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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1836.

We do not recollect an instance of a more com-
plete refutation of a calumny than that afforded by
the reply of Lord JOHN RUSSELL to Lord STAN-
LEY on Monday last. The Noble Lord charged his
Majesty's Ministers with pursuing a course in regard
to the Irish Church of which they did not approve,
and that they were driven into the adoption of the ap-
propriation principle in opposition to their own judg-
ment. It is scar'ely necessary to remark, that
no one is so -ready to suspect others of insin-
cerity as he -who is conscious of being insincere
himself. 'But the Noble Lord's memory played
him a shabby trick on this occasion. In the mental
tumult under which he laboured, the vituperative fa-
cultes gained a complete mastery over all the others.
Ile forgot not only himself—that is too coinmon an
occurrence to- excite observation--he forgot also all
that had passed in the Cabinet of which he was a
Member, relative to the appropriation principle. It
entirely escaped him that his colleague, Lord JOHN
RUSSELL, had then asserted the principle in its fullest
extent, as that which should in future govern his con-
duct in the administration of Irish affairs. Had the
Noble Member for South Lancashire been in a state
of mind to cast a retrospective glance, even as far back
as 1832, he would not have allowed himself to bring
an accusation , which was capable of being so easily
refuted.

But who is it that thus charges Ministers with in...
consistency ? One no doubt who is at least not ha-
ble to the same charge, himself—one, it must 'oe sup-
posed, whose official conduct has been marked by the
soundest discretion, the most. undeviating steadiness of
opinion on all subjects, and the most perseverir.gfirmness
in carrying forward measures on which hef,,,,,,a come to a
decision. We are sure, for instance, that lord STANLEY
is not the man who on the great qu est ',on of Negro Eman-
cipation introduced into the licrase of Commona a
Bill for remunerating the We. India slave-owners by
a loan of fifteen million 9,, which he declared to be a
most ample comPensr:tion, -and yet in less than a fort-
night converted :his loan of 15 millions into a (rift of
~,
20 millions? We repeat our belief that Lord STAN-
LEY coulia never have been guilty of such a thimble-
rig transaction as this.

A Ministerial Morning Contemporary has thought
proper to publish' a bungling defence of General
EvANs's lay.; death-dooming proclamation, *,n the
shape of.P. letter to the Editor, signed *ny a person
who writes himself " NUGENT ;vIAcNA MARA, Gth
Ttegnent of Seots Gren:,(iiers:, We sincerely trust
that Mr. MA CNANIARA is a better saldier than he is a
logician, a lawyer, or a politician. If his performances
in the ca-i-ip do not infinitely surpass his intellectual
labours in the cabinet—if he flourish not the sword
more doughtily than he drives th 3 quill—neither the
service nor the country will, nave occasion to regret his
retirement, should t).:,at occur before the expiration of
another week. Mr. MACNTANIARA traces the con-
duct of air 'ROBERT PEEL to party malignity, and
thell tries to, get rid of the qubstion, at issue, by ob-
Mining that a proclamation on the part of Don CAR-
LOS to put the soldiers of the Legion to death would
not meet with such sympathy in the same quarter.
That it may be seen we do not Misrepresent what 'it
Would be ridiculous to dignify with the name of rea-
soning, we shall give his defence of General EvANs,
and his exposure of the motives of the Tory party in
Parliament, in his own words
The ire of thew feeling and truly merciful senators was
provoked at the threat of General Evans to punish deserters.

The nerves of the faction were exceedingly shocked et
wlu might take place by this order of the day being carried
int•) execution ; not a word said, however, of the butchery
(as notorious as the sun at noon-day) of many, many unfor-
tunate British subjects.. This question of policy their con-
sciences would postpone ad Grecas Kalendas. Ah, how
plain can the cloven foot of party-spirit be detected, though it
assume the disguise of a Portia! Through the veil of Tory
benevolence how easily can the unworthy motives of faction
be discovered!

" Should the 'Nero of Biscay and his assassins continue their
system of torture and murder to the whole of the British auxi-
liary Legion, 1 doubt, much whether any of their kind Toq
friends would wipe away a tear ; ' but alas, when the .Ceie
mander_of the troops fighting for the liberty of SiNain 'erd:y
threatens a . retaliation, the circumstances,•aa xvp tett, bre
greatly altered. Don Carlos, accorclitrg to iheitt political
creed, may enjoy an indemnity for 'atrocity, anti perpetuate
horrors at which human nature recoils with disgust—vet the
British naval and marine force acting against him with the Le-
gion must not even threaten to repay him in the same coin.
" The nature of Britons is, indeed, always against such a
course ; but there is a limit to patience, and a verge over
which a just vengeance is a virtue." _ _

Now'all this is stark staring nonsense—as much be-
side the question of the.Prociamation as the prastt;ng
of a sucking babe. General EVANS by hitt proclama-
tion assumed the right of putting British subjects
found in the army of Don CARLOS to death. He
derived this assumption of right from the fact that the
King of ENGLAND was at war with Don CArtr.os,
and, therefore, all Englishmen found fighting in the
ranks of the Pretender were rebels. The fact, how-
ever, upon which the, right of shedding blood is
foUnded, has been declared by the Government to be
a fiction. The King of ENGLAND—though bound by
the articles of the Quadruple Treaty to maintain, in
concert with his Allies the Sovereigns of Portugal
and France, ISABELLA 11. on the throne of Spain—
is not at war with Don CARLOS. If, there-
fore, General EVANS has issued the Prtl.•
clamation in question, he has been guilty of
a heinous, two-fold crime—of stating as a fact
what he himself, and every man under his
command, knew to be a falsehood ; and in making the
fact so assumed the basis of a system of cold-blooded,
deliberate, wanton, and unnatural butchery. But what
is still more in point, even were the King of ENGLAND
to declare war against Don CARLOS, General EVANS
could not issue such a proclamation, as he holds his
commission in the service of the Queen of SPAIN,

Under any circumstances, therefore, the execution of a
British subject in accordance with the letter of this
Proclamation would be murder L—deliberate, preme-
ditated murder. ,

So far are we from blaming Sir ROBERT I'EEL for
bringing the subject of this Proclamation before Par-
liament, that we heartily thank him for his promptitude,
We care not what may have been his motivev; we
care not for the feelings or the sympathies of this or
that faction on such a question. AR We look to is the
equity or iniquity of the act complained of. Mr.
MACNA MARA'S gabble about " retaliation " we dis-
miss unnoticed, because too absurd for notice. The
blood-hound retaliation threatened in the Proclamation

had better not be exercised upon British subjects, if the
retaliators be not indifferent to the terrors of a gibbet.
Of course we admit the possibility of the Proclamation
being a forgery. We trust that the Hon. and Gallant
Member for Westminster will not lose a moment in
proving it to he one. Our principal reason for still doubt-'
ing its authenticity rests on the fact that the document
was published in Spanish, though ostensibly addressed
to the British Legion. Why should General EVANS
address a General Order to his men in a language which
four-fifths of them do not understand ? The thing
appears absurd. Was it then a Carlist trick ? We
do not think it was. We are persuaded that COR.•
novA was somehow or other at the bottom of it ; and
that its object was to sow the seeds of dissension be-
tween General EVANS and his army, and so pave the
way for his resignation of his command, and his
retirement from Spain.

The funeral oration of the dead languages previous
to, the burial of their remaius, was pronounced in the
French Chamber of .Peers on Wednesday last, in the
course of a debate on the Budget. The Noble Orator
was M. de MOROGUE, who very ingeniously_ proved
that the study of Greek and Latin begot a fiendish
appetite for King-killing, as the reading of
romances did a taste for charcoal suffocations,
moonlight plunges in the Seine, bed-Post suspensions
by the neck, and a thousand other pranks by which
youngsters are enabled to take the start of their seniors
in the road to the other world. He maintained that
ignorance was the best safeguard of a nation's morality,
and that vice and knowledge were synonimous from
the days of EVE to the days of FIESCHI and ALI..
BEAUD. The pang felt by the dying eagle on per-
ceiving that his own feather winged the shaft that
slew him, was a stranger to the bosom of the
friends of the defunct languages seated within
ear-shot of M. de MOROGUE• His Lordship used
no argument that literature could detect as stolen from
her armoury. In coupling innocence with ignorance,
the Chamber cheered' him, as an acknowledgment that,
in himself at least, France would find a noble con-
firmation of so startling a theory. M. de MOROGUR
spoke of his opinions respecting the evil of incul-
cating a knowledge of Latin and Greek as something
original. As regards the Noble Orator, we believe
this statement tP, be correct.. We have not the
slightest dotl;t but that he was unaware that a Pope
ad prereded him in a crusade against Greek—and with
ittP:nitely less justice on his side, as his Holiness was
himself a no indifferent Grecian.

We are still without any important news from Spain.
Of French domestic intelligence we have none, with
the exception of ALIBEAUD'S trial, which will not
commence till to-morrow, and the Archbishop of
PARIS' pastoral letters
PARIS, JULY 5.—A letter from Toulon of the 30th June
says—" For some days past the telegraph has been constantly
at work. We are assured that the communications relate
only to the affairs in which the police is concerned. The
day before yesterday, a dispatch brought orders to send the
steam boat to Corsica immediately, and it was already at sea
an hour afterwards, though it was not to have left the port
till to-day."__

A Marseilles paper of June 30 says..." If we are well it-
fo'rmed, the French Ambassador to the Holy Sec boo!. Written
to the Board of Health at Marseilles, annoueting that the
cholera had appeared at Rome. We hope that great vigi.
lance will be employed with respect to the arrivals from
Italy." The Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, who arrived at
Neuilly yesterday, soon afterwards set out for Paris, where
hey took some hours' rest. About five o'clock they set out
again for Neuifty In an open carriage, drawn by four horses.
The cor,plexion of the Duke of Orleans is very much tanned
13-his' journey.
FRENCH FUNDs.—PARI. JULY 5.
Five per Cents., 1181. Inc 75c. 70,.
Font per Cents., Inlf. We.
Three per Cents., Sig: boc. 55e. 60c.
flank Actions, 2,•2801.
Rente tle Naples, 10(lt 85c. ROC. 75c.
Roman Five per Cents., 100%.
Spanish Actives, 42% 41%N.
, Spanish Ditreres, 19%.
Spanish Passives,'l2%.
Belgian Loan, Five 'ter Cents, 103 1931/6.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 84i.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 521 j
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paler, money, 251. 35c
Three months, paper, 23r. ; money, '251. tiOc
theta:plc.

BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.—Very little business has been
done to-day on account of its being pay-day for the differences
of last month. Three per Cents. are not quite as firm as
yesterday; the opening price was 80f. The. for the end of the
month, but it has declined to 801. 70c., sellers. Spanish
Active Stock opened at 42k, was done at 41i, and is now 42,
sellers.

LAST PRICES.—Five per Cents., 1081. 90c. ; Three
Fer Cents., 80f. 70c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, —; Gueb-
hards,—; Ditferes,:l4l; New Loan, —; Actives, 411; Pas-
A:yes, 121-; Ducats, 100 95 ; Romans,lo3,l._; Pedros, 824- ;
Belgians, 104; Dutch; —f. —c. ; Haytians, —f. —c". ;
—; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 20; Con-
tinuation, ---.c. ; New Differes, 19k; Five per Cent. Perpe
filches, —; Royal Loan, —. ,

The Brussels and German papers received this
morning bring advices from the frontiers of Poland to
the 7th of June. The Russian Government has re-

co:11%w to the most oppressive measures to litkingialt
and cuslavc the gallant Poles-. '6k de they .61):.
prrs:.(l by te%es,, aina thvaiita hint
cvtin 66. fdigl'on is proscribed—::-the &Alt baVik.,,
i'!-;:t2d an ukase, commanding all the .politic and other
civil officers of the Crown in Poland, either to eon.-
form to the Greek worship, or to Auit the
This lm thro‘rkai the its a state of
fetterti its Vi-14 'known that those per-
NAtrYs tvb Illay prefer their faith to a confor-
mity with the will of the Autocrat will not escape
the vengeance of the Government. In the memitiat
the utmost vigilance is exercised tk3 pteVek-it the Piike:;
and their friend,g. from hohintg CeWrithprniaenee.
Ail articles eaipaltle 4 t;dlkttiling letters, whether of
wood, limn bt Any other substance, imported into
Politkka, hre broken up and inspected by the agents of
11.1 e Government, who have orders to allow nothing to
pa-s the frontier without undergoing tae close t
scrutiny. Great damage IN thus tustaineds licit the
sufferers are not allowed to whikApet
The'BrussclN Papers tontain no domestic news of
any moment.

lIELGIAN FUNDS, BatISSEL9, JULY I.
Actual Debt, 24 per Cent.'
Rothschild's I.Aaati, 5 per Cent.
Loan of City, I8:32, 4 per Cent. ion
Society of Commerce, 45,;• per Cent ... 13'1
Bans of Belgium, 5 per Cent ... lii
.—Brussels Papers, July 4.
DUTCH FUNDS—A NsistlianaN, ii,IN .5:
Ittptrq. pkils.
A etnal Debt, 24-per Cent.. .- •• -• • ••• 5.., dpii 57
Ditto, ditto S per cent. ~.. . -...,..........,...,...,,. 102 I 0
A inort Syndic, 4% perc'e'nt ..... ...-"........... i,8•4 VS
Ditto, ditto, 3% pet Vent.in • ..tll% Q.
Commercial Costspanh 4, per c...nt........,,,, 1911,,,, 176,.
Ditto (1'32 mid l. 01%) 5 per cent. ...VAN...." —.—
Loan 1 :KIR, 4or cent. +...t. 924 92%
l'Kchatige or. London, 9nt lhouth l2 i 2%
Two months
--Dutch Papers, July 7.
HAMBURG BORSEN 11 A LLE, JULY 2.
FOREIGN FUNDS. bill& Money:
Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent. . 103% lON
Ditto ditto 4 per cent.
Ditto ' ditto 3 percent. i ..... I. '75 ' 74,4"
Ditto Tank :Shares 1377 1075
Russian 5 per cents. Metal.
Anglo-Russian Loan ............. . ....... .....,.......n 1064 106
Paper Inscription, (I per cent • - . .-..,..,.' =-
!Westin Inscription, Hope and CO., Pd nittl 4th
Series
Ditto, Certincatts ..,-.•,,,,,,,, .. ....1, .0. ~,t MIA 9fifl
Portuguese tttgtnty irates, 4 t.ot tent 79% 79
INtto, 0 per relit.- • 5l 50%
Othtth •2Y9 rot 'Omit's.
Ditto 5 irks. Cents —
Poltstt floods, 3 per cents.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 74% 74
Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 par cents.
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents —
Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent
Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France 1184 uti
—Pamburg Papers, July 2.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
THIS nAv,

OLD COURT.
Wiliam Crawley was capitally indicted for cutting and
stabbing Susan, his wife, with intent to murder her. Another
count stated the.intent to be to do some grievous bodily harm.
It appeared from the evidence that the parties had been mar-
ried more than twenty years, but about six years since the
prisoner was attacked with insanity, and became the inmate of
an asylum for lunatics. After his release he went to the place
where his wife resided, and made an attack upon her with a
clasp-knife, and inflicted several wounds upon her throat, &c.
Her screams brought a person to her assistance, who rescued
hor from the grasp of the prisoner, who was afterwards with
melt difficulty secured.
Witnesses were called to prove that the prisoner had been
subject to insanity for some years, but had lucid intervals.
The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, declared'
that he was not insane, and said he committed the act when
under the influence of violent passion.
The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence, and the
Jury, without hesitation, acquitted the prisoner on the ground
of insanity.

Mr. Ju;tiee BOIANQVET expressed his surprise that a person
in the condition of the prisoner should have been set at large
by those who had the management of the Asylum in which he
had been placed for safe custody. The Learned Judge then
intimated that the prisoner would be kept in a situation during
the remainder of his life where he could not have the power of
inflicting such dreadful injuries.

The number of petitions presented to the House of
Commons in favour of the Lords' amendments in the Irish
Corporation 13111 was only three, with 775 signatures ; they
came from Taunton, 394; Blackburn, 323 ; and the Union
of Athleegue, county Galway, 61. On the other hand,
against these amendments there were presented 111 petitions,
having 110,654 signatures, an average of all but 1,000 each.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.—AII the highly-cultivated
grounds are making wonderful progress, but some others, not
in such good heart, arc slighlly infested with the flea, and the
bine is less 'kindly ; still, upon the whole, great improvements
is perceptible. In one ground in Leeds, the bines have topped
22 feet poles, and many other grounds, although not so for-
ward, are yet highly flourishing. The low and cold lands are
not yet sufficiently forward to enable us to pronounce on the
probabilities of a crop. Every thing will probably depend on
the weather of the next fortnight.—Maidstone Gazette.
CONVES.—The season has at length commenced in
earnest, and we have had a great many arrivals this week ;
but the number of houses built within the last three years is
so great as still to offer accommodation to a large extent ;
the rent of lodging-houses has also been very much reduced,
and the public walks greatly improved. The town Regatta,
which is to take place early in August, is likely to be very
attractive ; the plan is different to that of former years, which
was for yachts only, and afforded but little pleasure to other
than " nautical" men. This is so arranged that the whole
may be seen from the shore. One boat is to be stationed off.
the Vine or Pountain Inns, and another off Egypt. The
principal gentlemen and tradesmen of the town have subscribed
very liberally to form a fund, and a very efficient Committee
has been appointed. Amongst the latest arrivals we have
noticed the following noblemen and gentlemen with their
families :—The Duke of. Norfolk, the Bishop of Ossory, Lord
Deerhurst, Alexander Murray, Captain Blake, ' Lord E.
Surrey, Major Murray, Messrs Dyson, A. \V. Corbet, Mar-
shall, Goddard, Twynam, Kelk, Rhoades, Hughes, James,
Barton, J. Weguelin, Wright, Colonel W. H. Beach, the
Hon. C. Murray, General Johnstone, Walter Hencage, Esq.,
H. Robinson, gsq., Doughty, Esq., Mrs. Brown, Lady
Ann Murray, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Dacre, Mrs. Heath.
PIAASUitE BOAT LOST.—The Rover yawl.
rigged pleasure-boat of about five tons, sunk off this port
(Yarmouth) on Saturday lithe 2d inst., and the owner the
Rev. H. D. Wilder of Reading and his lady were drowned.
The Rev. Gent. had just purchased the boat at Southampton,
and was going in her to Swanage, at which place he had
taken a house for the summer. She was noticed coming don n
the Wight, and appeared to be overdone with canvass, when
about a mile from Yarmouth ; in attempting to go about, she
hung in stays, and before they could get headway on her,
she went down stern foremost. It is supposed Mr. Wilder
went down with her ; his servant saved himself by holding on
the rudder which had unshipped, till taken off by a wherry.
Mrs. Wilder's dress floated her on the water till picked up by
a mill vessel which went to their assistance ; but though she
had ken in the water but from 10 to 15 minutes, all human
exertions failed to restore her to life, though three hours were
spent in the vain hope. Two children have been thus, by the
same unfortunate accident, deprived of both their parents.
A reward of ten pounds has been offered for the recovery of
the body of the unfortunate gentleman.

CHILD STEALING.--- A melancholy instance of
child-stealing occurred about six o'clock on Tuesday evening,
the sth inst., in Bethnal-green-road: - A little girl, between
nine and ten years of age, having gone out into the road from
Wolverly-street, Bethnal-green.road, to look at the balloon,
which was then ascending, with an infant seven months old in
her arms) which *he was hired by its parents to nurse, was ac-
costed by a young woman, and requested to go-into Sebright-
street, nearly opposite to Wolverly-street, and inquire for a
Young woman named Caroiine, who, she stated to the girl,
lived about two hundred yards down the street. The wretch
gave the poor unsuspecting girl a penny, as on inducement to
hasten her upon her errand, and took from her arms the child,
promising to remain at the end of Sebright-street until the girl
returned. No such person lived or was known at the house to
which she was sent, and to her astonishment, when she re-
turned to the place whence she was sent, the woman had dis-
appeared, taking with her the infant with which she had been
entrusted. •An alarm was immediately raised, and the whole
neighbourhood was thrown into the utmost confusion. The
father of the infant, who is a journeyman weaver, with a
few friends gave information as quickly as possible to the
various police stations of the metropolis, but up to this
time, with a most restless inquiry and all the vigilance of
the police, no tidings can be heard either of the child or the
_woman by whom it was stolen. The girl from whom the in-
fant was taken 'describes the woman as being of a middle
stature, wearing a brown stuff bonnet, without cap, and a
brown gown ; that she is of a sallow complexion, marked with
the small pox, and by appearance under twenty years of age.
The mother of the infant is inconsolable for the loss she has
sustained, and it is much feared, from the indications she ex-
hibits, that madness will ensue if her child is not speedily re-
stored. •

TIIE FRENCH BALLET.-" About the year 1779
the contests among the dancers seem to have been a subject of
much interest in the Court circles. There was, in fact, an
operatic rebellion. ' The Minister,' said Madame Guimard,
' orders me to dance. Very well—only let him take care, for
I can make him jump." This sally was told to the King.
It is your own fault, gentlemen,' observed the young mo-
narch : if you regarded them less, the dancers would not be
so insolent.' Vestris having made an impertinent answer to
M. de Vismes, the latter asked him if he knew to whom he
spoke ? 'To whom I speak i' replied the dancer ; to the
farmer of my talents.' These disputes rose so high that at
length Vestris the younger was ordered into custody. No-
thing could be more touching, nothing more pathetic, than the
parting of the parent and his child. Go, my son,' exclaimed
Lou Diou, ' this is the brightest day of your existence !
Take my carriage, and demand the apartments of my friend
the King of Poland ! I will pay all expenses.'"---NeOforehlY
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