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Emp trial Vartianunt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—WEnNEsnAv. The House of Lords sat at twelve o'clock. The peers present were the Duke of Richmond. the Earls of Shaftesbury and Chichester, Lords Kenyon and Suffield, and the Bishop of Bristol. SPXAKER. On the motion of the Earl of Shaftesbury, his majesty's let ters patent, appointing Baron Deurnan, Lord Chief Justice of the, Court of King's Bench, Speaker of the House of Lords, and the Earl of Shaftesbury Speaker in his absence, were read. Their lordships thou adjourned at half-past three o'clock. LONDON LAW REPORT. BREACH' OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. WOOD v. HURD.—Sir Frederick Pollock observed that it was his painful duty to state the circumstances under which this ac tion was brought; and a more heartless case of winning the af fections of a young and virtuous woman, and then suddenly breaking off the connection, was seldom presented to a jury. The young lady was in the same situation in life as the defend ant,• and the period was fixed for the marriage, when the de fendant chose, for some reason which was unexplained, to break off his connection with her, and to leave her to the remarks of an observing world, and a prey to the mortification of disap pointment, which had seriously affected her health. Miss Wood was the daughter of Mr. Charles Wood, a highly respectable solicitor of Manchester, who 'was the friend of the late Mr. Philip Hard, the well known solicitor of the Temple, and the - father of the defendant. The late Mr. Hurd had amassed a very large fortune. Ile had two sous and daughter, the latter of 'whom died in his lifetime, and he died worth about £lOO,OOO, the bulk of which be left to the-defendant. Mr. Wood, the fa ther of the plaintiff, was introduced to the late Mr. Hurd a great many veats ago, and the same friendship which existed during 'the lifetime of Mr. Hurd was continued between the families after his death. In the course of the year 1833 Miss Wood was perrnittedby her father to pass a short time with Mrs. Hurd, at their house in Kentish Town, and she remained there about five or six weeks. .In the, beginning of the following year the de fendant for ,the first time made proposals of taarriaKe to her. This was not an attachment formed by a casual meeting, but a proposal made to a young lady who had for weeks lived under the roof of his soother, whom he had every .opportunity of see ing from morning till night, and whose temper, disposition, and character he had the means of studying. To pa s s under the same roof twenty-four hours with a young lady gave a man a better opportunity of learning what she was, and of studying her character, than twenty-four visits, when the conduct was pre pared for the occasion, and when the habits of society forbade ' more than a certain degree of approach, and when the ordinary topics of the day only formed the subject of conversation. When ' the proposal of marriage Was made to 'Miss Wood she commus . nicated it to her father, who was then in London. Mr. Wood, shortly after receiving the communication, waited on Mr. Hurd. • Mr. Hurd preised - Mr. Wood for his consent to the union, but Mr. 'Wood declined giving an answer tilt he had seen his daughter, and the defendant's mother. This occurred in Janu ary, 1831. Mr. Wooddhen waited on Mrs. Hurd, and she was delighted at the prospect of the match. The defendant then visited at the house of the plaintiff's father at Manchester,' and corresponded with Miss Wood in the usual manner that a gen tleman did who addressed himself to the object of his affections. 'lle would not read the love-letters that passed, and exhibit those seiSthatents of affection which the defendant displayed; but, if his learned friend had any desire to read the correspondence, the' whole of it was entirely at his service. One letter, however, he should read, and liave the jury to draw their own conclu sions from it. (The learned gentleman here stated some por tions of the letter; but it was subsequently read by the ofhcer of the court.) The defendant was introduced to the plaintiff's friends as her intended husband, and the marriage was spoken of among their acquaintance. In the course of the mouth of Jutse, however, the defendant's attention, in point of corres pondence, fell off; and at length it 'was ascertained from him that he had no intention of marrying Miss Wood. The circum stances had a serious effect on Miss Wood. She was confined to her bed for some time; and she had not yet recovered from the effects of the shock which the disappointment had occa sioned.- • The learned counsel, after observing that Miss Wood had great personal attractions, and had youth on her side, being only twenty years of age, and the defendant twenty-four; said he defied his learned friend to allege anything against her cha .racter, or to assert that anything but caprice had induced the defendant to cast the young lady from his affections, and to blast her future prospects in life. Mr. Wood, the plaintiff's father, proved the promise. Had been on terms of friendship with the defendant's father for several years. Before witness gave his consent to the match he saw the defendant's mother on the subject, who subsequently visited him at Manchester. Witness is a widower. There was not the slightest pretence for saying that he had made Mrs. Hurd, the defendant's mother, an offer of marriage. The defendant's letter was then read. It was to the following effect " My Sweetest Rose,—My wish and daily expectation of being enabled to inferm you that I had taken a house is the reason why I have delayed writing. I have made an offer fur -a house in Russell-square, but have not yet received an answer to my proposal. lam already quite weary of my own company, and long to reach Manchester. I really trust that if your papa is suited with a -housekeeper, my state of probation will be shortened. You know not, love, how unsettled I am unless from your own feelings, which will no doubt represent me as sighing like a furnace.' I really cannot do anything. You are indeed hard with me. An acquaintance of mine who made an offer, of marriage to a very prudent young lady a month ago, is to be married next week. if I meet the chap 1 will ask bun how he managed it ?. It is certainly not etiquette in this part of the world to keep the public expectation on the qui vise for five months. 1 really feel quite poutish, and on my arrival at Man chester I-shall cause a scene about it. I cannot conceive what I wait for, except the stupid old housekeeper. If your papa cannot find such a commodity at Manchester, let him commis sion me to bring a dozen in my hand, or per Procter's barge, for examination. (After mentioning some matters about his mother, which it is not necessary to state, he said,) I have not sought your affections to betray them, and know you have full confidence in me, which, with God's blessing and my best exer tions, you shall never repent of. I love you dearly, Rose, more every day, and it' not interfered with—and we ought not be—we shall be the happiest pair in Europe—aye, or in the great globe itself.' You mast give me a commission to execute for you. I must have exercise in your taste. You must want many things, and as for attending to business, I really cannot. My regards - to all; and pray write! write ! write t—l am, my dearest girl, your, own attached, ' P. HURD." Mr. Charles Bird and his sister, of Liverpool, proved that the itenlralant visited with the plaintiff at his house. He talked of the plaintiff as his intended wife. The probate of the late Mr. Hurd's will was then read. The personal property was sworn under 1:80,000. lie gave to Mrs. Hurd for tier life his horses, carriage, furniture, Kentish-Town, % and library, and an annuity of £IS(X). To three relations be gave annuities of£so each. To his son Thomas he gave two • estates and £lO,OOO, and £20,000 snore on the death of his • mother. To his son Philip he gave the residue of his property,, including the Kentish-Town property at the death of the widow. In reply to a question, put by the learned judge, it was stated that'tho defendant had not married any other lady. This was the case on the part of the plaintiff. The Attorney-General then addressed the jury for the defend ' atit. After expressing his opinion that the action had not been brought by Miss Wood, but by her father, who had been called as-a witness to excite the feelings of the jury, and swell the amount of damages, he said he was ready to admit that Miss Wood's character was pure and uuspotted, far above all suspicion arid reproach ; and Mr. Hurd now, in the most public manner, acquitted her of all blame. Mr. Hurd admitted that he was liable to the consequences of this action for not having fulfilled his engagement ; and, let the amount of damages be what they might, he would rather pay them than enter into any engage ment, which he felt convinced would end only in disappointment • and misery. Mr. Hurd could not be put into the witnesses' box to-state wby he refused to fulfil• the engagement; but he (the Attorney-General) took upon himself to state that it was a most fortunate thing for Miss Wood that the union did not take place; and he hoped she had those prospects before her which would enable her to enjoy the happiness to which she was so much entitled. That defence would not entitle Mr. Hurd tothe verdict of the jury. 14e had no legal justification or excuse to cut down the damages, but at the same time it should be borne in mind that his case was not so aggravated as his learned friend h'ad described. There was no evidence that before January, 1834, any promiie had been made by the defendant, and from that time the parties were together only on two occasions. He • could not call upon Mr: Hurd to explain what was passing in his mind for declining to fulfil the contract. If he had met with another lady and married. her, then his conduct might have been . represented tube of the base description described by his - learned friend. He had no other motive for not entering into the en gagement than that he felt a uni o n with this young lady would produce ouly, Misery and disappointment; and respect for her, therefore, made' him break off the match. Of what use could large dimages be to Miss Wood or to her father ? His lealued friend said that the equivocal situation in which Miss Wood was placed rendered the action necessary, but any reproach upon her was removed by ,his solemn declaration that her conduct was above ail suspicion.' The learned gentleman then proceeded to remark that the action might have been prevented if Mr. Wood, or one of his sons, had called upon the defendant for an explanations and concluded by entreating the jury to give only such an amount of damages as, on a dispasSionate view of the case, they considered the plaintiff was entitled to-receive., Mr. justice Vaughan,. in summing up. the case to the jury said healid riot exactly feel that this was the action of the young . Istay'a father,. II is being- an attorney ex posiett• hfin , trrilikett rttr , t nervation ; but the .jury were,able to judge whethethe was-liable toalie reproach.. 'lacy hived in an ill-natured world, and many: thihgs miglit'haVe been said if proceedings had not been taken • against the defendant. Ile did not wonder, therefore, that: the Sather had taken up the matter in the manner h e had done. Ile - ghotild Dot, have recommended that Mr. Wood's son should have, called on the .defendant for an explanation. It might have led to unpleasant ,conseritiences ; and he thought that the most prudent plan was to adopt the course that had beau taken. it had been said that it was fortunate for Miss Wood that the marriage had not taken place, and that it would have ended in disappointment'and unhappiness. Upon that subject she was, the best jndge.. There was nothing suggested in the way of ob jection tothe sounglady. Without any reason the engagement wag broken off, and a hope was expressed that in time the atfec - tinn might Wear off, and she might become the wife of another. But ane could not help feeling that a woman having been ad dressed by a man,aad viewed as his intended wife, does sustain some. injury .on the connexion being broken off. Damages, altbotigh they would oat heal wounded pride, was the only coin .pen.sation that could be made under such circumstances: It was not the: best way of compensating parties in such a matter, but it Was the only way in which the law awarded compensation. The cast. stood cleat of all reproach, and nothing could be more honourable than the mariner in which the defendant had vindi %sated the character of the'young lady. As to Mr. Wood having an eve upon the old lady that had nothing to do with the case. It was a mere diversion, got up for the occasion. The question was, what damages - the young - lady was entitled to for the loss of the defendant as her husbaud. The jury, after consulting together about a quarter of an hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, £3500. CONSISTORY.COURT.—wEDNESDAY, M•Y 6. treptcs OF, THE JUDGE PROMOTED BT CHICK. AGAINST BAMSDALE AND CHIFK, FALSELY CALLED RAMSDALE. Dr. Addams sai d the court was aware,.of the circumstances marriedof this a. ca" Se. Us on the. l a st court day the nurrrisge had b e t ween the parties in the cau se was annulled (Ramsdale having Joan Chick,' the sister o f his former wife); they Were d monished to live separate and apart fortbe future; and genance was directed to be performed by them on the following Sunday. The application he bad now to make to the court was, that, un der the. peculiar circumstances in which the parties Were placed, tliatitaft,9f the sentence relative to the penance should ;not b e enforcefili . He had a p rec edent in the case' of Burgess r. Bur gess, Where" the parties had been guilty of an it c.oliabi-; tution, taut the judge had directed that the penance should not be enforced. The Medical certificate, which was ,produced in the present ewe, would show to the court the dangeroui situ= sou in which the parties had been placed by the decision of the court, and he was not aware if the application he bad made would be opposed. The King's Advocate said he certainly was instructed to op pose the motion. Had the prayer I.)en, that the penance should be postponed, and not altogether remitted, he would not have offered opposition. Dr. Addams said the party who had promoted the suit was making preparations t0..c.;.a1t over the individuals against whom the sentence of the court had been given. A dinner had been bespoken, and a company would be taken down on the day the penance was enjoined to be performed, in an omnibus decorated with ribbons, in order to exult over the unfortunate parties. Ile hoped the could. would not assent to au outrage of this kind. The King's Advocate said he had no objection to assent to the postponement of the sentence. In the case of Burgess r. Burgess, ue penance was enjoined. Dr. Lushington said, in obedience to the forms and proceed ings of that Court he had given its sentence, and directed that the parties should do penance, as it was not competent for him to depart front the usual course of proceeding. He, however, entirely acceded to the reasons which fell from Lord Stowell,.in the case of Burgess v. Burgess, that the principle with regard to the performance of . penance in former times did not apply to the present time—it was not the imperative duty of the Court to enforce penance in the present times. The affidavit of Mr. Taylor, the medical man who had attended upon the parties in the suit, stated thaitiflr. Itamsdale has had an attack of brain fever, and that the most disastrous circumstances might result from the enforcement of the sentence with regard to the penance. As to Joan Chick, she had also been seriously af fected in her health, was pregnant, and if exposed to perform ance of the sentence her nervous system might be seriously af fected. Ile (Dr. Lushington) was bound to believe that the affidavit of the medical man contained an accurate statement of facts, and it became the duty of the Court not to run any ha zard, as it never could have been intended that the public re cantation of the offences the parties had bee'n found guilty of should be enforced if itrnight lead to serious eonsequences. He should therefore not attempt to enforce the penanoe tattle pro sent time. it remained, therefore, for the Court to consider whether be should not merely suspend the penance, or whether he should do away with it altogether. lu.his judgment, if the infliction of the penance would injure the health of the parties, allowing the threatto hang over the head•of the female, that after her confinement the penance should be enforced, the sus pense'that would be occasioned might prove as detrimental as the performance of the penance itself; and as to Mr. Aainsdale the same reasons would apply. Under all the etreurnst.d,:es, therefore, he thought it right and tilting to remit that part of the sentence which enjoined the parties to the performance of penance. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. THE PRQCES MONSTRE. PAHIS, MAT 7.—This is indeed a monstrous process, and the consequences which may result front it, may be as extraordinary as the process itself. It is a curious and important fact, that not one journal of any opinion has to-day blamed the conduct of the repuhlican prisoners yesterday, is protesting against the previous conduct of the President of the Court of Peers. And vet never were such scenes witnessed in a court of justice as 'those which yesterday passed in that court. Even one of the accused of Lyons felt so forcibly the fact that at least the place in which they were assembled bore the name of a court of jus tice, that he protested against the uproar and the confusion which took place. This protest was certainly made but by one, and vet still it was creditable to him who made it, even though the tumult against which he so protested was natural and almost inevitable. I say almost inevitable, because the moment the peers, for fear of hearing republican doctrines broached and defended, resolve on not allowing any one to plead before them, who is not bound by his oath of allegiance either as a barrister or as avuue, to the present order of things in France, and whO cannot, therefore, defend the principles and doctrines of repub licanism—from that moment the defence is not free from the one hundred and twenty-one republicans who are. brought up for trial before the court. From the moment the defence is net free—it cannot excite surprise that the accused should protest— and the moment their protest is not allowed to be read, it is by no means astonishing that a large portion of the one hundred and twenty-one accused should cry out in despair, "You are not judges—We are not accused—We have no defenders." The Court of Peers felt all the difficulties of this position, and that was the reason why yesterday nearly four hours were con sumed in deliberation out of court, as to what course should be followed under all the circumstances of this unheard of process. Several of the peers reproached the government for having en gaged in such a contest; others said that to compel the peers thus to try the republicans, not according to the law, but accord ing to arbitrary rules and ordinances, was to insult and degrade the peerage. And others asked " How it could be expected by the government that this process could ever be terminated ?" On the other hand, some newly-appointed peers defended the government and the process; and others pressed for a. judg ment against Cavainac, sentencing him to two years' imprison ment for disturbing the court. But the majority of the peers would not consent to such a measure. They carried a • resolu tion that no immediate decision should be come to on the tumults of to-day; but that if such scenes should be renewed, then the court would take some steps to put an end to such inter ruptions. The Court of Peers wishes, if possible, to adjourn the case over for six months, and thus to supply the government with another opportunity of granting an amnesty. But then this ad journment would be the condemnation of the process, the fall of the ministry, and even the impeachment of Thiers and Persil. Next to adjournment of the process altogether, the Court of Peers desire to separate the cause of the Lyons prisoners from those of Paris. But this is impossible. It would be illegal and unjust. All are accused of being engaged in one conspiracy— not in three conspiracies, or four, or five, but in one, and there fore they must all be tried together. The Court of Peers can not act illegally, public opinion would be too strong for such a line of conduct. The Chamber of Deputies, the National Guards, the Court of Cessation, the judges—all would proteit against illegal and arbitrary measures; and therefore the whole of these one hundred and twenty-one republicans, accused of being concerned in the same conspiracy, must be tried together, and cannot be tried separately. '1 he National Guards of Paris are already heartily sick of this affair. The tradesmen and shopkeepers feel it to be most injurious to their trade and busi ness; the manufacturers to the demands made on their fabrics; and all ranks and classes are more or less perplexed andannoy ed by this prosecution. If, therefore, the peers should decide illegally, and should divide a prosecution into two or more pro secutions, which cannot legally form but one, since there is but one indictment, and but one conspiracy laid to all their charge, there would be such a general movement, not to say insurrec tion, that any illegal judgment must and would be overthrown. Thus it is clear that the only course which is left open to the peers is to adjourn the prosecution, provided the accused shall, by their tumultuous proceedings, prevent both.the prosecutor and the witnesses from being beard; or else to accord to the accused what they have really the right to demand, viz. to be defended by their political friends and associates. The lists hitherto published by the Journal des Debate and Journal de Paris of the peers who were present at the first sit ting, and who can alone judge the prisoners at the bar, are to day-admitted to be accurate. Only d 64 peers were really pre sent, and 79 were absent, making a total of 243. As the peers are constantly dying off, and others are being appointed •in their stead, it is not at all surprising that there should have been several errors in the lists. It is not, however, quite cer tain- that the total number of peers, of which the peettige con sists to-day, is 213—that of these 164 were present at the first sitting—and that 79 do not and will not, and now cannot, attend. By the rules of the chamber, 82 peers must therefore be present (being one-third of 243 and one over) to condemn any prisoner. Such scenes as those of yesterday, if often re newed, would certainly thin the ranks of fifty . in a very .few days ,• and it is by no means certain that even eighty 7 two peers will be found able and willin;:: to go on with the process to the end. Of course this will depend on the conduct of the peers and on the decision of the president. If the. peers shall decide after all on allowing the accused to choose their own defenders, ' whether barristers or not, then indeed the process would assume a different shape—but still its length would be prodigions. Of this length you will be able to judge from the following fact, viz., that eighty individuals, some barristers, some armee*, and most neither, who were charged with the defence of the pri soners before the Chamber o f Peers, have signed and published a protest against the decision of the court. Amongst the names of these eighty defenders I observed the following:— " Buonarotii, Armand Carrel, arspail, l'Abbe de la ?.lennais, Thouret, Michael, Thibeaudeau, July (ex-deputy), Blanqiii, Cannot, Dupont, Vignerte, Voyer d'Argenson, Audry de Puy raneau, and Etienne Arago. If these fifteen alone shall be allowed to defend (he 121 pri soners, to say nothing of the sixty-five others whose names I have riot cited,. still the prosecution might last six months ; but if all the eighty defenders should plead for all their clients, the process would lie interminable ; and yet I'2l defenders haYe the right to be heard for their 121 clients, besides the 121 soners themselves. Add to this three hundred witnesses, and twenty thousand printed and other documents and letters; the eXamination, cross-examination, and re-examination-Of all the witnesses, and the tumults and disorders to which these roust give rise; and I ask you whether it would nut take years, in stead of months, to conduct this trial to a termination, if the accused should really avail themselves of all their means of de fence ? It has been well called the proces-monstre, and it may also be called the proces-interminable. --7 , • miscruLaNaous. The Chamber of Deputies was yesterday again occupied with I the Preneh River Law. It voted several clauses and then ad journed but it is generally believed that to-day it will be thrown but altogether, by a considerable majority. The Count de Chabrillon, peer of France, has published a -prrayst ,agaiUst what Itt tarns 'the' "'iniquitous prosecution " before the:Chaniber, of Which . he is a member. ' • . M. Pepsi' and Baron Pasquier were yesterday so much agi tated after the tumult, in the Chamber of Peers, and after the sitting whiCh w a s held by the peers in their usual place of meet , ing, tliat it appeared evident to all who saw them, that they trembled forthe consequences which might result from a parse. verance in this prosecution. M. Persil, during the whole even ing, was anxiously enquiring in different salons of Paris what effect the sitting of yesterday produced on public opinion , and the answers he received were very far from satisfactory. POST SCIIIPTUM. Thursday Ajlernoon, Quarter to Four. The third sitting held to-day has been as stormy, violent, and outrageous as yesterday; nay, even more so. Your short-hand writer writes me word that personal conflicts and blows had be gun between the accused and the soldiers; that the Lyons as well as the Paris prisoners werneugaged in such conflicts; that the scene was impossible to be described; that the agitation was really terrific • that nothing c o uld be heard; and that the court had gone ou t deliberate on some demand of the Procurcur- General, which no one could hear. and even the nature of which no one could devise. This state of things cannot continue. The process has become impossible. The court may meet, indeed, from day to day, but nothing will be done, and nothing can be done, until the court shall allow to the accused the defenders they base selected. If the court will not do this, then it must close its proceedings, shut up the court, and adjourn indefinitely the proces monstre. PORTUGAL. The following is the speech of the Queen of Portugal on closinhe session on the 22d tilt:— "Worthy Peers of the Kingdom, Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation, "IL is exceedingly painful to remind you, that an untoward event hes lately once more filled my heart, as well as the na tion, With mourning, depriving us of a magnanimous prince, who being a model of every virtue, enti re ly correspon d e d t o the high opinion in which my august father, of happy memory, held him. "Notwithstanding, however, toy very deep as well 'as recent affliction, upon this the last day of the session'of the present year, after so many and such "weighty affairs as have been sub mitted to your consideration, I owed you a great effort—viz., that of coming personally 'to have the satisfaction of cOng-ratu-, l . ating von on the proofs. Which you have given of your wishes to consolidate the scoustitptional throne, adopting moasnrett•Of the most saintary as well es transcendant utility. - = f • " The laws .which you have proposed for my royal sanction,: establishing the principles which are deemed necessaYy in order to carry into effect, throughout the kingdom the newiuditial reform, as well as for the new decinial coinage of the realm, and likewise for correcting and iinproviog the collection of the decirni (income-tax). and the taxes thereto annexed, and finally, fer a variety of matters worthy of your attention, are so many testimonials of your illustraiiwi will love of country.. "I must vet make particular mention not only of the law on the indemnities, wherein you had the tea to combine justice I due to the sufferers with the peace and tranquillity due to all the nation, but also of the capital measure for the sale of the na tional property, which, abundant-in immense riches, opening the first fountains of wealth, and consolidating the institutions which produce such copious fruits, would in itself be sufficient to immortalize the era of the restoration of these kingdoms. " The votes of confidence granted to my government, in order to enable it to carry important improvements into effect, are no less worthy of my special gratitude; the delay in the judicial and administrative organization, the clashing between the old and new laws, as well as the conflicts between the old authorities and those established iu virtue of the charter, could not but be very detrimental to the good name of the constitutional priuci pies, and to the welfare of my people. " It could not be expected that evils which date from many years and even centuries back should be remedied in a few 'mouths ; but appreciatiug this state of things, you have in your wisdom euthorized the government with full powers to proceed to the general statistical survey of the country, to open and fa cilitate the interior communications, to improve-public instruc tion, to effect the new territorial division of the country, and, finally, to establish the administration of the kingdom under its various considerations. " I trust that your confidence will not be misplaced, and that ere long, when considerable benefits emanating from the char ter have been realized, the Portuguese people will feel prac tically that our fundamental law is not a mere theory. • "Upon the occasion of the unhappy and mournful. event which we all deplore some misguided or troublesome individuals attempted, under the plea of great zeal, to disturb the tran quillity of this•capital,but public opinion, which is all in favour of the charter and my government, rendered the interference. of the authorities, in order to re-establish general quiet, almost unnecessary. "Tranquillity prevails throughout the kingdom, as well as in our provinces beyond the seas, and I have reason to believe that the time is not far distant when all my subjects will dismiss from I their minds every! prejudice of party spirit, hulaing the charter as their only device, and that they will show themselves in every respect worthy of the generosity and great kindness of the im mortal Liberator. " My relations with the foreign powers and allies continue on the most friendly footing, and I' shall not neglect to put in prac tiuo nosy nouns , enUkiktellt with the nationid honour, in order to establish convenient relations with other foreign states, di recting principally my attention towards those from whence we are likely to derive greater commercial advantages. - "'Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation, "The multiplicity of business before you has not permitted you to examine the budget fur the present year, notwithstanding which the present taxes will continuein force, in compliance with what Article 137 of the Charter provides, and you may rely on my government making every effort within the limits of its power in order to increase the revenue aud diminish the chae. • "Our credit both at home and abroad stands on that elevated ground of prosperity which.was to be expected both from the good faith with which we keep our legitimate engagements and treaties, as well as from the plain and straightforward course we pursue in order to render our immense resources available. " Worthy Peers of. the Kingdom, Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation, "On your' return to your respeetiVe homes, pray inform your constituents that you have heard all these truths from my own lips. Instruct them by your good example in the faithful ob servance of the laws and proper respect for the authorites; in spire them with a due sense of horror towards rioting and anarchy, the fatal enemies of freedom and -infallible precursors of the ruin of any country; instil into their minds the fruits of your wisdoM and patriotism, and be yourselves keen observers of the public and local wants iu order that,'when you are again called together to perform your high functions, you may , contri bute by your talents and experience towards the completion of the great work of Portuguese restoration, by which means you will have the benedictions of the present and all future ages." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ~, THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH IN WALES. Before Sir Robert Peel quitted the office of First Lord of the Treasury, a memorial was addressed to him from a number of Welch clergymen on the subject of church reform. The memorialists, after expressing their attachment to the venerable church of which they were ministers, and their satis faction at that part of the King's speech which recommended the removal of any existing abuses so as to render it more pure and efficient, express an opinion that dissent from the church has been occasioned, or at least materially increased, by the appointment of bishops for the last one hundred and thirty years, who have been ignorant of the Welch language. They est: how the people of England would approve of the adoption of a simi lar course towards them ? The memorial then proceed as follows : In stating the grounds on which the Welch church claims the appointment of eminent and approved Welch scholars to pro vide over its interests and direct its operations, we beg to sub mit with all possible brevity an outline of its history from the earliest to the present time. The ancient Britons, now represented by the Welch, received the gospel and embraced christianity in the days of the apostles. and had a regularly established episcopal church long before the arrival and settlement of the Saxons in England: For it is an historical fact, that three British or Welch bishops were at the council of Arles, in France, in the year 314, whose names are subscribed to that council. Several Welch bishops subsequently attended the famous council et Nice, in the year 325; of Saralee, 3-19 ; and of Ariminum, in 359. The Saxons arrived in England in 449, of which they dispossessed the na tives, and succeeded in driving them, before the close of the sixth century, beyond the Severn and the Dee, which formed at that time the eastern and northern boundaries of Catnbria. Augustine, the monk, arrived from Rome to preach the corrupt faith of that apostate church to the Saxons in England in the sear 597, and was,consecrated archbishop of Canterbury iu 599. In the year 602 he attempted to persuade the Welch bishops to accept him for their archbishop, with, aeileteeto reduce the Welch church under his own jurisdiction,: and unite it to the church of Rome: The Welch bishops . . and clergy in convoca tion refused submission on two grounds i—elsat he taught doe trinnc i t pastor.n which to them were Crew, and ishicl. titay 6._ lieved to be unscriptural; and that they were already subject to a metropolitan of their own,—the ,archbishop of Caerleon. This refusal on the part of the Welch bishoeie and clergy called forth a threat from Augustine, which was etteried into effect not many years after in the massacre of one thousand two hundred Welch clergy, at or near the monastery of Bangor—an event which filled the minds of the Welch with such abhorrence of the Ruinan catholic religion that a union • between the Welch church, which retained its primitive purity, and the Saxon, which was so full of the spirit and corruptions. of popery, became from that moment hopeless and item acticablee Upon this followed a succession of unprovoked wars against Wales, which were carried on for .the space of four hundred years by the Saxon kings, at the instigation of the priests, for the purpose of subjugating by force that church which, shielded by its lofty mountains, still maitained its independence, had formed a stub born exception to the universal dominion of the pope. The first attempt to nominate strangers and men of another language to the Welch bishoprics was made in the ninth cen tury, when, "on the death of Einion, Bishop of St. David's, in S7''2 Hubert, a Saxon, was intruded." Another was made in 1089, when " Joseph, Bishop of St. David's, was deposed by King William, and Wilfrid intruded; and a third in 1112, when, " on the death of Griffri, realm', of the same see, Bar nard, a Norman, was intruded by Henry 1., and the see lost its privileges." In the reign of floury 11.. Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, made a tour through Vales,. under pretext of raising recruits for the crusade, but with the real object of say ing mass in the cathedrals and churches, in order to lay a foundation for subjecting them to the see - of Canterbury. From that time the Archbishop of Canterbury usurped the authority of consecrating bishops to the see of 13angor and St. Asaph; but the Welch, still averse to . popery, opposed his appoint ments, by making it impossible, in most instances, for the En glish bishops to reside, and by nominating at the same time bishops of their own. This state of things continued to the time of Henry VII., in whom Wales became m ore cordially united to England; and the Welch church then reluctantly yielded to the appointments of Canterbury, in consideration that the monarch then occupying the British throne was of Welch extraction—the grandson of Owen Tudor, from the Isle of Anglesea. The reformation commenced under Henry Vlll.—another prince of the same house, in whose reign the Welch church, after a severe struggle for a thousand years, in defence of its own independence, witnessed with inexpressible joy the separation of the English church from the dominion and corruptions of the chinch of home ; and there remained but one more obstacle in its way to become fully incorporated with the English church, which was happily removes-by Queen Eliza beth, of blessed memory ; who, in the second 'year of her reign, promoted to the see of St. Asaph Richard Davies, a man emi nent fur his piety and profound knowledge of the Welch lan guage, Who was afterwards translated to St. David's, where he sent forth the first edition of the new testament in Welch, ac cempanied by en elaborate epistle of his own, on the sub ject of the reformation, written in the same tongue, and ad dressed to " All the Welch," which produced on their morals a powerful and salutary effect. Elizabeth appears to have adopted the same just and patriotic policy to all the Welch sees, to the incalculable beuefit of the country; (or in her reign we find Hugh Jones, William Blethyn, and. Morgan, bishops of Llandaff; Richard Davies ancl . M, Middleton, bishops ,of St. David's; Rowland Merrick gull Richard Vaughan,. bishops of Bangor; Richard Davies, Themes:, Davies, ; William Hughes, and William. Morgan, berhepS„of .St, Asaph ; all eminent end "profound Welch 'seholers, jp eilrom the Welch people are indebted foe their Wahl bible.- enel e -Wehis -prayer books, which were first translated at the edueniantt of Queen Elizabeth, to supply the reading-desks: and prilpits of all the cathedrals and parish churches in Waleseated; which afterwards became multiplied for the use of the nation-all large, under the superintendence and correction of other Welch bishops and dignitaries. The principle laid down by Elizabeth, of giving to Wales Welch diocesans, was acted upon, With a few excep tions, by her successors, James 1., Charles -I:, James 11., and William and Mary ; in whose reigns we. find Morgan Owen, Hugh Lloyd, Francis Davies, and William Lloyd, bishops of Llandaff; William Thomas and John Lloyd, bishops of St. David's; Henry lowlands, David Dolbee, ,Edmund Griffith, William Roberts, Robert Morgan, Humphrey Lloyd, and Humphrey Humphreys, bishops of Bangoii; Richard Pa rr y, John Owen, George Griffith, and William . Lloyd, bishops of St. Asaph; all of whom, through their knowledge of the Welch language, were enabled to carry out in detail the great principles of the reformation, which had beep- diligently sown by their zealous predecessors, and from whiCh wane that erich harvest of civil and religious privileges which Wales has ever since so abundantly enjoyed. And five successive monarc h s , t E o L l iz h a e h : e in t4 fi , ue a n n e d e o a f i t t h e r ii w w ar i d s : and aop treidghte thoughou s p i o e l a i a c e e e x e r t e n v , i i v v e e d i vby by must undoubtedly be ascribed those hie...aureole blessings of in ternal peace, loyalty to the king, obedience tothe laws, harmony between landlords and tenants, and true religion and piety among all classes, which have long and signally characterized that province of his majesty's dominions. And it is our deli berate opinion, that had a similar practice been adopted to wards Ireland, a different tale might new be told of that un fortunate and distracted country. But this practice is no gouger continued towards the princi pality. It began to be laid aside in a more marked manner by Queen Anne, in vanse we find ouly one Welch bishop in all Wales—John E Bishop of Bangor. In the reign of George I. we find only one—John Wynne, Bishop of St. Asaph. In the reign of George 11. there were two—John Harris, Bishop of Llandaff, and Richard Trevor, I3ishop of St. David's; but in subsequent reigns we find . none. The Welch people consider themselves in this respect aggrieved and ill-requited for the peace and loyalty which have uniformly distinguished their conduct towards the British throne and con s stitution. And we, your memorialists, actuated by no other motives than the strong attachment which we bear to our coon ttv and the established church, and our anxious desire for their eriesperity and welfare, beg to express our deep regret, that a reeliey so ancient and just, and which was productive of such tfiqitestiunable benefitseo the Principality, hes been gradually, 'and'at length entirely, - lost sight of by the Government, to the obidous and general injury of the established 'church. ' We therefore timidity beg to suggest, that in eour Contem plated measures of church reform a provision be graciously made to secure in future the appointment of pious and approved Welch scholars to each of the Welch bishoprics, as long as the Welch tongue shall remain the vernacular language of that country; to the intent that every bishop may be able to decide for himself, and not, by proxy, on the competency of candi dates for orders and applicants for preferments, "to preach the word and administer the sacraments" in the Welch language, and that at" the laying on of hands" in the solemn and apos tolic site of confirmation, he may be able to bless the Welch children in the only language they understand, that the apos tle's declaration may. uo more be verilieti in the Welch church es:—" If I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian to me." _ _ Its concluding this memorial, we beg to assure you, that we have intruded on your time and patience only from a desire of conveying to you the sentiments and feelings vs hich prevail, not only among the Welch clergy, but also among the laity that are sincerely attached to, and anxious for, the success and stability of the established church in Wales. And it will be our earnest and constant prayer to Almighty God, that he will be pleased to direct and prosper you, and others His Majesty's !Ministers, in all your consultations, "to the advancement of his glory and the good of his church; that peace and happiness, truth, and justice, religion', and piety, may be established among us for all generations." THE COURT, &c. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, attended by Lady Flora Hastings and Baroness Lehien, returned to Ken sington Palace on Friday forenoon, from a visit to their Majesties, at Windsor Castle. In the afternoon their royal highnesses, attended by a large suite of ladies and gentlemen, were present at the concert given at the Hanover-square rooms, for the benefit of Mr. J. B. Sale, one of the Princess Victoria's musical instructors. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Augusta and Prince George of Cambridge, left Cambridge House at eleven o'clock on Friday morning, on a visit to their Majesties at Windsor Castle. Sir James Reynett tended her Royal Highness. The Royal Duchess returned to town iu the evening: Baron Strafford (Sir John Byng) is descended from the great Earl of Strafford, whose title he has chosen. His grand mother (Lady Anne Connolly), Lady Lucy Howard, and Lady Harriet Vernon, were the daughters of the Lord Strafford who signed the peace of - UtrvEcht. The earldom has been ex tinct since 1799, and Mr: Byng, of Middlesex, inherited all the earl's estates and personal property, which were settled on Sir John Nourri Effendi, the Ottoman ambassador, accompanied by Prince Voglioridi, olgarnosiuterpreter and secretary of lega tion, had an interview on .Friday with Viscount Palmerston, at the Foreign Office. I. Van do Weyer, the Belgic minister, visited his lordship on Friday. THE ROCHDALE RADICALS. A glaring instance of the evil consequences invariably at tendant upon contests in which the mob are ceded in as arliitei or auxiliaries, has been afforded in the recent poll for the elec tion of churchwardens at Rochdale. A number of highly respectable individuals having been nominated fur the office of churchwarden in the several townships forming the parish, an, " amended" list was put in by the snore radical dissenters, which, being carried by a show of hands, a poll was demanded. The objection to the first proposal being simply that the parties named were friends of the church, the struggle at the poll be came a religious, or rather we should say a radico-sectarian one, and the radical faction, seeing no hope of otherwise carrying their point, called in the rabble from the town and outskirts in order that those who were entitled to vote might do so, and that those who could not vote themselves might, by intimidation and violence, prevent their opponents from exercising the privilege. On Thursday;-it being feared that the church party.would carry their point, with a view to check them, an immense multitude were brought to surround the parish church and intimidate and abuse the voters. This they did so effectually that at length the magistracy were compelled to call in the military to protect the rate-payers, and the avenues to the church were thenceforward lined with soldiers having their bayonets fixed. This had the effect of preventiog actual violence, but such was the brutality exhibited, and such the inclination to outrage, that it was ac tually found necessary on Thursday to give the rev. vicar who had presided a military escort from the church to his residence, a very short distance. And this although the dissenters were carrying their point by a considerable niajority ! Our readers are already aware of the worse than bear-garden exhibition which took place at the parish meeting whence the poll sprang. So brutal was the conduct of the " liberal" mob, that all the respectable leypayers hastened from the church, fearful of personal violence, more than one eager pugilist being ready to assail the reverend chairman and pu him down." During the poll we are informed that the mob behaved within the church with great levity, and with such an utter disregard for the sacredness of the edifice in which they were assembled as in many cases to require the correction of the police. So far, indeed did the spirit of insubordination proceed, that many individuals who profess a strong attachment to the people are, we believe, utterly disgusted and ashamed of their alliance. These outrages, however, have found an apologist and eulo gist in the Radical of 1819, mho, reverting to his cast-off gar ments, tells us he is " glad" that the people took the course which has excited even among their chiefs at Rochdale such. just reprobation. It is amusing to watch the changes of the I wind with this " guardian" weathercock, who, professing to hold the scales of public morals, is about as innocent of practising what he preaches as the most upright hero of the Beggar's Opera.—Manchester Chronicle. FATHER WALSH'S LAST ADDRESS-PREACHING THE GOSPEL. It was our intention to have more fully noticed the labours of the pious pastor of 'Burris, had the letter of our eel - respondent' reached us in time to do that literary person ample justice. That the gospel is•preached in Borris no in.an can doubt, who reflects on the language sworn to have been uttered by this per son from the altar, where his gentle admonitions, in the true spirit of charity, were fully . exemplified. Reader, take the fol lowing as a specimen delivered cm tiunday last in Burris Cha pel, AFTER M ASS • " At the late election I hea4,l tho f...p01.n1.10re of my parish into Carlow, and thinking it; hard for them to be at. &a own expense, during the contest, I gave them billets on certain houses in Carlow town, and the other day the owners of the said houses comes with their bills to rue for payment, with faces as long as hatches. "But my dear friends I am sure that you would not like to see your HOLY IwrmicEssou going to gaol for that pEet which I must now pay. I intend, my dear friends, for to make a cut.- Leer tors or to establish a VI:ND for the purpose of paying such bills, and if there should any over plus remain, so much the better, for it will answer TO SUPPORT THE PETITION AGAINST MR. KAVANAGH AND COLONEL BRI:EN• "As for me, my deur friends, to expect any support in Borris, ar Balloughnegree, I don't expect A coerEit only PROM A PEW PEOPLE."—CarIow Sentinel. STATE OF TRADE. Luaus TRADS.—A good deal of business has been done in woollen cloths, since our last, both for the home and foreign trade. BRADFORD MARKET.—There was a large attendance of buyers in the market, on Thursday, and a considerable quantity of business was transacted. 'The 'demand for both the foreign and domestic trade is good, and there are but small stocks of manufactured goods on hand, consequently prices have some what improved. There was but a small supply of yarn in the market, and in many cases the spinners obtained un advance. Clog wools are in request, but Nether fleeces are dull sale. Ilu DDERSFIELD.—We . hid a good muster of buyers here on Tuesday, and many extensive sales were effected, but without any material improvement in price. ROCHDALE, MAY B.—This week there has been more activity in our market. Goods have gone off very well, and our pros pects seem to be more cheering. The manufacturers cannot as yet get-any advance on their goods, and wages are therefore very low, as the raw material cannot be purchased at old prices, In the wool market then! was a brisk demand for low and middling qualities, on which a trifling advance took place; in the best sorts there was uo alteration. 'return, APRIL 24.—Our trade is very prosperous. Many orders have been received from Napoli, Alexandria, and Smyrna. We have also more trade with South America, which may be come important when tranquillity is established on that conti nent, The Spanish consul here, who had not been recognised by the imperial government, has now received his exequater: this may be advantageous in our intercourse with Spain. We are looking► forward with' eager expectation for the time when King Otho will assume the government, which, it is hOped, will be the commencement of a new and happy era for Greece. The Albanians on the frontiers again attempted more prcdatory mea sures, but were quickly repulsed. There ie a great demand here for copper, zinc, and . quicksilver. The house of Rothschild, which farms all the mines of these metals in Spain, will doubt less make large profits, as these are now pretty high in price. There is some talk of an iron railroad from this placeto Vienna, and thence to the frontier* of Galicia.--Allyemeine. Zeitung, May 1. • . - - - Letters from' Alexandria'fieve been received at Marseilles up to the end of March. Up to that period, according to official. reports, 20,000 persons had been attacked by the plague, of whom 14,000 had perished:. The .number of new cases, as well as of details, was, howevei! daily 'dirninishing, so that it was hop ed.the extreme petithe* ixis 'sea t *et tuff appear that there had been anyniOrtiifity atnong the consuls; nierchenti i 'cie other Europeans . In fact, beside the strictquaiantine ,: bvviitue of which they confine thenfselves to their own houses, boil in.t,own and country, ti:uropeans are' less likely than natives to be at tacked by the plague, experience proving, too, that their cOtisti tutions resist it better when.attacked. - - The catholic congregation of a village in the neighbourhood of Frankfort, dissausfied with the priest seut to them, recently requested to have their former pastor returned, threatening that they would otherwise embrace en masse the protestant The preceding clergyman had, it seems, made some reforms in the service which led to a rebuke friim the superior ecclesiastics, in consequence of which he resigned. PORTI Geese FINANCE.-!-LISBON, APRIL 26.—This govern ment, following up the conversion no* going on in London, has issued a decree for the immediate conversion of its 6 per cent. stock of the internal , debt, and which is payable , ball in cash and half in paper, as follows:—The holders have the option of either receiving a cash 4 per cent. stock for it at par, or of receiving the amount which the stock `represents, say 100, half I in cash and half in paper, by which means a positive saving of no less than 1 4-5 per cent. per annum un the amount of this stock will be effected. Among the ninny laws which the govern ment has published within the last few da)s, there is one provid ing for the more productive, as well as more equitable, collection of the decima, (income-tax,) and another for the issuing of the new coin, regulating its weight, &c.; the gold coin is to be of 5,000 ?eh anti 2,500 reis, the silver coin .01 1,000 rcis, 500 reis, 200 reis, and. 100 reis. CONSPIRACY IN PORTUGAL—LISBON, APRIL 26.—1 t np pears that some individuals, (officers,) who have lately been dismissed the army for having at some time or other served under Don Miguel, had conceived the plan of making them selves masters of the Castle of St. George, in this capital, with the assistance of about 400 English,, Irish, French, and Bel gians discharged from this service, who are there preperatory to their beitig embarked on their return home, whom they had attempted to bring over to co-operate in the undertaking; but it was discovered in time, and the promoters have been arrested. The government wish to keep it a secret. ENGLISH COMMISSION M PORTUGAL.--Llspole, Amin. 27. —A commission is now sitti n g at tlit private house of The Duke of Palmella for the purple - of examining witnesses, in virtue of a requisition to that effect trim . the British courts, in cease of " lla Silva Ardouin," rlieltikiject in dispute being a rotninis sion claimed by tlne plaintiff one of the Fortugueie loans. The commissioners are M . : 4 112411n;• a major in the gioy, and Baron lienfluff, a depetY . Olthe'Cortes. • It has been resolved forthwith to establish a conservative as sociation in the northern division of the county of NOM humbei land ; and thus that great county in all its parts will afford proof that it is resolved to stand fast by the lend in which we live, the, church we worship, and the Mislay we enjoy. ELECTION FOR THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. . Wednesday last being the day appointed for the nomination of candidates, an immense concourse of persons assembled that morning at Wakefield.- The accustomed preliminary matters being gone through by the High Sheriff and his officers, Lord Milton came forward, and in a brief speech proposed Lord Morpeth, as a suitable person for the representation of that division of the county; and Mr. Gervase Walker seconded the nomination. - • The Hon. W. C. B. Lascelles then came forward to put his hon. relative, Mr. Stuart Wortley, in nomination, which was seconded by M. Thompson, Esq. of Mauningham. Lord Morpeth then rose to explain to the meeting the causes which had brought them together, and congratulated his friends on the success which had attended his party in their ap peals at the late elections.; concluding by an assertion which after events have strangely falsified, that Lord John Russell's election for South Devon was secured, he being then 300 a head of Mr. Parker. His lordship was well attended to through out his speech, and concluded amidst great cheering. • Mr. Stuart Wortley then came forward, and addressed the meeting at great length, taking a very enlarged view of tae policy he should support if returned for the West-Riding, and throughout expressed himself in the most confident terms as to his success. He laughed at the lame argument held out by his noble opponent, that a mere majority of a show of hands there and then was any criterion to be depended upon, as to the ul timate termination of the election, and was quite satisfied that his lordship's situation. would more closely resemble that of Lord J. Russell than would be agreeable (cheers). A show of hands was then taken, and the high Sheriff declared the majority to be in favour of Lord Morpeth, when Mr. Beckett Dennison demanded a poll for Mr. Wortlev,—which the She riff appoinied to take place on Monday and Tuesday next, (yes terday and to-day.) It was calculated that not less than 40,000 persons were pre sent; the best order was preserved throughout the proceedinv. NARROW ESCAPE FROM CANNIBALS. 'The Sydney papers, received on Saturday, contain Mrs. Guard's narrative of her sufferings, and those of her children, while in the power of the New Zealanders. It may be re membered that the ship, of which Mrs. Guard's, husband was Commander, wat.wrecked on the South Sea islands, and that Mrs. Guard, her two children, and nine seamen, were made prisoners. The islanders were cannibals; hence her escape may be better imagined than described. "Mrs. Guard states, that when the New Zealanders first took her prisoner she - wat nearly exhausted with the loss of blood which was flowing from the, wounds she received in her head with their toma-hawks They voraciously licked her blond, and when it ceased to flow, attempted to make an incision in her throat for that purpose, with part of au iron hoop. They then stripped her and her children naked, dragged her to their huts, and would have killed her, had not . a chief's wife kindly inter fered in her behalf, and when the bludgeon was raised with that intention, threw a rug over her person, and, saved her life. The ravages took the two children from under her arms, and, threw them on the ground; and, while they were' dividing the pro perty they had stolen from the crew of _the Harriet, kept run ning backwards and forwards over the children as they lay on the ground—one of which, the youngest, still retains the marks of this brutal operation. They afterwards delivered the youngest child to the mother, and took the other away into the Finish, and Mrs. Guard did not see it for two months after. A short time had elapsed, when the natives took Mrs, Guard to Wymattee, about forty miles from where the Harriet was wrecked, being in a perfect state of nudity, both her and her children, whore they gave her an old shirt; this was the only covering she and the infant sucking at her breast had for the whole of the winter. They gave her potatoes to eat; and as she had made them great promises of what they would receive when Mr Guard returned, if they spared her life, they did not afterwards ill-use her. In this Rate she remained for about five months; and during that time saw the natives cut up and eat those they killed belonging. to the Harriet (one of wham was Mrs. Guard's brother,) occa sionally bringing scene pieces of human flesh to her, and asking her to partake of it with them. When the vessels arrived off the Nooma, they brought her down and expected the long pro mised payinent; Captain Guard seized the man who had her and secured liiin.—The natives, on seeing this, fired several shots at Mrs. Guard' and the military, not having come up to Captain Guard's assistance in sufficient time to secure her, the New Zealanders ran away with Mrs. Guard into the bush, end took her back to Wymattee. Here they again *anted to kill her, but as numbers of them were against it, expecting she would fetch a large sum, she was allowed to live. The Alliga tor followed to Wymattee, and exchanged the native prisoner for Mrs:Guard and her child; the other child was afterwards given up as we have stated elsewhere." LONDON GAZE TTE'.-FRIDAY, MAY 8. WHITEHALL MAY 8. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to he passed unde the Great Seal, grantiog the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Hon. Edward John Little ton, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, arid title of Baron Hathertun, of Hatherton, in the county of Sta fiord. The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed tinder the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Hon. Lieut.- General Sir John Byng, G.C.8., and the heirs male of his body law fully begotten, by . the name, style, and title of. Baron StrafeOrd, of Harmogdsworth, the county of Middlesex. BANKRUPTS. George Badenach and Thomas Jenkinson, Liverpool, brokers, May 18, and June 19, at onelat the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Attor nies, Mr. Chester, Staple Inn, London ; and Mr. Davenport, Liver pool—John Powell Bannister, Harley-mews, Marylebone, London, hackneyman—William Thomson, Cross-lane, Tower-street, London, wine-merchant—John Evans. Bridge-street, Lambeth, grocer—James Rowley, sen.,. Watney-street, Comthercial-road, London, baker— Richard Elliott, Princes-street. Coventrv-street, London, licensed victualler—John Scott, Wakefield, Yorkshire, grocer—John BishtQn, Edward Kempson, William John Jellicorse, and William Callum, Wolverhampton, ironrnasters—Wilson Hickson, Lincoln, grocer James Sherry, Southampton; innkeeper. DIVIDE'NDS. May 19, T. Shaiples, Liverpool. ironmonger, at one, at the Claren don Rooms, Livsrpool-- r Mny 30, W. A. Ohmann and J. C. Kemp, MorehaAts.'ateleven, at the Clarendon P.ooms. LiLarpp<. i_ JUtle 1, G. Taylor, London, sail cloth manuttcturer—June r, G. Sta tham, London, tailor—June 1, J. Leach, London,. tavern-keeper— June 1, J. Duff, London; victualler—May 29, A. P. Driver, London— May. 29, J.Grant, Dingwall, Scotland, surgeon—June 1, J. Newbery, Readin,g, Berkshire, scrivener-June 1, W. I.anghorne, London. stock broker—May 29, E. Johnston, London, milliner—May 29, K. Fenner, London, bookseller June . 1, S. J. Taylor, London, snuff-manufne turer—May 29, W. Moody, Caistor, Lincolnshire, scrivener—Mav 30, J. Lees, Newton .Moor, near llyde, Cheshire, cotton-spinner-iune 27, I. Dickinson, tilverston, Lancashire, scrivener—June 3, It. Baker and J, Harley', Southampton, stone maso s—Jane 3, I. 8.-lkiartin., Salisbury, Wiltshire, draper—May 20, T. Tipping, Warrington, Lan cashire, miller. CERTIFICATES, May ::43. B. Wright, Liverpool, ship broker—T. Hodson, Brussels, nieture dealer—C. Bevan, London, china dealer—S. Grew, Birmingham, brush maker—C. Edwards and It. Blakeway, Stourbridge, Worcester shire, linen drapers—B; Varnham, London, sail maker—G: Williams, London, merchant —W. Holloway, London, brewer. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Th e average price of Brown or Muscovado sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 28th day of April, 1835, is 29s NO clp cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or pay able thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. BANK OF ,NGLAN D. Average of the Liabilities and 'Ass the 10th February, to the sth o pursuant to the Act 3 and 4, W. I .LIABILITIES Securities £25,764,000 1 •i 8.542,000 Circulation . Deposits 10,726,000 Bullion 6,197,000 ;ets of the Bank of England, from )f May, 1535, inclusive. published V., cap. 98, sec. 8. I _ ASSETS. £99,268,000 Downipg.street, May 8, 1835. £31,961,000 We understand that at the first general meeting of the share holders of the Northen and Central Bank of England, held in the York Hotel on the 30th ult., after the ordinary business 'of the day had been gone through, a vote of thanks ;vas given to the directors and manager, for their unreinitting attention to the interests of the proprietors; and as a further testimony of their approbation, a sum of fiv• hundred guineas was voted, to be appropriated,. under the direction of - a committee then appointed, for the presentation of a piece of plate to each or those gentleinen.—Manchester Herald. FIRST CHOICE. — AII provisions entering Tunis pay a duty of one-fourth of their value before they can be exposed for sale in the market; and, as if this was not sufficient, the Bey's twelve cooks, in their state dresses, parade the markets every morning, and seize whatever is required for the• day's consumption at tile Bardo, or Palace of the Bey. At, the King's levee. last week, the Earl of Lonsdale pre sented an address from the gentry, clergy, freeholders and other inhabitants of West Cumberland,.expressive of confidence in his rilikiestv's late administration ; and the Hon. Colonel Low ther, one from Kirby Lonsdale, Westmoreland, ii support of the protestani church. - - MR. D'lsttaei.t.---On Saturday, about ten o'clock, Mr. Ben jamin D'lsracli was brought in a coach to Marylabonne Office y Collard, an officerOf the establishment. It appears that Mr. Bennett, a friend of Mr. O'Connell's family, had made au affidavit, to the effect that a breaeli of the peace was coatempla— ted by Mr. D'lstaeii, who intended, as he (Mr. B.) verily be lieved, to engage with Mr. Morgan 'O'Connell in a duel. A warrant accordingly was issued (as were also twq others of the same nature against Messrs. John and Maurice O'Connell, both of Whom were on 'Tuesday evening held tq hail, by Mi t 400.4).4) , wtintrplaetd - in -- ttie hatufrarCollard; Whb, far want of a know- , ledge of Mr. D'Lsraell's place of .abode,.,together with. other requisite partictilars, read unable to secure him until yesterday nnorning, when he met'with•him at his residence, No. 31, Park - . street, and brolight hit& away' to the office in a coach.,—Mr. Hoskins, the Sitting Magistrate. held him to' bail to keep the peace towards all his Majesty's 'objects for the reniainderof the year •. himself in £5OO and two sursties in £250 each.—Sir F, svkes, of Upper Grosvenor-street, and Mr. Emmet, of Davies ' street. Berkelyvsquare, offered themselves as securities, and having been accepted, the parties then left the office. APPIIO;CHING Cost ir.. , -701.1 Friday evening, in a lecture at the Royal lair oh the-, path of Halley's comet, Dr. Larilner took occa n to contradict a paragraph which has been extensively circulated in the public journals, stating that a letter has been received- from Sir John Herschel!, announcing that the comet, having altered its course, would not be visible, and to which he scarcely ceusidered it necessary -to give a can- • tradictien. He observed that Sir John Herschell knows no thing more of the disturbing causes which would influence its return than any other astronomer in Europe, and that the statement attribUted to hint was pure 6ctitin. - The only cir ' cumstanees which can prevent its making its appearance at the period stated are, that there may be existing beyoudtlse orbit of Herschell some other planet with which it may have come in contact, so as to cause it to alter its direction, or that it may have come into juxtaposition with another comet in the realms of space, and that their combined attraction may have caused them mutually to vary their course. Mt. Lubbock has calcu lated that it . will makeits apPettrance on the 31st. of October; M. Damoiseau's calculation makes it the sth of November; .and Pontecaulet the Bth or 14th of November. On the 10th of No vember it will be at its nearest distance to the earth, and will then most likely be visible amongst the three last stars of the Great Bear. both after sunset and before sunrise. Whether it will be visible or not will depend upon circumstances over which astronomers can have no control, because they cannot predict the exact case in which its situation may be. It is now probably about the orbit of Saturn. The only difficulty pre sented in the calculation arises from our not knowing exactly the mass of the planet Herschell, and in proportion as that is above what is computed, so will there necessarily be an error in the period of computation. The number of comets known within the solar system is between 5(.10 and 600, whilst of these the paths of 137 have been closely examined and described. Of the above, 30 are known within the orbit of Mercury, although this islirobnbly not one-half of whatoctuallv exist within that "space. Taking the number, however, as - 30 i and computing the quantity existing in ti reintive• ratio between the•estimated differenceS of a sphere the diameter of the orbit of Mercury, and that of Ilerchekit will give the total number of 3,529,467 within thelimits of the solar system ' and as the numbers above assigned within the limits of the orbit of Mercuryis probably not half of what circulates there, the total number' in the pla netary system may possibly be upwards of 7,000,01)0. NITA.y 12 ISO& THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. The Public is respectfully informed that Maclaine VESTIVg having been . prevented by indisposition from completing number of nights of her engagement, an arrangement hi,* been made with her to perform this Evening, To-morrow, Thursday, and Friday. /11111 IS present TUESDAY, the 12th instant, will be Per formed, for the eleventh time, the new Comedy of RURAL FELICITY. After which the favourite Mus*fal Farce of WHY DON'T' SHE ARRY ? ct e Lisette Gierstein....(with son Madame Veitris. • To conclude with th ew Drama of THE BEULAH SPA. Caroline. Grantley (with assumed chafacters) Madame Veitrig. TO-MORROW, for' the twelfth time the new Coined! 0 , 1 , RURAL FELICITY.—After which, for the third time, the new Drama of the COURT BEAUTIES. Tiffany, Madams Vestris. King .Charles, Mr. Hooper.—To conclude with th e WELSH GIRL. Julia, Madame N'estri‘; , • On 'Wednesday, Thursday. and Friday, the Race nights, al° the Nerfortilauees will not commence until eight ' o'clock. ed° estiis on each night will perform twO 'popular characters: Lower Boxes 45.; Upper Boxes Is. 6d ; ail N.: 6d.; Gallery I s; Places may betaken of Mr. Parker, at. the Box-oflice, from Ten till Three o'clock. No Places can be secured 11 1118 • 4 Tickets are taken. Eiberpool f.,tantiartt. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1835• We have been favoured, by an eminent mercantile house in this town, with a fife of the Canton Register' and the Canton General Price Current up to the begin' , nine' of : January.. The latest of these papers contain* at full length the petition to the King of the British sub' jects resident at Canton, in which they explain the grievances to which they are exposed anti the indignitie s they are compelled to endare without any means of ob taining redress. , The names attached to this petition are a warrant for the authenticity of the facts stated, While the strong but respectful language of the petition shows how keenly the merchants and other residents feel on the subject. Titedetails.dnany thing but reflect.credit on the govern meat at -home. They have, indeed, destroyed the n 3 c' nopoly of the East India Company, but they haire made no,adecinate efforts to procure fur the residents that re spectful treatment and that protection to which they are entitled. We are unable to make room for the whole er the petition, which is an extremely interesting document well dra.wu up,. but we give the beads of it as we Oa them in the margin : "The extraordinary 'state of our r4;latiops with the Miner induces us to petition your Majesty. " Your 'Majesty's superintendents are-prohibited by the Cbti nese from exercising. their functions ; and are not einpowere by your Majesty to appeal to Peking. " The whole history of intercourse with China proves that t b • most . unsafe of all cour ses i n t rea ti ng w ith it s government i that subniission to contempt or wrongs. " if Lord. Napier had been furnished.with force and autho; city to resent insult, we arc . con fid en t, w i t h ou t a shadow c" doubt, that his mission would have succeeded. " We pray your Majesty to grant powers officer plenipotentiaritte„ an of diplomatic experience to p rocee d t o China in a ,gip of the line, with two frigates, sloops, and a steamer; to ITV.° reparation for insults and wrongs to Lord Napier, terminat+ng in that nobleman's death; for firing on your Majesty's ships, and for offensive edicts representing your Majesty as a " reve rently submissive" tributary, and your subjects as profligate barlArians; also remuneration for losses arising from stoppage of trade: thereafter to*Propose mutually beneficial arrangerneatai in agreeing to which we do not anticipate difficulty, nor risk Of interrxption to the Canton trade, as the force recommend e d enable the plenipotentiary to secure indemnity 1° wrongs, by repiisals on the Chinese trade, and by i nte rceptiri_g the imperial revenues in transitu ; should such measures be t; cessary; which we anxiously wish to avoid. " Re-admission to the -ports formerly open, Amoy, B 'C'' would be beneficial in reviving . competition. " On all points of cbrnmercial grievance, it will be desir" /. '": 1 : that the plenipotentiary apply for information to the Brit° merchants at Canton. ," To acquiescence in the supremacy claimed by the Chioes,a over other nations we trace existing disabilities ; nor while . continues do we think relief attainable. " We pray that your Majesty will not make any con ceseio._ o on this point, preferring, as we do, that your Majesty, rather Dot than acknowledge Chinese supremacy, should leave us to Cu own r esources. " We pray that nwpersons who have been engaged here trade, 'or who have submitted to' indignities him the Chl a t i , be employed to- negotiate; that only functionaries a ccre( l 7 from Peking be negociated with, not those of Canton, and ti"' no British commissioner shall land till assured of a becorottg reception." The petition tition is 'signed - by - upwards of eighty gentl e " . men of the highest respectability. . By the Spitfire packet ,we have received papers fry Jamaica to the 31st March. Their contents are unfavoer" able even beyond our fears. The colonists are beginning to be convinced, , against their hopes, that the cultivation of sugar to anything like the quantity formerly cultivate d and manufactured' is utterly impracticable under the pro" visions of the abolition bill as at present administere d. Some of tbe.finest estates in, the island are fast going t° ruin—the canes are rotting, in the ground—the a pprea " tices refuse to work at extra hours.on any terms--thei cannot now be compelled to work—and theconsequen eee are melancholy, and deplorable—melancholy as concert ° the negro himself, and deplorable as regards the unfortn' nate planter. • There are two evils in operation, both of which We had their-rise in the new system.. In the first place there is no Cordiality between the governor and his stipend's ries on the one hand, .and the proprietors and plant er* on the other.. In the sec oud. place fnany of the tie' which bottnd the slave to.his. master are broken np- - t he one has ,no command, the - other no affection, no eonfi deuce,. no gratitude. The negro fancies himielf a net ( being since the passing of the abolition bill. The W e" of• working at all, except from compulsion, never ente- I : * and never ,will enter his mind. It is not compuleori la bour alone which constitutes slavery according, to hi s ideas, it is labour. per se' which he considers slavery' Freedom he• conceives to be a' release from labour.' Against this inborn principle of African ignorance th e ' West India planter has to contend, and we fear vii° contend in vain, -or at least longer without success the n his declining resources will permit. - •tit in The following, from the Jamaica Des-patch of the 0— - March, will be read with painful interest • STATE OF TIIE ISLAND. his evidently the object of those who wish to bolster up 6 0 1 present state of the island, to persuade the rumple of Erne ° aa . that the new system teorleteetl ;" and to prevent 111_°'a why are deeply interested in the future _prosperity of the hello, from knowing anything of our actual situation, until it ca n no lon,Terconcealed. We say the eyStetti-will not work;. s o , though we admit that no act* of positiwyiolence have w e ,/ place, yet we know that thOusands, and ten thousand acts et passive resistance daily occur on the part of the negro, mil,. well-ui ganised plans of tuition ; and the loss of labour from tuy f system is, even now, most rui onus to the planter. The h0u,,,`,,, labour are limited by law; aintas long as the negroes are 111 ,';? field, and apparently tem-Jassy, where is the ground for comp" ) ;,a The stipendiary magistrates in too many cases are utiacqua'n with the nature and quantum of labour required ; nor cur st p a expected that gentlemen from otherwalksof life can understa.,4 this by intuition; though we mention with pleasure, that nit', ':of our stipendiaries have eeinced-a strong desire to make th 1;1, ,selves actinainted.with the character, of9nr peasantry ; an d I to 'wherrive'r tills the ease, 'success to a certain extent ore invariably 'attended their efforts; but their desire to prts ° , 4 4 industry has in too many instances been thWarted by son . - w e traordinary orders from theeitecutive. or by the conduct of ol eo of their brethren, who sieve' formerly agents of the Anti-Slanho Society,` and who now consider themselves bound to supporle doctrines of their former patrons. . We are tde, cursed with the presence of other agitators of p his descriptwo, who hare no more regard for the interests of the negroestres:v or to come, than they have for the. savagg* of Africa ! et, Ili . happily these very men arc the PET magistrates of the M slll of Sligo! • o f We have been confirmed i iea n these opiiss c onsequen e information which we received yesterday from a gentleman f. r: 1 St. James's, who declares the whole of that p a rish to be 1 . do state of " passive: rebellion," and to. show this we cant om bis better than give, his opinion .of the state of that palish iu own words. the n l e 'h g e roe pa s r !v s il il i o n f ?Ji ' ve j r a ki e a s' s ndisthinisal state e e respectability, and. a proprietor in that unhappy parish twil t ba . tailed his own case-in the following manner : I anli' proprietor . alluded to, ' in a state almost bordering 00 "i v a. I have one hundred mid sixty-four acres of cane in full eutt.d o f f ro p m as a siv g e en y t e l b ei neisli V tiosi; the apprentices will nut work for me in the- period by law, nor will they work for hire! I am obliged, tberetvolo to see one-third of my crop 'sacrificed before my eyes, . td h e stipendiary. mti#istrate, Mr. Norcott, will not do his (ItitY.,,, has been here,- it is true, three times since the Ist of 1 "4 - kbe and every visit has produced to me moreand more misery...,. o ut consequences now are, that I must endeavour to do % b erg him, be they what they may, for we have trouble enoug,tt our Without increasing it by the conduct of the stipendiary.. 'tcas informant added—' The general opinion In St. James half a million would not replace the damage done to St. Jae n , 4 41 by Mr. Hilt and Mr. Norcoterconduct, independent of the ! l a example which their inabadroinistration of the law coneel4_. other parishes!'" If there is a district in the Wan& where prompt justice i.. 1- cessary, it is its St. James, the . hot-bed of religion, wh Poo l ur perty to the amount of two, millions' worth was sacrificed b „4 very negroes , who are almost countenanced iu their re tie behaviour now by those sent from England to coerce them to p e rtormance of their duty. We ere new no advocat es for neeelsary punishment , or undue severity towards master 74. prentice ;• ha-when' the master is frequentlymade the 417,,, slant when he comes forward as a complainant, what ca thought of such special justice? While Dr. Palmer's 317;isr in Port Royal 14 patronised by the eseettitive, and Ms. 1 7 4 ! i t o w is upheld at the other end of, the contrary,to the every well-thinking man, it would be uncaudid not te . di c lt not only our eitu o pinion , but that - of others. While such al tent is tolerated the cult'ivatiuu of the island, as far as slug; concerned, concerned, mu st tirininate long before the expiration oi period of apprenticeehip; and those who withhold the"., t Qf f rom the 'British public are no friends to this or any put"—^