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expence than that of any other department ; even in England, where the completeness of the esta blishment is pretty generally admitted, the ex penditure is very great ; but a recent inquiry in Ireland goes to establish the very startling fact, that the cost of the Post-office, compared with its returns in the shape of net revenue, exceeds the English in the proportion (if we are not mis informed) of no less than 35 per cent. If this be true, and we have no reason to doubt the statement, there must be room for reduction with a vengeance. We have been led into these observations, from knowing that the common topic for the last few days, with persons who would be thought to enjoy the confidence, and express the sentiments of the Ministers at the head of the various Departments, has been the advantage that must infallibly result from the determination to ex ercise a real unaffected spirit of economy at home, combined with a foreign policy, vigorous, but essentially pacific. Whenever these very desirable improvements shall have been carried into effect ; when the bona in posse shall have become bona in esse ; we shall feel no reluctance to acknowledge the fact, but until then, we must suspend our congratulations—in such cases we can take nothing upon trust.—Morning Citron. We remember reading in a very sprightly article in the Edinburgh Review, that all who dealt in commodities of which the defects could not be at once discovered by the buyer, were greatly given to cheat—and the writer observed, in illustration, that a Bishop, in selling you a horse, would be sure to cheat you. We have taken from a Dublin paper, an account of a fresh proceeding in the case between the Bishop of Kihnore and Lord Plunkett, about the sale of a pair of horses. Far be it from me to insinuate that the Chief Justice of the Irish Court of Common Pleas has been done by the Bishop ; but we certainly think that he ought to have had no dealing with him. It appears, indeed, from the evidence of Lord Plunkett's clerical son, that though he had but a low opinion of the prin ciples of Dycer, the horse-dealer, he still pre ferred to buy from him rather than the Bishop. Lord Plunkett has evidently been outma noeuvred. We question whether Lord Plunkett would in any case obtain a verdict from a Dub lin Jury, the Protestants of that capital being in general much better partizans than practical moralists, and bearing a most inveterate grudge towards his Lordship. In this case they found in opposition to the charge of Baron Smith. •The following letter to the Bishop is deemed the pivot on which the whole case turns : " MY LoRD—I have sold your Lordship's horses to Lord Plunkett for two hundred pounds, if sound leariq, your Lordship's yard. Please deliver them to him on my order, and I shall send your Lordship the amount, or lodge it in any house in Dublin which you may point out. The man shall leave i town to-morrow morning , be w ith you n the even ing, so as to start early next day. " I am, my Lord, your obedient servant, " EDWARD DYCER." lteferriag to the letter, Baron Smith in his charge observed:— " But I come now (continued the Baron) to what strikes me as being, on this question of warranty, the most important item in the proofs. I mean Dycer's letter to the Bishop, dared, I believe, the 12th July, and what followed on it. As to how this letter should be read, with reference to the i lunctuation, it is the less material to inquire; be cause, point it one way or the other, the meaning is the same. He thereby either announces, that Lord Plunkett will give two hundred pounds for the horses, if sound, leaving the Bishop's yard, and desires him please to send them, &c. or which is substantially the same thing, he announces that 200/. will be given, and desires the Bishop to please to send them, if sound, leaping his yard. Hitherto we have znly the act of Dycer, in substance, announcing that 200/. will be given, if the horses be sound, leaving the Bishop's yard; and expressly desiring them to be Rent accordingly if sound; impliedly de 'sired them not to be sent if unsound. But when the Bishop acts upon this communication—when he does send the horses—does he not adopt the conditions 'mid stipulations in the letter, and make it, and what is done upon it, his own act ? It was open to him to have acted atlaerwise; and to have protested against entering into any engagement on the subject of the holes' soundness, He might have written in reply that he %vita not aware of any unsoundness; but that upon this point he would not pledge himself; and that, therefore, he would not send the horses. 'That the purchaser, or some person on his behalf, might some down and inspect the horses, and judge of their soundness for himself; and if he thought them sound, might have them for 200/. If an alle gation is made in the hearing of a party, and he does Pot rontradict it, he is, in many cases, considered to have admitted it ; and to stand in the same situa tion as if the allegation had come from himself. I :9ply the principle to the Bishop's proceeding upon this letter ; but I tl:4Os the present case a stronger cue than the analagous one I have put." Ilowever the matter may end, we confess that the Bishop appears to us quite qualified to stand .his ground in a horse-market against the whole Twelve Judges, any day in the year. So much for the Church and the Law.—lbid. The Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel, i would seem, are somewhat at variance in their opinions as to the present constitution and practice of some of our Ecclesiastical Courts ; in which it would appear, from the long-pending case of Dr. Free, that a gauntlet of appeal may be run, ufficient to wear out the purse and the patience, not to say the life, of an ordinary man. It not unfrequently happens that men are most ready to applaud or condemn that which they know the least about. Judging by this rule, it was but the other day that Mr. Peel was loud hi his praise of these Courts ; and, on occasion 6 ; a. pill for regulating the fees taken in some of them, he rejoiced that it contained no inroad upon or aiCetztion in their practice. Not so the Duke of Wellington. In reply to Lord Hard wicke, on the last day of the Session, his Grace is represented to have expressed himself as aware of the delay, expense, and inconvenience attendant upon the practice of these Courts at present, and ready to lend his assistance in remedying the evil. We leave the Duke and Mr. Peel to settle their discrepancy of opinion. The latter, we suspect, has learnt by this time some points in the doctrine of con:- formity, and that in a military code the chief feature is to ":obey," We do not despair, therefore, of seeing the rraw3qr,es of the Courts quickened and reformed from with out, .unieGs those who have the charge of them have the good sense to see the necessity, 21i4 rethrw themselves. in cases of alleged miscon duct of tin? Clergy, as in that of Dr. Free, it is, above all, desfra!de that the procccdings should be quick and certain:: and, though we 5:;.;3 not very fond of the increase of summary powers, we are very much inclined to think tiL-i! the Bishops should have a power over the sacerdotal • and moral conduct of their Clergy, which would render all appeal to other jurisdictions unneces sary. Indeed we were almost inclined to say that we hardly know what a Bishop is good for if' it is not to inspec t, to regulate, ancontrol, the conduct of the subordinate Clergy. At any rate, that matters of' this sort can be carried on from Court to Court, and from year, is an evil which, we suppose, none but Proctors and Doc tors can attempt to advocate. It makes justice a mockery ; and ecclesiastical justice (that which, from its connection with religion, ought to be the purest) the very worst of all.-21forn ing Herald. We have frequently remarked upon the incon sistency, not to say indecency, of the characters of Judge and Advocate being united in the same person. To say nothing of the weight which it takes away from the respect and reverence which ought to attach to the judicial office, it in fact poisons justice at the fountain head ; for how can that be pure which is not impartial ; and how can that be impartial which is swayed or liable to be swayed, by being, or having been, the paid agent of the person on whose fate the Judge is to adjudicate? Still more objectionable is the mode in which at least nine-tenths of the crimi- nal Judges in the kingdom are appointed : we mean the various Recorders, Chairmen of Ses sions, &c. The Crown is considered by the Constitution the fountain of justice and mercy, and the delegation of those powers is one of the most important exercises of the prerogative. et will it be believed that in the metropolis the Crown has nothing to do with the Judges who preside over the lives and deaths of two-thirds of the criminals, or of the same or a greater pro portion of those who are tried for minor offences throughout the kingdom ? Can any thing, for instance, be so objec tionable as that the Aldermen of London should possess the power of appointing the Judges of the land, unless it be that those sapient personages, the Middlesex and West minster Justices, should have the power to select out of their own body Judges possessing nearly similar powers ? No reform is more wanting in the criminal law than this—that the judicial office should every where, in every instance, ema nate from the Crown, which, through its respon sible advisers, should be held answerable to the nation for the fitness of every one appointed to preside in the seat of judgment. Who can go into our Criminal Courts and not observe the want of this controlling influence ? Who can witness, as lie must do, the incapacity, the bear garden, and undignified familiarity, which pre vail in too many of these Courts, and not say " is this the way in which the King of England ought to be represented or, "is this the way in which British justice ought to be adminis tered ?'' The late expose of the City accounts throws some light upon these matters—a light which we hope will not be lost 'Tom those whose duty it is to uphold the just rights and privileges, the honour and dignity, of the Crown, as the best safeguard to the happiness and liberty of the people.—lbid. It cannot have escaped the observation of those who pay any attention to the movements of the Daily Press, that there is a portion of it which devotes itself to the task of vilifying and degrading the Church of England, and assailing the reputation of such of its Ministers as are most distinguished for their learning, piety, and zeal. Such being the objects systematically kept in view, we cannot be surprised that when ever a dispute arises between a layman and an ecclesiastic, the latter, without much inquiry or deliberation, should be pronounced to be in the wrong ; or that whenever any difference occurs between one of the lower orders of the Clergy and his Canonical Superior, the right should, without any hesitation or variety in these deci cisions, be adjudged to the former. It is to be lamented, for the sake of the Church, that any instance of the latter• kind should be brought under the review of the public. Whichever party may be right, i t is obvious that the cause of religion must suffer from such exposures ; and as a general rule, therefore, we think we are warranted in saying that the prima facie presumption is against the party appealing di rectly to the public ; that he may fairly be sus pected of preferring his private views, his indi vividual opinions, or his personal interests, to the general cause of religion ; and that he can make no pretensions to that cool ness and sobriety of judgment which are necessary to qualify a man to judge righteously in a matter that concerns himself. A remarkable illustration of this doctrine is pre se►rted to us in a recent case, which, during the last few days, has engaged the attention Of se veral of our contemporaries. The case to which we allude is that of the incumbent of the parish of Bardney, in the diocese of Lincoln, who has thought proper to lay before the public a pam phlet, containing the correspondence between himself and his Diocesan, and has procured moreover the parliamentary assistance of Mr. Flume, in order to give greater publicity to his complaints. That a certain part of our contem poraries should have warmly espoused his cause can excite no surprise ; for to be a discontented Clergyman, an accusing pamphleteer, and a par liamentary client of Mr. Hume, are recommenda tions which they could not be expected to resist. The Right Rev. Prelate, believing that the po pulation and other circumstances of the parish of Bardney require the performance of two services on Sundays, issued, as it was his duty, an in junction to that effect. This is in truth the whole matter of complaint ; and what is singular in the case is, that the judgment of the Bishop, with regard to the spiritual wants of the parish, is not impugned, The complainant only says that he is compelled, in copse , quence of this order, to relinquish the curacy of a neighbouring parish, the stipend of which came conveniently in aid of the inadequate in come of the hying ; the latter being only 601. a year ; that he cannot well afford to make this sacrifice, as he has thirteen children ; and that there are many other parishes in the diocese, the population of which is greater than that of Bardney, and in which the Bishop has not ex ercised his authority to enforce the performance of two services. The question then, upon the showing even of the Rev. Gentleman, comes simply to this:—Ought the interests and worldly comforts of the incumbent and his family, or the interests of religion in the parish, when these two interests are ;nc,umpatible, to be preferred ? The Prelate, who hasp() iicite4,4 in the matter, ii,nd who is not accused even of being actuated by any feelings of personal favour or dislike, de cides, ail any man free from passion or prejudice must decide, that the latter ought to be pre ferred. The fnetimbent thinks, that in his own particular case—which we ailrfilt to be one cal- culated to try a man's philosophy—the forhlcr sailed to the preference. All this is natural enough ; chiefly to be lamented is, that he Reverend Incumbent ;;hould not have had so judgment as t:, restrain much fliffidenee in his own him from going to press. As to the complaint that the rule laid doWn by this )3ishop is not ap plied to all other parishes similarly 5 . ..-*Rted, • it has reeeiyea a detailed and satisfactorygontradle tion, and is therefore no farther deserving of notice than as it implies the CODSCIOUSTIeSIi 9f the complainant himself that the rule is a good one. The Clergyman who feels himself to be so hardly dealt by, turns out, however, to be in the posses session of another living of the value of 4501. a year, besides that of Bardney—a fact to which he has the indiscretion or the want of candour to refrain from any allusion whatever in his pamph let. He and his advocates say that this is a nominal and not in any degree whatever a bene ficial possession ; but neither he nor they conde scend to offer any explanation of the circum stances. We cannot but think that a Clergyman who has appealed to the compassion of his Dio cesan to induce the latter to swerve from what he admits to be the strict line of his duty, and who on meeting with a refusal gives vent to his mis placed indignation in print, ougheat least to have been ready and willing to reconcile, by the fullest explanations, his former allegation of poverty with a fact apparently so inconsistent with it. if he feel, however, an insuperable repugnance to this explanation, then we can only say that in ap pealing to the public at all he committed a double indiscretion.— Morning Post. In the sentiments which were expressed on Wednesday last by Mr. Otway Cave, respecting, the conduct of Parliament during the last Ses sion, there is no one who has paid the slightest attention to its proceedings who will not heartily concur. One measure, and only one of the least importance as respects the welfare of the country—the Catholic Relief Bill—has re ceived the attention and sanction of the Legis lature; but great undoubtedly and difficult as that victory was, and most beneficial, as we trust it will prove, to the general tranquillity, prosperity, and union of the country, we cannot, nevertheless, but express our regret that it alone should have been deemed of sufficient import ance to have taken place, as well as precedence, of every other. Emancipation was desirable for Ireland, because it offered a hope at least, of re moving one great cause of grievance ; but it was neither all that was required to remedy the miserable condition of that unhappy country, nor even a drop in the bucket when consi dered as the only measure on which Parliament thought proper to bestow its attention for the general benefit of the country. Yet on this one measure was half the time of the Session wasted ; and although the fight was kept up with some spirit while it remained a question, no sooner had it been settled, than, as if exhausted by a mighty effort, or satisfied with the contempla tion of the great good which they had achieved, both Houses relapsed into a state of lethargy, and the Members on the Opposition and Mini sterial benches could only rouse themselves into sufficient activity to attempt an occasional gam bol in the field of mutual compliment and con gratulation ! Every proposition, in fact, from an independent Member, either for reform in the law, or an improvement of the state of the country, has either been dismissed with a deter mination not to examine it, or put off until next Session. The Chancery Bill has been deferred —the Police Regulation Bill passed in a most ineffective and incomplete state—a revision of the Corn Laws negatived by a large majority—a House denied to an Inquiry into the State of the Country—the Currency declared to be no sub ject for discussion, and, in fine, every thing which contained a proposal for reform quashed or de ferred—yet the suitors in Chancery can but ill afford to wait for a reform of the nauseous Court until another year—the police is extremely in effective, and crime greatly on the increase—one of the greatest evils of the country is the op pressive Corn Law tax—the state of the coun try never called so loudly for calm inquiry and deliberate consideration, or the curtailment of the currency more loudly on the Legislature to retrace its steps ! All, however, has been passed over in silence, and the coun try, for any thing that the " collective wisdom" has done for it, been left to struggle with its condition as it best can. The renewal of the Finance Committee during the last Session was promised ; but the promise has not been kept, nor the reforms which it pointed out carried into effect. The assessed taxes are to be continued, nor is there the slightest hope held out either of further retrenchment being effected in the public expenditure, or of any diminution of taxes taking place in the course of the next Session of Parliament All these evils might, however, be remedied, or, at least, there would be some hope of their being remedied, if we had but an honest and independent Opposition ; but there is actually nothing in the shape of an honest otlposition in existence—the distmc- • tions of 'Whig and Tory have all but vanished — the great barrier which separated the leading political parties in the country been either over turned or disregarded--and instead of them we now only witness a mutual eagerness at .conctha tion, which is any thing but beneficial to the true interests of the country. Mr. Hume, Mr. Harvey, Mr. 0. Cave, and those who generally vote with them, are noble exceptions from this general censure ; but they form but a very small party, and rather serve to warn the country of what is doing, or not done, than to prevent the one or effect the accomplishment of the other. The spirit of Whiggism appears, in fact, to have to tally fled ; and a hankering after place, and a coquetting with those who are in possession, of it, to have superseded the unwearied care of the public interests, and the honest endeavour to better the condition, and uphold the liberties, of the people, for which Whiggism, in the days of Fox and Whitbread was justly renowned. The only hope of the country is therefore in the spirit Of its people ; and we trust that they will not be slow in evincing, when another Session of Parliament comes round, how sadly their in terests have been neglected and their condition reckoned as " nought."—Morning Advertiser. It may not lie generally known that the Com mander-il-Chief of his Majesty's Fleet in the Mediter. ranean is, for the time being, a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. ATTEMPT AT SUlClDE.—Yesterday at one o'clock, a gentleman n amed LENNART), 93 years of age, who wc., - s formerly Chief Justice of Bermuda, made a des perate attempt to destroy himself, at his house, No. 53, Judd-street, Brunswicksquare. The unfortunate gentle man had retired to his bed-room for a short time, when the report of a pistol was heard, and his daughters, who reside with him, rail up stairs, and found him extended on the floor, bleeding . very much from his right hand and arm, and with a dreadftil wound in the ja -,, , close to the mouth. It appeared that Mr. /...‘11t) had 'plaeed a pistol in his i mouth, and that in discharging, the weapon burst, and hid shattered his hand and arm, and wounded his jaw. The surgeons were unable to ascertain whether a ball had en tered the head or not in the then state of the old gentle man, ar t .(' 1 , .e was put to bed, and the best remedies in such a case adtilinlstereri. 'Tie 17c,s !ensible at first, but soon sank into a kind of s tupor, and the medical men Prorrouuced his recovery hopeless. Ns cause that we 'could 'learn cats .be assigng4 .;ow ;lre rash act, except the imbecility of old age. Mr. LENNARp enjoye4 a peT. 7 eir of 1,000/. a.year, besides his private p ro p erl y , , • • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday, Jeremiah Fairer, a young fellow about 24 years of age, was charged before Mr. MlNstium., with a burglary at the house of a schoolmaster, named Lawrence, who resides at Hampstead. It appeared that on the night of the 27th of May, the prosecutor's premises adjoing his dwelling-house were forced open, and a great quantity of clothing belonging to his pupils carried away. On the fol lowing day the prisoner having been observed loiter ing about Hampstead, was taken into custody by Deakin, a constable belonging to Kentish -town, and conveyed to the watch-house of that place, upon suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery. In the course of the night he broke out of the watch house and escaped to Tottenham, where he had been previously residing. In consequence of some information received by Forster, a constable of Tot tenham, the prisoner was taken into custody, and two large bundles, containing the property stolen from the house of M. Lawrence, were found at his lodgings. Of this property he could give no satis factory account, and as Forster had no previous in timation:of the robbery at Mr. Lawrence's, he was for some time before lie could obtain an owner for the clothing, which, however, he at last effected. The various articles which were stolen from the house of the prosecutor were yesterday identified by Mr. Lawrence, and the case being complete against the prisoner, he was fully committed to take his trial for the burglary at the next sessions held at the Old Bailey. It would appear that the vice of stealing was the ruling passion in the prisoner's family. His father, who NI as a master-butcher in good business, was some years ago convicted of stealing sheep, and sen tenced to t►ansportation. The prisoner's brother was also tried for stealing a saddle and bridle, con victed, and sent out of the country ; and his sister was subsequently detected in the act of stealing a piece of print in the 'shop of a linen-draper in Hol born, and being convicted of the theft, was sent to join her relatives in Botany Bay. The prisoner has been in custody on several occasions, and although well known to have been concerned in almost every robbery that has occurred for some time past in the vicinity of Tottenham, he has heretofore ma naged to escape punishment, chiefly owing to the want of sufficient legal evidence to ensure his con viction. WORSHIP-STREET. GRATITUDE OF A SAILOR.—A remarkable instance of gratitude occurred at this office yesterday: a young man, about 19 years of age, appeared before the Ma gistrate, SAMUEL TWYFORD, Esq., and stated, that about two years ago he was brought here for being found wandering is the streets in the night time, being destitute of home, clothes, and food, when the worthy Magistrate (Mr. Twyford) being satisfied that he was really distressed, most generously offered to get him into the Marine Society, from which place he was sent on board a man-of-war, where he had remained up to the present time. Mr. TwvFoRD—I very well remember the cir cumstance, and am glad to see you have made such good use of your time; you now appear clean and comfortable. Jack—Why, as for that, your Honour, thanks to your goodness, I'm all right and tight enough now ; I've plenty of grub, plenty of grog, and a good hammock to lie upon. I called upon your Honour about a twelvemonth ago, to thank you for your kind-heartedness ; but your Honour was not here. I've never had another opportunity of calling until to-day ; and now I have not only come to thank your Honour for your kindness, but to pay the five shillings I borrowed of you to buy me a pair of shoes, before I went to the Marine Society. Here it is, your Honour, (offering two half-crowns)—never mind a receipt. Mr. TWYFORD—I did not lend you the five shillings. I gave it to you out of the poor-box. Jack—Then put it there again, that some other poor devil may have the benefit of it,and I hope it will do them as much good as it has done me. Mr. TWYFORD—No, my good fellow, I shan't take it ; you have worked hard enough for it, and your good conduct renders you deserving of it. Jack— Then you won't have it ? Mr. TWYFORD —No, my boy, keep it yourself. Jack—Well, I've taken your advice once, and it turned out well, so I think I'll take it again, and pocket the blunt. Mr. TwvFoßD—Do, and take care of it. Who told you to come here with the five shillings ? Jack. Why I told myself; I didn't want any body to tell me such a thing as that. Mr. TwvFoßD—lt is an act of honesty, that does you much credit, Jack—Why yes, your Honour, I'm poor, but honest ; so I can but thank you for all your kindness, and wish you good bye, if I don't see you again. Mr. TWYFORD—Good bye, my fine fellow, I wish you well. Jack was about to leave the office, but suddenly turned back and said—l beg pardon, your honour, hut I see some chaps writing summat down, now don't let 'em put my name into the newspapers — there's no occasion for that you know. Jack's request was promised to be complied with, and he joyfully left the Office. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. Len! Chamberlain's- Office, June 26, 1829. Orders for the Court's going into mourning, on Sunday next the 28th instant, for her late Majesty the Queen of Spain, viz. The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Sunday the 12th of July next, viz. The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured rib bons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist coats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Sunday the 19th of July next, the Court to go out of mourning. At the Court at Windsor, the 22d day of June, 1929, PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by his Majesty in Council, that the Parliament be prorogued, from Wednesday the 24th of this instant Jnne, to Thursday the 20th of August next. And the Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor, of that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, is to cause a Commission to be prepared, in the usual manner, for proroguing the Parliament accordingly. It is this day ordered by his Majesty in Council, that the Convocations of the Provinces . of Canterbury and York be prorogued, from the day to which the same new stand prorogued,_ to Friday the 21st day of August next. And the Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor of that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, is to ca use Commissions or W r i ts t o b e pre p are d, i n th e usual manner, for proroguing the said Convocations ac cordingly. Whitehall, June 21. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing the Right Hon. Robert Vis count M e l v ill e , K. T. ; the hight Hon. Sir George Cockburn, G.C.8., Vice-Admiral of the Wh it e S q uadron Pf his Majesty's Fleet; Sir Henry llotham , K.C .B. Vice - Admiral of the Blue Squadron of hi s Alajesty's Fleet ; Sir G eorge Cl er k , B ar t. ; an d Fre derick-Stewart, Es q . (commonly called Viscount Castle re,o), to be his Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Witain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging. War.-office, Aine 25. 7 34 vgirnept Of Foot:—.4lajor-:tielleral Sir Frederick Adam, K.C.B. to be Colonel, vice General Lord Harris, deceased. May 22. GARRISONS. General Thomas Lord Lynedoch, G.C.B. to be Go vernor of Dumbarton Castle, vice Lord Harris, deceased. May 22. Office of Ordnance, June 25, 1829, Corps of Royal Engineers. Captain George Graydon to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Dickens, retired. May 22. Second Captain William Redmand Ore to be Captain, vice Graydon. May 22. First Lieutenant Thomas Batterabee to be Second Cap tain, vice Ord. May 22. Second Lieutenant Richard J. Nelson to be First Lieu tenant, vice 13attersbee. May 22. Gentleman Cadet Arthur D. Ryder to be Second Lieu tenant. June I. Royal Regiment of Artillery. Captain George Charleton, from unattached half-pay, to be Second Captain, vice Chapman, retired on permanent half-pay. June 2. Commission in the Wilts Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wilts. Henry Guestford Gibbet) Ludlow, Esq. to be Cornet. Whitehall, June 24. The King has been pleased to continue and appoint Adam Rowl Ind, Esq. (one of the Principal Clerks of Session) to be Clerk of the King's Processes in Scotland, in the room of Hector Macdonald Buchanan, Esq. de ceased. The King has also been pleased to appoint John Trait, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff Depute of the Shires of Clackmannan and Kinross, in the room of Sir James Well wood Alonereiff, Bart., appointed a Lord of Session. Whitehall, June 24. The King has been pleased to present the Reverend John to the Churches at Ballachulish and Cur ran of Ardgour, in the parish of Klimallie, in the Presby tery of AbertArph and Shires of Inverness and Argyll. Whitehall, May 25. The Lord Chuncellor has appointed Alexander Ed wards, of the city of Bath, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. George Dixon and Henry Anderson, Bishop Auckland, Durham, wine-merchants. John Gilbert, High-street, Borough, Southwark, hosier. James White, Liverpool, draper. Joseph Bray, Devonport, batter. Lewis Joseph John Noel, Hatton-garden, money-scri rener. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. John Coster, Gosport, Southampton, baker. Robert Hope, Liverpool, joiner. Thomas Garlick, Fleet-market, undertaker. BANKRUPTS. John and John Eastman, Streatham, Surrey, wheel wrights, to surrender, July 3, at two, 17, and Aug. 7, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Manning, Dyers buildings, Holborn. William Norton, Uxbridge, timber-merchant, June 30, at ten, July 3, at one, and Aug. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Poole, Greenfield, and Gamlen, Gray's Inn-square; Riches and Woodbridge, Uxbridge. Job Barker, High Holborn, straw-hat-manufacturer, June 30, July 17, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Lloyd, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn. John Martin, Walcot, Somerset, straw-hat-manufac turer, July 10, 11, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Grey hound Inn, Bath. Williams, Verulam-buildings, Gray's inn, London ; Watts, Bath. Randall William Stone and Frederick John Stone, Bath, coach-makers, July 22, 23, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Greyhound Inn, Bath. Williams, Verulam-build ings, London ; Stallard, Bath. James Mahoney, Watling-street, builder, June 30, July 10, and Aug. 7, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Smith, Coleman-street. William Page, Northampton-square, tailor, July 3 and 10, at eleven, and Aug. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Lumley, New Inn. Stephen Escudier, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, hotel keeper, July 3, at eleven, 10, and August 7, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Hensman, Bond-court, Walbrook. William Plenty, West Smithfield, iron-founder, July 7, 14, and August 7, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Bostock, George-street, Mansion-house. William Henry Freeman, Princes-street, St. James's, Westminster, composition-ornament-maker, June 30, July 10, and Aug. 7, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Walls, Hart-street, Bloomsbury. James Esdaile, Manchester, hat-manufacturer, July 16, 17, and Aug. 7, at two, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, Lou don ; and Claye and Thompson, Manchester. Joseph Banks, Lothbury, June 30, at one, July 10, and Aug. 7, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Noy, Cannon-street Charles Butcher, Thorpe Healey, Rotherham, York, victualler, June 29, July 1, and Aug. 7, at one, at the Angel Inn, Rotherham. Fisher, Walbrook-buildings, London ; Hoyle, Rotherham. Thomas Brattle, Maidstone, Kent, tailor, June 30, July 10, at twelve, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Janner, New Basinghall•street. John Cresswell, Manchester, cabinet-maker, July 9, 10, and August '7, at nine, at the Albion Hotel. Law and Coates, Piccadilly, Manchester; Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-r&w, London. Benjamin Cantle, Tilley-street, Tenter-ground, Spital fields, basket-maker, July 3, 14, at ten, and August 7, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners. Collins, Spital square, Bishopsgate-street. John Clark, Eagle-Wharf, Montague-close, Southwark, coal-merchant, July 3, at twelve, 10, and Aug. '7, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Clarke, Crosby square, Bishopsgate-street. John Simonds, WangforJ, Suffolk, innholder, July 9, at seven, 10, at nine, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Halesworth. White and Borrett, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-street ; Crabtree and Allcock, Halesworth. Samuel Cook and Charles Martin Oliver, Alie-street, Goodman's-fields, upholsterer, June 30, July 3, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Evitt, Price, and Lucas, Haydon-square, Minories. John Wheeler, Pershore, Worcester, corn-dealer, July 9, at six, 10, and August 7, at ten, at the White Hart Inn, Evesharn. Mickael, Red Lion-square. George Anderson, Great St. Thomas Apostle, surgeon, June 30, at ten, July 10, at eleven, and Aug. 7, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Whitelock, Cateaton street. DIVIDENDS. Matthias Dopont King and Henry King, Falcoa-street, wine-merchants, July 17, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners. Henry Richard Kirkman, St. Paul's Church-yard, silk warehouseman, July 17, at ten, at the Court of Commis sioners. James Thomson, jun. Swan-alley, Coleman-street, July 17, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Thomas Haines and John Fairman, Watling-street warehousemen, July 17, at ten, at the Court of Commis sioners. CERTIFICATES—JULY 17. John Finlayson, Cheltenham, music-seller. John Lavers, Buckfastleigh, Devonshire, worn-spinner. John Godwin Bowring, Fen-court, Fenchurch-street, East India-broker. Frederick Dixon, Oxford-street, upholdaterer. James Tivernor, Westminster. Benjamin Bowen, High-street, Marylebone, upholsterer. John Harris, Pickett-street, Strand, linen-draper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Henry Pyall and George Stroud, stationers, Oxford street. James Wilkinson and Henry Wilkinson, gun-makers, Pall Mall. Joseph Balm, Jonn Bothwell and Charles Fletcher, Milk-street, Cheapside. Joseph Culclough and James Hewlett, Birmingham, engravers. Thomas James Vickers and James huisell, surgeons, Birmingham. WEST HIGHLANDS.—An intelligent trades man in Kilbarchan, who had occasion, in the way of business, to travel through the greater part of Argyllshire, informs us that he found thy inhabitants enjoying a de r.ee of comfort far beyond what he could have anticipated ; awl which, when c ontrasted with the condition of the operatives here, is truly enviable. The cottars have a kitchen and a spence, in which a loom is generally placed, and accommodation for two or three cows. They have each 10 acres of land, and a common on which they axe allowed to keep a cow and a calf; the rent is only 61, o y ot catching,f f life. e fell nti ki T en :.. p y :tcehen l e l! sy y : c oroi:ed : o : buot i lif t: t aa b yn t a it ryd a io: a ic i thot c h: e ecw f o o iu r trhs t eh,ae luxuriesi e r : jro trouble mer of Houston parish, JamKs STEWART, who rents the farm of (*herd, containing two hundred tierce, DUBLIN. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Juxst 22. THE BISHOP OF KILMORE v. LORD PLU?iKET. The CHIEF BARON and Barons SMITH and PO: NEFATHER took their seats on the bench at the usual hour; shortly after which, Mr. Sergeant GooLD rose, on the part of th e defendant, to show cause why the verdict ob; tamed in this case last term should be set aside, Lou a new trial had. On the part of the plaintiff, Mr. JOHNSON hoped their Lordships would postpone this motion till to' morrow. Mr. Sergeant GoOLD—That is quite impossibl e, The horses' heads have swelled to such a degre e that to put off the case to a future day would be attended by considerable danger, as they might n° l then be able to leave the stable. The Learned Ser f geant then proceeded. He applied on the part ° Lord Plunkett to set aside the verdict that 0 4 obtained by the plaintiff in this case, the same being bad contrary to law and evidence, and also on mititi l " rection of the Learned Judge. Mr. BENNETT having replied on the part of the defendant, The CHIEF BARON said, that the judgment o f the Court would not be delivered till Monday, or'' i the Court was more inclined to let it stand over r ° , that day in order that the parties, who were of suo high respectability, and not, he was sure, at all ir dined to be litigious—(a laugh)— should have 0 opportunity of amicably adjusting the matter. , Mr. HOLMES (to counsel on the other side)—T me horses are a good pair of horses, and very cheap, s a , that the best way for you is to take them, and th at will be settling the matter as it ought. Mr. O'CONNELL—If they be so very good, wi a so very cheap, why do you make such a battle t° get rid of them ? THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEED Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beant, Per Quarter. s. to 8. 6. 0. s. to s. s. to t Blandford 73 41 33 Brigg _ 63 69 22 26 18 22 34 Cambridge.---I 74 28 13 Chard ..................... 56 76 32 33 24 30 42 L'" Huntingdon-- 66 70 27 32 17 22 30 0 ",„ Long Sutton...—. 55 69 1 7 24 38 " i Louth . 68 72 24 32 16 26 36 4 ' Lynn 5B 64 28 32 19 26 3(1 4 0 Newark 61 68 29 36 22 30 41 4 Nottingham 70 78 90 1.15 26 33 40 4 4 Peterborough 56 .78 37 40 1 8 25 37 4g Plymouth . 68 80 36 40 26 30 76 39 23 8 Sleaford 70 76 30 33 24 24 50 r g Uppingham 60 74 1 30 40 24 30 39 Wisbech . 56 66 124 18 26 38 LEEDS CORN MA RKET.—June 23. The supply of Grain up to this day's market has been larger than last week, and in addition to what Wheat there is up, many samples hare been offerers of foreign that are coming out of bond. The finest samples of New Whea t may be noted 2s. to 3s. per quarter lower, and other de,' scriptions 3s. to 41. there has been no demand for st ol Old Wheat here to-day. Barley nominal ; the fine shower' of rain that have fallen for the last ten days have caused leo9 demand for Oats, Beans, and Pease, and each article h' been lower, Oats a halfpenny per stone, Beans and Pe each Is. to 2s. per quarter. Malt dell' sale at last week s price. Flour 2s. to 3s. per sack lower ; Rapeseed 11 ' per last lower. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. ... 575. to 745. 4 York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suffblk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe et —Mealing, Foreign I2d. to !W.—English 12% Shelling .331. to 355. per lo sv• d. 26 t0 5. 14d to . 29s per • Rapeseed, English, 27 1 . to 2W Forpign, --1. to —l. per Dot' LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—June 23. , The dullness noticed last Tuesday has continued th rouir out the week, and has been further influenced by a Mode' rate fall of rain, which it is expected will still be o r " viceable to the spring crops. A decline of 2d. to 3d. pet bushel in Wheat, which took place during Ilse week, o . lv fully submitted to at this morning's market, and in Wo e stances, for the inferior descriptions, even a further abet' ment took place. There was, however, more dispositio o on the part of the millers and dealers to purchase, and, 0 , the reduction, sales to a fair extent were effected in l l ' qualities. Prices of Oats farther gave way 3d. per 451 b. since this day se'nnight ; nor were there any buyers s t this decline. Flour is Is. to 2s. and Oatmeal le. per pack cheaper. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. Red ----. 10 0 10 3 Scotch, Welch, and Manz 10 3 10 6 Irish, White 9 0 9 9 ---- Red 8 3 9 , 4 Foreign 8 9 jo 0 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b S 6 9 v Irish Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 36 0 40 v ---- Scotch and Irish, per 6011 m. -- Feeding 4 10 5 BEANE, English, per Imperial quarter 4O 0 44 0 -- Irish, &c. Foreign Pease, English, per Imperial quarter 39 0 45 0 0 Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. 52 0 54 ~,0 Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401 be. ..... INDIAN CORN, per 4401 b. RYE, v YE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter IMPORT of GRAIN for the Wee ending June 22. Wheat. Oats. I Barley Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Foreign, Brls 'Trish, &c. Scksi Load'. 5,159 5,567 1,592 2,462 1,589 1,194 BIRMINGHAM MARKETS.—JuNs 25. CORN MARKET.—We have had a liberal supply of $ 1 ! descriptions of Grain at to-day's market, and a gen ero) dullness in all its branches. s. d. to B. d' Wheat, per 621 b. Barley, per Imperial quarter 36 0 41 0 Malt 4B 0 n 0 Pease 3B 0 44 0 Beans, per bag of 10 score gross Oats, per 391 b. Fine Flour, per sack of 2801 b. Seconds 54 0 b 5 (1 SMITHFIELD.—This day's market exhibited sorn:, prinl e Beasts anti a numerous supply of Stores, botla of which met with a very heavy sale, and with difficulty obtain last week's quotations ; the Mutton trade was also very dull. We had very few Irish Porkers, but quite Beflieiell', for the demand. Beef (per lb.) sd. to sd. Veal (per lb.) sl c - t o C 4 Mutton Irish Porkers 7s. fat. to 86. 6d. per score. PmliTnt and Pust.zarvis by MURDO YOUNG) g talsi OfFICI, lit, STRA ND, LONDON. BIRTH. On the 24th inst. at Chiswick, the lady of Mr. Bob' eon, of a son. MARRIED. On the 24th inst. at Great Thornham, Suffolk, Job ; Longueville, eldest eon of John James Bedingfi e ld, Esq. j Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk, to the Hon. Mary, sea daughter of Lord Henniker. At Battersea, Mark Sprot, Esq. of Riddell, Roxburg b i shire, to Eliza, eldest daughter of John ' Shewell, Esq. ° Clapham. common. On the 24th inst. at Horsmonden, Samuel Wilow f Newington, of Geuldh urs t, t o M ar y, e ld es t d aug hter °1 Mr. J. Newington, of Horemonden. • On the 25th inst. at Marylebone, the Rev. E. Got Blyth, rector of Burnham Deepdale, to Mary, eld c . r , daughter of the late Th omas K ers l a k e , E sq . o f B ann er, '" the same county. On the 25th inst. Mr. F. Losaek, of Alfred-P c !' Bedford-square, to Frances, only chill of H. Oubbins, of Charlotte.street, Bloomsbury. On the 23d inst. at Plymstock, the Rev. J. L. Ifaril; minister of Plymetock, Devon, to Sophia Elizabeth, of the late Lieut.-Colonel Henry Browne, .-,-,f the S' i regiment. DIED. )1 ' At Epping, Mrs. Jane Stodhart, wife of the Rec Stodhart. On the 17th inst. at Castle Mona, Isle o f M a n, Ans eli* Ann, youngest daughter of Viscount Strathallan. / 911 On the 2241 inst. at Fairford, Gloucestershire, ag ed Mrs. 'Morgan. At Bromley, an the 22d inst., the Lady Anne Fr" v g wife of R, Eraser, Esq. of Torbreck, and eldest ( laugh of the Earl of Lauderdale. ,1111 On the 22d just. at Portland-place, Harnmovsl." Mrs. Steward, aged 83. On the 23d inst. in Upper Berkeley-street, Portn,°°; square, Anna Maria Fearon, widow of Th emas P. FeAl ° Esq. of Clarendon, Jamaica. On the 25th inst. Emma Sophia, eldest daughter of ) Ir. Booker, of Edmonton. P 4 ' On the I46:1 inat. in R eg ent- s t ree t, W. V a ughan, of Lanelay, 2ith in Glarn PO ' organshire. On the st. at Brighton, Mr. T. Lack, of - tow, Essex. o f On the 23d inat. John, the eldest son of J. Hooper' Kennington.