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C' Ct i'l il l ' i .re.„ , tt 6ive ll fi (Concluded front Page 403.) id 4i4 1 te' " the utmost amount of punishment would in et th e d 0 for his master. (Hear ) This was the case even in „liceet system : with the cart -whip at his back, the „liit ties e ll ts by any amount of punishment, be forced to , amount of his power. Accordingly, the colo ,';avea tores.had uniformly refused to allow the punishment t 1 -4e sore diminished. 'lle abolition of the whip was one lei:lif IRallTProveinents pressed on the colonists. In the de tii I ) , il7)..itoird Seaforth (then Mr. Ellis) stated that there '4lNtoth'Aculty whatever in procuring the assent of the I tek ) w_ts obvious and necessary improvement. He (Lord k Ng, b " afraid that Lord Seaforth was not aware of the 4.,irille,,,,4B,llltYurewlialcfhtthe labour of his negroes was o . btained.- 4, hyst em . aarnaica, however, refused to give up the 4 kajea hear),, 411 (1 the { driving system was still in full vigour itl i ti elt hen fr and in ever y one of the legislative colonies.. :•,IR e 1, 4 ,• lend had quoted the number of lashes inflicted le,. A ther e , 3 ars in Demera °ll4ll,l'bete4renadebeen. a decrease a Of a t n h d e shlaavde sptaatpeadfattihanat, I, Plaii, hlt a as great increase of the number and severity of itt se titik,,, e t u s t • . Ile (Lord Howick) wished he had read . 4 „!oloo y ' winch followed from the protector of slaves in * t , tl,O the that able and intelligent o ffi cer added - 7. oltiell 2ourths of the punishments have arisen out of k:•eight:suiifespeet to work." The same officer said tha t 'ail' direct) the Whole punishments inflicted in the colony ~Iraor e ,Y. of indirectly from th same (l:learq itr,',tse of ti,'_rearkable facewas, that notwithstanding this vas er e 447 inn:ober and severity of punishments, the effects re k 'rapid', rlded to produce had daily diminished ; that the ,4ottilat bot,pJuuniFsrheynasing diffieulty in compellingthe negro, by any e Pk leaf punishment to give that degre e of labour w hich he k e iap tove, Perfoming fhecoloniallecuslatures, in rejecting ki t lll was t ' o e b ll .. t littered them, considerea that if the present i ° 9t b e di ..icp t up in full vigour, the powe r . of stimulus 11, la the ,ininished. The last time this qaestion was dis -6e!%egoe..°llse he did not vote. It was brought forward n 7301saek',tne session by the noble and learned lord now . _ o ,kt e hi in the other house buteven his eloquence failed to k'illia en; he thou declamation than „, pi, that Bp, 11 g here _lat was more . Nit d e w as cS , and actually went away without voting. li t e ' that th e red to the office he lately filled, he became t Lof the negro ought to have protection agains rfat'etll4onvtieedhich the . master poss . esed. But he , was '44 4 bY the progress evil inherentan the system itsf and kib e ° I the of discussion that he beca me con k ea a.et. Practical failure of the exeriment on which ,_ we ha t ,,. lag of late v • an d particularly during the . last il list ' a nd that itatvrtioeerirrSie3tSentsys tem was to be maintained, ther:TeB were force and not by will, the evil was 4, N a j d 2..inaster was an irresponsible despot. lii in Jama m ic e. S ' , 11:t td le of infinitely more cruelty than l it t. 4:1 total 01 1 tof suffering th w e ouldbe less. A good itttipaod I.4laica need' Seldom whip. The slaves in 4, 13 te direw that the power of punishment existed, and C. 1 4kt th nod provoke it. But in Demerara, th e . slave i'l b r 0 ,,,e,,te was an amount of flogging beyond which the kli . „ l ill e s ';''. h e fo, and if he could bear that, he might kt ill th-e'fue,.Pleased; practically it was the fact, that l illi t tlibp ' ee ilag of the slaves, and that they acted upon ti? i dle 7,, i lf the slave received twenty-five lashes you :INel,,a - ` I4. Y, he said " I will be worse to-morrow ; _'e o,Your said This was, therefore, a source of rae4tit'_.irritation between master and slave, but the ttg labour, utterly inadequate to enforce a proper de n PN I ), wh at •. If this was the case under the i N t jitke worked 'tight be expected during the hours that the / Ili 't il l for h T h e ero would have no IL. te rest . is master ? e g L a vh, o i in the work ; hemight stand seven hours a-day VI. to ° his hand, and would do as little as he could. 1410,ot!,taber near reminded him that he had said n.o -'tk,ms4eti that lae the slaves' subsistence. He was glad he . had 5144.411 the because he might not per haps t lh, t i ? the m anner ' in which the slave subsisted in a ''iiii,4zi o 4" i ,,° l e value of the articles the planter gives to 4 4. 111111 1, 4111 w• 8 s • a Year and the only thing in the shape o f htrint% to tk r elle-third ()ea barrel of herrings, which was no ',ligk , v,,,!s seasoning for food. The noble lord read , an . ex t . : plainuerrit entitled- " Notices of Jamaica, in 1811,t. the i i °ll 6 i i tot of 1 3 . 1 3i ) years' experience, who stated that h ected b eci lit .a i t i tas ,Land given hint, from which he was . ,li v , !r e or .111 alit' family. If the provision garden wpas.un ktNiVloaCtil'er'snAcien, tlienegro was not allowed to obtain a 44ttta.,s t i st . stores of the planters. In case of want bro . th . ers . am .kisters, uncles neices, and children parents , and ~404,41arit,111finn, Who had no filmily, were to have recourse k lit',Y et eli-I be nevolence of their neighbours. "It was Oa ,:as . lli,,'4ll;gro to provide food for himself and his family, i'l, t riti st ,, afa if he did not take the necessary preetauto tY ~,,t • if, 1 ,„ al lt." His (Lord Howick's) argument wen . .r, , i c lki t( ii t ` l eg fr;;-"tithe order in council, there was no possibili y t `ti ntip • ue negro an adequate amount of labour, it Yil, f ri ossible to do sounder the system proposed by s (1 4 4 1:,, 4 tbe e i t i 'd * The punishment, under this system, was . to y S. l k k `4lt ti , a ads of the magistrates ; and let him ask an. Dt„itka.tist4rnatlevho had seen agricultural labour performed, I kd all e4e ) when a gang -of slaves was brought before Oh. Da 88 , was to decide the point ; Suppose they said i, , ta a o - r , sB ed the time with the hoe in their hand; that le „i t Otilo - a las I ntich as they could, and were sorry . they ( .11 `4, 4? 11„ 1114 re; how was them agistrate to decide in 1 V" il l , -e high price of labour in the Australian colo 'lkk,•e b044-dell'etiment of sending out indentured . servants, , i lr• -3 i a - to work for heir masters on a specified scale . . . 054.,?1,1114u5t1ie re2cperitnent had inlaria t bli t failed. th . e rea- Ot , s oJe et i „ el:hrey laboured withou as a y interest, they l.4 l '', l ,.eo . n ipla ln i exertions. The m aster s were driven to 0 1 1 eRh ion; the servants were punished, and came iLO N 4 t ` e, Z j e and cupid than before. . There was, however, q h 0 appreLrevious animosity against the master; but k a sk t t , ,_ tices Would have money, and many a year as I ea ' ra w i ) I 4 Y to the account of their masters, as well 541,-; la choice InHtoeartiie their situation was T y h r e a w ni h e i n te t; men entered volunta iiigtll:4 ou L , t ,!b,Y) and, if gratitu de ae was a sufficient motive, aatra ti e lid of T to have worked. The neroes, on the c ase e i ki t kl i i I , :atre eei „ B 9 l se of justice, would be g stung by a ' s abota. 1 \ t ecl ',lPeet to th e only a 15t1; part of the value of theuitr he ),T.:t, in ~,,L.l legal right t . his . might be true butcon- g, (1, p ri T e Z .. tree constitutions to the 01 4 rta) l e ,,, i " n T:t . tly at least, given up all right i l e I tte r f er Z 'iatures, unless there was a strong necessity to interfere li , Ile eessi t lic e. He admitted that there was the stronge . s t t .o rti th, Y for i nterference in this ease; but as the righ i s bolld v 4eee ssity of the case, it should be limited by . it, o ( P O all (a4)„„4(?* further than was necessary to do strict to a la w :le the colonies. But when the people . were •1415t414 the 1 , , '" W ,as very difficult to make it operative. = : t es, who-da:lhe of Jamaica treat this measure ? Wou l d • , oark t ? •,.,.. Planters, hold it good ? Would . colon ia l ;14 41 stit iatio "la light hon. friend must abrogate in his bill i4 e °4l Y xt e nal privilege in the colonies. .(Her, hear.)• 7 \te B 4it, - I.9ne necessity that. could justify this; but did ge , 01 ) o r exist ? He (Lord Howick) believed we could not 4 ,' t lre r thealal legislatures to legislate if we allowerl them the .0e Le am about of another, which would be enacting a cen had Pe!petuatiou of slavery. But on a different prin lit,',ll toti, a ' tight to act : let us 'say N,gotv i t e Produce of his own cab our (hear, hear,) and to that every man is alike 10 h e ~,,, e a 3l be most profitably emplo yed for his own bene d• ,he a r s il llow the colonial legislatures to do what they re io There might be danger in - carrying any kkt.dan,,oerlect against th e wish of the legislatures but a k,tlthe,"ouelLa,tternpting to carry a complicated plan, which e 114:telthweoolecurietZenzsetehnet e o n t t he a r tn . 0 n l g t s v t t o i lld in n as ot te s r a s t . isli v h h at of he ,suit if e mancipation were carried without the '!enc es wi.wal legislatures? He confessed tha!, only bad • elo o d sh re liyely to result from - it ; but he did . not anti tbi he t: e :. . 1 be negro would gain all he wished, and 4 col onis Nlect from disorder.? It had been suggested 1/4,kt istan7 ? How was or re s . . • ould resist; but how far had the colonists slavery maintained ? It was til, militarytt ar \ --°r ;.? ; withdraw' it, and slavery fell to the ~,Lo benefit He considered his plan infinitely more ca ro l- . t il - ,,' by th e rigcl%tehreya secre tar y the comitry e than th at p r o. - - - secretary for the coloni es . Hishe the eai nest . with . more safety be i tl cqii d " ( 5 41 gh he did not mean a to l co m ntend that it, or any plan ~k, thereiroposed was entirely free from danger. Lorn e - f .S, th':?re o , to.t without anxiety, to the considerat i on ,Ot,, 1 0(1 , 1,,, Prrupositions Which were the result of his humble o „,;`,,'....1' _sted that they would in time, and under _th e e l Otcl sa r ,fl-11ing Providenee, be regarded with favour. lh 44t r), :t 1"41 amidst loud cheering. •ith ' rose to uo . gest that some arrangement should ,14,41 orb regard to tt e adjournment of the debate (hear, 1, 1 4 , ii el that a distinct understanding might be come. Itckoposen house respecting the resolutions which had i,tkt to the ),', Government that night. He was disposed to Nhelbje et. 4l / 4 ;.2,Ption of any hasty or • premature judgment !IVII f r ihe resolutions proposed that night differed , 1 4;,, i ' 1 : 11 ,7 . resolutions which had ever been submitted to kFeit 4411,4_1! respect, that they involved no vague princi trefor, V ell a speeifie plan for the abolition of slavery. Itit r et th tho ught it would be most conducive to the V aPlar e • house to adopt no such resolutions with t th, °Plating due time for their full consideration, N tejett.',,i_graent of the house should determine for their Li°4) their adoption, or for the reception of any to m , rib 110 3 17 ,) 01'1 e' ° if If, PI) 10, eltot e 5.701 19 • 1 /. • to 4 d rd 0 to THE LIVERPOOL qualified measure founded upon them. The house, in fact, was placed in a new position by the introduction of the resolutions of government. A practical plan for the abolition of slavery had been submitted to its consideration, and a variety of cir cumstances indispensibly necessary for fully appreciating that plan must necessarily be taken into view. The immense, the unspeakable importance of the subject demanded the opportu nity for the fullest consideration. Por himself, he should not at the present period enter into the merits of the question ; he wished for tune, and he hoped the proposition for postponing the debate would meet with the concurrence of the rest of the house. He was desirous, for the character of the house, as well as for the general interest of the country, that the further debate of the question should be deferred to a day so distant, as to afford time for the mature consideration of the whole bear ing of the question. (Hear, hear.) Lord ALTHOWP entirely concurred in the sentiments expressed by the right hon. bait He was convinced that no man who felt the immense importance of the question could consider his pro- I position for delay unreasonable. The proposition was one which did not alone affect the convenience of the members of that house, but it also concerned the public at large, and on that ground he thought it desirable that full opportunity should be afforded for the consideration of the question. The discussion which had occurred ought not to be considered a final one, and he thought the best mode would be to propose that the chair man report progress pro forma, and in the interim the propo sitions could be printed. He, therefore, should suggest that the further debate be adjourned till Thursday the 30th instant. Mr. BUXTON objected to the extent of the postponement, but wishes, at all events, before any period was fixed for the resump tion of the debate, to be informed on one point, whether the money alluded to in the propositions was to be paid by the ne groes or the country? If the negroes were to be called upon to pay a single farthing, unless for their own benefit, he should on that score alone oppose the measure. Lord ALTHORP replied, that government, in submitting their plan to the house, did not intend to exact any pledge. They left the details entirely to the discretion of the house, and merely contended for the main principle of the measure. Mr. GODSON insisted that the West Indians wanted no post ponement of the question at all. Their minds were already made up upon it. But they would particularly deprecate any delay in its settlement at the present period of the year. He thought besides there was something unfair and one-sided in deferring the (debate to so distant a period, when the impres sion which the brilliant speech of the right hon. Secretary of the Colonies was calculated to create, if it remained unanswered, would be fixed on the public mind. (Hear, hear.) Mr. STANLEY confessed he could see no valid objection to the delay, which was only proposed in order that an opportunity might be afforded for the due consideration of the measure. Mr. GODSON rejoined by a complaint that so few individuals connected with the West India interests had obtained seats in the house. Not more than ten individuals so connected had, he observed, been returned ; and this was in consequence of the exertions used at the last general election to keep them out.— (A laugh.) Sir R. PEEL said, that whatever opinion might be entertained with respect to the effect of his proposal, there could be no doubt as to its object, which was simply to give au opportunity for the safe and satisfactory adjustment of a most momentous question. Mr. STEWART objected to the length of the period proposed for the adjournment, and thought that one week would be suf ficient. (Cries of " Adjourn.") Sir R. VIVIAN was understood to contend that many of the statements made by the right hon. Secretary for the Colonies, with respect to the number of lashes inflicted on the negroes, were contrary to fact. (Cries of " Adjourn.") The question that the further debate be adjourned till the 30th inst. was then put and agreed to, and the Chairman re ported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on that day. The house having resumed, the other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter to 1 o'clock. WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at the usual time, and the house was - exclusively occupied in receiving petitions until 3 o'clock, when the sitting was adjourned. The Speaker resumed his seat at a few minutes after 5 o'clock. A person from the Chamber of London appeared at the bar with an account of the local duty on coals. Mr. Hunts moved for returns of the details of various items of expense in the estimates that had been laid before Parlia ment, all of which were ordered. WARWICK ELECTION. Sir R. FERGUSON brought up the Report of the Committee appointed to try the merits of the petitions against the return for the borough of Warwick.— "'That Sir Charles Grevillc is not duly elected a burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Warwick, and that the recent election for that borough is void, as far as relates to the said Sir Charles Greville. . . . " That the petition of William Collins and another is not frivolous or vexatious. • _ _ . "The Committee have come to the following resolution : " That gross bribery prevailed at the last election on the part of the agents of Sir Charles Greville, and that, although Sir tCharles Greville does not appear to the Committee personally o have taken any part in that bribery, his return is mainly at tributable to it. " That of the other allegations in the petitions, the Counsel for the petitioners declined to produce any evidence. "That the petition of Grunaway and another against the re turn of Edward Bolton King, esq. was withdrawn from the con sideration of the Committee." On the motion of the hon, baronet, the evidence taken before the committee was ordered to be laid upon the table, and the is suing a new writ for the borough of Warwick was suspended until after the 25th May. Lord SAN DON presented a petition from the master ship wrights of Liverpool, relative to some alterations about to be made in the maritime arrangements in the Isle of Man. THE REGENT AFFRAY Mr. IIUME said he had to refer to an affair of importance, as far as regarded the breach of the public peace, and to ask whe ther the information he had received was correct, that steps had' not been taken by the constituted authorities to prevent the meeting in Coldbath-fields from taking place ? (dear, hear, hear.) He was informed that the Sheriff of Middlesex, whose duty it was to have kept the peace, had not been called upon for that purpose; and that the meeting had been put down by the police with great haste and an unnecessary degree of seve rity. He hoped that the answer he should receive would show that notice had been given to the sheriff. Mr. LAMB did not know it was usual to give any intimation to the Sheriff of Middlesex on such an occasion, unless it was out of the city of London. The Lord Mayor had notice, but he (Mr. Lamb) did not know of any precedent which required that the Sheriff of Middlesex should be called on to undertake in the city the preservation of the peace. No doubt an inquiry would he instituted into the case ; and he (Mr. Lamb) had no doubt, when the facts were fully investigated, it would be found that the police , had acted with every moderation and forbearance under the circumstances. LONDON LATEST NEWS. Wednesday Evening, HaU:past Seven o'clock. It appear' by the accounts from the Havana, that among other victims to the cholera, the American Consul and the Bi shop of Havana were numbered. Letters from Valparaiso state a melancholy catastrophe which occurred on board the American whale-ship Ca(herine, Captain Paddock, arrived there. After the arrival of the vessel, Captain Paddock went on shore in a state of derangement and entering a merchant's counting-house, killed both his clerks. He then went into the street and attacked two Spaniards, one of whom he killed on the spot and wounded the other severely. He then struck at six or eight other persons, several of whom he in jured. He was afterwards apprehended, tried, and sentenced to be shot, but the American Consul had interfered and a new trial was to take place. - - - - We have a file of St. Kitt's papers to the 3rd April; shocks of earthquake continued to be felt at that Island, one was experi enced on the 26th of March, and another on the A se vere shock had also been felt at Antigua. The Houses of Le gislature of St. Kitt's had met in session, on which occasion, the Governor-General Nicolay took his farewell. Capt. Killie kely as senior officer of the garrison had taken upon him the functions of Governor, pro. tem. The greatest excitement has prevailed here among tho West India body at the scheme of the government for emancipating the slaves. It has not, however, affected the Consol Market which closed at 87% % this afternoon. Nothing material has taken place in Foreign Stock, Spanish is 191 i, Dutch 45%, Russian 102% 103, and Portuguese Scrip 3% % discount. DEATH OF MR. KEAN. This celebrated tragedian is no more. He died on Wed nesday morning, at nine o'clock, after the most painful linger ing. Mrs. Kean, Mr. Charles Kean, and many of his friends, witnessed the melancholy event, STANDARD. CONTEMPORARY PRESS. (FROM THE DUBLIN EVENING MAIL.) Every day, almost every hour, adds another link to the chain of evidence capable of being adduced in proof of the progress which revolution is making in England under the auspices of the Whig administration. The London evening papers that reached us this morning, bring us accounts of the riotous proceedings at a meeting held in Coldbath Fields on the afternoon of that day, and of the murder and assassination which followed. There is a frightful similitude between these occurrences — indeed in almost every public act that now takes place, and those that immediately preceded the outbreak of the first French revolution and the decapitation of the unfortunate Louis. Often and often did we forewarn the wretched and infatuated men to whom in an evil hour the desti nies of the country were committed, of the consequences which must of necessity be the result of their destructive line of policy—but alas ! our warning voice was either sneered at or disregarded. The time gives proof that ourjudgment was correct and our anticipations unhappily too true. It will be seen that not only in acts but even in very name these ruffian miscreants whom Government has armed with political po*er, have assumed the appel lative designations adopted by the blood stained councils of murderous France.—The "National Convention !" What a train of horrors does the repetition of this name excite ! ROBESPIERRE, DANTON—butchery and blood ! The reckless sans culotte—the savage poissarde. Tigers in human shape springing with ferocious joy upon un resisting victims—slayers of their fellow men—destroyers of private property—infuriated savages, who in their deadly career for the establishment of " liberty and equality," spared neither age nor sex—whom the mother implored without effect, and to whom the infant held up its innocent hands in vain—and these—these horrors are about being re-enacted in England the once high minded and generous people of which have been pos sessed with devils—by the chimerical doctrines dinned into their ears by interested knaves and selfish fools. Is this an exaggerated prospect of coming events ? Alas ! no. On Monday evening, after the " National Conven tion" had been dispersed by the civil authorities ' a rally was made, and one policeman was murdered, and several stabbed ! Oh ! that Englishmen should ever have re course to so base—so treacherous—so unmanly—so foreign—so Popish a mode of warfare. This is one of the . Signs of the Times,"' and in our opinion not the least alarming, as it is certainly the most disgusting. In fact, we greatly fear that the display of Monday evening was but a foretaste of that which may yet be expected. (THE ALBION AND,STAR.). The acquittal , of Bergeron and Benoit, charged with an attempt on the life of Louis Philippe, is fresh in the recollection of our readers. The charge has been gene rally treated as a burlesque affair, and therefore a report of the trial in any paper in which it might appear to wear that character must have proved ungrateful to the govern ment. The National offended in that particular, and was brought before the' Royal Court, by which it was condemn ed, and sentenced to pay a heavy fine ; but, on appeal to Ihe Court of Cassation, this judgment has been set aside, and the case ordered to be tried by the Court of Assize. It will be seen in the letter of our private correspondent, which we have received with Paris papers up to yester day's date, that this affair has produced considerable ex citement in Paris, and we think we may congratulate the public upon the right feeling on this occasion. A govern ment affecting a regard for the liberty of the subject should not have sought to withdraw such a cause from the cog nizance of a jury. A co'nviction would have been no triumph in a court, where, from the nature of the charge, a fair trial could not have been expected, or, if fair, would not have been so regarded by the public. On the whole, therefore, the government have ..acted in this instance with great indiscretion, arid in LW'S - arbitrary - proceeding exposed their own weakness. The Moniteur, in its non-official part, announces that the-Duchess of Berry, before her Royal Highness gave birth to a daughter, - declared herself the lawful wife of Count Hector Luchesi Palli, Prince of Campo Franco, an officer of the court of the King_ of the Two Sicilies.— The Times, who has watched the Princess with more than obstetric care, affects to know her case better than the Princess, and insists that the child has a Vendean father, but is to be affiliated on Prince Ruffo. Unless a princess must be, by the virtue of her royal birth, more than a woman, she may be betrayed into an indiscreet marriage like many virtuous females before her. There is, therefore, something grossly malignant hi the anxiety displayed in a certain portion of the press to fix a crime upon this unfortunate lady. As a political device it cannot materially answer the purpose of the reigning Sovereign of France, for though the degradation of her oyal Highness might possibly affect her right to the guardianship of her son, it cannot affect his right to the throne. The reference to Algiers in our correspondent's letter deserves particular notice. It is tolerably clear that the abandonment of Algiers would excite great dissatisfaction in France. Is Earl Grey then prepared to surrender it in perpetuity—to smooth the pillow of King Louis Philippe, and save his throne from any rude shock to which it might be exposed from popular indignation ? ; (FROM THE MANCHESTER HERALD.) THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—It is impossible to con template the position which ministers now occupy in public estimation, without contrasting it with that which they held only a few short months ago. Alas ! where is now the popularity of the most " enlightened" and the most " talented" ministry which this country ever pos sessed ? So-rapid a fall is, we believe, without a parallel, and must doubtless be sufficiently mortifying to men who have always prided themselves on possessing the good 'opinion of "the people." If we inquire why the Whigs were lately so popular, we are referred to the assurances which they gave, or were given in their name, that with the fall of the tory influence would disappear a large portion of the public burdens ; and that the disfranchise ment of Old Sartmi Would put an end to corruption. We need not ask how the country's expectations have been fulfilled. That they were extravagant, is true ; but, then, for what purpose did ministers allow them to be seriously entertained when a single word would have demolished them ? The reason is plain. Ministers knew perfectly well that the Reform bill could not be carried without the aid of popular clamour ; and they also knew that the people would not enter into their views unless they were persuaded that their exertions would bring them something better worth seeking than an increase of whig influence. Full scope was, therefore, given to the wild and absurd anticipations which were afloat; and the great bulk of the people unwilling or unable to perceive the difficulties which stood in the way of their fulfilment, enabled ministers first to carry the Reform bill, and then filled the house with their party. Min isters have obtained both the objects they had in view when they projected the Reform of Parliament. They have extinguished the tory boroughs, and got a Parlia ment after their own hearts. But what has the nation gained ? That is the question which the people are now putting to each other. They look upon the relief pro mised by Lord Althorp's budget as a mere mockery of their distress ; the Political Unions are up, and the worthy citizens of London are " resolving" not to pay either house or window tax. Truly this is a very plea sant state of things, and eminently calculated to promote internal peace and prosperity ; but it is the natural con sequence of the disgraceful means employed to effect tue perpetuity of whig domination. MR. SPALDING AND THE NORTHAMPTON HERALD. (From the Northampton Herald.) We informed our readers a fortnight ago that Mr. Spalding had applied to the Court of King's Bench for a rule nisi against the Northampton Herald. We have now to state that Mr. S_palding has begged to have the rule discharged, and con sented to pay all the costs of the legal proceedings. This deci sion was wisely adopted on the perusal of affidavits sworn to by gentlemen of unimpeachable integrity and honour, one of whom, the Honourable Captain Fitzroy, actually addressed Mr. Spalding as stated in the article complained of, while the two others, Sir Charles Knightley, Bart., and Capt. Barton, swear distinctly to what passed upon the occasion in question. If our private information be correct, and we have no doubt of it, the Solicitor General, who was employed against us, made his way to the House of Lords as soon as he had read the statements submitted by our counsel for his perusal. The object of that movement may be guessed at by those who reflect that Lord Brougham is the stepfather of Mr. Spalding. Be that as it may, the Court of King's. Bench has pronounced its decision most completely in our favour, and that too upon Mr. Spalding's application. After we had written the foregoing article, the mild tone of which (but little deserved it appears) will be obvious,. we were astonished to find that Mr. Spalding had applied, though without success, for a second rule in reference to the same case grounded upon fresh affidavits. It is impossible to imagine a proceeding more unmeaning or more ill-advised : unmeaning, because the Solicitor-General must have been too well used to the custom of the court to expect such a rule to be granted ; and ill-advised, because Mr. Spalding has now rendered it necessary for us, in defence of our character, to publish the affidavits by which our case was supported. As far as the affidavits were read upon which the Solicitor-General founded his application, the decla rations amounted, as indeed they could amount, to nothing more than that the -words which were heard by some were not heard by others. We give the affidavits sworn on both sides in reference to the rule which has been discharged, and the article complain ed of will be found in the affidavit of Mr. Spalding. We speak without communication with counse l w he n we had, that from the course adopted by Mr. Spalding, we think it very possible that we may may become prosecutors. We have a charge to make now, and it will probably be a question for our mercy to consider whether, and in what form, it shall be brought forward. AFFIDAVITS IN SUPPORT OF THE RULE. Affidavit of John Eden Spalding, of Eaton-place, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., sworn the 16th April, 1833—Saith it is true that he the deponent was appointed steward of the Pytchley Hunt races, and presided at the ordinary on Friday the 23d of March last, as set forth in the public news paper called the Northampton. Herald, hereto annexed, pur porting to be published on Saturday the 23d of March, 1833, and is the person there mentioned and designated as Mr. Spald ing, the son-in-law of the Lord Chancellor. Saith that the first toast after dinner was the King, and that the second was the Queen and the Royal Family. But deponent denies it to be true that on his being reminded that it was usual to drink the Queen, he deponent replied—" Let us bitch her, and drink the Royal Family." Saith that he never spoke those words on the said occasion, or on any other, nor any words'to the same or similar effect. Saith that it is wholly untrue that he uttered any such language in substance or effect. And deponent also denies it to be true that on some gentlemen remarking that such a course would not be pleasing to the meeting, he, depo nent, said, " Well, let us shake them together." Saith that he did not ou the said occasion, or on any other, utter those or any words similar in substance or effect. AFFIDAVITS AGAINST THE RULE. Affidavit of the Hon. Henry Fitzroy, of Chapel-street, Gros venor-square, sworn 27th Aril, 1833—Saith, that he has read the affidavit of John Eden spalding, Esq., made the 16th day of April instant, in support of his application for the rule Nisi, for a criminal information against Willoughby Marshall Smith son, for a supposed libel in the paper called the Northampton. Herald, on the 23d of March last.—Saith, that he was present at the ordinary of the gentlemen of the PytchleT Hunt Races, held at the George Inn, in Northampton, on I riday, the 23d day of Match last. That said John Eden Spalding being stew ard of the races, presided as chairman on that occasion. That deponent sat at the table within one of said John Eden Spald ing, there being only Mr. Osbaldeston between them. That deponent perfectly recollects that the health of the King having been given by said John Eden Spalding, as the first toast, and a considerable time elapsing before any other was proposed, some gentleman at the table (but who deponent does not at this time distinctly recollect) observed that it was usual to drink the health of the Qiieen, upon which the said John Eden Spalding immedi ately replied " Let us bitch her, and drink the royal fam►ly."— That upon hearing this expression deponent adddressed him self to the said John Eden Spalding and said, "I would recom mend Toil not try that sort of thing here, it won't go down, and you will find yourself in the minority." Saith that both the expression of the said John Eden Spalding, and also his (depo nent's) reply as above stated, were heard by those around, and the said John Eden Spalding almost immediately replied, " Well, let us shake them all together." That the said John Eden Spalding then gave as a toast, "The Queen and the Royal Family." Saith, that he has the most perfect recollection of both of the above expressions, and could not mistake either the words or their meaning. That the expressions must have been heard by many, as they, in fact, became matter of conversation with the gentlemen around him at the table, and admitted of no sort of doubt or equivocation. Saith, that in consequence this deponent and two other gentlemen quitted the room and did not return. Sir Charles Knightley, the late candidate for the county of Northampton, and Captain W. Barton made affidavits to a similar effect. MELANCHOLY DUEL.—Exeter, Saturday, May 11.—Our city was this morning shocked with the report that a duel had been fought between Dr. Hennis, a young Irish physician, who has resided here about four years, and is a great 'favourite and a Sir John W. Jeffcott, who has been recently appointed Chief Justice and Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court, Sierra Leone. It appears that Sir John had been introduced to a respectable family iu this neighbourhood—the late Colonel Macdonald's— and paid his addresses to one of the daughters ; and having been successful with the lady, and unobjectionable in the eyes of the family, preparations were making for the intended wed ding, which were so far advanced that the bride-cake was ac tually ordered. In this state of things Dr. Hennis is said to have received a letter from a friend in town, containing some remarks on Sir John, and the doctor placing implicit .reliance on the statement of his friend, showed the letter to the family, and the Judge was, it is reported, dismissed. Having at length discovered the source of the rumours against him, he called on the doctor, who refused to give up his author. The charges being in general terms, lie was unable to substantiate them, and refusing to retracethem, the meeting took place yesterday afternoon, on Haldon Hill, about six miles from Exeter, on the Plymouth road. Dr. Hennis was accompanied by Capt, Halsted, R.N., and Sir John Jeffcott, by Mr. Charles Milford. the banker. 'A surgeon also was in attendance. They left town in two postchaises, and were observed going along the fore street in great glee, so that very different conclusions were come to as to the object of their journey, the doctor himself ap peared to be in very high spirits. The postillions were ordered to drive to Ashburton ktwenty-one miles), but after ascending Haldon, the party got out and desired them to proceed slowly on with the vehicles till they were overtaken. In a very few minutes they heard the report of a pistol, and stopping to as certain the cause, they saw the doctor borne across the heath in the arms of his second and the surgepn—the doctor mortally wounded, and unable to speak. He was immediately brought back to Exeter, to his lodgings at Mr. Upham's, bookseller, High-street, when his wound was examined by Mr. Barnes, and other eminent surgeons, and it was found that the ball had en tered his side, just above the hip, and going over to the oppo site side, had broken a rib, where it lodged. The ball has not yet been extracted, and doubts are entertained whether it ever can be. Sir John Jeffcott and the seconds, &c. started for Ply mouth immediately after the melancholy transaction, to await the result of the surgical examination. Warrants have been issued for their apprehension, it is stated, but this rests on very vague report at present. It is worthy of remark that Doctor Hennis did not fire ; his antagonist had the first shot, and the doctor fell without being able to return the fire. Miss Mac donald, to whom the learned judge had been paying his ad dresses, is grand-daughter to the celebrated Flora Macdonald, the friend of the Pretender, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, after whom her son, the father of Miss Macdonald, was chris tened. Dr. Hennis was also about to be married, in a very short space of time, to the daughter of the rector of a neigh bouring parish; the young lady's44istress may bereadily ima gined. In fact, public sympathy is very generally and warmly expressed for the doctor, who is universally beloved, from his goodness of disposition and active benevolence. With the poorer classes he was a great favourite, from the circumstance of having attended them zealously during the visitation of the cholera. The above is an outline of the facts as far as I could sift them out of the various rumours afloat. An "affair of honour" is, happily z a rare occurrence here, and of course every incident in it is not only much distorted, but the facts theniselves are so perverted, that it is difficult to trace them, even to any connection with circumstances to which they as, sume to belong.