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- . wined as one of the many measures of improvement which will Be *ell deserving of its attention than as constituting a fundamental I tide in its Eigmation. " The Importance and utility of Chambers of Commerce have been so far admitted by the highest authority, as to have led to the incorporation of some of them by royal charter, and es that mark et favour has been graciously conferred upon establishments in some Moue prin-ipal out-ports, your Committee confidently hope that the (VIM high and dietinguithed patronage will not be withheld from the proposed Chamber of Commerce in the City of London. " Your Committee therefore, atter diligent ie oory, and an at tentive conrideration the circumstances before referred to, have nu hesitation in recommending the forming of such an Insti tution, to be designated the London Camber of Corumerast and that as soon as the details shall have been finally arranged and de termined upon, the necessary application to !Wild through the prover chattel to his Majesty, for a royal charter of incorporation. A draught of rules and regulations recommended for the goeern mutt of the Chamber will be found in an Appendix to this Report. " Your Committee arc sensible that no measures of permanent or of substantial efficacy can be successful, without cordial union and co operation ; that to give full effect to such an Association it is indis pensably necessary that it should receive the suppoft of the lading mercantile establishments, and also unite the talents and experience of the moat eminent commercial characters of this metropolis ; that it shou:d be conducted upon general and liberal principles, free from every intinence of party prejudices or distinction ; and that its direction be selected fan those connected with the several branches of commerce, manufactures, trade, aid navigation, as well as ac quaioted with the local business of the port of London. And in order effectually to secure the permanent connexion of the Chamber with the great commercial interests of the metropolis, it appears desirabie, that the Representatives in Parliament for the City of Latta, and the heads of leading Corporations and other institutions connected with its trade, should have seats at the Boatd of Directors during their continuance in office. Your Committee hare particularly in view the Governor and Deptig e tiovernee of the Rank of England ; the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Ilonoumble East Com pany; t he Governor, bob, and Deputy 041trernors of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation; the Governor, Sub, and Deputy Governor of the London Assurance Corporation; the Governor and Senior Consul of the Rteisis Company; the (iovernor and De triy, Governor of the Levant Company; the Sub-Governor, and uty Governor of the South Sea Company; the Governor almputy Governor of the Eastland Company ; the Master and Deputy Master of the Trinity Corporation ; the Governor and De puty Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company; the Chairman and Deputy Chaim= of each if the following Companies—West India Dock Company, London Dock Company, East India Dock Company, Commercial Duck Company, East Country Dock Com pany, Surrey Coal Dock Company; the •Chairman of the East India Traci, therakure; the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the West India Merchants; the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Soviet y of Merchants trading to the Continent,- the Chair man of the Wine and Spirit Trade Committee; the Chairman of the Committee of the Shp Owners' Society ; the Chiti-man of the Society of British North America Merchants; the 'Chairman of the Committee for managing the affiiirs at Lloyd's. Ycur Com mittee are equally irapressed with •i necessity of the immediate management being confided to hands every way qualified for so important a trust. Upon such a eelecion many of the advan tages to be derived from the associatiun must depend; whether that object may be best accomplished by appointing a managing Director or a Committee of 3laragenient, who shall uudertake the active superintendence, or whether the duties may be assigned to lima Secretary alone, with equal advantage to the commercial im thesis, your Committee will oat take upon themselves to deter. trine: the office of Secretary, however, will be one of honoUrable oistinction, from which no gentleman, whatea er be his mercantile auction, reed to shrink, and who, in accepting and fulfilling the duties of it, will render a most valuableservice to his country. " 4n contusion, your Committee beg to disavow most disunetly, that, in the recommendation they bate felt it their duty to make; any iliercomagt has been intended to the Mercantile Associations which already taut in the city of London ; no desire is felt to in terfere with their functions or particular objects; nor is there, in the opinion of your Comm ' ittee any reason which should prevent the r.speetable i ndividuals who compose those Associations from rerulling their mimes amongst the members of the propesed Chem ' her of Commerce ; their cordial co-operation and support will, on the contrary, be anxiously looked fur in favour of an institution which is intended to bean encouragement and support to every de ecliptio° of mercantile interest. • The objects of the Chamber *will be general, and such as an institution of a general character alone will be qualified to effect. " Its aim will to the improvement and extension of British commerce in all its branches, and by those means to contribute its aid io strengthening and extending the best foundations of . the permanent greatness, power, and prosperity of the United lintenicen. " 12th January, 1024." An Appendix to the Report contained a draught of the rules and regulatias fur the Government of the Chamter of Commerce. The most important of the propose-Crake are the following " That the objects of the Association shall be to assist in Mo. 'noting the l'ouintercial, Trading, Manufactoring, and Shipping Interests of the UttitedKingdotmand those of the City of London in particular; to hold communication with the Ministers of the Crown, and *WI the various departments of the Government, the Mem bers of either House of Parliament individually or collectively, and other persons of high station and anthori ; to watch over all pro. ceilings relating to Commerce, Trade, Manufactures, and Navi gation ; aro' to correspond and confer with similar Associations, and wish individuals, foe the titainment of the said pntrposes. '• That the Chamber shall be competent to entertain s propos'. tion for appointing referees, to whom any matters of difference be tween any of its Members, relating to commerce or navigation, may be referred for decis ion; and to form such regulations in respect thereto, as may afford to its Members the advantages of an szonuudeal and imatistanory system of arbitrations. '• That a library of useful books and other publications, amps, and papas, upon commercial subjects, navigation, aml trade, with the statutes at large, be provided for the use of the Chamber. Thakh be competent to 31fmk-es only to introduce subjects foe the consideration of the Chamber of Cuunineice, which commu nications or references. front public authorities and institutions, domestic or foreign, excepted, must be done in writing, ad dressed to the Secretary, to be by prim laid before the Board of Director . That the Board be open to receive in writing every kind of. lido:motion relating to commerce, manufactures, trade, or nevi ptiomr The either articles relate to the mode of constituting and govern ing, the Chamber. Mr. Gas r:FELL soggested that as it was not intended to take ' any decision on the Report that day, it would be an ammo:mail , waste of time to give the Secretary the tremble to read it through. Toe hest course would 'he fur each gentleman to take a copy home witO him, and censider it during the interval between this and the next meeting. Primal copies of the Report were then distributed through the "MM. ___ Me. Wou-syrow then moved the following resolution 1. •• That the Report of the Committee appointed at a public tweeting of Merchants, Bankers, Ship-owners, and others, held on the 213th day of August last, to consider the expediency of the for .ll:l4litrl of a Chamber of Commerce in the City of London, anti re.. . pot: their opinion thereon, now read, be printed, and copies few the infor.na.ion of the Merchants, Bankers, Ship ownins, and others connected with the bade at the metropolis ; and that a general meeting of the Merchants, Bankers, Slop es eery, Underwriters, and Traders connected with the commerce cf the Port of Lon be convened for Thursday, the Ist of Arti. at 12 o'clock precisely, to take the report into consideration, and adout such messurts In respect thereto as may then appear advisable." _ . Some conversation ensued, as to the day and hoar of the next tfieceral 31teeng, which in the original resolution were left blank. was agreed to commence the business at noon, in consideration of the ine.oovenienee of a later hour to the genus:nom of Lloyd's. Mr. WOL L AST ON said, that on moving dus resolution he pur posely avoided er.tering into any discussion of the merits or demerits of the proposed institution. It might be expedient, however, end silos able to state that institutions were in existence of a settle what similar nature, slid to explain some circumstances relating to them, w deli would illustrate the object of the Committee. An appre i:er.sioo existed that the Chamber of Commerce might degenerate Lto an institution that would impose restrictions on trade. No • greater mistake could be committed. The Chamber would be left , entirely to thethar.agement of the merchants arid traders , at large, 'who might make it ass much utility as they thceight proper; and I: it was countetianced and :supported by the leadin,o characters of I the city of Laudon, it was impossible that it should not do good, both to the city and to the country genendly. There were in awe= on teamed that other institutions of this kind had materially -I.inhered the trade of the towns in which they were established. 4)r.tt instance which had reached his knowledge that morning he ' oreld net refrain from mentioning. The Chamber of Commerce 'let Merchant: bed rendered an essential service, not only to that teen. hot to the whole nation. Ile alluded to the part that instate ttor had taken, in induchig his Mujesty's Government to with- Lois! the cession of the island of e•lllCapOlre, which it was in con touplatian to have given back, as Java had been sunendcrod. The Dutch were very desirous of regkining possession of it, and . would Islet, succeeded, but toe the reprerentations of the Chamber vac Cor.mierce of Manchester, which, conjointly with those of /Hems:Timm, Liverpool, and Glasgow, had prevented the less of that valuable island. There were many other In stances in which it would be obvious these institutions.runst be highly serviceable. They would form a focus to which the commercial classes could resort for information respecting their interests. He would content himself with stating one mode in which they would produce much benedt without going into any further detaiL They would be eminently useful in giving information by which the course of legislation might be guided. The Meeting was, however, not aseeniblal to consider the expedi •ecey or nonexpedierey of the hymeneal of Chamber of Commerce, but to receive the Report of the Committee. The lion. Gent concluded with moving the Resolution. Alr. T. IV I Lsox to-contled the 4.10t1011. Mr. 11113KLUI said; he would not have troubled the Meeting with iny observations en the question, if the motion had not been prefaces{ with semethlng like an opinion in favour of the proposed 4fistitution. Ncehire; could be fairer than that the preparation of a Report by a (e l:mister. who having given the subject grist atten two were qualisied to state its ialvasitages in fair colouts, a ml that' a day should be appointed for the corsideratien of the Re; o t ; nor did he say that there was anything unfair in the Honourable Gen tleman who had beta one of the Committee, and whose mind was prebefily warmly Impressed with the advantages of the institution, prefacing the motion in the words he had addressed to the meeting ; but as those worth; would go forth to the public through the daily papkwit, he (31r. ibbert) thought it necessary that ho should tie (dose that he was ene of a catam number vt I.:cutlet:um who, :it the 'next Meeting, would candidly and fairly state why they consielemia' that an establishment of this kind was not necessary, and might tic prejudicial (Hear, hear.) He would not gn into the dismission, though be was then fully prepared to state his reaming, which were those also of a great number of gentlemen whose names, when they were mentioned, must have an important influence on the fate of the question. (Hear.) The motion was then agreed to. Mr. IVo , Lasvow then moved, that a Committee be appointed to carry into execution the establishment of the Chamber of Cum meree, if the Report should be approved by the next General Meeting. 111 r. TOOKE submitted that this Motion wan premature. I) could, with propriety, he only after the report was confirmed that they proceeded to consider the appointment of the committee. To curry the resolution now would be taking a measure that woull imply a sinstion of the Report before it was discussed. Ala WOLLASTON observed, that every Gentleman must concur in the expediency of having a perfect list of names prepared if the report should be adopted. 1111..01ms:rect. conceived that no prejudice could result from delaying the appointment of any set of names to carry into effert a measure which might not be passed. The resolution seemed to him not only premature, but calculated to prejudge the whole question. (Hear, hear.) 31r. THOMAS WILSON mid he knew the feelings in which this resolution had originated. Though he was one of the com mittee, he was sorry to say he bad seldom attended, but he Was aware of the motives that leul guided the preparation of this motion. A similar attempt to form a Chamber ct Commerce Lad occurred before, which various circumstances had contributed to defeat, and amongst them none was mind In-s important than the want of a prepared list of gentlemen of sufficient respectability to father the establisment. The object of the Committee was to shew that they did not recommend measures which they were not pie pared to follow up. (Hear, hear.) If the list was found to be cor rect, there would be no diifictilty in withdrawing it afterwards, should the resolutions of the next general meeting be adverse to the institution. Mr. ToocE was still of opinion that no further steps should be taken now. A gentleman, whose name we could not leant, argued the pro priety of agreeing to the motion. The expediency of the institu tion might depend on the fitness of the persons named to carry it into execution. The fears and jealousies now prevalent might be allayed at once, if it were proved that some members from every branch of trade were nominated. The whole question, he repeated, might hinge on that consideration, lie considered it, therefore, neither premature nor unadvised. 31r. ifIOHERT thought the reasoning might be reversed, if it were applicable to the subjt et at aIL The proper coons would be first to hear the objections that would be urged at the next meet ing. When the question was fairly discussed he (Mr. H.) might be among its foremost 'supporters. (Hear, hear.) Mr. AVoLi.satrote said, the object of the institution was to pro mote, generally, the welfare of the trade of the city of London, and not of any branch in particular. (Hear, hear, hear.) He had au wish to press the motion contrary to the sense of any gentlemen who considered it premature. His only object was to discuss the whole subject fairly. When the main question was carried, they might then consider the mode of funning the institution. He was induced to bring the motion forward, as the utility of the institu tion would depend, in a great treasure, on the respectability and startling of those who patronized it. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. Co 3111 OLD then moved a vote of thanks to the Committee, ' for the eatable Report they hail laid before the Meeting. Mr. Bnowstit suggested whether it was not necessary that the Meiling should read the Report before they could determine whc ' thee it was valuable. (.1 baugh). ' The motion was then withdrawn, after a remark from a gentle ' man, that the Committee themselves were desirous that the Meet ing should have every oppdrtunity to appreciate their labours. Dr. Tilos. WiLsox said he had a mot on to propose, which he • was sure would be acceded to willingly by all parties. They were ' all agreed, that they could not hare a Chairman more respectable • than hla Hon. Friend (Mr. J. Smith), but doubts were entertain ed whether he would be able to attend at the next Meeting. There' were besides other reasons. It was necessary thereshould be some ' variation in the Chairman, itforder that the measure migiit not ap • pear to'have only one godfather (a laugh). The lion. Gentleman I then moved.— ' 2. " That William Manning, Esq. M. P. be invited to take the chair at the meeting appointed to be held on Thursday, the Ist of ApriL" ' Mr. Gar:recta. remarked that as their proceedings would be '1 made public, it was desirable that it should be signified that this ' resolution was passed in consequence of its being inconvenient for his Hon. Friend to attend at the next Meeting. The CHAIRMAN said, that for lihnself he begged that the ob servation of his lion. Friend (Mr.•Grentell) might be considered as withdrawn. Ile could bear with perfect philosophy any such reflection as his Hon. Friend was desirous of shielding him against. The tact was, that it was highly expedient that the chair, on the next meeting, should be taken by souse gentleman of great commercial knowledge and high character) sad it was wisely con sidered that his Hon. Friend .Mr. Manning was a fit person to take the lead ors such en occasion. His (the Chairman's) situation as a ' banker did not qualify him to preside, but he should feel it his duty to attend. (Hear.) It Was obvious to every man that it was difficult to find an individual so well adapted to answer all the re quisites fur that station as his Hon. Friend Mr. Manning. As a ' personal matter, affecting him ' be begged no more might be said ' of it. No gentleman, it was elem, could preside with more effect than ohe'whe united the characters of a Bank Director, a merchant of great experience, end a man of high character. 31r. li ton gRT asked, whether it was known that Mr. Manning ' would accept the appointment? Mr. WOLLASTON mid the motion was only to invite him. Mr. II inui:ae - remaiked, that it would be more satisfactory if it was known what were Mr. Manning's opinions on the subject. He bad some reason todoubt that Mr. Manning would be favour. able to the measure. Mr. IV OLLAATOIf said he did not know what were Mr. MAR.' ning's sentiments, but he believed they were not adverse. The motion was then agreed to. Mr. WAR It E said no gentleman was more entitled to their thanks than their present Chairman. . Mr. %WOLLASTON then read the following resolution:- 3. " That this meeting it deeply impressed with the value of the' • services rendered by John Smith, Esq. M. P., upon this and vs. riot's other occasions, for the promotion a the commerce of the invited Empire, and whilst they hereby testify . an imperfect ac knowledgment of such services, they also solicit a continuance of the sante." The CHAIRMAN said he should be found at all times ready to undertake any task fur the good of his fellow-citizens. Be sin cerely thanked them for the honour they had conferred on Lim. 'lle meeting was thcn adjourned. SUB-WA COMPANY. The adjourned fleeting fur establishing a Sub-way Company was held oesterclay at the City of horalon Tavern. A more nu merous assembly of gentlemen were in attendance than on the for mer occasion. It will be remembered that the object of this proposed Company is to cat:y into effect a plan invented by 31r. IVilliams, of Corn. hiU, for supplying the public with water and gas by means of sub. ways. Copies of the prospectus of the Company and of official do. contents relctive to the money expended for disturbing the pavement of the streets of homlon, were distributed id die mom, and drawings of the sub-ways were lying on the table. At One o'Cluck Mr. W1 . 1.1.1A313 wax called to the Chair. The CuAt MA yr, on opening the business of the day, tub:feted to the objection that he was not sufficiently a man of science, but, in fact. a tradesman, and therefore obviously incompetent to the invention of a plan pregnant with such important benefits to the public. The greatest improvements in the City of London had proceeded from persons in his station of life. Sir Hugh Middleton, the piojector of the New River, was originally goldsmith;a the person who had introduced gas 'into this me. tropolis was Mr. Windsor, also a tradesman ; and it rasa trades man who, in 17.12, had suggtsted the pavement of the footpaths in the streets. The l'hairnuin then proceeded at some length to explain his project, and vindicate its per. ticotility, 'utility, and necessity. Mr. RROCRIIURPT, the Secretary, then read the Report of the Committee anpointed at n former Meeting. The Report strongly recotutnendettthe plan, which would, in their opinion, redound as much to the honour f its mojector and supporters, as it would contribute to the comfort and convenience of the titizena of London. Some discusalon then ensued, after width a series of resolu tions, approving of the plan, end recommending an immediate subscsiption for Me formation of the Company, was passed una nimously (Mr which see Advertisement). COIOXFIOS INQUEST•—YAR3iO4:III, MARCH 15.—en Wednesday last an inquest was taken at the Dog and Duck public house, an the Quay. before Paigrave, Esei. one of the Urn_ urrs of this borough, on the body of Francis Allier, master of • Dutch lugger, called the Den SMIMIIIIICT, of Ostend, which was brought in here the previoas day, by the Eagle revenue cruiser, I.ieut. Vitiate. Ic appealed by the evidence, that the Sassanaer sailed from Ostend In (he afternoon of Saturday last, bound to Burnham, in Essex, with oysters, and about eleven o'clock at night, being to the southward of the I ialloper Light, she fell in with the Eagle revenue cruiser, which fired a musket to brirg her to, but this not being complied with, a second was tired, when she was hailed by the Eagle to lower her foresail, which - r.zing done, both vestein then fell on board each other, the lugger receivin case siderable injury in consequence front the Eagle. In the confu g sion, the men belonging to the lugger jumped on board the Eagle, con ceiving their vessel to be in a sinkirg state, in doing which the de ceased. by the rolling of the sea, was *libell between the two ves sels, which caused death almost immediately. The crew of the lugger consisted of die deceased, his three sons, a nephew, and another maw. The whole affair underwent a very strict Investiga [ion, and the Jury returned the verdict—, , freidcrital Death. COMMON codivciL. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday, at Guildhall, for the discussion of general business. A petition was presented from handl.) , inhabitants of the %Ward of Vinery, for effecting an improvement in the Ward, which Ives read and rAerred to the City Lands Committee to consider and report. The town Clerk hid before the Court a letter 'which he had re. ceived from the Secretary to the,West India Doek Company, in Te -1 lation to an application which the Company had made to the Loris of the Treasury for the purchase of the City Canal in the Isle of Dogs, for the purpose of connecting the same with the said Packs; which being, read, was referred to eh:. Committee for improving the Port of London, to consider and report upon. On the Report of the Committee on the New.Cmial, it was moved that a petition should be presented to Parliament, against the Bill now pending, for making a canal front the River Leu to the Regent's Canal, on the ground that it would deprire the City of certain dues and to lls to which it was entitled. . . ..... Mr. PEacoca observed that they had no right to oppose the making of this canal. Mr..lldemisn Iluttnags said that items not the intention of the City to oppose the bill, but merely to ask for a compensation for an infringement of the City rights. Mr. JAMES d es ired to know the amount of compensation asked for ? . _ Mr. Alderman WOOO stated that It was a motion of course for a petition to oppose the bill, and their object was to obtain a clause, giving to the City a certain compensation for any injury it might sustain by reason of the proposed alteration. The petition was then agreed to. The Court referred it to the Improvement Committee, to request an interview with the Lords of the Treesury to solicit their assist ance in carrying this great improvement into effect, as connected with opening of a great North Road, which the removal of Fleet :Dirket would expedite, and the Committee were instructed to make arrangements, if possible, with the County of Middlesex, fur effect ing the improvement beyond the boundary of the ('ity. Mr. Thomas Coleman tendered to the Court his resignation as Deputy Governor of the Irish Society, which was accepted, and ' Mr. Samuel Favell was appointed in his room. Mr. S. Ihxox rose to call the attention of the Court to an attack which had been made on the Lord Mayor. With an attack on Mr. 11'aithman, personally considered, the Court would have nothing to do, hut it would not tolerate that the Chief Magistrate of the City of Londen should be calumniated by falsehood.—lt was here suggested to Mr. Dixsn ' that he had better suffer the or'inary !memos of the day to proceed, before they entered on the subject. This being seceded to, the reports of the Committee for the removal of Fleet-market, and of the Finance Committee on the same subject, were read. They were at variance, the tint recommending the measure strongly, the second opposing it, on the ground of the vast expense to which it would expose die City. Mr. PAVEL'. said it was not the object of the Finance Commit tee to throw any obstacle in the way at so grand a work ; hut that it was necessary to look at the expense, at:d the Finance Committee had dune no more thun thdr duty in apprising the Court that it would cost them 144.1,0ti01. to carry it into inecution. Ile had nu motion to submit on the subject, turther than that the Report should be entered on the Joumids t . . . ..... ..... Mr. Do niironn remarked, that at the last meeting he had stated that they were pursuing too hasty a step in voting such a large sum as 150,0001. on the spur of the moment- Mr. Jasszs was also of opinion that they were too hasty; but he had understood that a worthy Alderman was ready to advance the whole of the money on the security of the tolls anti dues of the market. (Cries of " No, no.") If it was not so, he hoped the Court would pause before they launched into such an expense. Mr. Alderman WOOD thought that the Finance Committee had been very.carcful of the City's cash. Many years ago this question was agitated in the Court, and lost only by one vote. He hoped ' that would not be the case now, as the removal of the market cer tainly was ntr.....ry. He knew a person who would take the mar ket on a fourteen years' leasc.provided that the City did not restrict him to a particular sum in his rents. To this, however ? he Alderman Wood) could not consent ; but he would take it off their ' hands at the prices of the stalls reported by the Committee, so that the new market should cost the City nothing. He certainly was very anxious for the removal of this great public nuisance. Mr. S. Dixon opposed the measure, and advised the Court to, pause before they decided on the borrowing so large a sum of money in the present impoverished state of the City chamber. The motion was then put, and carried in the affirmative. Mr. RICHARDSON. the Chairman of the Bridge . Committee, presented a Report from the London Bridge Committee, stating that Messrs. Jolla% and Beata had offered to keep the old bridge in repair until the new one was built, for 1,0001. per annum. Ile moved that the Report be agreed to ; which, after some converse...l don, was carried. THE LORD MAYOR. Mr. 8. Dixow begged to call the attention of the Court to a, report of language attributed is the Lord Mayor while presiding over a Waxdmote held—_-- The Loan MAYOR here rose and said, that the Gentleman was out of ortkr in the observations be was making, unless be meant to found a motion on the subject, or to charge him (the Lord Mayor) with a breach of privilege. Hetet' that he was at liberty to state his opinions without being callttd•on in that Court to account for them. If he was incorrect, Sniff the Court felt inclined to give their attention to the Gentians!" en this subject, he would not ehject, provided he might be bird at length as to what lie did say. • • - - • Mr. Ness* remarked, th e ikhie.ebject was the defence of the Lord Mayer; as he was cony tjarrire never could hare uttered the sentiments that were attribut eto hint. The Loan MAYOR again sit* that the Gentleman bad no right to take the subjeee up against him, union he meant to tax hint with a breach of privilege. Air. Favt:t.t. observed, that the time of the Court was too pre cious to be taken up by this conversation ; there was business be fore it, to which they had better attend. Mr. Manx said, he could have told the story in half the time that hod been consumed in opposing him. The Loan 31AY011—I do not sit here to hear stories, Sir; if you have any charge to riake affecting my honour as a Magistrate or a man, you had better makes motion on the subject. Mr. Pr Li.Esr was of opinion, that a communication ought to have been made to the Lord Mayor before such a subject was brought thrward. Mr. Drxorr said, that the Lord Mayor seemed very sore on the subject ; he AM endeavouring to wipe off the aspersions that had been cast on hint. lie remembered when Mr. Alderman Bridges was Mayor his character, during his mayoralty, was very freely canvassed— . . . . . The LOUD MAYOR begged to set the Gentleman right on that point : the aninwlversions were made on Mr. Alderman Bridges fur calling in the military. He had seen no report of what he had said on the occasion now alluded to, except a slight extract from a paper which was shewn to him while he was conversing with Mr. Alderman Wood ; all he could say was, that lie had made use of no other observations, our expressed any other opinions, than what had always fallen (ruin him when discussing those points, and they were obsavations and opinions that he would state again whenever an opportunity presented itself. He would observe again, that the Gentleman was out of order. Mr. Fat-rt.'. moved the Order of the Day. Mr. Dixow said, that he should have telt obliged to any one, if hr had been situsted as the Lord Mayor was— fAWELL remarked, that as the Honourable Member did not mean to found any motion on the sobivet, and as the Lord Mayor had declared him to be out of order, he moved the Order of the Day. Another question was they put, and the conversation dropped. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BUNTING APPOINTMENTS FOR NEXT WEEK. Tlse•Earl of Derby's Stag-hounds will meet on Saturday next, at Epsom Racc.course, and not on Friday, as before appointed. FOX-110UNDS. Sir Bellingham Graham's meet on 3londay, at Shatterford Gate, and Saturday at Acton Burnell—at ter. Mr. kleyoell's on Monday, et Holltiton ; Thursday, at Shirley Park ; and Saturday, at Eton Wood—at half-past ten. The Somerset Subscription on Tuesday, at Kennel, Nettlecombe; and Friday, at Ilart Cleeve—at ten. The Cheshire, on Mund3y, at Ilartfort Bridge; Wednesday, at Tablet'; and Friday, at Aston Grange-- ten. 11AERIE116. The Yale (Dorsetshire) on Tuesday, at Charminster Down; Thursday, at Kenna: ; and t‘aturday, at Ildbume Pura—at ten. SPORT EXTR•OIIDIEWARY.—The famous Tally bet, which has excited o much interest in the spurting world, was decided this day on the c arse at 31onifieth. Mr. K. was to ride 100 yards on his mare, :Hiss Tally, while Mr. S. performed 70 on his own legs. The riier beat the runner by three yards. Immense sums were staked CM the bone, and the knowingAnea looked queer. The losers com. plain of tool pig, and an appciA is entered to the Jockey Club. Tire whole, however, have gone to dinner a /a Tally, from which they a ill retire as sober as usual—Dsodee Aloe-neer. TATTERSALLS, 31.utc:t 18, HMI. 7 to 4 opt Reformer SA 10 I A.,,Nt Prudeure to 1 a;;It Quadrille di to 1 apt Reformer 7 to I a;.tat Agnes 7 to I apt Banshee 17 to 1 apt Jesse 18 to 1 apt Don Carlos OA to 1 a7,st Prudence to I agst Sister to Sailor DOICASTEA ExacuTtoN.—l/n Monday last, Alta Sntith, a farmer's servant, was executed at Lincoln l'astle, pursuant to his sentence, for administering poison to a young woman at Althrd, infLineolii shire. The culprit, an Sunday last, admitted his guilt, and de scribed the mode in which he committed the otfence. llis ignoc-nc.: yam so great, that he appeared not to hare an idea beyond the ci•tr- , mon labour of the field, and of eating, drinking, and aligning.' C to 1 agst Swiss There was an extraordinary apathy about Mut to the moment of his 14 to 1 ugst Altisidore exit, wirer he admitted the justice of his sentence, and was launched 14 to 1 agat Rosanne into eternity, in the presence of a conahltrattle concourse of persons. 20 to 1 agat Ringlet Ma body was giveu w the stugcvus of the iMirmsry tur dissection, to 1 art 3!t 3 of.slang:eld The Sxhicriprion Room was well attended, but not as name?. omit., nor was there by ary means so many engagements entered into as on Monday. Elephant, who lately crept into the market so unexpectedly, and on whom muds betlinti took place, is gone back full two points for the Derby, as well as for the Doncaster St. Leger. There were many other alterations on homes far the dif ferent Stakt,s, row is request, particulars of which will be found below:— RIDDLESWent TIT. I 7 to 1 RgNt Don Carlos The other hunts ss before. 20 to 1 Pgst r.lephont 2U to 1 ngst Bess The other horses nearly as bet.ve 8 to 1 apt Lytnessa 9 to 1 asst flarossa ST. LEGtilt. 21 to 1 agst 25 to 1 apt Miss Crantirld 23 to 1 agst Young Tink:r The citt: horses as before. MEETING OF LICENSED VICTUALLERS. Yesterday a numerous Meetingof the licensed victuallers of the united partshes of St. Giles in the Fields and St. George Blooms bury, was held at the Freemasoas"favern. Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-tichls, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament to repeal the additional duty imposed on beer licensee in the year 1815. Mr. STErirExs: landlord of the Albion, Upper King-street, Holborn, was called to the chair. • Ikenineral years • meml4rof the benefit society in qu elt i eh ! . hiving been taken ill, applied to th e d e f en d ants for weekly as s t s; . ante. They paid hint one week's allowance of 165., and then re _ fused to pay any more, on a suggestion that h e had violat e d tie, • box rules of the auciety by working at his trade w hil o lie was on the , and on that ground declared hint unfit to belong so the went,. This he denied, and lie made complaint to t*o Justices, Who an order that they should pay the money due to him, and se. b ,h i , tt him a member of die society. With this order they refused to comply, and they were indicted at the be :talons for their relmai ; and, having pleaded guilty, they were sentenced to pay a fine dal. with an aibiturlition that they must comply with the Jusiitr s i order. Still refusing to comply, they were spin indicted, to ter a fresh demand and refusal ; and the indictment being removed b y than into this Court, now came on to be tried. Several objections were taken to the form of the indetment ail 4 the want of pmof of certain averments, winch were renewed ytr further consideration. The facts of the case went to the Jury, and they found two of the defendants Guilty, and acquitted the rest, five in number, tut wan: of evidence. ' Mr. Patera'', Secretary to the Licensed Victuallers' Orphan Society, stated the object fur which the Meeting was convened. The I'HAIR MAN then said, that in addressing the respectable publicans and licensed victuallers, who, by their present*, evinced the interest they felt on the subject to which the attention of the Meeting was then called, it would be needless for him to insist upon the very great importance attached to that subject, as it was evident and must be felt by all who heard him, as being one of the greatest and most peculiar interest in reference to their particular situation. Hitherto, indeed, they had been reproached for a degree of supine iretifittence that no other class of hin Majesty's subjects, under eimilur oppressive circumstances, would have shown. But 1 FOSTER V. ELY AND ANOTHER. he was now convinced tratt a due sense of their own rights and in-1 This was an action of trespass for forcibly expeeing the plainne terests had operated to produce, with regard to the subject now under I and Ins faultily from a lodging, and for unlawful!; taking ia3 Gann consideration, but one feeling and one voice. Ile had I long content- ture. Plea—Not guilty. plated the imposition of which the whole body of'licensed victuallers Mr. 3larryatt and air. Hutchinson conducted the planeine now at length complained, with the warmest abhorrence, both as a ! case, and Mr. Gurney the defendant' s . violation of the faith of Parliament, aid a gross act of I nj us ti ce to- i The plaintiff was stated to be a captain in the army, who had wands a most useful and respectable class of men. The time was ',treed at the battle of Waterloo; and the defendants, father sad now arrived when they ought no longer to incur the censure of so_ loon, were describßl to be carpenters, living at Greenwich. ne s Oneness and want of exertion, but, with an honest regard to them- I pl a i nt iff; alto bad become embarra sse d in hi s a ff a i rs, was ebliged to selves, should 'step forward, and call upon the Legislature to do ,go into the King's Bench prison. In the meantime his site and them that justice, to which, by an Act of its own, they were 1 her since, bliss Charlotte State, and his three children and two entitled, but which had for four years been withheld front them. ; servants, took lodgings in the house of /header defendant, at 1 1.11 a. In justification of the line of conduct they were now pereaing, he • per week. • Some rent having become due, the defendant di s n a i ned would briefly state the origin of that obnoxious tax, th e c on ti nin I upon the plaintiff ' goods, whi c h were released by Mr. State, th e RIM of which they now so justly complained of. In 1815, the ' plaintiff's 1/rather-in-law, who gave his note of band far the amount I then thancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Vansittart (Lord Bexley) due. This transaction took place in May last year. In about s proposed an additional duty tin all exciteable licences. A consider- i foetnight afterwards the defendants entered the plaintiff's apart. able degree of opposition was shewn to this measure, it being con- I meets, and completely gutted the rooms of all the furniture. At ' ceived most onerous and oppressive, that, after a long and dins- ! this time Mrs. k inter was extremely ill, having been recently c e p. Wits war, and when the people began to hail the dawn of peace as ' fined in child-birth, and was then in bed. It was alleged that I the harbinger of all those blessings witch are usually attendant on this proceeding was a mere pretext to force the plaintiff's nullity to it, a further burthen should be added . to the many under which qu i t t h e h ouse , un d er a colourable distress for rent, supposed t o b e they . already laboured, and that, too, without the prospect of its due from the defendant. I l teanination. In order to remove this opposition, and to appease It was proved by Miss State, the plaintiff's enter-in-law, and a Itbe angry spirit which this measure had excited, the Chancellor of female servant, that when the defendants entered the apartments, the Exchequer agreed to exact the additional duty for a period of the plaintiff's wife was ill in bed s and that one of the trespasrtt four years only, and pledged himself that, at the expiration of that had forced his way into Mrs. Foster's bedroonn siid refused to time, it should wholly cease ; a clause VMS accordingly infeaduced , quit whilst she dressed herself, and security remained whilst she into the Act making the duty to end on the lilt of April., 1819. I put on her clothes. The same witnesses proved that the defendants Reposing on the faith of the Minister, gaaranteed as it was by an 1 seized 31ni. Foster's, bids State's, sod the children's wearing appa. Act of the Legielature, the publican, p rover bi a l f or hi s humility 1 eel, althoug a the broker said they were at liberty to take MIA and implicit obedience to the constituted authorities, acquies, property away. in order to force the plaintiff's family to emit, a was peeved tnat a ft er the rooms had been cleared of the furniture* and was silent, cheering himself with the prospect of the distant I relief held out to hint. But what was the event ? When the Act I the bare walls, the defendant s too k t h e d oors of f the hinges, sal was about to expire, and the Liceneed Victualler looked to be re- I threw up the windows. In the evening of the emit day Mrs. Foam leased front this onerous impost, recourse was had to the plea of sad her faintly left the house, and took refuge in other lodgings. by On the cross-examination of the plaintiff 's witnesses, it was ad, neceesity, and that the incumbranccs entailed upon the country a p rot ractedract end arduous war demanded the continuance of thieduty. mi l t e d t h at t h e plaintiff was a p r i soner i n che King ' s Bench pence, Ath eit was imposed, it was said to he fur the purpose of and during the time his wife was in the lodgings, bad sometimes winding up the expenses of that war; but what peculiar benefit I visited his tinnily with and without a day role; that previous to his has the Licensed Victuallers derived from the war , th a t th e y should i coming to Greenwich he had been living with his family at Rams. be singled out as the proper persons to be taxed in di s ch arge o f the gate , in a gay style , with a carriage, and had left that plane so debts occasioned by it ? nVity should they, above all the other of muc h in debt, that he could cot get s b r a o f b ruit on credit; dm he had afterwards taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act, and had his Majesty'e subjects, bear the whole weight of an unjust and op. pensive war, while thownends were reaping the fruits of it, tan_ b een reman d e d for six mont h s. touched by a solitary eratebried to pay off its heavy arrears ? It was proved on the part of the defendants, that the plaintifin i wife was in so much distress whilst she was in the kelgiogs, nee What, then, can more strongly justify the measure DOW eon ' the detenduit's wife had provided her with baby-linen dining bet templated by this meeting? It was a matter of duty to themselves ' and to their families that the whole united body of Publicans and I confinement, and procured a medical gentleman to attend her den her illness ; that notice to quit had been given ; that the pine. Licensed Victuallen should come leeward, and in • respectful clan' in tiffs wife on the day in question was extremely abusive, and had earnest manner urge their claim to that limner whence they ed the house in the evening in question in a state of inelinety. derive relief. Were they now to remain etlent, the Chancellor of ' 'from large quantities of malt liquor which had been sent for ; that the Exchequer might well say that then *ere satisfied, that their own conduct concluded them, and that it was very evident they did there was no property in the lodgings belonging to the plaintiff but a few stuffed bird s , an d some wearing appare l w hi c h 3l rs. Fester not want the additional duty to be repealed. The difference which had desired might be t e am care o f f or h er , an d w hi c h was accords this repeal would make to each of them in the course of the rear, 1 ingly taken care of, and was ready to be delivered when sent feet after all things were considered, would amount to between 81. to and that the removal of the furnitexe of the apartments was in coo. In. 10s.; a sum by no means to be regarded with indifference. sequence of a boom file distress put into the house for rent dos to the defendants' landlord especially when exacted through a breach of a solemn enactment of the Legislature. There era many reasons which make it ire was a general outline of the case on both sides. partitive on the present meeting to adopt the measure to be The case went to the Jury under the Learned Judge's directress, Foliated to them. First, this tax, as was before observed, and after retiring for about a quarter of an hour, they found then when added to the then existing duty on licences, was called venlict for the plaintiff—Damages Ms. aawar-tax ; they have now enjoyed ten years of peace—ought they, then, in reason to be now paying for war? Was it WILSON V. WOOLLET AND ANOTEMS. sub- This was an anction of trespass for entering the plaintiff bran , warrant. reasonable to suppose that the victuallers should quietly under pretence of searching for stolen goods, without sa y bend oak to such a educe?proc No ; they owe it to themselyee, as **portion of this free country, to resist by all legal means so invidious and partial a measure on the part of Government, and Mr. Gurney and Me. Clarkson conducted the plaintiffs ale, and 31r. Adolphus the defendant's. strenuously to appeal to that Government tier redress. A second reason Is, the very tattering state of the finances of the country. The plaintiff was a poulterer and porkman at Strood, and du defendant 31r. Woollen sou a gentlemen fanner in the sine The Cha ncellor of the Exchequer bad pourtrayed the condition of the revenue as most flourishing, and he was a man (the Chairman ; the other defendant was a constable. Xs Woollen haring F Llce oet some poultry, and suspecting that it was concealed in the wash appy to say), not only endowed with talent and discernment— plaintiff's house, took the other defendant with him, and without nut onln earnest and good.intentioned in all he did—but endued a magistrate's warrant, searched it in the plaintiff's absence, but with a spirit of liberality and of feeling suent to encourage the found nothing to justify his suancions. He was in the beast most sanguine hope that so just au appeal teethe one now contem , plated would not be made in vain. I speak from . personal know- about three querters of en hour. These were the facts proved. ledge (said the Chairman ), when I say that there is a dispontion The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directioia, found th eir and feeling existing, on th part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer verdict for nee plaintiff—Damages 101. and his coanjuturs, to afford the utmost possible relief to the pub lic, that should appear consistent with justice and equity. Besides, THURSDAY. M A RCH 18. as the Minister has stated that the revenue exceeds the expenditure ROWE t. YOUNG AND A NO T HER. by several unllinse e ire.not the victualler* here again justified in i_Thse.i,srwr.....an__ action__ ve / "alma and false itanntnrement• The nsing all their attergiol to obtain redress? Another reason for mak- p"..--....-!....g- , car ryin c i z o"..blainess ied a in ho e i r e t ill ' saou4 Len i : don, anu in the summer o f last y ing the appeal a, because 31inisters have pledged themselves to grant their prayer. The licensed victuallers ask no boon; they ant Young was an innkeeper at Strad. On the 23d July the near Rochester, where isis wife and fanniy raided. The dried only request the Ministers to keep their word. The Chairman then stated to the meeting, that the result of some calculations he nint of had made showed that the publican held a highly-respectable ar• , . . plaintiff's sent her servant girl to the defendant's house to get y for which she gave her the money. The gel, station in society. By a return made to the House of Commons, it appeared that there were upwards of 48,839 publicans in England which so bled a sovereign, that the defendant in the berry of insund of using her mistress • money, tendered a gilt faulunn business took it as such, and give the change accordingly. Nat and %Vales. He had calculated that the amount of revenue derived from their licences alone amounted to 830,9001. In the year 1700 morning, discovering the trick which had been played, and sop tas we understood the Chairman to men there were upwards of encedernmded his change. His cooduct greedy posing that Mrs. Rowe was privy to it, he went to ha house, sad 4,142,60 barrels of beer brewed in England and Wales, paying to w a u v ' m fiLeat n eh iovs. Rowe, who was then far advanced in , Government a yearly sum of 2,710,000/. Thus it would appear al ', that there was no class of people who paid a greater share of the and was attending a child who had had s leg broken. Tri. n rol revenue of the country, from whence it therefore followed thatno sai d she knew nothing of nee farthing, and told the defendant that the girl was then out on an errand, but would return immediately. class could have a greater claim on the Legislature. Mr. PHI P Meer then read s petition, embracing the various points touched upon by the Chairman, and praying a repeal of the addi- aarn sou led by another person, named Disable*, ti_lsh w e ho should insist upon her returning the money. The &fee. tonal duty ; which having been proposed to the meeting, was una rd the ' Ireturned, 'll Young was sent for, ad terwa 5 g irl when , r. . niniously agreed to. wed 'who was jo iner! in the action, then went away. Shortly an It was then agreed that each publican should pay Is. towards the farthing from her brother. expenses that would be incurred in conducting the business to the girl immediately restated the change, saying she bad got the its issue. of the transaction, in which it sp. witnesses as to the latter part The CHAIRMAN stated, that it had been his wi s h t o o bt a i n M r. Mr. Sergeant Oe s Low, who an ed for the defendant, called Denuian's assistance in the House of Commons to present the yeti- pff , ed :t that the defendant had behaved with great mildness and titan, as he was an inhabitant of the ward, but that Gentleman being "n."' n on the circuit, it was proposed that the imations hould be present ed ihn . directions, and they found their verdict fur th e plaintifn-Dr by George Ilyng, Esq., and that C. W. Whitb r e a d, E sq . b e re - „In went to the Jury under the Loan CH/EF Relief quested to support its prayer , which was attordinglyagreed to, and "flea 'Mb SPECIAL JURY. a depination were appointed to wait on those Gentlemen for that THE KING V. JOHN SUTTON. purpose. t t for an outrageous riot at Deal on the?* Ihe persons present then signed the petition, and the meeting 1 a broke up. This inst information t r. e e det an .enewi, fi led by the Areoettetv•Gtsgail. 1 and Payne. 3rerch, 11121, and for assaulting two Extra* officers minted Smith Mr. Sergeant Owat.ow stated the case for the Crown. The de. fendant was one of fifteen persons who had been engaged in as outrage committed upon the persons abosecrantielned at Deal, in March, 1821. The officers, who had made themselves obnoxious I to the people of Deal. had been seized on the day in question t eat of them was stripped to his waist, and both were tarred end cr vered with feathers, audio that condition flung into a cart anti ear , ried round the town, amidst the hooting, and reviling, of *mobil( about two hundred persons. They were otherwise most ensile used. Two of the offenders have already been brought to justice. and sentenced to severe imprisonment. The defendant, who nu I one of the persons who assisted in dragging the cart, was net sip' prehended until last October. Mr. ADOLMIES, who appeared for the defendant, submitted* a verdict, intending to reserve topics of mitigation, when the de. fendant ehould be brought up for 'udginent. Verdict of Guilty was r eed KENT SPRING ASSIZES. WEDNESDAY, MAIWIS 17. CIVIL SIDE. THE KING ONEVEHAND. This was an information Wed by the Attorney-General against the defendant, for offering a bribe to an officer of customs named Thomas Whalebone, to induce him to permit the importation of foreign goods without the payment of duty. The cause WAS tried by a Common J ury. Mr. Sergeant Onslow, Mr. Marryatt, Mr. Gurney, Mr. Nolan, and Mr. Dchany, conducted the case for the Crown. The defend ' ant, who was out on bail, made no defence, either by himself or his Counsel. It appeared In evidence that the defendant, who was a Patch man, and master of a vessel called the %'row Ashe, arrived in the port of London on the 4th of February, destined for the metropolis, and at Gravesend a deputation-officer named Whalebone, from the I Flamer smuggling preventive gun-brig, was put on board to ac. company the vessel to London. In the course of the voyage the defendant uttered the officer a sum of money to allow hint to land some packages near Grectihithe. No specific sum was offered. The officer refused the proposal, and the defendant having afterwards offered a specific sum of 301. to permit him to throw the goods over board in Blackwell Hole, the officer proceeded to search the vessel, ' and in the after-part of the lower deck he perceived two planks art fully fastened, which, upon removing. forty-seven packages of dal , feent goods were discovered, consisting of oil of zmais,plate glass, ivory cups, prints, and several other articlesof foreign manufacture, upon which an import duty of 1,575/. 2s. 2Ad. was payable. The officer immediately made a seizure , and reported what lie had clone to the Custom-house. The defendant afterwards candidly admitted that the goods had been committed to his charge at Rotterdam, by a Jew named Satunel L.ri, who had agreed to pay him V. per package it he effected a landing of the gouda at Blackwell without seizure fiy the Onthams. Theft were the facts proved, and no de fence bring off ered, . . . . . BIRTHS. The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, found the gefiodant -- Yesterday, in Upper Wimpole-street, the lady of J. 0. Willits. son, F.aq. of a daughter. On Tuesday last, in Cumberland -street, the lady of C. Franks, Esq. of a daughter. KI.Vt; V. ROBERT mAwTrn. This wu a sinniar intirrmation gainst the defendant, a Mar. gate Haberman, for offering a bribe to a seaman of the ltainillies smuggling preventive ship, to induce him to permit the landing of'. a quantity of tbreign spirits. It was proved that the defendant had attempted to land, near Margate, on the 27th of June last, about live half-ankers of foreign spirits, which :Matthew Kitchen, of the coast-blockade service, seized, and the defendant off ered him a silver watch and a pound note to induce him to rclzasc his sLiAtire, which he refused to do. The defendant, who was without !ourscl, urged his innocence, and said he hatl picked up the spirits at sea, and was bringing them into port for the sake of salvage, when th e y were seized by the officer. No witnesses were called on his behalf; and the Jury, under the Learned Judge's directious, found him Guilty. - TILE LING V. /OPEN AND 0-T,IERS. This was anindlitneniagiu*m7tthejler;;;da;';,stewards and 'remixes of "The Brotherly rnited Philanthropic Benefit So. (icy," for refusing to obey an or dcr of two Justices, requiting them to pay certain mover to, and readmit, one of their brethren named James Mazgetts, whom they had expelled. Mr. U. POLLOCK amancted the prcsicution, and Mr. ADOL. NIL'S and Mr. LAW the defence. It was proved that the proaccusor, a master carp-wet, who had MARRIED. At St. Georges Church, Ha oo \Wednesday. 3lr. T. L. Andrews, of Devonshire-street, Queen-square, to .31isa siza. of Hart-street, Bloomsbury. On Tuesday evening, by special licence, at Portman-tsioate, by the Rev. George Brodrick, the Rev. \William Jam Brodrick, we of the late Archbishop of Cashel, to the Right Honourable LAO Elizabeth Ann Pacers', daughter of the Essi of l'art:4 o -4 On Tuesday, at Farley Church, Lieutenant Colonel Sons MT' son, of Chelsea College, late of the Royal Soots, to Emily, sewed daughter of Colonel lloulton, of Farley Castle, in the awn', of Somerset. On the 4th instant, at Walton Captain Charles Jones, R.N. W. Louisa, daughter of the late leer. R. Morgan, of Bath, aril tl Deane, in Northamptonshire. At Liverpool, on the 15th instant, J. Parrey, Esq. eldest sott of the late Capt. It. Parrey, R.N. to Emily, youngest daughter ere. , lase Joseph Ward, Esq. of Summer-hill. - I)Tfr On the 10th instant, at Thorpe /Balser, the seat of T. R. Mum: sell, Esq. Catherine, daughter of the late lion. W. Cockayne. of Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire. On Monday niiltt. in her 7th vow, Caroline, daughter of 1 10 1 4 ' Combe, Esq. of New Boswell.eotrt , Linenln's On Saturday last, J. Bullet, Esq. aged 83 years, formerly Com mander in the Service of the Honourable East India Company ! On Monday last, at her lodgings, Town Wall-street. ptnefi as 62, Caroline Stephens, wile of William Stephens. Lgl• U Milton House, Oxon. March 13, at Clifton, Bristol, Mrs. Sophia Lee, distinguished to the literary world by the Comedy of " The Chapter of ACCideTI.III " Canterbury Tales," &c.land no Itss esteemed and loved in a Ova circle fur every virtue oldomestie life. Lately, at Edinburgh, Alajoe-Geoeral William George Dacia' of Devonshire. HIDD — WAtgiCTHIS DAY AT LoNDON-DRIDOX Morning, 46 min. after 4 A ftanooo4 6 Alto. Ole" • Frinted at THE BRITISH PRESS Office, by J. W. CILT OI, 181, Stand, and Published by R. Cisiscqi, sanif P' 1 414 ) ,1 • p :41 I i ~,. ~f