Star. — London, England, 1830-07-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. Tar TELLIGEWC Z.—The Times of Thursday contained a long, infamous, and false attack upon the memory of the late King, which has been well commented on by the other Papers, there not being one hue enough to follow the example set by the Time of maligning a dead King, of whom, while alive, and when it answered he purpose, it could speak with adulation. Every body has read the Fable of the living Ass kicking the deed Lion; and we have it now realised in the mean but malignant fury of the Times, which can disturb the ashes of the dead, although it data not always to provoke the anger of the living. The Times has a large circulation, and we are willing to allow that it has therefore the power of a giant; but we must say that it exercises that power with the malevolence and cunning of a Send, and that if it should retain its large circulation, it will hence. forward be reckoned amongst those prints which owe their success to their readiness to gratify the vicious taste of the mul titude, and that, whilst some Sunday Papers shall obtain sale from being the Registers of all that is obscene and low in so ciety, the runes will succeed as the instrument of mean and cowardly wrong towards the memory of the dead, and foul and dastardly abuse occasionally of the living. We will not inquire into the motives of the Times for this piti ful attack upon the memory of the late King:—they must have been as noble as :the language in which it was made was chaste and elegant. Nobody requires to be told now that the Tina is the vicious pander of • vicious taste ; that it is the mean, mercenary prostitute of the multitude ; that its smiles and its frowns are to be gained or provoked by the same means as those which are used with the profligate and abandoned creatures who expose themselves in the streets—that in short it is " the Times," " the Times," " the Times,"—affecting to lead opi. nion, but generally chusing to follow it—running with the stream, but pretending to oppose it—a sheet compiled by (limp. pointed parsons and intriguing attornies—a thing got up in political fraud, and supported by political prostitution. Terms.—The last arrivals from South America present us with what appears to be the political finale of Bolivar. That conspicuous and enterprising person has at last ceased to be a public functionary, and has returned into private life. General Bolivar has thus de monstrated either that he did not entertain the projects of criminal ambition which had been imputed to him, or that he did not esteem the odium worth incurring for the the of an unanainaldo usurpation. It is unfortunate for General Bolivar's fame, that a suspicion of selfish designs against his country's free. dom attached to him for some years pretty generally, with. out his having found or made an opportunity of demonstrating their absolute iustice. The latter scenes of his career are more calculat edto convince us that he could not long have re. mined the exercise of supreme power, than that he did not covertly desire it,—more that he could not have been Cesar, than that he had proposed to himself Washington for his model. In one point, indeed, be resembled and surpassed the latter we mean in his perfect disinterestedness as regards money. latter,— we feature of his character has been conspicuous throughout even the most prospe. rous stages of his career, and shines out with peculiar lustre at the moment of his resignation of supreme command. But be that as it may, his retreat has been decent, if not strikingly noble or dignified; and the language of the new government towards him has been that of public gratitude and respect. What may be the condition of Colombia ~ a forth, it is extremely difficult to conjecture. The measures adopted by Venezuela and another province may still ad mit of a federal, though not an incorporating union with that state of which Bogota is the metropolis, and in such case we do not see how the relations of foreign Governments with the Republic could be much embarrassed by the change, pp Wed that some central Power were to be acknowledged for the dimtion of affairs of foreign policy. At all events, it is satisfactory to know that the new Go. vernment of Bogota have renounced, in the most formal manner, every right of coercing Venezuela into an ting union, should the latter state decline the amicable made to her. Trues.—Some useful papers have been printed by order of the House of Commons, exhibiting by a clear and distinct table, the difference of expense attendant on the transport of convicts to New South Wales, u compared with the cost of their re tention and employment on board of hulks in this country and at Bermuda. By a return for the years 1820 to 1829 inclu sive, it appears that, deducting from the grass expense the sums earned by the labour of the convict, the cost of feeding, clothing, and maintaining each individual, together with that of the establishment and of repairing the hulks, did not in the course of the last year, exceed 31. 17s. 41d. per man. In the year 1827 it fell short of 12s. per man. From particular dr cumstances affecting the price of labour in the year 1838, the produce of earnings by the prisoners had shown a considerable deficit, and had accordingly raised the average expense for the public to 61. Ns. 90. per annum. But the average for seven sus from 1823 inclusive has not exceeded 31.85. per annum.—The expense of transporting convicts to New South Wales presents a very unfavour. able view of that method of treatment, miscalled punishment, as compared with detention and hard labour on board the hulks.... The official returns of 1828 give for the charge of carrying out each male, M. 18s. Id. for each female, 341. Bs. Std. 1829, for each male, M. lbs. Std. for each female, 271. 12s. Std.—. Thus, so far at least as economy is concerned, there can be no ques tion as to the preference whisk ought to be given to imprisonment in the hulks, over transport to a distant colony, the expense being, in favour of the former system, in the ratio of less than one.eighth. On grounds affecting the welfare of the colonies, we likewise hold that every consideration ought to determine the Government against the practice of transporting, and in favour of confining prisoners. Transportation can in hardly any instance deter from crime, because, in fact, it is scarcely ever a punishment to the guilty. A punish ment it is, and a avert one, to the colonies, to be annually deluged with the scouring. of our gaols at home. Nor can the progressive and inevitable consequences of forming a community, where the proportion of women is not one-tenth of what it ought to be, as compared with men, be contemplated otherwise than as leading to moral evils of the most dreadful and revolting nature. If the argu ment of economy, therefore, were not, as it seems to us, so decisive, that drawn from considerations of policy and morality would be so beyond all question. Cnaosticis....We are glad to perceive that the freeholders of Yorkshire have cast their eyes on Mr. Brougham for one of their ' county members. The counties of England have not unaptly been described as the worst sort of rotten boroughs, being equally des pendent with rotten boroughs on powerful individuals, and being snore peculiarly the refuge of stupidity. But Yorkshire Is, it seems. too large for the grasp of any proprietor, and therefore, according to the Leeds Mercury, “ as the present system almost es. eludes all who do not possess extensive property from county representation, counties are seldom represented by first-rate senators; when the evil becomes so excessive that no pro perty can contest the election, it cures itself, by throwing upon the Freeholders the part of giving their voluntary and free support to the man of their real choke' The Journal fn question observes, that " Mr. Brougham is perfectly ignorant of his present recom mendation to the Freeholders of Yorkshire, and of there being any idea of proposing him to the county." We have no doubt that this statement is perfectly correct. It has, however, been known for several days to some of the gentlemen possessed of influence in Yorkshire, now resident in the metropolis, that it was intended by the Freeholders of that County. and especially of the West Hi& ing, to return Mr. Brougham. Indeed a variety of reasons point him out to that County, which has always taken the lead in all questions connected with civil and religious liberty, education, the abolition of slavery, Sm. as :he Representative most worthy of their choice. We understand that it is intended that Mr. Brougham shall be returned free of all expense. The Representation of Eng land never will be respectable till the Constituents determine on freeing their Representatives from the expenses et' their return. Cluny tcx.r..—The contest for the representation of the County of Louth will occur some short time previous to the General Election, a vacancy in that county having been occasioned by the elevation of Mr. Leslie Foster to a seat on the Bench of the Irish Court of Ex chequer. He succeeds Mr. APClelland, who resigns in consequence of ill-health. The Wt-named person was a Maim et the bleb Parliament at the time of the Union, and was ens of thus Mos date their advancement in the world from that swan. Without being a partisan of the faction, under whose Wald ascendancy Ireland so long suffered, or entertaining in his bean any real concern for their, or indeed for any particular class of political opinions, llr, hi'Clelland contrived to make himself an object of more general unpopularity than any Magistrate of the many employed to administer the law among a people who have been taught to consid er it far less a defence and protection than an instrument of vengeance and chastisement. He resided during a considerable portion of the year on his seat In the county of Loath, mingling among the country gentlemen, and taking an active share in all the affairs of the neighbourhood. From thks place he hes almost without intermission, for the last 10 years (choosing always the same circuit), each spring and autumn, mounted . th,jrAmrst seat az i a k tudge of assise, to dispense that equal and mounted tic. knows neither favour nor affection ' nor any respect of puttees, with what likeliho o d o f success it is not dillicult to sem lecture. So extraordinary a spectm= ofthb very Injurious practice, as Baron M'Cieliand exhibited must not be suffued to pees without animadversion, and will, we hope, attract notice la its proper quarter. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. VIZT LATZ AND IMPORTATI IT !NON COLIINBIA...By the brig Atheniin, Captain Chapman, we have received Bogota papas to the 20th of May, Carthagsna to the 30th, and letters to the 3d of June. We have also a espy of the constitution adopted by the Constituent Congress, and various other documents. Among the Bogota papers, we notice two which ha* been recently commenced, via. La Aurora and In Demand& JUNCTION or PRISIDIENT AND VICE.PRZSIDENT, LTD ADJOURNINNNT or CONOIIII.IIOO the 4th of May, the Constituent Congress of Bogota proceeded to the very important business of electing a President and Vice-President. The first ballot, 48 members being present, resulted as follows :—For Mr. Canabal, 26 votes ; for Joaquin Magnets, 17 ; for Domingo Cal. cede, li. Neither candidates having the requisite majority (two. thirds), Congress proceeded to a second ballot, which gave the fol. lowing result r—Josquim Mosquera. 27 votes; Mr. Canabal, 17 ; and Mr. Caked°, 4. There still being no choice, the ballots were returned a third time, and on being canvassed 34 were found to be in favour of Joaquin Mosqueea, and 14 for Mr. CanabaL Joaquin Mos. quera was then declared to be legally elected President of the Re. public. On the first ballot for Vice-President, 3$ votes were given for Domingo Caicedo (the acting President). 12 for Mr. Canabal, 2 foe Vallarino,:and 1 for Mr. Sorter*. Domingo Calm& was then declared to be legally elected Vice-President of the Republic On the motion of Vergara, a deputation was then sent to inform the Liberator that the Congress had fulfilled the objects of its con. vocation, and therefore that the decree of the 27th of August, 1828, calling them together, ought to cease, as well as the extraordinary powers which by that decree the Liberator reserved to himself, who merited the gratitude of the nation for the services be had ren dered it. After a short absence, the deputation returned, and Mr. Castillo, as president of the same, reported to Congress, that the Liberator bad received their communization with the highest satisfac tion,—that he congratulated them on the happy termination of their labours. after giving a constitution to the republic, and appointing to direct its destinies, men who deserve the confidence of the nation, — that he was now restored to private life, which he so much desire4,_ and that if Congress wished a special proof of his blind obedience to the constitution and the laws, he was ready to give any which might be required. Mr. Camacho remarked that the Republic was indebted to the Liberator for an immense amount of services; and that haw. log returned to private life, it was just, whether he remained in Co. hirable or left it, to continue the pension which the legislature, on the 23d of July, 1823, voted him for life. This proposition was entertained unanimously. The President of Congress, Vicente Borrero, then adjourned the session shit die. Previous to the above election —viz. on the 27th of April, the Liberator addressed a message to Congress, positively refusing to ac cept again the office of President, even should it be confined on him. The following is the message referred to, and its sentiments are worthy of a Cato or a Washington t--" Fellow Citizens, The Constitution being settled, and charged as you are by the na. tion with the nomination of the high functionaries who are to pre. side over the republic, I think it proper to reiterate my repeated protestations, not again to accept of the Chief Blagtstracy, even should you honour me with your suffrages. You should be assured that the good of my country requires of me the sacrifice of separa ting myself for ever from the land which gave me life, in order that my remaining in Colombia may not be an im t to the hap. piness of my fellow-citizens. Venezuela, in order to justify her sexes. skin, has ascribed ambitious views to me s next she would allege my reelection as an obstacle to reconciliation t and finally the Republic would be subject either to dismemberment, or a civil war. The canal. derations which I submitted to Congress on the day of its installation, combined with many others, should all concur to persuade Congress that its most imperious obligation is to give to tbe people of Colombia DOW magistrates possessed of the eminent quallbekook required by the law and the public weal. I beseech you, follow citizens, to receive this message as a proof of my most ardent patriotism, and for the love I have ever professed for Colombia. _ " SIMON BOLIVAR. 66 Bogota, 27th Aptil, 1830." ANSWER OF CONGRESS. ' Sir,—Congress is possessed of your message of 27th instant, in which you reiterate your resolution not to accept again the Chief Magistracy, even though you should be honoured with the votes of the representatives of the people, and have taken the same into con siderstion. Congress duly appreciates the new proof dare paid*. dem and dbinterestedness that animates you. It realises in our view, the glory that by many titles you have already acquired, and putting to flight the imputations launched against you, confirms your credit and consolidates your reputation. You may be assured, Sir, that each one of the members of Congress, obeying the impulses of patriotism and duty, and his own view of the public requirements, will weigh in the depths of his own conscience on the election day, the reasons that have induced you to solicit that you may not be re-elected—and these will determine his vote. What. ever be the fate, however, that Providence reserves for you, Sir, and for the nation, Congress entertains the hope that every Colombian, sensible to the honour and loving the glory of his country, will look upon you with the respect and consideration due to the services you have rendered to the cause of America, and will take care that the lustre of your name shall pass to poeterity in suck light as befits the founder of the independence of Colombia. Such, sir, are the sentiments of Congress, which, by Its ceder, 1 have the honour to communicate to you. ' Hall of the Session, Bogota, April 30. • VINCENTE BORRERO. 6 To his Excellency Simon Bolivar, Liberator, President, &c.' Sonora, May 16.—The Ceitsdtuent Congress closed Its makes on the 11th ult. after having fulfilled the trust which the perished confided to it. The gratitude of the nation is due to ha woo. satires, not only for their constant attention to their dodo, sad far having embodied in the constitution the most liberal but especially because, relinquishing the natural fondress il = people possess for their own productions, they have soda that even this constitution shall not be an obstacle to our re.organbatko, l as may be seen by the following DEVIL& The Constituent Congress of the Republic of Colombia—contd. doing, That the provinces of Venezuela, which have withdrawn their allegiance la the government of Colombia, ends the pretext that the substitution of a monarchical government was contem plated, tweed of a republican, ought to be convinced of their error by the beam which have been published, and still more by the con. Westin° which has just been agreed on. That it does not tam probable that those provinces, after being thus undeceived, will ad here to their determination, and destroy entirely a precious union, (the guarantee of the security of the Republici lli dierep t r i ding its pe culiar advantages, and renouncing all the of prosperity snd power which it promised. That even they carry their obstinacy to the extreme of wishing to form and sustain an entirely independent government, it would not be expedient nor proper to attempt to re-establish by force the union which is urged by so many and weighty considerations. That it is ne cessary, in fine, that the executive should have a rule to guide its conduct, not only in the present crisis, but in future ewer. gencies,—deares, " 1. The constitution agreed upon by C,ongreas shall be offered by the Government to the provinces of ancient Venezuela which have withdrawn their allegiance, as a bond of union and con. cord t and all pacific means in Its power shall be used to induce them to accept it. " S. If the said provinces refuse to accept the constitution, unless essential or circumstantial alterations be made in it, or if they spe cify other conditions, the Government shall immediately convoke a Colombian Convention, which shall assemble in the town of Santa Rosa, department of Boyaca, in order to take into consideration the variations, or conditions proposed, or which may be proposed, and such decision shall be made as is deemed promotive of the general good and the interests of the nation. - - S Even though all or the greater part of the provinces of an. dent Venezuela, breaking entirely the solemn compact which unites them with the rest of C olo mbia, shall refuse to set the Constitu tion, and reject all the means of preserving the national unity, the Clovemment shall not make 'ear upon them to compel them to re spect that compact. " 4. In use the province if ancient Venestala do not assent to the overture speacied in article 2, the Government shall immediately convoke a convention of deputies from the rest of Columbia, which shell esesetbie in one of the cities in the valley of Cauca, as shall be judged most expedient, in view of circumstances and the state of the emosay,--presalbe what may be neassary for the conduct of the sussutiva, revise the constitution, and make in it the alterations which may seem indispensable, in order to its perfect adaptation to mewl interests. " & Tbe Government shall take ears that tbe emetitadea erred en by Congress shall be publiebed with peat selseshity, be sworn to and put in manias is ell the ether i.see of the Itepablle, wbove houghs to be obeyed sad ppsseeW.d upon, until it Is varied or altered agreeably to the pwiiws of the brow ankles. - - _ " Given in Bogota , May 5, IPL " The Peseidest el the 44 VlNC e 2gl i t INARE2O." DISSOLUTION OF PARLIANINT. TO TUB COUNTRY BANKERS AND ELECTORS Or THE UNITED KINGDOM Or CAW BRITAIN AND IRELAND. GENEassetw--.4 souttakinsper currency, (which currency the right honourable member for Liverpool declared, in Parliament, en the Bth of June lam, was amongst die most valuable of mo dern improvements,) being indispensable to ensure the renovation and the uninterrupted advancement of agriculture, trade, and ma nufactures, the country bankers and their friend' should avail themselves of every opportunity, without delay, to organise their influence, (undoubtedly very powerful,) and to vote for such can. dictates only as have supported, and will support, their interests in Parliament. The following regulations (which appeared in the STAR of the 28th of Ap ril t), and the supplementary remarks (which will be presently introduced), form the basis of a sound and per manent paper currency, an d d emons t ra te that the restoration of the small country bank paper may be promptly effected, on the meeting of the near Parliament, with perfect security and very great advan tage to landed proprietors, farmers, traders, manufacturers, and even to the community at large. It should be observed that the prejudice which has been raisedagainst the measure has originated, not upon any well.founded principle of state expediency, but upon vague and contracted notions of policy, and from the subject being indiscri minately misunderstood. The want of a small circulating paper money is fully exemplified by the great diminution in our consump tion and domestic expenditure; the revenue from the Excise only, the true barometer of productive industry, having exhibited a de crease of 1,267,0101. for the year ending the sth of July instant. The following I propose as The Basis of a Sound Paper Cur may, entirely nets.-Ist, Country banks to carry on business at one place only. 2d. To enable the public to compete in trade on equal terms, and to terminate the baneful consequences of extreme speculation, every person in any manner concerned in certain trades or occupations, to be prohibited from exercising the business of a country banker, either by himself or in conjunction with others, and from being connected with it, in that capacity, directly' or indi rectly. 3d, All country bank notes, for any sum to ham, ee otherwise, on demand, or for any less time than days, not to be payable in London ; and to be only payable where the bank is established. 4th, The silver money to be made a legal tender to the extent of five pounds. sth, To be optional with the country bankers either to pay such notes in cash, Bank of England paper, or in Exchequer bills, when the demand shall exceed a spe cific sum. 6th, All country bank notes to be subject to a new duty, an increase, and to be stamped by the Com missioners' previously to the circulation; the workmanship of the stamp to be varied, and to have its name, Bank Note, on the face of it; the duties to be paid on delivery of the stamped notes, which the bankers may subsequently sign and issue. 7th, The commissioners to publish quarterly or otherwise in the county where the bank is established, the dates, the distinct amount of each description of notes, and the stamp duties paid upon them, with • description of the Bank and firm which paid the duties. All notes under five pounds to be withdrawn from circulation, and cancelled at the end of three years from the dates ; and a ll notes for five pounds, or for any larger sum, to be withdrawn from circulation and cancelled at the end of five years; and they may be replaced al together, or partly, on payment of the duties, at the option of the banker. Bth, The existing country bank paper to be withdrawn from circulation, by a specified time. Prom the system before recommended, Exchequer Bills are =r os tra to Country Bankers.—Tbc country ban d kez, an bz to hold such Treasury paper to meet his upon any emergency, would obtain interest for his money, and would be Joel/pared for any run upon his establishment; he would also acquire die means of reducing considerably the amount of his slack appropriated to the service of his agents in London; and be would, at the same time, render such Treasury paper preeminently metal to the Government, and promote the operation of their finan cial arrangements. By contracting the issue of Exchequer Bills, and extending upon this principle the circulation of such only as would be requisite to supply the ordinary purposes of the state, an extension of power, hitherto unknown, would devolve upon his Majesty's Govern ment, and enable Ministers, with peculiar facility, to raise what WNW Meg might require for Site service qf the year, ie the Bank of England, and without any embarrasst e rnere m transactions with that establishment. mommy Stook Companies.—The Bill of the 7th of Geo. IV. should be repealed or amended, for the purpose of enabling them to qualify under the foregoing regulations. Restriction on the Bank of England frees issuing Nodes sender fioe pounds.—On the 26th of May last It was suggested to the Se cretary of State for the Home Department, that by continuing this restriction, London, and the surrounding country to a certain cx. tent, might participate exclusively in a metallic currency; and that this expedient and the new system respecting Exchequer Bills pre. scribed by the sth regulation. would counteract the tendency which an uncontrolled circulation of Bank of England pal:le:rally has to carry nearly all the resources of the country to 1 The One Pound Notes.—lt has been asserted in Parliament, that if one pound notes were again admitted Into England, gold would disappear; and that, in the event of a panic, there would be • simultaneous demand for that commodity, without any to meet it. With respect to the apprehension of a panic, the objection is en tirely groundless; for the improvement in banking, upon the basis now proposed, especially in regard to Exchequer Bills, Bank of England paper, and the publicity of the country bank issues, is a decisive remedy for the prevention of that eviL As to the disap pearance of gold, and the observation that a paper and a geld money of the same denomination cannot circulate together, these distinc tions are evidently illusive from this practical illustration alone— namely, that for a period of seven years, since 1819, the small notes passed current, and the banks, at the same time, con tinued to pay their demands in gold. The forgery, too, of Country Bank Paper,would be effaced from our criminal code, inns the superior workmanship of the stamp, and from the circumstance that all the Notes disfigured or rendered unfit to reissue would be placed under the control of the Commissioners, in conformity to the Oh and 7th Regulations. From the limited yet beneficial ex. tent to which such may be so extended, as a stimulus to the price of ise and bour, ks influence would scarcely be perceptible in the foreign market; and any undue advastago, in the way of fair competition, may be countervailed by the mean we possess of protecting moreefildently our foreign trade, without involving the policy of our position In regard to that important sub jpoi ilea United Country Batik.—The country bankers of England and Wales should form amtmest themselves this estab lishment in London, founded upes its therreguladeas, in order to improve and consolidate their to perform their money transactions and to asederAt opotopioes of his Majesty's Governmeet. This itompleg pre p orgtions, I re. commend earnestly to ommigemoiss, at the period it is so much in your power to is choke of these who are to re present you in the ma Polimesiet. London, July 17, IM. W. PROROGATION 07 Pnituascurr.—The obstacles to the ent of public business have been continued during the week, it is therefore found to be Impossible to effect the Proro gation before Friday next. The King has announced his intention to be present at the ceremony in person, by a letter directed to Sir Thomas Tyrwhiu, in which be commenced with these familiar words :—" Dear Sir Toes, I was de:o,l'l6Brib promos the Howe myself Oft Friday r se take fare le have all ready." DAY or ?HZ KING'S FUNERAL.-00 Thursday the shutters of every shop in the metropolis remained up, and all the houses were closed, as on the Sabbath. Before midday London seemed unpeopled. Many were of course attracted to Windsor, but the great multitude mode their way towards the villages in the environs of their home. Besides throngs of pedestrians, the stages were crowded with pengers, men, women, and children, in. side and outside, to Hampstesdd, Highgate, liornsey, Edmonton, Chigwell.row, Stratford, Peckham, Camberwell, Dulwich, Nor wood, Sueat ham, Chelsea, Hammersmith, Kensington, Bayswa ter, Kilburn, Edgware, and every hamlet having the sign of a licensed victualler in the neighbourhood of green fields, and the landlords willingly yielded the contents of their larders and cellars to the hordes of hungry and thirsty requisitionists by whom they were assailed. The demand for refreshments was so great, that in many inns and public-houses, all eatables and drink able. were consumed to the last bits and sup. The watermen above baidge were fully employed in rowing up parties that were unable to find room in the Richmond steam-boats, which went off at the usual hour witbiover.crowded decks and cabins. About the same time Tower-MR was almost Impassable, owing to theme of well. dressed persons returning from St. Katherine's Doak Wass they had been disappointed of places in the Gravesend sisserbests. These large vessels went off with greater numbers as bond than they have carried this @MOM One of them, the A Ina down 900, and brought back WO. The demand for stages at thane, loyal Exchange, Bishopsgate.street, and Gracecburch-easse, wee en. ONISiVe. In a lew minutes whole rows of haskney.semiss sad cabriolets were hired and rattled off towards "Isetnos. dor NW hillocks green." Greenwich was as full as at he miss sad Whk. *anti& and towards the diem= it wee itgendlis to set within the doers of some of the houses of serenest. The boss. dial perk and Blackheath were geenhelled wpm end prenteended by thetwande of roarry.alskers. Not a nod spot In the whitey wee without en overflow of Ashen, who bed kft " the boom at distant simile guns, the dying sewed of albs bulk and aB tie outward ineestratinis et nation's semninge NU* •n al in the ovardry. The Mbrary Gawk t 4 The bosom of the day. led the osupeedng et the el Ulla* emissiseue of on andliddi belft pertieulerly nrwardsaisimmod end the Utmos t pots It aggssware of s heUday of rousedem. RETRIBUTION. A person named Frederick, who lived several years in W.l I• has been convicted at Saxe lileiningen of bigamy, and sentelic d in imprisonment foe life, and to compulsory labour. The latter put of the sentence has, through the intercession of the friends of his lest wife, been remitted; but it is presuniei the former pan will be scrupulously carried into effect. The conduct ot Mr. Fre. detick has been marked by no common turpitude. One of the ladies whom he married, by birth a Countess, and affluent i.s her early life, was precipitated by his knavery into a state of utter destitution. This lady was married in the year 1815 to a Polish gentleman of considerable wealth, who died in 1822. leaving her to the protection of her father and only surviving eel .tive, a French nobleman ; who after many sad reverses of fortune, died at Versailles lin 1828. On his death she found herself possessed of little else than her private wardrobe and marriage ornaments be sides a few paintings ; and having obtained by 'the sale of some of these paintings a small sum of money, she was retiring into Poland to place herself ins convent. la passing through Germany, sini was induced by we of the .intimate friends of her late father to remain a short time at the Court of Alciaiogen, where she be came acquainted with a lair. Frederick, who represented himself SP a o n ses tlliabor Liestenent Colonel, of large property and. as p e be polished manages, he received much attention from essn. Hen. by assiduities, falsehood, fictitious marriage tleenamo, and other forgeries, he ptevailed on this lady to marry him at thiangett on the 14th of August last. Soon after marriage tie obtained her money, sold her wardrobe and jewels to a Jew at Cas ad ter about WM which he lost a few days afterwards at &gaming table at pyroonat ; and at last, having plundered her of all her little mrtyjas left her friendless and pennyless at Hamburg. Mr. Canning, the British Consul there, having examined and voided these circumstances, and relieved her Immediate necessities, wail* letters to England in her behalf. As her husband had at tempted to make it be believed that he had drowned himself in the Elbe, and as he had pretended to have property at Devizes, which at his death was to belong to his wife, she was recommended to make inquiry there In person. This she did, and discovered that he bad no resources ikon which she could derive present or future support. Mr. Frederick. whose right name. we understand, is Augustus Frederick Von Duchenhausen, was born in Hanover, and came to England at the commencement of the French Revolution, He had been an officer in the French guards, but not choosing to join the democrats, he procured an introduction to the English Court, and his Majesty George the Third took great notice ot him. He was for a short time attached to the 15th Light Dragoons, and while that regiment was quartered at Salisbury, he became acquainted with the only daughter of the late Rev. blr. Tricky, • Minor Canon of Salis bury Cathedral, whom he married ; but within a year or two after his marriage, he was compelled to leave England, chiefly, it is supposed, from losses at the gaming-table. He served in the Spanish army, during the Peninsular war, under General Castanet ; and on his return to England he obtained a commission as Captain the 26th Light Dragoons, which he after wards sold. He then lived with his wife in Devizes, until a year previous to her death (which took place in 1829). It is said the. he has altogether married six wives ; his first he ran away with into Scotland ; his second was Miss Tricky, and during her life he married one of his own relatives, but a separation took place on account of his bad conduct. He awaited the death of Mrs. Frederick ( Miss Tricky) before he took his fourth, who was a Miss Richards, daughter of • British merchant at Hamburg ; but to make amends, he very shortly afterwards (Miss Richards being still alive) married the lady whose case we have detailed above ; and, instead of drowning himself in the Elbe, as Ile caused it to be re pre sented to her, has since actually msnied sixth wife, a M ad ame Creamer, near Hanover. Here his mar. riage mania was put a stop to ; his conduct was discovered ; he lied to Saxe Meiningen, whither he was pursued. arrested, tried cur bigamy, convicted, and Is now In prison.—Devises Gasrlte. ST. J A Lei PARK meeting took place this fore noon of the inhabitant housekeepers of Regent-street, to vote a Royal address to his Majesty, expressive of their sincere thanks and gratitude, for having so graciously ordeted a passage to be opened from that noble street into St. James's Park. Married, at Kaw, on the 17th inst. by the Venerable Archdeacon Cambridge, the Rev. R. W. Jell, Preceptor to his Royal Highness Prim Gooey of Cumberland, and Canon of Christ church, to Countess Emmy Sddippsnbach, Mud of Honour to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cumberland. Their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland. Prince George of Cumberland, and Prince Fredsrlck of Prussia, honoured the cere mony with their presence. The Duke of Cumberland gave away the bride. Faou Toy LON :—The French camp is filled with Arabs, awing their provisions foe sale ; the engineers are busy in repairing the fortifications of the Castle of the Emperor, and the =l.. done to the batteries on the sea coast will also soon be re. Ten thousand cannon-balls were fired on the 3d from the fleet and batteries. Extract of a private letter from Algiers.—Camp of Algiers, 13th July.—" For these last three days we have been In communication with the foreign Consuls, who have taken refuge is their country bosses, under the safeguard of their respective Bags. They estimate the Ural km of the enemy at 90 to 30 thousand men. One of the Consuls asked the Dey whether he did not re. gret that be had neglected to avert the storm ? I regret, exe said he, "fat 1 suffered Duval to carry his head with him to France-1 ought to have taken it off; I could not have been M a worse situation than I now am in.' When the Danish Consul, a few days since, was about to pay into the Treasury the six months' tribute, "Stop," said the Dey, "until I have chastised and driven away these French beggars; then we will settle our &exeunt." Sir SIDNZT SMITM is just arrived in London from Paris. His remit appointment to be Lieuteasattieneral of blariots sax as unexpected to him as it wee bensenabis to his MAJZITIr. The Duke of CLaazircz was Chased of the Ilarines ; but on becoming King, he promoted the LieutenantAisnoral to be Cieneral, and directed the commission for Lieutenant-fionseal to be made out forthwith for Sir SIDNEY SMITH. It was sect express to Paris to the hero of the " Temple" and of Acre. lie was mixed up with the " Delicate Investigation," and in consequence remained in the shade, chiefly residing in Paris since the peace ; but the amende Mawr's** has now been made to him. The King's accession was an a Saturday ; on the Monday following the commission was ready! Mr Simms, after baring worn &hie so long, experiences a curious UllOsition from his promotion, as be will now be required to wear rot clothes. TUE ROYAL TOMB HOUSE AT WINDSOR.—At the time his Majesty George the Third had ordered the Royal Tomb House at Windsor to be constructed, desirous that hiniself and family should repose In ooe, and a less public sepulchte than that of Westininster Abbey, Mr. Wyatt, his architect, waited upon hint, Vit with a detailed report and plan of the , and of the manlier in which be proposed to straGge it for its and holy purpose—the reception of the remains of royalty. he King went minutely through the whole, and when finished, Mr. Wyatt, in thanking his Majesty, said that he had ventured to occupy so much of his Ma jesty's time and attention with these details, in order that it might not be oecessary to bring so painful a subject again under his lII'. OM To this the goon king replied--" Mr. Wyatt, I request that you will bring the subject before me whenever you please. I aloll attend with as math pleasure to the building of a tomb to !twist me when lam dead, as I would to the decoration of a drawing room to hold me while living; for, ltlr. Wyatt, if it shall please Oon that I shall live to be 90 or 100, I am willing to stay ; but, if it please GOD to take me this night, I am reedy to obey the su t:. moos." VA ALL.—Saturday evening, the annual juvenile fete was given at Vauxhall, and was very numerously attended. The great variety of the entertainments provided for the youthful company appeared to excite very high delight. The weather, how. ever ' was not so favourable as was anticipated, and both juveniles and adults were frequently compelled to desert the open walks, to take shelter from the falling showers. In consequence of the appointment from this cause, it is, we understand, the intention to repeat the fete next Saturday evening. At about eight o'clock an amidst& occurred, which for a few minutes excited alarm, and by width the proprietors have sustained some pecuniary loss. At the aid tioe of the dark walks there was a transparent view of the Timm Tunnel, which, throughout the evening, was greatly ad mired. By some fatality, the flame from one of the lamps by which k was illuminated set fire to the painting, which instantly blued ; mud had not the burning canvas been speedily torn from the woodrit building in which the painting was placed, it most inevitably have shared the sante fate. RITMOVRLD NAVAL AND MILITARY PittimoTlo:ve. A general naval and military promotion will take p lan e on live Instant, the day prior to that on which his 31.4.111 limn IV. will hold hie first levee. Tie promotions of captaitix SD the rank of rear.admiral will extend oily to Captain F. 1.. Maitland, C. 11. now is command of hie Majesty's ship Wellethe, comprehending, therefore, these who aitalood the rank of captain within the period from June the 14114 IVO, to Starch the 21st, 11101 (Incloalte). A poportienule umber of oaken in the other ranks of the pretends* will be pealmmil. This promotion will mote vitamin Is all the the her coloreicio. of am rims, sod three momideelimes V rho Winn who hold these Zite=ts take Imp As ononlop promotion of VW. * * the week ofatlsrral will bode& Sir Philip Dothan), and will under dot Miter le ilia woad of tilivottitoo, VimAdlielvel &Jibs _ le eveseeile it. Captain Fitt. China. Ili INK Se 010 be die Its* 1 11 M 1 110 1 " 4- ste Merl 008 4 Yacht. : 3