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TREATY WITH TIFF NETHERLANDS. Yesterday we received Brussels I'apers to a Late date. The following are extracts : BRUSSELS, MAT 26. The following is the Note of the Plenipotentiaries of his blajesty the King of the Netherlands, in reply to that of the Plenipotentiaries of his Britannic Majesty, concerning the Treaty of London, eon. clu led on the I;th of March •• The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands have found, in the Note which has just been pre- l rented to then by their Excellencies the British Plenipotentiaries, I &ithful recapitulation of the communications which had taken place at the time when circumstances, independent of the will ciF; the negociators, led to a suspicion of their conferences. "Being called upon to resume their labours, the completion of which has always been desired by both parties with equal sincerity, the undersigned speedily recognized in their fellow-negociators that spirit of equity and conciliation which facilitates the adjustment of the most complicated questions • and, to do justice to which, they can find no fitter occasion than the moment which is going, to sanc tion, by the signature of a formal treaty. the arrangements adopted, after mature examination, as eminently calculated to maintain a ; good understanding even between the inferior agents of the eon. trotting parties. " This essential object, this mincipal tendency of the treaty. are palpable for all persons who read with attention the several articles. •• The express stipulations which it contains appear sufficient to remove, by common consent, any uncertainty which may occur in the sequel. However, as the British have thought it proper to enter into soinefurther details, the undersigned, who on their side feel the importance of leaving nothing to chance in so interesting an affair. make no difficulty . of following them in their details, and of com pleting, by a succinct dcyclopenient of their way n thinking, the answer which they gave to the Note of their Excellencies. " The seventh article contains an exception to the general prin ciple of the liberty of commerce. The necessity of this exception which was already admitted by England in the conferences in 11120, is founded on the existence of the system relative to the exclusive trade in spices. `• If the deliberation of the Government of the Netherlands head' to the abandonment of this system, the freedom of commerce resumes its rights, and the whole of this Archipelago which is very jitstly described ax comprehended between Cekb:ai, Timor, and New Guinea. is open to all lawful speculations. on the footing to be es tablished by local ordinances, and with respect to the subjects of his Britannic :Majesty in particular, conformably to the bases laid down by the treaty. for all the Asiatic possessions of the two con. reacting Powers. On the other hand, so long as the exception in question remains in force, the vessels which traverse the :Moluccas are to abstain from putting into any other ports, than those in the list which was officially communicated to the maritime Powers sonic years ago, excepting cases of distress, in which, it is superfluous to add, that they will hind at all places where the standard of the Netherlands is displayed, the services and assistance due to suffer ing humanity. •• If the Government of Great Britain, in disengaging itself, . according to the principles established by . the present treaty, from the connections which its agents funned tour or five years ago, in the kingdom of Achcen, think any real advantage will accrue to it for securing, by some new sitipulations, the hospitable reception of the vessels and subjects of Great Britain in the ports of that king dom ; the undersigned do not hesitate to decline, that on their side they see no inconvenience in it, and they believe that they can at the same time give the assurance that their Government will proceed without delay, to regulate its relations with Acheen in such a man. ner that that State, without losing any of its independence, may offer to the navigator and to the merchant, that constant security which, it seem*, cannot be established there, but by the moderate exercise of the influence of sore European POIVPT. •• In addition to the information contained in the last note of the British Plenipotentiaries on the subject of Bencliolen, their Excel lencies have communicated to the underaiKned the two Conventions signed respectively, the of May and the ith July, 111111, on the one part by the Governor of that settlement, and on the other by the Chiefs of some nei n ehlxiuring tribes; they hare also had communi cation of a despatch of the Governor-General in Council. dated Fort William, the 11th May urn, by which the British Administration has abolished at Fort Marlborough the monopoly of pepper, en couraged the cultivation of rice, and placed on astable and uniform foundation the relations of the different classes of the natives, as well with each other as their Chiefs. Now, unless the undersigned are deceived in supposing that the object of this arrangement was to ensure the prosperity of agriculture, and to prompt the misun derstandings which often result from the immediate contact of the native population with the subaltern authorities of a foreign Go vernment, they feel great satisfaction in saying, that far from hay ieg to fear any retro-active measures, the individuals interested in the present order of things may, on the moiety, entertain the hope that the new Government will have regard to their acquired rights and to their welfare, which the undersigned especially take plea sure in warranting: it will cause the articles of the Conventions al ready mentioned to be strictly observed, on the faith of which the initabitants of Pasuniniah Ula Manna and other tribes have recog nised the authority or accepted the protection of the British Eva India Company ; reserving, however, the faculty to substitute for them, with the full consent of the party interested, other analogous conditions, if circumstances should render an alteration necessary. " With respect to the equitable and benevolent dispositions of the British Government towards the inhabitants of Malacca, and the other Dutch settlements , . ceded by this treaty, the Plenipoten. Series of his Majesty the King of the Nethellunds accept the as surance of them, with unlimited confidence, and the same senti ment induces them rot to insist that the instructions and the orders, which shall be sent to the English authorities in India, relative to the delivering up of Fort Marlboenugh and its dependencies, shall be conceived ice terms so clear, precise, and positive, that no ground for uncertainty, no pretext for delay, may be found in them ; for they am persuaded, that the British I'lenipotentiarits, after having shewn so much moderation mid fair dealing in the fulfilment of their task,will take care, that the result of their joint labours shall not be endangered by a regard to subordinate interests, and secondary considerations. This result is pointed by the British Plenipoten. harks themselves, in their lost Note ; and it remains for the under signed only to congratulate themselves on having concurred in it. and to unite their wishes with thaw of their Excellencies, that the agents of the respective parties in the Asiatic possessions, may al ways thew themselves deeply impressed by a sense of the duties, which two friendly nations, animated by truly liberal views, have to fulfil, as well towards each oilier as towards the natives, whom the course of events or treaties have placed under their influence. " The undersigned gladly embrace this opportunity to renew to their Excellencies, the British Plenipotentiaries, the assurance of their most distinguished consideration. Signed, " London, March 17, 1824." " 11. FAGEL, " A. It. FALCK. AUGSBURG, .MAT There is a report of a memorial having been addressed to his Holiness the Pope, to solicit hint to use his good offices with the Christian Princes, to induce them to concur in the re-establishment of the Order of the KMghts of St. John of Jerusalam. LEG HORN, MAY 11. There is a vague report here of some rigutous measures adopted by the Austrian Police. in one of the principal cities of the king dom of Lombardy and Venice, the result of which is said to be the arrest of several persons. BRUSSIF:LS, MAY 27. A letter from the Hague. of the 25th of May, says—" It is on the 28th that the second Chamber may finally decode on the pro posal of M. Barthelemy, to acquaint the King with the state of soculture, in regard to the price of grain. It seems that the wish of the Honourable Member will be participated by a great majority, and that the attention of the Government will be directed to the corn trade. It is expected that the Sevaion will be terminated by Whitsuntide (6th June). Mr. Secretary Canning gave a grand fete, on Friday evening, to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. The i King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands were present. ' The band of the third regiment of Foot Guards, of which his Royal Highness is Colonel, attended in their military uniforms. It'was stated on Saturday in the ('ity, upon the authority of a letter from Paris. received by a leading Capitalist. that i Congress will certainly be held, and that the Prince de Polignsc was summonesl to a..t..nd it. It is said, that Henry Calverley of Knaresborough, who was supected of the murder of Mary Gill and her child, a few days ago set off for Atm rica.—Lectlx ;Ile I CEO y. We understand that it is intended to propose Mr. An gentein (who is a considerable ti n proprietor) to supply the vacancy in the board of the Bedford Level Corpora- tion, occasioned by the death of the Hon. Mr. Eardley. —Huntiagrlon Independent Press. The East India Company's ship Ilythe arrived off the Start the 25th inst., all well, fro!) China. The Warren Hastings was at St. Helena the 2121 th March, anti it was expected that she would sail for Eng- land on the following day. Sherwood Lodge, the beautiful and admired Cottage of Mrs. Fitzherbert, is likely to create considerable competi tion in the gay and fashionable world ; it is certain, that it has no rival within twenty miles of the Metropolis. Our Exeter favourite, Mrs. Yates, has entered upon an engagement at Drury-lane Theatre for three year's, in the highest walk of genteel comedy.—Enter It ie a curious fact, that the building materials con tained in the mansion late the residence of the postmaster of Leeds, sold last week for more money than the house cost building, a hundred and twenty years ago. At one o'clock on Saturday morning a fire broke nut at the house of Mr. Young, watch-maker, in Old Gravel lane, St. George's in the East. The house was entirely consumed, and much damage was done to the next house. On the 7th ult. a fire broke cut in St. John's, New Brunswick, which destroyed about forty stores and tlwel-1 ling-houses. The loss was estimated at 200,000 dollars. ASCOT-HEATH RACES.—These Races will commence a fort night after Epson) Races. His Majesty. if in good health, will be present. His Majesty has added another hundred pound plate to be run fort and the sports in general are expected to be excellent. Ersom.—Tbese ACM will commence on Wednesday, and should the weather prove favourable, the concourse of visitors will nn doubt be immense. It is anticipated, that the King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands will be present in their own carriage. The best days will be Thursday and Friday, when the Derby and Oaks will be run for. PREPARATIONS AC AINST tHE ALar.nrxEs. ;TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.! The Hampshire Telegraph, of Saturday morning's date, 1 Sift,--I send you the following observations, perceiving contains the following notice of vessels about to sail against t h at . I Ireland, and is the only London j o urnal which speaks of the Algerines and Irish affairs, from a knowledge of them, and Saturday morning the /Etna bomb, Captain Sandorn, at' ; from abetter inducement than the mere necessity of saying rived at Portsmouth from Chatham, fitted for service in procee Mediterranean. She is to dto Algiers forthwith. something respecting them. It is a general subject of com the Me plaint amongst my countrymen, that not only is there Such has been the expedition in (quipping the iFtna, that s (lays off the stocks. The . great want Of general information with respect toihat coun he has been only fourteen try, but that there also prevails at , indifference with regard Infernal and Meteor bombs are fitting with all haste for to i ts concerns , w hi c h i s a great bar to the improvement of i the same service. I them. How far such an opinion may be well founded or His Majesty's mortar-vessel ralinouth, was taken out of riot, I s h a ll not now inquire,—but with the exception of dock, at lb infortl, on the I itli inst. with 12» artificers same articles in your journal, which certainly diacover an working on board her. On the 9 ' 21 she was maimed, accurate acquaintance with this country, I have not seen masted. and otherwise equipped for forcign service. On towed to Nortlifleet, by the Comet steam- any thing of any real interest on the subject. The ideas the 26th she was tow I of those who only obtain their malerirl at second-hand, are vessel, and placed miller the orders of the lion. Captain I worse than ludicrous. Montagu Stopford, of the Al Brine, which ship is toil:MU-. I What is the cause of the long-existing erns of Ireland ? parry the mortar-vessel, to join Sir Harry Neale, in Algiers' a. Every body is agreed as to the grieyousnessof their extent— B y but no two persons will give you the same account of their Captain Clisrles Sotheby commissioned the Seringspa- origin. Dariagognes say, the linion—the penal code— tarn, on Monday, for foreign service—it is supposed the an d t h e t i t h e woc t ors . Orangemen say, the ignorance of Mediterranean. Lieutenants W. H. lioneyman and W. 1 the people, ana the influence of the priests. In short, every W m licid . and Mr. Robert Scott. Purser, are appointed to party trams the disorders to a different source—and suggests that ship. Lieutenants 11. S. Dyer and J. NVCausland, command mortar-vessels, for service at in a different remedy for their removal ; and all are alike the are appointed to Algisuggestions of prejorliee and self-interest. I s well con appoi ers. Lieutena nt nted to the Blonde. the Honourable H. J. C. Talbot is rimed that Mr. O'Co ts N ess, cam sociis, feels that a repeal of the Union would ant be a good nor a happy ciremn - ..elf CAPTURE OF AN ALGERINE FRIGATE. The follow tog extract of a Idta from Naples has been patted at Lloyd's : stance for Ireland in her present state. For myself, I shall not attempt to follow the stream of her misery to its fountain-head ; but, Sir, I am a plain man, and I shall give you a few facts in plain language, and let these speak for themselves. All the MeaillfC3 which have been hitherto taken for the pacification of the country, are measures of punishment, not of prevention. The Insurrection Act,—and when I say this, I speak from my own knowledge,—has left the peasantry in a worse temper of mind, in a more firm conviction of the parti.. ality of English administration, and, consequently, a more deeldy-rooted hatred of English control than before. iThile this feeling exists, we shall look in vain fur a ces sation of the disturbances. if there were more mind in the cause, there would be more hope; but men who fight in the dark will fight to the death. Let us select one of the most disturbed districts, the county of Limerick for example, in which the outrages commenced, and in which they still continue ; and let us see what was the proximate cause of their origin here. But here a fresh question will suggest itself; what was the state of lauded property in that county? I shall enumerate some of the principal estates, with the landlords' names, giving a short view of the management of each at the time. A lISENTE ES. Loin) CouRTEXAY—One of the most extensive and most ill conducted properties in the country; every farm paid, or at least leased out, at a rack rent; the landlord perfectly unknown, and as to his agent, to whom may be attributed the first actual break ing forth of the angry feeling that prevailed, nothing can be said of him that is not already well known. THE EARL 0 • LIMERICK.—This nobleman rose the other evening in his place, to say that the Irish peassnts would rather live in idleness on a bare subsistence, than obtain by industry the means of comfort. This is not the first calumny which has been thrown out against Irish tenants, by those who drain their estates, for the purpose of spending in other lands that wealth which has been wrung from the labour of those they traduce; and who, after absenting themselves for years from their tenantry, return to them with empty pockets—find most in array, and many ruined—deal out ejectments to these—make the good tenants and those who are I fixed in their holdings make up the deficiency occasioned by the poorer class, and then come here to complain of their insolent Irish tenantry. Loan ADARE.—A fine estate, and a most miserable population; the full power to relieve them, but making no effort to do it. RESIDENT. JOHN WALLERS, Esq. of Castle Town, almost the only resi dent landlord of importance in this county. It is really a source of comfort to walk into this gentleman's estate, though by no means so to compare it with the desolate wildernesses which surround it. The neatness of the cottages, the compactness of the enclosures, and the industrious appearance of the inhabitants, give a picture of what Ireland ought to be. It is a known fact, that this was the only part of the county, and I believe of the kingdom, which RECEIVED NO PART OF THE ENGLISH BENEFACTION* IN 111±:. " NAPLES. MAY 11. " His Majesty's ship Naiad captured an Algerine frigate off liergenti, on the Ist inst. afters severe anion of one hour." PORTSMOUTH, M 29. On Thursday arrived the schooner Prince of Denmark, from a sealing expedition, on the coast of Africa, with a cargo of .5,000 seal-skins and 15 tons of oil. She left the Isle of Ascension on the Bth of April, and brought thence Major John Campbell, Royal Marines, who commanded on that island since the establishment of a garrison there. Major Campbell was succeeded by Lieutenant- Colonel Nicoll', who arrived there with a relieving party of Marines, in the Victor, Capt. Priekett, on the 20th of Much. The Victor had touched at Sierra Leone, but she did not convey any news thither from Cape Coast. Lieut. Puget, and four invalids, from the Victor, also came home in the Sandwich. Mr. J. L. Stephens, of the Victor, had been promotell to the rank of Lieutenant, rice Puget. A' few days since the Sandwich spoke the Eddystone, of London, bound to Prince Edward's Island, all well. The Success transport will take on board detachments, and sail in about six (lays, for Malta. The Vibelia will proceed to Liverpool, to embark detachments for Halifax and Nova Scotia, and will return to England, calling at Barbadoes. Two newly employed transports arc daily ex pected here to take on board the 21th Regiment, for Ply mouth, and to bring the :til Guards, now in Plymouth, to this garrison, who, on their arrival, will proceed for Wind sor and Brighton. The Marchioness of Ely East Indiaman, passed down Channel last night. The Cornwall (extra ship) from Cal cutta, sailed from the Motherbank this morning, having embarked about 40 passengers. The Sparrowhawk, IK, ('art. the Hon. 11. S. Dundas, is ordered to be fitted for a fort ign station. The new sloops of war, Orestes and Champion, will be launched on Monday noon next, at this Yard. The Niemen will be paid off on Thursday, by Captain Sibly, and re -commissioned for Channel service. --- But I should trespass too much on your columns were I to go into a further enumeration. Now, in this state of things, what have we to hope? Rack-rent and ab senteeism are on the increase. There is no Prrss in Ire land. With the exception of two papers, there is not an Iriih Editor can see with clearness—or if he can, dares tell what he sets. We have no Irish talent—l mean great ind-pendent talent—in the Legislature. Mr. STRING RICE seems to exert himself for popularity rather than from single-hearted patriotism. To be sure his name is in every minotity, and he speaks more or less on every question that relates to Ireland, or involves her interests ; he does every thing that is necessary to impress his constituents with an opinion of his zeal and activity ; but, capable u he is of better things, this ought not to be,—what seem ingly it is,—the extent of his ambition. D. S. COMBINATION LAWS. FOURTH REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ARTISANS AND MACHINERY. [Continued from TA. Br; fish Press of Thursday, May 24).] Among many examinations on points of considerable in terest which are presented to the public in the preSent Re port, we select the following, es relating to a topic likely to be better understpod by the generality of readers, and as affording inforn ation at the same time of considerable im portance, on the peculiar subject to which it relates :- 1 Mr. Thomas Osler called in and examined. By whom are you deputed hefe ?—The Chamber of Commerce at Birmingham. What is your businese ?—I conduct two distinct businesses, • glass trinkerniantrfacturer and a chandelier furniture manure-turn. Do drone trades necessarily connect you with other and different branches of manufacture ?—Yes ; with the jewellers, with the gilt toy-makers, with the chandelier or lustre-makers, and with fancy button-makers. Is it yen' opinion that the emigration of artisans would mate rially affect the interests of the town of Birmingham I—lt is. M ill you he en good as to state any fact, in support of that opinion ?--Two or three branches of trade have been altogether lest to the town of Birmingham, in consequence of the emigration 'of an exceedingly small number of artisans; and perhaps I may be here permitted to state, that it is the neciiliar character of the ' manufactures of elinninginni to be capable of transportation by an exceedingly small number of persons. In what branehee ?—There is a fancy cut white metal button; it is rat by an engine, a showy and cheap thing, of which I have brought minim:re; a few years ago that employed between forty and fifty house, in the manufacture of that article chiefly. What number of men do you suppose were employed ?—Dife ferent numbers, varying from twenty to forty men in each house. A menufacturer, a man of small pronery, but who perfectly under stood the trade, was detained by Bonaparte, with other English men, at Vernal', from whetice he made his escape. Ile was repre hended, and brought back; and a second time went from Verdun, and found his way to Paris, where he stated to the Government his ability to establish this branch of manufacture. In what year was this ?—I cannot speak to the exact year, it must have been before 11114. He was patronized by the French Government ; and France has now for some time supplied all Eu rope with that article, and distant markets ; there are none of them now made in Birmingham. That trade is entirely lost to Birmingham?—it is. Do you know what market you had, at the time Birmingham supplied them ; were they used in En land ?-1 believe scarcely at all in England; I am now speaking from the evidence of others. A man of the highest respectability, my next doot neighbour, who is one of the principal manufacture's, one of the largest button houses in Europe, furnished me with particulars. What is his name ?—leedeani. Do you know how many button manufactories there are in France ?—Chiefly at Paris for that kind of button. Do you know how many men are employed there ?—I cannot speak to that fact; I know that they continue to be made there. Mr. Letisam assures me they are still extensively used on the Con. tinent. Did those buttons go to other places beside, Paris, previously to the loss of the trade?—Yes, Genuany and Italy, and Swit terlaed. Did that manufacture exist in France before it was removed from Birmingham ?—No, I believe not at all. You are not able to say how many men are now employed in France, making those buttons?-1 do not know ;I am only in formed there is a very considerable manufactory kept in active em plovir.ent in Paris. There are the same different kinds of workmen in Paris, em ployed in making buttons, probably ?—I should suppose so. How much lower are the wages in Paris than in Birmingham ? I cannot state; but we know, that when the French or any other Continental power have the means of manufacturing an article, we cease to export it; and our inference is, that labour and raw mate rial must be cheaper. Do you know whether a French artisan will work as much as an English artisan, in the same time ?—I cannot conceive Mere can be any very great difference, at least in the manufacture of such articles as are usually made in Birmingham. From my knowledge of the Birmingham trades, I should say, that a native of any country in Europe, possessing ordinary bodily power, and employed at almost any of the trades carried on in Birmingham, would be able to work as fast as an Englishman. 1)o you know of any . people going from Birmingham ?—I believe I am warranted in saying, that an exceedingly small number in deed have emigrated. But I fear, that if foreigners were instructed in the various proteases of our manufactures, nineteen-twentieths of the Birmingham manufactures for exportation would gradually cease to be made in England, by degrees; and the foreigners would have the trade, to the exclusion on the Continent of Englishmen. What do you conceive to be the population of Birmingham and the adjacent manufacturing districts ?—From 130 to le0,000; I do not include the coal district of Staffordshire, nor the iron district, but only the district making the light hardware manufactures, of which I have been speaking. Have you an idea that of this large number, many would be in duced to emigrate?—No, very few. Thcn is it possible, that the emigration of so trifling a number would be seriously prejudicial to the remainder P—Tleu is my con viction certainly. Why ?—Because the processes which form the basis of those ' several branches of trade, which give enipeoyment to many thousand persons, actually rest in very few hands indeed ; they may be com municated by an almost incredibly small number of persons. 1 will beg to trouble the Committee with the sight of • few of them ; there is an article ( producing it.) It it an imitation of engraving on stone; those impressions could not be given to real stones, but at the expense of front a guinea to 90s. each, if executed by a tolerable artist ; we produce them for three halfpence ; the mount ing of those furnishes employ • very large number of hands in. deed; now the means of giving those impressions to glass, which form the basis of all those trades, may be communicated by one or two persons to 20,000. Therefore you conceive it would be injurious to permit artisans' to go abroad T—l do. Bo you know that artisans do go abroad ?—Certainly. 1)0 you know of any means of preventing them ?—Not Aso lately ; but that I conceive to be the business of the legislature. This (prod/wine it) is an article which has employed a very large number of persons in Birmingham ; what were called Maltese buttons were made of these beads. Of what are those made ?—Of glass, called satin glass ; I be• I here the mode of preparing this glass is confined at present in Bir mingham to two individuals, who know the secret; one of them is in our service. If those men had been taken front Birmjngham a few years ago, we should in all probability have lost a very import. ant, though temporary article of Birmingham manufacture. In' every thing relating to glass in particular, we should be successfully rivalled by the French in consequence of there being no duty on their glass, the drawback being quite unavailing to articles of this description. The raw material which we employ in making articles of this kind costs me from 2s. to Is. a pound ; if it were not for the duty, I might buy it at a third of that price; foreigners use ma terial which pays no duty. How long has this trade in glass ornaments been in Birming ham ?—Fitty or sixty years, at least ; but within the last thirty years it has been astonishingly increased. There is littleor no machinery used ink ?—Very littlemachinery. I have brought with me some French articles (producing them) what appear to be gilt beads, are merely glass ones ; and what rip ' pear to be plated beads, arc of the same materiel. If they had the means of instruction in our other branches of business, I think they must successfully compete with us. I cannot afford to sell that under fourteen pence, whilst the other article is produced in France at three halfpence. What market is there for those articles out of Britain ?-oces sionally a very extensive market. Are send some to the East Indies ; but merchants are very reserved in explaining to manu facturers the precise spot to which their orders are consigned ; hut I have sold to a merchant in London a very considerable number of Maltese buttons made of those articles, which I understand were designed for the East Indies. 1)0 you mean to say that the French make them as good as Tog 410?-1 believe they do not make the articles I have in my hand at all ; but I believe, that if they were instructed by English artisans they would produce as good articles at a much cheaper rate. There is no great art in the making of them, if they have a person to instruct them ; is there ? No. there is not. If the difference existed which you have stated, in the price of article.' of considerable demand, of from 2d. to lid. do you not conceive that would be so stmrg an inducement, that a manufactory for them would be established in France, with very little dif ficulty ?—One would suppose that would be the case, but fats seem to indicate the contrary ; they have soon learned to press the little pieces of gilt metal into which those are put to make seals, but they mini to us for the glass; and they do from America. If they had the means of snaking them at Insole, we should hear no more of their orders.. The following will be read with extreme interest; the detail is atnusing, but it contains wherewithal to make the MELANCHOLY Ca a E. — On Saturday an inquest was philosopher reflect, and to shew how much of accidert held before Charles Jemmett, Esq. Coroner for Surrey, at the Noah's Ark Tavern, Rotherhithe, can the body of Swainish Bald- there is, occasionally, in the fortunes made by experi mental and mechanical atience : win, aged sixteen years, who died in consequence of taking poison. The deceased was a very pretty girl, as remarkable for her correct Are the Committee to understand that the glass you make is of a conduct, as for her lively and tuniable disposition. She had resided nature they cannot imitate?—The manufactured article they can with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Pitt, of Rotherhithe, for not get at present, brit from this country. The raw material they some years, and was treated as one of their own children. On can get three or four hundred per cent. cheaper than the English Thursday, the 21st instant, • quarrel took place between Mr. and manufacturer can ; and consequently, if they had the means of Mrs. Pitt, during which Mrs. Pitt insinuated to her husband that manufacturing it, their order would cease. his affections were estranged from her, and that he had fonned an Is there any thing else you have to state upon this subject ? improper intimacy with her niece. Mr. Pitt replied that he was Gentlemen may consider the articles on the table as extremely in not surprised at anything, however nionstrous, which her jealous significant, but perhaps I may surprise them a little, by mention disposition might imagine. The deceased heard the dreadful aceu- ing the following fact. Eighteen years ago, on my first journey to swarm of her aunt, and appeared overwhelmed with agony. On London, a respectable-looking man, in the city, asked me if 1 the following morning she sent one of the servants to a che- could supply him with dolls' eyes; and I was foolish enough to mist's for two-pennyworth of oil of vitriol. under the pre- feel half offended ; I thought it derogatory to my new dignity as a tenee that it was to be used for cleaning sonic of the cu- manufacturer, to make dolls' eyes. Ile took me into • room quite hoary utensils. As soon as the liquid was brought, she went as wide, and perhaps twice the length of this, and we had just room to the back of the house and drank it, and on entering the house to walk between stacks from the floor to the ceiling, of parts of again, she threw down the empty cup. The servant said, Good dolls. Ile sac I, ~ T hese are only the legs and arms ; the trunks Good ! you have not drank it." She replied, " Yes, 1 have drank are below." But I saw enough to convince me, that lee wanted a it all ; 1 have been accused of what I ant not guilty of ; I cannot great many eyes ; and as the article appeared quite in my own line Peeve my imiocence—l must die, and I will tee." Her aunt and of business, I said I would take an order by way of experiment ; uncle were informed of the shocking event, and were inconsolable. and he showed me several specimens. I copied the order. Ile or- A medical gentleman was called in, and administered an antidote. dered various quantities, and of various sizn and qualities. On She lingered till Thursday night last, and then expired. On her returning to the Tavistoek hotel, I Pound that the order amounted body being opened, the coat of the !stomach was found to be de- to upwards of 500 f. 1 went into the country, and endeavoured to stroyed, and her intestines in a state of mortification. The Jury I make them. I had some of the most ingenious glass toy-makers returned a verdict of—" Died from taking poison, being in • state in the kingdom in my service; but when I showed it to them, of temporary mental derangement a' the time." they shook their heath and said, they bad often seen the article be. C.I orEßsiLim PARK. The sale of this noble property, which is speedily to take place under the direction of Mr. George Robins, , haring excited a more than ordinary degree of interest, we , subjoin his description of it, for the information of our i readers : Caversham Mansion is the distinguishing feature between London and Bath. It is so well known, and the beauties connected with it ' have been so limp and so justly appreciated, that to panegyrize it would be superfluous. It was built by the Earl of ('ad an, in the reign of George 1., at an expense of 130,000/. ; and has subse quently been much improved by the succeeding proprietors. it was, however, kit to Colonel Marsac to put the finishing stroke to this splendid mansion : to the south front he has added the six noble pillars of the Corinthian order of architecture; these alone were wanting to entitle Caversham Mansion to the proud place of standing second only in the County to Blenheim. In one respect, however, it claims exclusively the superiority. The siews horn Bleinhem cannot be put in competition with those that present themselves from this earthly Paradise. indeed the splendid panorama that is seen from the summit of this mansion may be con ceived—it cannot be adequately described. It extends at one point to Clesar's Camp, in another to Windsor Castle ; while Portsdos n-hill is visible oa a clear day. In the rich intermediate valley are an infinity of those admired seats that seem reluctantly to yield the palm to Carersham. The noble terrace walk is 1,806 feet long. and 3d wide, terminated by the large Roman temple of Portland stone, of the rusticated Dune order. There are twenty-five acres disposed in pleasure grounds, lawns, shrubbery walks, and plan. tattoos, clothed with a profusion of the choicest shrubs and ever. greens. It is of the•.e grounds that Capability Brown spoke in such high terms; if he were now alive, he would see that even more has been accomplished than his notions of capability had conceived. These are, however, quite secondary as compared with the park, which was alwaya remarkable for its beauty; it possesses, in great variety, both hill and dale, with a lovely and luxuriant 'talky in the centre, while the hills on each side, adorned by the full-grown timber, are scattered about in all directions. Its con. tiguity to Reading (the capital of Berko will not be overlooked. It is not asslming too much to state that one of the seats for the borough of Reading would be amongst the innumerable advantages to be contemplated by the possessor of the Caversham estate. Indeed there appears no reasmable limit to the variety of advan. tapes that exclusively appertain to this property. There are a variety of authorities confirming in the strongest manner the pre vious high eulogia„ and prove very clearly that the picture has not been overcharged. We understand the King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands intend to visit our winter theatres in the course of the ensuing week. This evening has been appointed for their honouring Covent-garden. The play is Pizarro, which, from the pompous scenery it supplies, will, we think, be extremely pleasing to their Majesties. The " Spirit of the Moon" follows, and this too is not less calculated to please and surprise these august personages. On Friday they intend to visit Drury-lane. The stagy-box has been or dered to be prepared in the same manner as on the even ings that the King honours the theatre with his presence. The Company have been ordered to sing " God save the King" on their entering the royal box. The late Bishop of Chichester has bequeathed to the Dean and Chapter, for the Cathedral Library, "all his Greek and Latin books on 'theology, of which they do not already possess a copy." A selection has been sent from Chichester Ilouse, and, when those from London are added, it will form a very valuable gift. BAHIA, MARCH 10.—We have received most afflicting and extraordinary news from Para, where a furious Tortu res°, a Dignitary of that See, having succeeded in delud ing some soldiers, and forming a Lusitauian party, revived the fatal scene of the Sicilian Vespers, in order to hoist the Portuguese standard. But we are rejoiced at the speedy re-action of the valiant citizens of Para, who, crowding from all quarters, restored order, and again displayed the colours of the Independence and Liberty of Brazil. This lie the way in which the accursed Portuguese everywhere act, continuing to sliew the sinister intentions of their in er nal policy, since there was a tumult also at Rio Janeiro, i on board some ships of war, caused by the Portuguese sea men in the service of this empire. HUNTINGDON ELECTlON.—Thursday, the Town Clerk, in the absence of his Worshipful Brother, the Mayor, was served with a copy of the Speaker's Warrant, commanding him to permit Mr. Wells and his agents to examine and copy such of the corporation documents as they may deem necessary to the establishing the right of the inhabitant householders to vote ; and to produce the same before the Committee of the Ilouse of Commons, if so required by Mr. Wells. A s is sometimes the case in such matters, a difficulty has arisen ; the corporation papers are kept in a chest with three locks, the keys of which are kept by as many distinct persons, two of whom, we regret to state, are accidentally absent.—lfitativdos Paper. CHILD AlvllDLß.—Saturday, great crowd was collected in the Dover-road, Southwark, and the inhabitants of that popu loos district were thrown into a state of extreme excitation, in con sequence of thelbody of a child, apparently abont three months old havi3g been found murdered. Ihe body was discovered con cealed under a dung heap, situate in a waste piece of ground not far distant from the Swan public-house, Great Dover-street, by some children who were at Flay. Th, head of the infant was beaten , I to pieces, and the brains were found upon the cloth which enveloped the carcase. The features of the face had evidently be-n destroyed to prevent the body being identified. The parochial officers being ' informed of the discovery, had the body removed to a neighbouring tavern. for an inquest to be held thereon. The body was washed, and a medical man was sent for to examine it , for the purpose of ' icing his ecido.ce before the Coroner and Jury. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CA5lllli MOE, MAY 28. At a Congregation on IVedneaday last, John Hill, Esq. of Jesus College, was admitted as Master of Arts; and George Maxwell, of St. John's College, Bachelor of Arts. Wednesday, Edward Jacob, Esq. M.A. was elected a Senior Fellow of Caius College. Edwin Guest, Esq. B.A. and Isaac Preston Cory, Esq. B.A. were on the same day elected Junior Fellows of that Society. OXFORD. MAY 211. Thursday last the following Gentlemen of Westminster School wac adniittel Students of Christ Church :—Donglas Smith, Wal ter Lucas Brown, John George Phillimore, and Henry Saunders, Esqrs. and the lion. Wm. Pitt Amherst. Wednesday last the lion. Michael de Courey, M.A. of Exeter College, was admitted Bachelor in Divinity. Yesterday the following degrees were conferred : Doc o n IN DIVINITY.—The Rev. Michael De Courcy, Precentor of Ardfen, and Rector of Drumesec, Westmeath. 31AITEIIS OF AllTB.—The Rev. Thomas Stretton Codrington, Brasenose College, grand compounder; Rev. Rich rd Henry Millington, St. John's College. grand compounder; Samuel Jay, Esq. Oriel College, grand compounder; Rev. William Gray, Rev. William Jones, and Rev. Thomas 3leyler, Pembroke Col lege; Rev. Charles Sheffield, Christ Churc h; Edward Francis Arney, Brasenose College; Rev. Newton Smart, University College ; Rev. Horace George I Iholmondeley, and John Fawcett, BallLel College ; Rev. Thomas Price, Fellow of Jesus College. BACHELORS or A a ta.—Jamesl.ldair Griffith Colpoys, Robert Charles Kitson, John Gunn, Philip Pinckney Kendall, John 11. Laurence, and William B. L. Hawkins, Exeter College; Charles Anatolius Handley, and Henry Bernell' Shelly Harris, Worcester College; George Ilenry Dashwood, Lincoln College; lion. John Boyle, Christ Church ; Thomas Bevan Gwyn, and Daniel L. Jones, Jesus College; John Eddy, Trinity College; John Beau champ St. John, University College; Ernest Hawkins, Betio' College; Thomas Clarke, Oriel College; George Davies Kent, Corpus Christi College. ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. The Rev7l.ll7ll;iii;n;i:liriiclijiWihe Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, was on Tuesday, the 18th ins . ..ant. at a very full Meeting of the Governors, elected head master of Uppingham School, Rutland, on the Resignation of the Rev. T. Roberts, M.A. Friday sennight. the Rev. W. Stephen (;illy, M.A.. Rector of North kambridge, Essex, was elected Preacher to the Philanthropic Society, in the room of the Rey. Dr. Fates, resigned. There were 28 candidates tier this appointment. The Rev. J. Goodenough, of Balliol College, Oxford, has been presented to the Rectory of Godmanstone, and the Per petual Curacy of Nether Cane, in the county of Dorset. The Rev. James Donne, jun. M.A. of St. John's College, .Cam bridge has been instituted to the %%carer: of St.. Paul's, Bedford . i on the presentation of Lord Viscount Carteret. • fore, but mold not en& IL I engaged dein by *setts set MI their best exertions; bet after trying and wasting a great dad et time for three or four *Skit, I was obliged to relinquish the at= tempt. Soon afterward) I engaged in anode Inuateb of bunlinas ((chandelier furniture), and took no more notice of it. Mist. 'eighteen months ago I resumed the trinket trotttfe, and then Mar mined to think of the dolls eyes ; and about nigftt months Rinse, I accidentally met with • poor fellow who had shprnrerishrdnioniell by drinking, and who was dying in • constsaaption, to a deft of great want. I showed him ten sovereigns ; ant he said he weld instruct me in the process. Ile was in such a state that be souldi not bear the effluvia of his own lamp ; but though I was tery as.' versant with the manual part of the business, and it related to things I wigs daily in the habit of seeing, I felt l reul4 do nethinz from his description. (I mention this in show how elfieult it is to convey by description the mode of working.) He (cnk me tritog his garret, where the poor fellow had acorn nixed to ssich a degree, that he actually used the entrails and Olt of poultry from leads hall market to save oil (the price of the article having been latterly an much reduced by competition at home.) In an instant, befare had seen him make three, I felt competent to make a gross; and the difference between his mode and that of thy own workings Waif so trifling, that I felt the utmost astonishment. You can now make dolls' eyra ? I cm. As it was eighteen years ago that I received the order I have mtationed, and feeling doubtful of my own recollection, though eery fexong, and suspect ing that it could have been to the • nount stated, I last night to'.k the present very reduced price of that article (less than halt now of what it was then) and calculating that every and in this country not sings doll till two years old, and throwing It aside at seven, and having a new one annually, I satisfied myself that the eyes alone would produce a circulation of a great many thousand pounds. I mention this merely to viler,' the imporl-nce of frith* ; and to assign one reason, among many, for niy coigvisetion that nothing but personal communication can enable our manufactures Ito be transplanted. MAJORITY AND MINORITY' ON LORD LANsHOWN'S NOTION FOR Assnittertfro ENGLISH wrrir THAT OF THE IRISH cATLIOLics, IX 211 E HOUSE Or LORDS, ON MuNDAT LAST. MAJORI TY. PRESENT. bt:NES. Whitworth Gifford York Verubtm Redeedale Richmond Brownlot, Arden Beaufort St. Germaine Gambier Newcemle Eldon Prudhoe _ _ M Jntrose. Falmouth MAR44t:SES. floe Winchester Charleville _ Delatnere flirt ford liqngfird Rolle Salisbury. 3layo Saltoun EARLS. Enniskillen Bagot. Abergavenny Aboyne AllCllStaliOn. Cardigan Sheffield Canterbury Shaftesbury (*fora York. Abingdon Kinnoul Station. 111 acclestield Rochfort. London Plymouth •tanoclurs. Cheater Pomfret Sidt.ey St. Asaph Radnor Sidmouth Lincoln Talbot Exmouth. flt. David's Strange Loans. Ely Digby Dr Clifford Snatol Mansfield Si Worcester Powis B7r t irror Salisbury Manvera Kenyon Exeter Rcauchatnp Schley l)romore Cathcart Bolton Raphoe. In the second division add—The Duke Of Rutland, Militias of Mindy, Earl of llarewtaxl, and Lord Bayning t and deduct, Earls Verulam and Longford. PROXIES. DUXES. Nelson Manners Clarence bonsMtle Ribblesdale I.:umberland Stamford Oriel Northumberland Kate Loftus Marlborough Carrick Rivers Wellington Harcourt Boston Dorset Blount-E 3 ecombe St. / lelen's MARQUISES. CißibTalail irsisinghaus Chohnondeley Craven. Stowell Northimpion viscon x T. Douglas (of D.) Ailesbury Hampden. Harris Donegal LORDS. Audley Exeter Carleton Forrest m. Thomond. Gray ARCHBISHOP. EARLS. Vernon ..... Team. ---- Stradbroke Middleton armors. Coventry Thurlow Pcurbor nigh Hose Wodehouse Hereford Scarborough Douglu (of U.) Durham Chichester Forbes flingor O'Neill Ross allzsgow) Winchester Erroll IV eniyas Carlisle Ferrer. De.la•Zoiche Ludt& 31altusbury Gott Oxford. Add in second division—Dukes of 31anchratcr &Di 00140 n. MINORITY. PRESENT. Mlnto Morley Wilton Aberdeen Laudetdale Ormond Charlemont Kingston Wicklow Calednn Gus:Ord fork Darnley Lints ick Courtown. VISCOUNTS. Duncan St. Vincent Clifden Clinton. DVIES. Somerset heeds Argyll. 111A11113 tins. Lanadown Camden Downstate- EMILIL Weamorland Cowper Fitawilham Darlington Dela wrar Hardwick Whetter Orosvenor Fortescue Carnarvon Suffolk !: it eriva Ring ()ranch= Hollsnd Dude Auckland Suffield Calthorp Cawder Lilford El'enborough Lynedock Des!cy De Dunstan' , Zle Montfort' Sherborne Belhaven Dufferin Carberry. BISHOPS. Norwich Lichfield. Rosalyn LORDS. Grey Duero Ilarrowby Howard of Effingham In the second division add—Earls Clare, Verolam, and Long ford ; and Lord Howard of Effingham. PROXIES. DEICES. BeS130;;;Ugil Brandon Derby hl ary borough I.cinater Spencer Foley Sussex Jersey Erskine Grafton Dououghmore Yarborough Buckingham Blesinion Berwick Bedford Thanes Grenville Devonshire Carlisle. Bra) Invoke Portland. viscousurs. OlastonSu•7 wawitvisEs. Anson Owydyr Staffonl Granville Hutchinson Anglesey. Hereford. Carysfbrt. EARLS. I 0 RM. lIISHOP. Bristol Le Despencer Rochester. Mulgrare Domini Add in second division—hlarquis of Sligo, Earl of Roseberry, and Lords .Imherst and Somers. .Ewsrt:a ExsettoNs.—Peer Watson, of Chesterle street, Durham, who has so long been engaged in a contest with the Rev. 11'illi.ttn Nesfield, respecting the payment of Easter dues, has published a letter, dated Sheffield, May ?oth, in which he states that victory is his own, judgment having on the l'sttli instant been signed, in the King's Bench, aeainst his opponent, for default of appearance sc. plead. This result, which we communicate with great satisfaction, will give equal pleasure to those persons in thin neighbourhood who have subscrib...l towards the payment of the spirited shoemaker's legal expenses, and we hope it will go far towards putting an end to such o.lious exactions. by exciting a spirit of resistance when v.2r they a:e attempted to be enforced.—Manehester Guai The Ist Battalion of the GOth (or Royal American) Rifle Corps, is ordered, on the arrival of the 71st (High ' land Light Infantry) Regiment. in Canada, to embark on I board the Indian Trader, the Cato. and the Prince of Orange transports, for conveyance to England. ACCIDENT Fates inc OCERI reNING CC A "Irar.v. COACH.—The London and Chichester teach, on its return to the latter place on tlonday afternoon, was overturned in Petwotth. when several of the passengers received severe hurts. General Widdrington had his collar-bone broken. and received several con tusions about the head r a lady sustained very serious injury ; Mr. Florence, surgeon, of Tangmere, hail his leg fractured. 'the ac cident is solely attributed to the badness of the roads.—llettepa'tire Telegraph. SUDDEN DEATH. —On Sitlird3V morning, as James Gotta, &soldier belonging to the N 1 battalion Grenadier Guar*, was walking along King's Head-court, into St. Jai:es'is Park, In apparent goo 1 health, he was, it is supposed, sudtienly seized with • the cramp in the stomach. anti after laet.% anti three heavy !igloo. • dropped down a corpse. The deceased had 'Leen in the regiment ' 21 years, and was much respected by his comrades; he received the pay ter 23 years' servitude, in cerarquenct of ',Ling one of the brave heroes who fought under the Duke of Wellington, at the 1 memorable battle of Waterloo. FISH MARKET, SVIDAY, MAY Billingsgate market this morning was very scarce of irackarel. owing to a short supply ; not one boat was up, and but few from the coast ; some came in from Dover, late, very fine and fresh. which went ofi' at a high price; seine few were also brought up from Hastings: indeed, there were no indifferent fish in the ma-. ket ; in consequence, the itinerant venders were much disappointtd, land the metropolis for once enjoyed a Sunday void of the diacord ant cry of mackerel." One basket of excelled mullets likeais: reached the market from Darer; the fined were sold to good &41. vantage. Mackarel (land ear 'ago, front 60s. to We. per 12U; Mullets, Is. t;d. to h. 66. arch. ~! 1 . 7 .