Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-06-15

A severe battle was fought at Merida, the
capitol, between the national troops and
the militia, six thousand of whom had OBJ
tanned arms from Balze, Honduras. -Four
hundred men persisted in the conflict"
FoREIGN.-Some of the London gossips
have asserted that Victorias Drawing
Rooms were less fully attended than for
mery; but that on the Sd inst. was more
numerously attended than any previous one.
The Marquis of Hereford's villa. near the
Regents Park, is to be appropriated to the
distinguished strangers who attend the
coronation. Efforts are making both by
the fashionables and the trades people, to
procure postponenent Of the ceremony.
Petitions were in circulation among the
latter for signatures, praying that the coro.
nation might not take place in June, aleg-
ing that the immediate close of the fashion
able season thereafter would be highly
pre- judicial to their interests.
The quarterly report of the Bank of Eng.
land to May first. gives El9 ,084,O00 circu.
ation, El | .OO6 900 deposits, E22,763,OOO
securities, flO, OO2 900 bullion.
On the 5th of May, Mr.. Hume gave
notice in the Commons. that on the Tues.
day following he should call the attention
of the House 10 the subject of the arrest
and punishment of individuals accused of
high treason in Upper Canada.
About 10000 of the Glasgow people,
including 10000 women, have petltioned
Parliament for the abolition of West Iudia
slavery.
The Radicals are agtatiug in Birmirg
ham, and in the West of Scotland. Lord
John Russell has brought into Parliament
the important subject of Church Lands in
England and Wales, and the mode in
which their leases are granted and renewed
by bishops, deans, chapters and other
ecclesiastical bodies. The motion to inquire
was carried into the Commons, Ell to GAL.
The Conservatives endeavored to secure
the surplus to tho church, but lost mo.
ton made TO that effect. A motion made by
Mr.. Hume, on the other hand, to abolish
pluralties in the church, was lost, 81 yeas,
l07 nays.
The revenue of Liverpool, the American
seaport in England is stated to be one
fourth of that of the whole kingdom.
The rowdy of Waterford keeps up his
reputation. At meeting of Mddlesex
magistrates, for renewal of tavern licenses,
1t was stated that one of the applying land
lords had been patronized by the Marquis
OF Waterford, in the following manner
His lordship ordered butt of wine to be
given away at his expense. but on the con.
dltion that all the receivers should be
prostitutes His lordship was present at
the drinking. and got into fight with
another rowdy. Tho house was such a
scene of rio. that a large body Of police
had to be stationed in it.
A Mr.. Hancock has been driving thro'
the streets of London in steam. gig
The Great Western excitement here was
nothing to the interest excited in London
by the tea kettle "wehicle."
The Typhus Fever was making great
havoc in London. 1t ragged like an epldem.
ic, and produced much alarm. The British
brIganline Buzzard had arrived at Ply.
mouth, bringing most distressing accounts
that the sickness at Sierra Leone had dc
stroyed nearly entire crews and officers of
several vessels of war. The Buzzard has
had, during her four years cruise on the
coast, the most unprecedented success in
the capture of slave vessels, having taken
no less than 4,483 slaves.
The French National debt had increased
in years to eight hundred and seventy
four millions of francs, and ninety.thre
millions of which had been expended in
public works. The bill for tho conversion
ofthe 5 per cents. had been adopted in the
chambers. The first instalment of the
Hayden indemnity had been received
Advces from Africa were of the most sa.
tistactory tenor.
The indictment against Hubert and his
accomplces was published, setting forth
all the particulars of his plot agains. the
King. The trial was to commence on the
l4lb Of May. II would DO policy ia the