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been performed by your Lordship's direction, and in how many it is performed at all? . . . . Perhaps, how ever, you only intended to make an example of such an one, and then to l eave th e anoma li es o f our ecclesiastical system to their fates but if sa, I doubt whether it would not have been more f*ctual to have tried the experiment upon the jour Vicars o f the princely endowPd Cathe dral of Lincoln, than upon the Vicar of a Parish Church impoverisned both by lay cold episcopal appropriation . . Your Lordship has furnished me with an example, from which a great nzany may be established by the simplest induction in the world. The rule applies where the income is sixty pounds, and the population one thousand —at least your Lordship has applied it to me ; and, a fortioti, it must apply to cases where the income is at the same time greater than sixty pounds, and the population greater than one thousand. Of such cases, in this Arch deaconry alone, I have furnished you with a list of forty : five; and, in the name of common impartiality, I may be allow ed to ask whether your Lordship has ex acted the same duty from them as from me, or will extend the same license to me as to them." —On the 19th of March, the Vicar addressed the Prelate, who had been both silent and pas sive.—The reform, however, went on further. " The extraordinary duties imposed upon me (he says) are not directly for the good of the Church, but indirectly a penance for non-con formity to the whims of a hot-headed superior. My Lord, I am pointed at as an example--not of the duty required of -Clergyman, but of the penalty of a Ciergyir,an forgetting servility to his Archdeacon." the Bishop of Lincoln, it ap pears, has 'iwo measures of duty, one for himself and for others; and, like many other men m: l ho have risen in the world, he knows when to see and when to shut his eyes. His Lordship is himself a pluralist. He holds the Diocese of Lincoln, and he holds the valuable Mastership of Christ's College. " His episcopal dominion is immense—his patronage great—his revenue princely, and the souls under his care amount to millions ! Surely (olserves the poor Vicar), I may say such, a Diocese is sufficient to occupy the whole attention of one Bishop.' " So here is a 12:dor man, with a family of thirteen children, Wllose " actual clear income is not more than sixty pounds a-year," in consequence of the tithes going to swell the princely revenue of the Bishop of Lincoln, forced by that Bishop to re sign his Curacy, in order that the discipline of the Church may appear in all its vigour. Of course the poorer and more straitened the individual, the more will the punish ment operate in the way of example. All the 45 incumbents in the Archdeaconry know that the Bishop, if he pleases, can deal similarly with them ; and that if they are allowed to remain pluralists, they owe this to his Lordship's grace and favour. As Partridge in Torn Jones ob serves, one man with a musket will make the whole of a large crowd take to their heels ; be cause, though he can shoot but one, no man knows but he may be that one. A Vicar, with thirteen children, consigned to an allowance less than would be received at the usual parish rate .to paupers for each child beyond two, must make an impression on the diocese, er the deuce is in it. Only think of the moral condition of an establishment in which so many men are placed in such a wretched state of dependence ! What is there that men in such a humiliating condi tion would not do, to obtain a morsel of bread to put into the mouths of their children The Catholic Question. Who can blame these poor creatures when hard necessity drives them to beat up for such petitions as may be acceptable to their superiors? But while we pity them, we ought not to forget that the degrading bondage in which the great body of the clergy are placed can only produce the most lamentable conse quences in the way of sapping the principles of the country. The fountain-head of our mora lity is tainted ; and can we wonder that hypo crisy, canting, and insincerity of all sorts, should prevail to a degree in this country not known in any other country in Europe ? There is hardly a book written in England, in which there is not a trace of some object intended different from that which is put prominently forward.— Morning Chronicle. If any man were to ask us, in a case where our liberty or property were at stake, whether we would abide the decision of any one of the Judges, from the Lord Chancellor downwards, in preference to that of what is called a special or petty Jury, our answer would be—" The deci sion of the Judge by all means, and under any circumstances." It is not in cases of libel alone that we should prefer the decision of a responsi ble and learned Judge ; but even in a matter of civil contract, let the sum at stake be what it may, we should rather hazard the justice of the responsible one, than stand the consequences of the ignorant and irresponsible twelve. We say we should choose the decision of the former under any circumstances. What we mea:i by circumstances here has relation to time. If we could have our cause tried by a Jury between the hours of ten and two o'clock of the day we should not despond, so far as the justice of the verdict might affect us ; but if the trial should be protracted, and the usual hour of dinner be encroached upon—or the dining crisis past, and that of supper coming on—hunger summing up to an empty stomach—the comforts of the sirloin and brandy-punch visiting the drowsy juryman in . the form of a dream—the enjoyments of the table broken in upon, as well as the quiet rubber of whist, the smoking hour, and the clouds and ale of the tavern—under these appalling circum stances we should say—" For God's sake, and the sake of justice, spare us the infliction of an English Jury, and give us the award of a single clear-headed and unprejudiced Judge !" It is monstrous to think that the liberty and property of every man in this country should be at the mercy of twelve persons who, in nine cases out of ten, are swayed in their verdict by one reluctant brother, who, as often happens, may be related either to the plaintiff or defendant, nd, who, inspired by malignity or hunger, by doggedness or ignorance, wrings from the other eleven a compromise in his favour. Call you this justice, gentlemen of the jury ? It is a perversion of justice. It is opposed to common sense and common honesty. It is a revolting oppression—it makes equity a word without meaning—it extorts a verdict from the weak, the infirm, the indisposed, and the nervous—it per the bully or the secret enemy, or him who :.;_awatititia the best breakfast, or has lined his .-= oelet! . the largest share of sandwiches or • -% to dictate to the rest, and level or • ___: e l evate •41,4) . iniona to his. This, we repeat, ;;;: 7: -It . - , - • in o at i ions system. Its unavoid a bl e ten `: dewy i ter make law and equity a farce, in ,ctors receive a fee for sanctioning at Lain—an opinion which is extorted from them by the obdurate or the interested—which they subscribe to in order to be released from confine nrtnit—which they surrender to the cravings of hunger or the pangs of a head-ache—which they return because thy have an appointment they wish to keep or a jollification they wish to z , njoy. We beg to state distinctly that these observations al e addressed generally to the verdicts of English juries. We by no means , confine tnem to our own case, which we have already noticed, and of which have reason to complain. It is On!: vstem we detest. It is the principle we attack. It is the abuse of justice, by placing it at the mercy of irresponsible men, who, like easy, good-natured, and ignorant men in general, are influenced by private engagements, and by that numbness of feeling, which must be dangerous, and must inflict grievous injury in an age so degenerate and unprincipled as the present. The law of libel, we admit, needs amendment ; but it is in vain to hope for amelio ration when the people have the power to cor rect it in their own hands, and yet have not the spirit nor the sense of justice to exert that power. We, and every man, are at their mercy. The press complains ; but it complains of the system, not of the dotards and craty pensioners who gene rally contrive to officiate and be paid as jurymen. Our contemporaries lay the lash on the wrong back ; and, while they grumble at the law, they permit its minions to doze on and blunder with impunity. The name of every special juryman should be as well-known as that of the Judge by whom the case is tried. His rank and place of abode should be published, and his character identified with his verdict., He would then stand compromised by his decisions, and the opinions of his friends and society would probably have a welcome influence on his ju dicial conduct. For our parts we shall act upon this rule henceforward. In all jury cases, where the cause is of the slightest importance we shall publish the names of the jurors, and if possible give their town address, whether that may be in the sacred shades of Duck-lane, in old West minster, or the more classic regions of Mon mouth-street or Rag-fair. When jurymen con• tinue thus careless, and thus ignorant—animated by the hopes of a comfortable dinner, the fear of imprisonment, or starved into a verdict by the man of the least nervous stomach—while so abominable a system is tolerated, what tempta tion is held out to the unprincipled attorney to prey upon the public ? A beggar considers himself insulted or injured, and a needy petti fogger takes up his case. Neither, it is pro bable, have either fortune or character to lose. They cannot lose much by defeat---they may gain something by success. Thus the press becomes the preserve for the legal poacher. He lives upon it ; if detected he is only sent to the tread mill ; if not detected he flourishes by his genius. The metropolis is overrun by professional per sons of this description. Their conduct is the reproach of the profession ; and it has in a great measure engendered that distrust and that proverbial abhorrence of lawyers which is now so generally and so loudly expressed. It becomes the duty, therefore, of the profession to reform and purify their own body. This can not be done by thepublic—it cannot be done by the Legislature—it must be done by the parties most interested—and these parties are the re spectable portion of the legal community. We beg once more distinctly to state that these re marks are not pointed at any one individual. The class of men we have in view is composed of a numerous body—an active body—as nu merous nearly as the officers of Low-street. They are studded over the capital—they fill the courts—and the poor and even the rich suffer fir more from their practices than they do from the housebreaker and the pickpocket.—illorn big Journal. Money, it would appear from the various City accounts, is every day becoming more scarce. We do not wonder at this when we consider that gold and silver are regularly going out of the country for the Russian armies. It would give us much pleasure if every Englishman would re solve to have nothing to do with Russian Bonds. It would not surprise us if there were a regular secret manufactory of them going on, as it is probable there is one now going on with respect to Brazilian Bonds. John Bull must make up his mind to witness a pretty crash among these things some of these days. The game of bor rowing on new Bonds, in order to pay interest on old Bonds, cannot last for ever.—Morning Herald. It will be seen from our report of the pro. ceedings of the House of Lords last night, that Lord Goderich has moved for various returns relative to the state of the Shipping Interest of the United Kingdom, for the purpose of prov ing that the system of free trade, or rather of equalization of duties, which took place while the Noble Lord was Chancellor of the Exche quer, is not the cause of the distress which has since been more than once complained of. The anxiety of his Lordship on this subject does him credit ; but every one who is acquainted with the character of the measures which have been complained of, is so well aware that they have not been productive of the distress alluded to, that his Lordship might safely enough have saved himself the trouble. It is not, as may be seen at a glance, the reciprocity system which has caused the distress which is complained of in the shipping trade ; for the distress in that great and most important branch of the industry of the country existed not only before those measures had received the sanction of the Legislature, but when other branches were, apparently, in a prosperous condition — and, what is still more to the point, the distress has since extended not only to every branch—the silk trade for example—which these measures referred to, but to all branches, without the least difference or exception. If the distress, therefore, existed before the Legislature determined on equalizing the duties, it cannot well be said that it took its origin in those mea sures : and, indeed, every one who has taken the trouble to inquire into the matter, knows that it did not. The landowners, if they would only open their eyes to their own, and to the real interests of the country, would perceive no in considerable portion of the cause in the mono poly which they have foisted upon the public, of supplying it with grain at an enormous price, and an extravagant loss of capital ; while the Government would materially tend to relieve itself from a great load of complaint were it to repeal instead of imposing, and reduce instead of augmenting, taxes and duties. Of any udden influx of light in the former quarters we have but little hope ; but the interest and duty of the Government are so manifestly con cerned in turning over a new leaf in the important business of taxation, that we cannot help antici pating a very material improvement in the course of next Session. In the meantime we must put A • L_n_r imposed upon the public, that " a Further im provement has taken place in some of the manu facturing districts, and that more hands have been taken into employment." We know of no improvement which has yet taker► place, which May not fairly be attributed to the season of the year ; and *e are confident that no progressive, or permanent improvement can take place until the laws affecting the Corn trade have been mo dified; a►ad the state of the country, in point of taxation, equalized, in some measure, with that of rival nations.—Morning Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. DOW.STREET, Yesterday morning Mr. Sheriff Copeland waited upon the sitting magistrate, Sir R. BIRNIE, for the purpose of obtaining a peace-warrant against an in dividual styling himself Captain Gouch, from whom he (the Sheriff) had that morning received a letter which was evidently meant to lead to a breach of the peace by provoking him to fight a duel with Capt. Gouch, the writer. " The letter," observed the Sheriff, " contains epithets of the most abusive de scription that malevolence or vulgarity could suggest." Sir B. BIRNIE having read the letter, said, that the writer had certainly been most unsparing of abuse, and asked the Sheriff what had given rise to such ungentlemanly treatment ? Mr. Sheriff Copeland explained, that some time ago, the person who called himself Capt. Gouch con trived to get some hundred pounds in his debt ; and in consequence of the plausibility of his manners, he (the Sheriff) was induced to give him credit for a still larger sum. The Captain continually promised payment, but as constantly neglected to fulfil his word, in consequence of which he (the Sheriff) was - obliged to institute legal pro ceedings to enforce his demand. A copy of a writ was accordingly served upon Captain Gouch, but upon his proposing an adjustment the proceedings were stayed. In consequence of Captain Gouch having again failed to fulfil his undertaking, a second writ was issued, but to this hour it remained un served, as the Captain was no where to be found. While he (the Sheriff) was upon Change yesterday afternoon, he observed the Captain, and went to him to ask him when he intended to pay the money which he owed. Instead of returning an answer both reasonable and civil, Captain Couch turned upon him in a great rage, and in a most contemptu ous tone, said, " Are [you not a pretty fellow for a sheriff, to bore people in this way for money ?" He then walked away, and this morning lie (the Sheriff) received the letter which the Magistrate had read. Holding the office I do, continued the Sheriff, and being a Magistrate of the city of London, I can take no other notice of such a communication than by applying to the laws of the country. Sir R. BIRNIE observed that Sheriff Copeland had acted with great propriety, and every assistance he required should be afforded him. A peace-warrant was then issued against Captain Couch, and placed in the hands of Salmon, a prin cipal officer. UNION-HALL. Yesterday a mechanic named Rich was brought up on a warrant, charged with severely castigating his wife with a rattan across the shoulders and down the back. The poor woman, on taking her station before the bench, stripped her gown and other inside garments off her back down to her waist, be fore the Magistrate had time to prevent the expo sure, and exhibited the stripes inflicted by the de fendant. The complainant stated that her husband was in the habit of drinking, and, when under its influence, of using her with great harshness and cruelty. She however had put up with a great deal of ill usage from him, and would have put up with much more, if he had not on a recent occasion procured a thick rattan, with which, instead of chastising her with his hands, he applied with all his might across her back and shoulders until he inflicted the stripes she had just exhibited. The poor woman, who to all ap pearance was a harmless person, declared that she vas not aware what provocation she had given her husband for acting with such severity towards her, arid now begged to be informed whether a husband was legally authorised to use a whip, rattan, or in fact any weapon, in punishing his wife. The MAGISTRATE told her that no man was justi fied in inflicting such injuries on a wife as it appeared the defendant had done in this instance. The defendant, who is an ill-favoured fellow, was then called on to answer the charge. He admitted having rattaned his wife, and then looking towards her, said—" But, my dear woman, you knows I didn't touch you until I found you dunked all that there gin in the bottle in the cupboard." Then, addressing the Magistrate, he proceeded in this strain—" Your worship's majesty I'll tell you the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Well, your worship, as I was a going to say, this here wife o' mine- got hold of a pint a gin, that I put in the cupboard, to have with my supper when I corned home from work, and finished every . drop. I was vexed, I owns,—wery much vexed indeed, and in my herrytation I takes up a rattan, and gives her three cuts across the shoulders. Well, if I did, your worship, I did no more than she has done be fore, for she knows well she has struck me over the head times and often with the poker, the broom handle, aye, or any thing that came to hand first. She was near cutting off the top of my nose a little time back, your worship, and if I had not bobbed my head down, the knife that she hove at me would have cut me to shivers; I declare, your Worship, I have sarvcd my King and country on board of a man of war, and would rather have a tussle with an enemy at sea than be brow-beaten in the manner as I am by this here wife of mine. I can't keep a drop of grog in the house with her that she does not swallow off. lam sorry to say, your Worship, that she is very much given to liquor, and so I must lean e my case in y our hands." The wife declared that the greater part of that which her husband had stated was untrue; he it was that, all the neighbours besides herself could vouch, was seldom or ever sober; and if, he was not punished in some way or another, or 'held to bail, she could not possibly remain under the same roof with him. The MAGISTRATE said, that sailors were pro verbial for their mild and kind behaviour towards the other sex. The conduct, however, pursued by the defendant on this occasion, was in direct oppo sition to any thing like mildness or suavity of man ners ; and as he was represented on oath to have conducted himself in the way described, a re currence of it must be prevented by holding him to bail.—The defendant was accordingly held to bail. WORSHIP-STREET. Benjamin Stone, charged on suspicion of having destroyed a quantity of silk, the property of his employers, Messrs. Eastman and Hill, was yester day brought before Mr. BRSETT for final examination. Mr. Hill informed the Magistrat e , that since the previous examination t he wh ole of the silk had been weighed, and it was ascertained that there was a deficiency of two pounds and a quarter of an ounce in the weight. Mr. BENETT observed that the deficiency now mentioned explained the prisoner's reasons for re sisting the carrying off of the property. Additional evidence having been given by the foreman of the prosecutors, as to the delivery and identity of the property, Mr. BENETT said that it was one of the worst cases that had come before him, and he committed the prisoner for trial on the charge of felony. George Robins, a young man in Mr. Ambrose Moore's employ, was brought before Mr. TWYFORD, work worth about 3/. l Os. having been destroyed in his possession. The statement m:.de, by the prisoner was, that on the evening in q. .stion he and Lis wife went to take tea with his sister, after which he went to his shop-meeting, and his wife returned home; but ee.tored the house she wan fanwed bV several men, one of whom threw her doWn and help her• while the others went and destroyed the work. They threatened violence to the woman and to a child asleep in the cradle if any alarm were made. The defendant said that his futher-iu•law brought him word to the shop-meeting that his work was destroyed, and they, with two other persons, went to the house of Mr. Boyd, Messrs. Wilson, Moore, and Robinson's foreman, to inform him of what had taken place. He was not at home at the time, but his children were, and the defendant and his friends having communicated the occasion of their visit through the keyhole, were told that Mr. Boyd on his return should be informed of it. and he accord ingly went to the defendant's house the following morning. A young man named Green stated that he was one of the persons who accompanied the defendant to Mr. Boyd's residence when word was brought to the meeting that the work had been cur, and they, with two other persons, went to Mr. Boyd's house. Mr. Coles—You were at the shop-meeting with the prisoner. Was there any discussion with respect to Mr. Moore's works ? Witness—No. The witness, being rigorously examined, said there was no discussion at all. There was a secretary to the meeting, but he could not say that a chairman was appointed. He had attended some meetings, at which there was no chairman, although it was not usual. Some additional evidence was given, after which the defendant was ordered to attend at the office in the evening, for the magistrates' final decision upon his case. OLD BAILEY, JUNE 11. In the case of A. Finlayson, who was indicted for stealing in the dwelling-house of Sir W. l3eechey, which we left unfinished yesterday, the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. William Young was capitally indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William Crouch, at the parish of West Drayton, in the county of Mid dlesex, and stealing therefrom a variety of property, and 30s. in copper coin.—Verdict, Not Guilty. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY. Joseph Barnett, a Jew, aged 30, was indicted for breaking and entering the warehouse of Joseph Cole batch, in the parish of Allhallows, Barking, on the 7th of March last, and stealing therein a quantity of plate, of the value of 3001. The RECORDER summed up the evidence, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The RECORDER immediately called the prisoner up for judgment. his character, he said, was not un known to the Court, and a more dangerous and har dened fellow never stood at that bar. It would be perfectly useless to address any warning to such a person, and therefore he (the Recorder) would at once proceed to inform him that the sentence of the Court upon him was, that he be transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life. NEW COURT. John Kerman, a person of very respectable ap pearance, was indicted with Brilliant Goodear, for stealing a chaise-harness, the property of Thomas Chapman. There were other indictments against the prisoner of a similar nature. The evidence was extremely conclusive upon the counts laid in the indictment as it regarded Ker man, so that the Jury without hesitation found him Guilty, and acquitted Goodear. The prisoner Kerman was again indicted, with a prisoner of the name of Watson, for stealing a chaise and harness, the property of Mary Wall. The Jury, without hesitation, again found Ker man Guilty, and acquitted the other prisoner. Mr. Serjeant ARABIN, in passing sentence upon Kerman, said that it was a fortunate thing for the public that justice had at length overtaken him. The sentence of the Court was, that for the first offence he be transported for the term of seven years, and that at the expiration thereof, he further remain beyond the seas for the space of seven years upon the second indictment. John Bailey, a well-dressed person, aged 59, and described as a silk-broker, was indicted for breaking and entering the premises of Henry Barnes, and stealing a quantity of Barbary gum, value 10/., his property. A respectable gentleman, wtio had known the ac cused forty years, gave him an excellent chatacter. The Jury intimated that they were satisfied of the innocence of the accused, and Legged to return a verdict of Acquittal. James Porter was indicted for stealing ten volumes of books, value 51., the property of Henry Barnes, a respectable bookseller living in Great Pulteney-street. The COMMON SERGEANT summed up the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Isaac Alartin, aged 42, a Jew confectioner, was indicted for stealing, on the 10th of April last, a 30/. bank-note, the property of John Digby. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Prosecutor—My Lord, I hope you will allow us our expenses. The COMMON SERGEANT—NO, not a single farthing. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JUNE 11. TIIE SPITALFIELDS SILK-WEAVERS. Joshua Shipman appealed from a conviction, charg ing him with having conspired to force Mr. Ambrose Moore to alter his mode of managing, conducting, and carrying on hit trade ; and with having threatened to have sealed, and causing to be sealed, 100 looms in the employ of the said Mr. Moore. Mr. ALLEY, with whom was Mr. BRODERICK, appeared for the prosecution. The former stated the case, but confined himself to a mere recital of the evidence he was about to offer. Mr. Moore deposed, that on the 22d of May the defendant and several other persons called on him. The defendant at that time was in his employ, and resided at No. 2, Manchester-street, Bethnal-green. The silk is weighed out to the workmen, who re turn it in a finished state. The party delivered to witness certain resolutions which they said had been unanimously agreed to that day, at a meeting of the trade at Temple Mills, in Essex. They required that the wages of 1821, with a reduction of 10 per cent., should be paid, and that certificates to that effect should be granted by the masters; and said that if these terms were not complied with, wit ness's works would be sealed. Witness refused to yield to these terms. He told them he would not submit to dictation, neither would he be intimi dated ; he would pay them as much as he was able, but he would give no certificates. If they sealed his looms, he would seek legal redress. At that time witness employed 200 looms in Spitalfields. The following monung the defendants, with others, called again, and said they hoped he would comply, but he again refused. Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS—It was not usual to give certificates of prices to cane-spreaders. The demeanour of the men was perfectly respectful during both interviews. Re-examined—Witness's work was sealed imme diately after the interview. A considerable quan tity had been previously cut. Upon the second in• terview they told witness the work would be imme diately unsealed if lie acquiesced. Mr. ADOLPIILS said h;s client was one of a body of 8,000, of whom it had been falsely said, that tliey would rather see the beggary and ruin of their fami lies, than yield any thing. They did not threaten Mr. Moore, but simply cautioned him that they could not prevent others from injuring him. The CHAIR➢IAN said, he felt for the awful situa tion in which these men had placed themselves, but he was bound to say the argument raised in their behalf did not weigh a feather. The conduct of Mr. Moore was that of a sensible man. The work men themselves would have despised him if he had yielded to them. Had he done so, business would have been at an end. The conviction, in his opi nion, was a good one, and he therefore felt bound to sustain it. In five other cases, under similar circumstances, the convictions were affirmed, and the parties sent to the House of Correction, there to be exercised at the tread-mill for three months. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Scvcn o'Clo6A. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. At the Court at St. James's, the 10th day of June, 1829, PRESENT, The KtNu's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Hon. James Earl of Rosslyn was, by his Majesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's Most Host Honourable Privy Council, and his Lordship took his place at the Board accordingly. His Majesty having been pleased to deliver the custody of the Privy Seal to the Right Honourable James Earl of Rosslyn, the Oath of the Keeper of the Privy Seal was this day administered to his Lordship. At the Court at St. James's, the 10th day of June, 1829, PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Hon. Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tyndal was, by his Majesty's co.nrnaud, sworn of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. Whitehall, Jane 10. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing Lieut.-General Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset, K.C.B. to be Lieutenant-Gene:al of the Ordnance of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland. Crown-office, June le. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR• LIAMENT. Town of Cambridge. Colonel Frederick William Trench. Whitehall, ;llay 25. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Gaskell Taylor, of St. Helens, near Wigan, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent. to he a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Whitehall, June 3. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Benton Por ter, of Doncaster, iu the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Whitehall, June 4. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Westall, of Witney, in the county of Oxford, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Thomas Wat son, of Lutterworth, in the county of Leicester, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. William Wardle and William Wallace Wink, Bath, silk-mercers. 'BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Morris Martin and Bernard Sloman, Regent-street, paper-stainers. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Allen Betterton, Ampney Crucis, Gloucester, seedsman, to surrender June 16, at ten, 26, and July 24, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Crouch, Chan cery-lane. Henry Tipper the elder, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, timber-dealer, June 22, at five, 23, and July 24, at ten, at the King's Head Inn, Cirencester. White, Old-square, Lincoln's Inn ; Whatley and Son, Cirencester. William Smith, Tealby, Lincolnshire, paper-manufac turer. June 24, at six, 25, and July 24, at eleven, at the Greyhound Inn, Market Rasin. Eyre and Coverdale, Gray's Inn-square; Rhodes, Market Basin. Matthew Orme, Manchester, cotton twist and weft dealer, July 1,2, and 24, at two, at the Royal Hotel, Man chester. Appleby and Cbarnock, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn; Whitehead and Monk, Manchester. Stephen Wood and Thomas Blood, Lane-end, Stoke npon-Trent, earthenware-manufacturers, June 30, at five, July 3, at four, and 24, at five, at the Union Hotel, Lane, End. Young, Lane-End ; Barbor, Fetter-lane. George Johnson, Watford, Hertfordshire, farmer, June 16, 26, at three, and July 24, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Robinson and Sons, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly. William Greatbatch, jun., Stoke-upon-Trent, Stafford shire, earthenware manufacturer, July 3, at two, 4, and 24, at one, at the Swan Inn, Hanley. Bishop, Shelton hall, Stafford ; Price and Bolton, Lincoln's-inn. , . George Foster Sephton, Liverpool, iron -merchant, June 25, 26, and July 4, at two, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool. Chester, Staple-inn, London ; Ripley, Li verpool. Peter Foreman, St. John-street, corn-factor, June 19, 26, at ten, and July 24, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners. Constable and Kirk, Symond's Inn, Chancery-lane. Charles Clements, Liverpool, common-brewer, June 24, 25, and July 24, at one, at the Clarendon-buildings, Li verpool. Blackstock and Dunce, Temple, London; Curry Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. Robert Thomas Crucefix, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, printer, July 10, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Lambert Heaton, Heaton, Lancashire, cotton-inanu facturerr, July 7, at ten, at the Star Inn, M►nchester. Joseph Cockell Vickers, Leeds, printer, July 7, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. John Wainwright, Sheffield, button-mold-manufacturer, July 8, at eleven, at the office of Mr. Haywood, Sheffield. Jonathan Robinson and John Kuching, Sheffield, York, Britannia metal-manufacturers, July 9, at eleven, at the offices of Mr. John Dixon, Sheffield. Charles Rainsford, East Hanuey, Berks, mealman, July 6, at seven, at the Office of W. Graham, Abingdon. George Lever, Nottingham, lace-manufacturer, July 14, at eleven, at the Black's Head Inn, Nottingham. Richard Allanson, Kingston-upon-Hull, printer, July 8, at eleven, at the Cross Keys Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. _ _ . Edmund Sexton bunkhouse and Michael Arthur Gor man. City of London, Merchants, July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Thomas Hurst, Louth, Lincoln, victualler,. July 9, at ten, at the Crown and Woolpack Inn, Louth. Job Collier, Abingdon, Berks, common-brewer, July 7, at two, at the Crown and Thistle Inn, Abingdon. Samuel Braddock, Leek, Stafford, Innholder, July 13, at two at the Roe Buck Inn, Leek. Peter Hardern and James Hardern, Macclesfield, silk manufacturers, July 3, at twelve, at the Court of Com missioners. William Dennis, Emswortb, Uants, linen-draper, July 3, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. John Serbutt, Battersea, victualler, July S, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Robert Prior, Hillingdon, Middlesex, chair-maker, July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Joseph Howard, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, linen-draper, July 3, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Joseph Myall, Castle Hedingham, Essex, hop-merchant, July 10, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Jonathan Slingsby, Manchester, calico-printer 4 July 6, at nine, at the York Hotel, Manchester. Edward Hills, Faversham, Kent, grocer, July 3, at ten, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. Robert Stabler, Leeds, Yorkshire, chemist, July 6, at ten, at the Beverley Arms Inn, Beverley, Yorkshire. John Gray Gerard, Basinghall-street, merchant, July 3, at one, at the Court of C o mmissioners. Charles Carus Wilson, Furnival's-Inn, High Holborn, scrivener, July 3, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. William IK-er, !Southend, linen-draper, July 3, at ten, at the Court of C o mmissioners. CERTIFICATES-JvLY 3. John Beart, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, money scrivener, John Winnall, Woundwall, Shropshire, maltater. Jeremiah Stark, Kingston-upon-Hull, pawnbroker. Daniel Slack, Northowram, Yorkshire, innkeeper. John Margetts, Oxford, victualler. George Ireland, Birmingham, brass-founder. Thomas Wyatt, Hunter-street, Kent-road, Surrey, flour• factor. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Michael Clark and William Thornhill, Brighton, li very-stable-keepers. John Lawley and Joseph Talkington, Birmingham, brass-founders. George Briscoe and George Clay, Newton-heath, Man chester, silk-printers. Edward Ellis and Edward Blackmore, Raymond-build ings, Gray's-inn, attorneys. William Hartley, George Gre en , an d J us t us Charlie William Ruperti, 'London and Mexico, merchants. Thomas Hughes and John Richardson, Manchester, pattern card-makers. Nathan:el Dorrington and William Shaw, Coventry, ribbon-inanufacturers. John Macfie, David M'Kean, awl William Hall, Glas gow, calico-printers. Daniel Ross, and William Steil, jun., Liverpool, bcot makers. John Probin and Charles John Holyland, Lisle-street, Leicester-square, gun-maker. Elizabeth Fletcher and Elizabeth Ward, Charlotte-str eet ' Fitzroy-square, milliners. Charles Smith, Sen., Charles Smith, jun., and George Smith, Frome-Selwood, Somersetshire, clothiers. Henry Johnson, Berwick-upon-Tweed, corn-mere haD Caleb Smith and James Smith, Liverpool, ship wright, Thomas Salt and John Shipley, Uttozeter, Stair°o corn-dealers. William Henry Fletcher and Edward. Jones, Li Lh er :re!: Thomas Steele and William Brooks, Congleton , ribbon-weavers. Robert Riley, John Hackett, William Williamson , 81/4 Samuel Evans, Derby, tape-manufacturers. Robert Moody and John Moody, Andover, paintem fit, Lazarus Isaacs and J. Benjamin, Middlesex-stdee' Whitechapel, fur cap-manufacturers. co tte.' Edmund Wrigley and Thomas Lacy, Rochdale, spinnerm. Daniel Thomas Fayerman and Henry Jones Bunnell' Dewnham-market, Norfolk, physicians. M PE RI A.L PARLIAMENT THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF LORDS. Upon the motion of Lord DURHAM, a masse was ordered to be sent to the House of Comm 1; requesting Mr. Tennyson to be examined before I London Bridge Committee. si• The Marquis of LONDONDERRY made milar motion relative to Mr. Alderman Wood. o f The Irish Arms Bill, the Metropolis Ju st ic e , t the Peace Bill, Commission of Charities, the land Gaol, together with several other private B"'"' were read a third time and passed. The East India Offices Bill went through a Cc ° mittee. The petition of James Netterville, Esq., claioling e the title of Viscount Netterville, was referred to Committee of Privileges. Mr. Scott, from the Chamber of London, Pr,e; sented certain accounts relative to the funds of City of London, pursuant to an order of t h e Iloilo Sir ALEXANDER GRANT and several other evi; bers of the House of Commons brought up the Lambeth Road Lighting and Watching Bill, and " Lambeth Church Bill. Mr. Crider presented a Return relative to C°6l‘6‘ Mr. PALMER presented the Report of the Colo' missioners of the Harbour of Shoreham. The Earl of GROSVENOR presented from Wilts against bull-baiting.—Laid on t he tab7 l While the Noble Lord was on his legs he %O n o ', take the opportunity of making a few observed° if relative to a subject of great importance, the of water to the metropolis. The present elos' eo Companies had taken no steps whatever relati v i , e ; o s this important subject. Whether their Lordsm4d would be satisfied with the patronage which P o i been held out by Government for the formati nn o new companies he could not tell, but he trusted s°o; steps would be taken for the purpose of enforo the supply of better water to the metropolis. kon t Lord TENTERDEN presented a petition 11- 1 0 Wm. Carmichael, praying that measures mig ht ,. o f taken to replace him in his situation of P a ymost e. „, , the Treasury. The Noble Lord considered th e t ilt tition of great importance, and requested th ii " might be read at length. pe The Duke of WELLINGTON thought th e to tition unworthy of notice; but had no objection its being laid on their Lordships' table. Adjourned. a petitiont., HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir R. WIGRAM took the oaths and his seats Member for Wexford. A person from the West India Dock Cora° °`oll l presented a general account c.f the receipts and 1 plication of the revenue of that Company. PRIVILEGE OF MEMBERS. ;nee Mr. M'LEOD stated, that about three we eks o f he had received a summons to attend the Cou rt d Common Pleas on a Jury ; he did not atter' and was, he believed, liable to be fined in c ° , Ti tl e (pence. He placed himself in the protection cli:,;ee House, and referred to the Report of the Coral s t he of Privileges which sat last year to ascertai n J g d bearings of the Act George IV. cap. 50., and qu' - d i e the case of a Member being tined under n early ;t i e same circumstances, in 1658. In that cloe , t he House directed the Speaker to write a letter rgott Judge, claiming the privileges of the House. I go Honourable Member concluded by moving, tha t 00 Speaker be directed to write to the Judge 'll,OO present case, claiming the privilege as in the 06" had mentioned. The SPEAKER wished to offer a few obOiet, lions before that motion was submitted to theill9-4or Nothing, in his opinion, was more calculate d to la`lot the dignity of the House than to call in questioatdo which was indisputable. He considered that jos application of the Hon. Member was sonle' t y premature, and it was certainly not analagoas t„,001' case he had quoted. In that case the Hon. 'IV ber hail actually been fined, while in this ea s° ble . Honourable Member only considered himself o' He believed the Hon. Member would find t hi ' t t o' House was sitting at the time the su mmo l : s ,ber served, and it had been settled that every Ile.-.6e511 was exempt from serving on juries during rhea riot sion. If, therefore, the House agreed Wirtr that the measure was not at present called o th e trusted that the Hon. Member would consider propriety of withdrawing his motion.—(Hearq,,tioo Mr. M'LEOD had only introduced the 111-„,160 for the purpose of obtaining the advice of then rtl'oil and he hail no objection to withdraw it! withdrawn. titi °" Mr. ROBERT GORDON. presented a Pe „106', against Sir Thomas Wilson's Estate Bill, noorlid ing through the House. The Hon. Membe r 5 : 5 4 the Bill passed, it would have the effect of . f e a ".ol, buildings to be erected all over Hampstead li e ; 0 1° , After a few observations from Mr. STEsrAlt; o t° Sir CHARLES BURRELL, the petition was re"' ordered to lie upon the ' Table. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUS S O ' 6 e Mr. Secretary PEEL moved that this - its rising, do adjourn till Friday next. 0 0fr e Mr. SADLER presented a petition from -th tto shire, signed by upwards of 13 , 000 , setting,,,Moe distresses of the country, and praying the tia-roi° e take the subject into its serious atte ntion 's Hon. Member at some length addresse d the 'OP on this important question, and lamented tbe°d " Member for Cornwall had not brought folly . 0 1 4 motion on the subject, as he was prepared roae%ftl'e length into the subject ; at the present Pe rio- to le ; Sessions he was aware all he could do Waas,„/Itif; commend the prayer of the petition to the tb"..diPP how con.,ideration of his Majesty's Ministers , and Ai9tre of them to inquire into the causes of the grea t , that prevailed throughout the country. tory After a few observations from Colonel oertu Mr. Baring, Mr, Hume, Mr. Sadler, kid Mr. Ar %e and Mr. Roberson, Sir H. VYVYAN replied, and wwilee_y/ ----- .—__...---___=.------- -.---'''''''''..----------- 01' BIRTHS. 1.3 ,1 1 ° On the 10th inst. at the Royal Mint, the t he f 1 Bingley, E•. of a son. t he ° Lately, at q Longford flail, Shropshire , t i Hon. and Rev. Wm. Neville, of a daughter. 1‘ vi et MARRIED., ,„. e pb d i s l' On the 11th inst. at Edmonton , John o‘ -- ,: ii j.• Esq. of Bramerton, Norfolk, eldest son a Jo- ef L' Esq. of Norwich, to Susanna, eldest daugh ter A., Hoggart, E•q. of Oak Lodge , Southgate. „ d iet 'Ole . On the 11 th inst. at Lewisham, John e, su rg e on, Upper Stamford-street, Blackfriar oge. Stewart, of Blackheath. 99 th sf lel At the Mauritius, Feb. 16 , Capt . Barclay' s . li . Cb ro lo Aid-de-Camp to his Excellency the Hon' , late 1 0 Colville, to Elise, youngest daug hter of the ee Rune. . c le f/ DIED. t , fe r Wel 1, t On the 10th inst. in Great Geo r g e -street, 0,, •• Lady El,z. Fane, relict of the late J. ha Falibeld. 'li( Oxfordshire, and sister to the E arl of 111accles.ti ry On the 9th inst. is Fetchurch-buildings, Ile ton, Esq. aged '74. Of p 119 TED and PUBLISMED by MURDO Yu' Omer, 111, EirSAN7I, L024-01r.