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A case was -decided by the Justices of Peace
at Montrose, on Monday last, which, excited considerable
amusement. A barber brought an action against a gentleman
for nine shillings anti-sixpence sterling, for going to his bodge
and shaving him, at threepence each time. The charge was
disputed on various grounds, particularly the alteration in the
value of the currency, occasioned by the
,posing. of Mr. Peel's
Bill. The .gentlemaii was most particular in stating the
" war prite' of shaving, which, he maintained, was lower than
that now charged in time of peace. Much eloquence was
played by the defendant. The plaintiff; as is not the case with
barbers in general, said but little. The .Justices thought the
charge moderate, even in peaceable times, and gave a verdict
for.the plaintiff, with expences,

Yesterday morning, in consequence of a fepre.
sentation made to Ttioaras STIRLING, Esq., the Coroner,
by the family of the
,deceased, that it was theirwish that an
ir.quiry should be held in order, possible, to,elucidate
.sny
further circumstances.which could have led the assasain, Mor-
land, to the commission of the diabolical act; and as various
unpleasant rumours weie circulated in the, neighbourhoods it
was thought necessary to adopt this course, although the body
had been soldered up.
The CORONER consequently issued his warrant, and at 11
o'clock the following Gentlemen (having been previously sum-
moned) composed the Jury, at the house of Sir Charles, No. I,
Montague-sqnare
Sir Wm. Keir Grant, foreman f William Parry, Esq.
tAilnnel F. IL Doyle • John Dunlop, En.
Colhnel Rohers 43.4rdOtv. liicluird Purcell. Esq.
Colonel Robert Monona' William Alarch, Esq. ••• •
Captain Henry Stuart Richard Trenchi Esq., and
John Woodhead, Esq. JRobert 14Xt011, ErSti.
The Jury were assembled in the drawing-room, 0!..d on being
empanelled the followipgevidence was adduced :

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Dr. Henry Ainslie, of Dover-street, Piccadilly, being sworn,
deposed that he was'sent for .on the evening of the 12thinst.,
and found Sir Charles in bed ; he Was, free from fever, , had 3
very quiet: pulse, but was very cnipposed ;ilwound-wasshewn
to him in tht deceased's back; which appeared to have been
made by a ball. Sir Chark4 grew worse, and Witness attended
twice a day until he died, which took place on the evening of
the 19th. Until within the last tiventy-four hours of his death,
he did not appear to
,be materially getting worse ; there
were considerable variations from the time of his visiting un-
til he died.

Colonel Doyle.—What time elapsed from the time of your
visiting him until his death ?
Dr. Ainslie.—Eight days i • he died on the 19th inst.
Examination. contuuted.—lle attended did examination of the •
body; a pistol bullet was found sticking between two ribs: it ap-
parently had taken its course through his hack, and had broken
a rib and part of the spine ; shortly after his receiving the
wound, an effusion of blood and inflammation followed, which
was the imniediate cause of his death. •
Mr. Benjamin Hopewell, of No. GO, George-street, Port-
man-square, apothecary, , stated, that on Monday, the 7th,
about half-past four in the afternoon, hp was sent for to attend
Sir Charles : he found him in his dressing-rooM in a standing
position considerably agitated. Ile informed• the witness that
he had been shot by the man Morland ; he examined and dis-
covered a wound three inches below the shoulder blade on the-
right side of the back ; he instantly ordered Sir Charles to be
put to bed, and kept quiet, until his surgeon .(Mr. Heaviside)
had arrived. Witness had attended upon Sir Charles until his •
death. The ball had occasioned great sloughing of the wound,
and inflammation of the plettra. -
The Conowtn.—You saw him immediately after was •
there any great effusion of blood ?—No great deal ; but subss-
quently there was a violent internal haemorrhage, which was
the cause of his death.

Colonel Doyle wished to know whether he might ask the
witness whether the deceased had made any communication to
him, and, if he hadsdone so, was it evidence ?

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CORONER—Certainly, in all cases, if the panics considered
themselves in danger. •
Colonel Doyle—Then l shall ask the witness whethat thole.
ceased made any coMmunication, and if at that time he con-
sidered his life it danger?? The deceased made no material
communication, and 1 believe he did nor consider himself in
danger until towards the latter part of his illness,
Sir W. K. Grant.—Pray was there any other siibstilnee found
in the wound than the ball ?—.part of his flannel jacket, which
was immediately removed.
Sir W. K. Grant—Did the deceased at any time state how
the wound was occasioned?
Witness.—Yes, Sir, he did ; he said that there was a prose.
cution for an assault
_pending against :Worland by his (Sir
Charles's) servants, and that -Alorland came up to him and
asked him to forego the prosecution, and that Sir Charles said
he would not have any thing to do with him, and told him "to
go about his business; that he, Sir. Charles, then felt a pain at
his back, as if by a violent blow from a stick, and that on look-
ing round, he saw the murderer bleeding at his mouth, and
then Sir Charles concluded that he himself had been shot. Sir
Charles did not mention that any other person was with him
at the time of the occurrence. \Vitness knew the man Nor-
land very well, and saw and recognized his body at the time
the inquest was held on him at the. Worcester Arms.
Sir W. K. Grant--Did you understand that his words, when
he spoke of Morland, implied that he, sir Charles, would have
nothing to do with him or the prosecution ?
The CORONER remarked, that he thought the words could
imply nothing more.
John Heaviside, Esq., of George-street, Hanover-square,
surgeon, stated he was sent for on Monday, the 7th inst., be-
tween four and five in the afternoon, to attend Sir Charles
Banifylde. Witness went immediately, which was about half
an hour after the affair happened. Sir Charles he found
sitting in a chair below stairs ; a wound was in his right
side,. apparently inflicted by a pistol-shot. Sir Charles at that
time complained of great pain, from the aide wounded to his
left side ; and which, on examination, proved to be the direc-
tion which the ball had taken. The ball entered on the right
side, between the 11th and 12th ribs. MI Sir Charles said at
the time was, that he was_killed.

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The CQ u n.—Did he mention any names?—None at all.
The CounwEit.—Did he as any thing about the person
bleeding ut the mouth ?—fle did not say anything about him.
lle invariably complained of the 'pain in his right side.
By a 4uror.—You knew who he meant by that man P—No,
did not. -

Colonel Doyle said, they wished to have thereat of the medi-
cal gentlemen called in and asked the question, whether the
wound was the occasion of Sir Charles's death.
Drs. .31'Gregor, Guthrie, and Howslip were of that opinion.
Thomas Jones, John Longhurst, and Lucy Storkey, were
called to, prove that Morland was the man who fired the pistol ;
to the latter Sir W. K. Grant said you had a good deal of con-
versation with Moreland that day ?.,-1 did not speak Much to
him that day ; .he appeared very low spirited.
Sir W. X. Grant.—What sort of a man was be ; did he ap-
pear a bad man ?-11e was a dark swarthy man ; I have known
him eight years.
The (.',ouoN ft.—Did he say he could persuade Sir Charles
to stop the prosecution ?—lle said he wished to speak to Sir
Charles to stop the prosecution, in order that he might be able
to get a situation.
Sir W. K. Grant said, he understood he was engaged as butler
in York place.
The CooorirAt said, a man coming to, ask a civil question
need not be prepared with a pair of pistols. It would be neces-
sary, he said, for the Jury to look upon the body, and be was of
opinion they would not want any further evidence.
The Jury wished to see the letter referred to.
The ConoxEn said, he could not say who had the-letter ;
hut at all events the contents could not justify any meal in
shooting another.
The Jury having viewed the body, returned.
alsoThs:t en A
theobNotElity rithd,ertheewyahsaillioheadrodubthteseirvictrarelees;
wttasieyintard.
derv' . by this 111413 ; his name also appeared to be Joseph
Morland. -
The Jury then returned a verilict.,-. That Sir Charles
BArayltie, Bart. was wilfully murdered by Joseph Morland
deceased."—The Court was then dissolved. -

AWFUL INSTANCES OF SUDDEN DEATIL,--. I es.
terday, as fir. Crow, of No. S, Westminster-road, was taking
some refreshment in Bell-yard, be.cotriplained of cold, and in-
stantly d.ropped .down 'death—Mrs. Bite/work, wife of Mr.
Ilitchcock, couth-builder, of the same place, a few daysAince.,
and in a stateqif good health, fell to the ground a corpse with-
ant any previous warning.—Mr. 'Francis, the beadle of St.
31ary-le-btronti, in the course of his
,walks round the perish,
met with the same awful visitation on Monday.—Tues&y, as
Mr.' Jones, of castle-Atter; Lang-acre, was passing along
Carcy.street, Lincoln'r-lnn, he fell down and expired.

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PARIS PAPERS.

TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.
PARIS, Arnit. '22.

ARMY OF THE PYRENEES.

THIRD BULLETIN.

( Front l'Etoile.)

A telegraphic dispatch announces, that on the
18th our vanguard carried Logrotro, which was
defended by 900 men, and that they took a
General, (200 men, a standard,arms and baggage.
Marshal Oudinot -is going to Burgos. llis Royal
Highness will remain some days at Vittoria.
The above dispatch has been communicated to
-.the civil authorities by his Excellency the Mini-
ster of the Interior.

[From the Pilate.]
• Letters from Iron state, that the officers of
regiments now in that town, who are ordered to
repair to head-quarters, proceed on their march
armed with muskets, as in the last war. The
roads begin to be infested with Guerillas, which
audaciously make their appearance at a short
distance from the army.
Orders have been issued by the Duke 'd'An-
gouleme, that no military person should join the
army singly ; convoys will be formed, and escorts
will condttet them to their destination.

We learn from Perpignan, that movements
were expected to be made on the 17th and 18th
by our army of the Eastern Pyrenees, for the
purpose of penetrating into Catalonia.
We are assured that the 43d regiment of the
line, forming part of the garrison of Paris, will
march to=morrow for the army in Spain,

" The Sniff of his Royal Highness the CoMmander-in-Chief
have removed from Tolosa for Vittoria, where the headquar-
ters will be fixed on the .17th.

" On the same day the Duke de Reggio will be on the „Ebro
with the first corps ; his advanced guard will bear on Pancorvo.
" Count Illollitor marches on Navarre with the 2d corps, in
order to operate in Arragon.
" Prince de ilohenlone, with the division of General Conchy
and the Spanish corps under the orders of General d'Espagne,
has invested Pampeluna.
"The division of Canuel, destined to occupy the province of
Guipuscos, is in march to relieve the division of Bourcke,
which was left before St. Sebastian.

" The latter division having sent two battalions of the 38th
and 35th regiments of the line against the port of Gueturia, that
place was soon captured, ar►d some men and a piece of cannon
taken. The troops who defended it retired into the citadel, and
their Commandant shewed at first an intention of holding out
there; but blockaded on the sea-side by ships manned by Spa-

nigh Royalists, and menaced with a brisk attack from our
troops, he surrendered yesterday. • The garrison compoted of
200 picked men, among whom are two Colonels and ten offi.
cars, were made prisoners ; and in the fort, which had 'been
newly provisioned, there were found five pieces of cannon, and
a considerable quantity of ammunition. Lieut.-General Count
Bourcke hale transmitted to his Royal Highness the Commander
in Chief a most favourable report of the conduct of Lieut.-Col.
Aleslin, of the 35th regiment, who directed the expedition, and
Who was ably seconded by the Chief of Battalion Morrie, of the
30th. The troops have given new proofs of their ardour on
this occasion.
" The Spanish Royalist corps, under the orders of General
• Quesadn, has entered Bilboa. At every step our troops receive
the most flattering reception ; confidence universally prevails ;
the most perfect discipline exists in the army; the supplies are
abundant ; anti none of the inhabitants have ceased from their
customary occupations.
" l'he different divisions of the cavalry, which were obliged,
by the scantiness of forage, to be left behind at Bayonne, Ole.
son, and Pao, are beginning to advance ; they will commence
their entry into Spain on the 17th.
" Head-quarters, Villa Real, April 15, 1823.
" fly order of his Royal Highness,
" The r ajor-General Compte GUI LLEIII NOT.
" Macchia Canip, Commandant of the 2d Subdivision.
(True Copy.) " B. JANIN."

The Spanish prisoners, who were expected at
Toulouse, received counter orders on the route,
and are to proceed to Perigueux.
NEWS FROM THE ARMY.
VITTORIA, A vim. 17 (in the Evening.)

The Duke of Angouleme, who left Mondragon this morn,
ing at halt-past seven, was welcomed with enthusiasm through.
out the whole•road, and complimented as he passed through
the villages od his way. The Prince often stopped to inquire
into the wants of the soldiers; he is in this manner always

kind to those who accompany him. He arrived at Vittoria at
half-past two, amidst the warmest demonstrations of joy from
the inhabitants, who went out to meet him, and called him
their deliverer, and the champion of the holy cause. The
windows were crowded with male and female spectators, who
waved their handkerchiefs, crying " Live the Bourbons, the
Duke of Angoulerne, anti France, the worthy supports of our
King." The bells were every-where rung, and fireworks were
let oft' in rejoicing for the arrival of the French.
Carefully attended in their quarters, abundantly supplied with
provisions, our soldiers can scarcely believe thernselves in
Spain. it would seem as if we were entering the towns in the
south of France.
The head-quarters of the first corps, commanded by the
Duke of Reggio,' moved this morning from Vittoria for AB-
arida, where the advanced guard has been for some days,
utter having taken several pieces of cannon, which were left
spiked et Pancorbo. The course of the Ebro is free ; there
has been nu attempt to oppose its passage at the bridge of
N irefula,
Whoa opened its gates to Zavala some days ago. Burgos
has also submitted. _

By accounts received from Pampeluna, we are assured that
our troops under the command of the Peince Holtenlobe, the
;'ti corps, and the Spanish divisions commanded by Santos-
Ladron and the Count d'Espagne, blockade that town in such
a manner as to give reason to expect its speedy surrender. The
2d corps marches by the way of Pampeluna on Tudela.
LI rom the PranL.ais.l
Pants, A emir. 20.—Since the 18th of this. month,. the cir-
culation of the Austrian Observer is stopt at the Post-office of
_France, and we Are now without tour numbers of that Journal.
.-The motives ate completely unknown to us The Che-
valier de delay, confidential Secretary of Prince Metternich,
and Secretary. of every Congress from that of Vienna to that of
Verona inclusive, has long had the direction of that sernhoffi-
cial paper. The Chevalier Pilat, another confidential Secretary
of Prince Metternich, is the ostensible Editor. Can these Gen-
tlemen, who enjoy the confidence of the Prime Minister of
Austria, have taken it upon them to insert in their Journal ar-
ticles offensive to some other Cabinet? We shall know this
shortly, in all probability, through the other Journals of Ger-
many, or later, through those of England, unless the diatribe.
Lion of the latter should also be suspended.

• s (From the journal de Paris.)
PAIIIR, APJUL 21.—A question of great interest, as well
political as moral, yesterday came before the Court of Cassa-
tion. The tribimal of Privas has sentenced the Sieur Clausse
to three years' imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 francs, for a
:culpable offence against a Member of. the Royal Family—the
Duke of Berry. M. Odillon Barrot maintained, that defame-
tiOn could he punishable only when directed against some living
person, and not against a party deceased. The question has
.not yet been before the Supreme Court, which has appointed
'Thursday next, when the Advocate-General, de Marciangy,
will be heard in support of the sentence of the Court of Privas.
PERPIGNAN, APRIL 12.—The Insurgents, who occupied
Murviedro, had received an express, announcing that Mina had
sent proclamations to Repoli, which were received with the
greatest enthusiasm. Mina announces that the French would
-be able to enter Catalonia; he therefore exhorts the Cataloniansl
to be firm, and assures them that if they remain united they
will be victorious.
A battalion of the Army of the Faith, who have been new
clothed, will set out to-morrow for Certhighe ; it will make part
of the brigade of Bolongo ; the other battalions will follow al.
most immediately.
There is no movement among the French troops, which indi-
Wes a speedy entry into Catalonia.

FOR THE SUN.

BISHOP OF LONDON.--SION COLLEGE.

Mr. EDlTOn—r wag highly delighted yesterday
at hearing a speech from the v'enerable Bishop of
LONDON, et the Anniversaty Meeting of Sion
College, where he began with observing he was
welcomed as a guest,
,and with returning thanks
in the neatest stile for the honour of such hospiss,
tality, and the cordial manlier in which his health
is always given—the first toast in. that Society.
At such a meeting he said it was by no means his
intention to enter fully into any serious subject,
which might tend to interfere with its conviviality,
but he could not refrain from exhorting the very
numerous and respectable body of his Clergy
assembled on that occasion, upon the general
spirit that had arisen in these latter times against
the Church in general. In former times the
malcontents had reserved their invectives for the
State chiefly, and thought by such indirect means
to overthrow the Establishment with which it is
so closely knit together : but now they seem to
bend all their forces against the Establishment di-
rectly, finding their previous efforts to recoil with
disgrace only upon themselves. They hope, through
the sides of the Clergy, to stab the Church to the
very heart, and, once bringing their character into
contempt, contemplate with the most malicious
joy the ruin of both the Church and the State
together. At such a crisis it might be necessary
first to remind them of the danger in which they
were, it' they did not exert all their powers, in
thejr private and public character, to stem the
torrent that would, if not impeded, accomplish
by its inundation all the malice of their enemies.
lie did not mean by this that they should imitate
their spirit,—it was impossible for such persons
as those he was addressing,' many of whom he
had the honour to know intimately, and most, if
not all, in their respective characters, to stoop to
the low and cunning artifices with which infide-
lity and sectarianism are endeavonring to under-
mine them. The sacred foundation► too lay deep
in the soil, and he'trusted would still be preserved
by the exertions of 'the Clergy in their proper
sphere. They are attacked in all ways, and
through the medium of the press, in all its for•
midable shapes of newspapers, reviews, &c. di-
rectly and indirectly, and their characters held
up to ridicule in common stories and burlesque
caricatures in so grovelling and contemptible a
manner, that it is impossible for men who retain a
sense of their own dignity to answer them In their
own stile.' The best answer the Clergy can give
them la by continuing to preach the doctrine and
thelife which ever since he came to the
diocese has been their general habit ; and if there
is one 'thing more than another he would recom-
: mend to their notice, it is to take especial care as
to the
.persons whom they may occasionally em-
ploy to perform their duty for the moment ; never
to think, upon any occasion, however urgent, of
engaging men whose principles they may question.
Here his expressions might be misunderstood—he
meant rather to say, whose characters are in ques-
tion. They were aware there had been a few
exceptions to the general rule, and he believed
there Was one or two instances of tnen whose
fharecters were either loose, or who had even
ventured to preach in conventicler, or perhaps
even not in orders, and yet were admitted
to preach in the pulpits of the established Church.
In such a large metropolis as this, there would he
no wonder if such variations from the common
orders occur ; but he was firmly persuaded,
whatever his enemies might say, that there never
was a time when the main body of his clergy
performed their functions with more zeal and
ability than at the present moment. They had
been abused for not preaching the gospel, but
wherever he had attended, or had heard from
others the most authentic reports, he was con-
vinced that in general the gospel was preached ;
some might enlarge more upon doctrinal points,
and others upon the moral, but all preached the
gospel. All, in short, seemed to perform their
duty, not only in the temple, but in their re-
spective parishes ; particularly in the schools'
belonging to each,not only in the common parish
schools, but in the central schools of different
parishes, which he here enumerated, all of which
were most successfully ordered, and all tinder the
constant and active superintendence of the Clergy.
They, indeed, were frequently almost the only
responsible residents in some parts of this great
city. The merchant, in the present times, retires
into the country, and though he may do much''
good by his pecuniary resources, and sometimes
by his hearty zeal in the cause, yet he often
leaves the chief burtheo ()I actual administration
upon the Rector or the Curate, who are never
found wanting in the conscientious and laborious
discharge of their most important office.
Such was the speech, in part, of this highly
esteemed Prelate, which I am sorry to give so
imperfectly ; but yet thought it better to give so
than not at all, particularly as lie has been very re-
cently attacked for his failure in eloquence, and
even in liberal feeling. I wish that I had com-
mitted it to paper at the time, for i never was more
pleased with the manner aids delivery, and with
his sentiments in general, than I was at that 1110.
ment ; and all the meeting seemed to entertain
but one opinion of respect for a person who never
comes among them without the strongest proofs
of dignity and condescension happily blended,
and without the warmest salutations and heart-
felt cheers which resounded through their
in different passages of his truly benevolent and
interesting Address.
I make no apology for sending this, imperfect
as it is, to your valuable Paper, as I consider it
one of the main objects of your publication, to
convey the sentiments and to support the real in-
terests and character of the Church in all their
native lustre. a•
April 23, 1823.

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LONDON,
TIIURSD4I7, APRI,L 24, 1823. .

Our Readers are awave, that, with the 'excel).
tion of the very last act of Ministers in their late
negociattons with France, when they gratuitously
pledged themselves to the observance of neu-
trality, unless some new circumstances should
arise to justify this Country in entering into the
War, we have unhesitatingly borne our humble
testimony to the prudence and wisdom of their
conduct throughout the Negociations, and that we
have even applauded their determination to ob-
serve a strict Neutrality in the earlier part of
the struggle between France and Spain. It is
ridiculous to charge Ministers with having com-
promised the honour of the British Crown, be-
cause they recommended to Spain, in the shape of
friendly and disinterested advice, the adop-
tion of certain modifications of her Constitu-
tion, not for the purpose of satisfying France,
but for that of affording to the French Go..
vernment a pretext for withdrawing from the
threatening attitude which they had as-
sumed towards the Peninsula. The modifications
suggested, or adverted to by the English Cabinet,
it ought not to be forgotten, would not in the
slightest degree have impaired the substantial
rights or liberties of the Spanish nation ; but, on
the contrary, would have had no other effect
than to assimilate its Constitution in some mea-
sure with that of England. Had Ministers en-
deavoured to persuade the Spaniards into ' the
abandonment of any one feature of their
political system, which is really necessary
to their freedom, or had they attempted
to intimidate them into compliance with the
demands of France, we should have been
amongst the first to condemn, with unmeasured
indignation, conduct not less dishonourable
than injudicious, and which would have been as
unworthy of this country for its baseness and
pusillanimity, as pernicious to British interests in
its tendency and results. But Ministers not only
never held the language of intimidation to Spain.
Even in offering their advice, they only re-
commend that that should be done which it
appears Spaniards themselves of all parties had
repeatedly admitted to be necessary for the con-
solidation and permanency of their Constitutional
System ! They merely advised the Spaniards to
that,doocil the lain
for the prevention of a foreign invasion,
whi
men of Spain had declared
must be done, sootier or later, whether a foreign
invasion took place or not.

Under these circumstances, it is evident that
the British Government, which was so deeply
interested in preventing the invasion of Spain by
a French Army, not only On account of the gene
ral tranquillity of Europe, but on account of the
particular injury to British influence and interests

which must result from the success of that en-:
terprise, or from the formation„of a new Spanish
Government by ther.-arini
these circumstanCes it is bbviousjhat, the British
Government would hale been guilty 'of a gross and
unpardonable dereliction of its duty, if it had ne-
glected any fair or peaceful means afforded to it by
its friendly relations with Spain, of averting a rap-.
tune pregnant with the greatest evils and dangers
.
to the Peninsula,:end,caletilated either to involve
Great Britain herself in a war, 0,4 least c:•,.be
attended with results, at oncelm.hversive of the
balance of power, fatal to theliitrependetice of
the European States, and desfructive to, the
4,!
just weight and proper influence :of. England,
in the great EuropearCCotinnunity., the
,intimation' of all British States Men, it is better
that Spain should be independent, even as a Re-
public, than dependent upon France, as a limited
or as an absolute Monarchy; surely it *as Incum-
bent upon the British Cabinet to endeavour to
avert the danger of dependency upon France,
to which Spain now unhappily exposed by
the chances of war ! if the policy of Eng-
land might require her to take up arms for the
protection even of Republican Spain, surely she
was justifiable in giving her friendly ceunsekon
political considerations alone, to :those Spaniards
who of themselves thought that the Monarchical
and Republican anomalies of the Ceestitntion of
...•
their Country stood in need of modification .
It appears to us, therefore, that in the advice
which they offered to Spain, Ministers are corn.
pletely justified by those political considerations
which clearly indicated to them that their first
duty was the exertion of every possible effort for
the preservation 'of peace. We might say
further, that their advice to Spain was not
only justifiable on considerations of .British
policy, but was nothing more than that salu-
tary counsel which • one Power has the right
of offering to another, and which it might
,be
thought even bound to offer to an Ally, by the
ties of amity and friendship, and from no other
motive than a ' sincere regard for the safety
agitlier Powers
tilwe lfareof the State whose relations with
exposed it to danger. It is by
strictly British• considerations, alone, however,
that the conduct of Ministeri ought to be tried ;
and if on those considerations it is satisfactory, to
find that.their whole conduct throughout the ne-
gociations can be triumphantly vindicated, it is
Much more gratifying to find, that, after the
commencement of hostilities had become un-
avoidable, their resolution to observe neu-
trality is fully justified by the same com-
prehensive views and the same prudential mo-
tives, which influenced them in all their en.
deavours to prevent a war!
But, (and the distinction, amid the efforts
which are daily made to reconcile the British
Public to the ambitious projects of France,)—
but, all those very considerations on which the
conduct and policy of Ministers rest for justi-
fication,—all considerations of the peculiar
interests of England, and not only of Eng-
lish interests, but of the rights and inde-
pendence of nations, and of the maintenance
of the political system of Europe, unite
with an irresistible and overwhelming force
hi proclaiming to Great Britain that a wise re-
gard for her own interests, and a generous desire
for the progress of Liberty on the Continent, as
well as for the repose and security of Europe,
equally demand her wishes and her prayers, if
not her active assistance, in favour of Spain, and
equally prompt her to anticipate with ardency
the utter defeat and disconifittire of France
in her unjust and unprovoked attack upon the
independence of the Peninsula. All past expe-
rience,--the recent conduct of the French Go-
vernment,—the repeated declarations of the Earl
of LIVERPOOL and Mr. CA NNlNG,—the evidence
of facts of daily occurrence,--and the un-
erring conclusions drawn from the positive
nature of things, and from the existing politi-
cal phenomena with which we are surrounded,—
concur in demonstrating that the question between
France and Spain is not merely one of inter-
nal regulation, nor even of external hostility,
but is in fact the resumption by France, under
the BOURBONS, of those projects of ambition which
we resisted with so much perseverance and suc-
cess against the same country under BUONAPA RTE,
and which, unless they are crushed in the first
instance by the heroism of Spain, must sooner or
later involve us in another mighty conflict with
our ancient Rivals.

As if to put an end to all doubt upon the sub-
ject, the Etoile Paris Paper, which is the
present organ of the French War Party, has
made the following observations on the opposi-
tion which has been manifested in this country to
the invasion of Spain :--

" We cannot he astonished that an Englishman is alarmed
at the consequences of a war, which is to restore to France her
rank in Europe, and to thaw close again the former ties, which

.Itihrefileeesr.c.icucl2tiorna.crcßduhtyi
ftitlheesFe-
alarms
al •rnYs
what name do theeare:dlieesPgelltvCi4w*ntlC!n?telir:errldl;
ey'uit ti Whti 'theniselves Fri-neh 9 Yet the *el ieisthis
)who-,, in: their Journals, report the *ords of Lord tiamitlo
not open their eyes as to the motives, at first secret, not (Ivalt-
ed,;witich maiiv this war in Spain so annoying And eve Use
odious to most Englishmen. But, is it not precisely' became
this Tigris wOT po. pillar to our rivals that it SHOULD Si 40
s ?!!
Here, then, is an unequivocal acknowledgment
though the war is apparently confined to
France, acid Spain, the relative power and
importance of England and France is the
momentous object which is really involved
in the issue of the contest ! And yet there
are Englishmen who are so blind as not
to see that, which France herself openly ex-
poses to their view, or who are so corrupt that
they have hired themselves to the service
of the old enemies of their country, and
are assiduously labouring for' the promotion
of those very projects, the accomplishment of
which can only be prevented, perhaps, by the
eventual expenditure of the best blood and the
treasure of England !
There is one Evening Paper which, from its
supposed connection with Ministers, has CO"
torle ibutiu
e,dbl materiallyic,andp
to mislead
some
a portion of
Provincial Newspapers, upon this v
but which has at length proceeded to such opea
and shamelesas support of the injustice of France,
and has hazarded such anti-patriotic reflectionsup-
on our own Government, for not having fallen In-
to the ranks of the Holy Alliance, and led the
w Ma-
ay for the march of the French Army to
;
drid, that it is to be hoped it has at last chspolled
srtael sUfbieC
the
Provincial
the delusion created by itself. We shall to-morrow
notice the political aspersions which have appa.ed
in the print alluded to, and in the mean time ice
submit to our Readers the following exract,
in which it exresses its alarm
jest thep
war hould prove disastrous for France, ,I!3.
consequence of the alleged d Leaders
tween the Duke d'ANGouLEstE and the
They. ‘4Vico' enht aa
of the Spanish Royalists :
aresemeteivuedlenßtawyohnionle, Pifatirtteirse,
ttnoaythheully:etti:
,11-li,saitsar'istosatii
Ted upon the future course of the Spanish
er. 4
that the Trappist has been arrested,.by ord tins
the Constitutionalists. Thts news, it is added, has made
cuse
d`Astooui.EXlE,,for having violated his onlers,
adherents of the Faith tremble with indignation." litg Ay
between the Spo»ish lloyaliJts and the French, ruld "lb
be attended with the worst conseguences la MI" of the juke
tn maltres„

wading
top
ollicelitaiocl
tsieteEsmtafi.ollslo,wing are
Arl it,
Papers, received thisl jrning
:.......
arsenal of
counts from Salonichi of 13th March, the Greeks
have made themselves masters of the important
island of Thaso, at the entrance of the Golf °C.
ibcnyiolaiwlbsititatiecndltiiibtlioynplbci:i.irdissAtilaifitontsrii,:eisrih, etimiot,
Co:u1 : extracts from Frankfort
is entirely
has lauded at the foot of Mount Athos, and spread ,
SereS toll
terror in the whole country between
Salonichi. The occupation of this island, whtilciel
because from this point the Greeks oin9 easily
effect landings on all their coasts and alarM
cedonia.
" CANEA (IN CRETE), FEB. 4.---The plagee
continues its ravages here ; from 30 to 40 person:
are carried off daily. The population ig nnic
more considerable than it was before the insur#
rection of the G
'reeks•—The Turks from the
environs have taken refuge here in great number,
for their greater security. frhe same is the 015
at Canada and Rettimo. Unfortunately we are
withinrather crowded for want of sufficient room
the walls, which favours the progressof the di"

ter::
The
per
: four Paellas, who commanded in the
the
it
Island, have united at Candria, and are on
march to Itottimo, to make a free communication
by land between the two cities.
t; From
tohiiisngcsit,yaidtitniiieentor:titiiriee
acgoaripns.of Greeks ornrrllnellr
our walls, endeavour to carry off cattle and 'l;''
11. "haDv lel Eosstitho.::: .
terrorf o I.
e2S oo,fo , t„..4 la
their creditors. The first is said a
rrere -- s
(rave failed
toured their house t
acaisollirndreesaaet:sclioyeulyteiaonttacoarepesl lace
itltolitepragbrleeiltallstuieelt:iPesre.Listi°:er:stb il:es;rest:t gili
v'bees
the coup de grace to mercantile credit, whichO wll5
fle'earrytilloaltvitehnbm.y
hliaorirntututiolrtaevlioul there
effect on the Leipsig fair."

rise is supposed to
[most A COIJICSPONDENT.I
STOCK ExcH ANC E, Twelve 0' Clock.--Thefil C°llna9-
have considerably improved this morning. whicll
s°ls opened at 77 and got up to 774 b
Je owing to a great scarcity
Bear Ac'
of money stock, as well as to a great
count. F,%pr°sse:
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ItuttiklitThe'Rantes higher, as wen as a great
4tive s'q ray
1- Bonds,•
roveent in the Spanish in that capital.
t4,~„it .ps ni
al? k -
141.1, Alpo another probable cause for the kn.
PrAudietit-af Consols in the report that our negoci-
tittortiWitli the Courts of Vienna and Berlin, in re-
a:rAto,,h,e4ffairs of Spain, have succeeded. We
deVipi.by private accounts from Paris, that the
United forces of MINA, BALLATTEROS, and Mo-
t.o, consist of not less than 60 thousand men ;
,and the French begin to shew symptoms of alarm,
not having been able to prevent their junction.
FOREIGN MARKET.—Spanish Bonds are also
on the rise; this morning they opened at 321 and
went up to 3341, with the market looking up.

THE KING.
Carlton-House, Two o'Clock.—We are happy
to state that WS MAJESTY iS much better.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PETITION.-The
Petition from this University, for the abolition of Slavery in
the British West India Colonies, has excited no ordinary de-
gree of attention. Under what circumstances, it was so hastily
gin lip, and who were the immediate promoters of, it, is not
accurately known. Its composition has been, we understand,
attributed by some to Professor PAR I sit ; whilst others say, it
is the production of an individual whose name is more easily
" whistled" than pronounced ; but whether it is the produc.
!ion of either of these Gentlemen, or of any other person
"----- there appears to be, but one opinion, that a Petition
of this grave nature,—probably compromising and risking the
existence of the White Population of the British Colonies,
proceeding from the University of Cambridge, should have
been prepared with a greater degree of consistency and with a
stronger regard to fact—and of which the University AT
LARGE should have had an earlier and longer notice. The in.
discriminate, and, in our opinion, unfounded, charge against
the West India Planters, that they have not done any thing
\vhatever to ameliorate the condition of the Black Popula-
tion in the West India Islands since 1806, in whose comforts
and existence they have so deep an interest; was not to have
been expected from so learned
Triunit ,liberal, and enlightened a coni.
y. We should have supposed, that from the information
on this subject which has been submitted to Parliament, and
promulgated by the general press of the country, to which the
Universities have such liberal access—that the University
of Cambridge could not have thrown such unfounded ob.
sloquy on the British West India Planters, especially at a
Period when every species of interest and- of iqfluence,
and every etibrt is directed to depress them. If the Uni-
versity of es's."
hi—"“"ife conceived, at the present crisis—that
ihumanity and all the higher feelings of our common nature
mperatively imposed on them—the necessity of declaring
their anxious desire that Slavery throughout the World should
be abolished—and that it was their bounden duty to express
that opinion to Parliament, in the expectation that the Legis-
lature would address His MAJESTY to interpose, Hil kind
Offices with the United States to abolish White .and Black
Slavery within their Union ;—and with the Governing Autho-
rities at Constantinople to abolish Slavery throughout their do.
minions, and further, that His AIAJESTY would graciously con-
•:delle!nd to COMMAND, that Slavery should no longer exist
throughout BRITISH INDIA,We should not havenoticed their in-
clination to abolish'Slavery in the British West India Colonies, at
the present juncture, as there is such a conflict between the East
India and %Vest India Interests, but from the use which the East
India Interest have already and will make of it !—We are not
inclined to be uncharitable on this occasion ; but if we are
not p
-Pegeously mistaken, this Petition carries with it some
evidence of the fruits of the OLD LEAVEN which has, so fre-
quently, distracted the University—on points, we use the term
ge,nerdllY, which at present we shall not particularize--but
which still retain an influence within the UniVersity which
aught not to exist !—To those points we shall not hesitate; if
ee"arY, to recur and to explain ourselves more fully, at,a ,
perintl of the year when the proceedings of the Legislature
will enable us to enter on them.

LE(moax, MAncu 24.--By letters from Tunis,
brought by the S'ardinian,
'Motto: , Captain GIORGIO
, we have received news that a Greek
squadron blockades the port of Tripoli, in Bar-
ha Y, and that 'the Paella of Tunis has sent the
biigantine of an English captain, named Cavalier
(to Whom he pays 900 hard piastres), with a
tetter look for the T
bring it unisian squadron, and to
defen orders to return to Tunis, in order to
d their own coasts from an attack of the
Greeks.
Altos-tr. Roosts.—These Rooms were opened
list night for a Masquerade, and since the me-
thgrable period when they had acquired their.
Istighest reputation, under Mrs. CORNELY'S, in
°he-square, we have seldom attended an enter-
tainment of the kind that was altogether so
agreeable. The spacious Great Room and the
adjog apartments are admirably. calculated to
afford a constant variety and succession of cha-
racters. There Was a great diversity of charac.
keptters on tills occasion, and they were in general
up with much spirit, and in some with
no inconsiderable share of humour. Of course
awhen "the Tuscan grape began to operate,
Od Crew of the company began to be "high in
ii.,:°o(l" some little disorder might be expected,
ittut nothing occurred to interrupt the general
beThenY, and the prevailing impulse seemed to
114 t° PrarnOte the pleasure of each other. We
terve hot room to notice particular charac-
in s' nor do we approve of masquerades
4 geOeral as it is not a species of enter-
tain, )
o 'eta which accords with the known dig-
rosition ,
se di f)t our countrymen, but if all were of
al tbv,elllng a nature, and so little exceptionable
to i„.111, of last night, we could offer no objection
be ,-,"'l occasional public relaxations. It would
ti 4tkiust to omit observing that great credit is
14 to 14 j
eXCeli r. ArtltlN, of New BoudZstreet, for the
Ale, neece and abundance of the supper, and to
eni•
N'n,tates WRIGHT, of the Opera House
tiruoinade, for the superior quality and plen-
tile sePPly of the wines. On the whole,
to „",tertainment seemed in no slight degree
einlietifY the company, and we may fairly con-
dis,,,,e,,witil applying the old sentiment, as " the
-.4.onti ~, " bear the reflec-
tions of the evening may
NI 4f the morning." It was understood that
Antliv nquerade was intended to celebrate the
WeerserY of HIS MAJESTY'S 131 RTII•DA Y.
reCeib e I e.re a f informed that a Foreign Prince will
‘new days at Court an English title.

POSTPONEMENT OF THE ,D/t4RWAtiiiritP94l4ol
Yesterday (St. George's pgi), dvi
set apart by his Mk.iisTy foe 114 Wethan' 'di,
his Birth•day",,,withia view to,the
of trader the inornhK.Waf.. R.sJ)PFPdAirtonAinPi
ringing of bells throughout tlMetrl)..loo,lif) ;POI
the same joyous demonstrations coTitinUetauring
the whole of the day. The Frags on the'iliffer-
ent church.steeples, with the. Standards, of. En-
gland, were displayed, as well as on several of the
public buildings. The Guard, mounted'in new.
clothes, proceeded with the hand 'and drum
major in their State-uniforms. The State-colours
were also carried. The King's Guard was com. '
posed of Gredediers. The General Post-Letter
Deliverers appeared in new scarlet and blue
clothes. The principal streets were thronged
during the morning with immense multitudes
pressing towards the Palace, in hopes of being
able to see the King, and witness the gratifying
splendour of the Court. In this, however, we
are extremely concerned to say, they were dis-
appointed, from the unavoidable postponement of
the Drawing Room. This disappointment was
felt more particularly by the Nobility and the
higher orders generally,. who had made the most
splendid preparations for the occasion. Every
arrangement was formed for holding the Drawing
Room; and even for his Majesty leaving Carlton
House for his Palace in. St. James's Park, but on
account of an attack of the gout it was found to
be impracticable, and the following bulletin was
issued on the occasion :
" The KING its not able to receive Company at the Drawing
Room to-day, his MAJESTY having experienced an attack of
the gout iu the night.

" HENRY. HALFORD..
" MATTHEW JOHN TIERNEY.

"'Carlton Palace, 23d April, 1823." - •
This Bulletin was circulated as generally as possible for the
information of the Nobility and Gentry. At about half past
eleven o'clock, persons were stationed at all the entrances to.
St. James's Park, to which the Company enter to tbe Draw-
ing.rootn. Tbe postponement was so quickly made known
throughout the town, that only about twelve carriages came to
what is called the. Stable Yard Gate, and not one arrived at the
the Palace. The Yeoman Guard arrived, appointed to attend
the interior of the Palace, but they were soon dis Missed.

- .
The notice was in sufficient time to prevent the .marchmgot
the
.Horse and foot• Guards. The Park was thronged during
the whole of the day, and continued so till five o'clock, when
the rain came on, and numberless inquiries were made at
,the
•
Palaces as to the state of his Majesty.
Sir Richard Birnie, the Chief Magistrate, and Several of the
Police Magistrates, attended, with a numerous assemblage of
Officers, Patroles, &c. under their directions to preserve order.
The other demonstrations took place as they had been previ-
ously arranged. At one o'clock the Palk and 'Tower guns
fired a double Royal salute, and in the evening there were nu-
merous
grand entertainments upon the joyous occasion.
Among them were those of the Earl of Liverpool the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Peel, to those in his
Department, and those engaged in the Civil Government of
the Country; 111 r. Secretary Canning, to the Foreign Ambas-
sadors and Ministers; the Lord Chamberlain, to those in his
Department; the Lord Steward, to those in his Department ;
the 3laster of the Horse, to the Equerries and to • the Aid.de.
Camps; the Groom of he Stole, to the Lords and Grooms who
attend the King.
The Anniversary Dinner was held yesterday at the Thatched ,
House, 'wherein the King's Tradesmen sat doln to an excel-
lent Dinner at six o'clock. The usual present of two fat
bucics added to a plentiful board. When the cloth was re-
moved, Non dot& Dwaine was sung by Mr. Taylor, and
other professional Gentlemen ; it was followed by the usual
loyal and constitutional toasts. The evening concluded with
the greatest conviviality.
The usual procession of the Mail Coaches took place.

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