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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, Jan. 29. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] .The French in Spain have arrived at a crisis Mich was expected by those who looked beyond the mere military movements as they rapidly succeeded each other. They soon effected the overthrow of one Government ; but in spite of ail their efforts, it has not been in their power to replace it by another. When they called for the co4lPeration of - the Spanish people, they pro ,,oisee, peace and tranquillity, as the reward of the enterprize they had in view, and they now find that discontent, anarchy, and dismay '•.l.irfvalt, among all classes, and that after all - their' l ;ttcrifices they have not met with the smallest particle, of gratitude, even among those who lately were their most active auxiliaries. All this was to have been expected. Their late friends and_partisans were men actuated only by .the hope of revenge or the lure of gain, and those who gained their ends, as well as those whose hopes have not been realised, have 'turned against the Power that sent an army, corn mantled by a Bourbon Prince, to their support.— The.first eclat being over, they behold Spain as _she really is, totally demoralized—filled with hungry claimants —deprived - of both money and credit, and governed by a King despised by his szthjects, and distrusted even by the Monks and . Friars' who seek to sway his Councils . :- . ---After. seeing the - effects of their own folly, and after becoming the ridicule of all Europe, the French and Russian agents, as it were in their own de fence, deemed it n:.cessary to rid themselves of Saez, the organ of the clerical party, and under the expectation that Casa Irujo would - have energy and experience enough to adopt new plans, and restore public confidence, he was placed at the head of the Ministry. The short time he was in power convinced his patrons that they had been mistaken in their choice. Although Itched seen more of the world than perhap3 any other Spanish Di plomatist, Ids old principles, known to be of the most servile and cringing kind, were never chang ed. lie has served all parties in the late eventful periods of Spain, and if he had been chosen one of Canon Saez's own colleagues, it is clear he would have served with equal readiness. He was fond of power, and to possess it, he was wil ling to make every sacrifice, not for the benefit of his country, hut in order to enjoy the pomp and parade of his own elevation. If after this lie be had any paSsion, it was avarice, sordid ava rice ; indeed this was generally thought his ruling passion. [MORNING POST.] We received yesterday Jamaica Papers to the sth ult., the contents of which are of considera ble importance, and at the same time of a gra tifying nature, as notwithstanding the fears which ' had been exited, no symptom of disturbance or insurrection had appeared in any part of that island. It will be recollected that the free persons of colour lately presented a petition . to the House of Assembly, complaining of the re strictions under which they laboured, and claim ►ng a greater Participation in the rights of their White fellow-citizens than they had hither to enjoyed. The moment selected for making such an application was certainly not the most propitious, and from the spirit which the As sembly had displayed in its first sittings, we anticipated nothing less than the total. rejection of the petition. A wiser course, however, has b ee n pursued. The demands tending - to the ac quisition of political power have alone been rejected : those claiming the removal of incon venient restrictions have been admitted, and a Bill has been ordered to be brought in for the purpose of giving them effect. Amongst the! privileges which it will secure to the free! persons of colour, will be that of being re ceiverd as witnesses in all cases, without being compelled to produce, as heretofore, certi ficates of freedom and of baptism. As this was! one of the objects to which the Petitioners seemed to attach most importance, there is no doubt that the compliance of the Assembly will produce the effect for which it is intended, that is to say, in the words of the Resolutions, will tend " to pro mote good order, and to encourage habits of in dustry, a contented disposition, and a cheerful obedience to the laws among people of free con dition." It is only to be lamented that the As sembly should not evince as much temper and good sense in its transactions with the Mother Country as in its dealings with the free Black population. [NEW TIMES.] It is a very convenient and pleasant trade to find fault with Government ; and it has this re commendation, that it may be practised at all times and seasons, and for reasons diametrically opposite by the same Censurer. Not quitci a twelvemonth ago, The Times loudly reprobated the baseness of neutrality. it was replied, that we should maintain a firm and dignified attitude, and shew ourselves prepared_for war whenever British interests might ho in the most distant manner compromised. Very recently a small addition has bps: made to our army. Of rw i ns i i_ it might have been expected that The Times would applaud this indication of vigour.— No such thing. • It .very gravely assures its Readers, that our moderate army of seventy one thousand men, . are " too many by about twenty thousand !" It seems that we have no• business to keep ". twenty-four thousand regu lars in Ireland ;" although it is not above a week since this same Jonrualist, as we remarked at the time, talked of insurrec.tions in that country, as not only probable, hut.in a great degree jus tifiable ! The present is certainly not a time for Goverament to skew itself unprepared to main tainilie-national honour orinterest in any part of the globe; but the very small addition made to our military force neither argues any sense of proximate danger, nor trenches in the least on a wise and prudent economy._ [ARITISH PRESS. M on d a y's Paris Papers, and the Dale of Tuesday, reached our office last night. The Moniteur is barren of all intelligence. The ' Etoile has an article vindicating Ferdinand's wretched Government, worthy of the bigots from whom it has proceeded. According to this paper, 44 The spirit of malevolence daily as " cribes to the Government projects which 44 it does not entertain." It then asserts that the reported Decree which condemned, by one sweeping denunciation, all the Alcaldes under the Constitutional system to the galleys for ten years, 46 was put into circulation by the enemies of the throne. ,tn the same way," the Etoile adds, " it was said that the militia were menaced " with perpetual imprisonment, and new mea " sures of rigour were preparing against all those " who had manifested attachment to the ancient 44 system., The Government has now no need 44 of these; new acts of severity : it is consoli dating itself daily, and acquires strength."— This is a hold assertion on the part of even the Etoile. It would be hard to find where the strength-of the miserable Ferdinand's Govern ' ment lies, except in the foreign bayonets that surround him : were they to quit Spain, its " consolidation" would soon disappear. But the Etoile has discovered—mirabik dictu ! that all the measures of the wretched tyrant are diicted solely against the gypsies in Spain. 44 At all times," this paper says, " Spain has 44 been covered with idle people and -vagabonds, " strangers from Ali - parts of the' world, princi ", pally gypsies or Americans, who overloaded " the population." The new Decree, according to the Etoile, is levelled solely against them, and this journal praises highly the wisdom of the measure. It denounces, in the same sentence, the secret Societies of Spain. We fear the as sertions of the Etoile will find little credit. The tyranny that now outrages Spain is too palpable in its principles and ends, and is covering that unhappy country with misery and misfortunes. From one extremity to another its people groan in bondage ; and nothing but the foreign force within the Pyrenees prevents open and general insurrection, which even now partially prevails, and is every day increasing. [THE TIMES.] It may not be considered an inauspicious cir cumstance, that the Etoile, which used to' teem with abuse and threats against the friends of the Spanish Constitutional System, has actually begun to disclaim for Ferdinand some of the vindictive projects ascribed to him. Have they at length found that it will not do ? Long decrees have been framed for organizing the Spanish army ; but there would be more discipline in a handful of dollars, than in office crammed with parch ment regulations. [MORNING HERALD.] The Coal question came before the Common Council yesterday. It a ppears that more Meters are to be appointed. Those Is m us t ne cessarily be paid ; and who s to p a y th orn ? Is it the public ? And if it be the public, on what article will the tax, in order to p a y these new Coal-Mesers' salaries, be levied ? Virg should sup pose that it will be on Coals ; therefore the Com mon Council met to lay an additional tax on Coals. Alderman Wood said that he probably would bring the subject before Parliament. We wish he would. It would give us great pleasure if he would bring in a Bill thi s nex t S e ssion to do away with all the stupid Coal Acts at present in existence, so that that trade might be as free trade. Were there no as the drug or the hop regulations or officers in regard of Coals, they would, in consequence, be so much cheaper. As for Meters, they are of no use what ever. Whoever thinks of seeing to the mea surement of his Coals when the coal-mer chant sends them ? No one who has any bet ter employment will torment himself with any such labour-in-vain business. It would be as useless as beating the wind, or seeking redress at Bow-street for a sixpenny overcharge on the part of a hackney coachman ; it would be penny wise and pound foolish. It would be as absurd as bringing an action in the Court of King's Bench for the sum of 501. only ; and expending in fees to the first, second, and third Counsel, 50 guineas, while 50 guineas would not be allowed in a taxed bill of costs, though the man succeeded in gaining his action, and thus recovering his 501. We much wish that the Common Council would let law-making alone. Surely Parliamentary law is sufficient torment for the people ; the latter do not want a Senate within a Senate. It was the curse of Rome and of Holland to be tormented with Legislative Acts, and both people at last comparatively threw themselves into the arms of absolute Kings. English people will eventually do the same thing, if the vile system continues of adding to laws which are al ready too numerous. The great secret should be to have as little law as possible. For eur parts, we wish that almost all the laws at pre sent in existence were done away with. If the Common Council were to be regularly engaged in such a beneficial purpose as that of getting rid of laws and charges attendant on laws, we would idolise them as much as they appear at present to idolise themselves. This new batch of Coal-Meters will only increase the price of Coals. " Let us alone," said the French me chants to some French statesman, who asked them what he could do in order to promote the pro sperity of the French trade. Let the dealers in Coals alone, we say to the Common Council ; or, if you must do something for the benefit of the Coal Trade, do away with all the Acts of Parliament relating to Coals, and do away with all the Coal Meters and their salaries. Yesterday, ROWLAND STEPHENSON, Esq. was unani mously elected Treasurer of St. Bartholomew's. Hospital. Last week seventeen persons died of small-pox, at Trow bridge, Wilts. Mr WOOD, of Cork, was convicted before the Magistrates, on Thursday, and sentenced to pay a penalty of 201. for keeping a sporting dog, without a license. An experiment is begun, of a new mode of sowing wheat.in the vicinity of Chirnside. Insead of waiting till the field be cleared of turnips before the seed of the ensuing crop is put into the ground, two ebb furrows are drawn in each interstice between the rows of turnips, which are sown with wheat from a drill machine, and covered in ; the turnips to be Afterwards eaten by sheep upon the ground.— ( Aberdeen Chronicle. ) THE TROAD. The following interesting and novel observa tions on the long-doubted scenery of Troy are extracted from the ingenious Topographical Dis sertation of Mr. Campbell on the scenery of Os- SIAN'S Poems, by which he has placed the Celtic Poet on firmer ground than that on which Dr. JOHNSON left him : " Here I Would be understood as writing of a hilly country, which, of course, is less liable to such revolutions as are known to have frequently occurred - in low and level countries—such, for instance, as the overflowing of Earl Goodwin's estate, on the coast of Kent, now the Goodwin Sands, and the abandonment of the sea in the upper part of the Levant, particularly in the supposed neighbourhood of the Troad. A proof of.this is, that opposite to the Isle of Tenedos, where, Homer informi us that the Greeks pulled their ships and galleys upon the Darden beach, there is not any beach to be seen ; but, on the con trary, a bold rocky coast, the lowest of whose cliffs is many feet above the level of the sea.* This fact I observed in person, and only mention it to prove some great mutation of Nature in that vicinity, or that Homer was ignorant of the lo cality which his Muse embraced—a circumstance rather improbable from the Father of .the Poets having been a native of those parts, lam of opinion that the abandonment of the waters in the upper part of the Levant is, in some measure, corroborated by the Sacred Writings, even though the story of Hero and Leander should not be ad mitted as auxiliary evidence in this poetical case, which I think should be admitted ; for, it is not possible that the enemoured swimmer could have made such sure and constant passages through the waters of the Hellespont, had the currents ran with the same velocity in his days as they ran at in those of Lord - BYttoN.l - If I rightly understand the Sacred Writings_ on one .point, it is clear to my mind that the ships of Solomon sailed from the ports of Tyre and Sidon to the islands of the Eastern Seas; and, to bring home the gold of Ophiy and peacocks feathers, they found a Cnaeb.t . L. where are now the scorching sands of the Istt,mus of Suez.. This course, how ever, is conjectural, arising from my hurried ob servations, for there may have.it waters lcana i canals the Red Sea ; but th e rise of the English Channel is matter of historical record_ .chino 1100. I w ou ld farther observe, that nd tl o ie Cornish traditional story of a country named Leones, which extended from the Land's E Cornwall round by the Scilly Isles, thence to • Ushant, and Guernsey on the coast of France, embracing the western part of the English Chan nel, appears to me in feature of probability, Perhaps Strabo alluded to the country of Leones, instead of the Scilly Isles, when he wrote of the Tyrians trading thither for tin.— " This I know, that on my visit to the isles or " rocks of Scilly, I could discover no traces of " mines, whether a ncient or modern."---(Camp bell's Ossian, p. 20 and 21, vol. 1.) * Mr. Hobhouse agrees with me on the appearance of the Coast. t I would engage . to swim from shore to shore of the Hel lespont in two-thirds of the time Lord Byron took to effect that romantic object. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Common Council was hel Y d e f s o t r er t d h a e y di a sp: C a o c t i l i rt of of business. THE GU.UtDI.4N SOCIETY. Mr. Alderman KEY presented a petition from the Secretary would be pleased to gr an t some pecuniary assistance for the and Managers of the Guardian Society, praying that the Court support of the society. The worthy Alderman observed, that the society in question was most worthy of the assistance of the Court. Its object was to provide a temporary asylum, with metropolis. abandoned females who crowded the streets of the met suitable employment, for those. resulted from the society, it was stated to him, that out of eight hundred females who had entered the institution since its establishment in 1812, the majo r ity . paths of virtue. The had been restored to the plan upon which the society was con ducted was much - better than that on which the Committee, which had been appointed by the Corporation, proceeded. That Committee had limited their exertions to the throwing into prison num b ers of unfortunate females to be again set at liberty "to wallow like sows in the mire." He moved that the petition be referred to the Committee of General Purposes. After a few words from the LORD ALAI ox, Alderman Woon, and Mr. FAY ELL, in commendation of the society, the motion was agreed to. TIDE COAL TRADE. Mr. SOUTHGATE brought up a report from the Corn and Coal Committee, to whom it had been referred to inquire into the mode of delivering coals in the river, and the cause of the high price of that article. The report, upon the motion of the Worthy Deputy, was . reai r i. It set forth that the Committee had received a memorial from 103 coal merchants, complain ing that the number of coal-m e t ers h a d not b een i ncrease d in proportion to the increase . which h a d ta k e n pa ce of l a t e years in the consumption of coal, whereby th e public ge n era lly, as well as themselves (the memorialists) were considerable losers. They stated, that in consequence of the number of meters being insufficient, it frequently happened that ships were compelled to wait 10, and in some instances 12 days, before they were discharg ed. The committee had called before them and examined several coal -meters, who denied that the present number of their body was insufficient an d asserted that the delay which wascomplained of in the discharge of ships was caused by the want of a suf ficient number of craft to carry the coals, from the vessels— Another set of witnesses attributed the high prig of coals to the duty which was paid on their importation into Lon don, and the high charge for labour in the river. The Cononnf Committee el7mfietalteilsy wer e of. opinion, that the present num ber was not insufficient, although they recom mended that, for the sake of experiment, and to remove all doubt on the subject, the number should be augmented to 130, by filling up the vacancies now existing, and appointing 12 new meters. The Committee were also of opinion, that the duty of 3s. 4d. per chaldron which was paid on the arrival of coals in the port of London, and not elsewhere, was exceedin, , ly bur densome and oppressive ; and they recommended that the duties upon coal should be equalized all over the country. The above we believe to be a correct description of the sub / stance of the report ilmt if there he an error, it Must be att4i buted ' tb^ itch rxestalf TlTOWCteri,l ttl• - tr6E , l6 - .irch — pl At ui whilst the document was being read.] Mr. SOUTHGATE observed, that from the extreme length of the report, he conceived it must have been very difficult for the Members of the Court to catch the leading points, and he would therefore very briefly re-state them. In the first place the Committee had formed an opinion that the present number of coal-meters was finally adequate to the discharge of all ships laden with coalovhich arrived in the port of London ; as a proof of which it appeared that in the last year the meters had mea sured 100,009 chaldrons more than at any former period.— Since the appointment of the Committee, the meters' list con tained the names of the ships waiting to be discharged, but at the present moment there was actually a considerable number of meters waiting for employment. It was also important that it should be known, that the present price, so far from being exces sive, as compared with that of former periods, was really reduced in the proportion of 25 per cent. below the war prices. The Committee felt bound in honour to state that there had been a reduction to that extent. It ought also to be stated, that during the last two years the coal-merchants had reduced their charges on coals in the pool from 12s. to 10s. As it had happened, how ever, that this circumstance had been kept quite secret, rio per son having felt the benefit otit within.his own family, the Com mittee thought it right that it should not be allowed to remain any longer unknown, but that the public at large might derive advantage from it. Another important fact had come to the knowledge of the Committee, and had been alluded to in their report—namely, that one of the Gas Companies had . suffered their stock of coals to be so exhausted, that a considerable dis. trict of London must have been left in total darkness if a coal. merchant, on the spur of the moment, had not been able to supply them with a large quantity of coals. It was to be hoped that the Gas Companies would be less negligent in future, fo in London, in which, as in all large cities, a great number of bad characters congregated, the consequences which would re sult from a deprivation of light at night would be most incon venient. He felt it his duty to state, that the Ship-owners, Factors, and Merchants, who attended the Committee, gave every kind of information which was required, and that he be lieved them to be as honourable a body of men as was connected with any trade whatever. The worthy Deputy then moved that the Report he printed, and that a copy be given to every member of the Court.--(Hear !) Mr. lIURCOMBE seconded the motion. He said, that he intended to reserve his observations on the question until the report should be printed. He would content himself at present with drawing the attention of the Court to the fact that lighter men charged a guinea for the delivery of any quantity of coals, however small. He thought that the practice was one which required correction. Mr. Alderman Wool) said, that he knew the subject to which the report referred would be discussed in Parliament shortly after the commencement of the Session, and he hoped, for the honour of the Corporation, that before that period every thing that could possibly be done to reduce the price of coals would be effected. Notwithstanding the conclusion to which the Committee had come, it appeared to him to be absolutely necessary that there should be a greater number of meters than at present. During his Mayoralty, a great many complaints were constantly made to him of the want of meters, and he had no doubt that his Lordship, if he had been requested to attend the Committee, could have stated that the same circumstances had occurred to him. Under these circumstances, he felt it to be his duty to move as an amendment, that the following words be annexed to the ofizinal motion :—" and that, in the mean time, the Coal Committee be directed to appoint 12 additional meters." The Loun MArou, in reference to what had fallen from the last speaker, observed that he certainly was rather surprised that he had not been called before the Committee : if he had, he would have been able to communicate some information respecting certain improper practices which existed. 111 r. Rouzit seconded the amendment. He observed, that it had been stated by some witnesses who were examined be fore the Committee, that ships had frequently to wait in the river 12 days before they were discharged. Now he knew that the ships thus detained must incur an expence of 4/. or 5/. a-day, which would create an additional charge of about five shillings a chaldron to the consumer. Mr. JAMES thought that the Court ought to take no step on the subject until the report was printed. lUr. Dixow concurred in the opinion expressed by the last speaker. Mr. SOUTHGATE said a few words in explanation, after which a division took place. The numbers were— For the amendment, Aldermen, 4 I Common Councilmen, 62 I Tellers, 2 - - 63 . . . Against it, Aldermen, 6 j Common Councilmen, 122 I Tellers, 2 - - 134 , Majority against the amendment, 62 Mr. ROUTIL presented a Report from a Committee to whom it had been referred, to inquire into the nature, duties, and emoluments of the office of principal Land Sea-coal Meters.— He moved that the Report be agreed to. Mr. DixoN objected to that part of the Report which recom mended that the salary of the two principal meters should be 350/. a year each. He moved, as an amendment, that the sa lary of the senior meter should be 4001., and of the other 300/. The amendment was carried by a show of hands. TITUES IN LONDON. said, that he held in his hand a report from which had . been made to them by a person the assistance of the legal officers of the theMTritiliieuCitoemnmiinttEee, which had been drawn up in consequence u rri e r, for Corporation, g cause between him and the lay impropriator of tithes in the p a rish of St. Helen, respecting a claim for tithes, at o f namedan applicationi' 2s. 9d. in the pOund. He (Mr. Hurcomb9 was extremely sorry to find that any clergyman or lay impropriator should again put forth a claim to tithes at the high rate referred. He had hoped that the question would not have been agitated again. lie moved that the report be read. The report, stated—" That an application having been made to the Committee by Mr. John Vincent Purrier, of St. Helen's place, a c itizen of Lond on , f or t h e a id an d ass i stance of certa i n officers of the Corporation, in a cause between bins and the lay impropriator of th e parish of St. Helen, in the city of Lon don, respecting a claim for tithes at the rate of 2s. 9d. in the pound, which cause was speedily to be h ear d b efore hi s Ho nour the Vice-Chancellor ; and the Committee having consi dered the said application, and investigated the circumstances a tt e nding . the same, an d feel i ng t h at i t woul d genera lly assist the question relating t o ti t h es as reg ards the several parishes not included in the Fire Act, and acting up to the intent of the Court of Common Councilin the appointment of the Commit tee, they had compli e d w i t h t h e sa id a pplic a tion of Mr.Purrier, for the assistance of the Recorder, Common Serjeant, Town Clerk, and Solicitor, subject to the approbation of the Court, and had given to th e S o li c i tor i nstruct i ons accor dingly. The Court unanimously agreed with the Committee in the steps they had taken, and referred it back to them to superin tend the same. LAW INTELLIG ENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 23. onmiALL v. LORD SOMERS• The question in this case, which has already been several times under the consideration of his Lordship, was originally as to the construction to be put upon a will of Dr. Nash. His Lordship had pronounced a decree, declaring that Lady Somers should take a life estate, with remainder to the eldest son, and if the eldest son died without issue, that the estate should be conveyed to the second son, John Somers Cocks, now Lord Eastnor. A deed was subsequently executed, by which certain trustees held the estate in trust for Lady Somers, for lif e , with remainder to the eldest son, and upon his death, to convey the estate to the second son. An Act of Parliament had, since the decree had been pronounced, been passed, which it was alleged had confirmed that decree. The bill now filed was in the nature of a supplemental bill, calling upon the trustees, under the deed recited, to direct a convey ance of the estate, in conformity to the last decree pronounced by the Court. Mr. PE YTS, in the absence of 111 r. Horne, the leading Coun sel, now appeared on b e h a lf o f L o rd Eastnor, who. was now, on the death of his elder brother, the eldest son of Lord Somers, and who in the marriage articles of Lord and Lady Somers was named tenant in tail upon one of the estates of his Lord ship, called the Doddeshill Estate. The Learned Counsel stated that the question now to be decided by the Court was not with respect to the will of Dr. Nash, but upon the construction of the Act of Parliament, in what manner is confirmed the decree which had been pronounced; and he contended,. that this Act did no more than to confirm the decree with respect to the ex changes, and that it did not declare what were the trusts after this exchange had been effected. The object of the Act was, as far as he understood it, to throw the incumbrances upon the family estate of Lord Somers, and to confirm the decree as far as regarded the exchanges, but no farther. The Learned Counsel then read the Act. of Parliament at length, and observ ed upon the clauses it contained, with a view to strengthen the arguments which he had addressed to the Court, and conclud ed by urging the Court to direct a conveyance to be made, ac cording to the decree, in favour of Lord Eastnor and his issue. Mr. PEMBERTON appeared as Counsel on behalf of the children of Lord Eastnor, who had been born since the decree had been pronounced, and were, of course, still minors. He argued that there was nothing in the Act of Parliament which could in any manner be construed to bind their rights. The.SOLICITOR-GENERAL, as Counsel on the other side, confessed that the impression upon his mind was, when the decree was originally pronounced in this cause, that it was in tended that Lord Eastnor should take nothing, and that the estate should descend to James Somers Cocks, the third son, but now the second, since the death of his elder brother in the SrfffSlr'Prf*,ePmgrhttTh'timtttt'rlwrfmet..Feirerrsntited-*nr attention of his Lordship to the original will of Dr. Nash, from which the present question resulted, and subsequently read at considerable length the Act passed in confirmation of the decree. The ultimate and only important question, as he apprehended, now to be decided, was, what period of time was to be fixed, when the person answering to the appellation of fhe second son of Lord Somers, was .to take ? He was now prepared to contend, that according to the true construction of the will of Dr. Nash, neither Lord Eastnor nor the present se cond son were entitled to the estate under the will, and the question was, Lord Eastnor having now become the first son, whether the period had yet arrived when the second son could . be said to be entitled. Before the death of Lady Somers, no . son could take, and in the event of the death of Lord Eastnor before that period arrived, then James Somers Cocks would be the first, not the second..son, and. clearly not entitled. It ap peared, therefore, to be to him an übsurdity to fix the time when the second son might claini, as it could not happen till after the death of Lady Somers. The Lou]) CHANCELLOR said, that the difficulty which presented itself to his mind was, how the conveyance was to be executed. Dr. Nash intended to give the estate to the second son, but supposing Lord Somers and his wife had died, what course could then have been pursued ? He apprehended that the second son, according to the terms of the will, was bound to do some act before the expiration of six months after he came of age. . The SWAT ITOlt-GENEftm , argued that the decree had in terms declared that the present Lord Eastnor was not the 1 ,- son entitled to take, and he thought it was immaterial wha:;t-c the conveyance was to be made now, or at the death of L a dy Somers, because no second son could take. If the act had con firmed the decree, how was his Lordship to deal with it ? The Lo RD CHANCELLOR observed, that if the act confirmed the decree, it might be asked what authority he had to recon sider the Decree ? The SoLic IT on-GE NERAL having concluded his arguments, The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed the further hearing till Monday. It having been suggested that Monday was a holiday, his Lordship replied " That is the very reason why I ought to sit on Monday. If Ido not sit on holidays, I shall be able to get through no business at all." It is understood that the petition respecting Lord Portsmouth is fixed for Saturday. To-morrow is motion day, and motions only of course will be heard. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JAN. 28. CITY TITHES.—MACDOUGALL V. PURRIER. Mr. SrENcE stated that this was a bill filed by the plaintiff for a reference to the Master, to take an account of what sum% were due for tithes from the defendant as one of the parishioners of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-street, from the 20th of March, 1822, to the 25th of March, 1824. The plaintiff stated in his bill that he was entitled to receive these tithes, as the lay impropriator of them, and the rate itself was fixed by the nth of Henry VIII. on the award of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and enrolled in the Court of Chancery. Mr. HEALD said he understood that the City of London, were much interested in the question, and that it was expected that all parties should allow the case to stand over for the present• The VICE-CHANCELLOR said it was mentioned that the Learned Recorder and Common Serjeant of the City of London were to attend. Mr. HEALD understood that it would be extremely incon venient for these Learned Gentleman to attend the Coul!" during term. Whatever decision might be made there, was probable that the question would be taken to the House 0 Lords on appeal. Mr. ROUPEL for the plaintiff, would not oppose any apr.:l cation for delay on reasonable grounds, but there was nothini; of a public or complicated nature in the question, it was onto merely between individuals. The question, in fact, was whe. ther the 37th of Henry VIIL gave the tithes of the parish for the impropriator, at a rate directed by the Archbishop of Can- , terbury. The Clergy of the City of London ever since re. ceived their tithes under that Act, and the only object at pre- , sent seemed to be to raise the question, whether every Clergy' man was bound to produce the Act of enrolment, although the tithes were paid under it for more than 200 years, without in. terruption. VICE-CtiaNCELLOR.—The question is, whether an enrol. ment did take place, and if it did, is it a material averment of the bill ? Mr. ROUPEL.—They deny that the enrolment was vier made, though they admit possession of works and d:ocumeifttil giving evidence of the fact. After an uninteresting discussion between his Honour in& the Gentleman of the Bar, it was agreed to adjourn the cause until Wednesday, when it will be freely heard. • COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 28. MALTON V. NESBITT AND ANOTHER. This action was brought by Captain Mahon, a military Off" cer, against the owners of an East Indianian, named the Apollo, to recover a compensation in damages, for a loss sustained bir the negligence of the defendant's servants. The plaintiff' alleged in his declaration, that having become' a passenger on board the Apollo, at Madras, the ship w as lost: by negligence, and thereby he was put to the expence of find' ing a passage home which amounted to 1201. It appeared than Captain Malton took his passage early in 1823 on board the' Apollo, of which Captain Tenant was master, to be conveyel from Madras to England. The passengers consisted of twentf." six persons, most of whom were military officers. On April 16th the ship arrived off Table Bay, at the Cape of Good Hope* The weather was fine, with a breeze from S.E. ; the Oil! sailed at the rate of three or four knots. On tacking to . wea. ther Robin Island and the Whale Rock; the ship struck upol Green Point, a rock well known in the charts. She was stretch' ing across Table Bay, with her head to the land, at the WO the accident happened, and the object was to bring the ship to the anchorage. The Captain and Chief i%late were off the decX at the time, and the witnesses imputed negligence. When the Captain came up, he said th e M ate , w h o - had charge o f the watch, had run the ship ashore, and it was further stated th o he did not exert himself to get her off; on the contrary, he re; fused to avail himself of the assistance offered by several boats which came off on hearing distress guns fired. Thf passengers were safely landed. The next day the weathe r grew bad, and distroyed the ship. The plaintiff not onit lost part of his baggage, but was obliged to go over land t4 ' Simon's Bay, and take a passage in another ship to Enlg land. Under the above circumstances he sought to o btain 1 ! return of the expence lie had incurred, in consequence of 'til t loss of the ship by negligenc e . Th e representat i on on the par,' of the def e ndant s was , t h at a ll was d one by t h e Captain 'on' officers of the ship which could be done. At the time the shig struck there was a fog, not uncommon off the Cape, which ha the effect of making objects appear at a greater distance dial they really were. There had been what the Captain tero an allusion in the atmosphere all day, and at the moment the ship touched the rock, he thought he was a m il e a n d a ha lf from land. The fog or haze obscured the low land but left th e high land visible, apparently at a great distance. A number of seamen proved that the Captain had done OP that could be done. y de f d ou ti n i d e a a t t v e e n r t d i c n t o o f r t t h h e e L p o l r a d Cble f . D T u a s m t After i a ce ge n s t i h n l e e 2 c o h a l o u . us cause s had , th eo occupied MEETING OF THE SILK WEAVERS. In consequence of the present misunderstanding between the Manufacturers and the Journeymen, and as 00 last Tuesday the Masters refused generally to give out any figi ther work until an accommodation w ou ld b e e ff ec t e d, a gen e Meeting of the Journeymen took place at the Red Lion, PlIce:; nix-street, Spitalfields, on Tuesd a y n i g h t , convene d b y s pec!' application. About nine o'clock, Mr. BENSON took the Chap Mr. BaxEn (Secretary to the late Committee) said he 1 0 received a letter from Mr. Thorp, as Chairman to the Mae ters' Meeting, requesting to know the result of the G e nera l Meeting of the Journeymen on Saturday night last; in cause" quence of which he, with others of the Committee, waited upoi" Mr. Thorp, who informed them that they (the Masters) We re willing to yield a littl e t o th e Journ e y men u p on t h e Statute °r , Law Galloons, provided the Journeymen had a c or res pondillk feeling to meet them on the "Blucher Bands." It rested hole ever (he said) with the Meeting, and not With him, to deter' mine how they would act. The CHAIRMAN then put the question, and, upon a she of hands, it evidently appeared in favour of concession. Tfr,/ following Resolutions were then put, seconded, and carrie l : unanimously :—l. That a Deputation of three of our trade It requested to wait on our employers in the hope of a mutual ads justment. 2. That Mr. Baker, Mr. Charlton, nd Mr. Sid; mons, do form that Committee. 3. That this ' Meeting do ads journ until Thursday night next, in order to receive the ft e " port of that application. The Meeting then separated. • COAL-MARKET, JAN. 22. ships at Market. Ships sold Price. 7q Newcastle - - 11 -35 s Od to 405 Oa 22, Sunderland - - 4 6 35s Od to 41s ", MARRIED. On Tuesday last, at St. Michael's, Wood-street, Mr. A , , f ; ham Thomas, of Wood -street, Cheapside, to Mrs. Elizabe" 3 Jackson, widow of the late Mr. Samuel Jackson, of the EO On the 25th of November last, at Trinidad, Payma 9t t e James Mackay, Ist West India Regiment, to Catherine .1 Moore, relict of the late Dr. John Moore, surgeon of the'`" Inv_ _and_ dauwliter. Cantain AelancilL''' Of the Royallngiiieers. On the 6th inst., Captain Polhill, of the Ist or King's goon Guards, to Frances Margaret Deakin, of Bagthorpe.hou g near Nottingham. On the 21st inst., Francis Law, Esq., of the Beni e '3l .ga Service, to Eliza eldest daughter of the late Samuel (1 , Evans, of the . Bengal Medical Establishment. Printed and Published for the PROPRIEiORS, at the tiS OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CAurrAnts. S!. . • On the 25th inst., at Alfred- DIED house, Camberwell, Viri c etlG Wanostrocht, LL. D., in his 43d year. rsbf On the 24th of January , at his house in Kentish-town, 5 9 , 6 10 the wife of George Vincent, Esq., and of Bedford-street, ford- square. , ester On Thursday; the 22d inst., at Castle Donington, Leic shire, the Rev. Thomas Bosvile, A.M., of Magdalen Coll'V Oxford, and of Raventie/d-park, in the county of York, in 71st year of his age. f,04 .1 On the 10th ini;t, in London, aged 56, Thomas Breach, formerly of Hendon, Aliddlesex. „ t er, On the 21st inst., at Old Brompton, Mr. William Garu" of the Royal Marine Office, aged 32. otif On the 22d inst., at his residence, Colebrook-row, Islini t t be in the 72d year of age, Jasper ox, Esq., many years late firm of Collett, Cox, and CO.