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FLANDERS MAIL.

nausset.s, NOVEMBI.It 6.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange 4liived
last night oil his return front 11'arsine. The lost
acclaims received from Batavia, come glows) to the
15th July. The expedition against Palembang hail
been again deferred. His Majesty's ships {iilhel-
miaa ro.d Mary. which sailed front Ilrivoitsloys,
on the 15th of February, arrived ut Batavia 011 the
4211 and 44th of June.

According to occultists received from Macasir,
traoqudliiy contimigal to prevail in that It
does riot at all appear that the Sultan of Boni had
conceived *B.y livable project* at;au►st the Govern-
ment of the Netherlands iu India. The Union and
Itelipset curvettrs, we►e before Sourabuy.i. 118 a
Majesty's corvette, Galatea, had struck oil a rock
near Basica. The crew were saved, and brought to
Batavia.

On the I tilt of June the Guertin Api, ur burn-
ing mountain of Bands, begin to throw out tor.
rents of fire with dreadful vt lucky. The whole
island wassoon covered with ashes atati btoiiro, which
the volcano threw great distincethey
even fell in showers les the neighbouring nlunds.
It is feared that much injury has been done to the
['lmitations of precious trees which produce the

nutmeg.
The Chinese Government has prohibited the
impootat of opium into its dOl ll ll ; it
bus likewise ordered father &Mod, the only oohs.
eionury who was still in Prkih, to quit Chi.ta. As
old French l'riest, of great age, who hud secretly
inhabited Chills ter w great number of years, having
been discovered, has been iulourstauly strangled at
Cintou. . . .
Hos Majesty the King has orderer?, at the sequel!!
of the Prussian Government, the'onost active search
to be made through the whole kingdom, to discover
(.11 case they should have fled hither) the sacrile-
gious robber. who carried assay the treasures and
irks from the Cathedral Ot Cologne. A lents
from Munster st lies that a young man has been
orreiced there, on suspicion of being tau accomplice
iu this robbery.
The new organization of the army, say accounts
from. the French (mutter, while ot touch dun,-
Mahe' the corps of infautry, will cunsiderahly atop
silent their real strength; but it is calculated that
above GO Officers of the Staff, from the rank of

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TILE I'RESS.

LONDON,

FRIDAY, Novi 110111 10, WO.
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There was no struggle—no trio) of strength
tertiary in the House of Lords ; the Report of she
Committee was received, and the amendments
agreed to without any opposition, mid this day anti
rppwiited fur the third reading of the Bill. This
measure is now to be considered in a light differ-
ent from that in which it has hitherto been viewed.
The Bill is now not only one of Nina and Noah.
ties, but also a Bill of Divorce, founded upon the
alleged adultery of the QUEEN ; and upon this
alteration in its cluracter warml important gum.
tious arise, namely, whether such a measure can
be adopted without granting to her MAJEsTY such
adtesitages as in such cases belong to the Defend.
ants in general ?—whether the KING is, as a hus-
band, entitled to such relief ?—and whether, at all
cretin'. such • Bill eau be pawed without silowiug
the Quitut to be heard by her Counsel against it,
as a separate and specific measure It matters not
*hut oi • son any ixdividual in the State may co..'
tertein tespeeting the expediency of granting t

iitliboiding riollll the Quett any or oil of ibexs
points, but it undoubtedly concern,' the honour and
justice of the Peers to say, whether the Mouse can
alter the character of the measure without havii.i4
•pgrris•d her MAJESTY of their intention, at ■ Shunt
whew swell an intimetioe slighl have been laruel
to her •drentage. The Wear& close., it is trui:,
constituted • part of the 4/41 ilt itemigarsitelappe
but the explatietion given of the commeure.
men' of the proceedings by had Lttrearuot,3
on Lord toltabamis's question te,pilling Shia
point, withdrew the divorce cl use from gene-
ral observation, and so far as the (411 de4
fence wo• colicerned, or her safety itividved in
judgment which the Load, might form crab mar•:
to her general conduct, it was as effectually dcg
Nowt us if it had been even then formally negaiivril
by the Howie. The unexpected difficulty
the Ministers opposed to the removal of the-tihnise
on Tuesday, and the still inure extraordinary adore...
bon of it nu Wednesday, ornswilhininiiiiiii: aft
seeming dissed of she sime party', have giVen a
new existence to the meavure, and ni spirit alter
the character of the 1141.

Much eperulation is afloat respecting the pro.
treble result of the divitiou which will take plate
this dry on the 11.441 reading of the Bill, Many
Peers and Bishops who voted agitation the divorce
clause are pledged to refuse their 'unction to tl.e
iiii•eaurr, clogged es it is with this conditton, so that
should the number of Members voting tot the third
reading be the Lime as of the Peers whit votsd
the funnier division. the Bill (AA either be dowel
out, or be supported by so ineighiticatit a inejonty
as moot deter the. Ministers from pressing it to 4
d vision in dm (louse of Commons. It is, however.
to lie apprehended, that the ftLowers. teeiog the
extremity of their danger, will exert all their
rime to compel a full attendance of add tioilul
Members on wit.tm they can rely fur support, wi.ule
they will induce such of the supporters of the Ltd
on the second reedits*, u his are opposed to the
divorce clause, to absent themselves from the divi-
sion on the third readisig, and thus et lest( lieu.
tralixe their votes since they are unable to Kean:
them. On the other hand it is to be coosidned
that, independent of the opposition to the Illvoice
clause, some of the Peers who voted for the second
reading of the Gill, on the presumption that it
would have been supported by a large majority,
may now he isnpresued with doubts of the expe-
diency of titsestiag a measure of suds extreme im-
portance its the face of so formidable • mino-
rity. They must question the pomihility of tar.
fling suet, a measure iota effect, mud might be
unwilling to place Parliantelit its II 91[11141011 wherein
its authority may by possibility be set.at drliauce
by the force of public opinion. They may 111/t
think it prodesit to exasperate still further the pub.
lie tonsil, agitated as it iiiidonbtsdly now is, by
iliffietisig a .ureic puniehatarnt where the guilt of
the puny is not acknowledged by a fiftieth part
of the multsli, Mill 1.1 dewed by little less than
half of the house of Lords, and where the nn.
jot sty of the Perm who denounced the punish-
tarot are too deeply interested in obtainiug the
conviction to have beets t-apable of exercising all
impartial and unprejudiced judgment. The ex,
priliehey of the rnCature ha. become far mote
questiutiable since the nation have seen how many
of the best and wisest men in the House of Lords
have laid their fronds upon their hearts and declared
" (;.thy upon my honour."

Some motions were made yesterday in the House,
evidently more for the purpose of recording on the
Journals the sentiments of individual Peers. than
I with the hope tif seeing them adopted by a 1/14j11.•
rity of their Lordships. The Earl of CAIRN ARYON--.
*'mono we may be 'wrinkled, ea pmto•t, to
remits k, there I. nut a wan in the kingdom snore
deeply imbued with the pure spirit of constitutional
liberty, or inure determiu•dly hostile to any maxi-
' feat &Rion of arbitrary powe►, however tricked in the
pretences of au affected political expediency—
snored that a clause be added to the preamble, in-
timating that • bribe had been offered to her NIA-
. J csTY by the Ministers of the Crown, of 50,0001. a
yeur, drawn from the public purse, to induce her
to remain abroad, but that she had indignantly re•
fused it, though accompanied by the proffered
homage of both Houses of Parliament. This was
negatived without a division, for if this important
fact were stated in the preamble, no allegation of
the guilt imputed could follow it. The common
anise and ordinary experience of mankind would
revolt at such an union ; for who could believe
that a woman steeped au deeply in guilt as the
QUBEN is said to have been, so madly infateate4
by a degrading passion fur her pretended parasitism ,
would have refused an establishment to rplendn ,
which slit might enjoy in any p►nt of the wueltl,
surrounded by every charm of 'visual indulgence,
mid blessed with the society of the man she loved ?
Ttie most successful refutation of the charges
urged egaiust her could not ensure her higher ad-
vantages, and yet she repelled the offer with scorn,
mod though aware of the power end machinations
Of her enemies, she fearlts•ly threw herself upon
the issue of a public trial ! The Ministers were
Tight to refuse the clause admittance into the pre-
amble of their Bill, but the fact stands recorded
upon the Journals of • Parliament.
Lout Kira proposed the insertion of n clause
reciting the appointment of the Milan Civonsienien,
and that the Conitniesioners, aided buses Vu..

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it *not% " did collect together a heap of false.
hoods, scandal, and lies, and were guilty of subor•
s►ation of pe►jury, by which conduct great dishonour
and scandal has been brought upon your MAJEA-
IT'S family and this kingdom ;" and further en•
acting, .4 that the said Commissioners from and
after the passing of this Act, be far ever rendered
incapable of holding any situation of honour. profit.
or emolument undo his Majesty's Goveransent."
The Noble Lord very justly added, that if this
motion were carried, tl►e Bill would still be one of
" Pains and Penalties," but the punishment would
be fixed on the right abject. The motion and this
remark excirtd much laughter and cheering in the
House, but the clause wa. negatived without a di•
union. The enactment of such a measure might
however be anticipated with no light conf►deuce,

if in process of time it should please the Almighty
to call in the course of succession her Mete►ly
Qu, en C•ItoLI%E, iu her owu right, to the throne

ui theattehlust:

In the cLuist of the proceedings yesterday Lord
LAUDERDALE, iu allusion to the vote of the pre-
ceding dry respecting the divorce clause, under-
took to trution the Mouse scA-uitist what he some-
what ungraciously denominated a manoeuvre or
trick Oil the part of the Opposittou ; but Eutl

GacY promptly and warmly repelled the im-
putation. and remarked to the House that there
could be 110 manmuvre or trirk in his conduct.
fia• before he gave his vote on Wednesday fur
the divorce clause, lie appitsed the House that
lie did it sub the intention of clogging the
measuie. flow can the supporters of the Bill
complain of any Noble Lind who votes for
•oy individual clru•e contained lii the origins!
measure ? If the Aliiiistrrs and their friends
now find themselves in • loitirble dilemma.
whom have they to blame but themselves ? They
ought to have been aware of the consequences of
their own acts, and lint have clogged thrinselvts
with diflicuities fur the purpose of trying experi.
;petits upon ihe House.

We have merit/cif Paris pipers of 3looday last.
A lever from Iloardeaux, of the Ist November,
tys--'• Lieu JUAN NIANUEL DE BAKROS, attach-
ed to the Spanish Le{tition to the United States,
Li-rived at the Spanish Consulate on the night of
the 30th of October, its quality of Courier Ex-
traordinary. Ile is the bearer of the decision of
the Cortes, which occurss to the United Stairs of
North America the important Rossi:Siam of the Flo-
rida.. lle is to embark irnmediaitly ou baud the
J'upid for Philadelphia."
This is narked an important article of intelli.
grace, should it prove correct. We have may to
remark, that the Madrid Papers of the 26th are
quite silent respecting the cession of the Florida..

The Duchess of BERRY laid with her own hands
the first stone of a chapel et ituany. dedicated to
the memory of her late consort. Nod 'intended fur
the rreeption of his heart.
Air. CANNING is now in. Paris, and has been pre.
sent fur some hours at the trial oh a Inonze.catverr
who was condemned 10 two )elos' iinprii.ouinent fur
selling bronze figures of BONAPARTE.

Spanish papers to the 27th of October have ar-
rived at our office. Accounts fro►s Cadiz mid Xeres
represent the yellow fever as having somewhat
abated i►► violence, hut the number of patients in
both places is will very considerable.
The Maelsid papers contain sketches of the loo•
cmdings in the Cortes. This as-embly l►as been
engaged in discuming the law relative to the infrac-
tion of the Constitution►. The third article of
this law enacts, that every Spaniard, of whatever
class o► condition, who shall verhatly or in suiting,
endeavour to excite a persuastoo, that iu Spain or
iu any of its province►, the political Cesseidatetiott
of the Monarchy ought not to be observed, either in
the whole or in part, ►hall be confined for rigla ye►st,

in one of the commune% of the adjacent ishoside,
mider the immediate isispectirm of the cis il audio-
„ tints, mod lowe ult his employments, holtnorof red
appointments; if the crime ilsoulil he committed
Ly a stranger iiihrbiting the Spanish territory, he
bill', iu like menuer Ime the ritiploytnentr, I 1111 l inure,
and appoionments which lie may have obteineil iu
the kiugdom, shall suffer imprisoosineut fur two
yams, and be fur ever banished the Spanish terri-
tory.
Other articles, to the lowitober of 36, were dia.
cussed : mint of them denounced will severer
penalties orksitist offenders who may hold offices
snider the Crown, or being eccleeirsticr, Orli per•
vent their sacred sinuiary into the means of excot-
iug diwiffection. The rem, • Jar relate °ply to
certain amour regulations respecting the 133111 it of
s•nforciog the principal objects of the measure. Of
these the greeter istosoloer were adopted, others were
modified, snot some were itjected.
In the sitting of the 3.Uls, the opinion of the
Committers of Finance and Commerce wee read
respecting the prohibitions of foreign productions
rod suainstactures. The article, read tended to
exclude all foreign productions and manufacturer
from Spain. Great opposition was made, and it was
declared expedient to refirr the whole back to the
eutumirsion.

It is rumoured that the Lake de FRIA', the
Spanish Ambassador at. nor Court, is recalled,
having been *uprooted a 'Member of the Council of
h tat, • IN not yrt known' who, is to be the suc.
Ctiillef of his Elwell/spry,

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