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in describing as in a high . degree factious and improper. It was a union of the Magistracy chiefly, to raise a sum of money to be expended in defraying not only the cost of regi•tering the voters whn were admitted upon the re gister in ]ast November, but also the cost of placing on the register every succeeding year such voters as (night be friendly to their views ; and, though such w.is not ex pressed to be their intention, he feared there could he little doubt that one of their objects was to keep off such voters as might be deemed unfriendly to their interests. He held in his hand a letter from the acting secretary of this political union, who was also a M,tgistrate of the county, which, with the permission of the House, he would read : " Hurst-lodge, Maidenhead, Berks, April 28, 1833. " Dear Sir,—At a numerous meeting of gentlemen of the county, which took place yesterday at the Bear Inn, Reading (Mr. Benyon de Beauvoir in the chair), to consider the pro priety of paying strict attention to the registration of the voters of this county on all future occasions, and to examine into the expenses caused by their original enrolment, it was resolved (among other resolutions which I hope shortly to have the pleasure of sending you post free), that it was highly unjust and unfair that the whole expenses attending the original regis tration of voters, which is to serve as the guide and basis of all future elections, should be imposed on those gentlemen who happened to be candidates for the representation of the county at that particular period; and that a subscription of sums of moderate amount, varying from 301. to 10/., should be made by such proprietors of lands and estates in the county as may think fit, to assist in defraying the expenses of the regis tration itself (unavoidably incurred by Mr. Palmer and Mr. Pusey), and which were wholly distinct from, and unconnected with, those attending the election. " I was directed by the meeting to ascertain your senti ments on the subject, and I shall feel much obliged by as early a reply as convenient, addressed to this place. " I am, dear Sir, very faithfully yours, " GEORGE HENRY ELLIOTT." Now, if unions of this kind were suffered to exist on the subject of registration, they could only be met by unions on the other side, and every county must become a scene of political intrigue from one election to another. The combinz tion of which he had just presented proofs to the House be hail reason to suppose, however mischievous in spirit, had not altogether succeeded, as many of the par ties applied to for money and had declined complying with the requisition. He repeated, however, that if one set of unions were suffered, another must take place as a counterpoise ; but, in any case, the unconstitutional cha racter of this particular union could not be doubted. Mr. FORSTER entreated the Hon. Member for Stam ford to withdraw his resolution. He could assure him that the political unions were of but little importance in a legislative point of view. Mr. FINCH expressed his willingness to act upon the suggestion of the Hon. Member who had spoken last.— (Cries of " No, no," "Divide, divide.") If it were true that those bodies were contemptible, there certainly would be no necessity for pressing his motion. He could not help remarking, however. that a singular disunion of opinion existed in the Cabinet on the subject, for he had heard that a Noble Lord in another place (Lord Melbourne) had de , cribed political unions as inconsistent with good government. If so, then they certainly ought not to be permitted to exist in this country. But he would pursue this argument no further, because he conceived he was out of order in even making the allusion. He had been informed by his friends that Ministers would upon this occasion endeavour to conciliate their opponents, and the result had proved that the information which he had received was correct. Lord ALTHORP felt it necessary not to explain, but to repeat what he had stated. He stated that Political Unions as at present managed were not illegal ; but if they obtained great power in the country, he thought they would be detrimental to the Constitution. Mr. T. ATTWOOD, in reference to what had fallen firm the lion. Member for Walsall, said it was true that a great body of the members of the Birmingham Political Union did go over to Walsall at the time of the election, but their conduct was perfectly legal. They pm. ceeded to Walsall without being instigated by any member of the Union Council, but at the invita tion of the people of Walsall, who had been badly used by some hired ruffians, as they were called, engaged in the service of the Hon. Member. About 10,000 of the Union went to Walsall, and many of them were very ill used by the soldiers, for which they had been unable to obtain any redress. On the following day a great number of the Unionists assembled again to proceed to Walsall, but he went amongst them, and would not allow them to go. The Birmingham Union had never spent a shilling in election proceedings, and during the three years that the Union had been established, none of its members had been guilty of any act - of violence—not even the breaking of a window. Mr. LITTLETON said that be had received infot ma tion respecting the Walsall election, and could declar• that the conduct of the Birmingham Union, and of tho'e Unions which. if not actual y affili ited with it, were acting in con cert with it at that election, was most outrageous. The Hon. Member for Birmingham was considered anything but an apostle of peace in that part of the country. Mr. HUME said he had presented a petition, signed by 1,200 inhabitants of Walsall, who complained that the thsturbances which occurred at the election there were in the fi; it instance created by the Magistrates. Mr. FORSTER said the allegations contained in the petition ::•ere incorrect. Mr. T. ATTWOOD said that, whatever opinion the Right Hon. Member for Staffordshire might ente lain as to his not being an apostle of peace, it was most certain that a number of persons of the highest station and cha racter in the country, and among them many of the Right Hon. Gentleman's friends, had attributed to his influence the preservation of the peace of the district of the county with which he was connected in October, 1831, and May, 1832.—(IIeer. ) Mr. LITTLETON said he must be just : be believed the Hon. Member had been mainly instrumental in pre serving the peace of that put of the country at the time be had referred to. The SPEAKER then put the question, and declared the Noes had it. Mr. C. BULLER, and others, to force a division, said the Ayes had it. A division then took place— Noes 7B Ayes 6 Majority POOR LAWS. Mr. HALCOMB, pursuant to notice, rose to make a motion on the subject of the Poor Laws. He was under stood to recommend no departure from the present system. So far as local divisions were concerned, be would neither have a national nor a county rate, at the same time that he freely admitted it was impossible for the poor of England to be in a worse situation than they were, for the system by which they were oppressed tended fearfully to their demoralization. His object would be to adhere as much as possible to the principle of the 43d of Elizabeth ; but he would endeavour to superadd to that a plan which would go to divide the poor into classes, distinguishing those whom vice bad reduced to that situation. The latter he would desire to see supported by a parochial rate, the other by a contribution of Is. per month, to be deducted from the wages of all in employment—a charge which eventually would become a burden upon the land, awl qot upon labour ; but which, from being levied in that form, would best answer the intention of all tyke and beneficent legishtion--the improvement of the people. The Hon. Member then proceeded to dwell upon the privations to which the poor were subjected in the workhouses, and above all, the cruelty of (separating man and wife.—(A Lug!).) It was, under any circumstances, a very serious matter; it was illegal—no overseer had authority to do so ;it was demoralising, and no man of right feeling could regard such a system otherwise than with abhorrence—( Hear) — it was a grievance not to be endured, that, whether young, old, or middle-age'', a man should be separated trim his wife at the will of any human being, and least of all at the will of an overseer. The system of wot lchou,ea was, in his opinion, extremely detrimental to children, in con sentience of the promiscuous nature of the arrangements, and the want of classification. He thought that the children abould be kept separate, and that more atten tion should be paid to their religious and moral instruc tion. He was also of opinion that a monthly publication should take place of the cumbers of the poor, and of the amount of the relief whisk each received. He was eon winced that the degradation of having their names inserted in such a list, which he proposed to hive affixed to church doors or other public places, would operate as an incentive to industry, and would induce many to labour, in order to avoid such an exposure. He had conversed with many who were perfectly acquainted with the feelings of the poor, and they were all of opinion that such a publica tion would have a great effect. There was another c l ass of parish poor to which he would call their attenti, 0 ...,...h e meant the orphan children of the poor; not those who had been abseiled by their parents, but those who bad neither father nor mother alive. There were never less than half a dozen of those in a parish, and in some parishes there were three or four dozen. Mr. FERGUS O'CONNOR here observed, that the 20 killkils miseicie in which he took a great interest; and be ... a rrorry to-xee the observations of the Hon. Men.l er lost s,n so thin a' II use. He should therefore move ,' at the ' • If owe be cou4ted. ' --. Less than forty Metubets being present, tie House -:-„; , ~-. adjourned at a quarter past tight o'clock. 1\ ITAittl,J,ll4l FRENCH PAPERS. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.-SITTING OF JUNK 26. M. Dupin took the chair precisely at 2 o'clock. MM. Humann, de Rigny, Thiers, and d'Argout, all in full costume as Ministers, were in their places. About sixty or seventy other Deputies were present. While the proces verbal was being read, about 80 others came in. As soon as it had been adopted, the President read a letter from M. Acrarier, Deputy for the Department of the Haut Saone, tesigning his seat in the Chamber. MM. Chaps is, Montonville, and Maignien, newly elected Deputies, took the oaths and their seats. The Minister of the Interior then read a Royal ordi nance declaring, in the usual form, that the session of the Chambers of Pee's and Deputies, for the year 1833, was closed, on which the President immediately left the chair, and the Deputies separated with loud cries of " Vive le Roi." (From Galignani's Messenger of Wednesday.) The Moniteur contains the official promulgation of the law for regulating the departmental organization ; and also a *Royal ordinance, nominating Count Philip de Ham buteau Prefect of the Department of the Seine, in the place of Count de Bondy, " called to other functions." The same j urnal also announces, under its non-official head, that the Count de Bondy is nominated Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour; that M. Boutarel is appointed Colonel of the 9th Legion of National Guards, in the place of Al. de Schenen resigned ; and that M. de Schenen is nominated Commander of the Legion of Honour. The .Augsburg Gazette of the 22d instant mentions, from Cat 1-rube, that the Government of Baden has made some confidential communications to the Second Chamber of the States relative to the measures of the Frankfort Diet. touched upon in the answer to the Grand Duke's speech. Although the particulars of these communica tions have not been made public, they are understood to be of a nature to give the greatest satisfaction to the country. The same paper mentions that a great number of furloughs have been granted to the soldiers in garrison at Stutgard, which indicates, a state of tranquillity in Wirtemberg. The Journal de Luxemburg of the 24th inst. an nounces that the Germanic Diet has placed a considerable sum at the disposition of the military governor, for the continuation of the repairs of the Citadel of Luxemburg. We learn from Chambery that the court-martial held there has passed sentence upon two more officers; one has been condemned to death, and was shot on the 12th inst., at 6 o'clock in the morning : the other is to be imprisoned in irons. A third captain was :arrested on the same day. One young man was so for tunate as to evade the grasp of justice, and has effected his escape. The Gazette de Lausanne contains the following : " The staff of the Polish refugees in Switzerland have just left Porentruy for Bienne, by order of the Govern ment. Whether this be a political measure is doubtful, for it separates the subordinates from their chiefs, and re laxes the discipline, so necessary among young men and unoccupied minds. No symptom of insubordination, however, has as yet appeared. It is remarked that these refugees are generally impressed with a deep sense of their misfortune." Accounts of the 24th inst., from Havre, mention that on the preceding day a French frigate, said to be La Rd solue, which lately sailed from Cherburg, was seen firing guns of distress between Batfleur and the rock called Lea Trois Pierres. The particulars of the shipwreck are not yet known. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) _ Pants, JUNE 26.—The proceedings in yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Peers were rendered rather re markable by the haste with which its members went through the remaining parts of the budget. After the reading of the proces verbal, the President inquired whether the Government consented to the amendments made by the Chamber of Deputies in the budget of ways and means for 1834. The Minis er of Finance having replied in the affirmative, the various articles were adopted without any discussion, and the ensemble of the budget passed by a majority of 122 against 2. No other business remaining to be gone through for the present, the two Chambers are convened for this day to receive the notifi. cation, by Royal ordinance, that the session is closed. In spite of M. Dupin's admonition in his address to the Chamber of Deputies on the day of his re-election, that the members should guard against the notion that they had no other public duty to perform than to vote money to the Government, the business be fore the Chambers has almost entirely consisted in discussions relating to the pecuniary wants and cads of the Government. The members of both Chambers seemed to care little whether it was thought that their patriotism. was as easily to be exhausted as their patience, and their sole object appeared to be to go through the business for which chiefly they were called together as speedily as possible, so that they might hasten to their otium cum dignitate after the labours of the previous session,—a session during which a vast deal was said, but very little for the good of the country was done. A notice has been posted up at the Bourse by the Direc tors of the Caisse d'Amortissement, to the effect that, fi tun the 24th to the 29th of the present June, inclusive, instead of the weekly sum of ,1,800,0001., or 300,0001. per day, laid out for the redemption of stock, the weekly sum of 2,400,000 francs, or 400,000 francs per day, will be so employed. The object of this increase is to liqui date the accounts of the sinking fund, as from the Ist of July next the new law is to take force, and by the rise above par of the 5 and 43- per Cent. Rentes, it will not be afterwards possible to redeem more than 80,000 francs per day. It has teen reported at the Boum, and I have reason to think correctly, that a courier has arrived from Madrid, briiii:ng despatches to the Government, dated on the evening of the 20th, in which an account is given of the ceremonisl of swearing fidelity to the Princess of Asturias, as legitimate heir to the crown, and that the day passed off without the least untoward occurrence. _ The French Funds have continued depressed to-day, though no greater cause exists for the depression than yesterday. A few more sales of stock were effected, which kept the market down. The Three per Cents. opened, for the end of the month, at 77f. 75c., and closed at 77f. 55c. to 60c. The Five per Cents. closed, also for the end of the month, at 104.f.—Morning Paper. (From tt,e Chronica Constitutional do Porto ofJune 11.) MINISTRY OF MARINE. " GEORGE ROSE SARTORIUS, VICE-ADMIRAL OF H. 31. F. 31. FLEET. " I, the Duke of Braganza, Regent, in the name of the Queen, send you many greetings. Considering the appli cation you brought before my Imperial presence, wherein you represented that the bad state of your health, occa sioned by your protracted fatigues at sea, would not permit you to continue your services in the command which, in the name of that august Lady I had conferred upon you, by the Carta Regia of the Ist of May of the present year, with that d agree of activity you wished to display in this toilsome and laborious pursuit, I think proper, in the name of the Queen, to giant your request, and to exonerate you from the aforesaid command, which you executed with honour to yourself and with advantage to the Portuguese nation in the glorious b ittle, where, with an inferior force, you disabled and put to flight the enemy's squadron. This I wish to communicate to you for your information. " Given at the Palace of Oporto, ihe Bth of June, 1833. " D. PEDRO, Duke of Braganza. " The Marquis De LOULE. " To George Ruse Sartorius." " CARLOS DE TOUZA, VICE•ADMIRAL OF HER MOST FAITH FUL MAJESTY'S FLEET. " I, the Duke of Braganza, Regent, in the name of the Queen, send you many greetings. Taking into due con sideration your great services, zeal, and intelligence, of which you have given so many proofs in his Britannic Majesty's naval service, confiding in your love of liberty, and trusting that you will use all you efforts for the glo • lions termination of the struggle I am now engaged in to restore the throne of the said August Lady, and the Constitutional Charter of the Portuguese nation, I think proper, in the Queen's name, to invest you with the chief command of the squadron destined to assist in this noble tnterprize ; and authorise you, moreover, to select and name the Commanders and other officers of the ships on this occasion composing the squadron, being certain that the appointments yin may now make will be legally con firmed, which appeared to me to be necessary to be com municated to you for your information and execution. Given at the Palace of Oporto, June 6, 1833. " D. PEDRO, Dukc of Braganza. " Marquis DE LOULE. " To Carlos de Youaa." PSISON, JUNI3_I7. The account from Oporto of the removal of Mirshal Solignae from the command of Don Pedro's army has caused great depression amongst his friends here, a►id has infused new life into the partisans of Don Miguel. You see there is no end to the intrigues and conspiracies of these Portuguese. A positive order has come down for the immediate sailing of the squadron, and to-day was fixed for their leaving the Tagus. The 74 gun ship .Raivha, 'or which the squadron bas been to long detaintd, tvas con il,ed on Saturday night, but on Sunday morning earl) she was discovered to be on fire, either through sone negligence, or set on fire by some incendiary. Extraordinary exer tion was made, and in half an hour the fire was extin guished, and it is reported with little damage. It broke out near the powder magazine. Some damage is done, but it is said it will he remedied by Thursday or Friday, and then the squadron will certainly leave the Tagus, with orders, it is said, immediately to engage the enemy. The cholera continues to make such distressing progress that scarce any thing else is a topic for convtrsation. The labour, in each parish, of those who form the processions for administering the Sacrament, is so great, by night and day, that the Patriarch has ordered certain orders of Friars to assist them. More th in 100 bodies are buried daily in Campo d'Orique. Men are constantly employed in Jigging trenches the whole length of the consecrated ground, and they are placed in without coffins, two and two, beside each other, and covered up as they arrive. The accounts now, from all parts of the country, are very distressing, and show clearly that the disorder is rapidly en the increase. Don Carlos end his family are not yet returned from Coimbra. It is reported that since his interview with Dan Miguel he refuses to quit Portugal. Several couriers have been sent to him from Lisbon during the past week, by the Spanish Minister, and the Minister's brother is said to have been sent up to have a conference with him ; hut nothing has yet transpired as to the result. Tt e brig of war, The 13th of May, supposed to he taken by the enemy, is gone over. She has been seen off the Rock by the telegraph. The Bank of Lisbon discounted for the Government 14,0001. worth of paper on Saturday, and it was de spatched under a strong escort to the army. Every kind of fruit is prohibited being sold in Lisbon. The consequence is that the greatest distress already pre vails amongst both the growers and venders of these arti cles. Apricots, plums, or cherries, and bread formed the principal part of the food of thousands who must now starve or become an easy prey to the dreadful epidemic with which we are visited, weak or diseased people being those whom hitherto it seems principally to have attacked. A council of naval officers has been held at the ersenal at which the commanders of the different ships forming the squadron were ordered to attend, and report the state and condition of their ships, men, &c. They said gene rally that, not having had an opportunity of exercising their crews, they could not consider them in a fit state to go to sea. The commander of the Don John VI. said he was ready to go to sea in her as a volunteer, but not as com mander. The captain of one of the frigates said the same. Two have been dismissed the service. When his Majesty was in Lisbon, he was present at the almost daily exercising of the men at the guns ; but since his departure for Braga, little has been done ; and at this critical moment they find themselves in distress, both for commanders and able and experienced seamen. His Britannic Majesty's ships of war, Caledonia and Viper, arrived in the Tagus this evening. It is confidently said Don Carlos has determine.l not to leave Portugal at present. M. Cordova is returned from Coimbra, not being able to tnake any impression on the Prince, as to complying with King Ferdinand's orders. FRENCH FUNDS.—PAnts, JUNE 27. Five per Cents., 103 f. 85c. 104 f. 1031. 90c. Four per Cents., 94f. 50c. Three per Cents., 77f. 70c. 75c. 50c. National Loan, 103 E 80c. Rente de Naples, 91f. 50c. 60c. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 16%;1,4 Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 40% ,% % Royal Spanish Loan, 90% 91 Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 78% tp Belgic Loan, 1831, 93% EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 65c.; money, 25f. 60c. Three months, paper, 25f. 55c. ; money, 9.5 f. 50c. —Cours Authentique. PRICES OF SHARES TNIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCF• Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) XlOO 11 Bolanos Mining Compan £lso 12534 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 61 Ditto National 17% 23 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 15'. British Iron Mining Company £5O Columhitn Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 5034 English Musing Company 12% General Mining Association l2 Mexican Mining Co. £46 Real del Monte Mining C 0...., United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. 9 14 21% 7►! 95 96 25 11%% 14 1034 £1 7 0 Australian Co. Canada Company ..... 17 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 National Provincial Bank of England 5 Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 18 17% 55 DON PEDRO'S EXPEDITION. OPORTO, JUNE 13.—Six hundred picked bayonets from the Ist French Regiment, and a part of the 6th Portu guese Infantry, embarked last night, almost without in terruption on the part of the enemy, and 50 soldiers and officers came on shore. The Marshal Major. General immediately returns to France. Different versions may be given of the causes which have led to his retirement from the command, but the following statement may be depended upon :—Gen. S. lignac sent in his resignation in consequence of a mi litary operation, to which lie was exceedingly opposed, having been determined upon in a council of war. This toeasure is now in progress, and as the Marshal would not incur the responsibility of its result, and would have been compelled, by the mere fact of its existence, to remain in active at Oporto, whilst a fraction of the army would take the field under the command of another general officer, he had no alternative but to re.ign. I do not know how the news of this event will be re ceived in England, but certainly it is considered of no importance here. It does not in any way diminish our strength, or increase the chances of our enemy. The operation now going on is quite a political one ; its force is too insignificant to render it worthy of being termed military. Its object is to ascer tain whether the provinces to the south, particularly those southward of the Tagus, are disposed to rise in support of the young Queen and the Constitution. - movement upon Lisbon had been proposed, both of a mili tary and po itical nature, and as the enemy has little force there, he might have been easily defeated, trod an oppor tunity would have been afforded to the people to declare their will ; the Ministers negatived this project, as well as that of a decisive attack upon the enemy in this neigh bourhood, therefore the city of Oitorto will remain some time longer in a state of siege, and the blessings of civil war will be extended to other parts of the kingdom. The contest tnight have been brought to an honourable and immediate decision, but it was avoided. The chief of an army ought not, in such • circumstances as ours, to he shackled by the decision of a Council of Ministers. Wont! Davergier, who bears a high military reputa tion, will remain here, and the Emperor, the Duke de Palmella, and the chief Generals, have expressed them selves very flatteringly towards him. He will take the command of the brigade, consisting of the Ist and 2d re giments of the Queen's Light Infantry, of which the men are all French or Belgians. The expedition will be ctiout 2,500 strong, commanded by the Duke de Ter ceira, and accompanied by the Duke de Palmella. Where it will make its descent is yet undetermined, and will de pend almost entirely upon intelligence that may be re ceived at sea. By the day after to-morrow it is expected that it will he all ready to sail. That very intimate friend of Captain Napier, Admiral Carlos de Ponza, is very anxious to meet the Aliguelite squadron, and will, no doubt, give a good account of his toes. I believe that the ultimate success of the cause is now becoming pretty certain. What I have to lament is, that our awls have not taken the shortest road, which, in a political war, is always the best. JUNE 14. —The embarkation of troops was continued last night, and 23 soldiers and 4 of f icers came on shore; amougst the latter General Freire. The late Marshal will go home in the Africaine steamer, and Saldanha was pointed this morning chief of the general staff. We have heard that it is the intention of the Aliguelities to desist from firing artillery upon the city, unless their tire be provoked from this side. This is likely to be true, as to day they have not fired a shot, except at the Serra convent, which being a fortification, is perfectly fair. The report is that, finding that their constant hom..artlment of the city does not induce the inhabitants to rise in favour of Don Miguel, they will not part with any more of the ammuni tion in that manner, as it is expensive, and is getting scarce. I am sorry to have to notice an indiscreet proceeding, which must do great harm to the cause, and certainly re • sects disgrace upon some of the authorities here. Several Englishmen, lately tificers in Don Pedro's army, :vete arrested last night, and notwithstanding, from their being no longer in that service, they are entitled to be considered as British subjects again, at least by the Go vernment of Oporto, they were thrown into prison on the unsupported evidence, privately taken, of a single indivi dual, without the authority of the Judge Conservator, or of the knowledge of his Britannic Majesty's Consul. It is said that the Emperor is chiefly to blame for this mad freak, but, in my opinion , censute ought to rest with the individual who authorized their apprehension. Be this as it may, as their imprisontnent is clearly illegal, they must be f, rtliwith r,stored to liberty, and they will have a fair claim to compensation for the injury suffered. JUNE lb.—Embarked last night at the Foz between 500 and 600 men, and a printing press for the expedition. Some dismounted Lancers will he sent off this evening. The officers wrested yesterday were liberated this morning. JUNE 16.—The Dukes of Palmella and Terceira, with the other Chiefs of the expedition, and the remainder of the troops, embarked last night. Every thing is now ready for sailing. (From the Chronica, No. 140, June 15.) " ORDER OF THE DAY, NO. 100. " THE DUKE OF DRAGANZA'S CARTA REGIA. " Baron Joao Baptista Solignac, Marshal Major-General of the Army.—Friend, I, the Duke of Braganza, Regent in the name of the Queen, send you mu c h gr ee ting, as one whom I much va'ue. Taking into consideration the re presentation which you caused to be made to me, begging me to consider it for good to relieve you from the charge of Alajor General of the Liberating Army, for which you were nominated by the dt cree of the 3d of January of this year, with the powers designated in toe Carta Regia of the 54112 e date ; and the motives you allege appearing to we to THE COURT JOURNAL and GA ZETTE of the FASHIONABLE WORLD of TO-MORROW, June 29, will contain, among other interesting Original Papers, Men and Women of Fashion, No. 4 —Modaz—Bulletins from Herbault—Memoir of a Diplomatist, embracing Sketches of several Illustrious Personages, and Anecdotes of Madame Citalan', Madame De Stael, &c.—Recollections of Warsaw, by a Polish Lady, &c. &c. Independently of its interesting Original Papers, this Popular Journal of the Fashionable World comprises curious Authentic Private Correspondence from the Principal Courts of Europe—Accounts of the most interesting English and Foreign Works---New Operas, Dramas, Concerts, Exhibitions, and all the Court and Fashionable News of the Week. Supplied (free of post age) by all News Venders. Office, 19, Catherine-street, Strand. be just, I hold it for good, in the name ef the Queen, to exonerate you from the duty of Major-General of the Li berating Army, in which situation you gave constant proofs of your zeal and interest for the great cause ef Por tuguese restoration, always displaying honour in the im portant commission that bad been confided to you, which am pleased to communicate for your intelligence and execution. "Written in the Palace of Oporto, 13th of June, 1833, " Don PEDRO, Duke of Braganzi. " For the Baron JOU) Baptista Solignac." " TO THE LIBERATING ARMY. " Circumstances and business of the very highest im portance oblige me to cease to exercise the functions of Major-General of the army, and to depart immediately for France ; in separating myself from the officers and soldiers who compose the brave liberating army, I carry the grate ful remembrance of having been assisted by all, with an energy proper to men contending for the rights of their legitimate Sovereign, and the cause of their country. I shall always carry in memory the good discipline, zeal, and valour which I have constantly observed on the part of the said army, to which I should consider it happiness to be again united ; and wherever I may go, I can boldly assure the faithful Portuguese, that such an army is worthy of the just cause it defends. " The Marshal of the Army, Baron SOLIGNAC." DECREE. Chief of the Imperial Staff, Field-Marshal Conde de SALDANHA ; Adjutant-General of the Army, Brigadier-General VALDEZ. !RICKS OF STOCKS THIS ( tank Stt ek "2024 3 2 3 per Cent. 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Commercial Buildings HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ... 0 minutes after 0. f Evening...l3 minutes after 0. h* JI uf. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1833. Mr. FINCH—(he must be a greenfinch)— chirped and twittered with surprising powers\f voice last night, in the House of Commons, on the subject of the Political Unions. His speech had the rare merit of being absurd, inconsistent, and inconclusive, to a degree that might put even a LONDONDERRY to shame. The last part was the best answer that was made during the night to the first part. After declaring that the unions were " fraught with unmixed mischief ;" that they bore a striking, family likeness " to the Jacobin clubs at Paris ;'' that they were a confederacy which " might over turn all existing institutions ;" and that " the circumstances of the times were such, that not the least dust should be allowed to remain in which the spark of revolution might be kept smouldering ;"—after erecting the bristles 'of the House by these frightful denunciations till they stood up like hairs on the back of an enraged cat, the Hon. Gentleman proceeded to smooth them down again by affirming that there was not the slightest ground for alarm, for that the Po• litical Unions were " contemptible, and wholly beneath notice ; "—alas, then, how much vir tuous vituperation has been thrown away !—and, above all, that " the revolutionary spirit was at a discount, an extremely conservative one being prevalent instead throughout the country." What a consummate logician is this greenest of Finches ! How grateful ought we not to be to .--to considerate an alarmist, who supplies the an tidote as well as the bane, and if he doses us with arsenic, administers also the stomach-pump ! In the course of his speech—which, notwith standing its would-be smartness, was dryer than a ship-biscuit—Mr. FINCH recorded his solemn conviction that the " Revolution of Belgium was essentially a Conservative one." How asto nished will the King of HOLLAND be to learn this ! How vexed to find that for two long years he has been fighting on the wrong side ! We once heard of an Irish woodcutter who sawed off the branch he was seated on ; but tile blunder of his Dutch MAJESTY, in mistaking a " Conservative" for " a Destructive" revolution, is beyond even this towering flight of Milesian eccentricity ! Mr. FINCH was also pleased to observe, that for his own part he could see no more likeness between the Carlton Club and the Political Unions, than there was between a man and a monkey." We believe him. A man who has lived so long among Carlton Clubs, cannot but be good authority on the subject of monkeys After the division of last night, Mr. FINCH, we suspect, will scarcely venture to chirp or twitter again for some months. He is not full fledged. He should go back to the parent nest. Think of a man being compelled indirectly to confess that he had mistaken a dwarf for a giant, a Primrose-hill for a Benlomond ! The less Mr. FINCH meddles with Political Unions the better. Children should never play with edge-tools. The subject, he may rely on it, is too compre hensive for his puny intellect to grapple with If the mountain, after months of travail, could only bring forth a mouse, what can the mole-hill expect to produce ? The Political Unions are confederacies organ ized by the necessities of the age. They are the natural, the inevitable consequences of long ages of misgovernment. We have to thank the Tories for their origin, their progress, and their maturity. The Duke of WEL LINGTON (not Mr. ATTWOOD), was their founder; his Grace and his party are still their most efficient supporters. When the country found that Reform was hopeless under a Boroughmongering Administration, then, and not till then, did the Political Unions start into existence. Then, indeed, did they bestir themselves, and to some purpose ; and they will again bestir themselves to still better purpose, should the shattered fragments of the WELLINGTON faction ever attempt to reunite in opposition to the popular demands. We do not mean to urge that the Unions are all equally distinguished by sagacity. Some have halted in their path ; others have gone astray after strange gods, and mistaken an ignis fatuus for sunshine ; but the majority are still sound at heart, and strong of head. Indeed, it is to the exertions of these much vilified con federacies, that the country, during the last two eventful years, has owed its escape from convul sion. When the news reached the provinces that the Lords, assisted by the Bishops, had rejected the Reform Bill, who, but the Mem bers of these Unions, checked the angry flood that was every where rising, and directed its waters into a fitting channel ? The Political Unions are the safety-valves of the Constitution. They are the national defences against Whigism on the one hand, and Toryism on the other. They give an impetus to the sluggishness of Government ; they check the insidious en croachments of the Tory faction. As for their illegality, they may be illegal accord ing to the letter, but certainly not according to the spirit, of the law. Even their most extra vagant demands are all within the pale of the Constitution. They demand the ballot, triennial Parliaments, an extension of the suffrage, and a reduction of the taxation. And why not ? What law written, or unwritten, forbids them from pres sing these demands ? In exacting the repeal of the Septennial Act, in particular, they exact only the repeal of the most fraudulent and uncon stitutional measure that has been perpetrated during the last three hundred years. Away, then, with this cant about the danger and the illegality of political unions. When the people have obtained all their rights—when the abuses of the pension list exist no longer but in name—when the Tory faction has lost the power to work evil—when the Temporal Peers are disembarrassed of the presence of Spiritual ones ;—then (but not till then) will the Political Unions be disbanded. Lord ALTHOItP very properly refused to in terfere with the question, and the House being almOst unanimously of his Lordship's way of thinking, poor Mr. FINCH had nothing left but the consolation that virtue is its own reward. After all, however, the Hon. Gentleman is not so ill paid, for his public reward bears a beauti ful proportion to his public virtue. Ten Bills, introduced by Mr. POULETT THomsoN, stand for committal on the order paper of the House of Commons for to-night . These Bills are intended to consolidate under separate heads the different Acts regulating the customs' duties, trade, and navigation of the whole empire. Their importance, therefore, cannot be exaggerated, and we doubt not they will meet with the attention they deserve. We do not suppose that, even if they came on to-night, more than the two first can be taken into consideration. To those, therefore, the few observations we shall make will be con. fined. They are entitled " The British Pos sessions Bill," and the " Registry of Ves sels Bill." The title of the first is rather more extensive than its contents justify, for, in point of fact, it only relates to our possessions in America. Among other points in which it wants alteration, we would particularly point out the following. In the table of prohibitions and restrictions, tea is prohibited to be imported into the British possessions in America, except from the United Kingdom, or from some other British possession in America, unless by the East India Company, or their license. The power of the East India Company is to be done away with, so that unless provision be here made al lowing tea to be taken direct from China, the American colonies will, under this Act, have to receive it through England ! In clause 9, im posing duties of importation in America on certain articles, it is provided, that if such ar ticles be imported from any British possession in North America, or from the warehouse in the United Kingdom, they shall be free from duty. Now, why should the exemption be con fined to any British possession in North America ? As the Bill stands, if a vessel should sail with a cargo of flour from Australia or the Cape of Good Hope, to any of the West India islands, it is subject to a duty of ss. per barrel, whereas, if it sail from Quebec, it is subject to no duty at all. Surely this, and similar inconsistencies, ought to be removed from the measure. The Bill for Registering British Vessels, affords an opportunity which ought not to be suffered to pass, without advantage being taken of it to alter the law with respect to the mode of mea suing the tonnage of vessels. We see that Mr. THONISON has inserted the old mode of mea surement, viz., taking the length of the keel and the breadth of the vessel as the sole elements of the calculation of the amount of its tonnage. It is notorious that this does not give the true ton nage, and it must be evident that, as long as the depth of the vessel is left out of the calculation, ship-owners will have an interest in buildivg up the sides of their vessels to an extent dangerous to the safety of goods, passengers, and crew. In order to give the uninitiated an idea of how the present inode of measurement operates, we should state, that all tonnage dues are paid according to the registered amount of tonnage, whilst the ship owner is paid freight according to the real amount of tonnage a vessel can carry. Ships are accordingly built to have as little measure ment tonnage as possible ; that is, are built deeper than they would be if constructed upon the safest principles. The consequence of this (joined with some other circumstances into which we cannot now enter) is, that vessels are every year lost, and hundreds of lives lust. The fact is horrible, and only does not excite the attention it ought, because one with which le, ! have been long familiar ; but it i s , n everther; i : one to which we earnestly entreat Mr. Poti s .„ ff v. THorrsoN'S attention. We shall ourselves , ill to it on some future occasio n , an d hop ip spite of the difficulty which we know exig" 0 , rousing public attention to a new topic, to able to place the shocking inhumanity ° $ system in such a point of view as will for ce : change. We will only now mention, for the pi ' of disarming such shipowners as may fancy A i 0 , interests concerned in maintaining the r oo t annual waste of human life, that in order ...j ig to make a new and fairer mod e o f m e asure 7. fall heavily upon them, there c ould be no A t culty in so reducing the diff e r en t li g ht andr i f dues, as not to make them pay more tha° now do. The expose made by Mr. coBBETT yes:, day, relative to the police, has excited ey consternation in a particular quarter, and is I petted to lead to very important results. It li fact, that not only have policemen been en ' bist in the general system of espionage upon_ i public, but also upon their own o ffi cers, gni of whom have been in great danger of di s 5 from the reports made by these spies of . :A having expressed regret at the circumst 4 connected with the dispersion of the Calth .j street Meeting. The public will be astoilii' c i to learn, after all that has been said in favot!Li the conduct of the Police Force, that l' gos have been 5,000 changes in the etrop,o d force since its establishment, and that 3,Uvu the men were dismissed for b.id conduct. It will be seen, by reference to another I:; of The Sun, that the French Chambers 11 prorogued on Wednesday. We have received a file of the 00 Chronica to the 19th instant. They take notice of the preparations which were at time making for the important expet9 against Lisbon, and are altogether with interest. Col. DODGIN had been a ppoie to the command of the Ist Regiment of 1 1 ° Marines, with which the British force had 171 incorporated. Col. WILLIAMS had obt one step of promotion. The official accounts from Oporto, wi l ; have been received at the Portuguese Erni/ leave no doubt that the destination of the A ce : stitutional expedition, under the comman d the Duke of TERCEIRA and Captain NAl lit h i was Lisbon ; and we are glad to hear e ' very sanguine expectations of success are el l i o tamed by Don PEDRO'S representative in 0 country. The last accounts from Lisbo ll , o , Oporto were highly favourable to the colt tional cause. The seamen on board the 11 were almost in a state of mutiny, and had 1 0 been prevented from abandoning their s b t o altogether by the immediate payment of fid months' arrears ; several of the officers of 1 1- 0 MIGUEL'S army, in the vicinity of Li s ti had given intimations of their intenti o o ll join his standard as soon as they 0 ,0 have a point d'appui, and the tnerchs d generally were known to be desirous re the overthrow of the Usurper. The , 1) , i ill sence of the Duke of PALMELLA ii f the expedition was considered as mos t „j portant for the Constitutional cause, it "i s well known that, although his Excelleuci o stanch friend to liberal principles, he fe ; not fear to exercise his authority i n fav° ll ; ; bi order in the event of the success o f the bell rating army. The Duke does not, we he ae ol hold any military rank in the . expeditiolb.do is considered as the immediate represel it ; i o of the Regency, and is possessed of full Poo from Don PEDRO as hit Commissioner. a 0 neral SALDANHA, who has the comm 3 , ll o Oporto, has, according to private but tale 0 1 accounts, had a full understanding with o rol Duke of PALMELLA as to the future ~ b ei ceedings of the Regency, in the event of 'Ol succeeding in getting possession of the csP o ti and there is no doubt of the Constitutional ce being maintained in all its purity. We under: 6 0 that the recommendations from the Briti s h French Cabinets to Don PEDRO, of whil Duke of PALMELLA was the bearer, 1, acted upon. Captain NAPIER, previou s to gpr the sailing of the expedition, wrote a lette i. t o friend here, in which he expresses strong " of success ; but he does not disguise tt ,e . I li difficulty of the enterprize. The marines 0 service of Don PEDRO, who, just befor s i arrival of the reinforcement, were in a very 4 organized state, had been restored to good, cipline. As the expedition would rea o o destination by the 22d or 23d inst., vie so expect to know the result of it by a si e before Monday. POLITICA UNIONS. LIST OF THE MINORITY ~,, Of 10 (Tell e r s i nc l u d e d), w h o v oted for Mr. FiO' tion for the Suppression of Political Jinja* ENGLAND. SCOTLAND,' osli Blackstone, W.S.—Wallingford Callender, J. H.—A r ib' Dare, R. W. H.—South Essex IRELAND. Gaskell, J. M.—Wenlock Talbot, J.—Athlone Gladstone,W.E.-Newark-upon- Trent TELLERS. Plumptre, J. P.—East Kent *Buller, C.—Liskear . Price, R.—New Radnor Finch, G.—Stamford st • Mr. Buller said that the ayes had it, in order ther might be a division, and was therefore named a re_ ll ,. el° Speaker. We understand that the Hon. Member, atte t ' e ljef; lery was cleared, protested against being named as 3., the Speaker persisted, and the Hon. Member told, P. said, out of compassion. MAJORITY 0 ,0 ' , lotion for the SuPP I Unions. Potter, Richard—W l e of Poulter, J. S.—Shaft 441 Roebuck, J. A.—BA S Russell, W. C.—Rap t shire Sc sco h t o t l , e s d i e r ld E. , J D .7 .... R v ir 0 : 15 -1 :8 1 5 . 0 0 Scrope, Poulettc--.; Shawe, R. N.- 60 ,;00P: 0 04 Smith, R. V.—Nort.',lo r e Spankie, Mr. serg.- -- 'o,,•; pi Stanley, Hon. E. G. Lancashire coutii,oir Staunton, Sir Talbot, C. R. 11L"' .4,, shire , u ODP - P Tancred, H. Vt 7 . - "^ - 140 . Tennyson, Right •,,,0 Lambth Todd, J. Ruddell-- 10 ' Tooke, W.—Trurgot Tynte, C. J. K.---" j e t setshire p r id, D , Tynte, C. K. 0 Vincent, Sir F.- - '"Tru' i l Vivian, Sir R. 1 -1 ,c r . 00 Walker, C. A.-- - „Locs A Walter, John—." Co' ic erl Whalley, .si.tiz.7.ll'f,sarionood shire Wood, rood, AL—Lopclop ofing, es Oliphant, ptyki Inbeegar,A,:.:3i S Laiti C Loi rirt : e .1. 1 as ed Mullins, F. W. n. )508" 4 0 4 'O'Dwyer, A. ,1014, Ruthven, EdwarLl utplin ,/ Ruthven_,_.N.L ,Vigoo, N . LIST OF TH. Of 79 against Mr. Finch's M Political ENGLAND. Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth Ahliorp, Viscount—South Nor. thamptonshire Attwood, Thos.—Birmingham Baring, F. T.—Portsmouth Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Beauclerk, Aubrey Wm.—East Surrey Beaumont, T. W.—South Nor. thumbeiland Brodie, W. B.—New Sarum Brother ton, Joseph—Salford Blamire, W.—East Cumberland Calvert, N.—Hertfordshire Campbell, Sir J.—Dudley Cobbett, William—Oldham Cornish, James—Totness Divett, E.—Ex et er Ellice, E.—Coventry Evans, W.—Leicester Fai th full, G.—Brighton Fielden, John—Oldham Finn, W. F.—Kilkenny Co. Forster, C. S.—Walsall Gaskell, D, =Wakefield Grote, George—London Halcomb, John—Dover Harvey, D. %V.—Colchester Heathcote, G. J.—Lincolnshire Hill, M. D. —Kingston-on-Hull Hume, Joseph—Middlesex Horne, Sir W. Marylebone Hardy, John—Bradford James, W.—Carlisle Jervis, J.—Chester Kennedy, J.—Tiverton Lloyd, J. H.—Stockport Littleton, E. J.—South Stafford. shire Maxwell, Methuen, P.—North Wiltshire Molesworth, Sir William--East Cornwall Parrott, Jasper—Totness Philips, Sir G.—South Warwick-1 shire Philipotts, J,—Oloucester IMP! Th e Sp, e nterin g th Pthent. Dia Qld iaaia gyration - V ZW•••- ( tight in ~ by otho ` 4 lde, and t tin these air M. S. tz : ler w) ,Va u t g io ye — n e . : : :o a . a l beeri4km al ai: l l y temso: d hosn i otr s ie cl ii 4 :ll itec ' E la la i sp a t er ilut o t u i a t sinh : w hi ef e e ias a :r i i l a at e r t n ull t hat raer river? Nett Thi b eabl e to at t hat the B o it' limited t heta! be btCil comp ere not rea kiteth the car i 'I