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CLONSIEL ASSIZES.

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SEDITIOUS EXPRESSIONS.
Os Friday Awes GsMeson we* indicted fur baying
lettered entities seditious espreetiusis in the tows of Caber
tea the !OA of !unary WS.
♦ soldier of Ike ride bellied', named Neal. swage that it
that day he VI se is Caber about three boors, so his marsh
to Fermi*, that being to • publie.bonae, where he wee
Whited, the Primmer. whom he idestilled, was previously
driakieg with Sire or sin others, and be ►ward him my, " that
if ever he went to England he would go to Loudest and neat
Is pulling dues lbe King and Crows, sail bewails( them la
Hell." It was to the Nue of s song that the Aeneas sever
hoard before. The Primmer went on, and said ow seas i■ the
same way (for it was all the one tune), that he would fight up
to his knees la Proteataut blood—that he would make oaths
burs all Orangemen ■sad Pridestante—tlast he wished the
Crappie* of Ireland would gni, the day." This was dose to
the wituees, bat io an adjoisiag room. GaUaghas waggled.
prisoner by use demi*, a comrade of the wiliness's. surd
lakes before Lord Waierpark, who, after e•amisatiss,
eemmitted him.
The primmer, before they bad accoutred themselves to
take him before the Magistrate, bad made his escape back.
wards from the house, and concealed !diesel( orde► some
straw la • stable, and on pursuing him there Austin Said his
bayonet, and poshing it gently Wu the straw, sod at the
same time declaring be would kill the primmer 1114,911 became
set, Gallaghia■ came from ceder the Mesa sod begged
Isis life. Here the prisoner being inked if be bad any
qwestios to put to the witness (for he had so Cosiest! sew
Attorney)—propesed to the Cued that ►e world vow sing
the same song that he snag thee, w thew there was so harm
in it; sad was told by the Omit that when he should be
called us for hie &fere, be might say or sing that defeat,
as he plemed.—Elo the re•elt, however, the auditory lost the
advantage of Datlarbas's musical latest', as be dechaed
ac-
kabitiog the poetry.!—Guilig.

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

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PARIS PAPERS.
1111.1• MID
PARIS, APRIL
The Duke of Orleans and his whole family yes.
terday received it itsiticy their Royil Highnesses
the Prince and Princess of Denotsrk, who passed
the evening there.
It is now cectoin that General Berton arrived at
Sinn Sebsstista, Ray tha fld instant is a erns•
mottle; it appears that he embarked at Mints,.
Three commercial cooriers arrived on Wednesday
at Perin, at the house of Mr. Itothschild, banker,
one from London, and the other two Irom Vicuna.
The enrreut report yester4ey at the Elul:hange war,
that one or the two couriers brought inieflogeftee
thet the wegoriations had been re-opened between
the Porte and Itussia, through the intervention of
tl e nordiattog Powers.
Nive per Cent. Consols •peoed this day at
86 („ 98 e.—rose to 871. loc.—closed at 86f. 75 c.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
MR. LOTEDAY'S PETITION.
On Thursday the Reporter on petitions, M. di
Sestnaisons, made a report to the Chamber of De.
puties on the petition of Mr. Loveday. The most
lively curiosity is stated to have been manifested in
the Chamber on the petitioner's name being men-
tioned. The Repenter made a statement of which
we give au abridged account. The remarkable pro-
fusion, lie observed, with which this petition lied been
hawked shout, rather than circulated, might free him
from the liecessity of snaking an isualjilo of it; but
the Committee thought it its duty, nevertheless, to
give au outline of it, which lie, as their orgrtn, would
desire to lay before the Chamber. lie then stated
that Mr. Douglas Loveday. who was horn at Ham-
mersmith, in England, hawing purchased property in
France, was arl mated to the enjoyment of civil rights
while he should continue to reside in the country,
I.y en ordinance of the King, dated Dec. 3. 1817.
Haying recapitulated the facts in the petition, the
Reporter observed, that the complaints of Mr. Love.
day were reduced to the coat of the eldest daughter,
Emily. She continued in the Catholic faith,
which she had embraced ten months after she had
arrived at the years of majosity. Mr. Loveday had
uttered expressions more passionate thou prudent,
in which the toleration required by the Protestant
religion was accompanied by u kind of gall which
would have been a just reproach against an officer
of the Inquisition. A cuitflict arises between the
father and the daughter. The latter claims indivi-
dual liberty. The father says, " Follow my faith."
The daughter replies, "I follow my own convic-
lion." The father on this utters accents of such vio-
lence, that they might be buid to proceed rather
from irritated tenderness, than from any regard to
the religion of his child ; and he concludes by say. •
Mg. that having failed to obtain justice from testy
other quarter, he is obliged to appeal to the tint
body of the State. " Your Commission," said
the Reporter, " desires me ia she first place to re-
mark, that we renounce this denonsinatioo, ' first
body of the State,' which has proceeded from igno-
rance of oar institutions." The Reporter then pro-
ceeded to censure very strongly other parts of
Mr. Loveday's petition, particularly the term
" Converters," applied to the persons who in.
duced Misc Loveday to change her religion.--
He asked whether the English Parliament would
allow such en attack no the ieligion of the State,
and expressed an opinion that Mr. Loveday
had been merely a tool in the bands of desiguiog
enemies of the French Monarchy and the Catholic
faith. After several other obseivations of a similar
tendency, and expressed with much harshness of
language, the Reporter proposed that the Chamber
should pass to the order of the day on the Petition.
The report, after some opposition, was ordered to
be printed.
A debate of considerable length ensued, in which

lainar on accnini of ifitit consliirecly, became
the affair tallow brought before the Chamber of Ac.
ciliation of the Coon of Appeal at Cuhoar. Colonel
Ihes is the most known of the coniipirsturs
hitherto arrested, but there are said to be aerial'.
charges against *event' persons who have fled to
Switzerland, and have probably gone further. It
is affirmed that no connexion has yet been dig.
covered between this conspiracy and that in the
west of France. It seems to be conjecturer) that
all these niovements were directed by certain bell.
knowis persons in Paris, and every effort was then.=
fore made to get to the bottom of the affair, but
hitherto as it seems without leading to any positive
information.

THE BRITISH PRES S.

LONDON,
TUESDAY, Aram 16, 1824.

It is observed of two characters in Sultanate!
Critic, that " when they do agree their unanimity
is wonderful." The remark may he applied to the
Cowrie► and the CArtukk. Thei► unanimity with
respect to the relations betaten Turkey and Russia
is indeed wonderful. The Courier hrs repeatedly
assured its readers that the continuance of peace
was most certain, and this assurance it Vouched
upon authority. The Courier woo says that iii.
mediate war is inevitable, and insinuates that any
one who dares to doubt it, speaks unde► undue ic-
fluency. The Morning Chronicle. most wonderful,
echoes the Courier : hut with perfect disregard of
both, we do not hesitate la affirm that their as-
sertion is merely a speculation, and that the goes-
tins) of war is just as uncertain as it was when the
Courier contended for a permanent peace.

The Paris Papers have been received up to
Saturday. but they remove in no respect the
uncertainty that has so long prevailed respect-
ing the probabilities of a war in the Kist. The re.
port., however, are still warlike, and the 'batmen's
which are made relative to the preparation; of the
hostile parties, and even to the movements suppos-
ed to be severally contemplated, affect to be ex-
tremely precise. The Christian residents its Cm-
stantinople, at the time of the departure of the latest
accounts, experienced the utmost degree of appre-
benaion ; for in the tweet of a war, the Government
will be either unwilling or unable to prevent the
Mussulman troops, and the populace of the capita/.
from indulging their avarice and their hatred of the
Christian name, by the indiscriminate massacre and
plunder of the Franks. A Russian fleet is prepared
on the Black Sea. with an army, for the purpose of
effecting a landing near Constantinople. This ar-
mament was expected to commence its operations
about the beginning of this month. It is said, its
the Constihrtionael. that Count GOLOWICAN. the
Russian Ambassador at the Court of Vienna, has
made a formal demand that Prince Yelmaxvi,
who has been confined for some time in the fortress
of /Motets, in Hungary, should be restored to
liberty.

The Committee of Petitions of the Chamber of
Deputies has reported upon the petition of Mr.
LOYIDAY, respecting the proselytism of his daugh-
ter. The Committee did not conceive that the
Chamber was authorised to interfere in the cue.
and in conformity with its recommendation, the
Chamber, after an animated discussion, passed to
the order of the day.
There has been an improvement in the French
fonds. The 5 per Cents. had closed on Wednes-
day at 86 1. 35 c. They opened on the following
morning at 86 1. 83 c. and rope during the day to
87 1. ; they finally closed at 86 f. 95 c. Bank
Stock, 1,572 r. 50 c.

Flanders and Dutch Mauls have arrived with
papers to the 14111 instant. Letters from Ancona
confirm the account of the defeat of the Turkish
fleet, and represent the affairs of the Greeks iu a
favourable state.

There are at present three Bills pending in the
House of Commons, having for their object the
simplification of our system of laws relating to the
navigation and commerce of the empire. The first
of these Bills repeals an immense number " of an-
cient statutes and parts of statutes. so far as they
relate to the importation and exportation of goods
and merchandise from and to foreign countries."
The extent of the repeal provided for by this Pill
may be conceived from the circumstance, that sloe
Bill, which is limited to the simple declaration of
repealing statutes of which the titles alone air
briefly mentioned, contains no less than 31 folio
pages. The preamble recites that sirloin statutes
regulating and restricting the impottation and es.
portatiou of goods and merchandise made and pass-
ed at various times before the twelfth year of the
reign of CHARLES 11. remain unrepesled, although
the same are inconsistent with, o► are rendered um
necessary by, A In 'iod as
doubts nosy be
may ire in force
venting all fur

that they shoui
In looking t
to be expressly
some degree of
he opinion seetni
rinds upon mai
important to tl

ley in the month of November, after his death; went b y the Ine report, aster some opposing'''. was oruerrit tia 1
.iiiections ad Mr. Heard; found • lull, aid a bun with 'room be printed. be the Helder, the Brielle, and the isle of Witt. BASLE, usacH 28.
elnes and abut ; fousd suave punier in the house of Mr Sias. A debate of considerable length ensued, M which cheren. According to letters and to the untirances of
ley in a day atter • &Old it is the 'hatch. IRUN, APRIL 1. travellers who come (rum Belfort. very strict me..
and Mimed de Cakieres, Benjoiniu Coustant,
Gana-exareinee"—Mr.Staaky was 'officinal! worthy to ' ' After the entrance of General Lopes Banos into sores continue to be taken by the police in that
kivir • row. and other., took part. The reconuntudation of the
Panyeluna, he summoned the principal members town. All travellers who are nut provided with the
The Jary, after an absence of an hour and a half, remised Committee was filially agreed to.
Imo Court, bringing in a verdict of Guilty against Leary, FRAM SPORT, •PRI L 12. of the civil authorities, and informed them that he necessary passport are •arrested, and obliged to give
nod Apt Guilty &gaunt Mary Sticky; but the Foremanwas charged by a decree of the Cortes to disarm the a satisfactory account of themselves. Gesisdar 'nes
The ANgsberg Caserse of the 11111 April has
urcunipoisied the hinne, by saying it was merely oe accosat of 1 inhabitants of that city ; such an Intention has pro- patrol the high roads to estecute the orders they
news from Constantinople of the
of a neheiewry, as they conceived, a the chain a evidence I Itli March,
ducal • • . We do
a sensation which it would be difficult to receive. not hear, however, of easy
and out from any doubt of her parocipatioa is the pat oi which the following is ass extract :
the other Yrieuwer. The verdict war, however, recited a The Tartish &Armament continues its preparations for : IlriCriber and there is reason to tear greet 'stip.. arrest on account of the Belton conspinicy.—
eMI signs of disapprobation by the auditory. war with the greaten setivily. Tereus Meals to hays wised vision. A deputation is going to set out for Ma- W e may "cm "Peet to have some turorilla-
Aher the Nasal iviestuist being asked the Prisoner, Leary, die hi"' who jabot"' 1."11' AP abl" 4 vPcaed befute grid to preseut to the Cortes an authentic account lion respecting the proceedings comineticed at
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Acts passed sir.ce that period; and as
e rtaiued huw far the said statutes
cc, it is deemed expedient, fur pre-
sture difficulties rind inconvenience,
ild he expressly repealed.
through these statutes that are now
7 repealed, it is impos,ible not to feel
f surprise at the changes which pub-
Ins to hare undergone ■t furious lo-
oters which were at all times deeply
the general welfare of the comas-
.,

tit node undoubtedly wee at an early
period if our history a Isrge shtive of such tote's-
tioo or car Kings and Purlialsents were capable of
bestowiag upon it, and notwithetinding the singu-
lar perversity which seems occationslly to have
vetoed their commis, •nd the wonderful cheriges
that here taken place in the preYsiling sentiments,
no ooecan doubt that in etery measure adopted
by the oohed wisdom of the Legislature, the public
Vass really the object pursued.
Tiu!first statute recited is one of uncertain date',
hot commonly attributed to the 20th you of the
*reign .of EDWARD 1., concerning money. Thil
forbade that soy person should b►isg ovent4
iNio the country but only for his expenses. It is
difficult at this distance of time to understand the
principle upon which EDWARD could have desired
that foreign money should not be brought into
England, for he is honourably distinguished in our
wools es a promoter of foreign cotnruerce, and the
first Prince who gave a free trade to aliens and
denizeos. He certainly, jostle remarkable instance,
'sheeted himself as unwilling to suffer coined money
io;he exported from the kiogdom, for the Porn
'hiving in 1907 collected a large som of money
in 'England, the Kton enjoined the Nuncio not to
eiptist it in specie, but in bills of exchange. This
cireissistsuce is noticed by Hums as a proof that
cientraerce was then but ill understood. 'Hooey
hits 'Aways been exposed to the busy and inks-
ilieislos meddling of legislators, and never has it
been Crouched without inflicting • serious injury
open the public. It is difficult ►o conceive any
epeeist wider than is presented by a comparison
of orr present system, respectiog the trade in the
precious metals, and the principle that is observed in
theild ststute to which we have referred.

The value of foreign trade seems to have been
early appreciated in England. There are several
imitates passed in the reign of EDWARD 111. of-
fering every encouragement to foreign merchants to
bring their goods and merchandise into England,
and to take in exchange English wool. The first
oestriction was in the 11th of EDWARD 111. whereby
foreign cloths were prohibited under pain of fo►-
feibure; but this restraint was soon removed, and
the most unlimited freedom was given to the importa-
tion of foreign goods. Wool was at that period the
great staple article of British trade, and with a view
to the quick sale and exportation of this article, the
Genoese and Antwerp merchants were specially in-
cited to enter our harbours, and dispose freely of
their merchandise, with liberty to traverse England,
Wales, and Ireland, for the purpose of purchasing
wool. These offer further instances of the changes
which time and circumstances have wrought in the
goverment of our intercourse with foreign states.
Instead of a power of unlimited importation, re-
straints have been from time to time imposed
upon some articles of foreign produce, and
spoil others duties have been imposed nmount.
ing almost to absolute prohibition. We no
longer seek to find purchasers for our wool, bur,
on the contrary, our statute book groans with
regulations and restraints of a highly penal che-
wier, fur the purpose of keeping our wool at home
for the sole use of our manufacturers. Alien mer-
chants now approach our shores with hesitation, for
here they find themselves exclwled from the pro•
tection of the law, and exposed, without the means
of remedy or redress, to the mere caprice of the
Privy Council. The law of England, which in
relation to alien merchants was once distin-
guished for its extreme indulgence, ■nd as such
received the highest eulogy from foreign
writers, gradually assumed a sterner aspect, arid
deprived them by degrees of every privilege
consistent with personal safety. They were prohi-
bited by the 4th of HURT IV. from taking
money out of the kingdom, but were compelled to
purchase English goods in return for the mer-
chandise which they had imported ; they were
exposed by the sth of Neut. W. e. 7, to the
same treatment by the Government of England as
English merchants received abroad, and by the 9th
chapter of the same statute they were placed under
the special surveillance of the persons in whose bosses
they might chance to lodge; they were debarred by
the Bth lit tiny VI. from receiving payments in
gold, and by the 18th Hermi' VI. from selling mer-
chandise to other aliens within the ports of Eng-
land ; they could not take houses or lands except
under special limitations, and 'tio complete their
.uhj,ction, they have lately been made liable to he
ilrivrgt from the country at the pleasure of the -
tlt.ters. Malty of the most restrictive laws have
hung crest ti to be actually operative, for the im-
prormg spirit of the country discountenanced the
solo, cmg of measures founded in impolicy soil in.
jo.tice. The hut and worst of these laws is of
comparatively modern date, but we trust that the
non, is nut fir distant when Parliament will frel
‘,lioinett to renew it, or even the Government to
1,t,,! nrr

The seemed Bill now b.fnre Parliament professes
repeal Acts and parts of Acts relating to the tut-
'flirtation of goods and merchandise. This Bill
ones,. of eleven folio pages, and completely
lelas away every measure of modern timer (coal.
nienving with the great Navigation Act, the 12th
,itaituts II.) `• relating to the countries from
whence, and the ships in which goods and iner-
4;,,indhe shall be imported into any part of the
"'led Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland."
'nine two Billy are prepared for the purpose of iu-

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c;
I uctug the third,
which embraces le one view
the principle upon which our foreign trade is i,.
future to be conducted. This is a moot important
measure : we shall therefore give an extended out-
line of its provision,.
The presnible notices the great Nevig;tion Act,
the igth CtuaLts It. which. from whatever tem.
isorary feeling. sod necitiees it may have arisen, has
undoubtedly had a large share in promoting the
commerce and navigation of this empire. Our
reader! are, no doubt, well aware that the chief
object of that law was to give to. titilish shipping
a monopoly in the trade of our own country. It
provides that none but British ships shall trade with
the British Colonies. or be employed in the coast-
ing trade of Great Britain; that various articles shall
not he brought into Great Britain except in British
ships or in ships of the countries where such articles
are produced ; and that certain other articles shall
not be imported even in British ships, except from
the countries wherein they are produced. The mein
principle of this law is preserved, though modified
in the Bill sow pending before Parliament. It
enacts that goods, the peodoce of Asia, Africa. or
America, shall be imported from any platb into
Great Britain in British ships only; but from
this provision is excepted the trade of the
United States of America. which, by several
statutes passed in the late KING.I reign, is
allowed to be carried on in ships belonging to
the inhabitants of the several States. Nor does this
provision effect the trade with the Brazils, nor with
the East Indies, nor the trade nith the Cape of
Good Hope or the Mauritius. The second clause
of the Bill recites a great number of European
articles, such as timber, wine, salt, pitch, tar,
brandy, silk, fruit, corn, and oil, and enacts
that these shall be imported in British ships, or in
ships of the country in Europe of which such goods
or merchandise see the growth or production. or in
the ships of the country or place in Europe into which
such goods or merchandise shall hove bens imported
or brought. This clause is not to affect the laws
relating to the importation of corn, the regulations
as to import in packet vessels. the importation of
fish or naval *tom, or the duties payable by the
Russia and Turkey Companies. There are some other
provisions in the Bill necessary for regulating some
of the details of the measure, and continuing the du-
ties now payable upon the several articles respectively.
It will be observed, however, that the strictness of
the old Navigation Act is considerably relaxed, al-
though enough is still preserved to secure the advan-
tages which have thence arisen to the commerce of
the empire. The relaxation, however, we doubt
not, will tend to promote a more liberal intercourse
with the other nations in Europe; but we must
confess a disappointment which we have experienced
in viewing this measure. IVe own that when we
first heard of Mr. Roatrisoe's intention to relieve
the foreign trade of the empire from many of the
disabilities under which it laboured, we had antici-
pated a considerable diminution in the scale of cus-
tom duties now demandable upon the importation of
foreign merchandise. This mode of encouraging
trade and commerce seeing not to have entered into
the views of the Government. We had hoped
that the time had arrived when our statesmen
should feel that commerce is best promoted
by inducing other nations to seek our ports from
the facilities which they may there experience in
buying and selling merchandise. We cannot hope
to be a selling nation unless we enable others to
purchase by the reciprocal exchange of produce.
If our duties of import be heavy and burdensome,
amounting in many instances to actual prohi-
bition, we must necessarily expect that other go-
vernments will follow our example, were it only
for the purpose. of retaliation. But in proportion
as we profess or feel a dependence upon the pur-
chases of other people ought we to encourage
them to make such purchases, by pursuing upon
our own parts an equitable and accommodating '
spirit of reciprocal commerce.

We have received Dublin Papers of Saturday
last. The accounts from the south of Ireland com-
municate several recent outrages. In the county
of Tipperaty several houses were burned in the
course of last week. In the county of Limerick
a nun was murdered by a party of White Boys near
Capps, to prevent his giving evidence, and several
cases have occurred of destroying the pasture land.,
by digging and ploughing them up. Dillume, the
celebrated leader of the White Boys iu that coun-
ty, has been taken by a party of the rilies.

The Wesirnearh Journal states, that the graziers
were obliged to dispose of their cattle at the late fair
of Mulling'sr at prices considerably lower than they
hod refused 12 months ago; and the Clore Jonrnal,
as a melancholy instance of the distress of the
people in that quarter, says, it bas good outlaw.
oily for stating, and pledps itself for its accuracy.
that during the last week seven persons have been
!ported in the parish of Kildysart, " who it is well
knows hare died/row want."

Tilt FUNDS.—There was very little doing yes-
terday, the greatest anxiety and doubt seemed to
perv.rde the minds even of the bestinformedi Con-
sols began at 7812 for money, and 781 79 for the
Account, and became buyers at 79 for the Account.
brit soon again declined, and wale afterwards 18k
sellers for the Account, and 781i*; Reduced 7711;
Navy loin ; Long Annuities 19 13.16 I Foreign
Securities steady ; Spanish 661 i ; Danish Hai
lictusian esie. At the close of the mailer* Consuls
were 7811. Account 711/.

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,v 13.0 4.0
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rttlt 764. icriv
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PASIIIO NA RE* PARTIES.
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fl. Martinis of Asilesey estrytaistal a .sleet parts of lois
dississiialeril friend. es desulaY, at bap is old ger-
Tha Billets wf Landose wilt (lee as elegant estertaisetempt
to ell the Bishops se the 11114 WM. is lusitione akin Majesty's
birth.day, at his wow unwise M. leira.e...quere.
Mr.. William filashat Isa ipned eards er iiieitatioa fur •
ball ou the 2114 inst. at bar Mow is Poriland-place.