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,111.11C4 PAPERS.

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In a Committee on the. St`,ite ut the' Ashild the
Reholutions were'ocernil to :
L. lot, ors a constitutional application to his I lonour the
I.huten,int (;.r.vernor, this House in the la Stsslati,
grant' bounty on the itiiporrallim' ttorn..the British
Coloni.:s in North Anierir,..., in British VesselipPecly and
voluntarily, to'evidee bur anxiety to promote the navigation:
of the Empire, and give a de,:iited preference in our markets
to those commodities which could be furnished by any port
of hisltijest y 's dominions.
l'h.t the attempt at ilia Majesty's. Ministers Ao coin•
pet this Fl,,use to grim a Bounty on fish of certain descrip-
tions, by prohibiting the importation of Fish in Ships or
V.ssels belonging to tl.e Subjects of any gtate in amity with
liis MAieStYs whilst the necessity ot,Such an intereiitarSe is
recognized, is oppressive and unconstitutional ; ,and that no.
flung but this necessity, with the'protettioitand care Which
we ate to our Slaves, whesecomlOrts and liv4 are.:wantonlY
ilOirdett by this regulation, could induce the House to
continue tbp Vow ty, %%filch, was cheerfully Wonted 'when.
applied for in a constitutional manner.
II . What It is etepedient to recommend to the House to
grant a Bowl y on the importation of Fish front the British
Colnitierin.Noith America, in British Vessels, for twelsk
maths, and atter the same rate, and under the Nene regula.
Loins, by the existing law allowed and established.

-During thn Risking on the coast of Caithness it is.
understood that upwards 'Of 80M0 barrels of her-'
rings have been taken. and cured. Immense, shoals
of., herrings have already appeared in Loch Feriden,
and along Abe neighbouring coast,, ythich premise a
most successful' fishing.
We are.happy to understand that a Gaelic Chapel
is about to be opened in .a centrical part of the Me-
tropolis: Divine service is 10 be .performed. therein
in the ancient language of Caledunia,,. This .is a
etekideilitum: that has been too lung wanted by a
very deserving class' or
The Yeomanry of the 'different Counties 'in Ire-
laud through which the Duke of RiCHWIND prisSed.
in iti:s tour, oared to convoy his Grace, but the
lei ter expressed him Self perfe6tly sale, and Satisfiedt.
with' his own attendants ; convineed; as he said, of
his good ,wishes towards the people, 'he bad nothing
to for,,, .
Yesterday, at Union-Hall; Jdmes Pediye under-
went a final examination, on suspicion' of having
committed a burglary, in the house of Mrs. M'COr;
Mack, and was tulty committed to take his trial at
tlir next Assizes, which are' to be held at Kingston.
Yesterday, at the Police Office, Hatton=Carden,
* man of the name of Cheesley was committed for
resegamination, charged with deserting his lawful
wife, and marrying another wife in Surrey. For this
a& of bigamy, search is ordered to be made into the
records of both marriages.
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Dirge..—On Nlonay a duel took place between
Mr. MORRIS and ;11r. Est6Listi,..Midshiptnen of His
Majesty's Ship President iof 4.4 gitttr, in framoaze.
It appears that Mr. M. attd Mr. E. had frequently
disagreed, the former having 'often called the: latter
a fool, which was re tinted. by Mr. E. with a chal-
lenge to meet at the back of Mount .Edgcumbe
Park. accordingly they met, witheut Seconds, and
some woodmen beteg at .work, at a little distance.,
on their, hearing the report of pistols, ran to the,
supposed spot, thinking it was some one killing deer,
but, on their,approach, they found Mr. Months 'on
lie ground, and his antagonist. looking at
hey immediately „plaeed Mr. Mutters upon a- horse,
and Sent him to.Cremill Passage, trom whence he
was conveyetito the Royal Hospital, where he now
lies. It appears that they first stood back to back,
and, after walking six pares, both turned and fired.
A ball'entered at the back of NORRIS'S shoulder,
and came out against his collarbone, which, WAS.
broke. 'Mr. Wtta.rots, Surgeon of the Resolute,
attended ; and,. according to report, Mr. Morters's
lungs being much injured, hinecovery is doubtful.
, last-night two fellows had the audacity to enter
the shell of Mr. Hatchard, shoemaker, in Picca-
dilly. stopped; inside the door, whilst the.
Other advanced, and although
„slim was a boy in
the shop, snatched up two pair of shoes, which -he
banded to his accomplice, and they both ran off, the
one with the shoes to the left, and the',other to the
right, who was, pursued by the boy, exclaiming
" stop thief re • but he joining in the cry, escaped;
to commit his depredations on some other worthy
and industrious citizen.
The disease of canine tf.4.'aiesii still prevails in a
moo alatruine ___._hbourhood
of
pcig
Southampton.--!-Two mad dogs I:sent'through
field and Stubbingtotr last week, and bit a great
number of cattle. There is scarcely a place in that,
neighbourhood that has not been 4110461 with mad
dogs and the Magistrates in tie differeat distrias
have used every exe'rtioti',for the prOtaaion of the
Southampton the clogs have been son-
fined for the List three months ; and the Mayo; anti
Magistrates ale einitled to the Wartnest.thanks of
the inhapitdins for the.vigorous exertions of their
Police in putting into execntion orders calculated to
insure, in a great measure, the salt:v.oi individuals
from this Most terrible disease.

On Thursday, the 24th ult. a Coroner's Inquest
Was held at Langham, in. Rutland, on the body of
Richard Stacy,,a mason, who was found -drowned
in a well pear his house. A tew days before, he
bad absconded from his wife and 111E114,- leaving
them to battle with , the world fist subsistence as
they best could, and hitrowlf enlisted in the mi-
litia ,at -Leicester.: A tompunaious feeling, how-
ever, for. the unprotceled state in which he had
left his family, is supposed to have occasioned hisr
return to Linghom arrivitig at the door of his
-house, ov,erpowered by a-sense of his unworthiness,
in a moment of delirium he threw himsellheadlong
into hiS own. well, and when taker) out Watt quite
lifeless. Vera —Lunacy. •
Cutuous G 414.---In the neighbourhood of
Cumberland, the ItAlOwing curious bargain for a
field of rye was male last Stlinliler) between a Gen-
tleman andA FArtrwr. They had repeatedly met to
conclude the h;irgiin, but being, both what is
termed hard dealer.,., they sei4itated without coming
to a conclusion, At I;.ngth, however, they, retired
one morning, about nine .o'clack, to: a public-house,
resolved to finish, and continued from that time
until tea oickch at night in full negociation, when
the long-wished purchase was made on -the follow-
ing terms :--,The Ge,ntl6uan was to giVe 301. in
Cash, (me sow, with lotg, 200 wivs of stow, one
peek of potatoes, one gosling, and one olloa of
butter-tank