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ago the . . in favour of of the Bill •by the
NAND seems Parliament, are very feeble, when
Lion, that ' Conti lose of their opponents; and we have no
like that of the Senate: the Cortes are charged with ,doubt several distinguished speakers, who have not
treason and imprisoned,and the revolution iscomplete. yet taken part in the debates, will see the propriety'
The French Papers seem 'to rejoice at it ; they speak of so doing, and will vote for delay. We regret,
of it as an event which might, and ought to be, na- however, to find that one of our ablest writers, who
tunilly expected. They talk of the Royal prero- for several, years past has advocated the cause of the,
gative, and hint pretty broadly at its being the proper people at large, lensi on this occasioit, turned his pen
initiatory power from which a Constitution should o i the other side, and as warmly advocated the Corn
emanate. No doubt the conduct of Fermis Axe re- Bill.—llis arguments, however, appear to us but 111
minds them of the rejection of the Constitution of calculated to convince the impartial and disinterested
the Senate by their •own King ; and as every thing part of the public, and we shall quote the following
seems to be, according to their ideas, in a retrograde; as a sample, via.—That it matters not whether a
march to be the good old times of the Bourbons, they I landlord lets his land at 101: an acre or 301. or lo-
wish Spain to keep France in countenance, and to Lceives 50001. a-year, or 20,0001. for his estate, es
render herself worthy of the revival of that illus- ! the surplus will all be consumed in taxes and other
trious family compact which is not yet perhaps ba- 1 necessary espencei occasioned by the war.—Accord-
nished from the French and Spanish cora voce-!ing to this doctrine a large rent-roll is no better than
bulary of the balcnce of power. . ;•
.:• ,; s:. a small one; and the man of 10001. a-year min live in!,
-..........-- . ,': ;;it . , the same style as one with three or four times dual
Penis, MAT 27.—The hope of the approaching re- amount. Now ;in our opinion, it would stand.'
covery of our colonies, appears to engross commer- thus—that a Gentleman who had an estate of 50001.
cial speculation. It is said also that Cayenne and a year, wrmidle necessarily compelled to reduce his
French Guiana will be restored to us. Tice deserts establishment by paying the War Taxes, if his in-
of Synamerri, that infernal spot which the revolution come wirs not 'ncreased ; hut it is obvious that, with
had created for its victimsot ill, for the futu re, bivisited the addition of 15,0001. that he might live in greater
only byhumatielnd beneficent navigators. It was more- spleniknor, or save full 10,0001. a year, aid live as
over rumouredyesterday, that St. Domingo, whose he formerly did. If this is not the case, a person
restitution at one time seemed so dangerous, isatot yet whose income is diminished one-half, would still be
lost to us, but is about to return to us wish unexpected enabled to live in the usual manner, but we conceive
advantages. Such had been the celebrity of Bona- that by so doing he would Wotan become the inmate
parte, that the great men of all countries were am- of a prison.
hitious to imitate him. A certain Chief, emhued with It is with great concern we behold the name of
his spirit of conquest, and living between Rome and Sir T. Ttotrom, as Chairman of a Meeting at Epsom,
Naples, assumed in his diplomatic correspondence the avowed object of which is to keep up the exorbi-
the following titles : " Emperor of the •Moontains, tint rice of bread; or, in other words, to main-
King of the Forests., Protector of the Conscripts, ' tain in superfluous pomp and splendour 'the landed
Mediator of the Highways." Many of these papers interest at the expence of the middle and lower or-
rhave fallen into our hands. Again, beyond the Allan- ders of the people. We feel the more regret at a
tic, another great man, the Emperor of thy ti, thought conduct by little in unison with justice and humanity,
proper to adopt Napoleon for his complete model.—: because we entertain a very high respect for the
This was manifestly acting a modest part, for after
i talents of Sir T. TURYON ; and occasions have °c-
.hewing triumphed over the French army sent t* sub- curved when we have highly applauded his political
,jaigatehim, this vanquisher of the conquerors of the entiments. We agree with him in the opinion ex-
rearth showed much condescension in Adopting, the
Ifrosted at the conclusion of the second Resolution,
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Courtof this Sovereign was formed like that of Bo- for his capital and industry;" but the word reason-
nopartel and its Institutions the same. Those , able is a vague term, and should. not flow from
who actually visit that island have the happi. ' a mind logical and exact, and is not very cor-
flees. to find, as in France, a Senate, a Council reedy applied to a body of men who are
of State, Dukes, Counts, Mayors, Prefects, and I brought foriard In the front of the battle,
even a Constitution ; and, moreover, what can- iin order to ensure victory to their landlords, who,
not be still further said of human vicissitudes? thrust their tenants on us as objects of coinpase,
We are informed, that this new Sovereign, placed sion, in order that the enormous high rents of the'
upon the pinnacle, is anxious to descend from it.— i one should be preserved nadir the pretext of pity
It is asserted that, wearied by an ineee"nt st"Selfor•lhti other ; but• if this sentiment of pity really
against, a formidable rival (his Highness Potion) he is exists in those who have recourse to' the artifice In
dispined to follow, when required, the example of !gentian, let them display the sincerity nteheir cam.
his great model, and to give in hiodieavissiona ho :-passion by Instantly lowering their eentwersm,y4
would then be well satisfied, with all his blackish. I table standard.— Such is the relief that the farmers
jects, to serve France, by forming themselves, spit l• ought to have, and not a legislative interference
the spot, into a good Colonial Army. Thea.lo with their particular interests; for whalrelse
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should recover, with much advantage, a Yalaae, 'meant by Legislative protection, in point ,it.rikii,
possession, which would complete the establishment ; than a legalised right on the past of the landlord and
--....--- 1 of our ancient colonial Systeme. , I his tenant, to leave the great bulk of the people. no
'We have this morning received Paris Papers to the.' Those who view all the interests of a. country !
_ alternative but to starve, or submit to the •measure of
.2fith, in,addition to those received last night. They , geographically, will not appreciate the importance ! their unfeeling exactions ? A law to give to avarice
A 0 not bring au account of the signature of peace, of these reflections. We will only put the follow- i full Power over our lives, and scarcely allowing us
obuttare, as meal, garrulous upon their unexpectedly I log
questions to them ?—Do they wish France to be '
The landed interest are
Ipeknt boggy circuratittruces, and not a little vain as without colonies, without marine, without tom-
I ptaying a cruel and impolitic game, for it may lead
:No their foticipotions of tlisic More prosperity. It merce ?—lt is agreed that France, as she is, possesses .to insurrections of a serious nature. The landed
i34114405,A cliitr thet tholigh the revotution and great advantages from her position between the Alps,
interest are clamorous for the preservation of the enor-
.eenvulaities p( 2Jl,ufars may have operated great ef. the Pyrenees, and the two seas—do our adversiries mous rents which they haveexacted. The war has beets
fecte upon.the Repeal and physical condition of the well understand their nature?—Do they think them as profitable to them as to Loan-mongers, Contractors,
Frtutch nation,- yet there are some characteristics to consist entirely in the precise and immoveable nae • and Army Agents.—These are compelled by peace to
-seltleh; reinvent -unchanged, and which have received I tune of these boundaries ?—We will prove this posi- relinquish their vast profits—so should the land-
Whet en additional pripeuce, notwithstanding the I
. t , tion untenable. , ' holder ; for why should he claim an *exclusive right
reyerse,s9tilleed by their. array for the last two years : .
• I,e ,• •- PARIS, MAY 26.—The Commission charged with
to profits which the war only enabled him to get,
they ate eeliPteu•eil,..elasticity, and aptitude, for a, the examination and revision of the Constitutional •
mid which, as the war is at an end, he should re-
change of,pooition ein short, a' perfect courtier-like' Charter, .again assembled to-day, at the Hotel of the nousice, and especially when it is considered that he
criugingthed-ipostift, and a singular disposition oft Chancelliwy. Report says that its labours will ter- hes had a most luxurious harvest of 20 years' data-
Mind, wiriellOtire thi4Sed of Pnocitusvus, ean'accom- I
urinate next Saturday. lion ?
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tnodate Itself to every varying iinality and homplexion The rate of hire, as :Axed by a Decree of his , ,
of men and. things. ' The very men who, a Abort Majesty, for a cabriolet for one person to go tbeil
The Emperor of RUCsIA and King of PatrsSlA are
time are; asserted that the immeasurable ambition of i distance of a post, or six miles, is 3f: at) c.--fiP • .
to leave Paris, on their route of embarkationfor
BONAPACIS good in the way of peace, and that his . two persons, sf. 25 c.—for three, 7 f.—aott:The2 i England, this day; and the Royal yachts undetalhe
obstinacy oould not permit him to accept the terms ' four, 8 f. 75 c. / ' escort of the Duke of CLARENCE'S flag, -and the squs.
of the Attics, now state; that he did accept of those ____ ' dron under his Royal Highness's command, received
terms twice, viz.: to place three of the strongest FRENCH FUNDS. 1 orders, to sail this morning for Boulogne, to recel4
fortresses of France in their hands, and the repay- Me per cents. lip f. 20 c.—Bank Stook. 987 1. 90 e. , their Majesties with all possible honours. • . .„,
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went of upwards of 70 millions sterling of contri- hieing°, MAY 14.—His Majesty has appointed the The gallant Loyd Him. reached town on Sa.turil.ay•
butions. They then, no doubt, very prudently, say .following Ministers :—Duke de San Carlos, of Fo- orning, and waited upon Ministers to receive to-
nistructione for the execution of the command mullion&
nothing as to .rtiosons which urged the Allies to re- ! reign Affairs, and provisionally of War ; M. Sal-
kine:pn the other side of the Atlantic.
jest. Neromioaes acceptance, but tauntingly exclaim I ear, of Finances; M. Cardizabel, of the ladle;;
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be the first arrival of Admiral COCHRANE, ini;de•
as teliiin, that they should not have been thus dealt and M. ?thermic, of Pardon and Justice. .eo I
mended of the American Government the release of
with under his Government ; thus letting the con- The civil and military governor of Madrid kits all the British hostages detained under unjustifiable
elusion to bespeak for itself, that the scale of value ordered several arrests besides those aireadypetsei.,
44, IL
a creqees. Colonel BCCELEY has been ordered
for ffiniStrois and Kings is in livres and sugar tinned. -' nto the interior, notwithstanding all his remon-
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e wish well to France ; and who Rot, MAY 9.—His holiness, who is at CAssene,rated out the injusticestrances
of the, act, whisubject. The Colonel inle vain
sloes not, 'that wishes well to peace and Eu- is expected in the coarse of the present month., P°
UsAEELEY, the American Agent, wits permitted to
rope; but really she has been the scene of so much : Preparations are making for the illumination, fire-
reside in the British capital. He consequently 're-
political juggling, so much melo-drame state thoatri- i works, &c. King Charles the I'Vth. has made a signed his situation, and laid his complaints before
cats, and such a variety of Masquerades and bade- present to the Pope 'of a gilt coach and six picked • the British Government. Mr. Rontesote, we un-
quinades amongst her celebrated leading characters, horses. •Th Raine King, the EisQueen of Etruria, ' derstand, has fheen norainated. to succeed Colonel
that we cannot exactly think the stock pieces of the and the old ng o , f Sarttlinie, with a great number of BERSAGCY. All- American prisoners are expected
Revolution will 'lever more be reacted. Their new illuotrious Personages, Roman as well as foreign, are to be sent to England.
The &Haien feet, now at Blackstakes, will sail
Constitution was expected to be finished last Satur- to meet the Pope.. for Russia in two divisions : the first, under the corn-
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day. Pens has, indeed, been a very hot-bed of , mind of Vice-4dmiral Ceowm, will sail in a few
Constitutions, bat we could wish them unlike the It is to be hopedisdiat
.(the' period allowed for. se- .
days; the second, under Admiral TATe, will sail in
fruit thus artificially force and produced; not exact- election upon the Corn Bill will be productive a tenet a month.
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The latest letters from St. Bartholomew's mention,
ly their benefits to be confined to the grower, but to advantage, and induce the supporters of that • ill-.'t
be felt by all classes of the community. We naturally judged measure to abandon it, at least far the ream that 'possession would, Ire April, be taken 'of
enough, in'tklkilig of Constitutions, have our atten-
Session, if not altogether,
ha! the sensed the cow "' Wand. of Guadeloupe, iitAhe name of the King
tile to it. The arguing! ki . Swam. I . . .
tion directed to Spanish affair', which wore& few days. try Is certainly
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affliction, when his pratectlbn Was most necessary to
tee: There I have since uninterruptedly paid my
respects to your Majesty. lam now withciurappeal
or protector. But I ran,nttt so far forget my duty to
the Kum and to myself, as to surrender my right to
appear at any Public Drawing-room to be held by
your Majesty.
"That I may not, however, add to the diffictilty
and uneasiness of your Majestj's situation, I yield
in the present instance to the will of his Soya' '
ress the PRINCE REGENT, announced to 'melt), your
Majesty, and shall not present myself at thd Drawing.:
rooms of the next month.
" It would be pre.umptuous in me to attempt to:
enquire of your Majesty the 'reason of his ilatyal
Highness the Nisei ItectnT for this harsh proceed-
ing, of which 14s Royal Highness can alone be the
judge. lam entonscinus'ef ()fence ; and in that re-
flection, I must dntlettvour to find consolation for all
the mortifications I experience ; even for this, the last,
the most unexpeefedated the most severe; the prolti-
bition.given to ine alendetat appear before your Ma-
jesty to offer My.congratulations upon the happy
termination oft those calamities with which Europe
tors been so long n(flicted, in the presence of the 11-
sustrious Personages uito will in all probability be
assembled at your Majesty's Court, with whoM I am
so closely connected by birth and marriage.
[ beseech youf Majesty to'do me an act of jus-
tice, To which, in the present circumstances, your
Ilajesty is the only person competent, by 'acquaint-
log those Illustrious Strangers with the motives of
'personal corisideration towards your Majesty which
alone induce me to abstain from the exercise of my
right to appear before your Majesty : and.that I do
now, as I have done at all times, defy the malice of
my enemies to fix upon me the shadow of any one
imputation which could.render me unworthy of their
society oi• regard.
Your Majesty will, Tam sure, not be displeas-
ed that I should relitle myself from a suspicion of
disrespect towards your,Majesty, by making public
the cause of, my klisenrefrom Court at a time when
the dutie4.gf ply italion would otherwise peculiarly
dement) my attendance.
" 1 have the honour to be, your Majesty's
most obedleietdanghter-iii-law and servant,
Connmirm MO 24.1814. " CAROLIN E, P.
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The Readers' af tits Srettsmas are respedfully
• info:Algid; ihirliteitibit the intercourse took plane
riati4 and England, the French Papers
are reisslarlireeeised at the Sr4TEsx.sl, OFFICE,
and the important part of their contents published
• daily, in •addition.to that appears in the Morning
Alpert, thieh OM* the pleCetting night.
Duich; 'German, Spanish, and other Foreign
Papers, 'Fre also received as usual. The advan-
taget of an F.:yen/mg Paper are therefore °balms*
for country circulation.

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NAVAL IN7'FILLIGENCE. •
DIAL, MA le 29.•-•-A rrivell yisterday the Jason frigate, ft ern
HelSoetsluys, and 'the Bedford noon of %lir. from off fflootliog.
and sailed again to-day, with his Moje-ty's ships Impregookle.
Chabot's, C&linpe, and Sport ow, with a Russian 'Apar, hod
the t Keys' Yachts, under the Command of his Royal 111011-
nese the Duke of anrence, for Bouti:lc, to bring over the
Foreign dovereigus.—Arrlsed the Griff..o. sloop of wart Dom
Pureannuth..
Poirrswoorn, MAY 49.—Arrived the. Sterling Castle anti
of war. Sir Douse Popham, with a lees fro.* the Bist [wises.
The Beet has wooed on fur the Downs,
Powwows, Mar 27.—Arrived the Princess Elizabeth packet,
with a Mail from Lisboa, in IS days.—Sailed the Grace packet,
with a Mail fur Gibraltar and Babas and the queell Charlotte
packet, with I Moil, fur Soritunn.—The Louisa cartel, from
Motioix, with 87 British prisoners, is now (nine o'clock P. N
off this port, bound to Plymouth ; several of the prisoners kave
laLded.

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EVINtUft, MAY it —lt is
.reported that • the
Swedish vessels have received ardeis not to proceed ..-, . •
without convoy, owing to an apprehension of Natl.:
wegian ptiveteers. , . .
Count Lievae, the Russian Ambassador, has re—
cently had several-interviews with Ministers:ma hoe
again proposed the mediation of his Sovereign in ad-
justing the differences between ()rest Britain and
the United States. ! •
We learn, hyaccounts from the Continent, thst
Commissioners from the Allied Powers passed
through Copenhagen about the middle of this month, ,
on their way tar Norway, to acquaint Prince Cams.
vas with the ultimatum of the A:lid ioverelgits. • ,
A Morning Paper of Friday lest nplorted an ec- - ... .
count of a meeting of the lender- of Oppositinn re.' :.2` • •
specting the publication of the Cori-spniol.mtp ;WI °
has taken place between her M AJEstry and her Royal •
Highness the Princess of W__ Aces. Tins impertinent .
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fabrication has been inserted to terrify her Royal
Highness from laying her injuries before the public;
or to give to her vindication of herself the eppeir-
ance of a party measure; and evidently betrays
the most eager solicitude for the suppression •of
the whole transaction. The whole account of this
meeting is an impudent falsehood: so gross that
the reward ought, indeed, to be high to those
who undergo the infamous task of forging and
disseminating these unqualified lies. The public
will, from this specimen, know hereafter how
to estimate the ass-rions of that Paper. It was not
possible, however, that a matter so important to the
dignity of the Crown, and consequently to the feel.
ings of the people, could be suffered, to pest ;way
,in silence. We Ardt' become contemptible. as 'tit •• •
nation, if, with the blessing of a free press, a twins-
action so extraordinary were not to be freely can.
'vassed ; and we rejoice therefore, that -we'are (Ai.
,abled this day to lay before the Public, a literal Copy
•of the Correspondence alluded to in the above para-
graph, and which we insert without a comment. ..
The Exchange of Hamburgh, after being so long
closed, was at last re-opened on the 19th, to the in-
expressible joy of the inhabitants. Though the•m'or-
ahants must have suffered eseeisively from French
o pression, ;nd especiolly Aim ,111,0 rapacity 'of
AeousT, yet the reiteratioo of ltils smpurivaytaf
foreign commerce must hove a eStrksenefibisil',SiTent - -
on the trade and manufactures of this.ectiustry.: The
Hamburgh Cum.:pm:denten, suppressed li.uriog Oa
Frencli regime, has also been' revived.' ',. •.
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OLp BAlLiY.—Thiti morning was eireenterir.,in
front of the Debtors'-doctv, Newgate, Wb 111 lit+
teirill,. Who wds attvieted at the last Apri,i•SV.i•i4itip
of uttering a forged. hilt Of 'exchange. The ford(
this unfortunate young.men is an awful leeson'tathe
indiscretion of youtli4tad•arthe•eompeuces. of la t.
. proper company. Unsuspicious and, toton rded;hs be.
came a prey. to the allurements of the designing,.an,tl
He has fallen :a victim in the dawn of triaiihootl,',
his conduct before his death seas the reverse of titet' ,
delusion under which. he was led astray ;. iltid lie
l'happily verified his own expression to a friend, that.
" his errors had sprung' fioas thoughtlessness, Si/t
from depravity of heart." 13y# penitence end *lg.
nation, he was enabled to sustain his' last •ctioliefft
with becoming firmness, On his 'stay to the atter.
fold he calmly said, 44 I have prayed- to .my.Ged for
fortitutle, and you see he has given it to Me." Ile
• was 23 ,rears of age, eight of which he: had served iii
the busy. ' His disposition was generous and ativc-
tionati. May his awful dissolution be a lasting es.
amplel . • . t! . ,
The anonymous Datchman, alias. the Coltheath
Settler,,
,seem, to hash acquired.. an additional .sta.
I'lol4 for dotraiefionotided by • tat all-powerful sti-
' ustskut envy, of his brother Lotterylotlice keeper ;
'the Model.* Proinetheueset the, disease raging, and
Britannia and the' Seven Champions, ,or :Modern
',4l4ptisfendom restored, has brought it to' its climax.
Itlaaaid, we know not with what degree of truth, •
that the great a. has bought two Shares in the LAN
tery-office of :Vials-rim, 8, Cornhill, for no other
purpose Than to possess himself of a copy of the
Prints to fret his malignancy to madness, and pro.
bah)), to decorate the walls of Bedlam when he be-
comes its tenant. We could whisper a word to B.
the bouncer,ffiat would give his spleen an additional
test, and that, isl that. MARTIN., within these few
days, has given away better than 1000 of those ad.
mitable engravings to the purchasers of Tickets and
Shares for.* Lottery to be drown on the King's
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COlitr • .SCMANOT, MAY 3o.—The Market wog well :sup-
plied with Mf...ail this morning, dull tale, at a dreltoe of fn. pro
quarter..—Bartey li. per quarter lower; fete an ei %err ef.
feeird.—Ooss experiecced a ertlqrtion of firm ls. *42.. per
quarter.--Pras, 13ersond other artirles, remain the yang.
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Wheals (tinglish) 56 74 Beans 4O 44
Ditto (Foreign) 54 76 Old ditto
Rye.....„. St 56 "e. ' 31 40
Barley ..
..t.„.....9.8 St I 0 „ . -
New ditto , ' . 1 0 lll SO
Fine A'

Malt if. • .64 .i
White Peas ..0: 46 52
New ditto ....Ls, —
Ditto Boilers ' ..• 54 58
Grey Pear .....?.... 4O 43

SMITILFIELD M.
T.• airk the 0410.
Reef ... 6s. 6 I h. fia. 4 I.
Nutt. a ..61. ot. to 7.. 4'
Veal .., 7r. Ud. tat 6.. 04.
Pt1ck,;14,04 64. to 7sz
Lib::.••M• 01. to 94, Od.i

..- ditto
Poland do
Feed ditto • 14 !S
Fine Flour ..... ... • tiO 65
Seconds

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•KKET.—Mar 90.
per stone of tab.
Head ••f Conte thie ttor :
Bessie N.
CCSheep • - .••••• • • i • 9.760
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-gIiIATESMAN.
aspictif akiioachine civil .he. But Penni- therto:adranced
!ems to have laid hiallitevaes with &slouch cau. Members in Pi
at the Constitution alive Cortes has vanished 'iompared to thos