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On the arrival of the 71st Regiment in Canada, the first Battalion of the 60th Regiment of Foot is ordered to embark for England. The detachments belonging to the 3d Royal Veteran Batta lion, which were destined for Jersey and Guernsey, have arrived from Cork. The remainder of the Regiment will be distributed at Sheerness, Landguard Fort, and Portsmouth. The Ist division of the 94th Regiment of Infantry is ordered to embark forthwith, at Greenock, on board the loyal Briton transport, for Gibraltar. Sewn officers and 27 privates of different detachments from Albany Barracks, Isle of Wight, embarked on Tuesday on board the Alacrity, for the Cape of Good Hope. A General Court Martial assembled at Albany Barracks, on Monday last, for the trial of such prisoners as should be brought to it. Colonel Weare, 35th Regiment, President-- Lieutenant Blair, of the Buffs, Deputy Judge Advocate. ARMY IN INDIA. Head-Quarters, on the River, Aug. 27, 1823. GENERAL ORDERS. At a General Court Martial assembled at Ghazeepore, on Monday the 14th of July, 1823, Lieut. Shipp, of his Majesty's 87th Regiment, was arraigned upon the undermentioned charges:_ For unofficerlike and ungentlemaiilike conduct In hay ing, in a l etter to the late Lieut.-Colone l Mill er , co mm a ndi ng his Majesty's 87th Regiment, under date Ghazeepore, Jan. 14, 1823, and subsequently in a representation drawn up.by him (Lieut. Shipp), dated Gliazeepore, March 18, • 1823, and ad dressed to his E xce ll ency t h e C omma nder-in-Chief, preferred various gross an d unfounded charg es c Majesty' s 87th R eg i ment, hi s S u p er ior Office+, more es ag ainst Major parti cularlyßrowne, in the following instances, viz.—ln stating in his letter to the late Lieut-Col. Miller, •' lfurther conceived myself most shamefully and unjustly persecuted by Major Browne, he having some timem 1821, in an unauthorized meeting of the officers of the Regiment, endeavoured to prove that I had literally swindled him out of the price of a horse, rupees 1,200 ;" and in the paper addressed to his Excellency the commander-in-Chief, as follows:_-" What has been Major Browne's motive for con tinued and unprovoked persecution since this unfortunate racing transaction, I cannot imagine for his behaviour before that period was that of the most marked kindness. From the begin ning of this transaction to the present period, nothing but my utter ruin could have been contemplated." 2d. For insubordinate and unofficerlike conduct in arraigning the conduct of his Commanding-officer, in a letter addressed to the late Lieut.-Col. Miller, commanding 87th Regiment, under date Ghazeepore 14th of January, 1823, in having st a t e d as follows :—" So far from receiving this protection and favour, you, as my Commanding-officer , have received the above-men tioned papers, and have allowed to my prejudice to be read to you by Major Browne, without being acquainted with any of the previous transactions of either cases, and formed your opinion of my conduct front these papers and letters, and did not give me an opportunity of confuting them by informing me what had taken place ;" such conduct, or any part thereof, being in breach of the articles of war. (Signed) M. SIIA WE, Lieut.-Col. Coin. 87th Regt. Ghazeepore, July 6, 1823. Upon which charges the Court came to the following deci sion : Finding.—The Court having maturely weighed anti consi dered the evidence for and against the prisoner, together with what he has urged in his defence, is of opinion that he is Guilty of both the charges preferred against hint, which being in breach of the Articles of War, it does sentence him, Lieute nant John Shipp, of his Majesty's 87th Itegisnent, to be dis charged his Majesty's service. Approved and confirmed, (Signed) EDWARD PAGET, Gen., Commander-in-Chief. The Court having performed a painful but imperative duty in finding the prisoner Guilty, beg respectfully, though ear nestly, to recommend him to the clemency of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief. In presuming to express a wish that mercy may be extended to the present case, die Court are im pressed with a hope, that the gallantry so frequently displayed by' the prisoner, the numerous wounds he has received, and the high and apparently merited character which he has hitherto borne, will appear to his Excellency sufficient grounds for the Court's thus warmly interesting themselves in the prisoner's fate, and urging with anxious solicitude the present recom. rnendation. _ Before closing their proceedings, the Court deem it a justice due to Lieutenant-Colonel Browne, to express their opinion, that his conduct, as far as it has come before them, ha: been honourable to himself, and indulgent towards the prisoner. Remarks by the Commander-in-Chief. Lieutenant Shipp has thus, by his persevering resistance to the advice of his late most respected Commanding Officer, of the General of his Division, and of the Commander-in-Chief, brought upon himself the heavy penalty of the forfeiture of his commission. Although these are circumstances calculated greatly to aggravate the offences of this officer, still the Corn mander-in-Chief is willing to hope, that in yielding as far as he feels, it is consistent with his duty, to the earnest interces sion of the Court, he runs no risk of shaking the foundations of discipline and subordination. The sentence of the Court is accordingly remitted ; but, as under all the circumstances of the case, the Commander-in-Chief deems it quite impossible that Lieutenant Shipp should continue to do duty with the 87th regiment, he grants him leave of absence from it, and shall re commend that he be removed to the half-pay list. The foregoing orders to be entered in the General Order Book, and read at the bead of every regiment in his Majesty's service 'in India. By order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, THOS. 111 4 MAHON, Col. A. C}. CAUTION TO PARENTS—On Sunday evening last, as a gentleman was driving along Hamp stead-road, he unfortunately ran over a little girl about two years old, and broke her leg in a very shocking manner, and one of the wheels of the gig went over her neck. The crowd that as. sembled evinced a disposition to ill-use the gen. tleman, but the interference of some persons re siding in the neighbourhood prevented them.— It seems there was no. blame whatever to be at tached to him ; for at the moment of the unfor tunate occureuce, his attention was directed to some other children on the opposite side of the gig, all of whom had been playing together in tha road just before the accident. r 1 • • • 1: : R, F IM THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1824. LORD EasON. [From the QUARTE4LT RETIEw.I OBSERVATIONS on the JUDGES of the COURT of CHANCERY, and the PRACTICE and DELAYS com plained of in that COURT.. Continucclfrom TUE Strw of yesterday.) The author of the pamphlet, the title of which we have pre fixed to this Article, has, in aJdition to a very able argument on the general question, entered into the detail of some particu lar cases which contradict in the most decisive manner the ge neral declamations of the Chancellor's adversaries, and prove that their particular cases are nothing but particular cases, and that they have been grossly exaggerated. - We recommend this little work both for its style and its facts ; it is written with great moderation and a perfect knowledge of the subject. What he has treated of we should nor think it necessary to handle again; but his views and ours occupy different portions of the matter--:be dwells Chiefly on the practice of the Court, while our limits, as well as our inclination, prescribe to us a shorter, simpler, and more general view of the subject : we shall look at the Chancery business in the aggregase ; we shall suppose that they are, in all times, pretty nearly the same propartions of obstinacy and passion in parties, of chicanery and neglect in practitioner: `we shall not set off against a windmill of Lord Eldon's day, a watermill of Lord Hardwicke`s, but we shall lay before our readers a succinct but clear and incontrovertible statement of facts, which will prove that tile Earl of Eldon has, an equal time, dispatched twice as much bussinem as the most rapid of his predecessors. His Lordship's antagonists, though they may amuse their hearers, and indulge their tempers by the statement of an indi vidual case of apparent enormity, feel that they can make no real impretsion unless they can chew that it is not the increase of business, but the hesitation of the Lord Chasecllor that pro duces the Alleged delay. They are all forced to admit that he is a judge of the most spotless integrity. The Edinburgh Re view introduces its attack upon him by confessing that be is a great and karited lawyer'—.. 4 who possesses a most subtle and re fining understanding, and unite: with an extraordinary . degree of penetration and sagacity, a singular patience end cireanispee- Non.' Such.is the eulogy, which the necessity, of conforming in sane degree to public opinion, wrings from Lord Eldon's ad versaries ; but, then, they add that all these trantcendent quali ties are impaired, if not rendered quite useless, by the dubious and undecided disposition of the Chancellor's mind, and by -the delay and procrastination of his proceedingi. This; they allege 4 is the true cause of the accumulation of business. This we deny—and on this ground—a fair, clear, open, and visible arena--we meet them. ' lies the equity business,' it is triumphantly asked, ' has the equity business been doubled, or any thing like it ? No ' man will he so .•ild its to dream of such a thing!' and in sup port of this argumentative and elegant forM of itssertion, the authorities of Sir S. homily and of the present Vice-Chancel lor (when Mr. Leach) are profusely quoted. Now, although we hold it of very little importance whether equity, ONE branch of the Lord Chancellor's business, has doubled or not, .if we can show that themgregate business to be performed by him has more 6an doublet; yet we will ven ture to confess that we are wild enough--with our eyes open and in a day-light possession of our faculties—to assert that even the EQUITY BUSINESS HAS NEARLY, IF NOT.ABSO. LUTEtY, DOUBLED; and we think that we shall prove it, not by wild declamation or visionary hypotheses, but by figures and facts, clear in their evidence and incontrovertible in their nature. - - Chancery, like any other, business, must be measured by its quantity and its quality, by its importance and difficulty, as well as by its variety and extent; the quantity is sometimes to be obtained without difficulty ; as th e nu mber s o f bill s fil e d ,— of petitions presented,—of c auses set down,—of motions grant ed, and so on. If our adversaries would be content with rest ing the question on the result of mere number:, it might be speedily decided ; but in common fairness, we must admit the other ingredient into the consideration, namely, the quality, the, weight, the importance, the value of the business transacted. We are not deterred from this admission by the obvious . diffi culty of finding data on which to establish the comparison. We know that a direct calculation of such fugacious and ever-vary ing elements cannot be given, man is so wild as to drea m o f suc h a thing; but we think that, by. taking 'a general view of the elements of which Ch ancery business is composed, and measuring (as we are in many cases enabled to do with perfect accuracy) their increase, we can arrive at very satisfactory in ferences as to the increase of that business to which they severally conduce. 'Withoutinahasty of the extensive nature ty and popular essay of this nature, to intoan examinationand objects of the Chancellor' s j ur i s di ct i on, we shall only re mind our readers, generally, th at t h e i ncrease of population, and the growth of riches, must always produce a corresponding increase of business in all the Courts of civil law - and we must add, that our population has g rown, an d our wealth has increas ed, under circumstances which hav e in a peculiar and surprising degree augmented the duties of the Chancellor. Let us now pro ceed to examine those several circumstances which may affect the increase of business in Chancery, and let us compare their amount at the present day with their amount in the time of Lord Ilardwicke—we need hardly say, that we choose Lord Hardwicke's administration as being, what our adversaries would call, the best times of the Court of Chancery. The first of these elements is, no doubt, the population ; in a certain proportion to which all the law and other business of a nation must necessarily be increased. In 1750, England contained 6,017,000 souls ; In 1821, - 11,500,000; and lest it should be replied that population increases chiefly on those classes which give least occupation to a Chancellor, we shall show, that—(the wealth of the country increasing in a still greater proportion)—those classes which are likely to oc cupy the time of a Chancellor, have increased in very consi derable proportions. In 1750, there were about 180 Peers ; in 1022, there were 304. Of the class of persons ranking as private gssdknten, we have no means of ascertainin g the precise numbers at either period, but we have some collateral evidence to show that it has increased in a still greater ratio. The Una of the gentry of England are to be fbund, in the first instance, at the Univer sities, and subsequently in the learned professions and the mi. litary and naval services. Now the number of students matri culated in Oxford, was, In 1750, - 190 ; In 1820, - - 366. In Cambridge, the numbers matriculated were, In 1748 , - - 138 ; In 1823, - - 397 - The field and general officers of the army were In 1775, . - - 2 77 ; In 1822, - - - 2,65 t 1 . The commissioned officers of the navy were In 1749, - - - I MO . ; In 1820, about - - 10,000. _ _ It is not easy for us, at this moment, to ascertain the com parative numbers of the clerical and medical professions, but those of the b arr i s t ers we have obtain e d , an d t h ey are d ou bl y important not merely as a ssisting in the p o i nt o f v i ew we are now taking, but as demonstrating the proportional increase of business in the courts of law. The calls to the bar were In 1750, - - - 37 ; In 1820, - - fit! and we can state that forty years ago the number of practis ing barristers behind the bar in Chancery did not ranch ex ceed a dozen, and that there are at this hour fifty gentlemen of that rank and avocation. The merchants, traders and manufacturers have increased, almost beyond calculation, in numbers, in the direct value • of their commercial transac tions, and in the variety and extent of their operations__ this is so notorious that it would be a waste of time to stop to prove it by details. Thus then we have the • po pulation at large, doubled—the peerage nearly doubled— the gentry, as far as can be ascertained from the numbers educated in the Universities and attached to the professions trebled—the commercial classes probably more than trebled— and the barristers, who are to conduct the affairs of all these classes in the courts, at least doubled. No one, we think, can doubt that these increases indicate a corresponding increase in • We select from the Second Report from the Committee of the Commons appointed to inquire into the Causes that retard the decision of suits in the High Court of Chancery, part of the examination of Jacob Crofts, Esq. Senior Deputy Register of the High Court of Chancery, on this point :-- The time of actually hearing causes does not commence till the termination. of the seal, whatever number of days that may take up ?'—' Certainly so.' State, from your own knowledge and experience, what is the reason that that interval, which used to be passed in hearing the causes, is exhausted by the continuance of the seal?'—' It arises from motions being of that high consequence, that the point , in the cause is frequently determined, and takes up a g reat, time.' ..... Does it sometimes happen that the points which would arise. in the hearing the cause, being presented to the notice and de cision of the Court on the motion, the cause is never afterwards heard of?'—' That frequently happens.' That point is now frequentlydetermined upon motion,which! formerly used to he determined upon the hearing of the ca u se ? —‘ Yes ; and the cause is put an end to by the decision upon the motion.'—Report, p. 45. the busineSs in the courts of law generally; and we shall now proceed to state some circumstances which proVe that the busi ness in the Court of Chancery is proportionably increased ; we shall begin by ionic general observations, as to the increased wealth of the country, and then show, by arithmetical state ments, the actual quantity of work done by the Lord Chancellors at the periods which are the objects of coMparisons. It is not perhaps possible to estimate the increased, value of real property within the last 70 years, but it will be admitted, that, since population has doubled , the gen e r a l p r oduce must haVe greatly increased. Sonic writers assert, that population and wealth always advance hand in hand, and we think that, at least as to England, we may s.ifely admit the general justice of the observation. But the species of income, which, from its nature most frequently becomes the subject of applicatiOn to Chancery, is that which accrues.froin the public funds, 'and as to them there is no difficulty in making the calculation. In 1750, the national debt was 72,000,000, and the interest on it, 2,700,0001. • At present the debt is 800,000,0001. and the in terest annually. paid upon it is 30,000,0001.—a tenfold increase in direct amount; producing . a probably equal increase in the importance of Chancery business, when we consider the,ten dency j of this kind of property to become subject to the Chancel lor's urisdiction, in matters of trusts, wards, infants, wills, bankrupts, partnerships, &c. &c. The principle of these observations will apply to the increase of Bank and East India stock, both in value and amount. 1760. I 1324.) X. Bank Stock - { Amount - 14, 553,000 Value per cent. 134 - . 224 East India Stock I k Value per cent. 18ti - 2 20 Amount - - 3,260,000 - 6,000,000 Another branch of this subject, which applies thole general calculations immediately to the Court of Chancery and which affords the best pecuniary measure of the increase of busi ness is, the amount of monies accumulated in the hands of the Accountant-General of the Court; this information we collect from Mr. Peel's speech of the 24th Feb. last, in the House of Commons; of which we may be allowed to say, that excellent as it seems to have been in all points, it is peculiarly valUable in the numerical, and therefore incontrovertible proofs of the Lord Chancellor's dilligence in the discharge of his ins menso duties. In 1750 the balance in court was - .£1,645,160 in 1323 - - - 38,938,369 We are quite aware that this pecuniary measure of 'value is by no means a conclusive measure of the business—we k now that a case of 10,0001. may be as hard to explicate as one of 100,0001., and that the value or the stake does not always (nor even frequently) increase the difficulty of the decision—we ac cordingly do not pretend that the business in Chancery has in creased, with its pecuniary responsibility, thirty-fold—our ar gument is only that, so immense an increase of the property lying in the Court indicates a vast (though not a proportionate) increase of, business: we shall prove from other arguments (all of which concur in their results) that the business of Chancery, properly so called, is about doubled, and that the ge neral business to be transacted by a Lord Chancellor is at least tripled. Having thus argued a priori what the increase of Chancery work was likely to be, we shall now proceed to shew, as well as our materials allow, what it really was, in arithmetical amount, which taken in combination with the general value anti import ance of the matters decided, will give the true view of the real business of the Court. The duties of the Lord Chancellor, as such, may be reduced to four great classes :- 1. Chancery suits properly so called. 2. pankruptcy. 3. Lunacy. 4. Petitions and references to the Court, arising out of public and private Acts of Parliament. . . In the three former of these branches, -wf shall offer a com parison of the proceedings in the times of Lords Hard wicke and Eldon; but the last class, which is numerous and complicated, scarcely existed , in the times of the former, and is therefore an unbalanced weight in the scale of the present Chancellor. 1. As to Chancery suits', properly so called, they commence by bill, they are pursued by motions, petitions, and hearings, up to final judgment, but there are none of those stages in which the real point of the case may not be sometimes decided, and it happens in a large proportion of cascs,that they are decided and brought to an end long before they are brought to, what is tech nically called, a hearing, and consequently, as causes, they are never heard at all. What was formerly the business of the Court, in the hearing of causes, is of late often done by motion, and the orders on motions have become (at one-third of the cost) as useful to the parties as the decrees made on the hearings of causes used to b..* It is therefore clear, that in order to afford any thing like a fair view of the amount of business, all the kinds of proceedings ought to be taken into an aggregate ac count. _ _ e begin with submitting calculations of the number of judgments pronounced by Lord llardwicke in three years, (viz. 1749, 1750, 17510 with those pronounced by Lord Eldon in the years 1808, 1809, 1810. AiTe have selected those periods from the' ParliaMentary Report, because the latter preeedeS the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor, and the search after other dates would be too voluminous anti laborious. BY LORD ITAR ,WICKS. p ' " - A •7) 9,2-kR fi 5 2 . .44 ..e. a a. E, gt. a 0 .-• . • ..,.. ,m 2 w z.' CS' %I nz . ." F 8 . Total. i ig ryp .. - i .. p -- . •-• . .: rA. - -.- re • .. 0 A .„ M E c •-... g m r .,. 7 7 1749 351 57 6 27 4060 . 1 . 1 7 30 385 7 3 6 2 7 40 7 3 12,378 1761 248 33 6 26 2981 27 27 26 DON. 19 18 21 LORD E 1808 1809 1810 IS 909 6362 6730 1- . 20,973 The above account relates solely to Equity business, and our readers will at once see we were not dreaming when we as serted that Lord Eldon had decided nearly double the number of matters that Lord Ilardwicke did in a corresponding period ; anti if it should be observed, that though the tetto/e number be much greater, yet the number of causes decided Is less, we beg to repeat, that causes are often substantially de cided on motion, and that in Lord Eldon's time this practice has (from a concurrence of reasons) become frequent, though it was unknown in Lord Ilardwicke's. Lord Ilardwicke scarcely ever would suffer any thing to be decided by motion, but re served all serious questions till the hearing—so did Lord Thur. low. The modern practice of deciding important points on mo tion is cheap and convenient to the suitor, though it increases the individual labour of the judge, who is thereby obliged to wade several times through the facts of complicated and volu minous cases. In bankruptcy our data are ca➢able of still more precision : Lord Ilardwicke, in 20 years, issued 14,000 Commissions. Lord Eldon, in 20 years, 40,000 Nearly three times the number. Lord Hardwicke made, in 11 years 11 months, 1398 orders, Lord Eldon, in 11 years and 4 months, 3168. Nearly three times the number. In lunacy, the number of orders made by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke in nine years, from 1738 to 1746 inclusive, was 410, an average under fifty per annum. But in Lord Eldon's last • p" - s-- 1 :0; . „, • y-A.:44 , 4rtnro , SEVENPENCg. nine years, the number of similar orders was 2372, an average of above 250 •per annum. • • Thus then, putting out of the account, the whole weight of the fourth class of business, above enumerated; which affects Lord Eldon alone, we have been able to shoW, that on a com parisen with Lord llardwicke's time, the business dispute/la has been increased, in Chancery, nearly two-fold ! in Bankruptcy, near three-fold I in Lunacy, above tive-fold ! Of that fourth Clasis of business, we cannot give a better view than by extracting the following passage 'from the Parliamen tary Report " For about thirty years last past, by virtue partly of stand ing hniers in this house, and partly by the practice and usage of the house, the 'Court of Chancery has been made an instrument in the execution of local Acts of Parliament, relating to canals, navigatiOns, aqueducts, avenues to bridges, inclosures, docks, railways, tramroads, opening and paving streets, supplyin g towels R;itli water and gas, and various other speculations ; by which acts the purchase-money of lands, taken under the au thority of Parliament for such purposes, (where the titles are doubtful, or cannot be immediately completed,) is directed to be paid into the Court of Clmocery ; there to remain until, by proceedings in that Court, the titles can be tried, or means found by that Court to clear doubtful tides : and it is obvious that, in every case, in which Parliament has thus burthened the Court of Chancery, this new species of business operates against the dispatch of the ordinary business of the Court.'—Lords' Report, p. 10. ( To be Concluded to-morrow.) ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. • Yesterday 014 First Anniversary of the Royal Academy of Music was celebrated at the City Of London Tavern. The Company, though not numerous, was highly respect able : his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK presided. Among-the Noble arid distinguished Guests who supported him on this occasion were—The Duke of Wellington, the .Marquis of Lansdown, the Earl of Saltoun, the Earl of Mor ley, Sir John Leach, Sir G. Clerk, Sir G. Warrender, G. W. Taylor, Esq. When the dinner u;ns ended, a considerable number of youths and females who are now profiting from the arrange ments of the Institution, made their appearance on a small stage erected for their accommodation a, the southern extremity of the dining room. The young Ladies, some of whoM were in the bIOOM of yotith, others but yet in childhood, furniihed a splendid and interesting novelty. They performed several pieces of music at different periods of the evening, among which were God aye the King, Rule Britannia, and Glorious 4p;9110, in a manner which called forth thunders o f applause. The Duke of YORK, in proposing " The King," had to announce a donation of 106 guineas to the _Society from his Majesty. The toast was drank with four times four, and with great applause. The next toasts were, " The Royal Family," and " The Royal Academy for Music." These having severally been drank with appropriate honours, The Duke of WELLINGTON having obtained permission froM the Royal Chairman, to propose a toast, begged to give the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of York. The toast was drank with-three times three. The Royal CHAIRMAN returned thanks for the honour which he had received, and warmly supported the object of the So. ciety. This country, he remarked, excelleil in arts, in war— (this never could he forgotten in the presence of his Noble Friend) in polite literature, and in almost every thirg but music: It was the object of this Society to enable natives of England to vie with foreigners in this delightful art, and though yet in its infancy, he thought a gratifying promise had been given that, favoured with the countenanee of those to whom he addressed himself, the object would eventually be accorn plisheil.—(Applause.) The healths of the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Leopold ( Vice-Presidents of the Society) were drank with three times three. . _ _ The Royal CHAlnsiAlt next gave " the health of the Duke of Wellington." The Dtike of WELLINGTON, in returning thanks for the honour which he had received, described the objects of the So ciety to he twO , fold. The one was to enable the Professors of Music in this country to vie with those of foreign nations; the second, to give those who devoted themselves to it the means of honourably providing for theriaselves. He earnestly called on the Meeting to bestir themselves with seal in the cause of so laudable an Institution. Already, he regretted to say, it had been f oun d necessary to li m i t t h e exert i ons of t h e Society, and it would be neceAsary to contract them still closer, if a Material addition were not made to the means now at their disposal. " The Marquis of Lansdown's health," was the next toast. The Noble MAnwors expressed himself grateful for the un. expected honour which he had just received. In the room in which they were then assembled, he remarked the cause of many Societies had been successfully pleaded, but he could conceive none that deserved support more than this, which pro posed to support individuals of talent, so as to afford them a chance of making their own fortune, while contributing by their skill in the delightful art of music to the incessant gratification of their country. " The Directors of the Society for Ancient Music," and " The Directors of the Royal Academy for Music,' were the next toasts. The Earl of 31 ORLYY returned thanks for the Directors of this Institution, briefly described the difficulties with which they had to contend ; and appealed to the Meeting if what they had seen and heard that day did not justify thein in looking for ward to the complete accomplishment of the object in view. The health! of " The Stewards," and " The Committee of the Institutian were severally given. For the latter The Earl of SALTOITW returned thanks; ably advocated the cause of the Institution, and spoke of the efforts of Mrs. Wade and Mr. Miles as having contributed largely to the improve ment of the pupils. He stated himself to have received a let ter from the Duke of Argyle since ha had been in the Town, apologizing for the absence of his Grace, and enclosing'a'ilona-' tion for the service of the Society. " The Ladies Patronesses of the Institution"—" Dr. Croecti• and the Professors of the Institution"—" Sir T. Lawrence and the Royal Academy of Arts"--and " The Philharmonic -So ciety," were severally given and toasted with the usual honours. For the Philharmonic Society, Mr. T. WELCH returned thanks, and expressed his earnest wishes for the success of the Royal Academy for Music, and begged, if it were thought his humble efforts could be of use' that they might always be called for. " The Royal Society of Musicians" was the next toast.. Sir G. CLERIC', though not immediately connected with the Royal Society of Musicians; rose on this' occasion. While , anxious to bring forward young .musicians, he stated the . friends of that Institution to be anxious that the old ones should not be neglected. To support themselves the Society', which was the subject of the last tout, found• it necessary to appeal to the public once a year. He had now to announce cert at the Ilanover-square . Rooms. towards' the close of zier t : month, when he hoped all the pr esent com pa n y w ould attend,, s i: that it was inteuded to give for their benefit a Mornin g . eo and he could p r omise - thein two hours of rational am useme n t; At half-past ten, the Du ke of York, th e Duke of We ill'ng ton, and the Eat:l of Morley, retired. The Earl of Saltou n t h en and a gratifying display took the Chair; and prolonged the festal scene f or another liar hour. • of-talen. Besides the donation of 100 guineas from his Majesty, sub- emuurisi.cpaligntrauitms7Leleieted, baynatho;tPrfi:ivilsvcltitLiet: scriptions of 501. from the Duke • of York and the Martinis or Lansdown, and other sums from the Nobletnen andZentlemen • who countenanced the institution, were announced in the coutle of the evening to the amount of 8111. Institution, a variety of glees and songs . were stateift the mu.* of f who h° ewer eevening in addition attendance. t b o y t Me • PRISONERS IN NEB' A TE.--There ate- no loss than 53 prison ers un d er se iitendt of death in Newgate, 47 males and 6 females, all of whom were convicted at the two last Old Bailey Sessions. f