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to contravene it, might perhaps, if enforced with
reasonable vigour, effectually banish the abuse,
and restore the constitutional practice.

In the mean time it is a source of great satis-
faction that the subject has thus early in the
Session engaged the attention of Parliament ;
and the spirit in which it has been entertained
excites a hope, that the Commons of Great
Britain will at length extirpate one of the deepest
blemishes that have adhered to them in modern
days, and accomplish that reformation, which
justice prescribes, their own honour dictates, and
the times imperiously demand.

We have received by Express from Paris the
Dods dated Saturday. It does not contain any
political news of importance. The Rentes on
Tuesday at Paris rose materially. In the Elate
they are marked 10-11. 55c. for money, and 1041.
75c. for the end of the month, at half-past three
o'clock ; but private accounts state that they sub-
sequently reached 10-11. 90c., and closed at
1041. 80c.

The Paris Papers of Monday arrived last night.
It will be seen by our extracts that it is probable
the late change in the Portuguese Ministry will
soon be followed by the acknowledgment of the
independence of Brazil by the Parent State,
and that the bonds of alliance and amity, which
have for the last century united England and
Portugal, will be still more closely cemented.

Hamburgh Papers of the 18th instant arrived
this morning. It appears by one of the fol-
lowing extracts that his Royal Highness the
Duke of CAMBRIDGE has published an Address
to the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hanover,
soliciting contributions for the relief of the suf-
ferers by the late inundations, and we doubt not
that the distress and misery of our fellow-subjects
in Hanover will excite the sympathy and receive
the support of the benevolent in this country :
ST. PETERSBURDII, FEB. 2.
The value of the silver ruble is fixed, for 1825, at 3 rubles
GO copecs.

CHRISTIANIA, FEB. 3.
The violent and continued storms from the south, which
ave latterly prevailed, have broken the ice so that the harbour
is clear, and ships havo already entered.
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COPENHAGEN, FEB. 32.
On the 23d and 25th, no less than tl5 ships paid the sotto,

OLDEXBIIIIG, FEE. 14.

The Destructive tide of the 3tl and 4th instant has entirely
destroyed the light-house on the Wangeroog ; the large town
.in that island is however undamaged.

HAMIIIIRGII, FEB. 18.

In an invitation published on the 12th, and addressed to all
the inhabitants of the kingdom of Hanover, soliciting contribu-
tions, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has placed
himself at the head of the Central Committee, for the support
of the sufferers by the inundations. As far as could be known
from the accounts received in Stade, up to the 10th, there were
in the Duchy of Bremen and the District of Iladeln about
7000 houses under water, and for the most part ruined ;
above 5000 individuals in the greatest danger, necessity,
and want, and art innumerable quantity of cattle, large
and small, swallowed up by the waves. Above two hundred
persons had lost their lives, and this is but a part of the
infinite misery which has desolated the parts of Ilanover near
the rivers and the sea, from Winsen on the Luke to the fron-
tiers of the Netherlands, and above all in East Friesland.

EXCHANGES.
HAMBU nail, FEB. 18.—London, 36.31. 2 Us., 36. 01.
PETERSIIITRGII, FEB. 4.—London, 9. 27-32.
LEIPSIG, FEB. 14.—London, 3 months, 6. 14i.

Advices from Semlin of the 3d and 4th inst.
state that the affairs of Servia seem to take a
more serious turn than was at first supposed.
From the very beginning of the Greek revolu-
tion similar attempts in Servia were apprehend-
ed, but as Prince MiLoscit powerfully upheld
the interests of the Porte, tranquillity was pre-
served. Though we are not acquainted with the
particulars of the discontents. now prevailing, the
reports agree that the oppression under which
the people suffer has been increased by the late
changes in the value of the current coin, and has
rendered Prince MiLoscu, who was always con-
sidered as covetous, still more hated. The first
tumult seems to have been on the '22d January
near Semandria, where the people threw a Com-
mandant into prison, and plundered his property.
111Loscu is reported to have gone to Semandria
to restore order with 3000 men.—Other letters,
from Nissa, say the Servians had sent a deputa-
tion to Constantinople, protesting their fidelity
to the Porte, but soliciting the redress of their
grievances.
M r. STRATFORD CANNING arrived at St. Peters-
burgh on the 29th January.
The following is an extract from a Commercial

Letter, dated Rostock, Jan. 27 :
" After the considerable purchases of grain that have taken
place lately in our market, our present stock, including what
was previously warehoused, may be computed at between ten
and eleven thousand lasts. Wheat has shewn a disposition to
decline, and has in fact actually given way in price. Last
week a cultivator, who had brought several lasts of wheat to
market, was offered 39 shillings per scheffel (bushel), which
he declined ; he has since, however, been glad to realize 29
shillings, which makes a difference of full 25 per cent. The
great plenty of money we have had here at St. Anthony's
Term,' as it is called, puts it out of the power of any one to
place it on morgage at 5 per cent. Capitalists must, therefore,
be satisfied with less. Although we are only in the month of
[January, traffic and trade are reviving. Last week two vessels
sailed with corn to England. There can be little doubt that
the reduced rate of interest will tend to give great facilities to
mercantile enterprise. During the late "rerm,' all the prin-
cipal inn were crowded with company. At WEnEit's Sub.
scription Concert there were between three and four hundred
Ladies present ; the ball-room could boast an equal patronage ;
nor had the theatre any reason to complain of empty benches.
Taken as a whole, these are signs of the times which ought not
to pass unnoticed."
Yesterday a Deputation from the Committee

of Management of the important undertaking for
a Canal between the English and Bristol Chan-
nels, had the honour of an interview with the
CHANCELLOR of the ExcnEouru, and the oppor-
tunity of submitting to him the Reports of Mr.
TaLYoRD and Captain NICHOLLS, with other de-
tailsinformation respecting this grand and
promising and
scheme, Which were most favourably
received.