less to go further into the history of this outrageous, non-descript drama. The first two Acts are faithful to the novel, and highly amusing:-the remainder is poor indeed. The scenery, however, is beautiful in the extreme; and the view of the illu

minated Palace in the scene of the Forest is alone worth going to see. The music and singing is generally good; and one or two of the melo dies deserve the highest praises.The third Act ends with a quartet of great beauty.

MONDAY, JULY 22.-The royal assent was given by commission to the Marriage Act Amendment Bill and to several other Bills.-The Marquis of Lansdown expressed his wish that his Majesty's ministers would continue their efforts to induce the governments of Europe to acknowledge some general principles, which might form the basis of measures calculated effectually to suppress that iniquitous traffic, termed the slave trade. As an address to this effect had been recently presented to the Throne by the House of Commons, the noble Marquis would confine himself to merely expressing these views upon the subject.-The Prison Laws Bill was ordered to be read this day three months, the Lord Chancellor expressing his determination to bring in a Bill next session of similar provisions, except the penalties. The Bill was then read pro forma.

FRIDAY, JULY 26.-Lord Redesdale presented a petition from the Rev. George Bugg, complaining of his having been dismissed successively from three curacies, and left destitute with a wife and four children, by the bishops of Winchester and Lincoln, under 36 Geo. 3. cap. 83. sect. 6, and 57 Geo. 3. cap. 99. sect. 47. No cause had been assigned for this dismissal, and no complaint had been made against the petitioner's moral, religious, or canonical conduct. The petition prayed the repeal of the aforesaid sections of the Acts.-Ordered to lie on the table.

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MONDAY, JULY 29.-On the third reading of the Irish Constable's Bill Lord Holland reprobated the Orange processions on the 12th July to commemorate the victory of the Boyne.

Lord Liverpool expressed his strong disapprobation of such processions, and declared that ministers were taking steps to put a stop to such proceedings. On the third reading of the Alien Bill, Lord Holland, in an impressive and eloquent speech, declared the Bill to be a violation of the immutable principles of justice; uncalled for by the circumstances of the times; and indelibly disgraceful to the character of this country. His Lordship stated that great abuses were committed under this Act, and amongst other cases he instanced that of Las Casas, whose papers had been seized in a most unjustifiable manner. Adverting to Buonaparte, his Lordship spoke of the highest individuals in Europe, who had pronounced Napoleon to be the greatest character of modern history, in which sentiment he fully agreed; and he thought the treatment of the ex-emperor by this country calculated to throw disgrace on the national character, and to render infamous to posterity, the name of those, who had been instrumental in such measures against a great but fallen enemy. Lord Bathurst defended the Alien Bill, when it was read a third time, and passed by a majority

of sixteen.

FRIDAY, AUG. 3.-The Lord Chancellor brought in a Bill to amend

the Bankrupt Laws, but owing to the lateness of the sessions the Bill was read pro forma and ordered to be printed. By this Bill a person is allowed to declare himself a bankrupt by filing a declaration of bankruptcy.

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MONDAY, AUG. 5.-Lord Holland presented a petition from Mr. Robert Gourlay, complaining of injuries he had suffered from the government of Canada, the constituted authorities of which province had banished him by a summary jurisdiction.

TUESDAY, AUG. 6. Parliament was prorogued this day by the king in person. All the passages leading to the House were crowded at an early hour, and the arrangements made for the admission of persons to the Painted Chamber and other situations in the House, had the effect of preventing any confusion. At about twelve o'clock the doors were opened, and all the places allotted to the public were immediately "occupied. The body of the House presented, as usual, a display of brilliancy and fashion.

His Majesty, immediately on his arrival, took his seat on the throne, when the Commons were forthwith summoned to attend, and on the arrival of the Speaker and members of the House of Commons, the Speaker proceeded to read an address to his Majesty, in which he took a review of the proceedings of the

Session.

When the Speaker had concluded, his Majesty delivered the following speech:

"My Lords and Gentlemen,-I cannot release you from your attendance in Parliament, without assuring you how sensible I am of the at

tention you have paid to the many important

objects which have been brought before you in the course of this long and laborious session. I continue to receive from Foreign Powers the

strongest assurances of their friendly disposi

HOUSE OF

MONDAY, JULY 22.-Mr. Goulburn proposed a vote of 10,0001. for building churches in Ireland.-Mr. Hume objected to the vote whilst such immense sums were consumed by the Irish church establishment from a population refusing all religious communion with them. The vote was carried by a majority of -nine. The following grants were then voted for the Irish government,

tion towards this

the satis

had unfortunately arisen between the Court of faction of believing and I St. Petersburgh and the Ottoman Porte are in such a train of adjustment as to afford a fair prospect that the peace of Europe will not be disturbed.

that the ces which

Gentlemen of the House of Commons,—Ï thank you for the supplies which you have granted me for the service of the present year. and for the wisdom the first opportunity to have manifested, in availing yourselves of

reduce the interest of a part of the national debt, without the least infringement of parlia mentary faith. It is most gratifying to me that you should have been enabled, in consequence of this and of other measures, to relieve my people from some of their burdens.

"My Lords and Gentlemen,-The distress which has for some months past pervaded a considerable portion of Ireland, arising principally

from the failure of that crop on which the great body of the population depends for their subsistence, has deeply affected me. The measures which you have adopted for the relief of the sufferers meet with my warmest approbation; and seconded as they have been by the sponta neous and generous efforts of my people, they have most materially contributed to alleviate the pressure of this severe calamity. I bave. the satisfaction of knowing that these exertions have been justly appreciated in Ireland; and I entertain a sincere belief that the benevolence and sympathy so conspicuously manifested upon the present occasion, will essentially promote the object which I have ever had at heart, that of cementing the connection which subsists between every part of the empire, and of uniting in brotherly love and affection all classes and descriptions of my subjects."

Then the Lord Chancellor, by his Majesty's command, said

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My Lords and Gentlemen,-It is his Majes

ty's royal will and pleasure, that this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday, the 8th day of October next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday, the 8th day of October next."

After which the Speaker, with the Members of the Commons who accompanied him on his entrance, retired from the bar. As soon as they had withdrawn, his Majesty rose, and attended by his numerous suite, returned to Carlton House. His Majesty seemed in good health and spirits, and went through the cerêmony of the day with his accustomed dignity.

COMMONS.

16,1541. for the Board of Works, 17,5001. for printing and stationery, 22,0001. for expenses of criminal prosecutions, 15001. for apprehending public offenders, 20,0001. for civil contingencies, 20,0001. for army extraordinaries, 28,0001. for watch and police expenses, 200,0001. for meeting the distresses in Ireland, and numerous minor items of the Irish establishment were voted by

the House. The following sums were then voted for the expenses of the English establishment: 310,0001. for the out-pensioners of Greenwich Hospital. 30,0001. for courts of justice in Westminster Hall. 12,5001. to liquidate the claims of her late Majesty's creditors. 4,5001. to the commissioners of inquiry into the revenue of Ireland. And 12,7841. to two American Loyalists.

TUESDAY, JULY 23.-Mr. Canning presented a petition from Liverpool, complaining of the losses sustained by trade in consequence of the depredations committed by pirates under the South American Flag. Lord Londonderry replied, that the government had had communication with the Spanish ministry for the purpose of suppressing the evil.— Mr. Lennard moved for the correspondence which had taken place between Mr. Zea, the Columbian deputy, and our ambassador at Paris, as well as with our government at home.-Lord Londonderry replied, that an acquiescence with the motion would be interfering with the prerogative of the Crown and the responsibility of ministers; and on a division the motion was lost by a majority of thirty-five.-In a Committee of Supply Mr. Smith observed, that in the English Post Office, producing a revenue of 1,300,0001. there had been in the course of a number of years only twenty-one defaulters, their defalcation being 9,5001. whilst in the Irish Post Office, yielding only 55,0001. there had been 275 defaulters, occasioning a loss to the public of 19,0001.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 24.-In a Committee of Ways and Means 16,500,0001. were voted to be raised by Exchequer Bills for the service of the year-and in a Committee of Supply various sums were voted.

prohibited at the Cape, and recom→ mending that the Hottentot popula tion should by education and religious instruction be rendered available to our colonists. Address carried.Mr. Wilmot moved an address to the king, praying that a commission might be issued under the great seal to inquire into the state of the Cape, the Mauritius, Ceylon, and the Leeward Islands. The debate on the motion was adjourned.

FRIDAY. JULY 26.-Mr.Vansittart brought in his Superannuation Bill, for compelling clerks in government offices to establish a fund, to provide for themselves when superannuated. The bill was strongly opposed by Mr. Canning and by Mr. Calcraft, who quoted passages from the letters of Lord Sidmouth to the King, declaring the bill to be contrary to every principle of common honesty and good faith.-The bill was finally carried.

MONDAY, JULY 29.-The Superannuation Bill was again read, having undergone several amendments. -The report of the Committee on the Claims of the Calcutta Bankers, was brought up.-The Smuggling Prevention Bill was passed.

TUESDAY, JULY 30.-A Petition from the Merchants of London was presented, complaining of the depredations committed on their trade by the South American Privateers.— Sir George Cockburn stated, that

these vessels bore a national character and flag, and it was difficult to treat them as pirates.-Mr. Bright observed, that the vessels were, to all intents and purposes, piratical; and the United States of America did not hesitate to treat them as such.-Petition ordered to be printed. -Mr. Wilmot brought in a Bill to unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada.

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sittart moved, that the House do adjourn to Monday, August 5, when Mr. H. G. Bennet said, that he was happy to observe, that although the House had, in preceding Sessions, Dnever attended to the wishes of the people, they had, this year, evidently been influenced considerably by the sentiments of the country. They had lessened the expenditure, and diminished the taxes, but not, he contended, to a degree sufficient; and he hoped next Session to see the work of reduction pursued much further. He congratulated the House on their having diminished the influence of the Crown, by their votes, in the case of the Postmaster-General and the junior Lords of the Admiralty; and proceeded to complain of the fact, exposed by a return made to parliament, of seventy members annually receiving between them £130,000. of the public money and which seventy members were, on all occasions, the supporters of Government. The hon. member then adverted to the very large number, and to the respectability of those, who had this Session voted for Parliamentary Reform.-Mr. Hume followed on the same side, but com

plained, that the Government had reduced the taxes, but had not reduced their expenditure. He hoped, before the next Session, to hear, that the expenditure had been reduced by £7,000,000.

MONDAY, AUG. 5. General Gascoyne presented a petition, signed by all the respectable merchants of Liverpool, complaining of the Government, in not recognising the Independence of South America. He stated, that the Columbian States had refused to admit the vessels of countries which would not acknowledge the Independeuce of their Republics. The General presented a similar petition from the Clothiers of Leeds. Mr. Lushington maintained, that the Government had acted with every regard to the dignity and interests of the nation.

TUESDAY, AUG. 6. About two o'clock, the Speaker, and the Members present, proceeded to the House of Lords, and returning, after an absence of twenty minutes, the Speaker read a copy of the Speech of his Majesty, in proroguing the Parliament (for which see the Lords.) The members then separated.

six slaves; of these two hundred died of disease after their capture; and five hundred were drowned by the upsetting of a Schooner, in a squall: so that only one thousand, two hundred of these unfortunate victims were restored to their country by the humane and gallant exertions of our officers and seamen.The Government have appointed a Commission of Inquiry into the state of all our insular East India and West India Colonies, including the Cape of Good Hope, and as the state of manners and morals in these colonies requires amendment, this measure of Government is highly praiseworthy. Colonial produce continues much depressed in the markets, and colonial property is at as dreadfully a low ebb.

ple is in favour of the rational liberty imparted to them by the constitution. Bands of serviles and fanatics still infest the mountainous provinces, committing every horrid

excess in favour of what they term loyalty and religion-one of these bands of rebels has been defeated by the Militia, near Tich, in Catalonia, with the loss of six hundred men. Some thirty priests found among them were executed by martial law. The failure of the revolution at Madrid is likely to be of great use to the cause of the Liberales. The former ministry are dismissed. The insurgent guards have been sent one hundred miles from the capital; the Duke of Infantado, and the Marquis de las Amarillas have been banished, and a ministry of enlightened principles has been established under Lopes Banos. The Spanish budget exhibits the finances in a most favourable state. The sales of sequestered property have produced 80 per cent above the estimate, and the estimate made the sequestrations two thirds more than sufficient to discharge the national debt of about £50,000,000 sterling.

The continental papers complain of the spirit of liberty pervading the lower classes, and of its having developed itself even in the Russian armies on the Turkish frontier. If the governments of the continent do not guide this spirit to moderate and rational results, the effects may be dreadful; and we may have revolutions as terrific as that of France. It is observed that fires of an alarming nature are continually breaking out all over Germany. The French budget represents their finances as highly prosperous. A court is sitting at Colmar, to try General Berton and his associates in his wild and undigested attempt at revolution.— The Cordon Sanitaire is still kept up on the Spanish Frontier. The debates in the Chamber of Deputies are very stormy, but the ultra ministry command large majorities on all Occasions. The Congress is about to open near Vienna, to which the Sovereigns are repairing.

The cause of the Greeks prospers beyond the expectations of the most sanguine friends of liberty-all the ancient Peleponesus, with the Isthmus, Attica, Boeotia, Locris, Phocis, Doris, Aetolia, and Acarnania, with a part of Thessaly and Epirus, are

in possession of the Greeks; in short from the southern Cape Matapan, the Tenarium promontorium of the ancients, to the river Vardar, (the ancient Axius) including all Greece except Macedonia, is now rescued from the Turks, who hold only a few strong forts and fortresses in the mountainous districts of Epirus. The forfeited possessions of the Turks are so large, that the Greeks pay their soldiers in land at the rate of one acre per month each man. The Greek fleet, by means of fire ships, has destroyed a part of the Turkish navy at Scio. The Turkish Admiral, who committed such dreadful atrocities on the Sciotes, was blown up in his ship of one hundred and thirty guns. Three ships were sunk, and seven frigates stranded.— Sixteen ships from Constantinople have been captured by the Greeks, who have now the undisputed superiority of the Archipelago, and the Ionian seas.

The Portuguese Government with a liberality and good sense highly to their credit, have acknowledged the independence of Columbia. Bolivar has defeated the Royalists in a great pitched battle, whilst Paez has captured from them the fort of Mirador de Solano, commanding their only remaining possession of Porto Cabello. The Congress of the Brazils have met, and have placed the Prince on the throne as Emperor of the Brazils, which is tantamount to declaring a thorough independence of the mother country. Mr. Zea, the Minister from the Columbian Republic to the European Governments, has been favourably received by the first commercial and political characters of England. The following countries of South America may now be considered to all intents and purposes, as free and independent common-wealths: