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to a men.ber to attribute to other menthe's a disregard for th•• • err ? 31:1 TO\ !gild, it was not the weavers in par ticular. tun the whole (-Gomm itv, which was to defray the own in cse.tinn, which was in he given to individuals em. o.,aeti in waking di.cnv. ries in mechanics and tither sciences, u., atl in particular to the weavers of Lancashire.— ( I f-,T. e. M . -nntinttell —He had that day presented a pe ti,E, r, e ," 19. “perative4. complaining that they were to h4r.• en . I *tir.• in the representation by the present bill : (qmsninn.) Nnw, was it right to take money from these men to pav for the Professors at Oxford ? When the Reform Bill ram, on -- Mr. 4 %. R !Cr. rose to order. The question under discus. Owl : theist.) AI-. of qiiestion, and coughing.)—Well. s i ne , he w,a MI! showed to speak, he would say nothing. but sti and divide the house.: (yes.) 31 r. (l I)(! I. 'lt NI trustel he would not press the division. Af er a few words from Sir. It. INGLIS avid 31r. Lasoo• CHEM'. Slr. HUNT woo'il always divide when the house put him'do.vit by cotwhieg. Aft a fese worls from Mr. Ruthven, Mr. Goulbum, and Nle. Vernon. Lord ALT 111 /RP thought the vote was highly calculated to promote the puh!ic good. as it tended to extend education to many who might otherwise want that advanta,te. Mr. FIUME sAbl he was against giving salaries to any Professor. and one of the principal reasons of his withdraw ing his name front the Conneil of the University of London was, that they persisted in giving salaries to the Professors. He was perfectly ready to agree to a legislative me.istire to provide for the etliteatlen of the children of those who were Lot able to provide education for them ; but he did not think that the public money should be given to Professors of Ox. ford and Cambridge. some of whom shove coaches and four. If this grant was taken away, the tax on pamphlets might be taken off. and that would do more to educlre the people than all the Professors of Oxford and Cat bridge. If he had the honour of a seat in the house next v•ar, he should op. pose this grant unless ministers would make known the incomes of Oxford and Cambridge. Mr. WARBURTON having been educated at Cam should vote with reat reluctance against any grant that might appear to operate against education ; hut he really believed that all the funds of Oxford and Cambridge were not applied to education. Mr. HUNT rose amidst cries of Question !" The Ho nourable Gentleman said, he had no means of expressing his sentiments. and in return for the courtesy he experienced, he would divide the House. The Committee then divided. The numbets were—F r the grant 213 Against it Majority —2OO 8,3051. for defraying the expences of the Milbank Peni ten t;ary was next put. MOIL' +in objected to the grant as an useless expense to the c..untrv. After a conversation between Mr. S. Rice, Mr. Briscoe, Capt. Harr's, 31r. Alderman Waithman. Mr. Hunt, Sir 31. Ridley, Mr. Alderman Wood, Sir T. Freemantle, and Mr. Sinclair. t ;e ::rant was allowed. A sum of 11,2691. to defray the charge of the Office of Works, for 1101, was next put. Mr:RI DLRY COIAIOURNR inquired if it were in tended to pull down the heure occupied by the National Gallery in Pallmall ? Lord DUNCA NNON answered in the affirmative, but the pictures were to be placed itt a temporary building near' the same site, until a suitable Gallery was erected. Sir G. %VAR REN DF.R hoped that a suitable building, would rot n be constructed for the reception of the bequests of valuable paintings which were occwionally made to the institution. _ . After a few words from Mr. C. TI ynne, Mr. Protheroe, Mr. R. Gordon, Mr. S. Rice, and Sir M. Ridley, Mr. HUME recommended that the pictures shou'd be sent to Hampton Court Palace. (War.) It would be better to apply it to such a purpose, than as a lodging-house for pensioner*. The grant was then allowed. Mr. SPRING RICK then brought forward a sum for compensation allowances. After a few words from Mr. DAWSON, Mr. Gontiow. and the eIIANCILLOS of the Excirmauza, it was ar. ranged that the case of compensation of:Sir A. B. King, the King's stationer for Ireland, should be postponed till another occasion. The grant for compensation allowances was then with. drawn. _ _ 15,9201. as the allowance to the Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants was next allowed. as was 2,5001. for the National Vaccine Establishment ; 3,0001. for the Refuge of the Des. titute, and 3,3391. as the charge for confining and maintain. ing Lunatics for 1631. 5.6121. was next allowed for the poor French Protestant and other Clergy. The house then resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. Mr. BENETT postponed his motion regarding the coy. tuption of Liverpool till Monday. &avocet BILL. Lord ALTH OR P, in reply to a question from Mr. Her ries, stated that as it would be Impossible to carry on the several reform bills in pure pauu, the Government intended to proceed with the English reform bill, and not to proceed with the other bills till that was eiiieostd of by being got through the Committee. The remaining orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at Two o'CLoca. t'OREI6N I.V7*ELLIGENCE. sent, but mere reports- It Perms probable, according to' the natural count of events, that we have no poAive information respecting the answer which the Govern ment may give, or have already given, before it has been , transmitted to the Conference at London. Baron Yon Westsenburg Is still here, and had yesterday the honour of dining with the King. It is supposed he will leave the Hague by the end of the week His Excellency Lieut.- Gi.netal Count Hediger addressed, on the 22d of June, a letter to his Excellency the Governor of South Holland, highly commending the excellent conduct of the militia of South Holland under his command. _ ROTTENDAN, Jvslt G.— Hie Excellency, Lieutenant- General de Koch, has, forthe present, fixed his head-quar ters at Axel. All is tranquil at the outporta of Axel ; but the passage of horses. cannon, ammunition, waggons. arms. and military stores, to the four and five districts of Zealand, continue without interruption. Our po.ition and military force in those parts become daily estroneer, and we are now in a condition vigorously to repel any hostile attack that may be attempted. Wa use w. Jung 27.—The extreme astonishment caused by the result of the late expedition against General itudiger, condoms unabated. A letter from an officer of high rank in tam corps of General Jankowski, published in our State I , a:elle. relates that Rudnett. whom it was proposed to sur. prise and surround on the other side of the Wiepcsx, war, by some inconceivable means, informed of the design, and surprised the Poles himself by his appearance on the right bank. Even there he might have been surrounded and beaten by a superior force, had not Jankowski, and his brother in law, Bokowski, neglected to support General ' Turno, so that the Russian General, who was invested on three aides by a superior force; not only escaped, but ap t red a military chest, and a park of artillery. This event gave rise to very teolent debates, in a sitting of the two Chambers. until the day before yesterday . It was proposed. ' nit only to cell to account the f ienenels who had suffered Hos diger to escape, but also other Generals, who are reproached as having neglected their duty on former occasions. It was therefore Kt:l)mA that a letter should be sent to the Gene. veal-in-chief, desiring him to bring before a Court-martial, not only the two Generals above named, but Generals Untin. ski, Dsiekonski Stryjeneki, and Ambrosius sikarzynski. It was. however, objected, that it would not be advisable to name the Generals suspected of having been deficient in their duty ; and it was therefore resolved, by a majority of 46 to 22, to communicate to the General the notes of the present sitting, and at the same time to examine. without delay, into the circumstances of the conduct of the Generals accused and to report to the Chambers the result of the investigation. In the same Muhl. it was resolved, on the motion of the Minister of AVar, to make a general requisition of horses, slab some exceptions. The National Government has now called the natio en mane to arms, conformably to an ordnance resolved o the 17th of February, but which it was not at that time thought fit to carry into effect. Nobles and farmers, who are able to provide themselves with horses, are to form the cavalry, anti be armed with pikes, sabres, and pistols; all others belong to the infantry, who will carry scythes sod pikes, and those who possess them, muskets. The Jews are also included in the levy, which extends to all the male po pulation from the age of 17 to that of 50 years. COPENHAGEN. JUNE 23.—Your newspapers have pro bably taken very little notice of the representative system which will soon be adopted in this country. The royal decree ' fixes all the elements and the points which are most neces. wary for the foundation of a constitutional building—via. Provincial Assemblies, two in Denmark, two in the Duchies, which are to mereevery two years. The members are elected by the owners and possessors of all real property In the towns and in the country ; the peasants or farmers of a long lease are not excluded, and the Nubility have not, as such, any more rights of electing, or of being elected, than any other owner of real property; but the King has reset vett to himself the right to nominate some members (chosen among the clergy and other respectable men), which article restricts very much the independence of the Assemblies. The Assemblies will have the right to address to Government petitions and complaints of all the public officers, and the manner in which the laws are administered ; and the Go vernment will give written answers to these representations. All projects of law relative to property, personal liberty,and the public taxes, will be submitted by Government to the Provisional Assemblies for their advice and opinions, but they have only a consultative voice, and no share in the decisions ; to their written observations and opinions Go. vernment will give a detailed answer before publishing the laws. Municipal regulations for the "commune*" and the districts will be shortly adopted. The Privy Council has been filled up with some new Ministers of State, and is now more numerous than hitherto ; and Prince Christian, the apparent heir of the Crown, has also been admitted in the Privy Council. I think that these most important tune ' liorations of our Government and present manner of admints. tration must fur the present moment satisfy every reasonable person. This nation, having for such a length of time re. attained in a great political apathy, must be slowly educated to constitutional life and liberty ; and it is certainly to be preferred that Government and te nation proceed with slow and prudent steps in their joint efforts for obtaining this public benefit, instead of working their way through freer ielt paroxystna and violent convulsions, which threaten at present to destroy for many nations their prosperity, and even their very existence itself. Faexces Fuxin Jute 6.—Five per Cent., 86f 20c, 86f 40e ; New Loan, 86Cf 20c ; Three per Cents, 57f. A Isstraubax, JULY 6.—Actual Debt 21 per Cent. 37 371 ; Amort Synd. 41 per Cent. 5'J 60i; Do. 31 per Cent. 49f 501. NORTHFLEET NEST GRAVESEND NEW LANDING PLACE, AT PITCHER'S DOCK. ri'HE Public are respectfully informed, that this long desired accommodation is at last accomplished, and that the HERO, ALBION, and other large and pow erful Steam Packets are appointed to run to and from NORTH FLEET. so i • . . II . , . . 111 ' . . ...; .4 ii • ii i s l , ri t ' 1 I I ' . i i ... i I '. • ' FRANCE. That the Duchess of Berri has appointed a Council or Commission of Regency, composed of MM. Blocs', D'Haus sez. and Lle Monthel, is all a tissue of absurdity,without the sG~host gromd of belief. What we can safely affirm is, that it so Quixotic an expedition were on foot, no friend of the Monarchy, either in the South or in the west, would kin in the enterprise. Time is the wisest of all thine. The Royalists must be content with the defensive, and never think of undertaking the offensive. Tranquillity, moderation, and wisdom, which a sincere love of country ought to inspire, and their absence front the public 1116011. blies, will tend to show France the dispositions of these per sons who dispute for power; and she will at last know them by 'heir ac.s ' after having been so long the dupe of their de clarations. The moment in which Francs shall know what they are worth, will be the immediate forerunner of their downfall.—l asetle de France. About 200 placards had been posted up during the night before last, from the Place de Greve, to the Faubourg St. Antoine. They contained an appeal to the workmen.urging them to acts of violence, and pointing out to their indigna tion the election of M. Slide, to the rank of Captain in the National Guard—a man denounced in the placards as hay. ing presided lately at a meeting of hatters, and addressing the assembly to reduce the price of labour. A peace officer ' repaired to the Fauxbourg St. Antoine, and. with the aasist .:e of the workmen themselves, he tore down all those ti:ar ards.—Jou rm., des Debra,. The conquerors of the Hostile, residing in Paris, anxious to colt memerate. in a becoming manner, the anniversary of the 14th of July. have resolved to meet 011 Sunday next, urder the presidency of' M. Decombis a retired officer, who is decorated with the Orders of July 1789, and July to devise on the meats of celebrating that event The contha•ants of the great week of 1830 are invited to meet on that day, at M. Goupyn Boulevard du Timple. No. Sri, tot e;iberate on an address to Gen. Lafayette, and on the measures to be taken in order to celebrate that great anni versary in a mance worthy of its object.—Rsvoluliom There was yesteoley almost an entire suspension of the be.mness of the Courts of Law, in consequence of the elec. ti CC The Court of Carnation sad the Tribunal of Cor n-roma, Police were the only Cl , llllll that sat. The Assizes were Twtt•tpitred, and the Royal C.s.un and the Tribunal de Pr. ti tree Instance merely opened for the purpose of post polio g the trials —Ga ianafti's Messages. 'lit, Men:aria! des Pyrenees save:—The Spaniards eon t Mao their depredations upon the French herds and flocks on the :Tonto is. It is sutra by a letter from that quarter that (troy marauders carried away recently in the night ten sheep. at st up in a barn in the distric. of Achiatoy. The National Oa Ards inzuediateiy after received orders to repel similar aggression& We announce with pleasure that the brave Romorino, a voi•.nte, r Frenchman, has not lost an arm, as the Russiana. I•atl reported it in the German papers. A letter which he has written to his wife, who resides at Strasburg, testifier to his *Arty. Jogai nal du C4IRIIIeTCII. 114 r HAGUE, June S.— Nothing is yet certainly lii wen s tat resprct co the answer of our Goveninittit to the new proration of the Conferences at London. :".1011.0 persons affirm that these proposals are not sp. pow. d id on our side, sad that they have given occasion ni a very energetic protest. These, however, are, at pre. EVENING STAR. I,o\ DOA. SATURDAY, JULY 9. Despatches were last night received at the Foreign Office, from Brussels; but their contents have not yet transpired. We are anxious on TIIREZ subjects of Fo Etc A rFA lus on which we expect some elucidation on Monday. 1. The Vote of the Belgic Congress on the 18 Articles, and the dependant arrangement with Prince LEOPOLD. 2. The state of the war in Lithuania, on which we have had such contradictory statements from Warsaw and Berlin. 3. The issue of the elections in Paris and France, on which must depend the future policy of the French government. At Home the public have other objects of soli citude, less difficult to time, because their prin ciples are unsettled, or they are mingled with pas sions, and many prejudices. _ _ _ _ 1. The rote of the Lords on the Reform Bill. 2. The relief which is said to be proposed to the labourers and the poor generally, seeing that Lord VVtvcnttsee ' s measure is withdrawn. 3. The course that is to be pursued in regard to the three recent slaughters, especially that at New townbarry, on which a mysterious silence prevails. 4. The final measures which are to be adopted for the relief of the press from its heavy taxation, and the operation of the Six Acts. 5. The rational adjustment of a system of Debtor and Creditor I aw, the present system in all its features defeating itself by its cruelty and illiberality. 6. The restoration of our currency to a state commensurate with ourtaxes, trade, and transac tions, so as to restore to productive and inter changeable industry their fair profits. 7. The repeal of Sturges Bourne's oppressive Poor Bill, and the extension of a system of Poor Rates to Ireland. 8. The throwing open of all close Corporations. These are the points on which public anxiety is 1 1 directed to the proceeding's of this Parliament; and on which the talents of Members, the industry of Government, and the public spirit of the collec!ive wisdom are expected to be forthwith displayed. In the House or Cost stows, yesterday, new writs were issued for Milborne Port, Cashel, Oak hampton, Winchelsea, and Roscommon. Mr. uNT presented a petition for 19,400 cf the working operatives at and near Manchester in favour of Universal Suffrage, Ballot, &c. Mr. 11031 e considered all of them as injurious to the Reform Question, while be characterized these petitioners by stating that in Stockport, only 28. 6d. could be raised to pay the Delegates. Various Members then protested against the assumptions of Mr. HUNT ; and Sir E. B. SUG DEN ascribed such petitions, and their support of any Reform, to the gross ignorance of the people. The Pembrokeshire Petition against the return of Sir JOHN Ow EN, is to be taken into considera tion on the 4th of August. A Debate arose on the suspension of the writ for Liverpool, in which Mr. DEN N I SON, Mr. Ew A RT, Mr. H. GURNEY, Lord A LTHORP, Mr. LIT TLETON, Lord HOWICK, and Lord J. RUSSELL, supported the issuing of the writ ; but Sir G. CLE IIK moved an adjournment of the question till Monday, which was supported by Mr. BEN ETT, Sir C. WETIIERELL, Marquis of CHAN DOS, &C. and on a division the motion of Sir G. CLERK was carried by 119 to 99 ! In explanation Mr. STANLEY stated, in regard to the obnoxious Irish Arms' bill, that he abandoned the transportation clause. Mr. flumE complained that a wise measure of the late Ministry, relative to the fares, &c. of hackney co .ches and cabriolets, had been deserted by the present Ministers, and an injurious monopoly allowed to exist; to which Lord ALTIIORP replied that a measure to throw the trade open would be submitted in a few days. Mr. SADLER, Mr. WA RID RION, and Alderman WEN A BLES, concurred in reprehending the neglect of the present Government. It appeared that the Irish Grand Jury System, and the Customs Regulations, so long pending, would at length be brought forward : also, that the plan of taxing steam navigation was abandoned. Lord MILTON gave notice of two very impor tant changes R hich he meant to propose in the Reform Bill —one, not to give the County Fran chise to Leaseholders, and another to give two Members to the twenty-six places in Schedule D, to which but one was at present assigned. We have not ceased to lament that the first bill was allowed to be altered, in regard to leaseholders from twenty-one years to seven years ; and now in con sequence, leaseholders are in danger of being ex cluded altogether. Twenty-one years favours the public, and seven years the aristocratic land owners. In a Committee of Supply, various large sums were voted ; but on a proposition to grant f 958 to certain Professors at Oxford and Cambridge, Mr. H cstc objected, and said the wealthy pupils ought to pay their own Professors. But Mr. Rick:, Mr. PEEL, and Lord MILTON, supported it. Mr. HUNT tried to speak against it, but a general coughing interrupted him, which he said was al ways brought on by the mention of the poor.— Mr. ROBINSON, Lord MILTON, &c. thought it I disorderly fir any Member to insinuate that they were not all friends to the poor. Mr. HUNT tried to explain, but was interrupted by severe asth matic paroxysms, and at length he declared as he was not to be heard, he would merely say No— and divide the House. Mr. WA lIBU ItTON thought the vote ought not to pass, because it appeared that the means of the Universities were sufficient, for they voted large sums to Bible Societies, to statues of PITT and others. The House then divided on the motion of Mr. HUNT, and there appeared 203 for the grant, and only 15 against it, chiefly county members. The claim of £8,565 to the Milbank prison was opposed by Mr. Hume as useless, but voted ; 1 £11,269 was voted to the Board of Works; and it was announced that a National Gallery is to be built; but Mr HUME proposed one of the palaces, which now, he said, were mere lodging houses for (pensioners. The recent prosecution of Mr. Coaaarr must be regarded as a false move of the Administration. As the Jury could not agree, and the demand of agreement rested with the prosecutors, it would have betrayed great acrimony in them, if they had persisted in requiring a verdict, since pertinacity would have displeased even the Whig party in the jury. There was, therefore, no alternative, but for the Law-officers of the Crown to submit to a non-suit, or the withdrawing of a juror. What a fine exemplification of the value of the principle of unanimity ; and under this prac tice, how satisfactorily a verdict becomes a truth, by being the result of general assent. There is no doubt that Mr. CORBETT displayedigreat acumen as a casuist ; while it is considered that the ATTORNEY GENERAL, as such, acted with candour; and that , the CHANCELLOR gave his evidence with the frank ness due to a defendant in a suit of the Crown. We confess that hitherto we have been among throe who think that the present administration has higher pretensions than such warfare, and that it is very unnecessary for it to seek support from criminal prosecutions. In this parti cular case, it was, no doubt, stimulated by the narrow-minded craft of the knavish hypocrites who trumped up that false statement about Goon- MAN ; and if it be ineligible for the ATTORN EY GEN ER RA L to prosecute them as deceivers of the Government, they ought to be considered as black sheep by both Government and country. There can be no doubt that Mr. Comm considered it useful that the la bourers should force the attention of power to wards their wretched condition ; and though the eloquence of that class is rough action, and not finished periods, yet he preferred even the interme diate evils, but without promoting them, to the silent misery to which the labourers seemed other wise to be doomed. It is deeply to be regretted that the whole case was not wisely met when the Kentish and Sussex Grand Juries made their representations, early in 1830; and it appears to us, therefore, that those are the real culprits who then treated such honest warnings with neglect or contempt. Some will ask what even has yet been done—for hanging, transporting, and imprisoning, have not remedied, or removed the evils? Why do Ministers leave the questions still open ? A Cabinet Council is expected to be held at the Foreign Office, in Downing -street, to-morrow. The grand dinner which was to hare been given to Don PEDRO, at the Foreign-Office, this after noon, has been put off till Monday, in consequence of the dinner given in the City to Lord Jouu RUSSELL this afternoon, on the occasion of pre senting his Lordship with the freedom of the City of London. In honour of Don PEDRO'S visit to this country, a grand review of the household troops will take place in the early part of next week, in Hyde Park ; preparatory to which, the ground has al ready been taken up this morning. ROY AL EXC H A NOE, ONE O'CLOCK. There are no arrivals of any description this morning. Consols which left off at 83 last evening, opened this morning at 82i 4, and so continue up to the present moment, scarcely a bargain hav ing been effected. TWO O'CLOCK. Bombay papers to the 13th of February have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house : the information they contain is en tirely of a local description. Exchange upon London, at six months' sight, 1 10 ; Freights, about 51. per ton. Up to the present moment no expresses have arrived. Ihe Funds remain precisely in the same state of inactivity as in the early part of the morn ing : Consols 83, alternately buyers and sellers. THREE O'CLOCK. STOCK EXCHANCIE.BIOk Stock, --. Three per Cent 8 Three; Cr Ct. C•inbols, 813 ex div. Three and a half per cent. tins, —. Three and a Half per Cent. Red. 893 1. Three and a Half per Cent. New, 981 ex die. Four per Cent. 1826, Long Annuities, Jan. 1360, 16 11-16 1. Annuities, Jan. 1860, 181. India Stock, 200 199; ditto Bonds, 4 prem. £lOOO Ex chequer Bills, 15 16; £5OO ditto, —; £lOO and £9OO ditto. —. 113k for Acct, 2051. Coii-ols for Acct, 831 3. FOUR OTLOCK.--Ccoosola 831 • The Princess Augusta took an airing in a car riage yesterday afternoon for the first time shin her recent indisposition. The Duke of Cumberland visited her Royal Highness yesterday. M UTA ITY.--k little year ago, and George IV. ruled in England and Hanover—Charles X. in France—Pius VIII. in Rome—Charles Felix in Sardinia— Fiends Janvier in Naples—Anthony in Saxony—Pedro in Brazil—Charles in Brunswick —William in the Netherlands—Nicolas was undis puted Autocrat of Poland. Where are they now ? In the grave, in exile, or shorn of their dominions. Mr. Archibald Prentice, of Manchester, has been indicted by Captain John Grimshaw, for a light squib on him, as one of the seventeen anti reformers who signed the counter-petition, at Mr. Towler's shop. The following is an extract from the indictment :—" John Grimshaw, commonly called Captain Grimabaw (thereby then and there meaning the aforesaid John Grimshaw) principally remarkable for giving bawdy toasts, and for a coun tenance which seems to blush at his own (meaning the aforesaid John Grimshaw's) lewdness." To the great injury of the said John Grimshaw, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his Crown and dignity. As we mentioned yesterday, their Majesties, accompanied by the Landgravine of Hesse Horn berg, the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and attended by the Marchioness of Westmeath, Earl Howe, Sir Andrew Barnard, Mademoiselle Stein, Lady Sid ney, and others of their suite, left town in three open carriages and four, at two o'clock in the after men, to honour with their presence the entertain meats given by Lord and Lady Farnborough, at their residence on Bromley-hill. The Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt and Sir James Reynett, left town in the afternoon, to be present at the fete. Prince Leopold, the reign ing Duke of Saxe Coburg, and the Prince of Lei ningen, attended by Sir John Conroy, also arrived and joined the party, after inspecting the artillery establishment at Woolwich. EXACT TIME OT DEPARTURE. From St. Katha►ine's to Northfleet, Daily, at Nine in the Morning. From Northfleet New Wharf for St. Katharine's. Daily, at lialf.past Four in the Afternoon. Walking on board and on shore GRATIS, both at London and Notthfleet, thereby saving the risk, trouble, and expense of small boats altogether. In consequence of there being on Pell Tax at North&et, the Return Fare of only ONE SHILLING will be charged to London on Sundays as well as week days. Ample accommodation is preparing at Nortlifleet for an unlimited number of visitors. _ _ N.B. The DART, to Margate, on Mondays; also late Rau agate Packets, at Eleven, on I uesday, Thursday, and Saturday. SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. HERALD.—When Sir James Scar lett was in the Nu career of his ex.oficio informations against the Press, ate expressed our opinions pretty plainly upon political pr ow anions for libel. We thought then, and we think still—.:4 4 I opinion ought tobe left to combat opinion, and that a minded who dread the freest expression of public sentiment on tie I principles or policy arena( fit to exercise power in a free ew e • Besides, that the Press should be really useful, as an neo n of opinion, it ought to be exempt from the influence of w e , vile terror, for any evil that may be incident to the °canoed abuse of its freedom is not to be compared to the great and p er . manect disadvantage which the public interests wo u ld have to sustain from that coercion of sentiment which mug be destructive of its independence. One of the most be s , tidal duties which the Press performs for society is the her criticism which it exercises on the character of public meg, sures, and the conduct and actions of public men. But how can the political criticism of a Journalist be free if th e sword of penal law be perpetually suspended over tie neck by the single hair of an Attorney• General's price or arbitrary discretion? Literary criticism is poi. vaned, so that no writer who undertakes to review a work is answerable in a Court of Law for having di s praised or ridiculed it unjustly. Nay, if the work were one of the finest that ever emanated from the pen of genito, and the critique upon it one of the most malevolen t and defamatory that could be engendered by literary enve hatred, and malice, there would be no right of action for da. wages, although it might for the present destroy the sal of the work, nor would the reviewer be liable to a criminal pro. ceeding unless he travelled out of his way to attack tie private character of the writer; and yet the literary repot;. tion of an author is of as much consequence to him as I n c political fame is to a .Minister of State—and a sensitiv e author is as likely to be provoked to a breach of the pea ce by an attack on the one, as the statesman is by an assault on the other ;—yet the law says, it is better that unju.: criticisms on literary works should go unpunished, Man that the spirit of criticism should not be free ; and so we say of political criticism. As long as the writer confine, himself to a free commentary upon public measures, or Or public conduct of men in power, and does not go out ci his way to attack and defame their private characters, to long should bis comments have that full privilege which, at the Bar, in the Senate, and in literary criticism, n found to be essential to the independence of opinion.... Entertaining these sentiments, we need scarcely add that we cannot approve of the prosecution of Mr. Cobbett tot a political libel, by whatever ministry it might have be e n instituted ; but least of all can we commend it when proceeding from a Whig administration, many of whoa members, when in opposition, were in the habit of chink. ing with fervour the standing toast of patriotism, " The liberty of the Press :it is like the air we breathe—if se have it not we die." POST.—We are not a little amused with the cool confi• dence assumed in the paragraph of an Evening Contempt. eery of yesterday, which assures us that it is now believed that the opposition to the Reform Bill will be much less in the House of Lords than the friends of the measure had an. ticipated. Our contemporary has evidently been imposed upon by some wag; but it is rather a cruel joke on a paper which is desirous of being in good odour with the Government to mak it insert a piece of irony which, in the present circumstances of the Ministers they will feel very keenly. We are rather surprised that a Journal, not generally deficient in sharpness, should have been taken in by so palpable a quiz ; for the author of the paragraph goes on to say, that the Duke of ‘Vellington is much 1.4 disposed than he was to oppose the ministers, although hie Grace's opinions on the subject of Reform may have under. gone no change ! Is it not strange that this ludicrous non. sense should have passed (or a moment as serious intelli. gence ? Our contemporary has been caught napping ; had it only referred to the Time. of the morning, it would have seen how the affair really stands between the ministers and their hopes of success in the House of Peers. They are, in truth in a very great fright, and wished for nothing so heartily so to get rid of this Reform Bill without bringing it before the Lords, well knowing that this is their only chance of hold. big place until the commencement of another Session, end of giving them the chance of any thing that may occur in the interim to enable them to keep in. But this is imposoble. They arc too ignorant of business to be able to carry on the affairs of the country. Blunders and failures rise up in every direction where they have attempted to do any thing, and the disgust against them is becoming general. They know this too ; and, with the knowledge pressing heavy upon them, to be gravely told by one of their own Newspapers that they prosper exceedingly with the House of Lords, is rather too bad. THE KING'S THEATRE. An opera is a species of entertainment which to enjoy requires the previous possession of • certain kind of that difficulty defined thing termed taste ; and many, even of those who frequent the Opera House, are inclined to assent to the sarcasm of the poet— That an opera like a plUory may be said, To nail our ears down and expose our head; but we are convinced that any person who had been present last night at the Opera House, and gave common attention to the performance of the almost inimitable PASTA, in the opera of Anna Bokya, must have b.en struck with the fact, whether a knowledge of the Italian enabled them always to follow the artist, word by word, or not— that the intelkct can be Informed—and the bun most powerfully moved, through the medium of the eyes &lune. flow truly wonderful are the talents of this great as ! If to this, which may be termed the intellectual part of her merit, we add the charms, both natural and ac quired, of her voice, even the greatest foe to Operas must become, however unwillingly, fascinated. This Open is the composition of DONLLETTI, and has been much and justly admired on the Continent. Madame PASTA was ably supported in the piece by Signor Rumen, se Percy ; and La Malang, as the Monster Heavy. A new performer, Mademoiselle GAT, displayed veal powers, which will be an acquisition to the Howe, and Mademoiselle Hiv e. in the Page, acquitted her. self with adequate ability. The scenery, costume, and whole yatinrup of the Opera were excellent. The audience, as might have been expected, on the benefit night of such a favourite as Madame PASTA, was crowded and splendid. The Duchess of Kim?, accompanied by the Princess VICTORIA, was in the house. The Ballet (Les Bayaderes) is in itself but a slightly interesting one; but the fairy dancing of Taotioni, and the ingenious variety of the shawl dance. make up fur all deficiencies. POLAND TILE LAND OF FREEDOM, POLITICAL AND RELlGiovs.—There seems something propi tious to liberty in the very soil of Poland. Thus we learn from history that there the Roman Catho lic religion was remarkably tolerant, and never more so than in the middle of the 16th century, when bigotry raged in other countries. At a time when Europe was a prey to religious dissensionf, Poland was an asylum for she oppressed of all par ties, as is exident from its having been the refuge of Socinus and his followers. Compare this with the picture of religious freedom in Prussia, three centuries later, as exhibited in the (Protestant) King Frederick's recent ordnance (of June 26), given in yesterday's Morning Herald, and be hold the contrast! That ordinance, under path of " immediate arrest, without respect of per sons," forbids " Anabaptists separating from the Evangelical Church"—to do what? To " pre sume to perform Divine Worship!" Here is a theme for British advocates of religious free dom—if such are now to be heard in assemblies where they were wont to raise their voice in this sa cred cause. But we once more give the ordinance itself, hoping the public Press in England will 110- Sig its circulation. It is as follows : " Frederick Louis, &c.—'A sect of Anabaptists, separating from the Evangelical Church,' have lately appeared in this country, which seems to have originated in the neighbourhood of Beitzenburg. . ,~ +s ~ ~~.