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won' and eTenirt, on the lllth, on whieh day there will be Te often werb, it bccamc.the duty of the Master of th Crown
Dotes in the chwath of St. Guard., and prayers in the Protestant' (Mice to take care that unfit persons were not included in
church. Ithe panel. Blackstone (book 3, chap. 23.) says—" Special
BATAVIA, BVC.
N. Van Sevenhoren, Cwaitniraoner for Palembang, has just ;Juries were originally introduced in trials at bar, when the
returned to this city, having completed his task, and detiniiively causes were of too great nicely for the discussion of ordi-
delivered up the Government to the Reijnet, previotody appointed I nary freeholders, or where the Sheriff was suspected of
Resident. lie has brought autograph letters from the Sultan, and; partiality, though not upon such apparent cause as to war-
the Soeshoenan to the Governor.lieneral, in which those princes rant an exception to him. He is, in such cases, upon mo-
not only express their entire satisfaction with the new u reg
- lationsl tion in Court, and a rule granted thereupon, to attend the
introduced by the Commissioners, but declare that the good tired's,
Prothonotary, or other proper officer, with his freeholder t 1
which they have already witnesiied, fill them with confidence, that
this new mode of administration will give to Palembang a degree book :and the officer is to take indifferently 48 of the prin-
of tranquillity and prosperity, which it never before enkqed. On cipal freeholders in the presence of the attorneys on both
the 7th of this month, there was a smart shock odone rarthquake at sides, who are each of thcm to strike off twelve, and
Djos!okarta. Last month itumet,se damage was on to the coffee. the remaining twenty-four are returned upon the panne]."
plantations at Pieang, by heavy rains and high winds. The proposes] amendment of Mr. Peers Bill is, that the
4k Jurzrs, nominated in the first instancy, shall not, as at
present, be svlectell by the Master of the Crown Office, but
drawn by lot from a boy containing the names of all those
who arc qualified to serve upon Special Juries. The num-
ber will then be reduced to 21, in the ordinary manner.
The lists, of course, will infuture beformedmore correctly.
The Bill will stand over till next Session, in order that so
material an alteration of the law may not be adopted with-
out the gravest consideration. We congratulate every
friend to good Government on the introduction of this Bill,
by which every suspicion of unfair play must now be'
finally, and for ever removed. it is a practical and decisive
refutation of all that has been said and written in abuse of
Special Juries, from the days of the late Horne Tooke down
to those of the now politically defunct Thomas Jonathan
iVooler. His Majesty's Government have, we think, done
wisely in making this concession, and in particular Mr. Peel
is entitled to the thanks of the country, for this additional
proof of the zeal and diligence with which he is carrying
into effect every practicable improvement in the laws ap-
pertaining to the administration of justice. Blots, even
in appearance, ought to be removed where the remedy can
be safely applied, and we have, in this instance, the best
evidence of the sincerity of his Majesty's Ministers, in the
pursuance of the liberal principles by which their policy is
characterised.

Hamburgh

Yesterday we received intelligence by the
Mail to a late date. Ity a letter from the Russian capital,
we learn that important changes Lave lately been made in
the Department of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public In-
struction. Prince Golyzin has (it is said, at his own
request) retired from the Presidency of the Department,
and made way for Admiral Schischlow as his successor.
The new Nlinkter has also had confided to him the supreme
direction of those religious communities, which dissent
from 'the Greek Church. Prince Golyzin, by an Ukase
of the 29th ult., addressed to the Synod, has likewise
been removed from the direction of the Ecclesiastical
Schools ; and a further change has been effected in the
Department of Public Instruction, by an order of the
Emperor, that the Synod shall in future conduct its own
affairs, without being controlled by the Minister. Several
other officers have shared the fate of Prince Golyzin, in
being discharged front their posts in the Department.
Theis? changes created considerable interest in St. Peters-
burgh, but no reason is assigned for them in our advice,.
It is affirmed in several German Papers, that the Emperor
of Russia will not leave his dominions this year, and that
there is no truth in the report of a conference being ap-
pointed to take place between his Majesty and the Emperor
of Austria.

ST. PETEIIIIII7I/311, Jima 2.

The fete, or the Saint's day of the Orand Duchess Helena, is
kept to-day at Pawlosk with great solemnity.
We hear that Prince Golyzin has also resigned the office of Pre.
sident of the Bible and Philanthropical Association, and that the
Metropolitan Seraphim of St. Petersburgh succeeds him. lie
retains the office df Postmaster-(metal. Councillor of State Tue.
genjew, Director in the Ecclesiastical Department ; and Councillor
of State, Popow, Director in the Department of Public Instnic-
tinn, are also discharged from their 01ECCI.
Up to yesterday MI ships had arrived at Cronstadt—sailed 71.
HALLE, JUNE 10.

Friday evening the Duke of York arrived in London,
from Ascot Heath Races.
Saturday, the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, the
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Augusta,
the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leiningen, and the
Princess Feodore, honoured a morning concert, at lianover-
square Rooms, with their presence.
Yesterday morning the Duke and I)uchess of Clarence,
the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess
Augusta, attended Divine Service, at St. George's Church,
II auover-square, and heard a sermon, preached by the Lord
Bishop of Bath and Wells, for the benefit of the British
Lying-in Ilbspital for Married Women, in Brownlow-
street, Long Acre. The Earl and Countess of Ilarewood,
Lady Thynne, and various others of the Nobility were
present. l'he amount of the collection for this excellent
Institution, which has been established since the year 1749,
and is now patronized by the Duchess of Clarence,
amounted to about 1121.
Yesterday morning the Rev. Dr. Blomberg performed
Divine Service to the King's household, at his Majesty's

It is well known that some time ago there were disturbance
among the students, which were, indeed, anon quelled, but were
followed by arrests, de. Lately the office of Protector was taken
from Professor Gesenius, and given for three years to the Conn-
'
senor of State, Jactit. The University appears to have lost the,
privilege which it formerly enjoyed of electing its Protectors.
NASSAr, JVWC 4.
It appears, from an official circular of our Government, that
a Catholic Clergyman, holding a high situation, lately entered
into a corespondence with a Papal Nuncio, contrary to the law ;
i'but his death taking place soon after, he was not punished,
for this violation of his duty as a subject. Another eccle.
'leak, however, who received the answer to the above
cation, and published it without communicating with the CioH
vernment and obtaining permission, has been punished as he'
merits. At the same time, it has been signified to all the
Catholic Clergy in the Duchy, that any similar transgression of a
Catholic Clergyman holding a public situation, will, in future, be
considered as equivalent to a resignation of it, and the °overtime'
will discharge him accordingly.

Palace, in Pall-Mall.
Yesterday, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held
at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which only sat till
a quarter past four. There were present the Lord Chan-
cellor, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Westmorland,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Bexley, Mr. Can-

&c.
Saturday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had a nu-

merous dinner party.
On Saturday a Committee of the Lords of the Council
assembled at the Council Office, Whitehall, to hear Ap-
peals from the Island of Jersey.
It is said that the King of the Sandwich Islands is to be
' presented to his Majesty in the course of the week.
A Decree of the Sitting Congress of Mexico has de-
prived General I turbide of his pension, because he quitted
Italy and proceeded to England ; and it is evident that the
Government entertained strong suspicions that his resolu-
tion to return to Mexico was the real object of his journey

STOCKHOLM, JUNE 4.

His Majesty has accepted the resignation of Count Ft.gestmm,
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and appointed the Coun-
cillor Count NVetterstellt to succeed him.
Their Majesties will certainly set out on the 6th. The Russian
Ambassador sets out for Scants on the 10th.
EW COFHAOLIe, JUNE 12.
Dr. Johnsen, Rector Odde in Iceland, is now appointed Bishop
of Iceland.
The small-pox beginning to spread here, the necessary regula-
tions fur the police hare b:en again published.
EXCHANGES.
ITAstap pan, hiss: IS—London, 31i 7 two Us. 36 d
pc RE asnt,JUNE I.—hontlon, 9 1.132; Paris, 100;.
BEntist, JuwE 12 —London,3 months, ti 19.
LEtreic, Just. 11.—Loudon, 3 months, 6 17.

The Bill brought in by Mr. Peel for the better impan-
nelling of Juries, is one of the most important measures, as
affecting the administration of justice, that has been for
many years under the consideration of Parliament. Its
principal object is to consolidate all the various enactments
relative to the impannelling of Juries, which are now
widely spread in every direction over the statute book, and
in several instances, ludicrously mixed up with subjects of
the most opposite and discordant nature. To the mode
of impaunelling common Juries we believe no objection has
at any time been raised by the perverse ingenuity of the
most captious complainant. As far as human precaution
can provide against partiality and corruption, the existing
law is complete. If any others pass upon the Jury than
such u are perfectly disinterested, it must be the fault of
the suitors themselves. It was with great satisfaction,
therefore, that we heard Mr. Peel state that be had, where-
ever it was possible, merely transcribed ►he very words of
the existing statutes, for the purpose of incorporating their
provisions in the present Bill. The only amendment of
the law proposed is with respect to Special Juries, and
considering all that has been said as to the practice of the
Crown Office in this respect, we have no doubt that the
amendment will be warmly and universally approved. A
more houourable man than the present Master of the
Crown Office, confessedly, on all sides, does not exist.
The praises bestowed upon him by Mr. Scarl:•tt are only
the echo of the opinions of all who know him. Mr. Ilutne,
too, bore his testimony to the readiness with which Mr
Lushington had furnished all the information in his power
to facilitate the inquiries into the practice of his office
When the objections were most vehemently urged, a few
years since, against the mode in Ulrich Special Jurus are
nominated, it was not pretended that there was any reason
for suspecting that Mr. Lushington wets capable of abusing
the power he possessed. The idle quibble, that because he
was the King's Coroner, he ought not therefore to nominate
the Juries in tames in which the Crown was a party,
might as well hate been used against the trial taking place
before the King's Justices. The Master of the Crown
Office holds his post by patent, and is therefore as inde-
pendent of the pleasure of the Crown as the Judges. If
any further security had been necessary, the public had it
in the fact, that Mr. Lushington was well known to be pro-
fessedly of Whig principles in I►is political opinions. But
still there remained an objection sufficiently plausible to
give some latitude to those who acre desirous of taking
their revenge on the administration of justice, by aspersing
the tribunal before which they were arraigned. " Why
are not Special Juries drawn out by lot as other Juries
arta Why is there a nomination by an Officer of the
Crown at all, unless some sinister purpose is answered by this
unusual course ?" Certainly it is of the utmost importance
that justice should be administered, not only without par-
tiality, but without suspicion of partiality ; and it is there-
fore one of the objects of Mr. Peel's Bill to put an end to a
practice which has been made the pretext of so much
groundless calumny. Formed imperfectly as the lists too

to Great Britain.
New SOUTH IVALES.—Sydney and Hobart Town
Gazettes to the end of January were received 7esterday at
the New England Coffee-house. They give interesting
details of the progress of improvement in those distant
,settlements. In the vicinity of Hobart Town eight distil-
leries have been established, and also soap and salt manu-
lfactories on Brune Island. Two chiefs from the Sandwich
Islands hail landed at Port Jackson ; they were much de-
lighted with all that they saw, particularly the windmills
at Sydney, which they took for spirits. On the whole,
they are said to be intelligent men.
A Lett ss.—The preparations which have been making
for the bombardment of Algiers, and the annoyance of the
I)ey, are now completed, and the last of the vessels ordered
upon the service, will sail to-morrow, should the weather
moderate (it now blows strong from the South East, with
I constant rain.) His Majestys steam-vessel, Lightning,
with Mr. Gaze (Master-Attendant) on board, accompanied
by the Admiral Berkeley transport, Lieutenant Sanders,
(laden with coals) sailed on Sunday ; and the Algerine, 16,'
Capt. Hon. M. Stopford, with the mortar-vessels Falmouth,
Lieutenant Laws ; and Goodwill, Lieutenant Thorne,
sailed on Tuesday, for Algiers Bay: the Infernal bomb,
Capt. Barclay (which ship arrived here (Portsmouth) on
Tuesday from Chatham) the Ilamoaze mortar-vessel,
Lieut. Mac ('ausland, and the Industry transport, with
Ordnance stores, will probably sail to-morrow, for the
same destination.—Hampshire Tvieqraph.
Tile ASHANTEES.—The Borodino transport arrived on
Tuesday from Cape Coast Castle, whence she sailed on
the 211 of March. When the Borodino left Cape Coast
the Fantee Chief, Appal, was in the interior with his army.
Major Chisholm, who led the Accra militia, and the
Anamboo militia (the men presented the novel spectacle of
being all naked iii the field) was nearly recovered. The,
former Dutch Governor of }Amine, Uaniells, was believed
to be the secret instigator of the Ashantess, to resist our
authority. The present Governor, Von Niess, is a better
disposed man. The Owen Glendower and Swinger were
left at Cape Coast ; the Bann had sailed for Sierra Leone.
The Tenor arrived at Gibraltar on the ?klub. from Spit-
head, and sailed again for Algiers. The ship Doris, Penny, I
master, arrived this afternoon from Sierra Leone, with
timber for this dock-yard. She sailed on the 10th of April,
when the colony was healthy. There had been no arrival
at Sierra Leone from Cape Coast Castle during the two
preceding months, consequently Sir Charles Mac Carthysl,
defeat was not known when the lkwis sailed ; ships gene-
rally make a long passage from the Leeward Coast, the
wind and currents being constantly opposed to them ; the
distance between the ;deceit is 1,100 miles.—Purtaniouth
At per.
We have been highly pleased with the Second Series of
the Aferkrama, just published. It consists of twenty-
four cards, on which are painted fragments of landscapes,
so contrived, that on two or more sections being placed to-
gether, a pleasing view is produced. The variations of
scenery (which is chiefly Italian, and of great beauty), are
almost endless ; and the invention may be safely recom-
mended as one aflbrding admirable subjects for drawing,
and supplying a fund of rational amusement.
On Saturday, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of
the weather, upward' of 150 distinguished fashionables
v:c,ited the exhibition of the Merman, amongst whom were,
his Royal highness the Duke of Gloucester, their Graces
the Dukes of Rutland and St. Albans and parties, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Stafford. the Marquis of Huntley I
and party, the Marquis Cholmontleley and party, the Coun-
tess Dowager of Cork and party, Lady Pulteney and party,
Earl end Countess Howe and party, Earl Falmouth and
party, Lord L. Gower and party, Lord A. Hamilton and
party, &c. &c. &c.
The English Opera House commences its season on the!
Ist of next month. We learn that Mr. Braham, and Miss
Stephens, ate at the head of the vocal performers. Miss
Kelly, and Mr. Rayner, are also engagedto give the aid of
their acknowledged talents to this delightful Summer
theatre.