The National Register.
London, England, 1821-05-07 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2.

Mr. BYNG presented pt titions from the parishes of St.
James and St. Martin's, which, after adverting to the police
regulatiun bill now before the house, complained of the
nuisance occasioned by persons hawking goods about the
streets.
Mr, S. BOURNE presented a petition from Lient.-Gen.
Thornton. It called the attention of the honse to the act of
Geo. 11. trussed fur regulating the publics houses and houses
of entertainment, by which it was provided, that any house
in which persons should assAnble to practice the amusement
of music or dancing, should be deemed a disorderly house,
and the persons so amusing themselves be liable to be taken
before a magistrate and committed as vagrants. The peti-
limier also stated, that it appeared from what had been
published in the public prints, a cumber of respectable in-
dividuals who had assembled at a house In St. rllartin'sslane,
to enjoy the amusement of dancing, ignorant afire existence
of such a law, were taken into custody, end so kept during
the MAW, and subsequently carried before a magistrate. A
similar circumstance also occurred in another part of the
metropolis. The petitioner urged the vexatious nature of
the law w hich subjected innocent persons to such severe
pnnishinetit, and imp/area an imperative daty on magistrates
to imprison persons who a ere ignorant cud innocent offend.
ems. He further said, that he was a magistrate and liable to
be called on to discharge this duty, which he could nut du
without sensations most painful Its himself. He therefore
humbly submitted to the house that th- law should be altered
and that the constables should in the lit et instance only warn
the persons thus assembled to disperse. He hoped the
house would take it into their serious consideration, and in-
troduce some regulation respecting it into the police amend-
ment bill.—Petition read, and ordered to be printed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that
the house at its rising should adjourn to Friday. Agreed to.
Mr P. GR EN FELL, hay.ng again adverted to the enor-
mous profits made by the batik on the balances of public
monies in their hands, moved for an accouut,showing on one
side the sumpaid by the public to the bank, as interest at the
rate of 3 per cent, upon money advanced by the bank to
make good demands on, and deficiences of the consolidated
thud ; and on the other side, Coe amount of the interest at
they per cent, oil the balance. The loni, member observed,
that the balance in Apra List was 3,731,0001.
Agreed to, after some remarks from the Chaucellor of the
Exchequer, Mr. Baring, amid Mr. Ricardo.
GLascOw Mors...Lord A. HAMILTON presented a
petition from an individual named Turner, who had resided
in Lanarkshire for twenty years, complaining of the arbi-
trary condo, t of the Lord Advocate and the ministers.—
' The petitioner about a year ago was taken into custody min
charge of treasonable and seditious practices. He (the
petitioner) was Committed to prison, kept in close confine-
ment, but lie had never been brought to trial. He there.
fore called on the house to afford him redress for the loss of
character which he had sustained. While confined he had
been subjected to considerable severities—pen and ink, Ite.
having only been allowed at the commencement of the con-
finement. The noble lord, though lie had to present this pe-
tition, deemed it just to bear his testimony of the general
guod conduct of the magistrates of Glas,aiw, during a sexy
critters' period. The petitioner further gad, that his house
was searched for papers and arms. Some volunteers' arms
hissing been found—and that a charge of high treason was
mentioned—and yet, after hull! or ten days solitary confine-
meat he was admitted to bail, although he riuderstood the
charge lobe high treason. His lordship observed, that the
conduct could nut lie justified. Ile natal not call on the
Lord Advocate to give up those suit. ss Ito ini;,llt give infor-
mation, but he might call on the learned lied fur au admis-
sion of the petitioner's innocence.
The LORI) ADVOCATE ohserved, that as to the appre-
hension of the petitioner, it a be admitted that imprison-
at one period was jostihable, %Melt inigkt be most
lest re at asioili. m time ; limit he denied must dist incify that
iii alt the transaction, iii Scotland there load In en employed
any spy or agent. The charge undouhti.4ll) was high treason
but it was not deemed nelviseable to bring him to tiral,
the admitting of him to hail oaf urged a, a mutter of coin-

plaint. There was a deficiency of evidence, otherwise be
would have been brought to trail ; but had be not been ap-
preliesided by the authorities, they would have been guilty
of o der. liction of their duty. The Lord Advocate added,
th.tt if an action were brought—the proper course to pursue
—he should he prepared to justify what had been done.
Mr. hIAX W ELL said, as to the cause of time disturbance,
he asserted that it was toe general belief in Scotland that
spies bud been employed to urge that rising that bad taken
place. The petitioner approached that house to make it
more manifest what extraordinary powers were possessed by
the Lord Advocate—powers that ought to be diminished.
Mr. MONTEITH said, considering the state of Glasgow
at the time, and the ,different reports which reached the
magistrates, it was wonderful that more arrests had not
taken place, on Ices warrantable grounds than justified the
apprehension of this prisoner. If the petitioner had cause
of complaint, the courts were open to him.
Mr. HU%IE had in vain listened in the hope of learning
that the apprehensions took place nu depositions on oath ;
and he wished to know whether such were the fact or not ?

The LORD ADVOCATE replied, according to the law
of Scotland, such depositions on oath were not neeemary ;
the public prosecutor proceeded on information, and acted
on his own responsibility. The law allowed that coarse.
Mr. HUME said, that this admission proved the de-
plorable state of Scotchnien. This petitioner was treated
most severely ; he was shut op Ili: days, and without pen,
ink, and paper, and he was confined iu a place set apart
for culprits. As to going 'o law, would any man in his
senses go to law with the Lord Advocated for supposing
the ease to be proved, would It not be said, that it was an
" error in judgment ?" (Hear, hear.) He called on the
house to institute some inquiry. As to going to law
against the Lord Advocate, that would be a mockery, an
absurdity. The law would be amended if the house did
its duly.
Lord A. HAMILTON ridiculed the idea of Mr. Turner
going to law against the Lord Advocate—he who would
do so would be considered a madman • at least if a lawyer
were asked his advice on the point, be would think the
man such; and yet this was the way in which all the com-
plaints were answered ; such answer was ridiculous.
Petition ordered to be printed.
STATE Or. EUROJTE.—Mr. C. HUTCHINSON gave
notice, that on Friday, before the house went into a com-
mittee of supply, lie should call the attention of the house
to certain proceedings in Europe, considering that they
involved the safety and liberty of this country.
Mr. 0. BENNETT presented a petition from a boy,
John Wither, confined in Ilchester gaol, complaining of
various hardships, of having to wait on the prisouers, to
associate wills highwaymen, Mc.
Mr. Alderman WOOD said, lie had reason to believe
that the sentiments were correct—for according to what
had recently transpired, it was found that the prison was
under defective management, the gaoler keeping stocks
unknown to the magistrates, to punish boys, women,4pc.
lie should like to know who constituted the commission
promised to inquire into the state of Ilchester gaol.
After remarks from Sir R. Wilson, the petition was
ordered to lie ou the table.
THE ARMY.—SUPPLY.—CoIoneI DAVIES moved an
address to his Majesty, praying him, on filling up new
commissions in the army, to give the preference to half-
pay officers, so long as any remained, whereby there
would be considerable saviug to the country.
After souse discussion, the house divided on this propo-
sition.. The numbers were—Fur it ta—Against it 45
Negatived by a majority of 31.
011 the motion that the house resolve into • committee.

Mr. HUME moved as an amendment. that certain por-
tions of the estimates vs to allowances for salaries, renan•
nerations, &c. should be referred to a select committee.
The house divided on the amendment-•• For it 22--.
Against it 63—Majority against the amendment 41.
The house•then went into the committee, iu which were
moved 81,5201. for superannuater and retired pensions
for England; 8,6861. ditto for Ireland 35,0031. for Ex-
chequer fees, kc.
Mr. HUME asked, whether there was no intention of
abolishing these fees?
Sir C. LONG said, they were granted by act of parlia-
ment.
Resolutions lly agreed to.—Report on Friday.
POLICE or THE METHOPOLIII.-011 the order of the
day for the second reading of the Metropolis Itlagitrates*
bill,
Mr. BENNETT declared his objections to this bill in
Ow. Instead of proving beneficial, he was convinced it
would prove mischievous. He contended that nothing
could render our police efficient but rendering it hide.
pendent and respectable, by paying the officers liberally,
and increasing its force, and by establishing a magistracy
consisting of intelligent and independent individuals. He
' also thought it most important that a regulation should
take place in our prison discipline. The present bill
might be rendered useful, but to make it so it must
undergo very mate' ial alteration.
Mr. CLIV said, that the metropolis was to be divided
into sixteen districts, each of which was to have five ad-
ditional patrole. The bill also provided, that in future sto
watchman should be appointed above the age of 10.
Mr. DENMAN objected to some of the clauses which
gave the magistrates the power of committing un suspicion
as reputed vagrants He wished the bill to be divided
into taro, one regarding the better payment of the police,
and the other deft g the power of the magistrates.—
Unless this proposition was acceded to, lie must oppose the
second reading of the bill.
Mr. BATHURST thought the bill should go to a com-
mitter, when all these points could be considered.
Mr. Ald. WOOD said, the pay of the police officers of
the metropolis was only a guinea, whilst those in the city
received :':is. which, with some perquisites, made their
income at least two guineas • week. He contended that
it was necessary the officers should possess the power of
apprehending reputed thieves.
Alter some further observations. the hill was read a
second time, and committed for this day lurtun,ai.
The ()flier orders were disposed of, and the house ad-
journed to Friday.

FRIDAY, MAT 4.
Air. P. MOOR G west toed a peraom from a person named
O'Flanmighttn, t omplatimmg of the On '(%4liiiin of moose tom.
member, that the petitioner %%oda hate beta IrompostrJ,
but tor the hart fereuer of GOVCIIIITI.III.

The LH rut J, th..t as the peril referred to
bowl: owlet that had taken pia. e 111 rieo..te ; :sod cot' AV
he eelorter n..r.• nut acciortrui; to the older. of the hou,e
to he Jascufterl risett her r, thili pctil iuu could 1101 be freer,. J.
Mr. S. COOPER ro,e to xplain wll,l hr had wid ou
, (For ecritiniallicif err I,g, 14W.)

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FOREIGN INT'ELLIGENCE.
Ocaoa, APRIL IL—The most perfect tranquil-
lity continues to be enjoyed ;so much so, that
even the most timid no longer feel any apprehen-
sions. The course of the government is the same as
if no change had ever occurred, or as if what had
sotually taken place existed only in the decrees of
the Junta of Turin. Our security is not less
founded on the excellent disposition with which all
the inhabitants are animated, than on the military
force at present stationed in Genoa. Besides the
regitaent of the Queen, who remained here during
the late transactions, there entered yesterday a bat-
talion of Cacchiatori, with a troop of cavalry ; and
other royal troops arc very shortly expected,
Count Bubna, commander-in-chiefof the Austrian
troops, in a despatch directed to Gen. de Latour,
has evinced the most favourable disposition towards
the Genoese, as will appear from the following
document, which we feel it our duty to make
public :
• ALESSANDITA, Aran. 13.—1 no sooner read the procla-
mation of Genoa, than 1 gave osiers to my
.vanguard, which had
advanced as far as Novi, to halt. Perceiving Des.Geneys to be
at the head of the Government. I no longer felt any doubts of
the submission of the duchy to the King's orders, and therefore
excese myself from any proccedsng that may cause inquietude to
the Genoese."
Within these few days a great number of disbanded
soldiers, and other individuals compromised of the
revolution, have directed their course towards
Genoa. With a view of preventing the disorders
to which the assembling of such a body in the city
might have given rise, the precaution was adopted
of directing the soldiers at the different barracks to
permit very few persons to enter the city, and of
securing quarters for Cie greater part of the fugi-
tives in the suburb of Sun Pier dos lteina. They
have subsequently hired some vessels, and under the
the guidance of a few officers, have embarked, us it
is supposed, for Spain. Not a few have embarked
also at Savona.
Roux, APRIL I3.—The King of Naples leaves
Florence to-morrow, and will arrive here on Sunday
morning. His Majesty and suite will be preceded
by his wife, the Princess of Portana, and her retinue,
who were to set out front Florence to-day, and are
expected here to-morrow.
Both the western road by Sienne and Aquapon-
dente, and the eastern by Perugia and Foligno, are
crowded with Austrian baggage-waggons, carriages,
and troops, passing on to Naples or returning from
that kingdom. The convoys everywhere behave
with the utmost order, and observe the strictest
discipline. I did not hear of a single instance of
insolence or outrage in their passage through the
Tuscan and Roman states except one, where an
Austrian officer, after some harsh words to a butcher
for not supplying him quickly enough with rations,
went the length of striking him. The butcher
plunged his knife into his heart, then fled, and has
not yet been apprehended. In the Roma* and
Tuscan states they paid for every thing in ready
money. What they may do in Naples afterwards
remains to be seen.

His Holiness the Pope, in conjunction with the
government of Naples, is taking the most active
measures to destroy the Carbonari. An edict has
been issued against them, and is posted up in the
principal streets of Rome. The partisans of this
sect exist in proportionally smell numbers at Rome,
but they abound in the northern provinces, and par-
ticularly at Bologna and its neighbourhood, where
the people cannot be made to comprehend the bles-
eings of papal and delegated government. The en-
eying week being passion week, and Rome being at
present fall of strangers, the ceremonies were ex-
ceed to be very brilliantly attended. Besides the
Icing and the Court of Naples, there will be here
Prince Maximilian of Saxony. and his daughters
(one of whom is immediately afterwards to be
married to the Archduke of Tuscany), together with
several foreign ministers, and other distinguished
foreigners.
BAPTISM OF THE DUKE DE BOURDEAUX. _

PARIS, MAT 2.—At one o'clock yesterday the
procession to Notre Dame commenced. A double
litre was formed by the National Guards, tht Royal
Guards, and detachments of the garrison of Paris.
The streets, quays, windows, &c. were crowded with
spectators. The procession proceeded as follov..s :
A detachment of gendarmerie d'elitc, and a company of National
Guards on horseback.

The Count de Rochecl7ouart,i,ommandantia Place, accompanied
by his Staff.
The Count Defusing, Lieutenant General, Goeeniur of the lit
Military Division, with his Aides dc Camp.
Carriages of the Court, with Pages and Officers of the King's
This Duke and Duchess of Orleans, Mademoiselle de Montpen.
net, and the Duke de Chartres.
Marshal Outlinot, Duke de Reggio, followed by a numerous and
brilliant Staff, and preceded by ts carriage' of the Household,
of the Princes, containing persons attached to them.
A Squadron of Crenatlieti on hot,eback.
Treks waives, with eight horses, belonging to the King's
Household.
A Squadron of Garth:. du Corps.
ACarriage conhiniag tilt:Duke of lit urthauxand Madetnni,dle,
wit!. the Uo.,:nesst-s of Children of Frar.ce.
Ti.e limas at Arms.

The Royal Carriage, conuti!,ing his Majesty, Motsieur, Ma-
dame, and the 12,:ohcA dc

THE NATIONAL REGIS

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Reiterated acclamations of Vive k Rol were heard
during the whole way. When the procession ar-
rived on the Pont Neuf, in front of the statue of
Henry IV. a deputation of the Dames de la Halle,
carrying a bust of the King, presented bouquets to
the Duke of Bourdeaus and Mademoiselle.
The procession arrived at Notre Dame at half
past one. The ceremony of the christening took
place in the presence of the Corps Diplomatique, the
Ministers, Peers, Deputies, Marshals, &c.
The ceremony concluded at four, when his Ma-
jesty returned to the Palace amidst the acclamations
of an immense crowd.

At eight the whole city was illuminated; at nine
there were magnificent fire-works on the Pont de
Louis XVI. Ihe rejoicings continued till a late
hour.
It appears to be determined to establish a line of
telegraphs between Paris and Bourdeaux.
By two ordonnunces dated 3d April, the Count
de Montesquieu and the Count de Blacas are cre-
ated Dukes. By another ordonnance of the same
date, the Viscount de Chatequbriant is appointed
Minister of State, and a Member of the Privy
Council.

The Chevalier Bardaxi d'Azara, Spanish Minister
Plenipotentiary in France, set out on Monday for
Madrid, where he is appointed Minister for Foreign
Affairs.
Private letters from Trieste state that the Aus-
trian anti Neapolitan squadrons were assembled in
the Port of Lubin, in Dalmatia, and that they were
to convey to Tama= a Russian column destined
to occupy Apulia and Calabria. It is hoped that
the presence of the Russians and the Austrians in
Italy will give to the oppressed majority in Spain
sufficient energy to render all foreign intervention
superfluous.
VIENNA, APRIL 18.—The armaments continue
with the greatest activity. All the regiments are
raised to their full complement, and the garrisons
of our principal cities have received orders to march
for Italy. _ _ _

The first column of the Russian army will arrive
on the 26th, at Presburg; the second will imme-
diately follow.
It is reported that Austria and Russia have offered
their armed intervention to the Ottoman Porte, in
or-ler to re-establish tranquillity in the insurgent
provinces.
FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA, APRIL B.—According
to the last accounts, the greatest anxiety prevails at
Bucharest, because the Turks are quitting their for-
tresses and approaching the capital of Wallachia.
Many persons are leaving the country. On the 30th
of March, one of the principal personages of Mol-
davia quitted Jassy.
'RUN, APRIL 28.—Signs of an approaching
change are manifest in all the provinces of the Pe-
ninsula. As if by enchantment, a new partisan,
who is said to be at the head of 1000 men, presented
himself, on the 20th of this month, before Salve-
tierra, four leagues from Vittoria. The National
Guard of this city marched against the rebels; a very
smart action took place, and, after an hour's fighting,
the national guards were forced to yield to numbers,
and to surrender themselves prisoners, with the ex.
ception of only four. These, on their return to
Vittoria, spread the utmost consternation. Orders
were immediately given to all the national guards
of the three provinces of Biscay to take up arms.
On the 24d and 23d all the roads were covered
with them. Those of St. Sebastian, Yrun, Tolosa,
and Bilboa, have marched in the direction of Vit-
toria. We await with impatience the results; but
this event has caused much alarm.

On the 18th of April the Bishop of Tarrazona, an
old man of 70, arrived at Bayonne. This ecclesi-
astic, who was Grand Inquisitor in Spain, rendered
himself so obnoxious, that the people expelled him.
1. was escorted to Irun by 25 horse clsasseurs,
commanded by a Colonel and sub-officer.

Parliamentary Papers.—An official return to an
order of the House of Commons state that the number
of yearly licences taken out by bankers in England
and Wales, in the year 1815, at 831.—Ditto in
Scotland, same year, 38.—Total 919.—1 n the year
1820, in England and Wales, 766—Scotland ditto
85—Total 849. The total number of ships which
have proceeded from Great Britain with convicts to
New South Wales, within the last ten years, is 78
—number of• convicts 13,715—.0f the former the
number in 1820 was 17—of the latter, in the same
year, 2,718.—Fr0m Ireland, total number of ships
for the last ten years 28—number of convicts in
ditto, 4212—0 f the former, in the year, 1820, the
number was six —of convicts S4s.—Grand total of
ships 106—Ditto number of convicts 17,925. The
amount of the stamp duties received upon re-issuable
promissory notes within Great Britain, in the year
1815, was, on notes not exceeding It Is, .52,7391.
Ss 6d.;_ ditto, 1820, 35,07 M. 13::. 4d.

The East India Coiiipan;;s chip General Kyd was
all well at sea on the 16th February : lat. anu long.
not mentioned.

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PROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTR.
CA RLTON HOUSE, May 4.
The following is a copy of an order from his M es the
Marquis of Winchester, Groom of the Stole, which, in
to his 3lajesty's commai.ds, has been communicated by his
Lordship to the Lords of his Majesty's Bedchamber :
•• The honour of Knighthood having, in two recent instances.
been surreptitiously obtained at the Levee, his Majesty. fur the
purpose ofeftectually guarding Ntairpst all such disregarded peso-
aces in future. has been pleased to direct, that henceforth no
person shall be presented to his Majesty at the Levee by the
Lords in Waiting, to receive the honour of Knighthood, unless
his Majesty's pleasure shall have been previously signified, in
writing, to the Lords in Waiting, by one of his Majesty's Prin.
cipal Secretaries of State."

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
J. Catterson. Kingston upon Hull, currier.
J. Rigsby, Deptford, brewer.
R. Ritchie, Deptford, brewer.
BANKRUPTS.

H. W. Thomas, Wolverhampton, Staitbrdshire, upholsterer.
olicitor, Mr. Wright, Temple.
S. Buttery, West Stockait_ ,11 Nottinghamshire, tnaltster. Sole.
sews Hall and Co. New Boswell Court.
J. Gorton, Hampstead Road, smith. Sol. Mr. Vincent,
Ledford Street, Bedfo d Square.
H. and J. Hall, Upper Thames Street, iron merchants. Sol.
Jr. Magnall, Aldennanbury.
S. Turner, Stock Exchange, stock broker. Sole. Messrw.
Viblc and College Hill.
J. Curwen, Great Eastcheap, tea broker. Sol. Mr. Wilke,
losbury Place.
W. Ambrose, Clanton, Middlesex, carpenter. Sols. Messrs.
tobinson and Co. Charterhouse Squars.
J. and M. Driver, Bristol, cabinet makers. Sol. Mr. Evans,
latton Garden.

S. Copland. jun. Blackheath Hill, Kent, victualler. Sol. Mr.
Fawcett, Aldersgate Street.
C. Woodcock. Norwich, coachmaker. Sol. Mr. Pugh, Bernard
Street, Russell Square.
DIVIDENDS.

May 26, J. Freeman, Hatton Gnrden, tailor-26, J. Turner.
Hemel Hempstead. H ens, corn dealer-7, W. Boyd, P. Stolle%
and J. Drummond, London, merchants - 29, R. Lanktuter,
Blackman Street, Borough, linen draper-29, W. Pigot, Radcliff
Highway. grocer-29, J. Slater, Manchester, innkeeper—le, B.
Cohen, Ihshopsgate Street, merchant-29, R. Castley, Friday
Street, Cheupside, warehouseman-26, D. Reid, Princes Street.
Spitalfields, silk manufacturer-26, W. Wood, Wimpole Street.
wax and tallow chandler-26, R. Rollinson, Great Whelnetham,
Suffolk, miller—i 2, J. Buchannan, Sherbome Lane, merchant
—26, J. Day and J. Spratswell, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden.
drapers-12. J. B. Haywood and J. Pinniger, Cateaton Street.
clothiers-26, J. Peaehey, Oxford Street, linen drafier—t9, J.
F. and W. Street, Bucklersbury, stationers-26, P. talk, Liver-
pool, tailor-28, W. Book, Beanacre, Wilts, farmer-29, T.
Tomlinson, Winterton, Lincolnshire, corn merchant-31. C. and
J. N. Haylea. Portsmouth, grocers.
CERTIFICATES to be granted May 26.
T. Pickton, Hammersmith, tea dealer—J. Adlington, Totten-
ham, builder—J. Saunders, Duke Street. St. James's, surgeon—
T. Gibbons. junior. Wells, Norfolk, merchant—J. R. Benson.
Artillery Place, Finsbury Square, merchant—R. Knights, Gray**
Inn Lane, livery stable keeper—J. Acason, Valentine Fenn
Ridge, Herta, cow dealer.

EXPORTATION OF ARMS TO ALEXANDRIA.
The following is a copy of a letter from the
Council Office to the Secretary of the Customs:—
•• Council Office, March L
" Sia,—lt having been represented to the Lords of his
Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, that the Officers of
Customs require a special Order of Council for the exportation of
arms and ammunition for Alexandria, as being on the court of
Africa, I am directed to acquaint you, for the information of the
Commissioners of his Al veaty'sCuattrina, that it was not intended
that the General Order, of the 22d November last, should extend
to the ports of Africa situated within the Straits of Gibraltar, and
that their Lordships are, therefore, of opinion that the Ofacers of
Customs should be instructed not to require in future special
orders for the exportation of arms and ammunition to the ports of
Africa which are so situated.
(Signed) " JAMES RULLER.
" To the Secretary of Customs."

COTTON TRADE.
Copy of a Treasury Letter relating to the Trade
in Cotton Wool, dated

" Treasury Chambers, Whitehall. March 19.
" GENTLEMETI.—The Lords Commissioner dins Majesty'',
Treasury having had under their consideration the result of the
experiments to ascertain whether the allowance of four per cent.
foe tare oa cotton wool might not be reduced, I am commanded
by their kedships to direct you, in lien of the present allowance.
to make an allowance of two per cent. for tare on cotton wool
from the Breads and St. Domingo. and of three per cent. on
cotton wool from all other places (exclusive of ropes), except in
cases where the merchant shall require the actual tare to be
ascertained, or where the officers of the revenue may deem such
a proceeding advisable.
(Signed) " S. R. LUSHINGTON.
" To the Commissioners of Customs."

The following is an extract of a letter front
Gibraltar, dated April 15:—" Mr. Douglas, our
consul for the Empire of Morocco, went in his Ma-
jesty's hired schooner Pacifico two days ago, to
Tangiers, and was received most graciously by the
Prime Minister of the reigning Emperor. Several
valuable presents were sent by him to the British
government, and he is expected to secure for us con-
siderable advantages. Muley Said, the brothtr of
Muley Ibraim, has been proclaimed Emperor after
the death of the latter in Tetuan; but he retreated
on the advance of his uncle, the Emperor regnant.
and has taken a direction towards Fez, which place,
should he reach it in safety, we may look to for a
continuance of the present cruel warfare. A Sar-
dinian boat left this place about three weeks since
for Rabat, with 50,000 dollars of Danish tribute
money, and 20 brass field-pieces.'
Volcano in the Moon.—By a paper read before the
Astronomical Society of London, from Dr. Gibers,
it appeals that the luminous appearance on the
moon's disc, mentioned by Captain Kater, was seen
there also But Dr. 011.);:rs aids, that he by co
means thinks it is a volcano, since the phenomenon
may easily be accounted for on ether principles, the
particulars of which he will communicate at a future
opportunity.

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