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LORD MAYOR'S-DAY. y e sterday morning ; , the day being fine, the streets lead ing f ro m Guildhall to Wackfriara Bridge were impassable. The l am p-posts and every inlet of building in King-street were er oe deal at half-past eleven. The Lord Mayor elect vas drawn up to Guildhall door in his private carriage, ente red the Hall, and saon afterwards followed by the Lewd 'laver. The different carriages of the Aldermen then (leave up i n succession, and about a quarter before twelve the state carn age er ne up, drawn by six horses. At half-past twelve Lo d ilayor, Chaplain, fiwordhearer, &c. entered the state we i s ge, anal the procrution moved on to Blne!;friars -1....L. • tl•e state carriage as d by the late Lord e s . t w , drawn alga b y six hor w ses, followe handsomely decorated ; in a M ess ,"on followed the Sheriff's, &c. At Blackfriere-bridge the c ity barge, and the barges belonging to the different c flu penies, were in waiting, and the Lord Mayor embarked for Westminster, amidst a successive lire of guns, &c. The & gestic procession was et ry splendid, and the tineness of the weather contributed highly to its effect. The bridges and the banks of the river were crowded at all points from v bence any thing like a view of the civic pageant could be obtained. A great number of elegantly trimmed• boats were fanned along the shies of the river and joined in the pro asgon. On boiling at Westminster they proceeded to the different Doss, where the Recorder introduced the new Lord Mayor with an appropriate ' speech, after which, and inviting_ the t s ars to dinner, the procession returned by water to Black .bridge where they landed. The Lord Mayor, &c. t h e n took their carriages and proceeded in procession to (walla!' to dinner, eflenntiranied by a long string of car rsfrotn the west OW of the town, containing the Am waders. Jueges, &c., which joined at the end of Fleet. snot The Lord Mayor was cheered most enthusiastically he t h e i m mense concourse of spectators who lined the streets II the City. Th e lied Msyor arrived at Guildhall a few minutes after five o'clock. A 4 Ne passed through the hall, he was received with the same marks of public approbation that greeted his, entrance. THE LORD MAYOR'S DINNER. After the mcnous eertrunies the festivitiu of the day were con. eluded be the customary annual dinner at Guildhall, which had wee s u i t ! up for the propose in a manner the mat creditable to nil t h e panes engaged in its demestint. Never on any former Newton were the innagements of testy deserini ion far the accom modation of the oompaey mate perfect, or provided on a more r eagniticeot and extensive scale. The cow trail presented by the readout spetruernt filled with a splendid anal joyous company. de cermet with its fier.ots monuments, and brilliantly illuminated. was at sparkliee as it had eves been on any former occasion, and the effect of the whole was ea/cal.:tett to impress the beholder with the highest ideas of the wealth and magnificence of the City of Loudon. At the viper end of the Dell, occupied by the Lord Mayor and his most distinguished visiters, the letters G. R. were Fu lly complenoue In variegated lights, and at the opposite extre me! the Initials or his Itaral Iliehtieas the Doke of York were display:it in a similar manna. Them were various other striking Getters exhibited in different parts of the Hall. and the general Olen of the whole aided by the beauty and tashi,m that gave stn. melon to the smelt, was of en almost magical description. Of the s uneptnnuanew and abundance of the entertainment pro i.hd. an ides may he funned he stating a few particulars of the ;m -utt! bill of fare. 'Ehere if ere ltdo turrets of turtle 'mop and bottle:, of tunic punch ; 3X) pounds of grapes and piny-apples ; NM ices : 455 dishes of fruit and corfectionary, and nearly 1010) dishes of meat leek and baked plea. The number of guests entertained tole be calculated at . . Among the most distinguished of the visiters we noticed his lining !licitness the Duke of Sussex, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Liverpool. Lord Chief .luatice Best, Mr. Justice Park. Mr Jona f.ittlrlale, Baron Gartner. Mr. Se:retary Peel, Mr. Ileskinion, Mr. Wynn, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Wilmot llonon, Mr. Dawson, the Dutch Ambassador, the Portuguese Ambassa eon Mr. sergeant Rough, Mr. Sergeant Wylde, and Messrs, Brooelam, Sennett, and Demaan. After the clei• was removed, and New Nolais Dvmh:c sung by the professional' geotlFnieu present, The LORD Mayan prom-wed tt The King," which was drank with etithusiastie deepotterrations of approbatiou. •' bed . a re the wink." " Tle Duke of Trek and the Armj." Three times three. •' Bow merrily live that soldiers be." T! e of Clarence and the Navy." The leten ltlaton thetteose, and requested the attention of the assembly while Ile should propose the health of that illuatrioes branch of an intistrious houle, who had favoured them with his contrary On the resent occision.—isis Royal Highness the Duke of Sows. The 'bunions Personage, whose name he had men tioned. had nee distinguished himself by his love of commerce, his encoaragement of literature. and the decided manner in which kW ern pnt himself forward as the friend anal advocate of the rights and lihenies of Englishmen. Entertaining those opinions of for charade and servia.a of his Royal Highness, he thought his telbecitisean would concur with him in receiving with enthusiasm and nuking In the manner which it merited, " The health of Its heal [nemeses the Duke of Sussex." The Dukoof rivastrt returned thanks for the highly flattering easter in which the respectable and numerous assembly he saw mad him had horn pleased to receive the proposal to drink his heath. Ile aesured them it was not 1/101,:ly the compliment they rid paid him, lint the mode in which that compliment had been conned, which he fonnil peculiarly grateful to his feelings. At the nine time Fe was well aware that he possessed no more right thoee sentiments of late and respect at their hands than did every ether rember of the royal family. It was frith pleasute be could awe them that the same sentiments, the profesaiin of which had owed them to noticb him in a manner so grateful to his feelings; tat very lime sentiments and feelings were those which influenced tie rest ef his family. They all welt knew that from the first nio tent they had reached the country, their own interests and those of tat cnentry were one and the same. They were identired together, LW tan closely enited ever to be separated. It was a source of min im pleasure to him to be able to.ser pch was the principle that scared every mbiabek of the coral family. lle fok is as no onli. ray advantage that hetwein the highest and the lowest there was a crester. ampler, and more frequent communication in this country the in any ether, a circemstance which could not fail of having the effect of netting the very lowest to that highest, for their ink nin ere the mine. livery one of his family was eager to move ' , ll...weeny such were his feeliage. They ull knew that the es- Ore and resolute affection was comprehended in the de. terarrs, an share both the Yawl and the evil. and that by mutual ittensw and attachment', the happiness of the country was best pouned. It only remained toe him to return them all his sincere and here thanks for the honour they had conferred on him, and tr entelede by 'linking their 'kaki's. " The Duke of Cumberland, anal the rest of the Royal Family," Owe tarn three. Loan Mayo* raveled " the health of the late Loral kalve." and trviotag an oltterved. that no Chit( )agittrate betere Etat hal ever cundoettd Ida otlice with 1110IC advantage to N. tel lalt.cotteas, at kit It with greater credit to himself. (Load ap platoe.) 31r. Alilerintin .on %TT felt grateful to his kind ft lends and fallow.dtizeas toe SO lIA•AA sn expression at their feelings in his fa. tom At the same time, he was sensible it was more owing to their friendly partiality than hit deserts. lie hail always codes. • oared to prove huneed a taissital subject to his Sovereign. and at the sin e time ma:ntaita the rights and privileges of Ilia fellow.cl. tints, width he thneght were best to be secured by the practice of loToh , vs their King. Such were Ids rinciples, which he was to find had end led him to their approbation. Ile could not :inc. that he thliught the present chief Magistrate tees will any man to redeet lustre upon his distinguished situa. tso, azd thst+..Te the tholes of his office. with the must beneficial dart I" I ' 4 Itii.v . -citizers The Poke o!eit. sst:c rose far the purpose of railing the attest °. the ass'n , bly more particularly to .the objects which had 11 "4 11 tun n tncetber. One of the greatest privileges of the thy of Linton. consisted in the election of its Chief 3lagistrate. It r wan. 430 3 prrile ee t h e meet gratifying to those who tilled the Civic 1 31% !.1 their election to that ellice was the strangest sr.'s ); of the good opinion and confidence vet their fetlow-eitfzens. s s'trtsfarttly to ott+arve, to what a height it was possible fee fl3dir iiiitel pursuito• mercantile speenlations en attain. Ender 'hole eiriannstancts, lie could not avoid congratulating the Issrd Ender' erl the occasion of attaining his ptesent dignity. It was pd e ad pleasure, that ns a n E og l is l o nan, h e wiutessed an "Icinh:e I.k e the present. It &traded a proud lesion to threigners, . 1 4 1 VI 3 brier pr oo f t h an any t hi ng h e cou ld say o f t h e respects . i",cryki eminence of tile mercantile character in this country. ~',' I'3l llighness concluded by proposing the health of the Lord TS, LORD MAYOR begged leave to return his most sincere a'd 11 <.rtelt thanks fur toe honour conferred upon him. There he tone more deeply impressed with a sense of the import. r e high office he was called to NIL, and no one could be ill• e l iarge the duties connected with it titan him- Ti.e row.* or Isis predecessors could not fail to stimulate exertions. and he always trusted to have the advice of - Al, and the assiatanceof his fellow citizens to enable f~~ ki-..1 h " zrne none effectually the duties of his situation. • 1 . 171 of Liverpool", with three times three. (Applause.) •: , •F Li; - r.a emit.. in returning thanks Mr the honour isred in 141.erVa he had been present at this Civic many former occasions—he had met the citizens in rmcsraritc, and hail always felt how much the public • '• , re.l to th e commerce tit the country. To the advance ,..;, cnnitnerci II interests his attention had been portieu- I ; :674 it afforde , l rim avisfsetion to know that his ..e appruha:ion of tie citizens of London. He knew lex 1" 1. ,!y whose go el opinion he valued more, or was more t acne:. Ilsrin.4 worms], them his sincere scknow. 7 .• - . '4 t , 4' the ftwour j7ist ronferr^tl on him, he had, with of the Lord Mayor. to propose a toast which rut was one dist would meet with universal ap :• • !eve satisfaction to every one that beard him. . "13 ,e to consider the present state of the country, "•• ". , nr how much its prosperity depentled on that • he. in p.otl:!•ig Its than the mainstay of the happiness and flourishing condition of the em• pire. This was not saying ton much, when it wax entraidered how great a portion of the wealth. intellect, and property of the country was comprised within its limits. Ile begged leave to propose, with three times three, " Prosperity in the City of London." The ',oats MAYOR proposed the health of the Earl of Shaftes bury, which was drank with three times three. The Earl of SHAVIESDU at returned thanks. The Duke of SUSSEX gave the health of the Lady Mayoress, with thee* times three. • The Loan MAYOR begged leave to propose the health of the Right lion. Robert Peel. Mr. PEEL 4013setverl, that the Mike which he held rendered the connexion between him and the City of London close and intimate. It afforded him unqualified gratification to observe Its prosperity, and the good understanding which appeared to subsist between it and the other relations of the country. lle trusted that the same good will and understanding, so essential to the peace and happi ness of all, might still continue unimpaired. Ile felt deeply the favour that had been conferred on hint, and begged leave Cu return his since thanks. " The Right lion. Huskisson." Mr. 111:11113SON said. in rising to return thanks for the unex pected honor done him, he could not avoid saying, he considered the commercial and mercantile interests of the community of the utmost importance, convinced as he was that if they were permitted to languish, the other interests of the eonotry could not enjoy pro sperity. Ti afforded him great satisfaction to know that the mea sures which he had thought it his duty to propose relative to those vital instruments of our national greatness, had in their judgments been attended with the desired success, and that trade and manu facture. so essential to the well-being and prosperity of the country, had derived some portion of benefit front these provisions. " The Foreign Ambassadors." His Exce'lency the Dutch Ambassador returned thanks on be half of the Portuguese Ambassador anti himself, and assured the assembly he wished the prosperity of this great metropolis, the wet. fare of its inhabitants, and success tothe administration of its Chief Magistrate. " The Judges of the Land." Alr. Justice PARK returned thanks. io The President of the Board of Control, and the rest of his Mejeste's Ministers." Sir. WYNN returned his best thanks for the honour so unex pectedly and undeservedly conferred on him. Deputed as he was tO watch over the Interests of a distant empire, connected with a great trading corporation of their City, he felt desirous of pro wuw inr their interests, and securing their favourahle opinion. He beggtsl to repeat his assurance of hoe sensibly he felt anti wished to deserve the honour they had done him. " Sir Georg, Clerke, one of the Lords of the Admiralty." Sil Gennor Cutest returned thanks. " His Majesty's Attorney and Solicitor-General." Sir ensutts Wzrisxnr.t.t returned thanks. " The Sergeants at Law." Mr. Sergeant Rpt:cst returned thanks. " The Representatives of the City of London." Mr. Alderman Irone returned thanks, and in doing so said he could Hire wished to see others of his colleagues about him more capable of expressing a proper sense of the kindness of his fellow citizens. However, the opportunity would shortly occur when Constituents and Representatives must look each other in the face.. He trusted if his conduct had p r ed v satisfactory that his fell o w citizens would then concur in conferring on him the only reward he sought at their hands. kt;veval other toasts were drank. and the conviviality of the even ing continued undiminished till a late hour. THE LATE LORD MAYOR. On Tuesday, a delegation from the Inhabitants of Bridge Ward, of which the late Lord Mayor is Alderman, waited upon his Lordship, Air the purpose of presenting him with a piece of plate, in testimony of their respect and esteem. Mr. A TTWOOD, as the organ of the deputation, said, the Citi zens of London were under the greatest obligations to his Lordship for the liberal, honourable, and impartial course which he had pursued throughout his Mayoralty. for the remarkable attention he paid to the interests of the community. and the zeal he had mani fested upon all oemmions in which his fellow-eitirens were con cerned. The inhabitants of the Ward over which his Lordship presided felt most particularly the force of those obligations, arid were anxious to testify their sense of his Lordship's worth by pre. Nutting him with a piece of plate, in voting which there had been exhibited the most cordial unanimity amongst the residents. There had been some difference of opinion as to the propriety of waiting upon his Lordship before the plate was ordered, but it was decided, that as the subscriptions had poured in the moment the proposition was made, it would be advisable to take the opportunity of corm. munionting the circumstance to his Lordship on the day he was to rzsign his authority as Chief 31agistrate, and to request that he would intimate Ins wish uptin the subject of the description of article Which he might mere , . The LORD MAYOR said he should, with the utmost gratitude. accept any mark of the esteem of the inhabitants of the Ward of Bridge, and be felt under the highest obligation to them, for the warm attention which he bad received from them upon all occasions. lie felt It also to be his duty to express his sense of the aid he re eived in his public capacity front the citizens of London, to whom he must acknowledge himself indebted deeply during the whole course of his Mayoralty. Mr. ATTWOOD said the deputation could not, upon this occasion, resist the opportunity which presented itself of intimating to his Lordship the gratification his fellow citizens would feel if he would offer himself as a candidate to represent the city of London in Parliament. The Loan Mayon replied, that he has prevented by more reasons than one from enterteining any idea of ofhring himself as a candidate for the representation of the city. lie should speak with the utmost candour upon the subject. His respect for the city of London was a bar to any intention of aspiring at the representation of it. Ile was not possessed of those requisites which he con sidered indispensable. He wss not master of that commercial knowledge by which theme cite represented a great city should he elistisieuiehml ; and whatever opinions he might entertain upon questions which sprung up in the great variety of Parliamentary discussion, he was not capable of giving an adequate tepees. sinn to Ms sentiments. lie had duties besides of a 'very im portant. of, in fact, a very permanent nature, in his opinion. to perform, with which a public life mold not but interfere. Ile had a huge family, but independently of the breach which great public engagements would make in his domes tic comforts, the former reasons were quite sufficient to prevent him from offering himself for the Representation of the City. At the same time that he made this declaration, he thought he might; without impropriety, state that he considered that in electing Representatives, hie fellow-citirens were bound to take care that the mercantile interests of the City should be ade. quatcly represented. Although he, as one of the Cmporation, had' the strongest attachment to that body, he was not bigoted to it, and he was of opinion, that if the Corporation could not find amongst themsdres men who were well qualified to do honour to their choke, they were bound to look elsewhere. He at the same time wished to be understood as not meaning to say that the Cor poration did not supply qualified men. He was convinced that there were many gentlemen of that body, of high talents and ex tensive information. Soon after the deputation retired, the household waited upon the Lord Mayor.. to take leave of him, which they did in a highly complimentary address, to which his Lordship returned an appro priate and impressive answer. We unlerstand that rapid progress is making in the works upon the premises of the Imperial Distillery Com pany, and that no doubt is entertained of their completion by the .sth of January. The Company could scarcely com mence business at a more auspicious period, as, in conse quence of the difficulties and delays which the old-esta blished distillers have to encounter in the alteration of their premises, conformable to the Act of Parliament passed last Session for the regulation of distilleries, they will be unable to send the usual supply of spirits into the market at least for some time to come. 'Pile new regulations, coupled with the expected increased demand for British spirits, arising from the reduction of neerly half the excise duty, has already produced considerable sensation in the trade ; and we suspect that, so far from the new Company having any trouble to find customers for their produce, the greatest difficulty will he to provide supplies equal to the demand. The Sicur N'enitien, surnamed the French Hercules, after having gone rs-ough his astonishing exercises, and exhibited his eitraordinary strength at the Brussels Theatre, to general satisfaction, has at last had the mis fortune to fall from a great height upon the stage, where he lay immoveable until the curtain was dropped. Fo KIT NAT E LICA pr.—Yesterday evening, a little after five o'clock, as one of the Bath and Bristol travelling vans, belonging to Mr. Dallimore, of Doctors Commons, was proceeding down Ludgate-hill, when nearly opposite the house of Mr. Blades, the front axletree suddenly snapped in two, and the van, with its load, fell across the flag way. One passenger hearing the report of the axletree, fortu nately got into a shop, as did the driver. The accident happened, it is supposed, in consequence of the van being overloaded. On Monday. about two o'clock, a wagoner belonging to the Hospital Train (No. 17), having come to town for stores, from Croydon, W 23 baiting bis horses in Queen street, when, by the sudden smack of a whip, they were frightened, and set off full speed. Every effort on the part of the driver was used without effect, and he was thrown under the wagon, hut fortunately did not receive any injury. The horses then came in contact with the carriage of Dr. Mason Good, of Guilford•street, dragged it a considerable distance, and, finally, overturned it, tear ing the fore-part from the body. Both the Doctor's horses were much hurt, as was the coachman. Two persons passing narrowly escaped being killed. The Doctor h4d fortunately quitted the carrias: , , though only a minute, when the accitlcht took place. THE BRITISH PRESS. LITERARY GLEANINGS. No. !XI 11. DR. RADCLIFFE, M.D. FOUNDER OF THE RAD CLIFFE LIBRARY AT OXFORD. This celebrated personage, who was a physician of the most distinguished eminence iq his day, was remarkable for the straightforwardness of his character, and the free dom with which he uttered his real sentiments and opinions on all occasions. His wit was frequently caustic, but his bluntness was never offensive. Many very interesting and amusing particulars of his life and manners were publishod in a small volume entitled " Memoirs of the I.f;e of .101 n Radelfre. M.D. interspersed with several original letters, 8cc.171.5." It is now rarely to be met with. The Doctor, as may well be supposed from his character, was not easily brought tochange hisopinions, whether political or religious. He was a strong Tory, and a steady adherent to the Chut•ch. His great ability as a physician brought him into frequent attendance at Court, and several attempts, it seems, were made to convert him to the Catholic faith, with what suc cess the reader will judge front the following relation : " In 1688, some time before the Bishops were sent to the 'foster, and matters were carrying on towards the in troduction of Popery by no less violent methods, Father Saunders, one of the Court chaplains, and another Domi nican, had it in command from the King to use what soli citations should be thought needful to bring him over to their communion, with the rest of the converts they were then making. Accordingly, they were very pressing with him to save his poor soul, as they termed it, by embracing a religion, without which he was to expect no less than eternal damnation in the world to come. The Doctor heard what they had to say for some time, and then told them, that he held himself obliged to his Majesty for his charitable dispositions to him in rending them to him on so good an account as the saving his soul, which he would endeavour to show his acknowledgement of by his duty ! and loyalty ; but if the King would be graciously pleased to let him jog on in the ways he had been bred up in, dur ing this life, he would min tie risk of incurring the penalties they threatened him within that which was to come.' As for the instances they gave him, by way of' example, of a temporal and a spiritual lord's def e ction from the Est a Church, he alleged, ' that it was more the business of a bishop and a statesman to snake curious researches into matters of revelation, than of a physician ; and besought his Majesty, out of his grace and favour to all his loving sub jects, to let him continue in the religion of the latter, which would neither endanger his government in church nor state.' However, solicitations were not wanting from an other quarter, and Mr. Walker, whom I just mentioned, had orders from abovt to write to him, which he did seve ral times, not only setting before him the great advantages he would receive hereafter, by his admission into the pale of the Romish Church, but the benefits that would attend him in this life." The following letter, written by him in answer to the en treaties of a friend on the same subject, is strongly illus trative of the character of his mind, and the turn of sarcasm, as well as of sincerity, in which he always expressed his feelings, which he was never known on any occasion to dis guise : "Slit—l should be in as unbappy a condition in this life u you fear I shall be in the next, were Ito be treated as a turn-coat ; and must tell you, that Ican Legations no longer, while you endeavour to make me believe what, 1 am apt to think, you give no credit to yourself. Fathers, and Councils, and antique authorities. may have their influence in their proper places: but should any of them all, though covered with dust ItUO years ago. tell me that the bottle I am now drinking with some of your acquaintance is a wheelbarrow, and the glass in my hand a salamander, I should ask leave to dissent from them aIL " You mistake my temper, In being of opinion that 1 em other. wise biassed than the generality of mankind are. I had one of your new convert's poems in my hands just now you will know them to be 31r. DR Y F:w's, and on what account they are written, at first sight. Four of the best lintel, and most a-propory run thus : 'By education most have been misled, So they believe, because they so were bred : The Priest continues what the nurse began, And so the child imposes on the man. " You may be given to understand, from hence, that having been bred up a Protestant, at Il'akelield, and sent from thence in that persuasion to Oxford, where, during my continuance, I had no relish for absurdities, I intend not to change principles, and turn Papist in London. The sdrantsges you propose to me may be very great, for all I know : Gon A Ltd tower can do very much, anti so can the KINO ; but you will pardon me, if I cease to speak like a phy sician for once ; and, with an air of gravity—l am very apprehrn. eive that I may anger the ewe, in being too complaisant to the other. You cannot call this pinning my froth to any man's sleeve; those that know me are too well apprised of a contrary tendency. As I never Nattered a man myself, so it i s m y San resolution never to be wheedled out of my real sentiments, which arc, that since it has been my good fortune to be educated according to the usage of the Church of England, established by law, I shall never make myself so unhappy, as to shame my teachers and instructors, by departing from what I have imbibed from them. " Vet. though I shall never be brought over to confide in your doctrines. no one breathing can have a greater esteem for your con versation, by letters, or word nt month. than. Sir, " Your most aff;ctionate and faithful servant, "JOHN RADCLIFFE." PATENT STEAM CARRIAGE COMPANY. A meeting of the Shareholders In this Company was held yester day at the London Tavern. Mr. BELcnEn (one of the Trustees) was called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN then slate!, that the present meeting hod been convened in consequence of a requisition signed by thirty or forty proprietors. Upon the result of that meeting would depeqd either the carrying on, or total abolition of the Company. Decor! the re ceipt of the requisition, the trustees had communicated with the patentees of the carriage, to ascertain what length of time must elapse previous to their being called on to witness a trial of it ; the answer was, that a month would complete the object. With this request they agreed, but when that period had expired, nothing was heard as to an exhibition, or any communication whatsoever as to the capabilities of the undertaking. The gentlemen then present would have an opportunity of hearing Mr. Plasket's (the patentee) explanation and reason for not having effected what he had led the shareholders to exret. There had been of the first instalment, 25,000/. received, 5.0001. of which, agreeable to the wording of the prospectus, had been advanced to the patentee to enable him to carry the plan into execution, and the remaining 20,000/. were in the hands of the Bankers, which sum, should the Meeting deter mine upon abandoning the Company, would be repaid in the pro portion of 24 per share to the holders. It was then moved, and F econed , that Mr. Plasket be requested to give an explanation. Mr. PLARRET acknowledged having received the 5,0001. but from that he had not derived the least benefit, inasmuch as the whole sum was paid to those who were interested, or rather those who had to manufacture the awriage. Those geutlemen, from the novelty of the plan of generating the steam, lied found it requisite to make many more experiments than had been originally antici pated, and to that circumstance the delay was owing ; but at every interview with the parties, they h a d fully sutured lti.n of their al most daily expectation of effecting their object. Major al`Cuidie, the projector, was then present, and would he hoped, inform th e proprietors of his opinion. Fearing lest there might be a want of knowledge upon the subject, he had applied to an intimate friend. 1 who has watched the progress of the carriage, its furniture, &c. and he had then his report, Which he would read. He was • large shareholder himself, and had never sold a single share—such was the high opinion lie held of the plan. His opinion,' were founded upon those whose judgment was far superior to his own, and who say that the object can, and will, be effected. The advantages de. arable to himself were perspective, anti depended solely upon the completion of the plan. At present lie was a considerable sum out of pocket. The cause of delay was stated to be occasioned by waiting for pipes from Birmingham. Major APConotE said he had received 2,000/. from Mr. Plasket for four-fifths of the patent. Ile had paid 1,000/. for a carriage, and the other 1,0001. he kept as a remuneration to himself. He had applied to Mr. Middleton for a carriage, which he had fur. nished, and a very good one it was; but it was necessary to have another, which he expected in a very short time. lie was a holder of 400 shares, many of which he had purchased at a premium of 2{ per share. Mr. STEPURNA, a shareholder, hoped the 5,000/. had not been paid without • security for effecting the object. The CHAIRMAN said they had received an undertaking (which was read) from Mr. Placket. It was also stated that the carriage and other apparatus would belong to the Company. Mr. Joint bTEPIIEWI then moved that the Company be abo lished, and that the instalment of 21. per share be returned. This was carried unanimously, and a Committee of live gentle men elected to investigate the expenditure of the 6,000/. Alter thanks had been voted to the CluireaantZitifruatces, the Meeting broke up. In consequence of the late transactions at Whitebaven the master shipwrights of that port, and Of Harrington, IVorirington, and Maryport, held a meeting at the Black Lion Inn, Oct. '27, Thomas Hartley, Erq. in the chair, when they unanimously agreed not to employ any men sit all connected with the Unions ; but to induce those men to release themselves from the trammels of such pernicious societies, that they at the same time agreed " to raise the general rate of shiptirights' wages in Cumber!and from 'lns. to `its. a week." L Ili IN.TELLIGEN(4:: COURT Or CHANCERY, IVZONESDAT, No!. 9. FITZGIBBON , C. MOORE. rpou the sitting of the Court this day.theSoLICITOR-GENERAL was heard in reply. Ile could not allow the use to conclude with out saying something in answer to the observations of Commiel at the other side. The application was stated to be novel—it was by n 3 means so. The authotity of the Court in such melt was delihe. rately asserted on various occasions. Lord Tharlow had said that the power of witiulrawing a child from his parent was not to be wantonly exercised ; and he said.in another place, that the power of a parent was not to be unnecessarily disposed of. The case was not that which was stated by Counsel at the other side., In this case the parent was not willing properly io perform his duties. ThCLORD CHANCELLOR—It p a great absurdity for the .infsnut to state themselves to be illegitimate. If Mr. Moore die not with draw himself from his wife's bed when the other gentleman got into it, it is very hard indeed for the infants to state what they have done. . The SoLtcrron-GrxEnAt cont.i'tlered the objection to the pe tition rather flatter of form than of fact. The children Mated In the petition what their next friend (void e stated, and he un. derttootl it was common to present such petitions tither in the name of a child or his next friend. ! The Lour Convci:t.ion--1t has never been common to pre tent a petition from n child, containing such aliegattont, Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL continued. His Learned Friends had put a case of hypothetical absurdity. in which, after an adul terous intercourse, a man, or five men, Irishmen they said, may come to the legal father of a family and say this child of yours, or these children, were procreated by me, or by us, in adultery, and we must have our child or children. This was the cane charged upon Mr. Fitz ibbon. but what was the real case ? Mr. Moore supplied an illustration of hit Counsel's argument, which was an absurdity in this case• lie chose one child, which he asserted was his, but he disclaimed and repudiated another child, which the law gave him. This was a daring violation of law amd-ehris tianity. It trip conduct which could not be sanctioned by any Court. Mr. Fitzgibbon, it was true, was not allowed to come into a Court and demand one of Mr. Moore's children, but when Mr. Moore repudiated his own child, had he a right tot"- pose another person who was willing to perform those parental duties which iws not willing to perform ? The parent was not willing to educate his children according to the rank which they were entitled to fill. Ile talked of bseeding up his daughter, who was nearly connected with noble roma", in a cabin. The daugh ter was to be bred up in powerty .wiee, from which her natural/ parents were anxious to preserve her. The Solicitor-General here alluded to the contradictory atdavits of Ld. Brandon and Mr. Moore. The LORD Ctsawcwxxon said, he could well belieee that a man in the agonized state of feeling in which Mr. Moore was, would make many allegations which he would not repeat lu calmer moments. The SO T. Teri OR MENER AL resumed. Lord Brandon's Bifida ' sit wait declared to be untrue. Why should not the affidavit of Lord Brandon be as deserving of credit as that of his nephew, Mr. Moore? Mr. Moore, in one part of his affidavit, denied the state ment of Lord Brandon, whilst, in the conchtsion, he swore that he knew not what he had said. Notwithstanding thin admission of Mr. Moore, Lord Brandon's veracity was impeached. although he was corroborated by the affidavit of Mr. Low, which was not replied to, and also in many points by the affidavit of Mr. Moore. A more unmerited attack he had never heard than that made upon the veracity of Lord Brandon. It was no case for the dirt and ashes which had been so copiously thrown on it at the other side. If it were the law of the House of Lords not to bastardise* child, that the parent may repudiate the child, and that a Court of Equity could not interfere to bestow the custody of the child upon others, the child is left in a state n which no child ought to be left in Great Britain. If such was the law it was neither religious nor politic. The Solichor-Orneral here alluded to the case of the un. fortunate poet Savage, whose history was the best of the great Dr. Johnson's works. That great genius was bred to the awl— educated in a cobbler's shop. His natural mother was the Countess of Macclesfield, his Molter was an Earl. The Countess of Mac clesfield cruelly abautioned this child ; she said she would breed him up in ignorance and obscurity—in a cobbler's shop ; but if any of his relations had conic forward, saying they would bring op and educate this young man as a gentleman, aed.as theson of the Earl of Rivers and the Countess of Macclesfield, would the Lord Chan. cellar of that hay decide, that as the Countess of 11Iacelewlield was the parent she nifty abuse her relationship, and bring up her child in poverty and obscurity, although others were willing to provide for the child in a manner more suitable to his birth ? The present case was no: so strong, but the leading features were similar to that he had stated. It was said Mr.Fitzgibbon had not made an inde feisitile and irrevocable provision for the child, and therefore that he should not he allowed to supersede the legal parent. Now what kind of a provision was made by Mr. Moore, the legal parent, for the son ?—something ernitadned in the codicil to a will ; and lie would ask his Learned Friends was the codicil to a will indcfel sible and irrevocable in Ireland, anti could it not be annihilated ? Thus, although the petition was rimmed because Mr. Fitzgibbon had not made an irrevocable settlement, it appeared that Mr. Moore hail himself made nothing like an irrevocable provision. Considering all the circumstances of the case he humbly submitted, thnt feeling and fact, as well as precedent, were in his favour,' and that should grant the prayer of the petition. The Loan CHANCELLOR said, if was his custom before he gave judgment on questions before him, to determine upon his reasons, and to demil those reasons pretty largely when lie came to give judgment. He was led to this practice, by his observations when at the bar, and stibarmient experience induced him to believe that It was both useful and satisfactory. ft may be that this prac tice sometimes caused delays in giving judgment, but if those de lays prevented unnecessary appeals, founded in ignorance as to the reasons for the decision of the Court, and prevented other suits tram coming into Court, the practice had been productive of pub lic benefit. There was no question in which the public was more deeply concerned, than when the jurisdiction of the Court was ex ercised in opposition to what he called the acknowledged rights of Parents. It was not necessary to assign the ground on which that jurisdiction of the Con* stood. In the case of Mandeville is Man deville, he had stated his reasons at large as the ruse proceeded, and stated in his judgment the grounds on which that juriatliction could be properly exercised by the Court. He would abide by the doctrines lie laid clown in that case, and he had not come to those corcluaions entirely by the unassisted efforts of his own mind. When Lord Thurlow was living, he enjoyed n close intimacy with that great man, who. when he applied his mind to any of the pest doctrines of law and equity, could master them with an energy whirls perhaps no other man could. He had also the honour of knowing Lord Kenyon, whose judgment on all questions of law justly stood very high. He had frequently enjoyed conversations and took a part in discussions with those great men, from which, he might be allowed to say, he derived much illumination of mind on those points which exercised his judgment since he presided in that Court. He had no doubt that the doctrines he bad laid down, in the cases alluded to, were such that, if the illustrious persons he named could be called back, they would concur in them, and perhaps recognise them as their own. He designed not to deal out censures on any persons, but he was bound to consider the circumstances under which this case came before him, and had no hesitation in saying that, where a person guilty of adultery with the female parent, and a female parent guilty of adultery during the continuance of the sacred bonds of marriage, come to demand the possession of children, their hav ing made a pecuniary provision for the purpose of taking the chil dren from their legal parent, should rot induce hint to interfere. Nothing would go further to overturn all moral duties than the in. ' terpasition of the Court in such a ease, unless it appeared clearly that the children would be in a more miserable condition when in the custody of their parent, than in the unfortunate case of their being placed under the care of time who had violated their fa mily duties. For tile benefit of the children, the Court may be justified in choosing the least of two great evils. But, in such a case, it was imperiously required that the interest of the children should not be compromised. The House of , Lords, in his opinion, most properly h a d refused, in cases of di- 1 vorce, to hear any evidence of legitimacy, upon the ground that 1 the children had rights, which they were not present to defend. Upon the question of accent, a child must be heard as well as its parents. Such was the principle acted upon by the House of Lords, and yet he was called upon, sitting where he did, upon the allege. don of a child only two years and a half old, to declare that child illegitimate, although he was compelled by the Act of Parliament to believe him legitimate. Indeed, under that Act, the House of Lords, had they entertained such a question, could not have deter mined upon the illegitimacy of the children, as it was stated that the adulterous intercourse began subsequent to the birth of those children. Should he ever again sit in the House of Lords, either on the Woolsack or as a Member, this case suggested to him the necessity. for a series of questions, as to the reality of damages said to be obtained. He did not mean to throw out any censure on those concerned in the ease before the House of Lords ; he simply meant to state the course it suggested to him. There could be nn doubt that theldeed of settlement executed by Mr. Fitzgibbon was exe cuted far the purpose of raising the question in Court. That deed may be revoked at a future period by consent of the parties, and with its prnvlsoes it was worth nothing as to its intended use. Be fore he decided upon such a settlement in any case, he should insist upon its being complete. The sum total of the case was, that he could not interfere upon the instance of persons who hail dissolved such 3 connexion as had existed between Mr. and Mra. Moore. anti farmed such a connexion as they hail subsequently done. to declare children illegitimate whom he was bound to consider legitimate. Under other circumstance., the interests of the children may have induced him to Interfere, but for the interest of any child he could not, by his interference, destroy the great obligations upon which all family happiness depended, and lay down doctrines upon which, by application, the happines of all the children in England de pended. There was not the slightest pretence for such an applica tion on the part of the boy henry Moore. He was bound, there fore. to dismiss the petition ; he could not allow the children to re cord their own illegitimacy. As to the female child, if a proper pe tition watt trained, in the name of the proper parties, he did not object to hearing it argued. Ile could not make the children pay 'the costs in this case, and there was no one else whom he could pro perly oblige to pay them. He woald therefore content himself with simply dismissing the petition. . . IX THE MATTEL OP NrELLERLET W. THE 131.:KE nF arar TORT. Mr. HART 114,1. he held a petitiat from Mr. iVelelticr, stating. that as he did not reside in lingland. he was not competent satisfac torily to attest♦ 10 the edumnon of his clllldrcn. He therelne prayed the Cottrt to refer the petition to die Mssicr, io order that a pjan may be laid down fin the education cf his three childr,:n, acd a suitable establishment provided fie their suppait and tenants.. ltlr. TRESLOVE more:; tkat the pet:thm of the Ihthc of Beat• fort should be referred at the same time, In order that the Aluste might hare the whole case before bim. • Mr. 11A irr would not consent that the other petition should sc. cotnpiny Alr. Wellesley'a. It contained charm which were super. &mut and scandalous, and there was no reason why it should be referred to , the Alaater. • Takiii.ove. thought that if both petitions sacre not referred, the Master could not be acquainted with what had passed in Court, and would decide altoge.her upon t h e statement of the father. • The SOLICITOR-GENERAL-31y Lord, we wish to know what the petition is, that we may grapple with it. It does not seem to point out who is to be tutor to the children, nor who is to have die appointment of tutor. - 31r. Ilmur-111r. Wellesley states his inclination to conform in every way to whatever the Court thinks proper to order. The Sor.rc t•ron-GENottot --Is Mr. Wellesley willing th at the Court should appoint.a guardian for the children ? The Loon CHANCELLOR-1 take it, from his petition, tlfat Mr. Wellesley is willing to allow the Court, during his residence abroad, to appoint a person in the nature of a guardian. If he is alas willing that the children should remain, is the custody of the Court, 'and should not be removed from that.custodv, 1 see no ob jection to granting the prayer of the petition. No interference, however, must take place in the present situation of the children, until it be clearly referred to the discretion and judgment of the Court. • • Mr. HART —My Lord, Iconceive ;those conditions are corm.. quential upon the order the Court is called on to make. The LOAD Cissect:Lxou—Mr. Wellesley is now out of the kingdom, and by his absence precluded from exercising his parental authority. I cannot make any order, however, to prevent him from applying that he may resume his authority ; but I shall have :c inserted in the order that his mere return doss not give him the right to resume his authority and destroy this arrangement, without any application being made to the Court. Hi:acts—Thought the two petitions were different: one (that of Mr. Wellesley) was complete—the other was intompletu because it was not defended, and if it was sent to the Master he would give it equal weight with that which WI% complete. The Lono CHANCELLOR—If that petition stands over, the other must. I can't send aerie to be considered on one side by the Master. . 111 r. lIVAi 13.—1 r. this ♦iew of the case, my Lord, we withdraw our opposition. The two petitions were then ordered to be referred to the )(aster• .VICE-CIIANCELLOR'S COURT, WEDNESDAY, Nov. V. • His HONOUR WU thin dey occupied with hearing arguments on pless.anel tleaturrers, of no general interest. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WznszsziAT, Nov. 9. This being Lord Mayor's-day, the Judges of this Court ante their scarlet robes, in compliment to the new Lord Mayor. The Lord Chief Justice wore Oa gold chain, it Chief Justice of all Eng land, " cupyolis justiciaries loans Anglia." In the comet of the morning, Alderntan Venable', the new Lord Mayor, after having been. sworn in at the Court of Exchequet, came into this Court with the other officers of the Corporation, the Recorder having moved, that Mr. be Blanc be appointed Attorney of this Court, to defend WI the right,' anti privileges of the City He invited the Judges in the name of the Lord Mayor to dine with his Lordship, at Guildhall, this day, at tive o'clock, whicla invitation was very graciously aclarpted. oar.rowny D. Netts AXIS honinsox. This was an action on a contract by the plaintiff, who is the eminent engineer, to build a meant engine for the defendants, who reside in Hunhill-row, and carry on an extensive buaineas there, as the manufacturers of certain fani7 Mildew of dress. It was tried before the Lord Chief justice, at tire London Sittings after last term. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. The ATTORXXY-GENEnAr. now moved for a new trial. Ile said that the plaintiff; had originally contracted to build this engine foe 3201. and to have It set up anti ready for work by the tub April, 1824. It was Very material for the defendants to have it early !It the season, as that was the period of the year when the articles of their manufbeture came mom into demand. It was therefore im portant to them that this engine should be ready for use at the tithe agreed on, anti any delay subsequent to this could not but be in jurious to them. The engine, however, eras nor ready till the 15th of May. Messrs. Robinson and alins were willing to give eve,' accommodation, and they overlooked tuis delay. When the en gine was set up, it would not work for more than fifteen or twenty minutes at • time. Attempts were made to remedy the defect, but without success; still it would not work. At last, wearied out by there ratio rex, the defendants in this action sent for Ahem. Donkin and Lloyd, also very eminent engineers, to examine this engine. No tice was sent to 3(r. Galloway to attend. He did not attend, hole ever. Ihnikin and Lloyd made their report, which pointed out the defects of the engine. fir. Galloway Seauterced in emir repent, and promised to remove the defects which they assigr&l by a cer tain day. This day came, and 5101 the engine would nut work. Mills and Robinson. upon this, wrote to Mr. Galloway to take away his engine. He did not do this, sad they themselves took it down, with notice to him to take away its materials. Put to great expense and inconvenience by the delay to which they had been put by this mismanagement on the part of Mr. Galloway, they brought an action against him to recover damages for the lost they had sustained. Mr. Galloway brought a crotr.action on the contract, and had the good fortune to get his case first on the paper and obtained a verdict. In this action, the Attor ney-General contended, that the verdict was against evidence. He had called as witnesses several eminent engineers, who had given testimony as to the defects of the engine, and on the other side lc was not attempted to deny them : it was only attempted to be proved for the defence, that they were trivial detects; but, how ever trivial they might be, several months had passed away in attempts to remove them, all of which had failed. He submitted under these circumstances, that the case ought to go to emothe. Jury, and hoped that their Lordships would no: Tease his motion. The Court granted a rule Niri. • . • CRIMINAL INFORDIATiON. THE BOROUGIL OF RYE. 111 r. Soaotr:TT moved for &criminal information against several inhabitants eithe borough-of Rye. Toe Corporation of this borouglt consisted of a mayor, juries, and freemen. This Corporation. whether regarded as an individual corporation, if he might use such an expression. or, as one of the corporations of the Cinque Ports, was one of the most ancient in the kingdom. By the original charter the officers of this Corporation were annually elected on the Sunday next after the feast of Saint Barth°. locum. which would be about the latter end of August In the year 1631 the day of election was changed to the Monday follow ng, and so had continued ever since. It was the custom for the Mayor, jurats, and freemen, to assemble in the Town-hall, and elect a new Mayor; the new 3layor then took the chair, and chose from the freemen the jurats, of whom there could not be more than twelle in number. The Mayor is by viettse of his office a Jostice of Peace. In the course of the past summer about GO or 70 persons, on one occasion, presented themselves at the Court to have the oaths of allegiance and supremacy administered ; for this request they would assign no reason whatever; the oath was never theless administered. On the 20th of hut August being the Sunday preceding the day of election of the Mayor, ht. which would be the day of election according to the original charter, a number of persons assembled, mid went through a mock ceremony of electing a Mayor, Jurats, &c. On the follow ing day, when the Mayor, Jurats, he. had assembled to elect nex Officers, according to custom. Mr. Richard %%Ilium], who had bar appointed Town Clerk by the mock assembly, attended in the Town.liall, and protesters against the proceedings of the day. Ile and his compeers were ordered to withdraw, when they retired in a body to the extremity of the hall. On the next Court day this party again made their appearance, made speeches, &h. and at length the Mayor was compelled to make some of them find Dail_ They then went to the end of the hell and made a kind of adjourn.. nient. On the llith October a number of them, among whom were Mr. 31ills, Alr. Bloxall, Mr. Stocks, &c. contrived to gee possession of the Town.hall, by breaking the locks. This wan th e day on which the Quarter Session, were held, anti when the Mayor andithe officers of the Corporation went to open the Court, they found it already occitiped, Mr. Merriam bring seated as Mayo r , 11/ his robes, and Mr. 11 - hitton as Town Clerk, and all the other offices filled by persons in the appropriate costume. Mr. Thomp son, the real Mayor, was obliged to adjourn the Sessions to his own house, the fictitious Mayor and his associates, hating seized the offices and the place, determined to keep possession ; th ey ac cordingly occupied the Town-hall all night, had since continued t., act in a corporative capacity, had carried oaf the Records of the Corporation, which have never yet been restored, and hart conl . mated various other outrages . The Learned Counsel, under there circumstances, moved their Lordships to grant a criminal informa tion; a quo :ow winto, he said, would be too slow, a remedy t o m ee t a case in which all the b us i ness o f the Corp oration, and all the functions of public justice were arrested. Dlr. Justice BAYLET—I suppose the real fact is, t bat the rig' t of election her in the inhabitants. Mr. SCARLETT—Tbet;;be so, but this is not the proper mode to try it. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Most certainly not. Take y,:t:,7 rule to show cause. Rule granted against all the parties named in the affidavits. RYDER V. LORD CHARLES TOWNSEND. This was a case tried before the Lord Chief Justice at the last Assizes, and a verdict brunt' for the plaintiff. Mr. STORIES now moved to have this verdict se aside anti a nonsuit entered ; the only question was, whether a sufficient tender hail been made. One of the witnesses deposed that he went to pay the money t that he hod pact of the money its his hand, part in lisi pocket-bMik, hich the plaintiff could norssec, and that he askc.i plaintiff if he had got a receipt stamp. The plaintiff said he had not then • receipt stump, but he would go and get one; that hethn witness went again once or twice after, and the plaintiff was not come back, though he had had sufficient time. as the distance rm.. not far to where he mold get a r,xei pt ramp. Wu this a sulicies.t tender? The Learned Counsel contended that it was, and and, onElr not the pry to give! receipt ? The Loan' '' Jus'etcs-L - The prrty paviow Puma right t 4 a receipt, but then he ought to take a reeeipt stamp with h im . Mr. `r outes admitted that ha Was rather taken by surprise, I%r he did not think that it wan needier, to takes receipt stamp. lie submitted, however, upon the wit" that there was a dullick tender. The Bonn CHIEF. Jurricx—floor do you maim that ow There was no offer of the money. • Rule reamed. 'MEGAN V. EOM. This was an action of assuinpait tried ►cafe the Lord Chief dce at the Middlesex Sittings *At last. Term, to mover 4A. • .` 1 ■