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T I OVERS of TENPENNY ALE may b I with an Article of superior quality' been offered to the Public, at the Bat Hanover-street, near Bold-street. ,- accommodated Many that has ever swicK HOTEL, 53, ContractO. LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY. TO IRON MASTERS. THE Directors of this Company are r .y_ _ to enter into a Contract for the supply of about 0 4 Yards of Parallel Malleable IRON RAILS, of the w .t of about 501hs. per yard, to complete the line from Lon on to Greenwich; and also for about 14,000 CAST-IRON CHAIRS, with Pint- and Keys. For further Particulars apply at the Company's Office, 26, Cortibill. GEORGE WALTER, Secretary. COBBETT versus REPUBLICANISM. The following hearty and wholesome sentiments eman ated from the late Mr. Cobbett when he was uncon- laminated by faction, and in the fresh vigour of life. It is a graphic description of the canting vagabonds who , began the revolution in America " Having, in America, witnessed the fatal effects of Revolu tion ; having seen piety give place to a contempt of religion, plain dealing exchanged for shuffling and fraud, universal con fidence fur universal suspicion and distrust ; having seen a country, once the seat of peace and good neighbourhood, torn to pieces by faction, plunged, by intriguing demagogues, into never-ceasing hatred and strife; having seen a people, once too feud of what they called liberty to bear the gentle sway of a British King, humbly bend their necks to the yoke, nay to the very foot, of a set of grovelling despots; having, in short, seen the crime of rebellion against monarchy punished by the tor menting, the degrading cu. se of republicanism; it is with the utmost astonishment and indignation that I find many of those who have the press at their command endeavouring to bring down on my native country the very same species of calamity and disgrace. Notwithstanding the example of America, add the more dreadful example of France, I fied the emissaries of the republican fiction (for such the', really are) still preaching fanaticism and infidelity, still how . ling for that change which they have the audacity to denominate re - form, still exerting all their nefarious ingenuity in - sapping the foundation of the church and the throne. Those who %cunt experience of the consequences, may, for aught I know, be excused for conniving at these atte.npts; but for me, who have seen acts, passed by a republican legislature, more fraudulent than forgery or coining; for me, who have seen republican officers of state offeling their country for sale for a few thousand dollars; for me, who have seen republican judges become felons, and felons become repub lican judges; for me to fold my hands and tamely listen to the insolent eulogists of republican governments and rulers, would be shameful abandonment of principle, a dastardly desertion of duty. " It is with no small mortification that I find too many of the periodical publications (as well pamphlets as paeers) in the bands of fanatics and infidels, all of whom, however numerous their mongrel sects, however opposite their tenets, however hateful their persons to each other, do most cordially unitein their enmity to the national establishment, and most zealously ca-operate for its destruction. Convinced, as I ani, from the experience.of America, as well as from history 'in general, that an established church is absolutely necessary to the existence of religion and morality; convinced, also, that the church of England, while she is an ornament, an honour, and a blessing to the nation, is the principal palm' of the throne; I trust I -never shall he base enough to decline a combat with her enemies, whether they approach me in the lank locks of the sectary, or the scalp crop of the jucobin. • " I hold it to be the duty of men in power to employ the past as well as the sword in defence of the government committed to their charge; if, therefore, I hope to yield some trifling support to ministry, it is not because I have received, or ever shall re ceive, any gratification at their hands; but because I am most sincerely persuaded, that, next to the virtues of his Majesty, and the general loyalty of his subjects, this country owes its preserva tion to the wisdom of Mr. Pitt and his colleagues. " The subjects of a British King, like the sons of every pro vident and tender father, never know his value till they feel the want of. his protection. In the days of youth and ignorance, I was led to believe that comfort, freedom, and virtue, were ex clusively the lot of republicans. A very short trial convinced Me of my error, admonished me to repent of my folly, and urged • one to compensate for the injustice of the opinions I had' conceived During an eight years' absence from my country I was not an unconcerned spectator of her pei ils, nor did I listen iu silence 'to the slander of her enemies.. Though divided from Eng land by the ocean—though her gay fields were hidden, perhapi for ever, from my view, still her happiness and her glory ' were the objects of my constant solicitude; I rejoiced at her victories, anti mourned for her defeats ; her friends were my friends, and her foes were my foes. Once snore returned, once more under the safeguard of that Sovereign who watched ewer use its my infancy, and the want of whose protecting arm I have so log had occasion to lament, I felt an it resistible desire to commenicate to my countrymen the fruits filmy experience; to show them the injurious and degrading consequences of discon tentment, disloyalty, and innovation ; to convince them that they are the freest, as well as the happiest of ,the human race ; and above all, to warn them against the arts of those ambitious and perfidious demagogues, who would willingly reduce them to a level with the cheated slaves, in the bearing of whose yoke I have had the mortification to share. " WM. COBBETT. " Pall-mall, Sept. 29,1800." IRELAND. SHOCKING MURDER.—An inquest was held in Dundalk on Sunday and Monday, by John Byrne, Esq., on the body of James Robert Eastwood, who died in the Louth hospital of Sunday morning. He had been employed on Wednesday last by the agent of Robert Hall, Esq , to sell some goods distrained for rent at Carrick Edmond, about two miles from Dundalk. After the sales had been effected, the deceased, the agent, and several of the tenants adjourned to a public house in the neighbourhood, where they drank rather freely, and all appeared in good hu mour, with the exception of one person, who alleged that East wood had treated him ill some time before about the. payment of the tithe which be (the deceased) had been in the habit of collecting. Eastwood was at the time rather tipsy, but not un able to transact his business. On his way bone to Dundalk, about five i❑ the evening', he was met, about quarter of a mile from Rice's cross. by 4 men armed with'sticks, who came from the adjoining fields, where a number of persons were collected ; they knocked him down and beat him in a most brutal Manner; scarcely an inch of his body or head was free from contusions, and his hands, in the effectual effort to preserve his head, were beaten to pieces. The unfortunate victim was, however, able to reach the gate-house of the Rev. Gervais Tinlay, from whence he was conveyed in that gentleman's jaunting-car to the Louth hospital. The verdict was wilful murder against some persons unknown. One of the witnesses, J. Kennedy, has, we are informed, been committed for perjury, and two men, named Colborne and Len non, who were working in' an adjoining field at the time of the outrage, have been bound over to prosecute at the assizes.-- Druilkeda Journal. The Clownel Advertiser states that on Thursday night last two fine bulls, belonging. to James Scully, Esq., were shut on the lands of Garnacanty, near Tipperary ; the only cause as signed for this brutal act is, that Mr. Scully had dismissed a herd from his employ a short time precious; on the same night three fine lambs, the property of Richard Wright, Esq., of Fethard, were maliciously killed. HORSE RACING AT HAMBURG. Hamburg is about to witness a memorable epoch in her his tory, no less than the first bond fide horse race ever seep in her immediate vicinity. The 18th and the 2t)th July are the days fixed. Nine heats are advertised, and several additional private matches, it is expected, will be arranged. The first idea of the ra2e was started by some of our English residents, but being most of their, engaged in business they ap pear to have been too much occupied to take any part iu the active management. For,some time the whole affair seemed likely to fall to the ground, through the want of hands . able or willing to direct it. This difficulty has now, however, been got over. His Setene Highness the - Duke of Scheswig Holstein Souderburg A.ugustenhurg has undertaken the direction, Count Von Ha a Hailer has been induced to act as secretary, and coin ...anistos of Hamburg reatkmetrtiarr - agreed to arrange prelimi; nary details. The rare-course is at \Vandsbeck, a pretty cottage about an English mile from Hamburg. The facilities afforded by the vessels of the General Steam Navigation Company will, I presume, . induce many of our sporting gentlemen to visit I laniburg on the occasion ; at all events it is to be hoped, for the honour of the Lnglish turf, that none but au English horse will be allowed, at the first Hamburg races, to carry away any of the prizes open to general competition. —Corretoon . dent of the Morning lies aid. A deputation from the gentlemen connected with the.provin cial newspaper press had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer ( Mr. Sp rind on Saturday, when they were assured by the light Hon. Gentleman that he had no intention of proposing a remission of the duty on newspaper stamps. — Worcester Juu,:tial. Tics ANoto-SParstiso Au MY.—A correspondent states that he saw yesterday a portion of the soldiers collecte:i in the Isle of Dogs for the Spanish expedition. Their appearance was most miserable. Indeed, it is not to . expected that any but men on the point of starvation g ild enlist in a service Which pro mises nothing but hardships and privations. The best soldiers in the English army would require long preparation to fit theca for Mountain warfare. What must he the fate of men already debilitated by poverty, undisciplined, and inexperienced, and with no qualification but that a Bich belongs to Englishmen in all classes—a stout heart? But the 'stoutest hearts require some chance of success, and cannot contend against physical impossibilities.—Times s f ilrthiesday. BEN JONSON.—At Dulwich.College are preserved some of Ben Jonson's memoranda, which proved that he oWed much of his inspiration to good wine and the convivial hours he passed at the Deli!, a tavern then situated in eleet-stteet,'near Temple bar, on the site were Child's-p!ace'now stands. " Meru.—l laid the plot of my Volpone.' and wrote most of it, after a present of ten dozen of palm sack from my Lord T—; that play, I am positive, wilnive to posterity, and •be acted, when I and envy be friends with applause." "Mern.—The first speech in my ' spoken by Sylla's Ghost, was writ after I parted with MY friend at the 'Devil Tavern. I had drank well that night, and had brave notions. There is one scene in that pl a y which I•think is'flat., I resolve todrink no More water with my wine:" "Mem—Upon the '2oth of May, the King (Heaven reward him!) sent me £100.• 'At that time I often went to the Devil, and before I had spent forty of it, wrote Inv Alchy mist.' " " Mein. —The 'Devil an Ass,' the ta'ale of . a 'rub,' and some other comedies ; which did not succeed, written by me in the winter honest Ralph died, when I and my boys drink bad wine "it the Devil." • imprriat Varitanunt. HOUSE OF CONEWONS—WEDNESDAY, jut.t , 1. (Couciuded from the STANDARD of F.riday.) woLvEnHAsiptoN Lord JOHN RUSSELL brought up the minutes of evidence taken in the Wolverhampton inquiry, which On the motion of his lordship were ordered to be printed. THE SCOTCH Cli CECIL Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved "That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, praying that 'his Majesty may be graciously pleased to appoint a commission to inquire into the opportunities of religious worship and the means of religious instruction, and the pastoral superintendence afforded to the people or Scotland, and how far these are available for the re ligious and mural improvement of the poor and working classes; with a view to obtain information with respect to the state of their attendance on places of worship, and their actual con nexion with any religious denomination; to inquire what funds are, or may hereafter be, available for the purposes of the established church of Scotland, and report from time to time, in order that such remedies me.y be applied to any existing•evil as parliament may think fit." The motion was agreed to. IPSWICH ELECTION. Mr. JACKSON informed the house that Mr. O'Malley was now in attendance, and moved that he be brought to the bar. r. O'Malley having been placed at the bar-- The SPE A X Elt addressed-him to the following effect :—" Peter Frederick O'Malley, this house has found you guilty of aiding and abetting a witness in absconding to avoid giving his testi mony before the committee to whom the petition complaining of an undue return for the borough of Ipswich was referred. In weighing the guilt of those persons who have violated the privi leges of the house on'this occasion, the house has hail no hesita tion in coming to this conclusion—that those who had so aided and abetted witnesses to abscond are, in the judgment of the house, most guilty and most deserving of punishment. It is with peculiar pain that I state this to a gentleman, a member of the profession to which I myself have the honour to belong; and I hope that in discharging the duty now imposed on me I shall be excused by the house if, in consideration of the circumstances in which you stand, I dwell with , less severity on you than perhaps in strictness I ought to do. In your petition you state your, ignorance that what you did was in violation of the privileges of the house. This is an excuse which the house will receive from no man, and least of all from one in your situation. In your attendance as counsel before the committee you leagued yourself with those who sought to obstruct the due administra tion of justice by aiding others to abscond to avoid giving their testimony. This was conduct on your part on which I ain sure you can never reflect hereafter but with deep regret. In con sideration of the circumstances stated in your petition, of your regret for what you did ; and also considering what it has heard as to the state of your health, the house in its lenity has con sented to *hOrten the term of your imprisonment, and I feel. assured that you will receive with due gratitude the ►ndulgence which has thus been extended to you. 1 have now to inform you, that you are discharged on payment of your fees." On the motion of Lord J. Russell, it was ordered that what had just been said by the Speaker be entered on the journals. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL. The house then went into committee, and proceeded to the 36th clause, when the chairman reported progress. EXPENSI,S AT ELECTIONS BILL. In consequence of some objections taken to this bill, as hav ing provisions in it with respect to the qualification of mein, bers, which were considered to go beyond its ostensible object, Mr. Hume agreed to withdraw it for the resent. Mr. OLIPHANT obtained leave to bring in a bill to abolish the convention of royal burghs in Scotland. The bill was subsequently brought in, and read a first time. The other orders of the 'day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-.-THURSDAY. The sugar duties' bill, the Western Australia settlements' bill, and the corn importation (Isle of Man) bill, were each read a third time and passed. WAR IN SPAIN.- The Marquis of tOND4INnKuIIY, after referring to a question which he had asked Lind Melbourne. as to,whether the English mercenaries about to embark from the Isle of Dogs for Spam, would be included in the convention which bad been negoci ated by Lord Eliott—ou which occasion he had been assured tbat they would be included in that treaty—called the attention of the house to a document which he held in his hand, purport ing to be a royal decree of Don Carlbs, and believed to be authentic. That decree was couched in these terms:— " I order and decree as follows : " Article. 1. All strangers, without distinction - of rank or grade, who shall take up arms against my legitimate rights, or who shall serve, by any means whatsoever, the rebel army of the usurpation, shall be deprived of the benefits of existing laws, nor shall they be considered as included in the ' conven tion for the exchange of prisoners,' signed by my arthority by my commander-in-chief; at Asarta, on the 28th of April last. 2. All strangers above noticed who shall fall into our hands shalt, after time being given them to perform their religious duties, be instantly shot." This was directly . contrary to what the noble viscount had stated on the occasion, he (Lord Londonderry) alluded to the persons about to proceed to Spain—he would indulge in no de-• scription of who or what they were—they ought not to be betrayed or deceived ; they ought to know distinctly what they hart to expect. In the decree, the intention of non Carlos was clearly stated, and it was diametrically opposite to constructions put upon the convention by the noble viscount. The noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs was rather ignorant of the state of Spanish affairs, or had wilfully and designedly misrepre sented what was - ically the fact. He had stated that the cause of Don Carlos was. confined to two or three provinces in the north of Spain; but let their lordships look as the facts. When -Don Carlos landed in Spain, there were not S.tX)O men armed in his favour; now he had an army of 36,(XX) men armed, trained and officered. The queen's army of 36,000 had been foiled and beaten, and 8,00 of that force bad gone over to Don Carlos. Such was the state of the army in the northern pro-. winces of Spain. When the Secretary for Foreign Affairs de clared that Don Carlos had no chance of succeeding, it was, in fact, leading the individuals who were about embarking in this uucalled-for expedition into danger. He hoped that the wholequesiion relating to this order in council would be taken vuoskte k ation at _an rally peri4id; and Le trusted that the noble iviseonut Would state when lie could be able to lay before their loidships the -papers connected with the subject which had been called for. Without going further into the subject, he would say that the decree which he had read was directly con tradictory of the construction which the noble viscount Iliad put on the convention. . . . _ 'Viscount Miti,nowitga said, he had certainly given it as his opinion that the persons alluded to were entitled to the benefit of the convention—that they were included in it. He was still of the sane opinion. What construction might be put on the convention by the insurgents of Spain (hear, hear,) he of course could not know. All he had stated was, that in his opi nion those individuals were, under the terms of the convention, most undoubtedly entitled to the benefit of it. As to the docu ment referred to by the noble marquis, that decree was not, in his opinion, authentic. He could not positively state that such was the case, but that was his full and entire conviction on the subject. IRISH EDUCATION COMMISSION. Lord Dutecs NNON called the attention of the house to a letter reflecting-on the conduct of Mr. M`Dermott, which had been read a few evenings before by the Bishop of Exeter. Lord D. read the extract of the letter containing the charges, written by a Mr. Irwin, and the answer of Mr. M•Derinott, rebutting the charges. Mr. M`Dermott said—'• True it was that he had at tended a public meeting on the subject of the catholic claims before the passing of the relief bill; true it was that after the meeting the people, in a moment of enthusiasm, had chaired him through the town where the meeting was held, a proceed ing to which he felt very strong objections; true it was that he had addressed the assembly on that occasion; but it was not true that he had `delivered a most inflammatory speech in the chapel against the established church, the constabulary, the schools, and, in fact, every person and thing in the neighbour hood not employed in the extension of popery.' He spoke warmly indeed of the injustice with which a large portion of the population was treated, but he used no improper language." Mr. M.`Dertnott then went on to deny the charge of his having acted unfairly or partially in the discharge of his, important duties, or with ever having• asserted that certain parties were Roman catholics who were really protestants. ' A long conversation ensued, in the course of which The Duke of WELLINGTON observed that hers was a particu lar inquiry affecting in a very great degree the established church, and the question put by the right reverend prelate was, whether a person who had been noted as a ROMall catholic agi tator was a fit person to select as a coinmissioner under the board of education. (Hear, hear.) The right reverend prelate had proved his case most clearly, and not only proved it, but also that this gentleman was one of the warmest partisans and defenders of the Roman Ca th olic Association, and that he had declared himself in the most pointed and public manner an enemy to the established church. (Cheers.) If this were the case, this man's character must be established as that of a per son who, above all others, ought not to be appointed to the situation he held. That was the whole amount of his question. It was nothing else than whether this gentleman was or was nut a fit person to be appointed. The Archbishop of CANTenaLliv introduced a bill for pro tecting the revenues of vacant ecclesiastical benefices without cure of souls, and for preventing the lapse thereof during the pending inquiries respecting the state of the es t ablished church in England and Wales.-13ill read a first time. Lord DENMAN, in consequence of the conversation which took place last night, introduced a bill for enabling the Court of King's Bench to take reeognizances to any amount from de fendants who remove indictments and presentments into that, --court It wriretterttirterf,'lltd - for provekitibg ruse cu t ora fro m . . irbtainiug such writ without leave of the court.--Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next. The Marquis of Los noN DERRY presented a petition from a parish in Essex iu favour of the established church. The bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and the house adjourned at a quarter past seven o'clock. uousr, OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. The committee on the election petition from Invernesshire Was ballotted tur. CLEI%KS OF THE PEACE. Mr. Fit ,, SIE brought up returns of the justices of the peace of the several counties in Eng:and and Wales, of the clerks or the peace of those counties, of the number of licenses granted to victimilers in them in March, I£3l, with other matters. He bad to inform the house that although the clerks of the peace for Buckingbam, N the West Riding of Yorkshire, Pembroke, and Ca rnarvt:n had also been ordered to make similar returns, they had failed to do so, and therefore he had to move an order of the house that they be required to make the returns forth with. Sir R. INGLIS said that as there was no provision, he believed, for meeting. the expenses to which clerks of the, peace were put on these occasions, he would submit whether they ought not to be ordered to be paid out of the county rates. Mr. O'CoNNELI. said he did not know there was any law to compel persons to be clerks of the pease. They might refuse the office if they pleased; he believed they seldom ever did so; they received good salaries, and they ought to be compelled to discharge their duties. The ATTOBNEY-GENER A L considered that it would be a gross misapplication of the county-rates if one shilling of that. fund was to go for such a purpose. Mr. S. RIcE said, that every public officer was bound to pay implicit obedience to the orders of that house. They had no right to say they would refuse their services until they were paid for those services. They were at all times subject to the control of the house with respect to any information that might be required of them. Remuneration was quite a subsequent and secondary question. BUSINESS PP THE HOUSE, Lord J. Russtut., in requesting bon_ members who had notices on the paper to postpone them in order to their immedi ately proceeding with the committee on the corporation reform hill, sated - that he should more to-morrow that the house sit on Tuesday, Thursdey, and Friday, f►um twelve till three o'clock; they should afterwards intet again at five, and if there was no thin4 very important in the shape or peti'ions to be presented, publte busiresstlight be resumed at half-past ce. With te spect to the other days of the week he proposed that they should go on as usual. CORPORATION BILL The 37th, 38th, 40th, and 41st clauses were agreed to. On the question . being put on clause 42d, that which givies power to . the council . to the town-clerk during pleasure, Lord itiTANLEY objected to the provision which would make the tenure of the town-clerk's office depend on the will of a fluc tuating body. I-Us lordship, in the course of the discussion on this clause, moved as an amendment that the. words " during good behaviour" sl.uuld be substituted for " to be removable at their pleasure." Previously to the division on this amendment, Mr. O'Con nell and Lord Stanley bad a smart altercation, which lasted some time. The house divided on the amendment of Lord Stanley, which was negatived by a majority of 60, 65 voting in its favolir and 125 against it. Another division took place on the 52d clause, giVing to the common councils the control of public-houses. Sir J AMES Glt A HAM proposed an amendment, to the effect that in all places where a separate commission of the peace should be created, a concurrent jurisdiction should be granted with the county magistracy with respect to licensing public houses only. After a short discussion, the house divided. The numbers were—for the amendment, 166; against it, 211; majority against it, 45. • Clause 53 was agreed to without any observation, and the chairman then reported progress. The SPEAKER having resumed the chair, Mr. Su AnMAN CRAWFonv moved fur leave to bring in &bill to amend the law of landlord and tenant in lrel?nd. Mr. P. SCHOPE moved for leave to bring in a bill for theem ployment of the destitute poor in Ireland. Some other bills were brought in.—The house adjourned at one o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. The royal assent was given by commission to the indemnity bill, the Western Australia settlement bill, the sugar duties bill, the corn importation (Isle of Man) bill, the Dominica re lief bill, and forty-two Private bills. The Duke of RICHMOND wished to ask his noble friend whe ther there was any likelihood that the duty payable on English wool imported into France would speedily be reduced ? Lord AUCKLAND would remind his noble friend that the amount of duty had been already reduced one-half. The sub ject should, however, receive due consideration. _ The Marquis of WESTMEATH moved for a return of all luna :it's' rent rolls, respecting which suits were now pending in the Irish Court of Chancery. 'LORD BROUGHAM'S• EDUCATION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM, in pursuance of the notice which he had. given a few evenings, since, presented to their lordships a bil founded on the resolutions relative to. education. which he hadr on that occasion been induced to withdraw. The first part Of the bill had reference to the diffusion of education generally. 4. It provided also fur the just and tonscientious distribution or application of the funds granted by parliament for the purposes of education. That the funds so granted should be properly ad ministered it was absolutely necessary that persons responsible . to the crown and to parliament should have the supervision of them; and provision was made to that end. There was ano ther class of persons named in the bill as supervisors of charit able trusts, whose functions would be inquisitorial and quasi judicial, as the details of the bill would show. These indivi duals were to be appointed by the crown (the fountain of all such authority,) and were to be empowered to take cognizance of estates held in trust for the purposes of education. It was proposed that this board should consist of three persons —the president of the council, the lord priN y seal, and the secretary of state fur the home department. To these he would add, if it were deemed necessary, the Speaker of the House of Commons. The power with which they would be invested, the authority which they would be permitted to exercise, and the duties which they would have to perform, were clearly .specified in the bill. The bill provided that those individuals should have a constant, and, as he hoped, a perfectly effectual control over estates held in trust fit charities, so as to prevent their mismanagement or abuse ; and it would enable them to du everything, as far as it possibly could be done, to promote sound principles of educa tion ; at first, by empowering them to consult with persons con nected with those charitable trusts, for the purpose of advising them as to the course which they ought to pursue, and not to adopt any compulsory proceeding, unless it was found that this clause, enabling them to counsel and advise, was utterly ineffec tual. In that case compulsory poners would be given, in order that their instructions might be carried fully into effect. The bill was read a firs.. time, and ordered to be printed. wan IN SPAIN.—THE KING OF SPAIN'S DECREE. The Marquis of Loisnos DERRY, seeing the noble viscount in his place, begged leave to call his attention to the subject with respect to which he had yesterday asked a question. He al luded to the decree of Don Carlos, the authenticity of which the noble viscount had questioned : he had been favoured by a cor respondent with a communication on the subject, so that he did not of himseif, or of his own knowledge, - aver the authenticity of The document. H is correspondent mote My bold, — In order that your lordship may be enabled to set the minister right, 1 inform your lordship that I have seen myself the original decree ofDon Carlos; and I herewith send you a certified copy, and a translation of it."* Here, then, was the original degree in Spanish. Nosy, he thought he might appeal to the noble viscount to institute an inquiry on this sulject ; he thought that he might. as a British soldier, urge him in ; he strongest manner to take effectual means to ascertain , hat the real construction of the convention negotiated by Lord Eliot was? In his opinion a military commission ought to be sent forthwith, to Don Carlos, in order to let the country know what was really the fact. Troops, it appeared, were being embodied in this coun try, whose destination was Spain ; and knowing that the Spanish peasants were of a revengeful nature, he felt that, before those individuals went abroad, the point ought to be decided, whether the convention to which he had alluded, and which was so. ad mirably planned, would be carried into full effect with reference to that force. He, therefore, called ori the noble viscount to ascertain without delay what the true meaning and construc tion of the convention was. Viscount MELBOURNE returned no answer. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord BnonG ti Am wished to call their lordships' attention to a matter of very considerable importance. They had now ar rived at the 3rd day cf July, and, though they had entertained some motions, the public business which they had expedited was to the amount of about zero. In fact, there had been no leos- , tation at all. The municipal corporation's hill, and other very important measures, were expected to come up from the other house. Those measures could not, however be submitted to' ,their lordships for a considerable time. lie could not help wishing, therefore, that their lordships would adopt some mea sure by which the business could be expedited. He suggested that they might discuss and agree to resolutions embracing the principles of some of the contemplated measures. If this were done, they would hereafter, when the measures were introduced, have only the details to consider. Viscount Nlnt.lioutlNE said, that if the general feeling of the country called for the great and comprehensive measures, which required grave consideration, their lordships must be prepared to make those laborious exertions which circumstances de manded. It was impossible for them to withdraw themselves from the consequences necessarily attendant on the considera tion of such important measures. If the suggestion of the no ble and learned lord were acted on—if they were to proceed by passing resolutions—he was convinced that no time would be saved. It would oaly be the means of superadding a consider able portion of supernumerary labour to that to which, in the ordinary course of proceeding, they would be subjected. Lord BROUGO A m said, it would be a rot tnight or three weeks before the municipal corporation bill could be presented to their lordships; and in the mean time he thought that they might do something with the Irish church bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that it was necessary, in the first place, before they could take any such step as had been recommended, that there should be laid before the noose that information on which the' bills alluded to were founded. If he were not mistaken, two parts only of the four reports on which the municipal corporation bills bad been founded were at pre sent laid before their lordships. Although the bill had made considerable progress in' the other house, still only two parts had been placed on their lordships' table. How, then, could they come to an accurate decision in the absence of the neces sary information ? After a few words from she Marquis of Lansdowne and the Earl of Devon, the conversation was dropped. LORD MCLGRAVE'S CIRCULAR TO THEIRISH MAGISTRATES. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose. pursuant to notice, to call their lordships' attention to the circular which-had recently been addressed to the magistrates of the north of Ireland by the Lord-Lieutenant. That circular appeared to cast a degree of reproach on the magistrates, who were anxious to perform their duty impartially, arid to the utmost of their power. The noble marquis then read the circular, calling on Irish magistrates to prevent any Orange processions on the 12th July. (He the marquis) thought that had any disturbances been expected, that I it would have been better to have issued a proclamation. Ile should, therefore, be glad to know why this course had been adopted. Since the passing of the act prohibiting them (two or three years ago) he believed that no such processions had taken place as thoSe that were alluded to in the circular. When he recollected the procession which accompanied the Lord Lieutenant into Dublin, to stop which nu attempt had been made, it did appear to him that the conduct of the Irish govern ment was nut distiugufshed by impartiality. He had been in formed that an individual who had held a situation in Dublin Castle, under each succeeding Lord-Lieutenant, for forty years, had been recently dismissed to make room for a relation of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a name certainly ominous in Ireland. If that individual, Sir Stuart Bruce (as we , understood,) had been dismissed, without consideration, after forty years' ser vice, to make room for another, it was, he conceived, au act of great harshness. Viscount MEtnounrsE said, that the document tir which the I noble marquis haLLreferred.. explained itsail very -iuts.ili s ;bl 7 ..si - The situation of parties in Ireland, (and it should be recollected that the subject had been brought before their lordships) and the statements made by noble lords on the other side of the house, that, owing to circumstances to which they then adverted, some disturbance was likely to arise on the 12th July, gave a complete answer to the noble marquis, as clearly pointing nut the necessity . that existed for sending forth that letter. The noble marquis had said, this mode of proceeding was extraor.,' dinars-, and that it would have been better to have issued a pro. clamat ion. But this course had been adopted in 1829, in 1832, and in 1833. On each of those occasions a eirctuar had been sent forth. Here then were precedents that fully justified the proceeding. As to the general observations of the noble mar quis, he should only say that the government of Ireland was conducted on principles of the strictest impartiality. With re spect to the case of the individual to which the noble marquis had referred, it was the first time that he had heard of the ar rangement. The Lord-Lieutenant had, however, a rip.ht to make what arrangements he pleased in his household. These were points of which their lordships certainly could not take cognizance.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, JULY 3 The Speaker took the chair at half•past three o'clock. The SPEAK ER informed the house that he had received a pe tition from the CroiNn-olliee, Dublin, complaining of an unuue election for the counts' of Carlow; NEW SOUTH WALES. Mr. H. BULWER presented a petition signed by 6COO fiee inhabitants of New South Wales, praying that a legislative assembly might be granted to that colony. The population of the colony consisted of 60,000 persons, the revenue amounted to £135,000 per annum.. Over this large population and reve nue was placed a governor exercising au almost unlimited authority—an authority only limited by the executive council, the greater part of which small body were named by the exe cutive government, and the remainder by the governor him self.—The petition was laid on the table. IPSWICH ELECTION. Lord Jous RussEt.r, moved that a part of the report on the Ipswich election be referred to a select committee. This was agreed tu, and a committee consisting of the following members was appointed, viz., Lord Ebrington; Sir Edward Rnatchbull, Mr. R. C. Fergusson, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Glad stone, Sir W. Molesworth, Mr. Miles, Mr. C. W. Wynne, Mr. J. E. Denison, and Mr. Hume. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. Rt , ssura, said that with respect to the business of the house, several bills had been postponed in consequence of the * The decree referred to will be found in another column. . •, corporation bin having been considered in committee, he had now to propose, in pursuance of the notice be had given, that this house sit during the remainder of the session on Tuesdays and Thursdays nom v.velve to three o'clock, and that the sit tings he again resumed on - those dais at live o'clock. The SPEAKkR put the proposition in the shape of a motion, which was agreed to. An hon. MEmntit asked the noble lord opposite if it was his intention to go into the consideration of Irish hills on Monday ? Lord J. lics!4ELL . said it was his intention to proceed in coin , mittee- on Monday evening with the municipal corporation bill. The ATTOIINEY-GENEL: AL said, in answer to a question put by Sir W. Follett, which was not heard, that he hoped the municipal corporations bill would entirely be got rid of by Mon day or Tuesday, and in-that case he should be able to bring for ward the bill his and learned friend inquired about very shOrtly after. It was connected with another bill he had under his consideration, relating to copyhold tenure, which he antici pated he should be able to state the substance of during the pre sent session, that it might be-considered during the recess, and which be might be able to bring forward at the commencement of next session. PETITIONS-CORPORATIONS BILL Mr. Boarnwwk. lr Wax. FOLLETT, Captain POLHILL, and Mr. Tarivoit, presented petitions against the municipal corpo rations bill. 7he latter (Mr. Trevor) said that the feeling was. spreading throughout the country that the proposed spoliation , of the rights of freemen, if it should be passed into law, would be disgraceful to the House of Commons! LONG SPEECII ES. Mr. SINCLAIR, referring to the discussions on petitions, ob served that if they were to g.o on in the manner they had been going on, the session would not be over op the Ist January, 1836. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear," from both fides of the house.) MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BILL Lord JOHN ItussuLL moved the order of the day, and the house weut into committee. On the 56th being read, — A discussion of considerable length arose. In answer to a question put by Mr. Estcourt, Lord J. Itussxt.t. said that the clause had no reference what ever to ecclesiastical trusts as connected with corporations. But that was, no doubt, a most important subject, and there was a notice on the books which would bring it regularly under the attention of the committee in a future stage of the bill. Mr. ESTCoURT asked what would then become of church pa tronage which was vested in corporations, seeing that the Clause contained no provision in that respect? Lord J. IiCsSELL said, that under the operation of the bill the church patronage would go with all the other powers and possessions of corporations, and the new corporations would have the lame power of dealing with it that the present corpo-, rations had. The hon. gentleman was well aware that since ,the repeal of the test and corplaration_lkets, a corporation at the present moment night be con4Osed entirely of dissenters, and be as competent to dispose of church patronage as a corpor-atiork consisting entirely of members of the national establishment.— The clause, with several verbal and explanatory amendments, was agreed to. Clauses 57 to 61 were agreed to without any discussion. On clause 62 being proposed, Sir F. TRuNcli suggested that there was no provision against the property of protestants' advowsons, and so forth, falling into the hands of Roman Catholics or other dissenters, as members of the council firming the majority, Hod asked if the noble lord intended to make any such provision ? Lord J. RUSSELL was not aware that any such provision was necessary. Men of all religious persuasions might by law at present be members of corporations, and so administer any trust. Certainly, as the law had stood not long ago, there were penalties attached to the exercise of church patronage by Roman Catholics; but they were now repealed, and could not be put in force unless the penal laws were re-enacted. Sir F. TRENCH said he was conscious of the sneer directed against him by the noble lord; but be would nevertheless state, that his object was to secure the property of protestants from being administered by individuals of other religioui persuasions. He wished to have, if possible, some guard against a majority of dissenters, of whatever denomination they might be, having the control in the council of property devised to the members of the established church; and this was the more necessary now, because the noble lord who presided over the cou r s e o f the bill was in. the hands of a party hostile to the church. (Hear, hear.) In fact, he was in the grasp of a giant, and must be his slave or his victim. (Hear, hear,•No, no.) The clause was agreed to. During this sitting the committee advanced to the 94th clause, after which the house resumed. LIGHT-HOUSES. Mr. HAWES wished to know whether it was the intention of the hon. member for Middlesex to found any legislative mea sure on the report of the select committee on light-houses ; and, if so, when such measure would be introduced ? Mr. Hums said, that he had obtained leave to introduce a bill on the subject, and as the bill was now read•, he proposed to bring it in on Monday or Tuesday next. He hoped, too. that be should be able to carry it through parliament this session. ENGLISH MARRIAGES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, J u L COMMITTEE, PRIVY COUNCIL, FRIDAY, JULY 3. SWIFT AGAINST SWIFT, OTHEIZIVISE KELLY —This wes an appeal from the Arches Court of Canterbury, which affirmed the sentence of the Consistory Court of London, in a suit which, as originally instituted, was for restitution of conjugal rights, promoted by Mr. Richard William Swift against MI Elizabeth Catherine Swift, claiming to be Mrs. E. C. Kelly; the suit being met by this lady by a plea which brought in issue the validity 'of the alleged marriage at Rome on the 25th of March, Ib3l. The facts of the case were briefly these :—Mrs. Kelly and her daughter (natives df Ireland) went to the continent attended by a male and female servant. Miss Kelly was of the age of 19, and possessed of a considerable fortune. They became ac quainted at Florence with the Countess de Morlaudi and her family, (also natives of Ireland,) consisting of a son, Mr. Swift, the party iu the cause, and a daughter, married to an Italian gentleman, the Chevalier de Sodra. The families became inti mate, and pi oposals cf marriage were made by Mr. Swift to, Miss Kelly, through .her mother, which the latter .civilly de clined. The intimacy of Mr. Swift and Miss Kelly, however, still subsisted, and Mr..Switt set about procuring a clandestine, marriage between thein,"\vith which view he obtained from the papal authorities at Rome,- where the parties then were, a faciil 7 tv, authorizing a priest to act as parish rector, and n license for the solemnization of the marriage, on condition that the parties abjured the protestant religion, and were admitted into " holy mother church," which Mr. Swift represented they were both desirous of doing. On the 25th March, 1831, about eleven at night, the Abbate Lepri, with two Italians, named Mazzio and Gregorio, proceeded to the hotel where Mrs. Kelly and her daughter resided with the documents for the abjuration and marriage prepared. Miss Kelly left her mother in the drawing room, and went, unknown to her, into a room in another part of the hotel, where, it was stated, the ceremonies of abjuration and marriage were both performed in the space of about a quar ter of an hour. Miss Kelly, in her plea, alleged that she was ignorant of what was passing on this occasion, (though a ring was placed upon her finger, according to the witnesses, and she signed the documents,) but supposed she was merely signing a promise to marry Mr. Swift when she came of age. In the court below Sir John Nichol held that, according to the evidence in the case as to the Roman municipal law, a real conversion was essential to the validity of a marriage where the parties had 'been protestants; that the authority for the mar riage had been granted on that supposition, whereas the conver sion was admitted to have been simulated, therefore the authority for the marriage was void, and, consequently, the marriage itself was void. Lord Brougham delivered the judgment of their lordships. After taking a short view of the facts of the case up to the lath of March, the day of the alleged marriage, he observed that the testimony of the three witnesses present at the marriage differed as little as that of the witnesses usually do. According to their statement, Miss Kelly recited the formula of abjuration, re ceived absolution, and Zistened to an exhortation on the indis solubility of the marriage tie, and on the obligation of edu cating the children by the marriage in the Roman catholic faith. Further,the ring was blessed by the priest, and placed upon the bride's finger, and both parties were"asked whether each would take the other as husband and wife, and each answered "yes." The acts of marriage and abjuration were subscribed by both parties. There were 'two questions in this case: first, whether or not, supposing the parties intended to contract a marriage, such a contract as this was valid by the law of Rome; secondly, whether or not, supposing the acts done constituted a marriage by the law of Borne, each party knowingly consented to marry the other. There was a third question, namely, whether there had been a cohabitation; but this was wholly immaterial with respect to the question of the validity of the marriage, though it might, if proved, tend to render Miss Kelly's allegation of ignorance of the contract less credible. The ground of the judgment under appeal proceeded upon the assumed fact, that Miss Kelly was not cognizant of the marriage and of the abjuration. Assuming the leition most favourable for the defendant, namely, that the abjuration of the protestant religion was a condition precedent to the mar riage, had this condition precedent been performed? It had been said that this could not be, because neither party intended hereby to renounce the protestant religion; that the renunci ation was false ; that it was accompanied by no act of the trend, but done for a mere secular put pose—a secular marriage. But their lordships were all of epinion that this objection was insufficient; that where the act had been done, it was not com petent for them to inquire into the real motives. Where two parties voluntarily contracted a marriage, it would be consist ent with the principlesof the whole marriage law to allow one party to set a marriage aside on such a ground, and thus easily get rid of the fetters of the. matrimonial contract. There. was nothing to show that where there had been an actual abjure ;thin, supposing even A concomitant intention to return to the protestant religion by a second abjuration, a marriage . so 7 • . 4etursizesteni the faith ofthe Mitt abjuration would not be valid. The license in this case had been granted on the condition that no abjuration should take place before the marriage. It was difficult for a court to try so nice a question as whether an abjuration was prompted by secular motives, or the deductions of reason ; whether it was done pia salute anima. or from objects of worldly interest. Before he proceeded to consider the result of the evidence of the lawers, he would make one remark, namely—that when lawyers were called upon to state the low, they might give their opinions as dicta, without any reasons, and if they differed, one must in such case be weighed against another; or,:second ly, they might assign the reasons upon which their opinions were grounded, which would enable others to judge bow far those opinions were correct. In this case the Roman lawyers generally, who had assigned their reasons for thinking this marriage invalid, had assumed that Miss Kelly's abjuration was insincere, or that she was not cognizant of what hau taken place at the marriage. Upon a consideration of the whole of the evidence of the Roman lawyers, their lordships could not see any thing in it to justify a belief that a Roman tribunal would - set aside a marriage solemnized by a Romish priest on the groune that the party was insincere, or that such an issue would be tried as the motives of the party. Bv the general law no marriage would be void merely on the proof of a false repre sentation unless one party imposed upon the °titre. Their lordships were called upon, by confirming the sentence appealed from, to pronounce null and void a marriage solemnized before three witnesses, deliberately solemnized, between Mr. Suitt and Miss Kelly, she being proved to have entertained the strongest attachment towards bine and being admitted that she had pro rhised to marry him at a future time. If she had been induced to merry him through deception or fraud, it should be distinctly shown that Miss Kelly , was not cognizant of, or consenting to, the marriage. I-ler bare assertion now, not given on oath, that she did not understand the cercnions, or knew that she was mar rving Mr. Swift, was not sufficient. - What did she understand? Why did she leave her mother's drawing -roots, and go up stairs merely to sign a !nowise to marry ? It was taxing their lord ships' credulity too much to require them to believe the account she gave—that she should risk her mother's anger, of whom she stood in awe, and go through this ceremony merely to repeat a ,promise already git en. All this was quite independent of th . e tin, of the act of abjuration, of the absolution, of the exhort tit- Hon, spoken to by three witnesses whose characters were unini peached. except from their being pat ties in a clandestine mar riage, which inference was, moreover, much weakened by the consideration that their lawful superiors were aware of the whole proceeding. But the parties had not merely been attached to each other: they had carried on a secret intercourse. They both knew Mrs. Kelly WAS, averse to the match, and would not give her consent, yet they continued their correspondence. Under these circumstances there was nothing improbable iu their Years ending sth July. • 1834 1835 Increase. Decrease. £ £ Customs. 15,547,210 18,004,725 2,457,515 Excise 14,192,872 11,598,607 —• 3,194,263 Stamps, 6,624,602 6,493.028 131,574 Taxes 4,869.610 3.887,591 982,019 Post-office, 1,3,7,000 1,390,0„0 23,000 Miscellaneous.. 470,610 539,067 68,457 I i Total Income 43,671,904 41,913,018 2,548,972 4,30,858 • - -•- Deduct Increase 2,548,972 • Decrease on the Year Qrs. ending sth July. 1831 1835 Increase. Decrease. Customs 4,077,207 4,461,627 384,420 Excise ....... 3,053,509 2,302,048 551,461 Stamps._ - 72,143 Taxes 1,925,429 1,500,393 ---,—• 425,036 Post-office 338,000 342,000 4,000 ------ Miscellaneous 108,235 112,018 3,813 • • Total Income 11,198,694 10,542,87 . 392,233 9,048,640 I)..itia". 4.14.1 it-,.. a , 49Y,244 !Else on the Quarter.... STATE OF TRADE. 656„407 LREns.--The trade in the Halls,on Saturday was very flat; on Tuesday a slight improvement t oo k -place r but the demand is not extensive. BRADFORD.--No change in the Piece-market, the merchants purchasing cautiously. Scarcely anything doing in the wool; prices nominal. The Yarn market is dull; a decline is antici pated by some, as wool rather looks down, but it is ouly in a very trifling degree. 11UUDERSFIELD.—The market on Tuesday was somewhat alive, especially as to cloths, a considerable quantity of Which changed hands. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JULY 3.-- - -The transactions in wool have been on a very limited scale this week, and a further reduction in price must l Submitted to in order to effect sales in long wool. Short wool, although dull of 'sale, is held at the same price. DONCASTER WOOL MARKET, JUNE 27.—There has been a good supply of wool at our market this day,t and a full attend ance of buyers; but there w a s nut s o much busin ess d o ne a s might have been expected. Yoga WooL MARKET, JULY 2.—Our market to-day has ter minated one of the dullest that has been witnessed for a long time past, though we had a good attendance of both farmers and manufacturers, with a fair supply of wool, prices have declined at least one penny per lb. upon our last quotations. For all hug 171 d. to 1824. per lh.; one-third hog'd 161-to 171.; half hog and ewe 151-d. to 161 d.; one-third hog'd I'4id. to 151,-d.; wethers 14d.; all ewe 13d. to 14d.; locks and cots 9d. to l Id. ; cast wool 12d. In moor wools as yet nothing doing. Romans LF., JUNE 30.—We have had another very dull mar ket this week. The buyers of flannels appear to be very cau tious; they take nothing but what absolute necessity requires. and consequently many goods remain on hand. This state of things makes the manufacturers equally cautious how they lay in their wool; indeed, they will not buy at all, except at a re duction from late prices; and the staplers are therefore compel. led to take a little less. TURKISH JESTS—One day, Nasir-ed-din ascended the pul pit of the mosque, and thus addressed the congregation :—" Oh, true believers! do you know what I am going to say to you ? "No," responded the congregation. " Welt, then," said he, "there is no use in my sreakin,g to you," and he came dow n from the pulpit. He went to preach a second time, and asked the congregation, " Oh, true believers! do •you know what I am going to say to You ?" "We know," replied the audience. Ah! as you know it," said he, quitting the pulpit, why should I take the trouble of telling you ?" When next he came to preach. the congregation thought to fix him,,and, when he asked the usual question, replied, " Some of us know, and some of us do not know." " Very well," said he, " let those who know tell those who do not know." AMERICAN OPINION or ENGLISH POLITICs.—Tbe O'Con nell-Radicalism of Great Britain is precisely the sortie in feeling, spirit, and principle, as the Jacksonism and the Albany Regen cyism of this country. In regard to reforms—all salutary changes necessary to the general happiness of the people, and for the diffusion and preservation of tine liberty, we are. in favotir of them. But liberty and licentimisness are very differeni things; and next to the subversion of the' Fettetarttintirtilliffi OT our own country, should we deplore the overthroW of hose glorious institutions of England, which, despite all their faults,, have made her one of the noblest nations that tver inhabitedt he earth. What principle in the code of humanity, of law, of liberty, of re ligion, do we enjoy in the United States, that was not derived from the institutions of England? As to the present struggle there, it is not, as formerly, between whigs and tories, but be tween the conservatives and destractives. The real whigs of Eng land, and the ablest and most liberal of the aristocracy, are-act ing, in conceit to preserve all that a true English patriot can hold dear—these are the conservatives; while the demagogue whigs, the harks' unions, and the radicals, ate in league against them ; and most justly are they pronounced destractives. Evil .will be the day, not only to England; but to the whole world, when they shall triumph in the destruction of the British Con. stittition.—New York Commercial Advertiser, May 20. DEA Ttl OF MR. CAMPBELL,' YOUNGER of FAt4FIELM.--It has scarcely ever fallen to our lot to record a more heart-rend ing event than the untimely death of this amiable young man, by an accident as sudden as it was unexpected. he had taken his passage to Leith, along with his mother, Mrs. Campbell, in the Ardincaple steamer, from Newcastle, and came on board at South Shields, about seven o'clock in the morning of Monday last. The vessel was about fourteen tallest() the eastward.of the Bass about five o'clock in the evening, and Mr. Campbell was on deck, leaning with his back on the upper rail or netting of the bulwark on the quarter deck or poop. The captain was sitting opposite to him, and his mother, Mrs. Campbell, was also sitting on one of the folding seats of the ship, conversing with him.—He had just looked at his watch, and was going down to dinner, when, in a moment, he lost his ba!auce and fell over board. The captain ran instantly awl made a snatch at him, but in vain. Not a moment was lost in lowering the boat, the captain himself having cut the lashings, and the vessel was instantly stept, as the engineer happened at the time to be •on the deck. Mr. Campbell was seen floating and throwing out his arms about yards from the vessel, and the boat had nearlrreached him, being not more than 10 yards distant, when be disappeared, and was never seen more. The small boat con tinued round the spot for about half an hour, till all hope of re covering him, was lost. Mr. C. wore a heavy great coat, when the accident happened ; and it is ,suppesea that his sudden disa4earance . was either occasioned by the weight of his clothes, or that he bad been stunned or otherwise injured in his fall. The vessel was rolling coniidcrably at the tittle which was no doubt partly the cause of th e o c ci d e nt ; and the captain had suggested to Mr. Campbell that it would be safer to take a seat. This deplorable accident is peculiarly aggravated by the cir cumstance of Mr. Campbell being an only child, and by the presence of his mother, whose distress may be conceived, but cannot be described. The agitation occasioned among the passengers and the crew by this fatal accident was very great. Edinburgh Courant. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Crsino's slashing letter on the Liverpool Literary Journal (we never heart of it before) will appear in our next. having recourse to a. clandestine marriage. The conduct of tile. young lady subsequent to the contract threw a materjal light on • the subject. Still she continued to Correspond with Mr. Swift, and., to employ fond expressions towards him. -.Her present story was, teat she had been be trayed, that Mr.'Swift had conspired with the Roinish priest and, the Italian witnesses to get her into the room un the pre text of signing a promise of - marriage. How did she act on the 4iscovery of this gross fraud ? How did she represent herself as having acted ? In her first allegation she states that she was in dignant at the disCoViry, and renounced all intercourse with him. To read her allegation it would appear she had never had any further correspondence with Mr. Swift, and only one solitary interview. At this time the correspondence had not been produced, and in her second allegation the lady, or her advisers, had attempted to explain the correspondence which it now appeared had taken place between the parties subsequent to the disclosure. It now appeared that weeks after she had alleged that the intercourse bad been broken off, she had been in the habit of having stolen interviews with Mr. Swift as often as she could elude the vigilunoe'of her mother. These inter views and her warm expressions were irrecoucileable with the alleged fraud and conspiracy. It had been said that Miss Kea bad broken off the intercourse as soon as she knew of the fraud respecting the abjuration. This would imply, that al though she could forgive the marriage, she could not forgive the • abjuration. But besides that this was evidently an after-thought,: she bad in fact not broken oti the intercourse after her discovery of the abjuration ; for there appeared to be a letter dated long after Mrs. and Miss Kelly were aware of Mr. Swift's statement respecting the abjuration. In examining the testimony of the witnesses against Miss Kelly, it was natural to ask what motives they could have to induce them to aid in a fraud, and to support it by perjury, in order to promote the views of a person whom they had never seen before. It had been said that the zeal of Catholic priests would make them strain much to gain pro selytes. Upon this hypothesis it . would follow that they would he more careful that all the ceremonies should be correctly per formed. Upon the whole, their lordships were of opinion that there had been a marriage valid by the law of Rome, and that the parties were cognizant of and consenters to the marriage. Such being their opinion, the third point, respecting the cohabi tion, was not material, and it was for obvious reasons desii able to abstain from a consideration of matters which might have a tendency to embitter the union of the parties. The judgment of the court below was reversed, the appellant was dismissed, and respondent was directed to return to cohabition with her lawful husband. His Lordship . added, that there had not been the slightest doubt or hesitation upon this question on the part of any of their lordships. THE SPANISH AUXILIARIES • The decree referred to by the Marquis of Londondery iti the House of Lords on Friday is as follows: "ROYAL DIiCIIEE "Being informed that the revolutionary and usurping govern ment, discredited and at length unable to find deluded followeri to add fresh Spanish victims to its ranks, has ordered its agents in France, England, and Brussels, to proceed to the enlistment of foreigners, I have been induced to decree, and hereby do de cree, as follows : "1.. Every foreigner, without any distinction of class or rank, who may take up arms against my legitimate rights, or who may serve in any capacity whatsoever in the rebel army sustaining the usurpation, shall be consideted out of the pale of the law,. and divested of all claim to the benefits of the convention for the exchange of prisoners which I authorized my Commander in-Chief to sign at Asarta on the 28th of last April. " 2. The foreigners designated in the preceding article, who may fall into the power of my troops, shall be shot, the neces. sary time only being allowed them to receive spiritual aid. "3. The war being ended, no foreigner who may have car ried arms against my just cause shall abide in, or . at any time re-enter my dominions, nor shall it be lawful for any. of them therein to establish any kind of commerce, or hold fixed or other property, under the penalty of being treated as a trans gressor of the laws/of the kingdom. " To understand and cause the same to be carried into effect, by ordaining the greatest possible publicity to be given thereto, within and out of my dominions. "Given at the Royal Palace of Durango, this 20th day of June, 1835, "1, THE KING. "'To Don Carlos Cruz, Mayor." THE REVENU. Abstract uFthe Net Produce of the Revenu, of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended sth July, MI Increase or Decrease on each Head thereo and 105, showing the CHORAL _MUSIC. THE Forty-eighth public perforinance of the LIVERPOOL MUSICAL SOCIETY will take place on TuNsuat Evening, the 21st intant, at the Music Hall, 80ld -street. • Leader Mr. G. EYTON. Conductor The Society have four performances in e .h year. Sub scribers of One Pound per annum, (paid advance,) are en titled to four transferable tickets for eucl erformance. Single tickets, 2s. each. Persons wishing to subscribe will please to leave their address at Mr. Cowssores, 20, Bold-street, or at J. and J. MAIVDS LEYN; Castle-street, uho will receive their subscriptions. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—BAZAAR AND FANCY FAIR. MR. ATKINS, Proprietor of the Liverpool Zoological Gardens, most respectfully begs I ve to inform the Nobility, (entry ; and other Inhabitants ' Li ver p oo l an d t h e Vicinity, that, at the request of numer parties who were dis .appointediat the state of the weather o former occasions of the kind during the present year. he has been induced to announce that a BAZAAR. and FANCY FAIR, the proceeds of which will be divided amongst the PUBLIC CHARITIES of the Town. will be held at the GARDENS, on MONDAY next, the 13th of July instant, should the state of the weather permit. In the Evening there will he an EXHIBITION of FIRE WORKS, under the Superintendence of Mr. HENGLER, of Vauxhall Gardens, L on d on , an d t h e GR O UN DS will be SPLENDIDLY ILLUMINATED. - Non-subsvrtbers admitted till Two o'clock, on the production of a Subscriber's Order, and Payment of Two SHILLINGS; after that hour, at the usual charge of Orts SHILLING. TASTER PHILLIPS, the INFAN TRUMPETER , J.ll. whose Performances have excited much astonishmen., will continue to give CONCERTS, the Lyceum Lector( - room, every Morning, at One, an very Evening, at Eight, until further notice. Admission to the Morning Performance 2s. each; to the Evening, Front Seats'2s., Back Seats Is. rife Riberpoot .g..Ltanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1835. By the Edinburgh, Captain LYALL, which arrived yesterday, we have late dates from Australia, viz., to the 14th March. The colony was tranquil and pros perous; but the papers do not possess much interest. The Australian complains of the slovenly manner in which horticulture is pursued in the environs of Sydney and we suspect that the climate is not so favourable European roots and fruits as was supposed. The fol., lowing statements may be useful to emigrants :, "Some quantity of excellent potatoes have lately come to market from Hunter's River. A gentleman recently arrived from the South of behind declares he never ate better in that famed country. Mr. Riley, of Bong Bong, brought some tons to Sydney last year, which were large in size, and equality quality to any in the world. Why then should we send to New Zealand, and the Derwent, for this rout? 'Poor people have now to pay 2d. per lb. for potatoes of inferior quality, which is dearer than wheaten bread; and other vegetables are scarcely to be had at any price. The plea of arid seasons will not excuse the apathy or indolence of any one of our up coun try settlers. Mr. Sheppard's plan of irrigation meets the diffi culty, and if our' agriculturists had to pay high teats for their land, we should see every cleared spot teeming with produce, and every out building full of fat pi g s. " fruit producedin this colony is more wholesome, or more grateful to the palate than the orange, and none would be more productive if proper soil and aspect store selected, and a little necessary care applied. Yet how inferior this fruit generally is here, and at j what an enormous price! The trade in this fruit alone to \Thu Diemen's Land, and many home settlements would be very extensive, even the quality im proved, and the price mole moderate. At the Cape may buy, second or third hand, a dozen large oranges for twopence farthing, of most exquisite flavour and quality. Our lemon's. too, show great neglect in the culture—with rough thick rinds, and very little juice. In faCt, all the departments of farming and horticulture seem rather to retrograde than advance, and while men can luxuriate in large towns by the fairy-like crea tion of assignats, the humbler - consumer may took in vain for improved quality and moderate prices. We complain of the delusion of others, while we are de luding ourselves, who are continually calling this col on y ' a very cheap colony.' Now, to emigrants from Scotland, Ire land, or Wales, or, indeed, fri.m London itself, nothing ap pears so very cheap but peaches in the season, and these, like every other article, are much inferior to those of the united kingdom. Let us take prices in London fur example, Bread is cheaper than in Sydney; potatoes and other vegetables two thirds less. Butter, cheese, bacon, hams, pickled pork, and egge ' f!-oin 25 to 50 percent. less; and, moreover, are al wa y s t o he h.d in abendance. Butlter's meat, which is far b e tt or i n qeality and more nutritive than can ever he produced in this et mat may be bought at nearly the same price, except for picked join.s, which have been dispensed with souse time by the majority of persons emigrating to this cheap country. Look a to Ise lent, and the price of water, from 50 to 500 per cent. higher than in Lotion. Tea and sugar seem nearly double the price there; but iu reality are quite as cheap in the consumption, with better results than can be obtained here at any cast. • Articles of clothing are more than 50 . per cent. louver than here, and can be obtained of any description to snit toe pocket of the buyer. But bow superior roost oe trieen. dition of the farmer here to those in Britain, who have every thing from the light of heaven down to the minutest necessary rated, and taxed, to the utmost extent?" The packet which arrived at this port on Saturday brought us New York papers to the 17th June. The attention of the people of America is beginning to take a serious turn on the question of slavery. One of the New York journals remarki - - "As soon as the British parliament passed their act abolishing slavery throughout their colonial possessions we had no doubt that other European nations would follow the example thus aet before them, and that the time could not be far distant when this blot upon the human character would be effaced from the civilized world. Agreeably to our general expectation. the sub ject has been introduced into the French chamber, in point of form, it would seem, somewhat incidentally, and a very in teresting discussion occurred on the 22d of April, upon the sub ject of emancipating the slaves in the colonies of that nation. The councils general of the islands of Martinique and Guada loupe had applied to the government of the mother country for a grant of money, to provide additional armed forces. to keep the slaves in those islands in order." This might have been expected. It was hardly possi ble that in the French West India colonies slavery wotild be allowed to exist after its abolition in by far the great est number. of islands, and that the minority of the Wick population should continue in bondage after the majority had become free. With regard, therefore, to the French colonies we consider the question settled. An increased military force may indeed procrastinate the act of eman cipation, but that is an evil which will cure itself. The price will in the end be more than slavery is worth; but whenever the French are induced to legislate on this difficult subject, we trust they will take warning from the example of England. Labour must/be compulsory fir many years under severe penalties and corporal punish ment, otherwise it will be as well for the planters - to abandon their estates at once. But the abolition of slavery in the United .States of America is a still more complicated questian. It must be remembered, that there are upwards of TWO MILLIONS of slaves in the land of liberty, and,that a preponderating portion of the wealth of the citizens has sprung and is derived from slate labour. A little book ha's lately been published, which we shall notice first opportunity, show ing-what slavery is- in -the United States; and we must confess we have risen from the perusal 'of it with sensa tions of horror. Slavery was bad enough in aoMe - of the British colonies, while in others it was as mild as paternal authority could render it, and was productive of is much happiness as is to be found on the face of the earth. But. in no part of the slave possessions of this country did we ever hear of one hundredth part of the brutal and dig gn,;ting cruelty which disgraces the slave owners of the republic. However, we shall recur to this subject the meantime hear what the New York journalist says concerning it : " We never have believed, for a moment, since the British emancipation act was passed, that its influence upon other go vernments in Europe, who had slaves in their colonies, could be resisted. That France will follow the example thus set, we tire entirely confident; and that Spain, Denmark, and ail other na tions that suffer slavery to exist under their jurisdiction, in their turn, be obliged to pursue the same course that fire :t. Britain has adopted, we cannot doubt. No dispassionate and disinterested person, who views the progress of opinions and events in the world, can believe that slavery will be tolerated for ever. It is so contrary to the great principles which are so extensively spreading, and so powei fully influencing the civil ized world, that no power on earth will be able for half a cen tury to come to uphold such a system of injwit ice and oppres sion, of cruelty and tyranny. It not abolished ►n .s kind, just, and humane manner, it will be little short of a miracle if it does yield to a force that nothing can resist. Our last ndvices from Jamaica reach to the 23th Mss'. All the letters breathe the, same melancholy tone, and e%411. the newspapers under the influence of the govern ment are compelled to confess that the negroes are itTle. and disobedient,—that' the new stipendiary magistrates are ignorant, partial, and inefficient, and that ruin stares the colonists in the face. All this is what we expected and predicted; but the die is cast, the negro is left to the freedom of his own will, and in _the pursuit of licentious THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.- juLy 7, 1835.