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" • ,-..;_.,,.. ‘, ... 1 4 • -,-,, ---- •. 1 % , , - r, , , „fr,A. . _,,,,,. , t • 11".... ~ ,,,,,U4 . , ~,• , .i..„ 7 - -- ii . ' .. i.:, V:ft Aff f 4. r gil ,/ ji lit ~(‘L.,.4 - ' 't . 411117 - .....__ ~ ~,,i- -. 1 _ 1 ,_ , . , , ! •.-.':-- ' : .' I , . PPI Ct.fit (• s 1" '7.7.77' • _- , EDUPATION.--At MzCHAPNI AN'S the 'ACADEMY, Headlam Hallfnear Darlington, in ,e 434 4ty of Durham, YOUNG GENTLEMEN are ...`' re itdlY Instructed in the Englb, Latin, and Greek bransg. 0 6,, Arithmetic, Book-keepg, and the practical u .tlee of the Mathematics, wiy Geography and the ~:e Ol :tite Globes. They . are ah plentifully Boarded, Tba"Y.Cloathed, and amply supplk with 'Books and all ( : ) - " r e t4 r lit i . 6l4 .kries, at 20 guineas } r annum.—:Oares of 4 -e ulara..and the most minute an satisfactory inflina -" respecting the School, may 1 obtained by applying to 11 r. Cook, No. I, Pratt-street, ;ambeth ; Mr. Robin- Mucciay's Coffee-house, Maidalane, Covent-garden ; ,"" 11611 0p, Agent, Ne. 10, 'Sothampton-place, New- L ua " , near Tottenham-court-road ; and at No. 31, 13art- V l 4-buildi ngs , from Three to Eight; or of ~!r • ' C hapinan, jun., at Furnival's in Coffee-house, Hol- D m'n, from Twelve till Two daily. No. 11,182. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING,, JULY 12, 1828. PRICE 71). LAW INTELLIGENCE. •-• • CONSERVATORIES, HALLS, OR ROOMS, WARMED BY CRICKETS' IMPROVED KIT • CHEN RANGE, which will not only Bake, Roast, Boil,. and Steam in the best manner, but from the same fire sufficient heat is obtained to warm a Hot-house, Hall, or any plice where heat may be required in or Adjoining the Premises. May be seen in use at the Manufactory, 4 and 5, Castle-court, near Bedford -street, Strand: Extract froni the Register of Arts, 4, 'The extreme 'aimpliiity of this combination- of • a Kitchen Range with a Hot Air Stov e ca n not fail to ren der it very effective, and consequently very useful." Emma. . COUNTY FIRE OFFICE. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 11 . THE EARL or KINTORE V. FORBES AND OTHER'., This day was published, EGIBLATION GONE ASTRAY, or A I REVIEW of the BANKING CONTROVERSY ; and Thoughts upon the Inexpediency of Putting Down the One Pound Note Circulation. To which is added, a Plan for the Prevention - of -Forgery of the Bank of England Note.. , . MutatO nondne 'de to fabula narrator. ASYLUM FOREIGN aid DOMESTIC • LIFE OFFICY,, For Foreign Climates, Pregnancy, Diaase, and advanced Age, ALTERNATIVE SELEC7 BRANCH, With three different scales of Pretaiuk for Healthy Persons. 70, CORNHILL, LOiDON. • DIRECTORS, • The Hon. WILLIAM FRASHit, Chairman. Colonel LUS:HINGTON, C.B. M.P. Deputy Chairman. Footer neynoklo, Esq. Capt.G, Harris, R.N., William ,Pratt,jun. Esq. C.f, John Kyiner, Esq. Sir Jakes Gambier Francis Kemble, Esq. W. E. Verrers, Esq. „ C. W. Hallett, Esq. Thomas Venn, Esq. George Ferree, Esq., Resident ID)rector. Mx M CA I. 0 VIIICE KS.-R.. Gooch, M.D HN. Mayo, Esq. Consulting Surgeon for Southwark.—Thes. Callaway, Esq. Lower R ates t h an i n any ot h er Off i ce i s England, both , 14 Forti n and Domestic Insurances. • FOREIGN RATES. ' 5 „EAST INDIES.--Preraiurai for 'inuring .100. au . . --- tiVirkEllVitg itTLITX.II I II:IEKVIVEI --, 7 Yank% I LIFE. AGM 1 TRAILS. ! LIFE. 2 21 .£2 18 2 .£3 13 7 . 21 £3 10 8 X 4 5 1 I DOMESTIC RATES. ENGLAND. —For assuring £lOO. . oue. EARS. I£olB 4 IA fiCENDING lIATE . IDESCENDiNO RATE 141 n 5 £1 5 7 £2 8 9 PREGNANCY, DELICATE HEALTH, & OLD AGE. Females need not appear; in slight cases of disease the rates are extremely moderate ; aid insurances are granted to persons of advanced age.. Prospectus may be had at the Office, or by letter ad dreseed to the Resident Director. VALUABLE ESTATE IN DERBYSHIRE--WHES TON HALL, NEAR TIDESWELL. 'TO. BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. T. N. BARDWELL, At the eeorge Inn, at Tideswell, in the county of Derby, on Farnav the Bth day of August next; at the hour of Three is the Afternoon, in Twenty-nine Lots, subject to cid condit f ions of Sale, published with the detailed parti. Aers o the property, N Extensive and Valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, situate at WHESTON TIDESWELL and NVORIIIHILL, in the county of Derby, comprising a ,ohstantial and respectable Family Mansion-house, called Wlleston Hall, with the stables, out-offices, farm and other buildings, pleasure grounds and gardens attached, and also several farm-houses and buildings, and nearly Nine Hun dred Acres of good sound Limestone, Arable, Meadow and P asture Land. Th e Mansion-house, which is well adapted for the residence of a large and genteel Family, or which might at a trifling expense be converted into a Seminary or other Establishment, requiring exclusive internal accom modation, with nearly Four Hundred Acres of Land im mediately contiguous thereto, will be offered for Sale in One Lot, and the other portions of the Estate are so ap propriated as to meet the views of different purchasers. 'The Land Tax is redeemed upon the whole of the Estate. The Poor, Highway, and other Rates, are extremely mo derate, and the Lands in the township of Wheston are sub ject to a very trifling customary payment in lieu of the tithe of hay. The Tenants upon the Estate hold from year to year, and possession of the several Lots will be given on Lady-day next. Detailed specifications of the Estate, with a plan orlil4 same attached to each, are deposited for public inspection, with Mr. Robert Frith of Tideswell (who will chew Property) ; with the Auctioneer, at the Tontine. Inn, , Shef- . Geld ; the George Inn, Tideswell ; the Mosley Arms Inn, Manchester ; the Norfolk Arms Inn, Glossop ; and the Eagle Inn, Button; and may also be obtained along with a ny additional information, which may be required at the `,?fices of M r . Mi c h ae l Elli son , E yre -street, She ffi eld ' ; Mr. Thomas Ellison, Glossop ; and Messrs. Few, Ashmore, ,54d Hamilton, solicitors, Henrietta-street, C ovent G ar d en , London. This day was pablished, 3s. half-bound, THE BOARDING , SCHOOL CIPHER ING BOOK ; containing 5,500 Examples and Questions, the Method of Using the Book, with Remarks on Schools, Education, and the Capacities of Youth. " The geometricians may boast as much as they.please of their science, in the formatisn.of the mind ; I know nothing equal to AOthmetic,, well taught, for giving both solidity and acuteness. An expert arithmetician settles the twenty years' doubts of a speculatist in a moment." Published by W. Simpllin and R. Marshall ; Stationers' Hall-court; Ludgate-street: This day was published, Bvo. 2s. 6(1. rrHE ANTI-PAUPER SYSTEM ; exem -11 plifying the positive and practical good, realized by the Relievers and the Relieved, under the frugal, beneficial, and lawful Administration of the Poor Laws, prevailing at Southwell, and in the Neighbouring District : with Plans of the Southwell Workhouse, and of the Thurgarton Hun dred Workhouse ; and with Instructions for Book-keeping. By the Rev. J. T. BECHER, M.A. • Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the Newark Division Of the County of Nottingham, and for the Liberty of Southwell and Scrooby. , • Also, by the same Author, the Fourth Edition,. with an . Annual Graduatien of the Tables, The CO -1 TUTION df FRIEN4Y SOCIETIES, upoi yle l tifit Principlk mplified by •the Rules and ted for the gover merit of the South well Friendly stit t ion ; examined,iputhenticated, and recommended fur general use, by W. AIORGAN, Esq. F. R. S. and A. MORGAN, Esq., Joint Actuaries of ,the Equitable Assuranee Societies. Bvo., 2s. 6d. London : printed for W. Simpkio and IL :Marshall, Stationers'-Hall• C'ouit, Ludgate-street. MONUMENT TO LORD BYRON. Albemarle-street, July 9, 1828. A T a MEETING of the SUB-COM. i 7- 4.- .: MITTEE for superintending the' Subscription for ir i , 4 MONUMENTAL STATUE to LORD BYRON, -e following Contributions were an Subscriptions already received : •••••ti of Clare so 0 Sir Sandford Graham, Bart. c ott, Bart 25 0 a ter karqui s of Lansdowne 3O 0 50 0 1 4 . 41 . Douglas Kinnaird Vlsraeli Es No ' Esq. 5 0 A„ P. Byng 20 0 'lllrquis of Tavistock, ALP- • • • i.Lieut.-Col._ Leake ' ..°41 1 Holland • 25 0 P hillips, E sq . R.A. p i . 5 0 'Olt C. H tarinon Wall. Stratf E ord M.P Canning, ALP 20 0 g „, s 100 0 q. . `'.., 414 i) of Devo ns hi re Ch arles K em bl e , E sq . I „ ir botiass Moore, Esq. 7. g. Rose, Esq. Van C. Hobhouse, Esq. M.P lOO 0 Jo hn Murray, Es 4 key Sidney Osborne '' )4 '• G. Attwich ' David Hon. Sir J. Mackintosh "'''lvid %Mk, Esq. .. . 1 1 . A. Shee, Esq. R.A. 5 0 H. Q. Lockhart, Esq. 20 It ti. Joy, E. It Franc B urdett, Bart. M.P •lii, , 50 0 20 0 l i ; J. Bankes, Esq. 10 e L i 4nas Davison, Esq. 25 0 tut -Co lonel Wildman .. 1 • 10 0 i k l iies Smith, Esq. J 4 Ron. George Agar Ellis •rd n . 50 ID t.., acre 5 t ` 4 'etird Findeu, Esq. 5 0 helilien Dickson, Esq. ...... ...., 10 0 ".• W. L Bowles (~. L. 10 0 Countess ofJersey S 4 t, t nuel Rogers, E sq 25 0 e iri of D u dl ey lOO 0 s, 4 Bi r dAlvauley 25 0 I ,,tilt Hon. Robert Peel, ALP 10 0 1 ,. Yates Peel, Esq. M.P. 10 0 i c4 ). L. Stanhope `v il .tl Cowper ;.I.kount Normanby, M.P. . ........... ' ... 50 0 I:;::_baring, Esq., ALP 20 0 'leis Jeffray, Esq Ti 111 'Methuen, Esq. .. : ( 0 3 A,!°Mas Dentnan, E 99 5 0 bliehael Bruce, Esq •••• ......... -,• 20 0 il,°,Lert Adair, Eqi• "q%vard Ellice, Esq isf--- Smith, Esq ..... tlilt.-Col. D'Aguelar lO 10 I , 4 4 ( l :eard W. Forster, Esq ~,, s• E. Forster, Esq ............. 1 0 ,nontas Hope, Erq. 35 0 •,Llessrs. Galignani, (Paris) 144dy Caroline P o 20 . 10 0 `Pt'ady Lyndhurst ............................... 10 0 Alarquis of Sligo ............................... 1)° 1 7 umas Campbell, E:q . ". ....... Earl of Jersey ............... 25 0 Subscriptions will .1).; ............d at the following Banking Houses, both i n Great . Britai n and on the Cont i nent : Messrs. Ransom and CO., Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co., Messrs. Coutts and CO., and Messrs. Drummond and Co., London ; Messrs. Ball and Plunket, and Messrs. Latouche, Dublin ; Sir W. Forbes and Co. Edinburgh ; Atess r s. Lafitte, Pari s • Messrs. H entsch and Co., Geneva; 401srs. Barry and do., Genoa ; Messrs. Donat, Orsey, gad Co., Florence; Messrs. Torlonia, Rome; Messrs. l'alconet, Naples; Messrs. Gogel, Frankfort. The Sub-Committee consists of the following Members, I tt whom Commu n i ca ti ons may be addressed, directed to "5. 50, Albemarle-street ;W. J. Bankes, Esq. ; Earl of h `lve ; Hon. G. Agar Ellis, M.P. ; J. C. Holehouse, 0. M.P. ; L ord Holland; Hon. D. Kinnaird ; Samuel Viri Evq. ; Jan Murray, Esq. lion. Secretary, the Publja*O. by - IPelartison, Cornhill. THE RIVER DANUBE. In one volume Svo.„. embellished with , a Map, &c., price 10s. 6d. boards, ESCENT of the DANUBE, fr om Ratis .. boo to Vienna, during the Autumn of 1827 ; with Anecdotes and Recollections, Historical and Legendary, of the Towns, Castles, Monasteries, &c., ma the Banks of the River,, and their Inhabitants and Proprietori4, Ancient and Modern. Ey J. R. PLANCHE, Author of " Lays ani s Legencit of the Rhine ;" " Oberon," an Opera, &c. 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Collingwood ; Houlston and Son • SimPkin and Marshall; and for Stir. ling and Slade, Edinburgh. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. fif n LIVERPOOL. THURSDAY, J ULY 10.--High water 16 . min. past ten. Wind N.W.,---Arrived the Sir James Kemp, M'Britle, from Savannah; Hannibal, ' , uric, from New Orleans; John and Mary, White, from Barbadoes ; Wallsend, Watts, from Quebec; Emlymion, Garbutt, from Mira uniehi ; Ceres, Miller, from Riga ; Levant Packet, Curidy, from St. Petersbnrgh : St. — i° llol , Tretlemayn, from St. Petersbargh ; Favourite, Wethvcombe, from Newfound land ; Duchess of Athol, Christ6n, from the Isle of Man ; Agrista, Orched, from Dantzic ; Dash, Young, from Eris ' to l.-Iwo ships and three snow s off at a quart er past eight o'clock. CLEARED OUTWARDS.-The H enr i ette Caroline, Berg, for Dantzic and ;DoCredrte;, and dviesthe ia ; for New York ; Concordia, Nagel, ratha, Veen, for Antwerp. Telegraph Office, July 10. r l i h s t h b s r m ee a z c e k . p — a P t a l s i sed o inward i u * s ti t o d i N a o t .1 61..3 1Yh , ea th d e D N a . \ r ‘r t ; 13 ' li3r l. One ship, 1 b r ig, inward bound, and a pilot boat, off • Point Lynas. • One.ship, i nwar d bowl, and one pilot boat, off V oe l Naut. Two brigs off Holyhead, inward bound, have not shown their numbers. A ship, inward bound, and ttvo pilot boats, off Voel Nast, at 7 30. The father of the Rev. Mr. POPE, who dis comfited the Rev. Mr. 111.saurrtc in the Religious Discus sion, held in Dublin during the last year, has just been elected Mayor of Cork..— Cori, Constitution. 'The Loan CHANCELLOR said this case had been Lrgued at their Lbrdships' bar some time ago. It was an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Session in Seotland, an d Was of very considerable importance in point of value, and .also as a public question... The appellants were propretors of salmon fisheries in the river . Don, in Aberdeonsiire ; white the respondents Tosseesed rights of salmon fishing along the•sea•shore about two miles from the mouth. of the river Don, and altogether of about three miles in extent. The respondents erected what are called stake nets along the coast adjoining their .respective properties, and of thesethe proprietors of the river Don complained. Now the question was whether sea coast proprietors were entitled to place stake nets , is such a position, and this de pended on the construction of certain Acts - of the ,Scottish Parliament. Their Lordships would -observe that it was not disputed in this case, that by the law of Scotland, persons were entitled, 'under certain circum stances, to place crnives and , other fixed machinery above the point in which the tide flowed ; but where the file actually did flow each 'Machinery-could not legally: be , placed. The question which was tried in the Court of Session, and which afterwards came before that Rouse, re lating to the river Tay, was whether stake nets could be put in the river water, or frith of the Tay. The Court of Session was of opinion in that case, that the statutes pie hibited such maehinery from being placed in those parts of the Tay, and this decision was afterwards confirmed by their Lordship,. But in arguing that case, great care was taken not to decide the question as to the legality of stake nets along the sea coasts; so that the present case came before the House unfettered by any previous decision. It was+ argued with great ability in the Court below ; which ulti mately came to be of opinion that the Acts of Parliament did not apply to the sea coast. In as far as related to the earlier of these Acts, it was so clear as to admit of nor doubt whatever. The first of these statutes was, the Ist of Robert 1., of Scotland, passed so far back as 1318. It was quite obvious that it was never intended to apply to sea coasts, for it talks of salmon übi descendant et ascend ant, which could not possibly have reference to the sea • coast. The next statute was that of James 1.. of Scot land, passed in 1424, .the language of which clearly,de noted rivers, or the channels of rivers. In the statutes:of a later period, the expressions were certainly more equi vocal and more general. But construing these Acts 'with a view to all the circumstances of the case, hit Lordship considered himself justified in concluding that the whole body of these enactments referred, not to the sea coast, hart to rivers and the channels of rivers, and therefore he would recommend to their Lordships to confirm the judgment of the Court below. His Lordship had consulted the institu tional writers of the law of Scotland, and found that they spoke of these Acts of Parliament as applying to rivers, and to rivers only. It was contended at their Lordships' bar that, by the terms of their grants from the Crown, pro prietors on the sea coast could only fish by net and coble. If their grants were so limited, that was a question between them and the Crown. The Crown might think right to. complain, and possibly might hive a good right to institute proceedings, concerning which, however, hit Lordship wished to be understood as expressing no opinion Whatever. But the proprietors of the river Don, at least, had ,no right to complain. His Lordship then moved that the de cision of the Court of Session be affirmed. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 11. ALEXANDER V. LAWSON AND OTHERS. In this case, which was left unfinished in our Paper of yesterday, after Sir J. SCARLETT had addressed the Jury for the defendants, and brought forward his illnesses, the Jury retired to consider their verdict at half-pastfive o'clock, and in a quarter of an hour returned. Lord Tstrrzstasai,--Upon the first plea, did Elizabeth Levi comma wilful and corrupt perjury? Foreman—Yes. Lord TENTERDEN—Are you of opinion that she was suborned by Alexander? Foreman—Yes. Lord TENTERDEN.—Are you of opinion that the repo:t is a true'and correct report ? Foreman—Yes. Mr. PLATT, on behalf of the defendants, asked whether his Lordship would not certify to deprive the plaintiff of his costs. Lord TENTERDEN replied that he would certify. PORTER. A Comparative Statement of the Porter brewed by the following Houses, in the years ending sth July, 1827, anti stll July, 1828. 1927. Barrels. 311,330 203,532 191,328 114,476 125,534 100,339 95,159 61,688 64,0(13 52,204 1829. Barrels. 305,937 205,655 180,843 170,432 114;795 90,088 90,239 65,050 68,381 50,239 Barclay, Perkins, and Co. Truman, Hanbury, Buxton, and C 0... Whitbread and Co. Reid and Co. Combe, Delafield, and Co Calvert and Co. - Henry Meux and Co. Taylor and Co Hoare and Co Elliott and Co. ALE. A Statement of the Quantity of Ale brewed in London, by the Six principal Houses, from the sth of July, 1827, to the sth July, 1828. Bang's. Goding and Broadwood 30,104 Charrington and Co. Goding, Thomas 18,280 Wyatt and Co. . 18,035 Ball and Co. 15,343 Hale and Co. • 7,805 MR. WILBERFORCE.--ItiS much to be re gretted that the friends of this distinguished individual in this city, will not have a public opportunity of expressing their admiration of his talents and virtues. In aletter to the Secretary of the Society for the mitigation and ulti mate, abolition of '.Negro Slavery,, dated the sth instant, Mr. WILBERIVRCE says—" 1 am much honoured by the kindness which has prompted the wish of the Society to receive we to a public dinner; but when my health de dined so much about three years ago, I was under the ne cessity of making it a rule to decline all public dinners ; and though, I thank God, my health is much restored, I could not,..epjoy the pleaspre of meeting my Edinburgh friends in that way . without giving just offence to those whoseiki4dinvitoions of a similar sort, even in my own native town, I have been tinder the necessity of declining." —Caledonian Mercury. ANOTHER FIRE'IN RED LION -STREET, HoimaN.—About twelve o'clock last night, a fire broke in the back part of the house of Mr. Lovzcr, plumber and glacier, in Red Lion-street, near Red Lion passage, Holborn, which burnt with great fury, and, from the part of the premises where it first appeared, threatened the safety of the valuable houses in the rear towards Red Lion-square. The speedy arrival of the engines, with the active exer tions of the firemen and a great number of individcals, who were timely on the spot, confined the devouring element to the house where it broke out, but which is now completely gutted. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On the afternoon of Saturday' sennight ? a man - of the name of STEPHEN BERTRAM, nn old sailor, met with an accident 'which has . put his life in great danger. A cow-feeder left his horse standing under the Regent Bridge, for a considerable time, while he was drinking in a neighbouring tippling house. When be came out it was necessary to "turn ttnind his horse, hut instead of taking the common and humane way of gently round, h e struc k h i m a violent blow e the head with th e s h a f t o f t h e w hi p. ear o i n g nt s a i gently Maddened by the effects of the pain, the horse gallopped off at a furious 'rate. A number of children were amusing them selves at the time, at the foot of Leith Wynd, and observing the imminent peril to which they were exposed, the gallant tar, in order to save their lives, hazarded his own. As the horse passed he made a grasp at the bridle ; but frona his furious pace, he missed his aim, was struck in the back under the left shoulder, and knocked down by one of the trams, and one of the wheels passing ever his body, broke three or four of his ribs, and he was otherwiie so bruised and injured that his recovery is still problematical. --BERTRAM entered the Navy in 1795, and fought in the ship next to the intrepid NELSON, at the memorable battle of Trafalgar. It is pleasing to be able' to add, that a-hu mane surgeon is attending him gratis, and that a spirited writer to the signet has commenced legal proceedings, in order to procure for the poor sailor such damages as the Judges of the law are pleased to award.—Edinburgh Courant. On Thursday a Meeting of the SharehOlders of this Insurance Office was held at their house, in Regent -street, - Earl FERRERS in the Chair. • • - The Noble CflatomaN•said, •that he was desirous of calling the -attention of the Meeting to what had taken.place in the Court of King's• Bench, relative to. Mn Barber Beaumont, who would himself address them on the subject. Mr. BARBER BEAUMONT then spoke nearly as` fol lows :—The accusations raised against the County Fire Office, in May 1825, by Mr. Godfrey Sykes, • with the assistance of Mr. (now Lord) Wallace, have engaged so much of your attention and that of the public, that it will be unnecessary for me to trespass on your time by detailing them anew. I must, `however, recall to your recollection the meeting was, held here in December,. , At that ibeetfrig, is at present; all persons interested in the 011 ice were invited, the insured as well as share holders. We then explained to you the unavailing efforts we had made to obtain legal redress, we ex hibited before you affidavits from accountants ofskill and character, proving the falsehood of the charges published against us, and after a full discussion, Re- solutions were came to, vindicatory of the conduct • of the Direttors of the County Fire Office. In con formity with these Resolutions, a petition was frani ed, and was signed by 1,598 shareholders and per sons insured in the Office, and in due course was presented by the Member for this city, Mr. Hob house, who took extraordinary pains with our case. He was powerfully supported by Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Hume, Mr. Curwen, Sir Robert 'Wilson, and Colonel. Sibthorpe—the latter of whom, from the same bench with Mr. 'Wallace, emphatically pro nounced the proceeding" to be en act of moral assas sination." A strong impression was made upon the HouSe; Mr. Wallace seemed to feel it, and it was expected be would say something in apology for his conduct ; but instead of that, he re-asserted some of the worst imputations, and pledged himself for their ,•truth. Mr. Wallace had endeavoured to make it appear that the presenting the petition was a con trivance to bespeak a favourable impression on a trial for the alleged frauds, which it was pretended was then in process against us. Mr. Wallace also said,' that his Commission of Inquiry was to be forthwith closed. These considerations induced our friends not to press for a Committee en our •petition ; but neither of the statements was correct. There was no prosecution pending or in progress, and Mr. Viral lace's inqUisition was not on the eve of dissoltition, for it 'is still kept on,. and yields its profits to this day. After presenting our petition, we continued to investigate our books, and traced all the different items• in the defaulter's accounts during the eighteen years, which Mr. Wallace, in the House of Com mons, pledged himself were every one of them a fraud, but we found that -they were generally right mid proper; that there were a few errors, as might be expected, but that the balance of those errors was to the loss of the County Fire Office,- anti to the gain of the Stamp Office, and; therefore, could not nave been made to defraud the Stamp Office. The details of these olio:4s_, of our • own discovering, we • sent to the LordsOf tke Treasury, and stated to them . the injury that was done to the Office by the threat of _lteio . prosecuted, for fraud, and the injustice of continuing to hold that threat over without giv ing it effect; and we called upon the Government either to prosecute us as threatened, or to acknow ledge they kad-no groundfor it. • We also sent to the Lords of the Treasury affidavits proving the false evidence- of Mr. Sykes's informer, • and we called upon their Lordships either to prosecute a man who had so acted, or to place us . in a condition to prose cute him. This appeal Was opposed by a repre sentation, from the Commissioners of Revenue In quiry, requiring the Government to defend- the man, instead of prosecuting him ; for if he were punished, they could not get informers to come forward. To our latter applications we had got no answer; we had, for two years, suffered under the calumnies and threats of Messrs. Sykes and Wallace : and all legal, Parliamentary and Treasury redress seemed hopeless, when I wrote that private letter to Mr. Wallace, which, has been made by him a subject of an ax officio information. I shall defer my observations on that letter, to pursue the order of my narrative Immediately after its being sent, we received letters from the. Treasury, notifying- that they had empower ed the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry to furnish us -with the means of indicting the informer for per jury, and had also given directions for the Commis sioners of Stamps' to prosecute us, as we desired, without further delay, or to abandon their threat of doing so. Not a moment waa now lost in claiming the form of oath which we had been Waiting for, to complete the. indictment against the informer, when, lo! - the Commissioners, who had been- excusing themselves from giving it, for nearly a year, at length confessed that there was no -such thing in existence —they had not sworn him at all. Myself and the honest clerks had been strictly examined upon oath, but thC-base informer, who had been, encouraged to malign us, was kept free from that responsibility. Sir James Scarlett, in his speech, in aggravation of punishment, at the last hour, and when there was no opening for reply; asserted, in excuse for this seem, ing act of injustice,, that the Com Missioners had doubts whether they were empowered to examine upon oath, persona who were not in some way em ployed in the Revenue—that I might be considered to be so concerned, and was accordingly sworn, but that the discharged' clerk was not so employed, and was therefore not sworn. But what comes of this distinction, when we see that the accusatory evidence of the other informer, Mr. Godfrey Sykes, although he is a regular Revenue Officer, was also taken free from the responsibility of an oath; The real distinction is,. that persons brought forward with matter of accusation of any kind ,were to be allowed free vent to all, the calumnies they might be disposed to utters might be encouraged to say, free from all legal r e and ponsibility but that those who were ac cused, if called on to say an y thi ng f or t h e i r d e f ence , wer e to be subj ect to t h e pena lti es o f per ju r y ; th us t rs r eversing all roles of evidence. • This was bad e nough; but it is only one trait of the vices of this Court of Inquisition. Here we have had Mr. Wal lace and three or four other Commissioners, em powered to s e i ze t h e persons an d p a p ers o f honour able and unoffending men, to publish fictitious c h a rges against them, and calumniate and threaten them with prosecutions, and harass and disgrace t h e m, free from all legal restraint and responsibility. The mode of getting up the evidence for the public e ye, under this Commission, is abominable. In formers are led on to say what is wanted, without being sworn, 'rad d e t a il s are m inuted in due form, t o make prima ,facie case. All this is done in a the accused is then hithself subjected to - examination upon oath, some hints of accusa tion are threvrn out to him, • and his explana tion is required. But he is kept in the dark as to the specific facts alleged, and the names of Iris accusers. His explanations,"therefore, do not meet the specific facts alleged, they wander to other points and arc no defence, although if .be were allowed to knoW the specific - facts he might confute them in an instant. But these two sets of examinations—those of the irresponsible informers, and those of thehood winked, but sworn defendant--are published in the guise of evidence for the accusation, and for the de fence; and the Commissioners make such remarks . „ on the insufficiency of the defence as they,. in their candour and justice, think fit. All this seems ac cording to judicial course to the cursory reader, but a more shameless mockery of the forms of justice it is impossible to conceive. The first hint a man may thus receive, who his accuser is, and what the accu sation is, he probably gets from a published Report in the newspapers, in which he finds limself already morally tried, cast, and condemned. Now for car rying on this unconstitutional commission for four or five years, Mr. Wallace and his colleagues, I am told, have received nearly 60,0001. ,of the public money; with what purity, impartiality, and public objects he has carried it on, remains to be seen.— Some .Fire Offices had evaded the payment of duty to a large amomit—spme Lad become insolvent, and unable to pay—all, except the County Fire Office, had got into a way of deferring the payment of duty beyond the period limited by law, but not a breath of censure is passed on any one, of these. The County Fire Office alono—an establishment infefior in the tank and opulence of its members to none in the kingdom—an Association of 50,900 persons of property, comprising a fifteenth part of the persons; of property in the kingdom—who had done more to comply with the law, and in favour of the revenue, than any other Fire Office—who had never been a shilling in arrear, are reviled and treated as though they were a nest of .swindlers; and their, paying promptly, according to law, is sneered at in the Report, as done to look well with the public ! What public service could be promoted by this • conduct ? By causing us to adopt the deferred mode . of pay-, ment of duty, there was an immediate loss of 500/. a year to the Crown in the value of interest, and a say ing of that sum has accrued to the County Fire Office. Had our modeofpayingnot been requited with a sneer, and the other Offices had been ordered to : pay as promptly as we did, and as the law requires, there would have been an improvement in the Revenue to the extent of 6 or 7,000/, a year in the . value of interest. Again, what public service or. moral good could be furthered by attacking the County Fire Office with such an unprecedented tirade of abuse and false and irrational accusations ? I can imagine none; but certain private reasons for the employ ment of this privileged artillery are conceivable enough. A pretence was thus raised for getting rid of Mr. Sedgwick, for which objects attempts had been made for three years before in vain. A fine opportunity of slandering down and threatening down the County Fire Office, under the protection of privilege, was then gained by the Stamp Office people, the enemies of Mr. Sedgwick, who were enriching themselves out of the squandered funds of the Beacon Bubble. Then the opening it gave for showing off the activity and utility of the Commis sioners, of which some M.P.'s had doubts. In an essay on Criminal Jurisprudence, which I wrote some years since, I took occasion to advise caution in receiving the accusations,of public informers," These people," I said, " must find out crimes, or •their oc cupation is gone ; if crimes are not ready-made to their hands, they must invite people to commit them, or falsely accuse them of • having committed . them." Now, Mr. Godfrey 'Sykes and Mr. Wal-• lace are public informers ; they have more comely Official designations, it is true; but " that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," and that which we call an informer must, under any other name, smell as •rank. Informers they are to all intents and purposes. One celebrated performer of this tribe, Mr. Oliver, adopted the \ line of inciting men to commit crimes, and he was rewarded-with a good place at the Cape of Good Hope, Mr. Wallace has not been idle in the false accusation line, and he has got a large slice of the 60,000/. information money, and a peerage. Mr. Godfrey Sykes has already done pretty well, I am told, and as he has lately set up for a saint, and distributes religious tracts as well as false informations, be is likely to advance in faVour and in worldly gain. I must now tell you what has been done by the Stamp-office, in consequence of directions from the Treasury at our request, either to prosecute us without more delay, or publicly to withdraw their threat. Instead of doing either, in the month of July last year we had notice from Mr. Godfrey Sykes that a third investi gation of our.books would be entered upon, and this was forthwith done. Three .accountants from the Stamp•office took up their quarters in this house; they ransacked our books and accounts from the be ginning of the office—a period of twenty years—and worked most diligently for six weeks, extracting every thing which, under the assistance of our dis charged clerks, might be moulded into matter of sus picion, if not of accusation. Now this was equal to a confession that up to that time they had no case to support their imputations, and that the assertions about a prosecution being begun and in progress were all as false as the imputations themselves. But it showed also a determination to make out an error against vs ef ,some kind or other, if it were possible, and, as according to Lord Wallace's declaration of sentiment, " the great object is to throw dust into the eyes of the persons on whom an appointment depends;" it might be expected, that if a conviction could be got on any one thing, however trifling, it might he made appear to prove the truth of their accusations, although a totally different thing, and in that way throw dust in the eyes of the House, and of the public. " The oppressiveness of this third experiment on the County Fire Office, to fish out matter for accusation, after the failure of two former attempts, was most galling. Our clerks were pushed from their stools to make room for the three inquisi tors, our old books were taken from their shelves, and the floor of the office, and the desks, were co, vered with them ; our business was impeded—the orderly and respectable appearance of the office was changed—the County Fire Office looked like a bank rupt merchant establishment with strange men seis ing the books, and taking inventories of the stock. Our friends, were alarmed. " What, are the Stamp- Office at you again ? Who are these strangers Sheriff's Offieers, Is this an ENelipqner proceed ing ?" were the sort of inquiries we were doomed to hear, and answer. I must nowconfess an act of weak ness—the irritation I felt at this new insult and out rage, and which 1 dared not resent, struck me with a severe and dangerous illness, and so affected my nerves, that they have not yet recovered their tone and I believe never will. This third attack failed more completely than the manor, for hue the evi dence was from figures. Those witnesses could not y w f as rom ma f a h e e be made to lie. Deprived of false witnesses, our persecutors could not advance one step, and one 1 the Accountants, on winding up his labotr4 Ir. leaving the office, shook his head and *aidt. has been a sorry buiness, indeed, you ersecutor n f ar Th n i o ° more of it." But these gentlemen were acquainted with the pugnacity t_l Qf ', C ) t - e g ' Vo ll or three principal. After a breathing tune cf in p :sl r iu : thi , v e eci cu ileeng tio tel - Id i constant Exchequer, In this the / e ee esdixin lgv months' sp.r erse r» c ied but 1 we were h aPd o . u 3 l d Since the was at length forma ll y dis c 01 questions m on or u l t s t: s i , n i in the November shape of last a a Bill fourth bo_uf:tisico attack vDiscovery on 1170 re quired to answer labour, to the eternal shame of our me up for judgment may be Considered the a f fid avits ptloteliictieosu.r p T er i s li e s ci: v to e rs have been silent, unless their give us more trouble we are not unprepared for t h em . The interference of Parliament may not be solicited in vain; but if it be, I shall be prepared to submit to you a plan of emancipation which will at once relieve us from the toil and slavery of being collectors on compulsion for the Crown; part(h bringing el a nd parcel extracts f from t l e i di elaborate pf ' ) i e: Z Ps from 211 ft;rtgietitiit Witle*Vl Mr. Godfrey Sykes' fa bricated accusations, and from the horrors of the Irish Inquisition..' • I have considered the matter well, and I have no doubt that policies may be issued from the opposite coast of the Continent, contain ing so solid and as :satisfactory an indemnity for property in this, country, as policies issued here. Such policies issued from abroad: would be free from the English duty of three shillings per 1001. insured. By suck means the benefit of insurance might .he 'enjoyed by the inhabitants of Great Britain at a half or a third of the cost they are now put to for premium and duty. The duty being on' first class risks double the price of the premium, It is the nature of tyranny and oppression to drive trade away, and it is_ not at all unlikely that the oppres siveness of the English tax on Insurance, and the injustice of Messrs. Sykes and. Wallace, may drive the business of Fire Insurance from England alto gether. A word Now on my letter to Mr. Wallace. That latter, and the cause of it, have been hilly before the public, who will form their own opinion on it.. But no .one can judge adequately upon that letter sinless he have read the Report and Evidenee, and 'consichired the scandalousness of both. It nniSt be borne in mind that the letter was not written request—of every ent i re di sproo f o f t h e ca l umn i es —of l m means of expostulation—of de ferential to proc ure l ega l re d ress — o f Parlia mentary been' tried and opposed by p u fer ni ni t eviit a r eajagatfiette.e Mr.peal—htid (now Lord) W a lla ce h a d most un— justly caltunniated - the office and me—he had done this deliberately, , and , after Warni ng ag ai ns t, a dd disproofs of .the, slanders, he persisted i n publish ing. All ofNinl, appeals proving a mere waste a exertion, I appealed to his feelings as a man-1 tried to touch his conscience, and rouse him to do an act of justice. .1 described his acts in severe terms of reproach, it is true, because in no other would they bear deSciiption; but I did not call him out—l did not visit hitn with that manual retribution which his conduct richly deserved--L, I did not post his name with the three distinc tive epithets which characterize persons who have acted as lie has done, because I knew he was a man 'placed above the laws—that,. "•he lived a charmed life." Guarded, however as I thought the letter was, and subdued as I thought my expression of detestation of Mr. Wallace's conduct was, a Jury has said it was written to incite Mr. 'Wallace to a breach of the peace, although under strong feelingF, of irritation; and to that qualified verdict I must subMit. It is right, however, that you should know that no judgmeht would have been recorded,. nor would any trial have taken place, if I would hare submitted to retract, and to say a word ist favour of Lord Wallace's character. At the commencement of the trial an offer was,inade to me to withdraw•it if I would say I regretted having written the letter, and acquitted Lord Wallace of bad motives. I would not. ' In last Hilary Term I was called tip for judgment; the same offer was repeated to me, lo a modified form; I could not conscientiously do to, and I refused. The notice for calling me ,up was then withdrawn. In Trinity Term 1 had a fresh. notice; a day was fixed, and again postponed.. I was a third time ordered up, and the submission was again asked of me, but I preferred encountering the full measure of Lord Wallace's official influence and vengeance to retracting our complaints, in order to save my purse or person. Thus, after having failed in all his accusations and threats. against the County Fire Office, and egainst me, lie has, however, su. c _ ceeded in getting me fined 500/. for asking him t o d o an act of justice, and refusing to say a word to his credit. • He is welcome to all the glory with which , be has covered himself by this exploit. To his share of the 60,000/. information money, and to his Peerage, he is also welcome ; but his breast must ever remain a stranger-to those consolations which have sustained. me under his persecutions; and will - sustain me, although he may suffer under the frowns of, honour -able men and the stings of the silent monitor, I have little to add; we have left no means, unem ployed to bring our accusers to the proof; but in vain. But in our endeavour§ to bring the_ conspirtt,- tors treirtice;:we- have not ileokateeessftt.l, for thi's plain reason—the accusers are placed above O, reach of the law. No men ought to be above the reach of the law. Men in power ought to be within its reach, as well as simple citizens. Does the pos session of power purge men's minds of bums', frailties ? Do we find the love of truth and justice ts., increase in the breasts of men exercising power, that we may safely 'trust our property and character to the , disposal of their uncontrolled wills ? No men ought, to be exempt from the salutary controul of the laws, I repeat; and least of all, that tribe of men who are employed as public informers. All Jurisconsults are agreed that great caution ought to be used with this tribe. Not one word should we have heard of Mr. Sykes's 'pretended hearsays, and pretended sus , lere one his inn picions, and false charges, had not ho been let loose from the controul of the law. Mr. Sykes would not haVe dared to breathe a syllable . of his foul slandors, but for the impunity with which Mr. Wallace's eom mission clothed him. He says, naively enou g h, knowing the powers of Mr. Wallace's Commi ss i on , " I conferred with him,". &c. They,th en agree d upon this course of proceeding. W e , the Conntv Fire-office, an Associatio n o f 50,0 00 persons ci property, have bee n a b so l ute l y prostrated to the wills of these p ersons ; we h ave b een treated as outlaw's in respect to them, and th e y as a b so l ute rin o voo under remateiro n be , equal tin ole laws.nsh i rulers in respect to us, Lawyers m a y say t h at there s7ott: gain of is no wrong without a remedy : wh a t reme d y have without public P livefwe received for our wrongs ? Punishment for com plaining.Tcaal l i l e i They g v 7 a a s hyo a y t any we i dered, falsely proclaims au opulent and honourable kssociation a set of swindlers ; he publishes this to all the world; and no law will touch him. One of his victims complains of this wrong to his :private ear only, and asks for reparation, and he is fined 5004 Lawyers further say; that " complainants must conic into Court with clean hands," here the complainants' hands were black as ink, but they were not the less acceptable in Court, and I suffered a heavy fine because I would not whitewash then 4„ There is a sympathy between persons in power which is carried much too far. "We must support public officers" is a very good rule while they adhere to their duty, but not when they misuse their power for selfish objects and acts of oppression. A certain class of politicians are not satisfied with saying that. the people have nothing to do with the laws but to obey them; but they would take away the laws, and exact the same submissiveness to their own wills, or, as they call them, their discretiona r y powers. :TC:iese discretionary powers are . absolute powers—lawless powers; Licensing Justices—Commissioners of c ue sortanother; and frequentlyne sort 'and ' Select Vestries enjoythese unconstitution a l enjoy , , powers. I have long exercised these powers myself, and know enough of l them 0 wan' a l people from enduring. theca, if they pardonable 6j With this fraternity un as thatof . so o . ffence is so calling in ouestaon of o man in power. 4' l for - theacts si9ea s simple justice must be put dow:ii,f rm , * down, . 1 ned down, plotted down, slan deredpunished down, But I trust that our case will prove to th ese t error i sts t h at they may call too largely t eharaVtev and h men and Gentlemeii who, on the present, as well us on former occasions, have discountenanced the pro ceedings in quostion, forbid the hackneyed taunt of diSafferaion, and should instruct the terrorist politi cians that the best and firmest supporters of Govern ment are still friends to justice, and will not lend themselves to support false accusations, conspiracies to defame, and vindictive proceedings. Mr. Scutains proposed the first Resolution, and spoke highly in praise of the cond uct o f Mr.' Barber Beaumont, expressing his satisfaction in finding that the County Fire Office had at least one champiodtu fight its battles. The Motion being seconded, was carrieduarta nimously. .‘ Sir G. DUCKET, on the Resohalm) for gising Mr. Beaumont 5001., took occasion to obser‘'(;, tfmr. he thought it better that that sum should he vi vt for the general services of that Gentleman, a►nd ►►ot [if* ........° _...., Peel , ore ly 01 of ty Vice, hard Idee4 Jay' lerr COU d der' hire? Ides Cor ;liter Re' F th e tv 01 ;30' ic h i. :ritt4 Bea' doff' oel' h ~.-___. .ICP