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larangenent. In the last Session of Parliament an address -was carried to the throne, praying for a revision of 'all places under Government, as well with a view to present as to future -retrenchment. Ths ohject of those who were most anxious for ,carrying that address was, that the public officers should be re stored, as nearly as posSible, to the - same situation as that in -witieh they stood in 1792. With that view it was that the mea „ -nue now under consideration was brought forward by his Ma jesty's Ministers. The whole of the projected alteration was not yet carried into effect. because the excise department was -, still. under the consideration of the Commissioners of Public Inviey. It appeared that the actual reduction of office on the aainheezmin salaries was 38,000/. ' • on the rna,eirothet 72,001.; and, hereafter, it was calculated that there would be a gross saving_ to the public of 156,000/. He was sorry that"his Right floe. Friend (Mf. Canning) had condemned the whole of these reductions. The argutiients of his Right Hon. Friend, and of .his. Noide Friend (Lord Sidmoutir), which had been alluded tiro the cones • of the discussion, amounted to no less than this principle—that when an individtial procured a situation - under akovernm-nt, it was no longer right that Parliament should interfere with it.—{blear.)—With all due respect for his *Right lima Friend, he could tint see any degree of injustice in .s,.tf,tvati interference. His' Right Hon. Friend appeared to him completely to confound the queition of vested rights arising , afeoerecestain stipulated grants, and those uncertain and con tangent rights depending on circumstances, which must gene rally be, in some degree at least, contemplated 'by those who were raised to office. -if it' were an injustice to reduce the sala *ties of individuals placed in public offices, how much more tin ; just must it be to reduce officers in the army, who had pur .. echasedetheir commissions ! Surely the same power which originallycarried into effect the establishment of those offices, _had* a _right, When circumstances demanded it, to alter and , 2e.ew-nmectel the system. In the present case, he knew a very liege. nimmber of persons would be affected ; but no great change vottid possibly be made without producing a similar re '. ..sult. The argumnent of his Noble Friend (Lord Sidmouth) ap piared to-hire to have no operation whatever against this' men sure, because he, could not but consider -that the power of granting, office daring pleasure involved also the power of reducing the emolument of office, it could, not be denied, with reference to the army and navy, that, when an individual entered either service, he did so under the promise of promo tion, if particular events occurred ; and yet it could not be . argued that the Crown.did not possess a power, by the exertion • •o:.wimich all those hopes of promotion were annihilated. That ,power had-"been-repeatedly exercised, to the extent of many ,fmitndred iostances. His Hight Honourable Friend .said this was a partial taxation on a particular class of indiViduals. Let the House look to this partiality 'of taxation. ; If, as he had shown, it was In the power of the Crown to reduce these ..odices.entirely, could it be considered a serious hardship, to call .on those holding them to pay a proportionate surd . from 'their salaries which was to be applied to their advantage hereafter it No 'power could prevent the reduction• of the .-saltrics entirely, and there certainly was no injustice in using 'the same. authority that could, annihilate those offices for the purpose of providing at a future period for the comfort ,of those who now. executed the duties attached to them. It Aliould also be observed, that the greater part of these salaries were settled during the existence of the property tax, which took from them 10 per cent. and when the tax was given up, many of them were indirectly augmented by its repeal. Upon the salaries thus augmented, Government asked for only one half time amount that had been paid as income tax, and that moiety was intended for the benefit of the parties. His Right Hon. Friend opposed the Bill on the ground that it imposed a hard and partial tax. Now he could see no ground for such an allegation. On the contrary, the Address of that House, if it meant- any thing, meant that time salaries of persons in office ought to be reduced, and he could not conceive a milder mode in which .that reduction could be effected than by taking from the salaries of the parties that which would form a pro vision for them in old age and infirmity.' So far from this measure appearing originally to be one of hardAip, he re collected, that the first motion *made in the present Session by the Honourable Member for Aberdeen was for an indiscri minate tax of 251. (not 51.) per cent. on the whole of the sala ries of offices held under the Crown. In a case of this kind, he had experienced a difficulty which he was priepared to meet. On the one side he was told that the reduction did not go far enough ; and, on the other, if any thing at all were taken away, it was sure to create complaint. He had therefore steered a middle course ; and, having had an opportunity of conversing with many of those who would be affected by the,Bill, he had reason to believe that the amendments had removed many of their objections. - The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, .the measures now under consideration had been introduced in consequence of an address of that House to the Crown. Ministers had, in con sequence,. gone through an immense mass of detail, which had occupied their attention from 2 to 3 months. When he had, as it were, received instructions to prepare a bill of this kind, it would have been a base proceeding on his part if he did not act . op to them. Having pursued that line of public-duty which he conceived to he right—having given his concurrence to this mea sure, it would have been an act: of insincerity if he did not come down to the House to meet any objections that might be offered to it. s Ministers had been called on to.produce a mea sure of reduction, in conformity with the principle contained in • the address of the House, and when they brought forward such a measure, after a great sacrifice of time and labour, Gentlemen thooght fit to quarrel with the principle. Being, however, beaten on the question of principle, and the, fallacy of the principle which they themselves set up being proved, they then turned round and attacked the details. Bethought it would be extremely unwise, as well as unjust, if the House, after directing Ministers to Woe this course, should defeat the Bill on account ot its details, . and reject the principle which they had laid down so solemnly. What was the nature of the address to the Crown ? It amounted to this—that a revision of all time salaries and emoluments under the Crown should immediately take place, and that the civil es tablishment should be - brought back as nearly as possible to the standard of 1792. As the emoluments of office had been consi derably, increased by the change of currency since 1797, and as the old 'standard of currency had been introduced e it *was thought , proper to assimilate public salaries to the scale Of 1792. It would be extraordinary indeed to say, that the income of an of fice, though that office was granted during pleasure, and was subject to all•the contingencies, of public affairs, should rot be iaterfered with. Could any wan contend that the moment an r individual was placed in a public office, that office was erected latn afreehohl, and . that Parliament had no sight to alter it in any way, soloog as the party had an interest in it ?* Ministers were anxious-to carry the principle of the address Into effect in • the:lnidest and most proper ,manner, consistently with the ' faithful accornplishment of that which the House had calletion them to do: and he was perfectly convinced that, if the Gentle , 'men 'who were hostile to this measure succeeded in defeating it, the component parts of the bill, the salaries, the emolu - nients, and,, -above all, the.superannuations, would be pared down on an infinitely more severe scale than was now proposed. It would be m6st unwise in the clerks themselves to wish for -the establishment of' such a. principle as that laid down by the Right Honourable' Gentleman, because many acts of kindness and beneficence were now extended to them, which, if their si tuations were erected into freeholds, would no longer be allow ed, since they would be binding on the Ministers of the pre sent day, and on their successors. The most extraordinary principle he ever heard of was involved in the argument against this " that - though you cannot mo dity, you may destroy." His Right Honourable Friend had 'illustrate 1 his argument in a beautiful manner, by introducing yotrag man of liberal education, whose views in life were clouded by the • operation of this measure. But -he *must at once say, that if the idea of vested -interest in public offices were once. allowed, Parliament -would no longer be capable of - legislation—it would meet them, and interrupt their proceed ings at every step.L--(Hear, hear, hear !)—What was the situa- Sion of an officer. who purchased his commission ? He might be placed on half-pay ; his ;regiment- might be broken'; and his prespeeN in life might - be materially affected had as good -reason to claith vested.right as a person in-a publieoffice.— But they could not argue the question on such grounds : • they ;must look at, the general expediency of the measure; they roust consider whether the interests of the public ,requfred it.- - (Hear, bear !)—He could not conceive why the, public should not have the same privilege is dealing with those. whom they employed, as individuals had. If a banker wished to alter the salary of his clerk, was he to be told that he had no right to do -so, because the young man Preferred's. clerkship to a fellowship? —(Hear!)—lt was, if any one supposed that those offices were vested interests, to show that they were not.—(hear !),-Was it. supposed that the measure which Ministera were directed to bring in should not apply to persons in dike at present ? If , had got up and said. the Bill was intended.. to regulate the -salariett of all those who came into office hereafter, but- that individuals who now held office were to be exeltided from its , o;.erations, would .he not be scouted from the House ? lie would not have carried a single vote. Even his Right Hon.. Friend, who had this night advocated the cause of vested rihts, would have voted against him. Those who opposed, the Bill had left the ground of principle, and the question becatae one of degree —had Ministers carried their views to unfair. or improVident ex tent ? The question naturally divided itself into three points - salaries, the scale of augmentation or salaries, and the act of superannuation. Now they would find no material deduction from salaries, except from those of a very high grade; and it should be remembered, that the time of the House had been very 'mush occupied with - declamatiobs against clerks Who luid extensive salaries. Gentlemen said, "Spare the clerks whose salaries are small, but reduce those whO proceed to their offices in curricles, and even - tilburies."—(A laugh,)--Ministers had reduced those salaried with a view to. publie-kconorny, - at the same time they took care that the sala ales should nct be unworthy of men possessing respectable cha -4,-xxcter and - respectable talents.—(Hear, hear !)—With respect r to the scale of augmentation, it had been placed on a more ra tional footing than it originally was; at the same time care was taken that a liberal provision should be made for persons in . the different public offices, than whom he did not know a more va luable or meritorious body of individuals. By the system as it formerly stood, the original salary was often swallowed up iii the amount of augmentation: Thus there were clerks in his office whose salary was .7401. a year, but who by length of service re ceived an augmethation annuity of 4001. a year. Thus theialary was los, in that which was meant only to be a subsidiary ar rangement. : The bill provided against that anomaly. .With re spect to superannuations, he was inclined to think that the Ali of the late liin?; had not worked so improvidently as many , Gentlemen iinagined but whatever errors it contained were remedied by thiimeashre: Every person who served the pul. lie faithfully had a right to superannuation allowance, and that allowance was provided under the present bill. The Honour able Member - for Montrose said " NiThy not give the clerks the full amount of salary, and let them provide for them selves , like persons in the private walks of life ?" So far as the public money was concerned, it was undoubtedly as broad as it was long ; but it was not so with respect to the individual, for he would' contend that there was a mo ral advantage in making the individual understand that he was not to look to the public for support, but that lie must, by his. own temperate habits and moderate conduct, make an alba ,for his comfort in old age.—(Hear, hear.)—lt had been recom mended that, ih cases of dismissal, the person turned away should receive back die capital which he paid towards the super annuation fund. Of course it would not be contended, that a man discharged for any flagrant_ offence ought to be so treated : but, when it was found expedient to remove an in dividual on account of some minor error, he thought it would be fair to give him back the capital he had subscribed. Per haps his Right Honourable I riend would agree to insert a clause for that purpose. if he did, it would probably lead the Right Hon. Gent. (Mr. Canning) to support the measure. He should be guilty of very great insincerity if he said that Min isters would have brought in this measure, had it not been for the address; but having obeyed the injunctions of the Hon. Gentlemen opposite, he hoped they would not now oppose the progress of die Bill. It would be a most extraordinary pro ceeding, if,'having agreed to the general principle of the mea sure, they now attempted to defeat it in detail. The saving was 100,000/,a-year ; but he could assure them, that the amount of saving should.nger induce him to do an act of injustice. The saving ought, however, to have some weight with those who had argued on the importance of a trifling reduction in the Admiralty and Post-office.—(Hear 1) Mr. CALCRA FT explained. He had received no informa tion from any person in office. Mr. HUME agreed with the Noble-Lord that the - Right Hon. Gentleman's (Mr. Canning s) speech was a most extraordinary one. If the principle was good for any thing, it went so far as, that "after a young man entered once into office, no change could be made that should affect him. , Although the Right Hon. Gentleman could clothe any proposition in imposing language, he was much mistaken if he supposed that his arguments on the present occasion had carried conviction. Any thing so monstrous in principle, and so absurd in practice, he had never heard. He was sorry the Right -.Honourable Gentleman had left the House. He had no right he (Mr. Hume) thought to leave the House.—(A laugh.)--After having made a speech so much at variance with sound principle, and against a measure introduced at the express request of the House, he ought not to have his the House so abruptly. At any rate, he would have no reason to complain of remarks made after he had left the House. Ile (Mr. Hume) never since he had had a seat in that House, heard a more constitutional and consistent address than had just been made by the Noble Marquis. He agreed entirely with the Noble Marquis as to offices held,under the Crown, the li mitations of vested interest, and situations held during pleasure. Upon re-examination, lie agreed that the 50th of ihe late King was not so very bad as some very bad cases might lead to sup pose. That showed the necessity of preventing extreme cases of abuse. Ile and others had stated very flagrant cases of abuse in that House. They were right as to these cases, but they had been rather strong in their general inferences. Instead of thinking that this Bill went too far, he thought it did not go far enough. When the Address of that House had gone up to the Throne, not only the House, but the country, had expected that a very great reduction would be made. The Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Canning) was now against all reduction, and for con. tinuing every single shilling that happened to have been once given. He would put it now to the Right Hon. Gentleman Opposite (.:ie - Chancellor of the Exchequer), whether he had not better dismiss the Bill and introduce another to reduce sala ries at once, according to the value of the currency. Let the value for the last four years be taken as the standard. lie did not agree with die Hon. Member for Essex, that the difference was 40 percent.;. but the difference was so great, as to make a very considerable reduction a measure of pure justice. Mr. MA RRYA TT wished that it should be optional to con tribute to the Superannuation Fund, and that widows and chil dren should have the benefit of it. The example of East India superannuations ought. to be followed. The Report was then brought-up. Mr. CALCRAFT moved a clause, making the cont 11 u don optional to all who held office previously to the pa si ig of the Act. _ The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, that in case of any „one dying, the " capital . contributed reverted to his executors. A clause would be introduced to extend this provision equally in all cases, except' where persons were dismissed for crying abuse. It would be, understood; if any person did not contribute his proportion, the public would not contribute theirs ; and the consequence would be, that he would die on their hands, or he must have what hefail ed to establish a c l a im t o . T o co ntribute w a s a d egree o f pro vidence which was both proper and necessary. "Where it was neglected by one, he became dependent on charity for not send ing him forth to die in the streets ; but to extend this charity would be gross injustice to others, and involve an immoral principle. Mr. CALCRAFT would, in consequence of the understand ing that a clause to the eftect mentioned by the Noble Lord would be introduced, withdraw his clause. The bill was ordeied to be read a third time on Monday. CANADA TRADE BILL. 111 r. WlLlllormoved several clauses, which were added by way of riders to the Bill. It ,was then read a third time, and passed. THE MAURITIUS. Mr. WILMOT hoped that the'Hon. Gentleman would with draw his amendment; for extending the Commission to Trini dad. lie had already pledged himself to produce papers. If they should not be satisfactory, and elucidate sufficiently the whole subject of inquiry, he would not pledge himself to a Com mission, but he would give every facility and assistance to the full elucidation of the subject. Mr. HITME, having made the amendment merely to extend the advantages of inquiry to a place which he thought in his conscience required it as much as the places for which it was proposed, would not take advantage of his situation to protract the debate. He had full confidence in the sincerity of the Hon. Gentleman!s statement, and hoped the Hon. Gentleman who seconded the amendment would agree to withdraw it. Mr. MARRYAT said he would not oppose the withdrawing of it, although he was not so sanguine as the Hon. Gentleman ; (Mr. Wilmot), that any thing which could be done here would be satisfactory without an inquiry by Commissioners. But i since the papers would be produced early next session, and a ' petition was now probably on its way to this country for the express object of obtaining a Commission, he would not oppose the course now proposed. The Address was then agreed to. STAMP DUTIES' BILL. Some conversation arose on this subject, in which the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Bright, Mr. Retrial, Mr. Hume, Mr.C. F. Palmer, Mr. Monck, and - Mr. Lushing Lon, took part. .Mr. C. F. PALMER. was anxious that tha Right 'Hon.. Gentleman should extend to the agriculturists the full benefit intended for them by the reduction of interest. They were now deprived of it by the expences of transferring Mortgages. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the opi nion of the Crown Lawyers might be obtained and pi'omitigated. On the subject. The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved that the Bill be committed. this day month, which was agreed to.— Adjourned at lIALT-r..tsT , EicuT to .Monday. UNTVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.. OXFORD, JULY 26.—Tuesday last came on the.ele,ction a Magdalen College, when the Rev. John Hollis, M.A. was ad mitted Fellow for Wilts; and 'Mr. Richard Durnford was elected Demy for Berks. PRE FERMENTS.—The Rev. John Miller, M.A. Fellow of Worcester College, in this University, to the Rectory of Bene field, Northamptonshire, vacant by the death of the Reverend Edward Hunt. Patron, J. Watts Russell, E'sq. M.P.—The Rev. C. N. L'Oste, M.A. to the Rectory of Claxy Bluckacre, Lincolnshire, void by the death of the Rev. R. Williams. Pa tron, the Hon. and Rev. Champion llymoke. LIBERATION OF Mn. Woor,Ett.—The term of his sentence expired on Thursday, and he was of course liberated, on which occasion the artizans of Birmingham gave him a public dinner, to mark their sense of his political conduct.—'There was of course a good deal of speaking on the occasion by the Radicals, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, JULY .23.—MM. Jouy, Arnault, Du paty, Gossy, Cauchois, Lemaire,. and Jal, and the Editors of the Courier des Spectacles, ,are cited before the tribunal of. Correctional Police, accused of having spoken politics by allusign in a Literary Journal, The affair will be argued on the 30th of this month. M. Dupiu will de fend the six accused.—(Constitutionnel.) The Theatre of Thoulouse continues to be an arena, where parties meet in battle. It would ingeed appear that it is not wished to avoid these afflicting quarrels, from the care taken to excite the passions by political allusions ' altogether foreign to the business of the scene. For ex ample, on the 15th July, between the Deserter and the King, and the League, there was executed a Cantata, entitled, The Sentiments of the French Army, in which these verses were remarked : La Liberte, c'est notre Rai. The word liberty . was scarcely pronounced when cries of enthusiasm and lengthened ap plauses were heard in the pit. The armed force was introduced ; for it appears that no pleasure can be enjoyed in France without an armed force ; and four young persons were arrested.—(Consti tutionnel.) • Nothing is known for certain respecting the place and the time of the Congress which it is reported will be holden by several Monarchs, to discuss the affairs of Greece and Italy. It is believed that Austria had originally proposed Vienna as a central position, but that, other Powers had preferred Florence, which is situat ed out of the Austrian territory. It appears that the Emperor of .RuSsia has refused to go to so great a distance from his capital and his army on the Pruth. This decision having been made known, Verona and Udino were mentioned in po litical circles as places which had been substi tuted for the former. It is probable that the same reasons which prevent the Emperor of Russia from going to Florence will hold good. with re spect to Verona, Udino, or any other town in Italy. Letters from Berlin said, it is true, that Prince Ilardenburg was preparing to repair to Florence, but others of a more recent date repre sented Munich as the first object of the Prussian Diplomatists. It `is indeed even said thpt the Congress will be one of Ministers, and will not be attended by a single Sovereign.— We believe that the object of the Congress may be partly changed on account of the recent events of Madrid. The courier who took the news to St. Petersburgh could not arrive there before the 20th or 21st. The couriers who shall bring back to Vienna, London, and Paris, the decisions of the Emperor, cannot arrive in those three capitals before the Ist, the sth, and the fith August. Now it is difficult to believe the Cc:sluts will instantly agree as to the important question, whether the affairs of Spain ought to form part of the objects of deliberation of this Congress, which are already so numerous and so important.—(Journal des Daats.) CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 26.—The cause of hu manity has at length found avengers ; the Capi tan Pacha is no more: The eveninc , of the fes tival of the Bairam, the 22d June, three Greek fire-shipS approached the Turkish fleet, under a friendly flag. The Turks, occupied with the pleasures of the festival, allowed them to come close to the Admiral's ship ; the Greeks set fire to them by means of burning matches; a general disorder, followed, and every one sought his. safety.; the Capitan Pach, half burnt, was dis embarked on the coast of Scio, where he caused so much calamity; but he yielded his last sigh half an hour after. Three ships of the line have been greatly damaaed ; the-others fled in every direction. History will band down to posterity the courage of the Greek seamen. The Porte has hitherto concealed this event to avoid dis orders; but the Sult'an has already named the successor of the Capitan Pacha; it is Cara Meh met Tohschi Pacha, retired Commandant of Ar tillery, now at Patras. The last days of the Rarteadan were distin guished in the suburbs by the greatest disorders ; the Turkish baths were opened, and Turkish women and girls torn from them ; the Grand Vizier repaired thither in disguise, but he was attacked by the mutineers, and tranquillity was not re-established till the Sultan had declared formally that he would quit Constantinople with all his Court, and that he would carry the seat of Government to Asia, if tranquillity should not be re-established. The Government, aided by the Grand Vizier and Ibraham Pacha, never displayed more force. The day before yester day, eighty-four young mutineers were executed in the streets, and the others disarmed. All the necessary measures for the protection of Pera had been taken. The affairs of the Morea assume a dismal as pect for the Porte. 'the Pacha of St. Jean d'Acre has taken Da mascus, arid the Persians are at Erzerurn. The Porte. has, it is said, received official news of these events.—(Al/gemeine Zeitung.) ODESSA, JULY I.—The news of the Pelopon-' nesus have raised the Lopes of our Greeks, ivho throng to the churches to return thanks to the Eternal. According to these news, the affairs of Greece go on very well, not only in Morea, but also iir• Epirus,' Thessaly, and Albania. The Capitan Pacha "seems enchained on the bloody rocks of Scio ; he was there still on the 19th,. .without having undertaken any thing. It is said that this Admiral, whoSe mildness arid amiability were .eulogised in the Austrian Observer, has established a grand chamber of torture in his own vessel, where he inflicts torture on the most distinguished Sciots to get possession of ,their concealed wealth. The Journal des Debuts, in a note on this article, says,— " There are so many confused rumours respecting the Turkish fleet, that it is impossible to get at the truth. The Allgemeine Zeitung, of Augsburg, has received two letters from Constan tinople, one of the 26th of June (above inserted), according to which, a dozen Greek fire-ships blew up the Turkish Admiral's ship, and the Capitan Pacha had been conveyed, dying, to the Isle of Scio ;—according to another, of the 22d. June, the pelti lence raged on board the fleet, which prevented it from going to the Mona. The .Allgemeine Zeitung guarantees neither of these letters, and states that they, arrived the same day, though bearing different dates.—The Greeks in Paris have re ceived letters from Corfu, which confirm the definitive capture of Napoli di Romania, after three attacks."—(Note of the Editor.) FROM THE FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, JUNE 29. According to letters from St. Peterstiurgh, the . continuation of peace is now considered as abso lutely certain. The conduct of the Russian Ca binet, say these letters, has been chiefly decided by the position which England has taken in re spect to Russia, for it.is.ap indisputable fact that the former Power has entered into a close con nection with Denmark,. for the purpoie of im mediately •closing the Sound in case of a war with the' Porte.' By such a measure, the com merce which Russia has begun of late years to carry on with other countries and parts of the world, would have received so severe a check that it could not expose itself to so great a risk; other considerations, arising from the obligations contracted by the Holy Alliance,'have probably also had their influence in the personal resolu tions of the Emperor Alexander. With respect to an indemnity for the immense expense of the warlike preparations, it is, conjectured that an arrangement will be made. It is believed that the settlement of this point will be the less likely to meet with any difficulties, as the disinterested sentiments of Russia, in this respect, have been evinced at the conclusion of former treaties, when it generously declined all pecuniary indem nification. The report that the party of Count Capo d'lstria has lost its influence is positively contradicted,• with the remark that parties do not exist in the Russian Cabinet as they do in others, and that the confidence of the Sovereign in the persons about him is wholly: regulated by his own motives and feelings.- ; -(Nuremberg Cor respondent, July 15.) FRONTIERS OF ITALY, JuLY 9.—Accounts just received from the Levant say, that in fact no naval battle had taken place between the GreekS and Turks, but the former had, however, cap tured five. Turkish men of war, and a number Of transporti, with troops .on board, which were de stined to reinforce the Turkish garrisons in the Island of Candle. - Three:of the Turkish men of war bad run aground. It is still affirmed also, that a Turkish ship of the line has foundered, and two corvettes and a frigate ,been stranded. The, Supreme Government of Hydra has issued a Bulletin, - stating, that the fleets of Hydra, Spezzia, and Ipsara, had twice offered the Capita() Paella battle, at Tscheme, but that he had de clined the challenge; and that the Greek fleets were again cruising in the Archipelago, and would be joined by the • other, :vessels, which have been fitted out in the island during the last two months. The Capitan Pacha, on the other hand, is said to have - received reinforcements from Constantinople. The Egyptian Flotilla was still in the harbour of Aleptndria, and observed by a division of the Greek fleet. These accounts do not mention the Capitan Paella's return to the Dardanelles. M. Digeon, the French Consul at Scio, who behaved so well on the unhappy catas trophe, and saved the lives of so many Greeks, makes bitter complaints of the conduct of the cruel Capitan Pacha,and.of those who command under him, for having so notoriously and scanda lously violated the amnesty which he had pro mised. The report of the .regard pretended to have been shewn for the Catholic Churches at Scio is positively contradicted; they have been de stroyed as well as the Greek Churches. Only the Church of the French Consulate has been 'spared. Notwithstanding all the assurances in favour of , foreigners given at Constantinople, many French merchants,- who had previously ar ranged their affairs, left- the capital in the first. half of June, because there was every appearance that a new catastrophe was. at hand, which threatened the capital, and especially the quarter of Pera.—(Nuremberg correspondent, July 16.) FRONTIERS OF MOLbAVIA, JULY I,—The Turks are said - to be forming . great winter maga zines in both principalities. We hear from Kis. chenef, that Generals Count Wittgenstein, Milo radowitch, &c..,have. arrived there from Wilna, and that two more regiments of Coisacks have joined the second army, whose head quarters are at Ismael.—(Allgemeine ~ .,seitung, July 16.) BRUSSELS, JULY distressing affair has just been decided by the CoUrt of Assize of South Brabant. A farmer's wife, of the name of Engelbert, was accused of having murdered her husband, and the son and daughter were impli cated as accomplices in the crime. After three days' delibera tion, and hearing-90 witnesses, the mother alone was condemn ed to death. The son and daughter were acquitted, there be ing no evidence affecting the son, and the only fact against the daughter being, that, after the commission of the crime, in which she had no participation, she . had assisted to carry the body of her father to the river. . The Attorney-General, who prosecuted for the Crown, thought she might be excused, as having obeyed the impulse of nature which led her to wish to conceal her mother's crime. The mother is generally pitied, as having been led to the commission of this great crime by years of ill-treatment on the part of the husband. NEW LAW FOR THE SALE OF BREAD. The new Act of Parliament for regulating the sale of Bread, which is just published, will effect an entire revolution of the trade of the Baker, as will be seen from the following abstract of some of its principal provisions : It enacts, that from and after the 29th of September next, no baker shall continua to make or sell bread in peck-loaves, half-peck, or quartern-loaves, under a penalty not exceeding 101. and not less than 40s. Bakers are allowed to make bread of such weight or size as they please, and to sell it'only by weight, under a penalty not exceeding 40s. French and fancy-bread, or rolls, are exempt from this part of the Act. - Any Baker selling Bread not previously weighed in the pre sence of the party purchasing the same, whether required by the purchaser to do so or not, forfeits for every such offence a sum not exceeding 10s. Bakers neglecting to keep scales and weights in their shops, .or using false scales or weights, to be subject to a penalty not exceeding 51. Every 'baker or Baker's journeyman detected in kdulterating bread, to be fined a sum of not less than 5/., and not exceed ing 10/. ; or in default ofpaying such fine, to be imprisoned six months. The names of all offenders to be published in the newspapers. The adulteration of corn or flour, or the selling of flour of one sort of corn for the flour of any other corn, to be punished with a fine of not less than 5/. and not more than 201. All bread made of mixed flour to be marked with a Roman 31, undet a penalty not exceeding 10s., Millers, Mealmen, or Bakers, having any ingredients for the adulteration of meal or bread on their premises, to he fined 40s. and not exceeding 10/. ; the obstructing of any authorised search subject to a penalty, not exceeding 10/. Bakers not to bake bread or rolls on the Sabbath-day ; nor to bake pies, &c. except between the hours of nine o'clock in the morning and one o'clock in the afternoon, under a penalty of from 10s. to 40s. Such are the principal provisions of this Act, which is to be in force for two years. A Journal, published {n English and Spanish, has been established at Santa Fe de Bogota, the seat of the Columbian Government ; the two first numbers of which, dated the 3d and 4th of May last, have reached England. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. • eneris, 26°' die Julii, 1822. Mr. B'lieaker reported the Royal Assent,—tO Leather Duties Reduction Bill, Salt Duties Repeal Bill, Exchequer Bills Public Works Bill, Duchy 'of Cornwall Bill, Court of Ex chequer Sittings Bill, Bankrupt Laws Amendment Bill, Juries (Scotland) Bill, Alehouses Licensing Bill, Insurrec tion (Ireland) Bill, Endowed Schools (Ireland) Bill, 'kern porary Advances (Ireland) Bill, London Bridge Waterworks Bill, and Kirkintulloek Roads Bill. COMMERCIAL CREDIT (IRELAND)BILL IVIICK'S NATURALIZATION BILL COESVELT'S NATURALIZATIUN BILL; ISLE OF MANN POSTAGE BILL• GREENLAND FISHERIES BlLL—(Leave given to offer a Clause to authorize his Majesty, by Ord& in Council, to alter t time for sailing of Ships engaged in the Greenland Fisheries) BARRACK ESTATES BILL Read a third time, and passed. C A NADA TRADE BILL tXCHEQUER BILLS BlLL—read a second time, and com mitted. ANNUITY MEMORIALS BlLL—Lords amendments agreed to. ASSESSED TAXES (IRELAND) BlLL—Petition of Inhabitants of St. Michan, for the repeal thereof; to be printed. t MIDDLESEX COUNTY COURT—Petition of Inhabitantifouse holders of St. Mary-le-bone, complaining of the apprapria• tion of Fees t iken therein ; to be printed. MESSAGE FROM THE 140nDs—That they have agreed to , Royal Burgh Accounts Bill, Receivers. General Bill, Charge of Loan Bill, Silk Bounties Bill, Soluthwark and Surrey Roads Bill, and Thames Lastage and Ballastage Bill, with out amendment; and Exchequer Bills Public • Wurks (Ire land) Bill, with an Amendment. That they have passed, —a Bill, intitulell, "An Act for naturalizing John Henry Koch." STAMP DUTIES BlLL—Committee put off for a month. ORDERS of the DAY, for MONDAY: 1. Exchequer Bills Bill—Committee. 2. Militia Pay Bill—Report. 3. Militia Pay (Ireland) Bill—Report. 4. East India Sugar Bill—Third Reading, 3! Brimstone Drawback Bill—Third Reading. 6. Spirits Exportation (Scotland) Bill—Third Reading. 7. Appropriation Bill—Report. 8. Superannuation Act Amendment Bill—Third Reading. 'y: Barilla Duties Bill—Committee. . 10. Stamp Duties Reduction (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 11. Smuggling Prevention Bill—Third Reading: 12. Tithes Leasing (Ireland) Bill—Third Reading. 13. Deeds Registry (Ireland) Bill—Committee. PUBLIC COMMITTEE, for MONDAY NEXT. Calcutta Bankers Petition, at twelve. * " For - THE ARMY, see the Fourth Page. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O.CLOCK. Bank Stock 9 50 i 3 per Cent. Red. Bl4s 3 per Cent. Cons. 8O 3i per Cent 92t Old 9941 4 per Cent. 1 New 99i 1i 5 ?er Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann.... 20 13-IGths Imp. 3 per Cents. ---- - - - India Stock 2 50 India Bonds 63s. 6 44 ' South Sea Stock • Old Annuities Ex. Bills 2 7 Pr' Ditto Small Bank fur Cons. Act "- India for Con. Acct....... Cons. for Account Boii PRICE of FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, Jut Y 21 ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. French Five per Cents. 92 25. Prussian _1 Five per Cent. Bonds, 831. 1 Ditto NeW, 80. ( Old Bonds, 00: Colombian i Six per Cent. Bonds, 84. . (Ditto Scrip, 84,1 i. Spanish J. Five per Cent. Bonds, 63 i. t New Ditto, 62a i. Danish Five per Cent,. Bonds, 861 87- Neapolitan Five per Cent. Bonds, 72f 73. Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 79. {SIX per Cents. 00. Russian Five per Gents. (Metallic) 78. Ditto New 00. • Chili 79i 80. . .• Russian 82. a. Foreign Funds are in general something better ; the demar4 for Neapolitan and Colombian still continues. AMERICAN FUNDS. LONDON. July 26. nothing done. 68 , 94 sellers. 96/ ditto. NEW YORK. Junt3U 7 18221 nothing I done. 94 Divd. from July, 1822. :e 714 8 pr. N BRIDGE I Evening, 21 Bank Shares ~ 3 per cents 5 per cents. 1820 1821 6 per cents. 1812 1813 1814 1815 7 per cents Exchan II 1011 WATER AT LONDC Morning, 0 minutes after 9. shut. Divd. from April, 132`2. 3 4‘ n ° 1i2u l t2 R af it te ° r SI; : . THE SUN. SOLEIII QUIS DICERS FALSUiI AUDEAT LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1822. We received this morning the Paris P a pers o f `Wednesday. They bring the important Weill'. gence that an express had reached Paris from Madrid with advices to the 16th instant, a t which date nothing had occurred there to-Ji s " turb the public tranquillity, which the triump h of the Constitutionalists on the 7th had restored', A letter from Constantinople of the 6th" ' 9l June communicates an account of the bad . ing and . dispersion ,of the Turkish fleet, 'a nti . represents the affairs of Greece as in a ,Pr os ' ' perous condition in 'every direction. The I t ' tack on the Turkish .fleet is •said- to h are proved fatal to the Capitan Pacha, who is re, t . ported to have been taken out of his ship. burnt, and landed at Scio, the seat of his devas ta ' tions and atrocities, where he breathed his la st half an hour after his landing. . • It appears by the Journal des DAats that f, . thing is known for certain respecting -the pla c e and the time for the Congress .which it is r 0 .• ported will be holden by - several Monarchs discuss the affairs of Greece and Italy ; and it ! even said that the Congress will be one offig i ' w sters and not attended by a single Sovereign' The discussion of the Budget in the Cha tt ' be a. of Deputies was continued on 'TuesdaY7 he became remarkable by the re-appearance. of venerable LA FAYETTE on the stage of o ' l°l3 l , tion, and by a panegyric on the bene fi cen t d ee d and services rendered to France by NAP° Lri n pronounced by M.Duno?r, a warm miniSerl.3ll;f", " Then," (when the Directory was overthrown) , a °l Dudon, " a mighty man employed his power in destroy'