The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-14 00:00:00

CIVIL LIST.

On the motion of Mr. BANKS, the House went
into a Committee on this Bill.

:Mr. BANKS. stated, that principal object
was, that the Civil List accounts should be made
up.to,the sth of January, instead of the sth of
April.
Mr. ttnittlEY said, that thiS had been-originally
brought forward by him as a motion; -which the
Hon. Gentleman now thought it necessary to
bring forward in the shape of a Bill. The Chan-
cellor of the Exchetpler, on a 'former occasion,
stated, that it would be very inconvenient to have
those accounts Made up to the sth of January.—
Ile, for his part, c:tild not see where the incon-
venience would be.. Ile knew that, at least in
many of the departments of the Civil List, those
papers were now ready to. be presented. it was
'of great consequence that•those accounts should
this vear:be'made up _to the.sth of ;January, ia-
stead' of the sth of April, as we, kneW;that-lhis-
year there was on arrear, and. Might:he 'allowed
to hope that there would' be no arrear in future
years. The difference 'of this 'inatmer-of 'making
up the accounts would be very important as to the
consideration of them. It the Civil List accounts
were not
,presented till May, and it should become
necessary to move for any additional papers; it
was impossible that they could be 1:111 before the.
House until late iu
.the ,session, when the. pressure.
of business, and the anxiety of Members to get
out of town, prevented them from having that full
consideration to which they were entitled.
The CuAzizEr.Loa of the ExcnteictuEt: thought
that the Itight Hon. Gentlenianbadhot recollect-
ed accurately what. had fallen'.from hint' in a for-
mer conversation. The objection which he had
made was merely retrospective. He had no 'ob-
jection, however, to present-the acconnis or the
last year at an earlier period and he believed
that they would be laid before the House much
sooner than the sth of Aptir.• The Right lion.
Gentleman would therefore hare plenty of time
to considerthe accounts, or move what additional
papers he might think pr'aper. ••
Mr. TIERNEY then shid, that if the papers
would be presented before the cud of Al...irch, he
would be quite content.

POK'I'UGUESE EMBASSY.'
As the'Chairman of the Committee was put-
ting the question for agreeing to the former re-
solution,
Mr: WHITBREAD rose to ask a-question Which
he conceived to be connected with those Civil
List accounts. He wished to know whether, in
addition to the expenses of the Embassy at Lis-
bon, it was now intended to send a Seerethy of
Legation, with a salary of 1200/. a year ?
:The CHANCELLOR Of the ExCHEQUER could not
give any answer to the Hon. Gentleman.
Mr. WinTuncAo then asked, was. there any
other Member of his Majesty's Governnient pre-
'sent, that could give an- answer. To many ques-:
tions that were put to them, it was true that they
Might plead an ignoramus, but as this wad a mat-
ter of pretty general notoriety, lie did not see how
they could plead ignoramus to this. It had been
generally reported that a Lord of the Admiralty
had been appointed Secretary of Legation, or Se-
cretary to the Embassy at Lisbon, with a salary of
1200!. a year. He wished to know whether this
eras the fact or not ? •
. .
There was no 'answer from the ministerial
benches.
Mr. PONSONBY was at a loss to know what the
Committee were to understand by this silence on
,tile part of Ministers. Were they to infer that
no such thing had taken place, or. Was in con-
templation ?
. . -
The CHANCELLOR Of the Excirmtfcit replied,
that the Committee could only infer that the
question had been put to him; which he' was not
prepared to answer.
. The Bill went through the Committee), and tilt
report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow.
The Committee on'the Ban!: Restriction Bill
was=posiponed till Thursday.

'CONGRESS-AT VIENNA;
On the ynestion of reading, tho order, for the

porpose of postponing the Committee of Supply
till Wednesday,
"Mr. WIIITETEAD rose, and said, that notwith-
standing the declaration which had been made by
the Chaticellor of the-Exchequer the other day,
that
.he would, aeswer no qiieStions:Kith respect
to ocir foreign relations -or nego:iations, until the
return of Lord Castlereagh ; yet it appeared to
him of essential importance that the_ Honse and
the pahlic-shonid.be put in possession of informa-
tion of the march of the negoeiation, and, of the
conduct of, the British negociator, upon points
which were vital to' the honour of this country—vital
to the iiitercsts of Europe, From the information
which he -had received, lie could charge the Noble
Lord with being a party and making this country
a party, in some of the disgraceful proceedings of
the Congress at Vienna. He did not allude merely
to the question of Saxony, but to other parts-of
Europe, when the character of this country, and
the 'character of our Allies, had.heen deeply in-
volved, and, rite future repose of the world most
seriously endangered. At the time th.:t Dresden
and the other towns in Saxony were given up to
the Prussian troops, by-Prince Repnin on the part-
of Riissia, Ministers said that they did not know
that Lord Castlereagh was a party to that act, aria
that they-did'nor' believe that a British Negociator
could he a party to-so disgracelpl a transaction.—
He .believed that he could now state with audio-.
city, 'fia-,M information that could not be cOntra-
dieted, that Lord Castlereagh was a party to that ,
act of Prince Repnin, by which Saxony was de-
livered up to Prussian tr.oons.' Subsequently, how-
ever, to this act, Lord Castlereagh had sent. in' a
note against; that very act to which he had been a
party. Since the surrender of Saxony, Ministers
had not contradicted the fact of Lord Castlereagh
having been a". party to this act of Prince Repnin,
although at the time they had denied it,. and said
it Was imPossible that any British Negociator
could be a party to so disgraceful a transaction.
He had reason to believe that it was in conse-
quence' of the public feeling manifested in this
conntry, that Ministers sent over instructions to
Lord Castlereagh to present to
.the Congress a
note; protesting against-that act to which he him-
self had been a party. Such had been' the march
of 'the negociation on the part
.of our Minister.
He should now presume to 'put a question on this
subject to those. Gentlemen who had already de-
clared that they would answer nothing until the
return of Lord Castlereagh. He ,should not now
presume to. ask questions Of those who themselves
presume to administer the' affairs of this great em-
pire. 'lt; howeveF,Ailis.statements.ivere..uneoTitra-
-dieted, the, publie.wonld kiiTw what they were to
believe. 'Ministers. seemed tii-.fOrgei'frairelliere_
were some important poiiris 'already settled, and
announced to the world by public documents..
Among those was the giving up of Genoa to
the King of Sardinia. If we recollected any thing
Of the principles which Were professed at the
time-of the Treaty -of Paris, if we recollected all
the declamations which were 'made against the
principles of France and her late ruler, we
'could not see without shame and regret, what
our Allies were doing at the unholy Congress
at Vienna. We -could not see without shathe
and regret the • conditet of this' country. When
Lord NV01.14111 Rentinch,latled in Tuscany, he had
the words '' Italian Independence" on his flags.'
On the 14th of- March he published a' Proclama-
tion to the Italian Nation, and principally to the'
Italian military, which would shell' in what man-.
ner that nation had been treated by us, and how
it had beet} hetrayed: li beganin this manner—
" Italians,iGreatßritain has landed tier .troops on
your shores to secure your independence.. Spain,
Portugal, and Holland attest the liberality of her
conduct ; Sicily, protected by her power, has been
able-to escape the universal deluge. Spain is already •
free and independent. Holland is hastening to
become so, and will Italy alone remain 'under the
yoke ? You are Italians, and the cause of Italy
is in your hands. Our forces, joined -to: yOnt'S,
-will make Italy what site was iu her best :times,
and what Spain is .no,a;rindependent and tree."
If such were the hopes-and the:-prospeds which
we held out to the Italians, how miserably have
they been •disapoointed ? . It was tint merely this
general proclamation to :the Italians that had been
violated ; but there'teas another prOcialuation to,
the people of Genoa, in which they were expressly
promised their independence, and their former
government. Lord W. Bentinck had proceeded
to the appointment of their two colleges mid their
two councils, for the express 'purpose of the com-
plete restoration Of their former Government
early in the pusent year. If ever there was a
public declaration by which a Government had
pledged itself to maintain the independence of an
other State, the British Government had become
by this instrument the guarantee of Genoese in.
dependence. Let them, however, look at the
sequel : five days before the arrival of the period
at which the people of Genoa looked for the ra-
tification of their liberties, they receive the black
and inhuman mandate which informed them, that
their constitution was not to be restored ; that
their rights anti happiness were riot to .be• con-
stilted that their former splendour was not to be'
revived, and that the faith and honour of this coon-
country was not to be-.regarded (Hear, hear).
On the 26th of December, 1814, the fatal intelli-
getee was published to them, that all the pro.
Ibises' to which they had hitherto trusted, and all the
profeSSios which they had hitherto believed, were
alike,hollnw.and delosive;tlat:-.lcthttlfotsieiewl'aht
e dh sdp so i
loudly proclaimed that the m
thet
sms iavnal t
fr.gaoctesdt
eps n
i n b o(
.earte
Genoa
themselveswas
itt)r(s. a
btell ictl iogne
was in .
the first victim of their lawless
ritliiiitaei hkes, l pt h
nt otdoci oi
gtnhtf
aci
tui paon, t), ittivg.:(S a
hft establishedeVa
t, pointed
out to their countrymen- by proclamation the ne-
cessity of submission. ''resolute," they
aye, a
inoine,nattindletaosaubreSstafn from
tor
comend to the magistracy, the judicial and."o'etlri?e;
m
authorities, the propriety of conforming to the new
stoystienn of
aii
nta
in at Government,
order
and tai the people
tyte expectyrwiut
which ocasrtriyitlev
icttint-zs
enjoy~E'e shad into ol itbi erty
roern-i et t,-a happiness.pro-
found. sentiment of the hOnour of the General
from whom we have experienced military protec-
tion." This was the substance of a part of

• ,
executive officers of Genoa, on the 2fith of De-
the proclamation issued -by the procurators and
cember, five days before the, period at which the.
solemn word of a British General (which wordl
the Genoese Government yet forbore to impeach),
involving the word and faith of the Biitish Govern-
ment, and guaranteed to that unhappy people t"
restoration of their former Government, and the
security of their ancient independence. The
their rights, had adjudged them to be slaves'
Congress of Vienna, instead of re-establishing
General Dalrymple, who then commanded at C-te'
' noa, on the 28th published-another proclamation;
' attesting the.satne melancholy fact, ackoo‘Viedg7
lug the merits of the late Government, and are
prising the inhabitants that the-administration 4 •,,
affairs had devolved upon him, until the wishes 44
the King of Sardinia should be made knows-
Here was no misconduct, then, imputed' by 01
party to the former Genoese Government, 0°
.
pretence of any justification of this kind. offered
Every former tyranny, either depotic or reY°:.
lutionary, had deemed it necessary to colnt".
its aggressions by some pretext ,of that descrir
Lion. ' No alleged grievances were held up to 0
people, as inviting theta to 'accept the previous
boon of fraternity, or, as it would perhaps 1)"1
called- in this instance of paternity, from their 'r"
waders. In this very paper, the excellence of the
deposed Governinent was 'admitted ; and the°
,it was added; '' having received orders front the
' Prince Regent'of Great Britain to transfer Genoa
to his Majesty the King of Sardinia." Let the
House see these orders ;', let them see in what
language they were couched ; let them 101°'`;
what Minister had dared to advise the 'Cr-own 0,
England to sanction so base an usurpation ! W 11.5
the country in which the Palladium of liberty w 3,5
supposed to have remained inviolate, that 10'
been deScribed as the ark of a deluged universe, tc'
be made a party to the extinction of an independ-
ent Power, and to the compulsory transfer of
free people to a Government equally imbecile att(
corrupt, alike unable to protect, conciliate, °l'
con:rout its subjects ? (Hear, hear !) He truste.!
that public opinion-would ,be in unison with l'''
Own, that neither this, nor any other Congres'
had power so to trample on the liberties of inan(i
kind, and that there yet remained feeling 0,
spirit enough to animate them to unite against It'U
'
combination of usurping Powers, and tree arena
selves from a yoke as overwhelming now that it A 145
imposed by Many, as when it was established by 00.
What a satire was Gen. Dalrymple's compliment t°
the late Genbese Government on the conduct of hi'
now ; but how galling must it have been to the
enoesepeople to hear mention made of lotto°
guarantees tobeentered into by the King of Sar
dinia7firthe Aaine document which recorded lbe
violation of a Solemn, guarantee, involving all tha'"
Wasolear and sacred to them, on the' part of th's,
country ! Could the Right linn. Gentleman den.
any of these things would they, if they had it '4.
their power to contradict them, suffer the impte
tation of transactions so odious,- so diSgusting;
and so unjust to rest longer upon them ? Let tl',,,
shame lie where it Ought to 'lie, and perhaps ;
greater palliation for such atrocities would be font'
in a' shameful silence than in a shameless defence.'
The Genoese received this intelligence in a Oa";
tier that WaS well known to indicate in the Itsli3,,
character deeper-feelings of grief and indignatt„,.°-
than any external symptoms of disapprobation', e
they received it in perfect silence.
.What, then' "t
would ask the House, had:been the conduct of 07
very Power in whOse capital this Congress was hel'e
In the Convention between Austria and the .I'lls
n
Viceroy of Italy, Eugene Beattliarnois, who it 01,
ow admitted, had not only acquired a great milit'''.7s
reputation, but the general love and esteem ofli'le
subjects; it was stipulated that Marshal Bellegaq
should take possession, not in the name of A ustr°,l
but in the 'name of the Allies: Yet Austria bO,
in the mean time taken possession of all, and Pe,ll.
demanded'of this very King of Sardinia to n'il°.
we were hatudL»g over the Genoese, to be Pej;
rnitted to place a_garrison in Tur in. (Hear, he'ty of
The war that was carried on for the restoration 0
old Governments was no sooner ended, than vt.
.saw Austria extinguishing the. Venetian States,
the little republic of Lucca, and acidity; the o'3'
c., ,hiSp
pese to her permanent territory. Was it for t.,,r
he wi,shed. to know, ' th'at we were furnishing °,"O
contingent Of 75,000 men ? (Hear, hear !) if '1
at'
looked into the
the'
of the Anstr`be
Government in the' coun.-..ies thus uSurpen, s,
saw nothing but oppression, imposts, exactWai
contributions : these were some of the fruit! ,t
that tree of salvation which had been set up ag34l?iTe
the tree of liberty.. He'ipoke from good authort..%;ii,
when he described Austria to be more detested ".°4
,in Italy than iii any former-period of her doo.ol',
there, She had become more jealous from a e°,,t
sciousness of wrong, more fearful, vigilant, 1°23
suspecting : she now marked every man Or ~
traitor who wished-Italy to be free, or who Pilo
mented-that England had broken her faith. 0
1
was informed that hundreds had been seized, „,,',
were about to he brought for• trial before a 11.,
bunal created, by a Power that held no rightful Jr,
risdiction over them, and, as a Member of r).
liarnent, he implored his .Majesty's Ministers i;,
itillietilaitrteihinla,listkllfat.cliteb"yleein,e,ll
al(ll:tic.talili‘iesa,(nin,
into
cri y(t,4beecroisunienriayeit:oybrittioot f
it',3l.-ijff.ll'
public
lints:
l-yi•cetot
opinion
iyor
lei
stilliiaiii
eu eetixll.(p)
pr
eeltslisb;aal:Nl,l,:o
u-God
nbi
eownee,
fical!olcitttriltidst.icl/lii
expressed on this subject : for the contluct scblo,
he reprobated was not only the moSt inbiltitl
there wa! yet, he thought,
but the weakest .anrl the most disgraceful; 13,,11
English feeling, (=W.'
in the British Cabinet to disavow it. Witb,-,,T:et
spect to the state of Belgium, no answer ba`.'os
been given. to the question he had- formerly P°:ti, '
to the condition of the fortresses, and the e'ill--:
'mated expense of repairing them.. He sat
'%,
wish to'hnow, if an answer could possibly be "e
trected, v,hether this country, was to pay that city
pease,and the further expense of carrying '
~,en'
effect the project of entrenched camps het\v;r.
the different fortresses. The Low Countries
air.
peared to be still doomed by' the beneficent Oritoi
tions of Cot‘gress to remain, without reg'a'rd
ena
the wishes or, rights of tire-inhabitants, the l'i .."'
in which Monarchs may di, )ate for doniinloc.'
The Prussians, he understood, were alreadY'llold
ing on the left bank of the Rhine; and lets' cOOC..
doubt, that in a very short_term of years, these

jelluasics, encroachments,
.ane d:fftl•et-rct;s would
• Prevail amongst those different Powers, as if no
e
°,agress for the general pacification of Europe
°a a stable and solid basis had ever been as-
sembled.
'oeCtiANCELLoR Of the EXCEIEdIJER observed,
°lfat he could neither see the justice nor .propriety
bringing charges, and particularly. of sosserious
nature, against an individual in his ahsenee. It
a tuactice, he believed, utterly unknov.-tt to
arliamentary usage. • The charges were made
Personally against his. Noble Friend,, who was at
the same time stated to be on his way home, as
ue hoped he was.— (A laugh from •the Opposi-
t'".)—The Hon. Gentleman was certainly not
Mistaken in snpposing that he should give no an-
!wee to his questions. On the observations. that
had fallen from the lion. Gentleman, he should
slot saY 4 single word.
, PosisorlsY had attributed the silence Of.
itklinisters on former.occasions.to their ignorance
IP on the points alluded to in the*speech of his
"Oa. Friend, it was impossible they could be ig-
laur4nr. What, then, must be: tile conclusion ,)f
:very man, if no explaUatinn was offered, hut that
'vilinisters could neither contradict nor justify
them ? Was.the paper signed Bcntinck genuine;
II:id if genuine, had it been published by autho-
IltY from the Prince Regent ? This was the plain
question, and those the only facts at issue. He
Mr. Speaker to cast his eyes on the Opp°,
Site Bench, and say whether be was most dis.-
ta,sed to pity 'or condemn -them.—(A laugh.)—
v as it true that one British Officer had broken the
Ritarantee granted by another/ If not contradict-
it mutt he believed '; this was all he wished to
4•11,..ur, and all he bad to say
Tr• WiturBREAD .wished to remark, that 'he
had charged Lord Castlereagh as.one of a GOvern-
:ieut which was responsible for his proceedings
ti
tifar as their were in conformity to his instrue-
-1,34a. He bad meant to say, _that the Govern-
-4;14 Which gave such instructions ought to be
lx4igned before the tribunal of the world. • .
kiir,•..WARD rose to order, the Hon. Gentleman
ad already spoken.
WHITBREAD was glad he had so- soon ex-
t'iaJPated himself in the Opinion of the Hon. Gen-
ea'an. Perhaps those under him might not he
;laite so well satisfied, and be should, therefore,
?..l)eaS, that he meant to arraign them, and not
-"Ca' 1 !Castlereagh Hers.. Mr. Whitbread
ta Pr?"edillg, when the House, by a general
y ororder, interrupted ititn. • s
BRITISH OFFICERS IN SPAIN:
4 440 lA' Prtoirt thought it might nut perhaps be
ativisahli, to abstain from answering a
which he wished to put, relative to the
,ite'tbions,horne by British Officers in the ser-
a Govrrnment which was Bow generally
tseribed • • •
ritish as detestable. There were at present •
Prit)ee C/ffieels • serving under the. banners of a
1400) • who had no other employment' for his
his I s than that of trampling on the liberties of
ho„le
witf,,e' ' • a people with whom we were recently
opp,,,,itealliance for the accomplishment of very
inforti"PurPoses.—(lfear.) He now applied for
could re:? to the only quarter froth which he
'Ere eive it ,n 1 desired to know whether
,
Ike a.l d.n-Y Britistl Officers in the Spanish scr-
, _
tat "ether they received staff or regimen-
; Pay as
-,gs
also whether they received any spe-
...Ti:`. lertnnieration ont.of thesecret service fluid?
isoF CtrAticELLati of the ExcHEsauEß said, if
f;.'o-ble Lord would put his question in the form
t" motion for an account, he should not object
0 its production. He believed Generals Roche
Whittto gharn were in the Spanish serv/ce.
PRoBY complied with the suggestion, and
tL e motion was carried, being " for a Return of
s' )ae •NarneS of all British Officers say:rig under the
11 Government, with an Account of their
C;O7 and Apn.anitments received from the British
ernment' as far, as the same can be aseer-
the4°, anavr'er, io a question from Mr. Tierney, when
4:reaty of Chatunout, of which the. substance 7
p 1.,, 1 "Yad been vet laid before the floOse, will he '
ueed, the Chancellor. of the Exchequer re-
tdled on an early day.
r
restl;C\nouittees of Supply, and of Ways and Means, were
Ir,_td till Wednesday next.
the. ~„I‘:hatmittee on the Bank Loan Act, the Chancellor of
ar,,iA,c,thequer obtained, leave to bring in a Bill to amend the
Lor p A r
Sir s Eltz.TON presented some Militia Accounts.
agititr,jtJß.hly and fir. Miring presented. further Petitions
the Property . after which the House. adjotnned.

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THE 'tsl\i-

ali"Ni Ottlf; DICERS FA LSIYM AUDEAT

LONDON,
7171;simy, FEBR nr 14, 1815.

"cit. Papers to the 1 1 tit furnish extracts for
;1. "I- Page- The following are of the 11th,
".ve, just arrived.. Neither are important
QA.
s Majesty the Emperor of Austria has
.ptv,',fh
" rs.
:,?osed for some days ; this, added to the thaw, has
thet e postponement of the-grand party in sledges.
Saxonir says, that as no Power has made war
1;1'44,4 ,' his dotuirlions cannot be considered as'congnered,
Vii,l,biy did, in the difficult and critical circumstances
all ;te, ;l'ne
ted to• hi was placed, that whinli his duty and his con-
;.fl!.cam;
14,,'1ib,r Qf honour took plade the other day between a
hgtii:),s the Diplomatic Bod Vanda young Merchant a
her",:d Commercial ; it has excited a great seri-
44itIt1 • • • • •
'',11,:4141g,n4t1, FEU. I.—The Danish Government are trying
':.!),Jqts.,`''tate. as lunch as possible, its German and Danish
b plan is the more Iv.lse, ac Denmark has lost
of inhabitants by the elifferent cessions which
(1 •i
41414 compelled to make: '• •
eE
A, A 10----Letters from :tonic, dated the 25th ult.
ert
V .tkuo the occupation of that city by the Neapolitan
AI,, •
~.N.!cA
-" , .
(29.-;-.lt is said that the Emperor- of Austria
4,l;:mperor Alexander next summer at Peters-
be" true, and there is no reason. to doubt it,

tT:e

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course of cxchang, the alteration which has lately taiien
'place in the value of public paper is not wry favourable,
The exchange upon Augsburgh suddenly fell 10 per cent.
the day before yesterday. It fell on that day i.0,304.'

FUNDS.

5 per Cents •
-Bank Actions - •

... 78 f. 20 c.
_1173f. —c.

The report of the defeat of the Expedition to
New Orleans; has been revived, jut without bet—
ter grounds than when we a fortnight ago expos--
ed its fallacy.

His Majesty's ship Acbar, with the Fleet for
India; is under orders to sail as early as possible.

.It has been erroneously stated in a Morning
Print that the second meeting between Lord Li-
vEßroot, and the 3,Nlembers 'of both Houses of
Parliament, respecting the Corn Laws, took place
yesterday._ It was not to take place till this day,
as WC yesterday stated.

We have no more to say at present on - the ex.:
pity of the Property Tax, so sanguinely antici-
pated, only observing that we cannot be expected
to be favoured with any information on the subject,
since Ministers will not be worried out of it
where.

Our report of the proceedings of Parliament last
night; involves many interesting consideration's.
The Corn Laws were incidentally touched upon
in the House of Lords, and it seemed to be an-.
ticipated that the opinion of the Legislature would
be in favour of restrictions-upon The importation
of foreign grain. For our parts, we have no ob-
jection to consider agritailture as A manufacture,
of which land may be deemed the- raw ma--
terial, and that like other manufactures it
should be protected, together with • the • great
Capital embarked in it. But we do' trust, that
under the name of protection to-One hody• of
men, care 'will be taken not to. impose a measure
which will be oppressive to the great• body of the,
People. Had It not been for Cie importation of
Foreign Corn within the last 'six months, the.
guartern loaf. would have- been half-a-tiro-um or.
three shillings, instead of eleven-pence, and-this
very day the price is 'ordered to advance; which
is, we think, but a. dad-'omen of what mercy
we have to expect from relying entirely up-
on the ':hOme market - for the staff of life. 'ls
it not au atrocious extortion, -that at this time
the- O'itartesti Loaf is about. One -Shilling, the
price which it appears from the Report of the
Corn Committee it ought to -he ‘Vhen Wheat
is 80s. ; (according to the same RepOrt,- a
sufficient protection to the Agricultural Inte-
rests ;) and yet the average Returns of the
price .of Wheat make it below 635, at which
rate the Quartern Loaf should be only Nine-
pence ! What justice can the general con-
sumer look for when Such scandalous doings as
these stare him in the face,-'and' give'him a bad
presentiment of what impositions will-be practised
when the competition of Foreign Corn it excluded
by Act of Parliament from our Markets.

. In the House of Commons a subject less wor-•
thy -of attentipo was introduced, but, thanks to
the prurience of Ministers, not discussed. It may
accord with the patriotism of Mr.WHITBREAD and
Mr. PONSONBY to censure in gross the proceed..
ings'of Cpngress, and -justify their abuse by re-
ference to partial and. disjointed acts ; hut the
common sense of the Country mist despiie the in-
consistency. and -.folly of such a, course. • The
simple. truth seems- to he, that Opposition had,
prepared their stores of condemnation, and fear ul
that the statements which our Ambassador may
have to lay before Parliament, should undermine
tli- it fabric and mar their orations, are determined
to blurt them all out upon supposition, and thus
deliver themselves of their precious speeches, how-
ever prematurely, unjustly, and - injarithiSiy. to
their own Country and to Europe.. Asti() answer
Was thought necessary for the rbodenuontade of
last nigut, we shall not go into argument
_to
shew the futility of the allegations respecting
Genoa; especially as affecting British .Govern-
ment. • We cannot, howeer, refrain from ex-
pressing our astonishment that Mr. WHITBREAD
and the Party who thought the 'annexation of
whole Countries to Hie sceptre of BtioNAPAnte no
obstacle-to Peace with him, should run so aptly
into the other extreme, and think no cession, how-
ever small, to trifling a cause for plunging into
war against any othei- Power in Europe !' These
are the men too, who. so loudly insisted on
the melancholy fact that another year of war
most ruin our finances----:that we -could not sup-
port. it,-&c. &c. Now truly, the Slave Trade, or
Genoa, or any thing, wrruld, according to-.their
altered opinions, form a good and sufficient ground
for embarking in a new contest !!!

From the Frankfort and Brussels Papers to the7th kllth inst.
" ITALY, JAN. 49.—Lord William Benthick, whom some
public papers stated to be at Rome three weeks ago; did nut
arrive there till the 21st inst. His Excellency has paid a sisit
to Cardinal Paux: and it is believed that he will very shortly
set ant for Naples. For some time past King Joachim has
been-taking many steps to secure himself, the definitive pos-
session of the !March of Ancona, which he appeared to have
retained hitherto, merely as the price of his recognition by
the Pope, which is still withheld. Not only do his Ministers
abroad insist On the addition of a population of 400,000 souls
promised to Naples at the expence of the Roman territory,
hut special agents traverse the Marches to increase the Nea-
politan .party, and to invite the people to send addresses. re-
questing the incorporation of the country with Naples.. The
Prefects assist them in this."

SOUTHWARK ELECTION.—The following is the
State of the Third Day's-Poll up to 12 o'clock
this day :

At 10 o'clock—BAßinAr lO3l
BURDETT # 257

11 o'clock..-13ARcLAY
BuRDETT

12 o'clock—rimtcLAY
BUKDETT

1109
260

...........•
849

1189
481

Majority in fq.vour of Mi.. BA EtCLAY.. 908

BREAD, for the ensuing week, to be athltriced
o:Tcd, in the quarters loaf.

NAVAL: NEWS.

THE STARLING AND MARY ANN EAST INDIAMEN.

• The two ships above mentioned sailed from
India under convoy of his Majesty's ship Desiree,'
and it, will be remembered 'they parted company
on the passage, and 'as the Desiree. fell in with
an American privateer 'the; next day, great fears
were entertained for their safety; they Were for-
tunate enough to escape the enemy, bat the. Sta-
rling, in coming up Channel, went on shore yes-
terday morning, at four o'elock, near Beachv
Head, Where she now lies, with lier masts cut
away. Crew and passengers saved.
The Many Ann has but the following
• arrived,
extract -front Scilly will relate in -.chat state:—
" SCILLY, FEB. 9.----Catne in' the • Ir.:'ry Ann
East Indiinuan, from Madras, last from the Cape,
in great distress : she is one of the shins that
parted from the convoy. When off the Western
Islands, she shipped a sea, that carried away her
wheel, binnacle,. bulk-lieads, and cabin work,
indeed nearly cleared her decks : her fore-mast is
sprung, and pant of her cargo has been thrown
overboard."

. .
„
PORTSMOUTH, r nn. ii,--Arriveti a large fleet
fi•om‘,lhe Downs, and remain, with the outward-.
bound convoys, . at Spithead.—Wind Wesierly:
TORBAY. FEE. I 2 . —Arrived' his AlaiestY's ship
Acteon from a cruize.

Tke'Comparw's ships Bombay, Elphinstone,
Cabalva, Lady Melville, and Neptune, under•con-
voy,of H. M. S. Owen Glendower, arrived in Ma-
lacca Roads the 21st Aug. last, and were to leave
the 23d for Whampoa. •
The:Good Intent, from St. John's to Bermuda,
was taken the 2d ult. in lat. 33. Icing-. 51. by 'die
11.1"Donnugh privateer, of IS guns and 173 mtn.
The following is an extract of a lettter received
from an, Officer in Sir GEORGE COLLIER'S squa-
dron,, dated. the 2d ult.

4, We are now in full chase of the Constitution 'and Con-
gress American frigates ; they sailed from Boston on the 17th
llecember, and we had information of their Sailing six days
afterwards. If this is the route they have taken, I am in
hopes they will soon he Onr little squadron are, the
Leander Si), Neweaste 50, and Acasta 40. You wi!l say we
are. StVOBIZ enough, but it. is reported that. the President is at
sea likewise; and if they:unite, there will be smile broken
heads. We are steering for the Azdres, supposing they would
"cruise off them to intercept 'our East and West ludia kamir.oys
that sail from Britain about Christmas."

[ln our Ship News of yesterday, relative to the capture of
the Adeona and Richmond, the word " no;". in the answer
from.the.Adniiralty,-was inadvertently inserted:] •

THE PRINCE REGENT'S COlTET:—Yeiterday,- at
three o'clOck, a Court was held. at CarltOn-house.
The Privy Council was attrquled by,the Lord Pre-
sident, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of -the.
Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exclietiner, the
First Lord of the Admiralty,' the Master (eneral
of the Ordnance, the Secretaries of 'State for the •
Home- and Colonial Departments, the President
of the Bqa-rd of Control, the Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster; the Master of-the Mint, the
Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Ste vard, .the Master
of the Horse, the Vice Chamberlain, and the
Judge Advocate. The PRINCE proceeded to
prick for Sheriffs for the year ensuing, according
to annual custom. His Royal Highness gave au-
diences to the of HanaoWßY, Viscount SID-
MOUTH, and- the JUDGE ADVOCATE. The hitter
laid before his Royal •llighness the Proceedings
of some Courts. Martial-, and took his Royal
Highness's cdmmands on them.

' Till, PRINCE REGENT will hold a .Privy Coun-
cil on Thursday, to receive the Recorder of Lon-
don's Report of the Convicts under sentence of
death in Ntwgate.
A very melancholy occurrence took place on
board the East India Company's, ship Asia, on
her voyage from Madras.: Major R.--, a• pas-
senger, in a fit. of despondency, tbreur himself out
of the quarter-gallery window, and was drown-
ed. His native servant gave tht first intimation
of the sad event, but too late for any attempt be-
ing made to save him. No motive could be as-
signed for this rash act.

The warfare carrying on in the province of the
Caraccas.by the Royalist- and Independent parties
is of a-description so sanguinary, as to he dis-'
graceful to human nature.. It seems to be a sys-
tematic rule, that which -ever party gets the upper
hand, butchers the other in have cool blood. We
accounts from:Laguira as late as the 10th of De-
cember, and from St. Thomas of the Bth of the
same month, which -communicate various parti-
culars on this distressing subject.
.The inde--
pendent ;party was -not entirely extinct; as had
been supposed ; but they were so far subdued as to
leave the Royalists masters of all the strong places.
The towns of Caraccas, Laguira, Ptterte Cavello,
and various other principal points, are in the
possession of the latter. The Independents are
only- in force at Maturin, under the command of
Ribas. This General has quarrelled. with his
colleague Boliv.ar, and it is to the disunion be-
tween them that the overthrow's and misfortunes
of their party arc ascribed. Such is the .inve-
terate hatred between the two parties, that they
murder each other without remorse: As the
Blacks revolt daily, the Royalists must have're-
inforcements from the mother country, or in time
they will be outnumbered. The Commander at
Laguira is a Mulatto, and the people of that co-
lour pOsSess all the places of profit and power.—
The Whites act-tdwards each other with the same
barbarity as the. people of colour.
Two attempts have, it is ,said, been made by
the Austrians to get possession of .the citadel of
Turin ; one on the 26th January, when they at-
tempted to get into the citadel under the pretext
of executing a soldier. The Commandant of the
citadel refused, adding that they might execute
him without the city. On the.27th,.Priday, they
made a second attempt, alleging that they wished
to place their artillery for safety within the citadel,
as they were going to march off, and could not
care it with them. The reply returned was, that
the citadel was wanted by the garrison for their
own artillery ; hu,t the Commandant would fur-
nish them withlorses to remove it with the Aus-
trian troops. The latter answered that .the snow
was too deep, and that therefore they must re-
main themselves at Turin. On Saturday, the
2Sth, Austrian Officers were seen reconnoitring
the citadel.

• The naval subscription for a monument to the
late Lord MELVILLE- is proceeding with great
suc4e4s,----Edinbursh Courant, Feb. 9.

P Tll V. I

IIkIPROMTTU

On the Scotch Corporation of Barbers petitioning. against

the Property Tax.

The Barbers of Scotland aie,firmly combin'd
To cut off the Property toll;
How strap a, since throughout their employment We End
They levy a Tax by the Poll;