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London, England, 1830-11-12 00:00:00

SG, NOV. 12, 1%339.

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raczfut predicament of leaving its Copley Medal refused by the hnlivi-
dual for whom it had been unwarrantably designed.
14- For having excluded other scientifie men, whose labours
had been completed within the customary date, from all compntitiun
for the Copley Medal. because they wete too indolent nr too ignorant to
kaljudge it.
15. For having voted one of the King's mednls last vear. for intricate
anatomical investigations, and disputed phrsi..lo4;e:.l deductions, on
the evidence of a single member of the council. tl.e rest making no pre-
tensions to anatomical knowledge.' And for h;"tug adjudged the
other for a subject acknowltalged by the President " to be very little
known in this country," and of which nn one millibar of the emeeo.:
knew any thing, except by report.
16. For having shown the most marked disrespect to our deceased
Sovereign, by presenting to such persons as were: adjudged his royal
medals, empty boxes in lieu of royal medals.
17. For having wronged Lieut. Drummond ard other philosophers,
both at borne and abroad, by not investigating their several claims to
the ixuenford Medal during the last season.
18. Fur Laving allowed the Nautical Allotanctok to continue a dis-
grace to the country, so that the Government has been compelled to
confide its amelioration to another society.
19. For having violated the freedom of election by permitting an
officer of the council to distribute lettea; amongst the Fellows to influ-
ence their votes.

20. Many hundreds of the society's funds having been converted into
" white bait, rose-water, and sauterne ;" for having urged the propriety
of spending hundreds more, because the treasurer conceived that " the
business of the society was transacted at the dinner table," whilst another
officer maintained that" if the system were broken in upon, the assistant
secretary would lose his per ventage on the tavern bills."
21. For having solicited tenders from different printers as to the
terms on which they would severally_ print the Society's Transactions,
and for accepting that of an individual materially higher than others,
because " they did not like any thing cheap."
22. For having shut out from a seat in the council the most profound
mathematician of Great Britain to make room foe an amiable relative
of the President's, who presumes not to the humblest scientific ac-
quirements.
23. For having voted that the President and two Fellows of the
society were numerically the same as tile President and three Fellows,
In order to keep a seat in the board of longitude ready for Mr. Davies
Gilbert to slip into, whenever he should be driven from the Pre-
sident's chair.

24. For having permitted Mr. Davies Gilbert, in their presence,
openly to bargain for his return to the post of Treasurer of the Society,
on his luitting the presidency; whereby the (till then) highly honour.
able office of treasurer was publicly refused both by Captain Beaufort
and Dr. Fitton.

M. For having, in their publication of the Greenwich Observations,
shown such marked inattention to the trust reposed in them by Royalty,
that his Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, has,
for the future, bestowed a moiety of his confidence on another society.
26. Informed of the rapid strides which astronomy was making on
the Continent, for having refused to aid its progress in England, lent,l
by so doing, they should lose their 1,0001 a year of the public money
allotted them by act of parliament, as members of the Board of Lungi.
tude—a sum they spent one year in rewarding " pendulum experi-
ments' " which Mr. Babbsge has lately discussed for them—a sum
which they are reported to have disposed of another year in buying
tables constructed by one of themselves, and which even their own puf-
fing cannot persuade seamen to ase—but a sum out.of which they
could not spare, any year, one single farthing for rewarding the labours
of Captain Thompson, whose tables, and whose rule, for facilitating the
reduction of nautical observations are received into the merchant-ser-
vice of them Britain, are employed in the French navy, and have proved
a greater benefit to seamen than did the united services of all the mem.
bets of the Board of Longitude, frotn the period of its unfortunate for.
madon, till the day of its meritorious dissolution.
27. For having obtained, through their treasurer, Captain Eater, the
return of a letter sent officially to an individual by their secretary, and
fee hay.* eaberituted another in its stead.
48. Thousands of the public money having been spent by them "on
the manufacture of glass for optical purposes,"—tor having gone on
floundering in their folly at the public expense, because, "for their own
characters, itjwse too late to retract."
99. For having, in the midst of their glass-making dilemma, refused
the proffered assistance of an English optician, second in merit only to
the eves.to.be-lamented Fraunhofer.

30. For having, after six years and a half of experimenting at
the public expense "on the manufacture of glass for optical Fur.
poses," caused it to be more difficult to obtain good flint glass in
Great Britain than it ever has been since the memory of man, thereby
having lost for us not only the honour of being, as formerly, the
opticians of the world, but for having lost to the revenue a profitable
branch of Income.

31. Having invited foreign giass•makers to transmit them specimens
of flint glass,—for having given official opinions of them at variance
with facts, and thereby reducing, as far as in them lay, the talents of
foreign glass.makers to a level with their own.

32: Having, under explicit pledges, persuaded an individual to with.
draw a motion which the council deemed it inexpedient to oppose, for
refusing, when called upon, to fulfil them.
33. For having buried the society's books in cellars, pronounced by
the geologists too damp even for the reception of flints.
34. For having, on the 19th of November last, paid away 2,6001. of
the society's money without the slightest investigation, in defiance of
.a standing law of the society, with which they were intimately ac-
quainted, of which they were reminded by one of the council, but which
they persisted in disregarding, because " it had not been acted upon for
some time."

36. Fot having irregularly entered on the minutes of the Council, of
the 10th of June last, against one of the best friends of science and of
the society, an empty threat, which they bad neither the manliness to
pursue, nor the candour to retract.
36. For having an average income of 2,0001. a year, which they
9end in mace gilding, picture cleaning, and other frivolities, whilst
they purchase not a single book, to add to their imperfect librarY4—
apply to the Government continually for money, and coniribute not a
single shilling out of their own funds for aiding a single scientific in.
vestigatlon.

• The distingui.hed author of the papers alluded too, u too well
known by his indefatigable industry,—by his disinterested devotion to
his favourite pursuit,—by the success with which he imparts his know-
ledge to others, to need that his ments should be acknowledged by any
act of the Royal Society. He must, however, highly prise the adjudi.
cation when he reads the names, and smiles at the qualifications, of
those who pronounced it.
t It is a fact, which will be scarcely credited in other countries, that
the library of the Royal Society does not contain a single number of
the Amain de Chinale!!!

PORTLG4L.

DECLARATION AND PROTEST.

In sight of Europe, and all the world, in the name of the Portuguese
nation, made by the emigrant Deputies of the Cortes in Flame, Eng-
, land, and the Low Countries.
The undersigned emigrants, Deputies of the Portuguese Nation, in
the Cortes of 1826, 1827, and 1828, to whom on account of the illega-
lity of the dissolution deemed by the Regent of Portugal, the infant
Don Miguel, it belongs to concur for the safety of their country, by
all those means in their power and compatible with the respect due
to the principles of the independence and sovereignty of nations,
have, until now. kept the must profound silence on the Portuguese
I question (so called) by the unlimited confidence which they had placed
in the persons charged with the existing negotiations.
But the extraordinaty events which have lately occurred in France
are of such a nature, that they cannot have the slightest doubt of the
intentions of the Ministry of Polignac respecting Portuguese affairs.
This Ministry had taken upon themselves the initiative of the nego-
tiations, since Lord Strangford, by his intrigues, could not obtain any
thing over the open and noble character of the Emperor of Brazil. The
blow which has just shaken Charles X. out of the throne of France, ha
at the same time torn the veil which concealed the perfidious design
of rivetting the chains which manacle the Portuguese, under the
pretence of maintaining the peace of Europe, and aawring in future the
tranquillity of the peninsula.
Now, we may judge what interest a ministry could take in the peace
and repose of the peninsula, who for a long time sharpened the sword to
give the last blow to the institutions of France; now, alter so dreadful
and profitable an example, one may judge well what were the bases
proposed to the Emperor on Pedro, in order to put an end to the mis-
fortunes which edict Portugal; now, one can see what ware the means
to be employed to exhaust his coosta,qty, to surprise kis good faith, and
noble sebtiments.
For this reason the undersigned have just motives to fear the
of negotiations established on such fatal precedents, without tl7gX.
perur Don Pedro having been exactly informed of the true objects which

The usurper of the Portuguese Crown, as well us the fattiou with
which he is surrounded, have procured by all means to present Ire car
:lie Cabinets of Europe, the silence of tombs and dungeons, the vote “;
its accomplices, and the sufferings of its victims as a inanife.t cares.
,ion of the free consent, tacit approbation, and unanimous ante of the
Portuguese people in favour of a Government, whose cruelties materially
testify the contrary.
All that which has taken place in Portugal until now proves, as it ,s
',loved by facts in which history is abundant, that a tyrant in 1161i3Cli•
"...on of the resources of a country, surrounded with pretarians, venal ton.
giNtrates, and infamous accusers, can for some time be sustained on an
tisurped throne. In Portugal, thousands of victims, by their long sut.
livings, and in the neighbouring countries many thousands of emigrants
:,:lueed to misery, have in the most positive manner protested against
di.: usurpation, and its consequences; but in the calamitous state in
which Portugal is, while the day of terrible example is postponed, it it
impossible for the great majorit of the Portuguese nation to show it
disapprobation, and protest against the illegality of the neguciations by
which any person may attempt to act under its name, and without ha
authority and express consent, the abdication and renunciation of its
'rights and liberties.
For so many and such powerful motives, the under.sigited. hi the
name of their emigrated cvuntrymen, in the name of .o ninny thousands
of victims who lie in the ittogeons anti fortrewies of Portugal_ cat i .
the name of all the Portudite,e, *hone voice is hindered by the term,,,
of bloody measures, each in sqlarate, and all unanimously, protest an.l
declare—

That the usurper of the Portuguese Crown, having trodden a:I ti.
oaths and promises which he so solemnly had made in the Court et
Austria, and lastly in Lisbon, in the presence of the Cartes and all the
diplomatic body, has lost all right to the public confidence, warranted
by his oaths and word. and therefore that his existence in Portugal, after
so many tyrannies, is incompatible with the future prosperity and trot:-
quillity of tbe Portuguese nation, as well as with the digr.ity and autho-
rity of the Queen of Portugal, Donna Maria 11. in whom the Pont*.
guese have the most first hopes of their future happiness.
That they do not acknowledge any power in the world, which by law
may be authorised to abolish For modify the political institutions given
to the Portuguese nation by her lawfnl King, and by her accepted and
sworn, and each for himself, in his name, and in the name of all .t.t•
Portuguese, declare any act on the contrary, %%leveret may he io •
forms by which it be endowed, as an act of force and violence, whit
no Portuguese is obliged to ohm:rre or keep, a:tel against whica
undersigned protest before God and men, in the mast .al: n:: 'Horner
Done at Paris on the 11th of August, 18:111.
MANUEL DE Al ACED() PEREIRA COCTINIIO.
Conde DE SALDAN liA.
Dr. JOAQI'IM ANTONIO IVAGCIAR.
CAETANO RUDA !GUM DE MACEUO.
MANOEL GONCALVLS DE MIRANDA.
FRANCISCO ANTONIO DE CAMPOS.
0 CON:•ELHEIRO BERNARDO JO-E
AIIitANTES E CASTRO.
MANOEL ALNES DO RIO.
LEONEL TA VA RES CA BRA L.
JOSE ALVES PINTO VILLA, &c. &e.

The Portuguese emigrams in France, England, and 1117 how Cow:.
tries, have hastened to approve, and to adhere to the above protest vi
the Deputies in the most solemn manner, and their adnereLee to toe
protest of the Deputies was immediately sent to the Marquis de N:.
Almon, and afterwards to his Nlajesty the Emperor of Brasil. anJ to the
Regency established in the island of Terceira.

Till.: TURF.

STATE OF THE ODDS, Nov. 11
14 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Caleb
15 to 1 Lord Jersey's Cobweb cult
16 to 1 Lord Exeter's Bohemian (taken)
16 to 1 Mr. Beardsworth's Co'wick (taken:
18 to 1 Lord Sligo's Bras•de-Fer
18 to 1 Lord Jeraey's Blunder's dam
20 to 1 Lord Jersey's !agree colt
23 to 1 Varennes
25 to 1 Duke of Grafton's Pastille cult
25 to 1 Sir J. Shelly's Cressida colt
25 to 1 Colonel Udny's Antiope colt
25 to 1 Brother to Recruit
1000 to 15 Mr. I'etre's Rattler (taken)
1000 to 400 on Antiope against Rattler (taken)
Offers ro take 6 to 1 Lord Jersey wins.
Offers to take 6 to 5 between ten and the field.
OA Mk
5 to 1 apt Duke of Grafton's Oxygen
6 to 1 dr. Houldsworth's Circassian
ST. LIGIZR Nothing done.

THE ARMY.

LIMERICK. Nov. 6

An order from the Horse-guards has been received by Major-General
Sir George Bingham, not to grant leave of absence to any officer or
soldier in his district, comprising Limerick, Cork, and Kerry.
The 50th, or Duke of Clarence's regiment, now at Templemore,
one of those gallant old corps that eminently distinguished astir in
Egypt, and throughout the entire Peninsular campaign, fighting a Uri
Sir J. Moore up to the disastrous retreat at Corunna, and continuing
their achievements under his more fortunate successor, the illustrious
' hero of Waterloo. The 30th is now in a condition fit for any set%
their King and country may require.
The reserve companies of the 58th regiment, at Drogheda, undo
I command of Captain Sargent, have been Inspected by Major.lien.
Sir Edward Blakeney, and their effective state much approved.
To the 25th of May last the 58th regiment enjoyed good health ar
Ceylon, and had only twenty-five men in hospital Lieutenant 111•Ken-
sie, a very fine young officer in the bath, had died of jungle fever, in-
duced by too much ardour for elephant shooting.
The Rifle Brigade. Ist battalion, has removed from Halifax to New
Brunswick.

The second battalion of the Ist regiment of Royals is orduted from
India to the Cape of Good Hope, on their return home.
The 89th regiment are expected in England in Match.
The reserve companies of the Ist battalion Royal Regiment arc now
doing duty at Glasgow.
Captain Hort, 81st regiment, is appointed Aide-de-Camp to Major
General Gardiner, at Armagh.
Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Edward Hunter from the half pay. is ap-
pointed to the vacant office of Deputy Adjutant General at the Mauri-
tius.

Lieutenant General Sir T. Walker is ordered home with klajot
General Sir T. Prissier, from Madras.

Major. General J. Dalrymple is appointed to the Staff at Madras.
The Marquis of Douro, eldest son of the Duke of Wellington, has
left the 00th Riles, and accepted a majority unattached.
The rank of Apothecary to the Forces and Hospital Assistant to the
Forces, is abolished. The title of Physician to the Forces is discon.
tinticd, and, instead thereof, Assistant Inspector of Hospitals is rata.
blishcd.

The medical officers of the army are now thus distinguished :.—As.
sistant Surgeon, Regimental Surgeon, Staff Surgeon, Assistant Inspec.
tor of Hospitals, Deputy Inspector °metal of Hospitals, and Inspector
General of Hospitals.
The pay of a regimental Quartermaster is now 6s. &L a-day on
appointment, subject to be increased for service Bs. 6d. and 10a. a.elay.
The pay of regimental and district Paymaster is now fixed at 15s. a.
day on their appointment, and after 20 years' service may be increased
to 20s. kday.
Henceforward the acting adjutants of the reserve companies of regi.
ments on foreign stations are to be selected from the lieutenants of those
regiments, while acting i4erjeant.major and acting quartermaster.ser-
jeants are to be taken from the colour serjeants of regiments.
The 3d Light Dragoons. 6th Enniskillen., 11th Lancets, and 17th
Lancets, have now only one major each.

REGISTER OF PUBLIC SALES, Nov. 11.

GARIAWAY'S

Mr. Reid (Son-in-Law and Successor of Mr. John Robin• )- A
Leasehold House and Garden, No. 21, (late of No. 4,) Rockinghstr.
row, Kent.road, let for 58 years, from 1807, at 521. 10.. alt at—
held for the same term, at S. ground rent a-year—Knocked down
at 4501.

Freehold Estate in the Parishes of Willeshcooogh and Levington,
near Ashfoed, Kent, comprising the Manor, so reputed, of Moate, with
a Family Residence in the Gothic sty* with !MIN plantations,
carriage sweept,din numerous domestic aa detached Gibes% punka.,
a cottage, farm-yard, and buildbigat' aid meadint, pasture, and arable-
land, in all 173 A. 1 1. V 1. (Knishes in kW-tax end quit-rents,
131. les. bd. a-year ; timber, Et. to be takes at $ valuadom.-11,41A11.

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