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he" ! bete, have dooined hi-tA to immediate de struction. Such we know to 'have been the 11"ti se of th e Magistrates humane and politic direction. Sir WOLSELEY has written a Letter, which a ppeared in Th e B r i t i sh P ress exclusively this day. lie hope, for the credit of that Paper, which does not, like all the other Opposition Papers, advo cate Jacobin principles, that it was not exclu sively sent to that Paper, as it would be a de trading and an injurious compliment. We have I " room for the letter in question, which is so tin Y a composition that it is more severe upon 'tie writer than any comment that we could make. 'the Baronet tells a cock and a bull story of what IPassed between him and a female tenant, and re ales a story o f the cruelty of one of the Yeo ',,)ll4nrY Caval r y, s i m i lar to that of HUNT. The clicals. however, are all in the same story, but conceive that none even among themselves will believ e any of them. The following article is taken from The Dublin Ev ening Post of the 4th inst. Though we see the se xed, names of s ome v er y respecta bl e characters an yet we cannot but conceive that their feel ings have hoodwinked their judgment, and that ebe Y have unwarily given their sanction tr. a ii r e n l °f delusion, intended to seduce our fellow Subjects into a service where they will share in ! re " d angers, an d have no chance of participating IA any benefits :....... " VENEZUELA. rl `` The sta bility which now characterises the lel!‘v fiovtrntrient of this fine Country, and the i i i ,p,hierable advantages which Major-General vEREux is enabled to guarantee, from the ii - e ge tract of territory granted to him, and which 1. pro "ses to settle with his own Countrymen, justifies the formation of a Board for the purpose Proinoting such settlement of the Irish in Ve tezela. 116PiVri vot e a c t i n o r n diri g i n at the request, arid with the t'ar t i of Majo r -G enera l D'E VEREUX, h as been formed.—The Members of the are Sir FREDERICK FLOOD, Bart. Ri c". WOGAN 'TALBOT, Esq. M.P. WILLIANI HUNIPFIREYs, Esq. PAT. DEMPSEY FOLEY, Esq. JOHN FtNLAY, Esq. Sec. MATHEW FOLEY, Esq. S . "AI all Emigrants destined for Venezuela, in e"lulexion with General D'EvEaeux, ire in . tore to go toutu as Settlers, Candidates for with's' lion into Colony are, in the first instance, to glib mit testimonials of character, qualifications, and general fitness to th e inspection and appro bation of this Board. " MEDICAL Bo ARD. As it i s neces s a ry that tach 'person going out should obtain a Certificate of the snitablettesS of his constitution for a Tr " ieal etiolate, and as it will be also necessary to I ll e i nd On hoard ship, with each division of Settlers, B 'llia° Gentlemen of character and skill, .a !hroard has been formed, at the request, and witli the approbation of Major-General D'EvettEux, th e llilrpose of examining into the pretensions, 14 ,,C:j i ell) en . t , and qualification s of Professional kientletnen Who may be Candidates for such situ ations. :` The Members of the Medical Board of the l d ‘zbveanr r e tn ent of V enezuela thus appointed in Ire- LUKE W ALL, M.D . President. GEO. F. ToppERIcK, M.D. Vi ce -P res i dent. DLIVE , THONL R DEASE IS RUMLLY, Members of the Royal FRANCIS WHITE, College o f S urgeons . JANIES E ERIN, FRANCIS T. BENSON, Staff Surgeon, Secretary." rum C a -=ether advices have been received from the —aPe of Gond Hope, together with a series of eape.town Gazettes. It should seem from these authorities, that Colonel WILTSHItte is using °very exertion to collect his forces for the purpose 'lf tideavottring to repttlie to Caffres. His str- I nngertreots arc ardne said t o h e in a state of great for tvss, and little doubt is felt that these vs 'aCes will ultimately be driven back to their own Ileritu r"Y• 'fi ft y had niP.ttie an attack upon the :3090 and 4000 s trPper fire drift -Nat to the number of between bot it was successfully by y i La nd 13i as of the African defended corps. De atketie'nd to re ' ent s of the 3Sib •and 34 t h regiments had II Y the o rce the army on flee frontier. Pi Sun day • raeton frigate, which arrived on . - even.ng at Portsmouth trout th e East Indies, vstle !Lave received Calcotta Papers to the 24th of ar ch. 'fifty contain the details of the establish titer r it ol a British port at Sincapore, the ancient sn• • • M a l 'nnitee capit n t of the Malaya, in the Straits of acea, by Sir alh THO MAS STAMFORD RAFFLES ; and r. a of n account of the Stile of the G overnment Acheen, with which that Officer hoped to lotto irr a.trgtinelllS of a permanent nature, for the se curitY uf onr commerce, and the mutual advan tage Of the subjects of both States. It was on the 3 Ist of January the British flag was hoisted On the Isl and of Sineapore, from which. be took his Ititparture for Penan g on the 14th of February, lh 'Tig left Major FARQUHAR at Sincapore as Re -41(ItIlt. a Sir FRANCIS BURnETT has given 200 guineas to the Manchester subscription.--(Aturning Paper.) , A Gentleman of veracity positively assures us, 'flat last Sunday evening he . saw a numerous body Li re?), armed with pikes, training to military exercise, upon Crossland Moor, near Hudders l`l.--(Leeds Independent.) The Harvest in the Isle of Weight is over. So large a clop is scarcvly recollected. Many Farmers have + . •nterted their ricks in the fieltls for the want n; r "" 1 - At the form e d same time we are credibly in , , that t h ere is an abundance of old Wh eat. •A' -asater near Newp ort has nearly 100 loads o f d u°d O ld whe at , the remains of last year's pro uce. kbit l'l-lh Bi-71'4. Ata. EDITOR—A Letter in THE Stitt of Yester day, signed " A PITTITE," contains sentiments which fully uphold all that we contend for. We want the vonsulta patrum, the leges juraque—we want the representation be mentions ; and we want no other organ to defend our rights, 'to pro tect our liberties. We should be perfectly satis fied. There would then be no occasion for gag ging bills, no occasion for new treason bills. — Give us a Parliament such as I'ITT * wanted with the Duke of RICHMOND, instead of the present Sarum Parliament, and the voice of the people ;who delegated the trust would be heard. Your constant Reader, though a Steady and UNDAUNTED REFORMER. Thursday, Sept. t. • Our Correspondent forgets, that when Mr. PITT was an advocate for Parliamentary Reform, he was impelled by the ardour of youth, and the enthusiasm of ambition ; but as he proceeded in life, and had more opportunities for observation and reflection, he did not think it wise to tamper with a Constitution, which, whatever might be its defects in theory, is practically the best system ever devised by political saga city.—We do not think it necessary to advert to any opinions of time Duke of RICHMOND, whose mild attack upon Lord CIIATIIAM most probably raised such feelings of indignation in the Noble Lord, as were too much fur his exhausted body, and shortened a life that might otherwise have been prolong sd for the benefit of the country.—Editor. SHIP NE\%TS. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 4.—A paragraph appearing in The Cornwall Gazelle of this day, of 25,000 hogsheads of pilchards being taken in the Mount's Bay, we beg to say that the statement is erro neous, and that not more than 2,500 hogsheads are, up to this time, taken in the whole county. DEAL, SEPT. 6.—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Tatar, DOWNING, from Cadiz ; Ruby. CHAPMAN, from Sierra Leone for Hull ; Regalia, (late ELLIOTT), trom Jamaica ; and Hardy. STANHOUSE, front St. Lucia. Caine down from the River the Charles Fawcett, CuAss, for Phila delphia; Sprightly, BAKER, for Lisbon ; and Jo !ins Czsar, Luctus, for Demerara, The wind this afternoon got to the N.W., and the whole of the outward-hound have sailed. COWES, SEPT. 6. —Arrived the Columbus, RoBBINs, from Batavia, out 120 days ; in lat. 38. long. 11. 2. spoke the ship Caravan, or Caroline, from Calcutta, out 130 days ; and in lat. 29. 49. long. 33. 54. spoke the Richmond, from Canton for London PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 6,—Sailed the KOIOSOff, HAGENFTEIN, for Petershorgh. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. s.—Arrived the Neptune, WADS, from Buenos Ayres ; sailed the 11th June. On the 3d Aug., in lat. 32. 28. long. 40. spoke the Ann, from the South Seas for London. The Dee, DixoN, which was on shore, has been got off and brought into dock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING R( ST. L 'OM, SEPT. 6. :GER. 15 to 1 agst The Laird 16 to 1 Cardinal Wolsey 16 to 1 Shamrock I 20 to i Mortimer. S to 1 agst Lisette 3f to I Sultan 9 to 1 Sir Walter I t to I Agricola 13 to 1 Archibald WARWI K CUP. 4 to 1 agst Duplicate. 7 to 4 agst Advance $ to 1 Corregio ROWING AGAINST WALKlNG.—Yesterday after noon, a Gentleman belonging to Chelsea Hos pital bet five guineas with a Gentleman of the same department, that he would row a wherry from Cheyne \Valk, Chelsea, to Waterloo Bridge, whilst the other would walk from Cheyne Walk to the same place. They started at five o'clock, and the boat arrived at half -past five, two minutes before the Pedestrian. The distance is upwards of three miles by land, which was per formed in 32 minutes with apparent ease. The spectators were nutnerous both on land and water. Tug THRATRR.-Covent-GAillen Theatre com menced its season last night with the Tragedy of Macbeth. The Hero of the piece was personated by Mr. C. Ktmat-s, who acted with energy, and when mellowed by practice in the character, will doubtless give more variety of colouring to what was a spirited portrait.—Mrs. BUNN, late Miss SOMEttVtLLE, possesses a commanding figure, and is altogether an Actress of considerable merit. She pitches her voice too high, and, therefore, is not sufficiently articulate: There was evidently a good conception of the character in her performance of Lady Macbeth, and proof of improvement since she last appeared on the London Boards.—YaTas was by no means successful in Macduff. His ge nius is certainly not of the Tragic order.— Blue Beard followed, with great magnificence in sce nery, dresses, processions, &c.—We have already noticed the improvements in the interior of the Theatre.—The House was Pl. The Duke and Duchess of KENT were present, and were received with the most loyal greeting, and God save the King, sung by all the vocal performers, excited warm and universal acclamations. Ex ECUTION.—James Poulter, convicted of sheep stealing at the late Croydon Assizes, and the only person left for execution by Mr. Baron GARROW, underwent the dreadful sentence of the law yes- terday morning, at Horsemonger-lane. The cul prit was well known as a person of notoriously profligate habits, and did not himself, from the moment of his conviction, entertain the slightest hope of mercy. He died truly penitent. , This morning, about six o'clock, an alarming fire broke out at Mr. Goodharll's, sugar-baker, Limehouse, near the water-side, which entirely consumed the premises, with the stock in trade thereon ; but by the arrival of engines, and a good supply or water, the times were prevented from doing further damage. FOR iniiii', sbii-o AtPORX. Mr. EDITOiI—At a moment when " Reform" s the watch word of Treason, and "Reformist" .he specious Synonym with Rebel, 'an Advocate 'or Reform feels how circumspectly he must ad tress one, whose Constant boast and glory has been the defence of our unrivalled Constitution in religion and politics, and tivhOise strenuous and unabating endeavours in this glOrious cause have, in so numerous instances, been eminently success- ful in preserving his fellow-countrymen, good Christians and faithful citizens, amidst the wildest tempests of blasphemy and rebellion. Yes, Sir ; though such assurances cannot be new to you, 1 must not refuse myself the gratification of assur ing you, that it has been my good fortune to have witnessed several instances, where a ray from the " SUN" has driven to their native Tartarean dark ness the insinuations of a ‘VoOLER, a CORBETT, or a SHERWIN ; triumphs, which the influence rather than the ability of such antagonists ren ders important, and for which you deserve the thanks of your Country, or, at least, of every man who has his country's interest next his heart. It is under these impressions that I venture to offer you some remlrks on a subject, not (I think) sufficiently considered, and in which I confess myself an " Advocate for Reform." Yes, though this word, the boast of a few centuries since, has been so grievously misused of late, had a " cal Reform" in one point of English law, bten timely instituted, there would have been reason to hope, that we should never have heard of Sedi tion under this or any other name. 1 mean the Law of Libel. Many excellent Lawyers had long been of opinion, that this Law was inadequate to the end proposed ; but if any thing had been non' wanting to convince the community at large of this truth ; it would be fully removed by those coarse and shameless libels which are weekly, nay, daily, emanatiug from the metropolitan press, from which the wretched cause of the R a di ca l Desperadoes is deriving continual strength, and t without which its " bad eminence" would be per fectly untenable, but which are at the same time totally out of the reach of this and every other law of the land. It were useless to enlarge on the national im portance of the Press, especially in a countty where every corner has been pervaded by educa tion ; all ate sensible of the circulation, all are sensible of the influence of cheap seditious tracts, accommodated to the ideas and capacities of.the vulgar. Why should order and religion, their defenders and ministers, be abused and insulted with impunity ? Such '' Liberty of the Press" differs not greatly from the " Political Liberty" with which our friends the " Radicals" would tt eat us. WhV shall some notorious villain take shelter beneath a law which forbids an honest man to expose him, while every name, nay every institnt ion, that is great, respectable, venerable, es timable, shall he unprotected from the harpy pollu tions of CoBsETT, WC:OM-ER, or any other pestife rous Reptile ? Shall the venom o f The M orn i ng Chronicle tall daily nut egarded on the palladium of the State, or the more darin g Examiner, with em poisoned fang, weekly profane the ark itself of the covenant ? The Law of Libel as it at present stands, has al ways been sufficently evaded by a few straggling letters, interspersed with dashes, which, being substituted for the name of a person to be libelled, could only be fitted up at the peril (if indeed there were any) of such as undertook to do so. They were, however, generally as efficient as though the whole name had been written. This safe and efficacious method, our bolder libellers, for what reason I know not, have, in great measure, aban doned, and they have no scruples in exhibiting at WI length the most respectable names amid the vilest scurrility.-1 do not think their present sys tem !gore culpable any farther than it is more im pudent than the former. Both are equally injuri ous ; and prove that innocence, nay merit, may be vilified with impunity in this land of justice, while moral deformity is allowed to exult at it withers the generous hand which unveils it. The manifest importance of the subject has de tained me longer than I at first intended. To conclude, I could wish that evert, indiVidual should be punished who should aver or publish any false hood tending to affect the reputation of an other ; that truth should he allowed its due course ; and that where mysterious dashes are int roluced, every person whose name can correspond should be allowed to prose cute, thus rendering this evasion still !mire to be avoided. We should then see and hear no more against our Regent and his Ministers, no more against our Church, Louis., Or Commons. The rabble Demagogues would tall into their pris tine oblivion!, and amuse themselves with shoot ing at MIDDLETON and SMEDLaY, rather than in the streets of Manchester or Stockport. Your Constant Reader, Stockport; Sept. 3. ANANIORPHON. WINDSOR, SHPT. Fr►day his Royal Highness iI:P Duke of Yoa& arrived at the Castle. On Saturday he held a Council, which was at tended by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Arden, and Lord Henry : after the Council, his Royal Highness went to Oatlands, ►►►id the Ai eh bishop of Canterbury and Lord Henley to Lou don. Lord Arden remains in waiting on his Ma jesty in the room of Lord Henley. On Satur day the Royal Horse Guards, Blues, were in spected in the Barrack-square, by Lord Edward Somerset. The ship Drie Vrienden, Captain Thol, from Pernambuco to Africa, was taken possession of on the 9th of May, at D'Elrnira, by three of the crew, who, after murdering the Captain, his son, and a seaman, carried the vessel out to sea and blew her up. We have been enabled by good authority to state that Sir GEORGE NUGENT has been appoint ed to succeed Sir GEORGE BECKWITH as Com mander of the Forces in Ireland. The latter will leave Dublin for England in the course of next month. —(Cork Advertiser.) The gallant ilst Regiment has subscribed one day's pay towards the erection of the National Monument in Scotland, ii . tii - iiiib . &fr:6i- :a CONIMOT .iiAil. MANtoN - Fiotiss.:-=Yesterdair, shortl t!ii LOBE) MAYOR bad taken his seat in tie Cun'c, three Members of the Livery of London, as a De putatiOn, presented themselves, and retinested to be informed tsthether was his Lordship's ;ion to comply with the Requisitiun recently ad;- dres - sed to him by 'certain of the Livery, request;. ing him to call a COmmuh h all dt an early day, for the purpose of taking into cOnsideratiCoCilie late proceedings at Aiancliester; and for outer purposes, us in s4id mentioned. The Loßn lkiAxon sinswcred, that he bad considered the eabjeet of the said Requisition ; but tbat it was nut his in tention to tall a Connuon Hall on the occasion; htit that it was, to call a Comilion Air. FEARON then reijuested his Lord Ship to signify his re fusal writing.—This, however, his Lordship refused. Mr. F%anON then said, in a tone not the most courteous, that he supposed his Lordship acted from his o*n mere tab," trary The LORD MAYOR replied, be 'supposed the Centleman came there for the purpo:t:e of insulting hini in the duties of his Office. He would not, however, disetits the question at present in this place; but content himS'elf with declining to comply with the requisition.—The Deputation then With drew. AIR. HUNT. LETTER from 211). HUNT to a FRIEND TOWN. " Lancaster, Saturday, Sept. 4. " MY DEAR Sra—Last night the Grand Jury here returned a true bill, in an indictment against the famous Mr. Richard OWen for perjury, hle having falsely sworn, on his examination before the quorum of Manchester Magiitratei, at the New Bailey, that Mr. Monrhouse, of StoCkport, was on the hustings on the l6th of August, on Sr. Peter's-plain. This Morning bills of indict ment for perjury were also preferred against Platt and Derbyshire, for having, on the same ()ma. sion, falsely sworn to the some fact, which was colitradicteol by he same nine witnesses who gave evidence before the same Grand Jury on the for mer indictment, on which they returned a true bill. Thus have this Grand Jury at all events found a hill against themselves : for if it was right to return a true bill against Owen, why Grow.Oirt the bills against the others, there being no differ= ence in the facts sworn to by Hatt and Derby shire, any other than that of the two latter hav ing stated they were well acquainted with Moor house, and therefore could not have sworn to him by accident ? Bills of indictment were also pre ferred against severA persons for capital felony, for cutting and thaiming with sabres, with intent to kill, tinder Lot d Ellenborottelva A c t t h ese were delivered into the Grand Jury by Messrs Pearson and Harmer last night, and this morning the Solicitor for the Treasury delivered in a hilt against myself and the other persons for a conspi racy to alter the Govetnment by force and threats ; and as we were waiting to be called in as witnesses on the former bills, Mr. E.B.Wilbrahrtm, who had hitherto been sitting upon the Grand Jury, rerifed, and informed us that be did so in consequence of the bill preferred against us by the Crown be ing then about to be investigated by the Grand Jury ; upon which I wrote and sent in to Lord Stanley a Protest against the proceedings, as be ing not only irregular, hut Unjust towairtli us, by giving the precedence to the hearing of the bill against us, before they investigated thoSe which we had presented the day before. But this was over-ruled, and Nadin, Platt, and Derbyshire are now examining before the Grand, Jury, who, I have not the least doubt, will 'find a true bill against us, upon the evidence of such men as the above, all belonging to the Police, even if we should be charged with sheep-stealing. twb of the bills that we have sent in arc for dreadfully cutting two women, one of them a very interest ing imaried young i.voinan, of about 3 years of age, with a fine child in her arms of five months old, who had its brains neatly dashed out by the fall its mother received, when she was cut down with the sabre of one of the Yeomanry, by in flicting a wound of four inches long on her skull, and the wretch rode back, and had another cot at her as she and her child lay weltering in their blood. There are now hall a score persons here dreadfully cut and maimed, waiting to prefer bills. We shall do every thing we can to Wing these men to justice ; but, aki:Mgt) we have the strongest and best proof, yet I have no hopes of ahy real justice being done to bring the Grand Jurymen, brother Magistrates, and relations., to trial here. We are anxious to know what was done at the Westminster Meeting. Remember toe to all friends, and say that 1 am in good health and spirits. Recollect that Oven, Platt, and Derbyshire, were the only material witnesses againit us. Justice Ilulton, known here by the name of Miss Hutton; being a great tiaraly, is sit ting On the bench with the Judge. " Your's sincerely, " H. HUNT," 1-1 VNT'S PROTEST. ADDRESSED TO LORD STANLEY, FOREMAN OF THS GRAND JURY. "My Loin,-=-I beg leave respectfully to remind your Lord ship, that there were s'Jveral bills of indictment submitted vett erday afternoon to the judr,ment of the Grand Jury by myself and sever:-.1 ether persons, who received 110 ry by the events of the 16th ultimo. I find that a bill has been sent in. to the Grand JUry this morning, in Which the conUderation Of the same events is invtilted and have learnt that the witnesses upon the latter bill are intended to be called and, examined before those which preceded it. 1 feel convinced duet 'so irregular a proceeding must have been adopted with out salicietit consideration. It cannot be necessary to re mind your Lordship and the Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, that the bills in question are presented to the judgment of au Inquest, and not of a Jury to try the cause I and that as their deposition Is retptired to be made out upon the evideoce produced on each bill, 1 am hilt discharging, a duty to my country, in respectfully requesting that the bills should lie beard in the Order in which they ate printed. " To Lord Stanley, Foreman, Grand Jury, Laucaster:' We understand that a Meeting was hell at thii CrOwn-andAnchor Tavern last night, for the purpose of making arrangements for the triumphal entry of Ho Ni' into London, on his retcYn trout :Manchester. The demagogue is to be attended by his old coulpailions of Smithfield and Spafiehts, bearing banners with such, inscriptions as they way deem appropriate. One Wat.Kgit was in the Chair list night, and GALE JONES %A 3 the lead ing otatur.—(New Times ) ich JA► sog ber : I° on° , the rill° Or . vo° - 'l\o