Star.
London, England, 1829-05-23 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAR= took the Chair at a quarter to tour o'clock. imme-
diately after which the House was summoned to the House of
Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given, by commission, to certain
Bills.—On his return, the Sreacea acquainted the House that the
House had been up to the House of Peers, and had heard the
Royal Assent given, by commission, to the Silk Duties Act atid
several other Hills (for which see Lords Report).
A person from the Treasury presented various returns, which
were laid upon the table.
Mr. BELL moved chat there be laid before the House a return
of ships employed in the Yeats 1826,1827, and 1828, between Ca-
nada and the United Kingdom.—Agreed to.

Sir ROWLAND HILL presented a Petition from the iron.
masters of Shropshire, paying that the trade to India might be
thrown open.
Mr. CRESSETT PELHAM supported the Petition.
Mr. C. W. WYNN presented a Petition from the inhabitants
of*Oswestry, praying for facilities in the Recovery of Small Debts.
111 r. BIRCH presented a Petition from the inhabitants of the
parish of &. Mary, Nottingham, complaining of the amount of
Poor Rate.

Mr. HOLDSWORTH presented a Petition from the inha-
bkants of the borough of Plympton, praying for a reduction of the
Duty upon Coals carried coastwise.
Mr. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL presented a Petition from
the Merchants and Shipowners of Port Glasgow, praying that the
trade with India might be thrown open.
These Petitions were ordered to be printed.
Lord F. L. GOWER brought in a Bill to continue an Act of
George 111. for the prevention of improper persons keeping arms
'in Ireland, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a
second time on Monday nett.
Sir JAMES MACINTOSH gave notice that be should, on
Monday next, move for leave to bring in a Bill founded on the re-
port relative et:kb. registrar of Madras.
Lord NUGENT presented a Petition from Mr. Seymour, com-
plaining of the refusal by the Magistrates of a license to keep a
public-litsme and praying that Magistrates should be
,obliged to
state in writing their objections to granting licenses. The Noble
Lord contended that an alteration in the licensing act was necessary
from the arbitrary power with which it clothed the Magistracy.
After a few words from air. GMAT Cava, Mr. EllTCUttat, and
Mr. Strum the Petition was ordered to be printed.
Lord WILLIAM PAULETT ruse to present a peti-
tion from Messrs. Moon. and Louie, the owners of a
vessel called the Rosanna, that had been engaged in the
coal trade, and which had been run down by his Ma-
jesty's ship Sapphire. In bringing the maker for ward
the Noble Lord disclaio edany Intention to throw blame
upon any of the. Right Honourable or Honourable
Gentlemen opposite. The man at the helm was ordered
to put the helm a starbard, but mistook ihe order. the
result of which was, that the tgate came into Collision.l
The crew of the collier were blamed for mismanage.
ment, but were in realty innocent. The propjet. rs of
the collier applied to the Lords of the Admiralty for
I compensation, but receives! none. They then instituted
legal proceedings to tecover damages, but,Lord Tenter-
den directed a verdict against them, on the ground that
the commanding officers, having given correct orders
on the occasion, were not responstb:e for the helmsman's
mistake.

Sir GEORGE COCKBURN said, that the principle
on which the Admiralty refused compensation was, that
they possessed no power to give away the public money
for such purpi,se. When the Admiralty saw that the
Commanders of King's ships caused injury to other ves-
sels by mismanagement, they obliged them to make
good the repairs, or give a compensation to the injured
parties. In the resent case the officers of the frigate
had given generally proper orders, but the damage to
the collier had Arisen fri.m the mutual collision caused
by a mutual error. For that reason the Admiralty
a °old give none of the public money, but let the appli-
cants resort to a Court of Law for compensation. The
proprietors of the collier had demanded 2,0001. as the
value of the vessel and amount of the damage; while
the carpenter of the frigate, who examined the injury
suffered by the collier, declared his opinion that, it she
had been anchored immediately atter the accident, her
damages might have been repaired for 1501. This
statement was supported by the evidence of several
other persons. Under these circumstances the Admi-
ralty could have given no compensation.
Mr. SIKES said. that the shipowners had brought
this case thfore Parliament on public grounds. The
defendant's case had been proved only by .the pilot of
the frigate, and such a person was not likely to be an
impartial witness; yet it appeared from him that the
frigate was in a situation in which she could have altered
her course; but the collier could not, and that the acci
dent arose horn tire beintsman's mistake cm board tit .

f igate in disobeying orders. This !at a jug gr....
for giving compensation to the proprietors of the cor
for their loss. Unless a remedy were to be
such cases pi) the injured, the present good ande,ll4
ing bet w_ean the King's ships and the meichaut
could not continue.

Sir J. SCARLETT was enabled to say, thy, if
defendants had gone into their case oa 'be leis, t
could have clearly proved the pettect prupriety ti
conduct on the occasion.

M. BROUGHAM had acted on the Dial for
plaintiff., and could say that he had more evidenecil•
their favour than he had thought proper to prod
The case had been decided against the pliintif,
point of law ; it had become, therefore, unneceskty fot
them to produce additional evidence.
Dr. LUSHINGTON said,. it was a matter of
importance to the mercantile interest that :perch
vessels should not be subject to buffer dantase f
King's ships without any means oforefdderedssotiir7ua,tikt
complained of was, by the law of the land the owners
the mercantile navy were liable to suffer any Inn •
that way without any means being aff
compensation.. It was u.eless to go into a Culla
Law, fur the Captain or Lieutenant of a King's ship ir
not responsible for the damage. He did lint meat t
deny that the Captain of a King's ship should beallvayt
obliged to make compensation for any acci.tent Which
might occur, but he thought the Government ought
nut to be placed in a better situation in thatrespect that
the owner of a trading vessel.

Mr. WILLIAM SMITH supported the Pttitiim, and thee*,
from the circumstances of the case, that a Jury must give a testa
in favour of the petiriuuers.
Mr. ROM N SON said. that such measures should be :An ter
would afford the petitioners redress.
Lord MILTON thought such a case bad been made out knhe
petitioners as required the greatest attention to their claim,.
Mr. M. A. TA' Loft thought it a great hardship that 001,4,,,
could be afforded fur an injury suffered from a King's ship.
Sir GEORGE CLERK denied that there was no re-
dress in such a cave. It was unfortunate that soda
decision had been come to in this case, but if the Duer
of the vessel had brought an action against the helmsnal
of the Sapphire, be being the servant of the Knig.d a
case had been made out to cunt e the petitioner, is
compensation, the Admiralty would be justified, and
without hesitation would make the compensation. The
principle ~n which the Admiralty acted always was to
grant the same remuneration for any such injury at
would be given under similar circumstances by the
owners of fireichantme.i. They always made inquiries
inio the ruticrilars of the case; if it appeared, frost
those inquiries, that the owners of the ship were es.
titled to compensation, it was imn ediately granted—af
there was any doubt they allowed it to be referred to
an) Court.
Mr. BARING understood from the Hon. Members
that the question would not be set aside in a Law Coon
by any quibble, but would be decided on its oa n maim
All the petitioners wanted were some course pointed
out by which they could obtain redrela; and, if the
forms of a Court of Lan, would enable them to attack
the helmsman in that Court, and that the Admiralty
would, in case of a vercict in favow of the petitioners,
make the necessary compensation, they would then have
no grounds of complaint.
Mr. CROKER said, that the Courts of Law were
always open to those who suffered an injury in such a
case as the present. •Thete was neither in law nor is
practice any diff.rence in such a case between a men
chant vessel and a King's ship. In this case the Mai
was interrupteA by a legal hitch, which might haws
lin any cas It was only in case the Admiralty, by
their inquiries, could sari the expense of a laiesuit, lb*
they proposed to the party to make such a decisios as
might, trod) the circumstances of the case, be expected
from a jury.. If a case was made out against the helms.
man of a vessel, it the injury had occurred through weir
tunness on his part, and that he was able to pay, hems
obliged to make compensation—if it occurred throve%
accident, the Admiralty paid for him.
Mr. BRIGHT said, that -notwithstanding what the
Honourable Member had said of there being no differ.
ence between knierchantman and a King's ship, in such
a case, if the question was looked into, it would appeir
that there were many technical obstacles in the way of
recovering damages from a King's ship. It was ac-
knowledged, for example,. that unless the Captain bad
directed the vessel with his own hand, or given then•
press order at the instant, he was not responsible forte
injury sustained. In his opinion there ought .to be u
,easy and plain.way for suing officers of the Crown is
such cases, the laws being at present in a very unsatir
factory state. The proper arrangement seemed to be,
that captains in the navy and other public servants
should be sued and recovered against in the same way
that one private individual sued another.
The LORD MAYOR thought it would be extremely odder
tory if the Secretary for the Admiralty would say that, in cases*,
the present, if an action was brought against a helmsman, mod Jr
sieges awarded, that the Admiralty would think it their duty te
pay the damages.
Mr. J. W. CROKER could only say that such had bees tie
practice in every case Awe be became conoected with the Adel.
ratty. It was too midi to ask him to pledge himself as to the
mariner in which the Admiralty would act in any particular cast.
Sir JAMES SCAIILBTT thought it a very grave penile
whether the Admiralty should pledge itself to pay any demurs
awarded against its streams in the Navy. The effect of mini
pledge on the minds of jurors would be very soon discovered. Ts
explain what he had said before, he might be allowed to state,did
he had given no opinion as to whether the law was correct it
as he considered the queitioo merely was, whether the servos d
the Crown had made out their case Ina Court of Law er net? lie
begged not to be understood as wishing to throw any obelisk is
the way of an alteration of the law.
Mr. CitOK BR said, that when he spoke of the principle spa
which the Admiralty acted, be only meant to state that the Ow
ciple was applied to cases where there was clearly no negligence"
misconduct on dad part of the Officers of the Kings ship.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, he had been induced to depsn bra
rule which he bad made, not to interfere in discussions is the
House relative to cases In which be was professionally emehlede
merely because his Honourable and Learned Friend the Moist
for Peterborough had departed from the rule.
Mr. HUME thought it was quite clear, from aU that bedroll
on this subject, that the present state of the law was a great his 4
ship to the public, and that Government ought to be placed is tin
same situation as private Individuals when King's ship' haPlomi
trash, an injury to other vessels.
Sir G. COCKBURN said, it was often a question with the
Admiralty, whether they would pay without going into a awed
law ; and to decide that question they were obliged to nudes
their own officers, and, therefore, to act in some degree on MO
parrs representation. It was sometimes a question, whether,*
Of cer.should run his vessel ashore or damage another virseel;•ol
in such cases the Admiralty sweetly paid the damage without VW
to a court of law. If the Admiralty thought the Kiss's 0111.5
was not wrong, the practice was to let the as.. go iota a ore"'
law. As to any legislative enactment on the subject, it was plo
time enough to discuss it when the measure was introdoced•
Dr. LUSH! NGTON. said that the owners of machete etsull
were responsible for the injury dune by their servants, la
seemed only just that the Government should be re:erosible**
injury done by King's ships. As to the case now brought hams
the House, it seems impossible that any decision should WNW!
on it, and his experience in the High Court of Admiralty Mew
him that there were a vast Dumber of in which it 'silt
possible to affix blame to either patty. It was usual in the 4"1,_7
Court of Admiralty to call in the Masters of the Trinity House f
cases where there was any difficulty, and their knowledge a our
gadon was often found most beselidel in enabling the Cows
come to a decision.
Mr. BARING thought It would be extremely advarmetell,„
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be primed.
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Tbe House resolved Itself into the Committee. . •
Lord F. L. GOWER moved that a sum not exceeding 9,0001.
be granted for the Society for Discountenancing Vice in Ireland.
Mr. SPRING RICE should not oppose the grant, nor suggest
soy alteration in this vote, or that for the Kildare Pace Society, as
be thought the matter was safe in the hands of the Government,
anct that the present was not the best tithe to agitate the question.
Lord F. L. GOWER fully entered into the views that pre-
Vented the Hon. Gentleman from entering into any discussion at
present. He thought the Goveruntent was justified at present in
declining to state their future views on the subject:
Mr. IIUME said he was extremely ready to concur in the opi-
nion of his Hon. Friend, because he saw a disposition in the Noble
Lord to attend •to the subject of Ireland. He loped the Noble
Lord would pay some attention to the expense of the enormous
distribudun of Bibles in Ireland, which he was confident already
amounted to two Bibles for every person who could read in Ireland.
Mr. TRANT said he must enter his protest against the Repora
of the Education Committee of Ireland, as it almost excluded
Scripture from education. The Roman Catholic Clergy were
shocked at the circulation of the Scriptures in Ireland. The Hoo.
+Andaman read from Dr. Doyle's pamphlet, the story of a poor'
-man, who having received a Bible from the Lady on who., estate
hr lived, took it at night with a tongs and burled it in hicsarden.
'n many parts of Ireland the existence of the Bible was unknown,
nd it was quite necessary that it should be made known, that the
topic might know what they swore by.
Mr. FR A NK LAN 0 LEWIS thought the Right Hon. Gentle-
. . ten had greatly misrepresented thrreport of the Commissioners
f Education, when he said thej excluded the Scriptures from
--lucation—the very contrary was the fact—the Commissioners
-4. d the use of the Bible as indispensable •to religious

egueatimi.

- Mr. THANT ran out of the House and soon returned with a
copy of a Report; which caused great laughter.
Mr. PEEL earnestly advised the House to admit the votes of
' the present year to be taken as they were proposed, by which no
one would be pledged to any particular course respecting Irish edu-
- catiosk.•."-. ..0 . • • : '
Mr. MOORE would support the votes of the preasset;year, with;
out, however, pledging himself to continue the grant to Maynooth,
or to withdraw it from the Kildare place AssOciation.
Colonel SI ATHORP IC said, he meant to oppose the grain to,
)laynooth Catholic College.
The Resolution was agreed to.
4'25,000 was voted for the Society for Educating the Nor in
On the Resolution for granting 8,900 for the Catholic College of
Ilaynooth,
• Lod MANDEVILLE said he thought the grant required die-
. mission. He though; it was directly contrary to the principle laid
down by the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Peri) in peopos-
log the CathOlic Relief rim, on which occasion he said it, was not'
•'•tatended in and manner to establish or support the Catholic Reif-
' lion. If it was wended to make the Catholics loyal, it was bribing
them to their duty. It was also doing evil that good mighteorne,
as it was giving money to educate men ,for the dissemination of doc-
trines, which the Members of that House held in just,abborrence.
So strongly did be feel on the subject that he would divide the
Committee against the grant. If the Ministers continued to make
this grant, they would draw down on themselves and their country
the wrath of Autumn Gon.
Alt. PERCIVAL said he hoped he was justified in voting with
his Majesty's Ministers on this question under the present circum.
;stances of the country; but while he lived he should never, under
any circumstances, vote again fur such an iniquitous grant.
. Sir R. INGLIS laid, he could not understand how any man
could conscientiously pay a man :to teach others in the name of
tea, doctrines which he believed to be erroneoes.

Colonel SIPTHORPR perfectly agreed in every thing that fell
from the Noble Lord (Mandeville), and would oppose any grant to
such an ungrateful set of men as the Catholic Clergy of Ireland.
After some further observations front Mr. Ross, Mr. M. Frrs-
•UAL.D, Mt. MAIwILL, and ~Jr. SPENCE,
Mr. Secretary PEEL said that this vote had been granted for
the last 36 years, and he could see no good reason why it should
now be discontinued in the very middle of the year, when, on the
faith of Parliament, the expenses of the year bad been already in-
coned. One Hon. Member bad offered to withdraw his opposition,
-if he received a promise that it would not be brought forward an-
either year; but that promise he (Mr. Peel) would not give, for if
ft came forward hereafter, it would be perfectly competent for
,Parliament to deal with it.

After a few words from Lord Maitoniene. Mr. C. Pecuast, Sir
Romer hosts, Mr. Taavaz, Mr. F. Lewis. Mr. H. Gaarzaff,
Mr. Famous; and Lord F. L. Gowea,
The House divided, when there appeared—
Few the motion, 118 ; Against it,34. Majority, 104.
The House then resumed, and the Report was brought up. '
The Tadzies Relief (Scotland) Bill went through a Committee.
The House resumed ; the Report was brought up, and ordered to
be read a third time on Monday.
The Labourers Wages' Bill was postponed till Thursday next.
The Exchequer Bills Funding Bill was read a third time.
On the motion that the Bill do pall',
Mr. HUME entered into considerable details, in order to show
that by this Bill a lows accrued to the public account of upwards of
600,00(1. He ( Mr. Hunie) concluded with moving an Amendment,
embodying his observations. condemning the extravagant character
of the proceeding, and that it was unnecessary while there was a
surplus revenue.
• The -CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the
transaction. He considered that the best and most economical
course bad been pursued.
Mr: MADER LT said he must repeat his statement of a for Mer
night, that the transaction was extravagant, and a losing one. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer had in reality purchased an annuity of
121. 104. for which he had before paid 141. IN.—that was 2/. loss
to the public. That was the character of the transaction ; but
whether it was ruinous or nut, while there was a surplus revenue
there was no occasion to fund Exchequer Bills. They should have
been paid as far as the surplus would go. If the Chancellnfol the
Exchequer's plan were so good, it would be followed up perhaps
next year; but he would venture to prophecy that it would not be
followed up. If the Right llon. Gentleman got out of this pre-
.
sikament it would not be repeated. •
Mr. hiONCK also condemned the traneaction as most extra-
vigant.—Sirangers were ordered to withdraw ; but
Mr. H UME said he would not press his resolution to a division.
Negatived without a division.—The Bill was read a third time
and passed.

On the motion that the Sinking Fund Bill be read a third time.
Mr.HUME said he must express his approbation al the •Bilh
They were now about to adopt that system from which they ought
never to have departed. It was the result of the Finance, Com
mime:: He butted no more of a Sinking Fund would be found in
this or any other country.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said they did
not get rid of the Sinking Fund—it was re-established—but on the
principle of Mr Pitt.
Mr. MA BE ELY denied that the new system was any thing like
Mr. Pitts. This justly applied real surplus revenue; it did not
provide a fund to accuntmulate. Mr. Pitt's system was fallacy—
this was reality. lie, however. thought the surplus might More
been more usefully applied to the reduction of taxes.
Bill read a third time and passed.
The House went into a Committee on the East India Offices Bill
The CFI A NCELLOR of the -EXCHEQUER wart for limiting
the Bill to the offices where the Crown had the nuniltiation to (Akre
in the East Indies. The operation of the Bill to be prospective.—
not to have retrospective operation. He concluded wits moving
the amendment accordingly.
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111 r. BARING bad tio.ubjecrionto the amendlnent, except that
it exempted. an exiting case. What hat dship could it do to allow
the Bill to apply to Mr. Lushingtou's case?
Mr. FERGUSON was glad that some amendment was to be
proposed,
Mr. P. THONISON said he was awpre of the feeling of the
unfortunate constituents of the Governor of Madras ( Mr. Locking.
tat); and if the Bill did not include his case, did it 130 e impose a
severe penalty on Canterbury?
Mr. Secretary PEEL spoke in the support of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer's amendment, supposing it to go far enough. The
principle applied to Crown appointments ought to be extended. To
make the Bill retrospective would be establishing a bad precedent,
which might_he used unfairly to vacate seats.
Mr. C. WYNN agreed that it would be better to adhere to the
principle of the Act of Anne. He admitted the dangerous cha-
racter of the precederit of vacating a seat ; but would there be any
difficulty to name a time by, which Mr. Loshington could retain or
decline his seat
Mr. BRIGHT approved the Bill, but was against making the
exceptions; be thoudht the Act of Anne applied to the use.
Mr. BARING would take the opinion of the Committee as to
whether the Bill shotild be retrospective.
Mr. BA NKES said, as there was some doubt about the ap-
pllcation of the Act of Anne, perhaps it would be best to postpone
the Bill.

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Mr. PEEL spoke to the like effect, and thought there ought to
he a Committee to search for precedents. It was not cleak now
whether Mr. Lushiogton kad not already vacated.
Mr. BROUGHA M spoke to the like effect. It would be best
to determine the real meaning of the Act of Anne. At all events,
a Bill of retrospective operation was odious and unseemly, and was
only justified by urgent necessity.
Debate postponed jif Monday and Committee to search for
Precedent. appointed.

THE EVENING STAR.

LON I►UN.

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The proceedings in Parliament last night we look
upon as very interesting. The Corporation of the City
of London came before the House of Lords in forma
pouperis. Being incapable of carrying into effect the
engagement it hid entered into in 1823, to complete
London Bridge and its approaches, it had come to Par-
liament to ask. for another Million. Before granting
this sum, ParliaMent very properly and reasonably re-
quired an account of the manner in which the Corpo-
ration administers; its property.—This the Corporation
refuses. In this, we think that the City authorities have
been ill-advised. If they are, as they admit, in a state of
bankruptcy, it becomes more necessary to investigate
their affairs; and this certainly ought to be known before
a grant is made to them, which would have the effect of
razing the public to the extent of £60,000 a year for
tliir ty or forty years to come. "If their Lordships," said
Lord DURHAM, "were to allow themselves to be bearded
by these Aldermen and Common. Council, they could
never expect to obtain the information which they may
f equire upon any future occasion." And again, observed
his Lordship, " was there any body who doubted the
power of their Lordships to make the Order which they
had made, or to enforce it afterwards? Was there any
person who meant to assert that there existed any
power in this country greater th4n the power of
the High Court of Parliament o.i the sug-
gestion of his Grace the Duke .of WELLINGTON
(who thought the 'question of considerable impor-
tance, as it did not relate solely to the Bill. before
the House, but referred to the private property *of all
Corporations) it was agreed that the further considem.,
tion of the subject should be adjourned to Monday, and
that there be an instruction to the Committee, when
they meet on that day, to adjourn over.

In our report of the debates in the House of Com-
mons our Readers will find attractive matter on tl:el
Shipping Interests, the Small Note Currency, the Irish
Estimates, and the Bill introduced by Mr. A. BARING,
to vacate the xi-ate-of individuals who, hating accepted
offices under the East-India Company, in India, are
thereby incapable of attending to their Parliamentary
duties. On the last .subject a Select Committee was
appointed, to search the journals for precedents, and to
report to the House. Among the grants to Ireland
are L'9,000 for the support of the Society for the Dis-
cnuragenielit of Vice, £25,000 to the S. tier} for Pro
mottng the Education of the Poor, and 1:8,928 to the
I:Oman Catholic College of Maynooth. On this last
resolution rather a warm debate took place:
" Lord MAND6VILLI opposed the grant, and expressed hit deter-:
'lunation to divide the Committee. To agree to such a vote, would,
in his opinion, pledjje the Mouse .to support a school for the educa-
tion of those who are bound to disseminate the principles of a reli-
gion which they declared to be founded In error; and he thought
if they persisted in such a course, they would bring down the wrath
of GOD on themselves and on the whole country."
" Mr. Secretary Pan defended the grant ; and utterly denied
that the slightest imputation of wickedness or iniquity could justly
be thrown on the supporters of it. From its commencement,

thirty-six years ago, under the auspices of Mr. Pitt, it had been
continued by every successive Government, however desirous to
maintain the legitimate ascendancy of the Protestant Government.
Not to agree to it in the present instance would be to violate the
faith which Government, under the sanction of Parliament, bad
pledged to the individuals interested."

Sir ROBERT INoLis expressed his sorrow on the occa•
sion; and Mr. TRANT suggested that no new scholars
should be taken into the College, .with a view to its
gradual extinction. From all that passed laic night on
the subject, it is likely, we think, that this will be the
last grarit to the Maynooth College. In the meantime,
upon a division, the resolution was carried by a majority
of 104-118 being for the motion, and 14 against it.

Mr. O'CONNELL has addressed the Freeholders of the
coapty of Clare, announcing his intention of becoming
a candidate for the now vacant seat of Parliamentary
representation ; and soirit of the Irish Papers pretend to
Mate ascertained that be will be returned, if not unaui-

mously, at least by a great majority of votes. It is not
known, however, whether he will be opposed by Mr.
FITZGERALD or not; but we think there is very little
' doubt, it Me. FITZGERALD desires it, that he will be re-
turned for the county. The greater part of his own
property, and of the properties of his family connec-
tions, lie in Clare ; he has alwayserepresented the county
since he sat in Parliament ; and lastly, he has always
voted for the Emancipation of his countrymen. These
are all powerful considerations in his favour, and may
"rove more than a match against the pretensions and
popularity yen of Mr. O'CoNtarLt..

By the Gazelle de France to the 21st instant, we find
that the life of the Qum: of SPAIN was despairei of
and the other paragraphs of that print consist wholly
in accounts of the marcbing and counter-marching of
the Russians and the Turks. An article of intelligence
from Odessa, dated 28th April, says that
" A coonderable convoy, with troops (4,000 men, it is said) and
provisions, wilt sail melt week for tht Asiatic coast of the Black Sea.

It seems that the Turks arrive from Natalia in great force, ad-
vancing to meet General Paskewitsch, and lay waste every thing
on their way !"

The Meuager des Commerce informs us, that all the
accounts from Grtece announce that Missolonghi must
soon fill. The Greeks intend to blow up all the works
of the fortresses they may take in Livadia, to prevent
any re-action on the part of the Turks. 0; 5,500
French who will remain in the Morea, one battalion
will be in garrison at Pans, the remainder at Navarino
and Modon. To these articles of foreign intelligence we
may be permitted to add a rumour in certain circles at
home—one of greater moment and weight, ina,much as
it was very generally talked of in Parliament last night

—which is, that Admiral MAt.comst has received in
structions to protect all British merchantmen who may
wish to break the Russian blockade of the entrance of the
Dardanelles. This is business-like; and we may look
for accounts of a collision very shortly.

PUNCH Fotins—Paims, MA• 20.—Five per Cents. 107 f. 80c.
95c. 76c.—Three per Cents. 78f. 60e. 70e.—Bank Stuck, 1.8751
Naples Stuck. 86f. 30c. Royal Spanish Loan, 77,f —Haytian
Loan, 4001.—Exchange on London, one munth, 251.45 c.; Three
months, 25f. 7,oc.—Covers dadikentsgete. •

The following news, just received by the German
Papers from the Continent, is of a very warlike character.
Both sea and land, from Cairo to St. Petersburgh, seem
to be in a state of misrule and ferment.
ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 3.

It Is still feared that the Russians will blockade our harbour. The
auxiliary corps for the Sultan, the formation of which has been
going on for some months put at Cairo with great activity, will, it
is said, very soon commence its march through Syria, and consists
of 12,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry, or a, others affirm, of 20,000
men in alt Mabninud Rey, formerly the Pacha Kiaja Rey, has
the chief command. After the festival of Ilairam, and the depar-
ture of this corps. the Pacha and his son will come to Alexandria.
An English gun brig will sail to-morrow for St. Jean d'Acre to
demand satisfaction of Abdal Pacha for the insult offered to ago.
skier English ship. But considering the viclent character of this
i man, an amicable arrangement cannot well be expected. The
Austrian Adrdiraf Count Dandolo has conveyed •seven Austrian
vessels laden with Egyptian corn from Smyrna to Adnamiti, where
it is unloaded, sent by land to Constantinople, and thence to the
larmy at the Balkan.

111110111, Mar 11.—Metalliques, 973; Bank Shares, 1,094.
Afgenseine Zeitustg, May 16.
FRONTIERS OF WALLACHIA, steam 24. •
The bead quarters, which, according to previous determination,
were to go to Krajova, for which purpose 2,500 horses were to be
held In readiness in that road, have very unexpectedly been trans-
ferred to Gallacz The most probable among the •.srious reports
respecting this sudden alteration is. that since the arrival of the
Grand Vizier at Scbumla the Turas are making preparations to
begin offensive operations in Bulgaria, which makes it necessary to
take vigorous measures to oppose them It is also affirmed that
the President, Count Zultusckin, will go to Tsildscha with part of
the Chancery of the Divan.

The attention of General Diebitsch watt to he especially directed
to Silistria, but as the arrival of the heavy artillery from Jassy is
delayed-by the badness of ttie roads, it is generally believed that hr
will first inv(st the fortress with a very large corps (it is s_id CO 000
men). We hear little from Ghiurgtvo. The corps at Odai, under
Major General Petruschew,consitts of four Regiments of Infantry,
two of Chastetirs, four moadrons of Hussars, onc Regiment of
/Llano, and two Regiment. of Cossacks. Fresh troops are con.
tinnalty atriving front the south of Russia in the principalities;
among Item are 6or 7.000 Don Cossacks to. complete the Regi-
Inents in the bel4. At Bucharest a great cellar is bring made, which
is intended as a magazine of brandy fur the army. On the 17th
iost. the English Consul at Bucharest look upon himsrtf the care
of forwarding the packet of letters to the Austrian States, the
irregular sending of which has hitherto given rise to numerous
complaints.
Proposals have again been issued for a new levy of volunteers, to
form a corps of cavalry; each soldier, however, is to provide his
armi and horse, for which he is to receive a certain compensation.
It it reported that some cases of plague have lately been observed
at Bucharest ; and orders have been given that persona who buried
any.of their effects last year during the plague shall nut be allowed
to dig them up again, without the-knowledge of the Police, as such
effects often contain infestuous matter, by whiCh the contagion may
be revived.:

FRANKFORT, May 15.—Exchanee on Londen,l492.—Entokforg
&imam Paper, May 16. •
FROM THE LOWER RHINE, May 6. ,
The Belgic cloth manufacturers had at 'the Frankfort fair, and
now would at Leipsig, a hard struggle in comperitiOn with-the
English. They pretend, indeed. that the (avour which the English
sloths now enjoy in Germany is more a caprice of fashion, and will
sot be lasting', because their cloths are far superior to the English
in'real goodness. Nevertheless, it is a fact, that the grist cloth
manufactory it Verviers (the house of Biolay).bas purchased the
Watt of the English manufaiture for a largeosum (100 000 francs
kit said), which it would hardly have done had it not found it
worth while to imitate the process of the English. in order to•pro.
di`* an irticle which may be able to bear the comparison.—
' Correspondent. May 15.