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London, England, 1822-03-15 00:00:00

still a fugitive, concealed in the environs of Par-
The Chamber of Peers h'ave passed the

ienay.

Law on the Press, and are now occupied
with the consideration of the Law on the
Journals. Several Peers hare inscribed- their

names to speak on this law, but the, only
one among them who is decidedly. opposed
to it is the Baron PASQUIER, one of the
late Ministers. In the Chamber of .Deputies,
the Reports of the Committee of Petitions, on
several Petitions, were read. Among them was
one complaining of the manner in which the Police
was conducted at Paris : the Committee recom-
mended the House to pass to the Order of the
Day on this Petition ; which motion was adopted
without a dissentient voice. Another Petition
was not disposed of so quietly, and gave birth to
one of those warm debates, in which the right
and left sides of the House indulge in mutual
charges and recriminations. This Petition was
signed by the Skin' SANQUAIRE SOULIONE, at
Paris, complaining of his house being visited by
the Police in the night, under the pretence of
searching for the. Sieurs DUVERGIER and DE LA-
YERDERIE, who had escaped from the prison. of
St.. Pelagie. The Committee were of opinion

that the conduct of the Police had not exceeded
the limits of the laws, and therefore recommend-
ed to the House to pass to the Order of the Day.
M. GIRARDIN moved, that the Petition 'should
be referred to the Minister of the Interior,; but,
after considerable discussion, the 'Chamber
adopted the proposition of the Committee.
On Monday the French Five per Cents. closed
at 88 f. 85 c., and Bank Stock at 1588 f. 75 c.—
Tuesday, the closing priceof the Five per Cents.
was 88 f. 30 c.

According to a letter from Aix-la-Chapelle of
the 7th inst., news had been received that day
from Warsaw of a warlike nature. The Rus-
sians, under Count de %Irmo ENsTr.tx, have been
strongly reinforced, and only wait the arrival of
the Emperor ALEXANDER before they march to

the Ottoman frontiers. The Turks, on their side,
are preparing for the contest. A numerous corps
have proceeded from Widdin to Lesser Walachia,
another division has crossed the Danube at Si-
listria for Jassy, and several transports of artil-

fiery have been sent to their army on the Pruth.
A private letter from Ancona states that Count
AUGUSTUS CAPO d'IgTRIA (son of the Russian
Minister) had arrived there from Corfu in a ves
sel bOonging to his family ; that the communi-
cations between the Morea, the lonian Islands,
and Italy, are becoming daily more and more fre-
quent; and that the vessel of Count CAPO
d'lsTut.k remained only 48 hours at Ancona, and
instead of returning to Corfu, as usual, sailed di-
rect for the -Mama. The motives for these fre-
quent voyages are still involved in mystery, but
it is imagined they are occasioned by the interest
felt in a ce4;tain quarter for the cause of- the
Greeks.

Dutch, and Brussels Papers to Tuesday and
Wednesday have also arrived, but their principal
contents have been anticipated by the French
Journals. The atrocities of the Turks in Mol-
davia and Walachia. are unabated. In their con-
duct towards .the Greeks, they are equally re-
gardless of promises and conventions; and the
Monks of one of the principal Monasteries on
Mount Athos have been murdered, in violation
of a,convention, which granted them an amnesty

for the part they had taken in the insurrections
of their country. -the reports in these Papers
respecting ALI PAGLIA are still contradictory.

We find by letters from Batavia, pt November
10, that the Governor-General had resolved on
fitting out fast sailing vessels, called proas, each
armed with one cannon, four swivels, and six
muskets. Thirty-four of these vessels are to be
stationed, in fourteen divisions, along the coast
of Java, from Batavia to Banjoeuangie. They
are to be commanded by Natives, and manned
by 22 Javanese, who and to receive regular pay,
and each to have side-arms, after the practice of
the country, and a lance. To support these
vessels, regular ships of war will be properly
stationed. The purpose is to check and destroy
the vast number of Pirates who infest those seas.
The Governor-General has ordered hydrographi-
cal surveys in the Indian Seas for the improve-
ment of the charts.

THE COLONIES.—It was very generally ru-
moured on 'Change yesterday, that it,is the inten-
tion of the Board of Trade to recommend "to
Parliament to repeal the several statutes which
confine the trade to the British Colonies in the
West Indies and America to British Shipping,
and to throw the WHOLE OPEN to a free inter-
course in the Ships of ALL countries.—We do not
believe that the present Administration intend to
adopt so hazardous and desperate a measure ; for
it would prove ruinous to the Colonists,and to the
Merchants, Manufacturers, and Traders of the
United Kingdom, who are connected with them.
Before such an expedient is adopted, it, surely,
is not too much to expect from the Ministry
that an opportunity will be afforded to the ,
Colo-
nists, especially those in British North America,
to be heard against such revolutionary innovations
on the old policy of the country. The ruinous
effect on British Shipping will be soon visible, and
we shall, when too late, have to lament the sa-
crifices of all these vital interests of the country
to the speculative views of the political econo-
mists and theorists of the present day. There is
much more danger to be apprehended from these
innovations than from" the spirit—now abroad,"
which induces so many of the WARMEST and
STEADIEST FRIENDS of the MONARCHY to be anx-
ious for the abolition of all unnecessary and "uSeless places. When ,these restrictive statutes are
repealed, with what decency can the Government
I support any further restrictions in favour of the

Agricultural and Grazing Interests of Great
Britain and Ireland; and how are both these
great features of the Empire to be supported and
relieved, but by an adherence to the existing
policy of the country,_ and an increase of the
duties on the importation of foreign produce ? We
are, therefore, not inclined to believe the rumours
which we have heard on this subject, especially
when we recollect the doctrines maintained by
the present Administration while in opposition in
1806. In further compliance with the wishes of
several of our Outport Correspondents, we in-
tend to insert on Monday next the speech of
Lord LONDONDERRY against the American In-
tercourse of. that Session, and which is entitled to
serious attention at the present time,

Charlestown Papers arrived this morning to
the 13th,February, three days later than the last
arrival.—The Minister of Spain had arrived at
Washington on the 2d inst. The Representatives
of all the European powers are now at the siat
of Government, with the exception of Denmark,
whose representative resides at Philadelphia.
There are now represented there France, Russia,
Great Britain, Spain and Sweden, besides several
Consul Generals.

Extract of. a Letter from Valparaiso, Oct. 30.
" From all the vessels that Lord COCHRAN E met
on the coast of Peru he exacted a considerable
portion of the cargoes, making a choice of thek
most valuable effects, under pretext of getting
the duties on goods to be sold in a country he
pretended to have possession.of; thus establish-
ing a custom-house on the high seas.—The Tea
Plant, with 60 vessels, are at ARCO!), whence
every 'thing is transferred by land to Lima.—
SAN MARTIN has as yet allowed nothing but
provisions to be transported to that place. The
new crop of wheat will begin to come in in Ja•
nuary, and promises abundance. The produce of
the country is scarce."

We stated on Tuesday last a report which is
prevalent in the upper circles, relating to the
dismission of a Confidential Agent, in a high
quarter, who was significantly recommended to
"go to his family." This recommendation,
which was at first the occasion of surmise and
different opinions, is now supposed to have arisen
in consequence of some remarks, more consistent
with propriety than prudence, said to Irave been
uttered by the females of the family alluded to.
The chief of the family, it seems, is to receive the
sinecure salary offered to him, but avows, it is
added, his expectation of the fulfilment of the
promise of a title.

We have given a very brief Report of the meet-
ing which took place yesterday at Hackney,becauEe
we may fairly say that it consisted of nothing but
topics that have been heard over and over again
at such meetings, and in the very same language.
It was lamentable to see a dignified Clergyman,
the Rev. Dr. DRAPER, take the lead on such an
occasion. Surely he mightfind sufficient employ-
ment in the sacred duties of his calling, rather
than thus to incur the anathema of the Poet "
Ill-
befal such meddling Priests." lie even vented
his spleen against the elevation of the Marquis of
BUCKINGHAM to a Dukedom, though it has no.
thing to do with the question. Sir JOHN GIB-
BON was hissed because he presumed to express
sentiments different from those of the meeting ;
such was its candour and its justice ! Major
CARTWRIGHT, whose Opinion now can only excite
pity, proposed that " every male capable of bear-
ing arms should-vote in the election of Members
of Parliament, the vote to be by ballot, and the Par.
'lament annual." These extravagant propositions,
however,receiving no satiction,he withdrew his pro-
position. The Petition agreed to by the Meetingwas
a gross insult to the House of Commons. The war
it denominated " unnatural, ruinous, and impo-
litic," though sanctioned by Parliament. There
was one stroke of jocularity which could hardly
be expected in so grave a document, for it said
that " if taxation were a blessing, the Petitioners
verily believe that his Majesty's Ministers would
immediately increase the happiness of the people
by an increase of taxation." But the Petition
was poetical also, in figures as well as facts, as
the PUBLIC DEBT was styled " the great FINAN-
CIAL Moloch, at wliose shrine the hard earnings
of British industry are periodically offered up."
The war was again styled a war against " the
liberties of Europe," though it is so glaringly ma-
nifest that it effected the restoration of
those liberties which otherwise would have
been wholly sacrificed by a ferocious •and
overwhelming military despotism. The want
'of reform was ascribed to " the cor-
rupt majorities " in the House, which it so
respectfully addressed. The late QUEEN was
most improperly introduced in a Petition which
had no relation to her : Ministers were accused.:
of the daring attempt to deprive " the noblest
woman in the land (a fine compliment to the Bri-
tish females) of her life and reputation, by a
system of subornation of perjury and premeditated
villainy,so shamelessly displayedpn that memorable
occasion." It is well that the Petition did not, in
the spirit of this accusation against Ministers, carry
it still higher! After many other passages equally
defamatory against the House of Commons, the
Petition concludes most consistently with earn-
estly praying that the " Honourable House,"
which it had so grossly reviled, would take into
its " immediate consideration the allegations and
complaints" against itself, and adopt such mea-
sures in its " wisdom as may'conduce to the re-
lief of your Petitioners and the Country." Mr.
BYNG declared that" BUONAPARTE might, dur-
ing the late war, have put in thirty or forty
Members for the seats which Were the property
of private individuals, and which were always
disposed of to the best bidder." Yet from a
House of such a character relief is implored fromits
wisdom! SirF. By RDETT maintained that the object
of the war was to replace the Bourbons. Is he
utterly forgetful of the state of the whole of the
Continent during the reign of BUONAPARTE, or
quite unable to foresee what might have become
of (his country if he had accomplished its entire
subjugation ? Mr. Honllouse and Mr. PETER
Moose claw forward with similar sentiments ;
but by this time all 'our Readers are doubtless
eager to exclaim, Ohe ! Jam salis.