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FELONS' COUNSEL BILL.

Mr. G. LAMB said he would not detain the House
with any observations upon the present occasion, as he un-
derstood that no objection would be made to the introduc-
tion of the Bill. Pie would state, however, that the object
of it was to afford prisoners the right of reply by Counsel,
in cases where the 'Court might• think fit. The Hon.
Member then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to enable
prisoners to inal(e a full defence by Counsel under certain
regulationa.—Leave was given.
Mr. WODEHOUSE gave notice of his intention to
move on a future day, for a Select Committee to inquire
into the means for a better and more efficient regulation of
Parochial Returns.
BOROUGH POLLS BILL.

Colonel DAVIES moved the order of the day for the se.
cond reading of the Borough Polls Bill.
Mr. JONES opposed the Bill. He thought that clause
was particularly objectionable, which curtailed the period
of voting from fifteen (lays to six, because it affected the
rights of those who sent them into that house. Besides,
there would he a great difficulty in identifying the voters at
the different booths. There was another provision which
empowered the returning officer to close the poll on any
day when 200 voters had not polled, a provision which in-
trusted too great a power to such persons. Upon the
whole, he trusted that the Hon. Gentleman would pause
and allow the present Session to pass before he brought in
tii,e Rah _ _ _

Colonel PANTIES said he was surprised that the Hon.
Gentleman should complain of the want of time, when
the Bill had been already three months before the House.
He was persuaded that six days would La found sufficient
to aver all the purposes of borough elections, and under
these circuzaztances would persist in pressing his motion.
Lord LOWTHER said he was as anxious as any one
to facilitate the taking of polls at elections, but the preient
Bill would, in most cases, have the effect of limiting the
elections to two days, and was in its general tendency inju-
rious.
Mr. BARING thought the Bill was calculated to pro-
duce entire confusion in the proceedings at elections. It
gaye great power to returning officers, a class of persons
who o4ht not to In, intrusted with much power ; and the
plan of diviiii4g potinties into different districts would add
greatly to the expena2, hy obliging the candidate to have
confidential agents in every siiatrict. He objected to the
limitation of the poll to six days, utiiich lie contended was
not it sufficient time, and thought that in many cpntested
elections it would often be impossible to poll 200 voters in
a day.
Alr. ROSS stated several clauses in the Bill which he
considered objec,tionable, and would render it inoperative.
He concluded by niavii4g, as an ainenq.lnept, that the Bill
be read this day six monti:s.
-Mr. BERNAL felt there were so many jutrieacies in die
ena-47,!,ents of this Bill, that it could not fiii to puzzle any
returning 4,4,,er in attempting to.discharge his duty under
the provisions of i.:. :n his mind the fill required priming
with no sparing hand, fie
,several of its clauses were so
14,glily obnoxious, that he considered i,t, unlikely it could be
ever ta,r,:ied into effect.
Mr. NO*Tit rpm.i(lered it desirable that a Bill similar
in principle to the present !hoold be introduced relative to
the mode of conducting elections ip !Maps]. lie regretted
that this species of Bill was even more necesavy ip jreland
than here; and mentioned an instance of a 'Member, a
hisoppgoonnedn opponent
on:: edrurp,:.?:.
fza,e,nd of his, who had been obliged to keep open the poll
on his eikcgo.Tl for 13 days, during the first four ofsvhich
single ga.,l!niinnqann,inaen.d not polling a
11,Irlf,!tdhae rsepin
. BRIGHT objected to the till; as it appe7',;-cd to him
1 wefttain such inconsistent andexceptionable ' •
minutia'
that he keikirtied it was unwise
voting
attempt to amend it.
For there reason;, V Dreferred
as it would get rid of the ...
rr,titlm,g for
Sessionthe amendment,
Mr. GORDON said,,ttiii
:),y.ii.14., altogether.f in d
fault
i with the Bill for dein,* too „mob, fl'e ;,Q47:pocL
..4 ...p t
•bee4ti•?, ;4 'lid too little. Although he 'lapproved ojf-tlii.
principle a tii9e Nlli he should, because lie thought the
Bill inefficient, support ttsa ci3etidrnent.
Air. D. IV. HARVEY thought :11';:l RiA wa.s a very fair
exeiair.ification of the difficulty so generally experiencrd ;n
attempting ief7
maks a measure palatable to every one.-
The Bill certainly warlf.;Od in principle, though ill shaped
ar4l defective in its PrOcatiC'6o'fficle; ''es.troyed, also, the re-
sponsibititi of the returning r., who tiy ~pp often a
partisan at electii;i;.;> If it Pas'°." .:, el.t.r.ct %."414 Le. p-,
own all the Petro.'lN
render it absolutely necessarV to hl'inf.'i"
• tied rst
politan freeholders and :voters in sf
ii
,instance, even to
the most distant parts of the kingdom, w/orn would prove
enormously and often veto needlessly tspensive
Mr. SYKES hardly knew whether, in the treatment
the Bill had received this evening, the qcr. Mover had
been treated worst lay leis friends o,r lifs foes. He admitted
that the Bill ought to lie siMpMed. V.ith that view he
hoped leave would be given by the tio;,:ae tools Hon• and
:pant Friend to revise the Bill, and produce it id .:. N.lVre
iine?teept;oh.al,ile form.
Atr..d. N,17. yV:":41; approved of the provisions of the
pill, ,0 far as they relates! to
,41-4;nwering the voting.
officer to remove the poll to niore convenient ptaces, it
Peass'rY, and )imitiu, the duration of the i)olls in plan
P r

boroughs. He Ihl not feel the weight of the objections
which had been urged.
Mr. ROBINSON felt the objection as to limiting the
polling days to six in number so strong, that he would
acquiesce in the propriety of the amendment, although
friendly to the general principle of the Bill.
Sir J. NEWPORT believed the evil intended to be re-
dressed by this Bill was inherent in the system, and not to
be reached by any thing short of a positive enactment to
prevent the rights of the actual resident freeholders and
persons having property in the county or city from being
invaded and rendered valueless by the out-voters at elec-
tions. That corrupt influence was generally more easily
discernible in that class of voters, no person who had the
misfortune to experience in his own person the conse-
quences of a contested election would deny. He would
ronfine the right of voting in boroughs to persons either
residing or having property within them; for withotlt
wine such enactment, it would be quite impossible to have
any security against corruption.
The House then divided, when there appeared__
For the amendment... 2O
Against it 23
Majority
On our re-entering the gallery, the SPEAKER was put-
ting the question that he should now leave the Chair.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to Oppose the mo-
tion, saying, that he could not give his consent to the Bill
which was at once egregious injustice and egregious ab-
surdity. He then entered into a minute investigation of
clauses, for the purpose of showing that it was calculated
not only to multiply the expense, but to increase the con-
fusion of elections. . .

Mr. C. W. WYNN objected to the Course taken by the
opponents of this Bill, which, to say the least of it, was
most unusual. After an amendment had been negatived
for deferring the consideration of a Bill to that day six
months, it was not very usual to call upon the House
within ten minutes afterwards to reconsider its determina-
tion by putting a question, the same in substance, but dif-
fering a little from it in form. He expressed himself fa-
vourable to the principle of the Bill.
Lord LOWTHER objected to the Bill entirely.
Mr. ROSS defended the conduct of the Attorney-Ge-
neral against the imputations of the Right Hon. Gentle-
man, who had said that his opposition to this Bill was
unusual. Surely Hon. Members were not bound to let
this Bill go into another Committee, if the only object of
the gallant Officer was to alter the Bill in it in such a
manner as to make an entirely new Bill.
Colonel DAVIES entreated the Home to let the Bill
go into a Committee. Hon. Gentlemen did not so much
object to the principle of the Bill as to its clauses. The
Noble Lord did object to this Bill when it was before the
Committee up stairs.
Lord LOWTHER—No; because the Bill up stairs was
very different from the present Bill.
Colonel DAVIES—It was the same Bill, except the
first clause, which, he admitted, had been altered.

Lord LOWTHER—Why, the second and third clauses
are altered too.

Colonel DAVIES still insisted that such points would
be better considered in the Committee.

Mr. BRIGHT was hostile to the Bill, and believed that
no alterations which a Committee could make in it would
reconcile him to it.

Mr. JONES complained that the Gallant Colonel had
taken part of a clause, which he had suggested to him, hut
had omitted the only material part of it. He agreed with
some of the principles of this Bill, but could not give his
consent to it in its present shape.
Mr. SYKES shortly supported the Bill.
The question was then put, that the SPIAXER do leave
the Chair, and was carried is the affirmative.

The House resolved into a Committee. After some dis-
cussion, finding it difficult to proceed with so few Members
in the House, Colonel DAMES agreed that the Chairman
should report progress, and ask leave to bit again, which
was assented to.
The House then resumed.
EAST RETFORD BILL.

Mr. TENNYSON postponed the Committee upon this
Bill to Monday next, with an understanding that on that
day it should have the preference of all other business.
On the motion of the LORD-ADVOCATE, the Scotch Gaol
Bill was read a second time, an then referred to a Select
Committee.

BANKS (IRELAND.)
Mr. S. RICE gave notice, that on Wednesday next he
would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws
relating to banks in Ireland.
The other Orders of the, Day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at Nine o'Clock.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—Captain Byng,
in St. James's-square, from York ; Major and Mrs. Moore,
in Regent-street, from the Continent; Countess of Rothes
and the Ladies Leslie, at Cook's Hotel, Albemarle-street,
from their seat in Surrey; James Trotter, Esq. at ditto,
from his seat in Surrey; Captain and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, in
Brook-street, from Paris; Colonel Munro and Major
Turner, at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the
North ; Robert Bruyers, Esq. at ditto, from Dover; the
Rev. J. Tomkinson, at ditto, from Oxford ; Sir Robert
Bolton, Bart. at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from
Cheltenham ; Thomas Page, Esq. at ditto, from his seat
in Surrey ; Hon. Mr. Mills and family, at the 13ath Hotel,
Arlington-street, from Yorkshire ; J. Stone, Esq. at ditto,
from Worcestershire ; Mrs. Polworth, at ditto, from India ;
Mr. and Mrs. Dupree, at ditto, from Bath ; Major and
Mrs. Coles, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from
Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Scourfield, at ditto, from Chel-
tenham ; Sir Edward and the Misses Kynaston, at ditto,
from Suffolk ; Captain Wills Johnson and Mrs. Johnson,
at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, from Bath; Mr. and
Mrs. Henson, at ditto, from the West Indies ; M. La-
maine, at Syinmons's lintel, from Paris.

DEPARTURES.—The Hon. H. Lindsay, and
the Misses Burrell, for their seat in Hants; Lord Thomas
Cecil, from the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington-street,
for Brighton ; Colonel Dwyer, from ditto, for Ireland ;
Captain and Mrs. Parsons, from Conuaught-place, for
Brighton ; John Taylor, Esq. from Symmons's Hotel (late
Jordan's), St. J.,nes's-street, for his seat in Worcester-
shire; Captain Wilson, from the Bath Hotel, for Dover;
Mr. and Miss Foreman, from ditto, for Hants ; Captain
and Mrs. Storey, from ditto, for Bath ; Colonel Gordon
(of Cairness) and Captain Leith, from Fladong's Hotel, to
the Continent; Rev. Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Fell :from
ditto, ou a tour.

ARRIVALS AT BATH.—sir H. and Lady
Mathias, Sir C. and Lady Constable, Lady Bush, Lady
Tuite, Col. Byres, Cipt. Porter, Dr. and Mrs. Bell, Dr.
Wilson ; Rev. Messrs. Griffiths, Ward, Curtis, Coney,
DiiiPan, Palmer, Turner ; Mr. and Mrs. Salmon, Hayden,
Savage, Hill, Struneday, Hampton, Everett, Morris,
Spooner, Ramsden, Strong, MaiNVell, Wetherly, Gren-
ville, Etners, Newman ; Messrs. Entwisle, Moore, Ward,
Selway, King, Wolseley, Lovell, Fowns, 'Mortimer, M‘Don-
!tell, *image, Clutterbuck, Ganasford, Harrison, Long,
Lee, Willy, Wilk, Watson, Dynely, Rnasell, Dampier, Ro-
binson, Edw4rds, Dill, 41anaford, Parsons, Elden, Shep-
pard,. •
`Winter, g4g!andp Barclay, Tottenham, Gye, Lovell ;
Mistresses savage, Ilertiet Wirkham, Upton, Probyp, Same
her, Bertie, Jackson, Roe, Markham, Sealy, Toole; Misses
Savage, Griffith., Chilcot, Jane, Blosse, Wood, Harly,
Cowdry, Morri, Newman, &c. &c.
ARMVALS AT CHELTENHAM.—EarI and
Countess of Cavan, yiscp4o Deerhurst, Sir John and
Lady SherbrOoke, Sir Richard Plasket, the Very Rev. the
Dean of Exeter, Rev.-W. AutChinson, Rev. J. Bateman,
Rev, C. Hill, Rev. E. SOUthotiSe, Rev. Mr. Griffith,
Major Hartle, Jatnes England, Captain Hilton,
Captain Meredith, RS., Captain pnren, Pent. Carnie,
Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Sheppard, Mr. and Mra. Nicholls,
Mr. and Mrs. Littledale, Mr. and Mrs. Bateman, Messrs.
R. Allen, T. Scott, C. Holland, Wintle, Harvey, Reads,
E. A'. 4euk, fierTnessey, R. D. Cole?W•
Gray, Barbi Can; dilace, C. 'rif'Garel, Giller, W. Smith,
Jones, Mangles, Gunstone, Thwaitee, .t. Barlow, J. B.
Lloyd, A. Rietti, Hillman, Jenkins, Gleede, Fitzherbert,
Sherwood, Paul, Broomley, Price ; Mistresses Browne, E.
ißgl:i:7pn, Barclay, Bromley, Stoughton, Colonel Carnie,
13kitlail; Rosa, 1.97, Scott, Warren
Misses Jebb, J. Jebh, C. GOidon,'Cirnie, Boseawen,
KIDDERMINSTER WEAVERS.—At a Meet-
ing of the Magistrates of the Lower Divisibn of Halfshire
Hun4red, he et Kidderminster, an order was made by
them upon the 'Tre'asityei tor the ponnti, (flrider a late
Act of Nrliarnent) to pay Mr. BOWYER, a carpet manu-
facturer, the whole Of the'damageS Atte to his building and
furniture by a mob in March last. This proceeding will
convince fl;,-)ntied workmen that their riotous pro-
ceedings will not cause any i45,:3,3 jo thpir masters. The
weavers are deceived by a Committee, who publish misre-
presentations and scurrilous abuse against the masters, in
(74eY 4ritate the weavers against them ;'it is the
interest of tlt!ts Comp-44:4,
who are well paid, to keep the
men out of employ as long as they COL Si:me of the
wqp,n, have applied for parish 'assistance ; this was
refused, bit tiot time an offer was made them of
c9.n,tar4 work, ko be viaranteecito them ften to twelve
ora: leat twelve
years of age, otay oy working twelv
ratan,vit4 child from
trAntlg, witerOiy
hpura, get five shil-
lings per day, without any deductions; this they refused,
preferring going about the country begging, leaving their
families at home in a wretched state.— Worcester Journal.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the llfessager des Chambres, May 14.)

PARIS, MAY 13.—Extract of a letter written off
Algiers, May 2, 1828 :
" The naval force of the Regency of Algiers is
entirely. dismantled. The frigate and four corvettes
had suffered so much in the action of October 4,
1827, in their attempt to escape, that they are in
very bad condition.
" The only vessel in good condition now remain-
ing in Algiers, is a frigate of sixty guns, launched
some time ago; the Algerines are destitute of all
the necessary means to complete it.
" Of the three Corsairs which they had at sea,
they have only one left, which is now pursued on
all sides. One of the twe others was sunk by the
Astrea frigate, and the other succeeded in returning
by running along the coast in the night; it has
been dismantled, and the Captain cashiered, for
having done nothing on his cruise, because he was
constantly pursued by our cruisers."

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.-SITTING OP MAY 13.

The Older of the Day was the general debate on
the Project of Law to authorize the Minister of Fi-
nance to inscribe in the Great Book of the public
debt to the amount of four millions of renter,

M. CHARLES DUPIN said, that if he could think
the dignity, the safety, and the independence of the
country and the throne endangered, he would de-
chtre that 80,000,000 was too small a sum to assist,
as their zeal would prompt them, in the defence of
such precious interests ; but that now only measures
of mere precaution are in agitation relative to events
that are going to take place on a theatre very re-
mote from us. We are quite in the dark respecting
the part that it is wished that France shall perform,
and the services which it will have to render to a
cause which is unknown to us. According to the
communications made to the Chambers, the Mi-
nistry had received, on the 7th February, the
Turkish Manifesto, and declared on the 7th March
that all hope of a reconciliation appeared to be dis-
pelled by it; yet on the 12th March they pre•
sent the Budget for 1829, by which the army and
navy are on the peace establishment, so that it seems
peace was expected to continue for 1828 and 1829.
This morning the Moniteur announces a levy of
60,000 men, of the contingent of 1827, in addition
to the measures of the contingent of 182.5 and 1826,
which allowing only 10,000 for each, will make a
total of 80,000 men. We are now called on for a
credit of 80 millions, when a deficit of 200 millions
has been announced to us. The Speaker declared,
that with this addition the deficit would amount to
300 millions in 19 months, even if they remained on
the footing of peace; he could not contemplate with •
out alarm such an addition to the public burdens.
He wished the credit of 80 millions to be divided
into two parts—one to be granted immediately, the
other at a future period.
The MINISTER of FOREIGN AFFAIRS said, I
hoped that the Chamber would have been satisfied
with the explanations given by the Reporter of the
Committee. The Ministers will always be ready
to give every desirable information which is con-
sistent with their duty-7-there are cases when pru-
dence commands silence. Being charged with the
task of watching over the interests of the glory of
France abroad, I accept the responsibility which so
noble a task imposes on me ; but this very respon-
sibility gives the King's Ministers a right to claim
a degree of confidence, which shall leave at their dis-
posal the employment of the means, the effects of
which can be imputed to them only on this condi-
tion. Important modifications in foreign affairs,
since I had the honour to speak to you on the sub-
ject, have made it my duty to calculate all contin-
gencies—to call the attention of the King and his
Council to the possible consequences of anew situation,
and to show that at all events our first care should be to
place our military force on a footing of relative equality
with those of other Powers : and it is to attain this
object that the Ministers of War and Marine have
judged it indispensible to ask for an additional Vote
of Credit. Demands so moderate as those which
have been made, and so fully justified by circum-
stances, must justify the Ministry in your eyes, and
cannot excite any surprise. We have published the
documents which we have received from St. Peters-
burgh, announcing the grounds of the war, and fix-
ing the conditions, the fulfilment of which may
limit its duration. Already the Russian troops have
passed the frontiers, and the Emperor himself is on
the way to place himself at the head of his army.
Certainly we cannot deny Russia the right of en-
forcing the execution of its treaties with the Porte :
yet, without desiring to exaggerate the consequences
of this separate action, it must be felt that the re-
spective situation of the Powers, with regard to
Turkey, now requires from them some explanation
on the mode of carrying into execution the treaty
which is common to them. All we are permitted to
say is, that his Majesty's Allies declare that they in-
tend, like him, to keep their engagements, and to ob-
tain the objects indicated by the Treaty of the 6th
of Jury. France, for its part (and till the common
intervention can be combined with the separate ac- '
tion of one of the contracting powers), cannot behold
with indifference the protracted misfortunes of the
Greeks, to whom this intervention of the three great
Powers has given a right to entertain better pros-
pects. The solicitude of the King, in concert
with the wishes so often and so strongly expressed
in the two Chambers, will take care that measures
be taken to relieve, at least, so much misery. In
this point of view, we hope that humanity will never
have any cause to reproach the policy of France;
and we are assured, Gentlemen, that the succour
and the support, whatever be their nature, afforded
by the Government to that unfortunate people, will
never be placed by you in the number of sacrifices
which can merit your reproaches, or give you cause
for regret.—After some further observations, the
Minister concluded by saying, that Europe had its
eyes fixed on their deliberations, and that in the
midst of some differences on points of internal ad-
ministration, alight to offer the improving spec-
tacle of the sincere union of the Chambers with
the King, in every thing that interests the country.
This speech made a profound impression, and
was received by a considerable and long-continued
agitation—the proceedings were in a manner inter-
rupted.. Several Members on the left called for the
closing of the debate, and seemed to wish the (11'4es-
tion to be put to the vcite art, once,
M. Bignon baying spoken against the measure,
the Minister of Marine, in his reply, used the follow-
ing expressions :
"It is said, we should have our eyes to the Pe-
ninsula; we hear of troubles, of usurpation. Gen-
tlemen, the reports of journals are not official arti-
cles. The Government knows that the queen of
Portugal is in Brazil, acid tilt}; at Lisbon there is
only tie
Regent
rs. a 191hxfa
mbPa iotdre Portugal." gda
adjourned,
os.
rdnl
util,e Tracey having
spoken against the project, and M. Bessieres, in fa-
yoll:fleosfs c

GERMAN PAPERS.
SMYRNA, APRIL 21.—The Turks, made prisoners
by the Greeks within these few months, in the
INlorea and the Archipelago, about 700 in y,umber,
and who aTe qt 4 libeTty by Count Cap &Istria,
have arrived here;. they are' all new clothed, and
cannot sufficiently extol the treatment they have re-
ceived during their captivity. Admiral de Rigny,
who came here a few days ago from Poros, ac-
quainted our authorities that the Greek Governmcnt
had declared the ports of Candia, ,
Coron Patra, and'Pre.ves a state of blockade,
IV,lodon, Narttrin,
and that' Admiral Sachtury Lad been ordered, with
eight men of war, to Preresa, to enforce the blockade
in those seas; the
.4,101.41 Failed an the 26th of
March to Pragomestre, with instructions to Genet*
Church, who is no longer Generalissimo of the
Greek military force; but 114 s only the command in
chief of the Greek troops in Western Greece, as
Prince Ypsilanti has in Eastern Greece : the latter is
said to be ordered, with 4,000 or 5,000 regular troops
to Salonithi, and is supported in his expation by the

LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1828.

We received at a late hour, this afternoon,
(by express) the Gazette de France, dated yes-
terday, by the extracts from which it will be
seen that the Emperor of RUSSIA had set
out from his Capital, and passed ,Riga on the
23d of April, on his way towards Warsaw, from
which he would proceed at once for the army.
The opinion entertained by competent judges is
that the campaign will be a very short one on
account of the immense preparations made by
Russia, and the numerical force of her armies,
urged on by the prospect of plunder, and the
national desire of revenge. The troops of Tur-
key, however enthusiastic, have no chance against
the disciplined legions of the Emperor NICHO-
LAS, who will not stop short, of Constantinople,

now that his armies are -in motion.' The
SULTAN will now find that submission to the
Treaty of the 6th July will be of no avail—
so far as Russia is concerned—for NICHOLAS,
having once drawn the sword, will look to other
objects than the independence of Greece. By
the Gazette de France of Wednesday, we are
given to understand that the Russians have ac-
tually crossed the Pruth—and the Danube,
and are in full march for Constantinople,
while other accounts say that_ the opening of the
campaign is delayed a little longer. It is said
that 250,000 men are in motion towards the
Turkish frontier—that the Black Sea is
covered with ships—that Odessa is filled with
provisions, and that the greatest energy pre-
vails
everywhere in making preparations for war.
Nor is it in the East of Europe alone that
preparations are making ; the French Minister
for Foreign Affairs says that since he had
last the honour to address the Chamber—" Im-
portant modifications in foreign affairs have'
made it my duty to calculate all contingences, to
call the attention of the KING and his Council
to the possible consequences of a new situation,
and to show that at all events our first care should
be to place our military force on a footing of
relative equality with those
moderate as those
and it is to attain this objectC'f ottilitear Powers;
and theo rsMi-
nisters of War and Marine have judged it
indispensable to ask for an additional -vote
of credit. Deenemma:ddes,
so
and so fully justified by
which
bveircumstances, must justify the Ministry in your
eyes, and cannot excite any surprise. We
.have
published the documents which we have re-
ceived from, Saint Petersburgh, announcing
the grounds of the war, and fixing- the con-
ditions, the fulfilment of which may limit its
duration. Already the Russian troops have passed
the frontiers, and the EMPEROR himself is on the
way to place himself at the head of his army."
He then points with prophetic truth to the
situation of the Greeks, and anxiety of the
French Government to take prompt mea-
sures for deciding the question of Greek
Independence. In fact, we have no doubt
that the army collected at Toulon, and the
naval preparations in the various arsenals of
France, are directed to some important event
in the East.

The following are extracts from the Gazette
de France of Wednesday. The Funds were
on that day :—Five per Cents. 103 f. 15c. Three
per Cents. 70f. 30c.
The Russian armies have crossed the Pruth, and will
also luss the Danube, and no doubt are in full march for
cutistautinaple. Instead of 4.0,000 being sufficient to in-
vade Moldavia and Walachia, 250,000 men are in motion.
The Black Sea is covered with ships. Odessa is filled with
provisions, and preparations for war are making there
with the greatest energy. The sword 15 drawn, and the
Turksmust give in their submission at the head quarters
of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army, should
they desire to comply with the Treaty of the 6th July,

as well as promise the payment of the expenses Of the
war, to stop the progress of their invaders.
It appears that Ibrahim Pacha has received instructio°
that should he find himself hard pressed, to march to the
North, and unite with Redschid
BERLIN, MAY 5.--A Cabinet Courier has ArriyB4l lr
rect from Constantinople. The despatches, which he VI
from M. Canitz, are supposed to be of the greatest ita.
portance. On their immediate reception frequent co.fer.
ences were held between Count, Bernstoff and the Sir
sters of the great Powers. Count Alopeus, the R
' oitt,
Ambassador, sent off his Secretary, as courier, to 0,
Petersburgh, with important despatches, supposed to
the Treaty.
ot
TRIESTE, APRIL 30.—1 t is stated from Zante shit
English ship of the line and a brig, having trooV'
board, sailed for Cerigo.
TOULON, MAY 6.—We have now in the Afediterrae
87 ships (King's), of all descriptions :—Six
line, 19 frigates, 22 corvettes, six gabars, and S 4 br3
the crews of which consist of 17,000 sailors.

mote importai
mere extent

surprised in a
session of the
and taking pm
stantinople.
tions and appr
si.Y that her vii
inee in posse!
lion to
Smyrna

The territory a
qu'red• by its late
triaing importa
liskitchivan, whi
flat formerly m
"de Peniian Empi
tilesin superficia
tt, Wurtemburg.
10,000 souls, s
anaut as many
Weizoar. If th
utter for parts
of these provins
istist important
•ths• With the
Possession of the
°lthe chief Patria
J?Ya extraordinary
41 alto in great est
sidered to be equ
Turkey there are
iliaa Christians, at
won of Etchmi
46„P10, and what
:gas of the capil
adopt, in COoo
PartY. In a mil
loritory is perhs
,4tained Mount
ipaSuding Mount A
circumstances el
talPsa Ersernm, wit
Ant way is from T
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:
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4t•
eemely fertile c
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to Scutary,
(Nicol
lusiated with this
Ztet, Tournefort,
2stier, Gardanne,
'velus that an art
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Ong that road.
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'V, merely crosse

The Times of this morning alludes to an 3.118:
which is abroad, that the conference between the
two Houses, in the Painted Chamber, is if,
posed for the purpose of obtaining a repeal°
those laws, whereby any negotiation with thei
Church of Rome subjects the inhabitants
this land to severe pains and penalties. I:;°
Cotemporary observes, that Mr. PEEL is nv,
expected to oppose the conference ; and, indeed'
in the present' state of the Catholic Quer
tion, we will candidly own that it is to hi°
we chiefly look for the adoption of 610°
happy mode of reconciling conflicting
nions—as occurred with regard to the Ile
of the Test and Corporation Acts. 'Pe
decision of the House of Commons had, °
that case, the effect of inducing the Right H°
Gentleman to modify his own views of Pe
subject : and though the majority on the Cr
tholic Question was unfortunately not so decisiS'
yet the solemn and deliberate vote of one Branch
of the Legislature should always have due in,;
fluence with the Members of his MAJEsO
Government.

Whatever may be our hopes and expectatiO
on the subject, it is clear that there is no cepi
tainty of the Bill of former years passing througl
the House of Lords. We are therefore induce"
to seek for some modification, which may rent
der it palatable to that august assembly, sono-0
whose opinions seem coeval with their pate°,
of Nobility, though it may be doubted how 9;
the heroes of Cressy or Poictiers would 00Ig
suitable legislators for the nineteenth century. a
The modification which we have before stste:sj
as appearing likely to produce the most bene6°
results, with the least sacrifice of principle, is 14'
lieving the Irish members, and them only, frca:
taking the oath of supremacy. We are no
.
going to argue in favour of the abstract pri'lct
pies of compromise and partial legislation, 04).,
have we the fear of the POPE before our eyes, a
but when it is notorious that multitudes in the 104
are terrified out of their wits at the very thought
of his Holiness and his Bulls (which are, 14
meanmyoostf the anti-Catholic
iathouladicrpopeteditis,
o)nevirseb:deloievteoal:
b
that as the case will not come up, to our notO
of legislation, our legislation must descend to 0.
necessity of the case.

EXPR

From the Gaze
dyed ed this day fr
ita to presume tl
r°°Ps will be re
'll)te recent, fn
44
te that the Se
Grand Vizie
teklation from
4141/1 quiet, as
,
\IYIENNA,
°ldavia and
441 do not aim(
:44 army, whirl
:1,4,:bn every naots
t:lt's will arriNa
ier has bri
LlP'ia of the 4
t:l4aietT
r,, Amt.
,ourt, wit
post flatteril
th:gibs, M 4
gifting the I
is thr
thtt°Pe and in
Nitesult ; the
Ltilltvent is for
tilktt to divine
titt tne Emper
I April,
,strived from
Th
e Gazette s
'it eves a Su
tainthave passe(
'the Proclar

The constant argument with those who rs'l
about danger to the Constitution, is that though
at first, perhaps only 20 or 30 Catholics might
get into Parliament, this leaven, as they nlO
strangely concede, is sufficient to leaven the
whole mass, and ultimately the whole of tile
Members would become converts to 01
Faith. It is perhaps difficult to see whi
this rapid conversion should go on more
than at present, as Parliamentary speechei'
are seldom theological—but unquestionably the
apprehension exists.
Now, by our plan, this objection at least 10
got rid of—the maximum is fixed at 100, and
as the greater part of the property in Ire-
land belongs to Protestants—there is no
chance of half that number ever being t'e
alloy in our orthodox Parliament, which may' to
be sure, consist of every other persuasion Oder
the sun, whether Jews, Turks, or Infidels; but
then—they don't believe in transubstantiation'

qlii‘ appears
11Q,„,41-ay, that ti
fotllities up to
4ders to ma
h 1),
follow in
'143 of the 9i

It is very easy to say that this makes an Wl'
fair distinction, to the prejudice of the English
Catholics, who have fully as strong claims on the
justice and favour of Parliament. But is o°t
this a mistake ? Would not their condition, in-
stead of being worse, be actually improved ?''
Might not many of them sit for Irish boroughs'
and is not that better than being altogether ex-
cluded ? We would have no exclusion at all,
but if half the English nation are insane cut
the subject, and would be satisfied by such
a security against the preponderance of Popery
in Parliament, should four-fifths of the whole be
refused—as if the chance of getting the remaining,
fifth was thereby impaired ?
In this view we are also borne out by iln-
logy. Did not the Irish Catholics alone obtain
the elective franchise. In this country, Catholic°
are a mere sprinkling, and therefore may be o"
pressed
(so think their oppressors)'
but
withlrelandsafetyit
is a far different case. it is
a Catholic country, and if the laws here shot."'"
have reference only to the majority of the
population, surely on every principle of justice
they should have the same in Ireland.
But if any thing on a more enlarged scale
can be obtained by negotiation with the Pol"N'
minorall
e. Wes of relief must sink into the
Catholic a
shad
only hope, with the Times, that
the Priesthood will be prevented from
marring the plans
measure. They may have been
instrumental in preventing the Irish from
still a
greater excesses and actual anarchy,
but it is their obvious interest to consult their
importance by perpetuating that state of things,
during which spiritual power is the substitute for
civil government, and as such they should have no
voice in enacting laws far the Catkolic laity °I.
Ireland.

kral Church
4144° Colonel F. I
kha
btrY. talents, wok
Wa Ypsilant
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t,t),(l cavalry ;
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Saloaichi a
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(11''t. Greece, or
declared the
13.)1;11tria has s
tc,Vll4lss be one
Ypsilanti, ar
It! Naelusios.
iti),lghness tllf
weeks.
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111
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of Spee
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sem
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qi°iotY Ilti: het eqcual
414t.4 of ."Y bad
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The Nuremberg Correspondent of the S hers„"e v
inst. contains what, we presume, to be a verff te oppc,rTthi, -c,,ivoesre
correct estimate of the great advantages Whirl' kreat 41',,itYr wl
",rt' 'egree
Russia has obtained by the Persian Nvtir.."' eof blius4 of AL
Reckoning by the German Principalities,
has added a kingdom to her already ii th"
tly he ole
manse Empire But her conquests are .tnit",„l