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NEWFOUNDLAND.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, AUG. 3.

The Debate on the Newfoundland Bill in the House of Commons, as adjourned from Saturday. was yesterday re- commenced by Mr. Pakington. He denied Mr. O’Connell’s imputation, that the Roman Catholics in Newfoundland had been a persecuted body. and quoted various acts of undue interference on the part of the Roman Catholic Priesthood. With respect to the Assembly, there were three well-founded charges against them. The first was of'tyranny and oppression; and it was exemplified by their violent and illegal assertions of privilege,in a quarrel between a member of the Assembly and a private individual—an attempt attended with the

rossest of outrages upon the Chief Justice and the Sheriff.

he next charge against the Assembly was that of financial mismanagement, which the hon. member illustrated by cer- tain details. The third and gravest charge was that of mm- pering with the administration of Justice, by withdrawmg partisans convicted ofelcction outrages from the legal con- sequences oftheir misconduct. Under all these Circumstan- and after the opinion which the Governor had express- oftheir probable results, the Colonial Minister could not have refused the introduction ofsome legislative measure. He had three courses open to him. He might have con— verted Newfoundland into a Crown colony, that is, a colony governed by the Sovereign in Council; but this, after free institutions once granted, would have been an invidiousre- ‘trogression. He might have proposed to widen the basis of the representation, but the proper materials were wanting for that extension. The Secretary ofstate had therefore adopted the middle course provided by this bill, and the union here proposed of the two branches of Legislature was

~ the most likely way to restore the well-being of the colony,

by checking deinccracy without destroying the principle of representation. .

Mr. O’Connell explained, that the assertion ofprivdege by the Assembly had taken place, not in a mere private quarrel, but under circumstances of gross insult to that house of Legislature.

Mr. C. Buller attached less value to Governor Harvey’s opinion than he’ admitted would have belonged to it bad that officer been resident on the spot, and personally ac- quainted with the members of'Assombly. He contended that before the enactment ofsuch a bill as this, the colony ought to have been heard by counsel against it; undoubt- edly, from some cause or other, things had not worked well. There was a hardy and somewhat lawless population, and a class above them, making money rapidly, and exaggerating the pretensions of their station and fortune. One party had abused power, so this bill proposed to take it from them, and transfer it to the other, who were likely to abuse itjust as grossly. He approved indeed ofthe union of the two branches, and even wished it were the constitution ofall the colonies; blit what in the body to be united under this bill would be the proportion of popular powers? 15 members Were to be elected by the colonists, and 10 nominated by the Crown, and the Crown, ifit carried but 3 seats of the elected 15, would have a regular working majority. The colonists, whatever their faults, would come better to a ter- mination of their difficulties and blunders ifleft to work out their own way,thun under this guidance ofthe Government at home.

Sir Howard Douglas observed that those who, in 1832, conferred a representative constitution upon Newfoundland, made a great mistake in not requiring a higher qualification of electors. He would support the present bill, but only can measure of temporary necesaity; for he strongly ob- jected to the principles ofa single house ofLegislature, and hoped that the colonial constitution would be restored to its threefold character as soon as circumstances would allow it. He was anxious to see the Council a separate branch from the Assembly, with its own influences and its own powers,

.and was persuaded that much mischief would ensue if'tli‘e executive councils and governors of our colonies were not strongly upheld. ,

Mr. V. Smith complained ofthe prosecution ofthis mea- sure at so late a period ofthe session and on such a dearth of information. He desired, 'however, to deny Mr. O’Con- nell’s allegations respecting religious partisanship. He thought the duration ofthis bill should be limited to five, or perhaps four, years. He would rather that Mr. O’Connell should abstain from dividing on the present motion; but felt bound to support him if he persisted.

Mr. H. Howard opposed the bill. Colonies should be treated like home districts; and he asked whether, had Mid- dlesex or Yorkshire been the scene of occurrences like those in Newfoundland, the Legislature would have disli'anchL aed those two home counties? He pleaded for delay until another session.

Lord Stanley, with an apology for speaking a second time on the motion, expressed his acquiescence in the opinion that the fusion ofthe two bodies into one ought not to out- last the exigencies which had required it, and his willing— ness to limit the duration of the bill to foIJr years; and, fill- ther, to disarm opposition, be declared his readiness to aban- don the proposod change in the Electoral franchise except as to the requisition of residence. ,

Mr. Labouchere said that these concessions would ind ice hiinto refrain from opposing the bill, though it still was one which he could not cordially support. He disliked the pro- secution of any such measure as the present, without any op- portunity to the colony affected by it of being heard at the bar of the house. '

Sir. R, Peel, with reference to the period ofthe sessioruit which this bill has been brought forward, defended the G0- yernment from the charge ofdelay, on the ground ofthe important ceimqercial measures which had been deemed to‘ possess prior c aims ou the attention of t constitution of Newfoundland had been suggeiidgdebv'lt‘li: late Government, in virtue ofthe premnati - d1 '~ ‘- tbis bi“ asked w ' . _,, ve, an all which

_ as a legislative sanction to that exercise of the executive power. He trusted, that after the concessions made, the small minority opposed to this bill would relax their reststance. , l _ Mr. Wyse complained thatthe colonists had not sufficient time for consulering the subject. He would never consent to such a measure in the case ofany colony without a hear- ing of the parties afl‘ected. ’

The question being put on Mr. O’Connell’s motion was for the postpotiement of the bill for another s the house, by adiVISion, decided against the learned member- who then, on the question for leaving the chair made ano:

'ther speech, dwelling upon the hardship oflegislation with- out due notice to, and hearing of, the colonists fallinu foul of the late and ofthe present Ministry, and ifssei-tin: that the charges against the Roman Catholic priests in New- foundland were gross calumnies. In so thin an attendance of members it was idle, be said, to talk of the sense of the house: rather say. the sense ofthe benches. He would 0 - pose the bill in this and every other starve. p

Mr. Pakiugton adhered to, and lestlfied against the Roman Catholic priesthood.

Mr. O Connell added a few words—Mr. P. Howard poured fbrth another efl'usron—and Mr. Hume, unexhausted b the ef flirt which he had made in the same cause on Satin-flat n ,: lifted his voice again for justice to Newfoundland y’Tfie burden of his speech was the non-performance, by the pre- sent Ministers, of the promise made by their predecessors that the colonists should, have due notice of any leoislativhd measure affecting them; which omission he charahterised as.“ a breach in every sense of the word.” (No laugh, there being by that time only three members left awake.)

The house, by another division, of 82 against 21, pro- nounced its opinion of this tedious obstruction.

‘The house then Went into committee, and after several dwisions, the several clauses were agreed to, with the ex-

ception of the sixth, Which was reserved for further discus- sion tomorrow—Times.

coanssronnsncn or THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. Spmerville, .N'. J., July 10th, 1842. Among the most amusing of my long rambles from this place, was one 1 made yesterday toward Princeton in a my?" haughood once famous for rattle snakes. I stopped at the-house ‘of a farmer whose-lady, although upwards of

(which ession,)

, his charges

. eighty years ofage, is yet young in feeling, and is a fine

specimenof the old school. She believes that these rattle

snakes possess the power to charm any thing, and to hold it in a trance till it is swallowed and destroyed. In support ofwhat she so religiously believed, she related the following stories while 1 Was partaking with her ofa delightful frugal repast. She knows that they are true, for they were written down by one present when the events occurred.

' ! Horatio to my country. . Lady Hamilton and Horatio, and to said several times. at last calm enough on . . ‘ u n and inquired with great aniuety, exclaiming a

’ ted his remembrances to

He l‘epeald me to mind what he

Gradually he became less agitated,oqplg ‘ bout w at was g

to ask questions a for Whom he sent

loud, he would

He grew agi-

this led his mind to Captain Hardy;

of the most picturesque description, .1: . the mulberry, the fig, and-the vim, “min a ance than is to be met with in the L now on the height ofthe first range, you,a

nce ‘ I :nddlating valleys, broken here unduly.”

corded.

1 give them to you in the words in which she has them re- ln the end of May, 1715,.says her informant, stop- ping at an orchard by the road Slde to get souie cherries,

not believe be

every assurance give

was alive unless he saw him. . rated at the Captain’s not coming, lamented his be

eck and do what was to be. done, ' to go on d n him of the Captain’s being safe on the

ing unable and doubted

nences.’ The lofty irradd, or locust—tree, “d its deep dark tint, were both seen divemfy. Far above all”, in the eastern hot-.20“, is ,‘he mountain ofthe Scinneen—lofty, bold, and

being three of'us in company, we were entertained with the whole process of a charm between a rattle snake and a bare, the bare being better than lialf’grown. It happened thus; one of the company in his search for the best cherries espied the bare sitting, and although he went close by her she did not move, till he (not suspecting the occasion of her gentle- ness) gave hcra lash with his whip; this made her run about ten feet,and there sit down again.

The gentleman not finding the cherries ripe, immediately returned the same way, and near the place where he struck the bare, he spied a rattle-snake; still not suspecting the charm, he went back about twenty rods to a hedge to get a stick to kill the snake, and at his return foule the snake re- moved, and coiled in the same place from which he had moved the bare. This put him into immediate thoughts of looking for the bare againyand he soon spied her about ten feet off the snake, in the same place to which she bad start- ed when he struck her. She was now lying down, but would sometimes raise bei'selfon her fore feet, struggling as it Were for life or to get away, but could never raise her binder parts from the ground, and then would fall flat on her side again, panting vehemently.

In this condition the bare and snake were when he called me; and though we all came up within fifteen feet ofthe snake to have a full view ofthe whole, he took no notice at all of us, nor so much as gave a glance toward us. There we stood at least half'an hour, the snake not altering a jot, but the bare often struggling and falling on its side again, till at last the bare lay still as dead for some time. Then the snake moved out of his coil, and slid gently and smooth- ly on toward the bore, his colors at that time being ten times more glorious and shining than at other times.

As the snake moved along, the bare happened to fetch another struggle, upon which the snake stopped, lying at his length, till the bare had lain quiet again for a short space; and then be advanced again till he came up to the binder parts of the bare, which, in all this operation had been to- ward the snake. Then he made a survey all over the bare, raising part of his body above it, then turned offand went to the head and nose ofthe bare, after that to the ears, took the ears in his month one after the other, working each part in his mouth as a man does a wafer to moisten it, then re- turned to the nose again, and took the face into his mouth, straining and gathering his lips sometimes by one side of his mouth, sometii’ncs by the other; at the shoulders he was a long time puzzled, halting and stretching the bare out at length, and straining forward, first on one side ofhis month, then the other, till he got at last the whole body into his throat.

Then we went to him, and taking the twist-band offfrom my hat,[ made a noose and put it about his neck. This made him at length very furious, but we having secured him, put him into one end ofa wallet, and carried him on horse- back five miles to Mr. J—— B ’s house, where we lodged that night, with a design to have him sent to Dr. C., at Williamsburg; but Mr. B. was so careful of his slaves, that he would not let him be put info his boat, for fear he should get loose and mischief them‘; therefore the next morning we killed him, and took the bare out of his belly; the head ofthe bare had begun to he digested, and the hair falling off;

ther story was as follows:

In my youth, says the informant, I was bear-hunting in the woods, and having struggled from my companions, lwas‘ entertained on my return with the relation ot’a pleasant en- counter, between a dog and a rattle-snake, about a squirrel. The snake had got the head and shoulders ofthe squirrel into his month, which being something too large for his throat, it took him some time ,to moisten the for of the squirrel to make it lip dowanhe dog took this advantage, seized the binder parts ofthe squirrel, and tugged with all his might. The snake'on the other side would not let go his hold for a long time, till at last fearing he might be bruis- ed by the dog’s running away with him, he gave up his prey to the dog; the dog ate the squirrel and felt no harm.

Hanson’s DEATH-SCENE.

The London Spectator remarks, in allusion to the followinv egg-tract from the memoirs of Dr. Scott, chaplain to his Lord? 3 ip:

. “ The death-scene has often been told, but in this volume it strikes us as possessing more nature and viviilness—to sink the hero and show the man.

‘The carnage on the deck of the Victory became terrific. Dr. Scott’s duties confined him entirely to the cockpit, which was soon crowded with wounded and (lying men ; and such was the horror that filled his mind at this scene ofsufl'ering that it haunted him like a shocking dream for years after: Wards. He never talked ofit. Indeed, the only record of'a remark on tbe‘subject was one extorted from him by the in- quiries ofa friend soon after his return home ; the expres- sion that escaped him at the moment was, ‘it was like a butcher’s shambles.’ I ‘

‘His natural tenderness of feeling, very much heightened by the shock on his nervous system, quite disqualified him for being a calm spectator ofdcath and pain, as there exhi- bited in their most appalling shapes. But be suppressed his aversion as well as he could, and had been for seine time engaged in helping and consoling those who were stifl'erinrr around him, when a fine young lieutenant was brouaht dowii desperately wounded ; this officer was not aware of the ex- tent of'liis injury until the surgeon’s examination, but on dis- covering it, he tore off with his own hand the ligatures that were being applied, and bled to death. Almost fi'enzxed by the sight of this, Scott hurried wildly to the deck for relief perfectly regardless of his own safety. He rushed up the; companion ladder, now slippery with gore : the scene above" was all noise, confusion and smoke; biit he had hardly time to breathe there when Lord Nelson himself'fell, and this event at once sobered his disorded mind. He followed his chief to the cockpit; the scene there has becii'painfully portrayed by those who have written the life ofNelson; his Chaplain’s biographer has little to add, but that the confiision of the scene, the pain endured by the hero, and the necessity of allevtating his sufferings by giving lemonade to quench his thirst, and by rubbing his body, of course precluded the reading of prayers to him in the regular form, which other- Wise would have been done ; but often, durino' the three hours and a half ofNelson’s mortal agony, the; ejaculated short prayers together, and Nelson frequently said ‘ Pray for me, Doctor.” Every interval, indeed, allowed by the intense pain, and not taken up by the conduct ofthe. action or in the mention ofhis private afl'airs, was thus employed in low and earnest supplications for divine mercy. The last words which Dr. Scott heard murmur on his lips were ‘God and my country’; and he passed so quietly out of'life,that Scott who hail been occupied ever since he was brought below iii all the offices ofthe most tender nurse, was still rubbinn‘ his stomach when the surgeon perceived that all was over l-)We subjoin part ofa letter from Dr. Scott to Mr. Rose in i'cpl to some inquiries from that gentleman as to Lord Nelson’ys mention of himself on his death~bed. It must be understood that this letter does not pretend to be a full description of what passed, but it will confirm accounts already iven and capiliotfiiil to be highly interesting:—— g ’

‘ n answer to your note of the 10th ins ’ '- warded by way of Cbatbam, 1 received thibanmofi’filhih' itfois mymtention to relate every thing Lord Nelson sha’id in which your name was any way connected. He lived about three hours after receiving his wound; was perfectly sens]- ble the whole time; but compelled to speak in broken sen- tences, which pain and sufi‘ering prevented him always from connecting. VVhenI first saw him, he was apprehensive he should not live many minutes, and told me so ‘ adding in a hurried, agitated manner, though with pauses, ‘ Reindmber me to Lady Hamilton! remember me to l10ratfo! remember me to all my friends! Doctor, remember me to Mr. Rose;

quarter-deck. Atlas

fleet, directed him to

having lain about eighteen hours in the snake’s belly. Auo--

tthc Captain came; and be instantly d, listened to his report about the anchor, and told him he should die,

but observed he should live half an hour longer.

“I shall die, Hardy,’ ssaithe Admiral.

“ s our ain Great, ll‘. ‘ . , “ Nels, buth shrill live half an hour yet;.Hardy, kissUmgl.1 The Captain knelt down by his Side and kissed him. N |p0n the Captain leaving him to return to the depk, Leidf 613 lsve exclaimed very earnestly, more than once, ,Hardy, l. I} I I’ll bring the fleet to an anchor—If I live Ill anch01—--l n live 1’” anchor’ ; and this was earnestly repeated evenlyv 1:” the Captain was out of hearing. I 1 do not mean to tel 3; 5 every thing be said. After this interview, the Adiyiiiia 1:.” perfectly tranquil, looking at [an11 his accustome giant when alluding to any prior discourse. ‘I haye eIen 13 great sinner, Doctor,’ said he. ‘Doctor, I was right, , toh you so: George Rose has not-yet got my letter ; tell biml—‘E e was interrupted here by pain; after an interval he sat [—- —‘Mi. Rose will remember—don’t forget, Doctor, mind w int

1 say.’

grew more compose

There were frequent pauses in his conversation. Ourdearlv beloved Admiral otherwise mentioned your name. indeed, very kindly; and 1 will tell you his words whet:i I see you; but it was only in the two above instances be e- sired you should be told.”

Tni: BAKINGSr—T‘l’IG present partners of the house of Baring Brothers, are Thomas Baring, the youngest son 0f Lord Ashburton: Francis Baring,(late Chancellor .of the Exeehequer). Captain Mildmay, a baronet of small fortune, Lord Ashburton’s son—in-law; and Joshua Bates, :1 Yan- kee, from Boston, wlmse beginning was as a supercargo ofa merchant vessel. The first ofthe Barings that came into notice was the fitther of the present Alexander Bar- ing, now Lord Ashburton. He was the son of a Geri'i‘ian toy shopkeeper, in Exeter, in England. I‘he foundation of Baring’s fortune was made as contractor to the Govern— ment, in their vain attempt to hold America in chains, and which tacked ttvo hundred millions to the national debtun England. The Barings managed to keep on terms With both belligerents. The present lord was then the traveller of the house, and became acquainted with Mr. Wm. Ding— ham, who was an agentin the service of the Americans for obtaining supplies abroad for carrying on the revolution. On the determination ofthe war, Baring and Bingham turn— ed to account the profits they had out ofthe contest, pur- chasing up military and other claims against both govern- ments, which they procured for mere trifles, and got them admitted into the funded debt of the United States and of Great Britain. Mr. Bingham got rich, lived in princely style in Philadelphia, and had five daughters. Mr. Baring wooed and married one, and his brother married a second. These two commissioners, by joining together, progressed to that degree ofopulence and power which has astonished the world. In 1834, Alexander Baring retired from the house ofBarings Brothers, taking with him a large fortune —leaving behind £800,000 on interest; but in 1836, the house was affected by a general pressure which took place, and Lord Ashburton came forward and lent them £500,- 000, which is yet due, together with the original £800,— 000. The house has an agency in Liverpool, New York, New Orleans, and at several points of the Continent of Europe—it is largely interested in the bonds and advances of the American States, and the present visit here of Lord Ashburton will disclose a page of very important matter i; the current history of Britain and America.—vflme'rican