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the statute of the unchristian 'William, which author:ix:Nl. its.lf, which will C..: mine time to evaporate; I.ut ;Lisl
the telling and eating Aro', fish on the Sabbath Day ? ',spirit, we have no doubt, 101 be rectified betwict) thk
aced uhedi : ',l,e,ieceits. :int'
Goer,
LT-
.ect:T.
ydra. Ilareli 2:-
IVilliam, unfortunate!!, was a Dutchman, and Holland 1 and the 7th of May.
was then deeply iiiteeestell in the herring lisherim ; lie; (nailer:, we think, will nTohtestilifit'erre:nt3lonur ethhefrilli;nent'sledslentii.else.:lTi;lLe Fa)rfanedal:Je,ouarrnrailvsedof
1311;tednnit:tri.ilta.y,Iwv•eithetith,ey rti.tite•ilec,;:i:
was therefore feud of fish, and all was -gand that carne to ptil„actiiraiisitt(lttetystni,ntwyitaht forstetualopiptireploileyml(.„f
the
et
ii,t,i,tleizovi
lor.:11„.
I from the Constif nlionnil.
11.11.111101::: OtT:.:VII: .ipiwiS sale or niaAarel on , brewers, end lying as they do, limn d hand and foek.irtlta'rt! I:rract.
e53C11- ' Nairn,
i..ilurnE fi.;;;7l7thihi;;irh'irti'llietit•l4iti:roalt"da.lte:llhei'l
trlitezoronthrsunii,lny or any other day. Now
in sowe of the islands have stilsaid
iii°tait'ile keen(' c
j".c.„t:,etlscrirc:illii" b'n! efi'"'
a Sunday is, that the Air,,i liNbillollgeiS, uli,'v c ba,ke:s their nii rcy, it istotittit:eerli:c'
(i.;:iiti.,O:atsillailregetl•,:itillairy,
are their shcps, and rho rav no !Int or tax:•te for ' ti:dly Iklieti;:ihl
Wliat they e,irtv oil their lit ad.. 4, are unehri,.tia it it.fi- t.",e, he "Itiei a I to 11., M. TI a! ('ii A :., rk!i,, it (al• 'iii
oti;.eill:,l.inrtria, littillw.urentill.tir.,..:•
di'.l;ihne.,:i:heisnbs,.
cwhy,,1:0,„...cd t,),
.0",
I iii is trough to se 11 tie it fresh maekarel on that day, 1 1.. sett Ital. it bas inctecnd
gtilx,a4ilit
futiothaatritiiriiiiiiii:
(eiumteynit,;) ' trstrioit,rriiitytt, hnoFwttioictrid:ier,r,...ori7siictonti,nteezttii,,,,:ette several orders of'tch°c'.ll'sil,:.'i::,. ''','s:`
hire;
cs, arv,s
(t,adk •11
ticin°o:wth;l:„'l.t,cqe:d, :ii'v..cilYtill''lit '''
a'-
, of it for en the . the pul:lic he small, by seducing their annual lie, nee duty; regularly raid, al.hough trade is at a stand, e; ie.,: („I;'%.'t at'
sii.fatty.,:tp,...irt.achi..rilt.wlo,uello: 1
issi-}l,ll:!iyt
dispose of
or Bond-1 as far as (-tins:stet:fly with
areitsiel7,t;iti:lLltirol.
i.e;uventx.
Monday, al. en twenty-four hours old ; and 1t me the to I/. Is., while Ile imposes an mutual licence duty of
Invin".plinnwanis Mont Athos, and the two other reighhauring lawn
wens herupli aof these haq gentry. Mr. Ilinne, who has .A. is on persons hr: wing beer to sell by retail who are not' he enuld7are from Cat-estop to Negropoilt, 'which he itih;:;7,:
The indefatigable Diarnantis has. on his side. lai.dcd wale
something Hi point to say upon every subject, and who, in I....taised victuallers ; and ris the latter are rrohibited under
the well-known phrase, is always " either fishing or i SI. las of Macedonia, and has succeeded, in larder to operate • (hie;
sew. in cresting uneasiness and alarm amongst the Turks of tie;
ti nix net," being never on. inployed, unfortunately I ji, • :we.
followed Mr. Butterworth, and was rather severe on the 1 the Pacha of einloniehi has marched towards Cassandra with his
trove, which were destined fur Theusaly.
scruples of the p;oas fishmongers. " The petitioners (be " Positive accounts tram Constant:topic bring, in subtlane•
,the
said) prayed the House not to emnrel them to do a certain 1 following intelligence :—On hairirg that a Russian agent had
crossed the Danube on his way to this capital, the Reis Priests
act which they need not (111 unless they chose. Ile would ass taken ill, sad en the arrival of this agent at Care3ll.ll('F, i`
put it to the fishmongers themselves, whether it would not the (',rand
Vizier was also seized with an illness, which is not.' ,r.
puteithd. This new l'itier, whom the ',artisans of the Perte sup -
be beit.r for them to meet together and determine not to,
to be such an active man, has as yet done nothing but tra.isnNu ... ~.
sell lish on a Sunday, than to trouble the house with such by forty Tanana (mcsaengeis) orders to the Padua for cnnsidera
ap. talon as had just been presented. Hail he boll (the armaments destined to act against the (►rink*. The Paellas will
transmit thane orders to their officers, who will repeat thew to their
Honourable Gentleman added) one of the geld:en:en aubaltems, and ultimately every one will rely, as it i* ll MIS! in
who had a conscieuthais objection to selling fish on the Turkey. on the execution of his orders, and on the assistance at'
the prophet, all which will promote very little the cor.ctres a :he
Lotifs Day, he should never have dreamt of calling upon empire.
The fitting out of the Beet hardly otters a better
_

the ilou.c to compel him not to do that which of his own
accord he inight safely neglect to do." What a Downright,
on all these picas occasions, Mr. flume is ! What " a
inarplut" to all discussions of this doiciiption ! But why

do not the conscientious fishmornri petition agsinst
oranges or apples being sold on Sundays, or donkeys driven
or hired ? Why do they not call on the Legislature to
shut all public-houses and taverns against travellers and
frequenters of every description, even after church hours ;
and prevent mail-coaches, stages, or hackney-coaches,
relling along the roads and pavements for impious gain,
to the annoyance of their pious eves or cars. But
these petitioners arc sensitive on nothing tL•at does not
touch their pockets. If they did not deal in mackerel
themselves, their street rivals, " die sabbath breakers,"
might cry it in hoarse aczents front " morn till dewy eve."
I las Mr. Butterworth in other days ever crossed the straits
from Dover, which he represents, to the opposite point of
land mlled Calais, and from thence ventured to that Ba-

hylon, Paris ? Perhaps he has, and entered i: bo on a
Sunday, amid gaming,-houses, theatres, shops, street-
marclumds, mountebanks, and speculators—all in full acti-
vity. now mast he have blessed the God of his fathers
:!sat he was not a denizen of such a land ! Really Mr. But-
terworth, for whose character and intentions we have a
very sincere respect, ought to devote his time aud his
attention to different subjects from these ; he might then
be generally useful ; but lie cannot expect any assembly
seriously to entertain such an appeal as that the playa fish-
mongers made through him against the sale of sabbath-
mackerel, on Thursday night. It would be an insult to
the understamlings of the Members of that House to sup-
pose they could entertain it for a moment.

this licence from selling it we their premises, it manifestly
will net interft re with that internal consumption, which to
the fe,riner is the great source of profit. By this mw system
the restriction will be removed, which has hitherto pre-
vented the ale and table-beer brewers from ft.riiishing the it
customers with beer of such a strength and quality as they
would willingly pay for, if it could be had at a reasonable
and fair price. Under the present system this cannot be.
These brewers are charged 42i. duty on every barrel of
table-beer, the price of which camels eighteen shillings.
If it were brewed of a better quality titan could be sold at
this price, rie ST KONG BEER DUTY of ten would
he chargeable iilmn i 1; consequently no private family can
at present be su-olied with an intermediate table-ker./4er
shillings better in quality, without its being twelve shillings
II higher in price! Under the new Hill this grievance is re-
moved ; a beer may now be brewed of any strength and at
a price to suit all classes, while a ;mat and much-wanted
opening is given to the freedom of trade. Too much praise
cannot be given to the patient consideration which Mr.
!toms sow has bestowed upon this subject, and to the
ability and simnel judgment with which the scale of duties
are adjusted. lie bud before burn a task of great la-
bour, and involving great responsibility ; and be has
shewit what eliflicultie may be o :eremite by the persever-
ance of an enlightened mind, supported by a confidence in
the justness of its own views, and the consciousness of
public approbation.

Wisnson, Aram I.6.—This being Good Friday, his'
Majesty, attended by his household, heard divine service
performed in the private chapel in the Castle.
The Princess Augusta attended divine service at the
Chapel Royal yesterday.
Princess Augusta visited the Princess Sophia Matilda
yesterday, at her house in Curzon-street, May-fair.
Yesterday bring Good Friday, the Duchess of Kent
attended divine service at the Royal German Chapel, and
heard a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Kuper.
The Earl of Liverpool's health is better since the Noble
Earl's arrival at Bath ; a letter to that pleasing effect was
received yesterday.
The receipt of. the melancholy tidings of the decease of
the Duchess of Devonshire at Rome, who was sister-in-
law to the Earl of Liverpool by his late Countess, has
caused the Noble Earl to issue carde, putting off his
numetous party, invited fur the 29th inst., to celetirate his
Majesty's Birth Day.
Yesterday morning Mr. Secretary Peel left London, on a
visit to Sir Robert Peel, in Staffordshire.

The II:SOLUTION& which arc to form the foundation of
the new Ileea Dery Act, and which contain the princi-
ples upon vAlioh the duties arc to he imposed, thoug,h ex-
tremely equitable and correct when fully understood, arc
not easily intelligible in the complex manner in which
they arc retorted. For the benefit of that wide-spread
circle whose inferssts they euibrace, we shall endeavour to
make them more explicit, as we think that the CRANCE I.•
Loa or THE EXCHEQUER loses, at present, much of the
credit that is due to him from the merit of his planiOwing
to the complicated appearance which it assumes, which
prevents it from being appreciated. The Resole:1.10 s,
for the sake of reference, will be found at length in another
part or our Paper. We shall here tel.'e them out of their
stets/trey:Aar, and put them so before the nadir that they
may be readily understood; in which form the 1141 will be
found to stand simply thus:—ln lieu of the former duties,
an excise duty of 24. y. per quarter is imposed upon MALT.
Let the brewer produce his worts at what density he may,
the quantity of malt consumed in every less quantity than
two hatrels, will ba subject to an excise duty of 245. If
he produces two barrels from the quarter of malt, the duty
payable on earh barrel will be twelve shillings, which is
equivalent to the duty on the quarter of malt which they
contain; any
.fractios of a barrel immediately above the
number on which the specific duty is imposed, is included
within such specific duty, that is, two banels and less than
three, pay Its. ; three, and less than four, Ss.; and so en
throughout the whole scale of duties, which is drawn up
with great care, and with a skilfulness which they eat,
alone estimate who are aware of the extreme difficulty
which it involved, and the great benefit gained to the
public by its accomplishment. Under this scale, there is j
no temptation to commit fraud on the revenue, by mixing
worts of different degrees of density, as each will pay in
proportion to the yield of malt extracted. Every brewer
will select two sorts of beet only, and under the proposed
Bill he will be at liberty to brew from worts of any
strength he pleases, since the rate of duty imposed on any
number of barrels is in exact proportion to the duty per
quarter on the grain malted; for instance—

S;r Chas. Abney Hastings, Bart. has left his residence
in IVelbeek-street, Cavendish-square, for Bury St. Ed-
mund's, Suffolk, for the holidays.
On 'Thursday, bet ween the adjourning and resuming of
the !louse of Lords, Mr. Justice Best was sworn in as Lord
Chief Justice of the Commit-ion Pleas, in the Lord Chancel-
lor's private reoin.
It is underskoil that the public entry of Lord Gifford,
our Recorder, on the I; th instant, is to be graced with the
attendance of all the Members of our Corporation, and
that many of our fellow-citizens mean to join the proces-
sion. A similar mark of respect was paid to a former Re-
corder, the late Lord Ashburton, 011 his entering Bristol
to hold the Jail Delivery for the first time after his eleva-
tion to the Peerage, etc.—Bo-UN/Journal.
It is said that Lord Xorbury, after a long and severe fit
of illness, has sent in his resignation. The Solicitor-Ge-
neral is spoke-la as his successor in the Chief Justiuship
of the Common Pleas, and Mr. Sergeant Lefroy as the
new Solicitor-General. It is expected that Mr. Black-
hurtle will have the vacant Sergeantcy.—Drblia freeman' •
Journal. . _ _ _ _ _ _

" After a sate uf six, and leas than seven barrels, an excise duty

FRENCH PAPERS.

of 4st."

Prnifect :
notwithstanding all the pains the Capital Pada has taint
within these last months, the fleet wtil hot be ready to M.; be-
fore the end of May or the commencement of Jena. Nemith_
standing the lasses they have exptrieneed during the last .111.*
years. the Turks still pr.:sec's enough ships to attempt ,!i,.g
out another naval expedition. but they are in want of satb•n ten,

Thursda4 night, the sth instant, as Lady Ditherly
was returninghome from an assembly at Huntingdon, on
driving down Hlnchingeirook-hill, the coachman impru-
dently endeavouring to pass General Onslow's carriage,
brought the one he drove so much upon a bank, that it
was completely overset, and we are sorry to state that her
Ladyship was considerably hurt by the aceident.—Com-
teis'e,e Chronicle.
It is officially announced that the town of Nottingham
is to be contested at the next election.—Lincoin Mercury.
A ladv at the west end of the town has carried her pro
dery so tar, that she has separated the writings of the loupe
and f mate authors in her library.
The later-mature report of the decease of Mr. Sena-
LETT, rk11;11116 us of an anecdote, founded on fact, as to a
I similar mis-statement which appeared many years ago in
Ithe Fri; em x's e/W:RN AL, printed in Dublin. A Gen-
' tleman who had been put among Me deaths the day before,
came to the printer, and was extremely angry to find him-
' self dead, as it occasioned some confusion by those to
whom he was indebted coming to demand Me settlement of
what WON due to them. The printer, with great simplicity,
said, " Sir, it is impossible for me to tell whether you be
alive or dead ; but I um sure I gave you a very goad
character is my Journal." The Gentleman, quite disarmed
by this inoffensivein as, went away in good humour.
A N C v:STI:Y—At Ripley Castle, in Yorkshire, the seat of
Sir Wmn. Ingilby, the lately elected representative for this
county in Parliament, there is in the great staircase an
elegant Venetian whitlow, in the divisions of which, on
stained glass, arc a series of escutcheons, displaying the
principal quarterings and intermarriages of the Ingilby
family since their setthng at Ripley, during a course of four
hundred and tint ty years. In one of the chambers of the
tower is the following smtenee, carved on the frieze of the
wainscot: " in the ycire of owre Lil. M.D.L.V., was this
towse buyldyll, by sir Wyllyam Ingilby, knight ; Philip, 1
and Marie, reigning that thne." John Palliser, of Birsth-
wage, formerly held his lands of the manor of Ripley, by
the payment of a red res.! at Midsummer, and by carrying
the boar's head to the lord's table all the twelve days cf
IChristmas.—Linceln Paper.
Eicra voaot SA Paine:EDlNG.—During the proceed-
ing- in Court this jay. Mr. O'Connell came in, appiaentiv
much astonished and irritated, and made his way throngh
the Goal men of the Bar, up to the Judge, and, in a hur-
tied manner, addressed his Lord:hip thus: " My Lord, I
have' to re qu-st your Lordship's attention—the uofmtunate
Mall who is to be ex-cuted to-morrow is a Catholic and
---" His Lordship said, "If your application, Mr.
O'Connell, relate to that subj-et, I would suggest the pro-
-1 .
pinery of having it private." Mr. II:Connell and his Lord-
ship the n conferred tog, timer, and the Learned Gentleman
soon left the Court. We heard something relative to this
matter whispered abroad, but we could not bring ourselves
to believe what we heard ; doubted that any one could
teak to embitter the last moments of life. On inquiry we
have been assured, that an order, issued by the High
!Sheriff; had been directed to the Governor of the gaol,
1 directing trim not to admit any Clergyman to the crimi-
nal, but the Chaplain of the gaol. It is unnecessary fur
us to enter into a detail of the causes; we will merely say,
that the Count Chaplain appointed to that station, is not
approved of by hint, in whom the ear/as/re right of ap-
pointment might to be vested, the Catholic Bishop of this I
diocese. We understand that the Judge, with a huma- I
pity becoming him, immediately rescindedte verythegrottlater.'e
merely mention this matt, r, to allay h
excite-
input raised in the city, by this reported occurrence: and
if we have lawn in any way misinfermed, it would give us
infinite pleasure to be enabled to correct cur statement.—
Cerk Chrouick.

. , ie
than ever. The sum; of floats's-is, which are angularly exhausted
this year, is what punks more muiiettlarly the Turkish gout-ce-
ment. The Janissaries are always discontented, and will not fail
availing lthemselves of the tint oppo tunity to complete the dim-
melts which exists. The majority of the people, whoiu the war
had exasperated, share the sentiments of the Janissaries. Where-
fore the Divan, which, at the end of the autumn. would not 1 ism
to any agreement with the Grecks, is quite disposed to make prv-
posals to that effect. Dut matter, have come to such a point, that
what would suit 'Finkel would be inadmissible for the Greeks
and if the question of the Independence of Greece, an a eine qua
atm, were to be proposed, it would mune the 'greatest scaidal
in the Divan, so hug as any resources rennin to the Part&
[From the Couericr Framcwia.l
Arovuvao, APRIL 8.
Letters from Corfu confirm the report of the surrender of COMM
to the Orals. The latter entered the town on the lath i 4 Fe.
brnary. They have also, with the assistance of foreign engineers,
rxeapolliaillOn of all the outworks of the important forams ui
nta
letter from Leghorn states, that the merchantman, Divine
Frovidenza, Captain Ciano, had entered thistpor,.and had brought

fresh intelligence from Malta, which he lied left only Gee dare
since. The English had captured and sent to that island a vessel
which had recently sailed from Leghorn, with a cargo of warlike
stores, cordage for the navy, &c. on account of the Dey of Aimee' :
it is the Many, Captain Blorteo. As he was under bardimen co.
lours, it is hoped that the vessel will be restored ; but the cargo
will, at all events, be condemned.
We hear frum the frontier,' of Bevis, that the i`e ffia of Bel-
grade had received a Tartarian messenger fruits the l'azha of 11 id.
din, whom he hail immediately despatched toConstantinople, brin,:.
deg intelligence that estraordimry movements were takt.4
place in the Russian anny encamped on the beaks of the
Danube. Several regiments, it was said, were to march for ;he
purpose of reinforcing the army of Bessarabia on the Pewit, com-
manded by General 'tabs:nett It was affirmed that the latter.
atter having received the reictercemenu which be expected. would
send a summons to the Commander of the Ottoman troops which
occupy cull Wallachia and 31oklavia. A period sill be bead toe
the evacuation of these provinces, and no delay sill be granted.
not even under the pretence of sending to Constantinople to ask for
'orders. The Divan, emit:it:lastly already informed of this deter-
mination, will be forced to proncunce itself, and if the anima he
not satisfactory, the invasion of the principalities by the Russians
may be looked upon as certain.
1. RE/ICH FUNDS. PAWS, APRIL 11.—rive per Cents. opened
at 1111 f. 60e. closed at 1011. fklc. LOW) of IMA 11; Bmk wool,
1,9011; Neapolitan Renter, 9:ft.—Recites d'E.pagne, 184—Royal
Spanish Loan, lit*. 834..—Exchange on Linda', one month,
251. 20c.; three months, Stif. fic.—t'wers
[From the Jerrold des Debate.]
TIIIIESTIL, MARC!, 27.
According to the most recent commercial news from the brim
Islands, the Egyptian squadron' ender the commend of borael
Gibraltar-has reappeared in the Archipelago, and has attazlnd
some Greek vessels, one of which only has been 'taken. The
event, which is given as certain, provechow unfounded is die yes
poet that the Pails of Egypt has declared went the Pens. What
also refutes the report is, that the Pasha has seat new teinforce-
meats to toteisleof Caridia.
Considerable bodies if troops hem begun to meth in Maneltiois,
who are to move ea Thready by Bitaglis, under the Paths of
Widdin. They am stated, probably exaggerated, at 118,10118 men.
We receive from an quarter Me interesting news that the
troops assembled near Adrianople are under new orders to march,
not on Then*, but on the Danube, which agaio proves the jea-
lousy of the Porte towards Russia.
It is asserted that the negotiations of the Greeks and the Alba-
nians are again broken off.
[hum the Eloik of Thursday.]
CoNSTaiiiirrirorLE. %wn 11.
The negotiations with Russia are still delayed by the illness of
the Reis Effendi and the Gravid Vizier.
The Divan sesenbles constantly, and even at night. It seems
there has been very afflicting news from the Archipelago. It is
said that the Beet ts to pot to sea, though as yet very imperfectly
equipped.
PETERSSUItaII, MAISCH 21.
A company has been formed, under the auspices of the Eat-
peror. tonna the Black Sea and the Baltic by canals on the lie of
the Dnieper and the Niemen.
Pants, APRIL 11.
On Tuesday, before mass, M. Brown presented to the King. in
public audience:-1. The letters of the recall of M. Albert 6.11.
latio, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States of America. 2. The credentials in virtue of which
he succeeds M. Albert Gallatin. with the same character of Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Re was Introduced
to the audience, and to the Prio,ces and Princesses of the Royal
Family, by the Baron de Ldive, Inftoductear ties Aintikeaseticios
and M. de Vivier.., King's Secretary.
FRANICFORT'APIITL 8.
The last amounts from the Adriatic state, that Lord Stanhope, a
superior officer in the service of the Greeks, who is directing the
operations before Lepanto, has made his attacks with so mum af-
finity, that the Turks have been driven from all the out-works of
the principal fort, and that the Greeks have established themselves
in them. A sortie of the Turkish garrison has been repulsed with
great loss to the besieged. It is also said that several Barbary
ships of war have been captured Lepanto by a division of the
Cheek flotilla.

Thus any one brewing sir barrels from the quarter of
malt, pays the same duty, atfror shillings pee barrel, as if
he brewed two barrels from the quarter, at the duty of
tiasiee shillings. The whok Allay, it will be. seen, is la
effect charged upon the MALT; the duty on the resit
impos:d only as a preventive of the many fraudulent prac.
tic% s l,y which the duty might be evaded, were the re-
venue left to the operation of the increased malt duty alone,l
withont tithing the stre,,o4 the mols, and the molt
.quete ?l the brewer; were these measures not adopted,
fraudulent mollsterr would be as thick as hops. In truth,
this precaution forms a leading feature in the good policy
of the reptat, since the desidreatem has always hitherto
• been to simplify the system, by laying the duty on the malt,
and at the time to combine this system with the in-1
terests of the brewer, and the security of the revenue ;
thes:! ends arc attained by the plan proposed. The
POI:TER 01:1 wens are enabled to pioduce a Letter and
cheaper beverage to the public, under this new ayattm, in-
asnmeh as their present duty of ten A/tidings per barrel trill
be reduced to eii4-ht shillings, this being the rate imposed
on beer, of three barrels to the quarter. Not that this
opulent body will take to tim mei:sure kindly ; the
contrary ; they will turn their faces and their force
against it—not against this reduction of duty ; that they
deem admissible enough ; but there is one part of the pro-
posed Bill, which, like their own porter, is not quite so pa-
latable as it might be made: we allude to the licence, which
empowers any persons to brew beer for sale, and to retail
it to any custemer, hot consuming it on the premises.
This rrinission is by no means to their leak, and a con-
siderable qusotity of ilflamtialb'e spirit has disengaged