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''y l! 11 ' . i•Oi‘l • ' CI fis, '''iit ~~ /~ G '~ ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA, JUNE 15th, 1 8 3 2 . THE LORDS and other COMMIS SIONERS for Managing the Affairs of this Hospital do hereby give notice, that they are ready to treat with such persons as may he willing to contract for supplyi ng the Hospital with Coals for the current year, consisting in the whole or part of the following descrip tion, viz. Riddell's Wall's End, S•ewart's Wall's End Russell's Wall's End. The quantity required is about Six Hundred Tons, more or less. The persons who may be desirous of supplying the Hospital with the said Coals will receive further particulars upon applying to the Steward, or at the Office of the Se cretary, where forms of Tenders may be obtained, which must be filled up and delivered sealed at the Board Room of the said Hospital by the party or parties tendering., or by an agent appointed on his, her, or their behalf on Tues day the 26th inst. at one o'clock ; at which time their Lordships will he prepared to receive and take the same into their consideration. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1832. (No. 12,407.) (PRICE 7D.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE. S ;CON k- EDITION: Bill would have been satisfied if admitted to he Justices of the Peace. THEIR MAJESTIES, 2fIANSIO.V-HOUSE. Mr. J. GRATTAN said that the calculations alluded ' to by the Hon. Member (Praed) were those of Lord Cas tlereagh. Mr. O'CONNELL was ready to meet the calculation, if it was not deemed out of order on the presentation of the petitions. He thought, however, it was prematurely introduced on the present occasion. As to the question proposed to him, although he saw a sufficient dis position to be content with little, yet he had not stated that the English Catholics would have been content with being Justices of the Peace, all he said was, that they would have been glad to be 50..... They nerer would, however, to this moment have been Justices of the Peace but for the forty-shilling freeholders. Mr. PETER said they were Justices of the Peace, under ther Indemnity Act, before the passing of the Bill. _ _ _ _ Mr. Offer, a Magistrate of the Tower Hamlets, was summoned under the following circumstances : Dr. Drax Free said, that in 1831, Mr. Offer told him he was going to publish a work showing the progress of improvements in the Bible. He offered to lend Mr. Offer Tindall's Bible, dated 1600, a very rare edition, and containing a great curiosity, namely, " Preliminary Observations by Junius on the Revelations." When Mr. Offer returned the Bible, he found these Observations had been ex tracted. A similar edition had fetched one hundred guineas, but his was now rendered comparatively worthless. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. It is further to be observed, that the Contractor will be required to find security for the due performance of the said contract, and that no tender will be received after the hour above mentioned. PERIL LPARLIAMENT THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Duke of GORDON presented a petition agains the new plan of education in Ireland from Edinburgh. PRESCRIPTION BILL-PRESCRIPTION TITHES BILL On the motion of Lord TENTERDEN, these Bills went through their respective Committees. Mr. Offer, with great indignation, denied the charge, which was made, he said, for a very un worthy purpose. The Bible had never contained any observations of Junius, though it contained some curious notes and a duplicate copy of the Revelations. After some angry conversation, the Lord Mayor dismissed the summons, saying he had no jurisdic• tion in the case. NORFOLK ASSIZES BILL. Lord SUFFIELD moved the third reading of this Bill. After a few words from the Duke of GRAFTON, the motion was agreed to.—Bill passed. KING'S COUNTY ASSIZES EILL. JOHN JOHNSON begs most respectfully to offer his grateful acknowledgments to his Com mercial Friends and the Public, for the kind and liberal support he has experienced during the period he has oc cupied the Star Inn ; and to inform them that he has RE MOVED to a commodious and much more eligibly situated House, called the GLOBE COMMERCIAL INN, a short distance below the White Swan, and directly in the line of the streets by which all the Coaches daily pass. He has newly fitted it up, expressly fur the purpose, and with a strict view to the convenience and comfort of his Guests ; and he assures them that no pains or attention shall he spare° to give every satisfaction to those who may favour him with their encouragement and support. Excellent Bed-rooms and a Water-closet. A range of new Two-stalled Stables and loose Boxes. Alnwick, June 8, 1832. P ORTSMOUTH.—STAGE COACH BUSINESS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By MR. CROOK, At the Fountain Inn, High-street, on WEDNESDAY next, June 20, at Six o'clock in the Evening ., in Two Leta, THE ENTIRE INTEREST in an old established and truly valuable Concern, the PORTSMOUTH, PORTSEA, GOSPORT, AND WINCHESTER COACH, Now running in full trade between the different populous towns; comprising a very superior nearly new, light PAIR-HORSE COACH (with a set of spare wheels), built by Beaumont, of Sutton, nine months since, re gaidless of expense, and expressly for that line of Road, with suitable HARNESS, together with FOUR PAIR of well-matched Greys, Ilrowns, Bays, and Blacks, YOUNG FRESH HORSES, all in fine working order. Also, at the same time, THIRTY.ONE MILES SINGLE, of a very Old Established, Lucrative, LONDON COACH CONCERN, Consisting of FIFTEEN HORSES, HARNESS, and EQUIPMENT. The Horses are young, sound, fresh, and in the highest possible condition; in short they are far superior to the generality of horses advertised for sale, and as a lot (say three teams), cannot be surpassed for speed out of th e metropo li s. For further C roo l c 19 r furth er part i culars apply ( i f b y l etter, post - pa id), to M 5 High -street, -street, Gosport. This day was published, THE FAIR OF MAY FAIR. In 3 vols. poet Bro. sent da charaThe productio n of one of those few writers of the pre_in y ct n o whose pages the courtly and the highbred look quite r"—Morning Post. street. Henry C o lb urn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington- COMPANION TO ALL PEERAGES. This day was published, elegantly printed in double co lumns, 2Ps. bound, BURKE'S EXTINCT, DORMA NT, and SUSPENDED PEERAGES; A necessary Companion to all other Peerages. Published by Colburn and Bentley, New Burlington street. COMPLETE ENCYCLORADIA OF COOKERY. This day was published, New Edition, with great addi. tions, and fashionable plans for laying oat the table, E COOK'S DICTIONARY. By RICHARD DOLBY, Of the Th atc h ed House Tavern, St. James's-street. " The Dictionary plan is novel, you pounce at once, ladies, on the article you want, and settle at half a glance how to have It co oked."—Lady's Magazine. " It combines all the most recent inventions'and improvements in the art and embodies upwards of 5,000 receipts ."— Gl o b e . " We like the book ; it is invaluable to all housekeepers."— Atlas. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. NEW AND ELEGANT EDITION. This day were published, in 2 vols. small Bvo. with Por trait by Burnet, and Eight Engravings, price only 15s. CAMPBELL'S POETICAL WORKS. Comprising a great number of Poems now pub lished for the first time. Ne ",,,Can?Pbell's Poems must be received with universal favour. tats r poet produce a work more deserving of female accep on. '--Literary Gazette. THE UNDYING ONE, And other Poems. By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON. " Second Edi t i on, in I vol. Bvo. of tho ught A poem of extr aor di nary power, combining vast profundity meat , a rich p ro f usion of imagery, a lofty di gn ity o f senti , a nervous energy of desc ription, to be found only in the highest productions of modern genius."—Athenmum. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. IMPORTANT HISTORICAL WORKS, LATELY PUBLISHED By Mem,. COLBURN and BENTLEY New But lington.st ree t. , I. - - - -- Ai EMOIRS and REMAINS o f LADY ITA- JANE GREY, by Sir HARRIS NICHOLAS, 1 vol. Bvo. CO MMENTARIES on 11. the LIFE and REIGN of CHARLES 1., by I. DISRAELI i the 3d, 4th, and sth Volumei, completing the work. MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE of SAMUEL PEPYS, Esq. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reign of Charles 11., and the intimate friend of Evelyn. New Edition, 5 vols. Bvo. 21. 5,. iv. MEMOIRS of the LIFE and TIMES of the Great LORD BURGHLEY, with Extracts from his Private Correspondence and Journals: by the Rev. Dr. Nares th e Second and Third Volume, completing the work. The PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE and DIARY of the celebrated Dr. DODDRIDGE, now first published from the original manuscripts, by his great Grandson : t he 3d, 4th, and sth volumes, which conclude the work. VI. MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE of DAVID GARRICK, now first published from the original menu vols.Pip by p ermissi on of his Executors, complete in 2 ---..... menu " Pip a fine P or t ra i t . .......__ ONN'S CATALOGUE OF PL Jest published in Bvo., price 12e. boards, ORTUS CANTABRIGIENSI S . or au Ac cen t e d Catalogue of Indigenous and Exot ic Plants, cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden. By the late JAMES DONN. The Twelfth Edition, with numerous Additions and Corrections,' by GEORGE SINCLAIR, EL S. and H.S., and now first illustrated with cuts of the Botanical characters of each class and order. London : Printed for C. J. G. and F. Rivington ; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green ; T. Cada ; J. Richardson ; Baldwin and Cradock ;J. Booker ; Hurst, Chance, and Co. ; Hamilton, Adams, and Co. ; Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot ; J. Duncan ; and Simp kin and Marshall. *** The additions to the present edition, which will be found very considerable, consist chiefly of such plants as are moat distinguished, or promise to be distinguished, for ornament in the garden, or for utility in agriculture, and other of the arts. There is also a Suplement, exhi biting, for the convenience of reference to p the body of the work, the names, in alph a b e ti ca l or d er, of the more orna menta reenl, hardy, c reep i ng, or climbing plants, and those fin the g-house, mentioning the colours of the flowers, and the different periods of flowering. It contai ns a l so select lists of frui ts, and the names of seeds of the more valuable husbandry plants. Extract of a letter from Frankfort Si: WAL TER SCOTT arrived at Frankfort on the sth June, left next day to return via Rotterd am to England. Sir VALTEE SCOTT called onR Air. J (JOEL, the bookseller, Who did not know him, and, after having shown him va ,lying prints, produced some views of Scotland, and showed ' 4 4 the houte of Sir W. Scorr." GUILDHALL. Mrs. Roberts, a widow lady, of Surrey-street, Strand, was charged with illegally detaining a 1001. bill. She received the bill, which was due on the 15th instant, from a gentleman in April, and gave it to a person named Gunson for discount, she with holding her indorsement till she got the money. The person who had received a notice to discount did so, but retained the money, and Alderman Brown said that no criminal charge could be made against him, as the notice only stated that he was to get the bill discounted. Before the bill became due the acceptor became a bankrupt, and on its being pre sented for payment by Mr. Scholefield, a ware houseman, at the bankrupt's house, a person there handed it to Mrs. Roberts, who retained it. For this she was given into custody for a felony. Mr. Scholefield said he received the bill in payment for some wine, from Mr. Sutcliffe, a warehousetnan of Clement's-court, Milton•strect. The wine, how ever, was not to be delivered till the bill was paid. Mr. Sutcliffe said the bill came into his hands in the course of business. He gave 50/. worth of silk and 49/. for the bill, to a person named Needle, who applied to have it discounted for Gunson, whom he did not know. Mrs. Roberts said the bill had been stolen from from her, and she thought she had a right to it when she saw it. Mr. Alderman HUGHES said that as Mr. Schole field had not delivered the vine, he would be no loser by the detention of the bill. Mr. Scholefield said such was the case, and he should not press the charge. Mr. Alderman HUGHES asked Mr. Sutcliffe if he would ?—On his repiying in the negative, Mrs. Roberts was liberated. The question of law, as to which party has a right :o the bill, must now be settled by another tribunal, BO 11 7 - STREET. Mr... Tames Mathews, formerly a military officer, and subsequently a clerk in the Bank of England, was charged by several tavern and hotel-keepers, with obtaining from them certain good dinners, suppers, wine, &c., for himself, his lady, and two daughters, under false representations. The pro prietors of Serle's Coffee-house, in Carey -street, and of the Hole-in-the-Wall, in Chancery-lane, &c., at tended. The proprietor of Serle's Coffee-house said, that the prisoner came on Saturday week to his house, and took up his residence, with his wife and two daughters. He gave a reference, and said that they should remain in the house only a night or two, and he had no occasion to send for his luggage. On Sunday the dinner came to between one and two pounds, and on Monday, when urged to pay his bill, he said he was going into the City to receive money, and would pay it on his return. The bill amounted to nearly six pounds on the Tuesday, and then he made some further excuse for not paying, but he was finally ejected, with his family. Within an hour, however, he established himself with his family at the Hole-in-the-Wall, Chancery-lane, and played the same game as before, and was given into custody. The prisoner, a man of gentlemanly appearance, who wore French kid gloves, and his wife and daughters, who were attired in black silk, and had a very imposing appearance, were all a good deal agitated. He told a tale in which he portrayed most " moving accidents by flood and field." He bad fought for his country, and was at the storming of Cadiz. He lost his situation in the Bank of England in consequence of an execution being ille gally issued against his property and person. He was very much embarrassed, but he intended to pay the debts which he had contracted when he received money. Mr. Missnum, said it was hard upon innkeepers to be" diddled" out of their property by such dis honest means; they had given credit without taking the necessary means of inquiring into the character and circumstances of the accused, and must take the consequence. If they thought proper they might indict the accused at the Sessions. The accused was set at liberty. John Donovan was charged by George Colly with exposing unstamped penny publications for sale in the Strand. Colly proved that the defendant had the publications iu his hand, he had no doubt, for sale, though he did not see him offer them for sale. He admitted that since August he had convicted, by his evidence, about seventy persons of the like of fence, and had received one pound from the Stamp Office for each conviction. He had been in the po lice, but was not discharged for misconduct—ha re signed. The defendant called a witness, who swore that the papers were not exposed for sale ; the de fendant carried them under his arm wrapped in paper. Mr. MINSHULL said he disliked informers receiv ing penalties, but thought there could be no doubt the defendant intended to sell the papers. He would sentence him to one month's imprisonment instead of three, which the law allowed. The cholera has made its appearance amongst the 99th Reserve, which relieved the 12th Regiment in this town yesterday se'nnight. Sergeant CUNNINGHAM was seized with cholera on Sunday morning, and notwith standing immediate medical attendance, expired before four in the evening.—Drogheda Journal. SAXE-MEININGEN.-The town of Saxe- Meiningen is situated on the right bank of the Warre, beautifully ernboeomed in hills ; it is rather handsomely built, and is poetically called the City of the Harp. The population of the whole state is about 20,000 souls, its revenue 30,0001. and as a Member of the German Confe deration, it has 1-sth of a vote. 1 gathered this impor tant statistical knowledge from the Court Al manac k . What a ridiculous " spectacle pohtique" do these little petty German states present, with their standing armies and all the attirail of a Court. Here is the Duchy o f Saxe-Meiningen--its whole population is inferior to a inode rately siz e d E ng li s h town, and its entire revenue consider- ably less than the pin-money of our QUEEN . Such is the fact ; a n E ng li s h t o wn, considered unworthy o f being represented in Parliament, has double the population, and centuplo the wealth and intelligence of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, that has given to us a QexeN who ha. shown so much elevated contempt for our Manchesters and Birminghams. An English hunter would gallop round its territory in an hour ; an English nobleman must be a skilful financier to subsist on its paltry revenue without running into debt.—Monthly Magazine. [lt should be added that the Duke of Saxs-MEININGEN is the owner of the p r i nc i pa l i nns i n t h e town , the nominal keepers of which render him an account of the profits. Hence the Duke has obtained the title of "Le Grand Auberspiste."] The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition from fifty-four Magistrates of King's County, in favour of the above Bill; also a similar petition from Parsons Town.._. Laid sin the table. On the motion of the NOBLE EARL the Bill went through a Committee, and was reported without amend. meat. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Ten private Bills were brought up from the Commons. TITHES. Lord KING presented a petition from several agricul. tural parishes in Cornwall. The petitioners prayed for a better and less pernicious distribution of that part of the public revenue, as he was glad to see they called it, known by the name of Church property. He was happy to see arising amidst the people a better notion than they used to have of the nature of what was called Church property. They now began to understand that the clergy were nut the church, that it was the congregation made the church, and that the clergy were only its ministers. They saw, therefore, that the tithes were not clerical but public property. He was tempted to ask what hail become of the Tithe Composition Bill, which had after much delay pissed that House ? Had its authors found out: that it was perfectly futile, and that now it would not even serve the purpose of making the people believe they meant to do son ething ? The Reform Bill was now passed, and be hoped to see im provement in the Church as well as in everything else. He contended that the revenues of the Church were as much public property as the revenues from which the Mi nisters of State were paid, and was as much under the control of Parliament. He had, on several occasions, shown how grossly it was mismanaged, and what in justice was done to the clergy, who really did all the work. He had before mentioned a case at Exeter, and a case in Oxfordshire, of a very gross description ; but he had now one to mention as occurring in the West of England. There was a living there, near Yeovil, the great tithes of which belonged to a Prebendary of Lincoln. They yielded him 6001. or 9001., and he paid the perpetual curate 301. Lord KING presented a petition from the Roman Ca tholics of a town in the county of Wexford to the same effect. The whole House resolved itself into a Committee upon the Act for Building New Churches. The Bishop of LONDON proposed a verbal amend ment in the Committee, which was agreed to, and the Report ordered to be brought up to-morrow. The Bishop of BRISTOL presented a petition from the inhabitants of Sunderland in favour of the Sunderland Wet Dock Bill. On the motion that the Scotch Exchequer Bill be read a third time, _ Toe Duke of BUCCLEUCH said that he remained of opinion that the abolishing of this Court would nut be for the benefit of the public. He had no objection to the calling in of the Sessions Judges occasionally ; but to put the business of this Court entirely in their hands would be a very different thing and injurious to the pub lic. He proposed that the Court should not be abolished, but that upon the death of the present Chief Baron a successor to him should not be appointed, and that his duties should devolve on the remaining Barons. In this way, a saving of 6,0001. a year would be effected. The Noble Duke, with these observations, submitted certain amendments; all of which, after a few words from the other sid e of the House, by Lurd Rosebery, and likewise a few sentences from the Lord Chancellor, were negatived without a division. The Bill was then read a third time and pased.—Ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. R. GORDON took the oaths and his seat for Cricklade, as did Mr. Labouchere for Taunton, both of those Hon. Members having vacated their seats in conse quence of their having been appointed, the former to the India Board and the latter to the Admiralty Board. On the motion of Mr. E. ELLICE a new writ was or dered for high Wycombe, in the room of Sir Thomas Baring, who bas accepted the Chilt ern Hundreds. Mr: LITTLETON presented a petition from the free holders, &c. of the Staffordshire Potteries, in favour of the Birmingham and London Railway Bill. Sir G.• SKIPWITH moved that the amendments to the Birmingham and London Railway Bill be read a se cond time. Lord CLIVE referred to a petition which he had on a former night presented from the Countess of Bridgewater and Lords Brownlow and Northampton, praying to be heard before a Committee of Appeal against the Bill; and he moved as an amendment that a Committee of Appeal be appointed to examine the allegations of that petition. Sir G. SKIPWITH, in reply, opposed the amendment, and contended that the Committee had acted with perfect fairness, and had attentivly heard every complainant who had come before them. If the Noble Lord persisted in his motion, be must take the sense of the House upon it. The Marquis of CHANDOS thought this question could not be prevented from going to a Committee of Ap peal, as in his opinion the plan was not a bona fide one. Mr. LAWLEY thought there was not the least ground for the motion of the Noble Lord. In his opinion, far better grounds than those now before the House ought to be brought forward previous to the House taking so strong a step as that proposed by the Noble Lord. The present Committee bad sat for 21 days, and had given the subject their best attention. Mr. W. WYNN would be extremely sorry to throw any obstacles in the way of the passing of this Bill, con sidering it a measure of the highest importance and of the greatest benefit to the country ; but he thought the Stand ing Orders of the House should be attended to. He did not, however, see any benefit that would result from an Appeal Committee. Sir JOAN WROTTESLEY said that there was no un fairness whatever charged against the Committee to whom this Bill had been referred ; and he thought, therefore, the Noble Lord was askinga great deal too touch when he required the appointment of an Appeal Committee. Mr. C. PELHAM supported the motion. Mr. LITTLETON said he was the author of the resolutions which first established Committees of Appeal; but such Committees had never been established for the purpose of revising such insignificant alterations as were contemplated by the amendments to this Bill. The pro per course to be pursued, as he conceived, was, to make amendments on the third reading, if the Noble Lord thought proper. Lord GENE, in consequence of the opposition, with drew his amendulents. Lord CLIVE then proposed a clause for the purpose of confining the company to the level they originally proposed. The Marquess of CHANDOS seconded the motion, Which was supported by Mr. C. W. WYNN, and op posed by Sir J. WROTTESLEY and Mr. LITTLETON. The gallery was then cleared for a division, but none took place, the clause, as we understood, being withdrawn. Mr. O'CONNELL presented petitions from the city 01 Waterford, and from one of the national political unions, representing that the franchise under the Ministerial . Bill for I re l an d would be lower than at present, and claiming a larger share in the representation. Mr. PRAED took that opportunity of observing upon the claim of the Hon. Member for Waterford, for 176 Memb ers f or I re l an d , on the combined basis of population and revenue, was monstrously exaggerated, and founded on a calculation more absurd than any which had ever been submitted to the House. Mr. PETRE begged leave to ask whether the Hon. .Member for Waterford had stated on a previous occasion that the English Catholics before the passing of the Relief Sir R. PEEL understood the Honourable Member for Waterford to have stated that the English Catholics would have been content with being made justices of the peace. He (Sir R. Peel) might not be so eloquent as the Hon. and 'Learned Member in his taunts, but he hoped they would not prevent the English Members from doing their duty. The Hon. and Learned Member spoke of the ragged, shirtless beings; was that the way he spoke of the 40s. free holders of Ireland ? He hoped that every one of the forty-shilling freeholders entertained more enlarged no tions of civil and religious liberty than the Honourable and Learned Member. Mr. O'CoN)TELL and Sir R. PEEL rnutirdly explained. After some observations from Mr. PAAND and Mr. 11(TTHVEN, tbe petition was brought up, and ordertd to be printed. - Mr. O'CONNELL then presented a petition from the Sheffield Political Union, praying that as comprehensive a measure of Reform might be granted to Ireland as had been given to England. The Hon. Member should consider him self tarnished in accepting the highest office under theßritish Crown, if it was to be accepted on condition of relin quishing the advocacy of civil and religious liberty. (LEFT SITTING.) MANCHESTER, JUNE 17. DREADFUL AFFRAY WITH THE ORANGEMEN.- SEVERAL PERSONS WOUNDED. This town was thrown into the greatest state of alarm, in consequence of an affray between two parties of Irish, which is likely to lead to the loss of more lives than one. It appears, that an Orange procession was ridiculed, while accompanying a funeral,when high words ensued ; one party of Irish was determined not to permit them to proceed, while the Orangemen were equally resolute, and being provided with arms, tired upon several people, five of whom are seriously injured. A ma❑ and girl I have seen going to the Hospital as well as some military officers who are on the spot—and report says, many others are taken away by their friends. By to-morrow's post I will send you further particulars. , - RS. The affray has just oceured or I should have written more fully. COURT CIRCULAR. Their MAJESTIES gave a State Ball at St. James's Pa lace on Friday evening, which was more numerously at tended than either of the preceding balls this season. The QUEEN was not present at the entertainment, her MAJESTY not having returned to town from visiting her niece, the Princess LOUISE, who is now lying in a very dangerous state at the Palace at Windsor. A Guard of Honour, composed of the Royal Horse Guards, were stationed in the extensive court-yard of the palace fronting Marlborough House, and tie King's Guard marched into the flag court-yard of the palace. The under porters, marshalmen, gentlemen porters, and the pages of their MAJESTIES were in attendance in their State uniforms. A very numerous party of the Guard Yeomen of the Guards, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Sir ROBERT GILL, Lieutenant of the Guard, and his Exons, Messrs. CURTIS, CHARLES HANCOCK, SAM. HANCOCK, and PEARSON, lined the Guard Chamber and the corridors leading from both the entrances for the gene ral and entree company. _ _ The State rooms were prepared for the fete in the same manner as at the former balls, with WEIPPERT'S baud in the Throne-room, and that of COLINET in the Ball-room, both ap irtments being tastefully chalked. The Throne Room, Drawing Room, and Ball Room were all brilliantly illuminated with a profusion of wax- lights, massive ormolu chandeliers bung suspended in the middle of each, and candelabra placed before the pier glasses, and also on pedestals and gilt brackets at the side of the room. Additional branches, and bracket.lamps, furnished by PERRY, were also placed in the Ball Room, the Presence Room, and the Guard Chamber. The Ban queting Room contained five magnificent ormolu chande hers, and had also candelabra at regular distances on the supper tables, together with candelabra and branches ar ranged on the sideboard of gold plate, which had a most splendid appearance. Massive salvers, tankards, richly embellished cups, and small figures on pedestals, were dis played with great taste on the sideboard. The ball was very numerously attended, and the appear ance of the company most magnificent, the ladies' dresses being of the most costly description. The Princess LIEVEN had a stomacher of diamonds, the left arm decorated with the badges of two orders of knighthood, and a very bril liant diamond tiara. The Countess of INlmrour. and the Duchess of BuccLEncit had very splendid diamond tiaras. Countess A3IIIERST, the Dowager Marchioness of HERTFORD, and the Marchioness of STAFFORD, wore in their turbans very costly jewels. The Duke of DEVON SHIRE, the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, Sir WATHEN WALLER, and other noblemen and gentlemen, had stars of the orders of knighthood of which they are members, set in brilliants. His MAJESTY entered the state-rooms at half-past ten o'clock, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Cum- ZEALAND, the Duchess of KENT, the Princess AUGUSTA, and the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER. The Duchess of KENT was attended by Lady CATHERINE JENEINSON and Sir JOHN CONROY ; the Duke and Duchess of CU3IBERLAND were attended by Lady SOPHIA LENNOX and Colonel POTEN ; the Princess AUGUSTA was attended by Lady MARY TAYLOR, Mies WYNYARD, and Sir BENJAMIN STEPHENSON. The Duchess of KENT left at half-past twelve o'clock. After supper his MAJESTY returned to the ball-rooms, and continued in them till near three o'clock. The music of one of the dances was arranged from the air of " God save the King." The Duchess of Gt.oucEsnß, the Princess AUGUSTA, and the Princess Sorina, partook of a dejeune with his MAJESTY, on Saturday, at the Palace at St. James's. The KING gave audiences, on Saturday, to Eall GREY, the JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL, Lord HILL, Marquess CAMDEN, Earl DARTMOUTH, Mr. STANLEY, and Sir JOHN HARVEY, His MAJESTY, attended by Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, left town abo u t h a lf -past five o ' clock on Saturday afternoon, for the Pal ace at Wi ndsor. The Mar c hi oness o f W ESTMEATH, Sir PHILIP and Lady S IDNEY, Sir BENJAMIN STEPHENSON, Sir HENRY WHEATLEY, Mr. BARNETT, of Aberdeen, Colonel and Lady MARY Fox, were present at their MAJESTIES' dinner party on Thursday evening. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, and Prince GEORGE of Cumberland, accompanied by his preceptor, the Rev. Mr. Jxtr, left town on Saturday afternoon, for their residence at Kew. The Netherlands Ambassador visited Viscount PAL. MERSTON on Saturday at the Foreign-office. The Duchess of KENT entertained his Royal Highness the Prin ce A DALBERT of Prussia, and a large an d distin guished party at dinner on Saturday. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND entertained a select party at dinner yesterday at their residence at Kew. The Princess AUGUSTA attended divineservice yesterday morning at t h e Ch ape l R oya l , S t. J ames ' s . Divine service was performed yesterday before the Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA, and their Royal Highnes ses ' H ouse h o ld, by th e Dean of CHESTER. A Cabi net C ouncil was held at two o ' c l oc k y e sterday afternoon at t i e Foreign-office, which was attended by the LORD CHANCEL LOR , th e Marquis of LANSDOWN E, Earl GREY, Vi scounts MELBOURNE, PALMERSTO N, GODERICH, and ALTH ORP, Lord HOLLAND, the Ri g ht Hon. CHA RLES GRANT, Sir J. GRAHAM, the Duke of RICHMOND' and Mr. STANLEY andlialehallifa.istera remained in deliberation about two hours Despatches from Sir ROBERT HORTON, the Governor of Ceylon, were yesterday received at the Colonial-office. The Earl ofl o iuAsn: Hanover-square. wooDgivagrand dinner this day at H ood H (From the TVindsor Express of Saturday.) The Queen arrived at the Castle yesterday forenoon to visit her suffering niece, whose increasing indisposition causes much anxious solicitude in the Royal circle. In consequence of her constant attendance in the sick cham ber of the Princess, her Majesty naturally feels an indispo sition to mix more in the gayeties of the Court than the ditties of her exalted station require. From this amiable feeling, her Majesty (lid not attend the Grand Ball which took place last night at St. James's—a circumstance, we perceive, which has given rise to a fearful hut unfounded rumour-..namely, that the sufferings of the illustrious invalid had terminated fatally. It is not expected that the King will hold a Levee next Wednesday, in consequence of the Ascot Racis. Invitations have been given to several distinguished per sons to visit their Majesties during the race-week, and it is expected that a brilliant Court will attend the course each successive day. A very large dinner will take place at St. James's on the 26th, on the occasion of the King's making a presen tation of colours to one of the regiments of Foot Guards. Nearly 100 officers are expected to he present. It is understood, that within the next few days the King will honour two public breakfasts with his presence. This evening, at eight o'clock, the King, accompanied by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived at the Castle to dinner. A party of the Life Guards escorted his Majesty from Long-Ford. IRISH REFORM BILL. A numerous meeting of the working classes was held on Saturday at the institution, Theobald's-road, Red-Lion-square, for the purpose of discussing the provisions of the Irish Reform Bill, upon which it was announced that Mr. O'Connell would address the working-classes. The room was quite crowded. Mr. Scales was called to the chair. Mr. CARPENTER moved the following resolution —" That, as the majority of the Irish Members, backed by the Irish people, have materially contri buted to the success of Reform, this meeting feels it a mere act of justice, that a Reform equally sub stantial be extended to Ireland, and pledges itself to use every exertion for that purpose. " Mr. ROGERS having seconded the resolution, Mr. O'CONNELL came forward amidst much cheering, and congratulated the English people on the success of their bill, which, however calumniated by some, was, he firmly believed, a wise and magna nimous measure, requiring only to be fully carried into effect, to give them a prudent, enlightened, economical Government, tender of the lives, li berties, and properties of the people. By the dis solution of fifty-six boroughs, no less than 112 Swiss were at once disbanded, to earn a livelihood by their own exertions, provided their previous habits had not unfitted them for any honest way of life.— (Laughter.) That system of boundless profusion which bribed the country with its own wealth was at an end. After proceeding at some length to enu merate the various advantages of English Reform, Mr. O'Connell said he would now come to the more immediate business of the day. The English Bill formed seven, eight, nine classes of voters. There were the forty-shilling freeholders in fee; there was also that description of forty-shilling freeholders for lives which the House of Lords, in a spiteful ge nerosity, had introduced—they were much obliged to them—(A laugh)—there were the owners of chattel property, copyholders, renters of 501.—in short, under the Reform Bill, one Englishman out of every eight would have a vote ; and let him tell the meeting, that when one-eighth of the community possessed the franchise, the other seven-eighths would possess come influence.—(Hear, hear.) What did the Irish people want ? A Bill similar to the English Bill—no more. The same rights and fran chises with their English fellow-citizens.—(Cheers.) He loved his country, and, in early youth, he had sworn to achieve her freedom; but he never sought to communicate that at the expense of others, nor did he ask more for Ireland than England actually possessed. The meeting, doubtless, remembere d the many prophecies, that if the Irish were eman cipated they would return none but slaves to Parlia ment,—the liberties of Englishmen, it was said, would be endangered by their servile representa tives. That was not the only calumny circulated by pious men—godly men of cant and hypocrisy— to excite the prejudices of one nation against the other with the intention of ruling both to their cor rupt interests. Englishmen understood the thing now.—(Cries of " Hear," and laughter.) But they understood only half of it; he would explain the other half. These men—all whose thoughts were fixed on eternity—trembled for the 700,000 green acres and the 2,000,000 of yearly property, which the church—that is, not the people's church —pos sesses.—(Cheers.) They foresaw, that if the Irish Members were allowed to explain the real state of things, and speak for themselves, John Bull would soon begin to perceive the injustice of paying 30,0001. a year to one man fur nothing . , 22,0001. to another, 15,0001. to a third, who resides in Bath or Chelten ham, for the good of the poor, blind, bigoted people of Ireland—(Much laughter)—and a little further, —if the system was found wrong in Ireland, it would be soon discovered to be not perfectly right in England. When a man has occasion for a doctor or a lawyer, he does riot ask his neighbour to pay him, and why should a different rule obtain with the doctor of the soul ?—(Cheers.) Yet the spi ritual doctors would not be the worse paid. Ireland proved that. There the poor pay the priest, and did they ever hear that he had refused to administer the consolations of religion to them ? At the dead hour of night, amidst the inclemencies of the wea ther, undeterred by the torrent, the snow, or the driving sleet, he stood by the death-bed of the poor est and humblest, to elevate, direct, and point the road to Heaven.—(Cheers.) Their enemies, in fact, resembled pickpockets, who create a row for the purpose of pursuing their depredations with suc cess. This was the real cause of all the calumnies heaped upon them. There were ten Catholics in Parliament. Had one of them given a single dis honest vote ?—(Cries of " Never.") But to returu to the treatment of Ireland. Never had an Admi nistration conducted itself as the present had to that country. Lord Anglesey was appointed Lord- Lieutenant. Now he must tell them there was a law, empowering the Lord-Lieutenant for the time being to dissolve any meeting in Ireland, no matter how legal—(Cries of " Shame") —and this very act was employed by Lord Anglesey only three weeks after he had condemned it in a letter to Mr. Kertland. What was the next act of the Govern ment ? The Orange Yeomen were 17,000,—they raised them to 30,000; and now they were intro ducing a Bill to put down processions, including all with banners.—(Shame, shame.) There were 21 stipendiary Magistrates in Ireland. Among them, f:atst h eThhti o eeerci w s.oNpvaont ueris drriipecdemanyconsiderable O'Connell preserved,—to eelshferle eel rlength,s Catholics pvhEher aoo dnd% proceeded eni ? xs dgt ots: htd N peai lesdts o ro7 t ehl eu o eral expnens Ireland .0i said, observation,th After at pursuing, there fora s a connected system of refusing justice to Ireland, h in theyi a n llt e se2r t wi h sn e :gr ael its r refused. s class ph r R o vo e i Re form Bill, as a branch of this system, and to request provi sion. In England, he said, the 40s. freeholders in f 40s. freeholders,—men paying a mere rack rent, —who were completely under the dominion of their landlords, but, after that period, they had made the most splendid sacrifices for their country. Ireland formerly possessed (including 191,000 40s. free holders) a constituency of 216,000 persons; this was cut down to 25,000—(Shame, shame)- 25,000 out of a population of 8,000,000! Eng land possessed one elector out of every eight per sons; Ireland, one out of every 320. This, how ever, would not give a correct notien of the state th ngs. The great supports of the independenc e t counties were the towns, and that by reason of their superior intelligence, industry, and wealth. The Bill would cut off this class of electors, and so strike a deadly blow at the popular strength. In DUE. garvon, for instance, the constituency was at pie sent 840—under the Reform Bill it would be reduced to 210 persons, all of whom were on the estate of the Duke of Devonshire. The population of Youghal, if all the liberties were included, was large, but the liberties were cut off by the Bill, and nothing outside the o!d wall erected by Sir W Raleigh was to be considered part of the town. The attachment of Whigs to old walls would be most extraordinary, if the property of the Duke of Devon shire were not contained within it.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Bandon had a constituency of twelve per sorts—six nominated by the Duke of Devon shire, and six by Lord Bandon. It was contrived by the Bill to throw the whole new constituency into the property of the Duke : thus, they had the Duke of Devonshire once, the Duke of Devonshire twice, and the Duke of Devonshire three times ; and this the Whigs had the audacity to call the Reform Bill. —(Loud cheers.) He would appeal from the Mi nistry to the people; he would also appeal to the press, which on this question had done justice to the cause of Ireland, though few would go as far as his friend, Mr. Cobbett. The English people were et 3 sentially concerned in seeing justice done to Ireland, for what could avail 500 honest Members here, if that country were one rotten borough, to neutralize the votes of English patriots ? Such was the ini quity of the Bill, that he could scarcely believe self awake when he contemplated its provisions. In the counties no man was to have a vote, except the owner of a farm worth 101. over and above rent and all charges, and he could not vote until he proved it to be worth that to him —no, but until he found e respectable and solvent tenant to come forward and swear he would give 101. above the rent he ‘ese then paying.—(lllnrmurs.) Well, let them suppose that he can get a man to leave his business and swear for him, he cannot be registered without 20 days' notice given. In his (Mr. O'Coneeles) county, he might have to travel 20 or 30 miles to Trelee, or Killarney, to serve that notice—let than look at this loss of time and labour.—(Loud mur murs.) But the sessions at which he was to be re gistered, last perhaps eight days. No matter, he must remain from the first day to the last, or an ac cidental absence of one day may send him home again to run the same round of proof, registry, &c. Was this all ? No, he must prove his title, pro duce his lease, show it to be duly stamped, that no covenants have been broker,; and thus the landlord is enabled to detect any flaws in his titleeses( Cries of " This is too bad.") If he was 40 yeas in pose session a wrong stamp throws him out of his farm; Do the Whigs fear that the spectacle of Irish liberty would create in England a disrelish to slavery ? Dd they fear that the example of resistance to Church robbery would spread ? The Bishop says to Paddy, " Paddy, you owe me 1/. 17s. 6d." " Far what, your honour ?" " For tithes." " Oh, your honour gave me some value I suppose when I was'itt by.— ( A laugh.) But troth the devil a bit of value I got since I was born." " Paddy, I have law fur it." " Heaven bless your honour, if you have I must submit, but I've no money." " You have a cow." " Oych is't the cow that gives a drop of milk to Norry and the 14 children ?"—(Loud laughter.) But it is not so easy to take the cow. A regiment and a half of brave soldiers, commanded by an mi. able and excellent gentleman, has to travel sever. eight, or ten miles for her through the Bog of Alleti. At last she is caught, but the word " tithes" is branded on her side. She is brought to Carlow, and offered for 21.,11., 10s., 6d., 3d., but no one will speak, and she is given up again to Norry and the fourteen children.—(Cheering.) But what does the parson do ? He levies 60,00001. on the purse of England to supply the deficiency. He turns John, Bull into a milch cow for the Church.—(Great: laughter.) Would Englishmen see the Irish people surrendered to an oligarchy,—the same sordid oli garchy that plundered them and their fathers,—that accumulated a debt of 1,000,000,000/., and made the poor laws a system of misery, at an expense of 7,000,000/. or 8,000,0001. a year; that loaded a country, equalled, or exceeded by none in in . ellect, in bravery, in science, in the resources of machinery, in industry, in regulated economy, until she was scarcely able to reel beneath her burdens ? Would Ireland appeal in vain to their gratitude or gene rosity ? Irishmen besought the cooperation of Englishmen in the recovery of their rights, and the securities of their freedom; they del not ask them without their aid, but they were worthy of those blessings, for if refused assistance by their English fellow-countrymen, they were determined to regain them without it.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. Cobbett was here called, but declined ad dressing the meeting. A vote of thanks was then passed to Mr. O'Con nell for his services in the cause of general liberty, after which the meeting broke up. A requisition is, we hear, in course of signa ture to Mr. BERKELEY PORTMAN, inviting him to become a candidate for the representation of Marylebone in the new Parliament. A more respectable man could not be found, nor a more steady or consistent Reformer. We hear that he is not likely to kind again for Doisetsbire ; and his connexion with Marylebone would point him out as a most suitable representative of that great, wealthy, and enlightened district of the metropolis. Mr. W. PON SONEY and Sir WILLIAM OGLANDER will probably be the new members for Dorsetshire. Extract of a letter dated Rio de Janeiro, April 19 :—.g You will be surprised, after what we wrote on the 13th and 16th, to learn that the quiet at this place has been again disturbed. The parties who were the cause of it are of a different stamp. The ostensible object of the insurrection appears to have been to re-proclaim the old Emperor. Several lives have been lost, and many prison ers taken ; but what is chiefly to be regretted, is the rank that some of the parties hold. Among others, the well known BONITACIO D'ANDRADE, tutor to the young Em peror, appears to be impeached." MAD DOGS.—In consequence of an applica tion made by Mr. LUKE, one of the principal surgeons of the London Hospital, to the Magistrates of Lambeth street office, stating that within the last few days no less than ten persons, who have been severely bitten by dogs, have made application for relief to that institution, and two of whom have died of hydrophobia, they (the Magistrates), yesterday, gave directions to the Chief Clerk to draw up a public notice, to he printed and circulated through the district, cautioning all persons against allow ing dogs to go about unmuzzled, and stating that all thosefound in the public streets or highways after this notice, without being so muzzled or restrained, would he shot or destroyed by the police. HISTORY OF A SKULL.---The Berwick paper says :—We have now lying before us a human skull, which local tradition affirms to be the skull of one of the sons of Sir ALEXANDER SEATON, deputy-governor of Berwick, who were hanged by EDWARD the Third on the south bank of the river, still called Hanging.dyke-neuk, which fronts the castle. We have never seen any good reason for denying the commission of this piece of atro cious perfidy. B e t hi s as i t may, t h e i ngenu i ty of all the historians in the world will not convince the inhabitants of this part of the country that it is not a fact ; and the history of the skull is curious. The late JOYCE JA MES, an aged brickmaker, who died several years ago, at the advanced age of nearly a hundred, remembered a cairn on Hanging-dyke-neuk, which was taken down more than a century ago, that was known as SEATON'S cairn, and when displaced, underneath were found two skulls. Afterwards and remained in his possession nearly fifty years. They they were purchased by th e l a t e Ad m i ra l Srow's father, were then deposited in the old Tweechnouth worlhouse.i. and each skull had two holes perforated through it, as it years and ten, described the skulls with a gimlet or some such instrument. For niany years there has been no trace of them, till yesterday one of them youth, with produced before him lie bad been built into the wall. An ageu fisherman, who has and in the repairs of 1 it was found in a garret of the . said workhouse, n a . o h u rc s i: is iac n i t i n w tbhepe a l e,eat d :w w : tell; ie °- n ut dwelling-house, e i a t s being the two small holes readily recognised it as one of the two he bad seen more than seventy years ago.—The skull is at least a curiosity.