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, 'lf ORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. THE ANNIVERSARY FETE of this Society will take pace at the Garden at Chiswick, on SATURDAY, June 27. Ticket, price 1/. Is. each, are ready for de livery to Fdiows of the S,:c:ety. Ticketi for other per son" will be 21 s . eac h , until the 13th instant; after that '' 9 Y) And up to th e 20 t h of :lune inclusive, 1/. Ils. 6d. ; 4443 0 8 equently, 21. 2s. 22 ' Re.ent- st • set. 4 June , ,9 , 1829. COURT OF CHANCERY. ARTIFICIAL TEETH. ITis acknowledged by the most eminent Sur w pens, th at t h e mechanical principles adopted by Mr. • BEACALL awl Mr. ROSE, Surgeon-Dentists, for ! ll PPlying ARTIFICIAL TEETH and PALATES, are tar superior to any other iu effect of natural appearance, durability, and comfort in wearing, and at an expense of little more than one-half the usual charges. It being impossible to expatiate f u lly on th e mer i ts o f tne unerring principl es th ey a d opt i n t h e li m i ts o f an ad !ertisernent, they earnestly solicit the attention of those I li Nnediately i n t ereste d , assur i ng them that they have "knight the science to that scale of perfection which must tinsve- the utmost sa ti s f act i on . —E very O perat i on on the Teeth and Gums. —Attend at home from Ten till Four. **--13, Newman -street, Oxford-street. 04 Sat nrday will be published, in One Volume, R o yal 18mo. .TRE FAMILY LIBRARY, No. HI. GRFA.ontaining the LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE By the Rev. J. WILLIAMS, M.A. John Murray, Alb emar l e - s t reet . I.,JBug 1111IY, publisb e e i d n h g the, Nos. LIFE of BITONAPARTE, Tl. and 11. of the FAMI Y L Two °is: fifteen Engravings, 10s. N. 13. No. 1. is reprinting. lbln a f ew d ays, i n 2 vols. Bvo. with '7O Plates, R. GRANVILLE'S TRAVELS TO ST. .PETERSBUTIGH. • Second Edi t i on, considerably improved. ~.:( r inted for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington -street. Tln the Press, in 3 vols. post Bvo. Al ' ES OF MY TIME. Printed t- b e Auth or o f " Blue Stocking Hall." A , or ,Heory Colburn,S, New Burlington-street. The who. may be had, just published, 3 yak Second Edition of BLUE. STOCKING HALL, Send Edition, with Illustrations from Drawings by Daniel Maclese, in post Bvo. THE VOYAGE of CAPTAIN POPA .th 'VILLA to the Glorious Island of VRAIBLEUSIA, wetderful City of HUBBABUB, and the U,eaceable a ild of BLUN DERLAND. By the Author of" Vivian Grey." • " Travellers ne'er did lie, printed Thou g h fools at home condemn them." for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street. SEAL' E FFERVESCING CHELTENHAM SALTS, MADE FROM THE WATERS OF ME. THOMPSOMS MONTPELLIER SPAS AT CHELTENHAM. t r iE Public a r e respect informed that the , thes e Salts ar e th e on ly ge nuine production of the p erso t !lhana Spa Waters, a fact which is well known to every ' who h as v i s i te d Ch e l ten h am . They contain, ac 'ming to the Analysis of Sir Humphrey avy, and Messrs. de and Parkes, all the Chalybeate and other essential u Perties of the Spa Waters at Cheltenham. 111%.- Illek Sal ts an effervescing principle, and in this tot - evv ole t ,, diff . e ! only from the Cheltenham Salts hitherto sold Obbe. e REAL CHELTENHAM SALTS in Crystals and Vl Te seenee, as well as the above, are to be had of the Carl Agents , Messrs. BUTLER, Chemists, Cheapside, 164" St. Paul's, London ; Sackville-street, Dublin ; and ra ttl ee :isatreet, Edinburgh :—Retail of Hudson, 27, Hay a Ved. Ilass, 76 New ond-street ; Pum p the pri ßoom, Chel- ncipal Medi n t Hier mtil latu. an. at the ß on pe ttsiCii:uTunr.—ln future the above. Cheltenham S a lt s can w„.2l" genuine unless the Government Stamp with the Butler, Cheapside," is attached to them. PROFESSOR WILSON. e extract the following graphic sketch of gl e personal appearance of .this distinguished * T r iter from the last number of the " Edinburgh 141 , t erary*Gazette :." h i iigure to yourself a tall man; about six feet tor ,. half-an-inch or so, built with t e i able appearance of strength; but at the date li d description (that is, in the very spring e.and bloSsom of youth) wearing, for the pre u°4l, inant c h aracter o f his person, lightness and i ti tY, or (in our Westmoreland phrase) fish 's' ; he seemed framed with an express view to gYninastic exercises of every sort— I " To run , t o wres tl e , an d t o throw the dart." n the first of these exercises, indeed, and n 1 1, ta B 'uly (but of that I am not equally cer i). • the second, I afterwards came to t )i9Yv that he was absolutely unrivalled ; and k h o. best leapers at that time in the, ring, s c "rnond the Black and others, on getting o it taste of his quality," under circumstances w .„eonsider a bl e disadvantage (viz., after a r b K from Oxford to Moulsey Hurst, which hi th el ieve is fifty miles), declined to undertake a e• For this exercise he had two remarkable 11„ /Pa ti, tages; it is recorded of Sheffield, Duke of i ii ;.C.Kingham, that though otherwise a handsome tii7N_he offended the connoisseurs in the sta ll:4l, proportions by one minent defect— ijPs the most obtrusive toe which the human i re. is liable—viz. a body of length, dispro poilioned t o his legs. In Mr. Wilson the pro 4 - to rti°4 Were fortunately reversed : a short trunk, h i . remarkably long legs, give him one-half of 4. 44 antages in the noble science of leaping W,9thei h a lf w a s afterwards pointed out to me ti; ', lll accurate critic in these matters, as lying in ofe-Particular conformation of his foot, the instep hittb is arched, and the back of the heel - ,Onened in so remarkable a way that it 1 f u4l be worth paying a penny or so for a sight 2- h ug far of Professor Wilson in his outward th - 7 , whom (to gratify you and your's, and upon Ai l.. .e 6 nsideration that my letter is to cross the ~4 nt ic), I have described with an effort and 6 4 :l e unistantiation that are truly terrific to look o f upon. And now, returning to the course 11, 11 1. narrative, such in personal appearance tl en ,the young man upon whom my eyes sud- N!Yrested, for the first time, upwards of twenty 1 0 ; 1 4 ago, in the study of S. T. Coleridge— tie;ng:a's I said before, light as a Mercury to p e t familiar with the British build ; but, with 4 1. ence to the lengthy model of your Yankies, hp k sPhidle up Qo tall and narrow, already rather this Y and columnar. Note, however, that of all d e s array of personal features, as I have here at t 'Ded them, I then saw nothing at all, my Wil it ion being altogether occupied with Mr, w er s ° ll 'S conversation and demeanour, which w hi ' l ll the highest degree agreeable ; the points gp. 41 ,1 1 ? - chiefly struck me being the humility and e) l5 'Y with which he spoke of himself, his large fr a ',,t n sion of heart, and a certain air of noble h e "ess which overspread every thing he said ; ii i : e erned to have an intense enjoyment of life; i tit e li ed, bei ng y oung , rich, healthy, and full of ', e etual activity, it could not be very wonder- I l iriat h e s h ou ld fe e l h a ppy and pleased with N l s lf and others ; but it was somewhat un ilcA‘4,Lto find that so rare an assemblage of en kee'"ents' had communicated no tinge of_arro- N et to his manner, or at all disturbed the 41 temperance of his mind. 1•11•••••1•101.1•1111M11 Th 4 t4t e horse Fyldener died lately at the Crofts, t ratford-upon-Avon, in his 27th year. No. 11,464. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 10. At 10 o'clock this morning Sir N. C. TINDAL took his seat on the Bench for the first time since his appointment to the office of Lord Chief Justice of this Court. His Lordship bowed profoundly to the bar, who returned the salutation with the most marked cordiality. FERSTANDEG V. OUTER AND OTHERS. This was an action of libel brought by the plaintiff against the proprietors of a newspaper called the Morning Journal. The plaintiff, who is a foreigner, and a translator of languages, received a manuscript to revise for a Mr. Wilks, a publisher, some time ago, for which he charged a guinea; and on Mr. Wilks declining to pay this sum, the plaintiff refused to deliver up the manuscript, on which he insisted he had a lien. Mr. Wilks then lodged a complaint before Sir R. Birnie, at Bow-street, charging the plaintiff with having stolen the manuscript. Sir R. Birnie committed the plaintiff for trial, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Upon his acquittal, he waited on Sir R. Birnie, and demanded satisfac tion. This circumstance gave rise to some strictures in the newspapers upon the conduct of the worthy magistrate, in comm►tting a gentleman to take his trial for a felons on such grounds as those; and in reply to those strictures the following letter appeared by way of a defence of Sir R. Birnie " CASE OF FERSTANDEG. " TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING JOURNAL. " Sir,—For some time past, as you no doubt are aware, there has been some little interest excited in the magis terial world, and amongst readers of newspapers, in con sequence of the committal of a German for the stealing of a manuscript under peculiar circumstances, his subsequent acquittal, and demand for an apology from the committing magistrate. With your customary impartiality and disin terestedness, I rejoice to see that you have not (like one of your cotemporaries) taken up with furious zeal the case of the foreigner, and vituperated a magistrate of this coun try without paying any regard to the circumstances of the affair, but have fully and equally detailed both the begin ning and the end, and then left the public to judge for themselves. On the other hand, however, one of your contemporaries has risen up, with the most laughable heat and wisdom as agreeable, for the purpose of showing that there was undue power exercised by the police magistrate in committing the German. But on a little reflection it will be found that this gentleman did nothing but his duty; that he had no business to be acquainted with the charac ter of the prosecutor, if be really is so unprincipled as he is represented ; that two witnesses swore to the theft ; and, as the Justice in question truly remarked, in conde scending to explain his conduct to the person, he would b• liable to a mandamus from the Court of King's Bench if he had refused to entertain the charge. All these facts are not, however, discovered by your contemporary, which, to suit its own, and, perhaps, others' piques, inserts letters from the German to scandalize the magistrate, after a true bill for larceny has again been thrown out against the fel low. This conduct, both of the German and his paper supporter, is very Sne ; but I hope, Sir, that its true merit will be properly appreciated in your independent columns. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, REPREHENSOR." This was the libel complained of, for which the plaintiff now sought compensation in damages. For the defendants it was contended, that the object and effect of this letter was not to vilify the character of the plaintiff, but to vindicate the con duct of the Magistrate; and that therefore it was no libel. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, in putting the case to the Jury, observed, that the principal question which the Jury would have to decide was, whether, looking at the whole of the publication, it appeared to them that its object was to vilify and to degrade the character of the plaintiff. The first question, however, for consideration was, whether this was or was not a libel ? For the purpose of leading them to a right conclusion upon that question, he should read to them the. libel, and should remark, as he went on, on the construction which he was himself disposed to put upon it. It appeared that the plaintiff had had some charge made against him of larceny, for which he was tried and acquitted. That was admitted by the Learned Sergeants on both sides, as well as in the libel itself. It then appeared that some dispute arose about the conduct of the Magistrate who had committed the plaintiff for trial. Some thought that he had acted too hastily in the matter, and others (his friends, probably) were of opinion that he had done no more than his magis terial ditty compelled him to perform. On the '2lst of January, 1829, the article complained of was pub lished in the Morning Journal. How long it was previous to this date that the transaction which the libel alluded to had taken place did not appear, nor was it, indeed, essential to the cause. The alleged libel was headed in the newspaper " Case of Ferstandeg," which, no doubt, alluded to the plain tiff. His Lordship then read the libel down to that part in which it mentioned the plaintiff's demand foran apo logy from the Magistrate, as far as which he said it certainly appeared to him that nothing libellous was stated. As he should read it it was nothing more than a plain allegation of facts, stated in a fair, simple, and unvarnished manner. His Lordship then again reverted to the libel, and read on to that part in which the writer expressed his satisfaction that the editor had left the public to judge for themselves upon the merits of the matter, when he again said, that, as far as he had proceeded, there appeared to him nothing to call for observation. The party who wrote seemed to be stating facts with a fair and even: mind, and, as he should infer, without any in tention of injuring or wounding the feelings of any one. His Lordship then proceeded to that part of the libel in which it was stated that the witnesses swore to the fact of the theft. That, he observed, was a positive allegation of fact, which, whether true or false, was of a serious nature to the plainliff. It was a positive fact that at the trial of Ferstandeg two persons swore to the truth of the charge which was made against him. It certainly appeared to his Lordship that that fact might have been put in more qualified language, but it would be for the jury to say.whether there was any covert design on the part of the writer to give an unfair state ment of the affair. His Lordship continued to read to that part in which it was stated that "as the Justice in question had truly remarked, in condescending to explain his conduct to this person, he would have been liable to a mandamus." Now, it certainly did not strike his Lordship as being a very courteous way when writing of another individual simply to designate him by the word " person." It would be for the Jury to say, therefore, whether they thought that the fact of the plaintiff's having been designated by that term by the writer of this letter afforded any proof that his object was to hold him up to public scorn and derision. His Lordship next came to that part of the publication in which it was said that a true bill for larceny had again been thrown out against the fellow. This, he observed certainly appeared to him to be the paragraph which was most for the consideration of the Jury. They would have to say whether that was a bona fide stateineat, or whether it had been made with a view to injure either one patty or the other. He must say, that when a person was speaking of this plaintiff, and said that a true bill for larceny had been thrown out against the " fellow," it certainly appeared that he meant to insinuate that he 'had some grounds for 'malting the statement. His Lordship then read the libel to a conclusion, and observed, that he did not know that much could be collected from the assumed style of the writer. The question was, whether this person in writing, or these ` l :' fenclants in publishing, did, in the whole of the para- LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1829. graph, intend to give a bona fide statement of what had occurred, without any pique or resentment against the plaintiff, and without any design to ex pose him to public contempt and ignominy ? jf the Jury were of opinion that it was only a fair statement made, without any intention to vilify or degrade the plaintiff, their verdict would be for the defendants. And the next question to determine would be the amount of damages which they should think the plaintiff entitled to receive. That was a question entirely for their consideration, and he, therefore, should make no observation upon it fur ther than that, in his opinion, the publication could not in any sense be looked upon as a very aggra. vated libel. The Jury remained in consultation for upwards of half an hour in the box, at the end of which time they informed the officer that they were under the necessity of retiring, in consequence of the de termination of one among them who entertained an opinion contrary to all the rest. An officer was accordingly sworn, and the Jury retired for upwards of another half hoer, when they returned with a verdict for the • plaintiff-,,Dii mages, 101. • The LORD - CHIEF -JUSTICE rose at two o'clock, for the purpose, we understood, of attending to be sworn in a member of the Privy Council. His Lordship, before he withdrew, intimated, after having first consulted the bar on the subject, that during the present sittings he would continue to sit at ten o'clock in the morning . ; but thst in future he would take his seat at half-past nine. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. THE LATE MISUNDERSTANDING. When the secret history of the present Session of Parliament comes to be made public (and that it must be one day or other), there will be much to amuse, and more to surprise the un learned reader. We are in possession of many anecdotes, whose " hour is not yet come ;" but we cannot withhold one connected with the cushioning of Lord Lyndhurst's Equity Bill in the Lower House. From certain symptoms, easily discoverable by experienced practitioners, it was apprehended that an opposition to the Bill had been prepared and organised in the House of Cominons. Di rections were, in consequence, given to a scien tific tactician to " sound r his report was, that a determined stand against the measure was de cided upon, and that it would certainly be a troublesome, and possibly a hazardous experi- Ment to persevere. Under these circumstances 'ffie Bill was withdrawn, much to the surprise of `The Noble and Learned Father of the Bill, in the hurry of the moment, had not been consulted, felt aggrieved and slighted by this un•- ceremonious abandonment of his progeny ; and an estrangement and cessation of intercourse with the personages directly concerned (notwithstand ing the semi-official assertions to the contrary) did actually take place; and it was not until after an interval of many days, and a satisfac tory explanation of the motives of the step com plained of, that any thing like cordiality was re established. The very intelligent person who had so adroitly ascertained the feeling of the Lower House on the subject, was selected to manage the gdaircissement, and he conducted this intricate negociation to a happy consumma tion ; but not without considerable difficulty, and a great deal of personal exertion. In this state matters remain. Peace is, at least for the present, the order of the day ; but we must venture to hint our opinion, that as the apparent harmony rests only on the insecure basis of mutual convenience, it is not hazarding a very rash conjecture when we say that there is but little probability of its proving lasting ; and such, we are pretty sure, is the feeling on one at least of the late belligerents.—Morning Chron. PRICE 71). gratitude for one whom they deservedly look upon as a great benefactor to the arts, and pro moter of the sciences, by th e a ppli cat i on of which they earn their livelihood. LENGTH of PARLIAMENTARY SESSIONS. As much has been said about the shortness of the pre sent Session, a Gentleman has been at the pains of pre paring the following Table of the Duration of each Ses sion since the Union : LIVERPOOL. TUESDAY, JUNE 9.—High water 28 minutes past eight o'clock.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Pyramus, Young, from Jamaica ; Providence, Thomas, from Ho lyhead ; Jane, Howard, from Glasgow ; Mersey, —, from Dublin. CLEARED OUTWARDS.—The Sarah Harding, for New York ; La Garonne, Hicks, for Marseilles ; Dorothea, Hoppe, for Dantzic ; Ceres, Vrael, for Rostock; Uni corn, Tremp, for Quebec ; and Lima, Smith, for Bue nos Ayres. Passed Holyhead, outward bound, the Oporto, for Oporto. COURT OF ALDERMEN. On Tuesday, after the discussion upon the sub ject of the order from the House of Lords for the production of the corporation papers, alluded to in the account given in yesterday's paper of what took place in the Court of Common Council, some con versation took place on the important question of IMPRISONMENT FOR SMALL DEBTS. A petition was presented from the medical gentle man who so ably performs his duties at Whitecross street Prison, praying that some addition should be made to 'his salary, in consideration of the great ad dition to his duties on account of the increasing number of patients, produced by the crowded state of the gaol. Upon the motion for submitting this petition to the Gaol Committee, together with some others, The Loan MAYOR said he had a few observa tions to make, and those he should advance without the slightest idea of detracting from the claims of the medical gentleman whose petition had been just presented. He was convinced that the public would be glad to hear there was every reason to expect that Government intended to interfere to supersede imprisonment for small debts. It had been repre sented to the Ministers that the arrest for small debts, particularly the Court of Request debts, was productive of the greatest mischief to the morals of the laborious classes, and that the parishes on which poor persons who have been imprisoned had claims were put to great expence on account of the existence of the law of arrest; in those cases the families of the prisoners being invariably depend ent upon parochial relief from the moment caption was made. This representation had made a deep impression upon Government, he had had reason to believe, and he trusted that at the beginning of the next session the question would occupy Parliament. Every one to whom he had spoken on this painful subject at once assented to the necessity of getting rid of so injurious, and in every respect so unprofit able a system. Under these circumstances, it was likely that the medical duties of the petitioner would be considerably diminished in a short time, instead of being increased, and there would no longer exist a claim to a higher salary on the ground of more extended duties. His Lordship threw out these ob servations as a hint to the Committee, Alderman WooD said, that Mr. Peel, to whose active exertions the country was greatly indebted, had expressed his intention to submit this most im portant subject to Parliament as soon as possible.-- The general confusion created in Parliament by the great constitutional event which had occurred, and which absorbed every other question this session, prevented die adoption of some measure of relief for unfortunate small debtors, as well as of some other projects of public utility. No doubt the Home Secretary would turn his attention to the condition of the debtors whose families were thrown upon the world, and whose morals were almost invariably de stroyed by the gaol habits. The present plan was horrible. The tallyman, as had been a short time ago stated by the press, with a benevolent feeling towards the poor, resorted to the most ingenious means of involving the labouring man in debt and ruin, and infamy generally followed. The gaol of Newgate was often the next abode: It was impos sible to hide the knowledge of the demoralizing ef fects of a prison confinement upon the poor unin structed of the community. He (Alderman Wood) concurred with the Lord Mayor in the observations which his Lordship had made as a recommendation to the Committee. If, notwithstanding all that was expected to be done on this occasion, the petitioner's patients did not diminish in number, the Court would most readily take into consideration the ques tion of an additional salary. The petition was then referred to the Gaol Com mittee. There are, it appears, at this moment upwards of 60 persons confined in the Middlesex side of White cross-street prison upon Court of Request processes, most of the debts being under 31. It is estimated that the families of half of number are now de- pendent upon parochial relief. All over England there are courts of the same kind held, so that if this estimate be taken as the average, the poor rates are enormously increased by the small debt impri• sonment system. It may not be amiss to state here what was stated in the lobby of the court, that the prison in Whitecross-street is extremely crowded, notwithstanding the exertions of the Commissioners of the Insolvent Court, who are indefatigable, who sit four days every week, and hear 15 original cases each day. The conduct of the Commissioners can not be too highly applauded. Wherever they find a case of misfortune, they dismiss the insolvent without hesitation or delay. It is but justice, too, to mention that the present Sheriffs, Mr. Copeland and Mr. Booth, have acted with the greatest libera lity to the prisoners. They have supplied money for their exigencies fForn'their Poekets, and in the cold weather se►it a large extra supply of coals, clothes, &c, The Grand Jury of Middla"- a true bill against -1.- ...ex yesterday found BUTLER, for having set fire to the 1 . "7" .. ...i5es of Messrs. DOWNING, floor-cloth manufactu rers, of Chelsea. A true bill was also found against Tito al syltamula H.ot, for the murder of MARY ANNIE WAITE. SIR HUMPHREY DAVY. GENEVA, JUNE I.—On Friday last, the 29th of Nay, the great and celebrated philosopher, Sir Humphrey Davy, closed his mortal career in this city, .in the 51st year of his age. He had arrived within our walls only the day before, hav ing performed his journey from Rome by easy stages, without feeling any particular incon venience, and without any circumstances which denoted so near an approach to the last debt of nature. Sir Humphrey had been for some months a resident at Rome, where he had had a serious and alarming attack of a paralytic nature, but from which he was apparently, though slowly, recovering ; but his most sanguine friends hardly ventured to hope that his valuable life would be much longer preserved. Lady Davy, who had been detained in England by her own ill state of health,, had joined •him in Rome, on hearing . of his alarming state ; and she had the gratification of contributing by her soothing care to the com forts of his last days during their stay in Italy, and, on their journey to this place, where they bad- intended to pass the summer, and hoped to.. have derived benefit from the eminent prac titioners whom we possess. Sir Humphrey had also been joined by his brother Dr. John Davy, physician to the forces in Malta, whence he had come on receiving the intelligence of his brother's danger. But all human art and skill were of no avail. The last and fatal attack took place at half-past two on Friday morning, and the pulse ceased to beat shortly after. The event was no sooner known than the afflicted widow received the condolences and affectionate offers of services from the most distinguished individuals of this place, amongst whom we must particularly men. tion Mr. A. de Condolle, the eminent botanist, and Mr. Sismondi, the historian, both equally beloved for their amiable character, as illustrious throughout Europe for their works. M r . d e Condone obligingly took char ge o f a ll t h e de tails softhe interment of his lamented colleague ; and the Governer of the Canton, the Academy of Geneva,:the Consistory of the Geneva Church, and the Societies of Arts and of Natural Phi and History, together with near l y a ll t h e losophy English now resident here, have this day accom panied the remains to the burial-ground, where Englishthe service was performed by t h e R ev. John Mr. Magers, of Queen's College, an d th e Rev. Mr. Burgess. The members of the Aca demy, in the absence of any relations of the de ceased, took their place in the funeral proces sion ; and the invitations to the syndicate, and to the learned bodies who accompanied it, were made by that body in the same character. The w h o l e w as conducted with much appropriate or der and decency ; and whilst every attention and respect were paid to the memory of an individual who has done his ample share of good to man kind daring his life, and whose name will be handed down to posterity amongst those who imave most eminently contributed to spread the bounds of science, nothing was attempted to step beyond the limits of that unostentatious simpli city which the deceased had frequently declared to be his wish, whenever his mortal remains should be conveyed to their last home ; and which, in accordance to that wish, had been ex, pressly enjoined to her kind friends by the afflicted widow, the faithful depositary of his thoughts. We know not whether this amiable and accomplished lady will continue her resi dence much longer amongst us; or whether she will endeavour to mitigate the poignancy of her feelings, by visiting for a few weeks the more distant objects of interest in this enchanting l experienced p uw e na r t i rr e my n . c e u fr t o from e s e , e attachment and esteem which she has amiable characteirroann on con t fi h d is ent that the proofs springinginelancholy occa sion,and, and from . our admiration qf her Wan I our d respect tjo.guih t: a her t : aie. 1 10 i n s endear to h er f. -• I- • • .ckr ever' t le Ir. must of GellM. ...tianitants and city e were much gratified in seeing in the pro cession, Which followed the corporate bodies, and the countrymen of the deceased, many of the most em i nent manufacturers of this indus trious city, and a large body of mechanics, who were anxiou s to pat , this tribute of regard and of ANNO AEON'. 41 Geo. 111. 42 Geo. 111. 43 Geo. ...... •• • • 44 Geo. 111. 45 Geo. 111. 46 Geo. HI. 47 Geo. 111. (Sess. 1.) 47 Geo. 111. (Sess. 2. )* 48 Geo. 111. 49 Geo. 111. 50 Geo. 111. 51 Geo. 111. 52 Geo. 111. 53 Geo. lII.* 54 Geo. 111. 55 Geo. 111. 56 Geo. 111. 57 Geo. 111. 58 Geo. 111. 59 Geo. lII.* 60 Geo. 111. and 1 Geo. IV. 1 Geo. IV.* 1 and 2 Geo. IV 3 Geo. IV. 4 Geo. IV. 5 Geo. IV. 6 Geo. IV. 7 Geo. IV. 7 and 8 Geo. IV.* 9 Geo. IV. . 10 Geo. IV. . COMMENCING . Jan. 22, 1801 . Oct. 29, 1801 • Nov. 16, 1802 Nov. 22, 1803 Jan. 15, 1805, Jan. 21, 1806 1 Dec. 15, 1806 June 22, 1807 Jan. 21, 1808 Jan. 19, 1809 Jan. 23, 1810 Nov 1, 1810 Jan. 7, 1812 Nov. 24, 1812 Nov. 4, 1813, Vow. 8, 18141 Feb. 1, 1816 Jan. 28, 16 17) Jan. 27, 1818 Jan. 14, 1819 Nov. 23, 1819 April2l, 1820 Jan. 23, 1821 Feb. 5, 1822 Feb. 4, 1823 Feb. 3, 1824 Feb. 3, 1825 Feb. 2, 1826 Nov. 14, 1826 Jan. 29, 1828 Feb. 5, 1829 ew Parliaments. ENDING l July 2, 1801 June 28, 1802 :Aug. 12, 1803 IJuly 31, 1804 i July 12, 1805 i July 23, 1806 i April 27, 1807 Z ' Aug. 14, 1807 July 4, 1809 June 21, 1809 June 21, 1810 IJuly 24, 1811 July 30, 1812 July 22, 181'3 July 30, 1814 July 12, 1815_ (July 2, 1816 'J j u u i l i y e 1 1 0 2, 1 1 8 8 1 1 8 7 July 13, 1819 Feb. 28, 1820 z Nov. 23, 1820 July 11, 1821 Aug. 6, 1822 July 19, 1823 June 25, 1824 July 6, 1825 May 31, 1826 July 2, 1827 July 28, 1828 CAMBRIDGE TOWN ELECTION. CAMBRIDGE, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9. The worthy Mayor, the returning officer for this borough,took his place in the Town-hall at ten o'clock, attended by Mr. Sergeant. Storks as his assessor.— Colonel Trench, with his friends, occupied one side of the bench, and Mr. Wells was on the other side, among many other gentlemen; but whether they were supporters or not, we could not decide. The space under the bench, the table of the counsel dur ing assizes, was crowded with gentlemen of the town, poll•clerks, town-clerks, &c., and the jury-box was filled with the electors; there are in Cambridge about 70; the front of the hall and galleries were filled with a rabble as ruffianly and clamorous as any in the world, whose manners the University has not softened nor civilized. The precept for the election, and the other usual documents, were received amidst incessant clamour. Mr. Alderman COTTON then rose, and proposed his friend, Colonel Frederick W. Trench. Another Alderman briefly seconded this nomination. Colonel TRENCH rose, but in consequence of the deafening yells from the rabble, who seemed nearly equally divided between supporters and opponents, only a few broken sentences reached us to this effect : —lie was once more before his constituents; he Was gratified that his Majesty, having appointed him to an office, gave him this opportunity of satisfying the people of Cambridge respecting his Parliamentary conduct. There might be some who felt offended, perhaps, with his late vote on the Catholic question; but he would, if they would allow him, prove to them all that he gave that vote most conscientiously as he had already proved it to his friends, on whom he had called, since he came to town. He de clared to them most sincerely, as a man of honour, that he voted most conscientiously. It was for the security of the Protestant Church, which was always most dear to his heart, that he gave that vote. He was prepared to prove that to them, if they would hear him ; but as they would not allow him to go fully into the subject, he would content him self with saying, that if they returned him again, he would always support the interest of the people of the borough of Cambridge. After a few minutes the MAYOR asked if there were any other candidate to be proposed ? Mr. WELLS rose—the clamour was astounding : he sat down—the clamour did not cease : he rose again—and resumed his seat from the same cause. — The MAYOR and his Assessor more than once declared that unless silence could be obtained, they should, though reluctantly, adjourn. Mr. WELLS, after some minutes, proceeded to address the meeting ; and by the aid of very powerful lungs made some of his sentences audible; but the continued uproar and occasional squabbles of the rabble interrupted many of them in their passage, and sometimes overwhelmed him altogether. He proposed himself for the choice of the electors. He could have had himself proposed by some of the honest freemen ; he declined it, because he knew what ruin such conduct might bring upon them. He would not expose any poor man to such risk. He stood before them, as he had a right, to offer himself as their representative. lie stood before them upon public grounds, and for the public cause; though he well knew that those who came forward for the people benefitted little for themselves or their families. The MAYOR put the question to the meeting whether they would have Colonel F. W. 'I rend] fog• their member ? The electors, about 40, in the Jury-box, raised their hands in token of assent. The MAYOR then put the question in like manner with respect to Mr. Wells. Many bands were raised in the Hall, but not by The MAYOR accordingly declared that the majority was in favour of Mr. Wells. A poll was demanded for Colonel Treni,-.4. Mr. WELLS was imiderstood to decline the poll, but he briefly returned thanks to the meeting for the choice they made of him. He also took occasion to disdain any intention of saying any thing offensive of Colonel Trench's private life; he believed him to be an honourable man in his private life. The warmth of public discussion generally carded men beyond the con troul over themselves, and he, too, was sometimes unable to check himself. Colonel TRENCH expressed himself satisfied with, the cond uc t o f hi s l earned opponent, and added some observations in vindication 'of his hUrnble conduct & which the noise and breaking up of the meeting Fe, vented us from hearing. l`vir. WELLS wished them a ll mood mortal ••• , left the hall amidst loud and Colonel Trench reqnti,netil t(t) and . complete • ..emonies of his e l e cti o n. On %Wis. pe- _Jr one or two votes, ' fine girl, seven years of age, daughter of Mr. ThomAs R 4NDALL, Dover, had her eye completely forced from the socket a few • days ago by an oyster-shell thrown at her by another child.—Brighton Gazette. On Monday our fishermen caught a fish about six feet long, and meastuing in circumference four feet four inches, from the smoothness of its skin, they call " a marble fish." They have preserved it in great misery alive in a hog boat, where it lies half covered with water, and where it is exhibited as a " wonderful fish," to defray the ex penses of their nets, which it materially damaged.—Rriyh ton Gazette. SIGN Return of the number of Causes in the Court of Chan cery standing for hearing• and for judgment, when the Great Seal was put in commission in May, 1783 ; and when it was delivei-ed to Lord Thurlow ; with the num her of Causes heard or determined by the Lords Com missioners:— The Great Seal was put in commission in April, 1783, when there were 83 causes standing for hear ing, and not any for judgment; and the Great Seal was delivered to Lord Thurlow the 23d December, 1783, when there were 145 standing for hearing, and not any for judgment ; 146 causes were heard and determined by the Lords Commissioners. T. A. RAYNSFORD, Dep. Reg. LORD BYRON'S FATHER. (From a Correspondent in the Inverness Courier.) Since the late Lord Byron distinguished him. self by his writings, an interest attaches to his name and family which may render the following anecdote of one of his predecessors not unaccept able to the public. I give it in nearly the words of the relater, George Hossack, a clear-headed old fisherman, who had been a minute observer of both men and things, and who, fifty years ago was reckoned the strongest and most daring man in this part of the country. In July, 1773, Lord Byron's pleasure-yacht, a vessel mounting 12 guns, well manned and fitted out in the most elegant manner, cast an chor in the bay of Cromarty. She had lain there for several days, having, according to re port, a dying lady on board, when my informant rowed his skiff alongside, bringing two fine sal mon to dispose of. No sooner had his boat touched the vessel, than a man who stood sentry at the gangway seized a boat-hook to shove her on, and struck the stern so forcibly as to split the plank. The fisherman, vexed at the injury, laid hold of the pole, wrenched it out of the fel low's grasp, and threatened to strike him down, Some one aboard cried out, " Sink the rascal !" The cry was echoed by others, and Hossack, considering that the odds were sadly against him, used the pole, not in carrying his threat into execution, but in propelling his boat from the side to under the stern of the yacht, where he lay beyond reach. In a few seconds, however, the captain, who, as he afterwards learned, was a Mr. Douglas, a native of Orkney, called on him to come alongside. He did so ;an apology was tendered him for the injury done his boat, and he quietly disposed of the fish. Lord Byron, a good-looking man, but rather shabbily dressed, was pacing the quarter-deck. Two gentlemen, Sir Hector Munro, of Novar, and Sir George Munro, of Poyntzfield, who had come on board on purpose to see his Lordship, their old acquaintance, as would appear, were seated on chairs near the stern. The party seemed an unsocial one. There was scarce any conversation. Byron did not invite his visitors to go below, but continued to pace the deck, re garding them from time to time with an expres sion of countenance singularly repulsive, while the two gentlemen had the blank look of men who, expecting a kind reception, are chilled by one freezingly cold. In explanation of a conduct so singular my informant was told by one of the crew that his Lordship was unsettled in mind, and had been so from the time he had killed a gentleman in a duel ; but that his mad ness was not without method. He learned afterwards, however, that prudence, not insanity, dictated the measure of his courtesy on this cc casion ; for the cabin at the time was occupied by three young women, who accompanied him in all his voyages, and to an acquaintance with whom he did not choose to introduce the visitors. Hossack was likewise informed that the sick lady, a Miss Moody, had expired that morning ; that she had no connexion with his Lordship, but was a relative or acquaintance of the Captain, and a native of Orkney ; that she had gone to Inverness for the benefit of her health ; and, that, becoming worse, and no more eligible conveyance presenting, she had taken the opportunity of re turning by Lord Byron's yacht. A Cromarty woman, who went on board to dress the corpse, described the cabin in which it lay as the finest she had ever seen. The sides were panelled with mirrors, and the belts between embossed into finely-coloured wreaths of flowers. The waist of the yacht was divided by a passage-, lighted from above, and there were cabins on each side finished in as rich a style as the one occu pied by the dead body. "The strangest part of the narrative is yet to come. After disposing of his fish Douglas gave Hossack a dram of excellent gin, told him he Would scarcely get any such ashore, and, with a knowing inclination of the head, asked hint whether he would not be for a few ankers Lord Byron's a smuggling yacht ! thought Hossack. He replied, however, in the affirma tive, and was brought to the peak of the resSel, when he saw a great quantity of kegs strapped and loaded, that bound together b) pairs, and having weights. attached to them to facilitate their sinking, in case of their being thrown over board. He closed a bargain for forty, left the vessel, and returned for his purchase at niitit 4rht . After stowing it in his boat he was brought be~ low by Douglas, and saw his Lordship and "( - he three women already mentioned. The latter were young and good-looking, but, from t h e freedom of their manners, apparently rai characters worse than doubtful. Hi s Lord.,;hip said scarce , anything. He appeared to ' oe a dark reserved man, of singular habit;: and unsettled mi n d, deepen the shades o f seemed of that sort which, the After paying Donglas far n H a i t s ur i a n l san c i h ty r,s , a 7 te w r. eve: 4 . ) s if i n a ia g n ' t was presented with a bag i t n h s e t of my c excellent coffee. A few weeks afterwards the yacht left the, place. Hossack, on his going to the Caithness fishery, which he did. a fOrtnight from this time, saw her riding at anchor in Sinclair's Bay, and heard from some of the country people, that she had lately unladen a cargo of smuggled goods. IT.‘7S/AF,ASE OF ATTORNEYS.-+-Tlle folloiVing .statenient will show the progressirp , increase of Attorneys ac the under-meWieneil places ':iring the last ten yea rs: - y Isis. 1822. 182:1. At I.3.k`igtol .. Liverrel • 95 121 153 ... &11cl. ..ester 92 113 153 - • Norwiel , .. York All the counties of Ireland are now engaged in the registry of freeholds, and were a judgment formed from what may be observed in this our southern district, we should calculate with every degree of confidence that not even one-third (and we concede a liberal moiety) of those who served notice of registry, will succec:l in their view of becoming freeholders. We count on the data already exhibited in the counties of Limerick, Clare, and Cork,—no mean criterion, either, in a province where the forty-shilling freehold interest has been so eminently powerful. 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