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• What he himself well described as the determined or ganization of an united people. I grant all this, and for this great virtue of so yielding to necessity, I for one am of opinion he merits the thanks of every good and reasonable man.—(Cheers.)--Let us put the con "ir,se, and a s k ourse l ves w h at m i g h t t h e scenes b e . 1 7 ' 1 '4 Ireland would present to the world if her hopes had been blasted—her people driven to despe rati°n--her old enemies armed with fresh powers of exas peration —h e r leaders with fresh arguments of irrita tion--ciril war would be the necessary result, and the desolation of Military Government the na tural and inevitable remedy.—(Great cheering.)— '". Peel preferred the more generous and mild course; and the Duke of Wellington, not unac customed to human calamity—not to be scared by lee t ne l of blood and desolation—what was his n° , 1 -'le and man l y d ec l arat i on i n t h e H ouse o f L or d s , en called upon by some noble blockhead to draw the sword against the Irish people. No, said this Statesman and soldier —no, any war for me in pre ference to civil war—l would not lend my name to one Ino nth of civil %I-fir where father is arrayed against son, i br other against brother—landlord against tenant— a°intlY torn in pieces, and all the best feelings of 'am enity the instruments of an implacable venge ". With tears flowing down their pious and cha ritable cheeks, the Eldons and the Winchelseas heard the first military commander of the day, read to their astonished minds this lecture of christian and generous charity. But thank God, (said Mr. hawless, w i th i ncreased fervour) they are no more— " Royal atmosphere will no more be tainted by their foul and pestiferous breath—let them retire i nto that solitude into which the public indignation ill not degrade itself by following them ; and let Alinisters who confide in the gratitude of a ~/ %, 4 1: 4 1- hearted people, go on with the administration Wellin g t on fearless and rm demeanour. The Duke of th e and Mr. Peel may depend on it, that `4la Government of Ireland is an easy duty if the range J u d ge, the •Orange :Magistrate, and the o r ange Priest, shall be drawn from their unworthy e eva tion—allegiance will follow protection, as the padow the substance—the Irish nation will be c l a l , and th e O rangemen i n I re l an d w ill b e th e " I .Y rebel s . M r. L aw l ess t h en gave the toast amidst great cheering. EXECUTION OF KEZIAH WESTCOMBE AND RICHARD QUAINTANCE. (From the Exeter Alfred of Tuesday.) h c P,Pthing can reconcile the terrific spectacle of be 'ilog human beings on the scaffold, but the assur atre that they are guilty of the offence which brings f ore 'ern to such an ignominious end ; and it is there t s 'enething like a satisfaction to know that the i7O unfortunate persons this day launched into eter -1122,1ave confessed even more than was suspected of 6 - " , great as their depravity has shown itself to trZi e e he . e n. The nature of their confession verbally 'lst th a t t h e y p urc h as ed the poison exp ress ly for an d it to, the deceased ; that they th' e a : l t to kill Quaintance's wife in the same way, that Imight afterwards be married ; and that they j et - i 'nY have, at different times, given poison to the ti;7 r, !hough not in sufficient quantities to effect thatthe purpose. 'We understand, however, e the poor woman, now Quaintance's widow, is :nfined to her bed, evidently from the consequences us the attempt upon her life, as she only retains the ~,,e of tw o of her fingers, and is otherwise almost o'",PPled. The relations of the criminals, consisting e'sQ.u.aintatice's brother and . two . daughters, the el br Eleve n , and the other eight years of age, and a Other and three sisters of Westcombe, were ad rtted to the gaol yesterday to take their last (larewen ; Quaintance gave his watch to his children, nd divided what little money he had between them, r ," esi ring them to be good,and obedient to those placed li "ver them—Quaintance's brother wept bitterly at 'titer g, and the prisoner was much affected. The -4 `etview with Westcombe and her family had no b een feature of affection in it ; for she h a d l ong "en known to pursue an illicit intercourse with her p i ty paramour, and had we believe been almost .:. o ca rded by her connexions. We understand that, .0 ut thre_. _ ee , s since , to Q ua' kWestcombe wrote a letter him in which she meant to have conveyed 13 -ir n in ice, which of the gaol, while attending 'vine Service, but it was intercepted by the Gover nwer. The purport of it was that she hoped they e e °lll d come together again; and desiring him to be th . 4 11 forted, for they would not be able to prove any vii n t g against them. Last evening she expressed a c s " to see Mr. Richards, clerk to Rev. Mr. s h e 4 ve ) the respected Chaplain of the g aolg; to whom Ei n d r epeated the confession she had previously made, be gs she d eserve d to di e f or w h at s h e h a d d one. be 4ts early as nine o'clock this morning, persons Qti g ,s e i n to assem b le i n the field fronting the Cou n ty 01 .'1, , anxious t o w it ness even the first preparation t he execution of these criminals; and between le.esVen and twe l ve o ' c l oc k , i t may be computed, not s t han from ten to fifteen thousand spectators t re te congregated, on the sloping and rising grounds h, ll , the gaol to Northernhay, and on the walk of latter plce. ti t f ew minutes past twelve, Quaintance was con iti,.lete,tl from his cell to the press-room. After hav- Qescended the stairs to the court-yard of the d ro ° „ ve ",nor's house, when he came in sight of the tl eh y' "e burst into tears, and was so feeble, from the w' of of his spirits, that he could ,not walk tei:-°nt assistance; he seemed borne down by the th e tutB of his situation. By the time he had reached p i - e re°lll where he was to be pinioned, the female to t e ner came in sight of the apparatus which %las b Q i',4urinate her existence, and she could scarcely e Pt from fainting. Quaintance broke the so thattlielilence of the scene, by earnestly requesting `V Q e might be permitted to shake hands with alo ste embe, which lie did, though she appeared a est reluctant to consent. She said, however, fi e at n not angry with you, but yo u b roug h t i t u p on ti tee e nd your se lf too; " an d s h e repeate d, severa l tepli s e ' d lam not angry with you." Quaintance to vi, " God forbid you should ;" th e y continue d tio h e vy each other, as if in reciprocal accusa :theii"V with sensations of the deepest anguish. 'ng o , - "nappy female was totally incapable of ascend ti;o'"e steps to the drop without the assistance of to of th e atten d ants, an d i t was f oun d a b so l ute l y bei esse rY to sit h e r in a chair while th e rope was o r tligpliteed round her neck, and to within a minute tvl l il° that th e b o l t was to b e w i t hd rawn , t h roug h icku i nterval she leaned with her back supported he r, " hands of th e p ersons w h o h a d b een ass i s ti ng th e and almost suseended, her weight having drawn lic tl f f t , ° Pe tight. F ront t h e t i me s h e reac h e d t h e thi ee . Q4 d , she exhibit e d a t ota l i nsens ibili t y t o ever y !iot',„ l l)ll sing near her. Quaintance, on being ques ta :l l ' If he h a d an y thi ng more to di sc l ose , re pli e d lit e h, e negativ e; an d t h e R ev . M r . Ch ave commenced reading the usual service, which he sa t e th rough in a most Impressive manner, Quaint itskrePeliting it a f ter hi m ; and at the werds.previ for e greed on, the drop fell, and closed their eyes i eg s -v , er • They both struggled hard; hut their suffer the i ; ) e re of sh or t d urat i on . Af ter hanging for an hour, f 4;, ° lY of Westcombe was given to die surgeons f , Ftion, and that of Quaintance to his friends. N o p, lOte, . "1-11711,1 13ERLAN11.-TIICTC 4TO tPn pri kiln" in the Northumberland gaol for trial at the ensuing I, ety, " :atid six in the Newcastle gaol; and from the police t'efo; ' t , a PPear dprobable that some others will he added, tt,e assizese p co re mn a rence to-morrow.— York Courant• largest drops of rain, which are about 9f an inch in diameter, will fall 2,040 feet in a 1 70 but tP l e 'o-din4ry dip in this Ornate sel ' ' l 4•C'" hirlf as fast. t Hailstones in the south of Europe, It'Qllig„l'telletirues the enormous diameter of two inches, : 4 Sti ' i l l With a ' `l'rnl •it of ve 113 i feet in a second, or more 4 tile in a mipute Y • a rapidity of stroke which de- Th -fields and vine-yards.—Leslie's ments. • .e a , 114, PProaching season will afford abundant D '4 ° , lR. - ' ellt the s ;ortsman. Partridges are already ,„ . °l. tqvii,' ll the win and in numerous coveys ; the great turnis g, has materially eontritured to the in .l4; Hares a p re also in greater number than has been - fo r some years past.— Worceder Her«ld. ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. A new piece, chiefly a vehicle for music, was brought out last night at this theatre, and was re ceived with very gpticral and loud applause. '1 he plot of this drama is something like the following : Ludovico de Medici (Mr. J. BLAND), the cousin of Lorenzo de Medici, Gland Duke of Florence (Mr. Wool)), has fallen in love with Antarantha (Miss CawsE) the daughter of Count lifontefieri (Mr. F. MATHEws), and prosecutes his suit much to the satisfaction of the father, but entirely in opposition to the will of the lady, between whom and Giulio, a young gentleman in the suite of Ludovico, a ten der but secret attachment has long subsisted. Ama rantha, despairing of her union with Giulio, at length unwillingly consents to bestow her hand on his more powerful rival. On the morning of the bridal ceremony she requests leave to spend a short time in her oratory. Her object is, to read, for the last time, the impassioned letters of Giulio, which are concealed in a curious cabinet, that opens by means of a secret spring. Having uttered a "sad lament" over these testimonies of affection, she has tens to replace them in the cabinet ; but she has un fortunately forgotten to secure the spring lock, so as to enable her to retire when she has deposited her amatory treasure ; and the moment she enters the ca binet, the door closes, and all hope of escape by her own efforts are unavailing. Much confusion, of course, ensues amongst the bridal party, when the chief actress in the scene cannot he discovered. Search is made in every direction, but no trace of her can be found, and it is suspected that she has eloped with Giulio, who had been seen with her at an early hour in her father's garden, and whose bonnet, plume, and jewel, 't% hich he bad lost in his endeavour to escape when he was observed, are found near the spot. He is immediately arrested, and at once condemned to undergo the torture, un less A»zarantha be forthcoming before eight o'clock in the ,evening. Vergellina (Mrs. KEELEY), the attendant 'of Aincrrantha, is suffered to go in search of her mistress, on condition that she also returns at the same hour. These events constitute the first act. Having despatched the sombre part of the drama, we now come to that which is of a laughable character, and extravagantly laughable it un questionably is, thanks to the grotesque comicality of Mr. KEELEY, who enacted the part of Dr. Manente, a drunken practitioner of the lEscu lapian art. It seems that the Grand Duke, assisted by his equerry Camaldoli (Mr. B. HILL), is fond of travelling about Florence in the disguise of a minstrel, and in one of his frolics he happens to fall in with Dr. Manente, whom he greatly delights with his vocal powers. The doctor, though perfectly unknown to the Grand Duke, promises to introduce the supposed minstrel, who states that his name is Dol cemente, to that great personage. The Grand Duke, anxious to have some mirth at the expense of the boasting quack, contrives that he shall receive an invitation to pass the evening at the ducal palace —where lie plays on him a trick. The doctor's wine is drugged ; and, when he awakes, such tricks are played on him, as lead him to suppose that he has been transported across the Styx, by that " grim ferryman, whom poets speak of." After tormenting him sufficiently, he is set a liberty, and, on reaching home, discovers that he has been buried in effigy, and finds Dr. Flamingo (Mr. 0. Small), his rival in trade, making love to his wife. He soon clears the house of his opponent, and proceeds to inform his lady of all the miseries he has endured. In the course of his recital, he speaks of a cabinet situated in the turret where he was confined, from which, during the night, the most doleful groans proceeded. Vergellina, who is present, instantly conjectures that her mistress is enclosed in the ca binet, and the trio hasten to the spot. After much difficulty the secret spring is discovered, and Ama rantha is found in an exhausted state. Count 211-on tefieri, rejoiced at the recovery of his daughter, sanc tions her union with Giulio, at the earnest request of her less favoured lover. The music of this piece is of a delightful cLarac ter, and was proportionally well executed, KEELEY and his wife went through their respective parts in imitably. The house was full. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. At the Court at Windsor, the 17th day of August,lB29, PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, _ _ It is this day ordered by his Majesty in Council, that the Parliament be prorogued, from Thursday the 20th day of this instant August, to Thursday the 15th day of Oct. next. War-Office, Aug. 17. ME - monAwnura.--The half-pay of the under-mentioned Officers has been cancelled from the 18th instant, inclu sive, upon their receiving a commuted allowance for their commissions:— Ensign E. Jenkins, half-pay 77th Foot. Lieutenant F. Hanley, half-pay 27th Foot. Lieutenant W. 0. Sandwith, half-pay 27th Foot. Cornet C.T.Blicke, half-pay 10th Light Dragoons. _ _ . . Lieut. S. P. Baglion, half-pay 60th Foot. Lieut. J. W. Fitzpatrick, half-pay unattached. Lieut. W. R. Derinzy, hall-ply York Light Infantry Volunteers. Lieut. J. G. Jones, half-pay Ist Garrison Battalion. Ensign P. Lawless, half-pay 36th Foot. Ensign G. Wyse, half-pay 6th Foot. Mr. H. S. Elmalle, late Assistant-Surgeon of the Ist or Grenadier Foot Guards, instead of being placed upon half pay, is to receive a commuted allowance. Commission in the Royal Western Regiment of Middlesex signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Middlesex. 11. W. Marriott, Esq. to be Captain. Aug. 8. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. William Payne Barnard, Albion-place, Walworth, Sur rey, victualler. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Thomas Hind, Queen -street, London, victualler. BANKRUPTS. William Walker, Manchester, money-scrivener, to sur render Aug. 28, 29, and Sept. 29, at eleven, at the York Hotel, Manchester. Appleby and Charnock, Ray mond-buildings, Gray's•inn, London; Oliver, Manchester. Richard Leigh, Manchester, cotton-spinner, Aug. 29, at two, Sept. 1, and 29, at ten, at the York Hotel, Man chester. Tyler, Pump-court, Temple; Hunt, Stockport. William Hall, Manchester, porter-dealer, Aug. 29, at two, 31, and Sept. 29, at nine, at the York Hotel, Man chester. Morris, Manchester ; Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London. Robert Piing Snell, Essex-street, Whitechapel, potatoe merchant, Aug. 25, at twelve, Sept. 8, at eleven, and 29, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Weymouth, Gray's-inn-square. Samuel Fryzer, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, brick maker, Sept. 7, at six, 8, at ten, and 29, at three, at Messrs. Winterbotham and Weedon's Office, Tewkesbury. Winterbotham and Weedon, Tewkesbury; Bousfield, Chat ham-place, London. George Lunniss, Bath, baker, Sept. 10, 11, and 29, at eleven, at the Castle and Ball Inn, Bath. 'Wilkinson and Sanders, Middle Temple, London ; Hellings, Bath. Henry Earlam, Wilmslow, Chester, linen-draper, Aug. 28, 29, and Sept. 29, at ten, at the York Hotel, Man chester. Milne and Parry, Temple, London ; Walker and Jesse, Manchester. John Marbrook Benskiii, Margate, builder, Aug. 20, at five, 24, and Sept. 29, at eleven, at the York Hotel, Mar gate. Hall and Bishop, Serjeant's-Inn, Louden ; Wright, Margate. William Gardner and Elizabeth Coombe, Devonport, milliners, Aug. 21, at twelve, Sept. 4, at eleven, and 29, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Jones, Size-lane. Caractacus Daubigney Shilton, Sneinton, Nottingham shire, scrivener, Aug. 25, at twelve, Sept. 8, at eleven, and 29, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Bromleys, Gray's Inn-square. Thomas Weston, Reading, Burka:, linen-draper, Aug. 25, at ten, Sept. 4., and 29, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Jones, Size-lane, Bucklersbury. John Willis, Liverpool, broker, Aug. 28, 29, and Sept. 22, at eleven, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool. Watson and Byrom, Liverpool; Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bed ford-row. William Waite, Bramley, Leeds, cloth-manufacturer, Aug. 25, 26, at eleven, and Sept. 29, at twelve, at the Court Hou-e, Leeds. Few and Ashmore, Cuvent-garden, London ; Booth, Leeds. William Atkinson, 13irstal, Yorkshire, woolstapler, Aug. 22, at four; at the Man and Saddle Inn, Dewsbury, 51, and Sept. 29; at eleven, at the Sesslons-touFe, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Battve, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London ; Archer and Greaves, Ossett. James Worts, Whitechapel-road, illipilesex, baker, Aug. 21, 25, at ten, and Sept. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. T4 , ague, Cannon-street. John Marshall, Watling-greet. London, silk-manufac turer, Aug. 28, 29, and Sept 29, at nine, at the York Hotel, Manchester. Hurd and Johnson, Temple, London ; Hadfield and Grave, Manchester. William Anderson, John Anderson, and William Tait, Leeds, linen-drapers, Aug. 25, 26, at eleven, and Sept. 29, at twelve, at the Court House, Leeds. Jones, John-street, Bedford-row, London ; Hick, Leeds. Thomas Rawling , , Cheltenham, Gloucester, broker, Sept. 15, 16, and Sept. 29, at nine, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenhim, King, Sergeant's-inn, Fleet-street, Lon don ; Prince and Kell, Cheltenham. Thomas 'Wilson, Cambridge, jeweller, Aug. 27, 28, and Sept. 29, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, Cambridge. Harris, Cambridge; Coe, Pancras-lane, Bucklersbury, London. DIVIDENDS. J. Pearson, Manchester, flour-dealer, Sept.l7, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester—J. S. Clarke, Austin-friars, printer, Sept. 8, at two, at the Courtof Commissioners —J. Adams, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, grocer, Oct. 27, at twelve, at the One Bell Inn, Bury St. Edmund's— R. Rainey, Size-lane, merchant, Aug. 25, at one, at the Court of Commissioners--S. Shelley, Oulton, Stone, Staf fordshire, flint-grinder, Sept. 14, at two, at the Crown Inn, Stone. CERTIFICATES-SErr. 8, E. Archer, Wood-street, Cheapside, warehouseman— T. R. Trapps, Church. court, Clement's-lane, Lombard street, drysalter—S. Escudier, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, hotel keeper—D. Timothy, Leicester-square, hosier—C. Clapham, Wakefield, Yorkshire, wine-merchant—J. Tor doff, Bradford, Yorkshire, grocer—W. Norton, Uxbridge, dealer—J. Martin, Preston, Lancashire, corn-merchant— E. Pringle, North Shields, Northumberland, wine-mer chant—W. Loy, Sheffield, meal seller—T. Mason, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, bookseller—R. Walker, Man chester, woollen shawl manufacturer—J. Jones, jun., Tot tenham-court-road, hat-manufacturer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, G. Lockwood and W. H. Beeston, Manchester, tailors —M. Collard and M. Hubbard, Regent-street, milli ners-----J. George and W. George, Tetcott, Devon shire, yeomen--J. Cooper and J. Gibson, Manches ter, manufacturers—H. Priestley and E. Woodhouse, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, confectioners—M. Shaw and Co., Chunal Mill, Glossop, Derbyshire, cotton-spinners —J. Turner and S. H. Bayley, Manchester, corn com mission agents—R. Perks, sen. and R. Perks, jun., Monckton—Comhe, Somersetshire, common-brewers— R. Dunn and J. Ramshaw, Barnard Castle, Durham, car pet-manufacturers—W. Tickle and Co., Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, tallow-chandlers—l. Sealby and A. Sealby, Keswick, Crosthwaite, Cumberland, ironmongers—G. Hammond and 11. Houson, Leeds, Yorkshire, flax-spinners —W. Stannard and R. James, Hammersmith, wine-mer chants—W. Sewell and B. Artis, North Brixton, Surrey, linen-drapers—T. Chalk and Co., Chelmsford, auc tioneers—J. F. Madox and W. R. Sydney, Austin Friars, solicitors—E. Harwood and Co. Barton Hill, Gloucester shi:e, tanners. RAMSGATE, AUG. 17. This being the Anniversary of the Birthday of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the in habitants are preparing to celebrate the event by illuminating and decorating the shops and other pub lic places with flowers, laurels, &c. The banners of England are waving at all points, and at the usual time a Royal salute will be fired from the cannon at their stations, and it will be a day of rejoicing. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold arrived at Piermont on Thursday afternoon, paying a visit to his beloved sister previous to his Royal Highness's crossing over to the Continent for a short period. On his return we believe his Royal Highness will honour us with his presence for a time. The inhabitants of Broadstairs are also pre paring to testify their respect by a grand display of variegated lamps, and other demonstrations of an illumination this evening. On Saturday her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Victoria, who is looking in high health and very lovely, and the Prince of Leiningen, attended by the Baroness de Letzin and Sir John Conroy, honoured the town with a visit. Her Royal Highness is looking ex tremely well, and the Princess, our most likely future Queen, is much grown since we last had the haP piness to see her. Ramsgate is this season honoured with much good compa►►y, but first-rate houses are still " to be let." Amongst the elite that sojourn here are his Grace the Duke of Newcastle and noble family; their Graces the Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, the Misses Burdett, &c.; her Grace the Duchess of Manchester, her Grace the Duchess of Roxburghe, Earl Teynham, Lady Louisa Grey, Lady E. Bentinck, the Count and Countess Waterstaff, and Count Banderburcb. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. Sir John and Lady Smith for Newport, in the Isle of Wight ; Colonel Raphael, in St. James's-place, from the lonian Islands; Mr. and Mrs. Norton, from Elton Manor, near Bingham, to Studley Park, Yorkshire; Miss Wykeham, from the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Brighton ; the Countess of Onslow, at the St. George Hotel, Albemarle-street, from her seat, Clan_ don, Surrey ; the Dowager Countess of Dartmouth for her seat, Blackheath; Captain Deffell, in Pall-mall, from Wirtemberg ; Capt. Maclean, in Conduit-street, from Sicily ; Mr. Benyon de Beauvoir for Culford Hall, Bury St. Edmund's, Mr. and Mrs, Courtown, for East Cowes, in the Isle of Wight; Mr. R. Raikes, on a tour ; Lady Walsh and Mr. G. Digby, on a tour; Sir Henry Lambert, on a tour; Major Armstrong, in Clarges-street, from Dublin ; Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan, for Nelson's-crescent, Ramsgate ; Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Carleton and family, at Talke's Hotel (late Miller's), Jermyn.street, from Tunbridge Wells; the Rev. George hinge, at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Throckmorton and Miss Pilgrim, at the Burlington Hotel, from Chelmsford; Edward Lyon, Esq. at ditto, from a tour; Lyon Winder, Esq. at ditto, from a tour; Captain and Mrs. Burton, in Pall-mall, from Brighton; Sir George Talbot, Bart. from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies-streets, for Paris; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tracey, from Dover-street, for their seat in Gloucestershire; Captain Clayton, from Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-street, for his scat, Stone Hall, Sussex ; Captain Hyde Parker, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Hampshire; Mr. and Mrs. Sher wood, from Wimpole-street, for their seat in Devonshire; the Rev. Mr. Cumming, from Symmons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's-street, for Bath. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, accompanied by Prince GEORGE, paid a visit yesterday morning to the Princess SOPHIA, at her apartments in the King's Palace at Kensington. The Duke of GTou- CESTER joined the Royal party, who remained some time with the Princess. The Duke of GLOUCESTER afterwards proceeded to his residence in Bagshot Park. The Rev. Mr. JELF, tutor to Prince GEORGE, performed divine service on Sunday morning, and preached an excellent sermon, in the private chapel attached to the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park, before his MAJESTY, the Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, and the Royal suite and household. The Hon. W. TEMPLE, Secretary of Lega tion to the embassy of Lord HEYTESBURY at St. Peters burgh, arrived in town at a late hour on Monday night from the Continent, bring;ng despatches from Lord HEY. TESBURY for the Ea!' of ABERDEEN. Mr. TEMPLE at tended yesterday at the Foreign Office, and had an inter view with his Lordship. Prince LIEVEN, the Russian Ambassador, and the French Charg6 d'Affaires, waited on the Noble Earl in the afternoon, and had a conference with his Lordship, which lasted upwards of an hour. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Foreign Office fur Mr. GORDON, our Ambassador at Constantinople, and also for Mr. DAWKINS, our resident in Greece. The messenger by whom they were sent took also despatches from the Colonial Office for Sir FREDERICK ADAM, the Lord high Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Spanish and Prussian Ministers, the Mi nister from the Netherlands, and the Marquis de BARBA CENA, had interviews with the Earl of ABERDEEN yester day, at the Foreign Office. The Neapolitan Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The LORD CHANCELLOR has filled up the ♦acancy in the fifth list of Commissioners of Bankrupts, occasioned by the death of Jpiir ligEvE, Esq . ., by the appointment of CHARLES KNIGHT Muuumr, Barrister-at- Law. The LORD MAYOR, accompanied by one of the Sheriff'', two Gentlemen of the Committee of the new London-bridge, and the Deputy City Itemembrancer, at tended at the Treasury yesterday, and had a long confer ence with the CI-JANCELI.OII, of the ExcgEquEß, MR. TIUSKISSON. (FROM A LIVERPOOL CORRESPONDENT.) On Saturday our worthy Representative drov e into town from Sudley, the seat of N. Robinso n , Esq. our worthy Mayor. About four o'clock in the afterinn, and other oon,accompgettlem accompanied by his Worship, Si r ;t o l e , Tobin, n, the Right Hon. G en - Oman, who seems in the enjoyment of vigorous health, appeared on 'Change. He was, on entering the Exchange News-room, immediately surrounded by a crowd of gentlemen, who honoured him with a most cordial welcome, which must have been ex tremely gratifying to his feelings. Mr. Huskisson then addressed the assembly in the following terms : " Gentlemen,—Allow me to offer you my most cordial and grateful thanks for this very kind and flattering reception. The honour of being thus noticed and distinguished by vou, at this time, is to me the more gratifying from being unexpected —un expected, because my present visit to my friends at Liverpool is not on any public occasion, or with reference to any public event ; neither am I here in any public character. I am here not to solicit further favours, but to make my personal acknowledgments (too tardily, perhaps) for those which I have already received at your hands. lam here as a private in-' dividual, a Member of Parliament—one of your members, it is true, and, as such, justly proud of the high honour of representing thisgreat and enlightened community—as such solicitously courting as it has at all times been my duty and inclination to do, the most extensive and unreserved intercourse with my constituents upon all matters of public interest, more especially those by which your useful occupations and honourable pursuits are interwoven and identified with the general concerns and welfare of this great country. In this my individual capacity tam ready, gentlemen, to obey your commands upon all points of local interest. lam anxious to receive from you suggestions upon those of a more general nature. The latter shall be considered by me with the most careful attention, and with the most studious desire to forward the views arid wishes upon which they may be founded. I have heard, with great concern, that the present period is one in which the business carried on within these walls is rather to be marked by the extent of the transactions than by the I amount of profit which they afford. I regret this state of things. I hope and believe that it will not be of long duration : but whilst it exists, it affords an additional reason for my seeking among you any information which your practical knowledge and ex perience may enable you to afford, with a view to such relief (if any there be within the reach of Par liament) as may tend to mitigate the pressure, or to abridge the term, of the difficulties under which the industry and commerce of the country now labour." This speech, which was applauded throughont, was followed by loud cheers. We saw several per sons who did not join in the cheering ; but we did not hear them utter any audible sounds of disappro bation against Mr. Huskisson. Two gentlemen, who stood near us, seemed desirous of getting up " three cheers for the shipping interest," in answer to those raised in favour of the Right Hon. Gentle man; but as neither had the courage to propose the cry, the whole passed over quietly. From the Exchange news-room Mr. Huskisson ascended to the Underwriters' room, where his.re ception was as flattering as it had been in the lower room. He addressed the gentlemen present, briefly recapitulating the remarks which he had made in the Exchange news-room. " One cheer more" was then proposed and given, the Right Hon. Gen tleman appearing highly delighted with the recep tion which he had received from the merchants of Liverpool. Whilst passing through the lower room, after he had been up stairs, three or four persons made an attempt to hiss our distinguished Repre seutative. Mr. Huskisson returned to the Town-hall, accom panied by the Mayor and a number of gentlemen. There is some likelihood of a public dinner being given to Mr. Huskisson during his stay. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GENTLEMEN AMATEURS' ROWING MATCH FOR TWO SILVER CUPS. Yesterday the annual contest between twelve amateurs for two Silver Cups, superbly chased, took place in the afternoon, from the Red House, Battersea, to Hammer smith Bridge, with the tide. The match excited the most lively interest among the most distinguished amateurs, and some time previous to the start the majority of those in town assembled at Mr. Swayue's. About a quarter to five the following crack amateurs took their stations from buoys off the Red House : J. D. Bishop and H. Clinton Attenburrow...Green E. Speer and Charles Duke I ight Blue A. F. Bayford and Henry C. Wingfield Scarlet J. H. Bayford and Richard Cannon, jun Purple W. Duke and W. Denison Yellow W. Wood and A. L. Slater Pink. At starting, Messrs. Bishop and Attenburrow took the lead, followed by Messrs. Slater and Wood, but in conse quence of Messrs. Bayford and Cannon touching Mr. Sla ter's boat on the quarter, they became seo , ,nd. They con tinued in this manner to Putney, when Messrs. Bishop and Attenburrow fouled a boat moored off the Star and Garter, and before they could clear themselves Messrs. Bayford and Cannon passed them. After a most severe and admirably contested snatch, the splendid prizes were won by Messrs. Bayford and Cannon, Mess's. Bishop and Attenburrow were second, and Mr. Slater and his partner third. Se veral six, eight, and ten-oared boats accompanied the match. GRAND SAILING MATCH. Another excellent sailing match took place yesterday for two splendid cups (one gold, and the other silver), given by the Thames Yacht Club, to be sailed for by Gentle men's pleasure yachts, the distance being to start from Southwark Bridge round a boat moored near the Wands worth meadows, and return to Westminster Bridge. The wind was excellent, and the banks were well attended, but owing to the badness of the weather but few boats were on the water. The following boats were entered to con tend for the prizes : Vessels. Toms. Belonging to. Daphne Alum aid Emulation Donna del Lego Venus Leander Royal Eagle Eagle 13 At four o'clock the boats were placed, and the Comma. dore tired the signal for starting. The sails were hoisted instanter, and the Emulation tacked and started off like a shot ; the Venus was close up, and after an excellent match, displaying considerable tactics, the Royal Eayle was the winner. MILFORD HAVEN REGATTA. PEMBROKE, Aria. 16.—Friday last being the day fixed for the Regatta, a vast concourse of spectators assembled to witness the amusement, and, notwithstanding the day was extremely unfavourable, the Haven was crowded with vessels of every description. In the class of yachts under 15 tons, a handsome silver cup, valued at twenty guineas, was won by the Queen Mal), belonging to Vaughan Lloyd, Esq., R.N., bating the Amelia, Nymph, and _Bose. The latter, belonging to the Hon. Capt Greville, who was him elf steering at the time, carried away her mast during the race in a heavy squall, and was towed back, alongside the starting vessel; she is a very handsome cutter-rigged vessel, and was launched only the day before the Regatta. Several other prizes were contended for, and as the wind was remarkably strong and squally, the vessels were at: times under an immense press of sail ; but, fortunately, no accident took place, except the upsetting of two small boats, the mess of which were picked up after having a good ducking. During the visit of the Navy Board, the last week, at this Dock-yard, it was determined to extend the boundary wall about 300 yards to the westward ; and as it is found that ships, well built cheaper at this than any other Dock yard, as ell as its being so advantageously siturted, it is expected to be considerably increased by . zending'here a number of mechanic and workmen froth Deptford -yard, which is bik be abolished' as a liuilding yard. Her4Oo l, naval architect here, has presented a model to the Navy Board for constructing ships viikhaut beams, by having the decks laid across, and of a greater thickness, instead of being laid fore and aft, as at present. . • 'file baron of beef with which the __ltoyo and distinguished guests were entertained on the celebration of the King's Birth-day, at the Royal Lode, was not (as mentioned by mistake) dressed at the Castle Inn at Windsor ? 14At At Windsor castlV•l SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Ili the following article we have given a de se. iption of the feelin ff of Ow people of Paris, on the mthi , .et or the new Mitti try, as it is repre ,,,uted in all tin principal 1,11119.15. But, in wire of this storm against the Cabinet, we have some reason to doubt whether its violence will effect its proposed object. Things are come to a sort of crisis. Of the policy of pushing mat ters, if no absolute necessity existed, to such an extremity, we say nothing, because we have scarcely sufficient data for the discussion of this point ; but now that the struggle appears to have begun, the propriety of receding is a totally distinct question. There is very good ground for believing that the French Ministry will not be swept from the helm without a strong effort to maintain their position. They probably look upon the question as one affecting not only their own official existence, but that of much more august personages. As this conviction is, there is little doubt, shared by those august personages themselves, it is all but impossible that the Mi nistry should betray any symptom of wavering or hesitation. They will, we apprehend, feel themselves tied to the stake, and bound to stand the hazard of the die. We repeat with all de ference, that the crisis may have been hurried by a misjudging spirit ;—that time and circumstance, as well as persons, may have been erroneously chosen : but it is now too late to discuss this point. The storm, unfortunately, is raised, and those who have raised it will, it is believed, de cide that there is less chance of safety in yield ing than in making head against it.—Times. The Paris liberal Journals of Sunday, and the -Messager des Chambres of Saturday, show no abatement in their fierce and uncompromising hostility to the new Government of France. All the smaller prints, occupied with the drama and with literature, join in the chorus of execration. The Globe, a journal of science and literature, conducted by young men of eminence, who are disciples of the Romantic School—admirers of M. de Chateaubriand, and the choice spirits of " young France," have subscribed the " solemn league and covenant" against the Polignac Mi nistry. Such unanimity in the organs of public opinion in reprobating the new Ministry, such bitterness in their reproaches, and such violence in their alarms, form the most singular political phenomenon which has for a long time been witnessed, Those whom the King has honoured with his confidence, instead of being considered only as party or political opponents, are de nounced by the journals as public enemies, ac tuated by the most rancorous hatred of the ex isting generation of Frenchmen, envious of their prosperity under a Constitutional Government, and resolved to attempt their re-subjugation to prejudice and misrule, even at the expense of bloodshed and civil war. The errors and weak nesses of the late Ministry are forgotten, and all the incipient jealousies and antipathies of individuals or coteries among the Liberals are absorbed in this all-devouring sentiment of hos tility to the new Cabinet. The blow certainly was unexpected, and therefore the more astounding. The fact seemed incredible till it was announced in the Moniteur. The late Ministers had been chiefly opposed in the Chambers and by the journals, because they were considered as too de voted to the Court—because they were thought too royalist—because they did not go far enough in their endeavours to secure popular rights ; their critics and accusers may therefore be for given for their indignant astonishment, when they had seen them disgraced because they had gone too far in making popular concessions, and when they saw that they had been succeeded by an extreme party whose power they imagined gone for ever, and whose efforts, at recovering it, they no more dreaded than an invasion of Cos sacks or Chortans. We have already stated that, as foreigners, we have nothing to do with the late change in the French Ministry, as a domestic question,—that a great and powerful nation like that of France always possesses, and always ought to possess, within herself; the springs of her internal movements,—that we rejoice in her prosperity, as rendering more efficient an al liance which it is our common interest to main tain,—that with the feelings or designs of the Ultra or Apostolic party we can have sympathy ; and that our approbation of the Polignac Cabinet extended no farther than to the Prince himself, as his views had been evinced in his conduct here, and explained to his fellow- Peers in the Upper Chamber. If, by enjoying the confidence of the Court, the late Ministry— which always appeared to us Royalist enough— could have maintained itself; it is probably to be regretted that a new Ministerial experiment has been hazarded. Since the restoration, we be lieve France has had not fewer than 60 Ministers, and at nearly every change of Cabinet there has been some explo.non of popular feeling. The entrance of the Viliele Ministry into office was signalized by conspiracies and partial insurrec tions in several districts of the country ; and, un fortunately, the advocate who most distinguished himself by his Ultra violence against one of the conspirators on that occasion, has now been ail, pointed Parisian Prefect of Police. Though not sympathising in the violence with which the liberal press of Paris attack the Ministry, we must express our disgust at a stupid falsehood contained in some of the letters from Paris in the evening papers of yesterday—that the editors of the liberal journals had met and reed to vut down the obnoxious AdminiitratiOn, by abusing England, from whose councils they imagined it to spring. The Journal des Debats of Sunday leaves no doubt about the refusal of Admiral de Rigny to accept of his new anpoint -4• • - ment.-Ibid. An interesting document leas just been printed by order of the House of Commons, consisting of copies of reports from the Protec tors of Slaves in the colonies of Demerara, Ber-. !Ace, Trinidad, St. Lucia, and the c2ape of Good Hope, and of other official papprs, *con taining a summary of the c?,mpfaiiit4 of slaws, and the official proeeednlgs of the local autho rities thereupon It is quite natural that such a puhlication as this, emanating from authority so high, should at once arouse the angry passions of those who have been engaged in the ..c),13,4r0,- versy of slave labour ; but to those, wipse inqui ries are governed by I . e.Eson, and whose judg ments have b,cc-,n alteady satisfied that great ex an-arations have abounded upon the that the vice of habit had on th 7. ode side - dead ened generous symnath:. t ez 4 while on the other much of zeal, if blind enthusiasm, 11.-,d been enli4tyd,—to those, we say, who have calmly rejected, this volume is : full of valuable practical information, and ;leserves much attention. The nattirl difficulties of lifting such A in the sca l e o f slavery has introdnced into population as the British colonies moral improvement, so as to render freedom of any real value tc:, them, has always been felt, except tv fealots who were blind to coltsccittcllces.. Equaliy obvious was the equivocal prospect of de pending solely, or even in an essential degree, upon the domestic interest of the planters them selves to correct the moral qualities of their slaves ; their physical wants were, of course, supplied, because upon that attention depended the capabilities for labour, the prime inducement for allocating such a population upon the estates ; but in many instances in this report it will be found, that in the severe process of sugar boil, ing in particular, slaves have been kept at work far beyond the reasonable term of human labour, and under flimsy as well as intolerable pretexts, and have been exposed to other grievances. Their punishments, too, appear, particularly in the Cape of Good Hope, to be marked with tin. usual severity. There is evidence enough on the face of the Cape report to show, that in a variety of instances slaves have been surrep titiously and illegally introduced, and that by stratagem and collusion, even free blacks have been, while on their passage to Europe, left and sold to task -masters. Mr. Huskisson, who ap pears to have watched these colonial proceedings with humane and anxious attention, complains in strong terms, and in repeated despatches, that in the case of the slave's application for his free dom, the local authorities always act on the pre sumption of slavery, and require a degree of proof from the helpless and ignorant applicant, which it is morally impossible he can produce ; he notices also the punishments and slowness of adjudication, but not in terms of sufficient repro bation. It is, by the Dutch law at the Cape, death for a slave to lift his hand against his master. In a recent instance this sentence ap• pears to have been formally adjudged by the tribunals, in a trial arising out of a quarrel be tween an old Dutch waggoner and his slave, for the manner in which the latter put on one of his shoes, and it would have been probably cat vied into effect had it not been for the interposition of the Lieutenant Governor. The minor punishments are likewise inhuman, when it is understood they apply to a population who do not (as is mentioned) in general com prehend either the English or Dutch languages, and who, being brought often from Mozambique and the eastern coast, are sadly ignorant of the force of moral obligations, and very unlikely to comprehend the distinctions of the penal offences, for which they are nevertheless so se verely responsible. The Articles of War, which have been generally considered as fearfully com prehensive, do not enumerate a tenth of the per sonal offences which are laid down in the slave's penal schedule. Every possible mode of as saulting or insulting the manager or his driver, is here specifically assigned, although the enume ration of the more heinous offences in one eJlumn is mostly met by a blank in the adjoin ing one. There are laid down in this schedule above a dozen degrees of offences against the person, for which the slave is answerable to his keepers,—the designations probably correspond with the propensities of the class : striking the superior is one offence; biting him, a second ; spitting in his face, a third ; and we have be sides, formally arranged under separate heads, mutinous conduct, defying manager, holding and tearing driver's shirt, seditious conduct, refractory behaviour, disobedience, insolence, insubordinate conduct, contemptuous behaviour attempting to strike a tvhite man, &c. 'When Pope wrote his stanza upon the " untutored mind" of the poor Indian, he could have little thought that neglected being would have been held 4. , penally responsible for a code containing such refinements upon the meaning of the actions, while he was left by the framers of it in such moral and intellectual darkness. In this report will be found sentences of slaves by the Cape tribu nals, for thefts and robberies, to he worked " iii irons for life!" "to be scourged, branded, worked in irons," for 10 and 15 years ;" scourged under the gallows. and worked in irons for five years on Robbers' Island. These are terrible punishments to begin with in the work of moral reformation : and the flogging of women appears to be i n f amous l y practised. They are more striking, when contrasted with the follow ing (p. 92, Cape Report) :—" Leys, slave girl of Carel du Plessis, complains that her master's son has, on Monday last, struck her five blows with the fist on the head, so that the blood gushed from her nose, because she was sick, and could not work ; and stated further, that she b-, s been lately very mu c h ill use d b y said person, who tied an ox thon g roun d h er neck, and pulled her by it, and afterwards fastene;', h er to a p o le, and punished her with quince twigs." Sentence—The defendant condemned in a pe nalty of' 51., to be divided according to the 13th article of the ordinance of the 19th June last.— The names of the poor sufferers are calculated to inspire very different recollections from those which they suggest in .the criminal records of the slave population : we have Coto, Cicero, Brutus, Pompey ; even _Pitt, Wellington, Buonaparte, are found an these Cape planta tions, with the more poetical names of Adonis, Veuus, Dido, Leander Telema chus, & - c. Buon a p ar t e appears to have been a rugged uncompromising fellow, for, after various combats with the authorities for his freedom, and several provisional releases, he at length succeeded in the final accomplish ment of hts claim; and being determined to ap pear well in civilized life when he enforced his privilege of entering it, he successfully insisted upon " the restoration of hip clothes." Poor Adonis fares much.worw, for, being detected in various burglaries itt, Cape.itown,s Majesty's • Fiscal consigae4 him (prolla pudor !) cc to be exposo under the gallows with a rope round his heck, then scourged and branded, and to work in irons for life." There is one entry at the end of page 75 of the Fiscal's report;the palpable in justice of which excites indignation when viewed as a . record the judicial proceedings of a Bri tish foxictionary, It is in the ease of three *yes, who were supposed to be implier.ied in the burglaries of Adonis, and is as foltows The Fiscal could not bring home either to Carolus, September, or Le ec any part of the crimes with whl ; e4 th e y were charged, al though thg y we re bad c h aracters , an d sus picicAk trting against them ; they were there *4o, allowed to be returned to their masters, ; under the conditio?z, that if' teithin one year have been I evidence coin 4 4e. brought against them, they transmitted ( f o aught to tionary, T must b,e, 4,urrendered ag esee should boon ld t p a ne k er i e t t r o ial , this be Dutch law, Hoffmeyer, the ow , :, er o f - Ave been pro from the different pro- It himself : it titt y a British of which i fra c m ot e ir d se by fr t o h m e crimes crimes t s e4 oni to ez ,A tlz l i ( s i e s d ee c m irc t u o l arh ) he schedule followers of some c., 1 4 those philosophers (as they were iniac4ed volumes tht. ilocenclanta of yore their d a y) w h o wrote oye that th e race o f bl acks were Cain ; yet " nil" is mostly reivatted to the higher off e n ces , and the names even of s ome of them it would be as well in future to spare, unless when their perpetration