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IRELAND.

EXTRACTS FROM THE EVIDENCE GIVEN lITEORT: THE
LORDS' COMMITTEE, APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO
THE STATE OF IRELAND.
DANIEL O'CONNELL, Esq., examined.
Does it occur to you that the equalization of political rights
enjoyed by Catholics and Protestants would be conveniently
and advantageously accompanied by some legislative provision
for the Catholic Clergy, dependent on the will and pleasure of
the Crown ?

Yes, it does. I think it would be very desirable in that case,
that the Government should possess a legitimate influence over
the Catholic Clergy, so that in all the relations of the State
with Foreign Powers, the Government should be as secure of
the Catholic Clergy as they are now of the Protestant Clergy.
I think, therefore, it would be very desirable that the Govern-
ment should have that reasonable bond, that would bind the
Catholic Clergy in interest to them, as well as in duty. I should
be very desirous myself of seeing Government possess that
influence.

Have you considered, and can you communicate to the Com-
mittee the details of any such measure ?
I think a moderate provision should be made for the Catholic
Clergy, ascertaining that they were native-born subjects, horn
in allegiance. With the exception of individuals at present
alive, and fit for offices, who have been partly educated abroad,
my wish, and that of the Catholic Gentlemen and Noblemen
with whom I act, would be, that the Catholic Clergy should
be, means being found for that purpose which do not exist at
present, educated within the allegiance, so that all foreign in-
fluence by reason of education should be taken away, as well
as foreign influence by reason of birth.
From your knowledge of the feelings of the Catholic Clergy,
arc you convinced that, as accompanying Emancipation, they
would be generally ready and willing to receive State provision ?
I have not the least doubt on my mind that they would be
quite ready, as accompanying Emancipation. I have as little
doubt that they would be decided in their rejection, if offered to
them, without the equalization of civil rights—what we call
Emancipation.
Will you have the goodness to state the reasons which will
lead the Catholic clergy to the rejection of any provision on
the part of the Government, unless connected with Catholic
Emancipation ?
They would be supposed to have sold their religion, to have
trafficked for themselves, and to have attached themselves to a
Government which the people consider hostile to them ; to have
taken an inimical position, and to have taken it for the motives
that are considered the worst, from personal pecuniary advan-
tage; they would therefore loge their influence almost entirely.
Are you of opinion any corrective could be applied to the
evils which are understood to have arisen from the system of
40s. freeholds in Ireland ?

It is difficult for me to answer that question. The system of
40s. freeholds in Ireland is essentially different from that which
it is in England. There are, however, some 40s. freeholders in
Ireland who have fee simple estates, and with these I suppose
nobody would meddle. Then with respect to those who hove
derivative interests, there is an immense deal of perjury, frairu
the accumulation of oaths, and they are part of the live stock of
an estate. And I think in counties, although bad as the system
is---it is of some value to those of the peasants who have any
share in it—it may, upon a proper arrangement, be very advis-
able to raise the qualification in the counties of those subordinate
voters. I think it would not, perhaps, be wise to agitate a
question of that kind without accompanying it with measures to
allay discontents.
Are you prepared to !suggest to the Committee an arrange-
ment, such as that you have alluded to?
No further than this; that if Emancipation wery accompanied
with the raising the qualifications of derivative rights in counties
to five or ten pounds, I do not think it would excite any general
dissatisfaction ; and 1 am sure it would not, if the Legislature
acted upon it in that way, create any serious dissatisfaction, or
any thing that the Government need apprehend.
Do you think there would be a great objection to raising the
qualification to twenty pounds ?
I do. I think twenty pounds would be considered much too
high ; and as excluding so immense a number of the occupiers,
that it would create considerable discontent in any way.

Do you think you would avoid the evil of perjury by raising
it to ten pounds ?
Yes, I do; a man who had a ten pound freehold would he
known among his neighbours • be would have a character to
preserve ; and I do not think there would be nearly the tempta-
tion to perjury there is now.
Do you think any voter, really independent, would be dis-
qualified by raising the vote to ten pounds, or even to twenty
pounds ?
I have no doubt that many voters, really independent, would
be disqualified by raising it to twenty pounds; I think very few
by raising it to ten pounds. In talking of derivative rights, very
few who would vote according to their own wish would be dis-
qualified in their own counties by raising it to ten pounds. But
it is only due to candour to state, that as between Protestant and
Catholic, I think the forty shilling freeholders in almost all parts
increase the Protestant interest, though mostly Catholics ; that
they are so much in the power of their Protestant landlords,
that a high-ascendancy-gentleman, in the county of Cork would
march six hundred- voters to an election to vote, if he pleased,
for the Grand Master of the Orange Lodge, in my opinion, and
all under the guidance of a Roman Catholic Magistrate.
Do you think the raising the qualification to ten pounds would
be productive of great benefit to Ireland ?
I think it would be productive of benefit. It is, in my hum-
ble judgment, no small benefit if you get rid of any portion of
perjury; and it is the commencement of what we want so much
in Ireland, a substantial yeomanry. At present the population
is too much divided between the highest and the very lowest
class.

From the great influence on the part of the Catholics, do they
not, in point of fact, derive great indirect political influence
from the 40s. freeholders at present?
I confess, I think that the 40s. freeholder who votes against
his landlord is generally ruined by it. There is a heart-rending
scene following the election ; and after all, with every political
feeling, it is extremely difficult to reconcile one's self to the
misery it produces.
Can you state what effect, or whether any effect, has been
produced upon the minds of the lower orders of the Irish Ca-
tholics by what are called Pastorini's Prophecies ?
I think that no effect has been produced upon the lower orders
of the Irish Catholics by the book called " Pastorini's Pro-
phecies." That book was written by an English Bishop, a
Doctor Wahnsley, and it would not have been heard of in Ire-
land if it had not, as we understand, been spread very much
by persons inimical to the Catholic Claims. There was R.
considerable number of copies of it printed in Dublin, and
certainly not printed with the assent of any Catholic. And
the year 1825, as the ominous . year in " Pastorini's Pro-
' phecies," is, I believe, a mere misprint. I have been, for
some time, aware of that fact, but I thought it better not to
mention it, lest we should have another year of disturbance
and distrust. The prophecy fixes a period of three hundred
years, from the commencement of the establishment of the
persuasion of the Protestants until they should all return
back to the ancient Church. As to the book itself, it is a book
very likely to excite very little attention in Ireland ; it is
not written with virulence, so as to gratify the vulgar ; it is not
written with taste or talent, so as to please the educated ; and
it has been condemned by the highest authorities in the Catolic
Church, from the moment it issued. The Rev. Alban Butler,
who wrote a singular work called the Lives of the principal
Saints and Martyrs, in twelve volumes, condemned it strongly
and distinctly when it came out ; and I believe it was never
approved of by any Catholic Bishop whatever. But to return to
the calculation, it is just this: the reformed Churches took the
denomination of Protestants, from the protest against the deci-
sion of the Emperor and the Diet of Spires, which occurred in the
year 1528 or the commencement of 1529; the protestation is
dated the 11th er 19th of April, 1529, which was just at the
commencement of the year when the fourteen cities declared
themselves Protestants. The calculation is taken therefbre
from 1528 by Pastorini, the three hundred will be at an end in
1328; but in the original edition, 1828 is printed 1825, not-
withstanding the three hundred years are calculated from 1528,
and I attribute to that misprint the fact, that the year 1825
has become an ominous one. I discovered this mistake some
time ago, and was just upon the point of proclaiming the dis-
covery, but I corrected myself by the reflection, that if I did
so, we should have another year of the same folly as has been
exhibited in the present year.
Has net some countenance been given to the miracles of Prince
I-I oh enlohe ?

Yes, the miracles, through the intercession of Prince Hohen-
lobe; there were two instances published, one by Dr Doyle,
and the other by Dr. Murray. I investigated the documents
published by Dr. Murray, and certainly they are of a stagger-
ing nature : there must certainly be purjury or a miracle, or
one of those extraordinary recoveries to my mind unac-
countable.

Have they not received the sanction of some of the Roman
Catholic Bishops ?
Yes, of Dr. Alurray. The doctrine of the Catholic Church
is, that miracles have not ceased ; we believe that the miracu-
lous powers are to continue as long as the church—miraculous
power through intercession, or, as mentioned in the Scripture,
by reverence for the Saints or their relics. Particular miracles
we are not bound to believe. Each Catholic is at liberty to re-
ject the belief of each particular miracle : but we are bound to
believe that the miraculous powers have not ceased, and will
not cease. 'We conceive they are suspended according to the
will of Providence and brought forward when he is pleased so
to order it. Coupled with that tenet, we are permitted to be
credulous upon the subject of each particular miracle, and not
to admit it but on the most .concluatve ground. In the cue

of the miracle Dr. Murray proclaimed, the lady herself must
be guilty of perjury, or she recovered with the most extraordi-
nary rapidity. The fact, in my belief, depends upon the credit
belonging to her.
The Rev. John Burnett examined.—What are those doc-
trines which you think the Protestants usually attribute by
mistake to the Catholics ?

The Protestants are in the habit of understanding that the
Catholics hold the doctrine of exclusive salvation—that is, that
no person wl.o is not a Catholic can be finally saved. The Pro-
testants imagine also, that the Catholics hold that they are not
required to keep faith with heretics in any contract into which
they may enter with them, whether by oath or otherwise.—
The Protestants generally—l speak of the south of Ireland,
where I live myself—the Protestants generally, in that quarter,
imagine that the old doctrine of the Pope's power, to put an
interdict on a kingdom, for the purpose of subduing the So-
vereign and the subjects to the See of Rome, is also held by
the Roman Catholics; and they imagine that the old doctrine
of the Jeduits, that the end will sanctify the means, is also held
by them ; that if the interests of the Catholic Church are the
end, any means may be employed for effecting it. Ido not
think that the Roman Catholics in general hold these doctrines.
The Rev. James Doyle, D.D. examined.—Bishop in the Ro-
man Catholic Church ; of the diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.
Do you think there would be no objection on the part of the
Roman Catholic Church to a provision being made on the part
of Government towards the maintenance of the Roman Catholic
Clergy ?
This, like some other matters which have been alluded to,
is one on which the feelings and opinions of others are con-
cerned, and I cannot undertake to speak ; but for myself,
I would much prefer deriving my support, as I do at pre-
sent, from the contributions of the poor people for whom
I labour. But I know that this measure has been contem-
plated by persons who are anxious to relieve the Catholic
laity from the disabilities under which they labour at present;
and I should not withhold my consent from any arrange-
ment which would go to alter the mode of paying the Catholic
Clergy, if such opposition on my part would be any obstacle to
an arrangement which I consider necessary for the settlement
of the country. Whether this opinion which I hold is the
same as others may entertain is what I cannot state. I would
also add, lest any impression should remain on the minds of the
Noble Lords, on account of that preference which I would
give to the present mode of payment over the other—l mean,
lest an impression should remain on their minds that I would
be indisposed to have any communication with Government in
that way ; the cause, then, of my feeling as 1 do, is lest the
Catholic Clergy, in some time hereafter, not finding themselves
dependent upon the people for their support, might relax in
their zeal in the discharge of their duties. This is the chief,
I might say the only cause, which would make me wish, as
far as I am personally concerned, that things were suffered to
remain as they are, correcting abuses according as they might
arise.

Do you conceive that there exists a desire, on the part of the
Catholic Church generally, or of many individuals in it, sup-
posing the arrangements referred to in a former question to be
made or not, to possess themselves of any revenues of any part
of the Church of England ?
Whether such arrangements were made or not made, I never
discovered in others, nor have I ever entertained myself any
disposition whatever to be put into possession of any portion at
all of the revenues or property belonging to the Established
Church. I will add, that if any portion of that property were
offered to me, I would not accept of it; that if it were proposed
to grant the stipend at present spoken of out of the tithes re-
ceived by the Clergy of the Establishment, I would not be
induced to accept of it.
Are not Catholics prohibited intermarrying with Protestants
by the Council of Trent ?
No: there is not a syllable about it in that Council.

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Do you consider the marriage of a Protestant with a Roman
Catholic valid ?

It is valid, in a civil and ecclesiastical point of view.
Have you never known a marriage between a Roman Catholic
and a Protestant, solemnized by a Protestant Clergyman, dis-
solved by a Priest ?
Never; it could not be done ; not by the Pope, nor Council,
nor any authority on earth, unless there is a canonical impedi-
ment (which the difference of religion is not) intervening.
Did you ever know an instance of a marriage of that kind
dissolved, by which the woman became an outcast?
Never; it could not be done.

If a Roman Catholic and Protestant intermarry, and the
children are brought up Protestants, does the Roman Catholic
incur any censure ?
No, never.
Have you never known the Catholic Clergy make it a con-
dition, in a marriage between a Catholic and a Protestant, that
the children should be brought up in the ltoman Catholic faith?
They advise it ; it is in the nature of religion that the Mi-
nisters of it seek to make all the proselytes they can.
Bove you ever known them refuse to perform marriages un-
less that condition were acceded to?

I have; hut if they should, the parties can go to the Pro-
testant clergyman, who has equally the power of marrying
them.

If the wife is a Roman Catholic, and the husband is a Pro-
testant, and the husband converts the wife to the Protestant
faith, what course do you pursue with respect to her ?
The person who ceases to be a Catholic ceases to frequent
our assemblies, and we know no more of him.

The power of deposing Kings is completely obsolete ?
I think completely extinct.
Not acknowledged ?
I have not heard of a divine who has maidtained it for a long
time; it is a thin,* we reject at our schools. I have learned
theology, and taught it myself for several years. I have de-
fended in public theses, printed and published, that the Pope
had no such authority, and that it is decidedly contrary to
reason and the public good.
You would say the same of an oath being not binding, be-
cause it was made with an heretic.

Yes ; that is too blasphemous to be contemplated.
Will you have the goodness to explain what is meant by the
infallibility of the Pope?
There are so many divines who have written upon that sub-
ject, and they have given such very long definitions of it, that
I should do much better by referring your Lordships to them,
than by giving a definition myself. Melchior Cano has a long
treatise upon the infallibility of the Pope.

Seamen are uncommonly scarce in this port at
present. Many vessels have been obliged to put to sea short
of their full complement of men. Wages have, in consequence,
risen considerably within the last week. We understand that
31. 10s. per month have, in many cases, been given for able.
bodied seamen.—( Liverpool Courier of Wednesday.)

A very SINGULAR CASE was witnessed at Do-
ver a short time since. A lady of that town was safely deli-
vered. of a fine child, and soon after its birth the nurse was, as
is customary, rubbing its limbs, when she felt something prick
her hand, which, on examination, proved to be a needle pro-
jecting from the child's arm. A surgeon attended, and en-
deavouring to extract the needle, broke it in twain ; the re-
maining part was afterwards got out, with a piece of thread
actually attached through the eye.—(Kentish Chronicle.)
CORONER'S INQUEST.-Testerday evening at
8 o'clock an inquest was held at the Guy Earl of Warwick
Tavern, Warwick-kne„ Newgate-street, before THOMAS
SHELTON, Esq., Coroner fez. the City of London, on the body
of Mrs. Martha Halls, aged GO, the widow of a gentleman
of that name, lately residing in Charles-street, Portman-
square. Mr. William Hall:, son of the deceased, being
sworn, said, that he holds a sEuation in St. Bartholomew's
Hospital. The deceased was 60 wears of age, and since the
death of his father she had betrayed strong symptoms of insa-
nity, which he, witness, attributed te the decased having be-
come acquainted with another lady of Cc.:: Methodist persuasion
who instilled similar principles into the of the deceased,
so as to make her a .perfect enthusiast ; and she would fre-
quently express her fears that she should r.erer enter Heaven,
in consequence of her sinful life, and that it 7as no good for
. her to pray ; and ultimately a delusion was in her mind,
that officers were continually in pursuit of he: to tal:2 her to
gaol. She at length became so extremely z! at she
could not remain in the house with the servants, but pz:e,rl-..d re-
moving from her own residence to that of a- friend in \i
lane, to which place she was attended by a female servant. I v' ast
there, she would frequently have the place searched, persisti:. -
that officers were concealed in the bons:, the purpose of al;:.
prehending her. On Tuesday night, about r
_;:lt o'clock, during
the absence of the servant from the drawing-r. she embraced
the opportunity to commit the horrid deeti which formed
the subject of the inquiry. On the return of the servant, she
fonid her mistress prostrate on the floor, welL:i in her
t load, with her throat cut in a dreadful manner, a- a large
carving knife, with which she perpetrated the act, lying by her
side, covered with blood, and the whole exhibiting the most
horrific spectacle. She was not dead, and Mr. Hall (the wit-
ness) was immediatel,,- sent for; on his arrival he discovered
his unfortunate mother
A of him to forgive her
for the rash act she had
--- • expressed a hope that
-
the whole of her family ;- • l'-,_wive her for having
done it. The blood was gushing throat during the
period, and almost stifled her utterance —s'l„ Licl soon after his
arrival. The deceased had no cause to be frightened
at officers, as site was not in debt, but was in affluent circum-
stances. He had no doubt but she was insane at Cie moment
she committed the act.—The Jury had no doubt upon this
point, and after a moment's deliberation, returned a verdict,
That she committed the act herself being at the time in a
, state of insanity." h

Without at all intending to impugn the coo'
duct of the Trustees, we may yet venture to es'
sert, without fear of contradiction, that great
abuses exist in the administration of the affairs of
Turnpike Roads in general, and especially of
the roads round about the Metropolis. The laws
that govern this branch of our domestic economy
seem indeed sufficiently strong to prevent the
abuses we allude to, hut it is notorious that they
do not. Such being the fact, we must look
for the causes of the evil, and it seems t°
us they will be found to arise in a very great
degree from the three following defects in the
system itself. Ist. The existence of several
trusts with distinct funds, whereby the woe"
ber of toll-bars is unncessarily increased, Ilad
of course a greater amount of money col-
lected from the Public. 2dly. The total ab"
sence of any controulling power over the trus-
tees; and hence the authorities entrusted to
them by Parliament are employed, not so much
for the benefit of the Public as in preserving their
influence and keeping up their interests amongst
their neighbours, by means of what, in these
days, is called jobbing ; and there is nothing that
furnishes more ample means for these " jobs" than
private local Acts of, Parliament. And, lastly, the
calling on persons for the performance of statute
labour on turnpike roads. This last objection
appears to us a monstrous imposition en the pub"
lic ; for we confess we cannot see the justice or
propriety of calling on a person to contribute hl3
share of statute labour in the formation or repair"
ing of a road for permission to travel on which
he is afterwards compelled to pay a toll. Statute
labour is all well enough on the parish highvisYs'
but in reference to turnpike roads it is, we re'
peat, an imposition, and that too, of so uncolour-
able a nature as only to require exposition in Pr-
to secure a remedy. The two first defect:
have up to this moment been found proof agnia/,
simple legislation. With a view to the remolt
of them, it has been proposed to place all °‘
portion of the roads in the handy of Governor '°t
and,perhaps, if an exchange could be effected and
the Assessed Taxes abolished, and the Roads gio"
to the Commissioners of Taxes instead, we might
(possibly) for the sake of o beneficial a change
he disposed to acquiesce, notwithstanding pe
think the Government ought not to have this clati
I thrown on their hands. There are very obvi"esd
reasons why Government should not be entrusted
with the roads ; and as that is the case, it strike;
us that these objections would be best got rid of
by placing all the roads (or at the first, say thes
round about London) under a corporate beds
in London ; because by uniting all the TrirsT
there can be no pretence for erecting WI
bars within a less distance than 10 miles °

each other ; and because, by having a cornPari"
tively small body to deal with, that body will be
more more immediately effected by public ePi#
nion, and more within the reach of Parliamelll
and the law. There may be objections to the
plan which which we are not at present awn' e
or, but at any rate, it is better than the el°
rig system, and less objectionable than tho
plan of transferring them to persons aprin
tf
ed by the Government. The execution- °
the plan is by no means difficult, and W/
feel persuaded that if a few public spiriteia
individuals were to subscribe together, °fi
form a fund for procuring the necessary Charter
from the Crown, and proper powers from Par'
-.lent, a sum of money would he very 9°ati
st.,..nribed amply sufficient to satisfy all 01°r a
gagees of turnpike tolls, and every other deo°
r:
that could be made. It is a matter of 'l.ls
prise to us, that in this speculating age this
most obvious ground on which a Joint St°ce
Company might be produced, has escaped theb
attention of the keen-sighted capitalists of the
City, and, although we are no friends.
many of the schemes that are daily sPringin
for
up around us, we cannot help noticing this
of
two good reasons, first, because the public
be greatly benefited by its adoption ; and scC°ll

because it holds out the prospect of very fair
and reasonable gains to those who should em-
burk,iu the undertaking.

We received (hi; morning by Express the
toile dated yesterday. It does not contain any
intelligence of the least importance, except the
intimation, that the Coronation of the King of
1?-11,4NcE is decidedly fixed for the 12th June.
The postponement of this solemnity to that pe-
liod is attributed solely to the circumstance, that
t 6 Chambers cannot possibly get through the
Public business before.
MAncn 30.—FnExcit FUNDS.—Five per Cents.
10-=f• 5.5 c. for money ; 102 f. 7(c. for the end of the month.

The Paris Papers of Tuesday contain little
matter of interest. The following are extracts :
(From the Eioilc, dated Wednesday.)
•
PARIS, MARCH 29.

going Journals loudly call for war. Eager to propagate all
sinister reports, we see how much the repose of the world afflicts
them- Despairing henceforward of troubling States by conspi-
Cles and internal revolutions, it is from the policy of the Ca-
binets of Europe that they seek for dissensions, by the aid of
ithich they hope once more to shake all legitimate thrones.

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For ourselves, who wished for war, and announced it as ine-
-514b1e when it was necessary against the principles of the Re-
lehltidon, and when all the liberal journals affirmed that it
w°01(1 not take place, we can now assert that peace will not he
disturbed in any manner. The idea of a possible rupture does
*X even occur to the mind of any reasonable' man. And
opinion is not only that of the merchants, whose opera-
ti(7l4 continue in the North on the footing of the most perfect
e°llliderlee in the preservation of peace, but that of all the M ini-
len accredited to the diplomatic corps of Europe, who, see-
tng things more closely, doubtless do not fail to inform their
respective Cabinets—and that of London in the first place—
at a war, whatever might be the cause of it, would change,
its nature as soon as ever it broke out, and would become corn-
PletelY and exclusively revolutionary ; that is to say, that being
Z4lncnenced for the political interests peculiar to such or such a
kte, it would immediately arouse and bring into play all the
r:ftaions which the Alliance has forced to respect the peace of
"Vet and would put at hazard the existence of thrones
glenuelves.
It is indeed believed that certain of the English Ministers,
who have appeared for a moment more particularly disposed to
kletice to British commerce even some of the interests of
the great European family (de la sociea Enropeenne ), begin,
h
Qweler, to be sensible that there is a limit which they cannot
Plr's without exposing England itself, to which they declare the
union
of its subjects of all religions to be so necessary, without
imposing themselves, we say, to the greatest misfortunes, in case
the hydra of anarchy should be let loose there, which will
er happen so long as the present Ministers shall retain the
441rection of the affairs of their country.

( From the Constitutionnel of Tuesda.U.)
PARIS, MARCH 28.
ItZe have received by express the London Journals of the
pita by he House of Commons on the 25th was chiefly occu-
ohnica he Speech of Mr. Huskisson in the reduction of the
°llißlports. Such a speech forms a new era in the ex-
tt~—e of a nation. Mr. Canning's speech on foreign policy,
at °I Alv. Peel on the reforms in the administration of justice,
i‘lv• Robinson on the reduction of the taxes, and the
t(I" Z
t: eeelles of Mr. Huskisson on the reduction of the import
4a
—vs-are a series of benefits which entitle the new Ministry
nothie:ttern
algratitude of the nation. Such a Ministry has
thn
from publicity : it, on the contrary, calls on
Ihthempr fear
°eeed with greater firmness in the proper path.
The trial of Port terminated to-day. The Jury were in de-
liberation from ten till a quarter past twelve o'clock at night,
"e-1 they returned a verdict of guilty. He was sentenced to
"Hard labour for life anti branding," on hearing which he
evinced very little feeling, and on leaving the Court exclaimed,
4 You have condemned the innocent and acquitted the guilty."
FRaxett Ful4D9.—PAnis, MA nc tt 29.—Five per Cents.
°Pened at 102 C 40c. ; closed at 102 f. 55c.; Bank Stock, 2,030 ;
bete de Naples, (Certificst. Falconnet,) 90f. 30c. ; Royal
Spanish Loan, 1823, Cal.—Exchange on London, one month,
24t ; three ditto, 24f. 85c.--(Coure Autheritique.)

Frankfort Papers to the 26th instant arrived
morning. According to an article from
Vienna of the 18th, the departure of the Empe-
ror of AusTatA. for Italy is fixed for the 6th of
AM!. Ills MAJESTY will stop
at Clagenfurt,
Goritz,
Padua, and Verona, and will not arrive
At Mantua till the end of April, where lie is to
140 the EMPRESS, who, with the Archduchess
0P111A) goes to Munich to visit their august pa.
tQlitS• From Mantua their MAJESTIES will go
(to Milan. His Imperial Highness the Arch-
iuko FRANCIS Cu.taLEs accompanies the Ex-
4Roa, his father.

The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 25th instant
.""linanicates the intelligence that criminal pro-
c"dings had been commenced at Napoli di Ito-
mania against CoLocoTnoss and DELEJ ANT. It
seem= that the Greeks have as yet made them-
selves masters only of the outworks of Patras,
bat
that the fortress itself still remains in the
Pos •
gelston of the Tuiks. Constantinople is re-
Presented in the Allgemeine Zeitung to be still in
a state of alarm. Active preparations for the next
Vi:lnPaign however, are making by the Ottoman
clile) but doubts are entertained whether the
t
rogYPtian Pacha will co-operate with the Sultan,
di
lie is supposed to have secretly fomented the
.prsturbances in Syria to furnish himself with a
etext for not sending any more troops against
the Greeks.

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We learn from the Piedmonlese Gazelle of the
24 instant that on the 9th Monsignor GT usTi-
-114411 Archbishop of Petra, was admitted to a
private audience of the Kin,,r. of NAPLES, in which
he Presented his new credentials, by which his
INieess confirms him in the character of APos-

tolic NtlntiO to his MAJ ESTY. He afterwards
presented to her Majesty the QUEEN and his
Royal Highness the Duke of CALABIUA letters
addressed to them on the occasion by his Holi-
ness, according to the custom of the Court of
Rome. His Excellency the next day delivered
similar letters to their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Salerno.

Hamburgh and Dutch Papers arrived last
night. It is stated that all the differences re-
specting the boundaries of territory on the North-
west Coast of America had been adjusted, and a
convention signed at St. Petersburgh between
Mr. Stratford Canning and Count Nesse!rode.

CHRISTIANIA, MAuctt 15.
We have just learnt that our Government has contracted a
Loan at 4 per cent. with the house of Ilambro' and Son in Co-
i:enhagen, for the purpose of paying the Loan at 5 per cent.,
contracted for with the house of Benecke Brothers at Berlin.

COPENHAGEN, MARCH 19.
A Baltic Commercial Company is now forming here which
makes this city the staple for the trade of the whole of the
Baltic. There are to be 300 shares of 400 rix-dollars each.—
It is said that considerable foreign houses have already offered
to join. The Star packet from Kiel to Copenhagen is stranded
near Stevens. The cargo is estimated at 100,000 specie dol-
lars, about 25,000 sterling.
PETERSDURGII, 31Amcn 3.

The long subsisting differences respecting the North West
Coast of America, have been perfectly adjusted by a convention
concluded and signed by Mr. Stratford Canning and Count
Nesselrode. By this convention the limits of the navigation and
trade of both parties are accurately defined, and many things
relative to the subject regulated. The conference respecting
the aflairs of the East continue : it is positively affirmed that
Mr. Canning takes no active part in them. '
MARCH 12.—Yesterday two large remittances of gold and
and silver arrived here from Ickalerenburg. The one amounted
to 4,000 poods (140,0001 b.) of silver ; the other to 110 poods
(nearly 4,0001 b.) of gold.