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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, ALWCII 28.--The king presided yes terday at a Council of Ministers. The Augsburg Gazette contains the following article, dated from Trieste, the 12th of March " - Maritime commercial accounts state that the Ottoman fleet from the Dardanelles appeared on the 26th of February, off Patras, and that it disembarked 10,000 men." }lis Majesty's brig Le Silene, and the corvette a Diligente, under the orders of M. Morice, Capitaine de Vaisseau, were sent from Marti nique the 30th of October, 1821, on a special mission. The above-named officer had under his convoy two merchant vessels. The yellow fever broke out on board La Diligente, and carried off several of the crew. . _ The frigate La Nereide and the Gabarre la Menagere sailed from Rochefort the 21st instant, -with troops and provisions for Senegal and Goree. The frigate will cruise o❑ the coast of Africa, and then proceed to the Antilles, to join the flag of Rear-Admiral Bergeret. The brig Le Vigi• lunt sailed from Rochefort the same day for New foundland, to protect the cod fishery. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Msitcx 27. The discussion with respect to the variation of Expenses in -the Departments was resumed, as described in Chapter 13. M. B. Coa STAN T, in an elaborate speech, declared his rea diness to enter into the most minute details, and asserted that - nothing was more deplorable than the manner in which the Rails tor Elections were held. He observed (amidst frequent interruptions) that he was speaking to the question. If money were required to support the places in which elections were ] held, it was most necessary to examine how far that contribu tion had been properly employed.—(Noise.)—lt was oppressive arta vexatious to prevent him saying two words upon a subject so impel-tarn. From the right.—" Two words ! You are very modest." Grammont, while rising and turning to the right, ex claimed—This interruption is decisive of your intentions. More.interruptions ensued, when M. B. Constant, while ad dressing his friends, observed, that he had nothing but mate r:al things to say. Dudon—We are not a Chamber of Architects. Here the President called M. B. Constant to order, who de clared that he could not vote the money, till assured that it would be well employed. He must refuse the sums required for holding the Electoral Colleges, because the manner in which those Colleges were held presented a real and manifest violation of the law. Electors who retained the least senti /tent of personal dignity could not attend till the Bureaux -ere differently formed. He wished the Chamber to recollect the scandalous scenes witnessed at several of the elections. From the Right—There have been disgraceful elections ; it is too true. After much interruption and noise, M. B. Constant left the tribunal amidst laud calls to order. The Minister of the Interior was satisfied that the matter in question would admit of a concise answer. k rom the Left.—The question to be determined is whether we are to have a Representative Government or not ? The Minister of the Interior—There can no longer be found a Representative Government, if the Ministers of the King cannot be heard here. M. Corbiere then proceeded to rebut the suspicions enter lained with regard to the manner in which the Elections were conducted. He himself had assisted at various Electoral Col leges, at different periods of the Revolution, but never had he witnessed those shameful manoeuvres that were suspected and imputed. Such a mode of procedure was not credible, and especially under the Government of the King, which disdained any thing not honourably French ; it would be deemed Loth shameful and horrible ; and therefore, he hoped that no credit would be given to allegations so monstrous.—(Loud murmurs from the left.) M. de Corcelles--It is always thus that despotism proceeds. —(Laughter.) The Minister of the' Interior—The most certain of all me thods by which his Majtsty's Ministers may repel such sus .-picions is to oppose their existence to outrages of this nature. [His Euxellency now descended from' the tribune, amidst .loud and lively cheers from the right, when the question was loudly called fora After some remarks of no interest, the question was put, and the President declared that chapter 13th was adopted. It was then agreed that chapter 14th should be referred back again to the Committee, and the Chamber passed to chapter 15. M. Duhamel, in reference to the colonies, was anxious that (instead of the proposed 900,0001. francs) a sum of 200,000 irancs should be granted for the relief of St. Domingo. Basterreche required that the list of colonists, who re- Overl the assistance of the State, should be printed and dis •tibuted.—( Violent murmurs from the right and centre.) Both amendments were rejected, and the Chamber passed to -I'...,apter 15. Reductions were proposed in that part of the Budget which related to Public Instruction, the conduct of which was defend ed with, much ability by M. Cuvier. All the reductions were rejected, but M. Foy was heard at considerable length. Among -the youth of France, he maintained, none were at present to be found, in the University, wild were not devoted to study and .the Constitutional Monarchy.—(Crles of—To the King, to the King ! from numbers of the right.) M. de Lameth here requested the President to silence the interruptions. M. Foy-1 repeat it, the Students are devoted to the Con stitutional Monarchy.—(Cries from the right—Tb the King ! . to the King !) 'The President—Peace, there, Gentlemen. M. Foy—They reject an Absolute Monarchy. Numbers of voices—Who wishes, then, for absolute mo narchy, ? We desire the whole Charter, and desire it more earnestly even than you. Yu—These interesting youths, exhaustless in their dis interestedness, unbounded in their devotion to order in confer , mity with justice, cannot attach themselves to any system whose tendency goes to subvert the public order, whether by the in of anarchy or the encouragement of absolute mo • nt.rehy, the abyss of all social institutions.—(A number of Deputies here called oat—Speak properly of the Budget, and come to the question !)--I wish to remind you, Gentlemen, That, in the Botanic Garden, these young persons, who were peaceably at their studies, have been attacked by the gendar merie, and pberaued at the point of the sword into the garden. I appeal to M. euvia, who has written a letter on the subject by authority. Cries from the right—This is frightful. You wish to renew . those disorders, and are shuddering with rage because they have ceased: -141. (levierl well know the loyalty of the Honourable Ge ..zieral who is speaking from this tribune—(From the right, " Omit the epithet of honourable !" with murmurs from the .left)—to suppose that he wishes to accuse me of calumniating our ingenuous youths. I appeal to every one who heard me, h wilether I was not doing mere justice to those young persons when I asserted that the great majority of the students had re mained peaceable. Did I not assert that only a very few were seduced from their duty ? • •1%1. Dupont (de l'Eurc)-Tell who were sabred ! M. Cuvier—We are speaking of an unfortunate event, which happened in the Royal Garden. But lam surprised at what isnbjected to myself, when my brother, and I, and all my fa mily, were foremost in frustrating the orders there given.— • dear of satisfaction on the left. Several voices —Hear, mar ! Profound silence on the right.)—M. Cuvier then added, the mistake was unfortunate, but not criminal. It arose from . the nature of the circumstances, and its consequences have not been so serious as they have been represented. It has been very afflicting for the Professors, the Students, and the Autho rities themselves. The Government has ordered an investiga tion into the case, and it will perhaps turn out that the circum str.nces were of such a nature as to make it impossible to avoid the mistake. This inquiry is going on, and I therefore think this is not theproper time todiscuss the subject at this tribune. M. Dupont (de.l'Eure) asked why the gendarmes were not punished ? and M. de Chattvelin was anxious that those stu dents who happened to remain in confinement should be libe , rated. _ _ That portion of the Budget which comprises the Public In - situation was then adopted; and the Chamber passed to the War Department, in which great reductions were proposed. M. Gerard made his maiden speech, which was eagerly heard. The Hon. Deputy now observed, that being called, for the first time, to the Tribune, he ascended it with a timidity that was inseparable from his situation. He had also to reckon on the disfavour which a very large portion of the Chamber was diposed to attach to opinions that were opposed to a system so obstinately and irrevocably followed by a majority,:which grant ed, without resistan2.e, whatever it pleased the Ministers to ask, whether in immense contributions, or the sacrifice of public liberties.—(Murniurs from the right, and much interruption.) .—His conscience had forced him to speak out, though he ex pected no .better success than his Hon. Friends.—(He was pre. ceeding to the second chapter, when a Member from the right exclaimed—" Stop there, it is only the first chapter that is un der our discussion.") M. Gerard here stopped short, the remark of the exclaiming voice being supported by the President. M. de Gira.din—The President would not have directed the like observation to a Member of the right side. The President replied, that his duty did not allow him to make distinctions in favour of either side. Much altercation ensued, during which M. M. Dupont de L'Eure, ChauVelin, &c. exclaimed—" Let us see whether the Ministers will retain their places !" M. Donnadieu—Yes, Gentlemen, wait until the next Session ; and if our hopes are not justified, then, indeed, you will be hold me the very first to attack the vices and abuses of the Ad ministration, as you have seen me do in other times. M. Gerard was obliged to forego the delivery of three-fourths of his speech, the printing of which, though called for by the left, was rejected ; and the Chamber, at half-after six, adjourn ed to the following day. SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 15.—A report has been spread here for some days, that Porto Rico had declared itself independent, and we received a communication to this effect from Cadiz, which stated the account to have been brought by a French vessel from the Havanna!), but we ab stained from publishing it, for obvious reasons. By the mail of to-day, we receive information that a vessel had arrived in 43 days from Porto Rico direct, which not only contradicts the report that had been spread, but, on the contrary, affirms that the best spirit prevailed in the Island in favour of the Mother Country. CADIZ, MARCH G.—The French frigate Victor Amadeus has arrived here in 37 days from the Havannah, and the Captain says that on the26th of January, the ship of the line Asia, the Dia mante corvette, and Sorpresa brig, sailed with a cony op of thirty merchantmen for various ports of the Peninsula. The Reductor, on the au thority of a letter from the Havannah, says that Panama has declared itself independent. Not only the entrance of Laserna into Lima is con firmed, but also the retreat of San Martin to Truxillo. MARCH 9.—The Spanish vessel St. Ines, Cap tain Artigas, has arrived here in 44 days fr m Porto Rico. He says there was nothing new at the Island when he sailed. The Chief of the Mulattoes and Negroes in the Spanish part of St. Domingo was said to have marched against those who hail proclaimed independence. From the Terra Firma it was stated, that General Aimerich had defeated Bolivar in the Province of Socorro ; that Bolivar was killed, and Paez elected in his room. Other successes of the Spanish troops are spoken of in a letter from Porto Rico of the 21st January ; but we are very far, say our Journals, from warranting their au thenticity. The accounts from Vera Cruz are only till the 9.,d of January. MADRID, MARCH 16.—The people of Madrid who, a week ago, feared to see disorder intro duced among the brave men to whom the pre servation of their tranquillity is entrusted, have to-day enjoyed a sight calculated to calm all fears, and to convince those who think to dis unite the troops, that all their artifices will be in vain. The passage of the 2d battalion of the Regi ment of Asturias through Madrid will form an era in the annals of our liberty, and has revived in the hearts of all patriots the gratitude which the whole nation owes to those intrepid soldiers who, on the celebrated Ist of January, 1820, dared to pass sentence of death upon Despotim. The passage of the 2d battalion of Asturias from the Yentas of Alcorcon to that of the Holy Ghost, resembled a real triumph. Never was joy more pure, or free from disorders ; no one was offended, either by words or deeds; and the garrison and people of Madrid have shown on this day that they know how to use with mode ration the just relaxations which are given them. The true friends of liberty must be very grateful to the Government which has procured them so agreeable a day, and to the Cortes, which have ,so zealously executed the patriotic 'is ishes of the Monarch. We repeat it—if those are capable of being undeceived who have so often attempted to sow discord in the National Army, they must have been thoroughly convinced to-day, that the cry of liberty of all the soldiers of the army is one, and all the dissentions vanish, by which they endeavoured to disunite them. In the Cortes it had been decided on the pre ceding day, that the battalion shoald send a De putation to the Assembly ; on its being announced the President, General Riego, begged leave to resign his seat to the Vice-President, on account of his own connection with the battalion : this, after some conversation, he was allowed to do. The Deputation being introduced, the Comman der of the battalion expressed his sense of the honour done the battalion,, and protested its zeal for the Constitutional System. The Vice-Presi dent made an appropriate reply, and presented the copy of the Constitution in a mahogany chest, which the Cortes had decreed to give to the bat talion, and which is to be read at the head of the battalion every year, on the 16th of March, in memory of the honour done, the battalion. When the Commander of the battalion received it, he took off the sabre which he wore, saying " In receiving this august deposit from the hands of the Representatives of the Nation, nothing is more agreeable to me than to be able to present them with this sabre, which was the first dis- 1 played on the Proclamation of Liberty on the Ist of January, 1820, in the hands of General Riego." He delivered it to the Secretaries, and the Vice-President replied, the Cortes received with singular pleasure this Sabre, a monument of the declaration of liberty, and a trophy of its fa vourite hero. The Cortes will dispose of it at pleasure. After the Deputation had retired, the Cortes declared themselves satisfied, with the manner in which the Committee had made these arrange ments ; it was resolved that the Sabre should be deposited in the Sanctuary of the Laws ; that the same Committee should fix OQ a proper place for it ; and that a declaration should be made by the Cortes, that the honour conferred on the second battalion of Asturias was a mark of the esteem due to the whole Spanish Army, for its powerful aid in the establishment of the Consti tutional System,and that the Government should communicate this declaration to all the corps, to be read in front of the Standards. FOR THE SUN. TURKISH PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS. MR. EDITOR—I send you the following extract from an interesting work of MILLS, who seems to have paid great attention to his' subject ; and, I make no doubt, is very accurate in this account which he gives of the savage hostility and impla cable rancour of the Turks, to all that bear the name of Christ. Far am I from approving of persecution in any form, on account of religious opinion—for that would be to imitate the very people of whom I complain ; but yet I cannot help congratulating the present age on the fair prospect of extirpating from the face of civilized Europe an odious and oppressive power, which has been so long suffered to domineer over Chris- tians ; merely; because the other powers have been too much engaged in defending themselves from the inordinate ambition of one; Nv hom at length, by a spirited confederacy, in which the peoples' voice was •heard, they have vanquished, and sent down to an untimely grave. Of wars, it is true, and rumours of wars, we have already had a surfeit—and a general peace is the common interest of us all, which in every age has been too much sacrificed to pri vate interest : but who that reads this passage will not rejoice at the thought, that by a combi nation of secondary causes, and under the con trol of a superior power, an intolerant and abo minable government is now on the verge of ruin ; and that there will soon be one country less, in which to be called a Christian, is itself a sufficient cause for violence, insult, and oppression ; and this, too, in a region which was famed of old as the first capital of established Christianity. How should we raise our voices as one man with a noble Lord, though in opposition on other points, to congratulate the country on so glorious a crisis ; whether it is to be " achieved by Rus sians or by Greeks, or by both combined." When their energies urge them to the commencement of a war, may they be permitted to continue it without the interference of England : with us, such a degraded people as the Turks can have no bond of sympathy—their destruction must be a general blessing ; not only - in points of commerce or of policy, but of humanity and religion ; for to spoil a nation that spoils others, and even its own subjects, is not to invade, but to avenge the rights of humanity ; and after what has been said of their persecution of Christians, I need not say how greatly such a crisis is to be desired for the interests of Religion. " In every part of Turkey Christianity is tolerated on certain pecuniary conditions, and the insatiable avarice of the Turks is the potent preservative of such Christians and Jews as dwell among them. These infidels.are an inexhaustible treasure to the Government and to powerful individuals, and protection is dearly purchased. Indeed it is a principle. of Moslem law, that infidels must pay double taxes to the State. The first effort of Malionunedan education is to root in the minds of children an abhorrence of Christians and Jews ; and infants 4tre taught to distinguish them by the name of Ghiaour (a Persian word, sig nifying worshipper of fire). The Christians ace treated by the hlahomuaedans vith.a.cruelty which varies itself in a thousand forms. They'are.` interdicted from the pomp of processions, the sound of bells or of psalmody, and every public demonstra tion of worship. In the cities of Islamism, the Christian must erect no new churches, .and heavy fines to the Government in crease the expense of repairing the old. The public and pri vate buildings of the Christians are measured by a diminutive standard; in the streets and baths they must give way to the meanest of the people ; their very dress is commanded to be dif ferent from that of the Moslems; and in but few cities dare they violate the law by appearing on horseback. According to the Mahommedan jurisprudence, Moslem may be put to death for the murder of a tributary infidel ; but it would be difficult for the friends of a murdered ChriStian to obtain legal justice. The wives of the Musselinans must not associate with the wives of Jews and Christians ; and a marl; must be set on the dwel lings of the infidels, in order that beggars who come to their doors may not pray for them. In the greetings.of these dif ferent people, the word Salam is carefully avoided by the Tnrks on account of its affinity to the sacred.words Eslam and Mos lem, and happy is the Christian if to the most courteous salu tation of his Mahommedan lord ,is not added the epithet of infidel or dog." W. J. COBBETT. EDIT on.--Old Conntvr, the bone-grubber, paid a visit to this city yesterday • and a pretty reception did this no torious impostor meet with ! For some time past, he had caused it to be announced in our papers, that he would on the 29th instant, " dine with the farmers of Norfolk, and his friends of Norwich." But, after all the exertions of the'noisy.fellow who acted the part of buffoon to the mounte bank on this occasin, to the honour of this large and popu lous city be it told, that though 33 persons tmost of them labourers from the plough tail) were present, only nine of its inhabitants could be found to put their feet under the same table with the wretch who promulgated the plan " for the'forgery and sowing of bank-notes ;" and even of those nine not one could be induced to take the chair upon this occasion. Never' was impostor treated with greater con tempt! If tho -old. fox expected to pick up any money by this tramp into Norfolk, he must be wofully disappoint ea, The titiiens of Norwich are completely up to die old body snatcher's tricks. They look upon him as engaged in a desperate attempt to get a subsistence, and are not at all in clined to administer to his necessities. The little brochure called Cobbat's Gridiron has had a great .circulation here: This, is our market-day; and it is amusing to see the avidity with which the farmers are buying them up. As I consider the , reception which this detestable quack has met with at the hands of the worthy citizens of Norwich affords a useful example to 'other tpwriS, and cities, I hope you will find room for this /hort• letter in your extensively circulated paper. . I am, &c. Norwich, March 30. W. S. MURDER OF M RS. 1J ONATTY."-Orl Friday night a communication was made to Mr. TAYLOR, the vestry clerk of St. George the Martyr, of a nature calculated to create a hope that a satisfactory clue to murderers had been at length dis covered; and during the whole of Saturday, Mr. MiNsuuLt. and Mr. HAIL, the Magistrates- of Bow-street, were diligently einployed in investigating the evidence which was brought be fore them. The examinations were of course private,and the result it would be extremely imprudent, with a view to the ends of justice, to disclose. Ruthven and Ellis, two of the of ficers, were sent in pursuit of one of the suspected persons.— In the course of the morning David Donatty, the nephew, arrived at the office, in company with a hackney coachman, and stated to Mr. NI INSHUL L, that he had heard there was a man in custody in Spitalfields watch-house, who had confessed himself to be the murderer. Mr. NI INsrtuLL immediately sent one of his officers with thoSe persons to ascertain the foun dation for this report. On the return of the officer, he inform ed the worthy Magistrate that he had been to the watch house in question, and there saw a man Who the night before had certainly said that he was the murderer. It .turned out, how ever, that when he made this declaration he was iatoxtcated ; and on coming to his senses, denied all knowledge of the affair. He was taken before the Magistrate at AT orship•street, where he again recanted his confession, and it was represented that when he was drunk he was in a temporary derangement. He was remanded until a more satisfactory account of his general demeanour cau be obtained. TIIE SUN. SOLEM QUIS bICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1822. We have received this morning the Paris Pa pers of Thursday, which are chiefly occupied with the proceedings of the Clkamber of Depu ties. In discussing the vote for the department of Public Instruction, General FOY animadverted on the late affair in the Jardin des Plantes, and stated the important fact, that " Stu dents peaceably engaged in attending the lectures of their Professors at the Jardin des Plantes were attacked by the gendarmerie, and driven by sabre blows into the gardens."— This declaration was confirmed in all its parts by the 'King's Minister of Public Instruction, Baron CUVIER, who deplored the unfortunate event, and said it arose entirely from mistake, and that the Government were then investigating all the circumstances. We have given extracts, under the head of Foreign Intelligence, of the discussion on this subject. The French Five per Cents. closed on Wednesday at 90 f. 30 c. ; but it appears by private accounts that they fell on Thursday to 88 f. 85 c., more than one and a half per cent., owing, it is alleged, to the discovery of various alarming plots in the provinces. We are still without decisive information on the question between Turkey and Russia.—Pri vate letters from Trieste of the 15th ult. state, on the authority of the master of a Greek vessel, that an engagement has taken place between the Turkish and Greek fleets, in which the latter had the advantage, and succeeded in capturing 25 transports. The Greeks it is said had 75 sail, and the Turks only 60, none of which were ships of war of the first class; and the action was fought on the 3d, off Patras. ' Madrid Papers to the 19th ult. have been re , ceived, from which we give extracts in a pre, ceding column. [Extract of a Letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Constanti nople, dated 25th Februaiy.l " The Britain, DEIGHTON, arrived on the 14th inst. from Odessa, with tallow and hides, and cleared this day for Lon don. She was detained by the Government with a view to enforce some regulation intended to check or entirely put a stop to our trade in the article of tallow, but the representations of the Embassy have, in this instance, been successful, though the point is neither abandoned nor finally decided. Two ves sels arrived from the Danube with corn, under the French flag, and have been seized by the Porte, on a charge of being impli cated in the massacre at Galatz last March. " We continue in perfect tranquillity, but still in a state of uncertainty as to our political relations. " The head of ALI PLcH.o. has reached the capital, and been exposed two days at the gates of the Seraglio. The .Janis sary AGA has again been deposed. A Sultan was born a few days ago." [Extract of a Letter from the Agents to ,Lloyd's at Smyrna, dated I.sth February.] "We continue to enjoy perfect trtnquillity. The Revolu tionnire frigate remains in our harbour. The Rase and Medina sloops of war have sailed on a cruize ; they will call at Alex andria, and from thence return here." New York Papers arrived this morning to the 11th March. FROM PANAMA.—By the schooner Salina we have received a file of Papers from Porto I3ello of the 6th January, which contains the following Commercial Regulations for the Isthmus, includ ing a Tariff of Duties on Imports and Exports : (ABSTRACT.) COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS FOR THE ISTHMUS or PANAMA. Art. 1. The ports of Panama, Charges, and Porto-Bello, re main free : Friendly and neutral vessels, with every kind of merchandise, produce, and liquors, are permitted a free entry. 2. Master and Supercargoes shall, on arrival, deliver an ex act account of the number of packages on board, with their marks and numbers, whether their own or belonging to passen gers. 3. These accounts shall be delivered to the Governor of the place. 4. Every Master or Supercargo arriving at the port of Pana ma shall, within six days, either discharge, or quit the port : Those arriving at Porto:Bello and Charges are allowed fifteen days. 5. Strangers will not be permitted to transact their own business, but must, on determining to sell their cargoes, name a consignee, who is a citizen of Columbia, and has a commer. cial establishment in one of the cities of the Isthmus, who shall be responsible to the Custom-house for the duties. _ . 6. Merchants, Captains, and Supercargoes, either foreigners or belonging to any other state, shall be subject to the different usages which the laws of the country provides. 7. The Manifests of Cargoes must express whether they are intended for home consumption or exportation. 8. Duties are not required in advance, nor are securities on exportation demanded. 9. All former duties, except such as are hereinafter esta blished, are abolished. 10. All the Custom House and Municipal Duties, as ap plied to their several objects, still exist ; Brandy and Wine imported from the North and South, either foreign or domestic, shall pay 2 dollars per barrel. 11. The existing Tariff is adopted for the present, until Go vernment can make a more suitable return. 12. The duties now paid on produce of free countries of the Pacific still remain in full force and rigour. [From the New York Paper of the 9th March.] FROM MEXICO.—We learn by the Washington City Observer that the Mexican Commodore, EUGENIO CORTES, had arrived in that city from Mexico, charged with an important commission from his Government. Don JUAN ANTONIO ALIEZILDE was shortly to follow as an accredited agent. The Cartes of Mexico was to assemble on the 24th February. The Petition presented on Thursday night by Mr. CANNING, from the Wrest India Merchants and Proprietors at Liverpool, declares the princi; pal cause of distress among the Planters to be the depressed price of sugar, occasioned by the successful rivalry of foreign colonies, which per severe in carrying on the Slave Trade. As this evil cannot be removed by any peremptory de cree of our Government, the Petitioners suggest, as a palliative measure, the promoting an in creased consumption in this kingdom, by a re duction of duty. The stagnation of the trade in rum is considered by these parties as a mere secondary cause of sutierin7, and the renewal of intercourse with the United States a minor a nd subordinate remedy. If Parliament pan ever be induced to sanction a measure of such alarming importance as tire final surrender of our Navigation System to America, it will surely not consent to that step unless impelled by circumstances of the highest urgency, and to attain objects of the first magnitude. It would be a desperate and fatal rashness to make a sacrifice so deeply affect ing the national honour and welfare, when it 1 3 not even presumed that the remedy advised would have any decisive operation upon the disease. Before our legislature can be reasonably called upon to make the desired concession, it ought surely to be agreed among those who urge it, that the measure, if adopted, would be thoroughly effectual. Are the naval interest; of our country to be wounded, and the pros' perity of her North American Colonies entirely subverted, to procure for our West India planters the mere chance of relief, which at best will be only partial ? And is the ancient maritime policy of Great Britain so lightly esteemed in these days as to be given up by a British Government , without even a pretence on the part of those most interested, that the concession is of parr mount importance, and would certainly prove efficacious ? The particulars of the late unhappy duel ill Scotland have not yet been communicated , except through the medium of the public Jour' nals ; and it is impossible, without very accurate information as to all the attendant circumstances/ to pass a fair judgment on the conduct of the par' ties, which excites a twofold public interest from its lamentable termination, and from its termination with political disputes. The Times of this morning has published a circumstantial narrative o f the occurrence, but we can only refer to this storY as an apocryphal statement; first, because the cold-blooded, and under the circumstances, most indecent rancour apparent throughout this corm munication afford just grounds for suspecting its accuracy ; and next, because The Times , on Saturday, put forth with equal confidence a tale entirely differing from the present in many important particulars. Both storie s however, are characterised by the same spirit, and are equally calculated to excite indignatlo° against their authors in all Minds that are ne t absolutely degraded into barbarism by th i e rage of politics. The termination of a duo/ whether fatal or otherwise, has always babel . ; to been allowed to oblite ra t e ever y su bj ec t 01 dispute and reproach with which it was connect ; ed ; and the common f ee li ngs , we w ill no t sa y civilized society, but of human nature, reco" 1 from him who, while his fellow creature lies bleeding almost before his eyes, would darken the memory of the dead, and insult the agoni of his surviving friends, by coarse sarcas o and scandalous insinuation. We will not dig' gust our Readers by repeating all the sneer s and aspersions thrown out against -the unfortn' nate deceased in the two narratives alluded 01, from the implied application of the term '‘ rogue' to the petty insolence of terming the late Barone` " BOSWELL," while his adversary is spoken of a 9 R Mr. STUAT : but we must pOint out to ge neral wonder the consistency and decency of the jour' nal, which avails itself of this choice opportunity to preach a sermon on the iniquity of libelling private character ! Some sages on both sides of the Tweed hal e professed themselves mightily perplexed to divin e how the LORD ADVO C ATE himself, an original supporter of The Beacon, can act in the p r oseca' tion of. Mr. STUART, who challenged Si r ALO / ANDER BOSWELL, for reflections inserted in the Glasgow Sentinel. The more far-sighted of thes e speculators assert that he must resign. We he; lieve we can in some degree enlighten the 6 t worthy ponderers. The practice of duelling is na e sanctioned by the law of Scotland, and therefef o we conceive that the Courts of that country wif not, any more than our own, take cognizance °,, the causes which induced the sending of a cha' lerwe ; consequently the Sentinel and the Benc°, e o and their respective merits and demerits, will ° t in a legal point of view as entirely irrelevant , the case of Mr. STUART as the Ossianic contr ° , versy ; and the LORD ADVOCATE, whatever 0;o be his private feelings, will neither be subject s u to any difficulty, nor exposed to any just reproa for proceeding in such manner as his official (1 0 may prescribe. MONUMENT TO THE LATE KING.—It is P r°. bable that the proceedings of the Meeting at th it e Thatched House on Saturday last, and its rest' IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, SATURDAY, MARCH 30. This day their Lordships met at a quarter to four, when some local Bills were forwarded another stage. Mr. Brogden and others from the Commons, brought up the Attornies and Solicitors Regulation Bill, with the Amend ments agreed to, and- the Admiralty Lord Quorum Bill as agreed to. The same Members then brought up the Ireland Five per Cent. Reduction Bill; the Dublin Fever Hospital Bill, and the Receivers of Stolen Securities Bill, which were afterwards read a first time.—Adjourned to Monday. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. NOTICES of MOTIONS, and ORDERS of the DAY, which now stand in the Order Book of the 110 USE of COM MONS, .for Tuesday andiWednesday next. Tuesday, April 2, 1822. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Sir Francis Burdett,—Address, to remit the remainder of Mr. Bunt's imprisonment. 2. 111 r Charles Calvert,-.-Bill to regulate the sale of Bread in the Metropolis. PRICE a THIS DAY AT Bank Stock shut 3 per Cent. Cons i9 r 5 per Cent. Navy Ann. 103 KI India Bonds' s3s. 03s. 61s. PRICE OF IRISH Bank Stock 0496 Gov. Deb. :0 2 per cent. 89i 96 Stock, 33 per cent. 84 90 Goy. Deb. 4 per cent. Gov. Deb. 5 per cent 4 Stock, 5 per cent. 4- I dop. Treasury Bills, 5 per cent, City Debentures, 5 per cent 37 Lying in Hospital 4 per ct Exchange on Loud, HIGII WATER AT LONDO Morning, 12 minutes after 10. ORDERS OF TUE DAY. 1. Superannuation Act Amendment Bill—Further considera tion of Report. 2. Summary Proceedings Bill—Committee. 3. Supply—Report. Wednesday, April 3. ORDERS OF THE DAY. L Marriage Act Amendment Bill—Second Reading. 2. Royal Burghs Accounts Bill—Committee. STOCKS NE o'cr.ocg. Excheq. Bills 2 5 pr. Bank for Opening Cons. for Acct. 80 791 80 79i STOCK, MARcH 29. Grand Canal Loan, 4 p.ct. Ditto 6 per cent.... 76 Ditto Stock Royal Canal Stock Wide-street Cert. 6 per ct. Do. Deb. with Gov. Sec.... Pipe Water Deb. 5 per ct. Do. 6 per cent. Ballast Office Govt. Sec. 5 per cent. Lon, March 29, 8 BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 36 minutes after 10.