The Sun. — London, England, 1832-03-27 00:00:00

thoreasion that should be asked for in a spirit of modera tion ; and that, on the other hand, the Government' of England would never insist upon any concession that would affect the independence of -Holland. In the inva 'Rion of the Papal States France toed placed herself in a pitnettrya in which her conduct eemi liable to misconception, and of that liabity he was desirous to see her relies: her self with as. delay as possible. He would reek, had hi- Noble Friend seen the letter of the Finch Minister (31. St. Aulaire) err the Foreign Minister of the Pope, dated the Itth of January last ? That letter expresstel the liroly satisfaction with which the French trlleciernment viewed the legislative measures adopted fry the Pope in the Edicts of the Ist of June, the :ith ni July, the nth of October, and the 31st of October last veer. Indeed, if the Government of this county- had had so much trouble for the last twelve moo :as in hi inging about this meastre of Reform, there was t out little reason for complaining that the Pope had riot been able to effect tlee 'ten'or eleven Re forme which he had undertaken. It was meet unjustifi able for a powerful State to interfere berreen the subjects sod the Government of a weaker State, compelling that tteaker Government to bring at once into operation reea sures which it contemplated effecting by degree's, Not withstanding the strong expression of the minions of that House respect'.ng the affairs of Pootogal given on a former occasion, he (Sir R. Peel? continued to be of opinion, that there was great hot oaks in the line of conduct pur sued by this Government towards Portugd. TLe law of nations recognised only a state of war and a state of peace. There was nothing but danger and evil would retteit if a Government were to be considered at liberty to argue on 'he ground of any particular grievance which it might have suffered from another state ; or en the ground of the character of the individual at the head of that state, no on the ground of the mode by which that individeat had ac quired his authority, that it heal a right to establish some new relation between itself and that etete, not recognised ley the law of nations. He had 'understood his Noble Fiend to admit, that in the civil contest going on in Por tugal, we were bound by the law of nations to maintain a strict neutrality. Lord PALMERS'fON obserrerl, Across the table, that, 1 1 the law of nations, we might take what course we pleased. What he had stared was, that our Gogerentieut had determined to maintain a strict neutrality, Sir R PEEL resumed, and said, tkat if that was the ease, there was certainly a strong impteesion in the pub. lie mind that that neutrality had not been observed.._ (Hear, bear.) His Noble I4iend had asked if the ex isting Government of Portugal had a right to require us to assist it in repelling Don Pedro? Bet that was not the question. The question was, if it was consistent with neutrality to give aid to Dort Pedro? In support of the doctrine that the law of nations demanded a strict neu trality on Our part, the Right Hon. Barnet quoted a correspondence between Mr. Jefferson, in 1793, when that gentleman was the American Secretary of State, and when England and France were at war, and America , was neutral, M. Genet, the French Ambassador, nth question that arose at that period. France claimed a right to fit ont expeditions in the ports of the United aga net this country. Mr. Jeffereon denied the existence of such a right; and, on the contrary, contended, that as the United States were neutral, they were bound to pre vent either of the belligerents irons making the ports of the United States the medium of an attack upon the other. Mr. Jefferson, who certainly had no friendly feeling to wards ns, on the 17th of June 1793, addressed a lottee to 31. Genet. In that letter Mr. Jefferson confirmed the opinion of the President, " that the arming and eqiiipping of vessels in the ports of the United Sates to cruise against nations with whom they are at peace, r. - as in cornpatibie with the sovereignty of the Unit e d Stat es ; that it made them instrumental to the annorence of those nations, and thereby tended to cenmeit their peace." He then proceeded in his ad-Tess to NI. Genet—" You think,Sir, that this opinion is contrary to the law of na , ure and the i t e age of nations. 'We are of opinion it is dictated by that law end usage, and this had been very maturely inquired into before it was adopted as a principle of condu c t. B ut we will not a ssume t h e exc l us i ve right of saying what that law and usage is." Mr. Jefferson then quoted the opinion of Vette!, that "while a neutral nation wished surely to enjoy that character, it ought to evinie: in all things exact impartiality between belligerent!. For if it favour the 000 to the prejudice of the ether, it cannot complain when the latter treats it as the adherent and associate of its enemy. Its neutrality would be fraudulent, of which no one would be the dupe. This impartiality which a neu tral nation ought to preserve, consists of this : it refers solely to war, and comprehends two things ; Ist, Never to give assistance when it is not obliged to do so ; not to furnish freely either troops, or arms, or munitions, er any thing which contributes directly to tsar. I say, never to give assistance, and not to give it equally; for it would be absurd tor a State to help equal) , two enemies," Sec. " It," proceeded Mr. Jefferson, " the neutral power may act, consistent with its neutrality, furnish men to either party, for their aid in war, as little can either enrol them in the neutral territory by the law of nation,. Wolf ear, r Since the right of levying soldiers is a right of sovereignty which cannot be violated by a foreign nation, it is not permitted to levy soldiers on the tePritory of others, without the consent of the master of the teneitory.' And 'Vette! states, The right of levvint soldiers telongs solely to the nation, or to the Sovereign ; no person can exercise it in a foreign country without the per mission of the Sovereign. Those who undi rt,ke to enlist eoldiers in a foreign country without the periniesion of the sovereign, and in general whoever seduces the subjects of others, violates ere of the most sacred rights of the Prince and of the nation.'" The conduct of the United States at the time to which he alluded, was a practical illustra tion of this doctrine. And let it be recollected, that it was at a time when the United States Were tinder great recent obligations to France, and none whatever to Eng land—that it was at a time when she was smarting from the conduct of the 'one, and greatful for the conduct of the other, that she nevertheless determined to adhere strictly to what she felt to be the law of nations. What was the construction put upon this principle of the laity of nations by the present Judge-Advocate-General in 18,29, in one of the ablest speeches which he (Sir Robert Peel) had ever bad the food fortune to hear in that House. That Right Hon. Gentleman, after stating that not only was the weight of authority in favour of the principle of the obligation of neutral pewits not to permit one belli gerent to prepare means in their territory for attaching the other, proceeded to declare, " that not a single autho rity, nor the shadow of it, could be found in opposition to this plain, clear, irrefutable position, that when a neu tral nation knowingly pernahted the levying of troops in its territory, by one of two belligerents to go so far as very materially to sway the fortunes of the war, then such a no tion was virtually departing from its neutral character, and assuming that of an enemy, and this in the worst manner, because not directly." This was the doctrine which he (Sir Robert Peel) maintained. Portugal might have given us twenty just causes of war ; but if we had not gone to war with her on any of those causes, we had no right to conduct ourselves otherwise than on strictly neutral principles.—(Hear.) The question was not whether this country had grounds of complaint against Portugal for which it was entitled to redress, but whether, being hitherto professedly neutral, it bad ad• tiered to the principles of neutrality. On the occasion to which he had already adverted, Mr. Role rt Grant pro ceeded to say, " The question was, whether the known and uniform practice of Europe bad ever established or even sanctioned this principle, that a State, having pledged its neutrality to one of two powers engaged in war, might afterwards permit the opposite belligerent to draw troops from its population to any conceivable extent for the pur pose of deciding that very war, without affording the slightest ground of just complaint to the power to whom its neutrality was pledged ? Nothing of the kind could be pretended even for a moment," Having thus shown what was the principle on which by the law of nations neutral States ought to act, and in what manner that principle had been enforced by the practice of one of the most powerful Governments, that of the United States; and having shown that whereas there existed in this country a municipal law, prohibiting the fitting out of any expedition in our own ports to be directed against a neu tr 11 power —to permit the fitting out of any expedition was a violation of that municipal law ; he should now in quire what were the facts of the case respecting the late expedition. Was Ilia Nable Friend really ignorant of the circumstances attending that expedition? bid he not know that a very gallant officer, distinguished in our navy, and possessing a❑ extensive local knowledge of the shores of Portugal, bad the command of that expedition ?—(Lord Patt)tEasToN said, across the Table, as we understood the Noble Lord, that he was not aware of any other naval officer being lit the expedition). He (Sir R. Peel) would state to the Ile Lord what he believed to be facts ; hut which he should be very happy to hear contradicted. He stated, that Captain &mark a had the command of the expedition. fle stated that the Cos , gress was commanded by a Commander of the Royal Navy, under an assumed name. He etated that the Asia was commanded by another Commander in the Royal Navy, also under an assumed mut e. There were other Naval Officers in the expedition. There were 3 000 British subjects in the expedition. He had seen a letter from a British officer, stating that he had himself enlisted 2,000 men to serve in the expedition. He stated that four vessels of war were Etter! oat in this country, ani proceeded to a French port, there to unite with a French force. It was notoriou4, therefore, that it was a conjoint French and English ex peditiou s which it was evidslt ertu'al not have been formed without the connivance of France and England. It was to he joined oleo by 2,000 Poles. It was neither mere nor lees, therefore, than an indirect, but powerfct interference between the two parties. We. had an Act to prevent the enlistment of . his Stajesaal. taaojecta, and the equipping of vessels for foreTra earvice in the port s o f t hi s country without. the king's - permission. If, therefore, any 4f thae 'wing's Officers had, by mistake, entered into at t. .such service, a Proclamation ought to he issued to r call them to their duty. That .. - eotild tea a p‘_cc:' the neutrality and impartiality of Govern -nient. Excited failing-9 TesagTat be produced in that House thseefiAsa on the character of Don Miguel ; htt, 6, late; of nations recognised no reference to the 'alsdaa'elar of iridividuals. Was it in the dominions hf ...lan. Xing of England that an expedition way aareatain', without permission, to attack ti ntataa! :Lion To do this without the King t ftelan'Ssion was a great violation of the tights of soarartignty; And yet an advertisement had appeased in the papers for a regular enlistment in the ar - fatiee of Dun Perko. While we were at peace as a na tion, were we to allow the subjects of -the King to go to war? Had his Noble Friend read the deposition,' on the subject of the expedition in question sworn before the Lord Mayor ? Those deposititsno tenstituted a prinicryiicie ease; and, if smelt to aaere not to he acted upon, it would be battler at since to repeal the Foreign Enlibtitent „act. What was the conduct of Mr, 'Canning towards the Spanish refugees ? nee , ilia he address them? " I respect your princiselea—you r labours for the amelioration of your ccuna:y ; 1 give you credit for all the sacrifices you lessee made. Here vou shall find a r fuge and an aasimo. But, in order that we may he tellable.' to afford a refuge and an asylum to the discussed people of other criontriee, rat shall not be allowed to convert the porta o f England into places of prepa ration t 1 liosti!ity." Mr. Canting and himself ha't at that period seen a diatieguished Spanish General Officer, and hod told him that they had certain informatiote ni his being engage 1 in preparing an expedition against Cuba, and that if he did not inane diatetay abandon it, the Alien Act should he enforesti against him. Mr. Canning also felt it his dirty to com municate the fact to the Spanish Government. if ever there was a time when this law of nations ought to be es forced—if e'-er there was a time when this country ought not to be made a party to the unsettling of the Peninsula, it was the present. If Don Pedria having Ttrceira, dies - to direct an expedition against Portugal, he admitted with his Noble Friend that we were not obliged to afford any aid to Don I‘.l';auel. But Doh Pedro bad no right to come to this country, fit out vessels, enlist men, and then unite With a similar preparation in France. Independent Por tugal had a right to require from us not to permit this. We were not at liberty to create new relations unknown to the law of nations. Bet if we were, ha was at a loss to see the wisdom or prudence of making Don Miguel our anta gonist. It had been alleged that Don Miguel had forfeited the pledges which he had given to this country. But did Don Pedro :lever forfeit any of his pledges ? Were the war between Buenos Ayres and Rio Janeiro, the assumption of illegal authority on that oecasion, and the confiscation of British propel ty, forgotten ? Were we to refer to the acts ef tyranny of any iedividual in Portugal ? It was for the Portuguese to look at those acts. If any acts of tyranny h'en committed towards English subjects, we should he entitled to demand redress ; but we had nothing to du with any acts of tyranny committed towards Portugu, subjects. He had heir? no satisfactory explanation from his Noble Friend respecting the conduct of our Govern ment tetaards-Portugal ; an i be could see no hope of per manent tranquillity, except by adhering to the established laws of nations. Colonel EVANS contended that the authorities quoted by the Right Hon. Baronet were not at all at variance with the course pursued by his Majesty's Government.— He denied that any power in Europe had assumod the right of fitting out fleets in our ports. With respect to the conduct of the United States, adverted to by the Right Hon, liaronet, he believed there were few contests in South America in which the subjects of the United States had not been concerned. He did not believe that troops had been enlisted, and vessels fitted out in this country for the purpose of invading Portugal ; and he contended that the detention of vessels which had taken place was a vio lation of law, those vessels being the property of a mer chant in France, arid no law existing which prohibited vessels front being carried from the ports of one country to the ports of another. With respect to Ancona, the French officer was to he tried by a Court-martial. While Austria had troops in Italy, the French were justified in also having troops in that country. If the Austrian troops were withdrawn, the French troops must he withdrawn also. The small number of the troops sent by France to Italy showed that the expedition was merely for the pur pose of asserting a principle. With respect to Belgium, although he agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet in his sympathy for Holland, he was astonished to hear the Right Hon. Baronet say that the paramount policy of Europe at present was te maintain the rights and interests of Holland. He denied that. The paramount policy of Europe at present was to maintain the peace and repose of the various nations of the world, at the smallest possible sacrifice of individual interests. Mr. HOPE was of opinion that there was a prima facie case of an expedition hostile to Portugal having been fitted out in the ports of this country, and that his Ma jestv's Government ought to have inquired into it. He al lowed, with the Gallant Officer who bad just spoken, that the object of Europe was to preserve peas e on the equili brium of States at 'lt le ist p issible sacrifice. Mr. HUME thought that the Right Hen. Baronet bad in hi, . ingenuous speech assumed circumstances which bad never occurred, and a state of things which had never existed, which did not exist, and which never woo'. exist. He (Mr. Hume) was unable, therefore, to arrive at the conclusions at which the Right Hon. Baronet had arrived. What were the facts of the case ? He well re-. membered the passing of the Foreign Enlistment Act, and of his having divided against it in every stage. Flow had it been violated ? Before it was enacted troops were fre quently raised in this country in Liigades, to serve in Spain, France, and every other part of the world. He contended that the fact of Government having declared on one night that they had received no official information of Captain S3rtorius having ace 'pled a command in a foreign expedition, and ye , removing h;na on the following day, in consequence ci taunts from the Opp , sition side of the House, was only one of the many instances of weakness upon the part of the Noble and Hon. U.--mbers on the Treasury Benches.—(Cheers and laughter.) He main•ained, tco, that the facts deposed to before the Lord Mayor did not constitute a violation of the Act. This he said, but at the same time wished to express his modem- nition of the provisions of that Bill. He also remarked that the Right Hon. Member for Tamworth was die last person in the House who ought to condemn' the Govern, went on this occasion, liecau;e, shortly after the passing of this Act, when he was Home Secretary, a large expedition for a foreign Power was sent forth from Cork, without his attempting to interfere. In conclusion, he begged to re- peat the opinion, that if we suffered arms and ammunition tc be shipped frotn London for Don Miguel, upon every principle of fairness they should permit arms, ammunition, and men to be shipped for Don Pedro. Sir C. WETHERELL observed, that the Hon. Member for Middlesex had, with his wonted ingenuity, contrived to make one part of his speech answer the other. This saved him the trouble of attempting a reply. He entirely agreed with his Right Hon. Friend (Sir R. Peel) as to the grounds of his charge against Government. He would merely state, that the Hon. Member fur Middlesex was completely mistaken as to the fact of there being ao power upon the part of Government to prevent foreign enlistment before the passing of the Bill. The truth was, that previous to this Act, the offence against which it was intended to provide was a capital fekny. The Learned Gentleman► then went over the several provisions of the Foreign EnliNtment Bill, and contended there had been a positive breach of neutrality. Sir F. FRENCH maintained, that the affidavits before the Lord Mayor were entitled to all credit; and that al- lowing London to he used as a port and arsenal for Don Pedro was a positive breach of neutrality. Sir JOHN MILLEY DOYLE rose for the purpose of asking his Majesty's Ministers whether they were aware of the nefarious projects of the Spanish Government respect ing its intention of ()prising, the wishes of the Portuguese nation, and assisting the present Usurper on the blood- stained Throne of P:rtugal, notwithstanding its pledge to the contrary to France and England? And if they were, whether any intimation had been made to the Government of Spain that a teal, and not a mock neutrality would be insisted upon by this country ? He begged to call the at- tention of his Majesty's Ministers and the nation (whose honour was concerned) to the statement which appeared in the Courier i f Saturday last, and which, with the per mission of the Hou , e, Ise begged leave to read, knowing the statement to be matter of fact We learn, from a private source, on which we have reason to rely, that, notwithstanding the assurances of the Spanish Ministry to the contrary, it is int en d e d, i n the event of the invasion of Portugal by the forces under the command of Don Pedro, that the Spanish troops, now on the frontier as an army of observation, shall enter Portugal for the purpose of aiding Miguel in his endeavours to retail, an usurped Crown. Shortly after the reply of the Spanish Cabinet to the re- monstrances of Lord Palmerston, a meeting of the Apos tolic Junta was held, at which it was resolved, with the direct concurrence of the King, that as the restoration of the constitutional system in Spain must iett i ..itabiy follow the success of Don Pedro re'rit.:gal, it was essential for the, peoteetien ??: the Throne and the Clergy that assist er-tCt should be given to Don Miguel. This having been unanimously agreed to, it was suggested that private orders should be given to the Generals commanding the arktlY of observation, to ewer Portugal on the eoinFlonit el' the Usur per, with an inti!natioh. Lldiougli it might becout. neceasato.• 7-art of the Ministry to disavow the act, ',he .!.':::nta and the King would take especial care to reward the officers who should by their obedience to the orders of the Junta evince their regard for the Altar and the Throne. It will be asked, perhaps, how a proceeding intended to he kept secret shoold be khown te its ^ 1 1 7 e can only reply-, ~..... that the akithoc.it4j epen which we mike it public is too ~ reataeCtel;:e to admit of doubt."—The Hon. Meath& ahould have much pleasure, if permitted by the Noble Se cretary for Foreign Affairs, to place documents before hire, for the information of Government, which would fully prove the perfidy of the Cabinet of Spain, supported by the beloved Ferdinand and his enlightened councillors the Apostolic Junto. He felt it the more necessary to troubl e the Noble Lard with three questions, as it wa'a generally ttnderstohd that the Gallant General at the head of the Foreign Department in Prance had, from courtesy to our Cabinet, abstained from taking any part in the Portu guese question, except with the concurrence, and indeed at the suggestion of Great Britain. He was quite sure, however, that General Sebastiani wou'd cheerfully second any measure which our Government might adopt to secure the red neutrality of Spin. Mr. FANE was opposed to the foreign policy of the present Ministers, It would be a piece of successful arti fice on the part of the French Government if it could dis arm its most p o w er f u l opponent. He deprecated such an union betw een F rance an d E ng l an d . Mr. GALLY KNIGHT, on t h e contrary. rejoiced a t the friendly feeling now existing between this country and France. The Gentlemen opposite were particularly alive to the dangers of French interference, though they saw the interference of other Powers in the affairs of smaller States without the slightest alarm. The interference of Austria in Italy upon a recent occasion had given them much pleasure, because it was intended to crush those who wished to improve the condition of their country— (Hear, hear)—while the interference of France nas looked on with displeasure, as it was supposed it would favour the other side of the . question. It was impossible to deny that the condition of the Governments of Italy was to be deplored ; while they were desperately tyranni cal, they were at the same time very weak, so weak in deed that they could not protect their own subjects from the banditti that infested their States. He protested against the constant interference of Austria, which was always directed to prevent improvement in the social con dition of the people. Such had been the interference of Austria with Naples, more recently of Austria with the Papal States, and such too had been the interference of France with Spain ten years ago, and in all these cases the effect produced was most injurious to the pe , ple. It was said the other night that but for the known disposi tion of the present Ministry, France would not have sent soldiers.to amwer was, that but for the known disposition of the late Ministry, Charles X. would not have published those ordinances that finally drove him from the throne. He trusted that, whatever might occur, the Government would not interfere in the affairs of Portugal. Mr. P. COURTENAY, with respect to what had been said about Austria, begged to observe, that there was a great distinction between the two occasions in which Aus tria had interfered, and the present when France inter fered. In the first instance, as hail been truly observed by the late Lord Castlereagh, Austria interfered on account of the safety of her territorie., which lay contiguous to thos r where the troubles existed, and in the recent instance of Austrian interference, the Austrians hail been called upon by the Government of the country. He repeated, that he wished to know on what footing the French troops stood in Ancon Sir R. FRANCO was happy that there existed a spirit of open friendship and cordiality between the Governments of France and England. The late - Government had not done their duty firmly and cmsistently. He believed that at the moment Lord Aberdeen was writing letters to the Portuguese Government complaining of their conduct, his Lordship had given a great degree of moral support to the Government of Portugal by the speeches he nsade in the House of Lords, and that in that manner he weakened, if not destroyed, all the effect his letters seerne,l intended to produce. Mr. BARING agreed with those who thought that a good understanding between this country and France was a matter of great importance to this count-y, to Europe, and to the world at large ; and there was no man who slaw it with more pleasure than he did ; but if France and Eng , land were to determine the question of interference or non , interference by the point whether the country about which an intert . erence was proposed had a good Government or not, peace would be sown broken. In fact, such an union between these two countries would then be ' came an intolerable tyranny, and make a dictation of ' two Pimp; sof Europe over all the rest. He thought that the rule of their conduct should be to respect strictly the principles of international law. He was no admirer of the state of things either in Rome or Portugal, but still he thought that the English Government should not inter. fere with the concerns of either. If we did, we should increase, as we had originally created, the immense debt that now oppressed Us. With respect to Portugal, he must say that he did not think there was much to choose between Don Miguel and Don Pedro.—(Hear.) lie re gretted, therefore, that a wholesale armament had been allowed to be prepared in this country. With respect to Belgium, he did not know whether we had been over - - reached in that country by our friend and ally, but cer tainly the result of the arrangement was, that that court. try had been left in a most satisfactory state for France, and in a most uns itisfactory state for England. He be lieved that if more patience and forbearance had been shown by England and France—if they had not at once declared that the separation between Belgium and Holland was inevitable—the people of those countries would soon have found it to be their advantage to be united ; the Bel gians would have been speedily tired of their revolt, and the two countries would have been as friendly and as united as ev, r. He thought that in the Conference the boundary lines of Holland bad not been properly settled, and that Antwerp and Maestr;clit ought to have b"en al- lowed to remain with Holland. France had flatteted our vanity by allowing us to cl-oose the Sovereign of the Belgians, but she had taken care that every essential thing should be French.—( Hear.) King Leopold (whose name he never wished to mention without paying a tribute of respect to his private worth) was as much de pendent on France as was any Nabob on the banks of the Ganges upon the will of the Governor-General. By our negociatione with respect to Belgium, we had con trived to make deadly enemies of our friends, the Dutch, though before that period there was hardly a man in Hol land who would not almost have died in support of English interests. The two canals had never been free—they had been declared free by the King of the Netherlands, but that was because the two countries were then united, and his subjects of Belgium were allowed the benefit of using them. The present arrangement bad, in fact, destroyed the independence of Holland, and as Belgium would at some future time be a department of France, all the ad- vintages now given to Belgium would become a source of greatness to France. The communications between the ,!lieldt and the Rhine, which the possession of the narrow waters would establish, would enable the French to turn the whole defence of Holland at any time that it might suit her to do so. The people of Holland were opposed to this arrangement, but then came in these two great bullies —(A laugh)—and forced them to suffer. He must say that our Government had taken a most unjust view of the subject, and that they had been quite mistaken on the paint of policy. He objected to our Government giving a guarantee to maintain any arrangement of this sort—a guarantee by which the people might be com Felled to go to war to support the arrangement, whether they were prepared for it or not. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON regretted that recruiting for Don Pedro had been allowed in this country ; for though it was true that the tyranny of Don Mituel was barbarous, yet British commerce had not suffered from his conduct; and there never was a Prince against whom British subjects had so many grounds of complaint as against Don Pedro. Mr. HUNT contended that a clear breach of the law of natienr.had been established, and that it was no justifica tion of the present Government that they had only fol lowed the bad example set them by their predecessors in office. The SPEAKER then put the question, which was, that the House resolve itself into a Committee of Supply. Lord PALMERSTON began by adverting to the modest portico of a moti.m to the wide-spread structure of a de bate founded upon it, to the precedents collected from the time of Jefferson, and to the learned accumulatio❑ of au thorities from the works of Puffendorff, Vattel, Grotius, and Binckerschoek. Any one of the ttipics introduced on the mere motion that the Speaker leave the Chair, at another time would have been deemed sufficient to occupy the attention of the House for a whole night, and he must say that the present was not the most convenient mode of discussing them. He had certainly not been aware that this opportunity would have been liken to rig before the House the whole of tliesiai;;Ot ". Italy, Belgium, and Portupl. With regard to Algiers, it was perhaps enough to sac that that event had occur taxi before the present Ministers came into office: but he woul venture to add, from the experience he had had of the good faith of the French Government, that he had no doubt it would be strepaed to make good all its engage mente, Gf the transactions at Ancona, it had been re marked, that although the Naval Commander had been recalled by France, the Military Commander had con. tinned with the troops. He (Lord P.) was not aware precisely how the fact stood, but he apprehended that the Commander of the Naval three was Al,O tbe Commander of the Militate, gaisi he ! - Ad teen recalled because he was reSponsihie lor the conduct of oth. He (Lord P.) had been asked whether he was prepared to state on what grounds the expedition had been undertaken? In answer, he would only refer the Hon. Alembo to the declatations of the French Government, in which it was asserted that the expedition was undertaken to endeavour to restore tranquillity to the Papal States, and not with any view of aggrandisement, cr to assist the revolted subjects against the public authorities. It had been stated also that the Pope had done all he had un dertaken, and that nothing remained for him to do. He (Lord P.) was not prepared to subscribe to such a doe trine ; for he thought that the Pope had not carried into effect tense improvements in the system of Govern ment of the Legations which he had promised. Neither the Austrian nor the French troops were intended to be employed to compel the Pope to complete those changes, but merely to preserve the peace of his dotninions. He now came to the more import int question of Belgium-- and here he would observe, that it was impossible for him to give a satisfactory answer on detached points without taking a full and complete view of the whole question— a course at this moment, and under existing circum stances, inexpedient, especially ia a thin House, and with a separate notice on the hooks on the subject. The Hon. Member for Thetford had asserted, that in the arrange ment for Belgium, regard lard been had to the interests of France, while those of Great Britain were neglected. It was his (Lord Palmerston',) sincere opinion, on the con trary, that in the unfortunate situation of Holland and Belgium, not only the interests of both those countries had been effectually securest, but that the arrangement had been equally beneficial to Great Britain and France. It would have been impossible to have created Belgium into an independent kingdom without giving to her Maas tricht and Antwerp. Any other course would have been most impolitic, as far as this country was concerned. The question, whether a military farce should be em ployed to restore the King I,f the Netherlands, had been decided before the last Government resigned their seals, and most wisely, properly, and on the soundest principles, they bad advised his Majesty to refuse that species of interference. ! The question, th e n, b ecame one merely as to the mode of separation ; because, from the moment of the unfortunate events at Antwerp, a union of Holland and Be'giuna, under the same Crown, although with separate Legislatures, seemed impossible. It then became the clear policy of Great Britain that Belgium should be erected iutu a bone fide independent State, while it was our duty also nut to be a party to any arrange ment which would endanger the separate security of Ho!. land. The fact was indisputable, that in point of terri tory and military defence, Holland was at present in a better situation than at any former period. Th e question of the free navigation of the waters of Holland had been settled by the treaty of Vienna, fifteen years ago, and it had been secured by the treaty let ly negociated. Not only had Holland obtained an accession of territory, but she had saddled Belgium with a large proportion of her debt; end looking at the arrangement as a my ole, it ought to satisfy all parties. The treaty rested upon the necessi,y ' of it for the purpose of maintaining peace, and the allies had interfered because Holland and Belgium ha' themselves could agree upon no t erms . Th e Five Powers,. hail, therefore, stepped out of their strict province of mediation and required obedience to the arrange. :vent that hail been made. The stipulation for the navigation of the canals and rivers of Holland was absolutely necessary to the commerce of Belgium, and the apprehension of V , e Hon. Member that the tarpaulin of the barges would be used to cover troops, was not less extravogant than it wan new. Exactly the same article had been introduced into a treaty between Hanover and Prussia, so that it could not be con tended that that part of the arrangement was unprecedented. With regard to the guarantee, the distinction he (Lord P.) had taken was not his, hut that of Vatted, who stated that in cases of money it was wiser to obtain a surety than a guarantee. The reproach that neutrality had not been ob served as to Portugal. carne rather singularly from those who had planned the expedition to Terceira— " outs tulerit Gr.:elms de seditione querentes?" He conttndcd that they had nut been guilty of ally breach of neutrality--that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not proved they had been so—and that not one of the cases cited by the Right Hon. Gentleman bore on the point. He contended also that the Government had not given per mission to Don Pedro to recruit in English ports nor fit out his vessels under their auspices, and that it was not even charged against them. From all the accounts he had heard the vees,ls were not armed ; one vess I was pierced for guns, but another was laden with the arms; and was there, he would ask, any law in this country which pre cluded arms and. military stores from being exported by way of merchandize ?—( Hear, from the Opposition.) He also contended that it was clear the Foreign Enlistment Act had not been violated, and therefore the vesssls were released. If the law was violated, he would ask the question, which he had never heard answered, why was it that the Portugese Consul, possessed as he was of the very best in fortnation and advice, had not. enforced it? That ques tion, unanswered, was, he thought, conclusive on the sub ject. H e would contend also, that where British subjects were found serving a foreign State there was no breach of neutrality, if it took place under circumstances in which England was impotent to prevent it. With respect to Spain, he would only say that, as long as that Power and ether Powers remained perfectly neutral, England would Feel IlouNd to remain neutra! al.o ; but the moment that Spain attempted to depart from the urinciples of neutrality; England would feel herself at liberty to adopt any course which might seem expedient to her in lending as4istance on the ether side of ti e que,tion. The Noble Lord, after .b,erving that he believed he hid touched ot. every point introduced in the debate, concluded by congratulating the Noble Lord (Eliot) on-having get up, with a single ques tion, a discumsion of St) many hours' continuance. Sir R. VYVYAN reminded the Noble Lord (Palmer ston) of the inconsistency of hi.. principles, in interfering violently between Holland awl Belgium, while he refused all interference between Don Pedro and Don Miguel. - Colonel EVANS, advertise to the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel,) that although he ab- stained from mentioning the names of the officers in the service of Don Pedro it was his intention to send a list of them to the Government, observed, that the Right Hon. Baronet should also furnish a of the General Officers receiving emoluments from Don Miguel. Sir 11. PEEL said, if there were any such is the service of Don Miguel, they should undoubtedly be recalled, on the same principle as he contended for the withdrawal of British officers from the service of Don Pedro. Mr. ATTWOOD contended that a naval armament had been fitted out in the ports of England, and that that tact was notorious at the time, and yet the Noble Lord had said that the Government had had no right to interfere. Lon! ELIOT repliAl. He contended that the Noble Lord had given no answer to the points connected with foreign policy which he had endeavoured to impress upon the attention of the House; and, at all events, if the debate had done no other good, he should not regret having brought it forward, as it bad elicited the eloquent speech of the Right Hon. Member for Tamworth, which was unan swered, and, in his (Lord Eliot's) opinion, unanswerable. The only point in which he disagreed with the Right Hon. Baronet was, as to the criticism with which they might be allowed to look at M. Perier's speech. It should be remembered that a speech in the F.ench Chamber of Deputies was very different from a speech in the English House of Commons; for in the former the speech was prepared, and every sentence was duly weighed before it was read from the Tribune. He was not a little surprised at the Ministry affecting to say that they had not been aware of the armament that was taking place in this country, especially after the statements of the Hon. Alder man, the Member for London ; an attempt that 'appeared to him little worthy of any Government. The Speaker then left the chair. e fi ll i. ,: t us v e o w te en vi t ,s int 7 o 2 a Committee ,000 i. fort of Supply. heu,agesof NAVY ESTIMATES. The men em ployed in the ships in ordinary. Sir G. CLERK thought that the estimate was too small. Sir J. GRAHAM had hten able to make reductions by which he thought that 72,0001. would prove sufficient. —Vote agreed to. 30,3561. for salaries of officers, &c. in the Navy Pay office.—Vote agr,ed to. 20,051/. for salaries of officers, &e. of the several scientific departments of the navy, &c.—Vote agreed to. V,224/. for the salaries of officers, &c. in the King's Dock-yards at home. Sir G. CLERK thought that this vote wag toy small. Deptford Dock yard would be rendered wholly inefficient by the reductions proposed ; and the other dock-yards would also suffer to a minor extent. Sir JAMES GRAHAM contended, that the reductions in Deptford Dock-yard were justifiable, owing to the Woolwich Doektyaid being so 'lca'', and the one ssiving as well for a receiving-yard as the other. Mr. HUME suggested that it would be advisable to do Away with the Do -k-yard at Pembroke. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, that that was Vie only dock-yard which was devoted exclusively to building. Mr. HUME contended that we kad already too many ships. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, it was necessary to hay, ships to be prepared for war. Sir G. COCKBURN said, that we had no more ships than were necessary, and he should be sorry if the Go vernment were perstia , :ed to put down Pembroke-yard. The vote was then agreed to. On the vote of 457,200/. for materials for repairs and buildinz ship, Sze., _ Mr. HUME recotntnended that when old ships were sold, they should not be sold on condition that they should be broken up. - Sir JAMES GRAHAM explained that this was neces sary to prevent the King's stores being in possession of individuals. Vote agreed to. A suaiof 77,000/. was proposed for repairs of dock yards, including 30,00(4. for constructing two new docks at Woolwich. Sir G. COCKBURN deprecated the building of new 'locks at Woolwich. The Right Hon. Bart. said that this country had already as many docks as all the other nation , of Europe. After some conversation, the vote was reduced 30.0001, Sir J. GRAHAM consenting to postpone the 30.0001. which was intended for the building docks at Woolwich this year, till a comparative estimate could be made of the expense of repairing the old and constructing the new docks. A few other items were then agreed to without debate; the House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Wednesday. The other orders of the day being disposed of, the House adjourned at a Quarter-past Two o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. A RETURN of the NUMBER of STAMPS issued to each of the NEWSPAPERS published in LONDON duriAg the Year IKII, and the AMOUNT of the ADVERTISEMENT DUTY paid by each. Number Stamps. Amount of Advertise. ment Duty. 6i01? II 533 1 0 744 12 6 878 13 6 278 8 6 384 '1 0 965 13 0 611 12 6 405 6 0 0 7 0 lit; 6 6 47 1 6 4 11 0 219 19 6 371 3 ti 19 19 0 98 7 0 92 8 0 508 11 0 463 11 t; 895 10 0 789 I 2 0 109 0 8 12 19 0 17 6 121 19 6 011 18 6 133 10 6 10:3 8 6 3 10 0 14 14 0 Title of Newspaper. • Times and Evening Mail • Morning Herald and English Chro nicle _ Morning Post * Morning Chronicle, Observer, Eng lishman, and Bell's Life in Lon don Morning Advertiser rPublic Ledger, Weekly Times, Bri-1 /tish Traveller Le Precurseur, commenced Illtll February, 1831 I . Metropolitan, commenced `?Bth Au gust, and discontinued 20th No vember, 1531 Courier Sun Globe and Traveller Star, discontinued I th Oct. 1531 Standard, St. James's Chronicle, Lon don Packet and Baldwin's Weekly Journal. Albion, now called "The Albion and, Star" John Bull . Atlas Bell's Weekly Messenger Bell's Weekly Dispatch and Country; Times Age Ne — ws Examiner * Sunday 'times and Kent and Elise,: Mercury Record 'World • Weekly Free Press, discontinued 9,1 April, 1831 Irishman, commenced '27th Feb. and discontinued '27th March, 183' Constitution, commenced 3d April, 1831 Alfred, commenced 31th July, 1831 Free Trade Weekly Express, com. mEmced 3d July, and discontinued. 7th August, IK3I 'Paul Pry, discontinued 13th March, rel i li l y In , sa Intelligence, discontinued '24th July, United Kingdom Ballot, commenced 2d January, 1831 Cobbett's Weekly Political Register Christian Advocate Court Journal Literary Gazette London Gazette [Spectator and At henwum, discontinued 23d July, 1831 Literary Advertiser Law Advertiser Law uhronicle, and Commercial and Bankruptcy and Law Gazette. 1 Farmer's Journal. County Chronicle and County Herald Racing Calendar Satirist, commenced 10th April, 1831 Englishman's Register, commenced 7th May, and discontinued 2d July, 1831 Academic Chronicle, coin menced 14th May, and discontined 10th Sep tember 1831 Bankrupt and Insolvent Weekly Gazette Circular to Bankers London Mercantile Price Current London New Price Current British and Foreign Price Current, discontinued 20th September, 1831 Corn Trade Circular Course of Exchange Financial and Commercial Record United Kingdom Gazette Mercantile Journal New Mercantile Jo: anal 4,328,025 2,606,000 681,500 2,2f39,830 1,140,,00 452,318 1,037,000 957,000 1,(47,125 69,000 1,372,C00 24(,250 :,07,100 231,5 th) 481 1 ,000 1,732,391 287,0e0 197,010 229331 5f18,000 955,950 106,v59 3,475 25,250 18,000 4,000 33,30 1 121,500 157,150 104,500 65,785 13',!00 51,42,5. 160,,00 147,000 10,030 3-2,820 5,400 96,000 157,5 , )0 30,450 43,(i00 ~'~fiQO 12,030 11,125 13,000 4,500 15,900 480 3,000 3,520 2,880 6,900 s. (1. 16,506 17 6 7,416 . 6 6 5,4 0 6 6 4,4501? 0 5,591 1 6 3,706 14 0 2,577 10 6 996 12. 6 1,803 7 6 31'2. 6 0 1,716 18 6 292 5 0 98S L 0 3 3 0 17 17 17,450 89 19 0 33 15 r, NirrE.—The Papers marked thus being the property of one person, in whose name the Stamps are taken out, the number used for each Paper cannot be distinguished. This Account is made out from the daily warrants of the number of Stamps paid for at the Head Office by the Proprietors of Newspapers who take out their own Stamps ; and from the Returns made to the Board by the Stationers who supp:y other Proprietors, of the number furnished by them to each of such Proprietors, Stamp Office, March 13, 1632. CHARLES PRESSLY, Sec. BREVET PROMOTIONS, ARMY. RETURN of the Number of OFFICERS in the ARMY who have been promoted by BREVET since the Accession of his present Majesty ; stating the Number of each rank, and the Amount of additional Pay and Allowances which the Officers of each Rank will receive in c onsequence of that Promotion, and the Total additional Expe nsc to the Country by such Brevet Promotion. Generals t o be Field Marshals Lieut.-Generals to be Generals.-- Major. Generals to be Lieut.-Generals 39 Minor Regimental 'Colonels to be Promotions were in- Maj.-Generals involved in these A pointments. The only Officers of this rank who will receive additional Pay or Allow. n eoxf fi cte a hi l ) f it -: si a pnr y so , ) m a o n bo d t w wi o e hn r o e wi i ni cr l e , : ,o ' w i n o is t t l eh sy q l ance on, Promotion, are those wh o a u e u f i e i P c: c e . tain the kull-pay of their Regimen. tal Commissions. 47 upon Half-pay : . . 4 obtain no Increase 43 obtain Full-pay of last Regi mental Commission Lieut.-Cols. to be Cols Majors to be Lieut.-Cols Captains to be Majors TOTAL Additional Pay, &c. to Officers X. Eighteen of the Cols. pro. 'noted to be Major-Genls. were serving upon Full pay at the time of their premotion, and will con. tinue to receive the same rates of Pay as before that promotion. It has, how ever been necessary to suc ceed them in their regi mental situations; and the difference between their unattached Full-pay and the Half-pay vacated in some instances of their successors, and which dif ference will form an in creased charge to the Pub lic, amounts to TOTAL Additional Expense to the Country X. nil, 5,160 3 9 nil, nil. 2,`299 10 0 7,439 13 9 4,393 16 3 War-office, March 14, 1&12. 11,853 10 0 JOHN HOBTIOUSE. STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—Such is the real or affected panic of several of our county gentry, that they come into town armed with pistols, some carrying them in their pockets, others openly slung from cross belts. One gen. tleman, who, though living on the borde rs of the Nor e , will not be accused as an incendiary, should it ever be fe loniously set fire to, adds the protection of a mounted p o l i cemen to that of his own pistol s , though we should s u pp ose tho se latter quite country's sufficient, as a dozen years have elap sed sinc e we first knew him to spend his time indefatigably shoo ting ball at a wafer. If those good folk would form associations of their tenantry, t o i w ni o t u d h o l u c • o n nd t u h c e e di m st o u r r e b t e o disturbers theirof the public ntry peace, we a pp re h end it service and their own credit, than to have them going about the country, bravo like. It may be worthy of remark that the same gentlemen who carry pistols coming into the city do not fear to spend twa or three , days each week hunting through the country, and totally • on- arm ed.—Kilkenny Journal. Additional Pay Allowances on Promotion. X. s. d. nil. nil. nil. DUTCH PAPERS. SECOND CHAMBER OF THE STATES-GENERAL. Tae HAGUE, Ala actt 22.—Two projects of law' terra presented, the first was the penal law relative to the dotter in importation, expo. t at i on , and. transit of merchandlze , aad the second a law regulating the tonnage duty to b e paid by merchantmen. They are tc.cornpanied by an el', plattatory memoir , and ord e r e d to b e pr i nted and re f err ed to the sections. The project of I,w etetilfting frog, the ,'xeise chit); vinegar employed in the manufactories of whit;i.lPsad an t l saccharurn swurni was agreed to after some debate, by majority of thirty-eight to five. _ In coo.equence of the remarks of the sections, the de. ll,te on the project of law on the excise duty on soars which was to commence to-morrow, is adjourned to future day. The Stoats Courant contains a Thyal resolutioi of the 16th instant, with re:,u!ations respecting the great book of the Actual Debt, baring interest at five per cent. a ccord' ing to the law of the 6th of January, 1832. BREDA, MARCIr 22 —On St!riday last his 11 , rYal Highness the Prince of Orange, who reittried 4oul , the Hague for the purpose, presented to his Serene iiighdes the Duke of Saxe Weimar, in the name of the King, our Sovereign, a gold sword of honour, adorned with diamonds, as a proof of his ill.jesty's satisfaction at the excellent c , nr* duet of the Duke in the ten days' campaign. The value of the sword is estimated at 10,000 florins. The hilt is en riched with diamond., and the sword bears a euitab!e in scription. DUTCH FUNDS• AMSTERDAM, MARCH Actual Debt, 2!-4 per cen' 4o3i to 0 3 A inort Syndic, 41 , i per cent - 68 to 68li, Ditto, ditto. 314 per cent. Voluntary Loan, Mt, 6 per cent. 92 tti Ditto, ditto, 1832, 5 per cent. —Dutch Papers, March 24 - - VIENNA, MARCH 10.—The deputation frMn 34 coun• tries of Hungary consisting of above 300 members, which came to thank his Majesty, the Emperor and King, for his paternal care during the existence of the cholera, had a solemn audience on the sth, on which iccasi•cn the Arch.. I bishop of &LIU addressed his Majesty is a Latin speech. In his Majesty's answer, which was al.o in Latin, there occurs, after a short reference to the next Diet, the foil 'w• • in;; passage:—" May the innate reverence and respect of the Hungarians for their ancient Constitution, preserve you from the danger which is inseparable from the lust of innovation and the vain endeavours at imitation, by which you would become unlike yourselves and your gloe rious ancestors. What is passing far and near, ar o und and among you, is too full of instruction. It warn s you to fluid fast to the throne, and to promote with confidence our• paternal intentions, our royal cares, and the eff o rts which we most willingly make for your welfare. Thus you will approaeh.nearer and nearer to that degree of durable prosperity, and your country attain and enjoy the happiness to which you are called by a gracious Provi ,fence, anti which is the constant end of our unremitting exertions." HAMBURG, MARCH 20.—0 n the 10 h of this month, an ordinance of the Swedish Government was issued, pro h.biting the distilling of brandy in Sweden till the Ist Ozt. nest.—Hamburg Papers, March 20. t-;; T „ PETP:ItSBURGH, MARCH S.—Yesterday the Preo-• brajensky regiment of the guards returned to this capital from its brilliant campa;gn. Their Imperial Majestie , " and the Grand Duke Marshal, went to meet the regiment, and the Emperor remarked with satisfaction, that after a fatiguing campiign, which has added new lustre to the Roasian arms, and after the attack on Warsaw, which has astonished all Europe, the soldiers have an appearance of he iitli and vigour, and are so tvell clothed, that it is dif ficult to heiieve they Lave mole so long a march. The Raul of Reval was entirely clear of ice on the 26th of F , lirtiary.—Petcrsburgh Journals, March 11. HammaG, MARCH lq• HALLE, HAL I' • CAST Two O'CLOCK.—Since Friday the priceii of stock have bee❑ higher, but to-day the market is depressed, t' , otigli prices do not coma lower from any of the great foreign markets, Bills are still abundant, and money is de manded at four per cent. discount. End of March. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 64% Aliglo-Ilussian Loan Hamburg ditto £l6% Russian inscription, 5 per cent.... 86% • Ditto, ditto, 1831 B6 Polish Bonds ... Austrian Bank Shares 113(1 Ditto Metalliques New Austrian 4 per Cents —Hamburg Reporter. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. 11.smittm - ; _, MARen 2a-13 12; two months, 13 10. BERLIN, MARcit 17.—Three months, 6 28%. BREMEN, MARcii 16.—Two months, 614. PETERSBURGII, MARCII 10.—Three months, 10.;g. AMSTERDAM, MARCH ':3.-11f Ps, • Two months, llf. 90c. to llf. 87c. 5-10. • NORWICH ASSIZES, MARcit 26. The Judges VA uutta N and GURNEY, entered the Court to-day at ten o'clock, hiving attended Divine Service yea.. terclay. SSIKEr STEALING. Wm. Ho wchen Wail indiettd fer having stolen two sheep. on the 24th of Nov. last, the property of Mr. Lee Warner. Godfrey Goward—l am a farming bailiff to William Wilson Lee Warner. He had fourteen ewe sheep on the 14th of November last, in the pasture of the North Hall Green. I a ICV the prisoner and two of the sheep that I had seen in the pasture, brought to my master's farm-yard the same night, in a cart. George Goward—l am son of the last witness. I saw sheep at my master's on the 24th of November; tine of them I got at the side of the pen, and it was torn by a dog. A sheep that had escaped out of the pasture could make its way to the yard. I went with Dennis and May to the pasture, and my father r ema i ne d behind. I jumped into the lane out of the pasture or. hearing Dennis and May talking to some one, and I saw a horse and cart. I put my hand into the cart, and found the legs of a sheep. The prisoner was with the cart. He si;d he knew nothing ahout the sheep. A man at tI e public-house had asked him to take it. We took him, with the cart containing the two sheep, up to Mr. Lee Warner's house ; the sheep I knew were Mr. Warner's. Another man was with the prisoner, hut he ran away. A dog was also with the prisoner and followed us up to the yard. I counted the sheep at the p istuie the same evening, and I found only eleven, one had esc sped to the yard, and the other twe were in the pri soner's cart. The prisoner's name was on it. I found some wool in the thorns. (A slop marked with blood, found in the cart, and a piece of gauze, found also on the pri soner was produced.) Richard Mayes corroborated the evidence of the last witness. The JUDGE summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The Judge deferred passing sentence, stating, that as the crime of sheep-stealing bad become so preva lent, and as the prisoner was a butcher, he must consider whether he should not make an example of him. The calendar is very heavy, and there are several very serious cases for tr ial. EXECUTION AT LEICESTER. At noon, yesterday, the sentence of the law was carried into effe, t at Leicester county gaol, on Sarah Smith, aged 28, convicted on Thursday last of the murder of Elizabeth Wood, at Mountsorrel, by administering to her arsenic and laudanum. The wretched woman has for a long time past borne a most indifferent character, and is s t ro ngly suspected of baying b een re p ea t e dl y emp l oye d in administering drugs to unmarried females, who had been imprudent, for the purpose of producing abortion. Such, however, could ceased was not enc i en t e , an d the only motive that c a n be assigned tor the horr id deed, was the desire of secur ing not have been the o bj ec t i n t he present Case, as the de i for herself the few --pounds pounls i n money, and the stock of clothes and trinkets belonging to the de cease d . _ Since her commitment , the prisoner has repeatedlymade attempts to destroy herself, and it in consequence ws9 found necessary to watch l er most closely, In her anxiety to an s ave dd ignominiousievaour,ddeattoh, fix x ie has the through outdreadfu ed indiff e r ence f or h er hos' band, h ,ipa e oy r e e d l n s w f ti from b,(e)Lu m oassn hardenhteelii crime, and persisted in h er assert i on, although there was not the slightest evide nce to corro b orate her :failing in this attempt, sh e accused him of receiving goods, which she had at diff e r en t t i mes purloined from places where she i s t p was employed, and this charge being borne out by circum stances, he was apprehended, and tried on the first day of the ussiz ss and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. We regret to be compelled to add, that the demeanour of the woman has been such as to afford little or no hope that the confession was made from remone of con,cience, but rather horn the basest of passions. Aft er b e i ng brought upon the scaffold, but a few minutes elapsed be fore the necessary preparations were completed, and the signal being then given, the bolt was drawn, and the earthly sufferings of the wretched woman were almost in -tantly at an .e id The crowd assembled to witness the awful scene was very great. - EXECUTION.---ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GuiLv---Jarnes Burns was executed on Thursday, in front of the county gaol. It will be a satisfaction to the Jury who tried this case to hear, that he acknowledged the justice of the sen tence which condemned him to death, And audibly said from the .cafrold, " that he was prepared to sacrifice twenty lives, if he had them, to atone for his guilt."--TipOtrory Free true.