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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, MARCH 21.—This morning an -extra ordinary - courier arrived from London at the Hotel of TheHasson, where the Ambassador of Russia resides. After. stopping a few hours, the courier set out for St. Petersburgh. It is said that information has been received to-day, by the telegraph, of a seditious move ment ac Pont Beauvoisin (Isere,) and of the - airest of the guilty. Some disorders took place-yesterday, at the College of Henry IV. Several pupils having in vain demanded the release of some of their comrades who were confined, and the exclusion of ione of the masters, barricaded themselves in one of the quarters, and absolutely refused to come out, notwithstanding the repeated admo nitions of the Provost' of the College, and the rector of the Academy of Paris. They only consented to open their door to ad mit the Almoner, Abbe Causens, who by his ex hortations succeeded • in calming them for a time. But they persisted' in remaining so shut up for the night, and it was not till the morning-, when preparations were making to break the doors open, that they came out and went to their respective quarters. An inquiry is making to discover the most culpable, and the Academic Council will decide on their cases. A letter from Irun, of the 10th Marchotates that De la Motile •a►id Nantil were still in tha town. Mingo, one of the leaders of the Spanish In surgents, who fled to France, has just arrived from Bayonne, at Barcelona. A Lyons Journal states, that several merchants -of that city have received hy the post, and with _the post mark of GrenohD, letters signed by a , name unknown to them, and announcing that General Berton was in the latter city at the head of an army of 8,000 men, and that he was march .ing towards the city of Lyons. Notwithstanding the contempt which this ridiculous fable excited in them, they have put these letters in the hands of the Magistrates, who are endeavouring to dis cover the author. It appears that only the per son that sounded the tocsin at.Coucy-le-Chateau (Aisne) has been arrested, and that his accom pikes succeeded in saving themselves in the Woods. This individual has been placed in the hands of justice. _ _ NI. de Chautaubriand will set out on Tuesday 'to the Court of London as Ambassador. It is affirmed that Mr. Zea, Minister from the Republic of Columbia, has just concluded a loan of two millions sterling, with some English mer chants who were lately at Paris. The anniversary of the death of the Duke d'Enghien was celebrated to-day in the Chapel at Vincennes. The-King presided yesterday at a Council of Ministers. i. By order of the Moyal Council of Public In , struction, the Examinations and Theses in the 1 , -Faculty of Law are :to be resumed to-morrow, t. :-..and the Lectures on the 9th of April. There is still a report in Germany of an in --leaded marriage between the King of England . and the Princess Caroline, daughter of :the 'King of Denmark, born in 1791 . • t - AUGSBURGII, Alnacu 15.—1 t is stated that a -.. - General of distinction has been sent by the Aulic t •Council of War at Vienna to the Eastern fron -tiers of the Austrian dominions, to inspect the v: Austrian troops which compose the cordon.— lie is believed to be charged with an important omission. FFLANaFORT, MARCH 16.-A Turkish division, consisting of 13,000 men, arrived at Silistria on the 21st ult. a part of these troops immediately passed the Danube to advance to the extreme pos'ition. The Commandant of the division an nounced the approaching march of a considerable army. A.tx-LA-CnApEr.LE, MAncn 16.---There i§ no longer any doubt that the Ottoman Porte does not wish for the maintenance of peace on the conditions expressed in the ultimatum of the Russian Cabinet, .which are the evacuation of Moldavia and Wallachia. A numerous Turkish army has assembled in' the first of these Princi palities acid a grand park of artillery has ar -rived from,Constantinople at Rudstuck, besides a considerable quantity of ammunition and pro visions. These extraordinary movements Of the Turks have excited the attention of the Russian General who commands in Bessarabia. He has advanceda strong division of his troops upon the Ottoman frontier. - Intelligence has been received at Vienna, that the grand Turkish army, consisting of corps as sembled Jong since in the environs of Adrianople and Constantinople, are in full march for the Danube. There is in this army a strong division of Janissaries ; its artillery is numerous. At tached to the army are several European officers, particularly English. COPENHAG EN, MARCH 12.—For some days all kinds of absurd reports have been in circulation in this capital : among others, that by the inter vention of Great Britain, Sweden would be put in possession of the island of Seeland, in ex change for an indemnity on the frontiers of Hanover.• In consequence of these reports, some peaceable English have been assailed and ill treated by the populace. The Government has, therefore, caused it to be announced that these reports are destitute of foundation. However, it is not doubted that there are at this moment neg,ociations on foot tending to a special alliance between England and Denmark. Accounts — from Christiania state, that Mr. 'Beim, the bookseller, has been condemned to transportation, for, having violated the laws rela tive to the Press. BRUSSELS, MARCH 21.—A letter from Cain bray, dated the 17th inst. contains the following ,passage:—" A new plot, the object of which was to excite an insurrection in the environs of Leon, has just been baffled. A. pretty nume rous troop of daring men, directed by some offi cers in disguise, had formed the project to induce the villages and towns of the Canton to revolt, 'and then to proceed to La Fere, to make them selves masters of its magazines, &c. of artillery in that town. The tocsin was sounded in some communes, and tri-coloured cockades displayed ; but these revolutionary attempts did not produce any, effect." SPAIN.. MADRID, MARcu 11. SITTING OF THE CORTES. The Report of the Committee of Powers was read on the validity of the Election of D. ltamon Luis Escovedo, Deputy for Toledo. The Committee thought his powers conformable to the Constitution, and that they ought to be approved ; but that though it appeared the permanent deputation was :informed that this individual was deprived Of his rights as a citizen, since by a decree of the Extraordinary Cortes orders have been given to institute proceedings against him, it was not known how far these proceedings had advanced, or whether any had been commenced ; the Committee, therefore, declined giving an opinion whether Sen. Escovedo should be admitted to dis charge his functions. • Atter a long debate, the first part of the opinion of the Com mittee was approved, and the election of Sen. Escovedo declared valid by 54 votes to 51. M. Oliver then proposed, that considering the 22d Article of the regulations, it be declared that Sen. Escovedo shall enter and take his oath in the assembly, without prejudice to what the tribunal of the Cortes shall determine." This was adopted by 76 votes to 54. A dispatch from the Minister of Justice was read, with which he transmitted the decree of the Cortes of 7th June, 1621, pas sing a law on the abolition of Seignorial Rights, stating that his Majesty had declined giving it his sanction, and sent it back with the form " returned to the Cortes." The :Minister of Justice then read an explanation of the rea sons that had induced his Majesty to refuse his sanction ; he also read a project of law which his Majesty proposed to the Cortes jor their consideration, The President replied, that the Cortes would take it into consideration. ' Senor Adan said it was a thing unparalleled in the history of civilized nations, for a law to be returned to a representative bcdy with a refusal to sanction it, and at the same. time to pre sent by the Executive Government a new law on the same subject. The Cortes has a right to present to the King, in this Session and the next, the same law which he has sent back ;. how can the Cortes do this when they have to examine another law on the same subject ? This novelty is the most remark able, as the King has chosen Ministers who were not favour able to thisiaw. Some Members proposed " that the law approved by the preceding Cortes should be again taken into consideration?' S.'Cuevas proposed " that his Majesty's Message should re main four days on the table, for the oonsideration of the Mem bers." This was approved. A debate arose whether the new project and the explanation read by the Minister of Justice should be printed. The Minister of Justice acknowledged that the Cortes might present the same law a second and a third time ; but that nei ther the laws nor the Constitution had determined the course and the progress of projects of law presented by his Majesty, and his Majesty consequently had not gone beyond the prero gatives given him by the Constitution. Senor Riego said, the Constitution gave only faculties. The printing of the Message, &c. was disapproved. S. Canga them made a speech, on the memorials presented by Ministers, in which h e s h e wed the obstacles that had im peded the march of the Constitution, the scandalous scenes of Navarre, Arragon, Catalonia, &c. the machinations of some Spaniards who have found an asyluni with the agents of despo tism, the method adopted by some foreign Journals to decry our Institution, the mischief caused by the indifference of many public officers to the new institutions, the utility of the patrio tic societies, the invectives by which some writers have endea voured to excite the Legislature to prohibit these societies.— He skewed that the word Republic, so often propagated by the enemies of the Constitution, had done mischief, and having shown the causes that had:C produced the evils now felt, he proposed 1. That the Cortes declare that the following subjects Shall be entered upon as the most urgent : • - 1. The'regulation of the Finances, together with the endow ment of the Clergy. 2. The investigation of the causes, internal and external, of the political situation of the nation, and the best means of se curing the tranquillity of the nation. 3. The thorough knowledge of the situation of the Ultra-ma rine provinces, and the measures taken by the Government on this head, that the most proper means may be adopted to esta blish the tranquillity of those countries. 4. That while these points, are debating, the Members shall give up their right of making new proposals in the Congress,_ and that the time of Sittings be not limited to four o'clock precisely. _ _ _ _ _ After - some debate, S. Canga withdrew his proposal relative to the State 'of the Nation, and -that for making the Members refrain from bringing forward any new proposal.—The rest were approved. In the sitting of the Bth, S. Escovedo took the oath and his -seat. The opinion of the Special Committee of the late Cortes, on :the affair of Don Domingo Velasco, was discussed, who was prosecuted as the author'of a paper called the Sentinel against the Republicans. A very long and vehement debate ensued, after which it was decided-1. That there were no grounds to proceed against the Provisional Auditor who commenced the pro ceedings against Velasco, but that there are grounds to proceed against the Magistrates of the Special Tribunal which tried Velasco on the second instance, and against the Attorney of the same Tribunal. .In the Sitting of the 9th instant, a proposition was made by a great number of the most eminent Deputies, to the following cifectl—" That the tumults which prevail in the Provinces, and•the re-actions which take place against the Constitutional system, followed by prosecutions and proceedings against de serving patriots, authorize us to call before us the Ministers of the Interior, of ‘Var, and of Grace and Justice, to give an account of the origin of such events, and of the mea sures taken in consequence of them." After a warm dis cussion it was decided that the Ministers should be required to appear fur this purpose yin the evening at an Extraordinary Sitting. In this Extraordinary Sitting, the Ministers came to give their account, and to satisfy the desire of the Cortes, and the Minister of the Interior gave a very long statement of the troubles at Barcelona. The President having observed, that the hour of closing the Sitting was now passed, said the Cortes are informed of the state of the nation, by the reports of the Ministers ; that the Committee would take them into consideration before it gave its opinion to 'the Cones, and that in the mean', time the As sembly hoped that -he Government would adopt the necessary Measures to calm the public agitation, to inspire the nation with confidence, and to alleviate the fate of some Patriots, wh o suffer under arliP,rary power. In the Sitting of the 10th, four Deputies proposed that the 10th of March should be declared a day of Public Mourning, on account of the,events at Cadiz ; and second, that a Monu ment be erected in the city of Cadiz, to immortalize the glory of, the liberating Army or the-Isla, and the cruel sacrifice of the Inhabitants on the 10th of March. This proposal was apprpved. In the Sitting of the 11th, Senor Canga Arguelles moved, that the House should consider shortly the subject of the So cieties which had been formed against the Constitutional System. A communication to this effect was made to the Committee of Inquiry. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 23. LAWRENCE'S LECTURES ON PHYSIOLOGY, ZOOLOGY, AND THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAN. LAWRENCE v. JAMES SMITH. Mr. WETHERELL, on Thursday last, moved to dissolve the injunction, which had been granted to restrain the defend ant, a respectable bookseller in the , Strand, from publishing and selling the above book. The further argument of Counsel was heard this day, and had not concluded when the Lord Chancellor rose at half-past two o'clock. To-morrow (Thesday) will be petition-day. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT: This morning the Court was crowded to excess by a number of persons, this day being appointed for the re-hearing the case of the soi disantc Princess of Cumberland. The Lady, how ever, from reasons best understood by herself, did not make her appearance, neither has the document been brought for ward, nor the cxpences of the last hearing before the Court been paid ; and it is understood that until the document and the expences incurred are-settled the case must stand over. It is said that the authenticity of the document is questioned, which seemed to be the chief cause of the postponement. We understand that Pall-mall East will be carried to St. Martin's Ciiurch by the autumn of the present year. All persons possessing apartbients in the King's Mews, or in line with the intended improVements, are to remove in the course of the present week. WEST INDIA INTERCOURSE. THE _SPEECH of the late RIGHT GEORGE --- ROSE against the AMERICAN INTERCOURSE BILL of 1306. • RosE spoke-to. the following' effect No man, in this House rates the abilities of the Right Hon. Secretary (Mr. Vox) more highly than I do, b u t h e has not eonsidered this subject with the attention it merits. Ile says the Bill under considerition repeals no law. It is - true, Sir, the word " re peal". does not occur in it; but the enactments do effectually and exiiressly remove all the colonial- restraints in the Naviga tion Act, the principle of which was established as early as the time of Richard ; "further regulations were Made for the benefit of British shipping in .subsequent reigns, till that of Charles 11. when the system was broaght to ne ar ly its present state of perfection. Under the wise and provident restrictions of the law then passed, our naval power has grown to its pre sent strength ; it is on that ground, I contend, no permanent alterations should suddenly be adopted :—the distinction be tween a repeal and a perpetual suspension, as in this case, will be found to be rather a nice one. The Act of the 12th of Charles 11. ch. 13. provides " 'that nothing shall be imported into, or exported from the Plantations," except in British ships, on pain of forfeiting the ships, Zn.c. Under this Bill, the importation and exportation in foreign vessels into and from our Islands is unlimited ; but we are tbld that, in point of fact, this Act has been suspended from time ,to time, the truth of which, during the last and present war, partially and for limited periods, I admit : but that was, however, done under a severe and strict responsibility of the Governors of the several Islands, who were amenable to the Secretary of State fontheir conduct, and on whose representation their indemnity from Parliament depended ; there was, therefore, reasonable security against the misapplication of their power, and that is completely rescinded by this measure. We arc told, indeed, that the responsibility is only shifted to his Majesty's Ministers ; what reliance we may have on that may be judged ,from what fell from the Right Hon. Gentleman whn professes a decided opinion that this is indispensably necessary in time of war, and thinks it may be fit to be continued also' in peace. Such sentinients4rom an authority so high and respectable are se riously alarming : and if acted upon, a deadly blow will be given to our naval power. I will bring under the view of the Committee as shortly - as I can, the regulations made for go= verning the trade between Great Britain and her Colonies, and the American States, from the time of the separation of the latter from the former. After the conclusion of the American war, the new situation in which we were placed by this event • led to an Set being passed in 1783, to enable his Majesty by orders in Council to make regulations for carrying on the trade ' with Ameriea, under the authority, whereof a proclamation was issued, confining the trade between the United States and our Colonies to British ships exclusively. At that restriction the Assembly of Jamaica, and the West India Proprietors in general became greatly alarmed, and made lively and strong remonstrances to the Council against it, urging that the conse quences of it must be ruinous to the Islands. These cum ; plaints,were immediately attended to, and the parties were fully and patiently heard before the Committee for Trade: they were permitted to produce evidence as long as they had any to offer, and all other persons were called upon who were thought likely to throw any light on the subject, including merchants • resident in Great Britain, late Governors in America, and Bri tish settlers in that country. This inquiry, conducted'with the utmost impartiality, lasted two or three months, and ended in a report recommending that the proclamation confining the trade to British ships should be enforced. It could, indeed, have no other termination, as it was satisfactorily proved to the Lords that the supplies to the Islands might be regularly fur nished in these ships at moderate prices ; and that the sale of runt would not thereby be prejudiced. The trade was accord ingly so carried on from that year (1784,) to 1793, without the slightest inconvenience having been experienced in either of those_iespects by the Islands ; they were plentifully supplied with lumber and privisions• at moderate prices, Kind they found a ready and fair market for their rum and molasses. The good effects of this adherence to the Navigation Laws were as striking as they are incontrovertible, 'as will be seen by the rapid increase of colonial shipping, contrary to the assertion of the West India Planters before the Committee for Trade in 1785, who then stated that any shipping b e in g fitted from the islands was hopeless.—ln 1790, belonging to the West India islands, 706 ships, 86,010 tons, 5,115 men. In 1804, re duced to 67 -ships, 7,629 tons, 626 men. To continental colo nies, in 1790, 229 ,ships, 24,900 tons, 1,452 men. In 1804, 100 ships, 11,906 tons, 734 men. In 1792, British ships in the - American trade :inwards, 197 ships, 42,035 tons, 22,400 men. In 1794, ditto 11 ships, 2,152 tons, 134 men. It must, how ever, be admitted, that the whole of the falling off' of the ships from Great Britain was not owing to the suspension of the Na vigation Act, as there were other causes that contributed to that.—l have already admitted that the. Governors of the islands began, so early as the year 1793, or 1794, to relax from a due observance of the Navigation Laws and I believe it was, in most instances at least, necess ar y they should do so— because, on the breaking out of the war, the trade in British ships was much interrupted, and measures were not taken for furnishing regular convoys; the suspensions were, however, only partially restrained to particular articles, as well as li mited in time ; and' on the appointment of a Noble Duke and myself to the Presidency anti Vice-Presidency of the Board of Trade, in 1804, we made inquiries, the result of which in clined us to think that, even during war, the „terms of the proclamation alluded to might be acted upon, if convoys could be furnished. Instructions were indeed sent out to the Governors in the West Indies in 1804, and 1805, in consequence of the communications from the Committee of Trade, that occasioned the relaxation of the Navigation Laws to be very much nar rowed, and fortified, by which the Governors were preparing the Islands for an adherence to them, except in cases of real and urgent necessity. The Governor of Barbadoes, in parti cular, strongly expressed the support he derived from his in structions, and his hope that he should succeed to the extent desired, making great complaints of the unnecessary interfe rence of foreigners with our Colonial Navigation, and of the illicit practices of the Americans in particular. In other islands the supplies in neutrals were restrained, as far- as related no provisions, but under the provisions of the present Bill, all the proceedings of the late Committee •of Trade will be rendered utterly useless, and the whole 'Trade' to our 'Colonies will be completely thrown open to foreigners. We are told, however, that this is a measure of abso lute necessity. I deny that; it is also denied by persons much more capable of forming a correct judgment on the point than any of ua in this Committee. What is it then we ask ? Not that our opinion shall at once be acted upon, but that an inquiry shall be had to prove who is right, and that a determi nation may be taken conf o r ma bly thereto. I will undertake positively that such an inquiry shall be gone through in four or five days, at the utmost, before a Committee up stairs, which would not delay the progress of the Bill a single hour ; if that shall be granted, I have good reason to believe it will be proved to demonstration that the opinion entertained by the Noble Duke before alluded to, and , myself, respecting a regular supply to the Islands in British ships, is a correct one : there are merchants of the highest respectability, and ship-owners, who are ready to embark iii 'circuitous trade from hence to America, the West Indies, and lime, as soon as they can be assured of convoys, if this Bill shall be dropped : that can be proved. before a Committee. Will you then refuse to men entitled to every attention that can be shewn to them, the op portunity of establishing these facts by proof, 'when no pos sible inconvenience can arise from your doing so ? I believe titers is no instance of an l'iiquiry being refused in such a case; what then will be thought of our proceedings if we should shut our doors against such petitioners as are now before us, who tell us we are about to adopt a measure as injurious to the country as it must. be ruinous to them ; and that if we withhold our hands, their ships, now rotting by the walls, will find profitable employment ? Has this been asked for ? If by any body, let us know by whom. Since the Bill came into the House, some West India gentlemen, who now, as on other occasions, expressed an approbation of it ;—if an inquiry is granted, the petitioners undertake to shew to those gentleman' that they could not suffer by the Naviga tion Laws being enforced, that they would send out ships, and settle correspondences to ensure a regular and ample supply for the islands, which-would insure increased means for bringing hoMe the crops ; whereas it was notorious that for want of a sufficiency of ships in the trade, more than 20,000 hogsheads of sugar were left in Jamaica in the last years, and great quan tities in the Leeward Islands. Can his Majesty's Ministers, under such circumstances as these, refuse an inquiry ? Can they so treat men entitled to respect and consideration ? And I will venture to ask also, will they so set at defiance the pub lic opinion, without being able to suggest any reason whatever for such a refusal, for as yet we haye heard none, nor can I form an imagination of a plausible one. If they are confident they are right, why not take to themselves - the triumph of proving that, and exposing our error ? By refusing investiga tion, the impression on-the miners of all impartial people must be unfavourable to Ministers ; there has been no inquiry even before the Committee of Trade to justify this measure, a thing likewise unheard of. The Noble Lord has suggested the dif= ticulties that may attend regular convoys being granted, from the gigantic efforts of our enemies for the destruction of our trade in this war ; what answer has , heen given by the Admi salty to the question to them respecting convoys before I left the - Committee for Trade I cannot tell ; but after 'the almost total destruction of the Naval power Of all our enemies, I did not expect to hear any dread expressed of their gigantic efforts on the seas ; I certainly entertained a hope that one of the good consequences of our great and brilliant naval victories would be a facility in protecting our trade in every part of the world.—l cannot be less anxious than the Noble Lord, or any other member, that there should be no uncertainty or tlucttta- tion in the supplies to the colonies in the Vest Indies, as I have as deep an interest there, in proportion to my whole fortune, as most men in this country; many of my nearest connections have also considerable property in them : that consideration, however, cannot turn my attention from other interests both of a public and private nature; but let me not be understood to take any great merit to myself in that respect, b e c ause I am acting under a conviction that the islands would be as regularly and as well `supplied in British ships, as they are now even in time of war, if convoys can be furnished. In time of peace no body can doubt it; experience has put that matter completely out of doubt ; .1 trust; therefore, the Right Honourable Gentle man (Mr. Fox) will reconsider his opinion of the probable ne cessity for relaxing our Navigation Laws in peace, as the pro mulgation of it may do incalculable mischief, if uncontradicted. .- If we look to the effect likely to be produced by this measure to ou. continental colonies, we shall not find the ground of objections weaker: ,the system which has been pursued since 1784 has been nearly as mischievous to these as to our navigation; in stead of advancing rapidly in cultivation, as they were doing previously to that time, that has been _ checked, and their trade with the West Indies has fallen off very considerably, as ap pears by the accounts on your table. This evil is the more se rious, and should be the more guar d e d aga i ns t, as in the event of a breach with America, it is on our remaining settlements on the continent that the West Indies must principally rely for their supplies.—On looking on this bill, apparently so simple in its provisions, Gentlemen are not aware how many important in terests are likely to be . injured by it. The American ships, which supply our islandi with lumber and provisions, do not confine themselves to these articles, nor indeed does this bill re strain them to such ; they have been in the practice, as we have learned from the governors and naval commanders, as well as from seizures made of cargoes to the islands, great quantities of East India piece-goods, (which from the Superior advantages they hare in the Indian trade, they can afford much cheaper than the British merchants), as well as German-linens, not only for the consumption of the islands, but for the free-port trade_ with the Spaniards.. It has been said that British ships may do this as well as foreigners, but experience has proved that they did not do so ; nor is it likely they should : American ves sels in that trade are chiefly of small burthen, and can more easily escape than large ships, and there is a further security against such practices by British ships, as they may be followed and seized on subsequent information. The Irish provision trade is also entirely overlooked by,this measure. The Ame ricans, who had in some of the islands been materially checked, and in others entirely restrained in furnishing supplies of beef and pork, will by'this bill be set free from all restraint, and will infallibly undersell the merchants of Ireland. . The Noble Lord has not yet endeavoured to shew the contrary, but has dwelt on the necessity of pursuing the system of relaxation as a necessary one, contenting himself with round assertions that the West India Colonies cannot exist under any other ; now that is the whole matter that is at issue between us, and for which Iso earnestly implore inquiry. Grant us that and we will be satisfied. It the interest of our navigation must give way to the preservation of our Colonies, let us at least knovt that the sacrifice we are about to make is a necessary one. Many other objections to this measure occur to me, but I fear I have al ready tired the Committee with a statement of these important points. The Noble Lord says it is perfectly'right to shift the responsibility from the Governors of the Islands to the Privy Council, but the slightest attention will convince Gentlemen, that if you release the Governors from responsibility, you leave none any where ; they are the only persons to whom any either can or ought to attach, because they alone can have any know- - ledge whatever of the circumstances which should lead to open ing the ports to foreigners ; with a severe responsibility upon them, they will never do so except in cases of real and pressing necessity, as on that their indemnity must depend. By what possible means can Ministers in this country have a knowledge of famine or distress in the West Indies, in time to instruct the Governors to admit supplies in American ships ? It is an in sult to our understanding to talk of it. If this Bill shall rasa_ into a law, there will be neither restraint nor responsibility of any sort or any where. The Noble Lord has, however, (some what unguardedly perhaps), assigned a reason for this - measure of a very different nature from any I have alluded to : he has told us that the Governors of the Islands cannot -know all the political circumstances which should guide our conduct in re gulating our trade with America. '' That indeed opens a new and wide field for discusSion ; it admits of a possibility that it may be thought r ight, from considerations of policy; to relax not only the - laws of this country, hitherto held sacred, but what the writers of all nations have uniformly decided to be the fun damental law of Europe : that the parent state shall enjoy, ex clusively, the trade to its own colonies. In American news papers, however, loud complaints have been made of our navi gation laws having been enforced, as acts-of injustice, and it is notorious there is an impression of this sort in the United States ; this is surely not the season therefore for abandoning the principle of them. lam confident no one can rationally doubt this who considets' with attention the relative situation of this country and America,at the present moment. Wee are, hosiever, about to give Sip gratuitously to America an impor tant point, which it seems she has not even asked for, either as a matter of right or of favour, and which it is more our interest now than it ever before was to . withhold from her. The Noble Lord has told us, that although the principle of the navigation law was a wise one when it was passed, it has ceased to be so ; and that many instances may occur in which it may be expe dient to depart from it. lam inclined to . think, however, that his Lordship has taken up that opinion from some recent publi cations, in which there are confident assertions founded on false facts.. One. of the authors I allude to has told you, that it is good to employ foreign ships in war, that we may have our own seamen for the navy. Can that Gentleman tell us where, in such case, will be found a nursery for'raising seamen to man our fleets in future ? The largest proportion of your seamen certainly come from the merchants' service, and if you dry up that source you will hereafter find the inconve nience of it, and will probably recur to a due observance of your Navigation Laws, when it will be too late to derive any advantage from youx doing so. But however important as nur series for seamen the shipping of Great Britain and of her Co lonies is, it is not exclusively to that we are to look for re , sources ; the fisheries both at home and on the coasts of our continental colonies as well as at Newfoundl an d arc very ex tensive and important sources ; a due encouragement given to them might be essentially useful, and afford another reason for ' a due observance of the Navigation Laws. After all I have said, however,. in favour of maintaining those, I do not mean ! to contend 'they ought not in any instance to be d ev i a t e d f rom : I could not indeed consistently do so, because I have acted I otherwise; in cases that might be beneficial to our commerce ! and manufacture, and could not be injurious to our Naviga tion, there is an Act, 43 Geo. 111. c. 153. s. 16. in force, to penriit'neutral ships to come from enemies' ports, from Whence, of course, no British ship can come ; and another, 42 Geo. 111. e. 80. continued by 44 Geo. 111. c. 30. which repealed all the ! suspended acts of the last war, and confining the importation in neutral ships to the produce of foreign possessions in the West Indies, the cargoes of which shall be warehoused for ex portation ; a third, which admits hides and tallow under parti cular circumstances, -is hardly worth alluding to ; some of the acts in the last war (originating with what was called the Dutch Property Act) certainly gave advantages to foreign Merchants as well as to Foreign Ship-owners, because the cargoes imported under those in neutral ships were warehoused, and the duties not paid till the goods were taken out, either a for home con sumption or exportation ; the Foreigner saving thereby the advance of money for the duties, and paying only for the quan tities taken out, while the importers in British ahaps paid the duties on importation, and for the whole quantities imported. My reason for believing - that British ships can carry all the ar ticles which our Colonies may want, arises from very long and ! laborious inquiries which I have made from Ship-owners both in Great Britain and in the West Indies, and others who are best qualified to give information . upon the subject ; I am pre pared even to enter on the detail as to the times when they should sail from this country, take in their lading in America, &c. &c., but it is unnecessary to trouble -the House with these particulars : I will establish the whole clearly before a Com mittee, if I am' allowed to go to one. I will undertake to prove that the planters would be regularly supplied with all they want as early as shall be necessary, and at an extra expense, not ex ceeding 2 per cent. on the freight. I have only to add, that in the event of hurricanes, or other unforeseen - emergencies, the Governors must unavoidably have the same discretionary power to open the ports, that the Government of this Country always exercises in such cases at home. These are the grounds upon which I ask the Noble Lord to consent, and wish the House to agree to go into an inquiry before a Committee ; no possible delay can be occasioned thereby ; I will pledge myself that it shall be closed before the papers now copying for our informa tion can he on the table ; if it is not, 1 will agree to the Bill proceeding without waiting for the result of that inquiry ; I will attend the' Committee myself from day to day for as many hours as shall be necessary, and I am sure there are other Gentlemen who will do the same, till the report shall be made. Is it possible that under these circumstances inquiry can be re fused ? You have at your door imploring for it a great number of men very hlghly respectable in their several situations as Merchants, Ship-owners, Ship-builders persons in the various branches of trade dependant on the building and equipping ships ; you know that not an hour's delay can be occasioned by your hearing them, and will you, or can you refuse to do so ? I will not yet believe that you will do so unprecedented a thing, because I am certain no reason can he assigned in support of it. In every commercial and political point 'of view the subject is a most important one, and one respecting which (above all others) the fullest investigation should take place before a ma terial alteration is,made in it; in the present instance there has been none either before the Council or in this House. Let me therefore repeat my earnest entreaties, on the part of the public and of the Petitioners, that this matter may be carefully exa mined before a Committee above stairs," . PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. NOTICES of MOTIONS, and ORDERS of the which now stand-in the Order Book of the HOUSE of MONS, for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and next. Tuesday, 111urch 26, 1822. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Lennard,—To repeal Act (60 Geo. 3, c. 6.) V I effectually preventing Seditious Meetings and Asse o —Also to repeal Act (60 Geo. 3, c. 0.) for the more A tual prevention and punishment of Bl as ph emous an d tious Libels. 2. Dr. Phillimore;—To amend the Marriage Act. 3. Mr. Ure,—To repeal Act (1 and 2 Geo. 4) explan o the rate of Interest on. certain Securities. ORDERS OP THE DAY. I. Supply—Reports. 2. Smugglers Commitments Bill—Further considerat ° Report. 3. Receivers General Bill—Committee. trednesda, March 27.. • • NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Sir Francis Burdett,—Address, to remit the rem.- Mr. Ilunt's imprisonment. 2. Mr. Western,—To present Petition from Essex, frequent Gaol Delivery. • Thursday, March 28. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. I. Lord Archibald Hamilton,—To take into .considera o i 4 State of the County Represent a tion in Scotland—('l' Respintions.) 2. Mr. Lennard,—Select Committee to consider the. made of the number of Cases tried for the last ten by the County Clerk or his Deputy, in the Connti of Middlesex. , • ORDER OF TILE DAY. Royal Burghs Accounts Bill—Second Reading.- . Friday, March 29. ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Vagrant Laws Amendment Bill--Second Reading. o f 2. Summary Proceedings Bill—F u rth er c o ns id era tion port. 3. Colonial Trade Acts—Committeeithereupon. NOTICES. or MOTIONS. 1. Mr. `Wilmot,—Trade to Canada. • 2. Mr Charles Calvert,—Bill to regulate the sale - Pfl 3i6 • the Metropolis. PRICE 0. STOCKS ONE O'CLOCK. - - ' THIS DAY AT Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons. 80i1 3i per Cent shut 4 per Cent. shut . 5 per Cent. Navy Anii..c. India Bonds ll Excheq. Bills •• 0 Cons. for Account ..•••• . ' PRICE OF IRISH Bank Stock 9 494 Gov. Deb. 3# per cent. 908 Stock, 31 per cent. 90ii . 90 90,1 Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. Gov. Deb. 5 per cent 4-U Stock, 5 per cent. - Treasury Bills, 5 per cent. City Debentures, 5 per STOCK, MAY( of 21. ~t , Grand Canal Loan, 4 . Ditto .6 per cent.. Ditto Stock Royal Canal Wale-street Cert. 6 per „ ' 1)o. Deb. with Gov. S e et , Pipe Alraterpeb. fi P er m', Do. ' 6 per Ballast Office Govt. 5 per cent. [on, March 20, -t cent Lying in Hospital 4 per ct — Exchange on lona HIGH WATER ATLONDOi Morning, 24 minutes after 4. 1 BRIDGE TO-31 0/1, ,1 Evening, , 48 minutt-s2;? THE SUN. sor.rm QUIS AUDV,I7' LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 23, IS2`2 We received this morning the Paris PaP. e ,,il Thursday and Friday, from which 3 0 ' o t c ol' extracts in a preceding column. They l ii. : intelligence from G erman y o f a very sc n l o t character : the determination of the Port e r ,s ' accede to the propositi ons o f R uss ia see , q tr longer doubtful, a n d i s man if es t e d by thee; 1), ordinary activity displ a y e d i n re i n forc,,, Turkish armies on th e P ru th an d th e P 3rlu f t t well as by the march to th e l a tt er river " 5 1 0 . grand Turkish army, which h a s been long 3 :01' bling near Adrianople and the Ottoman cgr cl: The tranquillity o f P ar i s , w hi c h see n 2,, e tl' completely re-established, h a s b ee n ag 31 : 1 1 1 turbed by the Pupils-of th e C o ll ege o f llES l ` oo l'` but there was every appearance, when the c oil' left the French c a pit a l, o f p eace an d st ll)° d tion being restored. Al arm i ng re p or ts ar il e t .l: , o er. culation respecting th e re - a pp earance of ut the; BERTON, at the head of •a‘ large force ; 1)11 01 10';' seem at present t o res t on anon y mous st 3t- , t ec e. and slight found a ti on . N o d ou b ts , b° I . o o', exist of the occurrence of insurrectionarY, ments at Pont Beauvoisin ; we are, h 0. , 0 11. happy- to add that the authors have be rested, and the c ommo ti on su bd ue d; d ' to 0 The Chamb er o f D epu ti es continues , " cuss the v ar i ous , b ranc h es o f t h e B u dge' cl, Tuesday and in previous Sittings t he ri t duct of the French Government towardsok mont, Naples, Austria, Spain, Greece, 3 0 0 1 '; Domingo, was attacked by several listing S ri' 0 1 ' Deputies of the left side, and defend e vpi r , great ability by the Minister of Foreign ' , r t • and M. LAIN E, one of the late MinistrYild, Wednesday,. the diplomacy and foreign P ° ao tle,' ' the Government was again the subject of e- y fiz' nation on the part of M. Bans DE Yl i ",,troi lf who 'followed up the charges brought 4 'l3f` , . Ministers in previous Sittings by Mess rs P‘ NON, SEBASTIAN!, FOY, and others. , e pt., V ILLERET censur e d s evere ly th e Govern l V l ll , not having attempt e d t o est a bli s h a cedF•or ~, intercourse with St. Doming o ; i n sufferfiO, commercial relations to cease .with the P rv it s i of the Rhine and B e l g i um , " th e inhabit' the which," said the orator, " are F re nch' v il e co r e /I ; hearts, and whose te rr it or y w ill agahl„eApi French as it was heretof ore "; i n permittlo ' tria, who was the const a nt r i va l o f F r ance/ to t e ably to occupy Italy from one extrerni t Y iti ef t i: other, and even to place garrisons close te ft ` r oil frontiers of France ; and in not interleioN , I behalf of the Greeks, who were gtr,ug g i j e l' / , throw off the yoke of their oppressors. 'oi l ' attacked the diplomatic appointments of 0 1 h which he 'pronounc e d t o b e t oo no t I: and expensive, observin g th a t whiP e t i r diplomacy was thus i ne ff ec ti ve , its " v iol; were enormous. lie concluded by 0 00 reduction of 300,000 francs in the v ote fo it Foreign Department. The Minister of itl Affairs defended the' c on d uc t o f hi s office i , choice of its agents and the moderati° ,` expences, when the discussion was shortipt ~ wards closed, the amendmerits rejected, a r , 11 1,4 ter 11. adopted without a division. The `" t erT t then proceeded to the consideration of chi l i Y g oc,, / ' which proposes a grant of 1,500,000 11. " t er' supplementary services, similar to what ' 5 1.0' i v , by us " Secret Service Money." —g• ' itii' proposed a reduction of 100,000 francs/ I