The Sun. — London, England, 1824-02-04 00:00:00

er . of me lour ved, dier asc. me& ted ue, iad not s Aid lurse of our criminal proceed fu,'lgs ! Good God ! what an impression might be made to r Prejudice on foreigners, who read what had been pub ',lled i n th e course of the last three months relative to the trial Veat Hertford ! How must they have felt while reading the eulo s which had been bestowed on a hardened uticonfeesmg eeirderer !—(Hear, hear, hear !)—Supposing a free asseme i!Y to exist in dermanee z containing a counterpart of' th e 11_0nourable and Learned Gentleman . .—(A laugh.)—lle should I xe to know what might not be said . of the English people " the eprese t +ions made of their being theradmiiireornso,uaofibohlnee n lnird er r i Thi n irtell.—(Hear, hear, hear !) rhe d Learned Gentleman had adverted to what he had 41 " ta ,..tri t er , occasion on the subject of some alleged . sey%riti . es o \yards parties connected with certain publications in li L e tzerl and• Not half an hour after learin h g ot t n h e e stpoeehcilsi office,of the lie °— and Learned Gentleman, on passing . te lead found there the same details which he had just been lis renolng He had read the accusation pirrrec , eanwdhicthhehraed b ennstrance s ubsequently called forth by teecou u rs fo e r a takel l on that occasion. He did not stand as champion n Y ot the parties• Ile would not vouch for p the correct- I ness "the accusatio- n ;* but this he would say, that if the accu lletiwond were true the r monstrance was just. He believed, and /ions. were e nneh land, of tubade'eved e if a great part of these misrepresenta ,earnehtd Put to f b o r r it t l h a. by an evil dispo . sed erson in Switzer_ wh o le l l be had good reasons for speaking . a . s he did, becau statement `lle fact had never g a inbienself in a . defeated faction. As to the .itaiu drawer up an Austrian Prince, r i i n nc t e l , te he he b a e a lie o v f ed a that cer. of sntlteexl,stence lione to every Cabinet in Europe, who had sent his produc till at length all refused to eceive his lucuhrations any lo p g' . He wished it to be un derstood that he was not the Champion of the Germanic Con !neonetitution. He could onceive n m othing more cumbrous and venient than a Genn e an Diet. By this, foreign interference ''_a sanctioned. This was a Part of the Constitution. That 3 7 1 c11 was sanctioned by the Constitution was not to be re_ 'nted as an outrage. It ou ~°_niplained of when that Conceit t" ;as established. Per.- ght to have been foreseen and u ion . 'aPs its powers had been improperly directed against a parti le news thh.,_ _ e PaPer. But if we took upon ourselves, 11 m t.„„.,e ° f this sort occurred in another State, to break off a . co when any ,s"litlcation with that State —to hold no friendship with it, and, leh`e,re depended upon us, iei blot it out of the map of Europe lee, m en, he thought it would be well that we should no l ee , t ee. b'ee of livin g in this world, but must look out for a new e There were ose who maintained' that England ought to I),,tit herself, at the head of those states who were said to be -), Aessea , t ° fay '°Y the larger powers. Ile was not disposed w, ar -°° . ,r this idea. b lle was not in favour of perpetual k neiv ar' i a ceaseless expenditure of our wealth. We ceu,tewnat were the immediate consequences of war to this . seoul,Y, but then the ultimate result of such a system it 11;e ro ' be hard to pre hecy. Many wars had raged in warswar e P i e, but of all those whose ravages had been deplored, °Pinions had been found the most fatal.. Such a war only t„„,i,now, and brought to bear against this country,. not c o n must w ' ' England rescue herself, but the sparks elicited in the e w e ° ° l 4 cee ° ,9( l fire the whole of free Europe, and the contest io 4P h ir _e• I , i i u o e b tei rage till , one or other of the parties should It was for her t t o 110 , i ,7 aic e re ,h y te li n t.t t t h ° ei 1 o vt ; ?lfn o r Eh the en ownllad ;was e Pr e o ‘ rbi - t without looking proper of another star. Let , e. bed r abs , with shine cvithYhee own i splendour, g enlightening others , st the illoeri put let her not adopt the principle of crusade,_ manifest ode %Le in , w hich her power and influence were made } , t'., heaele,u`u,eotivert her very blessings into curses. 7 i_le advocate.lT-I'Y followin'g out that course of policy which curses.— ' e a repos e. gh ei''es°l 'rees would he husbanded and refreshed „ect fiallen had should Would not be found the less efficient when_ her Pee -; led fron again be called into action. A remark whic . h . bite l ro e Hon Seconder, towards the close of his his a;w a ee , L° state ' that he tained the opinions he fr 3 farmers ,i—ri.eased with respect to Ireland. He retained thelllelnlY be; 1°."8 On that important question, wh . ic . lrehad so 30 __ lio n. 4 .., n discussed within these walls. He differed from t ,as,,,r,Y to h0.",,°_,1-41eanied Gentleman on one point, and he was e n r o e se__, opportunity of speaking to . it now . . m T en r! ry r e '4l.e titan !Ppre incessantly banded about in Perim , ta was eristTtletnt t h Y a), i b i ers " ine(!nsistency." This wort: refer s withtta l e an individual, not because hew 7 it ' s ol in the t t',"ce t o " Is eti, but because he was so considered eon by a serge peinciple which the party using the . term Il ia cr. t Prop 9. sat i - "dnct to advance. The word had been applied . 0 the 4 ti le s_evith respect to the Catholic Question, because he th:teepediaate Cabinet with those who differed from him as to the P enC Y of carrying it. It might be to be lamented ,que3t. athor ID ie Question had not been made a Government 4+4t amongithe present public men a Cabinet could Might he more explicit. This topic of all the most important, save one, which the Speech comprehended, and being so pro minent from the hold which it had on the feelings and wishes of the people, he had not been able to avoid bringing forward in the tittle which he had to offer on this occasion to the House. As to the station in which this country was placed with Europe and the world—with Europe and america, with the Old World and the New he would sa y, ne i t h er court i ng nor assuming the praise, on the one hand, which the lion. Gentleman behind ad been pleased to bestow on his Majesty's Government, but on the other he must reject the blame thrown on it by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, and say, that England's just rights and just influence were as much respected now as at any period of her history, and her interference was as much courted and de- Sired by other Powers as ever. But was ready to agres with the Ho n . an d L earned Gentleman, that public affairs were not in the same state as formerly. Great and predominating powers had been formed, which possessed more strength than had be longed to any one formerly. Circumstances hacFchanged, and this being the fact—havin g to deal with diff erent e l ements — our !ystent was necessarily in some degree varied to accommodate it to the : changes of which lie had spoken. Ministers had been taunted with the humble state of the country; they had been taunted for not holding the balance of power, and this was in ferred because connections bad been established between Eng land and countries whose institutions were less liberal than our " 11 • lie should be glad to know when such alliances were deemed objectionable, and would wish that those who favoured the objection which had been stated, would look back to former times—to the reigns of Kino. William and Queen Ann, a nd see what p asse d then. He wished to ask, if in their reigns, when an alliance was proposed with the Emperor of Germany, or one of the most despotic Princes of the time—he would ask if it entered into the heads of our ancestors to object to it be cause the subjects of those Princes were less free than Eng lishmen ? Till they could make a perfect world, they must be content to act on such materials as were to be found in this.— Was it to be contended that England was to form no alliances but with States who enjoyed free Constitutions like her own ? lf this we re i n future to be the rule, lie wished the House to see how greatly it liit our aan he ' lesite d them to look back to m lli the history of ances, the last ten years, and see what we could have done without the as_ sistance of the subjects of those despots (if despots they must he called) toward; overthrowing that Colossal power which prevailed in Europe, an d t h ose di sor d ers which republican frenzy had produced. The /1013. and Learned Gentleman had ,iP e °l ',en of certain proceedings in States under the Austrian —m ' n ion, which he described to be such as made the blood Curdle at the recollection. Of one particular fact to which the lie mig anht d Lwanearnedt information on Gentleman ] the sub ad allud ect ed w liehich was ignorant. the Hon. and Learned Gentl eman p ossesse d. For j aught he knew in the al' t locess to which allusion had been made, the testimony might s false, the plot feigned and the Judges corrupt. He did not S ay that they were so—he did not believe that they were. But g t ant that they were, did it follow that we were to hold no Zfurther intercourse with the State in which such things could e ° l '• Were we to extinguish a State because our superior wtristitution taught us to look upon some of its proceedings ed I t Pain and abhorrence ? Ile believed, however, the SeemanLearn 'ir}(,:ie had been misinformed in certain respects.— tr a „ at (Mr. Secretary Canning) had heard relative to the in-isaction was, that some of the accused after condemna and after confession of their guilt, had been pardoned t .' "'e Emperor of Austria. This had been done in opposi wt°ontp the advice of some of his Counsellors, who thought there Of da be great danger in chewi ng mercy to suc h o ff en d ers .— s aachih e Particular circumstance which had been mentioned, -g the treatment of the relation of one of the parties, he th: ' as he had a l rea d y state d , w h o ll y i gnorant; but he believed th t if undue severity wer e imp u t e d to t h e Emperor of Austria, ,! non. and Learned Gentleman would find himself in error. oe Honourable and Learned Gentleman had spoken of dun 14e°118 and extorted conf e ssions. He would tell the Learned Isentleman one thin g , w hi c h h e did no t k now p er h aps . B y t h e h 4 W of the country in which the proceedings in question were ated to have occurred, a criminal could not be executed till f t e had made co nf ess ion. The law there diffe re d mater i ally €l4. ' that of England. Here we had executions every day—. ''ot every day, but very often, without confessi on of guilt. "f e re men werefrequently hanged with professi ons o f innocence in t heir mouths. The law in question might h e singular, but it se elned to haveoriginated in a humane idea Here confession was not deemed necessary; but there, whatever the circumstances tinder which it was exacted, it was part of the law. This fact it ?vas i n g 3 hot fair to sink be en while speaking in reprob at i on of the proceed _ Stating menoned. Stating this, he did not wish It to b e un d erstoo d t h at h e considered it any part of his duty /0 def en d the law of w hi c h he had spoken, nor to be ac lliainted with the d e t a il s of any trial which might take place. t inder it. What he contended for was, that with these we had nothing to do, and on such grounds we were not to pro_ - ounce on the c h aracter of a people. What would be fought if ot h ers should act such a part by us ? Wh at bar barism isins, what coarsenesses migh t they ynot imp tus if t' character as a S tate were to be taken from ute that which yiently transpired in the con,— not be formed united on that question, who could act together on the other great points which must claim the attention of a Go vernment. This might he a misfortune, but in his opinion incon sistency could not fairly be imputed to a public man, situated as he was in this respect. his opinion, and it was not one of to day, but one which he had often avowed, was, that inconsistency was not proved against a man because he differed from others, but only when he could be shown to differ from himself. Rtit the Hon. Gentlemen opposite had thought proper on a for mer occasion to fix this reproach on him. And to prove it, they had whinisically selected that moment of his life when he had publicly put forth those sentiments for which he now con tended. In 1812, he was willing to form part of an Adminis tration which was to comprehend Lord Wellesley and soi-.; of the Hon. Gentlemen on the opposite side of House. Then it was said it was his object to form a Government united on the Catholic question, yet now he was content to act with one whO were divided with respect to it. It was odd that the his torian of this business should have looked at one page of the tale and not at the other. Had he looked at the next page of the re cord of this very transaction, he would have found that when time Prince Regent was pleased to command Lord Wellesley and himself, (Mr. Secretary Canning,) to undertake the formation of a new Administration, he had stipulated, not that those op posed to the Catholics should be excluded, but that Lord Liver pool should be written to that very hour, and invited to become a member of the new Cabinet, which was done. The principle on which he had acted might be very erroneous—it might prove his views to be exceedingly confined, but there was no inconsistency. He had acted ou the principle which he now favoured, not when lie was about to join an administration, but when he was endeavouring to form one ; not on the occa sion of his accession to a Cabinet, but when he was seeking the elements of a new one. In this Cabinet he had wished Lord Liverpool and other distinguished personages to be com prehended, and lie did so because it was his impression that if ever the Catholic question were carried, it should be in a mixed Administretion, and not in one united on this single question, and differing on other points of general valley. This opinion might be very absurd, but it was that which he had always de_ Glared to be his. He hoped that in time the prejudices which now existed would be reasoned down, and that a prospect of suc cess would be affbrded to the question,whichhe was sorry to say lie could not see at present. In whatever shape, and by whomsoever brought forward, from him whether in or out of office that ques tion would always receive the best support which he could give it, and which he had always given it from the year 1812. He would not travel into any topics touched upon in the Speech or the Address which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had passed over. There was one point on which he desired to say nothing, not because he under-rated its importance, but be cause a better time for its discussion would arrive. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman having indulged in a discursive view of our foreign relations, it had become necessary briefly to reply. Through the policy pursued, we had remained at peace without the lo.;s of public honour, without diminution of national influence, and with great augmentation of the resources of the country. The Speech from the Throne, known, as it was, to be advised by Ministers, might be re garded as containing the account of their Stewardship; and though it might present nothing to challenge approbation ; such as it was, they could meet criticism without embarrass ment or terror.—(Hear, hear !) Mr. DALY explained. Mr. BRIGHT protested againstthe language held on one or more points. Mr. Secretary CANNING briefly explained :—hut the noise in the House was so great from the Members retiring at the close of the Hon. Secretary's speech, that neither the explana tion nor that which had caused it to be offered, could be dis tinctly heard. Mr. Secretary PEEL said after the able speech of his Right Honourable Friend, it was unnecessary for him to detain the House. There was, however, one point, which, as it was one of great delicacy, he held it to be extremely important that no misunderstanding should exist. It had been stated that it was understood Ministers had some measure to propose for the relief of the Catholics of Ireland. He could only say, that as the Right Hon. Secretary for Foreign Affairs persevered in his determination to support the Catholic Claims, he wished it to be known that he still retained those sentiments on that subject which he had so frequently expressed in that House. He had thought it right to mention this, lest it should be supposed that he was disposed to give up his opposition. Mr. HUME regretted the, policy of Ministers, whichl per petrated the divisions in Ireland, and considered the declara tion just made by the Right Hon. Secretary, to be a very lamentable one at this time. The House had been called upon to congratulate his 3lajesty on the prosperous state of the country. That prosperity, he was of opinion, ought to be mainly ascribed to the reduction of taxes which had taken place. He wished to ask, on the part of the people of Eng land, whether any and what further taxes were to be taken off? In the Speech, the words of which were as vague as those of any speech could possibly be, something was said about arrangements for the relief of the country, but it was not said that any taxes were to be taken off. He hoped all uncertainty would be removed on this point, and that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would tell what taxes were in tended to be repealed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, as it was his intention at a very early period, in a fortnight or so perhaps, to give the House a thorough explanation of the state of the finances of the country, and the measures resulting from that state, he trusted it would not be thought disrespectful to the Honourable Gentleman or to the House, if at present he declined giving any specific information. He hoped at the time he had mentioned to make a full, ample, and satisfactory state ment.; but till that time, he must be allowed to decline answer ing the question of the Hon. Gentleman. The motion was then put and carried. A Committee was appointed to prepare the Address, and the House adjourned. The once beautiful and admired actress Mrs. HARTLEY, died on Monday last, aged 73, at her house at Woolwich. Sh e was a cotemporary with Garrick, and we be lieve, the o n l y one that remained, excepting Mr. Quick and Mrs. Mattocks, still alive. Her extreme beauty and the truth and nature of her acting attracted universal admira tion, and caused her to rank the highest (as a female) in her profession previous tolthe appearance of Mrs. Siddons. Mr. Hull had written his tragedy of Henry the Second, or Fair Rosamond, several years previous to its production and despaired of obtaining a proper representative for the charac ter of Rosamond until the above lady appeared. Mason also, the celebrated poet, wrote his tragedy of Elfrida, that she might per sonify the principal character. Elfrida has always been admired as a beautiful poem, but is not calculated for stage effect : it was, nevertheless, at that tim e supporte d , and even rendered highly attractive, by the person and talents of the late Mrs. Hartley.— She was the very favourite subject of Sir Joshua Reynolds, and appears as the beautiful female in a number of his most cele brated pictures. Two, in p art i cu l ar, are professed portraits of her called—" Mrs. Hartley as Jane Shore," and " Mrs. Hartley as a Bacchante." A fine study for the former was recently sold at the late celebrated sale of the Marchioness of Thomond's pictures at Christie's. She died, in easy circum stances, her merits, during her public services, having pro cured her a handsome independence. GLENCORSE PARISH PLOUGHING MATCH.- On the 12th inst. the Competition Prizes, given by Wm. Child, Esq. of Glencorse, for the best ploughman in Glencorse parish, took place in a park of old lea belonging to Mr. Child. Thirteen ploughs started, and the prizes were extremely well contested, and finished within the time specified. The judges, Messsrs. Thomas Aitken, Waillstone, Adam Brown, Braidwood, and Andrew Harper, Brunston, then commenced a careful exami nation, and with much difficulty adjudged the prizes as follows, viz.: -Ist, To William Thompson, son of Mr. Thompson, Cooking. 2d, To William Scott, servant to Mr. Ritchie, Castlelaw. 3d, William Gilbert, son to Mr. Gilbert, House of Muir. 4th, John Gilbert, servant to Mr. Child, Glencorse. sth, William Noble, son of Mr. Noble, Easter Howgate. The work was considered by all to be done in a style superior to any of the kind in the neighbourhood : The unsuccessful candidates were each presented with a small sum. The farmers and others afterwards retired to the Fisher's Tryst Inn, and partook of an excellent dinner pro vided for the occasion. After dinner, the health of Mr. Child and family was drank, together with a number of toasts suit able to the occasion ; and the evening was spent with the great est conviviality and harmony.—( Scotch Paper.) A TAME BEAR.—In a Zoological Memoir, corn municated to the Linnman Society, by Sir J. T. RAFFLES, is given an account of some animals in the island of Sumatra, I collected by that Gentleman for the East India Company. —The most popularly curious of these is the Ursa May layanus. This bear was caught young, and brought up in the nursery among the childre n . It appears to be a variety of the common bear and bear of India. It was perfectly tame, and in its habits exceedingly playful. Sir J. T. Raffles men tions sportively, that it was also a brute of taste, which it dis played at the dinner table, where it was a frequent visitor, by refusing to eat any fruit but Mango steens, or to drink any wine but Champagne ; the only instance in which it was ever seen angry was, when there was none of the latter at the dessert.— Bruin commonly messed in peace with a dog, a cat, and a lory. The dog was its favourite, and suffered to worry and tease, without offence or resentment. The strength of the animal, when full grown, was nevertheless, very great ; and it could tear up by the roots, from the garden, a plaintain tree of such size as to be almost too large for its embrace. ---- ERRATA.—In the Poem of yesterday, third stanza from the end, for "indignant aid,". read Cid ; and in our Chancery Report on Saturday, respecting Covent-Garden Theatre, for CoNsT v. iltaxiiiNes, read HARRIS. The mistake was not ours, but was copied from an official document. *** For LITERARY NOTICE, see our Fourth Page. PRICI OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWO OCLOCIi. Bank Stock 9 38,1 : India Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. 91 India Bonds B4s. —s. 3 per Cent. Cons 3i per Cent 100{ Old Annuities 4- per Cent. 5 Ol d lO2 Fix. Bills 53 55 [ New IOGA Ditto Small 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. 22R India for Con. Acct. I Imp. 3 per C en t s . --.......- PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, FIB. 4. AT ONE O'CLOCK. _I - Five per Cents. 96i. 1 Scrip, 8 pm. 1 Six per Cents. 00. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 89j. Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Scrip, 5} prem. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Ditto 1821, 24i. Ditto 1823, 17. Prussian f Five per Cent. Bonds, 911. 1 Ditto New, 89i. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Portuguese 86g. Per uv ian New Loan, 00. Chili 79. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, M. Mexican Loan,. 51 prem. ' • Poyais f 00. 1 New, 3. Mexican Mines 94 prem. I Bank Shares £22 105.—£23. 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We have also received the _Mode of yesterday, from which w e extract the following:— cc The Constitutionncl pronounced yesterday, with great confidence, that th e Ministry were going out. The reason it gave was, that they neglected nothing to form a Royalist Chamber of Deputies ; but the Constitutionnel reasons wrong ; and his Master, who is so expert in logic, has given him a wrong lesson, or robbed hi m of his memory. ‘, Field Marshal Count Vrede died on the 16th January. t , In the Journal des Dc''bals it was stated that Mr. 131toww, new Minister from America, had arrived at Havre, but this proves to be false and the new Minister is not expected to arrive in France until seven or eight days." [The Eleile also contains al% article from Trieste, which confirms the intelligence given ten or twelve days ago in Tut StfN, respecting orders having been sent from the Porte to the Bey of TUNIS, requiring him to give satisfaction to this country for the recent outrage.] Our Express brings the French Rentes on Monday, 96f. 65c. for Money, and for Time, 96. 80.—Spanish Bonds 25. Our columns are so largely occupied with the debates last night in the two Houses of Parlia ment, that we can do little more than refer the Reader to these interesting discussions on the domestic and foreign affairs of the country. Th e most important disclosure, perhaps, that was made by Ministers, was Mr. CANNING'S statement that Spain had made propositions to the British Go vernment on the subject of South America, and that the reply to those propositions is now on the road to Madrid. We shall again advert to this topic. THE KING. Bision TON, FEB. 3.—As yesterday, the gratifying reply to enquirers at the Palace to-day is—" His MAJESTY'S health continues to improve." CITY, Twelve o'Clock.----Consols opened this morning at 904 to 91. There was a great bustle at the opening of the Market, all anxious to know the first price. At the opening the KING'S Speech had no effect on the Market, but soon after they became heavy, and gradually declined to 904 a, and, up to this hour, they are 0081 for the Account, and 901 to 901 for 'Money, with a heavy Market, and little doing. FOREIGN MARKET.—Very little business is doing.--Spanish opened at 244 to 24“, at which price they remain steady. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Marquis of Bath, in Grosvenor-square, from hongleate ; Lord Sidney, in Grosvenor-square, from Frognall : Lord Calthorpe, in Grosvenor-square, from Bury ; Lord Granville Somerset, in Queen-street, Mayfair, from Badminton ; Dugdale Sackville Dugdalc, Esq., in Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, from Atherstone ; Sir B. Lethbridge, Bart., M.P., in White hall-place, from Sandhill-Park, Somerset; Countess of Morn ington and Miss Caroline Fitzroy, in Henrietta-street,,Caven dish-square Dowager Lady Floyd, in Upper Seymour street ; the Countess-Dowager Paulet, at Hyde-park-corner; the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, in St. James's-square, from Woburn Abbey ; the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, in Upper Sey mour-street, tom the Palace, Salisbury. DEPART u RES.—Alajor-General and Mrs. Buller and fa mily, from Gloucester-place, for Paris; the Misses Wilson, from the Hyde Park Hotel, for Chelmsford; Henry Fawcett, Esq. from do. for India ; Fuller Maitland, Esq. from do. for Berkshire ; Mellish Hoskins, Esq. from do. for Melton Mow bray ; Francis Hyde, Esq. from do. for Cheltenham ; Henry Collingwood, Esq. from do. for Newcastle ; the Rev. F. Gild art, from do. for West Wickham ; Major Paterson, 13th Light Dragoons, from do.' FASHIONABLE. SC NDAL.—There is a scan dalous gossipping rumour at present current in the fashionable world, which, though very posi tively circulated, we notice merely for the pur pose of checking so very improbable a story, which is supposed to be the result of medical cnu. - The story imports, that a distinguished character found his medical favourite rather too free with his favourite female, and that, though suffering under infirmity, lie was roused by the occasion, and exercised his crutch with so much vigour upon the unlucky gallant, as to afford him an opportunity of exerting his professional skill upon himself. We again think it necessary to declare, that we notice this improbable scandal for the purpose of checking its circulation. KING'S THEATHE.—This Theatre was last night crowded as before, and the Opera of Zed mira went off with great success. The Boxes were more occupied than on Saturday. Madame COLTMAN is obviously rising in favour. Her voice becomes more powerful. Its intonation is very sweet, and her ear seems to be correct. Ros slNr did not sit at the Piano-forte last night, but his Opera was not the less attended to, or ap plauded. The two following letters w ere wr itt en b y t h e King of PORTUGAL immediately after the de struction of the Constitutional Srtem,Aand re turned to him unopened, the Brazilian Govern ment not allowing them to be landed:— LETTER WHITTEN WITH HIS OWN HAND EY THE KING TO HIS SON, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE DON PEDRO. DE ALCANTARA. "MY SON—It is time to put an end to the fatal dissensions which have disunited the two kingdoms of Portugal and Brazil, done such considerable' injury to their inhabitants, and so deeply afflicted my heart. The great events which have re cently occurred here, by restoring to me the crown, surrounded splendour it f ormer ly h a d, h ave a ff or d e d me the nappy of invitin g yo u w ith open arms, an d o f be ingby the ready opportunity sameldy am to in my bosom the filial sentiments with wilic are animated. " I have already sent orders fo r th e i mme di a t e suspens i on of r bco re n ce v i i v a e ced you opposed t o t h e rec i procal communication wbe hostilities in Bahia ; I hav e remove d a ll the obstacles which the e e Cno therte s two hadkingdoms ; 1 retain the exc l us i ve pr i v il eges i n t favour of the trade of Brazil, and no alteration exists on my part which can produce the smallest change in the former rela on your pa rt, contribute to their early re.esta- 1 tions of the Portuguese of both h em i sp h eres . I t h ere f ore h ope b l that ish m you i t will,n ehalf of those good people, over whom you are ought to be the obj ect of our wishes and of our cares, one day to reign , to whom we a re so much indebted, and whose a p ie r i B, o d,s s ,e to pjveen ri o f these our y sacrifices. trust that you will correspond, with pleasure and frank - n and that y ou w ill co mpl y i n every sentiments, thing that may be beneficial to the two kingdoms and con formable to the dignity of ou r persons, of our 'House and family, and with the true interests of all Portuguese. " God bless you, in order that you may continue to merit the blessing which with pleasure 1 now bestow on you, as a Father who dearly loves you. ._ •' THE KING. • _ . (Signed) " Palace of Bemposta, July 23, 1823." LETTER OF THE KING TO HER HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ROYAL. "Mr DEAREST DAUGHTER—i have received several of your letters, which I highly prized, as they assured me you were well, and that you were happily delivered of a daughter. —I have not answered them, because circumstances have not allowed me, and now that it is in my power, Ido not lose the opportunity. of testifying to you my esteem and my regret at our separation. The bearer of this letter is the Count de Rio Major. I suffer a good deal in my legs ; the rest of the Royal Family are well. I hope this will find you and all your family in good health, and accept the best wishes of your affectionate father. (Signed) " THE KING. " Palace of Bemposta, July 23, 1823." Yesterday a Committee of both Houses of Par iament, headed by the Great Chamberlain, went to yisit and explore the vaults and cellars under- neath both Houses, in order to ascertain they did not contain any inflammable or combustible matter. This is vulgarly called Guy Fawkes's Committee, and the historical circumstance which gave rise to the proceeding is well known. Yesterday afternoon, the Duke of Yonx, as Commander-in-Chief, held a Levee at his Office in the Horse Guards, which was attended by Major-General 'Fuller, on his being appointed to the command of the 96th Regiment : also Major- General Sir Henry Campbell, Lieut.-General Slade, General Sir William Robinson, Commis sary General ; Lieut.-General Sir William Hou stone, Lieut.-General Sir Hudson Lowe, and about thirty others. _....., Yesterday the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, Pcin cess SOPHIA, and the Duchess of KENT visited the Duke of YORK, at his residence, in the King's Palace, St. James's, where their Royal Highnesses partook of a dejeune. The Royal party separated about three o'clock, when the Duke went to hold his Levee. The total Abolition of Lotteries is the more universally lamented since the immense Number of SEVEN of 220,000! has been introduced into One Scheme, for which it is now the interest of every one to Purchase a Ticket or Shure—for if this capability had been discovered many years ago, what Riches would have been distributed through every Country in the United Kingdom. The DRAWING will COMMENCE on the 19th FEBRUARY, when from 7 to 8,000 Tickets will be Drawn, and every Ticket a Prize. The Two FIRST will each have 820,000 ! All Money extra, in the First Five Minutes, which the Con. tractors trust, with their usual good Fortune, to distribute to their Friends at 37, Cornhill, 11, Holborn, and 38, • Haymarket.—J. and J. SIVE. WRIGHT, Contractors. , • 1 ,- : ' •• • z illict •iA , ." ; S : ' V ---:, 4. 1 • . Yi,,jig4A; , ~ ,?;:' IV. ... •--- ~ .'''' ili4Wf,t'. 4 • l P. 1' ,, ,y. 1 4. r• ~ JO II 4 ~,,' V Ilti w. Nt .' % * * . . I. A 1 if LAW INTELLIGENON, COURT OF CHANCERY.—(Tuts DAY.) COVENT•GARDEN THEATRE.-CONST HARRiA, Mr. SnA n wEr,r, appeared this day for Mr. Harris, and, after some observations as to the no, ture of Mr. Harris's claim, the Lord Chancellor requested Mr. Shadwell to turn his attention to it this evenina, and, if he had nothing further to add, his Lordship would give judgment positively to-morrow morning. His Lordship observed; " You see I must really get rid of this case, for! am so very uncomfortable in Covent-Garden Theatre, that I care not how soon I get out of it. WARD OP COURT. Mr. HART begged leave to mention the case of • ' a Ward of the Court, who had run away with the Rev.- James James, a Clergyman in Wales..;-. When the petition was presented, his Lordship, was pleased to order the parties to attend th e Court, but it being suggested that they might be innocent, and great expence would be incurred, , his Lordship - was pleased to. direct that affidavits should be made, which order had been complied with, and Mr. Hart now wished his Lordship• to. read them. His Lordship having heard a brief- - statement of their contents, intimated that Mr. Evans, and Jas. James the Clergyman,,appeared to have freed themselves from blame, and ordered Mr. James James to attend on the. second day of next Term. The fortune of the young lad y amounts to 12,000/. COURT OF KING'S BENCII—(Tuts DAT.) JUDGMENT ON FIELDER. This defendant, who has been several times, before the Court, appeared, on the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, to receive judgment, for keeping certain gambling-houses in St. James's.-- Some affidavits were put in by Mr. Anor.ritus, il4 mitigation of punishment, after which,Mr. Justice BAYLEY deli% ered the judgment of the Court, which was, that the defendant be imprisoned in Newgate for one month, and pay a fine to the King of 3,0001., and find sureties for five years, himself in 5,0001., and two in 2,5001. each, [PROCEEDINGS OF YESTERDAY.] LIBEL—TILE BRITISH PRESS. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL moved for a rule, calling upcn. the defendants, who are the printer, publisher, and proprietor of the Britith Pres: newspaper, to shew cause why a criminal information should not be filed against them, for a libel which' appeared in that paper, imputing to George Chetwynd, Esq. M.P. for the borough of Stafford, corrupt and improper conduct in the discharge of his duty as Chairman of the StaflOrd Quarter. Sessions, upon the trial of Mr. Charles Flint, an attorney's clerk, at Uttoxeter. In support of the motion the Learned Counsel put in the affidavit of Mr. Chetwynd, denying that he had acted previous to, and upon that, in th e way in which he was in this libel to have acted—Rule granted. TIIE BRITISH TRAVELLER. The AT TORNEY-GENERAL obtained a similar Rule against the printer and publisher of The British Traveller for the like publications. THE KING V. MEAD. This was an indictment against the defendant for wilful and corrupt perjury, assigned upon evidence given by • him in' support of an information in the Exchequer, against a per:..: son named Law, for being concerned in some smuggling transactions on the coast of Yorkshire. The defendant had been found guilty before the Lord Chief Justice, and subsequently to the trial, Mr. Law, the prosecutor, was. killed in his native country by a gun-shot wound. The d?, fendant Meati was tried at the last Summer Assizes fo7, Yorkshire, for the wilful murder of Mr. Law, but was found guilty of manslaughter only, and s en t ence d to aik. term of imprisonment in York Castle, where he re mains, as we understood, in execution of his sentence.— In Michaelmas Term last, a rule Nisi for a new trial in the perjury prosecution was granted by this Court, on she ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidenceomd the probabilities of the case, inasmuch as it was perfectly posal... ble for Mr. Law to have been a party in the smuggling transac tion to which the defendant had deposed in the Court of chtupaer. Mr. D. F. JONES and Mr. CITITTY now shewed cause against the rule for a new trial, and producing affidavits tend ing t o confirm the evidence in support of the prosecution for perjury, and to shew that Mr. Law, the deceased, could not have been a party to the smuggling affair in question. Both parties assenting that a rule for the new trial should be. made absolute on payment of costs, it was made absolute ac cordingly. It was agreed that the evidence of Mr. Law on the former triai should be read on the second trial, and also the evidence of any other witness who might have died in the in. tzrval. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said he should abstain from. making any observation on any part of the case. The Gen. tlemen at the Bar would understand why he so abstained.-- Rule absolute. LENT ASSIZES.—OXFORD CIRCUIT. Before Mr. Justice PARR and Mr. Baron GARRow. Berkshire - Monday, March 1, at Reading. Oxfordshire - Wednesday -3, Oxford. Worcestershire Saturday -6, W orces t er . City of Worcester Staffordshire - Thursday - 11, Stafford. Shropshire - Wednesday - 17, Shrewsbury. Herefordshire - Monday - 22, Hereford. Monmouthshire Saturday - 27, Monmouth. Gloucestershire w ednesday -31 City of Gloucester , Gloucester. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, FEB. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Royal George, Ellerby, from Bombay. The following- outward-bound vessels remain, viz.:—Henry Davidson ; Salacia ; L on d on Packet ; Tracey, Topaz ; and Clarkson. Gibraltar, ita the Medway, H arnerson, f or r in 9 days ; an d Lib erty, PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 3.—Wind S.S.W.—A rr i ve d hi s Ma. jetty's s Aldridge, rom Medina ll i l n e a s sif m Rio Janeiro. The Tosthumus, Spencer, from London t o IJamaica, came into ha'rbour to repai r a- l ea k . hip f iledr n o a. FALMOUTH, FEB.2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Perth ' shire, Sangster, from'-London for S t. Mi c h ae l s. Sailed the Lady Mary Pelham packet for the Islands. LIVERPOOL FEB, 2.—Arri ve d t h e Mediterranean, Bully, from Pernambuco: sailed the 24th of December; Tolson, Simpson, from ditto: s ailed the 16th of December; Blandferd, Soper, from Newfoundland, in 17 days ; Phtzbe„Mathewson, from Charlestone : sailed the 26th of December ; Kitty, from ditto ; Carlew, Aikenhead, f rom M arse ill es. S ailed the Marmion, Petrie, for Charlesto ne : COWES, FEB .3.—Wind S.S.W. light breezes.—The fol lowing outward-bound vessels remain wind-bound, viz. Castle Huntly, Drummond, for India ; Sneaton Castle, Brown ; Marquis of Anglesey, Williams ; Garnett, Burgess ; William Henry, Southcouth ; Valant, Nicols ; and Juno, Tait. Is MAJESTY'S SLOOP SAPPIIO.—The apprehension which was entertained for the safety of his Majesty's sloop Sappho, has, we are much gratified in stating, been set at rest by a let ter from the Captain (Jones), of lib recent a date as the 24th ult. from Ardbear harbour, in the county of Galway, addressed to Admiral Colville . , eommanding,,op this station.—(Dublin Evening Post.) CORN-EXCHANGE;• FEB. 4. The arrivals of all sorts of Grain tia week are moderate : Wheat, 4,700; Barley, 3,500 ; Oats, 3;000 qrs. ; Flour, 7,700 sacks. The quantity of Flour is considerable, and our millers pause in purchasing, so that the Wheat trade is reported dull at Monday's currency. Barley does not sell quite so freely as last market-day. In Beans and Pease there is no alteration. There are but few Oats at market, and such sales as are made obtain the terms of Monday. On the 11th ult. 56 houses were burnt down at Zulichan, in Prussia. By this melancholy accident, 56 poor families have been plunged in great distress. On Monday the 26th January the Rev. HCOU RALPH, M.A. was unanimously elected Minister of the Scotch Church, Oldham-street Liverpool,