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MieHAtiMAS iESSNAVS, 1824. ilOlll TAX DURHAM COUNTY ADVYRTISER, OCT. 18. EASTER OFFERINGS. This was a case in which Peter Watson was the ap pellant, and the Rev. William Nesfield respondent; and wss an appeal against a Magistrate's order for the pay inent of Easter Offerings. Mr. COOkSON opened tha case, and addressed the Bench at considerable length. He said he could easily see why Peter Watson had resisted the claim ; he was a so d of Knight Errant. a Crusader against Easter Offerings, and travelled all over the country to raise *1 opposition to the payment of them. His exertions were not solely confined to the parish of Chester-le•Street ; but he was• in fact, an itinerant, who went from place to place, assembling multi tudes of people, and persuading them that Easter Offerings were an undue and an unlawful exaction. Ile (Mr. Cookson) knew this from a circumstance that had occurred in a part of the country with *inch he is intimately connected, viz. N:rrth Durham ; where the appellant had promulgated to the inhabitants, that he IA got Mr. Brougham's opinion on the subject, and which was against the legality of all Easter Offerings. lie (Mr. C.) was, however, happy to say, that another person, who was interested on the opposite side of the question, had actually got the opinion of that great lawyer on it, and he stated that Easter Offerings were due and payable of common right! The origin of Easter Offerings could not be satisfactorily traced, but their being due of common right was of course sufficient. He would now come to the township of Chester-le- Street. Mr. Ncsfield claimed 15. Bd. ft om Peter Watson, for two year? Easter Offerings. Mr. Nesfield is the incumbent of Chester-le•Street, and of course entitled to the payment now demanded of Peter Watson These Offerings were paid to different individuals, and in different places in different manners. They would know that the fist step of Henry VIII. when he began his Reformation, and dissolved all the monasteries, the funds of which, by this measure, came into his posses. sion, was ro grant them to lay persons, and that, under certain grants from him, not only great Tithes, but abo small Tithes, Oblations, and Easter Offerings, became the property of Lay Improptiators. Mr. Nesfield bad been the incumbent of Chester•le-Street for 30 years, and had always claimed and received those Easter Offerings by commun right and common usage, of every house in that township, with the exception of two, the Deanery and Garden House, as it was a maxim in law Ecclesia, Ecclesice deciwas non solvit. "—(•l•he church does not pay tithes to the church.) The sum demanded on the part of Mr. Nesfield was ic:Tence ; now, if a liberal and affluent individual chose to say, " Your demand is ten pence, there is a pound note," that would not alter the custom ;—that was a present, a gt atitication ; but it would not alter the practice. Ile should call before them a number of witnesses, to shew the uniformity of the custom : the first would be the Parish Clerk, who wcti!;l ten them, horn the earliest period of his recol lection, their ancient usage and custom. He also had other witnesses; and he could produce books also to drew, that they had-.been uniformly collected for a longer period ; but it would perhaps only involve the case in greater mystery than it need be. He then called their 'attention to an Act, the 7th and 8!h of William 111. chap. 6, an Act for the more effectual recovery of small Tithes. If Mr. Watson's witnesses can contradict tlre . fegality of Easter Offerings, for Gon's sake let us ?are an end put to them, at least in the township of Chester-le-Street. Mr. WILKINSON then proceeded to call Wm. Pybus, vho said lie had been palish clerk of Chester-le Street thirty years. He became a resident in the parish on the Ist of January, 1781. On the Easter Monday in that year he was called upon by Matthias Walker, the agent of the then Curate (the Rev. John Nelson), to pay the Easter Offerings. He demanded the sum of tenpence, and the witness not understanding the meaning of it, requested an explanation. He was told sispehce was paid for an offering hen—one penny for smoke or reek money, and three hal/pence each for himself and wife, as communicants above the age of 16 years, and which he was informed was due from every occupier of a house or tenement in the parish. Ten years after (in 1791), he was employed by the Rev. Wm. Nesfielil, to collect the Easter Dues, and Walker's son went round the parish with him to shew him; they called at every house in Chester-le-Street, with the exception of two, the Deanery and the Garden-house, which Walker told him they never called at. During the whole 10 years before he began to collect the Easter Dues he regularly paid ;hem. Ever since his appointment as collector, he had uni formly received the dues, with the exception of the two houses already mentioned, and a few other instances where the poverty of the parties prevented an applica tten being made. Where a house is let into tenements, every lankily pays the same. Witness knows Peter Vratson, and either him or his wife, he cannot precisely recollect which, paid him tenpence for Easter Offerings in the year 1818, Which was the first time his name was entered in the books. He has been a resident in Cites ter-:e-Street, ever since. In 1819 he refused to pay them. A book was they produced which contained the names of those who paid Easter Dues in 1711. Thomasin Robson, a canny, tidy-looking old woinati, aged 85 years, who had lived about 70 years in Chester le-Street ; George Brown, aged 79; Robert Kay, aged 77 ; and Robert Wardropper, who had all lived in Chester-le-Street for almost all their lives, deposed to Eas:er Dues having been uniformly collected there. Mr. Losn, on the part, of the Appellant, then pro ceeded to address the Jury. It was the duty of his learned friend (Mr. Cookson) to have proved more satis factorily than he had done, Mr. Nesfield's claitia to those Easter Offerings; the only way in which he had at tempted to shew it was custom. His claim does not appear in any other form than by usage. His Learned Friend had stated the practice was uniform ; but bow had he proved it ?. In some places, he told them, they were paid to the Rectors, in others to the Vicars, and in others to the Lay Impropriators. Mr. Cookson had called Mr. Pybus, the parish clerk, who produced an old book, to do what? why, to thew that Easter Of ferings were due. Why, who ever denied it ? I admit that they are due; but the question is, to whom are they due ?—and he thought some stronger proof of tke legality of Mr. Nesfield's claim shriuld be produced be fore the Court could allow it. He would call no wit nesses, but left his case in the hands of Bib Bench. The Bench conferred, and it was unanimously de cided that the Magistrates' conviction he coital med. Tile Rev. WM. NesFtELD and Mr. Pia WAtsoN were i , oth in Court ; the* ful flier oii the-Bench, but he recited; 's did all the other Clerical Magistrates before the Court derided on the quenion. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. At an Ordination held by the Bishop of Cloyne, at the Cathedral ' Church of St. Coleman's Cloyne, on Sunday, the 17th instant, the following Gentlemen were adniitted into Deacon's Orders .-- Messrs. Aid worth. Brown, Eash, Beechwood, Craddock, and Jolius Armstrong; and the following Deacons into Priest's Orders:—The Rev. Mr. Grady and the Rev. Mr. Stewart. A very eloquent and appropriate Sermon was delivered on the occasion by the Rev. Mr. Lindsay. After which his Lordship addressed them in a brief but impressive manner, on the solemnity and responsibility of their u erect. professions. At a General Ordination holden in the Cathedral Church of Norwich, on Sunday sennight, the following persons were admitted into Holy Orders: DLACONS.—Nathaniel Best, A.B. Balliol College, Oxford ; Ben jamin Offord Ilickmore, St. John's College, Cambridge; Thomas Bisset, A.M. Marischal College, Aberdeen; Th omas Lovick Cooper, Magdalen College, Cambridge; Daniel Copsey ; Thomas Crick, A.B. St. Jobn's College, Cambridge; Richard Daniel, A.B. Clare ball, Cambridge; Vipcent Edward Eyre, A.B. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; Edward Francis, A.B. St. John's College, Cambridge; Philip Gordon, A.D. Downing College Cambridge; Joan P. Hammond, A. 13. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ; Tho mas George Highsm, A.B. Sidney College, Cambridge; Charles Barnwell Herring, A: B. Caius College, Cambridge ; George Au gustus How, late of St. Alban Hall, Oxford ; John Geo. Maddison, Magdalen College, Cambridge ; William Manley, A. al. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; Peter Pering, A.B. Oriel College, Oxford; Sanderson Robins, A.B. Exeter College, Oxford; Hon. Hugh Anth. Rous, A.M. Brasennose College, Oxford ; George Sanby, A.B. Merton College, Oxford; George -Henry S t oddar t , A.B. Queen's College, Oxford; Edward John Western Valpy, A.B. Emanuel College, Cambridge ; Jimes Wilson, A.B. St. Peters Col lege, Cambridge. PIUESII.—G. Chesnut, A.B. Corpus Christi College,Cambridge ; Robert Mader Crerner, A. 13. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ; David Davies, A.B. St. Edm. Hall, Oxford; Henry Goggs, A.B. Christ College, Cambridge; Peter Blomfield Jeckell, A. 13. Queen's College, Cambridge; the Hon. E. S. Keppel, A.M. Caius College, Cambridge; Arthur Langton, A.B. Wadham College, Oxford ; Richard Lubbock, A.M. Pembroke Hall, Cambridge ; John Lloyd Lugger, S.C. L. Christ College, Cambridge: William Heath Marsh, A.B. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; Henry Mortlock ; Geo. Browne Maxon, A. 13. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; John Newport ; Joseph Charles Pring, A.B. Jesus College, Oxford; James Spry, A.B. Magdal-n Hall, Oxford ; William Saattori, A.B. St. Edmund Hall, Oxford ; Richard Townley, A.B. Brasennose College, Oxford; John Thorns Trevelyan, St. Mary Hall, Oxford; Edward Cornish Wells, A. 13. St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. ICC LISSA ST IC A L PROMO, lONS. The Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston has appointed the nev. Robert Todd, M.A. Rector of North Cave, to be one of his Lord ship's Domestic Chaplains. Monday last, the Hon. Edward Southwell Keppel, Clerk A. M. was instituted to the Rectory of Quiddenham, in the county of Nor folk, on the presentation of the Right Hon. William Charles, Ear of Albemarle. On the same day, the Rev. Barnard Hanbury , Clerkl A.M. was instituted to the Vicarage of Bum St. Mary, with the hamlet of Butes, in Suffolk, on the presentation of Osgood Han bury, of iloffield Grange, in the parish of Great Coggeshall, in the county of Essex, Esq. And on the same day, the Rev. Henry Goggs, Clerk, A. B. was instituted to the Vicarage of SouthiCreake, in Norfolk, on the presentation of Henry Guggs, of Whissonsett, in the said county, Gentleman. Mr. John Rayner is appointed Master of the Free Grammar "S:lioul at Pulliam St. Mary the Virgin, by the Governors of Christ's Hospital, in the room of Mr. Gooderhsm, deceased. JOHN M`CARTNEY, of HalketleAths, M.D. in Liver pool, has been presented, by the Mayor and Common Council, in the most handsome manner, with the freedom of that Borough, in testimony of the high sense they entertain of his long and valuable services in the different charities of that town. THE REV. ALEXANDER FLETCHER..--At the conclu sion of service at Albion Chapel yesterday morning, Mr. Fletc er addressed his congregation to the follow ing effect :—He thought it was time that he should lay before them and the Religious Public of London, and likewise his deluded friends in Scptland, a correct and faithful exposition of facts in addition to what he might call " his defence." It should be in the press in the course of the week, and would be published as soon as possible. There were various kinds of judges who Wet e bad judges. Some men would hear nothing but what was favourable to a particular party: they could not be called just judges. Others would hear only what was unfavourable: they were as unjust as the former. Others judged and condemned without inquiry; and others proceeded upon false premises, and would not consent to be set right. He regretted that in this great and en lightened capital there were individuals to be found who were anxious to condemn a man without hearing anything in his favour. He intended to draw up the papers for publication with great care and attention, and he the, efore hoped they would undergo a strict scru: tiny : it would be seen that he had been a faithful his torian, even when he considered himself blameable. But he thought that he should be able to convince his readers that he was not blameable with respect to most of the things laid to his charge ; and even if he were (look ing at his conduct in the worst point of view), was there to be no forgiveness? He trusted, however, that he should succeed in convincing his congregation that he ' had done right, in assuming and maintaining the bold line of conduct which he had adopted. His enemies had employed three engines to separate him from his congregation. The first was a legal action—that had not succeeded ; the second was ecclesiastical censure, determined on without evidence in his favour having been heard—that had not succeeded; the third was the freedom of the press of England—that would not suc ceed, for what had been free to them was also free•to him. SAVINGS BANKS.—In the Act of Parliament for regu • lating these useful institutions, is the following clause prohibiting persons from having funds in more than one Savings bank, on pain of forfeiting the whole deposit : " If any person shall at any time after the 20th November, 1924, have any deposit or funds in more than ene Savings Bank within the United Kingdom, every such person shall forfeit all right and title to any deposit in any and every such Savings Bank ; and the Trustees shall in such case close the account of suck depositor, end cause the sum so forfeited to be forthwith paid into the Bank of England or Bank of Ireland, as the case may be, to the account of the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt." We learn that there is now every prospect of a speedy agreement between France and Hayti. One great dif ficulty in the way of it arose out of the demand of a place of strength in the bland, as a security for the pay ment of the indemnification to be agreed on. This difficulty has been got rid of by the offer of the Haytian Government to pay the whole sum at once ; and' we understand that a house in this metropolis has offered to procure the requisite sum for that purpose. Thursday night some thieves broke into the house of Mr. Castle, of fiittingbourne, and stole several hams, cheeses, and fowls, when they were shortly after pursued by (Richardson) the constable, and lodged in gaol. There appears to have been a recent jail delivery of all the stale jests, which had been by public taste con signed to perpetual imprisonment. Now and then, how ever, we hear an original, and the following is said to be such :—A man at an ordinary had eaten so enormously, that the company were astonished and disgusted with his gluttony. The Gentleman at the head of the table ironically prei.:ed him to take another plateful, observing that he had actually eaten nothing. The gourmand de clined taking any more, obseiving that his stomach was quite gone; upon which an Irishman opposite exclaimed, " Is it your stomach that's gone, my honey ; sure you mean the bottom part of it.' Mr. Lambert= completed his task of going on foot to Swallow geld and back, before one o'clock on Saturday morning, eighty miles in twenty-four lours, fur 200 sovereigns. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, OCTOBBtR 2s. Robert Houseman, a man of respectable appearance, was indicted for fraudulently obtaining from Mrs: De Burgh, on thefith of August,-five sovereigns, undir pre tence thit he was sent by a . Nr, The Jury found him Quilik—The CHAIRMAN told the prisoner it might be mercy to him to send him to Botany Bay for life. The Conn, after some consultation, sentenced him to six months imprisonment, and the CHAIRNIAN very impressively urged him to leave off such evil practices. FALSE CHARACTER. BOW-ST R HET. The following is a more detailed statement of the charge made at this office by R. J. Wilmot-Horton, Esq. the Under Secre tary of State for the Colonial Department, against William Payne, for having attempted to obtain the situation of butler in that Gen tleman's family by means of a false-clt:4—acter. :—Mr. Wilmot-I for ton being in want of a butler, requested kite Steward of the Tra vOlar's Club to advertise for one, and refer the applicant to the Club-house in Pall-mall. The steward did So, and a great number applied for the situation, and, among others, this William Payne. fhey were all desired to write down their qualifications, references to character, &c. in order th.tt they might be submitted to Mr. Wil mot- Horton ; and this being done, he selected from among them William Payne as the most likely person to suit him. Ile had given a reference to Sir Robert Harland, Bart. of Orwell Park, Suffolk, with whom he said he had lived between three and four years as butler; and in a personal interview which he had with Mr. Horton, he stated that he had previously lived in the same capacity with the late Marquis Cornwallis, and also with ' Sir C. Cockerell. —ln consequence, Mr. Wilmot-Horton wrote to\Sir Robert Har land, who was then at Brighton, and Payne immediately set off for that place, with the intention, as it has since been ascertained, of intercepting the letter and returning an answer to it himself. He was too late to accomplish this ; and, therefore, he posted hack again to London to intercept Sir Robert Harland's answer. Arrived in town, he, by some means or other, ascertained that the whole of Mr. Wilmot- Horton's letters were sent to the twopenny post, to he delivered to him at his country-house near Richmond, and, therefore, he instantly went down to the post.ofEce at Richmond, and by re presenting himself as Mr. Wilmot-Horton's butler, he obtained the whole of his letters for that day. But this impudent stratagem tailed hint at last; for it so happened that Sir Robert Harland sent his answer by a special messenger, and it was to the effect that Mr. Wilmot-Horton was about to be imposed upon by a rascal, against whom the Baronet cautioned him to be upon his guard.—Upon receiving this answer, Mr. Wilmot-Horton applied to the Ma gistrates at this Office, and he was taken into custody. A search-warrant was also issued, with a view to recover the letters he had embezzled from the Richmond Post-office; and the officers, in searching bis lodgings, found a number of Lett( rs of re commendation, giving him a mutt excellent character. One of these letters was signed " Somerset," and all of them bore the signature of some person of distinction; but upon inquiry, the signatures were found to be forged. On Friday he underwent an examination befote two of the Ma gistrates of this Office, when he confessed his guilt, and threw him self on the mercy of the prosecutor • but the Magistrates were of opinion that it was a most aggravate d: case, in which Mr. Wilmot- Horton fully coincided, and they therefore convicted him under the Statute applicable to these cases in the full penalty of £2O. This penalty he declared himself unable to pay, and he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. M A RLBOROUGH-STREET. Saturday morning, Mr. Cole, the coachmaker, in Portland-street, applied to the Magistrate, Mr. Drca, for advice bow to act under the following unpleasant circumstances : Mr. Cole stated, that a few days ago, a young Gent!email drove up to his manufactory in Portland-place,in a handsome dennet, said his name was Clifford, that he was a Lieutenant in the 7th Hussars, and that he wanted to dispose of his dennet, as it did not altoge ther suit him. Witness inspected the carriage, and finally agreed to purchSse it, and gave a check to his banker for the purchase money. In a day or two after, he received a letter from Mr. Best, a livery-stable-keeper in the Westminster-road, giving him notice that unless be immediately restored the dennet to him (Mr. Best), he should proceed against him for its recovery, it having been stolen from him. Witness called on Mr. Best, and learned that this said Lieutenant Clifford had hired the horse and dennet in question at his stables, for a day, to go to Hampton, and that neither the horse nor the dennet bad since been returned. Mr. Cole, under those circumstances, bad waited upon the Magistrate to know whether or not he was hound to deliver up the dennet, having given a fair value for it? Mr. DYER said be would recommend Mr. Cole to apply to his solicitor an the subject.—Mr. Cole bowed and retired. The accused was in custody a day or two after selling the dennet, for swindling a tailor out of three suits of clothes ; but upon return ing the clothes, he was permitted to escape. HATTON-GARDEN. H. Hall, driver of the hackney-coach, No• 731, was charged %frith detaining a parcel, containing silk goods, the property of Miss Sherman, of Devonshire -street, Queen-square.—Miss Sherman stated, that on Friday evening she took the prisoner's coach, in Gracechurch-street,anddrove to her father's, in Devonshire-street; she placed in it a carriage cloak, umbrella, and a parcel; when set down, the coachman handed out the cloak and umbrella ; she paid the fare, and walked up to the drawing-room, when she recollected the parcel ; she then went, accompanied by a Gentleman, to, the nearest coach•stand, which was at Theobald's-road, where the coach had just fallen into the rank ; she mentioned having forgot the parcel, when the coachman replied, " If you have, it must be in the coach, for no other person has been in since." Search was then made, but no parcel could be found. During the search an l officer came up, who insisted on having a light ; the coach was then more minutely examined, and at last the officer went to the boot, and there the parcel was found.—Thompson, a patrol, stated, that when he was ascending to the boot, the coachman sprung up at the opposite side, and endeavoured to put the parcel beneath the hay.—lt was then intimated, that under the Hackney Coach Act, a driver is allowed four days for the return of any parcel left lin his coach, before proceedings at law can he taken against him.— Mr. Laing said, that he did not conceive that privilege at all avail able in the present case; when there was a positive denial given, and an attempt to secrete the property, the case should necessarily be taken as a felony, and that point might be reserved for the con sideration of a Jury.—Mr. Harmer acquiesced, and the prisoner was fully committed. Wednesday, a young Gentleman in Lombard -street, undertook, for a wager of a dozen of wine,&c. to run ft om the Post-office to the Angel, at Islington, in 13 minutes, which he performed in 11 minutes and 50 seconds, being one minute and ten seconds within the given time. A short time ago a man underwent a curious sen tence at Madrid, for a curious crime. He was taken to the Plaza de Cevada, with the portrait of Riego sus pended from his neck, and a book of the Constitution in his hand. He was made to stamp on the picture, and afterwards to burn it and the book together. Dur ing the latter proceeding he coolly took out his snuff box to take a pinch. The mob ordered him to put it back, but he would have his pinch, and then threw the box and the snuff into the fire. It seems his child had been taken ill, and his wife, as is the custom, had placed a couple of tapers before a picture of the Virgin, ex pecting this devout act would soon recover him ; but the child growing worse, the father placed Riego's pic ture in the room of the Virgin's, and the boy got better. The happy couple were not a little overjoyed, and con cluded there was more virtue in Riego than in the Vir gin. The man was a master shoemaker. A journeyman whom he had taken into his employ out of charity, and who had always his meals with him, was the person who informed against him. The master, besides, is sent to a Yre,idio for life, and the wife to the Galeras. A hackney coachman, named Long Ned, was in the habit of constantly sharing the profits of the twenty-four hours with his master. After.a successful day, he took out the money, and began to divide it ptogres,ionally, —a shilling for Lis master, and a shilling for himself, till at last he came to an odd sixpence. a How shall 1 dispose of this?" said Ned. " Give that to me," said the master, who was bchiud him, "because 1 keep the horses.' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: • IP*4- BETTING AT NEWMARKBT.—Si.roanai. After the ra t es yesterday some heavy betting took place on die Derby, Oaks, flud St. Leger, several new horses being brought into the market, particularly for t he Oaks. Daaav,-11.to 1 agat Rufus; 13 to 1 agst Canvas; 14 to 1 apt Bolero; ,14.t0 i apt Advance; 16 to 1 ag.t. Diana; 20 to 1 apt Muleteer; 25 to 1 agst Tricirac ; 25 to 1 apt Defialee ; 30 to 'A apt Harriet ; 55 to 1 apt Nigel. to.l apt Waltz; 10 to I apt Duke of Rutland', r. Out of Sorcery ; 1 . 3 to 1 apt Pope Joan; 14 to 1 a gst ; 16 to 1 agst Aline ; 25 to 1 apt any other. Lecaa.-10 -to 1 opt Memnon ; 1 i to 1 apt Redgiuntlot 20 to I apt aay other. 5 tot apt Duke of Grlfton's—Derby. 4 to 1 aest Duke of Grafton's—Oaks. 5 to 1 apt Mr. Watt's—Leger. HOLY WELL HIJNT.TqTURSDAT, OCT. 21. I • .4 Handicap Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft. for two and thre e yis old. Half a mile. Mr. Tome's b. c. Sir Gray, 3 yrs old Sir T. Stanley's Portrait, 3 yrs old Lord Grosvenor's Hybla, 3 yrs old The llawarden Castle Stakes. of Ten Solis. each, for all ages. Two miles.. Mr. Myttnn's hr. e. Comte d'Attois, 4 yrs old Sir 'l'. Mostyn's Princess Royal, 6 yrs old The Malkin Stakes of 100 soy& each,. h. ft. for three yrs old colts, Bst. 51b. and fillies, tat. 21b. A mile and three-quartert. Mr. Mytton's br. c. Oswestry walked over A Handicap Stakes of 10 sews. each, h. ft. with 20 added by the Hunt, for all ages. Two miles heats. Mr. Rogers's gr. h. Sir Edward, 5 yrs old, 9st. 41b. 2 I I Sir T. Mostytes Madoe, 4 yrs old,tlat. 101 b - 1 2 2 Sir AV. W. Wynn's f. by Conius, Elst. • 5 dr. The disputed race for the Forfarshire Gold Cup, at idosstreee. which was referred to the Jockey Club, has been decided in favest of Ledstone. Part of Mr. Lambtoes stud was sold by auction, at Chester -k- Street, a few days ago. The following are the prices :—Borodino, for 51 gs. to Mr. Moor; Waverley, 300 gs. Rosalind, 30gs. Wath cote Lass, Slgs. Verona, 100 gs, and a chesnut colt, 608$. to Mr. Martindale; 13eresina, 32gs. to Mr. Row; Sherburn, Sags. to Sir H. Williamson ; a bay colt, 47gs. to Sir M. W. Ridley a bay filly, 19gs. to Mr. Dennison ; a bay colt, 80gs. to Mr. D. Lambtost ; Lady Heron and the Sancho mare were not sold. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT MANCHESTER. Sunday sennight, the bodies of the killed, by the late accident, were interred in the various burying grounds in Salford and Manchester, and their funerals were attended and followed by immense and sympa thizing crowds. During the whole of the day, the ground adjacent to Mr. Gough's factory was crowded with multitudes of people, who stood for hours gazing on the place which had been fatal to so many ; and as last as one group disappeared another filled up the vacant place. Indeed, so great and general was the interest excited through all parts of the town and country, that in every direc tion were to be seen large assemblages of strangers in quiring the way to the fatal factory. Nothing, how ever, could be more peaceable and orderly than the conduct of the parties, and though Police-officers were on the alert, they had no occasion to shew their authority. The melancholy subject was very appropriately in troduced into the sermons by the preachers in almost every place of worship in the town and neighbourhood. The Churchwardens of St. Stephen's, in Salford, granted five pounds of the Sacrament money collected in that church, towards the relief of the surviving sufferers, and the poor relations of the killed. On the same evening a sermon was preached at the Methodist Chapel, Great Bridgewater -street, by the Rev. George Marsden, on the awful event that hap pened to the unfortunate sufferers at Oldfield-lane. It was announced in the morning that he would preach from the following words in St. Luke's Gospel, chap. 13. ver. 4.5:—" Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinaers above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem ? I tell you nay; but, except ye repent, ye shall all like wise perish." Such a feeling was manifested, particularly by the young people, that the chapel was crowded to excess, when a suitable and pathetic sermon was de livered by the Reverend Gentleman, and a collection made in going out of the chapel for the relief of those who were now suffering, and the friends of those who have suffered. At a late meeting of the Cheshire Whig Club, the health of the Earl GROSVENOR was given, with an apo logy for his absence, first, by the Chairman stating it to be owing to a domestic affliction—:-which was subse quently confirmed by the nominee of one of his Lord ship's boroughs, who is represented to have said, that " he had reason to know that his Lordship regretted exceedingly being- prevented the pleasure of meeting the Club on that occasion," and adding that " the De claration then agreed to by the Club,was sure to meet with his Lorthhip's concurrence." After this, strange as it may seem, there appears in the papers, a letter from his Lordship's son, Lord BELGRAVE, addressed to the Secretary of the Club, and dated four days previous to the Meeting, condemning its principles and proceed ings in no very unreserved terms, and actually with drawing his name from it! . . ! CORN-EXCHANGE, MARX-LANE, OCT. 25. Last wee', there was a good supply of most descriptions of Grair, and Phis morning there was a very fair arrival of Wheat, Barley, and Beans from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, and some more foreign ships with Oats. The Wheat trade has been dull since this day se'nnight, and the prices are 21. per quarter lower on the brat sam ples, and LAher sorts cannot be sold at a great r decline. Barley is dull, and 2s, per quarter lower. Beans do not sell near so freely as of late, and they have declined in value 2s. per quarter. Boiling Peas maintain last quotations. Gtey Peas are unaltered. The Oat trade is dull, and having but few buyers to-day, this trade is rather lower than this day se'nnight. Rape seed is unaltered. Linseed does not sell so freely as last week. The Flour trade is unaltered. PRICES ON BOARD SHIP. 1 1 4 thett, Red (1824), 50$. 645. Rye, old, 00s. Oils. - old, 50s. 655. Bean*, Small, new, 48$. 50s. White 1824, 525. 721. - old, 00s. 00s. - old, 545. 735. Tick, new, 38s. 421. Barley, 1824, Ms. 48s. - old, 00s. 00s. Old, ON. Ms. Oats, Feed, new, 17s. Vs. Peas, Grey, 1824, 355. 38s. - old, Os. Os. Old, 00s. 00s. • Maple, 1824, 395. 40s. Poland, new, 18s 241. . -... old, Os. Os. - old, 00s. 00s. Potatoe, new, 20s. 275. Whitt*, new, 555. 40s. - old, Os. Os. - old, Os. Os. --- Scotch, 271. 28s. Boilers, 1824,463. 50s. Foreign Oats. 17s. 245. -4.--- old, 00s. 00s. Flour, per Sack, 555. 655. Rye, new, 325. 365. Wheat, English, qrs. Barley hlalt Oats 1 Beans ARRIVALS LAST WEEK. 7,569 I Peas . 5,878 I Irish 0- is 4,01 s I Foreign Oats - '2,808 F.nglisk Flour, sacks 2,755 SMITHFIELD MARKET, OCTOBER 21 1531 2717 23,145 $BB5 There was an excellent supply. of all descriptions of Cattle at , mat act this morning; the trade was heavy, and all descriptions of meat are 1 swer than on last market day. 13eef, per stone of sibs. 2s. 3d. to 3s. M. Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. Al. Veal, 4s. Od. to ss. Od. Pork, 4s. ed. to 54. Od.—Hay, per load, 41. 104. to 5/. 1.55. Clover, .51. Os. to 71. 03. Straw, 91. to J. 't,