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WINDSOR, DEc. 11. "'his day, the weather being favourable, the KIKO's Phaeton was ordered to be in readiness at the usual hour, when it is expected that his 111aJEnv will renew his fa vourite exercise, which he had been prevented from taking by the unfavourable state of the weather for some days Pa‘t , His Ma.rEsTr's health and spirits are excellent. On Tuesday list the Duke of CUMBERLAND arrived at J the RYal Lod ge , an d had a long conference with his MA but with whom his Royal Highness did not dine, al was r epresented, having left the Royal Lodge at four & dock in the afternoon, on his return to his residence at Kew. Ti On the above day Count Mut:silts, also arrived at the h il r alL °dge, and h a d the honour of an audience of his rp l jl j r Y ; aft er w hi ch hi s Excellency partook !of some to or and l e f t on hi s return to hi s res id ence in Yesterday the Earl of ABERDEEN arrived at the Royal ; 4 . 3d ge, and had an au di ence of his MAJESTY ; after w hi c h ts Lordship left, on his return to town. !It is now sai d that his MAJESTY'S suite of apartments b‘t the Castle will be completed for his reception by the hr end of the present week, when it is expectei that IliarsTr will remove thereto on the 22d instant, and 'Pend his Christmas festival at the Castle. The Krtta's st ag h oun d s w i ll meet on M on d ay at t h e len Ball, near Bracknell ; and on Friday at Biching ' s e --- each day at half-past ten o'clack. ROYAL ACADEMY. On T hursday, the 111th instant, being the Sixty- Alust A nniversary of the Foundation of the Royal Tcademy of Art s , a G enera l A ssem bl y o f t h e Ace irn'ejans was h e ld at t h e i r apartments i n Somerset "ie, 'when the following distribution of premiums too k place, viz. STo Mr. GEORGE SMITH, for the best Historical Paint- T t ha Gold M e d a l, an d Di scourses o f t h e P residents Bc4l; n iettis and WEST, handsomely bound and inscribed. 0, Mr. JAMES LEOREIV, for the be s t G rou p e i n d.,„?`,,ure, the Gold Med a l, a n d Di scourses o f t h e te REYNOL DS and WEST. WILLIAM GRELLIER, for the best Architec t 4. igni the G o ld M e d a l, an d t h e Di scourses o f t h e Pree i dents Ravisocns and WEST. T o Mr ' RlcuArtn AUGUSTUS CLACK, for the best F t ° „,,rY i r natie in the Painting School, the Silver Medal, tne Lectures of the Professors BARRY, One, and `uazt.r. the To Ai r. ° HERBE RT L UTHER SMITH, for a Copy made in t Pa illting Sch oo l, the Silver Medal was adjudged, but ..ltiTeu, in consequence of his having previously received • !wailer premium in the same class. b r T ", ° . Mr- JAME S H EATH M ILLINGTON , f or t h e b est tareswnig from th e Lif e, t h e Sil ver M e d al, an d the Lee of th e P ro f essors B ARRY, O rtE, and Fem.'. th:T.,Air. HENRYFRANCIS GOBLET, for a Drawing from ''fe, the Silver Medal was adjudged, but not given, in —"Requenew of his having previously received a similar premium is the same class. ' 0 M. R ICHARD COCKLE LUCAS, for the best Model rota the Life, the Silver Medal. Drawl Mr. Join; WILLIAM PUSSY Kruc, for the best i ted ng of the Banqueting -house at Whitehall, the Silver " 1 , and the Le ctures of the Professors BARRY, OPIE, 414 ,, i , P USELI n e z ti n hy: WILLIAM BARNES, for a Drawing of the neting.house at Whitehall, the Silver Medal. tth e t ' A MP. DANIEL Wane, for the best Drawing from r 44nti que, the Silver Medal and the Lectures of the 1) '"ora Gritz and Fuseu. th e .° . /Ir • JouN BELL, for a Drawing from the Antique, Medal. To Mr. RlcttAan WILLIAnts !tom t h e Anti WARREN, for a Drawing To M r q u e the Silver Medal. ' r for the best Mo f del E DGAR GEORGE _ p AYWORT/ EOM the Antique, the Silver Medal. re sident concluded with a short address from the '" r e,siden t to the Candidates and Students. The General Assembly afterwards proceeded to "Plloint Officers for the ensuing year, when TaomAs LAWRENCE was unanimously re-elected N EW COUNCIL--J. CONSTABLE, D. WILEIE, J. WARD, .. 1 E. H. BAILY, Esqrs. OLD Coutsetr.—W. Ern - , R. SMIRKE, Senior, A. Coorcß, and W. COLLINS, Esqrs. VISITORS IN THE LIFE ACADEMY. NEw LIST—W. MuLasmay, J. M. W. TURNER, C. . 11 .4Asuz, and H. W. Prozzitscuz, Foqrs. OLD -LIST—E. H. B AILY , W . E TTY, C. ROSSI, M. A. "tat and G. JONES, Esq. VISITORS IN THE PAINTING SCHOOL. ow LisT--M. A. S uez, J . M . W . T URNER, H . attb, and C. R. LESLIE, Esqrs. Chu L,„.. W. At ETTY, D. WILKIE, W. HILTON, and .tau tA ,, r, T UDITORs EL E - ' E g e r T S I W. MULREADY, J. M. W. "u rit, and R. WEsTmAcorr, Esclrs• FASHIO-NABLE INTELLIGENCE. s „ ARRIVALS. 13 ern et . 8 `?"lng, Miss Suckling, and L. E. Suckling, Esq. at the 44 _,.,n1 14 k ,_ Hotel, Berners-street, from Patfield, Essex ; Richard ,4; af ore, q, from the Leys, M onmou th ; J. W. H ea rn, d itto, from Hertford ; the Duke of Bedford, in Be!.Bl sq ld tke-lkloare, from Woburn Abbey Lord and Lady Holland • Ilt s C h e Hon. Miss Fox, at Holland House, from Brighton ; the Itotr i T of Ely and Mrs. Sp ar k e a nd f am ily, i n D ov er- s t ree t, the Palace : o f El y, Cambridgeshire; Lord Althorp, at the JY , from Northamptonshire; Hon. Captain Spencer, in St. lokiP l ace, from ditto • Mr. and M ri. C. grownlow, at s errace, from Cobham ' Hall, Kent; Edward Harthop, Esq. forl, l4 , n lims's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's-street, from Ox- LVatt W. Carleton, Esq. at ditto, from Cheshire; F. J. urtd.! at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, from Cam bt..•`; Captain and Mrs. Franklin, in Dover.street, from igh ton. Sir u DEPA RTURES. Rote. eor ge Crewe, Bart. and Lady Crewe, from the Berners and urberners.street, for their seat, Calke Abbey, Derby ; Mr. o r B ath Sir epkin and family, from Batt' s H o t e l, D over - s t ree t, r C olonel James Murray and Miss Murr a y, f rom ditt o , itog T p James Doyle, Esq. from ditto, for Warwick ; L or d J. B-7,Y.Dunally, from the Burlington Hotel, f or Ch e lt en h am ; Esq. from Symmons's Hotel (l a t e J or d an ' s ), St. fre1,,,,-stron, from Oxf or d ; H. J o h nstone , E sq. f rom di tto, f or ,Eob a o:, ; G. Deane, Esq. and son, from Crawley's Hotel (late for Paris ; Alb emarle -street, for Dublin ; Lady Church, from Mr. and Mrs. R. Smith and Miss Smith, and bobilllzgerald, Esq. from Morley's Hotel, Cockspur-street, for NI ; . A irs. J. Green, f rom ditt o , f or T un b r id ge W e ll s; C o l. fron t S',";orn ditto, for Newbury ; Mr. and M r s. George Byng, ttod James's-square, for their seat, Wrothain Park ; Captain teem 4 ' N orris, from Brook-street, for Bath • H. Randell, Esq. 4.1 the British Hotel Jermyn-street, for Ireland ; J. Forbes, • 11)r a ditto, for Cambridge. Th, t u, 'e Earl o f A BERDEEN l e f t town a b out to'clock o n Th urs d ay morn i ng, f or the Royal Lodge W incisor Park, where his Lordship had an audience of six 114 ' i ReTr. The Noble Earl returned Ito town about (41° ek the eiening. The Duke of WELLINGTON, It h° had ,toDived at Apsley House, Piccadilly, from a visit t thy ' eof Bucxixollast, at his seat in Stowe Park, ecii6h&bernshire, early in the evening visited the Noble 116—' L it Argyll H ouse, after his arrival. His Grace and ordship had also a conference yesterday morning. ( t h e ••••OUnt BERESFORD, Mr. ADDINGTON .34, Ite wly-appointed Minister to the Court of Spain), and FITZGIRALD (the Knight of Kerry), had th e `,ptre with the Duke of Wxuat:cirow yesterday, at easury. The LOR D C IIAMBERLAIN an d V i scount .44444 transacted business yesterday at the Treasury, the CRANczt.L.oit of the EXCHEQUER. Th e .uand T, Duke Duchess of CUMBERLAND, 1 / 1 7.'Panied by Prince GEORGE, came to town yesterday .ise ek ,. l g from their r es id ence a t K ew . Their Royal High eele;jlneieed in the King's Palace, St. James's, till six When th ey l e f t on their return to Kew. Part ne e LEOPO LD h as b een en t er t a i n i ng a ti on Y ef Nobl emen and Gentlemen on a shooting excur during the week, at his residence at Claremont. l o f t e Duk e and Duchess of GLOUCESTER 'Visi t - 7 . 4 at four o ' c l oc k on Th urs d ay a f ternoon , on a teat, An the Earl and . Countess of VERULAM, at their ..e4 r St• Alban's tp k - -` I IIA GE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Tuesday, h yth" Parish c h urc h at Mitchelstown, by special l i cense, Lord Bishop of . „ - CLoYNI , PHILI? DAVIS COOKE, Esq. likt‘446hire, to the amiable and highly accomplished Lady l ,ef k lit „ l44 KING, eldest daughter of the Right lion. the Ear ri t'eti" 4l ". A number of distinguished guests had . ar - M itclielstown Castle to be present at the nuptials, Ai611'44 the Most Noble the Earl of ORMOND and suite; t u 'hop, i`°h• the Earl of MOUNTCASHEL and suite; Right 111 1‘t 17(1 Viscount C ARBERY an d su it e; L or d ARTHU R p iers ;J.H. M. DAWSON, Esq., ALP , and several c 4; The ni g h t w i ll b e: enl i vened by a splendid ball at ha e bi t 44 i 41 ; and th e town br i lliantly illum i nate d b y the n- Cor4 6 , 114 to testify their joy on this happy occasion.— A ern Reporter. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. War-Office, Dec. 10, 1829. The half-pay of the under-mentioned Officers has been cancelled from the 11th inst. inclusive, upon their re ceiving a commuted allowance for their commission s : Ensign 0. C. Tipton, half-pay 56th Foot. Ensign W. H. Wilson, half-pay 39th Foot. Ensign F. H. Burslem, half-pay Unattached. Ensign C. Graham, half-pay Ist Foot. Adjutant W. APCulloch, half-pay 101st Foot. Lieut. G. H. Layard, half-pay 89th Foot. Lieut. T. Gee, half-pay 49th Foot. Lieut. T. 141. Oliver, half-pay 93d Foot. 110SPITAL STAFF. Dr. Charles Farrell, Brevet Inspector of Hoßpitals, from the half-pay, to be Deputy Inspector of Hospitals ; October 15, 1529. Whitehall, Dec. 4. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Ainslie, of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Whitehall, Dn. 8. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Brookhank, of Brighton, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to be a Mister Extraordinary in the Court of Chancery. Office of Ordnance, Dec. 10. Erratum in the Gazette of the 20th October last : Corps of Royal Engineers For Gentlemen Cadet Peter ll:Wright to be Second Lieutenant, Read Gentlemen Cadet Peter Robert Wright to be, &c. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Thomas Hayward, Deal, Kent, grocer, from Dec. 25 to Jan. 1, at twelve, at the Court of Commisvioners. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Thomas Wyatt, St. Paul's Church-yard, warehouseman. BANKRUPTS. Henry Travis, Durham, surgeon, to surrender Dee. 22, at three, 29, and Jan. 22, at two, at the Court of Com missioners. Smithson, Dunn, and Iliwtion, New Inn. Charles Gale, Hart-street, Bloomsbury, plumber, Dec. 22, 29, at three, and Jan. 22, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Reynolds, Carmarthen-street, Fitzroy square. Thomas Hill, Wapping-wall, ship-chandler, Dec. 18, at nine, 22, at one, and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Kearsey and Hughes, Lothbury. Thomas Sleath Crow, Garnault-place, Clerkenwell, Dec. 15, 29, and Jan. 22, at nine, at the Court of Com missioners. Templar, Great Tower-street. Charles Maisey, Whitecross-street, Middlesex, baker, Dec. IS, at two, 29, at ten, and Jan. 22, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Francis and Urquhart, Monu ment-yard. Daniel Foot Taylor, Mansfield-street, Borough-road, pin -manufacturer, Dee. 15, at ten, 22, at eleven, and Jan. 22, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Bos tock, George-street, Mansion-house. John Curt, Ripon, Yorkshire, innkeeper, Dec. 21, 22, at eleven, and Jan. 22, at one, at the Court House, Ripon. Beverley, Temple, London ; Coates, Ripon. Benjamin Jacob', Penner, Monmouthshire, shopkeeper, Dec. 21, 22, and Jan. 22, at eleven at the office of Pro thero and Phillips, Newport, Monmouthshire. Protbero and Phillips, Newport ; Platt ,and Hall, New Boswell court, Lincoln's-inn, London. Edward Russell and Thomas Webb, Stourport, timber merchants, Dec. 17, at five, 18, and Jan: 22, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Hartlebary. Jeniuga and Bol ton, Temple, London ; Winnall, Stourport. William Giles, Ipsden, Oxfordshire, timber-dealer, Dec. 21, 28, and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Upper Ship Inn, Reading. Neale, Reading; Holmes and Elsam, Bed ford-row, Loudon. William Thomas Pears, Thorney, Isle of Ely, Cam bridgeshire, farmer, Dec. 23, 24, and Jan. 22, at one, at the Red Lion Hotel, Cambridge. Barker, Gray's Inn square. - William Dennison, Tosteth Park, Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 23, 24, and Jan. 22, at one, at the Clarendon rooms. Liverpool. Norris, Allen, and Anthony, John-street, Bedford-row ; Toulmin, Liverpool. _ . . George Gabriel Giroux, St. George's Circuit, St. George's-fields, Southwark, music-seller, Dec. 15, 22, at ten, and Jan. 27, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Willett and Larken, Essex-street, Strand. Joseph Hewitt Boby, Leamington, Warwick, victualler, Dec. IS, 19, and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Craven Arms, Coventry. Kelly, New-inn, London. =Jones Rucker, Glastonbury, Somerset, stocking-manu facturer,-Dec. 18, 19, and Jan. 22, at at eleven, at the George Inn, Glastonbury. Reeves, Glastonbury; Ad lington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford•row. Thomas Ebenezer Gable, Perseverance-terrace, Beth nall-road, Middlesex, silk-manufacturer, Dec. 18, at ten, 22, and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Warren, Symond's-inn, Chancery-lane, London. John Thache, Cheltenham, grocer, Dec. 21, 22, and Jan. 22, at nine, at the Lamb Inn, Cheltenham. James, ilolborn ; Jessop, Cheltenham. Samuel Cattle, Coveatry, ribbon-manufacturer, Dec. 22, 23, and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Coventry. Austen and Hobson, Gray's-inn, London ; Troughton and Lea, Coventry. Thomas Mountstephen Wright, Bodmin, Cornwall, linen draper, Dec. 24, 26, at one, and Jan. 22, at ten, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol. Daniels, Bristol ; Pearson, Pump court, Temple, London. Henry Woodhouse, Manchester, colour-dealer, Dec. 31, Jan. 2, and 22, at two, at the Palace Inn, Manches ter. Hampson, Manchebter ; Ellis, Walmaley, and Gorton, Chancery-lane. _ . _ George Henderson, Berwick-upon-Tweed, corn-mer chant, Dec. 28, 29, and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Hen and Chickens, Berwick-upon-Tweed. Weddell, Berwick-upon-Tweed ; North and Smart, King's Bench walk, Temple. Frederick Lee, Althorne, Essex, dealer in horses, Dee. 18, at eleven, 22, at twelve, and Jan. 22, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Hart, George-street, Hampstead road. William Coles, Hitch, Hertford, mason, Dec. Is, at eleven, 29, and Jan. 22, at ten, at the Court of Com missioners. Carter and Gregory, Lord Mayor's-court Office, Royal Exchange. William Emerson, Alford, Lincolnshire, linen-draper, Jan. 1, at four, 2, and 22, at eleven, at the George Inn, Alford. Ellis, Walmsley, and Gorton, Chancery-lane ; Robinson, Alford. Elizabeth Haines, Coventry, Dec. 22, 23,. and Jan. 22, at one, at the King's Head Inn, Coventry. Byrne, Exchequer-office, Lincoln's-inn; Carter and Dewes, Co ventry. Josiah Churchill, Portsmouth, mercer, Dec. 28, 30, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Fountain Inn, Portsmouth. Bogue and Lambert, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-Inn, London ; Hoskins, Gosport. John Ellis and Joseph Sanders, Bristol, barge-masters, Dec. 23, 24., and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Commercial- Rooms, Bristol. Vizard and Blower, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Gregory and Smith, Bristol. Jirnes Philpott, Billericay, Barstead, Essex, coach proprietor, Dec. 18, at twelve, 22, at eleven, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Burt and Drummond, Carmarthen -street, Bedford-square. Charles Wilton, Lisson-street, Marylebune, furniture broker, Dec. 15, 18, at three, and Jan. 22, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Bartlet and Beddome, Nicholas lane, Lombard-street. Thomas Cross Brown, Manchester, ♦ictualler, Jan. 1, 2, and 22, at nine, at the Yolk hotel, Manchester. Harrison, Manchester; Cuvelje, Great James-street, Bed ford-row. DIVIDENDS. T. Collins, Witney, Oxfordshire, blanket-manufac turer, Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Marlborough Arms Inn, Witney—J. Walton, Coventry, riband-manufacturer, Jan. 6, at two, at the King's Head Inn, Coventry—T. Car ter, Oxford, pastry-cook, Jan. 4, at ten, at the house of Robert Bertram, under the Town Hall, Oxford—J. F. Muller, Ludgate-hill, perfumer, Jan. 1, at one, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Dennis, Emswerth, Hamp shire, linen-draper, Jan. 5, at three, at the Court of Commissioners—T. S. Smith, Strand, wine-merchant, Jan. 5, at two, at the Court of Commissioners—M. Con stable, Commercial Chambers, Mark-lane, flour-factor, Jan. 1, at one, at the Court of Commissioners—L. Gor don, Westmorland-place, City-road, black-lead-manufac turer, Jan. $, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners —T. Kilby and S. Carroll, Fenchurch-street, brokers, Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—C. T. Sikes, Charlotte -street, Rathbone-place, music-seller, Jan. 1, at one, at the Court of Commissioners—T. R. Smith, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, linen-draper, Dec. 22, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—T. Coleman, Highwood, Yarpo'e, Herefordshire, and E. Wellings, Ludlow, Shropshire, bankers, Jan. 5, at ten, at the Crown Inn, Ludlow. CERTIFICATES-JAN. L T. Chalmers, Alfred-place, Newington-gate, St. George's-fields, lodging -house-keeper—W. B. Clarke, Cheapside, silversmith —F. Perryman, jun., Berwick street, Soho, carver and gilder—T. Gunter, Haleanrortb, Suffolk, currier—R. Alines rliesterfield, P. byihire, mercer—R. B. throp, . Hrd-place, street, Kent-road, comtuelei,l-ageht—S. Woods and (;. G. Webb, George-yard, Lombard .street, n pollen-drapers ----G. Young, Rochester, Kent, met-err—A. Sillitoe, Newcastle-under-Lyne, Staffordshire, silk-throwster—u, Holt, Liverpool, coutmission-merchant--R. Balls, Ex mouth -street, Euston square, victualler—S. 11. Chapman, Crawford-street, Alarylebone, plumber—J. H. Jutting, St. Mary-axe, ccumnission-merchant—W. Elves, Grice church-street, ironmonger—T. Pointer, Golden-horse yard, Dorset-square, job-master—J. Marchant, Minchin hampton, Gloucestershire, inn holder. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Broackes and H. Perrin, Bath.street, City-road, surgeons--J. Hewlings and W. Williams, St. Phi!ip and Jacob, Gloucestershire, curriers—H. Hearon, B. Bright, and G. Johnson, Bishopcgate street, wholesale druggists —G. D. Keen and H. Keen, Canterbury, drapers—R. Clark and 1. H. Clark, Blackman-street, Borough, cork cutters--W. Roberta and G. Pennock, Old Fish-street hill, drysalteis. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Watt, sen., Paisley, builder, Dec. 23, and Jan. 7, at one, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. Walter Robertson, Edinburgh, stone-merchant, Dec. 17, and Jan. 4, at one, at Ambro-e's Hotel, Edinburgh. James Dunlop, Provanhall, cattle-dealer, Dec. 16 and 30, at two, at John Nelson's Tavern, Glasgow. Thomas Scoular, Paisley, spirit-dealer, Dec. 17 and 31, at two, at John Nelson's Tavern, Glasgow. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the Returns made in the week ending Dec. 8, is 255. Id. per cwt., exclusive of the duties of customs paid or payable thereon eu the importation thereof into Great Britain. THE ARMY. THE 66TH (BERKSHIRE) REGIMENT OF FOOL—Liell tenant-General Sir Wm. Anson, K.C.B. from the Grena dier Guards, will he appointed Colonel of the 66th Regi ment of Foot, vice General Oliver Nicholls, deceased. The following regimental appointments will shortly appear in the Gazette, viz:— Lieut.-General Lord R. E. H. Somerset, K.C.8., and M.P., from the 17th Lancers, to be Colonel of the let (royal) Dragoons, vice General Thomas Garth, deceased. Major-General Sir John Elley, K.C.B. from the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, to be Colonel of the 17th Re giment of Light Dragoons (Lancers,) vice Lord Edward Somerset, K.C.B. appointed to the Ist (royal) Dragoons. A General Court Martial is to assemble here in a few days, for the trial of a staff-serjeant, front the Leeds re cruiting district, and some soldiers of the Third Dragoon Guards. Major Streatfield, of the S7th, or Royal Irish Fusileers, is to be the President of the Court, and Mr. Jellicoe, the Paymaster of this district, Deputy Judge Ad vocate. Coventry Observer. (From the Limerick Chronicle of Des. 9.) The 67th Regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Molyneux, were inspected at Chester, on Thursday, by Major-General Sir Henry Bouverie, who appeared much gratified with their manoeuvres. The Rifle Brigade landed at St. Jolan's, New Bruns wick, on the 29th October, and the 8l st Regiment com menced embarking on the 2d November, and sailed for Bermuda on the 6th November. The officers forming the court of inquiry, consisting of Major-General S. F. H. Bouverie, Lieut.-Colonel Thorn, Lieut.-Colonel Jordan, F. Palmer, Esq. and Mr. Andrews, of the War-office, have arrived at Chester, and are busily engaged in the inspection of the books and records of the 67th Regiment, now stationed there. This Court has been engaged for the last month in examining all the books and records of the regiments in the northern district. After leaving Chester, the above-named officers will pro ceed to Liverpool, and from thence to Manchester and Nottingham, where it is expected that they will terminate their labours. Colonel Trench, M.P. Store-keeper-General for the United Kingdom, visited Castlebar on Friday last, and minutely inspected the regimental books of the 15th depot. lie afterwards visited the new barracks which are in rapid progress towards completion, and expressed his approba tion of the style of workmanship and design of the several buildings, three of which will be completed by the end of next month. The non-commissioned officers and privates of the King's Dragoon Guards, stationed in Longford, have pre sented to the Rev. C. H. Minchin, their officiating chap lain, a valuable gold snuff-box, bearing a suitable inscrip tion on the lid, as a token of respect and gratitude for his kind attention to the sick and regimental school. The Rev. Gentleman, in a letter to Lieutenant-Colonel Tees dale, acknowledges the present, and requests him to ex press to the donors how highly he appreciates this memo rial of their affectionate regard. The chief command of the 66th Regiment is vacant by the death of General Oliver Nicolls. General Nicolls attained the rank of General in the Army, the 4th of June, 1813, and has bad the 66th Regi ment since the 3d of August, 1808. Yesterday the detachment of the 70th Regiment, com manded by Major Tredennick, marched from Cashel to Templemore. Notwithstanding the contradictory reports, we can state with equal certainty and regret, that a cata ract has formed in one of the eyes of his MAJESTY. The ether eye is at present not affected. His MAJzsTY, it is supposed, will undergo an operation. The Emperor of RUSSIA, according to the last accounts, was well enough to leave his room. The Bishop of BRISTOL has addressed a letter to his Clergy, expressing his disapproval of the pro.. jected college at Bristol, because it does not provide for the erection of a Chapel, in which divine worship shall be performed for the members of the Church of England, and the appointment of a president or preceptor in theology, to be a member of the established Church, and a graduate of one of the Universities, Her Grace the Duchess of NORTHUMBER LAND will sail for England in a few days, in consequence of the very alarming and, we fear, dangerous state of the health of her Grace's mother, Lady Powes. On her journey through Wales, it is probable that her Grace will make a shott stay with her sister, Lady CHARLOTTE WYNNI ; and it is expected that her Grace will return before Christmas.—Dublin Morning Register. TALES OF THE CLASSICS.—Under this title we observe the announcement of a publication which professes to facilitate the labours of classical students at school, by means of interesting versions of mythological lore, and familiarly treated examples of heroic fiction, If its execution be found equivalent to such a design, we have 20 doubt of the extensive adoption of this work for the purpose in view. It might likewise prove an agreeable appendage to the libraries of all who have feeling enough for the fine arts to desire a popular acquaintance with some of their most exquisite subjects. The neighbourhood of Cornhill, a little after eight o'clock yesterday morning, was thrown into great consternation in consequence of a fire having broken ont at a trunk-maker's shop, which in a short time consumed the premises, although five engines were playing against the house with wonderful skill. A Meeting of the inhabitants of St. Bride's parish was held yesterday at the Vestry Room, in Fleet street, to elect their officer(' for the ensuing year, when attention was called to the amount required to support the present system of watching. The sum required for that purpose was 41,000/. a year, or SOO/. per week. Of this amount the parish of St. Bride was obliged to furnish 2,0001. annually. Mr. BROWN, the Warden of the Fleet, said, that if the New Police was introduced, it would re quire much less expence; and he contended that the same portion of ground which required in the City 700 watch men, was better protected by 400 of the New Police. The watchmen were generally paid 235. per week, while the pay of a young 'able-bodied policeman was 21s.—A gentleman remarked that no reduction of expences would be made by introducing the New Police, as it was intended to increase their salaries 50 per cent. The regular busi- Imes of the Meeting was then gone through, and the Meet ing separated. Co/wit ACCIDENT.—Just as we were going to press, an accident happened to the Wonder coach. It had scarcely moved off on its route to London when it came in contact with a cart in Hi g h- street w i t h s uch vio lence that the splinter-bar was broken, and the coachman was flung from his scat. The horses, however, kept on at a rapid pace, and in turning the corner of Much-park street, struck against another cart, by which the coach was forced towards Mr. WORCESTER'S, and overturned. Seven passengers were outside and four inside; most of them were students from Dr. 13 uTuries, of Shrewsbury. All the passengers proceeded by anot h er coac h , exce pt one, who is severely injured. We understand that no blame is attributable to the driver.—. Coventry Paper. i;T'' TING INTELLIGENCE. Art'Oi TS 1 , 0.1. TISE ENSUING WEEK. Hi" M:,jesty's St. ibririd,,, on Monday, At the Golden Ball; Braekorl! ; and Friday, at ilitehin's Lodge, near Colebrook—at Half past Ten. Mr. Jo:liffe's Hound,, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Cre.wky— a t "Ekren. The Surr , y Fox ll9unds, on Monday, at Hampey green ; Thursday, at Codstonu; and Saturday, at Crown Ash-hill—at Half-past Ten. The Sanderstead Harriers, on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at the Kennel—at Ten. . - The Earl of Harewood's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Harrowgate ; Wednesday, at Black-bill; and Friday, at Wighill Vellage—at Ten. Thr Badsiorth Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Noltell - ; Wednesday, at Doncaster Toll-bar; and Saturday, at Ringston hill—at Half-past Ten. The East Sussex Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Hellingly; 'Thursday, at Plumpton ; and Saturday, at Excent-bridge —at a Quarter to Eleven. The Blackmeor Vale Hounds, on Tuesday, at Bitcombe, near Portlebury Wood ; and Friday, at Compton Castle. Mr. Farquharson's Hounds, on Monday, at Clifton Wood; and Wednesday, at Corscombe—at Ten. The Cadbury Harriers, on Tuesday, at East-bill ; and Thursday, at Wheatsheaf. The Conoek Harriers, on Monday, at Ell Barrow; and Friday, at Chittern Meadows—at Eleven. The Craven Hounds, on Monday, at NVelford-house ; Wednesday, at Chisbury ; Friday, at Ramsbury-house ; and Saturday, at Standen-house—at Half-past Ten. Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Light Wood ; and Thursday, at Enville Village—at Half-past Ten. Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Docklow ; and Friday, at Clock-mill Bridge—at Ten. Tice Shropshire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Ercal Heath; Thursday, at Lee-bridge; and Friday, at the Ci tadel, Hawkstone—at Half-past Ten. The Montgomeryshire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Trowscoed-lodge ; and Friday, at Dolarddyn—at Ten. The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Sandiway Head ; Wednesday, at Booth's Obelisk ; Friday, at Breretnn green ; and Saturday, at the Three Greyhounds—at Half past Ten. Mr. Bulteel's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Newton wood ; and Friday, at Cann Quarry—at Ten. Sir Jacob Astley's Hounds, on Monday, at Duker's Bridge ; Wednesday, at Wood Norton ; and Friday, at Swanton Novers—at Half-past Ten. The Kempstone Hounds, on Monday, at Mr. Browne's, Weasenham ; Wednesday, at Longham ; and Friday, at West Lexham—at Eleven. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Rollestone ; Thursday, at Eton Wood; and Saturday, at Blythbury— at Half-past Ten. The Quorn Hounds, on Tuesday, at Kettleby ; Thurs day, at Carlton Clump; and Friday, at Stewards' Hay— at Half-past Ten. The White Cross Harriers, on Monday, at Culverton ; and on Thursday, at Ford—at Ten. Captain Freeman's Harriers, on Monday, at Grove bridge ; Tuesday, at Hundred Dawns-house ; and Satur day, at Eastbury Furze—at Eleven. The Vine Hounds, on Monday, at Ashe Park ; Wed nesday, at Husbourne Park and Saturday, at the Pine Apple—at Ten. Mr. Drake's Heunds, on Tuesday, at Fringford ; Thursday, at Waddesdom ; and Saturday, at Gibraltar— at Half-past Ten. Mr. Foljambe's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Wadworth ; Wednesday, at Sandbeek-park ; Thursday, at the Grove ; and Friday, at Grove—at Half-past Ten. Th. Worcestershire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Crowle Village; Thursday, at Round-hill; and Saturday, at Spetchley—at Half-past Ten. The 'Mine Harriers, on Tuesday, at Hinted-hill ; and Thursday, at Broom-hill, Winfrith-common--at Ten. Mr. R. K. Sampson's Hounds, on Monday, at West. dean ; Thursday, at Bourne ; and Saturday, at Mr. Ade's, Duttles—at Ten. The Brighton Harriers on Monday, at Patcham ; Wed nesday, at the Race Course ; and Friday, at the Dyke—at Half-past Ten. The Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at Newmarkct- Hill ; Wednesday, at Asheombe, the alternate Wednesday at the Kennel ; and Friday, at Telscombe Tye—at Half past Ten. The Cambridgeshire Hounds, on Monday, at Hardwicke Arms; and Friday, at Potton Wood—at Half-past Ten. The Puckeridge Hounds, on Monday, at Hare-street ; Wednesday, at Peverells ; and Saturday, at the Kennel— at half-past Ten. Mr. Mure's Fox Hounds, Tuesday, at Rougham Old ball ; and Thursday, at Higham-green—at Half-past Ten. The Doddington Harriers, on Tuesday, at Green's mill ; and Friday, at Mill-field. The Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Melbourne Hyde; and Thursday, at Buckland—at Half-past Ten. The Cottesmore Hounds, on Monday, at Park-house; Tuesday, at Wardley Toll-bar; Thursday, at Holywell ; and Friday, at Cole's Lodge—at a Quarter before Eleven. Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Fiskerton Long Wood and Tower on Moor ; Tuesday, at Spittal ; Wednesday, at Welton .mill ; Thursday, at Half-way-house, Newark-road ; Friday, at Kenwick Thorn-bar ; and Sa turday, at Wellingore—at Eleven. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday and Wednesday, at Usselhy-house ; Friday, at Lea-house; and Saturday, at Wrawby-mill—at Eleven. THE HISTORY of the ONE-POUND NOTES (From the Devonport Telegraph.) TO THE TRADESMEN OF PLYMOUTH, DEVONPORT, AND STONEHOUSE. Gentlemen,—ln giving the history of the One pound Notes, I shall confine my observations to those which were issued by the Bank of England, it being useless to say more respecting the one-pound notes of country bankers, than that they generally rose or fell in value, increased or decreased in quan tity, and operated on dealings between man and man, in a similar manner to those of the Bank of England. One-pound Bank notes appeared first in the year 1797. In the month of January of that year there was great alarm throughout the kingdom, from an unexpected invasion by the French army, and the people very naturally thought that funded property and bank-notes might not be so good as gold, should the French land in England. Acting on this opinion, those who possessed funded property com menced selling, and those who held bank-notes, presented them for payment in gold. In February following, a body of French troops (1200 in number) landed at Fisgard, in Wales, and were all taken pri soners; but this circumstance augmented the gene ral alarm, caused the run on the Bank to increase at a tremendous rate, and on Monday, the 27th of February, the Bank of England stopped payment. "What ! the Bank of England stop payment !—'tis false, 'tis impossible, the Bank never did nor never will stop payment." Something like this will be said or thought by almost every one who will read this letter, but as I proceed it will be discovered that I am right. On Friday, the 24th of February, the Directors of the Bank, greatly alarmed by the run, sent a de putation to Mr. Pitt, (at that time Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Prime Minister), requesting him to interfere, and he promised them his protec tion. On Saturday, the 25th, the run continued with unabated vigour. On Sunday, the 26th, in spite of the fourth commandment ! an Order in Council was passed requiring the Bank to forbear issuing gold in payment of their notes until the sense of Parliament should be taken upon the sub ject. On Monday, the 27th, long before the hour of business, an immense crowd assembled round the doors of the Bank in order to get gold for the notes they held; on the doors being opened, in they rushed, but instead of gold they received a copy of the Order in Council. Here, then, was a Banking Company refusing to give gold for their promissory notes, payable on de mand to the bearer;—was this stopping payment, or was it not ?—surely you will all say "it was." But why did the Bank stop payment ? Simply because they had not sufficient gold to pay their notes, as was stated to Mr. Pitt by the deputation, which waited on him on the 24th. What made Mr. Pitt so very affectionate towards the Bank ?—why, be cause the Government owed the Bank eleven mil lions sterling, not one farthing of which has yet been paid. _ _ On the 3d of March following, an Act was passed, authorising the Bank to issue notes for sums less than five pounds, and forth came the one and two pound notes. On the 9th of May another Act was passed, sanctioning what had been done by the Privy Council and the Bank Directors, authorizing' Collectors of the Revenue to receive Bank -notes, and permitting the Bank to continue to refuse paving their notes in gold until the 24th June following. This last was called " The Bank Re striction Act," and although it only extended to the 24th June of the same year in which it was passed, yet, from repeated renewals, the Bank did not issue gold before the year ]BlB. " A very seasonable extension," says it, " to the circulating medium of the conntry, without any pos sible public injury, and we think without loss to the Revenue, might be given by reducing the charge for bill stamps on small sums. At present a bill for any sum between two pounds and live gui neas, requires a Is. stamp ; from five guineas to 201., a Is. 61 one; and from 201. to 301., a 2s. stamp. Now if the stamp from 21. to 10/. was 6d., and from 10/. to 201., 9d..with a Is. stamp from 201. to 30/., a great many more small bills would be drawn, and the scarcity of money occasioned by the withdrawal of the 11. notes greatly relieved.— Before the passing of the Bank Restriction Act in 1796, a bill stamp for the highest sum was only charged 25.; and for any sum between 21. and 30/., only 6d. Of late years, since the stamps have been raised and altered, and the law respecting cheques altered, the number of bills drawn by the bankers has been very much diminished—as much as 1200 per cent. upon the present number, so that while in the year 1802 there were drawn by the three Leeds banks no fewer than 71,000 bills, the number drawn by them in the year 1828 amounted only to about 6,000, though the trade of the town in the mean time has greatly increased. It is proper to add, however, that there are many more bills drawn by private individuals now than for merly, but it would tend very greatly to the security of trade if there were more banker's bills, and fewer private ones; and a judicious reduction in the stamp duty, with an alteration in the law.regarding checks, would tend to effect this desirable purpose. Before the stoppage of the Bank of England there were only two hundred and thirty country banks, but in April, 1810, the number had increased to seven hundred and twenty-one ; the greater part of these issuing one-pound 'lutes, the country was soon filled with those things, which drove all the gold out of circulation. One-pound notes and gold coin will never circulate together long, the cause of which I will clearly show when I come to describe that deplorable event, the " late panic." You are well aware that things as they become plentiful have a natural tendency to fall in value. For a short time after the passing of the Bank Re striction Act the one-pound notes were worth twenty shillings in gold, that is to say, a one-pound note and a shilling would purchase as much wheat, bread, beef, beer, or other commodities. as a guinea ; but the notes as they became more and more plentiful, decreased in value as before stated. In the year 1800 with gold coin you could t s. d. purchase a note for s 18 4 1801 ... ditto ... 18 7 1802 ... ditto ... 18 8 1803 ... ditto ... IS 8 1804 ... ditto ... 19 0 1805 ... ditto ... 19 6 1806 ... ditto ... 19 6 1807 ... ditto ... 19 6 1 SOB ... ditto ... 19 6 1809 ... ditto ... 17 6 1810 ... ditto ... 17 1 1811 ... ditto ... 16 5 1812 ... ditto ... 15 3 1813 ... ditto ... 14 5 1814 ... ditto ... 16 2 1815 ... ditto ... 16 11 1816 ... ditto ... 16 2 1817 ... ditto ... 19 '7 1818 ... ditto ... 19 2 1819 ... ditto .. 19 6 Thus the pound in paper money was not worth a pound in gold during a period of twenty years. But you have been led to believe the one-pound note was always the same; and that it was the guinea which rose and fell in value. I think I shall bo able to convince you to the contrary. " The value of a thing is just as much as it will bring." Let us see how many pounds of beef a guinea would buy in 1813, and how many in 1829. The value of a guinea in gold, in 1813, was _ said to be 28 shillings. Multiply by the pence in a shilling 12 Divide:by the average price of beef in Plymouth Marka, in 1813, Bd. which I am informed was And the quantity of beef you could buy was 42 lbs. The guinea of 1829 is said to be worth only 21 shillings• Multiply by the pence in a shilling 12 Divideby the present price of beef—say 6d. 1 252 And the quantity of beef you could buy is 42 lbs. No alteration has therefore taken place in the value of the guinea; but a great increase of value has attached to the pound in paper, as the following statement will prove— The pound in paper money was said to be worth in 1813 2O shillings. Multiply by the pence in a shilling l2 Divide by the price of beef at that time, Bd. I 240 And you have the quantity of beef you could buy, viz. The pound in paper, of 1829, is actually worth in gold 2O shillings, Multiply by the pence in a shilling l2 DiriJe by the present price of beef —say 6d.' 240 And you have for your note _ 40 lbs. which is one-fourth more than you could purchase with your pound note in 1813. This clearly shows that paper, compared with gold, was not worth more than about 15s. in the pound in that year; and, on referring to the table, you will see it marked 14s. sd. The same method of calculation will bold good in regard to any other year mentioned in the table, by first finding the reputed value of the guineas. I have already intruded too far on the indulgence of the Editor, and must defer further remarks till next week. I am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, B. DENSHAM. Plymouth. Not less than eight children, who died of the small pox, were buried last Saturday in one parish not twenty miles from Ezeter.—Plymouth Journal. MELTON MOWBRAY.—We are glad to hear that the admirers of painting and music are to be gratified this winter, as well as the lovers of field sports ; it is in contemplation to fit up the large National School at this place as a picture gallery, (the paintings to be loans from gentlemen and artists,) and the exhibition to be followed by a concert. —From the distinguished patronage this plan has met with, the liberal promises of works of the very first ancient and modern artists, and the room being well adapted to show them to advantage, it is anticipated that admirers of the art will have an opportunity of great enjoy ment.—The profits are to be applied to benevolent pur poses.—Drahard's Stamford News. HIGHLAND SIMPLICITY.—Last week a young girl, fresh from the West Highlands, came on a visit to a sister she had residing in Glasgow. At the out skirts of the town she stopped at a toll-bar, and began to rap smartly with her knuckles at the gate. The keeper, amused at the girl's action, and curious to know what she wanted, came out, when she very demurely interrogated him as follows :—ls this Clasco?—Yes.—ls our PIGGY in ?—After a smile at her simplicity, the good-natured fellow put her on a way of finding where her sister resided. The lass thanked him in her imperfect English, saying her mother had desired her to be sure to enquire for P/OGY at the first big door she came to in Glasgow.— Glas gow Free Press. A BITER.—JOHN MASSINGHAM, butcher, of Clay, Norfolk, was on Monday se'nnight summoned by his wife, before J. W. Tnomesow, Esq., one of the county Magistrates, on a charge of ill-treating her. When asked if he beat her, the said, " No, but bit me." The Magistrate threatened to send him to the endless flight of steps in Walsingham Bridewell, and this brought him to a promise to cease his biting propensities. The par ties have been married but a very short time.•—Stamford News. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We observe with pleasure the instances in which landlords are throwing back to their tenants a certain per tentage upon their rents : we wish the instances were more numerous. Neither is it a temporary accommodation of this kind that will satisfy. Rents must come down —they must come down to the state at which they were before the great war beg-m, during which war they were forced up in CI.; most un natural manner ; and it is evident that the de crease of rents, so far from preventing or ren dering more difficult the payment of the interest of the national debt, will greatly facilitate the performance of the sacred obligation. Taxes also must be diminished, but how ? By eco nomy ; and by cutting oft needless expendi ture. If so large an army be necessary, which we shall not at present dispute, from the diffi culty of knowing how to employ the men who might be discharged, there is no necessity that its pay should remain undiminished. That ought to bear a just proportion to the wages of the labourer and mechanic in agricultural and manufacturing employments. Rates, both paro chial and county, but more especially the former, have declined very materially in amount ; and parish rates being the severest of all taxes, their alleviation must be most beneficially felt. All these are reasons in our mind for not tampering with the circulating medium, or attempting any other plan of finance than that of simply prac tising economy, and introducing retrenchments wherever they are practicable. Neither do we believe that any new project is in contemplation, though certainly we know not the intentions of Government. But both Ministers and the public will recollect with what confidence it was asserted, some six weeks ago, that Such was the distress of the country,—the overwhelm ing, confounding, annihilating, distress of tin country,—that Parliament must be called toge ther immediately, before Christmas, for the pur pose of discovering some ready expedient to save the sinking realm. We spoiled this conceit of the sudden assembling of Parliament. Th;it body is not yet met, nor will it meet before the usual time ; and we are sure that our distresses have not been aggravated during the interval. Our commerce and manufactures are silently and successfully creeping on. We are the more earnest in urging a total abstinence from all measures of an untried character,—from all finan cial coups detat,—not only because the present evils are tolerable, or admit of gentle methods of alleviation, but because we have never heard any experimental project recommended that would not have an immediate operation in producing tenfold evil. Were the national creditor,—the tithe consumer,—and the rent consumer,—all at once to be plundered by some revolutionary act of violence, the misery of the people at large would but be aggravated by the robbery.—Tinzes. We this day resume the interesting topic of the evils existing in the present state of the ju dicature of our West Indian colonies. Tlie result of the inquiry of the Commissioners into the administration of justice in the West In dies, as collected from their diffent reports, may be stated, with sufficient exactness for our pre sent purpose, to be as follows :—First, as re lates to the laws. " There is throughout the islands," says the reporter, " a total want of any fixed, principles of jurisprudence."* Again, " the principle upon which certain laws of the mother country are operative and held binding in her colonies, far from being clear and precise, is involved in considerable obscurity, and often found very difficult of application."t "We acknowledge," say the Judges, " the common law of England ;" but the reception is qualified by, " so far as it is applicable to the circum stances of the colony." The case is the same with the statute law of England. "We are bound," was the answer, "by Acts of Parliament passed before the settlement of the colony, and applicable to its condition." Now the settle ment of the different islands was at considerable intervals, and the rule makes, as is shown by the Commissioner by a table in his report, a diffe rence of two centuries in their statute law be tween two neighbouring islands.t Then as to local laws. Barbadoes, Tobago, St. Vincent, Montserrat, St. Christopher, and the Virgin Islands, stand most pressingly in need of a pub lication of their respective Acts of Assembly. In Barbadoes there were 247 laws in manuscript in 1822, and there are now probably as many more ; and the Judges, who were ex-officio bound to know them, however inaccessible, were not lawyers. All the Colonies require to have their laws carefully revised—first, with a view to their retrenchment, and then to their consolida tion and amendment. A curious account is given of the manner pursued in the settlement of Honduras, in introducing any new regulation which is to undergo the solemnity of an enact ment. The proposition is discussed in a meet ing of the Magistrates and inhabitants assembled after notice. If the measure agreed to at such meeting receive the assent of the superintendaut, it is considered as binding, and having the effect of lavo.§ Secondly, the administration of the laws was found by the Commissioners to be very defective, and is stated!' to require great amelio ration and an extensive " change of system." The constitution of the Court of Chancery is shown to be very objectionable. Either the administration of equity is intrusted to the Com mander-in-Chief (usually a naval or military officer), or the Court is composed of all the members of Council as well as the Governor, the . Governor being only prima inter pares, and the votes being taken in regular order, begin , ning with the junior councillor. In the latter case, the administration ofjustice is less dignified and more uncertain ; " and," says the Commis sioner, is in general distrusted and hated, in a degree commensurate with its power of doing mischief in the Colony.s This want of confidence in their decisions is attributed to the frequent connection of the ' Equity Judges with the litigant parties, an in ' evitable evil in such small communities, and their want of legal education. In Tobago the Master in Chancery receives upon sales in his office the shameful fee of 6 per cent. Receivers in too many islands, do not account regularly for proceeds ; and giving no other than their personal security (without sureties) against mal administration, when they die insolvent, having wasted the effects, a very common case, there is no remedy over. In the common law Courts the Chief Justice very often, and the Assistant Judges, always consist of persons. who are not lawyersland the consequences, as might be ex pected, are frequent misconceptions of the law, constant liability to error: total want of confi dence in their decisions, and universal discon , tent. In the Criminal Courts the law is ad ' ministered, in most of the colonies, with littl e solemity, by a bench of magistrates, who ar e no t •3d Dwarris's Report, p. 97. § Honduras Report, p, 4. ' t Id. let Report, p. 112. 3d Dwarris's Report, p. 98 13d Report, p. 99.