Star. — London, England, 1830-11-30 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. STAR OFFICE, &Nu o'CLoca. HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins DAT. • Petitions against slavery were presented by Lord Bexley, Earl (Imo. venor, and the Archbishop of CAnterbuty. Lord NA PIER, in presenting a petition, statcd, that from his long residence in many of the West India Islands, he was possessed of consi derable information on the subject. He was persuaded that great mis. representations, relative to the condition of the slave in the Colonies, ex i s ted; to counteract the effect of which, no step more efficient could be adopted than the appointment of a select committee of their lord ships, by whom the question could be investigated in all its bearings ; and he doubted not but is very different conclusion would be come to than that of the self-styled politicians by whom so much, of late, had been stated on this important subject. The Noble Earl stated, that though be presented the petition, he did not concur with ha prayer. HOUSE 3F COMMONS—Tuts ErExits°. The Gallery was not opened till near four o'clock, owing to there being a ballot for the Queenbotough Election Committee. ELECTION PETITIONS. ;;' The SPEAKER soon afterwards communicated to the house, that the patties bad failed to enter into the requisite recognisance% to pro secute the election petitions for Surrey, by Messrs. Joliffe; for the city of Londonderry, by Messrs. Sculls; and for Huntingdon, by Mr. Wells. The Speaker informed the house, that there were other eases, where the orders for considering the petitions must also be discharged, except there were special reasons urged and admitted for delay i that was the situation of the petition for the county of Galway. Mr. G. DAWSON presented a petition from Mr. Mundell, for ten days' delay, the election petitioners not having bad sufficient time to provide the requisite recognizances ; and moved that ten days be al. lowed accordingly.--Mditional time granted. Mr. DYSON then appeared at the bar, with the reduced list of the committee to try the Queenoorough election. The following were the committee:— Hon. Hugh Arbuthnot, J. W. Patten, J. D. Almada, Sir J. Shelly, J. Byng, W. S. O'Brien, Lord Elliot, C. Rosa, J. Cox, Hon. J. W. Grant, and Hoo. C. D. Blaney—Left Sitting. FOREIGN INTELLIGENOR. NOT ZICLUsITZ. From the Casette de France of yesterday. ST. PRTRIMBURGH, Nov. 9. (Private Correspondence.)—On the 2d of this month the Emperor was pleased to cause a notification to be sent to the merchants, stating that there was now nothing to prevent them sending merchandise from St. Petersburgh into the interior of the empire, as the above city was now in a satisfactory state of health. MUNICH, Nov. 19. Field Marshal Prince of Wrede, who had, it was said, been seat to Munich by the Ring, remained about a week there, and then returned to his estate at.Rllingen. His arrival in this capital excited th:m tieular attention of the inhabitants, as he had been sent but very seldom to this capital for the last few years.—He rte. Actording.to a Royal Ordinance, dated Nov. 26, a Commission is to be formed to examine in every particular into the establishment far naval invalids. The proceedings of this Commission are to be made public. Charles Roquier, a Member of the Congress and Provisional Govern. ment of Brussels, has just arrived in Paris. It is said that be has been sent with a communication to the French Cabinet. The greatest activity is observable in the Department of the Alinister of 'Krim It is said, that Marshal Soule is at his office as early as four o'clock every morning ; and, in consequence of this increased activity, has already produced a great change in every thing relating to this branch of the administration. It has also been announced, by one of the Morning hums* that Marshal Soult has issued an order for supplying all the fortresses with provisions. A letter from Naples states, that the Ring has appointed his brother, the Prince of Syracuse, to be Governor of Sicily. A latter from Al. gins, dated the 11th of this month, announces, that the General.k. Chief was to set out in two days, with a force of from 7 to 1,000 men t the object of this journey was merely to pay a visit to the Bey of ?h -url. The General will be accompanied by M. Volland. Preen die Maesager dee Chambres Voila** A fact has come to our knowledge which shows that the same so. tivity reigns in the Department of - t he Minister of the Interior se in that of Wu. The Prefect of La Vendk (M. de Saint Heroine), who is also a member of the Chamber of Deputies, arrived In Paris the day before yesterday, to take the oath requisite for the latter Aloe. He has received cadets to return to his post immediately after bulky come. plied with the above formality, and he'vriU set out on Monday, in cam& quence of instructions he has from Count Montalivet. A letter from Rouen, of the 11th instant, states, that the failure of M. Demiamry is chiefly attributed to the sudden light of his nephew who quitted his house taking with him property to an immease amount. FIRST MILITARY DIVISION. Pasts, Nov. 25.—According to the Instructions of the Minister of War, the Lieutenant• General commanding the first military division again orders all the officers of every grade to leave the capital Imme diately, and repair to their respective pats; and the Lieut... General firms all the olßcers that the severest measures will be put in force against those who disobey this order. Several proclamations, in the German Language, have been published in Switzerland. The object of these documents is to excite the inhabl. tans to demand a reform in their Constitution. A traveller who has lately gone through Rhenish Prussia states, that they are continuing to fortify C:obknts and Cologne. From the Afessager dee Chambers, dated Sunday, NA. 2s. " PARIS, Nov. 27. " It is announced that General Schneider, who is now in the Lassa. retto at Toulon, is to be appointed Chief of the army which is going to be assembled in the department of the Moselle, under the command of Gen. Gerard. Besides these forces, it is said that three camps, of 100,000 men each, are going to be formed at Lille, Meta, and Stns. burg ; the moveable National Guard are to form part of them. " What seems to have decided the choice of Gen. Schneider that this officer, who was formerly Aid-de-camp to Rapp is perfectly well acquainted with the banks of the Rhine, and the mill , ary geography el those countries. " Escuanaa or Pasts, FRIDAY.—At the opening of the Ea. change, several important failures were announced. Among others, that of a Heceiver.Oeneral of one of the first departments of the south. This conimercial crisin, for which the assistance granted by the Chamber is a palliative, not a remedy, shakes confidence, alarms speculators, and ho. pales the re.establishment of our public credit." FMAXITOIT, Nov. 18.—While the Duke of Wellington and Sir R. Pee/give the most pacific assurances in the two houses of Parliament, the following fragment of a diplomatic Letter, written at the beginning of this month, is shown about " Our political situation is a good deal better as regards the dispesi. non of the nation in respect of our foreign relations. The enthusiasm with which the French revolution of July was hailed in England, has been much chilled by the sanguinary days of October in Belgium ; mad we may now count upon the assistance of the nation if w e should be obliged to take arms for the re-establishment of tranqaility. The Ca. Wet waits for the Remo( the negotiations, and will regulate its con duct accordingly. The obstinacy of the Belgians is the principal diets- elm to the good intentions of the powers ; but no sacrifice that it costs the King will prevent him from; sustaining the national honour, and re. maining faithful to the Treaties. if the blind rage for revol utions con. clouts, we shall know bow to take up our position." MADRID, Nos. lb. Amongst the papers of the Mars of San Basilic), now in confinement for the murder of their abbot, have been found many documents, which throw sumo light upon the pilaus of the Cachet faction. The efforts of this body, w hich, t o to a great measure pat down, still retains some influence, is used to shield these masa-sins from the sword of jos tiot ; nevertheless, it is confidently hoped that an example will be made of them, and a proof given to the people, that where crime is identified' punishment will ensue. Some of t h ese vile beings had carried their inten t of seduction to the greatest extent; and it has bean found, from letters in their possession, seised by the police, that souse of the mosr societyt respectable families have to rue the day they admitted them to thei. The Count Brunetti. Anshan/ado, from the Austrian Cast, has bees refused the grandeeship, foe which he bed bees intriguing with all his :night. He thought that, because it had been conferred upon the Viscount tit. Priest, it would have been an easy matter for him to obtain One would think that he had waived honours enough, and that his rise had been sufficiently rapid, but " the mere we have the noes we desire." lui 1816, when Count Sauna was ed Austrian Amber. Oda to this Court, Brunetti was 'skim by Prince Metter nich for some situatiso. Sauna, topless. die Prism, sent Rossetti on to Madrid with pert of his luggage, but newt cams to Spain. Moandens M. haat was the Chasid d'Affaires here, bat ha given sesbeep so the t 3 panish Cabinet, was recalled. Bias s ed intimate at the Marquis of Santa Celts's, and at the Onshore so's, was molded to give early intermation of what wag going forward here, and was re munerated by Prince blettanich in brig lowa ge s s skesoary of the Embassy, next Cho* d'Affaires, and Godly Ambersatier, with the title of Cass. Maria Christi's tome ma& opposed kin being made a g rtuguese ratedes, as she fouled est he hod bees *le tom to the Po absents. (the wife of Des Carlos and g the rest Priemes de Beira), and forming comparisons between her and diem by no mamas Littering so her /Nosy- The cross of St. Ferdinand.* which once fo-med the pride of the Sete nish ea/insane, bat which since 111111, and more penicularly dace the i p la re r l 223, when it was indi s crimin a tely g i ven to t h e officers of the army, has been held in little repute, has just suffered a further degradation. Every chief, officer, and moldier, who fought against Mina, Valdes, ac. at the latter end of last month. is rewarded with the cross of the first class of St. Ferdinand. In this number are included all the Royalists who took part in the action of Vera. Thus does this Go. vernment sagely reward troops for having conquered an ttleilly against every man of whom they could m us t e r 12 or It. The Portuguese members of our Royal Family, have been compli mented some days since, upon the expected recognition of Don Miguel by England, which measure is hailed here by the Royalists as a proof of the British Cabinet's favourable countenance of absolute govern ments in the peninsula. The members of this Government speak in precisely the same terms of the Engli s h C a bin et , they did of the as in the yen 1126, when Mr. Canning sent some troops to For legal ; and of the French, as they spoke of the English at the some epoch—that is, they now extol the English, and find subject for ani. wader:nice in every step of the present Government of France. The Gasegle of to-morrow's date (16th) brings very link news. The following is a literal translation of its principal articles—“ The Spanish refugees of the Western Pyrenees continue in the same point. The last onler of the French Government to make them remove from the fron tiers has not been carried into effect, but this might be ex pected from previous and analogous circumstances. The revolutionists who were in the bay of Gibraltar, appeared on the 7th inst. to be abimt to leave it. Some say that this was occasioned by an order from the F.ngi id' authorities to that effect t others, that it was their intention to disembark upon the eastern coast. All agree that their force is most despicable, be. cause it is composed only of Torrijus, Palates, Mancha, and Man mares, (who, it seems, is chief of the staff,) and about a dons other leaders. Thus, the third pan of the Royalist volunteers of any small town on the coast is more than sufficient to annihilate them. The rebels, commanded by Gurrea, who entered Arragon, have been expelled from Spain. Some have been made prisoners by the Royal troops, and the implements of war, accoutrements, Be. mentioned in the last Casette, are in OAT power. If these rebels have not been all apprehended by the Royalist forces of Catalonia, it is be cause, being harassed by the troops of Arragoo, they directed their course towards France, by high mountains, whose cold sum mits doubtless many will have perished. Fifty- zof the rebels taken at Vera and the vicinity. were confined in the prisons and citadel of Pampeluna : 21 of these have been shot. • This cross was instituted in the war of the Independence, and 1 to be entitled to wear it, it was necessary to have given the greatest proofs of valour and military skill. Besides, whoa any dicer petitioned for it, his claims were published, in order that any person who did not consider him entitled to such honour, might oppose his election. SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. Timne—The accounts said to be received at the Home-office yes terday were, we rejoice to state, of a somewhat more favourable nature respecting the disturbed districts than those with which the public hare now for some time been so painfully affected. Still, besides that there is much to regret, there la also much to apprehend. Temporary tran quillity being attained, which we do not think impossible, some steps must be taken—some measures introduced—to made, it permanent, end to take away the dread of the recurrence of the present evils. We have been thought hostile to the farmers t the very contrary is the case ; fur if they are not at ease, we are certain that their labourers must be miserable. It is very obvious that the dialculty is an agricultural difficulty; manufactures and cow mace have fortunately nothing to do with it; every considetation, therefore, must apply itself to the state of agriculture, and the per sons concerned in it, exclusively. The situation of the tenant is this, — that be must get every thing as cheap as he can ; the land as cheap as he can from the landlord, the tithe as cheap as he can horn the cler gyman, and labour as cheap as he can from the peasant. He cannot dispense with the clergyman or landlord at will; his only means of re um:Mr:eat, therefore, fall upon the labourer he diminishes his wages, or he reduces the number of hands employed; and each me thod is fatal to the comfort, perhaps even affects the adequate sus tenance, of the poor labourer. In any case, the mischief, wherever it is, lies among these four classes of people—the land.owaer, tithe-owner, fanner, and labours, for they are all that have to do with the land; and they must be made so to adjust their several claims upon each other, as that the country may not be disturbed by quarrels purely theirs. To us it appears that a slight relaxation from the landlord would set all at ease, at least for the present; and till some means, such as the an nexatien Osman portions of land to cottages, with various others of a similar character, should come into operation. When we say ,4 slight relaxation," we shall explain precisely what we mean, that we may sot be subject to misconception or misinterpretation. Suppose the farmers were to take on their full complement of men, and allow them wages on which themselves and their families could live ; and the landlords, looking to the execution of this plan, were to remit in their rents whatever might be the amount of the additional price of labour. The whole would be no great matter, and peace would follow. Csnourcs.r......A circumstance was stated lost night by Lord Eldon, which we are ohmic certain can have no foundation in fact. " He begged (he said) to mention, that he had that day been told that one of the pole in the country was filled, in consequence of the disturbances, with individuals who were not natives alibis country." Now a mo ment's reflection might have satisfied hie lordship, that foreigners cannot possibly poemss such knowledge of the language and ways of thinking of the English peasantry, as to be able to 'Miasma their ac. tions—that if foreigners have been at all concerned in the outrages, It must bare been in the confiagrations, and their object would have boss de feated by appearing in any district in such numbers aa to furnish the coat. plement of a county gaol. Any thing extraordinary,ln dines like the pre. seat particularly, is instantly remarked in the country parts of England, and we will venture to say that 6 foreigners even proceeding through any one rural district would create universal alarm. The statement curies absurdity on the face of It. lord Melbourne said, " that he bad ae reason to believe that the Noble and Learned lord's statement was well founded." On this Lod Eldon said in explanation, "that the state. anent which he had made was contained in a letter which he had that morning received. lf, on fun her inquiry, he found that the statement I was well founded, be should feel it his duty to wait upon the Noble Earl, and communicate to him the circumstances of the case." Lord Falmouth seemed disposed to yield a credence to this monstrous story. We think we could almost clear up the mystery of the foreigners. Many of our renders must have laughed at an amusing Poem, by Butler, I called, " The Elephant in the Moon." &vend pbilaeophers, who cul. tivated astrenomkal science. perceived, on looking through their teles. copes, some strange animator tremendous magnitude In the moon, and immediately disputes grew warm as to the nature of the animal, its eine, 80. when one of the party, having his doubts, looked to the end of the glass, sad found that • fly was interposed between it and the mess. The " not natives of this country," interpreted foreigners, will be found to man, if we are not mistaken, natives of the Duke of Wellington's country, Ireland. There has lately been rioting in Carlisle, a soma in which we believe there are • number of Irish weavers ; and it would be I singular if there were not, into which the Irish•dki not, from a tura for that sort of excitement, contrive to thrust themselves. We could almost bet on this interpretation. But this obvious explanation is the last which would occur to men whose brains teem with foreign plots and armies of incendiaries sent to interrupt the A rc adian simplicity of our English peasantry. Post..lt is the prevailing opinion of our estauporarks, that the determination of the Belgian Congress to elderly the House of Nassau from the supreme rule over a portion of territory, guaranteed to it by the Great Powers of Europe, will bring on a Continents' War, in *Lich England must become involved. We cannot participate in this alarm. We do not think it likely, that the Continental Cabinets will plunge into a blind contest for an impracticable object. if the people of Belgium cannot be persuaded to pay homage to the House of Nassau, we fear there will be no means of forcing them to submission. A war ofaggreesion upon Beigium,would be viewed and treated byFrance as tantamount to an invasion other territory t and we can hardly imagine either Russia, Prussia, or Austria envious to engage is a seated war with a power, which has already within the hut half estuary given thema rich trouble. Although it is greatly to be deplored that events have taken so unfavourable a turn for th e King of the Netherbads, a discreet choice so the part of the Belgians, nay yet give that security to Europe which would be preferable to a state of war. At all events the maintatanee of present peace ought to be regarded as a more rational ansagsniest than the harard of immediate war for the attainment of future peace. Neither can we maw in the opinion that the present stale of things between Belgium and Holland constitutes the maw fookris upon the trades of 1814 which would warrant foreign iaterfereace. In lef the integrity of the new kingdom, the paws cos seared! mesa to become "adore for the loyalty of the new 'swap s sub jects. Thar stipulations must be construed to have ffriomt se eluvial assaults. lf, however, the Beopeser of all the Russia. absuld take a different view of the matter, as is pretended, and hulas ether potentates is joie with him in an appeal to arms, we de ees essullulm it as an inevitable oasesquenee that Krigland should be deism from the smaideratka of her internal came= sane a bah sapeadkuto of bleed and treasure, for an object which in these times ma be admitiod to be of secondary intermit to her. There ie paw and koduantese aim* on the Condasat to cheek the territedul eirnsidluemssi 01 ' tail. the am heed, se, sa the other, the esmilacomy emmuudis " a i rs* lkiennisal open ladepeudenos, without the wool hossilerenie ai r land. • STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Salisbury, Saturday Morning, Ten o'Clock. A desperate affray took place at Pyt House, the seat of John Beam, Esq. 31. P. t or t h e county . Mr. &nett, on earing that a mob (about 500) was approaching his house, went out on horseback to remonstrate with them, when they began to_peit him with atones and brickbats; just at thi s m oment t h e Hindon Tmop under the command of Captain Wyndham, came up , an d i n all probability saved Mr. IL's life. Mr. B. again entreated them to disperse, but all was of no avail, they only pelted him more. The .cavalry were then ordered to fire a blank cartridge over their heads, in order to intimidate them, but the mob only laughed at them, and asked them why they did nut do their duty ; upon which they were ordered to load with ball cartridge.— Mr. Henn was very much wounded by lint stones, which were thrown at his head, as was Capt. Wyndham. The cavalry then attempted to charge upon them, but the mob rushed Into the plantations which intermend the house, where they continued pelting the cavalry, who at last effected the charge, when several were wounded slightly, acd some I mortally —one man was shot dead on the spot. A great number were taken prisoners, twenty.five of whom were brought to Fishaton Gaol the saute night ; several of them dreadfully wounded : one man had a cut across the back of his hand, which separated the muscles ; another three lingers off his left hand, and two off his right ; another with a Vent off his skull eat off (it is thought this man win not survtve); another with a severe cut across One of his elbows ; another had his head cut open. Nine prisoners were sent here from Wilton, for rioting, the same evening. A strong detachment of the 9th Lancers has arrived here. The Hind= Troop is gone to Hendon. The gaol now contains 78 prisoners for rioting, be. sides othets for felony, dr.c.--all amounting to 120. The gaol of Win. cheater is full, and the soldiers are obliged to confine the prisoners in the barracks. A large farm ' occupied by Mr. Harding, about three miles from Dorchester, Ina been burnt down. Two more troops of Lancers are now arrived here, on their route to Dorchester. Fisherton gaol is guarded by a party of Lancer*. Monday nearly 204) labourers proceeded to the house of Sir E. Poore, during his absence; but being met by the gardener, who remonstrated with them on the alarm it might occasion to Lady Poore and the children. they remained quietly in the lane till he had seen her Ladyship, who sent them 51. when they quietly dispersed. On Tuesday a molt as sembled at 31anningford Abbot*, where Sir R. Poore met them. lie; rude in attiring then[, represented to them the impropriety of their conduct, in destroying property, which they seemed bent upon doing, and recoils. mended them to disperse, assuring them that, it' it was in his power to redress their grievances, he would use his utmost endeavour to do so. He said that they might either come to his house , or he would meet them the next day at Pewsey, to discuss the sub. I jest of their wages. They agreed to the latter : be then gave them a sovereign, and thought they had gone home satisfied. Unfortunately. however, they proceeded across the country to Alten,where they Inner two threshing.maehines belonging to Mr. Miller, and one belonging to Mr. Nate; they afterwards proceeded to demolish that of Mr. Robert Pile. This gentleman, however, fired a pistol, and afterwards a gun, loaded with large shot, in the midst of the mob, by w hi c h severa l of them were wounded . - Mr. Pile would undoubtedly have been mur. dered but for the intervention of a labourer named Bullock, one of the leaden of the mob, who took him in his arms and carried him into the house. Several other outman were committed, and all ape pealed to be in favour of the multitude; b et in the evening 28 of the party were secured by Messrs. Scott and Warriner, two active magis trates, assisted by the Devises, Chippenham, and Melkskam troops of Yeomanry Cavalry, and committed to the Devises Bridewell.— Salisbury Journal. CAPTURE Or fORTY-lIETEN NACEINE-111REAVERS. HUYTINOROW, Sunday Rvosing.--On Wednesday evening a party of from 40 to 50 men assembled in the village of Santry, in thiseounty, and proceeded to demolish two threshing-machines without ;molesta tion. On the following evening a more formidable party, from the vil lages of Upton, Alambury, la. uniting with the above. commenced ' their work of destruction on other machines in the neighbourhood ; and amongst the rest, destroyed a very valuable one on the Farm of air. Sturm, which is situated at Alambury Hill; ano ther at Mr. Dann's, at Stukeley Lodge; and another at Mr. Wright's, at Monk's Wood House. The party at this time was be- I swan 200 and 300 ; and, after accomplishing their object, they very coolly went to the ses and required refreehment, and go florally succeeded in extorting money in lies of it. Having finished their work here, they proceeded on to Duckworth, where they snivel between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning, their numbers having a little diminished by the way, and immediately sawed and broke to pieces two thrashing-machines used on the fume of Mr.Oray and Mr. Hawker. Pro ceeding to the clergyman's house, they succeeded, in their meal way, In obtaining food and drink; and then separated In different parties, some re tiring to their work, and some pursuing their lawless occupation. At Hymens, a party of them were addressed by the Rev. Mr. Nash, who genitally exhorted them to desist trout their illegal imposes ; but without ana, as they quickly destroyed the "sly threshiag-andtine in the midi. Intellipnat et diem proceedings sprawling in all direction, excited no little degree of alarm in the minds of most men, aspedally as the parties inented, that all the labourers in the dilikrent Tillers through which, they passed should join them, and where they were reluctant to do so, the ikon or windrows of their cottages paid the penalty of their refusal; exclusive of this circumstance, which tended so greatly to augment their numbers, their custom of levying contributions by the way, and even is the high wad, whilst no at. I tempt was made to put a stop to than, ;pee a fearful indication that their outrages would not stop hers, andmaey of the misguided men were of opinion that no punishment mil be awardekte them. Information having been given that it was the Waft' of some of those to proceed through Ihuningdon, on their way to Holimemineeer, on Friday oven. log, fthe purpose of destratr osochinn o t wo May t er of the borough, with a praiseworthy seal, upon the to support him in his determination to possum ilia alma into the sewn, and steps were immediately and willingly' Oath tie that purpose t but the rioteraiwereitee tired and jaded to mho the attempt so that eight, and the nest missing Istail emend of the. seder the strong ano of the law. On denude romniag a party of about 50 counioned operations in the oeigb of ads and the Rev. Mr. Glor. don, having placed himself et the heed of several Bondsmn, fawners, and others. resolved to tippets theta, sad after a mess skirmish, in whisk aped the rioters had his arm beaks, anemeded in capturing of te di Zeders, who were basaulikially MR; shier • sate escort, to Hu i t te ilmodzam Massanutten of an wive slicer from Unitas eiteinsd, (one gendarme having len ter town howildithrly a ft er athenetion of his property on Thursday sight,) a irrestser of special ametehies were sworn in at Huntingdon, and started dent five o'clock to the villages where arenas had ben committed. sad where several of the labourers were known to eseids—the Under Sheriff and an active 51agistrate being stationed in the neighbourhood. 'ln the course of the night, twenty-five of the gong were sent in safe custody to the county prison, together with three poach ers, who were apprehended at their nightly avocations, making a total capture of lofty In one day; many of whom were drawn from their beds in the dead of night, when they little expected such • removal. The greatest praise is due to the farmers and others, who have thus succeeded in checking these outrages, and it is suakient to phew that with a determined resolution, and a peompness and energy in acting, the quelling of then disturbances is within their own power. It is thought that a Special Sessions will be held daring the week, at which such as have not been guilty of capital offences will be disposed of. The instigators et these disturbances, and the first to set in them. I am told, were men earn ng from Ills. to lbs. a week, and in eon. slant employ ; indeed, generally speaking, the poor in this county ' are much better off than in some of the neighbouring ones ; in many perishes there are not mare labourers than are required, and generally at tolerably good wages. The Editor of a Provincial Paper, is pleased to cavil at the account sent to the London Papers of the fire at Wellingitam, and states it to be a , 4 gross exagge &don," and “in some respects totally false." The only apparent aggeratioo I imagine to be in the assertion that the lire extended over an sees of nearly tire acres ; the Paper in question makes It over an acre and i half. I leave it to all men who nnderstaod these things to Imy whether, consistently with common custom and convenience, f o ur farm-boaters, with the barns, outbuildings, yards. and the produce of some hundreds of acres of hay and own, six cottages, and a straw *tack, could be well placed within a smaller onsupass than la stated in the Moroi', Herald. If the Editor of the county Paper will measure the ground, he will tind that the statement is utterly incorrect. That the ' pipes of the engines were not cut I am very glad to learn. but two out of every three who left the scene of conflagration on manday night be ' lieved it to be the ease. Cswreasnatr. SUXDAT. Yesterday a man named (budder was apprehenled at 31onktoo. so Niseie'nn of setting tire to the saintoin stack of Geroge listomm. Esei at Alland Court, in the isle of Thane. mad committed to St. Angus. tine's Gaol, preparatory to undergoing an evuntnation before the 31a. gistrates of the Lateen Division, at the Aloe of C. Sandy., Since his committal he has confetoml that the real author of the Goal work is a man named Brown, a waggoner, who has absconded. It would seem that Brown had meditated the destruction of Mr. Hen. saua's propetty some weeks, and duting that time his importunities were • Moque= and earnest to incite Boulder to morale the ollinee. that, to lime own 'VV.:Wows. he was bothered out of his life but wouldn't MP" to it." No else whatever has yet boa obtained that will lead Mee diecovery of Brown, but, as Goverment holds net a reword tor the appeohensioa of incendiaries, it is probable, ere less. that his hMheig-pline will be seeertalned. Ledbetter. et 110,14titic end one or two other °Seers, are Canterbury, my wive is their endea vour' te being the @Rader" to justice. Saturday the two Packmans, who were secured ISO Ink sins donna, dee M the saintoin stack of Mr. Willight, at sad a yeses me awned Bishop, Mee apprehended ea des a bents mama la the me sutra% r anderweat au immlna nee a and et wince has wen, however, min bash to prim, and will undes=lawestiptint ea Mendloy. M nevi- Earl Gower is appointed by his Meisel lard Liostonass of Ow comity of Sutherland, is place of w father, the Mar , qui. of Stallard, whollas swiped that *Sae. IMPERIAL P. 4 R LIAM ENT. -.... HOUSE OP LORDS. Nov. 29. Several petitiona against negee slavery were preacntt•d. The latrquis of CLANHICARDR r in presenting a petition from a pansh in the aunty of Ualway, in favour of a repeal of the Union, de. clared that he did not concur in its prayer. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a pethion from Illinghurst, in &mew, in favour of reform. On the motion of Lnrd LYNDHURST, the Committee on the Re gency Dill was postponed to Thursday. THE STATE or THE coverer. Lord WVNFORD, in giving notice of a motion, the purport of which did not reach us, took the liberty of inquiringfrom the noble earl at the head of Iris Majesty's Government, whether it was his imita tion to institute a generator partial inquiry into the exixtence and causes of the present distress ; or to grant additional power to the 31agiettacy, with a view of enabling them to repress the disturbances which, IteLre gretted to saT, had so generally taken place. Earl GREY said it would not be necessary for him to assure the noble and learned lord that the distressed elate of the country had octal. pied a very considerable portion of the attention of his Majesty's Go vernment. At the same time he had to inform their lordithips that It was not his intention, at the present moment, to institute a general in quiry into the cause or existence of that distress, though he had no idea of opposing the motion which was to be made partially to that effect that night by a noble earl who had given notice on the subject ; and, in case the object of that motion should be extended by their lordshies,he was not pupated to say that he would have any objection. With regard, however, to the question of the noble and teemed lord, whether it was proposed to grant additional powers to magistrates to enable them to repress the disturbances which had unhappily taken place, he had only to any, that in his opinion an extension of their powers was not necessary, for in all plans where they had been exercised with promptness and energy, they had accomplished all that was desitable at the moment. It was his anxious wish to abstain from any exertion beyond the usual powers of the law except incases of absolute necessity ; but he amid assure their lordships it the disturbances continued, and if the state of the country absolutely demanded an exertion of authority, and a rigour which be was most unwilling to exercise, he would have no hesitation to perform his duty, aid come to Parliament to call fur such an extension as the case required. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he entirely concurred in the observations made by the noble earl, and in his humble opinion, until the law as it now stood, had a fair and ample trial, ft would not be just ' t o attempt a new measure of rigour to correct a passing and temporary state of things. :Still it was proper that every thing o s i tou d Id be done to put the existing law in t o vi g o rous e ff ect , an d h e sincerely that those disturbances, which were a discredit to the country at large, and a marked disgrace to those places where they were committed, and which the deluded persons who committed them should be made to feel was ruinous to themselves. would be put down. ( liar, hear, hear.) He repeated that those excesses were fatal to the object which they were intended to redress ; and it was an obvious ' truth that in proportion to the public pence being disturbed the distress of the sufferers was grievously increased. (Hear.) In ad dressing their Lordships on so important a topic, be would take the liberty to say a few words on a subj e ct in conn e ction w i t h I t; an d , if he might 'stand excused for such a freedom, he would allude to the bight powers exercised by those distinguished persons who acted as lards Lieutenant of counties. Ile alluded to their power of rer. dering the Commission of the Peace in the highest degree efficient, and lie thought he might throw out one or two suggettionlwhich he would be happy if those eminent individuals availed themselves of. Far was it from him to interfere with the powers vested by law in the Lords Lieutenant of counties; the discretionary powers committed to them had betlton exercised with an ability and a fidelity in which no de fect a ppeared , and which left little further to be desird ; the Com. mission of the Peace had always been intrusted by them to men qua lified to discharge it effectually, and with credit to themselves and to the country : but still there were instances in many coomise where men of seal, talent, activity, and property, who, in every respect, would have been desirable acquisitions to the magistracy, had been inadvertently or otherwise omitted - . He did not allude to the disturbed districts, but to others, where be found that names entitled by hereditary claims, in ad. didon to their pentanel recommendation, had been omitted. He was confident that the embalm alluded to ad taken place through inad vertence, and be had no doubt that persons who possessed sea, discre. don, and ability, in addition to the other qualifications required by law, would not have been invidiously passed over. He begged the* lordships' pardon for having thrown out those hints, and be claimed their M. dulgence in suggesting to the lords lieutenant of counties that it would be advisable to pay attention to the subject. He had no do u b t t h at t h e object he had in v iew would be attended to, but be would also say that if be were not supported in his views, be should not feel that be dos. charged his duty if he did not look further into it himself. Earl of ELDON rase (as we understood him) to say that for the lb years in which he had been Chancellor, he experienced the greatest advantage from the recommendation of the Lords Lieutenant of counties in selecting those who were fit persons to be intrusted with the Commission of the Peace; and he begged leave to take that oppor. Malty of returning his thanks generally to them. It was only through them that the lewd Chancellor could be acquainted with the merits of those individuals who were intrusted with so bonourabk and important a station ; and it would be quite impossible fur any Chancellor, without their assistance, to make the Magistracy that able, seal efficiest, and honourable, station in each county which it -was at protest, and had long been (hear.) He recommended as little interference with the Lords Lieutenant in that respect as possible: and be could only remember one invent* where be felt himself called upon to interfere, and then he was compelled to do so, in order to show those ' who sought to put a slight upon his authority, that as Chancellor he would not endure it. He took it that it rested wholly with the Lord Chancellor for the time being to determine whom he would or would not put into the commission of the peace • but he thought it was essential that he should not lose the recomme ndation of the Lords Lieutenant with maid to those gentlemen, who were before othees qualified by energy, seal, and ability. Being on hiaelns he or wishwi to make one two observations further; but he begged it to be undenttood, in what he was about to say, that he did not mean to im pute any delay in meeting the distresses or putting down the diatur braces of die matey either to the Let or the present aduainistratioo. He knew too well, from circumstances, how much easier it was to Bed fault than to perform, in cases of emergency, and he ali en learned from experience that persons were willing to throw blame on others for doing acts, which, if they had been in the same situation, they would have performed themselves. He was well aware that, particular and excited times, nothing was more necessary than caution. Having premised that, he must now express his infinite satisfaction that it was thought expedient to send a Special Commission into the dloitrimd districts (hear). Why did he my that ? Because the very fete di ion ut the law declared, that if justice was to act it must ; and he felt the minutia relief, anxious as he was that the peace a al 1 , 1'..er of the noun. sty should be restored, that the deluded people should have Con:mis sive's, sent down to them, to explain to them what the law of the noun. try was (hear). It wax true that litany of duo' e unfortunate people did not believe they were incurring any degree of era iii i i and it was ei4. senile! that they should be taught to distinguish between the innocent ,and the guilty. The state of the criminal law respired (as we ut.. derstood the learned kid to say,) to be anteeded ; and though the Subject had often seenpied his mind, he always found the difficulty of making laws which would contemplate all degrees of offence.. Still he did nut think that it would 'sow be necessary to show that astienablagt% of one hundred thousand people, for the pretence of begging, but an reality for menace, was illegal. He was, however. astontshed to tied that individuals contended that the people might thus collect in betlirk lode, the name of begging; and, theretitre, he rejoiced that the Judges of the hied were to be sent into the country, who %mild take the trouble (the noble lord repeated take the trouble—the fagoting ut the cot.titty would attend those who took the tmoble) to explain the nal stale of taw law to the deluded people. lie had rat doubt but that a due and efli. tient exercise of the law was a mercy to those poet people. It would op: sate as a correction to many of the evils • and if the rigour of the law was to be exercised--mud if tee Ju dges,e in the discharge of their functions, had to pion ounce warner* were setae than mney could expect—the mercy of the Crown still remained to distinguish between those who were misled and those who were misleadarg. (Cheers.) He begged, in addition, to call the attention of the noble lords to a statement which lie was about to make, vet from his own knowledge, but from a conintuancation which had been made to him. Ile was told that one gaol in the kingdent was tilled with persona. a gnat many of whim wire not satires of this country: (Hear. hear ) Ile could nut tell whether the statement w.n. bounded in fact or not, but it was one which their lordships would &rip: to have continued., eson. tradirted. In the few observed/me which he had Wade lee desired to keep chow of reproach either towards the late or the existing Admi nietratit n. lie did not mean to say that any Otitis had been done which ought not, and any thing lets utidone which should breve been executed. As he Obeid betore. he VAS aware that persons were mote ready to find fault than to act, and in the coulee of los own long and difficult life f e had been too tifica unjustly blamed ; but he &nun d their lordships that the few remarks he had offend wets alon. suggested I by his duty as an humble insltvidwil alt that Oahe. The LORD CHANCEL LOH said that, *inn he stated that it was his wish to refer to the Lords Lieutenant of counties, with regard to the I merits of tbuee persons who were to he Unmated with the commission a the peace, it was PM from any otbdpprehensina of the rights of the ' crown, or that were usually vested in the person iatnieted with the groat seal. Ile had riots, in the fiat instance, in conaewornes if the obser vations made by a noble lord, to state that, in his opinion, unless a very strung case was made eta. it was ?Aland to avoid and an. initial interference, and be had then said, that he wadi be atuttous to extend his powers, for the pleats mama that local baewledga was every thing with respect to nominations to thu Collorission of lathe Peace, as it would be imperials fee die jediekhij hals the direst goal to be acquainted with ail these pig. seas mearally desirous of that kwurer, and as be wee Habig, at a die. .nowt to had as ear se these who were laterested At mash eantlidter. tie had Weeded to pursue the tweet daub swag* and merely to hiut to the Lords Llauseaset Of metier that * wary Own rediew I; `a T, I `f. 1 Is 1 I~ ri ~~