The Sun. — London, England, 1825-06-09 00:00:00

FOR. THE SUN. 31:DUCATION OF THE PRINCE OF CUMBERLAND. Ma. Eurrott—There has been a great waste of'sime by both Parties in the House of Corn. 'ine»s, respecting the proposed grant of 6,0001. a 7eav for the education of the Prince of CUMBER. t.ANts, but no measure has yet been suggested itiat might 'possibly render the proposition pa lat. Ate to the nation at large, if we may judge from the :tone of the Public Journals, or the opinions prevail in private conversation. The people stein really adverse to the proposed grant alto. getler, unless it is clearly demonstrable that the money will be allotted for the intended purpose. In that case it is considerably too much, and -wtlf all due provision for - the education of the Prince, it is evident that a great surplus would .go into the hands of the Duke. There is evi 61,utly a great prejudice against the Duke, but .u-poti what grounds it is difficult to conceive. 11. SUMNER, in his first speech last. night, myiteriously hinted at supposed grounds for the unpopularity of the Duke's character, and, if the Report in your Paper is correct, he uttered the following words—" The present vote he should rertainly oppose. In doing so, he must say that he felt a great degree of delicacy, b!?caitse he was actuated by motives which he was under the ne cessity of 'withholding from the .House—motives, she grounds of which he could not, with propriety, develope to those whom he now addressed." I take these words, Mr. Editor, as they appear in the report of Mr. 11. SUMNER'S speech in your Paper, but, of course, do not rely on the accuracy 'of that Report. Something, however, of - such a nature and tendency must have been said by the fon. Member, and the mystic character of the passage which I have cited must have wade a 1 1 strong impression on the House, an impression, indeed, by no "means favourable to the RoyalH Personage ; yet, in a subsequent speech. uttered by Mr. H. Summit, and which appears in your, Report of proceeding's, he is stated to have " dis claimed any intention of casting imputations upon - - the Duke of CUMBERLAND." There is certainly a discrepancy in these two speeches of Mr. 1.1. SUMNER, which requires. explanation. But io come to the main question—the .proposed .grant.—l cannot agree with the -indefatigable Member for Aberdeen, who seems to be laud. ably alive to every public grievance, and to whom the public are much indebted, that 1001. a year would be sufficient for the education of a Prince who may hereafter become the Monarch of this great Empire. It savours too much of what is styled Scotch economy; and I am rather disposed to adopt the suggestions of Sir CHARLES FORBES, that the Income of the Duke should be raised to an equality with that of his two Royal Brothers, and the 6,0001. also be still assigned ;fur Education of the Prince, with this proviso, -.however, that the Duke shall live within the British dominions, and not "devote his income to foreigners, but spend it among the people of this -country, from whom it is derived. The Mem .-bers of the Royal Family must, of course, be ex _pected to leave "the country occasionally, for , health or temporary pleasure; .hut to live con stantly abroad, and not devote their incomes to those who provide it, must be deemed a want of due respect for the People, as well as of jastice and gratitude, and must render them hostile to any augmentation of an income so improperly expended. If the application for ~this 6,0001. for the education of his son, came :Lfrona the Duke himself, he ought to .have stated that it was for the purpose of enabling him to return to this country, in order to superintend the education of his offspring, that he might be secure from the taint of foreign principles ; and be deeply imbued with the sound doctrines of ...the British -Constitution. If - the Duke had an. -nexeci such a proposal to his application, the gene _rosily of the People of England would, doubtless, •have cheerfully given their assent. I will not intrude any further on your public-spirited Paper at present, than to say that, though my sugges ; !ion comes from an anonymous individual, it is not the less worthy of the attention of Parliament and of the Nation.- Unita Service Club, da rk: 7. Lucius. BOLIVAR.•—The Washington City Gazette states, an the authority of a Gentleman direct from Lima, and woo as late as the Ist of February had an interview at that -capita! with BOI.IVAR, that the Liberator appeared to be in a feeble state of health, sallow visage, and of a very thin person. The fatigue and privations of his late campaigns had made serious inroads on his constitution, which was formerly robust. He was about to return to Colombia for the restoration of his lath and consequent repose from the toils of the field. This :mention had been delayed in order to witness the fall of Callao, sail to organize a Government adapted to the yet unsettled state of Peru. He was received with great enthusiasm in Lima, and was visited every day by crowds of the citizens, with whom he was very popular, and unostentatious in his behaviour : he was . g enerally attended by an aide-de-camp , a s on of Sir ROBERT WILSON% At proper hours none were denied admittance to his presence, and he conversed affably with all who approached •him. E X TRAORDINARY INTRUSION.--70R Saturday last, four ladies from Newcastle-upon-Tyne applied at the• .-oaach-office in Liverpool for four seats in the coach from the •stfoodside Ferry to Chester. They were told that the whole of the inside was vacant, being six seats; and in order to prevent intrusion, they engaged all of the inside places.— Having crossed the Mersey in the steam-boat, they board ed she coach, and proceeded on their way to Chester, giv ing particular directions at the Ferry-house that "they must net be intruded -upon by any person !" Their request, it would seem, was not complied with to the letter, inasmuch as on the arrival of the coach near Eastham, the passengers on deck _were alarmed by laid shrieks from the cabin passengers.— The pilot slackened sail, laid the helm a larboard, and drew up ; but the astonishment of the coachman may be more easily conceived than described, when he discovered one of ate Ladies in the embraces—not of some sly rogue who had - imperceptibly crept in at the window, buz.—of a huge black bear ! All hands were piped, and the he' ward was called for, when with some difficulty Bruin was detached from his, grip;-sand the Lady escaped with no other loss than that of her shawl, which was torn, and the suffering of extreme fright Which naturally -ensued. It may he nec essary to explain . how Bruin got into such excellent company. It appeared - his keeper was conducting him from Lancashire into Cheshire to a bear's college, of which-there are sever:l in the latter county, its order to teach him to dance and obtain the other accomplishments so necessary to the education of a polish ed bear. Being rather young, and probably of a delicate habit of body, Bruin's master contracted with thecoachman for ,birth in the boot, and into it was the poor animal put. But not relishing so confined a space, he fortunately found out a bale in the panelling at the back of the coach , and by dint of *matching and biting (which were not heard owing to the noise of the wheels) the bear found means to insinuate his elegant form amongst the ladies, and round the neck of one was he found in the way described. It is scarcely necessary to say, that for this very, unmannered intrusion, Bruin was expelled the 'vehicle; and such a consequence should operate as 4warning 4io all presumptuous bears, as well as Gores, m future.-, PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE S. IRISH DISTRESSES IMPOUNDING BILL'. The Irish Distresses Impounditig Bill was read a third time and passed. ANSWER TO THE ROYAL MESSAGE. __ The Duke OflClONTliigh - cOOmunicatedto the House, that his Majesty had been waited upon with the Address of their Lordshipt on the subject of the provision to be made for the daughter of the Duchess of Kent, and the son of the Duke of Cumberland, to which his Majesty had been pleased to re turn a most gracious answer. COUNTY COURTS' BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented against the County Courts' Bill, from various Attorneys of his Ma jesty's Courts of Westminster. The Noble anti Learned Lord observed that he should not move the reading of the petition, as, when the question came to be considered whether this Bill should or should not pass into a law, it would be the duty of those who supported it to discuss the several topics referred to in the petition.—Laid on the table. Mr. BROGDEN and other Members of the House of Com mons brought up the Duchess of Kent's Annuity Bill, the Pirates Capture Encouragement Bill, the Isle of Dogs Collier Docks Bill, and several privatitills, which were read a first time., ARTICLED CLERKS' BILL. On the mofion of Lord GIFFORD the Articled Clerks' An nuity Bill was read a second time. SULLIVAN'S DIVORCE .BILL Counsel and evidence were heard at their Lordships' bar on Sullivan's Pivoice Bill. . • EQUITABLE LOAN BHA.. Counsel on the Equitable Loan Bill being called to the bar, Mr. Harrison produced the deed of the Company, and called witnesses to prove its execution. The LORD CHANCELLOR then inquired of Messrs. Har rison and Andrews, whether they had any arguments to ail duce in support of the legality of thin deed ? The Learned Gentlemen answered, that, not having been suffered to go into proof of the utility of the project, which,. as it appeared to them, involved the legality of the deed, they bad no farther observation to offer. The LORD CHANCELLOR then .called on the Gentle then on the other side to proceed with that arguments against the bill. Mr. FoNBLANQuE argued, at great length, against the legality of the deed. He was proceeding, when Lord DACRE inquired; wether the 'learned Counsel who were retained against the bill would be able to conclude their arguments on Monday next ? because, in that case, he should move the second reading of the bill on Tuesday. The Noble Lord was answered in the affirmative by the Counsel opposed to the bill.—The Hour: adjourned at Nine o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir F. 03131ANNEY presented a Petition freni — the Inha bitants of Barnstable and Biddeford, praying for the insertion of a saying clause in the Brkstol Town Dues Bill.—Laid On the table. Mr._ SYKES presented a Petition from CO Schoolmasters in the neighbourhood of Hull, complaining of the obligation to pay Assessed Taxes and Poor Rates for their school-houses, and praying exemption from those imposts.—Ordered to be printed. The same Hon. Member presented another l'etitien from the Ship-builders of Hull, - praying the abolition of duties on Foreign Oak.—Laid on the table. 'WAREHOUSED CORN BILL. Mr. HUSKISSON brought up the Report of the Committee appointed to search the Lords' Journals on the fate of the Corn Warehousing Bill. The Committee had discovered the amend ments, which bad been agreed to in the Committee, were or dered by the Lords to be read that day three months. He should now merely move that the Report he entered as'read, and•gave notice of his intention to introduce to-morrow a new Bill on the Warehousing of Corn, and also on the regulation of corn imported from Canada. CHELSEA HOSPITAL. Mr. HUIIIE having seen several complaints in the public papers. imputing improper conduct to the Right Hon. Gentle man (Sir C. Long) in the supersession of certain clerks and officersin Chelsea Hospital. he was anxious to call the attention of the House to it. The usual mode of promotion was by seniority and regular gradation, yet that rule was alleged to have been lately violated in the case of individual, who had been raised-over the heads of six other clerks. He wished to hear the Right Hon. Gentleman's explanation of the facts and justification of his conduct. The Hen. Member concluded by moving for a copy of the Order of the Board of Management of Chelsea Hospital, dated 24th October, .1821, on promoting certain Officers of that Establishment. Sir C. LONG admitted- the principle of promotion by se niority ; but stated, that too strict an adherence to that rule was productive of more injury than benefit to the public. The Hon. Member for Aberdeen had not-been correctly informed of the facts. The duties of the vacated office were most arduous and important. The next clerk in succession was not considered sufficient to the discharge of those duties. Another person, -from the office of the Treasury, having been recommended as an efficient successor, was on that ground alone .appointed to the place. The charge of favouritism was unsupported and un supportable. -He (Sir C. Long) had not previously known, nor even seen that Gentleman. If he were inclined to indulge his private feelings in the appointment, he should have given it to the son of an old friend of his, who had been 45 years in the office. It was not fair to bring charges against.the beads of an estpblishment on anonymous letters in the newspapers. Mr. HUME, in reply, stated, that he had received commu nications on the subject from the clerks, who had been over stepped in that appointment. . Mr. N. CA LVE'RT was of opinion, that considerable dis cretion ought to be left to the heads of the public offices in the selection of clerks. Sir C. LONG explained. Mr. S. BOURNE contended, that his Right Hon. Friend's explanation was most satisfactory, and even creditable to him. The question was simply, whether his Right Hon. Friend or the Hon. Member for Aberdeen was the fittest judge of his Right lion. Friend's clerks. USKISSON urged that the person appointed, in the present case, was not a stranger, but one taken from another branch of the same office. It would be most unreasonable to take away the selection of officers. from the heads of an office, in -which several millions of the public money were deposited. If he (Mr. Iluskisson) were to be chained down by such a re gulation, in his own office, he would not hold such a responsible place, on such terms, for one moment. Mr. BYRES was clearly of opinion, that the appointment of Clerks could not vest in better hands than in those of the heads of the departments. Mr. H U3IE,, after the explanation, withdrew his motion. The Common Pleas Bill, and Ring's Bench Bill, were read a second time, and committed for to-morrow. The Judges' Salaries Bill was read a second time, and order ed to he committed to-morrow. The report of the Committee on the Combination Laws was brought up, and laid on the table. The Newspapers Duty (Colonies) Bill was read a first time. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Six o'Clock. THE Clluncti.—By the death of Dr. GERARD ANnnEWS. the Deanery of Canterbury anti the Rectory of St. James's, Westminster, become vacant. The Hon. and Ve nerable Archdeacon Percy succeeds, it is said, to the former, and the Rev. Mr. Oakizv, domestic chaplain to the Bishop of London, and vicar of Ealing, to the latter. - A valuable stall will become vacant in Canterbury Cathedral by the advance ment of Archdeacon Percy to the deanery. The. Bishop of Down and Connor (Dr.MARSII), who preached so eloquently at St. Paul's on Thursday last, was so overcome by the exertion, that he has since remained in a state of great indisposition. DiEn.---On the 31 inst, at her Roust', 'Switt burne-place, NeweaStle-upon-Tyne, at an advanced age, Mrs. SCOTT, relict of the late HENRY Scovr, Esq , Fitter, of that town, and sister-in-law to the Right Ho n. the Ear l o f Eldon and Lord Stowell. She was of a pious and benevolent disposition, and is justly lamented by many wh6 knew her worth. Her remains were deposited, without much funeral pomp, in the family vault at Allhallows Church, in Newcastle, on Tuesday last. Among the mourners were General Sir Thomas Bradford, K.C.B. Commander of the Fo rces in Scot land ; Sir Th omas Burden, of Jesmond ; the - Rev. the Vicar of Newcastle, &c. • We understand his MAJ r.sTY hnm tteen pleased to direct that three more of the attainted Scotch Titles shall be restored, namely, CAuswATIL. AluLtE, and WEMYSS: The ,parties claiming are in the lineal descent. Mr. PEEL, we un derstand, has sent out a Commission to Bengal far Major- General DALgELL-_to take the usual oaths as the Earl of . t is not genprdly known, we believe, that the price for admission into Westminster Abbey a t Poets' Corner, has been within the last fortnight reduced to threepence, for which sum the person admitted is allowed also to go into the have Weit of-the organ-loft. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Alercarii, 8 0 . die Junii, 1825. MESSAGE from the LORDS—That they have agreed to— Customs and Excise Bonds Bill • County Rates Mortgage Bill; Impounding Distresses (Ireland) Bill; Weymouth Harbour and Wharfs Bill; Leamington Priors Paving Bill; Tiverton Markets Bill ; and Scrayingham (York) lnclosure Bill, without amendment; and to 'fothill Fields Improve ment Bill; Bankers (Ireland) Bill ; and Transports in the Colonies Bill, with an amendment. ROADS —Glasgow and Parkhead—Bill CA NA L s—Liskeard and Looe I NCLOSURE—FeIbrigg, &c.( Norfolk) ImPn 0 VE ItIENT s—Bnghton (2•Peti tions of Inhabitants, against—to lie on the table), and Dundee DRAINAGE—AnehOInIe WA TE RIVORRS--LinieriCk EXCHEQUER CO U RT (Ireland) BRISTOL TOWN DUES—Petition 'from Barnstaple, &e., against—to lie on the table. • Doc KS—Kingsto - a-u pon-II ull—Bill withdrawn. PIER re-committed to former Committee. ASSESSED TAXES—Petition for the repeal thereof, from Hull, &c. Schoolmaster's Association—to lie on the table. reported, to be ingrossed. Bills read a third time, and passed. , . .... TIMBER IMPORTATION DUTlES—Petition ' from Hull, against—to lie on the table. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS 1 COURT OF Kixa's BENCH ' I JUDGES SALARIES „ Bills read a second time. EXCHEQUER BILLS-00,500,00 01 .) SURPLUS OF GRAXTS EXCISE LICENCtS ESTATES—Davitlson's, and Earl of Harcourt'llills read a second time, and committed. Knapp's, and Cator's--Bills read a first time. CONVEYANCE OF NEWSPAPERS TO THE COLONIES—BiII read a first time. MESSAGE to be sent to the Loans—To acquaint their Lord ships, that aninnossed Bill, with the tbilowing Title, "An Act to amend an Act of the Scottish Parliament, relative to the Aliment of poor Prisoners," had been sent up to their Lordships by hilstake, and requesting that the said Bill may be returned to the-Commons.- Srf !arra (Scotland and Ireland) EXCISE DUTIES ACT—The ' following Resolution reported and agreed to, and Instruction to Committee on Excise Measures b'ill to make provision ac cordingly :-- " That 'there be charged, for every 100 gallons imperial standard gallon measure of Spirits, made or distilled in Scot land or Ireland, from Wort or Wash brewed or made from Malt, or from COrn or Grain, malted or unmalted, or any mixture thereof, or from Sugar, or from Potatoes, or for which any Distiller shall be chargeable, the sum of .141. 13s. 4d." NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Hume—Bill to amend Acts regarding the discipline of 7. , tile Navy; also regarding power at present exercised of Flogging without Courts Martial. 2. Sir John Newport—Address for Prosecution of Persons charges] with Cruelty in the Protestant Charter Schools, as stated in the Irish Education Report. • 3. Mr. Martin (of Galway)—Select Committee, to inquire wile.. . tiler the practice of Bear-baiting, and other cruel sports, has a mischievous effect on the morals of the people. - 4. Mr. II uskisson— Rill to regulate the entry•of tVarehoused Corn for Home Consumption, and the Canada Corn Trade. ,oRDErts OF THE DAY _FOR THIS .thly: 1. Trial of Peers (Scotland) Bill- , -Second reading. • 2. Excise Measures Regulation Bill-Committee. 3. Labourers! Wages Bill—Committee. 4. Distillery Rill—Further consideration cf Reyor:. 5. Mauritius Trade Bill—Third reading. 6 Duke of Cumberland's Annuity Bill—Report. 7. Supply—Report (Cobb - at Lyme Regis, &c. 3d June). 11.. Supply—Report (Emigration from Ireland, postponed Re - solution, 25th April.) • . 9. Shooting and Stabbing (Scotland) Bill—Third reading. •Supply-.:Ateport (Education, &c. (Ireland), 30th May). 11. Buckingham House Act—ComlNittee thereupon. 12. Offices Pensions Act—Committee thereupon. 13. Courts of 4ustice, Purchase of certain Offices therein— Report thereupon. 14. Court of Common Pleas Bill—Committee. 15. Court of King's Bench Bill—Committee. 18. Courts of. Justice (Scotland)—Third reading. 17. Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Bill—Report. 18. .Judges Salaries Bill--Committee. 19. Exchequer Bills (X 10,500,000) Bill—Committee. 20. Ne‘spapers Conveyance to the .Colonies Bill—Second reading. - - NOTICES . GIVEN 'YESTERDAY. Friday, Jane 10. The Lotd Advocate• of geOtland—Bill declaratory of the Law of Scotland, in regard to the right of Partnership Societies to sue and be sued in the name of their firm. Tuesday, June 14. Mr. Chancellor of the.BaChequer—To insert Appropriation Clause, it Committee on Surplus of Grants Bill. • . . CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was held be fore Mr. CALL, the 'Coronet, at the Coach-and-Horses, in Dean's-yard, Westminster, on the body of Mary Hargrove, the keeper of a house of accommodation in the Almonry, West minster. whose death was currently reported to have been caused by the gross ill-treatment of her husband, in conse. quence of which the neighbourhood was in a state of agitation during the investigation before the Coroner anti Jury. Mary Ann Turner, residing at No. 7, in the Almonry, West minster, of which house the deceased was landlady, stated that on Tuesday evening she took tea at a neighbour's house, with her husband and a seafaring man, a friend, who had recently returned from sea, and came home about half-past seven o'clock in the evening, in a state of inebriation. It was proposed by the husband and the other man to take a walk to some place, and the deceased expressed a wish to accompany them, but •the husband • told her she had better go to bed, and they would go by themselves. This seemed to grieve her, and she cried very much. She, after the two men had lea the room, seated herself on the bed-side, and instantly fell back wards, and struck her head against the bedstead foot. Wit ness ran to ber and lifted her up, but she seemed to he dead ; she then called another young woman to take care of her whilst she went after her husband, whom she overtook before he got a dozen yards from the door. Witness told hint-what had hap pened, and.he returned to the house directly, and she was then quite dead. A doom was instantly sent for, but it was not till an hour had elapsed that a medical man came, who declared that had he been in the room at the time she fell he could not have prolonged tier life. Coroner.—Are yoa - sure that no one pushed her down, or that no blow was given her by any person ?—I saw no blow given her at all. Juror.—l have heard there had been a very serious quarrel between the parties; was that the case ?—1 heard of none.• Coroner.-4 also understood that the woman had been mur dered. Did the deceased and her husband live happily toge ther ?—I never knew to the contrary ; she was a very sober woman, and I can only attribute her being in such a state of drunkenness at the time of her death, to the meeting of the sea-taring man who had been away for a length of time. Juror.—Do you recollect the deceased asking Mrs. Mitcham, a neighbour; to treat her with a glass of gin do, Sir. - The Juror who.asked the question said, that the motive he had for asking, arose from his having heard that the deceased, on being refused the gin, exclaimed, that " she hoped God might strike her dead the next time she entered Mrs. Mitcham's shop." (Mrs. Mitcham keeps a shop in the chanillery line.) Another witness, named Mary Boyne, gave a similar account of the circumstance as stated by the last witness ; adding, that • the medical gentleman attributed her death to excessive drink ing. she never knew them to have a quarrel. The beadle said, that after the report which had gained such credit in the neighbourhood, of the deceased having been tutu tiered, came to his knowledge, he had taken a deal of trouble j in making inquiries respecting the busineSs; the result of which was a total negative to the account so generally propagated. The Coroner said, that from the evidence that had been brought forward, he was of opinion that the deceased died from suffocation produced by the potations of liquor she had taken. The medical gentleman who was called in stated, that, fnan what he had seen of the deceased, he thought she had died a natural death, but could not tell the cause that produced it. Witness was of opinion, that had he been there at the moment, he could not have saved her. The Jury, after some consultation, found a verdict, " That the deceased died by the visitation of God." Ifay-ma king commenced yesterday in the neigh bouthood of the metropolis, where the crops promise great luxu riancy and abundance. Last week . 50 convicts were conveyed from the gaol of Newgate to the Hulks. A ship is tilting out for the female convicts, anti the prison will very soon be rid of a great number of some of its worst tenants. There are now not more. than 250 persons confined in Nervgate, • • FRENCH PAPERS. ( From the Journal de Paris of Monday, June C.) NURE LIR°, MAX 31.—( Priva t e Correspondence. )—lm portant dispatches frOm Vienna and Constantinople have ar rived at the same time at WarsaW. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count Nesselrode, immediately laid them before his Majesty the Emperor. tlt is observed‘tbat his Excellency is constantly engaged with the Emperor, an that Couriers are frequently sent to the different European capitals. It is affirmed th a t th e R uss i an C a bi net . is at this moment much engaged in the affairs of Greece, and that a new plan of pacification has been proposed. Count Nesselrode has just re ceived the particulars of the first advantages obtained by the Greeks over the Ottoman armies. It appears certain that the Emperor Alexander will remain at Warsaw till the closing of the Diet, after which he will re turn directly to St. Petersburgh. MADRID, MAY 96.—The Gazette of to-day contains a de cree of D. Juan Recacho, Intendant General of Police, ad in terim. It is preceded by a long preamble, on the necessity of repressing the plots still carrying on by the revolutionists, and enemies to the King, and to order, and contains the following articles:— " 1. No person whatever shall attack in an insulting man ner the measures of his Majesty's Government. Every person taken in the fact, or convicted of it, shall be immediately ar rested, and delivered to the competent tribunal. " 2. He who, by words or by writings, shall insult the agent of the civil, military, or ecclesiastical authority, shall be treat ed according to the preceding article. " 3. Keepers of hotels, cofree-houses, taverns, and other public establishments of all kinds, shall hinder political discus sions • in .their houses, and the quarrels to which these discus. sions might lead, desouncing to the inspector of the quarter the censures passed on the Government, and the plans formed a,gainst the safety of the inhabitants,. against our holy religion, against the authorities, and against good morals. The delin quents shall be punished, the first time, by a fine of 100 ducats ; of 200 for the second ; the third their establishments shall be closed. " 4. Every person, who shall spread reports against the So vereign Authority of his Majesty, and against his Government, shall be arrested, and punished according to the laws. "5. - Every person who shall receive, by the post or other wise,- pamphlets on political subjects, shall immediately deliver them to the Police, to do with them as it thinks proper. No copy shall be taken on pain of a fine of 150 ducats. The same penalty shall be inflicted on those who shall have read, or know of such pamphlets, without giving information of them. " 6. The same penalty attaches to those who shall receive, copy, and read painphlets or letters, signed, which treat on such subjects in a revolutionary manner, without immediately giving notice to the Police. " 7. Those who shall hold public or private meeting in which the measures of the Government shall be criticised, or in which attempts shall be made, directly-or indirectly, to decry it, shall be prosecuted; and, besides the penalties which shall he in flicted on them by the laws, each Member shall pay a fine of 100 ducats." • ( From the Journal der Dcbafs. ) Cants, MAY 20.—(Private Correspondence.)—The day before yesterday, the Spanish corvette the Diamond arrived here, in 43 days, from the Havannah, with 40,000 piastres, and dispatches. for General•Vives. 'Part of the expected convoy, escorted by this corvette, has arrived. Among the vessels is the Five Brothers (a merchantman), which has on board 253 of ficers, subalterns, and privates, of the regiments of Malaga and Catalonia, whom General 'Vim has arrested as Liberals and sent to Spain. They will not he landed;it is said, till instruc tions respecting them shall be receited from the Government. One vessel of the convoy was sunk off Cape Espartel, which took the crew on 'board. -Letters from the Havannah , say there are many French ves sels there which could not get a cargo for any port, and that the Government of General Vives was far from calming the uneasiness that prevailed in that island. The'frigates Veloz, Warren, and Mariana, belonging to the merchants of our city, have been laid under embargo, to be employed in conveying troops to the Havannah. Mariam, MAY 26.—An express from Cadiz has been re ceived by the Minister of the Marine, and some hours after wards, the report (which .1 have before noticed) was spread more confidently of the intentions of 5,000 Mexicans and Co lombians. to attempt from Yucatan, a landing at the Havan nah. It is now added that they will be augmented by other forces more considerable, from Guyaquil, which last chiefly consist of English and North Americans. Whatever truth there may be in these reports, the men in office themselves, do not dissemble their apprehensions of the designs of the new Governments in South America on the Isle of Cuba. M. Navia, Charge d'Affaires in Holland, has wholly failed in his negociation for a loan. CANADA. The letters from Upper Canada state, that the Legislature of that province had been prorogued on the 13th of April, after a turbulent Session, in which little good had been effected. The estimate of the supplies had been reduced from 11,0001. to 3,800/., and the Legislative Council, astonished at these reductions, requested a conference which had no effect, so that the l3ill was thrown out in the Upper House.—The fol lowing is an extract from the speech of the Lieutenant-Go vernor, on proroguing the Legislature, which was firm and temperate : " I regret io perceive that your Session has terminated with out affording to the Government the means of carrying on the public service during the present year. So long as I continue to confine the charges of the administration of the civil Govern ment as rigidly as the service would permit, to that scale which I found established, which his Majesty's Government had long approved, and which the Legislature of the province, since their assumption of it, had repeatedly investigated, and as often confirmed, I did not apprehend that I should fail to receive the ordinary and necessary support for the public service. It will be incumbent upon me to afford an early opportunity of sup plying this omission. In the mean time I will endeavour, es much as possible, to avert the inconvenience to which the public service may be exposed. " Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " Desirous that the public expenditure should always receive due consideration, I afforded you, at an early period of the ses sion, the opportunity of investigating the public accounts, and I have answered promptly and as satisfactorily as it was in my power, to every call for information. In the absense of any provision for the support of the civil government, I am not at liberty to consent to any other appropriation of the provincial revenue—a necessity which will account for my rejection of measures which must otherwise have received my cheerful con currence." NAVIGATION OF THE 9T 7 LAWRENCE. The speech of Mr. Vandenheuvel, in the New York Legis lature, is on a subject which must command much interest._ The free trade of the St. Lawrence, which has been previously enjoyed by the citizens of each nation, under the laws of both Governments, was first interrupted by an Act of the British Parliament, in 1822, imposing discriminating duties upon American produce' imported into Canada. The effect of this law has been to reduce the amour t of lumber exported from one country , alone, in two years, to about 5,000 dollars; from 300,000 dollars, which was its amount in 1421, the year pre ceding the passing of the law. The Canadians, who are sensible the American Government have the means, by retaliatory measures, of seriously injuring their own trade, are aware of the bad policy pursued by the Parliament, and desirous, as our own citizens, of making the river once more a free highway for both nations. The Gazette at Quebec, where we have no doubt the subject is as well un derstood as it is in London, contains the following remarks upon it : " million of American citizens, inhabiting the countries on the southern bank of the St. Lawrence, ought not to be depriv ed of any advantages they might derive from the navigation of that river to the ocean. It is wide enough for them and all others that may use it as a common highway ; and they must submit, as they no doubt readily would, to any regulation to prevent abuse. If they employ their own vessels to convey their produce to a distant market, they will be liable to the same regulations . as American vessels from ports in the United of f I s f tedh t e h wenyti article employel t Btheerri. justti sl x ayse good s n e o l t h t h e e n a oaths y a a s e t o n o t w h e in reality, are no t goo d f or muc h, an d t h e sooner they 1111 g S awrt t le a ni i t wde e hit s si . ,pl " The sooner all Acts interfering with the right of the Ame. ricans to a free use of the St. Lawrence, are repealed, the better. That they will enjoy that right before many years pass over, is beyond a doubt ; it would be much better for all parties that its exercise were regulated before the matter is wrought up into a regular dispute. If Mr. Canning can find time to bestow a few hours of the unbiassed attention of his masterly mind on this subject, it will soon be settled, and it will give him: an Additional title to the gratitude of both Britain and America." INDIA. (From the Singapore Chronicle gf.lan. C.) PALEMBANcI,--A conspiracy against the Dutch authority has been discovered at Palembang, and the country is ia a state of serious insurrection. The Susunan, or nominal Sovereign. who was implic a ted, has been arrested and sent to Batavia • but his son (the reigning Sultan) effected his escape, and join e d Syed Hanna and the other insurgents in the interior. The imposition of a universal capitation tax of three guilders is reported to have given rise to the plot and insurrection. SIAM.--We have received accounts from Siam down to the lath of December. The new King, since his accession, has declared the trade free in every article except opium and mus kets, the first of which is contraband, and the last can only be sold to the Government.' Regular duties are to be levied on every thing, the amount bf which is not yet determined on sush articles as were formerly objects of Royal monopoly. This edict will greatly facilitate foreign trade, as soon as the people have acquired confidence in, and become accustomed to it, which is not yet the case. Under such a suspicious Government as that of Siam, it is extremely difficult to obtain any political infor.. mation which can be relied upon. It appears, however, certain that the Siamese have sent an army of observation of 8,000 men across the country towards the Burman provinces on the Bay of Bengal, with the intention, in all probability, of taking advantage of our recent conquests to seize upon such parts of the Burman territory as it may be found-easy or convenient to appropriate. With respect to markets, Bangkok was described as being well, if not over, stocked with British and Indian goods. The old trade from Surat and Bombay is very nearly done up . by the superior cheapness of the goods imported from Singapore, and it is not improbable will henceforth be dis continued. [The Supplement to the Calcutta Government Gazette, of the 7th of February, contains a detailed account of the successful operations of. the troops under the command of Col. Richards, in Assam. The. success of these -operations had the effect of driving the enemy upon Jorehat, which place they have since abandoned, burning the stockades,.and have concentrated their whole force, scarcely 2,000 strong, at Rungpore, the capital of Eastern Assam. It ianow known certainly that the late Bur. man Governed' of Assam, called the Booze Raja, and his son, had been put to death by the adherents of Sam Phookun, pre— viously to their abandoning Jorehat.] - • - BARBA DOES. We have received liarbarloes Papers to the 4th of May. The public mind had, it'appears, been in a state of great ferment, in expectation of the arrival of the Wesleyan: Missionaries to resume their religions labours in the colony- The Itlissionaries had arrived at the island, : (in one of the Post office packets, we believe,) and at first determined to land; but, having been informed of the fermentation in the public mind, and alarmed, perhaps, for their personal safety, they deemed it prudent not to land on the island, and sailed in the-beeward Island packet which had conveyed them from England. These facts. are stated in private letters, but the newspapers of the island do not, so far as we can discover, make any mention of them.— The subjoined curious documents respecting the Missionaries appear in all the papers of the island, and were " published by authority." BRIDGE-TOW/1, APRIL 7. " Amongst the 'various subjects which occupied the attention of the House of Assembly on Tuesday last, was one of the first importance, as respects the peace and tranquillity Of this co lony—the expected arrival of Methodist Missionaries to re-esta blish the chapel in Bridge-town. On its being Mentioned by several members in their places, that the public mind was under great excitement as to the consequences which might result from such a measure about to be enforced 'on the people, under the high influence of no less a personage than Earl Bathurst, the House entered into an investigation of the matter, and called tta their bar Edward Henry. Moore, Esq., one of the acting Jus tices of the Peace, when it appeared so evident to the House that grounds existed for apprehending a popular tumult of these obnoxious characters, that a committee was immediately ap pointed to prepare an address to his Excellency the Governor, Calling his attention to the policy of admitting them into this, at present, peaceable colony; expressive of their astonishment, immediately after His Majesty's gracious appointment of a Bishop, and the numerous additions 'made to the ministry of the Established Church of England, fully sufficient for the religious instruction of all classes in this island, an attempt should be made to introduce doctrines hostile to our interests, subversive of all order and subordination, and repugnant to the principles of the National Church, and entreating his Excel lency to adopt such measure As in his judgment might seem best calculated to avert impending evil. The Committee with drew from the House for a short time, and returning, reported the Address, which was numerously adopted, and transtriitted immediately to his !Excellency. We have too high an opinion of his Excellency's paternal regard tbr thepeeple over whom he presides, to doubt, tbr one moment, that every exertion will be: used by him to prevent the interruption of the tranquillity which at present so happily pervades this land ; . but which, we regret • to say, we fear cannot be maintained i f such characters as the Methodist preachers should be suffered to come among us. Tile Magistrates are unfortunately placed in a Very awkward ryedi eament : the House of Assembly, 'aware of the - Act which for bids all such vagabond assemblages of persons, have ordered* prosecution to be instituted ag-anst a 'Mulatto woman for hold' ing public meetings of this description ; whilst his Excellend the GOvernor, in compliance with Earl Bathurst's instructions , has issued a second circular to the Magistrates, calling :upon them to afford every protection in their power, even aided ht . the military, to the reverend vagabonds above alluded to,whico, to us has a very portentous meaning, and which may God, ill his infinite mercy, avert."—( Globe.) " BRIDGE-TOWN, APRIL 16. " His Excellency the Governor having granted his perrnit sion for convening the House of Assembly, his Honour the Speaker called a meeting yesterday. for the purpose of taking into consideration his Excellency's Reply to their Address, re lating to the expected arrival of the Missionaries; and after sonic 'discussion, it was deemed advisable to publish the following document : HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1825. • " In consequence of a reply received from his Exceßeller the Governor to an address from the House of Assembly at its last sitting, on the subject of the expected arrival of a Methodis t Missionary or Missionaries, and the consequent apprehension Cf popular tumult, the Speaker lost no time in convening the House, to take into its most serious consideration the best means of tranquillizing the public mind, so alarmingly agitated sinc e the late peremptory instructions of Lord Bathurst to his Excel lency, to protect their landing, have been made known. Th e House,.with this view, examined the Magistrates at their bar, and also applied to his Majesty's Attorney-General for his opi- nion as to the extent of authority which can be exercised, With military aid, for the suppression of any tumult or commotion • by the civil power ; and having obtained his opinion, the House feel it their imperative duty to give it immediate publicity, and to make a solemn appeal to the good sense and loyalty of the inhabitants, not to interrupt, by any illegal or intemperate 30 on their part,, the constitutional exertions which the repre sentative body are now making to avert the evils so justly to be, apprehended from th e a dmission of Di s sent e r s int o thi s island ,* c " COPY OF THE HONOURABLE THE ATTORNEY-GEIC RAL'S OPINION. " In reply to the question proposed by the House of As sembly, the Attorney-General has the honour to state, that the Magistrates may, by the common law, legally call on the tary to act, under their authority, in the suppression of riots ; and if the military are opposed by the persons engaged in 2 ' riot, they may legally use such force as rosy be necessary for the suppression of the riot ; and if the resistance of the rioters against the military acting under the orders of the Magistrates be of such a nature in its extent and violence that it is V C ' cessary to sacrifice the lives of the rioters in order to supPrel. the tumult, the military will be justified in taking the lives 0 the rioters. Any excess of force would be illegal, and the extent of force must be regulated by the necessity of the particular oco . ri sion in which it is required, and life ought not to be taken Alin'" forbearance becomes inconsistent with the public safety.' " By order of the Honourable House of Assembly, 0 " JOHN MAYERS, Clerk. AMSTERDAM QUAKERS.—A riAlier singular dr' cumstance has lately happened at Ams:erdam. Some Quei cer proprietors of a house in that city had let it for a length of till', on condition of not having any thi ng t o d o w ith th e re pairs, 4 V 4 ',: After 14 years had elapsed, they wi s h e d to t a ke the property lo t : their own hands, but the occupier opposed them, asserting br had acquired the right of prop er ty by p rescr iption. Arnicsb e propositions were mad e b u t re j ec t e d, an d t h e Q ua k e rs W. obliged to have reco urse t o t h e l aw , w hi c h d ec id e d in theft favour but when the ex e c u tion of the ejectment was , be put in execution, the occupier prepared to resist, and bsr; ricaded the doors. A police-officer, accompanied by w t. locksmiths and hi s assistants, were i n. c onsequenc e sen a The summons to abandon the house was made in due form, an the locksmiths were about to open the door, when a notary PO ; ped his his head ou t o f t h e w i n d ow a b ove , an d proteste d i n prope form against their proceedings. His threats shook their resolution; and each time they were ordered by.the police-officer to break oP e t the door, the notary thundered above. But at last a VI . crowd collecting, and j o i n i ng w i t h t h e b es i egers , t h e beton - , seeing all hope s of v i c t ory van i s h e d, van i s h e d theniseives weans of a back Aloor, and thus abandoned the house ta " • masters, t)ie Quakers.. • -, ,