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atrocities, was still de facto king of Portugal--mare Was the pity laugh)—and, therefore, how reach soever he might wish that the days of the went were numbered —however earnest his prayer might be that they speedily might see his reign of terror, and bloodshed, and craeltn extinguished—still they could not—they tritlit not inter fere ; and whatever that man's course might be with respect to the Government of Poetise!, they were bound, so long as they wished to preserve that peace for which they had so long prayed, not to meddle with those arrangements, nor interfere with hie pretensions, with tire ting!e ex:mo tion of rot recognizing the title then he had usurped. Bet though he k!t the fore of this as much as any man could, let Miguel beware hsnv he came beyond the bounds sif his own territoro ; fur by that means he. emilild make it imperaelve on thin country to inquire eta what grounds he had poesesnet himself of that title and if the cemequence of that inquiry should be that they found the:waives com pellen to dispute the titi-t which he had assumed, why they could not help it—bn had brought it on liimndF, and they were bound to give their vote where . they redly believed the right to lie. - But the very thing of which he was warning Miguel had taken place: he bad gone abroad— beyond hie own territories—he had attempted to introduce his power at Terceira, where he was a King neittinr de inan nor eh! facto—when., he was not only a foul and hated tyrant, but where he was not nor even Usurper elenhoto—(hear, hear)—.where Ills usurpation, which in Pertugal wore a tangible slime?, was in design ouly—en 4ttempt uncennemantaten anti incomplete. This was the real state ref the ease with respect to Terceira—.a place where the power of Miguel wee unachnoodedgekl and as nothing, and on which Donna INtara.h=`aa tl:e lawful Sove reign. But if this were so, on what grounds was it to lie contended that the Portuguese subjects of Donna Aliria had no right to go thee ) unless it was because Miguel did not like that then shou'd go there ?—(A laugh.)---A blockade, indeed, had been attempted, but the ships that hail been tetra out had been driven away, and the thing Lad lsnerated altogether into a paper affair. It ;or /rearm:, however, that this was quite enough fee Fmglanel, ben.ause we prided ourselves on attending to what no other touutty on the face of the earth heeded. But, he would ask, was this in accordance with whet had - been urged by the Right Hon. Gent.? Was this non-interference on the part of this country?—(Hear, hear.) No man could hold the principle of non-interference in greater veneration than he did, for he looked open it its the cor ner-stone rThich bound the tare interests of a country to gether; it was the meers hy which peace was to he pre served, and by whith war was to be. avoided ; and what to this country could be more &nimble titan the ninth nuance at peace, and the prevention of trar, of or we had just begun to recover from the dreadful effects that had been produced by a war of a quarter of a century e--or, indeed, he might sly—of half a tentlity? Again, he said, let them have non-interference by all means; but as it appeared to him, this cootttry had interfered, and in femme eat Don Miguel's policy, instead of against it. Thie appeared to him to be the real position of things, and therefore he still hal to learn by whet right cr title cur ships had be e n sent t o Terceira-, to prevent the Pertuguese rabiects of Donna Maria from cronting a landing on a terrAory of which she was undisputed Queen.--(Hear, ?sear, hear.)—A paper blockade was nothing; from the eery nature of it, it could not be any thing ; and, there fore, to say that that formed au excuse for echo:zing such a course, would but assu:ne a point which no one eoaN, nor a moment, concede. It was undoubtedly true, that where two belligerents were engaged in hostilities. either one had a right to prevent a neutral power from affording assistance to his adversary ; but if the neutral was excluded frotn that emninerce by an order only, in stead of by an actual force, the neutral would have the right to break through such a paper blockade. If, then, it •were put upon the ground of Miguel's blockade, it was sdctt that we had no right to interfere; but still more— had we no right to interfere, as the island belonged to Donna. Maria, and not to Don Miguel? But the Right Honourable Gentleman had said, that done Portuguese heed been fired upon, not because they were breaking through Don Miguel's blockade, but because they had jut properly made tree of one of the ports of England. But how could that be ? They were Donna Meria's subjects, and they wished to return to her territory. But our an swer to that was, " No, you sha'nt ; Don Miguel will not allow it, and teerefin e as he is not able to enforce his own wishes, We nil ) . do it for him."—(Hear, hear! and a laugh.) _Tt ese Portuguese had expressed a desire to go fee nnt } '?is country ; but what right we had to follow them Winen they had once quitted our shores he could not con ceive. If it was expected that they veer:, about to play tricks white in port, then interfere with them, and - welcome. But even suppose that they cleared eat with false papers, and while they krt-av that they were going to• Terceira, provided themselves with papers for Rio Janeiro, Virginia, or elsewhere, he maintained that there was no warrant, either fo our own municipal law of the country, or in the glteral law of nations—which, perhaps, they ought rather to look at—for stepping beyond the waters of this country in pursuit of the strangers. The Right I-lon. Gentleman talked as if this was an extraordinary case ; but, in hie opinion, it was one that occurred every day. They had not stopped the ships either in the river or on the high etas, but had gone to the very seas of Terceira, and there fired on those who had gone thither to seek the land of their Sovereign. As he understood the facts of the case, he must say that this appeared to be a most complete terfereme en the part of this country : and if any thing could have justified the interference of this country, no thing could have given hint greater pleasure than to find it exerted against the power of one who by crime alone had ascended a throne to which he had no claim. In Tiro. eating the cause of non-interference, he IE4I it, nut because be hued Miguel's tyranny the less, but because he loved peace and the principles which led to it the more. (Hear.) 7t/r. HUSKISSON conceived that all the embarrass trent anti difficulty with respect to Portugal Which existed at pre sent originated in the emigration of tie Royal Family to Brazil in 1807. From that moment Brazil be came the seat of Government, and Pot tugal a distant pro eince. The consetoience was, that jealousy was excited, - nod war was likely to break cut between the two countrien and England, to prevent that calamity, offered her service to bring about an amicable arrangement on the basis of the independence and scpetatiun of the two countries. A treaty to that effect was signed by the Emperor in 1925, but he died before any arrangement was made. The sove reignty then devolved on Don Pedro, who chose to stipu late as a condition for the separation of the two countries, the acceptance on the part of Portugal of a Constitution of his own making. This be had no right to do, because it was no part of the original treaty; and he (Mr. Huskis son) thought that to that circumstance was to be attributed the difficulties in which Portugal hail been involved since. England was no party to the drawing up of this Constitution, and Mr. Canning wrote to that sffect to all the principal Courts of Europe; and this country told the Portuguese Govern ment that she would give no advice on the subject ; and that, whether Portugal accepted or rejected the Constitu tien, we should hold ourselves bound by the ancient treaties of alliance between the countries, to protect her. Tice Constitution bating been accepted by the Portuguese Government, we then did every thing in our power to prevent disorders and to reconcile opposing interests; and with that this country, together with - Austria, brought about the treaty of marriage between Don Miguel and Donna Math. Ile could not agree in the observation made by t h e Urn. and Learned Gentleman, that this country was a guarantee to see fulfilled the oath which had been subscribed by Dan Miguel. We wereonly the vouchers to Europe that we believed in his promises. When in this country he was received with great respect, and he repeated his promise to adhere to the Charter. He asked as a favour that the English troops that were then in Portugal to pro , tact the country from foreign aggression might remain there till his arrival. This was granted, and it was agreed that his reviewing them should be the signal for their de parture. He was accompanied to Portugal by a great num ber of ships, and a loan of money was negotiated in this country for him. When lie arrived in Portugal he kept the English troops in the country while he dismissed such Portuguese officert from the service as were friends to the C..netitution, and filled their places by those very men who hail led forward the army which the English troops had been sent to oppose. Fortunately he was prevented ob taining the money which was raised in this country for him, by the vigilance of the Ambassador. When the enormous crimes committed by Don Miguel were taken into consideration, it became a free and Christian State to be cautious that no aet on its part should be of such an ambiguous character as to admit of the construction that it countenanced such unprincipled conduct. He acknow ;eaged that it was a breach of the law of nations to fit out forces in this country to proceed to the island of Terceira, and that a fraud had been committed in naming another place as the destination of the expedition ; but he would ask how many frauds had Don Miguel committed on the British Government, which had been suffered to remain unnoticed ?--(Hear.)—On the grounds which lie had stated, he was glad that the papers had been moved for, aria that they would he presented to Parliament. He was desirous that Don Miguel should appear before Europe in his true character—in that character in which it was cer tain be would stand etionatized in the eyes of posterity. • Mr. H. GURNEY marls some observations which were totally unaudible ; but in reference to what had fal len from the Pion. Member, Mr. PEEL, said, that the British -Gorerpment head not reeendy made any proposltion for the comilletioa of the marriage between Don Mignel and Donna Maria, nor had it ever ma 4??, atly such proposition at any time except with the cordial concurrence of the Emperor of nazi!: The moment the Emperor intimated an objection to the ttiarl riage, all communication on the enbjetit th ti; part of the British Government et.iteth Lord PALMEISTON wet glad that the present mo tion bad been submitted to the House, because it aft:el - tied Ministers an oppentunity of rapt iinieg the conduct which bed been observed towatele Pterthgel, and of removing all erroneous idea; n'especting the feeling and policy of the tovernment towards Don Miguel. It could not be concealed that this bleaker of solemn oaths, this tramp er on his country's laws, this violater of treaties, this etempter of the life of bell leee renneen, !:ad ikeit iitdehted for the tots:eyes whiolt hid hitherto attended his career to the be;iaf leTaistriously inculcated by his partisans that he t rosseseed tl.e countenance and support of the British Ce bnet. The Noble Lord then expressed his opinion that the doctrine of non-interference had been carried too far. He thought that England. was j'Atiireed in interfering in ;he aff tins of POrtitl.gfel in the way of negotiation and re monstrance. Such had been the line of conduct which England had pursued with 'respect to Portugal for a lung course of years. The charge against our Government, how ever, weer, not that we interfered in the affairs of Portugal,but that recently we had interfered allnays on the rerong side. Don Miguel, by lettene to hii Sister which were published officially in the :Lisbon Gazelle, promised to preserve the laws and institutions of Portugal. Dan Miguel then came to England ; he was eseorted from hence by a British squadron, and conducted to his palace by British troops. Were not these things sufficient to make the people of Por- tugal commit themselves in a manner which marked them :Cr the vengeance of the wolf after' he had thrown off his disgniee ?—( Heir, hear.)—Were not them things sufh eient to induce England, cut of just regard for its borrow t o demand, that the oaths which had been taken in the face of England shoul:l he kept ?—(Elear, hear.)—The conduct of Den Miguel had been rot leas affronting to the ' King of Enelantl than it had been disgraceful to himself. • Se'ow what had the English Government done ? They had first of all intercepted Don Migoel's money ; then they re monstrated over and over again ; and, lastly, they recalled the British Ambassador. Were not ail these acts of in terference? Certainly they were, and the Government then took the same view of the question as lie (Lord P.) took non-. Since the recal of our Ambassador nothing had been done,—the last arrow of the British Cabinet seemed then to have been shot. But our Cabinet had not eontented themselves with refraining from interference against Don Miguel. They recognised all his declared blockades—they had allowed the rights, the property, and the liberty of British subjects to be violated, as the cases of Mr. Young, Mr. O'Brien, Sir John Doyle, Mr. Noble, and Mr. Askoly, and he knew .not of how many more, proved. The British Cabinet had merely remonstrated, and Miguel had treated their remonstrances with con , temp:mere indifference.—(Hear.)—lle said, then, that the personal honour of the British Sovereign had been insnited ; that the rights of British subjects hal been violated ; that treaties had been broken.; and that Europe had looked upon all these things with amazementewhite we had recourse only to remonstrances. What was the cause of all this ? Was the British Government wanting in a sense of honour ? No one could entertain such an idea. Was England so pennyless and weak as to he incapable of redressing these insults ? No one co:Lid believe .he was. It must then be that Miguel was the Pet of the English Government;—(Hear, and a laugh.)—And that as fore! parents could not find it in their hearts to chastise an offending child, so the English Cabinet stele mined, from Miguel, to what from any other person would have roused them like a lion from his slumber.—(Hear.) —He now came to the effair of Terceira. He would con tend, that if there was one spot iu the habitable globe to which the unfortunate persons who sailed from this coun try had a right to go, Terceira was that spot.—(Hear, hear.)—Thither, however, - the jealousy of Spain, and tl:e vengeance of Miguel, pursued them : their blood was shed in the harbour of their sovereign, and that, too, by a power which had ever been looked upon as the protector of the oppressed, but which on that occasion wls made the subservient tool of tyranny and usurpation.—(Hear, hear.) —Perhaps be might be asked, ‘‘ Would you have England go to war with Portugal on such points as these?" To suet a question he would answer, that time was when war with Portugal would have been no great trial to England.—(Hear.)—But the fact was, that in his opinion no such trial would have been ne cessary. To war with the usurpation of Don Miguel was not to war with the Put tugueee nation, but in favour of it. It would have been enough if, instead of blockading, we had given support to Oporto,—if, instead of cannonading, we had succoured the refugees : it would have been enough if, instead of drawing our sword, we had thrown the acab bard into the scale, to have made his destiny turn the beam, and consign his fortunes to utter ruin. —(Hear, hear.)—The Noble Lord then proceeded to complain, in very strong terms, of the policy pursued by his Majesty's Ministers with respect to Greece, contending that though it was now almost July, 1829, the treaty of July, 1827, was still unexecuted, and that owing to its non-execution, the word was on the eve of seeing that very war break out which that treaty was made to prevent. He maintained that in limiting Greece to the Morel we were acting a :mist unwise and ungenerous part; and that a larger houin darv, defined by a line drawn from Volt) to Arta, was rendered - necessary for reasons political, commercial, and military. He believed that there was no man who had been in that country, and whose judgment was worth having,—no matter whether he was English, French, or Russian, military, naval, er diplomatic,—who had not come to the opinion that it was absolutely necessary to abandon the notion of establishing as Greece a district which was not Greece, which contained neither Athens, nor Thebes, nor Salamis, tint Marathon, nor Thermopylas, no r•Missolonghi, nor coy or those places which were the most inspiring record of its national achievements both in ancient and in modern tunes. He argued that in the exertions now making in behalf of Greece, Fraoce would obtain the first place, and England only the second. The merit of extending the boundaries of Greece will be given to France—the demerit of contracting them will be as signed to England. France will hare the credit of dragging England reluctantly after her, and England will have the odium of having clogged the career of France in the race of liberality to Greece which she was prepared to run. lie thanght that Government had not exerted them selves sufficiently to bring about an accommodation dur ing the precious interval of last winter, between the Rus sians and the Turks. Had they during that time set their faces against Russian aggression, and endeavoured to bring about a peace by mollifying the temper of Turkish obduracy ? If they had not—if by any want of firm ness in their negociations with either party they had endangered the safety of Europe—if, by balancing between their wish to assist Turkey and their inabi lity to do so, they had deceived Turkey, or had let Turkey deceive herself into the belief that they wished her to op pose herself to all reasonable terms of accommodation, Mi -1 nisters had incurred a responsibility to their country, in which he was happy to state that he had no share. He thee proceeded to contrast the proud position in which England stood two y ears ago, whilst she acted upon a free and liberal policy, with the altered position in which she was placed now that she was conceived to have coupled her fortunes with all that was hostile to liberty from the banks of the Tagus to the shores of the Bosphorus. 'He trusted that when Ministers were in a situation which would enable them to state fairly to the world the state of our !elation+ with Foreign Powers, the delusions under which the world laboured respecting their conduct would be dispelled, and it would he seen that we had not lost caste in Europe, and had not degenerated from our ancient character of being the patrons of liberty all over the globe. (The Noble Lord was loudly cheered at the conclusion of a very eloquent speech, of which the late hour (three o'clock) at which it was delivered, prevents us from giving any thing but a very short and imperfect abridgment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that every statesman who had hitherto undertaken the go vernment of this country had felt it to be his duty to en deavour, as far as in him lay, to contribute to the maiute nance of public tranquillity. It remained for his Noble Friend to pursue a different course. His Noble Friend was not satisfied with plunging the country into one war for Portugal,—he was also anxious to plunge it into another for Greer, and as if that were not enough, he • recom mended the military occupation of Madeira by British troops as a completion of the picture of general warfare which he had drawn for the amueement of the country.— The Right Honourable Gentleman, after several obser servations of a similar nature, said that he must ad vert to an accusation which his Noble Friend had preferred against the Government,—natuely, , that it hail neglected to make any remonstrance or inter ference with the Portuguese Government, in order to prevent the infliction of outrage and injustice on British subjects resident in Portugal. To prove the unfounded nature of that accusation, he read an extract from a de spatch addressed by the British Government in October, 1828, to the British Consul at Lisbon. TLe extract was to this effect :—" You will take the earliest opportunity of informing the Goi•ernment of Don Miguel, that British subjects shall not be injured with impunity, and that if compensation be not given to them immediately for the injuries which they have already sustained, orders will he given to the commanders of his Majesty's forces to exact that sitisfaction by tort% width the Patogttese CotietottAcut tee fuse to give to your remonstrances. Is order that the Portu guese Government inaY have no doubt of the intentions of the Government, 'art will read this despatch to Viscount Santarem, and if he requires it you will give him a copy.'' Could there be a strcia;er proof than this defy itch that the Itritisb Go;:ormitent did lint intend the rights of nriti,h suljects to he injured with impunity? He 4as happy to lay that the ca'ect of it had la en most salutary ; for it had produced the liberation trf every British subjvct who had been imprisoned by the' Government of Dun Miguel.— (Hear).—He entreated the House to believe that the sup. positions made by his Noble Friend in the course of his elaborate speech were not facts, and that the transactions of Gtdvertlztteat When they came to be examined would not be found to deserve that vehemence of accusation in which his Noble Friend had so suddenly, and he roust also add, so unjustly indulged that evening, Sir J. MACKINTOSH replied ; and after Mr. Past, Lord PALAiii:ejiti, and Mr. HustussoN explained, the motion was agreed to. The other orders of the day were then read, and the House adjourned at a Quarter before Four o'Clock this morning. 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The time represented in the tatter Picture is seren o'clock in the morning, a light fog (veers the hilts, but the houses are enlightened at inter vals by the appearance of the sun, the water escaping from the ziver, through the stones on its banks, and sa:oke rising from a chimney, enlivens the scene. THE COLOSSEUAL THE Public arc respectfully invited to an inspection of this RIAGNIFICENT EXHIBI TION in its pro2ress towards Completioa.• The Works consist of a STUPENDOUS PANORAMA of LONDON taken from the summit of ST. PAUL'S, a SALOON for the reception of WORKS of ART, an extensive range of CONSERVATORIES, stocked with the CHOICEST PLANTS, and a SWISS COTTAGE, &c. &r. Admissioo ss. each Person from Ten till Dusk d4ily. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. THE COMMITTEE for PROMOTING the ELECTION of Mr. GEORGE BANKES, sits dilly, at No. 1, Cockspur-street, Charing-cross. Lord LOWTHER in the Chair. June 2, 1829. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. AT a NI EETI NG held in TRINITY-COL LEGE, at One o'clock on MoNn_tv, June 1, it was agreed thlt the following Nctice should be circulated among the Men.bers of the Senate : TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. On the probable Vacancy in the Reprer=entarien of the Univeisity, we, the underbigned, beg lrave to .uhinit to the Members of the Senate the following considerations in fr.vour of Mr. CAVENDISH It can rarely happen that we should have an opportu nity of retuttling a Member so qualified in every way for the Representation of the University. He has adorned an hereditary connexion with science by his own em;nent talents and attainments. During the whole of his resi dence among us, his conduct was accordine , to the ti - ue spirit of our institutions. His situation and his disposi tion are such, that we feel confident that the fulfilling the duties of such a station, and promoting the welfare of science and literature, will form the main object of his life, and that he will become closely identified with the interests and feelings of the University. We therefore beg leave to inform the Members of the Senate, that on these grounds we intend to put Mr. Ca vendish in nomination on the day of Election, in the ear nest hope that the opinions we have now stated may be then honoured by their approbation and support. J. LAMB, Master of Corpus Christi College. Chairman. Win. Smyth, Professor of Nfodern History, St. Peter's College. J. Henslow, Professor of Botany, St. John's College. G. B. Airy, Flamini Professor of Astronomy, Trinity College. J. Cumming. Prof , ssor of Chemistry, Trinity College. T. Musgrave, Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic, Trinity College. W. Whewell, Professor of Mineralogy, Trinity College. Geo. Prymc, Professor of Politii ai 'Economy, rinity College. Townley Clarkson, Jesus College. Jone§, Fellow and Senior Dean of St. John's College. 1. Powstead, Fellow of Corpus, and Moderator. T. S. Hughes, late Fellow of Emmanuel College. J. Lodge, Fellow of Magdalene College, and Librarian of the University. Martin Thackeray, Vice-Provost of King's College. R. Dawes, Fellaw and . 1 utor of Downing College. Illa•maduke Ilarn,ay, Fellow and Tutor of Jesus College. Joseph Romilly, Fellow of Trinity College. J. C. Hare, Fello x of Trinity Co.lege. Gem Peacock, Tutor of Trinity College. T. G. Hall, Fellow and Tuts of Maktalcne College. C. Thirlwall, Farm of Trinity College. 11. Coddington, Fellow of Trinity College. H. Arlett. Fellow and Tutor of Pembroke College. F. Malkin, Fellow of Trinity College. W. J. Payne, Fellow of Trinity College. J. A Jeremie, Fellow of Trinity College. J. Challis, Fellow of Trinity College. S. W. Wand. Vellow of Magdalene College. T. Worsley, Fellow and Tutor of Downing College. C. Currie, Fellow of Pembroke College. J. A. Barnes, Fellow of Trinity C. Pege. S. Tennant, Chaplain of Trinity College. J. S. Upton, Trinity College. • T. Thorpe, Fcilow of Trinity College. T. Riddell, Fellow of Trinity College. Ralph Blakelock, Fellow of Catharine Hall. It. Wilson, Fellow cf St. John's College. L. Stephenson, Fellow of St. John's College. T. Diekes, Fellow of Jesus College. IL Battiscombe, Fellow of King's College The COMMITTEE for CONDUCTING the ELEC TION of Mr. CAVENDISH meet daily at the BRITISH COFFEE-HOUSE, COCKSPUR-STREET. 4, ••• • 1 --, CIO . 4. : 4 • 'NY'Y LONDON, TUESDAY EVENLNG, JUNE 2, 1829. The Hamburgh Reporter, and other Papers of the 29th of May, have been received, but they contain no authentic news from the armies on the Danube. The report, however, continues to gain ground that the Russians have experienced a very severe check near Silistria, and on tl►is subject the Hamburg's Reporter of the 29th says, that the late protracted silence in official quarters, where the successes of the Russians against the Turks are always trumpeted with hasty eagerness, tends to give great countenance to the reports in circulatio►► of a defeat having been suffered by the Russians, near Silistria. The fol lowing is the current version of the affair :—Count DIEBITSCH had sent a strong detachment over the Danube, near Hirsova, with a view to their advanc ing along the right bank of the river : against Silistria. KUTSIIUK ACIIMED PACHA, the Com mandant of Silistria, being informed of the move n►ent, determined on attacking the enemy. The two corps met at Tchernovadi, where a sanguinary action ensued, in which the Turks proved com pletely victorious, pursuing the Russians to the Walls of Hirsova, and taking a number of prisoners. Many of the Russians, it is added, were drowned in recrossing the Danube. The Turks, it is also said, have surprised and possessed themselves of Balezic, situated between Varna and Kovarna; upon being informed of which, General ROTH quitted Varna with a detachment of 5,000 men, in hopes of dis lodging the enemy from the position they had oc cupied. In the neighbourhood of Giurdzevo also, it would appear, some severe skirmishing has taken place, the latest lettertsfrom Bucharest mentioning the arrival of a convoy of 200 wounded. German Papers of the 26th May, received this morning, assert on the authority of accounts from the Fronders of Moldavia, under date at the 11th May, that no confirmation or contradiction of the reports of a battle, near Silistria, had been received there. But the breaking out of the plagae is placed beyond doubt in Wallachia. If it be not the plague, it is equally destructive. It is said also that symptoms of contagion have been noticed in Dwailow. The latest accounts from Jassy, of the I Ith May, still atlirm that there have been sanguinary actions in Bulgaria, and that General DIEBITSCH was present at them. A letter from Bucharest of the same day, on the contrary, expresses a deubt whether any thing of importance has yet occurred. The accounts from the Danube of the 20th May state, that nothing particular was known there but vague report:. Sir JoIIN KEANE, late Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica, bad a long conference this morning with Sir GEORGE MURRAY, at the Colonial Office. The Game Bill was last night lost in the House of Lords by a majority of only troo-59 being for the Bill, and 91 against it. This is really " too bad." The question of Portugal and DON MIGUEL was last night discussed in the House of Commons. — We have no room for comment—and if we had, %%hat could we say of DON MIGUEL ?-13ut Lord PALMERSTON has done justice to his merits. By the arrival of his Majesty's brig Plover we have received a mail from Broil. The Emperor Don PEDRO had convoked an Extraordinary Session of the Climbers on the 28th of March, and on the second of April addressed to them the following speech, which is anything but encouraging after the debate of last night : Rio DS JANEIDO, M&acii 28.—T0-day each of the Chambers had ita fir.t preimatory Sitting, in which the usual forms were gone through. APRIL 2.—Sp;ech of his Majesty the Emperor, on opening the General Legislative Assembly, April 2,1829 " 1 have convoked this extraordinary assembly for two reasons; the fi=st is, the unexpected news that foreign troops of Portuguese emigrants would arrive here to seek an asylum in this empire. The second is, the state of the finances in general, and especially the regulation of the Bank of Brazil, which bass not hitherto obtained from this Assembly efficacious and salutary measures. The first has ceased, the second exists, a ,. .d I must lament that I am under the necessity of recommending it for the fourth time to this Assembly. The wretched state of the public tteasury is as clear as day, and I am very sorry to foretell that if in this extraordinary session, and in the course of the ordinary session, this Assembly, in spite of repeated recom mendations, does not settle an affair of such impert once, the future fall which awaits us is very disastrous. My Minister of Finance will lay before you in detail the necessity and urgency of a prompt legislative measure, which by destroying at a blow the principal rause of the existing calamity, may ameliorate the unhappy circum stances of the Empire, and which, furnishing the Govern ment with the tndispensahle means to proceed with advan tage, may. not render the actual crisis still worse. He wig lay before you a plan on thissuhject, and! hope you will take iit nto due consideration. Tile importance of un affair in which the nation has fixed its attention and its hopes makes toe believe that the result will be as happy as all hood Bra zilitns must hope. The Session is opened.—The Consti tutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil. AiNIL 6.--Saturday the 4th being a grand drawing room, on account of the birth-day of her Most Faithful Majesty Senhora Donna Maria IL, the eldest daughter of his Majesty the Emperor, the Diplornotic Body went to the Palace to pay their compliments to his Majesty; and a great number of persons of distinction had the honour to kiss his Majesty's hand. The day was celebrated, as usual, by salutes from the forts, and men-of- war of ail nations in the harhou'r. - The French Papers arc entirely barren of any news from the theatre of war. Viscount CHATBAUBRIAND has arrived in Paris, but he is not expected to take any place in the Ministry. The following paragraph from the official organ of the French Government, is the Ministerial reply to the reported conversation between the KING and the Secretaries of the Cham ber of Deputies : (From the Moniteur.) Hitherto the Journals had felt the necessity of not itnpli eating in their controversies an august name and person. One of them has thought fit to free itself from this con straint. It has reported, and others have copied from it, a conversation which it pretends took place between the King and the members of the bureau of the Chamber of Depu ties, whence it attempts to draw inferences contrary to the independence of the Chamber. Sarre persons have seemed surprised that no explanation has been given by the Go vernment of so serious an affair. These persons have not reflected, that to mix the name of the King with such ex plattations would be only adding an impropriety to that which has already !icon committed. We know that the very day after the appearance of the article in question, the bureau of the Chamber contradicted formally, by a decla ration signed by each of its members, the completely dis torted statement, to support which its testimony seemed to be app e aled to; but we readily conceive that the Govern ment, while doing justice to the sentiment which dictated this declaration, has thought it useless and contrary to the dignity of the throne to make it public." Fxr/icit rusins.-I'..talS, MAT SO.—Five per Cents. bc. 107 f. 95c. 90c. 95c. ; Three per Cents. 80f. 79f. 90c. 85c. 95c. 80c. ; Bank Stock, 1,8721. 60c. ; Naples Stock, 87f. 55e. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 784 1 1. ; Haytian Loan, 460 L—Exchange on London, ore month, 2M. 45e. ; three months, 25f. 30e.—Corers Authentique. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CIT Y, TtriarK e' CLOCK. The Consul market opened this morning at the same price it left off at yesterday, 88k -1 3 5 - for account, and 881 i for money, with little business. The only arrival of consequence this morning is the Brazil Mail, brought by his Maj,sty's ship Plover, which left Rio Janeiro ith April, awl by which conveyance we have received his Bra zilian Majesty's speech on the opening of the Assembly on the let April, stating that he has received information of foreign troops and of emigrated Portuguese being on their way to the Brazils, where they will find an asylum. He recommends the attention of the Bank of the Brazils to the Assembly ; he also states that the Treasury has been re duced to a miserable state, and if not soon remedied, nothing hut disasters will take place. We have also received a private letter from Rio Janeiro of the Bth April, stating, that in consequence of the ,'lever financial plans of Caltritm, the Exchange; which hid fallen to 20, had got up to 23 ; and the Funds, which went down to 61, got up again to 64}; all was tranquil there. In the Foreign Market a considerable depression took place in Portuguese Bonds, which went down 2 per cent. in consequence of Ministers' determination not to assist the young Queen of Portugal, who will now be obliged to re turn to her native country, since which a re-action has taken place in the above Bonds, and they are I per cent. better, being 13-A-; in other Foreign 'securities little or nothing doing. RECRIVAD ET THE VItENCII MAIL THIS MORNING. AFFAIRS OF TOE EA ST --The grand operations of the Russian army have commenced. A concentrated move ment on two points is taking place in Silistria and Ruts clink, and at all hazirds they must be in po•session of the Russians before the grand army can operate before Shumla, and extend itself on Btegiria, and from thence into Ro melia. A corp cl'armee is to invade Servia andinameuvre in the direction of Romelia, inclining itself towards Ni.s4; a third corps is to operate with the fleet in the Black Sea, to turn the Balkan. TWO O'CLOCK. Consolm 88?; for the A ccoun t ; f or M one y 88 t o . The Brazilian - Moister at Rio Janeiro has proposed to the Assembly a new Loan,. to he made in gold and silver, to redeem the paper currency ; also a new Bank, to be go verned by seven Directors. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for Account, 88i ; for Money, 88k; Brazil Bonds, 58 to /; Portuguese, 44 to I. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 88kHish 65i Do. for Ac. 88i I Greek, 1825 -- Brazilian Bonds 58* Mexican, 1825 211 Buenos Ayres Peruvian Chilian Do. Russian 96! Columbian, 1824 17i Spanish LAW INTELLIGENCE. -.(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. At half-past ten the House sat on a Committee of P 1 vileges. Among the Lords present, we noticed, the nnkes of Norfolk and Beaufort, Lords Eldon, Itedesdah., Vincent, together with several other Noble Lords. LEIGII PEERAGE. In consequence of the leave given the lat.i time this Peerage came More the Idouae, Mr. ADAMS proceeded with the examination of further evidence. Gregory Roberts lived at Liverpool upon his property; was born at Warwick, and was the son of Mr. Roberts, the clergyman of Stoneleigh parish; never resided himself at Stoneleigh; a brother of his lived there; knew Stoneleigh Church Well, sad had frequently attended there; he first visited Stoueleigh about 17 years ago. The occasion ou which he went was a visit to his brother. Recoliected two monuments in the body of the church. There were in scriptions en both of them, but could not state what the nature of tie inscriptions Ivere. One of the monuments was to the memory cf Christopher Leigh, and the other to the Webster family. The Leigh monument was mostly in Latin. Recollected the names of Christopher Leigh and Roger Leigh upon it. Believed there • were other names, but could not absolutely depose as to what they were. A person of the name of Perks, a echcolmaster, had told him he had made two copii s of the inscription. Mr. Aolatts here propered to ask the witness a question, for the purpose of contradicting evidence that had been previously g►ven by his brother, the Rev. Mr. James Ro berts, relative to the date of a conversation that had taken place. The Cosaaaox SERJEANT submitted that this question could not be put. After some short discussion, the House decided on the inadmissibility of the evidence. The examination proceeded. The witness had read over the monument in the presence of his brother, long be fore 1817, perhaps as far back as 1808. Had been to the monument frequently with his brother. By the COMMON SERJEANT—Lived upon his personal property. Had previously carried on the business of fac tor end merchant at Liverpool. First went there about three years ago; had trad e d, but never resided there till that period. He was not always succestfalin business, but had never had any failure. Resided-in three different parts in Liverpool. Always had a house of his atm ; resided now at Nash-grove, at the north end of the town ; bad lived in II) ron-strret, Elliott-street, and Dale-street. Went from Birmingham to Liverpool. Had lived in Great Hampton.street there. Lived at Birmingham between five and six years. Went there in 1820. When he first went to Birmingham resided hi Easy-road; removed from thence to Anted, and from thence to Great Hampton street. Was a manufacturer at Birmingham, and Weide buttons there. During his residence at Birmingham, did not go frequently to see his hrether at Stondeigh. Believed his brother did not visit him at that time, nor had he kept np any correspondence with him. Lived at Kimber, near Stonebridge, before going to Birmingham ; kept a farm there for fourteen years. Was invited to commence • trade at Bioningharo by two young men. Believed it was at Kindler he saw his brother last. Thought this must be either in 1817 or 1818. His brother then dined and slept at his house. Met in consequence of private business. Did not consider he bad ever had any dispute with his brother. Was about thirteen years of age when his father died, who he believed never resided at Stone leigh. Witness went to school at Winson-green, near Bir mingham. The Leigh monument was the largest of the two. Its situation was between the large window and the porch door. The Webster monument was nearer the door. He was no Latin scholar, but believed the in scriptinn en the Leigh monument began with— " Hata procul a 5 hoe loco." Did not recollect the words " Requicscit in pace." Believed there was some armorial bearings at the head of the monument, certainly not a death's head. It was a shabby looking stone. Ti witness, upon being pressed several times, stated that he had nut come for the purpose of speaking to any thing that was untrue, and would not refer with any certainty to what he bad not seen. He believed that the name of Christopher Leigh occurred two or three times after the Latin. Had some recollection of tLe name of Cotton and Roger upon the monument., Recollected that the name of Cembermere Abbey was there. Believed the name of Cotton was accompanied with the word ma' range, but would not speak positively to this. Heard of the tomb stone when residing at Birmingham, but took no notice ef it, and to the best of his knowledge never men tioned it to any body there ; had been compelled to attend this House, in consequence of summonses and ap plications from Mr. Long, an attorney, in the employ of Messrs. Goren and Price, otherwise he would not have done so. Had mentioned in Liverpool that he knew something of the monument. Never ssw Mr. Cuuston, to the best of his belief, till the present moment, nor received any letter from him. • Believed the first time he stated his knowledge of the monument was in company with Dr. Burgess, at Liverpool. Could not recollect whether he made this statement at his own house, his brother's, or at en inn. Thought it very likely that it wee - at his brother's. Had not seen the newspaper containing the evidence of his brother, the Rev. James Roberts, be foie he had stated his knowledge of the monument. Did no4know what the evidence of his brother was, nor did he recollect the name of the newspaper that cont.ined it. He used frequently to visit et Stcneleigh. At the time be lived at Kimber, he practised as an attorney, which he gave up by the advice of his friends, and turned a farmer, He thought he could safely swear that he never wrote to any person at Coventry about this claim. His brother was a very good scholar, and he had heard him several times read the inscription on the monument. By Lord REDESDALE—The principal part of the inecrip tion was in Latin, all but the names. By Mr. Anem—Dr. Burgess is a physician. The witness was ordered to withdraw. Mr. An.sat said, he had another witruss in titteulance, but, after what had fallen from their Lordships, be did not know whether he could examine him. Loan CHANCELLOR.—The case stood over for one wit ness who refused to attend without an order front this House. The House made that order on his being tendered his expenses. That order has been served, the witness has been examined, and, therefore, the only course now open is to proceed with the summing up. Mr. ADAM said, there wera certain registers which it would be necessary to prove, although he believed they were not disputed by the other side, to do which it would be necessary - to have the attendance of several clereyinzar. LORD CIIANCELLOB..-Are those witnesses on the road, for you know they will not come, unless you first pay their expenses. Mr. ADAM could not say they were.. Loan CHANCEL L OR.—The House cannot allow any further delay ; you may put in examined copies of these registers, and afterwards, if the case goes on, you can prove the originals. After some further conversation— Mr./KELLY proceeded to sum up the evidence on behalf of the claimant. He begged their Lordships to give their most patient attention to this important case, and h. thought, after the evidence had been calmly considered, the claims of the gentleman on whose behalf he appeared, would he thought satisfactorily proved ; indeed, he could not anticipate a doubt. Their Lordships must have no ticed that this was a question entirely between two parties, for although his Majesty's Attorney-General attended for the Crown, yet the interest that he took in the proceed ings was of a very different character to that of his Learned Friend, the Counsel for Mr. CbandOs Leigh. He would also beg of their Lordships, before he proceeded to remark on the evidence, to consider the great difference there was between these parties. The client of his Learned Friends was a gentleman possessed of a large fortune. He bad every opportunity of procuring the first ado/ice, and ob taining evidence; that was not the case with the claimant, for, whatever his birth, he was poor, and almost friendless, without the moans • of obtaining any expensive advice : he might almost say that he came before their Lordships was supported and unprotected. The Learned Gentleman then went into a minute • examination of the evidence in support of the claim, and was speaking when our reporter left. The Earl of DALHOUSIE transacted business yesterday at the Colonial-office with Sir Cm MUERnr. VAUXHALL GA RDENS.—This splendid place of amusement opened last night for the season, and was as might be expected, fully and respectably attended. Mr. WEEKES sang some capital songs. At nine o'clock a comic billet was produced in the open theatre, called Polichinel Vampire, a very amus:ng production. Next followed an Italian comic opera, the Il Burbiere di Se viglia, the chief parts of which were sustained wits grtat ability by Signor Toaar, Signor PELLEGRINI, and Miss Fa NNY ATTON• PELLECEINI was extremely effective as Figaro. The F:re-works succeeded the opera, and were on a most splendid scale. Towards the close of them a magnificent " Hydropyrie Temple," as the bill called it, was exhibited, and was certainly one of the moat ingenious contrivances we have seen for a long time. It is, we un derstand the invention of Mr. H. HUGHES, and does great credit to his taste and mechanic skill. The whale went off with great effect. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE- (THIS DAY') FROM LLOYD'S. Afr larAL, JuNE I.—Wind variable and E a sterlY•rr' rived the Clarendon, Fisher, from Jamaica. Arrived WI the River, the Bratnley, Brown, for reste• PLY MOU Tit MAY 31.—Wind variable.--•Ari"`" Purt P , the M Camoens, Vesman, from Surinam. ,L A b OUTSOUTII, JuNE I.—Wind Corinthian, Chadwick, for New York. L .. Pl O/ FA LMOUTII, MAY 31.—Wind N.--Arrived the packet, from Brazil, sailed from Rio Janeiro the la' April, Bahia the 15th, and Pernambuco the 24th; tot- Rinale,o packet, from Bermuda tipd landed. fro° ButsroL, JUNE I.—Arrived the Achilles, 0114 Trinidad; and Utile, from Bordeaux. Ref ° The Halcyon, Berryman, from Hull, got on ti!t. l Stone;—fifteen other vessels had been sent from "`"" takeout the cargo. • • Olid The Emulous, Stokitr, of Whitby, struck the ', I f e ll end of Hasbro' Sand on Sunday, filled with water sou over; crew saved. f s t Extract of a letter from 'the Agent to L1 ,, ,r ( 7 i. „, Gibraltar, dated May 14 :—" Arrivals from ott „cos state that two French vessel , ;, fast sailers, are cruizing,na in shore, and all vessels they meet, bound in, a rc o r r.G: i ;, away. and their papers endorsed. The Constance , 3 0 a cruizer On that station, has beta-at anchor at AV -5 for some days." T 1 WESTERN LITERARY AND SCIO INSTITUTION. 1..-tst night, at half-past eight o'clock, the Half", o General Meeting of the Members of this Institutie o 'T v . • held in Leicester-square, lIED:ar Ditualmonn, E"q* 40 1 1 . chair. The Report of the last half year was read, .... nts Member moved that it shoidd ba printed. The B e rof stated, that the Committee had adopted ,the princrpl0 r , economy in all tleir dealings to the utmost ofibeit and that on this account the Society bad dotirisbetts. had more than 1001. cash in hand. Several Memlaers spoke on the contents of the Ifter and the affairs of the Society. It was stated that 00 1 : half-Yearly Report had been withheld from being Po that the expence attending its printing might n os he_ a marred, which by most of the Members was eon highly objectionable. It was accordingly added AS a ritit e : to the first Resolution, that that Reprt be also pti' tr and delivered to the Members as soon a s possible. was a standing rule, that no Member of the C°l'unittf. should supply the Institution' with goods, tehereby ? might receive any pecuniary advantage. It was all i t o that this rule had been violated by many Members °' Committe:., inasmuch, as that they had directly or ra ft rectly supplied different articles, and received payme o . ; them. They excused themselves on the groun d of he ll received no prf fit, and in this view the Chairman thlie the rase had not been broken. Complaint was Pe . 0 made of the scarcity of newspapers, and the ir reBuis : o l with which they were filed. Another great g ro° od e uljection was the insufficiency of the Lecturers. ° Member was greatly applauded in stating his coo/ff.:l.p that no one who had heard any of the Lectures Ot t a be tend another from tbe same person, except it la i r i t s M.. Cooper, the Chemical Lecturer. The CA ngl Aio concurred in the justice of the complaint, sod 101710, future that more satisfaction would be given in the nr to tion of Lecturets. The Resolution that the. two g e r pe j should be printed was carried : and the meeting di °st at ten o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• BETTING IN ST. JAMES'S. .. I , t Thete were several variations in the odds last ni`7, t e to a bite hour, as compared with those quoted at .14 6„.i1l Brother to Lapdog fell back a little, a nd 1 4- 0 0 ' Dancer was entirely out of favour, 20 to 1 hivi. takers. .there was an immense deal of heavy bett i4 je• the Ascot G,hl Cup, which excites an extraordinary gree of interest in the sporting circles. The follevary were the odds op to this morning : DIME% . 5 to 1. agst Lord Exeter's Patron 7 to 1 apt Mr. Rush's Rhoda 11 to I agst Lord G. Cavendish's ETagu° ll ° 11 to 1 agst Lord Grosa•enor's Ebury 18 to 1 agst lord Egremont's Br. to Lapdog 20 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Morris Dancer Al! the rest as before. 0 41CS. C!otilde and Mouse are each at 4 to 1 2 .the faro ° be' fag the choice. The others as before. ASCOT GOLD CUP. 5 to 2 asst His Majesty's The Colonel 3 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Matneluke 5 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Zinganee 8 to I apt Duke of Rutland's Cadland S to 1 agst Colonel Wilson's Lamplighter 10 to 1 apt Lord Sefton's Souvenir. "MAJESTY left town in his travelliogeof tine and four betwgen nine and ten o'clock Y e t morning for his Palace at Windsor. The Duke of 41, BERLAND and the Dokes of ORLEANS and Critarl its #' tended by Viscount CHAB;;T and other noblemen IteD;so° tlemen of their suite, arrived at the Palace s hoot W o lfe time as the KING. The Earl of FIFE, as Lord in •tisP ing, and Sir ANDREW BARNARD, as Equerry i 0 1 0095 and Sir FREDERICK WATSON, the Master of th e doe hold, were in attendance on his MAJESTY, WhO C°.- A /0 8 : v his Royal visitors through the state apartments an parts of the Palace. The royal party afterward' P„Totti' a dejemue. In the afternoon the KING and his and ous visitors rode in phaetons to Virginia-water, el l ' - •10 1$ wards proceeded ta Cumberland-lodge to dinner', 4 ol ,9 MAJESTY, accompanied by the Duke of CE3te t netre left the lodge at half-past nine o'clock, and arrived .0 about half-fast eleven o'clock. The Spanish Minister transacted bu l i : C efig o f yesterday with the Earl of ABERDEEN, at the 0"- the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. F o reiP Despatches were brought to the Office on Sunday night from Lord llnyTEsautio St also front Lord STUART DE RontsAv, our An l ba Pari.. u r efie r6 A deputation from the Intermediate (toe attended at the Treasury yesterday, and bad a Op. with the Ow:Ls:LT.OR of the EXCHEQUER. 1,101 Mr. BANKES visited the Duke of W 2il " ,isf .ox and the CHANckLtort of the Exenvauto , Y e ' r boor The Earl of CLANWILLIAM transacted ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. gli t4 The Earl and Countess of ABERPEO a grand (Loner on Tuesday to the Duke of Ofar l ' S i c iee ci Duke de CHA RTR ES, and a select party, at their , sr in Argyll-street. The Earl of HAREWOOD gave a grand ain1:10/ vesterday at Harewood-house, Hanover - square' ;P. Marquis of HASTINGS, Viscount MELVILLE, the SHEFFIELD, Mr. SADLER, Mr. BATHURST, &c. uOl/ 117 1 Yesterday, as Sir N. TINDAL Wa s 1- 0 08 the Court of King's Bench, after arguing the j ' " the King v. the Commissioners of the Woo d. S i t ; re ? rests," his last, the whole of the bar inunedisse-# and bowed to him. SI B We are sorry to announce the death ° of'', Right Rev. Father in Con, the Bishop of 49%catew" which took place on Saturday. Dr. Ltorn tve sliti to Bishop LEGGE. a t i : 1 1 We are requested to contradict the r e p„ho several of the Papers, of the death of the m a l c i GLOUCESTER. We are happy in being able to b ' egi ii his Lordship is in the enjoyment of the hest poes it ' l , e ,igy MURDER AT KENSINGTON._—Yeste.,IOg r investigation took place at Netvgate before- ef ide- 0 , Laurar, when SUSAN BENNETT, the girl w. a so it es a day or two since appeared so strong against m t e iolla HAM the prisoner, was again examined. H er poth was so incoherent and contradictory, that little or hE I , could be deduced from it. ARGYLL Itow.l2.—A Concert "Sset4 here last night for the benefit of Mr. and Mohav e ; r ip% i v The singing was chiefly in German. Cuuei..: eme , attractive character of the performancun the ro ot from crowded. • TIO C ,i METROPOLITAN MINOR . IV ° FUND.—This evening this truly praiseworthy 1 1 0 1 0 t ill will take a benefit at the Coburg Theatre ; u° ll ot it o p , great talent engaged on . he occasion, we d oubt ° o r * " be eminently successful. The Bill of Far e is one • der aide, and combines amusement with variety t,°. seldom witnessed. t he Cp PRINTED and PUBLISHED by MURDO YUUN OFEICE, 112, STRA'ND, 1.4314p05• •