The Sun. — London, England, 1829-06-25 00:00:00

tW: LONDON BRIDGE APPROACHES, AS NOW FINALLY SETTLED. - The'plan for the New Bridge approaches—as finally settled and approved of by Government, and ittimediately to be protected with—was yesterday deposited by the Deputy City Remembrancer, pur suant to the Act of Parliament just passed, with the Town Clerk, at his office, Guildhall. They differ materially from those hitherto given in various Published representations. The north and south ends of the Bridge will both be connected with the main lines of approach by "dies. On the north or City side, the principal street, measuring the full width of the Bridge—and which will consequently be of the noblest dimensions wrill proceed, not direct to Cornhill, as at first talked of, but in a slanting line towards the upper Part of Gracechurch.street, a little above Leaden hall-market, which it leaves to the right ; the main road thence continuing from the intersection of Corn hill and to Rishopsgate-street as before. The cross-way of Thames-street will run under the arch to be thrown over it next the Bridge, by Which means the cross carriage there, so long occa sioning stoppages, and frequently dangerous, will be avoided; two short semi-circular streets, the ons commencing about the middle of St. Martin's-lane, Sad the other near that of Love-lane, in Upper and Lower Thames -streets, will give access from those Parts to the great new street on each side Fish street-trill, at a little distance above the Monument. The arch connecting the Bridge with the Surrey side will face, as nearly as possible, the end of Too ley-street; whence are facilities for continuing a new street along the back of Montagu-close, which may be made at a small expence to open on the blew Southwark Bridge-road, or be continued thence even as far as to Great Surrey-street; thereby af fording scope for the finest improvements in those Parts. The main bridge approach from Blackman street in the Borough is to be of the same noble Width as that on the City side, and will occasion t he entire removal of all the houses on the west aide of. the Borough not already pulled down, from the old London Bridge-foot to the Town Hall ; t hus leaving a grand thoroughfare in a straight line 51 1 the way from the new Bridge to the west side of St. Margaret's-hill and Blackman-street. By this clearance of the west side of the Borough, all the in• convenience from its extreme:narrowness will be corn- Pletely done away with, as well as the mass of of buildings and dirty courts at its back; that grand object, St. Saviour's Church, will be fully thrown open to the street, on which its east end will nearly abut; and, should the surrounding space of the churchyard, Montagu-close, &c., be formed—as they are easily capable of—into a grand public squar e , something in the styl e g i ven i n th e pl a t e i n Mr. Allen's tract on the Bridge Approaches from Surrey, this entrance to the metropolis cannot fail to hav e the fittest effect imaginable. Tooley-street, it should be observed, is to have an access to the great new thoroughfare or street by a branch street, c ommunicating with St. Thomas's -street, at the side of St. Thomas's and front of Guy's Hospitals. The advantages to be gained from these arrange. totnts, and to which the height of the new bridge, notwithstanding all the sarcasms levelled at it, was essentially necessary, will be, in the first place, to remove the long-felt inconvenience of the stoppage et each end of the,Bridge, from the cross carriage of Thames and ToOTry-streets, the traffic of which be lag immense, and interfering so immediately with the m a in approaches at the Bridge.foot, is well known to have been an evil of the first magnitude The next, and perhaps a greater advantage, is the superior safety it will afford to the navigation of the Thames, by leaving room for vessels of large burden to pass under it at the highest tides with perfect fa cility, and the want of which had for centuries been the cause of continual accidents, not to mention the constant nuisance of the way above both to horses and passengers, from the hole in which the old bridge l ies, and which on the slightest rains was dirty in the extreme; and, lastly, will be the avoiding of the toilsome rise or dangerous descent of Fish-street hill, which could not be done by any mode more generally useful and pleasing than by the one now adopted, of raising the Bridge, building an arch on this side across Thames -street, and carrying the toad-way nearly level till it meets and unites with the opposite hill. As regards ornament, the deve loping the fine old church of St. Saviour, with the improvements suggested, will be well and admirably disposed to render the south-west side of the Bridge at once beautiful and interesting, at the same time that the increased width and grandeur of the ap- Proach from Blackman-street will also combine the highest utility and commercial advantages. Unless, indeed, the approaches had been in some sort suit able to the beauty of the Bridge itself, and spaces given at least equal to those at the extremi ties of Blackfriars Bridge, the work must have been incomplete, imperfect, and degraded. " Every body," says a judicious Essay on this Bridge, " laments- the circumscribed area around St. Paul's Cathedral ; and all are equally free to censure those persons who could sanction the expenditure of a vast sum of Money on a noble public building, and withhold a littl e more to give it space, and make suitable ap. Proaches. Niggardliness and liberality, grandeur and meanness, can never assimilate." Adopting this opinion, it were to be wished that an oblique street had also been determined on, as was originally the case, branching from that to be formed to Grace church -street, in a direction to the Bank, and which if popular utilities and beauties shall be allowed to take place of private, not to say, petty motives, may Perhaps be, ere long, yet adopted. Such a second grand street would certainly be a further improve ment, as it would divide the current of passengers, and be productive of many other advantages. ROYAL VISITOR.—His Royal Highness the buk e o f GLOUCESTER is expected to pay us his annual ‘'isit on the 15th July. A house in the Crescent has been taken for his reception.— Cheltenham Chronicle. DEATH OF MR. TERRY, THE PER VORMER —On Tuesday afternoon this talented actor breathed his last. The severe attack of paralysis with Ithich he was so awfully visited, about a fortnight ago, bud so completely debilitated his frame, that not the 'lightest hopes of his recovery were entertained by his me dical attendants. About half-past one o'clock last Tues day, his family were shocked on beholding him a victim to th e last and fatal attack : all that medical skill could t ehieve was done, but without effect—nature was cona- Ptetely exhausted—and the unfortunate gentleman died ! I tnost without a struggle. We are happy to add, that a tow minutes before his dissolution, he became so far sen uitile as to recognise and take leave of his family, who are Plunged in the deepest affliction by this melancholy, but n ut unexpected event. We understand Mr. TERRY was a bout 47 years of age. Mrs. TERRY (who is the daughter to f the celebrated artist, ALEXANDER NAYSMITH) has long ! e tn distinguished as one of the cleverest female landscape Ofinters of the day. REVIEW IN HYDE-PARK.—Yesterday morn ing, at half-past nine o'clock, the 2d battalion of the first Nitnent of Grenadier Guards, under the command of Colonel WOODFORD, marched from Portman-street bar- I teks to Hyde-park, in order to be reviewed by Colonel T OWNSEND. The battalion having arrived in the Park t ook up a position opposite Grosvenor.gate at twenty mi nutes past ten o'clock. Colonel TOWNSEND came upon 61 ° 1 1nd, accompanied by a number of distinguished officers, an dwas received by the line with arms presented, the ba nd of the regiment playing a march front HANDEL. ~4 e tro o p s th en marc h e d p as t the reviewing officer, in : i r "v and qui c k ti me , to the Duke of Yostic's March, and "° a march from the 42d or old Highland Watch. 4 f ter the battalion had resumed its alignment, Colonel th _ l looroan proceeded to manceuvre the troops. After ~e troop s bad gone [through a number of evolutions, lonel TOWNSEND rode to the centre of the line, and ;Prowled to Colon e l WOODFORD his satisfaction of the 1 ,14 state of discipline which the troops had evinced.— battalion marched out of the Park between twelve an d one o'clo c k, an d th e band continued for some time to Ent ertain f th e com p an y assem bl e d on th e occas i o n by per- P4ing favourite airs from WEBER, MOZART, PLEYEL, ...14bEL, &c. The ground was kept by the light com rhe..._Y of th e third battalion, from the King's-mews, under ""lumand of Coptain JEKYLL. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. KENDAL RACES. TUESDAY, JUNE ,13. —The Westmorland Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft. with 20 added, for all ages. Heats, two miles. Mr. Margetson's Brunswick, 5 yrs Mr. Simpson's Moll in the Wad, 3 yrs A Maiden Plate, value 50 sovs, for all ages. Heats, two Mr. Williamson's Young Revenue 2 1 1 Mr. Simps n's Queen Sheba (rider thrown) 1 dis HAMPTON RACES. The attendance on the Race Course yesterday was the • most numerous and fashionable we ever saw on it—the port was plentiful and good, and the weather favourable. The pleasure of the day was damped by an accident which occurred in running the second heat of the Toy Stakes ; in making the turn before straight running, Sally of the Valley ran against a post and fell—Ariel was immediately !behind, and fell over her ; both the jockies (Conolly and G. Boast) were hurt seriously. It is an odd circumstance that the same mecical gentleman, Mr. Maziere, who at tended them on this occasion, was on the spot when T. Robinson fell at Epsom, and was the means of affording instant and effectual assistance. The races did not ter minate till a late hour—the following are particulars : The Toy Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added. Heats, one mile and a half. The winner to be sold for 100, Mr. Bulkeley's Goblet, 4 yrs 6 1 1 Duke of Richmond named ltoundhead, 3 yrs 3 0 DI r. r. harlton's Constantine, 4 yrs C , . 2 0 3 Mr. Messer's Chew Bacon, 4 yrs Lord W. Lennox's Ariel, 5 yrs 0 fell Mr. Lumley's Nilo, 3 yrs 0 0 0 Mr. Horsley's Augusta, 6 yrs 0 0 0 Mr. Coleman's Sally of the Valley, 4 yrs 0 fell Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 adder'. Heats, one mile. The winner to be sold for 100, &e. Mr. Bulkeley's Burlesque, 5 yrs, Sst. 10Ib. Mr. Coleman's Theresa, 4 vrs, Bst. 21b. Mr. Charlton's Macassar, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b. Mr. Messer's c. by Wrangler, 4 yrs, ist. 21b 3 0 dr Mr. Broad's Jumping Jenny, 5 yrs, Bst. 161 b 0 0 dr Mr. Turner's Penultima, 5 yrs, Bst. 41b. The Gold Cup, value 100 gs. ; three-yr-olds, fist. 41b. ; four, Sst. ; five, Sat. 101 b. ; six and aged, 9st. Mares and geldings allowed 31h. Heats, once round Duke of Richmond's Helenus, aged Mr. Bulkeley's Pilot, 4 yrs 2 dr Previous to leaving the course we made inquiries re specting poor Conolly, and find that he was much worse, insomuch that great fears were entertained of his reco very. Boast was better. It is said that his Majesty's The Colonel sprung a sinew in running for the Ascot Cup, and it is thought he will not be able to run again. GRAND PEDESTRIAN FEAT. Thomas West, the new champion pedestrian, started from the Artillery Arms, Vauxhall-road, exactly at 20 minutes past eight o'clock on Tuesday morning, to per form his undertaking for walking 42 miles per day back wards, in ten successive days, with the exception of Sun days. He is backed at 50 sovereigns to 40, and is to fulfil his engagement in 13 hours every day. On his arrival at Brewer's Green, Pimlico, about three furlongs from where he started, he happened to fall over one of the plugs in the open road, by which accident he unfortunately cut three of the leaders of his left hand ; but, nothing daunted, he continued his progress till he reached the Waterman's Arms, at Wandsworth, where his hand was dressed by Messrs. Johnson and Lloyd, surgeons, whence he pro ceeded with his arm in a sling on his journey, and accom plished his first day's walk in eleven hours and three minutes, being within one hour and fifty•seven minutes of the specified time. During his course he was greatly an noyed by the pressure of the populace, on account of losing the toss for the ground. West has an uneven road, but is still confident of winning. Betting is at present against him, and may be quoted at about 5 to 4. Yesterday mottling he started at the usual hour, in high spirits. TRADE WITH THE BALTIC. The following communication is of importance to masters of vessels navigating the south side of the channels of the gulfs of Finland and Riga:— Russian Consulate-General, London, June 19. Sir,—l have the pleasure of enclosing, for the informa tion of British commerce trading to the Baltic, a copy of a notification transmitted to me by Government, of some alterations in the signals which had hitherto been in use on the south side of the channel of the gulfs of Finland and Riga.—l remain, Sir, your obedient humble servant, G. BENKHAUSEN: John Bennett, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. In the course of the year 1 828 a trial was made on the northern side of the channel of the Gulf of Finland, from Cronstadt to the island of Hoogland, the object of which was to substitute signals in the shape of brooms, to the beacons carrying red flags, which had hitherto been in use. Mariners have already been informed of this measure by the public papers. Meanwhile, in consequence of obser vations caused by these alterations, the Board of Admiralty have deemed it useful, and ordered to be erected from the opening of the navigation of the present year, beacons on the whole line above-mentioned. The Board have, more over, resolved to place on the sandbanks, reefs, &c., of the Gulfs of Finland and Riga, near some of the beacons, common brooms, in order to furnish mariners with addi tional means of discovering the dangerous spots. The brooms placed on the northern side of the same banks will have their branches turned upwards, and those on the southern side downwards, viz. Ist. On the northern side of the London •ground, near the white beacon, a broom with its branches turned up wards. 2d. On the northern side of the Diamond-ground, near the white beacon, a broom, with its branches turned up wards, and on the south-west side, near the white beacon, carrying a blue flag, a broom with its branches downwards. 3d. On the south side of the Grekowa-rock, near the red beacon, a broom with its branches downwards. 4th. On the north side of the Seaskar Rock, near the white beacon, a broom with its branches turned upwards. sth. On the north side of the Lavenscar-grounds, near the two white beacons, a broom with its branches turned upwards by the side of each. 6th. To the south of the Hoogland ground, which is 23 feet in extent, near the red beacon, a broom with its branches downwards. _ 7th. To the south of the southern Libildnikooa ground, near the red beacon, a broom with its branches downwards. Bth. On the south of the Chalk-ground, near the red beacon, a broom with its branches downwards. 9th. On the north of the Devil's Eye, near the white beacon, a broom with its branches upwards ; and on the southern side, near the red beacon, a broom with its branches downwards. _ _ 10th. On the north of the Revel Stone, near the white beacon, a broom with its branches turned downwards. 11th. On the north.side of the N., near the white beacon, a broom with its branches upwards; and on the south, a broom with its b;anches downwards. 12th. On the north side of the Ny-ground, near the white beacon, a broom with its branches upwards. 13th. On the north of the Apollo-ground, near the white beacon, a broom with its branches upwards ; and on the south, near the red beacon, a broom with its branches downwards. 14th. On the north of the Hondiakoff-ground, near the white beacon, marked with a red stripe in all its length, a broom with its branches upwards. 15th. On the north of the Winckove, near the white beacon, a broom with its branches upwards ; and on the south, a broom with its branches downwards, but the latter without a flag. • 16th. On the north of the Neckmantes-ground, near the white beacon, with a blue stripe, a broom with its branches upwards. 17th. On the south of the Svartferort-rock, near the red beacon, a broom with its branches downwards. 18th. On the north of the Domessness-rock, near the white beacon, a broom with its branches upwards. Report speaks highly of a forthcoming spec tacle at A STLEY'S. arranged by a new author, from Sir W. SCOTT'S la.t Novel, on a scale of unexampled magni ficence and equestrian effect. After the victory of Austerlitz, NAPOLEON showered favours on his Aide-de-camp, General NA RBONNE. He hoped by this means to ingratiate himself in the opinion of the General's mother, who was one of the oldest and most obstinate aristocrats of the Faubourg St. Germain. " Well, General," said he to his aide-de-camp, " does your mother love me at last?" M. de NARBONNE was embar rassed, and at a loss for an answer; upon which M. de TA LLETRAND, stepping forward, said, " Sire, Madame de NARBONNE has not yet got beyond admiration." ANECDOTE.—It is usual in Scotland for bankers to give an interest of from three to four per cent. to persons who lodge money with them. A " canny auld carle," who had gone to his bankers, to get his interest, was told that he could only get 2i per cent. in future; on which he was heard to exclaim, when leaving the banking house, " Lord preserve folks who have naething but money to live on." SAVINGS' BANKS. We adverted last week to a certain financial opera tion of great importance, which is believed, by many persons in the city, to he carrying on at this moment by the Government, under' cover of sales of stock made fur the Savings' Bnks, for the gradual reduction of the debt owing to the Burk of Eng land. In consequence of the notice then taken of it, the subject has begun to excite some interest, and letters have been addressed to this paper from various quarters, requesting a further elucitlation of it. It is not possible, of course, to convey any complete information, because access cannot be ob tained to the records of the various offices through which the business is (or is presumed to be) car ried on. The inquirers must therefore be content with certain facts which we are about to lay before them, which may be received, we think, as unde niable evidence that the debt to the Bank of Eng land is gradually undergoing reduction, and as this takes place by means not explained by any of th e financial documents laid before Parliament, there is a fair presumption, under all the circumstances, that the funds belonging to the Savings' Banks have been partially employed for this purpose, which lies quite within the scope of those powers con ferred on the commissioners of the sinking fund, by the late act for regulating the business of those establishments.* The sales of stock for the account of the Savings' Banks are also a matter of certainty, being now made in the open market, and regularly transferred under that description. When they first com menced, it was believed, and we concurred in that belief, that they were made to answer calls on the various Savings' Banks throughout the country, arising out of the general distress among the lower orders ; but as they increased in magnitude, and most of the inquiries made tended to the conch', sion that the deposits in Savings' Banks, taken in the aggregate, were not materially declining, people were led to look for some other motives for the sales in question. We proceed to submit the proof that the debt to the Bank is gradually undergoing reduction. It is derived from the examination of various parlia mentary documents, for which we are indebted to the kindness and industrious research of a friend who takes great interest in such matters, and the facts stated are well worthy of the attention of all who are similarly disposed. I. It appears, then, that according to the Budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the surplus of income over expenditure for the year ending Ja nuary 5, 1829, was 5,683,9651. Of this sum, about 4,000,0001. was applied to the sinking fund, leaving a balance of about 1,700,000/. to be applied to other purposes. 2. By a return to an order of the House of Com mons it also appears, that the Exchequer-bills held by the Bank of England on the 26th of February, 1828, amounted to 9,460,6281.; and by a subse quent return it appears, that the Exchequer-bills held by the Bank of England on the 28th of Feb., 1829, amounted to 8,130,4981.; and therefore it would seem that a great part of the before-men tioned balance of 1,700,0001. has been applied to the redemption of Exchequer-bills in the hands of the Bank. A very useful application. 3. It farther appears that on the sth of July, 1828, the deficiency in the consolidated fund was 8,343,017/., and that on the sth of January, 1829, this deficiency was only 5,367,403/., being a reduc tion of about 3,000,000/. Add this to the before. mentioned redemption of 1,300,000/. Exchequer bills, and it will then appear that between the sth of July, 1828, and the 28th of February, 1829, there has been a redemption of about 4,300,0001. of unfunded debt; but by what means the money has been obtained we are still to seek ; because it also appears that to accomplish this redemption of 4,300,000/. there existed only a balance surplus of about 1,700,000/., and therefore either there must be some mistake in the public accounts, or the Go. vernment has ways of raising money with which the public at large are unacquainted. That the Government, by means of the Savings' Bank Act, has the power to sell stock, and to create fresh stock in lieu of that which is sold, is certain; that it has availed itself of this power is also cer tain ; but that it should have done this to so large an extent as 2,600,000/. is very doubtful. But, whatever its actual extent, or to whatever extent it may be carried hereafter, the operation is certainly judicious, and many desirable objects are by this means accomplished. It reduces the unfunded debt, it keeps the paper circulation of the Bank of Eng land within certain lists and limits; it gradually renders the Government independent of the Bank of England ;—in one word, it brings us back to first principles, and to a sound natural state of things.— And whereas our constant practice for these many years past has been to supply every deficiency of revenue by borrowing paper from the Bank, instead of borrowing capital from the public, and thereby creating an excessive quantity of paper currency ; so do we now undo all this, arid by the sale of Savings' Bank stock, and supplying the place of that which is sold by the creation of fresh stock, do we borrow capital from the public, in order to reduce the quantity of paper. The only doubtful point in the case is, whether the Government ought to have the power by one ' general act of Parliament (the Savings' Bank Act) to raise money by the sale and creation of stock, instead of having this power conferred on it by several successive acts of Parliament, and in pro portion as the money is raised. To this the only reply is, that the Government having always had the power to borrow paper of the Bank, ought to have the same power to borrow capital of the public. The question, when accurately stated, reduces itself to this,—whether the Government, having always a general unlimited power to do w rong, ought not also to have the same power to do right ? This is the question on a comparison between two different modes of proceeding; .but if we consider the thing absolutely and per se, it is very doubtful * The following are the clauses of the Savings Bank Act to which we have referred : " 50. And be it further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to lay out from time to time (if they shall deem it expedient, under such regulations' as the said Commissioners shall direct), the whole or any part of the monies which shall he standing in their names in the books of the Banks of England and Ireland respec tively, in pursuance of this Act, in the purchase of Ex chequer-bills, held by the said Banks respectively, or by the public, as the case may be ; and the said Commis sioners shall be entitled to receive for the sum or sums laid out by them in Exchequer-bills, such an amount of Si. per centum Consolidated or Reduced Annuities trans ferrable at the Bank of England, as the said sum or sums of money would have bought if the same had been ap plied to the purchase of Si. per centum Annuities, esti mating the amount of such annuities at the quarterly average price of Si. per centum Annuities, which shall have been purchased with the monies commonly called the Sink ing Fund, in the same quarter of the year in which such Exchequer-bills shall have been purchased; and the said Si. per centum Annuities, and the dividends arising thereon from time to time, shall constitute and form part of the funds belonging to the said Commissioners on account of the said Savings Banks and shall be subject to the same provisions, and to the same and the like purposes, as all other capital stocks and dividends standing in their names on the said account shall and may be subject and liable to ; and the Accountant-General of the said Gover nor and Company shall, within five days after such entry shall have been made as aforesaid, certify to the said Com missioners the amount of the 3/. per centum Annuities so placed upon their said account under the provisions of this Act. " 54. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to sell from time to time, if they shall deem it expedient, any part of the said Bank annuities which shall lie standing in their names in the books of the Bank of England and Ireland respectively, in pursuance of the said recited Acts, or this Act, to apply the whole or any part of the monies pro duced by such sale or sales in the purchase of Exchequer Bills, in the same manner, and under the same regulations and provisions, as any other monies are authorised to be so i nve sted by the said Cominissioners." whether the Governmert ought to he allowed to borrow any money whatever, either from the Bank or the public, without special authority of Parlia went, and without stating the necessity of the case, :.nd the purposes to which the money is to be ap plied. . . . FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Clare, from Berkshire; Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere and family, at the St. Jas cs's Hotel, Jennyn-street, from Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. Collingwood and family, at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat in Kent; Colonel and Mrs. Challoner Bisse Challoner, at Long's Hotel, Clifford-street, from Naples ; William Campbell, Esq. at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from his seat in Kent; Captain Fitz-Clarence, at the Royal Hotel, from Portsmouth ; T. Gillon, Esq. at ditto, from Scotland ; ltev. Mr. Billington, at ditto, from Kent ; Captain, Mrs. and Miss Randall, at Ibbotson's Howl, Vere-street. DEPARTURES. The Marquis and Marchioness of Camden and family, for their seat, the Wilderness, Kent ; Sir Watkin and Lady Harriet William Wynn, for their scat in Wales, on their way to Ire land ; Henry Smith, Esq. from Long's Hotel, Cliflbrd.street, for Ireland ; Major and Mrs. Colegrave, from Talke's Hotel (late Miller's), Jermyn-street, for Cavendish-square, Brighton ; Lord and Lady Barham and family, from the Brunswick Hotel, for Barham Court; Mr. and Mrs. Marsham and family, from ditto, for Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Wetherell, from ditto, for Glou. cester ; Mrs. Davies, from ditto, for her seat, Croft Castle, Here fordshire; Mr. and Mrs. Olive, from the Royal Hotel, for Hants; Captain Ives, from ditto, for Chichester ; J. Elton, Esq. from ditto, for Devonshire ; C. D. Radcliffe, Esq. from ditto, for Cambridge ; Sir Ferdinand Richard Acton, Bart. from the St. George's Hotel, for Shropshire; Sir Edw. and Lady Smythe, from ditto, for Acton Burnell, Shi opsh ire ; the Hon. Colonel and Mrs Grant, of Grant, from ditto, for Scotland; Robert Price, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. Price, from ditto, for Foxley, Here fordshire; the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Stapleton, from ditto, for Berkshire. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT BY THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. Yesterday evening the East India Company gave a most splendid dinner at the Albion Tavern, to his Majesty's Ministers. The entertainment was given on the occasion of, and previous to, the departure of the Earl of DAL HOUSM, to take the command-in-chief of the army in Bengal ; and of Sir SIDNEY BECKWITH to Madras. There were present the Duke of WELLINGTON, Lord ABERDEEN, Lord LYNDHURST, Lord BATiturtsT, Lord RossLyti . , Lord HILL, the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, Lord MONTAGUE, the Earl of DALHOUSIE, Lord RAMSEY, the Marquis of CAMDEN, Lord MELVILLE, Sir GEORGE MUR RAY, Lord BRECKNOCK, Lord ELLENsoßouon, Lord ASHLEY, Mr. PEEL, Mr. GOULBURN, Mr. ARBUTHNOT, Mr. HERRIES, Mr. COURTENAY, the ATTORNEY-GENE • RAL, Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS, Lord DOUGLAS, Lord BE RESFORD, Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, the SPEAKER of the House of Commons, Sir SIDNEY BECKWITH, and many other distinguished persons. There was a great concourse of persons in the vicinity of the tavern, to witness the arrival of the distinguished guests invited. On the Duke of WELLINGTON'S carriage drawing up, his Grace was most loudly cheered, and on passing up the stairca , e, the several parties dining at the Albion spontaneously gave three cheers. The CHAIRMAN of the East India Company presided, supported by the Earl of DALHOUSIE, the LORD CHAN CELLOR, and the Duke of WELLINGTON, &C., on his right, and by Sir SIDNEY BECKWITH, and other distinguished personages, on his left. The dinner was served up in a princely style, wholly on silver, and consisted of every delicacy nature and art could produce. The dessert was composed of the choicest fruits. On the removal of the cloth, " the KING" was given from the chair, and most enthusiastically drank. After the other branches of the Royal Family had been honoured with the accustomed forms, The CHAIRMAN then rose to introduce to the notice of their distinguished guests, and paid a high compliment to the Earl of DALHOUSIE, who was about to take his de parture for India. The Chairman also introduced to the notice of the company Sir SIDNEY BECKWITH. Lord DALHOUSIE returned thanks. On the proposal of the " Health of the Duke of WEL LINGTON, and the rest of his Majesty's Ministers," the toast was drank with the loudest acclamations, and His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON returned thanks for the honour done him. Several other toasts were given in the course of the evening, and the company did not depart till late. There was a more numerous attendance, as will be ob served by the names above given, at the dinner, of his Majesty's Minigters, than at any of the entertainments given in the City for some time past. The Duke of WELLINGTON, at his departure, was again loudly cheered by the populace. At two o'clock yesterday afternoon the Princess AUGUSTA, the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the Princess SOPHIA, and the Princess Sort'''. MATILDA ar rived at his Majesty's Palace in St. James's Park. Their Royal Highnesses were received by Lord FARNBOROUGH, who conducted the Royal Party to the terrace, while, they sent one of the royal carriages for the Duchess of CLARENCE, who had just arrived in town from her residence in Bushy Park. On the arrival of the Duchess of CLARENCE, who was accompanied by the Duchess of SANE-WEIMAR, the Royal visiters were conducted by Lord FARNBOROUGH over those parts of the Palace which have been finished, Mr. RoLLs, the clerk of the works, attending the illus trious party with the plans of the Palace, to explain the whole of the arrangements for the completion of those parts of the edifice which still remain in an unfinished state. After being occupied about two hours in the in spection, the Royal Party left the Palace. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, ac companied by the Duchess of SAXE-WEIMAR and the Prince and Princess of WEIMAR, came to town yesterday afternoon, from their residence in Bushy Park. The Princess SOPHIA MATILDA arrived at Gloucester House, Park-lane, yesterday morning, from her residence on Blackheath, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER. The Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council held a meeting in the Privy Council Chamber, Whitehall, at eleven o'clock yesterday morning : those present were, Lord WvtiFonn, the VICE-CHANCEL- Loa, the JUDGE Of the ADMIRALTY COURT, Sir GEORGE Rose, and the Right Hon. Hucu ELLIOT. The appeal of " Shell v. Dagua," from Grenada, whi c h had been partly heard a t the previous meeting, was resumed. Mr. HORNE and Air. SHARPE argued at great length on the case; the first-named gentleman on behalf of the appel lants. This cause occupied their Lordships till half-past three o'clock, when the Court adjourned. Baron BuLow, the Prussian Minister, had a conference with the Duke of WELLINGTON, yesterday morning, at the Treasury. The Earl of ABERDEEN and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER visited his Grace yesterday. Count de MOLTKE, the Danish Minister, and M. BEamunzz, the Spanish Minister, had interviews with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Baron CETTO, the Bavarian Minister, also transacted business at the Foreign Office yesterday. His Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCES TER went over the Rockingham Porcelain-rooms, Vaux hall-road, on Tuesday. His Grace the Duke of BEDFORD has within the last few days subscribed 1001. towards the beautiful new works in Peterborough cathedral, now in a state of great forwardness.—Boston Gazette. Mr. DROUET'S Concert took place at the Ar gyll Rooms yesterday evening. It was attended by an host of fasbionables, who were highly delighted with the performance of this greatly talented artist ; his command of the flute is truly astonishing, and we feel it difficult to say to which of the three pieces he played we give the preference ; his intonation and execution are of the highest excellence, and his taste unrivalled. We have heard that much of the difficulty of the instrument is overcome by his excellent method of fingering, and the peculiar con struction of his flute. We were very much gratified with Madame DROUET'S voice ; she sung for the first time in this country ; her style is highly pleasing and effective, and there can be no doubt of her success. It will be gra tifying to the amateurs of the flute to know that Mr. DROUET will not again quit England.—There was a fine concerto by MENDELSSOHN, played with his usual talent; his new overture has every mark of excellence. " The Subaltern" has taken the field again, we mean the field of literature, in which his coup d'essai gained him such extensive renown. His forthcoming work (the Chelsea Pensioners) consists of six tales, which, from their titles, we should imagine to be admirably adapted to the genius of the writer. Their names are, " The Gentle Recruit," " A Day in Neutral Ground," " Sara toga," ".Maida," " A Pyrennean Adventure," and " The Rivals." ELECTION OF SHERIFFS, AND STATE OF CITY ACCOUNTS. Yesterday a Common Hall was held, for the elec. Lion of She' iffs to serve in the ensuing year, and lot 'li e appoitement of other city officers. There seemed to be a general expectation that it was the intentior of sortie liverymen to propose Mr. Hunt for the office of Sheriff, one of the gentlemen nominated for tha office having intimated his intention to decline serving in the ensuing year, but Mr. TICKNER (the Common Councilman) in formed the Hall, that there would be no hesitation upon the part of the gentlemau alluded to, and Mr. Richardson, citizen and vintner, and Mr. Ward, ci tizen and wheelwiig,ht, were then elected. Thos; who stood next in numbers were Mr. John Scott and Mr. Ellis. The name of Mr. Hunt was not put up. The other city officers who are annually elected by the livery having been duly chosen, and the City Chamberlain, the Bridgemasters, and the Auditors, being of the number, Mr. HUNT stood forward, as one of the late Au ditors, whose labours had just terminated, to address the livery. He was received warmly. He then proceeded to read the report, and interspersed some comments, which gave rise to a good deal of merri ment. The first thing the auditors complained of (the Report was signed but by three auditors, Mr. Hall having declined to sanction it) was, that there were no vouchers in the offices of the Chamberlain, or of the Bridge -masters, for several large sums, amongst which was 1,0301. to the Committee of City Lands, and several other sums to other Com mittees; for them there appeared no bills of par ticulars ; nothing, in fact, but a warrant to the Chamberlain to pay them. The amount of accounts in this condition was considerable, and the answer given by the Chamberlain was, that they were audited by the Court of Aldermen, or by the Com mittees to which they were paid.—(Laughter, and cries of " That's a gross falsehood.") It was odd enough that it; the accounts of monies received by principals, no particulars were at all stated, while deputies who received comparatively little or nothing rendered up the items accurately. Of this the Water-bailiff and his deputy were quoted as instances. It had been thought necessary for the dignity of the City to have the office of the Lord Mayor splendidly supported, and it accordingly cost the City a total for the past year of 13,6321. Os. 10d.—(Cries of " No." from several on the hustings.)—He (Mr. Hunt) had no objection to sustaining the character of the city ; but he would just hint, that the Presi dent of the United States was paid no more than half the sum to support the dignity of that exalted situation. He next adverted to the salaries of the Recorder, the City Solicitor, the Remembrancer, and the Common Serjeant. He had observed in one of the bills that the Recorder had received five guineas as a retaining fee, and lie begged to know whether the salary of that office, amounting as it did to 2,550/., besides briefs and fees, was not sufficient for a retainer.—(Laughter.) He regretted to be obliged to allude to the Common-Serjeant, for whom every one had a respect, but he perceived an item of 31. 13s. 6(1., as a fee to that officer for the part he took in the prosecution of a person committed to prison by Sir Peter Laurie. That worthy Alderman had some doubts as to the propriety of sen di ng the man in question for trial, and submitted the case to the City Solicitor, the last person in the world to whom a case of the kind ought to be submitted, in asmuch as a bill of 301. or 40/. must inevitably grow out of a prosecution. The City Solicitor decided in the way expected, and the Common-Seijeant was employed to prosecute at the Old Bailey, the place in which that officer was in the habit of sitting as Judge. Now it was most preposterous to fee a lawyer to prosecute a man upon whom he might sit in judgment.—(Cries of " 'Tis false.") He wished to have the thing explained. He then proceeded with the statement of the salaries of the several officers of the city, and said that the Chamber. lain had constantly in his hands, without pay ing interest for it, the sum of 60,0001. or 80,0001. Of a piece with this general mismanagement was (he said) the arrangement about minor affairs. The auditors, of whom he was one, had determined to eat and drink none of the 100/. voted to them for feasting. They proposed to give that sum in cha rity, but no—not a farthing would be handed to them for that ptirpose. 'I he Hall-keeper was ready to pay any tavern-bill contracted by them to that amount, but not a halfpenny in charity. At length they resolved to invite 400 widows of poor freemen, to dine at White Conduit Gardens, to give the poor souls roast beef and plum-pudding, and a cup of tea. (Laughter and cheers.)—And he hoped that as many as could attend from that hull, would coun tenance the entertainment by being present at it.— He concluded by moving that the Chamberlain and Bridge-masters be directed riot to pay any accounts without receiving the particulars, and that they sup ply the auditors with the city accounts at least one year sooner than was customary. Sir C. S. HUNTER (locate tenens for the Lord Mayor) here interposed. He assured Mr. Hunt that a great deal of inconvenience would arise from pressing the motion. Mr. HUNT then altered the resolution as he had promised. Mr. NicHoLsoN seconded the resolution. The COMMON•SERJEANT stood forward amidst loud cheers. He said that his name had been un expectedly brought forward upon this day's busi ness; but he trusted that no imputation would be drawn upon him from what had been just repre sented.—(Applause.)—lf any thing appeared to the Auditors in the accounts placed before them which seemed to require explanation, he was most ready to give any, so far as he was himself concerned, and he thanked Mr. Hunt for having stated the objection publicly, and in his presence. It was true, it ap peared in the City Solicitor's accounts that a brief had been delivered to him, with a fee, but the case was not one over which it was possible for him to preside as a Judge. It was a case for trial at the Quarter Sessions at Guildhall, %%here he never acted as a Judge ; and it appeared as if it was for trial at the Old Bailey; but, in fact, it only came on there in the form of a bill (as frequently was the case) before the Grand Jury. He constantly presided in the Old Bailey as a Judge; but lie never appeared, and never would appear, under circumstances such as had been stated.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. BARRETT (another of the Auditors) addressed the Livery upon the necessity of narrowly looking into their accounts, and watching the expenditure with a most jealous eye. Mr. STEVENS, of Bishopsgate, would be far from defending the misapplication of the public money, but thought it detestable and base to libel bodies of men or individuals without being able to supply a ground for reprehension.—(Applause.) After a few words from Mr. HUNT and Mr. STEVENS, in explanation to each other, the resolu tions were agreed to, as were votes of thanks to Mr. Hunt and Sir C. S. Hunter. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Our Contemporary, the Globe, observed last night:— " We mentioned some days ago the case of Mr. Wray and the Bishop of Lincoln, which has been some time since the subject of discussion in Parlia have i a n ;: i e ma p dt t ,o b it l ri i oe s st li g et t i, o, Seems curacy ‘v e ,e, n ;cr b i : ni , taiati material, statement ßjaovipo b:l;iengte the Parlia ment. Our readers who attend to these matters will d Mr. Wray, in his pamphlet, suppressed a fact which aced the vicarage of 60/., on which we were led to sup pose that, with the thirteen little Wrap-, he must have been left in a starving condition, he held Another living, of 4001. or 500/. a-year. " We hear it alleged, however, for Mr. Wrav, that the advowson of this last-mentioned which was a family one, and which has descended upon Mr. Wray, was so deeply mortgaged, that it has been rather a loss than a benefit to him. Hot still this, though very unfortunate for Mr. Wrav, was scarcely a matter wide!' the Bishop could take notice of in his favour; he can scarcely be expected co be cognizant of the charges on livings, or, if cog nizant of them, to favour them." We do not see with what justice it can !^ said that Mr. Wrav suppressed a fact w,f,icit ;eons very material, in publishing a correspon ilence between the Bishop of Lincoln, the Arch deacon of Lincoln, and himself, in the course of which the living of Manby was never once al iuded to. The Bishop of Lincoln tells hint, in the first Letter of the Correspondence, that the parish of Bardney is sufficient to occupy the whole attention of the clergyman, nd that he shall desire the incumbent of Horsington to nominate another Curate. In Mr. Wray's answer, he tells the Bishop that his Vicar age seldom nets more than 60/.—that the sacrifice of his Curacy to a man with a family of this teen children was a sacrifice against which he would forgive his repining. The Bishop, in reply, persists in requiring him to give up the Curacy of Horsington, on the ground that " a parish containing nearly one thousand inhabitants cer tainly requires two services." The Bishop, the various letters from him in the correspon dence, never once hinted at the living of Manby, but confines himself to the necessity for a parish of a certain population having two serticcs, When Mr. Wray urged again and again to the . Bishop and Archdeacon the hardship, in his par. , titular situation and circumstances, of imposing . the sacrifice on him, they never once thought of stopping his mouth by the allegation that it ill became him, the holder of a living of 1)0/. to talk of his 601. a year and his thirteen ehil , dren, because they well knew that this wonli be adding mockery to rigour. It is very well ; now that the affair is ,before the public, to talk of the living of 450/., because, though the Bishop and Archdeacon knew very vtell tfta circumstances under which it came into the pos. , session of Mr. Wray, and that he does not re- - ceive one farthing from it, yet they also knetoi that Mr. Wray will not lay the particulars before the public. Supposing_ what our Contemporary the (Globe) states to be the fact, that the living is a family one, and that it is so deeply mort gaged that it yields nothing, we do not see how this, " though very unfortunate for Mr. Wray, was scarcely a matter which the Bishop could take notice of in his favour—he can scarcely be expected to be cognizant of the charges on taut ings, or if cognizant of them to favour them." There was no question as to the living of Manby, for it was not alleged that the regular quantum( of service was not performed in that parish, but merely as to the holding the Vicarage of Bard ney and the Curacy of the adjoining parish of Horsington ; and when both Bishop and Arch deacon knew that the poor Vicar had no income which was not derived from these two parishes, they might with as much propriety have referred to his castle in Spain as an additional income as to Manby. We repeat, that the question was not pluralism of livings—for this very Bishop of Lincoln has conferred, and will, no doubt, again confer, valuable livings on those who already possessed valuable livings—but the requisition of double service. If the question had been that no man should hold two, three, four, five, or even a dozen of livings, then Manby might have been an argument so conclusive as to supersede all discussion ; but the Bishop being a pluralist himself, may be supposed to look with a fa vourable eye on pluracies, and to have no objec tion to a clergyman holding as many livings as he can obtain by favour or purchase. The beauty of the Bishop's rule of double service is, that it leaves untouched pluralism in the rich Rectors, and merely prevents pluralisms in starving Vicars and Curates ; because a Rector may hold six livings, and through his Curates have double service regularly performed in each ; but a Curate, without he could divide himself, cannot perform double service in two churches in one day. The argument of Mr. Wray to the Bishop was ad misericordianz ; it was only such an argument as a poor mat' would have thought of using to another man who was cognizant of the fact of his being what he represented himself to be. Mr. Wray did not impeach the Bishop's right, but he stated what might have moved the Bishop's pity. It may be right, or may be wrong, to buy Livings; but it is a fact that they are openly bought and sold, and it is also a fact that the purchasers are always in such abundance in the market that there is not an annuity office in London which will not give a larger return for a given sum than the same sum would yield in the purchase of livings. The last blow to the ob solete doctrine of Simony was given by the Bishops themselves, when they supported the Bill introduced into the House of Lords by the late Archbishop of Canterbury, a little before his death, to make bonds to resign legal, the effect of which is to give the holder of an ad vowson as complete a power over it, by ousting the holder of the living, whenever circumstances ' render it advisable, as any man has over his manor or farm. The Bishops know, therefore, that every thing in the Church is bought and sold like cattle at a fair, to use the well-known expression. They have no hatred towards these things ; but, like all other men, they hate po verty ; and consider no indulgence due to those who have the misfortune to be under its rule, as Vicars with large families, and Curates without interest. So much with regard to the suppres sion of the fact of the Living of Manby, which yields nothing. We have already said that the son of Mr. Wray did not owe the Curacy of Horsington to the Bishop of Lincoln, and that the Bishop could not have prevented his receiving The Royal Filter for purifying and making of a Chrystalline brilliancy the worst water even the Thames is capable of supplying, is now in such high repute that the Patentee (Mr. GEoaca Roams) finds it a task of some difficulty to get them fitted up sufficiently fast in the cisterns of the Metropolis. The Portable Filters and Cisterns are in the same high request. It is really a " God-send" to those who, beside preferring pure and chrystal water, would avoid stomach complaints arising from impurity. The Magazine, in full operation, is No. 69, Strand. , numerous Monday list of n e the x t , fa ‘ e \ h ' i i l o l bab A ly t be H co a n r a ro re w gate P d ar a k after the order to the father to abandon the longt. Thearrangement was not contemplated even till remaining in the great Metropolis, to Mr. GEORGE curacy. The Times says, " We should not think ROBINS'S sale. The opportunity to view this happy fa. voured mansion and park would alone suffice, but as the • n pro-a bi es i that his Lordship would act with a weakness unbc cominu hischaracter if he were to advance one step whole of the elegancies of the interior, (which in c lude the : b ' handsome furniture, choice wines, carriages, pictures, ' it will be a magnet, next in point of attraction beyond his original intention, in the way of en library of books, and service of plate), are to be sold at the forcing residence or double duty, in consequence same time, Wray, to the Horticultural breakfast. This tar-famed seat of of this attack by Mr. to whom he owes no account of his conduct." - He may owe no Lord NORTHWICK is to be sold. It wa s p urc h ase d by account of his con d uct to Mr. Wray, as Vicar General ALEXANDER MURRAY MACGREGG OR , an d the I appro ac hi n g sale is in consequence of his lam en t e d d ea th. of Bardney ; hut he is unquestionably amenable, ! ia 0