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which would produce ajc the misery and distress which he had
described, but whether they should pass a Bill changing the
whole principle of our marriage laws with such haste as to
defy all deliberation, and preclude all! discussion. He then
proceed to examine the prospective clauses, and pointed out
• the anomalies and blunders which they contained. One pro-
- vided, that if one of the parties were of age, each should swear
the other was twenty-one. Then again it was to' be neces-
sary that a copy of the register of the births of the parties
should he produced to the Clergyman. Now it was very
well known, that in many cases ,persons were not registered
for months, or years aft( t being born. This would be the
case where children were born while their parents were out of
the country. So that when the register was produced, the
Person could tot marry, although in fact he might be more
than of age. Another provision was, that the houses of the
parties should be affixed to the church doors, and in some
conspicuous part within the church.--(A laugh.)—The credit
of f this, however, did not belong to their Lordships. It. was
'll the clause of his Honourable and Learned Friend. With
regard, to the retrospective operation of the Bill, he had
heard with surprise from his Right Hon. Friend the Attorney-
, General for 'lreland, that retrospective operation was an ordi-
• nary Principle of legislation. Now he confessed that this was
Contrary to all that ever he had heard or read.
' PLUNKET observed that he did not say so. What he
said was, that in cases affecting property, retrospective enact-
ment was an ordinary principle of legislation.
The ATTORNEY GENLRAL said that such enactments
"ly applied to the particular cases, but this proposition
;ras for recognizing the principle in a general and public
'3l;'• The measure of Lord Hardwicke had existed from 1754
do
roi to the present day without any alteration in its princi-
.l)&e, and now it was proposed all at once, without delibera-
- -,on and without discussion, to change and destroy its prin.
P)ie altogether. If the Bill should pass, any young man of
AarrnilY might marry a prostitute, and parents have no remedy.
ihtaeh had been said respectiny. theo punishment of children for
e faults of their parents. infrtunately a violation or dis-
legara of the law had that effect, but it was the policy of English
law to make children suffer for the offences of their father. The
it'''. of attainder had precisely that effect. With respect to pro-
ttY, the House could never in its justice deprive persons of
tleis vested rights. The retrospective clause woold unhinge
e law of 1754. In all the statutes existing rights had been
rietlY maintained. He called on the House to pause before
t..i.;eoy Passed this Bill. They ought to consider in what state
lr
Property would stand. • This Bill had been so altered in
trthe House of Lords, thit it came down as a new measure, to
eiieohnesecnotTended, the House of Commons ought to withhold
t -1.• MACKINTOSH begged to be indulged with the at-
hention of the House for a short time. It was incumbent on
14", to make afew observations in answer to the speech of his
' `,:gat Hon. Friend, who certainly had spoken with moral
,-"urage, which did him the greatest honour. He agreed with
Hon,atfecing Fri
and Learned end, the Member for Oxford, in de-
precating canvass with Members of Parliament; to support
hat or 411 Y other measure. He could at least say, no person
offered an insult by. presuming to. canvass him. Five
'Lears, ago, long before he heard of the case which had been
t
rreVently alluded to, he felt the injustice of the 'Mar-
tble Act. When he saw it had , a tendency to overturn
ear eace of families, by leading near relations to destroy
10, honour, and dignity, it was impossible to say such
had ought to exist. He protested against the mode which
to " been adopted in the discussion on this subject. They were
Thaersider the abuse of the Marriage Act, and think of refor-
ti t". Some Hon. Members had objected to many alter-
a,. rIS in the Marriage Act by the House of Lords. The Mar-
tk"Ye Act originated in the House of Lords, and their decision
eght to satisfy the House of Commons, because the House of
sh:r! were certainly interested in taking care that persons
taid not marry improperly with Noble Families. The House
Lords had made the bill better than it was when it was sent
up' It Was one of the most important matters of legisla-
.o,l3o that 'could possibly interest the peace and happiness of
13`,e,People of this country. They had heard of blunders in the
vi;: with sell:Peet to notices on church-doors, but he was con-
, eed there was not a Court of Law that would not put a
tPnstruction on that part of the bill, deciding that a descrip-
-I°ll of the residence of the parties was to be made public.
`de stood up for the interest of children, and the security of
I:°Pel. There were few families in which objections might
Suer
e marriages illegal, and children' illegitimate, and that
Very circumstance proved the necessity for this Bill.—The
(t)ntY way to put an end to these doubts in marriages was
2 Pass the Bill, and give quiet possession. This was a Bill
Inch affected the whole community, and every child, born and
unborn. Expedience required retrospection. The peace of
families must be set at rest. They were not to look at law au-
thorities alone on this subject. If they were to inquire what
ue law ought to be, they were to consult public feeling, and
icrirrofessional opinions. He would oppose legal legislation
'Neel Petty-foging, and the subtility. of lawyers. The
Ishatlo.ll was; batw the measure was, in legal policy, not
it , t„„it was with respect to legal opinions. The law as
liets,„"A made a divorce between patrimony and matrimony.
tbre:sPection was the very essence of the Bill, and if they ,
Rai" the retrospective clause away they might give up the
font, „One of the greatest commercial towns in this kingdom
natu,,e`i.Part of the property of the family which had been
taiue4 in debate and unless the retrospective clause were re-
. Nvoull, not one of the holders of property under that family
• sayio have a secure title. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by
elaus, he cod
iidered both the prospective and retrospective
The fouaden justice.
Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to state the
ground
•AT °n which he gave his vote on this occasion. The Noble
.st„
luls was disposed to apply what he had to say to the
°eiPle of the Bill rather than minor details. If the Bill
werorure s
f nod in its principle the House was not restrained
Vf vi
‘Vslating on the subject. Looking at it in that point
itst'ew' he was. bound to consider the principle of the Bill as
4rte down from the Lords. The Noble Marquis would not
law from himself the great difficulties arising from the
f l'-
vented. It had been said this measure was to be go-
ssy baby a Particular case; but on that subject he could only
irnnrot be should feel disgrace if he were capable of acting
[OO/perly upon any particular case. They were, however,
' and to the forfeitures created by the Marriage Act of 1754,
they `": more terrific these forfeitures appeared, the more
°f I the
4,d feel the necessity of shortening the duration
he
of ,e!. The Attorney General had said. it was a prin-
Parents- English law to visit the children with the sins of
obvious,
_11(1 the law of attainder had been mentioned. It was
ae, vete 'a.,noWever, that the Marriage Act, as it stood, was more
,relaucilatt the law of attainder. The Attorney-General for
4,°Peratir,„"ad truly said that informality in marriage under the
,or of the existing law, attainted the blood of the party
treason r., The law of attainder was well known. In cases of
ners,„,tite Property was forfeited to the Crown, and after the
ben e; had suffered punishment, it might be restored by the
ofunder
the , the Sovereign to. the injured chil.dren, but
°t* ever Marriage Act the offspring of invalid marriages were ,
resod deprived of property.
_ Informalities might be disco-
%ire Most marriages, and if the law remained, it would 're-
attorn. bold man to say, after years had expired, that a sharp
'qiel.l7 Might not find out something to invalidate marriages
the house Parties considered good. In looking at this question
fish Ise was not to put a bar to every disqualification of mar,
The Noble. Lord was not prepared to say marriages
th not b
e Punish eso mixed up with fraud as to become null, but
Ment in such cases •should be proportioned to the
Zio_t c‘,4l-ie nature of the punishment, as the.law stood, was
. tr„. ensurate., He could not see_how children ought to
ki:j" such cases. With respect to informality in marriages,
r)onstrous punishment to make children illegitimate,
to red them of the father's property. So far as it af-
rPPsterit .cendants it was outrageous, and as it applied to
hisbuYl a was really horrible. The only case in which
del ite,,_e_nt could apply was fraud, but the punishment should
sVlntteent, NM that which the law now applied. The frau-
ved;„rson received a sort of encouragement ; the law dis-
'" rriarriage, merely for the interest of the remainder
be • 4537 the statute of 1754, clandestine marriages were to
%Prevented • std puw„,_ , but could there be a more clumsy prevention?
and his'iTnent fell on the innocent. The Noble Marquis
I._ Raid heepons for s.upporting the 'irlidity •of marriages,
• „,,,lad no hesitation in adopting the retrospective
irnethion, Theme no
of the Act was so unjust, that
it°tlghtmost be done by way of remedye He really
'WaS the be
had seen the question
.in its true light.
tali); ,7„vtmiliitls.i.b.iiie, while they were legislating, for them to
atweoiqustesfntiotriii.: Nita al case of fraud or informality. They were
eral principle of justice. In every view of
felt and one; hegate'rindought the principle adopted by the Lords was
frome,ve.rY reason heshould giYe his vote in support of it. He
se,,, his ,rto distrust his own judgment, when he differed
tie": case, upon ; but he was bound to decide, in the pre toe general and well defined principles of jus-
selves not decide e
e()ld CA`NNlNeGithfeared that this was a question which they
hlln.; but for er way with perfect satisfaction to them- an advocut law, as it now stood, no man had avowed
iaw.anitinbe_a,s-iir let; and the House would gain by substitut-
ase. been painful and less penal than the present,
but
.1-1 e knee_
noatred, that this bill arose out of a specific
it as az It. were pwres
eding of the
in
interested in that case ;
fie,
.n Inusttati 3 upon him in the argument, he must take
lens of tile hardship which the bill sought to re-
supportg )—:-The Right Hon. Gentleman, at some
the and exhorted the House to pass It,

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Wednesday. The news from Greece affords the
encouraging hope that the cause of justice and
humanity will triumph over the worst of oppres-
sions and barbarism.
It is stated in an article from Bayonne, con-

tained in the Journal de Paris, and the Constitu.
tionnel, that the " Army of the Faith," under
QUESADA, had been entirely defeated by the
Spanish troops under Gen. LOPEZ BANOS ; and
it appears by accounts from various parts of Spain,
that,imposing forces are marching from different.
points against the Insurgents, whose speedy-de-
struction, or surrender, may be expected : but
the most important news respecting Spain relate
to a Mutiny among the Guards at Madrid, the
particulars of which are extracted from Madrid
Papers of the 2d, 3d, and 4th instant, and will
be found in our last page.
The following are extracts from the French
Journals :
PARIS, JULY 10.—Our letters from Bayonne of the 4th
instant state as follows :
" .111 y last informed you of the arrangement made by Gen.
Lopez Banos to turn the rebels under the command of Quesada.
This operation has perfectly succeeded. An express which ar-
rived this morning has brought certain intelligence, that yes-
terday, at break of day, General Lopez Banos ordered the
attack on all points upon the army of Quesada. The re.
suit, was the loss to the latter of upwards of 300 men killed
upon the field of battle, which is nearly the whole number of
persons capable of using arms, amongst the 1,500,wh0 had
assembled in the valley of Runcal. The rest fled towards
Arragon, not being able to retreat upon France by the wood
of Ilayrati.
" Amongst the number of killed are several Chiefs, includ-
ing the famous Sarten Ladron. It is not known what has be-
come of General Quesada. Thus the army which was to over-
throw the Constitutional Government of Spain, and which ar.
rogated the right of interpreting the intentions of Allied
Princes, is entirely destroyed.
" Thirty of those unfortunate men, who formed part of the
band of the Curate Zavala, in BiScay, have arrived here ;
they were enlisted to march to Runcal, but they arrived too
late.

" The Spanish Consul here has notified to the Directbr of
our Customs the orders of his Government, prohibiting all
communication with Spain, except by the way of Irun.'!--
( Constitutionnel.)
The report was circulated here yesterday evening that the
celebrated Quesada, the hope of the Counter-Revolution, had
returned alone to France, disguised as a peasant. He is said
to have arrived at B,ourdeaux.—(ldem.)
Letters from Tarragona, of the 25th June, say, the regiment
of Malaga is to arrive here to-day. Another regiment has
embarked at Alicant to proceed to Fort de Roses ; two other
regiments have left Cadiz to 'march to Catalonia. Imposing
forces are marching on the places where the rebels are, and
their expulsion from the Peninsula will soon he complete.—
( /dem)...

Sever-al of the persons charged with being implicated in the
affair of the conspiracy of Belfort, have presented a petition to
the Keeper of the Seals, of which the following are the Princi-
pal passages :
" DUBLAR, CANISY, BUCIIEZ, PAULIN, and BRUNEL,
detenus in the Maison de Justice, at Colmar, to his Ex-
cellency the KEEPER of the SEALS.
" MONSEIGNEUR,—We have already had the honour of
requesting authority for MM. Berville and Renouard, Advo-
cates at Paris, to come to defend us before the Court of As-
sizes, at Colmar.
" We are informed that your Excellency has refused our re-
quest.

" Permit us, Monseigneur, to renew our request, again
stating the motives which compel us to make it.
" For six months the charges against us have been circulated
in the Haut Rhin at Paris, and in several other departments ;
every where the accusation has had its organs; and every thing
indicates to us that nothing has been left undone with a view
to its success. s

." Accused of a capital crime—of a conspiracy against the
safety of the state—and on the eve of being tried, we have no
defenders, no person has 'yet presented himself in our interest
at the office of the Court of Colmar to take a copy of the in-
dictment of which a part only has been communicated to us.
" We do not accuse the advocates of this town, their zeal is
well known, but their number is not sufficient for the defence
of the accused, the President of the Assizes having been
obliged to confide several causes to one advocate, and they
themselves recognize the necessity of resorting to another bar."
The Petitioners declare that they have placed all their confi-
dence in the two advocates whom they name, and who alone pos-
sess the means of establishing their justification. They repre-
sent that a heavy responsibility will attach to the Government
if they are capitally condemned without being able to defend
themselves in a suitable manner ; and to what serious conjec-
tures will it give rise, that the advocates of their choice were
refused to them ? They thus conclude—

" Time passes, the accusation occupies its, and, we repeat,
no person' dreams of our defence. Noble advocates are not
wanting, but you, Monseigneur, repel them.
"We wait with a solicitude which it easy to comprehend
for your Excellency's answer,
(Signed)

PAULIN,'
BRUNEL."

" DUMAS,
" CA NISY,
" Colmar, July 5, 1822, " BUCHEZ.
All the Jiournals have stated that •the trial respecting the
affair of Belfort was to commence on the Bth instant, before the
Court of Assizes of Colmar. This is not correct*; the trial does
not commence till the 22d.
FRENCH FUNDS.-JULY 10.
'Five per Cents. 'Opened at
Closed at 9l f. .55 c.
Bank Stock l6OO f. c.
Exchange on London—One Month 25 f. 50 c•
Three Months 25 f. 30 c. •
[EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.]
" S3zYnx'A, 3IAY 29.—There are no longer committed at
Scio r.ny but partial assassinations. Amongst, the number of
private circumstances, the following is guaranteed by several
eye-witnesses :

" A young Greek female, sixteen or seventeen years of age,
of great beauty, was carried off by an Arab, who sold her to a
Turk for 300 piastres. Shortly afterwards he offered 3,000
piastres to her new master for the re-purchase of this beautiful
Chiot. The Turk, who already felt a sentiment of love, re,
fused the money.
" The Arab proceeded to the market, met the Turk, and
wanted to compel him to restore the slave on receiving 300
piastres, the original price., The Turk opposed this, and high
words arose ; the Arab, at length, in a transport of anger, said,
You shall not have her;' and, taking out his pistol, lodged
the contents in her bosom ; she fell and expired. The Turk
embraced the inanimate body, and mingled his tears with its
blood. Recovering himself, he presented himself before the
Capitan Pacha and demanded justice. You shall have it,'
said the Grand Admiral. 'Do you know the murderer ?'—
' Yes." Let all the Arabs be arrested and brought before
me."

" The order was executed, and the Turk pointed out the
guilty individual.. ' Draw thy sabre and cut off his head.' The

Turk declined the office, which was then performed by the
executioner.
According to the registers of the Customs of Chio, upwards
of 30,000 slaves, women and children, have been carried out of
the island. The exportation is subject to a duty.
CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 11.—It is stated that the Aus-
trian and English Ministers made, on the 3d and 4th instant,
new verbal representations on the non-execution of the promise
relative to the evacuation of Wallachia and Moldavia. The
Reis Effendi replied that this measure involved difficulties, on
account of the necessary subsistence of the army, and that the
Divan must manage the spirit of the army.
It is evident that this exchange of moderate demands and
dilatory answers, supposes on both sides a pacific system.
It is said that the Persians have gained a battle near Er-
zerum, in which three Dachas, including that of Trebisond,
were made prisoners ; and that Chourschid Pacha has suffered
a check near Janina. These accounts are asserted to be official,
but they are not published. It is added, that Chourschid Pacha
has been recalled, and it is easy to anticipate his fate.
The disaster of Chia has displeased the Princess Fatima,
the Sister of the Sultan, who possessed that island as an ap-
panage, and from which she drew 1,200 purses per annum.
The Sultan 'endeavoured to console her, but she said that the
Capitan Paella would do better to go to the Morea, to combat
the enemies of the Faith, than to butcher so many peaceable
inhabitants; she added, that she did not wish to hear any more
of the Capitan Pacha. This menace is supposed to be of ill
omen for the Admiral.

If the victorious Generals are dismissed, and the present fa-
naticism of the Mussulmans should cool, we should not be sur-
prised to see the Greek insurgents ere long in the mountains of
the Morea, and of Upper Lividia.
LEGHORN, JUNE 22.—The Austrian brig Venetian, which
left Smyrna the end of May, arrived here some days since. It
saw the Turkish fleet the 26th, off Scio ; the 29th, it met the
Greek fleet, consisting of 68 sail. The Greeks reckon much
on their Congreve rockets.
VIENNA, JUNE 23.—[Extract of a• Private Letter.]—
Important intelligence was announced' -to-day received from
Constantinople ; it is the preliminary opening by the Austrian
and English Ambassadors, for the sending Turkish COmmis-
sioners.to Caminiek, in Podolia, in order to arrange with the
Russian Commissioners the litigated points still subsisting be-
tween the two powers, and not yet acceded to by the Porte. It
is stated that the Reis Effendi explained himself on this sub-
ject in a manner entirely conformable to the system hitherto
acted upon by the Porte. According to this explanation there will
be no serious differences between the two powers. The Baron de
Strogonoffhaving no public 'motive for his' departure from Con-
stantinople,
stantinople, it will be considered as a simple journey to Peters.:
burgh, and the state of peace subsisting between Russia and the
Porte, since the conclusion of the Treaty of Bucharest, not hav-
ing been disturbed by the events which took.place subsequent to
the departure of M. de Strogonoff, and the Court of Rus-
sia not having sent back this Minister to Constantinople, or
replaced him by another 'Ambassador in order to resume the
official communication with the Divan, which had only been
momentarily suspended by the absence of the Russian Mini-
ster, the Porte has no difference to arrange, as none exists ;
and it declares itself willing to' be on a good understanding
with Russia. The Porte, therefore, has not the least motive
for sending a Turkish Plenipotentiary, either to Kaminiek or
any other place.
It is very probable, and even more than probable, that the
Porte will not change its language in this respect in the course
of ulterior negotiations ; it is', therefore, easy to foresee the
answer that it will make to the new note which will be trans-
mitted from hence to Constantinople, after the arrival of M.
de Tatischeff, and the conferences between that Minister and
the Prince de Metternich.

New:official communications are also announced, which have
taken place at Constantinople, on the part of M. de Lutzow
and Lord Strangford, on the subject of the retreat of the
Turkish troops f.- in the two principalities. On this point the
Porte remains still faithful to the system which it has hitherto
acted upon. The Reis Effendi abstained from answering in
writing the Notes of the two Ambassadors, but he again gave
them a verbal assurance that the evacuation should take place
shortly, but that some allowances must be made, in order
not too much to incense the troops,&c. In the mean time, the
Ottoman troops still remain in Moldavia and Wallachia; the
negociations or' pretended negociations with the Boyards for the
future organization of the Principalities have no result, and
these Boyards are really prisoners of State. '
The hew expedition preparing by the Porte is not yet com-
pleted ; seamen are wanting.
The Janissaries who offered themselves for the sea-service,
had a project of pillaging Peru, but it was frustrated by the
vigilance of the Government.
The Asiatics have, it is said, revolted at Braila and Ruts-
chouck, and are encamped on the two banks of the Danube.
TRIESTE, JUNE 21.—At the moment when the political
condemnation of the Greek nation appears ratified, favourable
accounts have arrived here from the Morea. The Turkish gar-
rison of Napoli de Romania, which surrendered the 30th of
May, has been permitted to proceed to Asia, and to take with
than a fourth of their property. General Normann has set out
for Albania with 7,000 men, of which 800 are French and Ger-
mans,; whilst Demetrius Ypsilanti, united to Captain Botz-
aris, marches upon Zeitonni in the province of Lanssa. (It is
known, by accounts from Semlin, that these movements had all
the success which was expected.)
Maurocordato forms a reserve in Livadia, and Colocotroni is
charged with the defence of the Morea. The destruction of
Scio.has made a deep ingression on all the other Greeks, which
augments the number of combatants every day in the Islands;
they perceive that they have no longer any other alternative
than to conquer or die. The Government of the Morea more
and more consolidates itself ; the blockade of the Turkish coast
has been recognized by the English Government of Corfu, and
proclaimed. Three Turkish' vessels, accompanied by a cor-
vette, laden with the spoils of Scio, have been captured by the
Greeks, and taken into 3lessolenghi.
JuNE 23.—Letters from the lonian Isles state, that the war
has recommenced with new fury in Epirus. We shall not be
astonished if Chourschid Pacha does not march upon the Morea;
he is much pressed by the Souliotes, who have drawn him into
the gorges of the mountains, where they killed many of his
troop.‘, and took several superior officers prisoners, whose ran-
som is fixed at a high rate.

GREECE.—We communicate, with heart-felt
pleasure, the following letter from Zante, under
Cover from Ancona, announcing the cnpture of
Patras and some brilliant victories obtained by
the Greeks, which was received yesterday In
this Metropolis :
" ZANTE, JUNE 15.—An Austrian vessel being on the
point of departure for Ancona', I avail myself of the same to
forward the present, as $u will probably get it quicker
than through the regular post. I have to inform you, that the
Chanticleer brig of war, Captain Eden, arrived here yesterday,
from Corinth and Patras, and sailed again this morning, for
Corfu. It appears certain she brings accounts of great import-
ance as respepts the affairs of the Turks and Greeks in the
Morea ; from what I have been able to learn, it appears that the
fortress of Patras has at length been taken by the Greeks on the
11th inst., and subsequently the Castle of Morea' after a severe
and decisive battle between Colocotroni, the Greek Field Marshal,
and Yousouff and Mehmet, Pachas. It is well known that Co-
locotroni had been besieging Patras for upwards of two months,
and that he had under his orders about 12,000 men ; about three
weeks since a French bombarde touched here on her way from
Marseilles for the Morea, having .15 Officers on board to enter
the Greek service ; it appears they joined Colocotroni, and about
the same tune that General was reinforced by 3,000 Greeks from
Gastouni, under Georgio Sessini. Several previous skirmishes
had taken place between the Greeks and Mehmet and Yousouff
Pachas, who had under their orders about 7000 men, mostly from
Constantinople, but there was no decided advantage gained on
either side. On the 11th the two Pachas united their forces, and
came into the plain of Patras; Colocotroni was prepared to re-
ceive them, and dispatched Sessini's corps of 3000 men to the rear
of the Castle of Patras. The battle took place between St.
Andrea, on • the sea shore,' and the Monastery of Gerocomio,
about two miles inland ; it was sustained with great fury on
both sides for several hours ; at last, the Greeks succeeded in
putting to flight the Turkish cavalry, which caused such con.
sternation that the rest of the Turks commenced a precipitate
retreat, against every'effort of the Pachas to prevent the same,
and abandoned six brass field-pieces. Colocotroni pursued
his advantage, and in this juncture the corps of Sessini ad-
vanced from their station, and actually entered the gates
of the fortress of Patras at the time the Turks were doing
so ; the former having got possession of the gates, the Turks
were dismayed on every side, and took the road to the Castle
of 'Morea, distant about six miles. A lodgment in the
fortress being effected by the Greeks, the Turks left as the
guard surrendered on the arrival of Colocotroni. There were
only about 300 Suliotes, and a great number of women and
children, all of whom have been respected. It is said there were
found about 30 cannon mounted, and several dismounted ; a
large quantity of ammunition and several cargoes of provisions ;
also the treasure of .Mehemet Pacha, amounting to 30,000
machmoudies in gold. 'The Greek loss was severe, occasioned
principally by the Turkish artillery ; it is estimated that
about 200 men were killed, and upwards of 450 wounded ;
among the latter was Colocotroni himself, by a musket-ball
in the arm, but not at all dangerously. The Turkish loss
was very great ; about seven hundred men were left dead
or wounded on the field, and nearly ' four hundred were
made prisoners in the pursuit. There stated that Mehemet
Pacha received two balls in the thigh, and that the Selictar
Aga and Deli Bashee of Yousouff Pacha were killed.—Colo-

cotroni dbpatched about 10,000 men the next day to the Castle
of 11forea, under the orders of his nephew ' • but the Pachas
had resolved not to stand an assault, and had embarked
with the remainder of their troops, provisions, ammuni-
tion, and families, on board the vessels belonging to You-
souff Pacha and the Ttirkish transports which came from
Constantinople. Upon the approach of the . Greeks they
fired the magazine, but it did not take full effect, only
blowing up the interior of the fortress. , The Greeks
then entered, and the two Pachas sailed, it is' supposed,
for Karon or Napoli di Romania. We are informed, the Eng-
lish agent who was resident at the Castle of Morea, left for Le-
panto. This is all the information I have„been able to collect;
and it is considered here as being of the greatest imnortance to
the Greek interests in the Morea. I mustconfess that the most
sanguine advocates of the Greek cause never expected such de-
cided success ; and I should have hesitated in giving you the
account, had it not come through such a respectable channel. I
must now conclude, as the vessel Ls' on the point of sailing.
Other news in my next.
" Your's, most truly,

•
[Extract of a Letter from St. Thomas's, May 28.]
" In the city of St. Domingo things are far from being
settled; General TOUISSAINT commands, and it is only by
the most strenuous exertions he is able to keep the Blacks
quiet. The old settlers are not so well pleased as they ex-
pected to be with their new Government. BARKER Duptir
has been appointed Governor of St. Jago City; all the rich
Spaniards have moved from St. Domingo. There have been no
Spanish privateers off Laguira for some time, and vessels sail
almost daily for this place. Some extei:sive sales of German
goods have been effected at a good advance."
( From the Charlestown Paper of the 17th June.)
The report in the'advices from Buenos Ayres of a junction
of part of the Columbian troops with that of General San Mar-
tin, is probably founded on the movement of the forces under
the command of General Suere in Guayaquil. The regiment
of Numantia, who joined San Martin soon after his arrival
in Peru, are all Columbians or Sambos of Venezuela.
We learn by Buenos Ayres Papers, that an interview was to
take place between President Bolivar and General San Martin,
and it was supposed would take place in the province of Portos.

CANADA.—We have received this morning a
file of the Quebec Gazettes to the 27th May
last, from which
.we intend to give some extracts
next week.

rNDIA.--The Lords Commissioners of his Ma-
jesty's Treasury having met yesterday, as we stated, at Fife-
house, to hear the parties claiming the booty taken in the Dec-
can by the Army under the command of Lieut.-General Sir
THOMAS His imr, Baronet, G.C.8., in 1817, it is under-
stood that their Lordships were occupied throughout the day
in considering an application made by the Counsel for the Mar-
quis of HASTINGS to postpone the hearing of these claims,
which was opposed on behalf of the Army of the Deccan
on kccount of the long period which had already elapsed since
the prize in question was captured by them. We believe the
result of their Lordships' deliberations was that the Meeting
should be adjourned to Saturday next; the 20th instant, when
the Counsel of the Marquis of HASTINGS are required to be
prepared with a statement of the grounds upon which his Lord-
ship and the grand army found their claims, and of the evi-
dence necessary to support the same. The meeting broke up
at about three o'clock.

The return of Mr. ABERCROMBY to his attend-
ance in Parliament, and the injunction laid upon
him by the House', not to prosecute any quarrel
arising out of the proceedings which the House
had declared to be a breach of its privileges, have
of course terminated the apprehensions which were
entertained that circumstances of a serious na-

ure were likely to result from his abrupt de-
parture from town. The statement made by
Lord ALTHORPE proves,' that the fears to which
we have adverted were well founded, and
that nothing but the prompt measures adopted
by the House of Commons could have al.-
-which might have been
rested consequences,
deplored by all parties. So far, therefore,
we cannot but rejoice that the inter:erence
of the House has effected its object. Ai
to the origin of an affair, which, although it has
assumed a private and. personal character, c 4 has
interrupted and impeded the important business
of the Empire," (occasioning, for instance, the
postponement of Mr. LENNARD'S motion respect-
ing the emancipated countries of South America),
we feel ourselves restrained from offering such
reflections as have occurred to us, by mingled
feelings of respect for the privileges of Parlia-
ment, and of delicacy, under actual circum-
stances, toward all the parties more imme-
diately concerned in- the pending investiga-
tion. Having, however, in some of our pre,
ceding Papers, stated our opinion that the pri-
vilege claimed for Members of the Legislature,
of exemption from all responsibility for words
spoken by them within the walls of Parliament,
should rather operate' as a powerful restraint
upon them, than be deemed a licence for using
expressions in themselves unwarrantable, or in-
judicious ; and especially when, in the discharge
of their duties, they have occasion to speak
of private character ;—and having expressed
a hope C 4 that there would be found, among the
Representative Body, Members equally firm in
supporting the individual and collective rights of
their constituents, the people," as in maintaining
their own privileges;—we may be permitted to
state our satisfaction that that opinion has been
confirmed, and our expectation fulfilled, by so
respectable and discreet an authority as Mr.
FORBES, whose delicacy and sense of justice to-
ward individuals, and whose perception of what
is really most conducive to the honour and re-
spectability of Members themselves, and to
the true dignity of Parliament, prompted
him to -offer those well-timed suggestions,
in the propriety of which all dispassionate per-
sons must concur, and whose justice all honour-
able'minds will unite to applaud.—The tribute
of respect paid by Mr. FORBES to the character
.of Mr. MENZIES, at a moment when that Gentler.
man's conduct is so severely. scrutinized, and
when the grounds of his derence are nearly over-
borne by the clamour of his adversaries, was an-
other seasonable act of justice, for which the
country at large, as well as Mr. MENZIES, ought
to feel indebted.

The Subscription for the relief of the Irish is
proceeding with renewed celerity. The columns
of our present Paper bear ample testimony to the
increasing beneficence and unwearied efforts of
the Public, in the 'capse of suffering humanity.
The ravages Of famine, we are sorry to state, are
still in dreadful activity ; but, while the muni-
ficence of the English people thus continues to
increase with the occasion for its exaction, we
cannot but indulge the hope that the progress of
destruction will in a short time be effectually
checked.

Yesterday the Duke of YOnx visited his
JESTY. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY and the
Earl of LIVERPOOL had audiences of the KING.
Yesterday morning the Duchess of GLOUCESTER
and the Princess AUGUSTA left town for Bagshot.