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contests, and disturbed by the dangerous ambition of indi-
viduals. Lobato's charges against the European Spaniards,
were probably only pretexts to cover his own dangerous
Tiro, backed by his adherents in arms. This state of
things, however, will boon pass away in Mexico; the
Far' •
•ial storms that agitate that tine country will only clear
13 sky, and a universal calm succeed. Southern America,
after the vassalage of centuries, could not hope to achieve
its freedom without passing contests of this description in
her provinces; but they will soon be heard of no mom.

The Bill now before Parliament, brought in by Mr.
Stuart Wortley, and amended in the Committee, puts the
whole system of the Game Laws on a different and more
equitable footing. With some exceptions, Its different
enactments are considerate and just, and very different
from the present Marquis of Salisbury's (then Lord Cran-
Lorne) abortion of last session. The preamble states,
" That the laws how in being, prohibiting persons, under
" a certain degree or rank, and not possessing estates of a
" certain annual value, from killing game, and making it
.• penal to buy cr sell game, have been found impolitic
t• and inconvenient, and in many cases oppressive and
" unjust ; and it is therefore expedient to repeal the same,
and to establish other provisions in lieu thereof." 'flee
preamble is a true and proper one. These laws are indeed
most oppressive and unjust, more suited to the despotism
of France under its ancient aristrocratical regime,
thin to the spirit or institutions of this free country. The
only wonder is, that they have been suffered to blot the
Statute-book so long; but our Legislators are slow to any
convictions that war in the slightest degree with their own
monopoly. The first clause of the new Bill repeals those
parts of former Acts which restrain persons, not of a cer-
tain degree or rank, and not possessing the estates in these
Acts specified, from killing, or having in their possession
game; and which impose a penalty upon persons, who, not
being qualified in such manner as is prescribed by these
Acts, pursue or destroy game, or who have game in their
posse, scion or keep dogs, nets, or guns, for the destruction
of game ; and also such parts of these Acts as prohibit
the buying anti selling game, under penalties. The se-
cond clause vests the property in game in the owners of
inclosed land, within which such game may be found ;
and in Lords of Manors, in cases of game being found in
unincloscd lands; and declares it lawful for such owners
of land, Lord of Manors, &c., to demise and let the
game to be found on same. The third enables these se-
veral patties to reserve to themselves, respectively, a pro-
perty in the game on any lands demised by them, with the
right of killing same, and granting leave to others to do so,
and to restrain in the same way, without their authority, i
any persons from sporting on the lands demised. So far
this clause is tolerably just and reasonable; but it con-
chides with an enactment, not at all in the same spirit, de-
claring, that where the owners of any such lands have
not, in the existing lease or demise made of same, re-
served the right of entering on these lands, or of autho-
rising others to do so, for the purpose of killing game, that
every such lease shall be construed to have reserved to such
owners or proprietors the right to, and property in, the
game on such land, and the right of entering on same,
and granting authority to other persons to do so. This
clause concludes rather strangely, however, by what is in
some degree a contradiction to what precedes it, that this
reservation is not to extend to any lease for life or lives, or
ler any term exceeding twenty-one years ; or to any ex-
istirg asreentent between Lords of Manors, and the own-
ers ur occupiers of inclosed lands; whereby a right
is reserved to these Manor Lords, or any person author-
ised by them, to kill game on such inclosed lands.—
The justice of excepting tenures of lives, and for a
lengthened term of years, from the clause in question,
to which we have alluded, must be apparent. at once. Im-
provements are almost always made under such circum-
stances ; the whole value of the land is altered ; the tenant
in the eye of the law acquires, by an increase of property,
additional rights, and the very game may be brought to
these lands by these improvements, in planting or other-
wise. Such tenants are, therefore, properly protected from
this arbitrary clause, which should not have been intro-
duced at all. The next clause authorises Lords of
Manors, &c. and persons entitled as owners, or in pos-
session of fifty acres of inclosed land, situated all together
and adjoining, to permit others to sport and kill game on
the same, both parties taking out game certificates for the
year. Individuals, by a subsequent clause, are restrained
as now, from sporting during certain seasons, and are ob-
liged to take out game certificates. A following clause
imposes penalties on persons trespassing on lands for the
purpose of sporting, without the owner's consent. These
penalties may be imposed to an amount not less than
twenty shillings, nor more than five pounds, at the discre-
tion of the Justices before whom the complaint shall be
heard ; and the further sum of forty shillings is added for
every hied of game taken or destroyed. On non-payment of
such penalties, on conviction, the offender is to be com-
mitted to the gaol of the county, or House of Cor-
rection, there to be kept to hard labour, for a period
not exceeding three months. This clause concludes by an
exemption to persons on horseback, hunting or coursing
with hounds or greyhounds. Why it should do so we can-
not see, but it is in the old spirit of aristocratic monopoly.
Humble trespassers are denounced with the full vengeance
of the law, but the fox-hunting squire, with a whole troop
at his back, may break over fences into the grounds of the
husbandman, and the " mighty hunter" is protected.—
The next clause enacts that trespassers may be apprehended
on refusing to quit the land : and the owners, or their ser-
vants and keepers, are authorised to demand the names and
residences of such trespassers, and may require them to
produce their game certificates. The clause that follows
imposes a penalty of ten pounds on any parties refusing to
give their names and residences, or to produce their certifi-
cates when called on to do so and found trespassing. Night
poachers are proscribed by the next clause ; for the first
offence three months imprisonment and hard labour are
imposed, and that at the expiration the poacher must give
security, himself in 101. and two sureties in 51. each, and
in default of such sureties he is to be imprisoned at hard
labour for a period of six months; for the second offence,
be is to be committed to hard labour for six mouths, and at
its expiration find security, himself in 201. and two sure-
ties in 101. each, and imprisoned one year if same are not
found ; for the third offence, on conviction at the quar:er
sessions or assizes, he is adjudged to be a felon, and liable
to transportation for seven years, or to any other punish..
tnent the Court may think tit. The night is declared by
the clause as commencing at the expiration of the first
hour after sun-set, and concluding at the expiration of the
first hour before sun-rise. The dealing iu game is forbidden
to any persons without a licence, under a penalty of forty
shillings. Justices are authorized to grant licences for that
purpose to anv persons who are householders, except tavern-
keepers, innkeepers, dealers in wine or spirits, owners,
drivers, or guards of any stage-coach or public conveyance;
thelicenee to be signed‘by two Justices, authorizing the party
to deal in game with any person who has the property in
:t, possessing a game certificate, or licence to sell game by
tide Act ; three shillings only to be paid for such licence to
the Justice's clerk, and the party obtaining it to enter into
recognizance' to the Crown, himself in the sum of 301. and
two sureties in 101. each. Persons entitled to the property in
game are authorized to sell it to licensed persons, and any
person may purchase game of a party so licensed, who are to
have the words "licensed tiscleal in game" put over theirahops
or doors. These are the principal and material clauses of this
Bill, se amended in the Committee. It has still some objec-
tionablematter; but it puts theseoppreasivelaws on infinitely
a better footing than they have been for ages. Game is now
made property, and the sale legalized, and temptation and
crime must both diminish in consequence. On the whole,
this Bill is most creditable to the good sense and feelings of
Mr. Stuart 11'ortley, himself one of the largest land-owners
in the country, and a leading member of the high aristo-
cracy, who defended these oppressive laws so long.

FASHION.IRLE_IN7ELLIGENCE.

—asts.
Count Winona-ow entertained Ids F.xcellenry Baron Fagel and a
distinguished party at dinner on Sunday, at his house in Welbeck-
street.

The Marquis of Anglesey has issued cards of invitation for
grand entertainment on the 3th April, at hit house in Oki Bur-
lington-vtrest.
Earl %%.11.1 worth and the Duchess of Dorset entertained the Duke
and Duchess of Leeds and a distinguished party at dinner yester-
day, at their house in Grosvenor-square.
Lord Alvanley had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house
in Park-place.
Viscount Carleton has issued cards of invitation for a grand din-
ner party oa the 31st instant, at his house in George-street, Mao-
ver-tui Oar!.
It'ilbrahati Egerton, Esq. M P. had another grand dinner party
.
on Sunday, at his house in St. Jaines's-squi.re, among whom were
the t'ottntess of Athlone, Sir Win. J. Hope, Sir John, Lady, and
Miss Stanley, Colonel Arden. Captain llotharn, Mr., Mrs., and
Miss Wentworth, Mr. and Mrs. Trennayne, Mr. Lushington, Ste.
Godfrey Wentworth, Esq. will haves large party at dinner on
Sunday next, at his house in Hanover-square.
Thomas Hope, Esq. has issued cards of invitation for a grand
dinner party on Friday, the 2d April, at his house in Mansfield-
Street.

The god and Countess Morley and family hare arrived at Kent
House, Knightsbridge, from their seat, Saltham, Devonshire.
Colonel and Lady Elizabeth Steele have arrived at their house in
Upkier Brook-street. from Worthing.
'I he Countess of Carhampton has left town for her seat in Kent.
The Ladies Ashburnham have arrived at their house in Upper
Grosvenor-strcet, from their arid in Surrey.
Sir William Ilurrough, Bart. hasleft town for Brighton.
Captain Owen, H.N. has left town for Portsmouth.
Arrivals at the St. George Hotel, Albemarle-street:—Marquis
Douglas, from the Isle of iVight Captain Moberly, from a tour.
S. BsirJ,Esq. left the Waterloo lintel, Jermyn-street, yesterday,
for his seat in Scotland.

The Honourable Mr. and Mrs. Berkeley Noel, and Miss entree,
have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for their new residence
in Portland-place.
Arrivals at Longs Hotel, Mond-street:—Colonel and Mil.
O'Brien, from Ireland: Rev. Mr. Bale and 11011, from Surrey •
Honourable Mr. Bingham, from Paris. Departures:—Mr. and
Mrs. Crosby, 14 the Continent J. Goodenough, Esq. for Ame-
, rice; Captain Garnault, the Ireland; Lowther, Esq. for Rut-
, landsture ; Henry Shepherd, Esq. for Brighton.
iPINDaOIt, MA RCII ‘2'2.-4)n account of the continued
fall of rain, and the severity of the weather, his Majesty
has not left the Castle this morning. A numerous party is
expected to dine with the King to-day. Among the dis-
tinguished characters expected are, the Russian Ambassador,
the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Anglesey, Lord
F. Paget, Mr. Charles Paget, the Marquis of Graham,
Lord and Lady Nlaryhorough, &c.
Saturday the Duke of York honoured Sir Charles and
Lady Long with his company at dinner.
Sunday the Duke of York honoured Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
buthnot with his company at dinner, where there was a
numerous party of distinguished characters to meet his
Royal Highness. There was also a numerous party at
tea. &c. in the evening.
Yesterday morning the Earl of Clancarty, his family,
and suite, arrived in town from his embassy to the Nether-
lands, which office the Noble Earl has filled since the re-
storation of the House of Orange, after the usurpation of
the government by Bonaparte. The Noble Earl, &c. pro-
ceeded to the Clarendon Hotel, in Bond-street; nearly the
whole of that Hotel had been previously engaged for the
reception of his Lordship, so much of the roomy premises
being wanted upon the occasion, that the Duke of Leeds
very politely gave up his suite of rooms, and left the house
for the accommodation of the Noble Earl. The Earl of
Clancarty, soon after his arrival, proceeded to the Secretary
of Stites Office for Foreign Affairs to transact business.
Yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of
Westmorland, and Earl Bathurst, transacted business at
the Foreign Office.
Mr. Goulburn retires, we understand, from the Secre-
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taryship of Ireland, as soon as his sessional labours are
brought to a close. It would be difficult to divine by what
interest, Parliamentary or otherwise, Mr. Goulburn ob-
tained his present situation ; or by what statesmanlike qua-
lities he is fitted for it.—Dshlin Evening Post.
Tl:e Earl and Countess Harcourt are now residing at time
Royal Hotel, for the benefit of his Lordship's health.
Mr. Hanby, brother to the Countess, with his Lady, are
on their way to join them.—Devonshire Freeholder.
We bear that the Earl of Morley is recovering from his
severe and protracted fit of the gout. It is expected that
his lordship will leave Saltram for town in the course of
a few days.—Plymouth Paper.
Lord and Lady Rolle, Lord and Lady Clinton, Mr. and
Mrs. Albany Saville, and other distinguished personages,
are on a short visit with Sir Lawrence Palk, at his seat near
Exeter. _ _ _ _

4svlrtt Hossaas.—The intended petition from Cornet
Battier to the House of Commons, on the subject of his
treatment by this corps, so distinguished out of the field, is
given up for the present, in cons: quenee of the institution
of an inquiry into the affair by the Commander-in-Chief.
Mr. Canning, we learn, has, in the most prompt and
humane manner, taken steps for the immediate liberation
of Mr. Matthews, the English Gentleman who was arrested
in company with the gallant Riego, and thrown into'
solitary confinement at Madrid. There is reason to believe
that on this, as on other occasions, the British Government
has met with sonie incivility from the Spanish Ministry,
which is likely to become the subject of remonstrance.
It is said, that in consequence of the frauds committed by
persons connected with the Post Office establishment on
Newspapers, Mr. Goulburn, at Sir E. Lee's suggestion, is
determined to bring in an Act immediately, which will
render similar offences for the future by law a misde-
meanour, punishable by fine and imprisonment.—Cork
Sorthern Repot ter.
Lisbon Gazettes reached us yesterday to the 9th inst.
They contain no internal intelligence except some orders
of the day relative to the army.
Letters received yesterday morning from Gibraltar,
dated the Ist instant, state that a British squadron, con-
sisting of the Glasgow, Tribune, and Phoebe frigates,
and a sloop of war, saied on the 22th of February for
Algiers.
Official intelligence from the seat of Government at
Colombia states, that accounts had been received of the

reported Congress at Paris, relative to South America. It
was surmised that an attack would be made on the inde-

pendence of South America by the Allied Sovereigns. A
levy of 50,000 men was in consequence ordered, and such
was the enthusiasm in the cause of liberty, that the num-
bers are represented to be nearly completed.
HAVANNAH, Fea. 7.—The Americans have found an
excellent port and harbour between Vera Cruz and Alva-
rado, where a fleet of any class may lie at anchor in any
weather, as safe as in any harbour or port in the world.
AU the vessels in that quarter lately entered into it, and
rode out the late heavy gales without the least danger.
This is an important discavery.—Glasgow Courier.
In the American papers, under the date of Caraccas, a
most brutal act, if true, is related of Morales, previously to
his final defeat. An Enghsh lad, conceiving himself ill
used on board of the Colombian fleet, escaped, with an in-
tention of proceeding to Curacoa. lie, however, fell into
the hands of Morales, and was imprisoned. He again at-
tempted to escape, and was unsuccessful ; for which offence
ha was forced to run the gauntlet of the ship's crew, pierced
with wounds, and was then hung up to the yard-arm,
where his body was seen forty-eight hours after the execu-
tion by those who have furnished this statement.
The Waterloo is arrived from Chins, in the short space

of 103 days, but the letters are not delivered. It is under-
stood, however, that the trade was proceeding quietly, al-
though the Company will have to pay large sums to the
Hong merchants fur the settlement of their differences.
The population of the kingdom of Poland (says a l)utch
Paper) amounted last year to .5,702,306 souls. This cal-
culation only includes that portion of Poland which is
under the dominion of Russia. Warsaw has uow 117,284
inhabitants.
SILK TRADE.—Ordcrs were yesterday received at our
Custom-house to take immediate measures for receiving
into ware:: fuses under the Crown's locks, such packages of
raw or thrown silk and all goods wholly manufactured of
silk, being new and uncut, and in quantities not less than
300 lbs. weight, as the owners at one and the same time
may be desirous of warehousing, on or before the 25th of
this instant (March) in respect of raw and thrown silk, and
on or before the sth of April next in regard to silk manu-
factures, in order to enable the parties after those periods
to avail themselves of such returns of duty, and of such
allowances in the nature of bounty and drawback, as Par-
liament may be pleased to grant, subject to future regula-
tion. Parties sending silk to be warehoused are required
to deliver with the same a specifleotion of the mark, number
and contents of each package, signed at full and dated, and
are liable to every expense for warehouse, rent, &c.—
Gla4g9io Chronicle of Thursday.