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London, England, 1832-06-25 00:00:00

SECOND COLItT.

The Court proceeded to the trial of Colombat,
who was accused of an attempt to destroy arid
change the Government, of exciting civil war, of
harbouring and furnishing with lodgings bands of
men, who occasioned and were engaged in the scenes
of blood and riot which took place on the sth and
6th inst., knowing their character and intentions,
and of having ensnared and premeditatedly attempt-
ed to murder several soldiers. The prisoner de-
clared himself to be Louis Andr6 Colombat, aged
28 years, formerly in the marine artillery, but now a
lodging• house keeper, at No. 4, Rue de Calandre.
On being called upon to account for three loaded
muskets being found in his house, and to reply to the
accusations of his having worked at a barricade on
the bridge of the Canal of St. Martin, and assisted
in raising another barricade, before his own
house, on the sth, and of having fired upon the
troops, the prisoner replied, that on the evening of
the sth, several percons came into his house to
drink beer and brandy, with muskets in their hands,
but upon hearing firing in the street they ran away.
leaving their guns l:ehind them. lie positively de-
nied having fired upon the troops, and said, that had
he done so, he must have immediately drawn down
vengeance on his head, as the troops were not more
than fifteen yards from his house. lie cemplained
of the ill-!reament lie received at the Prefecture of
the Police, where he was loaded with blows, and
stated that Vidocq, who was there, struck him so
violently with the handle of a poinard, that it se-
verely injured one of his ribs, and he begged that
they would shoot him at once, or that Vidocq
would plunge his dagger into his bosom.

The first witness examined was a young woman,
named Sophia Armand, who lived with the prisoner
as his mistres. She corroborated his statement as
to the manner in which the three muskets were left
in the house. The next witness, Magloire Allain,
a sadler, stated, that observing the people a'tempt
to disarm Sergeant Thiebaud, of the 25th, and hav-
ing his compasses in his pocket he drew them out,
and threatened to stab the first who came near him ;
and Colombat, who was near, said, " Bring the sol-
dier into my house ; you are not safe, you may be
wounded." Ile (the witness) and the sergeant en-
tered the house, and went into a room up stairs.
['his testimony was fully confirmed by Serjeant
Thiebaud, who stated, that as he was going with an
order from the barracks, he was surrounded by
a multitude, who wanted to take his arms from
him, when a man forced his way through, and
drew a pair of compasses from his pocket, saying,
"The first who approaches is a dead man." The pri-
soner then came up and said, " You are right ; he
is a soldier, and ought not to be disarmed." Co-
lombat took him into his house, and sent him up to a
chamber on the third floor. Notwithstanding this
testimony, so favourable to the prisoner, a great
many other witnesses concurred in deposing most
positively and clearly to their having seen him, not
only at work forming the barricades, but also fire
upon the troops, leaving no doubt as to the truth of
this part of the accusation. Towards the close of
the examination of the witnesses, Serres, the keeper
of a lodging-house, and his man, came forward, and
declared that at 10 o'clock at night, on the sth, two
men came, and engaged a room to sleep in, and
luring the bargaining upon term', they said they
had stopped at Colambat's, and each had left a gun
there. The reporter having observed upon the
evidence, and M. Briquet addressed the Court on
behalf of the prisoner, the Judges retired, and were
engaged 50 minutes in deliberating upon their de-
cision. On their return, they pronounced the pri-
soner guilty of all the charges against him, except
that of harbouring bandits, and condemned him to
:leath. Sophia Armand, who had remained in
Court, fainted on hearing the sentence, and Colom-
hat exclaimed, " I swear before God and man that
those who hare denounced ire have perjured them-

selves. Death awaits me, but I fear it not. A
Frenchman can have no such fear."

(From Galignani's Messenger of Saturday.)
The 2llonilcur has the following :—" For some
iime past several of the Journals of the capital have
again entertained their readers with reports of war,
and an armed coalition ready to enter upon a cam-
paign. A few battalions cannot change their can-
tonments, or be sent from one point to another, with-
out it being considered by some minds, and by cer-
tain opinions, as a proof of hostile projects on the
part of foreign Powers. We, on the contrary, assert
that the most pacific dispositions continue to prevail
in the relations of the different Cabinets, and that
tpe maintknance of the general peace may more than
ever be reckoned upon."
The Journal du Havre, of the 21st instant, says,
—" The universal topic of conversation this morning
is the arrest of several functionaries, who, according
to an account brought by the Captain of a ship ar-
rived from Cherbourg, had been engaged in a con-
spiracy formed upon the coast. The details we have
been able to collect are too vague, and relate to per-
sonages standing so high in public opinion, that we
dare not venture to make them public, until we have
obtained more positive information."

Extract of a letter from Geneva of the 17th inst.
—" We have this moment received the important
intelligence that the Diet, in its sitting of the 14'h,
decided, by a majority of twelve, that the city of
Base shall be definitively separated from the coun-
try. The two parts of the territory of Basle thus
become independent of each other, will form two
derni-cantons under the denomination of Rhodes
Exterior, and Rhodes Interior of Basle. The ar-
rangement as to the representation of these two
states in the Diet is not yet known. The equitable
division of the two territories, of the war stores, and
and other general property of the canton, remains to
be settled. There is now every reason to hope that
the dissensions of the canton of Schwietz will be
brought to a conclusion by a similar arrangement.
Neufchatel having fallen into its primitive insignifi-
cance, it is to be expected that the confederation
will no longer occupy itself with the internal affairs
of that priticipality, which will, however, remain
nominally one of the Swiss cantons."

The Milan Gazelle of the 16th inst. contains a
proclamation by Count Hartig, the Governor, de-
claring that all subjects of the Austrian States,
who have not special leave of absence, are to re-
turn home within one year, if in Europe, or
within three years, if in any other part of the
world, under pain of being considered as emigrants,
and subject to confiscation and other penalties at-
tached to that character. In the case of physi-
cal impossibility to comply with this order, a cer-
tificate of that fact is to be obtained front the
nearest Austrian Ambassador or Consul.

The following, dated Bologna, June 13, is ex-
tracted from the Augsburg Gazette of the 19th in-
stant :—" The spirit of resistance to the Papal
Government manifests itself in all quarters, even
where it was least expected. At Perugia a meet-
ing of 800 people took place, to celebrate Lord
Grey's return to the Ministry by banquets and illu-
minations. The inhabitants of Umbria expressed
incredible joy at an event which formerly would
scarcely have reached their ears, or would have
passed unnoticed. The Prelate and the Papal
!troops were unable to prevent the meeting. We
earn from Ancona that the Cma of Rome has or-
dered the Prelate at Osimo to declare the popular
movement at Ancona on the 3d inst. an act of high
treason, and to threaten the authors with speedy
and severe punishment. The pretended Swiss of
Count Sails, a medley of all nations, have been sent
from Ferrara to Ravenna, where the people received
them with hootings; the unfortunate men were with
difficulty saved from the fury of the people. On
the day before yesterday a serious disturbance oc-
curred at Ferrara, on the arrival of some Papal
troops, who were, as usual, received with hisses
and stones; the soldiers fired upon the people,
of whom several were killed, and others wounded.
The interference of the Austrians put an end to
this bloody scene. At Castel St. Pietro, a village
near Bologna, the gendarmes attended to prevent an
assembly of the country people singing patriotic
songs, but they were repelled, arid two of them were
severely wounded." The same paper quotes the
Funds at Vienna on the 14th of June, Metalliques,.s
per Cents. were 871 ; ditto, 4 p,r Cents. 77 1-5.
The Berlin State Gazelle of the 17th instant an-
nounces the return to Berlin of the Clown Prince of
Prussia, from Stettin, and of Prince William, from
Weimar. Prussian 4 per Cents. on the preceding
day, were 94 931; ditto, 5 per Cents. (1822),
English Loan, 101 f.
The illoniteur contains a Royal Ordinance,
whereby 11. de Miirmier, auditor of the first class of
the Council of State, is appointed Master of Re-
quests in ordinary service, in the room of M. Curd-
mann. The latter signed the declaration of the
Opposition Deputies.
Extract of a letter of the 19th inst. from Reggio :
—" At four o'clock in the afternoon of the day before
yesterday, %% e had another shock of an earthquake.
The convent of the Madonna, which had been pre-
viously much shaken, has become a mere heap of
ruins. The three stories successively fell in; and
the vaults of the cellars were so completely broken
through, that all the casks of wine in them were
crushed."

BRUSSELS PAPERS, JUNE 22.

CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES,
SITTING OF JUNE 22.

The President announced th,t the Chamber was going
to form itself into a Secret Committee, to hear the Minis-
ter for Foreign Affairs.

SECRET COMMITTEE.

The following is the exact sense of the report made by
M. de Meulenaere, Minister for Foreign Affairs. Though
it is the King's prerogative to keep negociations secret, the
Minister hos thought that, to preserve the harmony be-
tween the Government and the legislative power, it would
be well to communicate to the Chamber the last acts ema-
nating from the Conference. Three protocols exist; they
have not been officially communicated to the King's Go-
vernment, because it is the custom to announce only those
which impose obligations on the party to whom they ore
addressed. These protocols are numbered 6i, 65, and 66.
If there are any others, the Government has no know-
ledge of them, and they would be of very little importance
to us. The 64th is the answer to a Dutch note of the
2d of June, and a last invitation to King William, to give
a definitive explanation. The 68th invites the German
Confederation to cause M. Thorn to be set at liberty.
Lastly, the 65,h, which is more important to us, ex-
presses, as well in its substance as in an annexed article,
the formal intentions of the Conference to accomplish the
execution of the tre sty of the 15th of November. It in-
timates the possibility of Capitalisation of the debt im-
posed on Belgium, but it dispenses us from the payment of
arrears of the debt, slating from Is' January, 1832.
There would be an indemnity allowed to Belgium as a
compensation for keeping its army on the war establish-
ment, to which it is compelled by the obstinacy of Hol-
land. (The Minister read the annexed article.) Indirect
information had caused the King's Government to conceive
a fear, which the last speech of the Minister for Foreign
Affairs in Holland confirmed. The Government, suppos-
ing that the proposals of Holland might have been formally
received at the Forei.ln.office, could not suppress a feeling
of astonishment and pain. It immediately drew up a
new note, more expressive and more energetic, than that
which was entrusted to General Goblet. This note urges
the good faith and sincerity with which Belgium, as s'ion
as it accepted the stipulations of the treaty of 15th No-
vember, has shown its readiness to abide all consequences.
It claims in a snore urgent manner the execution, which
the Conference cannot decline.

The
Ministerand oawddeudn,iotnhatantahehaarcil,diorne;sesofoftitie
the
two
Chambers,
three
branches of Government in Belgium, are the essential
causes of the 65th protocol of the annexed article, and
other documents accompanying it, which
will henceforth
serve as the basis of the resolutions at the Conferences in
favour of Belgium.
We can give the Assembly the opinion, that in a very
short time the evacuation of the citadel of Antwerp and
of the whole of the Belgian territory will take place—such
is the formal intention of the Conference.
M. A. Rodenbach—Since the Minister speaks of a very
short delay for the evacuation, perhaps he can tell us the
date which is fixed for it.
The Alinister replied, that though he was not autho-
rized to state anything positively, as nothing had been

officially communicated to hits, he believed that the 20th
of July might be mentioned as the time fixed.
M. Dumordier feared, that in the end these apparently
honourable intentions—these promises so often made by
the Conference, will be found to be only means to lull us
t-leep, or to weary our patience. It is to be feared that the
Ministry may thus, by an excess of good faith, be led into
new and fruitle,4 negotiations.
M. Distouvilles—The Minister has told us that the Con-
ference has fixed a time within which the King of Hol-
land is to evacuate the citadel of our territory. But can
he tell us also if the Mernhers of the Conference have en-
gaged to cnforce this resolution, and decided on the means
to be employed ?
M. de Meulenaere observed, that the communications
he had just made were not official, and that, therefore, he
had no document in his hands that enabled him to give a
categorical answer to the question just put to him ; that he
must, however, observe, that the Conference considers it-
self as engaged towards Belgium ; and that being the case,
no doubt can be entertained of its readiness to execute
that article of the treaty which obliges it to obtain the assent
of Holland.

M. Distouvilles—l did not ask the Minister for a logi-
cal inference; I asked a question on a matter of fact, to
which I see no answer can at present he given.

M. Jullien reminded the Minister of his promise to
communicate the note given to M. Goblet, for a
Conference.

The Minister said he should have no objection to make
this communication, which might, however, he considered
as premature. He repeated the assurance that the note
faithfully expressed the sentiments of the King and the
Chambers, who agreed in the desire to obtain a ratifica-
tion of the Treaty of Nov. IS.
The Sitting was then made public for the discussion of
the project of law relative to the army of reserve.
M. Seron opposed the measure. The 100,000 men
that Belgium has actually under arms must be sufficient,
whether Holland attacks us, or we Holland. With re-
spect to a general war, he did not think it at all probable.
As for Holland, it will hardly risk a war, by which it
would not obtain advantages equal to those which are se-
cured to it by the protocols. Lastly, shall we attack
Holland, in ord,r to retake the citadel of Antwerp? But
can we do so, unless we are permitted, and will permis-
sion be given us ? Ido not believe it. I therefore see
no reason to levy 30,000 men, just when they will be
wanted for the labours of the harvest, or to add ;sew
burdens to those which are already so heavy on the people.
M. Rodenhach thought King William would never
yield, unless compelled by force of arms, and would vote
for the levy.
M. D'Huard was of the same opinion.
M. Jullien thought it unnecessary, and would vote
against it.
The general debate being closed, the Ist article, for the
levy of an army of reserve of 30,000 men, was agreed to
without a debate.
The number of new cases of cholera at Ghent was 67 on
the 20th, and 60 on the 21st; that of deaths 23 and 20.
The whole number of cases since the commencement has
been 583 ; of deaths 195.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Juxa 23.
ROYAL ASSENT.

At twenty minutes past Three o'clock the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE and the Earl of
SHAFTESBURY, as Lords Commissioners, took their seats on
the Woolsack, and the House of Commons having been
summoned to the bar, the Royal A-sent was given to the
followinv, Bills: —The Consolidated Fund (4,000,000) Bill;
Army Prize Money Bill ; Charity Estates Bill ; Militia
Ballots Suspension Bill; Contempt in Equity Bill ; Ex-
chequer Court (Scotland) Bill; Vice Admiralty Courts
Bill ; Privy Seal Bill ; British Mu:eum Bill ; Crown
Lands (Ireland) Bill ; King's Bench (Ireland Bill; Re-
gent's Park Acts A oendment Bill ; Norfolk Assizes Bill ;
Bristol Damages Ctnpen-ation Bill ; Bristol (St. James,
Without) Improvement Bill ; Chorlton Row Improve-
Bill ; Hastings Improvement and Waterworks Bill ; Edin-
burgh Police Bill; Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Bill;
Exeter and Crediton Railway Bill; Blankney (Lincoln)
Drainage Bill ; Spalding and Pinchbeck (Lincoln) Drain-
age Bill ; Nocton and Branston (Lincoln) Drainage Bill ;
Swindon and Marlborough Road Bill ; Warwick and
Northampton Road Bill ; Prestwich and Ratcliffe Road
Bill ; Glasgow and Carlisle Road Bill ; Evan Water (Scot-
land) Roads Bill ; Three Commotts (Carmarthen) Roads
81l ; Lord Douglas's Estate Bill ; Richardson's Estate
Bill ; Durham Church Estate Bill ; Ptpey's Estate Bill ;
Thornhury (Gloucester) Inclosure Bill ; Hill and Moor
(Worcester) Inclosure Bill.
Lord Jorirt RUSSELL, Mr. S. RICE, Mr. BERNAL, and
others, brought up the England and Wales Boundaries
Bill, which, on the motion of the Marquess of LANG•
nowNr, was read a first time.

Mr. SCIIONSWAR and others brought up from the Corn.
mons the Kingston-on. Hull Harbour Improvement Bill.
Mr. BEB.I-I.sr, brought up the Exeter Improvement Bill
and three other Bill.

A gentleman front the East India Company appeared at
the bar with various documents relative to the ZAnindar
of Nozeed's Bill.

The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their
Lordships adjourned until Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, .7u.vE 23.

At a few minutes to Three o'clock the SPEAKER en-
tered the House, there being but two Members present.
About T,venty Minutes past Three o'clock the Deputy
Usher of the Black Rod summoned the House to attend
the House of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given by Com-
mission to several Bills agreed to by both Houses.
The SPEAKER, attended by the Members then present,
proceeded to the House of Peers, and on their return the
Speaker read a list of the Bills to which the Royal Assent
had been given, for which see the Lords' report.
The Lords' amendments on the Kingston-on-Hull
Pilotage Bilil were agreed to.
Lord J. RUSSELL, Mr. S. RICE, and other Members
having taken the Boundaries Bill, and other Bills to the
Lords, the House adjourned at Twenty Minutes to Four
o'clock.

MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLI-

GENCE.-SATURDAY EVENING.

The Committee on Bank affairs is increasing in acti-
vity. Heretofore it has met twice a week only, -but in
the present week it has held two sittings already, and
meets again to-day. The general inference from this
is, a disposition on the part of the Committee to extend
the inquiry farther than was originally intended, in
accordance with the wish now universally expressed by
those who take a proper estimate of the immense itn•
portance of this subject. There does not exist, as an
impediment to that wish, the least necessity for hasty
legislation on the question. The charter of the Bank does
not expire without a year's notice, and this notice cannot
be given before August, 1833; so that another session of
Parliament must intervene before any practical measures
are called for. This extension of ti me is highly valu-
able in another point of view, as it will allow with ease
the preparatory step to be taken, which every one feels
to be indispensable, of paying off the debt due from the
Government to the Bank. But there is not, in fact,
the least difficulty in an operation which some have
treated as of a most formidable nature. The intention
need only be declared of converting that debt into a
4 per cent. or other stock, and the Bank itself must
become the purchaser; or, which amounts to the saute
thing, must purchase other stock already created; for, a
great corporation, with a capital of 18,000,0001., cannot
afford to let it be idle, and one course would prevent,
just as
deferred
to the next session, or authority might be given to Mini-
sters effectuallyke
t. aTshi theooptehreart,i anyin unduei4iit either
tphreers pressure eo n the
money-market. r
in this session, to negotiate with the Bank for con-
verting its debt into stock, and in the event of not coming
to any agreement, the debt might be paid off in monthly
instalments, by issues of Exchequer-bills, or any other
mode that might be thought ?referable. The propriety
of such a step, however, whether in this or the next
session, must be deter mined by a negotiation with the Bank,
or the judgment of AI inisters, and nut by an examination
of witnesses before the Committee. This is the only mea-
sure, at all events, that can by possibility be required
during the present session of Parliament.— Times.

HATTON-GARDEN.---THE MURDER IN
CLERKENWELL.—On FridayTtio3t.ts RF.ILLY was brought
to this office for reexamination, on the charge of the wil-
ful murder of his wife, CATHERINE REILLY, and fully
committed to Newgate for trial.

A Lady who was travelling mysteriously,
without passport, sometimes under the name of Madame
GAZES, and at others under the title of the Duchess of
BERM, was arrested a few days ago at Carcassone, de-
partment of the Aude.
BRIDPOIIT.—Sir H. St. PAUL is gone to
Dudley, without so much as civilly saying " good bye," to
his friends here. 111 r. JOHN ROMILLY (son of Sir SA.
NIUEL ROMILLY) has just completed a canvass of the
borough. Ile is safe. Mr. FOLLETT, the barrister, was
talked of by Sir HORACE'S friends, who canvassed for him ;
but he was too wary, and not being assured of success,
has failed to make his appearance.

PRIVY COUNClL—SArtyliblty.

RITE OF SUTTEE.

The important question which has engaged so much of
the public attention, as to the right of the local Govern-
ment of India to prohibit among Hiudoos the religious rite
iif Suttee, or burning of widows, came to be argued be-
fore the Privy Council on Saturday in the form of " an
appeal by certain Hinder) inhabitants of Bengal, Bahar,
Orissa, &c., against a regulation made by the Governor-
General (Lord William Bentinck) on December 4, 189,
declaring the practice of Suttee illegal and punishable by
the Criminal Courts."

The Privy Councillors present were—the Lord Chancel-
lor, the Marquess of Lansdowne, the Marquess Wellesley,
Lord Amherst, the Master of the Rolls, Lord John Russell,
Sir James Graham, Sir W. H. East, and the Right Hon.
Charles Grant.

Dr. LUSHINGTON, with whom was Messrs. DRINK•
%% VIER and M‘DoucaLL, argued the case en behalf of
the appellants. He proceeded in the first place to show
that the religious rite and custom of Suttee was an in-
tegral and essential doctrine of the Hindoo religion, as al-,
pearei from the concurring opinions which had been oh.
tained from some of the moat celebrated Pundits, cot-
roborated by passages from the Hindoo sacred writings.
From several extracts referred to, we insert one as con-
taining the substance of all that is contained in the opi-
nions of the Pundits in favour of the practice. It is from
the text of Angiras, which is stated to be of high authority.

" That woman, who on the death of her husband ascends
the same burning pile with him, is exalted to heaven, as equal
in virtue to Arundhati.
" She who follows her husband to another world shall dwell
in a region of joy for so many years as there are hairs on the
human body, or thirty-five millions.
" As a serpent-catcher forcibly draws a snake from his hole,
thus drawing her lord from a region of torment, she enjoys de-
light together with him.
" The woman who follows her husband to the pile expiates
the sins of three generations on the paternal and maternal side
of that family to which she was given while a virgin.
" There, having thebest of husbands, herself the best of
women, enjoying the best delights, she partakes of bliss with
her husband, in a celestial abode, as long as fourteen Indras
reign.

" Even though the man had slain a priest, or returned evil
for good, or killed an intimate friend, the woman expiates
those crimes ; this has been declared by Angiras.

" No other effectual duty is known for virtuous women, at
any time after the death of their lords, except casting them-
selves into the same fire,

" As long as a woman, in her successive transmigrations,
shall decline burning herself, like a faithful wife, on the same
fire with her deceased lord, so long shall she be not exempted
from springing again to life in the body of some female animal.
" When their lords have departed at the fated time of at-
taining heaven, no other way but entering the same fire is
known for women whose virtuous conduct and whose thoughts
have been devoted to their husbands, and who fear the dangers
of separation."

Having commented on the sincerity of the conviction
which induced Hindoo widows voluntarily to submit to
the sacrifice of self-immolation, as proved by the practice
itself, the Learned Civilian went on to argue that the Go-
vernment of this country was pledged to preserve invio-
late the religion, laws, and usages of the Hindoos, and that
the regulation now appealed against was a direct in•
fringement of that sacred pledge. In support of this view
he referred to the general tenour of the Acts of the
British Legislature with respect to our dominions in In-
dia, and the regulations and conduct of the East India
Company. The legal question, be maintained, admitted
of no doubt, under the provisions of the Statute 37 Geo.
111. cap. cxlii., sec. 12, which contained these words;_

" In order that due regard may be had to the civil and re-
ligious usages of the natives, it is enacted that the rights and
authorities of the fathers of families and masters of families,
according as the same may be exercised by the Gentoo or
Mahomedan law, shall be preserved to them within their
families respectively ; nor shall the same be violated or inter-
rupted by any of the proceedings of the Supreme Courts, nor
shall any act done in consequence of the rule or law of caste,
so far as respects the members of the same family only, be
deemed a crime, although the same may not be justifiable by
the laws of England."

Now it could not be asserted that, at the passing of this
Act, the Legislature was in ignorance relative to the rite
of Suttee ; and therefore he contended that the practice
was recogniz ,d by the Legislature, as it had been in ex-
press terms by several successive Governments in India.
In conclusion, he pressed upon the Privy Council the in-
justice and impolicy of the regulation, which would be
regarded by the natives of India as the commencement of
a series of innovations upon all those religious rites and
practices which they revered. Giving full credit to the
motives of those who wished to put an end to the burning
of widows, as revolting to our Christian feelings, be
begged to ask, if we began upon that principle, where we
should atop? The gross idolatry practised in India was
as much opposed to our feelings as Christians to suicide;
yet idolatry was not only recognized, but encouraged in
India, and it was well known that a large revenue was
derived from it. In truth, those who sought to put an
end to this practice laboured under a great delusion.
Upon grounds of expediency, no less than of justice, he
called upon the Privy Council to avert the gathering storm,
by d c ding in favour of the appellants' prayer. _ _

Air. DRECKWATER followed on the same side, and had
not closed his argument when the Council rose.
The further hearing was adjourned to Saturday next,
when the Solicitor-General, Sir Charles Wetherell, Sir
Edward Sugden, Mr. Sergeant Spankie, &c., are to be
heard on the part of the East India Company.
Ram Mohun Roy and several distinguished individuals
connected with India were present during the argument.

The Rev. ROWLAND HILL, who seems to
have obtained a new lease of existence, preached a sermon
at Cheltenham on Sunday last. The Rev. Gentleman is
now in his 88th year.

Miss FANNY KEMBLE'S " Dramatic Sketch"
is, we perceive, announced to appear in the July Number
of the Court Magazine and Belle AsseinbMe.

SIR WALTER SCOTT.—The answers to
inquiries this forenoon at St. James's Hotel in Jermyn-
street was that Sir WALTER had passed a more comfort-
able night, and had greatly improved since yesterday.
Notwithstanding, his recovery is very doubtful. The
whole of his family reside at the same hotel at present.
WESTMINSTER REFORM DINNER.—The
LORD MAYOR has accepted the invitation of the Stewards,
and will dine with Sir FRANCIS BURDETT and the Elec-
tors of Westminster, on Wednesday next, at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern, to celebrate the triumph of Parlia-
mentary Reform. The Lord Advocate of Scotland
and Mr. O'CONNELL, on behalf of their respective coun-
trie., have accepted invitations, and Mr. Arrwood is ex-
pected from Birmingham.

Mr. CAMPBELL, of Gatcombe, has avowedly
come forward as a candidate for the new county of the Isle
of Wight. Sir RICHARD SIMEON is also in the field, an
unflinching Reformer of all public abuses. Sir EDWARD
CODRINGTON and Counsellor GREY offer themselves as
candidates to repreQent the towns of Devonport and Stone-
house. Captain PYM, of Lowsleigh, also commenced an
active canvass yesterday.—Hampshire Telegraph.

Sir GEORGE ROSE, Bart., has resigned any
contest for Christchurch; J. W. TA PPS, Esq., is the fa-
vourite candidate. Mr. W. B. BRODIE, proprietor of
the Salisbury Journal, and the Hon. Capt. BouvEalz,
R.N., bid fair to come in for Salisbury.

KING'S THEATRE.—BELLINI'S opera, La
Straniero, was brought out at this theatre on Saturday
night. On this occasion, Signora G. TAMBURINI ap-
peared, fur the first time in London, as Isoletta. The
part is a very trifling one, but as far as it afforded an op.
portunity of judging of her merits, we should say they
were well suited to such a part; beyond this we see no
reason for praising her. The only important parts fell
into the hands of Signora lost, Sigrrr DONZELLI, and
Signor TAMBURINI, who executed them with great skill,
and were loudly applauded. The vogue which this epera
obtained for a short time on the continent it not likely to
attend it here.

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theA Lamb,new teasCompeire-
formed for the first time on Siturday with complete and
most deserved success. It is the production of Mr. MATHEWS,
jun., and affords a most prstnising specimen of his abili-
ties in this line. The principal feitures of the piece are
forcibly illustrative of the respective characters of a man
of impudence and a mm of bashfulness, and one of tender
feelings united with timidity, exhibited in awkwardness
and amazement. It is only necessary further to observe
that the whole were well sustained, and that FARREN,
COOPER, Miss TAYLOR, and Mrs. Ilumay, had parts well
suited to their respective talents.

It is not a little extraordinary that while in the
debate in the Home of Commons, instances are adduced of
soldiers committing suicide, either to avoid flogging, or in
place in this garrison to avoid even a drill pu-
eboanvseeqtaukeennce of being flogged, two instances of desperation
nishment. A soldier of the 33d Regiment, at Forton
arm was so much chat-
Barracks, cut his throat and died immediately; and on
the same day, a soldier of the 14th Regiment blew his
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to be amputated.—
Hampshire Telegraph,

ORKNEY AND ZETLAND.

Just published by RIDGWAY, Piccadilly, and HUN-
HUNTER, St. Paul's Church-yard, price 6d.
ALETTER to the Right Hon, Lord
ALTHORP on the REPRESENTATIVE
UNION of ORKNEY and ZETLAND.
By THULENSIS.
_

"An able Letter."—Times. " Curious and valu-
able."—Morning Chronicle. " A Pamphlet which we
think well merits his Lordship's attention."—Morning
Herald. " A most interesting Letter."—Sun.