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Jci Jatnrc, by nomination, and *I*MI continue
S' for, three years from the tune »f
the r appointment, and until a new *PP° 11
merit shall be made. .
p,». .-bid be it father enacted, rhat the
cninmirwioners of the free sc l. ,,m * s 1,1 ,
.power to determine the * ltU!,t . 10 " " f A
school* ill each district, to
for each school, end to remove them at |*a-
sure, to arrange the system of instruction
until some genem) system be or S nm/.ed ; to
deeidoon the admission of scholars, and tin
preference to he given in all eases ordoub or
difficulty, and to superintend generally th«
iimnageiiient of schools m their respeclivi
districts, and shall have power to draw on
the comptroller li>r the sums appropriated
for tlm schools in their respective districts.
fill. And be it further enacted, That when
ever the commissioners or a majority of
them in any district, shall he of opinion, that
(he object of this act would be better promo
te) iiy increasing or diminishing the number
•of schools allowed to such district, the said
commissioners shall he, and they are hereby
empowered to increase ordiminisli the num
ber of schools in such district, and to draw
for, and apply the whole amount allowed by
this act, to such districts, to the support of
the schools so increased or diminished in
number.
07. And be it further enacted, That the-
commissioners in each district, shall meet to-,
gether annually, ou the fourth Monday in
January, in each y ear, and quarterly oil the
fourth Monday s of April. July and October,
ami at their anniversary meetings, shall an-
nunHyAdect a chairman and secretary, and
shall'fill up the vacancies which may have
happened in their hoard. And oil the death,
resignation, or absence from the state of the
chairman or secretary, of any board ofcom-
inissioners, the members at the next quarter
ly meeting provided a majority be present,
shall appoint a successor.
f>3. Aid be it further enacted, That tltc se
cretary of each board of commissioners shall
beep a regular journal of the transactions of
the said board, which shall be always open
to the inspection of the legislature.
fit). And be-it further enacted, Tint in all
cases where the sum of mone.y allotted by
this act, for the support of each school, shall
be found insufficient to maintain a master for
the whole year, that then the commission
ers shall be authorised to employ a master
the greatest length of time, for which sum a
competent person can be engaged.
70. .hid ue it further enacted, That ev ery
board of commissioners throughout the state,
shall, at their quarterly meeting on the 1th
Monday of October, m each year, make a
regular return to the legislature, or to any
person whom the legislature may appoint,
of the number of months during the year
preceding their said meeting, which each
school in their respective district, has been
open for the reception of scholars ; of the
number of scholars that during each quarter
attended the respective schools; of the sums
drawn for, on account of each school, with
the date of the drafts ; and may transmit any
observations on the state or regulations of
the schools, which may appear to them ne
cessary or important.
And in order to regulate and check the
expenditure of the money, which by this act
is appropriated for the support of the free
schools:
71. Be. it enacted, That as soon as the
commissioners in each district shall have bl
eated the schools in their respective districts,
they shall designate each school by number
or by name, and give notice thereof to the
comptroller of the treasury of this slate ; and
every order drawn on the comptroller, fur
the money appropriated by this act, for the
support of each school, shall be signed by
the chairman and secretary of the hoard of
commissioners for the district in which the
said school may be situated; shall express
by name, the school on account of which
the order is drawn, and shall not be for a
smaller suin than seventy-five dollars, unless
on death, resignation or removal of an in
structor, the sum so drawn for shall be the
whole amount which may he due.
71. And be it further enacted, That until
the number of schools established by the
■.state, shall be sufficient to educate the chil
dren in every mart of each district, the com
missioners shall lie authorized and required,
if they think it expedient or necessary, to
remove the schools annually, into different
parts of their respective districts: Procieied
nevertheless, That no school shall be estab
lished in any part of any district, unless the
inhabitants shall, at their own expense, pro
vide a sufficient, school house for the accom
modation of the scholars.
7d. And be it further enacted, That in all
districts where a school nr schools are alrea
dy, or may hereafter he established by pri
vate funds or individual subscription, it shall
be. lawful for the commissioners of the free
schools, at their discretion, to unite such
part or parts of the funds prov ided by this
act, for such districts with such school or
school*, in such manner as may appear to
them best calculated to promote the objects
of this act.
71. And be it further enacted, That the
numU r of commissioners of free schools in
each election district throughout this state,
shall be as follows, viz:
For St. Philip’s and St. Michael’s, thir
teen ; for St. John’s, Colleton, five; for
Prince William’s, five ; for W'inyaw, nine;
for All Saints, tlirre^; for St. James’, Gonse-
rreek, three ; for St. Paul’s, five ; for Wil-
hamburgh, five ; for Kingston, three ; for St.
Helena, five ; for St. Luke’s, five; for Barn
well, seven; for Clarendon, five; for Ches
terfield, three ; fur Edgefield, thirteen; for
Greenville, nine ; for Saxegollia, five; for
Lomsburg, three ; for Marlborough, live ;
for Orange, five; for Richland, five; for U-
nion, seven ; for St. Andrew's, three ; for
St. Peter's,.five ; for St. Stephen’s, three;
for Liberty, five; for St. James’, Santee,
five ; for St. John's, Berkley, seven ; for St.
George’s,Dorchester, tliiqe’: for St. Bartho
lomew’s, nine; for St. Thomas and St. Den
nis, three ; for Christ Church, three : for
Abbeville, eleven; for Chester, seven; for
C Vccmont, seven; for Darlington, five; for
Fairfield, nine; fur Kershaw, five ; -for Lan
caster, five; for Laurens, nine; for New
berry, nine ; for Pendleton, thirteen ; for
Spartanburgh, nine; for Yorkistvcn.
75. Whereas, from the number of orphan
rfhilik'Jii from every part of this state, educa
ted and supported by the munificence of the
citizens of Charleston, in the Orphan House
of tliat city, an ample opportunity is off-red,
of making a judicious selection of talents fk.
genius ; ill order therefore, to further the pa
triotic and liberal views of the patrons of
that Institution;'
7iJ. Be it enacted, Tout 1 rum and immedi
ately after the passage of this act, tin- emn-
mi.s.iionera of the Orphan House, in the city
of Charleston, shall be, and they are hereby
authorized and empowered to select, annu-
r.lly, one youth from the number educated
and maintained on the. bounty of that IriSti-
tution, for the purpose of completing his e-
ll'Jpti'm at ihc Soulb-Carolina Cylb'ge. gra
dilate and receive the ilcg! res conferred at
the said college.
77. And be it further enacted, That the
trustees, president and prof* shoes, shall lie,
ami they are hereby directed to receive, and
cause to be educated, and allowed to gradu
ate nt the Soc.th-Carolinn College, the buys
to he selected ns aforesaid, subject neverthe
less, to all the rules, orders and regulations
of i lie. said South-Carulina College.
78. And be it further enacted, That all ex
penses incident to the ctluciilion and main
tenance of the said boys, so to he selected,
(clothing excepted,) shall he defrayed from
the amount annually appropriated by the.
legislature to the South-Carolma College.
7J. .lnd be it also enacted, That as the
youths so chosen, shall graduate, or in case
of the death, expulsion or removal of them,
>r any of them, the commissioners aforesaid,
ire hereby authorized and empowered to
fill up any vacancies occasioned thereby.
80. .‘lad be it further enacted, That the
sum of one hundred and forty dollars he, and
are hereby annually appropriated for the
hing ofenclt of the said boys, vvh™ they
remain nt the said college: Provided never
theless, That they shall nut continue beyond
the
Cl. II haras, AVdliam Burnside, Zaduiri-
nh Bailey, James M’Malmn, James
and Wm. Jjiuw, trustees of the WudslI^Ri-
ville Poor School, in the district of Laurens,
have petitioned the legislature to authorize
them to sell, alien and dispose of such lands
ns cannot he rented or leased, and which
was left by the last will and testament of
Thomas Wadsworth, deceased, for the sup
port of a poor school in said district,' And
ickereas, Henry W. Desau-isure, hav jug been
appointed by the will of the late Thomas
Wadsworth, deceased, a trustee, to give ef
fect and operation to his will, for the estab
lishment of a free school, is willing, and lias
agreed that such lands, which cannot he lea
sed or rented, may lie sold, in order to carry
the intentions of the said testator into efll et.
82. He it therefore enacted, That the trus
tees of the IVndsivorthville Poor School, in
the district of Laurens, and their successors
in oilier, be, and they are hereby authorized
and empowered to sell ami convey, in fee
simple, to nny person or persons who .-ball
purchase the same, all or any part of the
lands left by the last will and testament of
Thomas Wadsworth, deceased, for the sup
port of a free school in Laurens district,
which rannot be leased ( , r rented ; Provi
ded, That the proceeds arising from the
sales of such lands shall be applied by the
said trustees, to the support of the said poor
school, in such way and manner as slmil be
best calculated to carry into effect the inten
tions of the said testator.
YOIVttUUW
LATE FROM ENGLAND.
Philadelphia, August 17.
By the arrival of the ship Factor, Captain
Sneed, in SI days front Liverpool, the Edi
tors of the American L'etitinel have been fa-
vhred with the Liverpool Advertiser of the
8th ofjuly, containing intelligence from Eng
land, 8 days later than th.it heretofore receiv
ed. Copious extracts w ill he found below.'
Disturbances appear to have taken place
at Bres’ and Caen. The Emperor of Rus
sia is said to have addressed a declaration to
all the European courts, relative to the late
political changes in Spain.
Hopes are entertained in Hanover that
the King will visit that country during the
ensuing autumn, and the palace of Ilcrren-
hausen is said to he preparing for his majes
ty’s reception.
[ From the Liverpool Advertiser, July 8.]
The concern* of the Queen have made
considerable progress during the present
week. The report of the committee of the
Huuse of Lords was brought up on Tuesday
night, anil it was couched in no equivocal
or qualified terms. The Queen is charged
on the evidence of various persons, in differ
ent parts of Europe, with having carried on
an adulterous intercourse with a man whom
she lmd raised from the rank of a mcnitll ser-,
vant, and she is charged also with general
licentiousness and impropriety of conduct.—
The very serious weight of this accusation,
it must be confessed, lias rather gone beyond
the public expectation. That an unfavora
ble report should he produced was a matter
of course, because no accusation was ever
brought forward which did not appear suffi
ciently vrtlki before the defunct! was heard.
Such is the inevitable rflVft of an examina
tion of ex- parte evidence hi any case, but es
pecially in a charge which is supported by
witnesses employed to collect evidence, and
ienumerated for their testimony. But the
report now produced is certainly more grave
in itsaccusations, more unhesitating in its as
sumptions, and more direct in its language
than had been generally anticipated. The
Queen herself seems tone somewhat shock
ed and surprised at its unexpected severity.
She still, however, remains confident in her
ability to show, by the most satisfactory
proof, that Hie testimony against her is false,
and the witnesses corrupt. Hit own evi
dence will, of course, be liable* to I he same
imputations, and thus the affair, as far as res
pects public opinion, will remain exactly
where it is. The partizans of the Queen
will discredit all the asseverations of the ac
cusers, whilst her adversaries will equally dis
regard all the evidence in her defence.
n this way, the w hole dispute, though
simply a question of fact, will serve only to
exasperate the fury of contending parties,
with senrcely any chance of producing con
viction on either side.
We are mnch gratified to learn, that the
demand fur cotton and wool from most of
the principal seats of thatextensivcjnanufac-
tore has been, for a few months past, gradu
ally oil the increase.
We have the comfort of knowing that Ylio
distress w hich it issaid, now prevails amongst
all classes of people in this country, is, at
least, not universal. *
THE QUEEN.
The Marquis of Lansdownn ami Lord
Erskine having signified to the House of
Lords their wish to decline serving on the
committee appointed to investigate the rhar-
ges preferred against the Queen, their resig
nation w as accepted by the house and the
Earl of Hardwick and Lord Ellenhorough
Were appointed to serve in their stead.
The addres es of the city of York and the
town and neighborhood of Nottingham,
were presented to her majesty last week,
and wa re most graciously received.
Addresses were voted yesterday week to
her majesty by the Common Hall of Lon
don, and by the borough of Southwark.—
About six o’clock tin*, same afternoon the
Queen went to Guildhall accompanied by
Mr. Alderman Wood. Her majesty was
received at the door by Mr. FavcM and seve
ral gentlemen of the common council, bear
ing wands. Her majesty was particularly
anxious to see the statute of the late king anil
was accordingly led to the room where it
stands. The common Council Chamber
was crowded with well dressed ladies, who
waved their liRufikevc'hiefa as her niaicst
walked through their ranks. One lady
knelt down, and ejaculated a fo'rent prayer
for her majesty's prosperity. M’tie Queen
raised her, and spoke a few words of thanks
to her, in a manner that showed she was
greatly affected by the incident. Her ma
jesty was received with loud cheers by nil
who had the honor to be admitted into the
ball to see her pass. Her carriage w as draw i
by the populace, in spite of the most earnest
remonstrances to the contrary.
The Queen, it appears, has now taken the
resolution to pass her future life in England;
which lact w>>* announced to the livery of
London yesterday week by .Mr. Alderman
Wood.
On Saturday last, at ten o'clock, Mr.
Brougham hail an audience of her majesty,
to present on affectionate and loyal address
from Preston, signed, in a few hours by some
thousands of the in.militants. Her majesty
returned the folli-wing answer: “4 thank
Hu- good in epic of l’reslau for this mark of
regard. The object of iny coming home
has been the vindication of my honor, anil I
shall perform the sacred duty which I owe.
alike to the country and tw myself without
making myself a parly to the political divisi
ons that at present exist. But I never can
forget llie gratitude 1 owe to the English na
tion, or cease to fee! the-liveliest interest in
its prospi rity.”
On Saturday afternoon her majesty took
an airing to Blackheatli, in a private carri
age. She returned through the city,-and
called at the shop of Mr. Alderman Waitli-
inau, oiT leaving vvhadi she was it cognised
y the populace, who, notwithstanding liei
majesty’-* remonstrances, took the horses
from her carriage, and drew it themselves.
Loxdox, July 4.
T11E QUEEN.
Jn the-House of Lewis yesterday, a deal
f routine business was transacted. Lord
Dacre presented Hk> following petition from
her majesty: “ Caroline ft'pin*. The
Queen observing the most extraordinary ro-
ortmade in the House of Lords tty the se
cret committee, ami now lying on the taWe,
represents to the house, that she is at this
moment prepared to defend herself against
it, as far as she can understand its import.—
Tile Queen also states, that there are various
matters touching the same, which ilisahso-
utely necessary, with a view to her future
defence, to liavo stated in the present state
of the proceeding. The Queen therefore
rays that she may he heard by her counsel
touching such matters."’ Lord Dacre then
urged the propriety of counsel being heard
on behalf of the Queen, and said that if the
petition was agreed to, lie should vote that
counsel be brought in. Lord Liverpool stat-,
d, that after he had obtained leave lo bring
in the bill, he should move that a copy be
presented to the Queen, and then the petiti
on might he regularly taken into considera
tion. The petition was strongly supported
by Lord Grey and other noblemen on the
side of the opposition, Imt the motinnnf lord
Dacre that counsel he heard, was negatived
without a div ision. \ x
The Earl nfLivcrponl then rose to submit
to their lordships the lull of -which lie had
given notice Iti doing so, he was convinced
lie would best consult his own feelings as
well as llivise of their lordships, by abstain
ing at tin- present moment from entering in
to any-detail of Hie important matter to
which this hill had reference. The pream
ble would speak for itself, and develope that
charge; the allegations of which it would be
the. duty of those officially employed on the
occasion to-prove by evidence before their
lordships. He had on a former night argu
ed the propriety of instituting an impeach
ment rather than a bill like the. present—-but
he was still of opinion, that when a doubt
was cast upon the legality of such proceed
ing in this particular case, on account of the
circumstances of the criminality not being
that which could he established in the man
ner required by the common law, there was
no course which tlie.ir lordships could suita
bly adopt, except a bill of pains and penal
ties. The consideration then a rose, by which
house of parliament ought the proceeding to
originate. Under all these circumstances of
the case, he .thought it advisable the hill
should he introduced before their lordships,
as their judicial habits and forms would en
able them to proceed more eflcrtwt'Jy in the
progress of the distressing enquiry. {Hear,
hear.) As to the bill which lie.tneaht to intro
duce, the preamble would state, with as
much particularity as the nature of the of
fence admitted, (lie specific charge. It
would then, proceed on the assumption that
that charge was substantiated bri'ore their,
lordships in ev idence, go t > deprive her ma
jesty of her rank and tit luas queen, and con
clude w ith dissolving her marriage with the
king. There were no penal consequences
over and above w hat lie had mentioned in
cluded in this hill. 'With the except!) .1 of
the degradation of the queen from her rank,
and the dissolution of her marriage, should
the alleged ci im-o he substantiated against hoy,
it was not intended to hear more severely on
theindividuaHliaiithecascactually called for.
The charge: contained in the. preamble were
then to he gone into, and if the house should
lie assured by the evidence of tile corn cfness
of these charges, their lordships would goon
to the second reading. He ti ustedthat their
lordships would discharge theirduty as they
had done on every other occasion wherein
they had been railed to exercise their judici
al character, so as to secure, as they well de
serve, the respect and confidence of the
country. He would then propose that the
bill should be read a first time: after which
he would move most respectfully, that co
pies of the bill, when printed, should he de
livered to her majesty the queen. Then
their lordships would be able to postpone
the second reading until the queen should be
consulted as to the period in which she would
prefer that the bill should proceed. It was
a matter of indifference to him. If she
wished it, the second reading might he de
layed, as well as intermediate proceedings,
until her majesty's council were ready to go,
into her defence—otherwise, if it. was her
wish to proceed forthwith, it would be for
their lordships to fix an early day. He
would propose that duy fortnight—in the
mean time he would propose next Friday or
Monday for further proceedings of an inter
mediate nature. Their lordships had a pain
ful nuil distressing duty to-discharge: since
hi* majesty had intrusted the administration
of the executive government to his present
servants, he [Lord Liveipool) had not heel*
called on to perform any duty so painful and
distressing to his own mind and feeling*.—
Their lordships must endeavor, notwith
standing, to discharge that duty with firm
ness and resolution, hut vvilii the utmost pos
sible lenity and mildness to tin; illustrious
accused at the same time. If the charges
which were to be advanced should, after be
ing proved, fail to convince their lordships
of the necessity for proceeding with this
measure, it would not be only the impunity
of guilt, but the triumph of guilt. They had
a straight forward course to pursue, from
which they were not to lie deterred, they
ought not to be driver l»v the effects of pre
judice nr pi polar clamour. Tie then moved
that a hill of pains and penalties for depriving
"Caroline Queen of England of her rights,
privileges, and prerogative * should he read a
first time. The bill, of which the following
is a literal copy, was then rend by the clerk:
“ Whereas in the year 1811, her majesty
Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, then Princess of
Wales and now queen consort oft his realm,
being at Milan in Italy, engage. 1 in her ser
vice in a menial situation, one Bartulnmo
Pci garni, otherwise IJartnlomo Bcrgami, a
foreigner of low station, who had before ser
ved in a similar capacity :
“ And whereas, after the said Partnlo.no
Pergami, otherwise Bartolomo Bcrgami, had
.unentered the service of her royal highness,
the said princess of Wales, a must unbecom
ing and disgusting intir. v / commenced ba-
tvveen her royal higlinesi- and the said Barto-
Inino Pergami, otherwise Bartolomo Bergu-
mi:
“ And whereas Iter royal hignesa not only
advanced the said Bartolomo Pergamiolher-
vvise Bartolomo Bcrgami, to a high situati
on in her nival bigness’s household, and re
ceived him into her service, and that in high
and confidential situations about her royal
highness’s person, hut bestowed upon hiw
ntliergrent and extraordinary marks of fa
vor and distinction, obtained for him orders
of knighthood and titles of honor, and con
ferred m*oii him n pretemli d order of knight
hood, which her royal Ingnessliad taken up
on herself to institute without any justice or
lawful authurily:
“ Aril whereas her said royal highness,
whilst the said Bartolomo Pergami, other
's.ise Bartolomo Bcrgami, was in her said
service, further unmindful nf her exalted
rank anil station, and of her duty to your
majesty, and wholly regardless of her own
honor and character, conducted herself to
wards the said Bartolomo l’ergami, other
wise Bartolomo Bergatui, and in other res
pects both public and private, in tile various
places and countrieswhich her royal high
ness visited, with indecent and offensive fa
miliarity and freedom, and carried on a li
centious, disgraceful, and adulterous inter
course with tin- said Bartolomo Pergami,
otherwise Bartolomo Bcrgami, which con
tinued for a long period of time during her
royal highness's residence abroad, by w Inch
conduct of her said royal highness, great
scandal and dishonor have been brought up
on your majesty's family and this kingdom.
Therefore, to manifest our deep sense ad
such 'scandalous, disgraceful, and vicious
conduct on the part of her said majesty, by
which “he has violated the duty she ow i d to
your majesty and lias rendered herself un
worthy of the exalted rank and station of
queen consort of this realm, and to evince
our just regard for the dignity of tile crown
and the honor of Ibis nation, wo, your ma
jesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the
lords spiritual and temporal and commons
in parliament assembled, do hereby entreat
your majesty that it may he enacted by the
king’s most excellent majesty, by and with
the adv ice and consent of the lords spiritual
and temporal and commons in this house
assembled, and by tile authority of the same,
that her said majesty Caroline Amelia Eliza
beth, from and after the passing of tiiis act.
shall be ami is hereby deprived of tile title of
queen, and of all the prerogatives, rights,
privileges, and exemptions appertaining to
lirr as queen consort of this realm ; and that
her said majesty shall, from and after the
passing of this act, forever be disabled nnd
rendered incapable of using, exercising and
enjoying the same, or any of them; and
moreover, that the marriage, between his ma
jesty and the sa’nl Caroline Amelia Eliza
beth, and the same is hereby from licnce-
foitli forever, wholly dissolved, annulled and
made void to all intents, constructions and
purposes w hatsoever.”
The Karl of Liv>:nPOOL moved that the
bill should be printed, and ropics of it deli
vered to the Queen. Earl Grey wished to
know if any other sort of communication
were to bn made to the Queen ? I le put it.
to the noble lord whether the same informa
tion ought not to accompany the bill, to
point out lo her majesty the particular occa
sions and circumstances which were alluded
to. He wished to know also if a list of wit
nesses were to be given to her legal advisers.
The. Earl of Liverpool thought that it
would he time enough on the second reading
to discuss the. matters referred to. As to
giviug the accused a list of witnesses, it was
wholly unprecedented in parliamentary pro
ceedings, whether of impeachment, or on a
bill of pains and penalties, nnd was never al
lowed even in criminal judicature, except in
tin: single ease of high treason. Her majesty
would he allowed her choice, as to whether
the accusation should he proceeded in, or be
stayed, in the first place until the defence was
ready. Lord D.vcrf. felt it necessary to
move that the counsel should now be heard
on behalf of the queen, that they might be
enabled to state those weighty circumstan
ces alluded to in the petition. He did so on
information received very recently. He
moved that the counsel should be called in.
Lord Liverpool thought it would he better
to put it oil* till to-morrow, when it could he
done without any irregularity, nod at w hicli
time he would not attempt to oppose it. Af
ter some other general observatipns by Earl
Grey, lord Liverpool the lord Chancel
lor, and lord Holland the hill was read a
first time, nnd copies were ordered to be de
livered forthwith to the Queen by a gentle
man usher of the black rod, to the Queen’s
attorney and solicitor-general, and to the
King’s attorney general.
In the buns* of commons, Lord Castle-
reagii moved for the appointment of a com
mittee fo examine the journals of the house
of lords, in order to ascertain whether any
and what proceedings had taken place in
that house with respect to her majesty, and
to report their opinion thereupon to the
house. The. motion vva.s agreed to, and the
committee appointed accordingly. The no
ble lord then said, that he had submitted
this motion "with the view which it implied ;
and if,from the report of the committee, it
should appear that the. other house, had in
stitute'll any proceeding, lie should then con
sider whether, pending that proceeding, the
notice of a motion which lie had given for
tn-morrow should not he dropped, and also
whether lie should not to-morrow move the
reading of the order for taking his majesty’s
message into consideration on Friday, with
aview of ntovinj the postponement of that
order until some future day. This postpone
ment he should fuel to lie proper, in order
that the house might wait tiio result of t|ie
proceedings in the house of lords, still re
serving to itself the right of taking his majes
ty’s message into consideration, if that should
be thought necessary. But until the result
of tin! proceedings of the lords should be
made known, lie submitted that it would be
very inconvenient to adopt any measure.—
Sir E. M. Ridley expressed his hope that
the house would nut agree to the conn
proposed by the noble lord, declaring that if
no other member would take the sense of
the house upon the subject, lie should him
self feel it his duty lo do jp.
DESPERATE RIOT.
Glashow June 20.
Last night an alarming affray commenced
in tile Kail market, between a party of the
l.ith regiment of foot on the one hand, and
the police and inhabitants on the other,
which, fur tile time it lasted, had the most
dreadful appearance; more so, perhaps, than
was ever witnessed in the streets of this ci
ty. It began between seven and ti o’clock,
audit issaid to have thus originated. About
a dozen of the soldiers walking by the Halt
market, were hooted and howled at by a
number nf hlnrkguard young fellows, when
tli" soldiers,in their defence drew their bayo*
i. The police in the mean time arrived,
but such was the terrific appearance of the
soldiers, that no one dared to approach them.
One of them, however, having separated
from liis companions, was made a prisoner,
and, after a severe struggle, carried to the
police office. The rest of the party had by
this time reached the Cross, and bad com
pete possession of the Trongatc to the end
of the exchange, the inhabitants living by
the back of the Tontine and through every
opening i\ here they could find access. The
crowd soon considerably augmented, and
stones were flying at the soldiers frqjri all
quarters, and some of the more daring rush
ed in upon them, and attempted to wrest the
bayonets from their hands; in one or two
cases this succcdcd,but the soldiers keeping
so well together those who attempted it, in
general paid for their temerity, as they were
often knocked down, and severely struck
with the sides of their bayonets. A sort of
running skirmish continued, for about half
an hour; the police in large bodies repeated
ly rushed in upon them, though with little
effect. The whole of tiiis took place nearly
opposite the Tontine, the soldiers often turn
ing, as if iuclinud to go by the Galloxvgate
to the barracks. At last a largo stone struck
one of them, and brought him down at the
north-east comer of the Cross, where he lay
in a state of inanimation for some time. The
soldiers were at length overpowered, and
sixteen of them carried to the police office;
when peace was restored. All the sixteen
soldiers sent to the police office were more
or less hurt, and two of them were carried
to tile military hospital. Some of the police
officers and patrole are also hurt: A civil
and military inquiry is now going on. It is
said that one of the soldiers is dead.
The Glasgow Chronicle says—On the
soldiery being put into the hall "at the police
office, they seized a noker and the forms, Si
proceeded to force tlie doors and smash the
windows. Just as they had forced some
pannels from the door of the constables’
room, one of their officers entered and ex
postulated with them, when one of lire infu
riated madmen made such a rush at him
with the poker, that the point of it entered
the wood work of the door. The gentleman
seized the poker, and wrenched it from the
ruffian’s gr.jsp ; lie then entered and again
addressed them, and while he was speaking
one. fellow lifted a form and broke two win
dows. Tlie officer then left them, and they
forced the constables room after every thing
had been removed from them of a defensive
kind : A desperate battle now ensued, and
they were, after a hard fought battle, beat
back. Nineteen of the 13th were secured,
and taken tn-the police office, from w hence
tivii of them were carried to the hospital at
the garrison, where the operation of trepan
was performed on one of them this morning.
In all, there are six of the soldiery so badly
wounded, that it will be necessary for them
all to be taken to tlie hospital ; at present
there, arc four in it. Of the patrole there are
ten wounded, principally about the head,
many of them bayonet wounds. One man
dressed as a mason, had a bayonet wound in
the guard ofhis arm ; and report says that
several of the inhabitants have been wound
ed. During the fight and smashing of the
windows in the hall of the police office, a
number of men belonging to the Bell-street
Flesh market formed themselves into a body
to prevent their escape.”
LATEST FROM EXGLAM).
New-York, August 21.
By the America, Capt. Rossiter, the edi
tors of the Mercantile Advertiser have re
ceived Liverpool papers to the 11th, Lon
don to the tltii, and Lloyd's List of the 7th
of July.
The affairs of the Queen continued to oc
cupy the attention of the government &. the
people. The coronation was put oft'. It was
not to take place on the 1st of August, but nt
some later period not yet agreed upon. A
motion to this effect, made by an opposition
member, was seconded by Lord Castlereagh
who, however, assured the House, that this
procrastination was in no degree occasioned
by the proceedings in the case of the Queen.
[The Times thinks he told a fill.]
In the House of Lords, July (i, Lord Da-
cre presented the following petition from
the Queen:
“ Caroline Repina.
“ The Queen lias heard, w ith inexpressi
ble astonishment, that a bill, conveying char
ges and intended to degrade her and to dis
solve her marriage with the King, has been
brought by the /ir3t minister of the King in
to the House of Lords, where her majesty
lias no counsel or other officer to assert her
rights. The only alledged foundation for the
bill is the report of a secret committee, pro
ceeding solely on papers submitted to them,
and before whom no single witness was ex
amined. The. Queen has been further in
formed, that her counsel last night were re
fused a hearing at the bar of the House of
Lords, -at that stage of the proceeding when
it was most material that they should lie
heard, and that a list of the witnesses, whose
names are known to her accusers, is to be re
fused to her. Under such circumstances,
the Queen doubts whrlherany other course
is left to her but to protest, in the most so
lemn manner, against the w hole of the pro
ceeding ; but she is anxious to make one
more eft'ort to obtain justice, and therefore
de-ires that her counsel may lie admitted to
state her claims at the liar of the House of
Lords.”
Lord Dacre moved that the counsel lie
culled in.
The counsel having appeared, demanded
that an immediate investigation of the char
ges in the bill should take place.' An inte
resting discussion arose on this demand, and
it was finally agreed that the subject should
lie taken lip on the following Monday’.
It is staled that the Queen has written fo
nearly lilt) persons in Italy to come to En
gland to give evidence, many of whom arc
of the fir-t families. Six Italians, witnesses
against the Queen, arrived on Thursday e-
veuing in the Dover coach, and remained the
whole of yesterday nt the Blossoms inn,
Lawrence Lane; they were of tlie lowest,
order.
Losjion, July 8.
Our readers will observe, that jf the adul
terous intercourse with Bi-rgnnii is not pro
ved, the bill again; t the Queen falls to the
grouipl. We have reason to believe, that
when the charge comes to be Investigated,
it will appt""' p-sfrt'i'y •»V>«uixl,
rnOM SPAIN.
The ship Edward, which arrived last
evening sailed from Cadiz June 20th,—
Mr. Meade and son are passengers. All
remained quiet in Spain. It was settled
that the Corte9 were to meet on the 8th
of July.
The members elected were almost u*
niformly friendly to the constitution and
new order of things, and the only fear*
that prevailed with the considerate peo
ple, were that they would not be able to
control the enthusiasm of the nation and
settle upon a calm and rational govern
ment.—Phil. Cas.
New-York, August 1C,
FROM FRANCE.
The ship Belli, capt. Huntington, arriv
ed yesterday from Havre, which place she
left on tlie 8th of July. VVe have received
Ikris papers to the Oth, which furnish no
thing of interest. The Belle hurried from
Havre through fear of a countervailing ton-
nape law, w Inch had not yet been published,
but was hourly expected at Havre, to ope
rate upon all American vessels arriving after
the 1st of July.
Paris, July 4.
SPAIN.
Madrid, June 23.—The most tran-
qnili/.ing news are received from our
z\merican provinces. The republican
party in Venezuela, which appeared so
exalted, has sent deputies to the royal
ist generals, to declare to them, that as
soon as the constitution of 1812 shall he
sworn to at Cameras, they are ready
to lay down their arms, and submit to
the constitutional authorities. It is the
Congress of Venezuela itself, sitting at
Angostura, that has sent these deputies.
We learn that gen. Bolivar and his troops
are animated w ith the same spirit of con
ciliation. There remains then no doubt,
but with respect to Buenos Ayres, and
it has been known a long time that ma
ny distinguished men in the government
of that republic have testified their con
viction of the necessity of a constitution
al monarchy. Every thing, then, gives
reason to hope that the Spanish nation,
in both hemispheres, will reunite under
the sceptre of Ferdinand VII,
The city of Victoria is filled with fu
gitive exiles returning into Spain, and
who dare not pass Burgos until the Cor
tes shall determine on their fate. They
are in a state of great wretchedness ;
many of them are perfectly naked. A
subscription has been got up by the in
habitants for their relief, who have dis
tinguished themselves in their behalf.
The famous General Quiroga, this day
made his public entry, amidst the acclama
tions of an immense croud of people. Ilk
came in by the gates of Atocba, and went
through Alcala and Great streets, to the Ci
ty Hall, where he took breakfast; and at
noon, on his arrival at the Palace, he was
presented lo His majesty. The Corpora
tion entertained him with an excellent din
ner, to which persons of all classes were in
vited; such as grandees, clergymen, officers,
farmers ami mechanics.
The public enthusiasm of the Provinces,
increases every day ; and although there
are wicked persons who prepetraie secret
projects, their plots are frustrated the mo
ment they are delected ; and as lung as Go
vernment preserves its strength, acquired
by union, there can be noting to fear.
Madrid, June 2G.
CORTES.
VIRST PREPARATORY ASSEMBLY.
One hundred and fifty Deputies already
arrived in Madrid, met together this day, at
11. a. m. in the Great Hall perpared for the
Sessions. All the Secretaries of State at
tended, to make up, in this instance, tho
want of a permanent deputation. The Se
cretary of the Interior brought the list of tlia
1U0 Deputies aforesaid, who had exhibited
their credentials—consequently the Secreta
ries withdrew.
The Deputies agreed that Mr. Castanedo,
on account of his old age and station, should
take the chair ns president pro tern.; and
that nie3srs. Mastinez de la Rosa and Cle-
mencin, should, in the same manner, act as
secretaries—while an effective election of
President and Secretaries, should be entered
on ; who by the same gentlemen were at
last confirmed in their respective stations.
Mr. Ramos Garcia moved, that in all e-
lections, the appointment should extend e-
quallyto American and European Deputies.;
which motion was opposed by Mr. Cepero,
seconded by Mr. Tcreno, declaring that all
were Deputies of the same Nation, and that
it was highly necessary that any vestige that
might convey the least distinction among
them, should be done away.
Whereupon megsrs. Traver and Couto
were elected tellers.
Mr. Martinez de la Rosa read the names
of the Deputies. While delivering tlie.ir res
pective ccredentials to Mr. Castanedo, the
Lord Bishop Quiepo, on delivering his, an
nounced, that on account of his deafness, it
was not in his power to serve as a deputy ;
and tendered them his gratitude.
Messrs. Cano, Manuel Calatravn, Q::!roga,
Giraldo nnd Lopez, (de marcial) were ap
pointed a committee to examine the powers
of all the Deputies; and messrs. Cepero,
Ramos, Arispe, and Baamonado, a com
mittee to* examine those of the Deputies
under appointment. The President deliver
ed to the committees, two papers, containing
a representation on the elections of substi
tutes for the Provinces beyond sea; and n-
nother, particularly concerning the island of
Cuba. Am! upon adjournment, the 1st of
July, at 10'o’clock, a. m. was the day and
hour fixed fur the second preparatory ass
sembly:—Cadiz Mercantile Journal,
VERY LATE FROM S. AMERICA.
New-York, August 17.
To tlie politeness of a southern cor
respondent, we arc indebted for the Cor
rea del Orinoco, of the 13th July ; and,
also, the copy ofa letter from a gentle
man at Angostura, dated July 20, in an
ticipation of the regular mails. Wc make
the following extract. Should any thing
he found in the paper of importance, wo
shall present early translations.
Extract ofa letter, dated
Angostura, July 20.
A few days since, Gen. Morillo sent a
ting of truce from las head-quarters in
Caraccas to the “ Congress of the Re
public of Colombia, ” with the object of
ascertaining if the Congress would re
ceive Deputies, from Spain, to treal on
the affairs of America, etc, The Cop.