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LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1830.

HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.

The following is the Bulletin issued this day--
" 'Windsor Castle, June 14, 1830.
" The KING passed yesterday very comfortnbly.
" His MAJESTY has not had a good night, but his re-
spiration remains more free.
(Signed) " HENRY HALFORD.
MATTHEW J. TIERNEY."

Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambas-
sador, has somewhat suddenly set off for the
Continent, and embarked yesterday at Dover, opt
board the Royal George steam-boat. We un-
derstand that his Excellency proceeds with all
expedition direct for Johannisberg, there to hold
a conference with Prince METTERNICH on
matters of grave importance.

The Government having abandoned the new
Forgery Bill, it will be introduced into the Lords
by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, but its suc-
cess is considered doubtful. In case of its not
passing, the Judges, as well as the Home De-
partment, will be placed in a delicate situation as
the administrators of the existing law, after the
House of Commons have declared it unfit to be
continued in force.

The French Papers contain no news yet from
the expedition to Algiers, but there seems too
much reason to believe that half the crew of the
corvette wrecked in Algiers bay were ordered for
immediate execution, and the remainder were to
share the same l'ate on the following day. If
this is the case, and we have it from a quarter
to be relied on, Algiers may now present a sad
scene of bloodshed ; it will be war to the knife.

7he appearance of the elections in France
augurs no accession of strength to the POLIG-
NAC administration, and the consequence is a
fall in the Funds, stagnation in commerce, and
a general want of confidence. It is a moment
of much anxiety.

We have a file of Sydney Papers to the 21st
of February ; they contain a long Ordinance of
the Governor respecting the Press, which de-
cides, among other regulations, that every person,
bona fide a Proprietor of a Paper, shall be
liable to all the penalties, &c. The following
was the average of the Sydney market at the
date of the last accounts :—Wheat, per bushel,
Bs. 6d.; Maize, 4s. 6d.; Oats, 3s. 6d.; Pota-
toes, 4s. per cwt.; Barley, 3s. 6d.; Butter, ls.
per lb. ; Cheese, 9d.; Eggs, per dozen, 3s. ;
Ducks, ss. per pair ; Fowls, 45.; Geese, 1 Is. 3d.;
Turkies, 145.; Hay, per ton, 61. 10s.; Straw,
per load, 175.; Bread, per four pound Loaf,
Bd. to 9d.; Beef, ls. 3d.; Mutton, Is. 5d.;
Pork, 2s. 6d.; Veal, 3s. ld. per stone.
_

The Ganyniede, from Columbia and the
Sanewich Islands, had arrived at Hobart Town.
Her ccnsort, a fine vessel of her own class, had
been captured by the natives of Columbia River,
and every human being on board murdered.—
Petitions were getting up at Sydney to the House
of Commons, praying for Trial by Jury, and a
Representative Assembly. The 26th of January
was the 42d anniversary of the colonization of
New South "Wales, and was celebrated with
great festivity. From all accounts of she harvest
in New South Wales, the wheat crop had not
been equalled.
Intelligence had been received' c.f Captain
STURT 3 expedition into the interior, the chief

object of which was to trace the Murrembedgie
River to its termination. The party had pro-
ceeded about 300 miles along its banks, at which
distance the river was about 260 feet wide and
from 12 to 20 deep. The country is described
as beautiful in the extreme ; but at the spot•
where the expedition was then encamped vege-
tation had failed. Few animal curiosities had
been met with. The blacks had been exceed-
ingly kind. The Captain supposes that the
Lachlan and Murrembedgie meet and disern.
bogue themselves in Spencer's Gulf, or the Gulf
of St. Vincent. The Governor of Van Die-
man's Land had appointed a Committee to con-
sider of the amelioration of the blacks. The
fruit season had been the most plentiful ever
known at Sydney.

We have accounts from Swan River this
morning, by way of Sydney. The land proves
to be fully equal to the most favourable mention
made of it. From the numerous applications
for land the locations of one district had been
filled up, and another opened on the 2d Novem-
ber, within the parallel of 33 degrees, South
latitude. The settlement was in a very thriv-
ing state, a considerable quantity of land had
been brought into cultivation, and the public
works were carried on with great spirit. A very
long string of regulations, relative to grants
of land, have been published by Lieutenant-
Governor STIRLING, which order that the
territory be divided into counties, hundreds,
townships, and sections. Each section is to
contain one square mile, of 640 acres ; each
township 25 sections ; each hundred four town-
ships ; and each county sixteen hundreds.
Grants would be made in complete sections of
one square mile. The accounts altogether may
be considered favourable.

Papers and le:: _t.: 'lave received from
Buenos Ayres to the ;-rte March, and from Rio
Janeiro to
.the 25th April. It will be seen
from the following extracts that matters were in
a very unsettled state. The private letters ace
of the most gloomy and unfavourable character.
General confusion prevailed.

A note has been addressed to '1%1; rARISH,
British Charge d'Affaires, announcing the final
settlement of the long standing claim of the
Master of the British brig Huskisson

(From the Diario Fluminense.)

Rio DE JANEIRO, Amur. G.—Sunday being the birth-
day of her most faithful Majesty, Donna Maria IL, was
celebrated here with every demonstration of respect, with
salutes of artillery from the fortresses and the squadron,
&e. The religious ceremonies requiring the presence of
the Emperor in the imperial chapel, the drawing-room at
Court was put off to the next day, when his Majesty re-
ceived the compliments of the diplomatic body, and the
congratulations of his faithful subjects on the occasion.
The Papers from the 7th to the 20th April, both in-
clusive, are not come to hand. The Duke of Lichten-
burg, brother to the Empress, s::ems to have left Rio de
Janeiro, as the Diario of the 22d April contains a sonnet
addressed to hint on Lis departure for Bavaria.
The Diario to the 24th April contains addresses from
several places congratulating hitrMajesty on his marriage.
BUENOS ATREs, MARCH 6.—The affairs of the interior
have taken a most unfortunate turn. The cheering hopes
which-we entertained of a speedy pacification of the re-
public are converted into gloomy forebodings of a general
conflagration, in which our province and its allies will be
involved.

We mentioned in our last the obstacles opposed by
the delegate authorities of Cordova to the departure of tae
members of the Mediatory Commission for General Qui-
roga's ramp, and stated at the same time the opinion that
these would be removed by General Pas. This expecta-
tion, however, has been disappointed. Both General Paz
and the Delegate Government are stated to have persisted
in their determination of not furnishing the CommiFsic., ss
with the necessary aid to proceed to General Quirc.,.:a's
camp until he should have entirely evacuated the territory
of the province of Cordova. After several fruitless re-
monstrances tl,,s Commissioners demanded their pass-
ports, which were immediately anJ they had
reached the first post from Cordova, on their way
hither, when they received a communication from
that Government, stating, that as General Quiroga
had suspended his marches at the Rio Terceiro, General
Paz waved his obligations to their going to his camp, and
ordered them to be provided with every thing necessary
for the purpose. After some explanation had taken place,
the Commissioners set out for their destination, on the
24th, and arrived there at eight o'clock the same night.
Half an hour afterwards they entered upon the discharge
of their important functions. On the following day, after
having had a conference with General Quiroga, they drew
up a formal note to him, and he had just finished the sketch
of his reply when his advanced guards announced the ap-
proach of the enemy. The Commissioners immediately
left their precarious situation, the action having already
commenced. General Paz's force consisted of 3,200 men,
and that of General Quiroga of 2,300 men. The former
succeeded completely in effecting a surprise. Quiroga's
army was routed, with the loss of seventy carts of
baggage, and all his artillery and infantry, which
surrendered after six hours' engagement. His cavalry
were dispersed, and after the action there were about
a thousand men missing in all. General Villafane,
(Quiroga's second in command) with 1,400 men, four
pieces of artillery, and several parties of Cordova peasantry,
which were on their march to join General Quiroga, were
not in action. The latter has retreated to the Esquina,
in the jurisdiction of Santa Fe, in order to collect the
dispersed, which are said to be assembling in considerable
numbers, and he has despatched.a courier to Villafane,
ordering him to fall back on San Juan, which has been
appointed the general rendezvous. Amongst the prisoners
taken by General Paz, is Colonel Felix Aldao. We have
collected part of the above particulars from the protest
which the Commissioners of Buenos Ayres have addressed
from the Esquina, slated 28th ult., to General Paz, and
which was published yesterday in this city. The protest
accuses General Paz with having violated the public faith
and the laws of nations, by attacking his adversary before
he knew whether be had subscribed or not to the proposition
which General Paz bad made him through them ; and
term his conduct as heinous, perfidious, and unexampled
in the annals of the civilized and even among savage
hordes. That if General Paz bad even sent a flag of
truce before attacking, to learn from the Commissioners
the result of their amicable intervention, it might have
qualified an action which has cast such a stain upon his
standards, and that in witnessing their triumph, the me-
diatory Commissioners have likewise witnessed their disho-
nour. The protest concludes, declaring Gen. Paz respon-
sible fur the consequences which such perfidy and scan-
dalous violation of the respect due to the Government of
the provinces of Buenos Ayres may entail.
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sent circumstances, however, indicate any thing but a con-
tinuance of friendly relations between this province and Gen.
Paz; such as the answer of the Ministry to the circumstance
of the Cordova Commissioners, the brilliant reception
given to General Quiroga, &c. Those who apprehend
that war will take place, assert that Buenos Ayres will
not appear alone in the contest, and there is every reason
to believe that Santa Fe, Entrenos, and Corrientes, will
make common cause with her. It is likewise affirmed
that General Quiroga can still command a respectable
force, and that the greater part of the cavalry, after the
battle of the Laguna Blanca, joined Villafane on the fron-
tiers of Catamarca, and that a considerable number have
obtained an asylum in the territory of this province.
Notwithstanding appearances, there are many who are
inclined to believe that a rupture will be avoided, and it
has been stated, we know not upon what authority, that
Commissioners from Cordova will shortly arrive, to settle,
if possible, the unfortunate question at issue in a friendly
manner. Pray Heaven it may be so !
General Paz's official despatch of the battle of the 25th
ult. has been received, as likewise Cordova Newspapers to
the Ist inst. :

According to them, General Quiroga's lots has been

1,200 prisoners among them one General and four supe-
rior officers ; fifty officers killed. (number of privates not
known), eight pieces of artillery, seven hundred stand of
arms, a large quantity of swords, lances, and ammunition,
ninety-six carts, two thousand head of black cattle, three
thousand mules, a great number of horses, flour, wine,
baggage, and some gold and silver. General Paz estimates
his whole loss at thirty men, including one Lieutenant-
Colonel and two Captains killed.
The tone of the Cordova Journalist is pacific. He seems
to convey the idea that General Paz and his companions in
arms are now content to repose on their laurels, and launches
anathemas against Federal or Unitarian, who would put
obstacles in the way of constituting the nation upon either
system that meets the consent of the people.
General Paz returned to Cordova, with a division of his
army, on the 27th ult ; several detachments were still in
operation. Great rejoicings had taken place in conse-
quence of the victory.
MONTEVIDEO, MARCH 4..--The Provisional Govern-
ment, taking into consideration the necessity of providing
for the execution of the business of the Finance Depart-
ment, vacant by the mission given to D. Lucas Jose Obes,
has, by a resolution dated yestet day, appointed D. Gabriel
Pereyra, President of the Board of Agriculture, to be
Minister of Finance. The resignation tendered by General
Lavalleja has been accepted, but no successor has yet been
appointed.

Lisbon Gazettes have been received from the
24th to 29th May inclusive, but they contain no
news whatever.

There was so little of novelty in Mr. O'Cow-
NELL'S plan of Parliamentary Reform, that his
motion was not calculated either to draw much
attention to the subject, or to do much good to
the cause. Universal Suffrage—Triennial Par-
liaments—and Voting by Ballot—are measures
which, taken altogether, are approved of by a
very small number of reflecting persons ; and
though there are not a few who think the one, or
the other, of these measures desirable in them-
selves, yet to establish the three by one sweep-
ing vote would be too near an approach to a
pure democracy to allow such a proposition to
be generally favoured either in or out of Parlia-
ment. We are not, therefore, at all surprised
that Mr. O'CowTavr T n.lld have been left by
the . of Corr .11 so feeble a minority.
As to Universal Suffrage, we can scarcely
conceive any form of Government in which it
would be likely to guard the security, or pro-
mote the happiness of the people. Votes which
are not independent are worse than superfluous;
they are a downright wei;ght thrown into the
scale of the rich and powerful, and as such are
dangerous to the general freedom. Upon the
same principle as women and children are ex-
cluded from voting, by reason of the natural
influence exercised over them by their husbands
and fathers, so ought all those to be deprived of
the elective franchise who are wanting in that
free will; of which self-respect and a sense of
independence are necessary to secure the ex-
ercise. If the elective franchise he placed
unreasonably high the case is different,- but
where, as in the instance or 40s. freeholds,
the franchise is such that any man whatever, pith
a tolerable education and industrious habits,
may look with certainty to being able to possess
it, the removal of all distinctions would both
take away a stimulus to exertion, and destroy
the real use of the franchise, by laying it open
to inevitable abuses which would more than
counterbalance its benefits. To talk of the in-
herent rights of all citizens to vote, is mere non-
sense ; because in a state of society no rights
can properly exist,wirich are, inconsistent with
the general goo& The siltnple question is—
which is the best manner of tatoosing the Mem-
bers of the Legislature ? If any benefit can be
shewn to be likely to arise from admitting per-
sons who have iro property—and, therefore, as
far as human nature can be judged of, no com-
parative interest in the preservation of the pro-
perty of others—there would be some reason for
crying out for Universal Suffrage ; but it cer-
tainly appears to us pregnant with so much more
evil than good, that we should be sorry to counte-
nance any plan of Reform of which it formed
a part.

Triennial Parliaments are likewise open to
serious, but by no means to the same objections,
on account of the agitation and disturbance—the
conflict of parties—the ill-will—the hatred, and
the enmity which elections never fail to generate,
and to leave as a legacy to the people. It is
unavoidable that such interruptions to the public
peace should occasionally occur, and it is difficult
to fix a period for the duration of Parliaments,
which should not repeat too often the scene of
tumult, and should not at the same time be so long
as to'break off the connection between the Repre-
sentative and his constituents, and to bring the
former under the attraction of the influence of
the Crown. This. influence is certainly bexces-
sive,—perhaps unconstitutionally so ; but the
way to diminish it is rather by a reduction of the
public expenditure, than by a reduction of the
length of Parliaments. Lord JOHN RUSSELL
thinks five years the fittest term of duration, and
his reasons are given at length in his admirable
" History of Europe since the Peace of
Utrecht." The point is one on which it is hard
to speak decidedly.
With regard to Election by Ballot, the only
objection to it is its alleged tendency to promote
a dissimulating conduct unworthy of an English-
man, or any free citizen. It does not, however,
necessarily follow, that a man because he votes
in secret should afterwards tell a falsehood Oh
the subject, nor do we think so meanly of the
English character as to believe that many of our
countrymen could, under any circumstances, be
prevailed on to promise one candidate and vote
for another. But if the object be to secure the
perfect freedom of the voters, and to protect
them against the punishments which, as in the
case of Newark, are so often the result of con-
scientious votes, election by ballot is the
surest means of effecting this desirable end. It
would, indeed, be almost fatal to the exercise
of Aristocratical, or Plutocratical sway, either
in counties or boroughs ; and this con-
sideration seems to us decisive in its
favour. It is no argument to say it is unknown
to our Constitution, for if it is an improvement,
the sooner it is known to our law the better.
Limited as arc the numbers of the French elec-
tors, the ballot alone has secured to them their
freedom of choice—has enabled them to defeat
one obnoxious Ministry—and will, we trust,
obtain them as signal a victory in the struggle

that is now going on in that country. Com-
bined however with Universal Suffrage, and Tri-
ennial Parliaments, Election by Ballot was ne-
cessarily opposed by the votes of Lord AL-
TIIORP, and many other Members who are fa-
vourable to it in principle when standing alone.
Parliamentary Reform cannot be in better
hands than those of Lord JOIIN RUSSELL. His
Lordship's views are founded in justice and
moderation, and are suited to the real necessity
of the case. Those who embarrass the progress
of Reform, by aiming at objects which, whether
desirable or not, are at least not likely to be at.
tabled, do more injury to the cause than those
who resist it altogether.

We have a Leeward Island mail this morning,
with dates from the different Islands to the be-
ginning of May. An order in Council appears,
dated Windsor, Feb. 2, for consolidating the
several laws for the improvement of the condi-
tion of the slaves In the colonies of Trinidad,
Berbice, Demerara, and St. Lucia. By this it
is ordered that a protector of slaves be appointed,
who is not to be the owner of slaves himself or
the mortgagee of them, and who is at times to
be resident At the district to which he is ap-
pointed, and who is not' competent to act as a
Magistrate. By this order in Council the Sun-
day markets are abolished.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

- FROM LLOYD'S.
DEAL, JUNE 13.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Lime,
Fraser, from Jamaica.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived his
Majesty's ship Forte, from Lima, Valparaiso, and Rio
Janeiro, with 1,500,000 dollars ; Echo, —, from Fal-
mouth ; Thomas Grenville, and Fairlie, from Bengal ; and
Newton, Luce, from Matanzas. Sailed his Majesty's ship
Alligator, for Plymouth; and SylviA transport, for
Deptford.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 11.—Wind N. W.—Arrived off port
the Sovereign, 11PKellar, from New South Wales; and
Percival, Letherby, from St. John's, N.B.

FALitoumn, Juxs 12.—Wind W. to N.N.W.—Ar-
rived the Sheldrake Packet, from the Leeward Islands,
sailed from St. Thomas's Sth ult. ; and Duke of Marlbo-
rough Packet, from Lisbon, sailed 30th ult. Arrived the
Pigeon Packet, from Buenos Ayres, sailed March 14th,
from Monte Video the 17th, and Rio Janeiro April 7th.
Sailed the Stanmer Packet, for Lisbon.

The Bramsty, Dixon, from Liverpool to Tampico, was
wrecked on the coast of Yucatan on the 2d of April ;
crew saved.

The Jane, Williamson, from Sunderland to Rouen,
foundered near the Five Fathom Channel en the Sth inst.
The wreck of the Kathleen of St. John's, N. 8., was
fallen in with on the 21st ult., in lat. 43, long. 45.
His Majesty's ship Fairy, from Jamaica, was spoken with
off Fayal, on the 31st ult., by the Pigeon Packet, arrived
at Falmouth.