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mental Test, to introduce the Srcred Name into constant
and promiscuous use ; as if every •declaration were not
made in the presence of G.,D, and as if there were six
persons in the kingdom who did not believe in
the ALMIGHTY. The Bishop of LLANDAFP, in his
maiden speech, proposed the addition of the words
" upon the faith of a Christ:.in," which were agreed
to. We are not aware whether an Indemnity Act-is to
reserted to in future, but if not, the Jews, and persons
not professing Christianity, will be here .fter excluded
from the privileges they have hitherto enjoyed. Lord
ELDON'S Amendment to dispense with the declara-
tion from persons taking the S.lccament, was nega-

rived without a division—as being intended to keep
alive the very Test which is proposed to be abolished.—
On the Learned Lord's proposal to substitute the word
" swear" for declare, the numbers were:

. 32
. 100
Majori: y . --68
Lord MANSFIELD'S Amendment that the Declaration
should run, " I d cl .re in the face of GOD, and in our
Loan and SAVIOUR JE:US CIIRIST," was negatived by
115; there bring Content, 15—Not Content, 130.—
Lord TENTLIIDEN'S suggestion to guard against Dis-
senting Magistr atei, by making them c?eclare that they
v. ill not absent themselves from Divine S:rvice, was lost
by 89; C.,ntents 22—N•rt Contents 111. We nily now,
therefore, bid adieu to the Test and Corporation Acts,
regarded by many as the bulwarks of the Constitution,
though they have been regularly nullified by the Indem-
nity Acts for the last eig,Ay years.
' In the Hout.te of Commons, Mr. IlosittssoN, in reply
to a question fri m Mr. SIUART WORTLEY, on our
commercial relations o ith the United States, stated that
the correspondence had been renewed since the letters
that passed in 1826 between Mr. CANNING and Mr
GALLATIN. Mr. Hu4KessoN announced, that he should
shortly I.y before the House Corres of Conventions with
the United States with respect to commerce, the North
Western Boundary, and other questions in dispute,

For Lord Eldon's Amendment
Against it

By the Garman Mail we have received the Austrian
Observer to the II th instant. lc c ontains at some length
.t Proclamation of Count CAPO DISTRIA, for the esta-
biit: ment of a Nati,,nal Bank in Greece, and solicits
the contributions of the wealthy Greeks and foreigners
rut its support. The shareholders ate promised eight
er cent. per annum interest ; and they are, at the ex-
piration of one year, to be at liberty to withdraw their
I..ottey, either wholly or in part, by signifying their
in:entions a month previous to the Directors of the Bank.

1
An Extraordinary Supplement to the Si. Petersburgli
Gazatc contains the Manifesto of the Emperor Isltcrio-
LAS, relative to the peace concluded with Persia, and
the terms of the Tiraty which has just been concluded
ith that country. The advantages which Russia reaps
itom her recent victoties are immense. Persia cedes
the Khanat of Erivan on either side of the Araxes, and
he Khanat of Thakhitchevan. The future line of
11,:undary between tht two countries are minutely
ttaced, and a weighty indemnity for the expenses of the
wat is granted by Persia to the conquerors-.
The Treaty itself will be found at length in the front
,it this Paper.

The accounts from the lonian Islands contain little
ne‘s sof interest. General CHURCH has been ordered
to quit Dragome,tre by REDSCHID PACHA, who had
arrived with a superior force of cavalry and infantry,
and threatened General Cliuncx with an immediate
;snack in case of :efusal. The General, with the French
Colonel DEUZEL, had made preparations for retiring
upon the coast to a less exposed situation.

The Duke of CUMBERLAND, accompanied by his son,
Prince Gioaca, and attended by Colonel POTERS, his private Secre-
tary, and the Rev. Mr. JIII.PII, arrived at his aparunents in the
King's Palace, St. James's, about five o'clock yeqtrday afternoon,
in his carriage and four, from Dover.—The Duke lelt his l'alace
near Berlin on the 9th instant, and proceeded to Hanover, where
his Royal Highness remained two days on a visit to the Duke and
Duchess of CAMBRIDOZ. Ills Royal Highness, on leaving Hanover,
travelled through Brussels. Lisle, du. to Calais. The Duke em-
trarked at Calais at kalt-past one o'clock yesterday morning, and
made the passage across the Chann..l in about throe hours. The
Duke landed at Dover, and alter breakfasting at the &tip Hotel,
proceeded direct to town. Part of the Royal Duke's suite followed
in two car tiages and four.—S'•on after his Royal Highness's arrival,
the Duke, accompanied by Prince GEORGE, went itSViSit his MA.
JESTY. His Royal Highness remained to dinner with the Kitto.
Prince GYORCZ returned to the Duke's apartments, where he was
visited by his Royal uncle, the Duke of CLARINCIi.
The Duchess .L GLOUCESTER visited his MAJESTY
yesterday, at his ra'ace in Sr. James's.
The ss hole of the Members of the Royal Family
either called or sent to make their inquiries after the health of the
Princess Access yesterday, and upwards of two hundred of the
Nobility and Gentry called in the course of the day to learn the
state or the Princess. The answer returned was—" Her Royal
Highness has had but a very indifferent night, and is not so well to-
day." The Princess was, however, we are happy to state, better
in the afternoon.

Ertl I DUDLEY had a conference yesterday with the
Duke of WitiILINGTON at the Treasury.

Count LUDoLF, the Ne.spotitan Minister, tran,•ncted
business yesterday with Mr. Secretary ilusictssorr, at the Colonial
ffice, Downing-street; his Excellency also transacted business at
the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
ll.si.xches sere sent off on Friday night from the
Forei,;ll Office to Lord COVILIT, our Ambassador at Vienna.

Mr. Secretary PEEL entertained a seect PArty to
dinner on Sunday, at his residence in Privy gardens.
'the Earl of CLANWILLIAM if daily cxrected in town,
Irons Berlin.

S.r Tif ()hi AS LETHBRIDGE, B trt. had a grand Dinner
Party on Saturday, at his house, Whitetull•place.
The Annual Gold Medals, presented by his MAJESTY
to the Royal Society of Literature, to be by them given to indi-
viduals thblogui.hed by the production of works eminent in litera-
ture, were adjudged by the Council last week to the venerable
CisAasc, and to Auchdeacon Com

The KING has purchased Mr. HAYDON'S picture of
the Mock Election for 500 guineas. This affords another proof, if
any other pout were wanting, of the KING'S patronage of talent,
.00t of his kindlier. of heart.

MQOM It A DE. -.-KiNG'S TII EATitE.—We have only
room to say of OA i very ovular amusement, that it went
off last night uith extraordinaiy spirit. We do not re-
collect ever to Lave seen such a crowd assembled r.n
timi'ar oc_asio:, nor one on whom CrtAnussWntuirfs
Chainpighe seemed to exert so exhilarating an effect.
Ti.e Russian Admit al at Malta received elispatches
on the from S. Petersbuigh, by a schooner from
Naples; he hid received the Russian official Declara-
!io.t pgaiGst Turkey, and stated his intention to proeeed
,forthwith to the Dardanelles, there to await further
cadets from his Government.