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London, England, 1822-05-07 00:00:00

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private audience to the Count Charles -de Gon-
talt,President of the Electoral College of L'Orne.

The eighth anniversary of his Majesty's re-
entry into his capital was yesterday celebrated.—
his Majesty received, successively, the con-
gratulations of the-Princes and Princesses of the
Royal Family, the Princes and Princesses of the
Blood, the }'since and Princess of Denmark, the
Prince of Wurtemherg, the Officers of his Ma-
jesty's Household, and of those of the Princes.
the Ministers, the Prefect of the Seine, the
Mayer and Adjuncts of Paris, the Courts of
Cassation, the Cour Royale, the Tribunals,
the Marshals, Commandants, Officers of the Na-
tional and Royal Guards; of all the corps of the
garrison of Paris, the Institute, and the Ambas-
sadors.

The Kim!, went out through Paris, at half-past
two, in a caleche. ,All the posts at the Thuil-
leries were relieved at ten in the morning by the
National Guards. In the evening there was an

Letters from Bordeaux, of the 30th April, say,
We are informed that seals were placed yes-
terday, at Libourne, on 47 chests seized, con-
taining arms.'
We had no direct news yesterday from Ger-
many; .nor have we received a single letter from
9ur correspondents at Strasburg, Frankfort,
Augsburg, or Vienna. They .have never before
let two days pass without writing to us, and we
are obliged to conclude' that it is' probable the
letters are opened before reaching France. The
Frankfort Journal has not failed tas.;- but the cus7
-torfiary and faithful echo of the Austrian Ob-
server, it maintains an absolute silence respecting
the affairs of the East.—(Constitittionnc/.)
DansnEs, Aparr, 20.—A marriage is talked
of between Prince John and, a Princess of a
German House, which has' been for a long time
allied with our reigning House (probably Austria.)
STUTGARD, ANUS. 25.--Letters received direct
from. the Morea by Trieste confirm the intelli-
gence of the arrival of General Normann.• The
-reeks have appointed him Commander of
Navariti.
ALEXANDRIA, Maacti 20.--The Turkish fleet
lz'rived here last Friday, after having landed
troops at Modon and Patras. The greater part
42f the ships sailed into the old harbour, soon after
which a.violent .storm arose; the larger vessels an-
chored in the new harbour; but scarcely had the
whole fleet entered, when the fury of the storm in-
creased, and did
.great damage. A Barbary cor-
vette stranded on the sand banks ; another ship of
Tripoli had the same fate, at the entrance of the
tiew canal of Machornondi. The storm broke
the cables of the Admiral's ship, the Viceroy,
and drove it, with another Barbary ship. against
the walls of the fort, where' it was dashed to
pieces. A frigate, belonging to the Sultan; sunk
near Rosetta, and it is feared that others of the
fleet, which had not come in, may have expe-
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APRIL go.—To-day the Metalliques are at.
74 7-16, the Bank Shares 662 4-5.
At:cult:llG, APRIL 28.—(Extract of a private
"-etter.)—The negociations at Constantinople
ntive not advanced a step. Neither the Austrian
luternuncio nor the English Minister have been
able to obtain an interview with the Iteis-Effendi.
'Ole Porte admits only of verbal communications
between the respective Dragomans, which are not
likely to lead to any result. A numerous body
of troops has been sent from Constantinople, to
reinforce the army opposed to the Persians. This
war is becoming more serious.
. The Pacha of Salonica has arrested many
'lidividuals of that town, among whom is the
Swedish Consul.
°I)ESSA, APRIL B.—According to various ac-
counts the Isle of Scio, one of the richest in the
Archipelago, and which has hitherto been re-
garded as favourable to the Turks, revolted on
the 22d March, and hoisted the standard of the
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grand fleet.; but his departure will soon take
Place. This fleet is, according to every report,
destined to attack the Russian establishments in
the Black Sea.
AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, APRIL W.—Our Frank-
fort Correspondent informs us that it is gene-
rally reported one of the Archdukes of Austria
will proceed to London on a mission of the
'Ugliest
importance relative to the measures to be
'Adopted in case the Porte should persist in re-
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learn from Berlin, that much activity is
Ternarked in the offices of the War Depart-
'nem.

T4IESTE, APRIL 18.-The Austrian Captain
,114uccovich., • who arrived at this port from
'n'Yrilo reports, that the Greek fleet has been
beaten.by the Turks. Another Austrian ship,
'Fern the. Levant, confirms this news.

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On WednesZay week, about three o'clock in the afternoon,
violent storm came on, accompanied by a heavy fall of
thing' all the appearance of a violent thunder-storm.—
t Lydiate, about nine miles from Liverpool, two servant-
-I_l,erl were ploughing_ with a team belonging to Nlr. Ilaskain,
the
that ownship. During the height of the storm, and when
t• le 'nen were in, the act of raising the leather flaps attached
0 the collars fthe with their arms elevated, the
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struck both the horses, which were killed instanta-
Le:usly, and both the young men were knocked down at the same
moment. As soon as their situation was perceived, several per-
t° s came to their assistance and found them and the horses
l9strate on the ground, a man under each dead horse. The
tiater of the two being first extricated, was found to be greatly
rrned, but not otherwise injured than by having the hair,
side of his body, completely burnt on; as clean as
ti;_Tbe he
hashad been shaven: The youth was so much terrified,
r`gin not by
recovered from the shock which his nerves
gun, 14Y this awful explosion. The people state, that the
4, c of the field seemed to be saturated with a strong
.;tlll?ntt.reous smell, which continued for some time after the
In had abated.

The Paris Papers of Saturday, from which we
give extracts• in a preceding column, do not con-
tain any fresh intelligence on the' state of the
negociations respecting the question of peace or
war ; but the preparations for war continue un-
abated on the part of the powers likely to be
involved in the contest, in case hostilities cannot
be prevented. An article from Odessa states
that the island of Scio, in the Archipelago, which
has hitherto been regarded as favourable to the
Turks, has shaken off the Ottoman yoke, and
hoisted the standard of the Cross. Letters from
Smyrna, dated the 4th April, and from Trieste
of the c27th, bare been received in this country,
and confirm the report. The Greeks had taken
a severe revenge for their wrongs, and gat pos-
session of the town ; the castle, however, still
remained in the hands of the Turks.

We regret to state that incendiaries are still
actively at work in the vicinity of Paris. The
departments of the Oise, the Seine and Oise,
and the Eure and Loire, continue to be the
theatre of these nightly conflagrations.

FRENCH FUNDS.
May 2, Five per Cents. Opened' at B7 f. c.
Lowest - 87 f. 90 c.
. . . Closeti_at .. . -87 f. 95 e.
Eichange on London—One Month 25 f.
Three Months 24 f. 85 c.

The Bremen Journal of the 30th of April gives
a Letter from St. Pefersburgh, dated the 26th of
March, which contains much valuable, informa-
tion respecting the condition and views of Russia
as regards the question with Turkey. The fol-
lowing are the most important points of this
letter :

" The belief in war (says the writer) has become so universal
here that no one entertains any doubt on the subject; but with
this belief is associated the universal conviction that we shall
fight because we are obliged to fight Russia has
taken eery step to preserve peace, and acting only with this
view, it has accepted every mediation of the Great Powers,
which, from her power she might have dispensed with. But the
immense expence which a great army requires in time of peace
begins now to be essentially felt by us. We bear thereby all
the burdens of war without enjoying the slightest of the 'advan-
tages which war brings with it—Such a condition °becomes at
length insupportable, and we are come to that pass. Had it not
been for the personal sentiments of ALEXANDER, the cord
would long ago have snapt by which the bow was kept at the
stretch. To the sacred wish of preventing the shedding of streams
of blood of guilty and innocent victims, many of our provinces
have to ascribe the painful situation in which they now are. .
. . . . The war footing on which it WAS necessary to place
our army required immense sums. The procuring of horses,
the purchasing, &c. carriages, and the whole materiel in the
North of the Empire would have been a folly—The purchase
of every thing therefore took place in the South of the Lmpire—
But it became necessary to procure the ready money in the
North, and particularly in the capital—Hence the diminution
of ready money. here as well as in the other trading towns of
the Baltic which begins to be very prejudicial to our ex-
change, andi has already been productive of several considerable
bankruptcies. Livonia, Courland, Esthonia, and the Ukraine,
used to be the granaries of Russia and of a considerable part
of the rest of the world. The towns of Riga, Leibau and
Revel drew immense sums for corn into the country and cir-
culated them in the interior. By one of those singular cir-
cumstances that influence so much the political welfare of
States, the last harvest was not only inadequate for the
usual sale, but it was necessary to make considerable purchases
for the supply of the capital.in other countries, particularly in
Danzig and Elbingen. Unfortunately this last winter, which
has almost deprived us of the most essential necessity of the
north, the blessed snow, piomises no better harvest for the
coming year, and we already see frequent corn speculations be-
ginning in a sense opposite to those of former times, that is, for
considerable importation instead of exportation. . . . All
these circumstances fill the whole nation with the most fervent
desirelhat the war should begin as soon as possible. Never
doubting of victory for a moment, the Russian looks forward
to the passing of the army over the Pruth as the means of being
liberated from the necessity of supporting
,himself such enor-
mous masses of troops at such enormous expence. lie is con-
vinced that the uncommonly high price of grain will quickly
fall when the enormous deliveries are no longer necessary
which our numerous divisions require Our
Cabinet has perhaps shewn too great moderation, and dedicated
the means uselessly to an expensive state of peace, which
must now be exchanged for a state of war. But be not
alarmed for the issue. We want nothing to make the
Osmans repent the mad intoxication into which their
blindness has precipitated them. Our armies must be
the first in the world, when we take alone this highly
important circumstance into consideration, that they have
already, by the uniform confession of all the Chiefs, been
more than eight months trained for la grande guerre, and their
manoeuvres are without end. Besides, they are in want of no-
thing ; they are provided with every thing that an army can
possibly want, and the numbers of all the battalions and squa-
drons are full,—a circumstance not always observed in the
Russian armies. Add to this the hatred, nay, the actual fury,
which is not to be described, with which the very name of ,the
OsarANs is heard by the soldier, and the desire with which he
burns to give vent to this rage by deeds ; add also the feeling
which animates the nation of the justice
.of their caasc, and
the necessity for their entering on this war; and forget not that
the almost deified A LEXJ/NDER has promised to be present
with the army when the first cannon-shot is fired. . . . .
. . • . The longing with which the return of M. de TA-
TITSCIIEF is expected here is not to be described. The camp

equipage of our Grand Princes have been sent off to Minsk, as
theyintend to march with the-Guards..: The Esternort him-
, self takes almost no equipage with from home ; it is placed in
readiness for him with the riYiy. . The last Num-
bers of ride 111-ornngChrtniicle which reached us do no: hesi-
tate 'to say that the marriage of his,Majesty the King:of GREAT
BRITAIN with a Danish Princess, which has lately been the
subject of conversation, reduces itself rnerely to_a projected mar-
riage of England with Me Danish Saw:d, and this dcc•laration,
prodeces a great sensation' • beT-e. We can hardly believe that
England can entertain: other than friendly sentiments towards
Russia ; for the interest of these-States is so intimately. con,
nected with each other.,--Ought a marriage of f.tssia with the
Dardanelles to be actually dreaded on the banks of the
Thani es ?"

We have reason to believe that the Emperor
AEEXANbEit has made every concession, consis-
tent with the dignity of his Throne and the rights
of humanity as respects the.:Greeks, to avoid a
war with Turkey, and we know frorn .good au-
thority that the moderate and pacific conduct of
•
the. Cabinet of St. Petersburgh has j3Oe.P. opposed
to the general feeling of the Ruisian Nobles,
people,' and army. Russia, it is said, has eight
hundred thotLand men under arms, and ex-
perience has shewn that a. Prince - who has
eight hundred thousand soldiers .cannot suffer
such an army to remain. long inactive, and may
find himself compelled, to go to'war, even when
he is most desirous of continuing at peace.

Letters have been rpceived.frorn Bayonne, of
the 27th of April, which contain the following
intelligence :
‘‘ In Biscay, in the environs of Gutrnica and Durango,from
60 to 0 youths have risen against the Government. Their
chief is not known. Yesterday, detachments of troops from
Vittoria and Bilboa went is purSuit Of them.' ThiS enterprize
directed by our Emigrants will have no better success than the
preceding, and the arms of every kind, as well as cartridges,
sent from France,•by the care of Queiada and D'Abreu, may
fall into Constitutional hands. We know all the intrigues of
these gentlemen, but their attempts to bring foreign troops
among us will be fruitless. We learn that strict orders have
been given along the whole of the frontier line to prohibit the
entrance into France of all Spanish. Journals. This measure
has been rigorously executed within these two last days."

THE CITY.—The different Parties went up to
Ministers this morning to bid for the Army and
Navy Pensions : they returned about a quarter
past one o'clock, and they are to go up again on
Friday for a further explanation, and on Tues-
day for the bidding. Government requires a
deposit of five hundred thousand pounds as a se-
curity, on the payment of the two millions two
hundred thousand.

On the publication of the Report of the Agri-
cultural Conuirittee we stated (See our Paper of
April 3,) that we inserted it with a feeling of
sincere regret, that it presented no effectual and
permanent plan of relief for the existing agricul-
tural distress ;" and, after 'some.-,reasoning upon
its merits, stated our conviction that, "upon the
whole, the Report of the Committee, with re—
gard to the existing distress, was an abortion."—
The event has justified the view which we
took of this important document,—the Re-
solution founded upon it, and proposed by
Lord LONDONDERRY, viz. that one million
should be advanced upon British corn 'depo-
sited in warehouses, having been last night with-
drawn by the Noble Marquis, after it had Under-
gone an animated discussion in the Committee.—
The Agriculturists are thus left to seek a remedy
for their distresses through some other course.
The Government is placed, with respect to them,
in a dilemma from which they cannot easily be
extricated. Upon the ordinary principles which
are thought to have hitherto" regulated" supply
and demand, the farmers cannot be benefited
but by a rise of price,—or a diminution of rents,
tythes, poor's rates, taxes, and wages. If the
price be raised, the mass of population, must be
immediately injured, and the farmers themselves
eventually, in consequence of the diminished
consumption which must result from high prices.
If the cost of production be lowered, the land-
owners must be injured by a diminution of their
income,—the Clergy by a deterioration of their
living;,—the public creditor by a decrease of
his annuity,—or the labouring classes by the
deprivation of the little comforts which they at
present enjoy.--A remedy, therefore, on the old
.principles of the political, economists, cannot be
found. Some new combination of circumstances,
calculated to effect the desired relief, must be
devised, and brought into practical operation, or
the remedy must. arise from diminished produc-
-11011, by the abandonment of the inferior soils,
which will, in other words, be a diminution of
the gross amount of annual wealth produced by the
country, and the ultimate attainment of high
prices through the mediUm of partial scarcity, and
the ruin of great numbers of Land-ow-hers and
Agriculturists.

MR. CANNING'S MOTION.-Considering this
motion as being pregnant with ruin to our pre-
sent happy Establishment in Church and State,
it is a duty to those who support THE CONSTI-
TUTION to let their names be known to the People
at large. We therefore deem it proper to state,
that Mr. SCOURFIELD, M. P. for Haverfordwest,
was among the Minority who voted against this
alarming motion. Our only consolation and hope

arise from the view which will be taken of the
measure by the House. of Lords, as we conceive
that the Hereditary Counsellors of the Nation
Will consider themselves as more substantially
allied to the Constitution than the temporary
Members of the House of Commons, which
though an essential branch of the Legislative
,Power, is a fluctuating body, the Members of
which must in general be supposed to be
more, regardful -of their own immediate inte-
rests than of the great permanent interests of
our political system. The venerable Lotto CHAN-
CELLOR, we are persuaded, will firmly and reso-
lutely come forward when the question is brought:
into the Upper House, and we may say on the
best authority that he would readily die in de-
fence of the Constitution in Church and State;
and we trust that a vast body in the house of
Lords will enlist themselves in support of the Pro-
testant ascendancy, and defeat the destructive
aims of Popish acrabition.—We have had many
letters on- thiS, subject, complaining that the
Protestant 'Clergy are not sufficiently active
on a question of this' vital importance, but
we have the ,pleasure. to assure our Readers
that many of . our Correspondents belong to the
Ecclesiastical-order, and .some are Dignitaries of
the Church, whose names are only known to our-
selves, and so shall. always remain. We have
every reason to believe that. upon any. trying oc-
casion they-will.prove themselves intrepid Cham-
pions. forthe•ProtestantCause‘, as essential to the
preservation of political freedom, as well as of
our national 'faith. •

There is no intelligence of much consequence
from lieland. A few outrages,. not remarkable
for atrocity, are detailed ; and the peasantry
continue to 'make a partial surrender of arms.

IRISH DISTRESS.—We record with pleasure
that the Marquess of HERTFORD has liberally
contributed 3091.- to the relief of the distressed
People of Ireland, and we cannot but deeply la-
ment the ifhpolicy which has limited the sub.
scriptions to ten pounds each person.—" The
widow's mite" must be as acceptable to the
Supreme Being as the amplest donastions of the
wealthy, and no one ought to be ashamed of the
hurnbiPst contributions in so laudable a cause.—
What then can be more absurtl than to restrict
and confine the feelings of those, which other-
wise might be exercised in the most expansive
benevolence ?

Yesterday the Earl of LIVERPOOL had an au-
dience of the KaING.
PrkCe LEOPOLD has been detained much
longer abroad than he intended, by his attentions
to his mother during a severe illness. His Royal
Highness was, when at Naples, much indisposed
and confined to his room for several days. The
PRINCE is now on his way back to England.
The Governor of Dover has received directions
to make the necessary preparations for the re-
ception of the ParNcc and PaiscEss of DENMARK.
The age of the PRINCESS is, we understand,
eight and twenty. The illustrious visitors are
expected to reach the. British shores in the course
of the present week.

; . • Yesterday eyening D..e.an and Chapter of
St. PAUL'S, with the.Archhishop of CANTERBURY,
Lord CHANCELLOR, Lord LIVERPOOL, Lord SID-
MOUTH, Marquis LANSDOWNE, the Bishop of
LONDON, Sir CHARLES LONG, Mr. VANSITTART,
Marchioness LAranowNr, Miss VANSITTART, and
several ether ladies of distinction, visited the Ca-.
thedral
.of St. PAUL, on the ,occasion of its
being first lighted with gas. The decided prefer-
ence of this mode of lighting presented on this
occason, particularly on. the handsome improve-
ments and embellishments which have been made,
a scene which for brilliancy and grandeur has
not been surpassed ; and the approbation and sa-
tisfaction manifested was such as to reflect the
highest credit on C. It. COCKERELL, Esq. the
Surveyor, and Mr. LINGARD, the Deputy Sur-
veyof, who, -with the Officers of the City of
London Gas Light and Coke Company (from
whose Establishment it was supplied), were in
attendance.

Mr. F. BeXTON stated last night in the House
of Commons that the brewers of the metropolis
have reduced the price of porter one halfpenny
a pot.
ROYAL AC AD EMY.—The annual Exhibition at
Somerset-House was yesterday opened to the
public. We have the pleasure to state that the
works in general, and in every department of
the Fine Arts,
.are highly honourable to the
genius of our countrymen, demonstrating Consi-
derable improvement. The Pictures of Sir
Titomas LAWRENCE would have done honour
to any epocha of Painting. Sir WiLmAist BEECHEY,
PHILLIPS, Sacs;, RAtunux, and other dis-
tinguished Artists, appear to great advantage.—
TIJ RN Elt, CALCOTT, CONSTABLE, COLLINS and
LINNEL , display great. skill and science in the
landscape province. W ESTALL has sent a beau-
tiful picture of CuPid. and Psyche, which shews
that his genius is in full vigour. The Sculpture
department is well supported by FLAXHAN;
CHANTREY, WESTMACOTT, KENDRICK, BEHNES,
&c. There are some admirable Drawings by
Mr. SOANE, one representing different as-
pects of THE BANK, and others of his own
beautiful mansion, ,in various views of the
interior, comprehending his rare and unrivalled
Antiques, Paintings, &c. &c. Lady LONG has
adorned the Exhibition with two beautiful views
in France, one in oil and the other in water-
colours. We hope to be able to enter more at
large on the.respective merits of the' Rooms, and
we may fairly repeat that •the whole is highly
honourable to -the talents of the Country.
We are desired by Madame CATALAN' to state,
that in -consequence of a severe hoarseness, it will
be impossible for her to appear before the public
to-morrow evening : she is therefore under the
necessity of postponing her third Concert until
Wednesday the 15th instant. The Nobility and
Gentry who have taken Tickets or Boxes, to
whom it may be inconvenient to wait till that
day, are respectfully informed that they may
have their money returned upon application
where they were purchased, on Or before Satur-
day next.