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ororoge to extend the relief to East India sugar, as it came into corn. 4,Ltiti.)n with the •bighest class of West India sugar. He proposed • he aluiratiun as a temporary measure, in some degree experimental. When it way. considered that the reduction of 7s. per cwt. would :::arse a ices of revenue equal to 1,300,0001, it would be seen that , lit .e who had to manage the revenue of the country could not t. ur.ril such a loss. The seduction of seven shillings would Ituallv take place on the low.pticed sugars, and if it should :lave the effect of greatly incrcasmg the consumption, he should be glad to extend it to sugars of higher price. Ihe reduction es revenue he calculated at betivi:cn 300,0001. and 400,0001. for which a substitute must be supplied. He relied on an addi tional consumption making up half the amount of the loss.- 200,0001. The remainder, he thought, might be supplied by a modification of spirit duties. He had proposed augmenting the duty on homemade spirits one shilling in England, and two pence in Scotland and Ireland. Remonstrances hal been made against this increase, as tending to increase smuggling. Subsequent in. quiry had confirmed him in the opinion that he could raise the duty in Scotland and Ireland sixpence, and he meant to make that amount of duty applicable to all spirits—English, Scotch, Irish, and Colonial. Rethought this would not be injurious to the West India interests, and the additional duty would amount to 290,0001. wind., added to the 200,0001. from the increased consumption of sugar, would make up for the loss of revenue from the pro posed reduction of the duty on sugar. He hoped the result of these experimental alterations would be to place these duties on a permanent and satisfactory footing. With respect to the refining us' foreign sugars his right lion. friend the President of the board of trade, would have the honour of proposing a bill which would be a Vreat improvement on the present act. The right hon. gentleman moved his first resolution. Mr. C. GRANT suggested that it would be better to print the resolution before the house came to a decision. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the sugar duties would expire on the sth of July, and it was desirable not to lose time, but the debate might be taken at a future stage. Mr. BERNAL thought the resolutions should be printed before coming to a vote. Mr. HUSKISSON said, the house should have ample time to , become acquainted with the resolutions before agreeing to them. By printing the resolutions immediately the house would be pre pared for the discussion this day week. The alteration in the spirit duty was very different from what was proposed at the commence ment of the session, and required much anxious consideration. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was only anxious to avoid delay, but not to prevent discussion. Mr. HUSIE said the right hon. gentleman had not stated why the reduction was rot to apply to East India sugar. He said this was to be a temporary measure. Nothing could be worse than altering duties as a temporary measure by way of experiment— (hear). All such alterations ought to be made on principle. The effect of the present alteration would be, that the cultivation of inferior sugar would be increased, and after capital was embarked, the Chancellor of the Exchequer might say, I was only trying an experiment. As it was only a temporary measure, it was highly exceptionable, and as a measure of relief entirely partial. The best means of relief would be a general reduction of duty, which would benefit the West Indies and the public. Mr. BRIGHT said the measure :was only calculated to relieve one half of the West Indies. He must consider it better before he could give a decided opinion on it. Mr. C. PALMER, as we understood him, said he should propose a reduction to a much larger amount. Mr. J. WOOD said he hoped the case of the sugar refiners would not be overlooked. Several of them had lately been compelled to relinquish the business, it was become so entirely unproductive.— Owing to the non.importation of foreign sugars for refining, we had suffered that profitable branch of business to go to other countries. The average production of our West Indies was about 4,000,000 cwt. about 3,500,000 of which was consumed in this country, the remain. der being sent to the other markets of Europe, the price of which must of course determine the price of the whole. Mr. K. DOUGLAS said that the alteration in the duty on rum was only to be contingent upon the reduced duties on sugar. Mr. WARBURTON asked when the Refining Bill was to be brought before the house? Mr. HE ItHI ES said, as soon as the business of the house would permit. Mr. HUME hoped the duty on East India sugar would be placed on the same scale as the W'cst India produce, and asked if any comparative scale of duties had been prepared for the consider. ation of the house ?—(We could nut hear the answer.) The resolutions were agreed to. The house then resumed, and the report was brought up. ExCISC ACTS. _ The house then resolved itself into a Committee on the Excise Acts. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that an additional duty of fourpenec be placed on spirits dis►illed in Scot. land and Ireland. After a short conversation the resolution was agreed to.—the lieuse resumed and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. COMMITTEE OF SOFTLY. - - - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the house resolve itself into a Committee of Supply. Mr. HUSK ISSON said that many gentlemen had gone away uns der the impression that the house was not on that evening to go it.to a committee of supply, it being their intention to oppose the votes for Canada. Col. DAVIS corroborated this statement, and said that at all events the civil contingencies ought to be postponed until Friday, as he intended to subtnit a motion on the subject to the house. Sir G. MURRAY said that he intended to propose some consis derable alterations in the Canada bill. After a short conversation between Mr. Huskiason, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Labouchere, it was arranged that the Canada bill should be read a second time pro forma, and the discussion be taken on the speaker's leaving the chair to go into committee. The house then went into committee. Mr. DAWSON moved the sum of 10,4451. to defray charges for the civil establishment cf. Nova Scotia. _ Mr. HI:ME said he was of opinion that no further sum should be voted fur Nova Scotia, which had a parliament of its own, and had expressed its willingness to pay all its own charges, provided ' the British Government did not interfere with the appropriation of the fonds they should raise fur the purpose. The whole system of government in the colonies was bad, and all its evils seemed to be the result of a desire to preserve the monarchical principle in them. The colony of Nova Scotia wished to tax themselves, and to appoint their own revenue officers, and pay them; but this government was pursuing precisely the same course which lost to them the United States of America. It was preposterous that we should have to pay two thousand pounds a-year to the receiver of customs of Nova Scotia, while the local government only paid 8501. a-year to their Chief Justice ; unless some alteration were suede in this respect, he thought the better way would be to postpone the vote, for if the house were to agree to it, they would be sanctioning a payment of 2,3001. for the collection of a revenue of only 15,0001. being about 801. per cent. The effect of allowing these votes was, that a civil list was imposed on the Colony of a most extravagant description, and directly against the wish of the inhabitants. He should, therefore, propose a reduction of 6,000 L as a saving might be effected to that extent if this Colony was to take the manage. ment of its own affairs. He confined his reduction, however, to 6,000!. trusting next year that no vote at all would be required. He thought that much of the unpleasantness there, as well as in Ca nada, was owing to the Earl of Dalhousie. Sir G. MURRAY said he was surprised at the statement of the hon. member, that the colony was willing to bear its own expenses. He should have been very glad to hear this from an authentic source —but he had never had any proposition of the kind made to him, nor had he, in fact, ever heard any Intimation of such a disposition on the part of that colony. He thought the übjections of the hon. member were founded in erroneous information. He must say that no imputation whatever rested upon the Earl of Dalhousie in the opinion of Government, and the best proof they could give of that opinion was appointing him to a higher situation. Mr. LABOUCHERE said, he must say that the conduct of the Earl of Dalhousie was most unconstitutional, as displayed by the militia dismissals and other acts, and he trusted he should never see him placed again in the civil government of British subjects. (Hear.) Sir G. MURRAY said, he gave no opinion on the Earl of Dal. housie—he spoke only as to the opinion formerly come to by the Government upon his conduct, when his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Huskisson) was Colonial Secretary. Sir. LABOUCHERE said, the opinion was formed and acted upon before the inquiry took place in a committee of that House— and he was glad to find that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not given it as his own opinion that the conduct of the Earl of Dal- housie was praiseworthy. Mr. W. HORTON said that he would not oppose the vote, though he thought the principle was worth inquiry, as to whether the colonies should not be obliged to meet their own expenses. Mr. ROBINSON objected to the vote for superintendent of the fishery, on the ground that Nova Scotia was an agricultural coun try ; and he could not see why they should receive an encourage ment which was not allowed to Newfoundland, which depended entirely on its fisheries. Sir H. PARNELL said, that the vote was for the improvement of private property in Nova Scotia, for it appeared that all the revenue of Nova Scotia was spent in making roads and other ins proven.enta He did not see why she people of England should be taxed, to enable the people of that colony to spend their own reve nue In making roads. Mr. MAURICE FITZGERALD supported the vote, on the ground that its immediate withdrawal would be very detrimental to the colony. Mr. WARBURTON supported the amendment._ Mr. AIABERLY said, that in hist opinion the whole vote ought to be deducted, if it was only to put down the principle that we were to pay fur all the roads they 'night choose to make in Nova Scotia. There was last year 20,0001. spent in roads, bridges, and canals, in Nova Scotia, being just twice as much u the vote now demanded. Under these cimuinstances he objected to advancing a single guinea, either for the civil governments or the improvements. Loid ALTHORP said, it was in effect, though not directly, voting money for the improvement of No Scotia . He thought the colony ought to be allowed to manage its own resources, and be made to support Its own expenses. He should support the amendment. Mr. BERNAL said, it was the duty of Government to come down to the House with the amount of the revenue of the colony in one hand and every item of expenditure in the other. This they had not done ; but even, independent of this want of information, he thought it was impossible to go on year after year with this or any other vow for the colony without ascertaining whether it was not possible for it to do without it. Sir 0. MURRAY said. as it appeared that there was a different opini.in a, to the amount of the sum, though none as to the principle that Government had a tight to the appointment of such officers as it might think proper, he thought the better way would be to agree to the present vote, and to call on the colony for the future to support itself, or at least to pay a considerable portion of its expenditure, which he had no doubt it would be able to do. Mr. W. HORTON suggested that if this country were to aid Nova Scotia with its credit, it might at once take upon itself its own expenditure. He must protest against the doctrine laid down by the hon. member for Abingdon, that the colonies ought to be given up as soon as possible, as being only a burthen on the country. Mr. MABERLY said that all the colonies were a burthen, and the sooner they were parted with the better. In the case of Canada, in order to give preference to that colony, we paid a heavy tax on timber imported from Norway and Sweden. He would recommend the right hon. gentleman to withdraw the vote. Mr. HUME replied, and said, as government had not given any specific pledge that it would not come again to the house with this vote, he had no alternative but to divide the house upon the vote. Mr. M. FITZGERALD said he had not !changed his opinions on the subject of colonial matters; the sentiments he now expressed were similar to those entertained by him when he sat on the opposite side of the house. He bad always entertained the opinions he now explained as to colonial expenditure ;....he was utterly incapable of holding two sorts of opinion. Sir G. MURRAY observed that he would endeavour to persuade the Lower Assembly to provide money enough for their civil ex penditure. Mr. HUME said, if there were only given a pledge to that effect, he would withdraw opposition. The gallery was then cleared for a division ; the numbers were— For the motion lO7 For the Amendment Majority... 48 On the motion that 3,6001. be granted to defray the expenditure of the civil establishment of New Brunswick, Mr. HUME objected to the vote altogether. Mr. GORDON observed that the expenditure of that Colony ex. ceeded by a considerable sum its revenue. Sir G. 111URRAY observed that the expenditure should continue to be reduced as circumstances admitted. A Commission had been appointed to reduce all the salaries of the civil officers to a proper scale.—The vote was then agreed to. On the motion that 4,0001. be granted for the civil establishment of Bermuda, in answer to some questions from Mr. ROBINSON and Mr.'Hout, Sir G. MURRAY said a considerable reduction had been made in the salaries of public officers. The vote was then agreed to. On the motion that 3,8201. be granted for the civil establishment of Prince Edward's Island, Mr. HUhIE asked what became of the quit-rents of that island ? Why were they not employed in paying the pension of the Go. vernor ? Mr. W. HORTON observed that there were hundreds of thou. sands of acres in that island wholly unproductive. When the quit-rents became productive, they should be paid to the Governor in question. Mr. HUME was surprised to hear that a governor had been pen. sioned on a fund which had no existence. If there were no quit. rents why was there a pension granted out of them, and then call on this country to pay not only the pension, but the arrears of it. Mr. PEEL thought it would be inconvenient, if no retiring allowance was to be made to an officer in the colonies. The officer in question was a brother of Sir Sidney Smith ; he had been governor of that colony ten years. The fund on which he was pensioned was under the eontroul of the crown. A pension of 5001. was insured to him, and the funds in question were not adequate to it, as expected. After some observations from Lord Howick, Mr. Trans, Mr. Harvey, &c. Sir R. PEEL observed, that if government could do no more than say that they would endeavour to persuade the colonies to dispose of their revenue in a different mode, it should be done in an rtmicabls manner, and no attempt made to compel them to do it. Mr. BROUGHAM did not see on what account this pension was granted. No doubt the legislature of this country had no right to interfere with the revenues of the colonies. But here was a pension granted by the crown in one way, and parliament was called upon to pay it in another way. After some further conversation, the House divided, For the amendment 79 For the original vote ... ... 126 The sum of 11,1611. was granted for the civil establishment of Newfoundland. The sum of 10,1801. 15s. 10d. was granted fur the civil establish ment of Sierra Leone. _ On the motion that the sum of 3,601 L 14s. be grant& for the civil establishment of Fernando Po, Mr. HUME asked what was the reason for fixing a colony at Fernando Po ? Sir G. MURRAY observed, that the principal reason of found. ing that colony was to prevent the traffic in slaves. The grant was then agreed to. Upon the motion that 40001. be granted to defray the expenses of Cape Coast Castle, on the Gold Coast, Mr. C. WOOD adverted to the mortality of the Gold Coast, in support of which, he stated, that out of 1600 persons, 900 died in the course of three years. Sir 0. MURRAY said it was very desirable that our possessions upon the Gold Coast should be abandoned. The 40001. voted for in this instance was to be paid to merchants who had undertaken to perform services. Upon the motion that 10,1821. be granted for defraying the es. penses of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in the Colonies, Lord HOWICK objected to the vote, not merely upon the ground of economy, but because 7,0001. of this grant was for the purpose of upholding an exclusive and dominant church in Canada. He should move that t h e rote be reduced one-ha lf . Mr. R. GORDON opposed the vote on the ground of economy. sir G. MURRAY condemned leaving the propagation of religion to chance. He admitted that auy system that give exclusive ad. vantages to the established church was a defective one. Mr. HUME denied that religion was benefittpd by conneslon with the State. Out of 235 clergymen in the province of Upper Canada, Si only were clergymen of the church of t:ngland. After some observations from Mr. W. Horton, Sir H. Inglis, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. S. Wortley, Mr. W. Smith, and Sir T. Ackland, the committee divided, when there appeared— For the original motion .... 148 Against it .. 45 31 ajori ty 103 47,5001. were then voted for stores for the engineer department in New South Wales, for presents to Indian Chiefs, and other purposes. The house then resumed ; and The committee obtained leave to sit again on Wednesday. The further consideration of the beer bill was postponed to Thursday next. The other orders of the day were then disposed of ; and the house adjourned at a Quszterisast Two o'Clock. A bill has been brought into Parliament with the view of preventing the spread of canine madness, and it enacts that ma gistrates, upon receiving information that canine madness is preva lent, may issue notices ordering all dogs to be confined for a certain period. The act then provides that any person who shall suffer a dog to go at large after such notice, shall, for every such offence, torteit a sum of money not exceeding 51. When such notice has been issued, it will be lawful for any person to impound a dog for the petind specified In it, and after the expiration of it, if the owner does not come forward, the dog may be destroyed. The act concludes by directing how the penalty may be recovered, and what way it is to be applied. A gentleman of this town, during the week, having lost 401. in cash, had placards printed, offering a reward of 51. in the fo.lorn hope that the fortunate individual into whose hands the money had fallen would make restoration. The result was, how ever. that George Taylor and William Jenkiason, two youths in the employ of Mr. Thomas Greenwood, cabinet-maker, of this town, waited upon him with the lost property, in the same state in which it had been found, thus exemplifying the golden rule—" Do unto others as ye would they should do unto you.".—Helifas Chronicle. LA lY REPORTS. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jorrt 14. HARLAND V. BzxNETT.—The defendant was brought up in custody, in order that the bill might be taken pro confeaso against him, for refusing to put in his answer. It will be recollected that this prisoner was the man who the Solicitor-General said, on his being brought up on a former occasion, refused to answer the bill only because he thought he could live better in prison than he could out of it. The Vice Chancellor asked the prisoner what be had to say against the application ? The prisoner handed up a paper. Ills Honour after reading it, said the document was to the put,. pose, and orde red the bill to be taken pro confess°, as prayed. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Juxz 14. THE KING V. THE JUSTICES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE.— On a former day Mr. Campbell obtained a rule calling on the de. fendants to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue against them, directing them to hear an appeal which had been made to them. It appeared that in a certain parish, in the county of Gloucestershire, there were two overseers annually, in addition to various other officers, to transact parish affairs. Each of these overseers had different districts, and at particular periods made a return of their receipts. In this instance one of the over. seers had appealed to the quarter sessions against the accounts of his co-overseer. On the appeal coining on before the magistrates, in sessions assembled, for baring, they had heard one witness, and were proceeding to take evidence of a second, when Mr. Justice, who ap. for the respondents, took objection,submitting that the Sessions ra i r t i l l o jurisdiction. The objection was allowed by the Bench, and the appeal dismissed. Mr. Capmbell had therefore moved for the writ of mandamus, upon the ground that the Bench had jurisdic tion, and the appeal had not been heard. Mr. ATTOBNEY4ENERAL Mr. JUSTICE, and Mr. ALEX. ANDES., showed cause, contending that if the Bench of Magistrates had jurisdiction , the appeal bad been heard. Mr. CAMPBELL having been heard, The COVET expressed themselves as of opinion that an overseer had a right of appeal against the accounts of his co-overseer; con sequently, that the Bench had jurisdiction, and therefore that this appeal had not been heard. The mandamus was accordingly directed to issue. Swaxw v. WHARTOL—This was a rule nisi calling on a Mr. Smithson, the solicitor to the plaintiff, to permit the de. fendant to inspect and take copies of certain deeds and vouchers in this case. The circumstances of this case must be familiar to our readers, as it has occupied much of the time of the Court during the two last terms. They arise out of certain annuities granted in 1786, 1814, and 1819. Mr. ALDZRION showed cause this day, and Mr. BROUGHAM and Mr. HUMPHREYS Wen heard in support of the rub. The rule etas ultimately made absolute in a modified form. __ COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jura .14. HARNER V. MILTON.—This was an action brought to recover 601. for the keep of a racehorse called Figaro. The action was tried at the last sittings at Guildhall. Upon the trial it was proved that the horse was bred by the plaintiff, and purchased by the defen. dant, in proof of which purchase a letter in the hand-writing of the defendant was produced, in which he acknowledged the purchase of the horse. The plaintiff, however, according to the letter, was to keep possession of the horse until it was paid for. A verdict, con sequently, passed for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant IVILDE moved to set the verdict aside, and enter a nonsuit, on the ground that there was no proof of any sale of the horse to the defendant, nor was there any proof of tender to the de. fendant. It was at the same time proved that the plaintiff had a lien on the horse, and therefore it still remained his property. The evidence given upon the trial would not have been sufficient to esta blish a claim to the price of the horse. Rule to show cause granted. POLICE REPORTS. GUlLDHALL.—Yesterday Robert lib* was charged with pil. fering the till of his employer, Mr. Cotterell, oilman, Milk-street, Cheapside. Mr. Cotterell stated that the prisoner bad been in his employ as shoruan for about three months past ; he had suspicions that more money went into the till than the prisoner rendered him any account of. He prevailed upon a friend of his to mark a quantity of silver, which was subsequently paid at the shop for goods, and the result fully justified the opinion he entertained of the young man. Mr. Henry Holt stated that between one and two o'clock on Sa turday afternoon he went to the shop, when it was understood Mr. Cotterell would be at dinner. He purchased some articles, which amounted to the value of 3s. 9d. and gave four marked shillings, receiving threepence change. Mr. Cotterell returned in half an hour, and on examining the till found only 18.6 d. in it. He immediately sent for an officer, who demanded the surrender of what money the prisoner had about him. The young man, after some hesitation, gave up 2s. and a 6d. The prisoner was remanded until to-morrow. Samuel Hunt, carman to a fanner named Boards, wu charged with stealing two bushels of corn from the granary at the Saracen's dead Inn, SnowhilL—He was remanded. BOW-STREZT.—Yesterday, Mary Ann Pearce, the unfortu nate female who is well known to our readers and the public ge. neraily, as Lady Barrymore, was brought before Sir R. Blaine, and Mr. HALLS, charged with having been drunk and disorderly in the streets. The unfortunate being, whose clothes were covered with mud and filth, was quite sober and collected, and treated the Slagisirates with every possible respect. She had, it appeared, been liberated from an incarceration of some months duration on Thursday last, and had every night since obtained shelter from the inclemency of the weather in the watch-house, to which she had been conveyed, however, in consequence of having been found rolling in some ken nel or another. The Magistrates consulted ; and at length ordered her to be locked up until they:should have made up:their minds as to how they should best dispose of her. A man, charged with being concerned In the robbery committed upon Lord hiaryborough, underwent &short examination in private, but neither the name of the accused, nor the nature of the evidence upon which he is detained transpired. QUEEW-SQUAllE.—Gtorge Grown, a man between 60 and 70 years of age, was charged with attempting to cut the throat of Susan Taylor, his wife's sister. It appeared that the prisoner lived at No. 9, Green Coal -terrace, Tothill-fields. On Saturday evening, about ten minutes before eight o'clock, the lodgers in the house were alarmed by the cries of a female, and on proceeding to the prisoner's apartment the unfor. tunate woman was discovered on the ground, with a wound in her throat, and her hands and arms cut in a most severe manner, sup. posed to have been occasioned by her struggles to prevent the prisoner, who was standing over her, from effecting his dreadful purpose. 111 r. Painter, surgeon, of Westminster, said the woman was most dangerously wounded. The prisoner was remanded. It was stated that the prisoner had attempted to murder the wo. man because she was on the point of being married without his consent. _ - _ - LaxErru.svaEzT.—Yesterday Mr. Parlour, the Superintend ant of K. division of New Police, waited on the sitting Magistrate, J. Hardwick, Esq by the direction of the Commissioners of Police, to ascertain his opinion as to the di.position of property taken on suspicious characters by their constables. Mr. Hartriwrcr remarked that there could not be the slightest objection to allow such p= as the New Police stopped remain ing in the hands of their as required, provided there was an agreement entered into between Messrs. Venables and Rea, that the latter would pay the former the surplus of their value. Robert Langley was committed for three months to the House of Correction, for robbing s simple Scotch lad of 10s. THANZS Potics.—Yesterday, James IW•Carthy, who was ea quitted at the last Old Bailey Sessions, charged with robbing and brutally ill-using a sailor on the highway, was charged with threat. ening the life of Wheeler, a police sergeant of the IL division, and attempting to stab him with a knife. Since his acquittal. he had continually annoyed Wheeler for the evidence he had given upon the trial, and had influenced the minds of the low Irish against him. Wheeler was met by a number of Irishmen, who accused him of trying to swear away 31`Carthy's life, and threw mud at him. The prisoner made s thrust at Wheeler, which was parried by another police constable. or the consequences might have been serious. Mr. BROD•RIP ordered him to End good bail to keep the peace in tVtute, and in default he was sent to prison. It is stated in a letter from Paris, that, in consequence of the total failure of the crops of Cobbett's corn in the vicinity of the French capital last season, very few experiments of the kind will be tried this year. A fanner near Rouen is said to have lost 15,000 fr. by his speculations in this w a y.—Lit ersn y G aze tt e . A NOBLE PRIG.--The Duke de Charolois, a Prince of the Blood, meeting the Duke of Brisac at the boon of a lady to whom they were both attached, and stung by jeslousy, forgot him self so tar as to say rudely, "Go out, Brisse." " lour ancestors, Monseigneur," replied the French chevalier, "would have said, Conic out." The same striking originality attended tae minutia of Brisac's private life. He sera would permit his valet to shave him, and when he took the razor in his hand at the toilette. he was often heard to repeat the following soliloquy :—" Tinioleon de Cease, (ion has made thee a gentleman, and the King has made thee a Duke. It is, nevertheless, right and St that thou shouldst see something to do; therefore, thou shalt shave thyself." MISCELLANEA. Several acres of wheat are in full ear at present, nca• .4, The Sugar crops have failed at Trinidad, owing totl t nstant rains. Committed to Ennis gaol by F. G. Morony, Esq. Alstiu Bl'Enight, for attempting to poison his wife. The freehold of Marie Hill, mansion, park, and lm:: near Cheltenham, extending over 124 acres, was knocked dle;:. last week, at the auction mart, for 19,000 guineas. It has lately been authoritatively stated that mart solemnized in a parish in which neither of the parties was tchident are null and void. If this be so, a short Act of Parliament Gught ••• be brought in to bold the couples already united under such circum. stances till the whole subject can be re-considered.—Chele Jou; no! LIMERICK.—The Roman Catholic inhabitants of St Mary's, assembled at the Parish Chapellast Sunday, and unanimea:l 3 adopted a series of resolutions, condemnatory of the increase of fa), atioa upon Irish Spirits and Stamps. The inhabitants of St. John's Parish, of every religious and political persuasion, met, by requisi tion, yesterday, to petition the legislature against the imp os i t i on o f additional taxes. An American paper cites an example of rare longevity in an Englishman of the name of John Hill, residing near Chant. bersburg, who is above 130 years of age, was a soldier in the reigi, of Queen Anne, having enlisted when he was eighteen. There are employed in manufacture, in the parish of Leeds, 233 stesun.engines, of 3,933 horses power in the aggregate The quantity of coal annually consumed within the same circle for manufacturing and domestic purposes, is 20,000 tons—total 200,000 tons. It is calculated that the Durham:and Northumberland coal. fields alone contain no less than six thousand millions of tons of coals, or about as much as will last, according to the present aver age of consumption, for the next 1,727 years.—]And yet the coal merchants frequently raise the price of coals on account of t scarcity ! Knaves!] The Times, during the past week—for reasons hest known to itself and its patrons—has been very assiduous in its olidea. yours to impress upon the minds of the public that there is, in ex tensive circulation throughout the country, " a surreptitious coin. age of silver." The whole is a fabrication, got up to carry on some dark design, on the part of certain parties connected with this infamous print.—Sunday Paper. On Sunday evening, a disgraceful scene of riot took place in the church-yard of St. Mary, Newington. A few days ago, an Irish labourer, who resided in the parish of St. Georges, South wark, died, and his Mends engaged a spot in the above church-yard to lay his mortal remains; and three o'clock on Sunday aftcrnoor. was the time appointed by the minister of the parish for the per formance of the funeral service. The Rev. Mr. Onslow, the rector, waited until six o'clock, but it did not arrive • and then the Rev. Gentleman despatched the beadle, to apprise th e family of the de. ceased that the clergyman was gone, and the funeral could not take place until the following morning. The beadle met the funeral on the road, and communicated his message to the undertaker. The bearers of the coffin set up a howl, declaring that the body should be then borne to the church-yard, and committed to the earth by them. selves, without the burial service being read over it. On their arrival at the church, the sexton informed them that the coffin might be de posited In the church until the morning. The church-yard gate was thrown open, for the purpose of their passing up into the church. No sooner, however, were the bearers inside the gates, than they placed down the coffin, and throwing their mourning cloaks aside, they jumped over the pailings into the burial ground. Finding that the grave was filled up again, they procured a couple of spades out of the tool.house, and commenced digging the grave afresh. The sexton remonstrated with them, when Patrick Donovan, On o• the self-appointed gravediggers, jumped out of the grave, and, aim. ing a blow at the sexton with the spade, exclaimed, " There, tak, that, bad luck to you !" The sexton escaped the intended blow. and ran across the burial ground, pursued by Donovan. Upward: of three hundred persons were in the churchyard, many of whom were in a state of intoxication. Their lamentations and wailing+ over the corpse were to he beard at a considerable distance off', and they continued to howl In a manner that terrified those who were unaccustomed to witness such strange proceedings, when a strong body of the letter L. division of the police, headed by Mr. Super intendent Dowling, arrived on the spot. The moment so formidable a body of men was observed advancing by those within the church. yard ;one impulse seemed to direct mourners, gravediggers, and all, for in the space of five minutes the whole place was cleared, and many, in order to make a more hasty retreat, scrambled over the walls; and the coffin, which was left to its fate, was afterwards borne:into the body of the church by the policemen. Donovan was secured, and taken to the station, from whence he was conveyed yes terday morning before the magistrates at Union Hall, and was bound over to appear at the sessions to answer the charge. An accident of a very distressing nature, and which has excited a deep interest in this city, where the unfortunate suf. ferns resided, and are extensively connected, occurred on Monday, near Roseneath. Dr. Chrystal, Rector of the Grammar School of this, city, being on a visit to his daughter and son.in-law, who are in Helansburgh, went out from that place on Monday, at 12 o'clock. in a wherry, accompanied by Mr. Andrew Davidson, younger son of Mr. Davidson, Professor of Law in this University, and Mr. John Hussey, son of Wnr. Hussey, Esq. of Greenhead, both of whom had been visiting their relations there. They were accompa nied by two boatmen belonging to lielensburgli. On 'Anteing Sit quay there the wherry was observed to shape her course towares Oottroch, along the Roseneath shore, with the sails set, it blowic, a smart breeze from the west. In its course the wherry passed a boat in which two men where fishing, and some time after passing them, when the wherry was off' the point, it was observed to go over in a squalL On perceiving the accident, the fishermen rowed to the spot—a work of considerable labour, from the state of the wind— and found two oars, three hats, and two bonnets. On farther scare they discovered a body, which with great difficulty, they got into their boat. They then proceeded to Greenock, and had the boily conveyed to the White Hart inn, where it was recognised by a gee. tleman of Glasgow, as that of Dr. Chrystal. Some gentlemen then proceeded to Helensburgh to make inquiry as to the persons woo were in the wherry, when the fatal truth became known. Search was immediately instituted for the other bodies, but according to the latest accounts, with no success. How the accident occurred must. Chronicle. of course, for ever remain a mystery.--Glosposo BIRTHS. On the Bthinst. at Dunleckny Glebe, the lady of the Rev. J. Chapman, of a daughter—On the 4th inst. at Haslehead, the lady of W. F . Robertson, Esq. of a son—On Sunday, the 13th instant. in Guilford.street. the wife of E. Bellasis, Esq. of a dauglihr—On the kith inst. in Eaton-square, of a daughter, the lady of C. 3. Laisne, Esq. Surgeon to the Forces—At the Palace, Oyaterharer. the lady of Lieut. S. Lloyd, of the Coast Guard, of a son...At Charleston Cottage, county Cork, the lady of the lieu. Slr. Deane Freeman, of a daughter—At Tralee Barracks, the lady of (apt. H Keave, 86th Regiment, of a son—At Tope, county Down, the lady of Major Bailie, 38th Regiment, of a %on—At Antrim, the lady e. Dr. Latham, of a daughter—ln Limerick, the lady of 11. Sy naa. Esq. of a da ughter—At Eillaloe, the lady of the Rev. G. smut.- wick, of a daughter. MARRI ED. On the Bth Inst. Mr. T. Holmes, of Grafton-street. Dublin, v. Ann, eldest daughter of L. Storey, Esti. of Clarendon-street- o r. the 12th of January, at Chingleput, \l. A. Morehead. Esq. ci}:l service, to Catherine, second daughter of J. 3lagrath, Esq. count} Kilkenny—On the Bth inst. at Whittingham Manse, the Rev. ti R. Davidson, minister of Drumbladc, to Jellbie eldest daughter Mr. W. Lumsden, Wright , Charlotte-street, idittburgh—On thr Bth inst. at Edinburgh, Mr. J. Aitchinson, merchant in Edinburgh. to Agnes, only daughter of the late Mr. E. Robertson, secretary of the Commercial Banking Company—On the sth inst. in Balbri;g. - church, F. L. Dames, of Green-htll, King's county, Esq. to Anna. youngest daughter of the Lae Rey. Dr. T. Hume—At Belmont. Cambusnethan, on the Bth inst. Mr. G. Roberton, bookseller ant: stationer, of Lanark, to Janet, fourth daughter of Mr. J. Paterson, of Belmont—At Garnet Hill, L. Ellis, Esq. of Leek. Stalfortishin. to Miss Ellis, daughter of S. Ellis, Esq.—At Strathaven, on th Bth inst. G. R. Paterson, Esq. of Rothsay, to Agnes, eldest daugh. ter of Mr. A. Simson. cademy, Strathaven. DIED. At Naas, on the 2d inst. of apoplexy, in the 54th year of his age. Mr. J. Hayes, late Quarter blaster in the Kildare Militia—On the 7th inst. at her house in Menton-vinare, Dublin, aged 64, blrs. Sarah Cooper, wife of A. Cooper, hsq—At Bath, Lieutenant-Cu. lonel W. Haverfield, late commanding the 43d regiment of Ligh: Infantry—At Cove, Capt. J. Rae, Paymaster late Bth Royal N'c teran Battalion, having been an officer 34 years—Anna, wife of J . Haste, jun. Esq. of Rock Castle, .Dunnianway—At blarwood. England, Mr. T. Smith, aged 100 years--At Edinburgh, on the 3d curt. Mr. R. Moffat, oue of the maces of the Court of Session, agard 77 years--At the residence of the Warden, Merton College, Oxford on the 27th ult. Mrs. Dewar, relict of Major-General Dewar e: Gilawn, Fifeshire—At Antigua, on the 17th April, 51r. J. \Kau., merchant them, second son of Illr. G. M'Caul, Glasgow—ln S:. Catharine's, Jamaica, on the 27th of March, It. W. Barris, Eq. one of the RepreldliktiM in Assen:bly for the Parish of St. Tho. was in the Vale—At Glasgow, on Sunday the 6th inst. Archibald, eldest son of Mr. D. Sinclair, Inveraw, Argyllshire, 18 yean--On the 28th of May, Mr. John Hamilton, of Middleton—Drowned, off Helensburgh, on the 7th inst. John, second son of W. Hussey, Ertl aged 20 years--On the 2d inst. at Chatham, Kent, Jane Pollok. the wife of Capt. Hamilton, and eldest daughter of the late H. Craw. ford, Esq. of Greenock. Cornett : Printed and Pub Hand by 301111 MAYNE, at tll4 Stan• Owns No.l, Pickett•plaes,Teanpie Bar.