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Member for Aberdeen, had not objected to a tystem of fair pro-
motion, but to a system of excessive promotion that was founded
en a principle of favouritism. It would not be decult to shew,
by a reference to particular cases, that the selection of indivi-
duals bad been influenced by the motives and principles ascribed
by his Flon. Friend.
Sir J. YORKE concurred in the view which Mr. Ellice bad
taken of this subject.
Mr. FI.LICE observed, that he was aware that his Hon.
Friend (Mr. Hume) would have experienced much greater sa-
tisfaction in seeing this extreme reduction applied to the army,
rather than the naval force.
Mr. Ti LIME said, that the amount 'of the vote In question was
X 964,000. and it would have been less by £150,000. had it not
been for these late promotions.. The number of them was 428, ex-
c:: Jiog by 20 the entire number of Li:attnants now afloat.—
W.,. not this an instance of the perversion and abuse of Mi-
nisterial pat ronagt• ? lie was willing to move fora return of the •
persons who had been thus promoted, ...nd of their services, if
there should be no objection on the other siie.
Sir G. COCKBUItN stated that the promotions had been
picked out for long service. The Lords of the Admiralty took
the First Lieutenants, and consequently promoted the. Lest

ll:amen.
:Mr. BF:NNET explained. The item was then voted.
The following items were also voted :
For Superannuation Pensions and Allowances for
Naval (Lacers
F.r Widows of Officers on the Compassionate List
To make god peficisncies in the Fund for the Main.
tcnat:cc of the Children of Commissioned and War.

21,200
7,000

105,000

rant o!ficers
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For the Superannuation of Clerks and Persons em-
ployed in the Naval Department - 126,772
For building Ships in Nlercliam.' Yards - - 700,000
A long conversation ensued upon the motion for granting to
his Majesty the sum of £154,020, to defray the expense of im-
provements in the Dock-yards—
Air. 11 I:ME, having objected to the lateness of the hour,
moved to report progress, and the Resolution was withdrawn.
FIVE rElt CENT. STOCKHOLDERS.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER begged leave,
before the Chairman reported progress, to vote the sum of
X 2,760,000. to pay off and discharge such holders of Navy 'Five
per Cent. Stock as had signified their dissent upon the question
of receiving Four per Cent. Stuck. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man accordingly propo,,ed a grant of that sum.
Mr. HUM E wished to know from what fund the amount was
to be taken ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, it would
be taken out of the general revenue of the country, and provided
for when th.• .piestion came again before the House. The Reso-
lution was then agr.cd tn.
Mr. BROO DEN having reported progress, the House re-
sunied, the Pt port was received, and the Committee ordered to
sit ac.ain on Wednesday..
Mr. Vi' A LLACE stated, that no discussion would take place
on the Warehousing Dill before the holidays.
The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House
adjourned at One °TWA.
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EVENING STALL

TUESOA Y. MARCH 19, 1522.
STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.
The Market opened this morning at 801 Consols for the Ac-
count, and they have been dono at I, with a great deal of busi-
ness transacting. The S per Cents. have been done at 104, but
are now 1031. The Market has been crowded during the morn-
ing. The appearance has been improved by the idea that Minis-
ters will now carry their plan into execution without auy resist-
ar.ee or obstruction.—Current prices :
3 I•'N. Cent. Consols 801/4 79 74
5 Fer Cent. la 103%—India Bonds 535. 555. pre.'
Exchequer Gills of £l,OOO, 3s. s. 4s. 3s.
Do. small 2s. is. pre.—.—Babk for Acct. 2501/2 1/4 1/2
Consols for Acct. 80% 1 14.
ROY AL EXCHANGE.
There is a good deal of business in the Foreign Stocks, parti-
cularly in Spanish Bonds, which have advanced two per Cent.
this morning, having been done at 671; Prussian Bonds 901;
Neapolitan 5 per Cents. 71 ; Danish Bonds 86*.

Pt/multi,: I.OAN or £5,000,000, CONTRACTED ST MR. N. N.
ROTIIiCIIILD LX LONDGN.The Half-yearly Dividend of this Loan
falling due on Monday, the Ist of April next, will be paid as
i:sti4l on that and every succeeding day, between the hours of
;on and Two, at the Counting-house of the aforesaid, in New-
el:at, St. Switlin's-lane.

We are sure the Public will rejoice to hear that
some alterations are meditated by Ministers in regard
to Public-house licensing. The system of favouritism
and oppression which at present exists has been so
ut.zen and so clearly exposed, not only in the recent
conviction of three Magistrates, but in the evidence
adduced before a Committee of the House of Com-
mons, that the most sceptical cannot doubt of the
tact, or deny the necessity of reform. Last night, in
the House of Commons, when the Report on the
Malt Duty Repeal Bill was brought up, Mr. Hus-
KISSON said it was worthy of consideration whether
some steps ought not to be taken to amend the
present licensing system, as there was scarcely
such a thing to be found as a free public-house.—
He thought that a fair competition ought to be al-
lowed, but instead of this, there ss as a combination
among the public brewers ; he thought that every
effort ought to be made by the Magistrates to en-
courage free public-houses, even at the expense of re-
fusing licenses to those in the hands of brewers.
Now agreeing, as we do, with .Mr. Husxissorr, as
to the evil of the licensing system and the necessity
of its reform, yet that reform must not be left en-,
tic:ly to Magistrates with their present authority
wiiich, in this case, is absolute and without appeal ;
especially as several of the brewers are in the com-
mission of the peace, and a good understanding is
known to exist between the public brewers and the
Magistrates in general.
On another point we were equally pleased with a
declaration of Mr. Husxissorr. It has been stated
that the repeal of the Malt Duty will not benefit the
Public as the price of beer will not be reduced to the
consumer. Mr. Il usxissom deprecated the idea that
a relief of £BOO,OOO, intended for the Agricultural
Interest and the Public, should form a bonus to the
brewer§; and declared, that if they did not reduce
the price of beer, then he should certainly recommend
that an additional duty equivalent to the reduction
ci 1:800,000 a year should be levied upon the brewers;
this declaration, however, though good as a threat,
not ensure the relief to the Public ; and al-
, w e du not wish to have either the assize of
hat of bread renewed, yet we wish that vacua

could be adopted of ensuring both to the consumer,
good in quality and at that low price at which, in the
present depressed state of agricultural produce, they
might be afforded.
• The great evil is, that every new tax, or every ad-
vance in grain or any other article of produce, falls
with augmented weight on the Public, while eve'',
reduction is pocketed by factors, middle-men, and
monopolists. Some reform in this respect might be
made, were the existing laws against forestalling and
monopolizing put in force, instead of suffering them
to remain a dead letter upon the Statute nook..

The Paris Papers of Saturdly bring no intelligence
of importance. The public tranquillity has expe•
rienced no further inter! uption. In the Chamber of
Deputies the first and second articles on the law of
the Finances were passed in Fi iday's sitting ; when, it
may be remarked, that the eagerness imputed to one
side of the Chamber for closing every debate after
the least possible quantity of deliberation, was not
less conspicuous than in many recent instances. The
rendering discussion impracticable, may, perhaps, be
a necessary step towards proving representation useless.
French Funds, Friday, Five per Cents. 891 r.

Letters from Vienna, of the Bth instant, mention
the arrival there of M. TATISCHEFF, a member, it is
said, of the Russian Cabinet, on his way to Constan-
tinople; but whether his mission is pacific or hostile,
is doubtful : one of the Paris Journals deduces from
it that war must cettainlv follow. The accounts from
Constantinople, to the 11th of ,February, state, that
an energetic remonstrance has been addressed to the
Turkish Government by the Austrian Ambassador,
calling on the Divan to accede to the just demands
of Russia, by withdrawing their troops from Walla.
chia and Moldavia, and by reinstating the Hospodars
in the government of those provinces. Lord STRANG-
FORD had adopted a similar course; and theie re-
presentations are said to have made the impression
on the counsels of the Divan to which they were en-
tided. The regular communication between Odessa
"and Constantinople is said to be restored.

We have received the Nuremberg Correspondent to
the 10th inst. and the Austrian Observer to the 6th,
from which v. e make the following extracts :

VIENNA, MARCH 4.
The following are the latest accounts received from
Constantinople, by the last Mail of 11th February :
On the Ist of the month several Tartars arrive..l
in the capital from Chourschid Pacha, with accounts
which leave no doubt of the fate of Ali Pacha.
Immediately after the arrival of the news from .10.
annina, a resolution was taken to send Mehmed Pa-
cha, late Governor of the Dardanelles, as Seraskier,
.1,1,1 first in command after Chourschid Pacha, to the
Morea, with a corps of troops, said to be very well
disciplined ; and on the sth of February, the Captain
Pacha received official information of the actual sail-
ing of the expedition from the Dardanelles. It con-
sists of 60 sail, under the command of a Pepeghi
Halil Bey, and has on board 12,000 land troops,
commanded by Mehmed Pacha.

FRONTIERS OF ITALY, MARCH 5.
Letters from Leghorn say, that the Greeks are to
cede to the North Americans a convenient harbour, for
which they are to aid the Greeks with a well-equipped
squadron, which, however, is to bear the Greek flag.

Sierra Leone Gazettes to the middle of January
bring the following intelligence :
Governor Grant had opened an intercourse with the
King of the Toulahas, by which the British will pro-
bably derive lucrative trade and African discovery.
This kingdom is only a few days' journey from the
Niger. The following deaths have taken place on
the Gold Coast :—Elmina, the Dutch Governor ;
Accra, Governor-General of the Danish Settlements ;
and Governor Gordon, of the English Settlement.—
A Deputation had arrived at Sierra Leone, from Al-
mamy Abdal Kader, King of the Toulahas, at the
head of which was a Prince, and a Mahometan Priest
and his wife : this singular man came all the way
from Egypt to the Mandingoo nation, with important
information of the geography of Oriental Africa ;
he had passed through Timbucto, and was of an opi-
nion that the Niger and the Nile were the same river.
—The French and Portuguese vessels carry on an
active Slave Trade.
Extract of a letter from Havanna!), dated Jan. 28 :
—"
At present the communication between this port
and Matanzas is suspended, in consequence of the
number of Patriot cruizers on the coast. Last even-
ing two brigs of that description were not more than
two gun-shots off the Moro. This has caused the
delay of the sailing. I' the convoy bound to Cadiz,
which was in readiness, and will not depart while
thus threatened by so formidable a foe."

Yesterday a Deputation of the Livery waited on the Loan
MAYOR, with a Requisition, most numerously and respectably
signed, fur a Common Hall to take into consideration the present
distressed situation of the country, and the best means of pro-
muting Parliamentary Reform, as the only certain means of re-
dress. His Lordship received the Gentlemen with great polite-
ness ; inquired the day that would be most agreeable to them;
and immediately acceded to their wishes by appointing next
Thursday week for the Common HaU.
Yesterday Mr. Hass, the Chief Cashier of the Bank, gave
hotice to the Members of the Stock Exchange, in the names of
the FIRST Loan of the Taaaseav and the CHANCILLOR of the
ExcuunuEll, that all those persons, holder+ of 5 per Cent. Stock,
who have dissented from the Plan for the reduction of the In-
terest, may, on giving notice on ur before the 30th inst. receive
the amount of their Stock, at par, in money, on the sth of April,
with the Quarter's Interest then due. Mr. Hasa also stated,
that those persons who have dissented, and who decline receiving
the amount on the sth of April, will be paid off on the sth of July.
Those persons who have the extended privilege of declaring
their dissent till the lint of June, will likewise be paid off on
the sth of July.
His Majesty's stag hounds meet on Friday at the Magpies, on
Hounslow Heath.
Lord Anson's hounds, on Friday, at Princethorpe Village ;
and on Saturday, at Nuneham.
Yesterday the hackney mare df Mr. Dixon, of Barbican,
started at the four-mile stone ou the Romfind road, to trot 7,0
miles in three successive hours, carryicg Mr. JOHN COXILYEK,
weighing nearly 15 stone. Notwithstanding the heavy weight
the mare carried, she performed the distance in 13 minutes and
27 seconds within the given time.
Dust..—A meeting took place early yesterday morning, in a
fitld at Heston, near Houtaluw, between F. It. M—a--v, Ebij.
and Captain G—s—r. The misunderstanding arose on Satur-
day night, respecting the char untie of u Noble Lord. Mr. M.
was wounded iu the hip in the second tire, but nut dangerously.

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