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tion such harsh proceedings. How can we declaim against
the re-establishment of the holy tribunal and the terrors of

its dreadful halls in Spain, while we have such an inqui-
sition in the very heart of England? In Spain the Ca-
tholic religion is the only one acknowledged, but there is
now no tribunal to impeach any other. Here, the Pro-1
ttstant Faith is the Established Religion of the State,
and it is guarded by penal laws of the most proscrip-
tive nature, and all the terrors of legal prosecu-
tion. Can we then say that Protestant England is
more liberal than Catholic Spain ? Would enlight.
ened foreigners, such as Montesquieu or Itecearia, say
I so? We hope to see the day when a solemn resolution of
the Legislature will extinguish all persecution on a religious
score. Such an act will wipe out a deep stain from the'
! statute-book and annals of the country. The wretched
boy, Tnist, can be no subject for heavy judicial visitation;
I a gaol can neither improve his morals nor his creed. We
hope, therefore, when he is again brought up, the Court
will discharge him to better pursuits, with the merciful
admonition "to go and sin no more."

His Majesty has had a slight return of gout, which pre-
vented him from attending Divine Service on Sunday, in
the Palace Chapel at Brighton. IS'e learn, however, with
much satisfaction, that his Majesty's medical attendants
consider a few days will be quite sufficient to remove all
the effects of this attack, and that his Majesty will be ena-
bled to fulfil his intention of opening Parliament in person
this day se'nnight.
WINDSOR, JAN. 2S.—This morning the Princess Au-
gusta, accompanied by the Dowager Countess of flarcourt,
attended Divine Service at the parish church, where an
excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Gosset.
Yesterday, at half-past two o'clock, a Cabinet Council
was held at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, being the
first since the general return of Ministers to London. The
Council was attended by all the Cabinet Ministers. They
continued in deliberation ;al about a quarter before five
o'clock.

On Friday night Mr. Dnifferi, the King's Messenger,
left town with despatches to the Right lion. Sir Charles
Begot, our Ambassador at St. i'etersburgh, in reply to
those brought on the Tuesday previous by Mr. Munro
the King's Messenger, who travelled from Russia in less
than three weeks. . _ _

On Friday evening Mr. Ilill,the King's Messenger, left
town with de etches for the Right Hon. H. Wellesley,
our Ambassador at Vienua.
Yesterday morning Lieut. White arrived at the Colo-
nial Office, with despatches from New South Wales.
We have the pleasure to announce that M. Orlando and
M. Luriottes, the Deputies from the Greek Government,
arrived in London yesterday.
The Marquis of Titchfield, we are happy to state, has
nearly recovered from his late severe indisposition.
This forenoon, the remains of the Right Honourable
the Earl of Cornwallis, late Bishop of Lichfield and Co-
ventry, and Dean of Durham, will be removed from hie
house, at Richmond, in Surrey, for interment in the
Deanery of Lichfield. The bode on its arrival at Lichfield
will lie in state in the Cathedral the whole interior of
which will be hung with black cloth. The interment will
take place on Saturday neat, with great pomp, when all
the Clergy will attend on the occasion. His Lordship was
in the Slat year of his age.
The Pox Club held their first meeting for the year at
Greillon's Hotel, in Albemarle-street, on Saturday. His
Royal 'Higbee* tho Duke of Sussex, and the select per-
sonal friends of .14(r. Fox belonging to the Club now in
Lonblou, were all prosant-
Mr.• Alderman iDnaudity was on Thursday last unani-
mously elected to the office of Lord Mayor of York, for the
year ensuing, in the room of Thomas Smith, Esq. Mr.
Alderman Lumley served the above office in 1514.
Yesterday sensight Mr. Wm. Blunt was elected Mayor
tetersfield, Mr. Thomas Holland going out of office.
ion the sane day the Rev.W. J. Jolliffe caused a liberal.
donation of breads mest,4lld coals, to be delivered to all
the poor persons, art* At families, belonging to that
borough. •.
TA! CHURCH.-4f fiß=Lbelieved that Dr. Ryder,
die s, e present Bishop • brother to the Earl of
fiarrowby, will be transioted to the vacant See of Lichfield
sad Coventry. Other translations will probably take place
in consequence. Who is to be the new Bishop is not yet,
we understand, decided on ; but Dr. Blotnfiekl, rector of
Botolph, Bish ' has been mentioned as likely to
raised to the Benopagats ch. We hear that Dr. Hall, the Dean
of Christ Church, Oxford, is likely to succeed the late
Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry in the valuable Deanery
of Durban.—The learned Dr. Russel, of the Charter
Rouse, is spoken of as likely to succeed to the Deanery of
Christ Church, Oxford, in the event of a vacancy.
MEETING or THE JOURNLEMEN Site WIL•VERII.--
On Saturday evening a meeting of the journeymen silk-
weavers was held, pursuant to adjournment, at the Red-
Lion, Phoenix-street, Spitalfields, to receive from their Com-
mittee a final answer from their employers, as to the pre-
sent disputes relative to the prices of labour. The meet-
ing was very numerously attended, and Mr. Baker, the Se-
eretery to the Committee, detailed the result of the inter-
views which they had had with severl masters, and read
three letters from different masters. A considerable dis-
cussion then took place,which ended in the adoption of a re-
solution, that the Committee should cease their functions,
and that the journeymen shoukl assemble again on next Sit:
turday night, to receive from the Committee an account's
of the expenses incurred. As far as we understood the dis-
cussion, it appears that only one article, of not very great')
importance, now remains In dispute, between the masters
and journeymen, and that as to this article they are likely
to come to a tipetriv agreement.
On Friday last Nit. IValthew' the projector of artificial
incubation by steam, had the honour of presenting the
young Princess Vittoria with some poultry, hatched by his
process, and reared wholly by artificial means. The cocks
are very fine birds,- of the Spanish breed ; and the pullets
have been ying near two months. They are so re-
markably tame that they will cat out of the hand, and
suffer themselves to be handled.
By the arrival of the brig Minerva, from Sydney, New
South Wales, which place she left is February last, we
learn that the Morley had arrived there on the 7th of that
month, with a detachment pf the Buffs regiment, under
the command of Lieutenant and Adjutant Mackay. She
had previously touched at Hobart Town, Van Dienan's
Land, where she landed 170 male convicts, two having
died on the passage.--Ce/e4erafo! ereery.

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We have been favoured with the pirnsal of a letter
from Jamaica, datai Nov. 22• the contents are of much
importance:—
" Kingston, Nov. 22.
" The Amend:fly have passed aa Act, annulling the Registry
Bill; it is of course mititipated that the Governors of the Island
will not sanction this Bill, and of course it will remain a dead
letter. In the mean dais comes the question of the payment of
the expenses of the Registry' Bill, which every three Tears amounts
to 3,0004. Depend upon it, this simply will be refused by the
Assembly; in which are there will lie an open war between the
Governor and the Legislative Authority of the Island."
Glt.trl( SLAVlAT.—Official returns front the Turkish
Custom-house at Selo, report 41,000 women and chiklrcn
to have been sold aa slaves, and to have paid auction duties
at that office, in the months of May and June, 1822.