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AIMMIIP . . _
i fear that the comidaeations of a general peace wilt
injure their pretensions. That will be a misfortune to
them. and to us also perhaps;
,for the Mores will fall
beneath the tieightiouting influence of the English. and
that is all ihe fruit. we Mall have gathered fros:totie
sacrifices. Here the policy of Zeno, would he /ohm
a state Mweptible of some independeuee. and this tree
would accord with humanity. France design
it; but it is perhaps not sufficient to desire It—at otebt
41so be accomplished.

THE POPE.
The name of Pope 4gnifies Father in Greek, and
is given by the Gre. k Church to all. Bishops, but siege
Gregory the Ssventh it has been applied to the Bishop
of Rnme.
The Pope is elected by the College of Cardinals.helag
seventy-Iw') si number, ipcludingthe six subarbais.lll.
bhopries. whose principal and most 40novirible
is that o( electing the Pops; and it is eirly to
that their dignitgand importance increased with diet
of the Roman See itself; and that they shared Akita
tempt:irel and its spiritual pre.eminence. As thetas.
dinals are the counsellor', so they are ihe Ames oaf
the Pontiff, and are thus eatimted witlrtheilsensge-
meat of the Church at large. and of the Roams State
in patticular. The grand assembly of the Cardinal*
is called' the Consist:el y, where the Pontiff presides •in
person. Here they appear in all the splendour of
the purple. and form a most majestic Senate. Here,
therefore, public communications are announced, fo.
reign Ambassadors received, Cardinals created, fennel
compliments made and answered; in short. all the
exterior splendour of Sovereignty is displayed. Bet the
principal prerogative cf a Cardinal is exercised in the
Conclave. so called because the members of the liaeriod
College are. then- coifitied within the precincts of the
great halls of , the Vatican Palace, where they 11111111111
immured till they agree in the election of a Pantie.—
As gotta ai the Holy Father has expired, the Cardinal
Chamberlain, in i purple dress, presents himself at the
door of his chamber, and . knocks three times with a
gold hammer, calling each time the Pope by his Chris-
tian, Family, and Papal names. After a short time he
says in presence of the Clerks of the Chamber and his
Apostolical votaries, who take account of that cera
many, 'He is then dead. The fisherman's ring is
then brought to the Cardinal, who breaks it with the
same hammer. He then takes possession of the Vatican,
in the name, of the Apostolic Chamber. After having
establisbed.histauttiority in that Palace,he sends guards
to take poisession of the gates of the city, and of the
Castle of Sr. Angelo ; and, when he has provided for
she safety' a Rome. he quits the Vatican in a car.
Keg.. preceded by a Captain of the. Pope's guard,
and having, by his side the Swiss who generally sc.
company„his Holiness. When this march begins the
teat bell orthe Capitol is tolled, and, as it only tolls
on this occisioi, announces to the whole city the death
stftbe Sovereign Pontiff. The body, hgving been em-
balmed. is clad in its pontifical dress, and, with the
mitre wits, bead. lies, in state three days on a bed of
parade. It _knelt carried with great pomp to the Church
of St. Peteroithere it remains nine days exposed to public
view after which the burial takes place. The nestday the
Cardinals assemble in the same Cathedral, where the
oldest of them celebrates the Mass of the HoteGmosr he
the election of a new Pope. Another Prelate, in a Latin
oration, exhorts the Cardinals to choose an individual
worthy of" so eminent a station ; after which they all
*arch in procession behind the Papal cross, the musi-
cians singing the hymn " Veni Creator 1" to the H.ll . f
the Conclave, which occupies a large portion of the
Vatican. The large rooms are divided by temporally
partitions into what are called cells, which are sub.
divided again into little rooms anJ closets. Every Car.
diaal has his own, for him and his assistant., and it is
only large enough to hold a bed, five or six chairi, and
a table. The hour of holding the conclave being come,
a bell is rung to cause the Ambassadors, Princes, Pre-
lates, and 'other persons il distinction who may be pre-
sent, to retire. When they are all gone out, the doors
and windows are all walled op. with the exception of
one, which throsis but a dim light upon the Conclave.
The only communication with the exterior is by means of
towers,in the same shape at those gild in convents of
Nuns. Ose der is also kept fir the removal, of any
Cardinal who may be ill, but who loses the right of
giving an elective vote if he retires. The made of elec.
IMO now in use is by a secret ballot. Two chalices stand
on a long table in the Chapel of Sinus, into which the
Cardinals deposit their bulletins, containing the nem
of the individual for whom they vote. One of the
Scrotums reads it aloud, while two others mark the
flambee of votes for each individual, by the side of bit;
name, on the large tablet where all those of the Car.
diaals are inieribed. Whoever obtains two-thirds of
the votes present is canonically elected. His name is
immediitely proclaimed aloud, and the Cardinals sitting
oil his right and left rise and
.qu;t their places. Hie
consent is asked, and, when it is. Ripen, the Cardinals,.
beginning by the oldest, perform the first adoration;
that is to say. kiss his foot, and then his hand. The first
Cardinal Deacon now announces the election *to the:
people, and the artillery of the Castle of St. Angelo and
the bells of the city spread the news afar. The people
are then allowed to break into the Conclave, and to
carry off all they can.
No person is. eigible to the Papacy undet 55 yeatrof
age, or that is not an Italian by birth, having. already-
obtained a piece in the College of Cardinals, or who as
a Prince by birth, or allied to a reigning house, lest
such a Pope should dismember the patrimony of Sr.
Peter, or N abandon that neutrality which a common
lather should observe towards all Christian Princes ;" or,
finally, should treat the Cardinals with too mach has-
seur ; thirdly,no one promoted to the degree of Cardinal at
Eul
noinination of some Crown, especially that of France.
Spain, or being a natural born subject of either of
Powers, lest gratitude or national attachment.
d render: him too devoted to the interests of the
or the otheirie4ligible. Even youth, and a good ,
pinion or figure, aruconsidered as.obstaeles. Bet
SA-these maxims and roles vary Ind change according :
to the inconstant and preemie:les impulse Of policy and
faction. Hence it often hippens that, in the numerous
College of Cardinals,. very small notaler are permitted.
upon a vacancy, to aspire to the Papacy, the ruttiest .
part being generally prevented by their birth, their cba.
r acter, their circumstances, and the force of political,
intrigues, from Battering . - . with the Plnallag
hope of ascending the towering sitliiMit of ectlesialitai
power and dominion!

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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LONDON.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1829
PRIOR OF STOOKS AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
Ban! Steels 111 • India Hods
5 per Cent. Red. STI I 1 South Sea Stock
5 per Ct. Cons. 974 61 Old Annuities 117.
51 per Cent. ROL 961 New Ditto
• 114 per Cent. iced. 961 a I 11000 Rzeisiti.llllh 64 51
4 per Ct. New, 1014 a MOO Ditto 64 60
4 per Cent• 1526. 1054 .6109 and .0100 Ditto 66
Lona Ann. 19 15-16 110 India for Amt.
India Stook Consob for Apia lin a
FORRION FONDS. TWO O'CLOCK.
Firsoillur 8J2.5 pOt. It 604 Porttig.Bds iipO. 461 44 j 5
Do. Acct. 601 1 1 Do.Aect. 464
Mien Bonds,. per Ct. 214 Spanish Bdt a p Ct.
Colombian 'ht.,. per Ct. 17 Ditto 310.10
De. Bond •,1614. 151 Fr.Rentea. 5 p 0.1101
Month lids. s pet. 644 Exchange sat soe •
Greet 8d5,111115, SPCC. Fr. Raates,S p Ct. 761 Sk
Do Aeet.l4 &change, 25150 e
Parse. ➢ds. 6 p C. 114 Do. Ant.
BRITISH AND FORWION SHARKS, TWO O'CLOCK.
Ita. PA lON
100 100
sa 10
eta a
40 394
100

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Cardinal who will be elected to fill the Papal Chair.

recommence. The intelligence in the Brussels Pipers
is confined to matters of local interest. The following
are carnet,:

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FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA. Fesattaar 2.
Notwithstanding the bad weather. the preparations far the nett
eunpaigs are going on in the principalities wit► the greatest activity,
and it is probable that the Russian troops will pass the Danube. not
only to Bulgaria, as they did last year, but also to Sersia. A great
quantity of cordage. boards, and beams, bar already been purchased
for the purpose of throwing a bridge over the Danube near Widdin.
The changes that have been made iw the Russian military adminis.
Nation. are said to have already produced beneicial effects. Daily
s►bndshes take place between the garrisons oldie Turkish fortresses
on the Danube, and the Russian light troops, generally to the ad-
vantage of the latter. Letters from Bucharest say. that Count
!Aka wm leave the principalities. It was expected that the
eitportation of horses (tom the principalities wash! be prohibited.
VIENNA, F tti

A French coatier has been dispatcbtol from this city to Paris.
end a Russian courier has arrived from Xlitona. The next accounts
from Constantinople, which are daily expected, are looked for with
great inapptienee.
The rise in our Funds is gestrally ascribed to the high prices of
these et Frosty and England.
Tama. Fee. 14.—Metalliques, 971; Bank Shares, 1,1 11.—
Argerniow Dean, February 19.
BRUSSELS, Fasatteav 24.
An I:ewes' has brought the of6dal notice of the death of Pope
It. XII. to N. Cappaceltd. Tub Prelate is commissioned by the
Cardinals composing the Conclave to communicate this notice to
his blaimay.
The same markt was the bearer of the eeetinoation of the
powers of Ceppaecini relatively to the adagios with which he is
eotrute4 in Chit Netherlands. so that the unfortunate event which
has deprived the Catholic Church of a revered bead will not affect
the relatissi between our Court and that of Rome.
BERLIN, Fan. 111.
The Directors of the Rhenish West India Company held, en the
Sal of Febluary. at ITherfeld, a meeting, is which one of the Di-
rectors made a report es the late operations et the Company.—
Ifteee distopen mien that the desiesd lee German Amp I

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HOUSE OF COMMONS. FIB. 23.
There being only thirty-ix Members present at four
o'clockolle4loose adjourned till to-morrow (this tied.
House of Loam.—Their Lordships did isiinueth'
yesterday.

The Paris papers of Monday reached us last night,

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but they are still destitute of political news. The

services of General MAISON are to be rewarded by his
b ing elevated to the rank of a Marshal of France. The
accounts of the French forces in the Morea are said to
be very favourable.
These papers are full of speculations relative to the

It is now thought that Cardinal Fuca, Archbishop or
Lyons, may succeed to the Holy See, as he possesses
two essential requisites—namely, age and wealth.—
He is the third member of the Sacred College, having
obtained the Cardinal's bat in 1803, through the in-
fluence of NAPOLZON BONAPARTI.

A large Deputation of persons interested in the Silk
- Trade hod a very long conference yesterday with the
Board of Trade. for the purpose of representing the

dist:meal condition of chat branch of our manufactures,
which they attribute mainly to the reduction of the
protecting duties. On the other hand, the Government
attribute the present evils to the smuggling. which,
notwithstanding every exertion which can be made to
prevent it, still continues; and we understand that the.
Board of Trade expressed a very decided opinion, that

the present system of duties should n. t be altered, unless
indeed for the purpose of reducing still lower the present
.rate of duty ou the importation of the article. We
could hardly have supposed that the system of
smuggling could have been still carried on to such
an immense extent as to affect the whole of this br-ncb
of our national industry, and if such is the case, the
imposition of a higher rate of duty would necessarily
add to the evil, by increasing the temptation to smuggle.
We suspect, however, that some other cause must
exist than that which is assigned for the distresses of
this trade, and we cannot help fearing that it is to be
traced to that general stagnation of business which pre-
veils in too many other branches of industry, but
which, from the Silk Trade being more sensitive than
any other, is first and most seriously felt in that line of
business.
We trust this subject will receive the fullest consider.
ation of Government, as it affects the interests, we had
almost said existence, of so many thousands of persons.

We received this mmning the Algemeine Zeihing to
the 20th inst. and Brussels Papers of yesterday's date.
The former contains no article of importance, beyond
the repetition of the great activity exercised by the
Russians for opening the campaign with eclat, and it is
hinted that they will enter &rein, as soon as hostilities

mania b doe %hoot bath America. 'lSt Agents Oats Boast/
in thole Stuns Intend to lend to Antwerp a large
kidtgiln payment of the,Gerwoo goods do& ilsoi *tam
Tay R.pcn apollolthis of j. 400 *acts of the am Titii
41,,,,tant INNIS *pm. &Maga however. dm ootwithasadieg the
pries isoispethies4 sane probea ham bees derived from the sale ef
.oesmait etansfaiteres. lo the Zak Indies the ease is diarist
thalltellitiktitile difilsoy ass still but little inquired fere sad
are it very /ow prkes.
CARLBRUIIik Pas. IL—Br WNW&

Hie Royal HieMeath, Grand Dohs, the Princes and Princeton
of Ni family, and with diem the whole Grand Duchy, have jest
suffered an loomparable low, width Is the awe painful, ae lt wee
unexpected. We have to deplore the lose et the Jdorgravfne Chris-
tiana Louisa of Rodeo (a IPritmatee of Maw), widow silks Mt.
Matinee Frederic, lA* &dal three.o'clock this mocnisig, after
a short Mons, of a paralyde etthe lungs.

BRUSSELS, Fseanaav *3.
One of tea Swiss regiments now baying been disbanded at Ant-
werp, part of the men enlist for the East India service, and part in
our cavalry (the cuirassiers). On Friday last a fleet of thirty mer-
chantmen, under full sail, arrived before the port of Antwerp; IT
immediately entered the little bran, and were placed near the
quay. Two vessels_ entered abreast with the greatest facility and
order. Twenty-live or thirty ships were expected the following
dap—Brands Age% Fr row itS.

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