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HF THE 12TH INST.

After some prelitninaribu;inesshai been ClispoSed of, the
debate upon the law of Sacrilege was resumed.
M. Ithi-ER.Cor.tAttp opposed the project, which was found-
ed upon the religi6us dogma of the real presence in the conse-
crated host. Such 'was the principle avowed-: by Catholics.
But were -Governments the successors of 'the Apostlei, and
authorised to declare what was true and what was false? . The
religion of the St,4.ps.wasalways in the
.right. Under Dioclesian
the religion of the State was right, and the Christians *ere in
the wrong. God had given to individuals religious discern-
ment, but not to States. • :vain and England might be cited as ex-
amples, and also that Alliance called Holy, which had at its head
a Prince whom. the Catholics would call a schismatic. The
speaker quoted *a letter of St. Hitary, in which he exclaimed
against force being employed to ~support the Church, which
ought to repose upon sinctity,.thorality, and religious truth.
MERON DE L'ESPINAY considered that the legislation
for the defence of religion was at present extremely deibctive..
For a man to cherish atheistical thoughts in his heart was la-
mentable, but open and violent attacks upon religion were cri-
minal. Religion being the foundation of social
,order, society:
-demanded that it should be protected and preserved.
FIJOnOL voted for the project.
The MINISTER for ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS said, that
sacrilege consisted' in an external act against sacred things.—
Alaterial objects, devoted to religious purposes, had ever been
regarded as having soniething of Divine attached to them, and
those who profaned them had been punished. The theft of
sacred vessels had ever been visited with a penalty, but the pro-
fanation of these vessels after the robbery was a still greater
-crime. It was true that religion was not propagated by perse-
cution, but it did not prevent the guilty from being punished.
Sacrilege was not only an offence against the Deity, but against
society, because it insulted the faith of nearly all France, and
'that of the heads of society. It was one of the greatest disordere!
that could take place, and could only by punished by a cal"tal
penalty—Adjourned.

rls • •
Ile Emperor of RUSSIA has ratified the pur-
chase of a valauble and rare collection of about 200 MSS. in.
the Arabian. Persian, and Turkish character, for the use
of
the Imperial Academy at St. Petersburgh.

On .the 2d inst. a fine steam-boat Was launch-
ed at Dordrecht, the first vessel of the kiud built there. bite is,
to ply between that place and ltotterdan.
•

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
VeileriS, 150 (lie Aprilis, 1825.

.
Caliu.-I,iskeard and Looe—Petition from Lostwithiel and
•Fowev, against—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Coun-
sel ordered • Rill read a second time, and committed..

LWAYS—Crodiford and Peak FO' rest—Bill read a third
time, and passed. Edinburgh and Dalkeith—Petition of Sir
Robert Keith-Douglas, against =refcred to the Committee on
' the Bill, Counsel ordered. Tees and Weardale—Petition
frOM Redmarshall, &c.. against—referred to the Committee
on. the Bill, Counsel ordered.
nell a first time. •

STATUTE LABOUR—Gorbals (Glasgow)—Petition from Go-
van, against—to lie on the table. •
RoADs2Barnsley and Pontefract, and Rotherham and Tan-
kersley—Bills reported, to be ingrossed. Beeleshill and
Bradford—Bill read a third time, and passed. Cockermouth
and Illaryport—Petition againiu, and complaining that Stand-
ing Orders have not been complied with, refermi to the Com-
mittee on the Bill.

IMPROVEMENTS—BeverIey—BiII read a second time, and
committed. Godalming—Petition of Thomas Wood, Esq.
of Littleton, against—refermd to the Committee on the Bill,
Counsel ordered. Walcot—Petition of the Bath Gas Light
Company, against—referred to the Committee on the Bill,
Counsel ordered.

PAV N G—SOUth wark—Bill.put elf for six months.

DOCKS—Lk of Dogs—Vetiiions from Sunderland and Coal
. Traders of London' against—referred to the Committee on
the Bill, Counsel ordered.

THAMES QUAY—Petitions of Owners of Wharfs, &c. against
—to lie on. the table. .
ComPazaEs—AletropOlitan Fish—Petitions from Brixham,
•llartmouth, Portsmouth, Cawsand, and Plymouth, in fa-
vour—to lie on: the table. Metropolitan Waterworks and
LOndon Water—Petitions 'from St. Pancras, against—re-
ferred to the Committees on the Bills, Counsel ordered. Her-
ring and Cod Fishery—Petition from Dumasland, against—
to lie on the table. - • . , .

DRAINAGE— Eau Brink—Petition from Thetford, in favour—

to lie on the table. • •
STAMP DuTius—Petition from. Stockton-upon-Tees, for the
repeal of the Dnties on Receipts—to lie on the table.
I3uTTi TRADE—Petition from Wexford, against alteration
of the Laws for the regulation thereof—to lie on the table.
ROMAN CAritoLlc CLAlMS—Petition from Bandon, in fa-
vour, and Thirty others,-..against—to lie on the table. .
ROMAN CATuaLic RELIEF Bi LL—Twelve Petitions, against
—to lie on the table.
WINDOW TA x—Petitionfroni Liverpool, for the repeal of-
-to lie on the table.
HOUSE AND WINDOW TAX—Petition for the repeal thereof,
from Liverpool—to lie on the table.
LINEN TRADE—Petitions against any alteration in the Laws
relating thereto, from Armagh and Dunfermline—to lie on
the table.

CORN LAws—Pctition from Ellenbotough, for an alteration;
from-Limerick,- against it ; and from Royston, for the re-
peal of—to lie on the table.
COUNTY CounTs BILL--Petition from Chepstow, in favour,

to lie on the table.
ASSEIMED TAxEs--,-Petition for the repeal thereof, from
Nottingham—to lie on the table. •
Rarr. SEED—Petition from Montrose, against reduction of
the Duties thereon—to lie on the table.

His MAJESTY's PROPEILTY—BiII: read a third time, and
passed.
BOUNDARIES OF TdiVNT.ANDS (Ireland)—Bill withdrawn,
and another read a first tinic, •to be read a second time on
Friday, and to be printed.
CANADA COMPANY—Minutes of intended arrangements pre-
sented—to lie on the table.
Poort RELIEF (Ireland)—Bill read a first time, to be lead a
second time•on Tuesday May 17, and to be printed.

NOTICES of MOTION.S_, -and ORDERS of the DAY,
which -now -stand on the ORDER-BOOK of the HOUSE
of COM.i\IONS for the ENSITING'WEEK.
•
- Monday, April 18. - •
ORDERS OF THE DAY.'
1. House to he called over.
•2. Land Tax Assessmenti Bill-Further consideration of Re.
port:.
3. Juries Bill-Further consideration of Report.
4. Dissenters'Alarriages Bill-Further consideration of Report.
•5. Small Debts (SNotland) Bill-Further consideration of
Report... -
6. Debts Recovery (Scotland).Bill-Further consideration of
-Report; "
7. Settlement of the Poor Bill-Second reading.
8.• Jurors (Scotland) Bill-Second reading.
9. Bankers (Ireland) Bill-Committee.
10. East India Judges Bill-Further consideration of Report..
11. Police Magistrates Bill-Third reading.
12. Supply..---Report.
13. Supply-Committee.. •
14. Chancery and Exchequer Courts (Ireland) Acts-Report
thereupon.
.15. Bankrupt Laws Amendment Bill-Report.
16. Ways and Means-Committee.
17. Seamen's WageS Bill-Committee.
-18. Fisheries Bill-Report. •
19. Innkeepers Bill7L.Third reading.
20„ Spirit Duties Acts-CoMmittee thereupon.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
1. Mr. Peter Moore-Bill to alter and amend Act 6 Geo. 1,
c. 18 [Bubble Act.l
2. Mr. Kennedy-. Bill for regulating the Salmon Fishery.
3. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer-Tu move Resolutions in
CoMmittee on Spirit Duties Acts.
• Tuesday, April 19.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
- 1. Roman Catholic Relief Bill-Second reading. .
`_2. Cutlery Trade Bill-,Second reading. '
Wednesday, April 29.
• NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
1. The Lord Advocate of Scotland-Bill to restrict the punish-
ment of heasing.making and Sedition in Scotland. •
2. The Lord Advocate of -Scotland-Bill to amend- an Act of
the Scottish Parliament [A.D. 1696, c. 32], the Act of
• Grace.
-3. Mr.-Martin (of Galwav)-Bill to extend the provisions of
Act [3 Geo. 4, c. 71], to' prevent the cruel-and improper
. treatment of Cattle.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
1. Spring Guns Bill-Second reading.
2.. Gardens Protection Bill-Second reading.
3. Holyhead Roads Bill-Second reading.
4.- Quarantine Laws Bill-Committee.
Thursday; April 21.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
amend the Law
•
of ment, and the
I:
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toai bnt :Pin]
eydt-e
Tr' teuge par thearednaitin_gaßwa o
ntDog :taut
listees
mo napnßrdi
seoenr.
delay of trials.
3. Mr. Littleton.--Bilrto regulate the exercise of the Elective
Franchise in Ireland.
ORDEIt OF THE DAY. .
Prison Laws (Ireland) Bill-Committee.
Friday, April 22.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
1. Apothecaries
(sßcoitlila-ny)unrtlillelconsiderationcommittee.
2. Judicature
3. Arrests for Debt Bill-Further consideration of Report.
4. Boundaries ortfetTusroonw:noilefiEnrtodheoses,s :ma
.a (aollnofrc
Net a,
presentinnds )
paid
aßi di 1
expenselo- -n account Se c o nodf
reading.
nd
Ilisreirlraull:Leone, and the liberated Negroes there ; of the
Crown Estates in Essequibo and Berbice, and of the ex-'
pence for captured, b
of the Slave trade.

: NOTICES -GIVEN YESTERDAY.
Friday, April 29.
Dir. Chancellor of the. Exchequer—To move a vote of
£2OOO to Mr. Ill'Adam. (In Committee of Supply.)
Tuesday, May 3.
Mr. Hohhouse—Repeal of the House and Window Tax.

• PRIVATE. BILLS.
Second Readingg.f or Monday.
• Amesbury, Ilaslingdon, and Leeds and Halifax. Roads ;
Atbluneard Bridge; Hibernian anti Dublin Gas:Light ; Burs-
lem Improvement ; Wainfleet Drainage ; and Manufactories
(Ireland).

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—About six o'clock last
evening, us a man named Carter was proceeding
over Putney 4eatit,
in company ,with three other
persons in a cart, they all stood up admiring the
budding' of the trees, when the 'deceased inan,
Carter, suddenly fell between'the shafts, and the
wheel passing over his loins so dreadfully injured
him hat he expired in a feed minutes after, leav-
ing a wife and four children to lamEnt his fate.

INDIA.

( From titt Calcutta Gazette Exlraordinary of Nov. 26.1.
FORT WILLIAM, Nov. 26, 1624.

The following Copy of a Dispatch, received this day from
Brigadier. Gen. Sir Archibald Campbell, K.C.B. and K.C.T.S.
is published for general information :
To George Slyintmy,.Fsq:, Secretary to Government Secret and

Political "Depiiitment, 4V,c. &e., Calcutta.
Stn—For the last fortnight I remained under a very eon!!.'
derable degree of uneasiness at not hearing of or from the exPe'
dition I had sent against Martaban on the 11th ult., under the
command of Lieut.-Colonel Godwin, of his Majesty's 41st Ite'
giment, apprehensive that the strong currents that prevail— on
this coast on the change of the monsoons, might have
them either past the port or out to sea, and the consequent de'
privation of provisions and water ; but the arrival at head'
quarters last night of my Aide-de-Camp, who, accompaniea
Lieut.-Colonel Godwin as a volunteer, dispelled all apprehelP
sions, and now enables me to transmit to you, for the inforyn-
a.
tion of the Right non. the Governor-General in Couneil, the
detail of an achievement no less honourable than beneficial ;
the British arms, reflecting the highest credit on the able, Judi'
cious, and gallant Officer that led, as well as every individu•
composing the force under his command. - •
I have the honour to. be, Sir, -
•
Your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) A. CAMPBELL, Brigadier-Gar'
Head-Quarters, Rangoon, Nov. 7,•1824: • _ •
AIARTABAN, Nov. 2, 18'24' e,
• Sin—The force you did me the honour to place under 13,!18
command, fir the capture of the town of Martaban and I_,
dependencies; cleared the Rangoon river on the morning le
the 14th ultimo, but owing to the ignorance of the penrii,
acting as pilots, with calms and contrary currents, the eS'Pe''
don did not reach Martaban till the morning of the 29th•
It was my intention to have landed on my arrival at bled'
-ban, but The tides, which run rapidlyheree rendered it alen""t
impracticable, and 'the ships having it in their *power to
nearer the defences in the evening, I deferredlanding
next' Morning at day-break. I took two opportunities this a".
to see the -whole front of the place, with Captain Waternofee
Assistant-Quarter-Master-General, and Captain Kennan, 074
mending the Artillery. Its appearance, was uncommonly strut,
and commanding, and differed from e any thing we had sqh
about here. The place rests at the hottbm. of a very high et
washed by a beautiful and extensive sheet of water ; on its nit
a rocky mound, on which was placed a two-gun battery,
deep nullah under it. This battry communicates eriu.ieety
usual stockade of timber, and behind this a work of maw: e.
varying from twelve to twent feet thick, with small criwrng
zures for either cannon or musketry. The stoCkade runs algee,
the margin of the water for more than three quarters of a
where it joins a large pagoda which projects into the wateres,
form of a bastion. The defences thence continue a short Tie
tance, and end at a nullah on the other Side, 'of 'which all
thick. jungle. The town continues to rue -in an angle vasee
till .of
from the pagoda for at least a mile, and terminates in the hle,
of the Mayoon, close to a stockade up the hill. The whole -
fence is the water-line, with its flanks protected. . • • ele
- The rear of the town and works is composed of thiek...inn;;o
and large trees, and open to the summit of the hill e.as,,e,
moved along the place all was silent, not a gun to be pereei ,eyre
but a slight wicker-work to hide every thing behind the
tee
brazures in the pagoda, and few men to be observed on
works. They never offered to fire on the boat, though *diet:"
close in shore. The second time we went to hxdceat it the see
silence prevailed, so that we were induced to think the 1,11„0
abandoned. Shortly, however, after -this remark,. the shires
had approached nearer the works, when a well-directed fire,
e'-';
opened on them from the fort on the height and down the billet)
a well-pointed gun, from the pagoda, with grape, Was a; the
same time fired at my boat, and wounded a seaman. vl.fieee
3loira, whose' arm was amputated an, hour after. I wasereets
pared for a determined resistance by, the quantities of "joie
filled with men crossing ; as we went up the river two eh°eeter
opened a smart but useless fire on us. I made it a it&
to fire first.
-All the night of the 29th there was a cannonade from tee
sides, and the excellent practice of Captain Kennan, O'er,
W
Madras Artillery, commanding, tissisted by tient: ar one
of the Bengal Artilery, in the bomb vessel,
.must hate e fee
great execution among the defenders of the works, 00-
peated cheers infbrrned, us -that their numbers were great.,„.tdy
I had made up my-mind to storm by escalade inirneuee's
under, and to the left of the Rocky Battery on the Ole,: the
right, and, when in, to storm the battery itself, and thenin
business could be but easy, as we should take all. the Or
flank.
At five o'clock on the morning of the 30th, the men cOO5
ing the first division were in their boats—ninety-eight ineeleee
his Majesty's 41st Regiment, seventy-five of the 3d
Light Infantry, eight of the Bengal Artillery, and thirtY-e 7,11
seamen 'of the Royal Navy—about two hundred and twee
men; and I was fully aware that these men would have ee'
business to themselves, as I had no where to ivait for Lileige.
mainder of the force, and every -boat was already °eclat;
The advance sounded a little after five, and the boats row epe
and soon came under a very heavy fire of all arms. Oleo,
proaching the shore, I perceived there had been a usi~un and
standing with respect to the spot at which 1 wished to larll.eot
'
we had got on the wrong side of the nullah • as we cotea•eef
carry the ladders through the mud, I ordered. the boats t!i."/1
off, and put in at the place- I appointed ; at this time a
fire of artillery and musketry was on us, and the IltiTsa•
eould. not face it. Lieutenant Keele, of the' Arachnel toe,
mantling the naval force, with me, pushed on S-
and gallantly went to see if the nullah coolci theie
passed : lie came back almost directly, and informed tne a the
waca boat in the nullah, over which the men could go, °die(
side of the rock to the battery appeared practicable. so
to the gallantry of the people with me, I determined tO try' heti
from the men getting on shore there was' not a halt till leaf
possession of it. It was stormed under a heavy fire of mu el 0
and the rock not high, but to appearance impracticable, ae
the,opinion of the enemy it was so. fest
The enemy did not leave -the fort till we were"within Alverc
paces of them, and they even threw stones at us, when we
too much under the fort for the fire to reach us. went,
it is due to Capt. Burrows; of his Majesty's 41st Regli 00v/
and Lieut. Keele, RoYalNavy, to say, they were in first. „Jo):
felt secure of the place, and after
,waiting till the men hele„bec!
vered from the exertion, and to get them together, they n4e- 3ti
down along the works, and cleared all before thein. the
Light Infantry flanking us in the .wood, I proceeded :core
pagoda near which they appeared disposed to stand ; h°,„ t
they only suffered the more by it. On entering the nab
was surprised not to find it full ; but on' looking over the pit.l
they were in hundreds.eruellieg down, taking the waters;entY
crossing the jungle. There were about one hundred and I
muskets bearing onehem, and their loss was very severe; real'
All opposition was now at an end, and on marching °wane',
the town, it was, as unial, deserted, except by a great a esa
women. The Woongliee, had six elephants ready, an The
escaped with, as 1- am told, a good deal of propertY.'d been
emptiness of the houses: showed every preparation liteng
made, if the place was captured, to prevent our also
property-. , I inclose you a return. of the guns taken, 'sense'
the ordnance stores, and the quantities of the latter irnt'eee-
kept in a stockade about half ee mile up the hill, and yes'
lar manufactory to make the powder. I had it blown üb'
d end
ter day.
•`-eo
Our loss has been comparatively small, seven
fourteen wounded. Captain Booth is not badly woorlaeceent?
e
this immense place, with et=ch facilities' to escape, PT,
guess what the enemy's loss may have been, but, from '
soners, of whom- we have a great many, and other sohe, peth;
must have been great, as, allowing that two-thirds of the eias
bers reported were within this place at the attack, the' it
have been between three and foerthousand. • eiffella
N'irliere every one contended honourably, it would be beat
to select for your particular notice. I must ask Yfufaetrit:
thanks, however, for Captain Waterman, 13th Light .1 oso
Assistant and Qpartermaster-General, for the advice andutenen,
ante I have had, and still have, from him ; for 141,0eaoet:.
Cochrane, of his Majesty's 41st Regiment, Actinp,'
Major ; for Capt. Kennan, Madras Artillery, commanding '
,da;
He elfin Detachment 41st Regiment ; eat. Willianiself
Native Light Infantry, which Regiment vied hi this atrrtiliel;
British courage ; and Lieut. M'Gregor, of the Bengal' jelled /et
who armed his men with muskets, and were distingleeeiy„t
the attack ; Lieut. Keele, of the Arachne, Lieut. 13a; the
the Sophie, and their respective crews, behaved of le
usual gallantry. this littte'
Lieutenant Keele's• unremitting exertions with we, e.
force, as also the share he has taken in thefall of the P the se
gether with the good understanding kept up
.between
vices, I leave for yoe,,Sir, properly to appreciate.' bell, of fee
Your son, and Aid-de2Canip, Lieutenant Camp ?co,.
Majesty's 38th Regiment, will present you this cliefetealitt.; 4
lunteer on the expedition, whose gallantry, and other '1 •
make me very sorry to part with him.
• •
I have the honour to be, &c.
1-4 joieCol*
-
- • (Siemed) , • HENRY GODWIN.,
Brigadier-Ueneral Sir Archibald Camp-
bell, K.C.B. commanding the Forces
in Birmah. • •

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THE SUN-

or.
—'IS•DICEILEPAISUM AUf.EAT

SAT,
LONDON,
. ,
EVFNING .APRIL 16, 1825.

in
l'triarks on the Scotch Judicature• Bill,
0" sittu.
.-ay last, we prcimised to return to the
'" order to review the measure so far as
4-
regard a .
Trig t"e amendment of the law relating to
sei e :)Y -j"9.in civil cases. We now acquit our-
navit-B°f ttnff'have again to thank G
forT theassistance his little work has afforded
-4•tu so dn. • .
Jur. - That the introduction of Trial by
Scot!
Y 6.1°(141 meet with the opposition it did in
d
• an
-2 appears to an Englishman somewhat
extr
aordinary. The fou reason, nd however', is to be
°
not so
much in the presence of any
Schi"tian to the plan, as in the fact that
°teit Judges and Advocates, unused to the
inanagement of Juries, and unlearned in the rules
that go-46 t,
English Judges in leaving matters for-
their Consideration, frequently found themselves
bewl i•
''"ered in intricacies from which their own
System of jurisprudence was altogether free. To
this objection must also be added the strictness
that is required in framing the pleadings, so as.
to bring the
point at issue before the Court, di-
vested of the irrelevant matter with which it
17" al-ways confounded in the Scotch system,.
and in which it was not unfrequently so
to-
t"Pktel7 hidden, as to baffle the most dili-
-74 and most learned to unravel and display.
his laxity in pleadings was an agreeable salvo.
°er any fit of idleness with which the practitioners
the law might be seized, for any blunder that. 4.48 committed to-day might be amended by the:
;tip on of additional matter at another period,
th" the parties went on in a perfect state of
!;11°rance as to the real facts of their cases, and.
4:tPairentiY delighted, like old PETER, PEEBLES,
tue -wonderful deal of cogitation and deli-
elZatit'n it -took to decide between thetn.—
ek
method of taking proof before the intro-
:e`i°'' of the Jury Trial was by commission,
hence most intelerable delay and expence
()se b
to
t' oth occasioned by the unwieldy length
17"ich proofs so taken must of necessity run.
C° "id these the Jury Court was introduced.
,liituses do not originate in the Court, but are re-
cu " there from the Court of Admiralty and the
Tilt" and Inner house of the Court of Session.
tute
eli°wer, however, of remitting is not general,
kteudS for the most part only to such actions
's) the E
The En Lawyers say, sound in damages.
the Ow before Parliament proposes to extend
Pulver of remitting causes to the Jury Court,
S 1
eqa 0 tthus doawa
y in many other instances with a
proof I)3t of the delay and expellee that taking.
This, commission necessarily engendered.
is, with several regulations for the framing of
4ues ato
n'alung motions for new trials, comprises

the whole of the intended alterations. If the
Trial by Jury is to be preserved, we cannot see
the slightest objection to the measure ; if, on the
contrary, it has failed of its avowed object, the
sooner it is done away with the better ; but suc-
cessful as it has• been, and increasing daily as it
is in favour with the bulk of the people, we think
the gradual extension of its power the best•way
to secure its permanent establishment. The
measure now proposed is in perfect accordance
with the principle on which the plan was at first
introduced. That principle always looked to an
enlarged operation, and we hope we shall see the
Trial by Jury adopted in every case, as the best
method of elucidating truth—the primary object
of every Court of Justice. The improvements
suggested in ,the forms of proceedings in the
Court of Session, and the augmented powers of
the Jury Court, will give increased vigour and

dispatch to its action ; and although it should
deprive our norther►► broken] of the boast,

" 0 it's a beautiful thing to see how ling and
carefully justice is considered in this country ;"
yet, we trust, they will, find the sources of jus-
tice flow no less pure, and the decisions of their
Judges no less correct, although the one and the
other reaches them with increased- facility and

diminished expellee.
* See mine host's of the Queensferry exclamation, when re.
lating the story of the Lawsuit bequeated him by his father, in
the Antiquary. -

The Paris • Papers of Wednesday are lied
with the discussions in the two Chambers on the
Law of Indemnity ,and the Law of Sacrilege, in
the Upper House, M. de CILITEAUBRIAND made
a long speech in favour_ of the principle of the
former measure, but attacked in a powerful
manlier the details of. the. Ministerial Project ;
and M. RO YER CoLLAttu, in the Chamber of
Deputies, delivered an able, 'eloquent, and
argumentative address against the Law of Sa-
crilege, which the Minister of Ecclesiastical
Affairs (the Bishop of Huttatoeckt.is) attempted
to answer, but in a very unsatisfactory manner.
We have given an abstract of the proceedings of
the Deputies in another column.

On the 11th, the anniversary of the KING'S
entry_into Paris, his MAJESTY received a profu-
sion of loyal addresses, reviewed the National
Guard, and rode on horseback through the prin-
cipal avenues of the city ; and concluded the day
by giving a dinner to all the members of the Royal
Family. On the present occasion the Pope's
Nuncio again acted at the French Court, after
cessation of many years, as the representative of
all the European Sovereigns (Roman Catholic,
Greek, and Protestant) by presenting to the
KING a complimentary Address, in the name of
-the Diplomatic Body, to which the following
reply was returned by his MAJESTY :
" 1 receive with gratitude the expression of the sentiments
and wishes which ynu offi,r me in the name of the Diplomatic
Body.. The remembrance of the glorious day, the anniversary
of which we celebrate, is profoundly engraven on my heart.
The French gave a loose to the sentiincnts which had never
been. effaced from their souls; Europe was witness of them, and
general peace was restored. Such was the glorious beginning
which marked the return of the King, my brother, to the king-
dom of his ancestors.

" Destined by Providence to succeed him, and to accomplish
what he had nobly begun, I hope that God will give me
"strength and means to govern the people confided to me, with
firmness, justice, moderation; and fidelity to the existing laws.
" In fulfilling these great duties, so necessary to the happi-
ness of the French, I shall at the same time have the firm con-
fidence of being able to be useful to the general interests of all
the Powers, and• thus to manifest to them my personal grati-
tude for all the kindnesses they showed to me and mine in the
times of misfortune."

The Male, dated Thursday,-denies that there
is any foundation for the reports of the misun-
derstanding between the Prince Royal of Prusia
and his Consort.

" Our correspondent at 82rlin (says this Journal) writes us
word, on the best authority, that the Princess Itoyal is to accom-
pany her august Consort to Pomerania, whither he is going to
review. the corps of the army which is under his command.—
This august couple have been, for above this year and a half, the
delight of the capital, and have so frequently received the prin-
cipal society of the capital and foreigners of distinction, that
there has been no .want of opportunities to obtain the conviction
that no cloud had interrupted their domestic felicity."
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, APRIL 13.—Five per Cents.
opened at 102 f. Isc. ; cloSed at 1021. sc. ; Bank Stock, 2,065 E;
Rente de. Naple (Certif. Faleonnet), 90f. ; Royal Spanish
Loan, 1823, 514 ; Heine d'Espagne, 114. Exchange on Lon-
don—One month, 24f. 95c: -• • three mouths, 24f. 80c.—(Cours
Authentique.).

Private Leiters from Bogota, of the 29th Jan.,
hold out a hope that OLANETA, who commands
in Upper Peru, has, before now, freely laid
down his arms, and submitted to the new order
of things. Ile had catered into a correspondence
for the purpose with BOLlvay, but had pre-
viously announced 'his'adherence to the Patriotic
Cause. This account is highly probable, and we
shall rejoice at its confirmation, as it will be the
means of preventing a useless effusion of blood,
and at (Ike same time of inducing a Province,
where OLANETA appears to have great influence,
to submit quietly, and even cordially, to the
change that has taken place in the rest of Peru.
A private Letter from Carthagenal
Terra
Firma) alluding to the sensations produced there
by the intelligence that England had recognized
the independence of Colombia, says—" It is im-
possible to describe.- the joy it has occasioned—
firing of salutes, rejoicings, and illuminatiens, are
the order of the day, and of the night too. It
will produce the strongest sensation at whatever
point it reaches in-South America." •
Mr. CLEWS, a King's Messenger,'
arrived at the
Foreign Office on
Thursday, with dispatches- from
Florence.
Prince PoLIGNIAc, the French Ambassador,
transacted business at the Foreign Office yes.
terday.
Letters from Frankfort Say, that the King of
PRUSSIA'S journey to Italy is caused by the delicate state of
his Majesty's health, which has already
occasioned some little
uneasiness at Berlin.
Mr. Secretary COINING • • is nearly recovered
from his late attack of the gout. Mr. C. remains
with the Earl and Countess of CLANRICiRD Fat
Sudbrooke: •

';

GREAT SPAT CANAL

It must be gratifying
to the frieudi of this

great commercial empire, as Well as to those of

humanity also, that the magnificent plan for
uniting the English an'd Bristol Channels is sup-
ported by the great- body of the Landowners,
through Whose property it will pass, because
they are above all Petty temporary interests, and
look forward with patriotic zeal to the welfare of

the country. Nor are they wrong even in an in-
terested point of view, for temporary sacrifices
will be amply compensated by Ultimate advan-

tages. The opposition to this great plan is trifling
compared with the high respectability of thtNe
who support it, and see
opposition is stigmatized
by all who feel the vast importance of the object,
as the mere result of a selfish,
h
mean, narrow-
minded, and monopolizing spirit. Such, indeed,
it must appear to those who are actuated by the
honest sentiments of the true British character.