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London and Middlesex, From the rest of England and Wales; for the proportion of executions in London and Middlesex have been considerably greater in London and Middlesex, than in the rest of England and Wales. If the penalty of death was necessary to deter persons from this crime, you would find that towards the end of this period, it would have had the effect of reducing crime to a greater degree in London and Middlesex, than in the test of Eng land and Wales. I am aware that crimes, such as forging, must exist to a greeter extent in capitals than in the country ; but what I am going to do is, to compare London and Middlesex with London and Middlesex, and England and Wales with England and Wales. In the last seven years there have been in England and Wales 383 Committals, and 24 executions, for forgery; and in London and Mid dlesex there have been, in the like period, 80 com mittals, 40 convictions, and 15 executions; so that these •proportions give a considerably different re sult; fir, notwithstanding the much larger propor tion of executions, the commission of the crime has considerably increased in London and Middlesex, whereas in England and Wales it had scarcely in creased at all. With respect to Ireland, your Lord ships will find that the case is still stronger ; for in that country, during the last seven years ) there have been no executions whatever for forgery; and yet, under the circumstance of there having been no exe cution, and that paper circulation, and consequently temptation, is very great there, I do not find any increase in the crime. On the contrary, there is a diminution; for, in 1823, the number of persons charged with this offence amounted to 53, and in 1829, there were only 41. But it is not on the case of forgery alone that we are able or required to discuss the effett produced by the penalty of death. There have been two material changes made within the range of our own legislation : in one of these instances the penalty of death has been withdrawn; and in the other the penalty of trans portation, not previously existing, has been enacted : and I beg to call on your Lordships to look at the effects produced in both these cases. In the first case (I mean that which has reference to the law of excise) ne have the evidence of the most important witness on the subject--a gentleman who may have been known (for he is now dead) to many of your Lordships. I allude to Mr. Carr, the late Solicitor of Excise. Mr. Carr, in his evidence, stated that the act of counterfeiting stamps in certain cases of ex cise was, before 1806, only liable to a fine of 5001.; but in that year it was made a transportable offence, and what was the consequence ? From 1794 to 1806 there were nineteen convictions out of twenty one prosecutions, while from the year 1806 to 1818 there were only three convictions out of nine pro secutions ; so that, presuming that the latter prose cutions were instituted on the same grounds as the former ones, the infliction of this heavier penalty had the effect of diminishing the convictions. Now with respect to the case of withdrawing the punishment of death, I beg your Lordships to see how that stands. The offence that lam alluding to is that of stealing in bleachina-houses. That has ceased to be a capital crime, but there has been no increase in its commission in consequence. The re turns from Lancaster show that there have been fewer crimes committed of that sort, and Mr. 13ourne, one of the Clerks of the Peace in 'Ulster, had stated that for the first five years before the alteration of the punishment, out of 61 committals, there were only three convictions, while for the first five years after, out of 37 committals there were 17 convictions; so that this efficient ad ministration of the law has been assisted by a reduc tion of the punishment. In returns relating to the subje, t of forgery, the proof was still more con vincing, for, from returns for nine years, ending in 1828, out of 708 capital charges, 334 got off; whereas, with respect to minor charges, out of .558, only 57 got off. Now, they could not suppose that capital charges were brought forward on higher grounds or less suspicious proofs than minor offences, and I therefore ask how this circumstance can be interpreted other than that in the one case the law was efficiently administered, and that in the other there was an indisposition somewhere toward the due execution of the law. I have likewise with me, though I shall not detain your Lordships by reading them, an extensive correspondence with bankers and merchants, which enumerates case on case in whieh parties hare been de'erred from prosecuting, and left individmls to enjoy their dishonest gains with impunity, from reluctance to proceed against them capitally. But let it not be said this result affects only the case of those individuals who thus obtain from prosecuting, and are thus justly de prived of redress, because a moment's considera tion will satisfy your Lordships that the effects of that reluct ance to procee d must exten d the mischief in a wider circle, and expose whole masses of indi viduals to the depredations of those, who, having found impunity in the first instance, continue their course, and make others their prey. Amongst others I have the case of a father, who being in duce," not to prosecute, the criminal next proceeded to commit the same depredation or. the son, and he also declining to prosecute, the offender was finally hanged for committing a forgery on another indivi dual. Indeed many such cases might be advanced to prove that the present severity of the punish meat has been the cause of perfecting offenders in the ways of guilt. Another evidence, to which 1 must appeal, is to be drawn from the number of petit ions now I)ing on your Lordships' table ; and inasmuch as they are applicable to one branch of the 1311—I mean that of negociable securities. think they must have a convincing weight with your Lordships, because they come from parties who are most interested in that matter. Among those peti tions is one to which I would particularly direct the attention of your Lordships, as it comes from three of the first dealers in negociable securities in the city of London. In order that the thing may be fully understood, I will name the individuals—they are Mr. Sanderson, Mr. Gurney, and Mr. Rothschild. These names, your Lordships will see, are the names of men influenced by no consideration connected with the pi inciples of any religious sect or party ; for one of them is a member of the Church of England, another a Dissenter, and the third is a Jew —men influenced by no motives excepting those which have a reference to, and arise out of, a knowledge of their own affairs. They are men peculiarly en gaged with negociable securities, exercising the occupation of bill brokers—a class of persons who discount bills, and then carry them to bankers for the purpose of obtaining cash at a lower rate of in terest than they themselves receive—the bankers deriving the advantage of their security. They are therefore emphatically dealers in securities— dealers in responsibility. No body of men in the whole country have a deeper interest in preventing the crime of forgery —no body of men have better means than those which they possess of making themselves acquainted with the best and most effec tual mode of accomplishing that object. One of those very men passes through his hands annually, no less than between twenty and thirty millions, in negociable securities, and the gross amount which annually passes through the hands of the three must exceed sixty millions. On a question of this sort, then, you could not have higher authority. I had also the honour of presenting to this House a peti tion signed by a large proportion of the country bankers of the United Kingdom. That, too, is a peti tion highly deserving of respect and attention, and no doubt it is an authority to which great weight isjustly teteched,for they are, like the other three I have men tioned, men peculiarly conversant with the subject, in deed the most so of any men in society. The last con sideration to which I shall direct your Lordships' at tention is, whether under the present Bill the penalty of death can be inflicted at all fur the crime, or ra aer whether it will be inflicted. I have stated to you the scruples which in every religious sect arid in every class of society exist against putting this pe nalty into execution, and I have stated to you also the opinions entertained with respect to prosecutions under the law as it at present stands—impunity then is secured to the delinquent from the effect of thOe set tiple. he objections, however, to this punish ment do 1143 treat upon the authority of persons wtio alone are practically conversant with the nature and operation of this crime, or men having to do in all the transactions of their life with negotiable securi ties, and with nothing else, but we have the autho rity of one of the gteateet lawyers, and one of the ablest Judges that ever sat upon the Bench, I meats Sir William Grant. It was by him affirmed, that in cases of forgery there was always an actual conapi acy between the prosecutors, witnesses, Counsel, :fudges, and even the responsible acheisers of the Crown itself, to defeat the purposes of the law, and prevent its ultimate execution. If that can be proved to exist in the case of any particular law, and that it eas be shown in this individual case is indisputable, am I not warranted in assuming that the effect of such sentiments will be to frustrate the proposed enact ment? and tender its operation altogether nugatory. If then these scruples exist in the minds of some men, and if under the influence of these scruples, they de feat the objects of the present measure, is it not in finitely better that we should try the experiment of a different penalty rather than induce men, in the embarrassment which results from a sertse of the duty, which on the one hand they owe to a fellow creature, and on the other to society—rather, I say, than induce them to pursue a line of conduct that amounts to nothing less than a practical abrogation of a particular statute. Besides, we should remem ber that the knowledge that this penalty has been twice rejected by a majority of the House of Commons, cannot but hare the effect of overcoming any sense of duty that men may entertain respecting the duties which they owe to society in this respect. I will not say whether, in pursuing this line of conduct, they act with strict propriety, or not ; but this I will say—that in abstaining to prosecute in cases of forgery, they do nothing which will cause them to suffer in the estimate of mankind. Now, my Lords, if this penalty have the effect of scaring prosecutors, but not of scaring criminals at Newgate —if it have the effect of clogging the operations of law to a great degree in all that relates to this offence—if it be not only likely to do that for the future, but can be shown to have done it hitherto—if, as I affirm, this be the case, is it not better, by yielding to public opinion, to call into life that activity and disposition to pursue with diligence and zeal, delinquents of the class of whom I have been speaking, than by a resistance to the general feeling, prevent the due execution of the laws. After the best consideration which I hare been able to give this subject, I am persuaded that the best course your Lordships can adopt, will be to read this Bill a second time, and impart to it such improvement in the Committee, as, under circum• stance s, it was capable of; lam perfectly ready to admit that this is very much a matter of experiment, and should it be tried and fail, there can be little doubt that a very different disposition will be ex cited throughout the country from that which at present prevails. Do not let it be supposed that I am so confident with respect to this experiment as to suppose that there exists no chance of its failure; but my opinion of the great prospect of its success leads me to the conviction that we ought to try the experiment, and that in present circumstances we should ill discharge our duty did we not try it. But I do not ask you to make this a permanent mea sure ; if you Irish, make it merely temporary --for five years, or for any other period you may think proper.•—(Hear, hear.)—lf in the Committee we agree to make it temporary, that does nothing to affect the principle of the Bill; and if at the end of five years it be found an advantageous measure, there will be no difficulty in its confirmation; whereas, if it fail, there might be considerable diffi culty in procuring its re-enactment ; but into all these considerations I shall most readily enter, should this Bill rench a Committee. There is another clause in the Bill which may in die Committee require to be con. ►idered—l mean that for secondary punishments. I do believe that more effect would be produced be their being confined in the hulks at home, or being sent to the Island of Bermuda,than perhaps by other punishments; for deep and permanent di-grace is more likely to deter minds of the cast of those likely to commit forgery than men of any other stamp, for they were generally persons who desired to raise themselves to a situation of life to which they were not naturally entitled, and to whom, therefore, the punishment of disgrace is peculiarly formidable. For liese reasons, then, I hope that your Lordships re;' give this Bill the advantage of a second reading. The Earl of WINCHILSEA said that the Noble Marquis who spoke last had truly described the Bill under consideration as an experiment; but he would add, that it was an experiment which, in justice to their own character, and from a due regard to the interest of the country, they were bound to try. He had resolved upon giving the measure his most cordial and hearty support. He did so not from being attracted by its novelty—not from any love of change—for he could conscientiously say that he never was influenced in support of any mea sore by any other considerations than a sincere con viction that they were calculated to promote the public good. He believed he should stand acquitted in their Lordships' opinion of any undue predilec tion for novelty or change, merely as such ; and it was with regret he remembered that, not long since, changes had been made that tended to results which, he feared, this country would long have reason to deplore. With respect to the particular Bill then before them, he begged to say that he had serious doubts whether the Legislature of any Christian country could find itself justified in inflicting the punishment of death for such a crime as forgery. lie saw no warrant for it in Scripture, nor even for other ca pital punishments inflicted under our criminal code. He thought that capital punishments ought to be confined to murder, and to such instances of personal viol( nee as might lead to the loss of reason or of bodily health, and to cases of rape. lie felt called upon to sta'e, that in the view which he took of this question, he was not influenced by any party considerations whataver—indeed, so far apart from any feelings connected with party was the discus sion of such a Bid, that he should not have deemed it necessary to make this declaration had he not heard that a cry of faction bad been raised, and an attempt made to impute factious motives to the party with which he was politically linked. He was opposed to his Majesty's Government, because he thought that Government composed of men unqua lified for the situations which they filled, and be cause he thought their possession of power incon sistent with the security of the State; therefore, every opposition which he gave the Government in that House arose solely from a conscientious con viction that their measures did not tend to the good of the country. But, on a question like the present, he hoped the Hoti , e would do him the justice to believe that no feeling of opposition influenced him one way or the other. He entreated the House to remember that the infliction of death in such cases had the effect of rendering Juries reluctant to find verdicts of guilty, and deterred prosecutors from preferring indictments. Though the returns before Parlian.ent showed how numerous were the cases of prosecution, yet they proved nothing as to the number of cases in which the crime had been com mitted without any prosecution at all. On those grounds, and simply on those, the measure for abo lishing capital punishments should receive his cor dial, though humble support. The Duke of RICHMOND fully concurred in the opinion that the present question should be dis cussed altogether apart from any feeling of party. As to his own opinion on the expediency of abolish ing capital punishments for forgery, he confessed he found it much strengthened by learning, that a ma jority of the House of Commons held the same sen timents; that a majority of that house were con vinced that capital punishments should be abolished in cases of forgery, amongst other reasons, for the purpose of rendering prosecutors less unwilling to indict—Juries and Judges less unwilling to convict, and also for the purpose of relieving the Secretary of State for the Home Department from the dis tressing situations in which he often of necessity found himself. On these grounds, then, he would vote for the clauses as they then stood; but in doing so, he cer t a i n l y cou ld not , lik e hi s N o bl e F r i en d w h o 'poke last, that be was influenced by any relic g;eus scruples. tie thought that forgery, coining, horse-stealing, sheep-stealing, and other offences of a like nature, stood exactly upon the same footing. He felt no particular commiseration with the man who committed forgery, for the persons guilty of that offence were, for the most part, persons of tolerable education, and, of necessity, were, in every case, persons possessing a certain quantity of know• ledge; they were therefore the less to be excused for the commission of a crime that assumed so dan- gerous a character in a commercial country like England. With such considerations full in his ;Mild, he had the less hesitation in voting for the Bill in its present form. No doubt he agreed to it as an experiment, but, then, as one well worthy of being tried. He would not further detain their Lordships than to observe, that he thought the se condary punishment, whatever it might be, ought to be a real punishment, The LORD CHANCELLOR—I shall not op pose the second reading of this Bill, but I sh ou ld not deal fairly or prop er ly with your Lordships if I did not frankly state, that to the support of the clauses in their present shape I cannot give my vote. In the Committee I shall call your Lordships' at tention to those clauses, and I shall take that oppor tunity of stating the reasons which lead me to consider that those clauses cannot with safety be adopted. I thank the Noble Marquis for the fairness and can dour with which he has brought this subject under your Lordships' consideration, and I agree with the Noble Duke on the cross bench, that a subject so serious and important should not be discussed with any reference to party feeling; is is one of the most important discussions in which we could he engaged, and I fully concur with both the Noble Lords who adverted to this topic, that it could only be discussed advantageously in one tone, ,and with only one ob ject in view; namely, to provide for the security of the country, and to prevent the offence, so far as its prevention can be reconciled with the dictates of humanity. I hope I need not assure your Lord ships that I would not advocate the infliction of capital punishment in any case, unless upon due consideration I was convinced of its necessity— neither am I disposed to contend that that punish ment should be directed against the crime of forgery generally, but only against forgery in particular cases. I shall not proceed further with the discus sion at present. In the Committee I shall be pre pared to go into the matter at greater length, and give my reasons for objecting to the Bill in its pre sent shape. The Bill was then read a second time, arid ordered to be committed on Monday next. Counsel appeared at the Bar in the East Retford case, and being unprepared to proceed further to day, requested the indulgence of the House Friday next.—Agreed to. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COAIAIONS-(LAST NIGIIT.) There being only Thirty-one Members present at Four o'clock, the SPEAKER adjourned the !louse until to-morrow. LIS' OF ONE HUNDRED AND SALE OF BEER BILL I To prohibit persons - to be consu. Acland, Sir Thomas Antrobus, C. Ashurst, W. Asticy, Sir J. D: A ttwood, M. Bankcs, H. Barclay, C. Barclay, David Baring, A. Bastard, E. P. Batley, C. H. Bell, M. Bentinck, Lord G. Bramston, T. G. Bright, H. Burrell, W. Buxton, T. F. Byng, George Calthorpe, Hon. F. Calvert, C. Carter, J. B. Chandos, Marquis 01 Chaplin, C. Clifton, Viscount Clinton, F. Cooper, B. B. Corbett, Panton Cu , t, Hon. E. Cust, Hon. P. F. Davidson, 1). Dcring, Sir E. Denison, W. J. Dickinson, W. Dottin, A. R. Dowdeswell, J. E. Drake, T. T. Drake, W. Duilcombe, Hon. W. Duncias, R. A PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. labouring I'oor Bill—Further Consideration of Report. 2. Labourers Wages Bill—Further Consideration of Report. 3. Ways and Means—Committee. 4. Court of Session (Scotland) Bill—Third Reading. 5. Supply—Committee. 6. Bankrupt Laws Bill—Committee. 7. Dean Forest Bill—Further Consideration of Report. 8. Additional Churches Bill—Second Reading. DROPPED NOTICES OF MOTIONS OF YESTFILDAT. 1. Mr. Sibthorpe—Resoltnion for the repeal of the Standing Order of this House relative to the non-admission of Strangers, and particularly as regards accommodation for the Reporters of t he Debates and Proceedings in this House. 2. Mr. Otway Cave—Motion to prevent the misapplication of Corporate Funds to Electioneering purposes. 3. Lord Viscount Milton —Resolutions relative to the Corn Laws. 4. Mr. Hume—Copies of the Correspondeine between the Vestry of the parish of St. Luke and the Commissioners for the Building of t hurchas, respecting the building o f an additional Church in tha: parish. 5. Mr. Thomas Estcourt—On the Third Reading of the Sale of Beer Bill, to move a Clause to limit the operation of the Bill to such parishes as contain more than three hundred houses. DROPPED ORDERS OF THE DAY OF YESTERDAY. I. Court of Chancery—Adjourned Debate thereupon. 2. Constabulary (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. 3. Suits in Equity Bill—Second Reading. 4. Chancery Register Bill—Second Reading. 5. Masters in Chancery 1311—Second Reading. 0. Stage Coach Proprietors Bill—Further Consideration of Report. 7. County Rates (Ireland) Bill—Further Consideration of Report. S. Tithes Exchange Bill—Committee. 9. Arms (Ireland) Bill—Further Consideration of Report. 10. Ways and Means—Report. 11. Sale of Beer Bill—Third Reading. 12. Almshouses Exemption Bill—Committee. 13. Usury Laws Pill—Third Reading. 14. Ecclesiastical Leases (Ireland) Bill—Third Reading. 15. Half-pay Apprentices Bill—Further Consideration of Report. IC. Common Law Fces Bill—Further Consideration of Report. 17. Beer and Cider Duties Acts—Committee thereupon. 18. Assessed Taxes Composition Bill—Committee. 19. Treasurer of the Navy Bill—Committee. 20. Spirit Duties Bill—Second Reading. 21, West India Spirits Duties Bill—Second Reading. SPLENDID PORTRAIT OP GEO. IV.-A beautiful STEEL ENGRAVING, from the last Likeness taken of his 111.s.rxsxr, will he presented GRATIS to every purchaser of the Weekly Dispatch, of SUNDAY, the 27th June in st. A single glance at this exquisite Engraving, which may be seen at Cie principal News Agents, will convince every person that such a Portrait cannot be purchased elsewhere for less than half-a-guinea. It will now be given, toge ther with the best Sunday Paper in England, for Sid. — To secure early impressions of the Portrait immediate orders should he given. Such orders will he received by all Postmasters and News Agents.—Dispatch Office, 159, Fleet-street. SIR ROBERT WILSON.—It is clue here to a distinguished officer, Sir ROBERT WILSON, who was at tached to the allied armies by his MAJESTY'S Government, to mention a marked distinction that was conferred upon him by his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia., in the camp in front of Jailer. It is so grateful a task to witness the merits of a brother soldier justly rewarded, and there was so much in the manner in which this honour was conferred, that I shall stand excused fir detailing such a signal testimonial of approbation, even at the expense of prolixity. The EMPEROR. ordered a grind review of the troops in camp near Jailer. His Im perial MAJESTY went along the line, and was received with enthusiasm by the soldiers. Observing a favour able moment when he was surrou n d e d b y hi s genera l officers, and stiff and in front o f t h e troops, h i s Im perial ISIAJESTY called Sir ROBERT WILSON to and addressed him in the following gracious speech : " Sir ROBERT WILSON, I have duly appreciated the ser vices, gall intry, and zal, which have distinguished you throughout the war: in testimony of which I have de termined to confer on you the third c l ass o f t h e O r d er o f St. o George;" manner, the Eater.itoa directed General A Ky to take his cross f rom hi s neck, and lie de livered it to Sir ROBERT WILSON. The g rac i ous mo d e , the well chosen moment, and the pride exper i ence d b y a most x gratifyingitA ti s and then, as if d es i rous of doing it in the British o ffi cer in seeing one of his companions in arms thus decorated in f ont of the Imp er i a l army, j ustify me in recording this event in my narratire.— in Lord London derry's Narrative of the War Germany and Franca. ;T OF 'THE MINORITY 3 EIGHT, WHO TOTED ON THE REPORT OF THH IN FAVOUR OF SIRE. KNATCIIBULL'S CLAUSE, s licensed under the Act from Selling Beer imed on the premises."—June 21. East, Sir E. H. Pigot, Grenville Eastnor, Viscount Poyntz, W. S. Egerton, W. Itamsbottom, J. Encombe, Lord Rickford, W. Es court, T. H. S. B Rogers, E. F'ane, J. Rose, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Fellowes, W. H. Rose, G. Foley, E. 'l'. Rowley, Sir W. Foley, J. H. St. Paul, Sir Horace Fremantle, Sir T. Sadler, M. 'l'. Eyler. T. R. Shelley, Sir J. Gooch, Sir T. Sibthorpe, C. D. Gordon, R. Sinclair, Hon. James Guise, Sir W. Smith, W. Gurney, H. Stanley, Lord Gyc, F Stanley, Hon. E. G. Heathcote, Sir W. Strutt, J. H. Hodgson, F. Thompson, Ald. Hodson, J. A. Trant, W. H. Hoye, .1. B. Vyvyan, Sir R. Kerrison, Sir E. Webb, E. Knox, Hon. Wemyss, James !Lennox, Lord J. G. Wetherell, Sit C. Lindsay, Colonel 'Whitbread, SC. Loch, John Wigram, W. Mackinnon, C. Williams, T. P. Macqueen, J. P. 'Wilson, Colonel Malcolm, N. Wodehouse, E. Manners, Lord C. Wood, Alderman Manners, Lord R. Wyndham, W. Marjoribanks, b. Martin, John Mildmay, P. St. Johm Morick, J. B. Mundy, F. Northcote, H. S. Norton, G. C. Palmer, It. Philips, Sir R. l 3 TELLER/4. Knatchbull, Sir E. Burrell, Sir C. PAIRED OFF. Peach, N. Tynte, C. K. Whitbread, W. H. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Messager des Chambres of Sunday.) " The .3lessager, in its first edition, speaking of the report of the intention of the members to defer the election in some departments, says---.' If the Ministry has really adopted this measure, it most certainly can only be for its own interest. We be lieve it is to be found in the hope of getting a thou sand electors erased from the lists, by virtue of a decision of the Court of Cassation, and by this di minution to inereese the chances of its candidates. Secondly, as the elections in Paris, and in the de partments near the capital, are the first known, and influence the great colleges, the Ministry, knowing that within a certain boundary their defeat is certain, would, by the ajournment, have an opportunity of preventing the moral effect of the first ballotting on those that would follow them. " No doubt, if the Ministry acts in this manner, it will repeat its fair words of legality, and declare to us to-morrow, that it is to secure to all the citi zens the enjoyment of their rights, that the ordinance has been issued. ' " At all events, if there is nothing illegal in thus dividing the days for the assembly of the electoral colleges, there is something sufficiently extraor dinary and unusual to cAll for categorical explana tions, drawn from some source different from Minis terial affirmation. " SECOND EDITION. " PARIS, JUNE 20, AT NOON. " When we yesterday announced to our readers, the adjournment of the elections in several depart ments, we were perfectly well informed. The lifoniteur has thought necessary to explain the ideas of the Ministry, in an article which we insert word for word. We wish, without hoping, that the lore of legality alone may have caused these proceedings. " The Prefect of the Seine has published the fol lowing notice : " The meeting of the electoral colleges, which was to take place at Paris on Wednesday next, being put off till the 12th of July by a Royal or dinance of the 18th instant, the electors are in formed that the digribution of their cards is delayed. " A fourth notice on this subject will be issued to them.' " In consequence of this measure, the budget of the city of Paris will be burdened with an expense of 10,000 francs for every additional day for the hire of the apartments for the meeting of several colleges of the department of the Seine. " Messrs. Guilhem and Andigne de is Blanchaye had made a complaint on account of the acts of vio lence employed towards them on the 6th of June. This complaint inculpating public functionaries, it was necessary that of all to lay it before the Counsel of State. " We have been assured that the Council of State has just decided that there is no ground to authorize legal proceedings. " Glory to the Council of State—praise to the legislation of the year 8 !"—Journal du Commerce. (From the Moniteur.) " It is rumoured that a Royal Ordinance will shortly appear, whereby the Councils-General of Manufactures and Commerce will be re-organised, and established upon a basis much wider, and more favourable to those interests. " We find the following in the Semaphore of Mar seilles :—‘ The English steamer, George IV. has received orders to go to Algiers with the utmost despatch. It is said to be charged with an important mission relating to the expedition.' " The following details respecting the expedition are derived from a source on which reliance may be placed :—lt appears that the fleet has found an ex cellent anchorage, which was unknown, the disco very of which ensures complete success to the ope rations. On the 14th, at ten in the morning, the personnel (4 the army was all disembarked; the materiel alone was left on board ; but if the weather continued favourable for four days, the disembarka tion would have been forward enough to enable the army to advance end begin the siege. It is believed that the troops have been divided into three corps; one to remain at the place where the landing was effected ; another, to proceed along the coast, and take possession of the batteries that skirt it; and the third to march upon the heights, in order to thin the town, and attack it on the east and south. The walls on that side are said to be in such bad condition as to require but a few volleys to make a breach ; it is therefore considered not unlikely that by this time the town is taken, and the expedition terminated. The roadstead of Turetta-Chita is an un expected safeguard to the expedition, and removes all anxiety. It is only to be wished there may be no need of cavalry ; for, according to accounts from Palma, almost all the horses perished during a 30 days' stay on board the vessels. The 17th Regiment of Chas teurs will make the campaign en foot. On the 6th, when the fleet was still at Palma, grr at number of (lead horses were thrown into the sea; the few remaining were to be employed in the artillery service. Sidi el Ferruch is a small port, five leagues west of Algiers, where the Algerine Government ships its produce, especially cattle, for the coasts of Spain and other European ports. Two roads, one direct, the other along the coast by Cape Caxine, lead from Sidi el Ferruch to Algiers; these roads, particularly that along the sea side, are intersected by chains of mountains, which do not present many obstacles to the progress of travellers. The point at which the Ft melt army landed was mounted with batteries; a map recently published marks five; there must have been a greater number, as Sidi el Ferruch may be considered the ntererntile port of the Algerine capital; an attack on that side is striking the regency to the heart; it is therefore probable that the most powerful means of defence were directed to that point. " Advice. from Gibraltar announce that the Captain of the English vessel the Emmanuel, ar rived there from Oran, reports that the Englifili Con-ul there had positive information that upwards of 1 , 10 men of the shipwrecked brigs the Sylene and Aventure were on the 25th ult. at Algiers. It appears that, in order to save those who were wandering in the mountains, or who had fallen into the hands of the Bedouins, from being massacred, the Dey had offered a reward of 5001 r. for every Frenchman that was brought to him olive. " The complaint made by M. Guilhem and M. d'Andign6 de la Blanchaye against the proceedings of the 16th inst., at Angers, inasmuch as it incul pates public officers, has been necessarily submitted to the Council of State, who have pronounced that there are no grounds for instituting proceedings. " Two truths, doubtless, appear evident to every body. The first is, that the electoral mode of go vernment ought to be uniform ; the second, that it is desirable that no one should vote without a right. " Now, there exists an uncertainty of considerable consequence respecting an essential point in the electoral legislation. " Can the electors unduly omitted in the list, and who have not claimed their right before the Ist of October, be considered qualified for the actual ex ercise of their right ; or must this right remain suspended till the period of the annual revision of the lists ? " Such is the difficulty. The Court of Cessation, and seventeen Royal Courts, have declared that the negligence of the elector implies the suspension of his r►ght. Other Courts in very small numbers have adopted the opposite opinion. " The Administration has followed, as was na tural, the i►nte:pretation given by the Court of Ces sation. A very considerable potion of the electors have done the same; several, on the contrary, have taken another course. " Among these last, some have been cast by the Royal Courts, some have had their claims admitted, and lastly, some have not yet had their causes decided. " None of them, besides, has had final judgment pronounced; for the Court of Caseation has not determined concerning these recent questions, and there it: not time to terminate the causes before the convocation of the Electoral Colleges. " The inconvenience would be serious if the busi ness in which these electors wish to take a share took place before this uncertainty is removed. " As the exercise of this right is not in this case suspended whilst the cause is pending, those who have obtained preliminary judgments in their favour would necessarily be admitted at the election. Thus it would happen, in the first place, that these electors would enjoy the power which they claim, while those who have already failed in the Royal Courts, as well as those who, from confidence in the decision of the Court of Cessation, have been induced to refrain from bringing forward their claims, and entering their actions, would be excluded from the colleges, though they have the same qualifications arid the same rights as the former. " In the second place, the judgment of the Court of Cassation would be given at last, though after a long delay, and if it happened, as one may without temerity believe, that this decree was not different from those which it has already pronounced on the same question, a pretty considerable number of electors in several colleges would have voted, if not without a presumptive title, at least without a real title, and without any right. • " On the other hand, this long-delayed judgment might come after the election of the Arrondissement Colleges, and before the election of the Department Colleges. In that case the most extraordinary in consistency of which we can form an idea would aria-, that the same person, without any change of state or fortune, being admissible to both colleges in respect of the sum paid by him in taxes, should vote in the Arrondissement College, and should not vote afterwards in the Department College, and in both cases with an equal appearance of legality. " From this, also, another s ngularity would arise, that the Department College, more numerous during the first part of the electoral trials, would be much less so during the second part; and also that former electors, who were admitted into the College before the inscription of the new ones, and excluded by them after their inscription, on account of the supe riority of their census, would be admitted a second time after the others were struck out. " That is what Government has proposed chiefly to obviate by the subjoined ordinance. It cannot fail to obtain the assent of all those who desire that similar rights should be exercised under the same advantages, and who think it necessary that en uni form and impartial rule should direct the important work of the elections. " ORDINANCE OF THE KING. " Charles, &c. " To all those to whom these presents shall come, health. " ' Having been informed that a great number of causes relative to the political rights of electors in the jurisdiction of the Royal Courts of Paris, Rouen, Orleans, Angers, Metz, Pau, and Nismes, are still pending in the tribunals, arid cannot be definitively settled before the time fixed by our ordinance of the 16th of May last, for the meeting of the Colleges; " Wishing that nothing should be neglected in order to attain the greatest possible regularity in the electoral lists; " On the report of our Minister Secretary of State for the Department of the Interior, we have decreed and do decree as follows : " Article 1. The electoral colleges will assemble in the departments of Ardeche, Ardennes, Aube, Eure, Eure et Loire, Gard, Indre et Loire, Loir et Cher, Loiret, Maine et Loire, Maine, Muyenne, Basses Pyrenees, S trthe, Seine, Seine Itiftrieure, Seine et Marne, Seine et Oise, Yaucluse, and Yonne; to wit— LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1680. HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH. The following is the Bulletin issued this day-- " Windsor Ca•tle, Juno 23. " The Knic is still troubled by his cough, but it 10 not interrupted his rest, and his MAJUSTY awoke re freshed th's morning. (Signed) " HENRY HALFORD. " MATTHEW J. TIERNEY." We bare received German Papers by this morning's post. The Allgemeine Zeitung men tions that the troubles in Albania are hourly assuming a more momentous character, and give reason to apprehend another serious crisis in European Turkey, which may end like that in Greece. If so, what will become of that faint shadow of power which Turkey yet scarcely hold 9. over her subordinate provinces in Europe Juxr 11.—The day before yesterday than , arrived here Mr. Henry Browne, a clergyman of the Ear church. who is sent to Munich by the London Urri' versity, that he may make himself acquainted with Of institutions, modelled according to the new plea :of in' struetion of 1829, with the view of founding similrofte , in London. The Council Of the London University, it seems, has found that the young men who are entered it the University, are in general not sufficiently prepared for the insti uction to be given them there, and it has resolved as a remedy for this evil, to establish schools, to be ma naged under its own inspection; according to the English custom, the Council began by appointing Mr. Browne Head master of those schools, for the regulation of which he is to draw up a plan. Mr. Browne had lately became acquainted with the Bavarian plan, which he thoroughly examined. It was assumed as the foundation of his own work, and accepted with perfect unanimity and satisfac,: tion by the Council of the University. Mr. Browne has arrived just when we are expecting the publication of the most 'weld plan of the Bavarian schools. FROM THE FRONTIERS or SEEN'S,. JUNE 2.—The troubles in Albania, which at the commencement appeared to be of little importance, have within these few weeks assumed a very serious appearance, and give reason to ap prehend another Seri , us crisis in European Turkey, which may end like that in Greece. It is not a few districts that refuse obedience ta the Porte, but all Albania, from one end to the other, is in motion, and a spirit of liberty bor dering on fanaticism appears to have seized the minds of the whole population. Insurrections have been very usual matters in Turkey, and hare seldom any other result tiny' the cutting off a few hundred heads, because such troubles almost slwit3s originate in the interest of some individuals, in which ti e mass of the people do not sympathise; but the present insurrection in Albania proceeds from national feel" logs and a spirit of independence, and is widely different from the pretensions cf some discontented and rapacious chiefs, which have been common in that country. The first im pulse to the insurrection is said to have proceeded from the Albanian troops returning from the late campaign, who had lest all respect to the Porte, and would no longer pay obedience to the authority of the Pachu. These were joined by Greek adventurers, who used every means to excite a ferment to prove the weakness of the Pore, by the success of the Greek insurrection, and to propose this example as worthy of imitation. The few Turkish troops, and the exhausted tres.sury of the Otto. man commanders is Albania, afforded very insun cient‘means to contend with the insurgents, who be esme bolder in consequence, and ventured t,) avackJakovo. They made themselves master of that place, which, from its vicinity to Bosnia and Macedonia, will be of great ,im portaoce to them in the prosecution of their enterpriser. Commissioners have been rent from Constantinople in order to try every means to restore order in Albania, but it is to be feared that things have already gone too far. The Porte has also rent circulars to all the Pachas, in whichth t o estate affairsco -operate ate to the i n Albania utmostis described,of their p power theyer iin are enjoined suppressing the insurrection. Even the P ac h a of B ag dad has e ceived this circelar, whi c h, co ns id er i ng h ow f ar h e is from the frontiers of Albani a , se e m s a t fi rst s i g h t very r strange ; hut, according to the regulations for the transac tion of public affairs in Turkey, every decree emanating from the Sultan must be communicated to all the great offic,.rs in the provinces. We have a Port of Spain Gazette of the 3d of May. His Excellency LEWIS GRANT, the Governor, had issued a Proclamation stating that several of the most respectable proprietors of cocoa estates having reported that the reduced prices of Trinidad cocoa have arisen from an undue practice of mixing up the bad and in ferior qualities with the good, and thereby de ceiving the purchaser, the Governor deems it therefore necessary, in order to restore the re putation of the article, that no cocoa shall in future be exported from Trinidad before it has undergone a minute examination and inspection by a person appointed for that purpose, his fee for such being one " bit" for every 1001bs., save i n case s where he may be called to inspect at any place more than two miles distant from Port of Spain. The Colonial Treasurer was ordered not to grant clearance to any vessel on board of which cocoa was shipped, without the inspection " The Colleges of Arrondissements on the 12th of July next, and the Colleges of Departments on the 19th of the same month. " The dispositions of our ordinance of the 16th of May last are revoked in what concerns these de partments. The present is to be executed from the time of its reception, attested according to the 4th art'cle of the ordinance of the 27th November, 1816. " 2. Our Minister Secretary of Sttrte for the Interior is charged with the execution of the present ordinance. " St. Cowl, June IS. " DE PEYRONNET, Peer of France, Minister Secret,ry of State for the Department o, the Interior.' " The Cape of Sidi el Ferruch, or of Turetta Chica, advances into the sea, and forms on either side a hay. The fleet remains at anchor on the west. At a league and a quarter to the north-east of this cape is the Point of the Sidi Halif. A league further is the Cape Caxine (Ras Acconater), which is the point furthest to the north. At three quarters of a league to the east of Cape Caxine is the Mets el Dhabanne, or Port of Flies. A league and a quarter further is the Point Pescada. To the south at the distance of a league is the port of Algiers. From Turetta Chica to Algiers the distance in a direct line is four leagues and a half. By following this route the castle of the Emperor is met with ; en the right and on the left the signal post of the Admiralty, placed on the summit of Mount Bolt• jarcah, is at an elevation of 150 metres above the sea . It is probable that these two important points will become the object of the operations of our a rmy."—Journal des Debra:. The following letter of the French Minister of Marine, addressed to the Prefects, has reached us from Calais. It seems a copy of the telegraphic despatch which we published yesterday, with a slight addition of particulars : " JUNE 21.—Sir,—The army has landed, in eight hours, with its ammunition and provisions. " The enemy's position has been turned and car ried. The masses of cavalry which he opposed to us were repulsed, his cannon taken, and our army is encamped upon the ground which he had occupied." In addition to Mr. HUME, the Marquis of BLANDFORD is spoken of as likely to become a candidate for the county of Middlesex. CAILLIE'S TRAVELS TO TIMBUCTOO.— The existence of this mysterious city is now ascertained beyond all doubt : M. CAILLIE has unquestionably achieved one of the grandest discoveries of modern times• When we call to mind the names of Raclin, OUDENEY) DENHAM, CLArPERTON, TOOLE, TYRWItITT, LAING, PEARCE, DICKSON, MORRISON, PARE, Banzosri,--all now entombed beneath the sands of Africa—all impelled by the ardour of noble minds to devote themselvi s to the cause of discovery—when we view them setting forth i❑ the prime and vigour of health, bravely zealous to excel each other in the race, and within a very few short years all sacrificed to the horrors of climate and the peril of the country—what heart but must feel deeply intete.ted in their fate, and what most be the reader's curiosity to pos sess that knowledge which they in vain-stroveto acquire ! BATTLE OF MARENGO.—The battle was dreadful ; the balls whistled, a storm of bullets decimated the soldiers, the blood flowed in torrents ; on a sudden the left wing of the French army fell hack in disorder. NA POLEON arrived : it is the lion wounded by the hunter of Nubia ; he rushed into the midst of the slaughter, confid ing himself in his destiny, which in the most. miraculous manner protected also his guard : his presence gave new fire to the courage of the soldiers. In the meantime BEA TRIER came to acquaint him that another division was giving way. NaroLrosr, without faltering, replied, " You don't announce to me this event calmly, General." In an instant al the energies of his mind returned with redoubled force ; he darted down the ranks, and his ge nius ensured him success. " Soldiers !" he cried, like an inspired Prophet ; " remember that lam accustomed to sleep on the field of battle !" This was the signal for vic tory ; the French charged like lions, the Austrian batta lions were completely broken; the artillery vomited death. MURAT and KELLERMAN performed wonders ; DESALT, the unfortunate DESAIX, to whom the credit of one•half of this victory was due, rushed forward with his division of reserve, and compelled six thousand Hungarian grena diers to lay down their arms. At this moment of triumph, the hero was mortally wounded by a musket-ball. Before he expired, he said to his Aid-de-camp, young LEBRUN, " Go and tell the First Consul that I die with the regret of not having rendered more service to my country." At these words NAPOLEON was deeply affected. " Why," said he, "am I not p,rmitted to weep ?—Bourrienne's Memoirs. PRICES OF STOCW3 TOIS 3 ~V x 'it,t,3t 3 Nu' CeAt. Red. 9l Bcirsli , ter Cent- Cons, shut •P l pttr, Cent 99%% D'tt, •ed. 991 ,004 4 , er rent. Ann. 1 to, 1424 V 'nk 1 Anr 19 1-16 1 ,4 , itto 81 years -hits :14 years in lia Stack shut ;itt- , Wind■ Bl 82 pm. il DAY Ai ONE O ' CLOCK South Sea Stock but Old Annuities 9l t New Ditto . . ..... Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO 21 79 80 1 0. 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