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it themselves were concerned, and as the people were concerned. As a Magistrate he had first to deter mine whether the case was cognizable under the Act, and as there were many exceptions, this was not easy; secondly, if there was a conviction, there was no appeal. He would not, however, oppose the Amendment, though he doubted its expediency. In case of an acquittal also, the Magistrates were to give the accused party a certificate that he had been acquitted, which was to be a bar against further prosecution, and there was no form of a certificate annexed to the Bill, as he thought there ought to be. This would create, he was afraid, difficulty and embarrassment. _ _ Lord COLCHESTER supported the Amend ment. _ Lord SKELMERSDALE also approved of the Amendment. , 'The question was then put upon the Amendment, for the omission of the last letter in the word " Jus tices," and it was agreed to. , The other Amendments were also adopted; and, on the Motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, a Message was sent to the Commons, stating the fact.--rAdjourued. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNK 19. The SPEAKER took the chair this day a few minutes before four o'clock, aad we% shortly after summoned by the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod to attend the House of Lords. On his return, the SPEAKER stated that the Royal Assent had been given by Commission to several public add private Bills. Mr. C. DUNDAS presented a petition from Newbury, Barks, for the abolition of West India Slavery. On the motion of Mr. BYNG the Amendments made by the Lords in the Covent-gardeu Market Improvement Bill were agreed to. SECRETARY OF IRELAND. Mr. PLANTA moved for a new writ for the election of a Member to serve in Parliament for the county of Sutherland, in the room of Lord Leveson Gower, who accepted the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland. The writ was ordered. Mr. CORNETT presented a petition from Shrevisbury, for the abolition of Slavery. Lord WM. POULETT presented a similar peti tion from Stockton. Ordered to be printed. EAST RETFORD BILL. Mr. CALVERT postponed the further consider ation of the report on the East Retford Disfran chisement Bill, from to-morrow till to-morrow Mr. PELHAM presented a petition from New Romney, against the . Alehouse Licensing Bill. SAVINGS' BANKS. Mr. C. PALLMER brought in a Bill to conso lidate and amend the laws relating to Savings' Banks. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday next, and to be printed. SUPPLY OF WATER TO TILE METROPOLIS. Sir F. BURDETT postponed the motion of which he had given notice, relative to the Commis :,ion appointed to inquire into the Supply of Water to the Metropolis, in cousequence of the absence of the Secretary for the Home Department (Mr. Peel.) Mr. FYSRE PALMER presented a petition Irvin Wallingford, against the Ale-house Licensing JUL Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the High Sheriff of Lancaster, against the Bill for the "Fiore easy Recovery of Small Debts. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from tale Worshipful Company of Butchers, in London, against the removal of Smithfield 'Market. Lord F. OSBORNE presented a petition from Cdmbridge, for the Abolition of Slavery. Mr. BANKES presented a report from the. Com mittee of Falk Works.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. .SUGDEN brought in a Bill to amend the laws relative to the transfer .of property by Infants and Lunatics. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time this day sennight. Mr. PENDARVES presented a petition from Launceston against Negro Slavery. - - Mr. H. GRATTAN presented a petition from Cavan respecting the state of Ireland. sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from Breedock for the total abolition of slavery, and simi lar petition?. from North and South Shields and two other places. . Mr, ARKWIUGHT presented a petition from Derbyshire against the suppression of the Small Note Circulation. THE UNION. Yr. M. FITZGERALD postponed the Motion of which he had given notice, for the production of copies of Jetters which passed at the time of tho Union, in con;equence of the unavoidable absence of the Home Secre;-aryl. TRADE WITH INDIA. Mr. W. WHITiVIORE moved for Returns of the Exports to the East Indies and China, including the Mauritius, for the year ending sth Jan. 1828, with a Statement of the value of the Exports, distinguish ing the East India Company's trade from the pri vate trade; and a similar account of the Imports, with the amount of the Duties received.on Importa tion.—Ordered. The lion. Gentleman gave notice thot. he should next Session submit a motion to the (douse, relative to the trade with the East Indies. hte, PLANTA moved that there be laid before the House copies of the minutes of the Commis sioners relative to the surplus funds to meet the claims of British subjects upon France. Mr. MONCK presented a petition from Moses Levi, Esq., relettve to the present state of the Jews. 'file present state of the law, as it was represer.ted to him, exhibited a very : hard case, for he was-informed that Jews could not purchase estate; from Roman Catholics without taking an oath in some shape in the course of the proceedings, and this oath was to be made upon the faith of a Christian. With respect to Ireland, the Jews were placed in a Nt1:11 worse situation, for there the laws were almost tantamount to the exclusion of Jews, The petitioner prayed that some altera tion might' be matte, as the introducticat of Jewish wealth and bdustry might be peculiarly savi_ceable to Ireland. The petition was ordered to be printed. Dr. PHILLIMORE gave fledge that on Tuesday next he would move tir leave to lark in a Bill for regulating the office of Registrar of the diocese of Canterbury. HUME presented a pet:tion from Edward Farrell, a prisoner in the Marshal aea of the Four Courts, in Dublin, praying that the !louse would enquire into the state of the prisoners ;n that jail for contempt of Court. The petition stated ding there were a number of prisoners who had beet' committed in contempt for small stuns of 10/., 124, &e. for five, ten, twelve, and fourteen years. He could never hear the subject of imprisonment for debt mentioned in that House with:,4 designating it as the most barbarouis remnant of feudal pplicy. The petition was then ordered to be printed, Mr. HUME then moved toe A return of the num, ber of prisoners confined for contempt of Court in the Marshalsea of the Four Courts, Dublin, dis. tinguishing those who were imprisoned for more than one year, the amount of their debt, the length of time they had been imprisoned, and the nature of the charge against them.—Ordered. • Mr. HUME moved for a Return of the Accounts of the Receipts and Appropriation of Pew RentS n she various Churches in the parish of Lambeth. Mr. WESTERN presented a petition from the :mtabitants of Coggleshall against the continuance of Negro Slavery. On the motion of Dr. PHILLIMOR E the Cinque Ports Bill was read a third time, and passed.' Mr. F. PALMER moved for leave to bring in Bill to alter and amend an Act for repealing the duties on licensed brewers retailing their own beer. A Message was brought from the Lords, stating that their Lordships had agreed to the Surplus Wayli end Means and other Bills. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for a Committee of the whole House, on the Ale-house Licensing Bill. The SPEAKER having left the Chair, the House resolved itself into a Committee. The Clause for allowing County Magistrates to act with Magistrates of cities, boroughs, and towns, in granting Ale-house Licences having been read, Mr. BERNAL objected to the clause, because there was no ground for imputing to the Magis trates of boroughs and corporate towns the existence of such abuses in granting licenses, as rendered it necessary to infuse, as it were, fresh blood into the body of the Corporate Magistracy. .He thought the House, whilst they left in the hands of Corporate Magistrates the power of life and death in criminal cases, ought certainly not to take away the ancient right of granting licences, unless cases of abuse to justify such a - proceeding were established. Mr. R. GORDON supported the clause, which . had - been brought in by the unanimous consent of the Committee which prepared the Bill. With respect to the inconsistency of abridging the power of borough magistrates in this respect, whilst the power of life and death was left in their hands, he would - merely say that he believed if a proposition were now made to gire the latter power to magi strates of small boroughs and towns, such proposi tion would be rejected by that House. Mr. MABERLY said although he was one of those who opposed the Bill originally upon the general principle that the licensing of public houses ought to be as free from the controul of the magistracy as any other trade, he should, if this clause were persisted in, oppose the Bill in every stage, be cause he considered it an attack by a side wind upon chartered . rights which ought not, in his opinion to be made in the absence of proof of corruption. Although the clause was now contined to places where the number of Magistrates did not exceed six, it would probably be by-and-bye improved upon, and a similar clause in other instances would be intro duced to apply to Corporations, where the number of Magistrates did not exceed nine, twelve, and so on, until the chartered rights of every Corporation in the kingdom should have been destroyed. The clause cast an unfounded imputation upon Corporate Bodies, and 'therefore he should not con sent to any Bill containing such a clause, and if the clause were persevered in he should take the sense of the House upon it. - Mr. ESTCOURT defended the clause. It had received the approbation of all the Members of the Committee Who sat upon the Bill, and he, though a member of several Corporations and a Magistrate, could not consider it an attack ow the chartered rights of any borough whatever. The clause cast no reflection -upon the character of the Borough Ma gistrates. It merely declared that when there shall not be six Magistrates in any borough qualified to decide upon a license, that the County Magistrates of the adjoining districts shall be called in. These Magistrates,•however, are not to be called in if there shall be sic local Magistrates qualified to sit. He kneW many Boroughs in which there was not even one person so qualified, and it, therefore, became ab solutely necessary to give such a power to the Dis trict Magistrates, according to the very principle of the Bill, which provided for the better administra tion of the laws in granting licenses: He denied that the clause contained any new attack upon the vested rights of Boroughs. The principle of the Bill was in exact conformity with the 39th of George 111., which required the Chief Magistrate' of a Borough, where there were riot two qualified Magistrates to decide upon licenses, to• call in the County Magistrates. The present Bill adhered to the same principle, but required the number to be six. If this Bill was an infringement of charters, Ale other tm►st have been also an infringement of the charters. There were several other Acts, how ever, in which a concurrent jurisdiction had been given to the Magistrates of Boroughs and the Ma gistrates of Counties. In the 17th of Geo. 11., which was enlarged - and extended by the Ist of Geo. IV., an appeal upon the subject of settlement under the' Poor Laws was given from the Magistrates of Uorouglis Corporate to the Magistrates of the County. After citing some other cases in which the Magistrates received a concurrent jurisdiction, the Hon-Member concluded by observing, that the provisions of the Act were intended to conduce to the better administration of the law, and he con ceived this clause would go far to produce an amendment in the decisions upon the granting of a license. Mr. F. BARING contended, that the clausie con tained an interference with chartered rights, which was totally unnecessary. If he understood the principle of the Bill rightly, it was interitled to re form the abuses in the method of licensing; but that was not to be done so much by an interference with t he chartered rights of Corporations, as by giving a . proper publicity to the proceedings of those who had the regponcibility of granting those licences. The power of licensing by Magistrates for the sale of beer, was given to them as a measure of police, =lnd for the purpose of preserving the people from delmuchery. In order to accomplish this object ef fectually, it was necessary that the Magistrates living on the. spot should be in some measure acquainted with the charactets of those who applied fora licence. But how did the Bill aceornplish this object ? Why, by taking away from those Magistrates who pos sessed information upon those matters the power to grant a liceno, and conferring it upon the County Magistrates, who had no knowledge of the kind. (Hear.) For these reasons he opposed the clause. Mr. C. WOOD skipported the clause, upon the ground of its taking away the . power of licensing from those who were most likely to abuse it, either on account of their interest in the sale of beer, or from their anxiety to preserve the control over the management of the Corporation Funds. The clause would, also, by its provisions, put an end to that system of jobbing which prevailed to such a dis graceful extent, &other object of the clause was to render ap p ea l s unnecessary. It was, in his opinion, much better to preserve the fountain pure, than to attempt to cleanse its waters by filtration after they bee.a:4 - e muddy and impure. (Hear, hear.) • . Sir J. GZAHAM was friendly to the clause at first, and he had 1 e4rd nothing in the course of the debate to alter his opinioa, The Crown had the •power to give Charters, bin he coitegived it was for the Legislature to introduce into them what tp7m it pleased--,:.9 alter, to amend, or to revise their powers. He eAdd pot, therefore, admit that there was any force in the 4,:gpments of the two Hon. Members (Mr. Maberly and UP/ Paring) ' who laid sa owl stress on the sacred nature cf Corporate rightso--(Hear.)—He did not think it righi ;:f4 ;ay much upon clip expediency of this clause. The more they narrowed the circle in which power was to be exercised, the more ti key added to the facilities ,ancl tboe . temptation to abuse tt; and two Magistrates were more likely, therefore, to be guided ip their deeision by interests or partiality, than ten or twelve ? who could not, or who (hre not, yield to the swipe influence. Mr. FYSHE PALMER supporta4 the cruse. Mr. C. BARCLAY supported the clause; ha was eag4 ii.d in drawing it up, and it was adopted after the most nuktpre consideration. Lord lIELGRATP; opposed the clause; h e con sidered that the supp ort yil4ch the Hon. B aronet gaca ir. aro se from the close attaclune4which sub sisted between him and the Corporation of the city (Carlisle) which he r epresented.—(llear, and a WO.) The present jinisdiction of Corporations was OW that was properly a dminixt.ared, and a case of individual abuse ought not to be taken as a ground for interfering with the general jurisdiction of Cor, porations. The city (Chaster) which he had the honour of representing, had an extensive corporation quite competent to superintend all the local arrange' ments of the city.• These corporations were not formed merely for the benefit of the corporations themselves, but as the safeguards and protectors of their fellow-citizens. The Noble Lord read 411 ex- tract•from a Charter, which confined the jurisdic tion of a borough to the resident. Local Authorities of that borough; and he contended that this was the principle upon which Charters were usually g►anted, and that it was inexpedient to alter it. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, that the Noble Lord (Be'grave) might hook nearer home than Car lisle to account for a Member of Parliament being actuated in his Parliamentary conduct by motives of promoting his own interest with the Corporation of the city which he represented. He absolutely dis claimed such motives; and would say, that they must know little of his character who imputed to him the charge of being actuated by such paltry con siderations. Lord BELGRAVE explained. MONCK, in supporting the clause, said, that it did not interfere widely with any rights granted by charter. It certainly did, however, interfere with their jurisdiction ; and so did all the former Acts upon this subject. The clause under discus . sion would not deprive the Magistrates of any juris diction which they at present exercised, but merely proposed to give county Magistrates a concurrent power with them. It has been said that no facts had been adduced to show the necessity of this clause. He would not go into much detail, but would state one fact which came within his own knowledge to prove the inexpediency of continuing the present licensing system. In the town (Read ing), which he had the honour to represent, there was a part newly built, comprising about one-fourth of the whole borough. An application was made for a license to Open a public-house, and the person making it was recommended by the vicar of the pa rish, and by the churchwardens. Nevertheless, the application was refuied, on this curious ground—that there were sixty public-houses in the other part of the town ; so that because there were too many in one part of the town, they would not grant this to a part of the town which was without any public house. And it was not until four influential brewers, who were owners of public-houses, had entered into an arrangement to have four public-houses opened in this district, by suppressing four of the sixty in the other part of the town, that leave was granted to open public-houses in this part. The brewers being the owners of these houses was the real source of the evil. He was happy to find, however, that.no expression of disapprobation had come from those who would be most affected by the Bill. In deed, they were anxious, he believed, to have this temptation taken away from them.—(Laughter.) Lord SANDON opposed the clause. Mr. CROMPTON opposed the clause. After a few words from Mr. G. BANKES and Mr. ESTCOURT, the House divided— For the clause 46 Against it 53 Majority against the clause —7 The other clauses of the Bill then went through the Committee. Several amendments were intro duced; and, among others, the exclusion of the Cinque Ports from the operation of the Bill. On the ( hairman's putting the clause for shutting up public-houses till after Church Service on every Sunday, Mr. ESTCOURT said, that the object of the clause was to prevent the present practice of the poor getting intoxicated before Divine Service, at the commencement of which they were ejected from the public-houses and became objects of offence in the streets. The clause did not prevent the supply of travellers on Sunday morning, nor the sending opt of liqueurs to the houses of persons. A long interlocutory discussion took place in an attempt to define the quantity that might be sup plied to the individuals on the Sabbath morning. After a few words frem Mr. Hume, the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, Lord Nugent, Mr. C. Wood, and Mr. Esteourt, the clause was agreed to. Several other clauses were proposed and agreed to. Mr. ESTCOURT suggested the propriety of having the Report received, and taken into further consideration on Monday next. On the Question that the Chairman do leave the Chair, Sir T. D. ACLAND wished to know, whether it was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exche quer to make any alteration in the present system of Retailing Cider in cottages and small houses is Cider Counties ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the present system of retailing cider in those counties was found very inconvenient, and it was his intention to place the retail of that article upon the same footing as the retail of beer. The House having resumed, the Report was brought up and read, and ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday next. USURY LAWS. Mr. P. TIIOMSON moved the second reading of the Usury Laws' Amendment Bill. On the question being put, Mr. DAVENPORT — Opposed the Bill, on the ground that it would be most injurious to the landed as well as to the commercial interests of the country. There was a most respectable class of men, small landowners, who would be ruined if the Bill . were passed into a law. This system of repealing the Usury Laws was tried in Prance by the National Assembly; but such were .the injurious effects of the measure there, that they were obliged to alter it in twenty-three days. The Hon. Member concluded by moving, as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second time that day three months. Mr. IRVING very much approved of the principle of the Bill, and with regard to the object of afford ing facilities to the mercantile world for borrowing money in times of momentary pressure , he thought the suggestions of the Hon. Member deserved the best consideration ; but at the same time he thought the measure ought to be confined to commercial, con cerns, and that real or landed securities should re main untouched. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was friendly to the principle of the Bill. He ad mitted the evils of the present laws, and he wished to see those evils corrected; but he did not think it possible to carry that object into effect in this Session, and l►e therefore urged the Hon. Mem ber to postpone its further consideration for the present. Mr. HEATHCOTE concurred in the recom mendation given by the Right Hon. Gentleman, to postpone this question to the next Session. Sir GEORGE PHILLIPS thought that unless the Right Hon. Gentleman would give a distinct pledge on the part of the Government to bring for ward a measure of this sort next Session, or unless be would give a similar pledge to support the mea sure when again produced by the Hon. Member for Dover, that Hon. Member ought not to withdraw his Bill at this moment. The reason why the Le gislature did not alter these laws was, that the Mern• bers of that and of the other House of Parliament ktor,ll rather in the situation of borrowers than len ders, and therefor? wished to fix a maximum of in terest. As those who borrowed never gave more than five per cent., those who lent should never take less. Each pa. •y should be at liberty to make his own bargain. There was no more reason why the interest of the money should be limited than for placing a. restriction on the rent of .houses. He (Sir G. Phillips) woulcl advise his lion, Friend not to press the House to an immediate decision; but he thought his Hon. friend had a perfect right to require that the principle of the Bill should be ad 7 mit ted. Mr. SUGDEN opposed the Bill. Mr. ROBINSON, defended the principle of the . _ Mr. L. FOSTER appealed to the lion. Gentle man to state what coarse he meant to pursue. Mr. P. THOMSON wished to have the Bill read a second- time, in order that he might introduce certain qualifications into it, Mr. LESLIE FOSTER said, as it appeared that the object of the Hon. Gentleman was to continue the debate ? he should claim his privilege of addressing the Ilouse. Mr. P. THOMSON had no wish to prolong 60 4.laate ; but as he saw several friends of the measure were anxious to deliver their sentiments, he felt no disposition to interfere with the course the House chose to follow. Mr. LESLIE FOSTER objected to the Bill, be.- cause it held out expectations which it would disap point. He thought a middle course might be steered with advantage. But this Bill was no middle course; but the merest delusion ever practised on the House. It was evident, from Mr. Preston's evidence before the House of Commons, that the lauded interest was materially concerned in this question. That Gentleman supposed that one fourth of the laud was burdened with debts. IR 1804, it was known by the Property Tax returns that the rental of England, from land alone, amounted to 38,000,000/. per year. Supposing it might now be increased—he would take it at present at 40,000,0001., and at twenty years' purchase this would make 800,000,000/. Taking one-fourth of the land as burdened, this would give 200,000,000/. as the amount of real property which was pledged. The whole of-the other interest did not amount to 6,000,0001., and therefore they were called on by this Bill to benefit an interest amounting to 6,000,000/. at what might . prohably ruin an interest of 200,000,000/. He could assure the Landed Gentlemen that they were mistaken, if they sup posed it would be optional with them to pay off a mortgage or not. If it were for the advantage of their creditors, they would be compelled to pay it off through the medium of a costly Chancery suit.— He would call on the Country Gentlemen, therefore, not to suffer themselves to be taunted by Jews and philosophers into assenting to the principle of this Bill. Lord PALMERSTON thought, whether the Bill then before diem passed or not, they were all agreed that the present laws must be altered. Those laws were not now defended by any person either as advantageous or effective. They took money out of the general rule applicable to all other commodities, and did not allow a man to deal as he liked with his own property. They were passed at a period when it was very much the fashion to make laws for every trifling thing. But we were now grows wiser, and had become sensible that it was better to leave men to take care of their own interest. As for the landed interest, while he was as ready as any man to admit the necessity of upholding their interest, he did not think those laws were advantageous to them. The former proposed Bill had been objected to, as doing too much. This Bill was opposed, because it did not do enough. Whatever might be the fate of this Bill, he should never think of opposing it on the ground stated by one Hon. Gentleman, of its contain ing five pages of repeal and only five pages of enact ment. Every person who knew the state of our laws must know that no greater benefit could be conferred on the public than a measure repealing the old Sta tutes that disgraced our Statute Book. He should support the Bill. Mr. D. W. HARVEY, though ready to admit the necessity of modifying the penalties of the Usury Laws, could not approve of this 13111. Mr. BRIGHT opposed the Bill. Mr. P. THOMSON replied, and observed, that though he intended to press the Bill to a second reading that evening, he would not carry it further during the present Session, on the understanding that the Right Hon. Gentleman would, in the course of the next Session, introduce some measure on the subject of the Usury Laws. Mr. HERRIES was willing to admit that it would be beneficial to all if those laws were greatly modified, if not entirely repealed.—(Hear, hear.) — On the understanding that further proceedings on the Bill would be abandoned during the present Session, he should certainly vote with the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. P. Thomson), and had no doubt that, in the course of next Session, some measure would be proposed by the Government that would make a considerable improvement in the law as it now stood. The numbers were— For the second reading se Against it 4O The Bill was read a second time accordingly. VOTERS' REGISTRATION BILL. Lord NUGENT requested that the Voters' Re gistration. Bill might be read a second time without opposition, in order that in the Committee he might introduce into it certain amendments which would remove objections which he entertained to it in its present shape, and which would render it more palatable in the country. Sir R. WILSON opposed the principle of the measure, and as that objection to it could not be re moved in Committee, he moved that the Bill be read a second time on this day six months. Mr. H. GURNEY expressed the same sentiments. Colonel SIBTHORP also coincided with the Hon. and Gallant Member for Southwark. • Mr. P. THOMSON recommended that the Bill should be withdrawn fur the present Session. Mr. JEPHSON resisted its further progress. Mr. W. SMITH contended, that the measure, as amended, would be beneficial. Colonel DAVIES decidedly objected to any such change. Mr. T. B. LENNARD supported the measure, as it was calculated to shorten contested elections. Lord NUGENT contended, that his Bill was not liable to the objections stated. Mr. G. LAMB opposed the further progress of it. After some conversation between Mr. W. SMITH, Sir R. WILSON, and others, which was interrupted by cries of " Spoke " and " Question," Lord NUGENT declared that he did not propose to divide the House. The Amendment that the Bill be read a second time that day six months was then carried, and the Bill consequently is lost. SALMON FISIIERIES' BILL. The House having gone into a Committee on this Bill, Mr. FERGUSSON proposed the insertion of a Clause to the same effect as that lost in the Lords, namely, that a river in which Sir John Sinclair lets the right of fishing for a sum of 9001. a year, and in which fish are caught in December, be excluded from the operation of the Bill. After a discussion of some lengtli the Clause was lost without a division, and the Houze having re sumed, the Report was ordered to be brought up on this day. The other Orders of the Day were then post poned, and the House adjourned at Half-past T%l o o'clock. The health of the MetropOlis is said to have been in it gradual state of improvement since the middle of the 17th century. It is now 163 years since the plague bas shown itself; and three frightfuFdiseases which used to be epidemic in London (the blOody flux, ague, and sea scurvy) have ceased for above a century to be so. ROYAL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN...—. The Friends and Patrons of this excellent Charity partook of their Anuiversary Dinner yesterday at the City of Lon don Tavern, Alderman GARRATT in the Chair. The Re port was of the.most satisfactory character, and the amount of subscriptions announced (luring the evening was very considerable. Among the subscribers were—their Royal Hi g hnesses the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE and the Duke of GLOIJCEVTE R. About half past seven o'clock on Wednesday morning, the family of COTTON, Esq., residing at 22, Devonshire-place,New-road, New-ad, were throw n i n t o th e great est agitation on a discovery being made by one of the ser vants that his master was stretched lifeless on the floor of his dressing-room, weltering in his blood, the skull being co mpletely shattered and blown to pieces. Beside him lay a pistol, with which the dreadful act had been perpetra ted ; and although the report bad not been heard by any inmate of the house, it evidently had been recently effected, as the unfOunate gentleman had been heard to leave his 1, 0 1-chamber, and enter his dressing-room between five and six o'clock. Be was in the 60th year of his age, and was unmarried, residing with his sister. Although possessed of an ample fortune, he had been for the last two years in a very low and desponding state, and was particularly anxious to be alone as much as possible, which was on every opportunity prevented by his relatives. On Tuesday evening he walked several times up and down Devonshire place, and in the New-road,. and appeared more cheer ful than for some time past, after which he went home, and was attended to his bed-room at his usual hour, and was not again seen alive. An inquest was held yesterday evening on the body, when the Jury returned fur verdict, that the deceased bad " committed the act in a state of derangement. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCII PAPERS. (From the Moniteur of Tuesday.) PARIS, JUNE 17.—The official part of the Moni teur of this date contains a report to his Majesty by the Bishop of Beauvais, relative to the Secondary Ecclesiastical Schools, of which the following is a summary :-- " After the storms of the Revolution, society, endeavouring to replace itself on solid bases, which might ensure its repose, the first want that was felt was that. of religion.. The head of the Govern ment at that time undertook to raise the altars which had been thrown down ; and France showed itself what it always had been, religious and catholic. " It was soon pereeiveil-to be indispensably necei sary to prepare for the Church of France new de fenders, who might first reinforce, and afterwards succeed, those veterans of the priesthood whom per secution had spared. Seminaries were opened in almost all the dioCeses, but only a small number of pupils offered themselves. " The recollections of our misfortunes were recent. Families had seen the ranks of the priesthood so dreadfully thinned that they would not expose their children to the dangers of those times of fury and anarchy; and instead of encouraging their children, they used all their influence to dissuade them from embracing the service of the Altar. Besides the spirit which then prevailed in the. nation, and in most of the establishments of public education, diverted from the sanctuary almost all the French youth, who crowded the paths which led to military glory and fortune. It was easy to foresee that if there were only the ordinary schools to cultivate the early dispositions of the young Levites, the conse quence would be the extinction of the sacred tribe and of the Catholic Religion in the most Christian Kingdom. " - It was then that the Archbishops and Bishops of France respectfully laid at the foot of the Throne their prayers to obtain a new organization of the Secondary Schools, destined to form ecclesiastical pupils. Their object was, Ist. To yanquish the natural repugnance of families by the advantages of an education almost always gratuitous, or which re quired from them only trifling sacrifices; 2d. En tirely to separate the young Levites from comrades intended for other professions, animated by a very different spirit whose conversation, habits, and ex ample, so often dispel their first resolutions ; 3d. To profit by that happy age, which receives all impres sions, to implant more profoundly in their young minds the seeds of that solid and true piety, of those noble sentiments of generosity, disinterestedness and courage, which were to render them one day worthy Ministers of the Holy Altars. " Thus, Sire, the grand motive of the Bishops in asking of your august brother permission to create new special schools for ecclesiastic a l pupils, was manifestly derived from the most imperious of all necessities, that of saving the priesthood, which were ready to perish." The reporter, having adduced various facts to show the absolute necessity of these schools, states, " that though they received a new organization in 1814, they have hitherto subsisted, without any aid from the Government, entirely at the expense of the Bishops, or, rather, dependent on public charity, which, however, being turned into many other chan nels, has been gradually less productive, and laid the Bishops under the cruel necessity of admitting among their pupils young people not intended for the Church, because what these paid for their board served to maintain their establishments. Hence have arisen complaints of the little seminaries, which are reproached with having departed from their original destination, and insensibly transformed them selves into real Colleges, to the great injury of the establishments of the University. In consequence of these complaints, which have excited murmurs and distrust, his Majesty appointed a Committee to inquire into the condition of the Secondary Eccle siastical Schools, and to point out the means of ob taining, with respect to them, the full execution of the laws of the kingdom. T his Committee, while it noticed the irregulariti e s th a t ma y h av e ta k en . place, the principal cause, as well as the excus e tor which, are manifestly to be found in the total want of re sources, has unanimously acknowledged that the Secondary Ecclesiastical Schools are useful, and even necessary to religion ; and has also expressed . its wish that they may 'be henceforward encouraged, or suitable aid, which may relieve them from the pre carious condition in which they aro held by the painful necessity of being supported by alms. " After having considered the report presented to your Majesty by the Committee, and conferred upon it with lily colleagues, I-hare he honour to lay before your Majesty the . following Ordinance. " The object of it is— (The reporter proceeds to discuss the measures whieh he proposes, and which are all embodied in the Ordinance.) " Charles, by the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre. To all whom these presents shall come greeting; " On the report of our Minister Secretary of State for Ecclesiastical Affairs. By the advice of our Council of Ministers, We have ordained and ordain as follows : " Art. 1. The number of pupils in the Secondary Ecclesiastical Schools, instituted by the Ordinance of the sth Oct. 1814, shall be limited in each dis trict, according to the table which our Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs shall submit to our approbation within three months from this day. This table shall be inserted in the Bulletin of the Laws, as well as the changes which may be subsequently called for, and which we reserve to ourself to approve, if it, should become necessary to modify the first arrange ment. " However, the number of pupils placed in the Secondary Ecclesiastical Schools cannot exceed 20,000. " 2. The number of schools, and the designation of the Communes in which they shall be established, shall be determined by us on the application of the Archbishops and Bishops and the proposal of our Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs. " 3. No strangers can be received in these schools. —(By strangers are meant pupils, not lodged and boarded in the establishment itself.) " 4. After the age of 14 years all pupils admitted above two years into these schools shall be bound to wear the eccluiastical habit. " 5. Those pupils who present themselves far the degree of Bacheher en Lettres cannot, till they have taken holy orders, receive any thing more than a special diploma, which shall have no effect, except to attain Divinity degrees; but it may Le exchanged for an ordinary diploma of Bachetier en Leaves, after the pupils have taken holy orders. " 6. The superiors or directors of Secondary Ec clesiastical Schools shall be named by the Arch bishops and Bishops, and approved by us. The Archbishops and Bishops shall, before Ist October next, send us the names of the superiors or directors actually employed in our department of Ecclesiasti cal Affitirs, to obtain our approbation. " 7. Eight thousand half-pensions (demi bourses) of 150 francs each, are created in the 'Secondary Ecclesiastical Schools. These shall be divided among the dioceses, according as we shall decide, at the instance of the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs. We shall determine the mode of presentation and nomination to these pensions. "8. The Secondary Ecclesiastical Schools in which the decisions of - the present Ordinance, and s of t; a our l c i r e a O s e rd t i o n a b n e c e c o o n f s i t d h e is re day, dus shall such, not an b d e shalle x e cute d, come under the government of the University. " Our Ministers Secretaries of State, each in which concerns him, are charged with the execution ofthepre ofie present Ordinance, s w inch shall be insert e d i n the Bulletin " Given at our Palace of St. Cloud, June 16, the year of our Lord 1828, and the 4th of our reign, " By the King, " CHARLES. " The Minister, Secretary of State for Ecclesi astical Affairs, __ _ (Signed) " F. J. H., Bishop of BEAUVAIS." The Journal des nobats gives a pastoral letter of the Bishol) of Amiens, dated June 12, 1828,% 0 1 , is a • defence of the * respectable Priests and little Seminary of St. Adieu!, against the and unjust attacks of which they have been for so', years the object. It declares that they never IP, fessed any doctrine subversive of morality and of authority of Kings,as they have been accused of ing, by men who did not know them—that they o ,', never meddled in political intrigues, but have elusively devoted themselves to the cultivation letters—to the study of sacred learning—to the el, cation' of youth—and the exercise of the 14 Ministry. Their life is pur e —th e i r p i et y i s ge alv t , , —and their .hands distribute abundant alms to t' poor. • lb The Jesuits. • ST. PETERSBURGH AND GERMAN PAPEitt, ST. PETERSBURGH, JUNE 4.—A rl E x t raor dinr Supplement to the St. Petersburgh Journal of thiido tll contains a bulletin fro m th e C amp b e f ore B ra ile . ," , ; which gives a n account o f t h e arr i va l o f hi s Maje,'• in the camp, and o f t h e procee di ngs t ill t h e 26 t tor May. On the 24th the Emperor ascended a the ant-posts, in order to judge of the effect of tbt mortars placed in a battery on the left of the po', tion. Soon after a body of Turks, preceded bf white flag, appeared ;it was a fl ag f truce from Pacha, who came to return thanks for his Majesty' generosity in releasing the prisoners. On diem'_; ing this flag of truce, the Emp eror commission: l ' him to tell the Pacha that th e l onges t t i me grant him to capitulate was till three o'clock the followil l i morning, after which the garrison could expect 0 0 terms. A battery of twenty-four guns having bee erected in the night on th e r i g h t o f t h e arnY opened its fire at day-break. His Majesty imP' diately went to see its effects, when the- enemy 0 serving from the number of officers assembled °P, the spot, that the Emperor was probably there, b e .. gan to fire from 24-pouriders at the hill on which hip j Majesty stood; severatof the balls 'fell at the foot u; the hill. His Majesty finding that the operatione e the siege proceeded as rapidly as. possible, :left the camp, and arrived on the 26th at Bender, where bt , met the Empress. HANOVER, JUNE 6.—We learn here, from gne: j authority, that the Cabinets of Lo n d on a nd Par in , .' are engaged in serious negociatio ns f or th e evac" tion of the Morea by the Egyptian troops, an d thol no means will be neglected to deliver Greece frn ° _, these foreign barbarians ; that it is probable HI:KT may be sent by some European Power to land O the Morea, and enforce, by arms, the decisions 0 ' the Cabinets. It is said, indeed, that the Cabine c t i of London is less inclined to a landing than that Paris, but it is probable. that the cause of hurnaniti will prevail. Measures will be taken at the sam e time to obtain the release of the Greeks who bay ° been taken to Egypt as slaves, for which p u rpose au Ambassador, accompanied by a considerabl 4 squadron, will go to Alexandria, and endeavour to obtain the release of the Christians by amicable negociations, and if they fail, to employ coerri vi i measures, which would begin with the blockade ° Alexandria; and in case o f extrem i ty , b e f o llowed by a landing. We do not know what change mad result from the alteration in the English Ministry- VIENNA, JUNE B.—Accounts from:the theatre ° war are received here almost daily, but they seld o come from authority that can be depended upon, 411 ,i must therefore be received with g re a t di s t r ust, °" account of the inaccuracies either in the main fact' or in the details. Thus we heard in the course of last week, by let' ters from Bucharest, that the Pacha of Braila Mu. caused two Cossacks to be hung on - the ra mpart's ni the fortress, in sight of the Russian army. W e afterwards heard from Czernowitz that the Emperof of Russia had given presents to several Turkish pri' soners, and sent them to Braila, whence it might b e supposed that the release of the Turkish had taken place after the execution of the Cossack' This, however, was not the case,. for the Bussia a Emperor bad released the Turkish prisoners with presents in the' morning upon his arrival in the camp before Braila, and had in the evening the disagreeable news that after th e p r i soners h a d r e' turned into the fortres s , an d must h ave acqua i nte d the Pacha with th e generous con d uct o f the Ern; " peror, the Pacha had no t w i t h s t an di ng commanded the shameful execution of tw o C ossac k s who were prisoners in the fortress.—Allgemeine June 13. prisoner 4 EXPRESS FROM LISBON, (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) " LISBON, JUNE 3.—This capital is in a state 01 the greatest alarm and distress. H un dreds Of a 1 - ranks are daily thrown into dungeons, tied as the re are not enough of gaols on shore, prison ships aZ i e prepared to receive the victims of tyranny. Frederick Lamb has protested against the ussirpotie e of Don Miguel, but what he and th e o th e r foreig n Ambassadors may have done has as yet produced no effect. It is said they are not to leave this city u n ti l 0 he formally proclaims himself King. It is impossible to give you any news of the army from Oporto, farther than that we hear the main body is at bra, and the advanced guard at Pombal. The patriotic troops are collecting there, in order t i e march on this city. The Government forme" at Oporto has followed the army. The WO at Coimbra is said to be about six thousand infantll of the line, 3,500 militia, 1,200 cavalry, and 25 pieces of cannon. The head -quarters of Doss l ge guel's advanced guard is at Leiria, under the eon'" mend of that notorious Ap os t o li ca l re b e l G e nera ( Povoas. He has with hi m on l y 2,500 troo ps every kind; but the Bth Regiment of Infantry fre l f Alentejo, a squadron of the 3d, another of the Bth Cavalry, and the best part of the 20th InfantrY, from Abrantes, are on their way to join him. V - rions other regiments and militia corps, all much d'' vided in their political sentiments, are taking th e same direction. My opinion is, that these corli a will not fire upon Don Pedro's troops, or that the, greater part will go over to them. The whole 0 ' Algarve had declared for Don Pedro, but his friend s have been the victims of their moderation to th e treacherous General of the province and other rebels!. who now, as you will see by a docum en t w hich 1 . enclose, boast of having duped them. Major Cha teanauff, a brave and patriotic officer of artillerY", pod,pas ar a mt r i tsysf Fromtono of knowing total fell a victim to a mob led on by Priests with eta cifixes in their baud. In Alentejo, only th e °plea city of Beja has as yet formally declared for DI Pedro. Its inhabitants have formed a corps of 8 4)( men under the command of the celebrated Goes, t e enterprising Guerilla Chief in the Peninsular wa?.% " LISBON, .JUNE 9.--All business is at a gam' , and money has become extremely scarce. There i 9 is of mak i ng,t he country, scarcely a family of any rank who has not at lea s t one of its members a victim. In the midst of l b.: wh w at ha h t as pr t o ak gr e e:s pi D ac o e n i P n e n d t T e : horrible persecution going on here, we have not t h e • nor fo s r ile a n ll ee co o m f m ro t o in n ica m ti ign on el i , s 9 s o teP o : vcrnment, however, we augur the best. .4 It is generally believed that Don Pedro's army has not advanced from Coimbra and Pombal, th e last places we have heard of its being in, for wart of a more enterprising and skilful General, and all in conse quence of a wish that some movement shou ld take place here before they proceed further. however, is mere conjecture; but there is certainly in the slow movement of the patriotic troops some thing mysterious, and many fear that foreign influenc e is at the bottom of it. " The Brazilian Consul-General here has pro tested against the proceedings of Don Miguel. 1' protest is dated the 6th inst. Since then it 110 been reported that Don Miguel would g o 10 the army, bat he does not choose to move. His friends said he was to go to-day ; now we are told he is to set out on the 12th." (FROM TIIE LISBON PAPERS.) " LISBON, MAY 29.—The Gazette contains an article, not official, against the revolutionary sp►° that has manifested itself at Oporto. " MAY 39,—A decree, signed by the Infante Re' im) rOriseca of the ea Highness " JUN being i n f that a gri acne in I been plea 29 2 men " A n Police, ~ Pos.4ssioi of his qu tiOg lA residence, 9n pain o moYal Hi te ri d i to chants ha also to de JUNI J ustice a Pardon t their offic dent of 1 t he faithl t hrone. P°Rsible " JUN p l eased to Al lUateen tuba] , C al hQtlitantS 'fence al itr azu thibitto " t,:Vi on At i ,". l Me c x. ttalian PAU: s Io tuck 4: 4° lsa 3 el blt " t c'ek p 3 4) , Nel, rPer c en '" ov. Cy Canal ikkaueb. 4 p Olflc( 1210 H 1 ,14 FIIII leWe bal Franc, eiq lt s recei. imp T lti ng to troop,. , I t 4) and th 44 4 hapa, p T h OU piis cY wer k: f aubou 142 ,. e d th I,Fed.-1 it per 55c. 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