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Es have made y-eight ponud ind rebounded tilbs were ex eet it on fire• attempted to by landing at aurent. The I attacked our y fatigue, and the b4rtionr, trenches. fire according batteries and s at first some led their posi t Kiel. The pportunity to Scarcely had from the cita ers at :llalinCS Tabor, whom 7view with 1)14 le enemy hav -, accompan'ed wk to 31alinoi Ambassador at e 4th instant. a Duke of Or ed to dwell on i that account. tials from the Louic Philip is I the King O 1 is of affection is fatuity, and apended on the his support, if claim them. lotion 'ection which 1 a interest that y two song and id, if its inde• ng expressed to opold's haying • • )eatedls• des ire; { ians the warm he felt for our NI for an hour id was pleased our Sovereign , ate to him. of the Queer' dame Adelaide, reception. e effrcted their ace of which i" f Diest, are sa ri where they' h ad and, the Ci vie sent against th e corps of 40 0 ✓ try to cut it 4 cen concerted at st advantageoo have taken fear° :'he Government !nem ) , seems d, penetrated to Hassell . , v , ` 3l tutioned. Mc!' Feat activity i ° r a strong forc e ' d, and it is 1 0 , t prevails in rmy to-day. I.c tions will not )niteur Baye. ,IGENCE. 411 d to attend to the merits of the case, and not trouble j u i h r he ads abo ut any absurd regulations of the Jockey u P O II plea of which it was attempted to deprive this Mien/an of the prize h e hail fairly won. ages e 6004 1 at Th -ur Y returned a ver di ct f or th e plaintiff—- IYilli CROWN COURT.. M Tuck er , age d 36, was conv i cte d o f assau l t i ng !th e : Id g e N a child only four years of age ! The details ttenc . "e were t oo di sgusting to be ment i oned. He was rs ed t° two years' imp r i sonmen t i n th e coun ty gao l. tp o 7fla, 4//b u tt, w h o was conv i cte d on S atur d ay o f a ia "" as sault up on t h e person of El i za Dean, a c hi ld only st:sliiente'lrs of age, was brought up this evening. to receive be hango. o was sentenced by Mr. Justice Littledale Ata h , TUESDAY', A ITG LIST 9. Red 21 ' ` l4 n Biggins, aged 19, and Edward Clarke, !i oinB , were i n di cte d f or the w i l f ul mur d er of William ' St Coventry, on the 22d of March last, by admis ots,t of to him th ree d rac h ms o f arsen i c . I n a secon d opril. the i n di ctment the prisoner Higgins was charged T h _ e 'l , ll, a n d Cl arke as accessory. this trial of t hi s case excited the most intense interest la se ,' Part of th e country, owing to the pecul i ar c i rcum. tid a l Un der Which the crime was committed, and par -4004 Y the rel a ti ve s i tuat i on i n wh i c h t h e two pr i soners . t oward s eac h other; and consequently the Court L ,,, L 'imwd e d to excess. The female prisoner is rather a at r :' t ql 'ing girl, with fresh colour and clear complexion, ear an intell ec t ua l countenance . Th ere was an ap siehiu. e. however, o f mo d esty an d i nnocence a b ou t her g ong In despit e o f the general belief i n her gu i lt, exc i ted I:ts feel ings of int eres t an d com p ass ion- towards her. 0;14 Prisoner, although his case was involved in much s, °t 'ht, was an o bj ect o f a very diff erent f ee li ng, t h at lien s ': 40 means diminished from the appearance of indif fraa a i ma nifested by hi s d e po r tment in the dock. Higgins at of the v ed the ac commo d a ti on o f a c h a ir d ur ing a grea t wilr ration of Higgins, the deceased, was a man in an humble °OS i fe, who had sa v e d a little money, upwards of 1 4th t ;,"vhich h e h a d p l ace d out at i nterest. U pon t h e e llitoj ' ' s h . im only brother, who left four or five children sd tile deceased, himself being unmarried, took , e "e child ren (the female prisoner) to live with him, sl sae ' r ed her as he would his own child, intending also a ) one • he possessed at his death.— " t he beginning•little m e rn ieseed the present year, a courtship co ap p , ht tween the girl and the prisoner Clam ke, who was at c nti ce at the watch factory' of Messrs. Vale and sit e d "entry, in the course of which he evidently ac eedearisiderable i n fl uence over h er m ind. He was ins ty within the last few weeks, in possession of more li nsti ( ;"° usual, including one or two guineas, a deno iPps4 of coin of which the deceased's savings were "re Principay to have consisted ; and he boast on fa, an one occasion that he had only to go to the t j' f ' house whenever he wanted money. On Tues. s e s 22 d day of M arc h, th e female prisoner went c "uggist's s h o p, an d as k e d f o r twopenny. he k h o '' arsenic to destroy rats. The young man in he P told h er t h at she coul d not h ave i t, exceptin t hes t-se nce of it witness, upon which she went away and 4 tiL P4 '`' i ng through Spon-street met a girl named "'eS ) , Russel, who toll her that she was going to the ‘ l ll Y (V ale and C ' upon which the prisoner said is t :t e s ,„ . sit e with me as far as Messrs. Wyly's, the drug -11141 Z I 2 wi!l then accompany you , to the i fact i ory." The e a , se 'ppanied her to the druggist s, w iere s le received Iti s „ ° I !: in her presence, with a label upon the paper "Ili t o t "e Words " arsenic, poison," printed on it. They t it tthngether as far as the factory, which they reached 'men were coming out of it to go to their dinners, 1 4 " 11 4: a th en Mimi one o'clock in the day. They here the prison er Higgins was joined by the s 'ket Wh o wa lk e d with her towards her uncle's 44 tly . sf 4 Waggoner who was passing along the street qst'a r wards, o b serve d Clarke entering th e uncle's . " l elt 6 ° ' the niec e th e ne xt moment closing the door, er go C lar ke had l e f t open after him. At two o'clock Clarke etil e s -t° his wo r k at the factory, and remained there 'ncli ei s:;" s ' , in the evening. About nine he was observed )(1 41 6 ' t. t the entry th a t l e d from the d e ceased's house to old he re there was a certain convenience, from which sl ss rtia n was seen appentry.arently returning. The niece nh served st an ding at the entry. Whilst the old o i l s 4 ' in th e yard a particular kind of noise was heard, '11111,;•;'Lee afterwards exhibited the appearance of a per vomiting there. At about one o'clock at th e female p ri:oner knocked up an old woman, f - ,-, ree nt who lived a few doors off, and implored ke n -° d:s sake, to come to her uncle's, who was t 1 b ' Vrr i ,, 'II. Mrs. Green accordingly got out of bed, her p , ' and followed her over to her uncle's. !'in g S Y , Mrs. Green was met by a man, who, when ices, a Higgina's d oor th e mom e nt before, heard two 4tb er lie thought, in the house, but could not tell nsl e ti s 'Y wer e male or female voices, or the voices of l , d er -r t f emale• Upon Mrs. Green going in, she found l Ying . upofihis niece's bed, with his head rcst i the de of a man wh had cool4itingeft h . Uand pon n go i n cr to attitu him, she thought at e first l ie him breathe, 'but ' found, when she stirred him, as stiff. She called to him, but received no an- Observing some water on the floor near the I.TI, the old man had beets subject to a complaint S ne called t h e water - swam p, she proposed going s tairs and making some tea for him. She and the niece d°"'n accordin and while below the latter said, ! I hear g, y g uncl e roan." They immediately Ato the room, t g ll Green again going to she found th-:t brit on man was dead, and also ii led from a. more particular 'eximination of his body, e must have been dead for , at least half an hour. dente wept bi tter l y, exelsiwi ng , 4 , Oh my dear uncle! . t uncle! no w h e ' s gone, all my friends are gone!' ( 1 )1 J Atm Green th at s h e and Edwar d Cl ar k e were t o 1551 married on Easter Monday, and that had it not her poor uncle's death, they were all to have had day of it. She said that they must still be mar ''sever, On that day, as she was in the family way ; the d. Put on mourning for her uncle, but put it kY married marriage, and resume it again, it being to be in black. The statement of her tne family way wasln answer to pre- ftom Mrs. Green, tru she said that her uncle t o " ln e Pea-soup for supper ; that he had been -sry %„ and gone to bed ; that alter she had retired Iv- bed, her uncle cattle into her room, and be :erY sick, she got up, and placed him on her bed. ' Ur ee of the morning a neighbour, Mrs. Moore, (i ' e eing the place in a state of confusion, set thing" the things to rights. On going into she perceived a basin on the shelf about lets filled pea-soup. She took it to the iyi 4 i t id stirr e d it up with a spoon that lay in it ; 'he perceived that it was of a whitish colour ,4'" substance, different from the usual appearance th e P She replaced it on the shelf, and said nothing t'ieee. returned, when she asked her the cause of i .ta jlee of ti le soup ; to w hi c h t h e l atter rep li e d "ad thickened it with oatmeal. Mrs. Moore's Of L a ha ving been excited, she gave the soup into the ah°carpenter who had come to measure for the 'ocked i t up i n t h e room i n which the corpse fetisd-urteon as then sent for, who opened the body, coat of the stomach extremely vascular and ‘ 7, 1 ' 1180 found within the stomach a pint and a half ith' t h e he put i n t o a b o ttle, and which he sent, to basins of soup, in a basket, to his surgery, "It Pose of having them analyse'd. The fluid taken "mach was afterwards submitted to several ass, in the presence of four or five professional h sy 11 of which, led t•i the same result—namely, 4t ' 4l y s ;,; lt 'Pregnated with arsen ic. • The pea-soup was it „ I d' hut wa s g i ven to a d og , w hi c h i m m e diately „ I ds stomach,. and consequently survived it. s "ce was t a k en i n t o cus t o d y by an officer named ll; si be was questioned on the subject by him, in a was severely reprehended by the loqtrned Judge, Pers,;, f eeling of s t rong i n dign e tion in the minds of " m Court, including tile Learned Counsel on Shy told him ; in reply to his questions, first not purchased any arsenic, and on his saying - ' s mel mold prove she had, she admitted it, but er 1 Only used °l le ha it to destroy rats, an th havinat ?ne a p irticular chair. She also deni d ed g . 4 her possession, but on being searched, a box "e of her pock e ts, cootaining five guineas, Ir ee, and in a purse one guinea, a half guinea, 1-1- shilling piece. Gardiner, afterwards, when p e e t ‘ to prison through the street, no other_ per (sent, said 'co her, " How could you be over lisslt° do such a thing ?" to which the unfortunate d ti ,; a t she had not beets persuaded by any per .o4b, 'one it herself. She said she had put two ss,C,°i arsenic into a basin, and poured the soup fl en'gave that to her uncle. Having extracted innl from her, the constable, Gardiner, very Y a nd humanely then told her not to say any mi ght criminate her ; and when he had her in t s lso the witnesses afterwards (none of whom C ts 'itn n 0",. 4 Y), he asked her to repeat what she bad , s le 'ne I m re, and which she did. When before : 1 .4 gui se merely said at first that Clarke had larks and 'some silver of her. She said 41 ' ~t v ri 4 7 8 PreSenCe ; but after they had both 'titit' sh ," was persuaded by Gardiner and sno t' to return to the room and declare ATKINS. , -, 1 . 1.,_ —y et t in the sportirys 4, 4 " , q ol Sir Mark V , " ( Ikt °n h e tree for the War it h 4 her ~c the amount of th t ,,, ,i er ~,,,, 6 -e. tr. The DU I" b ie ng i jil itnees, was on tb e litt '' l l '' li e were also preseP i : hi,pi t , ' ' t ' tilt. ) . the plaintiff's c 3. „' i t d e - r 4 " fe: ant in the aeti'; it o4 ' e aserl I who, as well °' ten his i e . 1. These gentle'd l C' olli i tin t eo horses that 1,3, ;At l 'clid Li i ; the Guy St,l"ei• le tvas 81 er, 1830. Tbee64ri !id 1410 0b,,, • IL. ‘ • tes, of 50 gtiO ri d trh t lr'lng ,ne defaulters , 3 1 , ( v0 :" Ca ie produce of t' ji ep stairs as nearly 10001• s°l.o4l(rwia a is, whose ail; typed I to subscriptions, l b , ec d to tl •se was declare d 4 tl p ' , he i; must !ardswoath's h"! . ., et , I( ''' , fro lark Wood's V P- 'e a .' • was dee!ai ell ') pi , I . ee e Wel les by which s'°; e t L : i t until by the steward' 'et - j I %lrs been referred. 0 , 4 f ) 0 ' 1. 5 Ina ie most cotnretri j4iai her 1 , efer the question , h day , nt contended, 5., , t Nl ° Wevel The Learned - 'a l ' t t k Wou] the volume oa s t Iti e Ct (la ) to court held ~i i t 4 l it i Y ,, t o bp 1 this kind lii , j l ''Xlla in the p • as an autlioritY4ll4aTiirit yin Court, v'i' s it , to ti er me aointing Out is v ,p li t , y i ll tame of Sir P l ' ' ‘ i ti lita: l " la eof the Court ,t 1 ',. N. "'Y I away happy 1 s book as an a ,) ,, 1 ., i , ti klt : nl i 6t, t was one of aP I p 4 ,,r;!ttin h with the sao ct i p ire. ,: t ya b o rd Chief Jr/ h i 'tlearter, r.) The hrfl'l,o:and kes of 183 0, 'ft , f q th• gi eli !6, to he natue!'ellN:''k sul " Produce So l ' 'Atli 4:°up i in sporting ciccolk:411): ',jet., deli the horse ,i l i ti t 8 1, 5t ant Jone ; Mr. G i/1 1 1x1, Mei: ha, lope Cetus 1 0 4 % e it, : , 4 ge r ' f ha innecessary t (7 r oi)ty" b i t,°:114 et bat had ruolt i m 4 °1( end second. l o t t4,.f0, sorb e race; but t ile d A i..d th , that Mr. MY'll i i,;:tiirl, " 08 en entered O r wit 'tt t 'hie :es and forfeits, fr;l4 ti,ettitl, t, d consequently hi,tO the A° wner of Cetr''' 4,,,Yrtli e : tto the stakes fror°ol:tl,i;" tem, -se, refused t ° , i ii t ' , t it u " , al estion was doe ir stewards, with epl t l li, i t inil, These gentleillont4'll th e I lieriff of thin c ii , o s4 4 'llio, t ' Ili, Wise, who i ': /14nex t ' sh, ng thernsel ve : et ( ,ttkeit at t 1 red it, with tl o Y Lis p tr e d 4 a t( rds of the p t‘ ~4 slidess°4 i of ti .1 1 . tatements 1 , ~ ,.ei Sir Mark 31:i t „ Iti;lbeti,l4(l I sent in, au i i: y l l ha t " Itt t , Lucy and li'l;tA, e4pl B he 1 :luta, two of " r iplo‘hao ti °t ue Wilson, ,net s i o f;)ta fo e :Y i t , by, a menaharii t,Ap ti l leth d i t , Lord Verni-iVNI,4Ber thi ter having clept yi.'eri ', these three Bop .ht,z het was eutitled ~ fitti,t;eg yr, a writing Jo tilelitiattipi!l to ievertheleis, P:ii4t:ltt,:h tl sequently re ili l i eti; , t t N' 44, 4 d doubt indello 0 'Ai l It, _ l 4l, a was brought 'IN ,(144,1 t 4 / ; ll iii ' : 4l : A r" 'it Jury on e tb',l: °r 4 ll !.. tb a t t ' l Y ad n,,l'liii I . o be r :r•vt•,,e'N toi Club. 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IMPERIAL ACGRECiATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat..--655. 2d !Oats --265. 5(1.1 Beans---- .10s. 2d. 11d.1 RyQ —.— 375. Ild.l Pease..—.... 41s. bd. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat,.......—.1115. Sd.l Oats 7s. &1. 8ean5...,.... 9s. &I. Barley 10(1.1 Rye 14s. Od.l Pease—, Ss. (hl. HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 311 Trusses.) Coarsc heavy Lowland Meadow Ha X 2 NTev: Meadow y £`) 10 to Hay 3 5 315 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4lO . 5 0 Clover Hay 3 5 5 5 Oat Straw AA Sto £1 101 Wheat straw... 114 116 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK A letter has been received at Lloyd's, dated Antwerp, Aug. 9, stating that General Chasse has given notice that a suspen_ sion of arms would cease on that night at ten o'clock, but he would not fire on the town unless provoked. Philadelphia Papers have been received at the North and South American Coffix-house to June 21. By the above a file of Nassau Papers to the 29th of June inclusive have been received. The House of Assembly and the Governor of the Bahamas are in direct opposition ; the former accuse the Gover nor of an undue exercise of power of pardoning, and have adopted a memorial to the King regarding the general grievanc es o f th e colony, and praying his Majesty for the entire removal of his Excellency. The Colonial Assembly, in consequence of the great discontent amongst the inhabitants, was dissolved on the 21st of June by the Governor. A Paris Paper states that the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, as well as the corps of the French army, have received orders not to enter Brussels. The young Princes and the brave soldiers, therefore, will not see the Belgian King except in the tent of the army, or on the field of battle. THE FUNDS. Letters received this morning from Rio de Janeiro, dated the 16th of June, state that all was quiet there—a permanent Re- gency was to be appointed on the following day, and the Provincial National Guards were grganized and on duty.— Exchange The notice of General Chasse, which states that the suspension of arms had ceased, has damped our Funds. Consols ' which left off'yesterday at 81, opened at BD 4 i, were done at 81%, but have receded to SOlii for the account. Nothing doing in the Foreign Market. HALF-PAST ONE. To the present hour we have no further information from the theatre of war in Belgium, but reports are in circulation by pri vate letters from Antwerp, that Codrington's squadron had ar rived offthe mouth of the Scheldt, which so exasperated the Dutch that they are destroying all around them ; also that a great battle was expected, and the King of Prussia was going to march an army into Holland for its protection against the French, (these are only the reports of the day.) Consols have been fluctuating during the morning from down to 81 u, at present they are BIN In the Foreign Market there is no business doing at the pre sent time. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, 811 i. FOUR 0 CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols Blt i Danish 6O Ditto for Account 81 : Greek, 1825 — Brazilian Bonds.. Mexican, 1825 3O Buenos Ayres.... Chilian Ditto .... Columbian, 1824 Peruvian — Russian Spanish COURT OF CLAIMS.—This day, at one o'clock, pursuant to adjournment, the Committee of the Court of Claims assembled in the Painted Chamber, at the Council-office, Whitehall, upon matters connected with the approaching Coronation. There were present—Thi Duke of SIJSSFX, Duke of GLorrcEsrita, Earl GREY, Ear' of ALHFMARLF, Lord DURHAM, Lord ALTILORP, Lord AUCKLAND, Lord WrNFoitn, the Archbishop of CAN TERBURY, &C. &r. The proceedings, which terminated a little before two o'clock, were strictly private. IMMIIIMI SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, that Clarke had instigated bet to take her uncle's life ; and that he (Clarke) had frequently beaten and ill used her when he did not have as much money from her as he wanted. Here, again, the conduct of Gardiner was ❑niversally reprobated, particularly by Mr. Serjeant Adams, the Counsel for the prosecution. The only cir cumstances of suspicion adduced against Clarke, in addi tion to those contained in the above details, consisted of his statements at the factory next morning, of his having been present when the deceased supped the night before,. rral his betraying a knowledge at an early hour th it the old man was dead. When called on for his defence, he put in a written address, in which he principally dwelt upon the vagueness of the evidence adduced against him, and asserted his innocence of the crime imputed to him. The female prisoner merely said she was innocent, and left the rest to her Counsel. Several witnesses gave Clarke a good character; but none appeared on behalf of Higgins. The Jury, after deliberating for about six minutes, re turned a verdict acquitting Edward Clarke, but finding Mary Ann Higgins Guilty. The Learned Judge then, in the usual form, sentenced the wretched girl to be executed at Coventry, on Thursday next, and her body to be dissected. She wept all the time sentence was passing upon her, and cried piteously on being led front the bar. Her youth. Cul appearance, and the &ea:lfni situation in which she then stood, as being about to expiate, in the brief space of forty-eight hours, the dreadful crime of which she had been convicted, excited powerful emotions in the breast of every person present. The women in Court sobbed aloud, and the Jury and several other persons shed tears when the sentence was pronounced. With this fearful and lamentable caA., terminated the pt mat assizes. CROYDON, Aua. 9. Edward Hogsden, a man of about 50 years of age, stood capitally indicted for violating the person of Harriet Hogsden, his own daughter, only 17 years of age. The prosecutrix, a good-looking and apparently decent young woman, lived with the prisoner, her mother, and a younger sister, at a cottage they had, near Ashstead common, in this county. On the 27th of July, last month, her mother, as was her habit, got up at four o'clock in the morning and went to work at the establish ment of Mr. Hagget, a farmer in the neighbourhood, by whom bath herself and the prisoner were constantly em. ployed. The prisoner had not slept at home the night before, but returned about six o'clock in the morning, after the prosecurrix's mother had gone out, and after stay ing a few minutes in his own room, adjoining to that in which the prosecutrix slept with an infant, her own babe, he came into her room and told her it was six o'clock. The prisoner then threw himself on her bed, and proceeded to take the liberties she described, and in spite of all her remonstrances and resistance he fully perpetrated the offence with which he stood charged. She even as an inducement to restrain him pointed to the infant by her side, the consequence of his foregone ill usage of her, and told him that if he accomplished his purpose on this occasion, she should not survive it, but would put an end to her miserable existence ; but his an swer was, that if she did not be quiet he would cut her - head off; and after he had completed his crime, he told her she might then go and hang or drown her bastard and herself as soon as she liked, and that if she did not get up and quit his house before he returned from his work to breakfast, he would put an end to her himself. The prisoner then went away to go to work at Mr. Hagget's, and she called up her little sister, who slept in another room, the only person in the house at the time, and sent her to her mother to come to her iinmediately, which her mother did, and took her to Mr. Ilagget's, to whom she related the whole transaction ; and Mr. Hagget instantly conveyed her the same morning to the residence of Baron De Teissier, a Magistrate of the county, who, on her de position, issued his warrant for the prisoner's apprehension. The prisoner asked the prosecutrix, in a cross-exami. nation, if she had not had a criminal intercourse once with a packman or yedlar, but she indignantly replied that she never had. A question was then put to her by Mr. CLARKSON, who conducted the prosecution, in answer to which she said that she never in her life bad any criminal intercourse with any man except her father. B iron de Teissier was examined, and said he took down in writing what the prisoner said in answer to the accu sation, having first cautioned him that any thing he might say to criminate himself would be used against him on his trial. What the witness took down was then read, as spoken by the prisoner to the Magistrate, and consisted merely of theso words :—" There was always temptation in the way. She is no daughter of mine. I admit that I had connection with her, but she was always agreeable." The pi isoner, during the progress of the trial, once or twice interrupted the proceedings. The prosecutrix, he said, was always willing that lie should have connexion with her, and in fact he had done as he liked with her ever since she was nine years of age. When the case was closed for the prosecution, the pri soner handed in a written defence, in which he denied the charge altogether. He had been out all the night before the morning in question, be said, watching his poor mo ther's grave, who was only buried the day before. The prisoner called no witnesses, either in his defence or to his character, and the Jury, after hearing the Judge's charge, in which his Lordship observed upon the pri soner's strange denial of the prosecutrix being his daugh ter, although there seeme I no ground whatever for that denial, pronounced a verdict of Guilty against the prisoner without a moment's hesitation. Mr. Justice GASELEE then put on the fatal black cap, and pronounce the awful sentence of death on the prisoner, telling him not to indulge in the slightest hope of any commutation of his sentence, but to prepare for that igno millions dealt which inevitably awaited him. The prisoner, who throughout evinced the most callous indifference, maintained the same feeling apparently until removed from t! , e bar. It was stated as an ascertained fact that the prisoner's mother had been buried the day before this shocking occur rence, and that the prisoner had actually, as he had stated, sat up all night in the church-yard watching her grave. The assizts ended here this evening at five o'clock, and the Judges quitted the town immediately for London. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 10. This afternoon the Tweed, of 20 guns, and Victor, of 18 guns, sailed for the Downs to join the fleet. His Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, 2S, at this port, has also received orders to join the fleet in the Downs. His Majesty's ship Britannia, 120, which was to have sailed yesterday, has been detained, and does not now sail till Friday. A very line Amerlean corvette, of 10 guns, the Ken sington, commanded by Captain Ramsay, arrived yesterday at Cowes. The Marquis of Doußo, who retired from the (jOtli, or King's Royal Rifle Corps, in November, 1830, in order to attain the rank of Major on the unattached list, has been appointed one of the Majors of the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade, conttnanded by Major-General Sir GEORGE BINGHAM. His Lordship's brother, Lord CHARLES WELLESLEY, is a Captain in the first battalion of the Rifle Brigade. N',ither the Noble Marquis nor Lord CHARLES have, iniwever, seen any active service, although the distinguished corps to which they belong is now stationed in the Mediterranean Islands. The Duke of WELLIN6TON is Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifle Brigade— a circumstance which may account for both his Grace's sons holding commissions in the same regiment. The fleet of Sir E. CODRINGTON passed Brighton last Monday evening, on its w ay to t h e Downs. It was a magnificent sight, and the cliff s w ere li ned with spectators. There were elevenships, led, we b e li eve , b y the Donegal, the Admiral being second, and the Prince Regent about the middle of the squadron. The Asia made a noble appearance, as did the Parh am , which out sailed the Prince Regen t considerably, and ,6 that black looking devil," the Caracoa, which brought up the rear. The wind was a light one from the north, so that the fleet was able to come in unusually close to the shore. They were in sight several hours , a lthou g h the w eather was hazy. —Brighton Gazette. The following summary of the number of speches delivered by the champions of the O ppos i tion, since the Bill went into Committee , ma y , perhaps, amuse our readers :—Sir E. SuonEN, 25; flusa, 20; PRAED, 23; PELHAM, 30 ; Sir IL PEEL, 51 ; CHOKER, 63 ; and Sir CHARLES WETHERELL, '73 !—Ltrerpool Chronicle. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. — Yesterday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, as Capt. DANCE'. FIELD, a gentleman between fifty and sixty years of age, residing in Baker-street, Portman-square, las driving hi s wife in his gig along York-terrace, Regent,v s park, he was suddenly seized with an apopletic fit, and instantly fell out, apparently 'in a lifeless state. He was immediately as sisted into the house of JENKINS, Esq., in York terrace, a surgeon was procured, and after bleeding him copiously, signs of re-animation appeared, and he was so far recovered as to be enabled to he removed to hit resi dence in Baker-street, in a coach. The sufferer is for the present entirely deprived of the use of his left side. There are but alight hopes of his recovery. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1831. One of the most important branches of the Re form Bill, that we mean which regards the divisions of counties, comes on this night for discussion in the [louse of Commons. On this subject there can scarcely, we conceive, be two opinions. The pro posed divisions, if carried into effect, will emasculate the Reform Bill and deprive it ofall vigour. in fact they will break in on its leading principle, which was to take the nomination of Members out of the hands of the aristocracy, and bestow the privilege on those who are alone entitled to it, Nye mean the people. Once split into divisions, the several counties will be immediately placed at the mercy of the great landowners in the vicinity, and thus we shall have nomination boroughs merely ex changed for nomination counties. We hope Mi nisters will not he so ill-advised as to press this point. if they do, they may rely on it they will have the people unanimously opposed to them, and sending up petition after petition, remonstrance after remonstrance, from one end of the kingdom to the other. For what purpose has the great battle been fought for the last six mouths to the neglect of every other consideration ; for what purpose have the people, in order not to embarrass Ministers, agreed fur a time to throw overboard the ballot, if after all the disinterested sacrifices they have made, they are still to be placed at the mercy of the great leading Aristocrats, if not through the medium of boroughs, at least of counties ? Let any of our readers peruse the list of counties inserted in schedule G, and they will see at a glance in what way the pro posed division of them will work. Cumberland will be once again in the power of the LONSDALE family, who will nominate their own Members with as much facility as ever, the people having little or no power to prevent them ; Derby will send two of its representatives at the pleasure of the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, and two others at that of the Duke of RUTLAND; Northumberland will belong to the great Aristocrat of that name ; Kent will be represented by the KNATCHHULL and WINCHILSEA faction ; and so will it be with nearly, if not quite, all of the remaining counties. Surely whatever literal difference there may be, in spirit at least, there will be scarcely any between this system and that of the rotten boroughs ! At no distant period one will become quite as offensive as the other, and be objected to by the country with equal indignation. The great object of the Re_ form Bill, without which it is little better than a farce, is to enable the people to retura thei r own Members, the men of their own choice. This it is impossible they can do, if the several counties are to be so divided as that the electors of each divi • sion shall be liable to be tampered with by their wealthy aristocratic neighbours. Each county should be rendered unpurchaseable by the aggregate number of its electors ; this is the true spirit of Reform, and to this point all the sincere friends of the measure should direct their earnest attention. The Chronicle of this morning argues the question with considerable force and dexterity, and we direct our readers' notice to its arguments. They are unan swerable. We intreat Ministers to weigh well their present proceedings, before they decide on them. The Press supports •them solely on patrioti c pr i nc i p l es ; i t k nows no i nterests but - those of the people; and, regarding the proposed divisions -of counties as inimical to those interests, is prepared immediately to eider its tuchit de c ided picres against them. After an animated discu , sion on the Irish Pool Li►vs, growing out of a petition presented by the Catholic Bishop, of Ireland, the House went into Committee on the Reform Bill, which we are happy to say made satisfactory progress. A meeting of his Mijesty's Ministers took place it Lord ALTHORP'S residence in Downing -street, this morning, relative to Merthyr Tydvil. A Cabinet Council is summoned for this even'tig, at the Foreign Office. The French Papers are more occupied with spe culation than real news. The following from the- Times contains all that took place on Tuesday. On Tuesday the French Chamber of Deputies met to receive the report of the commission upon the Address to the KING. The tribunes were all full, and the public anxiety at its height, when at half -past one o'clock, after some preliminary business, the President announced that the copy of the Address was before him ; but that, ac cording to a rule of the C h amber, it must be re ferred to the bureaux (of the Chamber) gene. rally for their perusal, before the public discussion could arise. The prolix form was ordered to be com plied with, and the House adjourned to the bureaux, in which they were engaged nearly two hours, in this perusal and examination of the prepared Address. They had not finished when our account left. All the Ministers were present, except Marshal SOULT. We have received a copy of the Address, as it went into the bureaux late on Tuesday : it is an echo o f the KING'S speech up to the passage relating to Poland, and upon that it speaks in warmer terms than the KING did ; from that downwards, it speaks out much plainer upon the foreign policy of France. The paragraph about Belgium is,--" that France associates herself with transport to a ge nerous movement, of which the object is to de fend and establish the principles of our glorious revolution, to fix definitively our relations with our neighbours, and to dissipate all the doubts which painfully agitate France." It afterwards , a y s , " France will guard with jealous care her own independence," and compliments the KING upon the valiant example which his sons after himself have set in hastening " to fire the first cannon in the cause of liberty." This ad dress was in a firmer tone than the KING'S speech, hut equally expressive of a hope that the general peace would, " under existing grave circumstances," be still maintained. The French Government anxiously await the steps of foreign Powers respecting Belgium. The Funds have this day risen, under a belief that peace will be maintained : FRENCH FUNDS.-PA 111 S, AUGUST 9.-Five per Cents., 85f. 25c. 33c. 40c. 35c. 50c. 45e. 50c. 30c. 50c. 83f. 60c. SOc. 84f. 15c. sc. 84f. 84f. 20c. 84f. 841. 10c. 841. 84f. 23c. 35c. 50c. 60c. 70c. 75c. 70c. 85f. 83f. 10c. 30c. ; Loan of 1831, 83f. 35c. 40c. ; Four per Cents. 6811 67f. 75c. ; Three per Cents., 51f. 90c. 52f. 52f. 10c. 52f. 52f: 10c. 25c. 30c. 52f. 20e. 25c. 20c. 15c. 25c. 15c. 25c. 35c. 50c. 52f. 55c. 60c. 80c. 90c. 53f. 53E 10c. 25c. 3,)c. 33c. SOc. 70c. 65c. 60c.; Bank Stock, 1,500 f. ; Bente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 441 , i 1 , 5; itente de Naples, 63f. 80c. t4f. 641. 50c. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. lire. ; money, 2.5 f. 10c.; three months, money, 25f.-Coors Authentiquc. We have abundance of news from Belgium, but nothing of a decisive military character. There was much rranceuvring, marching, and counter-marching, in both armies, but no fighting of any consequence; A great battle wa4, however, expected to take place yesterday or to-day, for the distance between the respective armies was every moment getting less. It appears that Antwerp has been taken under the protection of France and England, and all Europe, which latter part of the protection we cannot clearly understand. The consequence was an armistice between General CHASSE and the Belgians till further orders from the Dutch KING. The suspension took place on the Gth, and on the 9th orders were received from King WILLIAM, by which the armistice was set aside, but General CHASSE promised not to renew_ hostilities unless provoked. Thus matters stand at present. The following are extracts from Brussels Papers of the 10th instant, and two extracts of letters : Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, dated Antwerp, the 9th of August :- " A steamer arrived last night at the citadel with a reply from the King of Holland, as to the armistice con cluded here on Tuesday with regard to the town. A❑ official communication has been made by General Chasse to the General commanding here, by which the armistice ceases this evening at ten o'clock ; however, no firing will take place upon the town, unless it provokes the cita del by s h e ll s . The following Belgic vessels have been taken and detained by the Dutch squadron :—Therse, Mi naer, from Antwerp, for Liverpool, Sans Repos, Van Dyck, a nd Packer, from Brussels. At Flushing all the Belgic vessels have been stopped. t,,:senttwi rnitolu, marchingay, Extract of a letter from Dover, dated yesterday evening : " I arrived this morning in twenty hours from Brussels to Calais, with a courier. The King was at the head quarters of the army when I left, at half-past twelve. Some partial out-post actions had occurred. A general action was expected this day or to-morrow. The Dutch army had advanced from their lines near Breda, with a view of joining detachments from Maestricht, part of which were in possession of Diest (and I give it as re ported) of Hassell and Hera . , and also St. Troud, on the high road from Liege to Louvain and Brussels. It was reported that the inhlbitants of Illaestricht had risen in the absence of the greater part of the garrison, in which many of whom were killed. h rn e e e n n i t o h j u ne( si i ;sm of the whole population of Belgium es at the highest, and all capable of serving are in all directions to join the army. The road for many miles, between Brussels and Ghent, ,sas covered with volunteers to join the army. The 22d R e giment of the French line (very strong), marched out of Vice l es B e i ge !' Amort a les Hollandais I' Dun kirk this morn i ng, at f i ve o'clock for Lisle, Sze., shouting But I posed the frontier." BausseLs, AUG UST 8.-It is more than ever necessary to h e on our g uar d against the bad news which are so easily circulated. I n general they are the result of false reports, which increase as they advance. We cannot too earnistly remind the citizens, that when a piece of news is bad, that is a reason to believe it false. Some Journals, which, iu general, are best informed, should be consulted by those who wish to know what is passing in the army. If the Moniteur publish little news, it is because it is thought prudent at head-quarters to keep the operations of the artny secret. It is known that the Dutch have nu merous spies, which shows how much they desire to be ac quainted with our movements, and if we can conceal them the advantage for us will be immense. There is no truth in the report of the occupation of dv i t Tirlemont by th e enemy. Persons who have left Louva i ne to-dal'' , at nine o' c l oc k, affirm that four thousand Dutch t roops had adva nce d from D i est to St. Troud. Thei m diligenceeet h which left Brussels yesterday evening, ha s returned, not being able to pass through St. Troud. I t d net any enemies at Tirlemont. The post fr oth L i ege not Laving arrived this morning we have not received the Journals of that city. M. Adair was expected at Brussels yesterday evening. The King left Malines yesterday morning, and arrived at Louvaine at eleven o'clock. Gen. Baudrand, Aide -de-Camp to the Duke of Orleans, has arrived at Maline s with General Belliard. The heavy cannonade beard yesterday was occasioned ly an action between the enemy and out troops, who are id to have retaken Diest. It is in consequence of thi , hisadvantage that the Dutch have advanced to St. Troud The day before yesterday there was an engagement be tween the army of General Dalle and a Dutch corps neat lasselt. Our troops gained acute advantages. Official news has ju , t arrived (four p.m.), that the troops which sallied from Ma-stricht yesterday have beer eaten and forced to retire to that city ; that the army he Meuse, commanded by General D line, had arrived a• flerck, near Diet, after having beaten at Oethal - the Dutch General Georges, who has fallen back toward, tluseyck, whence he will be kept in check by the Belgian bHgade of Colonel Vanderbroek. The troops that sallied front Maestricht left behind ',vend carts with wounded. The army of the Scheldt, under Tieken de Terhove, is ,id to have arrived in the environs of Herenthals, five eagues from Diest. . _ . BRUGES, AUGUST S.—Colonel Moyart, Commandant if the provinc?, has fixed his head-quarters at Danne. No Dutchman is to be seen to-day along the whole line. lur troops remain in their positions. In the night of the sth the Dutch were for a moment nasters of the sluice of Hagegras, and burnt the house of he sluice-keeper ; but they were soon repulsed. GHENT, AUGUST B.—On the 6th the Dutch made •ally from Hulst upon the 'Change ; they were repulsed la) th e Civic Guard. The heal-quarters of General Wantier are at Basseveldt, which the Mitch were compelled to abandon yesterday ; •heir loss was considerable, the blood flowed in the streets Basseveldt. Our loss was trifling. Too much praise cannot be given to the brave civic guard, which admirably seconded the troops of the line. This morning we were in ponseaion of Eede, but at ten o'clock we were forced to abandon that position to a foice too considerable to be resisted. A battalion and three companies of the second battalion of the fist van of our civic guard set out this morning for Capelle. Their departure took place with singing and crit s of joy. The vessel sent to the Hague to carry to the King of Holland an armistice eoficlnded with the citadel has not yet returned. It is supposed that that Prince has come nearer to the army. The Dutch are positively re tiring on our whole line in the province of Antwerp; they have abandoned Turnhout, Putie, and West Wesel, hut we have no troops to join theta. The Dutch have some ships at Flushing that were comlng to Antwerp. LOUVAIN, AUG. S.—This morning the King slept at Louvain in a private house, and set out early with his staff for Aerschot, where he now is. Considerable forces are assembled at that point. The enemy occupies the same positinn!= enly that he' has advanced between Tirlemont and Tongres, and taken posse•sion of St. Troud, a town of little importance. As the King has not returned from Aerschot, it is thought he will fix his head- quarters there, to be nearer to die ad. vanced posts on that side. The King is indefatigable. BRUSSELS, AUGUST 9.—A French Cabinet messenger passed through last night, coming from Paris. He had despatches for General Belliard, and others for the Happ. It is said that the Belgian army assembling at Louvain already amounts to 35,000 men. There arc said to be a million of cartridges at Louvain. Eighty thousand muskets arrived at Brussels yesterday, and are going to be sent to Louvain. The Minister of the Interior announces that the King has received from England the news that the Belgian troops at Java had established a Government there, in the name of the Belgian nation, to which the whole island had submitted. LouvAts, A tic. B.—M. de Brouckese was nearly taken prisoner yesterday as he was going to the army of the Meuse. He was at the gates of St. Troud when he learnt that it was occupied by the enemy. The centre of the enemy's army is 20,000 men ; these are the Rower of his troops ; it has good cavalry and a great number of cannon. The left consists of 15,000 men ; these too are good troops. The corps of Van Geen, which forms the right, is numerous, but the troops are not good. BP.USSELS, AUG. 9.—The Dukes of Orleans and Ne mours, and Marshal Gerard, have fixed their he id-quarters at Maubene. None of the Brussels Papers mention the entrance of the French army into Belgium. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Auc. 10.—Wind S,E. moderate.—Arrived, and sailed for the river, the Constitution and Salus, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Enterprise, from the Mediterranean land Douglas, Buck, from Faro. Sailed for the westward, the Wellington transport. The squadron under Sir E. Codrington remains. PORTSMOUTH, AuG. 10.—Arrived the Margaret, Waters : from Sierra Leone. Sailed his Majesty's ships Tweed and Victor, for the Downs. BRISTOL, Auo. 10.—Arrived the Memnon, Mather, from Quebec. LIVERPOOL, AM. 9.—Arrived the Superior, Pulman, and Eleanor, Child, from New Orleans; Hellespont, Pratt, from Charleston; Superior, Sewell, from Savannah; and Ward, Hare, from Virginia. GREESTOCK, AtJa. B.—Arrived the Glasgow, Hunter, from Jamaica ; Science, Snell, from Demerara ; and Sylph, Morris, from Montreal. DOVER, Aun. 9.—Arrived the Lotus, Watts, from Virginia. PLYMOUTH, A[•c. 9.—Wind S.V.—Arrived the Eliza, Leonard, from Sierra Leone; and New Eagle, Quick, from St. John's, N. B. GUERNSEY, Arc. S.—Arrived the Mora, Lemesurier, from Monte Video; and Two Brothers, llumphreys, from Rio Janeiro. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, at Ostend, dated August 10 :—" It is reported that a French privateer, with one hundred men, and well armed, is off this port. The Forti tude, Delafontain, from Batavia; and the Duna, from Soura baya, are at anchor oft this port waiting for orders." The Kitty and Molly, Bine, from Londonderry to Belfast, was stranded, near Ballycastle, the 7th inst., and had seven feet water in her hold, but was expected to be got off after discharging. A most important part of the English Reform 3 11 stands postponed for discussion this evening, in that portion of it, clauses 9, 10, and 11, which give 4.lditional Members to certain counties—dividing t .e counties into districts, and apportioning the re , esentatives to certain undetermined divisions. We t tve hitherto abstained from discussing this prim &pie of the Ministerial measure, not wishing, by ereatilz inopportune controversy, to add to the t'fficulties which encumbered the path of Govern new-. But the period is now come when we may .afely and plainly express our sentiments, especially as amor'g the noticts of motions is one by Mr. Hughes Hughes, " to move the erasure from the 11111 of all words effecting or referring to the division of counties." The clause in question we extract from he Bill : " And be it enacted, that in all future Parliaments there ,ball be six Knights of the Shire s instead of four, to serve 'or the county of Vorh ; that is to say, two Knights for •ich of the three ridings of the said county, to be elected - n the same manner, and by the same classes and descrip tions of voters, and in respect of the same several rights of voting, as Head' of the three ridings were a separate connty. " And h • it enacted, that in all future Parliaments there shall he four Knights of the Shire, instead of two, to serve for the county of Lincoln ; that is to say, two for the parts of Lindsey in the said county, and two for the parts of Kesteven and Holland in the same county; and that such four Knights shall be chosen in the same manner, and by the same classes and descriptions of voters,- and in respect of the same several rights of voting, as if the said parts of Lindsey were a separate county, and the mid parts of Kesteven and Holland together were also a separate county. " And he it enacted, that each of the counties enume rated in schedule G, to this Act annexed, shall he divided two taco divisions in manner hereinafter directed, and that in all future Parliaments there shad he four Knights if the Shire, instead of two, to serve • for each of the said counties; that is to sty, two Knights for each divi sion of the said counties ; and that such Knights shall be ...thosen in the same manner, and by the same classes and descriptions of voters, and in respect of the same several rights of voting, as if each of the said diVisions were a separate county." The counties referred to in scireclule G are as fol low . " SCHEDULE G.-Counties to return each 'four Mem bers :—Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derby, Devon, Durham, EPsex, Gloucester, Kent, Hampshire, Lancaster, Leicester, Norfolk, Northumberland, N•nlbornpton, Not. tingham, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sus sex, Warwick, Wilts, Worcester." The mode of division in the pre'ent Bill (altered from the original draught), from its importance, We extract in full " And be' it enacted, that shall be and they arc hereby appointed Commissioners for the purpose, herein after mentioned with regard to elections fur countlee ; and that the said Commistioners or the major part of them, shall within three months after the passing of this Act, inquire and determine in what manner each of the counties enumerated in schedule (G) to this Act annexed, shall thereafter he divided into two divisions, in order that each division may return two Knights of the Shire for the same in all future Parliaments, as hereinbefore mentioned ; and the said Commissioners, or the major part of them, shall divide each of the said counties accordingly, and shall also determine at what principal place of election the Court for tilt: election of Knights of the Shire for each division of the said counties shall be holden, and at what principal place- of election the Court for the elution of Knights of the Shire for each of the three ridings of York shire, and 'for the parts of 'Andel., and for the parts of Kesteven and Holland, in the county of Lincoln, shall be holden ; and the said Commissioners, or the majority of them, shall have power to unite and incorporate (fur the purposes of election only) ty;th any county, or with any division of a county to be by them made, any outlying portions of any other county which ally he locally situate within the former, and shall deliver a report of such their determination to one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, Who shall forthwith lay the same before his Ma jesty in council ) and it shall be lawful for his Majesty to issue his Royal Prorlamation, making known the deter mination and report. of the said Commissioners, from the date of which Proclamation every county enumerated in the said schedule (G) shall for the purposes of this Act be and remain so divided into the divisions, and each divi sion shall return two Knights of the Shire to serve for the same in all future Parliaments; and every county or divi o t s e h s a t of m t a h y i s h A a y e e t , include been o a s i n o y n p o n t r a tinns crusty of shall,th the other t I r c e n u p n n t r y p united and incorporated therewith as aforesaid; and a copy of such report of the said Commissioners shall forthwith be laid before both Houser of Parliament, if then sitting, or if not sitting, then within ten days after their sitting." It cannot be denied that these clauses—the divi sion of counties, and the irresponsible and arbitary made of dividing them—are open to great objee ' tions, and give the best friends of the Bill a full right to independent opposition. It is unnecessary to discuss the palpable superiority of district over class voting, as so ably developed in the pamphlet by Mr. George Grote, entitled " The Essentials of Parliamentary Reform. The " ultimate end" of our anomalous system of representation will, pro bably, at no distant day, he based on the principle of symmetrical arrangement. But the prejudices of the people and the fears of the Aristocracy would not admit present perfectibility. Something must evea be left to posterity, whatever the Finalists may say to the contrary ; and Nvlien Sir Charles Wetherell (the Robinson Crusoc of the Anti-Re formers) and Sir Edward Sugden (his man Friday) rest quiet in their graves, future generations will legislate for themselves, their heirs, and assigns. Ministers, in the projected division of counties, have, in our judgment, introduced into the Bill a piece of patch work, adopting the evil of a partial district system without any of the advantages of that system as a whole. We must consider these proposed clauses as applicable to England, and to other parts of the Reform Bill. The register, arid the subdivision of places of county poll will neu tralize most of the evils of our county elec tions. The division of the counties under open voting with the greater part of the town free• holds subtracted from the old constituency, would necessarily invest the large landed proprietors in those divided districts with the power of nomination, particularly if the tenants of short leases are admitted to the franchise. Hitherto the gross number of the freeholders, and the public spirit and independence of the inhabitants of the towns, have operated as a counterpoise to the otherwise over whelming influence of the great landed properties. It may be replied that the extra number enfranchised as copyholders and leaseholders will amply supply the diminution in the town votes. Tire number of copy holders not possessing freeholds is very small in the majority of English counties, anti much indepen dence from tenants under short leases, unprotected by the ballot, cannot We anticipated. If nomination, therefore, is really and sincerely sought to be ex tinguished, let us not exchange close boroughs for close counties. The public-virited and independent freeholders of the large towns, who have the spirit and the power to combine, to unite, to energise, ignited that glorious flame which rose in the minds of the greet body of the county constituency at the general election. They made the sacrifices of time arid purse, and worldly interest. It is to thern that we are to look for future patriotism and public honesty; and may be it is to those middle and humbler classes that the property of the nation will be hereafter, and at no distant period, indebted for protection against an inundation of crime and abject poverty. We know that the most invincible repug nance exists in the public mind throughout the counties intended to be divided (Yorkshire excepted) against this unnecessary, partial, and injurious dislocation. The limitation of the duration of the poll, and the taking of. votes in districts, are fully adequate to all the honest objects of the intended division ; but if it be projected to give the counties to the borough mongers, in exchange for the boroughs, let that be openly avowed and argued. We cannot, however, suspect the Ministry of such an intention ; we will not even insinuate it. But we will admit that Ministers might honestly in their difficulties (for which great allowance must be made by - every liberal mind) insert these clauses as a make-weight. —a sop. Perhaps it is reasonable, cerainly prudent, to award the Aristocracy something in exchange for what is taken from them ; and verily enough still remains to them and is given by a Bill, which