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London, England, 1821-02-02 00:00:00

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sisdaninly! 4/Wigging ,rst/Settatttba sielliNtistbe
iits portant vtotements Were' tt le'tfpoti khe
lettstpeasecution and tterffnlciiit of ber''Mxiiiifte.
illifisejt 'other Matters, ict.:wits asserted mcist*Posi
!tire, by Mr. Boni/now of his own know-
.that the law whiter. of the QV ELK bad
!COINed the • too-eelebroted Salaam t• to *aim bit
pewee in Italy mid tepoir to Anis, 'for the
iptirposeef being at hand, that he tnightbe call-
'ea and examined as a tintless at the her of the
House of C0111111:1011! should the Bill of Paint
' Penalties have passed the Upper House. Respect-
ing the progress of that Bill, we hate meow to
'knew that• some difference of opinion prrtitled
among her MA.tESTY'S Counsel, upon the point r f
- producing for evidence several individuals who had
!merited in Loudon to bear testimony on behalf of
bee MA/ 1111,1 r. Their testimony was admitted-by
gall the tainted Gentlemen to be extremely int-
01Weallt, but it was the feeling of the greater
ioneraber, that, if the majority of the House of
;Lords were free from the effects of ministerial
influence, enough had been brought forward
to throw out the Bill t• but that if Ise was sp-
. preliended) the contrary should prole to be
'the fact, no further evidence, however coo-
..vincing to ordinary minds, could counteract the
pre-existing prejudice, and that if the Bill should
reach the House of Commons a better opportunity
• would there arise or producing the deferredevidence
with more effect. We omit to expreisspor owls
,sentiments respecting the'wisdom of especliency of
•sueh a course of proceeding, and which ei.rtainly
the event did not justify ; we merely notice in a
,gametal manner what we have beard more purlieu-
lorly stated.

The state of the pttblie revenue was made the
subject of •'abort but animated debate lust night
islthe House of Commons. fa' the course of same

observations Un the subject, the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER stated that the revenue had im-
proved considerably within the last half year, and
that he entertained warm hopes of a further im-
provement in the course of the year just com-
menced. He also threw out an intimation that it
was the intention of the Lords of the Treasury to
redegee eke pretests Nominal sleeking feed of about
1611 millions, to a real sinking feed of and;
amount as could be found strictly applicsble to
that particular service. The sacredness of the
sinking fund baying been invaded by the Ministers'.
and the produce applied to meet the current ex-
penses of the year, the fund has become an un-
wieldy and almost unintelligible mass, not merely
useless to the country, but absolutely tojiitiour.—
The farce of keeping a current account between
the Commissioners and the public—making them at
once debtors and creditors, as the complex accounts
chance to be differently stated, is attended with is
greet expense to the nation, and the sooner it is swept
away the better. Simplicity is more desirable,
and certainly not more difficult to be attained in
national accounts than in those of titivate indivi-
duals. Intricacy and confusion give facilities to
crimes, and ne►er did these convenient qualities
exist in a higher degree than in the financial ac-
counts of this country.

A complaint was made last night in the Holm.
of Commons by Sir JOHN NIMPORT of it libel

spinet both Hooves or Pathornet'', publi,hed in n

Journal which ought not to hare been made the
vehicle of indecent scurrility and falsehood. The
libel was contained in an Address to the Km}
froth the Presbytery of Latish°los, in the county
of Dumfries, io which the Revereod Addresser.
undertake to reprove certain Members of both
Houses for the character of their speeches, slid
was published in the Gazette, with the assurance

that it had been most graciously received by big
MAJESTY. The Ministerial Addresses, sbsurdly
called Loyal by those who promoted them, have
been notorious for the gratuitous libels they con-
tained against the great majority of the people of
this country, but it fell to the Clergy of Langholm
to hurl a bolt ■gsinet the Legislature itself.
It is not to be overlooked that the Addressts
which have appeared in the Gazette were se-
lected for insertion by the Noble Secretary pre-
siding over the Home Department. The consi-
deration of this subject was adjourned until this
evening.

We have received the Paris Papers of Moneay
last. 'They contain some further particulars of ttic
late attempt on the lives of the Royal. Family.
It is stated under the head of Vienna, that it
the King of NAPLES himself who interdicted the
Duke de GALLO to jO.lO him at Leyhach. We
may expect to find the authority of the KING'.
name given for every act which the Allied Sove-
reigns commend in relation to Naples.

Our Paper of yesterday contained a copy of the
Armistice concluded between BOLIVAR sad Mo.
auto, on the 27th of November. The following
extract from the letter of a private Correspondent
contain• some further intelligence from South
America :

" ST. THOMAS, DtrEMßrit. 44.
" General Morino will aetnampany the Commissioners
wins are to be met to Spain. Tbty will sail in the Desen-
/Herta corvette, which will towels In Its way at the Miran-
ado. On the liltls November the Patriot General Mantilla

bad token %eta Martha, after • 'evert coafilet with ibe Sya.

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