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London, England, 1840-07-18 00:00:00

TIIE REGENCY BILL.

The following is the Regency Bill, presented by the
Lord Chaticellor to the House of Lords, and the first read-
ing of which he moved on Thursday. The second read-
ing is fixed for Tuesday.
'TITLE_" A 13111 to provide for the Administration cf
the Government in Case the'Crown should descend to any
Issue of her Majesty while such Issue shall be under the
Age of Eighteen Years, and for the Care and Guardian-
ship of such Issue."
PREAMBLE— Wbercas your Majesty, by your Majesty's
Roy al Message to both houses of Parliament, has been
pleased to state that the uncertainty of human life, and
the deep sense your Majesty feels of duty to your people,
rendered it incumbent _upon your Majesty to recon,
mend to both Houses of Parliament to consider con-
tingencies which may
such provision as will, in any event, secure the exer-
cise of the hereafter take place, and to make
Royal authority; and that your Majesty
would be prepared to concur with the two Houses
of Parliament in those measures which may ap-
pear best calculated to maintain unimpaired the power and
' dignity of the Crown, end thereby to strengthen the secu-
rities which protect the rights and liberties of your people :
And whereas, with the most cordial sense of duty and gra-
titude to your 11ajesty for the tender concern and regard
so uniformly and now more especially demonstrated for the
happiness of your people and the security of their rights
and liberties, tine have taken this most important business
into our consideration, and being thoroughly convinced of
the wisdom and expediency of what your Majesty has
thought fit to recommend, we are firmly and zealously de.
termined to contribute every thing in our power to main-
tain unimpaired the power and dignity of the Crown, and
to strengthen the securities which protect the rights and
liberties of the pqpple : We, therefore, your Majesty's most
dutiful and loyaliubjects, the Lords spiritual and temporal,
and CorAmons, ;n Parliament assembled, do most humbly
beseech your MejeSty that it may be enacted, &c.
Clause 1. That if at the demise of her present Majesty
(whom Gee' long preserve) there shall be issue of her said
Majesty who shall become and be King or Queen of this
realm whilst under the age of 18 yeats, his Royal High.
Hess Prince Albert, the consort of her said Majesty, shall
be the guardian, and shall have the care, tuition, and edu-
cation of such issue, until such issue shall attain the age
of 18 yea's, and shall till such age have the disposition,
ordering, and management of all matters and things re-
lating thereto; and his said Royal Highness Prince Albert
shall, until such issue of her said Majesty shall attain the
age of 18 years and no longer, have full power and autho-
rity, in the name of such issue, and in his or her
stead, and under the style and title of Regent of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain . and Ireland,
to exercise and administer, according to the laws and
constitution thereof, the Royal Power and Government of
this realm, and all the dominions, countries, and territo-
tics to the crown thereof belonging, and use, and exer-
cise, and perform all prerogatives, authorities, and acts of
government and administration of government which be-
long to the King or Queen of this realm to use, execute,
and perform, according to the laws thereof, but in such
manner and subject to such conditions, restrictions, limi-
tations, and regulations, as are herein-after
,for that pur-
pose specified, mentioned, and contained,
Clause 2. That all acts Of Royal power, prerogative,
government, and administration of government, of what
nature or kind soever, which shall be done or executed
this Act, otherwise than
of the said Regent,
dyirection of this Act
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Clause 3. That the Regent, before he shall act or enter
upon his said office of Regent, shall take the oaths of elle-
gi ince and supremacy in the form prescribed and required
by an Act passed in the first year of the reign of King
William and Queen Mary, intituled,
" An Act for abro-
gating the Oaths of Supremacy and
Allegiance, and ap-
pointing other Oaths," and shall also take the oath of ab-
juration in such manner and form as is set down and pre-
scribed in an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of
King George the Third, intituled " Au Act for altering
the Oath of Abjuration and the Assurance, and for amend-
ing so much of an Act of the seventh year of her late
Majesty Queen Anne, intituled ' An Act for the Improve.
racnt of the Union of the Two Kingdoms,' as after the
time therein limited requires the delivery of certain lists
and copies therein mentioned to persons indicted of high
treason or misprision of treason," as also the following
oaths that is to say:—
" OATHS,—.I do solemnly promise and swear, that I
will truly and faithfully execute the office of Regent of
the Ur ited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, ac-
cording to an Act of Parliament made in the fourth year
of her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled ' An Act to pro-
vide for the Administration of the Government in case the
Crown should descend to any Issue of her Majesty whilst
such Issue shall be under the age of Eighteen Years, and
for the care and Guardianship of such Issue ; and that I
will administer the government of this realm, and of all
the dominions thereunto belonging, according to the laws,
customs, and statutes thereof, and will in all things to the
utmost of my power and ability consult and maintain the
safety, honour, and dignity of his or her [as the case re-
quirt] Majesty and the welfare of his or her Las the case
shall require] people.

" o hel pe God.
" do faithfully promise and swear,S that I wilml inviola"
bly
maintain and preserve the settlement Of the true Protestant
religion, with the government, discipline, rights, and pri-
vilcges of the Church of Scotland as established by law.
So help me God."
Which oaths shall be taken before the Privy Council then
in being, who are hereby empowered and required to
administer the same, and to enter the same in the
council books. -
Clause 4. That it shall no be lawful for the King or
Queen of this realm, for whom a Regent is hereby ap-
pointed, to intermarry before his or her age of eighteen
years, with any person whomsoever, without the consent in
writing, of the Regent, and the assent of both Houses of
Parliament, previously obtained ; and every marriage
withottt such consent, and such assent of the two
Houses of Parliament, shall be null and void to all intents
and purposes ; and every person who shall be acting,
aiding, abetting, or concerned in obtaining, procuring,
or bringing about any such marriage, and the person who
high treason.
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Clause 5. That the Regent shall not give or have
powerarliam to give the royal assent to any Bill or 'Bills
in Pent, for healing, changing, ar in any re-
spect varying from the order and course of succession
to the crown of this Realm, as the same stands now
established by the Act of the twelfth year of the reign
of King William the Third, intituled "An Act fur
the further Limitation of the Crown, and better te-
curing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject," or to any
Act for repealing or altering the Act made in the 13th
year of the reign of King Charles 11., intituled " An Act
for the Uniformity of Public• Prayers
and Administration
of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremouies, and fcr
establishing the Form of making, ordaining, and consecrat-
ing Bishops, Priests, and Deacons in the Church of Eng-
land," or an Act of the fifth year of the reign of Queen
Anne, made in Scotland, intituled " An Act for securing
the Protestant Religion and Presbyterian Government."
Clause 6. Provided always, and he it further enacted,
that if his said Royal Highness Prince Albert shall, at any
time after becoming such Guardian and Regent, marry a
person professing the Roman Catholic religion, or shall
cease to reside in or absent himself from the United King_
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, then and in either of
such cases bis said Royal Highness shall no longer be
Guardian and Regent, and all the powers and authorities
which he may have derived under and by virtue of this
Act shall thenceforth cease and determine.

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worship most distinctly; and in consequence of the
vantage which I have derived, I have recommendLreat ad-
persons to you, and I am happy to state that their repinoratn'y
similar to mine, most favourable. The Spectacles and Hand's
glass which you have sent me are very excellent, and -suit y
sight precisely, and surpass anything of the kind I have evm-
tried ; the transparency of which is so brilliant, that althou clr
I have passed my Bt3th.year, the 22d of May last, yet they g '
able me to read, &c., by candle-light with the greatest een-
and comfort to myself.—Gentlemen,
.I return you int, best
thanks, and remain your most obedient servant, IIEN17;
Cowrea.-22d if June, 1839.—1 n consequence of Mr. Henry
Cowper receiving applications from all quarters to know whey
ther the above letter is authentic or not, he has addressed a
letter to the Standard, which was inserted in that paper on
the 6th of April last, stating that it was so, and that in
conse-
quence of his extreme age and increasing itifirmiy,, requested
he might not be troubled with any further inquiries. No con-
nection with persons of the same name.
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IMPORTANT TO GENTLEMEN LEAVING
Towx.—Stand Telescopes, of high power, fite for astronomical
purposes, are large and cumbersome._
n'lh6yare packed in
mahogany cases, measuring 22 inches long, inches
a.g:sti k wide and
4 inches deep. Broth new Patent N a in,, c (invented by
Messrs. Davisers, optieians and mathematical in-
strument-makers, 33, New Bond-street
,contains such a
Stand Telescope (with also a Mariner s Compass) as
the satellites of Jupiter may be seen with; and
ter..
restrial objects, distinctly, at the distance of 20 miles. It is
very light and small, weighing Ilb. 2 oz., the size being one
inch at top, and decreasing to one quarter of an inch. It is of
evident use to the tourist, tkere being a contrivance for
screwing it into a tree, and it has a vertical and horizontal
mo-
tion. This stick has met with the approbation of his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, and most of the nobility and gentry.
EFFECTS OF HEAT._ Theirritation and in-
flammation frequently produced upon the surface of the Skin
by exposure to the sun, is no less unpleasant to the feeling than
generally destructive to the appearance. The only preventive
and preservative of the Hands, Face, and Neck, from this dis-
agreeable liability is " Rowland's Kalydor." The Kalydor--
a preparation from the most delightful exotics, not only (by its
use) insures the skin from the effects of summer's scorching
heat, but it never fails of restoring the skin to its pristine deli-
cacy and whiteness, while, ultimately, it bestows upon the
counterance a•soft and delicate bloom !
A COOL CHARGE.--I once gave admission to
a gentleman for himself and family, and having some legal busi-
ness to transact for me, he came behind the scenes for a few
minutes, between the play and farce, to speak to ma, and then
returned to his party: When his bill of costs was, some time
after, sent in, one of the items-ran thus :—" To attending you
in your rcom at the theatre, 6s. Bd." (the night he and his
household entered free) ; but then, as Dr. Johnson said in re-
ply, to an inquiry as to who such a gentleman was, " lam
afraid he is an attorne " B 's " Stage."
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MR DE LACY EVANS
BRITISH LEGION.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Will you perMit me to throw out a suggestion in
your valuable paper on the subject of the negotiation lately
entered into by Sr de Lacy Evans and the British Go-
vernment, with the Government of Madrid, respecring the
claims of the British Legion. From the details entered
into by . the Gallant General, I am led to infer that the
payn:ent Will be made to the holderi of the claims, indi
forert ishother they are in the .hands of the or
ginal possessors or not. The recommendation whir
I am now about to submit, under the hope tha
will meet the eyes of General Evans and tl
tish Goverriment, I have not previously made, is
true, in any correspondence of tine to the public press
in behalf of the British Auxiliaries generally, as I con-
ceived it was so perfectly supeifluouse inasmuch as I thought
it would nett/ratty suggest itself to the humane minds of
the British authorities, in consequence or its being placed
beyond the possibility of a doubt that the urgent wants of
the claimants have compelled the majority of them long
ago to dispose of their interests, either by sale or mort-
gage, at sacrifices of the most distressing and humiliating
description. Under the present negotiation, it appears to
me that the parties principally benefited are the usurious
money lenders, and not the original claimants. The
forager hrve no claims on public philanthropy, as they
purchased the certificates at a value fully proportionate to
the risks of their being paid. Their claims on the media.
tion of the British Government are not, in my humble
opinion, one fiftieth so good as those of the unfortunate
Spanish Bondholders, whose stock is at so low an ebb, and
God knows, has been much 'ewer, and where money was
lent in a good cause, and with the best intentions.
As the first promised instalment of 50,0001. is not yet
distributed, it is therefore, I hope, not too late for the
General and the British Government to enter upon a pro-
viso forthwith, with my excellent friend the Spanish Min-
ister General Alava, that no claims shall be paid, through
British mediation, unless with the consent of the original
holders. If such arrangement is not, or cannot be imme-
diately made, I must confess it will give me great pain to
learn, as I have certainly not been expending my money
of late, and undergoing considerable anxiety and trouble
in order to awaken public sympathy, for the benefit of a
set of harpy-usurers ; and I shall still cling to the opinion,
that the original claimants remain unpaid by the Spanish
Government so long as they aro nut reimbursed in the
losses which they suffered on the sale or mortgage o
their certificates.

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I am inclined, however, to think that there will exist no
difficulty in effecting the proviso. lam at, as the pur-
chasers of the certificates %lilt soon see, the necessity of
entering upon an amicable and reasonable adjustment of
the usurious transaction with the defrauded auxiliary. I
shall certainly persevere in my present exertions in raising
public subscriptions in behalf of the destitute unpaid British
uxiliarics until lam satisfied That every man has bad his
just due.

Trusting that the object aimed at in this letter tvill mee
your approval and support, I have the honour to be, Sir
yours very faithfully,

CHARLES COCIIRANE
26, Devonshire-place, July 16.

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF T. T. CLARKE, ESQ , A MA •
GISTRATE OF MIDDLESEX. ANOTHER SUICIDE WHILE THE
JURY WERE CONSIDERING THEIR VERDICT.—Y-sterclay
morning a Jury of the parish of Ickenham (about two miles
from Uxbridge) were empanelled before Mr. Wakley, at
Swakelcys, in the parish of Ickenham, to inquire into the
circumstances attendant upon the death of Tbo .:as Trues
Dale Clarke, Esq.
James Kingsnorth was butler in the establishment of the
deceased. Saw deceased alive on the afternoon of Wed-
nesday last, about five o'clock. He was sitting and read-
ing on a sofa in the library. He was not dressed, having
on only his dressing-gown. Did not hear deceased speak.
Deceased was 66 or 67 years of age, and had been unwell.
Mrs. Clarke, his lady, was sitting by. him. Deceased was
under the medical treatment of Mr. Bullock, surgeon, of
Uxbridge, who had seen him last on the same morning after
breakfast. About half-past six o'clock the same afternoon
Miss Clarke, the daughter of the deceased, told me her
father was missing from the house, and she went towards
/ferries' farm in search of him. Hearing from Mr. Ball,
the steward, that deceased had gone into the Brook
Meadow, went there, and found deceased lying in the brook.
By. the CORONER—No person was within sight when de-
ceased was found but those who were in search of him.
The deceased was often in the habit of walking in that
direction. He was lying on his back in the water, %lk*
at that spot was not more than twenty inches deep. His
body was not covered by the water, but only his face. He
was quite dead.
By Mr. Gehl—Deceased had been very low-spirited
for the last week or ter' days, and had been rather unwell
for the last six weeks or two months. His family during
that time were continually watching him. Had observed
a marked difference in deceased's habits of late. He
wouid walk out by himself, without noticing anything 'or
any body.
Gall then propoPcd to his brother jurors that they
should find a verdict " that the deceased had beca found
(load in the waters of a certain brook in the parish of 111.
lingdon, but how he came there, there was no evidence
before them to show," which, being acquiesced iu, was
recorded accordingly.
Just as the Coroner had left the house, and the Jury
were proceeding across the park towards.their homes, they
were met by a messenger with the intelligence that James
Winch, stud-groom to George Hawkins, Esq., brother of
Mrs. Clarke, the widow of the lamented gentleman on
whom the inquest had been held, and son-in-law of
Mr. Gall, the Foreman of the Jury, had just com-
mitted suicide by hanging himself in an outhouse attached
to his cottage in the village near the church. Larkins
the constable, with most of the Jury, instantly hastened to
the spot, when they found the statement too correct. It
appears the deceased, who was about 36 years of age, and
has left a wife and three children, complained on the pre-
vious evening of being poorly, and yesterday morning he
kept his bed. While the inquest was proceeding at
Swakeley Hall, his wife went out on some business, and on
her return, after an absence of an hour, she found him hang-
ing from one of the beams of the outhouse. The sensation
produced in the village and neighbourhood by this second
lamentable occurrence is beyond description.
SUICIDE OF A YOUNG WOMAN ON CLAPHAM-COMMON.--
Friday evening an inquest was held at the Windmill Inn,
Clapham-common, before Mr. Higgs, upon the body of
Mar. an Hopkins; a remarkably fine grown young woman,
aged 14, whose body was found floating in the Windmill-
pond, Clapharn.common. After hearing evidence, the
Jury returned a verdict " That the deceased was found
drowned, but how or by what means she came into the
water there was no evidence to show."