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a people professing the mild doctrines of Chris tianity have, for so many years, exercised even despotic empire ? The advocates of the present system will say that the prejudices of the people are enlisted against us on those subjects, and that to oppose those prejudices would be to excite disaffection, and to endanger the - stability of our power. The danger of resistance from the natives is, however, not regarded as an argu ment worth consideration, whenever it is thought proper to make new accessions of territory to our Eastern dominions—but it is always relied on .when the question is about the civilization of the vast and most ignorant and degraded masses of people which they contain. - Again, it is said that the natives have a right to enjoy their religious ob- Eervances, as well as ourselves, and that the dread ful sacrifices to which we allude are the result of self-devotion on the part of the sufferers, who, whether they are crushed to death beneath the wheels of an immense machine, surmounted by a beastly idol, or are burnt alive amid the shouts of their kindred, are the voluntary, and even enthusi astic, victims of this sort of martyrdom. It is true people have a right to believe in any speculative ab surdities that they please; but no system of priestcraft —under the name of religion, is entitled to toleration which sheds human blood and tramples on the first and best instincts of our nature. Such priestcraft is not religion in any sense of the word, but an in fernal fanaticism, which those who have the power ought to suppress, as they would put down a system of murder, or any other atrocious criminality; and if they do not, the world will be apt to call them accessaries to the guilt. Let us not be ashamed to copy in this respect the policy of a Pagan people— the ancient Romans—who, though their own system of worship was founded on an ignorance from which we are exempt, yet have left us lessons of hu manity in this respect which we would do well to imitate. They made it a point in Africa to put down the unnatural rites of Moloch, in which chil dren were sacrificed by their. parents at the instiga tion of the Priests. In Germany they abolished many barbarous practices connected with superstitious ce remonies, and in this very island they had hardly ob tained dominion, when they put an end to the human sacrifices which were in the habit of being offered in the groves of the Druids; and what was the conse quence ? By exterminating this shocking supersti tion, they were enabled to civilise the people whom they conquered in a comparatively short time, and by identifying them with an enlightened policy, at tached them to their empire—so much so, that when at last the Romans were obliged to withdraw their forces from this island on account of the inroads of the northern barbarians on their own territories, the British people implored them to remain. The vic tims of the Druid sacrifices, were like those in India, chiefly self-devoted beings—the fanatical dupes of a most atrocious priestcraft. But the Romans did not, for that argument, tolerate the system. They eman cipated the British, as we ought to deliver the na tives of Hindostan, from the artful and sanguinary dominion of their priests, and then the greatest ob stacle to that civilising policy which strengthens every Government that adopts it was at once and for ever removed.—Morning Herald. The proceedings in the House of Commons last night were more than usually interesting. It was known that Mr. Western was to submit to the House his peculiar views on the subject of the trade in Corn ; but Mr. Canning availed himself of the occasion to move, by way of Amendment to the Resolution of the Hon. Member, counter Resolutions, containing the views entertained by Ministers as to the measures which they deem it their duty still to propose this Session. The course which Ministers pro pose is, to embody in a new Bill those parts of the late Corn Bill which have not been objected to in the House of Lords, leaving the final settle ment of the Corn question to next Session. " 1 shall (said the Right }lon. Gentleman) lay down as a rule to guide us in framing a new Bill, that it should not, if possible, run counter to any thing which we have reason to believe will occa sion its loss in another place. While, therefore, on the one hand, I do not wish that we should yield one tittle of our privileges ; so on the other, I am not desirous that this period should.pass without enacting a measure that may produce some practical good. Agreeably to these principles, IVIr. Canning proposes to let loose the foreign corn (supposed to amount to about 560,000 quarters) now in bond, by the operation of the principles of the late Bill itself, under the re erictions and regulations with respect to price an d duty, which would have been in existence had the Bill passed into a ; and _then to 'let in the corn 9f Canada, under the same restric tion, which has been shipped on the faith of the Bill. To neither of these propositions was the smallest opposition made in the House of Lords. By way of ensuring an early attendance to the sub ject next Session, he proposed that the temporary law should expire on the Ist of May next year, and he trusted that the very first act of_the Leg islature would he to enter on the consideration of te Corn Question. So much for the views of Ministers. Mr. Canning purposely abstained from all allusion to the very extraordinary conduct of certain per sons in another House, not, he said, because he did not feel the provocation, but because he did - not think this the most proper time for noticing it. If.;_le had, however, given vent to the feelings, the existence of which was indicated by the follow-. ing senten:."e, the warm reception given to it by the House might be deemed a sufficient earnest of their sympathy; " I can conceive (he said) no schemes of faction more inexcusable, or more blameable, than that which would make a sub ject, touching the interest and involving the pros perity of the whole community, a ground for ex , citing party-feeling, or exasperating political ani mosities."— A great deal of meanii:g is conveyed in these few words. And this brings us to the more interesting part of the proceedings of the evening—the masterly exposure of the mixture of gr oss stupidity and low cunning (for cunning is often found in alliance with stupidity) dis played by ,Mr : Peel's single-hearted hero, the Duke of Welioston. A grand moral lesson was read, we will not say to that distinguished in dividual himself--for him we fear all lessons would be thrown away--bur to the nation, which cannot fail to' derive an instruCtive warning from the contemplation of the conduct of his Grace and the unenviable situation in which it hasplaced him. To M r.Peel his Grace is indebted for the exposure, and the country for the instructive lesson. " If any Gentleman (said Mr. Peel, in a tone which, if it could be imitated on the stage, would make the fortune of any one personating the principal character in a play popular both in France and England, but peculiarly obnoxious to the Priests of the former country)—if any Gentleman should think that the Amendment proposed by my Noble Friend in the House of Lords was con urpose of a political nature, or meted with a n y p s till less with any purposes of party faction, I declare upon my h ono ur that 1 believe such an impression to be totally erroneous. I believe that my Noble Friend the Duke of Wellington having supported his Majesty's Government in the early stages of the Bill, and having voted'for - its second reading, when its principle was discussed, proposed his Amendment with a sincere desire to promote that which he understood to be the real ob ject of the Bill, and to remedy a defect which he 'thought he perceived in-it. I believe that he made his proposition : on a misconstruction of what had passed between my Right Hon. Friend and him self, and that when he made his suggestion, he really thought the suggestion was not dissented from by that Right Hon. Gentleman. I say I believe this, because if he had intended to have made that Amendment the means of an opposi tion to the Government, I do think that I should have heard of it previously, and that the first in timation I obtained of his intention would not have been delayed till the morning of the day after that on which he had proposed and carried his Amendment." Sir Edward Knatchbull im proved upon the Right Hon. Gentleman, for he declared it " impossible the Noble Duke could !lave acted from any improper motive ;" and, at all events, he thought he should be deemed immaculate on the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. Mr. Baring, after expressing the absurdity and the mischievous nature of the Amendment, moved by the Duke of Wellington—to the sagacious inventors of which it. had never occurred, that while foreign corn would have come in at low prices with as much facility as ever, if, unfortunately, the home price were to rise to 90s. or 100 s. in conse quence of the scarcity resulting from a deficient harvest, the country would then have found itself entirely at the mercy of the foreign powers where the ports were situated in which the corn had been warehoused, and from which the supply necessary to our subsistence might in a moment be cut off—proceeded to compliment Mr. Peel on the ingenuity of his defence of the sup porters of the amendment, which supposed" that they were wholly ignorant of the mischief it was intended to produce from their total inability to understand its bearings and effect." There were two ways of accounting for the conduct of the Duke of Wellington and his supporters. He either knew nothing at all of the subject with which he interfered, and imagined, bona:fide, that he was im proving the Bill, that his Amendment was in ac cordance with its principle, and that he had the ac cordance of Mr. Baring, and in that case he proved himself altogether inapt as a politician, in short, a person requiring imperiously to be placed under co ercion by his friends ; or he knew the effect which his amendment would have, and did not misconceive the terms of Mr. Huskisson's note, and in that case he proved himself a fool in attempting to carry a point by means which would necessarily be soon dis closed to the public, and which, on disclosure, could not fail to cover him with ridicule, and p rove d him self something else which we will not venture to name. Mr. Peel took the charitable view of his Noble Friend which we did, and endeavoured to extricate his honour at the expence of his under standing. We do not, therefore, see how, after la bouring as he did to show that his single-hearted friend was also simple-minded in the vulgar acceptation of the word simple, he should complain of Mr. Baring adopting in charity his ground of defence of the Noble Duke, and " occupying his whole speech with an attempt to turn into ridicule the conduct of the Noble Duke." But still less can we see how the Right Hon. Gentleman, after resting his vindication of his Noble Friend on the ground of his misconceiving the letter of the Right Hon. Gentle man (Mr. Huskisson), could, with decency, after the lapse of a very few minutes, turn round on Mr. Huskisson, and transfer the misconception from the Noble Duke to him. " But why does the Hon. Gentleman attempt to ridicule my Noble Friend ? If his ridicule be successful, it applies to my Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Huskisson) who sits below him, and not the Noble Duke." Mr. Peel might have made the discovery before this—but he has not made it—that obliquity of purpose can with diffi culty be effectually concealed in a warm altercation. Why does Mr. Huskisson always appear to most ad vantage when hardest pressed ; and why does Mr. Peel appear to so much disadvantage when thrown off his guard? Because Mr. Huskisson is a straight forward man, who speaks what he really thinks, and who never looks one way and rows another, to use a common saying ; and because Mr. Peel has studied carefully in his closet the part which lie ought to act, and the real thought will often escape in the heat of debate instead of the pretexts intended to veil them. It is obvious, from what fell from Mr. Peel, that he is completely mixed up with the whole of the factious proceedings in the House of Lords. The admission that the Duke, if he had conceived the Amendment at variance with the principle of the Bill, would have consulted with him before pro posing it, coupled with his apologetic narrative of the manner of the Duke's having fallen into the mis conception, and the manly contradiction afterwards given by Mr. Huskisson of the only circumstances admitting of an explanation favourable to a bonajide interpretation of the proceedings of the faction, leaves it beyond a doubt that they originated in motives which will not bear the light of day. Whether some were dupes, and unaware of the exact character of the part they were playing, or whether all were aware of the game they were playing, but deemed the public would be hoodwinked by the stale pretext of misconceiving Mr. Huskisson's Letter, and that an abundance of charity would be manifested in making allowances for the seeming blunders of the Hero of Waterloo, must be left to the revelation of the parties themselves, who probably will ere long try to shift the odium front each other. But leaving this subject for the present, and leaving the defence of Mr. Peel, that " he had not the slightest doubt that his Noble Friend mistook his Right Hon. Friend's intention, and proposed his Amendment under the impression that he was act ing on the authority of his Right Hon. Friend," and let us leave the admission by Mr. Peel, of his being the confidant of the Duke, and the sin gular coincidence of five Ex-Ministers all in communication with each other, voting for a Clause admitted to be at variance with the principle of a Bill for which they were respon sible as Ministers—let us leave all this dirty, dis gusting, jesuitical work, and turn to the manly statement of Mr. Huskisson. Fortunately Mr. Hus kisson obtained from the Duke of Wellington a copy of his note, so that the terms of it are 'placed be yond dispute. The correspondence commenced by a wheedling sort of letter from the Duke to Mr. Huskisson, professing to be dictated by a desire to diminish opposition to the Bill, and inclosing • a clause which one should imagine could only be the composition of some inmate of Bedlam. The clause in question will be found in the report of Mr. Hus kisson's speech. Good God! that any man suffered to walk at large should think of making it a condi tion of not allowing corn to be entered for home consumption before the average reached 705., that the corn previously warehoused should have been entered for home consumption or exported, or that the con sent of the proprietors of the last-mentioned corn should be obtained under their hand and seal! Mr. Huskisson, believing the Duke desirous of under standing the subject, instantly dispatched the note so often alluded to. The note will speak for itself. But Mr. Huskisson did not leave him a shadow of pretext for the pretended misconception. When he found that an improper use had been made of his note, while there was yet time to rectify the error, he endeavoured to set the Drike right. But what was the conduct of the Noble Duke, and what the conduct of his Noble Friends ? Did they acquaint those whom they had deluded out of their votes on the pretext of Mr, Huskisson's sanction, with the mistake which had been made ? No. Did they acknowledge their own error ? No. They proceed as if still under the misconception which was as signed as the motive for proposing the Clause. Let the Duke of Wellington enjoy the rewards of his services to his country; but do not let him think that any services can screen him and his colleagues ' from the consequences of conduct, which must fill ' every well-constituted mind with inexpressible loathing and disgust. --Morning Chronicle. I The debate.m the House of Commons, last • night, was of a more interesting and important character than any that has occured for some weeks. The resolution of which Mr. Western had given notice, to bring into operation the Act of 1822, by repealing so much of it as pro hibits the importation of wheat until the average of the home market shall amount to 80s. gave rise to another resolution, moved by Mr. Can ning, of which the following is the tenour : "That it is the opinion of this Committee, that any sort of Corn, Grain, Meal, or Flour, the produce of Foreign Countries, and now in warehouse in the United Kingdom, or which may be reported to be warehoused, on or before the Ist day of July next, shall he admissible for home use, at any time before the Ist day of May, IS2B, subject to the duties provided in the Bill now in the Lords." The Right Hon. Gentleman, in the course of his speech, explained, that he had been induced to propose the adoption of a temporary measure, for a reason of which we are sure every well wisher to either House of Parliament will feel the full force—namely, to avoid all appearance of contention between the Commons and Lords.— We have all along stated, and they must have been ignorant indeed of the usages of the former House, who did not see it, that the Amendment of the Duke of Wellington was utterly fatal to the Bill. We said, indeed, that the Noble Duke should have moved the third reading of it. But we said said so from a wish that he and those who voted with him should act consistently with their professions, not from any idea that its ultimate passing was a matter even of hope. It is nearly as obvious, that to present again to their Lordships a permanent measure of a similar nature, to that they had treated so unceremoniously, would be only renewing a lengthened struggle, of which the approaching termination of the Session would not admit. Nothing remained, therefore, but a temporary measure; and that, from what fell from Mr. Canning, in the course of last night, we have every reason to suppose, will pass without much op position. Still, the fate of the Corn Bill, though thus partially atoned for, is deeply to be regretted, as it leaves this great question still undecided, and com pels Parliament, most unnecessarily, to enter once more on the task of decision, without 41 chance that it shall go to it with one additional fact, or one ad ditional argument. Mr. Canning's resolution was carried by 238 to 52; a majority far more triumphant than mere unanimity would have been. Such a majority will secure the Bill from being un necessarily protracted in its progress through the Commons; for, we can hardly suppose, the minority will rally to the charge after so marked a discomfiture. In the Course of the night, Mr. Huskisson took occasion to vindi cate himself from the charge of having con sented to the amendment of the Lords. We know that there are many persons, dull and honest, who look on Mr. Huskisson, and they do so truly, as so complete a master of argument, that, for that very reason, though powerless to reply to his state ments, they yet hear them with a certain degree of distrust. Last night, however, the Right Honourable Gentleman made use of an argument which generally carries conviction to the most sceptical or the most stolid— the argument of plain unembellished facts. The correspondence between him and the Duke of Wellington, which we give in to-day's New Times, placed the conduct of that noble personage—in lead ing and stimulating by his voice, his vote, and his influence, the opposition, which, in his letter to Mr. Huskisson, he professes an anxious wish to soften down—in a light, which, to his best friends, will, we rather think, be any thing but gratifying.—We can, however, only allude thus generally to a topic which requires, and will receive, more deliberate considera tion than we have at present time to give it.—New Times. CANOVA'S MONUMENT. VIENNA, JUNE 2.—Yesterday, lat of June, was ap pointed for the inauguration of the monument erected is the Church of St. Gloriosa dei Frari, in honour of the celebrated sculptor, Antonio Canova, by the liberal sub scriptions of almost all Europe. As this ceremony was in a manner a private affair of the Academy of the Fine Arts, which directed the erection of the monument, no particular invitations had been issued ; yet it was attended by a vast number of persons of all classes, including the principal civil and military authorities, the nobility, and foreigners of distinction now at Venice. The most eminent literati, not only of Venice, but of the neighbouring cities, honoured this ceremony with their presence. The monument, which was seen for the first time at a proper distance, excited all the admiration which the inventor of it (A. Canova) himself would have gained, had be lived to execute this work, which was de signed in 1794, for Titian Vicelli. On this occasion a very humorous historical notice was printed, respecting this great work, which is undoubtedly one of the most magni ficent in the world, by which all the Potentates of Europe with great and admirable generosity have honoured the modest virtues and great genius of the artist, induced, no doubt, by the liberality of his Majesty, our Emperor, who was the first to put down his name for a large sum on the list of subscriptions opened by a Committee of our Aca demy of the Fine Arts. Monsignore Gio Battista Canova, Bishop of Mireto, was present at the ceremony, but did not perform Divine Service, as it would have too much affected hint; perhaps this may not he the case at the consecration of the temple at Posagno, which is now nearly finished. The walls, however, being too damp to receive the last decorations, this tine edifice cannot be entirely completed and conse crated till next year. Meantime the worthy Prelate, to add to the splendour of the temple, and to honour the me mory of his illustrious brother, has confided to able artists the task of casting in bronze, the groupe of piety, the last work of Canova, to be placed in the temple on its con secration. DEATH OF Mr. P. HERVE.—On the 6th instant, at Chateau Dan, in France, Mr. P. Herve, the founder of the National Benevolent Institution, Great Rus sell-street, Bloomsbury, for relieving aged persons of a re spectable class of society, who may have experienced the vicissitudes of life. He lived to establish his plan beyond his utmost hopes, in Bath, Bristol, &c. as well as in Lon don, where 100 pensioners are supported quarterly, and 25 in addition will be elected in November. On Thursday, a woman was brought to the police-office, charged with having stolen several spades from the door of a shop in the High-street. On Friday morning, while one of the police-officers was passing the door of the room in which she was confined, he heard the noise of groans inside, which induced him to go for the key, and enter to see what was wrong. Fortunately lie entered in time to prevent the wretched inmate from committing self-destruction. She had tied and twisted a black silk handkerchief round her neck, and was endeavouring to strangle herself by pulling it with all her force. She had so far succeeded, that her face was beginning to grow black and discoloured, when the officer interfered, and pre vented her from executing her purpose.— Glasgow Chronicle. On Saturday last, in the village of Cargo, a combat of a truly novel description was witnessed. A hive of bees, belonging to a professional gentleman of this city, swarmed on Thursday last, after which they were hived in the regular way, and appeared to be doing well. On the Saturday after, a swarm of bees, from some neighbour ing hive, appeared to be flying over the garden in which the hive above-mentioned was placed, when they instantly , darted down upon the hive of the new settlers, and com pletely covered it ; in a little time they began to enter the hive, and poured into it in such nu mbers that it soo n b ecame complet e ly filled. A loud humming noise was heard, and the work of destruction immediately ensued ; the winged combatants sallied forth from the hive, until it became en tirely empty; and a furious battle coninaenced in " upper air," between the besiegers and the besieged. A spectator informs us that these intrepid little warriors were so nu merous, that they literally darkened the sky overhead like a cloud ; meanwhile the destructive battle raged with fury on both sides, and the ground beneath was covered with the wounded and the slain—hundreds of them were lying dead, or crawling about disabled from re-ascending to the scene of action. To one party, however, the palm of vic tory was at last awa r d e d , an d t h ey sett l e d upon t h e b ranc h of an adjoining apple-tree, from which they were safely placed in the empty hive w hi c h h a d been the object of their valiant contention, and w h ere t h ey now cont i nu e peace fully and industriously employed in adding to the 'stores of their commonwealth....,cathee patriot. SECOND SALE OF COSTLY BOOKS. MR. 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It will be perceived by our Parliamentary report, that Mr. CANNING, last night, brought forward Re solutions embodying the principles of the Bill which has perished under the blighting protection of the Duke of WELLINGTON, but restricting their opemtion to the amount of Corn now in bond, or on its way from Canada. We rejoice that His Majesty's Ministers have thus evinced, even to the satisfaction of their enemies, a determination to promote the best interests of the country, and when thwarted by factious ignorance, in what they conceived the best course to pursue, have sought for no selfish triumph by exposing their opponents to the inevitable odium of leaving the Corn Question in its present; state, but have made every sacrifice of feeling to duty, by suiting the Bill to the grovelling prejudices of the mongrel Opposition with which the country is at present cursed. We are convinced that few will dissent from Mr. CANNING'S opinion which he stated last night, and the perusal of which we would recom mend to all those who are concerned. " I can conceive," said the Right Hon. Gentleman, " no degree of faction more inexcusable, more blame able, or more wicked, than that by which a subject, touching the most vital interests of the community, is made the means of political attack." As to the correspondence of the Duke of WEL LINGTON with Mr. HUSKISSON (which will be found in another part of our Paper), we shall, at present, offer no remarks, but it would re quire no ordinary degree of obtuseness or wilful blindness to escape coming to the conclusion, on pe rusing it, that his GRACE had better relinquish, with all possible speed, " the crooked paths of politics," and rest on his cars during these " piping times of peace," till it shall please Providence to render his exertions necessary in that department where alone he can look for fame. 1 The French Papers of Saturday and the Mode dated Sunday have come to hand. The Moniteur promises next day to lay before its readers the re report made to the Chamber of Peers on the Budget. The produce of the indirect taxes exceeded, during the month of May, 1827, the produce of the same month, 1825, by 4,298,000 francs, and that of May, 1826, by 489,000 francs. The Etoile contains no news. The Journal des De bats has some pointed and very sensible observations upon the recent treaty between France and Mexico, which we stated yesterday. It appears the French Mi nistry are afraid to call things by their proper names, lest they offend the royal delicacy of Spain, which is particularly tender upon matters touching the independence of the South American Republics. This treaty, therefore, they style a Declaration, in order perhaps to afford them a wider field for dis playing their abilities at equivocation, in which diplo matic art they can shuffle the cards with a faci lity truly astonishing to less gifted individuals. But we apprehend that Mexico will not consent to this questionable arrangement—her independence must be fully recognised, or she can hold no terms with France upon an honourable footing. If she compro mise her virtue in the outset, she can never recover her dignity, though she may regain her natural rights. To be respected by her neighbours she must first learn to respect herself, and her character will only be the more esteemed in proportion to her lofty estimate of national liberty—the only true criterion of a virtuous and mighty people. FRENCH FUNDS, June 16.—Five per Cents, 101 f. 80c. ; Three per Cents, 69f. 90e. ; Bank Stock, 2040 f. ; Neapolitan Rents, 75f. 80c. Milan Gazettes to the sth inst. have been re ceived. They only contain an account of the inau guration of a monument dedicated to CANOVA, which will be found in another column. Hamburgh Papers to the 17th inst. have been re seived. They contain some further repetitions of the actions before Athens, in which the Greeks are said to have lost severely. The Allgenteine Zeitung of the 12th instant re ceived this morning contains no later intelligence respecting Greece. It appears that some vessels which arrived at Odessa from Constantinople, so late as the 29th May, had heard at the latter place, on the 25th, that severe fighting took place before Athens early in the month, in which both parties claimed the victory, but the brave KARAISKAKI was said to have fallen, with 800 Greeks. This may unhappily be considered as confirmatory of the ac counts already received through other channels : onEssA, mAY 29. Above 60 vessels have arrived here from Constantinople, the last of which left that capital on the 25th of this month. According to the private letters which have been received by them, very sanguinary engagements had taken place at the beginning of this month, under the walls of the Acropolis, between the Greek army under Cochrane, Church, and Karaiskaki, and the Turkish army besieging t h e fortress, under the Seraskier, Redschid Pacha ; accord ing to the Greek accounts, the brave Karaiskaki, and about SOO Greeks, Were killed, and the loss of the Turks is said . to be great proportion. Greek letters further affirm, that Athens Is occupied by the Greeks; and consequently the Acropolis still holds out. But according to the Turk ish accounts, the victory was entirely on the side of Red said Pacha, and there is no hope left of the deliverance of the Acropolis. We must wait for further information. VIENNA, JUNE ?.—Metalliques, 90 5-16 ; Bank Stock, 1092. The French Government have taken active measures to bring the Dey of Algiers to a sense of justice ; the Provence line of battle ship, Aurore and Cibele frigates, and two small vessels having sailed from Toulon on the Bth instant for Algiers; and two other frigates sailed a few days since from Brest for the same destination. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Consols opened at 85i and remain at present at this rate, scarcely any fluctuation having taken place since the commencement of business ; no alteration since yesterday in India Bonds or Exchequer Bils. The Foreign Funds are without any important feature. The proceedings in the House of Commons on the Corn question last night have been the chief subject of conversation in the City this morning, and they are universally hailed as a satisfactory proof of the determination of his Majesty's Ministers to use every effort to put in effect the main provisions of the Corn Bill. Three per Cent. Console, shut ; Ditto for Account, 851 ; India Bonds, 84 6 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 50 1 pm. Foaxmar.—Brazilian, 58 9; Buenos Ayres, 60 1 ; Chilian, 25 7 ; Colombian, 1824, 281 94; Danish, 624 1 ; Greek, 154 16; Mexican 3 per Cent., 564 74 ; Ditto 6 per Cent. '7O ; Peruvian, 22 4; Portuguese, 754 ; Russian, 924 ; Spanish, 114 12. _ _ . _ _ MIN zs. ---Alglo Mexican, 47i 2i die. ; Brazilian, 1 die. par ; Colombian, 10 12 per Share ; Real del Monte, 60 40 dis. ; Tlalpuxahua, 60 40 dia. ; Bolanos, 100 80 dis._ _ . Two a' Clock. Consols for Account, 85! i. THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols 85k, buyers. TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCE. MR. EDITOR,—It is remarkable that none of the news papers have yet observed that the ATTORNEY-GENERAL of March, 1795, who is stated by the late Lord KENT - ow, in the memorable correspondence lately published, to have concurred with him in the opinions delivered to his late MAJESTY, that there was no legal or constitutional objec tion, arising from the Coronation Oath, to Catholic Eman cipation, was a personage of no less importance than the present Jomf, Earl of El.noN.—l am, &c. Temple, June 18, 1827. A LAWYER. THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) A Meeting of the Shareholders in the Thames Tunnel Company was held this day, at the City of London Tavern, JOHN SMITH, Esq. M.P. in the Chair._ The Directors' Report was read, which entered at length into the nature of the accident, and the particulars of the efforts made by Mr. Brunel to remedy it. The amount of shares on which the Company had called was 50,595/. ; their engagements, exclusive of the expense incurred by the late accident, were 12,9001. The Directors had de termined to make a further call of 5/. per share. The Act for forming the Company empowered the Directors to raise their capital from 200,000/. to 250,000/. They re commended an adjournment until the water was entirely removed from the tunnel and shaft, when a full statement could be afforded. The Engineer's report was then read, which described the nature of the ground where the water had rushed through, and detailed the means taken to stop the progress of the water, concluding with a statement of his confidence in the means he was adopting for that purpose. Both these reports were received, and after some conversation, the Meeting adjourned. The KING has signified his intention to re ceive the City Address when he comes to town to prorogue Parliament, which it is expected will be in the course of next week. THE QUEEN OF WURTEMBERG.—The Duchess of CLARENCE, the Duchess of Kr/4T, the Princess AUGUSTA, the Princess SOPHIA, the Princess SOPHIA MATILDA, and the Princess FEODORE, were of the dinner party given on Sunday to her MAJESTY by the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, at Gloucester-house, Park-lane. The Duke of CLARENCE and the Duke of SUSSEX joined the Royal party in the evening. The QUEEN received visits yesterday morning from the Duke of SUSSEX, the Duchess of CLARENCE, the Duchess of KENT; and the Princesses VICTORIA and FEO - the Princess AUGUSTA, the Princess SOPHIA, the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, Colonel and Mrs. COOPER, and Mrs. SHAW. Some of the Members of the Royal Family partook of a dejeune with her MAJESTY, previous to her departure for the seat of the Princess Augusta, at Frog more. Her MAJESTY, accompanied by the Princess AUGUSTA, left the King's Palace, St. James's, at half-past two o'clock, in a carriage and four, with outriders, for Frogmore. Sir THOMAS HAMMOND, Master of the Queen's Establishment, Madame and Mademoiselle ROEDER, Ladies in Waiting to her MAJESTY, together with the Queen's principal attendants, left town about the same time, in four carriages, for Frogmore. A portion of the KING'S Household have also left town for Frogmore, to attend her MAJESTY dur ing her stay there. The Duke of CLARENCE honoured the Earl and Countess of Cassurs with his company to dinner on Sunday, at their residence in Privy-gardens. Some of the Cabinet Ministers had a meeting yesterday afternoon with Mr. CANNixo, at his residence in Drowning-street.. Yesterday being the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, the mess of his MAJESTY'S Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms gave a splendid dinner at the Free masons' Tavern, in honour of the day. On Thursday last his Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE and WILLIAM ALEXANDER MAC KIN/foil, Esq., were elected Fellows of the Royal Society. The Earl and Countess of CASSILIS gave a splendid dinner on Sunday to the Duke of Clarence, Duke of Newcastle, Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, Lord and Lady Farnborough, Marquis and Marchioness de Palmella, Countess Munster, Lord William Bentinck, Sir Charles and Lady Elisabeth Stuart, and several more persons of distinction. The Earl of DARLINGTON gave a grand entertainment on Saturday at Cleveland House, St. James's-square, to the Dowager Countesses of Poulett and Cork, Lord Bloomfield, Lord Rancliffe, Sir J. Beresford, Sir George Cockburn, Sir C. Hamilton, Sir W. Hope and Lady Athlone, Colonel Arden, Captain and Mrs. Poulett, Mr. and Mrs. Paull, Mr. Crumpton, Mr. Duncomb Shafto, &c. Sir WATKIN and Lady H. Wm. WYNN entertained a Select Party to dinner, on Sunday, at their house, St. James's-square; among whom were—Sir H., Lady, and Miss Mainwaring, Colonel Vaughan, Colonel Buckworth, Mr. Tomkinson, Mr. Hinchliffe, Miss Wal pole, Mr. C. Walpole, &c. Viscountess HAMPDEN gave a grand ball and supper yesterday evening, at her house, in Green•street, Grosvenor-square, which was attended by upwards of SOO of the haut ton. The Earl of ABERDEEN entertained a distin guished party to dinner, yesterday, at Argyll House. Lord ELLENBOROUGH entertained Lord and Lady KING, and a large party to dinner on Sunday, at his seat at Roehampton. The Marquis of LANSDOWN entertained a large party to dinner on Saturday, at Lansdown House, Berkeley-square, among whom were the Earl and Countess Mor4ey, the Earl and Countess of Clare, Lord and Lady Wm. Bentinck, Lord Duncannon, Lord Morpeth, Lord Althorpe, Mr. Canning, the Countess of Carlisle, Mr. Moore, Mr. Rogers, 84c1 _ A private letter from Paris, states as follows: —" We received yesterday (May 26) a letter from Mademoiselle Sontag, in which she mentions that she has broken off her engagement at Berlin, and placed herself for the present under the direction gf the Managers of the Italian Theatre. She has also, it seems, broken off her projected marriage, so that instead of one noble admirer, she will secure a thousand." —L e Furet. We regret to notice, that while attending the practice of the artillery at Guernsey, on Monday, Colonel Mellish was thrown off his horse, and received a severe contusion on one of his temples. It appears that the animal stepped into a rabbit hole, fell down, and, on rising, trod on its rider's head. The Colonel was conveyed to his residence, in Sir John Colboneo ovriage4.Bouthomr ton Herald. SHIPPING♦ INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JUNE 18.—Wind S. W.—Remain Ifarq9 l6 Wellington, Chapman, for Bengal ; Padang, Rogers, for, Padang. The Maria has been ashore near Dungeness, an° lost anchor and cable. FALMOUTH, JUNE 17.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Rembrandt, Brown, fur France. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 18.—Wind S. W.—Sailed th e Asia, Parkins, for Quebec. Ersuroax, Jurrx 9.—The Clio, of Dundee, Gormay , from Riga, ran on shore in Gothland, but has been got offs by assistance of the Diving Company, after dischargi?g part of her cargo, and will proceed after re-shipping It , not having sustained any material damage. The Provence, line-of-battle ship, Aurora and Cybel e frigates, and two small vessels of war, sailed from Toulon on the Bth inst. for off Algiers. The Sylvia, Hayes, from London to Demerara, .was on shore yesterday in Dungeness West Bay, but expected to be got off. The Laurel, Colley, from Shields to Scarborough, sunk off that port on Sunday evening, having struck on Feb' Bridge ; crew saved. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Lord Chief Baron, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Darnley, and Lord Delamere, attended to-day fo r the purpose of hearing Scotch Appeals. The only case which came before them was one of intereet only to the parties. COURT OF CHANCERY. ROADLEY V. DIXOY. The LORD CHANCELLOR. gave judgment in this case' which was argued before him whilst Master ef the Roll& The question for the consideration of the Court arose ofV ° the will of the late Richard Roadley, Esq. of Searley, Lincolnshire, and was, whether the widow of the testator was to take her dower as well as the provision given W her by the will, or whether she was to be put W her election, either to take the provision or the dower. fli‘ Lordship felt bound to call on the lady to make her elec• tion. All parties to have their costs out of the testatO estate. Under this judgment, the lady decided off hand hi her Counsel to take her dower, as that will yield her mu ch more than the amount of the legacies. The Court heard Appeals. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. CITY BROKERS. ORZEW, V. WEAVIIR, This case was not concluded when we went to press. COURT 01? KING'S BENCH. ihnu.strax V. CODD AIM ANOTHER. In this use, wkich was tried beior;l7;clixtmanss on Thursday last, a verdict was found for the plaintiff, and Mr. J. WILLIAMS now moved for a rule to chew cause, why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted.—Rule granted. GEORGE V. LIMBERTS. The ATTORNEY-Gexaaar. in this case moved for 6 rule, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the Yer" diet recovered by him should not be set aside and a nevi trial granted, on the ground of excessive damages havill been granted.—Rule refused. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (SITTINOS IN BANCO.) COLLTYB. V. WILLOCK. In this case, which was tried before the LOAD CHIO . JUSTICE in this Court, and a verdict returned for the plaintiff, with 101. damages, Mr. S ergeant W ILDS nos° moved to set aside the verdict and to enter a nonsuit.o-- Rule granted. HIGH COURT OF. ADMIRALTY. CAPTURE OF JAVA. This was a case of prize-money, which was fully ser a4 in another Term. The Cover now proceeded to deliver its judgment, The question arose out of a difference as to the manner in whi eb the booty was distributed that had been captured by _ i_ naval and military forces engaged in the capture of Java , under Admiral Stopford and General Auchmuty. The Pr perty was properly collected and realised, and the procee o transmitted to England. Two distributions were mad e ' according to a rule acted upon for many years, to the effec t that the agents of the two .servieee should receive in pro' portion to the relative numbers employed in the enterpriee' In the present instance, the military force engaged was the largest, and, according to the old rule, the army agents re' ceived the largest proportion of the prize money. Whe n the third distribution came to be made, however, the cOO mercial house in possession of the property divided it by Aiw a : rule, under the sanction ofLord Ell en borough's - was, that whatever may be the diversity of numbers of eac h r r vice engaged in an expedition,the booty should be equally ci tributed. That opinion was acted upon by this Court IP a question arising upon the booty captured at Tsxrag° 3 ,al but the Court expressly observed, when laying down ie rule in that case, that it desired to be nuderstooll as pro tecting itself against ripping up former distributions, under the old rule. Notwithstanding that declaration, however, Mr. England, the a g e nt for th e nava l f orce s e ngaged in the capture of Java, now called upon the Court to say whether justice would be don e t o th e navy , if h e did no t receive a proportion, equivalent to that received by the other pa rt y' The Court, however, cons id ere d that it was bound t° adhere to the caution previously expressed, and not to ri? up former distributions. It therefore dismissed the appli cation, but without costs, as it was a very proper question for the opinion of the Court. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. —(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. J A MES'S. X. a. £. 8 X. 9. L. lj Lowland Mead. Hay 4 oto 5 5 Clover Hay 4 15 to/ 0 Upland Ditto ....... 5 0 610 Oat Straw Rye-grass Hay 506 10 Wheat Ditto 2O 2 5 New Ditto—. ... .. 410 510 Meadow Hay from 58. to 10s. per load lower, Straw 28. to If: per load higher than last quoted; in prices of Clover Hay n . teration. Supply good, and trade dull. SMITHFIELD. r se. s. £. s. ,0. 0 Lowland Mead. Hay 3 10to 4 10 Cloy. Hay generally 4 4to 6 Upland Ditto 4lO 510 Do. extra tine...... 0 0 6 , Rye-grass Hay 4lO 510 Oat Straw ll4 ' New Meadow Hay 4 4 415 Wheat Ditto 1 16 2 10 Meadow Hay 10s., Clover Hay from lls. to 20s. lower 0 last quoted; prices of Straw stationary. A great supply, 8 " very dull trade. SEPARATE MEETING OF CATHOLIC, (From the Dublin Evening Post, Second Edition.) This Meeting was held at the Corn Exchange to-del' Mr. KELLY, of Acton, in the Chair. Mr. O'CowNELL, in a very able speech, entered into th e consideration of some political occurrences which bad tA e° place since the last meeting of Catholics. H e d we lt par" - , cularly on the petitions of English Dissenters fo r L i/liver s e . liberty of conscience : he asked, was not the agitation of the Catholic Question in Ireland useful when it produced snob an important result as this; he declared himself of opinion, that one of the first acts of the Catholic Body ought to V a petition to Parliament for a repeal of the Corporatiol and TCounties tha in that immediately shouldyafterthir Term, meet, to prepare Petitions for Emanci p ation earl y neat Session. He discussed the Coronation Oath, and sho wed and A e cts. Provinces H e recommended,a and the that the very clause' of it would bind a King who took i t to grant Emancipation, if it passed through Parliamen t ' He next commented on the Lord Chancellor's refusal o f the Commissio n o f the Peace to Sir Patrick Bellew , an d concluded by moving an address to Sir P. Bellew. Mr. SHELL addressed the meeting in a long and eloquen t speech. Mr. STEEL (a Protestant Magistrate) moved, that the Secretary of the Catholics should write to all the Mag i.- ti-ates, who are members of the Catholic Association, to join in the address to Sir P. Bellew.—Passed. Mr. J. O'G. MAHON, Mr. LAWLESS, and several other, Gentlemen addressed the meeting, which then adjottrue' till Wednesday. NEW CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. Mr. STEEL in the Chair. Mr. O'CormEtt. gave notice of a motion concerning the expediting of the Census, which, he said, would corro borate Sir Henry Parnell's assertion, the other day, that the population of Ireland was fully nine millions. Mr. CONWAY postponed the reading of several Cene o returns which he had received, until next meeting- Amount of Rent since last meeting, 784 ig s . id. VAUXHALL GARDENS. The long-promised spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo* together with all its accompaniments of " guns, trumpeter blunderbusses, drums, and thunder," was last night pro duced for the first time at these Gardens. As a whole ? it was highly successful, must have cost a world of =pawl, and wil4lvre doubt not, prove highly beneficial tg 21 ..1e Pro prietors. Paniwb PvaLnwiD ~hr . YouNG, tb• svN-OFFic., rio, ,It, Strand.