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London, England, 1815-03-03 00:00:00

MR. WHITBREAD .4.VD MR. D. 4111.

The following i .91 an eNziet OCCOOIIt of the cir-
evinstances winch took place in the I .iikby on Wed-
nesday n' edit, in consequence of what passes, iii the
House of Commons. 11r. !fart Davis, undress-
ed himself ee nth much warmth to Mr. Whitbread,
on the subject of the 'mark made by the latter
at Cieneral Whittitighant in the Douse. 31r.
Al'hitbrriiil endeavoured to vindicate I • self, on
the ground that he had no personal enmity towards
the General, and proceeded merely upon the infor-
mation which he hail reerivcil.—Mr. Davis replied

with unabated warmth, allegitigthat the information,
from w Itatevir source, dal mot justify so outrageous
an attack upon a meritorious Officer mid his rela-
tion. Mr. Whitbread persevei NI in the stone ground
of defence and as Nlr. Davis vehemently declared
that this Deus ht• no means a satisfactory vindication,
Mrt W. NVy lone, who witnessed the doopute, and
Was apprehensive of consequences, • eeliately
went into the House, and informed the Speaker of
abut load occurred. The Speaker, with his usual
discretion and promptitude, sent to desire that Mr.
TI. Davii and Mr. Whitbread would return into
the Home. Both these• Gentlemen obeyed the call,
atol wen: addressed Iry the Speaker in the manner
n+map otos such occasions, requiring from each ate
as,unttice that nothing further, should 1401, on the
snhjert. 11 r. Davis, us we understand, declared
that he " relartantly suhmitted" to the decision of
the Speaker, and 11r. %Vhitlireatl observed that lie
. should submit of course.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

BRIA.SSELS PIPERS.

S, PIN. 24.

AAle !Warta Cazttie of the itith, which it was
' mtpecteil would publish tla. decis sof the Cosi-
. gresa, says merely, that " Lord CAsTLIIkAGI4 bc-
ing recalled to London by his ministerial duties,
kit this place yesterday (the 15th), and is succeed-
'. eil at the Congress by the Duke of M'ellingtou."—
.*„/(Joertoul de la litigation, Feb. v 7.)

PARIS PAPIDS.

VirtNA, FED. 16.
The Emperor now a grrat deal better.

Majesty uvpr ared, this Flu' lulore yrqertlay, fur this

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..:Itbiirs'yrt ii:.iclinilli''l'l'iil'iyiltg. table.
Ikihninark luts been ill. It was
feared that Isis ►llness wais serial's, hut he is better. •
It is scarcely possible to fora► an idea or the ac-
t.vity that now 'prevails in Or labours of Congress.
.--Arrus.in t!eh'err I, ou the !tt hi, the projet for the
C./M.111011R! Constitution, 'l%lllOl IS nun• tilt object
of the IIIL:1101it 1111111,117111C1.. to be sub►t►itted to the
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11:rtzrinbcea_
Tile Au-trim army will be placed on a peace
establiedimeot on 11w• Ist of March twat.

Loral Castlereagh, previous to his departure,
isitial and received the visits of the several Minow
turs.• He been much occupied for wane days
with Count Munster, the Hanoverian Minister.—
Tbe rUcCe4l4lll of lisuorrr is supposed to hove been
"'doe Saliject. The Princess Charlotte will one
day inlwrit the three crowns of Euzland.--
The grand fells of Germany do not descend to
&malts. They wish then to avail themselves of
the present moment, when England is all powerful,
to provide in the lwst way for this kingdom. The
Doke of York is much interested in this business.

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TIIE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
rtuDAv, MARtli 3, 151!,7.

NVe have received 13s ussels and Paris Papers to
the Zaili of February. The great questions of
Poland and Saxony appear to have been settled in
Congress so far back as the 9th. The cases of Bel-
giant and ll:motet are supposed to have el►iePv oe-
copied his Lordship's attention since, IWO his de-
parture from Vienna.—An Article, under the head
of Madrid, complains of the mysterious conduct of
England, with respect to Spain. Upon the con-
duct of the Spanish Government there has been, in
Eut•laud, only one loud, dear, and decided ex-
pression of disuppeabidon. There is certaiely no
mystery here. The mystery complained of, ac-
cording to private acconut►, refers to a report that
England lux► u design upon the Spanish Colonies in
America.

The Plyinonth Chronicle, of Feb. 98, say`
" The. Ganymede frq;nte spoke a vessel, the Cap-
tain or which informed her, that the Castilian, of
18 guns, had been seen having the Ante' ican sloop
of war Iraq) ot tow, which she had raptured, bound
to Plymouth. The Castilian is stated to have
taken her men out of a prize she had in company,
iire‘ions to the commencement of the action.—
Ain. The fianymede fri:!nte arrived at Beintuda
from a cruise 24th January."

In the House of COIIIIIIOII4I, last night, a number
of Petitions were presented against the Color
I..tws, Among others, was one from Bristol, sigit-
ed by jbely thousand individuals; one from Bath,
signed by ten thousand ; and one from Sheffield,
by eighteen thousand.
A discussion afterwards took place upon a motion
of Lord A. HAMILTON'S, fur a Committee to in-
quire into the ufiltirs of the Bank, with a view of
aseertai oo itt g their ability to resume cash pay-
ments. In the course of tins discussion, the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, that it was
his intention to propose the .sth of July, 1816, as
the period when the restriction on cast► put ments
should expire. Messrs. HORNER mid TtEnNEY,
in very able speechs, urged the necessity of a pre-
limisatry Committee, to inquire into the situation of
the Bank—and forcibly pointed out the propriety
of Government rendering themselves independent
of the Bank, let the expense be what it might.—
:%Ir. R.tatxo, .sis a Ditector of the Bank, declared
los conviction, that the hopes held out by the
CFI iNc..:ll.oli of the EXCHEQUIM, would prove
fallacious. lie wa..4 convinced, that the Bank
would mot be able to resnine ent.ll payments
for several 3ears. The motion of Lord A. liA-
MiLroN was negatiied on a division—Ayes 38,
—Marrs 134, The I louse then went into a Com-
mittee on the Kink Restriction Bill ; iu which lie
CitANCI 1.1. cm ol• the EXCHEQUER proposed to fill
up the litank, left for the insertion of the period to
which its op.t Canon should be hunted, with tl►e words
" Fifth of July, 1816." Mr. Gimaismi. •ed,
" That the words and its longer,' should he
added." lln this amendment a division took plare,
and as lost by a minority of 9,2 to 35. The
Bill then passed through the Committee, and the
Report vas ordered to be received ►n Monday.

Colonel 1.1. A Nleinher for Durham, and Mr.
WILLER, Member for Exeter, voted in the Minority
oat the question for lorioging tip the Report of the
Coin Bill on Moodily last.

'Flit moult specillikliumi in train luive been enor-
mous, under the idea of an alteraticii in the t'oru
Laws taking place. One great house, it is said, has
made !nimbuses of British awl Forelgo font to the
amount of orally half a million sterling.—( free-
ma I's Jolt mat )
In the ease of a heat imported, full 15s. per
quarter of the ostler go to the 'bibs!' ship-ou tier,
factor, awl labourer. In Neucastle especially, a
ery great portion of the labouring class of the
people depeitil chiefly upon importations of foreign
con, for their employment. The bill u ill at rice
diminish the means, MA *askance the priee of their

Vcsi.el, are taken up by the Transport Board, to
wore( a If/ Ostend, for the purpose either of ',ting-
ing him, Belgian, the secinal battalion regiments of
infantr, to lie incorporated with the first, or for the
titiuseihate conveyance at the brigade of Guards to
England.
Last night, as theLONDCRANCRI.I.oIt Was about
to return I the House of Lords, lass carriage
broke down immediately after he entered it. After
some delay, another was praeured front the
SrEAKER of the !lousy: of CoMMoNS, in which
his Lordship was einitilesl to pursue his route.
(eueral CLIVION :Ma his Lady hail a marrow
escape, a short time sauce. by the shipwreck of
transport off Ostend, in a Melt they laud embarked :
then were a• gfrat diffiCislt got sae on 410 M,
with their suite; •hut their Inigg;:ige was entirely
lost. The %ism ;, which ems one or 500 tons bur-
den, was at rtuinly ill calculated tar a ilekrarkation
ou thi: coast.

Air. Cost YMS is expected to be chosen Professor
of Chemistry to the University of Cambridge, in
the room of the lamented SIMPSON TENNANT, EMI.
"demised.
Yesterday a female, genteely dressed, attempted
to Mown livnielt in the Canal in St. James's Park.
She had thrown heniell into the water, bid having
liven fortinadely observed by a gintlentan passai4
Deer the Pagoda nrith,ee, lw immediately ram to
her assistant e, threw Imuself into the water, and
eneeetafed in bring her_ to land, heroic the vital
spark, was extinct.

It was on the 9th of Fehrioary the Eintserom of
tiAtinstriaed theaeititeul ra-
ty of Saxuu)• and I'aihwtl.
MADRID*, FEW A.%
Sentence has been passed upon several person.:
arrested sitiCe May last. it Comprises banishment,
• I pecuniary fines, and the gullies, but no case of
i• death.
"Ibe Pere Castro, Editor of The Aiality*, lias ob-
tout,' 'a
beibeiltle 40 2,50(0 fraw•v., had i, appointed
Csmasellor lar.:msitor to the 'frilnitial ed the holy
Office, ut Madrid. The mysterious conduct of
Ministers causer us uneasiness. ne have no ratans
hr escaping so formidable a creditor ; and
.if the
Ye aa iaa sula fie`ri that it is safe froni invasion, our
1, foreign })osses-ions are not invulnerable.
Obtliapedition is going to sail, and its destina-
tion 'appears to liatio•liteett changed, oil av omit of
•
is thereverts, more or fess fatutaell, of the disposi-
thou of the Cithiliet of Sr. J:unrn s.
The report of tiw a!arining illness of Mr. Alder-
,„„„ which we yleil frilsll
,
~41wIr rawer, we are authorised to MAW
IMr. ("WARE boas been advised by Ins ph)siciiiii to
aG.tuiti from ie business, aid his absence must
. • "lave given rise to the reptt.