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London, England, 1826-04-25 00:00:00

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-UC/USE OF I,OILIK MONDAT, Aram 24.

Thi.rrorning their Lordships met at ten o'clock, in a Committee
,:rooltzes.
I.•!ci,,leoce on the hover Peerve claim was reported, and
a.:!•el to be laid übo., %.hle of the House.
11,41,1:
1:,,r,0rl were c.. 1 Ic4 i I.pon the above claim, when Mr. Hart
trd (in conci.i.lo,:) 0,1 behalf of the claimant, Sir John Shelly
;ill. who to be Learly " affianced" to one of the Itoral

3-Foments of Comm, now having been fully heard, the
r 11,11 of t.loin was, upon the motion of the Lord
~Vor,,,6ctrord to w.other dny.
ni Ho '• r; ;MI to rote at the elections of Represen-
preferred, and entertained by the
t,..:rc Peen for I rti 0.1 was
.

st Lr;i•i i,t tlo.ce o'clock, to to-ntorrow.

,1".i1• lONA fGALLERY.

1;e ,s copy of a Treasury Minute. dated 513(1
c:11; the purchase of three Pictures for
Cut: ry
i;atl of t.-:.• t I la)-s before the Board a Paper, which has
lut• at. loss,tl ti by Lord Aberdeen, Sir Charles bong, Sir
ti. I:rauotow, sir I•attrws Lawrence, and Mr. Seguier,
tecum-
!'te:nrzs, the property of Mr. Hamlet, viz.
and A:tadae by Titian,
Jupec.r,, ...I St. Peter by A. l'arracei,
I:t..c'a:•alittt. sc.: • e by N. Pitnasin,
, „,,„1 fi), the National Gallery, at the sun, of 9.0001.
~sltd hr 317• II nate!: and his Lordship recommends to the
Ines,: Pictures for the public.
tic L es -,t cur with Lard Liverpool in the ewpedieney of se_
the': Piricres fir the public; and they direct that they may
t.part::issed aceintlit:gty.

an extract of a letter from the Agent to
at 3E.Nicii, dated tad February:—" By his :Ma-
c.ireett, Eclair, Captain Buchicr, which arrived at
r•ta.l3llii on di,• s:h inst., having sailed from Callao on
:tt ult. we h that Muhl still held out in the Castle,
I ::t Was very short of provisions. Two days previous to
stiling of the E the English flag, with the Union
was hoi,tell on the principal fort, and the Commander
of the British squailt on bail applied to the Peruvian GO-
• ell tin Lima, fur p•-rmission to inquire the rause of
5';,11 ; but nu answer haul been received when this
rail waa turd, red to su a. Bolivar was in Potosi, and all
• rpiet in t 1- interior. An expedition had left Valpa-
teo to attack Chiloc ; it was to call at Conception for
• troops, etbich would, on the whole, amount to about
An English sloop of war arrived at Acapulco
:17y thii month, but we have not learnt her name, nor
s,e site comes from "

`n.o I)7olamlrerlitter says, "the personal property of
llAbp of Durham, in the province of Canterbury,
I.; t:ct.% sworn under itiumoo!., and not under one million
IS has been stated by some of the London papers.
1! • L-Mtip has left 20,00)/. for the endowment of a
in Ow diocose of Durham, the interest of 3,3301.
for the ato;nientation of poor livings in the same filo-
:ese, PO. to the poor of the city of Durham, and from
The Lord liiyor, at a Msrting of his Committee yester-
'l7, upon which occasion John Smith, Esq. M.P. was in
C!:air, made the following communication, which it
el; rciolred unanimously should be entered on the minutes.
adverting to the wish he had e .ssed upon a
g-r!Ler occasion, to address them on the quc. on of Catholic
.1 eipatioo, but which was then judged inexpedient, he

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Firmly attached as I am to the gent principles of religious li-
r:r, It is impossible that I C4:I lack with satisfaction on the pre-
a-• ..r of Ireland ; or forbear wishing, that with perfect eatery

e!•-ose interests which are most dear to us as Protest:sots, some-
night be dune towards giving to the people of that country
t e c.. ion right of all.
Mg, however, the Roman Catholic religion to be the
r aowertu and successful engine the world ever saw in relate-
! e e!)tl, moral, and religious impmvernent of mankind, and
e sus hest interests are inseparably identified with the prosperity
ri pere-mence of the Protestant Church. I shall consider it one
otv ins; dimes to guard from the possibility of danger. that
I consi !er most essential to the general good. But while
`id sith equal sin:erity atiachment to the one and aversion to the
e, aril can lordly suppose any thing more disastrous to this
and !o the world. than an increased spread of the Roman
adinte rtligios. I wt ithl rather seek to repress the one and en.
srage the other by the difrosion of sound knowledge, than by any
Cr'! Aisqoalitiestion not founded on paramount public necessity.
•• E:ntertaining this opinion. it is my resolution, should 1, by the
•wtribl exertions you are snaking in my behalf, (for which I take
.s opgorturity of returniag von my best thanks) be teturned as
• er the Iteprtseniatives of the City, to enter the House of Corn.
• •,sunshaelt;td by any previous engagements on this subject, ex-
too I shall ever most nosiousiy desire to reconcile those prin-
e•i.les alike most important to us as Lnglishmen—namely, per.
tree st«ir,y to the Protestant religion, and an equal enjoyment of
evil all r,.ligions rights by all his Majesty's subjects."
The cwiiicutticiation was received with the greatest sa•

Factiqn.

ISAII log THE BENEFIT OF THE DISTRESSED SILK

IrIiAVEItS IN SPITAI.FILLDS.—The Lady Mayoress has
been extremely active in procuring the co-operation of a
Lumbis of Ladies of rank to patronize a grand Ball for the
I,,tittlt of the distressed Silk Weavers of Spitalfielda.—
We miderstand it is certain that her Ladyship's exertions
vii hp attended with the most gratifying success. She has
the aid of the Marchioness of Worcester and of the Patro-
zels.l of Almacles. It is intended to obtain the Opera
Iluuse fur the occasion, and a meeting of the Ladies will,
we understand, be held this evening, to consider of some
regnlstions as to the dress which it may be necessary to re-
commend, for the encouragement of the manufactures 01
he poor workmen whom it is intended to relieve.

A letter from Calais states, that from the Ist of March
to the 13th of April, 3,'2.10,0001. in sovereigns and gold
sad silva bars, were exported from that place and Bou-
logne for England. About 9,600,0001. are said to have
been consigned to Rothschild.
The Imperial measure is greatly disapproved of by sellers
of Corn. In Hants, it is intended to petition against it ;
anti upwards of 200 fanners and dealers frequenting the
markets of Berks have signed a declaration to the effect,
that they will not be dictated to as to what measure they
are to buy or sell their corn by.
INTELLIGENCE.—Copper Ore sold at Rea-
ntth, April 20, 2,337 tons ; average produce tai ; quantity
of fine copper 1t37 tons 10 cwt. ; amount of sale,
11,6561. 3s. 611.; average standard 1111 16s.
This, we believe, is the flattest season that has been
known in London for many years. Though now st its
height, many of the best houses at the west end of the
town remain unlet. 'f he pecuniary difficulties which have
reached all ranks, and the approaching general election,
furnish ample reasons for this falling off in the accustomed
gaieties of the season.

At the Scotch Church, Swallow-street, on 'I huraday,
the 90th hot. the Rev. Wm. Wodrow was ordained Mi-
nister of this Church, by the Scotch Presbytery of London,
nn which occasion a numerous audience was present.
After the ordination the friends of Mr. Wodrow dined at
the Frecmasons"Tavern.

A young, woman, of Ilavannsh, aged seventeen, in a fit
of *lousy and revenge. finding her lover in company with
a-other woman, killed them both upon time spot.