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i • , . 1 • • AND SCIENCE. IiAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE. ly character of the present King has bled him to disabuse royalty of several pendages invented by flattery for crafty Ile has in particular shook off the re lion of a Royal Society of Literature, Itially identifies itself with the inanity, time-serving, and orthodoxy. We r ten times the amount freely devoted to tronage ; but, to be usefully and honestly lan of impartial distribution should be ,f which the whole of the present Slci suspicion, and without which, any Ay would exist only to insult all the ori ad real genius of its age. Writing rnitarianism, and concoctinEr diatribes tuarterly Review,' are not the kind of !mission to such a society, and to the be •h funds. We have now shaken off the Sylvanus Urban, of witchcraft,— id the whole philosophy of supersti a royal society of literature which deals for sucklings, and the cris-cross row and philosophical authority, is not only free inquiry, but a discredit to royal The affected parties, however, ac ign both the King and his able Chan nit we are sure that, on presenting the their leaders, the public will come to decision. Their president is Burgess, Salisbury•, whose spirit has been accu 'mired by the Unitarians : then, among ice presidents, there are the Duke of Lord Bexley, and Charles Yorke, le Bishops of Bath and Wells, and of ; the treasurer is a Mr. Impey, re presume, to Sir Elijah, and the noted men : and the council contains Lord Kenyon, Dr. D'Oyley, Mr. W. Jacob, Literary Gazette Jerdan, and others chiefly known in party circles. Now, all these may, in certain senses, be good sort of folks ; but we put it to the good intelligence of the public, whether it is not to misapply royal patronage, to confide it to their direction for such objects, and not to mis direct public taste to render such partizans its arbi ters ? In eight years, what have they yet done ? We faintly remember something of a still-born vo lume, curious only for its dull conformity, while, in truth, from the very nature of the institution, it cannot produce any thing else. The original ge niuses of the country—great because original— who like Arabians bound over the plain and respect no beaten tracts, never could have been patronized by it. They would not have recognised deer stealing Shakespeare—republican Milton—Unita rian Priestley—dissenting Defoe—Catholic Dry den—eccentric Butler, Churchill, or Wolcot— though such men, and such alone, are the sterling geniuses of our race. In truth, unfit as every close corporation is for any and every useful object, it is by constitution least of all fitted for the guardian ship of the free republic of letters. Some patron izing society is, doubtless wanted, but to answer its purpose it must itself be a republic—there must be vote by ballot and universal suffrage. We sym pathize with the ten worthy associates who lose their hundred per annum, and we acknowledge that some of them have been bustling men ; but we venture to assert that several of them have in their day been greatly over-rated, and their works mostly are so destitute of original features, and advance so little on common-place knowlege, that not more than two of them are likely to be remem bered ten years after their decease. At the same time we are happy in knowing that to them the pension is of secondary importance. We may, while treating of this subject, express our regret that the Society of the Literary Fund is not so re-modelled as to be adapted to the just pride of men of genius, instead of being a mere charity, which such men will rather perish than solicit. p; , :fount. •:: . r' 4. ...' 7". . . . . .=, ..: 1 ! ! I LITERI t. .1 ' 1 THE ROYAL , i IThe manly ch • happily enabled fictitious append purposes. lle 1 seat invention 01 which essential': •informity, tin wish to see ten 1 literary patronap applied, a plan 1 ', invented, of wh ,: ety have no sus i such society no' , ..1 ginality and re l a sr fm i against Unitari I k for fi t t s t b f o e o f ; a Q dn ti isil I such , i ? incubus of S f . I' ghosts, and th 1 r i i tion—and a roy i 7 %' . ': • 1 only in pap for of liternry and 1 1 fatal to al free , , patronage. T 1 .. , tively arraign 1 , • i cellor ;—but w names of their a different deci ' Bishop of Sali: .• ' 1 `-,4 , , rately mensuret the ten vice pr Newcastle, Le 1 ' besides the Bi! I • i Winchester ; t 4. lated, we press f Commissioner : Kenyon, Dr. I 1 1, ii Gazette Jerda _ . MR. HUME TO MR. CARPENTER. Bryanstonc-square, May 27, 1831. Sir—l have perused the report of your trial on the 14th inst. and must consider your just com plaints to be against the law, more than against the Jury, for their verdict. It is quite true, that many juries have returned verdicts against their oaths, because they have con sidered the laws too severe, or not suited to the offences and to the times ; and the jury which de cided on your case might, in perfect consistency with hundreds of precedents, have acquitted you of the charge brought against you. But on public grounds, I am not very sorry at their verdict, since now that juries are not disposed to assist the people in evading bad laws, the only remaining course is to repeal them. Yours will, I trust, be Me lust of the many prosecutions inconsistent with the liberty of a free state, and when reviewed dispassionately, will, 1 hope, induce the legislature seriously to con sider the justice and the policy of immediately re pealing the laws upon which it was founded. I hope, however, that the Ministers will, of their own accord, bring in a bill to repeal the whole of *the remaining six acts of Castlereagh-memory. If they be desirous to avoid the allegation already made by many persona, that they have put on part of the mantle of the Holy Alliance since they came into power, they will do so. Ido not be lieve that there is any such disposition in the Ca binet as that above noticed ; and, giving them great credit for the Reform Bill they have introduced, I am anxious they should also have the additional oredlt with the people, of doing so great an act of justice to the press, and through it, by that repeal, to the best interests of good government. I confidently hope for that desirable repeal, and that Sir Thomas Denman may have the opportunity of.repeating, in the House of Commons, what is attributed to him on a former occasion, namely, " that severe as the Newspaper Stamp Act is, it does not effect what its proposers contemplated," and ought, therefore, to be repealed. Every sincere friend of his country must hope that Lord Grey as Premier, Lord Brougham as Chancellor, and Sir Thomas Denman as Attorney- General, will see the necessity of emancipating the press from all the fetters which row restrain it— being alike injurious to the best interests of the isgraceful to the Government who im and to any other who shall retain these great statesmen be desirous of pre ir high character, they cer lot allow such a blot to remain on the I shall be ready to lend my humble efforts to wards effecting that great public good, and hope you will not, ultimately, be a sufferer by the efforts you have made to liberate the Press. I remain, your obedient servant. JOSEPH -HUME. PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. such a plc. The STAR has for several months exhibited lure 'of the Domestic Events of the Empire, as never before was attempted. It gratifies unspeakably the natives of districts who reside in London and distant counties, and is a LETTER FROM HOME to every provincial in foreign countries, or in the colonies. It raises also into general importance the exertions of local talents in every public cause. Then as this is a duty performed alone by the STAR, those local patriots would ill deserve their name, if the STAR and its interests were not reciprocally promoted by them be every district. We know it has been so in many places, sag the STAR in principles, and in all the best qualities of a paper, has justified preference; but we reasonably expect the same attentions EVERY wrung. as the means of at once recompensing our diligence, and adding to the utility of our valuable and exclusive information. We call also on the Provincial Proprietors of Papers, whose local labours we thus illustrate, and invite with 'earnestness their powerful attentions in promoting those interests of the Paper which they best understand. We notoriously excel all London Papers in priority of Foreign News, and our display of the transactions of the country is equally exclusive and pre eminent. • RAG A. 1 "1"." 1; t people, and di r posed them, Mem. Should the serving their tainly will rm Statute Book • NORTHAMPTON MERCURY, Juwe 4. Ceroots, MAY 28. On Saturday the following Degrees were conferred : Batchelor in Civil Law.—William Jaques, of St. Alban Hall. Masters of Arts.—The Rev. Jno. Clemson Egginton (Grand Comp.) the Rev. Henry Danvers Clarke (Grand Comp.) and Adolphus Kent, of Exeter College; the Rev. Richard Brindley Hone, of Brasennose College ; and the Rev. William Holloway of Lincoln College. Bachelors of Arts.—John Williams of Jesus College ; Francis Laybome Popham, and Frederick Campbell Polhill, of University College; Joseph Dudley and Charles Vaughan, of Wadham College; John William Richards, William Henry Whitworth, George Edw. Deacon, Charles Liston, and Fred. Holme, Scholars of Corpus Christi College; R. Edmund Tyrwhitt, James H. Swainson, and Wm. Edward Partridge, of Brasennose College ; William John Groves, and John Lloyd Crawley, of Trinity College; Edward Stephens, and George Henry Emilie, of Exeter College ; Charles Penny, of Pembroke College ; and John Nurse, of Merton College. Wedresday being the first day of Act Term, the Rev. Henry Duke Harrington M. A. Fellow of Exeter College; the Rev. Robert Biscoe;M. A. Student of Christ Church ; and the Rev. Edward Higgins, M. A. of Brasennose Col lege, were nominated masters of the schools for the ensuing year :-- The following Degrees were also conferred:— Masters of Arts.—The Rev. Fits Henry Hcle, of Queen's College; W. C. Davis, of Jesus College; the Rev. W. Mayo, and the Rev. H. Ware, of Magdalen Hall; the Rev. D. Umbleby, and the Rev. H. Thomson, of St. Ed mund Hall; W. W. Ellis, of Brasennose College; S. Widden, the Rev. G. S. Escott, the Rev. J. Maniere, and the Rev. G. Bellamy. of Lincoln College; the Rev. E. Dix. of Exeter College ; the Rev. G. T. Hudson, of Trinity Col lege ; G. E. W. Jackson, of University College; E. V. Steade, of Magdalen College, Grand Compounder ; G. A. Browne, of All Souls' College ; the Rev. E. H. Orme, of St. Mary Hall ; the Rev. H. T. Dyke, the Rev. T. More ley (Fellow) and the Rev. J. Guard, of Oriel College; E. T. Daniell, of Baliol College ; the Rev. J. Twiner, the Rev. W. Browel, (Fellow) and R. Ouppoy, of Pembroke College, and the Rev. J. Wood, and J. Mathews, of Christ Church. BACHELORS Or MTS.—W. J. Coope, of St. Mary Hall; H. Carey, E. W. Hughes, and T. Goodson, of Worcester College; J. P. Cox, J. K. Glasebrook, G. Abot, A. Hew lett, and P. J. Newell (Grand Comp.) of Magdalen flail ; A. S. Lendon, W. A. Vaughan, and C. S. Green of Christ Church ; T. B. H. Browne, of Jesus College; W. Etwall, F. J. Burgman, and A. W. Wykeham, of Trinity College; J. P. Taylor, of Lincoln College; Joseph Birch, of Pem broke College ; J. Gaskin, of St. Edmund Hall ; T. Gar. ret, of Queen's College; C. L. Parker, of Wadham Col lege • S. F. Wood, and R. F. Wilson, of Oriel College,: and E. Cookson, of University College. In a Convocation holden the same dad, the Honorary Degree of Master of Arts was conferred on John Davies Gil bert, Esq. Gentleman Commoner of Pembroke College; Mr. Gilbert was presented by his tutor, Mr. Jcune, of Pembroke College. Preferred.—The Rev. Samuel Hall, B.D. Vice Principal of Brasennose College, to the Rectory of Middleton Cheney, near Banbury, vacant by the death of the venerable Arch. deacon Ckurton ; patrons the Principal and Fellows 'of that Society.—The Rev. George Ssndby, jun. A.M. to the Rectory of St. Nicholas with All Saints annexed, in South E:mitam, Suffolk. At en ordination held by the Lord Bishop of Peterborough L on Sunday the 29th of May, the following gentlemen were admitted into holy orders, viz : DEACONS. liaisley Calvert, B.A. Queen's Coll. Cambridge. Frederick Septimus Early, M.A. Wadham Coll. Oxon. William Pye, Purvis, B.A. Cath. Hall, Cambridge. William Severn, B.A. Queen's College, Oxford. William T..ornton, B. A. Corpus Chr. Coll. Camb. PRIESTS: William Adams, B. A. Queen's College, Cambridge. John Frederick Amos, B. A. St. Peter's Cull. Camb. Robert Moulton Atkinson, B. A. St. John's Coll. Carob. John Bateman Bateman, B. A. Baliol Coll. Oxon. Robert Samuel Battiscomb, M. A. King's Col. Can:b. Thumss Benson, B. A. St. John's College. Cambridge. Abner William Brown, B. A. Queen's Coll. Cambridge. Ilenry Dyke, B. A. Wadham College, Oxford. Edwd. Chas. Frederick Jenkins, B. A. Trin. Coll. Carob. krancis Burford Leonard, B. A. Wadham Coll. Oxon. Moses Mitchell, B. A. Magdalen Hall, Oxford. William Rawlings, B. A. Magdalen Hall, Oxford. Robert Roberts, B. A. Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge. Francis Tebbutt, S.C. L. Trinity Coll. Cambridge. Early on Tuesday morning a handbill was issued by Sir R. Gunning, annour.cing his intention to decline any further prosecution of the scrutiny in this town. In consequence of this announcement, the chairing of Sir G. Robinson and Mr. Smith was fixed for three o'clock the same day. The Mayor then declared that the total numbers polled were as follows : Robinson, Smith. Gunning, Lynn, 1,688 1,3113 1.231 191 that the number of votes rejected on the scrutiny was as follows :—from Robinson, Smith, Gunning, Lyon, 118 104 84 6; leaving the numbers fatally, for Robinson, Smit h, Gunning, Lyon. 1 ,h7O 1,279 1,157 183 This announcement was received with loud cheering. A Dinner in celebration of the return of Sir G. Robin- MD and Mr. V. Smith as members for this town, took place lon Wednesday last, at the Ram Inn. Between . 80 and 90 persons were present at dinner, and the Room afterwards became so crowdtel that even standing places were at length unobtainable. The Chair was taken by the worthy baronet, who was supported on his right by E. Bouverie, Esq. and on his left by Mr. V. Smith. Yesterday afternoon, the wives and children of Sir R. Gunning's supporters, assenibhal in Mr. Barrett's Tea Gar dens, to the number of about 1400, and partook of tea, cakes, &c. &c. The Gardens were de:orated with the pur. pie and orange flags and banners of Sir Robert, intermin gled with those of Mr. Cartwright and Sir Charles Knightly. An interesting fete was given at the village of Kilsby, in this county, yesterday s'ennight, having for its object the celebration of the triumph of reform and liberty over corrup tion and the boroughmongers. The morning was ushered in by the ringing of bells, and every fate seemed to wear a happy smile. In the afternoon a band of music attended, when about 200 females partook of tea, etc. in a spacious booth erected for the purpose, and certainly the enthusiasm of the assembled populace from the surrounding villages, to gether with the display of flags, presented a novel spectacle of village patriotism. In another part of our paper (STAR of Thursday) will be found an address from Lord Milton to the Northamptonshire freeholders, on:the occasion of his Lordship's election as one • of the representatives of this county. In that address, his Lordship, it will be seen, objects to the admission of lease holders of any class whatever, as voters at county elections, from a fear that the establishment of the leasehold franchises trill have a particular tendency to affect their independence. " I fear," says his Lordship. " that it may give the landed gentry and nobility a larger share (and that of a bad descrip tion) of authority in them than they ought to possess." The motive of the objection is praiseworthy, but we do not think that it would be found to be either expedient or just to stet upon the objection itself. It would, we think, be wholly in consistent with other provisions of the bill against which his Lordship 'does not entertain, or does not offer any objection. —lt is somewhat curious that Lord Milton, a Reformer, should make an objection of this nature against the Bill, and that Mr. Portman, the member for Donetshire, also a Re former, should have urged an objection against it of pre cisely the opposite tendency. The latter gehtleman stated on the Hustings, that in his opinion that part of the Bill which refu.ed to the renter of the soil a right of voting un less he held a lease for a long period, decidedly required al. teration, and that he hoped to obtain for such persons an ex tension of the franchise. It was always a very general opi. Ilion that the landed interest has been treated very cavalierly by the Bill. What then will be said to the objection of Lord Milton? Amongst other liberal subscriptions to the Patriotic Fund established for the purpose of returning to Parliament Lords Althorp and Milton free of expense, Thomas William Coke, Esq. member for Norfolk, has moat handsomely contributed 1.0001. Sir James Linehan, Bart. 5001. and John Heygate, EN. of West Haddon, 3001. An official letter has been generally addressed to the over seers of parishes, requiring, for the information of Viscount Melbourne, a return of the number of houses or houses and land, held together in the several parishes rated to the poor rate at 101. and upwards. and stating whether the rate is made on the full rack rent or on what portion of it. Wool is worth more in France than in England. The prices last year (which were very low) were about 9d per pound for the unwashed (equal to b 6d, if washed) wool, of the common crosses between the native breeds and the Merino, which is a little finer than that of our Downs. These sheep give about eight pounds of unwashed wool et a shear. ing. The wo 1 produced by the Dishley (new Leicester), and some of the crosses of the best French long.wooled sheep with fine Dishley rams, sells for 3s per lb. washed, of which these crosses give about 6 lb. NORTHAMPTON MAIIINT..—Wheat, 67s to 72% Bar ley, 28s to 425. Oats, 26s to 30s. Beans, 33s &I to 425. Rye, 40s. Peas, 40s. AIASKET IiARROROUGII.-Wheat, &U. Barley, 36s to 441% Oats, 25s to 30s. Beans, 40s. Fine, Flour, 57s Oil Thirds, f. 25. Malt, 703. Butter, 91d per pound. Eggs, 22 for la. MARRIED.—At 'Stamford, James Ley Douglas. Esq of Market Harborough, to filaria, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Wingfield, Rector. of Teigh. DIED.-11rx Ginger, wife of Joh', Ginger, of Camber. well, daughter of the late Robert Stanley, Esq. of Med. bourne—Aged 61, Robert Andrew, Esq. of Harleston Park —Mr. Thomas Abraham, Turvey, Beds. Mr. Abraham was a conscientious Dissenter, a sincere t hristian, a warm friend, and an affectionate parent. DERBY REPORTER, JUNE 3. On the report of the commissioners for deciding on the right to the occupation of pews in St. Werburgb's church, Derby, 3ly Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, has pronounced that it is the law of the church. First—That if 60111 non-residence in the parish, or from the possession of a plurality of pews, a pew becomes not per sonally occupied by the proprietor, his right to the pew is legally void, and the churchwardens, foe the benefit of the parish at large, can appropriate it for the use of a resident family. Secondly—That if a pew it too large for one family the churchwardens may, for the benefit of the parish at large, put into it a second family, entitled to the enjoyment of half the pew, more or less according to the number and circum stances of the family. In our paper of April 28th, there lea paragraph announc ing the discovery of a groat of Henry VII. The antiquarian may be interested in knowing that a similar pine of money of considerably older date is in our possession, belonging to a gentleman of this town. It Is a groat of our Henry IV. coined at Paris, in good preservation. The same gentleman has also an Irish groat of Henry VII I. coined in 1530. Yesterday the Peseta coach was overturned at Kettering, and very much broken. Six passengers and the guard were seriously hurt, and four of them were left behind. The ac cident was occasioned by the restiveness of the wheelers and the heaviness of the coach, which swung over in turning a sharp corner. One of the gentlemen hurt passed through this borough this morning by the Rob Roy, with his arm in a sling. He says all the passengers are doing well except one. who has had a dislocated shoulder. We understand that an influential bodyof freeholdershave solicited Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart. of' Rollerton Hail, Chair. man of the Quarter Sessions, to offer himself as a Candidate at the next election, for the representation of the Northern Division of the county, and we can state. on authority, that Sir Oswald has determined to comply with the request, and to allow himself to be put in nomination. We certainly think a better selection could not have been made; and we congratulate the Northern Part of the county on the pros pect of having foe one of its members, a gentleman of Sir Oswald Mosley's valuable habits of business and high public and private character.—We are also authorised to state that it is the intention of Sir Thomas Cotton Sheppard, Bart. of Craketnarsh Hall, to offer himself as the other Candidate fee representing the Northern Division. Sir Thomas Sheppard has long been known to the county as an upright and intel ligent Magistrate, and he is held in the highest estimation in his own neighbourhood, as a private gentleman. SW fordshire Advertiser. The following is the statement of a passenger by the Lin coln and London mail on Wednesday week. The coach, as its way to Lincoln, was descending an easy hill near What ton, six miles from Hereford ; there was strong moonlight. which showed a timber-wain ascending the bill; neverthe less, the coach, with a terrible concussion being at full speed, ran directly upon it. The passengers escaped re markably ; the only one inside, a lady, had part of a front toot's knocked off; the three outsides were all thrown to the ground, and Mr. Edman, of Lincoln, who fell between the leaders, was much bruised by the horses treading on him; the coachman was thrown under the load of timber. The cosh was tremendous; all the horse-trees were broken, the lateness nearly destroyed, the shafts of the waggon broken off, and the off-wheeler of the coach killed. Tuesday last, a young lady who was at school at Gains. borough (Miss N. from Loath), contrived to elope. The business appears to have been managed with unsuspected skill and contrivance on the part of the lady, as the gen. tkman, the supposed partner of her flight (also of Louth), had waited upon her at school, under the pretence of being a friend of her father's, apparently (it is since understood, at the lady's desire) taking no further notice of her than as a perfect stranger, although there is little doubt the plan was then arranged. On Monday morning last, under pretence of a visit into the town, unknown to her governess, she con. trived w leave the school, and the gentleman having a chaise in waiting, they were soon on the road to Hull, where they expected to get the happy knot indissolubly tied.—Sheffield Courant. Moss Ftaes.—Many of the inhabitants of Inskip. Sow. erby, and St. Michael's (small farmers and others), have this week been considerable sufferers ' by a fire which has raged among the moss lands. It is the practice of the people of this industrious neighbourhood to burn a portion of their ground, for the purpose of obtaining the ashes for manure, in the culture of oat and potatoe crops. Some parts of the mosses which had undergone this mode of pre paration had not been sufficiently quenched; and the long and intensely dry weather, accompanied by high winds, has caused the devouring element to spread devastation over con. siderable portions of the land. Many acres of wheat, oats, and potatoes, that were bidding heir to reward the labourer for his toil, have thus been ruined. Many turf-stacks have also been destroyed ; and in some instances the owners were carting away the turf from one end of a stack while the other end was on fire. One of the carts engaged in this manner was partially burnt, from the load taking fire. Property, to the amount of' several hundreds of pounds, has thus been destroyed. Since wri t in g the above, we hear that the mosses of Farington, Leyland, and Longton, have also been on fire, and the destruction in this neighbourhood is more con. siderable than at Sowerby, Inskip, &c. We are sorry to add, that the fire still rages in this district with peat force.— Preston Chronicle. During the night of Wednesday, the Rev. A. Browne, of St. John's College, terminated his life by cutting ids throat. He had complained on the previous evening of a depression of spirits, but no other motive is known for the committal of this fatal act. An inquest war held on the body before Mr. Chevell, and a verdict of Insanity returned. Mr. Browne, who was shout thirty.six years of age, had only arrived in college on Tuesday afternoon. A young man named Joseph Revell, living In the parish of Eckington, on Wednesday se'nnight agreed to eat, for a wager, four pounds of treacle in nine minutes. So palateable did he find his meal, that he devoured the whole in four mi. notes and a half. He afterwards drank several quarts of strong ale. The repeal of the duty on printed calicoes has, we under. stand, given a great impulse to that branch of trade. Since the calico printers have been freed from the superintendence of the excise, and all the vexations attendant upon it, the manufacture has taken a fresh spring. The merchants of this port have also found the repeal of the duty and the con. sequent abolition of the drawback system a great advantage. It enables them to ship their cotton goods in a much Aorta time, and frees them from innumerable oaths, and almost endless trouble. DERRY SMITHFIELD MARXIST, MAY 31.—The ezhi. bition of fat beasts to-day was bad, but few of the animals offered for sale were more than half fat. The best made 7s. to 7s. Gd. per stone of 141bs. The sheep pens were well filled with good sheep; the demand was fair, and the gene. ral price was about Gd per lb. sinking offal ; heavy sheep were sold for a little less money. CHESTERFIELD, MAY 28.—Wheat, 75s to 78s; Bar ley. 32s to 40s; Oats, 26s to 325; Beans 46s to 52. WARIVIELD, MAY 27.—The arrival of Wheat con. tinues adequate to the demand. The demand is decidedly more firth; for fine and fresh qualities of English, as well as foreign, there is a moderate sale at an advance of is to 2s per quarter, but inferior sorts continue difficult to quit. Barley remains as last week. Oats are Id per stone, and Shelling Gd to Is per load dearer. Beans readier of sale, without alteration in price. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, new, per quarter GOlbs, per bushel, 64s to 70s ; Do. Boston and Wisbech, new, per do. 51is to 675; Do. Yorkshire, new, per do. 50s to 645; Do. white, 62s to 72. ; Do. Foreign, per do. 50e to 68s; Bar. ley, Norfolk and Sufffilk, per quarter, 304 to 403; Do. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, per do. 303 to 36s ; Oats, Po. tatoe and Poland, per do. 283 to 30s ; DJ. Alealing, new, per stone, 144 d to 13d ; Do. do. Foreign do. 13d to 15d; Beans, English, per 631bs. 37s to Als ; Do. Foreign, pea do. to —; Malt, per load, 401 to 471; Shelling, per load. 33. to 301; Rapeseed, English, per Last of 10 quar ters, 221. to 241. AlAHRIED.—Charles James, eldest son of the late William Charles Flack, Esq. of Cavendish Bridge, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of 'William Ta)lor, Esq. of Park Fields. DIED.—At Leek, Mary, 28, wife of Josiah Gaunt, jun. Ls . — The Rev. Edward S. Remington, 74, Minister of St. Michael's, Lichfield. LAW 11R1.ONT5. COURT OF KINiIai3ENCH, Just 4. (Sittings in Banco.) CERTIFICATE OF LUNACY.-REX V.JONIS. This was an indictment against the defendant., a surgeon, for signing a certificate of lunacy without having pretiously examined the patient, as required by the Act of 9 Geo. IV. for regulating Lunatic Asylums. It was tried before Lord Teoterden at the Middlesex Sittings before Michaelmas Term, 1830, and the Jury found ihe defendant guilty, but negatived the allegation in the indictment that the signing was done "knowingly and with intent to deceive," and left it to the Court to decide, on a case stated, whether the conviction should be con firmed: or a verdict of Noi Guilty entered. Mr. LAW now appeared to support the conviction. The clause in the Act on which the indictment was founded, con sisted of two branches. By the first branch certain things were made punishable as a misdemeanour if done " know. ingly and with intent to deceive ; and by the second branch it was rendered penal in any medical man to sign a certificate of lunacy without having, immediately before such signing, seen sod examined the patient; and there the words " knos. ingly, and with intent to deceive," were omitted as unneces sary, as a man could not but „know whether he had seen the patient or not. The facts were, that on the 9,h February,lB3o, Mr. Sheldon, another surgeon. and a partner of the defend ant, had seen and examined a Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, and cer tified that the was a lunatic, and sent the certificate to the defendant, who had not seen Mrs. Wcod for a year before ; and the defendant certified that he also had seen and eta mined the patient, and that she was a fit subject for confine. swot in a lunatic asylum. Mrs. Wood was accordingly taken to a lunatic asylum in Bethnal-green, on the 12th of February, but was released on the 17th, as being of per. hotly sound mind, and gave evidence on the trial of the indictment. The second count of the indictment was framed on the second branch of the clause, although be admitted that this, as well as the other counts, contained the words " knowingly, and with intent to deceive ' " *bleb were not to be found in this part of the Act. But he submitted that these words might be rejected as surplusage. and, if so, then this would be enough to support the conviction, although the limas had been negatived by the Jury. The words were entirely unnecessary, for it was impossible for the defendant not to know that he had not seen and exa mined the patient, and that he was certifying that which was not true. Mr. PLATT, on the other band, contended that the wo►ds formed en essential part of the indictment, and that, as the Jury had negatived them, the indictment was at an end. The Collar, however, thought that the view taken by the Counsel for the prosecution was correct, and confirmed the conviction. GANZ 1..1116.ZE1 V. TIIOROOOOD. The defendant, a common canter, was taken before two Justices of Suffolk, on a charge of having in his possession four hares and four pheasants. The game was put up in a hamper, and taken up on the road to London by the defen dant's servant, who was driving his van at the time. The hamper was taken up and put in the van in the ordinary way, of business, and there was nothing about it to indicate that it contained game rather than any thing else. The servant swore that he did not know that it contained game, and the defendant, who was at a distance, could not himself know any thing about the matter. The Justices, however, con victed him under the statute of the 6th of Anne, in penalties to the amount of 401. being 61. for every head of game, and sentenced him to three months' imprisonment in case of non payment. The case having been brought before the Court on a rule to quash the conviction, it was contended that, as the defen dant had proved his total want of knowledge that the hamper contained game, the conviction could not be supported. The Cou sr took time to consider. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. EZ•PASTE TO01:300D, ♦ SUIGIOX AT 111DOZWATill. As the Coutt were about to rise, Lord TENTiIIbIN asked whether there was any motion that would not occupy many moments ? ._ . _ _ _ . SIT Janis SCARLITT said that he had a short motion to make. It was for a rule Nisi for a criminal information against a Mr. Payne, an attorney. The application was made on the behalf of Mr. Toogood, a gentleman who had been for 30 years an eminent surgeon at Bridgewater. Mr. Toogood had said, in the presence of some friends, that he bad never received a letter from an attorney but one, and that was from Mr. Payne. Lord TINTEIRDZW—I see this will be too long. We will hear you further on Monday. EE= T. Lusimicrox. The Atrowarti:l2Win;r:.:...i have a very short motion to make. It Is for a certiorari to remove into this Court an indictment found against Dr. Lushiogton, for a libel, of which your Lordships have already heard (speech in the Parliamentary Debates, containing remarks on the corduct of an attorney.) Lord TENTERDII( Take the writ. POLICE REPORTS. - fitawatots-uonse.—Warsit-Laaatwo.—On Saturday John Frisby was charged with having assaulted Edw. Cole with a live haddock. The complainant stated that he carried on the tininess of a fishmonger, in Darkhouse-lane, Billingsgate, fir the bro ther of the defendant, who resided next door, and that he constantly, hut most reluctantly, received visits from the drferdant. The first thing the defendant said in the morning was." I say, how is your temper to-day, my old Grampus?" to which he replied, "It is even; " and he acted uniformly with great forbearance. The deendant. boom , . seemed to relish bad father than good temper; for, on Thursday last, after having repeated the old question, he seised a had dock that was bouncing on the form, and flung it at his (complainant's) head. The consequence was fatal to the fish's head, and very near being so to the bead of the person with whom the haddock came in contact. Sir C. 8. Huss . Es (who sat for the Lord Maycr)—Ay, it was easy enough to see whose head was the hardest. I pity the poor fish—(laughter.) Complainant—l never got such a blow in my life. Do sure it was the man's intention to knock my head off. Sir CLAUDI vs—To be sure it was. Do you think if it was not that he'd throw a haddock at you ? Well, I suppose he did n't succeed. Although you've got very little brains, I s ee you've still got a skull large enough to hold a plenty.— , (a laugh.) Con:plainant—l then struck him on the shoulder 'kith a stick. Sir Ccatintus—Ay, over the left, I suppose ?—(l.outl laughter.) Complainant—No, your Wordahip, I hit him on tho right. Sir CLauplus—And the poor fish all this time was assistance?out Upon my life it must have been very or.. pleasart to the poor animal to be flung into such a face es your's—cloud laughter). Well, Frisby, what have: you t, say to this? Complainant—But this is not all, your Worship. Sir CLAUDIUS—That's quite enough ; surely we know all about it, my dear fellow. He knocked your head off your shoulders with a haddock, and you banged him over the left with a cudgel. It was a most odious assault, to whack a man with a living inhabitant of another element; but you are pretty even with him, for you have given it him over the left.—(loud laughter.) You have, ao doubt, eetabllshevl a row with your stick, and that makes all square. (Loud laughter.) Defendant—lt was all a lark, your Worship. Sir CLAUIUS-111 swear it wasn't a skylark, at any rate. I dare say you never saw a haddock fly before in your life ILI you made it fly in this poor fellow's face. Poor man, I'm sure he never heard such music from any lark before, calla over or under the water.—( Laughter.) Complainant—But, your Worship, he has threatened my life. Sir CLawatus—Pshaw ! You don't think that he'd en. counter the inconvenience of being hanged on your account. do you ?—(laughter.) There's one thing I'll tell you, and Itt it be &consolation to you.—lf he takes away your life with malice prepense, 'tis ttn to one that he will lose his own ; upon my life he will. However, if he goes on with this sort of game, you must bring him here again, and he shall lark it in a cage.—( Laughter.) Defendant—l shan't do him any mischief, your Worship. I wouldn't hurt a fly. . Sir CLAHDIUS--kO, Mr. Frisby; but you'd hurt a fish though. and a fishmonger too. You have shown a great contempt for this poor man, or why would you throw his trade in his teeth. There, go and make it up ; bat, Frisby, you must pay the expenses. And, I say, Frisby, you may shy lark as you please, but I'd have you not waterlark any more, Frisby—(laughter.) The worthy Baronet, by the manner in which he treated this bagatelle assault, prevented other complainant, who had temporary cause of complaint from coining forward. It was impossible to resist his humour. Indeed, the above report very inadequately represents the scene. WORSHIP-bTREET.—AN UNGRATIFUL SERVANT...- JAR Jordon. a young man, was 01/ Satunlay brought be fore Mr. BROUGHTON, the sitting magistrate, on the fol. lowing charge of felony : Mr. Thompson, a carcass butcher in Newgate-market, stated that he sent the prisoner the day before with a cart of meat worth 151. Os. into Hampstead-road. Being infortntd soon after that the meat had not come to hand, he institutcd an inquiry, and found that the prisoner had sold it, and ab sconded. A policeman on that morning took him into custody. One of the officers informed the Magistrate that the pri. goner had only arrived in this country a twelvemonth ago from transportation. A litter which the policeman found upon him was read by Mr. Broughton. It said, Dear Sue—Meet me tomorrow (Saturday) on board the Hastings man-of•war. Come on board. The ship leaves Gravesend on Sur.day, and is going to South America for tine years and a half. Mind you come, I have something serious to tell you. Friday morning. The magistrate asked the prisoner what he had to say foe having , robbed his master. The prisoner, with his arms akimbo, said that he would rather be transported than stop in a starving country like this. Committed to Newgate. A most lamentable accident, the consequence of inexcusable negligence, happened at the hospital of St. Esprit, at Toulon, on the 17th ultimo. The previous evening there had been a distribution of soup to the poor; but the whole supply not being exhausted, the remainder was put by in the copper boilers in which it had been made, till the next day, when it was divided between twelve poor old wo- I men, and withia a few hours after, every one of them expired in dreadful agony. BIRTHS. The 4th inst. in Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, the lady of the Rev. Dr. Roy, senior chaplain blatitas Prsi dency, of a son.—The 4th inst. the wife of J. A. flimsy, Esq. of Micalenburgh.square, of a sot.—The 3d Wits Charlotte Ann, the wife of John Von der Heyde, Lowtr Thames.street, of a son—The 3d inst. at Walthamitow, Mrs. Ford Barclay, of a ton. MARRIED. The let Met. at St. Dlargarces, Westminster, Lieut. G. Mason, R.N. to Ann, eldest daughter of W. Whitehead, Esq. Tenyham, Kent. The bride was given away by Lord Adolphus Fitzciarencc—Saturday last, at St. Matthew's, Bethnal-green, J. E. Jones, Esq. hlark-lane, solicitor, to Harriette, fifth daughter of R. Wrightson, Esq. of the same parish.—Thc 4th inst. at All Souls Church, Langharn. place, C. Jeffrey, Esq. of Swaffham, Norfolk, to Honor, the second daughter of C. Sparkes, Esq. of Harley.street.... The 4th inst. Mr. R. Finch, of Ludgate-hill, to Emily Je. mhos, second daughter of W. Altaic, Eeq.of Friday-street. —The 4th inst. at St. Pancras New Church, B. Bevan, Esq. of Sackville-street, to Joanna, fourth daughter of T. Cadell, Esq. of Upper Charlotte.stteet, Fi:zroy.sqaarc.— The let inst. J. C. 'lead, Esq. Keppel-street. Russell square, to Emma, fourth daughter of R. Bridge, £sq. Manor-house, Piddle-Trenthide, DIED. The 4th inst. in Olocester•plaee, P. Nestle, E•ti• aged 28, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and eon of the Hon. and Rev. P. Meade.—The 4th inst. at the house of his brother. in Bishopsgate Within, .Ir. J. Candseil, aped 37.—The 3d inst. aged 20, John. second son of Mr. Rocb fort, Bishopsgate churchyard.—The Ist inst. Alr. T. Fero, of Charles-square, Houton, aged 40.—The let inst. at Wel. ford, Berks. J. Archer Houblon, Esq. In the 511th year if his age.—The 3d inst. aged 44, Mr. J. Booker, stations of Warwick-lane. CORN-EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. Wheat, new, Kent, Peas, Boilers . 45e illt and Essex . 70s 74. Grey . 36' 10' Old . .—a —s Beans, Small . 104 Cd lt Suffolk, (White) . 68s 72s Tick . 35s l& Norfolk &Suff. (red) 60s 66. Oats, Potatoe . 28s 3 11 Rye . . 30. 344 Poland . 25s '27 1 Barley 34. 36' Feed . 2 36 251 Fine . . 44. 46- Flour, per sack, . bbs ON Pees, Wbite . 40s 424 Rapeseed, £36 £3B pit I+ll 411111111ALS. Wheat, English (qrs.) 2,760. Barley, Foreign . 1,648 Irish . - Oats, English - 12.251 Foreign - . 13,396 1 Irish . . 7.0 Barley, English - 1,8091 Foreign 6.390 Irish . . ---!English Fluor (sacks) 8,078 SMITIIPIRLD—THIS DAY. CATTLE AT MARKET Beasts, 2,47 B—Sheep, 24,130—Pip,230—Ca1ve..2 111 Beef ... 3* 10d to 4s 44 1 Pork ... 44 Od to fro 0 11 Mutton.. 4s Od 41 841 i Lamb hs 44 A 4 J Veal .. 153 04 0. Od 1 Hay (per load), .82 10s. to £4 Os. Clover, £I 10F• tP Si} 10s. Straw, £1 141. to £1 18s. COAL-EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. GI Ships arrived during the month During the week BestWallsend, Newcastle, & Sunderland Coals 3la 01 a SI , SA Wolof sorts .. 0,1 214 a Ships at Market, -404. -_ - - NEWG ATE AND LEADEN HA LL—THIS DAT. There was spin only a short supply at these market this m. rain& and prices were high. By the Carease.—Per stone of PRA. _. Bed . - lls Od 31 10.1 44 so Mutton - • Bs fld 4s 4d 4 1 6 , 1 Veal . - :Ss led 4s 10d 5 6 vu. Pork - • Ss Bd 4s 4d 4. Sa Lamb - -5. ad 6. sd 6§ od ____..... 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