The Sun.
London, England, 1831-08-01 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR JULY.

The process of flowering in the wheats, that most cri-
tical advance towards maturity, has, according to the
whole tenor of our information, passed off in a healthful
and natural state, and the ears upon rich lands are long,
full, and exuberant. The drawback as to this crop of
crops is, of course, upon cold and foul clay lands chilled
to the heart by the long and continued moisture of
past seasons and the want of refreshment by that first
of improvements on all such under-draining. On
these soiN the corn stands thin, and both the stalk
and the ear are short. On middling soils also the eats,
though numerous and healthy, which may be looked upon
as a balance, are small, thence not superabundant in klrnel.
The Scots are reiterating their complaints against the fly
as the devourer of their wheats during the last four years,
of which, as lately observed, we have no experience, having
always found the damages to arise from the aphis in its
pediculous, not its winged state. Nor are we aware, so
far a
experience extends, that the aphis fly survives
he winter,s our
though we do not deny the possibility. The
t
same rule holds, so far as we know, in reference to the
turnip crop--
no blight, no fly ; though some letters state
the small damage which during the present season hasbeer.
done to those plants to have been occasioned by last year's
flies, or even those of several seasons oid.—mo„thh,
lffagazinc for August.)

The whole click of Boroughmongers and their
Nominees, including Sir ROBERT PLEL, Sir JAMES SCAR •
LETT, Mr. CROKER, and the IVhipper.in, assembled at
their Divan in Charles-stn,et, on Saturday, where they
remained in deep cogitation for a considerable time; the
result of their labows may probably transpire at the Meet-
ing of a certain assembly to-tnorrow..—Morn. Chronicle.
At nine o'clock on Tuesday morr.ing, Justice
LITTLEDALE passed the awful sentence of death on W.
I{ir..7NoLDs, aged 18, and W. MARSHALL, aged 21, for as-
saulting and ravishing MARY ANN LORD, under circum-
stances of a most revolting nature. Intense anxiety was
excited to hear sentence passed upon the prisoners, 'who,
on being placed in the box, betrayed the utmost indiffer-
ence to their situation, only a slight quivering being per-
ceptible. His Lord'ship having 'put•on the black cap, the
two culprits severally said, in an indifferent tone, upon
being asked why sentence of death should not be passed on
them, " I beg for mercy, my Lord." The Learned Judge
then passed the awful sentence of the law. He said they
bad been properly convicted of the crime of rape, the
commission of which was most brutal and atrocious ; and
it was, he thought, without parallel, that four men should,
one after the other, commit a rape on the same woman.
He implored them, as their time on earth was very short,
to repent of their sins, and to seek for that mercy, through
the Mediator, -which could not be extended to them here.
,‘ It only remains for me now (said the Learned Judge)
to pass upon you the sentence of the law, which ii, that
you be taken to the place from whence you came, and
thence to the place of execution, there to be severally
hanged by the neck till you are dead, and may the Lord
have mercy on your souls." The same indifference pre-
vailed in the prisoners as before the passing of the sen-
tence. On being removed from the bar, one of them ex-
claimed " I3eware of ANN LORD."
—JOHN SPOWAGE
was then called to the bar, and judgment of death recorded
against him ; but, from some favourable circumstances
appearing in his case, his Lordship intimated that his life
would be spared. try to the present period, the wretched
men continue to be vet), obdurate. The execution
expected to take place on Wednesday weeweek.-DoncasterGazette.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From t! e Messager des Chumbres of July 30.)
PA Gls, JULY 29.—8 y the advice of the superior Board
of Health, the Government has ordered that letters,
-r despatches, coming to France, from countries infected
with the cholera, or communicating wi h places where the
cholera prevails, shall be carefully purified by the port-
officers of our eastern and northern frontiers. Should any
orought by travellers or otherwise esc ipe this operation
these who receive them need only dip them in vinegar be-
fore they open them, and expose them to the greatest heat
that the paper can bear without being scorched.
" The second day of the anniversary fetes was announced
• by a salute of 21 guns at six in the morning.
• At one the King left the Palais Royal, accompanied by
the Prince Royal, the Duke of Nemeur-, and a suite of
General Officers, and went to Bercy, to lay the first stone
of a bridge, which will be of great advantage. The King
wts welcomed by a numerous population with en enthu-
siasm which proved the gratitude for this new benefit.
The fetes, &c., going on at diffrrent places, eac% attracted
great concourse of spectators; but by being divided in
so many points, the crowd was no where such as to give
toom for disorder or accidents. At five o'clock the Champs
Elysees looked like an immense fair, and the King_appear-
ing was welcomed with the most enthusiastic transports,
surrounded, pressed, and almost borne along by the crowd,
to whose homage his M tje.tv replied with lively emotion.
" The Queen and the ThincesFes, who followed tht-
King in an open carriage, were received with the sane
acclamations. At eight the Champs Elysees were il'u-
minated in a very picturesque manner; the dancing be-
came animated and continued till eleven. The whole
city was illuminated with unexampled splendour. Inge-
nious devices surrounded with tri-coloured standards were
remarked. Transparencies over the gates of St. Denis
and St. Martin bore dates which were repeated from
mouth to mouth with a sentiment which we shall not
attempt to define, 1759-1830. Notwithstanding all the
prohibitions wisely issued to prevent accidents, the noise of
petards, serpents, &c. was beard in all the public places
and populous streets. Among the public buildings the
most elegantly illuminated were the office of the Minister
of the Interior, the Palaces of the two Chambers, that of
the Legion of Honour, the Invalids, the offices of the
Ministers of Marine and Finanze, the Town-hall, the Ex-
change, &c.

" In this great movement of an immense population,
favoured by the weather, which seemed also to mark the
anniversary of the days of ISXO, no part of the armed
force was seen except what was necessary to hinder the
carriages from doing mischief among the crowd. The
people, left to themselves, were animated by one sentiment
of peace and concord : not a word opposed to this senti-
ment was heard."—Monitenr.

(From the Gazette de France, dated July 30.)
A Journal says—" Just as the King was passing with
his suite into the rue de Seine, a young man in a gray hat
cried repeatedly " A bas Ic Rai." He was immediately
seized by the municipal guards on duty, when be continued
to repeat the same cry. Another young man, who was
close to him, and seemed to be his friend, escaped ?
A man named Paziget was arrested yesterday, who,
while looking at the preparations for to•day's fete near the
Gate d'Antoine, said, "The republic was better than all
the fetes."

The Journal des Debuts and the Constitutionnel were
not published on Fiiday, on account of the fete. The
Exchange being closed, there is also no course of exchange.
FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, JULY 30.-Five per Cents., 881. 881.
10c. 895 BSE 10c. 20c. 30c. 35c. 40c. 881. 35c. 30c. 25c. 20c. 25c. 10c.
88f. Sif. 70c. 885 875 90c. 95c. 90c. 80c. 70c. 90c. SOc. 70c. ; Loan
f 1831, SSE 25c. ; Four per Cents., 721. ; Three per Cents., 57f.
30c. 40c. Eoc. 75c. 90c. 80c. 75c. 80c. 90c. 57f. SOc. 50c. 40c. 9.0. 30c.
50c. 40c. 35c. 30e. 575 20c. 15c. 575 ; Bank Stock, 1,550 f. ; Rebte
de Naples, 581. 25c. 50c. 35c. 25c. 10c. ; Rente d'E.pagne, 12 ;
Royal Spanish Loan,6'2% ; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne,
% %re% 48% 49 48%. Exchange on London, one
month, paper, 255 10c. ; three months, money, 24f. 95c.-Cours
Authentique.

BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS.
'MatisseLs, JULY 27.—A Royal ordinance has been
published convoking the electoral colleges of the kingdom,
for the 29th of August, to elect the number of represen-
tatives and Senators fixed by the decree of the 3d of
March. The Senate and the Chamber of representatives
are to meet at Brussels on the Bth of September.
Another Royal Ordinance directs tkat all the acts and
papers of the Provisional Government, and of the Re-
gency of Belgium, shall be deposited in the archives of
the kingdom.
Yesterday the King went to visit the Botanic Garden
of the Royal Horticultural Society, where he was received
by the Council. His Majesty, who is an excellent bo-
tanist, examined the vegetable curiosities of that fine col-
lection, and promised to increase them by the addition of
several new plants from his gardens at Claremont. The
King has also visited the Place de Martyrs. He expressed
his satisfactiou in the most flattering terms to the Direc-
tors, one of whom made him a short extempore address,
with which he seemed much affected.
A British Cabinet messenger arrived here yesterday
from London with despatches for our Government, and
set out again in the afternoon with despatches for the
Hague. Another British courier has arrived from the
Hague with despatches for London.
JULY 28.—The King set out this morning for Malines.
In the audience which the King gave to the deputation
of the town of Verviers, he showed himself. so well ac-
quainted with the state of the manufactures of that town,
expressed himself so freely respecting the distress prevail-
ing in consequence of recent events, and so unequivocally
declared his intention to exert himself in their favour, that
the deputation were highly pleased with the reception
they met with. Addressing the Deputies of the town of
Verviers to the National Congress, he said, " I have com-
prehended your opposition, gentlemen ; an opposition
founded on reasonable grounds is always useful."
One of the members replied, " Sire, we could not help
feeling a recollection of fraternity, glory, and commercial
prosperity which we enjoyed with a ne,ghbouring people;
but if we opposed things, we know how to respect persons,
and the whole district of Verviers will prove that your
Majesty has no more devoted subjects.
JULY 29.—The Monitcur Beige contains an article
of the Journal des Debuts on the demolition of the for-
tresses of Belgium, on which it makes some remarks.
" This demolition," it says, " would be 'an important
fact, but it must first be shown that the demolition has
been resolved upon, and by whom. The French journal
has not done this ; and it is proper that France and Bel-
gium should know it—the demolition of the fortresses has
not been resolved upon.
" If such a resolution had been taken, it would be null,
as Belgium has not been consulted. The fact is, that there
is a protocol, of the 17th of April, by which the Pleni-
potentiaries of Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Pros-.
sia, considering that the neutrality of Belgium, recognized
and guranteed by France, would change the system of mili-
tary defence adopted fur the late kingdom of the Nether-
lands,—that the fortresses would be too numerous for the
Belgians easily to provide for keeping them in a good state,
—resolve, provisionally, that as soon as there shall be a
final settlement of the Government in Belgium, negotia-
tions shall be opened between the four Powers and that
Government, to determine which of those fortresses should
be demolished.
" Thus it appears nothing is resolved upon ; that there
is a promise of negotiation, and nothing more. But were
this protocol of the 17th of April positive, it would be
nothing to Belgium, all the conditions of whose political
existence are comprehended in. the 18th article. We
have nothing to do with any of the 25 protocols that pre-
ceded these preliminaries. and must protest against the
adducing of old protocols, hitherto kept secret, to oppose
them to us now."

The King arrived yesterday, the 28tb, at Antwerp,
where he was received with extraordinary enthusiasm.
" It seems," says tile Courier, ‘. that M. Sauvage,
Minister of the Interior, will retire, and return to the Go-
vernment of the pi ovioce of Liege; he will be ,'ti ereded
by M. Charles de BrouCkere. M. Tielemans, tie Go-
vernor of Liege, will take Exchange the Govianment
of Namur, which will be vacated by the sending of M.
de Stassart as Minister 'Plenipotentiary to Vienna, to an-
nounce the accession of King'Leopuld. M. de Stassart
has been elected fur this Mission- to Austria on account of
'"
with_ the Emperor Francis, one
whoseof
Chamberlains he still is.
some former relations
We learn that an extraordinary courier has just brought
word that Mr. Adair, th'e friend of the celebrated C. J.
Fox, is selected to cotnplimedt his Majest) the King of the
Belgians on his acc6sion 'the throne.
WARSAW, JuLY Tte .Warsale State Gaza',
-jaYB—" General Rudigei 'hai -phsged the-the Wiviz; and

Wth a large part of his fore has entered Podlaehia
Toe accounts from General Chrzanow and his corps ati
agree that from the movements of the two armies importan-t
-vents may be expected every moment."
The Polish Gazette says—" It is said that Count Pali..
kewitsch, in order to arrange the differences reported to
hate taken place between Generals Rosen, Kreutz, and
Rafliger, is gone to Podktchia, leaving to General Toll
command of the main army in the vicinity of Ne7s.,awa."
The Warsaw Gazette says, that the corps of General
Kreutz is divided into two parts. One under General
Murawieff, has joined the main army ; the other, 8,000
strong, is said to be under General Golonin. The latter
had taken possession of Siedlec, and advanced to Kalu.szny,
t knowing the strength of the Polish troops stationed
•here : having succeeded, through the negligence of the
Rlish commander, in taking prisontls 50 men of the
van-guard, he was encouraged to attack the main body,
;ut was repulsed, and his mutt broken up and defeated.
M tny inhabitants of the country of Brzesc•Kujavia have
hite!y arrived at Warsaw, retreatirg front the Russian
irtny, which is advancing.
The Warsaw Gazette says—" Yesterday the agent of
t London mercantile house arrived here, who has brought
r;tr ratification the definitive conditions of the Polish loan
that is to be opened, and also several diplomatic papers,
cnntrnts of which are said to be very favourable to
Poland."

Tee Posen Gazelle of the 21st of July says—" Ac-
co ding to authentic accounts, the heal-qw rters of the
Polish army were transferred on the 16th to Czysle, near
Warsaw. The vanguard is at Lowiez and Scchaczew.
file Commander-in-Chief, Sin uuecki Litnsel'", is gone to
alu-zyn to the corps of General lludiger. The Russian
Troops of the army of Field-Marshal Paskewitsch had, ott
the 17th, already occupied Wrezlawek, Brzcsk, and Bacd-
zijewo."
,
POLISU FRONTIERS, JULY 20.--s/it:cording to the Att., t
accounts from Warsaw, which seem to nett confirmation
the Polish army crossed to the right bank of the Vistula
the dty before yesterday, to attack the Russian trutepe
and near Lublin. From Niessawa we learn that the pee-
:,ge of the Russian troops over the Vistula had continued,
without interruption, from the 17th, and ibat on the 19th
Prince Michael, With the Guards,, was expected on the
other bank, to pass the river soon after; the advanced
posts of th of corps were on that day at Kowal. Another
bridge has been laid over the Vistula, by which the pas-
sage is much facilitated, and over which, besides troops,
a large park of artillery, waggons, &c. will pass. The
Russian corps operating on the left bank of the Vistula is
it least 20,000 strong. The island in the Vistula, on
which the bridges res., is fortified, and will be furnished
with 40 pieces of cannon, for the defence of both banks.
The Russian bead-quarters were still at Lipno on the 17th,
and on that day, it is said, there was a skirmish between
'hat town and Plozk. The post from Posen, which ar-
rived yesterday, was forced, however, to go a little out of
the way, becaase Cossacks bad appeared on the direct
road.—Prussian State Gazette, July 24.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Portsmouth Herald of Sunday.)

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 31.—llis Majesty's cutter Sylvia?
Lieut. Spark, sailed on Friday for Plymouth, with super-
numeraries belonging to the squadron under Sir E. Cod-
rington. She will proceed thence to Jersey, to enforce
the quarantine regulations at that pot t.
His Majesty's ships Tweed and Victor will go out of
harbour in the early part of the week, and it is believed
will proceed to join the squadron under Sir E. Codringtota,
for the purpose of trying their sailing qualities.
Mis Majesty's revenue cutter Repulse, J. Williams, ar-
rived on Sunday from Newhaven, on special servic, and
returned on Monday with arms and stores for the Suess
Coast Guard.

The Amphitrite transport, Lieutenant Cooley agent,
returntd to this port on Wednesday, from Leith, having
erinveyed thither part of the head-quarters of the 47th
Regiment from this garrison. She will shortly proceed
to Gibraltar.

The Marquis of Huntley transport, Lieuf. Robinson
agent, passed by on Wednesday frezn the River, for l's'cw
Brunswick, Nova Scotia.

His Majesty's ship Ariadne, 28, Captain C. Phillips,
which sailed from this port in company with his Majesty's
ship Dispatch, 18, Corn. E. A. Frankland, Nautilus, 10,
Corn. Right Hon. Lord G. I'aulett, and Savage, 10, Corn.
Right Hon. Lord E. Russell, on the 17th of last April,
for Lisbon, anchored at St. Helens on Tuesday night, and
arrived at Spitbead on Wednesday morning. She left
Lisbon on Tuesday the 12th instant. The only ships there
at that time were his Majesty's ship Briton, 46, Captain
J. D. Markland, and Dispatch, the former having
arrived from this port on the 10th instant. The French
squadron, consisting of six line-of-battle ships, viz., Suf-
fren, 100, Rear-Admiral Baron Roussin ; Trident, 71,
Ilear-Anmiral Hugon ; Algesiras, 84, C-rptain Moular ;
Alger, 74, Captain Le Blanc; Marengo, 74, Captain
Millard; .Ville de Marseille, 74, Captain Losac ; three
frigates, viz., Pallas, 60, Melpomene, 60, and Didon, 60.;
two corvettes, viz., Aracon, 22,
.and Endymion, 20,
and three brigs, viz., Perle, 18, L'Agle, 18, and
another, entered the Tagus on the 1 1 th instant,
between one and two o'clock, p.m., having silenced
the batteries after about three hours' firing. The
batteries consisted of St. Julians, the Bugio, which de-
fended the mouth of the river, and Belem Castle, mount-
ing together a great number of guns. They kept up,
however, a very ineffective fire. The French squadron
came in with a very fine breeze at N.N.E. entering the
Tagus in a double line in beautiful style. The ships ap-
peared to be in a most efficient state, and took up their
positions with the greatest order and regularity. The
squadron suffered very little from the fire of the batteries,
1 which, had they been well Managed, might at Icayt
have seriously annoyed the ships. Our infoimant
believes that not a single life was lost on board the
French sqnadrtm, the extent of the damage being
merely confined to some trifling' injury to the rig-
ging. Immediately on the approach of the French aqua-
dron, the Portuguese fl,et, consisting of one line-of-battle
ahi,), viz. Don Juan VI. 74 ; three frigates, viz, Perola,
48, Amazonia, 48, and Diana, 48.; two corvettes,
Juan, 26, and Lealdale, 24, and two brigs hauled down
their national colours, and, having been taken possession
of by the French, the tri-coloured flag was hoisted in them
all. This was effected almost without a single shot; there
were two or three shots only fired by one of the Portu-
guese frigates before she struck. When the Ariadne left
Lisbon, that place was in a state of great agitation and
tumult. The shops were all closed, and business of ev,gr„?'
kind was at a stand. The people were leaving the' town,
and carrying their goods into the country for security.—..
Mr. Hoppner, the British Consul, as a measure of pre-
caution, had embarked on board the Briton, on the evening
of the 11th, after the French squadron had left the Tagus.
This step was taken in the full expectation of a bombard-
ment, in case the demands of the French should not be in-
stantly complied with. The Ariadne will proceed to Ply-
mouth on Tuesday, to be refitted.
The assertion of Sir R. Peel, in the House of Corn •
mor.s, on Wednesday evening, that the French flag was
flying on the walls of Lisbon, appears, therefore, to be un-
founded in fact. The conditions required by the French
having been verbally complied with, the French flett
merely waits in the Tagus for the accomplishment of the
tering, and any bombardment of Lisbon under such cir-
cumstances, would, at any rate, he pteinature and unjust.
Should Don Miguel refuse to fulfi to the very letter his
promises, the French will not hesitate, of course, to bring
him to his senses, by taking possession of Lisbon, which
we imagine would he a work of no great difficulty.
Extract of a letter from an officer on board his Majesty's
ship" Briton, dated Tagus, Tuesday, Juty
W 5 arrived here on Sunday last, and found the French
squadron, consisting of six line of battle-ships, three fri-
gates, two corvettes, and three brigs. [For the name of
.these, see the foregoing article.—En.l At the entrance
of the Tagus, six of which, including the two' Rear-Ad-
mirals, were at anchor in Cascases Bay. On passing;
them we exchanged salutes, and proceeding up the river,
passed a French brig of war (having a flag of truce fly-
ing), about to take the answer of Don Miguel to the
terms required by the French Government out to the
Admiral. The answer tarnved unfavourable,And-the squa-
dron in conseqberice'Y'esterday entered the Tagus; engaging
the Foits Bugio and St. Julian on passing them, without
experiencing any loss or damage whatever froin their
fire, and pre.ceet:ed up the river to Beletn Castle, from
which they were again fired upon ; but each ship, pouring
in her broadside, soon silenced the fire from the Castle,
when the Admiral came to an anchor, and the beadinost
ship, a frigate of sixty guns, came up to the Pot tuguese
squadron (consisting of one line of battle ship, three
frigates, two corvettes, and twn brigs) and opened her fire,
urn:. winch the avhole of them struck their colours without
• firing a single gun (except' the Diana, who, having the
Commodore's pendant flying, fired two or three shot before
striking her's) ;' arid at present the tricoloured flag waves
on board every ship in the Tagus, which the day before
.h
had the ill-fated' Portuguese ling flying. The Frenc
Admiral has since sent fresh den-lands to the Portuguese
ant
roi
teqtrx:ieip.tesietacic,i;r:Lidafi,i,nct,wittellidi.ttbh/retDeohieuotrsiutiirtialoonttsns7nod, will not come to an;; terms ; the

„:nuidge to rise to An end to the wretch who is thl
o,ragin of all their misery.”
By letters from Malta, to the 7th July, the learn that
Vice-Admiral Hotham tad arrived O0:1 in H.lll. S. St.
%'ieeent, at eleven -o'clock MI the night of the Itith of
Arline, and had succeeded Vke-Admiral Sir P. Malcom in
the command of that station. H. M. S. Britannia sailed
on the °3d of 'Tone, with Sir Pulteney for England, and
may therefore be daily expected. The St. Vincent had
been refitted, having experienced ore rongh weather, and
had taken in a new topqtast, She expected to go to
Naples in a few weeks. The same letter lineations also
the arrival at Malta of the French frigate Artimese with
the Prince de Joinville, third son of Louis Phillip.
The Isis, 50-gun frigate, is ordered to he brotght 'for-
ward in the Medway for c3rnmission. this ship was
originally put in frame as a S'O, tpon 'two tleeks, hut at
the moment when the Americans &M"t us to build large
frigates, her frame was polled apart in midships, and ten
or twelve feet additional letrirli put in, giving her a'Aother
broadside port, and qispensing with the upper deck ;
24-pounders were likewise put upon her main deck, in-
stead of the 18's of her original battery. She was origi-
nally constructed after the reduced lines of the Christian
the Seventh, a Danish ship taken at Copenhagen. We
may, at least, say of the Isis, that there is no ether such
shit-, in the British, or, in fict, any service.

His Majesty's ship Samarang, 28, Capt. C. Paget, was
paid Idvanne wages on Mondar, and sailed early on the
(allowing day for St. Michltel's, to relieve his Maiests's
ship Galatea, in the duty of affording protection to flritish
interests in that quarter, during the contemplated attack
on that island by the forces from Terceira,

At Spitbead—Ariadne.
In Harbour—Spartiate, Royal George, Winchester,
Imogene, Rattlesnake, Tweed, Victor, Recruit, %racy ;
Alban and African steam-veseels.

PROMOTIONS, AreoixTmmrs, k0..--Cornmander J. M.
Laws, of his Majesty's ship Satellite, has been removed
by Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Owen, K.C.8., to his
Majesty's ship Cruiser, vice Colpoyv, invalided. Com-
mander John Parker, of his Majesty's ship Southampton,
is'appointed to his Majesty's ship Satellite, vice Laws.—
Lieut. M. T. Hare, of his Majesty's ship Crocodile, is
promoted to the rank of i(acting) Commander, Anti ap-
pointed to the Southampton, vire Parker, Lieut. R. G.
Welch, of his Majesty'a ship Alfred, is appointed to his
Majesty's ship Hyacinth. Lieut. John Adams (b) is ap-
pointed to the Alfred, vice Welch. Lieut. Owen Stan-
ley is appointed to his Majesty's ship Kent, vice bash-
wood, invalided. Lieut. N. H. Jones N appointed to
the Coast Guard. Lieut. John Moore (a) is pro-
moted to the rank of Retired Commander at Ss. a day.—
Mr. Thomas Woore is promoted to the rank of (acting)
Lieutenant, and appointed to the Crocodile, vice Hare.—
Mr. Wm. Peattie, surgeon of his Majesty's ship Tweed,
and Mr. G. D. Me. Laren, Assistant-Surgeon of his
Majesty's ship Asia, are appointed to his Majesty's ship
Magicienne. Mr. Benjamin M'Avoy is appointed Sur-
geon of his Majeccy's ship Pylades, vice Thompson, ill.
Mr. George Incledon is appointed Assistant-Surgeon of
his Majesty's brig Lyra, vice Allaway. Mr. William
Bothwell is appointed Surgeon of the Tweed, vice Peattie.
Mr. C. D. A. Newman is appointed Assistant-Surgeon of
his Majesty's cutter Swan. Lieut. W. G. N. King is
appointed to his Majesty's ship Dublin, vice Moore, de-
ceased. Mr. John Tulford is promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant. Mr. D. B. Conway is appointed Surgeon of
the Ordinary at Chatham, vice Cunningham. Mr. John
Gibson, Assistant-Surgeon of his Majesty's ship Alfred, is
appointed to his Majesty's steam-vessel Pluto, vice Robin-
son. First Lieutenant A. Morison of this division of

Royal Marines, is appointed to relieve Capt. A. Heriot,
on the recruiting service at Basingstoke.
'l'he following Midshipmen were specially examined in

navigation on Monday last at the Royal Naval College,
and found duly qualified for Lieutenants, viz..—Mr. F.
Lowe, of his Majesty's ship Samarang ; Mr. J. Richard-
son, of his Majesty's ship Rattlesnake; Mr. A. M‘Murdo,
late of his Majesty's ship Blonde.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Braganza and suite,
arrived here early on Sunday last, and proceeded to the
Admiralty House, where they partook of an elegant drjeune,
provided by Admiral Sir Thomas and Lady Foley. His
Royal Highness afterwards embarked on board the Light-
ning steam-vessel for Cherbourg (under a salute of twenty-
one guns from his Majesty's ship Samarang, at Spithead),
to convey from thence to this port, the young Queen of
Portugal, whcse arrival may be daily expected, on her way
to London.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and the
Princess Victoria will arrive at Portsmouth to-morrow, on
their way to the Isle of Wight, having engaged for three
months, the delightful castle, of the late Lord Henry
Seymour, at East Cones. It is expected their Royal High-
nts•es will embark on board the African steam-vessel.
The Skylark brig is ordered to be brought forward at
Plymouth for the packet service.

PRIVILEGES.

MR. WEL LESLE Y'S CASE.

Report of the Committee of Privileges, to whom the letter
of the Lord Chancellor, stating " that he had issued a
warrant for the commitment of the Hon. William
Long Wellesley for a contempt of Court," and also a
letter from the Hon. William Long 'Wellesley, com-
plaining of the same " as being an infringement of
the privileges of Parliament," were referred, and who
were to examine the matter thereof, and to report their
proceedings, together with their opinion thereon.
Immediately after the Committee had met to examine
into tie matter which the House had committed to them,
they received a letter from Mr. Long Wellesley, stating,
that the Lord Chancellor had issued orders not to allow
him to attend.
This information was confirmed by the evidence of Mr.
Butt, the Deputy Sergeant at Arms attending on the Great
Seal, who attended the Committee, to state the reason why
he had not obeyed the Speaker's wet rant.
The committee were, in consequence, preparing to re-
port to the House this obstruction to the exercise of its
authority, when the Lord Chancellor's Serjeant-at-Arms,
Sir George Seymour, desired admittance, and informed
the committee that the Lord Chancellor no longer objected
to Mr. Long Wellesley's attendance. They therefore
deem any further observation on this subject unnecessary.
As it is manifest that no intention has existed of wil•
fully infringing the privileges of the House, the inquiry
limits itself to the question, whether Mr. Long Wellesley
is entitled by those privileges to claim his discharge from
this commitment,--a question, the determination of which
appertains wholly and exclusively to the House of Com-
mons.
To assist the House in the decision of this difficult and
important question, your committee feel it to be their
duty, first, to state the facts as they appear in the evi-
dence, and secondly, the law and usage of Parliament on
such questions so far as it can be collected from the reso-
lutions and proceedings of both Houses.
1. Your Committee commenced their inquiry by call-
ing upon the Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms for the authority
under which Mr. Long Wellesley was detained in his
custody, when he produced the minutes, signed by the
registrar of the Court of Chancery, directing Mr. Long
Wellesley's commitment to the Fleet, for " his contempt,"
but not particularizing its nature, and two notes, signed
by the Lord Chancellor, authorizing Mr. Long Wellesley's
detention at his own house in Dover-strreet for a li-
mited time.
Your Committee then proceeded to afford to Mr. Long
Wellesley an opportunity of freely stating the complaint
which had been referred to them.
That statement, together with the notes of the short-
hand writer of what passed in Court at the time of his
commitment, to which he referred in confirmation of his
assertions, is in the evidence ; and though some parts of
it appeared irrelevant to the object of inquiry, your Corn-
ntittee do not conceive it to he expedient to omit any por.
tion of what he considered it essential to his case to lay
before them.
A detailed order of commitment for the contempt,
which was not entered by the Registrar of the Court, so
as to render it perfect, till Wednesday, the 20th instant
(the second day of the committee sitting), was produced
on the 21st, by Mr. Dicks, the Deputy Entering Registrar.
Referring to the Lord Chancellor's letter to the Speaker,
and the evidence, your committee are of opinion that the
grounds on which Mr. Long Wellesley is pronounced in
contempt must be taken to be those confessed by him in
court, viz. his having removed his infant daughter, then a
ward of the Court of Chancery, and having given direc-
tions to the person to whom he delivered her immediately
to put her nut of the jurisdiction of the Court, and de-
claring his decided resolution under no circumstances
whatever, ever to let his child be under any other guar-
dianship than his own.
1 hat this was a criminal contempt of the Court of Chan-
cery, your committee apprehend that no doubt can be en-
tertained. _,
2. ON TIIE LAW OF PARLI.AMIENT.--The earliest uefi-
nition of the privilege of Parliament
prespiectsingHaenrrreystys Is.
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lie delivered from prison by virtue of privilege of Parlia-
ment, the Chief Justices, in the name of all the Justices,

answer, " That they ought not to aunswere to that ques-
tion, for it bath not been used aforetyme-, that ths2;.,tattice.
should in any,vre de toitihe the prlVeletge Of this High
Court of " the determination and
and knOwlegte Ark prietegge belongeth to the Lordes
of the Fatrlenett, awl not to the justices ;" and afterwards',
if any persone that is a membre of this qc.gl/4.-‘.
Court of Parlement 'be arested, it s"hc cites as be not
for treason, or felony, or de incite of the peas, or of a
condempnatio'n hadde before the Parlement, it is used that
all such p6.sones shuld be relessed of such arrestes, and
malc,:: un attourney, so that they may have thei"s ft.'sedom
and libertee frely to entende open the t'arlement "
The same principle it maintained in the Lord Crum-
well's case tilt, 'entry of which in the Lord's Journale,
30th ~f ;itine, 1572, is as fellows :
" In Parliament Chamber, where the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal assembled on the day rtt.tsve saitly in
anno decimo quarto Regino tbetbe-, etc.
" Whereas upon complaint and declaration Made to the
said Lords Spiritual and temporal by henry Lord Cruets-
well, a Lord of the Parliament, that irt a Caust between
one James Tavernor against the said Lord Cromwell de-
pending in the Court of hancerv, for not obeying to an
injunction given the said Court of Chancery in the ab-
sence of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, at the suit of the
said Tavernor, the person of the said Lord Cromwell was,
by the Sheriff of the county of Norfft attached by virtue
of a writ of attachment, proc!editg out of the said Court
of Chancery, contrary to the ancient privilege and immu-
nity, time cot of intmory, unto the Lords of Pariiament
and reel of this realm in such case used and allowed, as
oil tLe behalf of the said Lord Cromwell was declared and
affirmed, wherein the said Lord Cromwell, as a Lord of
Parliament, claimed remedy.
" Forasmuch as, upon deliberate examination of this
cruse in the said Parliament Chamber, in the presence of
the Judges and others of the Queen's Majesty's Learned
Counsel there attendant in Parliament, and upon declara•
tion of the opinions of the said Judges and Learned Coun-
sel, thee hath been no matter directly produced nor de-
clared, whereby it did appear or seem to the said Lords of
Parliament there assembled, that by the common law or
custom of the realm, or by any statute law, or by any pre-
cedent of the said Court of Chancery, it is warranted that
the person of any Lord having place and voice in Parlia-
ment in the like case in the said Court of Chancery, be-
fore this time hath been attached, so as the awarding of
the said attachment, at the suit of the said Tavernor
against the said Lord Cromwell, for anything as yet de.
dared to the paid Lords, appeareth to be derogatory and
prejudicial to the ancient privilege claimed to belong to the
said Lerds of this realm ; therefore it is, the day and year
aforesaid, ordered, by consent of all the said Lords in
Parliament there assembled, that the person of the said
Lord Cromwell be from henceforth discharged of and from
the said attachment. Provided nevertheless, and so is the
mind of the said Lords in Parliament plainly by them with
one consent declared, that if at any time during this Par-
liament, or hereafter in any other Parliament, there shall
be showed sufficient matter that, by the Queen's preroga-
tive, or by the common law or custom of this realm, or
by any statute law, or sufficient precedents, the persons of
any of the Lords of Parliament, in such case as this case
of the Lord Crumwell's is, ought to be attached or attach-
able, then and from thenceforth it is by this order intended
that to take place which so shall be showed and warranted,
as above is said ; this order or any thing therein contained
to the contrary notwithstanding."
CASE OF Mr. BRERETON.-Commons' Journal, 3d Fe-

bruary, 1605.
" Roger Brereton delivereth a petition to the Serjeant,
and Mr. Holt presenteth it ; showing, that being chosen a
burgess for Flynt, he was committed for a contempt by
the Judges of the King's Bench, 23d November last. Re-
ferred to these committees, Sir G. Moore, Sir John Heig-
ham, Sir Edw. Hobby, Mr. Wyseman, Sir Edw. Hobby,
Mr. Pulleston, Mr. Rob. Bowyer, Sir John Boys, Sir
Fr. Hastings, Sir Nath. Bacon.—Thursday, Committee-
chamber.
" These Committes are appointed to consider of the
petition exhibited by Roger Brereton this day, as also of
other matters of the like kind, touching matter of privi-
lege, and to report their proceedings to the House.
" On the 13th February, 1605.—Habeas corpus for
Mr. Brereton read in the House.
" On the 15th February, 1605.—Habeas corpus for
Mr. Brereton.

" Writ returned.
" Mr. Moore witnesseth, that my Lord Chancellor wil
not infringe the privilege of the House.

" Mr. Brereton received."
CASE OF SIR WILLIAM BAMFEILD.—ApriI 9th, 1614.
" Sir Jo. Strangwish moveth, That Sir Wm. Bamfeild,
burgess for Burporr, is c immitted by my Lord Chancellor,
sithence the Summons of the Parliament, but before his
election, and prayeth the direction of the House, which is
referred to the consideration of the Committees for
Privileges."
14th April, 1614.—" Question, Whether Sir Wm.
Bampfeild committed after the summons and before the
election, for a contempt. Ordered, upon the question,
that he shall have his privilege by writ of Habeas Corpus."
16th of April, 1614.—" Sir William Bampfeild brought
in with the Warden of the Fleete, by the Serjeant with
his mace, to the bar, and there Mr. Speaker, with his hat
on, shortly related unto them the cause of his committ-
ment, that the writ delivered to the Warden of the Fleet,
and that now brought in by him. Desired to know the
pleasure of the House."
CASES OF THE PAGES.--Bth of February, 1620.

. -
" Mr. Alford.—That yesterday divers complained pri-
vately that their privileges were broken. Divers pages,
servants to members of the house, abused themselves.—
The Judges of the King's Bench have punished them.
Moveth that the pages may be punished here.
" Mr. Thomas Fanshaw.—That yesterday complaint to
the Judges. They sent the officers to warn them. They
affronted them more. Offered to draw their swords.
That the Judges have sent one, and will send the other, to
be punished here as soon as they can come by them ; and
yet, but respect for this house, would have indicted them
fir stroke in face of the court ; and many for less offences
have lost their hands."

CASE OF THE LORD Faux•-Lords' Journals, 9th Fe-
...,_

bruary, 1625.
" The Lord Vaux claimed his privilege for stay of an in•
formation against him in the Star Chamber."
This case is about two months afterwards thus noticed
in the report of the the Lords' committee, on the case of
the Earl of Arundel :
" Though a lord, at the suit of the King, he sued in the
Star Chamber for a contempt, or not, etc., yet the buit is
to be stayed by privileges of Parliament in Parliament
time."
CASE OF SIR FRANCIS WORTELEY.-sth July, 1625.
" Ordered, Mr. Speaker shall write a letter for stay of
the suit in Star Chamber."
18th April, 1625.—Report of the Peers on the case of
the Earl of Arundel, on which it is resolved by the House
of Lords—
" That the privilege of this House is, that no Peer of
Parliament sitting the Parliament, or within the usual
times of privilege of Parliament, is to be imprisoned or
restrained, without sentence or order of the house, unless it
be for treason or felony, or for refusing to give surety of
the peace, which is afterwards stated by them in a petition
and remonstrance to the King."
May 20, 1675. _ _

. .
Resolution—" That by the laws and usage of Parlia-
ment, privilege of Parliament belongs to every Member of
the House of Commons, in all cases except treason, felony,
and breach of the peace."
The above eases all assert the privilege of Parliament to
ment to the full extent of the ancient claims ; and it might
be contended, on the face of them, that they appear even
to establish an exemption of privileged persons, during
time of privilege, from being proceeded against for misde-
meanours, or punished, after trial, by the sentence of any
conrt of law ; but, on the 17th of August, 1641, the Com-
mons, at a conference, state to the Lord.,—
" 1. That no privilege is allowable in case of the peace
betwixt private men, much more in case of the peace of
the kingdom.
" 2. That Privilege cannot be pleaded against an in-
dictment for any thing done out of Psrliament, because all
indictments are contra pacem Domini Regis.
" 3. Privilege of Parliament is granted in regard of the
service of the Commonwealth, and is not to be used to
the danger of the Commonwealth.
"1. That all Privilege of Parliament is in the power of
Parliament, and is a restraint to the proceedings of other
inferior Courts, but is no restraint to the proceedings of
Parliament; and therefore, seeing it may, without in-
justice, be denied, this being the case of the Common-
wealth, they conceive it ought not to be granted."
14th April, 1697.
Resolved,—" That no Member of this House hath any
privilege in case of breach of the peace, or forcible entries,
or forcible detainers."

On the 16th May, 1726.
The record of the conviction for perjury of Mr. Ward
is laid before the House of Commons, who proceed to expel
him ; but the Court of King's Bench appear to have
passed no sentence upon him till after he had ceased to be
a member.
7th February and Bth June, 1757, the Lord, reeolvti...

" That no Peer or Lord of Parliament had plivilege of
peerage or Parliament against being cottipeiled by process
of tbe totirts in Westminster-hall, to pay obedience to a
'rat of habeas corpus directed to him:"
On the 29th November, 1 763, it wag resolved by both
houses,—
" That privilege of V):l.rliament does not extend to the
cese w'riting and publishing seditious libels, nor ought
to be allowed to obstruct the ordinary course of laws in
the speedy and effectual for the prosecution of so heinons
and dangerous an offence :," and since that time it has
been Connitled as established gererally, that privilege is
not`, claimable for any indictable offence.
Four Acts have been passed to restrain the privilege of
Parliament in civil suits—viz. 1 James T., c. 13 ; the
12th and 13th William 111., c. 3 ; the 11th George 11.,
c. 24 ; and the 10th George 111., c. Cao : but in all them
the immunity from personal arrest of persons entitled to
that privilege is expressly recognited.
In consequence of the statement contained in the Lord
Chanoelhor's letter to the Speaker, " that the right of the
Cohrt of Chancery to commit, in such cases as the pre-
sent, is unquestionable, and has been enforced against
Peers of the reins ;" the Committee have made every in-
quiry in their power as to the instances in which such
right has been enforced against persons entitled to privi-
lege of Parliament, but without success : two cases, in-
deed, appear to have been relied on, but cannot be consi-
dered as conclusive. The first, which occurred in
7 George 1., and is reported in 1 Peere Williams, p. 701,
is that of Viscountess Wenman, who, being an Irish
Peeress, and at that time entitled to no privilege what.
ever in England, was committed for a contempt by the
then Lord Chancellor. The second, that of Lord Ros-
common, an Irish Peer, in the 10th George IV., who was
clearly entitled to privilege of Peerage under the Act of
Union : an order for commitment for a contempt was
made by the Lord Chancellor, but never executed, or even
taken out of the Registrar's-office; consequently no op-
portunity occurred for questioning it in the house of
Lords, the only tribunal which could decide on the extent
of that privilege.
The case of the Countess of Shaftesbury, 10, Geo • 1.,
reported in 2 Perre Williams, p. 110, in some respects
resembles the present. The Court there directed a
sequestration, but did not attempt to commit a Peeress,
who had contrived and effected the marriage of her son, an
infant of the age of 14 years, without the consent of his
guardian.
Your Committee having failed to discover any instance
in which a Member of either House of Parliament has
been imprisoned for a contempt (except by the authority
of tl.e House to which he belonged) since the early cases
above referred to, which are imperfectly reported, have
proceeded to consider this case on the grounds of an ana-
logy and of intrinsic merits.
The same principle on which it has been resolved by
the House of Lords, that privilege shall not prevent the
Courts at. Latv from enforcing obedience to a writ of
Habeas Corpus, seems to require, by analogy, that the
Lord Chancellor should possess equal power fur the pro-
tection of the wards of the Crown committed to his charge,
and should be enabled to exercise the most prompt and
effectual means to prevent them from being withdrawn
out of his jurisdiction.
The Committee find the right of courts of law to commit
privileged persons for some highly criminal contempts
strongly asserted by different writers, particularly by Black-
stone and Hawkins.

Attachment for criminal contempt as been described
as a judgment and execution, the conviction of an offerultr
by a Court of competent jurisdiction, and the award of a
sentence for his offence.

Your Committee therefore, conceive, that the present
case falls within the principle under which persons corn-
mi•ting indictable offences have been con'idered not to be
entitled to privilege.
Under all the circumstances of the case, the Committee
have come to the following resolution :
" That Mr. Long Wellesley's claim to he discharged
from imprisonment, by reason of privilege of Parliament,
ought not to be admitted."—July 26, 1831.