The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-20 00:00:00

Tom. STATISM

'return laid en the table, it appeared, that within Ole
last seven pars the number of Tithe Catalan, 41!...
,tided in the Court a Exchequer amounted to IM,•
• and. an /liter knitter were new pending.
Batton' wasii great evil, and called for coreeetlon.--.
He quitted the House would believe, that he would
be the last man to open any measure tendingto
the security of vested. property. His aim was to
strengthen such property, by getting rid of the cop-
makes system of taw by which this species of pro-
perty was considered in a different mode from every
other, and which was equally disadvantageous to the
Church, to the Lay Impropriator, and to the Land-
holder. The Hon. Member then proceeded into a de.
tailed statement of the opinions of the highest legal
authorities on the subject, all of whom were com-
pelled to decide by precedent, but who universally
felt the nature of the evil. He concluded by moving
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Leas re-
lating to Tithes.
Sir WM. SCOTT observed, that during the last
Session of Parliament some Petitions were presented
to that House from Devonshire against the Tithe
Laws. if these Petitions had attracted the notice
of the House, he was disposed to believe that no
grave proceedings would have been instituted upon
thew. The Petitions appeared all to be written iii
the same hand, and were signed by people of the
lowest deseriprion in the distant parts of that county.
From the uniform tenor of their language, they ap-
peared to have emanated from some Anti-Tithe
Board. They declared Tithes to be not alone inju-
rious to agricultural prosperity, end incompatible
with our civil institutions, and insular situation, but
as preventing the due influence of the principles of
the Christian religion. A Committee was then sp.
pointed to take there Laws lot° consideration, and
the Bill for which the Hon. Member had now at•ked
leave, was the result. He did not rise to oppose the
motion for leave, hut he prayed the House to proceed
with the utmost caution in interfering with Laws
involviog the very existence of property that hail
now stood for so malty centuries unshaken. The
Rouse would feel the necessity of that caution, when
it recollected that it was merely a question between
the Landed 4nterest and the Church, and decided
where the latter was secluded from asy Legislative
coparcenary.
Sir S. ROMILLY observed, that the Bill proposed
by his Hon. Friend had no resemblance whatever
to the Petitions adverted to by the Right Honourable
Gentleman. The effect of the proposed Bill would
be to put an end to an inconvenieuce, which for
many years had been very seriously felt, and which
was an anomaly in the law of England. It hail not
the slightest tendency to shake the law of Tithes,
but, on the contrary, was calculated to maintain it,
by discouraging litigation. The object of the Bill
was to place Cherch property on the same footing as
property of every other description, and to remove
that anisette!) by %hush, since the imitate of Elias.
belle, no alienation of Tithes to a Lay-Impropriator
was prescriptively binding, unless the original deed
could be POW ed.
Mr. LOCKHART supported the motion on the
attn. grounds.
Mr. PEEL defended his Right lion. Friend from
the imputation of opposing the discussioo of this
question. In his opinion, the adoption of the mea-
sure would be calculated to increase, rather than to
diminish, litigation, unless the Clergy were fully dis-
posed to argetesce in it.
Mr. SMYTH thought the Bill would be attended
wish injurious consequences,
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, the property of
the Church was as ancient and as well founded, as
property of any otter description, and soy step
which seemed to have a tendency to invade it, ought
to be taken e ith the greatest deliberation.
Mr. BROUGHAM thought that those who wish-
ed to discuss the .object, had better reserve then.
selves until the Bill should be in the House. lie
thought with his lion. and Learned Friend near him,
that although the Right Hon. Gentlemen (lid not op.
pose the bringing in of the Bill, he intended it to go
forth to the country that it was a Bill trenching on
the property of the Church. .In proof of the injUg.
lice of the present system, the lion. and Learned
Gentleman instanced a case in Oxfordshire, in which
a composition having been made 250 years ago for
Tithes, in the shape of land, the Tithes were re-
stored by a decision in the Court of Exchequer, be.
cause the original parchment could not be produced,
and what was still more eatzeordinary, the land ob-
tained in composition was retained.

Mr. CURWEN made a short reply, disclaiming
all wish for precipitation, and remonstrating against
the comparison made by the Right lion. Gentleman,
of the Bill to certain Petitions, to which it had no
resemblance; a comparison catcul4ted to create the
most unfoonded prejudices against the measure.
Sir W. SCOTT explained ; after which leave was
given to bring in the Bill.
Sir S. ROMILLY gave notice, that on Wednes-
day he would move for leave to repeal the Act of
King William, which made privately stealing in a
shop a capital felony.
Mr. BENNETT was desirous of stating, that
with respect to a Petition which he had presented last
Session, complaining of certain observations made by
Judge Day, in Ireland, on a trial for murder, there-
presentations which it made were unfounded in fact.
He bad been induced to give some credit to its state-
mint, because it appeared to be supported by what
he had since learned was a most incorrect account
of the proceedings, with the addition of very libel-
lous notes. He owed this reparation to the Learned
Judge, who, he understood, was proceeding to vitt-
dicate his character with reluctance, but it► a form
which enabled the defendant to prove the truth of
his charges if he were able,—that was, by a civil
action.
Mr. PEEL complimented the Honourable Mem-
ber on the liberal manner in which he had made this
ezplanation, and availed himself of the earliest op•
portonity of refuting the gross and calumnious libel
whiCh had been circulated against the Learned Judge.
Dr. P 111 Lt.( MORE postponed his motion relative
to the Spanish Claimants for restitution of Prizes till
Wednesday next.
Mr. %V. BURRELL moved fora Return of the
Number and Amount of British Claims made upon
the French Government, whether funded, territorial,
or commercial; made and liquidated since the Treaty

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of Pads rand also .r of the Amount of
Salaries paid to certai J.--L-Otdered.
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Sir F. II Cli
plc
1 a Petition from Li.
verpool, in Aitivie• Sfl „aleatory Reform.—Laid
,on the table. ,; c•A 't ~- .J.b. :• • . •
Sig .F. BURDiti7 proandiall thirteen Petitions
,frorn Bath, in isle* of. -Parliamentary Reform.—
. Each Petition was signed by twenty persons. The
question was then put oa them all together, and they
were laid on the bible. •
• COTTON FACTORIES. '
, Sir R. PEEL rose to sake his proiiiised motion re.
apecting the regulation of Apprentices,. and others
employed in Cuttoo Manufactories. About 15 years
ago he had brought in a Bill for the Regulation of
Apprentices in Cotton Manufactories. At that time
tirCelysi the description of persons most employed
in those manufactories. He himself had 1000 of
them, end felt the necessity of some regulation with
respect to them. Since that time, however, the Mu-
listen had been much attended. Mansfectorie, were
established in large towns, and the proprietors availed
themselves of all the poor population of those towns.
In Manchester alone 20,000 persons were employed
in cotton manufactories, and in the whole of England
about three times that number. The business was of
a peculiar nature, requiring of necessity that adults
and children should work io the same rooms and at
the same hours. It was notorious that children of. very
tender age *ere dragged from their beds some hoofs be.
fore day, and confined in the factories not less than 15
hours; and it was also notoriously the opinion of the
faculty, that no children o(8 or 9 years of age couldbear
that degree of hardship with impunity to their health. It
had been urged by the humane, that there might be
two sets of young labourers for one set of adults.
He was afraid this would produce more harm than
good. The better way would be to shorten the time
of working for adults as well as for children; and
to prevent the introduction of the latter at a very
early age. Those who were employers of the chil-
dren, seeing them from day to day, were not so son.
sible of the injury that they sustained from this prac-
tice as strangers, who were strongly impressed by it.
In fact, they were presented from growing to their
full size. In consequence, Manchester, which used
to furnish numerous recruits (or the army, was now
wholly unproductive iu that respect. He hoped the
House would allow him to bring in the Bill to.night,
he would then move that it be printed, and the second
reading might take place at any future period that
might seem convenient. The Hon. Baronet conclud-
ed
by moving, " That leave be given to hiing in a
Bill, to amend and estend the Act of the 4td of his
present Majesty, for preserving the health and morals
of apprentices and others employed in cotton and
other mills, and in cotton and other factories."
Lord LASCEl.l.ESentertainedconsiderabledoubts
as to the Practicability of applying an adequate re.
tartly to the evil in question, by any Legislative re.
gulations. The persons whose employment they
would effect must be considered as free labourers,
and the Bill as en interference, as far as it should
go, with a free trade, the general impolicy of which
ao man would now ventere to dispute.
Mr. W. SMITH rose to say, that the measure had
its origin in the Report of the Committee which sat
in 1816, which contained Lily sufficient ground for
it, although these grounds were certainly not weak-
ened by the additional evidence which had been pin.
duced, and shown to particular individuals. Ile
would also remind the House, that a Petition had
been received from the adult persons in this employ.
ment, against the existing practice, which alone
proved the necessity of some further regulation.

Mr. PRIMA PS said, if he conceived that the esta-
blishment with which he was connected, though he
was only whet was called a sleeping partner in it,
scattered disease and death in the manner which had
been described, be should take shame to himself if he
did not immediately attempt to remedy the evil.—
The fact was, however, that that establishment had
been conducted in such a manner that it was an im-
portant benefit to the poor and an example to other
factories. Is this, however, he himself had on merit,
for the whole was done independently of him.—
During the 27 years which that establishment had
esisted, no contagious disease had ever been knots o
in it ; and during 11 of these years returns of the
state of health had regularly been made, and the sick-
ness amounted only to a bmill fraction per cent.—
Out of a thousand pvrsono employed, the whole sem
' paid to them in Poor's Rates did not exceed 51. per
annum —a fortieth part of the sum which the factory
contributed to the poor. ll' such was the fact,
could any man say that the employment was
unhealthy. There was no manufacture in the
country from which, if the same means were
taken which had been resorted to in this case,
numerous petitions ind complaints might be int.--
Small factories were often ill ventilated, and from
that circumstance the health of a person might suffer
more in sin hours in one of these factories than in
fifteen hours in a f.sctory which was well ventilated
and properly constructed io other respects. But
how could this evil be cured by any Bill ? The
small factories generally went to rein, and that was
the cure for the evil. From the Returns made to
the House, out of 31,117, the number of persons
employed in these Returns, 1717, or 51 per cent.,
were of the age of 10 and under, 13,203 from 10
to 18, and 16,197 of the ■ge of 18 and upwards.
Out of 27,827 persons, there were 1,830 only who
could not read. Out of 25.000, the number of per-
sons returned sick was 163, very little more than
s.Bths per cent.
Mr. WILBERFORCE thought it would be better
to reserve giving opinions on this subject till the Bill
was before the House.
Mr. FI NLAY contended that no instance of hard.
ship had come to the knowledge of the Committee,
except in one case, which he admitted was very dia.
creditable to the parties. That very establishment
was, however, under the regulation of an Act of
Parliament, none but apprentices being employed in
it ; ■nd it only proved, therefore, that an Act of,
Parliament would not prevent ass immoral man from
doing cruel and oppressive things. Me earnestly ets-
treated the House not to ligislate rashly on a sub-
ject of such vital interest to the Commerce and Re-
venue of the Country. The trade in manufactured
cottons, taking the home and export trade together,
amounted to nearly 40,000,0001. a year. If such •
measure were ince:airy, he was also at aloss to know

sill it was not to be extended to the woollen and
linen factories: Re was sorry to see none of his
Atijesty's Ministers in their places, as he thought it
a subject extremely proper to engage their attention.
Mr. PEEL said the Bill was brought in sttictly its
conformity With the Report of I/116, bet the
health of the Hon. Mover had retarded its introduc.
don till the present
.period. The case which had
been alluded to by the. Hon. Gentleman who spoke
and witidli hippened in a concern near the loge
of Preston, proved the necessity of some interfereoce.
It was a mkapplitetion of language hillesignate these
young children by the term Of free ;sheerer.. The
evidence showed, that in some cases. 0,7 were. kept
to labour fifteen heirs a day, for silent weeks
gether, and that even on Sundays tba> were some.
times employed in cleaning michittery. In the ate.e
to wide,' he had before referred, the childree
treated were, on the future of the house, conveyed
iti a cart to lAnCaster, and told to beg their way tp
theiV oats parishes..--I/ear, heir I]—lt was plaint
withikei'seeking the opinions of the focally, thit
children of tender years could not be congoed to meat
unrtniiiiting labour without injury to their healtblee
well as happiness.
Mr. CUBM EN and Sir J. GRAHAM prefesiell
themselves hostile to the principle of the Bill.
Sir J. JACKSON and Mr. B. SIiAW said a feet
words in its support.
Leave was then given to introduce the Bill, whick
was afterwards brought In and reed inist time. The
second reading was fixed for Monday neat.
Lord A. HAMILTON presented Petitions fro*
two persons named Buchanan and Roberts, complain.
ing of harsh and creel treatment whilst deteined sue
der the Suspension Act, and praying for redress.
Mr. FINLAY declared, that there was ant one
word of truth from the beginning to the end of these
Petitions. Not one person had been arrested under
the Suspension Act in Scotland, and the Petliletterti
had themselves expressed gratitude for the manner is
which they and their families bad been legated during
their imprisonment.
Lord A. HAMILTON thought it very natural foe
the Petitioners to imagine ihnt they were detained
under the Suspension Act, nor could be conceive
why, if they were properly confined, they had Wet
discharged without being brought to trial.
The Petitions were then ordered to lie on the table,

ELECTION BILL.
Mr. C. W. WYNN moved the commitment of the
Election Lass Amendment Bill.
Colonel ALLAN opposed going into the Com..
millet.

Mr. C. W. WYNN wished all opposition to the
measure to be postponed to a (store stage ; and after
sonic observations on the part of several Member.,
the wish of Mr. Wynn was acceeded to, on en on..
derstentling that he was to postpone the third reading
to Monday se'nnight.
The House hiving gone into a Committee, several
Amendments were moved pro forma.—The Report
was ordered to be received to.morrow.
Mr. OGLE moved the second reading of tbe
Gaming Suppression Bill.
Mr. BA NKES moved, that the Bill be read a tie*
coed time this day six months.
The origins! motion was then negatived, intik*
Bill was thrown out.—Adjourned.

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COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday the Lord Mayor held a Special Court
of Common Council, for the purpose of Petitioning
Parliament for enquiring into the conduct of Mini-
sters during the Suspension Act, and that no Bill et
indemnity might be passed.
THE LATE IitECUTIONIL
After some converastion respecting the production
of the Report of the Committee respecting the late
Executions, it was produced and read, and merely
stated that the City Comptroller had written to the
Sheriffs to attend the Committee, but that these Gen...
tiemen had declined it. The enquiry into the dis.
graceful conduct of the executioner had not been
gone into, but would be laid before the neat Court.
Mr. Alderman WOOD stated, that as Mr. Shedd'
Alderson was now present, the Court probably would
hear his explanation of thedelay which took place.—
(Hear, hear !)
Mr. Sheriff ALDERSON declared, thst he now 'rose
with the greatest pain to address the Court on this
most distrest.ing subject, which had so much attracted
she public notice. He regretted exceedingly that his
Colleague was not now present, on account of what
he was now to submit to the Court. He felt that a.
public charge had been made against the Sheriffs, and
on that account he Ivad declined meeting the Commit-
tee, considering that it was his duty to make his
statement publicly, that the Court and Public might
be satisfied. On the Sunday prior to the eaecutioft,
he visited the unhappy delinquents, and, not only
furnished them with the means of supplying their wants,
but gave money for the purpose of their bodies being
decently laid out, and also for the fees being paid, in or-
der that they might be delivered up to their friends.—
(near!). At the moment of approaching the fatal drop,
the unfortunate women were in such a state, that had
they been brought forward they must have expired
without being sensible they were entering into the
immediate presence of God.—( Hear !)—fiesides,
the Court should recollect, that when they elected
Sheriffs they entrusted them with discretionary
powers, and ought, therefore, to bare confidence in
them. The drop fell at Wor 25 minutes after eight,
the signal being given rather in a sudden manner by
the Ordinary. This might have occasioned the
ropes being badly adjusted, and as one of the women
asked Hatchroad to salute her, this also might bays
caused the rope in her case being wrong. He could,
however, on his conscience declare, that he did not
see any struggle take place till the drop fell, and be
hoped he had now satisfactorily explained the cause
of the delay.—(Fleur, hear!)
Mr. CROOK defended the motives by which he was
actuated in bringing this before the Court, and con-
fessed himself highly satisfied with the explanation
of the Sheriff. At the same time, he condemned the
conduct of the executioner as shameful and oboe&
nable in the extreme.—(hear, hear!) —lie would,
in a day or two, be prepared with evidence on the
case, which he considered the most flagrant eras
kWown its London.—(Rear, hear!)
Mr. Alderman BIRCH was well satisfied with the
conduct of the Shelia'. pis approved alb*. case

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:teeing been brought lore/Led, sod pressed on the
lAnds Committee the imperious necessity of
examining those serious charges which had jest been
brought forward against the executioner. It was
indispensably requisite tbar the public feeling should
sot be trifled with, or any way insulted, and he
trusted there would, therefore, be no delay in In-
stituting ti strict enquiry into the manner in which
that individual had conducted himsiff.—(llear!)
After a few words from Mr. Wictimits respecting
the most disgraceful manner in which the bodies had
•been taken from the scaffold by the esecutiouer, the
case was referred to the Cons/Dille.
BILL. Ol' 1140E11NiTY.,
Mr. WAlTwasam ruse to submit a motion on this
most important subject to the Court, stating his in.
`tendon not to delay them long. It was obvious that
without the protection of the liberty of the subject,
life it.elfNsas not safe; for if a Government usurped
the power of imprisoning whenever they chose,
without giving the accused the benefit of Trial by
Jury, there was no saying where such tyranny would
end.—[llear !)—flenee this great principle of pro-
tecting liberty bad at an early period been recog•
Silted by our ancestors, being declared both in
Magna Charts and the Petition of Rights, for it was
well known that the Habeas Corpus Act gave no
new rights to the People. At the same time, it was
btriking to observe the time in which that celebrated
Act took place. It was in the tyrannical reign of '
Charles the Second—a reign in which the blood of
our beat and noblest patriets bad been shed, among
whom the names of Russell and Sidney ranked
`high.—[hear, hear, hear.!]—At that time plots
'were commonly hatched to deprive the subject of
Treedom, the prisons were crowded with the vic-
tims of tyranny, and judgments were passed which
were afterwards reversed at the glorious era of the
'Revolution. But the Members of the Legislature
showed a most dignified spirit then, declaring by their
conduct that they were assembled not fur mere per-
poses of taxation and money levying, but for protect-
ing the People. They therefore enacted this most
valuable law, considering that the liberty of the sub-
ject constituted the glory of the country. Now a
different line of conduct was adopted, for whenever
the Minister felt the People troublesome with their'
tompleints, or his own power beginning to shake,
he came down to the House, described in alarming
terms the disaffection of the Country, and selected a
Committee, consisting of himself, his colleagues,
creatures, and pensioners, to report to the House.—
PPapa when the Pretender was alive, and actual Re-
bellion existed in the country, it was thought bold
set to suspend the Habeas Corpus ; but now, when
rebellion had ceased, when the alarms of war bad
subsided, secret plots were formed by execrable
wretches, hired and paid by Ministers, to put a stop
to the complaints of the People, to.take advantage of
the existing distresses; to work on the irritated public
feeling, and, fur the accomplishment of these
diabolical ends, to describe themselves as acting
under the direction of persons of the first cha-
racter in the Country.—[ Hear, hear, hear !]—
Such outrages, such total disregard of every thing
eacred, made one blush for the country we lived in,
and to doubt whether we had actually good and
vilutary laws. So refitted had Ministers become in
iniquity, that a bare suspicion of any indivividual
made him their victim, and led them to suspend the
Act whenever they pleased ; and it was siligul:r to
observe, that while at one moment we were told of
the prosperity, happiness, and loyalty of the coun-
try, we were the next moment informed, that though
the general body was sound, yet a spirit of dissaf.
fection prevailed, which nothing but the Suspension
Act could remove. For the last twenty years, af.
fairs had been said to be well conducted ; yet, was it
not obvious that our workhouses were filled to ex.
cess, and an increased number of prisons found in-
adequate to contain the delinquents and debtors ?
Ministers felt the country was dissatisfied with their
conduct,
,end` they had the daring presumption to
descrihq that 'as.higli disaffection
to the Constitution,
He was 'well ;Were that the parrstion Such facts
r, ,"
uretsvp ainful trii some,. end imbed at by others;
but Werivlect not "ti;e feelisigs of him who could
teas 'laugh at his country's woes.—(llene, hear!)
•—rt:rist' ifealy had the friends of Reform been
branded with the name of Jacobins; but, could
the Court fail to observe in what manner the
people, now so grossly insulted, were cajoled,
When the
.country seemed to be in danger from
invasion? And, were the country again to be
threatened, he had no doubt arms would be pot into
the very hands of those who were now called psi.
tors. It was the eternal disgrace of this country that
such a system of spies had been sanctioned. Gond
God ! Had England now come to this, that her jails
were crowded with persons drawn into the snare by
the execrable creatures paid by Ministers ; that these
unfortunate victims of tyranny were sent exposed,
from city to city, and village to village, then immured
in unhealthy, miserable duugenns, their characters
Wasted, their property destroyed, their children sent
to the workhouse, and perhaps with broken hearts to
the grave, while themselves were ironed, and when
they complained, were refused all redress, because one
of their characters was perhaps too good, and another
too had ?—( Loud and repeated applauses.)—Was it
possible to look at the manner in which the prisoners in
Scotland had been treated, one man tampered with, and
yet not feel indignation at seeing all investigation re-
fused ? The Worthy Member then alluded to the
prosecutions of [lone, and observed, that the Jury
could scarcely restrain their laughter at the farce
carried on under the mask of protecting religion. A
late Attorney-General, well known to be a man of
delicate nerves—(4 laugh)—had been so shocked at
the Parodies, that he could not find strength to read
them ; and yet his successor had taken care to give
them every publicity. On the whole, it was dis.
getting to human nature, it was insulting to the cha-
racter of Englishmen, to see the detestable system of
espionage and tyranny now introduced into ibis once
free anti happy, but now degraded country ; and he
therefore should conclude with reading a Resolution
—( See Adcertisement)—which, be had no doubt,
would meet the support of the Court, as they hail
formerly expressed their opinion of the Suspension
Act.—( ilear, hear!)
31r. Fare.t.t. seconded the Motion. After the
vary able mutter in which the cause had been ad.
vueated by Lis Worthy Friend, it was not neces-
saryfor, him to say most than express his decided ,

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:

FRIDAY, FECRUARY 20, 1818

The death of the aged King of SWEDEN, formerly
Duke of Sudermania, is communicated by the Ham.
burgh Mails. This is au important event to Sweden
and the Northern States of Europe. Its conse-
quences to this country must depend upon future
circumstances. The first intimation of this event at
tlamburgh was attended by the stoppage of the Ishii
and the prohibition of all communication. The
motive for these measures is not yet evident. By
the demise of this aged and feeble Monarch, who has
exhibite►l a veil apt representation of the nothing.
ness of Kingly Majesty, the succession to the Throne
of Sweden becomes vacant to JOHN CHARLES BERNA.
DO rr Loyhoochile exercising the functions of a French
General, under the government of NAPOLEOSI, Was
elected Crown Prince and Successor to the Swedish
Throne on the memorable occasion of the deposition
and expulsion of the legitimate Madman, as he was
then termed and may be still, King GUSTA►US
ADOLPHUS, who acted so refractory a part towards
the liberating expedition of Sir Joas Idoeac,
end who was content, the other day, 'to enlist
himself in the roll of free citizens of Basle. It
will be recollected, that when the banishment of
the legitimate Sovereign took place, his uncle, the
Duke of Sunrestamia, was called to the Throne.—
Being an old man, and having no offspring, it be-
came necessary to appoint an Heir to the Throne ;
and BERNADOTTE being then Commander of the
French Army in the North, he was elected Crows
Pet!scic by the States of Sweden, duly assembled
for that purpose. In this high and 'important sta-
tion it is but justice to allow that BERNADOTTE has
conducted himself in a manner the most patriotic and
becoming; and with a submission to the laws of the
country of which he has in fact exercised the So-
vereign sway, truly worthy the imitation of other
Princes. His conduct to his friend and patron in the
day of NAPOLEON'S reverses, when his nati►e country
wee♦ invaded and ravaged by foreign arms, and when
BERNADOTTE led a combined Swedish and Prussian
army against his coantrymen,/s a stain in his charac-
ter, which can only be equalled by the more national
perfidy and remorseless oppression exercised towards
Norway, when the Ministers who compose the
present Administration of this country employed the
power of the British Navy to starve the People of
Norway into submission to the sway of BERNADOTTE.
For his conduct in the campaign against NAPOLEON
and Fraoce,this elected heir of the Crown of GUSTA.
yes was recognized as the Prioce Royal of Sweden
by all the Crowned Heads of Europe ; and hence
there can be no obstacle to his quiet possession of the
Throne, exrept there should prove to i►e a lurking
disposition on the part of the Swedes in fevoor of
GUSTATIJS, a name to which they are very partial.—
We believe, however, that BERNADOTTE is very po.
pular with the majority of the Swedish People, bat
many of the old Nobility are very inimical to the
new Court, add some of them have been detected in
very dangerous intrigues. If thi, disposition can be
worked upon with any prospect of success, the kgi.
timate faction in and out of Sweden will doubtless
seize the present time to attempt the restoration of
tin evened Kit►g; but if no such attempt be sow

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made, the family of 110EINADOTTE may be considered
as securely established on the Throne of Sweden.--
Tbe Swedish Diet is fortunately now sitting. Lord
STRANGFORD, a very able, though young man, is
at present our Ambassador at the Court of Stock-
' holm. The progress of the deceased King's illness,
which commenced on the 27th of January, is detailed
in Official Bulletins to the 3d inst. These, how-
ever, are not brought up to the period of his decease.
He was born in October, 1748.

Paris Papers to the 17th have arrived. They are
still pertinaciously silent on the Duke of WELLING-
TON'S affair. Rerard on this side of the water has
at length discovered that this caution is the result of
wisdom. 'rimy have get scent, and are unwilling
prematurely to alarm the game. We suspect the
French are making game of the whole story. In the
trial of MATHURIN BRUNEAU, who assumes the title
of Dauphin, all the evidence against him is con.
eluded, and it would appear by a speech of the Pre-
sident he is already made out to be an •impostor. It
is curious enough to observe the nature of the testi-
mony upon which this declaration is established. No
proof has been furnished throughout of the actual
decease of the real [Napkin ; such an event, bad it
really happened (and we are oot yet bound to believe
that it did, as a mere matter of course), must
have had witnesses capable of attesting it, and
the Bourbon Government has the means of pro-
dotting such evidence if it can be found. The
prosecutors have evinced great industry. and been no
less successful in tracing the prisoner through several
gradations of his former life; nevertheless, no such
evidence has been given. MATUURIN BRUNEAU can-
not be the Dauphin, because he is not a fellow of
brilliant intellects, has been a dog-keeper, and has,
according to the reports, the manners of a dog. lie is,
however, even by the accounts of the Papers, a very
queer and shrewd dog, and perhaps some Members
of the Bourbon Dynasty might not be very much
elevated by a comparison with tl.is snail of low oc-
cupations. To show that the prisoner has been in
low stations of life, that he had served as a private
soldier. or worked as a tradesman, would not in it.
self invalidate his claims, unless his birth could be
proved to have been such as the prosecutor contends,
or the real Dauphin's fate could be ascertained be-
yond doubt. " Ile denies every thing that is proved
against him," says one of our slavish scribes, " and
asserts every thing that is incapable of proof." if
this be true, be copies very faithfully from a high
school, for this is exactly the system of our present
Ministers !

It is again asserted in an article from Vienna, that
the Allied. Sovereigns are to meet in that capital, for
the purpose of concerting measures, and making de-
finitive arrangements fur the welfare of Rurape.—
The lame article mentions the expected arrival at
Vienna of Prince ANTHONY of Sammy, and that it
is to lead to a new alliance betiveen. the Austrian
and Salon Courts.

In the House of Lords last night, the execrable
I Spy System came again into review, and received
another portion of the condemnation it merits. The
Earl of CARNARVUN made his promised motion for
referring the Petitions of the victims to the Act of
the last Session to the Select Committee. Lord
Ifor.r.AND's speech will be perused with much ap-
probation. His Lordship remarked with great jus-
tice, that though the Ilabeas Corpus had been sus.
pended unfortunately too often for the country, it
never had been maintained till now that the Suspen-
sion granted the power of arresting and keeping per-
sons in confinement,without any intention of bringing
them to trial. The Noble Lord, who is not in the habit
of staking his acknowledged reputaticin for solidity of
judgment on pledges which he cannot fulfil, solemnly
assured the House of Peers, that if lie were allow-
ed he would produce sufficient evidence that no
small part of the mischiefs which occurred in the
disturbed districts were produced by Spies; and he
added, as, indeed, he *ell might, and many else
can, that " he could make out a better case against
Oliver and Ministers than they have been able to
prove against the country." But Ministers will allow
no such oppottunity of establishing the evidence
against them. The motion was negatived without a
division.

Petitions were presented in the Ilouse of Com.
mons from three persons who had suffered imprison•
ment in Scotland, on charges of treasonable practices.
The allegations in the Petitions were denied, but
it was not disproved that these poor men had suffered
a protracted imprisonment of five months, though
the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus did not emend
to Scotland ! So much for refutation.

The Times of this morning intimates, in a very
subdued manner, that U has received notice of " an
official information from a Solicitor in behalf of
FRANCIS WARD, that he has already commenced an
action against a contemporary Journal, for a state-
ment similar to that made by Lord CASTLEREAGH,
upon which we (the Times) commented in our Number
of yesterday : and that the Journal above-mentioned,
after a delay of nearly three weeks to consider the I
plea, had not entered a justification. We are, therm.,
fere requested to warn the Public 6 from a belief in
Lord CASTLEREAGH'S statement made against num-
cis WARD'S character, upon which a Jury will he
called to decide at Guildhall early the ensuing week.",
Any one wbo has read the Times of yesterday would
perceive that its comments upon the statements at.
tributed to Lord CASTLEREAGH, and against a belief
in which It thus, in a side-way, warns the Public te:
guard, were expressed in a spirit of as hitter rancour
against the character of the aspersed WARD, as t
statements, bal
atements, to question, sad upon no better fatiodas

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