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London, England, 1818-02-14 00:00:00

ant religion in tile church of
ceremony was performed with ;peat soleinnitr.
A letter from Berlin, dated the 27th January,
states, that the loan iiegociated in England i 4 be-
come very popular in Prussia, in which attempts
had been made, in the first instance, to throw it
into discredit; the debts of the state•nrcumuhtted
during the last seven years having rendered it W..
erissrary, and the terms having proved very whm.
tagrous.

The 5 per Cent. Cnii.ok were, on Mon(l*.!fa.
66 fr. 65 c.; Bank Actions, 1,542 f.

A Dutch Mail has arrived, with Papers to the
10th instant. They announce, on the ittitheirity of
alleged letters from the French frontiers, the inten-
tion of the French Government to permit -the re-
turn of the French exiles, and appeal to this in-
tention as evidence of the solidity of the ckist--
ins order of things. If we ►were really assured of
this intention, the inference would be e►lroiaihle;
but the reports nn this subject are contradictory ;
end we find in .4 late Paper, that such of this on-
fortunate description of men us had settled at Frank-
fort, bai,e been ordered to remove to a greater dis-
tance from the Frerieli territory. The meet pro-
blt►h presumptio►► arising from► the statement*
that the fact is assumed fur the sake of the u►fereocr.
The conduct of the Combined Army is, we lielieve,
i►nerieeptiouable ; but the strictest di►ciodir+e and
most conciliatory demeanour cannot possibly recon-
cile the presence of a foreign force to tilse spirit t►f HIS
independent, much less of a vain-glorions nation,
and it would be idle to expect the removal of that
army, while a serious doubt remains of the solidity
and security of the present Government.

The day has not been a• yet ascertained On which
the Secret Committee of either House of Parini-
silent will be enabled to ailroduce its tZepoit on the
Internal State of the Country. Irusterdisf,, uhout
one:o'clock, Lord Srwmotrrn very troespreetedly en-
tered the House of Lords during the hearing of an
appeal cause, and laic! on the tedite some sealed
;cycle, as an appendix to his Green• Bag. whir h, uu
his motion, wtre referred to the Secret Committee.
%I'e are of coarse to presume that these papers coil-
tsin sortie impoitant itsformation that 11;13 late!y
b.:ett received by Ministers, which it must be ne-
cessary to have referred also to the Secret Com-
mitter of the House. of Commons, which, however,
in this respect, differs front the Lords' Comm;five,
that it can of its own power rend for any '• person>,
papers, and records" it tilay think necessary fur
the object of its inquiry.
A Petition of rather a novel nature was last night
presented by Sir FRANCIS BURDETT to the flouw
of Cutworms, from the parish of St. George's, Ha-
nover-equate. The Petitioners prayed fur Parlia-
mentary Reform, and declared that utiless the state
of the representation was -:mewled, they should for
the future decline paying any taxes. Sir FRA NCli
BURDETT defended the cotictitimi attar:lied by
Petitioners to their alltgiailer, as not implying :my
other than a legal resistarice to a system a u:•ie..
presentation; hut lbw House conceived their deter-
mination too clearly expressed to admit of being
thus explained, and the Petition was rejected.

Yesterday Mr. BECKETT, the Judge-Advocate,
liad Hu audience of the PRINCE REGENT, at Ctiti.•
liouse. and laid before his Royal IliglineNs the
proceedings of some Courn—Ylarbal, and took Ilia
Royal Highness's commands upon than.

iVe ire informed that ■ requisiticto is now in
c•ouirse of signature in Liverpool, culling upon the
MAYOR of that Borough to convene a public Meet-
ing Of its iiihubitants, for the purpose of petition-
ing rarlisnient against the Bill of Indemnity, and
fora Reform in the representation of the people iii
the liouse of Commons.

NEWCASTLE ELECTION.—This Borough was
thrown into considerable bustle on Friday re'littight,
by the arrival of ROBERT WILMOT, Esq. the un-
successful Candidate in 1815; and in the course of
the day a short notice was issued by the friends rt.
the sitting Members, requesting them to with-
hold their promises from on .1, opposite interest.'`
This was followed by an Address from Sir .1.
Bout:HEY, in which he pledges himself to solicit
the suffrages of the Burgesses at the I)mm-dont:lt
of Parliament. Yesterday an Addreas from Sir
JOHN CBETWODS, the other sitting Member, w‘ot
circulated. It appearing, however, that Mr. Wit.-
MOT had not actually canvassed the freemen, the
ferment sussided. We merely state the Biers as
they occurred, and pars over the surmises of a cu-
temporary, who could not speak from any thing
like authority.—(Staffordshire Gazette, Feb. 12.)
1 t is said, that if Colonel MELLISIL had lived to
the General Election, it was Ins intention to have
(dieted himself as a Candidate for the Borough of
Roston, in Lincolnshire, aid Mr. FAA's, of Cuithy
Pink, now enures forward npou the saute interest.
Mr. Fsz,txuat.frAr 11111 be the other Candidate in
opposition to the present Members, Mr. Bu (taro.
sod Mr. ManDucKs.

OUTRAGE IN TILE COUNTS' WicicLow.—A ft w
nights ago the out-offices of Mr. JAMES BARRY
(ia tenant of TitomAs KIND, Ea.q. near Baltiogloss),
who live. at Carrugeen, in the' county ‘Vicklow,
al t eight miles from this town, were maliciously
ret on tire, and thirteen fine witch cows burned to.
death. In addition to this wanton outrage, we have
been informed that there were notices posted up,
witrhio4 the above mimed person to quit the cann-
ily (where lie has lately taken a farm), or 'that In
should share the same fate with his cottle. The
only reason which can be assigned for this outrage
i., that Mr. UARRY is au excellent tenant, and Le
pop in, lent regularly.—(Ccracto Itionsiug Poo .•