The Sun. — London, England, 1828-06-20 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We ought to have mentioned earlier (but politics and csam . rnerce—being more upon our minds than lessons and lectures, the circumstance escaped our recollection), that another University is about to be established in London —we know not whether we may say in aid of, dr in opposi tion to, that which is already in esse—whether to supply its defects, or to destroy its existence. A meeting is to be held on the subject on Saturday next, at the Freemasons' Tavern, with the Duke of Wellington in the chair. The Asence of re ligious instruction in the present establishment is assigned as the cause for originating the new one. Be it so : we will not quarrel, till we see cause, with either institution. We will, however, remark, that though thoroughly penetrated with a sense Of the paramount importance of religion, we should still have thought it difficult to make it practically a part of the ordinary instructions at the present college ; for what form of religion was to be taught ? If that of the Church of England, then not only would all Dissenters have been exclud ed, but some indication would seem to have been given of the insufficiency, of the two Uni- - versities as places of every kind of instruction. If any mode of faith or form of discipline different from that of the establishment had been taught or recommended, which should have 'been pre ferred, the Presbyterian, Independent, Jewish, Catholic, or Anabaptist ? Undoubtedly, in any case, Dissenters of other persuasions would have refrained from seeking admission there, as firmly as if the doctrines of , the Church had been in culcated. It is very difficult to teach Chris tianity without falling into some of the modes of faith. Even " the candid Lardner," the ablest advocate of Christianity, (and the study of whose works, by the way; we should recommend to the Rev. R. Taylor, now in prison), does more than insinuate his own peculiar opinions. We fear,, therefore, as we have said above, that it would have been very difficult not to leave the students of the London University to their own means of obtaining religious instruction, and their own forms of serving their Maker.. The new insti tution is, however, to be founded on one system of faith, —that of the Established Church. It , will be perplexed with none of the difficulties of which we have spoken above. It is, we sup pose, to teach religion as a science, as optics or mechanics are taught. Still we have seen too much of the success of the Bell schools as op posed to those of Lancaster (by which they were preceded, just as the. forthcoming College has (teen preceded by that which is already formed), mot to think that this second establishment may rAicceed, and rival the first, if it be really un dertaken with a hearty and zealous resolution.— Times. Our readers will pereeive from our report of what took place last night in the House of Commons, that some progress has at length been made in the Ale-house Licensing Bill, intro duced by Mr. Esteourt, and which in various ways has been so often before the House. Two main clauses only were .finally • disete&--One relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of county with corporate Magistrates where a sufficient number of the latter Was not present, the other to the hours during which public-houses might be kept open on the Sabbath. The former clause was lost on a division, there being a ma jority of seven against it ; and with regard to the tatter, public-houses are in future to be permitted so keep open on the Sabbath, after the morning service has been concluded, until the proper hour of closing at night. This clause of the Bill gave rise to no inconsiderable discussion and mrri ment. Mr. Hume isished to. know whethe e r a traveller, or any other person, would be obliged by the new law to wait from elven o'clock, in the forenoon on Sunday, until one o'clock, be fore he could procure beer from a public house ; and as this question naturally involved the meaning of the word " tippling," the 64 Col lective wisdom" immediately Net itself to ad just it. The matter, however, though plain to every one, seemed to be beyond the depth of the Honourable House ; and as no agree ment could be come to PP the point, it was agreed to postpone ~1W furaier consi deration for a few days, until the Members could finally make up their minds upon Having already, on several occasions, expressed our opinion of Mr. Estcourt's Bill, and having also reason to believe that it will be considerably amended and modified in its further progress, we shall not indulge in comments upon it. So far, however, as the spirit of the House has yet been visible, we think that it is on the whole favourable to the Licensed Victuallers.—Morn ;Fig Advertiser. A very valuable improvement made by the Commons in the Offences against the Person's Bill, was taken into consideration last night the House of Lords. We mean the power given to two Magistrates, in cases of assault, to settle the matter without sending the , parties to the Quarter Sessions or Assizes. This is, indeed, so obvious a benefit, as far as the poor are con cerned, that we shall not waste words in support of it. Lord Malinesbury objected to this amend ment, observing, that " he was one of those who treated with great contempt what had been heaped on the Magistrates of this covitry,whom be regarded , p.aid o r unpaid, as of the greatest benefit to it; An a therefore his objections to this Amendment would not be attributed t o any feeling of 1 10 , 5 4„.. , tlity, or ,any prejn dice against that body. That Magistrates, whether paid or unpaid, are of benefit t 4 ale coun try, will hardly be questioned by any one ss•bp does not prefer the savap state to civilized soeiety. but whether the English Magist rac y is so conatitagd as to leave room for improvements capable of airogling much grea ter benefit, Most p eo p le Who have attended to the subject thiols it very odd, that in the 19th century, there ,exists no better mode of providing for the local administration of jus tice in England, than the conferring Magisterial authority on every man possessed of a certain number of acres, without regard to capacity, or ;.itudy, or h a bits. It is natural enough that Lord should think it • impossible there Maltnesbury could be an y improvement on this an, as it bears a wonderful a nalogy to that by winch Sages, like his Lordship , are born Legislators and Judges in time last resort. Besides, his Lordship is not altogether an impartial Judge in this affair ; for as it is his business, as a Legislator, to provide for the administration of the laws, to say that the Magistracy is not what it ought to be is to It re flect on the order .to which he belongs, as t satural that a Justice-maker should treat with 'contempt all that is said against his Justices, as that a shoemaker should treat with contempt are, all who find fault wi th his shoes. Bad shoes like however, often bette r than none ; a nd in manner, however sorry a substitute our Justices of Peace may be for proper local Judges, it is better to have them than to be altogether without a Magistracy.;---Morning Chronicle: • The. very marked manner in which every sen timent favourable to Catholic Emancipation. was received by the niunerous and respectable meet ing of Protestant Dissenters, on 'Wednesday night, is the more gratifying, as in the meetings of the Gentlemen who . charged themselves with the preliminary arrangements some apprehension was, we understand, expressed as to the conse quences to which the making common cause with the Catholics might lead. The Duke of Sussex, however, highly to his honour, deter mined, that if . there should be any compromise of the broad principle of religious liberty, he would not take the Chair. The result proved that his Royal Highness did not anticipate too flinch from 'an enlightened body of Protestant. Dissenters. A more unequivocal proof there could not well be givenof the falsehood of the . a ccusations so industriously propagated against the Dissenters as a body. Among them indivi duals may, no doubt, still be found (especially among the very aged) unfavourable to einancipa tion ; but these individuals are but as drops in the ocean.---Ibid. We have never taken any part in the question relative to the London University (a term, by the bye, which probably gave rise to much of the opF osition it has met with), because we never saw any question that it admitted of. If certain individuals, either for their Own profit, or as they suppose, for the public convenience or advantage, choose to set up a large school, and invite parents to send their sons there, as long as there is no compulsion about it, we see no right that any one has to complain, any more than if the same people had opened a warehouse for the sale of tobaCco or muslin. Still less have we felt inclined to take part in the clamour which has been raised against it by persons who, having failed in running down the new establishment, now, propose, it seems, to set up a rival-shop of their own. The term University was, as we have hinted, the source of most of this clamour. The Liberals of Oxford and Cambridge could not brook any thing so degrading as a Joint Stock Company for Education claiming a similar designation to their own—as they call them— princely foundations. The opposition, as might be naturally wished and expected, does not seem to have, had much effect on the projectors of the new Institution, who have proceeded with an ex-. traordinary zeal and rapidity in the execution of their plan, _and a large building—the first stone of which, it was declared by their opponents could never be laid—will in a few months be completed and in full operation. Thinking as we do, that one of the striking faults of the pre sent age is the over-education of the people, we do not embark much zeal on the other side of the question ; . nor should we be at all surprised, if this new structure, instead of being much re sorted to as a general school, were to become a mere seminary of medicine, and ultimately, per-. haps, an hospital. The danger to religion, which its warmest opponents profess to see in it, we confess to look upon as altogether visionary. If religion were to be obtained only by constant teaching, we fear that our present Universities wonld . not produce much fruit in that way ; for we have heard it said that a young max, not avowedly intended for orders, need not, during the whole three years of his residence there, hear or read one word about religion beyond the chapel walls ; and that, even if he is destined for the Ministry, all that he' need do in addition is to attend - a certain number of Divinity Lec tures, but which he is not required to give any proofs of having attended. If, then, the oppo nents of the London University, at their Meet ing to-morrow, mean to establish one of their Own, and that for the sake of religion, founded upon the models we have alluded to, one of two things must be the result—either it must fail, as prOfessing that which it does not perform ; or, by accomplishing that which its prototypes have littherto neglected, it must shame these proto types into a practice, the very adoption of which will be a tolerable proof of their having been hi therto most wanting in that about which (as it is not uncommonly the case) they have raised the greatest clamour. Abstracted from all other considerations, we confess we are not warm advo cates of a London education. To say nothing Of the vice and Cockneyism of the thing, we con sider that health and firm bodily habits should accompany the cultivation of the mind in early life, and that manly sports, pursued in free and wholesome air, with the views of nature which country scenes impress with so much subsequent advantage upon the young mind, ought not to be lost sight of by . those who wish to see their chil dreo poseessing the mens sans in corpore sano. Least of all should these advantages be lost sight of upon a mere low principle of local rivalry.— It will be exceedingly absurd to see the friends of "religion and social order" establishing a rival gtrifcture on the other side of the New. Road, and calling their's the " true shop," while the other will call itself the " original ;" struggling, like rival innkeepers, who shall furnish horses for the "march of intellect.' l Such scenes, or any thing resembling them, would be both unseemly and absurd ; and we trust, therefore, that the public are not agomed to witness any thing of the kind.--Morning Herald. We were not unprepared to expect that the establishment of a seminary ire the metropolis, in which religion should be combined with educa ....n4easl of being studiously divorced from it, as in the nick.-named London University, would be represented by the friends of the latter as:mean and discreditable. We have invariably fourid that those . who take to themselves the Wang of liberals are most wofully deficient in the power thareof—and that there is none so impa tient of the honest goal of a Christian as he to whom all religions are alike. The freethinker of the present day is the same bigotted exclu ;3iee. animal that he has always been, and equally. answer,: the definition long ago given of him— that he was one who insisted not only in think ing for himself, but for every one else. It is said that the College to which we yesterday al wded, with feelings of honest exultation, as likely to by established on Church principles, is to be t n g out sse fm . the iaers from the the ben e fit o f a good education. \%e reject any such in terpretation o f the motives that led to otir recommendation the measure; and we f ee l eciu uy r epel such an imputation on the motives of those who design to carry our aitthorised of to rec ommendation into effect. fheir objection and ours, to time Gower-street Academy, is not that it admits of Dissenters, but that, on pretence of consulting the feelings and pr e j udices of Dis senters, it shuts, out religion from its walls, and thus shuts out all, whether Dissenters or Churchmen,. who are really and truly desirous of a religious education for their children. That Academy, we are told, offends not the opinions of persons of any religion ! It would be more < ~. accurate to say, it offends not the opinions of persons of no religion. Do its advocates deem it no offence to persons of religion that no bell shall toll to prayers—that no voice of psalms' shall be heard within its walls ? Do they deem it no offence to persons of religion, that while communicating to the youth under their care the elements of literature and science, the bps of the professors shall be sealed against an allusion to that highest knowledge, without which tongues are sounding brass, and science folly ? We know not what may be the faith Of those who think so lightly of religious feelings ; but we will not do so much injustice to the re spectable portion of the Dissenters, as to sup pose for a moment that their opinions are to be conciliated by a seminary that purposely, and by rule, excludes all religion. For ourselves, we are far from wishing that Dissenters should be denied the advantages of the higher branches of education. When we first touched upon this subject we said, and we now repeat it, that it was desirable the children► of Dissenters should be well educated, because we . knew nothing so likely to induce them to return to the Church, between which and such of them as have a claim to. the name of religious Dissenters, there exists such slender grounds for separation, that we are persuaded, had their ancestors been enlightened, and educated men, separation would never have taken plate. All that is wished—all that can be wished in the projected Seminary, of whose progress towards accom-. plishment, we hope, in a very few days, to be able to speak more definitely—is to furnish to those whose religious opinions are not quite so lightly worn as not to be shocked by the absence Jail religion, a place to which they can with propriety, .and with the approbation of their con sciences, send their children. That many Dis senters, notwithstanding the religion to be taught there will be the established religion, will take advantage of the Seminary rather than of one in which it is established that no religion shall be taught, we have no manner of doubt.—We have only one thing more to say. The friends to the projected Seminary meet to-morrow in the Free masons' Tavern. We earnestly press on them the propriety, the necessity, of coming forward promptly anddecisively. Much depends on the manner in which a commencement is made. If it be languid, the progress will probably be slow, and the termination, dubious; if it be spirited, the :progress will be rapid. and the completion certain.—New Tunes. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ORDERS OF TIIE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Scottish Vagrants Bill—Further consideration of Re port. 2. Sheriffs (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 3. Witnesses in Equity (Ireland) Bill—Third reading. 4. Promissory Notes (Ireland) Bill—Furth.r considera tion of Report. 5. Church Briefs Abolition Bill—Third reading. 6. Small Debts Bill—Second reading. 7. Stamp Duties Bill—Report. 8. New South Wales Bill—Committee. 9. Cities and Towns Improvement (Ireland) Bill—Third reading. 10. Additional Churches Bill—Second reading. 11. Hops Excise Bill—Second reading. 12. Salmon Preservation (Scotland) Bill—Report. 13. Bank Notes (Scotland and Ireland) Bill—Further con sideration of Report. 14. Excise Licenses and Survey Bill—Committee. 15. Glass Duties Bill—Report. • 16. Sugar Duties Bill—Third reading. 17. General Turnpike Acts Amendment Bill—Further consideration of Report. 18. Night Poaching Prevention BilL—Committee. 19. Canada Company Bill—Third reading. 20. notel-keepers Bill—Committee. 21. Supply—Committee. 22. Ways and Means—Committee. 23. Cider and Perry Excise Licenses Act—Committee thereupon. 24. Pilotage Act—Committee thereupon. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. I. Sir Henry Hardinge—Army and Militia Estimates, (In Committee of Supply.) 2. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Miscellaneous Esti mates. (In Committee of .Supply.) 3. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Bill to amend Con• stabulary Act (Ireland). NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Monday, June 23. Mr. Nicolssn Calvert—Bill to disqualify certain Voters for the Borough of East Retford from voting for Me►n bers to serve in Parliament. Tuesday, June 24. Dr. Phillimi.re—Bill for regulating the office of the Re gistrars of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and the subordinate offices held under appointments of the said Registrars. Thursday, June 26. 1. Mr. Charles Pallmer—Bill to amend so much of Fo reign Enlistment Act [59 Geo. 3, c. 69], as re lates to the fitting out or equipping vessels for war like purposes. 2. Mr. Sngden—Bill to alter and amend the Law relating to illusory appointments. 3. Mr. Spring Rice—Bill to facilitate the establishment of schools for general instruction in Ireland. 4. Mr. Grattan—Copies of Correspondence between the Magistrates of Wexford Sessions and the Secretary for Ireland, in the years 1823 and 1824. • Thursday, July 3. Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald—Extracts of Correspondence be tween the English and Irish Governments at the pe riod of the Union. A snake, measuring two feet ten inches in length, WAS killed last week at Weald Gullet, Epping Forest : on cutting it open, a foot of a rabbit, fresh and undecayed, was discovered in its belly : the snake, when found, was in a state of stupor. A curious occurrence was witnessed a few days since, by some persons who were proceeding along the Ilolderness road. Two game cocks having casually met, in that great public thoroughfare, with the ferocity natural to their species, fell foul of each other, and were fighting together with such hearty good will, as to be utterly un observant of what was passing around them. A cow, a creature of more pacific habits, having sheet ved the affray, determined to put an end to it, not by negociation, but by the force of the powerful weapons with which nature has provided her. So, stepping up to the belligerents, she suscessfully demonstrated th truth of the axiom, " an" fulcra pacis," and, by thrusting one of them to one side and one to the other, with her horns, procured a cessation of hostilities. —Hull Packet. 'The Seal fishery had turned out, upon the whole, favourably at Halifax. " The amount of seals taken by the four vessels," says the Acadian, ~ i s 3,300, leaving a very fair average on the whole. It is worthy of remark, that generally the seals taken off Causo by the Glasgow were larger than those taken near Newfound- land ; and in such plenty that, had not the wind veered about next morning, from the land, breaking out the iee, as many would have been taken as could have been stowed in the vessel. From this the i n feren ce is natural, that, without proceeding to distant coasts, our own s hores pre sent a rich harvest to the enterprising and active in this branch of commerce." It appears, however; that the seal fishery at St. John's, New Br unswick, had been far from productive. A letter from St. John's, dated April 30, says—" Upwards of thirty sealing schooners have arrived since our last, with (generally speaking) very poor voyages, and confirming the very unfavourable reports of the seal fishery brought by the first arrivals." The New Bruns wick House of Assembly has voted 4 , 000 /. for the en couragement of the fisheries, and 3 , 0001 . to encour a g e the raising of grain on new land ; 6,000/. for the improve ment of the great roads, and a like sum for the by-roads of the province. The weather., for more than a fortnight past, had been uncommonly cold, the wind having been almost invariably south-east, accompanied with heavy chilling rains and dense ttgs. Vegetation is, in consequence, exceed ingly backward for the season. The prevalence of the cold south-easterly winds is to be attributed chiefly to the vast quantities of floating ice, still found at no great distance from the coast. lb 0 .~ ~ ~ LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jurns 19. MAOILANE V. WHITE. This was a question upon the construction of the Act of 'the 53d George 111., c. 71. By the 7th section of that Act it is enacted, that in all cases where any question shall arise as to the amount of the reasonable t (fats, expences, or fees, due or pay able to any witness summoned on the hearing of any petition to set aside the election of a Member of Parliament, the Speaker of the House of Commons shall, on application made for that purpose, direct the same to be taxed, and the person taxing shall report the amount to the Speaker, who shall be at liberty to certify. the same as evidence of the de mand; and by the 13th section it was envied, that in any. action for costs, expences, or fees, which shall have been so Certified, the Court may, on the appli cation of the Plaintiff, order judgment to be entered up for the sum adjudged to be due a g ain the defend ant, in like manner as upon a warrant o f attorney. The plaintiff in this case had been summoned as a witness on the trial of the Dublin election petition before a Committee of the House of Commons. He at tended on the part of the defendant, Lieutenant- Colonel Henry White, the sitting member for Dublin, and his costs having been taxed and certified in the manner prescribed by the act, application Was now made to the Court on his behalf by Mr. Starkie, for a rule to enter up judgment for the sum found to be due to him. Mr. ADAM and Mr. LAW, fur the defendant, op posed the application, and contended, that the act in question had reference only to the costs of persons attending as witnesses in support of the petition, and not on the part, of the sitting member. They objected also that it had not been ascertained, as it ought , to have been, that the plaintiff was summoned on the part of the defendant. The CouRT decided against both the objections, and granted the rule for entering, up the judgment. THE ICING V. JAMES WOODALL. The judgment of the Court was pronounced upon this defendant, a headborough of Hadleigh, for as saulting a farmer, of the name of Powell, residing at Enfield. lie was fined Os. Bd., and ordered to enter into his awn recognizance to keep the peace for one year. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 1 9 . HENLEY V. THE MAYOR OF LYME REGIS. This was an action against the Mayer and Bur gesses of Lyme Regis, to recover a compensation in damages for a loss which the plaintiff alleged he had sustained, in consequence of the defendants having neglected to perform a duty which he insisted .was imposed upon them by the charter under which they were authorized to act as a corporate body. The injury of which he complained, and for which he sought a compensation, was 'the destruction of his houses by the sea, which had broken over its usual boundary, as he- alleged, in consequence of the im perfect state of the sea-walls, which he further alleged the defendants were bound to repair. The case was tried befre Mr. Justice Gaselee during the last assizes at Dorchester, when, to. prove the liability of the defendants, a charter of Charles I. was put in, by which it was held at the trial that the defendants were liable, and a verdict was consequently returned for the plaintiff, with such damages as they supposed would remunerate him for the injury which his pro perty had sustained. Mr. Sergeant MEREWF.THER, in the course of last term, obtained a rule calling on the plaintiff to show cause why judgment should not be arrested, upon the ground that the plaintiff, not being a party to the charter upon which he had founded his case, was not a competent person to maintain an action against the mayor and burgesses. Mr. Sergeant WILDE yesterday morning showed cause againit the rule, 111 Id Mr. Sergeant TARDY and Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER supported it. The.COURT said, that in their opinion, the fact of the plaintiff's not being a party to the charter did not prevent him from maintaining an action against the defendants, and consequently the present. motion in arrest of judgment, ought in their opinion to be dis charged.— Rule discharged. COURT OF ADMIRALTY, JUNE 19. THE MALTA. The Court was occupied during the whole of the morning in hearing read the very voluminous evidence of the witnesses in this protracted case, the parti culars of which are before the public. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JUNE 19. Carl Fredrick Socrates von der Noddyerie vs Pfctferkorn was opposed by Mr. NICHOLAS, on be half of Mr. R. Dresden. The insolvent, who appeared at the bar ih a blue military undress surtout, which was adorned with in signia of martial honours, stated that he is a Captain in the 33d Regiment of Infantry, behinging to his Majesty the King of Prussia. In 1823, 1824, and 1825, he was in England, when he domiciled with the opposing creditor, who has two daughters, viz., Ann and Hannah. When called upon to go to the Continent, it appeared that the gallant officer " cast a longing, lingering look behind;" and as speedily as possible he obtained the leave of his Sovereign to come over to Albion for the benefit of his health; but the sequel proved it was to experience a depriva tion of liberty. He said his pay was 1601. a year, ' but as his leave of absence expired early in last Month, his pay had ceased in consequence of Mr. Dresden's hostile proceedings. He said that on his return to England, Mr. Dresden received him with open arms, and gave him a• room for his accommo dation, and allowed him other domestic advantages, for which he refused to receive any remuneration, although it was frequently offered. At length Capt. Pfefferkorn left thiS hospitable roof, and' went to Eltham, and Ann Dresden either accompanied him or followed him, and Hannah also left the paternal dwelling, and took apartments at Woolwich, where the insolvent admitted he contributed to her support. He could prove that Mr. Dresden, who had arrested him, had rim away from his bargain by the testi mony of one of the daughters, who was at a tavern just by the Court, Mr. Commissioner BOWEN could not see how any thing. could be proved. to bring the insolvent under the penal clauses Of the Act. The insolvent's version had been given of the manner lit which the debt was contracted, and lie had challenged proof of the truth of his testimony Mr. Nictiou.s intimated that there were some delicate considerations connected with the inquiry ; he would, therefore, decline calling the daughters. The insolvent was then ordered to be discharged. One day last week, two sparrows were ob served on a wall is High -street, in this town, in earnest contention. One of them held in its beak something of comparatively large dimensions, which having shortly fallen to the ground, appeared to have motion. On being eta mined by the spectators, to their surprise it proved to be a living mouse!—Hull Packet. A melancholy occurrence, with loss of. life, took place on Tuesday afternoon at Sidmoutli. Between five and six o'clock, Captain POTTS, of the West India service, with Messrs. WILLIAM and Gra. STOCKER, and two boatme n , p u t o ff f rom t h a t p l ace i n a yacht; a few minutes only had elapsed when the vessel encountered a sudden . gale of wi n d upse t an d san k. Captain POTTS going down!it her, was seen no more, Messrs. STocxen, on regaining the surface, pushed for land, Witt.iaar, the stouter swimm er o f t h e t wo , c h eer i n g his brother, and en him not to despond ; from the requisite exertion however, n cni it became evident that the strength of Gxor treatg i was fust failing and at length he said, "Gon bless you and my father and mother—l can bear up no longer:" De termined, if possible, to save his brother, WILLIAM, by a desperate effort, neared, and whilst reiterating his en treaties that he would keep himself afloat a few seconds longer, by " treading water," contrived to loosen his neckerchief, and fastening it to his brother's coat, drew him to shore, before reaching which he was senseless, but by use of proper means was restored. The boatmen were picked up by a mackerel vessel. Captain POTTS resided at Sidmouth with his mother and brother, and had lately come in possession of a large property.— Taunton Courier. ‘. ROYAL SOCIETY. Last night closed the meetings of this Society for the present season. . The PRESIDENT stated, that on Monday last he (accompanied by a proper cumber of the Officers of the Institution) bad waited upon his Royal High ness the Duke of Sussex, and announced to his Royal Hig . hness that he had been elected a Fellow of the Society ; and his Royal Highness, in return, requested that the deputation would convey to the Fellows an acknowledgment of the high sense he en tertained of the honour. A number of new Members were introduced, and, look their seats for the first time. Certificates in favour of Charles Tennyson, Esq. M.P. and Dr. Hancock, were then read, and orered to be suspended in the Meeting Room. The PRESIDENT intimated that a vast number of papeis lay on the table. Gentlemen had given them in so late in the season, that it was impossible to read them at present. He therefore would move that the titles be read and thanks voted to the authors. Thanks were accordingly given seriatim. The PRESIDENT resumed. He begged to return thanks for the honour of the Presidency of the So ciety having been conferred upon him ; it had been the greatest honour of his life, and the pleasure he had experienced in attending to the daties of his office had been equal to the honour. He would at the same time return , his special thanks to the Members of the Council, .for the kind manner in which they had, in every instance, met his wishes during the season, which had now drawn to a close; to their co-operation, in a great measure, was his pleasure to be ascribed. The worthy President con cluded by' d e claring the meetings of the Society, for the present season, at an end.. LOVE AND LIVE. A sort of cornico,--tragico,—derni-duel, has been the subject of much merriment here, for some days past. It seems that a debonntire young man, who is learning the art and mystery of selling bobbins, lace, and Gros de Naples, from behind the counter of a very respectable .establishment in this town, fell he&d-over-ears in love with a young lady, one of the customers. He had not the least doubt in the world that the passion was reciprocal ; for on several oc casions, to avoid his ardent gaze, she drew her veil over her face, and this he took for proof, 'strong as holy writ, of her attachment to himself.. Young Bobbin was frequently sent by his master to dif ferent houses of the gentry with patterns, &c., and on one occasion he was sent, duly equipped, with his bundle under his arm, and yard stick in his hand by way of cane, to the domicile of the mother of his adored. Having displayed his wares with all the thousand little pleasantries and blandishments for which gentlemen of this class are so celebrated, he folded up the goods, replaced them under his arm, put forth one foot as if about to commence a quadrille, and raising his yard stick, pointed to a picture of a young lady in the room, and admired its beauty. " But, Ma'am," he lisped, "it is by no means so .beautiful as your youngest daughter (Bobbin's adOred) ; will you, Ma'am, permit me to walk out with her of a Sunday, Ma'am ? " It is the only lei sure day I have, Ma'am ; I should so like, Ma'am, to walk out with her on a Sunday !" The lady, a per son of family and fortune, was completely dumb founded. She looked at the man with astonish ment, and expressed her surprise at such an address, But Bobbin was not to be put off, and still pleaded in his own neat way. The lady treated it as alto gether too absurd to be met seriously, but dropped something as to the disparity of situation in the adorer and the adored. Bobbin assure.] her she was ' mistaken; for though he was now only an appren tice, yet, when he was out of his time, he should be a master-man—and then ! ! The lady refused to listen further, and Bobbin at last took leave. The next day he sent a billet-doux to hisndored, and a letter to her mother, the first containing vows of eternal, never-ending, never-dying love, and all that ; the latter. soliciting leave to. walk Out: of a Sunday with her daughter. But, oh ! what bitter pills lovers must sometimes swallow—the letters were sent back (the one to his adored unopened) in an envelope from the brother of the young lady, very laconically informing him that if the whole affair were not so superlatively ridiculous, the writer would have taken steps to chastise his insolence ! Poor Bobbin was now in a mighty fluster; he called a council of war after the shop was shut up, when after due discussion, it was resolved that the letters should be returned to the brother, giving him to understand that there was no insolence in asking a body to take a walk on a Sunday, and if he thought there was, Bobbin was ready to --,---. The letters were accordingly returned, and the next day, some of Bobbin's brother shopmen forged a letter directed to him, breathing vengeance, and appointing the place of meeting at the Race Stand, at six o'clock on Saturday morning last. When the morning came, it brought a deluge of rain. Undismayed by the elements, however, Bobbin dressed himself in his Sunday, clothes, with top • boots, and new pair of white cord breeches. When they reached the race stand his companions made him believe his antagonist was waiting on the other side, and pointed out two horses which they told him were those of his enemy and second. A person now came from the other side, saying his opponent was ready,,when Bobbin dashed - the pistol from his hand, swearing he would not fight—he could not fight—he was not fit to fight or die. He was then informed that if .he did not stand up and fight, his antagonist swore he would. come and shoot him dead through the heart, Bobbin wept, groaned, hallooed, and entreated so earnestly, that at last they pretended his enemy would give him a respite till Monday. On this Bobbin became more tranquil— expressed his thankfulness to the kind friend who had, he said, saved his life—and then returned home, soaking. with wet. In the course of the day Bobbin was told of the trick which had been played him, on which he was so much affected that be actually faint ed away, and it was not till he had slept for -two hours and a half, and taken a treacle posset, that he entirely recovered. —Brighton Gazette. The following is a copy of the official notifi cation by the Bengal Government, regarding certificates of conduct in India, alluded to by Mr. Wurrarour, in the House of Commons, or, Monday evening : " Fort William, General Department, "November 20, 1827. " The Right Honourable the Governor-General in Council is pleased to direct that the following extract (para graphs 18 to 20) from a public General Letter from the Honourable the Court of Directors, dated July 11, 1827, be publised for general information. Certific.ites of the nature alluded to by the Honourable Court, in the extract in question, will he granted to individuals proceeding to Europe, on their applying for the same to the Secretary to Government in the General Department. " 18. Applications are from time to time made to 11 c by parties who have returned from India, for leave to pro ceed again to that country, for the purpose either of.ful lowing the pursuits in which they originally embarked, or of settling the affairs which have grown out of their former engagements. produce " 19. It frequently occurs, that the parties in question are unable to produce any document, showing that their conduct has been satisfactory to the Authorities nu whom they have resided. " 20. We, therefore, desire that you will take measures for announcing to all parties who are residing under your Presidency, either with our permission, or with that of proceedi your ut h r e G ev o a : gn e at t Europe, that em proof of their having conducted themselves to the satisfac iznomft oe theirnlt India, d a ii n an, d aks w yi ne h g o s h m a laly application r r e e g tu irrnefottrio,permission ssion tion of your Government. " By Order of thC Right Honourable the Governor.. " General in Council, r , MOLONY, ,r Acting Secretary to the Government." A man:living at Ashling, having observed a torn tit repeatedly eater the neck of an oil jar, which was standing in his court at the front, of his house, had the curiosity to look into it, when he found that the jar con tained a nest and about a dozen of young birds full fledged. ~.,Brighton Gazette, FIRE IN RED LION-STREET. Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was held at °l i ; Board Room o f St. G e orge' the Martyr, towo o into the cause of the death of Thomas ' Tingles 1 " wife and their five children. • George Todd, watchman, of Shire-lane; '8 . 1%7001 I am stationed at the corner of Princes-street. went my rounds at half -past twelve o'clock, and th went to my box. When I first smelt the'fire ~ to Mr. Murray's shop, and afterwards to Mr: WI son's shop, which I saw ou 'fire. Oa seeiuq began to knock us loud as I could, and at leo I forced the pannel in. I called " Fire" as load could, and sprung my rattle, when Lloyd, anotrtr, watchman, came up, and we forced down a 4 ° o and on a second watchman coming up, we took ( 10 _, I , three 'shutters About ten minutes a ft er a few'j came on a balcony in a night-gown and cap, ali o would have jumped down only we beckoned her , go another way. She went along the leads; who o ,. person caught hold of her hand, and pulled her Instantly after I heard, at the tap of Mr. Ilarri o o house, a person call out " Watchman, weare _ out." On hearing this I left off, and went to Pi, Grove's for some water. The tun - tanks instep' came, and also the engines. Mr. White—On hearing the voice I suppese.? ,l , naturally looked up. Now, was it a man or wono voice ? Todd—l looked up, but could not see anylerS I think i.rwas a female's voice, as it was very Ow • John Lloyd, Theobald's-row, watchman, sworn,y, About half-past nine on Friday night Mrs. T i ql spoke to me to shut up her shop, which I did. te ,, saw a little boy about four years of age; and two be males; one appeared to be about thirty, the O th , naucl younger. I then went my rounds. Aboll l ci , quarter to one I heard Todd spring his rattle, asd f c, going up, seeing smoke coming out; we begso . ; 4 pull down the shutters, when the flames rushed ' t but none came out of Mr. Tingle's' Shop. I v i r e t :i into the shop on my hands and knees; and'. fo my way into a back room, when I called out" FY as loud as I' could, but I could make rie person 'P,r.G.' 1 then called out, " For God'i sake, if any Per',l, is here, come out." I then went in agaid r i brought out some of the things. Shortly after 1 . ,1: r Mrs. Harrison at the cook-shop, and said, "Mss. 0 11 rison, I am happy you are here; is all safe, is right ? when she said, "Yes, all is safe." arse Juryman---If you had been aware of any . p, being in the house, could you have saved them I think we could. W. Groves was then called, when the C o tto4 i observed, that from the number of witnostesio would be impossible to finish the • proceeding night, and having another inquest to hold at` iiro : o'clock, he would move that the Jury should ficir The Inquest was then adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER: An Account of the Total Declared Value of British F 1 Ye lls n ufactured Woollens, and of British Woollen, - of Exported from Great Britain to Foreign Pots, ill if e , years ending sth January from 1820 to 1829 mo os " In 1820 1821 5,585,430 2 2 .• 1822 6,463,923 12 2. 1823 ' 0,488,673 14 1 ? 1924 5,634,471 9 9 1825 6,042,411 4 4 1826 6,194,926 2 3 . 1827 4,982,!x1816 v 1828 5,277,561 6 2 ' WILLIAM IRVING, _ A il Inspector General of. Imports and) .$1) - Inspector General's Offise, Custom House, London, May 22. FOUR-IN-HAND.---011 Wednesday 14S1/ 0 ! countryman purchased four very excellent pigs is market, and having fettled them with a cord, s il o thought, very safely, he proceeded for Ipstones, Sear hail he left the market-place, when the pigs becalla"., fractory and got loose. One pig took the Maceler road and has not since been beard of ; another, whigi:„ presume, was a native of the Potteries, took the al' road for Bursleas, where we suppole hi arrived wakes; the third scampered off for Ashburn, and for thing we know, he is enjoying the romantic s cene/ i d the Derbyshire hills; but the fourth pig , had a more 00,,,) pursuit in view, for he went off at score down Stock street, and doubtless arrived at Buxton time enoug P the races. --Manchester. Paper. of THE GLOVE TRADE.—The Right shipful the Mayor of this city (Tiros. Bas?, Egq.) } ls! compliance with a requisition, appointed a Comal? n ,,ol for Friday next, " to consider the propriety of pettics, Parliament to alter the laws which allow the iato u „.";, of French Gloves into this couniry, the fatal e.-7, 0 which are so severely felt by all classes in this city and,: o B 4 l bourheod."—The returns of the quantity of fr r , d eo Gloves imported, have not been made to the 1 1 - if isi Commons, but we are enabled to 'state that the fah ° are the importations iuto the Port of London From July 5, to Dec. 31, 1826 39,789 atlz' In 1827 63,644 From Jan. 1, to May 30, 1828 77,312 t 1 So that during the last five months mere than 5l per day have, upon an average, been imported into ` A only. The importation of leather has decrease'. AS this is not all ; it is perfectly notorious that thestaug,isi have offered to insure the delivery of French glav e* c i jor below the duties, so that, in fact, in estimating the oie;which the British manufacturer sustains by j fil' t we must make a very large addif.4n for goods wu ic vittO their way into this country by contraband means., ptd this immense importation is considered in connev an .,tb the fact that about 40,000 persons are employed Worcester Glove Trade, and that the Trade was rt v depressed asst this moment, it will excite no suria'ot the subject creates great anxiety in this city,.—. VrarC Journal. the holl of BIRTHS. instant, at Hammersmith, - o f Rev. Francis Tho mas At woo d, o f a d aug hter. ' o r" On the 18th i ns t an t, a t M ers tb am , in the N u ',4' Surrey, the lady o f Si r Win. Geo. Hylton Jo llieff of a daughter. On th 19th' MARRIED. 14 IV ttl On the 19th inst. at St. Mary's, Marylebooeft,,,,Pci Rev. Robert Gayler More, Sir Henry Edwardegt rillq of Brace Meole, in the county of Salop, to 10 11 '' s ' 'Ann, only daughter of John Thomas Hope, P' ). Nettle y, in the same county. tli b On the 16th inst., at the Abbey Church, of the or t ifo Marshal l,Rev. MMarshall,Peter. Maze, jun., Esq. Bristol, to Charlotte Anne Gordon, eldest daughter 1 late Mr. James Gordon, of London. ..'sls 9 o i On the 17th instant, Mr. Wm. Oswald, of Le w Kent, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of P. Laing, ''" ~ Deptford-house, Bishop-Wearmouth, Durham. vv.', On the . 19th June, at St. Marylebone Chureb , joo e 4 Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wello), oilyb Hay Laughafra, Esq. of Glyndbourn, Sussex, eld est 000 Sir. James Longhorn, Bart. to the Hon. Margar et ofe,, kenyon, eldest daughter of the Right lien. Lord f1,13g , On the 17th inst. at Walcot Church, Bath, bY,.„ i - 1 ,1 ; Richard Christie, A. N. Shaw, Esq. of the 1 1 ' . $10,; . : India Company's Civil Service, son of Major-G e t.' p ar r to Georgians, second daughter of the late Reve7, 9 r , Hodson, Prindfal of Brsscnose College, and BO it frogesseixovoo.rianDo:fhroD.fe DT i l v 4jo i b n tith i e ty iuni,hn i .ia n , ttrnh ili sa e ßtrt e U evse n .t, t R e pF r oian s bet i z t re y rortym o_ F f ,: o l:uv x iaer f ri o .le r : d ou . hei:rig o dp v: . of Pentonville, to Sarah, the youngest daughter I)' 0' tif 41, On the 19th instant, at St. Mary's, Marylebone* of.. Swithin's, Demerara, to Miss Ealswortby, of A l so' square, daughter of the late Robert Ealswortby , Chumleigh, Devon. DIED. On the 18th inst. in Devonshire-place, Jo" C Esq. late of the Royal Bengal Civil Service. yt On the 16th inst. at Chelsea, Elizabeth, the viving daughter of Joaathan Blenmaii, Esq. i' te island of Barbadoes. On the 18th inst. Frances Clark, youngest dattg Mr. Thomas Davies, surgeon, of the Minoricep f 25th year of ker age. At his house, Watford, Francis Fourtlin, Eol• '" of Wardour-street, Soho. 1.1 1 On the 16th inst. at Camberwell, Mrs. Elizabeth- A aged 80. At Florence, John Toke, Esq. , barrister -at-14 P° Lincoln's-inn, eldest son of the Rev. Win. Ta g, ' of Baatow, Essex. I 4VI Elizabeth, the only daughter of the Rev. J. R. S Lynch Court, Herefordshire. At High Grove, near Tetbury, John Paul Paul , 94' 1 . 1 7 J PRINTED and Puntailan by M. YOUNG, at the S U N No. LW, Strapd, London, VICT P IIH E ~7 7.1 InURIDA !eite lender S e= Rend retl l3Fifty, Tons o "la Thome! P IC KY tons our Hundn Pet jTons o Y Tons ight To io • tei; 9 ? - e be del "aPtford, oz remainder I)] For Ten "e also deliv raanths Iron And also, ft aadtd for • 1 P,41111, anc • ;to be Samples Matt be e pr .44 the Tolls l ad Linen f The Con 1:146. 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