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ch this privilege has the sod a without forward batting th monstrous usutpabon ? In a cox bke the present, it would be idle to LETTER U. NO GRACE TUC AitCHBI,IIO,„ OF CANTER., JURY. a boom menu ." 1 4 h e re untie of thorstrileges tiag is t h ose of the Parliament iloose—take hem iS t h ere of." wore two Mk PLITT US P•IILIAMENTS. M a y it please your Grace, in e rit6iirola having. in his first etter, rem* d of apart of your duty ; in his second, ealarges the subject, and submits to you such reasons he co nceives should induce your Grace, in corns w ith the people of England, to rejoice that the igis bound to observe and keep the Great hatter. e The King , " he premises. " at his Coronation ars to govern the people of the kingdom of Eng- d Ka :Ain to the laws and customs of the The b r ood and fundamental engagemen t of the tion Oath is ,mind and constitutional.—But °l ii ° : li majesty could, at the time of entering into eir . ii gement, call to mind all the ponderous fi g h t of absurdity it embraces, if literally and Ev er construed, he would relax front the gravity it.a;:e to the occasion• and expect to find CO.r T eachug smile upon the coitutenance of you' . ram What! is His Majesty bound to govern according all the laves and customs of England ? and are o vens, the Judges, bound by the same letter all the old obsolete laws to be forced upon it Majesty, which, from being unrepealed, art ll in force, and • part of the statute law of thi in'dnm, thcogh pregnant with mischief as well ai i'erdity ? b His Majesty to sanction the mitt ce oi aststute, which declares the ptinishmen . ,tiered t" " certain offence whipping. but give e er to appeal ag mist the sen are within three month—an a pp e al which mat recrived and determined after the whipping ha en inflicted ? To *Nieto the habit of referring to the Statist ,ash, the obsolete acts, which a charige in ea ;mei and situation of the country hare, in tom , mires, reudered unnecessary, in others. per& .ste, are every day obvious. .1 feistrgament is not adraora4 os any objectio toe terms of the Coronation Oat!), but to she, that it is to the spirit of oaths sad Acts of Pamir meld we are to apply ourselves. a•td not to the of tercet of the mere letter. If this be ante!. d, tli eats pillar of the fabric raised by Publicole will Ii slakea, and it will not be difficult to build upon rout more constitutional and tl arable edifice. Tie Letters of Pubbcola are full of specious an summons reasoning; hut they will scarcely bear dose elansination. that there are errors, which tl weresary revisal of the letters whim they were cr, hated iuto a pamphlet should have correcte Thus MIA palpable anachronism is found i Iry 2.2: where the Judges, upota being urged I Queen Elizabeth sod her Counsellors to obey tl • Erten under the Great Seal, are made to enswe that both she and th y hid taken SW Oath to lee , die law, and if they r•lintihl obey her rs-on:n.su, the law would not warrant the at, &". And flit they cite to her the examples of Etts pion and Die ley,Gareston, the two Spencers. 'freittlian s Sirs fad, and others, who were exietuted fur subvertii tie laws of the Wed.—A femme:toe thought won [ lave brought to tniud that Strafford was execut to the reign of Charles the First, not a few yet etcr these honest Judges were quietly annelid ingio their graves. Rut what, toy Lord, will it E statuette doctrine lead us to! In the heat of t 11 6 reeti tumults and years, and probability tooth, ate overatept, and all that directly or in, reedy can he made to favour au argitineot, I Lolly pressed into the service. The passage to asruet's Maar!, of Charles i. n ,, st introduced to your Grace's notice; • dough it in bull proves nothing, yet it is, al Pablicole s :u si ed tnanner, tortured int, a coal ova at list vemeity of his aSsertioss. Barnes. wAo.e authority at any time in truth its. 'sass, "That the practise of the Hooka Catararins in sending the Serjeant to want, port! England to bring up Abhorrers as delinqaei was founded upon tin law," (meaning of cos toweled upon no written law). " and was no el diaaQueen Elizabeth's tins?." The House of C 0 ,111110115 1:141111 this as a matte : Puller, not at ain utter of written law ; I 'S lettakes in a for nre I , 4tee, to prove, not ()lily I tle noose of Co:n.o 1114 hive this privilege, It is benethetal to all parties that such a pr : :'fie is vested in thein.-3ut even the Author 1. gloted admits that the practice wet as old as El si beth, and with this allowance it will be absurd question the right now. But, on th e ether hand, has your Grace found a law ag a i ns t t hi s usage ? I s there a lit decision, which may be relied upon, to which e question has been decided against the ptivil asserted by the H'lttSe of Commons ? An I has p tarreiseof this power bee, tacitly Reknowled sad submitted to (fir at least two centuries at half, upon the credit of Bishop Hornet), with stogie individual successfully standing fors under the shield of Afazes Charges sod combat c this monstrous usurpation ? • In a case like the preattit, it would be idl disprove the necessity of this privilege having been exercised .. beyond the time of legal memory;;' : nor cal, it be endured that the House of Curnmeos is to be boon) by every regulation introduced into o theSubordintte Coorts of King's Bench and Com mon Pleas. Witt the same right may the Justices of the Courts of Law he called in question for com mitting those who obstructed their proceedings—.a power which u founded upon HO New. but 01 *0 l'qUtil degree against the cause of Alva Chute so strongly relied upon. " That no luau shall be takee or Imprisoned, or disseised of his Freehold. or outlawed, or banished, or anyway. destroyed : nor will we psi. upon him, or commit him to pri -4311, onless by thelegal judgment of his Peers by the law of the hind. Your Grace is, im doubt, aware of the extreme indulgence of the party who resist this power of the. House of Commons, in confessing that in cases of obstruction the House, 113 well as the Judges. have the right to commit. But upon what statute have they found this right ? If we must apply to Sta tute Law fur this, we have none ; and Mgr., Cholla Nein obtrutes itself, with the terrible clause of Personal Exemptimi from Commitment to Hit NI ijesry's subjects, and denunciations against tbs. breakers of the provisimis therein contained. 11'e w:11 mike no compromise iu a question like the present. Either Mori Choria is good evil valid iit every tittle. or it shalt not be relied upon to the extent claimed by the facious aid discon tented. If Magna Charta is good and valid in every tittle. the Custom of Giavelkind acknowledged by our Courts and by the Parliament, for obstructions to their proceeding, illegal and _oppressive? if it is not good and valid in every part, (and that it is not many of the clauses bear ample testimony), then will the House of Commons be justified in not steerii.g themselves by this feebl • compass. Thus far I have endeavoured to inswer the ob ■erratious adduced in the two that letters of Paoli clrC. I have 'hewn, first, that the art of printing hic, perseded the el4:11 urpou you , Grace. to imam upon the charter being read iii our churches twice a-year ; • directioo a:eras:try fur .he general It row ledge of the statute, befure that art was discover ed. Secondly, That the charter 'twit' proves, that that au a custom miy sometime. ous ceigh en ex press Act of Parliament, as an the case of dower of gavelkied land. Thirdly, That the sanction of tins privilege by Ilia Majesty would not 'virtually vio late the Cornatiou Oath ; from the whole tenor of which it may appear, th..t howeverspacious may be the doctrines of Pubficato, they are not so fair and unansor,rable us to co wince the world, that the' priviieg- lately exercised by the Muse of Crimmins is usurpation rather than _ In replying to the remaining letters of Pad. fieola, it is my intention in. re hilly to enter npnii the fence and nriintensiice of this ; and in the mean time beg to sithserilir in) ad f. Your Grace's /*minims ~crvant. THE MAN IN TUC MOON. London, Svpt. la 1110. Major Downstan, with tin compiniet of the Artillery.. is ebsbarking at Plymouth, with some other reinforcements, for Lord ‘VIILUNCITOII . II tinny. The Honourable General Coral t.tri has sailed with the Gordon Highlanders, to juin Lord Wet.- fi taro res army. The battalion of marines embodying for armlets, is in • great state of forwardness—at present it is under the commands of Majors ALIENCIIdMIIII and WILLIAMS. They will embark at Chatham. Generals CUPPAGR and 51.Lann, of the Aria ke', bare set off lion Weolerich for Portsmouth. A rotten is raid to hare telegraphed the Hannibal, in the Chops of the Channel, and informod flee, that she had been rimied by three French men of war, standing a N.N.W. course. A letter, dated Heligoland, nth September, says rind by the English paper', the accounts of this island being.likely to be attacked by the ene my have been much enlarged on. I can assuie yon we are in no fear whatever, nor do think the ene my weak towage to think an attempt to retake this sionlil arid any thing but discomfiture to such au undertaking. Our latest accounts from the Con tinent speak in terms of confidence. that a war 62- tween France and Russia is inevitable." • - - - - We have received the following interesting letter from the Isle of Wight : " Newport, We of Icight, Oct. t. " I hasten to inform you of a dreadful comma. lion among the troops at the Ditor, which took Oars about right o'clock last evening, which, for 110111 t, nine, caused a considerable atoms, as all were pattir-struck wealth' the rirrisan. The Bruns wicker., a part of foreign corps here, hail been, cliori..l; the day of Sunday, guilty of several k r ii te ., one of the E tat huh t recruits bring wound rd in an affray.. Bat a party living intoxicated, in the evening, entered the canteen, and demolished every thing that caner in their arty, and did the same in a s-frond roma ; they then rung some nee t i ons i songs , rus hed out in a body. and went to their gaugers, and brought out their idles, with four rouads of boll cartridge, and fired up and down every division at random. One report men tioni 1,0 bills having been fired—another account makes them hut 103. One man, lam sorry to oaf. was killed, another wss shot so badly in the arm, that it has been amputated—another through the body. bat whether dead or . not. is not known. We trust an 'tannest will be held, and en account given. • satisfactory one we hope, why these men were intrusted with four rounds of ball-cartridge each. The drums at length beat to anus, and 012 garrison well ordered to ground arms, which was at length done, after some little h citation on the pint of the fereignen. lots id ty Ir. :er ? Ilion are the ern - may has chew, the be its and bear a 's the col. ted. by the pier. keep itirls then in& . would executed jeer, ilder- not the rind inch- vie- lea • and after lake- 4 4eition- ok Hoe of ports of tents. Celine elder er of l will I y 0)4 t Liut pf I VI - h ere Eliza rd to ever ~iu;ae conolte's lORF+SI7* An luquivition was takes-yesterday. at the Simi; Che Neal)). fort. G. Hoouvoir, Esq. oil the badr of a grtiteel-dreits-qi utali. unknown., w.hisars foos;vell dr,,ilN4i oppoote the physic. warden at. Chelbea. The holy w u diacnvered by •Vvorithian in the xar.leii. and in the pocket of the deet'ait& was found a silver watch. lie hod not been loner in the water ; and, for want of rvidence. the ,Jury returilei a verdict—found )roigt,94 Tne body was removed to St. George's hope•house_ to be °word. Another Inquisition was taken on the holy of Mrs. N'oo3gate. era..of Gulden-square. whose toe iewelady death we announerd yesterday. We have anthtne particular to add to out iteeount.—Verdict. Accithimial Death. cid , ll4m. The medium temperature of each year, calcu lated from actual observation. fur a series of years, will be . found to continue nearly a constant quasi tity. It may be remarked that some stammers are hotter than others, but in general an equilibrium is restored by a cold winter. In Europe. there eer ttinly are evident marks of the amelioration of climate: for the line or curve of congelation, in the central Alps, des:ended much lower it former periods that it sloes at present. It it observed by different traveller. that the glacier of Grindlewalti shops evident marks of this gradual contra, tian. In order to triter this progressive warmth it will re quire the result of niaav years therinnmetriesl ob servation. Those who are its the practice of tokiiig therinometrical olevrvations, generally obverse the height of the thermometer at the hours of 7 a. tn. 3 p. tn. and to in it. but the times of observation ought to depend ulnas the seasons of the year. The reason why three perinds of the day ere taken is, to a. , .ertasii the mean temperature; and d the po sition of the thermoun ter be fixed, it should be in the shade, and exposed to every current of air.— There are then three columns of observaton, viz. the swots, and MOIL—By dividing the sum of three height., by three, you obtain the mean heat of the slay ; by dividing the sons of the three columns, by three tones the number of days in the mouth, you have the mean heat of the month ; and, lastly, by dividiog the sum of the undsbe column (or noon heat) by the number of you olftain the menu greste.t heat. From Caen, of the 20th ult. we hem, that the Decree fur restrai • g the ingress and egress of fn. reiguera is pint near so severe as it was at first re ported. Paseengrrs are allowed to remain at the port at which they hood. under bail of two respect able servants. until their passports are arrived Cr.,,, Paris, provided they have given uotiee, be le:tir, of their arrival. Passports to leave France are granted without much troul.le, wider the same kind of security ; but the want of these formalities subjects the cargo of the vessel to confiscatioa ; and this is the atoms' extent of the penalty. aid Madame Desuaccs were still at Dieppe, waiting for th- it passports front Paris. A Gentleman, unknown at the time, was killed its a duel on 11401ot-heath, on Monday. He turns out to be a Mr. Hayti:so:A ; bet who his , saes was remains a secret. ice unders.mni that the house of Gummiest ts sad Co. hive notified their intention to take the Mock porrhasied its ri,. 1144 , 110 of flirt liwnae for this day, whiai is considered as an indication of tbeir abdnsy to make good all their engagements: We understood that the Secretary of State, in consequence of the ill health of Mts. Salim, has left lialtisnore on a short visit to Berkely Springs. — (Net. /wt.) Letters farm New Oilcans state, that the French corsairs, Le die de Montebello:l,94 L' Isirepikk, have been condemned in the Datrict Court at that place, for violating our row-intercourse laws. It is believed also Hirt La Peril Chance will 'share a 6 . 1111114 f fats--(:Vat. lot•.) A shocking nevi lent ti toptmeil yesterday morn ing, in Battersea-fields, to a young man of the name of FLICIL, who resinta in the King's-road.— lie had for some time been afflicted with a weak ness in his sight, occasioned by blight. Having aaproached so near as to touch a colt whirh suns graziog, the atinnal limited out and kicked him in the thigh and groin. The thigh-bone was so much . fractured be is not expected to recover. A similar accident to that whieh happened to the late unfortunate Mrs. WOODGATI On Monday evening, befel Mrs. &mew, a widow. in Duke street, Oxford-street, on Tuesday night. She was ironing 1111111 drying clothes by the fire on a horse, one articles took ire, and in endeavouring to extinguish it, she set fire to her apparel. tier servant, who was in the nest room, hastened to her assistance, and, with great presence of mind, threw a great coat round the unfortunate suff-rer; but b-ing lightly clad, her garments were reduced to tinder. ales. S. was alive yesterliv, but suffering extreme agony ; and she is not expect , tl to survive. Late on Tuesday night, or early yesterday morn lug, thirty-time sheep. the property of Mr. Ewan°. of Bexley, were stolen from it pasture near that place; soother Ocutleasan iti the neighbourhood at the same time Wit forty-eight sheep; and yesterday morning as Mr. EWING was coining to tow,' ou horseback to give information of the robbery, his horse took fright and threw him. when Mr. Emir'e falling with his bead agaiust the stouts. received material injury. Yesterday morning, it is Pnppovd aboat two or three o'clock. the Bedford !lead Tavern, Maiden lane, was broken into and rubbed of plate, linen, and other articles, to a cousiderable aninunt. The depredators appear field, to have broken into the cellar, by wrenching a thick iron bar, and opening the wooden shutter. From the eels'', they had pro ceeded up to the ground.floJr. which they com pletely pillaged. Every diva was broken open; and so patiently and systematic illy had the thieves done their work, that they took time to steal the very tea from the bits In the coffer-room, they opetirti the eiiiihoaril, and took some white wine to refresh them in their labours, which only termi nated with 'tripping all this part of the house of every punch-ladle, tea-spoon. silver strainer, table- Bic. that could be foisted. They then made their exit at the street-door; and though the ne.. cersary step. have been takers, no traces of them have vet been discovered. rot leit. 'UPTICK' . ROOM, Gt.tILDII•LL, OCT. 3. i A Gentlemen of the stewed, persuasion, of the usnie of Hollau, residirg in :Wept "grate, WI it (impel. charge,: a Mr. 44erit, a muat of C 41 1 .8 itt(lcowsquare, with hehariug feet night. to /unman, with an 'seral elln4 petsots, in a most vision minor,. The CC tit- Oilman etWeJ., that Inheres 'levee awittwelt.: e'r!enlylittat , night, ketwinyed a ',edifiers:week .5 the mid of reiiti 1 , .1111, ,tor COUPS, barn, Ms wile, a. 4 • friend, to Whiterfetwel , i&elk they had gas to the tippet end of Fiest•etriet,the I; , t . voillatte trathe coach, foe ced upe,i the dwur, and looped ced, leaving, that * 6 all was 1161 ;" the (I..nti,:ainewet wait very much alarmed, ointletilnrly on his wife" a 'bona, who was to the tat stag, of preynte ey, and, to eaterevrore of the Defendant's abrupt van, era. greed, f,iglitened Ids atessinesc however, had nearly ruheated, when, at she top of Ludgate bill, the , iOlll of the couch was a ',rood time forced open, and ili„? Defendant thrust a large etch, ;aback he pouldesti iti Court) tatd the I:wee/the Complainant's wife, who MOM:11V feinted: the Def e ull „; f t rep. e s, . i ted ,s a Peace officer, and said, " thatt.is was a disagreeable duty, but he mutt perform it after looking into the roach, he *gnu withdrew, remitting th t r all was right :" the Coin. plainant them determined, if another attempt of a similar description was made, mead it ; and he hael,e,./rety ca. lured ebeapsiale, when Site Defendant *dimmed to the e , aeht a third lime, but his endeavour to open the door ifts . . . _ twat, and the window Was broken iu the Attempt. A•citacce 'was then procured, and the Dermdant With inset, &amity (ate stated by a patro.e, who assisted in sops rhvnchirt ban) was takes to the watch house. Mrs. Mullen, io coosequeuee of severe could nut attend; h.t the lient!eutiva who. was in the coach with Van, sod the cuaelx maa, posts lively swore to his prison. Mr- Askew, in his densce, denied, in the most uneqsdvos cal terms, his hieing opened the coach-duo,; he ■ehi•w• lerlzed it bud Imes) done by a person us hs company, who bud that morning gone to the c..outry, , but helm& requested that perm. unfit earnestly unt to pursue inch eoudw••t , and advised film, if be wished to take a coach, to inouira or the combines, whether he was engaged. The Sitting Magistrate ohs...verb that vireo if thetterw dant bad out conducted himself in this improper rnaimer, it was at least his duty to exert hiimielf to bring Edward the person who bad behaved so reprehensibly in bra company. He implied whether Mr. Askew had any faisude is attend ant e • The Defendant answered, be bad not, but Hag Le could send fur them immediately. The besieges good ever fir a short time, whet Mr. Asltme's partner mink his appearanre—and, after a snort cousolta lion with him, the Sitting Ma i rstrate inq sinA of 'Jr. Holies whether be was willing to comproinime the metier? Upon this proponents being made, the Complainant seemed undetermined w lietber to make it too or to pi useeate. He observed, there was aonsetiiiiig due to Aimed' sod thing to public justice— die had beets stopped three times by the Defeadunt, who stated hinneW to be an Macer—ir Ss were pertain:A to escape with inaponity. soy man might shank official employment, and, under that commit • the worst crimes • he had only, when apprehended, to throw it on the shooide ' re of a person arb a had goue to the asontry. Big what appeared to annoy Mr. Mullets UMW partkekrly was, thin, while is the wateb•boase, the Defrosting bud thrown out several aspersioss against the memo r y of the late llleum.GoldaaaiJ. He, hewers:, Scatty agreed to a cons. promise. and, on Mr. Asken'e offering to pay 3l to some charitable imititstion, and to make a proper apology, be was discharged. Rob, rt th. may Iris charged with etraling a piece of cop per, of Oar ',doe of its. front his empioyers, Messrs Shealy and Co. copperomiths, Shoe-lane. BPStil, • patrale of St. Sepulchre's 'relish, met the Pri soner last iiight,.iu Chick lane, with the property wader his ens ; not giving satieacture answers to the interogittories put to him, the pairole took him to Mews. Shears, who gave him its charge -•-The property being identified, the Prisoner was fully committed. --- Johnson was charged by Matthew Gibson, of Friday at reet, Cheapside, with treeing parted his pocket of • pocket handkerchief, sheet wise o'clock last night, in Futter-lava. The Preemptor feeling some permit id his pocket, termed mood s when he saw the Prisoner with his handkerchief half out, who honsediately ran off he, however, pursoed, and took him. The Prisoner who is well kaown by aims, was met ou Maid the tei:der. nanstosr.nousc, A person, describing himself as George Penetrate, a we*bee its the Custons•house, residing Is Raglettreet, Reel Um square. was brought up by Salem, the offteer,sbarged with (mania; himself; in a very indecent ininiaer,, ea Loudon bridge, this morning, between tea sad acres eds.*. Salome, it appeased, had been reprinted to watch the Pri soner' by a Gentleman, who stated that he had behaved eery iailecaatly to Imo ; the uificer immediately approached kiwi, and observed biro, for several minutes, in a most dis gusting sitnatioo. The Gond.. man who had apprized him of the monsignor , bad not eivezt his address, wither bad he coati , furstaril to attend the exasituatims. lie Leap 11• Von greatly regretted this latter ciremn maim?, as he v•ialiel to puuieh such abandoned nreicliss walls the greate.t severity. 11e ahem reprimanded and ad monished the Prisoner ;lotto pleaded itrtuaicatiou), mad seas:f el big, to be discharged. sow.. PICKPOCKETS. Yesterday Henry trash, use of the Muor.strert gang, was loinight to the above Office, and charged before Mr. N•ltEs, with picking the pocket of Coptaia ?biome 11H+herson, of SulFelk.etreet, Cftarieg.Ceosa; who ststrd, abet nie.st see o'clorb, as he was gems* near the Arlan y, wsah a friend, he NC semetbiag pasts at his I. ft hand coat pocket, and, turniae round, he observed his pocket book to the Prisoner'■ hand, who threw it down sumo the pavement and walked away. Several other seen, who lit re sear the spot kicked the pocket-back before them, up mills pavement he picked up 6:4 packet-hook, sad thee misted the Prismier. Ile was committed Ow farther csatsioation. Bill Seat, Joe Resoleo, and Ira Canty, are suspected to be the gang who attacked the Pruseestee. ROBERT ROBERTS. r When Roberts went to the Royal 0 .k at Vona. hall, be represented himself as an Attorney from Oxford, with the as.‘u riled name of Sidney, and that he was come to London upon Chancery b.tsiness, and is he elijsyed but an indifferent state of health, his Doctor, at Oxford, recommended him not to lodge in London, but in the suburbs, and particu larly advised V*llolBll air. With this tale the Landlord was induced to receive him as a lodger. Ile occupied a room on the first floor. Hr took with him several rolls of parchment, and a T im,. City of papers! and whenever the waiter went into his room, he appeared very busy with them. H• in general walked out early iii the morning, and as sociated with the company who resort to the house. Sevens% persons called upon him, and inquired for him by the earns of Sidney. Some of them brought with them parchment and papers, as if concerned in the Law. It hid Veen noticed, that neither he, or any of those who visited him, went to the windows. On the Thursday previous to his being taken, he had four men to dine with aud they drank four bottles of aloe. It is - supposed one of them betrayed him. • The late Mrs. Panevcaoss, of Wallingford, Betio, has bequeathed iool.to the Missionary So. ciety, 1001. to the Society for Miaow°, to Africa and the East ; 1001. to the British and Foreign Bible Society, be,ides several other Legacies to Foods fur the edisAtion of Ministers, sat dm support of poor and pious Clergymen.