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the Bill; and that liessons have been rii'pointed
cr-
turiuu, for their general hostility to the measure.
It will appear unaccountable to the politic th.ir
Mr. BROUt:H A , who has so eminently distinguithed
himself by his indefatigable zeal, his upright inte-
grity, mid hit extensive information upon this sub-
ject, has not been appointed one of the Commis-
sioners. The office, as he has observed, brings
tienher emottiment slur patt;oriage ; it only subjects
hint who holds it, if lie fulfils his duty, 14 a heavy
labohr with some degree of odium. But althungli
Mr. BROUGHAM expressed in the House of Com-
mons hit desire to be appointed even an ho-
norary ittember of the Commissioii, and de-
clared IA willingness to forfeit his seat in Par-
liament fur a time, that he may be eaMbled to
prosecute the investightion, Ministers did Dot clunk
proper in appoint him. Were they unwilling
to be deprived of his assistance io discussing
the affairs of the nation iii the House of Commons,
or were they afraid of his keen and piercing' eye in
the sli-covery of abuses ? Perhaps, with one of the
Members of the Commission, they had imagined
such an investigation to he little short of Jacebi-
nical, because, forsooth, it tended to discover
abuses, and did nut with to expose Mr. BROUGHAM
to the obloquy which his well-known activity, per-
severance, mid dislike to utiliser., might raise against
him. But whatever may have been their motives, it
is certain that their apparent neglect of one who had
made himself so instrumental its the formation of
the Committee, servile inexensable, and the people
in general cannot fail to regard it either UP a misera-
ble attempt to humiliate Mr. BROUGHAM, or,
what is still worse, as arising from a desire to ren-
der the whole proceedings a contemptible nullity.
Unpromising, bowever, us the present appearance
of the matter is, we entertain some faint hopes, if
the country will pay some attention to the proceed-
ings under the Commission, and the House of
Commons manifest an opinion in favour of the mea-
sure, that considerable advantages may be obtained,
and the poor he re.tored to souse of their rights, in
ilie just appropriation of the funds originally in-
tended fur their education and maintenance. We
cannot conclude these few observittions without re-
commending Mr. BROUGHAM'S Letter to the par-
ticular attention of our readers.

We have received Paris Papers of Saturday last.
General pox ADIEU has returned to Paris, where
he has been examined as a witness in the affair
of General CANIIEL. Private accounts state that
the legal proceedings are now nearly complete, and
that the persons accused of being implicated in the
conspiracy will immediately be brought to trial.
The 5 per Cents. are, 79 1. 75 c. ; Bank Actium',
1,615 f.

The Papers from several parts of Ireland, which we
have received, aiiiioutice the increase of fever Ow-
ral ly in that country, aggravated at Waterford and
other places, by the additional diseaie of violent
dy. !‘eiitery.

Our letter from Dover, dated September 7 (Mon-
(1.1)), s.4y9—" Their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of KENT arrived here last evening
from London; they went immediately on board the
Royal St,vereign yacht, and sailed this morning
between two and three o'clock for Calais."

The funds continue to improve. The 3 per
Cent. Consols left off yesterday at 76. and 76! for
the account. 'they have been gradually improv-
ing since the arrival of the last favoUrable news
from America. This Coincidence strengthens the
opinion which we haiv uniformly entertained, that
the previous depression Was pertly influenced by
the conduct of General JACKibN in the Florida',
awl the apprehensions of a Misunderstanding ex-
cited by that violent proceeding.

Go►ernment has received dispatelit's from the
Mediterranean and Cape of Good Hope.

Madras Papers have arrived, but their intelligence
is now of inferior moment. The Pindarree Chiefs,
with the exception of CliitEToo, have all rent in
their um...served i.ubmissions, or were expected to
do so immediately.
The following appointments have lately been
made :

Capt. C IL Reid, to the Driver, at Portsmouth; Capt.
Steyr ircl Maker, to the Ler, at Plymouth; Mr. Geo Nicholls,
Kestr to the Sophia; Mr. Joshua Williams, Purser to the
Raleigh ; and Mr. Jobs IViutleSer, Purser to the Hyperion.
The 35th regiment of infantry. commended by
the Duke of RICHMOND, now stationed at Binh-
toil, is expected to leave England, fur Quebec,
next Spiii,g.

Letters nave been received from Biscay, dated
the leth tilt. by which we find that it is the inten-
tion of the Spanish Government immediately to
dispatch a force to the flaw: li, and it is sup-
posed that the troops will ultimately proceed to
the Florid:►a. The number of men to be sent to
Cuba, it is said, will be 2,500 infantry, and 300
picked utiilterymen, which are to proceed as soon
a• possible. The Alexander and Asia, Spanish
ships of the line, together with two frigates and
stvrrnl smaller vessels, will form • part of the e%•
',edition', which will certainly rail in September.
The unfortunate Amnatsrtu, who was pat to
death, together with ARBUTHNOT, at the entry of
General Jactoos into St. Mark's, is the son, as
ete are informed. of Colonel Aumaltase, holding
a cosumission in the militia at Nassau, in New P►o-
vtrlrncr. Ile served in Florida at the close of the
last war, anti bore the rank of Ensign in Captain
WnovnitsE's company, forming put of the regi-
ment owl: a- the * liate command of Major
N11;01./.,. At the peitod of his execetion be had
uut attained the age of 10.

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