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wit Lin the time limited by the rules of the Nouse ; for if • was a mere .after-thought, certainly no such permission ought , o be granted. I.ord D.IRNLEY was surprised that a plea of Yon mi ricordo Ottr.iid meet with such disfavour from the Noble Earl opposite —.':such I:7ughter)..--lie thought he was at least entitled to as much favour from that Noble Lord, as his 'Protegee, Majocchi, Lai received from him when at the bar—(Cuntipstsefl laughter). Lind ERSKINE said, that though he bad the honour of' b e i na a scotchman, he would not be 44 dumped" in the way pro- rased. Ills plea was, that he had been prevented by illness !rem signing with his friends: He would wait, however, the re sat of the motion, of which notice had been given by his Noble Fr:end (Lord Holland). The subject here dropped. I. , rd 110 WA RD ro,e to correct a misrepresentation of his , i ,,,ch on the second reading of the Bill, which had appeared in the Times newspaper. Ile had been represented as saying that the proceeding was an odious one. He had never said anything (..- the kind. He had concurred with the Noble Lord at the I,, a d of the Treasury, in the introduction of the measure, and .uuld never have meant to turn round new and condemn it in toto. The I louse now resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill. The Archbishop of TUA M.—" My Lords, it is with the , ttr.ust pain that I offer myself to the notice of your Lord ships, which I should not have done, had it not been for the i •ry direct manner in which the Body, of which I form a part, were called upon by the Noble and Learned Lord who spoke I. st yesterday. My Lords, I will refer you to the 32d verse •;' the sth chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew. My mind has long been made up to vote against the Divorce rlause from that very verse, but if I can chew that the Illustri eus Lady whose conduct has been so long under consideration had been put away by her husband, if I also show from the Holy Scriptures a solemn denunciation from the law against such putting away, then shall I shew sufficient ground to Induce me to vote against the Divorce clause, which would o lease the Ring from his marriage contract and leave him at Ilbeety to marry again. That such a putting away of the v.ife did take place is abundantly evident from the letter of , 'ne husband, to which alone I would beg leave to refer The denunciation to which I have alluded is in the second 'Lister of the Prophet Malachi, when for literally putting away wile, the face of the Lord was turned away from the people, nd he regarded not their offerings. The temples resounded ith the lamentations of the women; and the Prophet esta fished his charge against them as a crying sin, by reminding hem of the first institution of marriage. The God of Israel ath said, "he heteth all putting away." My Lords, I stand here most unwfiling judge in this cause, and I will candidly confess to tour Lordships, that nothing but force and the heavy penalties Wilt your Lordships have attached to absence, would have impelled me to attend this distressing investigation. I have ern: brought here by compulsion—forced from the most im ortant duties, which no one but myself could be called upon to ertUrm, and which have been suspended three months in con .luencs of my absence. But, however reluctantly I have come -re, I have paid every attention in my power to the whole of • z evidence on both sides—to the very able arguments of Coml !, and to the eloquent speeches of Noble Lords in the various iews they have taken of this cause. I have attended every day hour—and, I may almost say, every minute; and I have :cd for the second reading of this Bill, because no other was before the House, in which I could declare that a -wry, and irresistible case bad been made out of the Queen. But as to this Divorce Clause, my Lords, reconcile myself to give it my sanction ; and if it this Committee as a part of the Bill, I cannot give it ippon; fur I would rather have the conduct of the unnoticed, than that a Divorce should be added Degradation. of PETERBOROUGH would not have risen been for the appeal made to the Bench of Bishops the Noble and Learned Lord, who, ndlWithstand 'nets with which be viewed every question, had de. felt difficulties on the subject. Ile had never in entered into the examination of any question with than he had as to whether the Divorce Clause . part of the Bilk Ile was anxious that it should be though he had no doubts of the I9gality of the clause. consonant to the laws of gen as well as the laws here the crime of adultery was proved, and in the he thought it fully established. The present Bill ordiniry Bills of divorce, and this made him . the Divorce clause should not be included in the !nactments of this Bill of Pains and Penalties. He could comprehend bow her Majesty should cease to be ;land, and yet remain the wife of the King. The :ing must, to all intents and purposes, be the Queen if, to all legal purposes, she remains Queen Con n,ld she be deprived of the title of Queen ? The lame made the degradation eligible ; and with was at a loss to know in what the degradation Instead of wholly omitting the Divorce clause, . whether one equally powerful in its operation, nom its difficulties and objections, could not be The objections were principally of a religious na. marriage was a civil as well as a religiods contract ; 7,ht these civil rights might be suspended, He was ly acquainted with forms of law to suggest such a specific form, but as the Noble Lord at the head of • had alluded to something of the same sort yester mid leave it in his hands. &hop of YORK said, he had been misunderstood Idressed to their Lordships yesterday, and he felt ted upon to state, that he never meant to say that not sufficient ground for divorce; but, as an advs. sanctity of the marriage contract, and the reciprocal /hid% resulted from that union, be could not recess. •onscience, under all the circumstances of the pinisme for the Divorce Clause. I.DFSD ALE was of opinion that the Divorce Claims retained, as its operation extended to the legitimathm If marriage were a mere civil contract, the parties 'selves dissolve It; but it affected others, and should . considered, in a case like the present, with relation important consequences to society. If the Clause were would be glad to know what was to be substituted, not have the effect of a Divorce, however it might DIVORCE CLAUS& minutes before one o'clock, tbe CiIIAtILItAW rat the ...healer the Divorce Clause should stand part of the ' His Lordship pronounced that the Non-contents had it; •- a division was demanded and took place. one o'clock the numbers were announced to be, For the Clause . - 129 Against it . . . . 62 Majority T::e Earl and Countess of DARLINGTON, and the f•tdics VANE, left town yesterday for their seat, Raby Durham. PRESEYTATIOIV OP A ;PUSH FLAG. - PIItStUtATION Or A" WELSH FLAG !! Some months sincia Cambrian Society was formed, to pro mote preaching in the Welsh language on board of ships in the Thames. At a recent Meeting of the Committee the Rev. G. C. SMITH, of Penzance, re. , commended the establishment of Welsh Prayer Meet.. ings, and offered to have a flag made, as a signal. On Sunday last, the sth inst. this Minister, accom panied by Captains and Seamen from different parts of the Thames, and Members of the Bethel Union Society, attended on board the Hope, Capt. Jonas, of Aberystwith, to present a Welsh flag publicly, on the part of this Institution, to their Brethren of the Principalities. The Hope lay in a tier of ships off Pickle Herring Stairs, opposite the Tower; her deck was crowded—several respectable females attended —the new flag was very large ; a blue ground, yel low star, and a dove, with an olive branch in its mouth, and the words 66 CYFARFOD GWIDDI," signi fying Prayer Meetings, in large white letters, adorned the centre. Mr. SMITH stood by the helm abaft ; a studding-sail boom was raised perpendicular close to him, and supported by two seamen; one part of the flag was lashed to the upper part of the boom, and the fly of it was carried out, and made fast to the main rigging on the larboard side. The Service commenced at eleven o'clock, by reading and prayer; , a pious Captain and sailor, from the Lower Pool, implored a Divine Blessing. Mr. SMITH then ad dressed the assembly from Psalm ix. 5.—" In the name of our GOD we will set up our banners : the LORD fulfil all thy petitions." He remarked, that banners or standards were usually raised to distin guiA an army, to invite to battle, or to announce a triumph. Thus the flag Bethel with English sailors, and CYFARFOD GWIDDI with Welsh. Whenever these were hoisted, they would distinguish them as the friends of religion and social order; invite them to the conflict of faith ; and announce these triumphs through CHRIST,: the great Captain of their Salvation. The Minister then, grasping the pole, expressed his high satisfaction in presenting his brother seamen of Wales with the significant flag ; he had long been a flag officer in Lord Nelson's fleet, and raised many a flag, but none with so much pleasure as this. When England was threatened with invasion,VolunteerCorps were formed, and colours were presented unto them; but these invited to the shedding of human blood, and the destruction of our species. 61 CTFARIPoD GWIDDI," on the contrary, was the standard of peace. the star directed to the SAVIOUR, the dove announced the wrath of Jenovau assuaged; and the words CT TARIPOD GwIDDi enjoining Prayer for all men, and for all in authority. The Church of old had sung, " His banner over me is love." Such is the flag now presented to you; it breathes love to GOD, to CHRIST, to Man, and to one another. By this shall all men know that ye are CHRIST'S disciples, if ye love one another. To-day you see on this deck sailors and friends of all denominations, who meet to hail your progress in Christianity. May " CitTARIPoD GWIDDt" soon be hoisted in every port in Wales, and in every part of the world where a Welsh ship sails. This interesting Service closed by a Captain And Sailor belonging to the Upper Pool publicly commending their Welsh brethren to GOD. The approaching Annual Meeting of the British and Foreign Seamen s Friend Society, and Bethel Union, was then an nounced, and the assembly informed that this flag would be displayed at the City of London Tavern on that occasion. By a curious coincidence, the Tower guns, for the sth of November, fired their' usual salute just as Me Meeting closed. The Earl and Countess of SURREY left town on Monday for their seat, Worksop Manor, Nom. Colonel Goan LANGTON, M.P. is arrived at his house in Grosvenor-square, from his seat, Barrow Court, Sotnersetshire. _ _ The Hon. Major SAcxvILLE is arrived at Greillon's Hotel, Albemarle -street, from Brighton. Captain and Lady ELIZABETH FIELDINO are ar- ' rived at their house in Sackville-street, from Paris. WARWICKSHIRE ELECTION.—At the close of the Poll, on Monday (the Sixth Day), the numbers were law ley - - 1941 Spooner - - 756 Arty In favour of Mr. Lawley, 1151. The death of H. H. ST. PAUL, Esq. makes a va cancy in the representation of Berwick. The wife of W. M , Farlane near Cambuskenneth Abbey, died suddenly on the morning of Sunday se'nnight, while she was in the act of preparing break fast for her children. Last week, W. Stoney, underground agent to Mr. Askwith's lead-mines, in Nidderdale, stopped. the pumping machinery for some repairs, after which he went up and let the water on the wheel again, when (it not coming off so quick as he wished) he applied his foot to assist it at the very moment all the buckets were full. It unexpectedly went off with the velocity of lightning ; he lost his balance, and went with it, and in a moment was crushed to death. His body was, with difficulty, got out, as it wedged the wheel with the rock. At Selbourne, as Stephen Lintott, a boy about nine years of age, was playing with other children under a sand-bank, a quantity of sand slipped from the top, and caused suffocation. Thursday, as a woman named Cole, whobad been washing on board the Clarence, in Portsmouth har bour, was in the act of reaching water from the cask in the chains, she fell overboard and was drowned. Tuesday, a scaffold erected in front of a house in the High -street, Portsmouth, gave way, and Mr. Laver, and one of the labourers, were precipitated to the ground from the top of the building. Mr. Laver has broken his thigh in two plates, and also fractured his jaw. The other man is much bruised., Last week, Mary Bowler, a very fine girl about nide years of age, fell from a height of eight feet into a paved yard, in Portsmouth, when at play with other children, and was killed. Friday, a person of the name of Hollis, resident at Romsey, dropped down and instantly expired, while assisting the Supervisor of Excise to reweigh candles. An Inquest was held last night at the Portland Arms, in Guildford-street, Brunswick-square, on the body of Master J. Romany, aged eleven, son of Mr. /Winn% of Prospect -terrace, Gray's Inn-lane, who, in running after a squib on Monday evening, in Adam's Field, near Coram-street, fell into a gravel pit, and was smothered in the mud. Verdict—Ac i Undid Death. every hour—ar ited for the se .assure was befo :ar, satisfactory, alt of the Quest Clll never recot es out of this 0 , • further suppot I,:en to pass uni her Degradatit The Bishop of d it not been f t :sterday, by the the clearness ired that be felt - bfe entered i ore anxiety th; ould stand part lined, although 1 ivorces were col f loan, where th r-wnt case, be ':Tered from on 1,11 that the E -sal enactments )t, however, cot e•.•n of Englant ....t of the King arson ; and if, .rt, how could tvorce Clause A it, he was ; alit consist. I would ask w! .t fret from I bitituted ? Ti 'rr ; but marria ^d he thought tt r. sufficiently ac l'2i!, in a specifi e Treasury had :7, he would le :le Archbith • t••Ltt he addri :r.'Llf called ui !; ....y was not ite for the sane 'a!iptions whit It to his consch ic, to vote for Lord REDF.: Dula be retaint 'chillrett. If :ght themselve .:. fore be con lb di iMpOrtaT vet t:p, he wot !rich would no - rained? AI twenty mi .. ,. t.iaa, wheth ' His Bort LI, INTELLIGENCE. COURT OP 11;IZIf3'5 13SNOtg, 14TOVSMI1Elt y. Jactsos V. GREEN. The plaintiff in this cause had obtained st verdict for £lO at the late Sittings at Cluildha for words alleged to have been used by the defendant, imputing so the plaintiff that , he had set fire to his house. j Mr. MAREYAIgr DOW moved an arrest of udg 'tent, on the ground s th at t h ere was no proo f that the words were meant to refer to the dwelling of the plaintiff; and it did - not appear in the indictment that the house was contiguous to other buildings, m that it had been intended to defraud any Insurance Company. The Learned Counsel contended, that by the Common Law it was no offence in a man tc set his own house on fire, provided it was not conti guous to other dwellings, nor done with the inten tion of defrauding any Insurance Company.—Rule granted to shew cause. wortrorr V. SHAW. In this cause, which had been tried at Norwicl, before the Lord Chief Justice, the plaintiff had been non-suited, and Mr. Serjeant SLOSSET now moved for a new trial. The action had been brought foi excluding light and air from the plaintiff's premises, by building a high wall. It appeared on the trial that the premises, which were quite contiguous tc each other, had been in possession of a common pro. prietor previously to the year 1814 ; when part was sold to the plaintiff, and part to the defendant. The defendant had a counting-house, which was built on piers of wood, and on those piers, after the counting house had been taken down, he bad built the wall, which was the subject of the action. At the trial, it had been maintained by the Counsel for the plaintiff, and the Judge who tried the cause, had been of the same opinion, that the piers on which the wall had been built were the joint property of the plaintiff and the defendant. It was also stated, that many of the Jury, who decided the cause, were known to the defendant, and his persenal friends. On these grounds it was contended that a new trial should take place. Rule granted to shew cause. THE KING V. SIR F. BURDETT. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, is this case moved the Court to fix a day for proceeding with the argument relative to the motion for anew trial, when the Court appointed Thursday week. HAWKIA V. ELDRIDGE. This was a motion on the part of the defendant for a new trial. The cause had been tried before Mr. Justice BEST, at Guildhall, and was reported fully in our Paper. The plaintiff had left at the house of the defendant, an innkeeper at Battersea, with whom he had no pre vious acquaintance, a quantity of goods and furni ture for the space of nearly a year, which occupied the best room of the defendant's house, and made it totally useless to him for all that time. When the plaintiff at last came for his goods, he tendered for the room at the rate of 10s. per week ; while, on the other hand, 20s. a week were demanded by the de fendant before he would release the goods. On the trial, the Learned Judge was of opinion, that the de fendant could have no lien on the goods except as a warehouseman, and that the value of the apartment in any other point of view was wholly immaterial. Under that direction, the Jury had been of opinion, that the tender was perfectly adequate, and that the plaintiff was entitled to recover his property. Mr. Justice Rest observed, that the proper mode of bringing the question under the review of the Court, was by an action for special damages ; but that mode had not been adopted. After some observations from Mr. SCARLET? and Mr. GURNEY, the motion for a new trial was refused. Last week, through the carelessness of a boy throw ing shavings on the fire in a carpenter's shop, in Rose -street, Edinburgh, the premises took fire, and were soon burnt down. Mbnday night a fire broke out at Mr. BUTLER'S, in-Artillery-lane Bermondsey, which destroyed the same. And ab out one o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered at the Cock and Magpie, in the same neighbourhood, by which that house and the adjoining (a cheesemonger's) were consumed. Yesterday afternoon, about half-past two o'clock considerable alarm was caused at the Custom-House, in consequence of a fire which broke out in the sta tionary room, situated on the ground floor, near the public entrance. It arose from some damp papers being placed near the fire, and being incautiously left without any person to take care of them, the flames communicated to the wainscot and fixtures, and blazed with great rapidity. The utmost confusion for some time prevailed, and the different persons of the Establishment were on the alert in removing the books and papers ; persons were dispatched in all di rections for engines, and in a short time several were on the spot, which being fortunately plentifully sup plied with water, they soon abated the fury of the flames. By a quarter past three the fire was entirely extinguished, but not before it had destroyed the in terior of the room; a large quantity of books, loose papers, printed forms, &c. but none of any great importance. A very considerable crowd of persons assembled at the outer barrier iesterday afternoon, and as their Lordships left the House, many of them were assailed with groans and hisses. The Duke of WZLLINOTON, and the Marquis of ANGLESEA, were as usual coming away together on horseback, in company of the Earl of UXBRIDGE, Lord FITZROY SOMERSET, and other Noblemen, when the expressions of disapprobation were renewed with so much violence, that the Ma gistrates, apprehensive of a breach of the peace, or dered the Constables to take some of the most out rageous into custody. In consequence of this order five persons were immediately secured, and two of them were taken before Mr. Brame, at the Police Office, Bow-street. Of these, one is a Mr. Jones, a schoolmaster, residing in Mornington-place, and the other was James Fitch, a journeyman to Mr. Mackey, an oilman, in Piccadilly. They Loth admitted having hissed, Sm. but declared they were not conscious of having committed any offence against the laws. The, Magistrate was of opinion that such conduct tended to excite a breach of the peace, and they were each held to bail to keep the peace, themselves in £5O, and two sureties in L'2o each. The other three persons apprehended were taken to the Queen-square Office, and committed for want of ball. PUNCH PAPERS. Friday morning the Duchess de Berri vent out for the first time since het accouaentent, to Rosny, for the purpose of laying the first stone of a Chapel whieh is to be erected, and in which will be deposited the heart of her august husband. Het Royal High• ness intends, likewise, to found an hospital for the unfortunate, on the plan of the one instituted by the Duchess of Bourbon Conde, and which is to bear the name of the Prince her infant son. The Monkey,- of Friday announces, that the De. putation of Spanish Merchants resident in London, who had voted to Generals Quiroga awl Riego, two swords splendidly mounted, as a token- of esteem, save arrived in kiwis, and are about to proceed to Spain, to present the object of their mission to the above-named Officers. The States of Saxony assembled on the 15th nit. The King received them, seated on his Throne, and caused one of his Ministers to read an Expose of the state of the kingdom. A Councillor of State then 'read a paper, containing the heads of the different subjects to be submitted to their consideration in the present Sessjon. The paper having been delivered 1 41 to the Ma 7: bal of the Diet, he addressed hi s M a j est y in a s h suited to the occa s i o n ; a f ter w hi c h hi s Majest retired. Sasony, notwithstanding the loss of a considerable part of its former territory and re sources, is represented to be in a flourishing condition, from the economy of its Government, and its judicious system of financial and commercial regulations. According to advices from Constantinople of the Ist ult. Ali Pacha, instead of 400. soldiers, had with him in Tepleni, the Citadel of Jannina, 1500, whom he had attached to him by large sums of money, and who continued to make a vigorous resistance to the Turks. The latter are said to have been repulsed in an assault upon the fortress of Benat. The Turkish Pacha had expelled the inhabitants of Jannina from their houses, in order to find more commodious quar ters for his troops. The town was daily suffering from the fire of Tepleni. A considerable part of it had been previously destroyed, in consequence of Ali Pacha having set fire to his Palaces, on his retiring into . the Citadel. From Madrid it is stated, that the Committee of the Cortes, appointed to report on the Remonstrance of the Minister-General of the Capuchins, have de clared it to be subversive of the principles of social order, seditious, injurious to Religion, and highly criminal, inasmuch as it threatens the existence of the Congress itself. The Commission suggested the pro priety of summoning to the Bar the Prelate who sub scribed the Remonstrance, unless the Cortes should deem it more advisable to refer the matter to the Go- vernment, in order that the necessary measures may be adopted for the punishment of the delinquent. The 5 per Cents. on Friday rose to 76 f. 35 c. but left off at 20 cents. under that price. The cause of the recent rise in the French Funds is stated in pri vate letters to be the postponement of the sale of the 12,000,000 reserved rentes for one year; and the con siderable transfer of Stock from the English to the French Funds, for the purchase, it is said, of real pro perty in the vicinity of Paris. The QUEEN came to town yesterday in State. Her MAJESTY, after having entered the gate at Hyde Park-corner, passed down Constitution-hill into St. James's Park, out through the Stable-yard into Pall- Mall, and so round by Charing-cross and Whitehall to the House of Lords, where she arrived a few mi nutes before one o'clock. She was received by Sir T. TYRMIIITT, and immediately proceeded to Iter private apartment. Lady ANNE HAMILTON, and the Honourable KEPPEL CRAVEN, were the Lady, and Vice-Chamberlain, in attendance. Her MAJESTY retired at ten minutes before three, and drove imme diately to South Audley-street, where she honoured Mr. Alderman WOOD with a visit. Her MAJESTY remained nearly half an hour with the worthy . Alderman, and a great crowd of people assembled about the house during her stay, -who greeted her MAJESTY with repeated cheers as she agoun tOok her seat in the carriage. Her MAJESTY afterwards en tered Hyde Park by Grosvenor-gate, and proceeded, at once to Brandenburgh House. Answer to the Female Inhabitants of Leitholm: is I cordially thank the Female Inhabitants of Leithohn for this very loyal and affectionate Address. I am consoled by the sympathy which they express for the sad vicissitudes Which I have experienced, and the many losses I have sustained. The long series of calamities to which I have been exposed has ra ther increased than diminished my trust in that overruling Pao- VIDINCE which is perpetually extracting good out of evil, and making those events which are at this time most adverse to our wishes, most conducive to our lasting benefit." Answer to the Labourers, etc. of Camberwell: " I am unfeignedly obliged by this loyal and affect's:nets Ad dress from the Journeymen Mechanics, Labourers in Agtidol ture and Horticulture, resident in the Parish of CambervrelL The true criterion of value in the complex relations of social life is usefulness. When the industrious classes are viewed in the dear mirror of usefulness, they will be seen to be elevated far above many of those by whom they are regarded at beings of an inferior species. Poverty itself can be no disgrace where it is not the effect of vice, but is merely that state of circumstances in which a man happens to be born. To be born poor is no mare humiliating than it is simply ti be born. The Manaus./ hat s for the wisest purposes, and with the most benevolent views, willed a great diversity of circumstances amongst men. He has willed both rich and poor; but he has not willed that the rick should oppress the poor : be has not willed the elevation of gee at the expense of the others : he has not willed that one part of society should be tyrants and the other slain. Hence he willed all men to be free ; for, where rights are not equal, and free dom not general, one part of society must toil for the belle& of the rest, rather than for its own. All men can sever be equal. in circumstances • but yet where liberty prevails, and z u z Lpresaion practised, .happiness may be equally or nearly diffused." DRURY-LANs THRATRE.--Mr. COOPRR appeared last night in the character of Roams Glenrey, in the Comedy of Town and Country, and powerfully added to the favourable impression Which his Romeo had produced. His performance throughout was most effective, and the loudest applause rewarded his exertions. Mrs. W. Wear gave an unusual degree of importance to the part of Abs. Glefusty, and the whole Play went off to the complete satisfaction of a numerous and fashionable audience. Cosa EICEAPIII, Miiissi-Larm, Nov. B.—The price of Flour having been lowered Se. per sack at the close of Monday's mar ket, occasioned very heavy sale for Wheat this morning, of which article a considerable quantity remained over from Mon. day's supply; aad, although an abatement of 2s. per quarter would have bees submitted to, scarcely any could be disposed of, except a few picked samples, at the above decline. Fine Barley Is. per quarter lower than at that' early part of Monday's market, the supply being tolerably large; and the inferior sun plea are 2s. cheaper. Oats were dull sale, and Is. per quarter lower. In Peas and Beans there hypo altentios: ~`.~:~