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I\ aea to natio' eri in which would produce ajc the misery and distress which he had described, but whether they should pass a Bill changing the whole principle of our marriage laws with such haste as to defy all deliberation, and preclude all! discussion. He then proceed to examine the prospective clauses, and pointed out • the anomalies and blunders which they contained. One pro - vided, that if one of the parties were of age, each should swear the other was twenty-one. Then a g ain it was to' be neces sary that a copy of the register of the births of the parties should he produced to the Clergyman. Now it was very well known, that in many cases ,p ersons were not registered for months, or years aft( t being born. This would be the case where children were born while their parents were out of the country. So that when the register was produced, the Person could tot marry, although in fact he might be more than of age. Another provision was, that the houses of the parties should be affixed to the church doors, and in some conspicuous part within the church.--(A laugh.)—The credit of f t his, however, did not belong to their Lordships. It. was ' ll the clause of his Honourable and Learned Friend. With regard, to the retrospective operation of the Bill, he had heard with surprise from his Right Hon. Friend the Attorney , General for 'lreland, that retrospective operation was an ordi • nary Principle of legislation. Now he confessed that this was Contrary to all that ever he had heard or read. ' PLUNKET observed that he did not say so. What he said was, that in cases affecting property, retrospective enact ment was an ordinary principle of legislation. The ATTORNEY GENLRAL said that such enactments "ly applied to the particular cases, but this proposition ;ras for recognizing the principle in a general and public ' 3l ;'• The measure of Lord Hardwicke had existed from 1754 do roi to the present day without any alteration in its princi .l)&e, and no w it was p ro p ose d a ll a t once , w i t h out delibera - - ,on and without discussion, to change and destroy its prin. P )i e altogether. If the Bill should pass, a ny y oung man o f A a r r nilY might marry a prostitute, and parents have no remedy. ih taeh had been said respectiny . the o punishment of children for e faults o f their parents. infrtunately a violation or dis- legara of the law had that effect, but it was the policy of English l aw to make child re n su ff er for th e offences of their father. The i t''' . of attainder had precisely that effect. With respect to pro ttY, the House could never in its justice deprive persons of tleis vested rights. The retrospective clause woold unhinge e law of 1754. In all the statutes existing ri g ht s h a d b een rie tlY maintained. He called on the House to pause before t..i.;eoy Passed this Bill. They ought to consider in what state l r Property would stand. • This Bill had been so altered in trthe House of Lords, thit it came down as a new measure, to e ii eo h n e se c n o t Tended, the House of Commons ought to withhold t - 1. • MACKINTOSH begged to be indulged with the at hention of the House for a short time. It was incumbent on 14 ", to make afew observations in answer to the speech of his ' `,:gat Hon. Friend, who certainly had spoken with moral ,- " ur age, which did him the greatest honour. He agreed with Hon,a t feci ng Fri and Learned end, the Member for Oxford, in de precating canvass with Members of Parliament; to support ha t or 411 Y other measure. He could at least say, no person offered an insult by. presuming to. canvass him. Five 'L ea rs, ago, lo ng before he heard of the case which had been t r reVently alluded to, he felt the injustice of the 'Mar tble Act. When he saw it had , a tendency to overturn ear eace of families, by leading near relations to de s t ro y 1 0, honou r , an d di gn ity, it was i m p oss ibl e to say suc h had ought to exist. He protested against the m o d e w hi c h to " been adopted in the discussion on this subject. They were Tha e rsider the abuse of the Marriage Act, and think of refor ti t ". Some Hon. Members had objected to many alter a,. r I S in the Marriage Act by the House of Lords. The Mar tk"Ye Act originated in the House of Lords, and their decision e ght to satisfy the House of Commons, because the House of s h:r! were certainly interested in taking care that persons taid not marry improperly with Noble Families. The House Lords had made the bill better than it was when it was sent up ' It Was one of the most important matters of legisla .o,l3o that 'could possibly interest the peace and happiness of 1 3 `, e ,People of this country. They had heard of blunders in the v i;: with sell:Peet to notices on church-doors, but he was con , eed there was not a Court of Law that would not put a tPnstruction on that part of the bill, deciding that a descrip -I°ll of the residence of the parties was to be made public. `de stood up for the interest of children, and the security of I :°Pel. There were few families in which objections might Suer e marriages illegal, and children' illegitimate, and that Very circumstance proved the necessity for this Bill.—The ( t ) ntY way to put an end to these doubts in marriages was 2 Pass the Bill, and give quiet possession. Thi s was a Bill Inch affected the whole community, and every child, b orn an d unborn. Expedience required retrospection. Th e peace o f f amilies mu st b e set at rest. They were not to look at law au thorities alone on this subject. If they were to inquire what u e law ought to be, they were to consult public feeling, and icrirrofessional opinions. He would oppose legal legislation 'Neel Petty-foging, and the subtility . of lawyers. The Ish at lo . ll was; batw the measure was, in legal policy, not it , t „„it was with respect to legal opinions. The law as lie t s ,„"A made a divorce between patrimony and matrimony. tb re :sPection was the very essence of the Bill, and if they , Rai" the retrospective clause away they might give up the fon t , „One of the greatest commercial towns in this kingdom na tu ,, e `i.Part of the property of the family which had been tai ue 4 in debate and unless the retrospective clause were re . N voul l, not one of the holders of property under that family • sayi o have a secure title. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by ela us , he cod i idered both the prospective and retrospective The fouaden justice. Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to state the gro und •A T °n which he gave his vote on this occasion. The Noble .s t „ l u ls was disposed to apply what he had to say to the °e iPle of the Bill rather than minor details. If the Bill werorure s f nod in it s p r i nc ipl e the House was not restrained Vf vi ‘ Vslating on the subject. Looking at it in that point its t 'ew ' he was . bound to consider the principle of the Bill as 4rt e down from the Lords. The Noble Marquis would not l aw from himself the great difficulties arising from the f l' - vented. It had been said this measure was to be go ssy b a b y a Particular case; but on that subject he could only irnn ro t be should feel disgrace if he were capable of acting [OO/perly upon any particular case. They were, however, ' and to the forfeitures created by the Marriage Act of 1754, th ey `": more terrific these forfeitures appeared, the more °f I th e 4 ,d feel the necessity of shortening the duration he of ,e!. The Attorney General had said . it was a prin- Paren ts - English law to visit the children with the sins of obvi ous , _ 11 (1 the law of attainder had been mentioned. It was a e, vet e 'a.,noWever, that the Marriage Act, as it stood, was more , rel auc ilatt the law of attainder. The Attorney-General for 4 , ° Per at i r ,„"ad truly said that informality in marriage under the , or of the existing law, attainted the blood of the party trea son r., The law of attainder was well known. In cases of ners,„,tite Property was forfeited to the Crown, and after the ben e ; had suffered punishment, it might be restored by the of un der t h e , the Sovereign to . the injured chil . dren, but °t* ever Marriage Act the offspring of invalid marriages were , res o d deprived of property . _ Informalities might be disco %ire Most marriages, and if the law remained, it would 're attorn. bold man to say, after years had expired, that a sharp 'qi el . l 7 Might not find out something to invalidate marriages t he h ouse Parties considered good. In looking at this question fish Ise was not to put a bar to every disqualification of mar, The Noble . Lord was not prepared to say marriages th not b e Puni s h eso mixed up with fraud as to become null, but Ment in such cases •should be proportioned to the Z i o_t c‘,4l-ie nature of the punishment, as the . law stood, was . tr„. ensurate., He could not see_how children ought to ki:j" such cases. With respect to informality in marriages, r)onstrous punishment to make children illegitimate, to red them of the father's property. So far as it af rPPsterit .cendants it was outrageous, and as it applied to hisb u Y l a was really horrible. The only case in which del it e ,,_e_nt could apply was fraud, but the punishment should sVl nt te e nt , NM that which the law now applied. The frau ved;„rson received a sort of encouragement ; the law dis '" rriar riage, merely for the interest of the remainder be • 4 53 7 the statute of 1754, clandestine marriages were to %Prevented • std p uw „,_ , but could there be a more clumsy prevention? and his'iTnent fell on the innocent. The Noble Marquis I . _ Raid h e epons for s . upporting the 'irlidity •of marriages, • „, , ,lad no hesitation in adopting the retrospective irnethi on , The me no of the Act was so unjust, that i t ° tlghtmost be done by way of remedy e He really 'WaS the be had seen the question . in its true light. t a l i ) ; ,7„vtmiliitls.i.b.iiie, while they were legislating, for them to at w eo i qustes f ntiotriii .: Nita al case of fraud or informality. They were eral principle of justice. In every view of felt and one ; hegate'rindought the principle adopted by the Lords was from e , ve .rY reason heshould giYe his vote in support of it. He se ,,, his , r to distrust his own judgment, when he differed ti e ": case, upon ; but he was bound to decide, in the pre toe general and well defined principles of jus selves not decide e e()ld CA`NNlNeGithfeared that this was a question which they hlln.; but for er way with perfect satisfaction to them- an ad voc ut law, as it now stood, no man had avowed iaw.anitinbe_a,s-iir let; and the House would gain by substitut ase. b een painful and less penal than the present, bu t . 1- 1 e k ne e_ noatred, that this bill arose out of a specific it as a z It. we re p w res ed ing of the in interested in that case ; fie, .n Inusttati 3 upon him in the argument, he must take lens of tile hardship which the bill sought to re supportg ) — : - The Right Hon. Gentleman, at some the and exhorted the House to pass It, We received this morning the Paris Papers of Wednesday. The news from Greece affords the encouraging hope that the cause of justice and humanity will triumph over the worst of oppres sions and barbarism. It is stated in an article from Bayonne, con- tained in the Journal de Paris, and the Constitu. tionnel, that the " Army of the Faith," under QUESADA, had been entirely defeated by the Spanish troops under Gen. LOPEZ BANOS ; and it appears by accounts from various parts of Spain, that , imposing forces are marching from different. points against the Insurgents, whose speedy-de struction, or surrender, may be expected : but the most important news respecting Spain relate to a Mutiny among the Guards at Madrid, the particulars of which are extracted from Madrid Papers of the 2d, 3d, and 4th instant, and will be found in our last page. The following are extracts from the French Journals : PARIS, JULY 10.—Our letters from Bayonne of the 4th instant state as follows : " .111 y last informed you of the arrangement made by Gen. Lopez Banos to turn the rebels under the command of Quesada. This operation has perfectly succeeded. An express which ar rived this morning has brought certain intelligence, that yes terday, at break of day, General Lopez Banos ordered the attack on all points upon the army of Quesada. The re. suit , was the loss to the latter of upwards of 300 men killed upon the field of battle, which is nearly the whole number of persons capable of using arms, amongst the 1,500,wh0 had assembled in the valley of Runcal. The rest fled towards Arragon, not being able to retreat upon France by the wood of Ilayrati. " Amongst the number of killed are several Chiefs, includ ing the famous Sarten Ladron. It is not known what has be come of General Quesada. Thus the army which was to over throw the Constitutional Government of Spain, and which ar. rogated the right of interpreting the intentions of Allied Princes, is entirely destroyed. " Thirty of those unfortunate men, who formed part of the band of the Curate Zavala, in BiScay, have arrived here ; they were enlisted to march to Runcal, but they arrived too late. " The Spanish Consul here has notified to the Directbr of our Customs the orders of his Government, prohibiting all communication with Spain, except by the way of Irun.'!-- ( Constitutionnel.) The report was circulated here yesterday evening that the celebrated Quesada, the hope of the Counter-Revolution, had returned alone to France, disguised as a peasant. He is said to have arrived at B,ourdeaux.—(ldem.) Letters from Tarragona, of the 25th June, say, the regiment of Malaga is to arrive here to-day. Another regiment has embarked at Alicant to proceed to Fort de Roses ; two other regiments have left Cadiz to 'march to Catalonia. Imposing forces are marching on the places where the rebels are, and their expulsion from the Peninsula will soon he complete.— ( /dem)... Sever - al of the persons charged with being implicated in the affair of the conspiracy of Belfort, have presented a petition to the Keeper of the Seals, of which the following are the Princi pal passages : " DUBLAR, CANISY, BUCIIEZ, PAULIN, and BRUNEL, detenus in the Maison de Justice, at Colmar, to his Ex cellency the KEEPER of the SEALS. " MONSEIGNEUR,—We have already had the honour of requesting authority for MM. Berville and Renouard, Advo cates at Paris, to come to defend us before the Court of As sizes, at Colmar. " We are informed that your Excellency has refused our re quest. " Permit us, Monseigneur, to renew our request, again stating the motives which compel us to make it. " For six months the charges against us have been circulated in the Haut Rhin at Paris, and in several other departments ; every where the accusation has had its organs; and every thing indicates to us that nothing has been left undone with a view to its success. s ." Accused of a capital crime—of a conspiracy against the safety of the state—and on the eve of being tried, we have no defenders, no person has 'yet presented himself in our interest at the office of the Court of Colmar to take a copy of the in dictment of which a part only has been communicated to us. " We do not accuse the advocates of this town, their zeal is well known, but their number is not sufficient for the defence of the accused, the President of the Assizes having been obliged to confide several causes to one advocate, and they themselves recognize the necessity of resorting to another bar." The Petitioners declare that they have placed all their confi dence in the two advocates whom they name, and who alone pos sess the means of establishing their justification. They repre sent that a heavy responsibility will attach to the Government if they are capitally condemned without being able to defend themselves in a suitable manner ; and to what serious conjec tures will it give rise, that the advocates of their choice were refused to them ? They thus conclude— " Time passes, the accusation occupies its, and, we repeat, no person' dreams of our defence. Noble advocates are not wanting, but you, Monseigneur, repel them. "We wait with a solicitude which it easy to comprehend for your Excellency's answer, (Signed) PAULIN,' BRUNEL." " DUMAS, " CA NISY, " Colmar, July 5, 1822, " BUCHEZ. All the J i ournals have stated that •the trial respecting the affair of Belfort was to commence on the Bth instant, before the Court of Assizes of Colmar. This is not correct*; the trial does not commence till the 22d. FRENCH FUNDS.-JULY 10. 'Five per Cents. 'Opened at Closed at 9l f. .55 c. Bank Stock l6OO f. c. Exchange on London—One Month 25 f. 50 c• Three Months 25 f. 30 c. • [EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.] " S3zYnx'A, 3IAY 29.—There are no longer committed at Scio r.ny but partial assassinations. Amongst , the number of private circumstances, the following is guaranteed by several eye-witnesses : " A young Greek female, sixteen or seventeen years of age, of great beauty, was carried off by an Arab, who sold her to a Turk for 300 piastres. Shortly afterwards he offered 3,000 piastres to her new master for the re-purchase of this beautiful Chiot. The Turk, who already felt a sentiment of love, re, fused the money. " The Arab proceeded to the market, met the Turk, and wanted to compel him to restore the slave on receiving 300 piastres, the original price., The Turk opposed this, and high words arose ; the Arab, at length, in a transport of anger, said, You shall not have her;' and, taking out his pistol, lodged the contents in her bosom ; she fell and expired. The Turk embraced the inanimate body, and mingled his tears with its blood. Recovering himself, he presented himself before the Capitan Pacha and demanded justice. You shall have it,' said the Grand Admiral. 'Do you know the murderer ?'— ' Yes." Let all the Arabs be arrested and brought before me." " The order was executed, and the Turk pointed out the guilty individual.. ' Draw thy sabre and cut off his head.' The Turk declined the office, which was then performed by the executioner. According to the registers of the Customs of Chio, upwards of 30,000 slaves, women and children, have been carried out of the island. The exportation is subject to a duty. CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 11.—It is stated that the Aus trian and English Ministers made, on the 3d and 4th instant, new verbal representations on the non-execution of the promise relative to the evacuation of Wallachia and Moldavia. The Reis Effendi replied that this measure involved difficulties, on account of the necessary subsistence of the army, and that the Divan must manage the spirit of the army. It is evident that this exchange of moderate demands and dilatory answers, supposes on both sides a pacific system. It is said that the Persians have gained a battle near Er zerum, in which three Dachas, including that of Trebisond, were made prisoners ; and that Chourschid Pacha has suffered a check near Janina. These accounts are asserted to be official, but they are not published. It is added, that Chourschid Pacha has been recalled, and it is easy to anticipate his fate. The disaster of Chia has displeased the Princess Fatima, the Sister of the Sultan, who possessed that island as an ap panage, and from which she drew 1,200 purses per annum. The Sultan 'endeavoured to console her, but she said that the Capitan Paella would do better to go to the Morea, to combat the enemies of the Faith, than to butcher so many peaceable inhabitants; she added, that she did not wish to hear any more of the Capitan Pacha. This menace is supposed to be of ill omen for the Admiral. If the victorious Generals are dismissed, and the present fa naticism of the Mussulmans should cool, we should not be sur prised to see the Greek insurgents ere long in the mountains of the Morea, and of Upper Lividia. LEGHORN, JUNE 22.—The Austrian brig Venetian, which left Smyrna the end of May, arrived here some days since. It saw the Turkish fleet the 26th, off Scio ; the 29th, it met the Greek fleet, consisting of 68 sail. The Greeks reckon much on their Congreve rockets. VIENNA, JUNE 23.—[Extract of a• Private Letter.] — Important intelligence was announced' -to-day received from Constantinople ; it is the preliminary opening by the Austrian and English Ambassadors, for the sending Turkish COmmis sioners.to Caminiek, in Podolia, in order to arrange with the Russian Commissioners the litigated points still subsisting be tween the two powers, and not yet acceded to by th e P or t e . I t is stated that the Reis Effendi explained himself on this sub ject in a manner entirely conformable to the system hitherto acted upon by the Porte. According to this explanation there will be no serious differences between the two powers. The Baron de Strogonoffhaving no public 'motive for his' departure from Con stantinople, stantinople, it will be considered as a simpl e journey to Peters.: burgh, and the state of peace subsisting between Russia and the Porte, since the conclusion of the Treaty of Bucharest, not hav ing been disturbed by the events which took.place subsequent to the departure of M. de Strogonoff, and the Court of Rus sia not having sent back this Minister to Constantinople, or replaced him by another 'Ambassador in order to resume the official communication with the Divan, which had only been momentarily suspended by the absence of the Russian Mini ster, the Porte has no difference to arrange, as none exists ; and it declares itself willin g t o ' b e on a good understanding with Russia. The Porte, therefore, has not the least motive for sending a Turkish Plenipotentiary, either to Kaminiek or any other place. It is very probable, and even more than probable, that the Porte will not change its language in this respect in the course of ulterior negotiations ; it is', therefore, easy to foresee the answer that it will make to the new note which will be trans mitted from hence to Constantinople, after the arrival of M. de Tatischeff, and the conferences between that Minister and the Prince de Metternich. New : official communications are also announced, which have taken place at Constantinople, on the part of M. de Lutzow and Lord Strangford, on the subject of the retreat of the Turkish troops f.- in the two principalities. On this point the Porte remains still faithful to the system which it has hitherto acted upon. The Reis Effendi abstained from answering in writing the Notes of the two Ambassadors, but he again gave them a verbal assurance that the evacuation should take place shortly, but that some allowances must be made, in order not too much to incense the troops,&c. In the mean time, the Ottoman troops still remain in Moldavia and Wallachia; the negociations or' pretended negociations with the Boyards for the future organization of the Principalities have no result, and these Boyards are really prisoners of State. ' The hew expedition preparing by the Porte is not yet com pleted ; seamen are wanting. The Janissaries who offered themselves for the sea-service, had a project of pillaging Peru, but it was frustrated by the vigilance of the Government. The Asiatics have, it is said, revolted at Braila and Ruts chouck, and are encamped on the two banks of the Danube. TRIESTE, JUNE 21.—At the moment when the political condemnation of the Greek nation appears ratified, favourable accounts have arrived here from the Morea. The Turkish gar rison of Napoli de Romania, which surrendered the 30th of May, has been permitted to proceed to Asia, and to take with than a fourth of their property. General Normann has set out for Albania with 7,000 men, of which 800 are French and Ger mans,; whilst Demetrius Ypsilanti, united to Captain Botz aris, marches upon Zeitonni in the province of Lanssa. (It is known, by accounts from Semlin, that these movements had all the success which was expected.) Maurocordato forms a reserve in Livadia, and Colocotroni is charged with the defence of the Morea. The destruction of Scio.has made a deep ingression on all the other Greeks, which augments the number of combatants every day in the Islands; they perceive that they have no longer any other alternative than to conquer or die. The Government of the Morea more and more consolidates itself ; the blockade of the Turkish coast has been recognized by the English Government of Corfu, and proclaimed. Three Turkish' vessels, accompanied by a cor vette, laden with the spoils of Scio, have been captured by the Greeks, and taken into 3lessolenghi. JuNE 23.—Letters from the lonian Isles state, that the war has recommenced with new fury in Epirus. We shall not be astonished if Chourschid Pacha does not march upon the Morea; he is much pressed by the Souliotes, who have drawn him into the gorges of the mountains, where they killed many of his troop . ‘, and took several superior officers prisoners, whose ran som is fixed at a high rate. GREECE.—We communicate, with heart-felt pleasure, the following letter from Zante, under Cover from Ancona, announcing the cnpture of Patras and some brilliant victories obtained by the Greeks, which was received yesterday In this Metropolis : " ZANTE, JUNE 15.—An Austrian vessel being on the point of departure for Ancona', I avail myself of the same to forward the present, as $u will probably get it quicker than through the regular post. I have to inform you, that the Chanticleer brig of war, Captain Eden, arrived here yesterday, from Corinth and Patras, and sailed again this morning, for Corfu. It appears certain she brings accounts of great import ance as respepts the affairs of the Turks and Greeks in the Morea ; from what I have been able to learn, it appears that the fortress of Patras has at length been taken by the Greeks on the 11th inst., and subsequently the Castle of Morea ' after a severe and decisive battle between Colocotroni, th e G ree k Field Marshal, and Yousouff and Mehmet, Pachas. It is well known that Co locotroni had been besieging Patras for upwards of two months, and that he had under his orders about 12,000 men ; about three weeks since a French bombarde touched here on her way from Marseilles for the Morea, having .15 Officers on board to enter the Greek service ; it appears they joined Colocotroni, and about the same tune that Gener a l w as re i n f orce d by 3,000 Greeks from Gastouni, under Georgio Sessini. Several previous skirmishes had taken place between the Greeks and Mehmet and Yousouff Pachas, who had under their orders about 7000 men, mostly from Constantinople, but there was no decided advantage gained on either side. On the 11th the two Pachas united their forces, and came into the plain of Patras; Colocotroni was prepared to re ceive them, and dispatched Sessini's corps of 3000 men to the rear of the Castle of Patras. The battle took place between St. Andrea, on • the sea shore,' and the Monastery of Gerocomio, about two miles inland ; it was sustained with great fury on both sides for several hours ; at last, the Greeks succeeded in putting to flight the Turkish cavalry, which caused such con. sternation that the rest of the Turks commenced a precipitate retreat, against every'effort of the Pachas to prevent the same, and abandoned six brass fi e ld-pi e c es . Colocot ron i p ursue d his advantage, and in this juncture the corps of Sessini ad vanced from their station, and actually entered the gates of the fortress of P a tras at the time the Turks were doing so ; the former having got possession of the gates, the Turks were dismayed on every side, and took the road to the Castle of 'Morea, distant about six miles. A lodgment in the fortress being effected by the Greeks, the Turks left as the guard surrendered on the arrival of Colocotroni. There were only about 300 Suliotes, and a great number of women and children, all of whom have been respected. It is said there were found about 30 cannon mounted, and several dismounted ; a large quantity of ammunition and several cargoes of provisions ; also the treasure of .Mehemet Pacha, amounting to 30,000 machmoudies in gold. 'The Greek loss was severe, occasioned principally by the Turkish artillery ; it is estimated that about 200 men were killed, and upwards of 450 wounded ; among the latter was Colocotroni himself, by a musket-ball in the arm, but not at all dangerously. The Turkish loss was very great ; about seven hundred men were left dead or wounded on the field, and nearly ' four hundred were made prisoners in the pursuit. There stated that Mehemet Pacha received two balls in the thigh, and that the Selictar Aga and Deli Bashee of Yousouff Pacha were killed.—Colo cotroni dbpatched about 10,000 men the next day to the Castle of 11forea, under the orders of his nephew ' • but the Pachas had resolved not to s t an d an assau l t , and had embarked with the remainder of their troops, provisions, ammuni tion, and families, on board the vessels belonging to You souff Pacha and the Ttirkish transports which came from Constantinople. Upon the approach of the . Greeks they fired the magazine, but it did not take full effect, only blowing up the interior of the fortress. , The Greeks then entered, and the two Pachas sailed, it is' supposed, for Karon or Napoli di Romania. We are informed, the Eng lish agent who was resident at the Castle of Morea, left for Le panto. This is all the information I have„been able to collect; and it is considered here as being of the greatest imnortance to the Greek interests in the Morea. I mustconfess that the most sanguine advocates of the Greek cause never expected such de cided success ; and I should have hesitated in giving you the account, had it not come through such a respectable channel. I must now conclude, as the vessel Ls' on the point of sailing. Other news in my next. " Your's, most truly, • [Extract of a Letter from St. Thomas's, May 28.] " In the city of St. Domingo things are far from being settled; General TOUISSAINT commands, and it is only by the most strenuous exertions he is able to keep the Blacks quiet. The old settlers are not so well pleased as they ex pected to be with their new Government. BARKER Duptir has been appointed Governor of St. Jago City; all the rich Spaniards have moved from St. Domingo. There have been no Spanish privateers off Laguira for some time, and vessels sail almost daily for this place. Some extei:sive sales of German goods have been effected at a good advance." ( From the Charlestown Paper of the 17th June.) The report in the'advices from Buenos Ayres of a junction of part of the Columbian troops with that of General San Mar tin, is probably founded on the movement of the forces under the command of General Suere in Guayaquil. The regiment of Numantia, who joined San Martin soon after his arrival in Peru, are all Columbians or Sambos of Venezuela. We learn by Buenos Ayres Papers, that an interview was to take place between President Bolivar and General San Martin, and it was supposed would take place in the province of Portos. CANADA.—We have received this morning a file of the Quebec Gazettes to the 27th May last, from which .we intend to give some extracts next week. rNDIA.--The Lords Commissioners of his Ma jesty's Treasury having met yesterday, as we stated, at Fife house, to hear the parties claiming the booty taken in the Dec can by the Army under the command of Lieut.-General Si r THOMAS His imr, Baronet, G.C.8., in 1817, it is under stood that their Lordships were occupied throughout the day in considering an application made by the Counsel for the Mar quis of HASTINGS to postpone the hearing of these claims, which was opposed on behalf of the Army of the Deccan on kccount of the long period which had already elapsed since the prize in question was captured by them. We believe the result of their Lordships' deliberations was that the Meeting should be adjourned to Saturday next; the 20th instant, when the Counsel of the Marquis of HASTINGS are required to be prepared with a statement of the grounds upon which his Lord ship and the grand army found their claims, and of the evi dence necessary to support the same. The meeting broke up at about three o'clock. The return of Mr. ABERCROMBY to his attend ance in Parliament, and the injunction laid upon him by the House', not to prosecute any quarrel arising out of the proceedings which the House had declared to be a breach of its privileges, have of course terminated the apprehensions which were entertained that circumstances of a serious na- ure were likely to result from his abrupt de parture from town. The statement made by Lord ALTHORPE proves,' that the fears to which we have adverted were well founded, and that nothing but the prompt measures adopted by the House of Commons could have al.- - which might have been rested consequences, deplored by all parties. So far, therefore, we cannot but rejoice that the inter:erence of the House has effected its object. Ai to the origin of an affair, which, although it has assumed a private and. personal character, c 4 has interrupted and impeded the important business of the Empire," (occasioning, for instance, the postponement of Mr. LENNARD'S motion respect ing the emancipated countries of South America), we feel ourselves restrained from offering such reflections as have occurred to us, by mingled feelings of respect for the privileges of Parlia ment, and of delicacy, under actual circum stances, toward all the parties more imme diately concerned in- the pending investiga tion. Having, however, in some of our pre, ceding Papers, stated our opinion that the pri vilege claimed for Members of the Legislature, of exemption from all responsibility for words spoken by them within the walls of Parliament, should rather operate' as a powerful restraint upon them, than be deemed a licence for using expressions in themselves unwarrantable, or in judicious ; and especially when, in the discharge of their duties, they have occasion to speak of private character ;—and having expressed a hope C 4 that there would be found, among the Representative Body, Members equally firm in supporting the individual and collective rights of their constituents, the people," as in maintaining their own privileges;—we may be permitted to state our satisfaction that that opinion has been confirmed, and our expectation fulfilled, by so respectable and discreet an authority as Mr. FORBES, whose delicacy and sense of justice to ward individuals, and whose perception of what is really most conducive to the honour and re spectability of Members themselves, and to the true dignity of Parliament, prompted him to - offer those well-timed suggestions, in the propriety of which all dispassionate per sons must concur, and whose justice all honour able'minds will unite to applaud.—The tribute of respect paid by Mr. FORBES to the character .of Mr. MENZIES, at a moment when that Gentler. man's conduct is so severely. scrutinized, and when the grounds of his derence are nearly over borne by the clamour of his adversaries, was an other seasonable act of justice, for which the country at large, as well as Mr. MENZIES, ought to feel indebted. The Subscription for the relief of the Irish is proceeding with renewed celerity. The columns of our present Paper bear ample testimony to the increasing beneficence and unwearied efforts of the Public, in the 'capse of suffering humanity. The ravages Of famine, we are sorry to state, are still in dreadful activity ; but, while the muni ficence of the English people thus continues to increase with the occasion for its exaction, we cannot but indulge the hope that the progress of destruction will in a short time be effectually checked. Yesterday the Duke of YOnx visited his JESTY. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY and the Earl of LIVERPOOL had audiences of the KING. Yesterday morning the Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the Princess AUGUSTA left town for Bagshot. even with all its defects, lest they should never have sach an opportunity to establish the principle of it. The House then divided, when there appeared, For the Motion - . 122 Against it . 20 Majority - - -102 Some of the clauses were then agreed to, but The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, he hoped that the House, at this advanced period of the night, would not dispose of so important a measure. Mr. BROUGHAM opposed the suggestion for any delay.— He wished to secure the Bill while it was within his grasp. On the clause respecting marriages already declared Void by Courts of competent jurisdiction, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved to extend the lan guage of the clause, so as to retain the jurisdiction of the Courts as to marriages now in suit. Strangers were ordered to withdraw,but the Hon. and Learn ed Gentleman did not press his motion to a division, and the clause was agreed to in its original state. The other clauses were agreed to, and the Bill was passed.— Adjourned at a QUARTER to THREE O'CLOCK. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 6 minutes after 9. 1 Evening, 36 minutes after 9. THE SITN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM .4UDEAT ? LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1822. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lady Eliz. Baker, at Kirkham's Hotel, from Dorsetshire ; Lord W. Montagu, from Jamaica; Lord and-Lady Vesie, from their scat in Ireland, at the Clarendon Hotel. s • DI, Rana' unrs.—Count and Countess Balmai n and suite, from Haikes's Hotel, for the Isle of Wight ; Mrs. Hutton and family, from ditto,- for her seat, Lincolnshire; lVilliani F. Fullerton, Esq. and James Fullerton, Esq. from ditto, for Leamington ; the Rev. H. Horne, from ditto ; J. Heartwell, Esq. from ditto ; Sir Thomas and Lady Ackland, for their seat, in Devonshire. Lord and Lady Stewarf and suite leave town on Monday ,f next for Vienna'. , • BATH ARRIVALS.—Baron de Quintella, Hon. Mr: Noel, Sir H. Palliser, Col. and Mrs, Lewi s ,- Col. ooper, Lieut.-Col. O'Hara; Majors Badcock and Kennedy; Captains, Edgell (and family,) and Sealy; ReVerends, Mr. Kensey, Mr. Mid dleton, Mr. Man (and family), Mr. and Mrs. Wright. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Lady Ravensworth gave a splendidball and supper on Thais flay evening at her house in Portland-place. The spacious suite 'of drawing-rooms were most brilliantly illuminated. Dancing commenced about eleven o'clock. In the principal drawing. room, which was elegantly fitted up, and was decorated with a profusion of pots of the choicest-flowers, shrubs, &c. there were present nearly 300 distinguished fashionables. The party did not break up till past four yesterday morning. The Earl of Darlington had, a distinguished party at dinner yesterday at his house in St. James's-square. Lord Hol:and entertained the Duke of Yolk, and a distin guished party yesterday at Holland House. Earl Cowper entertained a large party at dinner yesterday at Itio house in George-street, Hanover-square. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne entertained on Thursday Prince Cimitelli and Cariati, Lord Porchester, Dow acrer Countess of Hchester, Baron De Cazes, Monsieur Frigell, Mr. Hippisley,' Mr. Children, &c. at Lansdown House, Berke ley-square. Rorm. Toun.—The Prince and Princess of Denmark, in the tour they have been prosecuting, have inspected some of our principal manufactories. On Tuesday_ last they left Birming ham, (where they were conducted through the various establish ments by Mr. Thomason, the French Consul). They arrived the same afternoon in the City of Worcester, when the Prince and Princess and suite visited the Royal porcelain works of Messrs. Flight, Barr, and Barr, and expressed themselves in the most flattering terms. The Royal strangers afterwards repaired to' the cathedral. Their visit was quite unexpected by the Dean, who was at Malvern. The Prince left a complimentary message to the Sub-Dean (who had been sent for, but could not arrive in time), expressive of the gratification hei had felt in viewing this beautiful cathedral. The Royal party left the same even ing for Cheltenham. THE DUKE OF BEDFORD. BULLETIN—RECEIVED YESTERDAY. " Etuleigh Cottage, July ll.—The Duke of BEDFORD is slowly, but regularly, improving." (Signed) " S. WOOLRIDGE." i --) e, • - 1 1 .. e -i , 0 - -- svf • fe'vr- : ,- , - -/ i' j rigiii'7e; , 4-,,,,et i' ~s-...,''' • • -, `,. - nt...—AL, - -4.....-A''' t'''' :,...7,:, 01: i5,.5,,,,e % -', , * 1 4%,,,?ZR OY ' O l , ,1 t : to ^4 -........,-,-,...,4-,et • 3 ?et fir+y gi er' i 1 low. MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. DEAL, JULY 12.--Wind S.W.—Arrived last night and sailed for the River the Borneo, Ross, Batavia ; and also to-day the West Indian, Cook, from Antigua ; British Tar, Clark, Quebec ; Isabella, 31 4 Neil, Charleston ; and Richardson, 'Williamson, Demerara. Came down from the River and re main the Admiral Cockhurn,"Briggs, for Van Dieman's Land ; Union, Clinch, Constantinople; and Hercules, Dew, Jamaica. FALhtOUTII, JULY 11.—Wind S.W.—Passed the port the Coldstream, Stephens, from London to Bergid., Arrived the Duke of Kent packet from Lisbon, in 12 days. PORT SMOU T 11, JULY 12.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Samarang from India: left Madras the 6th of March ; and his Majesty's ship Forte from the West Indies. Sailed the Henrietta, Wilhelm, for Amsterdam. The George Cruttenden, generally supposed to hay.: fo d ere d in the Bay of Bengal, had arrived safely with all on board, at Batavia, in January last. CATE OF GOOD HOPE. PROCLAMATION. Whereas by a Proclamation, bearing date the 24th day of June, 1814, it was provided that the factors, agents, super cargoes, or others interested in any ships or vessels coming to the ports of Cape Town, or Simon's Town, from th e east ward (for the purpose of trade or traffic with the colony), with any goods, wares, or merchandize, which might le gally be re-exported, should be permitted to enter the same at the Custom-house and to lodge such goods, wares, and merchandise in the warehouses thereof, (at their,own risk,) under the immediate charge of the Collector and Comptroller of his Majesty's Customs, and be permitted to re-export the same, duty free, paying only the usual rates for wharf age and warehouse, the expense of permits and such other incident expences as are customary and necessary, as is therein further expressed : and whereas, by an order of his Most Gracious Majesty in Council, bearing date 12th July, 1320, certain privileges were conceded to British ships or vessels ar riving in the ports of this settlement, from any counn y in amity with his Majesty, laden with any articles of the growth, production, or manufacture of such country, (certain articles therein detailed excepted,) and to foreign ships or vessels be longing to the subjects of any state in amity with his Majesty, which foreign state shall allow British vessels to carry on trade between the ports of that state and the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope ; and whereas the beneficial effects of the afore said regulation of the 24th June, 1814, having been universal ly felt and acknowledged, I do now hereby deem it expedi ent to extend the same to all goods, wares, and merchandise, legally imported into this colony from foreign countries, under the provisions of the Order in Council of the 12th July, 1820, which foreign goods, wares, and merchandize so imported shall henceforward be admitted to entry at the custom-houses of Cape Town and Simon's Town, and be allowed to -be lodged for the term of eighteen calendar months in the warehouses of his Ma jesty's customs (at the risk of the importer,) under the imme diate charge of the Collector and Comptroller thereof, and shall be permitted to be re-exported from the said warehouses, duty free, subject only to the term and charges as before ex pressed, relative to goods, wares, and merchandise arriving here from the eastward ; provided, nevertheless, that it be an absolute and indispensable condition, that two-thirds of the amount of such foreign articles, sold in bond,' shall be vested in colonial produce, (merchandise legally imported, or bonded as above), for exportation from the colony. But at the ex, piration of the 18 calendar months aforesaid, (unless under pe culiar circumstances)., such proportion of the oods, wares, and merchandise as shall not have been re-exported, but shall remain in the stores of his Majesty's customs, shall be charged with the usual colonial duties on foreign imports, and the owners or persons interested therein shall be called upon forthwith to remove the same, paying the charges due,thereon ; , in default thereof, his Majesty's collector, or the chief officer of his Majesty's custom department, shall put such goods - , wares, and merchandize, up to public sale, on account of those interested therein, and account to them for the proceeds thereof, deduct ing the aforesaid customary duties and expenses. (Signed) C. H. SOMERSET. Cape of Good Hope, April 18, 1822. Three troops of the Royal Dragoons, with the Staff, &c. of the regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel • Clif ton, marched into the Royal Cavalry Barracks in this city, yesterday, and the remainder of the regiment have pro. cceded to their several destinations, as stated in our last. The regiment, on Saturday, was reviewed on Wormwood Scrubs, by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, attended by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, Sir William Keir, and very many distinguished military characters. Previous to his Royal Highness's arrival on the ground, the Duke of Wel-, lington rode twice down the ranks, and expressed great pleasure at again seeing that gallant regiment which had served under him for such a length of time in the Peninsula, and which so highly distinguished itself at the battle of Waterloo. After the Review hi Royal Highness was plensed to, pay the Regin ent several high compliments on their soldier-like appearance, correctness of movements in the field. ( Kentish Gazette.) Last Sunday the Countess of Han COURT alti Lady WIGRAM, of Belmont House, held the.. plates at Great Malvern Church, and received a very liberal collection for the starving Irish, after a most eloquent and impressive Sermon by the Rev. HENRY CARD. The Abbey Church never displayed so much beauty as on this humane and laudable occasion. fie::i s