, 1840-08-29
From he Brother John.Man Of .Arsu.s g.

ARRIVAL OFTHE GREAT WESTERN.
This gallant ship reached her dock, to-day,
It about ten O'Clock, bringing Us London
1ates to the oath July, and Bristols to the
25th, her day of sailing. There is nothing
new from China. The second division of
the English squadron was to sail on the 18th
May from the Cape of Good Hope, May IS.
The Sulphur difficulty with Sicily has
been settled.
PARLIAMENTARY.
REGENCY BLL.-The Heir expected, has
the subject of legislation; a TACT
which officially %nounc to the leige sub
jects Of Queen Victoria, what their news
papers have been long promising. On the
18Th Of July, Lord Melbourne delivered the
following loyal speech-the first since her
that the Queen has not delivered
in person:
Nv. R.-The uncertainty of human life,
and a deep sense Of my duty to my people,
render it incumbent upon me to recommend
to your consideration the contingency which
may hereafter occur.& to make such provision
as the circumstance may seem to you to re-
quire, for the exercise of the royal authority.
= Shosh w PiSRuiCu OSOuSul ~ yOu III ouSh
as may appear best calculated to
maintain %unimpaired the power and dignity
OF the crown, and thereby to strengthen the
securities and protect the rights and liberties
ofmy people.
On Tuesday, the l4th July, Lord Mel
boure moved an address:
1t was ordered that the address should be
delivered on Wednesday, which wa done
accordingly. The above paragraph embodies
all its spirit. The contingency alluded to
in the Message of her Majesty is her death
in childbed. The Lord Chancellor on Tues
day, the 18th Of July, brought in a bill max
ing Prince Albert Regent, in the event which
the bill provides for-an event which the
Chancellor said would not occur If the pray
ers of the nation were heard. The Bill was
read a second time on Tuesday, July 81.
On the question of its second reading some
debate arose upon provisions for every pos
sible contingency, which some of the Peers
wished to MISUNDERSTANDING the Regents
second marriage without notice, &. C.
These we're overruled, however, as unnecesa-
ry, and the bill passed to a second reading,
which was concluded, went through a coT-
and was reported, without any OPP
position, or any alteration from the original
draft. 1t imposes only the customary re-
strictions upon the Regent.
Some parties would have been glad to have
associated colleagues with prince Albert; and
it is rumored that the Duke ofSussex aspired
to this honor. Queen Victoria, who always
has her own opinion and wishes, would not
this. The principal restrictions in
the bill are to provide for the inviolability
Of the English and the Scottish Churches.
The making Albert sole regent, has procured
the peaceable passage Of the Bill, probably
both houses.
TRIAL OF OXFORD.
The lad Oxford, who discharged the pistol
nj the Queen, has been tried, and the verdict
Of the jury, in the first instance, was, "Guilty
Of discharging the contents Of two pistols at
Her Majesty, but whether or not they were
loaded with ball ave cannot decide, he being
at the time laboring under an unsound state
Of mind
This not being satisfactory, the jury were
following verdict:
"UuIty: OUT al Me same IWe NC coHtHti'
ted the act he ,cas insane"
Oxford wa remanded to Newgate, from
he would he removed to Bethlem
Hospital, in which establishment he will pass
the remainder Of his days, provided with q
room, as in the case Of Hatfield, who was so
repeatedly referred to during the trial, and
who is still living, though he has passed the
last forty years in Newgate and Bethlem
Hospital, his trial having taken place in 1900
We take the following extracts from the
N. Y. Sun Extra:
Colonel Thornton, who went to London
for the purpose Of negotiating loan for
the state OF Illinois, Of one million Of dollars,
met with'no difficulty in Immediately succeed
ing in the object Of his mission, and has re-
in the Great Western.
The trials of several persons for ribandlsm
are in progress in Ireland.
MI. Feargus O'Connor asserts, in a letter
to the Times, that he is still treated as a
felon, and that he is compelled to perform
most disgusting felon's work in the prison
where he is confined, and that his health is
rippidIy declining; he concluds his letter by
saying. "and now farewell world; for seven.
teen months, farewell-but by Heaven, iii
make a storm in you" He says that he In