The Sun. — London, England, 1820-12-23 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. prOLY ENTRAcTs FROM 'l,l-IE MORNING PAPERS:I , [Morning Chronicle:l Now thatthe Loyal Address Scheme has cOmpletely failed— "that t're people every where understand that the Loyalty of Ministers means nothing more than the apprOving of the dis 'greccful -proceedings against the Queen, and the Maintaining ;them iri their places—and that Addressee of a very different 'character from those etintemplated by Ministers, have every where been adopted by immense majorities—some of the - ,Ftectiry Journals begin to hold a new langnage. They now intimate that nn new measures are in contemplation against 'bet - ;:vlajyrity. The public, at the same time, cannot fail .to observe the gross and indecent articles against the Queen, with which the Papers in question teem every day.— The appearance of these articles is by no means acci. 'thiatat. l'figyiatilevs know very well from which quarter the wina:liows; and they would not bespatter the Queen day .rafter -dalwith their nauseous_ filth, without the encourage ment sat their nations. We may he sure then that the will `to iles'troy the Queen is still retained in all its force by Mi nisters, and that nothing but the want of power will ever ,induce. then% to rOnquish their purpose. Those, therefore. who 'sisb to preserve their country from the calamities which a perseverance in this wielted policy is sure to entail on it, ,oughtaiot to alhini themselves to be misled by these insittua -lioils. Theyibray be assured that nothing bill. the determin ed spieit nt the country will ever induce Ministers to lay aside their mischievous designs. It is said that fine Ministers of the Court of Hanover are Pow going to institute pro ceedings agaiirst her Majesty as • Queen of Hanover. From the leading pelt which the Authorititis of Hanover . have .'acted in all the proceedings against thellueen, this ipiece of ;complaisance would not at all surprise,us. With the pro ceedings in Hanover, however, we can have nothing to do, except in so far as any attempt may he made to set ve a par pose with them in this country. 13111 we cannot anticipate .any such attempt. We do not think Ministers will he very anxious to increase the'ohloquy under which they at pi esent .lie, by connecting themselves in any way with Hanoverian proceedings. If we might presume to advise the authorities of his Majesty's Continental Kingdom, we would suggest to lhem the' policy of riot reviving the memory of the - services of Baron Orupteda. They cannot injure her Maje Sty, and in the attempt to do so they will only cover themselves with ridicule. If the Queen could 'be conveyed to Hanover; then indeed it might be another matter. The Tribunals of that country. might then he enabledito,render important services. They hare a valuable precedent in the case of the unfortunate Wife of George the First. The speeches of ,the Earl of Liverpool and of the Lord Chancellor,- on the Bill of Pains and Penalties, have been sent round, under corer of the SecretarY of the Treasury, to all the Members of the Haase of Com Mons in whom Mr. Arbuthnot imagined he could confide; and it-is saW that this step is taken to prepare them for the discussion of the mea sure which Ministers are determined to hazards on the meet ire:, viz. that in his MajeStv'sSptech, it will l recommend ed to take into their consideration an establisltment for the Queen, and that the minutes of the late proceeding in the Noose of Lordi would be laid before them ; upon which, a comparatively small sum would be proposed by Ministers as her allowance. The most pressing circular has also been srnt to all the Woisterial Members, urging their attendance at the meeting of Parliament, as business of time very highest imi,rtance was expected to came on.—(Pa) [iliorniwg PoSl.] Nathing can 'demonstrate more s►rikingly the abominable, extent to which Radical and lievolotiortary principles are carried than the manner in •which the loyal assurances to the Throne have been treated, and the character; of individuals sperstd who have taken a prominent part in these Addresses. The disaffected utter grace , accusations; but one thin t z, be-. sides truth, is iv amtiug to renrfet then; valid. The accusers, as a foundation forth cir abuse, ought, in the first place, to hax e• sheen that the ii,resses were is; themselves really _ . per ; they ought to have quoted from thew I)issakes obnoxious lathe liberties of the subject, or advyrse to the Constitution as try Isw established ; and they ought to have proved that the ,expressions contained - in them, of attachment to the Throne' 'and Government; were in fact inconsistent with our duties as subjects and as Christians. NO. having done this in any on" instance, the country will he slow to believe that British loyalty, and the princ . :l:le of honouring.the King, inculcated - by-Divine precept, hare became so rare and so ohnosious AllinflgSl as, that the men who profess tit her are asliqlned to come fiarward, or afraid boldly to 1310f:137M their opoion, is indeed a strange sign of tire times when the seditious ale the arraigners, and the well.-affectedatre put on their defence; when the infidels are the accusers, and friends of religion and, order are caged on for their justification I But we have tint yet coup. to that pass,, that our national morality is of the erect! of Cobbett, our national politics the Jaeohinism of 7'he Times, and nor national faith the Atheism of Toni Paine. We therefore need not secresy and retirement from the world's gate when we meet to declare our lore for the laws of England, our determination to stand by our Sovereign, • and nor adoratitor of the God of Our fathers. Such' alone are the sentiments a VfllVed i t the multitude of Addresses _ . . whicl) have heeu voluil 1 , 1 als XJ:tje,ity ; and !vr defy alike, , . . the anarchi•J itmi the inOieliever to convict their supporters of :isserting one teneVincorsisrent with the most sacred rights of freemen, or not strictly consonant to the precepts of the Almighty Baler of the Universe. Let them, if they date to gainsay us, take Our Addresses, as we have taken theirs to the (lacer ) , and show that tN't, have uttered wicked thoughts, and , maintained impious doctrines. Let them cite our sentences, as wehave cited theirs. and point out passages of servility to corruption, of subserviency to oppression, parallel to theirs; of, disloyalty, of inflammation, and of treason. Except they can do this, and we again defy them, their clamour about the ultra' and extra' and ' exclusively' loyal, is but idle and infamous, as against us, though dannatory against themselves. For it is but by comparison that those who. venture to approach the Throne with expressions of their affection and attachment, can he called by these names. It is but to.the blasphemer that going to church ap: pears to be a sin ; it is but by the rebel in his heart that meeting to affirm the love- of our - hmited Monarchy and the lawns of the land is deemed to be a heinous offence. Those object is to subvert the State, must, to be.surc, reckon a determination to, uphold. theioestimable Constitution be queathed to us by our atieeitors; an nitra-loyal and exeli,iec pi °reeding ; it excludes them, it haffies their designs, it in vigorates the wavering timid whom their threats hare over awed, it strikes terror into the souls of their partisans. Aid therefore it is that we renew one entreaties to the sound por tion of Britain (and that is the vast majority yet), to stand forth and terrify these revolutioiory wretches into their na 7 tire im , ignificance. Let them see that the sticrigth of the country is opposed to their factious purpose, and that their turbulent noise is only the powerless ectio.of empty threat CWilgg with which - their own ears get drunk front their own Inout)ls. [BritisA Prqs.] The India Board, we 'understand. remains still unoccupied. It is (kohl ful whether Ma. Peel will accept it, for same sil ly friends of the young Gentleman were employed senile time sinee.in teeming his brain ,wilh the ;vsoraiice that he Foals! ? be Pronier, anti he, in his ready belie: . of their prediclions, .gave expression to some hasty declaration,. that he could peter- condescend- to accept Any place rimier. Lord Castle, reaol. The father of poetry calls words " winged," but they are found sometimes less willing to fly away than the speaker is to part with them. A similar expression, spoken perhaps with the same heedlessness. has oft'en appoareid in judgm,oit itgaint Mr. Canning. for it - did•not prevent him frien•acc,nting the mission to the emtily Palace of Lisbon, or a feat to th,e Cabinet as President of the Boatd of Control; it would he somewhat singu!ar it Mr. Peel, ha viog carotin -it and sisi-.,-_;zred with the same idle boast, shout ti now stoop to the same level, .and condescend to accept the ver y same . Of fi ce which mortified the ambition - of Mr. Canning . To follow the steps of Mr. Canning may •thit lead the yoling'a-piratit through the paths,of political consistency, 'inv it may soothe the vanity of a much abler,maii than Mr. i's-el. 'Mr. Canning will not rattle highly among British states men, hot his fame as an orator will he second to few among the. brightest !Mines t .adorn •t he history of our CMlnt lie possesses in a high degree many of the most distinguish jog qualities' that unite in forming a first-rate orator, but in I he act of speaking he seems deficient in peysgriat dignity, and be evideotiy seeks rather to amuse and sorprise, his auditors be the delic - ht fill variety of his illitsirations, and trie'filay - f6trivacify of his in.unnet, than.to excite I he nobler f e elings of respect ..far his. principles,. .admiration for his genius, ati-d a profti,und convictio n , of his sincerity and truth. He • taunt die — philiiiophie diguity . of Borhe„ the potidc : mos truninificence i'sif Pitt, ' tthe en I h ['sliest ic glow of le.aeral feApg which gave Far.. the mastery of the passions ; ft r does' be, Mingle . borsts of deep and heart felt sensiliility; with the brilliancy. Of•his imagery,„ and the ()baste andAlassic beauty of his :well-turned sentences. In the generatstyle,qf his speeches,_ he perhaps resembles She rkla ()fel bait any of the ()Ellett; but le has more taste than • any of thethmith much more eftboselighterana more shadowy ornaments that are best calculated to catch a pa pu tar assembly; so that if they were all reduced to the necessity of trying their powers upon a numerous meetin g of people, by • whom they should ail be held . its equal aidike, we have no doubt that Canning would fare the best. Fie might begin amidst stoo6ers of hi sses , bnt he would be sure to end amidst thunders of applause. The loss of such a . - man, at such a moment, aa' tremendous blow to the Ministers. In • their feeblenr,ss.they lose their best prop, and in his place they will find Mr. Peel but - a very sorry substitute. It wont , ' be advisable for Mr. Peel's own interests not to %accred him immediately; a direct comparison with such a man would tend more to sink bias in public opinion than even the re membrance of his vapouring speech about not serving under LartiVastlereaz,h. The idicti of Premier itself would, tinder such circumstances, be attedded with less danger than 'the Board of Control. [The Public Led , er.l Circular letters have, it is said, been addressed from the Treasury, to the Ministerial Members of the Mascot' Cord mons, earnestly requesting their attendance at the opening of Parliament, on the 23d of January, as matters of great import ance arc expected to he then hrought forward. Among t hese, - of coarse, will be the Queen's establishment. It is now as serted by sonic of the Ministerial Papers, that no further pro ceedings are meditated against her Majesty, and that Minis ters wi;l n o t oppose the liberality of Parliament, in making an allowance fur her, as the separated wife of the Xing. But ;f, in their view of this separation, Ministers intend to propose any thing short of what her Majesty would be entitled to, if actually domiciled with his Majesty, such a measure can not be regarded in any other light than as a fresh attempt to stigmatise and degrade tier Majesty. It they meant to act fairly and honourablybylier,and to permit her to .asstmit her just rank and station in the State, as Queen Consort, the only,ground of difference between them and Mr. Canning wwthi have been r emoved, and ste should have heard nothing of his resigna• tion. It remains to be seen what reception this new mode of 'gratifying the implacable.hatred of her Majesty's persecutors will meet .froni a British House of Commons. We trust that they *ill not disgrace themselves, by doing with regard to the Queen what they would not till Ai lit any 0111( . 1 female in the kingdont—by giving to a separation resulting from is noire capricious dereliction, on the pact of the linsuaref„the effect of. a judicial stntertre of divorce a in e 11. V a et thaYo for delin quency. If this is to he the liberality of Parliament, we are not sin prised that Ministers will not oppose it. The only wonder is, why they should have had recourse to a Bill of P 34114 and Penalties, when they could have attained every purpose they bad in vir!v, with the exception of a dissolution of the marriage•tie, by merely not opposing the liberality of Parlia ment. Bnt whether the renewed proceedings against 1,4 r Ma jesty are to be conducted thiough the medium of theliherality of Parlia Merit , or thrOughsotne other channel, 'one thing seems clear, from the retirement of the President of the Board of Controul, that . tlie 'Ministers are not softened toward; the Queen ; and that they meditate fresh schemes of annoyance against her Majesty. How the intended attack will be made, it very'short time-will determine. 'flue Hanriterian Govern ment have it, as we are told, in contemplation:to. adopt some measure against the Queen, said to be founded:upon the late proceedings. in our House of Lords. The Agents of that Government in Paris, it is said, have made no secret of this intention for several days past. We presume they in tend to dispense with an examination of the Italian Swearers, as a cargo of them sailed on Thursday front Woolwich, not fur Hanover hut for Italy, in the Cametron sloop of war. Theodore Majocchi is among than, and in one respect', he may boast of a triumph over her Majesty—he is ,honoured with a passage home in a King's vessel; whii , t the Quern was left to make h'er way to, Engtarid in a common packet-boat. [Neu) Times.] • The speculations to which Mr Canning's resignation have given rise in The Times and Chronicle, are as vague and wild as ever. -At first lie WM going into opposition, then he was going as Ambassador to Vienna ; and now that it is ascertained that he is'only going on a private tour to the Continent, they are at a loss to know what will be come of lilt 'political friends. What Mr. Hoskisson, Lord Binning, and Mr., Sturges 'Bourne will do on this occasion seems greatly to pozzle the political peoelratirin of the " Misleading Journal." Great pity it is that these Right Honourable Gentlemen have not token the Editor intothsir Councils! However, he has certainly 'made no small progress in self.knowledge to discover at least on one topic his cos»plete ignorance. Amon; other suggestions, it has been insinuated, that Mr. Canning differs from Lord Castlereagh on some points of Foreign poi icy. No thing can 'be further Ilia. this from the truth: it happens whom Articles of impeachment were presented at the close that no two persons agree more fully in regard to Continental polities than they do: and we do not say thiS front way trepo-. sition to flatter either of those illostrious Statesmen ; for it is well knhwn, that - from the %% Ty first commencement of our -- labours, we have explicitly stated"sentintents different front theirs respecting the politics of France. We blamed the Election Law of 18 17, which it has since been - found neces sary, to repeal, to save the' 'Monarchy from Revolution: We blamed the whole liulitictl conduct of NI. Decazes, akainst of last Session, and arc still pending. Above all, we Warned the infamous use: of the revolutionary ,Prra. by the French Polite; and especially the wicked and treasonable Pri vate Correspondence of IS tS, in rile 'rivet's, which forms a prominent article among the charges against the' present t'r'ench AmbassadOr: A favourable changs lias certainly taken place of late in French politics, and the Royalists have been enabled to snatch the Monarchy from the brink of a precipice; but still there is too much of the revolutionary leaven remaining. When the King was at Ghent, there was, among the various factions that surrounded him; one active set of inttig tiers, who laid it down as a principle, that in the event of a restoration, " no man should he emplOyed who bad not given pldges to the Revolution." To this set belonged M. Guizot, who has lately written a book on the Constitutiohal Monarchy. The terra Constitutional entraps most English, politicians; but the truth is, that Nl;Guizot is a Revolutionist, ?Ind - nothing but a Revolutionist, and his Con 'stitutional 11011011 s are in direct opposititkP to the principles of the English Constitution. In this view of French politics, we fear we differ front both the great Statesmen above-naru e4 ; but our duty to the pnhlic compels us to confess, that such misfortune. The Impeachment of NI. DeCazes may possibly 'be withdrawn as the charges against our 'Queen vie;Vr but if it should ever proceed to proof, the evideoce would determine whether we are less correct is our judipuet4 of him than of Fouche arid Bounaparte. •.• • [The Times.] We noticed in. yesterday's journal the underhand attempt of ministerial influence. in Ft assurer, to degrade her Majesty from that rank and dignified station which her matrimonial union with the King of England entitles her to hold in that country, and of which the servile endeavours of a cuntempti• ble administration have not been able to deprive her in this. But not content with atotal failure of proof against her jesty—with an itinpdafion of Italian *profiigitcy—with.a sus pension of all public and ricessary I,usiness—t he Ministers announce, through the medium of their" faithful and well paid act Pres, their intention to resume their iniquitOus pro ceedings, and to ground their future expectations of support from the country upon their inadequacy to prove one single twilit of guilt, against the Queen. isot satisfied with their past exertions to ruin the public morals, which they art-hound to preserve, they threaten its with a fresli--icrondatioa,of pro. fiig,ate comments • and fictitious accusations, though they must have otsset veil,' unless they are endowed with more than Boeotian dullness, that the Moral- ?Ming and good sense of this country will not tamely stilMilt to- the out, ragerms insults offered. to its Queen, and the Consort o its Sorereign. The advocates of nitra-loyalty confine their homage to the programs and wishes of the 'Treasury, but, as independent members of this great I:ingdoni ' we must protest against such a practict. We bare opposed the late Bill of Pains and Penalties, because we deem it uncon stitutional, destructive of the best interests oft he Crown,iand the well-being of society—founded as it was in - pi irate malice, and supported by profligate falsehood and almoitt avowed- per jury. But will it be believed, after so decisive a defeat, that any set of men, except. the present Ministry, could be foniol - so obstinate—so perverse—so daringly fond of their places as to hazard the public peace farther than therhare done ? And yet we are 'told that the Queen is to be subjected to new in vestigations—to new indignities I For any, thing 'hat has been proved against her Majesty, she is from birth, al liance, and deportment, as worthy of royal distinetion as the Monarch who sways the sceptre of Great Britain : and though a few individuals may consider their interest to he concerned in subscribing to a paltry court pi lief, . the peat mass of she nation will perceive in the bare-faced attempt to insult the Queen, a concealed -disaffection to princes and governors in general, and a dangeioiis prece dent for all those who would oppose a reigoing Monarch. This Short-sighted ministry, relieved from the controlling in tfitence of Mr. Canning, imagine that they may now pro• secute any pleasure of aggression against the Queen with ultra-loyal appiohation. and without opposition in the Cabi net; but they will find" their views oppoiett by the - nation universally. A future' investigation, whether in the House of Lords or •Coninions, will never assume as proved the the obscene and aboMinahle accusations against her Ma jesty, hecanse they were evidently and grossly false : and the moral feeling of the country will not submit patiently and without general remonstrance to a second edition of the works of Cotton-garden. The Lords have entered upon the investigation, and all the blandishments of power—the flat tery of great men—the prospects of political advancement — and the influence of Royal example—could only procure a ma jof ity of 9 against her Majesty. being the very nullifier of Mi ! itisterial Lords who decided primarily on the wisdom of open ing the green hag—that Pandora's box from which every de: scription of moral and political evil has .emanated. The opi nion of the Commons 'has been unequivocally declared; the proceedings against the Cancers have beeu, by a large ma jority, characterized as " derogatory front the dignity of the Crown, and injnrious to the best interests of the country ;'' and, therefore. any attack made upon her Majesty its that 'louse must be necessarily futile and unavailing. Where, then, is the pulley of Ministers in this system of continued persecution ? Are they so ignorant of British sentiment as to imagine that aggression will be approped in proportion to its continuous procedure ? or are they so mad as to stake the possession of their places against the united voice of a people who submit to an enormous taxation for the support of their Constituted and acknowledged authorities, but who will not subunit to*the sacrifice of their moral feeling- of justice arid equity ? Personally, we wish to render rational and legitimate support to the King : we are friends to civil order and pub lic quiet; we therefore view with abhorrence the attempts of a base and imbecile Government to bring Abe King into con tempt try its malignant advice—to shut its eyes to every just eon-elusion of unequivocal evidence—and to plunge the Coun try into greater agitation and danger than it has experienced since the'accession of his present Majesty, or indeed since the IteVolntion in 168:3.-We still think—anti we venture to en courage the sober, independent, and really loyal part of the cannormity in the hope—that the Ministers, however malig nant, will not dare to degrade the King and insult and demo ralize the people of England more than they have already done, by further acts of outrage against one who, exclusively of the pity excited by the iosnlis, oppressions. and sufferings she has undergiine, has the most undoubted claim to the rights and privileges of Queen in this country, Ity.her alliance to the Sovereign, and by tier magnanimity, and firmness in facing Ministerial accusation: and refuting malignant and unfound ed slanders. Before we disttti ss this subject of Addresses, we would suggest, that all intone meetings for the purpose of expressing alihorreuie of the late or the intended proceedings against the Queen, the mode of procedure may be altered. Instead of sending Addresses to the, King, which, as they never appear in the Gazette, it may fairly be presumed never teach their destination, we venture to advise that petitions should he dawn up in order to be presented to the . House of Commons. Thither they nitrst find their way, stud there they must be discussed. LAW INTELLIGENCE. , VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC. 22. THE MARLBOROUGH ESTATES. Several Petitions were this day presented to the Vice-Chan cellor. The first was from Mr. Blackstone, waving that the personal' and • Parliamentary estates of the Duke might be made'tivailable 'the payments of the money that had beeu appropriated to the payment of the annuities, &c. by that Gentleman in the course of the proceedings under this stilt. In consequence of the order pronounced by his Honour, not being generally understood, it was again mentioned, when it was stated, that the Marquess of Blandford had a much treater interest in the property than appeared to have been under stood. - . • . Mr. Waal', after sonic observations from Mr. Sidebotbam, Sir George flampsim, and the Vice-Chaneellor,.suggested the propriety of the Marquess of Blandford being made a party to the snit. and tiling an affidavit as to his interest. The Vice 4:HaNcettou said, if tie had authority to give an opinion, he thought, that if the personal estate was nut suffi cient, the deficiency must he made up by a sale or mortgage. In the mean time the interest must be paid by the tenant for life out of the rents and profits, as be was bound to keep down the interest. In the case relative to Sion Hill, a ease was directed to be made to try the question at law, whether it could be sold with out obtaining an Act of Parliament, and to see who was en titled to the property. The Other Petitions were consented to. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 22. JACOBS V. ASTLETT. Tins was an action against a common carrier. The Plain tiff's case was, that he, being a glass manufacturer ? resident in London, and in the habit of supplying country hawkers with goods, sent by Aslett, the Southampton carrier, a crate of glass, directed to one Charles Apted. The defendant was to deliver the goods to Apted, taking float him 171. 3s. ed., and he was to receive a commission of 2d. in the pound upon the transaction, over and above the cost of carriage. The- crate was, by mistake, delivered without the mor•ev, atid'the pinintrtT , being unable to obtain payment holm his customer, brought his action against the carrier. It was proved in evidence, that Astlett, he Ins agent, the book-herper. nt the Oxfird Arms inn, W?twick-lane, under took to deliver the goods, and to receive the money. Mr. MARC:Y.II'r, for the delendant,contended, that suppos ing Apted tes'intve refused payment, the carrier would not have been justified in subjecting the plaintiff to expence by bringing the goods hack to London. The Loull Ours . Jusirtcs held the defendant bound by his contract; and the Jury found for the plaintiff—llamages 171. Ss. ltd. PARRY V. CHAPLIN. The plaintiff in this case hadlieen a seaman on board the Venus, merchant ship; the defendant was mate of that. vessel. The present action was brought, to recover damages for an assault. It appeared, that on the ipth of April, the Venus was lying in Carlisle 'lay, Barbadoes. The Captain was on shore, and the defendant in the command of the vessel. About ten o'clock in the evening, the defendant ordered the plaintiff to stop up the curtains On the (ianos-deck ; the plaintiff said he could not do it without steps; the defendant desired hin► to do it with the steps he had; and plaintiff still contending lie could not, some altercation ensued. and the defendant strut( the plaintiff several blows with a thick rope. 'l'►►e plaintiff was much bruised, but in the course of the con• . test be flung a bucket at the defendant. This was the assault complained of, and proved by witnesses. The Jury found a Verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages, 409.; costs, 40s. MILES V. DELL. This was a declaration in tort, to recover hack from the de fendant, a brewer, the amount of certain alleged charges for beer and ale,. contracted and paid for by the plaintiff, un a soggedion that the casks and puncheons were short in mea sure of what. they purported to contain. Mr. MAuftYATT and Mr. ESPINASSE were for the plaintiff, and Mr. SlcAnt.r.Tr for the defendant. The CHIEF Jusrice, after hearing the case opened, was clearly of opinion that the declaratio6 was not framed, in any of its counts, to meet the substance of the plaintiff's complaint; and ifl its present form it War impossible to .recover hack the alleged surch.irge .for the beer delivered. The declara tion,`Thonh framed in tort, was in effect an action of as sumpsit for money had and received. In its terms, it com plained of the non-delivery - of the quanti:y of beer contracted for, and not of the shortness of the measures in whic'h it was delivered. It was clearly not calculated to support an allega tion of the latter description ; and us tattle former, theplain tlf was now too late to seek a remedy, in assumpsit, because it waS.his duty at the time the beer .'*as delivered, to make his complaint of the shortness of the quantity ; but instead of so doing, he paid his' money with his eyes open ; it was a voluntary payment, and he could not no* go fur money had and received.—Nonsuited. • SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS, :MEETINGS, &c. Crertitors of John McCaul and Sons, merNanti, Glastrow, meet in the Office of Francis Garden, merchant there, 3d Ja nuary, at I. Creditors of John Forlong, • merchant, Glasgow, meet in the Office of David Strong,', accountant there, 2d January, at 12. _ _ _ Creditors of Murray and Bonnard, booksellers, Glasgow, will receive a dividend at the Office of James Imray, merchant there, 301 h January. Creditors of John Knox and Sons. cotton-vain merchants, Glasgow. will receive a dividend at the Office of L. Cuthbert sOn,- accountant there,l2th . January. Creditors of Lang and Cochrane; haberdashers, „Glasgow, will receive a dividend at the Office of Jas. Aitken, merchant these, 311th January. Walter I;ochanan ' fiesher, Glasgow—Thomas Tyrie, vinl7 net - , Paisley—Davidßicbie, metchant, Arklioath and Peter M'Gregur, timber -fnerchant, Stifling, have applied for dis charges. • Some smart frosty 'nights were experienced last week in the northern comities, attended with partial falls of sleet and snow.. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ANCIENT CUSTOMS OF WESTMINSTER. Bow-STREar.-7-sYesterday Mr. James Munro, a respectabl e musician,, applied to Sir ROBERT BAKER, the sitting Magis trate, for his instructions under circumstances of avert' eu' rious and novel kind. Mr. Munro said, the Magistrate was of course aware of the custom of bands of Musicians, who were called " Waits," go', ing about the metropolis during the joyful season of Christ' mas ; but it was not perhaps generally known, that in West' minster the " Waits' were regularly sworn before the "Cour t of Burgesses," at the Guildhall, and acted under the author i t of a warrant, signed by the clerk, and sealed with the arms of the City and Liberty; in addition to which, they were hotrod to provide themselves with a silver badge, also bearing the, arias of Westminster. The number of persons thus licen see was limited, and each had his particular round or district 'sr signed to hint by general agreement. For this privilege the! paid considerable fees, aud each Wait hired several musicians , forming a band of his own, with which he serenaded the tants of his district every second night during ei certain term/ viz. from the 29th of November until the close of the Christ' mss holidays, at le o'clock each night. He (Mr. Moriroj was one of those so licensed and sworn, and during " the season" he hired musicians of talent, at the rateof about tie guineas a week per luau, and his chance of remuneration de pends entirely upon the liberality of those inhabitants W whom he was in the habit .of paying his nocturnal visits. IS had of late years, however, become a custom for other mu sicians, who were not sworn waits, to go about at night, awl at the close of the season to levy contributions upon the habitants in the assumed character of " licensed waits." The trick was for these persons to go upon their serenading ec,;". cupation on the nights when they knew that the " regulari staid at home, in order to avoid coming in contact with thew' The present application was to learn from the Magistra whether any and what reeasures could be adopted to put 3 stop to it ? Mr. Munro produced his warrant; which was written upo° parchment, and sealed with the official Seal of Westminste r ' lie also produced his badge. Sir R. BAKER said, he had no idea that there were licensed waits, nor had lie ever read in his life of such a body in rof of the ancient books. Mr. Munro said, the custom had existed since the time that Westminster was a mere village. Sir R. WEER observed, that the custom of serenading as this time of the year was undoubtedly one of a s cry ancien t date, and he had no fault to find with it it conducted good order ; -but he did not know that the privilege ut sere" nailing was confined to particular individuals. Mr. Mu nro said, the worthy Magistrate would now perceive . that it was so, mad it was extreniety bard that the privilege should be invaded. He wished to know whether the ja; truders, " if caught in the fact," could nut be taken up a n ° ` punished ? Sir R. BAKER said, that upon considering the matter, he was of opinion, that any persons found playing in the streets after midnight, without some license, or authority, might hi' apprehended and lodged in confinemeut under the Vagrat 4 Act. Mr. Munro asked if Sir Robert would give him the.assist' ance of some of his officers. Sir R. BAK IR said, there was no necessity for that. as an"' watchman would be justified in taking them into cuss oily u puit a proper charge being given. Nr. Munro said, that these intruders, he understood, some times provided themselves with. badges its imitation of those of the waits, in order to obtain-money. Sir ROBERT-BAKER told the applicant that any person de tected in doing this, would subject himself ton prosecution . for obtaining money tinder false pretences. Mr. Munro expressed himself much obliged by the polite attention which had been paid to his application, and left the office. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-THE RESCUE PLOT.—The re-e%- amination of three of the prisoners who wounded Mars4tti the gaoler, took place yesterday, before Messrs. CONANT and FARRANT.—TIie depositions of witnesses well acquainted with facts having been taken, Jones, a principal in the rescue party, was brought up singly, and afterwards Stanley and Watts.—The prisoners were remanded fur another week, but the witnesses were bound over to prosecute. UNIoN HALL—Yesterday no less titan sixty women of the town, and a number of reputed thieves, were brought before the Magistrates of this (Mice, on a privy search warrants charged as rogues and vagabonds. Acts of the most depraveii Character were proved against them, and as the Magistrates , front what has recently occurred in the metropolis, are hall determined to treat such persons with the utmost rigour of • the,law, they were ali committed to prison. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-I.llrs. ANN ROUSE, widow lady of fortune, of No. 19, Upper Berke ley-street, while looking over a box full of pa - pers, the lighted candle fell down and set fire to them, which communicated to her clothes, and in a moment she was enveloped in flames; her screams soon alarmed her servant, who ran to her assistance, but the whole of her clothes were completely burnt off her back, and her persoh was dreadfully scorched, especially the' shoul ders. Dr. LEMAN and another medical Gentle man attended, but their interference was of no avail, as she was quite dead. She was eighty years of age. An inquest was held on the body —Verdict, Accidental Death. CHRISTMAS Ox.—One of the largest and finest Oxen ever seen in this city, was siaughtered by Mr.Williani Quick, jun• this morning. it was b feet ~3 inches high ; length from rump to horn, 9 feet 2 inches ; girth, 8 test 4 inch e s ; and weighed when living 2,3801 b. ; weight of rough tallow 1841bs. This noble animal was of the North Devon breed, and was bred and fed on hay and grass only, hi' :John Linden, of Wes ton Zoyland, Somerset.—A Heifer, also of the North Devon breed; was killed by the said Mr. Quick, this day, which for shape, fatness, and quality, was perhaps neser surpassed.-- (Eseter Flying Post,Dec.M) COURSE OF EXCHANGE, DEC, 22. Amsterdam Ditto, at Sight l2 5 Rotterdam Antwerp Hamburg!! Altona 12 9 . 12 9 S 7 16 sf trit 37 24 yap. Paris, 3 Day's sight Ditto . 25 75 0 Us -26 5 2. I3ourileaux,•ditto ef; 5 O.Us. Frankfurt o'n the Ik-g.ain Madrid Cadiz 33s Etlecrire Bilboa 3* .Elfictise Barcelona Seville. 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