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advantage from this Act, to the utter rain, perhaps,
of his Creditor. He should therefove move that this
Bill he real a second time that chy fortnight.
Al ;einAn ►►OOD th ugh: i: .1 tha tradesmen
should lose their property by persons who were en-
abled to live at their ease in the Rules of the Prisons,
and set their creditors at deti.ince. He, -therefore,
should regret the delay that must take place in this
measure.—The Bill was then ordered to be read a
second time that day fortnight.

VNANCE.

On the motion of Mr. MABERLEY, Accounts
were ordered to be laid before the House of the
Amount of last year's Revenue, and the deficiencies in
the-Consolidated Fund. He said the latter was in a
most unprecedented way in arrears, so much as ten
or eleven millions. He should call the attention of
Parliament to this subject, if he should have a seat in 11
the next Parliament-

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
the Hon: Gentleman was misinformed. The Conso-
lidated Fund was only in arrears eight millions, and'
that had been partly made up.
Mr. MABERLEY said, it was in arrear eight mil-
lions, in addition to three millions allowed to the
Bank.—The motion was then agreed to.
The Report of the Penrhyn Bribery Bill was ordered to be
recelTed this day three months, and the Court of Exchequer
Bill this day fUrtnight.
The high Exchequer Cbamber Bill was postpooed to this day
fortnighz.—Adjourned.

E‘EMNG STAR.

LONDON.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1826:•
THE FUNDS. •
riticz Of STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONS OUCtIC
Bank Stock 223%
3 per Cent. “eJuced 691/2 IA, 1A;
3 per Cent. Consols 685/8 44 % •
3i per Cent. 77%
4 per Cent. 87% MI 78
5 per Cent. Navy 1031/8 Va • '
Bank Long Annuities lb 3-16 1/2
India Bonds 15s. 14s. pr.
New Annuities 68%
Exchequer Bills (2d.) Is. pr. I s.
Consols for Acct. 68% 1,4 %.

A variety of interesting topics came, in rapid suc-
cession, before the House of Commons last night :
the provision for the QUEEN; Lord JOHN RussELL's 1
Bill for continuing the Suspension of the Elective
Franchise in the Boroughs of Barnstaple, Camel-
ford, Grampound, and Penrbyn; and the state of
the Revenue. The part which had reference to her'
MAJESTY will be read with peculiar interest.

The observations made in the House of Commons
last night, by Mr. MABERLEY, respecting the defi-
ciency in the Consolidated Fund, has had the effect
of casting a heavy gloom upon our Funds. This
morning Consols opened at 6814 sh, and the Market
looks exceeding. heavy at that price. Several re-
spectable Brokers have sold largely.

The Palk Papers of Saturday arrived this morn-
ing. If credit may be given to the following Post-
script to The Gazette de France, dated at eleven
o'clock on Friday night, M. Da Cnzz, yielding to
the storm of calumny which has been raised against
him on the occasion of the late tragic occurrence,
has retired from the post of Prime Minister:

" PARIS, ELEVEN P.M.

" It appears certain, that Count De Caze is ne
longer Minister. This morning he sent in his re-
signation to his Majesty, which was accepted. The
Presidency of the Ministry hangs between Prince
Talleyrand and the Duke de Richelieu. Probably
the new Administration will be formed in the course
of to-morrow.

" Count De Cake was to-night seriously indisposed.
" The circumstznces in which we are placed are
momentous, but the people are sound ; they are wea-
ried of revolutimns ; the men of property are united
in a conformity of sentiments, views, and efforts.—
The state of necessity in which the Monarchy is
placed, points out the line which Government must
follow. We may beforehand feel well assured that
this line v ili not be exceeded ; the wisdom of the in-
dividuals mentioned is a guarantee of this, as well as
the royal interest, which is nothing but the interest
of all."

This intelligence will, in all probability we think,
prove to be correct. Had M. DEcAss survived
the present crisis, we might have said of him, like
Richard of Lady Anne, " he is immortal !" The
abuse which has been heaped upon him from all
quarters, on the present occasion, exceeds anything
we ever witnessed before in party politics, for ran-
cour and malignity. Take, for example, a few spe-
cimens from the Papers received •this morning :
" Public opinion has not hesitated a single instant
as to the causes of the crime which has struck the
Bole world with consternation. The moment the
Royal breast was touched by the assassin's poig-
nard, a spontaneous cry named the Revolution, and
another cry associated, as guilty of complicity in the
:attempt, the accessary system of regicide interests.
—A terrible responsibility has fallen, like a stroke of '
thunder, on the head of the Prime Minister; all.
Franca turns towards N. DecazE, and demands,
with a loud voice, " Where is the Duke de Berri?"
He cannot answer like CAIN—" Am I his kceperl"
" The corpse of a Prince," says the celebrated CHA•
TEAUERIAND, in an article which he has inserted in
another paper, and ieferring, undisguisedly to M.
.DE CAZE, " may terve as a step to mount to power;
but it will be a power of-short duration—witness 110-

KAPARTI, who made the body of theDuk d'Esou It NI
the stepping stone of his greatness." " A Dictator
may be necessary," says a third Journal, " to save a
country when in imminent peril; it was once so in
Rome; but then they gave the Dictatorsh; p to a Cicero,
not to a Catiline." It is not enough to be innocent to
stand against such grave charges its -these ; the dig-
nity of the King's Ministry obviously required, or if
the resignation has not, as stated," yet taken place,
does require, that M. DECAZE should retire, for a
season at least, from a post, his longer' retention of
which, under existing circumstances, could not fail
to.compromise those interests which he was placed
there, and we sincerely believe had a most sincere
desire to maintain. It is with Ministers as with
Czsar"s wife—it is not enough that they are not guilty
—it is necessary that they should not be sugpected.
Nothing; after all, can be more inconsequent than
the manner in which M. DE CAZE'S complicity in the
assassination of the Duke de BERRI is attempted to
be made out by the. Journals who so audaciously
fulminate the charge. " The system," says the Gil-
lette de France, " of M. DE CAZE has favourtd the
doctrines which have killed the Duke de BERRI r'-
It is an easy thing to say se, and the more easy that
it is impossible to prove anything of the kind. M.
DE CAZE may. as well retort the charge on the sys-
tem of his adversaries, and as to the matter of truth
between them, there.will be a complete quid pro quo.
How lamentable must the state of political feeling be,
how troubled the prospective which opens upon
France, when parties must needs identify each other
'with every occurrence that is most atrocious, instead
of uniting together with equal sincerity, and equal
belief in each other's sincerity, to reprobate a crime
4hich is a disgrace to their common nature!
tkr-Friday, the Marshals of France were admitted
to an stadience of his MAJESTY, when the Marquis
de Contziosaallo (Mot citi) presented, in their name,
an Address of Condolence to his MAJESTY, assuring
him, that " there is not one of his soldiers whuse soul
is not torn with anguish at the late horrible attempt,
and who would not shed the last drop of his blood
for the defence of the Thi one." The Bitty replied,
I am very sensible of the interest which the Mar-
shals of France take in my just affliction. The indi-
vidual whom we mourn was a brave man, and de-
serves to be regretted by all the brave."
A woman'has been arrested, who is said to have
been the mistress of Louvel. Among the circum-
stances which have transpired respecting the latter, it
is said, that when he was first under examination,
M. DE CAM/ whispered something in his ear, and that
the assassin answered the Minister also in a whisper,
but concluded with these words, loud enough to be
heard—" Je vows le jure." The enemies of M. Da
CAZE have not, of course, omitted making the most
of this mysterious colloquy ; but unfortunately for
their views, the Duke Ds FITZJAMES has come ho-
nourably forward, and explained that it was he who
suggested to M. Ds Cam to ask the assassin, in a
low tone (tout has), whether the poignard was poi-
soned—the Duke's death not having at that moment
been announced as a matter of certainty by the phy-
sicians.

The proceedings in the Chambers have not as yet
been marked by anything further deserving of par-
ticular importance.

The Duchess of BERRY remains in a state of deep,
but resigned melancholy.
French 5 per cents. Friday, 70 fr. 10 c.
PRIVATE LETTER.
" Puns, Fu. es.

" On Tuesday, M. D'EQuEvir.LE, a superior Oifi-
cer in the Garde Royale, having been at the Tuilleries,
and seen the melancholy state into which every thing
there was thrown, had been unable to restrain his
tears. On coming to the Table d'Hote, where he ge-
nerally dined, his tears were visible as he sat at table.
Monsieur LECOINTRE, an Aide-de-Camp of MAR..
SENA. (mark the connexion !) who sat opposite, seeing
this, took some water in a glass, and dipping his
fingers in, applied it to his eyes in. derision. Upon
this, M. D'EQUEVILLE said, " There is not enough,"
and threw a glass of water in his face. They fought
in consequence yesterday morning, and M. LECOIN•
TEE was shot through the heart.
" A Noble Duke (DE Frrz-JAMIE,) in the Cham-
her of Peers, in speaking of this deplorable event,
alluded to the letter lately published by CAULAIN-,
COURT, and said, that that production had probably
tended to sharpen the purpose, if not the dagger of the
assassin, and that if the author of that letter was of-
fended with alluding to what he had publicly distri-
buted in the Journals, he was ready to give a further
explanation in thefosse oft.be Castle of Vincennes!—
(The place where, through CAULAINCOLIRT'S inter-
vention, the Duke D'ENoutEx was murdered).—
The consequences have not yet transpired. There
has been some riot among the Garda du Corps.
They are quite enraged at this infernal murder.
The day before yesterday, the Guards of Momnsuft
were ordered to keep (every man) their quarters,
in consequence of their having asserted, that they
would go and quarrel with every Editor of a Jour-
nal who wrote against the Royal Family. Yester-
day the KING'S Guards said they would do the same
with every Editor of the Revolutionary party."

Letters received this morning from Paris, state,
that Louvel, the assassin of the Duke of Berry; has
committed suicide. It is reported that the wretch
accomplished the deed by means of poison.

AMERIC tN PAPERS.

New York Papers arrived this morning to the 27th
of January.

CONGRESS-HOUSE OF REP RESENTAT IVES, JAN. 20.
The following Message was received from the Pn
SIDENT of_ the United States by the House of Repre-
sentatives :

" In compliance with a Resolution of the House of Repre-
sebtatives, requesting me to lay before it, at as early a day as
may be convenient, an Account of the Expenditure of the seve-
ral Sums appropriated for building Fortifications, from the year
1116, to the year 1619 inclusive, indicating the places at which
works of defence have been begun, the magnitude of the works
contemplated at each place, their present condition, the amount I
already expended, and the estitnated amount requisite for the
completion of each, also, the mode by which the Fortifica-
dons are built, by contract or otherwise, I now transmit to
the House a Report from the Secretary of War, to whom the
said Resolution was referred, which, with the documents ac-
companying it, contains all the information required.

" JAMES 11ONROF."

FROM RIO JANEIRO.-Mr. Thomas Oliver, of
Buenos Ayres, came passenger in the brig Robert,
from Rio Janeiro oirrived in Hampton Roads on Sa-
turday). Mr. Oliver states, that he arrived at Rio
from Buenos Ayres on the evening 'of the 28th No-
vember, and, on entering the port, saw a Russian
squadron of five sail, which had just anchored. While
at Rio, he learnt that a British squadron of four sail.
of the. line, under command of Sir Thomas Hardy,
had arrived at that port a weck before, and were still
there. Mr. Oliver did not learn any particulars re-
lative to either of the squadrons, or their destination,
as he only remained at Rio one night.

LATB FROM Cllll.l.—Extract of a Letter from
Santiago de Chili, dated 7th October :—" 'The squa-
dron of Chili, under command of Lord Cochrane,
sailed from Valparaiso on the 11th ult. and after
' touching at Coquimbo to receive about 200 troops
on board, departed from the coast, destined for Lima,
having on board nearly a complete Regiment of
Marines and Infantry, including engineers. It was
manned with a mixed crew, but nearly all the Offi-
cers and more than half of the crew, were foreigners,
chiefly English and American seamen. Their ob-.
ject is to destroy the squadron at Callao, and after
wards to meet that on its way from Spain, in case of
success in the first object. Some military movements
on a small scale may be attempted with the few
troops on board. A grand military Expedition on
Lima is meditated, and December or January en-
suing is spoken of as the time determined on to put
it into execution."

Yesterday the KING eceived visits from the Dukes
of YORK and Sussex, the Duchess of GLOUCESTER,
Prince LEOPILD,' and the Marchioness of CHOL-
MONDELEY.

The Duke of YORK returned to London, from Oat-
lands, on Sunday evening.
We are extremely happy to say, that the Report of
the Duchess of Yottes health, yesterday, was—" Her
Royal Highness is better."
Yesterday morning, the Duke of CLatainics left
town for Bushy Park. His Royal Highness returned
to town in the evening to his residence in the King's
Palace, St. James's, and accompanied his Duchess to
dine with the Duke and Duchess of GLOSICESTRR, at
Gloucester House.

Prince LEOPOLD left Claremont on Sunday even-
ing for the King's Palace, at Kensington, on a visit
to the Duchess of KENT; his Royal Highness after-
wards proceeded to Marlborough House, Pall-mall.
Yesterday evening, his Royal Highness went to dine
with his afflicted Sister, at Kensington Palace..
Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal, rein-
stating Messrs. FONELANQUEI Jaavls, and WE-
THERELL, who had Patents of Precedence, in their
former rank, among his MAJESTY'S Counsel, within
the Bar, which, owing to an omission in Mr. PON-
SONEY'S Act, they lost on the demise of his late
MAJESTY.

A very numerous and respectable Meeting of the
Livery was yesterday held, at the Albion 'Tavern,
Aldersgate-street, to consider of the best means for
promoting the Election of Alderman Wool), J. YAL-
LOWLEY, Esq. in the Chair; when several Resolutions
were unanimously agreed to ; for which see the fi:ant
efour Paper.
Te Observer of Sunday last contained twelve folio
columns of the Particulars and Official Ceremonies
which took place at the Funeral of his late MAJESTY,
including upwards of 100 foci ipture Texts adopted on
the occasion by the Divines at the Churches and
Chapels in London and ifs environs; also a Prayer
delivered by the Rev. Rabbi, Dr. HIRSCHEL, at the
Great Synagogue in Duke's-Place. The Observer,
price Seven-pence, will be on sale at the Offices in
the Strand during this week.
Letters of the 2d February, from Cadiz, have been
received at Madrid by a Courier Efiraordinary, an-
nouncing that a party of the Insurgents had made a
sortie on the preceding day from the Isle of Leon,
and attacked a detachment of the Royalist Army
under the command of LA CRUZ MOURGEON, but
were repulsed with the loss of 300 men taken pri-
soners, and again retreated into the Isle of Leon,—
The accounts from Cadiz direct are only of the Ist
inst. and therefore could not contain any allusion to
this affair, which, being related on Madrid authority,
must be received with some caution. The Cadiz
letters contain nothing more than a few hints on the
state of the insurrection : one of them describes the In-:1
:urgent troops as consisting of more than 10,000 men,
and designates them as the flower cf the Spanish army.
—On the other hand, Cadiz itself seems perfectly
secure from attack, and in no other danger than that
which may be apprehended from the disaffection of
its inhabitants. CIENFURGOS, the Bishop of Cadiz,
it is said, with the view, by his exhortations, of
bringing over the troops to their duty, has been bold
enough to venture his person among them. Ile was
received by the Rebel Commanders with the defer-
ence due to his rank and sacred unctions, but was
sent back to Cadiz without succeeding in any degree
in the object of his mission. ,