. H. Cripps, J. Luttrell, J. F. Wetherell, C. Curteis, E. J. Lygon, .Hon. H. 'Whitmore, T. Curzon, Hon. It. Moberly, John 'Wildman, J. B.' Cust, Hon. W. Magennis, Rich. Wilbraham, E. B. Cust, Hon. P. Manners, Lord C. Williams, It. , Cust,'• Hon. E. Manners, Lord R. Willoughby; H. (,' uffe, Col. • Mansfield, J. Wilson, Thomas Davenport, D. • Martin, Sir T. B. Wilson, Sir H. W. Davies, R. H. Maxwell, J. W. Wilson, W. W. C. •Dawkins, J. ' M‘Naghten; E. A. Wodehouse, Hn. J. Dawkins, H. Miles, P. J. Worcester, NI arq. Of Dawson, G. R. Mitchell, John Wigram, W. Deerhurst, Visct. Monteith, H. Dickinson, W. Morgan, Sir C. 'PAIRED OFF. Divett, T. Morgan, G. G. Ancram, Earl of Dodson, John Mountcharles, Earl Beauchamp, Visct. Domville, Sir C. Mundy, G. Burrell, Sir C. Dowdeswell, J. E. Musgrave, Sir P. Campbell, Arch. Downie, .R. • 'Newman ' R. Cawthorne, J. F. Douglas, J. Nichol', Rt. Hon. Cole, Sir C. Drake, W. T. ' Sir J.. Crawley, S. Drake, T. T. - Nightingale, Sir M. Curtis, Sir W. Dugdale, D. S. Northey, W. Dalrymple, A. • Duncombe, C. ~ Ommanney, Sir F. Hope, Sir W. J. Duncombe, W, O'Neil, Hon. John Jenkinson,, Hon. C. Egerton, W. . Onslow, A. . Jocelyn, Hon. .T.' Ellis, Thomas . Osborne, Sir J. ' Lennox, Lord G. Ennisthore, Vise. Owen, Sir John Mundy, E. M..- 1 Estcourt, T. G: Palk, Sir L. Trice, Richard • Fairlie, Sir W. C. Paktim, W. G. Rochfort, G. H. Fane, John Pears; John Seymour, Pane, V. - Peehell, Sir I'. 8... Sk.effington, Hn Farrand, *Robert Peel,' Rt. Hon: R. Swann, H. Fellowes, W. H. Peel, W. G. Smith, Samuel Fetherstone, Sir T . . PeLlew, Hon. P. B. Vivian, Sir H. Fleming, J. Pennant; G.' H. D. Ward, Robt. Forde, 1%1. Percy, Hon. W. Yarmouth, Earl of Raspberries, for the table, and . young apricots for tarts, were brought on Saturday morning to Covent-Garden market for sale. We are happy to state that the framework knitters hi the County of Nottingham are returned to their employ, and that, by the Report received at the General Special Sessions held in the County Hall on Saturday week, the peace of the County is not likely to be disturbed so as to warrant the necessity of enforcing the duties of watching and warding. All accounts from Yorkshire, particularly from Hudders field, agree that the manufacturers were never better off, or in fuller employ. Fakery thing there is quiet, and no discontent. The Annual Polyanthus Feast was held at the Globe Inn, Winchester, on Tuesday last, when the first prize was adjudged to Mr. R. Hopkins ; the second to W. Ewens, gardener to R. Jesset, Esq. ; the third to the gar dener to G. B. Ricketts, Esq., Twyford ; the fourth to Mr. Malley, of Silkstead. The dinner and dessert were excellent, and the company more numerous and respectable than on any former occasion.—We understand that the florists of this city and neighbourhood feel so confident of the great superiorityof their pinks, as to induce them to challenge all England.— ( Hampshire ,Chronick, May' 4. ) LONDON lIpERNIAN The Sixteenth Annual Meeting of this E o cietY took place on Saturday last, at the Freernhsons' Tavern.' A few minutes before one o/clkk, 105 Royal Highness •the Duke of GLOUCESTER took the Chair. The Rev. Mr. Rrrcifiles proceeded to read the Annue Report, which was of considerable • length, desceiptiye of the 1 labelers of the Society, and the progress tehicheit'hed made since the last Meeting. • . ' The Earl. : of Gosronn rose to move the tiist Reeelution- He congratulated the Society on its successful - The Society; by difflising edneatiou had been productive grea t good to the Peasantry of lreland. The 'Noble Lord adverted in-strong terms to the present state of Ireland ; its unhapPY situation might be traced to the want of education, and also t ° the want of the encouragement and care of a resident gentry. ' The Rev. GEORGE CL ARK E secon d e d t h e R eso l uti on, an dwelt, in the course of an eloquent speech, on the adeantagcs of the Society. Mr. STEVENS next addressed the Meeting, and detailed a t considerable length the progress of his labours hi that country, and the great success of the undertaking. This Gentleman, in a very warm manner, dwelt on th e man y a d m i ra bl e qualities of the,lrish Peasantry ; they were, he said, by nature, - polite, ge• newels, grateful, and acute. Lord CALTRORPE, in proposing the second Resolution i said, that as an Englishm a n he felt delight at the progreos e ° the Society. - Irelsnd had long been, he wo u ld sa y, a much hi' jured country, but education would, he hoped, strike at t he root of the evils under which she l a bo u r e d. Education walla be the means of finally extinguishing the gross errors of a rte ligion which unfortunately was followed by the mass of the people!' in' Ireland, and which he . wou ld call not perverte d Christianity . , but perverted Popery. All the errors of that re' ligion, all its abominations, were received by th a t wara l i . hearted people. The Noble Lord next alluded in the warmed terms to the laudable conduct of his Royal Highness. an e concluded by moving the thanks of the Meeting to his BoP". Higlihess.-e•(Applause.) " • The Rev. Doctor RANDOLPH seconded the Resolution. The Resolution was put •by Lord Calthorpe; and c arried amid the applause of the Meeting.' The Mike ef. Ge.OUCEST En, in• returning his thanks, 013- served that the Resolution was conveyed in terms too flattering to himself, and had been received in a manner most gratifYi a t t to his feelings. There was nothing . due from the Society to him, for accepting the patronage of it; their thanks ough t . 0 , be given to those excellent me n w ho p ro p ose d his. connec t % with the Society in so honourable a station. With regard the 'objectS 'they had commonly in view, he agreed with th°se . who asserted that a large debt was due to our sister kingdom it Was, he lamented to own, an increasing debt ; but he hoped they were beginning to liquidate it, and they could not betted, DOW discharge it than by . instructing her poulation in the trist_ l 3 of Religion. While enjoying the word of d God ourselves , ar'` , when we had enjoyed it so long, should we not impart its that sures to Ireland ? So long, however, as there remained in Country one cabin not supplied with a Bible, this country we rt . f . not have discharged that moral debt due to 'lreland from a.. parts Having been foremost in carrying the Bible to the l itter a ; p . arts of the habitable globe, it was certainly high time for "' yea ' ray to begin at home, and that more attention should be gl o ; to the destitutions of our own family. 'They had alreadY. Ait y much ; but - he trusted that, under the blessing of MO. o ,e God, the Society would be allowed to p r o s e cute this jost i f i good work. Distribute (he would again say) the Bible, iv t e a could alone make us happy in this world, and which peePei r o y us for felicity hereafter. Let all pers on a b e i ns t ru cted that tg of were approaching an eternal world, where no distincticaLch rank would avail ; that there rem a in e d a t r ib una l before wi ll _ nt all 'mist equally appear, and at whi c h ever y one oust acceeli, for the min - finalities of his conduct to an all-seeing, iniP a llit and omnipotent Judge. lie h a d on ly t o request t h a t he be allowed to thank the Society for the honour of presiding this meeting, and for the very 'kited attention they hod Pat to him..—(Long cheers.) Th e A Rev. Mr. BROWN from Ireland next came forwarct, c e Reverend Gentleman dwelt at considerable length on the i. u;if i g volence ; and kindness of the Roy a l Chairman. • , Liis - -" & fs of taken the chair alone would essentially promote t•heinte r " the Society. The Reverend Gentleman next adverting t" e, people of Ireland, represented them as a people naturallyP h ` ep eti but still glad to be under obligations to E ng li s h m en. 1-2,e doing that some Englishmen would import themselves, the f doing and !good order into his country ;if th e y were a fraid b e f ore so at present, they might send, more Bibles and schoe ls e andthem. In the district to which he b e lo nge d, 'the pe e °p /e 0n once disorderly, but a few Tracts were sent amongst tne ut, He" the results were most gratifying. The Society had Intl one contend with ; it was only a short time since that he hear of the most for Ward of the 'Catholic leaders snag, that u el e, schools"bad for its object to Swindle the people out of: their t s i. gion. The •Revetencl Gentleman next said - that great oqt r o, ton was giVeli by the Roman Catholic (lergy of Ireland, ° A y. he called " Popish Priests," to the principle of the See t t ; t o He was PrOceeding a course that appeared intemper ate sonic of the Meeting, and , ofd shat A theieTeEreale rose- to call nun to oraer • ild the re d the observations of the Reverend Gentleman, she little goo port of them be sent-over to Ireland, • would do belt .' l ` fle et of in that country.—( Hear, hear, hear ! from the uPPc' • the room.) bogh t - Mr. BROWN' said he did not say any thing that lic i t of t he could excite disapprobation.—(Applaose from the ho"Y. O , of room. —The Rev. Gentleman proceeded with observatt h i x e. a similar tendency to those which had already fallen fro by In the course of his speech, which was highly applauurniey, seine, it was observed that the Earl of Blesinton, EarrD a and other persons of distinction, retired from the Meet in g; jig The GENTLEMAN who had ri se n. t o call the Pr" but speaker to order, rose to explain his conduct in doing s o ' f ea r he was received with hieses from the body of ,the room- _ die Some time, howeVer, he Was alloWed to say that he rose ;,.,,et suggestion of several Members of Parliament who s al ', the him, and who were of opinion th a t th e o b ser vations t e of Reverend Gentleman would detach from its interest so'"'„ the best and most liberal friends of the Institution.—( llea the A Resolution of Thanks to the Marquis of LansdoWn' oe ed President, and also to the Vice-Presidents, was nat. in by Mr. Brown, and seconded by the lion. Charles Shore; a that WILBERFORCE, in rising to return thanks, ss t , ot e he should indeed have felt happy and d e li g ht e d at s uch a 11 _, it; had been just passed, if he were at all conscious of deserv i ','°,o l he had done but little for the So c i e ty, more ' t h an to fee', the express his good wishes for its seccess. He could ass ar i i ttl' Meeting that he felt towards Ireland 'th e grea t es t possible a i c h est. The situation of the peasantry of that country was t lo e to call forth the utmost symp a thy a t a ll t ith e s, he", aod claims have been greatly augmented ; the state of mis er y , to wretchedness,- and. disorder, in which - Ireland stood a ec ,e-• present moment, was, he might' say, a reproach to the f o rbeld It was the duty, and indeed the interest of this country ` l ., e tivr. out itshelping hand to a distressed sister; if, forgetting it s 0e sel f benevolence; England were to proceed on the base systcT o ister interest, he would tell her that, in promoting the good of th e force island, she would promote her best interests. lie felt, t'', c e otri n of his Royal Highness's observation, when he said this ' t ime t" owed a long and a large debt to Ireland, and that it was o af , .commence liquidatmg that debt; she was a mu eh inj urea ° fe e le: injured and degraded by the system that had been atiO nti a hz wards her. .He hoped it would h e p ursue d no more, ale hailed with the highest deli g ht th e generone interest tha t _ to trY• happy state of Ireland had awaken e d i n th e m i n d o f this co_ st v ie; There were in the character of Ireland elements of the he' eo itc tues, generous, high-minded, gratef u l, b rave ; th e Irish r with but the hand of encouragement and cultivation ; he g a eati a° pleasure in this society the intention of ex t en di ng that yi d ' a which Ireland wanted so much. He could not agree o gilt Gentleman who had spoken. that day, that politics, 5 the not to be touched one fOr religion,:h e con tended, ell in foundation of all true politics ; it taught men how to act 3 deep all the relations of public - end of private life. It was ato her reproach to England; that •a: country politically unite ever y et was not yet united by any other 'tie • the Irish were n og laod2 treated as persons standing on equal ground with nt day They were enslaved and degraded, and even at the prcs i e ali eao it was difficult to persuade an Irish peasant that an Eng ir ofe 6 ' could be any thing but an enemy. :That, howeve_ e r - was a n e I t ied sion which he trusted would no longer exist. He trust e fer or kind and liberal conduct would banislethe remembrance Trivisli wrongs, and heal the wounds they had made. If Engla n t e ° ed to gain the heart of Ireland, she must shew 'a al s - h e ivn 3 ,5 encourage the people of the country. The King.l.M ing etao example worthy the imitation Of his subjects. •I`°t,';ed at once ee the e e r n better acious i t n im te e n d tio th ns an of th th e e ß x o the warmest sentiments of loyalty from a generous, grate' thank' for race. The Hon. Gentleman again for the honour done him, and his friends. He again to hr e the Meeting, that looking upon the Society as calcu l at es t i n , e st the prove the condition of Ireland, 'and to extend ar ta r ese ing,i returtlent aso reo people of that country the lights of religion, and ,hand !at ' of education in general, it had his warmest wishes, a times might command his:utniest support. td d not, a i , Mr. JAMES GRATTAN', M.P., next rose.—._.He hoot . an Irishman,. but feel grateful for the lively interest t w ee _;_ notie of; Royal Visit ;anitadc'llef-orarnta:. happy situation awakened in this country; it reflected s ti the national character, and would make an impressl i _? . l S ie y try and_ c coo itself which would not be easily effaced ; he agreed tn , ea vi much —lit at i l i . t o l ed re w la h n o d, fi a rs n t d s h p e ok h e o , p di ed at th a a ß t es th id e e i zt ob G a e i n t not but regret that a spirit by np means liberal had sn°" country would follow the example of the Nol:e tl itil 17eri T