The Sun. — London, England, 1828-02-05 00:00:00

SPIR OF i'IIi3IAC JOURNALS. Two circumstances have been 'briefly noticed ,in our city 'article which deserve to be Called out hither to :attention. The first is, that great ,fundholders suspend their ordinary operations till they know more precisely what may be the' policy of the -new .Administration : the next, that the - efforts of the cottoo-manufacturers in • France to compete - 'with those of this country threaten oar rivals with ruin. We are' far from rejoicing at any difficulties to which any class of. our continental friends may be sub jected, but perhaps it would be wiser:if they weft' to direct their industry to the cultisatiOn of the na 7 tural products of their own fine country. With ro spect to the two articles taken together, we must observe, that as we should rejoice much less in the fall of any. Administration than in its adoption of a proper policy, we hope the new Illinistr7 which has been formed here will see the extreme hazard of al tering the system now in operation,-and the benefi cial working of which begins to be felt.—Times. - We are a strange people ! A year has not elapsed since the profound knowlege displayed by his Grace - the Duke of Wellington, during the progress of the Corn Bill, served for subject of merriment to both Houses of Parliament, and furnished matter for pa ragraphs fo r all the perio,ii,:al writers from the Lands End to John O'Groat's House, for a couple of months atileast. Some people who ..did not know aye toughness of the Duke's moral constitution, were actually in trepidation, lest the Great Captain of the Age should be unable to support these ineessantat racks. Now, however, his Grace is hailed as the Saviour of the Nation. While we were making the most of what we thought rather a bad bargain, and . casting about to discern some foOd for consolation in some good qualities of his Grace, .which might hitherto have escaped our notice, comforting our selves at the same time with the pious observation of Cervantes, when Sancho Panza •proved himself such a heaven-born Governor—" And in this instance we see that Governors, though otherwise fools, are sometimes directed in their de'c'isions by the hand of God"—to our great surprise, we tind his Majesty's faithful Corn , :mops unable to contain their joy and atisfaction at the good fortune which has befallen, he nation in obtaining a Premier like his Grace. )iie Honour _ able Member (Sir John' Sebright) observed last * night, " With respect to the appal; ttment of the Duke of Wellington to be Prime Minister—as far as that appointment by itself went, he highly approved of it ; and as to the objection that was .so generally made, that he had been the Commander of our Armies, all he (Sir J. Sebright) had to say about that was,_ that the Duke could riot have been brought npin - it better school—not only looking at it as a good nilitary school,. but as one in which those quali ties were likely to be produced which would lead'to firmness and decision, which were better calculated . to suit his (the Duke's) character than the details of office. Whatever might be urged against the new • Prime Minister, in him at least would be found deci sion, and that of all other qualities was the most im portant."—Mr. Liddell was forced to acknowledge, that his Grace " is a great and wonderful man. On his Atlean shoulders he seems capable of bear ing a world-of ordinary cares. After_ raising to the highest pitch the credit of the British arms, it is re served fur him, probably, to prove the angst extra . ordinary individual of the times in which he has lived." These eulogies, and anticipations of.the bliss we are warranted in expectiii from the mini sterial career of his Grace, were received with loud cheers. Sir Joseph Yorke had no doubts as to his Grace's decision. of character, but he had doubts whether such an Admirable Crichten as Mr. Lid del described might not prove more than an over , match for our glorious Constitution. What may we , not fear from such a rare .tuition „ of—virtue ' valour, and wisdom WinkteNtex,migl444*,ergeclegainst the new Minister, in him At least-would be found decision !. and that of all qualities was the- moot portant." Immortal Cervantes! how tame is thy satirical display of the confidence which power gives, and the disposition of the satellites of power, by thick and thin admiration, to increase that con , fidence, compared with these ebUllitions of his Ma . jesty's faithful_. Commons ! " Every 'body. w h o knew rancho. was, struck with admiration at hearing him talk so elegantly„ and ,could not account for his naprovement any other way than by.supposing that posts mid places of importance enlarge the faculties." . Decide! that he can—,he could not have been brought up in a better school for that.. No man can . decide quicker than he who decides without troubling himself about. the merits. In the • Corn Question there was• no want of decision—he was ready to destroy the Corn Bill, for which • he had before decided, not deeming it at all ne . cessary to know whether the Amendment he moved was not destructive of the principle of the Bill. The Ministerial papers of that day, we. remember, apolo gized for his Grace, by saying that - Lord Lauder dale had abused his confidence. Well, we have at list found a Premier who has . been brought up in the best school for deciding—a military school. - What a happy people we are; we have always had the best of Kings—we have the best of Constitu tions—schoolboys are transformed in an instant into Heaven-born Ministers—soldiers, unlerrered and un read, start forward .paragons of wisdom and pro , ficients in political knowle_dge. Whatever is is right in this happy country. Who would give their days and their nights to study, when :the beet*Legislators in the world are formed by fox-hinting, and the best Premiers in the tented field ? HoweVer, it is well for the nation that we have at last found a Pre mier who can decide, a Parliament willing to receive the decisions without challenge. Formerly Mr. Huskisson was obliged to urge reasons for his sys tem of free trade, and was obliged to encounter no little obloquy froth those who did not like to be troubled with reasons, and yet did not like his con clusions. But Mr. Huskisson has onlynow to' say, his Grace has decided that the course I propose is the best, and the decision will be hailed as a heaven born emanation.—ilforning Chronicle. - It was stated by Mr. J.. Smith in the House of Commons last night, that no conjunction of interests had taken place between the Dissenters and the Ro man Catholics, but that the former were most anxious that this fact should not be _construed into an indication of any feeling of hostility among the Dissenters to the Roman Catholic claims. Mr. Smith stated this on the authority of a Resolution Passed by what he termed a Committee, and which la at p resent s i tt ing in Londo n. Our p ur pose i n noticin g a statement which runs Counter to all that we have heard of the sentiments of the Dissenters, with the "Seption of a very small and insignificant, though not very silent sect•—the Unitarians—(whom we scruple to class among Christian Sectaries)—is to elicit from Mr. Smith some further particulars respecting this said Committee, and its claims to represent the Dissenters That body (4 men %vas odfesetrbibeedLinbyittr.oeda _Empire. contem porary, the other day, as ~m ounting' no fewer than six millions. Of tbstnnb somewhat more than two millions were, assigned so to rn n a ve any powers been transmittedg to the Corn- m i t tee by the Dissenter s of S cot l an d We `.) - Scotland—. dare not affirm that none have bean, but they certainly cannot have come through the • re gular channel. .The Presbyterians of the Esta blished (who- amount Church in Scotland least a million and a half), have the _ nt to at General As . which to speak their grie sembly through grievances —a Court resembling, in some measure, the anc i ent • Convo ca tions of the English Church , Ink possessing higher powers than ever the Convocation had. •The ether Presbyterians, Who may be about half a mil , lion in number, have their Synods or General Courts, analogous to the Assembly of the Church. Have any or all of these public and recognised Courts communicated with the London Committee' Again, the Methodists of England, both Wesleyalis and • . Whittieliites, have each a Convocation, to which • • the general superintendence of their respective ad herents is entrusted ; the General Baptists also have their communions ; the Quakers have their meet ings. It is unnecessary to go into detail, but we believe there is hardly.a.seet or denomination in Great Britain so insignificant as not to possess some Court, constituted in-one way or another, to which it virtually, if ,not openly; defers. How many of these bodies, which really represent the Dissenters of the United Kingdom, have signified their adh,:rence to the resolutions of the Dissenting Committee ? We have ito wish to impugn Mr. Smith's assertions ; they may rest on very good grounds ; but we are anxious to ascertain what theSe are. It makes but little towards the general question whether Mr. Smith be right or wrong in stating that the Dissen ters, though they do not ostensibly make common cause with the Roman Catholics, do yet wish them all manner of success, and will assist them if they can. The question is not to be decided by numbers. We should be as little disposed to abate one jot of our opposition to-the parties when combined as we should to them separate. But it is of some import ance to not a few of the Dissenters that their feel ings and opinions should be clearly and unequivo cally expressed.. To all such as are within the scope of the Indemnity Act we should particularly address ourselves. Do they join with the Roman Catholics ? Does the Church of Scotland join with them ? As suredly the claims of that class of our fellow-citizens have no friend in the most celebrated of the Presby terian Ministers in London. So far as he may be supposed to speak the sentiments of his countrymen —and we rather presume his claims that way are better founded than those of the Dissenters' Com mittee—there is but .little disposition in the good folks be-north the Tweed to bolster up Emancipa tion.—New Times. The case of Gulley v. the Bishop of Exeter, which was argued in the Court of Common Pleas the other day, afforded a striking, but by no means an uncommon, illustration of the extravagant lengths to which the absurd 'system of special pleading is carried at the present day. That was an action arising out of a ctntested claim of advowson, in which the Bishop was only the nominal defendant. The plaintiff rested his claim upon a deed, which, he contended, was`granted by the original possessor to his ancestors, in the year 1672. The defendant disputed the validity of this deed, and set up (mother which purported to be a conveyance of the advow son to his ancestors in 1674 ; and on this deed he relied for the establishment of his title. The prin cipal point in issue, therefore, must, have been, whether the deed on which the plaintiff rested his claim was a legal and valid conveyance ; for, if it Was, its priority in execution to that pleaded by the deCendrint, must have decided the question of title to the advowson, or thing conveyed. Now, to as certain whether such deed was a valid one would have been, in the more primitive days of our legal practice, a question comprised in a small compass.— It would have been necessary to have produced the deed in evidence, for the Court to examine whether it had all the legal requisites of an instrument of such a nature as it purported to be. Of course, do witnesses could be called to prove the execution of so old a deeed; nor, if it were possible for those who subscribed it to live to that patriarchal age, would their evidence be required, as the law presumes the execution of a deed of thirty years' standing and upwards ; but it would be necessary to show whether there had been any, and what, pos sf.lsion under it. Thus the two points of the ques tion at issue would be—the legal execution of the deed, by its own inspection—and the possession un der it, by documentary or oral evidence. Yet, upon this question—so plain, so simple—the special pleader raises a verbal structure offortu-three special pleas! the most of then having as much real connection with the elucidation of the subject as so many pas sages taken at random out of Gulliver' s Travels ; for sham pleas are just as true as any of the state ments in that veracious author, though very far from being so amusing. An application having been made to the Court, by the Counsel for the plaintiff, to strike out a certain number of those pleas, it was contended, on the other side, that they had become necessary on account of the amendments which had been made - by the plain tiff; which caused Chief Justice Best to observe, in a manner as just as it was caustic, that, " when there were forty-three pleas in a case, amendments might be expected until the Day of Judgment." Of course, his Lordship meant the day of judgment in another world, as it could never be expected to ar rive in this! Mr. Justice Park also took occasion to state that it would . be impossible for him to forget the record, as it was of the size of the great dining room at Exeter, and reached .from one end of that apartment to the other ! Here is an example of that sort_ of legal practice .which makes justice a machi nery of forms to drain the pockets of suitors. We have often felt it our duty to remark upon the manly and vigorous good sense with which Chief Justice Best combats and endeavours to put down this mer cenary and vexatious practice, so disgraceful to the administration of the laws. But we fear it is now t - s 6 strong except for the Legislature, where it can not be too soon exposed and remedied.—Morning Herald. WEYMOUTH ELECTION. WEYMOUTH, SATEADAY EVENING. This Borough enjoys a privilege allowed to no other place in the kiogdem except London,—that of sending four Members to Parliament. The repre sentatives are elected by freeholders of Weymouth or Melcombe Regis, whether inhabitants or other wise; and every elector has the same privilege as in London, of polling for four candidates, who, when chosen, are returned in one indenture, under the title of " Burgesses of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis." A six-and-eight-penny freeholder is as much entitled to vote for the four members as a gentleman who pos sesses an income of 6,000/. a-year. An individual who boasts of property worth 100/. or 2001. can have it cut into small parts, (or into 6s. Sd. votes), and by the legal alchymy of lease and release, the proprietor parts with and receives back what the simple-hearted would imagine had been diffused among a great num ber of people. . The general impression is, that Major Weyland will gain the day. Mr. Sugden was yesterday some what disconcerted at the electioneering wit of a burgess's wife :—" Why do you wear that shabby blue favour in your cap ?" said the candidate in his most winning way. " Because I a'nt a better," she replied. " Then I will give you a pretty purple one," said he ; and he accordingly drew a few yards of riband of that colour from his pocket. " Thank'ye, Sir ; I will wear this for your sake after the elec tion is over." Mr. Sugden left here for town at eight o'clock last night, to attend to his duty in Chancery. The rooms where his committees meet in the evening are generally crowded, especially where the purple is freely bestowed. , Many of these, however, who stile themselves his " well-wishers," marched straight from his to Major Weyland's committee rooms, and put down their names as voters. The inhabitants are familiar with election chicane ; and so, I fear, Mr. Sugden will know to his cost, when the hustings are opened. It is said that the precept will he read some time in the course of to-day ; and that polling will commence on Tuesday or Wednes day. Mr. Sugdeu's convenienc e has been consulted by the Worthy Mayor, who is the returning officer. An immense number of voters are 'coming in from Shaftesbury and other parts of the county. INCREASE OF LIVERPOOL. The annual in come of the (orp ora i tilt itfncinLiss,ievrpe, wa s Liverpool, an ave rage of 1,603/. 6 1 . 2d. ; tur •, years, &0ra1 7.2 Ito 1730 ten years f rom 1739 to 1748, it amounted to 2,126/. I9s. 60. At that t ime Cleveland-square seas a corn-field, and Whitechapel wa s a shady country lane (called Frog - lane) ; Sparling-street uras . a distant Sunday walk, and St. Peter's Church then stood in the fields. All these places are now in thebuildi . g rn s o l s v t i tphoilitiultohu an d es town n c crowded p extending ng ar tof for ra the etown ; the least a mile that o 'which a century ago north, s ou th, an d eas t o f - place, was situ a t e d i n the env i ron s. The income of the corpora tion last year amounted to 131,2021 • and trade of Liverpool continue to increase town next iis:2ddurinlgf the e e century as they have increased during the last, we shall rival London, not only in extent of trade, but in numbers 1 of our population.--Liverpool Parr. SECOND EDITION. SUN OITICE, Seven o' Clock. 1311 3 E11"AL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, as Depute Speaker, opened the House at half-past three, and prayers having been read by the Bishop of Carlisle, Lord Skelmersdale (late. Bootle Wilbraham, Esq.) was formally introduced by Lords \Vliarncliffe and Colchester. The House then adjourned, and met again at five o'clock. The order for the Committee of Privilege to-morrow at ten o'clock was discharged, it being agreed that the Com mittee should meet at two. No other business was done, the House having adjourned immediateiy. `"e►y few Members were in attendance. The Lord Chancellor was waiting on his Majesty at Windsor. • HODS EOF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'clock. Mr. TaRNEY took the oath and his seat. :Ur. Crafer, from the Treasury, presented the Fifteenth Report of the Commissioners appointed under the sth George IV. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Mr. ALEXANDER LAWSON, in presenting several petitions from parishes in the counties of Louth and West meath, said that the petitioners asked for Emancipation on the grounds that the withholding it was a gross violation of the Treaty of Limerick, and because it was the right of every subject of every kingdom to worship God according to the dictates of his cm n conscience—he in common with n others regretted that neither in the Speech from the Throne or in the Address from that Housa, was any uotiee taken of the situation of Ireland, although the people of that country were in a state of distraction. This omission of any allusion to Ireland was accounted in this way ; Ministers pretend that in the most important of our domestic ralations nothing of the slightest interest had occurred since the last Session of Parliament. But events of the greatest importance to our domestic security had in fact occcurred. What could be of more sterling importance in our domestic situation, than that, with one accord, on the same day, four or five millions of Irish Catholics, should have assembled for the purpose of asserting their rights. If any thing was of importance to the British Statesman, it was that so large a portion of our empire should press their demand for the privileges of freemen, smarting under the sense - that they have been long and unjustly deprived of them. He earnestly recommended his Majesty's Mini sters not to slumber on the subject under the foolish i►n pression that all was tranquillity and peace—peace could it be called, when four millions were so assembled, and of that four millions, oue million at least were capable of eating arms, and men of respectability and property. Let England have for its premier a field marshallet every Minister in the Cabinet be a field marshal—and the country would be less respectable abroad and less trail.. qui! at home, than it our domestic dissatisfaction were illayed. If the House looked at our situation, they would Lind the Protestant Dissenters acting as one mane in pres ,ing for relief from their disabilities. Here, then, were the Protestant Dissenters in England, and the Catholic Dis senters of Ireland, both urging their claims on the same principle, and on the very same ground which made the Protestants originally separate from the Church of Rome, namely, that it was the right of every man to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, and of exercising their own private judgment. This was the feeling which our forefathers breathed when they insisted that all had a right to think and act upon religious subjects, without the infliction of civil disqualifications. It was idle to talk of peace in the Royal speech, and of the in tention of his Majesty to preserve the ine,tinaable bless ings of peace, when all must know that the true and the only way to insist on peace from foreign countries, was to have unity and peace at home, and a Treasury full of money. How are we now situated? We have an rzhausted treasury, and a country not harmonized. Could' we, in such a state of things, speak to foreign countries, as he and every independent Member of that House must always wish ? The Hon. Member then presented several petitions, which were ordered to be printed. Mr. GEORGE LAMB presented a similar petition; from Dungarvan, county Waterford. The Honotuable Member confessed he felt somewhat discouraged when he recollected that a Right' Hon. Gentleman,. now_ ilk office, declared when withdrawing from a late Government, that he could not continue a Member of any Gevern►nent, in which the Protestant interest was not secured by having a Minister unfavourable to the Catholic Claims at the head of the Go vernmcnt. However, be (Mr. Lamb) was convinced that though Catholich Emancipation might be delayed,.it could not be prevented.—(Hear.) Mr. VILLIERS STUART presented similar petitions from several parishes in the county of Waterford. The Hen. Member tookileave shortly to declare his opinion on the change which had taken place in his Majesty's Govern went. His opinion of any Government must depend on the measures which they would pursue with respect to the Catholic Question. Were they the best financiers and diplomatists in the world--were they perfect in every thing else, and hostile to the Catholic Claims, he should give such a Cabinet his decided opposition. If he did not act so, he should disgrace himself, and de ceivehis constituents. There were seven Ministers in the Cabinet out of thirteen said to be In favour of the Catholic claims ;. but these may have been placed there ac decoys, to seduce the friends of the Catholics to vote with the Minis try. It was only yonng birds, however, that could be caught with such chaff. For his part, he had changed places twice in the short time he was in the House, but he had never changed sides ; nor he never would vote with a Ministry composed of enemies to the Catholics, as he pre sumed the present Ministry was, or else the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department would not hold a cm at in the Cabinet. Mr. DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY said the Hon. Members who represented Ireland always spoke with an eloquence peculiarly their own on the affairs of that un happy country, but he conceived the cause which they in tended to serve, by putting forward Catholic Emancipation on every occasion as the panacea for all the ills and distresses of Ireland. No doubt Ireland was in a very distressed state ; such was the report of every one who visited that country, and of every writer on it ; but it was too much to say that if Catholic Emancipation was gransed, all would be harmony and peace and happiness in that unfortunate country. Ile (Mr. Harvey) was opposed to Catholic Emancipation on principle; but if it would remove half the evils contemplated, by the Irish Members, it should have his most strenuous support. He would say, grant the Catholics Emancipation. by all means, but he believed, that when Irish Members spoke of the paramount importance of Catholic Emanci pation they exaggerated the importance of the question , and of the effects which a settlement of it should produce and in thisrespect they did an injury to the cause they advo cated. The Hon. Gentleman who just sat down considered the Catholic Question of such importance that he set no value on any effort which the Ministry should mai,s towards financial retrenchment. Now, it there was one subject which he (Mr. Harvey) considered of paramount import ance ; it was the subject of our financial embarrassments , and if th e Ministry sincerely set about the work of retrench ment, h e would vote for them not on this subjec talons, but in every other early state. It mattered not from what men or from what ministry the blessing came, he would accept it joyfully, an-I he was convinced the people of England were much more interested on this subject than on that of Catholic Emancipation, or indeed on any other subject whatever. Mr. SPRING RICE would not hear the observations made by the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down in silence. If the Irish Members wanted a mouth-piece they would net select the Member for Colchester. They stated ' • • the paramount lmpoitarice of Catholic Emancipation from personal observation, and from a knowledge of the interest and feelings of the people of Ireland ; and he (Mr. Spring Rice) was willing to go to issue at any time with Hon. Gents. on the proposition, that much of the distress which pervad ed Ireland was ascribable to the circumstance that Catholic Emancipation was not granted. He offered to prove this in argument and by evidenee. He disl not mean to deny, nor did his Hon. Friend (the Member for Waterford) mean to deny the importance of economy. He wished for economy on a large scale—for enlightened economy. He said make Ireland dutiful and loyal, grant Emancipation, and this would be liberal, generous, and just economy.— (Hear, hear, hear.)—lf such a system of economy had been pursued in 1798, England would not have needed to have raised an army of one hundred thousand men, a force greater than the Duke of Wellington commanded on the Continent; nor would it have been necessary in that year to raise a loan of ten millions over and above the current expenses of the year, for which loan this country was now called upon to pay interest. The suppor of an army o 100,000 men and the loan of ten millions was the kind of economy which the Hon. Member for Colchester would recommend but necessity for this great army and and this heavy loan, would have been removed if the mea sures recommended by him (Mr. Spring Rice) were were adopted. From these circumstances the House would learn to judge of the comparative importance of the courses advocated by him and by the Hon. Member for Colchester, who thought only of a petty miserable economy, meaning nothing ; and which would operate little or nothing to the general benefit of the country. In conclusion, he hoped that in future the Irish Members would be allowed to speak for themselves, and that their sentiments would not be judged of by the sentiments, nor by the misrepre sentations, of the Hon. Member for Colchester. Mr. VILLIERS STUART explained.' He did not mean to undervalue the importance of financial retreneh ment, but as an Irish Member he thought Catholic Eman cipation was of paramount importance to that country. The Petitions were then brought up, and ordered to be rint S . r JAMES SCARLETT presented a petition from the gen :ry and other inhabitants of Peterborough, in favour of of the Air and Calder Canal. TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented a petition from the Dissenters of London and Westminster, for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Ordered to be printed. Sir W.lll. CURTIS said, it was his intention to bring forward a series of resolutions to show, that the Roman Catholics in England . and Wales ,did not suffer by the law as it now existed, respecting the Land Tax, and be moved that there be laid before the House ac counts, to show the excess levied on the Catholics of Eng► land and Wales by the present law. He had made inquiries that led him to believe there would be no difficulty in having •those documents produced. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. Mr. JOHN SMITH presented petitions from a num ber of Roman Catholics in the counties of Mayo and Car low, in favour of the Catholic Claims. Mr. SPRING RICE presented a petition from the Ro man Catholics of the county of Mayo, in favour• of the Ca tholic claims. EXCHEQUER BILLS. Mr. DAWSON moved that there be laid before the House an account of all the Exchequer Bile issued between Jan., 1827, and Jan. 8828, unprovided for. The House adjourned at five o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENII:O. Whitehall, Feb. 4, 1828. The King has bean pleased to direct a letter to be passed under the Seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be made use of, in the place of the Great Seal of Scotland, nominating and appointing his Grace George Duke of Gor don, G.C.B. to be KosTer of the slid Seal. • The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom o Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the Right Honourable Robert Viscount Melville ; the Right Honourable Robert Peel, the Right Honourable John William Earl of Dudley, and the Right Honourable William Huskisson, his Majesty's three Principal Secretaries of State; his Grace Arthur Duke of Wellington, K.G. Fires Commissioner of his Majesty's Treasury; the Right Honourable Henry Goulhurn, Chancellor of his Majesty's Exchequer ; the Rightyonourable Thomas Ba ron Wallace : the Right Honourable John Sullivan; An thony Ashley Cooper, Esq. (commonly called Lord Ash ley) ; the Right. lion. James Graham (commonly called Marquis of Graham) ; and Lawrence Peel, Esq., his Ma jesty's Commissioners for the Affairs of India. The King has been pleased to appoint Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope, G. C. B. ; Vice-Admiral the Right Honourable Sir George Cockburn, G. C. B, ; Sir George Clerk, Bart. ; and George Charles Pratt, Esq., (commonly called Earl of Brecknock) ; to be Members of the Council of his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, gralting to Colonel Sir . Henry Hardinge, K.C.8., the office of Clerk of the Ord nance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. War Office, Feb. 4. 29th Regiment of Foot—Lieut.- General Sir John Byng, K.C.B. from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Colonel, vice Gen. Forbes, deceased. Dated Jan. 23, 1828. 2d West India Regiment—General. Francis Fuller to be Colonel; ♦ice Sir John Byng, appointed to the command of the 29th Foot. Jan. 23. BREVET. Captain Thomas Seward, of the Royal Marines, to be Major in the Army. Nov. 10, 1827. Office of Ordnance, Feb. 2. The under-mentioned First Lieutenants of Artillery, whose commissions are dated previous to the year 1812, have accepted the unattached rank of Captain upon half pay. To be Unattached Captains. First Lieutenant John Lewis Smith. Nov. 6, 1827. First Lieutenant George Brown. Nov. 6, 1827. First Lieutenant George Spiller. Nor. 6, 1827. First Lieutenant Willoughby Montagu. Nov. 6, 1827, Royal Regiment of Artillery. To be First Lieutenants. Second Lieutenant Thomas Dyer, vice Smith. Nov. 16, 1827. Second Lieutenant William Fenwick Williams, vice Browne. Nov. 16. Second Lieutenant William Patten, vice Spiller. N0v.16 Second Lieutenant John Geddes Walker, vice Montagu Nev. 16. Second Captain Hassel Richard Moor to be Captain, vice Clarke, retired on half.pay. Dec. 12. Captain John Lewie Smith, from unattached half-pay, to be Second Captain, vice Moor. Dec. 12. Office of Ordnance, Feb. 4. The under-mentioned First Lieutenants of Artillery, whose commissions are dated previous to the year 1812, have accepted the unattached rank of Captain upon half-pay. To be Unattached Captains. First Lieutenant Charles (Away. Dated 6th November, 1927. First Lieutenant Thomas Robert Cookson. Nov. 6. First Lieutenant Robert Clarke. Nov. 6. Royal Regiment of Artillery. 'To be First Lieutenant,. Second Lieutenant Henry Geary, rice Cookson. Nov. 18. Second Lieutenant Robert Pigot, vice Clarke. Nov. 18. Lieut.-Col. Joseph Webb Tebin to be Colonel, vice Gold, retired. Dec. 31. k y - f f. L ~. ~, Brevet Major Rich& Jan' Jattiia lacy to be Lieut. Col., 'vice Tobin. Dec. Si. • Second Capt. Henry George Jackaon to be Capt.. vic e Lacy. Dec. 31. Capt. James Day, 'lns= the Unattached List, to be Second Captain. Dec. 31. ' Brevet Major John Alcock Clement to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Caddy, retired. Second Captain Edward Barlow to be Captain, vice Clement. _ _ _ First Lieutenant John Eyre to be Second Captain. Second Lieutenant John H. Caddy to be First Lieute- nant, vice Eyre. Brevet Major Robert Douglas to be Liautenant-Colonel, vice Holcombe, retired. Dec. 31. Second Captain Edward Sabine to be Captain, vi ce Douglas. Dec. 31. Captain Charles Otway, from the Unattached List, t o be second Captain, vice Sabine. Dec. 31. Brevet Major Edward Paston Wilgress to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Maclachlan retired. Dec. 31. Second Captain William Dunn to be Captain, vice Wit gress. Dec. 31. Captain Robert A. Speer, from the Unattached List, to be Second Captain, vice Dune. Dec. 31. To be an Unattached Captain in the Army, on Half pay—First Lieutenant John Romaine Hornsby. Nov. 6. Royal Regiment of Artillery. Second Lieutenant Henry Joseph Morris to be First Lieutenant, vice Hornsby. Jan. 1. Second Captain Charles OtWay to be Adjutant. Jan. I. Captain Wm. Elgee, from unattached half-pay, to be Second Captain, vice Otway. Jan. 1 Corps of Royal Engineers. Second Lieutenant Robert Dashward to be First Lieu tenant, vice Boldero, promoted to an unattached CoMpany in the line. Dec. 31. Whitehall, Jan. 28, 1828. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Samuel Bush, of Frome, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed John Allen Hill, of Wotton-under-Edge, in the County of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Master Exttaordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Whitehall, Feb. 1, 1828. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Brooke, of Margate, in the isle of Thanet, in the county of Kent. Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chuncery. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Henry Lewis Henry, Finsbury-circus, jeweller, from the Ist of Feb. to the 21st of March, at eleven, at the Contu of Commissioners. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. John Burton Gooch, George-street, Minories, merchant. BANKRUPTS. John Nelson, Cobham-place, Finsbury-square, Mid dlesex, to surrender Feb. 8, 19, and March IS, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Blake, Essex-street, Strand. James Mead, Downton, Wilts, grocer, Feb. 18, 19, and March 18, at one, at the Red Lion Inn, New Sarum. Luxmore, Red Lion-square, London ; Coombs, Close, Sarum. Richard Jackson, jun., Coventry, riband-manufac manufacturer, Feb. 20, 21, and March 18, at one, at the Bell Inn, Worcester. Becke, Devonshire-street, Queen square; France, Worcester. William Baynes and John Baynes, Paternoster-row, booksellers, Feb. 22, at eleven, 29, and March 18, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Green and Ashurst, Sam. brook-court, Basingliall-street. George Jackson, Coventry, ribbon-manufacturer, Feb.' 20, 21, and March 18, at eleven, at the Shades Hotel,. Worcester. Becke, Devonshire-street, Queen-square, London ; France, Worcester. Thomas Brant, Hatton-Garden, lamp-manufacturer. Feb. 15, 22, at twelve, and March 18, at one, at the Court of Commissioner ,. . Overton, New Broad-street. John Hollis, Goswell-road, stone-mason, Feb. 8, Ib, and March 18, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Carter tml Co., Royal Exchange.. Robert Gunn, Norwich, grocer, Feb. 20, 21, at five, and March 18, at one, at the White' Swan Inn, Norwich. Smith, V v rulam-buildings, Gray's inn; or Inby, Norwich. Janus Thomson, jun. Swan-alley, Colernan-street, wine merchant, Feb. 12, 19, and March 18, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Stephens, Wood, and Wilkin son, Little Saint Thomas-Apostle, Queen-street. Samuel Candler and Thomas William Yolingbusband Collinson, Princes-street, Leicester-square, grocers, Feb. 8, at eleven, 15, and March 18, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Osbaldestone and Murray, London-street,' Fenchurch-street. John Leverton, William-street, Regent's. park, painter Feb. 15, at nine, Feb. 19 and March IS, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Hill, Welbeck-street, Caven dish-square. Hugh Scriven, Great Marlborough-street, St. James's, Westminster, surgeon, Feb. 12, at twelve, 22, and Maich IS, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Young, Poland-street, Oxford-street. John Hall, Brayway, Derby, scythe-manufacturer, Fab. 12, 11, at twelve, and March 13, a two, at Mr. Smith's office, Sheffield. Blakelock, Sergeants'-inn, Fleet-street, London ; Smith, Sheffield. Jesse Fisher, Witney, Oxford, draper, Feb. 18, at the Red Lion Inn, Enchain, Oxford, 19, and March 12, et the Staple Staple Hall Inn, Witney, at ten. Lee, Duddington, WitneA ; or Umney, Chancery-lane, London. . LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Fss. 4. HALL V. LADY GRZSLEY. Mr. BROVIKAM stated, that this was an action by the plaintiff, a teacher of languages, against the de fendant, a lady of fortune residing in Hanover-square, to recover the amount of the plaintiff's charge for attendance on the defendant, and giving her lessons in Latin for a period of upwards of six months. The plaintiff had attended her Ladyship 4fice a week, and his charge was at the rate of five guineas a month. Two letters from Lady Gresley to the plaintiff were put in and read, to prove the plaintiff's em ployment, and a witness was called to speak to the reasonableness of the charge of five guineas a month for attendance three times a week. Lord TENTERDEN summed up the evidence, and the Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 201. JARMAN V. REV. T. WILLIAMS . This was an action by the plaintiff, a dealer in missals and curiosities, to recover the a mount of his bill on the defendant for a missal and other articles purchased by him in 1825. Sir J. SCARLETT stated the plaintiff's Case. It appeared that the Reverend defendant, who has been long celebrated as a collector of splendid books and missals, purchased the articles in question on the term s o f pa yi ng for them at the end of two pyleaaeres,ii:vtihe spring with interest riri . g of last year , when the missal in on the amount at 5 per cent A sale by auc ti on of his mag nific ent collection took question was put „p, but it was not sold, there being no real bidder for it, to the extent of the sum at which it was fixed to be disposed of. The slim now claimed by the plaintiff w as 3941. w hich inclu ded interest at 5 per cent. from Sept. 1825. The plaintiff's shopm an p rove d the purch as e by cup and saucer. For the former he agree to give d 350/. and for the latter 2/. 10s. The Jur y , under the direction s of Lord TENTER DM returned for the plaintiff,—Dal na g es 3944 Sept.lB2s, of the -me l and a the defendan t, on , ROBBERIES.—The depredations committed during the past week hare been more than usually nume rous, and the neceesity of a more efficient watch seems tc become more apparent.--Hasis niegorPh• ~~• ' a LONDON MARKETS.. . PRICE OF BEA. The highest price of Bre a d i n the Metr D odolla pri. for the 41b. Loaf. The r e are o th ers w h o sell from 3icl. to ] %d. bele o that price. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—FO). 2. 725. Od. to 105 s. Od. Clover 90s. Od. to 120 s. V* Straw 22s Od. to Ws. Od. PRICES OF HOPS (per (:wt.)-Fel74, Kent Pockets 4l. 4s. 41. 18s. to 61. 6e. Sussex Ditto 41. 2s. 41. Bs. to 41. 12s. Essex Ditto. 41. 4s. 41. 15s. to 51 . os. Farnham Ditto, Fine . 0/. Os. 81. 'Os. to 9/. 9s. Seconds 0/. Os. '7l. 'Ss, to 81. Os. Kent Bags 41. 2s. 41. 15s. to 51. Bs. Sussex Di tto Essex Ditto , 4/. Os. 41. 10s. to 44. 16s. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 351. Os. Refined 0 Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand ld 12 Rape Cake, per ton 5 10 PRICE OF POTATOES.—Feb. 4. Kidneys . ................. 0/. N. to 4/. N. per toh. &iota Reds 3/. Os. to 31. 10s. ditto. Marsh Champions—. ...... 3/. 10s. to 4/. Os. ditto, Oxnobles and Shaws — 2/. 10s. to Si. Os. ditto. PRICES OF ' Per lb. d. to d. Butts 50 to 561 b..... al 22j Ditto.... ..60 to 601 b..... 221 231 Dressing 131 17 Fine Coach Hides 1 19 Crop Hides, 35 t0,401b,. 14 151 Ditto 45 to .501 b. 161 IE4 Ditto " lBl 201 LEATUETt. Per lb. d. to d• Tanned Horse Hides.,... 1 t 11 Spanish Ditto 21 21 Per dozen. Calf Skins... 36 to 401 b. IS 21 Ditto tO 701b c trt Ditto 70 to SOW. 21 2t Sniall Seats, (sreentand 19 VO, • • ' ' RAW HIDES. .. Per Stone. s, d. to s. d. Per stone. 8. d, to s. J. l l Rest Heifers& steers 3 0 3 6 Ordi nar y ' 2, (1 . 2 4 1 Middlingb— * 2 6 2 9 Mai ket Ca 11—.—.... 7 0 each Downs Aberdeen .44.- Coldstream . Cupar Dundee Elgin Kelso Kirkaldy Perth At Aterwick, price is given p Oatmeal, whic. SHEEP, StU NS.. Sd. to 3s. 3d. Lambs —Qs. Od. to Oa . OJ. 'oiled • ' 4s. Od. to ss. Od. COAL MAII Beaumont - 325. 6d. Felling 33 6 Heaton 36 0 Holywell- Kenton West 32 0 ..+--,-•»34 9 relay: Shipcote." _ 7l • - o', Tanlield - 31 Tow 6 NVillington 35 0 Wylam - 34 6 WallsEndßewicke&Co. 0 Ditto Brown's 31 0 Ditto Burratan 34 6 Ditto Clarke and Co. :19 0 Ditto Carr and Co TS 0 Ditto Craraling . ton,,— 32 0 Ditto Ellison 6 Ditto Hilda 0 Ditto Hotspur„- * ** 33 6 Ditto Northumberland 34 0 Ships at market, 119%—Shit !SET.—Feb. 4. Walls Etid N ewnsarch,... tht Ditto Peareth. 3t Ditto'lliddcll's 35 Dittri Itugsell's as 3 Ditto Walker —.---... 35 0 Cowpe» I 30 0 Walls Hartle End Old Etherley 33 , 2 on z KiWnsworth res.i.ih n ed higt Beamrsh South in Eden Main 33 0 Fawcett Main, . 3g 6 Lambton's Primrose _ 3t Old Duck SI 0 Russell's Ly0n'5,..,,.,..., l 3 6 Russell's High —. . 30 6 Walls }lnd Beton...* 37 tS Walls End Lambton....... 31 0 Walls End Lyons--..... 34 6 laitto 3tewart's 37 is sold, 43)(---419501d, 104%. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. NORWICH, Feb. 2. Our market is still scantily supplied • with Wheat, sae good dry samples continue scarce; hence, such descriptioat fully maintain 'last weekii :prices, but the bad sale fo Flour causes & considerable dullness in second-rate and in' ferior qualities. We continue to have a good supply o f Barley, though the quantity at market has rather faille off—last week's prices are barely maintained. No alters' tiou in the prices of Oats, Beans, and Pease. Flour re mains steady in price, and in slow demand. Wheat (per qr.) 4l3s. 595. 625. Beans (per qr.) ......... 36 5. Barley Oats 24s. 28s. 30s. Flour, fine (per sack) 40s. 4 CANTERBURY, Feb. 2. The supply of Grain being liberal upon our Exchange this day, and high prices having been demanded for the same, caused a considerable dullness, as our buyers did not feel disposed to accede to them, except for their iiil mediate wants. Wheat, white ... red OaartiseY" : 4" Beans' 58s. to 62s 4136. to 55s 34. to 355. 17s. to 30s Old s. to .—a. 355. to 40e. 4os. to 42s Pease RKET YrE.—Fa From 1,781 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 21 0 1,445 Bele 1,080 16 stone 12 0 15,865 , Oats l4 stone 9 0 9,955 Cwt. flour 9 stone 5 0 615 Oatmeal 11 stone 9 0 Sold to Bakers Only. l3 0 21 0 I 15 8,103 Cwt. Flour Average price of Wheat and Flour 3115. 4d. per wk. Receipts of Flour, 14,909 Seconds, from 14s. Od, to 16s. Os _, Sales of Do. 12,141 Thirds, from ss. Od. to 10s. OF IRISH Did DUBLIN MARKET Ni IDAY, Feb. I. ro M. P. 30 0 23 2 1 18 g ' 1 1: 13 0 10 4 21 0 0 14 0 11 I PBI , Quariern Loan 41b. :E OF BREAD. u.— 7'd. Halfavartern, 21b. Wheat per barrel 20 atone. Bailey. per barrel 16 stone. Oats: 'per burl 14 stow. .2d. Cork -- Limerick Waterford Clonmel 8e1fa5t....,. Derry .—. Carlow s. d. a s.d. 17 0-24 6 22 6-23 4 22 6-25 0 250 00 19 6-20 9 0 0— 0 0 • 17.. o it 6-15 0 0 0- Q i 11 0-13 0 00-0 0 o'o- 0 00-0 0 0 0 Tralee —I i s.d.a's.d.s.d.as.d. s. d.a..d. 9 0-16 8 9 8-11 6 16 6-17 0 102— 00 89— (10 15 0-160 11 0-15 0 9 6-10 0 15 0-15 6 1 12 0— 0 0 10 0— 0 0 12 0+16.0 12 o=ls 0 13 o—= 0 0 20 6-21 0 12 8— 0 0 11 1-129 0 0— 0 0 10 0-15 0 8 0— 9 0 15 0— o'o 00— 0 0 00— 0 0 0 0— 0 0 610440, 00-00 Pork, ' Butter. per cwt. Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th. 51B' d.. 4 d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. d. cd.S. A 4 —: 6 29 0 . -37 018 D 014 0 ift Mr 541 4 —5 24 0-29 0176070064058 052. 4i --. 6 3.10-35 o'B6 0'74 o. -- 1 3 5 00-- 0 0 76070007 0 000541; —O , 00— 0081080 050 440—. i —0 00— 0 0-0 —o 0 -- o—. l/ 5, 6 230 0092080 0 70 61 0-- 6 —0 00'— 0 078 0720 054046 j [ d. a d. 4 Cork -- 34-5' . Limerick— 3 ‘' — rll3 4 Waterford 4 —6 Clonrnel 3 —4 Belfast —si 0 Deriy 6' —D Callos t —5 5 Traletcl. 0 —0 Mutton,' I per lb. per lb. KILKENNY MA . nicior . , Jan. 26.--Blitter, 868 . . to 886' per cwt. ; Bacon Pigs, 325. to 348. per ditto; Whlstfl 225. to 255. per bairel; Bark, 9s; to'l4B. ; Oati, Ss. t° 195.; Flour; 11s. to 28a.. per,bag ; Beef and . Mutton, 44' to 6d, per lb. ; Petatoes, lid.. to 2d. per atone ; Coals, Is. 2d. per cwt. ' SCO' Wheat. Beans. lOatm j 21 32 30 36 34 37 23 31 24 32 25 27 25 26 34 37 21 32 20 31 , Coldstr( Rer quarte :11 is per s 253 32 16' 20 21 26 99 27 30 15 .16 24 26 ;at; .A be TH I 0 to DISP( tender foi - Wrought • at the To Iv ich, cor broken ui Cast Iron Iron Ilor! quet Loc Steel Rar and other into Lots, Principal Storekeei the day fi A Cats Persons the S eer for the-pi Lots, are day of FI N a, 1 , I SC h .depei emineut eigt yap highest t 4 their twit : mutually or she Tvi Clove n " thergeiai NT" d'4141 SKIM The falhm Birtain with two Market et lay,Stret Corettry, Nun,' to Shelton, I and Holy] ,►vaiu Wiek, L e i Oeiai North L them* Bath a borough, noon at Landon 'I Boston lluntingd Spilaby, 2 hVven, Su Camhr sad Roysi quarter bi Carlish and Whit pleby, Aichtnont caster, Ne Stilton, I direct Coi Cbestel ,parley, It! Covent tAtrough Weedon, Dover .oorche Bla,:kwati Salioliury, five vr.nd e Dartoit Brixi am, Exeter Charmout Inn, Saris water, lit GlasgoN Brownhill and Holyhe, and Salop Hull E: cistvr, Ali " Rocking Kendal, Chorley, Leeds Ii 13iggleswa ford, Stan iarkhan►. Ferrybrid, , , Afternoon ; fdx, Skipto won only.. Liverpo past six. Liverpo and arrive Newport I terworth, Rudgeley, ford, War Liverpc coachmen Congleton and Staffo arrives at Alanclte Arms and Afaneln hampton, illarlbo in#:, Newt one coach] Burton, Afternoon w p so iy au m rtwh o ai l button, p Rains & Bioadstaii ing at hat Shaffiel Rotber&m M'inchest , water, a] Coach an, a iielightp sey, St.: Stabil thelton, Chapel. venti:y, 'CH MARKETS, barley. Oats. 23. 28 20 21 22 23 2'7 30 18 . 28 22 23 28 30 18 22 29 30 18 21 im, Kelso, The otl ck of 28011 17 23. 16 18 17 1$ 22 24 16 16' 20 21 21 20 16 19 20 24 13 • 16 and Whe , ler prices 1 3 3.1 ~ l uen, 1, excel,' • • BIRTHS. On the 26th .u lt. at S t. P et i r ' s , near Ramsg a te, the ladi of John Tippi n B oswe ll, Esq. of a eon. .. •: t c On the 27th u l t . at W e ll s , Somersetshire, the lady vi the Rev. W. Stainer, A.M: of a son. On the 4tk inst. in',Gloucester - place, the lady of 6J John Powl e tt O r de, Bart. of a daughter. On the 4th inst. at Cholatoudeley..how i p icaid o Lady Henry Cholniondeley, of a daughter. __-.......--.i-,•-.---,--,--.....—. MARRIED. On the 2d inst. at Lockinge, by the Rev. W. willise w. J. Brown , E,q. of London, to Caroline Elizabea' eldest daughter of Mrs. Tull, of the former place. On the 4 th inst. at St. °lave's, Southwark, by the lie tt ; A. B. Kenney, D.D. Mr. John Hudson, of Chichester, t Diary, eldest daughter of Joseph Goodchild, Esq. of Tooler street. At St. Martin's-in-the -Fields, by the Rev. Dr. Maste d ' Minister aged of 8 late of Calcutta, t o Mi ss J ane , second daughter of W. 1 Bradly, Esq, 0f Fri ng-gardns Sandwich. At Pilton, M r . J o h n P a ine, aged nearly SO, to Mr; Todd, e Chapel, Henry Hare, wife, whilst he is her third husba nd.— li r tst Briton. nearly 70. She i s the bri degroom's feud --...._ DIED. , I On the 3d inst. at three a.m. at his house in Bry s ! i stone-squ a re, Sir Richar d John Stra chan, of Thornton , h 6 e 9 r th age y . ear, Kincardineshire, a Nova Scotia Baronet of the creation t, 162 0 5 n, t he Admiral 2d i ri s o t f . tßbeobenriuteßSeeqvuade P r o o o n le o , f E h s i q s . l h ia o i u m se tY .su 'a : lig and Knight Grand Cross of the order of the Bath. el inet . 3 Rebecca, wife of Mr. H. Mackrilh On the let . WhiteChaP el ; a r u * 0 ° of the Middlesex Hospital. . . On the 2d inst. at Tottenham, at the house of her 014 Mrs. On the physician and most severe illness, Dr. Robert Hope, the 0 10 • 7 B 6 a th th, "a in r h of is physician of the Royal Navy. The Doctor entered r if Naval service in the year 1777, in'which he was spees j i after a Fed pr omoted to the rank of Surgeon. In, the ' . year Id d;r s n t , in in et t . h a e t he was appointed a Physician to the fleet , and was i i afterwards nominated as one of the Phy s i c i ans o f 110 0 Hospital. Ia 1803 he was appoi n t e d t h e first PhYsici.o if Plymouth Hospital, in which capacity he reinroed Hasler. in 1804, and served there till 1811. Few gr e i • ever more conciliated the regard, esteem, and friendsbil t i a very large circle of acquaintances than Dr. Hop' ;,r , more extensively acquired the gr a t e f u l an d acrfteti „„..t d tachment of the numerous officers and seamen, who, tbr ° _i' so long a period of active service, h a d occasion to Ord awe his humans and benevolent attention. Hill 100 p oi be most sincerely regrett e d, an d hi s me mo ry be cherished, by all who had the pleasure of his sequa" PRINTED and PUVLISKED by M. YOUNG, SUN Omcm, No. 112, strancla h ' .