had been proposed by the Duke of Wellington, and adopted, on Friday, the 1st June. He began by explaining that neither he nor the President of the Board of Trade had ever (as had been intimated) given consent to the clause, which was, he said, objectionable both as likely to ensure the rejection of the Bill by the Commons, and as imposing a permanent restriction upon bonded Corn. The President of the Board of Trade had, indeed, given a loose general consent; but he had intended it only for an immaterial regulation, affecting the Corn now in bond. The Noble Lord then argued generally against the clause, as likely to break up the whole warehousing system. The Duke of Wellington alluded to the difficulty in which he was placed in not being at liberty to read a letter of the President of the Board of Trade *, which he and his friends had interpreted as an approbation of his clause. The clause itself, he said, he had introduced as a check to the frauds for which the warehousing system afforded too convenient a cover.-Lord Holland spoke at length against the clause; and charged with gross inconsistency those who supported it and at the same time affected to support the Bill to which it must prove fatal.-The Marquis of Lansdown spoke at great length against the clause, and Lord Redesdale supported it. The House then divided-Contents 133-Non-Contents 122-Majority against Ministers 11.

June 13. Lord Goderich announced that in consideration of the repeated votes of the House, imposing upon the Corn Bill a clause

repugnant to its principle and subversive of its purpose, Ministers had determined to abandon that measure as far as they were concerned. The Earl of Malmesbury, though he could not confess much sorrow at the defeat of the Bill, declared himself prepared to co-operate with Ministers in any rational measure of regulation upon the subject of it.-The Duke of Wellington intimated that, though Ministers had given up the Com Bill, it was competent to any Noble Lori to proceed with it if he thought proper.Earl Grey addressed the House at considerable length. He avowed that he esteeme the Bill under consideration a premature, if not an unnecessary measure; and that be condemned the artificial clamour by which it had been contrived to force it forward. Still, however, he said, he voted for the committal of the measure, and was not in disposed to see it carried through Parlia ment as a peace-offering, as it might have been, had not Ministers thought proper to abandon it, on account of a clause which very slightly affected the principle of the Bill, and, as far as it went, produced a m nifest improvement. In conclusion, the Noble Earl observed that, if the abandonment of the Bill by Ministers was designed as a peevish threat to the House, it was addressed to a body who knew how to treat such menaces with firmness and with contempt.-The Marquis of Lansdown correborated what had been intimated by the Noble Duke (Wellington), that it was open to any Noble Lord to take up the measure,

and to endeavour to forward it.

(To be continued in the SUPPLEMENT.)

FRANCE.

The editors of the Courier Français and the Constitutionnel have been tried for the accounts which they lately gave of the riots at the School of Medicine, and have been sentenced to a fortnight's imprison ment; the former to pay a fine of 400 francs, the Constitutionnel only 150 francs.

On the top of the hill commanding the city of Lyons on the north, a tower is at this time constructing, of 300 feet of elevation above the plain. This edifice, which is already raised to the height of the trees surrounding it, will be finished in the year 1880. Its diameter at the base is 30 feet, and will be 20 at the summit. It will be crowned with a building in the form of

* Mr. Huskisson read this letter in the House of Commons, a few days after, when he stated that his meaning had been misunderstood.

NEWS.

an Egyptian temple; and be ascended by s staircase in the interior 12 feet in breadth. This building will appear the more gigantic, as the hill on which it is built is 300 feet above the level of the Saone, and as there is not a building in Lyons above 170 feet in height.

PORTUGAL.

There has been an entire change of Ministry, and the change is considered as favourable to the constitutional system. The Liberals have gained a victory, in which they rejoice much. Through the agency of the War Minister, Saldanha, they succeeded in forming a Ministry, which they hope to render instrumental in effecting their views. At the request of General Saldanha, all the Ministers were lately summoned to meet at their Foreign Office, and then General Saldanha presented each of them with a copy of his memorial. Of

Disastrous intelligence of the Greek cause has arrived. It is stated that the Seraskier having received reinforcements from Constantinople, had surrounded the Greek army, assembled for the relief of Athens, on the 5th of May; and that, after a desperate conflict, in which three thousand five hundred of the bravest warriors of Greece, including most of the Missolonghiots, had fallen, the remainder had cut their way and escaped. The gallant and experienced Karaiskaki was among the dead, and the garrison of the Acropolis was preparing, according to some of the accounts, to blow itself up; though some other reports announce that it was negociating a capitulation, and that an European squadron, consisting of a French and English frigate, and an Austrian corvette, was in the roads, to endeavour to procure better terms for the besieged. Lord Cochrane, who had assisted in embarking the troops, was compelled to swim to the nearest ship to save his life.

The Rotterdam Courant of the 19th June, contains a detailed account of the defeat of the Greeks on the 5th of May. They appeared to have incurred their discomfiture, by the most irregular conduct. On Karaiskaki's being wounded, which happened on the 4th, in a petty skirmish, the whole of his troops, instead of standing firm to their posts and co-operation, as had been previously arranged with their countrymen, abandoned their trenches and fled. The forces landed amounted to above 3,000 men. They were attacked by 800 Turkish cavalry, and 800 infantry, and, after a contest of not more than a couple of hours, were utterly GENT. MAG. June, 1827.

routed. It is supposed that most, if not all, of their General officers have fallen or been taken prisoners; their total loss is estimated at 2,000 men.

EAST INDIES.

The British Government in India have laid the foundations of a new town, to be called Amherst Town, at the mouth of the river Martaban. A proclamation has been issued, informing the neighbouring people of the advantages of residing there. They will be free from all oppression; their trade will be exempt from duty or restraint; the exercise of their religion will be unmolested. 1200 Indian families, followed by 3000 head of cattle, have already quitted the Birman territory in order to establish themselves in this new town. The Chinese, whose presence in India is a certain proof of the advantages which the occupation of the place they inhabit promises, are hastening to take up their abode in the quarter reserved for them.

that Presidency, of the new act of ParliaCalcutta papers mention the receipt, at ment, allowing the natives of India to sit as petty jurors. The measure had not been received by a portion of the Hindoos with that degree of satisfaction which might have been wished. Numerous obstacles had also been pointed out, by the Calcutta press, to its immediate introduction; amongst others, that of the natives being unable to serve on petty juries, on account of their ignorance they might serve on grand juries with adof the English language; but it is said vantage. A new set of rules and regulations had been framed in January by the Supreme Court for carrying the act into

effect.

AFRICA.

The Dey of Algiers has unwisely incurred the anger of the French Government. It appears from the Moniteur, that his conduct, for some time past, has given serious cause of discontent, and that on a very recent occasion (the 30th April), the Dey so far forgot himself, as to "insult grossly "the Consul General and Chargé d'Affaires of France. These transgressions could not be allowed to go unpunished; and therefore, a naval division had been dispatched from Toulon, to obtain satisfaction for them, as well as for other causes of complaint.

SOUTH AMERICA.

Advices from Buenos Ayres and Rio Janeiro, state that a sanguinary engagement had taken place between the Buenos Ayrean and Brazilian armies, in the province of Rio Grande, on the 23d of February, in which the latter was defeated. When the action commenced, the Buenos Ayrean army numbered about 8,000 men, principally mounted; that of the Brazilian, about 10,000.

The Brazilian General, aware of the powerful charge of the Buenos Ayrean cavalry, protected the centre and flank by a large body of German lancers. The encounter was furious and bloody, and the slaughter consequently great on both sides. The battle lasted without intermission till night parted the combatants.

Accounts from Coquimbo, of the 9th of February, state that a revolution had taken place in the Government of St. Jago de Chili; that the existing Ministry, when in audience, were suddenly arrested from their constitutional chairs by a guard of soldiers, and, at the points of the bayonets, were placed under arrest. Friere, the former Governor, who is very popular with the army, immediately came forward, threw the whole party into prison, and replaced the former constitutional body. Admiral Guise,

who had been long kept in confinement by the Peruvian Government, has been at length tried, and honourably acquitted of all charges against him, and reinstated in his former rank as Commander-in-Chief of the navy of Peru.

The Vera Cruz paper of the 11th April, states that the Mexican senate on the 7th of April approved of the treaties lately concluded between Great Britain and Mexico. On the 3d April there was a warm debate in the Mexican Congress on the policy of tole rating Free Masonry. The galleries were crowded by people of both sexes, and all colours. The report of a Committee for inposing some restraint on the secret proceedings of Masonic Lodges, was finally adopted, in the Senate, by a vote of 24 to 7; in the House of Representatives, 40 to 24.

INTELLIGENCE FROM VARIOUS

PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. The first stone of a new Catholic Cathedral was lately laid in Ballina, in Ireland. The ceremony was performed by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, assisted by the Roman Catholic Bishops of Elphin and Maronia, and the clergy of their dioceses, in the presence of an immense concourse of spectators. The Cathedral is to be of the Monastic Gothic Order, with a tower and steeple, 170 feet high, chastely ornamented. The body of the Cathedral is to be 130 feet long by 60, with transepts 110 feet by 40 in the clear. The interior to be finished in the same order as the exterior.

May 30. Report of the proceedings under a Writ of Inquiry, executed at Woolhampton :-Hallon, Clerk, and Harriet, his. Wife, v. the Bishop of Salisbury and Cove, Clerk. This was a procedure of a very unusual nature, arising out of an action brought by the plaintiffs against the Rev. Mr. Cove, late Rector of Woolhampton, in Wilts, to compel him to vacate that rectory, on account of his having accepted the Vicarage of Brimpton, twenty-seven years ago, without having previously obtained a dispensation. It appeared from the statements of Mr. Rigby, who was for the defence, that, in the year 1799, Mrs. Cove, the mother of the defendant, purchased of trustees, to whom it had been conveyed for the purpose of effecting a sale for the benefit of the Dean family, a moiety of the advowsons of Woolhampton and Brimpton, for the sum of 3,251. and, on the death of the then incumbent, presented her son, the defendant. These livings being under value in the King's books, by the canon law, the first (Woolhampton) became void on the institution and

induction of the defendant into the second (Brimpton) without a dispensation from the Archbishop first procured. Mr. Cove unfortunately neglected to take out a dispensation, which is always granted as a matter of course, being a mere technicality, Bishop Douglas, the then Diocesan, having advised him that it was totally unnecessary, and that no advantage was ever taken of those who neglected to do so. In the mean time Mr. Halton married into the Dean family, and having a son just ripe to take a benefice, he compels the defendant, Cove, to subrait to the resignation of the living of Woolhamp ton; and commenced further proceedings against him to recover damages during his occupancy. Mr. Under-Sheriff Roberts explained the technicalities to the Jury, who, as their business was only to find certain points which were not disputed by the defendant, had no opportunity judicially to give vent to the feelings by which they were influenced; but several of whom, after they had delivered their verdict, declared that, had they been summoned to assess damages, and had it been in their power, they would have given the damages to Mr. Cove, the defendant, and not to the plaintiff.

June 2. The magnificent Devonport column, erected to commemorate the alteration in the name of the town from Plymouth Dock to Devonport, is completed. The last stone of the capital, with four of the workmen seated on it, was, on the 2d of June, hoisted into its situation amidst the cheers of a vast concourse of the inhabitants, the Royal Standard flying at the top. It has been raised by public subscription, and cost about 2,000. altogether. The foundation was laid on the 12th August, 1824. The column is by far the most conspicious object in the whole neighbourhood, rising 112 feet

above the brow of Windmill hill, which is itself on a level with the pinnacles of the Old Church tower at Plymouth. It presents one of the finest pieces of masonry of the kind in the kingdom.

June 10. A highly respectable meeting of the lauded proprietors and yeomen of the county of Dorset was held at the countyhall, Dorchester, to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for protection against the importation of foreign wool. The chair was taken by J. J. Farquharson, esq.; and the Rev. H. F. Yeatman stated, that the present depression in the price of wool was owing to the unlimited importation of that article. If (said he), we must enter into the trial of free trade principles, let us do so with our arms unshackled:-let the imposts and burthens which press upon the agricultural interest exclusively to the amount of sixty per cent., let those be borne equally by the merchants and the manufacturers, and by those who enjoy in an equal proportion the advantages which are derived from the system to the support of which these imposts are applied; let the poor-rates, let the county rates, let the highways and the land-tax, be paid out of the Consolidated Fund, or any other fund, and we will then most freely consent to try this new system by way of experiment.

June 13. A serious riot took place at Norwich from the circumstance of the weavers of Ashwelthorpe having taken work under price. This occasioned the work to be destroyed by some persons from Wymondham. A few witnesses came to Norwich to give evidence of the illegal proceedings, and, although guarded, the mob attempted to attack them, and a most serious riot ensued. It was at length found necessary to call out the aid of the military, who were pelted by the mob. The Riot Act was read; the Lancers and Cavalry charged the mob, and a conflict ensued, in which many persons were wounded, as well as some of the military. Several of the offenders were taken into custody and lodged in prison, but the ringleaders escaped.

A few days since some labourers employed in removing the soil preparatory to digging stones, on the highest part of a hill, about midway between Osmington and Porewell, Dorset, near the turnpike road, found, about a foot beneath the surface, a human skeleton, doubtless of a male, from the length, being six feet; it was laid perfectly straight, with the arms close on each side, the head to the Eastward, but lying on its face; it appeared quite perfect, the teeth in the upper and under jaws entire and all sound; the bones on removal, mostly fell to pieces, as well as

the skull, the only bones remaining unbroken were those of the thighs and legs, but these on handling, were soon reduced to pieces also, and with the other fragments are now fast mingling with their mother earth. The name of this hill is Peakson.

the seat of

A short time since, some workmen, employed in digging stone at Boughton Hall, Braddock, esq. near Maidstone, discovered bones and teeth of several animals, some of which the proprietor of the estate transmitted to the Geological Society. Dr. Buckland, Mr. Lyell, and other scientific gentlemen, in consequence that the bones had been found in a fissure in visited Boughton, when it was discovered the rock, which had evidently been filled up by diluvial action. The bones of at least two Hyenas (of the extinct Kirkdale species). were found, together with bones and teeth of the horse, rat, &c.; but the fissure exteaded so deeply in the solid rock, that it could not be traced to the bottom, and it will not be possible to ascertain whether it leads to a cave formerly inhabited by Hyenas, of the deluge, until the quarry is consideror is merely a fissure filled up by the effects ably enlarged.

As some workmen were lately digging a vault at the burial ground on St. Giles's Hill, near Winchester, they discovered an ancient coffin hewn out of chalk, quite complete. On opening it, a very perfect skeleton was found, with sandals on the feet; the teeth appeared sound, and the body was enveloped with some kind of linen, which was so decomposed as not to allow of removal. The bones of the feet were standing erect, having been supported by the sandals; but on the slightest touch they mouldered to dust. An antique urn, composed of metal, was taken from the left side of the coffin, and is now in the possession of Mr. Wm. Coles, builder, of Winchester. There was no inscription either on she urn or coffin.

An extraordinary and very curious fossil reptile, a singular remain of the antediluvian world, was lately found by Mr. Shirley Woolmer, of Exeter, who now has it in his possession. The antique animal is three inches in length, from the mouth to the tip of the tail, and 3 inches round the body, which appears like three distinct parallel bodies united in one. It has two legs, two short or stubbed horns, and a round head, exhibiting four prominent eyes, and is in an incurvated position, with its tail under it, which reaches only half an inch from its mouth. It is in a high state of preservation, and is not described in "Argenville's Fossils," or "Parkinson's Organic Remains."

GAZETTE PROmotions. Whitehall, May 21.-Sir Henry Halford, of Wistow-hall, Leicester, bart. Physician in Ordinary to His Majesty, to bear and use certain honourable augmentations to his armorial ensigns allusive to his distinguished merits.

June 1.-The Rev. Ed. Marshall, of Iffley and Church Enstone, co. Oxford, to take and use the surname and arms of Hacker in addition to those of Marshall.

June 4.-6th Reg. of Foot to bear on their colours and appointments the words, "Rolica," "Vimeira," "Corunna," "Vittoria," and "Nivelle."-83d Reg. to bear "Busaco."-12th Reg. Light Drag. Lieut. Col. S. Stawell, to be Lieut.-Col.-1st or Gren. Guards- Lieut. and Capt. J. Holme to be Capt. and Lieut.-Col.-75th ditto, Major B. C. Brown to be Major.Unattached.-Capt. J. F. Crewe, 3d Guards, to be Lieut.-Col. of Inf.-To be Majors of Inf. Capt. J. H. Slade, 19th Foot, and Capt. Hon. W. L. L. Fitzgerald De Roos, 1st Life Guards.-Staff. Major J. Fraser, Ceylon Reg. to be Deputy QuartermasterGen. to the troops serving in Ceylon (with the rank of Lieut.-Col. in the Army).

June 10.-James Capman, the younger, of Holt, co. Wilts, Gent. to be Master Extraor. of Chancery.

June 18.-1st Life Guards: Capt. H. R. Wyatt, to be Major and Lieut.-Col. -80th ditto, Lieut.-Col. H. Stacpoole, 45th Foot, to be Lieut.-Col.

By recent regulations of the Lord High Admiral, Commanders in the Royal Navy are now to do the duty on board ships of the line, hitherto performed by first Lientenants. All first Lieutenants thus displaced, have been promoted to the rank of Commanders, as have also all the oldest Lieutenants of foreign stations.

Members returned to serve in Parliament. Buckingham.-Sir T. F. Fremantle, vice W. H. Fremantle, esq. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Knaresborough.-The Right Hon. Geo. Tierney.

ampton.

Rev. J. Harries, Newcastle Emlyn P. C. Carmar.

Rev. G. Harris, Letterston R. co. Pembroke. Rev. W. Hewitt, Ancroft R. co. Durham. Rev. Horne, Hotham R. co. York. Rev. J. Hughes, St. Michael P. C. Aberystwith, Wales.

Rev. J. Leach, Tweedmouth R. co. Durham. Rev. R. Lucas, Edith Weston R. Rutland. Rev. J. C. Matchett, Catton V. Norfolk. Rev. H. Roberts, Baxterley R. co. Warwick. Rev. J. H. Robertson, Church and Parish of Caldingham, Presbytery of Churnside, co. Berwick.

CHAPLAINS.

Rev. J. Blanchard, to the Earl Ferrers.
Rev. J. Griffith, to the Ld. Chancellor.
Rev. J. Morris, to Ld. Lynedoch.
Rev. T. Symonds, to Ld. Colnbrook.

May 15. At Aldenham, Herts, the wife of the Rev. Jon. Wilkinson, a son.-18. At Tor, Devonshire, the wife of Capt. Geo. Foot, a dau.- -23. The wife of J. Annesley, esq. His Majesty's Consul at Barcelona, a son.-28. At Fifehead Magdalen, near Shaftsbury, the wife of the Rev. Edw. Peacock, a dau.- -29. In Upper Portland Place, the wife of H. St. Geo. Tucker, esq. a son.―31. At Dorches