merce, at Berlin, certain specific revenues, to be remitted half yearly to Mr. Rothschild, for payment of the interest of the loan; and the same Directors will also remit to London, by halfyearly payments, the following sums, on the amount of the loan, viz.

"In the year 1818-19....3 perct. 1819-20...... 2

1820-21...... 2

1821-22...... 1

1822-23...... 1

and the like sum of 1 per cent in every following year of the 28 years.

an advertisement is to be inserted in the London Gazette, requiring the holders of such bonds to bring them to be redeemed within three months from the date of the advertisement; and the holders shall, in such case, be bound to deliver up the bonds advertised for, upon payment at par; and all interest upon such bonds shall cease at the end of three months from the date of the advertisement.

"The sums so to be remitted are to be applied in redeeming the bonds, and the interest of the bonds redeemed is to be applied in the same manner, thus forming a sinking-fund for the protection of the public, which the Prussian government is at liberty to increase by other remittances: and in case, at the end of the 28 years, any of the bonds shall remain unredeemed, the Prussian government engages to remit to London, on or before the 30th of September, 1847, such a sum of money as shall be sufficient to redeem all the bonds, then in circulation, at par. If, at any time, the bonds should be above par, then, in order that the operation of the sinking-fund may continue, the persons in whose names securities are to be deposited for the time being, as hereinafter referred to, or any two of them, are, in such manner as they may think proper, to draw lots to ascertain which bonds shall be advertised to be redeemed; and the bond being thus ascertained,

"A list will be published in the London Gazette, half-yearly, of all bonds from time to time redeemed.

"The loan is to be further secured by a mortgage of certain revenues of the kingdom of Prussia, of sufficient amount, and by special mortgage-bonds, pledging certain royal domains which have been placed at the disposal of the Prussian government, by virtue of a statute of the royal house, sanctioned by the States, which bonds are to be countersigned by the state-officers of the provinces where the domains are situate. The above securities are intended to be deposited in the Bank of England, in the names of Mr. N. M. Rothschild, the contractor, of an Officer of State of his Prussian Majesty, and of a permanent Agent of the Prussian Government.

"The Prussian Government, at the end of every three years, is to have part of the securities, to the amount of the bonds redeemed, delivered up to be cancelled."

LANCASTER ASSIZES, Friday, April 3. Address of Chief Baron Richards,

on

on Passing Sentence of Death upon the Prisoners Capitally Convicted of Forgery, and of Uttering Forged Bank of England Notes.

William Oxenham, convicted of uttering a forged bill of exchange, was first placed at the bar.

Chief Baron.-" William Oxenham, you have been convicted of uttering a forged bill of exchange, well knowing at the time you uttered it that it was forged. The crime of which you have been convicted, on the most satisfactory evidence, by a most intelligent jury, is a crime the most dangerous to society, and which loudly calls for the highest punishment that the law can inflict; for no man, in a commercial country like this, can, by any care, effectually protect himself from such attempts. If there should be any disposition at the foot of the Throne to extend its mercy towards you, I shall rejoice; but of this I can offer you no assurance, and if there should be any mitigation of your sentence, it will only be on condition of your being for ever removed from this country." His Lordship then passed upon him the last sentence of the law in the usual

terms.

The following prisoners were then placed at the bar:-Wm. Steward, Thomas Curry, Margaret M'Dowd, Robert Wardlaw, Redmond Moss, Hannah Mavor, and John Vaughan, convicted of uttering forged Bank of England notes; and George Heskitt, convicted of burglary and horsestealing.

The Chief Baron, addressing

by name the first 7 prisoners, thus proceeded, - "You have been severally convicted of uttering forged Bank of England notes, knowing them to be forged; the law has affixed to this crime the punishment of death, and it is an offence which, on account of its injurious consequences to society, requires the infliction of the highest punishment. It is a practice which must be repressed; and if this cannot be effected by other means, it must be done by visiting it with the utmost severity of the law, for the negotiation of forged notes is the strongest and most extensive mode of plundering the public which can be resorted to, and it is one against which no care or prudence can be an effectual protection. I had the last assizes the very melancholy duty, in this place, of passing the sentence I am now about to pass upon you, upon a number of persons convicted of this offence, and which sentence was carried into effect with respect to most of them; but I do not perceive that this sad example has been attended with any advantage, or that it has produced any diminution in the number of offenders of this description; you have not taken warning from it; for I observe that your offences are all subsequent to the last assizes. It is, therefore, necessary that examples should still continue to be made; and it is my duty to tell you that some of you, nay, that most of you, beyond all question, must suffer the full sentence of the law."

It will be seen by the following document that the port of Dun

kirk is to be considered in future as a port of France, under the Navigation Act:

"Treasury Chambers, 4th April, 1818.

"To the Commissioners of Cus

toms.

"Gentlemen;-I have laid before the Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, your report on a memorial, praying that three cases of French wine, imported at this port from Dunkirk, may be admitted to entry for private use on payment of duty; and I am to desire you will give orders for the delivery of this wine, on payment of the proper duties; and I am to acquaint you, that it appears to my Lords, that upon a fair construction of the principles of the Navigation Act, the port of Dunkirk must now be considered, to all intents and purposes of the said Act, as a port of France, and entitled to all the privileges thereof. (Signed) "S. R. LUSHINGTON."

7. Stockholm.-On the 24th March, a hurricane raged in Sweden, which has done the most dreadful damage. For these 20 years, we have not had so violent a storm. Several churches, innumerable barns, whole forests, (to the future great prejudice of the iron-forges), have been thrown down; many wooden buildings have been carried away so entirely that not a trace of them is left. Several towns, particularly Uddevalla, were in undated, and the roofs and windows dashed to pieces. Snow and frost followed immediately,

and still continue.

The marriage of the Princess Elizabeth with Philip Augustus

Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Homberg, took place at the Queen's house this night, April 7. The acquaintance of the new married couple commenced two years ago, since which a correspondence has been maintained between them. Cards of invitation were issued between two and three weeks since to the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers and their Ladies, the Lord Chancellor, the Cabinet Ministers and their Ladies, the Deputy Earl Marshal of England, the Great Officers of State and the Household, the King's, the Queen's, those of the Windsor Establishment, the suites of the Royal Dukes and Duchesses, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, and other distinguished characters who were to perform and assist at the solemnization of the marriage ceremony.

A great profusion of weddingcakes have been preparing for

several weeks.

Among the company were the Russian, French, Spanish, Dutch, American, Swedish, and Neapolitan Ambassadors, with their ladies, together with most of the ladies and gentlemen of the different Royal establishments. Shooting at Lord Palmerston, at the War-Office, April 8th. QUEEN-SQUARE.-Lieutenant David Davies, on the half-pay of the 62nd regiment of foot, was yesterday brought to the office in custody of Lavender, the officer, charged by Mr. Wm. Owen, of the War-office, with having fired a pistol, loaded with ball, at the Right Hon. Lord Palmerston, Secretary at War. Witness

Witness stated, that he is a messenger in the War-office. That, between 1 and 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, he saw prisoner in the passage of the Waroffice, at which time Lord Palmerston was going up stairs into his own room. Witness heard the report of a pistol, and looking immediately round, saw one in prisoner's hand. Heard Lord Palmerston groan heavily, on which he seized prisoner's hand which held the pistol, and prisoner dropt it. Witness took it up, and saw it had been just fired off. Prisoner then cried out, "You know me, and you know my wrongs; I have killed him." Witness said, he knew nothing; and asked whom he meant as having killed. Prisoner asked, "Is not that Lord Palmerston ?" Witness answered, "Yes."

Daniel William Bird, Lieut. Col. of the 2nd West India regiment, stated, that wishing to see Lord Palmerston yesterday morning, he went to the War-office, and mentioned his wish to last witness, who answered, he was very lucky, for Lord Palmerston was just then going up stairs. Witness rose to go out of the room, and at the moment heard the report of a pistol, and coming into the passage saw last witness have hold of prisoner's hand, and a pistol lying at prisoner's foot, who said to Mr. Owen, "You know my wrongs; he has killed me."

On the prisoner's being searched at the War-office, no other fire-arms were found upon him he had in his pocket a smallsized paper parcel, sealed with three seals, eleven bank-notes of 1. each, 22s. in silver, an official

letter from the War-office, and two or three trifling memoranda, which were all delivered to Lavender, and by him now produced.

Mr. Lawrence Samuel, a gentleman belonging to the Waroffice, stated, that he had been present when Mr. Astley Cooper examined the wound of his Lordship, that he said the ball had passed, and that from present appearances, he had hopes the wound was not dangerous. The coat worn by his lordship was now produced, and the ball seemed to have entered the middle of the back, and being fired from below had passed upwards, when his Lordship, being at the moment at the turn of the staircase, had most probably given it that oblique turn which caused it to glance off at the shoulder-blade.

The magistrate (Edward Markland, Esq.) asked the prisoner where his friends lived, that he might inform them of his situation, and procure from them every assistance. The prisoner said his family lived at Monmouth; and he had a brother in the navy. He was generally remanded, till Lord Palmerston and Mr. A. Cooper can attend.

We have little to add to this authentic report of the circumstances of this shocking transac tion, except the pleasing intelligence, that at a late hour last night we were informed that Lord Palmerston had been but very slightly hurt, and was perfectly well. From the account of the trial of David Davies it appears that he was considered as a decided lunatic.

Naples

Naples. Our journals contain a triple convention between our Government, his Majesty the King of France, his Majesty the King of Spain, and his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of England, from which it appears that the privileges and exemptions which the subjects of these two Powers enjoyed, in the commerce of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, are abolished. His Majesty promises that the subjects of these two nations shall be treated on the same footing as the most favoured nations, and that the exemptions and privileges thus abolished may not be renewed in favour of any state; that they shall enjoy an abatement of 10 per cent on the amount of the duties payable to the tariff in force since the 1st of January, 1816, on the totality of the merchandise or productions of the three States which shall be imported into his Majesty's dominions, besides other advantages mentioned in the said convention.

An American Act concerning Navigation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Americain Congress assembled.-That from and after the 30th of September next, the ports of the United States shall be and remain closed against every vessel owned wholly or in part by a subject or subjects of his Britannic Majesty, coming or arriving from any port or place in a colony or territory of his Britannic Majesty, that is or shall be, by the ordinary laws of navigation and trade, closed against vessels owned by citizens of the United States;

and such vessel, that, in the course of the voyage, shall have touched at, or cleared out from, any port or place in a colony or territory of Great Britain, which shall or may be, by the ordinary laws of navigation and trade aforesaid, open to vessels owned by citizens of the United States, shall, nevertheless, be deemed to have come from the port or place in the colony or territory of Great Britain, closed as aforesaid, against vessels owned by citizens of the United States, from which such vessel cleared out and sailed before touching at and clearing out from an intermediate and open port or place as aforesaid; and every such vessel, so excluded from the ports of the United States, that shall enter or attempt to enter the same, in violation of this act, shall, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with the cargo on board such vessel, be forfeited to the United States.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the aforesaid 30th of September next, the owner, consignee, or agent, of every vessel, owned wholly or in part, by a subject or subjects of his Britannic Majesty, which shall have been duly entered in any port of the United States, and on board of which shall have been there laden for exportation any article or articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, other than provisions and sea stores necessary for the voyage, shall, before such vessel shall have been cleared outward at the Custom-house, give bond in a sum double the value of such articles, with one or

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