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pleased tolnl lately preferred !4. 41 against D J oiel moat the accosd distinctly to stair mean to cast tb' Irish law officer' that the Irish 10 1 Irish law officer on had regard ; purpose was vi temporary law Of file the law was j 0 ;ration of the 1 0 ' .4taiiiittien, in Ol t ned in force. dogs, that person . I under such toi l ' cape punishmen t ' ;he Acts before the the indictment 0i ;1, as he conceiveari his only object s!I a Bill to the effec t arc that there 05 out opposition• TE. Y, AUG. 4. nt in which eon , ' I of the ar g umen t, uld not be safe fa! nd in this c:iusey °„ the hearing. ml o hear appeals afteli Aiee an affidavit 01 Agment could 0 9/ is case been serve c;11 the appeal oa f I by the Court f or uld not he proYCU ,e parties in taking rject to be set asidt rstand the groun d uc notice had WO 1 with the appe 4 . l9 ' • taken of being ose of despatchtl i g the benefit of th e r;e from them. li ts the point, but he ---~, a l'o used for the purpose of compelling Dr. Butler to !educe his tithes, and if so, then they were guilty of the charge. Ater a consultation of about an hour, the Jury brought verdict of guilty on the first count, and of acquitta on the two last. The Kilkenny Journal states that the sentence passed !Yon Messrs. Byrne and Blanclifiehl was twelve months' imprisonment, and a fine of 501. each. / r ,d ,4' COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of GAthiaincE, accompanied by Prince Gitos,, and Princess AUGUSTA of Cambridge, and at ttothild,sed bev y Baroness AlirErEt.rrr, Sir JAMES REYNETr,and Mr. W OOD , h onoure d th e dedeune i I Lady y 1."01*. BENTINCK, at her residence at Norwood, with her presence yesterday. The Duke of BRAGAI•IzA, attended by the Marquis DE 14 7 the paid a visit to the QUEEN on Wednesday, at Palace at St. James's. Despatches for Viscount PALMERSTON from the Hague lorel,e t. brought b y a King's messenger, who arrived at the eign•office nn Wednesday night. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Foreign ,F6, ‘vhich w as a tt en d e d by th e L ORD C HANCELLOR , t h e l' kllrqui 3 of LANSDOWNE, Earl GREY, Viscounts MEL °au, Lord" of PALAIERsTON, GODERICH, and ALTHORP, the of CARLISLE, the Right Hon. CHARLEs GRANT, n uOLLAND, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Lord DURHAM, s,be,d.JOHN RUSSELL, the Duke of RICHMOND, and Mr. Is The Ministers remained in deliberation about two hours and a half. 0, After the b rea ki ng up o f t h e C ounc il, Monsieur FARCE, o'' Amb assa d or f rom t h e Netherlands, and the Baron rLEN DE NYEVELT, on a special mission from the King h e NETHERL A N DS , had a long conference with Viscount A LMEEsToN at the Foreign-office. After the departure ' thei r E xcellencies, the Austrian, French, and Russian tnl iassador s , the Prussian Minister, and the Austrian , v .;°Y Extraordinary, held a conference for some hours o f f s Viscount PALMERSTON, at the office of the Secretary St ate for F ore i gn Aff a i rs . i, VAN DE WEYER, the Minister from Belgium, had also interview with Viscount PALMERSTON. "Patehes w ere f orwar d e d a t an early hour yesterday l i r j'sning to hi s MAJESTY, at the Pal ice at W i ndsor, from "Unt PALM ERSTON . 1 4 7 1 n umerous deputation of West India merchants, headed " 1 ( . 2 "5n1. RIBBERT and COLVILLE, had a conference with ViseoUnt GODERICH, Viscount ALTHORP, and Lo rd AUCKLAND, On Wednesday, at the Colonial-office. 4 !'e Marquis of LANSDOWNE entertained the Cabinet . in tisters at dinner on Wednesday evening, at his residence ;; ler keley-quare. th e 'Patches for Lord AYLMER and Sir Joni.; COLBORNE, wer Clorernor and Lieutenant-Governor of the Canadas, cent off last evening from the Colonial-office. h as Miniatur e o f h er R oya l Hi g h ness t h e P r i ncess V ICTORIA lust been finished by Mr. NEWTON. of th le GEORGE SMART has been appointed by the Lords at de Privy Council to conduct the musical department e Coronation. in Lord JAME S STUART a n d Ald er m an T itomrsoN h a d Tr e -iute rview with Viscount ALTHORP yesterday at the r) , . Wheat. . Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. e. to s. Abingdon-- 62 81 31 43 22 30 38 Andover. '73 80 37 41 Birmingham......— 64 72 22 40 21 32 4S ltridport 56 74 32 39 26 30 54 Cirencester 57 68 38 44 24 29 42 Faringdon,— 54 86 36 40 26 38 46 Guildford -----, 48 74 32 26 35 43 Henley 54 83 30 35 20 30 40 Hereford 84 92 44 48 40 Highworth f 2 80 32. 42 28 34 56 Maidenhead 65 83 32 46 _2O 33 37 Monmouth— 61 72 23 Reading Salisbury.-- 52 66 32 36 29 32 44 Southampton 54 78 37 40 28 32 50 Stroud - 64 78 al. 38 22 32 46 Tewkesbury * 65 74 40 42 30 38 48 Uxbridge 48 78 32 38 2-1 at 46 Wantage 5B 80 30 43 21 30 42 Warminster 46 (8 23 28 25 39 46 Windsor.. Worcester 64 68 24 36 24 45 CHELTENHAM MA RKET.—Aug. 2. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Pei lb. d. to d. Wheat Barley 4 0 5 6 Mutton Oats 4 0 4 3 Veal Beans Pease 5 0 7 0 Lamb 0 0 Hay 3l. 10s. to 3/. 15s. Cd. per ton. MAJESTY'S SHIP THETIS. 4 tzt ract of a l e tt er f rom t h e A gent to Ll oy d' s at Ri o P 4 ,Z i ro, dated June I :—" By the last accounts from Cape time' the l arge derr i ck had g i ven way; so that for some frnthe exertions must go on with the small diving-bell biZ the launch. His Majesty's ship Lightning, Capt. 44 10 1 . 4 ' 0 n, has been ordered up here in consequence of the tt l d 4 : II 41 '8 departure (which will take place immediately), not resume his station by the wreck o f the Thais of hi s 1 , e Druid frigate, now looked for, or some other of Nth, ' l aiesty's ships, enter the harbour. Th e Adelaide ttg,` l : (tend er to the Warsp i te ) i s t h e only vessel which the interim, be spared for the service of Cape Frio." BRUSSELS PAPERS. ti: a til tiSSEL S , J ULY 31.—W e not know what founda 'Red. ' l e may be for the reports of war that are circu the."'e will only observe that three days ago (the 27th) Al ons 'r!F said to the Deputation of the Civic Guard of the that the political horizon seemed to be clearing up ; Civi c G !"' ne day he said to another Deputation of the Of " rd, that he had confidence in the assurances Peace. " We will add to th e re fl ec ti ons of the Courier d e la e "ei that the Ki ng con fi rme d hi s h opes o f peace b y a . ald at Antwerp :—" The city of Antwerp is in inerchag Situation on a ccoun t o f th e c it a d e l. Com o'',4las need of peace, and s i ncere ly d o I h o p e I s h a ll da n i tr „to make the inhabitants perfectly secure from 16 i 'o n the private i• h give, we „ e letter from Antwerp, wit ne A atilber foll ow i ng words, addressed by the King to t h e itt . of Comm erce :—" Before I left London I turned 104 tentiOn to you; I shall take further steps to secure . t ap.inst any new d angers . Y ou h ave nee d of peace, Ishi• letll is peac e th a t ma k e s commerce flourish. The news 1 1 , I received yesterday from London gives me the Pe that your alarms will cease." Il atisser.s, AUG. I.—The Politique regrets that Ittr ecribtir g is not included in the itin e ra r y o f th e Ki ng ' s 11.. "• It mould b e w rong t o i n f er f rom t hi s any thing son to Dr. t al svourable with respect to L uxem b urg, an d t h ere is no 1 30 1 toimagine that he . will not al so v i s i t t h at province. nchurch ; was t i l ) ; army of the M euse , un d er t h e command of General ut two o'clock ,s L tat l i ei o will encamp at the beginning of August on the f Malines, and the army of the Scheldte, under Rennet's-bridge qei let4l f Tieken Terhorve, between Westmore and the time after saw ae'd t asil Brecht. We learn that the works lately corn- Ise from his fatiti t aer, on the fortress of Ypres are continued with great house when tv",r k t i ,Z:: e Y t . t This. coincides with the article of the Moniteur. what they wante d ! own to admit tbet; sp olie ' d er from London says the King of Holland has h to . the conference to know whether he might re ituessd, and lie was ag 1 . 0 0, tire ostilities. An Answer has been given him to the saw a 42 ti et that th e him draw to e Five Powers intend to maintain the armis 7averser Blanch 6e : 3 ,llo status quo, and consequently there must be 'no first went ti o ' c ;,,; , , l) ts t °lee ' :roved might con: tt ss re t H h t JuLtr 19 . —Tranquillity is perfectly restored, asked them a sec,' t l!ftst e following particulars to add to my yesterday's wanted ; after av' re 1 1 , 1t5 t . , -- When the riotous students had attained their le to demand a !' 4,1 the communication over the bridge was re • -- the Registrar, st.,l'; stated that seve c i ; men get down t be future, ariy of :rved with the sr o 1 at the time vin e mould, on the P ece i tr ,i ie subpoena, pro parties, and The ight require. o e the Registrar, s 'ION. Journal.) kir. Byrne, two g e Judge JouNsot . ' frig with other. Burnehurch, to 1 myable out of su l to injure Dr. Bo ti illyas.embling i Jurors on the po During this bot i ' tg sticks and 4 anchficld was aol° 7 step off his fat hef ,, ho made the ano 4 ( ttlser to that snO o l laws, neither o iat he never 1)0,, ection of his ti t ,"f lie people said lad one, and that,"; law allowed tti ; the people vin d ii ne person addroni Blanchfield stand louse, addressing , o l was to the folloyfial of give any sat es ` them them ; the re #2 ,4' es to Dr. Butlers 0 'or them. fie i' s o d iy 'aye,' an d t 1 1 0: c or six said " 14 .0 J, ersons in the cr°,',/; satisfied with traversers, svvrej,f re must have v - t o d he would put was what they 1(1 . 1 0 , ' t lie would do second time, Thody said `` hour. Ol e last witne s s house on the SOP' t e f ere in the first 1t0,,0 -d hail burls ors toti in their hands' dar d 'KV!, in his 0 1 that those p d 0 ,4 ession who di'', 0 / ey were comyelh',o64 [Vine did not e l p oi but did their ot thte?;bey remained quiet. But an immense mob passed 1 % 5. gli St Yer a l streets in the afternoon, broke the win ked 4 ‘if the S enate-house, of the Palace of Count Ceeraky, t e l 'ther h e ' in the streets, aitv t ousts,. destroyed all the lamps Y")td I,,ted excesses in some public•houses, went then be 4tNnt"e 11 ' 0 4 and destroyed the buildings erected for tlttett '4llterforrning quarantine. All the . persons in them ,Ne t t ~ at liberty, the guard of sixteen men dis c'Ne),,ge officers robbed and ill used. But soon after 10e f`,. veral detachments of troops with two cannon aidTnt the city, under the command of Generals e tt ,' ; W., who put down the rioters, took luau of 111. 13 14 ' s "erai and broaglit them into the city. About I htti,:'t eight in the evening they arrived in the Hay- AtPite of Where a numerous crowd waited for them, in 1," the ti '' Nimmons before made for all to go home.— ‘'1),,t134'01) would not disperse, and the prisoners, 11. • 'td e Ilecured, resolved to effect their escape, .G General 41 ; 41 the troops to tire upon the mob, which they ''' "I'erl • 2O and 30 I , i ,atti ed. persons were killed, and between ply h a , , from that moment all the streets in the vici -ne, ‘e been cleared and further tumult has taken It tt'„ 1 no ttl teak, 4 More prisoners were arrested yesterday. I tht ~,eeklti that there is no sign of the cholera here; i 4 : 1 1: , no ru e : t r r a a: Y, f th L e . health of the city is remarkably i 'he f • Wm any bulletin published yesterday. l, so d . () Lieutenant-Colonel 11— will take , ts t , I ' I Y, he was shot the day before yesteidiy before ti I he ii i n tk a't in the Haymarket, while looking on. „'"itaii i 'Vier Guard is now being organized. Reports 'IN . 'eerie% in other parts of Ilungary geatly need I tton. ' Ol llit ----"........... ..................2-T- -___ : Nr g „ y °l7l4G QUEEN OF PORTUGAL.—In {IN p o hi °' Wednesday a considerable number of Portu i,Nonenlen and gentlemen of distinction called at the going h ' and inscribed their names in DONNA Mint A's e i. aok. th rim Several other persons of rank also paid 'ii t ,_ e 4 tary ,i,. C eti se re h visits to the young QUEEN. , Among Iti l e , sl s• Cr MAJESTY' S Lord Chamberlain, Earl HOl% E, hill'LktV Ili j ° I 'N DOYLE, Bart., G. C. B , and Sir JOHN gh ''OYLE ti, tt i the ) the Gallant Member for Carlow. Him itt, I t 4, tike of BICAOANZA, attended by the Mar ,,tt,i4 4',1,:,.."nt: and Major WEBSTER, proceeded in state kit '4l au t i k to h,, MAJESTY'S levee, when his Highness k cl , r„ anti iof the RiNo. The Ex•EstrEnor. after t'itt., Itt a . ed to the Clarendon, where the Duchess of .011,1Zire of Louts BoNAPA ' ivrE, and formerly Queen et bland, re e ntertained by the royal party at dinner. I° o l ll 4 l ' "N t' ,, o ' I ' so been sojourning some months in town ; li i ! tht l'er, )340 Louts NAPOLEON BONAPARTE is staying `kip., s hoto iI'IIA MARIA and the Ex-Empress remained lit,ittl th at taroughout the day. It is, however, an ilt;t3lNl eh or t t il l a Youthful QUEEN nEtcN and her ' . august rela 'Ns, 3 ' proceed to Windsor on a visit to their n Power, FA''' read over the d e evidence, Id/rife, the system. 'LA 46 1 1 . , IVIO P.,101! ItUOUS 001 Unl6%So 1 C prkOner t; ca defence eoabir di It was fair to c00c,,,,11 reven tion of ve..(,,,f Thaw! in a 0100,4 wa, that It 1, end the ope►"il hat there would tie had heard that I ° stood in hiq W et atifitA their inlet, iir Edward Sugd et : per for the exPre': C was not to be rt l (told be obstruct ej ;big under preterto understood, and t he ir. If any attetl: ties who made t o strong enough,,, he beaten, or. sed upon hint. during this m oor . , the public s erft' t do so. He slid, to carry the ortlde tad not—which 4 h , e Legislature " . 9 that his applicatt° FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Dowager Marchioness of Londondcrrv, at Christchurch, Hants, from her scat, Bolderwood Lodge ; Lord Churchill, at Brighton, from his scat in Oxfordshire ; J. P. Boileau, Esq. and Lady Catherine Boileau, in Upper Brook-street, from Norfolk; Sir Lloyd Dukenfield, Bart. and Miss Dukenficld, at Fenton' , Hotel, St. James's-street, from Reading. Berkshire; Mrs. Ha milton and family, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Scotland ; Sir Thomas Wilmington, Bart. at Hawkins's Hotel, Dover and Albemarle-streets, from Ramsgate; Captain and Mrs. Locke, in Grosvenor-street, from Cheltenham ; Mr. and Mrs. Lister, in Regent-street, from the Continent; Baron Billow, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jerinvn-street, from the Continent; Mons. de Laglandiere and Miss Vandermarq, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson, from Brighton ; W. Williams, Esq. at the Orleans Hotel late Miller's), Jermyn-street, from Aperbergwyn A. R. Blake, Esq. (Chief Remembrancer of Ireland), at ditto; 3. Burgess, Esq. and Mrs. Burgess, at the Berners Hotel, Berners_ street, from Nottingham ; the Rev. J. Mtn - dock, Mrs. Mortlock, and family, at ditto, from Brighton. DEPARTURES. Lord Farnborough, for his seat, at Bromley Hill,:6ent; Major and Mrs. Tyler, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Win_ Chester; the Rev. G. Jcnyns, from ditto, for his seat in Cam bridgeshire ; Captain Murray, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, for Worthing ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Fitzgerald, from Harley_ street, for their seat in Ireland ' • Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Green, f rom Parke-lane, I r their seat in Leicestershire ; the Hon. Mrs. Strange, and Mrs. Pitt Dundas, from the Berners Hotel, Ber_ hers-street, for Hants ; Sir M. B. Clare and Lady Clare, from ditto, for Croniarty House, N. B.; Mrs. Careless and Miss Limpets, from ditto, for Toubridge Wells; the Duke Laval Montmorency, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jerrnyn.strect, on a tour; the Prince Eugene the Berghos, from ditto, on a tour; Sir W. Scott, Bart. from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Mr. and Mhs Seddon, from ditto, for Brighton. THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARK ET.—Aug. 3. In this day's market, which exhibited a moderately good sup_ ply, and was pretty well attended both by London and country buyers, the trade was rather dull throughout, at the following prices per stone of 81b. to sink the oflals Beef 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. Veal 3s. Bd. to ts. Bd. Mutton 3 6 46( Pork 3 6 4 6 Lamb......, 4s. Bd. to 55. Bd. • The foregoing quotations are Pork 2d. per stone lower than on this day sennight ; prices of Beef, Mutton, Lamb, and Veal, stationary. A considesable part of the stock lett the market unsold. LEWES MARKET.—Aug. 2. Beef 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. Veal M I utton 3 4 4 4 Pork Lamb 4s 0,1. to bs. Od. A good supply, and a sluggish trade, 35. Ad to Is. 4d 00 0 0 RUMFORD MA F. d. to s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef 2 8 4 0 Veal Mutton 1 0 4 2 Pork Lamb—..—. 4s. Od. to ss. 2d. Suckling Calves from 14s. to 285. ; Quarter old Pigsl2s.to I 6s. each. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. RKET.-Aug. 3. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. LEWES MARKET.—Aug. 2. White Wheat (per quarter)—£3 8 oto £3 11 0 Red ditto --- 3 4 0 3 6 0 1 5 0 1 17 0 Oats:Newßeans Oil Cake. New. 150 1 6 6 1 14 0 1 16 0 12 0 0 per thousand. HULL 51 . ARKET.-Aup. 2. Wheat, Old —s. fies. 635. ......N eiv ...... —s. sts 60s. Foreign —s. Ms. 565. ln bond... —s. —s. —s. Oats, Poland —s. 245. 28s. Old —s. —5. 30s. Small or Feed—. —s. 245. 2fis. Foreign —s. 225. 24s Barley, Norf. & Sut ... —s. 40s. 425. Line. & Vold —s. 36s 38s. Foreign —s. 325. 345. Beans .... 36s. 38s. 40s. Foreign —s. 3Ss. 403. ... .._. .... Pease, White... ........ —s. 465. 48s. Grey —s. —s. —s. Tares —S —s. —s. Foreign —s. 30s. 365. • " itapeseed, in 1.50nd none. EXETER MA I Beef (5c0re)........—.-Bs. 6d. 91. 6d. Mutton (1b.)—...0 5 0 51 Veal and a. ainb-0 5 0 6 Pork 0 4 0 6 Geese (each) 0 6 0 Docks (ccup'e)-2 0 3 6 Fowls --.1 6 2 6 KETS -July 09 Wheat (bushel) —Bs. 6(1. Os. f.d, Barley 6 5 0 Cats Beans .5 6 6 0 Butter (lb) 8 010 Eggs (18) 0 1 0 , Potatoes (peck) 5 0 6 DUMFRIES MARKETS.—JuIy 27, s. d. s. d. Wheat, Imp. Bush 7 tau 8 0 Barley 3 9 4 0 Oats ° 7 3 3 Flour, I UK Oatmeal Potatoes, cwt. . - s. d. s. d. Butter, 16oz Eggs, dozen ....... 0 0 0 0 Beef, per lb. Mutton Veal 0 4 oli Quartern Lozf 0 7 0 9 LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Aug. 2. Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. York. And Lincoln. 60W. Norfolk and Suffolk 39.5. to 345. _ Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 36s. to 365. ` , 'E' Grinding -2s. to 235. ,Z Beans Oats, Potatoe —healing, For. 14d. tol4} s id Eng. lid. to 153. perm. Shelling Rapeseed, English, 161. to 24/....... Foreign, —l. to —l. per last. Wheat, Barley, LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Aug. WHEAT, English, White, per 70Ib. Red Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White 6 9 7 2 Red - Foreign 9 6 9 1) OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, Fer 451 b 3 9 4 0 Irish . - Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 3B 0 . 42 0 - Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. - Feeding 3 10 4 0 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 42 0 46 0 - Irish, Sze. - Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 4O 0 42 0 - Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2SOlb. 45 0 46 0 - Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per ‘2.1011)s INDIAN CORN, per 4401 b. Wig, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending Aug. 1. Wheat. Oats. Barley Flour. Oatmeal. Qrs. Qrs. Q rs . Foreign, Bris.jlrish,&c. Scks. Loads. 18,692 1,318 43 . 17,675 1 1,860 . 6:8 The Duke of WELLINGTON has commenced an action against Mr. SMART, High Constable of the Hol born division of Ossulston Hundred, for the damage done to his windows by the mob the night of the illuminations for the Reform Bill. The action will be defended. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY bas also brought his action against Mr. LEE, the High Constable of Westminster, who also defends. CROCKFORD has also given the necessary notices. Lord BROUGHAM'S declaration that the Court of Chancery " did not sit to hear matters by way of gossip with Counsel, but to hear causes," is likely to have the most beneficial effect in putting a stop to that inter minable twaddle which has for years delayed the reel business of the Court. Could something like the same rule be made to apply to another place, the important mea , ure which now so deeply involves the public attention would not perhaps have " Lung fire" in the way it bas done.—Morning Herald. The Public (especially the Ladies) arc re quested to notice the following_.— To Messrs. C. and A. OLDRIDGE , 1 , Wellington application you for street, Strand. i ) e .o a u ti r o ,g n e oj Slas,—.l take the liberty of addressing my thank s the great benefit received by my daughter from the your truly valuable Balm of Columbia. The hair of‘i; girl completely came off diflerent parts of thesl4eoa.,%salicldthere was also a total loss of hair from the eyebrows. you have my full at the instance of a friend, to try your Balm, and after using bottles the effects were most surprising, for in a very short space 'o of time the hair grew in a regular healthy state. 1 think it but justice to yourselves and the public to add my testimony t o the virtues of your truly inestimable Balm, and permission to give this letter that publicity which you think proper.—l am yours, &c. (Signed) HENRY HAWKES. Pen-street, Boston, Lincolnshire, June 1, 1829. OLDRIDGE'S Balm prevents the hair from turning grey , and the first application makes it curl beautifully, frees it from scurf, and stops it from falling off. Abundance of certificates of the first respectability are shown by the Pro- ' prietors, C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 1, Wellington-street, Strand, where the Balm is sold, and by all respectable Perfumers and Medicine Venders. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and I Is. per Bottle. PEARCE'S TRAVELS IN ABYSSINIA.-- " The majority of BRUCE'S statements were disbelieved by his contemporaries; but posterity have done him justice, and the interesting work of PEAtteE confirms a consider able part of his narrative and adds fresh wonders to that store of curiosities. PEARCE was entirely ignorant of book-learning, but he was sagacious, observant, acute, and valorous. The sketch of his life presents a singular picture of ingenuity and misfortune. Between escapes, recoveries, fresh dangers, and countless voluntary adven• tures, we at last find him making his way through Abys sinia, and getting into favour with a provincial governor. The story of the nine years spent in that service occupies the diary which tills these volumes."---Atlas, July, 1E331. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A letter in to-day's Tiincs, signed "J. 'Miller," will command the attention of all our readers who feel an interest in the well-being of the Church. A former correspondent of the Paper had taken up the defence of pluralities, and what is more, he had put their justification on a ground winch, to many people, must have appeared not a hide curious. For whereas other advocates of the Church of Eng'dud as it is, are satisfied with striving to palliate the existence of pluralities, by showing how large a por tion of each year is devoted by a pluralist to each, or some, of his livings, aod how small a part of his time and money is really abstracted from the locali ties on which they ought to be bestowed ; our ori ginal correspondent " takes the bull by the horns," and stands tip for the plurality system, because, and for the sake, of that absence from his duty to which it invites, or in a mariner compels the incum bent, and which most lay Christians charge upon our whole Church establishment as a grievous and crying evil. The argument of our first correspondent —or opinio❑ rather— as re-stated by himself, is this—that "if all incumbents were resident, there would be no cu rates, and that therefore, when a living fell vacant, the successor of the defunct must be taken from people uneducated for the Church and in secular em- ployments, or doing nothing." We recollect, some years ago, that a friend of ours, recommending to an English farmer the neat and economical mode of ploughing which for the last 30 years has been uni versal in Scotland, and nearly so (we understand) in Norfolk, viz., with a pair of horses, guided by a ploughman who holds the long reins himself, was gravely anwered by his companion, " that it was a foolish and inconvenient fashion :" " for," says he, " you would in that case have no ploughboys : and without ploughboys, what would become of you if any thing should happen to the man himself, who alone had been accustomed to the busi ness? You must, in that case, take the first hedger, ditcher, carter, or idle snob that you could meet with, and turn him at once into a ploughman." Now, reader, every word of this is true; and it is a case quite pat (nor can we, as our correspondent is well assured, mean it disrespectfully), to that of the incumbent and the curate. However, it has never yet happened, as we could find out, that there was any want of ploughmen in Scotland ; whence they, on the contrary, ere furnished in considerable num bers to this part of the kingdom and to Ireland ; nor —to illustrate the subject by an allusion at once ap posite and unanswerable—hav e we ever heard that there arc absentee pluralists in Scotland, that the dearth of curates occasioned by each incumbent performing his own parochial functions, and earning his own stipend, has rendered it at all difficult to discover well qualified candidates for the vacant livings, or forced the parishioners, ecclesiastical au thorities, or other patrons, to take ignorant men, or idlers, into the sacred Ministry ; or, in fine, that the advantages of an established Church, which ab hors pluralities, and exacts from all its members a rigorous. discharge of their respective duties, are less highly appreciated by the Scotch people than those conferred by the Church of England upon this country are by orthodox Englishmen. The truth is, that, having once enforced the preliminary acquisition of as much divinay and other learning as may familiarise a young graduate with the theory of his sacred calling, there is nothing mysterious, so fur as the eyes of plain reason and of an uncor rupted moral sense can perceive, in the practice of parochial duties. In all professions the junior members may, the great bulk of them, be suffered to educate themselves by looking on attentively, and taking such a portion of temporary duty as The ac cidents of life may obtain for thorn. Even accord- ing to the views of our advocate for pluralities him self, young men may enter at once upon the duties of a parish, without any previous introduction through a curacy, and, as he himself insists, " without prejudicially affecting the stability of the Church by their admission to holy or ders," the case he instances being that of young men of family, " who have livings held for them," and who go to work at once. We need not fear but that the requisite number of clergymen will be furnished to the full extent to which vacancies occur or are created, by virtue of that law which al ways, on the average, accommodates the supply to the demand, or generally, indeed, produces a supply greater than the demand, throughout every depart ment of society. 'Without encouraging or imitating personalities on such a question, we agree with our first correspondent, that in some cases eminent abilities, though not allied to rank or wealth, are not suffered to languish to the last in neglected and hopeless poverty; but we beg leave to dissent from his inference (an unprovoked one in our opinion) to the disparagement of "J. 0.," who declares him self to have been twenty years a curate ; nor can we describe as any other than astounding, the as sertion that there are " not many persons of real learning, talents, and piety, languishing an unrea sonable time on curacies." We have heard too much on the other side of the question to be so easily per suaded by the mere authority (sincerely as we re spect it) of our correspondent. That there is in the Church, as well as there has been in the State, a system at once of ill-bestowed patron age—of pluralities profitable only to the indivi duals who enjoy them—of over-paid laziness, and ill-paid labour—is, indeed, too notorious to be de nied with decency, or to be defended by reason. He who undertakes to justify such a system resembles the champion, in temporal matters, of placemen, si necurists, absentees, and nomination-boroughs, united. If the Church of England is to stand, its foundation must be bedded in the hearts of the people of England. Let us transfer to ecclesiastical officers the beautiful antithesis applied by Grattan to the state—" Throw the Christian - spirit over board," says the pluralist, "and ballast the Church with her corruptions." " Throw her corruptions overboard," we say, " and balance her with purity, beneficence, and truth." The letter of our re spected correspondent J. Miller exhibits calculations tolerably decisive as to the unrersonableness of the fear that without pluralists we should be left without clergy. But, indeed, the allegation hardly calls for so irresistible an answer. We republish elsewhere a string of resolutions withering to the heart of every man who has one,—resolutions passed some time ago by a set of Hampshire magistrates, among whom are distinguishable the honoured names of Baring and of Wright----" Wright" " the reverend," as reported in the case of Deacle. There are the names of five clergymen to those deadly resolutions. Quere—" Given, u labourer, his wife, and four in fants. What is the minimum of sustenance to be given so as not to subject the donors to an indict ment, should the domes die of insufficient food, without subjecting the persecutors to an indictment for murder ? " Why are clergymen ever made Justices of the Peace ? Lord Brougham should look to this.—Times. There seems no doubt now, that the obstinacy of the King of Holland will lead to a war, or at least prevent, for a time, that amicable adjustment of differences between the two divisions of the late kingdom of the Netherlands which the Conferences of London were so anxious to promote, ttod which the accession of Leopold to the throne of Belgium seemed so likely to attain. It is stated in letters from Antwerp of the 2d instant, that the termina tion of the armistice had been Eed for the 4th (yes terday), and consequently that after that date both sides were at liberty to renew hostilities at any mo ment they chose. The Dutch army has been marched to the Belgic frontier : the King and his sons have lately reviewed the troops, and the Go vernment having done every thing in its power for the last six mont h s to strengt h en t h e f ortresses an d toincrease the army, expected that the Royal visit would invigorate its resolution and animate its eon rage. On the other side, the Belgians have not been inactive, and cannot be taken unawares. Their army has been organ i zed w i th great rapidity, and carried, for so small a state, to an amazing extent. the course of the last nine months nearly two millions sterling have been expended from a very limited re venue to purchase equipments, to prepare arms, t o repair fortresses, and to pay an increasing amount of force. The Belgic Government has now more than sixty thousand troops under arms, in a hi g h state of discipline, and inspired with an ardour cal culated to make up for the want of experience. This army is likewise collected on the Dutch fron tier, and has with difficulty been restrained from measuring; swords with the enemy during the pro gress of a negotiation which m:naced it with th e i establishment of peace. It s divided into three or four great corps, called the Army of Flanders, the Army of the Scheldt, the Army of the Meuse, and the Army of Luxemburg. In Flanders it amounts to twenty thousand men, and along the whole frontier it is strengthened by a moveable Ci vic or National Guard, capable of acting as an army of reserve, or of performing all the duties of troops of the line. On the side of Dutch or North Bra bant, the Belgians have often put Dutch courage to the test, and generally found it deficient. On the fron tier of Rtst Flanders, from Bruges to Ghent, and Ant werp, where the two armies may be said to be within cannon-shot of each other, the same advantage lots been on the side of the Belgic soldiers. The national antipathy has been invigorated by partial skirmishes or angry broils, of which foreigners have heard nothing, and by irritating speeches in the re spective Legislatures of Holland and Belgium,—by exasperating declarations of both Governments, — and by hostile negotiations, which have attracted the attention of all Europe. In the case of the Belgians, national antipathies have been increased, and national contempt excited, by the alleged cruelties and signal defeat of the Dutch in their attack on Brussels last year; for though the army, which was driven from the capital, in September, was composed of Belgic as well as of Dutch troops, the assailants are always considered as Dutch, and the victory as Belgian. The subsequent bombard ment of Antwerp caused more abhorrence than terror among the Belgians, and increased the hatred of the Dutch more than a sense of their power.— The Dutch army, which is destined to make the first aggression, is excessive for the amount of the population arid the resources of the country. It is said to amount to about 80,000, and to display a respectable state of discipline. But for more than a century the Dutch have never been reckoned good soldiers. Before the French revolu tion the Republic was wealthy enough to pay mer cenaries, and therefore generally fought by proxy, except in a naval warfare ; and the public has not forgotten what a figure they cut at Waterloo, and in the insurrection of Brussels last year. The Dutch have still some advantages in beginning a campaign, should the King of Holland be so insane as to risk his crown and the peace of Europe on the chances of a war which his firmest allies condemn, and are an xious, for his sake, to prevent. They occupy with strong garrisons Antwerp and Maest rich t, and possess several fortresses near the frontier, such as Breda, Bois-le-Due, and Bergen-op-Zoom, where they can collect troops and establish magazines. But all these are advantages of no moment (and can be of no moment) to the infatuated sovereign of Holland in the extraordinary and untoward circumstances in which he chooFes to break the armistice and to attempt aggression. The amount of his army is a source of oppression to his country,—the war is for no Dutch object, and therefore must he obnoxious to the Dutch people,—and the chances of success are so small as to render the con• test imprudent, even though he could inspire his subjects with greater taste for the enterprise. Be sides, is the approbation or the hostility of the European Powers nothing to a Monarch who was placed on his throne by their interference, and who lately submitted his cause to their arbitration ? Why have the conferences been sitting in London for the last nine months ?—why has protocol after protocol appeared ?—and why have England and France exerted all their efforts to obtain the consent of the Belgians to the eighteen preliminaries of peace, if, after the establishment of a Belgic Government with which he can treat, the King of Holland declares the armistice at an end, and insists on recommencing hostilities, as if no negotiation had happened ? The whole conduct of " our ancient ally " for the last twelve months seems better to accord with the un fortunate condition of moon-stricken madness than with the character of a Prince whom we had been accustomed to treat with respect and confidence for the previous fifteen years.—Times. The additional information which we have col lected in the course of the evening enables us to add little to the foregoing observations. His Dutch Majesty, in his obstinate adherence to his old . pre indices, or his eagerness to gratify his personal spleen, has entered upon a dishonest . course, and is playing ing su a ch ve s r t y roi ll ig symptomsbe traysangerousgamofe.auplesitcyoaniliductfalse hood, that it must forfeit the support and favour of England, which has hitherto been his chief protec tion. At the very time that his Governor at Ant werp is declaring the armistice at an end, and threatening a bombardment of the city, in which some of his countrymen would be the chief suf ferers, he has sent an extra Ambassador (M. Zuylen van Nyevelt) to London to re -open negotiations with the Conference. The special Ambassador, osten sibly sent to negotiate in order to secure the peace of Europe, suppresses, of course, all mention of his master's hostile intentions and preparations. What useless perfidy ! The Prince of Orange, in his proclamation to the troops, menti ons t hi s d ou bl e engine of war and diplomacy, which his father had endeavoured to set at work ; but he ought to have knoavn, from his own experience, that an impotent threat is one of the least likely means of a successful negotiation. lie ought to have recollected the result of the last bombardment of Antwerp with 24 , hours after he had left it in the end of last October, and to shudder at the general indignation which the fir ing of another cannon on . that unfortunate city would produce in Belgium and in Europe. Besides, when have fixed en the ,ty p trohtecaeG i r , t I,r:hi ,e,vennh::,,rati enoosrbojftehepet negotiate mission . the great Powers sitting . in . conference at London e i a s ce t h ere on in which the ell otlth the of an envoym the ar c h p a to r of t i L e a s no n m adr o a n y nl,y, posed basis w ith the competent authorities bh u pueN e ima. a dyo r net e oeta r ) P ie r r i . nee Th o i f s Orange is itshesaciodmtmoehnacvee chroonslsee d ? of Tio eT s f t hr i o l e i n ti t es reached London almost simulta rmieeoruitsly with the Ambassador of peace. But, set ting aside the duplicity of these proceedings, let us Suppose that the Prince ; at the head of 30,000 men, i a n p w ea h c a e t b w e i t t t h er K p i o n s a iti L o e n o a p v o o l u d ld th h in e t was able to take Ghent, while General Chasse de oegab:ftreiretlfiaprr)oit: entirely d yi s n e c eA a n o g b t m or , iii'ttipie additionalt:,Could rns"Ppag:Loi portion i tinn i o h bfro e it i make rrogf: 0,, re Lu x em b ur g ,u"):l hdu e etei. undertake k e df l eoe g br i tc a ti ei n ?e s t of these consequ ences are l i kely to follow a hostile Belgium,incrurion'enc(li" would could n ever b e i mprove d i nto a perm a n ent eOnl incurai'and the i n failing displeasure t o re-s o u bj ( f jg t a h t the eSt ; friends of peace in Europe, and very likely inspire the Dutch with their old taste ' for a quiet trade, a cheap Government, and republican institutions I I'imes. The ever shifting scenes of the political drama of Administration hi P ar i s, s i nce the revolution of last year, airords any o f the line of policy whi c h L o ui s Philipp e h as thing but ev id ence o f th e w i s d om a dopted. That p o li cy seems to cons i st in acting u pon popu larity by shows and tr i c k s, an d me l o- d ram i c exhibi tions,iam indnftoerlfleigitibile principle, except to court t again by a crouching and pitiful subserviency to th e d espots whom the people of France with reason regard as the i m pl aca bl e ene mies of their free institutions. Ever since his as cension to the th rone, from wh i ch the delinquent representative of the family of Bourbon was so sud denly hurled, Louis Philippe seems to have studied how to please the popular taste in mummeries and pageantry as assiduously as he has laboured to evade k pledges which h oun d hi m, on his accession to Regale e gal power, to a s i ncere and serious attention to the national interests. One of the first cares of a wise King, obtaining the sceptre under the circum stances that the present King of the French did, would have been to make the representation of France worthy of the greatness and advanced civi lization of the country. Instead of undertaking such a ta'k spontaneously, he clung to the old system with the tenacious fidelity of a Bourbon of the ancient school. It was only when the feeble and effete Chamber of Deputies could no longer be re tained without compromising the peace of the country that he reluc'antly consigned it to that extinction into which it should have been allowed to fall im mediately upon his acceptance of the crown, on condition of being the guardian of the recovered liberties of the nation, and the consolidator of her free institutions. What improvement, in fact, has the representation of France undergone ? None that is at all commensurate with the capabilities of the nation and its wants. A country upwards of thirty millions of people, distinguished for her attainments in arts and arms, in literature, in science, and in all that gives splendour to civilization, has at present a body of electors not so numerous has England was allowed to posse's under the supremacy of the boroughmongers. Can France he content with such a limited state of the represen tation ? ft is impossible. No fantastic pageantry —no gew-gaw glory of military triumphs, unadorned by the spoils of a vanquished enemy—can afford any real satisfaction to a people who have derived so little substantial advantage from a revolution as the French have, and who have learnt to understand their political condition. No, if Louis Philippe would secure peace for himself, and consult for the political quiet and prosperity of the people, who placed a R'yal sceptre in his hand when they might have founded a republic, he will cultivate other accomplishments of Royalty than those which pro perly belong to a dramatic Sovereign, who rules his mimic empire by the variety of his tinselled pageants and the novelty of his clap-traps. What could be more unworthy of a King of a great people than the tricks resorted to by the Court of France during the commemoration of the " three days" in Paris ? The exciting 4ifie drooping enthusiasm of a gallant people by practising on their generous cre dulity in favour of the Poles, only to imbitter them, when the momentary object was gained, by the deeper disappointment ;—the calling up, for a simi lar purpose, the dangerous recollections of former glory by the display of the trophies of Napoleon. We are much mistaken if, by practising this piece of state necromancy, the French court have not evoked a spirit which the genius of the Tuileries will not be able to lay again. Already the King, we perceive, disclaims all participation in that act of elaborate folly ; but is it probable that any of his courtiers would have dared to introduce such a novelty into the pageant without the knowledge and consent of the chief director of the show ? The Poles are fight ing the battles of France, while the French have been indulging in frivolities, from which they will • soon be called away to more serious avocations if the Poles should be conquered. If the King of the French, instead of evincing the most trembling anxiety to avert the displeasure of the tyrant of the North, had taken a manly and direct part in support of the Poles, he would now, with the exception of our own most gracious sovereign, be the most popu lar King in Europe.—Morning Herald. A most absurd ou'cry has been raked against the Lord Chancellor for introducing a Bill to allow affi davits of service to be read after the last seal. It appeared last night, from the speech of Lord Eldon, that the Court of Chancery possesses full power to enforce the intended object without the intervention of an Act of Parliament ; and yet an application to be enabled to exercise this power without such dis pute and resistance as had been partially threatened by certain practitioners, was denounced in one of the Tory prints yesterday as subversive of the constitu tion of the Court, and even of the country. The real secret of this absurd conduct is the wish of per sons whose sense of right is merged in party feel ing, to throw obstacles in the way of that despatch which the Lord Chancellor, in compliance with the repeatedly expressed wish of all classes of the people, is anxious to practise. The clamour that was formerly raised against delay is hardly equal to that which is now raised against despatch, and very mean acts have been adopted to defeat the Chancellor's resolution to clear his Court. We •do not mean to say that a Chancellor's diligence is to be measured alone by the speedy decision of appeals : we arc aware of the importance of hearing " cause petitions," " lunacy petitions," and " bankruptcy petitions ;" but who has complained or hinted that this import ant branch of routine has been neglected ? And surely it cannot be denied that by completely clear ing the appeal paper, the Chancellor will have more leasure to attend to the ordinary business of the Court. To hear the reasonings of some persons, it might be supposed that the hearing of an appeal which is to sr the a long-contested dispute, is a mere nothing,—that, in fact, a cause ought to be for ever in suspense, and that the constitution of the Court of Chancery, and the very sanctity of justice itself, is violated by a process so monstr us as putting a final end to litigation. Whatever may be the opinion of practitioners on this point we apprehend that suitors and the public take a very different view of the subject. The conduct. of some individuals, on whose support the Lord Chancellor might reasonably have reckoned, has been extraordinary—that of Sir Edward Sugden pre-eminently so : that Learned Gentleman was, in the first instance, one of the most violent opponents of Reform in Chancery ; but perceiving the measure was temporarily suspended (owing to the discus sions on the great national question before the House of Commons), he blustered and asked when it was to be brought for m r.!. I n the same manner, much as he complains now of the irregularity of bearing causes after the last Seal, he would dwell, we sus pect, with still more bitterness on the promise of their being heard not being kept. As to the Bill introduced by the Lord Chancellor. it is for the pre sent withdrawn,on the grounds stated in the Learned Lord's speech last night : " The Noble and Learned Earl (Earl Eldon) had said that a statute in this case was unnecessary ; and lie (Lord Brougham) was morally certain that that declaration of the Noble and Learned Earl would set the question on this point at rest for ever. If that declaration was law already, it would be bad policy to pass an Act of Parlia ment to declare it so ; he should therefore proceed no fur ther with this Bill at present. He would allow it, how ever, to remain over, in order that if any further difficulty might mist-, it might be persevered in without loss of time."— Times. The proceedings in the House of Lords last night, on the question of the Chancery Affidavits' Bill, are of more importance than might, on a cursory perusal of the report, be supposed. To understand the full import of them, a reference ought to be had to what has been going on lately in the Court of Chancery. It seldom happens that men who are the architects of their own fortunes are chargeable with excessive modesty. In truth, whatever may be the case with the amiable gentlemen who figure as heroes in novels, who are so excessively modest that they hardly seem aware of their brilliant qua lities, in the world it will too often be found that the energy and elasticity of character which enables man to rise above the station to which he was de stined, are accompanied by no small portion of self sufficiency and arrogance. A reasonable allowance will generally be made for the presumption engen dered by the triumph over formidable obstacles. A prudent man would, no doubt, endeavour to struggle with the tendency io this presumption, in order that by reining it in a little he might not be come the object of universal dislike. No such struggle, however, does Sir Edward Sugden maintain with himself. There is no indisposition to acknowledge his merit; but while all sensible men who are ac quainted with his history allow that his merit is en hanced by the obstacles he had to overcome before he could obtain an entrance among gentlemen, they are but too often compelled to regret that the insuf ferable arrogance of ha conduct, his petulance, and overweening self-suffici ency , prove b ut too satisfac torily, that if lie has acquired the rank of a gentle man, he is yet a stranger to the character. We ' hardly ever braid of a man who contrived to mac hi ms elf so offensively disagreeable as Sir Edward Sugden. Mortifications he often receives, but he derives no benefit from them. Last night, what fell from Lord Eldon would have been felt by any other man. In the report of proceedings in Chancery, on Wednesday, " Kinsman v. Kinsman," in the chro nicle of yesterday, Sir Edward Sugden is stated to have " intimated, that it would cot be safe for the decree of the Court to be pronounced in this cause, as some of the parties had not ap peared on the hearing. It had been the practice of the Court not to hear appeals after the last Seal, and according to that practice, an affidavit of the service of the subpcena to hear judgment could not now be put in. The subpoena had in this case been served in due time, but, as the day on which the appeal was heard was after that usually employed by the Court for such business, the fact of the ser vice could not be proved with such certainty as would justify the parties in taking a decree, which might afterwards be subject to be set aside on ac count of this irregularity." Another appeal having been called on, and the opening being concluded, Sir Edward Sugden " expressed his fear that there would he the same difficulty in other cases. He had heard that in the case of Killick v. Killick, which stood in his paper for to-day, some of the panes had notified their intention to withdraw from the hearing." We understand that he actually carried his arrogance so far as to tell the Lord Chancellor " that the Court could not go on with out him; and that he (Sir .Elward Sugden) could, by absenting himself, stop the Cow t."— The Chancellor said, " The case which Sir Edward Sugden had mentioned had been put into the paper for the express accommoda tion of the parties; and it was not to be endured that the progress of the Court should be obstructed by parties who withdraw from the hearing under pretence of some rule of practice hardly to be understood, and the existence of which was by no means clear. If any attempt was made to baffle the Court, the parties who made the at tempt would find that his arm was strong enough to defeat them. He was resolved not to be beaten or diverted from the duty which was imposed upon hirn. It was indifferent to him, whether he sat during this month, and September and October; and if the public service required it, he was quite prepared to do so." The Lord Chancellor added upon that occasion, that " he should try whet he had not power enough to carry the orders of the Court into effect; and if he had not—which he did not believe—he would apply to the Legislature for further powers." The Bill, of which the second reading was yesterday mored in the house of Lords, was the result. The subprna to hear judgment, alluded to by Sir Edward Sugden, is wheresoever the Court shall be." We understand that former Chancellors and Masters of the Rolls have fre quently sat at their country seats upon the general business of the Court—for example, at Gorhambory, Knightsbridge, &e. The present Chancellor has the power to st at Brougham Hall if he chooses to do so. But then, says Sir Edward, it has been the practice cf the Court not to hear appeals after the last Seal, and as the day on which the appeal was heard was after that usually employed by the Court for such busines., the service cannot be proved, &c. flow could Sir Edward Sugdcn allow himself to talk of the necessity of adhering to the Seal Papej, and of the Seal Paper being the order of the Com'? It is submitted to the Lord Chancellor, but never signed by him ; and although more adhered to now than formerly, yet, in every branch of the Court, it is necessarily departed from. In Lord Eldon':, time, it is a matter of notoriety that nobody knew what would be the business of the day, notwithstanding the Seal Papers. But we undertake to say, that it is not the order of the Court, and is not signed by the Lord Chancellor. But even if, as Sir Edward Sugden says, it were so signed, the order might of course be revoked by a subsequent one. We were aware that the Bill was ❑nnecessary, but we are glad, nevertheless, that the Lord Chancellor introduced ir, as it drew from Lord Eldon so satisfactory an exposure of the absurdity of the grounds on which Sir E. Sug den threatened to obstruct the progress of the Court of Chancery, and as it draws the attention of the public to the paltry motives of this individual. Lord Eldon said the Bill " was totally unnecessary, because the Lord Chancellor had the power, of his own autho rity, to have affidavits read either before or after seals, or at any time that he may choose, from the fir,t day of January to the last day of December. He had power, even in the time usually called the long vacation, to proceed with causes in every stage, and to hear affidavits read, or carry on any pro ceeding' touching the suit, and to call counsel and solicitors before him to proceed with the business of the Court. He had sat a long time in the Court of Chancery, and never had the least doubt as to the Lord Chancellor's powers in this respect. There was, therefore, in his opinion, no occasion whatever for passing this Bill ; and as there was no occasion whatever for it, that was a sufficient objection to its passing. He had sometimes sat from six o'clock in the morning till eleven at night, and at all times of the day, and at all times of the year, he had per mitted applications to be made on important matters requiring dispatch, and heard affidavits read, without any doubt of his power to do so in case he had thought it proper. The Court of Chancery was open during the whole year, and there business might at any time be transacted, without regard to its being before or after Seals, which were appointed merely as matters of convenience." The Lord Chancellor, after gratefully acknowledging the assist ance which he had received from his Noble and I Learned Friend—the highest living authority, and than whom there could be no higher authority, living or dead—declined proceeding further with the Bill. The objection of Sir Edward Sugden to the Lord Chancellor's proceeding with appeals is paltry and factious in the extreme. It cannot ever be at tended with inconvenience to him that the Chan cellor should proceed with appeals now, because his Parliamentary duty compels him to be in town. We said his motives are paltry and mean. Sir Edward Sugden can have no other conceivable motive for his conduct than that he knows, if the Lord Chancellor continues to hear appeals, he will soon have disposed of all the arrears, and he is spiteful enough to wish to deprive him of that ho nour. Strange as it must seem, he complains that the Court is now proceeding tou fast. A little more prudence would have prevented him from so open an exposure of motives so little creditable to him; and if he possessed a tithe of the gentlemanly feeling a Sir Charles Wetherell, the idea of such an objection would never have occurred to him. Sir Edward is quite mistaken if he think that his legal arguments will enab!e him to lord it over the country. If he be not altogether incorrigible, he will profit by the rebuke of Lord Eldon. There is 4 play with the title of Pride will have a I'o. That title would serve very well for a motto for him. One or two ugly exposures before this have served very much to impair hia means of making head against public indignation. If he be naturally envious, and what in familiar language is expressly called ill-conditioned, let him be on his guard till Weymouth is not so fresh in general recollection. lie will be trampled on if he do not take heed.— Morning Chronicle. The letter of our correspondent 0. P. Q. will be found to throw a valuable light on the causes of the retreat of M. C. Perier from the Ministry. After the significant manner in which the Chamber of Deputies expressed themselves, he had no alterna tive, for a better proof could not have been afforded of his unfitness fur his situation. The event has provcd that he has been under a complete delusion ,vith respect to the state of opinion in France, and in the Chamber of Deputies. Our correspondent infers, not merely from the number of votes in favour of M. Lafitte, but from the majoiiiy iu favour of M. Dupont de l'Eure as first Viec-Presi hmt, that no Ministry who do not t the principle of the extrem e g auche can stand. Dupont de l'Eure belongs to the extrema gauche of the extreme gauche, to the party of Odil- iolol!t,.gf,