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sion to-day. In the forenoon, numerous bodies of the refractory cotton-spinners, according their daily custom, assembled about the factory of Messrs. Gray and Co., near Ancoat's-street, for the purpose of preventing any one going to work there. Whilst parading round the factory about noon, the spinners assert that stones were thrown at them from the interior of the mill. How far this assertion is true, and whether it be not a report made by the spinners to justify their proceedings, I cannot ascertain. They, however, began to demolish the windows of the factory, and broke numbers of them, and endeavour ed to force their way into the mill, by breaking open the gates and lower windows. The persons in the inside, who were armed, being alarmed for their own safety, as their lives would be in great danger if the assailants suc. ceeded in entering the mill, fired upon them from the windows. Several of the mob were severely wounded. The number is not known, but it is generally stated as being about six or seven. Four have been brought to the infirmary dangerously wounded: one of them mortally in the groin; another report says, died almost immediately.

"The mob was repulsed by this spirited conduct, and Messrs. Gray and Co. had time to send to the magistrates for assistance, who speedily arrived with a party of dragoons and infantry. The number of people then assembled was very great, probably about 10 or 12,000; some have estimated them at 30,000. The riot act was read, and after the expi

ration of the hour, the military dispersed the mob.

2. Drontheim.-Yesterday, the solemn entry of the King and Crown Prince took place. They were met at Oust by two detachments of the volunteer cavalry and of the horse chasseurs. About half a mile from the place, a double row was formed by the country people of both sexes, who occupied both sides of the road, and strewed flowers in the way of the royal coach as it passed along. At the end of these ranks of peasants were assembled the Bailiff of the Chapter, Count Trampe, the chief of the troops of the district, Gen. Seyersted, and all the other civil and military functionaries of distinction. General Seyersted went to meet the King at the head of the high staff, and delivered to him the keys of the city on a velvet cushion. The streets were crowded by an innumerable multitude, and the expression of their joy was so loud and unanimous, that it almost overpowered the sound produced by the constant discharges of artillery which took place from the forts and the armed vessels in the harbour, At the great gate of the city a triumphal arch was erected, which had on one side the arms of the King, and this Latin inscription

"Priscum restituit Nidarosea decus;" and on the other, the arms of the Crown Prince, with the following-" Regis et populi delicia."

His Majesty now alighted from his coach, and was received before the triumphal arch by the Bailiff of the Chapter, Count Trampe, who, at the head of the magistrates

magistrates and other civil functionaries, was posted at the right hand, and by Bishop Rugge, and the other members of the ecclesiastical body, at the left hand. Within the triumphal arch the King and the Crown Prince were received with songs suited to the occasion, performed by the Countess Trampe, and 12 other young ladies. His Majesty continued the remainder of the way on foot. Before the Palace another triumphal arch was erected, when a number of ladies, dressed in white habits, strewed flowers on their way. When arrived at the Palace, the King was again complimented by the Norwegian Council of State, and by the Deputies of the State of the Swedish empire. The acclamations of the joyful people did not subside till the King and the Crown Prince had retired to the apartments prepared for them.

4. The German Roman Catholics. On the death of the late Prince Primate, who was also Bishop of Constance, the Baron Von Wessenberg, his General Vicar in the diocese of Constance, was nominated to succeed him. The Pope refused to confirm the nomination, but the Grand Duke of Baden, his Sovereign, maintains him in his situation, in defiance of the Pope's authority, and in so doing he is supported by all the Sovereigns of Germany. The Grand Duke of Baden contends, that as Sovereign he is entitled to nominate to the vacant Diocese, and that such nomina. tion ought to be held good till it be ascertained by competent judges in partibus, that an improper person has been chosen.

In this case, after the most rigorous inquiry, he has found the Baron Von Wessenberg's qualifications of the highest kind, and his conduct to have always been most exemplary; and the refusal on the part of the Pope is therefore an arbitrary act to which no deference ought to be paid.

The whole case is laid before the public in a memorial from the Court of Baden, accompanied by a number of very curious documents.

It appears that the Baron Von Wessenberg, in his capacity of Grand Vicar of Constance, sanctioned by the Prince Primate and the Chapter, has been the author of many important reforms in the church that have long given great umbrage to the Court of Rome.

Among his other reforms, it appears that he absolved Monks from the oaths of celibacy, quoting the well-known language of the Apostle Paul on the subject

that he caused the service to be translated into, and celebrated in, the mother tongue-that he dispensed with the use of the Breviary-that he altered a number of inconvenient forms with respect to baptism, &c.-that he appointed stated examinations of the clergy-that he abolished all but a few festivals, and prohibited all ringing of bells on the days and eves of those abolished; that he, with the consent of the civil authority, converted monasteries, &c. into places of education and hospitals, formed a new and more commodious division of parishes, and distributed the livings into classes, which were bestowed according to merit, and in which

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all extremes were avoided; that he discouraged pilgrimages, &c. It appears also that he protected a professor who had distinguished himself by his skill in liberal learning, after a mandate had been issued against him by the Pope, on the ground that he had ascertained the accusations in the mandate to be unfounded.

The Bishop is supported by all the clergy of his extensive diocese, and indeed by nearly all the clergy of Catholic Germany. Among the Lay Catholics there is but one opinion concerning him.

Spring Guns.--Yesterday morning died, Charles Grant, Esq., an eminent Russian broker, of Globeroad, Mile-end. On Sunday se'nnight, about 10 at night, he took his usual walk round his ground, previous to retiring to rest. Not being aware his servants had set the spring-gun which had recently been placed there, in consequence of the numerous depredations committed, he trod upon the wire, and received 5 slugs in the back part of his thigh. Sir W. Blizard extracted the slugs, and faint hopes were entertained of his recovery until Saturday night, the fifth, when a mortification ensued and terminated his existence. He has left a wife and two children.

7. Dover. Their Royal High`nesses the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and suite, arrived here yesterday evening at 6 o'clock, and upon alighting immediately embarked on board the Royal Sovereign yacht, lying in the harbour, under a salute from the guns at the heights, the yards of the yacht being manned, and

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a guard of honour drawn up along the quay.

8. Brighton. The long continuance of a calm sea has enabled our fishermen to make a more accurate survey of the beds of oysters discovered off this coast about 2 years ago. From repeated trawlings they have cal culated, that for an extent of 70 miles S. E. and S. W. this body of shell fish lie in prodigious quantities. The shortest breadth is seven miles. The oysters caught to the S. W. are of excellent flavour; several speculators have examined the line of coast, in order to find a spot for forming oyster beds. Shoreham-harbour is mentioned as a most desirable spot, as the bed of the river consists of a fine black sand. From the facility of carriage-conveyance to the metropolis, it is likely that this new source of trade will enable the proprietors to supply a vast proportion of the consumption of oysters in the London market in the course of another year.

"Kew Palace, Sept. 14. "The Queen has not had a good night, but her Majesty is the same as she was yesterday.

"F. MILLMAN.

"H. HALFORD."

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posed, now submission has been made, to pass over the attempt to take the management of their affairs out of their own hands; forgiving and forgetting the insults they received during the turn out, and the loss which so much capital, so long unemployed, had unavoidably occasioned. The major part of the weavers in this neighbourhood, we understand, are again at their looms, with advances of various rates on the prices lately paid for weaving; for it was impossible, however feasible the plan might seem, to raise the prices in one indiscriminate ratio. There are however some of this most valuable class of population still dissatisfied, who refuse to return to labour till the original demand of seven shillings in the pound is complied with. This feeling, we are told, operates in a great degree in the neighbourhood of Bolton, where dissatisfaction still prevails, although very considerable additions have been made by the manufacturers to the prices recently paid, and which, it is stated (viewing the present stocks on hand, and the present demand), cannot at the present moment be advanced farther, without increasing the privations of which weavers, in very many cases with too much justice, have complained; since the continued accumulation of stock, at a greater expense in manufacture, would induce, if not force, the holders to suspend the fabrication of particular articles; and many weavers, now employed, would of course be left for a time entirely without work.-Manchester Herald.

The Jesuits. The following is

the proposition submitted by the Council of State of Fribourg to the Sovereign Council for the reestablishment of the Jesuits :"The Grand Council had, in its last Session, and after two deliberations, acknowledged that the Company of Jesus had rendered great services to the religion and state of the Canton until their suppression, and the establishment of this company presented some essential advantages to education in assuring the unity of principles and the uniformity of instruction. For these considerations, a wish was expressed by a great majority that this company should be re-established in the College of St. Michael in that city, being fully convinced of the utility and necessity of this restoration. To promote the paternal views of the Sovereign Council, the Council of State has the honour of submitting to its examination the project of a decree, follows:

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Article 1. The Company of Jesus shall be re-established in the College of St. Michael in this city, to pursue there a religious life, and to give public instruction, conformably to the institutions of its Holy Founder, approved by the Bull of the Pontiff, dated the 7th of August, 1814.

2. This company shall be put in possession of the property annexed to the College.

3. It shall project and present to the Government a plan of education and public instruction.

4. It shall enjoy the property annexed to the College, but without power, under any pretext, of alienating or of disposing of any of the funds with

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out the express authority of the Government.

5. All the revenues of these funds shall be employed for the use and exclusive support of the house established at Fribourg, without the power of transferring them to other houses.

6, 7, 8, 9. These articles refer to internal regulations, respecting the admission of members, and the duties of professors and teachers.

10. After 30 years of instruction, they shall obtain a retired pension, which, out of the house, is fixed at 400 Swiss francs; and in the house, with lodging and board, at 160 francs.

11. The house established in the College of St. Michael shall be submitted to the ordinary.

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It is known that this project was adopted on the 15th by the Sovereign Council of Fribourg. "Madrid, Sept. 17. Official Article.-Royal Decrees. "Having judged it expedient remove D. Joseph Garcia Leon y Pizarro from his office of my Secretary of State and Despatches, I appoint as his suc. cessor, par interim, the Marquis de Caza Irujot, my Honorary Counsellor of State. By these presents it is made known, in order to be communicated to all whom it may concern.

"Signed by the King's hand, at the Palace, the 14th Sept. 1818.

"To Don Francisco Eguia."

"I have removed D. Joseph Vasquez Figueroa from his office of Secretary of State and the Marine, and by virtue hereof

appoint it to be filled by Lieut.General D. Balthasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, Capt. General of the Department of Cadiz. Until his arrival in the capital this department is under your charge.

"Signed by the King's hand, at the Palace, the 14th Sept. 1818.

"To Don Francois Eguia."

"In consideration of the bad state of the health of D. Martin de Garay, and that he may be enabled to recover it, I have removed him from his office of Secretary of State, and of the

Finances of Spain and the Indies. I appoint, as his successor, par interim, D. Joseph Imaz, my Counsellor of Finances, and First Director-General of made known to you. Rentes. By these presents it is

"Signed by the King's hand, at the Palace, the 14th Sept. 1818.

"To Don Francois Eguia."

"Kew-palace, Sept. 18. "The Queen has had a very bad night, and her Majesty continues very much indisposed this morning."

A Privy Council was held at Dublin Castle on Saturday the 19th, when Mr. Charles Grant was sworn into office as Chief Secretary for Ireland. The Lord-Lieutenant presided, and after the ceremony was performed, Mr. Grant took his seat at the Council Board.

His Majesty the King has issued the following Cabinet Order, respecting the memorial of the two last wars, to be erected near Berlin:

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