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General Paez, front motives of friendship for Bolivar, as well as from fear of a civil war, opposed the general wish for some time, till a letter from General Crdaneta, the Secretary at War, proposing the coronation of Bolivar, opened his eyes. Paez, with the consent of his council of Ministers, issued some decrees to reduce the pensions ;ranted by Bolivar, which ruined the Treasury. An army of 10,000 men was raised and stationed at Tachira to oppose any invasion of -he tyrant; it is commanded by General Alarms, with Generals Mer,cgas and Itlaser° under him. Gen. Gomez was appointed to :he command of Maracaibo, and the battalion of Boyacas sent by 31untillo to attack that place deserted to us without firing a shot. Meanwhile Bolivar assembled his Congress at Bogota, and foe :he sixth time tendered his resignation, which, of course, was not accepted. He was authorised to maintain the integrity of the ter. rimy, but, before proceeding to coercion, a committee, consisting of General Sucre, tie Bishop of Santa Martha, and Garcia del Rio, was appointed to t:cgoriate an arrangement with Pees, who instantly prohibited their admission to the Venezuelian territory ; and Gene. :ids Marino, Martin Tobar, and Andreas Narrate, were sent to the :-ontier to announce to the commissioners that the recognition of the tadependence of Venezuela and the disavowal of Bolivar must be the baste of any treaty, a hich it was only for Congress to sanction.— zuelt is the state of affairs. The public mind is excited to the degr,c.--lifonitcur. '• We anti.uinced, on the authority of the Gazette de France, :cat Tahir l'..rlia had arrived at Toulon, charged with a letter from the Sultan. News which we have received from that town assign a %en /Micmac motive fur the arrival of Tabir. It is asserted that ::4 P.tcha was on board an Ottoman ship of war which sought to Nrctrate into Algiers in spite of the blockade. According to our respondent this vessel was stopped by the French cruisers, and zaductet! under the escort of two frigates to Toulon, where Tahir Paella will have been detained until the orders of the King respect ng hint shall hare been tecciecd. Tahir Puha commanded the Turkish fleet which wasdestroyed At Navarino, and our readers will no doubt remember that we have -heady stated that this same Pacha set out from Constantinople with a mission for Algiers, for the purpose, it is said, of engaging Iky, in the name of the Sultan, to submit to the conditions of the ultimatum of the Court of France. " The Journal des Debars thinks it can announce that Tahir Pasha set out fur Part immediately after his arrival at Toulon. do not think that the sanatory regulations of the quarantines uur ports of the Mediterranean admit of this fact being credited. " Amongst the candidates for the sovereignty of Greece it appears the Prince of Wasa (Prince Royal of Sweden) meets with sup. :'utt both from France and England. It is asserted that the Princes ' t Simony and Bavaria have been excluded by Russia, in conse , l ucece of their religion; and as a schismatic Greek Prince is not to lad, Russia prefers:a Protestant to a Catholic, who it could not exPeetetl %roll(' ever abjure his religion. The Albertine branch the house of Saxony is not numerous at the present moment; the lel us that Royal house could not see with satisfaction one of his established at a distance from him ; and it is probable that is the reason that our Government has not been willing to 'et Preliminaries of this negotiation take their course. it sppears that France has several motives for not supporting •uheitati(vts (f a Prince of the House of Bavaria, and conic. ently the negotia:ions can only refer to the Prince Royal of `",:den. and to a Prince of Iltsse. It is not to be supposed that Prince Fr(t!tri , :k of Nassau, yr•unge.t son of the King of the 111 , ,i., FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, IMO. PRICE 7D. Low Countries, has the intention of appearing as a candidate; and AS to the Prince Paul of Wurtemberg, we believe we can affirm bat there is no question of him."—L' Universe!. " Yesterday the remains of M. Oehler, the last President of he Directory, who died on Saturday, were taken from his late residoce in the Rue de l'Abbaye direct to the cemetery of Pere Lachalse, bl lowed by a long train of mourners, and deposited in the ground without being presented at a church, in compliance with the express directions of the will of the deceased. General Merlin, his son.ut law, was chief mourner. The four corners of the pall were held by Messrs. Schonen and Laisn6 de Vellesque, ex-Members of he Chamber of Deputies, and by Lientenant-Generals Sollgnae Ind Brayer. M. Bernard, Advocate of the Royal Court of Paris, de. livered an oration over the grave. ", We are assured,' says the Journal des Debate, ' that M. de Peyronnet boasts of appointing St Courvoisier president of cos of the electoral colleges of the department of the Daubs. Vti Jnow not whether M. de Peyronnet intends such an humiliation for 111. Courvoisier, but we have doubts whether Nt. Courvoisier will ac cept it.' "We announced a few days since that M. ll—, Comptroller of the Mint, had shot himself. This dreadful act was committed in the presence of his wife, who had been for several years dumb, and deprived of the use of her limbs, by a severe plralysis : the shock she received from viewing this horrible scene, instantly restored not only her power of speech but all her other faculties.—Parir Ad. veraser. " The following confidential circular, dated Pari., May 26, has been addressed to the Directors of the Customs, by the Director. General of that department : " The approaching elections, Sir, are, on the part of Government, the subject of just anxiety ; public order and prosperity depend on their result. The Government has a right to reckon, in order to at. tain those ends, upon the concurrence of all well-disposed persons-- of all Frenchmen worthy to be called so by their allegiance to the King, their love for their country, and their submission to the laws which govern us: but it has a still greater right to expect this con. currence from all its agentr, from all those who have taken a special oath of fidelity to the King. For them, devotedness is the first of duties. I have not hesitated answering to his Excellency the Ali nister of Finances, for the punctuality and even the solicitude with which the officers of the customs would come forward to fulfil this duty, either by their personal votes or by using their in fluence to enlighten the electors, and second the views of Go. vernment. The prefects have received instructions which will enable them usefully to direct, in each locality, your proceedings, and those of the principal functionaries under your orders. On receiving this letter, you will apply to the prefect of your de partment, and in offering him your good will, ask him for the instructions he may think proper to give you, to render your aid more useful and more certain. Please to direct the chefs. de-service, inspectors, sub-inspectors, and principal receivers, to proceed in the same manner with the sub-prefects, and to avail themselves of their advice to march in unison towards one common end—namely, the choice of such deputies as will candidly and loyally concur with the King in the execution of his benevolent views. To attain this sacred end is the first wish as well as the first want of all his faithful subjects. I trust that there are none more faithful and devoted than those in the Customs. All will rival each other in proving it at this important juncture. I request you to address, without delay, to the principal persons subordinate to you instruc. tions similar to the present, of which you will acknowledge the re. ception.—Believe me, &c. " THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE CUST( IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE 'OF LORDS—TiIuRsDA Y. Lord COAIBERDIERE was introduced to the house as Viscount Combermere. His supporters were Viscounts Lorton aid Berestord. Lord KINNOUL presented a petition from the Ayrshire Agri cultural Society, against the increased duty on spirits. Mr. S. Rue and other Members from the Commons brought up the Oalway Bay Improvement Bill, and other private Bills. Mr. CRAFER presented a Treasury Minute relatin to the 4i per cwt. duties. Mr. Danvers, from the East India House, presented the commer. I dal and territorial Accounts of the Company. Lord LORTON presented a petition from the inhabitants of Reading, against the punishment of deith fur forgery. Lord DURHAM presented a similar petitiott front Northum berland. SHIPPING INTEREST. Eatl STANHOPE adverted to him motion on the 13th of May, relative to the ship owners of London, and observed that he bad been informed the most regular way to obtain information on that subject, would be to look at the petitions from the merchants and shipowners. The noble earl therefore moved for copies of all pert. Lions in behalf of the ship owners or the port of London to the Trea. aury, together with copies of all correspondence relating thereto.— Ordered. Lord TEYNHAM presented a petition from Brighton, and other parts of Sussex, complaining of distress, occasioned by the oppressive state of the poor laws. Also a petition from Oldham, in Imicashire, praying for reform in Parliament. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. From the Messager des Chambres of Wednesday. Letters from Toulon state, according to the intelligence received by the last vessels from the coast of Algiers, it was a fortunate cir cumstance that the squadron did not set sail before the 25th, as ex ceedingly bad weather prevailed for nearly a whole month on the coast of Africa. Not only would the expedition have been wholly unable to effect a landing, but it would have been exposed Ito the greatest dangers.—There is every reason to hope that our squadron will arrive at a moment when the same apprehensions no longer exist. GREECE—The English General, Church, who has been in the service of Greece, has published some observations on the limits which the Allied Powers have assigned to that State. His memoirs contribute much to exculpate Prince Leopold's refusal. He shows that the discontent which broke out in Greece respecting the settle ment of their frontiers is more serious than the public is aware of , that a very different frontier from that which has been fixed by the Allies is requisite for the firm establishment of the new State, and that this frontier ought to include Acarnania and Etolia. He likewise maintains that the limits, as at present determined, leave Greece at the mercy of the Turks, and deprive the Government of the very possibility of preventing collisona between its subjects and those of the Porte. The list of the purifications about to be adopted begins to unfold itself by degrees. We have already mentioned several dismissals. We arc this day informed that M. Febrotte, the director of domains In the department de l'lndre and Loire, a functionary of great ca. parity, in a branch requiring more knowledge than any other, is of that number. He was the friend of his ex.director.general, M. de Cahoon. Havaz (in the department of the Lower Seine,) Maw 30.—The Curate of near Havre, a young Priest, recently arrived in that parish, paid frequent visits to the wife of a labourer; who endured the assiduities of this ruddy and lascivious pastor with less impa tience than her husband. In spite of repeated interdictions on the part of the party interested, the Curate found so much delight in the conversation of his pretty parishioner, that he could not mus. ter resolution enough to pay any attention to the prohibitions of the hosband. As soon as the labourer went to the fields, the Curate hastened to fill his place, and gave his company to the wife ; so that the neighbours made their remarks upon it, and laughed at this domestic arrangement, till at last one of than, who was more careful of the labourer's reputation than the rest, had the charitableness to Inform him of what was going on. One day last week, having observed the Curate to slip into the farm like a cunning fox, this officious neighbour went to apprise the husband of it, who, without loss of time, left his waggon and horses under the care of his assistant, and returned home in great haste. He found the Curate sitting with his wife, and joyfully emptying a bottle of wine. He thought this the time for inflicting a correction on the guilty pair. Being armed with his whip, which, from an excess of prudence, he had brought along with him, he laid it lustily on and about the ecclesiastic's shoulders, tore the cassock into ribands, and lett a number of marks on the bruised face of the man who superseded him. When be conceived the chas tisement sufficient, he openid the dour, and, taking his hat off, showed the rev. gentleman out, whom his neighbours were expect ing in the street. The worthy individual returned to the parson age, honed by the whole village. 1t is useless to add, that oiler the depar ure of the curate, the labourer somewhat rudely demon. aerated to his wife the danger of a tete.a.tete with a young priest, drinking wine, with closed doors, in the house of an absent husband. , GhEECE. Tle Marquis of I.ONDONILIkt4W said, his noble friend, the Secretary for foreign afr.tirs, had laid on the table a considerable mass of information relating to the pacification of Greece, yet as the diplomatic transactions were of three years' standing, the mass was not so great as might have been expected. Indeed their lordships had rot before them all the information Parliament was intidtal to demaid. He wished to ask his noble friend whether there was any objection to give all the conferences of the foreign ambassadors at Constantinople, and a copy of the despatches which had led to the abandonment of one million of ducats on the part of Russia. Also copies of the conferences of the Ambassadors at Poros. The Earl of ABERDEEN said, that there could be no objection to the production of tire conferences at Constantinople. With res. pect to the conferences at Poros, he could not then give a distinct ansiecr. The Marquis of LONDONDERItY considered it most desira ble to arrive at a material fact, namely, whether Russia had aban. dosed the claim of one million of ducats which she had upon the Turkish government, in order to induce that government to agree to the arrangements for the protection of Greece. Lord HOLLAND wished the noble earl to say whether it was his intention to lay before the house copies of the conference at l'o. ros, on the subject of the boundaries of Greece, and whether there was any report to his Majesty from persons appointed to ascertain the extent of the boundaries ? The Earl of ABERDEEN said, the noble lord would see, in the conferences at Poros, the whole of the information required. No persons had been appointed specially to report to his Majesty, but there was a full report on that subject. Lord HOLLAND then intimated that his wish was to learn from the noble earl what were the motives which induced them to alter the boundaries between the 22d of March and the 14th of May. The subject was then dropped. wtcwsox's nivoic BILL. The Marquis of SALISBUNT moved the order of the day for calling counsel to the bar on the East Rettord Disfranchise ment Bill. The Bishop of LONDON said it was his intention to move the second reading of the bill to dissolve the marriage of Miss Hick son. The Noble Marquis wished him to postpone the proceeding in favour of the East Retford Bill, and if the House should wish that measure to take precedence, he should postpone his bill to Wednesday. Lord MALMESBURY thought the East Retford Bill, which had been before the house one month, ought to give way to the bill of the learned and reverend lord. The Marquis of SALISBURY was sorry to say the order of the house, which gave precedence to the East Retford Bill, had not been strictly observed. lie understood Hickson's Marriage Bill could be discussed in the morning. Lord DURHAM expressed a hope that the learned and reverend lord would bring on his bill. After a few observations from Lord HOLLAND and Lord GODERICH, their Lordships divided upon the question of calling in Coun►el upon the East Retford Bill. The numbers were— Contents ... 18 Non Contents ..... Majority against the Marquis of Salisbury's m0ti0n...49 Counsel were then called to the bar, to be heard pro and con, the second reading of the Bill to dissolve the marriage of Miss Hick son, the young lady whose case has already been before the public. Mr. Adam, as Counsel for Miss Hickson, called upon their lord ships to protect a young and innocent person, by dissolving her marriage, on the ground that it had been solemnized illegally. Un less their lordships gave consent to the passing of the bill, the young lady would be united for life to a person unsuited to her. After the marriage, which had been brought about by sordid motives, the young lady's family had the good fortune to prevent consummation. There was no pollution whatever : no inconvenience could arise from issue. The learned counsel stated the facts of the case ; the manner in which she was carried off by Mr. Buxton, and the particulars respecting her family. The proceedings having occupied the house a considerable time, their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TuuRsDAT. Hamerton's Divorce Bill went through a committee; counsel were heard, and witnesses examined. There was a ballot for an appeal committee on the Clyde Naviga. tion Report ; the following were declared to be the committee : D. O'Connell, Sir H. Parnell, F. Munday, C. W. IVynne, the Hon. IW. Stanley, P. Corbett, Mr. Lyttleton. The calling over of some of the names of the house occasioned considerable laughter ; for instance, that of F. R. Lushington, Esq. the said hon. member being now in Bombay, and therefore could not very conveniently answee the calL The Dublin Wide Streets Bill was read a third time and passed. The Report of the Port Glasgow Dock Bill was presented and agreed to. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from St. Giles's Cripplegate, against the Scottish and Irish Removal Bill. Col. DAVIS presented a petition from Worcester, for the more easy method of recovering small debts. Alderman WOOD gave notice that, on the 29th, he should sub mit a reduction of public salaries, corresponding with the altered prices of provisions. Sir H. PARNELL presented a petition from the Queen's County, against the proposed assimilation of duties. Mr. HU3IE presented a petition from an individual named George, imprisoned by the Court of Requests in the Borough Compter. From what he knew of occurrences that took place there and in Whitecross-street, he felt persuaded that imprisonment for debts under 51. ought to be abolished. Mr. Alderman WOOD supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. C. CALVER'f said that the worthy alderman would confer a great benefit on the imprisoned debtors, and on the borough, if he would attend to this subject. Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. HUME presented a petition from an individual of Isleworth, complaining of the manner in which the assessed taxes had been col. lected of him. His house was broken into, and property carried off to the amount of 2L odd, for the taxes, while the petitioner was ab. sent in the country. He (Mr. H.) thought that such harsh proceed. ings would justify the repeal of the assessed taxes. The petition was from Julius Adolphus Scroder.—Petition ordered to lie on the table. He should not move that this and the preceding petition be printed, because he had not examined the truth of their allegations, and because he should - propose to refer them to a committee. Mr- HUME moved for returns of the salaries of the Judges, Barons of Exchequer, de. in 1792, and how paid ; also of the Commissioners et the Court of Assembly in Scotland also, of the sums paid to the Cle rg y in Scotland for 182%—Order ed. Lord LQWTHER presented a petition from proprietors of inns and others on the great north road, against the Northern Roads Bill; Alessages from the House nfieersiniorMeitiie House that the Lordships had agreed to several Bills, and requested a copy of 0.,. Report of the Select Committee on the sale of beer ; also that id! the evidence in the case of Sir Jonah Barrington might be fumi.ll.i! to their Lordships.—Ordered. No. 13,492. PAUPER REMOVAL HILL. Mr. Alderman Wooppresen tcTapetitioniCom the parish of ts: 011ea,ICripplegate, against the pauper removal bill. Mr. Sexes presented a petition from Hull, against the (Irish and Scotch) removal bill. Mr. STAWLEY presented a similar petition from Asliton.unde! • Line. Mr. W. SMITH presented a similar petition from Norwich. POOR LAWS—IRELAND. Mr. BENETT presented a petition from the Society for the er coutagement of Industry, praying for the introduction of poor law. into Ireland. VESTRY ACT-IRELAND. Mr. O'CONNELL presented petitions from the Roman Cath..lit inhabitants of thirteen parishes In the county of Cork, against en vestry bill. The petitioners had a right t o com pl a i n , f or his Ma jesty's ministers had admitted that the bill was d e f ect i ve , an d ye: had refused to amend it. Sir R. PEEL denied that the honourable member had ststetl accurately the case. His Majtsty's ministers had not declined making amendments, but they refused to proceed without prop:: inquiry. They did refuse to give any pledge as a compromise for the withdrawal of petitions presented by the honourable meniter Mr. O'CONNELL presented Petitions from the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Ballybay, and sevetal other fetrishes, against t!'. Vestry Act and the Subletting Act. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a Petition from Oldham, complain. ing of distress, and praying for a general reform and universal suf. frage, the abolition of the Corn Laws, Sc. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a Petition from Thomas WWI, complaining of technicalities of the law. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. HUSK ISSON presentciaPeii;iOnfrom the Vast India Mer chants in Liverpool, for an equalization of the duties on East India and West India Sugars. BANKING STSTEM. Mr. HL'SKISSON said he bad before the recess given notice t his intention to move for a Committee on the banking system of the country. It was now difficult to find en open day for so im portant a subject, and he should not bring it forward this session, if his right hon. friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would assure him that no new contract would be formed with the bank of England before the next session of parliament. He moved for a return of thenumber of bank notes issued during the last year. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had no intention of forming any contract during the present session, but he was not prepared to bind himself up in the manner wished by his right hon. friend. Mr. HUSKISSON bored, that that being the case, an opportu nity would be afforded hint in bringing forward the question of the system of banking. The return was ordered. VESTRY BILL. Mr. EGERTON presented a petition from the parish of St. James, against the Vestry Bill. Sir G. COCKBURN presented similar peCtions from Plymouth. RETURN. Mr. W. PEEL presented a return of the Salaam and Emolu ments, &c. of the Justices of Chests.—Ordered to be panted. LAW OF DIVORCE. Dr. PHILLI MORE rose for the purpose of calling the atten tion of the House to a subject of much importance, and upon which it was generally admitted that sonic change was desirable. The law of divorce in this country was very different to the law ot divorce in all other countries. In Roman Catholic countries, France excepted, the canon law prevailed, and of all the Protestant States we alone continued the law prevalent prior to the heformation and built upon it some anomalies. S o stoo d th e l aw i n those eourts which were accessible to the generality of the persons interested : but a r.ew practice had grown up, by which the wealthier classes were enabled to procure a total dissolution of the marriage bonds. He was reluctant to trespass upon the attention of the House, but he thought it necessary to trace the law of divorce from its slender beginnings up to the present time. The first case was that of the Marquis of Northampton, who in 1347 obtained a divorce ; and the question arising as to the nature of that divorce, it was referred to a commission, in which was Archbishop Cranmer. The slarquis married again before any decision was given. and in 1534 an act declared that the divorce was fully valid. In the reign of Mary a different opinion prevailed ; but in the reign of Elizabeth it was held that a divorce pronounced by the Ecclesiastical Court was valid. At the close of that reign, however, the question was mooted, and it was held that the divorce of the Ecclesiastical Court was only from bed and board. That was pronounced to be the law of the land, and it had prevailed to this day. In the year 1692 the Duke of Norfolk brought forward a bill fur a divorce from his wife, but it was only in 1702 that he succeeded in his object. From that period to the accession of the House of Hanover only fifteen divorce bills had been passed; but from that time they had greatly Increased. The inconvenience of the present state of the law had been long felt. Two bills upon the subject had passed the House of Lords, and been read a second time in that House, but had been lo s t i n Cont.; mittee. Lord Auckland had brought forward a bill fur making adultery a misdemeanour, and the discus s ions up on it were i mpor . rant. Lord Grenville had stared that the opinion of the great law lords of the crown was that the proceedings before Parliament in divorce bills were disgraceful, and that such was his opinion. Lord Eldon too was of the same cpinion • and at a subsequent p er i o d Lad Rosalyn spoke to the sam e ;feet. Such were the opinions of those who were competent to speak upon the subject, and he would ask the House whether the evils complained of had been at all ameliorated by time? Did not the same abuses prevail :• He would ask any honourable member whether he did not feel him self disagreeably situated when a divorce bill came before the House. The House of Commons was incompetent to discharge such judicial functions ; and in proof of this he referred to the recent divorce bill ot lord Ellenborough. The proceedings in divorce bills wete hi general but a mockery, and the sooner the house was freed front them the better. The honourable and learned gentleman referred to the standing orders of the House of Lords, to show that there were great precautions adopted by that tribunal, but that all those precautions were tacitly abandoned at present. It was not in human nature that an assembly like the House of Commons should be corn. petent to the proper discharge of such duties as were required to tie performed in divorce bills. Matters for judicial investigation were rendered party questions, and this had been peculiarly the case in the bill of Lord De Row, and the Duke of Norfolk. But there was another principle upon which the subject required alteration. The laws of the land were upon other subjects equally administered to all. In Scotland a perfect and entire divorce was to be obtained fur less than 151. He thought he had stated enough to show that the law required alteration. It ought not to remain in its present anomalous state. He would not at that time go farther than to submit to the House the necessity of sonic reform. Having made out that case, the next consideration was, what ought to be the re medy. He should shrink from such a task, standing alone; and the diversity of the opinions he had heard on the subject strengthened his doubts. If, however, he spoke at all, he should say it was right to enable the court which pronounced a divorce as to bed and board, to pronounce the full and valid divorce. Such was Lord Thurlow's opinion ; but Lord Auckland had considered that a special court ought to be appointed with respect to final divorcee. Under these circumstances he should not take upon himself to make any propo. sitions as to what the change in the law should be ; but it happened fortunately for hint that there was an ecclesiastical commission at present in existence, which was peculiarly fitted to investigate the subject. The :House would not be bound by the report of such commission, but might act with respect to it as it saw best. The honourable and learned it ember concluded by moving, that an humble address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he would be graciously pleased to give directions that the commission ap. pointed to Inquire into the t eclesiastical courts should direct their inquiry also ffiio the state of the law on divorce, and report as to the expediency Ofestablishing a separate tribunal, with power to decide finally in cases of divorce. The question having been put from the chair, Sir C. WETHERELL said Ite must i.ppose the motion of hi., bon. and learned friend. He did sot think that the best mode of hi. andweing Reform, in t;tis or in any other branch of the Law, was to elide ate inquirvio a Commission. I'e had carefully read all the laparts of the Commissioners lately appointed, and that they did salked at all to sl fr his opinion on the subject. The best way of pursuing any object of legal reform was through means of both Houses of Parliament. When Commissions were appointed, tt e impression was very.suiturally produeed on the mind that. with re. spect to the particular object into which they were directed to its quire, the taw needed reierm, and must, whether necessary or set. be altered. They accordingly presentul reports, suggsating alters. tons, and upon these suggestions the legislature ssoceived it was a 41•1 , !,1 - •