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injurious to the landlord—oppressive to the cultivator—and I
destructive to the capitalist. His Lordship farther said, that
the deficiency of the incomes of the parochial Clergy might
be rude up, if it were necessary, by the incomes of the Deans
and Chapters, which were only a remnant of Popery, and
as such had been denounced by the Paris reformers. All
the trumpery of Golden Prebends, and Brazen Prebends, was
now useless. There might be some pretence for it
when the Chapters had really to elect the Bishops.—
The reply of the Bishop of London, to these observe-
dons of Lord KING, are worthy of note. Witb refe-
rence to the universal distress, the reverend dignitary
admitted the grievances of the country, but it did not justify
the clamour which it was attempted to raise against tithes,
and against the clergy. He ventured to say, that the clergy
had as good a claim to their tithes, as the owners of the
land had to their rents. He must be permitted to state,
what was the total amount of the revenue cf the Church.
The whole, including the incomes of the Deans and
Chapters, if thrown into a common fund, and divided
among the parochial clergy, would not allow to each
of them a stipend of above 3501. a-year. The
Bishop proceeded to enquire, why should the Este-
Wished Church be defrauded of a property, to which it was
entitled, not only by immemorial custom, but by title deeds,
much more ancient than those by virtue of which most
of their Lordships possessed their estates He ven-
tured to say, that the incumbent of Oakham bad a better
title to the tithe of that parish, than the Noble Baron
had to the much larger share of the produce which
he was in the habit of receiving ; and, in conclusion,
the Bishop said that the noble lord, who had introduced
the subject, must have felt, that if there was any truth
in his argument, the spoliation to which it led, must go
much farther than he intended. There are other points
in the proceedings of the House of Lords, to which we
would refer ; but our report is sufficiently condensed, and
at the same time so comprehensive, as to admit of the
speedy command of the subject, by any reader, who feels
an interest in the matter.

In the House of Commons. the proceedings, for many
days, have assumed a business appearance. Little is
spoken ; but a good deal of practical knowledge seems to be
brought into the deliberations of the Honourable Members.
Last night the Truck System was the subject of a long de-
bate. Upon this topic, we would, as a preliminary matter,
refer to the observations of Mr. LIT r L ETO N and Mr. HUME ;
and freely confess, with a morning contemporary, that If
the labourer is a free agent, he can refuse payment in a
shape inconvenient to him : if he is not a free agent, the
same master who forces hie goods on him, can lower his
wages. The oppressive Coal-tax was another subject which
occupied the attention of the Honourable Members; and the
only other important feature in the debate was a query by
Mr. O'CONNELL, who took occasion to ask if the Chief
Baron of the Exchequer had resigned ? The CIIAIVCELLOIt
of the EXCHEQUER said be did not know whether the
Chief Baron was going to resign, but he believed he was not
11:11MEMIEENIR •
CITY. ONE O'CLOCK.
Owing to the dense fog this morning few of the merchants
have made their appearance on Change as yet.
We understand that two expresses have arrived from
Paris ; but their contents are as yet kept secret.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 8214 for the Account,
opened at the same price ; but on its being known that ex-
presses had arrived from Paris, they receded to 821, since
which a slight re-action has taken place, and they are at
present 821 h, with little doing.
It appears that " Swing" has approached London, last
night, and burnt two corn ricks at a Gentleman's farm at
Layton.
In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet.
We have no arrivals of ship letters.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, which were in the early part of the morning
at 821 i, are at present 82i for the Account. In the Fo-
reign market scarce a bargain doing. Russian 89i to 90.

From theMessager do,CVinbres, dated Monday
Toutow, Dzc. 3.—lt is reported to-day that the go-
vernment has given orders in the son-ports to assemble on
the frontiers of the Pyrenees a corps of observation, which
is stated at ten thousand men, to be composed of the marine
of the crews of the ships of the line, who would for a time be
under the orders of the Minister of War. They would be
commanded by ancient Officers of the Infantry of the
Marine, who have been incorporated with them since the
disbanding of the troops of that description. They would
be replaced on board the men of war by means of temporary
levies. The Cygne brig, Captain Longes, sailed yesterday
for Algiers. The Armide, which was to convey Madame
Clausel to Africa, appeals to have received a different desti-
nation ; the Lady of the General in Chief will embark in
the Dordogne. The Cigogne, Captain Barbier, has just
sailed for Algiers.

ALGIERS, Nov. 25.—(Correspondence of the Messager.)
..—The taking of Mediah, the residence of the Bey of Tit-
tery, and the submission of that Bey, will complete the pa-
cification of the whole Regency. In the battle before
Blida we had thirty men wounded: in that which has just
taken place in Mediah we had 100 hors de combat.

PARIS, DEC. 11.—Yesterday, at noon, the King gave a
private audience to his Excellency the Prince de Castel-
cicala, who presented the letters of his Majesty Ferdinand
the Second, King of the Two Sicilies, confirming him in
the poet of Ambassador Extraordinary to the Court of
France. M. de Barante, the Ambassador from the King of
the French to the King of Sardinia, delivered his creden-
tial, on the 30th November. The Ambassador afterwards
paid his respects to the reigning Queen, Maria The, and
the Princesses, her daughters. On the 19th November, all
the troops took the oaths of allegiance and fidelity to the
young King Ferdinad IL This ceremony took place after
a grand review by his Majesty in the Campo Martin. There
were 15,000 men, horse and foot, under arms.

A letter from Courts-ay of the 10th, which we have lying
before us, gives the following details :—" There are 30,000
men in arms in Belgium who have served five years. All
the fortresses are provided with a considerable ►nateriel.
IThere is no want of money ; arms are sent from England,
and some by way of Dunkirk. The park of artillery at
Antwerp is very numerous. The National Guard at Brus-
sels consists of 19,000 men, well armed. The frontier to-
wards the Grand Duchy is destitute of troops, but the oesson
prevents any invasion of that country."

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eould net be removed to the Luxembourg at the same tiasi,