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purpose which I had :_formed never to depart from my word and the sacredness of the oath with which I had bound myself to my subjects, brouglit me to Europe, after I had abdicated the imperial throne of Bt azil. " Here two spectacles equally great, but of opposite ten dencies, presented the 'mselves to my contemplation. I saw on the one hand a mu net ous and distinguished portion of illustri ous patriots, of hob 'towable and loyal Portuguese, incessantly labouring with the - most generous assiduity to recover from the hands of the Ulm per the throne of the Queen, and ready to encounter for that: purpose all kinds of obstacles, opposition, and dangers. " I saw on the at her hand, and experienced myself, the great and redoubled 'efforts which opposed so arduous an en terprise, either on *e part of the numerous sectaries of des potism, or of the political interests of the Cabinets, or lastly, of the powerful fonts: of an association which called itself con servative, and which iwas organized and spread over all Europe. " In the midst or all this, it was easy for me to perceive that the eyes of all, -arid the sole hope of the loyal Portuguese, were fixed upon me, and convinced that Providence, by extra ordinary and unusual ways, called me to the direction of so difficult, though glorious an enterprise, I undertook to place myself at the head of the noble and h onourable party of loy alty, and not to negl et t any means of saving the honour of the nation, the throne or, my august daughter, and the liberty to which the oppressed. Portuguese were justly entitled. " From that time forward, I did not hesitate invariably to follow my resolution, despising with profound indignation the insulting means whic h were attempted to make me deviate from my purpose. :Every thing, however, was wanting, and every thing was cretated anew. I regret that.' cannot men tion individually all that was suffered, all that was done, all that was attempted. I regret that I cannot mention the names of all the noble Portuguese who, with indefatigable zeal and with sincere and of icacious diligence, employed themselves in supporting so important an undertaking. But I must not omit to state that the pecuniary resources, as indispensable as difficult to be obtaiised, were procured by a singular contract, in which the success of the enterprise was the only pledge, my signature the only surety. The zeal and the confidence of the party that gave, and that which received, were equally frank and unlimited " I assumed the regency of the kingdom, in the name of the Queen, because the enterprise required a centre always present, always active, always vigilant. I enrolled myself the first soldier of the brave and valiant national army, and I had the satisfaction to see that the friends of constitutional liberty in other countries, convinced that the constitutional cause in Portugal was comnton to them, and in every respect conform able to truly just and liberal principles, came to join us, gene rously resolved to shame in our sacrifices and our reverses, or our triumphs. " In the manifesto of the 2d of February, 1832, I published my intentions, my principles, and the plan of my future pro ceedings, offering to all peace, good will, oblivion of the past, and even pardon, if they needed it, on the sole condition of their acknowledging their duty, being faithful to their oaths, and obeying the legitimate authority of their Queen. " With these intez tions and preparations, I left the shores of France, and went to the Azores, where a part of the loyal nation was concentrated, and the Regency established which governs those province s with wisdom and patriotism, and im proved their administration. " There was organised the little Portuguese army, small indeed in number, but great, strong, and invincible by its va lour, by its civic virtues, and by the noble sentiments which animated it, by the justice of the cause it defended, and by the tried skill of its chiefs. " At the head of 7,500 men I landed on the shores of Por tugal, on the ever auspicious day, the Bth of July, 1832. The terror which -the enemy felt opened a way for this handful of loyal Portuguese, and on the 7th, without the loss of a single man, we entered the honourable and loyal city of Oporto, whose inhabitants displayed from that time the most ardent enthusiasm in the cause of the Queen, and of the constitutional charter, and a series of prodigies of loyalty, valour, constancy, and patriotic resignation, which may be some day repeated, but can never be surpalsed, It is not the place in a short speech to recount the events of the war, and of the obstinate and close siege which we gloriously supported there for a whole year; it is for history faithfully to transmit them to posterity. " But I must not omit to mention, at least in general terms, the rare examples of civil and military virtue which I observed in the army and inhabitants, the valour with which they re sisted 80,000 men abounding in resources, and every moment reinforced by all the means which fanaticism and desperation could suggest ; the almost incredible firmness and constancy with which they braved death in its most frightful forms, with out seeing even in the most anxious moments any sign of weakness or discouragement,—in short, prodigies of the most exalted patriotism in the midst of the most dangerous crisis, patriotism and love of liberty and the efforts of civilization combatting servitude, barbarism, and tyranny, and continually gaining signal victories over those monsters. " At the end of a year fertile in events, and which will be ever remembered in the annals of Portugal, the national army was reinforced with some new troops. " A detachment of this little army conquered Algarve, and proceeded to deliver the capital of the kingdom, which it en tered on the 24th of July, assisted by the energetic and cor dial co-operation of its illustrious inhabitants, and in the midst of their ardent acclamations. The enemy's squadron was gloriously combatted and taken off Cape St. Vincent. The signal victory which we obtained in the lines - of Oporto on the 25th of the same month, over the numerous forces of the enemy, enabled me to join the troops in the capital, where I arrived on the 28th. " I immediately formed, as if by enchantment, a new army, and fortified the city. Lisbon was defended by miracles of valour, and the patriotism of the troops and the heroic inha bitants, whom I always found around me in the most dange rous conflicts. " On the 10th of October I attacked the 16,000 men who besieged the city with 8,3000, of whom scarcely 2,500 were experienced soldiers ; but valour made up for everything. The enemy was thrown back upon Santarem, and the arms of loyalty obliged him to remain there till I judged that the time was come to undertake decisive operations in the north of the kingdom. U .- From that time every thing yielded to the valour of the army. In a few days all the prisoners were delivered, the re bellious and disloyal bands dispersing themselves. Oppressed and tortured citizens issued from horrible dungeons. The conquering and humane army showed what were its senti ments, and what a great difference there was between legiti macy and usurpation. The people, bathed in tears of joy, raised their hands to heaven and loaded their generous deli verers with benedictions. " On the 27th of May, this year, the enemy at length laid down their arms, having been lately beaten in the obstinate battle of Asseiceira. He abandoned the strong fortress of San tarem, and retreated to Evora, still accompanied by a great force. " Here the reign of usurpation expired, after two years of frequent combats, sustained and gained against a vast inequa lity of force, and with a perseverance superior to all praise. The Government of the King was again every where ac knowledged, and the oaths of fidelity to his authority and the charter were renewed. The nation began to enjoy peace and tranquillity. Some conditions, dictated by circumstances and approved by humanity, were spontaneously and generously granted to the enemy. And as it was never my desire to make war upon the Portuguese, but only on the usurpation and tyranny by which they were oppressed, I granted them, in the name of the Queen, a second amnesty, conformably to my principles and the dictates of my heart. The articles of both will be duly laid before you. " I feel particular satisfaction in being able to announce to you, that during the struggle, and since its termination, the Government of the Queen has been formally recognized by England, France, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, and Denmark. All other nations are at peace with us, and I expect from the justice, the enlightened policy, and good faith which directs them, that they will, without difficulty, hasten to re-establish and to confirm the ties which formerly, to the interest of all parties, united them with Portugal. ".The Court of Rome will certainly not be the last in taking so just and wholesome a resolution, since we boast of not being the last to respect and venerate in its head the com mon father of the faithful and the centre of Catholic unity, to show we are indissolubly united by the sacred bonds of faith and religion. " We have concluded with Spain, England, and France, the treaty of quadruple alliance signed on the 22nd of April this year, the articles of which will be laid before you. Its principal object was to give new securities for the happy and prompt termination of the struggle in which we were then en gaged, and thus to co-operate in the tranquillity and general good of all Europe. " To those three nations as well as to Belgium we are in debted for no small proof of kindness and efficacious friendship, the Government of Spain in particular distinguishing itself by ordering the troops of her Catholic Majesty to pass the fron tiers of the kingdom, and by this movement to give an advan tageous assistance to our operations. The interest which those nations might expect from their proceeding does not release the Portuguese from the duties of gratitude, nor me from the pleasing obligation of recommending it in this place. " Many and very important measures have been taken for the better government of the kingdom, and the more ready and prompt observance of the charter. A new form has been given to the exercise of the judicial power and to the public administration in its different branches. The army and its civil departments have been organized. Free ports have been established at Lisbon and Oporto, and some regulations or dered for the extension, liberty, and security of trade. Such regulating laws as seem the most necessary have been made, and many obstacles have been removed which impeded the course of business and opposed the prosperity of the people. Lastly, all the families and associations of religions of every denomination and order have been suppressed. These esta blishments, considered with respect to religion, were totally alienated from the primitive spirit of their institution, and al most exclusively governed by love of the temporal and worldly interests which they professed to despise, and, considered in a political point of view, they were like denationalized bodies, indifferent to the good or bad fortune of their fellow -citi zens, and zealously serving a despotic or tyrannical Go vernment, if they expected from it favour and consi deration. To their influence over individuals and fami lies, which was the more dangerous in proportion as it was secret, Portugal owes, in a great degree, the evils which it has just experienced. There are, indeed, in the individual members, honourable but rare exceptions. The Government has taken every thing into consideration. A detailed account of all tbo measures and regulations of which I have just spoken will l'preserttedtut you by the several Ministers. Many of them were cfiifeety - 8,-.or proposed and discussed, in the pre ceding meetinglAr tlui: \ representatives of the nation, and in the Regency of the islan d of T erce i ra : an d i t seemed that they should be adopted or continued, as well to convince the people of the great benefits which they might expect from the constitutional regime, as that at the present wished-for moment of the meeting of the Cortes experience might have already shown, at least in part, what inconveniences or difficulties I were encountered in their development and execution. " Among all their measures the means which have been employed to establish and increase the public credit merit your most serious attention. Most important transactions, al founded on justice and good faith, have taken place with tha view. The result is notorious--the creditors of the state have been paid, both in and out of the kingdom, with the most scrupulous punctuality. The paper currency, which has for so many years secretly undermined the fortune of the public and of the citizens, is about to be extinguished. The Queen's Go vernment has acquired a respectable name on the Exchanges of Europe, and is equal in this point to the most prosperous and pacific nations. " The singular situation of the kingdom appeared to make it necessary to suspend some of the guarantees established by article 145 of the Charter. However, no excess has taken place in the application of this measure. It is for your zeal and prudence to deliberate on this subject, and consider what may be most useful and just. " While the Government was employed in such assiduous and important labours, almost all our vast and rich transma rine dominions voluntarily declared in favour of the constitu tional charter and the authority of the Queen. The inhabi tants of Madeira followed the same glorious example as soon as a sufficient force could support their efforts, which were re strained. The Government begins to make its beneficent in fluence felt in all their dominions. " After having shown you in a short but faithful sketch the principal events of a period which for so many reasons .will prove an era in the history of Portugal, and having shown you what has been done to restore the nation and to raise it from the deplorable state of depression to which it has been re duced by the errors and crimes of the usurpation, I must re commend to you, which I do with the most entire and unli mited confidence in your zeal, the two principal objects which now call for in preference the attention of the Cortes—viz., 1. Whether the Regency ought or ought not to be continued during the remainder of the Queen's minority. 2. To take the proper steps that her Majesty may marry some foreign Prince. Your consummate wisdom and prudence will delibe rate and decide upon both points with the discretion which may be expected from the union of so much knowledge, and a happy association of the most estimable virtues. " It is also necessary to fix the amount of the force by sea and land, conformably to art. 15, sec. 10, of the constitutional charter, having respect to the circumstances and internal state of the country, and not losing sight of the peculiar situation in which the neighbouring and allied nations may be placed, where a Prince pretending to the throne is come again to re vive the almost extinguished flames of civil war. " Besides these objects many others claim your attention. The laws regulating the liberty of the press, the responsibility of the Ministers and public officers, the inviolability of the residence of the citizen,—the law which is to regulate the use and the employment of the property of the citizen for the be nefit of the public, and the indemnity which is previously to be given him for it, according to article 145, sec. 21, of the charter,—the organization of public instruction and study in all their branches,—the pious and charitable establishments,— the laws for the protection and promotion of manufactures, commerce, and arts, and of agriculture, which is the queen of them all,—the measures for improving the situation and admi nistration of our transmarine dominions, from which so many inestimable advantages, hitherto overlooked or despised, may be derived,—everything, in short, that the charter pre scribes or recommends,---all that public necessity requires, and all that may contribute to the prosperity of this honourable nation, and to restore its ancient glory and greatness, must deserve the zeal and labour of the Cortes, and will doubtless be the constant object of their thoughts and attention. " Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese nation, " The Minister of Finance will present to you the present state of the public funds, and the estimate of the resources ne cessary to meet the ordinary and extraordinary expenses of the state. It will be for you to examine this subject, and to en able the Government to fulfil its obligations. " Worthy Peers of the kingdom—Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese nation, " I most cordially rejoice with you and the whole nation, at seeing our country restored, the constitutional charter en forced, and the august throne of the Queen established; and to see you united around it, ready to employ your talents and your zeal to promote its splendour; and to raise the Portuguese to the station which belongs to them in the number of civilized nations. " For myself, I reserve only the glory of having placed my self at the head of so brave and honoured a people, and of the national army, and of having co-operated with them to main tain the rights of a daughter whom I love and esteem so highly, and those of a nation which has rendered itself so illustrious in the world by its heroism in war and by its virtues in peace. " The Extraordinary Session is opened." " PALACE DAS NECESSIDADES, Auo. 15. " Their Majesties the Queen and the Duchess of Braganza are in good health. " His Imperial Majesty the Duke of Braganza proceeds in his cure with great improvement in his health. " -The Archbishop Chief Almoner performed mass before their Majesties in the chapel of the Palace at 11 o'clock. His Imperial Majesty received the Ministers of Finance, Marine, and Justice, at three-quarters past 12. " Their Majesties and the Infanta Donna Isabel Maria and their attendants proceeded to the Palace of the Cortes, at the door of which they were received by a deputation of the two Chambers, the chief officers of the kingdom and of the Royal household, and the Ministers of State, and all the regulations in the programme having been exactly complied with, the Royal sitting immediately took place, the foreign Ministers being in the gallery assigned them. " His Imperial Majesty the Duke of Braganza then read the speech from the throne, and declared the Extraordinary Session of the Cortes opened. " Their Majesties and her Royal Highness left the Palace of the Cortes with the same attendants, and were welcomed in all the streets through which they passed by the acclamations of the immense multitudes, attracted by this national festivity. At Bin the evening their Majesties and her Royal Highness honoured the theatre of San Carlos with their presence. As soon as the curtain of the Royal box was raised, the audience, with the greatest enthusiasm, broke out into cries of Long live the Queen, the Charter, the Duke Regent, and the Du chess of Braganza;' and this loyal people long manifested their joy and gratitude at the return of this day, interrupted for so many years, and now restored to Portugal with so much glory. " - Their Majesties returned to the Palace in good health."— Lisbon Gazette to the 16th of August, inclusive. JAMAICA PAPERS. The following is the speech of the Governor on proroguing the House of Assembly on the sth ult.:,- " Gentlemen of the Council, " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Assembly. " All the measures which you have deemed expedient to enter upon at this unusual session having been fully considered, and such enactments as you have thought adequate to the exi gencies of the coming times, having been made, I anxiously , seize the earliest opportunity of dismissing you from your at tendance as members of the legislative body. " It is unnecessary for me to take particular notice of the measures you have passed. Suffice it for me to say, that those relating to the establishment of the police, and of petit sessions possessing a summary jurisdiction in case of assaults of a minor description, appear to me well-timed, and calculated to secure the peace of the island. " I regret that no bill for an alteration in the Circuit Court has been presented to me for approval. The necessity of some new enactment on that important subject is so strongly im pressed on my mind, that I hope you will individually give the matter your most serious consideration during the recess, and that in the next session a matured plan, calculated to meet the altered condition of society, will be introduced. " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Assembly, " I thank you for the supply voted for the police, and I shall direct my immediate attention to its general organization and discipline. " Gentlemen of the Council, " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Assembly, " Being relieved from your attendance as legislators, a not less important duty now calls for your attention--namely, the completion of those domestic arrangements which the ap proaching change in the condition of the labouring population will render necessary. " Much of the success of the measure, much of the present happiness and future prosperity of the island, depend on the judicious arrangements which will be made on their respective properties by individuals. Such matters could not be made the subject of legislative enactment—they must emanate from the discretion and local knowledge of each person. I trust, however, that you will impress on those within your influence the necessity of forbearance. " Mutual forbearance is requisite in all the relations of ordi nary life, much more so now when the most inestimable of human blessings is about to be bestowed on so numerous a class. With their freedom they will gain the virtues of freemen, and lose the vices of slaves. After a short time you will, I trust, reap the fruits of gentleness and kindness in their good con duct ; but when such a boon is conferred on them, let not the expression of their joy be mistaken for a disposition to riot —let not those under you so mistake their feelings and misuse their authority. On your individual discretion I again repeat, much—l may say, all—depends ; I feel this most strongly and ought so to do, having the double incentive of private in terest and public responsibility—l trust, therefore, that you will not think that I press the matter more urgently on you than the grave nature of the case requires. lam happy to inform you that all the reports of the state of the country which I have received are most satisfactory, and that they be come more favourable on each day, as the nature of the change becomes better understood. Let us, therefore, hope that through the mercy of Divine Providence our efforts may be directed in the right course, and that the result may be that when we meet again it will be with joy and mutual congratu lation. " I do now in his Majesty's name prorogue this General As sembly to Tuesday the bth day of August next, and it is here by prorogued accordingly." The Parisian Times states that the Emperor of Austria has been attacked with a disease in the spine, which threatens to end fatally. It is said of Webber, a singer of the Bath and Bristol company, that so completely conscious was he of his want of personal attractions, that when he had a song to sing, between the play and farce, as is the custom in country thea tres, he always contrived, if he could, to have the s t age parti ally darkened ; for, said he," if they see my ugly mug, they'll ~ hiss me to a dead certainty. Wi l liams ox Sin og. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the French Papers of Saturday.) By a Royal ordinance, dated yesterday, the minimum of the kweight of the packets of spun cotton to be imported into France, in virtue of the ordinance of the 2d of June last, is reduced to 21b. English. Extract of a letter from Zurich of the 16th instant :—" The committee appointed by the Diet to lay down the basis for deciding the fundamental question of rendering the represen tation proportional to the population having separated, the general opinion is that the revision of the compact will be adjourned. Many persons rejoice at this, because the Diet is too much agitated and divided into parties, each entertaining decisive and opposite sentiments on the subject, to admit of the cool and deliberate consideration a subfbct so important requires. The cantons possessing the greater population are, as may be naturally supposed, in favour of this measure, with the exce;.tion of Vaud, which on this occasion has given proof of its total disinterestedness. This proposition, so long as it shall remain in the foreground, will be an obstacle with many cantons in the way of all reform. The Diet having very nearly exhausted the list of tractanda for the session, will very shortly dissolve itself. -The dissensions in the canton of Schweitz being nearly put to rest, and Basle Town appearing to be resigned to its position. we do not foresee anything likely to disturb for some time the tranquillity of Switzerland. The question as to Neufchatel remains open, but it does not appear that Russia is very anxious for the separation, and the demand will not probably be renewed, unless the majo rity of the ether cantons should cause such a new compact to be adopted as would essentially change the situation of Neuf chatel. The political state of Switzerland is so dependent upon that of Francs, that the complete re-establishment of order in that kingdom will insure the tranquillity of this country." The Berlin State Gazette of the 17th instant mentions seve ral new and most destructive fires which had broken out in forests, and which, in consequence of the long-continued drought and hot weather, spread with awful rapidity. Among the names of the woods thus devastated we find the following —Arnsdorf, Wartenburg, Menlsack Sonnenber g , Fuchsberg, Ottenhagen, Lindenau, Kleinnurschen, and Johannisberg. The damage has been immense. In one instance 100 acres of linden trees were entirely consumed. It is announced as a curious fact from Marienwerder, that in the 'latter part of July immense swarms of grasshoppers completely devastated the surrounding country. The number of wolves has also remark ably increased. In one month were destroyed four male wolves, five female, and five cubs. The usual rewards allowed in such cases amounted to 294 rixdollars. The Gazette quotes the Funds at Berlin on the 16th inst., 4 per Cents, cash 99 ; paper, 99k. The Suabian Mercury gives the following from Hesse Cassel of the J4th inst. : " The Government has prolonged the session of the States for a week, since it is found impossible that the Assembly should be able to pass the new law of finances before the 16th inst., the day originally fixed for the close. There must, however, be a still further prolongation, seeing the number and importance of the subjects before it still in urrear. To-day the States were on the point of entering upon the budget of the army, and about to apply the resolutions previously adopted when Colonel Schmidt, the Commissary of the Government, announced that Ministers could not give their assent to these resolutions, which they had submitted to the Germanic Diet, whose decision they were expecting. As the Germanic Diet cannot come to a determination on this question without re ceiving previous instructions from the different Courts of Ger many, the time required for its coming to a conclusion will be too long for the States to remain assembled till it arrives. How ever, the law of the finances, of which the army budget forms a part, must be voted by the present States for another three years, as the power of the Government to levy the taxes ceases at the end of the present month." The Pest and Ofen Journal of the 10th inst. announces that the ancient and formidable fortress of Montgatz, in the county of Berengh, in Hungary, to which are attached so many interesting points of history, was destroyed by fire in the night of July 27. The flames burst out about 11 o'clock, at the northern angle, and spread with such rapidity that in a very few hours every part which was combustible was consumed. All assistance from without was impossible, from the situation of the castle, which was seated on a steep isolated rock. A great number of valuable works of art, in the palace of the governor and in the chapel, have perished, but fortunately no lives were lost. The President of the Republic of Hayti has addressed a circular, dated June 8, to the commanders of all the open ports of the islnni, mheieby, after noticing that great abuse had for several years existed, arising from the facility with which the coasting vessels of the republic conveyed the pro duce of the island on board vessels moored in the roads to be trahsported abroad without paying the export duties, whereby the revenues of the State were injured, it directs the com manders of the ports to keep up a regular watch, by boats con stantly moving day and night, in all the roadsteads, in order to intercept and seize all such boats and other craft which may be found engaged in this illicit traffic. The boats and craft thus seized are to be confiscated, and the produce found in them sold--one half for the benefit of the State, and one half for the benefit of the captors. _ FRENCH FUN its.—PAats, Am. 23. Five per Cents., 105 f. SOc. 90c. 80c. Four per Cents., 93f. —c. Three per Cents., 74f. 70c. SOc. SOc. itente de Naples, 92f. 50c. 4ec. Roman Five per Cents., 94% 95%. Rente ,PE,pagne. Five per Cents., 30 39, Rente d'F.spagne, Three per CentF., V% 25g Royal Spanish Loan, 34% 36%, Rente Perpet. d'Esragne, Five per Cents., 35% 36% 38. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 99. EXCLIANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 27%c. ; money, 251. 27%c. Three months, paper, 25f. Isc. ; money, 25f. 15c. - Cours Authentique. DUTCH PAIMRS, THE HAGUE, AUGUST 21.—Her Majesty the Queen of Ba varia, after spending some weeks at the bathing establishment at Scheveningen, left that place yesterday to return to Bavaria. The German papers say that she will shortly go with the King to Italy, and thence to Greece, to pay a visit to their son, Ki ng Otho. _ EINDHOVEN, AUGUST 19.—We hear that on Thursday, the 21st, the 3d division of the troops in camp will execute grand evolutions, in which the field battery No. 8, belonging to that division, will take part. It is positively affirmed that his Royal Highness the • Prince Field-Marshal will be present. The camp at Oirschot will break up on Tuesday the 26th August. The anniversary of the birthday of our revered King will be celebrated there on the 24th. Preparations are already making to keep in a suitable manner a day so dear to all Netherlanders. We hear that Count Rossi, Sardinian Ambassador to our Court, will go in that capacity to Berlin. The acquittal by the jury of Hainault of all the persons, without distinction, arrested on account of the riots at Brus sels in April last, has been followed by a scene, if possible, still more scandalous. These acquitted prisoners were brought to Brussels in a kind of triumph. Bots-LE-Duc, AUG. 19. Notwithstanding the giving of unlimited furloughs to the men belonging to the moveable schuttery, the vacancies that occur in the corps of officers continue to be filled up as usual. Our papers are filled with accounts of the return of the schuttery to their respective homes, and of the rejoicing with which they are welcomed by their fellow townsmen, after so long an absence. 51 to 511.4 214 per Cent. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, Avo. 22. Syndic 4) per cent. BOS to SON Actual in o ,1 Ditto, ditto. 3 1 4 per cent. 11.4. 100 Loan (1530) 5 per c en t 9 Ditto (1',32 and 1833) 5 per cent. to 98 Exchange. on London Ditto, two months l2 5 to 1 2 G 7 S —Dutch Papers, Aug 23. GERMAN PAPERS. VIENNA, AuG. 14.—Their Imperial Majesties arrived yes tesday at Schoenbrun from Baden. We learn also from Emun den, that the young King of Hungary and his consort had arrived there in good health, and that His Royal Highness the Duke of Modena was expected there. Prince George Von Sinacho has been appointed by his Ma jesty, King Otho, Consul-General of Greece at Vienna, and been recognised as such by his Majesty the Emperor. Prince Frederick of Saxony's regiment of cuirassiers passed through Vienna the day before yesterday, and was inspected in the glacis by the Generals here. It is ordered to the camp near Brunn, which, as we learn, will consist of 16 battalions of infantry, 4 battalions of Jagers, 6 regiments of cavalry, and 6 battalions of artillery, in all about 30,000 men. Count Van Lutzow, Imperial Ambassador Extraordinary to the Court of Rome, arrived here a few days ago, having obtained leave of absence. He will stay here three or four months. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Bavaria, who we fear has been prevented by indisposition from paying his in tended visit to his Majesty the Emperor, is now expected in a few days. Apartments are already prepared for him in the Imperial Palace. VIENNA, Aro. 14.—Five per Cent. Metalliques 98 13-16 ; Four per Cent. 883- ; Bank Shares I,242.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Aug. 19. BERLIN, AUG. H.—With respect to the negotiations now carried on here on the part of Baden, we learn that the diffi culties which it has not yet been possible to remove hay e nearly the same causes that have prevented Nassau from join ing the commercial union and adopting the Prussian tariff, namely, the nature of its frontier towards France, which it is true more immediately affects Baden than Nassau. Now that the arrangements respecting the custom-houses, &c. on the frontiers are quite completed with those states that have adopted the tariff, the result is that Prussia has a much less extended frontier line to guard than in 1818, so that a great reduction in the number of custom-house officers has been effected. Their number was 300, of which about 170 have already been again employed or have retired on pensions. CARLSRUGE, AUGUST 19.—The Government Gazette of August 15 contains an Ordinance of the Grand Duke, making some changes in the existing. Ordinances respect i ng the Cen sorship of the Press. The Minister of the Interior is to ap point persons qualified to be Censors wherever newspapers are published. HANOVER, AUGUST 14.—0 n the 12th of August, a Chapter of the Guelphic Order was held in the Palace of Herrenhausen, to celebrate the anniversary of the creation of the Order. His Excellency Baron Von Stralenheim, Minister of State, pre sided. The newly-made Knights who were present having been invested with the insignia, proclamation was made of the appointments since the 12th of August last year, made by his Majesty the Grand Master of the Order, and the ceremony concluded with the sincerest wishes for the happiness of his Ma jesty the King, the Royal Family, and country, which is so ' devoted to him. Since the 12th of August last year, there have been appointed 11 Grand Crosses, one of whom is Mr. Thomas Cartwright, British Ambassador to the German Diet ; 18 Commanders, among whom is Professor Heeren ; and 49 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1834. Knights, among whom are .Professors Konradi and C. Ottfer Muller, and M. Von Klarge, Chief Architect to his Majesty. Most of the newly-apponited Knights are Englishmen.— Franhfort Papers, August 19. SPANISH PAPERS. SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL ON PRESENTING THE DRAUGHT OF THE CRIMINAL CODE, AUG. 12. The Minister of Grace and Justice being prevented by the necessity of preserving sanatory precautions from presenting to the Estate the project of a criminal code, has selected me as the instrument for the performance of that honourable duty. At the meeting of the general Cortes of the kingdom, her Majesty desired that they should commence their important functions by the consideration of the most grave and urgent subjects. The question which, both in itself and under exist ing circumstances, is, if I may use the expression, the capital one, and of the highest political importance, is the decision which should be come to with respect to that disaffected Prince, who has attempted, but in vain, to usurp the crown of our august Queen Donna Isabel 11. Her Majesty the Queen Regent, perfectly convinced of the great importance of deciding this question without delay, in timated, as early as the day of the opening of the Cortes, that it would be the first to occupy their attention, and it has, in fact, been already submitted to the other estates. The Government of her Majesty, that they might proceed with order and avoid impediment to the public service, found it necessary to appeal to this estate to obtain the means indis pensably requisite to meet the necessities of the State—neces sities aggravated by the circumstances of the present time, but which, nevertheless, proceed from causes more or less remote. Accordingly, the first financial project, which will in due course be followed by the remaining projects, has already been submitted to this estate ; nevertheless, there are other grave subjects to submit to the deliberation of the Cortes, and among certainly not the least important, perhaps the most urgent, is the regulation in an easy and expeditious manner of the due administration of justice. At present, whether it be the„ re sult of a want of regulation and classification of the existing laws, or of the inapplicability of some of them in the present state of civilization, or of the absence of all rule for the judges to follow, it cannot be denied that this branch of public admi nistration is corrupted by vicious errors, theeorre,ction of which has become fitting—nay, is urgently required, as well for the prompt punishment of offenders, as for the preservation of the independence of the judicial authority. The fact is, that in this matter a sort of torpidity exists, so that the Government, with all their desire for the faithful exe cution of the laws, and the prompt, due, and impartial admi nistration of justice, find their hands tied, when attempting to overcome the obstacles which present themselves. On this ac count they have lost no time in submitting to the Estate this project of a criminal code, framed by a commission, or to speak more correctly, by two commissions, composed of magistrates, whose profound knowledge and great experience on the sub lectentitle their suggestions to respect. The project embraces not only the penal code, but also the code of procedure, being that part of the criminal code which has reference to the prac tical application of punishments to offences, or, in other words, to the mode of conducting the trials, so that the provisions contained in the penal code may be carried into effect. Con sequently, this project of a criminal code is composed of two parts-1, the penal code, or the classification of offences, an the punishments corresponding to them ; 2, the code of proce dure, or the forms of process, necessary to effect the applica tion of the punishment ordained for the offence committed. This project, framed, as I have already said, by distin guished Magistrates of great experience, offers remarkable advantages, one of which, of the highest importance, is that of presenting, collected in- a single body, all the existing laws. The effect of this will be to relieve the judges from the ne cessity of consulting the laws of the Partidas, and other legal authorities, for the purpose of finding precedents, often contra dictory, generally very difficult to be understood, and even when intelligible, never exempt from what is essentially an evil—.that of being scattered through numerous volumes. It will also have the effect of removing all Spaniards from the painful situation in which they are placed by not knowing how far an offence extends, and what punishment is applicable to it by the provisions of the law. This alone would be, I repeat, a great advantage; but the project presents many other and more considerable advantages. Among these may be men tioned the proposed regulation with regard to the punish ment of death. .Though neither our habits, the state of so ciety, nor the circumstances in which the nation is at present placed, permit the total removal of capital punishment from our code, care has been taken to restrain it within much narrower limits than formerly; and it will be seen that de grading punishments transmitted from the father to the child (which constitute one of the absurdities we inherit from bar barous ages) are erased ; and, likewise, that confiscations, which, without profiting the treasury, fall upon the innocent, are limited to certain cases. Other advantages, it will also be observed, are suggested, such as the experience, observation, and intelligence of the age p o i n t ou t, w hi c h fil trat i ng (if we may be allowed to say so) through the most deep-rooted pre judices, go on producing slow but evident improvements in all the codes of Europe. Still it must not be supposed that the Ministry concur in all the details contained in the code, or adopt as their own all and every one of its provisions. But they thought right, on account of its importance and urgency, to present it without delay, in order that a basis so necessary for the re pose o? society may be settled. The Government then re serve to themselves the liberty of declaring their opinions in the course of the debates, which may take place on the sub ject, and of the various discussions to which the articles of the project may give rise. It will then be seen how far the Government concur in, or dissent from, the opinion of the magistrates, by whom the project has been drawn up. Recapitulating, then, what I have already said, I repeat that the project contains, besides the penal code, the code of procedure ; and that when, after hearing the opinion of the . committee of the Estate, to whom the project will be referred, the matter comes to be discussed, the Government, animated by the best feelings, will cheerfully join in the debate, with the full assurance that the discussions will disclose how far we can reconcile individual liberty with social security, and how far that individual liberty can be reconciled with the pu nishment of offences which threatens to destroy the foundation of society itself. The Government, anticipating the wishes of the Estate, have directed the project to be printed, and on the day after to-morrow it will be distributed to the Procuradores. I now have to request the secretaries of the Estate to read the project, which I have the honour to present, in fulfilment of Her Majesty's commands. However laudable the desire to effect economy in all the branches of the Administration, nothing else than lamentable confusion will be the result, if each of our Procuradores should force into the discussion his own particular project, so that in the rapidity of a.debate without plan and without unity, the most luminous ideas which might be thrown out on a subject that so nearly interests us may be lost sight of. Amendments and additions crowded one upon the other may afford some pre text to the Ministry to declare that it is wished to render their measures impracticable, and as such is not the wish of the na tion, nor that of the Cortes who represent the nation, it is pos sible a prejudice may be awakened against propositions for the adoption of economical reforms. Among the present Procu radores are to be found men well informed on the subject, and who will be able to steer clear of this inconvenience by care fully inquiring (and the subject is the most delicate which could be presented to their deliberation) what measures of economy are practicable, what part of the estimates may be approved of, what expenses may be curtailed or altogether avoided without prejudice to the defence of the legitimate throne and of our liberties, and what are the resources on which they may calculate for meeting the necessary demands. The labours of the committee charged with the examination of the project of the Finance Minister will be submitted to the Procuradores, impressed with the regularly anticipated opinion. Thus they will have a well-grounded basis to p rocee d on i n the discussion. A subje c t o such high importance ought to demand the especial attention of the estate, penetrated as it must be with the conviction that its first duty is to ameliorate the lamentable condition of our Treasury. One of the Secretaries of State has spoken of the necessity we are under of imitating foreigners in the conduct of certain branches of the Administration. We trust that this imitation may not also be extended to the discussion of the estimates in question, in the manner in which other questions are occa sionally discussed in the French Chambers, with all the com mon-place arguments of speculative economy, which form the foundation of great practical errors. In the present state of modern nations, the administration of the public revenue is the principal wheel of the state ma chine. It indicates the condition of the funds destined for the support of the land and marine forces ; it dictates to national policy the language corresponding to the growth of its power, and embracing, in fine, all the interests of the people by means of a just selection of imposts, favours industry, animates labour, and by the economical distribution of outlays, renders the tri bute which is exacted from the citizen a fresh source of pros perity to him. When we consider the shameful defalcation of the public resources, which indeed is the great evil pressing on us, the vigilance of the Procuradores will never be excessive while it is directed against the existence of those abuses for personal e molument, which the remissness of Ministers may allow to in sinuate themselves into the series of necessary measures. The advantageous employment of funds, which the Former Administration offered to the cupidity of foreign contractors, that immense variety of imposts which continual necessities have tended to create, and which has reduced the majority of the contributors to a state of complete ruin, are points equally demanding the attention of the Procuradores, in whose ears are still resounding the lamentations of those unfortunate com munities they have lately quitted. Yes, we repeat, the people are unfortunate, though there are not wanting persons in office and courtiers, who call this assertion the affected philanthropy and common-place sentiment of the periodical press ; the people are unhappy because th e y no l on ger perceive the re spectable origin ef contributions, and instead of viewing them as the result of the just co-operation of all the members of society for its preservation and defence, they see in them nothing but the effect of a thirst for gold in the higher autho rities, and in the officers of the revenue the cruel oppressors of the people. Such is the result of an absurd Administra tion, prolonged through so many years. Such are the effects of those ruinous loans which, accelerating the bankruptcy of the nation, enrich only some half dozen of individuals. In the favoured land we inhabit agriculture is undoubtedly the primary source of public wealth. If, then, we wish for positive am eliorations —ameliorations which shall identify the people with the political regeneration of the country—they r ouct- for c , :rta:n, he effected by diminishing the weight of those imposts and 1 - ur(1: , lls which press on Ine poorest class of labourers, and which, depriving them not unfrequently of even the utensils for their labour, condemn many men to poverty and misery who have exhausted themselves to support the charges of the state. Nothing is more insupportable to the LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGLTST 25, 1834. The Spanish Papers contain no news of" any im portance, with the exception of the speech of the President of the Council, on presenting to the Cham bers a draught of the projected scheme for reforming, or rather fixing, the criminal law. The Government of Spain has wisely resolved, that in order to establish a public opinion which will check the career of injustice in the proVinces, and infuse into the mind of the popu lact a respect for the legislature and the laws, the way to begin is by determining and declaring the punish ments to which the commission of crime shall undoubt edly subject the perpetrators. We, who have long contended for the adoption of a similar principle in this country, cannot but rejoice at this most laudable determination on the part of the Spanish Cabinet. When the object contended for is the happiness of the people, we can, however, without the littleness of na tional jealousy, record with pleasure the numbers who . , formerly lagging in the rear, now outstrip us in the race. We see Spain, sunk as she was for centuries in the dark gulph of the darkest superstition, now rise buoyant and elastic, shake from her mighty limbs the filth and rusty fetters which defiled them, and with a giant bound burst in the face of Europe, the first in the march of good government and the ripening promise of intellectual improvement. Let it not be supposed that although England has suffered less from the ad- ministration of bad laws than Spain, yet that the laws themselves are in more need of revision in one country than the other. By no means ; the Magis trate, under the 'shelter of the common law of England, as the judicial precedents are pompously termed, is just as potent for evil—just as efficient for petty wrong__ just as well screened from merited legal retribution as the most powerful Alcade in the two Spains. The Judges may do as they please here, as well as the Alcades do there, for all the impediments which the laws throw in their way. If we suffer less from the possible abuse, we have to thank a spirited press, and an enlightened, and therefore powerful public opinion forit. Let any one who doubts this, turn to the report of the speech, read it carefully, and then reflect fora moment on the real state of the law in this country. The Pre sident, in enumerating the abuses of the laws of Spain which this scheme is proposed to correct, says that the laws are not classified, that the punishment of crimes is not known to offenders until after trial, whereas they should be known before the commission of the evil deed ; that the judgments are drawn from conflicting precedents, and that much time is lost on the part of the judges in wading through old law-books, the re cords of which are not applicable to the present advanced state of society. Now, all this is precisely a s porrea when referred to the common law of Eng land, as to that of Spain. if the matter in dispute between two litigants be the filling up of an old well, or the inclosing a footpath, the Judges cannot open unfortunate labourer than the conduct of subaltern autho rities, who, for the most part, treat him as the meanest individual in the State. Relieve him, then, from the in fluence of the arbitrary exaction of contributions, and subject their collection to uniform rules, which will operate in an invariable manner ; for the labourer's uncertainty with regard to the amount of contribution he is required to pay is the great evil of his existence. Not only is he tortured with the injustice of to-day, but he has to dread that which is reserved for him to-mor row. Let us get rid of this system at once and for ever. The plain honest husbandman understands only the language of deeds. " I paid," he says, "to the last Government thirty pieces —to this I pay but 20. The present is therefore the best Government." It is true a sudden diminution of the charges of the State is a difficult undertaking, not however so much so as some seek to represent it. The means we possess for effecting it are not unknown to the present Finance Mi nister, and we are persuaded that in the existing crisis of the public revenue, there is an absolute necessity for bringing those means into operation with that discretion and caution which existing circumstances demand ; because it will ever consist with the principles of eternal justice that those who possess some property should contribute more to the State than those who possess little or none.—Eco del Comercio. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLoCit. Bank Stock :3 per Cent. Bed. 4 -'3ili India Stock 3 per Cent. Cons. 'OA% Ditto Bonds :IN. per Cent ' 9 % South Sea Stock.... Ditto Bed New :N. per Cent. 95 % 1 4 14 New Div() „, c Assented 99% 3 p ar Cent. Annuities, 1151— 4 per tent. IDissented lol}4 Exch. 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Debentures 9W.', National Insurance Company Bank Stock '9.45y City Debentures, 4 per milt— EH Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock 93 MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due Arrived. Due. i; America 0 2 France 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg 0 1 Mexico 0 0 Carthagena 0 I Holland 0 0 Ostend 0 2 )üblin 0 0 Jamaica . 0 I Sweden . 0 I Flanders ... .... 0 0 Leeward Hands 0 2 W:Lt.rf.,ni iiIGH NA , ATE it AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.NIOI - tito Morning 2 minutes after 6. Evenin. ) 3 minutes after 6. POSITIVELY NEXT THURSDAY. MARTIN and CO. beg leave to aPirizeifieir Frienth and the Public, that the Drawing of the FINAL GLAS GOW LOTTERY will positively take place NEXT THURS DAY, ;)eing the last allowed by Act of Parliament; after that day Lotteries will cease. The Scheme contains Prizes of -16,000, 10,000, 3,000, 2,000, &c. &c. _ _ Martin and Co., in the Last State Lottery sold the largest Prize, viz., of 21,0001. ! and it is confidently expected will sell the largest. Prize of 16,0001., in the only remaining Lottery, to be drawn 28th of this Month • - while any Tickets remain unsold, Martin and C o. , 8, Cornhill, and 86, Oxford Street, and their Agents in the coun try, will be sure to have them. THE SUN IS NOW THE LARGEST DAILY PAPER IN LONDON. et? ' ;'s` , : , \*"."") Zbe ~~,, E:e y. ~~~~ befo eY their mouths, nor the lawyers their briefs, r e iv: have taken some weeks to find out h ow our Nor 0 3 , : i and Sax on ances t or s would have decided u ? Oc e return such a questio n . It was this eter nal a . to obsolete precedents which stamped tha t c 1 , ratter of our lawyers, which, with the aid of .; brightest talents, and most extensive literary of 1311 ments, they have never been able to g et rid of. his satirical vindication of natural society, 13 111 , ' , , does not greatly exceed the strictest limitss of :rla rr when he says, " We are tenants at the will of (lel for everything ; and a metaphysical q uibble is to d : whether the greatest villain breathing sh all meet. i 'h s t m an serts, or escape with impunity, or wheth er the bos most in society shall not be reduced to the lowest al'cl. despicable condition it affords. In a word I;he d affe cte tice, delay, puerility, false refinement , an • - 1 3 0 I' ve mystery of the law, are such, that many-,1 under it come to admire and envy the expeOien' plicity, and equality, of arbitrary judgmen:' ¢ e s Unhappily for England, these sentimeats 'were vividly descriptive of the law to-day as the/ bo died were first the hour i n w hi c h they _rst. not t have in a written f orm . B u t we trust we di al f our long to repeat th ese com pl a i n ts of the tardine ss ° jos , Government in amending, c onsoliclating , , and ( 1 0 116 our criminal cod e . Th e p rese nt Ministry have into much in the app o i n ti ng a comm ission to inq uire rh o the nature and extent of this evil, and,. as far t s rer have yet gone with their labours, they po rnis° der the most essential service to the Colin* f o. There is hardly any news from the distittl? vincial districts, and the little there is 0 014 be set of pended upon as correct in any particular. 006 . - journals tell us that R OD IL is night and day 10 pursuit of DON CARLOS, though the former bels; yet been able to b r i ng his guns to bear on t he re re 0 while another s ec ti on o f th e p ress a s grav el / assu • t hth e that the rebel rac e i s t owar d s Draar id ' ho lvi full determination o f s t orm i ng the caP il '"% e as for the latter p ar t o f this inte lli g env f know it ourselves, to use the polite Phr ase :fade Burchell in the Vicar of Wakffield, 'to be phra se: Don CARLOS has no means of storming ttOre'eld'iless' where the personifications of hunger and 14g n g Or° and the sight of arms, such as th e va lLs ; .t o , i nto fought with, are sufficient to frighten the ge rr ; s d desti" le an immediate surrender. If the look of slusji tution has anything exceedingly ferociou s 811 a; o c rrh e in it, then, indeed, may the REGENT trou ble re is° safety of her loyal Ward ; but, otherwis e ' the s f t . et t il° more to be feared from the squad that trot uro wo rebel standard th an f rom th e m i g hty wrath of ° gay, gallant, and striking coalheavers. t hel cl .„ c : In another part of Th e S un w ill be fowl' " of the Regent of Portugal, Don PEDR°' ° 11 „;;" the Cortes of that ki ng d om . The '' ‘ for ROR seems to have a surprising regar d ter° l3e , speeches, especially when they maY be t o a recital of his o wn w i s d om , ta l ents , and e ° ` i ;11i ° ' manifested in th e evo l u ti ons o f the la te re i j°l' of warfare in P or t uga l. T o t h e f uture histori an vs i, j ol e tuguese glory, this spee c h w ill be an t in ev ttll 4 , document. It embraces a period ei years, in which we find the nor' . t of tbt 4 1 to . have bee n th e great l ea di ng sp irit r 0 age-=the mighty guardian of the liberties °: 9 11' 5° ' —the undau n t e d d e f en d er o f h er r i g hts ---tile e r' duing champion of her privileges—the pot ent ' t ie r f ° : less assertor o f h er c l a i ms, h er charters' i gE dom, and h er i n d epen d ence. The 0 5 P er under every threat en i ng aspect o f evil' tie in all, all to all, and a ll f or all. No g n°,s ogerti)e possessed his zeal, no h ero hi s cou rage, wisdom, and no diplomatist his prud eli , lotg / s• was a prodigy of equ ity, w i s d o m, all a ej di so he says himself—and as we are not dise s pute his claims, and as moreover, we highly' a ! of his general condu c t i n asser ti ng the rig hts ic e, 9ll e , daughter, the reigni ng Q ueen o f Portuga b far his sl ef leave to others the t as k o f i nqu i r i n g low c 110 c ,I i • count of his own actions agrees with the . 5 0 ' given to them by th e impartial historian s °f acts in every part of Europe. tlist d The speech, however, contains much eotcct greatly interest th e p u bli c at t h e present re °l l - 0 'C oo „' o f looking to that p ar t o f it w hi c h t re ats of of the Clergy, we f ee l ourse l ves f orc ibly all 4 an old adage " that Priests are PM ° 01,c world over." We recommend to the of di t he parsons of Ireland, the peculiar st n der 01 tactics of the Portuguese m on k s , wile guidance of another MARCUS BERESf °II9' the Irish BERESFORD too, hailed the dagger ss c ilr; foil& w V ioe to I) searcher of the unbelieving bos o m! The count of these humble followers of the is of and loving Redeemer of m an ki n d, has r eue o rtil o d. mon with the characteristi cs o f th e °rang% 1 0° the hierarchy of th e E s t a bli s h e d Church 1- 4 r Thus speaks the R EGENT :—•-• f e tiO " All the families and associations of religig; nomination and or d er h ave b een suppresse d. '0"1 ments, considered with respect to religion, w e : 0 , a ice" :sated from the primitive spirit of their institatled sco a r ip exclusively governed by the love of tempora l a ci r i l jere i d) 4' terests which they professed to despise ; and o P n - die'',o ls );'! litical point of vieyv,they were like denationalisec!;o9, i f 1,/ ent to the good or bad fortune of their fellow C lti ;pierl t 109 lously serving a despotic or tyrannical Govertbeirlilero'l expected from it favour and consideration. 'r e f , dal l gro t over individuals and f am ili es , w hi c h was the ra c) ",: ca t d eg proportion as it was s ecre t, P ortuga l ow es in ag' . 4 evils which it has just exper i ence d." And what evil i s th ere oppress i n g ire'a , ass , ° hr t b not, in a g rea t d egree , ow i ng to the a ce of Established Ch urc h, and the foul infhtell e 0 1 ha s worst members ? • Wh a t i s it tha t 111; WI" I V Of lastingly ren d ere d t h e Ch urc h of bulk i(est / ) object - of deep hatred to the s od ffro population—north and south---eas t r yr ° nt h but the love of " worldly interests," th e e ve ,e e°P ra ote f services of the clergy to " tyrannical Go' le in utter contempt for the feelings of r d the P g whom they were``located, and in utter disreg- Scriptures which they professed to teach ? V I ........._ In the session of 1833, a Report wa s c htti f 1 10 ma / Committee, of which Mr. GUEST WaS.Plate d ff El e in which some very good surestions. ap e f `'6 better conduct of the business of the once ofri i servant of the House should be mons ; and among other thinas--" lbatillto de v ti perin ittea °tile r I II; or receive any gratuity, present, or f e ee i. ee st 9 such as is prescribed by the Table °I too Id' GUEST has given notice that he means t° ot o; among other resolutions, at the coulin ence v ln the f t of Parliament..od, next session But gr• i ' L.' exami ssie • al clerk eil) of the House, having bee ° l go s e ~; fore a Committee on Private 1301 Fos , - :5 11 • 'As ,I. ttlitl, ,yott,i " : i s, " lie thinks the system cf (zra v•ill b e # r e { good system. He • . there •• v o l e i is quite sure in some shape or other. He t hinks that o de °- person pays a gratuity, and another Pe J