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LtA P`l FOR CALCUTTA. PROM LIVERPOOL, to sail punctually ji • on the Ist July, the fine armed passenger ship ST. GEORGE, Captain SWAINSON. Prom BRISTOL, to sail punctually on the 20th July, the fine armed pas.enger ship ARABIAN, Captain WILLS. This ship will receive wines for the voyage round both at Bristol and Madeira. Both ships sail fast, are fitted up in a very superior style for passengers to India, and their Commanders are well known for their liberal treatment of passengers, of which they possess the most flattering testimonials. Each ship carries an experienced Surgeon. Apply in London to HENCKELL and DU BITISSON; Liverpool to ACRAMAN and STITT ; or in Bristol to the owners, W. D. and W. E. ACRAMAN. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM. THE ANNUAL EXCURSION to the , RIVER MEDWAY, for the BENEFIT of the IN STITUTION, will take place on THURSDAY, July Ist. 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LINDEPENDANT, Journal Politique, Litteraire, Les Nos. let 2 ont paru, et No. 3 paraitra Samedi matin.—Ce journ hebdomadaire contient des extraits des journaux Francais et strangers ; des articles originaux sur Ia politique ; et Its aujets en discussion dana tousles pays ; des analises des ouvrages nuuveaux, des critiques th6atrales, &c. On recoit lea souscriptions (les Mardis et Vendredis seulemcnt avant 4 b.) 38, Leicester-square, oil doit kre adressi par ecrit, et franc de port, toute communication pour l'Editeur. On trouve l'lndependant, 84, Mount street, Grosvenor-square; 33, Old Bond-street; 4, Cathe rine-street ;1, Leicester -square ;et cbcz Chappell, et Boozey, u la Bourse. Prix 12 schil. pour 3 mois, 4 schil. pour 1 mois, 1 schil. par No. This day was published, in Two Vols. foolscap Bvo., with numerous Engravings, price 165., in handsome cloth boards, • THE PICTURE OF INDIA. " The present work in particularly acceptable. 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BURGESS' NEW SAUCE for general purposes having given such great approbation, and the demand for it continuing to increase, JOIIN BUR GESS and SON b eg moat res p ec tf u ll y t o offer this their BUR- G a cknowledgment to the public for their liberal patronage of the !vane • its utility and great convenience in all climates has recommended it to the most distinguished foreign con nections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda tion. —It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappointment to Families, all possible care has been re sorted to by each bottle being sealed upon the cork with their firm and address, as well as each label having their signature, without which it cannot be genuine. JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long established and much-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES, continues to be prepared by them after the same manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many years. Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of the Savoy steps, London. The original Fish-eriace Warehouse. BILIOUS COMPLAINTS. F ROM a derangement of the functions of the Liver, head-ache, heartburn, loss of appetite, indigestion and costiveness are produced ; to remove these complaints, HALLAM'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS, which are universally approved, will be found most efficacious ; the composition is so innocent as to render it perfectly safe at all times, (as it contains no Mercury in any shape); they were prescribed by a professional gentleman of very extensive practice in all the above disorders, and invari ably found to produce the desired effects. Sold in Boxes, 21. 94. and 4s. 64. each, by E. Ed wards, Chemist, 67, St. Paul's, whose name is engraved ea the Stamp, and by Stradling, Royal Exchange, at the estrum from Cornhill. A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS. THERE is not, perhaps, in the whole Ma_ feria Medico any one Remedy which so effectually relieves the pain of a suffering Patient as theAMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP. Who can watch the writhing tortures into which a lovely infiut is often convulsed, dnring the period of dentition, without feeling sympathy for as sufferings? And who would hesitate to procure a Remedy, when a remedy can be found, which is obvious by the effectual relief afforded in so many distressing cases which are daily coming to the notice of Mrs. JOHNSON ? Therefore Mothers ought never to be without the AME RICAN SOOTHING SYRUP in the Nursery ; fur if a Child awakes in the night with pain, by only rubbing the gums with a few drops of the Syrup, it will immediately open the pores, heal the gums, and thereby prevent fevers and convulsions; for should it come in competition with any other disorder, it often destroys the mother's brightest hopes. —To be had, wholesale and retail, of Mrs. Johnson, sole P ropri e t or of the American Soothing Syrup, and Stiracia's Italian Oils, 28, York-place, City-road, London; and, by her appointment, of all principal Medicine Ven ders in Town and Country, at 2s. 9d. per bottle. N.B. None are genuine unless signed on the Stamp with Mrs. Johnesn's own land-wribisi, as there are spu rious sorts. SUICIDAL CLUB,—Dr. CASPER, man ar ticle in the Revue Britannique, states that there existed some time ago in Prussia a club of suicides, composed of six P er "ne, who not only vowed to destroy themselves, but also to make proselytes. They did not succeed in the latter respect, but all gave p is b ra i ns i n 1817. Th e same roofs of th e ir ow n sincerity. The last o f them blew out h writer state s that a similar club is reputed to have eristed not long ago in Paris. This was composed of twelve members, one of whom w as to be se l ec t,d every year f in ' self-destruction. —,Literary G azelle. 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(Concluded from our Paper of Saturday.) SIR JONAH BARRINGTON. Sir C. WETHERELL was of opinion that to acoede to the proposition that the House could only act on the verdict of a Jury in a case like this,would be virtually to surrender the powers they lawfully possessed. There was another question, namely, whether the proceedings before the Committee were such that that House could not act judicially upon them ? On that question he had considerable doubt, which induced him to wish that the resolu tion of the Noble Lord might not be pressed to a division at that moment. The doubts he enter tained were, whether the House ought not to follow up its usual practice of having Counsel at the bar before it acted judicially on a question of this sort. In cases of bribery at elections, and in those affect ing the removal of a public Minister—as, for in stance, in the case of the Duke of York—the Mem bers of the House examined witnesses at their own bar, not that they dotilited for one moment what the Committee reported, but as each individual in the House was to act as a Judge, he thought himself bound to hear the evidence on which he should af terwards give judgment. For this reason he wished to take time to consider of the resolution now pro posed by the Noble Lord. Mr. H. BATLEY supported the application of the Learned Counsel. Mr. C. WYNN doubted the correctness of the opinion of Sir C. Wetherell, that it was the uni form practice of the House to take evidence at the bar on proceedings of this kind. In the case of Lord Melville the evidence was taken before the Commissioners; and then before the Committee, and the House 'of Commons did not hear witnesses at their bar. In all cases of privilege, too, the matter was referred to a Committee, who made their re port on evidence furnished to them, and on that re port the House acted and awarded the punishment. Surely that was acting in a judicial capacity on the report of a Committee. In the present case every possible; indulgence had been shown to the peti tioner—every favour he asked was conceded ; and since the report had been made, a delay of nearly a year and a half had occurred before any step had been taken to enforce its recommendations. He must say that that delay was disgraceful to the House. The petitioner now expressed an anxious wish to be personally examined. He had expressed the same wish to the Committee, yet he had never attended them. He wrote a letter to the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, urging the pro priety of his being personally examined on this ques tion, an examination which he said " could only be made with effect before a Committee of Parlia ment." Yet after that he never attended the Com mittee. The Committee wished him to attend them, if he attended at all, of his own accord, in order that it might not appear they compelled him to come before them, but he himself requested them to summon him, in order that by appearing on their summons he might be protected from any legal pro cess. And yet, after all that, he never came before them. If the evidence taken before the Committee upon the case of Sir J. Barrington had been of a conflicting nature, or if he thought that any thi ng important could be elicited by cross-examination, he might, perhaps, be in favour of a further inquiry at the bar. The ease, however, depended upon undis puted documents, and without the oral testimony of a single witness, it was fully established. He, there fore, saw no reason for going through the facts a se cond time. Mr. D. W. HARVEY doubted the judiciousness of the course adopted by the Learned Counsel in taking the high ground he had taken, because it was directly opposed to the provisions of an Act of Par liament, which had clothed the House with the power of proceeding by Address, in conjunction with the Lords, for the removal of any Judge. The question vas, whether the Registrar was justified in the mode in which he had disposed of the money. One of the principal sources of his emolument was the use of this money of the suitors, and who was to say that the Judge of the Court was the only person who might not borrow it ? It seemed to him (Mr. Harvey), therefore, that Sir Jonah Bar rington might borrow the money of the officer of the Court, although at the same time, it might be disgriiceful to the administration of justice in Ire land, that the matter had for eleven years been neglected. An Address from the Howe was one of the most permanent and indelible stigmas that could rest upon the character of any individual, and it was not because Sir J. Barrington, weakened by age, and withered by infirmities, was anxious to re tire from public life, and to sink into obscurity, that that stigma was of no importance to him. It seemed to him (Mr. Harvey) . that the House was called upon, not only by the request of Sir J. Bar rington, but by a sense of its own duty, to summon Sir J. Barrington to the bar, and toexamine him as to the facts. It appeared distinctly, with regard to one of the sums m question, that the 2001. borrowed had been laid out in public securities. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL referred to the evidence before the Committee, to show that the 200/. had not been invested in public securities; but that it had been withdrawn from the funds of the Court, and rulers, by Sir J. Barrington, who had not been able to prevail upon the Registrar to join with him in misrepresenting the fact, and ac cepting a bond for the money. Mr. WYNN further adverted to the same trans action, and denied altogether the doctrine that a Judge could be permitted even to borrow money de posited in the hands of the Registrar, forlthe benefit of the suitors. As to the mode in which Sir J. Barrington had borrowed the sums he had obtained, it much resembled the mode of borrowing of the gentlemen, who, in former times, were in the habit of frequenting Houwlow-heath. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL called the at tention of the House to the undefiled fact that Sir J. Barrington had ordered the money of the suitors to be paid by the Registrar into his bankers, and had then drawn it out upon his own account. Sir R. INGLIS observed that the case, as made out upon the report of the Select Committee, was quite clear, and sufficient to warrant the House in proceeding without further information. As to the plea to the jurisdiction of the House, it seemed to him that, even had it been well founded, it was made in too late a stage of the proceedings. Sir ROBERT PEEL adverted, first, to the proposal of his Hon. and Gallant Friend, that all further proceeding should be abandoned by the House, in order that a prosecution might be insti tuted against Sir J. Barrington, and that Parliament should be governed by the result of that criminal inquiry. He (Sir Robert Peel) could not acquiesce in any such recommendation; he would not leave it to a Court of Law to decide whether Sir J. Bar rington had or had not committed a legal offence. The advantage of the law giving independence to the Judges was qualified by many disadvantages. No doubt, on the whole, it was better that the Judge should be independent of the Crown ; but if, pre suming on that independence, they neglected their duty, the public, by the operation of the statute, suffered a material injury. A Judge might commit many acts of immorality and indecency not cognizable as crimes in a Court of Law, which would fully disqualify him for the discharge of his official functions, and warrant the House in address- LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1830. ing the Crown for his removal. He might depart the realm, arid leave his place vacant, or, from ex treme age, he might be notoriously unfit to retain his appointment; and was it tb be permitted thit . : 'ounding himself upon the independence of the Judges, he should continue to receive Iris salary . ? Neither was Parliament to be bound by the techni calities of Courts of Justice with regard to matters of evidence. The next question was, whether the House could proceed upon the report of its Select Committee, without hearing further evi dence at the bar? He thought it could, and if the testimony taken before these delegated bodies were of no value, it would be far better never to appoint a Select Committee. The evi dence, on which he felt competent to decide upon the guilt of Sir J. Barrington, was documentary, and as 'no explanation had been attempted to be given of any of the documents, his mind was im pressed with a moral conviction that Sir J. Barring ton had been guilty of acts whiCh disqualified him for continuing in the situation of a Judge. He did net see the necessity for further investigation, arid he should receive with reluctance and weariness any suggestion that would have the effect of deferring a decision until a future Session of Parliament. At the same time he deeply regretted the necessity of inflicting so severe a sentence upon a gentleman holding a high oflice belonging to an honourable pro fession, arid who had now reached a very advanced age. It seemed to him impossible for the House to avoid a proceeding which, while it showed that it was the sole authority to effect the removal of a Judge, would mark with severe reprobation the acts imputed, and of which he was sorry to say there existed sufficient proof. Sir 11. WILSON should move that Sir J. Bar rington be called to the bar, and asked the nature of the evidence he was desirous to produce. Lord F. L. GOWER was opposed to any fur ther delay. Mr. X. DAWSON thought that delay ought to be allowed. Mr. HARVEY—It was necessary that the affair should be settled this Session, why was not the Report brought in in the first wctk of the Ses sion ? It would appear from the letter of Mr. Lamb, that he did not entertainn the same view as the Noble Lord who now held his office. The evidence, if correct, no doubt, would justify the proceedings that were taking, but all that he wished for was that they might come to a unanimous conclusion, sitting, as they were, judicially on this case. Sir R. PEEL—Mr. Lamb's letter was written in 1828, and the Report of the Commissioners was not till 1829, therefore Mr. Lamb was ignorant of the charge against Sir Jonah Barrington, at the time that he wrote; besides which, the letter only said that as he was not then in office, the case must be re ferred to his successor, which did not seem to be any very strong expression of opinion. Mr. HARVEY explained. Sir J. NEWPORT could state that Mr. Lamb's letter was written not with any idea of corrupt prac tices having taken place, but in allusion to absence and neglect of duty. Mr. Alderman WOOD did not see how the in convenience of the House could be urged as a riacon for not hearing Sir J. 13arrington's evidendk The Officer of a Court always asked a p r i soner iPlie had anything to say why sentence should not be passed, and he therefore did not see why the House should not indulge-Sir J. Barrington with a similar-oppor tunity. Lord F. L. GOWER said that he had never said a word about inconvenience to the House. Mr. WYNN—Sir Jonah Barrington had had the choice of being heard by himself, or Counsel; and having chosen the latter, he had no right to ask for the former. The House then divided— For the amendment Against it 56 —52 Majority On our re-admission we found the Clerk reading the resolutions. On that which stated the report to be warranted by the evidence, &c. Sir C. WETHERELL thought that it would be judicious to add a resolution that it was not deemed material to call evidence at the bar on this case. By so doing they would be proceeding on the specific circumstances of the case, and not be setting a precedent for all other cases. The resolution was then agreed to. ' On the resolution expressing that Sir J. Bar rington had been guilty of serious malversation, and was therefore unfit to hold his office, Mr. WYNN thought that malversation was not exactly the right term. Sir R. PEEL said that " serious malversation " was the expression which Sir J. Barrington had been given to understand would be used in the re solution, and he, therefore, thought it better to re tain that phrase. Mr. C. W. WYNN explained. In general, he thought it better to have witnesses examined at the bar, rather than by a Select Committee, but he thought the present case was an excep►ion to the rule. The resolution was then agreed to. Lord F. L. GOWER moved that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he would he graciously pleased to remove Sir Jonah Barrington from his office of Judge of the High Court of Admiralty in Ireland. Mr. RICE opposed the motion for the present, on the ground that no sufficient notice had been given of it. Sir R. PEEL (who spoke in a low tone) was understood to say, that after the resolutions which they had agreed to, it was impossible that they could avoid arriving at the conclusion which his Noble Friend proposed. However, as the present was an unusual case, and as it wits one of a very grave na ture, he saw no objection to a Committee being ap pointed to prepare the Address. Mr. RICE objected to the time and manner, not to the Resolution itself. Mr. C. W. WYNN would not allow an hour longer than the proceedings actually required. Sir Jonah Barrington was already so stigmatised by the proceedings of the House of Commons, that he could not hold his situation longer without disad vantage to the public service---the only question which could require time was, whether they should proceed by Address or by impeachment. Now, as there seemed no difference of opinion as to the nature of their proceeding, he saw no motive for postpone ment. The resolution for an Address, as given above, was then put and agreed to. to commit the breach of privilege of which you have just been guilty ? The prisoner said that he had long observed the proceedings of that House, and had seen so much in consistency between :its professions and its ac's, that, considering its exercising the great power in the State which it did, he had little hope of its i - terposing to procure justice for him; he felt dis posed, however, to put his case bet re them. II had struggled with the world for six-and-twenty years, and such was the state of society in this country, that he found it impossible to live as an honest man. He was then ordered to withdraw. Sir R. PEEL moved, that he be committed to the custody of the Seijennt at Arms. Sir R. WILSON observed, that possibly he had not meant to offend the House. Sir R. PEEL said, that for the sake of the ex ample he-ought to be committed. After a few words from Mr. DUNDAS, Mr. SADLER was understood to doubt the satiity of the prisoner. S.r it. PEEL suggested that:nothing respecting his sanity could be ascertained without time being allowed for inquiry. By Monday they would havt. an opportunity of seeing if anything further need In done. After a few words from Mr. J. WOOD, and au ex planation from Mr. SADLER, he was ordered to be committed to the_custody . of the Serjeant at Arms. The Committee to prepare the Address to the Crown, in Sir Jonah Barrington's case, was ap pointed, and the House adjourned at Half -past Four o'clock. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. At this moment a person in the gallery distributed several copies of a paper entitled " The iniquitous Cause of Poor Rates, Pauperism, and Crime ex posed." It was an incoherent and violent denuncia tion of the public institutions and public characters of the country. Immediately after handing them about to those near him in the gallery, he flung a few copies into the body of the House. On being taken into custody by the Messengers, he said, " I don't care-4 have done my duty !" He was then removed, and brought down to the lobby. Sir R. PEEL moved, that the prisoner be brought to the bar; which having been agreed to, and the order complied with, The SPEAKER inquired his name Prisoner—William Clifford. The SPEAKER—What could have induced you NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 22.—The Columbine, 18, Commander To wnshend, arrived on Wednesday, from the Halifax station. She left Bermuda on the 28th April, at which time Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, in the Hussar, 42, with the Tync, 29, and Rose, 11, we,-e at anchor there. The Rose had re cently brought the Bishop of Nova Scotia to the island, for the purpose of inspecting officially the state of the churches in that part of his diocese. The Champion, 18, had gone to Halifax, and the Frolic and Renard packets had sailed for England with mails. The Barham, 60, with the flag of Vice-Admiral the Hon. C. E. Fleeming, was daily expected from the West Indies, on her way to New York, to which port she was proceeding to bring home the Right Hon. C. R. Vaughan, our Ambas sador at America. Commissioner Inglis, who had been very unwell at Bermuda, was considered con valescent when the Columbine left that island. The Tyne, 28, Captain Richard Grant, was to leave Bermuda for England on the Ist of May, and was to bring home twenty-five convicts, whose belia vicur had been so refractory that for want of power to punish them, their longer stay in the settlement was considered dangerous. The Columbine brought home twelve similar characters, with a representa tion to the Horne Secretary of the circumstances under which they have been sent to England. These circumstances have only been divulged by the pri soners themselves, who have been transferred to the York hulk at this port. They have stated to the convicts on board (for the truth of which we cannot vouch) that on one night those of their ward created considerable uproar; that upon being remonstated with in vain, the lights were put out by the guards. The uproar then increased, and on the guards at tempting to light up again, three of them received from the prisoners stabs from knives thrust at them through the bars. The convicts in this ward were immediately after fired upon, when two-men were killed and two wounded. The Columbine came into harbour yesterday to be paid off, and will in all probability be re-commissioned. We have letters from his Majesty's ship Sybille, Commodore Collier, C. 8., dated St. Helena, March 28, by which we are sorry to learn that sickness had again visited that ship—no less than 64 having been on the sick list at one time. At the date of these letters the Sybille was on the point of pro ceeding to the southward to cruise for the purpose of restoring the ship's company to health: she was afterwards to repair to Ascension, where she would find assembled the remainder of the squadron. From the very weak state of the crew, she will most probably be in England next month. The number of slaves captured by the Sybille and her tender alone, during the period of the Commodore's command, amounts to 6219. No stronger proof of the great activity of the African squadron can be afforded than the fact, that not a single Brazilian slaver was on the coast. The Favourite, 18, Commander Harrison, was at Alexandria on the 28th March, waiting the arrival of the mail overland from India, with which she would proceed to Malta. The Onyx, 10, Lieut. Dawson, sailed yesterday, with Captain Vidal, R.N., on board, who has been employed to search for a rock cr►lled the Aitkins Rock. The Leveret; 10, from Plymouth, will assist in the same object. The rock is understood to be about .50 miles off the north end of Ireland, and consequently in the fair way of all ships bound to Glasgow. There is no doubt of its existence, and it is essential that its exact position should be known. Few ships that have seen it agree as to its longitude. Its latitude is tolerably ascertained. The Alligator, 28 guns, Captain Yorke, is ordered for the Mediterranean service. Extract of a letter from Constantinople, dated April 28 :—" Notwithstanding the beating the Turks have recently received from the Russians— notwithstanding the loss to the Porte of Erzeroum, with great part of Armenia, all Servia, all Greece and the Grecian Archipelago yet Mahmoud is de termined not to be quiet ; he is now making great preparations, it is presumed, to attack Mehemet Ali, the Pacha of Egypt, and 34 ships of war are nearly ready for sea to aid him in this determination; he cannot, consequently, be in the pecuniary distress he affects to be in. He has long looked upon the Egyptian Paella as a rebel, and thinks he shall find great treasures in Alexandria. The attemp t i s a ha zardous one, as i n t h e ve ry first instance the supply of corn for this city would be stopped, and the tri bute money would not be forthcoming; and if the Pacha should defeat the Sultan, he is at once inde pendent of him, and would at pleasure starve us here. Syria would follow the example of Egypt, and the Turkish territory would thus be clipped all round of its territories. The Sultan is much vexed that the French are proceeding to extremities against Algiers, as the Dey of that city was a sort of gua rantee for the obedience of the Pacha of Egypt, who will now at once take and keep possession of Tripoli. We hear here to-day that the Persians have been driven to some hostile acts against the Russians ; it is the policy oißussia to goad them on to these excesses." By a letter from a small island, called Tabarca, on the coast of Africa, between Tunis and Algiers, dated the Ist of May, it is said « that very little pre paration has been Wade to resist the French army. An immense number of cannon, it is true, has been mounted in the city, and un the beach, for some l e agues to the eastward and westward of it; but no artillerymen have been provided, and at least 6,000 are considered necessary. Not any magazines have been formed, either of provisions, stores, or ammu nition. The back population have not come for ward to assist in the defence. On the contrary, it has been ascertained, that all the villages and Camps have been collecting cattle and provisions, with the 'rope of selling them at a good price to the Freon trrny. Tunis and Morocco have too much cause t, !read the Dey of Algiers not to approve an enter. nise which has alone diverted him from attacking them; for he, like the Pacha of Egypt, has a) •ye to an independent sovereignty. Such of th, European Consuls as could not obtain permission •o embark, have retiredlnto the country, attende( by guards, which they are compelled to maintain." Wile the Highland Lass transport was lyin;, lately off Tangiers, three gentlemen, passengers it her—Messrs. Dundas, Dillon, and Hill, went or shore to view the country; they bad, not strayed fa• 'rom the beach when the Moors attacked and fired at them. The two first contrived to make theirs escape to the boat, but Mr. Hill was iutcrecp'ed• whether wounded or not is not known, and m. !idings could be heard of his safety when the ship left. The Governor of Gibraltar has sent a repre• sentation of the matter to the English Consul, wit] orders to investigate the business closely, and insist on Mr. Hll's liberation. • The Columbine (one of the-eiperimental cruisers, :►nd designed by Captain Symmons), during hei three years' cruise on the coast of America, has 'teen found to answer exceedingly well ; she bears every thing in light weather, and in gales of wind is a most excellent sea-boat. She lies to and scuds well. The passage of 21 days froth Bermuda is art instance of quick runninz, but she was able to carr) her studding-sails the whole way. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Hyde Parker (with the flag of the Commander-in-Chief), came into harbour on Wednesday. So unusual an occur rence, of late years, as a man-of-war passing the platform battery, of so large a class as that of this splendid ship, thew together a vast concourse on this occasion. The ramparts and the shores on this Ind the Gosport side were thronged with people. In 1 larhour—St. Vincent, Royal George, Ganges, Briton, Pallas, Herald, Talbot, /Etna, Columbine. The Vittoria, Andr.!ws (late Smith), master, from Manilla, arrived at Cowes on Monday, whither she was bound for orders. She left Manilla 23d August, isle of France 2d January, and St. Helena 20th March. On the 7th September, in lat. 917 N., long.. 127 00 E., four of the crew of the Vittoria composed of Manilla men, mutinied, and murdered Mr. John Smith, the then master; William Thomp son, second mate; Robert Tindal, boatswain ; Wm. Brown, carpenter; and Charles Ashdown, seaman. On Mr. Andrews, the present master, then chief mate, whose watch was below, hearing a great noise and groans, he went on deck, and was imme diately ordered below, on dread of being murdered also. He thereupon went below, and barricaded himself in the cabin, but was soon called on deck by the assassins, who said to him, " the Captain is lead, and we will spare your life conditionally that yoU navigate the ship to the coast of California." On the 9th September, he (Mr. Andrews) proposed a plan to other men to re-take the ship, and on the 12th of the same month succeeded, by putting to death the two ringleaders of the mutineers, and confining the other two, who took their trial in the Isle of France, and were both condemned to death. One was hung on board the Vittoria, and the other reprieved on the scaffold, and sent back to Manilla. In order to lighten the ship, she being deeply laden, the mutineers, prior to her being re-taken, threw part of the cargo and the deck-raft overboard. A Court Martial was held yesterday sennight at Chatham, on board his Majesty's' ship Alligator (flag ship), to try Lieut. James Tason, of his Ma jesty's ship Donegal, on the following charges, viz.: For abusing the officers of the Ward-room of the Donegal, at the mess table of the midshipmen ; for abusing the Ward-room officers, before the officers of the 82d Regiment, calling them scoundrels and cowards; for having denied using such language; and having written to the officers of the 82d, beg ging them to keep what he said secret. The Court was of opinion the charges were not proved, and the prisoner was acquitted. A new cutter, called the Seafiower, built under the superintendence of Captain Haves, C. 8., and so constructed by him as to sail on an even keel, was launched from this Dock-yard, on Thursday. Her draft of water will be about four feet six inches less than that of the Snipe (tender to the Victory), of the same tbrinage. She was coppered to-day, and will be taken out of dock on Monday. She is to be a tender to the Ganges. The total reduction of the old establishment of the Breakwater, at Plymouth, took place on Mon day. The following officers are included in This re duction :—Mr. Stewart, Manager of the Quarries; Mr. Ballengal, Paymaster; Mr. Burnett, Secretary; Messrs. Mann, Burnett, and Sandford, Superin tendant Masters; Mr. Hillard, Inspector of Stone Vessels : Messrs. Holmdel], Lawrence, and Mat thews, Clerks ; and Mr. Niblet, Purser.—Hamp shire Telegraph. DEVONPORT, MAY 22.—His Majesty's ship Favorite, 18, Commander J. Harrison, was at Alexandria (Egypt) on the 7th ult. His Majesty's steamer Echo sailed from Gi braltar for Malta 21st April. The Philomel arrived at Smyrna from Napoli 23d March. '1 he Renard sailed from Halifax for Bermuda 22d March. The Eclipse arrived at Barbadoes from Falmouth 2d April, and sailed the 3d for Jamakca. The Scylla, 18, Commander John Hindmarsh, will sail from Portsmouth, for the Mediterranean, this day. She will take out Mr. Bell, the British Vice-Consul for Tetuan; but it is understood she leaves him at Gibraltar, and thence proceeds to Maio. In Hamoaze—Caledonia, Kenr, Blanche, Clio, Conflict, Royalist, Goldfinch, Carron and Confiance steam-vesssels. Barnpool—Undaunted. Island—Vigilant and Bramble. Sound—Galatea. We understand the Commissioners for the inves tigation of pensions granted Officers of the Army and Navy, for wounds, injuries, &c. received during their service, are arrived here, and that their labours will commence forthwith. Lieut. Washington Carr (1821) is appointed to his Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120. Lieuts. J. F. - Wharton (1798) and T. G. Ley (1803) are appointed to the ordinary at this port, vice Lieuts. Smith and 'Williamson, served three years—Mr. P. Marshall, Assistant-Surgeon, to the rank of Surgeon. Sixty-one tubs of rum, brandy, and geneva, mere crept up on Wednesday, by the Busy and Harpy revenue cutters, off Drake's Island, and lodged in the Cu stom-house.—Devonport Telegraph. On Sunday morning, a young gentleman, after leaving the social board, where, during the night, he had been sacrificing to the jolly God, threw himself frond one of our quays (Limerick) into the bracing waters of the Shannon, the expanse of which lie bravely " buffeted with hesty sinews." Arrived at the other side, and having taken little rest, he again plunged in, when lo ! being "half seas over," in the most literal and figurative sense, NIORPHEUS, the usual attendant on BACCHUS, shed his influence on his drowsy limbs, and, in a state of the most delicious somnolence, did he float down the river for nearly three miles, till awakened by the intrusion of some boatmen coming up, who, seeing him at such a distance from land, hailed him, but received no answer ; however from an occasional movement of his limbs, they concluded him to be alive. Thinking him a rare and valuable prize, they soon restored the gentleman to a sense of his situation, and ultimately to his family, who, in the interim, were in consolable, as his c lothes having been found on the Quay in his absence and recognized, it was concluded he was drowned..—Cork Mercantile Chronicle. PRICE 7n. LORD TETITELOW. The legal talents and acquirements of Lord l'hurlow have been the subject of frequent pane gyric; but it may, perhaps, - be lbestioned, whether in all cases those eulogiums are just. It las been said—hut with what truth it is difficult to form an- opinion—that his Lordship was much indebted to Mr. Hargrave for the learn ing by which his judgments were sometimes dis tinguished ; and that Mr. Hargrave received a handsome remuneration for these services. " As Lord Chancellor," says a writer, who was per sonally acquainted with his Lordship, " from a well-placed confidence in Mr. Hargrave, who .vas indefatigable in his service, he had occasion - o give himself less - trouble than any other man in that high station. An old free speaking com ianion of his, well-known at Lincoln's Inn, could sometimes gay to me, I met the great ziiv lion this morning going to Westminster; but le was so busily reading in the coach what his rrovider had supplied him with, that he took no -iotice of Inc.'" Te ardent zeal with which Lord Thurlow contested the great question of the regency, led if we may credit the narrative of one who .vas a party to the debate, to be guilty of an act of great disingenuousness. Dr. Watson, the Bishop of Landaff, in the course of a speech, in which he supported the claims of the Prince of Wales, incidentally cited a passage from Grotius, with regard to the definition of the. word right. " The Chancellor, in his reply," says the Bishop in his memoirs, " boldly asserted that he per fectly well remembered the passage I had quoted from Grotius, and that it solely respected natural, but was inapplicable to civil, rights. Lord Loughborough, the first time I saw him after the debate, assured me that before he went to sleep that night he had looked into Grotius, and was astonished to find that the Chancellor, in contradicting me, had presumed on the igno rance of the House, and that my quotation was perfectly correct. What miserable shifts do great men submit to, in supporting their parties / The Chancellor Thurlow," continues - the Bishop, '' was an able and upright Judge ; but, as the Speaker of the House of Lords, he was domi neering and insincere. It was said of him, that in the Cabinet he opposed every thing, proposed nothing, and was ready to support any thing. I remember Lord Camden's saying to me one night, when the Chancellor was speaking con trary, as he thought, to his own conviction : There, now ! I could not do that : he is sup porting what he does not believe a word of.' " Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopcedia. THE CAPTURE OF WALLACE. The means which were employed to accom plish the destruction of Bruce, would have been of very little avail towards securing the objects intended, so long as his brother and our hero— who had now identified himself with the inte rest of the Brucian party—remained to head the insurrection that was expected to break out ; and as all the magnificent promises of Edward had been unable to subdue the stern virtue of the patriot, his emissaries now bethought themselves of assailing the fidelity of those friends in whom he seemed chiefly to confide. Unfortunately for the cause of liberty, their allurements were but too successful ; and the honour of his early friend, Sir John Menteith, gave way to the arts of the tempter. On the night of the sth of August, 1305, Sir William and his faithful friend Kerle, ac companied by the youth before mentioned, had betaken themselves to their lonely retreat at Rob royston ; to which place their steps had been watched by a spy, who, as soon as he had ob served them enter, returned to his employers. At the dead hour of midnight, while the two friends lay fast asleep, the youth, whose turn it was to watch, cautiously removed the bugle from the neck of Wallace, and conveyed it, along with his arms, through an aperture in the wall; then slowly opening the door, two men-at-arms silently entered, and, seizing upon Kerle, hur ried him from the apartment, and instantly put him to death. Wallace, awakened by the noise, started to his feet, and, missing his weapons, became sensible of his danger, but grasping a large piece of oak, which had been used for a seat, he struck two of his assailants dead on the spot, and drove the rest head long before him. Seeing the fury to which he was roused, and the difficulty they would have in taking him alive, Menteith now advanced to the aperture, and represented to him the folly of resistance, as the English, he said, having heard of his place of resort, and of the plats he had in contemplation, were collected in too large a force to be withstood ; that if he would accompany him a prisoner to Dumbarton, he would under take for the safety of his person ;—that all the English wished, was to secure the peace of the country, and to be free from his molestation ; adding, that if he consented to go with him, he should live in his own house in the castle, and he, Menteith, alone should be his keeper ;—that even now he would willingly sacrifice his life in his defence, but that his attendants were too few, and too ill appointed, to have any chance of success in contending with the English. He concluded by assuring Wallace, that he had followed in order to use his influence with his enc• mies in his behalf, and that they had listened to him on condition of an immediate surrender; but that if he did not instantly comply, the house would soon be in flames about him. These, and other arguments, were urged with all the seeming sincerity of friendship ; and eur patriot, confiding in early recollections, and the private understanding that subsisted between them, allowed himself to be conducted to Dumbarton Castle. On the morrow, however, no Menteith ap peared to exert his influence, in order to prevent the unfortunate hero from being carried from the fortress ; and strongly fettered, and guarded by a powerful escort, under the command of Robert de Clifford and Amer de Valiance, he was hurried_ to the South, by the line of road least exposed to the chance of a rescue.--Con stable's Miscellany, Vol. LIV. Life of Sir William Wallace. So rapid has been the alteration in his MA JESTY'S health, that some well-informed persons are san guine enough to indulge is the hope that his MAJESTY will be sufficiently recovered to attend the Ascot Meeting. The favourable change in the KING'S health took place in the course of last Friday night; and the evident improve ment in personal appearance was the subject of general remark on Saturday and Sunday. Throughout the whole e about sad tix e of the Sov E ss ioN ' s i n di s position, h e h a s p ossesse d hi s usual Row of animal spirits, and these, chhibined more especially with a sound religious confidence, baire supported him in the midst of excruciating suffering. Trade is now mi ll S t i s id l ei expectedno g f t h a e l all the utshue characterist i c mouth,a win Dr awi n g-r o om oa t w h ic h featuresnhh w il l tthe o rn f take thep t s e ason;e AUGUSTA will most likely preside.--Berke Chronicle. ring ken rec-' p in Mr. put I re- in 8S that s at' the lees, 0 of iety, 1 to hich re at i at :Virg for iree- I the Is to the ence ould the )orts ould d by d to, ated any pang the ttend d to ob eting ested ;kited eous o the shed. Mind ;rze ago, a Thos. Farris, Alac- Cross, of a Cole, tbetiit ounty Esq., ite J. e, G. gusta, High nidget Statii°