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LITERATURE. THE FAMILY LIB RARY.-AIEMOIRS OF NAPO. This littl e work LEON, VoL. has, we learn, met with an immense circulation, and it deserves it. Its mechanical excellencies are great, nor is its lite rary department at all inferior. The wood-cuts are finished in a neat and spirited style, with much character and vigour about them; the print is distinct to read and beautiful to look at ; and the language of the work is, throughout, apposite, eloquent, and condensed. QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. 78. Among the extraordinary changes of the ti mes --and rarely has there been a time more Prolific in every species of extraordinary change, whe ther as regards politics or literature—may be humbered the late gradual, noiseless, but charac teristic revolutions that have taken place in the Opinions of thi s once notor i ously Ultra Journal. 'rom bei ng exclusive and Tory, to a degree borde ring on fanaticism, it has become liberal, temperate, and conciliating ; from being ve- Mous and sarcast i c, i t h as b ecome k i ndly and benevolent ; nothing in fact remains of its for mer leaven of uncharitableness, but now and then a Paper from some veteran, who has grown old in the service of Gifford, and who is still at tauhed t o the establishment, more from a recol e,cti°4 of th e past t h an any very sanguine hope et amendment for the future. The great key to llin p u bli c lif e i s a facility of adapting "e's-self to the prejudices of the day—of floating easily along the current of popular opinion, look 111.1g curi ously neither to the right nor to the left; but a qui c k- san d h ere , or a wh i rlpool there ; ii t 't takin g th e wor ld as i t goes, with the a Ppy sang froid of Signor Prococurante, but It ithout his heartless indifference, or slavish o and unprincipl e d sycophancy. The " Quarterly "lee se ems o f l ate to have acted strictly up ~.this prin c ipl e , i t h as c h anged w i th the changes 114 , the day, smoot h e d away i ts f ormer dogged h"Position to existing prejudices, and by so ing ha s now made good its old position in Public arena. Its present contributors are one or two exceptions men well suited to th e times in which they live, men free from the and of o b solete prepossessions, but living, acting, Of s ympathizi ng s Ympathizi ng i n concert w i t h t h e major part th e commu n it y . B ut to our tas k . The first articl e in th e p resent num b er is a long, and we „ : l ust add, a su p er fl uous ana l ys i s of the publ i c w a , d pri vate principles of " the great Doctor Parr, il ° ll l they style Bellendenus," as the still c e a . ter Canning styled him in the " Anti-Jacobin." vo llia article, with no slight abundance of twaddle, I leh pedantry, and narrowness of thinking, has ' r et in plac es some sound observations, expressed , °l.c ibly and in appropriate language. Justice is u t eue to the excellent private qualities of the L(lllHat sage, and more than justice to his extensive It'iutniechanical literary acquirements. But surely p i le publi c is by this time heartily sick of Dr. an. ' and his absurd list of eulogists and bio paPhers " The New Colony on Swan River" 4 sensible, and, as it seems to us, an impartial E Bti Mate of th e a d vantages likely to result to n glishmen from establishing a colony or settle , e nt on th e b an k s o f th i s, just now, very noto rious river. The reviewer describes the site as r a "larkabl y salubrious, the pasturage excellent e t tt l abu n d ant, the pure spring water plentiful, :e harbours advantageous, and the landscape c °ft) smil ing, and admirably adapted for all agri ticaltural purposes. " Letters from the West ;" a pun gent , severe ana l ys i s o f J u d ge H a ll' s ly-centlY e published Epi s tles from the Western °f the i ncluding Pittsburgh and its vicinity, t he United States. The article is, however, unnece ssarily severe; a persona l f ee li ng seems to a n e ti tyade jr, as if in presuming to be an American t ; a ll author, th e H on . J u d ge h a d comm itt e d h a ° gross offences. " Surtees' History of Dur th"lB a ple asant b ut b r i e f bi ograp hi ca l s k etc h o f e ori g i n o f Durham iDurham C a th e dral, and its numerous dependencies, as also of the Bishops rtte ° have f rom t i me to t i me h e ld t h e S ee . O n hastily over th e ca t a l ogue , we find that foolish Bishops (unlike the ten virgins, whose lintlrubers were near l y b a l ance d as regar d s w i s dom th,, %H Y), have numerically the advantage over h wi se ones. For five sapient Bishops we 4 ,1 " e at least twenty blockheads. Fearful odds!— ' a,, ; , °°lll al of a N a t ura li s t" i s e l egan t an d tastily t i t en, the nature of it, its title will suffi nae,!tlY vindi cate . Th e f o ll ow i ng remar k s on 1 -4111 hist ory str ik e us as b e i ng excee di ng ly ited and appropriate : lat n . 6 11 ' 4 should these higher considerations fail to give . an Ul u tl 4 t to the innumerable and infinitely varied objects titlitit'll.the universe, it might be supposed that the ex tits in beauty of some, the intrinsic value of others, and duc e utility of many, would be sufficient 141 14 _ tuts to lead to the investigation of their properties, f )1 4,4' and economy ; and to make . the study of t natural Peed 4 subject of systematic education. In all he r e e thei,,the researches of each department will . amply py hi t your of the student. The geologist, for instance,finds of the and in the knowledge he obtains of the . formation It i 5 e cru4 of the globe we inhabit, and which, thin as rast:i 4 nPared with the whole mass, supplies the precious . the that constitute the representatives of our wealth , t ies f 4trn ° ll ds the emeralds, the rubies, and all . the varie lhe q i %P r eciou ' s stones, which add brilliancy .to beauty . ; u lits tn -rl)l es, and granites, and perphyrys, which . lad t he strength and splendour of our public buildings 14 tj u : lv ate dwellings. The botanist takes a deep interest h.h tviie".cootemplation of the vegetable world, from w . le f t:od, 114 most of. our comforts and . our luxuries, our t he h„, °ol. clothing, and our fuel; wine that maketh glad 4 sa t 44 Of man, and oil to give him a cheerful counte 'll44.; The zool og i s t i s int r ucted to what species of the tist, o3 - Part of the creation we are most indebted . for . as ,tlisatZ a nd security—which of them, while living, aid us dead GUr enjoyments and necessities,—and which, when_ It, L' o contribute their share to our food an raiment. It R i t tatl el ers to the vegetable part of the creation that . the d 4 °Pi e ,V" , 3 of mankind, inhabiting the equinoctial an qag'~; r egions are principally indebted for their sustt -441C ' in the temperate climates, where grasses abound, i 141 , l a b Ill „" 4 1 animal food with the produce of his a . gr . ic c i i i r: ati u , r ,s; and the nearer he approaches the Arctic Vtia h i:ne Polar regions, the more be has to dependf onthe 'O)4 L L "d; till having arrived at the . extremes of d 'vlio a ' ul e World, he disputes the posses of sea an t vith the bears and foxes, gorging himself s witi Pros,f e "h, with t h e av idit y o f th ose b eas t s of prey that . 1, 4 ° 0 1 , , ut in these desolate and inhospitable regions. ctl r r : e recommend this article to the attention of d ale ; i t b reat h es t h roug h out an earnes t, l e spirit, and is penned in a style of easy 01 4 :P gaging eloquence. " Dr. Lloyd on Me lil(e.leal Philosophy," is practical and business tittid BM e crowning glory of the number is e(11 Y t th he cl arti osing cle, headed " State and Prospects of the Country," which, for the Quarterly Review," is astonishingly frank and liberal. It is, besides, full of sound remark, varied information, and enlarged views of thought and action—and, as such, cannot fail to excite a proportionate curiosity. We regret that our very contracted limits prevent us from entering further into the subject of this masterly analysis; but its merits publicly speak for them selves—they need no trumpeter. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir Thomas, Lady, and' :Miss Stanley, at Coulson's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Hooton Hall, Cheshire; Lord Car rington, from his seat, Wycombe Abbey, Bucks ; Major and Mrs. Glynn, in Brook-street, from Pail's ; Mrs. and the Misses Sargent, in Regent-street, from Cheltenham; Captain South, in Chesterfield-street, from the Isle of Wight ; Major Young, in Pall.mall, from Malta ; Major Murray and Lieut..CoL Strange, in St. James's-place, from the lonian Islands; Captain Dubois, in Portugal.street, from Lisbon ; Major Topham Wood, in South Audley-street, from Cephalonia ; Major Francis Sheldon, in Bruton-street, from Paris; Captain Powell, in Piccadilly, from Pendarvis, in Cornwall ; Major and Mrs. Johnstone, in Glou cester-place, from Paris; the Marquis of Northampton and suite, at Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-street, from Rome; Captain Harcourt, at ditto, from Paris ; Viscount George d'Harcourt, at ditto, from Paris ; Mrs. Blackbourn and family, at ditto, from the Isle of France; Sir Hussey and Lady Vyvyan and family, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-steel ; Mr. and Mrs. Bulwer, at ditto ; J. Heywood, Esq. at ditto, from Man chester ; Mr. and Mrs. William Lambton and family at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street ; Count Karolry, at ditto, from Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Price and family, at Gould's Hotel, Jer myn-street, from their seat, Brescot Park, Berks ; G. Fane, Esq. at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from Oxford; J. Ord, Esq. at ditto, from Oxford; the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Howard, from their seat, Castle Rising, Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Gosling, at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Sussex ; Lady Chabot, at Talke's Hotel (late Miller's), Jermyn-street, from Brighton; Major and Mrs. Colegrave and family, at ditto, from Brighton. DEPARTURES. The Duke of Norfolk and friends, in his beautiful yacht, from Blackwall, for Antwerp and Brussels ; Lord Bexley, for his seat, Footscray Place, Kent; George Byng, Esq. M.P. Mrs. Byng, and family, for their seat, Wrotham Park; the Dowager Mar chioness of Salisbury, for Hatfield ; Mr. and Mrs. Litchford, from the London Hotel, for their scat in Lincolnshire; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Bowles, from ditto, for their seat in Berkshire; Mr. and Mrs. Knightley and family, for Sunning, near Reading ; Mr. and Mrs. Smyth Wyndham, from Long's Hotel, Clifford-street, for Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Protheroe, from Fenton's Hotel ; Mr. and Mrs. Davis, from ditto, for Dorsetshire ; William Criric, Esq. from ditto, for Manchester. His MAJESTY will give a grand ball and supper to a numerous party on Thursday next, at his Palace in St. James's. The KING gave a grand evening party yes terday, at which his MAJESTY gratified his visitors with a concert. Prince LEOPOLD entertained a select party to dinner on Sunday at Marlborough-house, Pall-mall. Among the company were, the Duke of SOMERSET, the Marquis of Bars Tor., Viscount DUNCANNON, Lord NOR MANBY, Lord LYNEDOCH, the LORD MAYOR, Sir FRAN CIS FREELING, Sir HENRY HALFORD, Sir EDWARD PARRY, Mr. BEILBY THOMPSON, Mr. FRANRLAND LEWIS, &c. The Duke of CUMBERLAND returned to to town on Sunday evening from Kew. The Marquis CAMDEN and the Earl of ABERDEEN had interviews with the Duke of WELLING TON yesterday, at the Treasury. Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambas sador, Baron Bucow, the Prussian Minister, Mons. BER MUDEZ, the Spanish Minister, and the Marquis de BAR BACENA, had interviews with the Earl of ABERDEEN yes terday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. A King's Messenger arrived at the Foreign office, Downing-street, about five o'clock yesterday after noon, with despatches fer the Earl of ABERDEEN from the Right Hon. STRATFORD CANNING. After the arrival of the despatches, the Earl of ABERDEEN had a conference with the Duke of WELLINGTON. The Marquis of CLEVELAND entertained the Duke of WELLINGTON and a select party to dinner on Sunday, at his residence in St. James's-square. Sir ROBERT WIGRAM, the member for Wex ford, is brother to Mr. WIGRAM, the member for New Ross, and late Chairman of the East India Company, and not his son, as has been represented. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—II iS confidently reported, that if Mr. GEORGE BANICES, the brother of Mr. WILLIAM BANSES, who was unsuccessful at the last two elections for Cambridge, should also fail, Old Corfe Castle himself will be brought forward on a future occasion. By the death of Lord THURLOW the valuable sinecure office of Clerk of the Hanaper in Chancery becomes vacant. Dr. SHUTTLEWORTH, the Warden of New College, is now mentioned as one of the persons likely to succeed to the vacant See of Oxford. DEATH OF SIR HUMPHREY DAVY.--This great man has at length paid the debt to nature. The ac count has reached us from a source which leaves no doubt as to its authenticity. It is contained in a letter from Geneva, from a distinguished friend of Sir HUMPHREY. Extract of a letter from Geneva :—" The scientific world has met with a great loss in the death of the celebrated English chemist, Sir HUMPHREY DAVY. He arrived here from Italy with Lady DAVY, on the 28th of Slay, exceed ingly ill, and suffering very much, and died on the follow ing day, at three o'clock in the morning, with an attack of apoplexy. This intelligent philosopher, who must be universally regretted, will be buried on Monday, the Ist of June. The Magistrates, the Academy, the Students, and all the public authorities, are summoned to assist at the funeral of the body, which will be conducted with great pomp to the grave, near the tomb of his ancient friend, Professor PIcTET." DUBLIN, JUNE 6.—A curious case will be tried to-morrow in the Court of Exchequer, before Baron Sir WILLIAH SMITH and a special Jury•. It is a horse case. The parties are a Judge and a llishop,—namely, Lord PLUNKETT and Dr. BEAESFORD, of Kilmore. Mr. O'CONNELL is employed by the Judge. Every one regrets that it is not to be tried by the Chief Baron, as in that ease, now that Lord NOABURY is no more in law, it would be a comedy worth going to see. Since the adoption of the system of watching proposed by Alderman VENABLzs, the number of noctur. nal offences committed in the city has diminished about one-fourth. Some strange rumours have been in circula tion these two or three days, with respect to one individual in the Cabinet, whose successor is even named. We have endeavoured to ascertain if there be any foundation for these reports, and have every reason to believe there is not the slightest foundation for them. The Peers are by no means pleased with a late accession to their order, for which they are indebted to a certain high quarter; and they mention in praise of a certain Law Lord, now emeritus, that he never forgot, when a sinecure was to be disposed of, his own kith and kin, and literally weighed them down with places; yet he was so far virtuous that be was just in cases where he was not himself interested ; and, indeed, so stubborn was his virtue in a neutral case of this kind, that he thrice refused to sign a Commission for a great legal appointment, and only yielded to solicita tions from the highest quarter, with which he found it prudent to comply. A great deal is pardoned, in a cant ing country like this, for the sake of appearances. MoN TESQUIEU, who wrote notes of his visit to this country, with Lore! CHESTERFIELD in 1729, seeing that every thing was openly bought and sold then without disapprobation, observes, " there is not only neither honour nor virtue here ; there is not even an idea of them." Since that time we have so far improved that we have the idea, though not the reality ; and hence the necessity for keep ing up appearances, and never being without some sub terfuge when a corrupt job is to be carried.—Morning Chronicle. During the gale on Thursday last, a vessel was driven on the beach at Lydd ; no boats could get off to the assistance of the crew, who were, however, all saved and brought ashore, through the activity of a fine New foundland dog. The surf was rulling furiously, and eight poor fellows were crying for aid, which the spectators could not afford them, when one man directed the atten tion of his dog to the vessel, and the intelligent animal at once swam towards it, and the crew joyfully made fast a rope to a piece of wood, which the dog seized and swam with to his master on shore ;—a line of communication was thus formed, and the eight mariners rescued from a watery grave.—Sussex Advertiser, JOURNEYM N WEAVERS. Mr. BROUGHTON and Mr. BENNET, of Worship. street, sat till a late hour yesterday evening, occu-. pied separately in the investigation of cases arising out of the destructive proceedings of the weavers in their district. The nefarious system of destroying silk in the loom was carried into effect on Saturday night,when about sixty yards of silk, the property of Mr. Thompson, of Fort-street, was destroyed, and in this case there was no assignable motive for such a proceeding, for Mr. Thompson had acceded to every demand, and issued tickets, signed by himself, to prove that his work was paid for at the right price. One of those tickets, intended as a protection to the property, was actually upon the loom when the work was cut, and it was suggested that the work had been cut by mistake. George Dove, Esther Dove, his wife, James Dove, and Elizabeth, his wife, and a girl named Elizabeth Dove, their sister, the sole occupants of the house in which the outrage was committed, were placed at the bar yesterday before Mr. BROUGHTON. Mr. Thompson proved the delivery of materials for ninety yards of gros de Naples silk to George Dove, and that about ten o'clock on Sunday morn- ' ing he received informatioH from the two brothers, that the work had been cut on Saturday night in tile manner afterwards stated in their defence. The Chief Constable informed the Magistrate that the Bow-street patrol who had found the work cut, brought it to the office, and he asked them why they had not brought the journeymen in custody also, 'according to the order of the Magistrates. Phillip Parish, one of the patrol, complained that they had been very roughly treated by the chief con stable on the occasion. Mr. BROUGHTON—It is true, as Mr. Garton says, that the Magistrates have ordered, and I have do n e it repeatedly, that journeymen should be taken in custody whose work had been cut, that they may be brought before the Magistrates. Mr. Garton, as chief constable, has a heavy responsibility upon him. Parish—And so have we, Sir. Mr. BROUGHTON-It is the order of the Magis trates that the journeymen in such cases be held in custody, for, until they prove the contrary, they are themselves deemed guilty of the felony. We have repeatedly given instructions to that effect. The officers are not to exercise their discretion, but to act upon the orders given, for which they are not re sponsible. Any complaint between you and Mr. Garton must form the subject of another inquiry, and we must now proceed to inquire into this case. Grossmith, one of the patrol, then stated, that about a quarter before eleven on Saturday night, in consequence of information received, he went to the residence of the defendants, and found the work in question cut to ribands. He found the females only in the house, and was told that during the absence of the male defendants the house was broken into, but he did not observe any outward marks of violence on the door. Mr. BROUGHTON-Why did you not take the men into custody ? The officers must understand, that in all cases where property is thus destroyed, the journeyman should be taken into custody. It was for him to prove that he had Acted honestly. Gros smith said that he did not see the men. Mr. BROUGHTON—That is a reason for not taking them certainly. You could not take men that you did not see. Parish said that the women appeared much alarmed and agitated when he saw them, and he really thought that the transaction was as they stated. Mr. BROUGHTON—' ' hereabouts in the neigh bourhood is your party stationed ?—Parish—lt was done before we were on duty. But there are watch men near the place. It was here stated that the watchmen were not to be depended on for assistance in these cases. Waters (the officer)--I have been on duty there myself, and I could never get assistance from the watchmen. Mr. BROUGHTON—This is a matter that must be inquired into. Do you, Mr. Garton, represent the case to the trustees. The watchmen ought to be in attendance here, for they are generally wanted. But take care that the trustees of Bethnal-green are in-. formed of this. The defendants were then called upon to account for the manner in which the work had been destoyed. George Dove said that he went to his shop-meet ing on Saturday night, and knew nothing of what had taken place till his brother came and informed him of it. Parish, the Bow-street patrol, said that at nearly one o'clock, he met the two brothers and their wives, and, in the presence of Mr. Davis, to whom he had been talking about what Mr. Moore had said as to the removal of the parish lamps, he spoke to them about the work being cut, and told them that they ought not all to go out together. Both the men said that they' had been to their respective shop-meetings, and considered that the work would be safe, being protected by the printed ticket. They told him that men had been in and cut the work, and they considered that it must have been done by mistake. They expressed great regret, and he told them to come to the office on Monday, and they did so. Mr. BROUGHTON-I dare say you acted as you thought right in using your discretion; but you are not to judge in these cases, but act upon the orders of the Magistrates. Mr. Garton described the place, and said that the females, by merely walking into the yard, might have alarmed the watchmen and their neighbours. They could have been heard by night in that place to the distance of 100 yards. Mr. BROUGHTON—it is one of the worst cases brought before me, for here, in spite of the sup posed protection, the property is destroyed. I give an opinion now as to the propriety of the masters giving these tickets. But here is a ticket, stating, under Mr. Thompson's own band, that he gives " the proper price." It is fixed upon the loom to protect it, and yet the work is cut. The matter is to me inexplicable. The defendants were cautioned, that whatever they said might be made evidence against them; hut they said they had nothing to conceal, and desired to state the truth. George Dove said he had always protected Mr. Thompson's work, even when he paid only sd. a yard. (The work destroyed was paid for at the full price, and only one other case has come under our notice of Mr. Thompson's property having been cut.) He went to his shop-meeting at a quarter before ten o'clock on Saturday night, leaving his work safe, and thinking it was protected by the printed ticket placed on the front of the loom. His brother came to him afterwards, and told him that the work was destroyed, and when he went home, at a quarter before twelve, it had been taken away by th e officers. The defendant James Dove, who wept incessantly during the examination, made the following state ment :—At the same time that his brother went out, he also went to the shop-meeting of the men em ployed by Mr. Appling, for whom he worked, and was called out in the course of the night to his younger sister, whom he found at the public house door crying, and she told him that the work had been cut. He went in again to his shopmates, who told him to stop there, and they would go arid see if it was all right. Mr. BiiouGuToN—Did they stop you by force, or only persuade you ? Defendant.—They per suaded me to stop : for I was so struck with what I had heard, that I did not know what it was about. The Magistrate asked what sort of work he was employed on, the prices paid, and whether his work also was destroyed ? The defendant said that the prices paid by his master were the same as Mr. Thompson s; but he was employed upon velvet, for which he was paid 3s. 7d. a yard. His work was not touched, and he had cut out the manufactured part and carried it h om e. When he found his brother's work was cut, he went to his master, and expressed a hope that the work would nGt be taken from him on that account ; and his master said, " No, you shall not lose your work ; we had a good recommenda tion with you." He added, that after his sister had told him, he went to his brother, to inform him. They stopped at that place a.few minutes, and were afterwards going home with their wives, when they met the officers. The females were afterwards placed at the bar separately, and each gave her statement, declaring that she wished to speak the t►uth. The sum of their statement was, that the wives retired to bed when their husbands went out, and their younger sister was in bed in the workshop. They all fell asleep, and afterwards awoke upon hearing a great noise made by a number of men (supposed to be four or five), who had forced open the street-'loor and entered the front room, where the elder Eliza beth was asleep, and they compelled her, by horri ble imprecations and threats, to remain quiet while they went and destroyed the work, wh;ch did not occupy them more than two or three minutes. Her sister Esther was so frightened that she could not stir or cry out ; and the girl said that she also was frightened, and did not speak to the men, nor they to her. Mr. BROUGHTON said, he was at a loss to under stand how these cutters could carry on their pro- ceedings undetected. There were a great number of officers always about, and it was agreed on all bands that they did their duty. They were almost omni present, and yet these (lemons of mischief perpe trated their mischief undetected. Here were said to have been half a dozen men uttering threats and committing such outrages, and yet nobody saw them. If the women had gone out to the back of their place and cried " Murder !" and " Watch !" they might have been taken if there were such people. The females declared, that taken by surprise as they were, they were deprived of the power of giv ing an alarm. - The scene in the office was a very distressing one. The whole family appeared greatly afflicted at what had taken place, and their sorrow was evidently un affected. The elder female Esther, fell to the ground in a fainting fit, and remained for a consider able time insensible. They received good charac ters from their employers. Mr. BROUGHTON said, there was much mystery about this case. The strong feelings of the parties made him believe that they had no hand in the mis chief, but he could not conceive how the cutters, if there were such, could have selected this work in the dark, and go at the most convenient time to cut it, unless well instructed. The defendants gave their recognizances to re appear, and the watchman was summoned to attend THE MALT TRADE. Yesterday afternoon a Meeting of Maltsters, dele gated by a large proportion of the trade, to arrange matters for the reference agreed to by Government on the subject of the oppressive nature of the last Malt Act, was held at the New Corn Exchange Tavern, Mark-lane. Mr. R. MORECOCK presided, and stated the ob ject of the Meeting. Ministers having agreed that the points at issue with the trade, they had to in form their delegate on those points the trade wished to have ameliorated in the new Act. They had, therefore, to adopt resolutions on the subject. He alluded to the difference in the mode of making by the west country maltsters and the town maltsters, and contended that the general good of the whole should be sought, while the full revenue was secured to Government. On the subject of an adkerence to the certificate system, Mr. GRAY contended that if it could be made effective, it would protect the fair trader as well as the Government. He firmly believed that not a maltster in the kingdom for the last thirty years had paid the full duty claimed by the law. As the certificate system now stood, it was unjust and oppressive. He moved a resolution to that effect, which, however, was negatived, the system being generally considered as affording a loop-hole for un fair traders to get out in cheating the revenue. The referee was instructed accordingly. On the subject of sprinkling the barley in the pro cess of malting, Mr, Kent, Mr. Gosling, Mr. Far ren, and other malesters, gave their opinion. It was ultimately decided that endeavours should be made to abolish sprinkling, as by such means the corn was swelled, and an increase obtained. The CHAIRMAN next adverted to the most op pressive of the late enactments, viz.--the penalty on the couch gauge. He said the Chancellor of _the Exchequer was wrong in stating the duty on malt was an ancient duty. Beer drinking first occurred in Henry 'Ml's. time, and he (the Chairman) had no doubt but that rapacious monarch taxed beer-drinkers. In 1643, the first duty on beer was laid on, and in the 12th of Anne (1714) the first duty on malt of 6d. per bushel continued up to this day. In 1787, the duty on malt was raised to lOs. 6d. per qr., and at present it was 20s. Bd. per quarter. Recollecting the value of money in 1787, when flour was 30s. a sack, and the quartern loaf 54d., the increase in the malt duty was not great. The penalties by the new Act had greatly increased. In the old Act there were nine penalties, not exceeding in all 2001.; in the new Act, 106 penalties, amount to 135,000/. How was it possible for the trade to go on without some amelio ration ? The couch penalty was most oppressive. Mr. FORD said, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had sent a communication for the maltsters to take this subject into consideration. He would, in his conference with Ministers, endeavour to promote the general good of the trade; and would enforce the resolution, that double duty should be charged for all that was over gauged in the couch. The meeting then adjourned. A melancholy accident happened at Scre merston, near Berwick, on the evening of Sunday last. On that day Mr. WILLIAM CARR, of Ford, his brother Mr. GEORGE CARR, of Berwick, with their sisters, Misses ELIZA and MART CAart, had been on a visit to their urother-in-law, Major JOHNSON, at Scremerston, accom panied by Miss JANE DONKIN. After spending a happy day together, the party unfortunately proposed to return to Berwick by sea, and they accordingly embarked in a boat accompanied by two boatmen ; but, lamentable to add, they had not proceeded above 200 yards from the shore when the boat was upset. Miss ELIZA CARR and Miss Doss lsr sunk to rise no more, but the rest of the party providentially succeeded in getting upon the rock, where they „remained till a boat from Spital rescued them from their, perilous situation. To add to the anguish of the moment, Mr. and Mrs. JOHNSON were spectators of the heart-rending scene from the beach, without being able to render the least assistance. --Newcastle Chronicle. MURDER.—On Tuesday morning last the body Of THOMAS MIDWINTER BLISS, who resided at Watch field, near Faringdon, in this county, and who possessed a little independent property, was found dead by the road side, within a short distance of his own house, his skull being dreadfully fractured. Poor BLISS was about 50 years of age, and rather weak in his intellects, but particularly good natured and inoffensive in his manners, and it was sup posed he had not an enemy in the world. On Monday he had been taking his evening glass of beer at the Barrington's Arms, in Shrivenham : a man named Pococx and several others were in the house, and on the company being about to depart, Buss was asked if he was not going home : he replied he should stay a little longer, as he feared, if he went with them, Pococx would play off some trick upon him. He. however, soon went out, and it is supposed _passed the party. A coroner's inquest was held on the body, but though the jury deliberated two days, nothing deci sive could be made out, and they returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown.' On Thursday, J. H UGHES , E sq ., t h e R e v. T. F. CLEA VER , a nd the Rev. P BOUVERIE, three Magistrates of the county, summoned all the suspected parties before them ; and, after a long investigation, it came out in evidence, that the deceased was sitting in the hedge, and as two of the men who had before been his companions passed, one of them threw a large stone at him, which knocked him down. The other, seeing the deceased fall, exclaimed, " You have killed old Buss !" to which the fellow who flung the stone replied, " If I have not, I will do it," and immediately went back and finished the bloody deed ! After a full examination of all the witnesses, there being strong reason to believe that HENRY Pococx, the man before alluded to, was the murderer, he was, after being strictly interrogated, fully committed to take his trial for the offence. Pococx is a stout young man, and well known in this town, where be has frequently been with a carrier's cart. He has lately been carrier between Watebfield and Heuley“—Reading Mercury. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The betting yesterday was confined to the Ascot Cup, which excites universal interest, and is likely to be a re markably heavy betting race; a few offers were also made in the St. Leger. Some of the country people settled their engagements for the Derby and Oaks, but the gene ral settling takes place this day. ASCOT GOLD CUP. 5 to 2 agst His Majesty's The Colonel (taken) 3 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mameluke 5 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Zir, K anee 7 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Cadland 8 to 1 agst Colonel Wilson's Lamplighter 10 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Green Mantle 12 to 1 agst Lord Clifton's Souvenir 14 to 2 agst Lord Exeter's Varna 20 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Merchant (taken) 20 to 1 agst lord Eg-emont's Br. to Lapdog 20 to 1 agst Lord Sefton s Bobadilla. ST. LEGER. 6 to 1 agst Lard Cleveland's Voltaire (taken) 9 to 1 agst Lord Lan ford's Sir Hercules 10 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Rowton 11 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwieke's Frederick 12 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's The Exquisite 12 to 1 agst Mr. Gibbeson's Lady Sarah 13 to 1 agst Mr. Riddell's Lawn Sleeves 30 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Prince Eugene (taken). CHARLES TUFTON, the present Earl of THANET, lives in complete seclusion, at his seat, at Hoth field, in Kent. During the life of the late Earl, who died in Paris, in 1825, Hothfield was distinguished as one of the most hospitable mansions in the kingdom ; and the guests whom the Noble Earl entertained were of the highest rank and talents. His present MAJESTY, when Prince of WALES, FRANCIS (hike Of BEDFORD, the Earl of EGREMONT, Mr. BURKE, Mr. Fox, 'Mr. SHERIDAN, Mr. ERSKINE, Sir PHILIP FRANCIS, Lord GREY, Gen. FITZPATRICK, Mr. HARE, JOE RICHARDSON, and Lord JOHN TOWNSIIEND, were sometimes inmates of Hothfield Place, at the same time. The stables and coach-houses alone cost thirty thousand pounds. The whole are now rapidly falling into ruin ; nor is it the intention of the noble owner to repair them.—Morning Puper. Mr. JEFFREY has resigned the editorship of the Edinburgh Review. His election to the Deanship of the Faculty of Advocate=, which places him at the head of his profession, is deemed inconsistent with his retention of his former critical management. His successor in the Re view is said to be Mr. M. NAPIER, but this arrangement is said not to be finally fixed. GREENWICH FAlR.—This annual amuse ment of 'prentice boys and servant maids, the school girls. old women, and pick-pockets, of London and its neigh bourhood, commenced yesterday morning. The skeletons of several men, lying in much confusion as to form, and doubled up as it were, have just Liven discovered, about a foot below the surface of the earth, at Coleby, near Lincoln. A number of warlike instruments were discovered at the same time, consisting of Roman swords, daggers, &c. &c. WONDERFUL OPERATION.--Mr. KITE, veterinary surgeon, of the Cam!, Salisbury, has extracted the eye of a horse, and with it a cancer weighing 16; ounces, which be has preserved in spirits for the inspec tion of the curious. A friend of ours (not a very polite one, we are sorry to say) was, with another dandy, blocking the gangway into the Park of Brussels, when a person in a plain blue coat passed between them, interrupting their conversation. Our friend observed pretty loudly, " that fellow, he's no gentleman !" Upon which the stranger turned round, took off his hat, made a bow, and said, very courteously, " Gentlemen, I am the KING !" Literary Gazette. SOCIETY OF ARTS.--Yesterday the last di vision of Prizes awarded by this Society, for inventions in Art, Science, and Manufacture, took place at the So ciety's house in the Adelphi ; his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX in the Chair. Twenty-five prizes, in gold anti silver medals and money, were awarded. Amongst Ow most interesting of the cases which merited the Society's rewards, was Dr. DowLEa ' s musical instrument, called the Glosophone, being much smaller than the cabinet piano-fot te, and partaking of the character of that instru ment and the chaml er-organ. As a specimen of its powers, " God save the King" was played on it with great sweetness. , Another interesting case was that of Lieut. WILLIAms, R.N.—that gallant Officer having lost an arm in the service of the country, turned his attention to the formation of a pair of oars, to be worked by one arm ; he succeeded, and the oars were worked at the meeting. The next invention of interest was the repeating stop for a naval sextant, by Mr. T. REYNOLDS, who is quite a youth, in the West India trade ; by this invention observations can be made with certainty at sea during the night and in thick fogs, without the loss of repeating each observation before the succeeding one can be taken.—His Royal Highness congratulated the Society upon the advancement of science, after which the meeting separated. Complaints of a scarcity of money have been rather current in the course of the day, which appears to take its origin from the large paymen•s at present making into the Exchequer, attended with some reluctance on the part of the bankers and great capitalists to make loans to the same extent as usual, because they are in doubt how far they may themselves be inconvenienced by that tem porary narrowing of the circulation which commonly fol lows these payments into the Exchequer. In this way the mere prospect, or even the possibility, that money may , become scarce, tends to make it really so. The inconve niences of this kind, to which the money-market is very often subject in the third month of the quarter, has often been discussed among the members of the monied interest, with the view of finding some remedy for them ; and among other expedients it has been suggested that the Di rectors of the Bank might usefully lend their assistance by establishing a temporary office, in which money might be lent simply on the deposit of Exchequer-bills for a short period, just long enough to relieve the money-market until the payment of the dividends. The expedient, which is well enough adapted for the purpose, does not, however, appear to be countenanced in the Bank-parlour, as the Directors consider that their advances upon Exchequer bills ought to be confined to the Government alone, and that the claims from private holders might become so great as to increase the circulation of bank-notes beyond what they could conveniently manage. It is contended by the other party that this is a fallacy, as the Bank can limit this as effectually as any other portion of its issues, and could at all events scarcely be called upon for more than had previously been taken out of circulation by the pay ments into the Exchequer, from .whence they can only be re-issued in the shape of dividends. Some members of the rank Direction are disposed to countenance the plan, as a temporary one only, but they at present constitute, we be lieve, a minority of that body.— Times. SHOCKING FACT.—During the proceedings in a bastardy case, at the Rochdale Petty Sessions, re ported in another column, one of the most revolting facts came to light that could occur to disgrace a Christian com• munity. In order to raise a presumption that the woman seeking to affiliate her child had become pregnant (horrid thought !) by her own father, it was proved, and after wards admitted by her and her father, that the whole fa mily slept constantly in one bed ! But this is not all : to deprive the circumstance of its singularity, the Overseer of Spotland came forward and mentioned, that, to his knowledge, there were no less than twenty other large fa milies in that township who had but one bed each ; and he added, that, on examination, in the other townships in the parish of Rochdale there would be found a proportionate number of similar cases ! Nothing, of course, can be ex pected from this worse than savage state of life, but gross depravity, and the degradation of whole masses of the po pulation below that of the brute beasts of the field.— Manchester Times. Eight persons have been committed to our gaol, on the warrant of the Reverend HUGH HAmwrox, charged as having been present at, and accessary to, the murder of the unfortunate DOMINICK NooN, in lugust 1826, which must be fresh in the memory of most of our made's. NOON, after having prosecuted to conviction one MacurnE, for being a ribandman, and administering un • lawful oaths, had sworn informations against a number of persons for the like offence, and was kept for protection in our county gaol until they would be brought to trial. In the meantime it is generally supposed, that a conspiracy to take away his life had been formed amongst the friends of the persons he had implicated ; and to that end they in duced a young woman, to whom he was attached, to inveigle the unfortunate man from the gaol, when, un happily, the stratagem succeeded, and he was decoyed to his destruction. The body, after most extraordinary exer tions to find it, was discovered in a cave of considerable depth in the parish of Bobo, within six miles of this town, the skull fractured, the arms and limbs broken, the tongue cut out of his head, and altogether exhibiting a spectacle dreadfully appalling.—Permanaph Reporter. SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. There -is an address in this (lay's Journal from Mr. Cavendish, in which that gentleman states, that " he yields to none in attachment to our civil and ecclesiastical establishments, and. in a sincere disposition to maintain them." We are not sorry to see this declaration, though we believe that fundamentally there was no great necessity for making it. Let any one look at INIr. Cavendish's situation in the University of Cambridge, and then ask himself whether the proposition can be doubted that this gentleman is attached to the establishments of the country emanating from that and the other University I What is it that produces aversion in the human mind, and dislike to any institution ? Disap pointment in the hope of obtaining the advan- , Cages which it holds forth to competition,=de , feat in struggling for its honours. But has AIN Cavendish been disappointed or defeated in the noble conflicts in which his. youth has been en gaged in the schools and Senate-house of Cam- bridge ? On the contrary, has he not there ob tained the only distinction which rank cannot bestow ? Has he not there gained all that his station did not previously command ? How can it be, then, but that he should love and reve rence a place, and all the institutions springing from, a place, in which he has reaped so rich a harvest of reputation and youthful renown ? Has not that University sent him out into the world with the signet of her approbation stamped upon his brow ? And whilst he continues to act a part in the world, he would be sullying his own reputation were he not to uphold her cha racter, to sustain her privileges, and reverence her counsels. But how scandalous would it be in that body which has crowned Mr. CaYendish's studies with their appropriate meed of honour, instantly to turn round and make him fly the field of honest ambition before such a naked ungarn is ed This son of indeed, mediocrity to as the younger Bankes. " -- take off the rose " From the fair forehead of an innocent love;` " And set a blister there." The men who would do this are those who would sink the University, and sap the venerable establishment of the realm, both in Church atO State. And now with respect to his rival,. Mr: George Bankes. He is said to have the sup' pert of Government ! We have a remark or . two to make on this rumour. We observe that taunts the most unjust are cast upon the Duke of Wellington, as if he were a soldier merely, and his government of the state like that of the army. It is probable that the habits of his Grace's life may have taught him to prefer the military to the civil or ecclesiastical character. Yet, with this probable bias, we can assure the University of Cambridge, that if the Duke of Wellington had thought proper to recommend to its members a candidate for their approbation, that candidate would not have been a third or fourth rate placeman ! a clerk of a bureau! And the chief Personage of the state too—that " higher than the highest," who condescends to be the per sonal friend of the Duke of Devonshire—what would he think of his loyal University of Cam bridge, should it choose as its representative a placeman of the third or fourth grade from the top ? The University will recollect, that it has been represented by Pitt, and Perceval, and Gibbs, not third or fourth-rate placemen these, or briefless lawyers, and by the immortal New ton. But, apropos of lawyers—this Mr. Bankes, we find, was not the wooden spoon, but a law student of Trinity Hall, and since called to the bar. Would the University be content to take him as one of its counsel to plead in that cause, for example, in which its right to presentation copies of new works is contested ? Mr. Caven dish is untried in the school of politics—there is no occasion therefore to put him to any test. Let a mind proved to be so capable of distinguishing be left free to choose—if its possessor make a wrong choice, visit his error afterwards by rejection. But it is not likely that the place in which he has obtained his first distinction should ever cease to be dear to his heart, or that he could ever bear with patience to hear its character tra duced, or to see its institutions, or the more im portant establishments springing out of them, attacked. — Tinges. The inevitable division of the business which has hitherto appertained to the Lord Chancellor, has given occasion to a rumour that the changes which himself has recommended or arranged are pointed at the breast of their author. The in ventors and propagators of this rumour say well that they do not know who is to succeed his Lordship. Who is to succeed him indeed ? Who can direct the movements which are al ready begun, and cannot now retrograde, in what may be called the attributes of the Chan cellorship as it once stood ? If the hand that first impressed motion were withdrawn before the goal were reached, the most mischievous con fusion would follow. We should suspect that every slander' that is conveyed to the Royal ear is reported on the way by its bearer to tlae at tendants in the surrounding apartments, who give it weight by surmising and reporting that its object is attained ! But this is not so : the King is not so indifferent to a servant like the present Lord Chancellor some would repre sent his Majesty : neither are the friends who really possess the Royal confidence, so treacherous as to blazon the private conversation of the closet. But Lord Thurlow is dead, and he possessed many offices almost sinecure,—as Clerkship of the Hanaper, Patentee for making out Bank ruptcy Commissions, and Clerkship of the Cus todies of Lunatics and Idiots. Be it so : we have no doubt that these offices will be either as faithfully reduced, or as discerningly bestowed, as under the late Lord Chancellor, or any other. This is probably all the notice that the rumour deserves.—lbid. No Assembly ever displayed more esprit de corps than the House of Commons. The Mem bers have, like the hornets, their battles among themselves, and now and then use each other hardly enough ; but no sooner is any of the body menaced from without, than the whole hive is in commotion ; their intestine quarrels are forgotten,. and all cordially unite to drive off the assailant. Like Caesar's murderers, they are " all honourable men." Who can fail to remember the generous scorn with which, at the famous bursting of the bubbles in 1825, the