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R,L).e af f airs t r i un excite a more t h an usua l de oo Interest, is entirely prevented between :eaPitals except at a pecuniary cost, which ,?erson i n ten thousand will consent to !he refusal of our Post-office to accede I l laposal of the French Government for to interchange of newspapers without ', 4 at a very small rate of postage, has 4teat ) disapp o i ntment among the proprie conductors of the periodical press in .wt, it (.0 reasonably suppose that the low :Melt French newspapers, ow i ng to t h e . bi is ° , u nt of Gov ernment d uty t h at t h ey pay , E iled, w ould give th em a large circula ngland if they could enter postage free r 0 ,9 so ' and they as reasonably object to wh - • °118 tax imposed upon English news lett arriv e by the post in France. i star nP duty imposed by Government on la t ° ll t his country, being seven times as .. e st he fortri: duty in France, it is of course Proprietors of English news o°n"mpete with the French as to price ; e, rn e En g l ish newspaper contains, on an ih ne re than ten times as much as 'S 0 w r s P a Per, is it unreasonable to suppose, tat p a pers were to be admitted into iti on - greatly reduced rate of postage, the fed, :„,,them would be very considerably I Pond - "" the revenue be improved in a Li on I c ag degree by the increased con hilt °I o f ? with all our respect for A ex e °' RICHMOND, we confess that we n. p g atronage of the present . mo th e°:insaseidherii how opposed it is to libera tial to diffusion of political knowledge, so teas i f free cou n t r y, an d, secondly, how nrprised-.18 to the public revenue. We are t iluch a ' therefore, to hear that Earl GREY 43 mCe B 'atiefied with the conduct of the ren t e respect, as the French Gro t r - k a° be, and that there is a probabi ity itetr`rietion being removed. How the . oc:LoR of the EXCHEQUER, with his ookedinternational intercourse, could have I nrce m t is he important fact that the French Po rt 4' l '4 offered to admit an article paying 11 ut Y to our Government of 4d., on o n of $ 1 ,. our receiving one on which the •. eLs 6 lalf pe4 urY would receive little more than ge 0o 4 Y , we cannot conceive. The ad nue side w ou ld b e near ly eight to one. 4 1 h r 'HI pamphlet has recently been pub tl . 4thowAy, which we would recom e l l ? the Perusal of the Bench of Bishops. hw I:jkl e et the author has in view is to sh o w , o u;oti°ll compass, from different parts of o h e Y i ' l that the constitution is not violated of 1t5'c1,4,411 of Bishops from the House f ! 'e'lleY having been repeatedly excluded. of teas ' stru ck by the singular coincidence to 4-1484 a which occasioned the Comniuns 1 64 P°11th e KING the exclusion of the Bishop s 1 1)41 2 ; 441 those which now irresistibly force t oo, i.. 8 upon our minds. Among other 1 they t his, ‘, Because it was apprehended % tyr e would be a happy conjunction of both lit, l e the exclusion of the Bishops, and the be a comfortable pled ge l i t i t ; g i ,, , ,:f 4 j th E i s s .r u y st , s wou ld gracious assent to the future tel ls which were to be pre t of those evils '1 1 , 4 °111 m." It is clear that the Bishops of that vote for, and Local 4 4 4 1 1) „° n MIGUELS to ty weuis to throw out, just as they have now. 'gaits, 'then required to abstain to fromall secular . 'ir k ita4.4 confine themselves led bask CHARLES the Second had them their spiritual 3' ba r n , e _ lc A t? the House of Lords as a neces q b y ' ?! the machinery of rotten boroughs re tivlttesvelirlemnii It remains to be seen Whether Bench will again upon Cetireer that ~L, he fate it has already once experienced.draw the Bench may know the ground ) 0 , 1 t'iainst them in 1 642, and may thence l be to e 4...eir g u ard, we subjoin the preamb e u‘,4` Passed in that year : Lt l it beret' tishops, and other persons in holy . orders, lee o f t o be entangled with secular jurisdiction; that Wilt take e ininistry being of such great impo . rta . nc_ ou h n a . t , r lib tiDth 1 ,.; 1 -8 ex,-. -e Whole man. And, for that it . is ,found, ,-„tlitt'n„Vlenee, that their intermeddling with 4 41 t o 1 6 IL ; ti " 11:th occasioned great mischiefsfa hist I sca ndals, eligious leitt°l the is e e i, end State, his Majrs . ty, out o tli 046 i t tell, and souls of his peop l e, is graciously 7,,,6 lit be enacted." 4'4 Aapienti. Br ussels Y Parti,„ Pa P e re, of the 27th, do not con o tain a Prince 0/13:14 news. The young Pru E urie o f 1 . *l 5 bapti ze d on W e d nes d ay, b It NEsT s °lllB PHI L LIPPE LEOPOLD ythe VICTOR b um --sv n r , vre rrn 4 thi s ni an, and Hamburg papers, re ()ru ing, contain no news of interest ° qt. e. It'B.BhiltY Correspondent says, that his Ma 4Y' tel eg l) B L ta , in passing Plymouth on Sun Japueo that Lisbon has fallen. NV @ -----___. ‘„ - ?egret t. 'c tin - say that a respectable h Morning Iltit othileiCOrnarYfr:nacse misinformed, w to an undeistand en it stated had come %q v k the preliminary points of the projected that silliyetween Holland and Belgium, and This verviere in a fair train of settle '° l l%;j 4 ,t from being the case. !t 8 t:ne Dutch and Belgian Plenipotentiaries Tmehnet.instruc arrange. NI:IL:NOY different, that no hope of material modi- N -1; entertained without very tit' in ° s f ~t /t t both sides. It appears despair of the ,-mv!,°- ctOL L AND d oes not yet . that the tion ‘ifil(f.:4,a Tory Ministry in this country, and n 1,, - ; 3 t ile idea is even of . the re-ann exa c i,leti e i t4ll to Holland; and he has instructed his i King of qtPetentiaries to demand from tue.King Ot ittik c oncessions, to which, as the t l te e I t' l Lsaln w e ll kn ows , LEOPOLD 4 4tl e ' ° leg relate to questions of territory and tietle"ver which he has no power without the 4atielee of the Chambers. On the I upon 4ttas the I/el gian Plenipotentiaries insist o 11 1% 11 Onti ''hieb, it is believed, they have the t lt 1a e Ytc. - ' 3ll e *le materially, merely for pow e r tlt lose o f 1 jib! u th e demands of Holland era, '( ' - ' lll ..k Pre : i° --iy to g the departure of Gen 1 to 4 tert a : r 'rem Brussels, pains were taken tai 14 the extent to which the Chambers would 'i ti :1118 to thrninution of terms, it is c 'es 4 1 , 11 411 hSt Wilert the Belgian Plenipotentiary quite . no aye Riven in their ultimatum, there will to lltes ,eeurse for the King of HOLLAND but tlit thsl(4l, or direct refusal to treat for them tk i , e bas es laid down. Thus, as far aswethis It 1 rtiQudge,ge, the Bel g i an question is at e t a ag 4t as distant fr om a fi nal settlement as i 4 welve itmonths ago, and M. de TALLEY INVeI)) w ho had declared that he would not 'tlii/iitlf:0411(1 until the affair should have been ,. toi ti 1 1), has now announced his intention of 1 ttq to the Continent in August, with the in -1114 °ll of returning at the expiration of two or 414%41011th% If the labours of the Conference, le •erl'lte, be not brought to a close before M. AtIAYRAND's departure, we may predict Imo' ..--- WI P•+ p. • ei% pm• Ipo• • PM' !M.'S led 111 0.1. 697 ' ito t he to th e al Ja" l al sica• , ed Vs' ALTE R g Mr. o f the is be I Laser I T J. F° aim' te d tbe ..._......_:-•gt in* .._-_„„,,,-..- Y , 6113 thal of th e cool" rht es to l , befo re erson 4 fridBlments o litica at theY w ile° J isbol y J, tb ,lace lbase ti i treatedabing‘i 'russitu that nothing material will be done until his return, unless he should get over his objections to allowing any person of note to conduct the negotiations in his name. M. de FLAHAUT is again spoken of in diplo matic circles as likely to act for M. de TALLEY RAND during his absence, but we have reason to believe, that if M. de FLAHAUT were to be proposed by the French Government, M. de TALLEYRAND would not consent to the ap pointment. What the motives of M. de TAD LEYRAND'S objections to so able and respectable a diplomatist as M. de FLAHAUT can be, we know not. They are known only to himself. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) HARMER V. WESTMACOTT. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor was occupied the whole morning with the arguments in this part heard cause, the facts of which have already been before the public upon several in terlocutory applications. The bill was filed by the assignees of a gentleman named Richards, who, up to 1927, was the sole proprietor of the Age newspaper, for the purpose of setting aside the sale of one moiety of that paper, on the ground of in adequacy of consideration, and the other as being a fictitious sale. We refrain from entering more fully into the case, till the arguments are concluded, and his Honour gives judgment. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. - - - - - The non-arrival as yet of n:ws from Portugal has greatly disappointed the merchants and public ; therefore, we may conclude that Don Pedro's forces were not in possession of Lisbon on the 20th inst., and all the stock•jobbing reports, which were in circulation on Saturday last, have fallen to the ground. It is very extraordinary we have no arrivals from that quarter as yet. Letters received from Seville at Bourdeaux, state that Donna Maria was proclaimed on the shores of the Tagus as far as Yelves, and her troops made their appearance a league from the above place. Villa Flor's forces are stated to be about 10,000 men. General Molelloa tried to save the 1,500 men, and conducted them towards Lisbon by the mountains, but was attacked by General Colemn of the Constitutionalists, and was obliged to abandon his artillery, and part of his troops. We have but one arrival of ship letters, this morning, from Sierra Leone. THE FUNDS. Consols opened at the same price they left off on Saturday, 8918 for the Account, and at present they re main stationary at the above price. We Lear that the French rentes come '77f. 60c. ; Bel gian comes 1 per cent. higher. Dutch also comes rather higher. In the Foreign market Portuguese scrip 10 : i. Great anxiety is expressed for news from Portugal. We have this moment read the following letter :. " STONEHOUSE, PLYMOUTH, JULY .28.-1 hasten to give you the news just arrived here, whether correct or not I cannot say—that the Stag has just passed, and had a signal flying, imputing that Lisbon had fallen. HALF-PAST ONE. The extract of the letter from Plymouth certainly comes from a respectable quarter, but up to the present hour, we hive nothing to confirm it. We are of an opi nion that a steamer would have come with the important event before the Stag frigate. It cannot be many hours before the arrival of some official accounts. Consols have been during the morning at 8911 for the Account. At present they are 89i to with little doing. In the Foreign market Portuguese Scrip. had reached 124 premium. It is at present 11 12 prem. Greek Scrip maintains its price. The Hamburg Reporter, of the 26th inst., is arrived, but brings no news. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 89 Ito U . CLOSING PRICES.-FOUR O'CLOCK Bank Stock 2OB India Stock 239 3 per Cent. Red B9l Ditto Bonds.. 2O pm 3 pet Cent. Cons B9l South Sea Stock 9B 31 per Cent. 97 Ditto Old Ann B7l 31 per Cent. Red ...... ... 97 Ditto New Ann B7l New 31 per Cent ... 961 Ex. Bills, IWO/. 5B pm 4 per Cent 1031 Ditto 5004 .... ..... 58 pm. Long. Ann. to expire Ditto Small 5B pm. Jan. 1860 ln Bank St. for Acc. 207 Oct. 1859 l7l Consols for Opg 891 Jan. 1860 17 India St. for Opg. ......2101 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. 971 Portuguese, 5 per cent.... 761 Belgian, 5 per cent 94 Ditto, Reg. Sci ip RI pm Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent. 241 Russian Bonds, 5 per cent lO4 Chilian, 6 per cent. 2t it Ditto, Metallic 9Bl Columbian, 6 per cent 221 Spanish, 5 per cent 2l Ditto, 1824 241 Ditto, 1823 lBl Danish 741 French 5 per Cent 104 f. 75c. Greek, 5 per cent. 1825... 34 Exchange 2sf. 70c Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent 4l Dutch, 2i per cent 4 t94 Peruvian, 6 per cent. The Ex-Secretary to the Admiralty is gone to the South of France in despair, to meet his friend Lord HERTFORD, now on his way to London. The Ex-Secre tary's chum, the renowned Whipper in, would have been his compagnen de voyage on this occasion, had not his services, and thick and thin activity, been essential in another quarter.--Morning Herald. H E REFORDSHIRE. —The hops are looking remarkably well. The bine is very strong, and the bur healthy ; at present there is every appearance of an abun dant crop. In many places the wheat promises favour ably ; hut generally it is light, both in the straw and the ear ; the crops of barley will be abundant ; everywhere they look fine. The late peas, upon good ground, thrive en fast, that it is feared there will be too much holm to be fruitful. The fruit grows fast ; but unless we have dry warm weather, the cider will not be of superior qua lity. The crop of walnuts is immense, far beyond the produce of any season for many years. —Herefor d Times. On Friday a Deputation of Scotch Distillers had an interview at the Treasury with Mr. S. RICE, who had with him one of the Commissioners, and the Solicitor of Excise. We understand that the subject related to the circumstance of spirits being sent out by distillers in ea.ks, containing a larger quantity than marked on them as required by law, and which was brought by a late Exche quer trial, in which English distillers' casks were found to contain morethan the permit. It is with regret we state that on the drawing up of the curtain at the Worthing Theatre on Saturday evening there were only five persons in the house—one in the boxes, one in the pit, and the remaining three in the gallery. To proceed with the performance was out of the question, and the money was returned. The manager has since made a public appeal, stating that, unless he is better supported, he must close the house. —Brighton Herald. STATE OF TRADE.—The excitement in the cotton market continues to increase, and prices appear to advance more rapidly, the higher they become. Two or three parcels of Boweds have, this week, for the first time since 1825, been sold for % shilling a pound, by which we believe some considerable wagers have been decided, and bets are freely offered at Liverpool that they will be sold at 15d. before the Ist of January. In short, the market has become what it was in 1825, a scene of spe culation and gambling. In this town, the prices of reeled yarn, which is very scarce in the market, keep closely behind the prices of cotton, though the buyers have been rather shy of making purchases at extreme prices within the last few days. The advance in most descriptions of goods is still considerably below that in cotton; and, in some descriptions not much in demand at this season of the year, it is difficult to obtain even the smallest increase of price.—Manchester Guardian. At the Metropolitan Police-office, Scotland-yard, on Saturday, the superintendent of the B division of police brought the conduct of Richard Warman, B 78, before the notice of the Commissioners. The policeman was charged with deserting his wife and family, and seducing a young woman in the service of a gentleman residing in Wilton-street, Belgrave-square, Pimlico. It was stated that another policeman had paid honourable attentions to the female in question, and was on the point of marrying her; but in an evil hour he intrusted his brother con. stable with the delivery of a letter to her. Warman was smitten with the girl, and, notwithstanding he had a wife and family, he eventually succeeded in seducing the young woman from her situation, with whom he had since en- ' habited, leaving his family destitute. The investigation lasted some time, and the Commissioners ultimately dis missed Warman from the force. Another investigation took place into the conduct of John Backwell and John Birchell, two policemen of the M division, who bad been suspended from duty for disorderly conduct in the public streets. It appeared that the men w ere on duty in street, Southwark, about two o'clock in the morning, when they were detected by one of their officers dancing in the street, instead of protecting the property of the public. One of them had proctired a fiddle, and the other a tambourine, on which they were playing amidst a number of the lowest class of per-ons, male and female, who were dancing round them, and in which dance the constables also joined. The charge was fully proved, and the Commissioners discharged the men from the force. MPERIALPAR AMENT THIS DAY. MONDAY, JULY 29. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took his seat at a quarter past 12 o'clock, THE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. The SPEAKER said, before the House proceeded to the business of the day, he wished to be informed what it was their pleasure to proceed with first. Last Friday an 'ntimation was made that to day the Abolition of Slavery Bill would be first taken, and now be had on his paper a list of names for the presentation of petitions. As the intimation given on Friday evening was not in the form of a distinct resolution, he wished to be informe I what course the House would take. This give rise to some discussion between Lord Althorp, \lr. Roebuck, Sir E. Knatchhull, Lord Darlington, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Stanley, and other Hon. Members ; and at length it was understood that all the petitions except those relating to the West India question should be pre sented on Wednesday, and those relating to that subject he presented to day, with an understanding that no dis c•u•sion should take place nn them. Mr. EWART presented a petition from the Association of Merchants in Liverpool trading to India and the Bra zils. The following is an extract from the petition : " four petitioners, whi'e they contemplate vi ith satisfaction the prospect of the abolition of slave:y throughout the British dominions, have beard with the greatest alarm and consternation that, in ad dition to the munificent grant of 20,000,000/. to the West India colonists, as a compensation for the injury they may sustain by the emancipation of their slaves, they have also been promised by his Majesty's Government, or some of them, a continuance of the existing monopoly of the home market for sugar, coffee, rum, &c., to the virtual exclusion of those articles, the growth of our eastern possessions, and Brazil., to the great injury of the commerce with those important countries—the ma nufacturing and shipping interests of this country, and to the revenue ; adding also greatly to the burdens of the people, and depriving many of them of those important commodities so necessary to their comfort. Your peti tioners have to submit that the present prices of the im portant articles of sugar and coffee are already enhanced by this injurious monopoly to the commerce of this country fehm 40 to 60 per cent. (exclusive of the duties thereon) over and above the prices paid by the people of any other European State. Thus this monopoly operates on those two articles alone as a direct annual tax upon the people of this country to the extent of upwards of two millions. The consumption of coffee in this country already exceeds the growth of our western colonies, and every shilling per cwt. added to the price of sugar and coffee takes upwards of 200,000/. out of the pockets of the consumers of this kingdom; and a continuation of the existing monopoly may so increase the prices of those commodities, as to impose a further tax of four or five millions on the people, and injure the revenue to a great extent ; whereas a more free admission of these articles would increase their use, extend our commerce, manu facture., and shipping, and add millions to the revenue. " Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that the House will not sanction a measure so pregnant with injury to commerce with our fellow subjects in the East, who are equally entitled to our protection with those of the West Indies, or hazard the destruction of our valuable and important trade with Brazil, a country receiving up words of three millions annually of our manufactures on the most favoured terms." Mr. DOBBIN presented a petition from a place in Sligo, for the abolition of slavery. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from Bath, pray ing that the Abolition of Slavery Ball might not pass in its present shape, and particularly objecting to the grant of, compensation to the amount of twenty millions. Also a petition from Bristol, praying that no compensation be made to the slave owners, until actual loss had been proved to have resulted, and slavery had been entirely abolished. Lord DARLINGTON presented a petition fa a repeal of (as we understood) the duty on polished bricks. Lord G. SOMERSET wished to advert to a subject of considerable importance. There were many Committees now sitting, and he wished to know if it was the inten tion of Government to proceed with so important a sub ject as the Abolition of Slavery Bill, when so many Members were absent, attending Committees. Mr. STANLEY regretted the inconvenience, hut said at present be saw no help for it. It was for the House to say whether the Government should be permitted to go on with the public business at the morning sittings, having regard to the late period of the session.—( Hear, hear.) If there were any point on which great difference of opinion was likely to arise, it could be so arranged as to postpone it until the evening. The House could proceed at once with those parts, respecting which but little dif ference of opinion prevailed. Mr. HERMES said the subject was one of great im portance. In order to attend the House he had been ob. liged to absent himself from a Committee of considerable importance. He tlatiught that when subjects of great mo ment were brought forward at the morning sittings, the Committees should not be obliged to sit. Sir E. CODRINGTON presented a petition from the parish of St. James, Clerkenwell, praying that the six pences now paid by merchant seamen to the Greenwich Hospital chest, be formed into a fund, and be appropriated for the use of merchant seamen. Mr. MARSHALL presented two petitions from Leeds, one against the compensation clause in the Slavery Bill, and the other praying for an equalization of the duties on sugar consequent upoa compensation. Mr. STRICKLAND supported the prayer of the pe titions. Lord HENNIKER presented a-petition from Yoxfortl, praying for the establishments of local courts. Mr. SHAW presented a similar petition from Hales worth. Mr. VIGORS presented a petition from the parish of St. Pancras, against the police system. Mr. F. BUXTON presented a petition signed by 2,300 females, tesident in the town of Bolton ; another from Hammersmith ; and several other petitions, for the imme diate and absolute abolition of slavery. Mr. S. TRELAWNEY presented a petition from Tavistock, against the provisions of the abolition of Slavery Bill. Sir RICHARD VYVYAN presented a petition signed by the planters, mortgagees, annuitants, and others in terested in the island of Jamaica, praying to be heard by counsel against the Abolition of Slavery Bill. Mr. EWING concurred in the prayer of the petition. On the order of the day being moved for the House to go into Cammittee on the Abolition of Slavery Bill, An Host. MEMBER gave notice that he should move on the 25th day of August that the sure of fifteen mil lions be inserted in the compensation clause instead of twenty millions. On the question that the Speaker leave the chair, Mr. WILKS rose to inquire of the Right Hon. the Secretary for the Colonies what provision was intended to be made by the Government for the moral and religious instruction of the enfranchised negroes ? It was fully understood that the provisions of the Bill were to be founded upon the resolution which had been agreed to by both Houses of Parliament. The last of these resolutions determined that such instruction should be provided for the liberated slaves; but on looking over the Bill be had not been able to discover the slightest indication of that intention. Within the last two months religious persecutions hail been renewed in the island of Jamaica, and the property of unoffending indi• viduals had been confiscated to pay penalties inflicted for attending religious worship. His conduct, and that of mmy other Members, would be regulated in a great measure by the answer which he received. Mr. STANLEY said he did not precisely know the meaning of the Hon. Member. If it was to ask whether the Government intended to give full effect to the esta blishment of civil and religious liberty, he would answer, yes, such were the intentions of Government ; and he believed that one clause in the Bill established the same law in the colonies, as r.spected that, as was in England. When that clause was under consideration would be the proper time for introducing any amendment. In answer to a remark from Mr. O'CONNELL, Mr. BERNAL said he believed that an Act had passed the Assembly of Jamaica, putting the Catholics on the same footing as Protestants, as well in naturalization as in other matters. Mr. A. JOHNSTONE did not think the Hon. Secre tary had fully answered the question of the Honourable Member, and trusted that that Honourable Mern• bee would take another opportunity of pressing his views by proposing additional clauses. He could not agree with that part of the Bill which put education under the care of the Colonial Legislatures. He would as soon have left the legislation upon the Irish Coercion Bill to the White feet, as agree to leave the local Assemblies to regulate the religious education of the slaves. The House then went into Committee, when the 9th clause passed with a verbal amendment. On the 10th clause being read, ‘aVAill the TH said o a. he would Member fr s uggesto Weymouth t o the Right Ho l% n i . r. S P ec . E re S t T at7 n an alteration might b e ma d e i n t h a t c l ause , t o a ll o w slaves ha t to be transferred from one island to another during their apprenticeship, providing it was with their own consent, and under any restriction either of that House or the Assemblies. Dr. LUSHINGTON opposed such an alteration on the ground that, if it was permitted, it would be subjected to much abuse. _ . Mr. F. BUXTON said, there was no part of the slavery question in which he felt more interest than that which was now before the House, and his firm conviction was, that if they were to depart from those principles, which had been so long the law of the country, the con sequence would be, that in the course of the next six or seven years there would be a transfer of 20,000 slaves from island to island, and that not a thousand of that number would be alive at the end of their apprenticeship. - _ Mr. R. GORDON fully concurred in the opinion of the Hon. Member fur Weymouth. He considered there was no proposition that would be attended with more difficulty between the planters and their apprentices, than that which was made by his Hon. Friend opposite (Mr. Stewart), and while his Hon. Friend supposed it would be an advantage to the people of Barbadoes, they were protesting strongly against it. Mr. STEWART said he took only one view of this question, and of the question decided before by his Hon. Friend the Member for Weymouth. He thought that when this Act came into operation it would be found the restriction contained in the 10th clause would be an im pediment to the commission of the Act. Mr. BUXTON said he should produce a multiplicity of cases in which the consent of the negroes was actually given. After a few words f►om Mr. EwING, Lord SANDON, and Mr. MARRIOTT, the amendment was withdrawn. Mr. F. BUXTON then moved as an amendment to the 10th clause, " that no apprentice should be removed from one colony to another after the passing of this Act, without the consent of the said apprentice given and recorded in writing before and by the said two Justices of the Peace." He could produce a great number of eminent authorities equally conclusive on this point, but he felt satisfied the House would fully concur• with him in thinking that these apprentices ought not to be considered as slaves, and that they should not be removed from place to place without their own consent or authority. If any objection was made to this, be should certainly feel it his duty to press it to a division. Sir F. BURDETT fully concurred in what had fallen from the Hon. Member who bad just sat down, but he thought at the same time it ought to be accompanied with some sort of regulation that they should be better provided Err, and that there should be some place made for their reception when they arrived at those colonies. After some observations from Mr. RIGBY WASON, Mr. GORDON, and Mr. EWING, in support of the amend ment, the clause, as amended, was ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 11, as amended, was ordered to stand part of the Bill. Mr. STANLEY said that it was intended to amend clause 12, by adding that the slave should not he employed more than 45 hours each week, and that the time for cul tivating his provision ground should not be deducted from his weekly but annual time. Lord HOWICK concurred in the amendment, but with it he still thought the clause tended to great objec tions. For many years, it would be in the recollection of the House, endeavours had been made to prevail on the colonies to make more liberal allowances to the slaves. The clause, as it now stood, would give advantage to those colonies that had been most obstinate in preventing the • execution of the orders of Government. He should therefore suggest that, instead of granting to the slaves a certain amount, they should give small sums to the slaves for their labour, say even the sum of 6.1. for seven hours and a half, that would reconcile him to the apprenticeship imposed upon him. It was very well known that the slaves were very fond of having money given to themselves. The adoption of the proposition which he had brought forward, would, in his (Lord Howick's) opi nion, meet the wishes of both parties. Although the amendment would not remove all the objections he (Lord H.) had to the Bill, it would have the effect of removing many of them. Mr. STANLEY thought, by carrying into effect the amendment of the Noble Lord, a gross breach of justice would be committed, and Parliament would be taking to itself a power which it never ought to exercise. Mr. P. M. STEWART concurred in the amendment of the Noble Lord. Lord HOWICK, in explanation, entered into a discus sion of the propriety of the orders in Council. Mr. STANLEY thought the present time was not the proper one to discus• the orders in Council.—(Hear.) Mr. R. GORDON hoped that the alefunct orders in Council, whether they were founded in absolute wisdom or otherwise, would not now be brought forward and discussed.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. F. BUXTON was convinced that nothing would in duce negroes to work so well or so readily as holding out an inducement of wages ; the evidence given before the Com mittee proved that fact, but the House had already decided against the system of wages. He hoped that the Right Hon. Secretary (Mr. Stanley) would consent to the introduction of a clause that should approximate towards wages, by allowing the negro a small sum, say a halfpenny per hour for their labour. The planters complain of the expensive and tiresome mode of laying in stores of pro visions for the negroes, and therefore it would be better to allow a small sum for wages, that the negro might know he was working for wages. The prospect of emancipa tion through an apprenticeship, would be no inducement equivalent to wages. At all events, the slaves should have the option of having allowances and provision grounds, or of having wages. Mr. O'REILLY said be hoped the Right Hon. Se cretary would, instead of following the negro so many hours on an annual average, snake it so many hours per week, so that he might cultivate his own grounds. It was true that the crop season was a busy one for the planter, hut it was also an important one for the negro in the cultivation of his garden ; but if at that period the master chose to call on his negro for extra labour, he should pay for it. Mr. STANLEY said that was precisely what the clause would effect. If the negro worked for his master more than the 45 hours in crop time, the latter would be bsund to pay for the extra labour. Mr. JAMES could not let the fallacy inferred by the speech of the Hon. Member for Weytnouth go forth. If the negro was not paid money wages, he was paid for his work in food, clothing, provision, garden ground, and other conveniences. On one of his estates in the island of Jamaica, he (Mr. James) had slaves who hail made from 201. to 2001. by the produce of their provision ground, besides being provided fair in other ways. Who ever heard of an English labourer saving 2001. out of money wages? It was seen by the papers that such was the distress of English labourers that they were actually starving in the streets. He condemned the tissue of false hoods and scandalous exaggerations appearing on those subjects in the " Anti• Slavery Reporter." Mr. F. BUXTON said the fact of these savings on the part of the Hon. Member's slaves was an argument in favour of his position. He defended the anti-slavery reporter from the attack of the Hon. Member. Mr. P. STEWART hoped the amendment of his Right Hon. Friend would be adopted. The amendments of the Noble Lord, and the Hon. Member for Weymouth, would be unnecessary interpok ions on the principle of the Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL spoke in favour of free labour. Mr. STANLEY said the Hon. Member for Weymouth seemed to labour under a mistake. As he (Mr. Stanley) understood the amendment, the slave was to have 61. a day whether he worked or not—that was not giving any stimulant to the slave, which was done by the original clause. Lord HOWICK did not think any thing had been urged which should induce him to withdraw his proposition.—(Hear, bear.) Though the sixpence a day migh not altogether be considered as wages, yet still he thought the sl Ives would consider it as an improvement in their condition, if they were allowed to receive a small remuneration, in money instead of having that remuneration in the manner in which they have been accustomed to receive it. Dlr.. R. GORDON wished to know whether the Noble Lord was prepared to find some means, or whether he intended establishin g a sort of bank, at which those six pences were to be paid ? Lord HOWICK explained. Aster some observations from Sir R. Vyvyan, Lord Sandon, Mr. Sandford, and Mr. Buxton, The House resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and asked leave to sit again, and the SPEAK ER left the chair. -- - -- - - --- - - MURDER OF A WOMAN BY HER lIUS EAND.—The circumstances attending the death of MARY NICHOLS, whose body was disinterred from the burial ground of the Ebenezer Methodist Chapel on Wednesday se'onight, by order of the official authorities, in conse quence of certain reports as to the cause of her death, have been fully investigated before a Coroner's Jury, and proves the case to be one of equal atrocity to any ever be fore the public. The miserable man (Mellott - 0, who is near 70 years of age, married the deceased about six years since, and they had lived together happily until within t he last twelve months, when, it appears, that the wif became jealous that too much attention was paid by him to her sister (HONOR RUNDLE), to whom he made a weekly allowanc e o f 6 5 ., an d to do which he not unfie- quently deprived his wife of those connfo..ts to whicli sht considered she was entitled. Toese circumstance , ' led to frequent quarrels. Cu one occasion, it appears, that this woman remained with them six or seven days, sleeping in the same room with NICHOLS and his wife, and Nrcuots threatened to cut his throat or hang himself when she was absent. The deceased was not ill until Monday, the 9th inst., when she was seized with vioLtnt voinitings, after eating some bread and cream given her by her husband. On the next day (Tuesday), NrciroLs went to the sister, saying, " Make piste up to your sister, she's very ill, and I don't think she'll be long." SUSANNAII CREWS accord ingly went to 1%14c1-ions' house, where she found the de ceased, as on the former occasion, vomiting and evacuating slimy matter. The sister looked for the bread, anti the cup in which the tea had been token, but could find neither, and the deceased then said, " He has not given me arsenic, tilos he ?" She continued ill during the whole night, and about six o'clock on Tuesday, the 10th, she expired, and was very decently interred, but in consequence of strong suspicion as to the cause of her death, the body was dis interred, and a coroner's inquest was held at the White Lion Inn, Tavistock street, before R. J. SQUIRE, E q., on Wednesday, and continued by adjournment to Thursday and Monday, when the above facts were s ubstantiated. After a short consultation, the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against WILLIAM NICHOLS, the husband of the deceased, who was taken into custody on the coroner's warrant, and on Thursday committed to Exeter to take lila trial at the pre.ent assizes.—Devonport Telegraph. DISTRESSING CIRCUMSTANCE.-OD Satur day evening, as two young boys, natives of India (placed by their parents under the care of Captain PEEVOR, of Church-street, Chelsea) were bathing in the river, near the Red House, they unfortunately got out of their depth, and notwithstanding that every exertion was made by several watermen to rescue them, when taken out life was extinct. We understand that they had obtained per mission to go to Battersea-fields to catch butteries, their object being, as it would seem, to bathe; hence the me oncholy resnit. The father of one is expected in town in a short time to visit his son, iu whom, we hear, his only earthly hope is placed. Captain PEEVOR is almost dis tracted. The interment of the Duke of SLITHER. LAND is expected to take place at Dornoch, the county town of Sutherland, in the fami'y mausoleum of the Duchess's ancestors. The present Duke and the Countess of SURREY were expected to reach Danrobin, on Friday, from the South. His Grace will remain in the North until after the funeral. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY 27. —The business of the cotton market this week is again very extensive, and, with the exception of Thursday and Wednesday, when the market was quiet, but without say depression in prices of moment, the demand has been exceedingly spirited throughout. The impart this we •k is 10,097 bags, and the sales 47,010 bags, viz., 500 Sea Island, 14 I. to 2s. 6,1. ; 50 Stained ditto, 12d. to 131t1. ; 14 690 Bowed, 9d. to 12d. ; 10,540 New Orleans, 9d. to 12d. ; 14,270 Alabama, &c., 91. to 10d. ; 1,740 Pernatns, 12.1. to 13d. ; 900 B ihias, 98d. to lid. ; 1,930 Maranhams, 1 lid. to 1241. ; 30 Barhadoes, 15d. ; 30 E i typtiau, 14d. ; and 2,370 Surats, 611. to 71d. per lb. To-day the market is quiet. The sales reach 2,000 trigs, at the prices of yes . er lay. AN INCORRIGIBLE THigF.—On Tuesday an incorrigible female thief was tranSierred from the Po'ice Court to the Chamber, for breaking into a dwelling house in New Vennal, about a couple of weeks since, and tar • rying off several pairs of blankets. Upon the nearest computation, the abandoned criminal has already spent between 13 and 14 years of her life in Bridewell, having been convicted and imprisoned for variaus misdemeancrs between 50 and 60 times.— Glasgow Courier. A CURIOUS COMPLIMENT.—FAsm was the ugliest man in Biodad, but was not aware of his defi ciencies. One day, while conversing with a friend in the streets, a lady covered with a veil stopped before him, and for a long time contemplated him very earnestly. Gratified by such attention, he went and asked her why she gaz-d at him so earnestly. " I have violated the laws of Mahomet," she reelied, " by looking with pleasure on a beautiful youth ; I must therefore punish my eyes, and I trust that my voluntary penance of looking at you for so long a time will save me from the tortures of hell."— Mollad.jtimi. for Gtioirveeern_mtheonutsionrddermsen to hold themselves in were on Saturday issued readiness to embark at Plymouth for foreign service. The transports are already there. Of the ultimate destinati in of these troops, although the Ministry take every precau tion to conceal it, there can be no doubt. They are in tended for Portugal to support the cause of Donna MARIA, S'lOUld Spain attempt to mike a movement in favour of Don Moues.. PAL\IELLA S anticipated success in the ,nth has, it is said, revived the doubts in the mind of Don PEDRO which originally led to their quarrel--PEDKO's object being to share the sovereignty with his daughter; while PA LMELLA and his partisans, havin g bad enough of the Ex-Brazilian Emperor , are determined, should they succeed upon Lisbon, on 'declaring Donna MARIA sole sovereign in Portugal. A COMMENDABLE INSTANCE OF BRAVERY IN A FEMALE. —A few days since, the Lady of Mr. BARNES, residing near Knowle, on entering her parlour, about eleven o'clock in the d my, discovered a strange fel low there, who hid entered the house with the intention of plunder. She immediately seized a pistol, and, threat ening the thief with instant death if he dared to move, called for assistance, and the ruffian, intimidated by her manner, remained on the spot until be was taken.—. Path Herald. CORRUPTING UNUSUAL WORDS.—It is DUGALn STEWART who remarks, if I remember, in his Dissertation, " That ideas are often conveyed to the:mind through the senses by very meagre and mutilated signs." Thus a parson who reads rapidly does not, most probably, see more than a very small proportion of the letters, or even of the words, whose meaning at a glance he appre hends ; this is proved by the pains required to be taken to analyse the orthography of any new or unusal term when it occurs. A steam-boat on Loch Lomond bare the classic name of Euphrosyne, which the Highlanders regularly corrupted into the Hugh Fraser. A very pious puritan, who kept an inn in Holborn in CROMWELL'S time, put as a motto to his sign, " God encompasseth us." In the course of years the sign became obliterated ; and when it came to be renewed, from the treacherous recol'ec tions of those amongst whom its designation was remember ed, it was entitled " The Goat and Compasses," a blazonry being given to suit the motto. In Fifeshire there is a farm, which, from stinding on the limits of the cele brated ground of the boar hunt, near St. Andrew's, received the Latin appellation of Apri Cursus. This, in process of time, was first corrupted into Upper Carus; and then, to find a counterp la to its new name, the next farm lower down the valley was called Nether Curus. A beautiful villa, near Loch Lomond, was named by its travelled posse‘sor, " Belle Retiro." The country people called it " Bullrutter." Perhaps the most thorough transmutation of a Roman expression of any we possess, if the classic antiquary be correct, is that of Hilariter Celcriter into our Scotch helter skelter. A celebra•ed philosopher once received a note from his Italian v,,let, addressed " Soznfridavy." It may be necessary to explain, that it was meant for Sir HUMPHREY DAVY. —Dundee Constitutional. SWALLOWS.--A further proof of the migra tion of tie four British swallows to South-Western Africa has been afforded of late years by the circumstance that their earlier or later arrival depends on the period of the prevailing south-west wind. The present year we had a few days of that wind early in April, and the swallows were all early this year. On the same wind returning, in the end of the same month, the Chartlets and Sand- Martins arrived ; and the same wind, about the Bth of M ty, brought the Swifts. Dr. Foster has observed that, during upwards of ten years past, the first of these birds have come with south and westerly winds: EXTRAORDINARY INCREASE OF BEES.— This year has been a very excellent one for those who keep these little laborious and profitable insects. A gr. at number of honey-dews, accompanied by a fine and dry May, June, and a part of July, have enabled them to collect im mense stores of honey, and caused them to swarm more frequently than usual, so much so that even the late swarms are now very heavy. SHORT, a game-keeper f Lord SUFFIELD'S, at Gunton, has had no less than sixteen swarms from four old stocks ; each of these stocks swarmed thrice, and the two first swarms also swarmed twice each. This is a most extraordinary increase, and what is still more singular, all of them seem sufficiently provided with fool ti stand through the winter. BONE MANURE.—An immense breadth of bone manure has this season been used in the adjacent dis• triets ; but a very general complaint is heard from the f trmers, that in proportion as the demand has increased the quality has fallen off, in ea far as the bones are not sufficiently subjected to the grinding operation of the mills, sod from this cause effectually resist a steady amalgatna tion with, or benefit to, the soil. This complaint is not a new one, and we have been informed, that when in the course of rotation, what was once a turnip field, become , pasture one, the unpulverized fragments are disinterree by the beeves, and have been productive of serious inju.) by being transferred to and lodging in the throats of th, cattle. Many farmers have introduced machines for how. owing; and here again the itt ufii i n.v gtiotling r, -i• !.r 1. 1 •;1•1 ; I t!, p - 'rye re, , ,ol..rity in t proce , s cin;.7, and tv;iere this 'fists, the tedious, -Ind c,rta:oly areeede operation of owin4 by the band, must needs he resorted to. Neither • the supply of hones to this district at all ready, or to be lepentl e d on, and wi en required to he imp'rrted from L ver,mol, Cirlisle, or GI isgotv, irregularity to ri certain v.,nt. will always ; but it 111% been frerptintiv !tinted by the agriculturists thenvelve , , that a depot placid t a convenient spot, within the title-matk, would prove payin4 seculation, and do away wi h the indless invon v,niences to which the farmers are subjected in s,nd'ng heir carts to the neatest seaport—in some cases to our kn)wledge a (list trace of 20 miles—and being compelled retu: ti empty- handed. —Dunifies Courier. ORIGINAL BON MOT OF •GARRACK.—A 'mat ire writer in the time of GARRICK was in the habi•, is said, of ill-treating his wife. Conversing one dty w th the actor, in a sentimental and feeling.like strain, he dtserv,d—" That a husband who could ill use a wumatt, .hose lot was, or should be, in common with his, de s:trved to h:re his house fired." " A.h ! eh !" exclaimed GAttatoc (who knew how the menage was conthiend), I hope, —, that your house is insured." The Journal de Rouen states, that on the evening of the 18th an immense swarm of small wi: t butterflies appeared there, and after flying about, fro n suit-set - till late in the night, along the houses netr the port, myriads fell dead on the pavetn,nt, i was literally covered with them. IRON TRADE.—The iron trade in this die tric, we are happy to state, continues in a brisk state, and 6/. 15s. per ton has been obtaiied for new orders.— Cam. ()Han. The wheat harvest has already commenced in the neighbourhood of And tver, and should the weather be fine, a can.iderable quantity will be cut in the curse of nest week.—Sidisbury Herald. The wheat harvest has partially commenced in the neighbourhocA of Winchester. It will probably be come general next week. The crop' are good, and have been much improved by the late rains.—Salisbury Herald. Lord ABERCROMBY took the oaths and his seat, on Friday last, in the House of Lords. Lord KIN°, on the same day, eat in Parliament for the first time after the death of his father. DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA.—As WC were travelling through a forest we surprised a huntin pa, ty of natives. Mr. Hoare and I were considerably in front of our party at the time, and he only had his gun with him. We had been moving along so quietly that we were not for some time observed by them.—Three were seated on the ground, under a tree, and two others were busily employed on one of the lower branches, cutting out honey. As soon as tbey saw us, four of them ran away ; but the fifth, who wore a cap of emu feathers, stood for a moment looliing at U 9, and then very delihe,rately dropped out of the tree to the ground. I spe , dily allvanced towards him, but More I got round a let-h that intervened he ha I d sited away. I was fear at that he was gone to collect his tribe, and, under this impression, rode quickly back for my gun to support Mr. HUME, On my arrival I found the native was before me. 11, stood about 20 paces from Mr. Iluare, who was endeavouring to explain whit he was; but seeing me approach, he immediately poised his spear at him, as being the nearest. Mr. HUME then unslung his carbine, and presented it ; but as it was evident my reappearance had startled the savage, I pulled up, and be immediately lowered his weapon. His en minces and courage surprised me, and increased my desire to coin. municate with hint. He had evidently taken both min and horse for one animal, and as long as Mr. HUME kept his seat, the native remained upon his guard; but when he saw hint dismount, after the first astonishment had stilt sided, he struck his spear into the ground, and walked fearlessly up to him. We easily made him comprehend that we were in search of water ; when he pointed to the west, as indicating that we should supply our wants there. He gave his information in a frank and manly way, with out the least embarrassment, and when the piny passed he stepped back to avoid the animals, without the smallest confusion. lam sure he was a very brave man ; and 1 left him with the most favourable impression, and not without the hope that he would follow us."--Atheneum. KING'S THEATRE.—We know not how the charming, though often-played opera of Cenerentola, could have been better cast in any capital of the worl.l than at this theatre on Saturday, and we are glad, for the taste of the town, to say, that it was well a•tended. The only novelty was Madame MALIBII A N as the heroine, a part she took on Thursday to but a select audience. TAMBURINI, as the disguise& servant, never sung better ; and much as we admire him, and often as we have spoken of him, we do not think we ever yet did him full justice. DONZELLI was in considerably less force than usual, and gave his first scene tamely, if not. lamely. Zucrt ELM, on the other hand, was immensely amusing in the Magnifico. Afcec Cenerentola, the mad scene from Anna liolena was given, and here PASTA obtained her triumph. She was at first rather coldly received; but long before the close the audience was ready to burst out with admiration, anti at the finish the whole pit rose, and shouts and apulauses resounded front every part of the thronged theatre. PASTA seemed to think that there was an attempt to set up a rival, and sang and acted certainly beyond all rivalry. The ballet of Masaniello was to follow, anti we conclude that it was duly performed; but, after PASTA'S scene, it was impossible for us to endure the dancing, and we left me theatre. SINGULAR CASE OF ONE PRISONER IN NEWGATE ROBBING ANOTHER. —Last week, Mr. Ald. HARMER inv(stigated an extraordin try case of robbery in Newgate. A prisoner named GREIG, who was sentenced to be transported fur seven years, learned that a fellow prisoner named WILLIS had in his possession 2001. in bank-notes which had been stolen by a boy, a prisoner in Clerkenwell, from his master, and that he was at a loss to dispose of them, and thinking he could make a pod thing of the information, he entered into a negotiation with Wilms for the purchase of the notes, anti 301. was agreed on between them for the purchase-money. As the parties were in different parts of the prison, a son of CREWS, who visited the prison on the pretence of being an attorney's clerk, was the negotiator; and, on the day appointed, delivered to WILLIS twenty-nine sovereigns and 20s. in silver, and received from ban a sealed parcel, which he assured the man of law contained the 200/. in notes. The young negotiator having informed his father that be had the praperty safe, and t tken his instructions respecting its disposal, left the prison withmit breaking the seal, fearing detection ; but no sooner had he got into a coach, than, anxious to see the faces of the notes, he broke open the parcel, anti was astounded to Stu: that it con tained nought but waste paper. He hastened back and in. formed his father of the fraud that had been practised; and the father, either in resentment or despair, itnme diately wrote to Mr. WONTN ER stating the facts of the case WILLIS was immediately examined, and stoutly denied any knowledge of the facts asserted by GREIG and his father ; but being searched, the 29 sovereigns and 20,,, s w tr e a re tag fun e o ni, d fi o rs n t the e biovyhowlehoof stoleet them, and then to obtain the 301 . from GREIG. On inquiry e himt o obtain t a h i e n tthheenn confesse d otesfrom tlt at Clerkenwell prison, it was found that the notes stolen by the boy were OwEN's labour notes, which Wades for a time took to be hank-notes, and when he found his mis take, determined to make the most be could of them, by deceiving his fellow thief before he took his departure from prison.— Observer. PROPERTIES OF OCTOBER BEER.—Prac• tical brewers are well aware, that the peculiar flavour and other qualities of malt liquor depend very much on the water used, the temperature of the air, and the parti cular exposure of the tnalthouse as well as the brewhouse. London porter, therefore, can only he brewed in Lon don ; for though a London brewer were to go to Calcutta, or Sr. Petersburgh, and use what he imagines to be the same ingredients, and tl e same process, he will be altogether disappointed in the result. Hence the imprataieability of following the receipts given in hooks for making Edinburgh, Burton, or Weideor ale ; for without the same water, and the same exposure, as the famous breweries in those particular places, the thing is impossible. It is these several circumstances which influence the qualities of beer brewed in October, which has for ages acquired a high character. The state of the air, except so far as regards its temperature, we cannot so particularly appreciate ; but we know some of the changes which take puree in water during the month of October. The decay of vegetables, in immense quan tities, must tend to impregnate both rivers and springs with putrid matter, which if not in great excess, may be rendered inoffensive by combining with the etrthy salts of the ,vater ; anti at the seine time these salts will be in some legree neutralized, and the water rendered sifter than be fore; and nobody needs to be told, that the softer wak . r is, the more fitted it is for brewing. A late author 1•4 , herefore decidedly wrong, who says it is to an e . r . rt t m: , 7: prejudice that October beer owes its fame , and is brewed in February and March m ust be lttarttu I . i. louht not that some summer malts may be slack , a . even un over the kiln ag tin ; lug that is . t:` fault it ! (-).." Ater. The bad effects of the pu.ri er, a l tar hits ,ess, must be wholly imagin a r y. mdergone the heat 50d fernenction ti , e I); el.v.tutl 0 !plrh hare. re) -- es ."... . 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