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front General Goma himself, dated Dantia, 25th April. He says that 800 Turks surrendered with Odysseus. On the 21st there was *severe action, in which the barbarians lost many men in the plain of Twresehori, which is the famous plain of Lemma, immortalised ' by a victory of Eparnitiondes On the 24th, the equally famous plain of Chernrea was the amour of a new victory of the Greeks. The barbarians had many idled and wounded. The Gazettes of Leghorn and Genoa announce the/Mit/II in thou pone of vessels front the Tonimi islands, which confirm all the ac. l towns brought to Trieste by the Corr,' ttaeltet hoar, viz. the destruc tion of the Egyptian fleet, and the shutting up of the remains of nnallim's army in Modon. A telegraphic dispatch annouras the arrival at Brest of the Con atancafttgate and the corvette .kdour, from the Antilles. (Prom the Coutirotroarrel of Satorday.l PAN 111, Jar s: 17. A Paris b an king -hotly has *is morning received a letter from Trieste, dated June 7; it contains the following passage:— " 1 have the pleasure of announcint• to you, that we have re asieed.laue positive news from Corfu. that during the night of the f&./i of May the Greek naval force. under the command of destroyed the Egyptian fleet in the parr of Navnino; and that af terwards the Greek army bad ettackeil and destroyed the Epp tans who were besieging that fortress. The Greeks have thus mini the siege by gain in one decisive and complete victory. Pants, JUNE 18. Panama Ev ns.-5 per Cents., 162 f. 30; 3 per Lents.. 76r. 45 : Royal Spanish Loan, 68; rtank stock, 2,1112 f. 80.—Eloik, dated Jane 19. In the last allusion vie made to the subject of the new illpantsh Loan we expressed our opinion that the agent of sim Contractors and the Spanish Commissioner would have arrived in London before this day. It has happened, however, that some farther delay has taken place, arising, probably, from their detention at Paris, in• consequence of the continued indisposition of toe Spanish Commissioner through.. fatigue. Their arrival, however, cannot, we should thini,_beilelayed much longer, and . we shall lose no.tiene in making it known, in order to put an end to the ap 'key which we know prevails on this subject. The establishment of tile independence of the late Colo nies of Spain on the American Continent, is one of those great political event* which constitute an important epoch in the history of mankind. The generation that witnesses Its accomplishment is usually unable to foresee but few of the consequences which time subsequently thtvelopes. But in the pressent instance, the benefits that may be expected, especially to this country, are too palpable to escape the notice of even a cursory observer. Yet it is impossible not to be struck with the disproportionate share of attention which the emancipation of South America, and the throw ing open the• commerce of the New World, have hitherto obtained from the public press. The effects that will ne cessarily result from so many nations springing into exist ence, are well calculated to awaken the anxiety of all who turn their natural activity towards the channels of mercan tile operations, and commercial profit. The influence of this new state of things will be felt as well by the different Governments of Europe, ss upon the general condition of society. Spain In rs(lf is destined to undergo great changes. The seeds of revolution are sown on all her bortlers. There is no cement that can long hold her present system toge ther ; every wind that blows threatens its downfall. In the mean time, the great object to which our attention as &mercantile people should be directed, is to the vast and lucrative commerce which is arising from the liberation of her Colonies, and the tide of wealth which must pour into Great Britain, if she avails herself, as she ought, of the countless channels of intercourse which are on all sides opening to the products of her industry. We are at this moment at the commencement of a course of prosperity which has no parallel in the annals of our country. The pro ductive powers of the American mines, augmented as they are by Bridal) eiterprise, and worked by British capital, is hourly creating a new and increasing interest. We shall endeavour to lay before the public, from time to time, all the important circumstances as they occur, which bear upon the conecrnt, of South America, and which may be . calculated to increase our knowledge of whatever relates to her political government, her resources, her mining, and mercantile transactions, her trade with Great Britain, and whatever else in the affairs of this extensive portion of the globe shall present itself, as either of remote or im mediate interest. We s hall he enabled to do this from authentic documents with which we shall be exclusively furnished. As our sources of information will be of the very first authority, the utmost reliance may be placed upon it by the manufacturing and tomriaercial world, /and by all those whose capital is embarked, either in the mines, or in any of the numerous branches of trade which o form these regions of boundless extent, bearing within them a Topulation of twenty millions of inhabitants, rising up every day. and offering a mart to our manufac tures in every corner of our island. These subjects have been either undervalued or misunderstood by our contem poraries. It shall be our business to render them familiar and intelligible to the public at large. The Bill now before Parliament " to rcpcal the Laws relating to the Combination of workmen, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof," has been printed. It re viver. none of the Combination Laws repealed by the Act of last Session. In order to prevent all doubt, they are again severally recited, and togethe'r with all other statutes relative to the combinations of either workmen or roasters as to.wages, time of working, or quantity of work, declared stilt to continue repealet'.. The Bill then proceeds to enact, that " if any person shall by violence to the person or pro perty, or by threats of ir.timidatton, force or endeavour to f oce any journeyman" to have his employment, or return Lis work unfinihetd, or shall prevent him from hiring him self, or compel him to belong to any club or association, or contribute to any common fund, or pay any fine for not having complied with any rules or orders made to obtain an advance of wages, lessen the hours of working, or de crease the quantity of work, or shall compel any manufac turer or his foreman to alter his mode of carrying on his business, the parties so offending, or aiding, abetting, or assisting therein, shall be punished by imprisonment only, or with hard labour. This Act, however, it is declared by the next clause, shall not extend to meetings of workmen held solely for the purpose of settling, for the persons actually present, the rate of wages they will receive, or the hours of work they will be employed; nor to meetings of masters held in like manner for the purpose of fixing the rate of wages they will pay, or the time of working in their manufactory. Under this Act offenders may be colop,lled to give evickneo, but they will be indemnified es to the offence to which their testimony may relate. In case any offender shall abscond, the Justices shall proceed to hear and determine the matter of complaint, and con vict or acquit the party accused. Witnesses not appearing on being summoned to give evidence shall be committed to prison until they will submit to be examined. By the last clause it is enacted, that no master shall act as a Justice allturlging any offence prosecuted under this Act. This Bill is, we think, excellently adapted to crush the evils to which it is intended to be applied. The great ob ject is to secure perfect freedom to ever" individual in disposing of his labour. Such as choose to combine for their own benefit will still be at liberty to do so, but they will no longer be permitted to impose their rules and orders P- 0 THE WISH PRVAS., -3 NEW SOUTH WALES. Papers and letters were receivell yesterday from New South Wales to the 19th of February, by the Mangles. All the accounts represent the colony as being in a most satisfactory state. The new Company established in Lon don (the Australian) appears to have given a great impulse to the improvements going forward in that part of the globe. Its agent had given notice that be would purchate all the native products. wheat, oil, wool, timber, flax, hemp, seal-skins, &c. The advice. from England, respect ing the wool, timber, and tobacco of the colony were most flattering ; the quality of each was highly praised. The Agricultural Company were proceeding in the introduction of seeds and plants from the Isle of France, and roots from England. 'File prizes fix wool had created great rivalship in New Holland. The following are extracts from the papers:— [From the Australian.] Syntrar, FEB. 3. Ry an extract from the correspondence of a French gentleman with a merchant of Sydney. we learn that the French frigate La Thetis and the corvette L'Esperance are cruising in the South Seas, and may very shortly be expected to arrive at Port Jackson. The frigate is commanded by 31. Bongainvllle, a relation of the celebrated navigator of that name. On Saturday, arrived the ship Grenada, in 112 days from Grimes end the Grenada bring. out 81 female convicts, with IS of their children, and 21 cabin passengers, all in good heal.h. On the 14th December, in lon. 15 E spoke the Admiral Cockburn, sailed from Falmouth on the 16th September. BYrswkr, WEDWEISIDAY AVe have just room to announce that Ca rule Howell aud Hume have returned from their czcursiou to the southward. It ap pears that they penetrated ea far as Western Putt, Bass's straits, where they discovered a river of considerable magnitude. They represent the country. from lat. 36 to Western Port, to be cc. markably rich , and much spperior to the country of Argyleshire or Bathurst, being for the mouLps , t open forest country. Avenge prices of the ftraiarts —Two pounds of bread, qa. ; wheat, 64. 34d. per bushel ; barley, Ss. dd. per bushel ; maize, per bushel ; oats, M. per bushel ; potatoes, 81. per cwt. ; butter, Is. Pd. per lb.; eggs, Is. 4d. per dozen ; foals, 3e . 81 per couple; se chee, la. 6d. per 11. Average heat in December, ID deg. - - upon their fellow workmen. The rights of all parties will henceforth be clearly dehned t and instead of the disgrace ful scenes of idleness and turbulence which some of the manuiacturing districts have lately exhibited, we shall again behold the cheering spectacle of universal industry and content. That all legislative interference to regulate the price of labour, is not only unjust towards !te workmen, but in jurious in itself, there can be no doubt. There requires no circuitous train of reasoning to prove it to be so. If such interference is called for by their employers, and is for their benefit, in the same proportion it must be against the in terests of the workmen ; if called for by the workmen for their advantage, its effect must be to subject their em ployers to their exaction, and thus to lead rn both sides to harassment, vexation, and ruin. 'f he wages of labour must ever be left to the adjustment of both parties acting with perfect freedom, anti to all those circumstances—never to be defined beforehand—which determine the particular interests el each. No questions of right enter into such negotiations on either side ; there is nothing, therefore, for the laws to regulate, or for the tribunal of Parliament to decide. When a manufacturer shall give, or a workman accept, a certain rate of wages, is, with each, purely an affair of prudence, and to be governed by all those circum stances which control and influence—each in their order— all the contracts and concerns of private life, That the Cotalination Laws were utter unsound in theis policy,— . -. most partial and oppressive in their spirit,—and full of vexation and wretchedness in their result—had been amply proved by experience. They originated in the reign of EDWARD 111. a period of utter darkness as to the true prin ciple& of political justice ; they must seek, in the ignorance of the age which gave them birth, an apolou for their enactment. It was wise, therefore, to repeal them ;it was consistent with that liberal and enlightened policy which distinguishes the system of the present Admlnistra ' Lion, and which will distinguish it to after ages, as forming an era in the British Government. CITY, -MONDAY EVENING. The transactions of the British Stock Market were rather exten sive this morning, and the price of Cowl* for the opening im proved; reachin; at the dole of the day hit i. The reduced An nuities were at 90i 111. Indeed, the English Funds have not ap peared in so flint a state since the recent panic as at the present moment. The French Funds came better by the express this morning, and that circumstance, no doubt, tended in some degree to the improvement in the British Market. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Securities were principally at tended to; and, in consequence of no intelligence having been re. ceived respecting the New Spanish Loan, they drooped in a very trifling degree ; the Old Bonds being done at 244 1, and the New at 191 1. Greek Scrip contir.ues to advance. It was to day, at 10, 0.1 discount. The Bonds were 401. South American Securities were better, and evinced • strong disposition to raise. Colombian Bonds were at 87184, and M. xican Scrip at 2 discount. Brazilian ditto waif discount, and the Danish 31 discount. The business in the Share Market was not extensive. but • ten dency towards an improvement of prices was apparent in it. Anglo Alexi= Shares were clone at 90, those of the Pawn Peru vian Company at 141. The New Potosi Shales were at 71, and the General Alining at 114, I2A. A decree, comprising a gieaintather of articles, was published on the Bth of this month at Milan, awarding the punishment of death td any one who should be found guilty of being a spy upon the strength, state of the army, the dispositions, plans, and movements of the troops, the state of a fortress or fortification, of Provisions of depots or magazine+, &c. with the intention of communicating them to the enemy in any manner whatever. He will be consi dered as a spy who, even in time of peace, shall enter into any of the above-named investigations in order to transmit the result to a foreign power. We are assured that all the projects for an Italian Federation, which have been for some time entertained, are now definitely postponed, and that the Diplomatic Meeting at Milan will be followed by no results upon this subject. The refusal of England to participate in this Congress, is not, we should suspect, the only difficulty that stood in the way of the contemplated arrangements. It has been manifest, that the Sovereigns of Italy who are connected with the Bourbon family, felt a disinclination towards the plan, which proved that their wishes lay in another direction.—courier. Accounts from Genoa state, that the Emperor and Em press of Austria, the Viceroy and Vice-Queen of the Lom bard and Venetian States, and the Duchess of Parma left Genoa for Parma 7th inst. Extract of a letter received yesterday from Paris:— " There is a great operation in gold and silver here, melt ing down your coin into ingots to be sent elsewhere. lat first did not believe it; but I have, within the last ten days, been carried to the places where this process was going forward. The amount is stated to be very great." An article in the Ephemeri, Qf Athena, of November last, says that an enumeration had been made of the inhabitants by the Governors of the city. The number was found to be 9,040. The permission to import foreign wheat into Spain through the ports of Algesiras, Seville, Almeira, and Ma laga, upon payment of half a dollar per fanags, has been extended to 30th next month inclusive, and to the ports of Barcelona and Tarragona. The Spanish Government has prohibited the admission into the Spanish dominions of the Popalar•, a newspaper published in the Spanish language, by Members of the late Cortes and other revolutionists in London.—Gihral/ar Chronkle, May 30. Extract of a letter. dated Gibraltar, May 30 :—" Abso lam, the master of the Neptune, from Zante, states, that he saw an Algerine squadron, with troops, on the 3tl inst. off Alicata, consisting of three frigates, two brigs, and two schooners, bound to the Archipelago, which demanded the Mediterranean Pass.—A Colombian schooner was cruising off Cape de Galt three days since, and a brig, the Vincidor, (Colombian brig of war), the General Soitana, and Aqui leba, privateers, sailed from bere the 2.5 th inst." Baron Devoe, a magistrate of Brussels, long in offfee, has recently been fined a thousand florins for omissions, errors in dates, and irregularities committed in the registers of marriages during the years 102'2 and 18513. We understand by some letters from Buenos Ayres, that the liberation of the British subjects in Paraguay has been solely obtained through the address and perse verance of Mr. Parish, our Consul at Buenos Ayres. He is said to be the only individual who has been able to acqnire an influence over the mind of Dr. Gaspar° de •Franc:a, the Dictator of Paraguay ; and there is good ground to infer, from various circumstances which have transpired, that the basis is laid of a future beneficial intercourse with that important country, at present, (owing to the system by which it is governed) so little known. It appears that Francis is engaged in some dis cussions with the Government of Buenos Ayres, relative to a - right of free passage to the ocean, on which he insists, although he kept his own ports closed, and prohibited on his part, in pursuance of his own system, all intercourse with Buenos Ayres. The population of Paraguay is esti mated at 500,000. Nothing had excited more astonish ment at Buenos Ayres than Mr. Parish's success in the negociation with trancia, which had very much increased the importance and influence of the English in general. A letter from the Cape of Good Hope, of the 4th of April, states, that Mr. Van Lier, the Secretary of the Burgher &nate, who wa» ordered for prosecution en a charge of embezzlement, has absconded, as supposed, in a French vessel, after burning all the books. The Af Pan Gazette states that General Buena, Corn , mander-in-Chief in Lombardy, died on the 7th of June, of gout. which seized the brain. Ile was 5.5 years of age. On Saturday several members of the Colombian Agri cultural 41ssociation gave a dinner to Mr. Hurtado, the Colombian Minister, at the Star and Garter, Richmond hill. Among the company were Sir James Mackintosh, Sir Robert Wilson, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Lambton, Mr. Denman, Mr. J. Williams, Mr. Ellice, and Mr. Hob house. SPANISH MIRACLE. The following kiln extract of a letter from Barcelona, dated Oth of June:— " The monks here are in raptures ; they talk of nothing else but our blessed countryman, Julien, a monk whom- the Pope bas lately canonized. It is curious to hear them talk of the miracles which this holy monk has wrought ; they are of all sorts. We, Spaniards, must take care how we raise the least doubt on thcatrthenticity of these miracles, for that is classic ground with them ; and it was not (long since this our happy country witnessed what cannot be considered otherwise than a miraculous fut. During the course of last yeti as great a drought was felt as now ; in every town public prayers were offered up, and each addressed its own peculiar patron, that, by his intercession, the floods of heaven might demen d upon us. The village of las Cabesaa de San J uan , in Andalusia, which the unfortunate Riego has rendered celebrated as the spot where he proclaimed the C,onstititution, invoked with fervour the great St. Nicholas; but it was all to no purpose; for the fields remained as dry as ever. At last, one Sunday morning, the faithful per ceived the Saint had a letter in his hand. Each devotee respect. fully advanced to receive it/ but at their approach the Saint, al though made of wood, raised the hand which held the letter, a certain sign that it was not to them he was to deliver it. Tha Curate, who was immediately informed of the prodigy, attired him self with all speed in his sacerdotal vestments, and went in his turn to take the letter, which the Saint let him do without opposition. The Curate then read it to the faithful ; it was conceived as fol lows " Abode of the Blessed, Ist May 1824. MY DEAN Ntcixot.as.-1 have heard the prayers. in which, thou continually beggtst for rain. for the district ; but thou canst not be ignorant of the crime with which that rebellious vii. age is stained. It is for this that Spain adieu drought, it is therefore in vain that thou askest waters of ine, for I cannot under the circumstances be accessible to your prayers. TUE bTERNAL FATHER. • What I have just stated to you is a fact well known all over Spain. particularly in Andalusia 4 and I would not advise a traveller who should pass through Las Cabers-di.% man-Juan. and hearing this miracle to express the least doubt of it, he would infallibly be torn to pieces, and would hare hut a small chance of again seeing his native country, unless the blessed St. Julian should come to help bun—Courier Francois. SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF AGED POOR. The anniversary dinner of this old established, and most excel lent institution, wws yesterday given at Canonbury House, Isling ton. The Right Rev. Dr. Poynter in the chair. The Re►. Mr. T. Weld, the Rev. Dr. Baldreconi, and other eminent Catholic dignitaries were present. After dinner now nol* Domine was sung with great applause by the professional gentlemen present. The usual toasts were then drunk with the customary honours. The report was then read by the Rev. Mr. Silveira. Since their last meeting they had added to their weekly pensioners ten most dis. tressed and deserving objects, making altogether sixty persons who now received the weekly donation of half-a-crown. The Committee hoped that the patronage of their benefactors, and the liberal sup. port of a generous Catholic public would enable them to meet the great encrease of expenditure attending so large an addition to the number of their pensioners. The project for the erection of alms houses bade fait to be crowned with full and complete success. The receipts and expenditure of last year amounted to 570 L Os. 11. On "Prosperity to the Society" being drank the Rev. Gentleman made an eloquent address in behalf of tilt.. Charity, of whose met its the company , seemed to be fully aware, if we may judge the amount of the donations which were afterwards collected. The licalths of the various officers and friends of the Society were then drank, and the conviviality of the evening was kept up tilt an ad. ranted hour. 1:4 UXHA I, I. GARDENS. This delightful place of summer amusement celebrated the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo last night with the splendour that hat always distinguished these Gardens since they have been under the management of their present proprietors. Notwithstanding the weather was exceedingly inauspicious, the Gardens were very respectably attended, much better indeed than we could have expected. Amongst the company we noticed many of the distinguished heroes who hore.a part in that proud day. In honour of the vic tory the fire works were unusually grand. A Battle Sym phony and Overture, composed for the occasion by W. H. Rook, were well performed r by the orchestra ; gu,ooo addi tional lamps were introduced. which displayed the words " " Waterloo;" and altogether the amuse ments were of the most attractive and agreeable nature. Yesterday his Majesty had a **et party to dinner. The Duke of York, the L)uke of Cambridge, and the Duchess of Gloucester, vaited the King yesterday. Yesterday morning the Duke of York and the Duke of Cambridge inspected a battalion of the Guards in Hyde Park. On Sunday the Duke of Cambridge honoured Count and Countess St. Antonio with his company to dinner at their resilience in Hanover-square. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester gave a grand din ner yesterday at their residence in Park-lane. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday. The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Leopold spent Sunday evening with the Duchess of Kent, at her apart ments at the King's Palace, Kensington. Mr. and Lady Louisa Lambton arrived at their scat, Lambton Hall, on Saturday night last.--The 7'ere Mer cury of this week states that Mr. and Lady L. have come down to the north " to make splendid preparations for the reception of his Royal/Highness the Duke of York;" and also that Sir M. W. Ridley will have the honour of enter taining the Duke of Sussex. Other journals have con tained similar patarrraphs; but we can state that there is no foundation for ale report tha: their Royal Highnesses intend visiting the north this year. Mr. Lambton has between 80 and 100 workmen eartagell in making al terations and improvements in and about Lambton Hall. Nearly the same number have been similarly employed for the last 13 years, and are likely to continue so for at least six years longer. When the improvement" now car rying on are completed, the honourable gentleman's man sion will be one of the most splendid and princely resi dences of its kind in the kingdom.—Durham Chronicle. Sir John Newport has arrived in Dublin. Dauer LAN e.—Last night Mr. Kean re-appeared for the first time since his temporary absence, in the character of Richert! the Third. llie was well received by a good, but not an overflowing house; and his acting was (as natal) energetic, but his voice was in no very good condi tion, and completely failed in the fourth and fifth acts. On Saturday night Mr. Kean appeared at the Liverpool theatre in the part of Shylock for one night only. The announcement was very.short, and only about half a house was the receipts of the evening. He was tolerably well received, and made some apology for his former conduct there, and intimated that he would appear again in a short time on these boards previous to his quitting the country. • • CARTWRIGII7"I4 MONUMENT. A public Meeting .was held yesterday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, W take itito consideration the best means of increasing the present subscription 'of SOO/. for the erection of a suitable menu. ment to perpetuate the memory of the late John Cartwright ' The chair was to hive been taken at one o'clock, but, in conse quence of the very few persdns amembled at that hour, it was thought expedient by the Co.nnsittee that the business of the Meet ing shoed nut be proceeded no till a later hour. At two o'clock, there being about twentyyersens present, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT was called to the Chap. The Hon. Ban. said, the object of the Meeting was .such as must interest every friend to the liberties of his country. The gentleman whose me mory it was proposed to perpetuate by a monument bud, after a hang, and laborious life spent in ti,; must irtive and persevering ex ertions for the happioess and freedom of his countrymen, left to them a legacy which entitled him to their warmest gratitude. When England was threatened with a french invasion, hie works had done greet service ; and he at that time proposed measures which, if adopted, would not only have preserved the then threat ened liberties of his country, but would ever after have pentected them against foreign or domestic enemies. (Applause). Ile had never read the work. of Major Cartwright without seeing the en lightened patriot shining through them. lits *al not a sectarian patriotism; the gloried in advancing the happiness not alone of this country, but of all mankind. In fine (said the Honourable Baronet) he was worthy of the great nation to which he be longed. His character was particularly English; there was no tined or false ornament in it ; all wax solid and genuine. (Ap plause.) His long life was one of marked integrity, and unsullied private character; and on many occasions had he sacri ficed his private feclingsen the public interest. True it was, that Major Cartwright h been accused of pertinaciously adhering to his own opinions • but he was satisfied, that from the enlarged views be took of the °Hat he advocated, he could not with consist ency act on any other opinions than those he had previously adopt ed. The Honourable Baronet then went into a long detail of the political character and conduct of the late Major Cartwright, and vindicated the purity of that character, anti the consistency of that conduct. Ilia whole life was marked by a tothl disregard of the anisciiitetices that night arise to himself. His induatity and pereg mance were calculated to forward hint in any course he adopted, but his chief and primary object was the advancement o; his coun try's good ; in hissed to achieve which , he lost all feelings of pri . - vete coneeeration. In humble life, he was mild and unassuming, but still resolute. In his private capacity, he was benevolent and virtuous. The Honourable Baronet, after some further remarks, said, he felt great happiness in presiding at a Meeting convened for so worthy an object. Mr. Rut, proposed the first Resolution, which sou to the ef fect—that from the great set vices rendered by the late Major Cart. weight to his eountry, some measure should be adopted by his countrymen, to express' their respect for his memory. Mr. Rutt proceeded t spy, that lie had been for forty years intimately , se : qesinted with Major Cartwright. and that be never knew an indi vidual more anxious to dromote the happiness aid liberties of man kind. His desire was not to establish that species of freedom which was supposed to exist amongst theamients. Ile was not so wedded to that imaginary freedom, of which so touch •as to be heard of in the poets of autiquity. No ; he wished to give Eng lishmen that solid, real, substaturol free dom, which Engliehmln ought to enjoy. (Applause.) For I contend (said dlr. Rutt) that , I in Greece and Rome there was no liberty ; for, in these countries, even during their most distinguished days, there were a few privi lewd mast re, all others were niece slaves. (Applause.) Mr. Gattowss seconded the Resolution. He thought, that on such an occasion as the present, every individual should come ' forward. He had the honour of knowing the late Major Cart wright, and during that period there could not have been a more industrious or indefatigable friend to the interests of his country. ' True it was, that he was supposed to be too fastidious in his adhe. rence to a particular creed ; but he always said, " If I were con vinced that freedom could be more quickly gained by measures dif. fer..nt font those I advocate, I would most readily give up my own opinions, and adopt those likely to succeed." dlr. Galloway went on to say, that those who talked so much of Major Cartwright's want of success, nod who were constantly recommending a mode.' raterelorm, hail been just as unsuccessful as lie was. As the friend of Radical Reform (said Mr. (i.) I tin not with to censure others who will not consent to go so far ; and I feel, that by acting on my own opinions, I do not retard the exertions of those who, though opposed to Refonn, are still anxious for a partial one. Ile proceeded to say, that the people could never be contented with any arrangement, which would continue to exclude three-fourths of them hem a participation iu the rights of freemen, and that the Reformers could never hope for the co-operation of the people, or for final success, whilst they sanctioned such a comeremise.— (A pplauee.) He regretted the extreme thinnest's of the dleeting. It was, however, a consolation to find, that those assembled were a chosen few. Mr. F. CANxibro proposed the next Resolution, whichdeclared. that the public respect for rho late Major Cartwright would be best testified by the erection of a monument to perpetuate his memory. STURCH paid, he could not go away satisfied, if he did not say a few words in support of the Resolution. lie had known the late Major Cartwright for a long period. It was now forty-three years since he had been introduced to him. Their 'acquaintance commenced at the formation of the Society for the purpose of ob taining constitutional information ; a Society which had amongst its first members the late Sir Samuel, then dlr. Romilly; and which ha (Mr. Swell) was convinced, diet much to keep alive the public feeling for liberty. Major Cartwright had always been a great friend to the cause of rational liberty. He was not the advo cate of parties or of sects, but of the whole world. Mr. Sturch con cluded by seconding the Resolution. Dr. GILCIIRIST said he was for many years the intimate friend ' of the individual whose memory it was proposed to perpetuate— an individual, who, through a long and active life. possessed the simplicity of a chil d—the ardour of youth—the courage of a man— and the wisdom of old age. (Applause.) Ile looked on all things as a man of the world, and embraced the whole universe within the grasp of his comprehensive mind. Wherever the arm of despotism was raised, the head and the heart of Major Cartwright were ready to oppose it. No man was possessed of more genuine hospitality, and never was hospitality more nobly displayed than hid towards the unfortunate victims of oppression who had been driven to this country from the Continent. (Applause.) lie en quired not what was the colour, the calling, the country, or the creed of any person—" if he be honest," he used to say, " he deserves my assistance." (Applause.) After some further obser vations the Learned Gentleman went on to say.—" My late friend, Major Cartwright, was called a radical reformer: be was one, and so am I. (A laugh.) I am not ashamed to avow it, and I am so on principles so convincing that I feel I can never alter my opinion, still I won't say "so help me God" I shan't alter them. (Great laughter and applause.) Ile was most anxious to express has con currence in the proposed erection of a monument to perpetuate the memory of the late John Cartwright He would give him no title, for such a man was above being titled. Indeed, there was but lit tle chance the they shoeld " see his like again." lie was, said the Learned Gentleman, the last of Englishmen I ever knen,-. (Applause.) Mr. WOOLER. the Secretary, then stated that the erection of the proposed monument had its or:gin at a meeting held at the house of Mr. P. Moore shortly atter the death of Major Cartwright The amount of the subscriptions collected since that period amounted to considerably over 6001.; and amongst the subscriptions was the widow of the late Charles Janice Fox. JOHN C. HOBHOUSE, Esq. proposed the next resolution, which expressed the expediency of entering into a further subscription. He said that it was to do justice to his own feelings he came for ward on the present occasion. If they deplored the loss of Major Cartwright there was something to reconcile them to that loss, tor his spirit continued amongst them. (Hear, hear.) It was not to do honour to the individual that they then met—he had gone to where earthly honours cannot avail—no. it was to du honour to his principles, and for that alone they had come together. (Applause.) The Honourable Gentleman went on to say That he agreed with his Noble Colleague, when he said, that the late Major Cart wright had, by his works , erected for bitnself a monunient which time could not destroy. His whole life was directed to the freedom of his country, and he always contended for that right which every man had to defend--his own liberties t and to have in Parliament, to speak his sentiments, a Representative eleven by himself. (Ap plause.) In vain was it to look for rational Reform under any other circumstances ; and until every man in the country was fully and fairly represented, such indivulnals as Major Cartwright would he always called on, and always required. (Applause.) Ile (Mr. Hobhouse) agreed with his Noble Colleague, that in she character of Major Cartwright there was something peculiar to the sail and climate of England. He hoped the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Rutt) would pardon him, if he did not go so far in condemning the ancients. He was convinced, that among them could be found the noblest examples of fidelity as friends, and of generosity as enemies. Ile was sure, that the great man whose memory they had met to perpetuate, always looked up to them as models for his imitation. (Applause.) It was his (Mr. llobhousee) fate, to be at one time politically opposed to Major Cartwright; and after au hono,trable contest, that much-respected individual had honoured him with all the attention which he had no right to expect. Major Cartwrigbt had been blessed with a lire protracted to a length which few of the sons of men could hope to reach, and with safety might he lay hie hand op his heart, and say, that during his whole life, there was no word, or thought, or deed, of which he need be ashamed. (Ap plume.) When he (Mr. Hobhowie) talked of the purity of that individual's thoughts, he of course judged of it from his actions.— The Honourable Gentleman said, lie was consoled at the thinneee of the Meeting, when he recolilcted that some Meetings are to be weighed, and not numbered. (Applause.) Mr. HILL seconded the Resolution, which was carried or.ani mouviy, . _ Mr. SL,I.DE and Ik. GILCIIRIBT were appointed Treasurers ; and after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the Melting ad ourned. FULLUTON V. DALIIVMPj.E.—In the House of Lords yesterday, the Lord Chancellor addressed the House for upwards of an hour on this very important cause. The Earl of Lauderdale expressedlis opinion on some pointy of the cue, to ditl4 from bis Noble and Learned Friend. The Chancellor then moved, that the decree be affirmed, subject to the omission of certain words ; which was car-' riedvithout a division, and thus the family of Sir Hew Dalrymple are, for the present at least, left to the quiet possession of the Bergamy estate. The amount of fee paid Mr. irConvell for his late pro fessional exertions before the Mose of Lords, in the ease Scully v. Scully. was fire huedred pounds.—Cork Pver. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Illown,cr, Just Mt • CRIMINAL INFORMATION. • It will be reentlected that Air. Brougham, fit the early part of this Terqx.nbtained a rule nisi for a criminal information against Al. Carrells°, for a libel on the Portuguese Minister, the Marquis! Pa!melt*. lie afterwards obtained an extension of this rule, maw to take in another person, s M. Bernardo Rod. Mr. Scinctiry this day showed cause against the rule. on an affidavit of Al. Carvelho, that he wax neither the printer, pubikshm, nor proprietor of the work containing the libel , nor had any minute• don whatever lith it. THE I•ORD CHIEY JeSTICE—Have you any affidavit freest the other parties ? 111 r. SCARLETT—YeA. my Lord; but I cannot venture Wlrellat them in answer to the rule. The LORD CHIEF JUSTlE—have you any oh:reit:M.' Hr. Brougham, that so much of the rule as relates to Al. Carseige bP discharged ? Mr. BROVGHAPI—None, my Lord. Mr. SCAR LETT acceded. So much of the rule as relates to Al. Carvalho was dteeefoni discharged. THE /IRO V. AMPTILETT. This was an indictment tried at the last Stafford Assizes. for having published in the Popery Gazette, of which paper ditties rendes' to tho proprietor, a libel reflecting on the moral characters of Messrs. John ul William Ridgway, ehina-manufacturers, liv. ing in the same perish with the defendant. The Jury found the defendant guilty, and he was this day brought up to receive the judgment of the Court. The libel in question occurred in the course of a raper mer bew tweet two rival editors an mends of religion. The promestotre beirl dissenters ' aid t e sin lam the champion, as it Neu, a the Leablished Church, woo suspected the flutrways to be the eiittors or instit,7tots of the articles which tippet ed in the Pottery Atertory. A great number of affidavits were read on behalf of the defendant. Mr. JARVIS, Mr. LI/DLOVT. end Mr. ---, were heard is !RIB. ration. and Mr. CAMPBELL in aggravation of punishment. The judgment of the Court was, that the defendant, should pay fine of 50f. to the King, and find security foe these years, hinted( in 21W. and tiro endive in ifle/,• each. 'THE ZING V. MOLLINGBERT, GENT. REO OTHERS. The defendants, floiliagbery, Smith, and Howley, who had been convicted at the late Snails in Middlesex.; of •conspiracy to extort &OWL from Josiah Taylor, by means of pressing two seve ral indictments against hint for keeping a gaming -house in the perish of St. Jewett's, upon one of which indictments Taylor bail received sentence after pleading • false plea of oarrefitit acquit, Were now brought up to receive the judgment of the Court. On a Ginner day this term, Air. Common Sergeant, on behalf of the defendant Bowle r , Mr. J easo p on b e h a lf of the defendant South, and Air. Chitty on behalf pf the defendant Hollingbery. severally ;nosed for a new trial. The latter gentleman also moved an arrest of judgment, The case was ordered to stand over until the defendants should be brought up, the Court intimating; that if, on reading the Judge's notes of the trial, anything should appear to justify the revision of the case by another Jury, the defendants would have the benefit of it. The Loan Cttter J USTICE now read his notes of the trial. . An affidavit by one of the firm of Williams, Brooks, and Co. Solicitors, wan put in on behalf of the defendant Hollingbery, in which the deponent stated, that he had known the defendant nine years, that Ire served his articles in the office of the deponent and his partners, during which time he conducted himself with the greatest propriety ; that his connections were of the highest spec. tability, and that he was introduced to this deponent and his part ners by 4 Nobleman of high rank. An affidavit was then rut in oh.behalf of the three defendants. made by the person who purchased the proprietorship of the Cu rate of Fashion, of Charles Molloy Wesel - next, whose influence at the trial tended materially to the conviction of the defendants. Thiti affidavit went to impeach the testimony of that witness. 'I he Clerk of the Court had not proceeded far when— Mr. SCARLET,* interposed, and said that it was singular, at such a period as this, to produce affidavits wh;ch went to impeach, the testimony of the witnesses (which ought to have been door at the time of the trial, if at all), instead of being confined to matters which would go in mitigation of punishment. Mr. COMMON' SERGEANT said, the reason the affidavit was made now was, because they were taken by surprise at the trial DO idea having been entertained that Westmacott would be called on as a witness. The Loan CHIEF Just ICE said, the affidavit ought to have; been made when the motion for a new trial was brought on. The COMitON SERGEANT replied, tttat the patty was not in. formed of the circumstance in time. Mr. 13CARLETT said, it was contrary to the rules of the Court to take an affidavit now against the evidence. It ought to haite been done within the first four days of term. In the case of the King v. Powell, the A.rorney4eneral wished to read an affidavit in a similar way, but the Court would not allow him to read it. The Common SERGZANT.--If their Lordships should say he could not be permitted to contradict the evidence of Westmacote as to a particular fact, then he bad no other affidavits to put in but those of the defendants themselves, and those certainly went not merely in mitigation of punlithment but heel@ Sett of the case. The LORD Cider Juiric c said such affidavits could not be received. No defendants would ever conic up sod receive the judgment of the Court without them, if sifter they had been tried and convicted they were to be at liberty to come and give evidence for themselves. Dlr. COMMON ScnorAxT said, that in one of the affidavits it was sworn that the wittioss Westmaeott, was married by the name of Charles IVestmacott Molloy, and not Charles blolloy West mactitt. The LonD CHM' Juvrics—But does your affidavit swear that the dektidants did not Mow the witness by the name of Wait macott ? Alt. COMMON SERGEANT—No, my Lord. Mr. Sc TTTTTT .—lle had been tried in thie Conn by hie rupee name, which was well enough known both in the COWL and Out of it. The Commow fignoggwr then put in the affidavit of the de fendant Howley, but after the Clerk of the Court had read a few' passages of it, 31r. SCAR L ETT said he must object to this very irregular course The affidavit was not ht wiligatiou, but went to the facts of the case. The Loen Cuter JUSTICE asked whether there were not any other affidavits on the part of the defendants? Mr. CHITTY put in the affidavit of the defendant Hollingbery. in which he stated, that in consequence of the two motions which had been made to get him struck o ff the rolls of the Court and other vexatious proceed ings, and also in consequence of bad debts, he was reduced to very great distress. That he was very contrite foe what he had done, but was not aware that be was doing what nes contrary to the laws of the country • and he further swore, that 111 e offer of arrangement was made by him by Charles Swayne, who re , presented himself to be a particular friend of Taylor's; and that it was not till after this, that he had ever given the least encourage ment to the business being put an end to in that ntode. That he believed this proposed arrangement was a concerted plan of Swayne and Taylor for the puryose of getting him struck off the rolls of this Court. That if Swayne had appeared in Court, es a witness on the trial, he should hare been able to have shown that he (Swayne) was the first cause of this offer being made. The affidavit of John Smith was then read.—The defendant stated that he had been formerly articled by his guardian to an at torney in the country, and that coming to a good patrimony, he abandoned his profession. That bis patrimony consisted of real and personal estate. That having been unfortunately introduced into the diderent gaming -houses of this metropolis, he had lost ail his property. The detendant begged to remind the Honourable Court, that hefted been instrumental in bringing a notorious keeper of gaming -houses to justice, by ivhfeb he hopes it would be con. sidered he had done a great public good. He verily believed that , Taylor was the cause of Swayne's not appearing at the trial, and that if he had appeared, much would hive been extracted from him In his cross-examination that would have been favourable to the defendant. The affidavit of Rowley as to that part which went io=don was then reas..—fle stared that he was the son o f a ea t sod aged parent, who he believed would be very seriously Whets. if any severe punishment should be passed at him.—Thst he had riot. been into any gamieg house since the death of his mother, which was in the year 111t2; and he begged to remind the Court that the charge which was mode against Taylor was not false, and he swore that he (defendant) never thought of compromising the indictment,untilTaylor had first offered to do so by his agentßway se Mr. COMMON Sr noesacr then addressed the Case; on behalf of Bowley. The Learned Gentleman observed that the defendants were objects more of compassion than of punishment, who by the conduct of the prsoleator had been roluced from a state of comfort sad respects ty to the last erste of penury and degradation. which were the natural consequences of the pernicious s yetce which the man who now brought them up fur die judgment of the Court openly encouraged and enriched himself by. The Learned Counsel then commented at great length on the nature or the esdence adduced at the trial,and remarked with much force on the absence of no less titan four out of five witnesses who appearof before the Grand Jury. flail Taylor, or Swarm. or Me. Tathertn, or Mr. 'fathato's clerk. apperat in Court at the trial, at would here been elicited on the cross.examinatfon of sorpe of those per. sons, whence the proposition for compromising tic indictments had originated ; but all those witnesses had been earoully kept out of the way. This was a fact which made this Case without a parallel in all the criminal cases that had ever occurred in this country and such a suppression of evidence, by which the defendants were deprived the opportunity of cross-examination, threw great amp , . cion on the whoie transaction. After some further ob thins on the Very doubtful t:stitnon (as it was characterised) of bit. Women-nes evidence. the Counter concluded be saying. that putting this evidence ia the degree of discredit which lbeiergeet sier d itr i i sseni i:d i l hips ci: n tn t ri t l n ee iro ta : q vi ts p u pm conu e : s ns tei r u‘ i i reo tr t n ud h b ee a w tir r h t en al l t i u l ti: T ic: w hw il. t a s i lui cua s f r o i l e n t se e i o c t s vh ;i l e sown ep fheri c sa u ii ce cts r 7 b w frh t r a h eig s n e uh o e t m f oi h rtdp eer ea o r e e n t : e t f o a ftr : i be nPr o t t a e i st fkleg thii ?ditlen er : by &Jury; hut if the rules of the Cotrrt should prevent than flank doing that, then he hoped their Lordships would deal with the do , fondants as leniently as possible. Mr. Jcasoes then addressed the Court on beha/f of Bersith. The Learned Gentleman was revere! times interrupted by die sippesits Counsel, because he was following the steps of the Ostilloost Sergeant, who had addressed hinseelf entirely so the mer.te,,inoleud of to matters in mitigation. Mr. Cutete addressed thr.r Lordships on behalf of Hellinbey, if f Id 11 i ~~~, r 1 } • 1 AB f ~~E