The Sun. — London, England, 1824-05-29 00:00:00

TIIF LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from Ike Morning Papers, May 29. `TIJC TIMES.] The regulations of Committees on private bills seems likely to spring from the investigating spirit and zeal of Mr. flume. That gentleman, in a speech on Thursday night, described the manifold vices to which those Committees are subject by their present construction and ►node of proceeding. The local grievances arising from these causes over the country exceed all belief, to say nothing of,the scandal which attaches to a system of conducting business iii the Committee room, according to which members are previously canvassed or hastily pressed in to decide ques tions, of which they are either totally ignorant, or obtain all their knowledge from one of the parties interested. We agree with the Right Bon. the Foreign Secretary, that the bare de scription of the practice will serve a little to re strain it, and for a while, till a more effectual j barrier is imposed. Mr. Canning, however, al- j lowed.. the truth of Mr. home's testament, and the soundness of his principles. The agitation of •the question will therefore have done much good, and a Special Committee is to be formed this ses sion to provide a legal remedy for the evil. It was suggested that the practice of voting on a question without hearing the arguments on either side prevailed in other places as well as in com mittee-rooms ;yea, even in the honourable House itself. The evil, wherever it exists, requires re form ; we may however observe, that; the cases are different. Gentlemen may have so• studied public questions, that they have nothing more to learn respecting them from a debate ; whereas, -the merits of a private bill can never be known by general reading. [BRITISH PRESS.] The Spanish Amnesty has at length appeared in a supplement to the Madrid Gazette of the 20th, loaded with exceptions, : and forming a sweeping Decree of almost universal proscription. Like the memorable mandate of the Triumvirs— Augustus, Anthony, and Lepidus, it denounces every individual, hostile from political or private feelings, to the faction now in power in Spain.— 'This Decree proscribes, in fact, every leading Individual connected with the Revolution, during the three years it lasted. The Chiefs of the military revolt at Las Cabezas, the Isle of Leon, .Corunna, Saragosa, Oviedo, and Barcelona, are all denounced. The same penalties are extended -to what are called the principal authors of the ,conspiracy at Madrid at the beginning of March, .3820,-who wrested from the vile Ferdinand the unwilling decree proclaiming the Constitution, on the 7th of March, 1820. The fifth exception in cludes the military chiefs who took part in the revolt of Ocogna, and A bisbal is particularly denounced by name, and thus awarding to him The deserts which this triple traitor fully earned. The whole body of the Cortes who, on the 12th :of June 1823, on the motion of the Deputy Gali ano, voted the dethronement of the King, and the establishment of a Regency, are also proscri bed, with the temporary Regents appointed until Ferdinand reached Cadiz. The same penalty is extended to the General commanding the troops, who accompanied the tyrant to that city. The exceptions also reach unlimitedly to the writers Who have attacked the Catholic religion, thus preserving the ancient spirit of the Inquisition in its worst form. The three following articles de nounce the Judges who condemned Elio and his Lieutenant, at Valencia ; those concerned in the death of the Canon Vinnesa and the Bishop of Vich, with the Royalist prisoners at Grenada and Corunna ; the Chiefs of the Guerillas, who had risen in arms since Angou- Lerne entered Spain in 1823; and the European Spaniards who signed 'the convention concluded at.:,.Mexico between the Viceroy O'Donoju and Augustin I turbide. A special article alludes to the individuals who, being excluded from the amnesty by the spirit of the Decree, are included in it by capitulations granted by the French Generals. Permission is extended to these un happy individuals to reside in Spain only on con dition of their appearing before the Tribunals, to be tried according to law ; that is, to be im mured in dungeons for months, and then dragged before Tribunals—where their fate is certain ! Thus Ferdinand and the crew about him are pursuing their full career with an undimi nished thirst -of vengeance. This Amnesty in cludes in its exceptions all the principal exiles, to a Man,.who have found refuge on these shores. The gallant Mina, as Military Chief at Barcelona ; QUiroga, as head of the revolution at Corunna ; the unfortunate Empecinado, now in a Spanish dungeon; -the two 'Arguelles, Galiano, and a number of others, the most enlightened among the Spaniards, are all marked out for vengeance in a body. They however are now fortunately beyond the tyrant's power. While the French troops•remain in Spain, the present dreadful or der of thin g s is likely to last.. Should they once more return within the Pyrenees, Ferdinand's kingdom will soon. be "on a wea k f ou nd at i on ," and tyranny .and superstition in that fated coun try be levelled in the dust again. . • [ N EW Toms.] n ri ( i ) o t t t i i o l a n i st which Mr. .. . he h as ever Among the numberles s we know fume has. crude r bit upon one so little liable to objection as that I for. a • Committee on Committees. The Rouse, felt that for once the Honourable Mover had kept out of the trammels of party, and had fixed upon an evil • which belonged as much to outs as to ta,s, The' management of committ ees on PH vate,Bills has been long a subject of great and genral . 'complaint ; and, if they can by any new , , . regnlatiOna be brought back to their original and legitimate j purpose, the public will. have great reason, to i?joi(e ; and the character of the Legis lature will be,c-leared of a blot by which it has long been staMpd. W e wish we could speak as fa vourabiy'of another motion of the same Hon. Mem ber, for returns . , of th e names of Magistrates committing prisoners for trial, &c. Of Mr. ifume's motives for such a motion we have no business and rio wish to speak, but the effect of it, if carried, would obviously have been to dis gust the greater part of the unpaid Magistrates, and to cause them to decline acting in the Com mission of the Peace, than which result no prac tical measure can well be conceived more inju rious to the good order of the kingdom at-large. To our unpaid Magistracy all wise Statesmen of other countries have looked as an institution which they might envy, but could never imitate ; and instead of detering men of fortune and edu cetion from engaging in it, every fair inducement should be held out to persuade them to under take so beneficial an office. [MORNING POST.] The returns which Mr. Hume has obtained of the number of persons committed, convicted, &c. in England and Wales for the two periods of seven years each, between 1810 and 1824, how ever curious as statistical details, are most doubt ful data from which to draw general conclusions. In fact, we can see nothing certain in them but the numerical results of the accounts which have been transmitted to the Secretary of State's Office. That the total in the last seven years should nearly double the total of the previous seven years is certainly remarkable ; but it nei ther proves that crime has increased in so alarm ing a ratio nor reflects upon the general govern ment of the country or the general conduct of the people. In the first place the returns now before the public must necessarily be judged of according to the aggregate population of the two periods, and next the circumstances of the nation in other respects during those intervals. Now, it is above question, that from various causes the population of England and Wales has in creased very considerably since the conclusion of the last war. To say nothing of the negative augmen tation resulting from the cessation of the drain oc casioned by hostilities, the influx of people from Ireland, added to the natural produce of births among the inhabitants of a flourishing communi ty like this, would explain the excess of the last over the preceding Census. Upon the mere principle of population, therefore, an important increase in committals and convictions must be expected for the last seven years. But in con junction with this fact, there are several others to be included in the calculation. So long as war continued, our Army and Navy were na tural receptacles for public delinquents, rho, though bad citizens, under strict discipline, soon became excellent soldiers and sailors. A great portion of crime, which would otherwise have appeared in the first seven years, was thus ab sorbed, and at present has consequently no sta tistical existence. Subsequent to the peace, not only has this national drain, if we may so speak, been stopt, but numbers of idle characters, liable to every sort of vicious temptation, have been regorged upon the country by the great reductions effected in our Military and Naval I Establishments. We a re f ur th er t o re c o ll ec t, that although the natural progress o( popula- tion has met with no efficient check between 1816 and 1824, almost every class of the commu nity has in the interim experienced temporary want of employment, and distress which irresistibly drive men to the commission of crime. All these circumstances, coupled with many collateral and dependent ones, in our opinion go far to solve the difference in the amount of the two returns just laid before Parliament. Another probable cause of the increase latterly may be the greater vigilance and assiduity of the Magistracy and the subordinate agents of Police, in detecting and bringing to trial public offenders. We ad mit indeed that ultimately the effect of a change of this sort would be to diminish crime, but the primary consequence we take to be an addition to the number of committals and convictions.— The mere statement of aggregate returns is so apt to mislead the unwary part of the public, that we flatter ourselves the foregoing q ualifying suggestions may not be destitute of utility. De tails, such as Mr. Hume delights in, are, in re ality, more mischievous than beneficial, if unac companied by a knowledge of concomitant facts. r LMORNING CHRONICLE.] The Marine Insurance Bill was read a second time last night. On a division, there was a con siderable majority in its favour. The question of vested rights was soon disposed of; and with re spect to the arguments against the freedom of the trade of insuring, they really do not deserve a moment's consideration. It is not for Legis lators to teach men ,the way they shall carry on their business. If the present system were the very best possible, and if the trade could he car ried on more advantageously by individuals than by companies, still interference would not be the more justifiable.— Parliament might just as well compel all the farmers in Surrey and Middlesex to abandon the flail for the thrashing machine, the cumbrous six-horse plough for the two-horse one, or impose a penalty on growing turnips broad-cast. The business of the Legis lature is to protect men in their operations, but not to direct them in them,—to leave them to follow whatever course they may deem most for their interest, taking care , only that they do not encroach on the legitimate freedom of others.-- There are some businesses for which companies are best adapted, and some which can only be well conducted by individuals. Banking is one of the former, and so we should suppose is Ma rine Insurance ; Farming is one of the latter. — But if a great company were to be formed for farming, which, like the new A ustra liau Company, should carry on operations on the most extended scale, bringing over sheep from Saxony, bullocks from Hungary, and goats from Cachernere, the Legislature ought to throw no impediment in their way. — It . is consolatory to know from experience, that when are, as of insurance is perf e ctly f re e, the public ai in all other cases, the greatest gainers.' W e learn from a Correspondent, that in North America Insurances (which is conduct ed by incorporated companies) are at this day one quarter to one-third less than the rates for the same risks taken at Lloyd's. 4 ' Their own e xperience (he says) founded upon a cbmmerce v like our own, p ene t rates the most remote vlici ' corners i of the globe, has enabled them to fix their rates, which, low as they are, still leave a fair profit to the underwriters, as is evinced by the price of Assurance Company Stocks, which are almost invariably at an advance." [MORNING HERALD.] The New Marine Insurance Company (the Alliance) occupied the House of Commons last night from five to ten o'clock. Four Counsel Messrs. Sergeant Bosanquet, Harrison, Marryat, and Sergeant Teddy, were heard in succession at the bar against the second reading. The Bill was then read a second time, and Mr. F. Buxton moved that it be committed. He adverted par ticularly to all the objections urged for the Sun and Royal Exchange Marine Insurance Compa nies, and for the individual Underwriters at Lloyd's. The two Companies were establish ed by Charter in the 6th of George I. (1720), in consideration of a sum of 300,0001.; but they paid only 120,0001. A clause was introduced in the Act of Parliament, empowering the Crow❑ to withdraw the Charter within thirty- Otte years, upon giving six months' notice, and re-paying the money advanced. He contended that this clause clearly implied that, at the end of thirty-one years, the exclusive privileges of the Charter ceased to exist. With respect to in dividual underwriters, who alone were permitted by the Charter of those companies to engage in marine insurances, he argued that they were not sufficient in point of security and permanency for such an undertaking. In 1814 not less than 150,000/. were lost by such insurances. Some underwriters had died, and nothing remained but a law:suit with executors ; some had become in solvent, and the law-suit was necessary with cre ditors for even a composition ; some had been li tigious, and resisted the fairest claims. Mr. P. Grenfell took the lead against the motion. He gave a history of failures in similar at tempts in 1796, 1810, 1811, and 1813. — Messrs. Perceval, Vicary Gibbs, Plomer, &c. had been of opinion that it was competent for the Crown alone to take away the Charter of the Sun and Royal Exchange, and upon repay ment of the 120,0001. Upon this abjection, every Bill similar to this had failed. In 1813 the ques tion had been argued before the Privy Council, but in consequence of some observations which dropped from Lord Ellenborough, the subject was abandoned. He admitted that he was in terested in these Companies, but he, notwith standing, would vote impartially. There could be no doubt of the power of the individuals who composed the Alliance Company to meet any call upon them, when he mentioned the names of Baring, Rothschild, Irving, Alexander, and Buxton. But only 500,0001. had been ac tually contributed, although their prospectus set for 5,000,000/. What security then could there be, that share-holders to whom they might transfer their interest, would he able to pay their proportions of 5,000,0001.? It should be recol lected, that a measure requiring an actual deposit of four-fifths of the total subscription, proposed in another place (the House of Lords,) had not yet passed into a law. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was of opinion, that giving 31 years to the Companies for the reduced sum of 120,000/. was a complete quid pro quo. The application to the Privy Council had properly failed, because there was no reason for taking away their Char ter from the Sun and Royal Exchange Compa nies, though their exclusive privileges had come to an end in the year 1751. He thought the proposed Bill would favour the public in terest, and he would, therefore, support it. The discussion afterwards possessed no novelty.— Mr. Alderman Thompson used what is called argumentum ad hominem, by charging Mr. F. Buxton with supporting monopoly in the Beer Trade. Mr. Alderman Wood appealed to the House of Peers, as the only means of protection against the injuries to incorporated interests at tempted in every quarter of the House of Com mons. Mr. Robertson protested so strongly against the the pernicious course of commercial policy pursued during the last four years, that he was called to the point before the House by the Speaker, and he sat down. On a division there were 51 to 23, for committing the Bill, which was ordered for Monday. QUALITIES IN CONVERSATION.-Sir W. TEM PLE says, " The first ingredient, is truth ; the next, good sense; the third, good humour; and the fourth, wit. This last was left to fools and buffoons kept in great families. Henry IV. of France, and King James 1. of England, first gave repute to that sort of wit, increased by King Charles 11. In King Charles the First's time all wit, love, and honour were heightened by the wits of that time into romance. Lord Goreign took the contrepied, and turned all into ridicule. Ile was followed by the Duke of Buckingham ; and that vein, favoured by King Charles 11., brought it in vogue. Truth is allowed the most estimable quality ; the lie is the greatest reproach—there fore allowed formerly a just occasion of combat by law, and since that time by honour, in private duels. Good breeding is as necessary a quality in conversation to accomplish all the rest, as grace in [notion and dancing. It is harder in that to dance a courant well than a jig ; so in conversa tion, even, easy, and agreeable, more than points of wit ; which, unless very naturally they fall in of themselves, and not too often, are disliked in good company, because they pretend to more than the rest, and turn conversation from good sense to wit, from pleasant to ridicule, which are the meaner parts." AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH.---Yes terday morning, Mr. EBSWORTIif, a hatter in East Smithfield, was attending at the Court of Con.. science in Osborne -street, Whitechapel, to claim o f t h e C o urt, as h e was ap sboymoen s e m o a f l t h d e e b c t r s i e , r a s nd on his name being called proaching the Commissioners to state his case, he suddenly fell back and instantly expired. Ile has left a large family to bewail his loss. Such is the present state of building in the town of Leeds, that neither the hriclimakers nor the quarrymen can procure sufficient materials to supply the demands of the public. Painters, joiners, &c. are in full employ, and there is a loud but unsuccessful demand for orders,--(Leeds Independent.) PRISON DISCIPLINE. The Society for promoting Prison Discipline, and reclaiming Juvenile Offenders, yesterday held its Meeting at Freemasons'-hall. His Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER was pre vented from presiding over the business of the day by indispo sition; in consequence of which Earl GROSVENOR was called to the Chair. His Lordship was supported by several of the most distinguished Philanthropists, who have assisted in the objects of the Society. The Report was read to the Meeting, and set forth the gra tifying labours of the Society for the past year, strongly en forcing the necessity of completing its work, and appealing to the benevolence of the public for the means of doing so by an adequate contribution to their funds. A - series of Resolutions were carried unanimously, and in moving them, various addresses were made to the feelings of the Meeting, Lord CALTRORPE, in moving the first resolution, described the horrible state in which the Society found the prisons of this country, and the immense improvement which their exertions had effected. Much, however, remained to be done ; and when the great benefit which their work was sure to confer upon the moral state of the community should be duly taken into consideration, it was impossible that the public could fail to give them the most active support and co-operation. Mr. P. BUXTON seconded the resolution, and gave an inte resting account of the origin and early progress of the Society. He stated the arguments which had formerly been urged against them to be most extravagant and unfounded; and ex pressed his belief that there was not now a man in the country who did not admit that necessity had existed for some kind or other of Prison Reform. He deprecated the sanguinary cha racter of our criminal laws, and contended that imprisonment with labour properly regulated, ought to be substituted as a secondary punishment. Mr. EVANS, M.P. in proposing the Second Resolution, in forced the necessity of attending to the state of the prisons in local jurisdictions. Mr. SYKES, M.P. and other Gentlemen, addressed the As sembly in suitable speeches. _ The Meeting was numerously and respectably attended, and the Alembers of the Society of Friends, particularly the fe males of that class, predominated. ANCIENT CUSTOM IN CORNWALL.—A festival is yearly observed at Helston, termed the Flora day. The cavalry paraded in honour of her Florescent Majesty on Monday se'nnight; and at one o'clock a very large party of ladies and gentlemen commenced dancing through the prin cipal streets, to the music of the cavalry band, amidst a concourse of gratified spectators. In the afternoon a gay party of tradespeople follow ed the example, and as is the custom, passed, dancing through the houses in succession, going round the tables at which the first families sat at dinner ; a species of amusement that would ap pear very singular to all but the Helstonians, who have exercised this liberty, on the Flora. day, from time immemorial. Numerous dancing parties succeeded each other, until about half past seven o'clock, when the ladies and gentle men again danced through the streets in their ball-diesses ; there were not less than 50 couple present. They then retired to the assembly. room, where the ball was opened by H. M. Grylls, Esq. and Airs. J Trevenen : the dancing was kept up with great spirit until the rays of the rising sun warned them to seek repose. STATUARY COBBLER.—In an old church in the town of Truro, in Cornwall, there is a large massive monument, which is erected to the me mory of JOHN ROBERTS, Esq., who died in 1614. It was originally decorated with several figures, and having fallen into decay, was, a few years since, repaired by order of Miss H of Landarick, a descendant of the family. When it was finished the mason presented an account, of which the following is a literal copy :—" To putting one new foot to Mr. J. Roberts, mend ing the other, and putting seven new buttons to his coat, and a new string to his breeches' knees —to two new feet to his wife Phillis, mending her eyes, and putting a new nosegay in her hand —to two new hands and a new nose to the cap tain—to two new hands to his wife, and putting a new cuff to her gown—to making and fixing two new wings on Times's shoulders, making a new great toe, mending the handle to his scythe, and putting a new blade to it ;"—all of which items are severally drawn out and balanced by pounds, shilling, and pence.—(Leaves from a Journal.) Tha following anecdote was related by Bishop LATIMER, in a Sermon preached before King Edward VI. When an order was made by the Roman Catholic authorities in the reign of Queen Alary, that a " goodly rood," or image of Christ should be placed in every parish church, the officers of Cockran parish, near Lancaster, agreed with a carver to furnish them with an image, or rood. But the workman, who proved to be a very indifferent artist, made them a figure so ugly and hideous, that the women and children, in stead of being induced to attend the church by the beauty of the image, were frightened away. On this account the churchwardens refused to pay the carver's bill. The carver, therefore, summoned the officers before the Mayor of Lan caster to enforce his demand. They accordingly attended, and when asked why they did not pay the bill, they replied that their agreement was for a goodly rood, and this was so frightful that it did not answer the purpose. The Mayor (who ' was suspected of being inclined to Protestantism) gave the following judgment :—" It does not signify whether the image serves for the purpose of worship or not; the poor man's labour has been nevertheless; he therefore must be paid ; and if the image will not serve ye for a god, only put a tail to it and a pair of horns, it will make an ex cellent devil." COURSE OF EXCHANGE, May 28 oistei dam Ditto, at Sight l4 0 Rotterdam Antwer 12 5, p 37 i 9i Us Haniburgli Altona 25. 45 0 Us. Paris,3 Day's sight Ditto Mint deaux, ditto Berlin 7 10 Fr auk fort oil t he Main . •• • • I 5& Ex. Money Petersburgh Vienwt Trieste .. Madrid Cadiz 10 9 f 0 9 36 Effective 354 Effective WI boa 13a r ct-lona Gibraltar ' Leghorn (;el.oa .134 -Venice, Ital. Lir 27 0 45 --Naples 3B Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia Dublin .... 9/ Cork 9/ pet Cent. sq Effective ,35 3.51 '''' • 3o •••• '' 00.4 BULLION. Portugal Goldin .O '0 0 ptrOz 3 17 6 Foreign Gold, in Bars New Doubloons New DOliitrio i n Burs, Standard s i ot CATTIARINA, THE lItROIC. In the year 1547, as the Emperor CHARLE S the Fifth, on his return from the Castle of Muhl burg, to his camp in Swabia, was passing through Thuringin, CATTIARINA DOWAGER of SWRTIZ" burg, born Princess of Henneburg, obtained of him a letter of safeguard, that her subjects might have nothing to suffer from the Spanish army on its march through her territory ; binding herself in return, to allow the Spaniards that were trans ported to Kudotstadt, on the Saalbruckt, to sup ply themselves with bread, beer, and other pro visions, at a reasonable price in that place. At the same time, she took the precaution to have the bridge, which stood close to the town, de molished in all haste, and reconstructed over the river at a considerable distance, that the too great proximity of the city might afford no temp tation to her rapacious guests. The inhabitants, who, of all the places through %hich the arm, was to pass, were informed that they might send all their most valuable effects to the Castle of Kudotstadt. Meanwhile, the Spanish General, attended bY Prince Henry. of Brunswick, and his sons, !IP' preached the city, and invited themselves by a messenger whom they dispatched before, to take their morning's repast with the Countess of Swartzburg. So modest a request made at the head of an army, was not to be rejected : the answer was, that they should be welcome to what the house afforded, and that his Excellency might rely upon the most hospitable reception. However she did not neglect, at the same time, to remind the Spanish General of the safeguard, and to urge home to him the conscientious ob servance of it. A friendly reception and a well furnished table welcomed the arrival of the Duke at the Castle. He was obliged to confess that the Thuringian Ladies had an excellent notion of cookery, and did honour to the laws of hospitality. But scarcely had they taken their seats, when a mes senger, out of breath, called the Countess from the hall, and informed her, that the Spanish sol diers had used violence in some villages on the way, and had driven off the cattle belonging to some of the peasants. Catharina was a true mother to her people ; whatever the poorest of her subjects unjustly suffered, wounded her to the very quick. Full of indignation at this breach of faith, yet not forsaken by her presence of mind, she ordered her retinue to arm themselves immediately in private, and to bolt and bar:all the gates of the castle : which being done, she returned into the hall, and rejoined the Princes who were still at table. Here she coMplained to them in the most moving terms of the usage she had met with, and how badly the imperial promise was kept. They told her laughing, that this was the custom i n war , an d t h at such tr i fl ing disorders of soldiers in marching through a place were not to be minded. " That we shall pre sently see," she replied stoutly ; " my p onr sub jects must have their own again, or (raising her voice in a threatening tone), prince's blood. for oxen's blood." With this emphatical declara tion, she gave a signal, on which the room was in a few moments filled with armed men, who sword in hand, yet with great reverence, plant , ing themselves behind the chairs of the princei l took place of the waiters. On the entrance of so many fierce-looking fellows, Duke Aloe changed colour, and all the company gazed at one another with silent terror. Cut off from the army, surrounded by a resolute body of men, what could they do ? The Duke instantly dis patched an order to the,army, to restore the cat tle without delay to the persons from whom it had been stolen. On the return of the courier, with a certificate that all damages had been made good, the Countess Schwartzburg politely thank ed her guests for the honour they had done her , castle ; and they in return, very joyfully took their leave. It was in honour of this action that she receiv ed the surname of THE HEROIC. EDINBURGH, MAY 24.—Yesterday forenoon his Grace the Commissioner held a levee in the Merchants Hall, but was so much indisposed, as to be unable to walk in procesion to the church. Among those present at the levee, were the Lord Provost, the Earl of Glasgow, Lord Napier, Sir Thoma s B ra df or d, K. C . 8 ., Si r Michael Shaw. Stewart, Bart., Sir John Hope, Bart., Sir Wm. Arbuthnot, Bart., besides a number of Clergymen, Naval and Militarf Officers, and other Gentlemen. At Morpeth, on the 19th instant, Robert Mil;.l burn, who had been confined in the gaol for the murder of his mother about 16 months ago (and was proved insane at the Lent Assizes of 1823 7 and' sentenced to be confined for life), put a pe riod to his existence by cutting his throat with a razor, which he had taken out of the turnkeyi room. BIRTH. On the 28th inst., in Alfred-place, Bedford-square, Mrs. William Keene, of a son. MARRIED. On the 27th inst., at Lowestoft, John Barnard Turner, Es 4. grandson of the late Sir Barnard Turner, Knight, to Chafiotte Louisa, third daughter of the late Colonel Belford, formerly of the Blues. DIED. At three o'clock on Friday morning, at his seat, Hawk stone, Salop, in the 84th year of his age, Sir John Hill, Bart. the happy parent of 16 children, the majority of whom survive him, and six of whom have attained high rank and distinction in the service of their country. Sir John Hill represented the borough of Shrewsbury in Parliament 13 years ; in the year 1811 he served the office of Mayor of Shrewsbury ; and at the period of his decease he was Colonel Commandant of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry. He completed his 83d year on the Ist of August last, and he died easily and happily, after scarcely one whole day's illness. Sir John Hill is succeeded in the baronetcy, and in his extensive estates, by his grandson, Rowland, one of the Representatives in Parliament for the County of Salop. On Saturday the 22d inst., at Cheltenham, aged 18, Thai- Parr, Esq., upwards of thirty years an eminent attorney of Poole, where his l oss w ill b e genera ll y an d very severe l y As a lawyer, Mr. Parr was clear, sound, liberal, and honest; as a man, in all the duties of this life substantially good; as a Freemason, he ranked high in the estimation of the frater nity : he was deputy provincial grand master of the lodges in the province of Dorset, for a great number of years. He truly beloved by the brethren of the craft, and his death is sincerely lamented both by them and by all who knew him. — His long illness he bore with patient resignation, and his last moments were tranquillized by the firm hope of a blessed im mortality. Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the Su*' OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS. WI ~iol ~'Ci~ H: 44i % IL ve al , coats Lana I)roct Coy VA N ti le ati 'stead Ad lions , t l a I, ..... 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