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LONDON JOURNALS. VI;(1/.1 THE SMOit\lM• PAPERS OF THIS DAY. IMorning Chronicle It is said, that no less than three or fury of tire 'l,inkl)irriclors, who are next in succession to•the Covering's Chair, mean to decline the enviable divinction. Pei haps, tindtr existing eircum st•ores, t! e honour is not considered a sofficient temptation for the re,ponsibility. [New Times.] OFFICE OF SHERIFF. It has been customary, from time immemorial, for tke Sheriffs of Loudon to supply the Grand Juries with such refreshments as were requisite while upon duty, anti that the trifling ex pence Aiould he borne by the Sheriffs, in turn. It de volved upon Alr..Sheriff Parkins, a few days since, ro rim m this ditty, which might be expected to be porriculatly gratelii to an uptilAit Patine, and a warm admirer of that " pall'adium o' our liberties, the Trial by Jury " It might al.o he expected t h at a Lover of Justice would he anxious that Gentlemen \vim had e -IT !hi time to_ ti,e service of the Public, shouhl be put to rill o!Ler expence, while the pr ,, fit• of his affordcd ample means of ee(raying it, The event however proved &Ile 'co : acid an application of the Jury was me: by the ''ply, that " it such a slid exist, It was high time to ow all el , gl to it ! ! !" shouhl he added. thAt ;`,lr Bull►well s.Att N note to the .fur', statinv, thai thot,gh it WAS 11“ Ot thity in that instance, vet ,honl,l his Colletsgne object to the lishal coarse, lie st;oald be ready to tot%e the expeose upon -11 r. l'Atliins shews, hnrtev,r, no objeciion to any part of the peoprisites of his offire ; by a caret.il attro.tion to hich, he mity pooihly make the dig ity 3or 40001 a T ear. No wonder, that he shotild so literally oiler to serve for ten years [The Tim es .] SHELTER FOR THE HOUSELESS. This Asylirm is making rapid approaches to a vete of complete organization, so desirable in all institutions of this nature, and so difficult in out established on a new pi inciple, without experience or precedent to guide its operations. The alien tien of the House Committee has been directed to "no part of their arduous duty more stroegly, than the means of removing the filth attendant on the last stage of destitution, and of preserving clean lieess among their inmates. They arc now se parated into divisioos of 25 persoos, and each di vision is plactd wider the superintendence of an Officer, whose business it is to regulate their la bour, their food, arid their ebletiona. They were employed yesterday in removing the straw oriel nelly provided, and which the use of a few days rendered Unfit for the purposes to which it Wa s dtssined : it was carried into Alts' fields, and there beret, the floort subsequently being clear ed, and the rooms fumigated with Vinegar. The benevolent Mrs. Fry, attended by Mrs. hick and i\lrs. Campbell, yesterday visited the Institution, end, under their superintendence, many usefulre gulatioes will be adopted, particularly. as regards tire treatment of the females. The ventilation of the buihiieg is about to be improved by making irew windows both at the sides and at the virus. Too much praise cannot be bestowed on the persevering attendance given bY'the House Committee, sonic of whom have beets (em ploy e d ori their work of charity, with very slight hoer ods for refreshment, from seven in the morning till midnight; and this is done by Gentlemen en gaged in business, to whom time is most valuable and important. The numbers were not materially increased yesterday, there being but 60 new plicants. A case occurred early yesterday morne ing, which provell both the utility of the Institu tion, and the activity of those concerned in its management. About one o'clock,' a member of the Committee, returning home front the Refuge, found a poor woman lying in the street, in the last stage of pregnancy, who had been turned oat, and was likely, without assistance, to perish. Several attempts were made, but without success, to place her under the care of the officers of the parish in which she was found ; she was then In ought to the Refuge in London-wall, but the . . piece nor offering the accommodation suited to "her situation, a medical gentleman, who is a member of the General Committee, emoted a coach to be brought, and accompanied her in person to the workhouse of. St. Giles, Cripple gate-without, where, on urgent representations being made on the necessity of the case, she was admitted. Without this timely interference, she must have perished in the open street. The Special Committee, mentioned in our last, met yesterday, at 12 o'clock, at the King's-bead, in the Poultry, to consider a proposal for extending the views of the Society towards the relief of poor persons at their own habitations. The Bishop of Chester is at the head of this Committee. We believe, on account of the mageitude of the evil, and the difficulty of devising a mode for administering .effectually to dietress which shuns exposure, that no specific plen has been determined on ; hut this Committee is to meet again to-morrow. A Deputation front the Committee of the Society for the Relief of Destit we Seamen had an interview yesterday morniug with some Members of the General Com mittee of the Refuge tar the Houseless, at the Mansion House, when, we are informed, the ex pediency of a co-operation between them teas ad mitted, for the sake of providing in the tnost ef ficient manner for that portion of the destitute who are seamen. No definite measures were, however, agreed on, it being deemed advisable to *trek e sonic previons, arrangenteuts with the Ad miralty. DESTRUCTIVE FutE.—A fire broke out on Monday at Ma nor House, six miles from . Epping, the residenee of J. H. TAbot, Esq. The tire most have originated in the laundry, situate in nne of the wings of the mansion, as it WaiS•con so,ncti before an alarm was Linea. The family had a very narrow escape ; and front the severity of the weather, there was a great want of water, and also of hands, frau' the time it broke cut. The house had bees fitted up in the most c4stly manner, with an elegant library, and not a stick or )„t,l> was saved. , The wi'ile Was a lad', of ruins within two hours, and the insurance we understand to have been very trifling. A groom, who slept over the laundry, - was dangerously burnt. COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Gammon CUIIIICiI WAS held yester. day at Guildhall., ALLEGED INELIGIBILITY OF A MENIBEIt. Mr. FAVELL presented a Petition from M. Tip per, and others, of the Ward of liread‘street, set ting forth that Mr. Samuel 'Elliott, who had been elected Common Councilman for the Ward, held the place of tradesman (painter) to the Corpora tion, which was, according to a bye-law of, the Court, incompatible with his office of Common Councilman, and praying that his election be-de clared void. He moved, that the Petition be re ferred to the Committee on City Lands. rT. N. WILLIAms moved, ail intendment, that the rn4tter be reterred to the Court if men, on the ground that the Petition had al ready beets received and discussed by that Court. Dlr. Alderman NVOOO contended that the Court of Aldermen had nothing to do with the matte'. I rested entirely with the 6otnnion Council them selves. The Court of Aldeinten had only to de clare whether Mr. Elliott was duly elected, and thst fact being out of question, it Only remained for the Court of ComMOn Cunt►ctl to COilstder whether there Was any tt•ing in their own bye laws o bitir prevented Mr. Dhoti from holding ►he t‘vo offices of menthcr of and tradesman to the Mr. GlumTu contended that Mr. E;liottitad a.perfect tight to his seat. The byr-lake or standing order uhicli had been rtierred. to was read. It tv:ts dated 1777, and declared, among other thing, expressly, that whenever a trachscnan accepted the ()lice of Com• 'not) Councilman, his office ht. rades md.ll was there by yacated. Mr. DIXON observed, tinat the matter had been bronght before the Aldermen in a tl.l'ier ent shape troth that in Which it could be taken ttin by. the Court. The Aldt men had only to determine oun ce! ning the due election of the Member—the Com mon Council Whether his pldt - e was vacated. A Mgm'sza'observed, fiat the Court could do no other than declare the place of painter vacant. Mr: .ages said, - that as many Members of the Cow t were itrthe same sitavion as 51r. Elliot,c, to avoid the appearance of partidny,they, should appoint a 'Committee to examine It ow far the standing - ordets of the Court had been complied with. • Mr. AldermatOVAlTkimaN approved of this sug gestion, and thought tile matter should he taken up generally, though he was not aware that many, or any other "Members of the Court stood in the situation in which Mr.,Elliort was said -to stand. He remembered that when he entered the Court 25 years ago, nothing so lunch disgusted him as the appearance, on. any vacancy of offices at the disposal of the Court, of Members of the Court as Candidates, who by.their exertions in canvassing interrupted all public business. He had moved Standing. Orders to prevent the recurrence of those scene, and he thought it roost essential that they and other similar Standing Orders should be maintained, to prevent the Court from becoming a scene of. most profligate jobbing. Mr. FAS' ELL thought the course imposed upon hint bribe words of the Standing Order, was t o move the Court to declare the office of painter vacant. 111 r. T. N. WILLIAms Objected to this, as a trio summary proceeding agaiust a person who had perhaps unwittingly fallen into a spate.- - Mr. Huttcomlze thought the words of the Or der. were so plain, that the Court had do choice but to proceed to a new election. Mr. ELLZOTT declared his ignorance of the Standing ()oder. 'He -had known a tradesman of the Court elected who had continued to' enjoy the office. Mr. JAcxs said, he was ignorant of the existence of the Older. lt,was finally referred to a Committee to en- quire whether any Members of the Court " q ( ere ineligible to hold the of of tradesmen of the Court i" ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE OF ALDERMEN. Ml'. °LIMAN presented 8 Petition from eight Citizens, Jurors et the Adjourned Loudou•Sea sions in December last, wdo stated, that having. been sun►moued to attend at those Sessions, and having attended accordingly, they were, after waitieg for more than an hour, dismissed by the Recorder, because' two Aldermen could not be found to open the Court, and the Sessions were adjourrKd for a month, whereby they had lost their time, the due administration -of justice had been impeded, and many persons who had been committed fur simple assaults had suffered incar ceration fur want of bail. The Petition having been read, Mr. 0. 'said it was painful to him to be obliged to-make remarks which might appear personal towards individuals for whom he felt a re spect It was barely 12 months ago when a similar oegligettee had beau complained of by kiln to the Court, when on the 29113 of July the London Sei sions were adjourned for want of two Alderititu. The Court referred it to a Committee to consider what meaiss Could be taken for securing the re gular attendance of the Magistracy of the City. —The Committee had reported an order of the Court of Aldermen; that for the prevention of the like occurrences in future, all the Aldermen an the rota should be summoned in future. Yet, notwithstanding this order, the same anomaly had recurred. The Aliermen on the rota were John Atkins, the late Lord Mayor, Sir J. E 1... mer, Aldermen Ansley, Sir C. Hunter, and Hee gate. The last, Alderman 11eygate, however. Ile 'understood was present at the Sessions. The consequence of this culpable neglect bad been,. that jut y, witnesses, counsel, prosecutors, had lost their time, and mail prisoners had been incarcerated for another month who were to be ptesumed to be innocent, and one of whoa►, after that imprisonment, was actually discharged because no prosecutor appearec. —The Sessions, the Justice, the Old Bailey, and even that Court had been delayed hour after hour for want of the attendance of Aldermen, yet the Court cf Aldermen themselves did not takes up the matter, or attempt to remedy the evil. There was, however, a contrast between the con duct of the Coin t of Aldermen with regard to the administration of justice, and on Other occa9ious. When justice was to be administered two Alder men could not be procured but when-a l►toiecu. elo'n ti AA to be instituted egiinst other I\teniii'ers of the Corporation, fur doing what they conceived to he right on a political question, thirteen Al dermen could he got together on less than twelve hours notice.—(Hear, hear !)—it was the ditty of the Corporation, for its own sake, to attend to this evil ; for if the admiuistration of, ostice were thus neglected by their peculiar Alagistracy, the Legislature would he justified in sending stipen diary Magistrates into the City. The evil had its root in the constitution of the Court of Aldermen. Aldermen having passed the Chair, and thus bay ing nothing further to hope, fell into a state of apathy, and would not attend to their ditty, It they were sent back to their coostitueuts, he would not say annually, but even septennially, the whole evil would be redressed. He would not anticipate the decision of the Committee to which he shonld propose to refer it but if no explAna tion were offered, lie thought the Court would he warranted in calling on the Aldermen to answer, in the Court of King's Bench, to a 'rule why a criminal information should not be filed against them. He moved, that the Petition be referred to a Select Committee. Mr Aid Woon vindicated the Court of Alder men from' the charge of general negligent e. Such an accident as that whicti was now animadverted on had never occurred . at the regular Sessimma for'the Votes of the Court, fixing the day fur the Sessions, were sent out in time, and regularly at tended to —lint it was quite uncertaiii beforehand fur what day the Recorder - would - fix the ndjoutb ed Sessions, liS it depended on the eoncrusion of the Old Bailey Sittings. The Sunamonse; 'were consequently sent out sometimes only the night before, and frequently did nut reach the Alder men in time for them to attend. He couldi. truly state, that in the instance recited to, if his life or fortune had been forfeited by his absence, he ',could not have avoided it, for he was utterly igl u that the Sessions were to be holden. Ott tide very morning of the Sessions, he was in the City on public business (in which his whole time lras consumed), at an early poor, but had never heard of the Sessions: It was to be recollected, that no Magistrates in the country had so much to do 3.3 those of the City, as they -had to attend 32 Sessions in the .year, besides tl:eir police hotness. Yet because they !had acci dentally been absent one day, they were branded with general negligence. As to that Court, they Were as often delayed for want of Common Coup cdmen as for the want of Aldermen. Mk. Alderman ATKINS, the only other Aliler- Man on the rota then present, said, that being the last Lord Mayor, though his mime was for torm's sake on the rota, it was always understood that he was not called upon to attend ; a mark was made against lii4 name accordingly. lie vindi cated himself from any imputation of negligence, as uo Court, nor even any gad et•er waited an-hour for him .when he had judicial duty to perform. Atter - a desOltory conversation between Mr. Al derman Waithmen, Messrs. Jacks; Dixon, James, Favell, and other Members, the Petition . %•as re ferred to a select Committee of sixteen. Mr. Ahlei•man ATKINS said, he would not sub mit to the authority of any such Committee. The Corunrittee was named, after some discus siowas to the persons to be appointed. . The Cotrrt granted the st►m of one hundred pounds to Mr; Thomas flewsen, on his petition, in consideration of his loss, sostaiued by the de"- predations of the mob in December, ISI6, on their breaking into the house of Mr. Rae, in the Minorieft, where he resided. A - Report was presented from the Bridge House Committee, relative to the expellees of the Borough Magistracy bein'g defrayed out of the Bridge House funds, which was read and ordered to he printed. Au especial Committee was appointed to inquire into the present state of the London Workhouse, aryl to cousider of what steps can be adopted to relieve the Inhabitants of the City of that establish meut .—A:tionrned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF ARCHES, DOCTORS' COMMONS, JAN. 20. •[Fir.vt Scssivii of Ililirg Term.] CRUELTY AND "ADULTERY. FLLIOTT rILIOTT. This was a suit of adultery brought by the husband residing at Arundel, in Sussex, against Ahry, his wife, for cruelty and adultery ; and the present proceeding was on admitsibility of articles. These articles set lot th 'he marriage in 1503, the parties having afterwards lived together and cohabited till April 1816, and their having hail issue of the marriage, six children. Tile acts of cruelly charged, were, that in about two mouths after marriage, the wife began to entertain a violent desire for'spirituous liquors ; and, afterwards, was continually in the habit of drinking to excess. That at such periods of intoxication, she has re peatedly thrown knives at her husband,• seized hold of him, lind '_with great violence, torn his clothes. That in consequence, he has tried to reform her by locking his cellar, cupboards ac., so - as to prevent her getting at any liquor to make her drunk. having been repeatedly in fear of his life from the effects of her violence, he has, on these occasions, been obliged to retreat and se crete himself about the house, by locking himself; into a room. The acts of adultery charged, were after the Lady went to reside with Iter mother at Arundel, when a separation had taken place ; liter being in the .habit of strolling about the fields and meadows at late hours, and having intercourse with labour ers and other low men, and\ particularly with William :Squires, labourer, on the 26th July, 1815. These parties having been seen nn that day, walking' alone together in bye-lanes and fields ; and having been seen when indecent fami liarities took place between them, the act of nth& terybeing likewise averred. the COURT was of opinion the acts of adultery, in general, w tre not .e h argei i with sufficiently pre cise specification as to exact 'Awe and ploce; and the acts of cruelty during a period of twelve yeats cohabitation, not being sufficiently connected with the charge or cruelty and adullry ;. besides, it ap pearing to the Court that the parties were endea vouring to settle the matter by negociaiion, 'e lected the admissibility of the . artic:cs., and d;e nlisEvd the cause. tr . ..COI.N':; INN-FIELDS' .5131.1 7 . .:::;:50.12-1'7,7-;'. Tile Anniversary Meeting of the above Associe lion, comprising the Ladies' Society, was held yesterday evening in the spacious chapel in Great Quern-street. At half-past six o'clock J. BuTTsa. tvornt, Esti. took the Chair, surrounded by seve' rat eminent Divines, and a most numerous and re' spectable assemblage of other persons. 4) . The CttAtaMAN opened the business of the even" ing in a brief speech, in which he observed, that the exertions of the friends to the Society awes% more than ever wanting to resist the attempts of the infidel. The Report would now 'be read. The Repot( was then read.-11 detailed the 130 hours of Hie Committee timing the last year, t 3 ii stated, that 253.5 Bibles and Testaments had been distributed. The Report ft:utter stated, that many persons iu the district were still withott the Wo r d O f God, and that the Ladies' Associatiod was in great want of active co-operators. WILLIAM tic i tt, ht,q. inVilig that the Ile port be received, adopted, and printed, expatiated at some length on the flourishing state of the and Foreign Bibre Society, who annually exp,ndcd• it, it distribution of the Scillnorei nin , :ty thousand pounds. The Bible .end Testa' :tient .was now printing or circulating in varion' parts of the Globe in 127 d.tferent !appal:T.o and dialects. The Bible had lately been intro• dueed into China, where many of -the most re' speciabie and higher classes had, on the perusal of the Hoh y Volume, renounced idolatry. Ath e ns, .the city in which the .Apostle Paid once preached, was now also !ht. seat tit a Bible Society, he (Mr.. !I.)latelyteceived a letter front the itee• Dr. Pit liertoo to tilot effect. Mr. Blair then rear { an extract from a spetch of Prince de' lieer e din Russia, io which that :Nobleman stated, that even on Mount C' , 11;&151.13 the Bible was read; and that it was !Hinting tit that vast Empire i 9 fourteen language, or di i: l eers , A c„„,k inan wo e ako about to the sent out, by the parent Society, to Coos!antinople. Mr. Blair concluded an atilt ) speedt, Ity moving that the Report ot , printed. The Rev. Mr. Mormt:y, in seconding lhe nib' 'don of the las: spedter, adverted to the attempt' made by the infidel to bring the 11 1 ,-iL:e into disre" pure. Voltaire, observed the Rev. Genriernon• boasted of having Kings and Nobles ou his side the question. How was it at the present day; Kings and Nobles were toremost in their tldes' yours fur the propagation of the Scriptures; for nations had felt the dreadful effects of intideliT The attempts now making by infidelity were against the poor, for it bad tailed apinst the rich or learned, This should serve as a stimulus t 0 the friends of Bible Associations. The Rev, Gen' : tleman then stated an affecting instance of a ma" who was reduced from comparative affluence .40 happiness to indigence and misery, by gettirl% actpla inted with ttie enemies of the :Bible; but who, on re-perusing the Sacred Volume, w 0 agt;:n restored a good member to society, The l{ev. Gentleman concludt d by cordially secondion the motion. The Re v. Dr. WA UGH !Dared the 111.aftliS of tl' e Meeting to the Pre s id ent , ti e Hi g h t Hon. (m a i {4: 9 Grant, and, in an en erget i c speech, impiured (10 active sit! of his beaters.. —,-- DAVIES, ES(I., in seconding cite abov e , motion, made an elminent speech, Es did severe' other Geode:nen in the moving Lind seeondnd of vatious motions. .Thanks were voted to the Chairman,. who ra' turned thanks, and the Aleetiog adjourtied.-- 41 liberal concc:iOn was made. FATAL. ACCIDENT.-Ahoot two o'clock yegter ' day, as three boys in the employ of Mtslr; \ T oye r And Hicks, chimney-sweepers, iu James-street , Gro9venor-stinare, were removing soot in a v3 olr . running wit of Bird-.street under the gardeop t Messrs. Pallier and Co, lrontrioers, Dok e : street, the arch gave way, and wi:lt a . great both of mould and obbish bailed two of them. o` "s who rt,trpeoed to he near the extremity w as lot mediately ztx.!ricatco, with little in no iojory ; 14 1 other, ano , it twelve years of age, was not tott!;'• foT opwardf or an boor. beve, a t m e di c:a t Gen demen were in attendance, nut there wet e I. l ' l signs of life remaining, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--Yesterday mnrninP about eleven o'Clock, a young matt named Johl e son. whilst in It hackney coach in Threa 4 k needle • street, with his back to marts the coacV man, attempted to pnt au end to his existence,Pf i shooting himself with a large brass pistol ; bt happily the ball passed limier his arm, withu" - doing lira any other injury than grazing the fle 9l i f. slightly ; it passed through th e front_ patina° die coach, and went between th e eoac h m apl legs, who was sitting on his box. Tli e repot s b r o ug ht together a great conconr.e of popi e ' and the afi/ictedinau was taken out at the 0 3° and the pistol taken from him. On the 12thr inst., at Rosefield Porto-Bello, Edinburgh, tb il Lady of Captai❑ Nilaa , 70ti, Regiment, of a son. NIARRI E D. On the 17th instant, at Queen •stioare Church, Geor,Te Llt dor, Esq. of Gower-street, to Miss .I,,fies, of Percy - -street. Yesterday morning, at St. .lanies's Church, Sir ./aroeht. Stuart, Bart. to iNliss.Woodeocl4 sister of Dr. Woodcock, °' Hants. O Wednesday, the 19th inst. at Fulham, Wilber force, Esq. jun. eldest son of Wm. Wilberforce,' E s q. M. " to bl iss Mary Frances Owen, s e c on d daughter of the It e John Owen, Rector of Rtgleshom. Dien. On Wednesday evening, at her house, in Queen-str eet' Mayfair, at an advanced age, the Hun. Cativerina Neville; sister to the late Earl of Ahergavenny, and Aunt to: the P re sent Earl. on the trith instant, at her Tesiderice in rellford-row,i‘l rl. Cri, , elty widow of the late William Criswell, Esq. o f Yestut day Mrs. Brander, wife of James Brander, Esq' Seywout-place, Port inan-square. On Friday evening, the h inst. in ae fit of apoplexY, - I +. .fererniith Cowper, of the house of Hopkins and cOwper, day-start, ertpside. Last week, at Ashburton, Mr. Brarnes, a respectable ntl Ler, of that place. He had just arisen from his seat, alT e o rep' in g-ood health, to observe *O-` the time by his clock, he fell (lowa, ao:I expited instantly. c E LONDON: Printed by J. r,. CARS'fAIRS, of No. 91, 6 ">,. Orniotal-strect, (.:ueen-sipTare; and published. I) , "'•1 SCIUTPS, of No. 7, South Molton-strett, at Ti-K- ()dice, No. 119, Strand ; whera Adreitiseillenta, Lrlttrs, (poit.paid) must hr.: &:. 4 .lresit.d. • ST ~~: iti 4 `t• tiv,( !•-•, Al hibri ) Ali en hitr %ch %,_ 4, x ,,,, .4( 1 444 x Pri i It, 0 p~oiq~ Fria St. p i Wh 'Paid 1); ; ; 11 4,1 tl Otit gi L'uia fg 110 4 ttly F l 3ll . 311,1 3,44 ti ~K ~'~~u ~'h~tr;