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. • Learned Ge n t l eman to withdraw his motion.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL said, if he was at liberty to suppose that the cheers which greeted the Right Hon. Birone' expressed the opinion of the entire House—(Cheers) — well, then, he would withdraw his motion till that day week. IRISH JURIES. Mr. SHEIL, in withdrawing his motion respecting the exclusion of Roman Catholics from juries on Crown pro secutions in Ireland, which frond in his name for that evening, expressed a hope that, before the next session, Government would direct their attention to the subject, and cause such an alteration in the system by which juries were selected, as would destroy the appearance of that partiality and unjust exclusion by which it was at present surrounded. Mr. Finn, Mr. Buckingham, Colonel Evans, Mr. Col quhoun, Mr. J. Murray, Mr. Holcomb, Mr. Ruthven, and Colonel Williams, respectively postponed notices of mo tions, in order to make way for the Committee on the Abolition of Slavery Bill. COLONIAL SLAVERY BILL. Mr. STANLEY having moved the order of the day, the House resumed the Committee on the Abolition of Slavery Bill. On clause 1, providing that no slave, after the Ist of November, 1833, shall be obliged to work more than ten hours a day, or sixty hours a nerk, and prohibiting pu nishments without the order of a Magistrate, being pro posed, Mr. MARRYAT expressed his opinion that it would be very hazardous to commence the operation of the clause at so early a period as the Ist of November, 1833. He would suggest to the Right Hon. Secretary for the Colo nies the propriety of either extending the period for a few months, or altogether withdrawing the clause, and thus leave the slaves as they were until the Ist of August, 1834 —the period when the system of apprenticeship was to take effect. Mr. STANLEY urged upon the House the impro priety of adopting the suggestion of the Hon. Member who had just spoken. If the operation of the clause was deferred until January or February next it would come in force precisely at the period that the crops were being col lected, a consequence which he was sure required no ar gument on his part to deprecate. There was then but an alter native lefts—either the total postponement of the provi sions of the clause to the Ist of August, 1834, or, as was proposed, that they should come into effect on the Ist of November, 1833. Now, was the House, after deliberately establishing the principle that slavery should be imme• diately abolished, prepared to say that for a period of twelve months the object of their mercy should be ex posed to the mercy of his master, and that master with the certainty that of the end of a twelvemonth he should cease to exercise his sway perpetually recur ring to his mind ? He was sure it was not.—(Hear, hear, bear.) With regard to the stipendiary Magistracy, he was happy to he able to sty that there was every reason to suppose they could be established immediately on the passing of the Bill. Notwitbstandirg the small rate of salaries proposed, there had been already a host of appli cations from a class of men peculiarly fitted for the si,ua tion. He meant the half-pay officers of both the army and navy.--( Hear.) Mr. MARRYAT would move that the operation of the clause should be altogether postponed until the Ist of August, 1834. Lord HOWICK entreated the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Stanley) to aceede to the proposal just made. After alluding to some observations made on a former evening, regarding the withdrawal of the Order in Council of 1831, in which the conduct of a Noble Earl then at the head of the Colonial office was, he contended, unfairly dealt with, the Noble Lord expressed a hope that his Right Hon. Friend would produce to Parliament a copy of the despatch by which that Order in Council was accompanied, being confident the production of that document would at once place the conduct of his Noble Friend in its true light. Mr. P. M. STEWART felt that no reasonable objec tion could be offered to the objects which the clause had in view; but he also felt how important it was that 'he carrying into effect those objects should be well timed. He would touch prefer letting things rest as they were for the present, and postponing the operation of the clause until the period when the apprenticeships were to com mence, namely, the lot of August, 1834. Mr. O'CONNELL supported the clause as it stood. Mr. F. BUXTON had no obj-ction to meet the wishes of the West India body, so far as postponing the operation of the clause until April or May next, but beyond that period he hoped the Right Hon Gentleman would not be induced to defer it. Mr. E. DENISON concurred in the suggestion that the clause should for the present be altogether omitted, on the understanding that its objects should form a portion of the system of apprenticeship which the Bill went to cstablisb.—(Hear.) Mr. STANLEY, after congratulating the Committee on the reciprocal conciliating tone which seemed likely to characterise the discussion, had a proposition to offer, which, he trusted, would please both parties. The 22d clause went to enact that no colonial law on the subject of slavery should have effect until sanctioned by the Crown of Great Britain, and with a view of affording time for that purpose the Ist of August, 1834, had been named as the day on which all the provisions of the Bill would come into operation. With a view, however, of reconciling the objections urged on both sides of the question, he would propose that that clause (the 22d) should be omitted, and that, instead of the Ist of August, 1834, the colonial law to be founded on the present Bill should come into opera tion on the Ist of June, 11'34. Should such an under standing be come to, and he assured the House it was with some reluctance he suggested it, instead of pressing the clause before the House he would move that it be omitted, and that its provisions should be incorporated in the plan of apprenticeship to commence on its operation the Ist of June next.—(Hear, hear.) By the adoption of his suggestion he thought the interest of the slave as well as of the planter would be attained ; but, even if it infringed on either, he confessed he saw no other way of reconciling the difficulty.—( Hear.) Dr. LUSHINGTON acceded to the proposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr. ROBINSON accepted his proposition as a corn promise. Mr. G. F. YOUNG wished the period to be extended t o the Ist of August. Mr. F. BUXTON was satisfied with the first period. Mr. STANLEY, as they had at last come to an ami cable arrangement, hoped there would be no difference upon the subject of so short a period of time. Lord HOWICK would prefer that the time should be extended to August. Lord SANDON saw no objection to the Ist of June being the day fixed. Lord ALTHORP said that there was really no great difference between the two periods, but under all the cir cumstances of the case he thought it would be better to adhere to the Ist of June. After a few words from Dr. BALDWIN, Mr. MA RRYAT, and Mr. P. STEWART, the first three clauses were con solidated into one, with the amendment, and were carried. Clause the 4th was carried without any discussion. Clause 5 was put, and, after a short discussion between Mr. Marryat, Mr. P. Stewart, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Stanley, Lord HOWICK said that domestic slaves were in a dif ferent position to the field slaves, and were ready for eman cipation. Lord ALTHORP thought that there should be a diffe renc, rnaise between the pi edial and non.predial slaves ; but thought this discussion should be deferred till a future op portunity. Afera few words from Mr. Sheil, Mr. Briscoe, Mr. Stanley, and Lord Sandon, Mr. HARDY thought that the non-predial apprentices should be bound !or a shorter period than the predial. Lord ALTHORP thought that minor details should be left to the Colonial Assemblies. Mr. G. F. YOUNG thought the clause was wholly unnecessary. The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. Toe 6tb clause having been put for regulating the term of apprenticeship for pi edial slaves, and to fill up the blank limiting such apprenticeships to June, 1840, Mr. F. BUXTON confessed that the language of the Noble Lord had alarmed him; but he would truly say of the present Government that he had received from them a support and encouragement a thousand times greater than be had ever tereived from former Governments; and the fact of their having come forward with this Bill, and thus exposing themselves, as they did, to much opposition, by !wilting a grant of 20,000,0001., was the best test of their siacerity ; and he hoped that he was not insensible to the obligations which the cause he advocated was under to the present Government. If it were possible to do so, he would surrende r t h e propositiOn which he was about to make ; but he must sati s f y hi s conscience. Convinced he was that if a species of seven years' apprenticeship without wages were persevered in, the consequences would be as fatal as he attempted to describe them on a former ccasion. He maintained that the question of ap.. Irenticeship was founded on a grand delusien.--(Hear.) 'I he Hon Gentleman proceeded to read an extract from the evidence of a Mr. Simpson, who had been for 24 years a manager of an estate i n Jamaica, who, upon being asked whether he bad ever tried, or had ever known of, a systeui of reward for laborious exertions, had replied, "No ; not ..00ttr." So, upon being asked whett ever tried, or had ever known tried, the experiment 0 allowing sixpence a day to the slave for his I ibnur, his reply Was, "No ; he had never known it tried." All these things proved nothing to show that the negroes would not work with wages. It had been said that they appeared lost in stupor, that every spring of exertion or hope seemed to be extinct, and that they were abject, servile, and brutish. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to slow that, when placed in a state of slavery, the Christians be came equally degraded in feeling, and that, while the Christians reviled the blacks as an inferior race, they in their turn regarded the Europeans and other Christians in the light of a depraved race of beings, and that the Mite mimeo held us in the greatest degree of contempt. The Hon. Gentleman concluded his remarks by moving as an amendment that instead of the words " June, 1840," there be inserted the words " June, 1836." Mr. HARDY thought the period proposed by the Hon. Member for Weymouth to be so safe and judicious, while it was sufficient, that he would support the amendment proposed by the Hon. Gentleman ; and he would ask whether, if the amendment were adopted, the master would not be amply and, indeed, over remunerated ? He admitted that the proposal made by the Right Hon. Gen tleman in the morning to reduce the period of apprentice ship from twelve to seven years was a very handsome one, but also one which the West India proprietors ought to look upon as an act of good generalship, for it was evi dently adopted to prevent a much shorter period than that from being proposed on the other side. Loud ALTIIORP said that the propoisition of the Hon. Member for Weymouth was only for a period of two years. Now if his Hon. Friend's principles were correct, and if he actel up to them, that period was much too long. But in his opinion caution was necessary until they had evidence that the slaves would work generally, and therefore the apprenticeship was a necessary state through which they should first pass. Now lie thought that if the period of that state was reduced to two years it would be totally inefficient for its purpose, and a de struction of the apprenticeship altogether. He should consider that the adoption of the motion was a decision against the principle on which the measure had all along been founded, and he hoped, therefore, that the House would refuse to pass it. Dr. LUSHINGTON said that it was with deep pain he felt himself bound to differ from all the principles and propositions which had been laid down by his Noble Friend. He characterised the course of the Government upon this question as one of miserable inconsistency, and as a departure front all the prin ciples of justice. He denied that the principle of apprenticeship had been justified by any thing which could be dignified with the title of a shadow of an argument. It was but a bad • sign of the sincerity of their repentance that, while they confessed the enormity of their former sin, they declared themselves ready to con tinue in the same course a little further, upon the misera ble pretext of expediency. That was a doctrine which he would never admit ; for, however he was attached to his Majesty's Ministers, he was more attached to the eternal principles of right and justice, and never would depart from that road for the paths which must be followed if they only pursued that which was expedient. The Hon. and Learned Member then proceeded to argue against the right of the Home to exact the labour of the negro with out paying him his hire, and contended that, for no pe riod, however short, were they justified in withholding from him his lilierty, as this which they called an appren ticeship would do. If, however, he could not get rid of the apprenticeship altogether, he would reduce it to the shortest possible time, and on that ground should vote for the proposition of his Hon. Friend, which reduced it to two years. If the period of seven years should he adopted, his Lo; e and trust was that the state in which all parties would be placed would be found such as to induce its voluntary abandonment. Mr. WARD said that, considering the professions of attachment to his Majesty's Government made by the Honourable and Learned Civilian, he must say that some of the expressions in the early part of his speech proved that his Majesty's Ministers were most unfortunate in their friends.---(A laugh.) He thought the language which bad been applied was not such as properly belonged to a measure which had conciliated more general satisfaction-- (01)—than any other measure which the Government had brought forward.—(Hear, and a laugh.) He should vote for the apprenticeship clause with the reduced period, as being a part of the principle which the House had al ready adopted. Lord MORPETH said that having voted on the pre vious night with his Hon. Friend the Member for Wey mouth he was anxious to state why he should take a dif ferent course on the present occasion. When he saw his Majesty's Government coming forward, equally discreetly and liberally, to reduce the period of apprenticeship from twelve years to seven, in deference to the opinion expressed by the House, he would rather consent to that limited pe riod than risk having the measure thrown into other hands, or the losing it altogether for another session, not know ing how it would be resumed, or how all its difficult and delicate relations, and all its beneficial and mighty conse quences, were hereafter to be disposed of and secured. For these reason., however reluctantly be saw this restraint continued upon upon the liberty of the negro, he should support the proposition of the Government. Colonel TORRENS said that in many cases abstract principles met often he modified in practice, and this was one of them. In Barbadoes labour might be obtained for wages; but in Jamaica and Trinidad, Berbice and Demerara, where there was an abundance of land and a thin populati ,, n, the negroes would go to the woods and be come squatters, and the cultivation of the soil would not be carried on beyond their immediate wants. He was astonished to hear the Hon. and Learned Civilian stand ing forward now upon these extreme grounds of princi ple, after he had suffered the resolutions of the House, including this plan of apprenticeship, to go forth without his opposition. Mr. BUCKINGHAM epposed the apprenticeship, especially because the plan included no arrangement for the improvement of the mind and morals of the negro. Mr. PEASE was determined, by voting for the shorter term to support the cause of the negroes, in opposition to every interest engaged in the settlement of the question. Admiral FLEMING would not support the propo sition of the Hon. Member for Weymouth, because be was confident it would prove more injurious to the real interests of the slaves than the arrangements which the Bill detailed. Mr. STRI CKLAND felt himself b mod in consistency to the principles he had always advocated to give his sup port to the Hon. Member for Weymouth, and expressed a hope that Ministers would be content with the pecuniary sacrifice they proposed making, and carry the emancipa tion without further consulting the interests of the planters. The public voice called for immediate emanci pation, and as the people had in a spirit of generosity of fered no opposition to the granting of so large a sum of money as twenty millions, with a view to the attainment of that object, he earnestly recommended Ministers not to intervene between the people and their wishes, by any fur ther foolish or extravagant regard to the interests of a few Mr. WASON thought the country was remunerating the planters most munificently by the grant of twenty mil lions, and would therefore allow no consideration of their claims to the labour of their slaves for a limited period to interfere in delaying the great measure of abolition. With a view of conciliating both parties he would gladly support a proposition for limiting the term of apprenticeships to , seven yeat s. 'et. he ha, After some oloervatiens from Mr. O'CONNELL, stran gers were ordered to withdraw for a division, on which the numbers were— For the original motion Against it 69 Majority -117 On the question that the clause, as amended, should stand part of the Bill, Mr. HALCOI.IB, amid great confusion, moved the ad ditii n of words to make it lawful for every apprenticed labourer beyond the age of nineteen years, at any time be• fore June, 1841, to put an end to the period of his or their apprenticeship, on giving notice in writing to the planter of such intention, such notice to vary according to the age of the slave applying, namely, every slave between the ages of nineteen and thirty to give two years ; between the ages of thirty and forty, eighteen months; and above the age of forty, one year's notice. Mr. STANLEY thought the amendment of the Hon. Member spoke sufficiently for itself.—( Hear, and a laugh.) Strangers were ordered to withdraw for a division, but none took place, the Hoo. Member having consented to withdraw his amendment. The clause, as amended, was then ordered to stand part of the Bill. The CHAIRMAN put the seventh clause, relating to the term of th e a pp rent i ces h ip o f pre di al slaves, the expi ration being on June 1, 1738. Lord HOWICK said that having already intimated his opinion on this clause he should not argue the case now. As the Right Hon. Gentlrman had acknowledged that the non-predial slaves were in a fit state to receive their free dom, he (Lord Howiek) thought it unjust to keep them in a state of slavery. He hhould therefore move, by way of amendment, that the term of their slavery should expire in two months. After a few words from Mr. P. STEWART, Mr. Si.AN tEr, and Mr. HALCOMB, the original clause was carrie , without a division. Clause 8 was also carried. On the CHAIRMAN putting the 9th clause, which gives to the negro the power to purchase his own freedom upon a valuation, Mr. BUXTON proposed an amendment to the effect that in no case should the valuation exceed ten years' pur chase of the annual amount of the supplies furnished to the slaves. After a short discussion between Mr. P. Stewart, Mr. Glidstone, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Stanley, and Mr. Young, the amendment was negatived wi , bout a division. The clause was then carried, the Chairman obtained leave to report progress, and to sit again. On the motion of Lord ALTHORP, it was agreed that the Eist India Company's Charter Bill should take prece dence of all other business to-morrow (this day). The further proceedings on the Bribery Election Bill were postponed to Mondry next. The Stage Coach Amendment Bill was read a third time, and passed. Tnc other orders of the day were then postponed or gone t l a.ough, and the House adjourned at one o'clock. MIN ORITY Of 153 (tellers included) who voted on the 24th of July for Mr. Buxton's Motion—" That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Slavery Abolition Bill, that they shall not, for the sake of the pecuniary interest of the masters, impose any restraint or obligation on the negro which shall not be necessary for his own welfare and for the general peace and order of society ; that they shall limit the duration of any temporary restrictions which may be imposed on the freedom of the negroes to the shortest period which may be necessary to establish, on just principles, the system of free labour for adequate wages." __ _ _ For the Motion Against it Majority ENGLAND. Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth Attwood, Thos.—Birmingham Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Barnett, C. J.—Maidstone Bewes, T.—Plymouth Biddulph, R.—Hereford Biddulph, R. M.—Denbighshire Blake, Sir F.—Berwick Brigstock, W. P.—East Somer. setshire Briggs, R.—Halifax Briscoe, J. I.—East Surrey Brocklehurst, J.—Macclesfield Brodie, W. B.—New Sarum Brotherton, J.—Salford Brougham, J.—Kendal Buckingham, J. S.—Sheffield Byng, Sir John—Poole Calley, T.—Cricklade Cayley, Sir G.—Scarborough Cayley, E. S.—North Yorkshire, Chandos, Marquis of—Bucks Chichester, J. P. B.—Barnstaple Collier, J.—Plymouth Cookes, T. H.—East Worces tershire Cornish, James—Totness Darlington, Earl of—South Shropshire Dashwood, G. H.—Bucks Dawson, A. E.—South Leices tershire Dundas, Capt.—Greenwich Dykes, F. L. B.—Cockermouth Edwards, John—Montgomery Ellis, W.—Leicester Etwall, R.—Andover Evans, Wm.—Leicester Evans, Col.—Westminster Ewart, W.—Liverpool Faithfull, G.—Brighton Fancourt, Major.—Barnstaple Fenton, L.—Huddersfield Fenton, John—Rochdale Fielden, W. J.—Blackburn Fielden, John—Oldham Fremantle, Sir T.—Buckingham Gaskell, D.—Wakefield Gisborne, T.—N. Derbyshire Goring, H. D.—New Shoreham Grey, Sir G.—Devonport Gully, John—Pontefract Halcomb, J.—Dover Hall, Benjamin—Monmouth Halse, James—St. Ives Handley, Benjamin—Boston Handley, Henry—Lincolnshire Handley, Wm. F.—Newark upon-Trent Hardy, John—Bradford Harland, W. C.—Durham Hawkins, J. H.—Newport, Isle of Wight Hodges, T. L.—East Kent Howard, F. G.—Morpeth Hudson, T.-Evesham Hutt, Wm.—Hull Ingham, R.—South Shields Ingilby, Sir W. A.—Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire Jerningham, H. V.—Pontefract Knatchbull, Sir E.—East Kent Langdale, Hon. C.—Beverley Langton, Wm. Gore—East So mersetshire Leech, J.—West Surrey Lester, B. Lester—Poole Lister, E. Cunliffe—Bradford Locke, W.—Devizes LushingtonDr.--Tower. Hamlets Macaulay, T. B.—Leeds Marjoribanks, s.—Hythe Madocks, J.—Denbigh Marsland, T.—Stockport Marshall, J.—Leeds Martin, J.—Tewkesbury Methuen, P.—North Wilts Mills, J.—Rochester Morpoth, Ld—. West Yorkshire Ord, W. H,—Newport, Isle co, Wight 1531 313 in the 160 . 1 House. 7 ENGLAND. Palmer, General—Bath Parrott, Jasper—Totness Pease, Joseph—South Durham Penleaze, C.—Southampton Phillips, Sir R.—Haverfordwesl Philips, M.—Manchest er Plumptre, J.—East Kent Poulton, J. S.—Shaftesbury - Richards, J.—Knarcsborough Rick ford, W.—Aylesbury Rider, Thomas—West Kent Rippon, C.—Gateshead Romilly, J.—Bridport itooper, J. B.—Huntingdonshire Russell, C.—Reading Russell, W. C.—East Worces shire Scholefield, J.—Birmingham Scrope, Poulette—Stroud Seale, J. H.—Dartmouth Shawe, R. N.—East Suffolk Sheppard, T.—Frome Staunton, Sir G.—South Hants Staveley, T. K.—Ripon Strickland, G —West Yorkshire Tayleur, W.—Bridgewater Tennyson, Right Hon. C.— Lambeth Thicknesse, R.—Wigan Thompson, Ald.—Sunderland Throckmorton, R. G.—Berks Todd, J. Ruddell—Honiton Tooke, W.—Truro 'Forrens, Townley, R. G.—Cambridgesh. Townshend, Ld. C.—Tamworth Tracy, C. H.—Tewkesbury Trelawny, W. L. S.—Cornwall Tullamore, Lord—Penryn Turner, W.—Blackburn Tynte, C. J. K.—West Somer setshire Tyrell, C.—West Suffolk Verney, Sir a —Buckin g ham Vivian, J. H.—Swansea Walsh, Sir J. B.—Sudbury Wason, Rigby—lpswich Watkins, L. V.—Brecon Wedgewood, J.—Stoke Wilks, John—Boston Williams, G.—Ashton Wilmot, Sir E. E.—North War- . wic s ire Winnington, Sir T.—Bewdley Winnington, H. Jefaeys—Wesi Worcestershire Yelverton, Hon. W. 11.—Car. marthen SCOTLAND. Gillon, W. D.—Falkirk Johnston, A.—St. Andrews Sinclair, G.—Caithness-shire Stewart, R.—Haddington, &c. IRELAND. Baldwin, Dr. H.—Cork City Barry, S.—Cork Co. Blake, Martin—Galway Jephson, D. o.—Mallow Martin, T.—Galway Co. Meynell, Capt. H.—Lisburne Mullins, F. W.—Kerry Co. O'Connell, Daniel—Dublin 0 Connell, Morgan—Meath' O'Connell, John—Youghall O'Dwyer, A. C.—Drogheda Ruthven, E. S.—Dublin Ruthven, Edward—Kildare Sullivan, R.—Kilkenny PAIRED OFF IN FAVOUR. Bulwer, H. L.—Coventry Hawes, B.—Lambeth Roebuck J. A.—Bath !Fryer, R:—Wolverhampton 'FELLERS. Howick, Vibc.—North North umberland Buxton, T. F.—Weymouth MINORITY Of 166 (Tellers included) who voted, on the 23d July favour of Mr. Tennyson's Motion for the Repeal the Septennial Act, and for the shortening the durat, of Parliaments. For the Motion Against it Majority .... ENGLAND. Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth Attwood, Thos.—Birmingham Baillie, J. E.—Bristol Bainbridge, E. T.—Taunton Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Barnett, C. J.—Maidstone Beauclerk, A. W.—E Surrey Bewes, T.—Plymouth Biddulph, R.—Hereford Bish, T —Leominster Blamire, William—East Cum. berland Blunt, Sir C.—Lewes Bouverie, D. P.—Salisbury Briggs, R.—Halifax Briscoe, J. I.—East Surrey Brocklehurst, J.—Macclesfield Brotherton, Joseph—Salford Buckingham, J. S.—Sheffield Bulwer, H. L.—Coventry Chichester, J. P. B.—Barnstaple Clay, W.—Tower Hamlets Cobbett, William—Oldham Codrington, Sir E.—Devonport Collier, J.—Plymouth Cornish, James—Totness Dasliwood, G. H.—Bucks Davenport, J.—Stoke-on-Trent Dawson, E.—South Leicestersh. Divett, E.—Exeter I)undas, J. W.—Greenwich Dykes, F. L. B.—Cockermouth Ellis, W.—Leicester Etwall, R.—Andover Ewart, W.—Liverpool Faithful], G.—Brighton Fellowes, N.—North Devon Fellowes, H. A. W.—Andover Fenton, L.—Huddersfield Fenton, J.—Rochdale Fielden, John—Oldham Ferguson, Sir R.—Nottingham Fryer, R.—Wolverhampton Gaskell, Daniel—Wakefield Grote, G.—London Gully, John—Pontefract Hall, Benjamin—Monmouth " Halse, J.—St. Ives Handley, Benjamin--Boston Handley, H.—Lincolnshire parts of Kesteven Hardy, John—Bradford Harvey, D. W.—Colchester Hawes, Benjamin—Lambeth Hawkins, J. H.—Newport Hodges, J. L.—West Kent Hughes, Hughes—Oxford Huinphery, John—Southwark Hurst, R. H.—Horsham Hutt, W.—Kingston-on-Hull Ingham, R.—South Shields Ingilby, Sir W.—Lincoln James, W.—Carlisle Kemp, T. R.—Lewes Kennedy, J.—Tiverton Key, Sir J.—London Lamont, Norman—Well' Langdale, Hon. C.—Beverley Langton, W. G.—E. Somerset Leech, J.—West Surre y Lefevre, C. S.—North Hants Lennox, Lord W.—King's Lynn Lester, B. L.—Poole Listor, E. Cunliffe—Bradford Locke, W.—Devizes Lushington, Dr.—Tower Haml. Marjoribanks, S.—Hythe Marshall, John—Leeds Marsland, Thomas—Stockport Martin, John—Tewkesbury Morrison, J.—lpswich Ord, W.H.—Newport, Isle of W Palmer, General—Bath Parker, Sir H.—West Suflblk Parrott, J.—Totness Pendarves, E. W. W.—West Cornwall Penleaze, C.—Southampton Philips, Mark—Manchester Phillipps, C. M.—North Leices tershire Phillpotts, J.—Gloucester Potter, R.—Wigan G.— Pryme, ' Cambridge Rider, T.—West Kent Rippon, C.—Gateshead Robinson, G. R.—Worcester Romilly, J.—Brldport Romilly, E.—Ludlow Ru ssell, Lor Tavistock Sandford,E. A.—West Somerset 166 6381 in the 215 1 House. -49 ENGLAND. Scholefield J.—Birmingham Scrope, Poulett—Stroud Seale, Colonel—Dartmouth Shawe, R. N.—East Suffolk Simeon, Sir R.G.—lsle of Wight Stanley, E. J.—North Cheshire Stanley, H. T.—Preston Strickland, G.—West Yorkshire Strutt, E.—Derby Tancred, H. W.—Banbury Tayleure, Wm.—Bridgewater Thicknesse, IL—Wigan Tooke, W.—Truro Torrens, R.—Bolton Trelawney, W. L. S.—East Cornwall Turner, W.—Blackburn Tynte, C. J. K.—W. Somerset Vincent, Sir F.—St. Albans Vivian, J. H.—Swansea Walker, R.—Bury Walter, John—Berkshire Wason, R.—lpswich Watkins, J. L. V.—Brecon Whalley, Sir S.—Marylebone Wigney, I. N.—Brighton Wilks, J.—Roston Williams, G.—Ashton Winnington, H. J.—W. Wor cestershire Wood, M.—London Yelverton, Hon. W. H.—Car- 1 rxrarthen SCOTLAND. Dunlop, J.—Kilmarnock Ewing, James—Glasgow Ferguson, R.—Dysart, &c. Gillon, NV. D.—Falkirk, &c. Johnston, A.—St. Andrews Marjori banks, C.—Berwickshire Maxwell, Sir John—Paisley Murray, J. A.—Leith Oliphant, L.—Perth Oswald, R —Ayrshire Oswald, James—Glasgow Parnell, Sir H.—Dundee Pringle, R.—Srlkirkshire Sharpe, General—Dumfries, &c. Stewart, Sir M. S.—Renfrewsh. Wallace, Robert—Greenock IRELAND. Baldwin, Dr. —Cork City Barron, P. — Waterford City Barn, G. S.—Cork Co. Bellew, R. M.—Louth Co. Blake, M. J.—Galway Co. Chapman, M,—Westmeath Dobbin, L. -Armagh Evans, G. — Dublin Co. Finn, W. F.—Kilkenny Fitzgerald, Thos. —Louth Co. Lynch, A. H —Galway Martin, T.—Galway Co. Mullins, F. \V.—Kerry O'Connell, D.—Dublin O'Connell, Morgan —Meath O'Connell, John—Youghall O'Dwyer, A. C.—Drogheda Perrin, L. — Monaghan Co. Ruthven, E. S—Dublin Ruthven, E.—Kildare Co. Shell, R. L—Tipperary Vigors, N. A.—Carlow Wallace, T.--Carlow TILLERS "fennyson, C.—Lambeth Hume, J.—Middlesex PAIRED OFF IN FAVOUR. Abercrornby, Right Hon. J.— Edinburgh Buller, C.—Liskeard Chay tor, Sir W. —Sunderland O'Conner Don—Roscommon Edwards, J.—Montgomery Fitzsimon C.—Dublini o. Godson, R,--Kidderminster Guest, J. J. —Merthyr Tydvil Hay, Colo nel —Elgin, &c. Maxwell, J.—Lanarkshire Methuen P - -North Wiltshire O'Connell, Maurice—Tralee Parker, J.---Sheffield Richards, J.—Knaresborough Roche, W.--Limerick Sinclair, G.—Caithness-shire Todd, J. R.—Honiton Warburton, H. .Bridport ROYAL ASSENTS. (From the rotes and Proceedings of the House of Commons, Mercurii, :24Q the Julii, 1833.) Mr. Speaker reported the Royal Assent,—to Public Works (Exchequer Bills) Bill—Artillery Pensions Bill— Assessed Taxes Composition Bill—Limitation of Actions Bill—Lunatics Commis ions Bill—Woollen Trade Act Repeal Bill—Parochial Rates Exemption Bill—Drainage Rates Recovery Bill—Corporation Officers Bill—Dublin Steam Packet Company Bill—Highland Roads and Bridges Bill—Maryport Harbour Bill—Monkland and Kixkintil- ch Railway Bill—Renfrew, Greenock, 84c., Roads Bi and Willis's Divorce Bill. IMPORTANT PAROCHIAL MEETING AT CHARD, AND REFUSAL TO PAY CHURCH RATES. (Abridged from the Sherborne Journal of Thursday.) CHARD, JULY 23 .—Thursday, pursuant to notice, a meeting of the rate-payers of this town, and the connected parish, was held in the Church Sunday school-room, which proved to be the most numerously attended of any for years past; and, for spirited proceedings and results, of such importance as entitles it to particular public notice. Before stating the particulars, however, it will be necessary, for the proper understanding (by some readers) of certain allusions made by some of the parties who spoke on the occasion, to explain circumstances of a very anomalous character, relating to the parochial division of the place. From some cause, not easily accounted for, a separation between what is called the borough and the sur rounding land, from time immemorial, has existed, by which the respective occupiers and owners in each portion maintain their own poor, and have their own parish officers ; but as they have both only one church, it has been the custom to levy one-third of the church rate on the former, and the remainder on the latter while only two church. wardens are appointed ; one of whom is chosen by the vicar, and the other by about halt a dozen men who claim the right as a " corporate body." At the meeting held for this election, it sometimes happens that two or three of this oligarchy actually exercise this fran chise; and an instance has been known in which one of them, in the absence of all the rest, has used the prerogative of choosing an officer for the whole town. As sidesmen or locum tenens, to these officers, two others, without the choice or knowledge of the people, are also sworn into office. Having made these explanatory observations, we now return to the ac count of the meeting. The Rev. W. B. WIIITEHEAD, vicar, being in the Chair, after reading the notice, which stated the meeting to have been called for the purpose of making a church rate, and to con. sider the propriety of fencing the church-yard, expressed him. self strenuously in favour of these objects; adding it was in tended to propose the latter to be accomplished by subscription. He also spoke in defence of the late churchwardens, who had held office for several years past; and justified their conduct in the exependiture, which some had complained of as too lavish, in the alterations of the church. There was, at pre sent, the remainder of a loan due to the bank of Stuckey and Co. several hundred pounds, which the law required should be paid off in yearly instalments of not less than 104 per c. nt , so that it might be said the church was actually mortgaged ; it was, therefore, highly necessary a rate should be made towards the liquidation of this debt. Mr. J. BEVIS, Jun., the vicar's warden, was under the ne cessity of calling for fifteen rates to defray the current expenses, and to meet the demands alluded to, as he had not a farthing in hand. The Rev. J. GUNN rose to propose a motion which demanded he decision of the meeting before any other business could be settled. There was an impression on the minds of some, and it had been asserted, that the payers in the borough had no right to come here and vote, and that all they had to do was to pay their church rates when called for, but not to interfere in making them. Now he always understood that no man could be legally required to pay to a rate in the making of which he had no voice; at any rate, nothing could be more unreasonable and unjust if he could. He had on former oc casions attended the meetings in this place with other borough payers, and their votes had been taken without hesitation, and he could not entertain the idea that their money could be demanded in support of the church without a legal right to attend and give their votes. But, since suggestions to the contrary had been broached, he should propose that the ques. tion should be set at rest in a form which would no longer lay it open to dispute. Mr. G. accordingly moved--That a stand ing record should be entered in the book to the effect, that the claim of the borough payers to vote should be definitely and explicitly recognised as their legal right. The motion was scconded by Mr. Hill, lace manufacturer. The CHAIRMAN objected to put it, contending that it would be illegal to resolve on any question not previously specified in the notice announcing the meeting. He had never objected to the votes of the borough, but had on different occasions found them to be of considerable service ; he should willingly consent to take them at the present meeting. To make a formal acknowledgment of its legality, however, he thought quite unnecessary ; but if any persons considered it a doubtful question, he would agree that counsel's advice should be taken on the point, and that a memorandum should be made of the present discussion, till, at a future meeting, the sub.. ject should be decided. Several other persons having raised quibbles on the ques tion, Mr. GUNN could not account for the conduct of the Chairman and others in refusing to put the motion, unless there were some motive at the bottom which they thought it best to conceal; and he should, for one, protest against paying any rates for the future, unless the resolution was carried.— (Great applause.) Mr. NORMAN, of Forton, observed, that as the borough was more effectually represented than the parish, by their church warden, the motion was unnecessary. Mr. GUNN—But the fact is, that the payers of the borough have no churchwarden, for the person nominated to that office was chosen by only six men, who assumed the privilege of choosing him as a corporation !! Mr. NORMAN, with surprise —I did not before understand this to be the case. Mr. Fermi, organist—Would not such a resolution give a Power to the borough voters to interfere with questions relat ing to the poor's rate ?—(Laughter ) The Chairman referred him tor an answer to the terms of the resolution, which limited the right to matters connected with the church. After some further altercation on the subject, Mr. HowsE, a resident of the parish division, would bring the matter to an issue in a very brief way, by moving that this meeting do adjourn till this day twelve months. He would justify this motion on several substantial grounds. As 681. remained uncollected on the last rate, it was not reasonable that another should yet be called for. The present church.. warden had said, that the distress amongst the farmers made it extremely difficult to collect the rate; which was an argu ment, by his own showing, why another should not now be levied. The exorbitant expenditure for years past, afforded another reason why a check should be put on the future sup. plies, and the pi esent churchwardens be taught that their power was not uncontrollable. But, above all, since it was a fact undisputed, that the people had no voice in the election of these officers, but that one of them was chosen by the vicar, and the other by the six corporators, no rates ought to be granted while such a contemptuous disregard to their legal rights was manifested. The motion was seconded by Mr. Wall, sen., of Tatworth, with great applause. The CHAIRMAN then made some observations on the di lemma into which the motion, if carried, would involve the present Churchwardens, and evinced the greatest repugnance to putting the question. The money borrowed from the Bank must be paid. Mr. GUNN—Let the Bank wait. CHAIRMAN—But they can't wait! Mr. GoNN—But they must! Mr. BEvis—But what am Ito do? Mr. GuNN—You should not have taken office, or at leas should have refused the books. Mr. GUNN further addressed the meeting in support of Mr. Howse's motion, and complained of the extravagance of ex pending nearly 1,0004 besides subscriptions and grants from the church.building fund, for altering the church. A case re. cent'y occurred, in which the judges had ordered sums ille gally entered in the parish books of Bedminster, to the amount of some thousands, to be struck out and disallowed. With regard to the embarrassment likely to attend the present offi cers, as the question of Church Reform was now agitated throughout the kingdom, it was probable some act of the Le. gislature would, ere long, relieve them from the difficulty, by opening a source from which the means of church expenses may be drawn, of a less oppressive, unjust, and unequal character than the present mode of obtaining them. They were doing so with Ireland, and he did not know why a similar act of justice should not be extended to England.--(Here it was complained of, by several payers, that the alterations in the church had, instead of proving a general benefit in pew accommodations, turned out to be a source of invidious distinctions, partiality, and preference; inasmuch as many of the most considerable renters and payers had been deprived of their sittings, to suit the convenience of the rich attendants, some of whom scarcely paid any thing to the rate.) The CHAIRMAN endeavoured to palliate the conduct of the officers alluded to by Mr. Gunn, and expressed an opinion that nothing was charged but what was necessary, and called on any one to point out any item in the account which could be objectionable, when some one present instanced an entry of a large sum to the ringers, three guineas of which were for beef and beer, to furnish them with a feast on Guy Fawkes' day, sth November.—(Cries of " Shameful !") Mr. 'WHITEHEAD concurred in the opinion that this custom ought to be abolished. CHURCH WARDEN—What must be done with the bells, then ? Mr. WALL—Why, sell them, to be sure! After some further discussion, Mr. NORMAN proposed, as an amendment to Mr. Howse's motion, which was seconded by Mr. Deane, that the adjournment should be for two months only, which, on a :division, was lost, and Mr. Howse's car ried by a majority of about seven to one; the minority includ. ing the vicar, two churchwardens, two sidemen, and the organist. The Chairman having announced the motion carried by a large majority, the meeting separated. It is but justice to state, that, though there were many Dis senters present, who voted for the motion, the question was not mooted on any dissenting principles; for both the mover and seconder were Churchmen, and it was supported by others of the establishment, who are large payers to the rate. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE CRAMMOND, A SUPPOSED LUNATIC, A gentleman behind the bar, but not in the usual habit of practising in this Court, entreated permission, when his Lord ship took his seat, to address his Lordship upon a subject of great importance affecting the liberty of the subject. A friend of his—a Mr. Crammond—had been confined in a lunatic asylum called Brook House, at Clapton, on the ground of insanity; he (the Learned Gentleman) had had two interviews with him, and he appeared to him to be perfectly rational, notwithstanding the keeper had represented him to be very incoherent. Mr. Crammond had written letters to a solicitor in town, to Sir Edward Sugden and to Mr. Knight, all of which had been intercepted. The LORD CHANCELLOR informed the gentleman that an application had been made to him on this subject which had been forwarded to the Metropolitan Commissioners to make the necessary inquiries. The Gentleman then applied for his Lordship's authority to have access to Mr. Crammond, as he had last night received a very pressing application from him to visit him. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that it would be better to allow proceedings to go on regularly as prescribed by the Act of Parliament. The Gentleman feared that some very melancholy result might take place in consequence of that. The LORD CUANCELLOR—Then the individual is in a very unfit place, because if it does, the persons in whose care he is must neglect their duty; besides, if he is of sound mind, that is not to be apprehended. The Gentleman—His mind is of that sensitive character, that, to say the least, it will suffer considerably. He has now been in confinement for ten days. The LORD CHANCELLOR—At the instance of his friends ? The Gentleman—At the instance of his uncle. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Yes, and at the instance of hi s mother too. The Gentleman—She may have consented to it since, bu she was no party to his confinement in the first instance. The Loan CHANCELLOR—They had better remain as they are for the present. The Gentleman said he must bow to the decision of the Court, which he did, and retired. BRUCE V. THE SUN. Mr. Bruce desired to call his Lordship's attention to what he called a gross attack upon him, put into his Lordship's mouth by The Sun newspaper of yesterday, and wished his Lordship to read the report. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was impossible for him to ac. cede to such a request. He had made no attack whatever on the character of Mr. Bruce. Mr. Bruce said that The Sun had made his Lordship to do so, and insisted upon being permitted to read the report, the reporter, as he said, being present. . - . The LORD CHANCELLOR refused to permit him to read the report ; adding, "If there has been any thing stated in that report with respect to you that is different to what I said, it must have been perfectly unintentional." Mr. Bruce—How can you answer for that when you won't hear what it is. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I know it has been uniformly the practice that the reports have been dictated by the greatest forbearance to individuals. Mr. Bruce then, greatly agitated and with considerable ve hemence, insisted upon reading the report, began to read it, and was only interrupted and compelled to be silent by the officer of the Court having been ordered to take him into cus tody if he persisted in saying another word. AD MIRAL NA PIER. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The recent splendid victory of our gallant countryman, Captain Napier, C. 8., commanding the fleet of the young Queen Donna Maria, by the capture of the whole of Don Miguel's superior fleet, having excited such universal notice —may we not add admiration ?—a slight sketch of his public services cannot fail to prove interesting to a vast majority of your numerous readers. For the following graphic descrip_ tion of them, if not indebted to his own lips, at least to a re port of what proceeded from them in a speech made by him, a short time previous to the last election, to the electors of Portsmouth, for which place he was a candidate : it will be found highly characteristic of the fearlessness, candour, and generosity, which distinguishes the profession to which he belongs : " In the course of my canvass," says the gallant officer, have been asked who lam ? I'll tell you. I am Captain Charles Napier, who five-and-twenty years ago commanded the Recruit brig, in the West Indies, and who had the honour of being 24 hours under the guns of three French line-of-battle ships, flying from a British squadron, the nearest of which, with the exception of the Hawk brig, was from five to six miles astern the greater part of the time. I kept flying double shotted broadsides into them. One of these ships, the Hautpolt, only was captured by the Pompey and Castor—the other two escaped, by superiority of sailing. Sir Alexander Cochrane, my Commander_ in -chief, promoted me on the spot into her. At the siege of Martinique, the lEolus, Cleopatra, and Recruit, were ordered to beat up in the night between Pigeon Island and the Main, and anchor close to Fort Edward ; the enemy, fearing an attack, burnt their shipping. At day-light in the morning it appeared to me that Fort Edward was abandoned; this, however, was doubted ; I offered to ascertain the fact, and with five men I landed in open day, scaled the walls, and planted the Union Jack on the ramparts. Fortunately I was undis covered from Fort Bourbon, which stood about 100 yards off; and commanded it. On this being reported to Sir Alexander Cochrane, a regiment was landed in the night, Fort Edward was taken possession of, and the mortars turned against the enemy. lam in possession of a letter from Sir A. Cochrane, saying "that my conduct was the means of saving many lives, and of shortening the siege of Martinique." I had once the misfortune of receiving a precious licking from a French cor vette; the first shot she fired broke my thigh, and a plumper carried away my main-mast. The enemy escaped, but the Bri tish flag was not tarnished. On my return to England, in command of the Jason, I was turned out of her by a Tory Admiralty, because I had not interest; but, as I could not lead an idle life, I served a campaign with the army in Portugal, as a volunteer, when I was again wounded. At the battle of Busaco I had the honour of carrying off the field my gallant friend and relation, Colonel Napier, now near me, who was shot through the face. Busaco was not the only field where he shed his blood; at Corunna he was left for dead; but, thank God, he escaped with six wounds. On my return to England I was appointed to the Thames, in the Mediterra nean ; and if I could bring the inhabitants of the Neapolitan coast into this room, they would tell you, that from Naples to the Faro Point there was not a spot where I did not leave my mark, and brought off with me upwards of 100 sail of gun-boats and merchant vessels. I had the honour of running the Thames and Furieuse into the small mole of Ponza, which was strongly defended, and before they could recover from their surprise, I captured the island without (the loss of a man. I was then removed to the Euryalus and had the good fortune to fall in with two French frigates and a schooner. I chased them in the night close into Calvi, in the island of Corsica, passing close under the stern of one, plumpering her as I passed; and though we were going eight knots, I tried to run aboard of her consort, who was a little outside, stand. ing athwart my hawse; the night was dark, the land close, and she succeeded in crossing me, but I drove her ashore on the rocks, where she was totally wrecked, and her con sort was obliged to anchor close to her. The Euryalus wore round, and got off' almost brushing the shore as she passed. These ships were afterwards ascertained to be armee en flute, mounting 22 guns each, and the schooner 14. From the Mediterranean I was ordered to America, and if my gal. lant friend, Sir James Gordon (the present Commissioner at Chatham and Sheerness Dock-yards), were here, he would have told you how I did my duty on that long and arduous service up to the Potomac; he would have told you, that, in a tre mendous squall, the Euryalus lost her bowsprit and all her topmasts, and that in 12 hours she was again ready for work. We brought away a fleet from Alexandria, were attacked going down the river by batteries built close to what was the residence of the great Washington, and:l was again wounded in that action in the neck. On the peace taking place, I went on half.pay, where I remained till I was appointed to the Ga. latea, which ship I commanded for three ye ars on thi s s t a ti on; _ _ and I hope and trust I have faithfully done my duty during that period to my King and country. - - Subsequently to the above address Captain Napier, on the death, we believe, of Captain Northey, became, by petition, on account of his wounds (for the gallant Captain is lame(, an out-pensioner of Greenwich Hospital, amounting, as he said, to about 801. per annum. IRISH ASSIZES. KILKENNY, Jur, r 23. The Assizes for this county and city, commenced this day, before Chief Baron Joy, in the county; and Chief Justice DOGHERTY, in the city. After the Grand Jury of the county had been sworn, the Chief Baron very briefly addressed them, on the state of the calendar, which is very heavy. He said, that if he had been a stranger to Ireland, the document lying before him, was such as would induce him to think, that the county of Kil kenny was some uncivilized barbarous portion of the world, where no resident gentry, or persons capable of exercising a salutary control over the passions and errors of the people, were to be found. But knowing as he did, that in this county there was not only a respectable and intelligent gentry, but also that the county itself was intersected with roads, and means of access to every portion of it, he felt not the least hesitation in saying, that proper vigilance on the part of the Magistrates, would soon restore it to tranquillity and good order. He was the more convinced of this, on looking to the happy effects of the late coercive measures adopted. They had succeeded to the full extent anticipated, and thereby furnished those whom he addressed with an example, of what might be done by energy, and an attention to the first appearances of disorder, and disorganization of society. It was to be regretted that such meast,res should be recurred to from necessity ; he hoped however, that a proper discharge of duty by the gentry and jurors of the county, would soon enable Government to dis pense with laws which were not in unison with the mild spirt of the Constitution. Two men, named Edwards and Lockhart, were placed at the bar, charged with assaulting and violating the person of Mary Manning. She stated that, on tl,e id of February last, she saw the prisoners and two other men, armed, between eight and nine o'clock in the morning. When she ap_ proached near them, three separated from the rest, followed her, and compelled her to swear on a primer that she would not disclose anything concerning them or their el then knocked her d own w i t h the end of a gun , a° the crime. The prisoner Edwards, she said, 0 , 5 00 assail her, and after hi m a person who has country. She was much beaten and 111-used, l !:l been killed but for Lockhart. She was confll7, ter part of her state men t b y a female to who's rated the matter on the day it occurred, without mentioning the most aggravated part of the charg e ' not disclosed for a fortnight or three weeks , and only upon her being examined by a police alibi and evidence of good character were set UP fence; and both prisoners were acquitted. The were admitted on all sides to be Whitefeet, of insurrectionists a great number are to be tried offences. COURT CIRCULAR. Sir James Graham had an interview on Well King, at St. James's Palace. His Majesty lent half-past six o'clock on W ednesday evening, at r Herbert Taylor, on his return to the Palace at W. 1,1 The Duchess and P r i nce George of CurnberlF town yesterday from Kew. The Duchess paid 1 Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. The Princes Alexander and Charles of Sohns, w d a terday for Sheerness to inspect the dock-yards. A A conference, which l as t e d fi ve hours, was afternoon at the Foreign-office, on the affairs of lands. The Ministers present were the Russian Ambassadors, the Prussian Minister, the Baron burg, the Austrian (Special) Minister, and Vi s erston. Baron Verstolk, Minister on a Special 4 the King of Holland, accompan i ed by M. Dedel, the meeting. Sir Henry Martin, Messrs. Philpotts, Claxton/1 the West India body, transacted business with 1 0 Stanley, on Wednesday. Mons. Mavrojeni, Charge d'Affaires from t bl Porte, had an intervie w w ith Vi scount Palmerston 9d A meeting was held, yesterday afternoon,, a t tbe of Earl Grey. There were present the Duke 0f .,4 the Marquis of L a n s d owne, E arl of Ripon, yr, bourne, and Lord Plunket. The Lord Chancellor $ 11 " Althorp also visited the Noble Earl yesterday. j Mr. Colquhou n , agent for St. Vincent's, transae' yesterday at the Colonial. office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGEN' ARRIVALS. The Misses Crompton, at Hawkins's Hotel, Dover marle.streets, from their se a t, i n Y orkshire; John , Esq., Mrs. Schroder, and Miss Schroder, at Marshal ) son's Hotel, C aven di s h -square; Mr. C. Style, Bart and family, at ditto; Miss Walmsley, at ditto; Hamilton, at ditto; Rev. J. Hallward, at ditto; Esq., at ditto; the Duchess of Buccleuch, at Mont $. from a visit to the H on . H . and Lady Louisa 1:j Ramsgate; the Earl of Harewood, atHarewood Bryanston House; Captain Charles Bag (Grenadie e / at Sir Charles B ago t' s , i n E aton-sq uare,4rom the j Major-General Sir Andrew Barnard, in Wilton-cren a tour ; B aron and Baroness Bulow, in Great CWI) place, from a visit to their Majesties, at Windsor Captain and Lady Ennischino Stuart Wortley, from DEPARTURES. Lord Ongley, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, .„ 0 square ; R. A. Cloyn e A usten, Esq., and H. E. AS from ditto; Wanley S aw b r i dge, Esq., from dirio Shewell, Esq., from ditt o; L ord Hugh Sewart anol Miss Georgians Vern on , f or Brighton; Sir Mark, 117,i and Miss Newton, from Hawkins's Hotel, Dovet marle-streets, on a tour ; the Duke of Suther l 7) Bridgewater House, for Dunrobin Castle; the C Surrey, from H am ilt on-p l ace, for ditto; Sir RobeP4 from Albemarle.stre e t, on a v i s i t to their Majesties, ') sor ; Lord and Lady Bloomfield, and the Hon. O il , field, from Sackville.street, for their seat in Ireland. SIIIPI'ING INTELLIGENCE---,(THIS FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JULY 25.—Wind W.S. W.—Arrived the A" ton, from Jamaica. Arrived from the river and Thomas and Alfred, Pexley, for the Mauritius. Sal t ward bound, except the Elizabeth, Craigie, for' China. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 25. Wind W.—Sailed the waite, for Bengal. FALMOUTH, JULY 24.—Wind N. W., moderate. I BRISTOL, JULY 25.—Arrived the Eleanor, Rees, f:dl rara. Arrived off the Wight the W es t I n di a n, 11": Antigua. HULL, JULY 25.—Arrived the Lord Mu'grave, from Miramichi. LIVERPOOL, JULY 24.—Arrived the Mary, Nelson► merara ; George, Wright, from Maranhana ; Liven stow, from Charleston ; Fisher, Collings, from Wl t Milo, Drysdale, from Miramichi ; Sarah, Blyth, from P land; Indian Chief, Delamere, from St. Andrews, I" wick. Off port the Arab, Lowe, from Laguira. CLYDE, Jim,' .—Arrivcd the Bee, from Newfound the Arrow, Mowbray, from Lisbon. &Arco, Jur.ti• .—Arrived the Alexander, AnstrU London. BELFAST, Juiv23.—Arrivedtbe TOW& ler, Bell, all 4 and Ann, Patterson, from Quebec; John and Mall' from Halifax. DUBL'N, JULY 23.—A rri ved the James, Shields, tir°°l The Lamont, Carr, from London to New Oriel)1 shore at Barb re d a 12 t h u l t., and was to be sold on the BRUSSELS; JULY 24. Long after the despatch of y es t er d ay ' s cour i e r, tbe i r 4 o given at Laecken, and a t th e P a l ace at Brussels, to dit after the health of the Queen, was such as to red nouncement of this morning, h owever welcome snot' able, a matter of surpri s e. Th e fi rst i nt i mat i on t° bitants of Brussels generally of her Majesty's seal was communicated at six o' c l oc k b y t h e guns on levards, with such an emph as i s as to awaken the Ott # J the drowsiest inhabitant of th e cap i tal. So sudden" ns f e io: x naud p er e b c byo t was lnnoec ka: summonedft t ea h ri e idal l e a v tw e t n ahos t a , lobfve t ep h rap : s t r te s t Efe h onv e uter p n hh b : i te c he weK King o n uc e gs a s uc t Queen's safety, and of the birth of a son,—a r ". 41 heir to his hono urs and his throne. It had prev i o' arranged that a salvo of 21 guns should indicate the a Princess, and 101 if a son and heir should be 1 ;;iS gunners intrusted with firing the salute- were 0 make a considerable pause after the 21st gun, for tbe 11 0 no doubt, of pi qu i ng t h e cur i osity of many an atteP., tener, and makin g w h at was to follow more impresser of imparting to those mouth s o f fi re, as t h ey are call French, a figure of oratory which seems to have all ," of originality. In the course of the morning, a_supplement to the 1 1 .0 6 Beige was published, con t a i n i ng t h e b ulletin of t he tu dical attendants, conceived in the following terms: --- 0 111 11 " Laecken, 24 " Sa Majeste la B eine des Belges est accouchee ce matin, al quatre heures et demi. La Reine et le Prince se porte i n , t A li c i c e o n u;cchmeourndEetsvil " CHANTO' A , " Le Medecin ordinaire de Sa Majeste, D. LEBO` Six' , The President of the Senate, Baron de Stass ar t . ; sident of the Chamber of Representatives, M . R a ils : pi t First President of the Court of Cas sa ti on, M. de G.. the members of the Cabinet, a nd o th er public Tune :" who had been summoned t o au th ent i cate the birth, bl assembled to prepare the p roses ver b al, which w ill dg ii appear in the Moniteur of to-morrow. General d'Adi out for Paris on the part o f Ki ng Leopold, to anr03.47 with) event to the Royal Family o f France; but, speed he may travel, h e w ill b e ant i c i pated by t he 0 Ambassador, Count Latour Maub ourg , w h o has with) a courier to the arector of the telegraph at Lille, fr;pl i/ the fact will be transmitted—fi rs t to P ar i s, and ' in the course of the' day to' a 1 the frontiers of Fra l !,sl l / possible, therefore, that your cou r i er may be ant i c ir: by this circuitous route, but as the fact cannot fail t . O .A ' 1 0 / public opinion, by settlin g men ' s minds with regn i , / stability of the present or d er of things in •Bel gitulhi; thought better to put y ou i n possession of it without • r i any channel of communication but your own. ~„.,;001104; The Queen of the French and the two Fr"'„ 10 . 1 4 daughters, are to remain here until after the baPtis w ' 1.1 4 to take place in Brussels on the Ist or 2d of A l t - eaF King of the French, as godfather, is to be repre se- n t ce i r r reigning feelings of the people, if not to the r u " i second son, the Duke de Nemours ; and in defer e 'i e s, religious Catholic church, the Queen of the French i 5 , t : 3 4 0 1 1 , in person as godmother, instead of a proxy of her P- , ness the Duchess of Kent, as had previously been en.., ji /4 The names to be bestowed on the infant Prince ' h i, r Louis-Philippe Victor Ernest, after his father and gr a " his cousin, the Princess Royal of England, and his Duke of Saxe Coburg. , The church bells of Bru sse l s h ave been diligent , v,tie;0 A 10/; ing the eve n t s i nce 6 o ' c l ock i n the morning; prell_.--0 everywhere making for a general illu m i nat i on in O e ele o f and from the w h o l e as p ec t o f the town it appears tha t / e% f Population, young and old, had re so l ve d on a h 011 43 dinary. •V At the close of the Ballot for the , a Common-Sergeant yesterday, the vo:es were-10 For J. Mirehouse, Esq ................. ; 1 0 4 ), For M. D. Hill, Esq., M.P .................... Majority ............................. iv e Mr. MinEtionsE was conseq uent l y declared '4l'l,oo' Dr. WiLsoN, the succes sor of liglite Bishopric of Calcutta, ob ta i ne d t h e O x f or d Bachelors' English Essay on Common F+ o6e6 the year in which HEBER (delivered his pupal 0" ic l .o When HEBER had descend e d f rom t h e r ostro'S'oro l '• l ascended to it; each li tt l e th i nk i ng that t his what would take place, as to a very differen t 6 very different periods of their lives. . .. - . ._ th e lat ° - 'utiti a n , fileY Noi h :Lnla g th e '; AUST bili444 Persu: Rich uNc, State _ceased ( 7,7 Warrant 431! V ,nY's t MILT. : I % di 'id July end, Piet L OSEI, 4. nt e% Ora k t--a l er _ St aff „ t ' fro m p ra ftt 13 1: 11 Ped ilee -. IN a _ 41 )/e 1.1 ri liD,