Al -VC' 29. la's in order to convey the .earliest information to the Duke of C.arence, is to precede the Prince of Wirtemberg 24 hours A Morning Paper says—" We understand that Govern ment has determined to send Lord Gambier to the Hague, to treat for a peace with the American Plenipotentiaries. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope accompanies his Lordship, and Captain Fabian of the Navy is appointed Secretary of Le gation. His Majesty's ship Providence, Captain Vansittart, is to convey Lord Gambier and his suite to the Dutch coast." Ferdinand IV. King of the Two Sicilies, has issued a de clara!ion, proclaiming most loudly and indignantly, that he I. has not renounced, nor ever will renounce, his right to the Kingdom of Naples ; not will be accept of any compensation svha . evet for that kingdom. Paris Papers arrived on Wednesday to the 23d instant. Their contents are not possessed of much interest. an order of the King, dated the 20th, Marshal Oudinot is ap pointed Commander in Chief of the Bova' Corps of Grena diers and Foot Chasseurs, and Marshal Fey Commandant in Chief of the Cuirassiers, Dragoons, • Chasseurs, and Light Horse Lancers. It is worthy of rematk, that the King styles each of these Marshals h this appointment "our Cousin."— Geneva is become one of the Swiss Cantons.—The Pope, it is said, swis to make his entry into Home *on the 10th.—The King of Naples and his troops arc on their return to the Neapolitan territory.--The King of Sardinia arrived at Genoa on the 9th, on his way to Turin, to take possession of the former d iminions of his family.--The Archduchess Maria Lou;sa arrived at Zurich on the Gth, and was to proceed, on the Bth, to Munich. Iler Imperial Highness travels ins og;iilo under the title of the Countess de Fidken stein.—The Emperor of Austria, was expected at Munich the 23d or 24th ; a pact of his equipages left Paris on the • Dith. It is certain that he does not visit England.—The review of the National Guards at Paris, which was to have taken place last Furday, is postponed. ills Majesty the King of France has appointed a Committee of eighteen, one half for the Senate, and the other from the Legislative Body, to finally at range the new Constitution, which his Majesty had promised to submit to both Douses on the loth of June. "f hat important business, and the arrangement of the Defini tive Treaty must fully occupy the time of himself and his Ministers for the present. The German Observer mentions the recent death of Ahmed Effendi, a Tui k of distinction, at Adrianople. This man • who was sonic Sears ago employed on a mission to the Court of Vienna, was, it remarks, distinguished as much by his corcupiscence and gluttony, as by the possession of great weAth Ile had twenty-three wives and one hundred and concubines !—he ate till he became quite plethoric! - - and left property to the amount of eight hundred thousand pounds sterling ! A certain sell.:Ttlicient Gentleman, who plumes himself on the present, but has a west aversion to records of the past, who has a it .tipathy to be told of Coxheuth adrcutierts, or St. Creorgea-ticlds exploits, ingenionsl.y tells the Public, that the liberal exertions of those Gentlemen who give gratuities to the Purchasers of Tickets or Shares in the Lottery, tend only to bring it ihto disrespect, and that it is highly probable not one-third of the Tickets will be sold prior to the day of Drawing, 4th of June,--This is assuredly a new dis• covery, and a somewhat singular speculation ; but we think we can fathom its foundation, and that he draws his conclusion from his own diminished sale ; but if he would stand tOr a tew hours any day in the Office of MApTIN, 8, Curnhill, the fallacy would discover itself, and he would soon sec how much the Contractors and the Public are benefited by those two admirable coloured F,ngravings, 'file modern Prometheus, and Britannia and the Seven Champions, or modern thristenclqm- Restored ) presented Gratis to the Ptarclosetsof a Ticket or Shares. THE NATIONAL. REC;ISTER. COMMON HALL. Friday a very numerous meeting of the L'very of London_ was held at titits,lllall, put:amt. to requisition, to take into considera tion the questions of the proposed alteration in tue Corn Importation Laws, and the Blockade of Norway. Mr. Waitlinean said, 04 ball was called on a case of great enter. geecy,— the bill in Partiameet respecting certain alterations of a most material nature in the present corn laws. He was aware that the subject afforded opportunity for courting popularity by an ap. peal to the passions rather than the judgment of the penple ; but that he should avoid as tar as he was able. It had been said m Par liament, that this alteration was intended to raise the price of bread ; but although that might not be the intention of the KUHR)* ters of the measure, it was evident it would have the effect of raising the price of corn, and consequently of every tiling else ; by whirls. means we should be deprived of the ben e fi t s o f pe ace , a mt suffer the disttesses of a state of war, by kcepieg up the present exorbi. taut rents of lands. No num mole respect tor the landed interest that l i e had : but the evils of the late war had fallen on the mann factuting and mercantile classes, white the laudlaulder was obtaining exorbitant rents: and he therefore contended, that there was no such extraordinary measure necessary to secure tile -interests of the landed proprietors. Mr. White seconded the motion. This was a measure so obnox ious to the interest of the trading and manufacturing bodies, that it only required to be seen to be most lietefid and disgusting. The promoters of this measure called it a bill to encourage agriculture, dud, by u singular perversion of the powers of reasoning, they said, it was to lower the nice of bread, by raising the price It was to serve us 'tow, in order that we should be better fed hereatter. This put mind of the mall who wished to teach his posse to live without food, but the animal died before the ex permient was completed. So would it be with us if this measure were to pass. He denied that this would assist the farmer; for his Juiciest could nut be woi - se ye d than by destroying the trading niterelts. 'lbis measure wonid keep the quarter') loaf at Lid.; the spec slaters would COllle in, and raise it greatly higher.. He could not agree to die eulogium of his worthy friend on the landed inter , fur when any charitable subscription was Oil foot, for the poor of etir own, or the distresses of other countries, it was from the trading and manittacturing bodies that they twist look for the moues.. He wished the. Hon. Baronet, the reputed father of the bill, had confined its benefits, as lie originally intended, to Ireland, and left us poor silly Lughtlimen to go on our old way. The bid itself carried a lie on the face of it, for instead of its being called, " A Bill to encourage Agriculture," it should have been entitled " A Bill to destroy Trade anti Manufactures." He would not fatigue them by going into any dry calculations on the subject ; their own understandings would be sufficient to shew that this measure would be tuitions to trade and consinerc•e, and only raise the lauded interest on the destruction of the other branches of the community. Mr. Hunt, late candidate for Bristol, spoke at great leogth on the same size. The Resolutions were then read and agreed to. Mr. AldermAil Wood (tame forward to propose a petition to Par li amen t iuotitled on them. The petition wab then read, agreed to unanimously, and ordered to be prebentcd to the Howe of Culllllloll6 by the City Reprelienta fives. Sir W. Curtis, Alderman Coombe, Sir J. Shaw, and Alderman Atkins, aupporto the petition, and declared their intention of op. posing the A similar Petition was then read and agreed to, and ordered to be presented to the House of Peers. 10r. Alderman Wood then Caine torward to propose a number of Resolutions, expressive of ni4dpprohatiou at the conduct adopt by Government towards Norway. The criers of adjourn, adjourt, were s.o loud, however, that he was at length obliged to content himself with merely moving the Resolutions, which were read, and .ec Juderi by Mr. Vaughan moved as an amendment, that the consideration of them should be adjotirned to Fritiay next. Mr. Waitlunau opposed the adjournment, which was negatived, and the Re:Odious read and agreed to, and UftiCILLI to be published in (be usual papers.—ifdjourne.d. 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