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taxes for 1821, and addressed letters, stating, that in case of a war against their liberties, they will be found ready to come forward with the whole of their property for the exigencies of the state. This looks encouraging, and shows a confidence in the strength and honour of the new Government, of which every observing man must be con inced it is deserving. You will find the French journals chiefly filled with the examinations of the ex-Ministers, which took place in October. Their removal to the Luxembourg, and their in teresting trial will soon now take place ; and it is to be hoped that all will be conducted calmly and temperately, without any of that exciting and turbulent spirit which so recently disgraced the streets of Paris. Tho Algeria° expedition is now very little spoken of ; the enthusiasm at its first occu pation seems quite to have worn off : but I suppose General Clausel will winter there, as his lady is now at Toulon, and about to embark to join her husband. The troops are re ported to be in the beet possible order, and, in the last ac counts, General Clausel was about to start, with a large body of them, to chastise some impertinence of the Bey of Titteri. Yours, &c. The 2d of September, the young conscripts of L►val set off, amidst cries of Five le Roi ! Vive Louis Philippe! They were accompanied by the National Guard, who conducted them with music, until the time they left tho city, which they quitted for Mayence, eight leagues from Laval. The enthusiasm of those young men recalls the most splendid days of our triumphs, and proves, in the Depart ments of the West, they are animated with the same senti ments to defend their country and the national indepen dence...-Moniteur. Lord Granville is shortly coming as Ambassador at Paris. He is expected by the end of the month to replace Lord Stu art de Rothsay. The last will retire with the esteem and regret of all France. We shall not forget his noble conduct after the days of July.--Journal de Paris. The Government are going, upon the proposition of M. de Montali►et, Minister of the interior, to grant daily reliefs to the Portuguese refugees. To please Don Miguel, the Minister, Polignac, had left these unhappy expatriated men, to die of hunger and misery.—ldea. The word Alliance, offensive and defensive, between England and France, which circulated yesterday at the Bourso, did not fail to stir up lively imaginations. We are well persuaded that the treaty is not concluded, but we be lieve that it only waits for some preliminaries to be arranged before it will be.—Messager des Cliambres. Ault ERs, Nov. 22.—The English Consul appears to view with jealous eyes, the ameliorations created and pro jected by the General-in-Chief. Notwithstanding that agent has announced, that when he knows what will be fate of Algiers, he wishes to fix his residence there. He pro poses to purchase considerable tracts of land, and cultivate it after the manner of his country. The inhabitants of the regency begin to appreciate the effects of the loyal and wise administration of Count Clause). You can have no idea of the change which it has operated in their minds. France is indeginous, all the world takes part in the glory which is naturally reflected upon the chief of the expedition.— Squares, fountains, a theatre, have been resolutely experi mented upon, and the results have been immense : see in a little time what he has done for us. We owe to him the ap proaching defeat of the Braggart of Titteri. France will owe to him one of her finest colonies. Four steam-boats are placed at our disposal, two here and two at Toulon ; this greatly facilitates our correspondence with France. This measure is one of high importance, and we have cause to felicitate ourselves upon it.—.Le Patriote. The following letter has been addressed to all the Jour nals, and is alluded to, in the extract above from the Jour nal de Paris :—" Gentlemen, the moment approaches when the grave and solemn discussion will be opened. Those dis cussions, destined to enlighten the Judges of the last Mi nisters of Charles X. will have entire France for witness; and it is for the periodical press, to which is reserved the duty to transmit these discussions. We doubt not that the spirit of justice will animate you. Novertheless,there is a press ing solicitude which you will easily comprehend; we believe that you will perform your duty in common with those who claim it; and in the accounts you will render, show all your exactitude and all your impartiality. Another motive still directs us. The theory of the great questions of this memorable process, will give birth without doubt to contro versy; but when these questions are to come in judgment, when the problem touches the lives of men, when the solution prepares or prejudges a decree, we have the right to expect, in their anticipated discussion, a prudent reserve, and a just discretion. We demand, for the accused,in the difficult position in which they are placed, that the process may not be judged by those mho are at once the guides and organs of public opinion, before the defence shall be known. In seeing portions of the procedure freely published, and in consequence open to criticism several days before the opening of the discussions, r.e have thought it necessary to make this appeal to your justice. %%hid' should not be misconceived, and to forearm the conscience of men well, against the danger of precipitate iiitignient. The defenders of the former Ministers arc, De Nlartignac, Mandaroux, Vertamy, Hennequin, Langer, Cremeux. (True Copy :) MANDAROUX—V ERTAM Y. The public attention is momentarily captivated by the grand process about to commence. They read with avidity the written instructions ; they seek with ardour in the depo sitions what will be the probable issue of this great cause. As for us, we have no need of instruction from the defen ders of the accused, to understand that the periodical press Fileuld be, as France, patient and calm during this impor tant lawsuit. We doubt not, but that our citizens will join with us, in bearing towards the rifilicted, all moderation, and let all be decided by the independence of the Court of Peers. The accused are under a strong protection, that of the magnanimity of the nation. We must not, not ithstanding this curiosity so natural, turn the mind from ti. 4, great question of war. We approve and applaud the dignified mid measured language held by the ministry, and the enthusiasm with which the words of the President of the Council Mat; received. But this movement must continue, and then nothing will turn us from a generous prepossession. It is very certain that the armaments which have beenraised, I are been in consequence of the hope, which the powers who ru(eaced us entertained, of the support of the Duke of ellington. The fall of that hero has by chance singularly !IR;lppointed the friends of Russia, Prussia, and Austria. he composition of the new English ministry, is entirely cheering. The whig party finds itself blended with the con tinental party. In fact, Mr. Brougham is Chancellor, and he has long proved that he belongs to the liberal party in England ; the title bestowed on him adorns the movement overthrew Wellington, although it drew upon him the s arcasms of his enemies. When the great whig Pitt bit eable Lord Chatham, who thought it prudent to laugh ? Be- Fides, the change in the English ministers, each day bears the certainty that the English people themselves are averse to "4r; they paid too dear for th e tr i ump h s o f 1814, to , anxiu..B fur new glory, which will bring additional fetters in its train. They have elsewhere manifested their opinion iu a powerful and energetic manner. On our side, our predictions are realized. The people who carried the yoke of 1815 have shook it off. In the north, they re member the deceitful promises of 1813; the King of Den mark beheld the fine Duchy of Holstein ready to escape him; Germany is full of partial troubles; Switzerland has troubled days, and its little oligarchy trembles. Without doubt our adversaries see their danger. The question agitated is one of life and death to them. They see in peace, dangers almost as fertile as war ; if they decide on war, little chance of success is offered to them, and will bring about revolutions in their states. Those who have studied the first coalition of 1791, know well that was de cided on, contrary to the advice of all the enlightened coun cillors of the Princes who waged the war. All the re sults of the coalition were anticipated in the councils of Prussia. There are moments in history which de nies political necessity. Governments have their destinies the same as men ; and when they take a resolution, in a state of inflamed passions, they do not presume that it may be a bad one. Thus, then, we must be ready for every thing; if we turn our regards towards the Luxembourg, we must not lose sight of our menaced frontiers ; here, we are, agi tated by the lives of some men ; there, is agitated the liberty of France, and of the entire world.—Journal deParis. CITY, ONE O'CLOCK. Console, which left off yesterday at 831 to 1, for the account, opened with au improvement this morning, at 831 and went up to 83i ;at present they are 831 ; Reduced 82j. Little business is doing at present. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Bonds are somewhat improved, and have been done at 14! to 1. In other Fo reign Securities little or nothing doing. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. We remain in the same dull state with regard to intel ligence ; nothing of importance worth communicating to the present hour. Consols, which were looking up in the early part of the morning, and were done at 83} for the account, have, within a short period, receded to 831 sellers. A French Paper states, that the question now pending in regard to Luxemborug, and the decision of which is to be loft to a Congress, and should this decision terminate in a military intervention, France will not regard it as a subject to cause a war. In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing ; most of the foreign prices are much the same as yesterday. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. NOT EKCLI7SIIII. (From the Messager des Charnb►es, dated Sunday.) ALGIERS. Nov. l&—The General.in:Chiei,&Unt aausel, resolved to check the insolence of the Bey of Titery, who is at bledials, and set out yes terday, the 17th, at six in the morning, at the head of 12 battalions of infantry, and all the cavalry, three batteries of artillery, and a newly organised battalion of Zouarrs, composed of Moors and Arabs, who have enlisted voluntarily. The Aga and 100 mo u nt e d Arab s also compose part of the expedition General Boyer commands the division, which consists of three brigades, under the orders of Generals Achard, d'User, and Hurd. _ _ STRASBURG. Nov. 29.—The Count You de Sesmaisona, Secretary of the French Legation at Vienna, passed through this city this morning, at half put two o'clock, on his way from Vienna to Paris, with despatches. DIJON. Nos•. 31.-. Three fires (which are calamities of rare occurrence in this city) broke out in the night oldie 28th, during the ball. They are supposed to be the work of inosediaries. The fire was every where extinguished. GAP (Urrza Airs). Nov. 24.—A dreadful fire has taken place at La Hachette les Fr rands, two leagues from Gap. Eight persons perished ; several others are dangerously wounded. Six farnWes, consisting of 39 persons, have been the victims of this disaster. From the Constiltaimmel qi Saturday. PARIS. Daemonic' 3.—Accounts from Munich say that Field-Marshal Wrede is to have the command of a corps which will join the Prussians to go to the relief of Luxembourg. It is supposed that the French will oppose the march of the Germans, which will give an opportu nity to cry out against the pretensions of the French. Austria and Russia have concluded an offensive and defensive alliance, to oppose with all their might the progress of what they call the Democratic Revolution. They have agreed to profess great regard for France. but to watch for a moment when they may attack it with some appearance of right on their side. M. de Metternich, who, during the war with Turkey, said to whoever chose to hear, that Russia was unable to bring a large army into the field, is now proud of his alliance with that Power,which seems to him to be a giant. Prussia, being closely connected with Russia, cannot follow a diametrically opposite po lideal system ; but it desires to recover its popularity, and to lull France to sleep. In this it acts like the other two Powers. It will, therefore, be as well nut to trust to the fair promises of the Holy Al liance. M. de Nesseltode and M. de Metternich perfectly agree. In a word. the plan of actual policy is to deceite the French revolution, by pretending to recognize it. The Spanish General Placentia arrived at Bourges op Sunday last, accompanied by several Spanish °Ricers. 600 or 600 Spanish refugees are shortly expected at th .t I lace. SPIRI 1' OF TILE JOURNALS. CHRONICLE or YESTERDAY. —Lord Brougham's Local Courts Bill is generally well received by the Bar, a circumstance which tells very much in favour of the liberality of the profession. There are, however, strong Interests opposed to it; and we should only be deluding our readers were we to lead them to believe that this grand, we should say paramount, object of Local Courts can be obtained without a se vere ►truggle. The opponents are neither few nor unimportant from station. All sorts of obstacles will be thrown in the way of the measure ; all sorniof objections will be taken to it both in principle and detail. Except public opinion be pronounced in such a manner as to unnerve the in terested, we should be in Edam) for the ultimate success of the Bill. Where the object to be effected is merely the public good, and the in. tercets struck at by a measure are strong, compared with the interest of the public Individually, there can be little doubt as to the side on which the combatants will exert themselves most keenly. The circumstances of the present day proclaim loudly the danger of having a great part of the population below the level of the law. Tints of yesterday.—Let the rich be taught that Providence will not suffer them to oppress their fellow-creatures with impunity. Here are tens of thousands of Englishmen, industrious, ktnd-hearted, but broken-hearted beings, exasperated into madness by insufficient food and clothing—by utter want of necessaries for themselves and their un fortunate families. There is no complaint any where that they will not work, or that having undertaken to labour for pay, they break their contract. The complaint is on their side, that they cannot get such wages fee their work as will keep them above starvation. Of the specific causes to which this dreadful state of the peasantry or England ought to be attributed, we have heard many alleged ; but no single cause will suffice. The tithe is, we fear, ill constituted or administered, and ought to be in some way commuted ; but tithe Is not enough, nor is the enclosure of commons from the poor enough. But we apprehend that tithes, and enclosures, and enormous tents, and corn laws, and grinding taxes, and the general tendency of men who derive power from property to shove off a part of their own burdens upon the shoulders of the poor, who have neither property nor power and display no strength, but in the extremity of wretehedness--we believe that al l theme things together have conspired to break down the poor. Pose.—The opinion begins verygenerally to prevail, that the re sent Lord Chancellor, notwithstanding his great and versatile talents, will prove neither a very discreet and useful servant of the Crown, nor a very agreeable colleague to the other members of his Majesty's Go vernment. As to the merit and practical efficacy of his great measure of Law Reform, the establishment of Local Courts, great doubts are en tertained by persons who have the best opportunities of forming a judg. man of the disposition and character of the English people. It Is apprehended by the great majority of such persons, that the high respect and veneration with which the public have been so long accustomed to regard the exalted offices of the twelve Judges of Eng. land, will prove an insurmountable impediment to the beneficial intro duction of any inferior jurisdiction ; that a very large proportion of the litigants who are defeated before the local tribunal will remain dissatis fied with its decision, until that decision be confirmed and ratified by the authority upon which the confidence of the country habitually reposes; that appeals will be multiplied without end—and that thus the evils of expense and delay in the administration of final and satisfactory justice will, upon the whole, be increased rather than diminished, should the Legislature adopt the project of the noble and learned Lord. enanwlcss.—We are glad to perceive that ministers are warmly seconded everywhere on the subject of Parliamentary Reform. Meet.' Lags are everywhere announced, and some of great importance have al ready takenplace Whatever niay be the feeling of the possessors of Borough in England on this question, the Municipal Autho rities of are now manifesting a willin gness to divest themselves of their authority in favour of their fellow-eitisens. The Magistrates and Council or the City of Gliuww, assembled in Council on the 3d instant, passed a series of admi rab le Resoludons, condemnatory of the existing state of the franchise, and recommending an improve ment of the elective system. " The members for burghs, they say, are chosen by the Magistrates and Connell, who, in general, nominate their own successors, and form only a small part of the community;" and they observe further, "that 'his Majesty's Ministers having announced themselves favourable to an improvement of the elective system, this Corporation now deem it their duty thus ' publicly to come forward with a coincident expression of sentiment." A meeting of Dumfries, attended by the Magistrates, and almost every inhabitant of respectability, hu also paned a series of resolutions in favour of Reform. A meeting of the inhabitants of the Burgh of Dum barton, called by the Provost on the Ist December, passed a series of strong Resolutions. It became Glasgow, • city containing a popula tion of upwards of 200,000, to set the example to the other towns of Scotland. livrant.o.—A correspondent has asked, whether the gentleman who has for for some years held the office of whipper-in, under two or three successive Administrations, retains it; or whether the new ministers mean to abolish it altogether! This inquiry rests on the assumption of tha office being itself one of profit, which is not the case. It has been generally confided to some person who, like its late possessor, enjoys a solid reeard In some other shape. His duty, like that of his prototype in a fox-chase, is to keep the pack together ; to bring all stray members of it up ; and, as a test of his own adroitness, he is not unfrequently appointed" teller." The late whipper-in enjoyed the lucrative post ofTrea surer of the Ordnance, which, for his sake, was, some years ago, made a patent office. Mr. Holmes, however, with great seeming self-denial and consistency, on the retirement of the late Ministers, threw up his patent, declaring (as the story goes) that he would rather break stones upon the road than serve under the present men. So far so good ; but then the chroniclers go on to say that, in return for this instance of self-devotion, the Duke of Wellington secured to the late Treasurer of the Ordnance, for the life of his son, a pension of 5001. per annum,whielt there are some doubts whether the new Ministers will feel themselves bound to confirm. Cnnottcxe—lt will be seen by our Report of the proceedings last night, on the third reading of the Regency Bill in the House of Lords, that there Is little ground for raking a question with respect to the de volution of the Crown, in the event of the King's dying, leaving his con sort erseeirde. Upon this delicate subject the first doubt was started on the present occasion by a lay Peer, Lord Harrowby, who did not find the late Chancellor prepared to express at the moment any definite opinion on this great point of Constitutional law ; while in the Lower House of Parliament the Law Officers of the Crown, al though both of them men well veered in the ordinary details of their profession, were very much Ann in their opinions. Lord Lynd hurst's further ingniry seems to have quieted his mind, in the penuasioa that the Law regulating the devolution of the Crown does not differ from that which governs the descent of real property ; and which rule is this, that in the event of a party last seised dying, leaving a wife enceinte, the heir presumptive succeeds to the estate ; but that on the birth of a posthumous heir apparent, the estate is divested out of the heir presumptive, and shifts to and vests in the heir apparent. Lord Brougham cited an early precedent, which fully establishes this doctrine. It is taken from the History of Brittany when that Duchy was a fief of the King of England as Duke of Notmandy. Geoffry, the son of Henry 11. was Duke of Britany, and died A.D. 1186, leaving a daughter Elinor him surviving, and his wife Constance pregnant. Henry of England and Philip Augustus of Prance both laid claim to the wardship of Elinor, alike acknowledging her title as Heir Presumptive. No sooner, however, did Constance, the widow, give birth to the boy (the unhappy victim of King John) Arthur, than both monarchs concurred in admitting his superior title, which was recognised by the States of Brittany, and he was ed instead of Elinor, his elder born sister. Here the Ducal tl r s er m v:i la t il7 v l ested and di vested precisely according to the tule of the English common law- The details will be best found in Daru's " Histoire de Bretagne." SECOND EDITION. HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins DAY. Very little business was done in the House of Lords, excepting the presentation of petitions ; and their Lordships adjourned at Five o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tins DAT. The gallery was not opened till half past five o'clock, owing to there being a ballot for several Rlection Committees. The Regency Bill was brought from the Lords, read a Ist time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. CUAXCELLOR Or 1111CLAND. Mr. DAWSON said he understood that the Lod Chancellor of Ireland was about to retire on a pension of 40001. a year. lie con. sidcred such expense unnecessary, but he wished to know whether there was any truth in the report. Lord ALTHORP replied that he had only heard of the report. LITERARY INTELLIGR.VCE LADY'S MAOAZIXE.-I. ROJINION. The proprietors of this miscellany, in concluding their second volum e of their new series, have given their readers a double number, containing no less than six engravings. We have already been indebted for our account of the Ladi.s' Fashions to this Work ; and there arc not a few tit.bits in its literature, which we are sure would be thought by our readers no unwelcome occupants of our columns—but, alas ! long prosing Parliamentary speeches, and narratives of all kinds of human misery. according to our professional fate, must supersede the more agreeable matter which we could have gleaned. With two of the papers in thi s Number, es they are continuations, its readers are familiar, and we can only say that they exhibit no falling tifin spirit. The Review is really ezecuted with judgment, and asserts with a becoming defiance, the righ divine of female literature. We arc surprised that any ethic in the present times could presume to exclude the ladies from having a review of their own. We shall make an extract from an amusing melange, entitled the " Portfolio." The following character of the Empetor of Austria we insert from a sense of justice to a monarch, too frequently ranked as a tyrant ; and the anecdote of Maria Louisa is new to us, and characteristic of her:— Tilt EMPEROR Or AUSTRIA. The Emperor has long languished in a state of acute suffering. His strength is exhausted by an almost constant cough ; but notwithstand ing his physical infirmities, instead of indulging in the repose which the debility of age seems imperatively to demand, this excellent Sovereign is indefatigable in his attention to the duties of his exalted station._ Many slanderous rumours on the score of this august Monarch have been circulated in foreign journals. but in France full justice is rendered to the virtues of his private character. During the coldest season of the year, he rises every morning at five o'clock. Twice a week ha grants public audiences, which usually last eight or nine hours, and during which the humblest of his subjects, a porter, or a hackney-coachman, may accost him familiarly, and demand justice at his hands. There exists not in the world a Monarch who pushes simplicity or good-natured indulgence to an equal extent. Should a ire break out in the middle of the night in the most distant quarter of Vienna, he is immediately on horseback, and repairs in person to the scene of danger, which he is the last to quit ; nor does he relax his personal exertions till assured that tranquillity is restored. The people of Vienna look upon him as a be nefactor and a father. When he appears in public, they do not press around him with tumultuous shouts of Fire rEmpereur ! but every eye is fixed upon his countenance, the favorable or unfavorable changes of which are watched with the anxious but silent solicitude of filial ten derness. MARIA LOUISA. • When the abdication of Buonaparte was signed, the ex-Emperor. with every symptom of despair in his countenance, ordered the Count de St. Ankh', ' one of his chamberlains, to bear the unwelcome tidings to Maria Louisa. Sir," said Buonaparte to him in a blunt tone, that might have disconcerted the moat practised mintier, "tie to hrr Ma jesty the Empress, and announce to her all that has happened." " Sire, may I presume to observe to your Majesty, that the hour of midnight is rather unseasonable." "No—not by my orders. Tell the Empress it is my desire that the admit you instantly, even should the be en dis. habil le r—if she be asleep, she must be awakened." The Count de St. Aulaire war obliged to accept the mission. Perhaps, at the bottom of his heart, he was not sorry to avail himself of the opportunity of seeing an Empress of France Darn le simple appareil D'une beaute qu'on vient d'arracher au sommeil. The Empress was asleep, and the Count was obliged to wait on the out. side till her toilette of the night had been exchanged foe a more suitable costume. Meanwhile, the Envoy composed his physiognomy into the appears of gravity which befitted the occasion, and was at length ushered into the bed-chamber, where the Empress, negligendy reclining on a sofa, awaited his approach. With much difficulty he acquitted himself of his disagreea ble mission, the Empress listening in silence. Count natura lly himself for the tears and sobs of the Imperial beauty, particularly at the conclusion of his address, which was couched in these terms— His Majesty has abdicated this very evening." Monsieur de St. Aulaire,' replied the Empress with a smile, and looking at her feet, which were confined in a pair of de green pumps, " you may well be astonished to see me—in alipPefe.' IMPERIAL PAR LIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, DEC. 6. Petitions against Slavery were presented by Lord Eldon, I.mil tha lami, Duke of Richmond, &c. bad Ashley, and others from the Commons, brought up two privre Sir A Grant and others from the Commons, informed Skit lordships that leave was given to examine Thomas Law /lodges, P.m. in the select committee on the poor laws. CONNETT . II rETITION. Lord KING presented a Petition, praying in an inquiry i the administration of the Poor haws, from William Cobbett, of Barnes, In Sutrey. The petitioner stated that much of the present dis•reas among the labouring classes, was to be attributed to a insl-I,tinini.:ra tion of those laws; and further prayed for a rep,:al of th,• Ex...se And Tithe Laws. The petition was read, and laid on the table. The Marquis of CLANRICAR DE presented several pet i:i tr; hum Ireland, praying for a more equitable distribution of the funds for edu cation in Ireland. Lord GOWER p_ resented a petition against th e T ruc k qbtem. Earl GROSVENOR presented a petition against slams. Tote noble earl, in the absence of Lord Tenterden, moved that the r,p J its the Administration of Justice Amendment Bill be received. REGENCY BILL. On the Order of the Day for the thitcl trailing of this Bill lit.ing read by the Clerk, The LORD CHANCELLOR eulogised this measure, and was desirous of making a few short remarks. As the bill woald lie made a leading precedent at some future period, it became nec.issary to rcaiore all doubts upon the wisdom of the arratycment. The noble and. learned lord had understood that the MC to be met by the btll had ve va occurred at any former period of the history of this cower}. concurred with the noble and learned lord who hail it troduc.id th. in the statement that Clue was no direct precedent to meet the case; but considering it his duty to make inquiry into the subject, he had done so, and the only case at all in point was one which occurred in the reign of Henry the Second. It might be said to be a case which ap. I plied to France as well as Englatitl. Geoffroi, the son of Henry the Second. held the dukedom of Brittany as a fief of the dukedom of Normandy. There was a claim on the part of the lord paramount, Phillippe, King of France. Geoffroi died, leaving two daughters, Eleanor and Alice. His death raised two claims to the guardianship of Eleanor. Henry put in his claim by virtue of his right to the duke dom of Normandy, and Philippe claimed as lord paramount. Both claimed the wardship of Eleanor ; but the widow of Oeoffroi was ea- I ceinte at the time, so that the right of succession did not test in Eleahor I but in the child ea venire de so same. The lawyers of that day held that the claim of guardianship to Eleanor was good ; but that it became Idefeasable on the death of the child, or in other terms that the claim be ' came a nullity on the birth of an heir. The child was born and named Arthur, who became Duke of Brittany. In a subsequent reign Arthur and his sisters were spirited away. It was a doubt in history as to what became of them, but the general opinion was that Arthur was murdered. by John. The noble and learned lord stated the above use in order to show that every attention had been paid to the subject. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Lord NUGENT, and other membero, took the oaths and their hr.tti DUMBARTON COMMITTEE. Sir R. WILSON presented the report of the Dumbarton Election Committee, which stated that the sitting! member had been duly re turned, and that the petition was not frivolous or vexatious. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented three petitions from parishes in Kent, for the abolition of slavery. Sir CHARLES LEMON presented a similar petition from a parish in Cornwall. Mr. LYTTLETUN presented seven similar petitions from Stafford shire. Mr. JAMESSBROWN presented two similar petitions from West. port, in Ireland ; and one from Newbridge, in Glamorgan. Mr. TENNYSON gave notice that on Tuesday, Dec. 14. he should present a petition from a majority of the Electors of Stamford, complaining of the unconstitutional interference of the Marquis ot Exeter, in the Election of the members for that borough. Mr. Bit OWNLOW presented a petition from Armagh for Par. liamentary Reform, and Vote by Ballot. The hon. member declared that he had determined to support the vote by ballot, as the nto.t effectual means of securing the right of election to the people. (Cheers.) Lord ACHE SON declared he was friendly to Reform in Parliament. but could not support the vote by ballot. It was the opinion of a di.. tinguished American now in this country, that the vote by ballot there did not procure secrecy, nor prevent corruption. 111 r. O'CONNELL said, that if vote by ballot did not succeed, it cer tainly would not make things worse than they were at present : but he maintained that it must succeed to a considerable extent. He had ' heard with surprise that corruption was prevalent in America. He thought no one could bribe to get into Congress, as there were no good places to be bestowed in return. For France, the people owed their li berty to the vote by ballot in that country, and this country owed i:s prospect of Parliamentary Reform to the same cause. Mr. BELL presented seven petitions from places in Northumberland against slavery. .Ir. BELL moved for a return of the quantity of coals exported fur the last three years, and the amount of duty.—Ordered. Mr. 11. DAVIS presented four petitions from parishes in Bristol, for the repeal of the house and window tax. Mr. TRAIL presented petitions front Kirkwall and Strome's, for the abolition of slavery. Mr. O'CALLAGHAN presented a similar petition front the city of Cork. Mr. MUNDY presented three similar petitions from Derbyshire. Lord BRABAZ()N presented a peti•ion from Change Gorman, in the county of Dublin, and from the working classes of the city of for the repeal of the union. lie could not agree in the prayer of these petitions, though there war a very general &position in Ireland for the repeal of the union, .which bad been called forth by the energetic mind of his hon. friend, the member for V 1 aterford, which, he could not but lament. Mr. HODGES presented two petitions from parishes in Kent, fur a commutation of tithes. He hoped ministers would take the subject into their scions consideration. Mr. O'FARRELL presented a petition from Naas, in the county of Kildare, for the repeal of the Union. He hoped Parliament would re lieve Ireland, but not repeal the Ur.iou. Mr. O'CONNELL said, one thing was certain, that there never was so much misery in Ireland as at present, aster thirty years of uuion with England, whose Parliament promised to do so much for its relief. Lord KILLEEN presented four petitions from the county of Meath, against the sub-letting and vestry ac:s. Sir H. PHILLIPS presented eight petitions from Pembrokeshire, for the abolition of slavery. Mr. HOME DRUMMOND presented two similar petitions from Stirling. Sir FIUGH DALRYMPLE presented a petition from Haddington, for reform in Parliament. Mr. ADEAN presented a petition for the abolition of slavery from a congregation in Cambridgeshire. Mr. O'CONNELL moved for a return of the number of persons appointed Judges in India since 1830, the amount of salaries and emoluments, and the bar at which they had practised, whether English. Irish, or Scotch. Ile believed that but three Irish Judges had been up pointed in all that time. Mr. FERGUSON said he was confident the countrymen of the hon. gentleman had their lull share of appointments in Indio; if any had reason to complain, it was the Scotch.—(A laugh.)—The return was ordered. Mr. OTONNELL asked what were the arrangenier.ts made re. spreting the office of Vice-Treasurer in Ireland? Mr. S. It ICE replied that the salary of the Vice-Tressurtt of lie. land, of 3,0001, and the salary of the Deputy, of 8001. were t.uppressr t i. and the duties were to be performed by a Chief Clerk of the Treasury alai now had a 'misty of 1,0001. he was to have 2001. addition; and it was in. tended, if possible, to save the expense of the Clerk. The saemii ;hos would be 1001. a ytar, and the office, as a parliamentary one, would be abolished. 11r. O'CONNELL said, the statement made 6howtd a strnv position to lessen expense and diminish patronage. 'l'he bon. gentleman presented a petition nom Portarlitigton, for parliamentary r e (u.m. That borough returns a member to parliament, and has but thrte resident electors. O'Cf)N NELL also p-esented a petition from Radical Reformers meeting at the Rotunda, in Blackfriars-road, for parliamentary reform. They were very gild the Tories were out of office, but hoped the house would watch the Whir, who had brought the national debt on the country, and always, when :n place, forgot their promises made when out. (A laugh.) He was of opinion the present ministry would not forget their promises. Mr. O'CONNELL also presented • petition fot reform from Mr. Henry Hunt, and the inhabitants of Olaattuthury ; and similar petitions from Ipswich and Stockport ; and petitions against the Union (tom Tam, and from the bricklayers, whitetimiths, and chairmen of Dulthn, and eight parishes in Ireland. As the Right Honourable Member for the City of Waterford had, on a former night said that the moat Amin. Ettl a i re elopponet.t. of the Union in Parliament, after it was pard, their opinion that it was itrerocable, lie had row in his hand a letter written by Mr. (kaftan, ten years after the Union had posed. stating that be would present a petition fur its repeal, and give it Ma I r I