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A' ;; LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF KING'S URNCH. ILLSEK V. SMITH. The plaintiff in this case was plaintiff in error, having been defendant in the Court below, where the action was brought against him by Smith, for having maliciously obtained and used a search warrant, to seach his (Smith's) premises for stolen property, and having procured the imprisonment of his person.— The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff in that case, with damages. Mr. CHITTY, on behalf of the plaintiff in error, now applied io the Court for an arrest of judgment, on two grounds—the first of which was, that the form of action was wrong, inasmuch as it was an action on the case, whereas it ought to have been an action of trespass ; and, secondly, that the Magistrate's war rant had been issued without probable cause being assigned by Ellsee in his information, he having only stateJ; that he had reason to. suspect and believe that several trees had been stolen from his Majesty's forest of Hainault, and that the same had been conveyed to the premises of the said John Smith, at Chigsvell. The Craze JUSTICE—Proceed, Mr. 'Chitty; the' declaration of the plaintiff at the trial goes on to state, that the Magistrate ge n anted a warrant, and di rected the plaintiff's premties to be searched.. Mr. CHITTY resumed—Yes,- my. Lord ; and fur ther, that the constable proceeded to certain places near the premises of the said John Smith, when cer. tain pieces of timber lying near his said premises were pointed out, which the constable n seized and carried away ; but the decimation did not go en to state, that these pieces of wood were the property of Ellsee. ,Mr. Justice BA VLEY said, it had been repeatedly laid down, that if part of the declaration applied. it was sufficient, though other parts did not; and here the plaintiff below had declared for the injury his character had sustained, and the imprisonment of his person for twenty-four hours. Mr. CHITTY, however, submitted, that in this case'' the judgment should be arrested. It had been laid down in Lord Coke's Report, page 34., in the case of I'later v. Vaughan, which was an action for breaking the plaintiff's close, and taking away a quantity of fish, without describing their number or nature, that a description of the property was necessary : here was no such description ; and upon this point, he con tended, he was entitled to an arrest of judgment. His second point was, that the Magistrate could not legally issue his search warrant, without there was a I positive oath, on the part of the informant, that his property had been stolen. In the case of the cele brated John Wilkes, as reported in 2d Wilson, page 291, the Court of Common Pleas had, in giving their judgment, declared unanimously, in taking a general view of the question, that to justify a Magistrate in issuing a search warrant, there must be a positive oath of the person on whose information the warrant was granted, of his property having been stolen : there was no such oath in the present case; the in formation only stateJ, that Ellsee had reason to sus pect and believe trees had been stolen from the Kin i z's Forest, and conveyed to Smith's premises. He had also another ground of objection, that was, that the declaration did not allege the imprisonment to have taken place, under the colour of the said warrant. The CHIEF JUSTICE was decidedly of opinion, the form of action here was right—an action on the case, and not of trespass, being the proper form of action. As to the other objection, that the warrant had been granted on itnproper information, and, therefore, that the imprisonment originated in the improper conduct of the Magistrate, and not, as alleged, in the mali ciously obtaining and using the warrant by Ellsee, his Lordship was as clearly of opinion, that, on a party swearing he had reason to suspect his property was stolen and conveyed to the premises of a certain individual, the Magistrate was fully justified in grant ing a warrant, and ordering the property and persons in whose possession it might be found, to be brought before him. A person might conscientiously swear he had reason to suspect and believe his property was stolen, although he could not, with a safe conscience, swear positively. This might frequently, indeed, be the case. As regarded the loss of a horse from a field, [or instance, a man might have very good rea son to suspect the animal had been stolen and con veyed to a certain place; but he might demur to swearing positively to that fact—the hong might have accidentally left the field. The same observation would apply to various other property. In his Lord ship's opinion, the declaration was very well drawn, and fully sufficient to support the judgment below. The rest of the Court were of the same opinion, and the verdict was ordered to be affirmed. The ap plication in arrest of judgment was, tuerefore, refused. Mr. WA LiORD observed, the Court were not, per haps, aware that the declaration against which his Learned Friend (Mr. Chitty) had now so ably argued, he was himself the drawer of—( Laughter). RADFORD V. BIRLEY. Mr. EVA NS moved to have this Rule made absolute. Mr. LITTI.FDALE said, the Court had expressed a wish that all these cases should come on at the same. time; and a Learned Friend of his, concerned in some of them, was at present absent. The CMS, JUSTICIL-4t Is desirably we should have all these cases before us at une time. Mr. F.vszts.—Will your Lordship be pleased to Dante a day? The CHAU Juslice.--Me will take them at as early a day as possible. Mr. EVANS.—Your Lordships will see that delay is very incon •enient to us. We are anxious to bring these questions to trial. Mr. Justice Ray tsr.—That you can do, if you are beard any day in the present Term. Mr. Eraxs.—Your Lordships are aware that one of our Rules is for a reference to the Master? The Corer Ju..vicc.—The Court will take care not to delay you unnecessarily, Mr. Evans; but it is not convenient to hear you now. We wish it to be brought on when the Court is full. PRIVILEGIL.-JANUARY 31. Mr. Hata made application to the Court to order that Dr. Batten. who was Laken in execution, be discharged, on the ground that he wa% privileged from arrest, he being one of the Gentlemen of the King's Privy Chamber. The Learned CoUll eel quoted ieveral in which the King's domestics bad been discharged by the (' outs. Mr. Justice Ihruir —ls that an office which can be executed by Deputy ? Mr. Dura—ft is not, my Lord. Mr. Justice Besr—it c.nuot, for this reason—there M nothing fora Deputy to do. Mr. hose—lt certainly does not appear, from the alfittavit, tip' Dr. Batten ever did Any ditty except Walking in the proem. stun on the day of the Coronation, but I submit that liability Is ac,uc is sufficient to entitle Dr. Batten to a discharge. Mr.Justioe 13Avt.zr was of opinion that a mama holding a Itituution without fees, similar to that held hy-Ur. Ilattenecasild not naake.this application, but the . King might, if he philaal lame a writ of privilege. He thought unless the Coast Wet satisfied by affidavit that the appliegn had real duties to performs the non-appearance of which would diminish the dignity of the Crown, it would be outrageous to grant what was prayed foe Mr. Justice Bevr—ff it appeared from the affidavit that Dr. Batten had some specific duty to perform. ineh - as sleeping near the King's chamber, the Court would, withoit the Kings issuing a writ of privilege; accede to the application ; bat in the present case there was no ground for such an application, as it appeared from the affidavit of Di. Batten, that althobgh be bad been ap pointed for many years, he had never been called upon to do say duty, except th# arduous one of eating a Coronation dinner ! FEBRUARY 1. This day) M r . Hots renewed his application on bebjf o f Dr. Batten. the former application was nude, the Judges required proof that Dr. Batten performed services which brought him within the description of the King s servants, and in default of that proof they refused to discharge him. His affidavit in this instance stated, that be had been sonnuotted.to attend the late Coronation. and that he actually walked in the procession after the Judges. This was all the service he had ever done, and the Court held that he was not entitled to the privilege he applied for. If the extraordinary service of eating a Coronation dinner could entitle him to protection against arrest, all the Knights of the Bath might claim it.—Discharge refused. POLICE. Maintow-House.—Saturday, Foster, the patrol, whom Ca/isum. the person charged with committing a burglary in the Old Jewry, accused of having struck him while he was handcuffed In the watch•house, requested that the Loan Maros would make in quiry into the charge. Foster added, that he certainly knocked off the hat of Colman in the watch-bouse, but the prisoner was not handcuffed at the time. The Loan Mayoa said he was sorry to hear anything against so active and intelligent an offi cer ; and examined a witness upon the subject, who satisfied his Lordship that the statement of Colman was exaggerated. Bow-Sasso. — " Lire ne Loanos."—Three dashing sons of frolic were brought before Mr. :11rmittirt I. at this Office on Satur day, charged with a most unwarrantable obtrusion into the house of Mr. Thomas Greensell, figure maker, in the Strand. h ap. peared from the statement of Mr. Hammy - the Solicitor, who attended on behalf of Mr. Greensell, that on the preceding night Mr. Greensell had, for the amusement of his daughters, given a dance to a party of friends. The happy circle had continued their evolutions on the " light fantastic toe" until nearly two o'clock in the morning. They were then summoned to the more solid pleasures of a good supper, and were actually proceeding to sur round the " plenteous board," when their harmony was suddenly dkturbrd by the unexpected, and certainly unsolicited appear ance of the prisoners, who, " ripe for sport," rushed up stairs, and came in contact with a group of Ladies, who were at the moment descending: Their dress at first attracted attention, and it was asked, who the Gentlemen were with black silk _handkerchiefs? The master of the ceremonies not beinglit attendance to answer the question, one of tse bucks replied fur himself and companions, that they were come to supper, and hoped they were in time?— Mrs. Greensell immediatel► came forward, and not being able to recognize them as friends, assured them that they laboured under some mistake. " Oh, no!" was the reply ; "its all right," and they were about to enter the supper-mom. Mr. Greeningl was then called, and, not less astonished than his Lady, ordered them down stairs. 'ibis command they reluctantly obeyed, and slowly retraced their steps to the shop, where they very coolly began to resume their coats and hats, which, on their arrival, they bad left in care of the servant. Mr. Greensell could no longer suppress his indignation : and being somewhat peremp tory In his desire that they should quit his house, one of them made use of language of a most indecorous nature, and threat ened destruction to every person who should lay a finger un him. Mr. Greensell, still more incensed by this conduct, instantly seized the spokesman by the collar to shove him out. A mutual senate followed, in which Mr. Greensell had his shirt torn, and his opponent received some blows in the face. By this time Mr. Harmer, who chanced to be present, and several of the Gen tlemen, came down; and it was resolved to send the intruders to the watch-house. The watchmen were then called for ; and, with mach difficulty, the heroes were secured and conducted to " durance vile." Oa arriving at the watch-house, one of the Gen tlemen seized the poker, and was about to commit some act of violence, when he was disarmed, and ultimately left to reflect on his folly as well as the inexcusable outrage he had committed.— In the interim Inquirks were very naturally made as to the means by which the offenders had gained admission, when the servant who had let them in stated, that her attention had been attracted by two rings at the door, and a doubt: knock. She instantly ran and opened wide the porch, when our heroes en tered, and asked "if that was Mr. Thomas Gi eenselfs r She answered in the affirmative. She was then asked if they were dancing / to which she replied, " No, they bad just concluded the dance, and were coming down to supper." " Oh, then," rejoined one of the party, " we are just in time to sup with them," and, without further ceremony, they took off their hats and coats. The servant at once concluding that they were friends of her master, civilly assisted in this at rangement, and asked them if she should carry their things up stairs?" "Oh no," said they with great non-chalance, ‘, let them remain where they are." and up they walked. The Gentlemen stated their names to be Messrs. Langdale, Willis, and Corfield, and their appearance bespoke persons moving in a respectable rank in so ciety. Mr. Corfield, in his defence, said, he was an Officer in the Army, and that be and his friends, deceived by the music, had mistaken Mr. Greensell's fora public-house. Mr. HAIIMga al4 that it was utterly improbable that they could have obtruded by mistake, as the shop, in which they had taken off their coats was well lighted, and was filled with figures and other things,. which sufficiently indicated the nature of the business which was carried on.—Mr. MINSHrLL said, he could find no apology what ever for the conduct of Mr. Corfield, who had certainly acted in a way extremely unbecoming his character as connected with the honourable profession to which he belonged, and with the rank in society to which that profession entitled him. Under all the circumstances, he felt it his duty to call upon Mr. Corfield to find bail to answer for his behaviour at the Sessions ; and if the case went there, be would have an opportunity of urging the topics which he had that day advanced in his defence. Mr. Willis and Mr. Langdale both attributed their share in the trans action to a mistake; and were ready to bear their testimony to the violence with which their friend had been treated.—Mr. MiNsuutz said, their conduct was not to be• justified. They were ordered to be discharged on payment of the usual fee of is. each. Mr. Corfield was then ordered to find bail, himself in £5O, and two sureties in £25 each. This he shortly after did, and was in consequence liberated. VIOLIST ASSAULT (PDX TORII RSOLNII GILITLIMIX IX FRANI,r. —Sunday, the 27th ult. about four o'clock in the afternoon, as Mr. George Trevor Spencer, son of the Hon. W. R. Spencer, Captain Hollis, R. N. nephew to the Dean of Winchester, and Mr. John Fordyce, were on their return from Paris, they got out of the diligence in which they were travelling, for the per. pose of walking up one of the steep hills which lie between Bou logne and Calais ; when they had almost ascended the hill, they were met by two Frenchmen armed with double-bar-elled guns, apparently returning from sporting, who, after staring at them in a very impertinent and offensive manner, accosted them with I , Voila de ces b—d Anglais." On Captain Hollis remarking that he hoped the sportsmen would know them when they met again, they cocked their guns, and threatened to fire upon them ; at the same time one of the Frenchmen presented, and immediately recovered his arms ; but the other waiting till the English Gen. tlemen had turned their backs in order to proceed on their walk, deliberately discharged his piece at them, at the distance of not more than 35 paces, by which the whole party were wounded. Captain Hollis received several shot (which were what the French call cheurotin, and about the size of the English buck-shot), in his hand and arm, as well as in different parts of his body, by which he was very seriously hurt, and Mr. Spencer and Mr. Fordyce were also injured, although in a much slighter degree, The villains proceeded down the hill till they came in sight of the diligence, when they ran away across the fields, pur sued by the wounded Ger.tlemen, and Sir John Scott Lillie, who was travelling in their company, but happened to be at some dis tance behind when the assault was committed. On finding themselves closely pursued, they again presented their guns, threatening to blow out the brains of any one who attempted to follow them ; so that the English party, who were totally un armed, were compelled to abandon the attempt. On their ar rival at Bfartiuise, they gave information to the gens-d'armer on duty at the village, who instantly went in search of the assassins. At Calais the affair was laid before the Prefect of the Police, who behaved in the most gentleman-like manner, and made every exertion to discover the perpetrators of this unprovoked and arivardiy attack upon three unarmed stranger.. The party were also vary much indebted to the kind attentions of Thorns Fon- blauque. Eaq. the English Consul at Calais, who immediately wrote a rerteentatlon of the eve to Sir Charles Stewart. The following extract of a letter from Cork, dated January 26, gives a better account of the present state of Ireland than has appeared in any of the Jour nals of that country : " The Insurgents in the South of Ireland consist of a variety of men, acting in concert at the moment, but influenced by very different motives: perhaps they may be properly classed under the following heads:—lst, The pennyless; id, The disaffected ; 3d, The superstitious. Of the first class there are many, who, by tke itepression of farming produce, have been reduced from ' the rank of substantial yeomanry to downright indigence. ' " These men fall in readily with any project likely to embroil the country ; and, by the share of education they possess, unac companied by coma religious sentiments, become at once the able and unrestrained promoter; of mischief. The second, and least numerous class, consists of the survivors since the Rebel lion of 179*, and their disciples, whose principles were Jacobi- Meal. In the open country these are extremely few ; but in po pulous towns, where seditious publications find admission, they also are found. Of this description some, it Is said, have left this city to join the insurgents upon the mountains, fifteen or twenty miles westward. " The third class is a formidable mass of ignorance and bi gotry, diffused through the whole South of Ireland. It con of persons who blindly follow a few fanatical leaders, incited, like themselves, by artful predictions of the overthrow of our Protestant Church and Collsth•ition. Similar putlicstions were circulated many years ago, and one such in the year 1117, fore telling the extirpation of Protestants to take place on the follow ing year. It is remarkable Olt these infatuated devotees to Popery have not been undeceived by the notorious falsification of the prophecies formerly employed for their delusion; and that they are to this day quite co.;fident that the Protestant name is on the eve of its final extinction. " I will not pretend that there are no grievances endured ; nor that those which afflict the country are all beyond lcgi•la• tive remedy. There is an outcry against tithes and taxes; but the former were paid nearly a thousand years ago; and even •ne hundred years ago, were much heavier than at present ; for about 50 or 60 years since the agistment tithe was abolished by the Irish Parliament ; and now no tithe is paid of calves, lambs, pigs, or any other livestock : which tithe was formerly immense. Further, the tithable articles, viz. corn, potatoes, and hay, are not charged, as far as our experience reaches, at anything like their full value. " With regard to Government taxes, our husbandman pay none directly ; and the few indirect ones fall, with but one ex ception, upon luxuries; whereas, if our memory serves rightly, they were subject in the poorest hovel to hearth-money, in the time of Charles 11. and down to the reign of George 111. when it was taken of. And at this day our most comfortable farmers (having no more than six windows) do not contribute one shilling to the State; nor, unless they think fit to use tobacco or liquor, do they even pay an indirect .tax—the small one on shoe-leather alone excepted. " Yet, after all this, the clamour about taxes is not groundless; for, owing to the absence of our great Landed Proprietors, the important office of Grand Juror and Justice of Peace is so often filled by Inferior persons, that jobbing is practised to a shameful extent, and /sea/ charges are laid on without mercy. " Moreover, owing perhaps to the facts before alluded to, that the country is widowed of its natural guardians, there is no mo dern survey of Baronies or Townlands; so that it happens that a farm of 500 acres will pay as much County and Barony rate as one of I,uoo acres; both in equal state of culture, and equally contiguous to the market, &c.—So that there undoubtedly exists some cause of complaint, and the proper remedies ought long ago to have been applied. The bulk of our people have but little interest in what you are often made to believe our great national grievance —the inadmissibility of Roman Catholics to certain offices of State. " We must not omit to notice an opinion entertained by some, and not without reason, that discontents are fosnented, and the peasantry stirred up to insurrection, by the unprincipled men who carry on a contraband trade in tobacco, dm upon our western coast; cud by the proprietors of unlicensed distilleries in some remote parts of the County of Cork,who, it is thought, have fur nished the peasantry with arms and ammunition, in order that the army may he kept in play in the interior, and that their ne farious trade may go on with less interruption. The smuggling trade has been carried on with an effrontery unmatched at any former period : its agents are men who have made up their minds upon perjury and murder; and who have numberlras opportu nities of bringing in, from I loliand and France, supplies of mili tary stores,which they may land in the deep bays of our western coast, where the country is nearly uninhabited, as large portions of Bantry-bay, &c. undoubtedly are." ObOrving such various and contradictory statements in the columns of our cotemporaries respecting an allegA reduction of the wages of the Operative Carpenters, we have thought it our duty to make enquiries into a subject of such vital importance to one of the most industrious and valuable classes of mon in this city ; and the result is, that we are enabled to state, upon good authority, that, although to eff.:ct a curtailment of the earnings of their journeymen to the extent of ss. a week, has been some time in the contemplation of some few of the master carpenters, and one has io fact made an attempt to enforce it, the alteration has not yet been carried into execution; nor do we expect that it will ultimately take place, as we cannot discover any just or cogent reasons ter such a measure; the more especially since there are circumstances (one, for instance, the expense of tools, with which they are obliged to furnish themselves) in the situa tion of these men, which make 'he comparatively low price of, provisions nut so equitable a criterion► ot their wages, as those of many other mechanics...—Bristed ltbattrer. It appears by the census taken in that the popr•l.:tin:l of France is 30,165,C91 : the department of the Seine aloi:e cuu tal,s 821,706 persons. Logp ' CLONCURRY'S LETTER TO THE UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. .` • •'. DUKE OF LEINSTER. • --......., CAMBRIDGE, FEBRUARY 1. •11. M . ,....... •." • e De Saari Ohio re pandas ohis !" . The late Dr. Soda's Annual Peens of JR2S each, t • the no r best proficieres in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy , , ~.. " Wv MA4 Ibilre—"sse 'been requested' by Magistrates ,the commencing Bachelors of Ann were on Frtri.4" ..1" 4 , - ,` for whom I have a great respect, to join in a Requieltkin for a judged to Mr. Hammett Holditch, of Caine Col " last -. ege. and e r Peace Preservation Act put in force, in Clan", Timeline, and I i MI t WraNn e e County Meeting, for the purpose of having the provisions of the _ ___ tordreacocka or Beller College, brat and secon4 _ . , some °fib, western pans of this County (Kildare), where musses OXFORD, FEBRUARY 2. are said to have been committed. I object to h avia t rec.°6rlc t° . Monday the following Gentlemen were admitted to D egrees , these measures, because theysvoald excite unnecessary alarm—be- MASTERS Or AIM Rev. Joseph Palmer Griffith, Fellow of Wadhani Collet cause the Magistrates erarest to , the spot complained of. de not .seem to think such measures necessary ; and , bec ause, whatever Richard &dies, Scholar of wadhaso College, sad _ _ N..eue , sse insubordinatirm does exist, basins source; net so much In politics Scholar of Common Lon as In the abject want or the labouring classes, end the misery ZACHFLORS OV AVIS. of the small land-holders, both of which would he Increased by William Harding, Scholar of Wadhain College. the expense of a well-dressed police. We have also still amongst Charles Candy, &baler of Lincoln College. ,us a sufficient number of young men of spirit, who, on any At a private Ordination held on Sunday last, at the Palm,. emergency, would lend their aid to the clvii power , to p ut down Gloucester, by the Bishop of that Diocese, the following ft% mischief and preserve the peace s dermal of this University were admitted into Holy Ord ers . I am " I e ti n a t v it e w now to fi nt ll y ed ri t i lie tn o:i b e n e r of tnT Ju fer sti ble ce a drmi reote s sil l l at o i ng u be that esecohn ac harrow Beans, M.A. Wadharn College. t,enry James B uchanan, B.A. Wadham College. your Grace's service, in that impartial administration of justice, sg which secures you the respect and affection of all good men, and Augustus Clissoul, M . A. Exeter College. which our countrymen can so fully appreciate and admi re, thou g h PRIPATc. their calumniators presume to say the contrary. Rely Hutchinson Smith, li.e.. 11: Mot College. " In a practiced sixteen years, more extensive than almost any William Samuel Birch, M.A. Oriel College. other non-stipendiary Magistrate, I never recollect three instances, him Bunter, M. A. Magdalen College. where the poor man resisted my warrant : I have bad some trouble with Squires, hut, without giving them sati!fartian. I Eccr.r.si ASTIC A T. Plt 011 OT f ON'S. have %hewn them that I could make them respect the law. The . The Ike. Charles Lloyd, D.D. I'rcecher at Linente s r..„_ consequence is, in this neighbourhood, persona l s ecurit y and and Student of C hri s t Church, is eepeinted Canon o f et, industry, though poverty and wretchedness make rapid advances Church, and Regius Professor of Divinity, is the room •-i e here and everywhere. Hew. Dr. Hodson, deceased. " I disbelieve the reports of the Dublin Magistrates, that the 'ripe Rev. T. Thompson to the Vicarage of Adlington, in e, entire County are sworn Ribbonmen; but I feel that, se misera- county of York. hie is the situation of the people, that oaths are un neceesery to Viscount Torrington has appnintel the Rev John Parl , .• make them wish for a change. Under these circumstances, I B.A. Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, one of his I._ trouble your Grace with a hasty sketch, as to what I think of ship's Chaplains. the present state of Ireland and her Police. lam not a Rejoin The Rev. Robert Lynam, M.A. has been eletted Asee sentative Peer, and &tee not so respectable a mode of coneey• C.baplain to the Magdalen Chariteee Institution. ing my opinions as by addressing your Grace, who are more in- The Rev. J. Baker, el. A. Spiritual Chaecellor of the I; terested in the good order and prosperity of the country , than cesT of Durham, to the Living of St. Mary th e Le ss , 1h.:1% any other man in it, and who are acquainted with my manner The Rev. Georgelarshall Do:iv:ell has been pr esente e of acting and thinking as a Magistrate ; that whilst I enforce obe- Lord Yarborough, to the Rectory of Swallow, Lincelaseire o dience to the law, Ido no eut ring the alarm on *every trivial The Rev. George Beckett, M.A. youngest sen f Sir J, occurrence; that if Ido not accuse the people of disaffection to Beckett, Bart. to the Vicarage of Gainsborough and Pr,ber. the best of Governments ; because they do not lie down area c err i ng eern. starve in quiet, neither do I accuse the Govennnent of the pre- The Ver. W. Edge, B.A. to the Rectory cf Ned Line, ... m sem day for the loins of their predecessors. Lord Talbot has own p e nri o se acted a just and mild part, worthy of the character he hears in The Rev. W. Harding, to the PerpettiA Carey ~ 1 ......i his own country ; and if at length, for a quiet life. he yielded to with the Chapeiries of Long Eaton and Wihle 41111 t: t.:, i n the violent councils of those about hint, be must allow it was county of Derby. not easy to avoid it :he takes with him my best wishes. • His Grace the Duke of Argyle has nominated the Ron. V 4 ' My dear Duke, your faithful and obliged friend, ter Farquhar Hook, B.A. Student of Christchurch, Oxfoie, • 4 CLONCURR Y." son of Archdeacon Houk, of Winchester Cathedral, ...) he Domestic Chaplain. The lite. W. I'. Richards. late Fellow of New Coll, leo Master of Tiverton Free Grammar School, wi; on t h e I . ult. admitted a Bachelor in Divinity, and Greed Comiotav at Oxford University. Sir James Culqiihoua has presented the Rev. .Inhn M t n Minister of the Gaelic Chapel, Edinburgh, to the Church Parish of Halkirk, in the county of Caithness, vac_ut by death of the late Nir. Cemeron. Tuesday se'nnight, the Rev. Richard Skinner, M.A. Re, of Sampford Peverell, and Domestic Chaplain to the Li..5•;- of Norwich, was instituted by Mr. Precentor Barda:r., to • Rectory of Uplowman, Devote on the presentation of J Sillifere, of Coombe, Esq. and Thos. Ilugo, of Creeitee void by the death of the Rev. Simon Pidstey. BIRTHS. The 20th ult. at Lincoln, of twins, the Lady of gate, of the 54th regiment. The eldest of five of their cliild:ea is under three years old. The '26th ult. at Irnham Mali, Lincolnshire, the lion. M 7.. Clifford, of a son. MARRIED. The Rev. Henry Cole, to Frances Spencer, daughter of Li.e. tenant Colonvl Stran , ham, of the Royal Marines. Tht• Rev. John Fislipool, of Sawston, to S.tra!t, seco::d :!:- ter of the late Mr. Cock, of Cambridge. The 25th ult. at Salisbury, John Penn Tinney, Esq. of :!-.4 thy, to Charlotte, relict of the Rev. Arthur May. 1)1 P.D. The Rev. David C.!:e.'allad , 2r, Rector of Abdon, a::.: I\r petual Curate of Chun li Preen. At Witnesham, aiA 84, the Rev. John King, M.A. Itteror of that Parish. Tht l.iviag is i!t t:ie gift of S. Pettr's Culk ‘ e, Cambridge. Jan. 25, at the Viearat;e-house of Wo'.. :rton, Bucks, a;el Louisa Catherine, wife of the Rev. Henry Heade quattlay. November 1, the Rev. Wm. Ames ; and on the (Ls). ;Aims ing, the Rev. George Bellamy, Wesleyan \ Ti!• were both seized on the 27th of OctOber, with a fatal t:is:cni per, nearly allied to the yellow fever, and in spite of all ;hr rr.e dical aid thy could procure, soon tell victims to its ray..ge4. The 27th ult. Archibald .xl'Kellar, late schoolmaster of tie Chatham Division of Royal .Marines, aged 50. The 22d ult. aged 73, in the Island of Guernsey, w!•.ere had resided several years, Louis Charriere, Esq. Ile sv.,, native of Paris, and formerly a Captain in the sere c. i.f Louis XVI. Wednesday, at the York Hotel, Margate, after a lic, , cint illness+, 11-1. Wright, wife of Mr. James Wright, that Motel. Sunday se'nnight, at Rochester, Mr. Isaac Ballard, aged f 5 landlord of the Buil Inn, at that place. lie retired :o ! , ,d la apparent good health, and about four o'cloci in the morning was heard to groan deeply, but before assistance cou:d be pre cured he was a corpse. Tuesday, in the 9th year of her age, Susan, the eldot dall;hter of Mr. J. R. Ilill, Setnerset-square, Bristol; a very child, beloved and respected by all who knew her. l ;cr death was in consequence of a sudden fright she received, ocza.ioned by some unknown villain, who broke into the house about twa months since. Saturday set:night, at Peterborough, aged 67, Diana Scot ney, for 40 years a faithful servant in the family of the. I.r.e Charles Moore, Esq. of Eye. She had constantly worn tnaa's apparel from 28 years of age, and was regularly employed La the business of a man servant. Wednesday, at Crum harm aged 38, Martha, the wife of 7. Whitworth, one of the comedians of that place.' She had in iur childhood been the pr.gc;4! of Lady Anne Pattenon Anstraih.: - , Fife Hou:se, Edinburgh. A few days a„o, at lfeckington, Ann, the daughter of Robert Idle, aged IG years; and within a week at . :.r, 211 m Idle, his wife, aged SG ; and also, on the same day, .Taus ka ington, their grandson., axed three years, whose fatiter mother died a few niorths ago. A few days since, the Beadle of Farnborough, brirg out I:4'S and the evening very mark, he missed his road, walked flan a pond near Fara:4:44..li, a:141 was drowned. Mrs. Levy, and Ann Walker, aged nine years, in the Lon don llospital, in consequence at their clothes taking fire. Tuesday se'imiLltr, Mrs. Luck, of Farnborough, Lirdlad‘ et the Jolly 11::cheri: sitti::g up after the rest of the Lundy acre gone to bed, the s.rvinit maid smelt tire, and coming dintu stairs, found her nii..tress enveloped in flames, aill so m. 1.11 burnt as to expire :he , next day. Wednesday evening, Mrs. Maria Ccran, a Lady 73 yea 74 et age, residing itt Chanceryslane, whilst sitting by the tire, !" 4 her dress blown by a eurrein of air to the bars of the stove, .6 4 in a moment was enveloped ia flames. Her infirmities yrevea fed her assisting herself, 311A1 no persons were in the room at the time. At length her shrieks were heard by some persons. sense went to her aid. She was conveyed to the Hospital, wkc'e death put an ti:4l to her niis.-ry soon after. In Whitechipel, the a 741 ult. of heßatuiration en the T. Nice:craft. On the 2d tilt. ha slipped down and In col.: las o•f. since which he had been confined. By penurious halals, 4 " 3 dealing is old buntlines, he amassed k:,,000, at which he tidv:ithert one half to his son, and the resit to two daught , rs. "" cept Is. to his wife, w!lch he directed to be paid in three months. Ile had been separated from the latter 30 years, end bote her in consequence of her forcing a maiutenanie from him. 141(414 • 4. ATV( At LONDON. ant s: tw 31t. rreng i6 T.!nurs. Ifftt tI Atflell , •111 • 56 II LONDON: Pinted asij ptlblisbed by Lim,. p!*cc, Temp Dar ett cri • laa at 411. 10 4 I S? !re, I;* , . 0 '27 ~t n 1.4 tl.e ,and = hi{ • and I 111 k ,no.er and F the CV.Or i~ifp toe Lt.L. 12: ea l'kr- urror :1011%. 1 . !•1 vent- Ire . 4. f eae re he ,f