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BANK BALANCES.

Mr. GREW FELL moved, to notice, for
popen Matteis to the balances in the hands of the
Bank.

The Motion was agreed to.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT.

The ATTORN IT-GEN LIRA L postponed his motion
f" • Cortowittee on the Act. of the Slit. 34d, awl
44th rif (;-urge 111. rthitove to Insolvent Debtors,
until Turmlay next. . _

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The other Orders of the Day being divvied (11;
the linnbe adjuutued Yt Y Qu•RTIa ONIC
O'CLUIa.

'VW GN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS PAPCns.

PARIS, MARCH 8.

The new Peers will, it is said, take their seats in
the Chamber at the next sitting. The Chamber of
Preis will then consist of ,270 members, exclusive
of the Princes of the Blond.

Lord Fitzroy Somerset, 51emlier of Parliament,
mud Setretiry to the English Legation, arrived last
Wort. iig w Pans.
Tt.e Persian Ambassador, who is proceeding to
the Court of London, arrived yesterday iu Paris,
and ii;ighted, with all his suite, at the hotel Hour-
I:Tie de Is raiz. The residence of this per-
spurge at Vienna caused a lively sesisation. Since
tl:r live of Rollolpli 11. • lieliod of near 200
year', a Penns!' Envoy had not been seen in that
c apir.l, although the Court of Austria always
'wag'''. to cultivate an alliance aith Persia, whose

flienclehip mireot form a Unid of counterriise to
the Ottoman Porte.
Amongst the ancient Peers, members tinting the
190 I Inr, are nine vilio have not been recalled by
the Royal Ordinance of 114, Stil inPt. are—
NIM. Clement rle Dedelay cPAgier, Foilire
(de l'Audr), Count 6.lappn.ll. the Duke de Prim.
lin, Casablanca, Count de Sego', and Count
Valence.

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The law relative to the sale and mannticture of
saltpetre was adopted in the Chamber of Peers on
the 6.h instant, by a majority of 130 against 6.
The Chamber afterwards entered upon the discus.
riot' of the proposition of the Marquis de Castel-
lane, relative to the repeal of the law of the 9th
November, 1815. on seditious language. It was
oppos-d by the Minister of the Interior, and sup-
ported by the Marquis de Itlarbois and Count
Boissy d'Anglas. The further debate was then ad.
journal.
The tri.4l of Caithllon and Marinet. accused of
an attempt to assassinate the Doke of ‘Velhogton,
wilt come on at the Assize Court of Paths, on the
sth of April next.
Madame the Marchioness d'Osmond, wife of the
former Ambassador of Fiance at the English Court,
is detaitied at Dover by indispteition.

MADRID, FEBRUARY 23.

Not is talked of here but the marriage of
our SOrerhigli. It appearlitHat floe choice is di•
vided between a Prine.ag of SArdinia and one of
Saxony; hut the tno•t georral opinion ill, that we
have for Queen a daughter of the King of
Sardinia.

SAINT tort, (SENEGAL). JAN. 19.
EXTRACT Or A PRIVATE LETTFR, ADDRESSED TO
A MERCHANT AT CAEN.

4' A great number of •hips ;lave arrived here from
Europe, as,il s.vri:.l ethers ore expected, exclusive
of thure fornillig the expedition. The colony is
encumbered with n►erchwrdise, and nothing is
selling.

41 The arrival of the expedition is anxiously
looked for, to see what course things will take. It
is hoped that the projects of Government will
open fresh resources to trade. Some millions of
pounds of cotton have been shipped for exporta-
tion. It is very line, and from its amelioration by
the care of its cultivation, it perhaps cannot be
excelled. It is worth 45 sots a pound when
shredded ; but this new branch of industry wants
encouragement, and I do not perceive, that any
thing has been done to pro►note this. We find
here cotton of a nankeen colour, which grows, like
the other, without cultivation, and which may be
advantageously used in our manufactures.
" Our Galan expedition has not been attended
with all the success which we anticipated. It left this
on the 17th August, 1818, to the number of nine
vessels, under convoy of three royal brigs of war ;
they were three months in proceeding up the river,
about 300 leagues. The navigation is dangerous,
because it Inuit be attempted during the hottest
and worst port of the season. This flotilla, with
the exception of the Argus royal brig, and a mer-
chant vessel, destined to pas the year at Galam,
returned about the middle. of December. They
effected nothing, except bringing away some grains,
The most grievous part is, that all the Europeans,
to the number of 30, were taken sick, and Is of
them died. Fears are entertained fur those who
remain. An espies., jest received, announces the
death of the Gustraur, M. Chatellux, Geographi.
cal Engineer.
" The English expedition under Major Grey,
which set off list year from Gambia to explore the
Niger, has been detained at Galan by the ruins
which prevail during the mouths of August, Sep-
tember, and October, and also by other unforeseen
obstacles. However this may be, it is now united
to ours, which is not established sit the ancient fort
St. Joseph, but a few leagues below the river
Faleme.

" Major Grey dispatched Adrian Partarieux, a
mulatto, of St. Lou,i attached to his suite, to bring
him a supply of men and ethers from Gambia;
they will join him by land—the journey 1 days.
An English Officer has snivel with an escort of
blacks at Sego, where Major Grey is desirous of
constructing a gallior, with which he purposes to
ascertain the course of the Niger."

LAUSANNI:, MARCH Y.

At the request of the Spanish Ambslisailor, the
Directory has communicated to the Cantons the
Royal Dec►ee, according to which all foreign ad-
venturers, who may be taken under arms mider the
banners of the American Insurgents, or famishing
them with ammunition or arm., will be punished
with death.

HANOVER., FEBRUARY

The new constitution will soui; he cuusiuunicated
officially to the Provincial Slates. and submitted
to their deliberations. It is the constitution which
has been drawn up by Count Monster, and spe
proved by the Prince !tepid, so that its adoption
appears certain. We are assured that it contains
very important dispositions for us, and will put au
end to the system now pursued. We will have a
general representation, divided into two Chambers.