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POI '1 1...17:1 I►X is 7'Ull.V s. TIN: EI)ITIII: TII1; tuttTtat rats I b e g the favour of Iv ill! permitted. through the of :tr paper, 10 olkr akw remarks upon a Fah a o f co m,ol t t able one which it I. ss tunic! to Iy the !-!mist than it otijit to mean tht• lil e ,'TniA of 1..1)1114!!"11 iii ;feat 1:7111till. I)f lat e years, 111•Cei111:11 Since tle• est.shii‘hosent of tir e sssussfic i • some fee . .,.c sikrts 1:3%e been mask, by means of ,verometit and liwal consolers tiltl4, and Ly different N'S of hile.s mottaiity, to ascertain the fluctuations of I.lv, if I may so er,scs s.s it, and the radical increase or • . cresse that takes I.:e.e in our intulation, at the s tar t relit .... I fril ~. ..,es Of hutt!sit 1: •(%!. ( or . dust! tables it is well norm that nen- have been hrooght to so much perfection 'tilos: of the der of t;l:e.,Tow. Mr. Oclantl, who holt!, m official t'titatil;to i:t th.• ~11:....i.;tracy of that city, ha% rota time to tittle ntVa•lirl li the !lOW^ with various 1i..1% 1 , 1 vailual,le pintlat:ott r. turns, flat... Wild with great 1.1 •tnet.t atal tair.s; and thron _li his exertietts the Go .. r• r:ort•;.:, ;t: ex; ba,t ft lISIPt !I, were ftSflll4lVll with .1 more e., sq.!. :e :teelttnte I numeration or ilk. people ;4.111 IV3t. procured from any nth. r quarter. This 1;11:th:- wan, licsides Ining liberally provided with the It:erns by me Corporation of I ilit , :row, pesse,, , es in himself the ric re‘4sry and man pen-4l , ;1. elialiP...ations for an undertaking .f this kind, namely, imlclatiaile perseverance anti iii dgstry; anal although 'wily of his csalettlations are evi .:,:ithe errinie tin. and b.. 111 1. of his deductions dispetalde, mil it is hut justice to :uy, Cart all his returns :tre by Dump degre.% arm r truth aml pence: Mu than any of 60 gel' magnitude yet he:ery Ow I perceive by the GliTwle• evtgrirr, that he has, within thou few days. rtibliAs. , l the Hills of Atonality for that ity Kn. t its, of which the following abstract contains the substance:— MU FOR THE YEAR Mt DArTISMS ENtIIIoSsED IS Tilt: vent.tc 9Ka Ivr Ea,. 31*Irs. rt shales. Tosal. In the City . 91:1 923 1,00 ItArony MS 113 1 1 13 liutloals 320 31/I Gil • Total 1.r43 ~.:4~~ 3.102 inAndeil in the above there are one TrA; and '23 T*in Births, in the Cu' , one Triple (3 reitiakai, igal 14 Twin liirdia ►Barony 4; and Gimbals 3 'l'win Births. rtocLAMAT TON Or IIMIRIAIirg ENGIIOIIII3I IY Tim rvettc In the 1:4 Regular. Irregular. Tutil. lila 7 1:39 13 f 11 '273 "PM Barony Total I,tkil 40 Lin It: IALS NNONO.DIFO IX 111 E 11 Ea tsT r.it OF 771 Z CITY AND EVIIVIIIIS HUNTING 0110UNDS. 31alcs. Females. Total. L4O 2'UI 414 193 176 371 23.1 2111 4111 11 1 184 366 143 196 341 11.5 345 17.1 192 370 216 221 447 124 2131 414 214 1811 321 179 131 363 211 193 464 January February A/ areh April J!! r ay Jun* Jtt!! vgust livrtember /ctirthrt Novraiher Ilccen:btT Tavel '..3 ,3 2.315 OF WHOM le tVt: VITD. 8a1e,,. k s tll).ilef. Stilt-LIM . 1311 134 Under I !?AT CO 474 I & under 2 $lO 27$ 2 5 221 217 4 hl 1:.1 1."•0 If '2'3 I:t9 141 lil 111 151.1 lle 410 111 134 4U 50 IA 132 40 GO 1 : 1 1441 In 70 131 141 .70 _ . .•0 76 7 7.- r iio r. Tutal '2.355 2,3! Zr 1,670 T. 0.11. 310 433 304 200 '231 24.1 28.1 • 284 29 143 Me Burials in Ign Ihzt, in Inctessc in It'.:l 11Iptignis in 1824 1):::0 su 1:!23 4,40 4.0170 4.6.7 3. 102 2.341 . Increase in ii;24 - - 141 room THE ImVERNMENTCCIISVII orIICL Populaiisti, 1173113, r tunics, idt,ll9 ; frmalp , 70,1194. Claw. efinl as :allows five years, males 19,5105, tentales 16,345; We to ten years, nr.1 , ,:‘,901, females 8,613; ten to fifteen, n ales 7 .543. kaiaks 11,164 ; tittton to twenty. males 6.761. females 0, 12 1: twenty to thirty, with,. tio.nuti, (slush.. 15,1161; thirty to forty, risks 8.U32, female* 10.131; forty to fifty, nooks 6.92.5, tusks 7719 ; titty to sixty, tp:Ous 4,147. tamales 4,945; sixty to seventy. bales 2.196, letindes2,lUl; atirenty to eighty, males 912, females 19:; ; eigt:ty to tuner, gales 214, remain. 325; ninety to a hun. awl n.41,s IS, females 36 ; one hundred sod upwards, tusks 41.51.-s The following, in connexion with the elate details for 1319 and ,321, will arable the political inquirer to draw results. A. n. , scittal enumeration has taken place in the City and suburbs , on: 1.'21. the population in 12r24 is Laken at - . 1:4,01lit 2rsea.u.sl,oti of Mau:ages I.s: Itrgiora ion of liutials 4,KU r.quis•it. licgiattrld . . . . 3.109 I N , i.„„. g i verce l, supposed - - - 9.370-5,472 The tirst thing to notice in the above Mil is the newer %int!: a: to the number of births. It would appear that Yr. Orland's data for fixing the number of these arc the parochial registers, and the returns furnished 1 • by the diffsent clergymen, Dissenters and others. It is plain that die public registers are, so fur as the enumeration of births ',tars, uicless ; fur, by his account, of 5,47'4 children bap. xecil at the dilllsen: churches and chepela, no less than 1.370 were unregistered ! Not only so, but even the bap. tonal returns ate not to be depended on, as furnishing the mite nue.ther of births ; fur it is notorious, that in a large .ay there are many children born who are never baptised, !see from the irregular lives, and others from the religious cruplue of their parents ; and there are even some who are hptised by obscure ministers of small seats—preachers, as were, only pro lentpre, who keep no returns, or at least "...: not likely to give themselves di, trouble of furnishing ar collector with the amount of their dabblings in that way. 'lle marriage register is more to be relied on. So far as interns regular marriages, it may be said to be perfect ; fait who that knows the character and circumstances of the wiped:Won of the suburb parishes of Glasgow, can doubt :hat the number of irregular marriages is much greater Jean It is here stated to Le? Mr. Cleland otitis no n tt on the subject; but we guess lie will not attempt to icily, that he h as no way , i n t h e present state of the laws, If ascertaining the number of these with precision. Such elanil.,:eiiie espousals are generally accomplished, in Scot ,ii I. ,v,! of the place where the parties reside. In 4:128- "'• a'!aits of this sort—the majority of them—take place ! y. thl Mr. Clelaniro jurisdiction—beyond even his means . ii itli y ; and I am sorry to say, its many instances the er 1:“ , :ly is isert.ritiel by disreputable Justices of the Isce. and mechaniral Dailies of Burghs, who care little Rio they marry, er rather fine for having married each to ; and who, ahoy • all, arc far (ruin being desirous that 1 szy such scrutinizing oflic?r es 3lr. Cleland should know t.ht of the tra•mact ;on. Ina author states the number of t tsc inatraiiiiinal delinquencies in the city of I nattgow to • testy ; he 'night have trebled it with great safety. I hi: next table is of tats deaths and burials, which s ilie oil, one that ran truly be called accurate. It '±- as to fie :lumber of deaths, perfect ; and as to age, sex, iii', place. istd eircninstsuce, as nearly so as is lirac -1- 'd have the number which die given monthly • %which is 111.0 or snipe importance. \ u‘v, bearing the accuracy of this last return in nand, trig with the more questionable character of the two for * returns, namely, t h e births and marriages, and einli• ring d en with the results of the census of Is4l, it is I ",reel7 possible n et to conc l u d e , e i t h er t h at the senses of ; 21 is r taxingly i naccurate , or t h at t h ere i s error i n th i s, 1 :,'!? we dcem a correct return of deaths and burials. 17 le: census, we tind that the populrion of tilavgowe , 1.11 it in 1.411, Ka% C ,, 11111419e11 a 04,119 males, and ik1,91, t females; ah r.r..ess, if we tietv so term it, on the part of the ladies, of no 1, f' than I n • or about per C. nt. over the other Rvx if the eorr. et, bow is the elisperity ac counted for? There it, to 1M• sore, the dr gof the army ‘llll navy —the accidents to a Web the males only are exposed; there is emigrati .. , migration, and the absence of our youth seckin l the i r fortunes in foreign countries. All this is sonictliiag, we confess, which at the first gimlet• might he coin:4l4.nd stifled, Id to account for the discre pancy of numbers. But we apprehend, when the facts are more minutely examined, it will be found that these cswos cannot protille , any midi result. By the MMUS, it appears that the males have the majority till the age of fifteen; so that it is apparent, that if the military and naval Kerrie-est do drain so many youths, as is believed, the diminution cannot fail to be notices' before this period of life. More boys go to Fel, to the merchant service espe cially, before the are of sixteen than aft r it ; and a vast proportiou of our army reeruirt are under that age ; and yet, so far from the meshes in the census swing *shed by it, the only material decrease is from the age of twenty to thirty. This circumstance alone, ie. our opinion, stamps the I ilasgow return for Islt (accurate as it no doubt is, wh e n compared with other returns,) with no small portion UI finer. debility. Etnieration,we are told, Mars heaviest upon the male !inn of the popu!stion. This we admit ; and if the cen so,: we are examieing were that of same ivild part of the is Scotland, or even of some improving agti cultural distr:et, we might be inthicAl to attribute the dis parity to migration alone. But this theory will not apply to tgasgow ; for the current of ctnigration is, and for many yens h a s hero , b, that city, and not from it; and Mat male Ir.'s!. labonrcri! This is *or front Mr. Cleland's winos, whereat he states that the population of the city, during, the last three ;tetra, has increased 5,000 ; oldie un the face of his returns, in the shape of birth!, rite nuntlu r is not more, when the deaths arc subtracted, than gnu p-r ammtn. We candidly confess, therefore, that we must be scittical as to the truth even of his re turns. so long as the disparity of numbe►s of the sexes is so frillitful, and the mote twee:ally while we have no con clusive 'WI but the ipxr eLrit of the Surveyor to show why it should be so; for let it be remembered, that all his In ge:dote; lists furnish all inverse result from that given by his census of twit. For instance, in the births, by the hest return, and in the burials, by an almost perfect re turn, the numbers of males and females, at all the different stages of niortality, are as nearly as possible equal. If in the city of t lasgow, out of a population of 150 ($lO, there be 11,000 more female:. than notes, why is it that we do not find more kaiaks dying thou males, at least in propor tion to the difference in point of numbers? If there be more fvonlcs living in 4:lasgow than males, surely it is but reasonable to expect that more should die. But this dots not !lawn, it would seem I So ftr from seeing the " wo mankind"' move off to their account, in proportion to their alleged numbers, we actually find 2,355 malts, and only '2.315 females in Mr. Cle'antl's mortality bill for ISIS. What becomes of the surplus females we should like to know? If they live fur ever, the census must undoubt edly be. correct, and we have only to mourn for the youths of the North so situated. Considering the numbers of young men who leave the United Kingdoms, to supply my foreign depemkncies, it would not be surprising, although the aggregate of our population return sl Id show a trifling surplus on the side of the females. But to say that our males are led to the slicuildes, to the extent above stated, is too much to be easily credited. Supposing Mr. Cleland's census to he accurate, and that one in thirty-three persons dies an nually (as he states in another place), and that females pre molder/lie I/ per cent. over the males, throughout the three kingdoms, we must upon such data conclude, that abont three milli ms and a half of our male population are swal lowed up beyond seas alone, independent of what die at home, every thirty-three years—that is to say, totally disappear from our enumeration, and never again appear in it : or in other words, that foreign establishusents, and the army and nary, consumer--for that is the word—abont 10 &moo young men orrnsorke ! This extraordinary and melancholy conclusion, to which 11Pu are forced by the disparity of the sexes in the Glas gow returns, only requires to be placed in figures to be shown to be absurd ; what then can we say for the returns themselves ? We should consider that although our co lonial, naval, and military establishments require incenant recruiting, still the men who enlist, or go to sea, or are imprevell, are not all killed even in time of war, nor do all those, who seek to improve their fortunes abroad, die aliens, or beyond seas. On the contrary, a vast proportion of them return, and help to swell the population list in the vicinity of their birth-place, before they figure ill the bills of mortality. Hut if we are to believe the Glasgow and other returns, 101,000 of these persons, full grown male adults, in the prime of life, go annually, the Lord knows where, and are never heard of more! A few days ago we had the Government population re turns for Ireland, and in the gross amount, or the " sup posed total," as Mr. Cleland would call it, of 6,1401,1427, there is an exr.•ss of females over males of 117.975. It is far from bring probable that emigration could have pro duced this disparity in Ireland any more titan in Glasgow, for the Irish liftmen seldom crosses the Atlantic without a wife and a swarm of children, an article for which there is still a demand in the back settlements of the States; and what proves that neither the army nor the navy OCCSV. 'ions the difference is, that in Munster. according to the same returns, where more men are enlisted than in any other part of the island, and out of which I htblin and Eng land itself drain a certain number of labourers annually, there are reported to he 90,119 males, and only 950,493 females! whereas in Ulster, where manufactures floUrish, and where the natives of Connaught find employment, which they cannot tin at home, the nudes are reported to be 968,061, and do females 1,0:10.433! Item we see an excess of nudes, where the probability is that the females arc most abundant ; while, on the other hand, the females are returned most crous, by an • •nse proportion, where the probability is that the male population is the greatest. or at least nearly on a par with the female, as it should be. I mention these incongruities principally to show how little dependence can be placed on Government returns effected on the present plan, and I exhibit them along with the Glasgow returns, the alleged most accurate in the kingdom, to show that even the hest are far front be ing perfect. If these returns have any pretensions to cor rectnesa, it is surpassing strange that the male population is the smallest in thine places into which emigration flows, and the largest whence it issuer ! Mr. Cleland is entitled to great merit for the intense ap plication be has bestowed on statistics, and the Magistrates of Glasgow to all praise for encouraging and facilitating in quiries which it is the duty of the Government to do upon an extensive scale ; but it is impossible not to see that so long as these documents bear the impress of error so strik ing upon their fare, we must pause before we adapt their results to a system. or attribute a value to them, un the more of accuracy, which they do not pessess. It is difficult, I confess, to arrive at accuracy ; but much might be accomplished if proper means were em ployed, and the Government could be dunned into the libe rality of providing, a fund for the purpose. For example, the number of births is of paramount importance. It is in vain to try to ascertain the real increase and decrease of our population, if we can only tell how maay persons arc !nickel, witl t being able to say how many are born. Hail we once the births and deaths, with any fair portion of accuracy, we would have data by which we could infer the truth or error of the gross amount of our population. In a few years the returns by census would be a check upon the returns cf the bills of mortality, and rice revs.:. But when we hear Mr. Cleland almost despairing of arriving at this correctness, we have indeed some cause to doubt its practicability. And yet we think an attempt might be made. A premium, or rather a bounty up in every child, brought by its parent to be registered, would, in my hum ble apprehension, Oren the object in view. It is only among the poorest and most irregular claimer of the com munity (with the exception of the religions sects alluded to), that baptism is neglected or disregarded, and registra tion unattended to. A bonus of a single shilling to all who apply, or the. ad. to those in extremely poor circumstances, would speedily bring the ne.:ligent parent to the register office. I should like melt to see the Magistrates of Glas gow the first to rese:t to axis exp , sojcet. The sum rrlnind THE BRITISH PRESS annually would be but small ; and general publicity is the main thing required to make it eif..ctual. Let us have the births accost-tidy, and merit will be accomplished. The next cor.siderstion is to el .rise gOalle militia of set ting this mania of snide eliserepstiey to rest. This doctrine must be much more thoroughly investigated before we can conscientiously swallow it. My opinion is, that the ap parent &Heathen :irises from reluctance on the part of parents, guardians, niasteni, and lodgers of youth, to give true subteen to the surveyors. .1 few years am the Mi litia Law was the dread of all lwrsons in the humbler ret:•ka of life; and a thousand tootles of evasion were re sorted to to elude 'te return. I have known aeheilules filled un with wrong name 4, and many returned with wil ful omissions of the flesh:nation of persons residing in the house. I have even known the names of servant girls returtual as the cognomen!, of eligilde If, therefore, so much artifice and fraud were practised to avoid the cnnsequencesi of a ballot, at so much teersonal and is cuniary hazard, what are we to ex pect when similar inquiries arc made by persons whcse object in so doing, notwithstanding all the assurances to the contrary. many of the working classes conceive to be the same as that contemplated by the militia schedul.l? The simplest mode of surmounting these prejudices is to increase the number of surveyews, who should, if poi-' &Ade, reside in the midst of their own census—bear a good natal., among the people anion,: whom they are to make their scrutiny; Lc, if passible, known to, and conver.iant with the &Knelt families, seed as much as possible dif ferent in their elearamer and habits from the tax-gatherer, and the poor's rote collector. In towns, let a man of this sort he selected in every strait or lime, or in whatever peer-' lion of the street t r lane with which he is hest acqusinta The cost, ite this way, will, no doubt, he augmented ; for it will be more expensive to employ ten respectable men for one.day, than one ex-taxgatherer a cx-exciseman (the terror of the whole vicinity, as was done last census) for one. But by this plan the work will be better done, and sonic kind of honest reliance may then be placed on the results. London, Dee. 29, 1821. PROPOSED ERRCT!o% OP CHURCHES AVI) CHIPPER Inc tiii PARISH Or sr. ANDREW, HOLBORN. Yesterday, • meeting of the Inhabitants of the Linden Liberty of this ll'ansh, was held in the sew Inquest-mom, St. Andrew's court, in pursuance of the foliowing printed requiiiticat, addressed to) Mr. Alexander Willson, the Cliureirearden ....-....- •• IVe, the under:Jigned inhabitants, householders of lb. City Liberty of tiu• I•rrish of St. Acdrevr, Holborn, request you to call an early meeting of the inhabitant householders of the said Liberty, to take into consideration a communication made to Mr. Jasper Taylor, and klr. Henry respecting "rhe Erection of Churches and Chapels' w this parish. and the finding of sites, plan., and estimates for the earn, and providing tor their future mainteustice, and the fund, or respective funds. uut of which tba several expci.ses should be paid or appall:med." (Signeciby eighteen Parishioners.) At a little after twelve o'clock. Mr. Il't Laos. the Churchwarden. was called to the ('hair, and briefly seated. that he had conceited the meeting newly in compliance with the Itequisition of the Parishioners, niEcially addressed to him, and stated that a notice to that effect was also read in the ('hutch on Sunday last. Thus far, he hail merely performed his duty : but the business for which the parishioners were assembled,.would no doubt he fully and more satisfactorily explained by soma of the Requisitionists. Mr..l. '1 atv con observed, that it was certainly necessary to es plain the motives which actuated hint, and other gentlemen, to come forward on the present occasion ; they arras from the follow ing circumstance :-.l)n Saturday. the 111th inst., a letter was pot into his hands, purporting to inform him that his nam e was mum. breed with the names of other gentlemen, calling themselves a r• Church Committee," or a Committee for the erection of addi. *Mind churches rather, in this parish--no t:oulst. a arlf-elecid body ; and lie (Mr. Taylor) was requested to act with them in the fur. thrrance of ohs proposed measure ; signed by Charlet Printer, as Clerk to the Committee, and enclosire a string of Resolutions al ready adopted, which he should take occasion to read, as they would show the inhabitants why the present meting was assent. bled ; they were as follow. (Mark ! Gentlemen, it is entitled " A Special Meeting of lnha'iitant Householders, held at the N'estry mann, the Heft day of treember, 1121; on ]heir ewe reinirilier, Rev. Gilbert Ilerusforal, Rector, being in the Chair ) " : '• liesolveil—That the extent and population of ibis Parish, comprising upwards of -111,tital souls, render it imperiously nee's wary that two chapels, at least, be built • one, in or near Sallion. hill, fin the accommodation of the inhabitants of that district, acd another in the Cpper Liberty. rs That the local elevation of the present Chinch, at the eastern extremity of the parish, renders it el peculiar importance that a like facility of attending public worship should be alliarded to the inhabitants , of the other parts of the pariah. " The !lector having stated, that there was reason to believe that the l'ommissioners fur applying the sum granted by Parlia. mint for building additional churches and chapels, had reserved a sum of '20,0001. for the exigencies of this parish , which, sinless 101111 claimed, on a specific plan to be stated for the purpose, might be otherwise appropriated, and the opportunity thus lint. •• It is highly desirable, that immediate measures should be adopted for proceeding to claim the aid of the l'aiminissioners by deteining on a site. and submitting to them plans for thenn erection and maintenance of such chapels. " That a Committee be forthwith appointed to tarry the fore. going ttesolutions into effect, by ascertaining the several particulars of site, plan, and estimate, as well with respite to building PS to future maintenance, and the fund or respective funds out of which the several expenses should be paid or apportioned ; and also to consider and prepare the heads of a proper to he submitted to Parliament, for o fleeting the object in question ; and to report the result to a meeting of the Requisitionists, to be converted for the purpose, preparatory to a general :nesting of the pariah en thesub ject..... _ . . - "That the following Gentlemen be nominated es such Came trainee, with power toadd to their number (men all the districts of the parish, as they may deem expedient :—The Rector, 3lesus. Wal ton, Illerewether, r. Pollock, Hargrave, Makerlry, Tooke, Bel. lamy, Hentiltou, Duane., lambert, ('arelall. and 1/ax. Three to constitute a etoritm. First meeting of the Committee appointed for Friday, the 17th inst. at eight o'clock. Ihigned) " lat.uertT Ilunesronn, ('hairman." On receipt of this communication t continued Mr. Taylor) it was evident to him that it was intended to throw the burthen of these intended churches on the whole parielt ; and he therefore deemed it right to mention the eircenisouice to some of his neigh. bouts, and 'eke their opinion em the subject and after con. suiting with hie friend Mr. It'idnell and others, lie was recom mended to write a refusal to act on the self created Committee, or to take any part in the Liminess, until the sense of the whole parish, in general rreethig aisenthled, was taken on the expediency of the measure. However. as the initahatants of the I,ondon Liberty were already subject to a heavy burthen in church rates which the other liberties sere altogether free from, the present meeting was desirable, if it were only for the purpose of secertain ing how far the inhabitants of the London Liberty might or might not be interested in the measure, without at all interfering in the primary question as to the necessity for the election of any addi tional churches or chapels in the parish. The 11ev. 6ILDERT PE %IWO. It, in ft ply to some observa tions which had fallen from Mr. Taylor, in reference to the Reso lutions read by that gentleman, observed, that before he tthe Rev. I ;end. mss ) left ',melon. some time in June last, he was waited upon by several gentlemen of respectability, to consult him on the pro priety of meeting a new churn' in fOttle part of the Upper Liberty. and to know in which way it could be beet afflcted. At that time, lie merely pointed out what seemed to him the most advisable pro ceedieg, namely, tat call a meeting for the purpose of discussing the subject fairly ; but for hie own part, since that time, he felt considerable reluctance in interfering in the concerns of the parish, unless, where his ditty called for such interference, because it might possibly have been mixed up with another question respect ing certain rates that he claimed in the l'pper liberty, the pay ment of which, though at present in dispute, he made no doubt sold be eventually enforced. However, on a repeated applies tion, he consented to call a meeting, which was held it. the Vestry ',Kim, on the 13th inst. which mer'irg entered into the Resolutions that had been just re al, and having resolved 'Dor into a (e mu ., mittme determined on calling another meeting fur the purple: of obtaining, or numinaling lour Representatives trout Saffmti-hill liberty, anal from the City Liberty, to whore the pnweeditige would be deeeilcd, prim to going Into a whole meeting of the parish. Whatever opinion geintlenirn might entertain as to the propriety of his condoler, lie certain', felt that nn private consider'. tions would have justified him in thiowing cold eater on a subject of en much importance tat the great bulk of the parishioners. 31r. deputy Hi:Ey ES wished to know whether any sites for the messed churchee had as yet been eleiennincd on ? The Rev. Mr. Henri:runts replied there was one only, and that even in pert. tor the Libertyofeaffronthilt. ..... MT. J. TATI.OII rose to " 01;11ff." itt did not connive that this meeting hut any thing at Al to do with the measures either adopted, or proposed, by tilt self-eleeted Committer. If those gentlemen tholight pmpte to biekl churehes, trusted they would do so at their ownexpetge. The Rev. Mr. Br Bistro' obligees', that it dii not appear by the R.solutions passed at that Meeting that the London Liberty were called upon to bear any pan of the expense. 31r. TAY I 0• slid hr thought that it •as the Only of the inha. 'Mame of that pan of the parish to guard against any future ex. penses in the way of church rates ; and although the Resolutions certainly did not say. in express terms, that they would be called en to nontribtne a nunety of the chart:Au incurred, yet it was equally certain that they abstained frost saving that they ledald no;, at sung tuna: period, be rends red liable thereto. Air. Joni Dr..% nen r ruse to oppose the proceedings of this self-crea:ed %tinny t tee w:t:i considerable reluctance. on one accunt, namely, that it was most desirable that full acisonsmodat ion should be givsti to Ito whole parish. Ile did not blame those who had gat ap those resolotiors tholepsrishioners had a right to call upon 11.• Itec- W mcivr :hem :::::etning OP any ptnuchuil 6'uncnn, and tlic lttsctc: r had no right to refuse, wt 111,11.: AN they art ed with decorum, and a pro. per mead to the interest, to of;, I •m the p ..r i ►h,rut since the hreakin; tip of thst Conamiller, wl.it h tt one period did so notch ' good fur the parish, whirl; so contl.knly embraced its peculiar toterestl—since that p the i'it . v ht•erty hal suffered su murk dont the inhabitants woult lot, a 1:3 ri4:it enit to COntr.little one penny ft* years to vane, to Soy thtng that might be WIWI illgin the pariah. If it were rontea.'.si :tn.; in:e church was .not enough for so &react a populaii.in as o.e o.risli contained, then let those who feel the want a uu.th.r rt,;.:riO;oe to it; and tilt; n it is reateto berl, the t the r Gbttov ha. airettly made a want liberal cool. position for their I: .nine of !Oh,. uti.l the various eepenst, wen. dant on the attlintiaelit of Ora in 1e ram 11 , :tUrr , k will he found that the inhatitalt of alit u!..‘tti. - i.a.7,ing in the ratio of three fourths to that ;if the other ies oh the pat ;th ; in few, they had already paid whit was pole tlittirrilent, or more Un t o entsivalent to any nwiely that might fall to tosir shnre for the providing of sites, the erection of ehurehe., or their future itaainteoanee. lie would, therefore, lmt to move 1.;11or•hig re.odutions, whirls lie traded the Rev. GOlllOll3ll wtm!..l..dmit, were so shaped as to meet the nr.corrrnre of nll. I. a• That this 3ieetian view with great surprise and deep regret intimation to rarire the of Wilding new churches or chapels in chit pit WI, am: aly object to the anue, as far as this Many may he Emmen:ell. 2. •• Th !los . .‘lerting as intention of interfering with the coal part of tins *Pr application to Parliament, or in the buildieg of new cliiticht sar cba,wl., or in the dialing of sites, or „in iiartteiyairig in any , -r.e said to be of ; but are di:ten:dont! to roist to the itilloot atteuipts to make them liable to any cepatoe for melt piap oN ... 3. •• Thvt this .tie; hare come In this rinclusion. rot fmrn miy desire ta ...los in tilt! r Jr of ac y wish that the county lint Onrc lost , e'rot , l duipt but in roost...piens, • , 1 the exi•cme It.is Lit en at hi settle their tithe oil-Akin in Yarhametit, di,. Keeling at; the other two .try to, proposed to them by this liberty ; aid eh, in enieeiptelie• tlie enormous disproportion iit the MOO LOT :Mid 4 this Li..!•?r for, the support of the el. rgy tit the whale the. do hope that the sense of cavity jos , ice in the girl , 1.0.!i , of the inhabitants of Ott:County pens of this parish. will ialnty tarn to atop forward to counteract the prMeTit to miy future attempt io put au unjust a burden upon this 1. ac eyes 4. " 11:4, from the foregoing weievy mosiioratinos. a Caws. miller he now appointed. ronsisiimt of thirteen Inhabitants of this liberty (with power to ail ro their :mother and form a Sub-Cain. twitter), for the piemoar of a atcli:ng and resisting any attempt that may he made to bring any increased expense upon the inhabitants of this lihrrt." - A fifth Hes' dation wan then prepred, for the appointment of a COMlllitiCr of thirteen, to watch ant report on whatever niesaures might be taken by other pa-ta of the parinls calculated to throw any expense on the inhabitarti of the City Liberty ; f3ve of said Com miner to fonit a quorum. The lieu. Mr. fleet rsrottn admitted that there wag nothing, so far an he could see, at all harsh or ohjec: humble in the tone of tho.e resolution., with the exception of one wo.d, and that one of the smallest in our language: that wan in the third resolution—" to counteract the present or any future uttetnpt to put an unjust a bur den mot: this Liberty." The wort r" in this sentence implied that the burden was already put on perhaps the word a ny would be mete applicable, and folly as strong. 3lr. 1 Eattrix did not fel satisdi,nl w't)t the way in which the re solution would run, even by this alteration ; it would read " any *Oust burden," dc.: now the word seas/ wan of very questionable character, because what inigbt arrest. Just to some would perhaps be considered unjust by others. 'I am didiculty, however, could be got ores by striking nut the word unjust, and introducing in its place the word linther. The reimluti.in was in amended. and the whole were then pot seriatim. and paiumsl, with some pertinent remarks fruai -Messrs. Snell, Beauchamp, iearon, Jasper Taylor, Reeves, Richard Tolew, ate. &store' the meeting dissolved, Mr. RrEvrs c.l it would be most desirable to gr. edecisive answer from the Rector on one point, namely, whether the City Lawny, if the measure was not now opposed, might be considaed as claapted from any expertise in future ? The Rev. Mr. Bee Esron n replied, that he was pot authorised to go so far as that, although he would soy that they were not im. mediate'', called upon to contribute anything. Mr. TAT Loa said that they had no right whatever to anticipate "prose. though it was their duty t oguar d aga i nst i t . Thanks were then anted to Mr. 11 ilium. for the readiness with which he complied with the terms of the requisition, and the sleet ing was dissolved. FASHIONS FOR JANUARY. (From the 11 , itittlt Al., a:inc. No. I.] aeIIIAOL I)ItESS.—A ',dime of rich shaded figured silk. (the cotton. Feireille (Fours.) trimmed with rich shaded plush, to 1,01111 rue; reopened either of lace, or richly-worked muslin :—the bonnet of shaded velvet, the colour of the pelisse, lined with rich ribbon. trimmed with the Nettie, and surmounted with a most beautifully variegated Lancer's l'lunte:—black kid shoes, and yellow kid gloves. Lv ksi wo Fiff.t. Batas —A white tulle deem, met s rich white atone slip. The ornamental part of this dress is particularly novel and elegant. .1 full ruche of tulle, with a wave eat' pearl brads, form the extronity of the trimming. front which are placed folds of tulle aossel with wreaths of miniature roses, and tan rows of rosettes, composed of tulle, with wreaths of rotes, and small pearl heads In the centre. From each rosette in the upper row three white satin ruuleaus an: carried to the top of the dress : sleeves are ornamented with reversed plaiting, of tulle, wreaths of TOW,. and satin edged with blond. A blond and satin how at the waist, and a fall of rich blond user :he shoulders, complete the trimming of the dress. The scarf is of scarlet barege, the ends strewed with gold:—the loned.dress marabouts and robes:—white satin shoes; white kid gloves. MONTHLY CA LENII.IIt OF FASHION. At this season of the year, ladies' dresses usually assume a win. trrly appearisaice, shawls and light coverings giving place to the pelisse or cloak. %Ve have observed but few cloth pelisses among ladies of tank and fashion s—these of rich figured and %laded silks, or velours d'ipingle, trimmed with plush, seem to he most in favour. Some are mutinied with a hansivatie fur, such as sable or ermine: the equirrel.hacks and eltisichilli are also prevalent. The bonnet,' are made of chaded materiels to correspond : black velvet bonnets are like wise much worn, ornamented either with round feathers or eel vet Jaren s—they are of a *moderate sire. Black and brown Ira. Ten are also partially worn these are generally trimmed with coloured ribbons. beautifully slinelet, and some ter with feathers'. The most fashionable oaten els for making dresses arc tiros de Naples, Itlerinoand 'aslimere. These are almost universally trimmed 1 with the {MC, and finished at the hotline' with three broad tucks ; or a:corded trimming in a triangular form. We have observed some with two broad tucks, finished at the top of each, as well II dm hem. with a wreath of French braiding worked in a tasteful pat. tern:—the corsage and sleeves worked to correspond :—the sleeves in the gigot form. and the dress, which is without a collar, of the same, tintalwd by a double collar of muslin richly worked. The most prevailing colours the these dresses are Foreille trouts, bat's. wing, amaranthus, and terre Fon Ilarr eta N xr:it IthEss.--Sheeled silks; fine thin merinos of brie ht colours and hareem. are torch worn :--thew are frequently finishes! at the bottom sat the skin with several double tucks, set on bias, with a mirror cord of the same run through the middle of each tuck s—also with wadded rollers carried round the bottom of the dress, and brought up as high as the knee on one side, and fiiiished with a bow, either of the same, ur a broad shaded ribbon to correspond. l'tik Leek u so on Fr rt. Darts.—Rich plain coloured satins, trimmed wrh tulle and satin, or crape have and satin gatnitures. rich striped gauze, and barege, over satins of the same colour, and tulle (MI trimmed with tulle and satin, end occasionally with Hower*. aeon the mast prevalent. Short al !eves ate now rarely worn, except in fall dress. For halt' or dinner dress, king sleeves, composed of white net, or blond, surmounted by a very abort sleeve or epaulet of the same material as the drew, are much in vogue, and look extremely pretty and becoming. Long transparent sleeves are sametimes worn even in full dress. confined with broad rie It bracelets of various coloured stones. For these dreier+ the valour+ most in favour are rose, ponceau, geranium, gokl colour, steel anther. FO.l THE 'tram-114A velvet hats, with white ostrich plumes, tut bans of scarlet tiarege and gold, a:td wreaths or sprigs of flowers, such as geranium, pmuegranate, or any MIXT of a bright colour, inn nuised with gold, are worn in full dress, in preference to caps. In half dress the hair is tastefully arranged without ornament, or a blond rap, with flowers. _ _ _ Fun NonniN., Ducsa..—Simple workcd muelin, or net cape. trimmed with very brutal gauze rit.tuns of pantaau or as/bet—the atrinua finning. The waiots are Torn of a mue.erate length. marts the nei .at last munch's, and the .leerrs at,: ntadr fuller than of late. A servant girl, in the service of a respectable bake? of this town. yesterday morning swallowed a quantity of vitriol. Her life was for some time ele:-.p.died of, but prompt medical aid being resorted to, it is exp , rterl, al though het sufferrin;:s were dreadful, that she will 'woven An imputed dishonesty occasioned the attempt to destroy herwlf.— etorrier. Yesterday mo'rning, ahem tine o'clock, the inhabitants of Trion -start, Somers Town, seem thrown into great consternation by the cty of "fire r' and that of an extra ordinary description—no less than four chimneys being on tire in one house. The parish engine speedily arrived, as j also some other neighbouring engines, but hrfore there was any occasion for them to work. all alarm bail subsielrel, lto inquiry, it appeared that the tire oriAinsted in the follow ing manner :—A her of Spaniards. lately come over to this country, wished to make their own experiments in dresitiv:z a rump steak ; their regular breakfast hour was nine o'clock, and in their respective apartments they pro ceeded en this experiment of culinary skill. They all agrred that the steak should not only be fried, but that it should be immersed in the pan in a quantity of lard, a pound and a ballot' which being consdered as a standard quantity; but when the heat of their fires operated, three etas a complete overflow of the lard, the consequence of w7a, every chittintl . in the hra::: toe: tire. WINTER 11011 R CIRCUiI: SURREY A.sSIZES. ICepre the Ifou. Mr. //erns an liimcgros. 14:crirt2Elt invitee iforrit. MurreeCrwer,, ..m.l Thu,. is It'essd,wril r et+, indiered for rescuing nor: nowt lit U;011 iron the eu.otly or John ll'arren, of the . patrol, IA for a.sault.lig him au the due usueutinn of his rimy, in conveying lirown Wore a Ma gistrate. on o charge of litc.y. .tir. Anw.rt,usconduetil the prosecution, and air. ft ::DaStilt hor the darner. The to incipal witness for the prosecution was John Warred, ewe of do Bow.street horse patrol. who deposed that tic hod a warrant sigand by Sir Richard Ilirnie, astilionseng him to act as a constalde in the counties of Surrey, Middlesex, Eases, and Kent. ( in the 'Nth of July last there had been a fight at Shepirtrum, which had colleen...l a great Isuuther of disorderly persons in the neighbotirhood. In the afsercoun of th.t day ha saw three young mat et Last Sheen, whose appearanc e e x c it e d his suspicina. One of thew. Thom, I:frown, had a parcel with him containir.g shout twelve pounds of lump cigar, and as he could not Rive a in.isfartory account of the net, .p.rty, he took them all into rostody. fie after., iris discover: of that the angst. belonged to 31r. Twemlowe, a grocer of:llainputn. Neat day he towel his "prisoners before Mr. Reeves, a Magistrate of Last Sheen, for hot understanding tint a bench of Justices were then sitting at %Vandswerth, lie took the lofts be4uc 31r. Morrison, who, finding from the testimony of Mr. Tweniiiiire„ diet the oftener was CNN. mined in the county of Middlesex, ordereal wittiest to convey Ins pritnntetv to ilow.siniet, or before a Middlesex Matatfate. Wi:. news I , 4tOvil: I band-cull's. and having secured the ztisonera, pro. r,,f1e , 1 on bit way front Watiskoorris to 'knot - sod, ta . t the purpose of baths:: them examined behrel Justice of that pis Al' hen he bail gm to tin top of inisoloeirth-hill. be 'Perceived that one 4.1 the boys was slipping his hand-midi or. whemairon he borrowed some ctrl to re:•ore I . Punning his jonmer through the Upper Richmosol rosi. he agAill perceived that the same boy was puffing his hand.eiit:s .topped. took off his own neckcloth, and was proceeding to !aura. tin boy's wrists with it when the pm. inner Altirris matte up to witness, rushed against him, and sai.! " 1)--11 your eyes, where are you going with those boys ?" Wit ness told him to mind :as own imcness. Blorris then, addressing tie hays, said, " Lie down boys, don't go any fartlitt with the ' IVitness turned round tn secure his prisoners!, when be saw the whet. misoners, Goug:t ens: 3VoodwarS, ate' then, im mediately behind hint. Gough thru said, " The Magistrates have liberated these boys, and the d -4 pt:rul rants to make a property of them. Lie down bays, don't go ley further... fie rtrof these latter words several times, es, when the boy Thomin mutt succeeded its releasing his hands, and was going to inn ofls when witness clasped his asms round his waist, to Ileape Lim. The prisoners Gong:: and Woodward, and other*, then cited out, " loose him," and then wrenched the bay from witness's hold. Witness was thrown down by Murrill, when he laid hohl of the hitter by the neckcloth, arid said, " As you have reseued my psi. saner.. I'll take you." Muftis and the others then trier: " Run, buy', run The lacy Brown immediately ran dr. Wit ness charged a young man named Benham to aid and assist its se curing the boy. %lien the prisoners. told hint, that it he did thee would save iihn as they hail served witness. The pris o ner Goligli, then came up to witness, and putting Jill 1111311 k into his pockets, Paid witness in the stile with his sibows. Witness at rids time laid hold of Morris. and Gough said, " loose hies, d—n your eyes, loose him." At this time a pennon (mile tip in a curt, and Gough and %Voodward told him that the Magistrates had liberated the buys, and that witnva wanted improperly to detain them.. A gee neral cry of—" run, boys, run," was then set op by the prisoners, and the man in the cart, and several other prisons, and the boys got away. 1 . 11041131 X nr(Mtl was altatrards apprehended. tried, and COlitlCted at the last Guildford Assizes fur stealing Mr. Tocadowen sugar. _ C:ross.examined—Tha prisoner, Morris. was seen by wi t ness to come from a Geld in w hich hi. had been winking. Several peo ple had called him a d--. 1 villain for miscanducting himself in hi* duty. Witness was perfectly sober that stlernoon. In the course of the 44 he had partaken in five pot, beer , at two different prblir iwasm, within th ree hours. The boys had 113 , 1 is, much as • pins each of that quantity, and four other persons had partaken of th e rest with winner, The whole quantity, bad lie taken it, would not hare made Into tipsy. The question as to his stbriete was repeatedly putt, him, and each time he solemnly declared that, he was perfectly sober. He had been inspected. with other patrol men, hr Sir Richard Bimie, that isunminC• Streortl, chief clerk of llow.streat, prodneed an examined copy of Thrums Brown's conviction at the last Guildford Assize,. Twenslowe, a grocer of Hampton, who was present at the rescue of the three boys, onroborated John Warren's testi. mossy in ever, material particular. Ile 011)01441 solemnly that Warren wits ',Treed' , sober, and csmtlurted Isinu elf wish propriety. Witness was vzsmined at the t:ial of Brown, at the last Guildford Assizes. sir Richard Dirnic. Chief Magistrate of Bow.stteet, depoqed, that he inspeciml the *cation of that Surrey horse patrol on the day in question. SAW Warren at two o'clock on the afternoon of the.: day, and lig was not drunk. Richard Dowsett. Deputy inspector of the Dow-atreet horst patrol, proved that he saw Warren at eight o'clock in the even ong of the saute day, at his house at Sheen, and be vas then per (only sober. This was the ease for the pnnsetution. The following witnesses were called for the defence Mr. Robert li'alker, a brocternnd.ap prasser •— * - 7371iTigstoo, de. posed, that he was at Putney on the 2:th Jule. As he was going an his cart towards Richmond he observed %Var.! , staggering along the road, as if hr could not walk stratght. 111 . Tweinlowe and three boys were with Warren. Witness did tot know any of the party at that time. It was shout :self-past lour in the afternoon. Witness overtook the party before Morris quitted his work. He was at work ju4 shout the spot where the atfoirs in question hap pened. Warren was doing something with the boys, but what could not say. but he fell upon them. The prisoner Morris then walked arrows the read from his work, just bssore witness's, horse's head, and said. " Warren, don't hurt the boys, you may have children of your sisht." or Words to litre CrrOrt. Mr. Twemlose was near (dough to hear that observation. Warren immediatelv left the boys and collared Moms. They had a long struggle together, and several people came op. Witness himsels told Warmer that he ought to be ashamed of himself to use Ose man in that way ; and that if he used witness in that manr.er be would strike him remember it. During the scuttle the boys went sway. Witness did not say to the boys, "Stitt." or *o go," or " run away." Somebody did, but he believed it was a woman. SWears positively that Harris did not say so. The pr;.. 'toner Dough came up just at the moment the boys were :Tone. living in a cart. witness could see over their head., and observe everything. Witness said. "It is a pity somebody dues not fetch a constable, and take Warren into custody t" upon which Gough told a boy to go and fetch one, mentiocing Ida name. Warren then loosed !lonia. end said, " I know you, Gough,. and will mark you." Mr. 'l'wentlowe then can't up to witeeta's cart, and read his name upon it, and asked bins to give him a Itti to Kingston. Witness sail to .s/r. Tweenlowe, that he looked lik an intoner, and right charge kiwi with loading the sugar; axd that he might walk, for he would not carry him. this was going on, lie Wird what the charge was against the boys. Before there was a soul there besides Morris. Warren cried out, " Hohi up ! hold up !—a rescue ! a rescue!" In witness's judgment there was no attempt to resene. Ill'arren was far from being sober. Twendowe was not so bad as Warren. but he was nut sober. See ing something Its the newspapers afterwards. witness was induced to leave his name and addr,xs at the Fos and Hounds public.house. eross.rsamined.—SVarrim was drunk, and spoke with an Irish accent. Wesild not undertake to swear that Morris did 1241 t make use of sonic such expression to the boys as "ran stray." Witness lid not tell the buys to ran. !Honk' came access the road about twenty yank. Alr; Miles. a baker, of Lambeth, deposed that he met Warrer. T ontlowe, and the three boys mar the Fox and Hounds, between five and Nis iu the afternoon in question. Warren was calling tor beer. lie was quite in liquor. He wished the boys to drink, bet they would not. They wanted to to on. Warren tri) u;ara the boy's. Itionis came, witness believed. from the Fox and Hounds. lie gave a precisely similar account of what afterwards toot pitco, to that given by the last witness. eross.caamined.—Morris fame along the pathway fit •eg yanls towards the boys, not across the road. Stockman, a hoot and shoe-maker, of Lambeth, drposed to the same effect as the preceding witticsvm. Mark Lyons; ri constable, d 3lortlake, deposed that he saw Warren at the Fox and Hounds, at Putney,. on the afternoon to question after the supposed rescue. He was drunk. Witness toot him to 31r. Carrnailes, at the school, at Wndsworth. He said that Mr. l'armalk had seen it all. it'aeren passed witt.em in a baker's cart, at seven in the evening. and in his judgment he was as :sunk th:•n a. befdre. Slittral witnesses gave each of the r -igmers an unerteptionabta character fur good conduct ritul peaceable o.eilleanatir. Mr. Baron t:a it itow summed up the criti u ce with great minute. news. leaving them to determine oil widen side lay the truth of taa conflicting evidence they hod heard. The Jury ituniediuttly found the prisoners —N.l they were discharged. Ttettosti Ay. Ccorce IhnlfftlJ mot intlieted fit feloniously re:coma- on the tOth of June dart. in the parish of st. 011 ace. squth,c,:k. knowing to hive been stolen, a 201. Mink Post Ilia. a 'M. Bank Note, thret M. !lank Notes, ten s'. Dank Notes, and oilier notes and moneys, which had been burularintutly stolen on the 10th of June, from the doelling-hotise at Mr. llama.. steward to Earl Cowper. at Hurt. itiEfordbury, in the county of Ilerts. case excited elt.sidtluble interest. Mr. BOLLAWD ;With whom were Mr. Don - Livid 'cut Mr. PLATT) mated thr cue for the prosecution. The trial lasted from nine in the ntarni•,g until six In the evening. The defence was conducted by Mr. Andrews and Mr. Runtmoice. The case was commenced by proving the conviction of Jame, D a vis and ethers. at Ilenford Assizes, in July last, of bur. g l a r e and robbery in Mr. l laince's house. on the night af the hit of Joni% when hank-noies and other monies, to the amount et 1:1s. I 1.1. were stolen by a party of eight men. who Nal plats. tied the robbery at • public-bowie, called the Horse Shoe and Wheat Sheaf, in Melior.strect, &rough. then kept by a man named Watson, since deceased. (Inc of the nun concerned is the robbery was Benjamin Jacobs, formerly a baler at Kingston. This mast was now a principal witness, and begat,* a minute de tail of the circumstances of the robbery. :fls evidence, s• fat as It affected the prisoner Midfield, was that on the morning of the 111th Jute. after the robbery, most of the gang a.- smithies* again between seven and viiht tielock, at the !lone- shoe and Wheat Sheaf. Two of the party w_vs scat to Dal- ,1111 it)