The Sun. — London, England, 1828-07-18 00:00:00

cPIPIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The discussion which took place in the tiouse of Peers on the foreign relations of the country, on _ . Wednesday evening, though it led to no important result, was vet of great interest. We-have been often amused at the assertions, that an iinportant 3 lifferenee existed between the Duke of Wellington's Protocol, drawn up at St: Petetshurgh, and the Treaty signed in July last under Mr. Canning's Ad ministration ; as if the latter were of a more war- like tendency than the former. The declaration of the Duke of Wellington hithself, it the Houie of - Lords, in the debate of which we are speaking, may Yt this matter to rest finally. nis Grace says, with !'espeet to the Protocol ) , that " he was actually tor hidden to make any arrangements, if measure,; of force or violence were the meatus by which the ob. , :ct was to be carried into execution." This is al- lowed with respect to the ProtoceL But the Turks, his Grace adds, having lost army after army in the Morea, an d b e ing considered inferior in naval force, " our Government naturally thought there was some chance of mediating successfully between the two Powers, and it was thought above all, that the originator of the negociation, Rustiiai curled by this country, might have secured a peace between Greece and Turkey. Peace was the aged if:ace was the ol?ject qf 'the Treaty in Jul:_utzt— pace was the object when he and his cent-agues eame tub office in Jammu, and to restore peace was the object of the present moment. We leave it to im partial men to judge, then, whether, upon this state ment, there has ever been any change in the po licy of Great Britain by the intervention of Mr. Canning's Ministry, in the affairs of Greece and Turkey: and we believe the real truth to be, that peace would have be en l ong ago esta bli s hed, had it not been for the surreptitious interference of Austria,. and the opinion which she instilled • into - the Turks, that they had nothing to fear from the triple alliance; —that the - three Powers were not in earnest, and that the league itself would soon b burst asunder by the passions which usually operate npOn such canventions,—jealousy, and the pursuit of separate interests. It is of great importance to observe, that Russia even still disavows any principle of aggran dizement : and it is a most singular concession on the part of the Emperor of Russia, that his Majesty, a:.:statcd by Lord Aberdeen, " has at once' divested himself of the character of a belligerent in the diterranean;" and,• his Lordship added, '" no one. would deny that the sincerity and generosity wlich his Majesty had displayed in . doing this Were enti tled to the highest praise." This, then, is the method in which the objects of the triple alliance arc to be enforced in future ;—that Russia; in league with France and England, is only to insist upon peace between Greece • and Turkey in the Mediter ' ranean, though the same power, Russia, is carrying on war against Turkey in Moldavia. and Wallachia. In her character as mediator, she may prevent the Greeks from attacking the Turks in the south, though ia her character as belligerent she may happen to enter Constantinople from-the north. But a difficulty may arise as to what . is meant by the Mediterranean. Is the Morea in the-"Mediter r lanean ? No doubt. Why, then, ThisSia may at the same time capture a Turkish fleet ni the Black Sea, and blockade a Greek one itt the ports of Nauplia, Patras, Missolonghi, or Navarin, lest it should come out to injure. the Turks. This,. to say the least of it, is a complicated state of thing's, and may lead to . 50111 C new'rules' and dogmas' in the law of nations,. and the next edition of Vattel. However, weSeri cusly wish that the present . troubles in the east. of• Europe could be put an end to, and that' there -Were no occasion either for belligerent or mediatery,ope lations. The affairs of Portugal are in a very per plexed state. Of the two platies, the one flies to us for refuge; the other, probably, will be afraid of offending us. Whatever may be the sins of the Chief of the latter party, they are sins against gra titude, truth, 'and honoar—arrainst general prin k:inks, but nut against Great Britain. They May go to war (and..a t e wish they would) who are injured by those eriMes ;_ not we,—we, who only are sorry that they have been committed. Weeannot, how ever, help noticing, and at the same time reprehend ing most •strongly, a clause in Lord Aberdeen's speech respecting the two parties. "He wa s ver y much mistaken,' his Lordship said,'" if th6Se per-, sons (the - Miguelians), though they might not, per t. haps, be actuated by the purest or the most kolight etted views, yet he was much mistaken y* those per sons who supported Doh Miguel were not the friends (f this country. He confessed; too, that he was afraid that among the other party, there were not a few who were not only not the frieeds of this country, but who were also not friendly to good go vernment iii any country." - Thew, we 'apprehend, are not English, but Austrian fears ! This is Prince Metternich and the Holy Alliance. The words do not become the Minister of a British So, vcreign. If, by the person who, supported Don Miguel his Lordship meant his friend Lord 8., perhaps he may be right ; but would he have it I►eli4ved that the old Queen is a friend of England, or that the Duke of Cadaval, perhaps the first instigator of Miguel to acts of perjury and usurpation, is the friend of England Alas, how contrary to the facts are both the above insinuations ! In truth, however, `we have Tie right to interfere in civil discords, that do not swell beyOnd the borders of the country in which they rage, unless we are called on to mediate by both patties ; and then the duty is not imperative we may decline a thankless aim.. But we' have a right to prevent other nations from interfering in the affairs' 6f Portugal- in order to aggrandize themselves at her expellee ; for we have a substantial and inde feasible interest that Portugal .should continue an independent - and substantive state among the Euro pean PoWers. There was' an' error in - Lord Hol• land's speech with respect to the' sums of money given by the two other mediating Powers to support the reek cause. The French Government first gave 20,000/. sterling;' then the Russian Govern ment au equal sum. Afterwards the French Go vernment added other 20,000/., making 40,0061., not 40 1 0004, from France. The British GoVern inept 'has given nothing, and we do not blame its conduct in this respect—Tiews. We must invite public attention to a legal job quietly making its progress through the House of 7.ords, a singular instance of the mode in which, while we are demanding reforms and inquiries, pri vate intrigue and management can be augmenting the evils complained of. When a new Bankrupt Act passed three or foz , r years ago, by which the Legislature kindly, remitted to insolvent estates a trifling stamp duty, a clause was, by way of counter poise, silently inserted by Lord Eldon, i 4crea ,i ng the expense of country. Commissioners two-thirds at the least; in many eases doubling or even trailing them, and-this while a Commis , ion was actually sit ting to inquire. into the expense and delays of such proceedings. The Bill had circulated widely through the country : but this clause was wisely kept in the. pocket, and slipped in at the last. It was, no doubt prudent thus to enlist a hUngry body. all over the country, still more deeply in a rotten system tot tering to its fall. This claus e required that (instead of the old practice two attorneys sitting with a barrister as an assessor at every Meeting) two bar risters should always be summoned, and (as this would necessarily make work, as thestwo assessors would be ii each other's way) the fees Were doubled being made 21. at the lowest instead of 1/., with a further pound for every seven miles they came. The consequence is, that every trum pery meeting now costs 5/. at the lowest, instead of 31.; but (as two barristers have to be found, and, except in very large towns, are never to be met with together) their additional fees often make the ex pence up to 71., 81., or even mere, for berrist e i, , assistance, which before was had for 1/. ; with now. rious avidity, too, on the part of those gentlemen to keep the business, even at that rate. Another great annoyance arose from - the difficulty of getting these v en tlemen, not only on account of their often living b at a distance, but also from their frequent absence at Sessions; It continually also happens, that the only second barrister to be found is either notoriously tonvetent, or otherwise unfit. Ac, the l a w s tood, where two were wanted they could be taken, but it became a grievous tax and annoyance to make it hn perative in all cases to have them. When we see one barrister assessor sufficient in trials even of life anti death, it seems most' wanton, and almost, ludicrous, to see. two sitting as assessors to one attorney, to receive proofs of 'debts. This job, on the lowest calculation, has cost insolvent estates throughout the country from 5,000/. to. 0,000/. a year! A Bill for amending this Act having been brought into the House . of Commons, the commercial towns took the opportunity of in. structing their Representatives to redress this scan dalous impOsition, and Mr. J. Wood had the merit, 'in this instance also, of exposing and correcting the abuse so quietly imposed on the public. The Bill, accordingly went to the Lords,with a clause repealing these provisions and the double fees: • Lord Eldbn, however,' is at his post, and, without any public discussion, the Bill is reported Ili passing through a Committee " with Amendments"-the principal of which, on inquiry, we find is the striking out of this repeal clause. However, we trust public attention is roused ; the traders in commercial towns, Who suffer by turning dick hungry cormorants upon the substances of their debtors, must stir themselves; and take care that,•nt least in 'the House of Com mons, this wanton job is exposed, and that the "• Amendment" is rejected in the way it deserves.— illirrning Chronicle. Mr. Hume presented last night the petition re specting the conduit of Sir John Nichol and the Registrars of the Prerogative Court. It seemed to be understood that the conduct of the Judge was unimpeachable; but. whatever may be thought of the Judge, there can be but one opinion of some of the practices of the Court. The four Registrars are at the same . time Proctors, in.the enjoyment of great practice.. There is no table .of fees for Proc. tors, so that. thecharges are ad libitum. A Regis trar does not tax his own bill of costs, but the Re gistrars do this good turn for each other. Mr. D. W. Harvey describes..the,. process very happily. - " The principle was tickle rue,,Toby, and I'll tickle you. You tax my bill liberally, and I'll tax yours so ; but, for God's sake, don't let in an atterney . to see the mode in which we protect our interests, and maintain the farce of our extravagant charges." If we sanction the principle that the proceedings in Courts of Justice ought always .to have in view the interest of the lawyer exclusively,- nothing can be better contrived for this end than . the plan of,allow ing four men, who have an interest in keeping. each other in countenance, to be the only check on.each other.—Mid. A new line of conduct has lately been adopted in our diplomatic relations, - of which - we cannot seethe wisdom, the necessity, :or the policy. We mean the. withdrawal of Ambassadors, or other accredited agents, from the Courts of Powers with whom we are not at war, merely on the ground of the •pro ceedings of those Power; becoming different to thoSe whiCh may suit the views or inclinations of our Government. There seemed to us, for instance, na state of things sufficient to justify- Mr. Stratford Canning's retirement from' Constantinople; still less to justify what may be called Sir Frederick Lamb's flight from Lisbon. An AmbaSsador in ordinary is defined to be a person who constantly resides at the Court of another Prince. or Power, 'to • maintain a goodniiderstanding, and support the interests of his master. , :Yet, according to the practice pursued in the two instances 'alhided 'to, 'it seems to be their duty in modern times to leave their posts the very 'aliment When those objects most call for their pre sence,:their vigilance, and activity:' if the business of an Atibbassador* b 6 that of 'a peace-maker, how is that object likely to be brought about by his quit ting the scene of operation ? or if it be to con sult the interests of the State and its subjects, of which he -is the representative, how is that likely to by attained' by leaving them to their fate. Formerly, the withdrawal of an Ambassador was considered tantartiOunt of itself to a declaration of war; arid can, at least,- be looked upon in no other light - thaw' M . an faVert . set, - :tending to a - rupture of. friendly ' engitgements. - ,•The present •Sectetary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Aberdeen, seems, in his reply to Lord Holland's motion the other night in the House of Lords, to have involved himself in precisely the kind of dilemma to which .we are allu ding. -.His .Lordship; as well as the Duke 'of Wel lington, openly and truly Stated that this country' had no earthly right to interfere "in the civil discords and internal commotions of Portugal; but then, adds the Noble Lord in the same breath, "have we not now broken off all diplomatic agency with that Power ?" It . is very true, we answer, that you have ; but, in doing so, you have acted both unne cessarily and unwisely. The two positions are irre concileable. If this country has no right to interfere in .the internal concerns of Portugal, why does she in - terfere'by withdrawing her Ambassador ? But, in . dependently . of general reasons, the case of Portugal prssented peculiar ones Which called for a more pre dent and guarded conduct on the part of the British Representative at that Court : we mean in being, as it is in some degree, a British settlement, where British capital and British subjects are embarked and settled to a larger extent than in many of our own colonies. We think the Miguelites are entitled to some credit for the policy (we will not call it the forbearance) with which they appear to have acted towards-the British Factory at Oporto. They could not, it is true, have acted otherwise without drawing down upon themselves a vengeance, too certain and too fearful to be lost sight of. Still, in the moment of success and excitement, it is not always possible to restrain excesses of the most frightful avid destructive nature. What would have been so likely to restrain those excesses as the presence - of the representative of their own Sovereign upon the occasion ? But where was he ?, In the hour of peril and necessity, when his presence would have been of most use to illairitain the relation's of peace between the two countries, and protect the persons and property of British subjects from .dangerand spoliation, he had been recalled, for no reason which we can disc Over, but to show the . Government of Don Miguel that his "British Allies did not approve of that which they aVoW they have no right to interfere with. In these observations, of coarse, we do net mean to impugn the. conduct of _our Ambassador at Lisbon, as fin as 'he is himself concerned. Sir F. Lamb, of course s acted under, instructions which •it was his duty- to obey. What we contend is, that the withdrawal of an Ambassador is the last,. not-.the-:first act which a • Government should resort to, which desires,. as we' are sure that of the Duke. of Wellington does, to maintain the.relations of peace and amity with all foreign States, as'well as . to protect the interests of the Crown and subjects. of Great Britain, wherever they exist.--Morning Herald. A company is now forming for the purpose of Opening a cotrmtmication between Liverpool and South Wales, by the establishment of a steam-packet to ply be tween Liverpool and Cardigan, and to call at. Abetystwith and Aberdovey on her passage to audfrom the latter town. —.Hertford Journal. A convent of extensive dimensions is about to be erected in the county Waterford suburbs, opposit e the house of industry. The 'foundation- s t one will be laid in a few days by Dr. KELLY. —Dublin .Morning Register. The - Chinese are strange people witness the following extracts from their papers:—" The lady of his Excellency the Iloppo of Canton, died a few days since. Her death was announced in the Tartar manner, by saying she had gone to ramble amony the Genii.' The Governor and all the great Officers of the Province called and expressed their vexation,' " " Accounts front • Aksu state, that a scarcity of money is felt. His Majesty has therefore ordered a supply of copper, and adetaehment of troops to coin it." On Tuesday the workmen employed at the improvements making near the water-side, Lambeth, found the entire skeleton of a man, about two feet below the surface of the earth. It is conjectured that it was the re mains of some unfortunate person who was drowned, and the body getting under the timber, it was prevented from rising, and ultimately got completely embedded in the mad and sand. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—lnonediately after the office was opened Yesterday 'Earl Ferrers entered, and, stated he had not altered his determinatron 'respecting the three boys, Millet, Price, and Whittle, who stood re manded fur stealing his.snuff-box. • • Ror--You had better alter .your opinion. Earl Ferrers.--Go on, if you'like; I am determined 'not to prosecute, and no power shall make me. Mr. RoL—Have you procured Lord Tenterden's opi nion ? Earl Ferrers—No ; he has gone the Circuit ; but 1 have seen Mr. Phillips, and he is of the same opi nion as I am. Mr. -ROE—He is wrong on this point. Earl Ferrers— I will let my servant be bound to over to prosecute, for he can swear to my box. Mr. ROE—If the box had been stolen from your Lord ship's house, or from your pocket in the house, and your servant could swear he had placed it in your pocket, then he would have been a good witness, but not otherwise. Earl Ferrers—l - know' nothing at all about the box ; be sides Mr. Phillips tells me I need not prosecute. - Mr: will tell you what I will do, my Lord. You shall put down Mr. Phillips's fee, and I will also do the same, and he shall beient for, and if be gives an opi nion that the law is on your ,side, then I will PaY him. Earl Ferrets—You can settle the business at once, by sending them tbr three months to prison. 311.. ROE—I would not do that for my own father as the laW now stands. Earl Ferrers—Pooh, pooh ! you can do it. Mr. ROE—I have made you a very fair proposition. Send for Mr. Phillips, or any other gentleman at the Bur, and if I am wrong in my law I will pay him his fee if it be twenty guineas. Earl Ferrero—Then bind my servant over. Mr. ROE—Your servant cannot prove where your.box was when you were in Berkeley-square. Earl Ferrers— Well I am determined not to prosecute, so you may do as you like, and I will take the consequences. A little before one o'clock Lord MONTFORT, Sir G. FA R-• RANT, Mr. DYER, jun. and another Magistrate, entered the office, to hear the conclusion of the business. About five minutes before three o'clock Earl Ferrets again entered the office, when Sir G. FARE.ANT waited on him in* the private parlour, and, after considerable diffi culty, persuaded the Noble Earl to alter his determination ; and, on-bis assenting, the three prisoners were brought in, when Morley and Lacy entered the room, Earl Ferrers, ob served, that neither of them had seen the boys take his snuff-box away. Lacy---I did, any Lord. Earl Ferrers—No, you did not; it was a woman. Mr. ROE-Do you suppose;: my Lord, that I would put yOu to trouble, if the case could be completed with out your evidence.. Mr. Fitzpatrick Was' then desired to read the evidence, and had proceeded as far as where his Lordship had said, " between four - and five o'clock " Earl Ferrers—l do not swear to the hour, nor about the hour; 1 do not know what time it was; I won't think about it, so you may do as you please on that point. Mr. Fitzpatrick—My Lord, you made the statement.— Earl .Ferrers—l know nothing about the hour; I am not going to do any thing, nor say any thing I don't know. Mr. ROE-What time of the day does your Lordship say it was?—Earl Ferrers—l know nothing about the 'time. Mr. ROE—Had you been to the House of Peer?-- Earl Ferrers—l know nothing about where I kid been to; it might be between two and four o'clock. Mr. Fitzpatrick was then desired to alter his Lordship's deposition as to the hour ; which was accordingly done. He then read en—" The snuff-box is worth about Is."-- Earl Ferrers—l do not say it is worth a shilling; I do not think it is worth sixpence, nor fourpence ; I only gave half-a-crown for it when it was new. _ Mr. Rot:—lt is very pleasant is) take down what is said correctly, my Lord ; hut'it shall be altered to fourpcnce ; which was accordingly done. Lacy and Vorley's evidence was then read, which ap peared in our paper of Tuesday. Mr. Fitzpatrick was then desired to bind his Lordship over to prosecute, when the Noble Earl said be most pro bably should have the gout when the Sessions carne on. Mr. Rot:,-It will only take you a day to corns up from Leicestershire. Earl Ferrcrs—But I have the gout every other day. Mr. IloE—lf that should be the case, write me a letter inclosing your physician's certificate, and I . will take care that it is laid before the proper qtrarter. Plank here informed Mr. Roe that no Court would look at a letter or Certificate, unless accompanied by an affidavit. Earl Ferrers—Don't talk nonsense ; will not my own signing it be sufficient ? It was then finally agreed that if his Lordship should be attacked by the gout, that one of his servants should see the certificate signed, and bring it up to town. His Lord ship was then bound ; over, and after some hesitation said he was content. ATTAINTED PEERAGES OF SCOTLAND. The restoration of the attainted Scotch families has formed the subject of conversation among the Grim- Aces of the north, ever since the coronatio❑ of his present .Majesty, in 1821, when an attempt was made to bring the matter under the consideration of his Majesty's Government. Although the repeated rebellions of 1715 and 1745 were directed against the Royal Hanoverian line, the illustrious members of it have shewn great magnanimity in first restoring the better part of the forfeited estates to the Scotch delinquents, and afterwards removing the attainders of several of the titles.. Considerable art . is requisite to confer a favour to the greatest advantage, and the delicacy used by Lord Liverpool to his Sovereign, and to the peti tiotiing 'parties when he first publicly proposed the restoration a portion of those Peerages, certainly enhanced the value of the favour. On Monday, May the 21th, 1824, "his Lordship rose , he said, in obedience to his Majesty's commands, to lay before their Lordships certain Bills for the restoration of some titles which had been forfeited in consequence of political offences. These were purely acts of Royal grace and favour, which were intended to be followed by an act of justice. He alluded to the reversal of the attainder of Lord Stafford." These Bills met with no opposition, and the restorations gave great satisfaction at the time. In the Lower House, Mr. Bruce, of Kennet, observed, that the re storation ought not to be partial; and many agree with Mr. Bruce, in thinking that the amnesty ought to have been made general, since it is clear that all the noble rebels were equally guilty by their joint poli tical offences—and as they equally shared the disgrace of punishment in the forfeitures that ensued, they evi dently were all equally deserving of his Majesty's cle mency when the day of forgiveness dawned on thegene rous efforts made in their favour. There are not a feW respectable individuals who are interested in the im portant question ; and from the confidence we possess of some of those who know the sentiments of certain high personages on the subject, we could set the minds of the expectants at rest, if we were at liberty to do so. At present we will simply content our selves with bringing to view the number of peerages already restored, and those who are • still suffering under the attainders. But before we .do so, ' we cannot help regretting the loss of • Lord Belhaven's Bill this Session, to enable the sons of Scotch Peers to sit as Members in the House of c ommons — a p r i v il e ge which the sons of English Peers enjoy,' because this question developes the whole peerage system, and naturally extorts the query, whether the restoration of Scotch Peers is of any advantage to the nation. All Peers' sons are Esquires—and Esquires are Cotnmoners--and Com- I movers are the proper persons for sitting in the House of Commons. How absurd, therefore, is it to shut the door of the House of Commons on a re spectable class of Commoners, who, by their wealth. eittcation, &c., are peculiarly adapted for legislation ; yet so it is, that under the present system a scotch Peer's son, however talented and disposed for busi ness,cannot be an M.P. He must, forsooth, be laid h a i s o t n h o e b r (Nveprladp.a thinks proper to transfertlie l s f el t f i l t l o . Nor do we approve of the system of electing 16 Peers as the only privileged senators in the Upper House for Scotland, to the exclusion of all the others, who cannot so much as frank a single letter ; though we admit that the fault rests with the proud Scotch themselves, who, at the Union, agreed to reduce the 'number of -Peers from 160 to 16, and the Com : moners from 157 to 45—there being, as we can skew, I in the Scotch Parliament, before the Union, exactly - , 160 Peers and 157 Commoners, who all met and sat in Parliament in one grand room, still in ~ , xistence in Edinburgh. There ought to he no invidious distinction among the Noble Senators. tither all ought to be here ditaiy Senators, representing themselves, or a few only of each kingdoth ought to be chosen to repre sent the titled aristocracy. Complicated machinery requires much attention and repairing, and in the long run is much more troublesome and expensive than simple machinery—and this remark is applica ble to governments. As Senators, all the Pe,2rs ought to enjoy equal pris - ileges, .and none ought to be excluded from making use of his talents for the good of the nation, the place purposely set apart by the Constitution for the Assembly of the Peers. The following is a list of the attainted and restor ed Peerages, and at sonic future time %ve7shall give 'an accurate list of the representatives of the lion-re stored titles:— 1715. Dates of FillYl ily Titles. Peerages. Names. 1063 Earl of Mar, to heirs general...... ..... Erskine."` !MO Earl Marischall &c. to heirs male Keith. 1620 Earl of Nithsdale, &c. to heirs male Maxwell. 1600 S Earl of Winton, &c. to heirs male } Scton. t whatsoever 1600 Earl of Linlithgow, &c. - to heirs male. Livingston. 1605 C Earl of Perth, &c. to heirs male } Drummond whatsoever 1620 Earl of Seaforth, &c. to heirs male llnkenzie. 1633 Earl of Southesk, to heirs male Carnegy. 1639 Earl of Airlie, to heirs male Ogilvie. 1639 Earl of Carnwath, &c. to heirs male Dalzell." 1646 Earl of Panmure, to heirs male Hanle. 1633 . 5 Viscount Kenmure, to heirs male 1 Gordon.* E . whatsoever 1651 Viscount Kingston, to heirs male Seton. ' 1661 Viscount Kilsyth, to heirs male Livingstone. 1607 Lord Eurleigh, to heirs general Balfour. 1650 Lord Duffus, to heirs male Sutherland.' • - 1745. 1661 S Earl of Kilmarnock, to heirs male } Loyd. whatsv,ever 1703 Earl of Cromarty, to heirsmale Mackenzie. 1686. Viscount Strathallan, to heirs male •Drummond* 1131 Lord Lovat to heirs male Frazer. 1603 Lord Balmerinoeli, to heirs male... Elphinstone. 1631 Lord Nairn, to heirs general Nairn.* 1633 Lord Pitsligo, to lacks male. what- Forbes. soever 1633 Earl of Wemyss, &c. to heirs general—Weinyss.* All .those. marked thus * have been restored, and amount to eight peerages out of twenty-fuur, being in the propor tion of three to one. —Morning Advertiser. DREADFUL INUNDATIONS. APPREHENDED DESTRUCTION OF THE CROPS. With feelings of sincere regret, not unmixed with the deepest apprehensions for the future, we have to announce that the late change in the state of the atmosphere has been productive of the most calamit ous consequences to agriculture in this vicinity. Af ter enjoying several weeks' continuance of the most seasonable weather, during which the crops of every description seemed to promise the most abundant return, and the hay harvest in particular was calcu lated upon as unprecedented in quality and quantity, tbe hopes of the farmer have suddenly been dash ed from him, and his high-raised expectations have almost given place to despair. What the result will eventually be, we leave to the contemplation of those who are more skilled in such matters, and for the present shall only proceed to detail the effects of this lamentable visitation, as far as we have been able to obtain information -in the short period that has elapsed since the ravages of the watery element commenced. A considerable quantity of rain fell on Wednesday last, by which the labours of the mower and haymaker were retarded, and gloomy presages raised that have been too fully borne out by succeeding events. At about eleveno'clock, on Friday night last, the rain commenced descending in torrents, and continued, with scarcely five minutes' relaxation from its intensity, during the whole of the following day and night, and though its violence was abated on Saturday night, fell without intermission until one p. m. on Sunday. To those who know the local situation of this part of Yorkshire, the consequences may be easily conceived. The drains are swollen and the lands flooded in every direction. The public roads, in some districts, have in places been render ed wholly impassable. The corn crops are .beaten down, in many parts, so flat, as to be described by the country people to wear an appearance such as would have been produced had a heavy roller been drawn over them. The hay, in many fields, is float ing about and carried away by the floods, the cocks having been laid completely under water. We have it from numerous eye-witnesses, that there is not the least exaggeration in this picture, the facts being simply as we have stated them. The effects of the deluge have been felt severely in the town. In many of the lower streets , the cellars have been inundated, and the people obliged to resort to pump ing to free their premises from the overflow. This has been the case particularly in 'English -street, Pottery, and in Wincolmlee and the Groves, where the lower parts of the houses have been greatly in ' convenienced by the accumulation of water. This however, is a trifling evil compared to the dreadful state of the country. Between Preston and Hull, it is calculated that at least one hundred acres are under water. The turnpike road, at .every quarter or half mile is completely covered, in some places to the depth of three feet. At Hornsea, we are in formed so much rain was never known within the memory of man to have fallen in so short a period. The Mere has so overflowed as to extend itself into the houses adjacent, and many fields in the neigh bourhood are inundated to such an extent, that it is indeed difficult to discern the tops of the hay cocks and the ears of the corn, and, generally speaking, the latter is entirely laid. The roads are almost impassable to carriages and wholly so to pedestrians, and in many parts the waters are from three to four feet deep, and rush with such force through the bridges and over the banks, as frequently to offer dangerous impediments to the traveller. At North-end, be tween Ganstead and Leven, the country is completely drowned; 'the farmers were on Sunday morning getting sheep out of the water as they could, and in some parts of the road it was " belly deep." The drains in every direction around us were never so full in the middle of winter. In the neighbourhood of Sutton the inundations are extensive. The drain, it is stated, has burst, but we have not ascertained at what point. the accident is alleged to have taken place. We fear the farmers at this day's market will have very disastrous news to communicate. On the Beverley road we bear the destruction to the corn crops has far surpassed that of the hay, and such a destruction of wheat in so few hours was never known. We arc weary of dwelling upon so melancholy a subject, but fear, in our next, we shall have a long catalogue of ruin and calamity to com municate from other parts of'the country. We bear, from the Lincoln guard who arrived here yesterday, that the ravaged of this awful visitation are not con fined to this side the Humber. He 'informs us that, from .Peterborough to Barton water side, the COMP try• universally wore the appearance we have de . scribed above. • Similar communications have been received from Whitby and the neighbourhood of Driffield.—Hull Packet. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—LIBEL.— ~ SOAMES v. KING."—In this case, which, owing to the l a t e hour at which it concluded, was left unfinished in our Paper , of yesterday, a verdict was found for the plaintiff — D a mages, '±ool. A number of Portuguese Coustitutionalistm of rank, who came to this country ftom Lisbon sotne weeks ago, and have been waiting here far a conveyance to Oporto, were to have sa il e d for the Douro in the Superb steamer, which was hired for the purpose at 72/. per diem out, and an allowance for her return; but the unwelcome news has caused them to alter their plan, and they now intend to proceed to London on the arrival of the Superb, which is hourly expected here.—Plymouth Journal of Thursday. • A milling match took place on Monday la in a field adjoining the Workhouse, Stonehouse, between a drummer of the Royal Marines, and an itinerant tinker for four sovereigns a-side. Bets to a considerable amount were pending. After a long and well-fought battle the drummer flogged the mender of kettles, who though a mam of metal was obliged to knock under•--Plymouth Jour nal of Thursday. SEPARATE CATHOLIC MEETING. teinitted on Tucsday for want of room.) (From the Dublin Morning Register of Friday.) There was an adjourned meeting at the Corn Exchange yesterday. At two o'clock the room was crowded. Sir FRANCIS MPONNELL in the Chair. B. CORIIALLIS, Esq. acted as Secretary. Mr.COPPINGER moved a vote of thanks to the Freeholders of Clare, for the spirited milliner in which they had returned Mr. O'Connell. Mr. LAWLESS seconded the motion. He gave a detail of the proceedings at Ennis, and described the manner in which the supporters of Mr. Vesey Fitz gerald had been defeated by their forces. He men tioned how they had been brought up. in hundreds to vote for thecourt candidate, and how they had turned to the " right about" at the command of Mr. James O'Gorman Mahon. (Hear, hear.) Not only had the men of Clare voted in favour of Mr. O'Con nell, but they had been induced to do so by that sort of influence which was irresistible. For instance, if a husband was wavering, his wife immediately pro claimed to him, in terms by no means equivocal, that he must never more expect to kiss her lips unless he voted for Dan O'Connell. (Laughter.) In ad dition to this, the .maidens of Clare entered into a solemn resolution never to marry a man who dared to vote against the Liberator of his country.—( Cheers and laughter.) The motion was put, and carried by acclamation. Mr. FINN was about to speak, when a tremendous noise &dm abroad Borst on the meeting. All eyes and ears were erect, when the arrival of the Hon. Member for Clare was announced. It was impos sible to give even a faint idea of the shouts which hailed his entrance. But the most enthusiastic applauders were the immense groups of ladies in the gallery. When silence was obtained, Mr. O'CONNELL, M.P., rose, and said, that although he had lost some of the powers of utterance (Mr. O'Connell was very hoarse), yet he was amply compensated by the increase of good spirits and alacrity presented by the cheering prospect to his view. —(Cheers.)—He would begin by telling them one thing they had never heard before. They never before heard a Roman Catholic Member of Parlia ment speak.—(Cheers.)—That was a novelty ; but he had another to tell them, a novelty never heard of in any country, namely, an election in which the re . - semblance of contest and controversy had been en tirely laid aside, ---Where there had not been a particle of conflicting passion. —(Cheers.)—Not an obstacle had been given to the adverse candidate or his voters; neither had there been any broken heads, a great contrast to the English elections. Although the weather was such as to render the , use of spirituous liquors a necessity, yet not a man tasted a drop during the entire election. There - were no profane oaths; no blasphemies; so that' the election resembled in sonic measure a reli gious ceremony. The Honourable ,Member then . stated, that out of the four Protestant . forty: shilling freeholders in Clare, three voted for. him. The Protestant churchwarden of Scuff, and the Reverend Mr. Stenson, a Protestant curate, had also voted for him. (Cheers.) Mr. O'Connell then proceeded to ridicule the Ministry, whom he called the Sardanapalian minions of the throne, and adverted especially to a certain " filthy apothecary," who instilled his poiSrm into the Rgyal ear, and who had advised the sending for the pious and sainted Duke of Cumberland, to put him at the head of the people of Ireland. He observed, that if the Duke of Wellington was the great man his flatterers pretended he was, lie ought to • pack up in a box this meddling political apothecary, and send him adrift down the Thames, not with a hole in the bottom of the vessel, for that would be a cruel way of disposing of him; but in 'such a way as would effectually prevent his being able to distract the councils and the country henceforth. (Cheers and laughter.) The Hon. and Learned Gentle man then described his journey. He' mentioned the mode adopted of introducing music into Catholic chapels, stated with what 'rapture. he had listened to the band, performing with the precision of the band of •any martial regiment, and described the character of the music to be not of a sombre cast, hitt to partake of a military cha racter, and to be conveyed in the animating strains of GarryoWen, and other popular, national; harmo nious themes. Mr.' O'Connell then proceeded to notice a circumstance to which he particularly called the attention of the Duke of Wellington and fit.. Peel. In his course from Ennis lie had, received demonstrations of exultation from upwards of 300 of his Majesty's soldiers ! In places where the eye. of observance had not been upon them, the military threw up their caps, and one man in particular, be longing to a light infantry company, cried, " May God bless you at any rate." The Hon. Member next alluded to the anxiety of the Irish people to co-operate with their English brethren for the common good, and said that he trusted time adoption of a system of conciliation would. strengthen both countries, and that the concession of unqualified emancipation would unite and cement them in one formidable bond of union, and enable them .to pre sent an impenetrable front, even though they should be opposed by the whole world.—(Cbeers.)---Mr. O'Connell concluded his very able address by ex pressing a hope that Ireland would soon have— " Happy homes and altars free— " Not her talisman, the sword, " But the spell-word—Liberty."—(Cheering.) Mr. BOYLAN next addressed the Meeting at great length, when . Mr. BRIDGEMAN was called to the Chair, and, on the motion of Mr. 07CONNELL, the Meeting ad journed to three o'clock this day. (From the Dublin Freeman's Journal of Saturday.) The Meeting, as adjourned from the (lay before, took place yesterday, at the Association Rooms, at three o'clock. Sir T. EsmoNuE, Bart., in the chair. H. G. CURRAN, Esq., was requested to act as Se cretary. The Learned Gentleman read the minutes of the preceding Meeting. Mr. CoNwAY read a letter from the Rev. Mr. Quin, Catholic Curate of Castlereagh, inclosing IC/. towards the patriotic Clare fund. Mr. O'CoNNELL, M.P., handed in 1311. 13s. 4d. from Galway, towards the Clare fund. Several sums of money were then handed in by Mr. O'Connell and others. Mr. FrrzsmoN handed in several sums. Mr. O'DWYER read a letter, signed William Morris, addressed to Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., inclosing 81. from Borisaleigb, and also a letter from the York Catholic Defence Society, inclosing 10/. A great many other sums were then paid in. Mr. CAvANAGn said, that 70/. had been collected in a few hours at Newry, and that on Saturday be hoped to hand in a larger sum from that place.— (Cheers.) Mr. J@IIN REYNOLDS said, be had a resolution to propose relative to the oaths which it was necessary a person should take before he wa; a it ow ,d to sit in Parliament. Liberal Protestants as well as Ca tholics detested the oath which said that the Catholic religious was damnable and idolatrous. (Cheers.) H e would therefore move that copies of these abo minable eaths be printed and published in the usual Dublin and London newspapers for six months. — (Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL said, he bad intended to submit the matter to a Committee, and to have them pub lished, not only in the London and Irish also in the F renc h, I ta li an , Spani,h, Portugue se, and Russian papers. (Ch e ers.) Other sums having been paid papers, but Mr. O'CONNELL rose and s ale!, that On the day before he had said England shou ld either crush or conciliate them.—(Hear, hear.) --The crisis was now come, and as they could not be so mad as to attempt the former, he looked forward to the latter course. He had undertaken the contest at Clare, not for himself or his own benefit, for he lost more by it—but for the cause of Ireland. The Duke of Wellington became Minister in order to stop out the Catholics; and they who said he intended to do any thing for the Catholic s, told What he believed, to be v saw the p men Arho surrounded l if he took office, was tt . not to expect any good Nl''''''' ‘—He (Mr. O'Connell) *iecy truth and riot be false. (Hear.) Whentive, Ome Throne, and Wellini,Premier who said he the w a sownhtl to keep when he k e a s iei e o p n ht ell why aerd would be worse than tttu. not evident that they qi e atn ' e.)-- - from his Ministry 2—(Heilli) was not a Cassandra, to pficlik. believed, and he declared tliW. Wellington was made Minis . out.—(Hear.) —Mr. Spring Rua, e , Vesey Fitzge that Major M‘Namara was to opt th eeth of the re raid, who dared to take office in the' t 'act.— nt over word solution of the Catholics of Ireland, se. Eck for the to poll' all the tenants of Lord Limer. President of the Board of Trade.-0.. lie would tell Mr. Rice that he was not sure of Limerick if he followed this line of cons Mr. (Hear, hear.) —This was no threat, it was conk 'titu tional language, and on it would they net. if , d Rice did not do his duty, was there not at l'sis Nicholas Philpot Leader ? He (Mr. .O'CormerA would go himself from door to door to canvas fore him, if Mr. Spring Rice continued to act the. doukle , part. He admitted, that when Mr. Rice knew that he (Mr. O'Connell) was about to stand, he with drew the original order ; and desired that the tenants should be allowed to vote as they pleased,—(Cheers) Y this sheaved that he (Mr. O'Connell) spoke not from personal feeling, and it gave: weight to his words. He would their implore of his friends of the press, to take down what he_ was about , to say. His conviction was, that Villiers Stuart was one of their ablest and h onestest friends in Par liament, and that no member in the House of Commons was more zealously devoted to their interests than he.—(Loud cheers.)—The Duke of Wellington's • administration - , .was hostile to 'them. They might give sweet 1 vords, but all they wanted was to get themselves established, ira order to give the Catholics harder blows. And the: men who called themselves the friends of the Catho- lies, and his supporters were worse than he. Vesey Fitzgerald, who pledged and swore himself to be their friend, and who upon all dilditions had atten ded and voted for them, was nicely turned out of Clare for such conduct as this. He (Mr. O'Connell) spoke as a professional man—as a country gentle man of middling fortune.', To be sure, be was now a member of Patliament:—(Cheers.) As tl:le truly' peter of Ireland's feelings, he would say shat no member shall be returned for any open plate in Ire land who would not pledge himself to oppose the Duke of Wellington's. Administration.—(Loup cheers.) Liberal clubs should be established ist every county. The clergy would go with theme, who were honest in 999 out of I,ooo.—(Cheers.)) —There might, .of course,'be a Father Coffey, who , might betray his country; but even he was aban— doned. He brought with him 75 to vote for the as- - • cendancy. O'Gorman Mahon met them near Ennis, : and only took off his hat, when they all turned over, and said " Father Coffey, we will give you your Lay."' (Cheers and laughter.)—,They should be 'practical.. The first county on their list was Galway. He wpuldnot then say anything calculated to exasperate, certain private feelings, but when the day of trial came, all these should -be merged in the common good. What they wanted was a Protestant gentle man of fortune, who would' pledge himself to op pose the administration of the Duke of Wellington till emancipation was granted,—to support ev ery measure calculated to advance civil and - religiouo liberty to all sects and denominations, and to advo-• cite Parliamentary Reform.—(Cheers.)-.--Justice' was what England and Ireland wanted, and justice they never would get unless there was a.Parliamen tary Reform.—(Cheers.)—He (Mr.' O'Connell) professed himself to be a 'radical reformer; and al' though some persons blamed him for avowing 'hire.' self, he could not conceal the truth. Would such gentleman be found. Mr. ComvN.—Yes.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL—If so, an excellent and pa' triotic Catholic gentleman of rank and extensive fortune in the country, Mr. Dillon Bellew, told hive he would give his interest to such amala.—(Cheers.) If they had not been abandoned in Clare, Willion Nugent Nl‘Namant would fill the station he then cupied.—(Hear.)—Every Protestant and honest Orangeman ought to join them - now...He did na l mean those bloody miscreants Who were.halloed Un by ruffianly incendiaries, for they never could- 11 _conciliated: but he meant su c h O rangemen as (-/' Brownlow had been, than whom Ireland could not boast of an honester man nor a better patriot.-r" (Cheers.)—He would pass from Galway to Deal; Dawson, the brother-in-law of Peel, represente d `that county. It would be very easy to turn him out , (Loud cheers.)—He hoped he would be assisted la, hustling out the brother-in-law of Peel.—(Lou d cheers.) There was a Protestant Gentleman li' that county who would stand by them. They shoul d collect the rent in every house, and who would re fuse to pay when Derry Dawson was to be turned Out ? They could return two for Fermanagh. He hoped the representative of the ancient house w e ' Mao•uire would soon represent that c ounty , ari d ill Sir Henry Brooke came forward he also Would be returned. Then poor Billy Humphrey's might weer' over his Orange relation's defeat. They would turn , one at least out of Tyrone. And why was it that Stopford represented Wexford ? (Hear.) But the Wextbrd men would put him also out at the next election. It was a disgrace to see the son of Coot' town, the King's servant,—a gentleman of the bed" chamber for ail purposes—(cheers and _laughter) —who got his wages like any other menial—it was a shame -to see this man's son representative for Wexford. The etymology of the word " genius" indicate ; its true and genuine meaning. For it is evidently &lived from the verb gigno, to beget or produce. Tut; DOMESTIC SWALLOW.—In the kitchen of Mr. JOliN GOULD, ganlener, of Newland, a swalloil has, during the present summer, built her nest, produced young ones, and is now building a second nest. The ino o , singular thin g i s , th at t h e bi r d, i n o r d er to ga i n access anti egress, waits the pleasure of the inmates of the house, opening the door, and, at these' opportunities, passes t° and from her nest. This is the second year that a swalloo f has built in the same situation, and there is no doubt ths l it is the same bird..—.Xfull Packet. ! BIRTHS. On the 2d inst., the lady of the Right Hon. H. 'ls r ; Williams Wynn, his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Copenhagen, of daughter. On the 15th inst., at his residence, Beech-hill, Berko' the lady of Whinfield Round, Esq., barrister at law, of a moo' On the 17th inst., at hisresidence in Tavistock-squarel the lady of S. Evans Riadore, Esq., of a son. On the 16th inst., the lady of Peter Mac Evoy, Esq. ° I Great Cumberland-place, of a son. On the 13th inst., at Edinburgh, the lady of Colon° Mayne, of a son. MARRIED. On the 17th inst., at St. Michael's, Coventry, Air. Boer of Fulham, to Catherine, youngest daughter of the late Ml' Richard Baker, of Coventry. On the 10th inst. , at the church of St. Peter Mancraftf N, on,n w t . r. • 1 I‘alglii.‘ W. Bradish, o f N ew Y or k, to H a rriet t ' y liter of Mr. G eorge W arne, o f t h e f ormer risi‘ r i On the 16th inst., at Wilmington, Susssx, by the Be`' 1). Blake, Mr. James Comerford, jun., of 'Cliarige.all e : / ' Loudon, to 11Ls 13ii , sett, of Wilmington. DIED. On the 16th inst., at his house in, Witnpole-street, Tb es ' Divett, E sq., ." P. for Lytnington. On the 13 t h i nst., in Thayer-street, Manchester-squ are ' Esther, youngest daughter of Abraham Maling, late of Bury St. Edmund's. She, had the virtue's a n d 1 "" 1111 ess of au angel, awl is most deeply mourned la men ted. On the 30th ult. at Padstow, after a lin;ering Charlotte, daughter of the late Thomas Rawlings:EN ° - I'adatow, in the county of Cornwall. On the 17th inst., at Newington-green, in her 56th e ver Ann, the wife of John Rotton, Esq., D e puty C,omptr ° of his Majesty's Excise. On the 9th inst., in Daniel -street, Bath, Mrs. gar tila Farrah, in the 80th year of her age, On the 15th inst., at Forty-hill, Enfield, Ma t ' i da ' youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas Witherby. Matt On the 12th inst., at hi s res ide nce at Fulham, Burchell, Esq., deeply lamented. PRINTIiD and runusuEn by M. YOUNG, at the SUN OFYI CSI No. 112, Strand, London. A ,:, ~c ' •>44 I !PI la g tbi for • ' at be tt ul