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maybe abandoned: The authorities of the'State should at once declare, that nothing will satisfy them but the maintenance of a board of sove reigns at , the public expense,--that : the exten uion of the na ti ona l t ra d e i s nothing compared 'with the gains_ of an "exclusive coMpany, 7 --and that it is more cOnduciVe . to the commercial pros perity of • Great Britain, or more agreeable t o her rulers, to see the port of Canton crowded with' vessels from Amsterdam and New York, than with free traders from Liverpool or London. —Times. Some of the West India merchants had an in terview with Mr. Grant in the beginning of the week on the subject of the new sugar bill. This measure, it seems, at least in the form first pro .posed, it has been determined by Ministers to abandon, and they arc now seeking to establish certain principles, on which the new enactment, which is to supply its place, is to be, founded. Ministers admit, we - understand, that something should be done to promote the 'interests of the refineries, and for the benefit of the East trade, and the folloWing therefore are the bases laid down :- Ist. That the refiners shall be allowed to work foreign surars in bond, under the surveillance of the Excise; to import without duty, and to export with out drawback. 2d. That the East India sugars shall be admitted at 4s. extr a dury,with the ascending scale of duty, as proposed in the first .draught of the new bill. It was on the expediency of..making these principles the basis of the new bill, that Mr. Grant wished to consult the leaders of the West India interest. AN ith regard to the first point, they informed him that they hail no objection to make, inasmuch as foreign sugars under such r - gulations could not possibly come into - home consumption ; .but they expressei doubts whether the plan would b 9 an acceptable one. to the re finers. On the second point they were prepared to offer the same,opposnion which they made at first, conceiving that in such case t ., :ey ought to obtain sine countervailing advantages to com pensate for the detriment their i terests would suffer. The principal sugar-reeners have sulkit quently had an interview with Mr, .Grant, and it seems that the proposition, which related to them met with the. reception which had been antici pated by the West .India" merchants. They )bjected to being placed under the surveillance of the Excise, and pointed out the practical disadvantages which would. arise ; since they %.ould only find a market abroad for the refined sugar,. while all the refuse, which in their pro cesses forms two-thirds of the whole, would accu -mulate in their hands without any possible vent fur it. The perplexities which attend .any new enact►nent on the subject of the sugar trade,. and the impossibility of reconciling the conflicting interests connected with it, appear to create 4.)l3stacles which, in the opinion . of Most. people concerned, will scarcely be surmounted in the preset it .session.-L. Ibid. In the discussion in this House of Commons, %)11 Thursday night, it was stated by Mr. Huskis son, that "iii the United Netherlands, as well as in Russia, Germany, and all the Northern Countries of Europe, there was a very rapid in (seas% of population ; and all these countries, as well as England, were subject to the mainte nance of a pauper' population. - What Mr. Huskisson stated is , unquestionable. In most of the countries of the Continent, the pressure pro duced by the rapid increase of population is very great. In the Netherlands the number of poor Is greater than in England. In Switzerland, the distress from excessive population in many can tons is very great. A Counsellor of Govern ment in Prussia, a M. Weinhold, of Halle, has published " a Work on the excessive Popula tion of the Middle of Europe," in which he calls on the Governments to adopt measures to stem the evil of 'a more violent - nature than any yet proposed. The propositions. of this Prus sian functionary have excited a great ferment throughout Germany ; for though - in most of the States great restraints are imposed on mar riage, yet his Means of repression amount to an interference with freedom, equally unnecessary and impolitic. In Bavaria, by a law passed on the 1 lth of September, 1825 (and in most of the German States there are similar laws), no person, " who is not in possession of land of' a certain value, or which pays' a certain amount of land-tax, or who is not master of a trade, agreeably to the regulations laid doiin in a par ticular law, or is not in possession of other means securing to him a subsistence, or does not fill certain offices in the State, is al lowed to marry ;" and " Clergymen who per form the ceremony of marriage without re eeiving a permission to that purpose from the Magistrate, arc made responsible to the Parishes for all the damage and expenses to which they may be put through such marriage. In Franc e , the poverty from excessive population is also very great. The number of poor in Paris is nearly double the number in London, when the population of the tw o c iti e s is c o nsidered. The Department of th e Seine contains 817,360; and in 1822, the ntimber of individuals in Paris was 91,532, accor di ng to habitually relieved , Degeraude (Le Visiteur du Pauvre, 4th Ed., Brussels, 1 828 ). In several of the t owns t h e poor are still more numerous than in Paris. Whil e Geneva was under the French, the peor were to the whole population as one . to five: At Bourdeaux, the pr o p ortion is one to five. In the country parts of France, the indige n t popu lation is not so great, being between a th irt i et h -- and a fortieth.of the whole. But as there-is no regular provision for , the poor in the country, whenever any accident happe ns in a village ; the inhabitants havina no local resource, are driven into towns: -Let its not therefore suppos.e-that there is something peculiar to this country in the pressur e c aus e d by the poor, or that the system of Poor Laws peculiar to England (most coun tries of this part of Europe have Poor Laws of some sort) have created a burden to which other i nations a re strangers. There is 'a tendency n population ire • o ld settled countries to outgrow the means of subsistence ; and to this tendency w e are indebted for the evil of' pauperism. That from this cause alone'great misery •may exist in co untries, we know from the circumstance of' Switzerlaild, where the t ax e s a re h ar dl y wort h mentioning, b e i n g the count ry w hi c h per h a p s suffers the most from pauperism. It is of great importance, if we wish to meet any ev il, t o be aware of its real cause, and we are sorry to say that great misconception prevails with regard to the cause of pauperism in England. What is more common than to hear the p auper i sm England placed exclusive ). to the account of taxation, as it, even if Government were to take nothing rom individuals, the increase of tic numbers of the people could not more than k ep p pace with the increasing resources of the nation under the most- :favourable suppopition. Mr. Slaney, who opened the discussion on Thursday night, appeared occasionally to be aware of the connection between the tendency to increase beyond the means of subsistence and, pauperism but then, .at other times, his observations were irreconcileabis with this doctrine. Thus; for instance, when he spoke of confining relief to " the lame, the blind, the old, and the impotent," excluding, of course, able-bodied men out of employment for relief; is he aware, that the effect of this limitation would he to increase the num- ber of the poor more rapidly than under the ex isting systeni ? The parishes would be relieved from part of their present responsibility for the support of the whole labouring population, and, consequently, would be less anxious to keep dovi n the number of cottages. Whenever, the number of the people should happen anywhere to be excessive, they would compete with each other for employment (as happens in Ireland and in certain parts of Scotland), till they became ac customed to a lower and lower diet. Can any one doubt, for instance, that at the time when the Rev. Mr. Howlett published his pamphlet on the subject of the Poor (1788), if parish relief had hot occasionally been afforded in the SOuthem Counties to able-bodied labourers, the effect would have been to have forced them to sustain a ruinous competition with each other, and to receive lower wages ? The cause is to be sought for in the increasing number of the peo ple, and it is vain to think of arresting the evil by any plan for confining relief for this or that class apersons. By inakinW the parishes liable for the maintenance of all, we give to persons possessed of property an interest in preventing the people from outgrowing the employment for them ; and persons of property alone can do this. The principal desideratum in England is to give a power to a certain proportion of the property to tax cottages, so that it should not be in the power ofthe bolderofa small property to burden a parish by covering it with cottages. But all measures with regard to England must be nugatory, so long as Ireland is not included in them.—Morning Chronicle. There is a vehement outcry raised throughout the country, at present, by the surgical and me dical professions, against those prejudices, as they call them, Ns hich cause the feelings of men to revolt at the violation of the decencies of se• pulture, and the disturbance of the sanctuary of the tomb. Those prejudices, however, are so meted in our nature, and so universally operative, that they seem to affect the whole body of phy sicians and surgeons as strongly as they do other people ; inasmuch as no ambition to show themselves superior to popular error—no philo sophical intrepidity to enforce an " enlightened theory" by practice—no regard to the 4 , interests of science," can induce those gentlemen to dedi cate their own remains, and those of their rela- tivcs, to the purposes of the anatomist. They can all .deprecate the laws which have been made, in conformity with the instincts of mankind, _to protect the grave from indecent violation ; but none of them venture to come f)rward and set the example, which alone can prove the sincerity of their doctrine—namely, the practical sacrifice of their " prejudices'', on the altar of Science, by bequeathing 'their bodies, not to the hands ; of executors, in trust, to . be 'deposited in the quiet keeping., of some law-protected churchyard, but to their surgical brethren, for the benefit of the experimental labours of the dissection-room. There is not one of them who does.not seem to prefer the prospect of the shelter of a peaceful vault, or well-polished tomb-stone, to the unee : remonious curiosity of a lecture-room or the ostentation of a glass case. But, until this sort of enforcement of what may be called " posthu mous reform" begins among the members of the medical profession, we fear that mankind will nut give them credit for having got rid of those .‘ prejudices" of which, they are so generously solicitous to divest others.--Morning Herald. Mr. Huskisson intends to draw the attention of the House of Commons to night to the state of Canada. We possess - no information of the state of that Province, but through the very im perfect medium of the colonial newspapers, or the equally imperfect medium of private letters.— From these sources it is not difficult to discover that there is great uneasiness felt, and that sonic wrong has been sustained, but it is not so easy to say where the latter originates, or what is the measure of blame which may attach to one party or another in the colony because of it. Military Governors may be very well fitted for some colo nies, especially those where there is no legislature ; but we much doubt the power of those who have long been accustomed to habits of prompt obe dience in their inferiors to make due allowance for the delay, hesitation, or obstinacy of a popu lar assembly. The case of a Colony presents no analogy to that of the Mother Country. Here the Chief, though a military man, is the compa nion and equal of the Parliament to which is plans are submitted ; there the Chief is lifted far above the Legislature, and from his rank and fortune will too generallf be induced to despise as much as he dislikes the controulers of his will. We do not say that the Earl ofllalhou sic has acted wrongly in any respect, but we feel assured that he has acted; to use a well under stood term, without tact.—New Times. Our observations upon the proceedings of the Hibernian Joint Stock Company, and especially as to the course which should be pursued by the Parliament and Government on the case sub mitted to them, having attracted the attention of our contemporaries, whose object is, like our own, the information and advantage of the pub lic, we shall give in our columns to-morrow (as room will not permit us this day), a , coppof the petition-upon which this Bill has been introduced, together with the heads of the Bill itself. We do so for the purpose of inviting inquiry and discussion, and if we are not mistaken in. our views of the habitual watchfulness of the Legislature upon questions of public im portance, which this undoubtedly has now be come, we may, assure our readers that this case will be sifted to the bottom. We find that the second reading of this Bill is fixed for to-mor row, and we -Court that particular portion of our readers who take a part in the consideration and discussion all-important question, -- the u empire, to a m i nute i nqu i ry i nto c s r iu e s ii s c i;n e. , of that ; this case.. If this joint sto c k company b e . al lowed t o . tamper with the credit and currency of t he country with impunity, tuhere, will the e th v e ils k itnedril:hniactlei ?has This is or isd, the first c ase o f at least .which has been brGught under the •notice of Parliament, , • and'being so, it should no longer remain i n th e hands of the individuals who either promote or oppose the measure . Our recommendation is that, in justice to the public, this case should be taken out of the hands of both. the . parties, and that it Should be solemnly enquired into, and re ' ported upon by a Select Committee of the House of Commons, instead of allowing it to go to aim ordinary Committee as a private Bill—for in the laud case each of the contending parties will en deavour to make the best fight they can for their own individual interests, without regard to those of the public, which are deeply involved., :The simple question is, whether all Joint Stuck Companies' are to be strictly circumscribed -within the authorities, given them by Parliament , whether they are, without regard to the public credit and general interests of empire, to be permitted to follow (under the -pretext of having obtained the sanction of Parliament for one object), all kinds of business, hopevcr- in- Consistent with the authority so 4iven them, and that without constraint or restriction, for it is clearly'shOn by the" petition that no tribunal in the land, except the Parliament itself,can remedy such a grievance as that now under our notice. —lbid. MEETING of the WEBB.STREET SCHOOL of ANATOMY and MEDICINE. A meeting, which was numerously attended, was held on Thursday in the above theatre, to take into considera tion the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the re 'moval of the diMeulties which obstruct the study of anatomy. Mr. GRAINGER, on being called to take the Chair said, that it was almost unnecessary for him to insist on the im portance of the. question which they were met to discuss. It was to petition both Houses of Parliament to remove the difficulties unit, existing in obtaining bedies for dissec tion. Frequently, in consequence of the difficulty of pro curing the necessary supplies,' there was considerable inter ruption to the anatomical studies. The schools in London did not suffer so much as those in other parts of the em pire. In Edinburgh it was with extreme difficulty that a few subjects could be procured for 2,000 or 3,000 pupils Another great evil was the expence. This fell in a great part en the students, but more so on the lecturer. It was a matter of regret that the great price paid for_ subjects pro duced another serious evil, eo far as the British schools were coneerried, for the pupils were thereby compelled to re sort to other countries where anatomy might be pursued with • greater facility. It was known that from 130 to 200 British students annually went to‘Paris to 'pursue their studies. He had no ill feeling to the foreign schools ; on the contrary, he was most willing to allow that they had made great ad vances in this branch of science, owing to the greater faci lities afforded them. The objections to the present mode of ob6ining subjects not only affected the medical pro fession, but alio the public generally; for it led to a breach of the law, and this breach of the law was necessarily sanc tioned by anatomical lecturers, who, from their station in society,. ought to be its supporters; in this country they were obliged to league themselves with men who were almost outcasts ,of society. The robbery of the.grave often led to greater crimes. A short time since a recur rectionman went, in . Company with two returned convicts, professedly to obtain dead bodies ; they were anPrehendsd by the police, and the implements of hOusebreaking were 1 found in their possession. This resurrection 'mart applied to . him (Mr. Grainger) for assistance to extricate him from his awkward situation, and, when it was objected that'he was engaged in more dangerous business than that of pro curing 'subjects, he answered that the impleinents were necessary for opening vaults. Thus was the lecturer placed in this dilemma—either to sanction the conduct of this individual, or to be deprived of his assistance at some future' time. This shewed the unpleasant methods of which teachers of anatomy were compelled to avail themselves, to render their schools efficient. It 'was needless to en large on the danger to which the health of the community would be liable, if anatomical knowledge was not sup ported as the basis of medical and surgical science. Dr.' Boorr rose to propose that a petition be presented to both Houses. of Parliament, and remarked it was sur prising that in the nineteenth century any doubt should exist relative to the importance of anatomy. Dr. Boott then read the following petition " The Petitien.ef the undersigned Lecturers and Students of the Webb-street School of Anatomy and Medicine, ' " Showeth,—That it is universally admitted, that ana tomical knoiefedge 'is the basis of all Medical and surgical science ; that such knowledge is required by all the autho rities- which are entrusted with the power of . conferring medical and surgical diplomas ; that it is required by all the boards which examine into the qualifications of candi dates for the public' service; that it is required by the' public, and the courts of 'law recognise the justice of the claim, for the practitioner who is pioved, by any error he may . commit, to be deficient in his knowledge, is, severely punished ; yet not only is no legal provision made, affording to the student the means of dissection, but no such provi sion is obtainable without a direct violation of the law ; that by a recent decision in a court of justice, it is declared that any surgeon is punishable who has in his possession a body which he knows to have been disintered. Thus, the practitioner is punishable for• not acquiring a complete knowledge of his profession, while the medical teacher is punishable even for having in his possession the only pos • sible means by which he can communicate that knowledge to his pupils; that the tendency and the actual operation of 'this state of things, is to render the acquisition of ana tomical knowledge at all times exorbitantly expensive, and at souse seasons, and in some situations, impossible; and hence, to compel the student to seek at great expense, and with great inconvenience, for that instruction in foreign countries which might easily and beneficially be afforded in his own. " May it therefore please your Honourable House to tike into your consideration these serious and increasing evils, and to afford such remedies as to your wisdom may seem meet, and your petitioners will ever pray." Mr. PILCIIER said, that in a meeting of students devoted to the study of anatomy, it must he perfectly unnecessary to insist upon the importance of the knowledge of anatomy, and hence huma►► dissections : indeed, only once did he recollect its absolute necessity being called ►nto question, and that, he regretted to say, by a Judge in his official ca pacity. He certainly wished all who coincided with that . distinguished person, when unfortunately the subjects of accident or disease, might be attended by men educated ac cording to their own ideas. The difficulty of procuring' subjects was sufficient already, without such opposition.' Qur Chairmen spoke of the scarcity met with, particularly in some schools. A house-pupil informed him a few slays ago that be had given his part of 35 guineas for a single subject in, Edinburgh. Although expensive here, we had no idea of what occurred at some other schools. Al though they could not presume to offer their opinion to Parliament upon the subject of a remedy, yet it must be very simple, as in one parish in this metropolis no less than 600 persons were annually buried at the public expenee. Hebegged leave then most cordially to second the petition of Dr. Boott. Dr. SOUTHWOOD SMITH said it had been proposed that those who died in hospitals unclaimed by friends should be devoted to the purpose of dissection. He only knew of one objection that had been raised to this, and that was,— it Would cause the hospitals to be deserted. That this would not be the case, he might infer from an instance which occurred at Bologna, many centuries ago. A certain Pope, while a student, feeling tho imperative neces sity and extreme difficulty of procuring subjects for anato-: mical purposes, determined, should he ever be raised to power, to remove, if possible, the restrictions which impe ded the study of anatomy. When elevated to the Papal chair, he did. not forget his former resolution. The fist act of his rein was to repeal the law which allowed the dissection of criminals. Shortly after he made another edict, that every one that entered a hospital was to give his consent to be dissected if he died. The hospitals fur a time were deserted. Soon, however, they filled a gain, and the greatest benefit" . accrued to mankind in conse quence, and all the other cities in Italy were obliged to re sort to the same measure. He had great pleasure in pro posing the resolution he was about to submit, because he knew the interest the Noble Lord and -the lion. Gentle man took in the subject. He moved, therefore, that the petition be presented by the Marquis,of Lansdowne in the House of Lords, and by John Smith, Esq., in the House of Commons. Seconded by Mr. ECCLES. • The CHAIRMAN then alluded to the case of Mr. Hall , late pupil of this school, who had been prosecuted for having a body in his pOsseSsion. He trusted a subscription would be entered into for the purpose of defraying the ea pvnses incurred, and of, decidedly showing. the disappro bation of the profession at large to the proceedings that had been, instituted against him. Dr. UHPKINS then moved that the Chairman do leave the chair. ' Dr. Boorr having been unanimously called upon to take the 'chair, SCRIVEN proposed a vote of thanks, .to Mr. Grainger,, for the able and spirited manner with which he had conducted the business of the meeting, which was se conded by Mr. Hor.aovn, and carried. with great applause. • EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.--For the last eight or tcn days, an extraordinary motion of the sea, has been felt in the channel, in so much, that several ships outward bound could not proceed to the Westward of the Lizard, and ultimately have been. obliged to put back into Plymouth Sound and Harbour. The 'grave Castle, 4FKERSON, after encountering the sea for the last ten days, arrived in the Sound on Monday last. The rise of tide has beert.great for several days following, v 4. nineteen feet, which has produced a grand and terrific burst upon the. Breakwater, many feet above the crane-heads. Plymouth. Journal. 4 LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT OF CHANCERY-APRIL 17. IN RE BRUCE, BROWN, & SCOTT, ARDIY• CLOTHIERS. On the Lord Chancellor's taking his seat, Mr. Bruce reminded his Lordship that 10 o'clock this morning had been specially appointed for the hearing of this ease; The LORD CHANCELLOR—I will hear you, , Mr. Bruce, after Mr. Romilly (who was on his legs). Mr. Bruce—l beg pardon, my Lord, I would not be so preSsing did I not, understand that several gentlemen at the bar intend tO, bring on other matters before my case, which I presume cannot be your Lordship's intention, as I have this special ap pointment under the hand of your Lordship's. se cretary. The Loll') CHANCELLOR—The Court must first hear a ease that is partly heard. I stopped Mr. Roe yesterday in the middle of his argument. I will hear you in your turn. On which Mr. Bruce sat down, and the case "e.r- perle Curl in re Harvey" was proceeded with until near two o'clock, when Mr. Bruce read from a sheet of paper a very long address to his Lordship, after which the Lord Chancellor said that he would appoint an early day for going on with the case. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, APRIL 19. LEWIS AND ANOTHER V. DYSON. Mr. BROUGHAM, with whom was Mr. CHITTY, stated the facts of this case. The plaintiffs are mil liners and dress-makers, in Regent-street. • The defendant keeps a stage-coach-hooking-office at No.. 53, Piccadilly. It appeared that in October last the plaintiffs had received an order from a lady named Avers, residing near Diss, in Norfolk, for some mourning. The order was completed on the sth of October, and was sent in a deal box by a porter in the plaintiffs' employ, to be forwarded by a coach called the Phenomena„.from No. 52, Piccadilly. The porter, instead of taking it to that office, took it in mistake to the office of the defendant, at Ne. 53, thinking that as the two offices adjoined, they were Connected with.each other. He inquired of the de- fendant's son, who was acting as book l keeper in the office, whether the box' could be forwarded from thence, and was informed that it could, and that it would be sent off the next morn ing. The porter accordingly left the box, which was booked in the usual manner, the defendant's son; and another person who was in the office, stat ing, in answer to the porter's inquiries, that it was " all right." Some days afterwards the mistake of the porter was discovered, Miss Ai.ers having written to the plaintiff, mentioning the non-arrival of the box and on inquiry it. turned Out that it had not been sent by the Phenomena coach, but by a waggon, and instead of arriving in . 12 hours, as it would have done if it had been forwarded. by that coach, it did not - reach its destination for ten days. In the interval, some correspondence took •place' between the plaintiffs and Miss Avers, and the latter having stated that it would be inconvenient to her to wait longer for the mourning, the plaintiffs, who had presumed the box to be lost, were under the neces sity of making her a fresh dress, and this was com pleted before they received the announcement of the arrival of the box, which, it appeared, came by a waggon from the . Saracen's-head-office, Aldgate. The plaintiffs afterwards disposed of the first dress at a,loss of between V. and 5/., and it was to recover that sum that the present action was brought. Lord TENTERDEN, without summing up, said he thought the only question was, whether the verdict should be for 40s. or 4L . The Jury, without hesitation, gave the plaintiffs ;he latter sum. NORWICH SESSIONS, APRIL 16. John Elliot and Robert Phelp .were indicted for a conspiracy to defraud the Creditors of Win. Bax ter,. a bankrupt, by removing his goods. :The bank rupt, who was a linen-draper in Norwich, was in cluded in the indictment, but absconded. Wm. Gissing, shopman to the bankrupt, proved that he set up business in 1827 ; for a time he . had two shops, in different parts of NorWich, one of which was conducted by witness in his own name. When that was discontinued, in the following . Octo• ber, witness' came to attend to the business in the hankrupt's: house, and the bankrupt burned the books of accounts of the other shop. Baxter soon after told him he was in embarrassed circumstances, and he heard him also tell John Elliot that he was insolvent. Elliott said. that if he were Baxter he would cheat his creditors as much as he could, and make them re pent having threatened to arrest him ; he would cheat them by removing his goods. Witness helped Vaxter to pack up a parcel of goods, which Baxter took away in a gig. After that several parcels of goods were packed up and loCked up in a room above stairs. About a fortnight before Baxter closed his shop (whieh he did on 19th Nov.), Elliot. and Phelp, who was married to Baxter's sister, came to his house, and were busily, employed with him in packing up goods. Elliot said, " We must be staunch to, each other, and not tell arty one that any goods have been removed." Phelp said, "We must be pippins," meaning staunch. After ten o'clock, Phelp brought a cart, and the packages were put into it. They contained the most valuable part of the stock (sarsnets, ribbons, lawn), and were worth at least 1,0001. Phelp drove the cart, and Baxter and Elliot went with it. Witness afterwards heard Plielp tell Baxter that the goods were all safe, and could not be found if searched for. Witness put a p a rcel of goods and 101. in silver, in a false ceiling in the house, and after Baxter left it, he received a letter from him, desiring that his clothes and the silver should be sent him. Witness sent him the silver, but not his clothes, the messenger being in possession under the bankruptcy at the time. On his cross-examination, the witness admitted that he had denied any knowledge of the facts he now stated when examined before the Commis sioners of Baxter's bankruptcy, and was sent by them to Newgate. Two other persons in the em ployment of the bankrupt proved the removal of the goods on the night in.question. A clerk of Mr. Par rington, an accountant in London, proved that he was sent down before Baxter's bankruptcy, by his creditors, to take an account of his ,stock, and dis covered in• the roof -a quantity of shawls, lace veils, Gros de Naples, and 10/. worth of silVer, so secreted,. that he could not have discovered it, had he,riot been directed to it. • The bankrupt's debts amounted to 5,000/. He had purchased - goods to the amount of 1;600/. between the Ist of September and 17th of November. Elliot told witness that he could take him where there were 2,000 t. or 3,0001:: worth of Baxter's,. goods concealed, huis lie sbould be in demnified. He added, -that Baxter had places and traps at his father's, which they could never find out. The prisoners were both found !‘ Guilty." Elliot was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 100/. • Phelp to one years' imprison rnent and a firie of 50/. The Grand ,Itry fOund a bill of indietMent against Charles Baxter and Joseph Baxter, jUn., brothers of the bankrupt; for . a conspiracy 0 - defraud the creditors of William Baxter; and on ,an affidavit of Mr. Ashurst, of London, Solicitor to. the Commission, stating grounds • for believing that the defendants, who are at present in custody, having .been com mitted by the CoMmissioners, intended to abscond, they were ordered to enter into recognizances, them selves in 400/., and their bail in 2001. each. Charles Baxter, it is stated, had taken his passage for Ame rica in a false name. The courage of a common soldier is the cheapest and most common (panty of human nature. G ibbon. PORTRAIT PAINTING.—" Could you not give .a little more expression to that.countenance ?" said a gentleman to an eminent painter who had sheaved him a portrait which he had just finished. " I have made the attempt already,", replied the painter, " but what the picture gained in expression it lost in likeness ; and by the time there was a little common sense in it, nobody knew for whom it was intended. I was ,therefore obliged to begin again, and make a picture perfectly like, and per fectly meaningless, as you see it." LOMl6l4T§ts - slioi4g,.A.iqui, • 19. GROUNDS FOR REFUSING A LICENCE. Mr: ALLEY applied to the Court (which con sisted of Sir JOHN PERRING, the RECORDER, and Aldermen KEY and FAREBROTHER), for a licence; in behalf of Henry Cable, the landlord of the Rose and Crown public-house, Queenhithe. The house had been licensed for many years, but 'lately the I; Ind lord had, ,fallen into pecuniary di ffi culties, and the Alderman of the Ward (VenableS).had refuse d to certify on the last licensing day, on which account the licence had been refused. The circumstances 'were not a little singular. The appellant, a most industrious man, had, in January, 1827, agrc:ed to purchase the -lease for 6001., at • a rental of 451. a year, the premium to be paid by instalments, of 25/. a quarter, with interest. He paid down 200/. on account of the fixtures, furniture, and stot;k, and gave a warrant of attorney to secure the die pay ment of the balance, and he took up his freedom at an expence of '421. I Os. Unfortunately, his busi-: ness was :net flourishing, and he forfeited his agree ment fOr . the lease, and was plunged in ether em barrassments. He therefore was induced to'endea your to dispose of -the house to relieve, himself. Several offers were made, but the Alderman of the Ward hiring refused to grant the certificate, his cre ditors seized and sold his goods and fixtures at a great loss. If the appellant had the 'licence, he would be enabled to obtain a comfortable livelihood; but if the Cciurt refused to grant it, (but such, an act of injustice and . .. inhumanity could not be, spcu lated upon), his run would be inevitabbf. lad, conducted•the house with the utmost propriety, and_ there could be no excuse for withholdii ig the only means he had of obtaining a subsisttaice. The Learned Counsel then presented a petition, repre senting the particulars of the case. The COMMON SERJEANT appeared on the part of the city to oppose the application. The fact was, there was no want ,of - a public-house, and the appel lant's house was badly conducted_ . Mr. ALLEv—Prove that, and I'll give tip the case altogether. . Sir JOHN PERRING--1 see nothing in the Common Seijeant's objection. The only thing for us to go upon is the character of the house and of the pro prietor. can never think of oppressing a poor man, espeCially in the midst of his misfortunes. The appellant was then questioned—There never was-made,- he said, a complaint against his house. If the licence should _be refused, his ruin would be certain. -The refusal of the Alderman had already caused the sacrifice of his goods and furniture, but notwithstanding that heavy injury, he was confident of success if the Court exercised its well-known charity. The RECORDER—What ! a man come here for a licence who is no better than a pauper ! Why, his poverty will supply him with temptation to let in all sorts of bad characters ! Alderman KEY—He will have the assistance of friends. Can any one speak against his character? The RECORDER—He only hopes for the assistance of friends. Cable, you are not in a situation to keep a public-house. Your poverty may lead You to en tertain bad characters. Appellant—There is au excellent living to be got in the house, your Worship; and I never harbour ed, and never will harbonr, bad characters. I know none such. 11Tr•. Calve'', the landlord of the Horse,and Pan, niers, in Bread-street-hill, declared that the house had been licensed as long as lie recollected ; and there was no doubt the appellant would be able to get a good living in it. A former landlord had made 7,000/. in it. He felt as a neighbour, and came to do justice to the appellant's character, and believed him to be a most steady and unexceptionable person. The RECORDER—No licence- can be granted to a man in such a distressed situation. If he is able to go on, it must be with borrowed money. Mr. ALLEY--What a declaration ! 'How many men of immense wealth and consequence have begun business upon borrowed money ! The ItEcoRDER—The public are concerned in this matter. I shall never consent to give a licence to a pauper : bad characters will be entertained. Sir J. PERRING—Cannot a man he poor without being a rogue ? Thi's is a doctrine to which I shall never subscribe. The Ward Beadle never in his life heard a com plaint against the house,.which was used by barge masters and their men, and watermen.- lie heard just such language on the benches as was usual in other public-houses. Nobody ever desired him to complain against the house. The. appellant said that he would, if the Court pleased, remove the benches. The RECORDER—The house of a person so poor must be resorted to by profligate eharacters. Sir J. PERRING—Barge-masters ate not such profligate characters. I do not see that the objec tion is at all sustained. J. Fellows . stated that he lived next door to the Rose and Crown, which was as well conducted as any house, in the neighbourhood. LaWrence, the street-keeper, never heard a word uttered against the house. Mr. Catley, a merchant, who lives close to the house, stated that he had no particular reason to complain. Sir J. PERRING.—There is no evidence at all against the conduct of this poor man, or, the cha racter .of . his house. If his friends are ready to assist him, I don't see how it is possible to refuse his claim. The RECOADER—I cannot consent, as he has not the recommendation required. I have an insuperable objection on account of the public. There is no se curity for the good conduct. He.shonld be a man possessed of such property aS'Would secure him from temptation. What was Mi situation ? H e was liable to be torn away ,from his house b y ar rests. If he ever puts any furniture in hi s house, it will be only by bits. No man has come forward t o say t h at hweeSkhanlol know how voecapital. The appellant h as h o p e; b ut hopes may be disappointed. Th ere is no complaint against his moral character; but there is no necessity for the house. I vote against the. licence. , • Ai i E. Alderman KEY. — We have no excuse for refusing tbe.poOr man. His poverty, in my opinion, adds to instead would consent to giye him the licence, if his . house was furnished; erm diminishing h i s claims. R—l Alderman of dimFi oT buti cannot think of licensing an empty house. If, ho!weVer, his friends come forward and assist him by next Quarter Sessions day, I shall not hesitate. Mr. Catven.—l'll send him in 10/. worth of fur niture myself at once. The -CITY -SOLICITOR. —lf you do sO,ll distress will be sent hi on Monday morning. Mr. ALLEY.—The refusal of the licence has re durced the poor. industrious 'Man to the condition which is now considered by some as an a rgument in favour of ruining him for ever. • There being two votes for granting the licence and -two against it, the application will be repeated, on the next Quarter Sessions day. As the were oc e proca - ceeded, .the sympathies of the hearers w sionally eipressed.in 4 very tineilirivOCal manner. -----. - • . . _. The term bull is taken from the Latin bulla, signifying a bubble,. as when a pot . boils, or, a fountain, flows, or the:protuberance, of a s tud on a bridle or saddle, or any ether kind - of embossing. Hence the impression left by the seal on the wax is g alled bulla, and so the Papal Di ploma, bearing the Seal of his Floliness, is called the Pope's. Bull. The impression was generally made on lead, and fastened to the written instrument. T T . GOOD TAKE OF riADDOcKs..:.—' Fi te herring fishing in the Firth of Forth being concluded for the sCason, on Friday last two boats from ls!ewhaven set out, in order to ascertain what sort of summer fishing of haddocks might be* expected. They shot their lines off St. Abb's Head, and returned on Saturday forenoon, tire one boat with 1600, and tire other with 2000 fine large fish.— Cale donian Mercury. Per Quarter. Carlisle Carmarthen,---. Moipeth Penrith Winchester -- Per Bushel." Coventry Newcastle (Staff.) Northallerton Staffbrd Swansea ------- Warwick -- Per 14°11. Baimardeastle Darliugton Durham Wolsingham cotwrlky edig MIRING LAST W. Wheat. , S. to S. Barley. .....••••••••• S. S 56 24 9 47 a 2 52 ,60 29 44 52 ao 34 56' 2 50 CO , 30 34 5L 6w' 28 3i s. d. d. s.d_ e., t. 64 73'34 4 I 86 89 ,J 0 5 4 66 8.0;39 4 s 00"86146 0 0 ,59 0440 4 s 70 78 36 4 3 1.20 166 86 9: 3 116 16.6 96 10 4 6 110 15 3 8 0 81 3 12 6 15'0' 8 6 9 1 I WAKEFIELD, Apri There is a large supply of 'Wheat very fine samples nearly support tt , but all other descriptions are offering of Is. to 2s. per quarter, and not Oats are much the same. Barley rat not brisk. Fine dry Beans are rail descriptions are very dull sale. Wheat, Norfolk and Suflblk, Red --,--- New, Red.. White - Foreign, Red Barley,.Nortblk and Suflblk ......... - Lincolnshire Yorkshire Wold Beans, Tick -- Small Oats, Poland and Potato Friezland and Small Mealing Shelling :'tis. to 2Ss. • Malt 'l6s. 40 Rapeseed WAKEFIELD CATTLE ATARI There was a large supply of both this day's market. The Beasts wen off; but in Sheep there was a redo many remained unsold. Beef, 6s. t 141 b. ; Mutton, clipped Sheep, 634 fleece, 7d. to 74,-11. per lb. SCOTCH MARK HI tIA.DDINGTON CORN MARX Barley aid Oats sold readily to-day, advance of nearly ls., and the latter at • on the average. Of Barley 106 quart( were *old.. Wheat is .up 3d. 7-12t1 Pease brought better prices than last d produced.nearly the same. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First ' 62s Od 12s Od 28s' 6d Second... 53s Od 31s Od 26s Cd Third -10s•Ocl -28 s Od 23s Od. There were 296 qrs. of Wheat in market,: 35 I.liisold.-22 Greg. 21. 123. Aver, DALKEITH CORN MARKET The supply of all kinds of Grain at larre. Wheat sold readily ; best, 61 inferior, ' 48s. Barley a heavy sale ; I rent, :his. Oats a heavy sale ; best, 245. Pease and Beans from JOs. to 3 Wheat. First...... tits Od Barley. Oats. :13s Gd I 27$ Od Second COs lid 34s Od I 24s Od Third • 3os Od 32s Od 20s Od CORNWALL. MARKS Tittitto.:=Wheat (average) 20s. 6d.—Barle. llELsvoN—Wheat, 19s.00.—Barley, 95. 0 Sr. A us - rw.—Wheat, 19s. to 22s.—Barl ss. to,los. , Boome4-1-Itheat (average) lts, 6d.-43arle La uNcEbiroN—Wheat (average) 245. 00.-1 7s, Od.—Beef, ad.—Motto% 6d. t LisKiu RD—Wheat, Ws. 61. t , ) 21s.—Bart to Os. Od. ST. COLUMB—Whcat, 19s. to 21s. —Bark and Mutton, 51d. to alai Lamb, 0 PIINZANCE--Wheat, 19s. to -21s.—Barle. 754 to 7s. 6d.—Beef and Mutton, Od. to 6/ 1 4 Butter, 100. per lb.' 111NING• INTELLIOE/ Quanta) , of Copper Ore sold at Redru last Average Produce Quantity of fine Copper Amount of Sale, 11,1392/. 75. Od.—Average:St 4ARI<ETS EXK. Oats. s. to s. 16 22 I 15 21 25 IS 26 23 IJ. 28, 20 23 s. d. a. d. 28 42 3.6 40 23 29 36 40 22 29 33 4 0 50,80 16 76 56 70 60 76 d. s. 43 70 5 0 7A p 0 50 0 0 / 9 / o 0) here this more , e rates of last' freely ,:heiurercht(iieeaba a rru t eesr a ri:ne r bs e u u but ..'its. to 58s. 601 5.55. to 595. fin' 51s. to 575. fin , 6 Ms. to 575. tin' 50s. to Ms. tine 32.5. to —s. fine 2Ss. to 295. 1 15 e .k 275. to 28s. tiff it 375., to 395. fin , 4 i, 375. to 40s. tinco , . 203. to 245. On e of . 17s. to 235. tip? Od. to 12d. per —s. to —s. per 3. tine 425. per Os. 264 Os. pet__'" (Fa tolerably 5: c 1 16 .e .4 11 1 ) ction in pricer o 7s. per st ° , l per lb. ; Sh r S. ET.—April 16 . t , the former o t a reduction , , rs, and 212 0 ' is on last n vel t , ay, and Bea° Pease. 33s Od 30s od x ? ", t, 233 Od l 239 whereof we re e r.—April t ,e , this day's 0 10. 6 't s. ; eiirreNt , iest, 38a. Oa' ;,,„ 14 75. Od. ; CU Ss. per quarte r ; f ' Pease. a 38s Od „,•'• ;Its Od 30s ski TS. ; R .! 10s.--OatS, ey, 93. to 10s, (v. l y, 10i...—Oat$1;0 1 1 Jarley, 10s.0"' 0 ey; Od!- 3 , tt f o 3s oti. to _ y, Its. 1.1.9'r0 rCE. Chursday 2,1 : andarcl.,llv• MEETINGS OF CRED rroßs. . .40 LONDON D I c A o ll ,n Y n . i — i s s T i cn tf , E e s r n s A , 1 13 ', as A i n e g a h f ai L 1. 2 6 . ..," ;r7e A t t the Ce Mayo, E., Craven-buildings, draper , Minchin and Co., Portsmouth, bailers ... Gletinie, A., Size-lane, merchant Goudge, A., Spital-square, paviour, • Morley, 1., •Sidinouth-street, tailor Morse, S., Hatfield Peverel, silk throwster •. ... Price, 1.1.. t Berriew, lime burner ' ...................... , Hanticr, J., North-street, carpenter Hussey, T. Guildford.street , hat-manufacturer ......... ..', Iles, J., eh:alford, clothier Richardson, J. Cobham, grocer ,B Sampson and J., Cobham, vitriol manilla c.turcrs .....••"' ,, Sherwood and,Co., Paternoster-row, bookse. Ilers ........••"' Sims, G., Kennington-lane, chinaman......., ............. •"„ .Steverson, G:, Vottenhaw-court-road, mad h -maker '",, Stratford, di, Clarges-street, surgeon COUNTRY 1)1 A RY.—Wainrszon.ti - , .'Arlat , 231 th Albot, G., Henley in . Arden,,Warwick—ollk of,Mt. W , Sheffield ...... „ Burnand, J., Chesterfield—Angel Sheffield. Cox, C., Newcastle-under-Lyme7illoe-bu .ck, . Newcaw„ I• . . under-Lyme ................. . .. Crisp, C., Bristol—White Lion,' Bristol! ... . Downing, F., Huddersfield—White .Horse Huddersiielw Hancock, W., Bolsover—Angel Shell* ' 'Ad ...........•••"; Poynor, C., Winchcoinbe--Bush, Bristol..., Bothwell, W., Liverpool—Mr. Mawdsley. • Liverpoo!...o"., Thompson, W., Rawden—Sessions-house,‘ 1 :Leeds ........ . ... I - , • • ._,. • .;. INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO • DISCHAROP Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, -twain's:Din -0 Apsil 24, at Nine..,: • Beal, John, Hampstead-road, piano-lbrte.m: tker • Bell, Thomas, Clapham; stage-coach-master Chapman, Gabriel, Regent's.patk, gentlema . u Davis, Richard, Southwark, gold-chaser Hughes, Elisha, Hatton-garden, painter Jewitt, Francis, Long-acre, whitcsmith • , ; Lear, Anthony. Smithfield, mathematical-tit esLrumrut.ins° Oxley, Henry, Whitechapel, victualler Oxley, John, Hoxton, victualler • Page, James, Lambeth, Chandler . Pulstord, Edward, Globe-road, shoe-maker . Roberts, Mary, Pentonville, boarding-house- keeper Stanley, George, Poland-street, dancing-Inas ter Walls, Thomas, Camberwell,, merchautli del :k • . • BIRTHS. At Edinburgh, on the 14th inst., Mar y Anne, tile of Walter Campbell, of Sunderland, of a i laughter. On the 18th inst., in Wimpole-street, the lady ward John Rudge, Esq., of a son. fite On the 9th inst., at Cambridge, the my of tbe. Thomas Naylor, of St. John's College, M.: A., ofa soli' t i On the 16th inst., at Stanley . Hall, - Sltroishirif lady of Sir Tyrwhitt Jones, Bart., of a, dat , Ightet% On the 15th inst., at Crowood, Wilts, tl ie lady of Seymour, Esq., of a ,daoghter. • . . ot On the 15th inst., at Harrow,. the , lad y . of the- , J. W. Cunningham, of a daushter. i the A l t ad tei r y h of r Co e i sid .3 e r n a c n e s , ei tn c h . B eßoyal C so re n. seei Wey )1317, MARRIED.. • . • On the 12th of. October last, at Mynpourm 'ret e 9 31aria, eldest daughter,. of Lieut.-Colonel S. P. BOO!) the Hon. East India CoMpany's service, to I Jr. Me se!, Chalniers; 31. D., of, the Bengal Medical Eat ablialonevvt On the 19th inst., at St. MaryAldermai •y Chniclud the Rev. Dr. 'Wilson, Mr. Wm. I.inedell, of Tower ffir t y to Margaret, eldest daughter of' Mr. R. Jackson, of same place. ' At :Kensington, Mr. George Hanson, - Salts i square,Bnaiiiaent.ss,troef Bo e t, r , to rop El to iz n. abeth, eldest' daughter Of 1; James On the 17th inst., at Winchcornb,. Glonces Paul .Ashmore, Esq., of London, ; to Anne, 41E14 &eV of Robert Baylis, Esq., of thc.fqrmer place. ", On the 17th inSt., at St. Mary's; Marylehone, Ponys, Coldstream, Guards, to Sarah Metal' rette: eg7 daughter of the late Daniel Birkett, of IslewOrth,let O n the 15th inst., at R oc he s ter; Sanwa . hitilony, tf e ;#o l Kiliszson, county of dare, Ireland, ;}Saucy, d a ughter of Sir Trevor Whder, Bdrs.; Woodlieat, Star: s hire. z u ' ingoes k On the 15th, i ns t., Ch ar l es Ellis, Esq' td•Pl . , , late geaut, t Kent, to zsgh : l l „ a i l ot •y if: Nili e . l s c .i: st ear d tn a, Ee u ,g g pit hr ao e mr r: ect e . f hu t r h e e b, On Icans, Charles 'Brown, Esq., of Park Sides Egha ni 'dgi of the 50th Regiment), to Charlotte Elizabeth, only as ter of the late Mr. Frost, of Windsor Great Par . ; DIED. ~• -, _. ~ On , Tuesday the ,I 4th inst.,, at his, house,, alt Batlp , Lo Walker, Esq., of Berry Hill, near Mansfield, Nottitig"" shire. - •- .' ie‘ • On the 7th inst., at Dawlish, Devonshire,: after a. protracted illness; . in the 84th year of his age, Mr.. gill, Hill, youngest brother of . I%lessfs. William and' Jilin ( of Old Millgate, Manchester, and late of the fir s William Smith and Sons. • .. " . , , . . ~ . , ep t On the 18th of December last, at. liis seat, 'BO P 1,0 . Hall, in St. Anne's, Jamaica, the Hon: Wm. AO!, j ii a. Member of the. Privy Council, , and Auditor.GeP, e :Llel that Island. , Heoyo,the__4l,eg. o lon,„of the late 1 - P— o Hall, of Hyde Hall; Esq., of Jamaica, and was a fli t! b l the highest honour and integi ity. He was a most member of the community he resided in, i and h0 .10 ' 02 l' be long regretted by a large circle of friends to vih° , ,,, • was endeared. • ii. , ~; , . '' 1 " - • o °'. • , PRINTED and PUBLIsHeD by M. YOUNG, at the SUN O ~' No. 11?, Strand, London. ~ , v v' On M CO Prinl London -__.._..... CIO X-I a nating "Veeti East In lin lire no GENE at this Ia the agreeabl w i COM pat of the s General and app Poem ol •., N.B. NA Bishops His Grafi Down hope. Rot. bf Lad y Ai YisoDun AG. 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