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CHAMBER or Ftsarmti 13.

Several iiihabituniv Auxerre, in petition to the
Chamber, complain that the active and useful see-
%lee of the Nationzil Guard is thrown on a fifth of
the inhabitants, while the tither futtr-fifths ere ex-
rirwtra or eiapltorii only on service of parade or
oatentotion.

M. de I.,t!';lyette—" l'ronce lr,s long expected a
real general ingot' of the SdininAl
Guard, ii,.Aintti not to 1.11%..7,n the, citizens tint to
arm them fur the defence of the country and public
order, founded on the lows and liberty, and not on
a system of ordinances and provis.,onal regulatiuns.
I require that this Petition be sent to the Minister
of the Interior, nnf that a copy of it be left in the
bureau of the Chamber."
This motion was acceded TO.

The \largo's and Marchioness Devienne claim
the restitution of 220 , 0 0 f of remits confiscated
during their emigration, and which reduced to the
Thirds, would represent on the Great Book
71,000 I. in the Consolidated Thirds. The Com-
muter of Petitions proposed the order of the day to
await the dippusitions expre,sed in the law of 1815,
which rest..reJ to the emigrants nothing more thin

had not been sold, or had m.t per6lictl i!, t!ie lie•
• volution.

The order of the dHy was adopted by a great
majority.
The cliscussimi on the commeocemeot of the
Financial Year was then resumed. Some A1eti,1,1.14
Were liPA7d, acid the Iii11:UX16011 was adjourned to
Monday. . .

THE BRUT. S LI PRESS.

LONDON,

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS, ISM

The polling proceeded yentriday
garden with soinewhat more spirit than on 'Fiji
day, and the result has been to place Mr. I.sma,
on the gross polo, within seven 'tors of Mi. Mi..
rinusE, the numb is twi —For Jr. floatioust,
622 ; for Mr. Lams, 616.
During the (lay vriti-s for Mr. LAllReaceaded
those of 11111 titiliwtoor by 107 ; those fir the forme,
lieinv. 265, for ihe Ir'frr only 158.
CA a.rw tti II T hat hitherto found 519!,pr00 .5
In tills 114.1111101.1 i City to favour his nrst imam,
backed, although they hr, by his um spiivecal de.
durations to favour of Annual Farb 'inputs sod
Universal Suffrage. The flustlngs were. ciewded
yesterday, as usual, towards the close of the pull.
by the friends of the respective Condulites, but
the people who occupied the spare in front welt
disappointed in not seeing Sir FRANCIS 1/I.I9DIVe
by the side of Mr. tionnovie. Mr. LAMfei
friends were exulting in high spirits at the great
progress made by that Honour dile Gentleman, at.d
anticipations were confidently entertained by the,a
that lie would, at an early hour this morning, take
the lead of his antagonists.

We received last ought Dutch and German
Papers of recent dales.

Pt Rucerts, ?LIMITARY 10.

The intention of the Duke of Wellington to oppose the
emancipation of the Irish Catholic•, makes the Mercury r.f
Antwerp suppose that his Glace, nut satisfird with all the
fine titles %loch he already pos.esses, dente, that of De.
fender of the Protestant Faith ; and it takes occasion. front
the Petition which the /Collie Lord has joss' isrescetted to 11,.
House of Lords, from the merchassia of Dublin, to adduces+
to his Grace the following apostrophe

" Wellingtnn' remember that you arc an Irishman, th.t
Ose whom this altann rut law „pprew►a are sour enunlr,..
men rernembei that iiiiv in.quiiinis law, in favour of which
you have taken on y..urself t. par., at a P. Wien, 4.rigin,atti
in those uuhappy times when •naichy reaped. not that it
would cnyer the whole Enlh•n nation w nl, tl. mai vprn.
hrium to maintain it in spate of flip enlinht.,..d split* ad
the nineteenth ccotu,y " • Journal de la Belyirej

We have received Parts Paper, of Sun lay lot.
They ore silent res: ecting the pr. twos Ilt :;011,
of the POPCS death. Intel) get ce fr.r• Rome
represents Ins Holiness all bontg 141:xioualy eo-
gaged in rtithrisiivatitig a holy relic, which is Paid
to have been recently discovered. S fooltols
people employed in reitaiting an ',liar, liu
thew have fnuoil the body of a certaio Satot
Francis, which had been lying in its native raid' for
six centuries, nod three retain-ui have beta sit-
rioted to make an 'Artist recognition of the trea-
sure. To ally but percotis it would be a
difficult matter to tell whether the moulder'', g
hones that have reposed in quietoess fur so long •
time, had Irelonced to • saint or a murderer.

A project of u law relative to the Liberty of the
Press will, it is expected, he presented on Wedu,...
day to the Chamber of Deputies. Its principle, it
is said, is to free the Journals fii,iu ull previous
Censorship.

The French Five per Cents. on Saturday vtie
69 1. 70 c. Bank Stock 1,526 1.

A Flanders Mail has arrived, with Papers from
Brussels to the 15111 initial. The Dutch G-
vernment appears very anxious to clear itself
from the charges in the Protest of Sir Timms%
STAMFORD RAFFI.F.S. For that purpose, refer-
ence is made to on alleged letter of old date from
B.ltavia, in which the predecessor of Sir T. S.
RAFFLES, itt Bencoolen, invoking the intitietire and
authority of the Dutch Commissioners or .1./ea
over the Sultan of PALEMBANG, in favour of the
English Company, and this request is relied
upon as evidence that Palembang W 111 MAY II
dependency of the Government of Jan. V.,
reasoning is by no means conclusive. The re•
quest only shewa the opinion of the parson who
made it, lint catmct dive.t the Stittm of PA1.1.8•
BANG of tie tack and estate with which he WO* 1,1•
vested by solemn treaty with the Euglish teuvetr•
ment. The following aan extract
sat sEt.t, 11.11RVART 141.
SITTING OF THE SECOND CHAMBER ..T 'THE
STATES GENERAL, FEBRUARY iO.

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This silting was chiefly occupied in rrecivire petition'
which were referred to the Committee of Petitmits. I
of them related to the mortised Laws of Citetoms and
Ear
The Committee of Pcittions reported on iiiiniewas re.
monstrance, pustule,' by the soap manuractiart i'a at Brae
eels, Ghent, Amatetilani, kc. Polite the tax on snap, la,"
propose a tax on putaplies inatead. On the other hand, ss•
other petition chews that the tax on potash's nett weeny
injure the fine manufactory of crystal glass of %Ir DO'
thine'', at Voniche. Tkis magnificent establish/ma; was
on the point of being transported to Frisbee to,
having bean sufficiently encouraged and protected ta tt
glum It is known that a great deal of alkali is -'d •••

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rompositwn of eiyntal gloss, the tax on po:a111 Amthl,
• • rnGar, be vei y iejlltiollf. to it. The I rtili. err trnipitirri
, nea tariff, til:inf; V. per cent and inferior r/tir., ..I•itity ou
• tv.141, nod Olin. ;Oise imported into the Linzawn. '1 lir
16.1,00 of the Committee, which terrains from soy rt. nurkli,
oillrred to be printed.

It i,s'ated in a Liverpool Paper of Monday, that
t'.. c•lliers of St. Ilel.-ti's and its ticinity have
,/,....!;„ in cons, rilieoce of an combination
,orl into by !O oi to obtain all :IflVUtlf.el)l wages.
t. hiday last .lirtrr alias COMM, who
ict.d as secietaty to the body, was apprehended
tinder warrant for administering unlawful oaths.
S. on after ,lotitssom arrived in custody at the It teen
1.11,, in St. Helen's, some hundred sof the colliera
and great apprehension was entertain-
that they would endeavour to rescue him ; but
yr, y fortunately Colonel Withr.tasts and MICHAEL
HUGHES, Esq. two Magistrates, were there at the
moment, and while time former was addressing the
multitude on the impropriety of their conduct
and motives, POELITT, the constable of War-
rington, succeeded in conveying his prisoner oway
In a chaise fr the back of the inn. As soon,
however, as they were acquainted with the cir-
ri:instance, the mob became very clatutirotoi, and
tallowt d the ci.ap:e, but without being able to ac-
complish ii't ir object. The men then dispersed;
but we noderstand that in the evening they visited
the I.lts in large bodies, with fire-arms, and put out
Vlr fig and discharged the engineers at the MI-
-I.l.etit weak', Alarmed at these proceedings, the
constituted authorities thought it necessary to
call in the of the military ; and on Saturday
eveuinr * company of the 52d regiment and the
t.iverpi•ol light horse received orders to march for
Sr. Helen's. A party of infantry also marched
from Warrington for the same purpose. We are
however, to state, that up to Tuesday after-
noon every thing remained perfectly tranquil.
These disturbances are entirely confined to the col-
liers at St. Helen's.

Yesterday ;t Court of Directors WWI held at the
East India House, when the following ships were
thus stationed and time 4. viz.—
Bridgewater. Marquis of Ely, and Larkins—for St. Hi.
lrca and Chilli..

Apollo, Cumin'', and Matilda—fur Chits* dirtet.
The above ships to be afloat the 2341 nistato, sa;l to
Graveseitil Ist March, stay there 30 days, and be
in the Downs 10th April.
Ttic EAtt.t. OF LAUDERDALE.—We lament to
state that yestertltty, about one o'clock, selit:e
actively eng.iged in the Cniumittee appointed by
the House of Lords to impure into the affairs of
the Bank of England, the Earl of LAUDERDALE
was suddenly :mailed by a very serimis tit of
apoplexy. his Lordship's itidisposition threw tie
Committee into great confusion. We have to add,
that the Noble Earl was eenieodist restored before
he was conve”td home.

Sir WILLIAM CURTIS look his seat last eveniet;
in the House of Commons, ns Member for the
Borough of Blechingly. The lion. Harviiei's
eppearunce offer his late niemorai.le &fiat, ex-
cited sonie cheering and gooll-naturi d laughter loin
the Opposition Benches, which was Intl by loud
cheering from the Treasury Botches. Sir W L.
IttAst's good humour did lint desert him—he
laughed as heartily as any one else.
The Crown, through the ATTORNEY-CENERAL,
lies claimed the immediate presentation of one of 'lie
most valuable livings in Norfolk, on an alleged int.
proper contract between the patron and the clergy-
man lately instituted under his prrsentatioii.
The passage fixed upon fur the Parson Prize
of the present year, at ranihri4h4e. is fri m
SHAKSPEARE'S Coriduaus, Act 5, Se. 3, putt of
Vu/iimnia's speech, beginning,

" ---.Thou knuw'ei, greet sot;
" The eod of war's uncertain ;"
and ending with—

" Let us shame him with nor knees."
which is to be translated hitt, Isisibic deatilectic
Triineiers. Recording to the Ltw• Lti.f down n. the
Proft;sor'a Preface to the Hecuba 1 Euripides.

BATHING.—Sir ARTHUR CLARKE, the Pro.
prirt•or of t lot Public Baths it Dublin, Itaa it'll
poob.i:lord a very interesting link tract on BA, long. It
s-moinins a code of instructions deduced from 'tramples au
apes ti ore, highly useful to loathers and invalids. As it is
pow well asertutiord that either cold sir warns loathing may
lie very ho toeficial to some, and extremely injurious to others,
arcurding to their complaints and cou.tutiotionts, onforina•
I O.oss on this important subject cutout be tit, itichly dif-
fused.

LITERATURIL—We are requested to state. that
New Editions of the following t•npulpor NVotk•
have been just published by Mr. Coutuata, Cow.
duct-street

1. Horace Walpole's Utters to f;cor:e Montage. 410.
with all the Names restured.-2. Franklio's Life anal Eor.
Eritimilence, 4 vitt.. Bvo.-3. Northroir's Life of Fir dosluts
lievoulits, 2 vols. Watkiits's I.ife of Sheridan. 2
sots. tiro —5 lady Morgan's France. 2 vols. 11v0.-6 Hu.
more Nlitesi tlis, 4 vols.-7. Mesnoirrit de la Cour de Louis
XIV. par IYAngeau' 3 vols.—of Madame LlT.pittay, 3 vols.
—of Court de Las Cams, I vol.—of Foorlor, Doke of
Otranto, I rail —and of the Duchess.. WAN:wilt mi., I vol.
•—X Lrtii smiler; dorke a Ti" Yrais' Itrsidrorr at the
Court of T, 'ph, I vol or an English Traveller,
with Anreilotes of the Pi 1110 (VAC, —lO. Parrett's
Woman, a Puem.-1 1. Amiisrietrols in livtireount.-12.
sttrliekrs Letters to R C. Stattbulic, Esq.
There was a full attendance at Norwich Niarket
on Saturday, and a pleiitiful aupply of Wheat and
Barley; the latter declined in price about is. per
coenib; other grain much as last week.—The Car.
tle Minket wild also well supplied, and the pet.s
s% ere tolerably well filled with sheep, but the inlets
ttifterienced little or no alteration.
The Swaltham Courtaiig Meeting was well nt-
It'lmictl, cnii.Aering the unfavourable i•tate of the
weather, awl afforded excellent .pest. The match
for the couples was well contested, and was won by
M. WODCHOUSE'S liyaeihth. beating Mr. N.
MI( JELL WU W A IT'S Fairy. Tits assembly, on Inns.
day 1it;41.1, was numerously attended, and exhibited
a brilliant dli.play of rink and fashion.
On Fdidav Nlr. TYLER, bookseller, of CaW.cre6s-
lititet, Smithfield, was arrested on it Judge's War-
rant for selliuo Puine's Age

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