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MISCELLANIES.

suiting his private interest rather than that of the'
service on which he was sent? He admitted that
there wa; a great increase of revenue in these Islands
since the; were under the protection of Russia, and
a nominal increase of expenditure. This increase
was not caused by any new taxes, but by care on the
part of the governing Authorities to prevent the
taxes from being diverted into the pockets of private
individuals. Formerly the taxes were collected by
the Noblemen, who made large fortunes by making
good the taxes to the Government, and exacting much
more out of the people. It was far better to have, as in
this country, responsible Officers, with fixed salaries.
The Church property had been restored, by taking
it from those who unjustly withheld it. This was
done to give relief to a starving Clergy, and to give
moral and religious instruction to the People. But
the insurrection said to have been raised on this ac-
count, was excited on a pretence•that the Militia raised
were to be sent to die in the West Indies. If Officers

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under the Lord High Commissioner did hold several
situations, as he knew some did, yet they were held
without any additional salaries, to those which they
receive for their single superior situations. This was
the uniform practice of Sir T. Maitland. Much had
been said about building a Palace for the Lord High
• Cornmissirncr. The fact was, that the Senate de-
creed a separate residence to him; for the only Pa-
lace he had occupied since his residence in that Island
was a bed-room, and a sitting-room ,for his Private
Secretary ; his dining-room being the place of meet-
ing for the Senate, and his drawing-room bad been.
made the place of sitting of the Legislative Assembly.
When these Bodies were assembled, he was confined
to his bed-room and his sitting-room; and when they
Nviilied him to opta the Legislature by a splendid
Procession, how di,appointed were they when they
found that he walked from his bed-room to the Senate!
Some of Sir Thomas Maitland's visitors actually fell
through the floor of the house in which he lived. Sir
Thomas Maitland had acted in a most exemplary
manner in his office ; and that perhaps was the reason
why persons, who had been disappointed in obtaining
situations in those Llands, looked with a jaundiced
eye at all that he had done. These Islands had de-

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frayed the expenses of their Barrack, and other De-
• partments ; and nothing remained for this Govern-
ment to make up but a part of the military expenses.
Even in the allowance to the soldiers in these Islands,
Sir T. Maitland had effected a saving of E 504100--
With respect to die motions of the lion. Gentleman,
he should assent to some, but not to others; for, con-
sidering that country as a free and independent State,
there were some of those motions which could not be
exacted from them.
Colonel DAVIES said, the Constitutional Charter
of the lonian Islands, passed unanimously in 1817,
decreed, that, generally speaking, the whole of the
Military Establishment of those islands was to be
maintained at their own expense. It was unwise, in
his opinion, to keep up a set of Stipendiary Magis-
trates; and he contended that the Legislative Bodies
of these Islands were completely under the authority
of the Lord High Commissioner.
Lord CASTLEREAGH did-not regret the tick
lity, but the credulity, with which the Honourable,
Member had received statements which had been so'
successfully refuted. The Noble Lord observed, he,
had no wish to discourage the Honourable Member
in his laudable endeavours to promote public eco-
nomy, but he would advise him in future to obtain
his information before he opened his case. He did
not say this out of any feeling of alarm, for he bad
no fear that his Right Hon. Friends should: ever be
taken by surprise; there was too much experience
and activity in the persons at present employed in
the public service, for him to fear any such surprise,
and therefore it was for the sake of the Honourable
Member himself, that he would advise him to adopt
the old Parliamentary course, namely, to move for
Papers, and obtain his information before be brought
forward his motions. The Maisie Lord defended the
conduct of Sir T. Maitland, than whom he said there
was not a more honourable °Seer in the service,
or a man existing who was a more determined ene-'
my to jobs.
Mr. BERNAL defended his Honourable Friend in
the course he had taken, and supported the motion.
Sir H. PARNELL also supported the nation, and'
the manner in which it had been brought forward.
' Lord CASTLEREAGH explained. He had only,
advised die. Honourable Gentleman to put the House
in possession pf the necessary documents and infor-
mation, before he called on it to discuss the subject.
Mr. HUME replied, and denied that he bad taken
the House by surprise, as he stated, three nights ago,
what his motion would be.

The motion was pot; agreed to without a division.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then moved for leave to
bring in a IfeY to faciktate the dispatch cif business in the Court
M King's Bench. The object of the BM was to enable &Judge
to lit out of 'term. to dispose of certain ovations, stick at pee-
n/mit could only be heard during Terro.—Leave granted.
'llse Douse went into a Committee to consider a proper com-
pensation for sack servants of the African Company as were not
to he retained is kis Majesty's service.
Sic JOHN Stumm suggested that it woad be Leiter to distri-
bute dose Wirers among the lons that were to be kept, than by I
&WIN; than pensions, to rake as additional burden on the people.
Mr. DAVIES GILBERT gave notice, that he would, on
Tuesday. move for leave to bring in a Hill to regulate the Turn-
pike-roads arm. Landon.—Adjourned at Tsarina siCsoca.

SUCK if TEE ifironts.—“ The principal part of the
441=C W%, whom the Author has introduced in this popular'
Nord. are of the higher cinder, but sufficirndy diversified, ex-
teriorly and intrinsie.dly„ in their at-thous and language, to fur..
nisti attune:nem to tlose who have, no doubt, perused the
&els. It is imp ossible. in a brief notice, to enter into the story,
which, though a tale of mystery, miring to the wickedness of a
chief character in the drama, cdfers to the reader all the interest
that can attend circwnstances arising enema of another from
she beginning to the end of the Piet. This constant succession
of scenery, of situations in winch fortune places the heroine of
the tale, the varied beings she Conies is Contact smith, and an
endless train of spirited dia.' legues, nuke " Such is the World"
an interesting NoveL As rejards the plot, it is artfully con-
trived; the unravelling is easy, the event natural, but striking
and unexpected. At one moment the heart Is melted into ten-
dawns by misfortunes which the offerers could neither foresee
nor prevent ; at another all the finer ferlirip are excited, by the
encouragement and reward of virtue;..-uniterrnly the actors
bear about them the ra.unp of human nature; they have their
passions, their weaknet.rer. and the telarrles of mortals; the
style is chaste, the an parches of a polished species of
easy compcssition which dininguislies the hew nomlists of our
Island; the mem/ is obvious and inatructhre• and the dialogue
maintained throughout sparkles with a brilliancy which reminds
I,l‘ of a highly-AM./lE4i Comely rather than a Noveh"—Waria7
luselligvuran stud ttkitiah lannisary, 21.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1821.
- &v. Martutas.--Hnhtlay at the Bank.

A warm and animated Debate took place in the
House 9f Commons, last night, upon a Petition from
DAVISON, the individual who, it will be recollected,
was fined by Mr. Justice BEST, who presided at his
trial, whilst making his defence, for contempt of
Court. The Petition complained of the conduct of
the Learned Judge, and asked redress of the House.
The Petition was supported by Mr. Hoettousz and
Mr.CREEVEY, the letter of whom accused Mr. Justice
But of being an intemperate and political Judge.—
These assertions called down upon him the severe
comments of Mr. Serjeant OssLow and the Sowell
TOR-GENERAL. The conduct of the Learned Judge
was defended by the SOLICITOR and A TTORNEY..
GENERAL, Mr. LOCKIIART, and Mr. SCARLETT.—.
After some observations from Lord CAsrutazeou,
Mr. J. P. GRANT, and other Members, the House
divided, and decided against receiving the Petition
by a majority of Gt_to 37.

In the House of Lords, the Earl of DONOUVIIMORZ
gave notice, that he would bring forward the Catho-
lk Question on the Bth of March. A new KING and
an unpledged Parliament, were noticed by the Noble
Earl, as two new circumstances in its favour.

The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived last night.—
PAn article from Milan of the 10th February contains
the Proclamation of General FLUXIONr to the Aus-
trian troops, which we gave yesterday, and says in
addition—" It appears that the different columns of
the army have actually passed the Po, and that they
are marching upon three lines ; one by Florence and
Sienna, the other by Forli and Urbino, and the third
by Ancona and along the coasts of the Adriatic. It
'is asserted that the head-quarters will be at Rome by
the 223 or 25th of February. According to the most
probable opinions, the Corps of General Frinaont con-
sists of 40,000 men."

Another article from the same place, and of the
same date, says—" The main body of the Austrian
army must have passed the Po the day before yes-
terday, at Bergofor te."
Letters from Rome, quoted in these Papers, an-
nounce that Sir THOMAS MAITLAND, on landing at
Ancona, had been so pressed for time as to break the
Quarantine Laws, and that instantly on his arrival
' at Rome he had had a long conference with Cardinal
GONSALVI. Report (for which there may have been
no foundation) states that the purposes of his mission
was to inquire into the truth of the account, that
foreign troops were on the point of entering the do-
minions of the Sovereign Pontiff.
The latest accounts from Naples are to the 2d in-
stant. The dispatches which bad been last received
there from Laybach were kept secret, " not a sylla-
ble of their contents," we are informed, " transpires;
but for several days past much agitation is perceived
amongst our Statesmen. Several Functionaries and
the most distinguished Deputies have made arrange-
ments of their affairs, so as to be prepared for any
event. Their design, it is supposed, is, in case of a
reverse, to take refuge in Spain. A few days since,
as the Prince Regent was taking the pleasures of the
chase, a considerable crowd followed him, calling
out,' Peace! Peace! No Warr The Prince seemed
much affected, and immediately retutned to Naples."
Another account says, " the inhabitants f the
Abruzzi have sent an Address to the Naxos Rumor,
praying that his Royal Hight-less will be pleased to
grant the modifications demanded by his MAJErre
in the Constitution of Sicily, in order to avoid the
evils of the war which threatens us.. This Address,
it is said, was rejected by the Ministry. It is reported
that our Government is more than ever determined
to enter into no compromise."
Of the accuracy of this statement, in as far as regards
any such Address having been sent from the Abruz-
zians, there seems reason to entertain some doubts.
The following article, given in the Moniteur, breathes
a very different spirit ;

44 NAPLES. FEBRUARY 1.

" The Prince Regent Wrote, on the 29th ultimo, to
General Pepe, in reply to a letter from that General,
of the 23d, expressing his satisfaction at the details
given of the state of the Abruzzi, where tranquillity,
attachment to the Constitutional Throne, and
obedi-
ence to the Laws, am universally prevalent; and
where a complete organization of 24,000 men has
been already effected; and 12,000 more are in
a state of considerable forwardness. The Prince'
finishes his letter with expressing his wishes that his,
health may permit him to make an excursion to those'
provinces, Where the Mood of the Samnites circulates',
in the veins of the heroes who are destined to oppose
a strong rampart to the aggressions of the enemy,
and his sentiments of gratitude for the patriotic zeali
Which animates the General for the maintenance of+
the Constitutional Monarchy.*

Nrothirg of importarce had occurred at Madrid,
down to as late a date as the 15th. The public mind
had returned to a state of comparative tranquillity.
French Five per, Cents, Monday, 841 r. 55c.

The Paris Papers of Wednerday arrived at a late
hour this forenoon. The 14owing are the only ad-