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TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY _Extracts from the Morning Papers, April 15. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] When George the Third ascended the Throne, he was pleased to declare, " that he looked upon the independence and uprightness of the Judges as essential to the impartial administra tiowof justice„as one of the best securities of the rights and }Netties of his subjects, and as most conducive to the honour of the Crown." At the recommendation of the King himself, under the influence of these excellent sentiments, a statute in 'the very first year of his reign was passed, which continued the Judges in their office, not withstanding any demise of tke Crown, which, before that Act, vacated their seats.—We have had.lately occasion, in observing upon the avidity with which Ministers sized upon the patronage to be created by the County Court 13111 (though vested by the Committee who framed it in the C2ISIOS R0(21101'11111 of each County upon Constitu tional principles) to deprecate the systematic encroachments which are daily making upon the independence of the Bar. Much, however, as depends upon a proper spirit being preserved among Barristers, yet, if the whole body were to become sycophants, small would be the evil compared with the destruction of the indepen dence of the Bench. It was considered, in the early part of the late reign, that the mere fear of removal might affect that independence, and no act of the life of George 111. has added so much lustre to his memory (however it may have been misunderstood in the extent of the benefits it conferred), as that which prevented the Judges from attempting to please the next in succession by their conduct, with a view to the preservation of their places. But the Ministers of George the Fourth have no such scruples. They doubtless represent to. their Royal Master that his Father was mistaken upon this subject—that Judges never can have a bias—and that the interests of the nation which he governs, require that Judges should be kept to the performance of their duty by the hope of advancement. Upon these grounds it must be presumed, that they recom mend the promotion of Puisne Judges to the Chiefships of ,the respective Courts. It has not been forgotten how soon the eagerness to entrap a Jury into a verdict, favourable to a Government prosecution,was rewarded with the first place upon the Bench. The encouragement was not lost upon those who followed. An individual, in consequence, has been seen distinguishing himself before all his colleagues—not in a depth of . legal acquire ment—but in supporting to an extent, to which even the Officers of Government hesitated to ad vance, all-the prosecutions which Ministers have thought proper to institute. Under any circum stances, Judges can hardly fail to incline more to • the Crown than to the people. In the first place, it is not likely that Members of the Bar, dis tinguished for the liberality of their opinions, will be raised to the Bench. In the next place, Judges have relations like other men, through favours to whom they can he more or less influenc • ed. But when a barefaced system of promotion according to favour is acted on—when every thing like disguise is laid aside, the public will natural. ly view Judges as completely identified with the Executive —as, in fact, so many Ministers of .the Crown. It is true they are not so completely dependent, as if, like officers of the army, they could be disthissed altogether; but if the Crown were to - renounce the power of dismissing officers, and to reserve merely the power of stopping their promotion, could they be said to be-independent ? Justice fsesti has been appointed Chief Justice of the Com Mon Pleas—the . Attorney- General, upon the same pecuniary calculations which led to his acceptance of office under the present A dministra flan, having declined it ! [THE TIMES.] There is a report that Mr. Justice Best- is to be made the LOrd'Clfief Justice of the Court of COMmon Pleas. We cap neither affirm nor deny the rumour ; but recollecting. Mr. Sergeant. Best, as we do, a net very well-advised or discreet member of Opposition, we should be somewhat surprised at this appointment, should it prove true. And yet people are required to, respect Judges,--.to treat their opinions with W deference, and.to pay homage to - their persons. e would wish to Jo so ; but to What opinions can we de fer, -when the man who claims our deference has himself been• of many . opinions up on the same subject, and upon Use sarne'system? Perhaps it is the recollection of hiS former respectful'de meanour to the Chiefs of the Court over which he is•now to. preside, whiCh has_ pointed, him out as the fittest per Son to enSure that decorous obedience which he was so accustomed to pay. There is another circumstance in this appointment, should . it prove true, most fatal to, the dignity of, the person appointed. A Judge shod be chosen, he should be' selected, as the most fit—not had recourse to, after the reflisal of others: but to how many lawyers *ill the Chief Justiceship of the Plea's have been' Offered, and by how many will it have been rejected', before It was tendered, if' 'it has been tendered,• to Mr. Justice Best ? Whether Judge's were appointed in this . way " die olden tirrie,7' which may have been poSsible, we know not ; but in the present day, when the middling ranks of society are really more culti vated:, awl more kpowing thzut the great, a re spect should be paid to public opinion. Our raters now cannot be respected, if 'they do not respect us. . R DiORNZNG HEALD.] it gave us plealitire to read in the debate of Tu'eaday, that 'Ali. c4l Bill for the City of Dublin was lost, and.l4. so' decided Et main , . rity. A s Mr. George Phillips observed, Mr. lis would have done better..had he come. fokward with a proposition to do away with.the - Act made . by the- father of •Mr. Grattan. We dare ta:siy that the real father of this. :Bill .was, some poOr retative of one of the civic body of Dtiblin syho wished to become coal meter with a salary of 5001. a-year. We were glad to see that the. Diablin.coffitnercial Chamber protested against. this Ottid'they would confer a further bene'lit. 08 their Dublin brethren, if, next Session, they' originated a Bill for doing away the Bill already in existence, entitled Mr. Grattan's Bill.— Luckily, we perceive that that Bill is inopera tive; for the worthy Member now no more committed a blunder in some of its provisions. In Bills made to regulate dealings between buyers and sellers, we love to hear of blunders having been committed. Unfortunately, in our London Coal Bill, there are not a sufficiency of blunders to make it inoperative. It is, however, almost so ; for we will appeal to any one in Lon don, rich or poor, whether, when he receives coals, he knows any thing either as to the quality or the measure till some time after they have been in his cellar. The poor cannot afford time for the ascertaining of either, and the rich are too indolent ; besides, it is not an object worth the latter's attention. Not only so, but in the case of the rich, the coals are always lodged in the cellar before the rich man gets up ; besides, the rich consumer leaves the matter to his ser vant : but even here the coal-merchant is an over-match, for before the delivery of the coals takes place, the rich man's servant is told to call at Christmas for his gift. [NEW TIMES.] We have received the Etoile dated on Tues day ; but its contents are unimportant. A con tinuation of nearly one per cent. still remained on the Rentes for money and the account. The last price for the account being 103. 25. Our Funds continued steady yesterday, and any busi ness of magnitude is not expected to he transacted until after the holidays. Consols for the account were during the day 96N. In the Foreign Se curities Colombian Bonds and Scrip were the chief attraction -; the former closed at 934, the latter 44- premiuna.—A number of new schemes for the " employment of capital" were again in circulation, to notice some of which would only be to countenance reprehensible delusions. The men of capital and respectability who have had the management of many extensive money trans actions for the European Powers, begin to blush -at the credit which is likely to be brought upon Foreign Loans by the proceedings of a few needy adventurers. A hint seems to have been taken from the Letter of " Projector," which appeared in our Paper of yesterday ; for we have seen plans of an extensive" Beer Brewery," "an Annuity Society," &c. &c. The absurdity of these schemes begins to be perceived, and has given rise to many jeux &esprit, one- of which is a parody, in the form of a prospectus, for estab lishing a Company for the conveyance of goods to all parts of the world by balloons. [BRITISH PRESS.] We received last night an express from Paris, bringing the French Papers of Monday with the Etuile dated Tuesday. The accounts from Spain in the journals give a melancholy picture of the state of party feeling in that unhappy country. At Seville and Cordova, a number of persons, known for their attachment to the Constitutional cause, have been barbarously massacred by the fanatical party. At the latter place, a project was formed for a general massacre of the Consti tutionalists ; and the 19th of March, being the day of the Feast of St. Joseph, was appointed for the per ' petration of this horrible deed. The plot, however, was happily, in a great degree, unsuccessful, as the papers inform us that ten persons only fell victims to the steel of the murderers. At Seville, twenty persons imprisoned for political offences have been murdered. By the accounts from Valencia, it does not appear that any assassina tions had been perpetrated there; but the Exal : tados (the Church and Royalist party) had thrown into dungeons a great number of indi viduals, distinguished for their wealth and station in society. These horrid accounts are given in the ,Madrid Papers, which are reluctantly compelled to take notice of the alarming state of the three above-mentioned cities. The decree of amnesty is again spoken of—as being delayed. On the 31st of last month, the French troopsgarrisoning Madrid were relieved by a corps of Spaniards ; but the former resumed their duty on the next day, it being not considered safe to trust the garrison to the care of the national troops. It is expected that Ferdinand will reside at Aranjuez for several months. • [MORNING POST.] The great financial operation of reducing the interest on the whole Dent of France one per cent. has (to use a. common phrase) created a " vast sensation" in Paris, and, as a matter of course, excited considerable opposition. Our readers -are aware that the saving effected by this measure is not intended -for the benefit of the French people generally. It is to " close the last wounds of the Revolution," by enabling the Ministry, without apparently entering into new or additional engagements, to give the emi grants a certain property in the public funds, as an equiialent for the claims which they still as, sert to the 'estates wrested from - them during the French Revolution—and which, for a generation at least, have been in the possession of other per sons. The real gist of the measure, therefore, is to increase the capital of the Debt of France, and to leave the annual burdens or contributions of the' people the same as heretofore. Hence the only interest which the public can feel in the project, - rests on the indirect security which it will confor upon national property, and the guarantee thus , afforded. for the future pre servation of internal tranquillity. Neither in the remission of taxes nor in the liquida'- lion of acknowledged encumbrances will they receive the slightest' relief, inasmuch ds the entire saving: of pue per cent. on the aggregate Debt of the Kingdom is to be transferred to a distinct order of new public creditors created for . . the 'occasien: In this respect our readers will, not: fail to observe a striking discrepancy he “veen the' financial operation now contemplated by M. de Ville'e and those of a somewhat similar description performed by our own Go vertiment,- both in 182?, and in the present year—the reduction of 5 to and of - 4 to 31 per Cent. Stock. Here a diminutiOn of the an .aual charge, on the nation has in 6.01 instance ten the object, in view, and-a - correSponding . amount of colitrilAtion - has - been remitted 'to the public; but in France the annual charge is to remain the same, and one per cent. to be de ducted from the incomes of the old public credi tors, for the purpose of granting annuities to the amount of this sum to a new set of creditors, who neither give nor promise any further equiva lent than their contingent assurance to remain peaceable subjects to their legitimate Sove reign. There is also another difference be tween these measures of the two Ministers well worth remarking. M. de Villele proposes a reduction of the one per cent. interest, but to obtain the assent of the Fundholders to this sa crifice, instead of giving securities of four per cent. at par in lieu of those of five per cent. he offers as much as three per cent. stock at 75 as per Cent. Stock at 100. will be equal to a Four That a saving of one per cent. will be thus easily effected seems certain ; but though the interest may be reduced, the capital of the debt is augmented one-third by this operation alone. What then ap pears to be the result of the French project ? Simply, that without relieving the people from any portion of their immediate burdens, it saddles the nation with an addition to the capital of its ex isting debt of one third of the whole, in order to paying th e interest of a further debt, t o b e i n sc r ib e d i n th e acquire the additional means of names of the emigrants. L&W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL 14. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. DICE v. FLETCDEIt. Mr. WYLDE opened the pleadings. The plaintiff, Eliza beth Dick, brought this action against Alexander Fletcher for breach of promise of marriage. Some consultation here took place among the Counsel on both sides. Mr. BROUGHAM said it would have been his duty to have stated this case to the Jury, but for an explanation which had just taken place, and which rendered it unnecessary. Mr. SCARLETT said he wished to prevent any misunder standing going forth to the public. The plaintiff was a young Lady of great personal attractions, of ahighly respectable family. and of good fortune. She was the daughter of a most respect able Clergyman at the head of the Dissenters in a neighbour ing country (Scotland). The defendant was a Clergyman of the same class in this city. He had become at a very early period of his life attached to the young lady. The attach ment was mutual, and was still cherished in the heart of the defendant without the slightest change. The case came into Court solely in consequence of circumstances in the Defendant's family which rendered it imperious upon him to abstain from forming that connection which he had promised to form. He was the victim, and not the author of this cruel necessity. He was most anxious to prevent any imputation whatever against the young Lady, or any surmise that she was less worthy of affection that she had ever been. In fact he loved her as much as he had ever done. The case was brought into Court only to satisfy her feelings, and prevent any reflection upon her charac ter. The Defendant was not only willing, but anxious to ad mit, in the most unqualified terms, her respectability, her worth, his esteem and affection for her, and his respect for her family and friends. _ _ linotrunAm said that in the very respectable walk of religion of which the Plaintiff's father was the head and orna ment, it was of the utmost importance that no surmises of im proper conduct should be allowed to exist. The action was brought solely for the purpose of preventing any prejudice aris ing against the young Lady from the breaking off of a connec tion promised by a Clergyman so highly respectable as the De fendant, Mr. Fletcher, was. The object sought was obtained by the statement of his Learned Friend. He too was authoriz - ed to say that Miss Dick gave Mr. Fletcher credit for unchang ed sentiments of regard towards her, and that she still enter tained undiminished respect for him. Mr. SCARLET T again repeated observations of the same kind as before. _ _ A Juror was withdrawn. The crowd in Court was more dense than we had ever before seen it, and every countenance expressed visible dissatisfaction at the abrupt termination of the intrresting cause. FEES OF CONSULS. LEMA V. HALDIMAND. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated this to be an action brought by the Spanish Consul in this country for work and service done. The Defendant had held certain Spanish Bonds, which the Plaintiff cancelled, and for which he gave certifi cates or receipts upon the Spani s h Government. For this ser vice the fees were sought for which this action came into Court. lIIr. SCARLETT elicited from the first witness, that the work was done for the Spanish G overnmen t. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, th e a ction could not be maintained. In an y transactio n b etween two pr i vate part i es, the Consul was entitled to his fees ; but where his Government was one of th e partie l liecould not claim fees. As well might for the exchange of Exchequer b fe i e ll s s b a e t t e l l e ini rl e r d e as i 1 1l rtyl 1s country.—Nonsuit. _ . _ DtriiN . TREND AND OTHERS. This was an a ction . against the trustees of the 41forning Advertiser, for a libel in the form of a police report, reflecting ona t torney. Three Special Jurors answered to t The Coun se l f or t h e plaintiff declined to pray a tales, and the case we nt ofFlay default of jurors. t ir characternootos. o f an r rt s ie e s ve WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, Gurr.ntrAr.r., APRIL 14. tli assault of but little interest except to c ra o l nc tr e i r a n l e s d f , or on, the. particulars of which appeared some time since in our thee Af p te a e case of FonEit v. FORD came Paper. 91r. CHARLES PHILLIPs, in a very eloquent address, opened the cause for the plaintiff, a cavalry Officer on full pay, and called several highly respectable witnesses to substantiate the charge of assault which appears to have been one of a most brutal nature. Mr. Anor.Piws, in a very ungoverned man. ner, attempted to th row discredit on the statements, and brought forward one witness, who called himself " Mr. Montgomery," whose evidence was afterwards most clearly disproved by his own words, by Mi. Phillips, who warmly reprobated Mr. conduct. The CIIAIRMAN, with a full trench of Magistrates, in a most able man ner , summed up theevidence, and warmly ap plauded the co n d uc t of Mr. FoSter on the occa. sion, remarking that he would leave the Court, entitled to its highest'approbation, and to the respect and esteem not only of his_brothgr•officers, but of every one to whom the character of a - Gentleman - was 'dear. The Jury immediately returned a verdict against the defendant, M r . F or d, who did not give any account of himself either as a Gentleman or a respectable mem. ber of society, and who was sentenced to three months impri. sonment,—to the satisfaction of a highly crowded Court.— Mr. ADOLPIIUS, in a very handsome manner, disclaimed all intention of any personal attack upon Mr. Foster's. feelings, and apologized for the . warmth of language into which he had inadvertently been betrayed:, MoNT DE PIETE.--The plan of the New " EQUITABLE LOAN BANK" being founded ostensibly on that of the Continental Monts de Pick, some notice of the origin of those useful Institutions may not be unacceptable to our readers. In 1491 the extortions of the Lombard Jews had become so excessive in Italy, that a Society was formed in Padua, for the purpose of lending money on pledges at a moderate rate .of interest.. ,Vrona this the people experienced such relief, that in "a few months the twelve establishments of 'Lombard Jews in that city were extinguished. Other places followed. the example of Padua, and from ;that time Moss de Piete have continued to flourish 'throughout Italy. It' as not - till 1777 that theY were intrOduced• into Fiance ; in that year-the celebrated'Afolit de Pieteof Paris:was opened under the immediate sanction and direction of . Government, on whose sole account it was NI- Some time iondUcted. Tlte success and great utility of the plan being fully ascertained, privateindivi , duals 'were subsequently permitted. tet embark their capitals in this institution, which has long been considered as the .most flouriShing and prosperous concern in 'Fiance. The annual value' of pledges in Paris alone exceed a million sterling and there being other similar establishments in the province, on a large scale, the aggregate capital employed is supposed to be immense." So admi ra bl y are these instititions adapter{to the purpose, for whichthey are desikned, 'that:wbfle'si satWac tory:and certain profit is derived from: the .capital employed, they and loOked upon by the . people with the liitgliest respect as real sources of relief and equitable accommodation: Some dnrin,,c , villains 011 Tuesday evening en tered' th;,: house of Mr. Ja:ro es' Hephurn, MOntague-kquare, and. rifiedr;the hntlet's'eldset of a quantity of , valuable' sirver plate, which they gc)t off. undiscovered., The family wi,th the cr eSt, of a horse bound to a Iree,.and motto, were any all ititicre . g:. Information 'was 'yesterday given 'at aII tile, offieei, and 'a: - reviat& is offered' fot the apprehension of tile thieves, or recovery of the property. • LITERARY NOTICE. HISTORY of the COMMON WEALTH of ENGLAND , from its Commencement to the Restoration of Charles the Second. By WILLIAM GODWIN. Volume the First. Con taining the Civil War. The 'Works of Mr. GODWIN, political, moral, and romantic, have raised his name into high dis tinction in the literary world. All his produc tions denote an enlightened mind that disdains the trammels of custom, and determines to think for itself. All that he has written is marked by deep penetration into human nature, and by a philosophic spirit. His conceptions are generally original and striking, and are conveyed with energy and effect. The subject of the present work relates to one of the most important events in the history of this country. The facts are uni versally known, and have been related by various writers, but those writers in general have. not possessed sagacity sufficient to trace those facts to their incipient causes, to form those reflections, and to deduce those inferences which afford the most satisfactory knowledge, and chiefly render History instructive. CLARENDON is the only writer who has hitherto given the most comprehensive account of the important events which form the subject of the present work, but he was evidently biassed in favour of the cause of Royalty, and, therefore, can hardly be sup posed to have viewed matters with an impar tial eye, or to have done justice to those actors in the awful drama who assumed parts con trary to his own prejudices and interests. His work, consequently, cannot be read without suspicion of partiality. Mr. GODWIN brings to the task a mind comprehensive enough to view the subject in all its bearings, but on the other hand, as a strenuous advocate for popular rights, he may be supposed to look with indulgence, if not partiality, on those who accomplished the downfall of a Government, and the destruction of a Monarch. He commences with an avowal of a determination to treat the whole transactions with historical impartiality, and we have no doubt that he believed himself fully capable of a pure investigation ; but we have perused his Work with great attention, and though we admire his judgment, and admit the diligent labour and patient research with which he has performed his task, in that portion of the Work which is before us, yet we cannot but conceive that he generally treats the Royal Party with too much severity, or affected contempt, and that he looks, with a favourable eye on those who were the chief pro moters of the memorable events which he records. He says in his Preface that he wishes " to be considered as feeling as well as thinking," but, with all the caution with which he no doubt ex amined the habitudes of his mind, it appears to us that his thoughts have sometimes been governed by his feelings. He has, however, produced an interesting Work, which will doubtless be a very valuable addition to our historical treasures, when completed by the second volume. Admitting that he feels a bias towards the popular side, yet, as it is evident, on the other hand, that CLA REN. DON was devoted to the .opposite Party, from both writers the truth may be elicited, and the world supplied with every light that can be thrown on a most important wra ; and though the form of Government has been overthrown which succeeded the Monarchy, it has bequeathed a fund of political knowledge; it has made the people sensible of their rights, and disposed to maintain them; and it has taught Authority to exercise its power with a due regard to those rights, and to the welfare of the State. We must do Mr. GonwiN the justice to admit, that he has obviously spared no pains in his endeavours to develope the truth of the transactions which he relates, by a reference to all documents that can tend to illustrate the subject ; and we feel such an interest in the Work, as renders us anxious for the appearance of the second volume, as it will relieve us from scenes of bloodshed, and present to us the progress of those measures that were adopted to consolidate and establish a Republican Government upon the ruins of the Monarchy. MR. ROBERT FORD'S CHEMICAL LIQUID OR SOLUTION OF ANNOTTO. ( From the Mechanics' Weekly Journal. An alkaline solution of annotto has long been used under the lame of the nankeen dye; and My. Ford has taken out a patent for a similar ankle under the above name. His chemical liquid is described as being made of 561 b. of an notto, reduced down by warm water, then passed through a fine sieve, and let to stand for a week, or longer. A sufficient quantity of a solution of pearl-ash in water is then added to produce the intended shade of colour, or other suitable arti cles may be used for this purpose. He then adds to the above six pints more or less, of what he calls aqua lixivium caustic, by which he probably means soap ley, and 192 ounces of spirit of. wine. These being all mixed together, the mixture is to be kept in a closed vessel. He claims his patent right to the piciduction of any liquid or solution of 'annotte, prepared either by the above or by any other means whatever ; and hence he does not seem to be aware of the composition of the nankeen dye, which has been so long sold in the shops. ON MAKING TARRAS MORTAR FROM COMMON LIMESTONE. Mr. Minard, a civil engineer in France, announced . that all calcareous stones, when imperfectly calcined, woirld'make tarras mortar. lr. Vicat mentioned in one of his memoirs, that when powdered chalk had been heated from six to thirty minutes on a red hot plate, it •acquired the property of setting under water, provided it was mixed up stiff, like plaster of Paris.--, INFOH!rfATIqb! FOR THE BRITISH is an old remark, that those who are out of a country frequently know more of it than those Who live in it,' and this seems to be the fact with us and our friends across the Channel. The Etoile of Thursday laSt,' in an 'article on' the Theatres, communicate a the following information;—" The Theatre of Govent-garden has : just given, for ow benefit of the actor KEMALE, a represen, 'cation, arwbrch the crowd was so gieat that in a moment after the oyening of.the doors all the places to which the public are admitted; that is to Say, the Pit and the Galler'iei—(Here the Editor, in a'Note, says, It is well known that the, Boxes are hired for long periods, and are in some 'sort becoMe the . fixed nroperty_ of certain fornilieft')--yere so filled that people were in danger of suffocation. Madame CATALAN' sang Rule Britannia' and God save the King,' which she was compelled to repeat. The English Papers speak of the effect which she prOdudetr; and we ean easiritonceiVe thii from the circum stance of her singing the national airs; but it is always very difficult to know the truth as to what passes in the English Theatres, because the Managers write the critiques themselves, :ruitiOi are sent to flu Papers, and inserted verbatim at a fixed a te !" -This is capital : it•reminds us of a story in a French 15aper two or three years ago, of a pugilistic combat on the stage betweep ap Englishman and a Frenchman, who happened 46 bi3;piVitig iutioriiinate - parts in some . afterpiece at Drury!. lane. • The audience are said to have been delighted.with the exht~iittbil: It is gmiC'ely i neeraii for us to add., that the Frerichs an was victorious. FOR THE SUN. IMPROVEMENTS.-BY ECCLESIASTICUS• CRAP. IL* While New Churches are building I have plead ed the cause of the old ones. To deliver th e m from pressure of shops, the degrading and dan gerous contact of inflammable dwellings; to have their architecture made visible, that they may contribute to the beauty as effectually as to the devotion of the city—these were the objects of my first Chapter ; I now take other themes, though that was far from exhausted. The noblest square in London, for space and airiness, is Lincoln's Inn-fields, said to be com mensurate with the base of the great pyramid of Giza. Be this as it may, it is a fine space, and has great capabilities. The magnificent front of the College of Surgeons has added greatly to its dignity ; and it would have been well if the College of Physicians, now removing, could have had contiguous locality, instead of emigrating t° the courtly site of Pall-Mall East. The most distinguished inhabitants of this fine square have, for some time, been moving in the same di rection ; and its grand houses a re now divided into chambers. This, however, affects not its external appearance, and it still deserves em bellishment. The houses which once contained Prime Ministers, look as proudly as they did, though now let out to students of the law, who here enjoy a view, at least, of that scat of legal knowledge, which the overflow of peaceful times forbids them to inhabit. But how is it, let me ask, that this superb space has uniformly been neglected as to its im provement. In the carriage -way no square stones of granite are seen, in the foot-ways no flag.° stones. They are paved no better than the central parts of every street, and the rest not so well as the most neglected lanes of the obscurest parts of London. On the western side, after any rain, the dirt is intolerable ; and not on any side can the walker find the accommodation which every other part of the town affords. A tardiness in adopting improvements seems to cha racterize this place. Long, very long, was the planting of the inner inclosure resisted. Taste at length prevailed, and the dreary waste has become an elegant garden. The pavements still continue a disgrace, to point out which will, it may be hoped, suffice for its removal. Is "- pence the obstacle? Those who are skilled in devising ways and means would soon discover how to meet it. A want of communication is another evil be longing to this square. Gate-street should be opened to Holborn, and Turn-stile enlarged to a street ; while, on the south side, a broad street should form a junction with the Strand. But these are more distant speculations. The other may, and ought to be effected. With respect to the City at large, there are two grand problems which the chemists are call ed upon to solve, for the sake of its b e a u ty a nd salubrity. Let them contrive means for consum ing all the smoke, which now disfigures the build ings, and annoys the inhabitants ; or if this be thought impracticable, let them point out som e cheap wash, which, by its strong affinity t o car.. bon, shall readily cleanse the blackened fronts of all our public buildings. More difficult pro blems have already been solved by the able Pre sident of the Royal Society. He who discovere d how to counteract the fire-damp of the mine , and how to preserve our coppered ships from th e corrosion of marine acid, may surely, if h e turn his sagacity in that direction, discover how to wash the faces of palaces, or even how to re move the cause by which they are now blackened' E. * See THE SUN of Jan. 30, 1824. CoMrosuaE.—On F r id a y se ' nn i g ht, as the'coll' demned prisoners were entering the gaol, in ihi s town, one of them, of the name of Bradnum, c on' victed of. the burglary at Glemsford, was th4 s accosted by his moth er :—" W e ll, b oy , w h a t A re you to. be done to ?" " Hanged, mother," re.plieu the son. " Well," rejoined the mother, "be good boy, and don't be hanged. in your best clothes, but let me have then,--I had better take your red waistcoat now !"—(Bury Post.) . COAL-MARKET, APRIL 14. Ships at Market. Ships sold Price. 31 Newcastle - 27 - 315 8 od to 445 Od 17 Sunderland - - 16 -34 s Od to 45s 6d BIRTHS. On the llth inst., at St. Peter's Cottage, Manchester, Mrs. Connell, of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Greenwich, the lady of George Augus tus Bond, Esq., of the Hon. East India Company's service, of a daughter. On the-13th inst., at her house in Church-street, Lambeth , the lady of B. G. Hodges, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. ----- On Tuesday, the 13th inst., at St. Marylebone church, Wil liam Ward, hsq., of Yardley-house, Rutland, to Mary, only daughter of Richard Satchell, Esq., of London. On the 13th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, John Butler, Esq., of 'Woolwich, Kent, to Elizabeth, second and youngest daughter of the late Benjamin Kent, Esq., of Idstoney Berks. DIED. On Tuesday, the 13th inst., in his Isth year, David George , eldest son of Mr. David Allan, of Colebrooke-row, Islington' On Sunday last, Mrs. Birch, of Mansell -street, Goodman S' fields. On Sunday last, at his residence, Finchley, Thomas liarri son Andrew, Esq., in the 67th•year of his age. On Sunday evening last, aged 67, sincerely regretted, Mr' Robert Hartley, ofthe Strand. On the sth inst.", at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Frederick Gle n " ton, M.D., of that town, aged 60. Dr. G. was formerly House" Surgeon to the Newcastle Infirmary, and soon after his resig nation of that - office the Governors, as a mark of their appl'oba: tionof his conduct, elected him a Physician to that distinguished charity, which 'situation he held till very lately, when declipjeg health induce& him to resign.. He was also for many years me Chief Medical Officer and Manager of the public Lunatic Hos pital at Newcastle; and in his various practice, public and pF vate perfored his dbties with such s, assiuity, disinte .; iestedness anti unaffected kindness , as tO kill secure d e gra thtitude and attachment m of all who came under his care. On the 2d inst., at her house at Walker, near Newcastle: upon-Tyne, much and deservedly respected for benevolence et her character; Misg•Reclhead, sister of Mr; Redhead, merchant , of Newcastle. On the Bth inst.,. at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Elizabeth, relic t of Major John \Verge, of the 38th regiment and 4th daughte r of the late Rev. Nathaniel Ellison, of Newcastle. ,Prin'ted and POrished for the.PRoPRIETous, at the SO . OFFICE, 112. Strand, by J. B, CATISTAIRS.