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creation for the tradesmen of the metropolis., their w ives, children, andfriends ;" but if he were confined to a sedentary trade for six days out of the seven, in sooty London, he would probably argue differently. The comforts of the lower classes are too much neglected by the Aristocracy of the country, and we do hope that this attempt to deprive " tridesmen" of the pleasures -of fresh air will be defeated. 'Sir Charles Burrell Fa :,.s that " the Lord of the Manor ought not tolie precluded from improving his property." Certainly „ not ; but that is not the question. The question is, whether the Legislature shall confer upon the. Lord of the `Manor a property ? If hc . posseSsed an exclu -7ile property in Hatnpstead Heath, his present application to Parliament would be unnecessary. Sir M. Wilson possesses certain rights in Hamp stead Heath —the copyholders have also their rights in it, as have also the public at large, who have a right to go upon it, breathe the pure air, and enjoy a delightful prospect—a right of no little value in the neighbourhood of sup Ita city as London. The leaseholders have also thetr tight in the common ; it renders their house::. Inure valuable by the inducement which it Wills out to people to visit the place, zald tctale in it. We hope that should this Ili!' pass the COllllllOll5, 1V1111:11 13 not, however, N-cr., likely, that the Lords will throw it out of their House. W►'e have received the petition, and have been :quested to give it insertion ; but it is such 'a wordy unmakeoutable rigmarole (drawn is evidently by a solicitor), that we must be ex tatsed from giving 'l.—Morning Hcrald. Among other improvements, which aic anti have ben long called for in the metropolis, ,is the removal a the Hay.market from the street culled. It is almost ludicrous to witness the intonsistency with which these things arc done tit d not doi;c. While the New Street Commis- . • :?ioners Consider Ciamng-cross and Cod:spur- street (two of the widest places hi London) as too narrow for a hackney-coach stanch -they quietly look on and see the hay market thronged and blocked up with dung-cart, for no other reason we ever could discover or bear of, but that the jobbing Justices of Westminster might retain some little, dirty, ill-exercised patronage over the place. This spot in the outskirts of the metropolis and on the very edge of St. Mar tin-in-the-Fields, was no doubt originally very judiciously chosen ; and it is precisely for the ismne reason—viz., that the parish of Si. Martin is not now in the fields —that it ought to be re mo7ed to someplace in the suburbs, such as its present site originally was; but that it should remain because it has become a nuisance, merely that Mr. A. or Mr. B. may get twopence upon every truss of hay or straw, under pretence of seeing that they are weight, is too absurd to ad mit of defence. What must foreigners think of the boasted inwrovements of our metropolis, when we suffer ode of its principal thorough fares, and the locale of two of our theatres, to remain a receptacle for clover, and a crowded gangway of wheat straw ibid. We perceive that some of our contemporaries have taken occasion, on the discussion of the French Budget, to compare the church esta blishments of England and France, and to extol the superior cheapness of the latter. We will pursue the comparison one step further than they are disposed to carry it, and say that France has had an Atheistical Revolution and England has not—that the Government of France have now to struggle for the restoration of religion in that country, while in England the Government and the people agree that the support of religion is one of the first duties and interests of the State. Invidious comparisons of this nature be tween the revenues of our Bishops and other eceles;astical dignitaries, and the revenues of the same description of functionaries in France, shows either that those who institute them are bad reaSoners, or that they are desirous of revo lution.- In England the Church as a corporation is the possessor of immense .estates, in the same manner and by the same tenure as a large ma jority of the lay proprietors of the - country.-- Nothing i-,hoit of a general convulsion can dis posSess the Church, and the same convulsion which could dispOssess the Church would equally dispossess all other considerable proprie tors. This is so clear, that every man who in dicates, however obscurely or indirectly, that in his opinion Church property is tangible, ought itt once to be set down, whatever may be his jro fessions, as the adVocate of a general confisca tion. The estates appertaining to the See of Canterbury, or London, or ,Durham, or Ar magh; are at the very least as sacred as those which belong to the Duke of Bedford or the Earl Grosvenor. No reason can be urged for an invasion of the former which may not be urged with still greater force for an invasion of the latter. If it be an evil that the Archbishops of Canterbury and Armagh enjoy estates which arc supposed to be more than commensurate to the services they render to the counnunity, surely it is a greater evil still that the Duke of Bed liad, the Earl of Grosvenor, and many others, should enjoy greater estates, without rendering any services to the community at all. The estates held by e one class of proprietors are as productive as those which are held by the other. llie tenants and peasantry dwelling upon the former are just as happy, perhaps rather happier and more prosperous than those who cultivate the latter. If then confiscation were to begin, the dictate of reason would be to make it begin with those who do nothing in return for what they are _allowed to possess, and to spare to the last those who hold their estates upon the understood condition that they shall discharge arduous and important duties. There can be no stronger proof that a public writer is desirous of bringing about a revolution, and that he. is the enemy of religion, than an at tempt on his part to seduce the nation into a belief that the revenues of the Church of Eng land arc a charge upon the people of England. The rent of every landowner in the country is quite as much of a charge upon the people-as the revenues of the church, and the nation can have no motive to desire a confiscation of tho latter without having a still stronger motive to desire the confiscation of the former. Where the clergy are stipendiaries to the State, the case altogether different. The people hive then the same interest in reducing their allow ance as in . keeping the expenditure of Govern ment in the lowest_ convenient point in every other department. Such is the situation of France in consequence of the Revolution. We arc very far from thinking that it is a desirable situation for any country ; and whether desirable or otherwise, nothing is more certain than that it never can be the situation of England, unless by the effect of a Revolution similar to that which France has undergone. To harp upon the mag nitude of our ecclesiastical revenues, as present nninriltrignn with - (how, 0! France, is therefore, .then reduced to a plain and practical meaning, to say that such a Re volution as that of France would be a good thing for England. The language we frequently hear upon the subject must have this meaning or none.—Morning Pos!. In Mr. Crawfurd's very valuable Journal of an Emleassy to the Court of Ava, which it is our intention to notice more particularly hereafter, there are some statements which throw a valua. ble light on several questions in political eco nomy " Upon a consideration (he says) of the impel feet statements new offered, I am disposed not to rate the poptdation of the Burman Empire higher than four millions, or about twenty-two inhabitants to the spare estimate which best accords with the rude and imperfect state of Government and society winch so strikingly characterises the country. _ _ " This is, indeed, a miserable population of a great country, possessing a good clitnate, a fertile soil, na vigable rivers,' anil convenient harbours. The arca! check to population is bad Government, in the form of wars, insurrections, anarchy, ill-ad ministered laws, and oppressive trxation. Famines do not appear to have been frequent, and such taw have occurred are rather to be ascribed to civil awl political causes than to the soil or climate. Epidemic disorders arc neither very frequent nor fatal. The small-pox, and, of late years, cholera, are, probably, the only maladies which materially check the increase of population. The plague—the scourge of Eastern Europe and Western Asia—ia unknown ; and malignant and fatal fevers were pre dominant only in Arrant), now no longer a part of the Empire. " Prudential motives have little influeace among the-Buricans in repressing the increase of population. Marriages are contracted nearly as early as in other Eastern countries; and, with the exception of the Priesthood, few persons of either sex are to be found living in a state of celibacy after the'age of seventeen or eighteen. Prostitution is not common ; and in fanticide, and other unnatural practices for repress ing population, are not, that I ant aware of, known. As to the continuance of chill-bearing, it is just the sarne as in other parts of the would, beginning with the age of puberty, and ending between forty and lifty. The Burman-, in their public records, reckon family as high us seven individuals, which would seem to imply that numerous families are reined by them. The effectual price of labour varies consider ably in different parts of the country, but is every where high. It is lowest at the capital and its neighbourhood, where the land is of inferior fertility ; the country comparatively well inhabited, and much good land yielding rent under cultivation. There the wages of common field labour are about fourteen shillings a month, or eight pounds eight shillings a year; and the ordinary price of 'ice, the chief bread corn, throughout the kingdom, about six shillings per e:% t. Twelve baskets of rice, or about six cwts., are allowed by the Burmese for the yearly food of a labouring ; but a year's labour, will purchase twenty-eight cwts., leaving the Value of twenty-two cwts. for the other necessary articles of food, clothing, and house rent, and leaving a con siderable balance for rearing and maintaining a family. The wages of labour at Rangoon are higher, and the price of corn and other articles of foOd smaller. A..day labourer here receives at the rate of twelve pounds a year, and the price of rice does not annually exceed three shillings per cwt. At Mar taban, the wages of labour are as high us at Ran goon ; and the price of rice is generally not higher than twelve shillings per cwt. At Bassein a 'day labourer receives Its at Ava—about fourteen shillings , a month ; but the price of rice is only one-half. Artisans, such as carpenters and blacksmiths, re ceive more wages than boatmen or other common labourers. Flesh, thought by no means rejected, seldom used by the Burmese of any rank ; but fish, in various forms, is universally consumed; and the ordinary condiments throughout the country arc cap, sicam and salt. The retail price of salt in the lower provinces may be quoted at about 4s. :3d. per cwt.; of pickled fish the same, and of dry fish about 18s. In the Upper Provinces all these articles, as well as fuel and the materials of house-building, are much more costly. These rotes of the prtre of labour may be compared to those of our old and densely-peopled provinces in Hinilostan. A day labourer in Bengal will hardly cant three pounds a year, and the cost of rice is nearly the same as in the lower provinces of the Burman empire; salt fish and house rent being:much higher. An instruc tive example of the beneficial effect of high wages is afforded by comparing wages at Calcutta and Ran goon. A carpenter of the best description at Cal cutta earns only twenty shillings a month, while one at Rangoon will earn thirty. The wages of the native of Bengal will purchase about eight hundred pounds of rice; that of the Burman about 1,120. Beggary, U.S may be readily inferred, from these statements, is very uafrequent among the Burmese; and, with the exception of the voluntry mendicity of the priesthood, is confined to a few unfortunate persons, driven to it more by superstition than ne cessity. _ _ . Under the very favourable circumstances now deseribed,.notWng seems wanting to insure a great increase of population in the Burmese dominions, but a moderate share of peace, ranquillity, and se curity. In the cessions made to ourselves, these benelitsMay be safely calculated upon; and, in such of them us enjoy the advantage of a good climate and fertile soil, we may, with some abatement for the :tubboin habits of a semi-barbarous people, ex pect to See here a rapidity of increase in population, inure resembling that of an American Colony, than what we have been accustomed to in our old Indian possessions. The capital and example of strangers NVill not only accelerate this increase, but insure its being accompanied by improvement. " In the meanwhile, it is some satisfaction to find that the high rate of %rages among the Burmese tends greatly to mitigate the despotism which, by repressing population, gives rise to it. Owing to high wages, and, probably, to this alone, the labour ing classes are zipon the whole well-fed, clad, and housed, a fact.which is soon observed by a stranger; and taking:place under such apparently inauspicious circumstances, appears. at first view so unaccounta ble. lit fact, the Burmese peasantry are•in more comfortable and easy circumstances than the mass of the labouring poor in any of our Indian provinces; and making allowance for climate, manners, and habits, bear a comparison with the peasantry of MostEtiropean couutiiis. As long as land capa ble of yielding corn with little labour continues to bear the same proportion to the population as, at present, the-Government cannot rob the peasantry of the mere wages of personal labour; nay. its interference tends only to enhance or in sure them. The scantiness of the popula tion is, in this manner, an advantage to.the people. Were the country, for example, inhabited in the same ratio as the neighbouring one of Hindostan generally, it would contain about one hundred in habitants to the square mile; or its population would be twenty millions, or five times more than its present amount. Were it peopled in the same proportion as Bengal, that part of India to which, in soil and climate, it bears the closest analogy, it would contain double the number of its present in habitants. The consequence of this would be, sup posing no corresponding improvement in the Go yerument, that wages falling, and the pike of corn rising, the people would be reduced to a state of poverty and misery of the most abject and degrad ing description." It would rather seem, from this statement, that an improvement in the Government would produce degradation and misery in the popula tion ; because the high wages are produced at present by bad government, and the increase of population, which would be the result of a bet ter government, would lower wages and create misery. But W 8 have left ourselves nu space for comment ; we shall return to the subject on a future day._Mornzng Chionick. The only business which now prevents Par liament from being prorogued—we mean the London Bridge Bill—was again under the con sideration of the House of • Lords last night ; and in the course of the conversation which took place upon it, Lord Londonderry again ex pressed his dissatisfaction with the accounts pre sented by the City of London, and gave notice that if they were not amended in the course of the week, he would move that the Lord Mayor be summoned to the bar of the House, to an swer fin the neglect of the City in c omplying with their Lordships' orders. What the Noble ' Lord is desirous of cffectin , is no secret to any one—and, indeecL his Lordship would lie but little alive to hiF own, and to the public interest, if he . did not. attempt to prevent an increase of the tax on coals, fur there can be no question that any additional tax on coals would materially diminish their con sumption, by adding to their price, and his Lord ship being one of the great - coal lords, that a din - 6'l6t mi of the comfort of the public would be simultaneous with that of his o wn revenues. But after all we really cannot see what just ground there is for inculpating the City of London. It culled on Parliament for a grant of money to enable it to complete the New London Bridge ; and the • House very properly demanded some proof of its poveity before it would consent to vote away - the public money. The City coinplied, not very willingly we allow, but still it did com ply, and instead of sending copies of its accounts, laid before the Committee of the Lords the accounts themselves, so far as it had ; the power of producing • them. And what more ' can there in justice be demanded ? If it appears from these • accounts that the City has more money than it makes a good use of, why the House can determine at once to refuse aid, and compel it to have recourse to what it may be using improperly; but it has not yet appeared that such is the case, and we can see no ground, in consequence, for either summoning the Lord Mayor to the bar of the House, or throwing out threats against the city, because it has not dis closed what it had no right to make public. The Dulie of Wellington chastised his " noble friend" for his delay in not bringing forward a motion on the subject at once, in terms which, we dare say, Lord Londonderry viil not speedily forget ; and we have little doubt will cut short his intended speech on Monday next, by pro roguing the Parliament.— fr Advertiser. Mornin LONDON BRIDGE APPROACHES BILL. On Saturday the House of Lords Committee re awmbled on this Bill. The City's Accounts were laid before them ; and in the investigation of tlni nature of their contents, their Lordships were occu pied for a considerable time with closed doors. Counsel were afterwards called in, and Mr. Scott was re-examined respecting them. They have the general title of " Accounts of the Income and Ex penditure of the CorPoration of the City of London fromlBl3 to, 1828, inclusive." The first is " A Brief Statement of the Produce of the Bridge House Estates for 1813;" followed by a similar statement for each subsequent year. Then the payments, out of such produce, under the several heads of "Rents, and other charges,—Taxes and Trophies, Necessary Expences, Timber, &e., Bo:evacuee, &c." The following is the Abstract of Receipts on Ac count of the Bridge House Estates for 1828:--- 34,2361. 28. 70. The Abstract of Payments for 1828 X30,936 474 Balance on the 31st of Dec, 1828 £31,256 2 Lord LONDONDERItY stated that these were not sufficient ; he desired to have the details.- Mr. Scott replied that the order of the house had been fully complied whit. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that nothin was so clear, as that the City,of London were bound to give the amplest information of all their fundS, in order that their Lordships might see whether the best use was made of their means, and whether these means were inadequate to effect - the purposes contemplated by the Bill; at the same time, it would be very satisfactory that the City should be made clearly to understand what it was that really was required, because then therelnight be a saving of trouble, time, and expense. Mr. Scott stated that the accounts, if detailed, would occupy several thousand pages, and an im mense time to copy. The Deke of WELLINieroN —Could yeti nut pro duce an abstract of them, if that would be satis factory ? Lord LONDONDERRY-4 should be satisfied with an abstract that would give us all the informatiou. (A laugl4.)—l will give you an instance of what I want. There is the Finsbury estates, of which we have only general accounts. Mr. Scott—They do not wholly belong to the City ; only a half and two-sixtbs: the rest belengs to the Prebendary of London. Lord LoNDoNDElUtr—Caneot you give us the details of that property, that we may see whether it is well let and advantageously dispoed 'of ? Mr. Scott—The property consists of from 1,6 W to '2,000 houses; here is the book of accounts. (pro ducing an immense ledger, or volume, dearly well written). The City will produce the has (added Mr. Scott s after:having consulted with-Al derman Wood and other City Authorities around), and lay them before your Lordships;—time would be the chief difficulty in the wav of making collies of such voluminous accounts. Lord LONDONDERRY—What can I—what ea" any of your Lordships do with such books as thes9 ? While we arc here from eleven till five o'clock, I em busily engaged in taking notes of the evidence - then how can we travel through such immense volumes as that just exhibited to find the inkrtna-. tion ? If we have a detailed aceou:it of I'llr pto perty, and the way in which it is disposed of, I may then be able to get sonic information to - enable us to judge whether it is disposed of to the best advantage. must press for such accounts of the Corporation's property. It was eventually ordered that further details of the accounts should be prepared and produced. . The Committee then proceeded to examine wit nesses in support of allegations of petitioners on the . Surrey side of tile bridge, for an alteration of the line of road. Chimneys were scarcely known in England in the year 1200, one onlybeing allowed in a religious house, one in a manor house, and one in the great hail of a —hut in other h ouses t h e y• had no castle, or lord's house thing but what was called Rere Dusse, where tl.eir food was dressed, where they dined, anti the smoke found Its way out us it could. In King HEsay the EIGHTH'S tin!te, the University of Oxford had no fire allowed—for it is mentioned, that, after the Stewards • had timed, which took p l ace a t e ight o'clock, they went again to th e i r stu dies till nine, and then, in the winter, they haring no are, they were o bliged to take a good run for half an hour, to get he it in their feet before they went to bed. .A RBrtoKrll.—On T uesday, a young girl 'of four vear,s of age died sudelenly in consequence of' having swallowed a quantity of growing hemlock. Her body, previous to death, exhibited a frightful ani:e trance being swelled to a dreadful degree. She expired in great ,gony. —Strathindre Jourizol. ANCIENT LOVERS. —On. Monday the Ist : two persons were married at Hackwood near Strath.- ': aven, whose united ages amount to 143 years. What renders this matrimonial match the more interestiuos, that this same couple pledged their fait's to each other more than 50 years ago, but fortune at th a t t i me d ecr e e d them to be s eparately united, and to bring up sera . rte fa , -willies. GlasgatvFree Press, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF Kip:;; 77-t_ LiCH, JUNE 15. vtCHER AND OTHERS V. COCKS AND OTHERS. ' Phis AVaS au action broughr by the assignees of a bankrupt, named Window, an army-agent, against Messrs. Cockg, Biddulph, and Co., the bankers of the bankrupt, to recover the sum of 16,5241. odd. The ground of the action was, that the bankrupt had given the defendants a fraudulent preference over his other creditors. The plaintiffs were nonsuited. SHEPHERD V. LOCKE.. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. Campbell) said that this was an action for slander. The plaintiff was an old gentleman 70 years of age, who had lived without any imputation on his cha racter, tint d the defendant, o ho had been in partner- . ,Itip with the plaintiff, had thought proper to call him a thief and a villain. The defendant hail re jected all overtures made to him for explanation and apology . , and had dsiven the plaintiff into a court of justice. Mr. Shepherd, the plaintiff, had been for many years the confidential clerk of the father of the defendant ; be was subsequently taken into partner ship with Mr. Charles Locke, the brother of the de fendant, who, on his death, made Mr. Shepherd one of the executors to his will. Mr. John Locke, the defendant, and Mr. Shepherd then carried on the business together, the widow of Mr. Charles Locke being interested in one-third of the profits of the con cern. The business (the plaintiff and defendant were lead-merchants) turned out to be a losing one, and the partnership was dissolved in 1827. After evidence had been add; - seed in justification of the slander, the Jury, without hesitation, returned la verdict for the plaintiff—Damages one farthing. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JU:, E 15. DICKSON V. PLENTY. • This was an action of assault and false imptiEon- ' meat. The plaintiff is an ironmonger, in business at St. Alban's; the defendant, a manufacturer in the same trade, residing in London. The defendant bad been employed by the plaintiff in manufacturing articles in his business, and had been furnished by the latter with some models or patterns for that purpose. In June last, the plaintiff, having resolved upon putting an end to the dealings between them, sent a Mr. Gilbert to the defendant's manufactory to tender him 161. as the_ balance of his accounts, which the defendant refused to accept, us he claimed a larger balance. The plaintiff stibiegnently accompanied Mr. Gilbert to the manufactory, and demanded his patterns. The defendant was not there, and the worktnen refused to give them up in their employer'S absence the plaintiff, however, took 'them away nevertheles.. As soon as the defendant heard what had been done, he applied the same day to a police o(licer to accompany him to take the plaintiff into custody for robbing him. The officer went with him accordingly, and having tact the plaintiff at the end of Lang-lane, Aldersgate-street, seized bin) by the collar, and told him lie was charged with robbing Mr. Plenty. The plaintiff resisted at first, saying that the officer had no authority fur what he was about to ; but afterwards offered to go with him if he would let go his collar. The officer did so, and took hold of his arm, and conveyed hint through Smithfield to Giltspur-street Compter. The pre sent action was brought to recover compensation for the outrage which had been offered to the feel. i n n ' , : and character of the plaintiff. The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 1001. BROWNE V. ALI'. This was an action of assault and battery.—Ver dict for the plaintiff---Datrages, 401. ARCHES' COURT, JUNE 15. TIIE OFFICE OF TIIE JUDGE PROMOTED BY BUR GOYM AGAINST FREE. This suit, ►:•hirh I,as been pending for nearly fou years, was brought to a close (at least in this C.:oirt, to-day. Dr. LUSHINGTON stated ti at this was a proceed- • ing against Dr. Edward Drax Free, rector of Sutton, in the diocess of Lincoln, promoted by Montagu Burgoyne, Esq. The suit commenced in the Archis' Court oil the llth of Octob7r, 1821, from whence it was appealed by the defendant into the Court of Delegates, where it was detained by a writ of error. In July, 182 S, the Court pronounced against the appeal, and remitted the cause, which now came on for hearing on the evidence produced in support of the articles. The Learned Advocate then detailed the substance of the articles, which alleged that Dr. Free was inducted into the rectory of Sutton in 1808; that towards the end of 1810 be took a female, named Maria Crook, into his ser vice, with whom he formed a criminal connection, and who became pregnant by him ; that in 1811 she taus delivered of a child in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, and Dr. Free was sworn by her to be the father of the child, which died soon after its birth, and was buried at his expellee. The subsequent articles went on to charge similar illicit connexions with other servants—namely, Catherine Sicking's, who was delivered of a child in 1 krtiordshire, which she swore to J.L.. Free; Mai 2 ,, Johnson, who was delivered of three children (from 1811 to 1817), of all whom ,Dr. Fre e was alleged to have been the father; Atm Maria Mackenzie, who was delivered of a child which she had by Dr. Free, in 1823. The articles further alleged solicitations of the chastity of other servants,—namely, Ann Taylor in 1818, and Eliza Pearson in 1823. They also alleged that the de fendent kept in the rectory house indecent books Mid - priuts, which he .showed to divers persons; that he spoke obscenely, and exposed his person to le:pales, and lvas addicted to drunkenness and the ufe of profane. Jangle* and swearing ;—that he was seen iatoxierited in the church -yard bi 182:3, and at the rectory house; that be omitted the performance.' of divine service at the church, particularly from the '25111 Gf November, 1823, till the 21th of December; —that he was in the habit of turning cattle and swine into the elatrelt-tarn, whieli damaged the graves, 1:11,1 • rooted them up nearly as low as the coffins. • The :wicks further charged that Dr. Free excluded the 'churchwardens from the chancel, of which be kept the key; and that in 1820 heordered the roof of the chancel to be stripped of the lead, which he told for his own profit ; and that in the satin year be refuSed to baptize, and read the burial service, without the payment of fees. After . the Rev. Dr. had been heard at some length in his defence, Sir JOHN Ntenoi.t. gave sentence. The defendant bad offered no evidence; and he now expected that the Court would receive his own statenient of facts, and his attacks upon the conduct of the promoter in the cause, as defensive matter. • The Learned Judge expressed his opinion that the charge of fornication was fully established, and that being the case, the Other charges required less examination. Thee, however, he considered to be proved, especially the desecration of the chinch-yard, and the stripping of the roof of the chance-1, of which no explanation had been given. Slight irregularities and casual mis conduct might be corrected by admonition or suspension ; but here Was a ei j ing grievance in a parish--a disgusting nuisance—a case in which there the parishionws and the was no hope of bringing de fendant to mutual respect and confidence. It was therefore the duty of the Court, and a painful duty it was, to pronounce that the articles of the charge were fully proved, and to direct that Dr. Free be de prived of the rectory of Sutton, and to condemn him in the costs incurred. Dr. - Free intimated his intention to appeal from the sentence. Yesterday, being Trinity Monday, the Cor poration of the Trinity-house held their Anniversary Meeting, and proceeded in barges to their ball at Dept ford, where his Royal Highness the Duke of CLATLENCE was unanimously eh.cted Master for the ensuing year. The co rporation then attended divine service at the church of St. Nichols., where an excellent sermon was preached, by the Rev. J. 7tIKILEIVETHER, A.M., Chaplain to het Royal Highness the Duchess of.CLARENcE. The Elder Brethren afterwards dined together at their house on Tower- hill, and were honoured by the presence of several of his Ma jesty's Ministers,-and other biegaber;'Of the Goverbtnent NIIDDLESEX SESSIONS, .It-NE 1.5. A SHAM ATTORNEY.—Janws Knight was in dicted for falsely pretending to Charles Lock that be was an attorney of the Court of King's Bench, and obtaining from him by means of such false pre. tence upwards of 40/. • The prosecutor stated that an action was brought against him for 38/. by a person named Arnold, and he was arrested. The prisoner introduced himself to the witness as an attorney of the Court of King's Bench, undertook to put in bail for him, and to de fend the action. Witness paid him on account of his bill various sums of money, amounting altogether to upwards of 404, after which he discovered that the prisoner was not an attorney, and that he had been swindled out of his money. Thomas Lock, the prosecutor's brother, stated that on the 12th of November last he saw the pri soner at Westminster-hall, when he represented himself as an attorney. Witness's brother paid the prisoner 21. 3s. to put in bail for him. Philip Vernold stated that he ,was present when the prisoner introduced himself to the prosecutor, on which occasion the prisoner said he was an at torney of the Court of King's Bench, and could do business cheaper than any other man. Witness had since learnt that the prisoner had been in turns a dyer, an oilman, and a carpcnter,—in fact, he had been every thing—(Laughter)—and was a complete Caleb Quotem. John Ridley also proved the payment of different sums to the -prisoner on account of his bill. William Robinson stated that he had examined the roll of attornies. The prisoner's name was not entered in that roll. The Jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty, and the CHAIRMAN, in passing the sentence pro vided for offences of this kind by the Act of Par liament,'said it was perfectly clear that the .prisoner was a very dangerous character, whose guilt had been proved by.the clearest testimony. The Learned Chairman then ordered him to be transported fur seven years. mmeminiONlll LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF nfIEAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is liNd. for the ilb. Loaf. There are others who sell from 1: 2 (1. to 1;;Id. below :hat prim PRICE OF SEEDS.—June 15. New English Red Clover Seed (pox Cwt.) 10s. 50s. fine ;563. 6:.3. Old Ditto 7. 41, New Foreign Old Ditto New White Clover— Old Ditto Ditto— New Trefoil Old Ditto —i. tine —s. 503. 603 fiveCvs. 70s. 3t,s. 403. line 6. 40s. COs. tine 795. 80;.- Ws. 70s. fine 8:16. !194. tine 6o;: K. —l. fine —3 10+, 38i. Sls. title—s. nib Grass Carraway S Foreign Ditto coriander.. St. Foin --a. his. 4 , 35. fine. ...i. ...S. -s. ene -s. --s. 17s. tine 7-s. ye Grass -- Pacey Ditto Linseed, for ft:eding Ditto, for milling. Canary Seed, New. 'per --s. —s. —s. fine —s. 15s. 10s. new —s. —s. 40s. 50s, --s. 3gs. fine v. 41s. 425. fine —s. -4. 455. thie —s. 4 • I /ILill Wlll.nevowno• - - _ __ White Mustard Seed --(per Rushel)....»Os. (is. is. (id. fine--t?. Brown Ditto --,---......—.......,..----. --3. Bs. his. fin, —, Turnip Seeds, Itotinds—....... —s. —s. Iv& tine —s Green anti Tied Ditto —.s. 9s. 12s. tine —s. Tares ' Old ..» --.--. —s. 345. 40s. fine —a. Ditto New -- —S. —s. fine 41A. 48s. Rare Seed, English, tine (per Last) 30/. 321..,,.. Foreign 27/. c'Os. PRICES OF HOPS.—June Kent Pockets—....... 4/ ills. 5/. Ss. to 61 ltis. Sussex 1);110 ps. 4/, IV7. to 51. Os. Esso% — 41. to fit. 1475 . . rarnl.ain Ditto, 0/. N. 71. Os. to 81 S!. Second's (1 3 . 61. 0 6 to 11. Kent V. N. U. 10s. t 4., 5/. 3-4. 5t1314 OX I tt 0 1 5s. 41. 1%. to 41. S. Essex Ditto 4l. N. 41. IN. to 41. IN. Old Duty laid at .1:65,000. PRICE 01 rOTATOES.—Junc 15. Kidneys _ 6l. Os. to 01 03. per Scotch 41. 16s. to :)1. U. d tto. I'RICF: OF 011.. Rape Oil, brown 111. 04. --, Refined E4`I 0 Linseed 011 —„-- ll2 10 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, par tlou,and 10 10 Rape Cakc, per ton MINW IMP WO 0 0 ..0 5 5 PRICES OF LEATHErt. d. to d. Per lb. d tod. 19 20 Tanned Horse Hides.. 19 18 21 :?2 Sp.mislt Ditto 22 26 Hi 17 l'er doyen. 19 21 C2.if Skin.s.....Z.Pl to 11Th. 18 24 11l 15e Ditto 50 to Itr.b. 24 90 14 17i Ditto 70 to SUIb. 2.2 24 181 20 Small Seal:, Greenland 20 22 VAIV Per Stone, s. d. COs; d. 1 - Per Stone. d. to s. d. Best tieit9rs & Stcer , 2 8 3 0 Ordinary 1 8 2 0 Itliddlings--2 4 2 13 I Mai kot 6 o cuch. SHEET' SKINS. 2g. 0.1. to3s. 0,11 Shear Hugs— 0.1 to Os. lid. Lamb:3 4**o.* to I. 6;1 Wil it AI BARREL—June 1:3. - a} 70s. N. to 84s. Oil. I t lover -- to 935. Oil `Strati:... —.--- W.. od. to 1'24. COAL 'AI AR K F.T.—Jime 15, Walls I.:nil Stewart's —35 A. OA. Ditto llidtlt 31 Llangetmeeli Coal —. 33 U Northumb.:rift:id small ti 9 ti Tyne small 10 0 a sold, Pi —Ungo Reatitnent '7 3 Wyloo 29 9 Walls End Carr and Co. !i9 ft Ditto N,ollitimlierlanii S) 0 Stops at market, b:4-!..,hi IRISH M ARKETS. 1 Wheat, I Barley. Oats. I Ilunr, per cart per barrel per barrel per barrel I r . -.—...-. A.--........ 20 stone. 116 stone. 14 stone'. 1 Ist. — I 2(1. ---- ----I ---- , ,--- Is. d. a s.d.le.d. as.e l . s. d. a s.d.!s. d. as. tl. I,g. d. as. d. Cork --.... 20 0-3 i OW? 0— 0 0112 0-12 G;:i0 0-21 0 12 o—',B 0 Limerick 'no 0-31 8110 6-20 010 1-13 011. 0—.. el 0 u 11.--15 0 Waterford;3:3 0-37 ON 0-110+ ; 10 0-11 0118 0-2 I C to 0— )5 o Clomnel —l3O 0-3 i 1.4110 6-16 0112 8-11 0.211 0_25 ri 1.2 o-- i i ; 0 Callow —. 1 30 0-30 0112 0—:111 oi I:2. 0— t i 0120 6-21 14 f .3 0 0 ------ • _ _ ___ _ ._.... __ _ __ _ . --_____________: Beef, Muttun,l l'orl,, per lb. per lb. I per cut. 1,,t. 2d. NI Ttlth. --...--,---....---i I — Id. a d. d. a (1.1 s. d. a s. d. 3. d. s. d. s. d. c. d. 1. d. Cork ......,. 4 —6 4 6 to 0-21 1.116 072 06.2 052 0142 0 Limerick— 4 —si 11, 6 :;11 0-35 0.70 061 051 019 0 .?:.! 0 Waterford 4 —0 1 —0 10 0 —27 0'75 070066 0 53 0 ... 0 Clenniel „. 3 —5 4 8 _7 0-223 072 065 060 1' :-,8 0 .2i 0 a t il ow 11 —Silo —0 Uo 00 70 0,60 (.oo—r 0 KrtAcus.N v.—Butter 7:es. to 735. per cart. ; Wheat 3as. to 37.3. per barrel; Flour Llis. to 4 Is. per bag; Oats Ils. to 14s. per bar rel ; B aley his. to 181. ; Beef Id. to 34' 2 4. pe' lb. ; Mutton 4!-01. to ad. ; Data oca 2rl. per stone; Coals Is. 21. per cwt.; Bacon Pigs t.. to 20:!. per cwt. HAMBURGH MARKETS.--RN 12. BOIZSLN HALLE, FOUR O'CLOcß.—Vrry little business has been done 'in our corn market during the week, pertly owing to the Whitsuntide holidays, anti partly to the un promising appearance of foreign markets. 'lnc holders of Wheat - continue to ask the former high prices, but the general opinion is that they will he obliged to reduce their demands. Rye is also flat ; and the only article's in de mand are Oats and Beans. Rapeseed continues without a quotation, there being none whatever in the market.— During the last s=x dayi of. May 9.i cargoes of c,rn, of which 50 were Wheat, passed through the Sound—of these 36 were bound for British, 25 for Dutch, 16 for French, awl 5 for Swedish and Norwegian ports ; 1 was bound for Lisbon, 1 for the Meditterrauean ; and of the remaining nine the destination was Unknown. Weight. Eix dollars. Dant,ic Wheat 122 to 126 152 to 170 Pomeranian * O 4 to 125 140 to 150 Anhalt, white IIS to 124 130 to 152 ------. red 122 to 129 135 to 152 Danish pinwale Ityc llB to 11 9 l)9 to 71, Magdeburgh Barley OS to . 101 51 to MI Anhalt 94 to 101 5l to 62 Upland Oats ..... ............ . ......... ..... 66 to 74 42 to 48 Holstein Rapeseed Funds dull, and little doing. Discount 5 to 44 per cent. End of June. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent .. 63% Anglo-Russian Loan 93% lia.nborgh-Rtosian Loan Anglo-Pi ussian Loan of 1818 — Polish Bonds - •2 Austrian Bank Shares 1108 Arabian Metallique. l 33!i , Exchange upon London at sight at two months, 13 Sz 2 , t_ Amstcrd m, at two motith4 3710.11i0 Paris CITY LAW EXPENSi.S. • &tog TIM EVIDENCE OF MR. B. W. SCOT"! 1813 1814. 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1828 1824 1625 10,101 10 9 6,191 9 3 7,275 6 6 5,416 9 5 7,001 14 6 5,919 7 2 .1826 1827 X 101,701 14 11 Per 11). Rut to :61b.„ Ditto to ("An.... I , !tre Coach I.LhIC9--.. Crop Hides, 3. to 1141,. Ditto to 50a) MOUNTERS BAIL ANI BUFFING BAIL. . One Of the great evils against which it is the intention to attempt some security to the public hi the course of the next session of Parliament , is that of hired bail. • This evil has been hitherto considered as inseparably connected with arrest for debt, and is constantly occurring in our courts of law. It is indeed, of such Constant practice, and the oaths administered are lowed with such ease and rapidity, although sufficient to choke any ordinary men's -cOn; science, that the courts are sometimes convulse° with laughter at the boldness with which perjuri is committed. The persons who hire themselves out to give bail obtain a per ventage according - to the amount of the debt., They arc styled b Y the profession " mounters," or " queer hearth' • former name having been given to them 10 0 the circumstance of the Judges formerly order ing practitioners in that way to mount the table , • in order to be viewed from top to toe. TheY are in general men who have been the inmates of the several prisons of the trietropolisSand,lt ave visaed .the ordeal of a commission of bankrupPY' or of the Insolvent Court. They are the Coll leagues of the several pettifogging attornieti ivh°A infest the prisons to get business of any sor t ' s "' who share with them in the profits of. the per jury. The Judges in the bail courts at Wes t i minster, during . the terms, are occupied part ° I each day in hearing the opposition of cons° against these fellows, who appear day after 'do as bail, and swear that they are worth in Pr c " perty double the amount they are security fer' Mr. justice, Bayley has a strong instinct in de' tecting the mounters. " Prav," said hey t he other day to an impudent pauper, who swore he was wolth upwards of 5001. in goods, where is your warehouse, and what do your goods eon Fist of?" "My warehouse is in Wood - st reet, Cheapside, and my goods are calicoes and otbe,t, printed goods," said the mounter. " Oh, then , observed Mr. Justice Bayley, " you can have, no objection to show your. calicoes and printe d goods to the plaintiff's attorney ?" Not, at I all," replied the mounter aloud, " show ther o to lice whole c ‘ l e ys o soon leisas I finish the bu•s~l Lordship, `~ let it stand over till Tuesday." The defen4 nt retired in custody, in a desp-onding contlitiool and the mounter, who had neither warehouse, nor goods, forgot in this instance his accustom ed punctuality. Persons of this description kn" ti that their chances of escape from punishmen t ' and indeed of success, are rendered. veiy.great ,0 consequence of the expellee and trouble atte nd ' mg the inquiry after character and responsibilitq and the vigilance necessary to the detection °le their schemes. A day or two ago a respe etab o solicitor was served with notice that . bail Non be justified for a debt of 501., fur which-he be l issued process.. One of the party offered as•b s°all had been an inmate in Whitecross-street - p ril at two different periods. Upon the first oeer sion lie was confined 12 months, and upon th e second 18 months. Upon the second he i r : e lf ceived his liberation upon charity, the - receiving a small compromise.. made' lll appearance in the bail court suddenly in ao° character, that of bail. lie was ready to b. O $. B ; curity to the amount of 1 0 0/. " Why," .P l , l `` the Judge, " 1 have been told that it is - 13 ' long since you were discharged from Whi te , cross-street prison ?" Never, my Lord ; uP° l „ . my honour I never was there in my life." " t he you are very grossly calumniated," said the Judg e : ' we must see what the keeper has to say t a ,v t , himself, for pretending to your acquaintance 'v ( l full two years and a half. Be so good as to sta r , down ,until he conies." The bail was obedient b ° ' when the keeper appeared his name. was called i ll vain. On a preceding day this bail justified j e the same chambers fur a debt of 400/. Cay es of this kind are so numerous, that the Judge i l keep books, in which they enter the names Ni addresses of suspected persons who tender.the el i selves as bail. Connected with this practice a n giving queer bail is that of what is called " 101 : nig" bail. One of the company of pettifogg er , finds it easy to produce a witness, who, althoug' he never had the notice in his hands, is read) to swear that he has served notice of justificati°ll,l of bail. This fellow is called the " Buffer" anw no opposition appearing upon the case, in col!' sequence of the absence of -notice, the partY l disehasged from custody. In Consequence 0 the trio splayed in buffing notices of hail fe l merle, the old 'notice has been done away ; be as direct perjury is so easily procured, that pre tice might as well still exist, as give place to Eh.' more flat and palpable falsehood. The real foggers, against whom the respectable portion the profession are now up in arms in ear nest used to employ the " buffers" to serve a - r etun by sticking a tishing-hook in it, tied to a pie(' of thread, and shoving it under the hall-door no sooner was this done than up walked anotb' bufkr to the door and fished. out the - notice,, that the defendant escaped without the nece sstt of justification. The Judge's clerks, the r i t i spectable lawyers' clerks, : and the - keepers of :;everal debtors' prisons,•are many of them rob to assert that u. person could in .an instaot, had from this gang of " buffers" to swear Oil a man be never saw or heard of before 0 him 1,000/., and that the same " buffer" go of the next moment offer to justify bail in the f>at li case, by swearing that he was worth 2,0001. On Wednesday a fine sturgeon, i neasuri ll ieven feet six inches in length, and weighing eight AI was caught in the stake-nets at Musselbu4,h. rut up and . Mold yesterday, by MARGARET Ban" N' Market, at 3d. and 4d. per pound.---Caiedonian/Ife rczir • The apples in the orchards. in Somerse tsh : arc generally well set, and present a flittering prosr c an abundant crop. Prime cider of list year's tusk°. which there is a fair quantity yet on hand, still malt a gond price, and is selling from 50s. to 635. per v, ahead ; old ditto of inferior.quality, from 25 5. to 4014., hogshead.— Cambrian. BIRTHS. On the 15th inst. in Grosvenor-square, the Couat os Mountcltarlcs, of a .dau. On the I4t h inst. in ghter Connaught-place, the lady °f C. H. Conte,of a son. On the 15th intit. Mrs: J. W. Bromley, Great COril street, of a daughtef. On the 15th inst., the lady of C. Richmond, Doughty-street, of a son. On the 15th inst. Mrs. Luke 0 . Hansard, 13'dfdl squme, of a daughter. MARRIED. . On the 15(11 inst. at St. Sepulchres, Henrr, 9l '^ — s4 of H. Bugg, E.q. of Spalding, Lincolnshire , Will Bentom, eldest daughter of - Jesoph llearn, E sq . °` b orn-hridge. f a"' At Edinburgh, James Macalpine L an y , • ci; „, swinton, Dumfries-shire , to Marion Agatha, third ti ter of R. Downie, Esq. of Arpin, AI.P. Vi On the 4th inst. at Paris, J. A. Hestne, Esq. 0 ; 0 , neuve-I.—ltoi, to Sosannah, second daughter of J. Iln EFOI. of Portsmouth. DIED. Rig On the Ilth inst., of scarlet ferer, Maria Atm, J. Hawkins, Etq., Byelends, Herts, aged 30. ~ On the 13th inst. at Epsom, Julias Dorc.., Sh. Hey, Esq. tre..ft Partires and PUBLISIIitIi by MURDO YOUNG, it Onricri 11Z; STIIM ND, LIMO 0)4.