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LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 7; 1832.

LONDON lIIBERNIAN SOCIETY.

On Saturday the annual meeting of this Society
rook place at Exeter Hall. By far the greater par;
of the audience, as usual, consisted of ladies.
The Marquess of 0101,310NDELEY took the chair.
The Report (being the twenty-sixth) was then
read. It appeared that at the commencement of
the last year the Society was considerably in debt,
but that it was now almost liquidated. The whole
number of the Society's schools during the last year
amounted to 1,569, in which g 0,055 scholars have
been enrolled, being an increase on the return of the
preceding year of 4,330 scholars. Deducting
those who also belong to the Sunday schools, the
number receiving education for a longer or shorter
time during the year, amounted to 73,655 (being
an increase of 3,500), 36,000 of whom were calcu-
lated to be Roman Catholics. The report further
stated, that the day schools amounted, last year, to
692, in which 55,750 scholars .were enrolled, of
whom 2-1,490 were Romanists, and 31,260 Pro-
testants. The Sundy schools amounted to 468, con-
taining 23,346 scholars, of whom about 16,000 at-
tended also the day schools. The adult schools
have amounted to 409, containing 10,989 scholars;
of these, three schools, containing 90 scholars, have
been exclusively instructed in the Irish language;
34 Irish classes have also been formed in the day
schools, in which 594 children have been taught to
read the Irish tongue.
After discussing the system of instruction adopted
by the Society, as founded on the whole Scriptures,
the Secretary read the following passage :--
" Such being the system adopted by this Society from
an early period—a system which your Committee entirely
approve—and which experience shows to be highly ac-
ceptable, and extensively useful to Roman Catholics as well
as Protestants, your Committee cannot but regard, with
deep concern, the introduction of a system, under the im
mediate patronage of Government, whose tendency is to
impede the general and daily use of the inspired volume,
and to substitute a part in the place now in many instances
occupied by the whole word of God."
It is remarkable, however, that at a much later
stage of the meeting, in consequence of the disap-
probation expressed at the remarks made its opposi-
tion to the Government plan, another copy of the
report was haded to our. reporter, in which copy that
passage was struck out.

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The report concluded by calling for the renewed
and enlarged support of the Christian public.
The SECRETARY then read several letters, amongst
others one from Lord Roden, reprehending in strong
terms the conduct of the Government in withdraw-
ing the grant from the Kildare-street Society, which
was received with mingled cheers and hisses, the
latter greatly preponderating.
Lord MOUNT SANDFORD moved the adoption of
the report, and read several letters from Ireland,
which, he said,gave him a sort of " thank-God feel."

The Rev. HORACE TOIVNSEND seconded the
motion.

The resolution was then put and carried.
Lord RADSTOCK moved the second resolution,
expressing their thankfulness to the goodness of God
for the prosperity of the Society. lie was sorry to
make any political allusion, but he could not help
stating that the Government plan of education was
calculated to undermine the Society. The Catholics
were elevated by the Ministerial plan, but it would
drive the Protestants out of the country.--(Loud
hisses, which appeared so much to discompose the
Noble Lord, that the remainder of his brief conclu-
sion vas scarcely intelligible.)

The Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST NOEL seconded the
motion.
The resolution was then carried.
The Rev. Dr. BURTON moved a resolution ex-
pressive of the joy felt by the meeting at the conti-
nued proofs that the peasantry of Ireland, Protestant
as well as Catholic, evinced the utmost readiness to
receive the blessings and the benefits of a Scriptural
education. After dwelling upon the bigotry, dark-
ness, and superstition which prevail in Ireland, he
called attention to the important fact, that upon an
average the expense of educating children in Ireland,
according to the plan of the Society, did not amount
to more than 3s. each.
The Rev. Mr. ROBINS seconded the resolution.

The lion. and Rev. GERARD NOEL moved a ge-
neral vote of thanks to the supporters and patrons
of the Institution. From his full conviction of the
uprightness of the motives which influenced the
King's Government, he would not for a moment
doubt that though they might for a time labour
under the influence of delusion, yet that at no dis-
tant period the education of Ireland, as far as it
depended upon the Government, would be based
upon a better foundation, namely, that of the un-
mutilated Word of God.

Mr. A. LEFROY confined himself to pronouncing
a most unqualified condemnation of the system of
education which his Majesty's Government Earle-
tioned in Ireland.

The Marquess of CIIOLMONDELEY, though under
the necessity of then vacating the Chair, was still
unwilling to leave the meeting without stating that the
operations of the Society were restrained from want
of funds, and though no longer in debt, they were
without the means of proceeding in their excellent
work; he hoped, therefore, that all who heard would
do every thing in their power to promote the dif-
fusion of that saving knowledge which is in the
Lord Jesus Christ.

The Noble Marquess having left the Hall, and
Lord MOUNT SANDFORD having taken the Chair,
The Rev. Mr. BRANDRAM moved a Resolution of
thanks to his Royal Highness the Duke of Glou-
cester, for his continued patronage of the Society;
also thanks to the Treasurer, Secretary, and other
officers for the past year; and likewise a resolution
appointing the Officers and Committee for the en-
suing year.
This was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Wood, and
thanks having been voted to the Chairman, a hymn
was sung, and the meeting broke up.

ATTEMPT TO VIOLATE A YOUNG GIRL•

SUICIDE OF HER FATHER.

On Saturday an inquest was held at the King's
Arms, Little St. James's-street, St. James's, touch-
ing the death of William Bowleg, aged 63, coach-
man in the service of W. S. Pointz, Esq., M.P., of
the Albany.
Mr. Thomas Smith, of No. 16, North-mews,
Mapleton-place, Burton-crescent, stated that the
deceased, who was his brother-in-law, drove to his
door in a hackney-coach about eight o'clock on the
preceding morning ; he was accompanied by his
daughter, a very interesting girl, who lived as upper
housemaid in the Marquis of Exeter's mansion,
Burleigh House, near Stamford. On getting out of
the coach, the poor old man stared wildly, and ap-
peared as if labouring under the most heart-break-
ing anguish. On inquiring into the cause of his un-
easiness, the deceased, with tears in his eyes, told
him that the butler in the service of the Marquess
had been taking the most rude and improper liberties
with his daughter, having tried every means which
a villain could suggest to seduce her. He then
added, with great emphois, that if he knew where
to find the villain who had attempted his daughter's
honour he would blow his brains out with a pistol.
Witness reasoned with him, and he became a little
more composed, and shortly afterwards he left wit-
ness's house, leaving behind his daughter, whom he
placed under his care, with strict injunctions to look
well after her, as she was the darling of his heart and
comfort of his age. On the following day he was
greatly shocked on hearing that his unfortunate re-
lative had hung himself in a loft over his nutzter'S

',tables, in Little St. James's-street, and when found
he was quite dead and cold.

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In answer to questions from the Coroner and
Jury, the witness said that the Noble Marquess had
investigated the conduct of the butler, and feeling
satisfied that he had behaved in the most brutal and
improper manner towards the young woman in ques-
tion, had dismised him from his service.
Several witnessed stated that the deceased bore
the most exemplary character, having been in Mr.
Pointz's service for the last thirty-six years.
The Jury thought the Noble Marquess had acted
most properly in dismissing such a man from his
service, although the punishment was far too light
for such delinquency. A verdict of Temporary In-
sanity was then recorded.

BAIL COURT, MAY 5.

MR. WATSON TAYLOR'S FAILURE.

Mr. F. POLLOCK was instructed to make an ap.
plication to the Court on behalf of the Sheriff of
Wiltshire, relative to the property belonging to Mr.
Watson Taylor, M. P., which the Sheriff had taken
in execution for 50,0001. The parties at whose in-
stance the execution was issued were Messrs.
Mills and Kington, meichants at Bristol; and the
sum due to them was 30,0001. which they had ad-
vanced to Mr. Taylor on mortgage of the estate at
Earlstoke. These gentlemen had called upon the
Sheriff to pay them the amount of their claims : and
other persons who had claims to a very large
amount, having required a fair distribution of the
funds, he conceived it his duty to apply to the
Court for advice.

Mr. CAMPBELL, who appeared for Messrs. Fisher
and Rhodes, attorneys, who have issued an execu-
tion against Mr. Taylor, to the amount of 21,800/.,
said that these gentlemen were anxious that the
Sheriff should sell the property he had taken in exe-
cution, and invest 30,000/., the amount of Messrs.
Mills and Kington's claim, to abide the decision of
a Jury as to the legality of the mortgage. They
were also anxious that the remainder of the money
which the Sheriff might have in his hands might
be applied to the payment of the judgment creditors.
Mr. FOLLETT, who appeared for Messrs. Mills
and Kington, contended that the whole sum which the
Sheriff would receive should be invested to abide the
decision of the Court as to the validity of the mort-
gage. The amount for which his clients had issued
execution was only 30,000/., but they were credi-
tors to a much larger amount.
After some further observations from Counsel,

Mr. Justice TAUNTON decided that the property
taken in execution by the Sheriff should be sold, and
the produce invested in Exchequer bills, and lodged
at the bankers' in the name of the trustees; that
issues should be directed to try the validity of the
mortgage-deed, and of the extent of the claim of the
mortgagees ; that the fund created by the sale should
remain in the namesof the trustees in the hands of the
bankers, to abide the further direction of the Court;
that the issue should be against Messrs. Skipworth
and NVelby, execution-creditors, to the amount of
25,000/.; that the expense of the sale should be
charged on the fund; that the further expenses of
the Sheriff should be in the discretion of the Court;
that the mortgagees should be plaintiffs, and Messrs.
Skipworth and Welby defendants ; that the other
judgment-creditors should have liberty to attend,
and to be bound by the result of the verdict of the
issue tried.

Mr. MANNING observed, that as the property was
situated in "Wiltshire, and the witnesses resided in
that county, it would be advisable if the case was
tried at some other place.
Mr. COLERIDGE remarked that Mr. Taylor had
for a lone time maintained a very high character in
Wiltshire, and for many years was one of the Mem-
bers fur Devizes. He could not deny that this case
could be investigated without some parties being
implicated in fraud ; and as the special jury which
would be summoned on the occasion were personal
friends of Mr. Taylor, they would feel very reluctant
to return any verdict which might affect him.
Mr. Justice TAUNTON suggested that the venue
should, therefore, be laid in Somersetshire. The
next assizes would be held at Wells, which was a
sufficient distance from Devizes.

It was stated in Court that the debts due by Mr.
Watson Taylor amount to 450,000/., the greater
part of which is due upon annuities. It appears
that the estates in Wiltshire are encumbered with
annuities to the amount of 11,600/., and the real
value of those estates is 12,000/. a-year. Mr. Tay-
lor's property at one time produced 75,000/. a-year.
His failure is attributed principally to the deprecia-
tion of his property in the West Indies.

A physician at Warsaw, wishing to make an
experiment, proposed to a very robust man to lie in the
bed where a person had died of the cholera. As a con-
siderable reward was offered him for so doing, be agreed to
the proposal ; but the man was scarcely in bed when his
imagination began to work, and made him uneasy : he
felt all the symptoms of cholera, and died, notwithstand-
ing the medical assistance that was afforded him. The
physician afterwards declared that no one who had died of
the cholera had previously slept in the bed. This fact
proves that the fear produced by the imagination has a
share in promoting the disease.—Paris Paper.

Extract of a letter dated Valparaiso, 6th of
February.—" The convicts at Juan Fernandez having been
left short of provisions, rose and secured the American
brig Ann Alvan, of New York. About 120 of them em-
barked in her, with arms and ammunition, and landed at
Copiapo, where they defeated the militia and killed several
of the inhabitants, after plundering the town. They had
been joined by several of the lowest orders, and had
marched, to the number of 200, upon Huasco. General
BENEVENTE bad been despatched with troops to meet
them, and to protect Huasco from being plundered."
RAILWAYS.—The intended line of railways
from London to Basingstoke is to branch in two direc-
tions—one to Bristol, through Bath, and the other to
Southampton from Winchester. Such a communication
will form an inland connection between the North Sea,
the English Channel, and the Western Ocean. It will relieve
the trade between London and Bristol of all the danger
and detention of the sea-passage, and insure the arrival of
a cargo in eight or nine hours, instead of thirty days, which
is the average time of the voyage. It will open to Bristol
the means cf reaching the English Channel in eight hours
with its cargoes to and from the ports of France. It will
open to Wales a conveyance for its coals and other minerals
to the ports of London and Southampton for distribution
along the coast; and what we conceive of much greater
importance, it will open to the South of Ireland the mar-
kets of the metropolis. The distressed state of the Sister
Kingdom is too notorious to require comment, and the
greater part of that distress is experienced in the southern
counties. From the report made to the Board of Health
in Cork, last month, it appears that that city contained
20,000 persons in a state of destitution, and 50,000 in
want of parochial aid. Of what vast consequence must it
then be to apply a stimulus that would not only produce
permanent relief to Ireland, but would be accompanied by
equal benefit to England. It is well known that the
south is the most fertile part of Erin, and that if it had
the means of disposing of its produce, sickness and distress
would give place to industry and health, and the smile of
content would supplant the frown of disaffection. From
Cork, and the neighbouring ports, the prevalent winds
will waft the vessels to Bristol in a few hours, and from
thence the railway would bring the freight to the London
markets, so that the daily production of that part of Ire-
land might be offered for sale in London the next morning.
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING.—Ar-
rived the Henrietta, Bertha, Ewarting, Richard, Flora,
and -Pomo, from Metnel • the Silas Richards, from New
York; the Levant, from Trinidad ; the Duke d' Or-
leans, from Savannah ; the Three Sisters, from Copen-
hagen ; the Jupiter and the Amelia, from Dantzic ; the
• Antwerp Packet and the Hull Packet, from Antwerp ;
the Betty, from Rotterdam; the Jeune Eugene, from
Charente; and the 1? oficrt and Nary; from Dartmouth.

SECONDARIES OFFICE, MAY 5.

EXTENSIVE SEIZURE FOR EXCISE DUTIES.-THE KING
V. VENABLES AND OTHERS.

A Court of Inquiry was held on Saturday, in Basing.
hall-street, for the purpose of finding the value of the
property in the city of London of Mr. William Henry
Pym, paper-maker, of Eurick Mills, near Tiverton, a
quantity of paper having been seized on the premises of a
number of respectable wholesale stationers, by the Sheriff
under an extent from the Crown, for arrears of duty
amounting to 2,6001. The circumstances of this case have
created the greatest excitement among the trade, and
consequently the room was crowded with parties inte-
rested in ascertaining the result. It appeared that it is
customary to allow paper•makers a period of about three
months before the duty is actually collected from them,'
but the paper made in the interval is regularly inspected
by the supervisors, and stamped as if the duty had been
charged or paid. The Commissioners of Excise, however,
claimed by the 7 and 8 Geo. IV. c. 53, to be armed with
the exraordinary power of following the paper which has
been made since the last payment of duty, provided the
maker has become insolvent, and seizing it for the pur-
pose of confiscation, notwithstanding the party who may
then hold it clearly shows that he bought and paid for it
under the impression that the duty had been satisfied, from
perceiving the usual stamp marks affixed to the wrappers.
An extent having been issued against the property of Mr.
Pym, Cotton, a supervisor of Fxcise, came to London,
and seized a large quantity of paper, manufactured by
Pym, at the warehouses of Messrs. Alderman Venables,
Muggeridge, Nott, Bliss, and Painter. From the re-
monstrances of the parties whose property had been thus
seized the Commissioners consented to wave the pre-
rogative of the Crown, and to relinquish their claim on
the paper so seized, provided the respeciive holders could
prove that it had become in the regular way of trade
their bona fide property.
After the evidence had been gone through, Mr. Secon-
dary JAMES laid a lucid and impartial summary before
the Jury. It was not, he remarked, a case in which the
Commissioners of the Excise proposed to avail themselves
of a power of which they were unquestionably possessed,
but they made their claim in the present instance in a very
different spirit—having stated their readiness to take the
circumstances of the case into their consideration, and in
case the different defendants showed they became pos-
sessed of the paper i❑ the ordinary course of business, the
property would be allowed to remain in their possession.
The Excise-officer, Cotton, had seized, by virtue of the
extent from the Crown, from Messrs. Muggeridge, 26
reams ; Mr. Nott, 19 reams ; Messrs. Venables and Co.,
257 reams ; Mr. Bliss, 116 reams ; and Mr. Painter,
4.1. reams. There was no question this paper bad been
manufactured by Mr. Pym, and it was also equally clear
that no portion of it had paid the duty. With regard,
however, to the envelopes which had been statetf to be
marked as if the duty had been charged as paid, it was
not necessary to embarrass the Jury with that question.
as the defendants were only called upon to show that they
came fairly and in the way of trade possessed of the pro.
perty. With respect to Mr. Nott, he had bought hi,
quantity, at a fair price, in the usual course of business,
and had nearly paid for the whole quantity. On the part
of Mr. Muggeridge it was also shown that Mr.- Pym
could have no claim on the paper, as it had been bought
at the fair trade price. Of the quantity seized from
Mr. Alderman Venables it had been proved that 136
reams had been paid for, and that no legitimate
claim could be made against the remaining 121
reams, as they had been brought at a fair price from a
paper agent, to whom Mr. Pyrn was at the present time
indebted upwards of 5001. Mr. Bliss bad proved that he
had bought 60 reams from Mr. Young, of Thames-street,
and had also paid for them. The other 50 reams, though
not paid for, had been proved to have been purchased in
the ordinary way, and at a fair market price. Mr.
Painter had alto shown that he had purchased his paper
in the ordinary course of trade, and therefore there was no
claim on the part of Mr. Pym upon it. It would be seen,
continued the Secondary, that during the inquiry the Ex•
cise had acted with great liberality, and had, in fact, as-
sisted the parties in establishing their claims clearly. If
the Excise had felt disposed to press their claims to the ex-
tent they were empowered by the Act of Parliament, there
could have been no doubt as to the decision the Jury must
have come to, for the interest of the subject must always
give way to the interest of the Crown, as it was presumed
the latter was exercised for the general good ; but, as had
already been stated, this was a different cue, And though
the goods had been seized it was for the Jury to decide
whether they ought to be condemned.
The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned the follow.
ing verdict We do not find that William Henry Pym
has any property in the Bailiwick of London which can be
seized under virtue of this extent."

It has been suggested, in order to do away with the in-
convenience, not to say injustice, which arises from such
proceedings, that either the Act itself which confers such
extraordinary powers on Excise Commissioners, should be
modified, or that security should be required from those
piper-makers to whom the Commissioners are willing to
give three months' credit.

FUNERAL OF SIR IticHARD BIRNIE.-
Yesterday, a little before two o'clock, the funeral of this
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coaches, in the first of which were the two sons of the
deceased; Lieut. STEWART, R.N., nephew of Sir RICHARD,
and Mr. BEA Z ELEY, the architect, who, we understand,
is one of the executors under the will of the late Chief
Magistrate. In the second coach were Mr. CONST, the
Chairman of the Middlesex Sessions, and three other gen-
tlemen in the Commission of the Peace for the county,
intimate friends of the deceased. In the thud were Mr.
HALLS, the Magistrate of Bow-street ; Mr. DAY, the
Chief Inspector of the old Police ; Mr. STAFFORD, the
Chief Clerk ; and Mr. DALGLEISH, of Scotland-yard,
coal merchant, an old and intimate friend of Sir RICHARD'S.
On the coffin, which was covered with plain black cloth,
was a brass plate with the inscription, "Sir RICHARD
BIRNIE Knight, died on Sunday, the 29th of April, 1832,
aged 73 years." The procession was attended by Mr.
VINE, and Mr. Nicitom.s, clerks, and by the following
officers of the old establishment—namely, TAUNTON,
SALMON, J. J. SMITH, ELLIS, LEDBITTEIt, GARDNER,
STEVENS, BIRCHALL, DODD, GOODISON, and FALL,
ivho all appeared in deep mourning. The funeral service
was read very impressively by the Rev. Mr. MORGAN, the
Curate of St. Martin's parish.

MR. IRVlNG.—Yesterday morning Mr. IR-
VING preached in the open air at the back of the House of
Correction, in Spafields, to a congregation of about three
or four hundred persons. The Learned Gentleman was
elevated on a temporary platform, and in consequence of
the unfavourable state of the weather, he was provided
with is large chaise umbrella to protect himself from the
rain. The congregation consisted of very respectable per-
eons of both sexes, principally from the other side of the
Tweed; and notwithstanding smart showers of rain oc-
casionally fell, they joined with great fervour in the hymns
and prayers, and hoisted their umbrellas when the "spirit"
was likely to be damped by the falling showers. Mr. IR-
VING took the opportunity of alluding to the " late per-
secutions for the cause of the Spirit, in consequence of
which they had that day been turned out of the Temple
of the Lord to praise his name in the open air: At the
conclusion of his discourse, he announced his intention to
preach in the same place every Sunday morning, at half-
past ten, and afternoon at three o'clock. He considered
that in that place they would be safe from the persecu-
tions of those who assumed the government of the Church,
and it would give every perso❑ who felt:disposed an oppor•
tunity to hear the word of the LORD without incurring
the expense of paying for seats. Some persons, who
heard this remark, considered it was put forth as a feeler
to discover if his congregation were disposed to provide
some other place for the " outpouring of the Spirit."
Several of his bearers went away, fearing they had taken
severe colds by standing two hours on the damp ground ;
and we presume they must be very stanch admirers in-
deed if they will a second time expose themselves to si-
milar peril. No display of the " spirit" was exhibited.
A melancholy loss of life occurred on Friday
morning at the Lea colliery, Kingewinford ; a solid mass
of coal, upwards of two yards thick, and 30 tone weight,
suddenly fell upon six men, four of whom were crushed to
death instantly, and the two others were very much in-
jured. Wednesday GEORGE BRINDLEY, and Saturday
JEREMIAH CARTWRIGNT, about 45 years of age, met their
deaths by similar accidents—the former in a colliery new
Monmere-green, and the latter in the Lion colliery, mar
Rowley Regis, belonging to the British Iron Company.
►shrewsbury Chronicle,

" The undersigned has received the note by which his
Eminence the Cardinal Secretary of State has been
pleased to convey to him the acquiescence of the Holy Fa-
Vier in the temporary presence of the French at Ancona,
snd the conditions which his Holiness had annexed to that
acquiescence ; these conditions shall be scrupulously ob-
served, and to-morrow M. Beugnot, Secretary to the
French Embassy, shall repair to Ancona to take the matter
in hand. If the persons brought by the Rhone have not
yet been embarked they shall be sent away immediately by
the vessel Le Seim
" The undersigned feels no hesitation in giving his con-
sent that, in oases where any doubt shall arise as to the
meaning of any passage of the ten articles, his Eminence
may stamp upon it the sense in which it ought to be
taken. Truth, he is assured, could nowhere find a more
faithful interpreter. But, in fact, the only article open
et all to a difference of interpretation is the sth, which
fixes the time for the departure of the French troops, and
it is scarcely necessary to state here that the words .Alla
stessa epoca must of course be intended to refer to the
epoch of the departure of the Austrian troops. The un-
dersigned feels that it is unnecessary to repeat that he will
employ all his zeal in preventing the French soldiery from
giving the smallest cause for uneasiness to the Holy See, and
in maintaining the best understanding betwetre the French
troops anti the Pontifical authorities, civil at:i soilitely,
which are to be sent to Ancona.

" He prays his Eminence, &c.
(Signed) " SAINT-AULAIRE."

ArRIL 24.—We are happy to he able to announce, with
the approbation of Government, that, in consequence
measures concerted between the Holy Father and the Cont.
of France, the total departure of the foreign troops which
are now in garrison in Ancona is deferred only till tran•°
quillity be completely re-established, and that there is ❑o
longer any reason to apprehend a return of those grave
disorders, of which this city was before the theatre, in
consequence of its being the rendezvous of the seditious.
Legitimate power is about to reassume its empire with as
touch liberty as energy. Those who have committed crimes
know this well, and are, therefore, already flying from the
place.
Amongst the officers of ordonnance of Louis-Phillipe,
recently named, the name of M. Alfred' de Chabaunes, the
brother of the nephew-in-law of Madame de Feucheres,
will be found.— Quotidienne.
M. de Chateaubriand has addressed a letter to the
Courrier Fransais, distinctly denying that the 12,000
francs offered by him to the city of Paris, in the name of
the Duchess of Berry, were derived from the sale of her
wardrobe given to the Convent of Female Penitents, of
which donation he had never before heard.

This being the anniversary of the death of Napoleon, at
a❑ early hour this morning a number of individuals assem-
eled in the Place Vendome, and threw wreaths of immor-•
tellcs, te, and other flowers, into the enclosure which
surrounds the pillar. A large concourse of spectators was
of course attracted to the spot : but there not being the
slightest disposition manifested to create disorder of any
kind, no interference was attempted by the authorities,
and there is every reason, so far, to believe that no effort
will be made to re-enact the ridiculous scenes which took
place on the same spot at this period last year.
The Monitcur Algerien contains an official report upon
the capture of Bona, of which the following is the sub-
stance :—" Captain d'Armandy, of the artillery, and
Captain Joseph, of the Algerian Chasseurs, at the lead of
two sub-officers and a private of the artillery, aided by
sailors of the schooner La Bernaise, having among thew
only 12 muskets, proceeded, on the 25th of March, to the
foot of the citadel, from whence they had heard that Ibra-
him Bey had fled on the evening of the 20th. The gar-
rison consisted of 100 Turks left there by Ibrahim,
After a short parley, they opened the gates, when the
tri-coloured flag was immediately displayed, and a sa
lute of nine guns fired. At the sight of this standsrrl
waving over the Cashel', Aehnset, who had besiegsri
it with his army for four months, took to flight
but after having plundered Bona and compelled the inha-
bitants to follow him, he set fire to the town. From that
time till the arrival of the brig La Surprise, these thirty
brave men maintained their ground alone, notwithstand-
ing they had to contend with a mutiny on the part of the
Turks. Three of the latter were shot. Joseph killed
one with his own hand ; and such was the effect of Cart.
D'Armandy's energy that the rest submitted themselves.
Joseph, after the evacuation of the town by Achmet's
troops, took possession of it and unfurled the tricoloured
flag, after having driven out a tribe of Arabs, who came
to complete the pillage. The town is now occupied by
six hundred of our troops. No fewer than one hundred
and fifteen pieces of cannon have fallen into our power."
The Gazette de Spire contains the following :—" The
principal inhabitants of Neuatadt, with their Burgomaster,
M. Schimpf, at their head, have published a Procla-
mation, inviting the patriots from all parts of Germany
to assemble on Sunday, May 27, at the castle of Hambach
near Neustadt, to celebrate the Camp of May of the an-
cient Germane. The ladies are expressly invited to join
this patriotic meeting. It is said that the King of Ba-
varia, resolved to prevent the holding of this festival, has
marched troops towards the Rhenish Provinces, and all
the functionaries of the surrounding States are expressly
ordered to abstain from being present. It is nevertheless
expected that the assembly will be held."

(From theMornin 9 Iler;id Private Correspondent.)
PARIS, MAY b.

To the contents of my last, dated Wednesday evening,
2d instant, I have little to add, as respects the Govein-
ment of France. The newly.formed Ministry exists, and
is not likely long to do so. In these few plain words you
have nearly all the truth.
M. Perier is, I am assured, on unquestionable autho-
rity—as in my late letters I represented him—dead to all
intents and purposes as a public man. General Sebastiani
still holds the portfolio of Foreign Affairs, but is lament-
ably infirm. Baron Louis continues to speak of retiring,
and lam sure wishes to retire. Ile never recovered the
shock given to his system by the defalcation of Al. Kerner.
Admiral de Rigny is a cipher, whom it would be easy to
replace in the Ministry of Marine from the list of Admi-
rals. For M. d'Argout it would be difficult to find an
adequ ite substitute, as Minister of Public Works. M.
Girod de l'Ain may play the part of a subordinate in the
Cabinet with as much zeal as in the Chair of the Deputies,
but beyond the qualities he so strangely displayed in the
last-mentioned situation, and which will be useless in his
new office, he possesses none to entitle him to be consi-
dered a competent Minister.
As a statesman, Marshal Soult is rather below the stan-
dard of your ci-devant Cabinet Ministers, Lords Westmor-
land and Bathurst ; although as a trainer and (some say)
as a fighter of soldiers, without a rival. Of M. de Mon-
talivet all that need be said is, that he is a true French.
man, to whom nothing comes amiss. " Take (said a mili-
tary friend of mine lately, who knows them well) the last
drummer in the (French) army; and, instead of the drum-
stick, place in his hands the Marshal's baton, and he will
betray neither surprise nor diffidence. ' This is my place,'
he would say, and enter upon commend with all possible
gravity." So it is with M. de Alontalivet. Except his
speeches and his pamphlets, little evidence of his talents is
before us—and that little does not appear to qualify him,
in the eyes of the public, fur a eeat in the councils of so
great a nation as France, and at, perhaps, this new crisis
of her fate. Add to these considerations the still more
important fact, that (notwithstanding the votes of the
Chambers in support of the system which M. Mon-
talivet says the present Ministry means to persevere
in) there is not one man among them in whom the nation,
properly speaking, confides; and add, moreover, that by
the Press, and the party of the mouventent, they are de-
tested; and having done all this, and taken all these cir-
cumstances into view, you will not, I am sure, find in
them any thing to warrant an expectation that the exist-
ing Ministry can maintain itself.

Besides these grounds for suspicions that the new
Cabinet is not fated to be long-lived, there are some inci-
dents of a more positive nature whispered " in the salons
and public offices" (the proper "correspondin" phrase),
iccluding the renewal of coquetteric between the King and
M. Odillon Barrot. M. Barrot is (you require not to be
reminded) a barrister, and a gentleman of considerable
talent and much influence. With him, although he piti-
lessly dismissed him from office, the King has studiously
endeavoured—has, indeed, continued—to keep up a con-
nection, as a link between him and the Opposition in case
of need. A late increase of intercourse in that quarter has
rpi it
would
the retainers of the present Ministry, and has given
rise to reports that the King contemplates what, four da)s
age, was deemed impracticable, the formation of a com-
bined, or rather a modified Administration ; one which
wouldrte n m
would be its principle of action. From the respectability
of the source from whence I had this intimation, I am in-
clined to believe there is something in it. If M. Odillon
Barrot shall be really solicited by the King to form
4 new Administration, and that he undertake it —the
project is, perhaps, feasible. With M• Bas rot many
~,f the present Opposition would not hesitate to a, t.
even though be should declare that moderation wcul,l
be the characteristic of hie Gyvernmeut. But if,