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THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND, trading to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give notiee, That a GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their Howie in Leadenhall-street on WED NESDAY, the 14th April next, from Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six in the Evening, for the ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of the said Company fin• Four Years. PETER AUBER, Secretary. // it would er ‘sonie Roman Cathotic Clergy Nan, pr Ditsentinw tai nister to celebrate it. - - XXXIX. Marriages among Slaves are not t be valid in cases prohibited by law among free persons. XL. Slaves are not by marrying to acquire rights inconsistent with the legal rights of the owner. LNY's XLT. Registries to be kept of the marriages of Slaves. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1830. No. 11,726. PRICE 7D. ich have , and eta port of iich pas 'rom the ong been =plaint. been de• by mode rds, have it on sc at being venience Ile hanks on could them to Is of the vicinity led with the St. expence mut 170 •nee, to ad, with @ course ver, dis tring the afforded 1 at the mpanies, I Steam largest 1e wharf at about 1.00 per , ck. The . rom the nt of the and 14 by two by iron our drop which, he deck de _ ridge of as been tins and and lowered rding to ed to be of car ►e with nterme- tnnot be xccom - e conYe" . 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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY being appointed for WY DWISDAY, the 14th April next, the favour of your Vote and I nterest is requested for the following Gentlemen, Va. JOHN BAILLIE, Esq. JAMES RIVETT CARNAC, Esq. JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON, Esq. JOHN PETTY MUSPRATT, Esq. WILLIAM WIGRAM, Esq. Which will much oblige, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most humble servants, Charles Mills, John Lock, John Morris, William Astell, Charles E. Prescott, J. Du Pre Alexander, George Raikes, Henry Alexander, John G. Ravenslaw, Robert Campbell, George Smith, William S. Clarke, James Stuart, Neil B. Edmonstone, John Thornhill, Robert C. Fergusson, Sweny Toone, Hugh Lindsay, - H. Sr. Georg e Tucker, John Mastermart William Young. Eaat-India House M h3l 1830 e, arc . • TQ THE P ROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HAVING the honour of being recommended to you by the Directors of the East India Corn- Pail, as Candidates for the Direction, to be chosen this Year, we take the liberty of requesting the favour of your Vote on the day of Election, WEDNESDAY, the 14th April next. W e are, adies and ntlemen, Your most L obedient and most bumble servants, JOHN BAILLIE, JAMES RIVETT CARNAC, JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON, JOHN PETTY MUSPRATT, WILLIAM WIGRAM, East India House, March 31, MO. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO - MORROW, the 14th instant, being the day appointed for the Election at the East India House, I respectfully renew my solicitation for the honour of your support. With the most grateful acknowledgements for the kind ness and favour with which you have received me on my canvas, I earnestly entreat your attendance at the Ballot on my behalf. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, YOur faithful servant, THOMAS BARING. Bishopsgate-street, April 13, 1830. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IMOST respectfully and earnes tly en t rea t th e favour of your attendance and support at the AN NUAL ELECTION for SIX DIRECTORS, at the East India House, on WEDNESDAY Next, when I am willing to entertain a sincere and confident hope that the length of time I have been on the ground and in your service, your favourable consideration of my pretensions, your kind and honourable feelings, and the peculiar cir cumstances which recommend me on the present occasion to your protection and patronage, may dispose you to ex.• tend to me that support which will insure my success. I have the honour to he, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obliged and faithful servant, CHARLES MACKINNON. 10, York -place, Portman-square, April 10, 1830. Mr. Alackinnon's Committee sit daily at the King's Head, Poultry. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. THE GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS is open daily, from. Ten in the Morning till Five in the Evening, and will be CLOSED on SATUR bAy, the 24th inst., preparatory to the Exhibition of the principal Works of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence. Admission Is.—Catalogue Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITU TION, FOR THE RELIEF OF DECAYED AR TISTS, THEIR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. T HE Nobility, Friends, and Subscribers, are respectfully informed, that the FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be celebrated in Freemasons' Hall on SATURDAY the 24th instant. The Right Honourable the Earl of ABERDEEN, K.T., in the Chair. STEWARDS. Sir Thomas Dyke Ackland, William Freeman, Esq. Bart. M.P. S. Joseph, Esq. Sir Harry Verney, Bart, G. B. Lonsdale Esq. Martin Archer Shee, Esq. R. Ludgate, Es ' k s P.R. A. W. H. Mann, ( I. John Jackson, Esq. R, A, H. Munro, Eq. Henry Behnes, Esq, Charles Russell, Esq. John Braithwaite Esq, Charles Seddon. Esq. H. P. Briggs, Esq George Smart, Esq. C. R. Cockerell, q. George Booth Tyndale, Esq. J. C. Denham, Esq. William J. Donth orneGeorge R. Ward, Esq. , Esq . George G. Wyatville, Esq. Dinner on table at Half-past Five o'clock. The Vocal Department under the direction of Mr. Broadhurst. Tickets (including Wine) I/. Is. each, may be had of the Stewards ; the Assistant Secretary's, 14, Duke-street, Portland -place; and at the Freemaz.ons' Tavern. W. J. ROPER, Assistant Secretary. CARTEIt and Co., CARPET MANU ACTURERS, respectfully submit the following LIST o F f PRICES for their NEW SPLENDID DRAW ING-ROOM PATTERNS (with Hearth Rugs to eor rixn,d):-- Di ' t r ia C arpets, good useful Patterns...3c 2d. and 3s. 4d. per yard b y „ r ratterns, the quality sold apers "anddenominated by 7 and 3go ditto ' „ Th ei ei n „ r c best welfirs -frame triple. round Brus t Carpets, the Patterns entirely w and elegant, for the Drawing. 4 4 and 4 6 ditto &e., the quality of which cannot be excelled at any prise The Patent Damask, Kidderminster, Venetian, and Stair , C itrpeting, and Hearth Rugs, in the greatest variety. L 'ONDON WAREHOUSE, t 2, the NEAR ST. PAUL'S. , In additi on t o th e i r own manu f acture d Goods, they are TIN holders of th e f o ll ow i ng A rt i c l es, w hi c h t h ey are en kuled to offer 35 per cent. under the Trade Prices : Dor Cloth s , we ll -seasoned, to any dimenaions. ufra vt , bb of all colours. Morino Damasks and Moreens, for Curtains. Fringes,, Trimmi ngs , an d Bell-pulls, of every d e seriptiou. Patterns forwarded to any part of the Kingdom. N.B. About 70 Pieces of Brussels Carpets, of the best fours quality to be sold decided JOBS for CASH, and will be to deeerve the particular attention of the Trade. DR. JAMES'S POWDER. THIS celebrated Medicine is invariably adopted b y Ph ysicians; and for those who cannot obteln m edieal advice, with each packet are enclosed full dFeetions ' for it s use. Its efficacy is most certain, if freely give* on the THROA T attack of FEVER, MEASLES, SORE orator , recent Cold w i t h C oug h, an d ot h er Inflan- y .Disorders. In RHEUMATISM and Chronic Complatats It has perform e d th e most extraordina ry cures, when ruled with perseverance. Dr. JAMES' S t POWDER continues to be prepared by Messrs. NEW.. zany, FROM THE ONLY COPY OF THE PRO CESS LEFT uy DR. JANIES IN HIS OWN HAND-WRITI NG, which was DEPOSITED WITH THEIR GRANDFATHER IN 1746, AS JOINT P DR RI ETOR. I n Packets, 2s. 9d. and 24s DR. JAMES'S ANALEPTIC PILLS afford con stant relief in IN DIGESTION, BILIOUS and STO MACH . r.... Rhenulatisni, a n d —`-'II2PLAINTS Gouty Symptoms, recent Cold With slight Fever, and are so mild In their effect e as not to reqUire confinement. DR. JAMES'S to a` PILLS are prepared by Messrs. NEWBER, from THE ONLY RECIPE EXISTING UNDE R DR. JAMES'S HAND , an d are sold by th em in Boxes at 24. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 245., at 45, St. P a ul' s Chur cli-yard • and their Agents, J. SANGER, I s o, Oxford-street, Lo ndon ' • and W. Psusit Dublin. The nam e "P. Newh erv, i s ' engraved in each UPTlrsilitat Stamp, MR. OWEN'S PUBLIC MEETING. (Concluded from our Paper of yesterday.) Shortly after twelve o'clock Mr. Owen took the Chair, and addressed the meeting from a written paper, containing a full exposé of his views and opi nions on the subject. The delivery of his address occupied nearly three hours. He concluded by proposing a series of resolutions, and a petition to both Houses of Parliament. We select the most important features from his address, and subjoin the petition and resolutions : He contended-1. That the present national dis tress was not owing to any of the causes to which it had been attributed by any of the Members of Parliament as explained by them in the present Ses sion.-2. That the remedies which they proposed were wholly inadequate to give the relief sought for and required.-3. That the distress had arisen from one cause alone, and from one which, if allowed to proceed unchecked, would inflict more evil than so ciety would bear.-4. That this cause was artificial, or one which might be effectually removed by the union of the Government and the people.-5. That by their union the pecuniary distress in Great Britain and Ireland might be terminated be fore the end of another year, and consider able relief might be given before the end of the present year. It was his intention to explain the outlines of the science of society, a science hitherto unknown to the public. He would also en deavour to demonstrate the cause of, and remedy for, the moral evils, which,equally with pecuniary distress, destroyed the happiness of all people. He proceeded to argue that the doctrine of Mr. Malthus, that over-population was one of the causes of national suffering and distress, was unfounded. The next cause, he said, to which the present distress was attributed was over-production ; yet a very little reflection would make it evident that there could be no over-production of real wealth as long as any part of the productive classes was in want of the necessaries and comforts of life, and were willing when required to create more by their labour, and the means existed by which more than they con sume might be created. He said it was absurd to suppose that there could be at the same time over production and over-population. That was one of the innumerable mistakes proceeding from the theo ries of the political economists, who were opposed to nature and to facts in almost all their notions re lative to the science of society. Another cause of the present distress was said to be over-taxation. He denied that taxation could be the cause of the general distress arising from the want of a just re muneration for labour, skill, and capital. The remedy proposed for this cause of distress was a reduction of the national expenditure —now, this reduction of expenditure would immediately take support from those whose incomes were derived from taxation, and thus great distress would be created among those who had not yet been trained to create wealth for themselves, while the reduction of taxation would only remit the greater part of the amount diminished to the wealthy, already abundantly pri vileged by the existing arrangements. Free trade was another cause to which the distress in the ma nufactures, commerce, and the retail trade, had been attributed. Upon this subject there had been much said by the friends and opponents of free trade to very little purpose. Both parties were wrong in part, and right in part; but their discussions were useless for any practical purpose, in the present per plexed state of the commerce of the civilized world. He denied that parliamentary reform, even if grant ed to the full extent sought for by Mr. Hunt and his party,—annual parliaments, universal suffrage, and election by ballot,—would cure the existing evils. Another large portion of the Members of both Houses of Parliament attributed the distress t. the sudden attempt to return to cash payments, and expected relief from a renewal of the paper cur rency. He (Mr. Owen) would allow that the pe riod of distress had certainly been hastened by the futile attempts which, in the altered condition of commercial affairs, had been made to return to a metallic currency. Through a knowledge of the science of society, the popular errors entertained on these subjects would be discovered, and the re medy ascertained. Labour, he maintained, was the true and natural standard of value, and the currency that would be alone necessary in a rightly consti tuted society, would be national bank notes of time, say of days and hours, instead of imaginary pounds, shillings, and pence, or dollars and cents. As soon us the science of society should be known, a stan dard of value and a circulating medium, possessing the requisites which 'had been stated, might be easily introduced to supersede the present standard and currency. The new circulating medium, he said, would be portable, and measures might be adopted to render forgery extremely difficult, and, at no distant period, to remove all motives to induce any one to make -the attempt. The cause of dis tress was the general disunion, of society, arising from ignorance; and the remedy would be, a gene ral union of society proCeeding from rtitelligence. He proceeded to argue, that all the pecuniary dis tress experienced in Great Britain and Ireland since 1810 had arisen from vast accumulation of new pro ductive power, chiefly mechanical and chemical, which had been added to the manual labour of the country, upon which our forefathers mainly depend ed for the wealth they consumed. The inhabitants of Jacquemel, in the island of St. Domingo, ap- ' peared to him, when he saw them 14 or 15 months ago, in a condition greatly to be envied by our labour ers and operatives. They appealed to live to enjoy their existence, while our working classes appeared to live to toil for others, who ill treated, despised, and grievously neglected them. The most miserable population he had yet seen in any part of the world was the working classes of Great Britain, while if the immense scientific powers at the control of the nation were rightly directed, the whole population might live in perpetual enjoyment. After as full a consideration of these subjects as any one perhaps had yet given them, he did not hesitate to say that a remedy might be applied that would be perma nently beneficial to all ranks and descriptions of per sons, without excepting the members of the Govern ment or the Sovereign of these kingdoms. It was now practicable to give another direction to the great and daily growing scientific powers of produc- 1 tion, which had been hitherto under the control of individuals, who had employed it solely for their own gain or aggrandizement. Society, lie said, con sisted of four parts,—production, distribution, the formation of character, and government. When these departments were analyzed, and the defects of their combination investigated, it would be seen that the united errors committed by the individual com petitive system in the forementioned departments had afflicted society with poverty, crime, disunion, and misery, or with a wretched tinsel splendour, in stead of creating universal wealth, union, virtue, permanent prosperity, and happiness. A knowledge of the science of society would 'enable the inhabi tants of this and other countries to remove speedily all the obstacles which now retarded the progress of general extensive improvement. He repeated that the rapid extension of mechanical inventions and chymical discoveries for the abridgment of labour, was, under the individual competitive system, the cause of the general distress which pervaded all classes, who were compelled to support them selves either by physical operations or mental ac quisitions. As a permanent and effectual remedy for these evils he proposed a change of system, from the individual competitive to the co-operative, com mencing the change with the unemployed among the industrious classes who were competent and willing to work, and arrangements should be immediately formed to prevent the necessity of one individual among the working classes being unoccupied for a single day in the year. The change which he con templated in society he would propose should be effected by different modes to meet the existing cir cumstances of the population of the country. H e here read a general outline of those arrangements which he said he had already presented to the pre. sent Administration of this country. The great question was, what was the origin of moral evil, and whether it was practicable to withdraw it from so ciety? His conscientious conviction was, that the cause of all moral evil was artificial, and that it might be withdrawn for ever from the world. The cause of moral evil was a fundamental mistake re specting human nature, and that mistake regarded the power of the human will. All the founders of all religions, and of all forms of governments, had pre-supposed that human nature was created with the power in each individual to determine his own convictions of truth and error; upon that false foundation alone had all human society been created. That was the sole base on which the society of this country rested at this moment, and so long as it re mained on this foundation, moral evil must continue. The truth was, that in every instance man believed and felt as he was compelled by his nature to think and feel, and that by his will lie could neither change his convictions nor his feelings; and also, that every man's will was formed for him, and that no man ever possessed the power to form his own will. He would therefore contend that there could be no more merit or demerit in our thoughts or our feelings than there could be in the colour of our hair, of our eyes, or of any part of our phy sical organization. But it would be inquired how was the morality of the population of this and other countries to be maintained if they destroyed the only foundation on which it now rests ? or how were they to preserve the union of society ? He replied, that their morality was vice, emanating from false hood—that their union was discord, created by error. They were told by those who had abundance of what was now called " the good things of this world," that there was distress among certain classes, that it returned periodically, acid perhaps with in creasing aggravation, but that it was natural, and if let alone, that the evil would cure itself. Now this might be very well for those who did not experience the distress, and who, by their position in society, were not likely soon to . feel it ; but it was not so with those who must pass through all manner of suffering before the cure could be effected. He concluded by reading the following resolutions:— " 1. That great and general distress prevails among the industrious classes. " 2. That the causes of the distress are twofold—phy sical and moral. " 3. That to relieve the industrious classes from the distress created by poverty, without recurring for relief to the wealth of the non-producing classes, new wealth must be created and more generally diffused among the producers of it. " 4. That existing arrangements render it impracticable for individuals to accomplish these desirable results. " 5. That wealth is created by labour and capital, and the most valuable wealth is produced when capital and la bour are united, and directed by sound principle applied by skill and experience. " 6. That Great Britain and Ireland superabound with capital and labour, now unoccupied or inefficiently em ployed. " 7. That it is for the interest of the Government and the people that there should he no unnoccupied capital or labour in the British dominions. " 8. That Robert Owen has long been engaged in con sidering the best means by which the apparent excess of capital and labour may be beneficially employed for the Government and for all classes of persons. 9. That he Bow offers to give the information be pos sesses to the Government or Legislature of these kingdoms. " 10. That this meeting will petition both Houses of Parliament to take the principles and plans advocated by Hobert Owen, the outlines of which have been explained PRIVATE PUPIL. A CLERGYMAN, for some years Tutor to a Nobleman, and subsequently re ceiving Six Pupils into his House, a moderate distance from London, would be glad to fill a VACANCY with a GENTLEMAN'S SON, whose Education may require more than common attention. Letters addressed to the Rev. 11. S., Messrs. Harding and Lepard's, Booksellers, No. 4, Pall-mall East, London, will be duly forwarded to him in the country. SECOND EDITION OF THE MANNERS OF THE DAY. In a few days, in Three Vols. post Bvo., WOMEN AS THEY ARE, OR THE MANNERS OF THE DAY. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling ton-street. This day were published, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with Illus trations, price 21s. T HE REV. G. W C O R RK O S LY'S POETICAL " Full of lofty imaginings and poetic thought, we will venture to say that there is hardly a theme which Mr. Croly has not awoke with a masterly hand, and hardly a sympathy which he has not beautifully touched in the great and multifarious range of subject embraced in these volumes. Thus enriched, we most cordially recommend them to that universal attention which they will repay tenfold by the pleasure they are so well calculated to yield."— Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling ton-street. SYSTEMATIC COLONIZATION. Nearly ready, price 2s. ASTATEMENT of the PRINCIPLES and OBJECTS of a Proposed NATIONAL SO CIETY, for the CURE and PREVENTION of PAU PERISM, by means of SYSTEMATIC COLONIZA TION. Published for the Provisional Committee by James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and of all Booksellers. This day was published, 12mo. price 2s. A X I M S, By R. DUPPA, L.L.B. TRAVELS in FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, SICILY, and the LIPARI ISLANDS. By the same Author, Second Edition, large Bvo. wi►h numerous Plates by Finden. LIFE of MICHAEL ANGELO, Bvo. Third Edition. Published by Longman and Co. Just published, Three Vols. poet Bvo. with a coloured Map, price 11. 11s. 6d. T RAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, In 1827 and 1828. By Captain BASIL HALL, R.N. A New Edition. Printed for Cadell and Co., Edinburgh; and Simpkin and Marshall, London. Who Lave also just published, price 10s. 6d FORTY ETCHINGS, from Sketches made in Ame rica with the Camera Lucida. By Captain HALL. THE FIRST NUMBER of the BIR MINGHAM and COVENTRY FREE PRESS and GENERAL ADVERTISER for the Midland Coun ties will be published on THURSDAY, the 15th of April. This Newspaper is ba ed on the Principles which led to the Establishment in London, Birmingham, Coventry, &c. of a Political Union between the middle and lower classes of the people. It will strenuously advocate Parliamentary Reform and Public Retrenchment. Orders and Advertisements will be received by the usual London News Agents, and at the Free Press Office, 21, Moor-street, Birmingham. at this meeting, into consideration. That they may be fairly and thoroughly examined, in order that the public may learn what is good and practicable in them, and what is erroneous and impracticable." After reading the resolutions, he also read the following petition : " That great distress prevails among the industrious classes throughout the British dominions. " That there is much capital and labour, the source of all wealth, unoccupied or inefficiently employed. " That Robert Owen proposes to develope the means by which this capital and labour may be applied to create more wealth beneficially for all ranks and descriptions. " That your petitioners pray your Lordships and Right Hon. House to take the principles and plans proposed by Mr. Owen into full and fair consideration, with a view to relieve our distresses, pecuniary and moral ; and your pe titioners will continue to pray." Mr. BURRIDGE was opposed to the adoption of Mr. Owen's system, for it had already been tried in England and in, America, and had failed. The Rev. ROBERT TAYLOR rose to propose a re solution, but the confusion was so great, some per sons being for and some against hearing him, that the Rev. Gentleman, after several ineffectual at tempts to procure a hearing, resumed his seat. The Rev. Mr. EVANS was anxious to propose an amendment upon the resolutions read from the Chair, and now before the meeting. It was asserted by the gentleman who filled the Chair, and who had proposed those resolutions to the meeting, that our morality that is Christian morality—was vice, founded upon falsehood. Now he (Mr. Evans) as a Christian Minister, protested against such doc trine; and he should therefore move, as an amend ment, that the Christian morality was not a vice, and was not founded on falsehood.—(Loud cries of " It is, it is," from several parts of the r00.n.) Mr. TAYLOR proceeded to address the meeting. With regard to some points he differed from Mr. Owen ; but he conceived that that gentleman de served immortal honour for having impressed the grand truth upon the public mind, that they were not masters of their own convictions, and that there fore they were neither blameable on account of their scepticism, nor meritorious by reason of their faith. —(Cheers.)—He (Mr. Taylor) should submit to the meeting a resolution to this effect—that the clergy of all denominations would confer a most grateful boon upon society and a lasting honour upon themselves, by allowing their various places of worship to be set open for diffusion of moral, poli tical, and scientific knowledge.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. HUNT next rose, and proceeded to recom mend a reform in Parliament as the most effectual remedy for the distresses of the people. He con chided by moving two resolutions expressive of his opinion, but not intended to interfere with those proposed by the Chairman. Mr. OWEN disclaimed having designed to cast a reflection on Christianity by the expression that the morality of the people was vice founded in falsehood. His own resolutions were then put severally, and carried, amid the greatest possible uproar and con fusion. Those of the Rev. Robert Taylor having been seconded by Mr. Richard. Carlile, were next about to be submitted to the meeting, when Mr. GOFF (timber merchant, of Shoreditch) came forward to propose an amendment. He com menced his address by assuming that he was " sur rounded by fellow-Christians," but was immediately interrupted by load cries of " No, no," and com pelled to sit down, as the voices of the whole as sembly became merged in one tumultuous roar, which effectually drowned his words if it did not distract his sense of hearing. After which, Mr. Taylor's resolutions were put by the Chairman, who, on taking the sense of the meeting by a show of hands, decided that they were negatived by a majority. Mr. HUNT'S resolutions were likewise put from the chair and carried. Mr. OwEN then proposed that the petitions adopted should be presented to the House of Com mons by Mr. Brougham, and to the House of Lords by the Marquis ofllownshire.— Carried unanimously. THE JEWS. Mr. Goldsmid estimates the number of the Jews in London to be about 18,000, and in the rest of England about 9,000; and they have several synagogues in the metropolis and other parts of the kingdom. The two principal sects are German and Portuguese. As the terms of the edict under which Napoleon Buonaparte elevated the Jews to the ranks of citi zens in France may probably be referred to in the coming discussions we insert them for the informa tion of our readers. This edict interdicted Jews from lending money to minors without the consent of their guardians, to wives witF.out the consent of their husbands, and to soldiers without the consent of their officers. It annulled all bills for which " value received" could not be proved. All Jews engaged in commerce were obliged to take ou t a patent; all strangers to invest some property in land and agriculture. It may also be well to give the twelve questions proposed by the Emperor to the Sanhedrin, in the year 1806, together with the an swers returned, because they will tend to show what are the opinions of the betier classes of the Jews on the continent, although we ei.tirely agree with Mil man in the belief that they do riot express the au thoritative sentence of the nation, nor, indeed, we would add, of the multitude here. The questions were—l. Is polygamy allowed among the Jews ? 11. Is divorce recognised by the Jewish law ? 111. Can Jews intermarry with Christians ? IV. Will the French people be esteemed by the Jews as strangers or as brethren ? V. In what relation, ac cording to the Jewish law, would the Jews stand towards the French ? VI. Do Jews born in France consider it their native country ? Are they bound to obey the laws and customs of the land ? VII. Who elect the rabbins ? VIII. What are the legal powers of the rabbit's ? IX. Is the election and authority of the rabbit's grounded on law or cus tom? X. Is there any kind of business in which the .Jews may not be engaged ? XI. Is usury to their brethren forbidden by law ? XII. Is it permitted or forbidden to practice usury with strangers ? The answers were :—I. Polygamy is forbidden according to a Decree of the Synod of Worms in 1030. 11. Divorce is allowed, but in this respect Jews recognise the authority of the civil law of the land in which they live. 111. Intermarriages with Christians are not forbidden, though difficulties arise from the different forms of marriage. IV. The Jews of France recognise in the fullest sense the French people as their brethren. V. The relation of the Jew to the Frenchman is the same as Jew to Jew: the only distinction is in their religion. VI. The Jews acknowledged France as their country when oppressed—how much more must they when admitted to civil rights? VII. The election of the rabbins is neither defined nor uniform. It usually rests with the heads of each family in the'commu nity. VIII. The rabbins have no judicial power : the sanhedrin is the only legal tribunal. The Jews of France and Italy, being subject to the equal laws of the land, whatever power they might otherwise exercise is annulled. IX. The election and power of the rabbins rests solely on usage. X. All busi ness is permitted to the Jews. The Talmud en joins that every Jew be taught some trade. Xl. and XII. The Mosaic institution forbids unlawful interest, but this was the law of an agricultural people. The Talmud allows interest to be taken from brethren and stranger. It forbids usury,—llforning Paper. STATE PAPER. The following is an Abstract of an Order of the King in. Council for Consolidating the seve ral Laws recently made for Improving the Con dition of the Slaves in his Majesty's Colonies of Trinidad, Berbice, Demerara, St. Lucia, the Cape of Good Hope, and Mauritius—dated February 2, 1830, and presented yesterday to both Houses of Parliament : Article I. Recites and repeals all the laws for improving the condition of Slaves made in the Crown Colonies since the Trinidad Order in Council of the 10th of March, 1824, including that order, and provides that the repeal shall not bar prosecutions for past offences, nor des troy any vested rights. 11. Orders the appointment of a Protector o Slaves in each of the Crown Colonies, saving existing offices. 111. Relates to the salary of Protectors of Slaves, and .the oaths to be taken by them. IV. The Protectors to keep offices, the hours of their attendance, and the custody of their records. V. The Protectors not to be owners or ma nagers of Slaves on pain of a forfeiture of office. Until that forfeiture is publicly declared, all intermediate acts are to be valid. The Pro tector may hire Slaves for his domestic service if unable to hire free servants. VI. The Protectors to be constantly resident except by the licence of the Secretary of State. In case of sickness the Governor may grant a leave of absence for a limited time. VII. On the death of Protectors or other avoidance of office, temporary assistants to be appointed with salaries, and to be qualified (i. possible) in the same manner as the principals VIII. Assistant Protectors to be appointed to execute all lawful instructions of the Pro tector. IX. In cases of complaints by or against Slaves, the Protector or Assistant Protector cannot act as a Magistrate. X. The Protector or Assistant Protector is to have notice of all prosecutions against Slaves in capital or transportable cases, and of suits affecting their freedon and property, and of pro secutions for offences against their persons, and is to attend on behalf of the Slave. XI. The Protector or Assistant Protector, on receiving notice of an injury done to a Slave, is to inquire into the case, and, if necessary, is to sue or prosecute the wrong doer. XII. Sunday markets absolutely prohibited. XIII. Proceedings to be had for the disper sion of markets holden on the Sunday. XIV. The prohibition of the public sale of goods on Sunday in shops or elsewhere. XV. The sale of certain perishable articles, permitted, except during Divine Service. XVI. The Governor is to appoint one market day in each week. - XVII. Prohibition of labour on Sunday. XVIII. Penalty on persons working their Slaves on Sunday, not less than 30s. nor more than 3/. XIX. Excepts the labour of domestic ser vants. XX. Slaves may be employed on Sunday in works of necessity. The Governor by procla mation to define what works are necessary. No tice to be given to the Protector of every such employment of Slaves. XXI. The whip may not be carried in the field, as a stimulus to labour, nor as an emblem of authority, nor used except for the punishment of a fault previously committed. XXII. Females may not be punished by whipping. Males may not receive more than twenty-five stripes for one offence, nor more than twenty-five lashes in one day, nor any whipping, so long as any unhealed scars remain on the body, nor unless one free witness or six slaves be pre sent. XXIII. Excepts judicial punishment. XXIV. Punishments of Female Slave Chil dren excepted, if not more severe than punish ments legally inflicted in schools on children of free condition. XXV. The Governors authorised to prescribe the modes of punishment which in the case of Female Slaves are to be substituted for the pu nishment by the whip. XXVI. The Protector in each Colony is to deliver to every Manager of Slaves, annually, a book for keeping a record of all punishments inflicted on Plantation Slaves. XXVII. The Manager is to insert in the books an account of every punishment, the age and sex of the Slave, the offence, the time, and place, where committed, the extent of punish ment, by whom authorized and inflicted, and the witnesses present. XXVIII. Penalties on omitting to make entries, and on false or fraudulent entries, erasures, &c. XXIX. Half-yearly returns to be made of the entries in these books, on the oath of the Manager. XXX. In cases where the Manager cannot write, he may employ another person to write the record, and is to be sworn in a different form. XXXI. In cases where no punishments have been inflicted during the half-year, a special re turn on oath to be made of that fact. XXXII. The Protector is to supply all Ma nagers with blank forms of returns, and to pub lish the time and place when he will attend to receive them. In case of sickness, the Manager to be attended at his own home. XXXIII. Penalties on persons omitting to make their returns. XXXIV The Assistaot Protectors are to transmit their returns to the Protector, with a list of defaulters, and the Assistant Protec tors to make their own returns to the Protector XXXV. The Protector may send back for correcting returns improperly or irregularly made. XXXVII. Slaves are declared competent to all X th X e X re V tu l. rns T w he Protector hichhemay i r s to eceiv e e n . rol in books marry. cciio r is to grant he XXXVIII. A Slave desiring to marry mu s t apply for a li c ence to the Piote c t or , an d pro duce the owner's consent. If t h e owner re fuses, b e is to belicence, esummonede: injurious atime the Slave, Scotch, i y English,Protec torso ; and if the Protector is n o t sat i s fi e d that the emarriage would b a n XLII. Slaves may acquire property of any amount, and !ming and defend actions for it. XLIII. Slaves may not be proprietors of boats, ammunution, &c. XLIV. Slaves may not be the proprietors of Slaves. XLV. Slaves may not be taken in execution in satisfaction of debts contracted by themselves. XLVI. Slaves not to be separated under legal process if bearing to each other any of the re lations hereinmentioned. XLVII. Separation of families are not to ,ake place on the death of their owners intestate. XLVIII. Husbands and wives, parents and children, may not be separated from each other by conveyance, contract, or will. XLIX. In cases where it is unknovin or doubtful whether a Slave has any such relations, the Protector is to enquire into and certify the fact. L. If Slaves standing in the prescribed rela tions to each other shall signify to the Protector their willingness to be separated, and if the Pro tector should consider the separation neither in jurious to the Slaves, nor improper in itself, he may authorise the separation, except in the case of husbands and wives. LI. Slave children above the age of 16 may be separated from their parents. LII. All fees of office and duties on manu missions abolished. LIII. All persons may manumit Slaves be onging to them with the concurrence of all the ioint owners. LIV. If the Slave is manumitted gratuitously, bond must be given for his maintenance if he be less than six or more than fifty years old, or in a state of disease. LV. The bond not necessary in case of testa mentary manumissions, but the estate of the tes tator to remain liable as though such bond had been given. LVI. With the concurrence of the Protector, Slaves may contract with their owners for their purchase of their freedom. LVII. Slaves may effect the purchase of their freedom by a compulsory process. If the owner be unwilling or unable to effect the manumission or labour, under any incapacity, or if an exces sive price be demanded, the Chief Judge is to cite all persons having an interest in the Slave to attend him. LVIII. On proof made to the Judge of such incapacity, &c. he is to require the Protector and owner each to name an appraiser, and is himself to name an umpire. The Judge, when necessary, is to nominate the appraiser also. LIX. The appraisers to make a valuation in seven days, failing which the umpire is to make the valuation. LX. On proof to the Judge of fraud or in justice in making the valuation, he may set it aside and so on till an unobjectionable valuation is made. XI. If the amount is not pid in ree mo L nths, the proceedings cancelled la , and no three new valuation can be made for twelve months. LXII. In making the valuation, the appraisers are to take into account all the qualities of the Slave and other facts which they may think material. LXIII. If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Judge that the money to be paid by the Slave has been acquired by a donation inter vivos, made with the intent of enabling the Slave to purchase his freedom, the proceedings are to be stayed. LXIV. If it be proved that within five years the Slave has committed any robber), the pro ceedings are to be stayed till the end of that term. LXV. The Protector may pay to the Co lonial Treasurer the price of the Slave in three months from the valuation, and enrol the receipt in the Supreme Court, after which the Slaves to be free. LXVI. The Governor is to establish a table of fees to be taken on this process. LXXII. The expence of the proceedings is to be borne by the owners. LXVIII. The purchase money is to be in vested when necessary. LXIX. The Judge is to make all necessary rules for the conduct of the proceedings on com pulsory manumissions. LXX. The evidence of Slaves to be admitted. LXXI. Forfeiture of Slaves on conviction of the owner for cruelty. LXXII. The punishment of Slaves making calumnious accusations. LXXIII. Penalties for falsifying records. LXXIV. Misdemeanors to be punished by fine, of from 101. to 5001. LXXV. Punishment of perjury. LXXVI. The Protector authorised to sue for penalties. LXXVII. Relates to the recovery and ap plication of fines. LXXVIII. All fines to be recovered in British sterling money, and between the limits fixed in the Order, the Court in its discretion to determine the amount of the fine. LXXIX. The Governor's Proclamation to be transmitted for confirmation. LXXX. The Protectors are to make half yearly reports, as the condition of receiving their salaries. LXXXI. Relates to the explanation of parti cular terms. LXXXII. Commands the publication of this Order in the different Colonies On Friday last, a girl named TEMPERANCE WILLIAMS, aged thirteen, was sentenced to three months imprisonment, for " having occasioned divers unusual noises, animation of inanimate things, burning of linen, woollen, &e. in the house of Mr. llosEttea, at Sulgrave, Penzance, Cornwall." The ease excited great interest, many of the witnesses believing that the noises, &e. in question arose from supernatual causes.—Falmouth Packet. REVOLTING DEPRAVlTY.—Yesterday a child only about fourteen years old, and small for her age, appeared before the Magistrates at College-street Police office, to charge an unfortunate associate in crime with having taken 2s. from her on the previous night. When questioned as to her connection with the prisoner, she detailed the following circumstances : —Her father had been :t painter, a n d was d ea d two years ; h er mother and a younger sister were living, and were supported by her prostitution! She had been employed selling fruit in the Four Courts, and was seduced some time ago by a young lawyer, and since that had pursued the unhappy course thus opened for her. She denied that her mother or any female acquaintance had instigated her to these habits, but that she pursued them of her own accord, and divided the profits of her melancholy pursuit with her parent and her associates ! We forbear to give the name of her seducer, who is a young gentleman-of respectable family and character, but we deplore that any man of his rank and society should be so connected with such depravity.—Dublin Morning I?eyistef of Sat ii