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complete all the measures of Supp:y. The Mcll.l
was then agreed to.
ACADEMICAL SOCIETY.
Sir M. W. RIDLEY gave notice thet on Tuesday
he would move for a copy of the petition relented
to the Bench of Magistrates in London from the
Academical Society in Chancery-lane, prayity, fe. a .1
License as a Debating Society, and ter A enp:
any Order that had been made in consequence.
HALT-PAY. l
Mr. BROUGHAM inquired, inhethrr an Eo
nourable Gentleman opposite was aware that scone
delay had taken place in the issue of halt pay t, Lts ye
Majesty's forces for the last half year ?
Mr. LONG was aware of the delay, which i•Ad
been unavoidable, on accuunt of the absence of Ilene
on furloughs, and the Are.st increase of pensioners. err
Mr. BROUGHAM urged the n-cessity of not eit Tl
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laying the issue of the halt pay one day or .ine larr
later than it (light to be. The inferior tank: on hale be
pay had no credit, and if tliey did not receive th 1e
money precisely at the time, might be reduced to
the mnst deplorable situation. fe
Mr. LONG assured the Learned Gentleman :I,tt ro
he was aware of the i opertatice of the subje, ,
an
that every exertion was made to prevent delay. T e
tte
present was occasioned by the great increase to the
number of persons on half-pay. The payments wreild sn
henceforward be made four times instead of twice ft
a-year. t.
MT3CELLANtotrt.
Mr. LITTLETON presented a PetKon from Wednestm
against the circulation of Copper Tokens. A:
Mr. GRENEELI. wished the Hon. Gentleman would berg is
a Bill to prevent that circulation.
Mr. ITLETON said, that he would Introduce a 1111 to di'
that effect tomorrow.
The Petition was then read, and laid on the table. F'
Mr. BOSWELL. pre/milted a Petition from Kamm nock,in tit 101
County of Ayr satins: the Cottage ax.—laid on the table.
Sir C. MONCKI T
moved for several Returns respecting the Re• to
venues of Greenwich Hospital, front the Ist of November, kn
to the same date, let s.—Ordered.
Mr. GRENFELL Inquired whether the Finance Committee ilso
intended to take into consideration the tran,actions of the Back
with the Pul lie ?
Mr. DAVIEi GILTE (LT could not take gem himself to str,
but would endeavour to veer, inn. ore
Lord PAL \LER S rave voile*, that tomorrow se t:nigh
be sboaki bring on the Army Estimates.—Ailiourticd.
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FLANDERS MAIL.
The Philanthropist, an English journal, printed at
Pe:
Brussels, contains the following article The Ga
vernment has just 'discovered a correspondence te- in
tureen Napoleon and some of his partisans in Europe. co
The plan was ingenious and new. Madame Bet-Ira-1
had received a present of a beautiful muslin dress, th
magnificently embroidered, which came from a city
in the South of France. The flowers and various sr;
figures which composed the embroidery were sn many ft
hieroglyphics, each having its particular signiflcati,e... so
The indiscretion of a young man who had been its: of
bearer of it, and who lately returned to Et.gleel, is
caused the key of this species of cipher to tall it.to
the hands of the English Ministers."
The Journal of Ghent,"of the 21st, under the heal
of Ghent, says, that Mr. Santini, lately returned leen
St. Helena, declared at Ghent that he was goir.E; to
Italy to deliver letters from Bonaparte to tte
press Maria Louisa.
AuosßUito, APRIL 15.
In the Allsemeine Zeitaing of to-day, is an article cre-
ceruing Sweden, meted to be copied from anothcr
paper, of which the following is the substance: bl
" The reports of a dissatisfied potty in Sweden to
are confirmed, and from many of the measures ft
adopted one may infer, that the Government has
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long entertained fears of something of the kind.—
The rigour shewn towards foreigners for some time
past, seems to indicate fears of unfriendly influence
from without. Even the expressions of foreign Jour.
nals have been noticed and carefully controverted.—
All this shews an' insecurity in the Govetnment, and
II the fear of a change.
" Those who know Sweden will find the dissatie
faction of the nation with its present situation very a
natural ; for all the circumstances are calculated to sl
excite fears for the future. Sweden is a poor coun-
try, which, though it has some fruitful spots, is, ce
the whole, hardly able to maintain its scanty pnpule fk
lion. Far from possessing any luxuries, it mut
purchase even bread and salt from foreign countries.
Formerly Finland supplied its de6cienc es, at least is
good years; but it has lost that province, and hal 11
got io exchange Norway, a barren poor couotrya
which is no indemnity.
•' This latter, the poorest country in Europe, whicti
cannot exist without annual large supplies of core
'is, it possible, worse off than Sweden; for its cm•
mercial relations with Denmark have ceased, the
credit which its merchants formerly enjoyed in the
commercial towns of Denmark is at an end, and the
unhappy country sees itself threatened with famine,
the scarcity of money continually increasing. Sweden
has been congratulated on the union with Norway,
because, being an insulated State, it was free frog
foreign influence; but it was forgotten that Rune
and Prussia, it they agree to shut their pats to the
Swedish vessels, can produce a famine in Swedes
when they please, and compel that kingdom to 21!
terms without moving a man.
" The stagnation of trade, which has ruccerdc.:
to a short brilliant epoch, the increased load of toNee
increased by the debt of the State, which runs: 21
borne by a population reduced by the cession of .;;I
land above a fourth, ate likewise causes of distorf
tent. The Crown Prince is, however, not to blunt
for all these alarminrcircumstances; it never w 3
in his power to help them ; the discontent shewn to
wards him is therefore highly unjust. It can on`
be attributed to the hereditary inclination of this 03
tion to stand in a hostile attitude against their Se,
reign, which has been displayed in Sweden from
remotest periods to modern times, more than :r1 3.r
other European nation. If we examine the Sre,:..
history, we find, from the death of Olaus
from the year DUO, till now, eleven Klegs el Sv'e2
murdered, and thirteen dethroned."
ST. PETERSBIIRGIT, MARCH' to.
There is a great bustle in our foreign dcpartter.
Every week coutiers arrive from the different Fiv.
capitals of Europe. The number of our diplorni:`
agents abroad is more considerable than ever.
said that M. Pozzi di Borgo will be recal!ea
his post of Ambassador at Paris. M. Maya Af.
bassador at Paris in 1602, whom Bonaparte. 't'`
time, reproached with being in the interests et
land, has gone to the Fesuch capital.