The Sun. — London, England, 1833-04-12 00:00:00

THE BASTARDY LAWS. The abuses which take place under the present Jaws respecting bastardy are so enormous that one would wonder they are suffered to exist, did not the experience of every day show us that no evil is attempted to be remedied till it has be• come intolerable. We shall give some extracts from the evidence collected by the Poor Law Commissioners upon this subject, in the hope that our rulers may thilik, with us, that the period is arrived when the laws must be amended, unless we would see all chastity ranked by the poorer classes as a vice instead of a virtue. The following extracts are taken from Mr. Cowell's report. We beg particular attention to the last paragraph, although, indeed, the whole is deserv ing of particular attention : " The theory of a law—the text of law is nothing. The practice of the law is the real law. It is according to the practice that men shape their actions, and accord ing to nothing else. _ _ " The practice of the English law respecting bastardy is shortly this " Whenever a woman is pregnant of a bastard child which the overseer apprehends may become chargeable on the parish, or whenever a woman applies for relief for her bastard after having given birth to it, the overseer has power to compel her to declare on oath the father, and then to compel him to piy the parish ►,he amount of whatever order of maintenance the magistrate may mike upon him. The sole object of this legislation is to save expense to the parish. The effect of it is, as might have been foreseen, to promote bastardy; to make want of chastity on the woman's part the shoitest road to obtaining either a husband or a competent maintenance ; and to en courage extortion and perjury. It would he impossible for the heart of man or demon to devise a more effective instrument for extinguishing every noble feeling in the female heart—for blighting the sweetest domestic effec tion•, and for degrading the males and females of that por tion of the community connected with the receipt of parish relief,—than this truly diabolical institution. " In the first pine, I appeal to the experience of all overseers in rural districts, whether the instances of mar riages taking place among the labouring classes, without previous pregnancy, are not so very rare as to constitute no exception to the general assertion, that ' pregnancy precedes marriage.' " In the second place, I ask, whether marriages are not, in most instances, brought about by the threat which the woman holds out to the man of swearing the child to him if he does not marry her ; and whether the power afforded to the man of suggesting to the woman that she may place him in this predicament is not the infallible topic of seduction and persuasion which he employs in the rare in stances which require persuasion ? In the third place, I appeal to every assistant-over seer who has been any time in office, whether he has not, in his own experience, known of several instances of per jury and extortion on the part of women in his own parish, and heard of many more. " I proceed to give miscellaneous instances. " DOWNHAII "MARKET, NORFOLK. "Order on the father, 25., out depends upon the circum- SiaMCCS. The overseers stated as follows : " A woman refused to declare the father of the child of which she was pregnant. They threatened her wilt imprisonment if she persevered in her contumacy, where upon she declared she would swear the child to one of them. This she proceeded to do. She appeared before the magistrate, and had the name of the overseer actu slly inserted in the order, but when the oath was tendered to her, relented," T ‘ SWAFTHAM, NORFOLK. " A woman in a neighbouring parish had five illegiti. mate children, for which she was allowed 10s. per week, end 6s. for herself. Finding herself pregnant for the sixth time, she employed a man to go round to various persons with whin she might or might not have had con nection, to acquaint each of them separatelv'with the fact of her pregnancy, and of her intention of swearing the child to him unless he consented to send her a sum of money, when she would engage to swear it to some one else. Her demands for this hush-morn y ranged as high as 101. in some instances. The first man to whom her am bassador applied, gave him IW. The ambassador re turned, and represented to his employer that the man bad laughed at her threat, but had sent her half-a-crown, out of which be thought she ought to give him Is. 641 for his trouble. To this she consented ;so he benefited 91. 195., 0 , A 'to tt Matt . 7 — Th'ti - resisied, and or; his ap peal succeeded in getting the order on him quashed. Ti,e case was tried at Swaffuam, where the above circumstances came to light in Court. " This woman was never punished. She gave birth to her child, was allowed 2s. for it by the p Irish, and is now in the receipt of 18s. per we k, the produce of successful bastardy ad vent urea. " My informant in this and the following instance was Mr. Sewell, clerk to the magistrates at Swaffnam. " A woman of Swaffham was reproached by t , :e magis trate, Mr. Young, with the burdens she had brought upon the parish, upon the occ,sion of her appearing before him to present the parish with her seventh bastard. She re plied, ' I ant not going to lie disappointed in my company with men to save the parish.' Ilis woman now receives 14s. a week for her seven bastards, being 2s. a head for ouch. Mr. Sewell informed me that had she been a widow with anven legitimate children, she would not have re ceived so much by 4s. or ss. a week, according to their scale of allowance to widows. A bashed child is then about 25 per cent. more valuable to a parent than a legi tin ate one. The premium upon want of chastity, per jury, and extortion, is here very obvious; and Mr. Sewell informed me that it is considered a good speculation to marry a woman who can bring a fortune of oae or two bastards to her husband. Mr. Sewell had never known in the course of his experience but two women punished for having illegitimate children. The profligacy in this neigh bourhood is very great. " ROYSTON " Informant, Mr. Doekwra7order, 2s.—varies ac cording to the circumstances of the father. " Many gilds have got as much as 201. or 301. from different young men not to swear children to them ; has heard young men jeering one another in this way--` Ah, you had to come down with a 51. note, or otherwise she would have sworn it to you.' Some girls pretend to be pregnant when they are not so, to extort money. " A girl, to extort money, swore a child to the clergy man's son, of which he proved himself not to be the father. " One woman, named Smith, has three children hy three different fathers. She has never been punished, and the parish allows her 6s. per week. Women are very rarely punished; has only known one or two instances in his memory of the parish. Bastardy very common. HOLBEACH, LINCOLNSHIRE. " Informants, the overseer and master of the workhouse. "Many illegitimate children; ten or twelve every year; bastards increasing; order frail ls. to 2s. 6d. and above, depends on Me circunt,tan':es of the father. " An unmarried girl, upon leaving the workhouse after her fourth confinement, said to the master, Well, if I have the good luck to have another child, I shall draw a g ,, 0:1 sum from the parish, and with what I can earn mys,lf, shall be better off than any married •voman in the p tris ,, ,' and the master added, that she had met with the good luck she hoped for, as she told him, a short time before I was at Holheach, that she, was five months gone with child. " I asked him what she had for each child ?--He an swered 21. ; and that women in that neighbourhood could easily earn ss. a week all the year through. Thus she will bare 15s. a week. BASPORD, NOTTINGHAM. " Populat'on, 6325, the centre of the stocking manu factory. " rtnant, William Caddick, has been permanent overseer for 20 years. " Order on (Alter, 2s.,—depends on circumstances of father. If overseer says the father is rich, and apply for a larger order, magistrates never refuse; always give the mothers all that the parish receives from the fathers ; thinks this makes women fix on rich fathers ; knows many instances of perjury—someiimes can prove them. " It is proverbial among girls and women, that they would rather their children were all bastards—bas often heard girls and women say that. There must be some thing wrong in the magistrates ordering a woman 21. for a bastar I, when, if a poor family applies for relief, they direct tne overseer to make up the earnings on the scale of js. 3d. for each child ; so that the poor man's chddreta are worse off, we consider, than the bastards. A girl with three bastards will live better than a man working coarse stockings ; she will get 6s. fur her bastards, and earn 2s. or 3s. besides—he will only be able to earn, alter cleari ng his expenses (viz• rent of frame, n ee dl es , seaming, &e,) 6s. per week. A widow with a legitimate child is never al owed more than 1 fid., sometimes less, an d sometimes nothing—depends upon her earnings; but a woman with bastards is sure of 2r. a week for each ; yea, even if she were earning 20e. a week. During twenty years he has , beerk in office, magistrates would never punish a woman for having a bastard, though he has frequently appli d for it. Bastardy is very much increasing in Basford ; be lieves that one-third ofall the number applying to the pa rish, old and young, are bastards." " BINGHAM. " Bastardy flourished in this parish in the usual way up to the year 18113. The practice was the same here as else where, and the effects of course the same. "In 1818, Mr. Lowe introduced a change marked by the wisdom which characterises his other proceedings. " For the seven years ending 1818, the average annual number of bastard births in Bingham was six ; and the average annual number of marriages was thirteen and two-thirds. For the seven years ending 1824, the ave rage annual number of bastard births was under two, and that of marriages ten. "Dean, the overseer's acitount is as follows:—Twelve years ago we introduced this custom ; when a woman came saying she was with child, she was taken before the magistrate in the usual way; the sessions made the order on the father in the usual way. Then we told her she must get the money from the father herself, as we should never trouble him ; and that if she became chargeabie to us, we should send her to the house of correction, and all women are invariably so sent. Before this we used to have five or six bastards born every year, now we have under two. These are still sworn and affiliated in the usual way ; there is no change i❑ that respect ; but if the mother applies for relief, we enforce the law, and send her to prison. So the mothers now never think of applying to the parish, but arrange with the fathers as well as thy can, and maintain the children as well as they can. There are no bastards on the parish books now but one; and this is a particular case, where the mother was ill treated by the father. For nearly the first three years after the first example was made, there was not one bas tard birth in the parish, except in the case of a woman who was an idiot; neither has there been any instance whatever, for the last twelve years, of any woman ever having a second bastard child. Before this change then. were inany,—one woman had five; but at that time this parish paid as others do now; 2s. for every bastard, whe ther the money was obtained from the father or not. " This method of dealing with bastardy sweeps away the motive to perjury —the power of extorting money— deprives the woman of the hope of getting a husband, or large weekly a Instances by incontinency, and the man of the most powerful topic for effecting seduction ; and turns the moral sense of the poor into the right channel. " All laws regarding bastardy, which contemplate the slightest punishment on the man, have the inherent defect. of encouraging what they aim at repressing. Such laws must give the woman power, either directly or indirectly, over the man ; he will use that fact as a motive to induce her to yield ; and she will yield because she knows she shall be able to effect his punishment if he deceives her. " The man may in all cases he as guilty as the woman ; and it may seem hard or unjust to punish her, the weaker and more helpless of the two, and suffer him to go un punished; but the object of penal law is to repress crime, and not to punish it. Punishment is a means to an end ; the end is the prevention of crime; and a punishment which operates to encourage instead of to prevent crime (as is the case in bastardy when the father is punished), frustrates the very object which alone can justify one hu man being in inflicting pain on another. It may safely be affirmed, that the virtue of female chastity does not exist among the lower orders of England, except to a certain extent among domestic female servants who know that they hold their situations by that tenure, and are more prudent in consequence. Among the residue all evidence goes to prove that it is a nonentity. A daugh ter grows up; she learns what her soother was ; she sees what her sisters and neighbours are; finds that nobody thinks the worse of them, and that nothing is expected of herself, and that there is a. short road to marriage or a maintenance. The English law has abolitehed female chastity, self respect, proper pride, and all the char:ties of domestic life, derived from and connected with its exist ence. It has destroyed, likewise, the beneficial influence which this virtue in women reflects on the character of plea. If it is considered desirable to restore it the way is easy, and sure, and short. It is only necess try to enact that it shall be unlawful for parishes to give relief to a mo ther for a bastard, without sending her to prison for three or six months, and to deprive parishes of all claim on the father. By acting on a somewhat similar principle, Mr. %Vhately, of Cookhatn, Berks, has reduced the annual bastardy births of his parish from fifteen to one." FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Viscount Acheson, MP., in Connaught-place, from Bramp ton-place, Huntingdonshire; the Hon. Champion Dymoke, in Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, from his seat in Hants; the Earl and Countess of Kenmare, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle : street. fv3Pl frm.;;;; , . Lord Heresbury, at Coulson's Hotel, Lower Brook street, from his seat in Wilts; Captain Garth, MN., at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from his seat Haines Hill, Berks; W. Garnier, Esq., at the Hyde -park Hotel, from his seat in Hants; Sir B. and Lady Wrey, at Brighton, from their seat Tavistock, Devonshire; Major Champagne, from Brighton ; Hon. G. Craven, in Green street, from Melton Mowbray; Hon. H. B. Simpson, in Carlton Gardens, from his seat Bilton Hall, Devon. port; R. Hook, Esq., from Leamington, Warwickshire; Mr. and Mrs. Dengintield, at Symmons's Hotel, St. James's-street, from their seat Slough ; W. Smythe, Esq., at ditto, from Ire land; J. B. Stene, Esq., and Tuffnel, Esq., at Ellis's Hotel, St. Jaines's.street, from Chipping Ongar, Essex; the Hon. C. Steuart, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Ireland; J. C. Boode, Esq., at ditto, from Wilts. DEPARTURES. Countess de Grey, from St. James's-square, for her seat, Putney Heath; Charles K. Tynte, M.P., for Brighton; Lord and Lady Rivers, from Grosvenor-place, for their seat, Eltham Lodge, Kent; Sir T. Ferguson, Bart., for Lord Dacre's seat, the Hoo, near Welwyn, Herts ; Colonel and Major Turner, from the Albion Hotel, Cockspur-street, for Brussels; C. Smith, Esq., from ditto, for Liverpool ; G. Mackay, Esq., T. Clarke, Esq., and A. Irving, Esq., from ditto, for ditto; Captain and Mrs. Morton, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. J. Moore, from Grosvenor-street, for their seat in Essex; Captain Locke, from the British Hotel, Jerinyn-street, for Brighton; W. Sitwell, Esq., from ditto, for Oxford; Mr. and Mrs. Staveley, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Cashiobury Park; Mr. and Mrs. Potter, from ditto, for Malvern ; Mr. and Miss Morgan, from ditto, for Scotland ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss ButtenshaW, from ditto, for Essex; Vis count and Viscountess Beresford, from Cavendish-square, for St. Leonard's-on -Sea; Sir Edward, Lady, and Misses Kerrison, from Great Stanhope-street, for Oakley Park, near Eye; H. T. Hope, Esq., M.P., from Duchess-street, for Glou cester; Lord Villiers, from Berkeley.square, for Newmarket; Sir Richard Bulkeley, Bart., from Portland-place, for New.. market; the Earl and Countess of Wilton, from Melton, for ditto; the Earl of Orford, from Wolleston, for ditto; the Earl of Uxbridge, from Bruton-street, for ditto; Colonel and Mrs. Anson, from Curzon-street, for ditto ; Lord John Fitzroy, from Chapel street, Grosvenor-square, for ditto; Lord Yarborough, from Arlington-street, for Brocklesby ; Colonel Chaplin, from Welbeck-street, for Newmarket; the Countess of Jersey, from Berkeley-square, for Brighton; Major-General Sir E. Blakeney and Colonel Cuyler, from Albemarle-street, for Dublin ; Mr. Secretary Stanley, from Carlton Gardens, for Knowsley. - - SHIPS' STORES.—The following letters have been received by Mr. W. WALKER, whierfinger, of Hull : " Harley-street, Cavendish.square, March 26. " Dear Sir,—You will be pleased to find that our exertions have not been thrown away in endeavouring to obtain for the outports the same advantages as are given to London in respect to the shipment of tea. It is but due to Mr. Poulett Thomson, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, to state that he was the first to admit the hardships which the former regulation had imposed on the shipowners and seamen not resident in London, and the first of the men in office to do them justice. Believe me, yours, very truly, " WILLIAM HUTT, " To Mr. W. Walker, 37, High-street, Hull." "Treasury, March 26. " Mr. Spring Rice presents his compliments to Mr. Hutt, and has to acquaint him that directions have been given to permit the removal of tea in bond, without payment of the duty, to any of the outports for shipment as stores, under such regulations as the commissioners of customs may consider expedient for the security of the revenue." • The Earl of COURTOUN'S youngest daugh ter, Lady JANE STOPFORD, was married, at St. George's church, yesterday morning, to ABEL JOHN Ram, Et.q., of Clormtin. His Lordship celebrated the event by a splendid :thjeune to a select circle at his residence in Connaught-squire. The happy pair set off after the breakfast to spend the honeymoon at the Duke of BUCCLEUCH'S vi.la, at Richmond. ----- I MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Hon. and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of LICHFIELD and COVENTRY, THOMAS CHARLTON WHITMORE, Esq., M.P., eldest son of THOMAS WHITMORE, El., of Apley Park, Shropshire, to the Lady Loutsw ANNE DOUGLAS, eldest daugriter of the Marquis of QUEENSBERRY. After the ceremony, an elegant dejeune was given by the Marchioness of QUEENS• BERRY, at which wer(present the Dowager Marebioness of LOTHIAN, the Ladies KERR, the Earl and Countess of BANDON, and Lady HARRIET BERNARD, Viscount and Viscountess BERNARD, Sir E. and Lady SCOTT, the 11. , n. Miss BRODRICK, Mr. and Mrs. DOUGLAS, lIIr. R. KEITH DOUGLAS the Rev. J. W. and Lady GAGE, Mr., Mrs., and th e Missel WHITMORE, Mr. and Mrs. MURRAY, Lord MARE KERR, &e. The bride was given away by her father, the Marquis of QUEENSBERRY; and the brides- Inailisw a e nd re the th Misses WHITMORE.eLatiies DOUGLAS, Lady HARR IET BER NARD, FRENCH PAPERS. (From Galianani's Messenger of Wednesday.) FRANKFORT, APRIL s. —(From a letter )—The public mind is still extremely agitated. But for the presence of the Austrian troops in our neighbourhood, the scenes of the day before yesterday would have been renewed. The agitation is still greater in the neighbouring states ; it is said that disturbances have broken out in Electoral Hesse, and in Rhenish Bavaria. The plan of the insurrection, if it really existed, was known before-hand by the autho rities of Frankfort, and by several members of the Diet. It is now positively known that the Chief Burgomaster, M. de Guaita, had received several anonymous letters, informing him what was to happen. It is likewise known, that Baron de Pechhin, Danish Minister to the Diet, transmitted, at two o'clock in the afternoon of the 3d instant, a letter to M. Guaita, stating that, according to credible information, a tumult would bre tk out at half-past nine in the evening. It is reported that M. de Guaita would not give credit to the infor ►aation. When the time mentioned arrived, looking at his watch, he is said to have exclaimed, " Now the revolution has began, but I shall retire to rest." The second Burgomaster, M. Kappea, less incredulous, expected an insurrection, and was the first among the authorities who opposed the rioters. The journey of Count Munch Bellinghauseu, and M. de Nagler, the representative of the Court of Prussia, gives rise to many conjectures. Accord.. ing to a general rumour the Diet has had some share in the occurrence. The number of prisoners, foreigners, and natives, amounts to 120. Not one of those who scattered in the streets parcels of cartridges and powder has b en arrested. Several of these packets, wrapped up in paper, were lighted on one end, whence it is inferred that there was an intention to set the town on fire. It appears strange that these criminals alone should have escaped. The police, however, are now very active in endeavouring to discover the guilty parties ; search is being made in coffee houses, hotels, private houses, and especially the printing-offices. (From the Messager des Chambres of Monday.) PARIS, Arm'. S.—Yesterday, notwithstanding the so lemnity of Easter, the Diplomatic Body was busily engaged. M. Pozzo di Borgo bad several interviews with M. de Broglie and the Ambassadors of the Great Powers. It is affirmed that the Minister, who has been for some days uneasy respecting the events passing in the Levant, has been entirely satisfied by the despatches which were communicated to him by Lend Granville. In fact, an extraordinary courier from Constantinople arrived yesterday at the Hotel of the English Legation, and was sent the same evening to London. The d spatches of which he was the bearer are dated the 20th, and are of great importance. (From the Messager des Chambres of Wednesday.) - - PARIS, APRIL 9.—After the news received from the East the day before yesterday, Count D'Appony had a long itterview with the. Duo de Broglie. It seems that this news has rather deranged the pretensions raised by Austria. The interview was accordingly not satisfactory either to the Minister or the Ambtssattor. On leaving the Minister, M. D'Appony went to Count Pozzo di Borgo, and after this interview, the Austrian Ambassador despatched a courier to his Government yesterday esening. M. de Broglie has also despatched a courier to Marshal Maison. Nothing has transpired respecting the contents of the despatches of which those two couriers are the bearers. We have reason to doul•t the authenticity of the state ment that we copied from several other jou. nals, of the appointment of General Guideminot to the Government of Algiers. The budget for Algiers has not yet passed the Peers. Tile, system in which the colony is to be go. verned is not decided, and it would be difficult to say what instructions could now be given to a new governor. Algiers is an open wound for France; 25 000 troops are employed there to no use ; they have had at one time 4,000 sick, and 7,000 convalescent ; the expenses in 1832 exceeded 34 million francs, and all this waste of men and money his led only to the possession of three walled cities, and to a war of extermination with the natives. We cannot imagine that a man, who has a high repu tation to preserv6 like General Goilleminot, would wan tonly entangle himself in suet, labyrinth. (From the Journal du Commerce of Tuesd PARIS, APRIL B.—The Memorial Bordelais gives a letter from Madrid, which it says comes from indubitable authority, and which accuses the Ambassadors of Russia and Prussia of being the promoters of the changes in the Spanish Cabinet. It accuses the Ministers, Zea and Cruz, of having excited, by money, the popular move ments by which Ferdinand was alarmed. Just at the mo ment that the King's mind was deeply impressed by these events, the two Ambassadors took a decisive step, telling his Majesty he might see from his bilcony the revolution agitating his capital, while nothing was wanting to put an easaL ;; 'ena t — tairwat 1 11,:t - 4;:.n.".:1 - '1.Y.aiiikhcji dews or Lila Government harmonise with those of their Sovereign, and that then, but only then, he might depend, under all circumstances, and whenever occasion should requite, on their support and assistance. At this language and at the sight of the popular commotion which he per ceived from his windows, the King sent for M. Zia, and immediat e ly afterwards th e mo d era t e M in i sters were di s charged, an d the Intendant Martinez de San Martin arrested in the mitidle of the street, to be conveyed to Badojoz. The Queen is confined in her apartment, and not permitted to wee anybody whatever. " The revolution just effected at Madrid," says the Memorial, "is entirely directed against France, whose in terest positively required that the Spanish Government should abide by the course of moderation on which it had entered. France, without cause for apprehensions on that side, might direct her whole attention to the affairs of the North and the East without fearing to be diverted from them by embarrassments on her southern frontier. Now, thanks to the influence of Russia, we have another power to observe; and if the affairs of the East should not be settled amicably, we need not the gift of prophecy to foresee whose interest that power will espouse. (From the Journal du Commerce of Wennesday.) Rear Admiral Ducrest de Villeneuve is at Toulon, but only in consequence of having received a week's leave of absence to go and see his eldest daughter, wiw is dying. Orders have been given at Toulon to have everything ready to refit the Duquesne and &pen, which are ex pected from Brest, that they may be able to join the squadron as soon as possible. It is affirmed that Rear Admiral Rosarnel is recalled to Paris, and that M. Jurien Lagraviere, Prefect of R., e h e . fort, will succeed him as Maritime Prefect of Toulon. The Courrier d': Bas Rhin contains the following letter, Bated Franktort, April 2 :—" We learn that upon an application of the Russian Ambassador, the Diet has come to a general decision which will create some sensation. By this decision all time Polish refugees residing in Ger many, without Russian passports, or such as have not availed themselves of the amnesty offered them by the Emperor Nicholas, are obliged, whatever their position or conduct may be, to quit the States of the German Confe deration. One of the principal motives assigned by the Russian Ambassador, on calling for such a measure, is, that the presence of these refugees in Germany endangers the tranquillity of Poland." FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, APRIL 10.—Five per Cents., 100 f. 60c. 65c. 60c. 55c. 60c. 65c. 60c. 65c. ;_ Four and a Half per C en t s . 99E 50c. ; Three per Cent s ., 7fif. 70c. 63c. 80c. 75 c . 70 e. 60 c. 65 c : 60c. 65c. ; National Loan, 100 E 60c. ; Bank Actions, 1,705 f. 1,710 E ; Rente de Naples, 901. 7.3 c. 70c. tisc. 70e. 65c. ; Heide d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 14; Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 4.2 1 4 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 89%; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 7% ; flaytian Loan, 215 E—Exchange on London, one month, 251 75c. ; three months, 2.5 E 6sc.—Cout s Authentique. DUTCH, GERMAN, and LISBON PAPERS. BREDA, APRIL 5 —The 13dgian troops at West Wesel seem to have rt ee:ved some reinforcements. Camp effects have arrived at Brig.tehaat. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 9 Actual Debt, 2% per cent 454 to 45% Amort Syndic, 4% per cent 77% to 78%, Ditto, ditto, per cent. Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent lOl to 102 Ditto, 1832, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1833, 5 per Cent. Exchange on London Ditto, two months ll 95 THE HAGUE, APRIL B.—His Majesty's ship of the line the Zeeuta (i. e. Zealander) left the dock of Flushing on the 3d inst. Yesieiday her Majesty the Queen, their Royal High nesses the Prince of Orange, Prince and Princess Frede rick, and the young Hereditary Prince, took the sacrament in the great church, where her Imperial Highness the Princess of Orange was also present. On this occasion M. Dormant, the Court chaplain, made a suitable address to the young Prince and his august father. His Majesty the King was prevented by indisposition from being present oa this occasion, as well as at the confirmation of the young Prince on Thursday last. APRIL 9.—We learn with pleasure that his Majesty's health is daily improving. The birth of the Princess Sophia, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Orange, was kept yesterday with the usual solemnities. Letters from St. Omer to the 31st March, have been received here, by which we learn that the health of the Dutch prisoners of war continued to ba generally good. That of General Chasse is, however, but indifferent; he is still afflicted with fevers, which binder him from leaving bis residence at St. Omer, though he greatly desires to enjoy the fresh air. i appears also from these accounts, that there is no foundation whatever for the report that our countrymen were to be shortly removed to Tendon. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 11.—Ibrahim Pacha has not left his cantonments near Kiutakia ; it appears to be his wish to let his moral influence alone act upon the people of Asia Minor, and to postpone the use of arms to another period. This may inflict upon the Porte wounds as deep as those caused by the loss of a battle, because its impotency is now generally known. The report of the occupation of Smyrna gained credit by the circum statrce, that a letter written by Ibrahim Pacha to Emir Effendi, in which he appointed him Governor of the town, was produced, in order to render plausible the approach. ing arrival of a division of Egyptian troops, and overawe the inhabitants in care they should not respect the ap pointment. Although Ibrahim declares that he was quite a stranger to the occurrences at Smyrna, yet it is certain that he expressed a wish to be invited by a deputation of the inhabitants to proceed in person to Smyrna. This deputation would have gone to the head-quarters of Ibra him, and Emir Effendi would still have been Governor of the town, bad it not been for tie energetic remonstrances of the foreign Consuls, and the unexpected arrival of Admiral Hugon, who reinstated the Turkish authorities. The Ad ntirel, by the dir ction of the French Ambassador at Con stantinople, is to remain at Smyrna with two ships of the line, as their presence is thought necessary to preserve public tranquillity and protect the foreign merchants. It is said that some English ships are expected. A report has also been soread, but it requires confirma tion, that a combined English and French squadron is expected at the Dardanelles, and that it is to remain there till the entire termination of the differences between E,ypt and the Porte, and till the latter declares that it has no farther need of foreign aid. The Russian fleet, which has lately received reinforcements, is still at anchor off Bujuktiere. The Sultan himself lately expressed a wish that M. Von Butinieff might keep it hack. He has lately requested the English Charge d'Affaires to send an express to Ibrahim's head-quarters, in order to signify to him that he must suspend his movements till an answer shall h ive been received from Alexandria to the proposal of Admiral Roussin. The English Charge d'Affaires has complied with this wish. Ibrahim's answer is not yet known. We expect the immediate arrival of Lord Ponsonby as British Ambassador. VIENNA, MARCH 30.—Late letters from Belgrade do not say a syllable of the fire at S anandria, which I men tioned in my preceding; we may, therefore, suppose that that account was either false or exaggerated. Five per Cents. 92i; Four per Cents. 83 1.32 ; Bank Shares 12141 —Allgemeine Zeitung, April 4. TRIESTE, MARCH 26.—The lonian brig, Telemachus, arrived here on the 29th in 11 days, from Corfu, and brought intelligence from Greece. The Greek agency has given to the heads of the several departments of the Aministration the title of Chancellor. The Chancellor of the War Department has sent orders to the commanders of the irregular troops to allow them to return home under the organizition of the army. Part of the French troops are said to have already sailed fur Toulon. (In the 23d February, the wealthy inhabitants of Nauplia gave a splendid ball to King (Nilo. SYRA, MARCH 9.—Bavarian Commissioners have ar rived here to organize on a new system the Government, t' , e finances, and sanitary regulations. The French are said to have embarked in their own ships, at Napoli, to go to Navarin, and we are assured that perfect tran quillity prevails at Napoli and in the environs. _ Accounts from Gr ece to the 13th of March, received at Corfu, are equally favourable. They declare that the greatest tranquillity and order prevail in the new king dom. The French, however, are said not to have yet em barked.—Allgemeine Zeitung, April 5. _ . STUTGARD, INlAacx 31.--We know from an authentic source, that our Government has ratified the treaty re specting the Tariff, concluded with the Prussian Govern ment. CAssEr., MArtex 31.—Professor Jordan, before he left this city, had a conference with the Minister of the Inte rior. It is affirmed that he is resolved not to accept the new election which the monarchy intends to make in hie favour But as the University does not seem inclined to yield, the same question that led to the late dissolution, will recur in the new assembly of the States, which will hive to decide whether the deputy of the University can nut be admitted into the Chamber without first having obtained the permission of the Government.—Frankfort Papers, April 5. VIENNA, APRIL 1.-Five per Cents. Metalliques 92 ; Four per Cent. 83 3-32 ; Bank Shares I,2o7.—.Allge meine Zeitung, April 6. FRANKFORT, APRIL 5.—A packet of ball cartridges was fund yesterday on the road between the city and the village of Bornheim. The conspirators probably escaped in part through the gardens of Botham's Museum, where several muskets which they had thrown away were picked MRI,-„ it; .ens, int z enc l V in •. the persuade many citizens and strangers who were in the atreeto, to take arms and ammunition, but all refused. Those who attacked the guard •house, wore, for• the most part, smock frocks over their clothes, and had muskets and daggers. Several w 'goons were also in readiness to carry off the wounded or fugitives. The whole of this affair, with its ramifications, is yet involved in obscurity. Much consternation prevails in the city, the tranquillity of which has been pr. served through the night, under the protection of the civic guards and pan oles. It appears that most of those concerned in this criminal attempt, were foreign students from different universities.—Frankfort Papers, April 5. Lamm—The Lisbon Gazettes of March 30 and April 1, state that Don Miguel, and his sisters the Infantas, were still at Braga on the 28th March, in good health. They mention the arrival of their Royal Hi,hnesses Don Carlos and Don Sebastian with their families, and the Princess Danna Maria Theresa, at the p tlace of Adjuda, on the 29th, after which they repaired to the church of St. ary, to return thanks for their safe arrival. No news from the army. (From the Allgemeine Zeitung.) CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 12.—The events of the passing period are riot easy to he described, as the atmos phere in which we live is one in which things are often far fi om really being what they seem to be. Under such cir cutnstances, the chronological order is the best guide. As the progress of the Egyptians on this side of the Taurus, in consequence of the total want of defensive means, vriously endangered the very existence of the em pire, the Divan called to recollection that long before, at a period when the danger was fir from being so great, pro positions far friendly aid had been made by the Imperial Russian Court. These propositions indicated the readiness of the Russian G wernment to send from Sebastopol to the Dardanelles some ships of war, with the view of covering the Turkish capital. Though these propositions were received with thank, they led to no result on the part of the Divan until the danger became im minent. An application was then addressed to the Russian Envoy, not only for the proffered naval protection, but for an army of 25,000 or 30.000 men to be marched upon Constantinople. The Imperial Russian Envoy, as may be supposed, could only give im mediate effect to the first part of the request. He de spatched couriers to Sebastopol and St. Petersburgh. 111 e inwhile information was received that Ibrahim Pacha had continued his forward movement to Kiutakia, and soon after, through the return of Lieutenant-General Aluravieff and the report of the Austrian Consul-General in Alexandria, the disclosure of favour ible occurrences followed. The Divan now considered that the foreign aid which bad been solicited might be dispensed will), and on a new application to the Russian Envoy he sent a counter-order to Sebastopol. The squadron had, however, already sailed, and on the 20th of February it anchored off Bujukdere. On the 17th the new French Ambassador, Admiral Roussin, arrived at Constantinople. Since the commence ment of the Egyptian enterprise, M. de Varennes, the French Charge d'Affaires, had always taken a lively interest in the relations between Mehemet Ali and the Porte. lie repeatedly offered the mediation of France, but always con nected the offer with conditions which were so entirely in favour of the Viceroy that no progress was made in these negotiations. The appearance of the Russian fleet, how ever, suddenly gave a different turn to affairs. Admiral Roussin now abandoned the former conditions, and pro posed to the Porte the following dilemma : " The departure of the French Embassy, or the accep tance by the Sultan of the guarantee of France that Mehemet Ali will be satisfied with the terms of reconcilia tion offered him on the part of the Porte ; at the same time the renunciation by the Sultan of all other aid but French." This reciprocal obligation was on the 24th of February confirmed by a diplomatic act, drawn up by the French Ambassador and the Reis Effendi. In consequence of this convention being agreed upon, Admiral Roussin despatched one of his aides-de-camp to Alexandria. They first question now is, will Mehemet Ali assent to the dictatorial decision of Admiral Roussin ? The other is, what means does France possess, in case the Viceroy should object to the conditions, to compel his acceptance of them, and at the same time to prevent any other European power from interfering in these complicated negotiations? These questions affect material stipulations, and are there fore of a different natur e from the moral decision of the way and manner in which the Russian Monarch may re ceive his exclusion from the course of transactions in a neighbouring state, in consequence of the pretensions of a power far remote from the scene of action. Respecting this last question no p articular anxiety prevails, either in the Divan or among the pubbe ; for no one can believe that the Emperor of Russia would make the unfortunate and oppressed Porte answerable for what is not her act, and only the consequence of her embarrassments. The first question, however, appears to us the more important, and more difficult to be solved, as we well know that Mehemet Ali has at his command more than one resource for carrying nn his flagitious game. He can, if he please, impure to the revolt of other Pachas that which is alone to be attributed to himself, but of which the proof can not be brought against him while he continues to wear the dusk. In either case, if the Viceroy of Egypt should refine to ratify the decision of a mediator not authorized by him, what means does the French Government pos• seas of obliging him to limit himself to the four small Pachalics of Acre, Naplos, Jerusalem, arid Tripoli, and to restore tranquillity to the districts beyond their bounds, and to Anatolia? Did Admiral Raussin, when he signed his diplomatic act, bethink himself of those chances, and, indeed, slid he take any thing into consideration but the immediate removal of the Russian squadron ? The English dragoman, M. Alexander Pisani, who was sent to Ibrahim Pacha, has returned from the Egyptian head-quarters. He has brought Ibrahim's assurance that the late events at Smyrna tcrik place entirely without his concurrence. This is probable, in so far as he may not have given t direct command for that military operation ; as, however, the rebel Emir Effendi is proved to have an understanding with the Mus•elim established at Magnesia by Ibrahim, the sulverfuge is plain enough. The real state of things in the Ottoman empire is not difficult to be penetrated. This much is certain, that aid can only be expected to be offered to the Sultan by those Powers which have an evident interest in up holding him. In this respect, the union of those Powers is obviously the best means of attaining their object. However, the new French Ambassador has not only declined to cooperate with the °them, but his first step has, on the contrary, been rather calculated to interpose an essential obstacle in the way of this neces sary union. The most striking circumstance in the conduct of this ambassador certainly is his sudden change from advocating the most favourable conditions for Mehemet Ali to the utmost limitation of that Pacha's claims, and this in consequence solely of the entrance of eight Russian ships into the Bosphorus. From these facts this singular conclusion may be deduced, that if the affair should yet be amicably adjusted, the appearance of those ships ha', more than any other possible event could have done, turned the balance in the severe contest between Mehemet Al and the Porte. But are we yet at the end of the affair ? FRANCE. DEFEAT OF THE DOCTRINNAIRES IN THE CHAM BER OF DEPUTIES, AND THE CONSEQUENCES TO WHICH IT MUST LEAD-TRIUMPH OF THE RIGHT OF POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS, OF THE REPUB. LICANS, AND OF THE ST. SIMONIANS. (By O. P. Q.) PARIS, APRIL 9. Yesterday was a great day—a memorable day--a day which will not easily be forgotten in the history of France—to the cause of both civil and religious liberty. The decisions of yesterday will be referred to in many a coming year, and will be appreciated by generations yet unborn. There is no exaggeration in this. The mere collectors of news—the mere arithmetical correspondents of certain Loud in papers—the mere observers of the sur face of human society in France, will be unable to appre• ci ate and to understand the results which must ensue from the decisions of yesterday in the Chamber of Deputies, and at the Assizes of the Seine, and will almost wonder to what I can reer ; and yet, by and by, when I have ex plained and opened up to you these decisions, you will ad mit that they are indeed most important to the cause of civil and religious liberty. The decision of the Chamber of Deputies will secure the Ptess from the oppression of that body—will unavoid ably and necessarily lead to the dissolution of the Chun.. ber—will dissolve the Doctrinnaire Cabinet, and will essentially serve the triumph of Republican and popular principles. And, on the other hand, the decision of the Assizes of the Seine will secure the right of Political Associations, which was attacked by the worst enemies of France—l mean the Ductrinnaires ; will abrogate that most absurd end detestable a , tiele of the penal code (291) which pro hibits more than twenty persons from meeting together without the permission of the Government, and will se cure to the French people the right you possess in Eng. land, and which has never been enjoyed in this country, viz.—the right of associating for political and religious discussions without first procuring the assent of the Government. We will leave, then, the proprietors and conductors of certain London Journals in the full and Ili:diet...4-i I -a-co. order of things in France is obtaining daily strength and durabi lity—and will smile not with anger but pity, when in a f-w months' or weeks' time, they will write " The change of the French Ministry by no means astonishes us. We never expected that the Doctrinnaires could maintain their ground, and we entertain no doubt that the newly. formed Administration will have a large and national majority." I say we will smile and pity, for these writers will one d a y h e compelled to say that which we now proclaim, that there will never be peace, confidence, or happiness in Fiance, until the Revolution of 1830 shall march; and until, if there lie a throne at all, at least that throne shall be surrounded by Republican institutions." To the Chamber of Deputies and its decision we will first attend. It was occupied with the process of the tribune, with M. Viennet's charge against the republican-, or, in other words, with the last effort of the Doctrinnaires to return to illegality, to violence, to coups d'etat, and to the method of governing Fiance proposed by the lacqueys of the palace-4 mean the meth dof governing "by force." Among the old cabinet laws of the restoration— never but once resorted to even in that fatal period of French history-is a law, dated the 25th March, 1822, which con ers on the Chambers the right of calling to their bar any journalist or public writer who may attack them, and of being witness, counsel, judge, and jury in their own cause. This aw, though not specifically repealed by name and by date. by the charter of 1830, is really and virtually abrogated by it—for, as the law of 1822 was prior to the charter of 1830—and as that charter first of all declared that the press should be fre e -- and second, that all laws in opposition to that decla ration should be considered as repealed and null—it follows as a matter of course that the law of March, 1822, perished with the restoration to which it he longed. But even more than this. The c'iarter of 1830 declared that all offences committed by the press should be tried by a jury—and that a law should be passed to regu late the mode of trial. That law has been passed—the condition of the charter has been fulfilled, and the Chem tiers have, therefore, no longer the right of citing journal ists at their bar, and taking on themselves the prerogatives which now exclusively belong to a jury of the country. But as the Palace and the Government, the Courtiers and the Doctrinnaires, had been so often disappointed in their prosecutions of the press—and as they wished to establish by degrees a sort of censorship, or at least a royal road to punishment for public writers, they conspired together to look over all the old mus y laws of the Empire, Republic, Con-iulate, and Restoration, and to see what laws could be found which had not been specifically, and by name and date repealed, and which could now be brought to bear against the popular and talented political writers of the day. So a week or two ago they found out an old law, which conferred on judges the right of punishing journalists if they gave what was called " incorrect reports" of any trial ; and if they at tacked the judges who had presided. A n d so, w i thout , paying any attention to tne fact, that this law was repealed by the Revolution—by the Charter of 1830—and by the Law which regulates the mode of prosecuting the press for its offences, passed in pursuance of that Charter, they cited the Temps, the National, and the Charivari, before the Judges for their reports of the pistol-plot process. Encouraged by a partial (though but partial) and mo mentary success at the Assizes of the Seine—the Court and the Doctrinnaires--the Palace and the Ministers-- then set about finding out whether the Chambers also could not, under some old law, avenge themselves for any insult offered to them; and M. Viennet—that political and literary omnibus—was charged to look out for a suitable opportunity, and then begin his attack. That opportunity soon presented itself. The Tribune attacked the Chamber of Deputies, and the deplorable M. Viennet: and whilst it ridiculed the latter, it cared the former " A Prostitute Chamber !" This word " prostitute" was more than could be borne by the Doctrinnaires. Like most ladies of easy virtue, they were unusually tenacious of their feriae ; and whilst a good, prudent, honest house wife, who minded the concerns of her household, tt as faithful to her husband's bed, and was attentive to her children'. souls and bodies, minds and hearts, would be perfectly indifferent to the low and vulgar abuse of some miserable and wretched being who called her " a prosti tute," the lady of easy virtue would even be in a passion at a shrug of the shoulders, and would bring an action or Prefer an indictment for a hint at her imprudence or frivolity ! So it was with the Doctrinnaires. The Tribune said the honest truth, that this Chamber of Deputies is prostituee ;" and the galled jade winced, for her withers were well wrung. It was true that the majority had sold themselves for a mess of pottage. It was true that they DE oFttnij:oroe,,unnscjn:ta:rcarib: dnr bisicv,laa,ol moues —it eme d ungled s ,al o u t fo , r y a p atereu,e that, salary, t i o n o obtaine ee , s o tt oi n`l o I P , :r . o o r:t:b f et selves and their sons, their mothers and their cor, had granted an indemnity to the Ministers for t n he . ost e of the Charter, by the declaration of Paris ,!,,,, uS siege in the month of June of last year; and ,! .0 1 and „Or bad I? Idi, ' i . t o o f „ O ro 7 1 0 4 '1 and family m t f o ia: c r u i i t oy l f y ls,favourei9e.fist benefits t .....; t 1 h -t e sh 2e Co ani u n r da t i , , ,srsty themselves—had voted away the revolution O s 61 had endeavoured to cajole France out of all ol el os poo which she expected to derive from that n l .„, I I ? taut and national event. But in propoft,fie charge was true, it was unpalatable, and tef ed , naires therefore sought to get rid of it by I . I _ A on the part of the Chamber f. that it was 007; I pure. The Doctrinnaires were afraid of 4 10 0 Tribune to he tried for this charge before a° v cause the Doctrinnaires were fearful, lest a Jail , verdict of "Not Guilty," should declare that th e e, . was indeed " a prostitute !" Toese words i obi r ii such as ~ deplorable"—" pros.itut-," are le 1 , remain—which are recollected--which are L: 0, which stick to a Chamber and all its acts; 2" opt I am now writing to you, this Chamber of Dec," be called far the future—aye, and by the ova the " prostituted Chamber." As the P 4. i b t 4. were afraid of sending the Tribune for trl_ ff .h i, Jury at the Assizes, they resolved, if possible, °" fej , it to the bar of the Chamber, and they 11 ° of selves that they should obtain for this proceeding li, and should prepare the way for those naeasures;#l tion and of violence, without which no D'„ 4 k ir !,o l binet can possibly exist in this country.. '- scheme ; and their success in the fortnation of o. sion appointed to examine the question, led Ibe ld O a to hope . that the Chamber of Deptries woof projects; and would by degrees attack —'81 with vigour—the greatest of all liberties te td without which all the rest must expire--1 tf3e— 1 dem of the Press. o' , Whilst has Y n e o st t er i r w l e ay n tphreodniosucnucses: pronounced, yet yofettheinsosougbj:chtsons ::: a • r t e be . 6 ; o 4 l ittiofteaytnollipt prove will terminate t t e h r a m t i t n i a m t eD; Doctrinnaires nanlatlitroeusg I: t ( h 3a is bit;er of Assizes of the Seine was not less u sefully f "• the all important question of whether , ef; er ,:;, e bl lie,. iys Doctrinnaires, nor savouring t 8 a o sfa citizen? 3 it s ,0 rnh G t o eftd i e s t 1, 11 rt ,u wholly esci i t ze Frenchmene ho d measures t a impracticable advantageously, na I eo i . if , rg Chamber" doctrines i reaction, of aa are p e r n dde must s p still i titles l,ro lotdi in 1 principles oa tscbbibaewp esn be ul : d y c violence,r: lapel d e s i s pe no of ros i l ii :t v r..l ; ei:lgebe: et. ill t of an article in a code of laws composed tinee'letr, of their natural and inalienable right to Mee deb discuss the olitical interests—want s--4 1 ", o ll' i People " was first brought to trial, in the P e i di' neitlX, who bad let his house to that assoo•-- 't faithful President l 'h to their S t oo h fc e i i te r btey m So i : fe' n t1; 5 1: :: :::°ttib° 11 :11. ' y ' had hoped by this prosecution to put do ws .: o ler associations in France—but they were 0 10 0 ceiverl ; and although the judge took intinitei.Psl4ol/, since the jury that the 2914 article of the If i 4e ; was final and conclusive, the jury decided °the f t t bs . the :: jury hme said, eyn t i h edi a sd t o;afs that hi e ) i ae t t h p e a r e:, the plleesa , 291st s s a dh r oe t e i lli c i l: l e : made during the despotism but the glory of til e the charter of the barricades, made bY A tue ;If c of haTter which should yield • and therefore:cod top e l Next bna et ichacaerimyiteee:b belonged Articlell B, e no gee tarn odu Itl doovf another.a t the re e oiuigl S dio t . ula S cos i ido e t n t e di n i ei n til i r l e c i ; l bo oroft abap theniel len d ttjaehi C ametc h pof e said v icae a ett l selicv.edora could ißi were dtnauleblteseg‘teevhdiiteteyhadcg,cuogtinnattsihentnes,ttip;heeder,mm t heta,: b o as i t : th: ;: f i tono i rod e ,i . ment. The same infringement pf the o ld a , die! ) di cfoorn ft:rerl d eapdi m t r h ooe e fnde c :t i sh t iio i en z nm e c n ,oo s fno t enr o leuipsi gri assemble ooionfeu,:stiohjl eg f i o nrt r iih, gi r en il rt. i g I 3 ji v il o u bt : ::tt l ish t i h s ; a t li l l i m i e o y i w te c e d and unsatisfactory mode of def l enc e 7h tb e .4 c le a s tir t e a a t i i ni o : n ife — ne a e nd contended, with reasons 1118 ;0 thetTlw e s r t n . p s ir i e m w o a n s ia a n b a rig a a n t d ed fro t7 m, 8 t hu h e e n. cechfoorttehr. :., 030 - r i c, of associate ! ! religious‘ .ll l a y laegt objects,at ei again successful! i s s u l On e: g f a Ilrel Frenchmen a l dyasT;a:3o:dre :1:113. the :I; ore, conclude. But the consequences °' on ' sions, and of the vote of the Chamber of Dee I untuens.!! : FACTORY CHILDREN. -I TO THE EDITOR OF r•- -g t he hope you will give insertion CO fore the Select Comm , ttee w on ho th w e p w a h t i t t e th n, i b s y th a e p e Q x o a r c y t o c u o t p l y , of a letter written g° it heard that that gentleman had m agnani°;ti, ll his late speech, the lie to his evidences brfu° and asked if I thought it was proper to serPh det P.S. This poor youth, a singularly 03° d id ° resting boy, bad no idea that his lettero" public. ste ff ili ,i; TO MR. FATTEN, MEMBER OF - ut r cc AP 11 : t he " Sir,—Having heard that you have " id .b lp ongd. Ph of Commons about me telling falsehood' -- 0 /Crof formiiy before the Committee of the IT' llse " e I was as stout as any boy at seven year" 141 Caine on in the factory, not by wrestling/fa co ld d i: which was so very fatiguing while (till) l o c je u ' bear ir. I worked in the factor while (n"oidoof et no longer ; and had it not been for y song f ri6 e gon d : 6N Hours Bill, who sent me where I could g e " 0 " bon , ' I should have been in soy grave instead of s e a , 4 Pr Yt aocntoeroyflt3l:leid;goiro they had sent me. Sir, I abhor telling God. lam sorry that you have been statingrwle, about me, fur I am a poor boy ; I arm $ health ; I have nothing but my character. rosttA " I am, Sir, your most obedlen., g fo a , letter, ‘‘ nt pe se y a o r u cel w y i r il ea e d u a u‘ 77 d Be : E W Pf e ri lortYP I le ° f fur I have only been at school about half a' A ii seen the evid ence w hi c h 1 gave i n prints 11 ' )- 511 0 ‘," that I c•in rea d i t , and can test i fy upon 'llo'o4 word is true. I f ree l y f org i ve you, Si r , for kid about me ; b ut I h ope you w i ll not 'NO " s oppress th e p oor f actory c hi l d ren when Y ° " i . Or oo l'y letter : they are o pp resse d enoug h by overlookers. I have got very much nril i P ther seen many of my com ra d es muc h i n jured i" and have died by this shocking system. given to u O nd li e G rs il tand O , late B election, OR F that Nl A meetings f t Y L E r i first vacancy those electors who brought forn , ar a d Mr. , ~.110 °S yotr :t ll 2 ii io tl ELECTION ttiart Colonel „,,,$ i ho boroughs poll for the represen s" - i : W - commenced on Tuesday morning' , of the day the numbers were Pa For Mr. Panton Corbett ............ 110 :o tO P i dai Majority for Corbett ............. .. fec ilir —Salopian Journal. • e d P V ; T he Carrickfergus Election Cora llit , ', e V, on Wednesday that the election was a void ° sbst,l 4 4 " Mr. CONWAY DOBB9 was unduly electe d ,„ ; a l,o o V, the petition nor the opposition to it w as ft" - i lled;C; ser y T ri ncmeg l ip G vut eo H pdmo T ns 8 oo F itnfhe l dt S iima ti si atious,. and that bribery and treating ba d P rel thi bi- or ifl f n o o a r u d nAn, floundering sides to a great extent. 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CAstriala,l4.oef citor• Genera l, is to be promoted to the AttorneY sy .. • GAO ship, and Mr. PEPYS to be Solicitor- ii r A WILLIAM HORNE ' S transfer to be Extbeg is . .. 0 0; will cause a vacancy for Marylebone, and it g u lo t 1:1 that the Ministry have already been making __I,'AO tiona to secure the return of the Hon. A. • ril . (l ,: t be° was recently beaten, under their auspices, iit "3 DODO ea .11.. 0 110 4 krVi, 4.4