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mercenary motives in favour of the Revolution, is to be found among :he petty householders, to whom the elective franchise is to be extended ! This class of voters are found by experience, wherever they exist, to be peculiarly accessible to bribery ; and can it be doubted that the prospect of being placed in a situation to have the offer of periodical bribes is capable of operating as a corrupt mercenary motive in the breast of any man, to whom bribes would be acceptable ? Then there is the whole race of mob orators, in sue and in posse, who arc to acquire —or may at least fairly hope to uire--the power of disposing of most of the elections throughout Ragland, where the 101. renters do not positively and directly sell themselves. Have this active body no sel fish, corrupt, mercenary motive, leading them to promote the revolu tionary bill by all the clamour they can either make or excite? This is A mere glance at the subject ; but it Os more than sufficient to shew, that if there be selfish and sordid motives at work, among some of the o pponents of the Revolution, this unworthy class of motives are at work also. and still more extensively and effectually, among its most zealous ,nd determined supporters. THEIR MAJESTIES. WINDSOR, Arm 7. His MAJESTY took his usual airing yesterday morning in his pony phaeton, accompanied by Colonel Fox, and in the afternoon his MAJESTY again went out with his Royal Sis ters in an open carriage and four with outriders. The QUEEN, Attended by her visitors and suite, rode on horseback as far as Virginia Water, and returned to the castle at six o'clock. In the evening their MAJESTIES entertained a distinguished party at dinner, among whom were Earl SEFTON, Earl GREY, and Earl HOWE. The former returned to Stoke Farm last night ; but the two latter remained at the Castle till this morning, when they left for town. This day at one o'clock his MAJESTY left the Castle in his travelling chariot-and four, with outriders, and 'pro ceeded to Littleton, near Laleham, the seat of Col. WooD, ,‘ here a splendid dejewa bad been prepared in honor of his NIAJ rsTY's visit, and at which it was expected upwards of one hundred of the Nobility and Gentry would be present. Prince GEORGE of CAMBRIDGE followed his MAJESTY in a phaeton, accompanied by his tutor, the Rev. Mr. WOOD. The QUEEN left the Castle at three o'clock on horseback, attended by Sir A. BARNARD, Col. Fox, Sir A. D'EsTE, and her Ladies in Waiting, and continued her ride for upwards of two hours. THE WiiYMOUTII CASE. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—The letters addressed to you by Lords Goderich and Grantham, and Colonel Gordon, in consequence of your previous statement In re gard to the recent elections at Weymouth, appear to call upon me to add to their contradiction my denial of such of the allegations as affect me. In the first plate, all my expenses of all my elections at Way. mouth were paid by myself; and therefore the statement that they were paid, or repaid by Colonel Gordon, or his agent, or any other person, is altogether false. Secondly, The proposal said to have been made to me, that I should be returned free from expense, that I should join with Lords Goderich and Grantham In procur ing a peerage for Colonel Gordon, and that Colonel Gordon should sell two of the seats, and to which my letter of the 22d of May Is said to be an answer, was never communicated to me. I never saw or heard of it until it was pointed out to me in the printed summons in the suit be tween Col. Gordon and Mr. Fraser, and my letter of the 22d of May is an answer to a very different letter, of which I have the original, and in which not any such propositions are contained. The whole of this state ment, therefore, is false. :idly, So far from its being true, as it is stated, that I was generally retained by Col. Gordon in the Chancery proceed ings, the fact is, that I thought it right to refuse to receive the retainers which both Col. Gordon and his opponents actually tendered to me. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, Guildford Street, April:. EDWARD B. SUGDEN. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Mans Agana') Tan Day—Dublin, 1 ; Waterford, 1 ; Holland, 1 ; France, 1 ; Jamaica, I. non 01211 CORIMIPOWDIXT. FAL MOD H ' APRIL the port yesterday (Wind W.N.W.), the Comet, Ormston, from Madeira, in 23 days, for Lon don—landed passengers , and pro ceeded. Today (1 ind S. to W.), arrived H.M. Packet Emulous, Lieut. Crooke, from Barbadoes—salled Jan. 9, Carthagena Feb. 1, Jamaica 22, and Crooked Island March 3, with mails t 31arch 3, two leagues from Crooked Island, spoke the Bark, John Pe a k, o f an d from Lon. don, out 15 days, all well, bound to St. Anne's, Jamaica. The passen gers per Emulous, from Jamaica, were, General Sir John Kean, Major M'Donald, wide-de.camp, William Smith, Esq. merchant, Capt. OA R.N. P. Ans-aitigue, Esti. merchant, and A. Grundier, Esq. a French Genera/. 180,000 dollars have been landed h ere to-day dom the packet. brought home on merchants' account. Also arrived, the Highland Lad, Betts, from Aguilar for London, 22 days passage. Passed the port, the Royal Charlotte, Dudman, from Singapore, for London • the Sophia, Butcher, from Gallipoly, in 53 days, for Liver pool ; the Brittania, Metherell, from Genoa, in 36 days, for Bristol; and the San Francisco•Gororda, from Taragona, in 37 days, for Jersey. Sailed, the Thames, steamer Donnan, for Dublin; and theship Jas. Richards, for Quebec. DIAL, APRIL 7 —Wind S.B.—Sailed this morning the outward bound, except the Sarah, for Bombay. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Edinburgh, from China. A detachment of royal marines embarked this morning in his Majesty's ship Talavera. in the Downs. which ship is ordered to be victualled for three months, and to be ready tot a cruise. POSTS -MOUTH, APISH. I.—Wind S.B.—Sailed the Lord Wm. Ben tinck transport. for Bermuda. PENZANCE, Aram 6.—Arrived the Velocity, Baker, from Oporto, and George Bernstorp, Nielson, from Noma. HOLTHIAD, Aram 6.—. Arrived off the port, the Napoleon, .---, from New York. Bassrot., APRIL 7.—Arrived the Gregorio, —, from Seville. Livsarom., Aram 6.—Arrived the Meta, Arthur, from Lagar' ; Margaret, Craig, from Smyrna; and Perseve: 'nee. front Marseilles. The Rosina, Pritchard., from Galway, bound to London, was obliged to discharge her cargo at Beerhaven. The Robert Russell, Turner, from Savannah, grounded in the King's Dock Basin, Liverpool, on Wednesday, and fell over. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. His Royal Highness has been indisposed and confined to his room for some days past. The Duke experienced the first attack on the night of Wednesday se'nnight. Sir Henry Halford was sent for at an early hour the following morn ing, and immediately attended upon his Royal Highness. Sir Henry pronounced the indisposition to have arisen from a severe cold, which was accompanied with fever. The Royal Duke has been kept very quiet, and latterly has been recovering from the attack. The following favourable bulletin was issued yesterday : " Aram 7. " His Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER is going on ver y aelL " HENRY HALFORD.' The Duchess of GLOUCESTER has received visiti from the Dukes of CUMBERLAND and Suestx. Their MAJESTIES and the other members of the Royal Family have constantly sent to make their affectionate inquiries after his Royal Highness. Great numbers of the Nobility and Gentry have called daily to learn the state of the Royal Duke, and have left their names. COLCHESTER ELECTION. Committee-Room, Swan Tavern, Whitechapel, April 7, 1831. Final close of the poll of the Election just ended. Mayhew Curtis Majority for Mayhew .. 116 The Neapolitan and Brazilian Ministers transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Despatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial Office, for the Earl of Belmore, the Governor of Jamaica, and the other Governors of the West India Islands. Despatches were yesterday received at the Foreign Office, from our Minister at Berlin. Lord Normanby left town abruptly on his arrival from Italy, in consequence of the dangerous state of health of his noble father, the Earl of Mulgrave. We hear from a creditable source, that a few days since the King of the French sent the Prince Royal to General Lafayette, wishing to have an interview with him, but the old General refused compliance with his Majesty's request, stating that the glorious days of the revolution of July had been tarnished by the present ministry, and until a more toourable change took place, he could not have the honour to present himself to his Majesty. THE 11EV. G. W. BRIDGES, OF JAMAICA, AND HIS SLAVE, KITTY HYLTON. Although ardent enemies to slavery, or that one human being should ever be subjected to the capricious volition of another human being, we have always been ready to ac knowledge that no question is more complicated, than to determine by what method a change, from a right to a wrong course, on this subject, can be accomplished, without the production of other evils of a distinct character, but not less desirable to avoid. The gradual improvement of the slave population, and gradual conversion of slaves into labouring ' freemen, was the process which it might have been hoped would go on in the West India Colonies; and thus, legisla tive enactments, for the sudden emancipation of the slaves, would have been unnecessary, and, indeed, superseded by a voluntary manumission. But all that has been done, ap pears ineffectual, to make the British Colonists see their own interests, or listen to the common interests of huma nity. We have always been advocates for the West India Proprietors receiving some compensation, for the losses which they may sustain, in the abolition of their usurped authority, because the nation is committed, by sanctioning its validity; but the time has come, when the nation has perceived its own shame ; and the abuses of slavery cannot last much longer. The West India colonists, if they expect fair attention to their claims, should show themselves jealous to prevent the abuse of power while it exists ; for so long as such barbarities as that to which we have now to call the attention of our readers oc cur,—and so long as instead of the brutal culprits being scouted from the society they degrade, and actively pursued to punishment, they are protected and allowed to escape, it is impossible that the humane people of this country, unin ured to the barbarities of such a system, can remain silent; or that they will coolly allow the profit of a hogshead of su gar, to be considered as an equivalent for the perpetuation of injustice. We would recommend no sudden emancipation ; and we would equitably consider the claims of the slave pro prietor upon the Slavery permitting Nation ; but the slave proprietor should now change his course—the nation pa tronizes slavery no longer; nor will they suffer, coke qui cote, such brutalities as we have now to relate. The letter which we extract from the Anti-Slavery Reporter is infi nitely to the credit of Lord Goderich ; but not more so than we ought to expect from that estimable Nobleman. The official statement of the cruelties perpetrated by Mr. Bridges on the person of the wretched female, was laid, a few days ago, on the table of the House of Commons. We are happy to be able to add the humane and enlightened judgment of Viscount Goderich on this infamous transaction, as it i contained in his despatch to Earl Belmore, of the 18th February, 1831. " I have received your Lordship's despatch of the Ist of December, 1830, enclosing a copy of the proceeedings before the Council of Pro. section, in the complaints of Kitty Hylton against the Rev. Mr. Bridges. "Your L3rdship was instructed to obtain this information, in my predecessor's despatch of the 23d October, 1829, and the instruction wu repeated on the 23d 16th August, 1830- " Obviously desirable as it was that this deputment should be in full possession of all the documents bearing upon this case, 1 cannot but express my regret that your Lord,hip should have allo wed more than twelve months to intervene before you tronsmitted the copy of the proceedings before the Council of Protection. " I have perused this record with feelings of the deepest concern.— For a trifling mistake in the execution of her master's orders, this fe male slave appears to have been first violently struck and kicked by her master, and then, by his directions., flogged whit such severity as to have excited the commiseration of every person who bore witness to her appearance after the punishment. " Thomas itaffington, Esq. was sworn, and deposed--That Kitty Hylton came to witness on Sunday morning, the 4th, a.m. A ser vant came in, and told witness a sick woman wanted to see him; saw her and her situation; never saw a female in such a situation: had seen the woman before, but did not know her name. Witness did not examine her particularly, but she was terribly lacerated, and never saw a woman so ill treated.' " Dr. Stennett, who was sworn, states,—That the woman had two black eyes when sent to the workhouse, and that he examined her and saw severe marks of punishment ; but he says, if she had had'thirty nine, sbe would not have been healed so soon.' " " Mr. F. Harker, sworn ; states,—That be saw the woman in the morning of Wednesday t 6 bad heard a report of a woman being "c -urtly flogged; examined her; her eyes were black, u if she had re ceived a severe blow ; her posteriors were very much cut up; on the inner part of her thigh on each there were several black marks.' " The Hon. Henry Cox, sworn; states,—That Kitty Hylton came to him to complain against her master, Mr. Bridges. She was very mucb injured; saw her bruises, evidently switching, from the nape of the neck to her posteriors; her face and thighs dreadfully bruised ; has never seen any thing so severe of the kind." " It is further stated, and is corroborated by the evidence of Miss Moreland, that Mr. Bridges struck or kicked the slave after she had been flogged, as well as before, and that be caused her to burn the clothes which had been stained with her blood. The only part of this evidence which is in any degree impugned, is that of Dr. Stennett and Mr. Harker, to the fact of her buying black eyes ; and all that ap pears to the contrary is the evidence of apparently a servant, or at all events an inmate of Mr. Bridges house, who says that he did not perceive masks of violence upon her face. " When Mr. Bridges was called upon for his defence, all that ap pears upon the record is, that he admitted that he had ordered the woman to be switched for her insolence, but denies that he went down from his house ; on the contrary, he had sent her down to be switched by the watchman. " The result of these proceedings was, that 'on its being put to the vote whether Mr. Bridges bhould be prosecuted or not, it was carried by a majority of 13 to 4 against As prosecution.' And when a bill of' Indictment was nevertheless preferred against Mr. Bridges, by the Attorney .oeneral, under the directions of the Secretary of State, it was thrown out by I& Grand Jury. It would be with extreme reluctance that I could be induced to doubt that the gentlemen who composed the Grand Jury upon this oc. caslon, performed their ditty conscientiously, according to the terms of the oath which they had taken; but I have the opinion of the Attorney. General for Jamaica before me, who reported, that having maturely considered the evidence which had been offered to the magistrates and vestry, he could feel no hesitation in declaring that the Grand Jury have committed an error of judgment, which, for every consideration of what is due to the ends of public justice, to their own good repute, and to the credit of the Colonial Society, is deeply to be deplored. " Were I to assume the judgment of the Grand Jury to be correct, it would follow that the Laws of Jamaica afford to the Slave no protec tion from such sufferings as those which are shown, by evidence upon oath, to have been undergone by the Slave Kitty Hylton. " With respect to the offender, in this case, your Lordship will readily conceive how much the regret, which I should feel at such con duct on the part of any penal falling a respectable station in society, is aggravated by the circumstance of that person being a Minister of the Gospel. " Unmanly and disgraceful as the conduct of Mr. Bridges would have been, even had it proceeded no further than the blows inflicted by his own hand, I should have been willing to seek some apology for it in a momentary ebullition of anger, however apparently unprovoked, and however unbecoming the sacred character of his profession. But, for the repeated and persevering cruelty of his subsequent conduct, I can find no extenuation ; and I can only lament that the ends of jus tice have been defeated, and that the crime of Mr. Bridges must be left unpunished. -, If Mr. Bridges be a magistrate, your lordship will lose no time, if it be not already done, in erasing his name from the Commission of the Peace." We do not know whether the Ecclesiastical Law, among its many absurdities, is so absurd as not to enable the Bishops, or high Church Authorities, to strip the surplice from such a brute as is here exhibited ; but if such a power exist, we hope it will be executed. It is a pity the Rev. Gentleman should be longer prevented from becoming a manufacturer of " White Veal," as described in the STAR some days ago, or some such congenial profession. During the play of Pizarro, at Drury-lane Theatre, on Monday evening, a youth in the gallery, deeply interested in the escape of Alonzo from the prison, exclaimed " why don't you put on the cloak and be off ?" This was evidently the involuntary effect of intense anxiety, produced by the excellent acting of Wallack in the part of Rolla. LITERATURE. Mr. THOMAS CAMPBELL the Poet, having relit.quiabed his connexion with the New Monthly Magazine several months ago, is shout to undertake the conduct of a new periodical, to be called The Metropolitan, the first number of which is announced for the 2d of May. The new under taking is to be conducted on a footing of perfect literary independence, and we cordially wish it success. An Introduction to the Elements qf the Liftftealt Systems of Botany, for Young Persoue.—By LUCY II ARDCASTLE. 10e. 6d. Mrs. HA RDCAST LE conducts a ladies' seminary at Derby, and, amidst her varied accomplitihments, has long been known among her friends for her proficiency in Botany, and her taste in depicting Botanical Subjects. At length bho has been prevailed on to complete an elementary Treatise on her favourite science, for the instruction of young ladies ; and, when generally known, it will be an auxiliary in all female schools, and also be sought by all ladies who desire to become acquainted with the elements of so pleasing a science. The volume is as tasteful and elegant as the subject. In fact as an elementary treatise it has no equal in its typo graphy, and in the engravings on wood of a great variety of correctly drawn parts of plants, on a large and distinct scale. The subject recommends the book, and the book seduces the possessor to study its contents. It addresses at once the eye, the curiosity, and the understanding. Such a volume having long been wanted in education, and this introduction possessing superior claims in matter, manner, and execution, we cordially recommend it to public notice, and especially to the female world. Letters upon Church Property, and upon the Liturgy of the Church ; together with come Miscellaneous Letters. By EIPOSTVLATOP Two Shillings. These letters are, polemical and doctrinal, addressed to the Bishops of London and Winchester, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, with some to the Duke of Wellington of a politico-theological character. They are written avith spirit, and expose with smartness some inconsistencies of the Right Reverend Prelates. The common sense, however, which pervades and conducts a newspaper, and which alone is employed, in the perusal of one, renders the polemics of the theological world altogether unfit for our columns. We cannot feel any alarm about the Bishop of London's inter dict, about the singing, or saying, of the Magnificat. We agree, however, with the writer, that the Church should not scorn the allurements of music, for we know many who at tendCatholicChapels for the sake of the music. We can, how ever, assure any alarmist that they are Papists only in regard to the music, and continue, in every other respect, as sound Protestants as they can understand they ought to be. Facts and Illustrations, denionstratiiig the important benefits which have been, and still may be derived by Labourers from possessing small portions of Land. Published by the Labourers' Friend So ciety. 6d. No. 1. " The time is now arrived when the amelioration of our suffering millions must be the care of every rank and class : and the restoration of their circumstances and character be the signal of our returning hap piness and prosperity." To redeem from a prostration incompatible with the well being of the entire body politic ; replace their circumstances and character, and restore our fellow-subjects to their due standing in our community, we look (say this Society) with confidence to the co-operation of our country. Landed pro prietors, land occupiers, traders, merchants, will listen to the universal call, which, by summoning five millions of the citizens to the necessary condition of consumers, will be hailed as all-powerful, and alone precursor of domestic trade, and foreign commerce. To accomplish this object is the design of our humble work. It will be our duty to trace the source of evils, which, in driving Englishmen to despair, have been thus sapping the foundation of our prosperity ; and then point to the required remedy. In this melancholy catalogue of causes, besides the gross inadequacy of their wages, the progress of taxation upon the necessaries of life ; the demolition of small farms ; the discontinuance of yearly servants in husbandry ' - and, above all, the loss of the privilege of common, and of those small portions of land, which so eminently contributed to the la bourer's resource, have been proved to be the most important. Taking therefore our stand amidst these ruins of humanity; surveying the deserted farm-house and desolated cottage, we exclaim, " All this must be restored !" Yes ; the labourer's habitation must re-appear; his overwhelmed prospects revive TACT THE FIRST. - - Mr. Herod, of North Creak, near Burnham, Norfolk, a respectable and experienced small farmer, on his own land, wr i tes th us —" In th e year 1798, the poor rates in this lowish were Is. 9d. In the pound per year ; at that time a quantity of cows were kept by the cottager. upon broad commonable roads in the sutnmer, and they were assisted with food by the farmers in their straw-yards, &e. in the winter. By this means, those who kept a cow did not think of applying to the pariah for relief. About this time the farmers began to plough up the roads, without act of parliament, or any legal right; of course the quantity of cows kept lessening every year, as their pasture was decreasing by the plough. I perceived by the parish books, that as the cows decreased, the rates increased. In seven years' time the taus were increased to 3s. in the pound; at that time, only a few cows were kept by the poor people. In a few years after, these few were obliged to be sold, and the rates then Increased to 6a. in the pound. The rates have stood at this, with very little variation, ever since. We have only two poor men now that have one cow each; 1 think one has five, and the other six:chil dren. The man with six children hires two acres of poor land, at about 305. per acre, more than half a mile from his house ' • and after his day's labour is done for his master, he goes with his wife and little family to weed and till his land. The other poor man is more fortunate; his small patch of land lies near his cottage (about an acre). These two of the largest families in the parish, I believe, are honest, independent pa rishioners, earning their lbs. per week at labour, and with their cow, I believe, are the happiest two families in the parish. lam sorry to see s 3 many poor families, with the same earnings (as to wages) but no cows, come to the parish for relief. If they are unable to work, the magistrates direct that they have 6s. for the man, bs. for the woman, and 2s. for every child ; this is more than they earn when at work. I have before stated that lbs. per week is the average of tl.eir wages, sod these two families make no application for relief; but those with three or four children and without land to keep a cow, we are oblige d _ to re lieve. These, sir, are frets, and not mere matter of opinion." TACT THE SECOND. Francis Cherry, Esq. of Sbottcabrook, in the county of Berke, the generous patron of the learned Thomas Hearne, who wore hie livery many years before he was sent to Oxford, was landlord of every house in the above parish, one cottage of 31. a year excepted. There were several moderate farms, one very large one ; the rest of the parish, cottages, to every one of which belonged a good orchard ; every cottager kept one cow, a AOll, and poultry of various kinds. Now, it seems, that there is a clause in the original Poor Aet, saying, , that if any parish have no poor of its own that receive relief from a poor-rate the said parish shall help its neighbours.— lOne of the bordering parishes on Shottesbrook, is Lawrence Wel -1 them, a very poor parish, with very many very rich Inhabitants. This perish called on the pariah of Shottesbrook to help them t s keep their poor ; the Shottesbrook farmers alarmed, as well ti ey might be, at this, called a vestry, and ordered aU the poor men to attend, when one man was requested to accept three shillings a week, because he had nine children. His reply was, " On no account ! for that, thank Goo 1 he kept his family very well, and would not on any account be beholding to the pariah." Another was requested to take it because be had a sickly lame wife ; he, e also, begged to be excused ; as in short, did all to whom it was o f. feted. At length, the farmers said, that, although old darns 'Feeley (who died at the advanced age of 106) had three victuals at the great house, I she should be made to accept three from the parish, to deliver them from assisting the poor of Waltham St. Lawrence; and actually re ceived it many years. Now, the now of these riches amongst the poor, was owing to their good orchards, and the great goodness of the excellent Mr. Cherry, who constantly ordered his steward to take every man's cow into his park, or straw-yard, according to the season of the year, and to let the grass of their orchards become hay, to feed the cow before and at calving time. This was the stale of 13hotersbrook parish for some years : at length, a change took place; the excellent Mr. C. went to his Inheritance in the rea lm s of bliss, at the age 0(40 t his three daughters and co-heiresses sold the estate to a Dutch merchant, who entered not into the economy of the poor; took away all their or chards to make a garden of thirty acres; pulled down several of the farm-houses and many of the cottages; and the consequence was, that, in a few years, the poet's tax became very high, and tbe poor of Shot- •aabrook became seep poor, although they had stony very charitabl rich neighbours. FACT THE THISD• POTAToE-0•111DENING ST THE Pool. —The Bishop of Bath and Wells, the old and valued correspondent of this Society both by precept and example, has been using his endeavours to impress the importance of letting small plots of land to the labours r. His Lordship let seventy acres of glebe land many years sir ce, in small lots, and therehy produced the greatest stimulus to the industry ot his humble tenantry. Toe Bishop is stilt followimr up the same useful and approved polity, as may be seen by an abstract of a communication from the Rev. Richard Warner, of Castle-Cary, llomersetahire ; on the mode adopted by the worthy Bishop, to improve the condition of the labourer. The present Bishop of Bath and Wells (Dr. George Henry Law,) conceived, and brought it into effect in 1807, at his living in NVilling ham in Cambridgeshire. In all his subsequent removals be has carried the idea and the practice of it with him ; and, since 1827, has had the high gratification of seeing it in beneficial action, upon thirtyseight acres of the episcopal land, in the immediate vicinity of his Lordship's palace. It may be well, however, to premise, that the labouring poor them. selves, are so much aware of the great advantages which they can derive from potatoc-gardening, as to be anxious to rent a plot of ground for this purpose, on the most exorbitant terms. Within these three years I have known several acres of the glebe of a village, three miler front Wells, to have been let in small portions, at the rate of eight pounds per acre : and at Shepton-Mallet, a few miles %tom my own residence, land was let last year to the poor, for potatoe.cult ure , at the rate of 5.3.1. per lug (or perch), that is, 101. per acre ; the occupation of the plot to commence when the potatoes are planted, and to cease as soon as they are dug up and carried off. The 38 saes before mentioned, being free front tithe, poor rates, and highway duties, are worth 21.105. per acre; and consequently if let to • farmer, would return a rent of 951. pet annum. This tract of land is divided into quarters of acres (excepting some few half acres) or plots, each containing 40 lugs or perches, These lots are let to as many diferent tenants, thus accommodating, upon an average, 140 individual families. Bach renter has his lot, not only for the whole year, but for the term of his Lordship's episcopate, provided his good conduct render him de serving of such favour. The rent of each quarter of an acre is twelve shillings and sixpence payable at Christmas; out of which the Bithnp morns two and six pence to each renter, if merited by proper behaviour. Esprnees and Profits of Tenant for a Quarter of an Acre. WE/MU L a D. Rent .. 0 12 6 Seed Digging 0 10 0 Planting Manure 0 7 0 Hoeing Digging out and bringing bomeo 15 0 £3 5 6 PROFIT/. L S D Bounty .. Produce, 20 socks, at 6s. per sack 6 0 0 Crop of early potatoes, dug up in June .. .. ... .. 0 10 0 Cabbages, greens, &c. when the crop of potatoes Is off 7 12 6 Deduct Expencet .. 3 3 6 Proht .... 4 7 0 But this will not be the whole amount of the profits ; for we must deduct from the expcnces, savings which may be made in them by the poor man himself, at his leisure hours; and by his wife and children upon special occasions ; such u 5s for half the digging - as for plant ing-5s 6d for the hoeing-7s 6d for half the digging out and bringing home, which being added to the 41. 7s will render the profit on the quarter 51. 10s or 221. an acre. It is perfectly clear from this statement that, should the renter of a quarter of an acre be inclined to go to market with his produce, he will put yauly into his pocket between five and six pounds. This great result of good to 140 families of the poor is not indeed effected without some little loss to the benevolent Bishop, whore rental upon the thirty-eight acres is thus reduced 191. per annum ; but it is ob vious that any landlord, less moved by the feelings of kindr.ess, the obligations of duty, and the dictates of sound policy than his Lord ship, might, by acting upon the sane plan, and on the ume scale and receiving the whole of the rent, be doing a like useful and humane work. We heartily recommend these plans,. the tracts, and the society. We object only to the phrase " labouring roor," because if a man labours, and is not robbed, he is not poor. All that is wanted is the payment of the 20th of a quarter of wheat per day. There may be robbed poor, and it is a libel on the community and laws, that such.a phrase as " labouring poor" should be the currency of our languages. THE CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL, CROOKED-LANE. The church, which is now being taken down for the ap proaches to the new London-bridge, and in which a great alarm took place on the last performance of divine worship, has become an object of much curiosity. The following ac count of it is taken from Elnies's Topographical Dictionary of London : " St. Michael, Crooked-lane, the church of, is situated on the east side of St. Miles's lane, Great Eastcheap, and is so called from its dedication and from its immediate vicinity to Crooked-lane, Old Fish-street. This church is of ancient foundation, for John de Borham appears to have been rector, and the church dedicated to St. Michael, before the year 1304. It was then a very small church, and stood amidst lay-stalls and slaughter-grounds, used by the butchers of Eastchepe-market. In 1336, John Loveken, four times Lord Mayor of London, obtained a grant of the ground, and built a handsome and capacious church thereon, which received several additions and benefactions from Sir Wil liam Walworth, Lord Mayor in 1374, and formerly servant to Loveken. " This church having been destroyed by the fire of Lon don, was rebuilt in 1687 by Sir Christopher Wren. The interior, which is 78 feet long, by 46 broad, and 32 high, is a fine specimen of a metroi olitan parish church, is well lighted by wide and lofty semicircular headed windows, and the pews well distributed for seeing and hearing the minis ter. The tower is of Portland stone, about 100 feet high, crowned with a perforated parapet, with vases at its angles, from the centre of which rites a lofty, well proportioned, and remarkably picturesque steeple, with a clock, a vane, and a cross. This handsome church is under sentence of condemnation for standing in the line of the New London bridge, and a bill is now (November, 1830) pending in Par liament to take it down. " The patronage of this church was anciently in the Prior an 4 Convent of Canterbury, in whom it continued till 1406, since which time it has been in the archbishops of that see, and is one of the 13 peculiars within the city, belonging to that archbishop. Among the ancient monuments pre served in this church, is that of Sir W. Wit!worth, who slew Wat Tyler, in Smithfield ; one to the memory of Queen Elizabeth ; and the following concise epitaph on the tomb of a parishioner : •• • Here lyeth. terapt in clay. •' The body of William Wray, ' I have do more to say. " The church is a rectory, in the city of london. in the province of Canterbury, exempt from aichidiaconal jurisdic tion, being a peculiar, and in the patronage of the Arch bishop of Canterbury. The present rector is the Rev. W. W. Dakins, D.D. vicar of Asheldam, who w•as instituted in 1816." THE New LON DONT BRIDGE. —The works at this splen did structure are rapidly advancing to a state of completion, but the bridge will not be cpenetl for the public use much before Christmas mext. The wr rks on the bridge are carried on with great activity. Three-fourths of the parapet on either side have been completed, and nearly the same quantity of the footway is finished. The stairs on the four sides of the bridge are completed ; on the Surrey sue the water is a?proached by a descent of about 65 steps, which are of very easy ascent, owing to their width and slight acclivity. On the City side there are about 80 steps, the ground being here higher than on the other side of the river. The roadway upon the bridge is about 40 feet broad, and the pavement about 9 feet. The parapets are about 4 feet high, and on looking over them a fine view is obtained of tha Custom-house and shipping below, and of St. Paul's and other public buildings above bridge. The approaches to the bridge on the Southwark side are nearly completed ; but on the City side a great deal has yet to be done. It is said that the old bridge will be de molished by means of coffer dams to be formed round the piers. -1 i 'A