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LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1832. The Aberdeen Colleges Bill was read a second time last night with little opposition. The object of this Bill is to take away from these Colleges th e right of claiming a copy of every new publi cation, for the annual sum of about 5001. The measure from the beginning has appeared to us most objectionable, and our objections have not been much altered by the assurance of Mr. S. RICE, that the money is to be laid out on books, under the direction of the Senatus Academicus. Such an irresponsible body, meeting in secret con clave, and amenable to public opinion, neither throu g h the Press, nor in any other shape, is not the most proper to be entrusted with such a powe r . It is easy to conceive that this body is not well pleased with the present right to a copy of each work, because one copy for thirty pro fessors is little better than useless. A new novel or poem in fact has lost all its interest before it gets through the hands of half the professors of the two colleges, and they are naturally anxious to make a bargain which will put a sum of money at their command, and enable them to have a read ing in reasonable time. This may not be the motive for the new arrangement, but judging from the workings of human nature, and the abuse which is invariably generated in any class of men not under the control of public opinion, there can be little doubt that it will lead to such a result. The consequence will be, that a large proportion of the money, to suit the convenience and taste of the Professors, will be laid out in Purchasing a variety of copies of the same work, and the students will thereby be deprived of some of the more expensive anti valuable publications, to which, as the law stands, they are entitled. The students, however, are not the only sufferers by the change every person engaged in literary pursuits in the north of Scotland has a right to complain that the selection of books should be left to any class of men, and that the College should be deprived of a privilege, the great object of which was to procure copies of all Works published, for the perusal of the present and future generations. One good, however, will result from the transaction. It shows the Public that this privilege, so long enjoyed by the U niversities, is merely a matter of pounds, shil lings, and p ence , an d w il l l ead, pro b a bl y i n no long period, to the abolition of an unjust and sever e tax on literary labour. Can any thing be so unju s t a s to compel a poor author to give up eight copies of a work which would sell for hundred s of pounds, and two of these copies, too, to such wealthy establishments as Oxford and Cambridge ? In- Stead of benefiting scienc e and literature, it has, in some instances, the contrary effect, it being well known that some important works remain published on account of this severe tax. It a cts as a check on literature in the same way as tithe s check agricultural improvement, and, ac cording to the calculation of the Aberdeen Professors, amounts to the annual sum of 4,0001., levied, not from the public, but from a very small portion of the public, for national purposes. We perceive that the booksellers of London have taken up this (to them) very important question, and have presented a petition to the Rouse of Common s on the subject. If we re collect rightly, the late Sir JAMES MACKIN- Tosii brought the matter before Parliament, a nd it was an understanding that the Copyright Act ; and the right of the Universities to so many c ,opie s of all works published, should be taken Into consideration. Why this has not been yet done we cannot say, but the question is one which reflects the greatest disgrace on our na tional character and liberality with regard to the protection of literature and literary men. They manage these things better in France. With respect to the exchange of French books, is a matter so very desirable to be fore gone for the paltry consideration of 5001. a-year ? Does Government hesitate in purchasing English books to the amount of 5001. a-year, and yet not scruple to lavish pensions of as many thousands upon individuals whose only merit is acknowledged to be that they have been in the receipt of such pensions for many long years, and that it would now be ungenerous to deprive them of them ? But if Mr. S. RICE, or whoever claims the glory of the present bargain or job, expects to make a great saving under the privilege of the existing Act of Parliament, is it, we ask, worthy of this country to grasp at such a paltry saving at the expense of those very persons who are acknowledged in all countries to be the true or nament,—the only enduring memorial, of its fame .and excellence to admiring posterity ? Shame on such petty legislation, we say. It redounds neither to the honour of its originators, nor the profit of the country. The Lords' amendments to the Irish Reform Bill were last night taken into consideration by the House of Commons. Mr. STANLEY made one or two objections to these amendments, which were, however, ultimately acquiesced in, and the Bill, as amended, agreed to. An express from Paris has been received this morning in the City, but the French papers con tain nothing of any interest. A telegraphic de spatch had reached Paris, announcing the ar rival of the remainder of the fleet at Cherbourg, which, it is generally expected, is destined to co operate with an English squadron in the Scheldt No later news had been received regarding Don PEDno than what has already appeared in the London papers. A notice had been issued by the Minister of Commerce, and sent to all the ports, announcing that the port of Lisbon, and the whole of the coast as far as Oporto, is in a state of blockade. Private letters, received from Spain, state, that a great movement was taking place amongst the troops, as the news of the arrival of Don PEDRO had caused the greatest feeling in several of the frontier towns, and FERDINAND was afraid that some serious disturbances might take place. The report that a Spanish army would be sent towards the Pyrenees, under the command of the Duke of ANGOULEME, to enter the South of France, had been treated with ridicule by the Paris merchants, as a war would immediately take place. There are various rumours in the city regard ing the advance of Don PEDRO, but it may be pretty well relied upon, that Lamego Viseu, and the greater part of the province of Beira, have declared in his favour : MADRID, JULY 23.—The intelligence of the landing of Don Pedro on the Portuguese territory has given rise to an extraordinary sensation throughout the provinces. Gen. San Juan was quite perplexed to know what to do, when the people of Badajoz manifested their joy at the event in the most enthu siastic manner. Every body appeared astonished to find that the General abstained from violent measures. But it has been since discovered that his moderation was owing more to his fears than his wishes, for it is quite certain that his conduct was altogether influenced by the fact of the soldiers in the gar rison having shown a strong disposition to sympathize with the people. In the mean time, the President of the Court of Ca. cere has received orders to repair to Badajoz ; three Alcaldes have been dismissed, and a great number of arrests have taken place. In Castile the inhabitants evidently feel the utmost joy ; although they do not wish to express it, there is no doubt of its being quite as seditious as any felt in Spain. The Go vernment has issued orders for withholding passports from all persons in Madrid, whose permanent place of residence is in any of the provinces adjoining Portugal. The regulation is extended even to Talavera de la Rayna. This King has been indisposed for some days. It was reported yesterday that he was worse. The command of the Royal Guard has been trans ferred from the Count d'Espagne to the Duke del Infantado. The Austrian Observer, received this morn ing, contains the official announcement of the death of Young NAPOLEON. The cholera had increased in Vienna during the middle week of July—the period when it raged most severely in London and Paris, but has since abated. It appears that the Diet of Frankfort is not yet done with its liberal proscriptions : VIENNA, JoLV 23.—Yesterday, 22d July, in the morning, his Highness the Duke of Reichstadt died at the Imperial Pa lace of Schonbrunn, after long suffering under a pulmonary complaint, which baffled all the efforts and skill of the most celebrated physicians of this city. Her Majesty the Arch duchess Maria Louisa, Duchess of Parma, who ever since her arrival had attended her beloved son with maternal anxiety, and the whole Court, are deeply afflicted at the death of the promis. ing young Prince in the flower of his age, and their grief is sincerely shared by all the inhabitants of this capital.—Aus. Irian Observer, July 23. FREIBURG, JULY 22.—Several of the Members of the Assembly of the Estates of Baden for the Palatinate, who are distinguised by their liberal opinions, Von Itzstein, n o m man, and Gerleel, have arrived at Freiburg, from Cassel. There is a report of proceedings to be agreed upon in concert between the Estates of Baden and Hesse.Cassel against certain contingencies. The Liberal Freysinnige, of the 24th of July, contains the prohibition decreed against it by the Diet, and accompanies it with a declaration, which begins as follows : ___. _ _ " The Liberal may boast of having acquired, and retained from its very origin, the esteem of all honourable men in Germany. To many ardent friends of justice and freedom it appeared too mild, too forbearing ; but they readily acknow ledged the purity, legality, and patriotic tendency of its endea vours. A decree of the Diet of the 19th of July condemns it to suppression, and if the Government of Baden execute this resolution the sentence will be carried into effect. As the decree," so the declaration concludes, "which proscribes the Liberal calls on the Baden Government to give every information respecting the real editors of the Li. beral, we hereby, in order to spare our Govern. ment this inglorious task, frankly and unhesitatingly declare, that besides the responsible editor, whose name is signed to each number of the Journal, there is a principal editor latterly, M. F. Giehme, and an editing committee chosen by the society of shareholders which founded the Liberal, and the members of which, named in alphabetical order, are the following :—Duttlinger, Framberz, Martin, Perleb, Rotteck, Rent, Welcker.—Allgemeise Zeitung, July 2S. We find the following in Wednesday's Black burn Gazette :—‘, We shudder whilst we an nounce one of the most atrocious outrages, com mitted by a body of military last night in the borough of Clitheroe, which it has fallen to our lot to record since the infamous massacre of Peterloo. We are not in possession of the de tails of this melancholy affair, but learn from an eye-witness, that yesterday being the day ap pointed for the entry of the Tory candidate, M r . IRVING, into that borough, he was received, as a most unpopular candidate might expect to be, with groans and hisses, and we are sorry to add by certain individual strangers in the town with less justifiable tokens of disfavour, showers of stones. Mr. IRVING and his party took what appeared to them the prudent course of driving through the town without stopping—nor did they re-appear in Clitheroe during the afternoon. I n an evil hour, under the excitement of the indignity they had sustained, and in spite of the advice and remonstrance of the Bailiff of the borough, Mr. GARSTANG, a requisitio n was dispatched to Burnley for two troops of horse, signed by Col. C. G. J. ARBUTHNOT and JOHN KIRKLAND, Agents appointed by the Trustees to distribute the said Booty. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. COUNTRY. Remaining at last Report, 1083—New Cases,346—Deaths,l44 Recovered, 167—Remaining, 1119. Total Cases since the com mencement, 24,434—Deaths, 9,201. (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK We have again to announce a blank day for intelligence. The only arrivals this morning are from the Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius, which are of little import. In all probability. if we do not have a direct arrival by Monday from Portugal, we may receive the particulars of the battle of the 23d via France. Consols opened this morning at the same price they left off yesterday, 83 3 4 for the account, with nothing doing as yet. In the Foreign market not a bargain doing. HALF-PAST ONE. - Consols have continued the whole of the mor;iiiTg at 83 I!, X for the Account. The only transaction of importance took place in the early part of the day, when 50,0001. Reduced were purchased, which kept the market steady from that pe riod.—There is also a stagnation in the Foreign Market—not a bargain doing. THREE 0' CL 0 CR. Consols for Account, 83% Ts FOUR O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES. Consols Ditto for Account 83 1 1 Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 1825 — Buenos Ayres... Peruvian .. — Chilian Ditto.... Russian Columbian 1824 Spanish A very material alteration has been made by the Lords in the Irish Reform Bill, which will have the effect of giving the Corporations of Ireland (which are Protestant) the complete power over elections, and thus perpetuating the sectarian d , fferences by which that un fortunate country has been so long torn. The pretext was, the assimilating the franchise with regard to freemen in Ireland, to what it is in England. Mr. STANLEY said there was no hope of obtaining any change of this obnoxi ous amendment in a Conference, and be recommender: that it should be agreed to. The Right Honourable Gentle man confessed he could not see that any analogy sub sisted between the two cases. The English freemen bad not abused the privileges entrustei/ to them by the Con stitution in the same manner that the Irish freemen noto riously had done. The practice of the Irish Corporations had been to render their bodies as exclusive as possible; and though they did not profess to exclude Catholics, or other persons of liberal politics, yet that had been their uniform practice; and the intention of the Bill, as it ori ginally stood, was to have put an end to that practice; but he now regretted to say that the other House would, by this amendment, enable Corporations almost indefinitely to increase the number of freemen. He bad hoped that it would have satisfied the Lords to have found that all per sons born before the passing of the Act would have been entitled to their freedom in the same manner as before; but that, it seemed, was not sufficient." This, we sup pose, is intended as a buttress to the Irish Church. It will only hasten the downfall of the establishment. It will impress on Irishmen the impossibility of having peace or rest so long as the Church of Ireland exists. The Po icy, too, is, in other respects, most short-sighted. Could be supposed for a moment that a Reformed Parliament would submit to such an obvious deterioration of the Irish Bill ?—.liforning Chronicle. THE TORIES AT CLITHEROE. (From the Blackburn Gazette of Wednesday.) It being publicly announced, that Mr. Irving, the nominee of Lords Howe and Brownlow, was to enter Clitheroe to can vass the electors yesterday, the inhabitants of the borough de termined to assemble on the occasion, and to give him such a reception as the insult offered to them by the attempt to cram an 'Ultra-Tory down their throats, appeared to them to deserve. Accordingly, the inhabitants of Burnley, Colne, Padiham, and the surrounding neighbourhood repaired to Clitheroe yes terday in great numbers, with ribbons bearing the inscription, " Fort and Reform." It is said that not less than ten thousand people were assembled in the borough to testify their detesta tion of Mr. Irving's principles, at d their determination to elect Mr. Fort as their representative. Mr. Irving arrived, agree ably to appointment, and a band of music with other prepara tions were made to escort him into the town ; but it was with much difficulty that his carriage was got through the immense crowd to the principal inn. The hissing and hooting of the in dignant multitude was tremendous, and the occupants of the car riage were very loath to show themselves.' Mr. Irving was accompanied by Colonel Clayton, the Rev. R. Noble, and John Taylor, Esq. They drew up at the inn for a minute or two, but the hissing and hooting of the crowd becoming more furious the gentlemen took alarm and made their way out of the town with all convenient speed. On their taking to flight, the crowd pelted them with stones, which caused con siderable daMage to the carriage, but we believe none of the gentlemen were injured. We hear that the fugitives were seen upon the road, about a mile from Clitheroe, by a gentle man passing that way. They were standing on one side of the road, and on inquiring the cause, he was informed, that they had been driven out of Clitheroe by the mob, and that they were waiting for the military from Burnley to assist them in fighting their way back again ! We have not heard, however, that any such attempt has been made. Would it not be well, if ministers of the gospel of peace were differently employed than in electioneering squabbles ? As for Mr. Irving, we should recommend him to make the best of his way back to town again. COURT CIRCULAR. The French Minister, accompanied by Monsieur Du- RANT ST. ANDRE, had an interview with Lord AucK- Lsain yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade. His Excellency, accompanied by Monsieur ST. ANDRE (Con °a-General for France), afterwards visited Viscount PALMERSTON at the Foreign-office. Monsieur VEGER, D.B. (from Canada), had an inter view with Viscount GO DE R ICH at the Colonial-office Yesterday. The Russian Ambassador visited Viscount PALM ERSTON yesterday. The LORD CHANCELLOR had an interview with Vis count ALTHORP at the Treasury yesterday. The Austrian Charge d'Affaires had an interview with Prince LiEvEN, the Russian Ambassador, at Asliburnharn Rouse, on Thursday. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Rank Stock - 3 'per Cent. Red. '4 4 % 4 per Cent. Cons. Sri 3% per Cent. bitto Red 9144% kew 3% per Cent. 3 per Cent Attn. 17'26 - 4 per Cent. 16.21 Rank Long Ann. to explre Jan. 5, 166 0 16N 11-16 Oct. 10, 18.59 Jan 5, 1660 - Jan. 5, 1830 - Aprils, 1860 - Jan. 5. IS7O - DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. ' India Stock Ditto Bonds 3 2 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto. ........... Sl7f, 1 per Cent. Aim. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO l5 111 pm. Ditto 501) l5 16 pm. IDitto Small IDitto Commercial ...... . --pm. Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank for Account — llndia for Account. — Cons, for Aug. 29 nN PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 91.4 Belgian Bonds 7574 Ditto Account — Brazilian Bonds 46 Ditto Account 46V Buenos Ayres Bonds 22 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds l6 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 10% Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1824 ll% Ditto Account l2 Danish B on d s 67N % Ditto Account 67 4 / Greek Bonds 22 Ditto Bonds, 1825. Ditto Account ' Mexican Bonds 5 per cent 25 D itto Account Ditto, 6 per cent 29N 30 Ditto Account 30% Ne apolitan...« ************* —l THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. (Peruvian Bonds lO% Ditto Account (Portuguese Bonds DitCo Account . 56 G I f, Regency Scrip 0 dis. Ditto Account 0% dis. Prussian Bonds Ditto Account __. Ditto Bonds, 1822 IOO V2 Russian Bonds, 1822 99 Ditto Account 95% New Loan Spanish Bonds, 1821 Ditto Account _l4 Ditto Bonds, IS 13% , Ditto Account ... French Rentes, 5 p.c. —f —c. —Exchange —f —c. —3 per cent. —f. —c. -- Exchange —f —c. Dutch Scrip 43N Ditto Account 433 Fz-anch Scrip PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £loo 8% Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 215 n razilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 42% British Iron Mining Company .... £so 5, . olobian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 45% 6 glish Mining Company 12% 24 23 G eneral Mining Association ll - 24 B eal., del Monte Mining C 0....,... United Mex. Min. Co. ass. at 2/ Ditto New Sctip i 'l l liance Fire Insurance Comp rotector Insurance Comp. A ustralian Co.C aoad ~.e aC ompany Iti onveral Steam Navigation Co. tr ial Bank of Ireland um.) 40 £2O £1 4 6 64 Alosterd COURSE OF EXCHI Di C.F 12 6. & Att.), at si g ht 12 3-4 Rott erd am ° U 12 61 A ntwerp 12 8 H amburg M. 8.14 ( 1 4 b iltona l4 0: 'is. a rls, 3 days' sight 25 96 j3 - Zi p e . a . ...................2 U 22 F 22 lierlin uX tFrankfort on Maine Ex. 51.155 etersburgh, üble:3 Us. 10 0 ienna, effective 11. 2 ill. 10 13 Trieste ...• do . 10 14 itaa_dirid ° Z .. a 5 . 35g itilboa .......................... 35% Barcelona S eville 15% 35% Gibralt ar 47 1 A --................_ .NGE YESTERDAY. !Leghorn 47% Genoa 26 10 Venice 47 Malta 46 Naples 4O Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon Oporto 48% Rio .Taneiro Bahia 32 Buenos Ayres —.. Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork l% BULLION, PER OZ. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars ' Silver bars, standard 0 0 0 Ate r 1" GI H WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. " ',.......2:::±3 minutes after 8. 1 Evening...l9 minutes after 9. tt *tin. CLAYTON, CHARLES WHITAKER, Esq. of Simmondstone, and the Rev. R. NOBLE, of Whalley. In the evening Mr. IRVING and his party returned, escorted by fifty dragoons, and attended by two clerical magistrates, and by some strange unpardonable infatuation, instead of taking the Worston Road, which was open to them, and would have entirely avoided the borough, they chose to return through Clitheroe, at the close of the day of extraor dinary excitement, and before the people had entirely dispersed. The consequences were what might be expected—the sight of the troops, and the unlooked-for appearance of Mr. IRVING, influenced the multitude, already under the influence of liquor—insults were offered on both sides—the ferment grew and increased—. the Riot Act was read, and then the troops,with out orders it is said, charged the defenceless po pulace. Eight or ten individuals, most of them, as is but too frequent in such cases, guiltless and unoffending, were sabred in the street. The wounds were last night pronounced to be severe, but not mortal. One man had his arm broken. Mr. DICKENSON, a respectable surgeon of Colne, was wounded in the cheek, and nearly lost his eye. The cuts on the head and stabs in the body were numerous and merciless. A thou sand rumours are afloat, which we forbear to mention ; but the whole of this wanton and bloody outrage demands and will re ceive the most rigorous investigation." If the facts above stated be true, we think they demand a speedy investigation by Parliament. To attack an unarmed multitude, on provo cations common at all election seasons, and scarcely demanding even the interference of a policeman, is not, we humbly conceive, the way to promote the cause, or strengthen the popu larity, of Ultra-Toryism. Mr. IRVING, so far as we can glean from the, at present, imperfect ac counts, seems to have acted indiscreetly ; and his friend, the Rev. It. NOBLE, of Whalley, might, we cannot help thinking, have been more usefully employed than in interfering in election matters. Monday's post will doubtless put us in posses sion of all the facts necessary to the perfect un derstanding of this intemperate assault on the rights of the people. The subject, as our readers will perceive, was alluded to last night, by Mr. HUME, in the House of Commons. ARMY PRIZE-MONEY. GRANT TO THE COMBINED ARMY Which served under the Command of the late Most Noble FRANCIS Marquis of HASIINGS, K.G., Commander-in- Chief of all the Forces in India, engaged in the War against the Pindarees and certain of the Mahratta States in the years 1817 and 1818. Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Act of the 54th George 111. cap. 86, and to the directions and regulations contained in the Warrant of Grant, that a distribution on account of the booty acquired by the combined operations of the Forces hereafter specified will commence and take place at No. 80, Pall-mall, London, on Tuesday, the '7th day of August instant, and end on Wednesday, the 7th day of November next. SCALE OF DISTRIBUTION. Amount of the Share of each Rank. Proceeds in' Sterling Mo. ney at an Exchange of is. 10d. per Rupee. Sicca Rupees. EUROPEANS. Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant-General Major-Generals and Brigadier. Generals Colonels Lieutenant-Colonels , Majors and Superintending Surgeons ; Captains, Surgeons, and Paymasters ' Subalterns, Assistant-Surgeons, and Regimental Quartermasters Troop Quartermasters, Company's Ridingrnasters, Provost Marshals,' and Conductors "I Staff' and Park Serjeants, Sub-Assist ant • t ant Surgeons, Dressers, and Sub-! Conductors Serjeants Corporals, English Farriers, Trumpe ters, and Privates NATIVES. Subadar-Major and Native Aid-de- Camp Subadars, Syrangs, Whoordie-Majors, and Resatildar;" .. Jemidars, Istyindals, Resaidars, and Naib Resauldars Havildars, 2d Tindals, Head Maistries, Head Guides, and Kote Duffadars... Naigues, Native Drummers, Farriers, Sepoys, La: cars, Puccallies, Petty Maistries, Bearers, Black Doctors, Privates, Sindars, Duffadars, Sawars Neshanburdars, Pioneers, 2d Guides, Trumpeters, and Nuggarchies '338,043 5 3 14,947 12 5 11,9.10 13 4 4,484 5 4 , 2,690 9 7 1 ' 793 11 8 896 13 10 448 61 112 1 81 22 6 81 14 15 1 7 7 61 59 12 71 41 13 51 14 15 1 7 5 7761 s. d. 30,987 6 1 1,370 431 1,027 13 21 411 1 31 246 12 91 164 8 61 82 4 3 41 2 11 10 5 61 2 1 11 1 7 5 0 13 El 5 9 71 4 2 21 0 13 81 0 9 FATAL AFFRAY AT CLITHEROE. We copy the following ffom the Blackburn Gazette of Wed nesday : At four o'clock this morning we received by express from a valued correspondent at Clitheroe, the following particulars of a transaction unequalled in atrocity since the bloody affair at " Peterloo." Will the authors of this, like. the authors of the Peterleo massacre, go unpunished? No, no; forbid it justice. It cannot be ! We shudder whilst we announce one of the most atrocious outrages committed by a body of military last night in the borough of Clitheroe, which it has fallen to our lot to record since the infamous massacre of Peterloo. We are not in pos session of the details of this melancholy affair, but learn from an eye-witness that yesterday being the day appointed for the entry of the Tory candidate, Mr. Irving, into that borough, he was received, as a most unpopular candidate might be expected to be, with groans and hisses, and we are sorry to add, by cer tain individual strangers in the town, with less justifiable tokens of disfavour—showers of stones. Mr. Irving and his party took what appeared to them the prudent course of driving through the town without stopping ; nor did they reappear in Clitheroe during the afternoon. In an evil hour, under the excitement of the indignity they had sustained, and in spite of the advice and remonstrance of the Bailiff* of the borough, Mr. Garstang, a requisition was dis patched to Burnley for two troops of horse, signed by Colonel Clayton, Charles Whitaker, Esq., of Simmondstone, and the Rev. R. Noble, of Whalley. In the evening Mr. I. and his party returned, escorted by fifty dragoons, and attended by two clerical Magistrates, and by some strange unpardonable infatuation, instead of taking the Worston Road, which was open to them, and would have en tirely avoided the borough, they chose to return through Clitheroe, at the close of the day of extraordinary excitement, and before the people had entirely dispersed. The conse quences were what might be expected; the sight of the troops and the unlooked-for appearance of Mr. Irving influenced the multitude, already under the influence of liquor—insults were offered on both sides—the ferment increased. The Riot Act was read, and then the troops, without orders it is said, charged the defenceless populace. Eight or ten individuals, most of them, as is but too frequent in such cases, guiltless and unof. fending, were sabred in the street. The wounds were last night pronounced to be severe, but not mortal. One man had his arm broken. Mr. Dickenson, a respectable surgeon of Colne, was wounded in the cheek, and nearly lost his eye. The cuts on the head and stabs in the body were numerous and merciless. FURTHER PARTICULARS, (From the Second Edition of the Blackburn Gazette.) We have just learned from a gentleman who left Clitheroe at noon this day, after witnessing the whole proceedings of this atrocious act, that at six o'clock last night five-sixths of the strangers had quitted the town, and the streets were more the appearance of a festival or fair than the scene of a contested election. The chief part of Mr. Fort's men had returned home, the Low Moor and Primrosemen were fast dispersing, Mr. Garnet and Mr. Thomson had just quitted the town, con sidering the tumult of the day as passed and their presence no longer necessary, when, without notice, without previous warn ing, without suspicion, Mr. Irving and his party entered the town surrounded by cavalry, sword in hand, who charged through the streets, driving the multitude in every direction. The order for this proceeding is understood to have been given to the commanding officer of the troops by Colonel Clayton, the Magistrate. We are credibly informed that the influential individuals of the Reform party were actually pointed out to the military, as fit objects for vengeance ; and from among the demons in human shape who thus employed themselves in the exultation of the moment at the prospect of near revenge, writhing with passion, and distorted with rage, the cry was heard—" Who are masters now ? Who are masters now ? Cut them down—cut them down." And they were cut down. Thus began the fray—thus began that riot of which Mr. Tory Irving and his advisers are the guilty authors The Bailiff of the borough, Mr. Garstang, protested strongly, and in vain, against the requisition for cavalry. He was answered shortly and decisively by the Rev. R. Noble, of Whalley, " we shall take the responsibility upon ourselves." A heavy responsibility they have incurred. Innocent blood has been shed which cries aloud for justice, and justice will be done. The influential inhabitants of the borough are in mo tion—a public meeting is about to be held, and a petition to the House of Commons prepared, praying for inquiry into the conduct of the military, into the conduct of the Magistrates, and the punishment of the guilty. We have this moment heard, which God avert, that this infatuated man, the Tory Candidate of Clitheroe, intends to renew his visit there to morrow. The indignation of the people is hourly increasing. The belief is, that he will canvass at the point of the bayonet. We cannot believe it, but if he does set foot in Clitheroe his military escort must be a strong one, if he ever intends to quit it. We are told that the people are arming themselves, and that a bloody shirt of which not four square inches remain unsteeped in the gore of one of the victims of crimson dye deep as the badge of his own party, will be hoisted as a standard against him. The number of wounded exceeds what we have before stated. DINNER TO DR. BOWRING. (From the Blackburn Gazelle.) On Wednesday evening, a public dinner was given to Dr. Bowling by the electors of Blackburn, in the large room of the New Inn, JAMES PILKINGTON, Esq., in the chair, when about two hundred respectable inhabitants sat down to an entertainment which was indeed a " feast of reason and a flow of soul." The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the first toast, and in do ing so observed, that a communication had just been received from one of the principal inhabitants of Clitheroe, saying that he would have been present at the dinner but for the horrible butchery perpetrated there by the military, at the instigation of the Tory candidate, and a set of infatuated Magistrates.— (Shame, shame.) Toast,—" The People, the only source of legitimate power."—(Drunk with three times three, and loud applause.) The next toast was,—" The King—the first Magistrate of a free people."—(Drunk with three times three.) The CHAIRMAN then gave,—" Our distinguished guest, Dr. Bowring." Dr. BO WRING rose and said—Gentlemen, I want a strong voice—and I have only a weak one now—because I wish to give vent to all that indignation with which my mind is shaken in bringing before you the deplorable history, the details of which I hold in my hand. I allude to the butchery at Clitheroe. —(Hear, hear.) I could scarcely believe the details which I have read, were it not that they come from an honourable and undoubted source. I am told, that yesterday, when the people who assembled together in Clitheroe, and scouted the Tory candidate from amongst them, had most of them retired, —when the remainder were 'enjoying themselves, as upon a festival that was to celebrate the cause of liberty, —and when the scene of enjoyment had more the appearance of a fair day than of any thing else,—a candidate, a man who in his place in Parliament has opposed all Reform—a West India proprietor, who on all occasion has resisted the demands of those whom he call. slaves, but who I call his brothers—(Loud cheers)—that man, headed by sol. diers, forced his way through the people—and those people were sabred that his presence might be intruded on them.—(Tremen dous cheering.) It is stated that the Bailiff of the place, the principal authority, opposed this inhuman—this flagitious in trusion, but that the magistrates persisted in calling out the military, and in drawing the sword which no brave men ever drew on such an occasion, to attack the defenceless, and dip their weapons in the blood of their countrymen.—(Cheers.) I did not believe that the scenes witnessed in this neighbourhood some years ago would have been repeated ; but so convinced am I of the desperate determination of the enemies of the people—so sure am I that the lesson taught to them ought to be most severe, that if I had been in Parliament, I would have lent my feeble assistance to bring about an inquiry even now into the atrocities of Peterloo.—(Loud cheers.) — The proceedings at Clitheroe are even more flagitious than the Manchester massacre, for we know that so tender, op tenacious is our law in all matters connected with the exercise of the electoral franchise, that soldiers are not allowed to approach a town when an election is going on, lest there should be any im proper influence used to prevent the free exercise of the elective right.—(Hear, hear.) But here are the soldiery leagued with and used by men who are the enemies of Reform, or in other words, the enemies of the people. In what terms of insult and efikontery did these hunters of their fellow men attack the defenceless ? What can be ones feelings when the ministers of a Church called national are found countenancing and en couraging proceedings like these ? Can any one believe that the Church of England can remain unreformed when her mi nisters head massacres like that at Clitheroe ?—(Cheers.) Does any body believe that the public indignation will consent that the concerns of a national church shall remain much longer in hands so unholy—so daring —so murderous—so uninstructed by the past —so heedless of the present—and so indifferent to the future? Do these men believe that they will be allowed to sow the wind—the wind of passion—the wind of calumny —the wind of fury—and that they will not reap the whirlwind of public indignation ?—(Loud cheering.) Is this a time, when the people are entering into their heritage, for such frightful—such bloody experiments to be made? I hope not. I hope the advocates of the people will be on the alert, and that they will stamp deserved ignomy on the foreheads of those who are so regardless of every thing—so deaf to all instruction— so incorrigible that they have nothing to learn from our suffer ings, and nothing to diminish from the excess of their own passions.—(Cheers.) COURT OF CHANCERY.---(THIS DAY.) JUDGMENTS.-EX-PARTE ELSEE IN THE MATTER OF JOYNER. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in giving judgment in this matter, stated that there were several points in contest : one important question was, whether the joint estate ought to be at liberty to prove against the separate estates, for the monies taken out of the concern by Surridge and Joyner, jun., for stock.jobbing transactions, unknown to Joyner, sen. ; and upon the whole, and upon the authorities, the Court felt bound to decide that question affirmatively in favour of the petitioners. With respect to an item of 600/., which had been paid in full by the assignees, to a gentleman of the name of Turner, for notes he had received after the commission had issued, his Lordship was by no means satisfied that that transac tion could: stand, and therefore directed an inquiry into the facts respecting it, as well as upon some other minor points. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN submitted, that the petitioners were at once entitled to their costs, on the ground that the pro ceedings had very materially benefitted the estate. The LORD CHANCELLOR felt at present disposed to re serve that question. The conduct of the assignees did not en. title him at present to say they ought to pay the costs ; but his Lordship was by no means disposed to think the estate would not ultimately be very materially benefitted by the pro. ceedings that had been instituted by the petitioners. EX-PARTE KEMP IN THE MATTER OF JOYNER. The question upon this cross appeal was, whether 1401. 19s. charged for travelling expenses from one place to another ought to be allowed under the head of just allowances, or such expenses as were necessary for the suing out and prosecuting the commission. It was necessary that a door upon this point should not be opened too widely, so as to admit any thing in the shape of lumping charges like the present; at the same time nothing could be more proper than the allowance of travelling expenses under the head of just allowances, where those travelling ex penses had been necessarily and solely incurred for the benefit of the estate, and to ascertain which his Lordship directed an inquiry into the particulars. As to the costs, his Lordship ordered Elsce and others, the creditors appearing as the respon dants to oppose the allowances, to have their costs immediately, but reserved the question as to the costs of the assignees until the result of the inquiry should be known. ROSE v. ROSE. The objection in this case was, that Mr. Macey, one of the Commissioners, was also a creditor under the bankruptcy, and the question was, whether the commission ought to be super seded or not ? His LORDSHIP saw no reason why the commission should be superseded on the ground of Mr. Macey's being a commis sioner ; neither could he find any thing objectionable in the conduct of Mr Macey; nevertheless, as it was highly expedient that the rule should be strictly adhered to, that no creditor can be allowed to act as a commissioner, his Lordship felt bound to order that Mr. Macey be suspended from acting as a commis sioner. UNSWORTH v. WOODCOCK. This case stood in the paper also; but as his Lordship wished to look further into it upon the point, he postponed disposing of it today. Several other matters were likewise in the paper for judg ment, which his Lordship disposed of, YOUNG v. THORNTON AND WINCHESTER v. YOUNG. Sir E. SUGDEN stated that in this case, which related to The Sun newspaper, the parties were very desirous of having, it heard before the vacation. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that he recollected something of it, as having been before him upon a motion for an injunction, and inquired if it pressed? Sir E. SUGDEN said that it pressed very much indeed, and he hoped that it might be appointed peremptorily for Wed nesday next. The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired who was on the other side ? Mr. JEMMETT said that Mr. Pepys was the leading Coun. sel on the other side; and that though he was not in Court, he was sure that that Learned Counsel would not object to its comming on on Wednesday. Sir E. SUGDEN said the question in these causes had been reduced to a very narrow compass indeed, and that it could not take much time in discussion. The LORD CHANCELLOR directed the case to stand for Wednesday morning. The Court proceeded to hear motions. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) SPECIAL INJUNCTION.-COMFORT v. SMITH. Mr. LOVATT applied for a special injunction to restrain the defendant, Mrs. Isabella Frances Smith, from receiving from his Majesty's Exchequer any monies in respect of an an nuity granted to her by his late Majesty George the Third. The application was supported by the joint affidavit of the plaintiff and a gentleman named Rickards, which stated that his late Majesty George the Third granted to the defendant a pension of 501. a year for her life ; that in June, 1819, she as signed that pension to a gentleman named Newton, to secure an annuity of 35/., subject to redemption. In July, 1820, his late Majesty George the Fourth was graciously pleased to continue the pension, which was assigned by Mrs. Smith to Mr. Newton. In April, 1822, Mrs. Smith, while in France, executed a power of attorney, em powering Mr. Rickards to receive any monies payable to her, and also gave him power to redeem any bond or cove. nant she had executed, and to sell or assign the pension to Newton. A few months afterwards she executed another power of attorney, enabling Rickards to sell or assign any fu ture pension that she might have. Under the first power of attorney, and before the second power was received, Mr. Rickards purchased froin Mr. Newton, for upwards of 3001., the annuity granted to him, out of his own funds. Newton then assigned the pension to Rickards, who assigned it to Messrs. Cocks and Co., the bankers, of Charing-cross, who paid it down to Rickards. In 1823, Rickards borrowed from the plaintiff a sum of 6001., and at that time executed a deed assigning the pension to the plaintiff, subject to redemption on payment, and representing to him that his assignment was sufficient to enable the plaintiff to claim any future pension that might be granted to Mrs. Smith ; and promised the plain tiff, that as the agent of Mrs. Smith, he would assign any fu ture pension; it was upon this understanding that the plaintiff lent Rickards the 6001. The plaintiff continued to receive the pension up to the death of George the Fourth : after that period Mrs. Smith delivered a memorial to the Treasury, pray ing a re-grant of the annuity, which request was acceded to. In May, IEO2, Mrs. Smith executed a deed, which recited that Rickards had advanced to her a much larger sum than her pen sion would cover; and which gave power to the Commissioners of the Treasury to pay to Rickards this pension, or any other that might be granted to her, until the debt should be dis charged. Mrs. Smith, however, instead of allowing the parties to receive it, had applied to the Exchequer, and obtained pay. ment of the annuity up to the sth of April, 1832, and had ex pressed her determination, by threats, to continue the receipt of it. Under such circumstances the bill had beets filed, praying that it might be declared that the plaintiff had a lien on the annuity, and for an injunction in the mean time. His HONOUR immediately granted the injunction. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S DOVER, AVG. 3.—Arrived otrport—the Margaret, Biddle; from Mauritius, sailed the 22d March, Cape of Good Hope the 24th April, and St. Helena the 10th May; Louisiana, Hamil ton, from Demerara. FALMOUTH, Auo. 2—Wind N., light—Arrived off port the Reaper, Rhind, from Bay Chaleur. LIVERPOOL, Avo. 2.—Arrived the Margaret, Makinson, from Alexandria ; and Virginia, —, from Marseilles. SCILLY, AUG. 2.—Arrived the Manow, Von Blucher, from Matanzas. GREENOCK, AUG. I.—Arrived the John Lee, Kelso, from Messina. BELFAST, AVG. I.—Arrived the Lady Keith, Grant, from Alicant. DUBLIN, Aua. 2.—Arrived the William Black, Derby, from Cadiz. CORK, AUG. I.—Arrived the Annabella, Stanton, from Newfoundland; and'Ursula, Plummer, from London. DUNDEE, Auu. I.—Arrived the Gratitude, Paton, and Scotia, Rosel, from Memel; Juliana, --, from Pillau; and Unity, Betts, from Riga. SHIELDS, Auu. 2.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Edgar, from Pictou ; Hope, Ord, from Miramichi ; and Cho, Reed, from Riga. MAURITfUS, MARCH 22.—The Harriet, Robson, sailed from hence on theist inst. for Hobart Town, and put back on the 9th instant, leaky. The Wildman, Skelton, arrived at the Mauritius on the 21st of March, sailed from Guam on the sth of December, and left there the Lord Amherst, with 1,700 barrels of oil, and the Kitty, with 400. The Richard, from Liverpool to Quebec, was spoken on the 18th ult. ; the Echo, of Christiansand, on the 22d ; and the Perseverance, in lat. 47, long. 7. The state of the hop plantations in Middle Kent are in a very precarious state; the East Sutton and Ulcombe Hill grounds are now much infected with vermin, and we hear of a considerable increase in the Weald of Kent. The Sussex plantations are in some districts im proved, but others are rather worse. The Canterbury plantations are short of bine, and there is much vermin. We are at a loss to account for the duty being quoted so high ; in our opinion there is nothing in the present state of the plantations to justify it...Maidstone Gazette. ASSIZES.-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) OXFORD CIRCUIT.—SHREwsnunr, Afro. 4- Zachariah .Meredith and Richard Jones were indicted for highway robbery. Evan Jones, the prosecutor, stated that on the night of the robbery he was proceeding to Oswestry, between 12 and 1 o'clock, when he was accosted by the two pri soners, one of whom collared him, and insisted on having a shilling. The witness having money to a large amount in one of his pockets, gave them the shilling to save the rest, but they insisted on having all that he had, and one of them seized on his watch, having thrown him down, crying to his companion, " Give me a knife, and we'll finish him ;" but neither of them had a knife. They subse quently kicked him about the head most unmercifully, and jumped upon him; and one of them was standing on his neck, when two men were seen coming up, and alarmed them, and then they went off. Other circumstances were detailed by witnesses, and the Jury found both the prisoners Guilty—Transportation for life. Mr. Justice BosaNQuitr, in sentencing the prisoners, told them that it was only their extreme youth, and some circumstances which had not appeared sufficiently clear to him, that induced him to spare their lives. MIDLAND CIR CUIT.—DEPRY, JULY 3. Robert M'Cracken, aged 36, was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife Mary, by administering poison to her, in the parish of Dronfield. Elizabeth Smith, wife of Matthew Smith, of Upper Hceley, near Sheffield, deposed that the prisoner came to lodge at her house on the 2d of June last. On the rltli of that month be told her hie wife was coming to visit him the next day. She came accordingly, and stopped two days. On the 9th of June, which was Sunday, the prisoner went out in the morning and returned in the afternoon. Witness, after his return, observed two bottles, apparently of ginger pop, in the prisoner's room. They were not there in the morning. The prisoner and his wife left the lodgings at a quarter before five o'clock the next morning, taking with them the two bottles and a piece of gooseberry pie. Witness heard the deceased sty, " One bottle of pop would be enough for her." The prisoner returned alone on the Tuesday night, and said, " He had had a very bad affair happen, his wife was dead." She had drank, he said, some pop, and it made her sick; that he did not wish her to drink any more, but she would, because she thought it would take the sick ness off. Cross-examined by Mr. WRITEHEIRST.—The deceased complained of being unwell on the Sunday; she drank a deal of treacle-beer on that day. The bottles of pop were not concealed. The prisoner apptared much distressed when he told her of the loss of his wife. Mrs. Elizabeth Thorpe keeps the Coach and Horses public-house at Dronfield, to which the deceased was brought about nice o'clock in the morning ; she was very ill. The prisoner arrived about three o'clock in the after noon, and entered the room where his wife was lying ; he asked her if her breasts hurt her, and she said, " No, it was the ginger-pop ; that it tasted very good, but it made her sick." The prisoner appeared much affected, and was very kind to her. The deceased observed, that she was sure her hus:uand would not put any thing into the pop to injure her. Cross-examined by Mr. Wfurzunarr.—Witness sent for him at the earnest request of his wife. He wept bit terly on arriving. During the whole time she never made any accusation against Lim. He never left her for mote than five minutes, and she died in his arms. George Hill—Lives at Plesley. The prisoner came to lodge at his house in July 1831. He represented himself to the family as a single man, and paid marked attentions to witness's daughter Mary Ann. She was an only child. The prisoner asked witness if he married his daughter whether he could give any money with her, and he pro mised he would do as much as he could for them. In De cember he enticed the witness's daughter away, and she was now pregnant by bim. Mary A❑n Hill, daughter of the last witness, deposed to receiving, on the 11th June, through the witness MeHors, a brooch ar.d a note sent by the prisoner. She gave them up to Smith, the constable. Edmund Smith, constable of Dronfield, deposed to taking the prisoner into custody immediately after the death of his wife. The prisoner protested his innocence, and-asked how they could prove that he had given her poi son? (The witness produced the letter found on the de ceased after her death, and also the letter and broaeh which he received from Mary Ann Hill.) The letters were then read. That to the deceased contained an earnest request for her to come over and see him, as he was very ill. That to Mary Ann Hill contained the remarkable expression—. You shall hear good news soon ?" It was written the day before the alleged giving of poison to his wife. Mr. Nicholson, surgeon, of Dronfield, attended the de ceased. An examination took place in the presence of witness at the Sheffield Medical Institution, and the result was such as to lead him to form an opinion that she died from the effects of arsenic internally administered. Several witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner an excellent character. The Jury returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—NEWCATSLI, Acra.2. The Assizes commenced here this day. Among the Grand Jury we observed Lord Ossulston, T. W. Beau mont, Esq., M.P., Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. M.P., W. Ord, Esq., M.P., Sir F. Haggerston, Bart., Sir C. Monk, Bart., Sir C. Loraine, Bart., Sir E. Bracket, Bart., Sir D. W. Smith, Bart., HOD. H. T. Liddell, &C. &c. Mr. Baron Bou.Alin in his address said he was happy to state that the calendar contlined very few prisoners, and was not disgraced by any of those crimes which had prevailed in the county of Durham. The cases tried this morning possessed not the slightest interest. At Durham this morning, Mr. Justice PARKS passed sentence of death on W. Parkin, Elizabeth Parkin, and Thomas Varty, for as-aulting and wounding Thomas Thew, a pitman. The Learned Judge did not hold out the slightest hopes of mercy to the men, and said, that such was the state of discontent in the county, it was ne cessary to make a severe example of some of the offenders. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES, AUOUST 3. The Ladies' Plate of 50/. The winner to be sold for 150 soya. &c. Heats, the New Course. Mr. W. Day's b. h. Hindoo, 6 yrs (Arnull) 1 1 Mr. Shackell's br. c. Pumpkin, 3 yrs 3 2 Mr. Ricardo's b. f. Gretna Green, 3 yrs 2 3 Won cleverly. At the turn, iti coming home, Gretna Green and Pumpkin bolted, and, bad Hindoo'e jockey been awake, he could have distanced them, and they could not have claimed ; but, not being used to plating, he allowed Pumpkin to save his distance, and claim the winner, who is considered cheap. Handicap Plate 501., heats two miles, was won in two heats by Mr. Dockeray's Donegani, 5 yrs. beating Sketch book, 5 yrs. 0 c. by Little John, 3 yrs. ; Harpalice fillly, 4 yrs. ; filly by Whalebone, 4 yrs. ; and b. g. Hop Duty, 6 yrs. KNUTSFORD RACES, Aua. 2. A Plate of 60/. was won in three heats by Mr. T. Stanley's Pedestrian (Templemoan) beating Reform, Nab, Tom Tit, and Hazard. Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 30 sous, added, was won in three bees by Mr. Palin's Pluralist, 6 yrs. (Lear) beat ing Cube, 4 yrs. ; Dusbury, 4 yrs. ; Wedlock, 4 yrs. ; and Orthodox, aged. BISHOP'S CASTLE RACES, JULY 30. The Castle Stakes of 5 sots. each, and 25 amts. added, was won in two heats by Mr. Charlton's Ragman (Wad low) beating Mr. Walker's Merry Legs and another. The Woodcote Stakes of 3 soya each, and 20 soya. added, was won in three heats by Mr. George's Acco,4 yrs. beating Merry Legs, Forester Lass, and three others. JULY 31.—The Stanage Stakes of 5 soya, each, and 20 soya. added, was won in two heats by Mr. Price 't Miller's Maid, 6 yrs. beating Rolla and a c. by Figaro. A Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 sous. added, was won in two heats by Aeco beating b. c. Parthenon. The Forced Handicap was won by Dandina. PLYMOUTH • AND DEVONP ORT RACES, AUGUST 1. The Saltratn Stakes of 25 soya. each, Forty Subs. was won by Mr. Trelawney's Walter beating Omen and Coronet. A Plate of 501. was won by Firman beating Fidelity ind Walter. SIR WALTER SCOTT.--We regret to learn that for the last two or three days, Sir WALTER was so much worse, that scarcely any hope is now entertaind t,f* his recovery.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. THE CHOLERA AND THE LIFE INsuR, ANCE COMPANIES.—At a late meeting of the various Life Insurance Companies in London, it was stated that, since the first appearance of cholera in the United Kingdom, up to Friday, the 27th ult, there had,been hot thirty•six claims on the score of deaths occasioned by this disease ; a strong proof that its ravages have been chiefly confined to the lower orders of societp—Medical Gazette.