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rotF iv to call for? Whether the measure may he 0 Itr {,,Pe eera hle or unfavourable to the local interests of Scotland $:: ,„1,, e question, and must be discussed on a very ae.. „ ut grouisl. But to resist the abolition of small on any in!'erence drown from the Union Act, betrays slat case. What the Parliament of that time meant to nc:de in tram " private rights" may be clearly enough o;ieeted articles 20 and 21, in which they are ex r;av adverted to : x x. That allrieritable.offlers, superlorities. heritable jarisdle. „th ee , life , and 4urtmlictionf for lire, be reserved for the Aerial as r i ghts vj pr . operty, in the same manner as they 7.,,,,,,erved by the laws of Scotland. notwithstanding this treaty. 'that the rights and priviteges of the /loyal Boroughs ` ,,,, ten d 2% they are, do TCIIIIIIO entire after the Uuion, and uot. Innsninding thereot Scotland, prior to the Union, had debased its pound to a thirty-sixth part. Did this debasement of the coin make $ port o f it s l ir; rate rights? For years past its small notes lire completely usurped the place of gold ; but to plead the stipulation of that alliance in bar to the restoration of a metallic currency, is absurd in the extreme. Were even t he orivilege of continuing to issue one and two pound totes permitted to Scotland, it is quite impossible they ,uld maintain their circulation after gold had become the ebstatitial currency of England. The extensive commer ial dealiugs which exist between both parts of the United Kingdom could no longer be carried on. The intrinsic value of the one currency, compared with the other, would soon throw the mercantile transactions on both sides into onfusion. The bankers of Scotland could no longer pay their notes in Bank of England paper as at present. But this subject would lead us over a wide field of considera tion, and we have occupied already more space than we OD spare. CITY, SATURDAY EVEWTWG. That fearful day, the 4th March, has passed, and cer tslnly urnli less disastrously than was at one time antiei pt: a. some croakers in the early part of last week reckoned up tl the number of at least so houses that would suspend thjr payments on that day ; but fortunately their predic tiots ou this occasion, as well as on several others, have teen fulfilled, and we have only heard of three COM.. nrcial failures to-day ; one certainly of considerable runt. A variety of political reports have been in circulation, tut they have had only a slight influence on the Funds, which, soon after the commencement of business, rose ot.e-half per cent., and even at this improvement the dialers showed great eagerness to make purchases. No communication whatever having been made from the Bank with respect to the funding of Exchequer hills, was the chief inducement for those operations, and had it not been fir the announcement of the failures we have alluil, d to in the city, a further elevation would, no doubt, have taken place. The first quotation of Consols fur Account w a s ;Gf, but rose soon at to 76f, and continued to fluctuate nearly >i per cent. until about three o'clock, when vie market again became heavy, and by the arrival of four o'clock. they had sunk to within about i per cent. of the opening price in the morning. Amoig the other ru mours have been that of the resignation not only of the CHANCELLOR of the EIICHEQU AR, but likewise of the LAD CHAN:LEI-10a j the latter, it was said, in conse quence of ill health. The Four per Cents. have been very heavy during the whole of the clay, which is to be attributed to the current belief that the funding of Exchequer Bills will be in this suck. Exchequer Bills have remained about the same as yesterday, viz. from par to gs. premium ; the discount on India Bonds has been reduced to Is. only. What little business has been transacts d in the Foreign iS2eurities to-day has been upon rather higher terms than yesterday, a slight impulse having been been given by the elevation in our own Funds. The principal advance, as ' far as regards the Northern SecuritiesOiss been in Russian :kinds. which, yesterday afternoon, were seventy three, lut this afternoon have been at done at seventy-five. Danish Bonds arc only about one-half per cent. higher. There has been a similar advance in Austrian and Prussian noek. South American Bonds have been very elastic, especially towards the close of business, and the quotations ate rather mare than 1 per cent. above what they were yesterday. Mexican New Bonds have been sold at 61i, and Colom bian New Bonds at 47i, but they left off a shade lower. spamsh have fluctuated between 01 and 10, but in the New Stock nothing has been done. The Share market continues in a state of inactivity. WINDSOR, SUNDAY, MAlcil 3. His Majesty is much recovered from his late severe attack of the gout, hut the weather has been so damp this last week that the King has not left the Royal Lodge. Divine S.lvice was performed this morning at the Royal Lodge, by the Rev. Dr. Sumner. Ilir Royal Highness the Princess Augusta and suite Lttentleil Divine Service at the parish church, where there was au excellent S.rmon preached by the Rev. Mr. slealey, I:urate of the parish. Great improvements are making at Virginia Water for the cuureuience of the King. The Duke of Clarence is expected to leave England at the commencement of the summer for the Continent for a then time, his Royal Highness having derived so much benefit last year during his journey, and avoided an annual asthmatic attack to which the Royal Duke has been subject :or a number of years. _ _ . Prince Leopold arrived in town from Claremont on Sem day. Ilia Royal Highness dined with the Duchess of Kent, .t her apartments at the King's palace, Kensington. After wards he htnoured the Italian Opera House with his pro, lice. Y,,t.relay morning Prince Leopold attended divine ser vice at St. Philip's chapel, Regent-street. A tricetirg of the Lords of the King's most Honourable Privy Council, was held on Saturday at the Council Office, which sat about two hours. On Friday night, Mr. Hunter, sen., the King's Messen ger, was dispatched from the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs, to Lord Granville, our Ambassador at Paris. • _ _ Mr. Dykes, the King's Messenger, was sent off on Satur day evening from the Foreign Office, with dispatches to the Duke of Wellington and Lord Pcnshurst, the Ambits udors at St. Petcrsburgh, from Mr. Secretary Canning. Mr. D. was to proceed by the way of Berlin ' having also despatches from Mr, Canning to the Earl of Clanwilliam, our Amhar.olor at that Court. The di parture of the Russian Ambassador was expected ill the official circles for about a week previous to the event taking place, and during that time constant communica tions were kept up between his Excellency and Mr. Secre tary Canning early and Ire on each'day. Ilia Jrace the Duke of Portland has set td work, upon his estates in the neighbourhood of Mansfield, a great number of the unfortunate unemployed atockingers and others of Mansfield-Woodhouse and Sutton-in-.lllifield. Ills Lordship has also bad oxen slaughtered anti sold, be low the market prices, to those pour suffering fellow creature" ; and in addition to this, the overseers of Sutton have receiv.d a letter from Mr. Neale (his Lordship's land agent) requesting them to give him a meeting, to consider whether the parish would be further benefited by employ- It% the poor in this way for a few weeks, during the great distress which at present unhappily prevails. REPLIESENTATIVE Pas s.—The death of Lord Carleton has occasioned another vacancy in the representative peer age of Ireland. Three candidates are airiody spoken of — Lord Mounteasbcl, and the .Earls of Meath and Glengall. Morning Registri. MK. You sc.—`Ye regret to State that this celebrated tragedian was seized with an inflammation of the liver, at Ills hotel in lifanchestcr, nit Monday last, which, but for the 7 most prompt assistance, must have proved fatal to him. e are hippy to hear he is in a convalt.scent state. THE KING'S TIIPATIIE. On Saturday evening Morlacc h i'a Opera, Triad,' ed frolina, which has undergone some judicious retrench ments, was performed at this theatre for the third time. The music of this Opera is not of that order which disco vers new beauties at every repetition, on the contrary, its novelty alone could render supportable a composition so deficient in force and originality. The airs are sweet, in deed, but devoid of chillr passion or vivacity, and serve merely as languid themes to exercise the science and inge nuity of the performers. As lung as scientific display esti redeem the defect of animation ; or supply the place of that soul-moving melody which " seems to breath above, 1 around, or underneath," this Opera may ho tot:rated,— Velluti was in fine voice, and sung delightfully, particu larly in the duets, " La cars imagine," with Madame Bo nini, and " Ombre terribile," with Curioni ; an attempt was made to encore him in the romance, " 11 suono Lu ainghier ;" but, owing to the lateness of the hour the majo rity of the audience were unwilling to delay the perform ance. The singing and acting of Curioni were equally ex cellent. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. 011 , 0111), MARC■ 4. On Monday last, a convocation ASP holden, in which the nomination of the following gentlemen as Public Examiners was approved of: hr LITTRIS H UIt•NIONISITS —Rev. John Wilson, M.A.. Fellow of Queen's College; Rev. Joseph Dornford, 51. A., Fellow of Oriel Colima IN DISCIPLINIS MATIIEMATICII TT PHYSIClll.—Robert Walker. M.A. Wadham College. Wednesday the following dqrces were conferred : MASTERS or AtTs.--Chriworher Robert Pemberton, Student of Christ Chow:lt; Rev. Joseph Balla:Alm Dykes, Tabuchi: of Queen's College. 711 R CHURCH. TUTOR TO PRINCE GEORGE or CUMBERLAND. — The gentleman who has been selected by the Lord Bishop of London to undertake the charge of Preceptor to Prince George of Cumberland, is the Rev. Richard Wm. Jen', second son of Sir James Jell', Fellow and Tutor of t)ricl College. and one of the public Examiners of the Univer sity of Oxford. The recomii endation has been accepted by his Majesty, and in cons quence Mr. Jelf has resigned his College and University offices. The house at Kew, previ ously occupied by the Duke of C unberland, is fitting up for ther ecrption of the young Prince. PRETERRED.—The Lord Bishop of Worcester has col lated the Rev. John Davison, B.D. late Fellow of Oriel College, and Prebendary of Worcester Cathedral, to the Rectory of Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, void by the death of the Rev. Robert Edmund Baines, the last in cumbent. Rev. Isham Case, M.A., of Jesus College, Cambridge, Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of St. Alban's, and Vicar of Metheringham, Lincolnshire, has been instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, to the Rectory of Spring thorpe, on the presentation of his Majesty. Rev. Samuel Phillips, to the Rectory of Poildington, Devon, on the presentation of Thomas Weinan, Esq. at Poundsford Park, Somerset. Rev. Charles Collins Crump, M.A. to the Rectory of Halford, in the county of Warwick, void by the death of the Rev. Robert Edmund Baines. TO THE EDITOR OF 7'HE BRITISH PRESS. SlR,—Your correspontlent, who describes himself " A Chancery Practitioner, appears idly to have addressed , you, for the purpose of calling for a reply. The signature under. which he appears one mull sup pose would have led him to know that the contrary to what he was stating is true. I did not presume to reply to the letter of your corre- spondent, " A Suitor of the Court of Chancery, ' without first making myself satisfactorily acquainted with the ma terial fact which I then stated—and of which any of your readers may by little trouble convince themselves. Armed with such information, I do not hesitate to state that the " Chancery Practitioner" liar attempted to make an erro neous impression on your readers. I shall take no further notice of the subject, as too much time bar been eonsum, ed, and you have already had too mach trouble. I am, Sir, Yours very obediently, A LOVER OF FAIR PLAY. March 4th. THE PR.4C E OF THE INSOLVENT IJEBT'ORS" COURT. BRITISH PRESS. LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGEXCE. LIVERPOOL, MArtut 4,1825. The general depresainn in trade seems already to wear away ; and so soon as we obtain a little none cottlitlence, no do,o hut more disposition will appear to parchaae, as well to supply the exhausted storks for consumption as also on speculation. More business in Sugars has been d ,r,e this week ; the grocers have taken about CA :ilids., it:c lower descriptions at rather lower prices, but no almond ;literal ion in the miter qualities t 200 bags of tine white P.: - ngal Sugar have Leen also sole. at 73,, a 75 a , p er ewe. ; 59 eiests of tair white Bahia Sugar base been sold for export to Spain at 31s. Some inquiry for other sorts, but nothing done. In Molasses nothing done-no ii:quiry. In Rum sonic small sales have been made, without alteration in prices. A small sale by auction was attempted of Collie, but no demand-the whole was withdrawn ; the prices of this article very on. steady. In Ginger, Pimento, or Cocoa, nothing done. Some little more demand for 'Ashes, but no alteration ; 133 barrels Montreal pots, sold at 255. Rd. a 265.; 80 brls. Quebec Pearl at 245., and :'OO bile. Montreal Pearl at 255. 61. a 269. 3d., generally sold for money. In Dyewoods very little done it , deed ; 17 tons Honduras Logwood a: 8!., and 38 tons Gaboon Durwood, forced off by auction at 51. ss. In Cochineal or Indigo nothing thiae, and prices, therefore, nominal. In Olive Oil some small sales of Galli poli have been made at W. 10s. and 381. a 381. for Messina. In Rice nothing done. In Blebs hove been sold 1,114 Buenos Ayres Oz and Cow at 141. a 111 d. ; and 5,200 Rio and Valparaiso, but the price not known. A few casks of Film Seed for soaring at 525. a 545. per hl.d. 700 bags Saltret!e at 24-. a 255. Rd. per cwt. 20 tons Palm Oil, sold be auction at 22/. a 231. Tke sales of Turpen tine have been 2.600 brls. at 9s. 89. a 9s. 9d. for good quality. 1,600 tons of Oak Bark were_qffered by auction, chiefly' old, winch went off at 2/. 2s: 8,1. for intetior and partially datnagett, to 61. 15s. for goal quality of Dutch. And about 60 tons Leghorn Cork tree bark at 8/. 10s. Tar is unsateable at present. In Cotton we have had rather more inquiry the latter part of the week, and prices are a little improved abOut td. on Americans and Brazils otf the priers of this day week, sales consist of 7,240 hap lloireds at 6d. a 70.; 100 Sea Island at Is. 70. a 2s. 2d.; 50 Stained at 90. a 101 d. 180 New Orkana at 7d. a 10.1.; 340 Alabama, &c. at flid. a 7d.; 1,630 Pemasuboeo at 90. a Ild.; 960 Msranham at id. a ; 570 Bahia at rid. a 9441. ; 30 Pura at 80. a 9d. ; 70 Demerara, tee. at Hid. a 10d.; 80 Ilarbadoes at 60. a 71,d. ; 30 Canhagens at Rid.; 210 Egyptian at Btl. a 10d.; and RIO Surat at sd. a Rd. making a total of about 12,140 hales, of which 2,000 bales have been taken on speculation, and 1,5e0 for export. COTTON TRADE. STATEMENT of the impowrs In the First Two Months each Tear, with the C itniAnottve PriCei on the 14 of Minch euch Year, and the SNek on hand. Ptices, 162.5, Stock, Ist Mar Ite6. I Stock, lat Jan 18260. TO TILE EDITOR OP THE BRITISH PRESS. Sta,—When I first read ha your paper the remarks of " A Practitioner," relative to attorneys certificates, and after wards found the Commissioners had suspended very many of their attorneys, I took it for granted they saw the necessity of checking the &grant abuses of their Court, u far as the adoption of the regulations suggested was cal culated to effect ; but thk.ugh a close observer of the prac tice, I have not been able to discover by any new rules that the Commissioners hold out encouragement to the re spectable attorney. I lament this the more, because there arc many desirous of combating the prejudice of this branch of business, who would cheerfully undertake it, to the exclusion of the present agents. Its success might not be so extensive as could be wished, yet it must confine the practice to persons answerable for what they did, the regularly certificated attorneys. They would be compelled to enter their admissions, readmissions, and certificates, and by adding the names of their clerks, pay a duty for all persons who could be recognised in that character as fairly employed at stated salaries within their own offices. The Commissioners, by means of a recipe, copy of the Sheriff's warrant, a copy of the affidavit of debt, and a copy of the bailpiece, with its No. and the name of the Judge's book in which, and the day when, bail was put in, would easily distinguish the real front the pretended cre ditor, whether the insolvent's business was transacted by an attorney or in person. The debtor himself would know the rules of the Court and the persons au.borised to con duct his business. The present infamous practices on sham arrests, and collusive surrenders, committals, and removals, friendly executions, bills of sale, and fraudulent convey ances, would be rendered more difficult and hazardous, and the warden of the Fleet (Mr. Brown, to whom much praise is due), and the Marshal of the King's Bench, would be encouraged to clear their prisons of those well-known persons who, year after year, contrive to keep themselves detained as prisoners, besetting every avenue, and publicly canvassing for business in the name of some attorney with whom they are in partnership. Earnestly trusting the Commission ers will publicly and privately court information and as ' sistance as to the mal-practices of their Court,and promptly act upon facts fully laid before them, and that "A Prac titionr," will resume the subject till the present practice be altered, for which he will have the thanks of the profes sion and the public, I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN ATTORNEY OF THE COURT. NORI MBEELLAND COUNTY ELECTION—NINTH DAY. —At the close of the poll on Thursday afternoon, the num bers were as follow : Air. Bell - . 1.12 l 111 r. Liddel . 1,113 Majority in favour of lir. Bell 8 It is understood, that so confident are the candidates and their friends of their final success, that it is the determi nation of both to contest it to the last moment. The Spanish line-of-battle ship Guerrero, sailed from Cadiz on the 9th ult. with 500 troops for the Havannah. The strongest apprehensions were entertained that the sailors and marines would rise in mutiny before they reached Unit d e stination.—llantishire Telegraph. The ship Countess of :Morley, with 00 agriculturists and settlers, for the Rio de la Plata, will.shortly sail front Plymouth. This is the third ship the Rio de la Plata Agricultural Society have chartered to convey settlers. The settlement is about 120 miles from Buenos Ayres. — Hampshire TeleArt aph. Licsatitrev.—Mr. James Beard, of New Hall. near Elland, at his rent night last wet k, after tr' sting his cot tage tenants with a good supper, returned to each of them their rents until times improved, several of them being at present out of employment.—Leeds blercury. Sea Nand Stained diuu Bowed+ Alabama, , New (Weans, Ike, Pernambuco Ma-anima. Mina and Pus 'erne rara We'd India, &c Egyptian sung, and Madras Bengal 1/11POILSCD IM TB •1 Savannah .. Chart‘toa Northern Port. Ortcan4 and Mobilo Paraambwo Bahia Staranhain Rio and rata. Detw,rara We.t lndl4 &t. leaptlan Horatio?. &e. .. r .„ Calcutta s. d. 2. J. 11 • 2 7 1 6 Of 3 Of 24 14 4 44 23 3i 2 34 0 113 34 1 2 4 O 11 2 24 11 1 3 6 0 11 O Of 0 10 310,0ul MOT TWO MONTHS. 1826. 1825. 20,023 7MI 15,611 14,676 9,057 10,130 4,450 8,163 2.257 7,770 3,109 5,399 4,570 4,0 689 42$ 1,063 1,71 1.129 5,940 9,337 2,110 300 74,137 67,518 - Totals..,. .BILK. CRADE. (Nati* eatentry Herald of Friday.) The under-mentimied communtearton was received by us Wads! morning. We have therefore only time to congratulate the riband manufacturers of this city upon the very fa curable result of the lubours of their Deputation : Parliement-etreet, March 2, 1826. Sri—l hare seen Mr. Huskier:on and Mr. Grant upon the sub ject of the regulations under which it is proposed that the importa tion of sflk goods skall be permitted after the bth July next, and I am in conseqiiquee enabled. in answer to your very pressing in. retain, to state td frau what Route of the principal of those regula tions will be. it is intendedto propose to Parliament, that for the first few years (and until the qualities of silk goods shall be better un derstood by the officers of the Customs thun they ran be at the first opening of the trade) the importation shall be confined to London, with the exception oP small quantities iu the possession of passen gers coining into other ports of the country, md for whose cases suitable regulations shall be made. 2 , 1. That it is conceived, that if the pieces of silk and of ri bands be imported in lengths of allied number of yards. neither more nor less, the due examination of the goods by the officers of the Customs will he greatly facilitated. It is, therefore, proposed, teat ribands shall shell not be imported, except in pieces of thirty. six yards, and in half Pieces of eighteen yards each, and that broad silks shall not be imported. except in pieces of sixty yards each.— A moderate allowance will be made for errors in such measure ment. 3d. That silk goods shall not be imported except in packages of a given weight, which will certainly not be less than 1001bs. This is a very common regulation us applied to goer= which arc sus ceptible of smuggling. 4th. Tables will be prepared for charging,' ratio duty by weight, equivalent, as nearly as possible, to 301. per cent, upon the value of the goods. in all cases wherein such a mode of apportioning an ad valorem duty can be made appliesble. I am happy in being permitted to make this communication to you ; but although I believe that eae duty on Thrown Silks will be modified, and, in wine degree, reduced, I am unauthorised to give you any positive information on that subject. I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, ToJ. Merry, Eaq. Wood-street. J. O. HUME. FIRE 47' The following abstract of the losses sustained in this awful calamity, is taken from a statement published by order of the Committee, at Alirainichi, dated tat February last:— Lives Lost—Burnt 159; drowned 10: total 110. Sufterers--Remsining at Miramichi 3778; lett immediately after the lire 300; tot:d 3078. Buildings destroyed--Ilouses 3e3 stores 47; workshops 40; biros 135: stables G 8; mills 4 ; total Zdls. Cattle Destroyed—Horses 41 ; oxen VS; cows 33 ; sheep 403, hogs 313 ; total 876. Ilay and Oats Destroye4.—Tons 2,445. Fences Destroyed —Re i d', 35.2:',5. Timber diuo—On priMue property, acres 30,000. Value of property destroyed (exclusive of timber 9 4 Crown Lands), 243,5'231. Os. 12,0501. only was insured. The Aliramichi Committee state, that a correct enumeration of the different descriptions of property destroyed could not possibly be given, the abstract is therefore confined to buildings, cattle, hay, and fences, merely to show how extensive the conflagration must have bees to have cause so much desolation, where the build ings were generally detached, and the settlements spread over so large a surface uf country. D7SJEC7' .Y OF THE PLEPHANT. At nine o'clock on Saturday evening Mr. Cross directed that tin more visitors should be admitted. The numbers of perAnis at this thile in the menagerie amounted at least to two hundred, and the crowds of persons on the stairs and around the establishment exceeded any thing aver before witnessed. The house wee not cleared until near ten o'clock, when Mr. Wright ordered his men, engaged especially to flay the anhnal,. to prcpurc for the operation. A crub was fixed at the farther end ot the room, near to the den of Nero. The chains and ropes to bear up the animal were put round the body, and having been made fast to the crab, orders were given for the melt to commence. The two " near legs" were first bawled up, slid then the " off legs." The operation wee by no means so offensive as had been expected, owing to she precatitions taken by Mr. Cross in fumigating the room. The flaying of the animal occupied upwards of eleven hours, and nine Men were employed in the task. By ten o'clock testerday morning every thing was prepared. and the protk,eitonal gentlemen were then ad mitted. Dr. Brookes and Mr. Morgan dissected the animal. l'het first operation was that of opening the body front the throat to the after quarter. The parts were exceediagly large of course—the heart particularly so. The brain wee not dissected, but the eye presented a strongl ivid colour. The tusks were separated from the or. with much ease. but the teeth reniaine4 fast. 1n tact, the evidently had perished in the very moth of his strength, COLLEGE. OF SURGEONS. On Saturday right an Adjourned Meeting of the Surgeons° , the Metropolis MRS held at the Freemasons"favern, to take into further cousi•leration the abuses existing in the Royal College of Surgeons, and to devise torsos for amending the Charter of the said College. - Mr. Lawill:NCE was called to the Chair. The object of the Meeting was to resume the business which was discussed on that day fortnight, 'elating to the abeam of the Royal College of Sur geons.. '1 he inajority of that meeting had agreed to a resolution to appeal to the legislature, praying that the charter should be amended, and in adopt such other measures as would remove thz grievances complained of. Since the last Meeting he had received COORTILOIk3ORIM front a number of surgeries from provincial hos pitals, complaining of the injury done to diem by the Royal Col lege refusing to pay any attention to the certificates given by them to their pupils who offered themselves for examination at the Royal College. 'l'he reason the College gave for t his refintel was, that it was decreed by them that only five schools of surgery should be recognized by the Court, viz. London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glatt gni,. and Aberdeen. Ile (the Chairman) contelided, that pupils who for four, five end six years, had been in constant practice in provincial hospitals, though there were not a hundred beds therein (which a byelaw of the Royal College requirrel), had a tio better opportunity of becoming qualified to practice as surgeons than those who had what was vulgarly termed " walked the ion. don Hospitals." (Loud applause). If persons had .qualified themselves to praetiee surgery, by studying at Paris, Vienna. Are settles, or in Germany, and presented Menominee to the Royal College of Surgeons in London, to undergo an exantination, they were excluded. because they had not walked the hospitals of Lon don. He should be glad to know why the Royal College refused to examine pupils who had obtained itudrectios abroad or in the pro vinces ? Because they had not bought their knowledge at the shop of those surgical traders ! (Loud clieerieg.) lie could cite many instances of the gross injustice of the Royal College to individuals tending to the great injury of the science of surgery in this coun try. The -nephew of Professor Patterson went to America to study; he was there five years, and obtained a diploma of doctor ; • on hiaseturn to Dngland he presented himself at the Royal College of Surgeons to be examined, with testimonials of ability• and pro fessional knowledge. and he was mused an examination, nor be• cause he was unqualified, but because: he had not studied in a Lon don hospital. If no persons but these who had walked the London hospitals had been allowed to practise, the scientific world would never Ipve had to boast of such men as Carlow, Brooks, and others, whose names wired be handed dew* to. posterity. •The stipulation of the Court of Examiner*, relating to anatomy, was a de:into* profitable only to lecturers (loud applause ), and they evi. dently . did not consider the study of physiology Of pathology at all MINIMA' to quality a surgeon. for the names of these sciences were not mentioned in the lists of qualifications for examination. (Cheers ) The evils which he had painted out arose from the de fective constitution of the college—they were self-elected—they had not the confidence of the great body of the profession, and before they could obtain their confidence they must be elected by the ge neral body. (Cheers.) The examinants of the Royal College, from their great age, were incapable of conducting an examination ; and it was, therefore, important that the general body of surgeons should prepare evidence to lay before a Committee of the House, of Commons, chewing the necessity of an alteration in the Charter Mr. TYRRELL laid before the mectiog the proceedings of the Committee since the last general meeting, stating that an applica tion had been made to the College of Surgeons, and that the answer they returned mss, " that the College of Surgeons were always ready to pay due attention to any suggestions from its Members, when directed to the common weal ; but that the Council cannot hold communication with persons whose avowed object is the sub vention of the charter of the College." Mr. DILLON came forward and said that he presented himself before the meeting more by compulsion than inclination. Ile held in his hand a paper containing the most scurrilous remarkii,.lo4 illiberal observations, that ever could be made upon . any individual in a free country. The observations to which he alluded were emt tained in the John Bull, and which, he submitted, ought not to be suffered to pass unnoticed. It was their duty to repel those charges, lest the legislature, whose protection they were seeking, should give credit to them. Mr. CARPEL here interrupted the speaker, and submitted that they had nothing to do with those observations or remarks. They had nothing to do with John Ball. (Laughter.) The CHAIRMAII said that Mr. Dillon, as a Member of the College, was entitled to snake such observations as he thought proper ; but he submitted that any remarks upon the comments in John Bull would not promote the object they had in view. Mr. DILLON then made some remarks upon the mode of ex amination which was pursued in 1793, snit gave a very ludicrous description of the conduct of the old Gentleman who then officiated. who abused him (Mr. Dillon) for being a disciple of Dr. Hunter, but who at length desisted from making any further remarks when warmly replied to, and directed the applicant to pay his hero, and be admitted into the College. A GENTLEMAN here rose to make some observations upon a letter signed " Scrutator," which had appeared in the Courier, mid which he said reflected upon the profession, when he was in terrupted by the Chairman. Mr. Waitt.to then came forward. The room MRS instantly in a state of the greatest uproar; acme applauded, whilst others hissed —others called loudly for the Chairman to interfere, and complained that no respect was paid to that individual. In this tumult The CEIAIRMAN rose and called the meeting to older, by inform ing them thgt all ought to be beard, and that übstoratioanaould wady be met by a fair sod impartial discussion. Mr. WIKLET the 4 made several obeorentions upon the condom the Cage, and concluded by moving that a petition should be prepared by beisnuedtatily presessedso Peslimmatit This was agreed to. The gentleman before alluded to then rose and proposed, " That this meeting having only for its object the welfare of the profession as connected With the public at large, most decidedly disclaims any such political views ss have been attributed to it by a letter signed ' &rotator,' inserted in the Courier of February 22, and com mented upon In John Bull of February 26; nor does it yield, in feelings of uttahaken loyalty to the Ring and Constitution if this realm, to any the most zealous of his ALoesty's aubjects." Upon the recommendation of the Chairman, the resolution was, how ever, withdrawn. The meeting then adjourned. Prices, le2G. 1. d. M. d. I 5• 2 2 O 7 0 lei O s! 0 7i • 51 U 15 O tig 0 94 O 94 0 104 • 81 0 91 O b; 0 9, O Ili 0 $1 0 0 IN O 64 0 95 O 74 010 0 5 O 6 o 0 0 0 YORKSHIRE BANKS. The public will learn kith great pleasure that the re port of the Scarborough Bank of Mesjis. Woodall, Tin dall, Cooke, and Co., and the Beverley Bank of Meson. Bower, l)eusbery, and Co. having snide a temporary sus pension of payment, is altogether unfounded. Both these highly respectable houses, notwithstanding the ardent runs of last week, arising from the stoppage of a neigh bouring bank, paid every demand upon them with the utmost promptitude, and the Scarborough Bank kept open their doors daily during the run several hours beyond the usual time. Participating, as we do most sin cerely, in the general satisfaction at the unimpeachable stability of these establishments, we cannot but regret that we should have given currency to the injurious rumour,; anti have only to urge, in extenuation of the paragraph in onr last paper, that the report of the suspension was so ge neral here, anti our information, as we conceived, so au thentic, as to divest our minds of all doubt on the subject; at the same time we must express our obligations to the gentlemen constituting the firms of both the Scarborough and Beverley Banks, for the indulgence and liberality with which they have received our explanations. NORTH RIDING BAN 16.—We stated in our last paper that the issue of the affairs of Messrs. Tissues and Co. of the Nlalton Bank, would be a bankruptcy, but are now glad to inform our readers we find thatit is not likely to be the case. An examination of their accounts has taken place, and we understand the creditors pre so fully satis fied, that the assets of the house, exclusive of the private property of the partners, are amply sufficient to satisfy every demand in lull, and have so just aniopinion of the honour and integrity of the-parties, that it the general wish the parties themselves should wind up the affairs. We refer to two circulars in our paper on this subject, and are well informed that the House rapidly pokeding to liquidate all the demands upon it. SADDLUWO ItT II BAN K.--ln consequence of the favour able statement of the affairs of this batik, which we pub lished last week, a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Ilarrop, Lees, and Brown, has taken place, when it was unanimously agreed that the concern should be wound up by the firm, under the inspection of seven of the creditors as a committee of trustees.—Leeds hitt igencer. K ING's Co c a° Wia.—Aineiig the ancient customs of England, which have long since sunk into disuse, was a very absurd one, and which, however ridiculous, was con tinued so late as the reign of George I. During the season of Lent, an officer denominated the " King's Cock-crower," crowed the hour every night within the precincts of the palace, hist* of proclaiming it in the ordinary manner. On the first -Ash-Wednesday after the accession of the House of Hanover, as the Prince of Wales, afterwards George 11., was sitting down to supper, this officer sud denly entered the apartment, and proclaimed in a sound resembling " the cock's shrill clarion," that it was past ten o'clock. Taken thus by surprise, and very imperfectly acquainted with the English language, the Prince mistook the tremulation of the assumed crow as some mockery in tended to insult him, and instantly rose to resent the af front, nor was it without the utmost difficulty that his in terpreter could make him understand the nature of the custom, and assure him that a compliment was intended, according to the Court etiquette of the times. From that period, however, the custom has been discontinued of warn ing the Court by the symbol which called back St. Peter to repentance ; and Princes and Courtiers have been kft to the voice of reason and conscience alone. NARRATIVE OP THREE- SPASII.ifI EXILES. DELIVERED TO TOE SPAXIAII AND ITALIAN COMMITT* AT 131;11.DUALL. OX TOZIR ARRIVAL IN LONDON OSI 26T11 OF rtnnumor. A itRANSLATIO 1 , 2011 SPA(IIIEL) . Vi'e, Don Pedro 31itetd (an officer belonging to the Compenye, Guides ottarltri to his Incellency the Douai:ln-Chief, Don V. cisco Espos y 'Aline), illitt..luan banyan to volunteer in tbe.sasew company), having beef ipprehendeit end committed to the gaol of Polgtreolts in contsodeents4,l our politico,' opirtiohs; we. after liable undergone a long vet %Tent, at lengtMl succeeded in effectingeol escape by making a in the wall b$ Mtll6i of an bon Iwo i p l ft being in a town tlistin r ue its pstrietio ores and homed= refound to/nonce, w r md, kept nurselverreoneeslen der a with a view to obtain a if possibt , e and labouring ender ill constant dread or judicial- oils being isasitisidinst us foe ear appteliension in k ranee. • . • . .„ Waving procured the neceesety passport* we repaired to Told* louse, where„ hnving joined one comrade .in arms Don Alamo P. rpm, an officer belonging to rite company ,of Dos Antonio We thenceforward pursued the eosin) .Ashe, tit will appear t 44 following report of the said Vendee:— I, Staten Pogue, an officer,hdongiogld ; die 'ethlnPilttrld Antonin Endes.. under the coda* uf Ibis Escellenay the V ~ . Chief, Don Francisco Espos y Shoo, do berth/ maim avf ing teport Lerida baring surrendered by capitulation, md Mt inhabitants being proscribed on all sidts, I add --' th ' . <<• t. „. recd non of proceeding to Puigends. 7 being the on plater could rely on the enjoyment of tratiqqSility. On my arrival there. and presenting myth r Warr the 60111110needf authorities, Immisted an order to repair to my attire town, the' most infamous and creel for cites, of my party—an order that Min . given to all, doubtless with a view to die greater Meditating of MIO deettuotion. On entering the said town I met with some okay miftelpei on edam, • two of whom instantly came up to me, and proteeded to abase awe , beat me, when finding they were going. to despatch ost with their daggers and knives, 1 effected my escape, and took refoilh *MM. housed the oottatiented. aoWpe i t a, whither remised . a mosishito able armed feree,whe, violating both the orders of Goverment mirk throne of its authority, seised and eonreyed me to the oommeas gaol, where I found myself exposed to the most violent %snits haft all aorta of people, with a view to my destruction. - • From thence I. wee conveyed, pinioned, to (1'1;10, and Ms eat toad.thfing separated from the other primnne, I eras =delta theiehont prepeesistp to bairn/shot. when the tommander. of die party gave to ere for my being sent Ihrerard said menveyyd niffter d'Utgel, white I experienced the same insulting trestmeht M thoW I.rescued in my naive place. constantly dreading the critical moment at whieh . we were to be the victims of the fury and rage of our enemies. From thence I was conducted to Peigeerds, where, so fat ell teethe 'ands popular insults, I enjoyed some degree of teanouillity, MOB. one day, when epnceiving it would pass over like the test I, at her o'clock in the foeenom, received eir.rtf to hold myself in reedit.. to march, the Jodge informed one of the worthy inhabitants Mores( (edneeiehig him to be my enemy) that they were going to slime me, when the latter, having immediately takes the necessary ma.. cures for oornmuicating to me that Bretimstance, which 'melted my ears in the afternooo, I instantly set about preparing for my sham. which was effected at two o'clock in the afternoon, by means ate, assistance of the whole of the inhabitants of that town, who gene rally interested themselves in my preservation, and which wee am complished in the following manner. The necessary preparations being mode by the said inhabitants, and the several guides stationed at the proper places, they gave MO notice that the hour ass arrived, when, having told vie gaud MP were without Water. and that it was reamer, to go Bud fetch AA*. the corporal of the guard ordered a moldier to accompany me to the trucis : arisit his drawn bayonet t on my arrival at the fountain,. as dirt rj from the guard, I seized thr,oppottnnity, and aim* in eseapessfast as I could, lain/ puredad by the sentinel with peat outcries, to the bowie destined fee that purpose, 'hum eating entered we locked the door, and 1 moraine Amended in tire mitt house. Being thus tweeted. the doer was opened, sad the French sod Spanish ganison, together with theperions appointed to sheet me, Alguanls, Judges, instantly enterctl, and searched the house from sop to bottom, when finding their exertions foibles* they at length retired. 1 sunned great persecution dating the rims I was obliged to remain in the Opaeish shrimp, knowing that warrants had been despatched to the tiovernors sod Magistrates off' the frontier towns for coy spprehension, until A bengili. myself of the same worthy intrabitiods of Pulgoords, I su aadsd in obtaining a paupers for France, where I suet with a vary bat reception, and, after having penetrated some short way into the ill, tenor of the country, I was compelled to return back again, wkis, having assumed another character, I pnweeded as far as Toulouse% where I again received cram to return bock to Spain. I stopped a few days at Toulouse without daring to 'hew toyed!. until I at length joined my two oompanious in arras, Don Peden Ilium), an officer belonging to the company of guides, sad Joao Sauvan, a volunteer attached to the same company, we three has. ing thus joined, and finding that some of those who wets destitute of paper* were obliged to go to Spain, we came to the deternsimo don of declaring that ye bad no popes, and requested passports AN England, which in a few days were granted to us, when Godlier ourselves destititute of the means of psyiog our way; wcsolieUed the three sous per league, which were allowed us as fat as GUM; where our passports being taken from us, we were instantly oniesed to embark for Dover. Having landed at Dome with thirty French sous between tiir three, we there met with a benefactor who gave its three sbilliage and a loaf of bread, by means of which we reached this sty et Loodon, where we found the arryloro we expecteifirthe the beam". tencrof - the-eientionewof the.lloossuittet...l4l.4 we the nadills 4 signed, with all due respect salute. (Signed) MATEO PIISQUIL vgbilto ITh7O. JEAN SAUVVir LISHON.—The (ia:-.elfe of the eoth Feb. contains an official account from the inspector of the Royal tope ma nufactory, relative to a dreadful fire which broke out in that building on the 16th. The fire was caustA by the stupidity of an old workman in entleavourine to beht small furnace to melt some tallow.—The Lisbon Paper. from the CO) to the 17th Feb., both inclusive, 'have not yet come to hand, the packet which has them on board not: having vet arrived. The knowledge of the fact, that Ministers or the Bank had determined to do sometlihsg to relieve the severe em barrassments which press upon, the country, from the di. minution of circulating medium and the want of com mercial credit, has already tended in some degree to rein spire public confidence: This week the prevailing gloom has been penetrated bv:a few rays of light. In the cloth halls, at Leeds, particidarly in the White-hall, there was last Tuesday, rather mote business *one than fur tome weeks past, and the inquiries tnade by the m_erc_hants of the clothie- season. East India a consider: lour villa this and though business, re-action a very fen prosperity a trying dr able any" keta of . hear of a, advanced way into the cout MEss. stand that and Co. mined ," cheek; Guardian, March 4. • SUIC Thursday morning last, Henry nowlan, a private of the 6th Praeooon Guards (Inniskillens) now lying at the barracks in Hultne, put a period to Ids exist ence by shooting himself through the body with a pistol. It appears that he had been above 23 years in the regiment, and had throughout that time maintained an excellent character ; hut on some account or other, he had ab sented himself from the barracks during the whole of Tuesday night and Wednesday, and did not return until nine o'clock on Wednesday evening ; when he appeared exceedingly depressed, and stated that there was spine disagreement betwixt himself and the sur geon. In the morning he rose about a quarter before seven o'clock, and went out at the barrack gate, tell ing the centinel that he .expected he should be put in the guard-house. In about three minutes afterwards the sen tinel heard the report of a pistol ; and it appeared, on es atirination, that the unfortunate mat, had gone to the enil of the lane leading towards Hulme Ball, where he had put his large pistol to his breast, and shut himself exactly through the heart, the bell passing out under the left shoulder-blade. He was found lying on his back, quite dead, and the pistol lying about three yards from blfil• The poor man has left a wife and six children. If he had served out his present year, he would have been entitled to his discharge, anti a pension of one shilling a day for life. —Au inqutat was held on the body yesterd a y , at the Par racks, when the Jury returned a verdict of " Insan ity."-- ilfanrhuter'Guardiun. rthiers seemed to indicate the return of the spring It is gratifying to add, that there is also slags mita order now executing, which serves to employ actable number of hands in some of tire more popue- lieges of the clothingdistrict. The shopkeepers its nd the neighhouri4 towns of the Nest-Riding, much tried by dolytti - payments, and decreased ss, stand their gray.... *. i el -if we have no seriOns• on we may hopeq • ,ipess.will, in the coarse of few months, •part at least, its former rity. This day, t • March, is expeeted to be ig day in L,culdon.ii ;: Mel wait with consider- axiety to know hntri . 1; phieB - over. In the mar. f Huddersfield, • • • 4,llalifax, we do not f any improvemens, -4 'the three millions ced by the Bank • s. I 'indirectly, find its ito this district, ant.. li h - of these places in urse of a very few • '.l! . ..eeds Mercury. MS. CSEWDSON •IN 4 's DANL.—We under.. that a meeting of the daditort of Messrs. Crewdson kr. was held yesterday, stollen it was finally deter- that the affltirs of the ceticern should be wound up a trust-deed, In prefesence to a commission of bank. y. A dissolution of the-viewership between Mears. don and Robinson was also determined 127,000 M. 700 16.0(10 2..0041 MOO MOO .411 10,000 0,200 311,000 38,700 57,1100 17,100 2,400 2,00 5,350 63M0 10,000 6.500