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CONTINNN7'AL SOCIETY.

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The following 4aartieula" a of 0 conspiracy of tile infant
Yesterday •he anniversary meeting of theiSseiety for the Primo-
Don Miguel agoinst the Portuguese Government arc ex- tiara,.,hollirc.:krvlS:rnihrl. ittOnwtlet.Coaintp,el‘t.i.iWniong 1.1 at the Croire and
. :4'a:tended.
tracted from the Lisbon papers just received:— . . Sir T. BARING in the Chair.
I From the Lialmmo Gazette.' The Report stated, that during the last yea: great regents had
Limos. Arum 30. • The
made by the efforts of the manety's Agents on the Continent.
Thia morning, at the break of day, there we• seen in the slums ' Be means of the coilwirtouss• oe, h°° k 'lo"7' "i" niiin,,_.h°,r,s of
of the Roan., a portion of the Mops of the line ht gasrison in this Bibles, Testaments, teal Trans,l in the veruir:mar tongue, heel been
clty ; and them were afterward. arriving all the ether circulated in Tournae, Grenoble. and Bayonne, and several parts
both of the line and militia. A report was at the lotini giggle spre44,l of the Nhher!anda; in the west of Gern:any. Switzerland, lie•teva,
through the capital, that a companies, had been dacovered. directed and the canton, of Vaud and Berne. As won as the authorities in
e.gainst dill fite of our august Mooarch and of hie Royal Family. Switzerland diatom:red the Means of the motion, they pursued the
The certainty that the illustrious Infant and Prime, Don Miguel,. agent as an enemy
.and an nthery. The Council or' lAusanne
had placed himself at the head of the troops WI their and boiled or edict Won't hi' such combat was adopted towards
in-t liter, and that he hail with his accustomed energy and activity ' him as woyld have been yof these who revoked the Edict of
arrived in tone to save such dew pledges together With his country, I Nana. 'throughout Austria the Scriptures had been disPewtegs
tranquillised the public mind • and wherever the tutelar angel of . In that benighted noway the Government was as strict in with-
the Pontotoc-se appeared, shout.. resounded of " Vit., f," to his holding the Oa/piens from the people is In Rome itaelf.. One of
Royal
.penton, his antrum pe.rents, and our holy religion. in a I the offinm of the Society bad made an incursion into Spain against
short tune there was spread through the troops the prodamationisoPeniiitiuns ecru a small army
of Iss° Bible% and Testaments,
which we publish below ; while the same most serene Prince gate I besides a number of light troops in the shape of tracts. Ile peoe-
the necessury orden4 that none should enter the Royal residence of ' traced to the walls of Madrid, and diacharged into it his 500 copies,
Heineman, where he stationed troops commanded hy faithfol officers, , under the protection of the French military. (Applause.) The
ordering the arrest of many individuals who were considered as MA I Report stated smite proofs of the superatitom of the King of Spain
plicated in projects hostile us Rurally and to the nation. There he and the people of 31adad. fluting the war an agent got into
waited for the determination of ibis lurid father, to whom we ad- ' ('albs, and proceeded to distribute, but was Split:divided anal cast
dressed the letter which we transcribe below. Her Majesty the into a dungeon on a charge of sedition. One Of his tracts was
Queen immediately proceeded from the Palace of Quetue to Ron- • headed, " God sculls Jesus Christ to Menem, with laws of peace to
pima ; and the fiord Family being met, the Council of State ' the consefence." The wise Governor said that God meant the
being called, aid all the Ministers of Foreign Powers,. among the • King of Trance; and that Jesua meant the Duke of Angouletne,
rem the Marquis of Caul )faros (Hemmed) being present, our a.:d that the tteaign of the tract was to overthrow the Government.
Lord the King ■appointed New alinl.llrT%, with the IMOPpinn of the The agent probably owed Ida life to the taking of radii, but he
Minister of the Interior awl Justice, in the room of the Minister was ordered to gun the coonttyy..ainnto..aortly...a In Italy conduct ob
Sin lIENRY H.lltlll.Vt;P AND MR. RATTIER.jor Marine anti War, 4 mot tic suliserra, who was serrated, and of less bigoted Was. adopted. A. Milan "• ! "aro .lingered_ under
--wiww— - the altimeter% of the Treasury and Foreign Affairs. At the same sentence of death tor distributing lonics. fie was tried for Carbo-
The affair of the Tenth. it scorns, has not yet termi- ' net!: new intendant of Police was nominated. Many individuals was dust lie had circulated the ltible.
narianiant, anti the proof ~
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class, sonic with titles, and a great number of others.' The Report concluded with a recontnisoda.tou that the exertions of
toted ; Mr. Battier and Si, Henry Hortlinge are the . ("went" orTiderftnadryinin
not ,y.
oa The ',flop, retired to their quarters if ' the Society should be strenuously persevered in. It was received
parties between whom the meat recent tr:.nssetion in this . twit o'clock in the afternoon. Publictranquillity was not in the , with Mot applause-
much-talked-of business has occurred. iVe cannot vouch lest Inteaupted by this movement ;on the contrary, the proceed- ' Mr. Day mmoN n, the banker, moved that it should be received.
for the accuracy of all the circumstances connected with i _t, tint was highly applauded, as tending to consolidate the legitimate Mr. STIKYL ca PE the
lesasutied the Mutinn.
it what appear to be the Government of the unwit benignant and beloved or monarchs. As The Rm. Mr. CV X N INOH•31 Writ other gentlemen spoke.
and Only Prwfilui to glean 11") eti_— l-11- A ....... we are not yet able to give a detailed account of these circumstances, gbe Report was received, and a collection was made at the doors,
cruet probable facts, "no the "'mann" 'agile and curets- •we he before our readers the three following documents in ezpla- ` __—._ _..... .....—_.
dictory reports which were throughout yesterday afloat upon i
illation of the events:— TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL
the subject. " PROCLAMATION TO TIII: TROOPS. ilArtießsT,
Mr. Battier, it appears, in consetittence of a statement e eabh,,,_er tha.day of the .27th of May, 11123, broke upon os ins MAJESTY'S PRINCIPM. SECRETARY OF STATE
put forth to the public by Sir H. Harding., purporting, to With a memorable lastreLthe day of the Seth or April, 1824, will FOR, Tll3 WEONIES.
he an aeaft9ftl, of the late duel between Mr. Battier and •be no less eiemomblr- Roth of them will occupy • disitoguidied MT Lollll,—The laws ailnestt of Newfoundland being
Lora Londonderry, felt himself called upon to address a I place in the pages of Lusitanian history. In the former, I left the
under the consideration of WO easty's Ministers anti Parlianieut,
capital to overthrow a disorgonising faction preserving the throne
nob* of a hostile elieracter to that gallant and distinguishedgiving
el ani induced to offer a few observations to your Lordship on the'
of our exalted King, Royal Family. anti thei whole nation, which has been adopted towards that ill-fated country, in '
Office'. The reply to this note was, *e believe, to the besides an example of Matinee attachment to the marred religion we the course of which I shall endeavour to prove the advantages of
effect, that Sir Henry Ilardinge did not feel it incumbent profess, the true support of royalty and justice. In the present I he trade, and the great importance of its fisheries.
on 11110 to maim, ill any instiller, the communication of shall accomplish the triumph of the great work which was then Necessity compels me to make the public press the medium
Mr. Battier. In consequence of this intimation, begun, giving it a secure estatdiahment. and exterminating at once through which I shall address your Lordship, difficulties haying at
the yeadentisl sect of Freentaams which, in the silence of its (Mi. •
Mr. Battier met Sir Henry Ilsrilinge on his way el the r resentauows of the Yeshiva is-
all tintm stolid in the way ep •
non, pmjected the dm:ruction and extinction of the reigning habitants of Newfoundland reaching the ears of his Majesty's
to the horse of Commons un 'Euesolay evening: Mr. bow"' of Rriglinsit• Soldier, !it was fur this "Iwo 1 called you Ministers, whilst a few petxws on this side the Atlantic, who
Banner bad a horsewhip in one hand, and hold- to ranee, hilly convinced of the firmness of your character, of your imagine that Nctsfinindlond it their irikerirmer, and It: people their
ing the note of Sir H. Hardinge in the other, asked him loi_aliJ, and of your decided love for the cause of the King. Sol- property, have, through a littit lannog4 kJ:menet at all times
"if it was written by him." Sir 11. Hardinge assented diva be worthy of me—and Don Miguel, your Commander-in- '64 free access to them, by which means they hese almost invert-
Chief, will be worthy of you. bong live our Lord
that the note was in his hand-writing. Our informantthe King 2 ably succeeded in their narrow and convened views, to the ruin,
Long live the Roman Catholic religion ! lung live her Must me only of the local interests of that wittily, but also to those of
adds, that Mr. Battler hereupon shook his whip over Sir Faithful Majesty ! bong live the Royal Family ! Long live the the mioher country, inasmuch as it is manse:led with the trade and
11. Hardinge, and told him "he might consider that as a brays Portuguese Army ! Long live the Nation! Die all iota- ' fisheries of Newfoudland. These are not altogether my own upi-
blow " or west words .o that effect. Sir 11. I larding., gave mous Freemasons ! Mons ; they are also the opir.ions of one whose authority will not
his died to Mr. Battier, and here the affair terminated. " Palace of Bemposta, April 30, 1824." be questioned by your Lordship : Mr. Retvelt, in speaking of "
Another account au", that sir H. Hauling, had with . Mere follows. letterof Prince Miguel to the King his father, those to whetl have alluded, in Ids h• mew of the Government of
which he complains that the counter-revolution of les
of t year has Newfoundland
weakness and anarchy, ever states that " they hiew
Newfoundland in the habit of seeing
Itim a cane-sword, and apprehensive of an assault from in,„e had an issue omitting with the public expectation:" this species ' ' '"
since was
Mr. Battier, fortwarnisl him that he was armed. Mr. B. sad he adds, that the object of his reagent " heroic resolution" was. I frequented, from father to son ;it was favourable to their old im-
mid he did not approach him in the spirit of an assassin. " to preserve his Majesty from the fangs of the infamous li
the' prnetimot, that Newfoundland was theirs, and that all the planters
It was a matter of doubt in the minds of many yester- sons who surrountkal him, and who bad conducted hint to
day whether the buitinc is would he referred to Bow-street, brink of a precipice.") In support of this they hull apposed, as we have seen, every at-
or decided in • court where another law elan that-
olreet,
of the PROCLAMATION OF TIIE INFANT TO THE tempt to introduceorder and government icau that place t. it was. in
this spirit that they questioned, the King's right to appoint a civil
country rules supreme. PO RTUG ti Es ii. Governor, to appoint Justices 6f the Peace, to appoint commis-
" Portatruese,—For the second time 1 appear before you, at the .
__, stoners of Oyer and Terming—that they complained of the Cum
head of the gallant Portuguese armv, not to oppose the royal std tom-house, and even talked of preventing It as a nuisance, because
priinitive right of the throne, and of my august father, lion John it was erected on ship's rooms. To explain the muses which led
VI. tfar from me be such a thought i, butt to give that tone and ener- Mr' Reeves to make these remarks, it may be necessary shortly to
to gy the great work begun on the memorable 27th of May, 1013, advert to a few facts connected with the history of that country •
which filled with admiration the whole of Europe, es you your- Newfoundland was discovered by Cabot, in the teign of Henry
alma' are witnesses that by fatal mistimittie that importance has th .
c Seventh and shortlyafterwartls it engaged the attention of se-
not been given ito the public muse which the order a things re- N.:oIA re- a ' ,
. emu, • . awl others of the lint distinction, who established
quirrd after destroying that infamous Colossus which was raised on settlements in the country. No long period elapsed when. in con-
the dietemed 24th of August. 1820. Our exalted King and Lord
sequence of the meat disorders commuted by those who annually
st John VI., surrounded with the factious, has not enjoyed free- • 7' of th t• h 1- •
•. _ resorted thither or the purposes ets cry, application was
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BdTONNE NEWS.

PORrra.lL.

yesterday w:.• received the following letter:
Itsv.isgs:. 3lav IL
The political rewa from Madrid, which ties down to the 7th,
'is id little importance. The French tempi were kept in their '
ban:irks on the eelehration of the anniversary of the h 1 of May.
1.1„. n'eature wait dictated by prudence, and probably prevented
The Theatres were shut, and it is said to be in con.
tenicisti.ei to shot them in future on Sundays and I lohilafs. The i
tot; will he at Madrid again on the 1 MFu, but will remain only •
des i'sys there. The reifications continue; even the physicians
cot exempt, being cunsidered ea civil officers. They are
obliged to give an account of their chrhict during the Celestite.
wail spoons. A report tl.at has been several times *greed is again
repeamd, that the French A mbaraatlor had aiguitied to the King
OA he had °niers to retire, unless a decree of anuteaty was
pub.
I.,hed, but i to he (eased that even the decree of amnesty will not
NW, the sanguinary consequences of the traction that takes place.
I..rtrdible exertions are making to organise the Royal (hued ; I
all pa)ments are impeded in order to apyAv the money to this }hear.
ier. The colours of the regiment called that of Loyalty, have
.ten consecrated at Seville. The King has reinitiated tu
four
Bishoprics.
the French Commander in Chief orders the troops maid the
;eta authorities in repressing contraband trade. The amend
sirs, that he hopes that all the military of the garrison will be
pleased with the measures taken to percent frauds, which might
affect the honour of tbe French name.
The military commission continues its labours: it almost always
'endow',
The 12th Regiment left us, and the ?11th arrived yesterday ; this
is the last of the four that were announced ; they all shew the aame
repugnance to leaving France.

LORD LONDONDERRY AND MR. BATTIER.

(GENERAL ORDER.)
!loses lluards, May 13, 1841.
The 4'ommandevia-Unof Wing received a Report front Lieu-
tenitat-t ietirral the Marquis of Londonderry, that his Lordship had
aecliterl a challenge to light a duel with Ensign Battier, late a
Comet of the lOth Royal Hussars, upon a point which hill Lord-
ship considered to be one of military duty, but Royal flightless hate
felt it incumbent upon I to submit to tlis King a transaction at
variance with the principles of subordination, and therifore of a
tendency injurious to the discipline of the Anny ; the King bas
consequently conveyed to his Royal Ilighnesa his 3lajesty's COlll
rrands, to express his 3lajesty's concern and displeasure, that an
officer of Lord Loodomlerty's high rank and military reputation
should have committed himself In personal collision with an infe-
rior officer, by accepting a challenge fur any supposed aggression
proceeding from the exercise of his asitluirity as of the
Regiment : and his Royal Highness has received his Majesty's
further commands to caution l'olonels and Commanding Officers
from tilling into any • tar error of conduct, which must tend to
subvert all discipline and subordination, and therefore to destroy
the ellicieary of the
By Ills Royal the Commander-in-Chiers Command.
lIENRY TORIIENS, Adjutant-tienetal.

Dun John VI., so"— - •
will t on the contrary, be has been kept in perpetusl oppression by
them who, attending to their own interims, have forgotten those of
the nation, and produced a violent ro-aetimy which might have,
ended in the destruction of the house of Maigatisa : they thus
boded it over the kingdom, converting themselves into arbiters of
the will of the Portuguese. This has animated me with new rotes
to destroy thin moat perfidious cabal, which Iles been supported by
the authorities employed to rcpt.:is it. Portuguese do Justice to
your Infant Don employed
the Commander-in-Chief of the lh,rta-
gorse army—recognising his language to be pure, and proceeding
from virtue. You have sufficient proofs of my singleness of mind,
and the candour of my royal heart. The events which occurred at
the re-establishment of the throne and the overthrow of the arbi-
trot y Conn. are irrefragable proofs of the good faith with which I
address you ; and if my royal word is not a sufficient pledge to
itiminatni rim belief, I invoke the God of Alphonse ; and be-
fore that Ood I swear, with all my royal heart, that my
views are not ninbitious—that my royal desire It only to
summit the road of !irtue ; to save the King. the Royal Fa-
mily, and the nation, and to support the holy religion of our
ancestors ! For such just ends, in spite of all the sacrifices
that might be required, I engage to establish the necessary
means, as those which have hitherto been adopted have nut
produced the desired effect. This is a truth which in a few
winds I can prove to you. You see around you the freedom which
the masonic. clubs copy, where they treat of the destiny of the
King, the Royal Family. and the nation, while no measures are
taken to abate the spreading fire, You see that the laws, an object
of the fast necessity, are not enacted as they ought ; you see that
the administration of justice, on which depends the public security,
is in the last stage of decay ; you see that the criminal commission,
established to punish the enemies of royalty, of the altar, and of the
nation, have left those enetultw unpunished ; you no that the
finances are in the last state of exhaustion, the monopoly of
royal contracts being inemased ; you see commerce in unguish,
agriculture neglectitl, by want of means in the overburdened and
impoverished cultivator ; you see arts and manufactures without
activity ; anti finally, the loss of the precious possession of Brazil,
w.tii the absolute shardonment of the means necessary for its resto-
ration : not that thc Portuguese who exist on the earth are not tie-
,ecnilants of those heroes who gained the conquest ; and it is only
since parties hive been increased, and a thousand misfortunes, that
there comes to the light of day the perlitliims plan of forced expe-
eitien In our masonic clubs, not for the purpose of turning the in- I
habitants of the, vast towtion of the globe to their former obedience,
but to consummate the work of their complete separation ; thus
opening the door to a new re-action, whrl' may be the crowning-
'one of our misfortuues. And in the midst of this terrible situa-
tion, what remains for us, It Portuguese P Either to perish in the
glorious struggle in which we are engaged, or to cut up by tile
roots the evils which oppose us, destroying at once the inferoal race
of Freemasons, before they destroy us. Thus let it be. Portuguese I
The road of honour is open before us: to follow it is virtue—to
wander retail it Is to fall into infamy. Your Infante Dim Miguel,
followed by the imniortal Portuguese army, will never sheath his
sword till he has placed you in security. Trust in um, who mu
convinced of your loyalty. Remain peaceful, permitting the con-
stituted authorities to act, as the mess of the best and must effica-
cious security.. Long live Kiog John VI. 1 Long live the Roman
Catholic religion ! Long live her Most Faithful Majesty ! bong
live the gallant Portuguese army I bong live the nation I Die the
iiilamous Freemasons. (Signed) " DON SIDIUEI..
" Palace of ltemposta, April 3e, 1824."

node by the resident iiihibitants for $ Goveinor, but the roer.
chants, ship-owners, and inhabit/ult. of Totness, Plymouth,
and Dartmouth, petitioned the Pricy Council against such an
appointment, stating it would be injurious to the fishery. In
1b74 and 1675, further application was riled: for the same pur-
pose, and referred to the Lords of Trade, who, after hearing toe'
arguments for and " against the settlement, decided spinet the
appointment of a Governor, and recommended that all plantations
in Newfoundland should be discouraged, that the commanders Of
the convoys should be directed to oblige the inhabitants to depart;
from the island, as, by the Western Charter, no plaotet was
allowed to inhabit within six miles of the shore." The report
of their Lordship,' was approved of by his Naomi', and ow,
den were given to carry into effketual execution what mot
then recommended. Ueda the eettetion of this authority, thet
most wanton acts of idolises 'ware committed, the bowies of.
the inhebitante were burnt and destroyed, and every other
violent means resorted to to force them front the country.
About this time the system of rapine and plunder was carried to
such an excess, that Sir John Beery, the commander of the coo.
Soy, represented it in its true colours to (lovernment, and strongly
recommended the policy of colonization. The advice of Sir John
Derry, supported as It was by wisdom and humanity, was not at-
tended to. In 1676, one John Downing, a resident inhabitant of
Newfoundland, petitioned the King wins' the perpetrators of
these excesses ; when his Majesty was pleased to direct, that the in-
habitants should not be ntolested in their persons or pr•perty, and
that part of the western charter, whereby no person was permitted to
settle within six miles of the shore, was rescinded. From this period
to the passing of the Act of ho and II William and Mary, the his-
tory of Newfoundland exhibits one continued struggle between: the
resident inhabitants and the adventurers, the former smarting under'
the most intolerable yoke, and the influence of the latter at the
seat of Govrrilinent connteracting all the effects of their com-
plaints. The passing of this Act formed a new era in Its history ;
preritntsly the Government of Newfoundland exhibited a scene of
anarchy and injustice. It was ruled by a set of needy unprincipled
adventurers, uncontrolled by any law,who poeticised absolute power
in their own persons, and exercised it wit more than eastern des-
potism. Not even the unuffenling native Indians escaped their re-
kutless cruelty ; they were hunted down like wild beasts, and de-
stroyed without remorse or the fear of punishment.
It might have been expected that when the state of Newfound-
land was taken into consideration by the enlightened l'arliament of 1
William and Mary, some sympathy would he felt for the un-
happy people of titat country ; but instead of having amends made
to them for such a long period of suffering and misrule, nearly the I
whole of the aid system was embodied in this Act of Parliament,
which was founded on the barbarous pulley that had in long pre-
vailed. It pletely established the ascendancy of the wiven-
tutees, who had now an opportunity, in a more legslises! ferni and
with the cruel mockery of justice, to exercise to their hearts' content
their ruthless tyranny. 'The persons resits! with authority under
this Act bore the high-sounding titles of .4ilmirals, Vice-Admirals,
and llear-Admirals; the master of the first fishing vessel that ar-
rived was Admiral, the second Vice, and the third Rear-Admiral,
is their respective harbours. To such men were entrusted the Go-
vernment of the country and the administration of justice. I shall
not detain your Lordship with a disgusting detail of their proceed-
ings : suffice it to say that not one in ten of these Governors amid
Judges could write their own names.
In 1729 a Governor was appointed by his Majesty. For a eonsi.
derable time after the appeintment we find the authority was this-
_ I wed by the fishing Admirals, and in consequence of the confusion
We have received Oporto Papers of the 4th of May, 1 arising
fnenfrom the conflic
pointingtment. authoriThe fiehin tieß
Admiraarlo, little benefit
R, se toho wNe
ere
w-
which, however, throw little additional s- light on the tranundland the apg w
the servants of the merchants residing in England, were supported
actions at Lisbon. in their opposition to the Governors by their principals, who had
I Front the Eat •aordiaary Casette of Oporto.l sufficient inluesice with the °net:nuncio to induce them to send
This Journal gives an account of the late events at Lisbon, and orders to the Governor not to interfere with their antitority. How-
the proclamation published, extracted front the Lisbon Papers, be- ever, at length their power became so odious and contemptible, and
shier the following : their tyranny so oppressive, this the Governor took the power into
DEPIIITIII:ST or Title MISIISTIeIIt Or Sat INTIEIIOI. his own hande, and establiehed a Conn of Justice in St. John's, in
nEcate. which he himself presided, and delegated authority to his officers
Considering the meek, learning. and other qualities, which are to administer the laws in time outports.
united in Don Jose Fermin° du Silva throttles QueUms, and that At length, in 1792, an Act was passed for establishing a Court
it is to be expected that in every thing in which be may be an. of Civil and Criminal Juriutictiun in Newfoundland ; and in the
ployed he will serve me greatly to my satisfaction, and-with the 49tb of his late 51ajerity the Judi,•ature Act was permed, which still
61111 e mesh 111111 ability that he hes hitherto sepwia it; all that has remains in force. Under the authority of this Act, a Supreme
been confided to him, I ibink piper to appoint hint to the place Court, with civil and criminal jurisdiction, was constitined ; and
of Intendant-General of the Police of the Capital and the king. his Majesty authorised to appone a liner Justice to preside therein.
don, which he shall exercise in the same form Es his predecessors, The Wile Act authorises the Governor, who is the Admiral, hold-
beginning immediately on the issue of this decree. Mg the naval command on the station, to institute Surrogate
l'ourts in different parts of the island, with full power to hear all
Jose Antonio d'Oliveira tie lianas. my ('ounsellor of State. cuml luints of a civil nature, and to determine them according to
I minister Secretary of State for the Affairs of the Kingdom, is the I.' izes of Ragland. In exercise of this important power, the
charged with issuing the dee.esary documents. Governors have been in the habit of investing the Captains and
linen in the l'aluer of Itemposta, May 1, iff24. Lieutenants of his Majesty's ships which happen to be on the ma-
03igned by his Majesty.) Min, with surrogate commissions, immediately on their arrival,
Ilia Majesty the King, our Sovereip, has had the satisfaction
. • and they are sent on marjtinie circuits, to expound the laws of '
Ito receive from the whole I)iploniatic iltaly the Meet flattering and England, in the character tat' Judges. it appears to me, my Lord, 11
satiefactury assurances, in the name of the August Sovereigns thee the great bane of Newfoundland has been, that it has been ,
whom they reprt-sent, to whom they left itiut highly. Indeble&-- made the theatre of experiment, of which creating naval Judges is
I serge:en iff to the Casette of Lisbon. not the least estr..onlinary. In the neighbouring Colonies in
The ()pork; arzeffe, in the preliminary article from Lisbon, North America, anti in all the British %Vest Indies, the judgment
giver the following particulars : seat is tilled with gentlemen of previous distiuetion at the bar. In
the British possessions in the Last; the perßons who preside in the
" The Queen arrived. at seven in the morning, at the Palace of
Bempoeta, with the Princess Dowager, his Majesty's aunt. Courts are selected from the upright and cultivated ranks of 1 Vest-
minster Gall. and are only second to the Judges in Berland ; but
" No vessel whatever was permitted to leave the harbour, ram in New foundlend, composed as It is of natives of Great Britain and
did any person 01111 r out of the fort of St. George, which was garri.. Ireland, or their immediate descendants, and more closely eon.
usual; and nobody was admitted into the Palace of liknipoßta meted to the penult State by proximity of situation and frequency
without an express order from his Royal Ilighnees, who, having or intercourse, the administration of justice is entrusted to Cap.
taken every precaution, proceeded to the Palace of the }touch., tails., Lieutenant'', and even Sailing Masters in the navy. It is
where, autrounded by many of the Nobles of the Court. several kindly possible foe an Officer in his Majesty's navy, if he has been
General Officers and persons of distinction devoted to the Royal attentive to his own profession, to aciiiiire a competent knowledge
Authority, he issued the oniere necessary in such critical circuits- of the difficult and Olsten*, science of the law, so as to enable him
smarts; such as to shut all the tribunals, and to call to him all the to di,,,,,, justice to his fellow men. The gentlemen of the navy
juatices of the ward,. Many persons were arrested. are educated return their youth in a system of their own, apart then
" During the whole time public tranquillity was not disturbed. the civil lest tuitions of the country, anti necessarily lees conversant
The people followed their usual occupations, and blessed the pro- with those institutions than any other class of his Majesty's sub.
et eilings of his Royal ilighneut. At night there was spontaneously , jects; yet to such men the administration of justice has been en.
a splendid Illumination 111 honour of the triumph of lteligion and ; trusted in Newfoundland—and justice according to the laww of I
tire King. I Eagland.-17th May, 1811. COIA/NUff. I
,

DR. DOYLE AND rift: IRISH CHURCH.

On the debate on Mr.l7 ,..,77n0t ion fut an inquiry into'
the Church Establishment of leviand, Mr. Eqbettson, the
Member for Gratnponnil, suggested the possibility of a
union between the Catholic Church and the Church of
England, observing. " that there was in fact no diarence
between them in any essential point of doctrine, the creed
of the !loutish Church being the same as that of the Church
of England," and that, though there was the greatest
difference between the Lutheran and Calvinist Churches,
the Gore 1111 l tent of Prussia had, in 11412, effected a union
between them. The observations of Mr. Robertson have
called forth a letter from Dr. Doyle, the learned Catholic
ISishop of Kildare, in which he thus speaks of Mr. ll.'s
proposition :
would presume to state, that if Protestant and Catholic
Divines of teaming, and a conciliatory character, were summoned
by the Crown. to ascertain the losiftts of agreement and difference
between the Churches, and that the result of their conferences were
made the hasis of a project to be treated on b.stween the heads of
the ('hutch of !tome and of England, the result might be wore
favourable than at present would be anticipated.
•"fbe chief points to be iliseussell are—the Canon of the Sacred
Scriptures, Faith, Justification, the 31.101, the Sacraments, the
Authority of Tradition, of Councils, of the Pope, the Celibacy
of the Clergy, Language of the Liturgy, Invocation of Saints,
Respect for !snag's, Prayers fur the Dead.
• I)n most of these points, it appears to me That there is no es-
sential difference between Pone-stunts and Cutholtcs ; the existing
diversity of opinion arises. in most cases, from certain forms or
words which admit of satisfactory explanation, or from the igno-
rance or misconceptions which ;tomtit prejudice and ill-will pro-
duce and strengthen, but which could he removed; they are pride
and points of honour which keep us divided on many subjects, not
love of Christian humility, charity, and troth."

New Yuma, Aram 5/I.—Extract of a Lettn from a
Gentleman at laguira, to his Correspondent in this city,
dated March 46, 1094:—" Yesterday a French man-of-
war trig came into port, despatched by the Commandant-
General of Martinique, by express order of his King,
to the Government, to assure it that the French nation
entertained the most perfect friendship towards Colombia,
and that the whole of the reports so generally circulated in
England and the United States relative to this country,
are without foundation."
Am tuteAN T.l MIFF 1111 L.—We have veceived Boston
papers to the 2341 April. It appears that the Tariff' Bill, in
a mutilated and mangled state, has passed the [louse of Re-
presentatives, by a majotity of five only. It is to be hoped
that still it may be thrown out in the senate.
Vi'AMIIVIITON, Aram 16.

Tho Tariff Dill is passed-1117 to 101 What benefit can mar
woollen manitfactuirrs promise themselves from it, when the Meat.
can duty on woollen manufactures is 371 per cent., while the Mexi-
can duty on raw materials Is 30 per cent.?
• Spanish privateer, of 10 pas, wan cruising between Valparaiso
and Irma, on thee' of December. The Peruvians have a small
naval force under Admiral liaise. The ehilians have neglected
their naval force; and the arrival In the Pacific Ocean of the Spa-
nish squadmm which is ten its way there, will probably cause much
alsnu and Mims to Me Patriots.
The affair in which a great tragedian sustained so pro-
minent apart is, we understand, on its way to IVestutinster
Hall. The circumstances are of a most extraordinary na-
ture: the di.auvery was not made, as has been represented,
by the injured party ; but the frail fair one is said to have
been betrayed by her ungallant Lahario, from motives of
jealousy, arising out of the unquestionable success of a fa-
voured rival. The powerful wooing of Richard is already
familiar to the public; but it ii asserted that above three
hundred original specimens of his talent (epiattl.ary ) in that
war arc yet to he forthcoming.—.line sin:; Paper.
SCOTT 1611 ill' te..—A provincial paper of Thursday last
bas the following paragraph,, under the title of " La roar
Nswa."—" The Lo papers contain nu near of any
importaner."—enledunian Meo rury.
A gentleman from Lynn undertook for a wager to shoot
twenty dozen rooks from an air-gun, (which he was to load
bituself,) in the course of the day. Ile commenced shoot-
ing at half-past six in the morning, and finialted big task in
a masterly manner at four o'clock in the afternoon, in the
rookery belonging to John Lloyd, Esq., of l'entney Ash-
wood. Bets were three to one against the performance,
the rooks being very strong, and the wind high.—Bury
raper.