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FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENC6. orbe Congress of Arran's card party on Tneidoe or, nlng, In Dam. 00 0,. was attended by an elegant a.wrablagr di .r ingui.hed Nation app.. among whom were—The Merged. and vhione ri of Northamp ton, the Lininte.. of Tankerville, Irrld St. 11 I.ady Ondrw, [Lady ;wi ng, lady Puller, lady Pirliy Illoritague, the Courneso of F.roes, o ,,,rsin and lady Elinberh t'ud, Sir Gime, Lady. an Ge neral M rs . Lady Ogie. Sir Modes and Lady Howley, and Bundy, Orntral Walpole, Groval 31aiishown, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Giles. Mr. p o ring, lam. Cuaranii. Mr. King, Are. a t e. The µad of Cawill. euteitafned • dldingulidsed party at dinner. yes %Noisy, at hi. house In Privy Oar Lord Gifford had a dinner pm tit, yeatvrilay, at the House, Chan tey-lane. Karl Poltroon enter tained the Pire.ton of the Ancient Mu.le, and a bur i pun , at dinner, erterday. at hio botire Gro.venor-.inuire. D o wager Lady Searle entertained a ...lint ',arty of fashionable., yodel.- eVertt ng. at her Amore in t. I.ord Gwydyr bad a huge pa-ty at dinner, yeiterday, at bin house In Piccadilly. Holtman: ha. arrived in town from a tonr. hLurJ ouse Sight Hononiable Sturges ;tonne, 5.!'., notred, yederday, at his house in South Audey-staret, from his seat, Testwood South. smotoni d j. D . nurdon, Esq• and family eier.' ye-U e da, at thitr house In Glen. ( "ger plan, from their seat, L eann. No, folk. Th e - Naomi. Camden arried In town yederday, from bls seat, the Wildeinc.s. Kent. orpartium from Fenton's New Hotel, St. Jaram•twitreet :—The Rev. for Brighton ; Leiceoter, Earl. M.P. for Dorset -14,‘„,k, Bo othb y , Arrival at Jordan'. Hotel, St. Javier's... Orel :-31m. Banns:, from her inpniture .--Captain and Mr hlitman, for H.lttol,„ Arrival. at the Royni Hotel. St. James . m ;—: ~,, d lifshon, from the Continent ; Lord Farnham, from Ittivoniibile; Lord Mount Novel., from -- Vivian, F.-q. from a tour; —'l !et le, from Ireland; Ireland; Yapte, Esq. from Hants ; Henry Maxwell. Esq. M.P. from Devon. Edward Kerr, F.M. from Yorkshire; J. J. Guest, Esq. from his mar In Wales. 'Me Countess of Uysart har arrived In town, from her mi. Ham Howe, lune!. Sir Gilbert East, Rut. has anived In town,. from hi. seat Milli pore, Berks. arrirals at Ifiadong's Rotel, Oxford.treet :—Sir W. Gensnl, Bart. and Thorns. Ba t h; Anderon, Erg. from Warrington ; Colonel. Mr.., and Sim Gib bing*, from t John Atwood. E.g. from Cheltenham; Colonel Leads, from st. pi tne r ac .p e ri, from • *C.I ; Sir Charier and Mr. Phillip, from a tour ; Colonel Orion:rood, from a tour. Departurest— Mr Chun. and Lady, Mr. and Miro Chadd, and the Hon. Miss Tumours, fm Norfolk ; Bradford, Keg. on • tour. Annals at the Broininick Hotel Bate Blake's) Jermyn-dreet —Hon. and Mr.. Wmterna, from Shrub. Hill ; Edwo:rd Protheroe, Esq. from Herta ; Matthew Buckle, Esq. horn Petworth. Basset I Robinson, Req. from Ireland. Yesterday the Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Gloucester. On Tuesday evening Prince Leopold and the Duchess of Kent honoured the Italian Opera with their presence. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, a meeting of several of the Cabinet Ministers took place at Mr. Secretary Canning's house, in Downing-street. Among those present were the Earls of flarrowhy, Viscount Melville, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Pee l, an d Mr. Huskisson. Sir Charles Long and a number of other gentlemen were present at the meeting. They continued in consultation for near an hour. The Cabinet Ministers dined with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesteriley. Yesterday, Prince Esterhasy, the Austrian Ambassador, transacted business at the Foreign Office. Mr. Meates, as King's Messenger, was sent of yester day from the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Af fairs, with despatches for St. Petersburgh. Mr. Meates also took despatches for the Right Hon. Henry Wellesley, the British Ambassador at Vienna. A King's Messenger v.as sent of on Tuesday evening to Lord Granville, our Ambassador at Paris, with despatches from Mr. Secretary Canning. Mr. Crotch, the King's Messenger, arrived at the Fo reign Office no Tuesday evening, with despatches from the Hague. The lion. C. A. Hurchinvon was among the Members who were accidentally shut out from the minority of 76, on Momlay evening. CITY RLPRESIENT•TION.—We are happy to find that the representation of the City is likely to be contested by a gentleman in ever: . respect well qualified to perform the important and arduous duties that devolve on those who enjoy that high honour. Mr. IV. Ward, of Broad-street, has been applied to, to offer himself as a candidate at the nextelection, and a man better qualified fora City Member could not be selected. Mr. Ward is a merchant of the first respectability and a Rank Director. His political princi ples are strictly in accordance with those of the present Cabinet, and therefore, we may add, with those of the great majority of Englishmen. Sir William Curtis's advanced age rendered it improbable that he would again appear be fore the Livery.. Indeed, the Worthy Baronet has long Intimated this intention to his private friends, and he re tires to enjoy the idiom tom dignitate, probably in the en joyment of as large a share of popularity as was ever pos sessed by an individual in his situation. Alderman Thompson has long been considered as Sir William's suc cessor, and every day strengthens the certainty of his re turn. Mr. Thomas Wilson s retirement was not so gene rally expected, and as he hail well performed his duty, the suddenness of his determination, at the same time that it was a source of regret to his c o nstituents, was also a source of anxiety to them as to the probability of efficiently filling his place, In that, we think, they are likely to suc ceed, should Mr. Ward be returned. The citizens may consider themselves fortunate in having three new csntli dates fur the horMur of representing them, whose high re spectability and business-talents render them so well qua lified for the honourable duty they are seeking, as the Lord Mayor, Alderman Thompson, anti Mr. Ward. Yesterday a Court of Directers was held at the East In dia House, when the thanks of the Court were voted una nimously to Campbell Marjoribsnks, Esq. Chairman, and Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, Batt. Deputy Chair man, for their zeal and attention to the Company's inte rests during the past year.—The following Commanders took leave of the Court, previous to departing for their re spective destinations, viz. :—Capt. John B. Sotheby. Lon don; Capt. Wm. Elisha Ferrer, Orwell ; Capt. Joseph Stanton, Generalllarris ; Captain Thomas Blair, William Fairlie ; and Capt. Bryan Broughton, Canning—all for China direct. Mr. Buckingham's case was disposed of on Tuesday, at the India House, by a majority that pretty clearly indi cates the opinion of those who can judge most accurately of its merits. We have studiously declined offering any re marks upon it pending the decision ; but, now that it is declared, we may, without injury to Mr. Buckingham's claim, assert that, in our judgment, the decision is a just one, inasmuch as it rejects the claim of a person on the funds of the India Company, who, to use no harsher term, was opposed to its measures during the greater part of his sojourn in the East, and has since his return been engaged in the publication of a Journal hostile to its interests. The numbers on the question decided by the ballot at the India House on Tuesday last, recommending the grant of 5,000/. to Mr. Buckingham, were-157 for the question, and 436 against it. Erstaseaon UNTTERSITY.—We understand that the dames in the College, especially the medical classes, have turned out extremely well this year. Though they were pretty full in 1824-5, the number of students who have matriculated during the present session, exceeds those of the preceding by forty, and as a few enter for the summer classes, the excess altogether will not be much short of a hundred, and the whole number of students above two thousand. If to thew. are added the two hundred and sixty students in the Divinity Classes. the whole number of young men attending the classes of this University will be nearly two thousand three hundred. There will he three or four su/niner classes, namely, Modern History by Sir William Ilamilton—Natural History by Mr. Jameson —Botany by Pr. Graham—and, probably, Natural Philo sophy by Mr. Leslie. BANE or la i.l.aND.—The ballet for Governors and Di rectors of the fink of Ireland for the ensuing year closed on Saturday. One Itandred and twenty-six ptoprietors balloted, of whom one hundred and nine voted fur the house list, as under mentioned: Governor—John Wand Maguey. E'q. Deputy Governor— James Cluilehe , g, Edit. Directors—Robert Alexander, Esq. 'rho. Croothwait, Esq. William Chaigneau Esq. Geo. Drevor, Esq. Isaac Mathew D'Olier, Esq. Joseph Goff, Esq. Arthur Guinness. Esq. Nathaniel Hone, Esq. William Peter Lunel. Esq. Willis° tineill Magee, Esq. James 111`Call, Esq. Nathaniel lt , neyd, Esq. John Stewart, Esq. William Sparrow, Esq. Hugh Trevor, Esq. !mem:Titre A Rl7lll4F.TlcisNe.—The Scotsman news paper says that there are several boys in a charity school at Leith, possessing powers of arithmetical calculation quite t qual to those of young Nokes, mentioned in our paper a week or two ago ; and maintains that the talent isby no means so Atraortlinary as has been thought, or difficult of attainment. In the Scotch schools, the babig.of calcula tion is very much encouraged, and the result has been so 'generally successful, that the Scotch make no account of such a illet , Ornt:::oTl as pekes is said to be, MENDICITT SOCIETY. A general /fleeting of the subscribers and friends of the Society for the Suppression of Mentlicity was held ye tertlay, at the Free masons' Tavern. It was announced that the Chair was to be taken at oneo'clock precisely, but at that hour there were not above a doyen persons assembled. About halfmast one, however, that number was in- , creased to about forty, when the Committee entered the room. ac companied by the Earl of [fwd• icke, the Earl De is Warr, Lords Gage. Dudlerand Ward, Rolle, and Calthorpe, and a num ber of Gentlen.en. The Earl of klaanwicat was solicited to take the Chair. His Lordship requested the attention of the Meeting while the Secretary read the Report of the proceedings of the Society during the present year. Mr. llctriats, the Honorary Secretary of the Institution, then read the report, which stated that the total number of eases regis tered during the past year amounted to 1.006„ of which there ap peered to belong. to parishes in London, 159; to parishes in the country, 541; person. who did not know their places of birth or settlenient, ; Irish, 1:16; Scotch, 57; Welsh, 37; Italians, 6; Prussians, 1 ; Swedes, 1 ; Dane.. 1 ; French, 2 ; Germans, 2 ; Hanoverian., 2; Itn..ians, '2; Egyptian., Portnguege, Spnnittras, and Maltese, 4; Africans, Asiwics, Americans, and West In dians, of whom 211 were blacks. 45. ALI EGED CAUSES OF DISTRESS. Age rind infirmity - - 121 Sickness and accidents . - - - - 89 Loss of relatives by death, desertion, or imprisonment - 76 Foreigners wanting means of returning home - . nl Want of clothes - - 7 5 - Want of tools ant! implements of work . - 33 Failure in business - - - - 7 0 Suspension of pay or prize-money - - - 24 Shipwreck • - - - 12 Number of cases in which the causes of distress were apparent 531 Cases in which want or employment, real or pretended, was the alleged excuse for begging - - - 562. HOW lits'snsEls OF. Referred to London parishes, and obtained relief by the inter ference of the Society - - G 2 - Relieved and sent to parishes in the country - - 65 Relieved with money and clothing when passed to Ireland, Scotland, Ace„ Provided with situations, clothing, and tools, or the means of effectually supporting themselves - - 101 r4othed, relieved, and sent to sea - - - 15 Found, on investigation, to be in sufficient means of support ing themselves . . 12 Ascertained to be impostors and confirmed vagrants (1115 of whom were ordered to be prosecuted) - 405 - Refusetl parochial relief when provided for them (in most cases admission to workhouses being offered) • - 25 Placed in hospitals, infirmaries, &c. - - 35 Taken charge of by the 51i.rine Society - - 2 by the Scotch Society - 3 - Refused to return to their native countries, 'although unable to support themselves here - 29 Did not return as ordered (the majority of whom absconded immediately on being set to work by the Society) - 2117 The Report then proceeded to defend the objects of the Institu tion, and argued that every objection which applied to the blendi city Society might, with equal propriety, be alleged against almost every charity in the Metropolis. The Secretary then read the following statement, which had been sent to the Subscribers, and in consequence of which, he said, great numbers 11'4 doubled the amount of their subscriptions : " The Managers of the Society for the Suppression of Alendicity being under the necessity of publishing a statement of the present situation of the Institution, trust that every friend to the Institii. lion will oblige them, by giving the present communication his se rious and deliberate consideration. " The Society has now been established eight years; and its proceedings may be classed under three principal heads or (Uri. 'ions:— " First—Affording relief to beggars, who appear, upon investi gation, to have been forced Into the streets by necessity ; or pro curing such relief from proper sources. " Secondly—Restraining impostors, by the employment of con stables to petimbillate the streets foe the purpose of apprehending and enforcing the law against such offenders. " Thirdly—The system of inquiry into the merits of begging letter writers. " For their success in these objects the Managers appeable cam. mon observation. While many deserving persons, by the prompt application of the Society's means, and a still more considerable number by the exertion of its influence, have been effectually re lieved ; the most disgusting, deceitful, and aringing class of pro fessed beggars have been removed from the public streets. " The like beneficial effects have (even in a still greater degree) meshed from the establishment of the begging letter department, which has been eminently successful in directing charity into pro per channels. by guarding iedividuals against those dexterous sys tems of fraud which had been secretly imposing upon the humanity of the public to an incredible extent. " In carrying on these proceedings, an annual expense has been incurred, amounting, upon an average, to shout 3,5001. per an num; while the average income of the Society has not exceeded 2,81101. per annum—so that a deficiency of about 7001. has annually occurred. lint as, at the origin of the Society, a certain fund was subscribed by the public, as a capital with which to comittence ope rations, the annual deficiency has been from time - to time suredied hem that fund, until the whole of it has been exhausted ; and the managers do not hesitate to declare, that in carrying on ea impor. rant an experiment for the public good, they have always thought it their duty rather to be efficient at the expense of capital, than to incur a risk of failure by miselactel economy. " The Managers have minutely examined every item of their ex penditure, with a view to ascertain how far it might be practicable' to effect such a reduction as would relieve the Society. without di minishing its usefulness and efficiency ; and in this inquiry, the abolition of one or more of the three divisions of their plan, has been brought under their view. "They were convinced that to abolish their first division, viz., the granting relief to distieseed cases, and to maintain what may be considered the coercive part of their system, would give the 'fled tution more exclusively the character of a police establishment than might be compatible with the views and intentions of the ma jority of its subscribers ; whilst, on the other hand, by abolishing their second division, viz., the employment of constables, and still continuing the administration of relief, the Society would be acting merely in aid of the Poor's Rates, and could not he expected. in any degree, to control the practice of mendicity. Their third divi. lion., viz., the investigation of begging letters. the Managers con ceive stands upon totally distinct grounds; and the good it has sin. questionably accomplished, and is calculated to accomplish, will, they trust, secure its continuance, even if they are compelled by the want of sufficient funds to abandon the two other branches of their establishment. " Under theme circumstances, the Managers deemed it advisable, to ascertain how ear his Majesty's Government might be disposed to sanction the grant of an annual sum. equal to the expense of the coercive branch of the Society's proceedings, which branch might it was thought, be with propriety considered auxiliary to the Me tropolitan Police.. Had the application made for this purpose been successful, the present difficulty would have been In a great mea sure removed.; the expense of that branch being about equal to the annual deficiency in the Society's income. A communication has, however, been recently received from his Majesty's Secretary of State: expressing his opinion. ' That the utility of the Society Manly depends upon its continuing a private Institution ; enfor cing the existing law by its own tneans,and not borrowing any part Of its energy from the aid of the Government.' At the same time Mr. Peel was pleased to observe, That the Association had his ' best wishes ; and that he should hear with regret that its efforts I were relaxed, because he believed it to be a useful and well-con ducted establishment.' " There remain, therefore, the alternative' of discontinuing the first and second branches of their establishment, or of endeavour ing to raise the regular income of the Society by the amount of 7001. per annum ; without which the Society could out pretend to main tain itself at the level of its past efficiently. 's It would certainly be competent for the Managers, insteadof en- Seely abolishing either branch of the Society's plait, to reduce them all in a certain ratio, and thus, upon a contracted scale, to enable the Society to proceed with its present means ; but they have pre ferred attempting, by this candid statement of the Society's situa tion, to pmcure each additional support and patronage as 'may en able it to proitecitte,with adequate vigour and effect, those measures which have already, to so great an extent, counteracted the moral and political evil which it was established to suppress." Earl DE LA Wenn then wormed the first resolution, to the effect that the Meeting approved of the Report which had just been read. Ile hoped the friends of the Institution would exert them selves to support an Institution so valuable, as many ewes of real distress were necessarily rejected in consequence of the insufficiency of the funds. Mr. C ROY rTON seconded the resolution. It was astonishing that the Society hail been enabled to effect so much as they had done with such a small sum as 3,500/. General Tit ons: TOw agreed with the resolution, but he was of opinion that it would be by to means right to continue the begging letter department and give un the rest. That department was not originally a portion of the Institution, but was added some years after its establishment. and therefore it would be hardly right to make that the primary object of the society. He could bear ample testimony to the good which had been effected by the society. The resolution was then agreed to. Lord DILIDT.EY and WAR n, In rising to propose the second reso lution, said he hoped that the encouragement which the Society would receive might be such se to preclude the necessity of giving up any branch of the establishment. (Applause.) The only part with which he himself was personally acquainted was with the begging letter department, and he could assure the meeting that that department was conducted in a manner as beneficial to the per. sons applied to for relief as to the applicants themselves. The most flourishing manufacture In London was the reanufscture of beg. ging letters. (11 laugh.) It was impossible for any person placed accidentally in a conspicuous situation in life-, to examine all the letters of this description wh . ch were addressed to film. It would take up his whole life to do so. and the consequence was, that the majority being unworthy of relief, there was only one course to be peened, which was to throw them all in the fire. A better result, however, might be anticipated by transmitting them to the Society. It had been objected to the Society, that its answers were uniformly unfavourable ; but Rom his own knowledge he could rewire the Meeting that such was not the ease. He had himself received favourable answers, and in proportion as the favourable answers had increased, in such proportion bad fraudulent ones been dte. THE BRITISH PRESS. ceursged. (Applause.) The Noble Lad then proposed the second resolution, for which see our advertising columns. Lord CALTIIORCE seconded the resolution. Ile was persuade' that the more the proceedings of the Society were enquired into, the stronger would be the proof that it had filled up a lamentable anti disgraceful deficiency in the system of charity. Before the establishment of the Society our streets were infested with every species of mendicant. Ile thought elan that the value of the Intel tution was enhanced by the addition of the begging letter depart ment; and, that the merits of the Society could not be at all ap preeinted if judged according to the alms which they had distri buted, That department was a salutary security spinet a most extensive system of fraud of the mast abhorrent description, be cause it was calculated to harden the human heart, or at least to render it less dieposed to acts of kb dnese and beneficence. The Noble Lord concluded by eulogising the character of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, who could not assert the dignity of his atation better than by giving the influence of his name to the Society for the Suppreesiuti of Mendicity. The resolution was then agreed to. Lord RoLLE proposed the next resolution ; and in doing so ex pressed his readiness to give every countenance to the proceedings of the Charity. Mr. E. PEN 11.11414 seconded the vesolution. lie said that the meeting had then to consider whether they would suffer the effect of eight years' perseverance to die away—whether they would suf. fer en Institution of such importance to be discontinued for want of funds to enable them to effect the objects they had under taken to perform. (Applause.) TMe statement which had been reed to them was not the result of any increased expenses; the fact was, that the animal subscriptions never bad been equal to the expenses, and they could not have proceeded if they had not from time to time taken portions of he sums winch had been given as donations for the purpose of forming a permanent fund. No reduction of expenditure was practicable, without also inter fering with the utility of the Society. Mr. IVEYLANU returned thanks. Lord GAGE proposed the next resolution, and ie doing so beg;ed to offer his testimony to the benefits resulting from the exertions of the Society. Mr. Cemortran seconded the resolution. and in so doing wished to advert shottly to the Honorary . Secretary of the Institution. As one of the 31 anagers of the Society he wished to disclaim any ap pearance of condescending to answer anonymous and scurrilous attacks; but the fact was, that a species of malevolent attack had been made upon it. the moat unhandsome, the most shameful. and the most disgraceful, by a portion of the public press. (Hear, hear.) Ile would be the last man to limit the power of the press in discussing, sifting, and searching the proceedings of every public man, but that power became baneful when employed an the means of conveying attacks against a person, who, front his situation, might not 'have the intents of diverting them aside, lie did not speak upon light grounds, and his Hon. Friend, Mr. Wilmot Horton. who was unable that day to attend, wan decidedly of the same opinion with regard to the merits of the limitation. They wished its proceedings to be inquired into. lie was not then about to answer threadba:e quotations from Shakspeare. but he would say if a Mr. Bodkin did originate the Society, he deserved the thanks of the Society for so doing. For his own part, he would ware the Meeting that in the course of his life he had never met a man so admirably calculated for business as Mr. Bodkin, and it was unworthy the public prey to turn hint into ribaldry, because his name happened to offer the opportunity. If others would on. dertake to conduct the Establishment better than it was at present conducted, why let them do so. He felt that he could not do justice to his feelings if he did not declare that every improvement which had taken place in the concerns of the Society were entirely to be attributed to Mr. Bodkin. No person had a greater respect than he had for the Battens of the Daily Papers; but he would say to them, " before you receive anonymous attacks, come to Red Lion. square, and examine out books, and then make up your minds as to our conduct." If any person were disposed to argue coolly, he would meet that penults in a manner the most unreserved ; but lie would not stoop to reply do the attacks of ditiapprin:ed beggars and discharged clerks, whose mal-practices had occasioned their expulsion. (Applause.) In conclusion he would say, if the Society has not done good, allow it at once to vanish. Mr. Boners; returned thanks. Mr. FENNER grid that the Society had constantly advised the public not to relieve mendicants in the streets, however miserable, hut to send them with a ticket to the office of the Society. No♦ they declare themselves inefficient for want of funds, anti should therefore at once retrieve the injury they had done the destitute: they should retract their advice, and tell the charitable and humane to relieve as enany as possible, that the Society may be telievcd from the number of applicants by which their funds have been consumed. Loro IlAnbStrtext then left the Chair, which was immediately filled by Lord Viscount le AG E. Captain NEVILI.E proposed the thanks of the Meeting to the Right Honourable the Earl of Ilardwicke, for his conduct in the Chair. The resolution was carried by acclamation, and the Meeting separated. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. REPRESENTATION OT THE CITY OF YORIC. = OO Friday morning hills were very generally distributed through the city, announcing a meeting of such freemen as are opposed to any further concessions to the Ruman Catholies,.to be held at the George Inn that day, at one o'clock, to receive the report of the Committee, and adopt measures for se curing the return of a gentleman of congenial principles at the ensuing general election. Accordingly, at the hour appointed, between two and three hundred persons as sembled in the yard of the George Inn, and presently after wards Thomas Price, Esq. appeared at the window, and asked if it was the pleasure of the meeting that Mr. Cattle should take the chair. To this an assent being given, the latter gentleman immediately appeared at the window, and commenced his address. He related the unsuccessful result of the negotiations of the Committee with Mr. Lowther and Lord Hotham, neither of whom could be prevailed upon to come forward as candidates for the representation of the city. After having bestowed a few words of lamentation upon this circumstance, be said that the Committee had found a man, who, if he were wanted, would come, and this was Colonel Wilson, of Sneaton Castle, near Whitby. Mr. Cattle then went on to detail the qualifications of this gentleman for the high honour they intended him.—Mr. Ilewley Graham read a report of the proceedings of the committee, and letters from Lord flothain and Mr. Lowther. His Lorship's let ter was dated London, March 20, and stated that, were he altogether free from other engagements, he should feel plead to aspire to the representation of so ancient and dis tinguished a city, and his connexion with the county of York would be an additional inducement to a compliance with the call so unexpectedly made upon him; but hav ing no reason to suppose that he had forfeited the good opi nion of the electors of Leominster, whose best interests bad for the last six years been committed to his care, he con sidered himself as entirely devoted to their service. As also a severe contest was depending, it would, he conceiv ed, be doubly inconsistent with every feeling of gratitude and good faith, were he in the hour of danger to desert those who had shown no disposition to desert him. He therefore felt it to be his ditty to decline complying with the wish of the freemen of York. Mr. Lowther's letter, dated Swillington House, March 16, stated that there were considerations which induced him to decline the invitation of 1038 resident freemen, to become a candidate for the re presentation of York ; at the same time he felt assured that some one more competent, though not more zealous, would be found to advocate so good a cause.--Thomas Price, Esq. moved that the report be adopted ; that the meeting felt pledged to give James Wilson, Esq. their most zealous support, and individually to use their best exertions to in sure his election ; that a requisition to J. IVilson, Esq. be prepared and signed by the freemen present, and copies laid at several places in the city, for the signatures of free men ; and that, when the requisition is generally signed, a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Cattle, Price, and Graham, shall wait upon Col. Wilson therewith, and re ceive his reply. These resolutions were passed unani mously, and, thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting dissolved. At a Meeting of the freemen of the city of Yoric, held April 6, at the Swan, Skinner-street, Snowhill, it was unanimously resolved to meet every Monday evening until further notice, for the purpose of uniting their strength to return two Members to Parliament in the Tory interest at the ensuing election. REPRESENTATION Of NORTIIUMBERLAND:•—ThE several candidates are still in the field, anti continue with unabated ardour to pay their respects to the freeholders of this ex tensive county. They are all represented to meet with great success. We learn that the vessels which have this season sailed hence to the Baltic availed themselves of the Act lately passed, which allows a small quantity of rum, say twelity gallons, to be run off' in the bonded warehouse, duty free, as ships' stores. This is likely to put an end to the usual practice of purchasing, at Elsinore, the inferior spirit which gets the name of gin, as well as encourage the trade of our own West Indian colonies.— Montrose Review. On Friday afternoon a middle-aged than, a slater, named Hannam, fell from the top of a five-story house in Dean street, Stockbridge. It is remarkable that, notwithstand ing the height of the fall,' none of his bones were broken ; but, on account of internal bruises, lle is not expected to survive.—.l.'dinbargia Paper. LAW NOTICES. COURT OP CHANCERY. Th, Lord Chancellor sits this day In list Howe of Lords, on Appeal'. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. 11/Ott TOO TICII-CH•NCILLOR, THIS WAY, AT PIALV•TA.IT TIX. SIMOnd v. HibbTit, to Hon. 2 sets. part Pinto v. Lyne be spoke to beard. Same v.Sa,ne, 'rerrltt v. Te.ritt Rensiey v. Burden, do. do. do. Some v. Same Knight v. Kn'ght, dd. Tommy v. Ralket ali:son v. Stewart Piescott v. Edmunds do Martin v. Milne Hardy v. Pumter 'Dockery v. flardesty, Dell v. Martin 1.0n5 •. Predun further directiuns,per Vaughan v. Miller Reid y. Pentinin order Warde v. Forbes Hartford v. Stubs. Hartley v. Ikin, excep. On Friday morning (the 14th inst.) the Lord Chancellor and Vice- Chancellor commence their Sittings fur this Trim in the New Conn* at Westminster. ROLLS COURT. The Master of the Rolls sits this cranium at 6 o'clock, on his remslntng Petitions. The Master of the Rolls will hear Causes, Further Directions, and Peti tions by consent on 'Saturday nest, the 18th inst. at nine In thy rdornine. Causes and Petitions must be set down by two o'clock or: Friday next. COCRT OF COMMON PLEA't. THURSDAY, APAIL 13, SITS AT 12 O'CLOCK. ;litddieses Common Juries. Benham v. Myrna« Sparrow v. Forster end Morris V. King and others another 14111 v. M'l.ane Same v. Tanner Stephens v. Gaunt. woos sr RIRS—TO-MORROW, AT 12. Maser v. Ssiith Ward r. Dallimore Booth v. Evans Depree v. Knxison Puisford and another v. font v. Eldred Roberts Ist.ed and another f. Se it.tr and another v. Oendi. Eden Winktield r. Marsh Johnston and another V. Live Jarvi4 v. Dean I.lm6ert v. Itichard,on fl ITT OF EXCHEQUE MO\IIAV APRIL 17. Ripley v. Stockley Mayor v. Mom Ward V. BOVIii Reid v. Itkerrton Bkhop of Carlisle v. Blain IV°llaston v. Marsh Gottrivn v. Chatham May c. Mead Meikalfe v. Medcalte Partridge s,Plectrnoe Gale v. Luarell. LAW INTELLIGENCE. I 11,1,05 i 1.11 Erie. v. Midge Pickeuittill v. Clement Same v. Tamils Smith v. Hillman Wharton v. l'.wer Hinton v. Warren Ackroyd and others v. Green Fisher v. Lord Grave', report Cld'aten v.Worktnan,do ',aria v. Evans, decree Ind Pritchett V. Honey bourne VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, AP11:1. 12. INJUNCTION-13E (SU AZZA WS FEAST. COLLINS V. MARTIN. Mr. SIIADWELL, on behalf of the plaintiff, who purchased. in 1821. the pictures " Relithnscar's Feast.", and " Joshua commatid ing the Sun to stand still," tire the sum of 800 guineas, from the defendant, the painter of those celebrated works, now moved for an injunction to restrain the latter front publishing engravings of his original sketches of those pictures: The application was made on the affidavit of the plaintiff, who stated that the defendant agreed, when he sold the work. not to print any copies of them. Mr. BARBER said his client (the defendant) only undertook not to paint any copiea of the pictures which he had disposed of. Mr. SMADWELI. said that in his brief it was written print. The plaintiff was greatly surprised on finding that Mr. Martin had 'O vertired to sell engravings from those pictures, and that Mr. Tur ner was then engraving one for plaintiff. His liowouit did not conceive that any persan would pnrchase the engravings without first seeing them, and then the judgment of the purchaser would be exercised. He might easily detect In en graving from a sketch from that of a finished picture. The in. junction could not be granted. An effort was then made by the defendant's Counlcl to obtain costa. which the Vice Chancellor refused to grant. Injunction refused. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, IVEnNEsDAY, APRIL 12. EASTER TERM. This being the first day of Easter fern, the Lord Chief Justice and the other Learned Judges of the Court of King's Bench did not take their seats until half-past one. Many motions were made, among which the following wax the only one of public interest. ABDUCTION. TUE NINO V. WILLIAM WAKEFIELD. This defendant, who is charged with having assisted his brother, Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield, in the recent extraordinary ab. elution of Miss Turner from Liverpool. was brought up by Habeas Corpus from Lancaster Castle, whither he had been taken only last week. Within the past fortnight he was married to the daughter of Sir John Sydney, Bart. at the English Ambassador's Chapel in Paris, and had arrived at Dover, when lie was instantly seized by the police, taken from his bride, and conveyed forthwith to Manchester, and thence to Lancaster Castle after his final examination before the Magistrate. lie is a young man about five feet six inches high, light complexion. dressed rather fashionably than otherwise, of good exterior and demeanour, though not a pre possessing countenance. and seemed in very good spirits when he took his station on the floor of the Court. Mr. TINDAL moved for the return to the writ of [bairns Corpus. The Messenger from tne Governor of Lancaster Castle then handed in the writ, and the return to it, containing the warrant by which the prisoner was committed, the depositions of Miss Ellen Turner, her school-mistress, Miss Dalby, her father, and other peering. which narrated the facts that have been already before the public in many . shapes, and they were all read by Mr. Deeltry. The deposition of Miss Ellen Turner, after going through the introductory matter relative to :he manner in which xhe had been conveyed from Liverpool, identified the prisoner in the subsequent parts of the transaction, and stated positively that she would not have married Edward Gibbon Wakefield, unless she had been as sured that it was by the request of her father and family, and to save them from ruin. Mr. TINDAL—Now, my bards, I humbly submit that this commitment being only for a misdemeanor, under the statute of Phillip and Mary, the prisoner is clearly entitled to be admitted to hail. 1 have listened very attentively to the. depositions Vlid) I have now heard for the first tittle) while they were reading, and front beginning to end I can discover nothing which makes the of fence of which the prisoner is accused any thing more than a mis • demeanor. The CHIEF JUSTICE—Why not? Mr. TINDAL—No force has been used to bring it Within the statutes which render abduction felony. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—The words of the statute of 3d Henry VII, cap. 2, are " against her will." If then this young lady was carried oft' by means of fraud, I apprehend that is quite enough to satis'y the words of the statute. In the case of burglary, where a peraon enters a house at night by fraud, that has always been held to be constructive force; and here it appearing that this young lady was carried off by fraud. that i apprehend will be suf ficiently "against her will" to be within themeaning of the statute. Mr. TINDAL—The commitment, your Lordships see, is clearly for a misdemeanor, upon the wording of the statute of Philip and Mary. The Crime JUSTICE—That may be ; but if the Court think, upon the depositions, that the commitment ought to have been for a felony, the mere commitment for a misdemeanor will not alter the offence. Mr. TINDAL—I am far from fraying that the Court may not take a different course from that adopted by the Magistrates; but I should think your Lordships would not, without mature delibera tion, express an opinion that might very greatly prejudice the pri soner in the future stages of this case. I apprehend the only two statutes under which this case can tall, are either the 33 of Henry VII, cap. 2, or the 2d of Philip and Mary. cap. 13. The first is a statute against the forcible abduction of women and thei.- euloequent marriage; and the second Is a statute passed to prevent the fraudulent abduction of women end their subsequent marriage. V.'ith respect to the first statute, that it applies only to cases of fife cible abduction appears not only from all the text writers, but also from decided cases. Your Lordships are aware of Fulwood's case, Croke Charles, 483, where it was held that there must be force in order to bring the offence within the statute; and if the force was only the original taking in one county, and the party had after. wards voluntarily gone him another where the marriage took place, it was held that the trial could be in neither, because there was no continuinkforce. BAYLEY—The prisonets in that ease were convicted anti executed. Mr. TINDAL—This is what was said by the Court, however ; and in the case of the Cordons, For carrying off a lady of the name of Lee, which was tried at Oxford, it appeared that Mrs. Lee had voluntarily consented to go from one county to another county, and in consequence the prosecution was stopped. The Loan Crites JUSTICE—That was not a case of marriage. Mr. Justice BAYLEY—In the case of the King and Brown, the *roman consented to be married. Mr. TINDAL—It has always been held that where the original taking is forcible, and the marriage takes place in the same county, the law will suppose that the original force continues. But the dis tinction I have taken, borne out by the two authorities I have cited, is, that where there is a forcible taking in one county, and a going into another voluntarily, there the necessary force is not complete, and therefore the offence itself is not complete. Mr. Justice BAYLEY—In one of the cases the objection was, that the woman was seized in Middlesex, and there was no force appearing in Surrey. The Court, however, presumed that the force continued. Mr. TIXDAT.—That shows that force is a necessary ingredient to make the case tome within the Statute. Mr. Justice BATLEY—In the case of the King and Brown, I think no force appeared. The rote I have of that case is "John Brown was indicted upon the Statute 3d Henry VII. cap. 2, for forcibly taking away and marrying one Lucy Itamsy, having a portion of 5.0001. She was inveigled into Hyde-park by one Mrs. P. a confederate of Brown, who had a coach for the purpose, to take the air. When the coachman drove from the rest of the corn. pany Brown came to the coach in a mask, and addressing himself to Mrs. P. soon persuaded her to get out of the coach ; and also a maid-servant attending Lacy Ramey, and then got himself into the coach, and detained het until the coachman catered them to his lodgings in the Strand. The next morning he Prevailed on her (having threatened to carry her beyond seas if she refused) to many him. He was the same day appvelunded in the house. The Court held that Lucy Ramey was admissible as a witness; and the evidence being clear as to all the points of the Statute, viz.: Ist, that the taking was by force; 2dly, that the woman had substance • and 3dly., that marriage ensued, though it did nail ap. pear to halve been cons uthmated, the Jury found him guy. Whereupon judgment was given; and he was hanged." That is In lat Venttis, 231. It was • trial at bar. Mr. Tiazaa—There your Lordship sees something appeared ' • its inu;ila7l. Every thing - she did she did by compulsion. II t tan* is another case, " The King v. Hagein Sweenron," which was ified by'llolt. Chief Justice, and the other Judges of this Coen: in • 17t12. If your Lorbthips look at that ease, you will see, by the evidence of firs. Plesaant Rawlins, that throughout she toted edia der the impulse of terror, and the inarrhtge took piece agaugt kyr will. 'ln that cite it appeared that the yeisoner and his cant/dlr. retro, pretending they had a writ againtif ?dr. Ilawlina, entailed Ilief DU her way t , church. They carried her to a !rouse nest the Sewell Dials, and thence to a house in Holborn, where they compelled bee, to be married. The nest day she was tecoverrl by her friends ; and after the evidence was given, the Court held that both the aria glnal taking was by compulsion and the marriage was one whldi she never would have entered into except by force. It is not often that this subject is looked into, but all the text writers and all the decided cants concur in laying it down that a continuing force is a necessary ingredient. The. Loan CHIEF JUSTICE obseried. that the preamble of the statute of Philip and fiery did not IRAQI oat a distinction ben tween fraud and force. It merely recited 'the( many women were , carried off by trifling cheats, by fair prdmises, or by force, front their friends or kinsfolks. Air. TINDAL said it was perfectly clear, from the beginning td the end of thin transaction, that a system of very abomlitat le imps sition had been practised. He did not pretend to stand up in do. fence of that which had been none. This young lady had been InJ duced by stratagem to leave the protection of her friends, and 'feted wards to he married in a foreign country—because Scotland, for this purpose. was no part of England ; but he submitted that if any offence was committed at ell in England, it was only a niisde. meaner. Suppose the party taking the lady away had rope fed et his conduct and brought her back, that would be no offence tindat the statute of Henry VII. In this case there was only a taking away by force, supposing that force could be implied ; and there was no marrying at all in England, for what the mann of the mark Tinos was, even in Scotland, was extremely dodbtful. The LORD CHIEF Jusrtct —How is gadtriage made neefa airy under the statute of Henrycl I. ? " his therefore ordained, evablished, and enacted by our Sovereign bard the King, be the advice of the bowls Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commonsle the Raid Parliament assembled, and by aursority of the same,- what. person or persons from henceforth that taketh any woman fee against her will unlawfully, that is to say maid, widow, or *My that such taking. procuring, and abetting to the same, tad aleHnit ceiving wittingly the said woman so taken against het will," ear be felony. s s r, Me. Tie bar. submitted that in an important a eats Lordships would be reluctant to express an opiniat might overate to the prejudice of his client, in the which he stood. Ile hoped therefore that, as the defends.! committed only for a misdemeanor, the Court would ranee IL Due notice had been given to the other side, and proper bail were in attendance. The ATTORNEY-OLXERAL said that, as this tfas a case of great importance, and involving considerations of considdeable.. ment, he was sure their Lordahips would nut decide on it in a eat. mart way. The !Mtn C:IIF.F Jusv rce—Supposing it a felony, mss*. capital letonv. The capital punishment which was inflicted by the statute of Elizabeth, is repealed by the let Geo. IY . cap. 11S. The ATTORNEYitiENERAL, in answer to the observation. urged by file. Tindal, submitted that this was clearly a Meet under the 3d Henry VII. It gas not necessary that there eintaill be emusl force, for upon the analogy between this and other cailey rod' as burglary, where constructive torte was frnplied. if dreg I;ordsbips were of opinion that fraud was employed to gain postwar shin of this 'mane lady, and that fraud was continued up to the period of her marriage, that was a sufficient abduction against her will to conic within the meaning of the Act. Here their Lordship% consulted together for some rrtintitee: The Cu lEFIJORDJ est i CE—TheCOUrt IS exceedingly Unwilling upon this motion, to give any opinion whether this is felony woes/ Supposing it is felony, however; it is eergyable felony% sod shift the question is, whether it is not better, even for those who may be the prosecutors of the defendant on this occasion, that we should abstain from giving an opinion, end admit the defendant to bail" The Court is able to take care that the persons who are teceived bail shall be responsible persons to a sufficient amount. The ATroastEr.fiegenat then urged that this, Bien sop: posing It only to be a misdemeanor, was of such a heinous rut , tore, that the Court would not exert the discretion it had to admit the defendant to bail. fir Justice BAYLEY inquired of the Attorney-General wbethes he had tbuid any case in which the marriage, after forcible abduct tion, bad taken place out of the hingdoch ? The ATTORNEY.GEN Cum. replied in the negative. After some further discussion, and the Learned Judges bad costa . suited together for a long time, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, this is a question width wit think it necessary to take a little time to consider, whether ws should admit the party to hail or not.' Therefore, at present, be will remain in the custody in which he came up to town, and pro. izably, at the sitting of the Court tomorrow morning, we shall be prepared to give our judgment. • COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, IVIDNEsrAY, A pRIL 11) This being-the first day of Term, the (7nurt assentbled euni t at a late hour, and no business of importance took plaoc. PEROGATIYE COURT, WEDNEsDaY, APRIL 12. ' nEw D. ntanieli. Yesterday Sit Joust Nit:Hots proceeded to deliver the judges mcnt of the Court in the aboVe cause. As its details have been id frequently before the public during the previous stages, it will be unnecessary to repeat them here. it may however be necessary W reiniad our readers that the suit is promoted by Mrs. Dew, for the purpose of revoking and setting aside the will of her deceased rather,who, under the influence Ma strange delusion with regard to her moral character. bequeathed the bulk of his property and effects to strangers. While every one who knew her united in praising the tenderness and affection with which she treated her father. and the propriety and decorum of her genera! conduct, her parent stigmatised her to friends and strangers as a profligate and aban doned creature; and peraecated her with a relentless and unnatural cruelty. The question for the Court to try was,whethet the deed was dictated by the testator under the influence of a deluded and Ms ordered imagination ; or iolicther he was of sound intellect at the time ? In order to illustrate these propositions, the Learned Judge reviewed and commented upon the evidence at considerable length ; the chief portion of which, he said, hare him out in the assertion, that the extraordinary impression of the ter. tutor was a (fielded proof of insanity. He particularly dwelt on the festimonjr of the Rev. Mr. Dartlet, who had been indu ed by the represeitations of the testator to visit h'ur daughter, the lei ter having described her as one poises ed of satanic art—to be m chinning as the Devil—and to embitter his life by her Shocking this conduct. That gentleman, however, found her to be quite the reverse, and was stuck with the peculiar propriety of her behaviour—with the anxiety she manifested to be reconciled to her father, in spite of the treatment which she had always received from him—and with the keen delicacy which she displayed when meeting of the indig nities to which he had subjected her. It vines remarkable, be coo tinued, that her father praised the affectionate interest he took Milts welfare of his child ; and gave himself credit for the utmost purity of feeling. • After the Learned Judge had concluded his analysis of the evidence, he alluded to the circumstances under which the deed was granted; and here, he observed, that the care with which it was revised by the testatator, and the bearing of the instructions given by him, made out a strong case of tri nity. But when these circumstances were opposed to the mass of evidence which he had detailed, the presumption was en. tirely changed. That &towed that, up to the period of the tests tor's death, the original delashon kept hold of his mind ; ter although he was seized with paralysis some time before that event, the effects of which might have been supposed to reduce him imbecility, yet it was clearly proved that after this affliction had happened to him, he rejected every overture of being reconciled to his daughter, breaking out into the most violent exciamatioos against a friend who attempted this humane act, and declared that the Devil could only have swayed him in making such a proposi tion. The various marks of eccentricity against the testator might not of themselves have been sufficient to determine the judgment of the Court; bit, as corroborating the predominant delusion wig* possessed the testator's mind, they strengthened the conclusion at which it was disposed to arrive. It was evident that that delusion was deep rooted, and that under its influence the testator had dic tated the deed which was the subject of the suit. Notwithstanding the excellent character of the daughter that had been sworn to, her father had !wailed her of depravity, violence, 'vice, hypocrisy, lice and every thing that could disgrace the human charac t er , and had construed her Conduct into a species of revolt and rebellion against his paternal authority. Ile had subjected her also to great harshness and indignity, by tying her to bed-peens, pulling out her hair by the roots, stripping her naked, rubbing her back with salt and wafer, and imposing upon her different kinds of household drudgery. These acts he represented to be so many proofs of paternal affection and tenderness, and himself to be a perfect pattern of purity—as pure as the Deity himself. These considerations had led the Court to come to the conviction, after carnally guarding itself against all compassionate feelings towards the daughter, that the testator was not of sound mind, or was emnpor menar, when he executed *e will, and that therefore it ought to be revoked and set aside. CORONER'S INQUEST. 'FATAL. EtrECTS OF IN TOX inquest *OS taken at the Black Horse, Clement's-lane, Strand, on the body at !to ben Moore, a carpenter, who, in a state of Intoxication, anfiden tally fell down and fractured his skull. The inquiry excited a considerable degree of interest, in conse quence of a report having gone abroad, that the deceased'. death was occasioned by his being pushed down by a man named H1117:s, whereby his skull was fracturcd. The evidence of near twenty witnesses were taken during the investigation, from whoseusti mony it appeared, however, there was no foundation for side a port ; but, on the contrary, that the deceased had fallen down while in a State of drunkenness, and fractured his own skull. The wit nesses also differed with each other as to the day the accident hap pened, although they seemed positive in their statements. The Coroner, at length, having gone through the whole of the 'videos., in summing up to the Jury, said, it was not proved by any witness that the deceased hail been forted down by John Harris, ee-thes lsa had received the mortal injury at his door. The Jury, tnewellart, without hesitation,' returned a verdict accordingly. Ltvsaroot, Aram 11.—Our cotton market it attain very dull, and prices may be said to decline. Aboitt 2000 bags sold in the three clays.