The National Register.
London, England, 1822-03-11 00:00:00

THE NATION,

R,E GI ST E,ll,

of like character throughout. Parties had cherished and
betrayed the Queen as became their changing views ; nod
but fur the restitution of the other House a water outrage
would have been inflicted on the Queen. The whole of the
ministers' emiduct had been most culpable, and he tl xlst
he should not have done Isis duty had lie not brosue,t for-
ward this motion. lie concluded with movine a resolution,
that the et remany mitt rtes usually ob•erved at the fuller sl
of the several branches of the royal famil), were grossly and
un sece-sardy interrupted.
Mr. cALvma, t the Ministers' side, spoke iu a
I very low tone, but is as molt 'stood to say, that all pos,itile
regulotions and respect were showu to the Queen's remains

at Harwich.
Sir G. COCKBURN said, that the navy paid every mark
of respi et.
Mr. G. BEN NETT had never intend d to deny it; lie
only complained of the manner of lowering the coffin.
An hon. member observed, that if any blame attached to
the mode of lowering the coffin, or rrtaliuiug it ut Harwich,
lie en as to hlamr. He gave the orders.
Mr. 11UNIE remarked, that the officers nil conducted
themselves most properly ; but there were no an mgements
made to convey the mourners on hoard, nor even vessels to
convey them to the COMMent. Had not the ministers inter-
posed, the funeral would have been conducted with the
greatest propriety. But the little respect thew nto her Ma•
je-ty's remains by the executive he considered as nothing
but 'mockers. The black Bluth was 1111111( MI the Saturday
at Branden.burgh•house ; it was it useless expenditure, for
hour were admiral dto View the body. The ministers' con-
duct through. ut had been unwarrantable. The cause of the
disturbances was, the attempt of ministers to conduct the
funeral out of the regular coarse; and had Sir R. Bakes been
enablial to persevere, there would have been on confusion nor
hlinel,ked.—That worthy magistrate deserved the thanks of
ministers, instead of the treatment he had experienced, for
hi, conduct on that duty. The soldiers had acted without
orders; they hail neither the authority of the civil nor
military officers—they had titled in a lawless, in an undisci-
plined manner. The ministers were censurable en leaving
given such orders, for what credit was to he derived from
riding user the people of England, as it appears the soldiers
weer it's' rie led to do?
Mr. PELL contended that no marked indignities had been
shown to her Majests's remains; en l t lint the haste whist'
wits spoken of, was in unison w lth tie Queen's wishes.
Dr. LUSH INGTON supported the motion, strongly con-
demning the conduct cif the ministers in all the proceedings
relating to the fullers,' of her late Majesty.
The Marquis of LON DON DERIts opposed the 'notion,
maintaining that it was quite uncalled fur. The wishes of
her late Majesty had been attended to, as far its could he
the ease, in the arrangements made fur conducting the fu.
neral. It was the Queen's desire that all pomp should he
avoided, and thatjthe futteral should take place shortly after
her demise. As to the executors having given up their
power, the fact was, that isi law they never had ens power.
—As the wishes of her Majesty had been obeyed, lie did not
see how the House could agree to the 'motion.
11013110 USE strongly condemned the epithet of
faction, w tibia had been applied by slime Acnilemeii on the
of her side of the House to the friends of her late majesty.—
If the friends of her 'Majesty %%NV a faction, it was is faction
composed of the most numerous and hest of the people
.
W respect to the llratnrrnt of ber Ala:jest y reinains, he
contended that they had been treated with the greatest
disrespect.
Col. C.% YEN DISII defended the military, w ho, he said,
had been nowt giossly attacked on their first appearance by
the populace.
Mr. LA MB denied, that those who abused the soldiers
deer rued to he railed the people of England. Ile blamed
the ministers for not lettiog the procession go by the city.—
The people had shown themselves worthy of coufidence by
the forbentant e which they had shown, notwithstanding the
inflammatory 11iIrrangues st Welt had been so Itherstly ad-
dressed to them, and witch were calculated to make the
stones el..- in mutiny.
Mr. DEN MAN defended the conduct of her Majesty, and
gave the mot imthis support.
The qnestion was (lien put and negatived without a
division.
The House then divided on the question for going into a
committee of supply, For going into a committee, Il6
Against ii,BB.
The gallery won instantly cleared arain for another divi.
sion on the question for the Speaker leaving the chair. For
going loth a c ttttt mittec, 118 —asainst it, 21.
Some resuluti tttt s were agreed to, and the House adjourned
at ball-peg twelve.
THURcDAT, 74ARri1 7.
Mr. JONES moved for n return of the number of per-
sons employed in collecting the duties on salt; the amount
of their salaries, ate.
AG RICULTURA I, DISTRESS.
Mr. I.OOKIIA RT presented a petition from Whitney,
Oxfordshile, complaining of agricultural distress. 'Flue
petitioners represented that they could not pay their
rents, except by encroaching on their capital. He begged
the serious attention of the Howie to this subject, espe-
cially after what he had heard of the proceedings of the
labouring unemployed men in Norfolk and Suffolk having
risen in attaining bodies, and having destroyed and burnt
emu ricks, Ste.—Ordered to be painted, after some re-
marks from Mr. Gooch, &c.
Mr. GOOCH pt esented a petition from the county of
Suffolk, agreed at a public meeting, held at Stowe:market,
complaining of agricultural distress, and praying for re-
form. He Wan favourable to the eOrreetiiiii r alum.,
but he was nut the friend of what was called Fat liamen-
tary reform.
Mr. COKE had no hope that any petitions would have
any effect. He was rather sorry thou otherwise that peo-
ple should enuthme to petition that llonse, after all the
insolls that had been offered to the petitions. He de-
flared that there a.:115 110 11011 C 1)111 11111 leform of 11141
House. He wished the noble Nlarquis and his friends
had been with hien at ;Hark-lane, and had seen how the
Nolte Lord's resolution was rereiyetl.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY expressed the
opinion, that they ought not to consider (lie "link "lien'
live wisdom of the COIIIIIIN was 11,411'hird at c"li'Y
meetings, though he admitted their petitions might in be
received with considerable attention. lie Shosl2lo that
Uw lion. member who had last spoken had slot recently
very elnsaly attended to the as guments in that House ;
pohaps lie hail been otherwise too much eneaged, and
had In en in better jtaails.—Xlierrs and laughter.)
Petition 'rad.
Mr. LENNA RD spoke in support of the pctilion. It
prayed for "elm in, lie sees v.isisl so rsavt and lie trusted
that it would be a cat uiug to all mashers, except the

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rerttlieulliabrell of geoid Owes, or those under privets
caldron'. It showed members that the mass of the peels
plc now began to perceive that reform alone could save
them.
Mr. MACDONALD censured what the noble Lord
might deem well-tinted pleasantry; it would be viewed in
very different light by the country. When a petition
of so titehneholy a character came before them, was that
a time for pleasantry ? The hon. and excellent 111, inber
for Norfolk hail not suffered ally domestic comforts to in•
(criers with his public duties ; and that worthy member
possessed the confidence and esteem of the country.--
The noble Lord might envy him those advantages; he
could not deprive him of them.—(Cheers.) As to the
character of the meeting, he was present at it, and he
declared it was most respectable. If it were not more
numerous, it was perhaps in consequence of the prevail-
ing opinion out of doors that to petition that lions. was
useless; that it was not worth any yeoman's attention to
go one hundred yards for the purpose of accomplishing
such object.—(Hear, bear.) As to the member for Sudfolk
r. Gooch), he was quite astouisked at what lie was is
the habit of bearing in that House. But for the evidence
of his eyes and ears, he could not believe what took place.
There seemed to be something in the atmosphere of that
place, that acted like a spell on the " leading country
gentlemen," for their speeches in that House and their
promises on the hustings were at complete variance.—
( Hear.) It was curious that the vote of such lion. member
(Mr. 0.) and that of another, might lie considered as
having decided the question against the repeal of the salt
tax ; yet on the hustings they had belaboured that tax
most soundly.--(Cheers.) He contended for the neces.
sity of ample reduction of expenditure and taxes. All
their distresses he attributed to the Bank Restriction Act
of 1787. It had given rise to boundless extravagance,
and to the utter regardlessness of the public means. Ile
denied that the Sinking Fund at all contributed to the
maintenance of public credit.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, by any transient
and trilling gaiety, had not meant to insinuate that the
petition was not meriting the serious attention of the
House.
Mr. GOOCH denied that he had promised to support the
repeal of the Fit!. tax ;he was des' ce •ly of seeing ns
much reduction of taxation as possible. lie denied shat the
cry for reform was prevalent ; the populace, misled by
speeches, called fur it; hut the people of England, the
thinking portions of the community, did nut require it.—Ai
for himself he should perform his duty without regard to
party or faction.
The petition was ordered to be printed.
Mr. HUM F. brought forward his motion on the sukjeet of
the postmfliee. It was an eilablishinent that cost the
cou. try 617,0001. There bad been no reolar papers sine*
1191. The revenue of the office was aboui 1,51e,0001.—
There was much difference bet ween the ezpence of collecting
this revenue in England and in Ireland. The establishment
required considerable revision. He complained of the
number of pu-tinasters. He also complained of the expence
charged ant newspapers sent abroad. They were sent free
of postage in the country, but for papers sent to tile col°.
nies, there was a charge per year of live guineas for a daily
paper, four guineas fur a three times a week paper, and too
guineas for a eekly papers. These receipts were applied to
pay the einahl;shmetit. lle objected to this mode of resins.
tie, at ing the clef k., 61e.; aml the restriction thus put on the
circulation of nen:papers considerably injured Ilse rev..nues
It was also tinf4irly taxing the cirru;ation of knowledge.—
The mode of imposiog charges on magivaines, foreign news-
papers, &e. aas equally exposed to reprobntion. lle con.
eluded w ills moving for a long series of accounts, illustrative
of the post-ether establishment, its receipts and eavfadis

lute, ie.
Papersordered ; as were like accounts for the post-offices
of Ireland anti Scotland. Accounts of newspapers sent
abroad, magazines, Ale. were also ordered.
Mr. HUME moved for accounts of the expenses of the
new colonies of Ceylon, the Mauritius, etc. and fur tin ac-
count of the lonian Islands. ate. °Meted.
FIVE Pea Cue zs.— M r P. Glt EN FELL einpiired„
%%holier, after the report on the subject of reducing the Five
per Cents. had been presented, there was to be any clian...e
of the inside of remunerating the Bank—whether there wa's
to he rensimernt. for receiving the dissent,/
Mr. LUSII INGTON replied, {het there would he a
reinuaeration to the customary amount fur receiving the
dissents.
Mr. l'. GILEN FELL said he should deem it his duty to
resist all re 1111 l 'term 111 l 111 the Batik for such bmineas.
Pentode OeFices.—Nlr. LUSH I MGT() N said, owing In
the coatirated indisposition of the Chancellor of the Ev rhe-
biter, it was necessars to postpone the Intation to amend the
supermatuation act.
Tile Pain lilli l ig orders and business having been disposed
of, the House ailj.enined.
FNIOIV. MARCH 8.
Lord STANLEY presented a petition, complaining r.f
agricultural distress, flow Moulderness, Laireashire.
Ent N BURGH Po Leer. ---Nlr.A,ll ERC RON' 1111: presented
a petition from Eithitiorgh signed by upwards of 5,000
persons,agrainst the Litinburili police bal. The 110110,11 aide
member u haled the subject to be sent to s committee above
stairs.
Petition rend. Ordered to lie on the table, after some re-
marls from Nor. W. Hundas.
Mr. ALIERCROMBIE presented a petition from the
corporate hotly of metchants, amounting to Astral SOO. It nits
also against tile bill. lie was prepares! to prove the milt
of the several illegatinus of the petitions.
ME., W. DUN DAS expressed himself in favour of hi- hill,
It was soloporteil by all Ilse respectable inhabitants id Edin-
burgh, ravel,. the " gentlemen radicals."—(Cheers.)
Mr. HUM F. spoke ago lost the bill. He would robe,
number himself amongst the "e eat semen radicals," than
the " gentlemen COI ruptioni,ts."—(l.l9ml cheers) —Tile
latter here those whit Maned to lise tin the politic wean, I
the former were ,tune whit wi,lti•rl the pithlie motley tee be
applied to the purposes for w hitch it was tote 11.14,1.—( lit at .)
Mr. Alt LRCM) `il 111 i: contended that it been tee tile
noose to institute as ematirs in lielialt of tire iojuird iiiitivt-
duals bVilOcoilipiaiii,il of tae hi I. lie moved tiba the 1i,.1i.
lon-bea referred to I i'e Colllllllllee 1111 the tat I
Mr. S. %Wit ri.r.y said, that great ha itation had been
ii minced in ii!:..titirgli, in consequence of reiainiog C tat.
Reim it :.:, styes 1. it endaiit of the 'Willi/11l all police{ and lie
therefore ii :hl it very ads 'sciatic that be should be se-
, moved. ( I leiir.)
Mr. K I:N N 1:1)1i observed, flint there was n strong and
wed founded feeling against the toll, :toil he tru•ted that I: C
I House %%Auld t on,uler the pet if 1011.M1111.1i1 a: reed to.
I al r. KEN NED y then pre.,,,te.l a 1,10...., front ire 11.
I (Frb ovitioshatiam arc p 'rev ri• )

COURSE OF EX
Amsterdam, 12 10 C. F.
Ditto, at sight, 12 8
Rotterdam, It 10

Antwerp, 12 T
iiambuigh, 37 8
Altono, ST 1
Paris, 3 days' sight, 25 60
Ditto, '25 90
Boordeaux, 25 90
Fraukfoet on the Maine, 156
Peter burgh, 9 0 U.
Vieona, El. Flo. 10 16
'lrirstr, El. Flo. 10 16
Madrid, 36—Cmliz, 36
Bilboa,3sl—Bareeluna,3si

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per Cent. Red.
3 per Cent. Conaola 781
111 per Cent. 90j
4 per Cent. JRj
b per Cent. Nary 104}
Lame Aim. 0 9-16

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FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BANKRUPTS.
D. rl. Stevens. Harlow, Essex. linen draper. Solicitor, Mr.
Evans. HIIIL)11 Garden.
P. It. I.ewid, Bath Place, New Road, Middlesex, fringe and
trimming manufacturer. Sol. Mr. Higley, Essex Szteet, Stssil,
J. Savage. Broadway, Woremershire, pig dealer. Subs.
Kfessra. Taylor and Co. Gray's Inn.
B. Putter, Manchester, cotton spinner. Sobs. Messrs. Milne
and Co. Temple.
J. Parsons. Swaffhum, Norfolk, linen draper. Sol. Mr. Zing.
Sergeant's Inn.
J. Atkins, Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, miller. Suls.
Medars. Rudall and Co. Clement's Inn.
P. FL Byrne, Backlersbury. warehi
freeman and Co. Coleman Street.
P. H. Lea, Grenada Place. Kent Road, grocer. Sol. Mr.
Taylor. Furnival's Inn.
W. T. Sherwin, Paternoster Row, bookseller. Sols. Messrs.
Tilson and Co. Coleman Street.
W. Scandrett, Worcester, glover. Sols. Messrs. Collett and
Co. Chancery Lane.
J. Woolcuck, Truro, Cornwall, draper. Sol. Mr. Gates,
Cateaton Street.
DIVIDENDS.
March 30, N. Cord. Golden Square, dealer in music-30, .1,
Cauogan, Water Street, St. Clement Danes, carpenter-30. A.
Grant, Broad Street, merchant-30, J. Gorton, Ilanmstead
(load, smith-40, .1. Rice, Nov Shoreham, Sussex, merchant—
:lo, T. Sargent, Millbank Row, Westminster, timber and stone
merchant-30, W. Baker, Lloyd's Coffe House. insurance
broker-16, G. Richardson. Mecklenburgli Square, and T.
Yokes, Gloucester Street, Queen Square. merchants-12,G. and
.1. Woulrich. Spital Square, sick manufacturers-30, H. Neyler,
Bristol, dealer—April 3, F. Woolley. Bradford, Wilts. clothier
—t. J. Seaton, Pontefract, York, banker-6, W. Stanisforth,
Little Eastcheap. wine merehunt-40, 11. G. Beasley, Austin-
friars, merchant.
CERTIFICATES to be granted March 30.
J. Penley, jun. Uley, Gloucestershire, dyer—S. Aydon and
W. Elwell, Halifax, iron masters—J. Hodgson. Staindrop,
Durham, aliorkeeper—W. Askey. Oxford Street, tarot—.l. Car-
ruthers, Bristol, grocer—T. l'otter, Manchester, publicau—J.
Alacintyre, Liverpool, merchant.

Sols. JtcssTs.

;RANGE, MARCH 8.
Seville, 356—Gibraltar,301
Leghorn, 47—Genoa, 43i
Nlalta,43—Venire, IT 60
Naples, 396—Lisbon, SO
Oporto, 50-11ahia,50
Itio.laneiro, 44
Palermo, 119
Dublin, 8i per cent.
Cork, 9 per cent.
Foreign gold in bars,3l. 17s.
I 101.1. per oz.
New Dotibl..ous
New Dollars
Silver in bars,standard, 4s.
116 d.

7 STOCKS.
011111i11111 0.
Imp. S per Cent.
India Bonds .18
InMa Stock
Exchequer Bills 21. prews.
C:mis. for Ac. 79i
Lottery Tickets £22 184.

HE NATIONAL REGISTER.

The presentation of the Suffolk Agricultural pe-
tition, by Mr.Gooch. took place on Thursday last—it
afforded the Marquis of Londonderry an opportunity
for a coarse joke, which he embraced, and for which
lie was submitted to the keen sarcastic reproof of Mr.
Macdonald—a reproof which his Lordship's habits
even did not steel him against, and he explained in
apology for his ill-timed levity.—Ministers may joke,
and do joke, and will joke, but they should remember
that while a whole nation is reduced to beggary by
their teal-administration the petitions of the people
should at least be received with the appearance
of seriousness and commisseration. The reduction
in the number of the Lords of the Admiralty will
carried into effect by the removal of one of
the three lay Lords and one gallant Admiral who
Las a seat ut the Board—to explain this would
Lu difficult, if we did not know that the other two
/ay Lords have seats in the House of Commons,
and that the poor Admiral who goes to the right
about, has no Parliamentary influence.

The :7,ecial Sessions under the Insurrection Act
eFened at Cork on the Ist instant, and at Limerick
tl►e s 2 me day. On that and the following day 17
indivilindi were tried at Limerick, some on indict-
ments fur being " tumultuously and unlawfully
asscoiLkd," and others as being " idle and disor-
der:y.'"Thirteen were found guilty, and four ac-
quitted. Some of them who were found at a dis-
tance from home and apprehended with arms in
their hands, were sentenced to seven years' transpor-
tation, and sent off immediately to Cork, where
they were to be secured on board the hulks until
the transports are seedy to convey them to Botany

THE NATIONAL REGISTER,

Bay. It is expected that this promptness in carry-
ing the Insurrection Act into force, will have at
least a salutary effect on many of the insurgents,
and keep them at home at night, at which time the
chief excesses are committed by the Whiteboys.—
Outrages, however, still continue, but nut to the
extent stated in the Dublin Papers. Private letters
mention, that some gentlemen's houses which were
said to have been set on fire and destroyed, never
were attacked, nor had they received the least injury
whatever. Last week the premises of Mr. Parker,
a respectable farmer near Tralce, were set fire to by
a party of insurgents, and some cows perished in
the flames. The following morning they were ex-
peditiously cut to picees by the wretched peasants,
who carried off the pieces for their consumption,
and to stfliml sustenance to their famishing families.
The Limerick Chronicle states, that on Friday last,
about seven o'clock, Henry Sheban, conveying the
mail from Ratlikeale to Shangolden, and one escort
of the 3d Light Dragoons, were fired at by some
ruffians, who secreted themselves behind a hedge.
Tbeir shots, if the report is true, were too success-
ful, as the postman and his horse were killed, and
the dragoon wounded ; after which the robbers took
off the mail. The shots were heard by the Police,
and a detachment of the 42d regiment, who repaired
to the place. Several individuals were taken into
custody, who, if not concerned in the murder, will
be tried under the Insurrection Act. In the neigh-
bourhood of Newmarket, in the County of Cork,
the peasantry are giving up their arms, and return-
ing to a state of tranquillity.

Letters have been received from New Orleans to
the 6th of January, by which we have the follow-
ing:-
Sr. AN-tor:4l, Drc. 4,—On the night of the Sd
October, General Long, with 50 men, of all na-
tions, entered the town of Bahia, producing the
greatest consternation by their horrid acts, (I hap-
pened to be there at the same time). They put to
flight the sentinels, and took possession of the fort
and artillery without opposition. As soon as intel-
ligence of this reached St. Antonio, the Governor
dispatched Colonel Ignato Paris, %%kb 150 men,
with orders to retake the place, and make prisoners
of Long and his party. Ile arrived near La Bahia,
and sent to Long requesting to see him, to ascetain
the cause of hitt visit. Long met him, and sratcd his
object was to establish the independence of these
provinces. Colonel Paris replied, that their inde-
pend_•nce was already achieved, and not to give
himself any further trouble, and demandel the
giving up of the fort, Long would not give it up.
At eleven o'clock (morning) Colonel Paris made the
attack—a warm firing was kept up for 24 hours.
Long's artillery did no execution, and he finally
surrendered at discretion. Long and his party were
brought prisoners to St. Antonio,
.and from thence
were sent to Santillio, to take their trial, as robbers
and pirates.

On Thursday evening, a messenger from France
arrived in the greatest haste with dispatches, which
were delivered to Lord Londonderry while at dinner
at Eelimy's. His Lordship, who had not swallowed
a couple of mouthfuls, had no sooner made himself
acquainted with their contents, than he rose from
table in apparent agitation, and proceeded to his
office. It is unnecessary for us to offer any comment
on this circumstance.
An official return to an Order of the House of
Commons states the quantity of gold sent in to his
Majesty's Mint from the Ist January 1815, to the
Ist January, 1822, at 412,6981b5. Sozs. 7drs. If
grains : value 19,288,3351. Os. 6d. Gold monies
coined within said period 17,611,5601. 3s. Id.

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A letter dated Puebla (kingdom of Mexico), Nov.
30, says—" This country, after having rapidly ef-
fected a revolution, is now exposed to the greater
danger of internal discord. There exist three dis-
tinct parties, each solicitous to
.establish a different
form of government. The first seeks to establish a
republic; the second an empire, governed by an
European prince; and the third an empire, with
the General-in-Chief, Iturbide, at its head. Mean-
while, specie is extremely scarce, anti the troops ill
paid. The Provisional Government has declared a
tree trade with all countries.".

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A commissioner was sent out by government to
New South Wales, in the latter end of 1819, or
beginning of 1820, in consequence of statements
transmitted home of mal-administration in that
colony, in order to make an inspection into the
situation of affairs there, to point nut abuses, and
report on the best means of correcting them. The
gentleman had a salary assigned him, of 3,0001. per
annum, and also carried out with him a secretary
or assistant, whose remuneration was to be on a
scale proportioned to that of his principal. What
investigation these gentlemen enteral into, and what
services they perfOrmed in the colony of New South
Wales, are yet a secret to the public; and we be.
lieve, also, to their employers. They returned to
this country in the beginning of last year, but we
cannot learn that the report, which was the object
of their mission, and with which it was to have
terminated, has yet found its way into any of the
government offices. In the mean time, the salaries,
both of principal and secretary, continue to increase
the pressure of the public burdens. One would not
insinuate that the retaining them us long us possible
has been the paramount motive of the parties; yet
it is difficult to imagine such a list of abuses in New
South Wales us should require twelve months to
enumerate them, or even that a report on them
might not have been prepared on the voyage home.
A requisition is now signing, to request the Lord
Mayor to convene a meeting of the Livery of Lon.
don to consider the present distress of the country,
and to petition for a reduction of the present griev-
ous burdens of taxation, and a reform in Parlia-
ment. _ _

For some days past the frequenters of St. James's
Park, have been attracted by an ingenious machine,
which raises a very long ladder,without any support
at the top, on which a man mounts and stands,
whilst he saws off the decayed branches of the lofty
trees. _ _ _

Letters from Marseilles of the 24th ult. state,
that very fresh advices had been received from the
principal ports in the Levant, that tranquillity had
been perfectly re-established, and hopes were enter-
tained of a speedy arrangement between Russia and
the Porte.

CAPTURE OP A SMUGGLING CUTTER..—The
Agnes, of Flushing, a very fine new cutter, armed
for the purpose of smuggling, was brought into
Grimsby Roads on Friday last, by Lis Majesty's re-
venue cruizer Slag, Capt. Ferris, commander. This
vigilant officer, after a chase of four hours off
Whitby, succeeded, by superior management, in
getting to windward of the prize, and coming
within pistol shot, was on the eve of pouring in is
broadside, when she struck. Her crew consists of
twenty-three men; she has nine port-holes on each
side, and her cargo originally consisted of fifteen
hundred tubs of Geneva, the greater part of which
she is supposed to have landed in the neighbourhood
of the place where the Slag fell in company with
her. After the capture. sixty-two tubs were picked
up, having been thrown overboard in the chase.
The Lord Chancellor, on Thursda) morning, in
the Court of Chancery, delivered his judgment in
the matter of Howard and Gibbs, bankrupts. His
Lordship declared that the present choice of assig-
nees could not stand, and that there must be a new
election; thereby confirming the judgment of his
Honour the Vice-Chancellor.
Letters have been received, rain America, front
Santiago, of the 11 dr of February, stating that
Guido was at present Governor of Calloa, and the
the greatest tranquillity reigned at Lima. When
the report reached that place of Contarac's approach
funds to the amount of five or six hundred thousand
dollars were embarked on board the shining at
Ancon. Lerd Cochrane bad for some time been
making every exertion to endeavour to procure
money for paying off his sailors without avail ; up cat
hearing the amount which was on board the differ-
ent transports at Ancon, he went in the O'Higgins,
and forcinly took possession of the whole sum, not-
withstanding strong representations from the Gene-
ral, He immediately commenced paying off all the
ships. Report says, he has not dared to put his
foot on shore since.
It is understood that the two junior Lords to be
reduced arc Admiral Hotham and Mr K. Douglas.
It is singular enough, that Ministers after what was
said in the course of the debate on Friday night,
should include a professional man in the reduct ion.
Garroll, the Suffolk Champion, at a late fight
having expressed his disappointment that he could
not get a customer, cautiously challenged three men
under his weight, or any 13 stone man in England,
excepting Gas.—Shelton, well known in the pugi-
listic ring, like a true John Bull, thinking that tew
words were soonest mended, though under Garroll's
weight, has briefly accepted his challenge for a snug
, hundred, and desires an answer on the day of his
. benefit; and if 100 is too much, Shelton, to seem-
modate him, says he will meet him for 10 or 201.
i They are both good men, and if the match is made,
it will excite much interest among the lawcy.

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