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London, England, 1822-03-25 00:00:00

suppot of his amendment launched out into 1
simile invectives against the political conduct
of tb late Ministers, particularly with re-
gard to their foreign policy. He was re-
peatelly interrupted by the right side, and
twice called to order by the President ; but
,still persisting in his line of • argument, he
was sienced for the rest of the Sitting by the
Hous: voting the standing order of 1820, which
interacts a member from speaking further on the
same object who persists in deviating from, the
queston, after having been twice called to order
by tie President. M.Manual descended from the
tribute, and the third chapter was adopted.=
The Keeper of the Seals then presented the
law m the Press, as amended in. Article It. by
the, ntroduction of the word " Constitutiona4".
by tie Peers, and signified his MAJtsTy's ap-
provzi of the amendment. A warm debate arose ;
the Members on the left insisting that the amend-
ment rendered it necessary that the whole law
should be again referred to the, Bureaux,
anti he right side contending that the amended
article alone should be re-committed. The
latte! opinion was sanctioned by the ma-
jorit:, and the House then adjourned. On
Thu!sday the ,discussion on . the Budget was
resumed, and was marked by the same person-
alities, charges, and recriminations, in which the
two contending parties so frequently indulge.

FRENCH FUNDS.

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Closed at B9 f. 55 c.
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Brussels Papers to Saturday last, and Madrid
Journals to the 12th instant, leave also arrived,
from which extracts are given under the head of
Foreign Intelligence. The proceedings in the
Spanish Cortes are interesting, as they shew the
moderation, regularity, independence, and atten-
tion to the public interest, which actuate that
Assembly. "
A vessel is arrived at Liverpool from Balti-
more, which brings the following intelligence :
tExtract of a Letter from a Baltimore Paper of the 21st Feb.]
" Captain DAVIS, of the ship FREDERICK, who sailed from
Havre on the 18th ult. is bearer of dispatches from the Ame-
rican Legation at Paris to our Government. Captain DAVIS
informs that there is no truth in the report of a commercial ar-
rangement having taken place between the United States and
France." _ _ _

- .
" Baltimore Telegraph, February 21.
ANOTHEit. FLOOD.—The immense quantities of rain
which fell in the course of yesterday and last night; together
with the melting of the snow which had previously
` fallen,
caused another overflow of Juno's Falls ; before day-light, the
alarniWas given, and the waters rose from that time until about
nine o'clock, when they commenced falling. It is impossible to
form an exact idea of the damage done at this town ; all the cel-
lars and floors in the vicinity of the falls were overflowed, and
much injury has been done."
COMMERCIAL.—In consequence of suggestions in various
forms, that there were strong grounds to believe that the Bri-
tish Government would, in a short time, relax their regulations
and restrictions of the trade of their West India colonies with
this country, application has been made to the representative of
that Government here, for information on this subject, and we
have been favoured with the sight of his answer, which is—
That he has received no intimation whatever of any'contem-
plated change of measures on the part of Great Britain. This
information is given solely for the.purpose of removing a mis-
taken expectation of such a change, lest the indulgence of it
might prove prejudicialto public and private interests."

The Address of Sir THOMAS MAITLAND to the
ParliaMent of the lonian Isles enables us to
form a very distinct idea of the character of his
GovtiTnment and of the condition of the States
under the administration of his Excellency.—
While we regret that his Excellency should have
thought it necessary to resort to the severe mea=
sure ,of disarming the people, and proclaiming
Martial Law in the Islands, we arc ready to ad-
mit that, as it was and is the policy of the
lonian Government to preserve the strictest neu-
trality in the contest between the Greeks and
their Turkish oppressors, and as the lonians ge-
nerally had manifested not only a strong dis-
position to aid their fellow-Greeks on the
Continent, but a spirit of impatience and
insubordination under the restraints imposed

upon them by their own constituted authorities,
the strong measures resorted to by the Lord
High Commissioner were well calculated, and
,perhaps indispensably necessary, to prevent the
intentions of the Government from being openly
and its authority set at defiance.—Our
•sentiments and wishes in favour of the Continental
Greeks are so well known, that it is almost un-
necessary for us to state that we would rather
see the lonians encouraged than prevented from
gi.,Virig all the aid in their power to their heroic
-countrymen in the arduous struggle fogy indepen-
deuce with their barbarian masters. But, the po-
licy of the lonian Government being founded upon
,different views, candour obliges us to acknowledge
:that the Measures adopted by Sir 'F. MAITLAND
-were perhaps called for by the circumstances of
`hiS situation. The operation of Martial Law, it
appears, was to be suspended soon after the
assembly of the Legislative Body ; and licenses
.to carry arms were to be issued to many of the
people.
ItterAND.—There are no fresh details of 'atro-
cities this morning, except of one, we regret to
say, on the part of the military. It,appears that
,a small party of the Rifle Brigade, who had
`brought some prisoners from Skibbereen to Ross-
caberry,,having got intoxicated before their re-
tun, shelved a dispositiOn to make an improper
ruse of their arms on their march. Near Ross,
-they shot a pig belonging to a poor peasant, and
-so terrified the. passengers, that several Gentle-
men were induced to quit the high road, and
Make the best of their way through the fields.
At Barley Hill,
.they took a boy from a ,cabin,
and marched, him• before them as a prisoner,
one of the soldiers keeping his piece cocked
and presented in the direction of the boy's back.
The family of the poor felloW being greatly
salarmed for his afety, his sister followed along
. the fields, to watch the treatment of her brother;
aad on being observed by the soldiers, one' of
tiem loitered, and called to her to come out of
tie field to him for an immoral purpose. On the
terrified girl running away, the ruffian fired at
her, the ball breaking her thigh hone, near the
lip.—At the Cork Special Sessions, on Wednes-
city, Richard Curran was convicted under the
lisurrection Act of being absent from his, dwel-
litg.—A few nights since, the military of News
mtrket, Millstreet, and Kanturk, having formed
a junction, proceeded to. the mountains, and
bOught in upwards of fifty prisoners, fourteen of
„Wpm were detained on charges under the Insur-