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London, England, 1833-07-19 00:00:00

THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY BILL.

Mr. STANLEY, in an:iwer to a question (we believe
from Mr. Stewart), said that it was not his intention to
i:ring on the Slavery Abolition Bill before Monday.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at half-past one o'clock.

INDIAN ARMY.—An important document
on this subject will be given, we understand, in the
Naval and Military Gazette of Saturday next, July 30.
It consists of an accurate statement of the Military Force
in India from 1793 to the present time, showing the
total number of European and Native Troops employed in
etch year at the three Presidencies, with the number of
officers retired on full pay, half-pay, and on furlough,
with the total cost to the Government; and also the
umber of Cadets and Assistant. Surgeons appointedrse doufritnhge
•;,e above period, by which the gradual
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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1833.

The Bishop of EXETER, after months of tra-
vail, brought forth his mouse last night in the House
of Lords. His speech was a delectable jumble of
arrogance, self-conceit, and stern prelatic intole-
rance. It lasted just four hours, and set many
Noble Lords to sleep, and drove more to despair.
We wonder it did not clear the House. The Rev.
Prelate discussed every subject but that tinder
consideration. His allusions to the coronation oath
were merely a dull plagiarism from one of 'nig own
pamphlets, the smartest pan graphs of which we
remember reading, some months since, on the
lid of a portmanteau. Thence he digressed into fierce
Laorlom abuse of the Catholic priesthood, and wound
up his phillippic by a pathetic, deprecatory allusion
to Mr. STANLEY'S ineomiistencv—just as if he
himself had never played Harlequin in the political
pantomime of the Catholic Question ► But the
_bitterest of the good Bishop's complaints was, that
Ministers, by a devilish refinement of malice, pro-
posed to compel Churchmen to become Bishops
whether they would or no. This excited his
warmest and most virtuous indignation. He had
no notion of men being thus " pitchforked" into
bishoprics. It was a violation of the liberty of the
subject. We can readily imagine the fright—the
horror—the indignation that the Rev. Prelate
would experience, were he to find this species of
episcopal impressment put in force against himself !
We can imagine how he would kick, and scream,
and struggle, were he to be forcibly transplanted
from Exeter to Durham ! It is well known what
amiable reluctance he showed to retain possession of
the fat rectory of Stanhope ; how much greater, then,
would be his reluctance to exchange a poor see like
Exeter, for so inordinately wealthy a one as Durham !
Lord PLUNKET, with his usual power of reason-
ing, shattered the only part of the Reverend Prelate's
speech that was worth noticing, to atoms. He dis-
posed of the coronation oath so effectually, that the
bugbear, we suspect, will never raise its head again.
would tell the House," said the Noble and
Learned Baron, " what he understood by the coro-
nation oath : he understood it to be a solemn sign
and attestation of a contract made by the KING with
his subjects, as well Jay as ecclesiastical—for the one
quite as much as for the other. It was no contract
made with the Church ns a separate and dis-
tinct body, but with the people as a whole, to pre-
serve the rights of the Church for the benefit and
advantage of the whole community, clergy as
well as laity. All the KING'S subjects were equally
interested and parties in the contract. The only way
in which the clergy were more particularly interested
in this matter was, that they were the body which
it was proposed to reform. The contract, he re-
peated, was one simply between the KING and his
subjects. This contract, like others, was one which
was capable of being put an end to or modified by
the party for whose benefit it was made. The con-
tract was not in the nature of a vow made to GOD,
but it was simply a contract between man and man."
This version of the coronation oath made a deep
impression on the House, evidently more to the edi-
fication than the amusement of Dr. PHILLPOTTS.

Letters have been received this morning in an
official quarter, dated Lisbon, July 3. They
are in the highest degree cheering to the Consti-
tutional cause. Don MANUEL DE MARTINI, a
Spaniard, who has been for some time established at
Punhete, as a distiller, had, on receiving the news
of the debarkation of the Constitutional troops in
Algarves, got together about sixty men, and entered,
on the 23th ult., Thomar, a town situated be-
tween Coimbra and Santarem, and had taken
possession of the public treasure, and the arms
and accoutrements of the militia which were there
in depot. He had been joined by many of the in.
habitants, and by the prisoners confined for political
offences, whom he had set at liberty. At the date
of the last accounts, he was at the head of more
than 400 men, all well mounted and armed, and
threatened Santarem, a deputation from which
hadbeen secretly sent to him. The people of Mon-
chum had risen and proceeded against the garrison
of Alvor, whom they had disarmed; and in other
places near Lisbon there had been strong demonstra-

tions in favour of Donna MARIA. The inhabitants
of some of the towns had risen, and in anticipa-
tion of the arrival of the Duke of TERCEIRA,
deposed the Miguelite authorities. Don MANCEL DE
MARTINI appears to have obtained an abundance of
horses by seizing all that he found on the extensive
breeding establishment of the Duke de CADOYAL,
and he was well provided with money—an import-
ant article in Portuguese warfare. A large division
of Miguelite troops had joined the Duke of TEa-
CEIRA in the Algarves. At the date of the last let►
ters from Lisbon, it was reported that a telegraph
despatch had arrived announcing the entry of the
Constitutionalists at Beja; but this rzquires confir-
mation.

It
-is 'quite 'natural that the Ultra-Tories should
be shvalre at Captain NAPIER, for haVing gal-
lantly captured the squadron ot their protoge
MIGUEL ; that victory r ro'ving in its consequences j
as embarrassing to their party politics in the House
of Lords, as it must be to the future eperations of
the Usurper. Lord LONDONDERRY, smarting under
the influence of this feeling, last night again referred
to what he calls the " paper blockade" of the
ports of Portugal, and attacked Ministers for having
mentioned the circumstance to Lloyd's. As his
Lordship's principal objection to the blockade rests
on its not being official, we think he will now
be mightily pleased to learn that advices have
been received from Oporto, where the paper
blockade was officially published en the 29th
June; and the capture of MIGUEL'S squa-
dron subsequently will enable NAPIER to give
full effect to the decree of the Regency.
We subjoin the following document, which was
posted at Lloyd's this morning, for the especial
gratification. of the Noble Marquis and his disap-
pointed friends. Well may the Ultras hate the
gallant NAPIER, for his victory is doubly mortal to
their plans, in having destroyed MlGum,and carried
the second reading of the Irish Church Reform

" Extract from Oporto, 'dated dune 29.—' An official docu.
ment has been this day published by Don Pedro, declaring all
the ports in Portugal and the Algarves which are still subject
to the intrusive Government in a state of rigorous blockade, by
the squadron of her Faithful Majesty against the vessels of all
nations,except the ships of war of friendly powers and packets."

We have received an Extraordinary Number of
the Oporto aronica, dated July 6, from which
we extract the following official account of the
signal defeat of the Miguelites in their attack upon
Oporto on the sth instant :

" OPORTO, JULY 5,

" Between twelve and one o'clock, the rebels having left, in
two columns, their intrenchments, came in force to attack the
manufactory of Antunes, the Cosa do Placido, and the Quinta
of Van Zella, with the intention of cutting off the communi-
cation with the Foz. At the first moment of the attack,
which was protected by the fire of the fort of Serraloes, and
also that of the batteries of Furado and Vetdinho, on the left
side of the Douro, our picquets were forced to retire upon
the manufactory, and the enemy obtained partial possession
of it, until our troops being reinforced, and having oaten the
enemy with great loss in that position, the rebels commenced
their retreat, carrying on their fire in front of the Quinta of
Van Zella, by the Prelada ; and from Regados to Paranhos, as
if with the intention of seeking some weaker point by which
they could penetrate our lines.
This intention they kept up till four o'clock in the after-
noon, when, having experienced an equal resistance "oh every
point, and being galled by our fire and the firmness and good spirit
of our troops, they were forced to return to their intrench-
meats, having first lost on their front a portion of their own
ground, which was previously ecctpled by their picquets, and
having left in our hands the Caza of Prelada.

When the rebels saw their attack frustrated upon the left
and centre of our line, they formed into two strong columns,
with which they advanced by Vallongo and S, Cosme, and di-
rected their attack upon the redoubts of Campanha and Lomba.
Our brave troops in garrison there fseve, with the support of
the artillery, a resistance worthy of the highest eulogium.
The attack of the enemy, however, forced our picquets to
retire upon the reserve, the fire being of the most lively de.
scription, for, at the same time that the enemy Were supported
by the redoubts of Olivera, Pedra, Salgado, and Castro on the
left, they had also the assistance of the fort of Valbom, and
others between them and Contumil, all armed with heavy ar-
tillery, the forts of Contumil and Pedroicos keeping up a strong
fire upon our redoubt of the Antes, which replied briskly, sup-
ported by the artillery on the flanks and the Congreve rockets.
At this time a portion of our troops, which garrisoned our
extreme right, formed, into column, and charged with the
bayonet by the ;oad of San Cosme. The enemy not being able
to susta..;.ri this charge, which was made without firing a gun,
'rook to a shameful flight, leaving the ground covered with dead
and rushing precipitately upon their intrenchments. During
this brilliant charge, which decided the action on one point,
another column of our troops attacked the enemy by the road
of Vallongo, and completed his rout.
Whilst this was going on on the right of the Douro, the
batteries of the rebels kept up a bombardment upon the city ;
and, protected by their artillery, they pushed forward 200
men with pick-axes, covered by light infantry, towards the
Serra. This detachment, however, halted at a distance from
that position, without any attack having been made by our
troops, and then turned round and retreated without having
effected anything.
As soon as the fire had commenced, the brave inhabitants
of Oporto, with equal courage and enthusiasm, rushed to the
lines, so that we did not appear to feel the deficiency caused
by the late expedition.
Our loss in killed and wounded did not exceed eighty men—
that of the enemy, without reckoning the prisoners whom we
took, must from the activity of the fire, with which they were
received by our troops in position, and by our batteries, as
well as the charge they received, and their precipitate flight,
have been very considerable.
His Imperial Majesty who, from the first to the close of the
action, was at every point where his presence might be con-
sidered useful, retired at half.past eight o'clock in the evening,
in perfect health and full of satisfaction at having again wit-
nessed the bravery of the troops which he commands, and the
enthusiasm of the inhabitants of this heroic city.

It► addition to the above we learn, from a private
source, that in consequence of the brilliant defence
made by the Constitutionalists, many promotions
took place on the field of battle. We regret to
learn that Colonel DUVERGIER, who commanded the
French division, was very seriously wounded.

The Votes of the House of Commons inform us
that Mr. FERGUS O'CONNOR, the hero of the repeal
of the Union for this year—the man so anxious that
others shall not violate their pledges, after having
violated his own, by withdrawing his motion re-
specting a repeal of the Union,—has obtained leave
of absence for one month ; in other words, has
taken leave of repeal and the House together till
next Session.

The French papers of Wednesday ate in ecsta-
cies at the capture of MIGUEL'S fleet, which news
they received from London. Some apprehension was
felt in Paris that disturbances would break out at
Lyons, in consequence of the silk weavers having
combined for an increase of wages. Public tran-
quillity, however, was not disturbed when the last
accounts left. The Spanish Cabinet is in great
perturbation at the progress of the Constitutionalists
in Portugal. It was reported in Paris that the
Russian, Austrian, and Prussian Ambassadors had
declared against the recognition of Donna MARIA
by France and England, but they are now a day
too late, however much their legitimate inclinations
may prompt them to support the cause of the
Usurper.

FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JULY 17.
Five per Cents., 104 f. 25c. 30c. sc.
Three per Cents., 77f. 30c. 77E 76E 95c.
Bank Actions, 1,760 f. 1,755 f.
Rente de Naples, 91f. 90c.
Roman Five per Cents., 91% %.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 15% 16.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 44% 42 %.
Royal Spanish Loan, 86%.
Rente Perpet d'Espagne, Five per Cents , 72U 71 70!,4 .
Belgic Loan, 1831, 94%.
Haytian Loan, `2801.2951.

EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 2.5 f. 60c.
Three months, paper, 2.5 f. 55c. ; money, 2.5 f. 50c.
—Cours Authentique.

German papers received this morning, furnish us
with further proofs of the great dissatisfaction at
present existing between the representatives of the
people and the Government—especially at Carlshrue
—where the Grand Duke is trying hard to supersede
or abridge the constitutional rights of the Chamber.
The news from Constantinople state, that the
Russians are preparing to sail home; but it hap-
pens oddly enough that a number of engineers are
to remain to take plans of the country, and to fortify
the most vulnerable points ! Was ever infatuation

more palpable ? Not only are the French disgraced,
and the Russians taken into especial favour, but a
treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, is to be
entered into between the SULTAN and NICHOLAS.

The poor SULTAN will be convinced, we fear,
when it is too late, unless France and England inter-
pose in time to save him from the mortal friendship
of the Northern Bear.

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t to
delude the more ignorant part of the population,
that they who refused them reform—that they who
still refuse to give them cheap bread—are their
friends, And show it by ende?:;o„irg. tea
rettrict them in tt e disposal of tic only
article they flaVe to selk received List night
a signal defeat. Tire numbers against Lord
AsHIJEY's proposition, to restrain people under 18
years of age from working more than ten hours,
even if they wished it, was negatived by a majority
of 239 to 93. It is curious that these last figures
give within a little, the number of the ConserVa.-
tives in the House, and we doubt not that when
the list of names of the Mernbers composing the
minority is published) it Will be found that five_
sixths of them belong to the avowed enemies ts-I the
people. The remaining sixth will be thOse of warm-
hearted men, anxious to rern•lre a great grievance,
'but so ignorant of the st bject, as not to see that
Lord ASHLEY'S Bill, instead of being a blessing,
would he lane of the greatest curses ever in-1
flicoy.d upon the labouring population: I.Ve have
already explained Lord ALTHOEV''.3 proposition to
be not permitting children cinder nine years of age
to work at all, not permitting those under fourteen
to work inure than eight hours per day, to
leave all above that age to the operation of Sir JOHN
HOBHOUSE'S Bill, which forbids labour in any cotton
factory more than twelve hours per day, and the pro-
viding education for all. We stated when we list
adverted to this subject our preference of Lord
ALTHoRP'S is easure as a less departure from
principle than Lord ASHLEY'S, and this was
the consideration which governed Mr. Nunn and
others, undoubted friends of the people, to vote
in favour of the Ministerial proposition, and against
that of the Conservatives. In the course of the
evening, however, Mr. BOLLINO suggested that where
such vast interests were concerned, where, perhaps,
the manufacturers having employment at all
was at stake, it would be well to proceed as
cautiously as possible, and that the best step they
Could take was to apply sir JOHN HOBHOUSE'S
811 to all factories without exception. It is ad-
mitted that, in the factories where it has really been
in operation, the scandalous abuses which have so
justly excited the horror of the country are tin-
, known. Mr. DUNLOP stated also that he had had
an interview with 'Dr. LOUDON, who had told him
that his evidence did not apply to factories where
Sir SOHN HoBHOUSE'S Bill was not in operation.
Mr. BoLLING concluded by saying, that if, after
trying Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE'S Bill for a year, they
should find, from the report of inspectors who
should be appointed to see it carried into effect,
that the abuses complained of were not cured, they
could then legislate further. Vast numbers received
this proposition with loud cheers, and we doubt not
that it will be strongly supported when formally
moved in the House. Unless Ministers, however,
give it their sanction, it cannot be carried. We are,
we must confess, strongly in its favour, for where
ruin so vast may be the consequence of our
interference, nothing is more desirable than that it
should not be greater than is requisite to accomplish
the object we have in view, namely, the protection
of those who have no natural protectors, the protec-
tion of all children against the barbarous usage to
which, in some cases, they have undoubtedly been
subject. •
In order that our readers may be able to form
some idea of the peril in which our cotton manu-
facture stands, and of the evils which may be con-
sequent upon any rash interference, we extract the
following from Mr. OASKELL'S work on the Ma-
nufacturing Population of England :"

" The wages paid per week in England and the continent are
as follows :

England. Continent.
For spinners 20s. to 35s Bs. to 10s.
Piccers 4s. to 8s 2s. to 3s.
Card-room hands 6s. to I4s 4s. to ss.
Reelers 7s. to 13s 4s. to Os.

" There is no cotton twist of low numbers now exported
from England to France, or Switzerland. Last year there
were several orders came for yarns from Germany, restricted to
a certain price, but stating that this fixed price was what it
could be spun for in that country—these prices were Md. per
pound lower than they could possibly be produced here.
" In America the official report of the committee of the
New York Convention shows a consumption, in 1831, of
77,516,316 lbs. of cotton, which equals the quantity consumed in
Great Britain twenty years ago. American fabrics are rapidly
superseding those of this country in Mexico, the Brazils, and,
in fact, throughout all the markets of the South American con.
tinent, and have been brought this year in much larger quan.
tities than heretofore into the ports of the Mediterranean,
which can only be accounted for by the success which has at-
tended their previous transactions.

" It will also be kept in mind, that two very important items
in the cost of a piece of cotton cloth are, raw cotton and food.
How much greater, therefore, must the advantages of these ri.
vals, who obtain both these articles free from taxation, pay no
poor rates, and negotiate for manufacturing labour free from
time bills, &c."

We know that many persons think the only con-
sequence of reducing the hours of labour, generally,
would be a reduction of the master manufacturer's
profit, but it would be no such thing. The profits
of cotton manufacturers are not higher than the
profits of capital in other trades. Any at-
tempt to reduce them must ultimately cause ca-
pital to leave the cotton manufacture, and, of
course, to throw the workmen entirely out of em-
ployment. It must never be forgotten, therefore,
that any restriction upon the free agency of the
workman, inevitably tends to his disadvantage, and
that it is, therefore, imperative upon the Legislature,
for his sake, to do just enough to protect children
from cruelty, but no more.

Whenever a complaint appears in the newspapers,
bringing charges against editors or reporters, the
reader should always bear in mind that the complaint
could not have been published without the concur-
rence of the parties concerned. Paradoxical as it
may appear, therefore, the fact of the publication of
the complaint proves its want of general truth. We
have been induced to make this observation by see-
ing an attack which was made last night, by Mr.
O'CONNELL, on the whole body of the press—pro-
prietors, editors, and reporters. Mr. O'CONNELL
stated, that " he understood that, notwithstanding
the monopoly enjoyed by some of the newspapers,
they had lately, instead of paying, as they used to
pay, their reporters six guineas a-week, reduced their
payments, and were now employing persons at, in
some cases, as low as two guineas per week. This
would immediately account for the manner in which
the reports of the proceedings of the House were
now executed."

The public can care little for the private arrange-
ments of reporters and proprietors; but as this is a
charge intended to bring in question the general ac-
curacy of the Parliamentary reports in the papers,—
Mr. O'CONNELL saying that Members were not
therefore to be held responsible for them—the
matter ceases to b e one of merely private interest.
It may be convenient for men who, in the heat of
speaking, deliver opinions
.which they may afterwards
be afraid or ashamed of owning, to make a practice of
imputations upon the accuracy of the recor-
dersf those opinions. We never knew an instance
o
imprudent speech getting a Member into a
cscaf an
rsatpineg that the fault
is not laid upon the papers
having made a mistake in that particular case.
This is the first time, however, we have seen an
attack upon the general accuracy of the Parlia-
mentary reports. We must say that Mr. O'CONNELL'S
assertion is as little consistent with truth as the sup-
Mr. O'CON-
Np ousLeu may
d caus e
bh
ee
connected assigned for it.
with
a Perhapspaper in London
which pays its reporters as little as he mentions, or

even less; but it is not true that of late the salaries
of the Parliamentary reporters have been reduced.
From the time of Dr. JOHNSON and of WOODFALL,
there has been a steady rise in the remuneration of
reporters. It has not of late fallen from six guineas
per week to less, because it never reached that sum.
It is true that there are reporters who have re-
ceived, and who do receive, six, ten, twenty, or
more, guineas per week ; but it is not, and never
has been, on account of newspaper rer:rrino,
Finally, Mr. O'CONNELL 1S wrow- •
6 in asserting that
the individuals comr"
r.wrtg toe tcptotting body have
°f late 'fuer/toile finy tiflusnal. tha*. A few
-vorT y,Ear fat back u`pon thCii professions, and
there are 'r-ep'riCed iecruits ; but the number has
-dot le'en kreater of late than is common. The
whole of Mr. O'CONNELL'S assertions, therefore,
fall to the ground. It is not by such means that
he can deprive the Parliamentary reports of the high
character they have long sustained for accuracy, and
he must not thus hope to escape the responsibility
of the language he 'uses in Parliament, however
anxious h may occasionally be to repudiate it.