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-~~ IL. ~~~ r ; e ii"jl4' ll q •trui!".? reKTtfl:` . . 'upgtip:,(l r,ide kg.itv. 3F. 9. 104.3 EL (loUri r 1,01)4)- 10 the liveution pub lade 1 )) . 0 is zt ,could i 317 is vi ; ' stay f °l l tal-A IV MILO!' morning. las -girl rt;r , iness a • vc Tint Ad tsof~' Niqb4lj; 1 t 911 A',) I 1 ! 1 0 ~. SIN I -64 144 , * , El tibv 20 6211' of , Tho e s tol. one "' h e e d j u st toile- at the or " A v u. s bur,!; its 011, Of 11 9inioll sa id, 6. vie... but here '— , It be , " e o e without n ac ciden t i hi , i o ure so the It u " 1 1 ,ot thetCY is kullo ~ 0 4, M =Vglabg 2R PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS, Thar, ors - LITERATURE. s V ENGLAND. • .11,i•rn;er, London, 1842. 11 -thealagt,i)efore us..we have copious and minut , . ; 3 ' 44 'ireting the Castle of Kenilworth, and the i'BlPlifklttetr Eliizabeth to this fine old baronial edi a„r; 4-tbu .th pellokol d . its; greatest splendour, whm Eaii Of 'Leicester was its owner. Sir Walter exc . it may be remembered, has turned this visit to mlent account his adMirable romance of «Kenil ~~ ~ if' we may judge from'the various en ,lVlTlgs 'rlYeti in the present Part, his sketches of the li . t!el as it stood in the sixteenth century, are as car .thoy.are vivid and picturesque. The buitding, .""e!ns,:i34me of great antiquity, having been founded Clip Eon egn of-King Henr3r the First, by Geoffrey de il , Treasurer and Lord Chamberlain ; it is now, of m,vevtr, in the last stage of decay, and even the bed 1 . 1 its Onee extensive grounds is but a rushy swamp. enszravinv.:s illustrative of the Castle are executed With great skill and apparent fidelity, and the letter 9ria,seriptivns, by the editor, Doctor Beattie, are ciPA and pertinent. • QZVE4E.ArGE. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1842. In this romantic story, which it is plain to see, is t he result o f no li tt l e researc h an d pains-taking, an attempt has been made to pourtray the domestic Z a nners and usages of the Romans, in the days of the t he N ero ; t h e c h arac t ers an d p ers ecutions of Ic Christian converts during that sanguinary period ; their mode of secret worship, while exposed v, ° , 1 .9*,1y to the prying eyes of their enemies in the i:Veral city. Sk e t c h es a lso—for the most part f r iannd accurate—are . given of the social life of the and their mysterious Druidical rites, per -4r1,1,1.C.4 in the chief temple of their priests, Stone .*% whence the tale derives its title. The hero is but man namen Pudens, son of the Arch-Druid, :at wh o has been torn from his parens in infancy, l i ti d,cducated in Rome. Unconscioi , s of his parentage, he feel all the contempt of a Roman soldier for the _ritish barbarians, - but having unexpectedly en r,.natered his father one night in the neighbourhood Stonehenge, the s e cr e t of his birth is revealed to 13 1115 , and then he decides on taking part with his op r..e'scd countrymen against his former friends and tis s r c'eiates. • Accordingly he accompanies the Arch el to the capital city of the British King Ar i:ragus, near the site of modern Bath, by whom he is ()s l ii tably received and introduced to his daughter f en ", se i r ana. Soon afterwards the King's troops are de- C e u with prodigious loss by the Roman General in. -et "ins, and Roscrana is taken captive, and, on the 1 7 )e lleral's recal's to the imperial city, she accompanies he a s a sort of hostage, and is lodged at the house of Philosopher, Seneca, of the luxury and magnifi e" of whose palace we have a very graphic descrip- Pudens, too_ , after various changes of fortune, ' his way to Rome, where he contrives to renew xr ; a cquaintance with . Roscrana, and to become inti tioeate with Lucan, Martial, and many of the eminent , tr i t s and historians of that day. Ultimately both he e f i ., (4 „ his "lady love" are converted to Christianity, • ' the en3r through the instrumentality of St. Paul, who ti 4 1 preaching the Gospel at Rome; and in due t iiie they return to Britain, just in time to receive the P, essi ng, and close the eyes of King Arviragus. ." 11 "1 this sketch, slight as it is, it will be seen that ei " ii rh.enge possesses many striking points of interest, will be sure to please the better educated class of i te d 44 ers, if only by reason of its antiquarian know the ge, the strength and simplicity of its language, and familiar acquaintance which it shows with the de n storey of classical literature. Had some of its r.seriptions been abridged, or stirring incidents sub iztuted for them, we think that the tale would have en improved —at least as regards its ad captandum quul►tie, for in one pl a c e the narrativ e actually Z. 4 ',es to a dead halt ; while the author is cataloguing, _ ththe minuteness of an auctioneer, the furniture, ens, painti ngs , & c . o f S eneca ' s pa l ace. B u t, d esp it e t re drawbacks, Stonehenge is a very superior work, t 7, produ c ti on o f a thoughtful and cultivated in euect. ROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. The C'o • h. , urrier Francais gives a letter addressed to y a subscriber, who signs his name " Charles," am one of .;.' which we ma k e t h e f o ll ow i ng • extracts : a small number of persons who the chamber n admitted at ten o n Th urs d a y even i ng t o v iew iered in w hi c h th e D u k e o f O r l eans ren high, last sigh. The house is only one story la those whichroad,...and is painted red, like most room se rves as theaieused as wine-shops. The first 'of dru r shop . Some drawers with packets gs_ nve a counter which confines the passage, are the only furniture.. It was used as a small gro er's shop. A narroWt - door leads into a back shop, 1 , tih which the P r i nce - R oyal o f F rance exp i re d. A e covered with oil-cloth for the drinkers, two Aglionby, H. A. airsf a small earthen-ware stove with a zigzag W i pi n alz.. i h ut hei, standing in the middle, some vessels for cook - Gr ' antley it hung against the wall, which was naked, an old • Berkeley, Bernal, x:. ph *L l ket, arid two brass candlesticks, placed on a large hl o 7,l e u r g,„;„, ;,7 chimney. piece blacka tined with smoke and filled Br.rrs ne, iron. rlt]. W. th t i a t'stove, at which LA ' l a rdier and his wife dressed l s , l e it ,g i a, i n ' ay ‘ l t tich deals. Such is the composition of this room, , :obders, ullfhttvv. r . d Itov i , i s twelve feet square. It was between the E o olt i n 'r s ne iVilliam a nd the end wall, on two mattresses brought F ilem aste i that the illustrious sufferer was laid—his ..ow p 1! Hon W. S. , (3 - Du " c a n ' the stove, and his feet towards another p , u u fr ica j n a , ' err ' rge dii r 'ending to a staircase. The room was lighted by a, Duncombe, T S. d the lower part of which opened F....s . ceopf,.John I ke %Nur OM, The " 114 "Y"n b a a yard covered with a fetid heap of dung. Ewart, „. CO3 -" of Orleans never appeared for a moment to re- Ferguson, Colonel 6 ,, :er his senses ; his eyes were, however, constantly but fixed. It is not true that he rendered blood, z e ll . t at one time vomited copiously, from which he 2 11 ed to be much relieved, and this it was that gave tno t nentary hope." • th rh e Moniteur Al gere i n , of the 9th lost., mentions v e arrival a t Al g i ers o f the crew of the Austrian , o es sel the Palmer, composed of Captain Vianello, his and six sailors, who were wrecked on the coast th `) - igelly last January, and fell into the hands of •p e Kabyles. On the demand of the Consul, M. q, ,e°Bo , and with the authorisation of the Governor - Ge neral, negotiations for the ransom of these persons v q ere br oug ht to a hap ,y 'conclusion by the aid of Negrier, the officer in command of the pro -ee of Constantine. e Sad of Marseilles gives an account of the-triple %ti tt -. le of att em pt e d parricide, fratricide, and self-de raetion committed by a young man, a butcher, in hest City. A c t ua t e d by a feeling of jealousy against h i , Younger brother, the assassin, taking advantage of s fathe r being asleep, dealt him a heavy blow with '4l:.elub on the head. Believing that he had accom r,shed I l ls murderous purpose, he immediately eired to the public' abbatoir where his bro hier was employed, and suddenly attacked 4 : 11 with a poignard. A desperate struggle en w 't l ; but the younger brother at length the overpowered, and fell dead, bathed in his blood. 11 `'e assassin then attempted to destroy himself with 1 .,; s knife, but it appears he wanted courage to corn ' ete•the act. He was arrested and taken to prison, , ere he soon after accomplished his purposed act of i l o ll i eide by strangulation. The father is considered oe in a fair way of recovery. The spinning manufactory at Rollepot-lez -Frevent, 4 the Pas de Calais, belonging to Messrs. C. La -41 4s e i rard and C o ., was three days ago reduced to "s• The fire WaS perceived between eleven and tw elve at night, and assistance was immediately Afforde 1 by ofallclasses, but the flames raged persons fiercely that in a few hours there remained of the , u 4 main building nothing but a heap of ruins. The los s EOO,OO Ofr. estimated at 0 r A violent clap of thunder ' ` l vas heard a little before the fire burst out, and it r esults from the inquiry which has taken place , that ' t he disaster was occasioned by the electric fluid. :kit—. INTERE S TING Itimic.—On Thursday morning, a 4 , 1 lece'of wood, addressed to the Lord Steward of her M . jes t y' s t,..' • 4 4seltold, was l an d e d a t the Woolwich Dockyard from the t s,' , t .tadamanthus steam-vessel, and forwarded yesterday as a pre ,4,s, lent to her Majesty . , at Windsor Castle. It is said to have 1,; "riled part of the identical tree on which Alexander Selkirk 6 44 . ttile his notches to calculate time, and on which his parrot Isi,,rhed duri ng hi s l o ng solitary residence in the island of Juan / 0 • ',..- er nandex. He was, a,. is welt-known, the hero of De Foe's s'Z'teresting tale of Robinson Crusoe. 3 :- 1 .h6 elections of the Judges and Supplementary (1 1 4 1 . grs of the Tribunal of COmmerce were completed yester- 431,4 1u - 1 - the Tribunal - is thus constituted for the ensuing year , le,resident, M. Lebobe; Judges , Messrs. Bertrand. Taconet , wee, Baudot, Meder, Francois Gaillard, Chevalier, Lefebvre, jtin , and Auzouy ; Supplem wary Judges, 1:1`?' 1 11. Barthelot, ttodier, Cornault, Rousselet . Charlard , Leon '•' ie r unault, Beau, jun., Chatenet, sen., Gratien Milliet, Henry, i tb k , ll :; Araude, Germain Thibault, Lamaille, Ledagre, Letellier, les Leroy, and Selles. tint -6 1 tis AND ExrwstoN.—Yesterday morning , abou t o s . lock, a fire, caused by an explosion of some f „ fei4 lePi preparation, broke out on the premises. i j t "srs. Reece and Co., Chemist , , No. 168. Piccadilly.as• • aPPears that a lad was engaged in the front kitchen, w • ...o • Pounding some chemical preparation, when it suddenly *plotied, by the force of which the windows of th e kit ewien were bl o wn out, and the place set on tire, which Its, however, fortunately exting.tished, before any very treat daraage was done. The boy ,„ was severely injured by the violence of the explosion. esterda v morning, about seven o'clock, a fire was e , t 'wered to be raging with great fury, in the fore t) 111 of the Jasmine steamer, Capt. Bagott, lying cff 1 „ 411 (S boat-house, Stangate ; every assistance was :ndered, and with great exertions the throes were b a t tinder ; the whole of the cabin was, however, burnt ou t , fin toll collector of Vauxhall-bridge was on Friday a !' () (1 U., at Queen-square, for exacting one penny from rpt.ral Of the 60th. The defendant was instructed to o l d s , t „ low soldiers ea route to go through fret., aceordit4! lc t " he Bridg e Act ; but the Mutiny Act, amended to : . provides that all soldiers shall pass toll free, who . - "1, 1. :-' ll actual duty orDot. , .-.A.TH or Ma. • EDWIN.—Mr. Edwin, who a few - I Z`trs slime obtained some celebrity as a singer, at the • ‘roPolita n theatres, expired lately at New York. • A. LO MPROmtsu—At Sligo Assizes, a widow Coln . trultist.d, 4:z an action for breach of promise of marriave, P a Ymg the gentleman.' a medical student, 2501. to _ • - • • • , . t. From the rotes ana Proendonrof tbe lioutrof Commons. ) FRIPAY, JULY 22. POOR LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Order for Third Reading read ; Motion made, and Ques ti m proposed,—" That. the Bill be now read a third time ." —Amendment proposed, to leave out the wo r d " now. and at the end of the Question to add the ords " upon this day th , ee months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part ot. the Question :"—The' House diVided : MAJORITY—AYES, 103. :Wand, Sir T. D.-. N Devotishirej Harcourt, G. G. V -Oxfordshire %eland, T. D.-West Somerset Hardinge, Right Hun. Sir H.- VCourt, Captain-Taniworth I auncest.n , J P.-Cambri geshire Hatton, Capt.- Wex'ord Co. A ntrobus. Edmund-Surrey Herbert, Hon. S.-tiouth Wilts Baillie, H. D.-Honiton Hervey, lord Alfred - Brighton Baird, - Falkirk, S.c. Hope. Charles-Linlithgowshire baring, W. B.- l'te tiord Howard, P. H.- Carlisle Barnard, E. G.-Greenwich Hughes, W. -Carnarvon Harrington, Lorri-I3erki.h.re Hume, Joseph-Montrose, &c. Beniiiick, Lord G.-Lynn Jermyn. Earl-Bury, Suffolk Berke!ey, Hon. F. M..- Gloucester Jones, T.--1,-ndonderry Co. Bolder o, Henry G -Chippenli m Knatchbull, Sir E.-East Ken: Broadley, Henry-East Yorkstiiie Knight, H. (~-Nottinghamshire Browne, W. D.-Kerry Langston, J. H.-Oxford Bruce, Lord E. -Marlborough 'Lascelles, Hon. W.-Wakefield Buller, Sir J. Yarde-Devonshirc Lincoln, Fail of-No. thampton. Chetwode. Sir J.--Puckingharn shire, '.ouch Chute, W. L. W.-West Norfolk Litton, Edward-Coleraine Clayton, R.-Aylesbury Lockhart, Vs it lam - Lanarkshire Cleik, Sir G.-Stamtord I Lyall, G.- London !live, Edward U.-Hereford Mackenzie, W. F.-Peeblesshire Clive. H. H. South Shropshire M'Geachy, F.-Honiton Cockburn, Sir G orge-Ripon Morgan, 0 -Monmouthshire Corry, Hon. H. L.-Tyrone Ct. Nionson ' William -Kinross.shire Ceurtenay, Lord-S. DevenshireiNicholl,J.-Caidiff Cripps, Jose, h-Cirencester I Norreys, Lord- 7 0x fordshire Darner, Hon 0.-Portarlington INorthland,Viscount-Dungannon arty, Gcorge-East Sussex Packe, C. W.-Leicester, South Duncan, G. - Dundee Patten, J. Wilson-Lancashire buncombe, Hon A.-East Retford , Peel, RA . Hon. hir R.--; I amwurtn Ebrington, Lord-Ph mouth Peel, Col. Jonathan-Huntingdon Eliot, Lord-East Cornwall Philips, Mark-Manchester Escott, B. -Winchester Pollock, Sir F.-Huntingdon Ferguson, Colonel -Kirktidy Pringle, Alexander—S , I kirksh ire Eatcourt, T. 0. 13.-fixford Univ. Rashleigh, W.-East Cornwall Flower, Sir J. -Thetford Rice, Edward Boyd-Dover Follett, Sir W.-Exeter ,Rose, Sir George-Christchurch Forbes. W.-Stirlings ire Rushbrooke, Fuller, A. E.-Eat Stusex 'Sheppard, Thomas-Frome Gaskell,.laines Milnes-Wenlock ISomerset,Lord G.-Montneuthsi, Gibson, T. NI.-Manchester ;Stanley, Lord-North Lancashire Gill, T.-Plymouth 'Sutton, C. M.-Cambridge Gladstone, W. E.-Newarit.on.lFancred, H. W -Banbury Trent Taylor, Capt. E.-Dublin Co. Gordon, Hon. W.-Aberdeenshire raori • ely,l hos.- Wol verh.inipton Goulburn, Right Hon. H.-Cam-Thornhill, G.-Huntingdonshire bridge University Tollemache, 4-South Cheshire Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. R. G Iren.•l-, Sir F. -Scarborough -Dorchester Walsh, Sir John 8.-Radriorshii e Greene, T. G.-Lancashire War", H. 0.-Sheffield Grimstoo, Vise -Herttordshire Wood, Colonel 'F.-Middlesex Grogan, E -Dubin, Young, John-Cavan Co. Hale, It. 8.-Gloucestershire VILLE tts. • Hamilton, W.-Newport, Isle of Fremantle. Sir T. - Buckingham Wight Baring, H. 11.-Marlborougii MINURITY- Aglimb'', H. A —Cockermotita Baskertrille, T. B.—Herefordshire Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingford Bowring, Dr.—Bolton Broadwood, Henry—Bridgewater •rothertou, J.—sallord Bryan, Major—Kilkenny Co. Cobden, lt.—Stockport Colvil.e, C.—South t)erby Ihnicombe. T. S --Finsbury Ferguson,Sir It A.—Londonderry Fitzroy, Ho . Henry—Lewes Grat.t, Sir A C.—Cambridge alford, Henry—Leicestershire Hall, Sir Benjamin—Mar) lebone Hardy, .1 —Bradford Henley, J. W.—Oxfordshire -NOLS, 30. Hodgson. ltd.—Berwick-on.Tweed Johnson, W. Augustus—Oldham Muntz, G. F Birmingham Napier. Sir Chatles-- M •ry lebene -O'Connell, Daniel—Cork Co. Pech4 , ll, Captain--Brighton Polhill, Frederick—Bedford Poilington, Lord—Pontefract Richards, Richard—Merioneth.h J —Birmingham Sibthorio, Colonel—Lincoln Williams, %\ilhana—Coventry lorke. H. H.— York TELLIMS. Crawford, S.— Rochdale tielden, John—Oldham DISTI,ESS OF THE CO DIVISION ON MR. MILNER GIB; MAJORITY—AGAINtsI Aclan ), Sir T. 1) . Farnham, E. B. Wand, 1. D. :Tilden, W. k'CoJit, Capt r.. Flower, it James Alhx, John Peter kollett, Sir William Antrobus, Edwird Forbes, Wili , am Arawright, George Fuller. A. E. Ashle!, Lord Gaskell,Jarnes Milnes Bagot, Hon. W. Gladstone, W. E. liaillie, Colonel H. Glad tone, T. Baird, W. Gordon, Hon. W. Baldwin, C. B. Gore, Mon tague Bankes, George Gore, W. It. O. B.(ring, W. B. Goring, Charles Barrington, Viscount (lowborn. Henry Basker,ille, T. B. m. tlr ham, Sir James Bentiock, Lord U., Granby, Marquis of Blackburne, t. GI eerie, 'f. Blackstone, W. S. Onmston, Lord Bold , ro, H. G Grogan, Edward Borthwick, Peter Hale, It Blagdon Bradshaw, James Haltind, H. r.:oariley, H. Hamilton, W J. roidwood, Henry Hamilton, Lord C. Bruce, Lord E. kiarcourt, G. G. Sir J. Y. Hardinge, Sir H, Burrell, Sir C. H. Hardy, Jo:.n Burroughes, H. Henley, J. Warner Campbell, A. Herbert, Hon. S. Card. el E. , Hervey, Lord A. Chelsea, Viscount Hodgson, Frederick Chute, W. L. W. Hodgson, Richard Clayt ,, n, R. R. trope, Hon. C t, !elk, Sir George Hornby, John Clive, Robert Hughes. W. B. ockburn, Sir G. Hussey, Thomas Codrington, C. W. Jerrnyn, Lord Collett, W. H; Jocelyn, Viscount Colville, C. It. Jones, 'heobald arry, Right Hon. H. Kemble, Henry Courtenay, Viscount Ke,, D. S. Crrpps, r W. Knatcnbu ll, Sir L. Darne, Hon. G. ; Knight, H. G. Jarby, George I Knight, F. W. Douglas, Sir H. Law, Hon. C. E. Douglas, Sir C. Lefroy, Anhony Douglas, J. I) S. ! Leicester, Earl of Duoconine, Hon. A. Lir:coln, Earl of East, J. Buller 'Lindsay, H H. Eastnor, Viscount Litton, Er ward Eaton, R. J. Lockhart, Will iam Eliot, Lord Lowther, J. H. Escott, Bickham Lyal!, George Lstcourt, T. G. B. • , Lygon, Hon. Gen. )IINTRY. ;sidsl'S MOTION. T, 156. Mackenzie, T. MacKenzie, W. F. APGeachy, F. A March, Earl of Meynell, H. Morgan, Octavius i Mundy, E. Miller Newport, Viscount .Newry, Viscount Nicholl, J. Norreys, Lore Owen, Sir John Packe, C. W. P.ltlngton, J. S. Pal er, Robert Patten, Wilson Peel, Hon. Sir ii• Peel, Colonel .1 reinberton, Thomas Pollock, Sir F. • Praetl, W. T. Pringle, A. Rash sigh, Wm 'lepton, G. W. J. itienalos, G. Rose, Sir George bons, Captain liuslitirook, Colonel Russell, J. D Ryder, G. 1). Sanderson, J. Sanden, Lord Sheppard, I'. Somer.et, Lord G. Stanley. Lord Stewart, John Stuart, H. Sutton, Hon. 11. M Taylor, .1. A. Taylor, Thomas E. "l hompson Aid Thornhill, George Tollemache, J. Trench, Sir F. Verner, Colonel Walsh, Sir John Wodehouse, Hon. E. Wood, Colonel T. Yorke, Hon. E. T. Young, John TELLERS. Fremantle, SirT. Bating, H. B Ricardo, J. L. Roche, Sir D. Rus:ell, Lord E. Scholetivld, J. Shell, R L. Smith, B. Tancred, H. W. Thornely, Thomas Troubridge, Sir 3. I ufnell, H. Charles '. Walker, R. Ward, H Wawn, J. T. s, W. Wood. Wood, 0. W. Wyse, ► homas Yorke, H. R. INORITY—FOR, Heiden, J. Forster, Matthew Hall, Sir B. Hastie, A. Hatton, CaptVilliers Hawes, B. Hill, Lord A. M. C. Hindley, Chitties Howard, J. K. Hutt, W. M`Taggart, J. Marshall. %V. Morris. David alo icon, General Napier, 'ir Charles O'Brien. J. Paget, fr. Pechell, Captain Philips. M. Plumridge, Captain Protheroe, Edward TELLERS. Pryse, Pryse Gibson, r. M. Hums, Joseph BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, JULY 21.-:-Arrived her Majesty's packet Pe terel, Lieutenant Crooke, from the Brazils. After the very long detention at Rio de Janeiro of 33 days and 12 hours, she sailed homewards on May 25 ' • left Bahia on June 9, an d Per nambuco on the 15th. Her Maj. sty's packet Ranger arrived at Rio on May 22. Her Majesty's ketch A•row arrived at Rio ; left her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror lying at Berkeley Sound, East Palkland Island. on May 5, all well, hav ing put in there on April 6, and had been 134 days at sea. The officers and crew were greatly in want of vegetable food, which could not be procured on the island. Captain Ross had erected his observatory near the settlement, and intended wintering there to,attempt making some scientific observations with his different ins:rusnents. The furthest point south that they had attained tl.is year is lat. 18. 10. S., lo.i. 162 16 E. From private accounts to be depended on we learn !hat the dissolution of the Chambers, although looked on with a jealous watchfulne , b by the Brazilian intere.ts in England, has created little or no more than on ordinary sensation atten , iteg elections generally in the Brazils. Several gentlemen who were elected for the dissolved Chamber returned by the packet to Bahia. to attend their several constituencies for the purpose of re-elec tion for the ( hambei s to meet. it was said. oil Notember 9. Subjoined is a letter from one of our corresponeents:— •• ltio DE JANEIKO, Mast 24.—since the departure of the last packet (Express) we have had some important political movements, but, thanks to the energy of the existing G.ivern mem , the pea , e of this province has net been disturbed. The most important step wa- the di-solving of the Legislative Assembly. which took place on the 2d inst. They were to have met on the following day for the despatch of business, and from the number of revolutionary characters among them, a stormy session was expected. All this has been happily obviated by judicious measures of the Government, and the act of dissolu tion was read in the Chamber of Deputies in profound silence. The only mischief now feared is the influence of the Opposition Members in the provinces. The splendid province of St. Paul's, one of the most important in the empire, has been for some time on the verge of an outbreak, and on the receipt of this in telligence a revolt took place in the town of Sorocaba, and which, if not checked in the bud, may have the most pernicious effects. The President's demand for troops was immediately responded to, and on the very day en which the news was re ceived a number of steamers left this place with about 2.000 troops on board, so that ere long we hope for mere cheering ac counts from that quarter. •• The news from Bic, Grande, the province bordering on Monte Video, and which has been in a state of rebellion for the last seven sears, is unimportant, and without the legalistas are largely reinforced, there appears little hopes of speedily regaining that important province ; indeed, many people, well acquainted with the country say it will be impossible without the introduction of foreign troops. "In business everything is very dull, and these revolutionary movements will tend to make things much worse. The shopl.:eepers show a great unwillingness to purchase, even at wretched prices, and we experienced the greatest difficulties with our recoveries, goods so l d at six months' credit being seldom paid for under twelve or 'ourteen months. Coffee is very p entiful, and the low qualities, perhaps, were never so cheap as at present; but shippers are crippled in their operations by the great want of shipping; there is scarcely a disengaged vessel in port ; and small A 1 vessels readily obtain 755. per tun for coffee to the Channel, whereas, not two months ago, 455. to 50s. were the iates. The exchange continues very low, and first-rate houses have refused money to-day at 27ie. It is difficult to account for this depression, seeing the quantity of coffee in the market, but it may, perhaps, be accounted for by the Government coming into the market as remitters. The money market is pretty easy, and some be- neficial measures are expected from Signor Calmon, the Mi nister of Finance, who is a very talented man, and appears to possess the entire confidence of the commercial body. Indeed the Ministry collectively are very popular, and are, perhaps, the best that ever ruled the destini. s of Brazil." Passengers by the Petert I hnme—From Rio de Janeiro Mr. and Mrs. Duval, Miss Pa on, Mr. Enley, Mr. Markland, Mr. Duchine, Mr. Van Zeller. From Bahia, Mr. Gensley and Mr. Briesky. In the steerage from Rio, Thomas Bray and wife, R. Williams, J. K lleny, H. Hope. P. Williams, W. Richards, and Mary Trewick. On freight 38,162/. (From Stockmeyer's Price Current.) We learn triat from the sailing of the last packet, the Ex; reap, the exchange had undergone no material altera tion, having maintained itself from 271/ to •17i. and at these rates, principally at the former, considerable business was done for her Majesty's ship Aetwon (already arrived in England), and for her Majesty's ship Bose, which sat ed a fort nieht before the Petercl. But in consequence of the very dis couraging accounts received by the Ranger, business had been paralysed. and the exchange done for this packet was chiefly at 27i to 27i on Paris. CorrEE.—Quotations show a decline of 200 rs. per arrnba ; this amount being entirely nominal, however, as no large sales could be effected without a further reductian. The superior arid first good being, as is usual in the then stage of the crop. comparatively scarce, for of new Coffee none appeared in the ket worthy of mentioning • during April 19,921 bags had mai been shipped fir the British ' Channel. The total a mount of shipments during the month of May, 52,l 36 bags against 65 476 bags for the corresponding mnntk last year. There were reported, as remaining on hand, 65,00 t) bags. stioAß. _3 , 6oo stock on sale, and 1,000 just arrived from 2Cm dols.po s parcels commanded—whites nts,,pe2edteoid; 400 o air rs. and Muscovadoes fluctuated Campos not its. i . 1 dol. 500 rs. to 1 dol. 600 rs. The Globe states that in the diplomatic circles at Berlin there is much talk of the creation of Syria into a kin,wm doat under a German prince , who should have the protection of the greet power', like the Kipp of Greece. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1842. IMPERIAL. PARLIAM.ENT. . hOUSE OF LORDS, July 23 Their Lordshit s met to-day shortly after Twelve o'Clock. The Eatl of SHAFTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. A Messape from the House of Comrrons brought up the Irish Fisheries Bill, the Poor-law Amendment Continuance Bill, and several pi ivate Bills. • • POOR-LAW BILL. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Poor law Commission Continuance Bill was read a first time, and orderrd-to be react a second time on Tuesday next. The Lords to be summoned. 'I he Bills on the table were forwarded a stage"- and their Lordships, shortly before One o'Clock, adjoui ned till Monday. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. ROME CIRCUIT.—Lewes, July 22. The Commission for the county of Sussex was opened on Thursday, and this day (Friday) the business of the Assize commenced. There were about thirty prisoners for trial, but the only serious case was a charge against a young woman or murdering her illegitimate child, Lord Abinger, in addressing the Grand Jury, alluded to this case, and said, that from what he had heard, there was reason to believe the prisoner was not in her right mind, but the Grand Jury would not have togointo that question, and: if they found the facts proved they must tied a true bill. so that the case might be investigated befiire a Petty Jury, CROWN COURT.—Lewes, July 23. (Before Lord AniN6En.) ihrriet Arthr6.. aged thirty, a . g o o d-looking young woman, but who evinced every. indication of insanity in her appearance, was indicted for the murder of her male illeg Lim ate child. When the prisoner was called upon to plead, she looked nildiv round the Court, and exclaimed " I did not do it." Lo'rd AI LAGER inquired of the gaoler whether the pri soner understood what was said to her ? The gaoler replied that he did not think she did. Mr. Turner, the surgeon to the gaol, was then sworn, and he stated that the prisoner had been under his charge for the last two months, and, in his opinion, she was in a state of insanity, and that she was not in a condition of mina to take her trial. The Jury having expressed their opinion that the pri soner was insane, ' Lord ,AnisoEn directed that she should be kept in sde custody. CIVIL §IDE. (Be "ore Mr. Justice COLTMAN and a Special Jury.) COLLIS 1.1: NEWI'NGTON. The plaintiff in this case had been appointed assignee to the estate and effects of an insolvent debtor, named French; and this action was brought to recover from . the defendant a stun of 590/. which it was alleged the insol vent had paid to him by fraudulent preference over the other creditors. The cause involved a question of some importance. It appeared that, on October, 1840, a person named French, who carried on the business of a farmer, at Wadhurst, was in very embarassed circumstances ; and, in fact, on the very brink of insolvency, the present plaintiff being one of his creditors; to a very considerable amount. The defendant was French's landlord, and he owed him the sum mentioned in the declaration, and it would appear that a writ was sued out by him against French, who gave a cognovit upon which judgment was entered up immediately, and the whole of French's effkts were swept off to satisfy this claim, to the exclusion of the other creditors. It was contended, that French being, at the time he gave the cognovit, in a state of insolvency, the preference given to the defendant was a fraudulent one; and that he ought to refund the . money fur the general benefit of the creditors. Mr. Justice COLTMAN said the principal question for the jury was, a Nether the giving up the property by the insolvent was ii, voluntary act on his part, or whether it was dune under the presence of the legal proceedings adopted by the defendant to recover his debt. If a cre ditor, knowing the circumstances of his debtor, adopted proceedings against, him, and, by that means, obtained his debt, teen though it might be to the exclusion of the other creditors, he dfd not think that could be con;idered as . a fraudulent preference, which must entitle the assignee to recover the amount so paid. If, on the con• trary, they considered the giving up his property was the voluntary act of the insolvent , then it would be their duty to find for the plaintiff. The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a ver dict for the defendant. HARVEY V. HILLMAN AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover damages for an assault committed by the defendant upon the plaintiff. The proceedings out of which this action arose were connected with the late elections at Brighton and Lewes, the parties being politically opposed to each other; the defendant espousing the Conservative interest, and the plaintiff that of the Liberals. It appeared that on the 10th of May, at the time the Lewes Election petition was disposed of, Mr. Hillma n went into the Star Inn, Lewes, and on seeing the pla intiff, he p ut his hand on his shoulders, and said, " Well, you have got the cat's paw on you." This led to some altercation, in the midst of which it was alleged that the plaintiff was held by Mr. Hillman's son, and fits brother-iriAaw, while he himself struck him on the face. The landlord of the Star, who was the principal witness, said in cross-examination, that before Mr. Hillman came in, the plaintiff and several other persons were talking about politics, and that after the cat's paw was men tioned, they all snapped their fin g ers in each other's faces, pende i f i t e i r e the purpose, Htaiso s a as heid, es t h said, of showing their inde e had told some one that he thought Mr. Harvey was going 'to strike Mr. Hill mann, and that the other two defeniants only interfered to prevent violence from being committed, and that he had liken ise said they were a parcel of fools for bring ing the action ; and that, instead of giving the lawyers the money, they had much better spend it at his house over a good dinner and a bottle of wine. The Jury, after deliberating for a few minutes, re turned a verdict for the defendant. Whiletthis cause was going on a fracas took place in the Court between Mr. Collis, the attorney and plaintiff in a previous cause, and Mr. Barclay. the attorney of Mr. Newington, the defendant ; and, some offensive ex pression having been made use of by the former, Mr. Barclay struck him in th,! face and made his'nose bleed. Mr. Collis immediately applied to the Court. The as sault was committed directly under the special jury -box, but, owing to the number of persons who were standing about, it escaped the observation of the Learned Judge, and h inquired where the assault took place? Mr. COLLIE —In the Court, my Lord. Mr. Justice COLTMAN then asked Mr. Barclay what explanation he bad to give for committing such an act of violence in a Court of Justice. Mr. BARCLAY said he had been provoked to it by Mr. Collis, who, being exceedingly excited in consequence of the verdict that had been delivered against him , had in stilted him must grossly, and called him a -- liar. . He could not restrain his feelings at this unprovoked assault, and he certainly committed the assault, but he now ex pressed his regret fur it, and begged to apologize to his Lordship for what he had done. r. Justice COLTMAN said he had certainly received great provocation, but such an act, in fI Court of Justice, could not be looked over, and he must for the present be taken into custody. Mr: Barclay was then removed frOm the Court in charge of an officer. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. . Shortly after Sir Chapman 'Marshall had taken his seat on the bench, an old woman, named Fitzgerald,,ap peared for the purpose of obtaining . some redress in cons equence of her basket of fruit being seized by the City Police. Mr. Richard Taylor on Thursday made a statement to Sir Peter Laurie, in reference to this affair, which appeared in The Sun, on Friday, and as it ap pears, gave great offence to the City Commissioner..l Mr. Harvey- in consequence went to Guildhall on Satur- d ty, and said, having seen a foul statement in two of the d Lily papers, made by Mr. Taylor before Sir Peter Laurie, he was induced to attend to give a denial to that statement. Mr. Alderman COPELAND considered the police had not done their duty, in not bringing the offender before a Magistrate, instead of sending the fruit to the Green-yard. Mr. Harvey said that as Mr. Taylor had made a false charge against him in the news7apers, he felt called upon to rebut and deny the statement of that person through the same channel, and therefore he insisted upon being (111 r. 1 - farvey);in answer, said that Mr. Phillips's re quest could not be complied with, and the police could not interfere unless the parties were given in charge. As Mr. Phillips continued to press his request, he di rected InSpector Martin to go to Holborn-bars and in form the women who sat there, that unless they removed they would be given into custody, but as their goods were of a perishable nature, two or three days would be allowed them to get rid of their stock. The females, in a most commendable manner, did remove from the spot, and the place was left clear until lately, when the woman Fitzgerald came and placed herself on the spot. Mr. T a ylor had called at his office, but he (Mr. H.) did not see him. But, in accordance to the order of April 2, her fruit was seized and taken to the green•yard. 'The Woman resisted the order of the police to remove, because she said she was there by the authority of Mr. Taylor, and she also had the authority of Sir Peter Laurie. He was not going to attack either Sir Peter Laurie or Mr. Taylor, who appeared extremely fond of dealing in a specious cheap benevolence in favour of suffering humanity. He had no objection if there were an apple woman selling before every door in the City ; but it a woman were allowed to sit with her basket before the door of a fruiterer, he did not see why a man might: not go and set up his stall before a grocer and sell his gro cery,' or ironmongery before an ironmonger. lie. how ever, was obliged to observe, that from the different Magistrates who sat, and from the various decisions which they came to, and the mode in which justice was administered, the police were very often rebuked for doing their duty. Now, he should like to see sympathy Acted on ; and when his office was filled with sympa thisers, he invariably said to them—" Show it, and open a subscription for the poor—here is my 55." This re mark invariably cleared his office. Mr. Alderman COPELAND—I shall bring this matter before the whole Court of Aldermen, and have the duties of the Commissioner and the Magistrates defined. Mr. Harvey said he was glad to hear that remark of the Alderman, All he wished was to be fairly repre sented, and he should be most happy to meet the case in the Court of Common Council, where he had no ob . jection to an investigation into his conduct since he had been Commissioner of the City Police, and he felt satis fied that when he came before the Court the discussion would be founded upon justice. Sir C. MARSHALL said that no complaint had been made before him, and therefore he could not enter into it, but a statement, it appeared, had been made, which was thought to reflect on the character of the Commis sioner; and he considered it was only an act of common justice to give that gentleman an opportunity to explain. That had been done, but the result had caused it to as sume an importance which was not expected, and there fore it would stand over until Mr. Taylor arrived in town, when a full investigation would follow. heard. Sir P. LAURIE here leaned Mr. Alderman Copeland, who was standing between him and Sir Chapman Mar shall, and whispered to the worthy magistrate. Mr. Harvey—Does Sir Peter Laurie attempt to stop my proceedings Sir P. LAURIE—Yes, I do ; on these grounds, that it is unfair to make a statement in thelabsonce of a person, Apr the mere purpose of an ex parte one to go before the public. Mr. Harvey —You suffered Mr. Taylor to make an ex parte statement, casting great calumny on my conduct, and I am' determined! to reply t o it now. Sir I'. 1.4-tunau—You must stop until Mr. Taylor is present. . . . Mr. Harvey said the report in the newspapers contain ing Mr. Taylor's statement, is a foul calumny on me as the Commissioner of the police force ; and neither (turn ing to Sir Peter Laurie) shall you calumniate me, nor any other person. Sir P. LAUME—It is you that calumniate by your conduct. Mr. Harvey—Do you mean to sto p me ? Sir P. LAURIE—I do. loll‘vield.l..lit.l.llT-ez);yo Harvey—lt to t is you that calumniate ; f or y ou al come here and attack me, and you 0 0 0 did the same in yo ur j udicial ca p acit y , w hich is most disgraceful. Si I will not, as a Magistrate allow er any person to make such an asse rtion in a public court. Mr. Harvey—You cannot help yourself, f or I h ave al ready made it.. l ij LAURIE of the city —lslr o omndnis,sin f Commissioner, Sir P. LAuatc —The police have not done th e i r duty, which is on account of the orders issued by the Com missioner, who is What wholly unfit to hold suc h an office. Mr. Harvey — do you mean by such obser vations ? . Sir PETER LAURIE —I say that •your conduct proves your inefficiency to fulfil the duties of your office. Look at the reports of the Court of Common Council on the system of the police force, and the letters in their pos session : that will confirm my assertion. Mr. Harvey-1 defy you to produce them. The nol has con fi Court of Common .i 0 . ou rmed every step that I _, )1 few days since the Beer fishermen caught a I have adopted. .. r' t.ic lobster, which they prese nt e d to Sir W. T. Pole, eiean Sir PETLe. Laurat:—You are afraid to meet them. Nvho has forwarded it as a present to the Rev. Dr. Buck- Mr. Harvey, turning round to the Alderman—That is land, Professor of Geology at Oxford. The dimensions false, for lam not afraid to meet them, nor you, any if one of the claws was twelve inches in circumference, where you like to say. and length of tip of tail, when extended to the extremity Sir C. MirdsuaLL attempted to interfere, and con- of claw, thirty-five inches, and weighed ten pounds ten sidered that the e ase had better not b e entere d into in ounces. The Learned Doctor, in acknowledging its safe absence t f Sir Peter Laurie, who had retired. the J arrival, observed it was the finest specimen he had ever Mr. Harvey said he felt bound to rebut the charges seen, and that after its inlerioi, which would afford which had been made against him, and he therefore licious repast, had been carefully removed, the stall attended to-day, in the expectation of meeting Mr. would be placed in the Oxford Museum. Somerset Taylor, who oil Thursday attended befo re Si r P e ter C ounty Gazette. Laurie to support the_righ,,t _orf womana of the name _. NI ATION AI, Music lIAL---W L.e are happy to learn of Fitzgerald, whom Mr la, o yi _ had thought proper that the suggestions we made in an eatly number of this work, lo state had . been remo v ed! from Holborn by the that the price of shares should be red uced from ten p ounds to i• uthority of the Chief Commissioner, who a day or fi ve poun d s , h as b een adopted by the Directors , the result of two before had iss ued an order to that effect. Now, so which will doubtless be attended with success, inasmuch as it iar from this being true, the rever se was the case, for will, as we then stated, "enable the less affluent of the profes the order to -remac - those • who sat with- - fruit in the fi°n to join in the goodly work, and thus crea , te amore otatic extended streets was of. t h e date- of the 2 d of April. On that oc-, interest among musicians of every grade.' -,Prn and casion he had r e ceived a letter from Mr. Phillips, a fruit- Musical Review. crer residing at Holborn- bars complainingof t the loss • - Rear- A.dmiral Gautier, Major-General of Marine, • iin his.business which lie sustainet. .by p ersons b e i ng u l.. has been called to Paris, says •• ti'e nulounais and *. • - h. Is re.. -16 , .;•eti tq sell fruit before .his .door ; : ana l requesting that P Toulon by i orted that he, will be replaced at I. de Regcdit; the . 13 - 0 110 ilibUld be . PiNre#d 0 4.0140Y6 Ilio_parties, le' .. Chief - CommandinVot Marine la AVM* -• ' 110 USE OF COMMONS, ! Tag 23 The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. The Clerk of the Crown attended to amend the return for the borough of Nevreastle. under-L3 me, prsuant to the order of the House. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Mr. SH AR NI AN CRAWFORD gave notice that he should call the attention of the House on Monday, on going into Com mittee of Supply, to tie distressed state of Ireland. Mr. MACKINNON gave notice that he should postpone the motion of woich he had given notice for Monday, of a new writ for Southampton, till Friday next, that the Report sent in by the Committee might be read and considered by Hon. Members. Lord STANLEY gave notice that he should bring in a Bill, on Monday, for the better government of the wes tern pto vincos of *Australia. DESIGNS COPYRIGHT BILL. On the motitm for the Order of the Day being read for going into Committee, Mr. M. PHILIPS said he should oppose the Order of the Day, as it was his intenti , n to oppose the Bill to the utmost of his power in every stage. He particularly protested against a Bill of this kind being discussed on a Saturday, after a week of unexampled Parliamentary toil and exertion —( Hear, hear.) Mr. G. W. WOOD expressed his determination of giving the Bill his molt zialOus support. Mr. M. PHILIPS then moved, there not being forty Mem bers present, that the House be counted. strangers were ordered to withdraw, but Sir James Graham, with about twenty Hon: Members at his back, rushed into the House, amidst cheers and laughter. Mr. M. PHILIPS then moved that the Bill be committed this day three months. The gallery was again cleared for a division. The House, however, did not divide, the motion having been negatived without a division. The House then resolval itself into Com mittee. Clauses 1 to 4 were agreed to without dissent. The other clauses were then agreed to. The Bill with amendments, was ordered to be Reported on Monday next. NEWFOUNDLAND BILL. On the Order of the Day being read for the House resolving itself into a Committee on thi- Bill, Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the Delegates of the House of Assembly of Newioundland against the Bill. —Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed with the Votes. On the Order of the Day being again read, Mt. O'CONNELL said he had no desire to offer any factious opposition to the Bill, but having only received the important petition which he had read about ten minutes before he entered the House, he hoped the Noble Lord would allow the Bill to be postpotied till that day week. Lord STANLEY said, looking at the peculiar circum stances of the colony, and at the fact that there was at that moment no legal authority in the island under which the duties could be collected, he could not consent to the vostponement. The Noble Lord concluded by reading a letter from Sir John Harvey. stating his approval of the measure. Mr. VERN , IN SAI I I . 11 tt ought that the letter of Sir J. Harvey ought to be printed, as also the petition presented by the Right Hon. Genteman. He suggested that it would meet the convenience of all parties, if the discussion on the subject was postponed to Wednesday next. He understood that the Hon. and Learns/I Gentleman had consented to with draw his motion fur the postponement of the' Committee for six weeks. Mr. O'CONNELL expressed his .willingness to withdraw both the motions of which he had given notice on ►the subject, ' if the Committee were postponed to Wednesday. Mr. ESCOTT said that both the documents ought to be printed before proereding further with the measure. Mr. HUME concurred in the opinion of the Hon. Gentle man who had just sat down. Lord STANLEY had no objection to postpone the further consideration of this Bill to Wednesday, provided the Hon. and Learned Gc rifleman would throw no obstacle in the way cf the consideration of the Bill on that occasion. Mr. O'CONNELL said his object was not to cause any delay to the measure, but he certainly would not promise that the principle of the Bill should not undergo discussion. 'I he Committee was then poaponed to Wednesday next. The Lunacy Bill was read a second time. Ihe Report on the Grand Jury Presentment (Ireland) Bill was received. The Manchester, Birmingham, and Bolton Police Bill was read a third time and passed. The House then adjourned at Half-past Twe o'Clock till to-day. . THE NIGER EXPEDITION. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY Evewreo.--By the accounts brought from the coast of Africa, by the Termagant, Third Lieutenant Commander Henry F. Seagram, which left Ascension on the Oth May, this expedition had not proceeded up the Niger a second time, in consequence of there not being sufficient water to admit of it, until after the rainy season, which has only now terminated. The Albert was lying at Ascension, but the Sou dan, and Wilberforce, under the command of Captain W. Allen, were off the coast. Captain Allen intended to proceed,' as soon as the depth of water will admit of it, up the river as far as the model farm ; but whether he would continue his voyage higher up would entirely depend upon the state of his crew when at that point. The Madagascar, 44, Captain John Foote, was to be at Ascension in July. It wilt be recollected that it was against an officer and boat's crew of this ship that the Bordeaux papers made an accusation respecting the boarding the French ship Les Deux Smuts, in which it was stated that the officer was not in uniform, and not to be distinguished froin the men, and that he behaved in a vexatious manner in un necessarily detaining the ship, &c., and that the men took away twenty tureens of preserved meat, and several other ar ticles. The whole of the statement, Frith the exception that the Deux Sceurs was hoarded by the boats of the Madagas car, is utterly at variance with the truth. The following may be relied upon as the correct account of the transaction : U 1 .on the Madagascar falling in with the Deux Scours the wind was exceedingly light, and as the French ship was at some distance ahead, and was mistaken for a large slaver, four armed boats were despatched from the Aladagascar to give Chase to and" board her. Each of the boats was under the command of an officer in the usual uni form worn when on service,' with his sword on, and cap with the gold band round it. There was also a marine officer, like • wise in uniform. Upon boarding the Deux Scours the senior lieutenant in command of the boats requested the French merchant captain would show him his papers, and altheugh the request was made in the most courteous manner, the French captain at once refused. Upon being asked his reason, he stated that he would not show Ms papers until the British officer had shown him his slave papers. It was necessary for the Lieutenant to return on board the Madagascar to procure them, consequently there was a delay caused by the French, captain himself. With regard to the charge against the men of taking away twenty tureens of preserved meat, the fact is, that not one of the cre.v was allowed to go below, and one of the officers merely looked down in the hold to see that all was correct. So far trom there having been any delay caused by the officer of the Madagascar, the vessel was allowed to take her own course as soon as the examination was over, but she remained in company with the Madagascar while the sur geon of that ship went on board to attend a passenger or super cargo, who was ill on board the French ship. This proved that there was every disposition on the part of the officers of the English man-of-war rather to assist than annoy the Captain of the French vessel. RIOTS IN SHROPSHIRE. ( Abridged from the Shrewsbury News of this day. ) During the early part of tne week, the conduct. of the miners was much the same a, it had ben for some weeks past. but on Wednesday morning rime railer alarming symptoms of riotous condwit took place amo n g them. Early of that morning a body of men from the w orks in Stafford,hire, to the number of twenty or thirty, made their appearance in the works at Don nington Wood, where they stopped some workmen who were going to their work as usual, and induced them to j oin their ranks. They then proceeded to the pits, and ordered the men to come up trom work, which order the men were compelled to obey, and their ranks swelled considerably. In this manner they proceeded from pit to pit in the whole of that populous trict, and compelled every man at work to desist, but without committing any actual violence. illr. Baxter, superintendent of police, and the few men under his command, had watched the proceedings of the mob during the day, and when night fell in, and the great body of them had dispersed, he arid his men proceeded to different places, and succeeded in captu'ing five men, whom they had observed directing the proceedings, and acting as ringleaders during the day. The prisoners were immediately conveyed to Welling ton, under guard of a strong body of the police, and safely de posited in the lock up horse. On the following morning they were brought up before Thomas Eyton, Esq. and the Rev. Henry Bruton, who, after listening to the 'evidence adduced against them, committed them for trial at the next assizes, for riotous and tumultuous assembling, and they were conveyed to Shrewsbury gaol the same day. The prisoners are generally ' young men, and are named as folio ss : —Henry Edwards, 'illiam Pool, Thomas Williams, William Haughton, and Moses Staveworth. Numbers of the police force from every portion of the county, armed with their cutlas-es, arrived in the neighbourhood during the night and the early part of the morning ; and a body of South Salopian Yeomanry, from Shrewsbury, arrived at lartor's Lee at an early hour in the morning, and remained there day• tog the day. The Wellington Yeomanry were under orders to be ready to assemble at a moment's notice, and the horses of many of the members remained ready saddled throughout the day. THE TURN OUT IN THE POTTERIES. BURSLE3I, FaIDAY Aloasusto.—The whole of the potters are now on ortunately out of employment; owing to the want of coal. A few of the largest manufacturers contrived to find employment for their men till yesterday ; but the supply of coal becoming exhausted a complete stoppage in every department of the trade has been the consequence. The men continue quiet on the whole, a state of things which is of course to be in some measure attributed to the military force stationed in the district, but as the Magistrates have considered it necessary to swear in between 600 and 700 special constables in the course of yesterday, and are still engaed enrolling more, the appre hensions for the peace of the district cannot be altogether allayed. A large meeting of the eolhers is appointed to take place in the neighbourhood on Sunday next, which is to be attended by delegates from the mines in the adjoining counties, and it is, in all probability, with a view to meet any emergency which may arise, that the Magistrates have adopted the precaution of sweating in so large a number of special constables. It is cal culated that there will be at least 30,000 hands out of em ployment at the beginning of next week, should Messrs. Sparrow and Forrester still continue to resist the claims of the men, to which claims none of the other extensive coal-owners are op posed. , t e a d r y this c i e . s r t n a i t n i g o n at oned t d t a h t e N w e w h i c t as m t o l r e o , Ct i t on 6O to me th n e , co, A isi n sti a n d g di station, by rai way, from Manchester. Colonel Thorn, com mander o' the force, in the midland district, is tapected here in the course of the afternoon. RAILWAY TRAITIC.—The following calculation of the last weekly returns of thirty-eight railways, 1,337 miles in length, given in our present number, will, we t r .,liewe, be of interest :—Number of passengers on twenty-five railways, 561,738, consequently the total for the week must be about 400,000. The receipts for pas sengers on thirty -seven railways, 76,9211-19 s. ; .ditto for 'r o ods, on thirty-one railways, 17,3691. 4s. 2d. ; • total, 94,9911. 3s. 1 td. Ti.is is an average of 70y. per mile p e r week. The traffic, therefore, is certainly at the rate of about four millions a year, and. carrying.fifteen Dons of Pasfaagero! -- J Vc - z2(i 4 i 7 4% . •^- ,4 - • BOlf-STREET. THE POLITE MAX.—An odd looking personage, who cer tainly had not the appearance of a Beau Nash, a Beau Bruiumel, or a Simpson, was placed at the bar charged with being drunk and incapable, in Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The policeman added, that he took off his hat, bowed to every one he met, and was otherwise too polite to be agreeable. rhe prisoner, placing his right hand on his heart, and chassez-ing from one end of the bar to the other, bowed to the very ground. " Sir," said he, "though I'm a vulgar looking person, I believe I'm the politest man in the universe, I am, in fact, the essence of politeness. When I meet a person in the street I give him the wall. This is what I do." In illustration of " what he does," the prisoner having placed his hat on his head, re-chassez-ed to the other end of the bar, with his body in a sideline attitude, raised his hat, and again bowed to the ground, uttering in an insinuating tone, " the wall, Sir ; the wall, Sir." Mr. TWYFORD ordered him to be discharged, adding, that no doubt he was not in his right senses. As Tyrrel was assisting the poor fellow from the bar, with rather less courtesy than a polite person would have shown, " Stop, stop," said he, " you've been very kind, I'll make you a bow, Sir," and again was the hat replaced, again was the chassei repeated, once more was the body in a one-sided atti tude, again was the hat delicately raised between linger and thumb, and down dunked the little round, bald head far below the bar; presently it re-appeared, and away chassez-ed the polite little personage out of Court. Down Bow-street we saw him chassez away, and turn the corner into the Strand; where he chassez-ed to we do not know, but we should surmise that the crowded thoroughfare soon put a stop to his singular and rapid progress. CLERKEN WELL. _ _ ..4lary Arm Turvey, aged thirteen, was brought before Mr. Greenwood, under rather extraordinary circum stances. It appeared, from the evidence that at midnight on Friday a policeman found the prisoner on hii beat. She was crying very much, and on being asked the cause, she said that she had been beaten at the house of a gen tleman named Newman, in Liverpool-street, New-road, and afterwards turned into the street ; in consequeflce of which statement witness removed her to the station- house for safety, where she was recognised as having very mysteriously disappeared some time ago, and as she was ready to disclose under what circumstances, she was brought before this Court. The girl stated that about two months back she and another girl were indecently - assaulted in the Copen hagen-fields, by a man named Newman, who holds a very responsible and lucrative situation under Govern ment ; that Mr. Newman was at the time taken into custody, and afterwards committed by Mr. Hardwicke to take his trial for the offence ;- that while attending the Sessions-house to give evidence against the accused she and the other girl were decoyed away, and taken by Mrs. Newman to Taunton, in Somersetshire, each being `provided with excellent clothing and plenty of money ; and in the evening they were conducted to a farm house not far distant, where he remained until Thursday last, when the mistress of the farm remarked that she could not afford to keep her any longer, and sent her to town by the luggage train; that on her arrival in London she went immediately to Mr. Newman's, who, as well as'his wife, was from home ; that the servant put her to bed ; that on Mrs. Newman's return she was made to dress, and afterwards flogged an 1 pushed into the street. Mr. Mould, the clerk, said he recollected having taken the depositions in the case. Mr. GREENWOOD, after perusing the depositions, said it was certainly a very serious affair up to the committal of Mr. Newman for trial, and it had been rendered doubly so by the extraoruinary proceedings which had since taken place to defeat the ends of justice. It appeared that Mr. Newman was acquitted for want of the evidence of these two girls. The girl stated that she used to look after the cows while-in the farm-house, that the other girl had received 10/. but she did not know where she was. Mr. GREENWOOD said this was a most abominable in terference to stop the due course of justice, and he would do his utmost to sift the matter so as to lay the fact be fore the public. Mr. Ashley, the overseer of tae parish, was then sent for, and instructed to spare no expense in bringing Mr. Newman, and all others concerned in the charge, to Ustice. UNION- HALL. DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUlClDE. —Charlotte Bald win, a loung female of prepossessing appearance, was charged with attempting to destroy herself. A policeman stated that at four o'clock that morning, being on duty at Battersea, he saw something floating on the surface of the river ; he got on some barges and saw the defendant in the water. Being no swimmer himself, he procured a piece of plank and threw it towards the defendant, who seize:) it as she was about to sink, and he contrived to rescue her. She was in a state of insensibi lity, and was conveyed to the hospital, where the usual means of resuscitation being resorted to, she recovered. In reply to Mr. COTTINGRAM, she assigned, as the cause of her having attempted suicide, her mother having made a false accusation against her r that she (defendant) at first purchased three-pennyworth of laudanum, and swallowed it, but that quantity not having the designed effect, she then proceeded to le river and threw herself is. She was discharged., RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re- i eeived on the principal Railways of Great Britain 1 for the week ending on the day of the ir.onth prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mor chandize : Week ended Name of Railway. 1 Opened. lil es T0ta1 .z ..... a. a . Julyl6 Birmingham & Derby Junct 48 1,386 12 11 15 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 2,148 10 8 9 Brandling Junction 25 935 17 3 15 Chester and Birkenhead .. 17 Dundee and Arbroath ... ..... 16} 277 8 Ili 16 Edinburgh and Glasgow' 46 2,214 18 6 17 Eastern Counties 16 Glasgow and Ayr 40 1,346 7 5 16 Glasgow, Paisley, &Greenock 22} 1,300 11 1 GrandJunct.,Chester &Crewe 113 16 Great North of England 45 1,349 15 1 17 Great Western Hayle l6 -- 16 Hull and Selby .... ........• 3l 1,032 17 1 16 Lancaster & Preston Junction 20a 517 9 3 15 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 5,266 10 11 16 London and Birmingham ll2l 17,762 15 7 21 London and Blackwall 34 1,312 12 3 , 16 London and Brighten Ditto Shoreham Branch - 19 London and Croydon 21 London and Greenwich 3l 896 17 5 17 London and South Western 15 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 560 5 9i 18 Manchester & Birmingham 16 Manchester and Leeds 16 Midland Counties s7i 2,849 3 1 i 16 Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 14 Newcastle and North Shields 7 464 5 7 17 Northern and Eastern 16 North Midland 15 North Union 16 Preston and Wyre l9i 291 19 2 18 Sheffield and Manchester.-- 7 291 b 3 21 South Eastern 17 Ulster 16 York and North Midland 2B 1,746 2 7 THE POLISH NATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. London, July 23, 1842. S I R,—l. take the liberty of sending, and beg your acceptance of, a copy of the address of the General in-Chief of the Polish Army, expressive of the grati tude of the exiled and oppressed people of Poland, for the generous sympathy of the British House of Com mons, on a recent occasion, in the manifold wrongs inflicted upon Poland.--I have the honour to be, your most obedient servant, (Signed) GENERAL SOLTYK. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. On a recent occasion Sir Robert Peel, the illustrious head of your Administration, expressed himself in the following terms : " I am convinced that after all the blood and treasure which must be expended in carrying out such pernicious policy, it would be found that nationality, if it may be crushed, would never be extinguished ; that its spirit survived amidst every oppression in lands however dis tant and obscure ; and that though the unfortunate na tives might be transported into strange climes, it would be seen how strictly true it was in this and all other cases Ccelum, non animum mutanW " It is this feeling which animates the whole Polish na tion, and it is in her name, as General in-Chief of her army, invested provisionally with the power of President of the National Government, that I address myself with confidence to the British Parliament to express her gra titude and her hopes. The forms of your Honourable House prevent us from expressing in a manner more congenial to our feelings, the deep sense we entertain of your generous sympathies on behalf of the Polish nation. The good Wishes expressed for the nationality of Po land on this memorable occasion have touched the hearts of her sons and console them in their misfortunes. They know how good wishes may be changed into representa tions, and representations Into solemn protestations, and how the protestations of Great Britain are never made in vain ; they will be heard from one end of the universe to the other, and teach an important lesson. What a great nation wishes for she knows how to ac complish ; may England support us, and by her: aid render the holy cause of our country triumphant. It were vain to speak of the means employed by the Government of Russia to convert fifteen mitlions of Poles into so many Russians. That end she shall never ac complish while there is a God above, and a free people on earth. The people of Poland have experienced terrible vicis situdes. They who from infancy have imbibed the love of country, and who have often and but recently armed in defence of her liberties and rights, are now constrained to suft'er in silence every hardship and outrage, and have only the courage of resignation to oppose to the power of their oppressor. One thought, however, at all times consoles and sus tains them. It is that these hardships and outrages may yet be serviceable to their holy calve, and give birth to the conviction among the independent nations of the earth, that the acknowledgment of the ancient rights of Poland, and the restoration of a great and independent nation, would for ever put an end to this deplorable con dition, guarantee the stability of the States of Europe, and maintain a peace founded on justice and the rights of nations. Representatives of Great Britain ! It was worthy of you, it was worthy of the great nation you represent, to place yourselves at the head of this noble movement, and to show by the accomplishment of a great act of justice, that if you are jealous in maintaining your own liberties, you can at the same time acknowledge the rights of others and succour the oppressed. (Signed) RYBINSKI, General-in-Chief of the Polish Army. Paris, 14th July, 1842. the undersigned, certify the foregoing to be a faith ful translation. (Signed) GENERAL SOLTYK. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. '(From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH JULY 23.—The Sulphur, surveying ship, Captain Belcher, arrived on Tuesday, after a toil some expedition of seven years on the west coast of North America, the South-sea Islands, the coast of China, and other places. Her crew have been particu larly healthy, and she comes home loaded in an extra ordinary manner with vegetable, animal, geological, mi neral, and zoological specimens ; she has some plants running up her hatchways, twenty feet in height, for some of the public gardens. She sailed on Thursday for Woolwich, to be paid off. The Wellesley, 72, Captain Thomas Maitland, ar rived at Plymouth on Tuesday, from the East Indies. She brought home Captain Butterfield (late of .the Fam tome), and invalids, and part of the crew formerly be longing to the Alligator—she left Chusan on the 3d of February ; Singapore, the 7th March ; and the Cape of Good Hope, the 19th June, all well. She will be paid off at Plymouth. The Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke, sailed on Tues day for the North American station ; she takesout several ofii , mrs and upwards of eighty supernumeraries for the Sydenhain steamer, and other ships ; she is to call at Plymouth. The Satellite, 18, Commander Gambier, sailed OR Monday for the. South American station. The Alban steamer arrived at Gibraltar from Ply mouth, on the 7th inst. The Formidable, 84, and Bel videra, 36, sailed from Gibraltar on the 4th ; the former for Cadiz. The Lizard steamer sailed the same day for Malaga. The' Resistance troop ship, arrived at Quebec, from England, on the 25th June. The Samarang, 26, and Orestes, 18, were undocked this morning. The Tortoise store ship, Captain Wood, left Hobart Town, for New Zealand, on the 9th March, for masts for the Navy. The Beagle, surveying ship, Captain Stokes, sailed at the same time, to survey Bank's Straits. The Monkey steamer is ordered to the Downs, to assist in towing Mr. Bush's Cassoon. The Driver, steam frigate, Commander Harmer, ar rived at Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 13th of May ; she would have to go to Table Bay fur coal, and would proceed to China, about the 24th. The Nautilus, 10, Lieut. Commander C. J. Paulson, arrived on Friday, from off Brighton, where she has been to protect the mackerel fishery, the season for which being now over. •1 The Wolverine, 16, was at Simon's Bay on the 14th May. The Pique, 36, was taken out of dock into the basin on Wednesday. The ship, George - the Fourth, is daily expected here front the River to carry the St. Helena regiment to its destination. The Malabar, free trader, from Bombay, sailed on Tu -sday. The Childe Harold, Indiaman, for Bombay, arrived yesterday, and sailed this evening. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Pique, Nautilus, Raven, Seaflower and Sylvia (cutters,) Echo (steam tug), Diligence (naval transport). At Spithead—Cleopatra. PLYMOUTH, JULY 21.—The Belgian transport, Ma cassar, sailed for Singapore on Thursday last. The Philomel, 10, Commander R. J. Sulivan. sailed on Satur day for the Pacific, on a survey of the Falkland Islands. Mr. Henderson, Second Master Attendant, with a party of men, proceeded the same day, in the Hatnoaze lighter, for Greenock, to bring the Spiteful steamer to this port.. The Wellesley, 72, Captain Maitland, arrived on Tues day from the East Indies. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Acton, Wolf, and Confiance steamer. in the Sound—Wellesley. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Pnomonos.—Assistant Surgeon—Ebernezer Robert. son, late of the Benbow, to the rank of Surgeon. ApPOINTMENTS,—Commander G-. A. Frazer, to the Comet. Lieutenants—W. C. Alexander, to the Cleopatra, vice Pyne ; Augustus Lavie, to the Isis ; B. Young (addi tion 1), to the St. Vincent ; Alfred liortrighc, to cent usand the Columbia ; G. Blanc, to the Royid Naval Col lege, for study. Master and Pilot—G. J. Hodges, to the Satellite. Second Master—Mr. John Way, to Meteor ; Mr. E. H. Howe, to Comet. Master's Assistant—Mr. O. A. Winstanley, to the Dee. Assistant Surgeon—J. N. Derrirnan, to the Sea flower. Mates—W. J. Lower, to the Thunderer ; E. Tumour, to the Seaflower. Midshipman—G. J. Colville, to the Carysfort. Volunteer Ist Class—G. J. Malcolm, to the In constant. PRIMROSE-RILL.--On Saturday a meeting of the rate-payers of Marylebone, appointed 'as - - a Committee to assert and maintain the public " right, of way" over Primrose-hill, in the 'direction of Kilburn, and which has recently been obstructed, assembled, accompanied by the Members for the Borough. Sir B. Hall, and Commo dore Sir Charles Napier, at Primrose-hill, for the pur pose of viewing the spot and " right of way" in dispute. After some discussion, Sir Benjamin Hall observed that the course he would recommend the rate-pay trs to adopt would be at once to call upon the Vestry to direct their surveyor to make a survey of the boundaries of the parish at Primrose-hill, and define it and the ancient footpaths by laying down a course of stones where they went. Having done this, he would, with his Hon. Colleague,, be most happy to ac company a deputation to the ommissioners of Woods and Forests, and seek their aid, as they had now pur chased Primrose-hill for the use and recreation of the calk:, in also preserving the right of the public to the mrans of gaining free access to it. Sir C. Napier coin cided in what had fallen from Sir B. Hall; but observed, that if the rate-payers of Marylebone had a right to the road in question, and which he felt convinced they had, he thought they would be perfectly justified in at once destroying the obstruction. It was ultimately agreed to carry out the recommendation of the Hon. Baronet, Sir B. Hall forthwith, and the meeting separated. GOSSIP OF THE " OBSERVER."—A report is pre valent • among the fashionable circles, and which we notice only because we cannot deem it otherwise than a most malignant calumny upon the distinguished Lady who is the object of it. We notice it, in order that an authorised contradiction may promptly follow our allu sion to it. The lie goes that Lady Aug usta Gordon this had missed some jewellery, and that the possession of h ofa jewellery had been traced to the po o s i4 s . e i s i s o i l oa ding the Countess, the daughter of a p ers °I highest Cabinet appointmen t, and I th n e ge gr n anduiece of the age. She is the wife of the most illustrious m an Member of the House of most honest and.singof this a Peers. We pray. him. -minded 'st 113 to contradict the , rep, rt, and aid.him ti?.,,trac7Outrithe caliituniators. —" 1535 14a. Bd., Goon OLD j-IM Es. .1 of brinoitim a hereti c fr o m London, and for eM)CI.ISC • • le load of wc.c.,d 2S- ; .for fun -0:!;-; alld 11 2 ,- -der ld.'; a stake and gieg, Sd."•rttliA 9 the DOW tOrFeritiQU of Canterbury. REGENCY QUESTION. (From the Gazette des Tribunaux.) The other day a journal, ill disguising its hatreds , s „ and desire§ under the form of historical reminiscences, enumerated at length the calamities whiCh nearly. alwayS in history accompanied Regencies. It forgot but one thing, which is, that the then form of Go vernmentkept the State also in a minority, 14- eon . centrating all power in the hands of the Regent, the choice of whoM not being provided for by any preeise law, was left to the mercy of party strife. Tiths journal forgot that in searching history for lessons respecting our future fortune, we should at least search in histories where the Constitution is analo gous. to our own. Had it loOked to the History of England, for example, it would have found that the periods of minorities and Regencies were as tranquil, as useful, and as glorious as any other. Previous to the Constit u ti on of September 10, 1791, the laW of France presents lbw texts relative to this question. It is in facts alone that is to be sought the solutior, of such questions, and at each step facts are modified or denied according to the interest of those who hap pened to be in power. Under the firSt race, there \Vat no rule.- -The Rege nc y was ex e rc i se d b y he mother of thel.mitior lung; by his grandmother . ; oftener it was uskmrix by some officer of the late King's House -141..• It was only under the second race, in a charter of Louis the Simple, that that:principle was first laid down, which was afterwards reproduced in the Con stitution of 1791, that the right to the , Regency should be determined as much as possible by the order of succession to - the throne. The right of the Queen-mother is also to be taken into consideration. Nevertheless, these 'two pr7micis pies were not always respected, both Queen mother and Heir Presumfmtive being excluded.fsom the Regency, as was the case after the death of Henry I. This was the germ of the Regency by. right of the late King's will. Queen Blanche was thus named Regent by an Act of Louis VIII., during the minority of her son Louis IX., and her firmness overcame the obstacles which the young King's uncle put in her Way. Independent of 'a Regency dnrink . the King's minority, there was that during his-ab sence. In this case the King could ChOose - whOnl.* pleased. St. Louis preferred the Abbot of fit. Deuis as a Regent, rather than the Queen or his brother:it The settlement of a Regency during a minority' was . to be ~sanctioned by the grandees of the kingdom. This, was the case when Philip the Handsome settled the Regency which succeeded him. The -edict of Dec: 26th, 1407, is the first which is explicit on the subject. This edict publishes, as perpetual and ir revocable, that minor Kings should be governed by the counsels and deliberations of the Qucen-mother, if alive, or the nearest relation of the blood Royal, and also, by the deliberations and counsels of the Con stable-and Chancellor of France, and other wise men. An express clause of the edict forbids any interpreta tion or change to be made in it ; but the edict was not the better observed for that. For instance, at the death of Louis XI., the last wish of Louis XI. was that his daughter, Anne de Beaujeu, should be Regent. This was violently opposed by 'the Duke of Orleans, . heir presumptive to the Crown (since Louis XIL), who pretended to the Regency by right of the edict of 1407. Jean de Bourbon made the same pretensions. The dispute threatened to become serious, though the edict was evidently in favour of the Duke of Orleans. The S tates-General, assembled atTours, settled the ques tion by declaring that, although the King was still a minor, he should be crowned immediately and govern himself; that the Duke should be President of the King's Council, and that Jean de. Bourbon and Sire de Beaujeu should have the right of sitting there. We cannot follow all the details of the struggle between Catharine de Medicis and the King of Navarre for the Regency during the minority of Charles IX.: a middle course was again had - resort to. " The three estates of the kingdom," said - the Chancellor Dc L'llopital,'" to whom the contestation was referred, deterinthed either by equity or our pressing solicita tions, to give - time guardianship of the person and pro perty of the King to the Queen, and the King of Navarre-to be her assistant and councillor.", It was thought that this would be a means of reconcilia tion, but it proved the contrary. The right of ieena.to the Regency was soon after solemnly and unanimously acknowledged by Parliament, which, on the very day King Henry - W. died, gave the regency to Marie de Medicis. Louis XIII., warned by the dangers which the State had run during his minority, determined to avert, if possible, those dangers - from his successor. He, therefore, declared in the month of April, 1643, Queen Anne Regent during the minority of the Dauphin, and the Duke of Orleans, his brother, Lieutenant-General of the kingdom, under the Queen, with a council to regulate by vote all the important business of the State. But after the King's death the Duke of Orleans and the Prince of Conde, having declared that they would take no other part in affairs but that which it. pleased the Queen to assign them, the Parliament setting aside the late King's will, deelared the Queen-mother Regent of the kingdom, with liberty to choose her own. council. The will of Louis . XlV. was destined..to be as little reqected as that 'of Louis XIIL, and - Louis XIV. had ibret,een it: "I have made my will," said he, " because I was besought to do, so, but mine will be treateiras Wa s m y father's." In this will, wishing' to • 'conform to' the edict of 1407, he appointed no Regent,•but a Ctranell of Regency, in which he named the Duke of Orleans chief. This council was to be composed of Princas.of the blood, not. younger than twenty-four years. Ministers of State, Marshals Valero], de' I . d'llarcoUrt, d'Uells, and Dc Millard; and the nuitiber was not to be increased, even in cast Of' tlielzleath • of one of . them. All business was , .to: hestsettled by a plurality of voices. The Duke „of Maine. ~11a41 charge of the King's education, and the govern ment of the troops of ' his household. The day after the death of Louis XIV. this I%ill was annulled by Act of Parliament, on the grounds that if the Duke of Orleans were chief by virtue of the King's will, he was alSo . by his merit and high birth. He was therefore proclaimed Regent. There is great obscurity as to the real term fixed for the majerity. of . the Kings of France. According, to Tillett the ma jority was fixed at the age of fifteen, after Hugues Capet ; but Dupois, in his " Traite de la Al ajorite des Rois," observes that Tillet spoke without authority ; and adds that in 1184, - Philip was still a minor, though twenty years old; that Louis was a minor till twenty-one ; from whence time author concludes, as from other examples; that the full majority of Kings is not reached till twenty-one. Philip the Bold :was the first .who modified this state of things ; for by an ordonnance of 1270, he fixed the majority of his-son at the age of fourteen... We find the same age indi cated for majority in an Act of Partition made. in 1344,, b y . Philip of Valois, and in edict of 1374, by which Charles V. orders " that the eldest Sons of KingS of France, prtisent and future, shall be of age at fourteen." These prescriptions were generally fol lowed afterwards. Under Catherine of Al edicis it was disputed whether fourteen years commenced, or four teen years accomplished, rendered the King of age. Catherine caused the - former to be decided. To . irevent the return of similar disputes, the Con stituent Assembly - thought fit to regulate in absolute terms the organisation of the Regency. In the terms of the Constitution of 1791, - the . King is a minor till the age of eighteen is accomplished ; the Regency belongs to . the nearest of kin to the King , follo win g the order - of succession. The Regent must be twenty five years of age, a Frenchman, and not heirTre sumptive to another crown. Women are excluded , from -the Regency. - The Constitution then fixes the conditions for the election of a Regent, in ca,e the minor King has no near relative. The election is to 'be Made by a college composed of special electors named in each district. The Senatus Consultum of 28 Floreal, year 12, treated also of the Regency. According to this .Senatus Consultum, the Emperor .is.a minor until he is eighteen -years of age .accom plished. The Regent must be twenty-five accom nlished. Women are excluded from the Regency. The Emperor names the Regent from among die French Princes and in default of any among. the grandees of the empire. In case the Emperor has not named the Regent, and none of the French Princes having attained the age of twenty-five, the Senate elects the Regent from among the grandees of the na tion. The Regent is not responsible : the powers of the Regent are limited, especially in the declarations of war and signing of treaties—cases in which the Council of Regency must decide by a majority.. The-care of the Emperor is entru s t ed to his ino ther; in case of her death, to the 'Prince named by the predecessor of the minor, or by the Senate. Another ( Se s i po iat s i i i tn s io Co s n . suLtustmead of , of lBl,:xl,clusoimtheirN v at om m e ca n lifi fi e .o s• m th t e h s e e li m s oth esof Regentthe a s p r e r e s s s r ,N e ,e g l e l ne a y s , g it ua d r e d e ia la n r . es the Ti,e Empress- Regency either by will or letters patent. ttecaiirls.°that(s. . . gives . some additional de the late disturbances at Mantua. tails respecting t, The Augsburg Gazette for some time past, several of It appears that, of_ the town had been excited fanatical sermons, and only' waited f or a favourable opportunity to testify . On the 30th ult., one of them' Dung ge men n ws by . being in a cafe with several Jews, gave one a kick, an d blow in the face. This was the beginning of' a violent quarrel, which gradually extended itself to, various parts of the town. The Commandant having hastened to stop the riot, one of the leaders pushed him violently back, and tore his decoration frmn his, breast. The armed force wascalled out, and fired on the rioters. Several were killed, and others wounded. The populace then t oo k part i n t h e quarre l an d o pposed the soldiers, and as the garrison is but small An:ippnmer the tumult continued for three days. The ,country- house of the Jewish family Finzi . wzs pillaged, an& for . three days the Jews could .not stir out of their habitations. At last troops arrived from ArOxis, and trarapillity was in some measure restored. In the course of tl'c. 1 .11. 4 ; A''eek.,a._w°l:l2arl of :Gl-10=t _ , i . ~ Waz, delivered of four children ; filmy w 46 * 4 4 , u 4.4 Alive, butilied aka 4400,