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among the members. The hon. member then entered into a history ,f the particulars in which the common and cannon law of Ireland differed from the common and cannon law of England, and of the injurious manner in which the former operated upon the interests of all classes, and concluded by moving for leave to bring in the bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was not prepared for this discussion that evening, but there were parts of the Aubject which were deserving of attention, and which he had already ar.deavoured to remedy, though not by any application to the le gislature. The right honourable gentleman then defended the va rious provisions of the last Vestry Act, and concluded by saying that he would resist the introduction of the bill of the right hm. gentleman. Mr. SPRING RICE said that he also was unprepared for the discussion that evening, and he should therefore detain the house but a few minutes. He concurred in a great deal of what had fallen from the right honourable gentleman opposite (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer) as to the advantages to be derived from some clauses of the bill, which he had caused to pass that house, for remedying the evils which were admitted to exist ; but he must at the same time declare, that of his own knowledg e lie knew that many of the abuses which existed prior to the passing of the act, were still In existence in defiance of the act, and others had grown out of it, or had at least grown up since the passing of the act. If the government would but inform the house, in intelligible terms, that the subject was under consideration, he would be most anxious to leave the subject in their hands, but they refused to give any pledge, and the house was approaching the close of the session without the Irish members being enabled to in form their constituents that any effectual step towards reform was to in taken. He objected at present to the indiscriminate admission of Catholics and Protestants to parish vestries, tho u g h irh he hoped the time would come when all the inhabitants of • might unite, without any sectarian feeling, in the transactions of the parish bu siness. He could not, however, agree to the hon. and learned gen tleman's motion, but would move an amendment, for leave to bring in a bill to amend Act of the 7th George IV. for regulating the Ves tries in Ireland. Sir ROBERT INGLIS said the church-rate in Ireland was not a personal tax, but a tax on land, and should be levied by the landowners by whom it was eventually paid. The hon. gen tleman read a number of returns to shew that the highest rate in many parishes did not exceed ninepence per acre ; and that in some parishes it was not more than three farthings.—The tax, whether an evil or not, did not affect any man on account of his religion, but merely as an occupier of land. He should oppose both the motion and the amendment. Lord 1.. GOWER thought the learned gentleman had treated the question u was natural to his profession, by urging every thing that was possible against the law he attacked, without adverting to its benefits ; but he thought his right honourable friend had fully answered his objections. The subject had been so repeatedly dis cussed, that he should not enter into it, nor into the unhappy state of things which bad made the established church of Ireland the object of so much attack. He would freely state that it was in contempla tion to introduce a measure next session, which should remove all ambiguity from the existing law, and should give facility to ap peals against parish-rates ; but farther than this, he could not pledge himself to go, and must oppose both the motion and the amendment. _ _ . . Mr. HUME was surprised that after the anxiety which ministers had asserted they felt to remove all cause of irritation from Ireland, they should oppose such measures as the present, which were aden lated to produce peace and good-will in Ireland. His hon. friend asked nothing for Ireland but what was the law of England. Would the people of England submit to have ten or a dozen persons in a parish taxing a population of three or four thousand ?—(Hear.) It was impossible to expect that peace or quietness should exist under such a system. It was treating the people of Ireland as the Greeks had been treated by the Turks, and if persevered in the consequences must be the same.—(Hear.) Sir R. PEEL said, he never expected that any bill that the legis lature could agree to would satisfy the hon. and learned gentleman. The question was, whether if there was an established church, a decent provision was not to be made for its service? It was admitted that the charge ought to be a parochial charge; then was it possible that where there were but ten Protestants in a parish, to a thousand Catholics, that the Catholics should be admitted to vote with the Protestants? He would admit that the objects for which the rate was to be paid should be defined by the legislature ; and, if it was said why not bring in a bill for the purpose this session, be could appeal to the house that it was with the greatest difficulty the go. vermnent could get a heating for any bill, and it was not for the hon. gent. (Mr. Hume) who occupied some hours of the house every night, and prevented their getting a hearing, to turn round and say, why not bring in a bill this session ? No doubt all the hon. gentle. lan's speeches and arguments were of the utmost importance; but if there were twenty members in the house who took the same rein of their ditty, not only no bill could be passed, but scarcely any bill could pass the first reading.—(Hear.) For himself he could truly say, that he often spent sixteen or seventeen hours a day in dis. charge of his public duty, and he must own that he had not time, during the present session, to bring forward a bill sufficiently matured, and he would not, y taunts, be induced to bring in a crude and unprepared measure.—(Hear.) Mr. PROTHEKOE said, he could not hear without indignation the attack made on his hon. friend the member for Aberdeen, who was so exemplary in the discharge of his duties, that it would be well for the country if many of the representatives of the people were to imitate his conduct. Sir R. PEEL explained. He did not object to the hon. gentle man's right to discuss any subject; he merely stated the fact, that it' many members occupied the same time, it would be difficult to pass any bill. Mr. O'CONNELL replied. Lord KILLEEN said, if the right hon. hart. (Sir R. Peel) had given any hope that he would bring in his bill during the present Session, he would not vote for either the motion or the amendment; hut, as he did not, he must support the amendment of the hon. mem. ber for Limerick. The House divided— Aes Noes Majority against the Motion.. ...... ..... 124 The amendment was then negatived without a division. COURT OF CHAXCZRT. Sir C. WETHERELL said, after the house had been five hours in an Irish vestry room, he must take the liberty of introducing them for a short time time into the Court of Chancery, which he thought was a place of not less importance. The Court of Chancery • p already consisted of three tribunals, with three judges, and a bill was now before the house, to add a fourth court, with a fourth judge ; and this bill was int roduced with two others, one of which was to abelish the Welch Judicature, and the other was to appoint three new judges for the three law courts of Westminster Hall. He thought such precipitate legislation was not fair towards the public. —Besides the Lord Chancellor's bill for adding a new judge to the Court of Chancery, the Solicitor-General had brought in two bills to increase the officers of the Court. (Hear, hear, hear.)-- When he bad the honour of sitting at the other side of the house, he constantly declared, as he did in Westminster hall, that a fourth judge in the Court of Chancery was not nixes. eery. It was his deliberate opinion that a more noxious, pestilent, or mischievous bill never passed the house than that u nd er consi deration. The bill, according to the Lord Chancellor's own *hewing, was a bill for his own convenience, for the office was to be discon tinued at the pleasure of his Majesty, which proved that it was only to be passed for a temporary convenience to the Lord Chancellor. The office was not to be permanent—why did the Chancellor call for it ? Was he unable, or was he unwilling to discharge the duties of his office ? The resolution he meant to move was, that the hones should not proceed to consent to the appointment till it had satisfied itself by evidence that such an appointment was necessary. In the year 1813, the Vice-Chancellor was appointed, which gave; the public three equity judges instead of two; and in the year 1829, an additional Speaker was appointed for the House of Lords, which discharged the Chancellor of a portion of his labours ; and now it was intended to make a further diminution by the erection of a fourth Court. It was notorious in Westminster Hall, that the Master of the Rolls had given his opinion that a fourth Judge was not necessary. The Vice. Chancellor had given the same opinion. [The Solicitor-General said, " No, no."j He mutt take leave to say, that he knew the Vice.ClUincellor had given that opinion. (A laugh.) He knew that when that learned person was examined before the Chancery Commission, he said three Angels were not sufficient to perform the duties of the Court; but he had since changed his opinion. lie did full jus. rice to Lord Lyndhurst when he allowed his opinion to be equal Alpto that of either of his associates ; and when they had both de dared their opinion against the appointment as unnecessary, the house would not legislate on Lord Lyndhurst's unsupported opi nion. in 1828, it appeared by Hansard's debates that the has. member for Weymouth (the Solicitor-General) had said the ap pointment of a new Judge would be a revolutionary measure.— (A laugh.) The honourable and learned member then quoted tl2iffeech of the Solicitor-General in 1628, to show that he at that was of opinion that an additional Judge was unne c e ssary. He C. Wetherell) was certain, and he had good gr e o ss u a n r i; for his belief, that if the whole of the members of the Chancery Bar were examined before a committee of the house, not one of them would be found to say that an additional judge was unnecessary ; in short, by the. appointment of a new judge the Lord Chancellor would be put in this predicament, be would have nothing to do,with two journeymen to assist him.--(Laughter.) He now called upon the house to chew cause why, on the 10th day of June, 1830, it should depart from the opinion entertained in 1828; in that year there were about 100 bankrupt petitions lying for a heating in the Lord Chancellor's Court; and it appeared, in consequence of a mo tion made by him (Sir C. Wethaell) on the 9th of February last, that there were only 29 petitions in arrear on the Chancellor's paper, and the Vice-Chancellor had none before him—(Hear,) and since that period he knew that no more had occurred ; stain, at Hilary Term, 183 0 , there were of various cases pend ing in the Chancery Court 1,061 ; — what , he would ask, was the case at the Easter Term of te same year ? Why, that they had 'decreased in that short interval 348. It was clear that since the hearing of bankrupt causes was extinguished, the business before the Lord Chancellor goes in an undisturbed current of hearing and adjudicating. From the statements he had made of the number of cases of all sorts on the lists of the Court, it ap that there rat - mined 713 cases. Now if this number were grv i Tt e l c e l d between the Lord Chancellor, Sir Lannalot Shadwell, and Sir John Leach, he did not hesitate to say, that if either of these judges did not dispose of his aliquot part, he either cannot or will not do hit duty. He would assure the house that he had no great predelictim fot his motion, considered by itself; what he wanted most was, that honourable members would not decide in the dark, and in the teeth, too, of the members of the court, and of the two other judges, who , be it remembered, were as well able to give an opinion on the subject as the Lord Chancellor him self. He was satisfied, that if a new judge were appointed, that the Lord Chancellor would rarely find his way into Court, because another lord bad been appointed to do his duty ; and by what name that other Judge was to be called, he (Sir C. W.) was somewhat at a loss to guess; he supposed that he might very pro perly be called the Orderly of the Lord Chancellor—(a laugh)—by his appointment the house would literally be unfrocking the Chan laugh.)—He should take the liberty of quoting the opi nion of Sir Samuel Romilly on this subject, and with which opinion he (Sir C. W.) perfectly agreed. That great lawyer had said, that on the appointment of a new Judge, the Lord Chancellor would change from a law Judge into a political one. Lord Bacon also, on the same subject, says, that there was a danger of having a hack. neyed Chancellor. He (Sir C. W.) was fearful that it might turn out to be hackneyed on both sides of the question.—(Laughter.)— He trusted he had shown to the house that there was no lunar of business, and no increase; that there was no more than one Judge could fairly get through; and that if a Judge were appointed, there was a presumption' that a Lord Chancellor might turn out as Sir Samuel Romilly with telescopic eye had described. The hors. and learned member bore testimony to the great dispatch of business in the Rolls Court, which, with the other Judges, made as good as three Judges and a half.—(A laugh.)—He might, with great pro priety, apply the words of a writer of antiquity to the Lord Chan cellor with his new Judge— " Vacua re: taus In solo." The hon. and learned member concluded by observing, that he thought he had said enough to convince the house that the courts were in a situation to do without the appointment of an additional judge; and he hoped that the hon. gentleman on the opposite benches would not mix up the present question with the two other similar questions which were before the house, but rather that they would confine themselves to the present, and allow of sufficient material for proper] judging of the whole matter.—(Cheers.) Mr. Alderman WOOD having seconded the motion, The SOLICITOR.OENERAL rose and said, that he conceived he had some right to complain of the course pursued by the honourable and learned member who had brought forward the motion. Neither of the two bills which he (the Solicitor-Ge neral) had the honour of bringing before the house, stood for discussion that night ; yet the hon. and learned member anti cipates, and mixes up the principles of these Bills with the motion he has brought forward. He complained also of the indecorous terms used ; it certainly was not very becoming in that House to designate any great and learned lord as "Jack Rugby;" but pass. ing from these remarks, he had to observe that the hon. and learned member had mentioned witnesses for examination at the bar of the House in support of his assertions ; amongst these witnesses was the Master of the Rolls ; that learned person was not the most fit to become a witness in such a case, not that he had not sufficient infer. motion on the subject, but that he might be able to form opinions of a peculiar description. With regard to what he (the Solicitor. Ge. neral) had said in 1828 on this question, he admitted that he bad stated that the appointment of a new Judge would tend to revolu tionise the state of the Courts; but at the time he made that user. Lion he spoke and was heard under great disadvantage, and he could not be now answerable for his statements, and when he spoke against the appointment, he could safely aver that 09 out of 100 members of the bar were of the same opinion. The Hon. and Learned Mem ber then quoted, among others, Mr. Bull. He (the Solicitor. G eneral) if that learned gent. were brought to the bar of the House, it would put him to the painful necessity of hearing read a letter ftom himself in which he distinctly states that an additional Judge was unnecessary. The Right Hon. Gentleman then took an amplified review of the state of the Chancery Court since 1620, con. treating it with the present, contending, as he went along, that the only object the law-officers of the I Crown had in view was, that no suitor should wait, but that every case should be heard the mo. ment It was ready for bearing ; he impressed upon the attention of the House the multifarious transactions that were brought before the Court; there was at present in its possession forty millions of pounds sterling, much of which was at present the subject of liti gation ; other parts of it had been placed for safe keeping in the hands of the Lord Chancellor till the parties were of age. In many instances bills were filed for no other purpose ; the appeals too from Ireland took up much time; and it ought to be borne always in mind, that in no Court. were delays more injurious to the interests of suitors than in the Court of Chancery. In Lord Hardwick's time there were not half the bills ‘led there were at present. In Lord Eldon's time there had been disposed of no less than 57,000 mo. dolts, many of which were equal to causes ; for, knowing how diffi cult it was to get a cause to a final hearing, many persons brought their causes In the shape of motions, in order to elicit his opinion,which satisfied them as fully as a judgment. He thought it would be very advantageous if the attention of the Lord Chancellor were to be con. fined to appeals until disposed of, and then to attend to original business. He would also suggest, that the Lord Chancellor should take to himself the assistance of the other Judges, and sit as a l Court of Appeal, giving the suitor the option of appealing to that Court, or to the Lords, but not from one to the other the decision' of either to be final,—lt was absolutely necessary that two Regis. tsars should be appointed, even if a new Judge were not, for the present business could not be executed unless the number of Regis trars were increased. With respect to Masters also, they would hereafter receive salaries, with such reasonable fees for copies, sa would act as en incentive to dispatch without exposing them to the odium of having it alleged that they forced copies on suitors foe the sake of profits.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. FERGUSSON moved the adjournment of the question until Tuesday next. Mr. BROUGHAM agreed to the necessity of an adjournment of the question, but feared Tuesday was already too fully occupied. After a short conversation between Sir R. Peel, the Attorney. General, and Mr. Ferguson, the debate was postponed until Tues. day next. CANINE MADNESS. _ _ Mr. Alerman WOOD obtained leave to bring in a bill to prevent the spreading of canine madness, which was read &first time. SALE OF BEE* PILL._ The bringing up of the report of the sale of beer bill was post. poned until Monday next. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at Three o'clock. The will of the late Sir Robert Peel was proved on Tuesday last. The personalty was sworn at what is called " upper value ; " that is, as exceeding nine hun dred thousand pounds, the largest sum, we believe, that any will has ever been proved under. The landed estates of the testator were besides very considerable. The will mentions various sums, amounting in all to about 240,0001. (besides an annuity of 9,0001. per annum to the present baronet,) which Sir R. had at various times advanced to or settled upon his children, and bequeaths them near 600,0001. more, making the provision for his five younger sons 106,000/. and that of his three daugh ters 53,0001. each ; 6,0001. are left to a school which Sir Robert had established at Pauly, in Stafford shire ; and small legacies to some of the hospitals at Man chester and Salford. By a codicil, dated in 1825, the fortunes of the younger sons are increased to 135,0001. each, and the residue, which will in all likelihood be nearly half a million, to be divided into ninths, four shares to the present baronet, and one to each of his five brothers. Government will get about 2.5,0001. fifteen being the probate stamp, and the legacy duty will hardly fall much short of ten. LAW REPORTS. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jolts 10. Puny v. BACK.—This was ea adios Is mover emposseira in damages for an assault and battery. The riles sesiropedsbk tradesmen. The plaintiff is a baker resliks Willeismegssre, and the defendant a corn factor, living is *a sky. Theist* facts of the case were as follow s—ln the lour oatl et lest year, the plain tiff wished to make a purchase dooms lest es mike, with whom he had not before had dealings. The labs evaisquently wished Mr. Perry to g ive him some respectable retwilliNl, which he =or. I dingly did. The defendant, however, was apt as of the persons referred to. The plaintiff waited for a lam& efts in expectation of receiving the flour, but it not arriving, be went to the miller, who informed him the reason of the delay was owing to what he had heard from Mr. Back, the defendant. The plaintiff, naturally jet. lour for the honour of his character, immediately proceeded in saint of the defendant, whom he found on the corn exchange, and on his upbraiding him with raising a report calculated to injure his credit, he replied that he (the plaintiff) was a liar. Mr. Perry immediately returned the compliment:and told the defendant he was the liar; upon this Mr. Back, without any further ceremony, struck the p4intiff a blow on the head. This was the assault complained of, and for which the present action was brought. Mr. BROUGHAM, for the plaintiff, called two witnesses, but th e y failed in proving who made use of the offensive epithet in the first instance. Mr. CAXPEILL, for the defendant, admitttd that the verdict must be spinet his client, but he thought when the Jury took into consideration the great provocation he received in being celled slier they would be of opinion that he had only acted in the same man ner u every other man possessed of spirit would have done, and think with him (Mr. Campbell) that the lowest coin in the realm would be amply sufficient for damages. Verdict for the plaintiff, —damages one shilling. POLICE REPORTS. IllanY-LA-Boxwic...-Three youths, named Lucas, Curry, and Littleton, were charged with stealing some plate and other property Prom the residence of the Earl of Roseberry, in Piccadilly. On Tuesday morning, between four and five o'clock, some sweeps were admitted into his lordship's house, to cleanse the kitchen chimney. After they were gone it was discovered that some plate and other property bad been stolen. The prisoners, who were with the sweeps, were taken into custody. An opera glass and other articles belonging to the noble earl were found in the possession of Lucas and Curry, and they were committed. Littleton was discharged. LAMIETII.STAZZT.—The wife of a respectable tradesman, re siding in the district of this Office, was yesterday charged with threatening to take away the life of her husband. The husband stated that his wife had imbibed a passion for ardent spirits ; indeed, so great was her thirst, that she frequently got in toxicated before breakfast. She had frequently threatened to dash out his brains. The presen t was the third time that be was coni• Felled to bring her before a Magistrate. The defendant, who was at the time considerably under the influ. ence of the juice of the juniper, handed to the bench a lengthened statement, in which she made charges of inconstancy and unkind ness on the part of her husband. The Magistrate ordered her to find good bail, which not being prepared with, she was locked up. Town Har.L.--John Lloyd was charged by his wife with a series of brutal assaults. The defendant said his wife frequently abandoned his society for that of her mother, keeping a brothel, whom she had vowed never to go near after her marriage. He was held to bail THAMES POLICZ--Sarah Parker wu charged with robbing Elizabeth Nicholls of two sovereigns, five half-crowns, and two shillings. The parties have lodgings in the same house in Chop. pin's-court, Old Gravel-lane. The prisoner, her husband, and children, being in great distress, the complainant gave her break fast. The trii laid herself on the bed and fell fast asleep, batting prev =placed the money in a handkerchief, which she deposited in her bosom. On awaking she missed the money, and found the prisoner had decamped, leaving the handkerchief on • table in the room. The prisoner denied the robbery, but Mr. BalLatins committed her to Newgate for trial. thriort.H.txt..--In the month of March last, the premises of a Mr. Moore, in Bermondsey, were burnt. A maa named Bringly was given into custody, charged with the offence, on the information of John Kimber, who described that the former had confessed to him his having set fire to the place ; and to strengthen his state ment, Kimber added that he distinctly saw Bringly in the act of hastily quitting the premises, after having applied fire to the com bustible materials, which were speedily in flames. Bringly, on being brought before the Magistrates, declared his innocence of the charge, but Kimber not appearing, he was remanded from time to time, and after the expiration of eight days he was discharged, in conrequence of Kimber not appearing to substantiate the charge. In the course of yesterday, a gentleman named Williams in pass. ing along the Mik-end.road, saw that man, and gave him into ens. tody, and he was forthwith conveyed to this oflice. Mr. SWANEY asked the prisoner the reason he absented himself? Kimber t—Your Worship, 1 now confess that I gave false infor mation about that man. I never saw him near the premises which were burnt, and I don't believe he had anything more to do with it than a child unborn. _ _ _ Mr. SWAIIET (with surprise and indignation): And what could have induced you to make so serious a charge ? Kimber—A little time before the fire happened in Bermondsey Bringly did me a serious injury. He got me out of a comfortable situation, at a time a wife and six young children had to look to me for support ; and, to be revenged on him, I gave information that he was the man who set the premises on fire. Mr. SwaiszY—You deserve no lenity or commisseration, after having made such a charge against an innocent man. The map. trate then mid that he was discharged; but, previously to his quit. ting the bar, all the officers were called in, and directed to view his person, in order that they might be enabled to identify him, in the event of his being brought there at a future time on a charge. A servant girl, named Smith, was fully committed, for stealing a quantity of silk from Mr. Pegg, a linen draper, in the London-road. We are sorry to state that the heavy rains of last week have caused the rivers Severn and Avon to overflow to such an ex tent, that several thousand acres of grass fit for the scythe, in this and the adjoining county of Worcester, have been laid under water. —CUllenhan Chronirk. EmazzzLEmEler.—ln Tuesday's paper the Bow. street Report mentioned the fact of a man in the service of Mr. Ashton, of the Strand, tailor, having absconded with his money to the amount of 2651. 3s. The following are the patticulars ut the case :—For many months past Mr. Ashton had in his employ Betkunin Masker, formerly a master hosier in Bedfordbury, and where his name now remains in front of the house. From his for. msr station, and his respectable connections, great credit was reposed in him, frequently having been intrusted with many hundred pounds at a time. On Saturday afternoon he was sent into the City with 2331. 3a. the sum was made up of a country check on Lubbock's for 701. the rest in notes, &c. The cheek requiring Mr. Ashton's indorsement, the man returned to procure it; b which time it was a quarter to five, and it was a ft er five o'clock when he again got to the banker's. They culled the note, giving Mather, at his request, 80 sovereigns and 201. in silver. Such was Mather's haste and tremulation, that, uncounted, he swept the cash into a pocket handkerchief, and so clumsily or nervously, that a gentleman near the counter helped him, to prevent the cash falling about. The clerks and others admit that Blather's conduct was extraordinary, if not suspicious ; but they accounted for the tremor as resulting from the haste be bad made to get back with the check endorsed within banking hours. He then went to the Bank with a 1001. and a 301. note, required them to be cashed, asking for 401. In silver, and the rest in gold. It was after five o'clock, and, con sequently, the cashing department had closed; but Mather ur. gently pressing for the change, stating that it was for Mr. Shep herd, of Sloane -street, builder, who required it to pay his men, the notes were eventually changed, receiving, however, only 181. in silver, as the clerks had no more out, and 112 sovereigns. His agitated manner was visible enough at t he Bank, but it was there also accounted for by the haste made to get to the Bank in time. To Mr. Ashton's subsequent remonstrance, in consequence of changing notes under such circumstances, and after banking hours, the officers of the Bank told him that the flank did not consider itself bound by any rules as to time ; that the object wards accommodate the public, and that time was not noticed whdt urgent business was to be done. They added—" Suppose a banker came and required 10,0001. in gold to meet the run upon a bank ; if the accommodation were refused, the stoppage of that bank might be the consequence." " The case is different," was the reply. " There you would know the parties, and the reason for the urgency ; in Mather's case you knew nothing of the party ; his agitation was evident—he came out of proper hours—and, with out any inquiry as to the correctness of his representations, the notes are changed into gold and silver. The Bank admitted the force of the remark to a certain extent ; but said there were so many ap. plieadons fir like, and much larger accommodations, and where the parties, from being pressed for time, and ftom anxiety to get their business completed, that Mather's application and ap scarcely excited a second thought. Blather was afterw traced to two offices, inquiring for a Liver poo l coach, and, from descrip tion, there is no doubt that he left London lbw Liverpool by that nights coach. Descriptions of him have been sent to all the out ports, and a police.oilicer is gone to LiverpooL Besides good be. haviour and great confidence extended towards Mather, many things ' were given to him by his master r—only a week ago a good coat and bat were given to him, and such is the grateful return to Mr. Ashton. Members of Mather's family have waited on Mr. Ashton, and stated their willingness to afeed facilities for Mather's appre hension. MISCELLANEA Tux Rau SZA.—When N a p o l eon was in r.gylit Lod inspectlng the country, he took advantage of a low tide, tts• versed the Red Sea, and gained the opposite aide. On his return, night overtook him, and he ran the greatest danger of perishing, precisely in the same manner u Pharoah. Napoleon afterwa r ;l, gaily remarked, " If I had perished," said he, " it would have fur. !jibed to all the preachers of Christianity a magnificent text ag.w.., me." ROYALTY FROM A BREWHOLTSR.—During the rei,•.l, of Charles the First, a country girl came to London, in search ui place as servant.maid, but not succeeding, she hired herself to can ; out beer from a brewhouse. The brewer, observing a good.lookidg girl in his occupation, took het into his family as a servant, an:, shortly after married her ; but he died while she was yet a yow l ,' woman, and left her the bulk of his fortune. The business of brewerjr was dropped, and the young woman was recommended u Mr. - Hde, as a skilful lawyer, to arrange her husband's Wile. Hyde (who was afterwards the great Earl of Clarendon), findirfg the w ido w ' s fortune considerable, married her. Of this marts . ° there was no other issue than a daughter, who was afterwards the wife of James the Second, and mother of Mary and Anne, Que en , of England. WEALTH OF THE MERCHANTS OF ANTwERP roam's' Triers,—The city of Antwerp is nearly a semi -circle t; about seven miles round. It was defended by the citadel, built'ti) the Duke of Alva, to overawe the inhabitants. The whole appear. ance of its public buildings, streets, and houses, affords the most in. contestible evidence of its former splendour. Many instances ath immense wealth of its merchants are recorded : among others, it 1. said that when Charles V. once dined with one or the chief ma g i,. Votes, his host immediately after dinner threw into the fire a but, for two millions of ducats, which he had recieved as security for loan to that Monarch, saying that he was more than repaid by t! • honour of being permitted to entertain his Sovereign. —De. L an , . nee. Principal Cities and Towns in the World. On the 3rd inst. notices were stuck up in differen , pans of the city, by the authority of the Lad Mayor, dentin every to confine his dog, or to muzzle it, under pain of Lein, ed against with all the severity of the law. Th ew h ave row reetT"issued - seven or eight days, and have produced very little effect ; the number of dogs running the streets is still very great . Why is not the law properly executed P The acting pollee mu , t be to blame. Tut PlL;.onY.—Upwards of twelve years Win:, elapsed since the punishment of the pillory has been inflicted in th, metropolis, it is probable many of our readers are unaware of it , precise nature ; and the following description of the machine, there. fore, (the old one being no where to be found), which has been cat. strutted for the purpose of carrying that part of the sentence ink, effect on the person of Bossy, convicted at the April Old Bailer Sessions of perjury, may not be uninteresting :—The machine con. lists of a large table, or platform, raised about six feet front the ground, in the centre of which is a strong upright post, made to rt. volve on a pivot ; to the side of this upright is fixed the boards with the holes in which the head and hands are to be placed, an,! which are supported at the extremity by another upright, differine. from the former, inasmuch as it merely rests, by a small wheel. upon the surface of the table. The boards are made to mete in groove, so as to admit of being raised or depressed, according t, the height of the person on whom the punishment is to be inflicted ; and, u they separate in the centre of the neck and wrist holes. these also can be accommodated to the girth of those respectit, parts in the suffering individual, it not being intended they shoul,l be fixed tighter than is necessary to prevent the neck or hand. from being withdrawn out of them. After being fixed in the zr.a. chine, the culprit will be kept walking round the table, within th, circle of which the machine forms the radius, or half diameter thus pushing the machine round, and exhibiting himself, in se,. cession, to the persons assembled in every direction. Front manner in which the machine is made to revolve, the labour o: keeping it in motion will be very inconsiderable. It is saidjet, place at present proposed for the execution of the sentence, is th. open space where old Fleet-market stood. SUSPENSION RAILWAY.—To persons ingenious mechanics, and to those having a taste for this branch of science, much gratification will be obtained from an inspection of the beau. tifully-executed working-model of a Suspension Railway, invented by Mr. Maxwell Dick. We will allow Mr. Dick to speak for him. self in the following account of his invention :—ln consequence et a very heavy fall of snow at the beginning of March, 1827, n:ech inconvenience was occasioned to the commercial and general intatst of the country. For several days the roads throughout the country were completely blocked up, and travelling was wholly suspended. Experiencing, with others, the disadvantages thus occasioned, I thought of recommending to road trustees the trial of a snow-plough, simple in construction, and trifling in expense. But the design do railway, on the principle of suspension, occurred to me as the on. most likely to overcome the whole difficulty ; besides it would af ford a safety in tepid communication with light carriages practicable by no other means known to me. Being satisfied in my own mind of the success of the plan, I erected a temporary railway in a pr,vate apartment, and made my first experiments with a carrrisge some thing similar to those I now exhibit. The result of these expert. meats seemed so favourable that I determined to try them on I more extensive scale.—Accordingly, in the summer of 1829, 1 erected a line of poles, extending about two miles, on a farm, neat Irvine, belonging to his Grace the Duke of Portland. From the one end of this line I laid a rail of rope, about half an inch thick, upon which I placed the carriage ; and taking the moving power to the other end, I set it in motion, and the velocity gained exceed the rate of thirty miles an hour. This was over a rope rail of reuo surface ; the carriage was twelve pounds in weight, and the dimity:l of :its wheels only two inches and a half. In order to ascertain th, power of drag required, I attached a four-pcund weight to a line passed over a pulley, screwed on the top of a high pole at the en. end, and the following was the result:—The first quarter of a n. required a force of four and a half pounds weight to raise the feet pound weight to the top of the pole; the second quarter required a force of five pounds weight—increasing a half pound (or as rear as it could be ascertained) in each quarter of a mile. This experiment was made with a spiral steelyard. The whole weight of line. ex. tending two miles, was six pounds—the force required to drag eves pulleys, the two miles of line, and to raise the four pound weight, d w rag as g e e ig d. ht I.. b ou is nd e s, xpet or im t e w n o t w po s t s m i d n s ad l e eu with than very the im r pe ea c lw t e a g r ht . peratus, or I am convinced the result would have been still rte% favourable. BIRTHS. The lady of W. J. Newton,Esq.;t Argyll -street, of a daughter. —The lady of J. Chitty, jun. Esq. of Great Coram.street, Bruns. wick.square, of a daughter.—At Hampstead, Mrs. E. Toiler, of J daughter.— Mrs. R. Aylwin, of Nelson-squaze, of a daughter.—.Th: lady of J. Harding, Esq. of Matgaret.street, of a daughter. MARRIED,_ At Edmonton Church, J. R. Soden, Esq. of Southgate. to 31:m. Darling, eldest daughter of the late S. Thomas Goad, F.l. of t!... Bengal Civil Service.—At Southwell, on the Ist inst. Mr. W. Jal. lands, town-crier, aged 60, placed a ring on the finger of his Wk. Miu A. Walker, of Norwell, a buxom damsel of 23.—At Erg. ham, on Thursday, Mr. J. Priest, of Newark, to Miss S. Picker:l:g. Newark. on Wednesday, Mr. J. Sladen, aged 73, to I:iss E. Malt, aged 191 The bride was given away by a son of the youth. ful bridegroom. DIED. At Bath, Lieut. Col. W. Haverfiell, late commanding the 43d Regiment.—June 6, in Berkeley-square General 31epick.—ally 30, at Ridley, Kent, Marian Norton, wife of the Rev. J. F. Cole. —On Sunday the 6th inst. Mr. John Bury, of Queen.street, Dub. lire.—At Himley, near Dudley, the Rev. John Dudley, I.A. Rec. tor of Himley.—At Stapleford, the Rev. Wm. Atkinson, B.D. low of Christ college. He was formerly Fellow and Tutor of C therine Hall, B.A. 1781, B.A. 1881, B.D. 1792.—0 n Sunday i morning, at Newark, after a protracted illness of nearly two yer.D. Mr. J. Hage.—On Sunday morning, suddenly, at his residence. Chureh.street, Southwell, aged 68, Mr. Cheatam. He had not er. • joyed very good health for some time past, but rose as well as 115113.. and upon going down stairs complained to his wife of pain--was the act of sitting on a chair, and fell down dead.—On Wedno , :Y last, at his mansion, in the Park, near Nottingham, That. Maltby. Esq. aged 79. On the invention of the point net lace, he commenced lace manufacturer, and by his assiduity, he soon realised sr. ample fortene ; in 1802, commenced the banking establishment. o: which he was second partner, under the firm of Moore, 3laltby, Evans, and Middlemore which, in 1816 , was changed by the Jest', of his three partners, within a very short period of each other... l lJ of the two latter being only two days apart. The present firm 0! Moore, Maltby, and Robinson, was then formed. In 1893. by " concurtent jurisdiction bill," Mr. Maltby became a county 31.1. gistrate, in which capacity he continued to act till his death:— 0: Thursday, in the 73d year of her age, Mrs. Massey, relict of the Mr. Massey, of Swarkstone, Derbyshire.—On the 27th tile. in George's, Stamford, Mr. John Perkins, printer, aged 27, 10 / 916 ' apprentice to Messrs. Newcomb of the Stamford Mercury. and lat. terly overseer of the Newark Tian. He was a young man of ec:. aiderable ability, and of the most mild and unassuming nianre7;• pining the respect and confidence of both his employer and th. se employed with him. He suffered considerably for some morths while at Newark, and very unwillingly gave up the duties he ." no longer able to perform. His less has occasioned they severest affliction to his mother, and his early death will be regrett by alt who knew him. LOWDNI : Printed and Published by 'our lideara, at the Stet• Ovnea No. I. Pkkettidaee,Tenspie Bat.