Star. — London, England, 1830-06-03 00:00:00

The King's grants are matters of record, and a variety f offices are erected, communicating in a regular subordination me with another, through which the King's grants must pass, and be transcribed and enrolled, that the lame may be narrowly inspected by his officers, who will inform him if any thing contained therein is improper or unlawful to be granted. The grants are in letters patent, that is, open letters liters patents. Grants or letters patent must first pass by bill, which is prepared by the Attorney and Solicitor-General, in consequence of a warrant from the Crown ; and is then signed. superscribed at top with the King' own sign manual, and sealed with his prh•y signet, which is always in the custody of the principal Se. :rotary of State; and then It passes under the great seal, in which ..ase the patent is subscribed in these worps--"per ipsuas tepees," ny the King himself. Some grants only pass through certain others, as the Admiralty or Treasury, in consequence of the sign manual, without confirmation of the signet, the great or privy seal. They insert in the King's grants that they are made, not at the of the grantee, but "er speciali gralia, clerks scienlia, et lerolnolts regis." The law takes notice of the sign manual and privy seal, and it is ne e.real repto may issue by command, under the privy signet. ilcnry the Fifth had a great seal of gold, which he delivered to the Bishop of Durham, and made him Lord Chancellor; also a silver yr, which he delivered to the Bishop of London. There is now er.e great seal, and there can be but one keeper. The Chan :ellor not only keeps the great seal, but all patents, commissions, warrants, am perused by him before signed.—Blackstorts, mg. Sir R. PEEL gave a Cabinet Dinner yesterday even ing to the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earls of ROSSLYN nd ABLRDEEN, and Sir G. MURRAY, at his residence al Privy Gardens. Viscount MELVILLE joined the Ministers soon after eigbt o'clock, on his arrival in town Chatham. llie Marquess and Marchioness of SALISBUR Y gave a 1! .lie breakfast, at their residence at Hatfield, Herts, yesterday, to a numerous party of the nobility and centre•. It was served in a temporary building erected on the lawn. The Duke and Duchess of St. ALBANS arrived in Canterbury on Saturday evening, and slept at the King's Ileall Motel. On Sunday they visited the cathedral, ~rid about two o'clock departed for Ramsgate. fbe Duke of BEAUFORT, Lord SIIERBORNE, Sir tir..t ALES HULSE, Bart. Mr. and Lady MARY Ross, and the Hon. Mrs. PziazAK, had grand dinner parties estcrday. Married, on Saturday, the 29th of May, at Tor Church, nevon, Major-General Sir CHARLES PHILLIPS, of Lyndhurst, Hants, to HARRIET, relict of the Rev. RICH A n n ST RODE, of Newnham Park, Devon ; daugh ter of the late Sir FREDERICK and sister of Sir Joint 431 AN Roo ERB Bart. of Blachford, in the same co u nty. Lord and Lady TULLA MORE arrived on Friday at ainston, the seat of Sir FITZ W I LLIAM BARRINGTON. The Earl of UXBRIDGE arrived there on Sunday, and WALTER CAMPBELL, Esq. and his lady on Tuesday. Sir FITZ WILLIAM BARRINGTON left Swainston on the I st of June for Barrington Hall, in Essex.—Brighton Guardian. We hear that, in consequence of the death of the Rev. Charles Yonge, late assistant master at Eton College, the annual Regatta, held by the Etonians on the 4th of June, in celebration of the birth-day of King George 111. is post polled to Friday, the 11th of June. As one step towards economy, the Horticultural So ciety have let part of their premises in Regent-street to National Colonization Society. Hay making has commenced in the neighbourhood of thernetropolis ; much fine grass was cut on Saturday at Camden-hill, in Lord Holland's grounds, Kensington, &c. Call on every county, town, city, borough, parish, and village, to petition. Let there be no mincing of the matter—let the petitioners declare that whoever gives any support to such an Administration as this is a practical enemy of the impoverished people of Ireland. I have always said that the IVellington Administration was essen, daily hostile to Ireland. Every hour convinces me more and more of this truth ; and yet, if even one half of the Irish Members stand together, we will beat the eloquentSioulburn, and candid Peel, and most luminous Wellington. It now depends on the Press and the people to do their duty. " War to the knife" is proclaimed against us ; one universal rally can alone ensure the defeat of those mischievous measures.—ln haste, yours most truly, DANIEL O'CONNELL. My radical reform motion will be over in about an hour. Wilbraham Egerton, Esq. M.P. entertained a distin guished party to dinner on Tuesday, at his house, in St. James's-square; among whom were Lord Redesdale and Miss Midford, Lord Norris, Lord and Lady Howden, Sir Edward and Lady Antrobus, Sir Wm. and Lady Anson, Sir John and Kady Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. Beilby Thompson, &c. • . . - It is stated in well-informed quarters, that Sir Henry Hardinge is going to Ireland, as Secretary, and that Lord Lereson Gower will take Sir Henry's office of Se cretary at War. _ A dividend on the estate of Messrs. Frys and Chap man, the bankers, has been made, and is now payable, of Is. Bd. in the pound. This is th e fi rst dividend that has been announced on the joint estate. A Bill is about to be brought into Parliament, to autho rise overseers to grant the use of land to paupers, in lieu of parochial relief. The oldest Member of Parliament does not remember so inoperative a Session as this has been. The North American Indians hold what they call a " talk," which would not prove a bad description of some more civilised assemblies. The admirable manner in which the foot and carriage way pavements in Great Queen-street have been relaid, affords a model for works of a similar description. In the small parish of Paddington the charge of the New Police will nearly double that of its former watch and beadles. It is a sound maxim, both in public and private affairs, that " those means bywhich any advantages are obtained are those only by which they can be retained." Our rulers, however, appear to think otherwise, and that the reverse of what has led to prosperity is most likely to continue it. BATH, TIIE RESIDENCE OF ROMAN ESIPERORS.-... The Romans, characteristically luxurious in their baths, and choosing their situations with the most scrupulous care, were not likely to neglect the advantages which such a neighbourhood presented. The mildness of the air, and the lovely amphitheatre of hills which surround this valley of waters, , would tend still farther to delight them with the station—the best counterpart of their own Italy which the uncultivated land afforded—and we accordingly learn from the best accredited accounts, that it shortly became the favourite residence of the Roman governors, and sometimes of the emperors.—Dr. Lard ner's Cabinet Cyclopedia. NATIONAL SOCIETY.--A meeting of this society took place yesterday morning at the Vestry-room of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ; the Archbishop of Canterbury in the chair. There were present—the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, Winchester, St. Asaph, Gloucester, Chester, Carlisle, and Bristol, Lord Kenyon, Right Hon. Sir John Nicholl, Rev. Dr. D'Oyley, Joshua Watson, Esq. Rev. R. London, Rev. H. H. Norris, W. Cotton, Esq. Rev. Dr. Walmsley, and Rev. J. C. Wigram. Grants of money for the erection of schools were voted to eleven places, amounting in the whole to 6401. The schools of nineteen places were also received into union. CANADIAN LOYA LT i.—During the last American s war, an innkeeper (named Palmer,) who lived near Fort Erie, had a picture of his late Majesty George the Third, which was suspended over the chimney-piece in his best parlour. It so happened, that an American General was, quartered at this house, and observed the picture. One day, he took some pieces of paper and stuck them over the eyes. When Palmer came in to make up the fire, the General said to him, " I see you have a picture of your old blind King, Mr. Palmer;—" Ay," says Palmer, who was busy with the fire, " his Majesty is an old man, and has lost his sight.,'—" Yes," replies the General, " he has ; look at him, look at the picture." Upon which the landlord, casting up his eyes and observ ing the pieces of paper, made a blow with the tongs which Ile happened to have in his hand, which, if it had not been caught by some bystanders, would ine vitably have spoiled the Republican's joking; as it was, he was knocked down, and the picture remained there all the war, and, for what I know, does still, as I saw it in 1815, and last time in 1822. United Serriee Journal. DEAFNESS AND DIIMBNESS.—This most distressing affection is the aphonia surdorum of nosologists, speech- 1 lessness from deafness, either congenital or produced during infancy. There is nothing which relates to the intellectual acquirements of early life more certain, than that the noblest of them all, the acquisition of vocal speech, depends entirely on the sense of hearing. Guided by the ear, the child is early taught that by an exertion of his will he can produce certain vocal sounds ; he endeavours to imitate the words spoken by those around him, his first attempts are unsuccessful, because his memory is yet feeble, and his voluntary actions in this instance, just as in his first amusing struggles to gain that erect position by which man is distinguished, are irregular and uncertain; but repetition brings continual improvement, age developes the other faculties of the mind, and without the least regard to those vibrations in I his throat, or those motions of his tongue and lips, by which his purpose is accomplished, he goes on from in distinct prattling to the acquisition of perf ec t sp eec h, re gulated solely by the ear. Those who have been born deaf, or who have been affected with incurable deafness before articulation has been attained, or suilicientlT impressed on the memory, remain consequently without the power of speech, and, if left to themselves, no at- I tempt is ever made by them to attain it. Persons in this I condition, therefore, are dumb only because they are deaf, or, in other words, they are incapable of using language, the sounds of which they have never heard, and conse quently cannot attempt to imitate. The organs of voice are not in the affection here referred to imperfect— the physical defect is altogether confined to the organs of hearing. A defect in the faculty of hearing is frequently the cause of backwardness of speech in young children. Parents, who find their children do not speak at the pe riod when speech is usually developed, should not neglect to have the organ of hearing carefully and properly in spected, as deafness does not often arise from any organic or permanent defect.—Extractedfrum Mr. Curtis 's Es say on the Deaf and Dumb. Dtsrt:tcv darttAN ScitooL.—The annual meeting of this society was held on Tuesday at the City of Lou don Tavern, the Rev. G. V. Sampson, of Londonderry, in the Chair. The object of this Institution is to board, clothe, and educate destitute. orphans of both sexes, whose parents have been of respectable character and station, and subsequently, as far as possible, to procure for them suitable situations. No distinction is made in the election of the candidates on account of their peculiar religious tenets, but every pains are taken to instil into their minds the general principles of Christianity by means of sound and scriptural education. In order to facilitate the selection of the proper objects of this insti tution, London and its environs have been divided into four districts, and the election of the candidates is con• fined to the subscribers resident within their limits; and every village beyond these precincts that shall return twenty-four annual subscribers of one guinea each, is entitled to the privilege c.f appointing its own nominee. We are happy to be enabled to state that many new sub scribers were announced, among whom were the follow ing, viz :—Lords—F. Leveson Gower, Sandon, Harcourt, Dungannon, &c. Marchioness of Worcester.—Ladies— , Dowager Lady Manveis, F. T,. Gower, F. Sandon, Har court, Stewart Wortley, Rivery, Payton; Miss F. E. Calthorpe. The 74-gun ship Tapperheten was sold yesterday by auction, for the small sum of 15,500 dollars. Three years ago she was sold for about 33,000, which was con sidered then to be n very small sum. She was formerly a Swedish ship, but sold to the Colombian Government, and arrived here about three years since. If we are not mistaken, she was sold to pay off expenses. She has been lying here ever since that time, with her valuable armament. If this is any criterion of the value of public ships, we believe they have never been held in less re , pute.—Americas Paper. On Sunday evening, between nine and ten o'clock, burglary was committed on the premises of Lord Lid) , Maryborougla, No. 3, Saville-row, Burlinot street, when plate and jewelleq to the amount of •:,t ,. ••;/ were stolen. It appear:A that his Lordship was out of town during Sunday, and the residence way ;)) Lady Marrliorough and Miss Emily Georgiana daughter of Sir Charles Bagot, our Nlinister in the Ne therlands, who married his Lordship's eldest daughter, together with a numerous retinue of servants. In the early part of the evening her Ladyship and Misz Bagot drove out, and at nine o'clock the servants saw he: Lad:, - ship's jewellery on the tables in Lady Maryborcugh's dressing room. A portion of the trinkets were deposited in a square red leather box, which contained, amongst other valuables, a necklace of Indian gold chain, atixeJ to which was an ornament of turquoises, set with costly brilliants ; a double Indian gold chain, several Indian coins, and two rows of Roman pearl. The remainder of the property was scattered carelessly on the dreesin,; tables, in the same state as her Ladyship had left it. Lord Maryborough's residence adjoins an unoccupied house, which has been untenanted for a consider• able time, and it is conjectured that the thieves en • tored this house before they introduced themselves into his Lordship's premises. The robbery was discovered previous to her Ladyship's returning home, and the ser vants having given the alarm to Sergeant Baker, of the police force, division C. he proceeded to examine the pie , mixes, and found that the area d o o rs o f t h e empty housa had been apparently opened by false keys, and this the thieves effected with facility, as the door was only secured by a spring lock. They afterwards, it is supposed, pro ceeded up stairs to the attics and got out of the windows upon the roof of Lord Maryborough's mansion, into which they obtained admittance by opening a small trap door ; they then proceeded down stairs, the servants being en gaged at supper, and experienced no difficulty in carrying off her Ladyship's jewellery. The robbers escaped with their valuable booty by returning into the empty house, and reaching the street through the hall door. The police commenced a strict search throughout the premises, and found a silver candlestick in the hall of the empty house, a pair having been stolen from the boudoirs and an elegant album, belonging to Miss Bagot, was found thrust among the soot in the hall chimney. Many of the trinkets possessed a value far beyond their intrinsic worth in the estimation of Lady Maryborough's family, as they had belonged to Miss Louisa Begot, her Lady ship's grand-daughter, a young lady of great beauty and accomplishments, who died at the early age of seventeen, in the year 1824. One of the mourning bracelets con 'tamed an inscription in memory of Miss Begot, and also a lock of her hair. MAILS ARRII D. 1 Dublin .. et I Waterford..... 0 I Guern.&Jersey 0 O Buenos Ayres... 0 • Antertea........ 0 'ED AND DUE TH' A. D. 1 Prance . o 1 Flanders 0 0 Holland 0 O Hamburgh .. O Leeward Islands 0 [S MORNING. a. D. O Lisbon u O Jamaica 0 O Swedrn 1 O Malta . 0 O Mexico . 1 PRICE OF STOCKS Bank Stock 217 161 3 per Cent. Red. 91# 1 3 per Ct. Cons. 926 6 1 1 31 per Ct. 1819, 99# 1 31 per Ct. Red. 991 # 9 4 per Cent. shut 1 per Ct. 1826.1041 1 Long Ann. 19 1-16 Do. 30Years, Apl. Oct. 191 Do. July. Jan. l9 3-16 FOREIGN FUND Comm. 13.18. 6 per Ct. 1kt5.1824, 23 1)o Acc. 231 Greek Bonds, 5 p Cr. 1)o.B. 1825, 6 p Ct. 35} Ditto Acct. 34 31es. Ilds. 5 per Ct. 49i Do. Bd. 1825.5 p Ct. 351 AT TWO O'CLoCK. India Stock, 2401 401 India Bonds 80 South Sea Stock 1051 Old Annuities 91f New, 94; 9 XlOOO Rich. Bill• 77 8 A5OO Ditto 77 8 Ai 00 and 41200 Do. 77 8 Advertised 76 Bank for Acct. Cons. for Ace. 921 1 19, TWO O'CLOCK. Do. Aee. 54 Pertiv. Siis. 6 pr Ct. Do. Ace. 2li Port. lids. 5 per Ct. Ditto Ace. 77 Rum Me. 1822 CL 1081 Sp. Bd.. S per t. 111 i Do. Ae 181 BRITISH AND Ft , ltis;lllN . Sti,t it ES, 7 rw 4, ()CLOCK. 1111.1152 rAm. PIM .11.1911% 510 5 10 - - P 5 IPi up .1•11, Brazilian Company Do. National St.Jobn Del Boy _ Do. Coen, 54 lig i Real del Monte 400 400 62 Genetal Steam Navigation 100 13 64 6 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100 23 281 United General Gas 50 41 54! United Mex. (iss. at LI pm.) 40 22i 161 ;'olornbian (iss. at ,85 pm.) 35 40 91 . Anglo Mexican (its. at its pm) 100 100 36 English 25 12 251 l libernian 50i 9 5 Solana' 300 300 350 Canada 100 15 I SAIITHFIEI CAITLII •Z .D, Juni 3. MARK/t1: Beasts ..... .. .. 660 I e ii; el - -... .. ..... •• • ....... . 6 465 Sheep and Lambs 9,290 i Pi gs Beef ss Od to 4s 4d 1 Veal . Mutton ......4. ed - 4 . 61 Pork Os 10d 41 84 Lamb Hay (per load), £2 15s. to £4 Straw, .02, ss. to ae2 10s. 15s. Clover, 414. los. to £5 c.. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL, Jams 3. By the t erease.—Per steno of slto Beef. its Pd. to 41. Od. Mottos, 31.0 d. to 44. OJ. 's 4d. to 44 SI. Purk, Cs sd. to 4.. 01. Lamb, St. 4d. to Mu Od. - - NEW FARRINUDON MARKET, Joan 3. Prices per M. to die consumer. Baer—Fin. at !toasting, 70. and:ad. Do. Boiling, 5 0 . and 6.1. Flusl quantity of eacb, 6.1. and std. Ramp Swam 104.- Bret Steaks, 6d. Bump of Beel, 7d. and 74d. Witness Noncan-- Leg, 7d. and Ilaench, 74 Saddle, 6id. Leta, Old. and 74. Bboulder,6d. Neck, Sid. Brent, 4sd. Vaat.—Leg, 7d. and Fillet, 94. and 9ed. Wean. lid. Loin. 7id. lbesider. Peas. sd. to 7d. Lasts, secl. and 9d. ST. JAMES'S 11A 1-MARIUST, Jens 1. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, it M. to II lea. Useful ditto, 42 101. to As 106. Floe Upload Meadow sod Rye Grass Hay. 43 lis. to 45 Os. Clover Hay. /3 10s. to £5 ear. Oat Straw, LI 4a. to if 10s. Wheat &raw, £2 10s. to 42 les. per load of 34 Wean. _ ALL THE KING. llis MAJESTY was more comfortable yesterday than he has been for several days past. The Duke of WEL- L' NwroN , the Earl of ABERDEEN, and Lord FARN r.uaurc n, arrived at the Palace about twelve o'clock, and were introduced to the KING. A number of War rants, Documents, &c. which had been previously prepared having the KING'S signature stamped on them (by having the intent and nature of the Document indorsed upon it, and signed by three of the Cabinet Ministers, men tioned in the Act,) were, it was understood, stamped by Lord FA RN no in the presence of the Duke of WE 1.- 1 N (, TON and Earl ABERDEEN; his MAJESTY giving his cerhal assent to each of the documents that was stamped. •l he Duke of WELLINGTON and the Earl of ABERDEEN attested the affixing of the signature. Two stamps were estd on the occasion—the one contained " George 1t.," •;u! other the King's initials, "G. R." They were respectively applied to those papers which his MAJESTY had been accustomed to sign in a similar manner before the passing of the late Act. These stamps had been prepared by Mr. WYON, chief engraver of his MA ; Esi . v's Seals, by order of the Lord President of the Council, and had been approved of at the Cabinet Council held on Monday afternoon. They are made of silver. The Right Hon. Sir Wm. KEPPELL and Sir ANDREW BARNARD were also in attendance during the proceeding as Commissioners. The Duke of WELLINGTON, the Earl of ABERDEEN, and Lord FA RN BOROUG 11, remained about three hours, and then took their departure. Sir M. Tr ER NEy and Mr. BRODIE left the Palace about ten o'clock yesterday morning,-and were expected to return in the evening. Sir H. HA LFORD remained at the Pa lace in attendance on the KING during the day. The Earl of FIFE was the Lord, and Colonel WIIATLEY the Groom in Waiting at the King's Palace, St. James's.— Among the inquirers were the Archbishop of YORK, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, the President of the Royal Academy, the Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal. Ambassadors and ftliniaters—Spanish, Danish, Hans Town, Wir tembcrg, Netherlands. Charge d'Affaires—Neapolitan. Dukes—Lceds, Beaufort, St. Albans, Bedford. Duchesses--Dowager Richmond, Bedford, St. Albans. Marquises--Cleveland, Winchester, Ailesbury. lifarchioness—Winchester. Earls—Belfast, Abingdon, Moray, Coventry, Stamford and Warrington. Countesses—Moray, Belfast, Coventry, Jersey. Viscounts—Strangford, Gage, Deerburst. Lords—Sahoun, Kenyon, A. Lennox, Rivers, Killeen, Barham, Arden, J. Thynne, Jermyn.: Lathes—A. Buller, Chambers, Stuart (9,) Dowager Boston, Mark Kerr, S. Lumley, S. Lennox, A. Cotton, Imhoff, Bloomfield, Hotham, Lennard, Frcemantle, E. Lowther, Rivers, J. Wynne, Smythe, Stratford Canning, Walpole, Killeen. ; Btstiors—Winchester, St. Asaph, Bristol. RIGHT Howounstmes—Sir John Nichol, Sir Stratford Can. ning, W.Wynnc. HOMOUNABLES— ...... BlomSeld, John Stuart, Mn. Hope. Sias— T. B. Lennard, Gerrard Noel, W. Palmer, T. Baker,W. Inglis, W. Frecmantle, E. Smyth, G. Imhoff. ADlllRAL—Sotheron. CoLoNELs--Woodford, Buller, Cotton, Powel, M.P. Doc TO a—Mackinnon. MEssiruns—Mitchel,D.Wilkie, Brent, Hope, Rev. Holmes, Norman, Langston, Stewart. Lawley, Williams, Hope, C. Begot. 311sr Ruses—Brent, Heber, Wade, Egerton, L. Foz, !Mitchel. Misses—B. Lennard, Lowther, Harvey, Lennard, Chambers, lrbys (2), Mitchel. THE SIGN MANUAL AND SIGNET. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following arrivals have taken place :—The Eagle, Barnes, from Messina. off Youghall ; Integrity, Richmond, from Memel, at Sligo ; Industry, Campbell, from Demerara, and Antigua, Wil son, from Antigua, at Belfast. Mat., Jona 2.—Wind S.S.W. light.—The outwotrd bound, except the transport No. 16, have turned away. A rrived from Chatham, and sailed, the Hawkeshury, Briggs. for Quebec. Ar rived from London, the Juno, Pritchard, and George Gordon, King, for Jamaica; and Martins, Martin, for Quebec. Poorsalourst, Julia 2.—Wind S.S.R.—At rived the Hope tran sport, Walter, from Dover. Ltsrearoor., hue I.—Arrived the Amity, Platt, from New Or leans ; Tamerlane, Johnson, and Julian, Smith, from Savannah ; Cashmere, Whitney, from Charleston; Richmond, Bowers, front Virginia ; Caravan, King, and York, Thompson, from New York ; Otter, from Malaga ; and Sheldrake, from Seville. Off the port, the Julius Qatar, from Virginia.—The wreck of a brig belonging to St. John's, N.B. with green bottom and bright waist, appa rently but a short time in that state, was passed on the 21st ult. in lat. 42. long. 48. by the Richmond, Bowers, arrived here. CLYDE, JUNE I.—Arrived the Hector, AP Donald, from Deme rara; Margaret, Crawford, from Grenada; Mary Ann, Wilson, from Tobago; and Camillus, Peck, from New York. Lisuatcx, MAY 31 .—Since 12 o'clock last night it has blown a severe gale at W. to W.N.W.—Two, p.m. It has abated a little since noon, but continues to blow very hard. The extension of I;adings to the north of the New road continues ; a new and elegant enclosure, to be called Blandford-square, has lately been commenced, and is rapidly proceeding. An amusing and ingenious writerof the New Monthly, calling himself the "Lounger,"gives the following enchant ing portrait of Miss SHERIDAN :--" But to speak of the beauties—l cannot tell you the sensation produced on me by one ••••'. I had seen her two or three years ago, but I was occupied by other matters, and she had passed from my recollection ; that is a miracle, which now that I have seen her again astonishes me. How any one, who has once seen her, can forget her, is to me unac countable. It is the most haunting, spiritual, divine beauty that ever broke upon me. It is Pasta made lovely —the very personification of genius, breathing out of the noblest and loftiest order of human beauty. She is, in a word, and to keep to the limit of common sense, singu larly and pre-eminently handsome, and I know no words to express my admiration of her. You ask me whom I speak of ? 1 think it impertinent to mention her name ; I shall only say that she is the grand-daughter of a great orator." METROPOLITAN POLITICAL UNION. Yesterday evening, the Council of the Metropolitan Political Union held a meeting at the Globe Tavern, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street, for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements preparatory to the next general meeting, to be held on the sth of July next, before the despatch of other minor business. Mr. SA tr 1. was called to the Chair. Mr. CARPENTER, after a few preparatory' observations, read the following petition:— TO THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of the Cities of London and Westminster, Membersof the Metropolitan Political Union. Showeth—That your petitioners are at this moment heavily pressed by taxes, incurred in support of attempts to force particular forms of Government on other nations. That your petitioners feel great fear and apprehension of any measure whereby the same might be in danger of being increased.' That it is highly satisfactory to your petitioners to perceive that the negotiations begun for the purpose of involving Great Britain in an attempt to force a particular form of Government on the people of Greece, have been interrupted by the refusal of an eminent indivi. dual to be any longer connected with the same. That on these premises your petitioners pray that your Honourable House will take the opportunity of the interruption or stagnation of the negotiations as aforesaid to take such steps, either by Address to his Majesty, or in any other manner which, in consideration of circumstances and precedents, may scent most meet, as shall tend to obtain a declaration, or other effective assurance or guarantee, that Great Britain will neither directly nor indirectly be a party to establishing any particular form of Government in Greece, until the people of that country shall have expressed a desire for the posses. sion of such form, or shall, at all events, have given their consent. And your petitioners will ever pray. Mr. CARPENTER then moved that the foregoing peti tion be adopted as the petition of the Metropolitan Politi cal Union, and that it bo confided to the care of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. for presentation. Carried unanimously. —Several members were then ballotted for and approved of as members of the Council.—A collection of near ten pounds was subscribed for and raised in the room, to meet the expenses of the approaching General Meeting. The Meeting then separated. MR. O'CONNELL'S LETTER. Housz Or COMMONS—FRIDAY. MY DEAR Sta,—Announce trumpet-tongued that the valiant Duke of Wellington perseveres in all his taxes—the newspaper stamps and all ! Sir John Newport saw him at one o'clock this day, by appointment, and got the conclusivefiat of the "council of war" —that England should be relieved of taxes to the amount of 3,500,0001, and Ireland burdened with 300,0001, because she is— bless the mark—prosperous ! Is there any man in Ireland so stupid as not now to perceive the value of a domestic legislature ? Think you that any Parliament in Ireland could dare at. tempt to add, at such a moment as this, to the burdens of an.exhausted and starving population ? The Royal Duke—for 1 think he should be so in name, as he is in reality—said last year, that he would be mad if he looked for the office of Prime Minister. Was his Highness prophetic ? _ _ But look at home and see—now see the reason why " the friends of Ireland, of all religious denominations," were proclaimed down. This does, indeed, prove the sagacity of those who would crush every organ of expression by which the feeling of Ireland could be exhibited. They paid us the compliment to avow oar utility, even by the despotic act of suppression. IKEY SOLOMONS. During the whole of yesterday great excitement pre• wailed in the neighbourhood of Duke's-place and Petticoat lane, among the fraternity of " ancient people," in cen • sello , ori. of a report having been generally circulated this the lict.:;:.eis 'key Solomons had at length been brought to this country by his Majesty's ship the Princa Regent, which was lying in the River. It was confidently asserted that he had been sent here on the warrant tilus , . mitted by the Secretary of State, to take his trial for scene o 1 those numerous offences with which l7e stands cliatfzeil le the coarse of the day old Solomons , the flthei of Ike'-, applied at Lambeth-street Police-office, anxiously re.iring of the officers if this intelligence had beet' ct.;:tinned. He was informed that no notice had yet rearhed that office. The old man, aithotiO, he ha:: erto e%t•reued the strongest hopes that his sun would not be distill bed from the place he had exiled himself to, row acknowledges that he is coming over, ai a person tvl-1 had brought the information had arrived in this ectintry only a few days since. This peison stated t.: him that he had actually witnessed the embarkation et his on on board the Prince Regent, at Hobart's Towt.. to that his arrival in this country may be timely ex pected. IW OF LADY MARYBOROUGH JEWELS. I