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MONDAY, MARCEI 7, 1825.

SadiRILS.

Alliance Shares
Marine Alliance
Anglo Mexican Mines -
United Mexican ditto -
Colombian ditto
Pasco Peruvian ditto -
Brazilian ditto
Buenos Ayres ditto
Anglo Chiba'
Mexican Trading Company
PrIICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Cons. 931/2 Is %
4 per Cent. New 106% 1/4
India Bonds 98 96
£1 ,000 !••x-.;:eq. (1 thd.) 56 58
£5OO ditto (11,6 d.) 56 58
£lOO and £'2oo ditto (11/2d.) 56 58
Advertised (2d.) 56
Cons. for Acct. 937/g 94Y 941/8

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PROTEST
TO THE SECOND READING OF THE UNLAWFUL
SOCIETIES BILL, ENTERED ON THE JOURNALS
OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. MARCH 3, 1825.

I. Because the Bill contains new restrictions on the,
exercise of a right coeval with our earliest institu-
tions—viz, the right of petitioning; and new prohibi-
tions and restraints on practices counected therewith,
usually and legally resorted to by all classes of his Ma-
jesty's subjects who seek redress from laws by which
they deem themselves aggrieved.
2. Because all proof of the existence and extent of
such danger as can alone justify a measure of this nature
was withheld from the House, and Petitioners who
deemed themselves particularly aimed at and aggrieved
by the provisions of the Bill were denied the permis-
sion of being heard at the bar, or adducing evidence
in vindication of their conduct, or in woof of the in-
jury which their interests would sustain in the event of
the Bill passing into a law.
3. Because the danger to be guarded against by this
Bill is not distinctly stated in any part thereof; and the
danger apprehended does, in fact, arise from grievances
Which naturally and necessarily produce discontent in
many millions pf our Irish fellow-subjects.
We are, indeed, well aware that the privileges of the
people, the rights of flee discussion, and the spirit and
letter of our popular Institutions, must render (and
they are intended to render) the continuance of any ex-
tensive grievance, and of the dissatisfaction consequent
thereupon, dangerous to the tranquillity of the coun-
try, and ultimately subversive of the authority of the
State. Experience and theory alike forbid us to deny
that effect of a free Constitution. A sense of justice,
and a love of liberty, equally deter us from lamenting
it.• But we have been always taught to look for the re-
medy of such disorders, and the prevention of such
mischiefs, in the redress of the grievances which justify
them, and in the removal of the dissatisfaction from
which they flow—not in restraints on ancient privileges,
not in inroads on public discus,ion, nor in violations of
the principles of a free Government.
If, therefore, the legal method - off seeking redress
which has been resorted to by persons labouring under
grievous disabilities be ft aught with immdiate or remote
danger to the State, we draw from the circumstance a
conclusion long since foretold by great authority—
viz. « that the British Constitution and large exclusions
cannot subsist together; that the Constitution must de-
stroy them, or they will destroy the Constitution;" and
we are thereby confirmed in our determination not to
sacrifice any part of the ancient privileges of the people
for the purpose of preserving certain Statutes, which
are comparatively model n, which are themselves re-
straints on the rights of the people, and on the prero-
gatives of the Crown; and which, in our conscience, we
believe cannot long be maintained without civil blood-
shed, or the surrender of all constitutional liberty in a
part of the empire united to Great Britain, and thereby
entitled to a full participation in the benefits of our free
Constitution. (Signed)
VASSALL HOLLAND. WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM.
AUGUSTUS FREDINILIN. KING.
CA SWANTON. GILOSVO4OII.
CHARLEHONT. DONOUGHMOII.
Lits MITE&I,I6NDI!(CutatK).
Gun, . liu.ssowucv (Deveramiss).
A WIELAND. DUNDAS.
LANsnowN. Esagx.
CLIFTON (DAILNLIY).

STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Consols opened this morning at 9.5 i to 94 for the Account, at
which price they remain, with little doings

FOREIGN FUNDS.
In the Foreign Market everything is more lively this morning'
and some business is doing in Mining Shares.
Current Prices: New Spanish 19L Old ditto 24i 3, Russian
95} 3 ex div. Mexican 813 3, Colombian New 923, Chilian 901,
French Scrip 163 prem. Austrian 983, Brazilian Scrip 31 4,
Mexican Scrip 33 4, Greek 553, Greek Scrip 1 discount.

PAUL MCI Te.DA T.
- 95 10
- St 1
10 122 1275
10 145 150
S 445 455
- 555 -
5 145 pm.
- 275 !85
- 115 -
- 10 11 IN

Just as our Paper was going to press, we received
the Etoile of yesterday by express. It contains no news.
The French funds have risen prodigiously. On Satur-
day they opened at 106 f. 106 f. sc. 1061. 15c. For
the end of the month, two o'clock, 106 f. 35c. three
o'clock, 106 f. 45c.

The French Papers of Friday, and the Etoik of Sa-
turday, have reached us. They are principally filed
with the debates in the Chambers.
According to letters from Odessa of the Bth ultimo,
OMER PACHA had at last openly joined the Greeks, and
had placed the town of Pievesa in their hands as a
pledge of his sincerity. 44 This event," says the Etoile,
" is of the highest importance, and insures the triumph
t,f the Christians." It also appears that the Servian
insurrection was far from being appeased.
Advices from Trieste state that Sir FREDERICK ADAM,
Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, after
receiving dispatches from London, had repaired froin
Corfu to Cerigo, where he was to have an interview
influential members of the Greek Go-
some important but friendly object.
of SPAIN has revoked, by a Royal Order,
July 4, 18'24, which although nominally
nit smuggling, had been found very inju-
commerce and navigation in general, and as

such had produced serious remonstrances from most of
the Foreign Consuls.

Frankfort Papers reached us this forenoon, to the
29th ult. The following are extracts :
bARLSRUHE, FEBRUARY 25.
Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, the Grand
Duke, accompanied by the Princes of his family, and
followed by his Adjutants-General and Aide-de- Camps,
repaired on horseback, between a double line of troops,
to the Hotel of the Assembly of the States, and having
seated himself on the throne, delivered, with much
energy and dignity, a speech to the following effect :
Having expressed his confidence on the satisfactory
results of the deliberations of the Assembly, and touched
upon the unpleasant circumstances which had obliged
him to make use of an extraordinary, though Constitu-
tional measure, he said :
is The Constitution has left all the rights of the execu-
tive power united in the person of the Sovereign ; it
made only the exercise of some positive rights depend
on the co-operation of the States. But this co-operation
c•rin tend to a final result only by union and concord,
without which, that which exists may be maintained,
but the desire of real amelioration cannot be accom-
plished s a limitation of my duties, as a Member of the
Confederation,is no part of the co-operation of the States.
If these principles have been at times involved in ob-
scurity, the developement of the federal Constitution of
Germany has given to the monarchical principle a
mote solid basis. The resolutions of the Federal Diet
have dispelled all obscurity and all doubts on this
point. If then, Gentlenien, you content your-
selves with the honourable vocation of co-operating
with reciprocal calmness and moderation to the
good of the country, by a conscientious employ-
ment of your knowledge and your experience, keeping
within the limits prescribed by the Constitution of the
Grand Duchy, and, by the resolutions of the Germanic
Diet, my people will, for die first time, enjoy in their
fullest extent the blessings of a German Representative
Constitution."
His Royal Highness, speaking of the dreadful ra-
vages caused by the inundations, expressed his cordial
gratitude for the readiness with which all clas,es had
hastened to contribute to the relief of the distressed, as
well as for contributions received from foreign coun-
tries. The negotiations respecting the affairs of the
Catholic Church are not completed, but have made
some progress.
His Royal Highness mentioned, with great satisfac-
tion, the birth of a Prince in the Grand Ducal family.
The Speech was received with great emotion by the
Assembly ; all the members rose and took the oath,
which was read to them by the Minister of the Interior;
after which he declared the Session opened, and invited
the Chambers to meet the following day, to commence
their labours. The Grand Duke then withdrew, amidst
the sincere acclamations of the Assembly, and returned
to the Palace in the same order as before.

Rio deJaneiroPapers to the BthJanuary have been -e-
-ceived : they contain an Imperial Decree for the suppres-
sion of crimes,which,it is said, had reached such a height,
particularly those of robbery and murder, as to Ten-
der necessary police regulations of a very rigorous cha-
racter, and which are in consequence to be tried, as
soon as the proper- means are organized for the pur-
pose. There is, further, an account of the acquittal
of Lieut. PASCOE GRENFELL, of the Brazilian naval ser-
♦ice, on some charges instituted against him for al-
leged misconduct whilst on duty at Para. Of these
charges the Court-Martial has acquitted him in the
most honourable manner. _ _

According to accounts said to have been brought by
the TWEED, Captain FREDERIC Hulot, his Imperial
MAJESTY had lately given an order that no ship of war
of any friendly nation should salute his, the ".Imperial''
flag, without previously striking her national flag, aid
hoisting that of his nation on the mainmast of the sa-
luting ship. The consequence had been that our ships
of war discontinued saluting the flag of the Brazilian
nation. Lord CocHRANE left Bahia in October, in the
Pedro, 74, accompanied by a schooner, on an unknown
destination. It was- supposed he was gone on a hostile
visit to the Portuguese settlements on the coast of Africa,
where (probably at Agra Pequena) he expected to fall
in with the Portuguese frigate Carlotta, just freighted
with ivory and gold dust, the tribute of the Chiefs of
that country to the Portuguese nation.

This forenoon we received Piedmontese Gazettes to
the 25th ult. They contain the following decree of the
King of Naples:
" It being our express will, that due respect and de-
corum shall be observed towards everything that any-
wise concerns our Holy Religion.
•i With the advice of our Council of state, we have
resolved to decree, and decree as follows :
" Art. 1. All possessors of Churches, Oratories, and
Chapels, which are now not employed for Divine Ser
vice, but destined to profane uses, shall,in the course of
the present year, take from the exterior of those edifices,
any former distinctions and ornaments which shew they
have been Churches.
" 2. The time fixed in the preceding article being
expired, and the changes in the exterior of the above
edifices not being made, if they belong to private per-
sons tae Intendants shall have the alterations made, and
oblige the owners to make good the expense; but if they
belong to any royal or charitable institution, or to any
Commune, the Intendants shall make a report to us,
that we may decide on the measures to be taken against
the managers, superintendants, and ethers, whose duty
it was to have the alterations made.
" 3. Our Minister of the Interior, and our Lieute•
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1 pant-General in our dominions beyond the Faro, are
charged with the execution of the present Decree.
" Naples, January 26. " FRANCIS."

We stated on Saturday, that private expresses passing
through Calais from this country, had been intercepted,
and the letters transmitted to Paris. The order from
the French Government on this point is very rigid ; it
that all letters and papers carried by express from
Pads to London, or from London to Paris, shall be
opened by an Officer appointed for that purpose, who
is instructed to hive copies taken of them and for-
warded to the Minister of the Interior at Paris. This
order has been already acted upon, both at Calais and
Boulogne, in the case of mercantile expresses, and the
consequence has been, owing to the unavoidable loss of
time required in its execution, that of tendering the ex-
presses wholly useless to the merchants who sent them.
No exception whatever has been made with respect to
the parties affected by this order ; those merchants
who, on all former occasions, have been treated with
peculiar respect and forbearance by the French Govern
ment, having in this instance been equally subjected to
scrutiny. It is said that some packets have been opened
which were written in cipher, or in some unintelligible
language, and' that these were allowed in the first in-
stance to pass, but an intimation was conveyed to the
parties to whom they were addressed, that none such
would in future be sent on to their destination.

We have this day the painful duty orannouncing the
loss of the Kent, outward bound Indiaman, by fire, in
the Bay of Biscay, on Tue►day last. The particulars,
collected from various sources, and some of them from
an eye-witness of the catastrophe, will be found in
another column. Never, perhaps, was there a more re-
mai kable preservation of the survivors, and it may
truly be said that the finger of PROVIDENCE was there.
Had it not been for the fortunate arrival of the-
Cansbtia, a vessel on her voyage to Mexico, every
soul on board the Kent must have perished..—
Too much praise cannot be given to the Officers,
crew, and passengers on board the Cambria, for their
active exertions ; and we never recollect an instance of
greater presence of mind, under circumstances the most
appalling, than was displayed on board the Kent during
the awful catastrophe. Oirt of. 637 persons on board,
547 were saved from the adverse but equally destruc-
tive elements file and water. Ninety have un:
happily perished. Captain Coss, of the Kent, was the
last person on board the ship. The Purser arrived at
the India-House yesterday morning.

FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds 5 per Ct. 98 Mex. Bonds,s per Ct. 81 j I
Ditto Acc. Ditto Scrip 31 I pm.
Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct. 921
Peruv. Bonds, 6 per Ct. Stle I j
Ditto Acct. 88j
Portuguese Bonds 90j
Ditto Acc. 901
Prus,ian Bonds, 5 per Ct.
Russ.Bonds,lB9.2, 6 p. Ct. 95j
Ditto Ace. 95j j
Spanish 3p. Ct. Cons. 114 j I
Ditto for Aec. 241 I
Span. 5 p.Ct C. 1823% 191 I &
French Rentes, 5 per Ct. 105
Exchange 25f. 10c.
SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK.

Brazilian Botzis 89 8j
Ditto 1825
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 92/
Ditto Ace.
Chilian Bonds, 6 p Ct. 901
Ditto Acc.
Columbian Bonds, 6 p Ct. 93 21
Ditto Bonds 1824, 981
Ditto Acc. 93}
Danish Bonds, 5 per Ct. 101 i
Ditto Marks Banco
Greek Bonds 55 It 1 /
Ditto Scrip 1 / 1 / dis.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
WAIL PAID.
Guardian - ioo - 10 -
MINES.

rag& PI% ,MA MC
X 224

SHAM ?AID. Pant PER =AWL
Anglo Mexican - - JEIOO 415- ifs. AS pm. £l2l
Anglo Chilian -1 . 100 - S - -1416 1
Arigna Iron and Coal - 50 5 - 3 4
Brazilian - - 100 - .5 - 5 -24 23/
Chilian . 100 5 - - 221 22
Colombian - - - 100 - 5 - 5 - 441 45 44
General Mining Association . - -14 18 191 19
Pasco Peruvian - 109 - 5 - -404240 41
Rio de la Plata - 100 - 5 - - 321 33
United Mexican . 40 -20 - 2 pin. - 145 150
Ditto New - 40 - - 34 321
Welch Iron & Coal - 25 - 5 - - Sk 8
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.

SMARM, PAM. PRICIt PLR MAIM
100 " - 8 - 91
IRON RAILWAYS.

London and Birmingham - 50 - 1 - 13
London and Northern - 100 - 1 - 23 2 3
MISCELLANEOUS.
SNARL PAID. Miler PM SNARL
Atlantic and Pacific - £lOO - £lO -.C123 15 133 14 13
British Iron Company - 100 - 5 - 123 113 123
Canada Company - 100 - 10 - 41
General Steam Navigation 100 5 - 10
Gold Coast Association . 6 . 5 - 73
Great Westminster Dairy 25 - 2 - 23
Hibernian Joint Stock Company - - 51 5
Mexicali Company 100 50 21 20 21 203
Metropolitan Fish Company 25 4 31 i 1
New Corp Exchange - 50 - 3 - 9
Pearl Fishery £25 sh. £2 pd. in. £lO pm. 223 25 233
Provincial Bank of Ireland - - 153 3 3 3
Patent Bricks - - 50 2-51 i
53
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Royal Stannary . —"5 - sii
Mediterranean Steam — - 453 i 5 prem.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGIMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
THIS EVENING.
The Marchioness Dowager of Salisbury's fourth Assembly.

TOMORROW.

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The Countess of Arran's Card Party.

WEDNESDAY.
Lady Gwydyr's Assembly, in the Terrace, Piccadilly.
Countess of Epees Rout, in Hill-street.

THURSDAY.
The Marchioness of Hertford's Assembly, Manchester-square.
Duke of Devonshire's Grand Banquet.
Countess of Arran's Card Party.

FRIDAY.
Emily Marchioness of Londonderry's fourth Assembly.
Honourable Mrs. Hope's Rout, in Mansfield-street.

SATURDAY.
Lady Lingford's Party in Berkeley-square.
Countess of Arran's Evening Party.
FASIIIOX4BLR ARRIVALS.
Earl •Gower, from his father's (the Marquis of Stafford's) seat, in
Surrey ; the Earl of Essex, from his seat Cashiobury Park, Herts ;
Lord William Lennox, from Sussex; Lord Charles Manners, from
his brother's (the Duke of Rutland's), Belvoir Castle ; Sir Gilbert
Ileithcote, Bart. from his seat, Normanton Park, Lincolnshire ;
Earl of Lismore, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Ireland;
and Mrs. Jukes and family, at ditto, from York.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon. at
half-past two o'clock, at the Foreign Office, which was attended by—
The Lord Chancellor, the Earls of Liverpool, Westmorland,
Harrowby, and Bathurst, Mr. Secretary Canning, Mr. Secretary
Peel, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Melville, Mr.
Wynn, &c.—The Cabinet Miakers did not break up till balriaat
five o'clock.

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GRAND CHRISTENING.

Saturday wasthe day appointed for the christening of'
Mr. Secretary Peel's infant son, and the expected Ininour
of the Duke of York's standing sponsor upon the occae
sion, caused every due preparation to be made upon a
very splendid and magnificent scale. The 'Court. yard
or grounds in the front of the new mansion, in Privy-
gardens, was brilliantly illuminated with six large gas
lamps. The lower part of the mansion was lighted
with gas—the principal apartments were lighted with
Grecian lamps and wax; the whole had a most splen-
did appearance. The house altogether is considered
the most complete, well fitted up, decorated, and fur-
nished, of any modern house in London. The upper
servants were dressed suitably for the occasion—the
livery servants appeared in splendid new liveries. The
company invited began to arrive at balf.past six
o'clock. At seven o'clock, the Duke of York arrived.
His Royal Highness was received by Mr. Peel, who
conducted the Royal Duke to the splendid drawing-
room, where all was in readiness for the ceremony of
christening to commence. A temporary altar was
erected, and the Rev. Dr. Lir): d, the tutor of the
Right Honourable Secretary when at Oxford, immedi-
ately commenced the ceremony cf christening the in'
font, who was named Frederick, after the Duke of York.
The other sponsors were the Earl of Whitworth and
Viscountess Melville. Mr. Martin, the Parish Clerk of
Saint Margaret's, Westminster, officiated as Clet k upon
the occasion, and also produced the Registry Book, in
which he entered the Christening. Immediately after
the ceremony the company retired to the dining-room,
the dinner having been previously served vp. A most
splendid banquet presented itself. The service of plate.
had a most brilliant effect. It is needless to say that the
dinner consisted of every delicacy, of which twenty-
seven persons of distinction partook. In addition to
the abovenameJ, were the Dowager Duchess of Rich-
mond, the Duchess of Dorset, Vi-count Melville. the
Ladies Lennox, Lady Floyd, (the mother of Mrs. Peel)
Mi. William, Mr. Lawrence, and Mr. John Peel. and
their Ladies, &c. The dessert corresponded with the
dinner, in the centre of which was a large cake, similar
to chose given at wedding', on which was inscribed
" Frederick Peel."

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with the most
rernment, on sc
The King of
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