Star. — London, England, 1830-07-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS HtitALD..—Tt will be seen hy our parliamentary most that, last night, on the third reading oT Libel Law Amendment Bill, Mr. lime alluded to the case of Mr. Alexander who is now suffering iit prison the penalties of empleio law, for the freedom of his talc tures on our present " liberal " Administration. Ali. Hume asked the Attorney.Oenetsl whether, as his Majesty had extended his clemency to certain individuals under sentence of death, it was likely that the same course would be adopted with respect to that unfor. tunate individual? The Attorney-Gennsl said he had nothing to do with the subject, but his opinion remained unchanged as to the propriety of the course that had been folloWed. We presume that is a course opposite to what mercy would dictate, or we should hare been distinctly informed of it before. We believe there woe Some bad cases among those to which the noblest prom. gative of the Crown has been graclou.ly extended; but, In some quarters, it is easier to forgive moral than political offences. Mr. Huine stated that s o me of the parties were found guilty of murder; of that ere are not aware, and think, on this point, he was misin. formed. We do reeollect indeed that one of the convicts had been sentenced to die foi forgery ; but we apprehend that the recorded decision of the House of Commons against the pro. r i i • ety of inflicting , death for this crime, will prevent the ea tal punishment from ever again being carried into execution. 'II is certain, however, thitt a number of felons who had been flootned to terminate their career upon the scaffold, have, by the Royal favour, been saved from the exterminating sentence of the law. We still hope that the King, who has so au• ipiclously commenced his reign by consecrating its first moments to mercy, will not deny to a political offence—and that too an of -1 fence committed in an excess of seal for the principles that placed ' Ms family on the Throne—the benevolent consideration which he has vou chsafed to crimes of malignant guilt and moral turpitude. It is better that the King should gratify the feelings of Ms people, than deserve the approbation of his Home Secretary or Attorney. General. The blessings that clemency draws after it, will live to, shed lustre oo his memory, when the perishable splendors of this, life shall have passed away. We leave the subject, hot doubting that his Majesty will indulge his own magnanimity of disposition, uninfluenced by the little feelings of others, and take the case of Mr. Alexander into his humane consideration. Tritzs.—The more that revenue questions are sifted in Par liament, the better must they be understood, and the more solid mast be the prospect created of an improved administration of the finances. Lad •wlcit. on Thursday evening, secured to object to the mode of relief from taxation which had been adopted by Mi. Meters, and, what is more strange, to the amount of it. His land. ship thought that it would have been better to difres the relief over many articles, than to confine it to the single one of beer; but we differ with Lord Goderich, and for this reason—that by repealing a single tax, we get rid likewise of the machinery for collecting it, and thereby ake a twofold saving ; whereas, on the other principle, the proportion of charge fur collection, &c. increases as the net amount of tax diminishes ; and it is evidenced by the fact, that since the war the expense of collection has not been minced in an equal ratio with the taxation. The second objection of Lord Goderich goes to the quantum of revenue sacrificed by the repeal of taxes now in progress, which he inclines to think more extensive than would be consistent with the reservation Of a due amount of annual surplus for the sinking fond. The Duke of Wellington met this objection fairly. He said that if the revenue should remain at any thing like the level of 1829, there would be • very considerable surplus; that if the taxes had been diminished, as was stated by the noble Viscount, 3,600.0001. a year, relrtnehments to an equal amount had also been effected,--via, on the navy, army, and ordaance 2,500,0001. in the interest of the debt, 308,0004 besides the saving produced by the reduction of the 4 per cents. of upwards of 700,0001. per annum. We agree with the noble Duke In trusting that the relief produced by this great owing of expenditure will tend so tar to increase the consumption of articles still subject to taxation, as gradually to restore the surplus income to its level or 3,000,0001. per annum, recommended by the fourth report of the Finance Committee, sa d realised within the years 18284820, to the average extent of only 2,4oo,oooL—The Duke of Wellington pro. mises further reductions of expense, and the public will willingly give credit to one who has already done so much to disburden them that what he deems It possible to execute, he will not leave un. attempted. In pensions, superannuation., army navy, ordnance, and " miscellaneous." we believe that a great deal may be done, the Duke himself acknowledging that out of the sixteen and a half millions which they cost the pimple of England yearly, there are but eleven millions which can be considered in. accessible. So, with regard to the colobies, there is an abyss of ex travagance which must be probed and cleansed, or the country will instruct parliament to Baas a vote, condemning the colonial system as an intolerable nuisance. The Civil List, we have often and ern-. phatically denounced as established on a scale too gigantic for a li mited monarchy; and the enormous sums of money spent, as well (if report Speaks truth) as hoarded, by the late Soverrign, are proofs both of the mischief and the needlessness of leasing so much to the irre4ponsible disposal of any English king. We have less suspicion of an unworthy use of riches being made by his present Majesty than by most of his predecessors on the throne. ling 11'illiam may be termed—without offending him—a family man, in many parti culars or his life and history. He may have, and, no doubt, will feel that he has, many claimants on his heart and purse ; and even should he admit such claims too freely, the public must have a far different impression of the motives under which William IV. be- Stows his bounty on those who naturally share among them his best affections, than if he had squandered the property of an industrious people on the cravings of licentious and Insatiable rapacity. Never theless, William IV. ought, under one or more Acts of Parliament, to furnish a better precedent than any of his ancestors, and above all things less exceptionable than the late Sovereign hes left after him, of the re,;ulatitmit and restrictions by which the use of the pub. lic money should henceforth be controlled. that country, there could is no eieetersi iledependersee r what me the theummaness in tbila esunity which warrant us in et., patios electoral iedspodtaes whitest It Out slakes are poorer and more dependent din do slows of Franc& In that country 1 the qualification dt so sister is the psesesdoe of s considerable In. depeatiebco. In that toodary property Is more eqbally divided than in this, so that while the elector Is more independent in circuin.l stances, the power to coutraul him is more feeble. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. GERMAN AND BRUSSELS PAPERS. • We have received German and Brussels Papers, from *hick we give ulnas " Consinwritrofts, Juni 11.—Agee the exchange of the ratifications of the convention concluded at St. Petersbutoorepre tire to the execution of some article of the treaty of A Comet Orloff had an audience of the Sultan at Tailspin, la which his Highness expressed his satisfaction in the most flattering trimmer. (Count Orloff had arrived at Odessa on the 16th, ac cording to kite's received hese from Vienna.) The exchange of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce concluded with the United States of North America took place on the 90th of May, between the:Reis Effendi and the American Commodore, 31r. Diale and the Consuls Wiley and Rhynd. Commodore Riddle is on the point of leaving this capital. In the night of the 30th of May, a dreadful fire de. stroyed surly 400 houses. " The Coerban BAinun (which continues four days) began on the Ist instant. The Sultan went on board the steam-boat, from Tem pi*, to attend the religions celebration of the festival in the mosque Goksue, on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus. The fete was, hdw. ever, interrupted by the very stormy weather that set in on that day, so that the foreign ambassadors, for whom boats were prepared, could not attend. " The many Greeks who came from the Archipelago tontinually commit excesses and disorders, which have obliged the Porte to apply to t h e Legations of the Allied Powers for redress. Many of these intruders, under pretext of liberating Greek slaves, have gone so far as to face their way Into the houses of peaceable inhabitants, and have committed many seta of violence. " Marestex, Juxsil.-1 can positively aware you that news has been received here from the most authentic source, that all the difficuldes relative to the r eg ulation of the navigable of the Rhine are amicably adjusted, and the free navigation will really take effect within a very short period. " In consequence of the accounts from the Netherlands, corn ha risen considerably in price in our markets. " Bat/5831.5. JULY 3.—We hear from Amsterdam that the negotiation of the Syndicate for the sum of 30 millions of florins, was opened on the 27th of June, in that city, and that the amount of "Ifi millions wan subacilbed in a few minutes. " JULY 4.—Yesterday evening a British Cabinet Messenger arrived on his way to Constantinople; also, an Austrian courier Ifrom Vienna to London, and another from Paris, going to the Hague. " There are various accounts of the submission of Diepo Negoro. Some letters my that smut negotiations had been carried on foe some time with that Chief—that it was agreed that he should he received with the honours du,i to his rank—that none of the Primes of the country should appear as mediators between him and the Europeans that he should travel under the escort of the latter, and that halt would be made every day at noon, that he might, accord ing to custom, devote that hour to prayer. " Jur. 6--I'wo British Cabinet Messengers passed through Brisselsyestnrday, both from Germany, with despatches foe London. " The Relgesayss- 4 Orrthe 2d hurt. M. Potter and his conipa. nions received passports for England, end at the same time orders to leave Vaal* in twenty-four hours 't'hey immediately endeavoured to hire carriages at Aix.la.Climpnlle, but they could not have any till two days after, and the coachmen of Aix la-Chapelle refused to perform the journey to Ostend in three days, as the gendarmes had been ordered. They immediately took measures to ontain.perinission to stop at Vaal* till they could receive some answer to an application which they had made to the Prussian Go vernment to be allowed to go through the Rhenish provinces to Switzerland. After some delay, they received permission to stop three or four days at Vials for an answer from the Prussian Go vernment." We have this moment learned (says the Catholique), l that they ;rid reeeliNd a notice from the police.allowling them to pas through Prussia." CHRONICLE.—It seems to be agreed on all hands, that the de. chaation of Mr. Huuw un Wednesday toglic-that the people of England have the power of returning a majority of independent Members of Parliament, and they have themselves alone to blame if they do not-was, to say the least of it, a very ill-judged one. Mr. flume might as well have said, if every man were to live within his income, no person need be afraid of imprisonment fur debt. There is no doubt that if the people of England choose so return a majority of independent members, they can do so; but we know dust the motives to exercise the franchise corruptly are io many places too power ul to be resist e d ; t h at i n ot h er places they dare not vote eonsciensiously. It is well observed by a contemporary " that there is an error in Mr. Hunie's calculations. The right of suffrage is, in many cases, sufficiently extended ; but where the right of suffrage is extensive enough, the distficts are too small. All the men who boil a pot in this or that borough vote at elections ; but the borough in question is su small, that all the men who have a pot to boil amount to 100 or 200 per sons. The tact that they are poor does not of necessity make them in terruptible. In fact, this is the real cause of a great part of the cor ruptibility of parliaments, that the right of voting is in the hands knots of indigent persons- of persons so low in fortune and intelli gence, that they look to an election as the occasion only of a little jol lity at the expense of a candid& e, or, in extreme caws, of putting a few pounds into their pockets." If at y man were to offer twenty rands to a Peer of the Itealus for his vote in any case, the etre. ' of course, would be rs jetted slob scum. It any man we r e to offe r freeholder of a Scotch County 201. it would be rejected with equal in. dignation. But we know that there are ways of gaining over Peers as well as pot-walloping Electors, and that the constituents of the forty dependent Scotch Members (tor Mr. Hume reduced the number of independent to five) would consider any candidate who told then, that if they elected him they need look to no favours through his influence with the Ministry as a very impertinent fellow. The seventy or eighty freeholders for a Scotch county sell them selves to the candidates u regular as the electors of a pot.walloping borough. The difference between the two cases is, that the number of electors in Scotland being smaller, they obtain each a larger price. not paid in ready money, but in sliming patronage with the Member. There cannot well be conceived greater inconsistency than to speak of the power of returning independent Members, without that making it the interest of the electors to return independent Members. It is the interest of the Marquess of Stafford, of the Duke of Northum- - ber!and, of Earl Grosvenor, of Mr. Coke of Norfolk, and se. The George the Third. Waterhouse. from Jamaica, was o n ' veral other individuals, that the Government of this country shore yesterday In the lower part of Gravesend Reach. should be conducted according to the strictest principes II The Neptune, 51`Gowan, from Dumfries to Maryport, was economy, because they can hatdly gain as much from the pub. wrecked near Whitebsven on Monday night. lic purse as is taken from them by excessive taxation ; but it The Marie. Vautler, from Arian, arrive) at Antigua, expe ls not so obviously the interest of a Peer, pose sled, perhaps, of ;kneed, on the 11th May, in lat. 30 long. 36. a violent hurricane, only a few hundred pounds a year after paying the interest on which lasted several hours. his mortgages, to vote in favour of economy, his subsistence The Maxfield, Brown, from Bristol to Quebec, was lost on Flier being chiefly derived from she produce of taxes. We know, Island, Cape Breton, Slat May. then, that as long as human nature is human nature, the gene- The Moon of Oahatr• has been abandoned at sea. rainy of men will seek to promote their separate interests at the ex. The Mercure, front Terceira, has arrived at Havre. • pence of the public, and that if the means exist, the result will trot. The llamas, of Altos; Juliana, of Whitby; and Bengal, from respond w i t h th em .- I n the Timer of June 14 th e re is a very sea- Belfast, have arrived in the Riv e r ' St. Lawrence. bible article on the circumstances which enable the electors of France The Nimrod, —, and United Packet, Baker, of Livreepselb to give an independent vote. " Thi s l ea d s us to mention (says our Commerce, Cooper. and Phesdo, Mitchell , of L ondon, haw ar• Contemporary) that in the French elections balloting alone is used, g rived at Permsretinso. and the lovers of liberty in that country are e x t r eme ly jealous or ap-11 thus, Jute 10..-Wind W.-Arrived the James Hairie r ---ii prehensive of any change. Hour readers have attended to the remarks from Jamaica ; and Terris &mina, from Aollgua, which we have repeatedly made in this journal on the centralisation of Pearsnouva. Jeer P. Wind W. ti, W.-galled hie Majesty's power in France, and the extent to which every man's interests are ex. ship Pesti, for Ireland. posed in contest s w i t h t h e local authorities- all removable at the plea . freemen's, JOLT S.....strrived the Peelle, Cockbill, front the ( sure of the Crown, and, consequently, all political agents at a gene.. Cape of good Hope • Favourite , Nelson, from Maranhant ; ral eleetion--they would perceive that without a ballot in th at ; Aremetse f . Arekteliond ' Robtrt Quail, Roper, from New Orleaws ; country there could be no electoral independence. In all the la. • Union, Mason, and Wanderer Meman, from Mobile ; L%botisi sttuetions given to th e e l ectors by their cunstkutimai friends, either Smi th , an d Rib s , Clark, froes s ilavanneh ; Vkgints. Bowen, and in the journals, or through the circulars of the directing commit- Teescen Mayhew, from Virginia ; Ringwood. Smith , Loin New , tee., the former are par t i cu l ar ly requeetod to be mewl, in writing foundlMS ; and Wro. Wbry, Thacker, from Stettin. their bulletins, to avoid the methadon of the President. or Sams - Unman, bar 1.--Arrived the Martha, Robins, from Senn titles of the Electoral College. Nat 14 withtrua the ballot in .! lame, and - Mary e Itoberteen, from Revel. NAVAL INTELLIGENc.E. So averse was the late King to be seen during his rides in the Parks at Windsor for the last two or three yams, that outriders were always despatched, while his pony-chaise was preparing, to whichever of the gates he intended to paste, across the Frogniore road, driving from ate Park into the other ; and if anybody was THZ FRENCH EXPEDITION. seen loitering near either gate, the course of the ride war instantly altered, to escape even the passing glance of a casual observer EXTRACT OF • PRIVATE LETTER.. Just 26. His late Majesty seldom drove across to the Long Walk from the ALUIERS, " After Castle, because he was there more likely to be met by tit having taken the camp at Staoneli, we left there about 700 Wi n d sor people. maths its defence. On the 24th the enemy, desirous of recoverinf His most private way was through a small gate in the park wall, opposite another small gate m the wall of 'possession of the camp, attacked us and re-took it. Our army immed etely marched forward to sustain the attack of the Beys Constan- the grounds at Frogman at the Detchet Adv. He there emoted the road in a moment, and had rides so stringed between Frogmore tine and t tram, who advanced against us et the head of 35___._,000 and Virginia-water. that he had between 20 and 30 miles of men. A vary *edema &Irak took place between the p reach neatly planted avenues, from which the public were wholly re entry and Otranto'', andsjasted from two in the morning until seven in the evening.uded. At certain points of these rides, which opened towards The two der& were coCOMPletelY routed, and they the public thoroughlores of the park, there were always servants retired wi h e remains of their arnl i under the walls of Algiers. On the 28th the fun of the Star, contaimnit the arsenal, which served stationed on these occasions to prevent the intrusion of 'orangery upon the King's privacy. The plantations have been so to supply with ammunition the different forts in the neighbourhood rs, was blown up ;it h a d b een mined. The fat of the carefully nourished for seclusion around the Royal L o d ge , of Algie that only the chimneys of the building am be now seen from Emperor is wined throughout; our army takes every precaution the near the to p necessary to avoid imminen t dan ger . I t i s g i ven out as a certainty of the Long Walk. The King caused a all the adjacent forts of Algiers are also mined, as well as the f rom his grotesque building at Virginla-water ; a nd also the same rigid exclusion to be enforced, while engaged In &tiling; southern gate of the town itself. The Dey in the town with his when v i s i t i ng t h e „ r i ms temp l es w hi c h h e h a d erecte d on WI " . The French arm y has turned th e f e et of the Emperor , and i s . the grounds. A great deal of money was laid out in these edition now half a lesgue from Algiers. Ms said our loss of men on the 24th amounted to MO ; the number of wounded is much smaller. A de- but it was only by stealth and connivance of servants that these were at any time to be seen. With the exception of the ruined nand lot a million of cartridges has just been sent to Toulon, from '! temple, which is ornamented by the casts from the I.lgin marbles. whence th, y will be forwarded as soon as possible. Notwithstanding these stroctme, are d e fi c i ent i n rea l taste t hey are h i ll e f cap s three daily attache, we observe a great difference in the conduct of the Arabs towaids us. Some of them have recommenced to cultivate anti bells, and Chinese frippery, with a great deal of gorgeous and 'tawdry decoration. His Majesty was as little aware that the ground, others came lately to the two first divisions of the army, and brought provision., which were paid fur at a high prim, and &. the fatal result of his holisposition was so ne a r a t h an d, that up to a very late period of his sufferings his Majesty occu few days ago they brought 500 oxen. In the affairs of the 24th and pied himself a good deal with the proseress of same additions 25th the /lunch army, amounting to 20010 or 28,000 men, had to which he was making to the Royal lodge. He was-pirticularl sustain the attack of abo ut 60,000 A ra b s an d T ur k s, agat y anxious to have a new dining room finish e d by hi s .bi n i u d a y, on whom were MOM regular maps. In the bloody engsgementethat t h e 12 t h of August; — not dreaming that a month before that took place at the bottom of the heights on which is placed the fort day his remains would be gathered into their tomb. He was also, of the Emperor, the artillery manteuwed and kept up such a fire on t o the same late period, occupied by the improvements in upon the end"' that he was astounded, and our arm y "Mad ad. Windsor Castle, and used to have himself rolled thsough the vantage of this, charged several times with the bayonet the masses &pennants in a chair, which was constructed for his Majesty's which the fire had already thinned. Th e (louvre rockets oont. use, Notwithstanding th e se anti c ipation s , it i s k nown t h at t h e stoned great disorder antong s the Turkish cavalry. late King's health had been for nearly two years declining. (EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER DATED THE 28TH ULT.) Ills old sufferings from the gout had given way to an ova " The army has dislodged the enemy from all the positions in the 'Waal " ernbarraasment of breathing," (the expressive phrase neighbourhood of the fort of the Emperor. The General of the engi- of the Bulletins), and at times great depression of spirit'. His neers, Value, has reconnoitred the outwad worts, anti it is probaide Majesty was often found apparently lost in abstraction, and only that to-morrow the trenches will be opened. The road fur the artillery relieved by shedding tears. At other times, however, the King and battering pieces has been made practicable from Sidi Ferruch. Be. took a great interest in the works which were carrying on in titles the 3,500 men belonging to the ma ry, the garrison of the intreoch. t h e lindige and the Castle of Windsor, particularly t h ose w hi c h ed camp oftlidi-F e rruch i s com p ose d of four buttalions of infantry, do. be intended for his private use, and spoke of a long enjoyment of Cached from the division D'Escurs. An • Seer of the 4th Regiment, them. It is said that for some time before Sir Henry Halford and who had advanced too far with his troops, made them conceal than- Sir M. Tierney were last called in, his late Majesty was under the selves, and then, armed with a two barrelled gun, watt on still fur. domestic medical treatment of two gentlemen who were of his house ther, he was immediately surrounded by the Bedouins. The soldiers hold. Ilk Majesty bad for a long time evinced a great indisposi hastened to his rescue, but he was already carried off. Four days'-lion to exercise of any kind—the least extolls/1 wee attended with after his body was found dreadfully mutilated. They had cut off- faintness, and his Majesty's usual remedy wineglass of sonic liqueur., his head, his feet. and his h o od s . Th e B e d ou i ns h ave a l most all He had a particular kind of cherry brandy, which be thought-to he of retired. They offer to join us, if we would promise to rid them of m e di ca l use , w h e n h e f e l t t h ese symptoms o f debility, and- to s kick the Dey and the Turks, and aimed their children as hostages. A he mortal to a late period of his life. Until the burstmgonikablood convoy of gunpowder, under the charge 01200 men, was surprised vessel on the day before his death, the King did net think his ease and captured by the enemy on the 24th." absolutely hopeless—even then, the alight re fr eshment asleep tallied, (From Use Journal/es basis.) his spirits a little. The deem:tiara of the interior of the late King's " There ale now 276 deputies whose el macs are koown. Of th suite of apartments were entirely conducted ender his own eye. opposition, 170; ministerial ~ 00; voters for the amendment of Lot. His Majesty would have so pattern of furniture which was to be geril 6; unkaown, 1 ; 123 of the 221 are already re-eluded; 10 seen any where else, and he had an utter disregard of espeece either have failed. in his original orders, or in their subsequent alteration, which often The Universe!, a ministerial journal. contains a long article , happened to be iadnlgen at a costly rate The King'', suite of bestded--' France has nos spoken,' which a letter sesomp s oys ois t he apartments occupied the grand front of the wing of the Cade, which express says has made some sensation at Feria." facts Dachett ; there was a bauniftil mangery planted beneath his windows, and a convenient descent into the gardens. Formerly the numerous persons who reside in Windsor Castle and its precincts, the clergy, and retired functionaries, bad convenient access* by keys to the grounds, or slopes (as they are galled) immediately beneath the Castle; bat, owing to wove pesos having pointed at the Mar chioness of Conyngham while she walked within the Judo:wow, the lucks went inaartly changed at all the avenues, and from that time all were excluded but the King's private party. The late King's smite of plate is superb ; he hod a very plain set in common use ; bet before his loot illness, when the Cabin: t Ministers held a Council at Windsor, and dined with hint, the rich service was produced, and was the object of great &inaction. The late King had provided a sumptuous eisiebeani for its , display, which was made of very dark and beautifully polished truth°. gaay, inlaid with gold, and lined with looking-plass ; but whew put up, it was found entirely to overpower the effect of the other furniture and decorations of the apartment. The obvious comae to pursue otottid have been its removal; *mead of which, hos., ever, the magnificently decorated inch which the lower part of the sideboard supported, was cut away, and the remainder left for use. The apartments are spacious and well amattustal ; they hare. hew. evict, front the "stun of the building, only one pet:nipsl light, and thin is tun much gold pommelling In thews for real and simple elm? There is a heap a furniture of his late Majesty's both shear; Ctin Ss . town and in Windsor; same of it from Carlton House wee very: -.tn....." though now unused. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Joey 9. Bayley'e Divorce Bill went through a Committee. Report OD Monday. Alderman WOOD presented the Re port of the Committee Of the Bill fur the prevention of c mine tvadness.—Ordered to be printed. Sir H. PARNELL presented the Report on the Holyhead Roads' BBL Mr. RICE presented a petition from Leeds against negro slavery. Mr. BROUGHAM observed, that he was anxious to introduce a bill relative to negro s:avery. Be was deslrcus of knowing when the Chancellot of the Exchequer would move the adjournment of the Douse ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (who spoke in a very low tone) was understood to say that the adjournment would depend on the state of the business before Parliament. Mr. BROUGHAM ezpressed the hope that he might not be de. piked of the opportunity of bringing forward his motim; he hoped he should be able to move a re s olution on Mond a y o r T uck l a y ; knew it wuuid be impossible to miry any Bill on the outject this *mime Mr. O'CONNELL moved for returns respecting the Aditeinis. moon of Justice in New South Wales, particularly of lotidoot moods Dennis -Igoe*, under the governorship of lien. Darling. Mr. HUME said the ease loudly coiled fin inteiferet cr. The conduct of General Darling ought to be enquired into ; hi. conduct towsuis the Press there was of itself sufficient to show le what sort of reputation be was held by the colony. Hr trusted that Thong's,* would be kept as a witnt.." againq Governor Darling. The tee. vernment would not do ite duty If the car were not intrentkaird No Governor ought to have the powers exercised by Governor Darling. Si, M. W. RIDLEY said he should be ready to, prove whet•he had furtuerly stated teepee:Mg the Govcrner Darling. An adders's had been presented to him, signed Ly me., j et. ta, and noise ,it whom held offices, while, smelt of whom eere merchants., ace Th, re were some stoongst them who heel pAitier :el ter a Legislative AIIPtUI Sir G. feII'RRAY observed, that party had run very high at •New South Wales ; and that he cocsidered the hon,men.ber (sr. Hutto) ti ust have receivett iis information lion. one of be pane. It was an abuse however of the privileges of w ei pe ree to , ne h e charger against penman at a ditosv a without su ffi cient proof. Mr. HU eta. replied that lie had stated WO big that he was not prepared to prove, and if allowed she opportunity be would est*- , fish the /acts at the bar of the house. General GIeOSVRNIIR said he was acquainted with Genosal Darling : knew him to he a mild citaracter, and thought he was An. capable of bring guilty of any o p pressive airtime*. raid lie understood that .4 p.lisehad been estat halted at Gibraltar, 'boiler to that established in Lnntior. .was flat 'system to I.e extended to the Colonies? Sir G. MURRAY replied that such an eetteblishme et had ben formed chiefly for the preset vation of the hetihh of the iababilants at Gibraltar, but there was no intension of txtendieg it to the cote. Mee.— Mutiote agreed to; it was for papery and depositions sleet. 'trig the rase of-Al sir IiftOUGHA XI presented a petition from Mr. Bishop leer !nett, late of the Cape of Good Hope, eomplaining et • misrepetosespa lion, and of hi utter destitution to presteute hie ease, andpee. Amor!, to de fend himself. lir B. said he ovoid nit move dim it be printed, as tbe-re would bc no opportunity to Loyd C. *mons till !met seesion to answer tl.e charges—Ordered to lie am the tai k. Lord MORPETII presented petitions from !overnice wild Nom. to favour M the Nortimmt Road Bill. Mr. LITTLI•;TON obeetved that the labourers' Wages t ail' t hod met el h unsain.oue suppeot sm• of die house., and its the nowt The Marchioness of Conyntrbant said • her family !ref rat:wring ciboria', nod amengeo meaty member. la that . biom e fl at present residing with her Anther • Mr. Dettkon.-theltierwh e e tor ant those •t , o were interested in the suepent of the exisdpg *poem surrey. Th.- repent which has appmred of a premalwre Intruidon and h e should r..ovalta pompon:nem till the taros seaman. into lie, Ladyship's apartments at Windsor, Is wholly anemic, anti Mr. BROVOHAIII tweeted that the close 10 'She ssssksr lout: illeeeeeileethle with the iselloknown courtesy and good breeding of coalitakil the abaidomewo of elm bill, as H was. is pot dos t every member of the Royal Eautly.—Coree Joierael. • abode •He nveitelibm lbw balms* be reeewee resist willow. THE ORIGIN Ob' LETTERS. LW VIISTORICO-PASTORAL IBILLAD. neaten lest taught letters for acme wretch's aid. Sense hanialed lover or some captive maid ; They live, they speak ' they breathe wind love inrpirest Warns !Wm the soul, and faithful to its fires. The virgin's wish, without her fears, impart. Excuse the blush, and pour out all the heart ; Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to this Pole. Far from ftom his lov'd 31yrtille, Thyrsis mourned his lonely state, Unceasingly oomplainhi rti ct ate had decrees Of Fate; " 0 where is my M gate ? Ales! ales !" he ales, But echo only mock d bins, and responded to his sighs " 0 cruel Love, who could with flowers, the stinging adder hide ! 0 why affections could yot join, which oceans must divide ? Sinceithou hash eatied my tears to flow, assuage my content grief, Since thou alone bath caus'd my woe, 0 give my heart relief ! " Love heard at lest the Shepherditi plaint, and thus replied the youth: " Receive, most faithful 'Myrtle, the reward of all your truth. The gentle God from whom you think yeut farrows all proceed. Hath heard your pray'r, at last, and cdfives to help you In your need. An art, to mortals yet unknown, to you f shaft convey, To soothe the Wen of absence, when your nyelph is far away. An art it is, which, through all splice, extends the power of speech, And which all lovers, ages hence, shall bless yeti If you teach." Thus Cupid spoke, and from his quiver straight an arrow drew ; Ana (tom nis wing a feather pluck'd, of bright ethereal blue: A whetstone next he wanted, and a pebble gave its aid ; So with the altarpeit'd arrow barb, this first of pens he made. Still. to effect his purpoee, there sate wanting something mote. And this was soon supplied him front the garment which he wore: It's fabric was celestial, for 'twas male of 1001V11 air, ' I wish that such were saleable, for British nymphs to wear. The Shepherd next the Penman's craft was made to understand, And soon he learnt while *Wins still to write a muting hand ; But first he took the fragment, torn from ienie's celestial band, And, kneeling down, he stretched it out quite smooth upon the sand. He next employed, with Cupid's leave, his never-failing dart, And with it drew some precious blood front just about his heart; In this he dips the new-made pen, and then, as lovers do, He *rote a billet, wondrous soft, and, doubtless, wondrous true. What in the letteiwtitten was it is in vain to guess, No doubt it set forth all her charms, and all his min di.tress ; To fold it like a nue-love-knot the shepherd did not tail, He rubb'd the honey-bee for was, and ward it with his nail. The Billet-dour was finlsh'd, but who shall the postman be ? " Ltt me a kiss for hostage claim," said Love; " and I am he." She tied the letter round his neck, and through the sky set sail, And soon he brought an answer back, and thus commened the mail. Soon lovers all wrote letter% and the little God of Love Could nut convey them all—and made a courier of the Dove; Ile taught it through the trackless sky to wing its fearless way, Without a modern dnger.post to tell it where to stray. My tale is told, and you must know, if doubting he your whim, The man who told me heard it from—the uuut who told it him : The man who told it hint, 'tis said, had pick'd it up at Koine, And now, for your amusement, dears, I bring the story home. • This expression is from Pctronius— " (Equum eat, induere nuptum ventum textilem Palant .pastere nudam in nebula lines ?" ANECDOTES OF THE LATE KIIG. EUI AL PARLIAMEN J. HOUSE OF liiittO4, Jumr 9. - - - Petitions were presented against the punishment of death in eases of forgery. from St. "area. Newington. and the congregation of If:lnns-row Chapel. Lamb e th. a nd G oug h- s t reet Chapel,-Wilworth ; !and from James Joyce. against the Galway elective franchise bill. The Earl of RADNOR rose, upon the second reading of the Arms (Ireland) bill, and objected to the clause imposing a penalty upon vessels having arms and gunpowder on board. Tame ass no exemption in case a vessel was driven on .he Irish coast having arms and gunpowder on board. He did not like the power which it gave to excise officers ; but admitted that the bill was an im provement upon the former one. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that the bill in question was only a continuation of an act passed in 1797. The Reel of Calechm and the Earl of Eldon said a few words. _ • Earl (HMV complained of the bill being introduced without any observation. The bill was of that characta that required no tice to be given. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be commit. ted on Monday. The Earl of HAR ROWDY presented a petition (tom the free persons of colour of the island of Antigua, praying for an equality of rights. Lord DURHAM complained that a motion which he made re specting certain returns applicable to Canada, did not appear on the journal of the house. The noble lord renewed his motion. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Earl STANHOPE, in presenting a petition ftom the county of 'Kent, complaining of distres s , took occasion to allude to the di a . ( tresses of Ireland. In the town of Bandon a soup-shop had opened in D eember last, which supplied 1.000 persons daily with soup ; the number increased to 2.000, and those were now almost in a state of starvation, the funds of the soup-sociery being exhausted. That counery was likely to suffer all the severity of a famine. The dis tress of Ireland was not owing to the high price of provisions, but from want of employment. Instead of finding out means to employ the poor in Ireland. they were engaged in a constant and useless in. quiry respecting East Retford. Had they adopted measures fur re claiming the bogs in Ireland, they would have given employment to the poor, and benetitted the country. It was not his intention to propose any Committee to Inquire into the state of Ireland. The noble earl concluded by presenting the petition in question. The Earl of LIMERICK hoped that the fear of famine, which 'he noble earl had respecting Ireland, would not be realised. lie denied that the excesses in Limerick arose from distress. The mob was composed of a parcel of ruffiana. He had great pleasure in 'ening their lordships that, without loor laws. very large contrihu. Lions had heen collected from the gentry, and other persona of l•i -nerick, to relieve the really distressed there. lie admitted that •here was distress in Ireland that distresa was not owing to the. want of provisions, but to the want of employment. After a few words from the Earl-of ELDON, The .Marquis of LONDONDERRY denied that Ireland gene rally was distr.:ALA lie admitted, however, that distress existed in parts of Iceland. In Donegal and Londonderry the rents were bet. ter paid than they had been previously. This was a pretty g."l proof that distress did not exist in those parts of the country with which he was acquaintA The Duke of WELLINGTON said that it was not the inter:. don of hia Mrjesty's Ministers to propose any grant for the relief of Ireland. Earl DARNLEY said that any change In the currency in Ireland would not relieve the distress of that country. The distress had, he was creditably informed, much diminished. The price of potatoes had fallen consWerablv. Earl STANSTANIIOPE replied. Earl DARNLEY and the Marquis of LONDONDERRY ex; plained. • Lord TRYNHA3I amid that the &stress in the county of Kent' was much greater than could be imagined. The Rail of LAUDINIt DALE rose to order, and said that the noble lord wits adverting to the mull of Kent, when the entire of the discussion was about Ireland. Lord DVRIIA3I said that the noble earl was perfectly In order, for the petition related to the distress in the county of Kent. Lind TEINHA3I " I Hive orlv to add that there preheated, any hops to be gathered in Kent." (Laughter.) Sit A. Grant and other members, from the House of Commons, brought up the appropriation act ; the rote of credit bill ; the Exchequer bills' bill: the beer and cyder duties bill; the fisheriet ,acts amendment bid ; and the disembodying (Ireland) militia bill. The appropriation act was read a first time. Lord DURHAM moved that the bill be printed. He made this motion for the purpose of ascertaining the way in which the money voted by the Commons of England was applied. The Earl of LAUDERD LE bald that the appropriation bill never was printed. The Earl of ELDON never heard of the vppropriation bill being The motion was negatived without a division. The other bils brought up from the Ilou•e of Commons were alas ad a first time. At the request of the Earl of Lauderdale. the lord Clanctilott consented to postpone the second reading of the Quarter S,•ssion (Scotland Bill) until Monday, upon the understanding that it would take precedence doll other business. After a discussion between Lord Durham, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, and the 3larqois of Salisbury it was ar ranged that the evidence in the case of the East Retfold D•sfran. ehistment Bill should be proceeded with at ten o'clock on Monday next. Counsel and witnen.. were then culled in en the above bill, and the house adjourned at the usual hour. i I.' I I '1 1, p` l ;~~