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seize and throw hint into a prison, while alich. man
seas allowed to go wherete pleased. l'herlaw itself,
indeed, was absurd ; for it could not prevent any
who possessed capital going to a foreign country
rival our manufactures. He perfectly agreed .
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, tbat England wou,
be preferred as a place of residence, and that the
to invite the preference would be to reduce prices.
In this respect he fully concurred in the views of
Ilon. Friend, the Member for Portarlington.
Mr. D. BROWN explained ; and the Petition was
then brought up, read, and of dered to lie on the table
and be printed.
SWISS EMBASSY.
Mr. WARRE said, that under any circumstances
re should have deemed it necessary, in rising to ad-
dress that House, to make an apology fcr offering
himself to their attention, but particularly when he
;as bringing under discussion a question of a partial
~at ire. the more general subject having been so
ately un ler their consideration. His object in ad-
-..-lressing them, was ,with a view to procure a reduc-
tion of one expenditure in the foreign department.—
/le would deem it a complete waste of time to la-
bour then to spew the necessity of such reduction.-
7her, xil,knew the distress ander which the country
vas labouring. F.t,sing by then all those topics, he
ould come at once to the subject to which he was
anxious to direct their attention. -In doing so, it was
recessaty to advert to the papers which had been laid
on the table. By those papers it appeared, that from
the year 1750 to 1783, there were four Ministers Pie-
ripotentiary to the Swiss Cantons, at a salary of
about 1,5701. From 1783 to 1792, the duties of the

Enibassy were discharged by Mr. Braun, a Gentle..
man mentioned in last night's debate, in quality of
a Charge d'Affaires, at a salary of 250/. a-year. He
thought it necessary Co assure the House, that the
ch:ect of his motion was not to have an Ambassador

now at that salary. In 1786, they would find that
things were conducted extremely well, at the small
salary of 2501. He could assure the Noble Marquis,
that if he alluded to America, he had no notion of
subverting the Monarchy in this country; nor did he
vi-. 11 to set aside the two higher branches of the Le-
gislature, on which the Noble Marquis expressed
such fears in his speech last night—(Hear, hear).—
But when Doctor Franklin was Ambassador from the
United States of America to the Government of France,
he actually outwitted our Ambassplor, Lord Star-
riont although Dr. Franklin had a salary of only
LOA. a-year. The fact could not be denied, for
Lord Stormont had complained to his Government of
the reception which Dr. Franklin got. He could see
nothing improper in citing the example of America,
because it was a Republic. In the next period, which
was from 1792 to 1798, the scale of the Embassy
was changed, and instead of a Charge d'Affaires, a
Minister Plenipotentiary was appointed. But from
1799, to the year 1814, there was no Embassy at all.
During all the wars with the Despot of France, when
the French Generals and the French armies were
overrunning every part of the Continent, there was
no mission at all. The next period then was that
which became the immediate subject of discussion—
namely, train 1814 to the present year. It appeared
by some Papers which were laid on the table, that
Switzerland became the subject of much diplomatic
discussion in the year 1815. Notwithstanding that
settlement, the territorial situation of Switzerland
was the same which it had been in 1792. The Noble
Lord, in his speech last night, asked if there could
be any objection to send an Envoy to Bavaria, whose
extent of territory had so much increased ? But it did
not appear that there was any increase in the extent
of the Swiss Cantons. 'The Noble Lord also asked it

the House could undervalue the importance of the
place, or the quantity of business done there? He
(Mr. Warre) could not see the importance of Switzer-
land. He did not see why any communications from
the Swiss Cantons could not be addressed directly
and immediately to the Court at home. He could
licit see the advantage to this country of having a per-
son to watch and preserve the neutrality of the Swiss
Cantons. But it might be asked why the House did not
before object to the arrangement of these foreign mis-
sions ? He would answer, to shew the consistency
of himself and his friends, that when dint subject
was before the House, in 1816, they did object to
it. He would say farther, that the House was so en-
grossed at that period, and every Session since, with
questions of such importance, that it was net possi-
ble to bring Honourable Members to direct their at-
tention to those matters. He would ask, while the
subject of the Liturgy was before the House, whe.
the, Hon. Members could moot any other question
in that House? In the years 1816 and 1817, the
Clouse was debating on the treatment which Bona-
parte was to receive. The Corn Laws also, and the
Property Tax had been uader the consideration of the
House. He would ask them how it could be ex-
pected the House would then pay any attention to the
present subject? They were taken up in 1818, 1819,
1820, and 1821, with other questions. After a lapse
of several months the new mission, which was the I,
subject of complaint, was made out by an arrange-
ment, or bargain, concluded with' the new allies of
Ministers. He said that without any offence to the
Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Wynn). He wished to
avoid all personal allusions, and he-hoped he would
not be charged with any. He would beg to remind the
House of the Address of last Session, which was voted
to his Majesty for retrenchment and economy.—
lie would put his motion on the ground of that
Address, and if a good case were made out for dis-
pensing with this mission, of which be had no doubt,
he did not see why it should not be agreed to. The
Noble Lord would say that the objection should have
been made while the arrangement was before the
.House. But the situation of the country, as he said
before, did not allow the House to attend to it-then.
.111 e Noble Lord himself carried up to the Throne the
Address recommending retrenchment, and he could
not now act in the face of that rccommondation.—
The diplomatic business of Switzerland was done by
a Charge d'Affaires for twenty months. The Noble
Lord had said that there was no addition to the sa-
lary of 1792 But it was not only in the sum allowed
he differed from the Noble Lord, but he objected to
the principle. For the twenty months before the new
mission .v.is arranged, Mr. Disbrowe discharged all
the, iplomatic duties at a salary of 1:1595 per annum-
The new mission was to cost the country i.:4-100 per
annum. Taking from that the deduction of ten
per cent. it would still remain nearly 1.:2800 more
than Mr. Disbrowe had. That was certainly, iu tht

these
glop Airy bad, risen to such
pitch as that Parliament could scarcely withhold its
assent from any proposition of Government., But
were it possible that the opinions of the House could
now be expressed upon some of the questions that
were then assented to with acclamations, how dif-
ferently would they have been disposed of?—(Hear).
It was probable that we would not vote now with the
same facility as we did upon that occasion, grants for
the maintenance of Dutch fortresses and for Russian
loans. Had Parliament but given a cogent hint to
the Government on the subject, no doubt the Noble
Lord would have found it convenient to have Mr.
Disbrow•e as the Minister there. He would not now

follow up the allusions of an Hon. Friend of his last
night, as to what might be done in Switzerland by
the united diplomatic confederation of Europe. He
had endeavoured to state his observations temperately,
without alluding to persons indeliCately—(Cheers).
—The Hon. Gentleman then moved a series of Resoi

lutions—(all but the last merely detailed the history
of the missions from 1750 down to this time, to the,
same effect as in his speech).—To the last Resolution
he begged the particular attention of the House, for
it was the only substantial Resolution which put the
question in issue. It was—
" That it appeared to the House that the expenses of the Mis-
sion to Switzerland might, without detriment to the public ser-
i vice, be reduced to what they bad been at the appointment of
Lord Robert Fitzgerald, and what they had been for one year
and eight months preceding the present appointment to that
station."—(Loud cheers).
—The Hon. Member begged to explain respecting a
slight difference between the expenses of Mr. Wickham
and Mr. Disbrowe. It was not material enough to
I be noticed in the Resolution.

The first Resolution being read from the Chair,
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, that
having stated at some length last night his views of I
the general principle that ought to govern the House
upon questions of the nature now• before them, he
was happy that the clear, intelligent, and liberal
statement of the Hon. Member enabled hint to apply
himself at once to the particular case under consi-
deration. He had laid it down last night, and en-
deavoured to support. his position by such arguinents
as the occasion suggested, that the foreign affairs of
the country could only be administered by those re•
sponsible persons to whom the confidence of the
House had been given. • The House had always
acted on that view; .and the Committee of 1815, in
discharge of their duties, felt it only necessary to
enter into the consideration of the Estimates laid be-
fore them by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, with-
out thinking themselves justified in inquiry into fur-
ther details; and if he was nbt prepared last night to
adopt the views of the Gentlemen opposite upon the
general question, he should be very inconsistent with
himself, and the reasoning which he urged last night,
if he was prepared to agree with them upon the par-.
ticular case; and it was the more incumbent on them
to take their stand at that moment, as it was plainly
intimated that this was but the first of:a series of si-
milar motions. :The Hon: Gentleman admitted that
Mr. Wynn was in every respect competent to dis-
charge the duties of the office; but still this motion
looked like one of those
_party proofs of affection
which the Gentlemen opposite did sometimes confer
upon those who felt that they would be serving their
Sovereign and their country best by taking their seats
on this side of the House. He had nothing to com-
plain of in the conduct of the Mon. Gentleman oppo-
site ; but he thought that it would not be less neces-
sary to resist the motion, now that lie understood he
was to be called upon to shew cause why we should
not cancel our missions to Wirtemburg, Bavaria, and
a variety of other places. Here, then, was the place
for him to take his post: If the House were right
in their opinion, so unequivocally expressed last night,
upon the general principle, it must lie evident that it
was contrary to the policy and practice of the Con-
stitution to call upon the Executive Department to
suspend its power in favour of a Committee of that
House. Such a principle was unknown even iii
America, where he believed there was no instance of
the President of the United States being called upon for
details of expenditure before the grant was voted.
The Congress voted large sums to be placed at the
disposal of the President, upon the anticipation of an
increased diplomatic expenditure in different pro-
vinces of South America. Did they ask him to furnish
his views about the new Government of Mexico or
Buenos Ayres? And were they, a British House of
Commons, to be less monarchical than the Congress
of America? The American was to be the confiding
body in their Executive, and England was to be the'
distrustful body. It was going a little too far, in-
deed, to call upon the Executive to shew cause why
an increase should have taken place, if it could be
proved that the duties of • a particular diplomatic
office were ever discharged at a less rate. The Hon.
Gentleman founded all his arguments (in the case of
Mr. Braun, who discharged the duties of Charge
d'Affaires to the Swiss Cantons for £250 a-year. He
(the Marquis of Londonderry) owned that he was
somewhat surprised at the economical scale of the
salary, and was almost about to conclude that this
Mr. Braun had been condemned to this situation, as
a punishment for some diplomatic delinquency.—
' But curiosity having led him (the Marquis of Loa-
donderry) to some inquiries about this Gentleman,
be found that he was an old Swiss Officer, who had
been private secretary to 'Mr. Norton, who left him
behind him on his return to England. Why there was
no greater charge than two hundred and fifty pounds
for nine years he could not tell—(Cheers and laughter).
' He was not able to state what the tone was of the
Swiss Cantons towards this country at the time that
Mr. Braun acted as Charge d'Affaires; but he was
quite sure that the character of the person selected to
do the duties of a Minister at a foreign Court watt
one of the modes adopted of displaying the feelings
of a Government towards the particular Court. It
was fair to.state, that Mr. Braun appeared to be a
very honest Gentleman, and was well spoken of in
'the letters from Switzerland of the time. But he (the
Marquis of Londonderry) was not satisfied that during
the early period of the French war Mi. Braun would

nothing ►
of a complexion to excite alarm for the general inte-
rests. He should not have gone into -these details
,were it not for the sake of 'hewing that the whole
stream of our policy and practice -was in favour of
the "present scale of diplomacy. The Noble Marquis
then read an extract from the dispatches to the Right
Hon. Stratford Canning, dated.6th August, 1819, in
which that Minister was desired to state to the Swiss
Cantons that he was to be succeeded in his office by
the Hon. Frederick Cathcart, who was then on his
way from Denmark ; and the reason why the new
Minister did not take the appointment was, that he
conceived Mr. Disbrowe, then appointed Charge
d'Affaires to Switzerland, was the real successor; and
this, with reasons arising out of the ill-health of that
Gentleman, prevented the tesidence of a Minister
Plenipotentiary for the time alluded to. This was the
explanation which be had to give on this subject ;
pei haps it would not satisfy the curiosity of some
Gentlemen, although he did not know that he had
not stated rather more than, in strictness, he ought
to have communicated—Waders and laughter). After
some further ternaries in illustration of the principle
for which he had already contended, the Noble Mar-
quis expressed his hope that the House would not
abandon those paths which conducted their ancestors
to power and glory, and pursue principles which ob-
viously led to the degradation of the country.

Lord NORMANBY next rose (amidst cries of
“Question, question," so loud that it was impossible
from the noise, together with a rush of Members into
the side galleries, to hear a single word for some
minutes)—and said, that though he contemplated no
such effect as the resignation of the Foreign Secre-.
tary, Set he still indulged the hope of seeing the
Noble Marquis continue in office without that essen-
tial appendage of a Swiss Envoy, at an expense to
the country of £5,000 a-year—(Hear, hear).—He
(Lord'Normanby) disclaimed all personal objections.
He did not deny the competency of the Gentleman
who held that appointment to fulfil the duties, if by
any accident duties were imposed on him--(bear).
But he did resist the extravagant and extraordinary
sAlary which he was to receive. He could not answer-
the speech of the Noble Marquis, inasmuch as not a
word that he had said was applicable to the question
in discussion. For what was that large salary granted?
—For nothing that he could fancy but to allow the
Hon. Envoy to enjoy the rural romance which Swiss
scenery afforded, or to indulge those pleasures of a
magnificent hospitality to which the Noble Marquis,
in his speech of last night, had attributed such diplo-
matic importance. Seeing the impatience of the
House, he should not take up their attention longer,
as, in truth, the Noble Marquis had made no answer
to the speech of his Hon. Friend (Mr.Warre).
Mr. N.VARRE rose to reply, but not a single ob-
servation that he made reached the gallery.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY then rose to
say that he trusted the Resolutions would be put
seriatim. On the first seven Resolutions he should
move the previous question ; the last he should meet
with a decided negative.

The first seven Resolutions were then read from the
Chair : the previous question was moved and carried
on them. On the Bth Resolution the House divided—

nuarylast.—Leave was given to bring in tbeilltlit
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for leave .to bring in a Bill to extend the pawed of
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the Commissioners for inquiring into the Bireetate 4f
Ireland to England. u .
Mr. HUAlE,hoped, the inquiry would be eAton44l6
to the Barrack DepartMent irtlreland.
Mr. WALLACE said, that the great object ettbe
Commissioners would he to inquire into the iviAle
collection and management of 'the Revenue of 4so
United Kingdom ; and they were not to receive oaf
increased salary for their additional labour,. tulle*
Parliament, in its liberality, should think.'fit here-
after to make them some remuneration. '
.Leave was,given. The Bill was then broughtin
and read a firkt time. Second reading on' Mothiett.
The other Orders were then disposed of, and,thillitaige
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tances were then assented to with acclamations,. how dif- then read an extract from the dkpetches 40 the Right Ireland to England. Ys ,to ad- ferently would they have been disposed of?.—(Hear). Hon. Stratford Canning, dated6th August, 1819, in Mr. HUAlE,hoped the inquiry would be exenstisik
Fering It was probable that we would not vote now with the which that Minister was desired to state to the Swiss- to the Barrack Departnient irrlreland. „
en he same facility as we did upon that occasion, grants for cantons that he was to be succeeded in his office by Mr. WALLACE said, that the great object etthe partial the maintenance of Dutch fortresses and for Russian the lion. Frederick Cathcart, who was then on his
ten so loans. Had Parliament but given a cogent hint to way from Denmark ; and the reason why the new Commissioners would he to inquire into the isiAlis
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in ad- the Government on the subject, no doubt the Noble Minister did not take the appointment was, that he United Kingdom ; and they were not to receive OW
reduc- Lord would have found it convenient to have Mr. conceived Mr. Disbrowe, then appointed Charge increased salary for their additional labour,. tulle*
cut.— Disbrowe as the Minister there. He would not now d'Affaires to Switzerland, was the real successor; and Parliament, in its liberality, should think.'fit here-
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Caulfield, Hon. H. Martin, John Whitmore, W.
Coffin, Sir Isaac Marjoribanks, S. Warre, J. A.
ThereePignY, SirW. Mostyn, Sir T. Whitbread, W. 11.
Davies, Colonel Marryatt, Joseph Whitbread, S. C.
Denison, W. J. Mahon, Colonel --
Denman, Thomas Moore, Peter TILLERS.
Dickinson, W. Newport, Rt. llon. Creevey, T.
Dnndas, Charles Sir John Leonard, T. B.
Ebrington, Viscount Normanby.Viseonnt
Ellice Edward Neville, lion. R. TAR= Orr.
• Ellis, 'Hon. A. Nugent, Lord Phillips, G.
Fergusson, Sir R. C. Newman, R. W. Russell, Lord John

I.IIE EVENIMi STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1522.
THE FUNDS.

STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Market remains steady this morning at 79a to 1; fur this
Account, and for the next O. As it is generally supposed on
'Change that Ministers will mention something in the Douse to-
night concerning the arrangements which they have made with the
Bank, instead of the Pension Loan, no considerable fluctuations
in the Funds are expected until their financial system is known.
Foattom Fcsms.—The Market appears to keep firm since the
favourable accounts from Spain ; and it is said that accounts
from Spain received this morning bring the Spanish Stock per
cent. higher.—Spanish Old, 6.1; New, 65! ex. div. Prussian,
$6 ; Danish, 85 ; Neapolitan, 68 ; Colombian, 1013 ; New,

PRICES STOCKS Kr ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 239;2 -I
3 per Cent. Reduced 783/4 % 3/4
3 per Cent. Consols 791/2 1/4 79 1/4
SI/2 per Cents. 89'/8 1/4--4. per Cent. 94 %
5 per Cent. Navy Anus. 101% 3/4
Bank Long Annuities 197/8 15-16
Imperial 3 per Cts. 77 1/2---India Bonds 49 50 pr.
Esti:eq. Bills of 14,000, Is. dis.2s. pr. par
Do. Small Is. pr. par, .ss. pre.
Balk for Acct. `24o%—Con. for Act. 791/2 1/4 •

The decision of the House of Commons last night
has preserved the Marquis of LONDONDERRY in office,
confirmed the Embassy to the Swiss Cantons, enabled
Ministers to keep faith with the GRENVILLES, pro-
vided for Mr. WyNs, and saddled the country with
a burden of £4OOO a year. Mr. Wannes motion
for reducing the expense of the Swiss Embassy to

£l5OO a year, was negatived by a majority of 106,
the same Parliament that reduced two Lords of
the Admiralty and one Postmaster• General—all offi-
ces certainly of as much importance as that of " En-
voy. Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary" to
—the Cantons of Switzerland !
Last night, in the House of iPommons, Mr. Gout.-
BURN moved for leave-to-bring in a Bill for relieving
the distresses of Ireland by voting a sum of £50,000
to be employed in putting the people is a way of
earning what will support them. This is, no doubt,
the best mode of relief, and we are happy to see that
Tilinisters, though somewhat late, are not inattentive
to suffering Ireland. In the meantime the subscrip-
tion for the more immediate relief of the distressed is
making rapid progress. From Bath, Liverpool, Ports-
mouth, Sheffield, Ipswich, Hereford, and several other
towns, we have accounts either of subscriptions being
raised or of Meetings convened for the purpose. A
Meeting of the Magistrates and principal Merchants
\burgh and Leith was held on Tuesday, when
/ liberal subscription was commenced. At
fries a subscription has also been opened very
'cloudy ; and we feel assured that there will
be a town of consequence in Great Britain
, will not contribute its mite to this godlike work
charity.

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who insisted upon verifying vithdieitnenx eyes the
ballots given 'by the electors into the hands of the
President, or Returning Officer. Tho President at
first refused this supeavision, as, Sui insult to his ho-
nour ; but the electors would not be put off and he
submitted.
An article from Inborn states, that the Executive
Government &Greece have announced two volun-
tary loans, to the amount of seven millions of, piastres,
which it is expected will be soon raised. The Greeks
are represented as having obtained two victories, one
in Eubea, where they took Karystos, and the other
at Sperchios, where the Turkish Commandant ME-
HEIIRD PACUA was killed. It was in consequence
of the last victory that the inscrrection spread in
Thessaly and Macedonia.

The French Papers abound with details of the de-
solation occasioned by the hail-storms of the 7th and
10th inst. the last ravaged 25 Communes in the vi-
cinity of Auser;e, destroying every hope of a fruit or
corn harvest ; the former was not less destructive in
its effects.

These papers contain some exaggerated account's
of the state of Spain. MISAS and his followers, whose
total defeat and flight to Trance is officially an-
nounced in the Madrid papers, are represented as
spreading consternation, through Catalonia. It is
stated that some disturbances have taken
.place at
Lyons in consequence of the nomination of M. DEL-
PH IN, an Ultra, for the department of the Rhone.
The popular candidate was M. DE ConcELLe..s.
French Funds, May 1-5 per Cent. opened at 88 f. 20c. lowest
38 Ll 5 c. Exchange on London, one month, 25 f. 13 c.

A German Mail, with Frankfort Papers to the 10th
instant, reached us this forenoon. The Leipsic Fair
has been better than was expected ; and notwith-
standing the new Russian Tariff had an injurious
effect on the fair, in driving several Poles and Ibis-
ians home without making any purchases, yet there
was a great demand for coarse cloths, leather, linen,
fine English printed calicoes, cambric muslins, &c.
The Austrian Observer contains an account from
Constantinople of the loss of the island of Scio (Chios).
It states, that the garrison to which the Turkish gar-
ison retired is well suppliei with ammunition and
provisions, and that the Turks will defend it to the
last extremity.

The following circumstance lately took place at
Raab, in Hungary :—A building, which was for-
merly a Franciscan Convent, was put up to public
auction ; the purchaser produced his power of attor-
ney, as agent for the Jesuits; this excited great sur-
prise, and he wai informed that a statement of this
circumstance must be sent to Court for the Govern-
ment to decide. The Chancery decided that the pur-
chase was null, because the Jesuits were not recog-
nized by law as a corporate body.
viz:iya, may 3.-31etalligkses:71i—Bank Shares, 666.

The Prince and Princess of DEZ,MARK arrived in
town last nit.;l:t.
Yesterday, the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, Mr.
PELL, the Duke of WELLlEtrrots, and the Earl of LI-
VERPOOL, had audiences of the KING.
Yesterday, the J'rincess AUGUSTA rode in her car-
riage in the Rides of Le Park, &c.
The' celebrated Abbe SIEARD, whose death we
lately announced, was hurled on Monday, at Paris.
His remains were attended by a military escort,
Members of the Institute, and the deaf and dumb
pupils of the deceased.
The Antiversary Meeting of the Subscribers and
Friends to the Army Medical Officers Widows' Fund,
was held at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's,
on IVednesday last, at six o'clock in the evening.—
Nearly 100 persons, sat down to an excellent dinner,
most of whom reside in the metropolis or vicinity.—
Such a numerous company of medical men, many of
whom hold the most eminent professional rank in
London, perhaps never before assembled together for
a convivial purpose in any age or country. Among
the company present were—Sir HENRY HALFORD.
13art. Dr. BAILLIE, Sir GILBERT BLANF, Sir MAT-
THEW TIERNEY, SirJAMES MACORIOBR, Sir EVER A RD
HOME, Sir ANDREW HALLIDAY; DIN. SOMERVILLE,
M`PUERNov, COOKE, FERGUSSON, FORBES, UWINS;
Messrs.Waattes,GuroIIIE,KEATE,COOPER,CADELL,
M'KENNON, &c. &c. The Chair was filled by Dr.
FERGUESON. Four excellent vocal performers, under
the direction of Mr. BROADIIunsT, greatly contribtned
to the general hilarity of the evening, by singinl, a
variety of exquisite and appropriate songs and catch: c.
A number of toasts and healths were drank on the
occasion, to which suitable and eloquent replies were
made by some of the distinguished individuals pre-
sent. The company did not disperse till a late hour.,
NATIONAL Scooots.—The Annual Examination
of the Male and Female Children educated at the
National Schools, on the B,itish System of Dr. BELL,
took place at the Central School, Baldwin's-gardens,
Gray's Inn-lane, the 15th instant, his Grace the Arch-'
bishop of CANTERBURY in the Chair. Before one
o'clock, the hour appointed for the examination, the
very spacious School-room was crowded with a bril-
liant assemblage of beauty and fashion, attending to
witness a sight so interesting to all who regard a
careful juvenile education as the source of natit,nal
prosperity and honour. About one o'clock the Rev.
Primate took the Chair, suppotted• on his right and
left by several Bishops. The room was immediately
filled to excess. The examination was conducted with
reat regulary, and the xatechical queries
Paris Papers of Tuesday have been received. wevery gre answered withit much correctness and care. The
contents possess little importance. The Elec. children read 'the, different portions of Sc •
ripture as-
ihich are still proceeding, are represented by signed to them with a surprising accuracy and clear-
fferent papers to be in favour of the patties they ness of tone, which afforded great satisfaction to tke
respectively espouse ; but a; far as can be judged at
;highly respectable iiudience assembled. The defini-
tions and explanations given by them, extempore, to
.sant, the Liberals ivipear to be gaining ground. numerous parts of the Bible, &c. were remarkablx
Louis, the Ex-Minister of Finance, has been pertinent. About half-past three o'clock the nrnmi-
off the list of Ministers of State. •It appears nation ended with the children singing a passage in
was one of a body of electors in his district
-the Psalms, which they executed with much spirit.

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. laressios. MA v 1 S.—TIA* hate% MOM. fro* it_sw Yak
is of this Port.— Lefiirs, lk.crsiiß be ftiOrattled te-moretpW:
Bathuseas, (W. A.) Aialt. 8...-The brternropello„ imbed yob.
ibilleetollei &ye frosts' So. Barthoisenuves, suns, slat the
silt Pilaw* ID Vetteeder was tsrought in their-the
bike bud • three or four had been killed, and seven or
el* s there were fifty in irons oh baird. The above
t yeis
d4ini.
reins *see prises, previous to the mutiny.
MAT I.s.—Wind N.—Arrived the Rose, from
Isoldia:.• the Martha, Annum, for Dram; andfrances,
Ran, foe Off the port, the Blessing, Musa, from
Faro la Ulna days, for orders, and sailed spin.
Pt:mourn, MAT lb.—Wind N.N. W.—Sailed the Harriet,
Canna, for Gibraltar; and Joseph and James, Mess, for
London from Demarara.
Possualowns, MAT 16.—Wind SE.-11te Providence, Owns,
from the Downs for Madras and Bengal ; and Prim:engine.
Rums, foe ditto, passed down Channel. Sailed Milk Haim*
for Madras and Bengal.
DICAL, MAT 16.—Wind N.B.—Arrived end- sailed for else,
River, the Salads, Wasson, from Jamaica; York, TALIIOT,
from borunna ; Priscilla, Fasts, from Trieste; Peter and Ro•-
becca, ALIXN from Lisbon ; Romulus Caawroan, from Si.
Vincent's; and several others, homeward bound, particulars of
which not known.
Cows, May lb.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Brunswick and
England transports, from London.
Sou .—r, Mar 14WInd variable. Sailed his Majesty's cutter
HAArr, on a cruise.
' CUSTO3I.IIOGAZ MAT 16.—ShipsEntered Inwards: The
Baron, from Venice; Phabe and Ann, and Elephant, from
Stangate Creek ; Rambler, from Neva ; Victory, from Harlin-
' gen ; Tartar, from Metric! ; Regent, from Petersburgls.-Cleared
Outwards: Malta, for Trinidad; Vrow Martha, for Ostend;
St. Helena, for Ss. Helena; Barkworth, for Bombay;i Swift,
for Calais ; Castor, for the South Sens.

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