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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Ayers, May 15 [NEW TlMcs.] We have received the Mode, dated on Thurs day morning. It communicates an article from - Madrid, dated the sth instant, stating that the long expected amnesty has at length been pub lished. All amnesties contain exceptions : and the chief difficulty is to determine who shall be excepted. In the present instance the excep tions are not very numerous : and the individuals whom they include have probably for the most part found a shelter in England or elsewhere.— There is one class of offenders whom all must allow to deserve the stigma of the law ; we mean the assassins who murdered the cap tive Priest Vinuesa at Madrid, and those who committed similar murders in the prisons of Grenada. Atrocities of this kind. were com paratively rare in the Spanish Revolution : and it is but doing justice to the national feelings to brand them with peculiar infamy. We sin cerely hope that the amnesty may produce all the beneficial effects expected from it. The tran quillity of Spain is necessary to that of Europe in general. We are pleased to observe that the 't_i.;toite positively contradicts the rumour that 20,000 more French troops were about to pro ceed to Spain. The number does not exceed 4000 ; and these are merely to fill up the va cancies in the different regiments already in the Peninsula. The French Rentes maintain their prices, and even advance since the adoption of the law for the reduction of their interest. On Tuesday they were for money 104. 25.; for ac connt 104. 80. On Wednesday for money 104. 45., and for the account 104.85. The proceedings of the two Chambers present nothing of parti cular interest to the English reader. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] We confess we are astonished that Lord Archi bald Hamilton and Mr. Hume should defend Mr. Kennedy's Scotch Poor Law Bill, which has kindled such a flame in Scotland. Mr. Hume said, the object of the Bill was to put an end to a system of a most injurious nature. We deny that the Scotch Poor Law System is productive of any injury whatever, but we are sure that the , throwing the p oor o f S co tl an d ent i re l y on t h e col-, lections at church doors, for their support, would be productive of the greatest injury. The diffe rent speakers at the Presbytery of Glasgow all expressed themselves with the utmost acharement ) if we may so speak, against the Bill. Professor M'Gill said, " he was indignant, not only at the Bill itself, but at the mode of procedure which bad been pursued with respect to it." Dr.lFLean said " the Bill invests the Ministers and Elders ,with absolute and sovereign authority, and pro vided they seek no money from the heritors, allows them to despise and starve the poor, or, indeed do any thing they please with the funds. Can Eastern countries furnish an example of greater despotism ? The Government of Algiers was liberality to it." Hitherto we have not heard a single voice raised in favour of this Bill, and we can assure Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Hume, from what we know of Scotland, that it wilt , meet with universal repr o b a ti on . I t i s i mposs ib le to do without assessment s f or th e poor i n a c i- 1 vilized and prosperous country. The Bill would give rise to universal rnendicity. [MORNING POST.] After the Alien 13111 had been read -a third time last night in the House of Peers, Viscount Gage moved a clause by way of rider, providing that no Alien should be transported without his own consent to any part of the dominions of his natural Sovereign. The Earl of Liverpool op posed the clause as unnecessary, and declared that if the delivering up of an Alien were de manded and made an alternative of war at any time by a foreign Power, the alternative of war would immediately be taken. The Noble Vis count, however, persisted in his amendment, which was rejected on a division, by a majority of twenty-five to thirteen, and the Bill was passed. The Earl of Lauderdale then moved the second reading of the 11111 for removing the existing restrictions on the manufacture of Silks in this country, and explained the advantages of the measure both to the journeymen weavers and their masters. The Earl of Westmoreland urged the propriety of postponing any legislative enact ment on the subject, till the effect of the free importation of Foreign Silks in 1826 should have been ascertained, and moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. The second reading, however, was carried by a ma jority of 23 to 8, and the Bill, which is the same as that of last year, was ordered to be commit. ted on Tuesday next: The proceedings in the Commons possessed neither interest nor import ance. [BRITISH PRESS.) The Licensed Victuallers of the Metropolis have circulated, very extensively, a printed ap peal against the provisions of the new Beer 13111, which they consider will affect their inter e st s most seriously. They st ate that there are now eight thousand licensed victuall ers i n t h e metro olis and that the capital connected with their establishments exceeds ten millions sterling ; they add that there are more than 49 thousand censed v ictuallers i . n England and Wales, and that a capital of at least 25 millions st er li ng is involved in their establishments. They state, that in the City the licensed. victuallers occupy houses of considerable value, and have exp en d ed large sums of money i n their erection and pur chase; that thos e h ouses , a d a pted to public ac commodation, and to the meetings of benefit an d charitable societies, cannot be appropriated to other purpose's without great loss ; that the fix tures and furniture have cost large sums; and that their stocks of wines an d li quo rs cannot be disp ose d of, except to guests and domes tic consumers, without great loss. They further state, that th e y contr i bute largely, and directly, to the public revenue, by the sunis they an nually pay for the licence on the sale of spirits, on that of -wine and Meer, and the licence for the sale of tobacco; and, that they' can /lot endure so heavy a pressure if their trade be diminished and their burdens remain. Now, we should be sorry that any legislative measure pressed so heavily on their body as the licensed victuallers anticipate ; they are a very numerous class, and many of them highly respectable ; they are heavily assessed, and restricted by successive Acts of the Legislature, and no sudden measures should be introduced, breaking in on their trade, which has been hitherto encouraged and protect ed ; but we have read over the new Beer Bill, and can see nothing in it to warrant the serious and general alarm which the licensed victuallers now entertain. [THE TIMES.] Among the matters of domestic and daily in terest which affect the comfort of private families, and therefore deserve a share of public attention, the present operation of the Beer and Malt Duties is entitled to no inconsiderable place. There is no inducement which ought to be so powerful in leading to a reform of any branch of revenue, as the hope of relieving the poorer classes from a disproportioned pressure of taxation. Of this it has lo ng b een man if est t h at the poor o f Lng_ land might justly complain, from the manner in which the beer duties were distributed. — The malt and hop duty may be taken at twenty shillings per quarter of malt, and ls.4d. for eight p oun d o f h ops, t h e quantity equired for the manufacture of a quarter of malt into beer. These duties fall equally on the person who brews for home consumption, and on the brewe r for sale. But the business does not end th ere . The b eer b rewe d f or sa l e (which, under the name of strong beer, includes all the gradations from porter to the strongest ale) pays, i n addi tion to the malt and hop-duties, a farther tax of 9s. 2d. per barrel, which upon porter and beer of equal strength, being that in the most general use, is equivalent to a tax of from 30s. to 355. per quarter. So that the gentleman who brews for himself pays on the material a duty of 4215. 4d. per quarter, while the poor man, who has neither conveniencies nor capital for brewing, pays at the rate of fifty-one shillings to fifty-six shillings per quarter. This is a cruel disproportion, and has operated to the gra dual reduction in amount (as well as deterio ration in quality) of the beer manufactured for public consumption, regard being had to the increase of our population : while the more serious injury is, that it has restricted the comforts of the poor. It seems then to be a very fair demand upon the Minister, that he should, if unable, from considerations of revenue, to repeal the whole of the beer duties, at least so reduce them as will, through the superior skill and extensive business of the brewer, enable him to supply beer to the consumer at a price equal or nearly equal to that at which a private individual can manufac ture his own beer. To this end it is conceived by some respectable members of the beer trade, that a tax of ss. per barrel on strong beer (in. stead of 9s. 2d.) might with advantage be retain ed—leaving the duty of 2s, as at present, upon small beer, with an extension of price from 16s. to 205., for the sake of furnishing a superior article. [MORNING HERALD.] At a time when so much money is expended upon public buildings, we are surprised that some part of it is not bestowed upon those to which the people in general have the most fre quent occasion to resort. We do not complain of the sums laid out upon churches, palaces, libraries, and picture-galleries; or in the im provement or decorations of the metropolis, by he opening of new streets; yet we think that it would be right not altogether to overlook places of absolute utility and necessity. We "should think but little of the taste or judgment of the man who adorned his grounds with bridges, temples, and grottos, while his parlour and kitchen were scarcely habitable or useful.— We Would select, as an illustration of this re mark, the different police offices of the metro• polls, which (with the exception of the n ew one at Mary-le-bonne) are altogether useless, and inadequate to their purpose, and an actual dis grace to the country. Wbat must a foreigner think, who, after he has been shewn the various public buildings of London and Westminster, should have occasion to apply for redress at the Public-office in Bow-street, to find him self conducted through a labyrinth of dark dirty passages, leading to places of business, inferior to those of a pawnbroker's shop ? The offices in Marlborough -street and Hatton Garden are, if possible, still worse, and the rest not much better. When the police of the metropolis was first established, as an experi ment, it might be very right to incur as little expence as possible, and to put the succes sors of the trading Justices into such private. houses as would be got the cheapest in the situ ations required ; but now that this police has become part of our permanent system, and that branch of the public service to which the generality of people of all ranks have the most frequent access, surely it is due to those who administer the law there, and to those who pay for its administration, and are to be af fected by it, that the scene of its operations should be such as decent people can resort to with convenience and safety, and not as these places now are, unfit for every purpose of utility and respect. We wonder there is not a little esprit de corps upon the subject, and that the Se cretary of State for the Home Department does not require as liberal funds for the accom modation of his department, as the President of the Board of Controul and others obtain for eir's. If the thing were done gradually, e expence would hardly be felt or perceived. The principal office in Bow -street should be first remodelled, and new built. The lease of the office in Marlborough -st ree t i s , we b e li eve , soon expi r i ng, and that office, to which all the better classes of society, from its locality, are constantly resorting, should be made fit for their reception. A small annual expenditure of three or four thousand pounds, for a few years, would remedy the, inconvenience. At all events, while the means of the system are thus crippled and neglected, we cannot expect it to produce that convenience and satisfaction which it might other wise effect. LORD LONDONDERRY AND MR. BATTIER, TO THE EDITOR. 32, Grosvenor.place, May 14, 1824. SIR—It was not my intention to publish in the Newspapers any account of the event which occurred between the Marquis of Londonderry and Mr. Battier; but having seen in your Paper of this morning a statement purporting to be drawn out by Lieut.-Colonel Western, but published by Mr. Battier, by no means so full as it ought to be to give the public a true idea of the transaction, and not the copy of the statement shewn to me by Lieut.-Col. 'Western, on the 10th instant, and which I signed, I think it proper to send you for publication a statement of these transactions, which I drew out on the 6th inst., which I communicated to Lieut.-Colonel Western on the following day, and of which I sent him a copy, after making additions according to his observations. Lieut.-Col. Western has admitted the correctness of this statement, upon two dif ferent occasions, as appears by the memorandum written by myself in his presence on the 7th inst., and by that written by Lieut.-Colonel Western on the 10th May.— I am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. HARDINGE. sth May, 12 o'Clock. Lieutenant-Colonel * Western delivered a note to Sir H. liar dinpv, from the Lord Lo n d on d erry, re f err i ng Colonel W. as the bearer of a challenge to Lord L. from Mr. Battier, to Sir Henry. —Th e message was state d by Colonel W. to be founded' on the circumstance of Lord L. having desired Mr. B. not to dine at the regimental mess, on the 24th November last—Sir Henry, without entering into the merits of the circumstance above-mentioned, expressed his opinion that Mr. B. was not en titled to require private explanation, or personal satisfaction from Lord L. after he had chosen to adopt the unusual course of satisfying his feelings by appealing to the public ; and if that mode of redress were now felt by Mr. B. to be insuffi cient, it was no affair of Lord L.'s, and that, after a lapse of five months, any claim which he might have had, in the first instance, appeared to be lost by the delay, as well as by the appeal to public opinion. Lieutenant-Colonel W. admitted that, in his opinion, there was no absolute necessity, on the part of Mr. B. to send Lord L. a challenge after what had passed, but that Mr. B.'s sense of the injury he had received, by being desired to quit the mess room in the presence of ladies, induced him to seek the present mode of satisfying his feelings, which had been severely wounded by the silent contempt with 'which Lord L. had treated him, by not noticing his letters. This may be considered as the substance of the conversation which passed, Sir Henry proposing to confer with Colonel W. at three o'clock, when the following letter was presented by Sir Henry : No. 1. " " 32, Grosvenor-place, M a y 5, 1824 , SIR—I think it necessary to repeat most distinctly to you that I cannot admit Sir. Battier's right to call upon Lord Lon donderry for private satisfaction after Mr. Battier's appeals to the public for the last four months.—As you have also stated to me your opinion most unequivocally that there is no neces sity on the part of Mr. Battier to have recourse to the pro ceeding he meditates, I cannot reconcile it to my sense of honour and propriety to sanction any such measure, where both the Seconds are of opinion that the Principals need not meet.—Disapproving, therefore, in common with you, of the proposed Meeting, I shall avoid seeing Lord L. till I have con ferred with you at three o'clock.-1 am, &c. (Signed) " H. HARDINGE. " Lieut.-Col. 'Western." 3 o'Clock, p.m. At this interview, Colonel W. stated, that an explanation from Lord L. or from Sir Henry, informing him that there had been no intention on the part of Lord L. to question Sir. B.'s character as a gentleman would satisfy him. Sir Henry, not admitting, on the part of Lord L. Mr. B.'s claim to a private explanation after the preference shewn by that Gentleman for a public vindication of his character, de clared any such explanation to be inadmissible. And although lie had avoided seeing Lord L. be stated his Lordship's readi ness to meet Mr. Battier, as expressed in the note brought from Lord L. by Col. *W., the objection to the meeting being on the part of Sir Henry, and for the reasons already given. At this interview every means of arrangement having been dis cussed, Col. W. delivered die following note : cc \o. 2. cc May 5. Stet—Having seen your note, and admitting that there is no absolute necessity for Mr. Battier to call on the Marquis of Londonderry; sentiments in which I the more readily partici pate from former years of service with you, cad as Mr. Battier has placed his honour in my hands, I shall have no hesitation, after the conversation that has taken place between us, to as_ sire my friend that our mutual impression as the friends of parties, is, that after the publicity which has already taken place, no further steps are necessary. " Allow me to express my satisfaction that this unpleasant business should have fallen mto the hands of an Officer with whom I have formerly served, and for whom I always enter_ seined the highest opinion. " I am, &c. (Signed) " C. M. T. WESTERN. " Sir 11. Hardinge, &c. &c. &c." Five o'Clock. Sir Henry Hardinge's note, in answer to this, is the following, viz.:— :No. 3. " 32. Grosvenor-place, M a y 5. " have received your reply,' and request you will in. 'orm me of yo ur u l t i mate intentions before the evening closes. " I am, ecc. (Signed) "H. HARDINGE." Half-past six, P.m. Colonel IV. having conferred with Mr. B. returned to Sir Henry at half after six o'clock, requesting an explanation or a Meeting. The latter was immediately acceded to. The parties, it was considered, c o u ld not meet b e fo re h alf after eight or nine o'clock, which was deemed very objectionable by both the Seconds. A misapprehension, however, arose on this point ; Colonel 'W. conceiving the appointment for the meeting to have been at nine o'clock £lie same evening, and Sir Henry at nine o'clock the next morning. Sir H. H. having communicated to Lord L. the arrangement lie had made, wrote the following letter : "Lieut.-Col. Western. No. 4. " 32, Grosvenor-plac e May 5, 10 o'clock, p.m. " Sin—l have seen Lord L. and informed him of the mes sage Mr. B..has sent through you, in reply to my second note, requiring an explanation of Lord L.'s meaning in desiring Mr. B. to quit the Mess-room of the 10th Hussars, the 24th of Nov. " I request you to assure Mr. 8., that it is a matter of per fect indifference to Lord L. what Mr. B. feels or publishes,. he can. have no communication with him. The opinion I have expressed that Mr. B. has no right to expect the satisfaction he solicits, after five months suspension of his feelings, I now repeat. Your expressed opinion that there is no necessity for the meeting which Mr, B. requires, .I need not enlarge upon. Lord Londonderry has chosen to waive all the just objections which I think exist to the meeting you have requested ; and 1 have now only to inform you, that his Lordship will be at nine o'clock at Hyde Park-corner to-morrow morning, where I shall expect to see you and Mr. Battier. " I have the honour to be, &c. &c. " Licut.-Col. Western. (Signed) "H. HARDINGE." This letter was set to Colonel W. at eleven o'clock, fo the address he had appointed, but it did not find him there, and was on the following morning sent under cover to Mr. Battier, who received it about eight o'clock. 6th May, 9 o'clock, P.m. Lord Londonderry and Sir Henry remained at the place ap pointed until twenty minutes aft er n i n e o'clock, wh en Si r Henry wrote a pencil note to this effect : No. 5. " Hyde Park-corner, top of Grosvenor-place, 6th May, 20 minutes after 9. " Sir Henry Hardinge presumes there is some mistake. Lieut-Col. W. will find him here till ten o'clock. It will be inconvenient to Lord L. to wait any longer. " Lieut.-Col. Western." The following answer was uctived from Lt.-Col. Western : __ 6.—Dated 7th (should be 6th) May. " Lieut.-Colonel Western begs,leave to state, that Mr. Bat tier and himself were waiting at the top of Grosvenor-place, from two minutes before Rine till forty-five minutes past. " That seein no sigr.s of Sir Henry and his friend, they ' then got into the post-chaise again and returned to town.— ' Lieut.-Col. W. will w a i t on Sir H enry by twe l ve o ' c l oc k. " Sir Henry Hardinge." In consequence of this, Sir Henry rode to Colonel W.'s hotel in the City, who had, on the receipt of Sir Henry's note Of twenty minutes after nine hastened to Mr. Battier, and shortly after twelve o'clock ',Colonel W. appeared at Hyd e Park-corner. The mis un d erstan di ng as to the time of m eet i ng was explained, and Col. W: immediately returned for Mr. 8., and the parties were finally assembled at half after one o'clock. Having proceeded about four miles out of town, the pistols ice of one of th em was were brou g loaded by by t Sirh s o e second s a r n h ti e a c s h t o lie loaded pai r h a d b een given to Colonel Western. The ground was measured by both the seconds —ten paces ; the principals took their posts, levelling their pistols at the same time on the word being given to fire. Lord L.'s shot appeared to pass to the right of .Mr. B.—Mr. B.'s pistol missed fire. Lord Londonderry requested that 111 r. Battier might have another shot. • Thi s was declined by C o l one l Western on the part of Mr. Battier. .Colonel Western proposed that the principals shduld meet and shake hands. Sir Henry declared it to be impossible. Colonel 'Western having conferred with Mr. Battier informed Sir. Henry that Mr. Battier was satisfied. Sir Henry then begged the principals to advance, and in formed Colonel Western in their presence, that as Mr. Battier had received the satisfaction he wished to have, and had ex • pressed himself satisfied, he (Sir H.) had to make two ob servations upon the last published letter of Mr. B.:— In that letter there is an assertion personally reflecting upon Lord Londonderry, that he had sheltered himself under his rank from the consequences of an arbitrary act towards Mr. Battier. That assertion the present meeting sufficiently dis proved. Colonel W. and Mr. B. assented. The next observation which Sir Henry was obliged to make to Colonel Western was, that, in the s ame l etter , M r. B att i er asserted that, although Lord Londonderry denied having seen or perused a certain letter or letters conveying a censure upon the Officers of the Tenth Hussars fbr their conduct towards Mr. Battier, he (Mr. Battier) knew that Lord Londonderry had seen the papers. On the part of Lord Londonderry, Sir Henry declared, that the assertion contained in Mr. Battier's letter was false. Mr. Battier asked if it was meant to make him out a Liar ? Sir Henry observed to Colonel Western that Mr. Battier must ' have been misinformed, but that he could not qualify the ex pression, and that Lord Londonderry was ready to maintain his assertion by resuming his ground. Mr. Battier inquired if it was intended to add fresh insult ? If such were the case we had better go on. Sir Henry could only repeat his former expression, that the assertion was false, and that it was for Mr. Battier• to take his course. Mr. Battier said he referred it to Colonel Western. Sir Henry said they had better withdraw, and not be long, for fear of being disturbed. They withdrew (Colonel Western and Mr. Battier) a few paces fbr two or three minutes, and Colonel Western declared Mr. Battier satisfied, and that he did not intend to carry pro ceedings any further. The parties proceeded to their carriages and returned to town. Quarter after one o'clock, May 7. Colonel Western has read this document, and admits that he cannot state that there is any part which is not accurate.— Written in his presence and read to him. (Signed) 11. lIARDINGE. " May 10, 1824. " I admit the general substance and tenor of this statement tube correct. (Signed) "C. .M. T. WESTERN." (A true Copy.)H. HARDINGE. May 14, 1824. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAY 14.—0 n Thursday, May 13, the following Degrees were conferred : BACHELORS IN DIVINITY. Rev. John Thornton, Rev. Thom as P r i nce Wadham College. Rev. Thomas V. Short, Student of Christ Church. MASTERS or ARTS. Rev. J. G. St or i e, Magdalen College, Grand Compounder. Rev. Edw. Frowd, Exeter College, Grand Compounder. Rev. Charles Nut t, Magdalen College. William Graham, William Lemuel Shuldharn, Christ Church. Rev. John Law, Exeter College. Rev. John Roberts, Jesus College. Rev. - William Astley Brown Cave, Rev. Andrew Alf re d D au b e ny, Brasenose College. Rev. Charles D. Blyth, Fellow of St. John's College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Win. Robert Lawrence, Esq., Oriel Coll., Grand Compounder, George Price, }St. Alban Hall. John Jones, Robert Irvine, Magdalen Hall. Robert Lingen Burton, Edward Seymour, Christ Church. John Oakley Hill, Octavius Leach, Scholar of Jesus College. Ralph Maude, Thomas Win. Carr, Brasenose College. James Daubeny, Wni. John Agg, Pembroke College. Nathaniel Best, Balliol College. Fra Johncis n EdAnn ward Armstrong, St. John's College. esley, • Thomas Alfred Strickland, Postmaster of Merton College. Yesterday, May 14, the Rev. John Thornton, some time Fellow of Wadham College, and now Rector of Wisborough Green, in the Diocese of Chichester ; and the Rev. Thomas Prince, Fellow of Wadham College, and Chaplain to the Bri tish Residents at Brussels, were admitted Doctors in Divinity. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Lord Bishop of Bristol has instituted the Rev. Samuel Seyer, A. 31. to the Rectory of Filton, Gloucestershire, on the presentation of Mrs. Manley. The Rev. S. Halsted, A. 31., to the rectory of Little Thur. low, Suffolk ; patron, the Rev. R. C. Barnard, of Withersfield. The Rev. T. Seymour, 31. A., of Emmanuel College, Cam bridge, to the vicarage of Alelbourn, on the resignation of the Rev. J. Brocklebank, B. D. The Rev. Robert Jarratt, 8.A., scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the vicarage of Lockington.eurn-Remington, Leicestershire. The Rev. Robert Roberts, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, vicar of Haverhill, Sutiblk, to t h e v i carage o f Bly ton, Lincolnshire, on the presentation of the Earl of Scar borough. The Rev. Thomas Elton Miller, M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, has been licenced by the Bishop of Hereford to the Perpetual Curacies of Buckletos, in the county of Wor cester and Leysters, in the county of Hereford, on his own petition. H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex has been pleased to appoint the Rev. W. E. L. Faulkner, 31. A. of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Rector of St. John's, Clerkenwell, one of his Royal Highness's Domestic Chaplains. CAMBRIDGE, MAY 14.—At a congregation on Wednesday last, the following Degrees were conferred : BACHELOR IN DIVINITY.—The Rev. John Lonsdale King's College, (Compounder.) , MASTER OF ARTS.—The Rev. Henry Harding, Fellow of King's College. BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW.—Ralph Coote, of Trinity Hall. BACHELOR IN PHYSIC.—Thos. Jeffery, of Pembroke Hall. BACHELORS or ARTS.—George Brown Maturin, Fellow of King's College ; Henry Battiscombe, Fellow of King's Col lege; George Henry . French, of Trinity College (Compounder); Daniel Sykes, of Trinity College ; James Murray, of Catharine Hall. It is confidently expected that the Rev. Archdeacon Morn field, of Trinity college, will be appointed Bishop of Chester. Robt. Bentley Buckle, Esq : B.A. of Sidney College, was on Frid a y last elected Mathematical Lecturer of that society. On Saturday last, Mr. Thomas Worsley, B.A. of Trinity College, was elected a Clerical Fellow of Dowhing College. Lawrence Peel, Esq. ALA. of St. John's College, was on Friday last called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple. The Rev. Samuel Halsted, M.A. of Christ College, has been instituted to the Rectory of Little Thurlow, Suffolk ; patron, the Rev. R. C. Romani-. The Rev. William Spooner, M.A. was on Saturday last in stituted to the Rectory of Acle, Norfolk, on the presentation of the Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe. The Lord Bishop of Lincoln purposes holding an ordination at Buckden, on Sunday the 27th of June. The present CIIIEF JUSTICE Of IRELAND is fond of relating the following story. A boy about ten years old, of whose moral capability of appreciating the value of an oath he had some doubt, came before him to give evidence ; upon which the following dialogue occurred—" My little boy, do you go to church ?" " No—l am a Roman." 64 Well, do you go to chapel ?" " Yes—l play ball against the gable." "Do you know your creed ?" " No." " Or the command.. ments ?" 44 No." "Or the Lord's Prayer ?" " No." "Do you know your priest ?" 44 Yes, I heard tell of Father Phelim." 44 Did you ever speak to him ?" " Yes, once." 44 What did you say to him ?" " I axed him to give me a penny for houlding his horse, and he bid me go be damned.". The Ex-Empress of France, MAnIA Louszk, is making a tour in Italy under the travelling title of Duchess of COLORNO. By the last ad vices from Genoa she was daily expected in that city, whence, after visiting some of the delight ful villas in that neighbourhood, she was to pro ceed to Leghorn, and afterwards to Naples. A curious circumstance occurred in the qua drangle of the Royal Exchange on Thursday.— As the workmen were lowering the statue of CHARLES I. from one of the niches on the north side, for the purpose of cleaning &c. the head came off, close to the shoulders. In this state the headless trunk was taken to the statuary. SPAIN. .MAnnin.---As every thing respecting this ca: pital cannot fail to be interesting, we shall advert to a religi ous p rocess i on w hi ch takes place in tne month of April, as described by an eye-witnes s. " When in this capital I had occasion to wit ness what was d enom i nate d a rel i gious proces sion' although I c once i ve d i t not ent i tled to auy s uch character, as, on the contrary, it appeared of 3 nature altogether profane ; this occurs on a Par' ticular festival, w hi c h was o b served in April. 19 the first place, at a fixed hour, our Saviour srt's exhibited by an effigy as large as life, which was dressed up, representing some particular act !' lative to th e diff eren t stages o f l i fe through which he had p asse d, an d part i cularly in the garde!' Of Gethsaman e , which was f orme d b y b oug hs of trees. Here a c u p was suspen d e d , before %chic!' the figure appeared in a kneeling posture. Nest, his being bound and scourged, the blood running copiously down the hack, and ultimately sus" pended on the cross with nails through th e banns and feet, were also exhibited. The objects re: presenting these se vera l s i tuat i ons were place d on large boards, and carried on men's shoulder s in the presence of an immense concourse of people uncovered, whose feelings were raised to th e very high es t pit c h i mag i na b le by this piece °`, mockery. The procession first moved round the great square in front of the Palace, where all the Royal Family came forward to a balcony, and prostrated themselves, bowing to each o f the images as it passed. After this the procession continued along the public streets, attended by music and choristers, chaunting anthems, where crowds of persons were assembled, and tapestry and carpets by way of ornament were hung ove r the principal windows. After its departure another formality took place within the Palace' Twelve of the poorest men in Madrid, were con" ducted to the Palace, who took off their shoes and stockings, and put their feet into water, which were washed by the King. This is pre sumed to be an act of very extraordinary ha' milky, and in imitation of the Apostles! After this was finished, the paupers sat down at ° table, laid out with a bountiful display o f pro' visions, when each were complimented with 3 certain quantity of cloth as a donation. I per ceived, however, they afterwards received a sum, which was preferred in lieu of every thing, having, according to my information, sold the provisions and cloth to those who offered the highest price, and for which there appears t o be always a competition."—(Travel s in Spain, , S•C. sfc. by Wm. REA WILSON, ESQ. The Berwick Advertiser says, " A seal of a most enormous size, in this part of the world, was caught some days ago, near the mouth of the Tweed, by some of our fishermen. When the creature bolted up from the water, its large glaring eyes almost terrified the men who were near it. When killed and cut up, there were found in its stomach nearly half a salmon recent ly swallowed, and part of another decayed by digestion. Its weight was supposed to be about 50 stone. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. BY k. BANKS. PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT MAKFR. 'Thermo. meter. meter. I Weather. -- co . '3 I ti V !,..:'' '''' g 4 it 6, ;.,. 6 , : , --k. .?... . • r, • ••• 7 u 1 Inches • May I 56 I 6 0 4 I ° 54 30.00 .06 Fair Rain 2 56 5B 48 29.98 .20 R a i n D o . 3 50 160 42 .65 .26 Do. Do. 4 146 57 46 I .70 .05 Do. Do. 515559 48 .95 Du. Do. 6 54 56 50 .94 .03 Fair Do. 7 55 58 50 .93 Do. Fait 8 56 58 54 30.21 Cloudy Cloudy n the ahoy, I t da of Rain b counsg OF EXCHANGE, May 14. lave fillies H. 13. AntStetthint 12 2 C. F. Ditto, at Sight I I la Rotterdam 12 3 Antwerp Etanil2 5 b It rgb Altona 37 6 25 37 7 25 Us. Paris,9 Day's sight 2 .4 50 (.) Cs. Ditto • 95 70 Itourdeatix, ditto 8er1in........ 7 10 Frankfort on the Alain ..... 155 a Money Petersburg,' . 9 Vienna Trieste o 6 Madrid 36 5 Effect ive Ca 35 1 Effective Rilboa . 35f 301 46i 27 0 38 1141 per Oz. 50 aretlona Seville Gibraltar Leghorn Genua . 434-Venice, Ital. Lir. Malta 45 -Naples Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia 5l Dublin .... ..........Cork 9i per Cent. BULLION. Portugal Gold, i n Coin —..-- 1.0 0 0 poro l, Foreign Gold, in Bars s t; 6 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 !al Silver in Bars, Standard 0 4 lli . _ COAL=MARKET,Mii; 14. Ships at Market. Ships sold 41i Newcastle 16 4'4 Sunderland - Price. -32 s 6d to 39s 63 -31 s Od to 41s Od BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., at his house, Vansittart-terrace, Green wich, the Lady of Captain Philip Parker King, Royal Navy, of a son. __ _ v On the 10th inst., in Judd -street, Brunswick-square, the lady of Alexander Delisser, Esq., surgeon, of a son. RRIED. On the 26th ult., at Tenterden, Kent, T. M. Hammond, Esq., of Brixton, Surrey, surgeon, to Maria, sixth daughter of the late John Nere Esq., of 7,fenterden. On the 11th i nst ., at DulwiDl ED ch, aged twoyears and two months, Rose Ellen, youngest daughter of James Hallett, Esq., for, therly of Bombay. On Thursday, the. 13th inst., at his house in Henrietta-street, 13 runswick-square, Mr. Samuel John Neele, of the Strand, in the:66th of hts age. Printed and Published for the Pnornirrons, at the Strlf• OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIM. .~ s coz iT su. , NLIV 4 11 re tw een haled httrkin t t,e 'ist thal 'r ann, '4't)rilt l'r op, in g to ' X inCti thl C, ............ 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