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to individuals, expressions which those individuals had per haps never used, and of which at all events their Lordships could know nothing. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to know whether the Noble Marquis would induce his Right Hon. Friend to publish his speech, in order that it might be seen whether the Right Hon. Gentleman had used those ex pressions he was reported to have used, and which were so derogatory to the dignity of this House. Lord GODERICH hoped his Noble Friend would not answer that question. Lord CALTHORPE then presented a petition from Bir mingham, praying that the Trade with India might be opened. Lord FARNHAM presented petitions from the county and city of Cork, from the county of Cavan, and from the Presbyterians of Cavan, against any further concessions to the Roman Catholics. . . The. Earl of GOSFORD presented a petition from the Protestant proprietors of land (501. freeholders) of the county of Armagh,' in favour of Catholic Emancipation. The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a petition from Cork, complaining of their liability to serve as Church wardens. Lord DUDLEY laid on the table a return of the amount and disposal of the secret service money up to (we under stood) the sth of April, 1827. CORN AVERAGES. The Bill for the regulation of the Corn Averages was ordered to be read a second time to-morrow night. Several private Bills were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WIDNESDAT, Jars 20. The SPEAKER took the Chair this day at the usual hour. Lord BINNING presented a petition from the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, complaining of certain grievances to which that body is subject. Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition from the Royal College of Surgeons, complaining of certain regulations in jurious to that body. Petitions were presented, praying for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, fro► Taunton, by Mr. R. STYMOUR. Mr. PERCEVAL brought up return of the number of briefs issued for the repair of Churches since the year 1790. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Robert Pollock, a broker, residing in London, calling the attention of the House to the practice of suing different parties on a Bill of Exchange, by which costs to the amount of 150/. were often incurred on a bill for 10/. or 12/. The petitioner also expressed his belief, that it would be a great blessing to the country if it re-enacted, that no person should be arrested on Mesne Process, for any sum under 100/. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a parish in the County of Galway, complaining of distress and pauperism, and praying that the House would take some measure to diminish the expence of the pampered High Church Esta blishment. The Hon. Gentlemen said he concurred in the prayer of the petition. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from the Proprietors of Salmon Fisheries in the County of Waterford, against the Salmon Fisheries' Bill. CONDUCT OF THE POLICE OF MAYO. _ Mr. J. DROWN, in moving that an humble Address should he presented •% lies Majesty for a copy of the evi dence taken against the Police, ig consequence of certain murders and other outrages which occurred in the County of Mayo, on the 21th June last, took occasion to state that he and his friends were attacked with 'donee by a mob, , mhen returning from the last election, sad that all the party vete more or lees injured. He was informed the Sheriff well knew of the attack, but took no means toprevent it. Mr. Secretary BOURNE suggested that the motion should be withdrawn until the iscretary for Ireland was jn the House. Mr. GRATTAN thought the matter of so much im pumice, that it ought not to be discussed in so thin a 4 Hikie. • lerell/4.;011 regretted that he was not in the House tc h il i'ifti • 9entlernan brought forward his motion. He thought tom{, on every principle of justice and equity, the motion should be refused ; for the House would re member that the Hon. Gentleman sought to convict the sheriff of Mayo upon evidence to which he was not a party. The motion was negatived without a division. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. Ai r WARBURTON rose to call the attention of the House to : certain charges against the Royal College of Enrgeons in Landon. When the College applied for its charter, a clause es'as inserted, giving the College a mono poly of Lectures on Surgery in London, but as soon as this clause was discovered by the legislature it was ex punged. The Council of the College, however, endea -voured to do that by the aid of bye./awe, which they could not effect directly, and it so happened that the Council being lecturers themselves, had a positive interest in carry ing the bye-laws into effect. Before any student could ob tain a diploma, he must attend courses of lectures in Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, or London. Now, it so happened, that in soma of those place, particularly in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Glasgow, it was almost impos et/ele to obtain subject!, therefore, the great object of visit ,ing these Schools of Surgery was defeated. Another obe l ee ion was, that the examination at the College was most ee p e r s ";cial, so much so, that the Army and Navy Boards were not satisfied with the certificates of the Royal College of Surgeons, and the imlitiedaals entering those services as Surgeons underwent are-examination, The greatest difficul ties were interposed in the way of the studentaand the public, to prevent them from examining the library seed museum. Tl - ,e greatest neglect too, was imputable to those wile had the management of this collection, one instance of which he should mention. It was, that certain manuscripts left by the great John Hunter, were now totally destroyed. 'The Hen. Gentleman concluded by moving for returns cf the sums received by the College, and for copies of the general reg-ulatione, and gave notice that he would move early next Session, that the whole subject should be refer red to a Committee. Mr. W. SMITH said, that the subject was by no means new to the 'House, as s i m il ar pea ;,!ions had been presented upon former occasions. It was Unfair that in the interim between the present time and the ensuing i,oasion, the Col lege ehould lie under these heavy charges, especjallY as a great deal of them arose out of personal pique. 17: was . true that at tis Present moment there was no catalogue of the Hunterian Mazeum, and it was equally true thatny any of the manuscripts of the late Mr. Hunter that n im properly destroyed. Mr. Cliff, however, was most sedu lously preparing a catalogue which would not • be any longer delayed. Mr. PEEL was bound to declare, in justice to the • heads of the College, that he had found them willing to remove every evil of which the petition complained. A eery able person was employed drawing up the catalogue, which would he soon published, and in the meanwhile his time could not be abstracted too little by the admission of strangers into the 31U3EUrn. He believed that foreigners and strangers were admitted at all times, and when the catalogue was finished, the days of admission would befour out of the six in each week. The examinations of students were not in private, and each individual was examined separately. The students considered the examination to be very severe, and many of them were rejected. The destruction of the papers bad never been sanctioned by the Council of Surgeons. An individual had conceived himself justified in destroying these papers, conceiving it was necessary for the fame of Mr. Hunter that they should be made away with. The Council had ne power to prevent the destruction, and there fore were not responsible for what bad been done. They had made application, in order to recover the remainder. With respect to anatomy, that science could not he pur sued without a due facility of obtaining subjects or thr.d bodies. Wax, leathern, or wooden figures were found inadequate to the object. The difficulty of obtaining bodies Ives increased by the prejudices of the lower or ders, when feelings were outraged at the idea of submit. .zing dead bodies to dissection. The subject was well de aerving consideration, for, as the law now stood, it was of eerious injury to that science most i mporta nt to human • / 40 . Young men designed for the profession, instead I n London, Edinbur g h, or Ire of pursuing their studies land, uniformly proceeded to Paris. The law that enacted that th e body of the murderer should be g iven u p for dis eection, tend s to create a prejudice in the minds of the • lower ord e r s against any human body whatever being used for that purpose. He would not wish to alter the law in this respect ; but h e might bring in a Bill which should provide, that all persons dyi ng u nder any eiecutipn for felony, should have their bodies given up for dissection. There were between four and five thousand persons under commitments for felonies, and he thought that all who died in gaols, or on board the hulks, under such circwmetances, might be given up to be anatomized. If this were con sidered an addition of punishment, he was glad of it, as it would tend to prevent offences ; if otherwise, there would be no hardship in it. The price of a subject in Paris was only one Napoleon, or 145., whilst in London they had been as high as 16 or 18 guineas. Sir JOSEPH YORKE said, that the supply of healthy dead bodies, such as of persons executed, was not the only object, it being material for surgeons to obtain the bodies of those who had died of peculiar diseases, in order to their elucidation. He did not see why there might not be intro duced into the Bill which the Right Hon. Gentleman spoke of, a Clause to render it legal for any person who died in poverty previously to dispose of his body. He thought it an evil, that whilst Scotland possessed three Schools of Medicine and Surgery, England and Ireland should possess but one each. After a few words from Lord Binninc , , Mr. H. Gurney, Mr. Moberly, Mr. Secretary Bourne, and Mr. Warburton, the motion was put and agreed to. A Message from the House of Lords announced that their Lordships had given their Assent to several Public and Private Bills--(for which see Lords' Report.) RECOVERY OF SMALL DEBTS' BILL. Mr. PEEL rose for the purpose of introducing a Bill for the Recovery of Small Debts. It was, he observed, quite obvious, that there existed no efficient means of re covering debts of 40s. and sums a little higher. It was true, a man might try to recover a sum of forty shilliugs in a County Court, but then he must be fortunate if he escaped with an expence of seven pounds if he succeeded. His first object was to increase the jurisdiction of the Court from forty shillings to ten pounds, as was the case at present at Lancaster ; he also meant to add the invalu able privilege of a trial by Jury, the qualification to he upon the principle of the Juries' Bill, which he had recently in troduced. He thought, however, that a smaller number than twelve might fairly decide upon such questions'; and, therefore, he should propose, as a minimum, that five Jurors at least should be summoned to decide upon any question of debt in a County Court. In the larger counties, such as Yorkshire, he would allow the same extension of the County Court, only dividing the county into districts, so as to afford greater facilities to all parties. He meant to propose, that there should he no appeals; but that the Judge should, upon a strong case of an improper decision having been given, have a discretionary power of re-hearing the case. He meant also to propose, that the Sheriff should (as at Lancaster) have the power of calling in legal assistance upon important cases, not an assistant with a large salary, but a person to be paid pro hac vice; and he had no doubt that the fees of the Court would provide an ample fund for that purpose. He was aware that it was impossible to do anything effective this Session, and therefore his object was to give an outline of his plan, in order that it might he generally understood, and that such suggestions as were necessary to its amendment might be made. He proposed that no Counsel should be allowed to be employ ed ; and that if Solicitors were engaged, their fees should not exceed 10s. In place of the present writ, be meant to propose that the Sheriffs warrant, containing the names and addresses of the parties, should he sufficient to procure an appearance. Thisbe did with a view to save expence. He also proposed to give the Court the power ofallowing the debtor to pay the debt by instalments, instead of levying it at once by execution—a mode of proceeding which was often ruin ous to the debtor, while it was comparatively unproductive to the creditor. In proposing this, he meant to give the Court, in the event of the non-payment of any instalment, a summary mode of proceeding for the recovery of the whole ; this remedy, however, to be confined to property. He thought it would be very hard that a party who claim ed a debt of 101. should be put to the cost and inconveni ence of arresting the person of his debtor, and conveying him to a gaol, probably in a distant part of the county. He (Mr. Peel) should, therefore, propose, even with a view to the relief of the creditor himself, that the power of arrest should be discontinued ; but, in return, he would make the goods of the debtor liable to the fullest extent. He pro posed, therefore, that while he limited the power of the creditor against the person of the debtor, it should be en larged against the property of the latter. By the present practice, an execution, issued against the goods of a debtor could only be enforced in the county in which it was issued, unless some additional process was resorted to. Now, he proposed to remedy that evil, by allowing an ex ecution, thus issued, to extend into every county—an enlargement of the remedy of the creditor that would he to him an infinitely more efficient security than the power of committing to prison the person of his debtor. The first object of the late Bill was the appointment of Assessors to the County Court; and that Bill pro. posed to vest their appointment in the Lord Lieutenant of the County. To that it was suggested, by way of Amendment, that the appointment of Assessors should be vested in the Crown—a suggestion which, if he (Mr. Peel) had remained Secretary of State, lie should certainly have wished to see defeated ; and with the view of avoid ing' the evils of these two methods, a third course, which seemed to have been much preferable to either of the others, had been proposed—namely, to make the Com missioners of the Insolvent Court the assessors of those counties in which they happened to be travelling circuits. These were the outlines of the Bill which he intended to submit to the attention of the House, and which he thought would be attended with great benefit to the people, by af fording them a cheap and expeditious method of recover ing debts, too small in their amount to justify the expen - sive process of a lawsuit. Ile knew that, among the ar guments which might possibly he advanced against the Bill, was the objection that it would increase litigation— an objection which he thought so frivolous, that he should not condescend to give an answer to it. The Right Hen. Gentleman concluded by moving, for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the recovery of Small Debts. Mr. Secretary BOURNE thought that the thanks of the people of this country were due to the Right Non. Gentleman, for the various Bills lie had hotrod uced to amend the laws, and for none more than for that to which he now proposed to call the attention of the House. He was happy to give his full and cordial support to the pro position of the Right lion. Gentleman, and he did not give it the lees willingly because the Right Hon. Gentle man had engrafted his improvements on the ancient insti tutions of the c ountry. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL was also disposed to give his full support to the proposition of the Right Hon. Gentle man, and he too agreed that it was the part of true wisdom rather to amend the deficiencies of the old Institutions, than to attempt the introduction of new forms of law. He thought that the alteration of the law, with respect to the amount of the debt to he recovered, was such an alteration as the change of circumstances required, since 10/. now were nearly of the same real value as 40s. had been when the County Courts were first instituted. With the propo sition to abolish imprisonment of the person for these small debts, he also fully agreed, and he thought it would be a public saving in every way; that it would be favourable to industry, and would prevent much of that misery to which an honest but poor man was nms unfortunately sub jected. He concurred, too, with the proposal to extend the creditor's remedy against the property of the debtor, but he thought that part of the proposition might be rendered mere effective if the Court were invested with the power of in.iictiog compulsory labour on the debtor, who should attempt to w' r thdrew his property from the reach of his creditor. The Hon. end Learned Gentleman then stated a few technical objections, which lie thought might he ()h -viated on a future discussion, aml concluded by expressing his warm approbation of that part of the Bill which was in tepled to render an execution against the goods of a credi tor avallable in other counties besides that in which it had first been issuer!. He anticipated much public benefit from the measure, as ;t was in good hands. Mr. HOBHOUSE trusiee* tbat the Bill might be passed into a law during the present Saseioo. He thought, that with regard to the recovery of small debts, the laws at present existing were a great practical evil ; and that the Bill to limit Arrests on Mesne Process, which had recently been brought in by the Solicitor-General, and passed with so much haste, rendered the present meesure more particu larly necessary, and required its immediate enactment. — The Bill of the Solicitor-General went to deprive the creditor of a part of the remedy he had previously enjoyed, and that loss ought to be made up to him by the advantage of at once giving him a greater facility in recovering small debts, and, indeed, by extending the amount of debts that might come under the operation of the Bill now about to be laid before the House. He wished it distinctly to be under stood, that he was no advocate for continuing the practice of imprisoning debtors—a practice which indeed lee thought productive of very little advantage to the creditor, and which he should be happy to see 3bolished altogether ; but then he knew that his opinion was opt that which was generally entertained; and lie did, therefore, think, that when the Legislature proposed to deprive the creditor of what was commonly supposed to be an important part of his remedy, they should afford him an equivalent fur it.— That equivalent was to be found in increasing the amount which the creditor might recover by process in the County Courts. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would per severe in the good work he had undertaken, and would make his proposition better by the speed with which he brought it into execution. Lord ALTHORP wished, as much as the Hon• Mem ber for Westminster did, that the Bill might be passed this Session, but he feared it would be impossible. Many dif ficulties must necessarily attend the enactment of such a measure; and among others he believed they could never hope to pass the Bill without the compensation clause, which, as the Hon. Member was well aware, could not he satisfactorily settled in the short time that it was probable would elapse between the present period and the end of the Session. He did not hesitate to avow that the present Bill was an improvement on that which he had introduced. The fact was that lie had been much too scrupulous with regard to the manner in which the jurisdiction should be constituted, and upon other minor points. He was glad that in that respect the Right Hon. Gentleman had not imitated Eire. He believed, if once the machinery of the County Courts could be properly put into action, one year of experience would enable them to suggest more improve ments than they could hope to discover by the debates of many years. There was one omission in the Bill now pro posed, but he believed it could be easily remedied : he meant the want of a clause that would go to render the practice of the different County Courts uniform. He gave his support to the Bill, and expressed a hope that it might he passed at the earliest opportunity in the next Session. Mr. I-11331E was happy to hear the First Law Officer of the Crown make admissions which, on a former occasion he had seemed to disavow. He alluded to that Hon. and Learned Gentleman's sentiments upon the subject of Im prisonment for Debt. In listening with pleasure to the opinions which that Hon. and Learned Gentleman had just expressed upon that subject, he could not but recollect how that Hon. and Learned Gentleman had treated him when he had proposed the very same measure which the Right Hon. Member had now introduced to the notice of the House. When lie had proposed it, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had treated it as wild and theoretical ; but now it came from the Right Hon. Gentleman, it I was a proposition very fit to be considered. He saw, from this circumstance, that men and not measures were regard ed by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, since to that which he had before treated as highly imprcper, and which he had met very cavalierly, he was now ready to afford his approba tion. He was satisfied that the construction which he had put upon the conduct of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was correct ; and he thought that the House must agree with him when they recollected the last words of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, who had said that the mea sure was now " in very good hands." These words plainly shewed him that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman consi dered the measure had not formerly been in good hands, and it also proved to him how much difference might be found to exist in a measure according to the person from whom it came. The Hon. Member then went on to say, with reference to the proposition itself, that lie trusted the Right Hon. Gentleman would bring in the Bill now, get it printed, and go into Committee upon it, as the House would then be better prepared for the discussion at the commence ment of the next Session. He wished to extend the ope ration of the Bill from debts of 101. to those of 15/. or 201. He was of opinion that extension of the remedy was ne cessary, as, by the present system, a man could hardly ex pect to recover 15/., except by incurring an expence of 50/. or 601., to which might be-added the inconvenience and the loss of time. He thought that the existence of such a system was a reproach to the House, and not only to them generally, but to the Law Officers of the Crown especially. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman (Sir C. Wetherell) who sat near him had his sense of that reproach ; for though he had not been long in office, yet he had been long enough there to have pro posed so necessary an alteration in the law. He admit ted that the measur was good as far as it went ; but his complaint was, that it did not go far enough, and that, when the country called for it, the Bill was to be post poned to next Session. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL referred to what bad fallen from the Honourable Member for Montrose on the subject of the Bill which he (Mr. Hume) had introduced on a former night, and which he (the Attorney-General) had opposed. The fact was, that that measure and the present were far as the Poles asunder.—[Mr. Hume said, across the table, " that is your opinion."]—That certainly was his (the Attorney-General's) opinion; and if it were not the opinion of the Honourable Gentleman, he must, in charity, impute it to the Honourable Gentle man's total ignorance of the subject. If he (the Attorney- General) approved of the Bill now offered, it was not because it was brought forward by a different individual, but because the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Peel) knew more of the laws of the country than the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. BRIGHT spoke to order, as the Attorney-General had already delivered his sentiments. Dr. PHILLIMORE thought that the House would not refuse the Right Hon. Gentleman an opportunity of re pelling as gross a personal attack as had ever been heard. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL added, that the Hon. Member for Montrose, after he (the Attorney-General) had spoken, took the opportunity, first, of misunderstanding him ; next, of misrepresenting him ; and thirdly, of making a personal attack upon him. If the Hon. Member for Bristol interposed at all, he ought rather to have spoken to order while the Hon. Member for Montrose was making the attack. He (the Attorney-General) had no personal animosity towards the Hon. Member for Montrose; but he must say, that the Hon. Gentleman knew little or nothing of the laws of England. He might be a good arithmetician; he might be able, like a Solicitor of whom he had heard, to calculate the compound interest of a guinea for a century, on his thumb nail, but be might nevertheless be neither a Solon nor a Lyeurgus.—(Cheers.) Mr. WARBURTON supported the Bill, but wished it to go through the Committee, that it might he as complete as possible: Mr. PEEL said, that he bad not brought the Bill for ward at an earlier period of the Session, in ccnsequence of recent public events and of the labour he had undergone in preparing the five Criminal Laws' Bills. Early next year, he would proceed with his undertaking.—Leave was given, WAREHOUSED CORN. Mr. HERRIES moved the second reading of the Ware• !loused Corn Bill, awl it was read accordingly. The Com. inittee was fixed for to-morrow. The Stamp Duties' Bill was read a third time, and passed. GAME BILL. Colonel WOOD moved, that this Bill he read a third time on this day three months ; and after a few words from Mr.'ll. Gurney, Colonel Sibthorpe, Mr. G. Bankes, and Mr. Tennyson, the motion was carried. The New Churches' Dill was committed and reported. The Report to be received to-morrow. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House Adjourned. ST. PAUL'S. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN• Sir,—Permit me . , through the medium of your Journal, to call the attention of those who have the power, to pre vent the recurrence of such disgraceful scenes as occurred at St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday. It being the first day in Trinity Term the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Judges, see., went in State, upon which occasion the north door only was opened at eleven o'clock, for the admission of the public —the gates of the - choir not being opened (except to those who produced a silver key, by which the side gates near the altar were opened, the galleries also being accessible only by means of a similar hey) until the arrival of the Lord Mayor, &c. at twelve o'clock. The assemblage, by that time, was immense—the procession having passed through the great gates the pressure from the rear was so great, the gates being again shut till their Lordships were s e ated, that one lady had her leg caught between the gates, and no remonstrance or solicitations to the officers in attendance would induce them to open the ga t es , in order to extricate it, which, but for the timely interference of the City Mar shal in ordering them to be thrown open, must inevitably have been fractured. Other females had their gowns and bonnets torn, and gentlemen their hats spoiled, amidst the cries of " shame, shame, disgraceful." Now, Mr. Editor, what ie the meaning of all this ? the choir can he but full, why then not let people occupy the seats quietly, as upon the occasion of the anniversary of the Sons of the Clergy, when the Lord Mayor, Dishops, &c., attend—there is no breach of social order then ! why should there be so upon the present occasion ? are not the Vergers or Keepers of the Cathedral paid? Surely the labourer re ceives his hire. What, m a y I ask, is the meaning of the bell ringing, as it did yesterday, a q uarter before twelve? I cannot conjecture otherwise than for the assemblage of the people in the sanctuary, and yet the gates of the sanc tuary are shut upon those who wish to enter, until their dignified brethren have passed by and entered therein. Was ' it thus the meek and lowly Jesus entered the Temple ? The Apostle also informs us that God is no respecter of persons. Was it not declared by one of the greatest Di vines, now no more, from the pulpit of that very sanctuary, " That though their departments are separate, and their offices distinct, they walk in the House of God on the same privileges, and on ee l ei.l terms ;" the Laity, " as they that sit at meat," the Clergy, "as they that serve." Thus proving the abolition of all distinctions within the sacred walls. I trust, Mr. Editor, upon a future occasion, a recurrence of such scenes will be guarded against; should it again be the case I will not attribute it to want of attention on the part of the Dean ; for a greater friend to social order, a mo re punctual superintendent upon the service of the Church, or a more zealous Pastor than Dr. Sumner, does not exist. A FREQUENT ATTENDANT AT Tie CATHEDRAL. 18th June, 1827. LISBON JUNE 10. (Fao24. otr coaausecornENT.) The different portions of this small army occupy the same position as when I last addressed you. The country continues in a state of tranquillity, which I trust may be lasting, although I must confess I have my fears on that head. The Minister of War is recruiting the army ; but the resources for paying them are so limited, that these men, as a matter of course, will turn in favour of the golden calf. The army of must countries is a mere machine, which can always he sent to work either one way or other, by money. The Princese Regent continues to recover slowly, hut every hope is entertained for her ultimate restoration to health. The corn harvest commenced some time ago, and, I understand, that in this, as well as in oil and fruit, there has not been a better appearance of crop for the last 20 years. The olive trees and the vines are loaded ; but with all these blessings, which Providence has so plen tifully bestowed upon these people, they are dreadfully be hind hand in all sorts of improvement. To give you some idea of this, I need only mention that their mode of thrashing corn, is by allowing the young cattle to tread upon it ; and that one of their modes of begging for the Church, are by its crafty servants going about the streets with drum, bagpipes, and flags, soliciting charity for the Holy Ghost. Few would believe that such gross ignorance exists in the nineteenth century, in a country so near Eng land and France. It may easily he imagined, however, that in such a state of things, a poor nobility, who depend a good deal on Government—a rich clergy, whose wealth is derived from this state of ignorance—and a corrupt magistracy, and other administrators of the law, who also gain money and power through thel same means, should be anxious to keep up the old mode of Government, instead of one that would, in time, put an end to all these evil,, and improve the condition of the great body of the people. But to give you an instance that some improvement is taking place, (small as it may be) I was yesterday dining at one of the first rate Restaurateurs in this place, where at a table near me was seated a party, consisting of a friar, of the Order of St. Dominique, an officer in his uniform, and several gentlemen, civilians, all Portuguese. Soon after I came in, they all got up and drank the health of Mr. Canning, as the friend of the Portuguese, and success to his Administration. I, being the only Englishman in the room, of course, took upon myself to express my thanks; and, so soon as the waiter brought me wine, I proposed the health of Don Pedro the Fourth and the Con. stitution, observing that I regretted my inability to give them sufficiently strong proofs of the good and kind feeling entertained by my countrymen at home towards their na tion. They afterwards sung the Constitutional Hymn, in which none appeared to take a more eager or enthusiastic part than the friar, who frequently expressed himself in terms of high admiration of England. You may suppose that be did not belong to the Apostolical Junta. Our troops mix with the people, and seem on the best terms with them, although a soldier of the Sd Guards having re mained out of the barracks a few nights ago, got into some quarrel with a Portuguese soldier, who stabbed the English man with his bayonet, but the wound has not proved mortal. The typhus fever broke out this week amongst the lit battalion of the Grenadier Guards, at the barracks of Campo d'Ourique ; but, by the skilful treatment of the surgeons, it has been prevented from making any progress. As yet only two men have fallen victims to it. General Bouverie, as well as Gen. Clinton, have shown much zeal and attention on the occasion, and I trust it will not turn out of a serious nature. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1827. Some noble opposers of the Corn Bill cannot get over Mr. CANNING'S allusion to them the other night in the House of Commons, but we do not see why they should feel so sore on the subject, unless there be truth in the remarks which he made, or, in homely language, unless the cap fits them. We do not pretend to accu rate knowledge of the privileges of Parliament, but we thought that freedom of • debate was so thoroughly recognised, that no one would have the hardihood to question it. It is exercised pretty freely by some Noble Lords, when they talk of new-made Peers being rubbish, and have the pre sumption to call Mr. CANNING the most pro fligate Minister that the country ever had, but this is the very stamp of persons who are sure to make the greatest outcry against any thing ap proaching to retaliation. For what is the real his tory of this mighty outrage which Mr. CANNING is said to have committed ? Why, it is simply this: The Right Hon. Gent. sees a Bill brought in by the Earl of LIVERPOOL, strangled in its progress through the Lords, by the very col leagues of that Noble Lord, acting in concert with the tag, rag, and bobtail of the Peerage : in short, with all the charming varieties of Whig and Tory, Radical and Ultra. Having on his shoulders the Government of this Empire, and considering the settlement of the Corn Question of vital importance, he is naturally provoked at the species of opposition offered to it, and says what he thinks of it in that assembly where he has the same full privilege of speech which Noble Lords have in the Upper House. Some of that illustrious body call him aprofligate Minister ; and he subse quently remarks on their factious opposition to the Corn Bill. He made no complaint of their abuse, (the assertion being palpably false, and therefore harmless), and if they had the same conviction with regard to his observa tions, no doubt they would have been equally quiet. But they want to keep up their rent-rolls, and not to part with popularity, though at an early period of life, their Lordships must have learnt the impossibility of eating their bun and having it too. In the case of Earl GREY, time may have obliterated this early lesson ; but that rising prop of the Protestant Church, the Earl of WINCIIIILSRA, has not been so long out of the nursery that he can plead ignorance of its precepts. No doubt he is a fine handsome well-dressed Lord enough, and has shewn much original genius in his view of the Catholic Question, hut we would strongly advise him to match himself with his equals in intellect, and not come in contact with Mr. CANNING. HOMER tells many melancholy stories about rash youths attacking such warriors as HECTOR and ACHILLES. The Paris Papers of Monday and the Et o il e of Tuesday's date have been received, but they contain little of importance. According to the Etoile, the Duke of VILLA HERMOSA has re turned to Madrid from France, and many great Noblemen who: have been banished or fled to foreign countries from the political tyranny of FaRDINAND, are on the point of re turning home, to trust the treacherous friendship of that forgiving Monarch. Were they to return in patriot arms, with the numerous exiles wander ing forlorn in other regions, it would he better for themselves, and far more beneficial to their unhappy country. But the day of retribution, though slow, is not the less sure—and FERDI NAND, and his dark advisers, may attempt to stifle the murmurs of their dungeon captives, but they need not hope thereby to avert the accumulating vengeance of an angry people. The recent change in the direction of affairs in Portugal is rather o minous to the Apostolical cause and its deluded adherents in Spain. Trickery and guile ma y prosper for a time, but truth and the righteous cause will triumph at last. The ene mies of Constitutional liberty have laboured hardtheir vocation t o re d uce P or t uga l t o but in co doing they their o it w l rl degraded level, have shown more clearly that the enjoyment of freedom is inseparable from the happiness of a nation, and the proud character of its Government. Slavery destroys the happiness of a people without increasing that of their oppres sor, while the dissemination of liberty, air we breathe, blesses all alike. like the The Etoile contains no news from Greece. Under the head of St. Petersburgh, it gives a l ong but uninteresting account of the operations of the Russian army of Georgia against the Persians. Faswcp Jusus 18.---Five per Cents, 101 f. 95c. ; Three per Cents, 70f. 19c. ; Bank Stock, 2040 f. ; N ea politan Rents, 79f. Sc. Frankfort Papers of the 14th inst. have been received this morning. The wool fair, at Leip sic, turned out rather well, and at higher p r i ce s than last year. The Committee of Inquiry into the Secret Societies in Poland has made its R port to the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE, but we are not favoured with the result of their labours, which must, no doubt, have been very impartial. The best plan to prevent Secret Societies, for political purposes, is to give people a Government dispensing justice and freedom with a liberal hand. Where the constitution is sound, all goes on well, but when people meet privately to discuss public questions, it affords a strong presumption that there is something " rotten in the state of Denmark." The only true way to prevent the unpleasant consequences likely to follow from such evils, is to remove their cause with all due circumspection and promptitude. A clear conscience is the best advocate, and simple integrity in the happy government of a people, is worth a thousand laws, though dictated by State necessity. In fact a removal of the cause supersedes the necessity : Lamle, JUNE 4. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, left Dresden on the 3d, and went to Toplit& Our wool fair is now ended, it began on the 29th May', and on the whole turned out well. There was a pretty large ¶uantity of wool in the fair, and it met with pur chasers at good prices ; wool of all kinds being from two to four dollars per stone higher than last year, (the stone at 221 b.) _ _ _ Col. Gustavus, formerly King of Sweden, still resides here. WARSAW, MAY 5. The Committee of enquiry, appointed by the Grand Duke Constantine, has terminated its labours, and delivered to his Imperial Highness a Report on the Secret Societies in Poland. This committee consists of the following members Messrs. Zamowski, President of the Senate ; Novasilsom Russian Commissioner in Poland ; Grabowski, Minister 0 1 Ecclesia s ti ca l Aff a ir s and P u bli c I ns t ruc ti on ; G ra b o wski, senator ; Hauke and Rauteustrauch, Polish Generale; Kurruta, Rivitsow, and Kolzakow, Russian Generals; and Von Mokrenheim, secretary to the Grand Duke Con stantine. BERLIN, JUNE 8. Letters from Leipsic say that it is hoped the King Saxony will remit to the holders of fiefs the tax which they ought to pay at the accession of every new sovereign. Th tax or line is 10 per cent. of the value, and the n umber of these fiefs is very considerable—the city of Leipsic alone possesses 17 of them. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta of S!-I" ) .'' daughter and sole heiress of th e l ate Ki ng , i n h er its his Pr'" rate property, bat has only the enjoyment of the R evenue during her life ; at her death the capital will revert to the Crown. PITIIRSBURGIi t JUNE 2. In 1820 the Ministers of the Medical Board at Sino" lensk delivered to Lieut.-Col. Rutkowski a false certificat e relative to his wound. In order to prevent such abuses is future, the Emperor has ordered that the medical men vvh° signed the certificate shall repay to the fund of the invalid' all the sums which it paid to Lieut.-Col. Rutkowski, frog' Feb. 25, 1821 to Dec. 29, 1828. In another column we have a detailed accoun t of the unfortunate defeat of the Greeks before Athens. It appears that their discomfiture 0 1 mainly attributable to unforeseen causes—a cir' cumstance almost always attendant upon cony bined operations, where the triumph of the whole depends upon the success of each particulg; division, a thing rarely attainable in the bes t concerted plan. But when not accomplishe d ' the reverse is always the more disastrous in proportion to the dependance placed upl that division which happens to miscarry ; this, unfortunately, was the case with the Greek 6; Their design was admirable, but their means execution were scanty, and the consequence 11 05 been lameatably disastrous. We have, ho s ': ever, reason to believe that the accounts of thei r loss are much exaggerated. The Acropoli s still held out at the last information from tba l quarter. The success of the Turks will no doub t incite them to acts of aggression beyond thei strength, and they may soon pay for their te merity. A partial reverse ought not t ° ,, discourage the friends of Greece. In a w ar 0 : such diversity of character, it cannot be expecte(' that every enterprise should be successful. Th e s have already paid too severely in their 010 rration struggle for liberty, but their independence be the more dear by the recollection of the her °l 4 sacrifices they have illustriousv and emt a h de posterity. bee fi t o l th a e s c w l a e s l s l ic a s l aanddro° t eir fo i in orr ef t h al tt,ee It is now strongly asserted that an order l' g.4 been sent by the Great Maritime Powers O f their respective fleets in the Grecian Seas t ° interpose their high authority between the Bell` gerents. The promised boon has been so loll‘ delayed, that we hesitate to credit the rumotl r ' till we hear of the capture of the Turkish fleet' _ New York papers to the 25th ult. have be ep received, but their contents possess no interest. The Balton papers of the 22d May state that, noVid standing the late victory at Rio Grande. the Buenos Ma of Authorities renewed their offer to the Emperor of Brs S. ol making peace upon the same terms formerly rejected, s od that despatches to this effect were forwarded hi English ship Ganges, 74, to Rio Janeiro. d to CANADA. —lt has been proposed in Upper Cana; r tl , appoint a Body of Delegates from the five British , o f American Provinces, to meet avowedly on the subje4 the Alien Laws : this body would be a new Congas'. or e There arrived at Quebec, up to the 14th May, th e r ale sent year, 126 vessels, with 3,122 settlers ; up to the leo , period, last year, only 16 vessels arr i ve d, w ith 56 ee tt ,,joi The American Papers cauti on t h e masters o f ve ssels!, c o to the Havannah to have cl ear man iksts. Goods fo urs u ,06 board belonging to any of the crew or any other persovo entered to the value °NM° dollars, condemns the vessel At, cargo. Seven,' American vessels, for want of attending t p this, have been seized and condemned, and the regulatios h , put down smuggling seem to be rigidly acted upon by Castom-house Authorities in the Island. A St. John's (Newfoundland) Mercantile Journal 1: 0 0 e tions the arrival there of 41 vessels from the ice during week previ ous to the 19th of March, with 69,414 10 the great increase of this br anc h o f trade. re , thus chewi n g Quzp , c .-111r. Lambly, the harbear master, ha s j,t; turned from an examination of the river between Qlll l / an d Montreal, for the purpose of placing beacons or lig et o to a ssist steam boat, and vessels sailing between the ipti ports and has suggested several parte to place the si tt o at points which will be eminently serviceable to the s * * ` of the navigation, Thy , t the steam b oa t_ _ie water on th e St. L awrence had risen so hie, ' e ," o St. Andrews, crossed the river b et , La Chin e an d C ang l inawaga , b e ing the first time t `' fO O stearn-boat ever passed at that place. EXCHANGE. r, Bills on London, sixty days Do. on France Do. on Amsterdam 4 os a -- PRICE OF STOCKS. Offered. AsX ed• 181 S 101} li ) , I l United States Sixes... /1814. 1011 f IN 1815 10q IA 185 9 lO3 103 i 1 Ditto, ditto, 41 ....•• •• 1 1833 United States Bank 122 i salmi. - • • - hili;nhistt;rt -- 1)13 114 i. Accounts from India mention that Sing''.'; and Malacca have been annexed as dependencies to f The union took place in August last. We also len•rn/1 orders have been sent out by the Court of Direct°o a bolish all duties at these three settlements, which future to be free ports. There has been evidently a considerable/41 crease of company here, within the last few a s 7 Brighton Gazette. THE LATE CORN BILL. CORRECTED LIST or Tug MAJORITY AND MINORITY Off TIM DUI OF WELLINGTON'S AMINDMIIIIT ON TEM CORN SILL, IN TUE ROUSE OP LORDS. TUESDAY, JUNG 11. CONTENT. De Cliffbrd Eldon Ellenborough Falmouth Farnham Feversham Flsherwiek(Donegal) Fitzwilliam Gage Glasgow Gordon (Aberdeen) Grey Grantisy Harewood • Hill Howe Kenyon Killaloe Kerr (Lothian) I Lauderdale Malmesbury Mansfield Manvers Melville Montagu Neweastle Napier Northumberland Abergarenuy Abingdon Arm (Caisills) Anson Arbuthnot Audley Aylesford Bath and Wells Bathurst Beaufort Bedford Beauchamp Bolton Boston Bradford Brownlow Brodrick (Middleton) Bute' Balcarras Camden Cashel Chichester Clan rassill (Roden) Carbery Colchester Duro Dartmouth De Lawarr Digby Pomfret Poulett Powls Redesdale Richmond Rochford Rodney Rolle IRoaslyn Rutland Salisbury, Marquis Salisbury, Bishop Saltoun Sidmouth Shaftesbury Sheffield Somers Strathallan Stanhope Tadcaster(Thornond) Talbot Tankerville Teynham Vane (Londonderry) Wellington Westmoreland Willoughby de Broke Winchilsea Allesbury AlLibernarle Bagot Breada!bane Buckingham Belhaven Beresford Carrington Clancat ty Carlisle, Bishop Clogher Churchill Cardigan Dorset Ely Forrester INelaon Plymouth Prudhoe Queensberry Rivers Romney Stradbroke Strange (Athol) Sinclair Sharborne Stowell Stamford Tweeddale Wicklow • Wodehouse Errol Orf< Verulam Anglesea Auckland Bellmore Bexley Bolingbroke Braybrooke Bristol, Marquis of Bristol, Bishop of Calthorpe Carlisle Carnarvon Cawdor Chancellor, Lord Chester, Bishop of Clifton (Darnley) Clinton Colville Cowper Cornwallis Charlemont Darlington Dawnay (Donne) De Dt $ Delamere Devonshire Ducie Dudley London Lucan Lynedoch Macclesfield Mendip (Clifdeal Monteagle (Sligo) ontford I Morl3y Ormonde Plunkett Portland Roaeberry St. David's St. Vincent Saltersford town) Say and Selz Seaford Somaliil.l (Clanri cards) Spencer Suffhlk Susses Sydney hanet Wharneliffe York, Archbishop of Bangor, Bishop of Buckinghamshire Byron Chichester, Bishop of Crewe Clarence Carrick Carysfort Conyngham Caledon Duncan Derby Denbigh Erskine Foley Ponsonby (Besbo rough Peterborough Sondes Scarborough Selsey Somerset Stuart, Castle Stuart Staftbra St. A lban's St. Germaina Suffield Waldegrave Winchester Wilton Alvanley MS' OF 55, WMO vcrntn ox " THAT ?HR. COVEI THURIL MONTHS," Alcock, 'Thomas Apsley, Lord Ashley, Lord Astell, W. Banker, G. Batley, C. H. Birch, J. Buck, L. W. Cspcl, John Carrington, Sir E. Chaplin, Chaplin, Thos. Corbett, Penton Croker, J. W. Cufb, James Dalrymple, A. J. Dawson, G. Douglas, W. R. K. Eden, lion. R. Forbes, Sir Charles FY LB WS AM EiNDNINNT, BS thlD 11114 1141 Peel, Rt. Hon. R. Ram.litre, Lord Rae, Sir W. Russell, Lord Wm. Saunderson, A. Sibthorpe, C. 1). Strutt, J. Stewart, J. Spottlswoode, A. Thompson, U. 1 .. Talmash, Hon. L. I Van Homrigt_l. P. I Villiers, T. H. Westenra, Ho. H. R. Wetherell, 91r C. Wilson, J., (York) TILLERS. Fyler, T. B. Ileathcote, R. E. LITY !MING COMMTID TO Mao:nisi - MD VOA TEE MUGU lIU MAO SEEN TICLIARS, Dawson, A. Flume, Joseph PROKIES. Graham (Montrose) Ovirlyr Gray Hay (Kinnout) Hertford Harris Hawke Jersey Kellie Le Deepeneer Lonsdale Longford Lorton Mount Edgeeumbe Mount Cashel Northampton FAIRED OFF. irA Warwick NOT CONTENT. Dundas Dynevor Essex Farnborough Ferrara Fitzgibbon (Clare) Gower Gloucester, Bishop of Gloucester, Duke of Goderich Gosford Grantham Grosvenor Hardwicka ilfarrowby Hilsborough (Down- shire) Hollani Hood Howard de Walden King Kingston Limerick Lake Lansdowne Laisister Landaff PROXIES. Yortescue Grafton Grenville Granville Hereford Howardof Effingham Home Lichfield I.eeds Lincoln Minto Marlborough Maryborough Norwich, Bishop of Northland PAIRED OFT. Clarendoi T OF THE MINOR , MONDAY NIGHT ON MR.. (TRY MAGISTRACY lIILI Goulburn, lit. Hon. H. Grant, Sir A. Harvey, 1). W. Hastings, Sir C. Herries, J. C. Hill, Rt. Hu. Sir 0. Hubhouse, J. C. Holmes, Vim. Jephson, C. 0. Knatchbull, Sir E. Knox, Hon. J. Lowther, Viscount Lowther, Colonel Maitland, I'. Moore, G. Norton, O. O'Neill, A. J. Pallmer, C. N. Pettit, Lewis Pt, LIST OF THE MINOR OF 7, WHO VOTED AGAINST HR. FLANAGAN NEVIGATH; BUT THAT HS SHOULD BE • BREACH 07 TUT RIME. OF THE HOERR, OF FOUND OUILTY.-7 TO 81. Blair, J. Grattan, Henry Forbes, Sir Charles Hurst, R. Forbes, J. Prendergast, G. L. Grattan, Jarnea The proxy of Lord SUFFIELD was given against, not in favour of, the Duke of WELLINGTON'S Amendment on the Corn Bill. _ _ . On Mr. WESTERN'S declaration, in his Re ply on Monday, that he did not intend to divide, several gentlemen who intended to vote for Mr. CAZiNING ' S Amendment quitted their seats. Among them was Sir JAMES MACINTOSH, who, on his way back, came to the door of the House a minute after it was shut for a division. PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY IN TRINITY Cou.los.—Mr. Hamilton, a young gentleman of most extraordinary Scholastic and Astronomical acquirements, and who has not yet graduated, has been appointed to the Professorship, in the room of Dr. Brinkley, now Bishop of Cloyne. The appointment of so young and so distin guished a scholar reflects the highest credit on the Provost and Board.—Dublin Morning Register. Modern Painting*--Books of Prints—Fine Toned Grand Pianoforte, in a Rosewood Case, by Kirkman--Wines— and valuable Effects--Holles-street, Cavendish-square. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. WILLIAMS, At Mr. Clark's Rooms, Holies-street, on SATUADAT Next, June 23, at One, ASmall Collection of Modern PAINT INGS, by esteemed Masters; Valuable Books of Prints ; a very Fine Toned Upright Grand Pianoforte, in a beautiful Rosewood Case, by Kirkmau; a capital Gold Chronometer; a Lady's elegant Gold Watch, with fine Gold Chain, Seals, and Key; a Pair of Brilliant Ear rings, Cross, Brooch, Ring, and Pin ; Fifty-four Dozen of very excellent East India Madeira, Pale Sherry, and Old Port, &c. &e. The Effects to be viewed till the Sale, the Wines tasted at the time of Sale, and Catalogues had at the place of Sale ; and of Mr. Williams, Throgmorton-street. PRICES OF IRIS, STOCKS, JUNE 16. Bank Stock 940% St. Patrick Incur. (per Jib.) Consols, 3 percent. Royal Irish Ditto Gov. Stock, 3N, per cent 90 National Ditto — Ditto, New -- Patriotic Ditto — 4 per Cent. 99 Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. SX per cent ...91X % Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock Imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. et. Commercial Buildings RIGS WATER AT LONDOX BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...YS minutes after 0. I Evening ...52 minutes after 0. a ,Vin rib