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111UNIFICEN I' GIP l' lIIS MAJESTY. trrnin the Macclesfield Courier.] far excellent Ilmttre lios again proved hew justly he , 4 entitled to the e n:letting designation of Father a his conun i„ ra iin, the extreme distress which pre. this tow n, his Nlojesty has directed Mr. Peel to eails m 3ainamicate to oar resp , elm chief magisusts. that the wo of one it:am a in! porno's is placed at the disposal of the committee of the Chirit Fund established here. 'f his solional instane 11,, al benevolence must evince to pis Deal o bjects the hit. rest winch his Majesty takes in t),,irptiestions, as well as in their happiness and pros __ . rri'l: - AVIIITEII.O.L, APRIL 30, 1826. .13,-11rig fcit i: inr tints to lay before the King your letter ~..- . ,,7, n . t .. I H .„ ,lon,aded be his 31ejeaty to express the ~ , ,,„4 , e, nub ‘' ' ''i nt• 104 learnt the wuffirings and prise. ti..,.,0; the „ e , T ,,,!., ) ,,i poor in the neighbourhood of Macc!ex ert'. 0,. oNle refs li•ili..r•'. foods at the disportsl of his Majesty, he _ , wr, i .,,,, : ,, •,, i:'y o.,ti One Thousand Pounds be added 11 .1 " 1 : .0 .., ~, t h ; sa :o‘criyii•tns which have been already entered 5n0t..... le.cc!...clic:•l, tor ;'w• r•-lief or the distressed. 10-.3'‘.. t hrrotvre, 3.10...iri,rd to make known his Majesty's -.:l:entio,,: c,t if yttti will notify to Inc the name of a 11,;1011b70.1ivt, It' o wi , ..,:t,„,,,! ,, , the sum above-mentioned may ,e'a..d. it shall ho p .it. wi Lout deLly. I act, sir, your most obedient humble servant, ROBERT PEEL . 1 , ,, i. w o l l ick, Erg. ,!ayor of Maccles fi eld. —... A PP F. 4 I S. --T— -UC/USE OF I,OILIK MONDAT, Aram 24. Thi.rrorning their Lordships met at ten o'clock, in a Committee , : rooltzes. I.•!ci,,leoce on the hover Peerve claim was reported, and a.:!•el to be laid übo. , %.hle of the House. 11, 4 1,1: 1:, , r,0rl were c.. 1 Ic4 i I .pon the above claim, when Mr. Hart trd (in conci.i.lo , :) 0 , 1 behalf of the claimant, Sir John Shelly ; ill. who to be Learly " affianced" to one of the Itoral 3-Foments of Comm, now having been fully heard, the r 11 , 11 of t. loin was, upon the motion of the Lord ~Vor,,,6ctrord t o w.other dny. n i Ho '• r; ;MI to rote at the elections of Represen preferred, and entertained by the t,..:rc Peen for I rti 0.1 was . st Lr;i•i i , t tlo.ce o'clock, to to-ntorrow. ,1".i1• lONA fGALLERY. 1;e ,s copy of a Treasury Minute. dated 513(1 c:11; the purchase of three Pictures for Cut: ry i;atl of t.-:.• t I la) - s before the Board a Paper, which has lut• at. loss,tl ti by Lord Aberdeen, Sir Charles bong, Sir ti. I:rauotow, sir I•attrws Lawrence, and Mr. Seguier, tecum !'te:nrzs, the property of Mr. Hamlet, viz. and A:tadae by Titian, J upec.r ,, ...I St. Peter by A. l'arracei, I:t..c'a:•alittt. sc.: • e by N. Pitnasin, , „,,„1 fi) , the National Gallery, at the sun, of 9.0001. ~sltd hr 317• II nate!: and his Lordship recommends to the Ines , : Pictures for the public. tic L es -,t cur with Lard Liverpool in the ewpedieney of se_ the': Piricres fir the public; and they direct that they may t.part::issed aceintlit:gty. an extract of a letter from the Agent to at 3E.Nicii, dated tad February:—" By his :Ma c.ireett, Eclair, Captain Buchicr, which arrived at r•ta . l3llii on di,• s:h inst., having sailed from Callao on :tt ult. we h that Muhl still held out in the Castle, I ::t Was very short of provisions. Two days previous to stiling of the E the English flag, with the Union was hoi , tell on the principal fort, and the Commander of the British squailt on bail applied to the Peruvian GO • ell tin Lima, fur p•-rmission to inquire the rause of 5 ' ; ,11 ; but nu answer haul been received when this rail waa turd, red to su a. Bolivar was in Potosi, and all • rpiet in t 1- interior. An expedition had left Valpa teo to attack Chiloc ; it was to call at Conception for • t r oops, etbich would, on the whole, amount to about An English sloop of war arrived at Acapulco :17y thii month, but we have not learnt her name, nor s , e site comes from " `n.o I)7olamlrerlitter says, "the personal property of llAbp of Durham, in the province of Canterbury, I.; t:ct.% sworn under itiumoo!., and not under one million IS has been stated by some of the London papers. 1! • L-Mtip has left 20,00)/. for the endowment of a in Ow diocose of Durham, the interest of 3,3301. for the ato;nientation of poor livings in the same filo :ese, PO. to the poor of the city of Durham, and from The Lord liiyor, at a Msrting of his Committee yester 'l7, upon which occasion John Smith, Esq. M.P. was in C!:air, made the following communication, which it el; rciolred unanimously should be entered on the minutes. adverting to the wish he had e .ssed upon a g-r!Ler occasion, to address them on the quc. on of Catholic .1 eipatioo, but which was then judged inexpedient, he ~l: ~.~ Firmly attached as I am to the gent principles of religious li r:r, It is impossible that I C4:I lack with satisfaction on the pre a-• ..r of Ireland ; or forbear wishing, that with perfect eatery e!•-ose interests which are most dear to us as Protest:sots, some night be dune towards giving to the people of that country t e c.. ion right of all. Mg, however, the Roman Catholic religion to be the r aowertu and successful engine the world ever saw in relate ! e e!)tl, moral, and religious impmvernent of mankind, and e sus hest interests are inseparably identified with the prosperity ri pere-mence of the Protestant Church. I shall consider it one otv ins; dimes to guard from the possibility of danger. that I consi !er most essential to the general good. But while `id sith equal sin:erity atiachment to the one and aversion to the e, aril can lordly suppose any thing more disastrous to this and !o the world. than an increased spread of the Roman adinte rtligios. I wt ithl rather seek to repress the one and en. srage the other by the difrosion of sound knowledge, than by any Cr'! Aisqoalitiestion not founded on paramount public necessity. •• E:ntertaining this opinion. it is my resolution, should 1, by the •wtribl exertions you are snaking in my behalf, (for which I take .s opgorturity of returniag von my best thanks) be teturned as • er the Iteprtseniatives of the City, to enter the House of Corn. • • , sunshaelt;td by any previous engagements on this subject, ex too I shall ever most nosiousiy desire to reconcile those prin e•i.les alike most important to us as Lnglishmen—namely, per. tree st«ir,y to the Protestant religion, and an equal enjoyment of evil all r,.ligions rights by all his Majesty's subjects." The cwiiicutticiation was received with the greatest sa• Factiqn. ISAII log THE BENEFIT OF THE DISTRESSED SILK I rIiAVEItS IN SPITAI.FILLDS.—The Lady Mayoress has been extremely active in procuring the co-operation of a Lumbis of Ladies of rank to patronize a grand Ball for the I,, tittlt of the distressed Silk Weavers of Spitalfielda.— We miderstand it is certain that her Ladyship's exertions vii hp attended with the most gratifying success. She has the aid of the Marchioness of Worcester and of the Patro zels.l of Almacles. It is intended to obtain the Opera Iluuse fur the occasion, and a meeting of the Ladies will, we understand, be held this evening, to consider of some regnlstions as to the dress which it may be necessary to re commend, for the encouragement of the manufactures 01 he poor workmen whom it is intended to relieve. A letter from Calais states, that from the Ist of March to the 13th of April, 3,'2.10,0001. in sovereigns and gold sad silva bars, were exported from that place and Bou logne for England. About 9,600,0001. are said to have been consigned to Rothschild. The Imperial measure is greatly disapproved of by sellers of Corn. In Hants, it is intended to petition against it ; anti upwards of 200 fanners and dealers frequenting the markets of Berks have signed a declaration to the effect, that they will not be dictated to as to what measure they are to buy or sell their corn by. INTELLIGENCE.—Copper Ore sold at Rea ntth, April 20, 2,337 tons ; average produce tai ; quantity of fine copper 1t37 tons 10 cwt. ; amount of sale, 11,6561. 3s. 611.; average standard 1111 1 6s. This, we believe, is the flattest season that has been known in London for many years. Though now st its height, many of the best houses at the west end of the town remain unlet. 'f he pecuniary difficulties which have reached all ranks, and the approaching general election, furnish ample reasons for this falling off in the accustomed gaieties of the season. At the Scotch Church, Swallow-street, on 'I huraday, the 90th hot. the Rev. Wm. Wodrow was ordained Mi nister of this Church, by the Scotch Presbytery of London, nn which occasion a numerous audience was present. After the ordination the friends of Mr. Wodrow dined at the Frecmasons"Tavern. A young, woman, of Ilavannsh, aged seventeen, in a fit of *lousy and revenge. finding her lover in company with a-other woman, killed them both upon time spot. NEWMARKET FIRN7' SPRING MEETING. BY EXPRESS. NNWMARIGET, MONDAY Artcat/ow, IS o'CLoca. The Course was attended by all the Nubility and tinny here, and the spent was excellent. Tire Claryndon stakes afforded a most beautiful race; and the result has occasioned many of the knowing ones to drop their money to a tolerably large amount. Immediately alter the race Monarch and the Moslem went down to high odds for the Derby. We have not time to particularize the running. Alm, in our next. His Royal Highness was present, on his dapple grey ; the Duke of Portland In his moveable stand, accompanied by several of the nobility. The day's running was as follows Sweepstakes of Ilk/suss. each, Colts 110.71 b., fillies tat. dlb. T.Y.C. FIRST RACE. Mr. llowanl's b. c. Swiss Guide by Tramp . calkedl overiti Mr. Wllbs's b. e. by Seagram darn by Cardock General Grosvenor's b. c. Polio by Orville—Blue Stockings paid arcown RACE. The Clarendon stakes of 21itt each h. ft. colts gat. 71b., fillies Wit. 41b. rising 3 yrs.—D. M. Mr. Wortley's Crusader - . - General Grosvenor's The General - - The following started but were not placed :—. Mr. Rogers's Scamper - - - Mr. Rogers's Monarch - - - Duke of Grafton's Parapluie - - Lord Veralam's The Moslem . - Mr. Wilson's c. by riliti . . - The following paid :—Norman, Tory, Emilia, Canvas colt Coat:. Janette, Mr. Greville's Ainabel, and Lard Exeter's f. dead.— %V on by a neck. THIRD UACE. Match—liin h. U. A.F. Mr. Greville'A Lionel Lincoln List. Ylb. Lord Oxford's Fleatice Ost. 21b. Won by • length. TOrItTII BACK. Sweepstakes of 1011 each, I:0 ft. T. M. M. Lord G. eavetithsh's Birarre. 5 yrs. Bst. Lord M'arwick's Double Esitendre, 4 years, Set. 31b. Mr. F. Craven's Triumph, 5 years, ast. Ithb. Lord Anson's Sligo, 4 yrs. oil, fist. 41b. Lard Datlingtou's Serab. 1 yrs. list. 81b. Won by a head. nil It 'Lacs. Sweepstakes of 200 each, h. ft. Sit. 41b. D. M. His Royal Dighness the Duke 01 York's Rachel - Lord Exeter's 1. by Woful, out of l'antina Mr. Greville's f. by Merlin—Seamen Sir J. Shelley's f, (dead by Merlin or Partisan ‘l , on by three lengths. 3 . . rd. Pl. Pd. Pd. SIXTII RACE. Sweepstakes of 150 each, b. ti. Colts gst.7lb.; fillies Rat. 41b. 5.31 Mr. Thornhill's t. by 111erlinall _ Lard Exeter's f. by VVolul—dam by Rubens Mr. Greville's c. by Nirlialehone—Amatiel's dam Won bye lengtb. Mateh-300. h. ft. Ab. M. D. of Grafton's Paul Jones, Nat. filb. received forfeit from Mr. Greville's Elizabeth, list. Ilb. Match-300 h. It. A. E. Lord Exeter's Retlg tuntlet. 41b. received forfeit from Lord Jersey's 31tddleton, flat. 71b. 61—'2119, b. ft. R. M. Lord Orford's Swiss Guide received forfeit from Mr. Wortley's . . 3 Refornlcr. AVA VA L INTE LLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 22. This afternoon arrived the Sovereign transport, Licut. J. T. Kehal, agent, having left Malta on the 20th of March, and Gi braltar the 7th inst., rich various detach-t tints of ordnance and naval stores. and mails front those places. The Marquis of Hastings had left Gibraltar, in the Herald, t►elve days for Malta. the Brisk, Captain Charles Dope (the only ship of war at Malta), arrived on the 29th of March from England. The Eden, with Commissioner Ross. front Jamaica, left Woraltar on the fith inst. for Malta. The Vibilia and Cato tranvparts left Gibraltar for England with the Sovereign ; and the Marta transport arrived on the same day from Portsmouth and L!sbott. The following pay. singers came by the Sovereign:—Mr. Ilaudenck and family, 3lr. A. It WCbitmore, Mr. P.Whitmore, 31ajor Peddie,9sth regiment, 31ajor Butler. late Milt, Capt. Fraser, Royal Artillery. Capt. Kir wan. 94 h. Captain liascowe, 9101. Licut. J eftbries, 811th, Lieut. Gardon, 95th, Havenctott. filth, Dr. Jones, R. A. 'l'i .e S.tvereign has brought three asses of unrivalled beauty. strength, and symmetry, as a present train the Civil Government of Malta to his Majcsty. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 2L Major-General Bon. G. A. C. Stattyltun, Chairman of the Vic- Walling Board, and Coenniasioner Edgecombe. arc making an in spection of their department here. Arrived the Badger, 10, Cimt. Charles Crowdy, from the Biv.e, with seamen. Sailed the Beagle, 111. Captain I'. Stokes, for Cork ; Bittern. for Liverpool ; (a. melico, on a cruise. The Philotnel. 10. Lord w. Paget, is ordered to this stetion. The Aurora, now in dock, is having sir Humping Davy's copper protectors removed from her bottom, the experiment having totally failed. All the experimentally fitted ships are to have it removed, as they arrive 'home. and are docked. One huhdred Irish fisher-boys are to be entered into the service. Lieu tenant George Dyer, 11. N. who recently so lamentably lost Ida life in the Coast 131.xkade service, was the son of the late General Dyer, of this division of the Royal 31arines, and grand son of Admiral lanes. The ifilan GlraVe to the 9th, and the Piedmnntrse Ga zette to the 4th inst., have been received, as also the ne rueine to a late date. They are destitute of news• Intelligence from Mexico to the 26th February, and from Vera Cruz to the Ist March, has been received in town. Mr. Morier was expected to have Mexico in the Pyramus, about the loth of March. No progress had been made in the adjustment of the treaty with England. The ' Congress had ordered the immediate payment of the to bacco bonds (held chiefly on account of Landon mer chants), and E3teva, the Minister of Finance, had drawn bills on England for the amount, which raised the exchange to 52!„ but at the last date it had again fallen to au.— A letter from Vera Cruz, of the Ist ult., states that a large convoy, with specie, was expected from the interier ; one of the letters estimates the amount at six millions of dollars. A material reduction has bocn made in the tariff of duties. The following is an extract of a letter, dated Vera Cruz, March 1, 1826: '• .1 convoy of six million dollars is daily expected from Mexico, which will have the effect of lowering the exchange, at present 54 to 53. A considerable part of this will probably go by his Majesty's ship Pyramus. The proposed reduction of du ties Iris passed the Congress, which from 48 to 51) per cent. are reduced to 34 per cent. ; and the tariff, auon which the value of goods was estimated, is also to be formed on a considerably re duced scale." iVe ate informed by a correspondent at South Shields, that the spirit of combination is still carried on to a consi derable extent at that place. A vessel, bound to Memel, got its crew from Sunderland, and gave the men ss. per month more than the wages out of that port ; but when they arrived at Shields, the Committee of Seamen there gave them orders not to go on board without receiving the same wages which they had fixed for the time, viz. 3/. 15s. per month ;, the consequence is, the men are intimidated, and dare not go on board to complete their engagements. We regret to state, the complaint is not confined to the Committee of Seamen (as they are designated), but, as our correspondent informs us, it extends to the shipwrights in that town. _ SIR liIIMPIIRY DAVY'S PROTECTORS.—We bear that the Aurora frigate, now in Plymouth harbour, is to be docked immediately, to Male the protectors invented by Sir Hum phry removed from her bottom, practical results having proved their inutility on sea-going ships. The Protectors of the Dartmouth, on her arrival from the West Indies, from whence she is shortly expected, will also, we hear, be removed. We find the following marvellous story in a most re spectable Provincial, where, indeed, we could have little expected it:—" On the Bth inst. Mr. M. Wilson, saddler, Hexham, caught a trout in the Tyne, with the initials of his own same indented in the sides of it. The flesh is pre served, anti may be seen by the curious."—Tyne Mercury. Friday, about one o'clock mid-day, a young woman, servant to a person in Gallowgste, Glasgow, attempted to drown herself in the Clyde, but the activity of a person passing at the time, who plunged into the river, prevented her from accomplishing her purpose. She was conveyed to the Humane Society House, life almost extinct, but by prompt assistance is now perfectly recovered. Tuesday last, as Farmer Symons, of Upcott, in the pa rish of Tavistock, was ploughing in his field, his horses took fright and ran away, and in his endeavours to stop them, he was unfortunately thrown down under the plough, the coulter of which coming under his arm, nearly severed it from his body. He is lying in a very dangerous State.— North Devon .Journal. Tuesday morning, while a man was sweeping the vent of a two story house in Barrheati, Glasgow, the stones being !pole, fell down, carrying him along with them. One of his arms and one of his legs were broken, and he was otherwise so much bruised that he died in two hours. lie was unmarried. THE BRITISH PRESS. LEG IS LATIO4V. The House of Commons was oticupled on' Wednesday night.in discussing certain resolutions intended to prevent the manifest inconveniences attending the present practice of palish'' , private Bills through the two Houses of Parlia ment. It is not intended in this place to enter intd any _ . comparison of the merits of the new over the old practice in this respect, but the opportunity will be taken to say a few words on the subject of Legislation in general, and . . which would appear to stnnd as much in need of sown& ment as the manner of procuring private Acts of Par- [lament. The statutes of the Kingdom of England, and of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, are com prised in forty-five volumes octavo, and to them must be added the Acts of the Irish and Scotch Parliaments, the whole forming a most formidable phalanx of books ; sufficient, indeed, to repress the ardour of the most re doubtable lawyer that ever drew quikand to quench the al most inextinguishable industry of the most confirmed hook worm. Of these forty-five volumes, eleven contain the Acts passed in the period between the obtaining of Magna Charta and the last year of the reign of George I 1., and all the rest are totally devoted to the Statutes passed in the reigns of Kings George 111. and IV. From this fact alone it will be seen that the love of legislation is comparatively of modern date, and that the accumulation of laws is owing, not so much to any defect in the system, as to an abuse of the power entrusted to every number of the Legislature of originating such enactments as he may deem calculated to promote the public goad, or forward the best interests of the nation. There are, indeed, those who consider that the task of legislation is easily accomplished, when the prin ciple on which the proposed law is to be framed has been conceded. Those who entertain this opinion we would recommend calmly to sit down anti try their hands ■t the draft of a Bill em'aelying the principle of any proposed law, and we think we need have little hesitation in declaring that they would speedily throw away the pen, and abandon the point as perfectly impracticable, and beyond the reach of human ingenuity. Let it he remembered, that a principle once given brings with it a certain set of consequences, and all these consequences newt ►e considered by the drawer of the Bill, and properly met by distinct enact ments, operating either in the shape of Dew rights, by the words " it shall be lawful," or as provisoes, restraining or ex tending the operation of a clauselt hat precedes it ; in abrogat ing existingiprivilegee,qualifying others, and, in short,adapt ing the old law, as near as may be, to the state, things will acquire when submitted to the action of the proposed Bill. Independently of this consideration, it must not be forgotten, that in order to ensure a uniformity in the mean ing of words, the Judges are compelled to hold the Legisla ture to the strict literal interpretation of the words employed, taken in the first place individually,and afterwards as distinct members of a string of sentences, whose apparent objoct is to attain to such and such a purpose. This close interpreta tion has thrown a great deal of unmerited obloquy on the law. It has been dignified by the appellation ofquibbling.whilst the objections taken by the acute,advocate have been with no less justice called quirks. "Why not," say these superficial ob servers, " interpret these things according to the spirit, rather than the letter, of the words? Why give rise to this absurd quibbling in the meaning of words, when the sense is ob vious, and the intention of the Legislature known, although not clearly expressed ?" In reply, it may be observed, that if this rule of construction were admitted, the same set of words would allow of a variety of meanings ; and instead, therefore, of having a general rule for the construction of all Acts of Parliament, there must be a particular rule fur every distinct Act; and thus the decisions of the Judges would become rather judicial illustrations of the times when, and the facts on which, a particular Act was/passed, rather than the grave and solemn deductions of reason, proceeding on acknowledged principles, and built upon foundations ad mitted as correct on all bands. It does sometimes so hap pen that the spirit of a clause must be considered, in order to give it any construction at all ; and the Act for the protection of the copyrights of sculptors and statuaries may be quoted as an instance of this kind. There, indeed, the words employed are beyond comprehension ; and the late Lord Ellenborough observed that. that Act looked as if it had been hewn out by the men whose property it was in tended to protect. therefore, recourse had not been had to the spirit and intention of the clause, so far as it could he discovered by the words, the Act must have become a dead letter, because it could not receive any construction at all. Whilst, however, we are fully aware of the extreme difficulty of framing an Act of Parliament, and therefore are little disposed to enter into the objections now urged against the statutes of the realm, we feel that the subject is worthy of some deep consideration ; because, although the present plan of passing a Bill into law is decidedly good, yet, at the same time, the commitment of the Bill, after the second reading, is hardly a sufficient check upon the power every one has of originating laws, and hence gives rise to the introduction of unintelligible clauses, and the grant ing of powers, at once adverse to the principles of the Con stitution and opposed to the intentions of the Legislature, upon whose authority it became law. The Bill, to be sure, is gone through, clause by clause, in the committee; hut, in the rapid manner in which this part of the business is performed, sufficient time is not allowed to consider the operation of a particular clause, or even indeed to select the particular part which ought to be omitted, in order to avoid any objectionable power which the clause on the whole might appear to warrant. There ought to be some public oflice, to which all Bills, both public and pri vate, should, after the attend reading, be referred, which should be authorised to report upon each clause to the House. In this manner, the great accumulation of law would be avoided, and the necessity of recourse to the dangerous experiment of sweeping repeals or long con solidations totally removed ; and, moreover, no objec tionable power could be granted, but with the full con sent and knowledge of the Legislature, after it had been clearly pointed out to them. Besides these advantages, many a clause would be at once struck out as not required, a similar power having been given in some prior Act; and time would bs allowed to consider the operation of the words employed, to bend them to the old existing law, or the old existing law to the new provisions ; and thus pre vent that confusion, and those numberless incongruities, that the Statute Book at present exhibits, to the great dis paragement of our legal system, and the no small loss and discomfiture of those who are compelled to resort to the laws of their country for redress of wrongs. A fire broke out this morning, between one anti two ' o'clock, at a broker's shop in Vere-street, Clare-market, in consequence of which, we understand, a man and two children were suffocated by the smoke before any assist ance could be rendered to them. We also learn that another child, by being thrown from a window to avoid the flames, had both its thighs broken, and was otherwise so much injured as to render it necessary to convey it to the hospital, without, however, any hope of its recovery. We find, upon inquiry, that we have been grossly de ceived as to a report that one of the most respectable firms in the bookselling business, in Paternoster-row, failed on Saturday." The whole is entirely without foun dation. Monday last a meeting of the freemen of Chippenham, in the interest of Mr. F. Gye, was held in that borough, at which his agent announced the detennin'ation of Mr.G., in the event of an election, to proceed to a poll.—Bath Herald. A French swindler lately sold to an amateur florist, in Durham, a plant, 'which he warranted to prod uce loo flowers. On arriving at maturity it certainly produced produeeil more than the number, but proved to be only a white cur rant bush. The price paid was 335. A new mail is expected to start from Barnstaple about the end of this month, through Ilminster, to arrive in Exeter about half-past three, and Plymouth at nine o'clock in the evening. As soot' as the new Wiveliscombe turn pike-road is fit to travel on, which will be about the end of July or August next, a branch mail from the above will leave Ilminster, through Taunton, Milverton, Wivelis combe, and Bampton, for South Mutton, Barnstaple, and Ilfracombe, preparatory to the latter place being tilde the station for the steam boats to pass to Cork. Government having had the roads in Wales last year surveyed by Mr. Telford, whose report is not very favourable, as a large sum tnust be expended to improve them, by adopting the road making through Wiveliscombe they will save some thousands, and expedite the delivery of letters in Cork, at last 30 hours up and down.—Eseter Paper. - 2 . 2 . 2 LAW NOTICES. COURT OF Hloa■ TIM LOAD CIIANCI Donn V. Watson. appeal, part heM r d Coventry V. Rude, four causes, ap peal per fader Same v. same, ditto ditto CHANCERY. lILLOR THIS DAV E AT TIM. Thorpe V. Macatiley. appeal In re Mme, petitkin per outer la re Franks, lunatic petition In re Sabina, ditto VICE-CTIANCELLOR'9 COCIff. rt►ots TES VICX-C Attorney-General, T. Thorpe to be upoke to Sparker r J arm ditto In re Clewer, bankrupt petition Davis v. Gleany TDIII OAT, AT HALT•TAST TEN. A SPORN TMS WAS lituthwaite •. Heard,- Drayton v. Kitlett Iniuktvatvr v. Hetlop Sallloo v. Wal,h Adam+ v. Glutton Houghton v. Hardin ?tinier v. itallkell ley, to he mentioned Strutt Y. Flnl'h, petit. Attorney-limn talbot, Nutt heard COI Sittings appoint Deverruz v. Crouch Bennett v. Frettet Nieholav v. Webber Deur v. Homier Itedegfrd V. Bedford Mliburn V. Ralph Wat..mi v. lintiid Itot,lll , on v. Milford Greenwoml v. Wright Stria v. 313v0n Evelyn v. Wright Frost v. Bryant Sim.no V. I.e Cren Benjamin v. tiyiby Lutwyche v. Td'Gregor Jaylor v. Trott Berridge v. Compton Crevl.on v. Cooplund loodey v. UMliff Ford v. ilogheri (kohl V. '."ornrr Pecket T. Gardiner BOLLS COURT. 'Ell OP VIZ ROLLS THIS Turner r. Turner Barris v. I.fflington Bryant v. Busk Beech v. Junes Tanner v. Bean Scutt v. linughton Rennolthon v. Young Stint •. Keane ;tykes ♦. Redfern Adrtun e. Aolaton Lewis V. Young n06,11/40, A? NIT. Uoodrellow v. ?dead Rroad.haw v. Task's Godiard v. Snow Nanney v. Reynolds Gibbs v. Pldlllpson CRT OF KING'S BENCH. ted for 'Flinr.lny, Apr 27, at half•put 12. COSIMON JU ft 11.4 1111Miltioll v. Hart Avrey v. Cnrenv Slier-.ter v. bring Willi+ v. Cdnel.e Meyer v. Ferrend Bond v. Evan. Fairman v. Grimble Howell v. 'letter, Flo Ilenrmin v. Wilmut Boyle, v. Green Guider v. Wotencroft ay, April 7. 1 , .;t4 at hot(.; .11S1/11V I JURIE , I .A.gyinall R'ilcucun v. ‘Vonfar Welch v. Williams Carrington v. Bicknell Timms. v. Clay Harris v. Crrter Blown v. tll Slien.ron •. Hridnw Hunter v. Gumpertz Tudil v. Henan Fenton V. • Curtly v. Elltott Slater v. M'Seill Jeffery.. v. Champ lluekland v. liadeock Tempany v. Vl'albouroe Leach v. Barrett Creme v. the Earl of Strathmore, Ate. Stirling v. Brown Soewin v. Brown Chippindale v. Vallop.- Same v. Same Love v. Deacon Brothertou v. Osborn Gribble v. Payne H um ph rry. r.PartriSge Jones v. Wllllarns Butler v. Green Davis v. Fell Bewley v. Grenves Smith v. Blackllson Same v. Sanderson. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Wrdileridny, April at 12. 111DIMILSKI COMMON JURIKS. Doe v. Ch.”e. COURT OP EXCHEQUER. NT* TIIII DAY, AT TIIN o'ctorx. Ske'borne v. Pearson, Ward v. 8..ei1l Partridge v. Fleabane f jcol,.:rnent Reld v. it rt,elt•ron Gale v. Luttrell Onion v. Kirby, by Wolia.too v. ?larch Prebble v. Fenner order Gotlien v. ( limburn Jark.on 1. 11.arne v. Nixon Day v Made Wllliaane v. Sheltie Ikle'dcal,! v. bledcalfe LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, AloxpAr, APnIL V. This being the day appointed to solemnize the anniversary of the King's Birth•Uay, all the Judges were attired in their state robes, and the King's Counsel in their Court wigs and silk gowns. THE KING V. PARKER. In this case. Mr. SCARLETT in a former Term moved for and obtained a rule to show cause why a criminal information should rot he filed against Mr. Parker, who was a Magistrate residing at Colne in Lancashire, but who had also a brise, distant twenty mile.. in the %Vest Riding of Yorkshire, for alleged corruption in his office, displayed, as it wits said, by his illegally convicting two unqualified personignamed Baldwin and Whittaker, in a penalty of M. each, for coursing after game. The application was made on the part of a Mr. Shaw. who was a qualified person, and who stated that the two defendants, Baldwin and Whittaker, had been unnecessarily obliged to go twenty miles to answer the informations lodged against them, at the house of Mr. Parker in the %Vest Riding of Yorkshire, when the matter could have been heard and disposed of st Colne. Mr. Shaw accompanied them, and offered to swear that Baldwin and Whittaker were coursing in his presence, by his direction, and with his dogs; and he offered a rent-roll in evidence, to prove that he was a qualified person ; hut Mr. Parker refused to attend to such a statement, and declined receising Mr. Shaw's oath that he was qualified. Mr. Baounitast now showed cause against this rule, upon affi , davits which distinctly denied any corrupt mctive whatever and stated that Mr. Parker, acting as he conscientiously believed right ly, hail rejected a rent-roll as proof of Mr. S'taw'a qualification, because he thought he ought to see the title deeds, in order to satisfy himself upon that head. Finding, however. he was wrong in this respect, he took the advice of two eminent provincial Counsel, and did not levy either of the penalties, cr commit the detendanta. The Corny were of opinion no corruption was shown. Mr. SCARLETT, in support of the rule, contended, that as it ap peared 3lr. Parker had brought the defendants upwards of twenty miles, to his house in Yorkshire, although he might have deter mined on the inforniations where they were laid, if this rule was discharged, it ought to be with costs as against Mr. Shaw. The Coital' were of a different opinion, hut thought that, as Mr. Parker had unnecessarily brought Baldwin and Whittaker twenty miles, the rule ought to be diltharged without costs on either side. COLLINS V. GEE AND 011IER3. Mr. CAMPBELL moved for the exertion of the summary juris diction of the Court. to compel the defendants, who were anomie*, to pay to the plaintiff, another attorney. the surd of two guineas, for two days' attendance on a trial on which be had been subptenaed as a witness. The Co ItltT said there was no precedent for the summary inter vention of the Court's jurisdiction in such a case ; an el, therefore, they could not accede to the application. TILE XING v. WILLIAM COOPER. Mr. CURWOOD moved for a writ of habeas:corpus, to be di rected to the Gaoler of Shrewsbury, commanding him to bring up the hotly of the abovenamed prisoner, charged wtth felony, in having robbed a coach, travelling between London and Chelten ham, of a parcel of bank notes belonging to the Bridgenorth Bank. The Learned Counsel moved, upon affidavits, setting up a distinct alibi, and swearing that the notes lost were for 5!. and lig. each, whereas those tendered in payment by the prisoner were notes fur one pound each, and consequently could ❑ot be the notes st)len.—Writ granted. FATAL ACCIDENT iN RICHMOND PARK.—AS a Mr Acheson, of Edinburgh, who was on a visit with some friends at Brentford, was riding on Saturday in Richmond Park, accom panied by his daughter, he fell from his horse; he was promptly conveyed to the Star and Garter, where he received every attention, but he expired about five in the afternoon. SUICID E.—A dreadful act of suicide was committed on Saturday evening in Kensington Gardens, by a man at present un known. A report of a pistol was heard about 6 o'clock, by one of the men stationed at the entrance gate next to the Palace ; but he took no notice of the circumstance, conceiving that it proceeded from the Barracks. On Sunday morning, three boys rambling in the garden, in the woody part, between the eastern gate and the Palace, found a man lying dead a short distance from the foot-path, with a pistol grasped in his right hand. His pockets were searched, and the only things found were a silver snuff-box, an empty purse, and a pocket handkerchief, without a mark. There was nothing which could afford the least clue as to the name or connexions of the deceased. RIOTS AT BLACKBURN, ACCRINGTON, AND OVER DARWEN.-A number of exaggerated reports have been in active circulation, with reference to disturbances in the town and neigh bourhood of Blackburn ; but, we are sorry to say, the ,statements were founded on facts, and therefore we are denied the pleasure of being enabled wholly to contradict them. The following account may, however, be depended upon, as far as it goes :—On Tuesday evening last, about seven o'clock, an express was received at Blackburn from Accrington, requesting military aid at the power loom factory of the Messrs. Sykes, which was threatened by a mob, and a party of the Ist Dragoon Guards were instantly des patched. On arriving at the required spot, they found that the rioters hail dispersed, after breaking the windows or the factory and those of a private house in its vicinity. In the meantime same hundreds were coPecting in Darwen-street, and the Market-place, Blackburn, who greeted their increasing numbers with loud and frequent shouts. On the arrival of the market coaches from Man. cheater, the windows were instantly demolished, and the passen gers (manufacturers of Manchester) get erely pelted with stones. They then broke some panes of glass in the house of Mr. Kay, the constable, and committed a similar outrage to a public-house in Darwen-street, when it was deemed necessary to read the Riot Act, and call out the remainder of the military ; after which the tumult quickly subsided, and those alto had engaged in it peace ably retired. On Wednesday %Pimping, a youth named Barry un derwent an examination before the Magistrates, charged with taking a part in the above proceedings, and was committed to the Preston House of Correction. A man nameed Beetley. also, a shoemaker, was held to bail for the like offence. In addition to the above particulars, our Correspondent informs us, that shove 500 men had assembled near Over Darwen, with a flag flying as a rallying point ; but as he has neglected to state the precise time at which this occurred, we cannot speak more distinctly on the matter, but sincerely hope that he has been misinformed.—Rollon • Espy: T. 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That tt:e Kalydor elicits these felicitous results, one trial will suffice to prove, and satisfactorily establish its reputation. Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by the Proprietors, Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-garden, London ; and by every respectable perfumer and medicine render in wan and country. COLLIERS' COMBINATIONS. [From the Glasgow Chroolek.] Another striking instance of the injury done to business by the , ' colliers' combination has just occurred. The proprietor of Cid lead iron.works has foe some tir,te back been subjected to the samiLinconvenience and loss, by the refractory conduct of the coos. blnedcolliers in his employment, as was experienced by Mr. Dun. lop, .As trade was flat, and the proprietor did not wish to be any fartlitty troubled, he made a short seulerneot of the matter by Ma& chargant every collier from his pits, amounting to several The rause of free labour Is proceeding in the mow auspicious and gratifYptivnitnner at I lyds iron=work.. `The new hands are doing, remarkably well, and are already sending up coals to the hills. All, the unaasociated colliers accepted of we engaged for one year, to work propir hours, end to have no connexion whatever with any combination against free labour. Workmen we continuing to flock to the works hoot all parts of the country, in quest of ent. ploymfht; soul furnish a melancholy proof of the severity of the . distress occasioned by the re.ac.ion of the small note currency. It is pleasing to observe the gratitude displayed in the countenanced' of the men who have been so fortunate as to obtain employment. One poor fellow had not partaken of food from Sabbath till Tues. day. Tli new hands all declare they like their employment ex- . tremely well, and assure the manager they will soon furnish tbe' requisite supply of coals. Mr. Dunlop's treatment of hie well. doing workmen has always been distinguished for humanity. When his men became unable to work from old age or iliwaaa, he furnished them with a house and coals, and a weekly allowsnee, and would see none of them in want. The entices' houses are the hest constructed in Scotland, and-tor • root. 16 feet square thereat was only yid. a-week. Mr. Dunlop' recently established a library among his workmen, and gave a do.. nation of the Encyclopaedia Britannia, in 16 volumes, worth 214 He also provided a erhoolmaster to instruct the colliers' childeett. There were 190 at school. A trifle was deducted from each collier to supw.rt the school. Marty of the old colliers continue to loiter about without any prospect of employment, and ate regretting the misery brought on their families by their unfortunate connexiert with the coin nation. Yesterday the new hands began to display their energies. In the Glen pit, between 60 and 70 of the new workmen hid an out-pat of fifty carts of coliTs, from six o'clock Li the morning till four in the afternoon. In she Brandywine. &nil other pits, the out-put was equally promfsing. The workmen, labour under considerable disadvantages from the scarcity of irn • plernents; but the smiths are supplying their wants as quickly re possible. Some of the new hands, who h.a never handled a pick before, had an out-put yesterday of a cart of coals each. /Ben who had former', been colliers, and resumed it on the present occasion. hid an out-put of coals to the amount of 41. ad. each h.tiat• Two of the new hands also, yesterday, managed 2 carte and O cwt. The hill-men are surprised at the rapid progress of the frees labourer/ ; and in a week or two expect the usual stock at the bilis. About 411 , of the old L'olli'ers had the mortification to witness, from the oppo site road, the peaceful workmen ascending the Glen pit, after • day spent in honest industry ; and many of the combined were so rolled that they went away, nut being able to stand the scene that pun an extinction to theiv foolish projezt of keeping the well . informed workmen out of such a lucrative trade. The Ha. trillion Farm pit is to be opened next week with new hands. Yesterday morning, Mr. Dunlop's pit at Cainlachie re.corn. menred working with new hatips. The weavers itr the village came forward elf muse, and put down their names to enter Mr. Dunlop's service. About 60 of them will be employed as soon as imp's. , ments are ready. Mr. Dunlop offered them a guard for their pro. section ; Um the weavers oecltned it, stating that the Camlachie free labour volunteers were able to protect themselves. Thus are the suffering weavers laudably breaking through the mischievous monopoly attempted to be kept up. by the plate gentry. Let theta persevere in the same spirited course, and they will soon better their condition in a much more effectual manner than could have been done for them by the trumpery clerks, secretary, &c., who for some time presided over and profited by the delusion. Thus is the liberty of man in this country, to sell hie labour to the best advan tage, coming fairly into operation ; and there is no friend to toy' welfare and happiness of the working classes but will wish to see universally extended. SUICIDE. A most melancholy act of suicide was committed by Mr. Wee! Gibson, head gardener to Henry Peters, Esq. of Betchwoeth Castle near Dorking, on Thursday, the 20th instant, the particulars oo which, as related in evidence before Henry Woods, Esq. Coroner for Surrey,and a Jury composed of some of the principal inhabitant* of Doting, on the 22d instant, are in substance as follows : Mr. Edward Arnold, Mr. Peter's bailiff, deposed, that the de. ceased had been in the situation of head gardener at Betchworth Castle, for many ♦errs, and possessed the fulldst confidence of hi* master : that on Wednesday, the 19th instant, the deceased desired him to come into hN cottage in the Castle gardens, where he eon. stantly resided and slept, when he for the first time told the witness that he was in a great deal of trouble, by reason of a connexion 1.0 had formed in the coal trade, and that he had list all that he wise possessed of ; that the witness endeavoured to console him tinder his misfortune, hut his grief appeared to be increased while r'. marking that he hid not only involved himself but some of has friends, and that his mind was so much hurt and his spirits brakes down, that he could not remain in his service, which latter eh. cumetance he requested the witness would immediately corn. munitmte to his muter in town, and 'chief) he accordingly did on the following morning, viz. Thursday last ;on the evening id which day tie returned with a letter addresssi to the deceased. and about a quarter past six o'clock proceeded to the cottage to deliver It, at the dour of which he rapped repeatedly, and then called out the deceased's name; but receiving no answer, he ass preparing to leave the spot, when he heard a report se of a pistol, within the cottage, and at the same time some. thing falling on the ground ; that being much terrified, he, without ascertaining whether the door was unlocked, hurried to the Castle to call Philip Bridger, the carpenter, who, with the witness, immediately went to the cottage i and on Bridget's look. nog in at the window from whieh.the report proceeded, he thought he saw the ear of a person as well as a coat lying on the floor ; that still, without attempting to enter, and wishing to have other per. sons present, they called Philip Aria, another servant at the farm. house, as well as Benjamin Budd, the shepherd, whom they net on the road thither ; when, on their all arriving together at tne cottage, the door was found to be unlocked; they then repaired to the deceased's chamber, where they d•acovered him lying prostrate on the floor, at the toot of his bed, quite dead, with a pistol in his hand, the room being covered with blood. The witness then went fur a surgeon. The feelings of the Jury were strongly excited by the production of I,lr. Peters's letter, which contained expressions, not only in every way calculated to soothe the mind of the deceased under his calamity, but tu assure him, in ternit of marked kind ness, of his master's future assistance and protection. Evidence was then gone into confirmatory of the above testimony, as well as evidence of the conduct and actions of toe deceased on the day preceding his death, affording ample proof of the diseased state of his mind. Mr. Hart, surgeon, of Dorking, on his examination, state/ that, being sent for, he went to the deceased's cottage on Thursday even. ing, and bound him lying at the foot of his bed, his head being deluged in bleed ; that upon examination he discovered a jagged sort of opening on the right side of his head, as if a bullet had perfo rated his ear; and that he held in his right hand the pistol produced to the Jury, with his forefinger on the trigger. He afterwards dis covered a flattened bullet on the floor, opposite the orifice oldie wound. la a corner of an adjoining room he found another pistol unloaded, corresponding with that produced to the Jury. The Coroner bovine briefly addressed the Jury, they instantly pronounced a verdiet—•' That the deceased shot himself while labouring under temporary mental derangement." Thursday evening a widow woman, living at Ashton Clinton, of the name of Boarder, expired sutklenly. She dwelt in a cottage with her daughter, and it is said that a married man, who had paid attentions to her daughter that were disagreeable t, both, entered her cottage it, a state of intoxication. The daughter. to avoid him, ran out of the house : and the poor woman, having pushed the intruder out, and lokced her door, went to the house of a neighbour, where she expired soon after her arrival, having previously declared that the man had used no violence towards her. She is supposed to have died from the bursting of a blood vessel.—. Bucks Gue,tte, Saturday last, a greyhound dog, in a highly rabid state, war seen to bite several of its own species in the village of Ryton, Durham; after which it took its way towards the adjacent village of Crowerook, evincing on the road indisputable symptoms of by. drophobia. Two gentlemen (a Mr. Atkinson and a Mr. Jilartito having noticed its peculiar behaviour, followed it till it entered tha house of a weaver in Crawerook. where, after displaying a good deal of activity and courage, the above gentlemen destroyed it. One of the gentlemen had a favourite dog bitten by it, which was imme diately shot. AFFLICTING OCCIIKRENCE.—A most distressing score took place a few days since, on board his Majesty's ship Windsor Castle, lying in Ilamoaze. On Tuesday, a seaman belonging to the ship, while aloft on duty, missed his hold, and fell from the yard-arm upon the deck, by which accident his spine was broken, and he received other severe bullets. Two slays after, being ordered to be removed to the Hospital, he was placed in a cot, for the purpose of being lowered into a boat alongside, but while they were hoisting him over the bulwark, one of the ropes gave way. and he was precipitated head foremost, on the ladder. A cry of• horror instantly burst from all present, and the poor fellow's situa. tion excited the deepest sympathy. Amongst other injuries hie skull was fractured by the violence of the fall, but there is even yet a probability that he may recover. He has a wife and child on board the Windsor Castle. Not the slightest blame is attributed to any one on board. STAGE. COACH AIWE N TURE.-011 Saturday morning, Mr. Tomlinson, of Hackney, took a seat in one of the Norwich coaches, to go as fat as Chelmsford, and was pleased to find him. self in the neighbourhood of a pretty-looking interesting young lagy. who, like himself, preferred travellimr outside. After they AP ridden a few miles. the lady complained of the chilling effect produced on het delicate frame by the morning air, and this. hint gave a spur to Mr. Toinlinaon'a gallantry ; being provided with a camblett cloak, lie politely tendered it to his fair companion, and the offer was as graciously accepted. On arriving at litigate...one, where the passengers usually breakfast, Mr. Tomlinson alighted, expecting his la belle sumpag,non would shortly follow, and preside at the dejewee, but on the coachman's giving the signal for depar , ture, he discovered that the lady and the cloak had both vantawk, 1 and the pursued Itiaiourney without either. It Hist 12. i 4 V