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tion. The rate now fixed is equitable between the grower and the consumer ; and we have every reason to believe that the Resolutions, a 2 now amended, will pass the Legislature, and lead to the immediate amelio ration of the most important interests of the country. One of the reports emanating this morning from the eastern part of this metropolis has raised Lord GREN VILLE to the Premiership of the Empire. We view it as a mere report, but we cannot help observing, that though his Lordship is admirably calculated to fill that exalted station, we are not aware why he should be dragged from the quiet enjoyment of those honours which he has purchased by the splendid and brilliant career of his early life, having given unequivocal proofs of his wish to crown " A youth of labour with an age of ease." If illiberality is to carry the day, Lord GRENVILLE is as objectionable as Mr. CANNING; but if the re sult is to be different, surely Mr. CANNING will not ecknowledge his own incompetency for the office, by placing any other man even ostensibly at the head of the Government. It is indeed a high distinction " to stand before Princee," and to have the ear of a great and powerful Monarch ; but it is at the same time a place of fearful responsibility. And let not those of our countrymen who are so situated forget the duty they owe to t h e i r country and their august Master, by endeavouring to promote their private views, or those of their friends, in all those ways which are so well un derstood, and so frequently practised by the retainers of a Court. Our King has an acquaintance with hu man natur e which seldom falls to the lot of Royalty ; but as VAUBAN says, that the art of defence can never be equal to that of attack—so no acuteness of mind, no s uspicious caution can be a match for the artifice s of men acting in concert to poison or pervert the mind of Princes. We view the Radical and the Ultra as equally dan gerous to a State. A boat may be upset on one side es easily as on the other, and rash innovation may have exactly the same results as an obstinate ad herence to antiquated opinions, which do not keep pace with the improving knowledge and wisdom cf the human race. That an enlightened policy will ultimately triumph we feel perfectly convinced ; but should the opposite party gain even a temporary ascen dancy; it is difficult to say what the nation might be Made to suffer, before these men were convinced by the votes of Parliament, that they were incompetent to fill the situation which they iad assumed, to the exchi 31M1 of the great and the wise. The intelligence brought from Portugal by the Yagnet packet, which sailed from Lisbon on the sth Inn, is not calculated to excite any very lively hopes or cheering expectations from that quarter. The ex traordinary energy manifested by our Government In fulfilling the conditions of the existing Treaties, ha s b ee n badly seconded by the Government of Portugal ; and after applying for our assistance the nation seems to feel neither ioy nor gratitude that it Was s o expeditiously and completely given. No vigorous means have been used to raise a powerful *trey of their own, and acts of rebellion seem to have attracted no further notice, when the district in which it existed had been cleared of the troops, actually under the orders of the Rebel Generals. But the miserable condition of the Portuguese Army, places, we think, o ur Army in a situation of considerable difficulty. What wou ld our 5 , 000 men be able to do, if any I ' () atile attack on Portugal were actually to be made by and a Revolutionary movement were to take 1) e simult aneous ly a t Lisbon in their rear. It do es not appear impossible that Spain may take such a step, 4 ) , 114 if she did, no doubt can exist, that a po werful r o ry in Li s b on wou ld se i ze th e o pportunity to unmask r designs. We, therefore, can see no alternat ive, if our Qur Troops are to remain in Portugal, but to rein force them to such an extent as may enable them to act Ilh vigour in case or necessity. The followi ng is an extract of a Private Letter from l u ° ll , dat e d March 3 : ', st a i r! Bull may be convinced that the Constitution lie wishes to there .* l ' in this Country will not stand, unless lie tights for it : the greatest jealousy prevailing. It is reported, and placards Bull Posted up in many parts of the town, declarin t at tf b t a all fires a shot aga inst Chaves and his party there g would I general massacre of the English merchants in Lisbon; as yet pi nti 110 t seen one of them ; recruiting is g oin g on on the samelib e of pressing men as sailors in England, so much for 1 11 ibli,; i rumour is afloat, of a corre s p ondence g oin g to be levy o f d 7,,,, b etween the Cabinets of Ma drid and London. The out atr .."'" , ooo men in Spain, goes on with the greatest rapidity, hontie t desertion is prevailing in the Spanish troops on the e ftnoit red T he Marquis of Chaves and his army bane been re ''therioov Tras-os-Montes, and he is about making an 'ellonettern". Little has been published this fortnight by Go fallen relative to him or his army. Chaves is said to have fa "Jack froth t ee at 13,, ono the town of Chaves, and concentrated his eisit tei r ;. agan ,,, 24 ; but his friends say he has a . large force, and will four le it rt_erday it was stated that his troops were within I :e t ,. a t the T_ C . oimbra, and that Telles Jordao was at . ..rna : ( r o , b l t hat th e I T?. f four thousand men.. I mentioned in my a th e Were the ee days without rations, there is no t sufficient to r all the efforts of . the Commiesary, "e t r i e s his t-etti o „, p r ocure them. The friends of Chaves, say down through Beira or Elva., perhaps, to join England begins the offensive. i Gibraltar p per. — been re. have Ce ived, but theycontain extracting. nothing wlrth extract 7s ship to the 20th February by b:' Majcislhief of I) f 4tehes Pav e been received La's .... 4:°111 Ilear-Admiral CAGE, COMM had 3 "la j e stY ? a ship s ' )' The Rear-Admiral into •hilted hi t kg intb the -----, while }lin India. that sloop liac _ ander-i and froin his e Larne, iihi p the Boadicea I proceeded from squadron w ere _ eorna,.e e to . Tri ll c'rin n flag ' Madras for a freight. The CITRISTIAN, 111'80 rec e i ved bylote'lrifectly healthy. Dispatches have been commanding his i , , .. acne, from Commodore • Hope. 18 " 3 "tra ships at the Cape it is understood h at of Good month, 'fell sliOrt of the u p to _ the Revenue iod of the - amount to the same per _ . ~ corresponding Quarte r 1 upwards of 0 ,000/. or 500,000/. of lust year, )), the Ist of this for .:__ The additional t;oPps to be at present embarked . .there consist only of detaehment .. we understand that the Bth Regiment has re ceiyed of Regiments alrearty orders to hold itself in readiness for Foreign Service. i nt ll e t e tt Ccaecionia, Bell, from London to New South Wa l ss, put f the w antt Cape of Good Rope, 26th December, in consequen c ethoe ad of Water and insubordination of part of the crew ;on "Ther, 41 lat• IS. S., long. fa, was brought to by a 'mad ander the Br .il'a flag, having fired a broadside of 14 lilln% 'the was taken az ' ''' f by a boat's crew for an hour, who !e vert . ; 6 ,.... _ ..r .possession o B ilian frigate, bound to Rio de 404 An ”1,-1, .1 : tete' was a raz ' 4 ' l 4 4 cruizL THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Consols closed yesterday at 814 and opened this mousing at 81f,- ; the market has since evinced considerable elasticity, and they have been done at 81i, but are now 81i In the early part of the morning there was a good sprinkling of business, and money Stock was plentiful but rather heavy ; Exchequer Bills are 34 5 ; and India Bonds, 54 6 pm. There have been few transactions in the Foreign Funds ; Colombian Bonds, MK arc 39 a 40 ; Mexican 6 per Cent., 69 1; Portuguese maintain their price, 751 6. The private accounts by the Lisbon Mail speak confidently of the Rebels being completely put down, although the public documents do not give these opinions much strength, and the Constitutional forces appear rather weaker than could be wished ; it is to be taken into consideration that the season has been much against them, and the equipment of the cavalry is at all times none of the best. Spanish are 12 1 ; and Russian, 87 1. The business in Shares is still extremely limited and very heavy, prices are quoted lower. Three per Cent. Consols, 811 ; Ditto for account, 811 ; India Bonds, 54 6 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 34 5 pm. FOREIGN Ft:NEM-Brazilian, 65?,- ; Buenos Ayres, 50 2 ; Chilian, 36 8 ; Colombian, 1824, 391 40 ; Danish, 60i 1 ; Mexican 5 per Cent. 561 71 ; Ditto, 6 per Cent. 69 1; Peru vian, 341 5i ; Portuguese, 751 6 ; Greek, 16 ; Russian, 87 1 ; Spanish, 12 1. MINES.-Anglo Mexican, 40 371 die. ; United Mexican, 121 111 dis. ; Real del Monte, '7O pm. ; Tlaxpuxaliva, 25 35 pm. ; Brazilian, 11 21 pm. ; Bolivar, par 1 pm. ; Colombian 16 18, per Share ; Pasco Peruvian, 16 15 dis. ; Potosi, 27 9 per Share. Two o' Clock. The Consol market is in a perfect calm, and scarcely any business doing, they are steady at 814 ; Brazilian Mines are lower, being at par, 1 pm. THREE 0' CLOCK Consols, 81i MEETING-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Pursuant to advertisement, an Adjourned Meeting took place at the City of London Tavern, of the Directors and Shareholders in the General Steam Navigation Company, which was numerously and most highly respectably attended. At the Meeting that took place half a year ago, complaints were made respecting the con duct of the Directors and Managers; a Committee was then formed for the purpose of inquiring into the cause, &c. of those com plaints, and the Meeting was adjourned over to this day, when the Shareholders, &c. met to receive the Committee's Report. HILTON JOLLIFFE, Esq. M.P. was in the Chair. On rising to address the Meeting, he said it was an adjourned meeting, ap pointed at the last General Meeting to receive the Report of the Committee, formed to investigate the affairs of the Company. The Directors, none of them, had seen the Report—and there fore he hoped and entreated that the proprietors would have the justice to allow the persons, who might be individually named in the report, to justify themselves, and that those attentions which were due to a body would be paid to a vin dication of their conduct. `There was another subject he wished to mention, not that he or any of the Directors meant to take any advantage of it, but lie considered it right to mention it in the discharge of his duty as Chairman, and it was, that at the last meeting he took down the names of the gentlemen voted in as they were given, and that two gentlemen who had not been voted in had attended by their solicitors. The Committee was formed of 13 shareholders, five of whom were to be a quorum, and it was to report on the most efficient plan of carrying on the concern ; the sum most iikely to be wanted for executing their labours, Ind the individuals best qualified to conduct the same. The committee was to have full power to call for the inspection of books ; and to make every inquiry likely to elucidate the subject. Captain DuNnas said, that the list of the Committee was ex actly the same as that which he had mach of the Members of it when they were appointed ; but he thought a great deal would turn on the circumstance of two having attended who had not been voted in. The CHAIRMAN said, the circumstance was easily explained, for the fact was, that his own name, together with that of Mr, Daniel Whittle Harvey, had been scratched out, it not having been convenient for them to attend the Committee ; and that two other gentlemen had attended in their roor.. The Report of the Committee was then called for. Captain Dulinws said, that Captain Weldon had been appointed Secretary, who should read the Report. The CHAIRMAN knew no Secretary of the Committee. A Shareholder never heard of such a thing, as that Captain Dundas should take upon himself to appoint a Secretary. Captain De DAs contended he had a right to do so, and that Captain Weldon was the fittest person to read the Report. (Cries from all quarters to hand the Report to the Chairman, which was accordingly done, and a Gentleman, assisting the Chairman, read it.) The Report stated, that the shortness of time from the appoint ment of the Committee to the present, would not have been an objection or obstacle in the researches of the Committee, had not the most determined opposition obtained on the part of the Directors to give any information whatever. That the Committee had to complain most seriously of the very confused state of accounts and incorrect statements that appeared in the books of the Company. This circumstance had left the Committee in almost as great a state of doubt and uncertainty at the end as at the beginning. It appeared that nearly half the number of shares of the Company, between nine and ten thousand, had been reserved by the Directors, and that at the end of 1825 they had been obliged to sell those shares. What they had called who were restricatsedsubbyseathueenDtliyreccotournetteormseallntdue-do,tlaitoludsafinvde a Sale Committee of three Directors had been appointed for that purpose, a month. This order w thousand of the Shares were sold at a premium of twelve shillings; the market price of that day being no less than five pounds. The remainder of the Shares were subsequently disposed of at a premium of twelve shillings and eleven-pence. By this in explicable transaction upwards of 20,0001. had been lost to the Company. Many Shares had been sold at immense premiums, and many tenders of purchase made, without notice having been taken of them in the minute hook of the Directors. That the systematic resistance of Mr. Attwood, the Deputy Chairman, and other Directors, to give any information to the Committee respecting their affairs, l e ft a most unfavourable conclusion on the minds of the Committee, and caused them to believe, in fact, that those shares were monopolised by the Deputy Chairman and others : so that it merited the consideration of the Company, whether further confidence should be placed in those individuals or not. One transgression of a standing order, was that the Direc tors had allowed Mr. William Holman to receive his dividends on seven hundred shares standing in his name, and to p a y the sum into the Bank, without having given a receipt or signed the deed. The Committee imputed this also to other Directors. They exonerated the clerk from all blame— having found that he uniformly acted under the direction of Mr. Hall. The Committee deeply regretted the ignorance and insuf ficiency of the Directory to manage th e affairs of the Companywhich they had taken in hand. The most injurious system, with respect to the finances, had been followed. The heaviest matters had been left without the least consideration between two and three thou sand pounds per annum having been lost, by the extravagant pur chase of e nale. A great dispute had arisen respecting the purchase of some timber, subsequenth.• suspected to have been the property of one of the Directors, and respecting ' which the Company had nearly got into a lawsuit. That sums of money had been paid by the Company standing in their books, entered only in initials. That the debts owing by the Company amount to about forty thousand pounds. That the good debts owing to the Company amounted to five thousand five hundred pounds, which, with money in the Bank, &c. &C. amounted to twenty-two thousand pounds. That the outfit of boats this season would be fourteen thousand pounds ; and admitting the earnings of this season to be as much as they were last season, the Company would be left very greatly in debt. That with re spect to the individuals best qualified to manage the conccrn, the Committee felt imperatively called ;man 'se recommend the immediate dissolution of the Company, and therefore pro posed that all the money due to the Company should be ordered to be paid into the Bank of England, in the names of certain trustees, as the only mode o rescuing any psrt of the 13/. per awe a,iiat bad been paid by the Shareholders; and that the Committee had received every possible assistance from the Chairman, and from Mr. D. W. Harvey, in the course of their investigations. Upon the conclusion of the Report, several gentlemen rose to address the Chair but finally give way so Mr. ATTWOOD, M. P. who stated that the report was a mass of absurdities and falsehoods. There Were six points which he had taken down, which were perfectly false. He appealed to hie brother Directors whether the assertions contained in the report ptl were ty r ( i 7 o b t a r ir i a c n u I , o u h s o a h n a d d e r o e u fu t e s m o p i t n il f ) o k r . rn alt o nivtaos t sai l d committee that : a sD ; e - e on the contrary, he invited the Committee to receive information. As to the other charge against him, that as Banker to the Corn.• pany, he had received dividends without authority. He would not say this was not the case--it might be the case, but he dis believed it. He would have disbelieved it coming from good authority ; but emanating from the authority which bad given. birth to the report, he altogether disbelieved it, and felt himself warranted in declaring it to be false. Mr. BowatNa said, that in point of order it ought to be un derstood that, by receiving the report the meeting did not sanc tion its allegations, nor bind itself in any way. The learned gen tleman was proceeding, but was interrupted by cries of " order," and much tumult. Mr. DAVY opposed the reception of the Report, which he thought would be disgraceful to the meeting. It was intended to poison the public mind, and injure the best interests of the Company. If the managers of the concern deserved animadver sion, let them have it; but if they did not deserve it, let them be shielded from it. The gentleman then entered into an earnest defence of the conduct of the Directors, and concluded by ex pressing his conviction, that the Directors were entitled to the thanks of the Shareholders. Mr. HAMLET (the jeweller) said he had never heard that the ,hares were at a premium of 41. 10s., and believed that to be an absolute falsehood. A DIRECTOR said, that if the 9,000 shares were thrown upon the market, it would embarrass all the proceedings. Captain DITNZAS said, that as Chairman of the Committee he felt himself bound to reply to the statements of Mr. Attwood. The report was founded upon what appeared in the books of the Company, and upon the letter of Mr. Damant, who was himself a Director and a gentleman of unquestioned integrity. Mr. ATTWOOD again denied that he had refused information to the Committee ; on the contrary, information was tendered, and the only difference between the Committee and the Directors was, that the Committee refused to come into the room when the Di- rectors sat, and the Directors refused to go down to the room where the Committee sat. This was the determined opposition complained of.—(Laughter.)—Altogether, the style and tone of the Committee towards the Directors was intolerable; and if the Chairman (Captain Dundas) was not more useful at sea than he had proved himself to this Company, his services would not be of much value to his country.—(Hear, hear.)—The insults opposed by this Committee to those who went before them to give information were such as could not be endured. Would it be credited that one of the first questions put to a Director who was at the head of as respectable a house of business as any in this great Metropolis, was, whether he had not lately been a bank rupt? Was it to be wondered, that the Directors thought it their duty to shield the Proprietors from such insults ?—(Hear, hear. )--Or could it be mstter of surprise, that a Committee con ducting itself in such!a manner, should have been capable of collecting any beneficial information, or of producing any report which was not calculated rather to mislead than to direct the Shareholders?— (Applause.)—For his (Mr. Attwood's) own part, when messages were sent to him to come before the Committee for examination, those messages were couched in such a manner, and were commu nicated in such a spirit that be did not find himself justified in attending to them.—(Hear, hear.)—These facts be thought it necessary to state to the Meeting in order that the Share holders might know what reliance was to be placed upon the report which was now produced, and which, in his opinion, and to the knowledge of many who heard him, was at once false and ridiculous. The CHAIRMAN said the question before the meeting now was, whether the report should he received. Mr. BOWRING again presented himself to the meeting, but could not obtain a hearing. Mr. DAVY said, that if he was permitted, he would move " that the report be not received." A SHAREHOLDER said he believed the present Directors to he as honourable a set of men as any in the kingdom, and he should therefore feel great pleasure in seconding the motion of Mr. Davy. The CHAIRMAN, after consulting with some gentlemen who were near him, said he understood, that the proper course would be to put the resolution, and leave it to the Meeting, either to receive or reject it. Mr. WILLIAM CLARK, and several other Gentlemen, here at tempted to address the Meeting, but withouteffect. Mi. ATTWOOD—The result, however, was, that from their own incompetent conduct, they had come to a re port replete with coloured statements, false representations, and dark insinuations against the characters of men, in every way more entitled to respect, than the individuals who presumed thus to attack them, this was the course pursued by the Committee, instead of directing their inquiries to some useful or beneficial object. They now professed to have concluded their labours, and yet he would not hesitate to say that they were still in perfect ignorance of the finances of the Company ; they knew not the state of its shipping ; nor were they possessed of the slightest information as to the stations upon which it would be most profitable to employ them ; he had not any intention of with holding any explanation as to the conduct of the Directors, con duct which he at the time approved of, and since deemed abso lutely necessary for the maintenance of the Company.— When the Directors had disposed of the nine thousand Shares they imagined that they could distribute the re maining ones at the different ports to which their vessels would trade, and with this view they bad advertised them at Liverpool, Bristol, Dublin, and Brighton. Notwithstanding their exertions to get rid of them in this manner, the shares were daily falling—debts increasing, and it was tnerefore, deemed expedient to dispose of the remaining shares in the manner now so loudly complained of. These shares composed nearly one half of the capital stock of the Company. It was complained that the individual to whom they were sold, had not given five pound premium on each share, as if a gentleman taking one half of the capital stock of a concern, was to regulate the sum which was to be given for them by the prices of a few shares in the market. This gentleman Latu rally enough, without any reference to the price in the market, looked into the true state of the Company ; the state of its ship ping, and the probability of its ultimate success. Were not the Directors justified in giving preference to such a person rather than to a person who came forward to purchase shares with a determination of disposing of them the next day, if he could realize a profit on the sale. The conduct of the Com mittee, Mr. Attwood hoped, would act as a warning to the Com pany what description of persons they should for the future employ in the investigation of their concerns, and at tile: same time be an example to other Committees how they should direct their enquiries. Mr. HALL, one of the Directors, protested strongly against the language used against the Directors; they were men of cha racter and respectability—men who valued their character more than their lives, and, before the meeting separated, he called on Captain Dundas to declare that these charges against the Directors were false and calumnious ; if the Captain did not do so, he must stand the consequences as a gentleman if a gentleman he were.— (Loud cheers.)—Mr. Hall went on to say that the manner in which he was examined before the Committee, and the course pursued by them, was such as to make him treat them with contempt--a feeling which he still entertained for them. Indeed, so extraordinary were some of the questions put to him, that lie reported the matter to the other Directors, and a resolu tion was come to by them, that a board of Directors would from that time not be held, and that, if the Committee required any explanations, they must come into the Board-room for that purpose. [he coy ,sed that he could scarcely keep his temper within bounds when recollected the insolent manner in which he had been treated by these gentlemen who now came forward with charges whose only foundation rested on falsehood and calumny. Nothing could exceed the profligate extent to which these false accusations had been carried. Even Capt. Dundas himself charged a most respectable gentleman with having fraudulently embezzled some coals belonging to the Company. Capt. DUNDAS-1 never said any such thing. Mr. HALL.—You mentioned it to Colonel Jolliffe, and I now call on him to confirm or deny the truth of my assertion? Captain DUNDAS.—I deny having said any such thing. Mr. HALL again called on Colonel Jolliffe. Colonel TOLLIFFE—GO on —never mind—what signifies it what he bair:. Several persons in the immediate neighbourhood C,f the chair exclaimed, " It is useless t? press him, he'll say and unsay anv thing. lLt ut. resumed, and proceeded to comment ('-r Cie character of the Report. It was in his opinion one of the most foolish un profitable documents that ever issued from any set o f men. It was an insult, no less to the proprietors than to the Directors --(Applause)—and he trusted that the Meeting, by an unanimous vote, would mark their reprobation of it.—(Applause.) Mr. Halt was,still addressing the meeting when our Reporter came away. From the tone And feeling of the Proprietors we may almost conclude that the report will not he adopted by them, EARL OF LIVERPOOL. — At twelve o'clock this morning, the following Bulletin Was issued Lord Liverpool is going on very well," - •• Mr. CANNING remains this morning in the same state as he was yesterday. His relapse was produced by his exer tions in the debate on the Roman Catholic Question. The Right Hon. Gentleman took a warm bath previous to his going to the House, which did not agree with him. COURTS OF CONSEWVANC7.—The Lord Mayor will hold Courts of coniervancy of the River Thames, for Surrey and Middlesex,' on Friday, June 8, and Monday, July 23; for Essex and Kent, on Wednesday, June 13, and Monday, July 16. ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(TIIIS DAY.) THE BERWICK ELECTION. The Town Cie;lcexainined by a Member of the Committee.— Deposed that Colonel Logan was Mayor of that town last year ; that he had been ] 5 years ago appointed barrack-master, at Scar borough, at which time he was deprived of his meadow and stint on account of non-residence ; but that three years ago lie was restored to his rights as a Burgess, having taken np his residence at Ber wick. In his absence be exercised all his personal rights, such as voting at elections for Members of Parliament ; he was deprived only of his local rights, such as meadow and stint, &c.—The case having closed on behalf of the petitioners, no evidence was offered on the other side. Mr. ADAM addressed the Committee in support of the sitting Members. The only question, he observed, for their consideration was, whether or not non-residence did away with the right of voting at elections for Members of Parliament ? He admitted, as was advanced on the other side, that if it ever existed as a law, that none but resident burgesses should vote at elections, neither custom, nor charter, nor bye-law of the Corpo ration could supersede it ; but he contended that there was no Act of Parliament to that effect. The only evi dence produced by the petitioners in support of this posi tion was a Charter of Edward the First, and another of James. The words contained in the former Charter, on which they relied, were these :—" That every free burgess shall be at the Guild and at Scot." His Learned Friend contended that these words implied residence, as they could not attend at the Guild un less they resided in town; but he (Mr. Adam) was of a different opinion,—being at the Guild meant no more than being a member thereof, for in those days guilds were prin cipally composed of merchants, who, from their occupations, were obliged to travel, and consequently could not be always re sident; and being at sist implied payment of talliage or assess ment to the King, to which every burgess was liable wherever he resided. In support of this be cited Marryatt's " Firma Burgi," and Maddox's " Exchequer." A free burgess, he continued, was any man who had liberty to exercise a free trade, whether he resided in the town, or got permission to reside out of it, as it had been the custom of this Borough to admit the votes of non resident freemen for nearly 200 years, without interruption, and as this custom was not contrary to any Act of Parliament, or Charter, lie hoped the Committee would not see any reason to alter it now. The LEARNED COUNSEL was continuing his address as we went to press. In the Committees on the Reading and Pontefract Elections, several witnesses were examined with a view to establish fraud and bribery on behalf of the sitting Members, but nothing ma terial was elicited from them. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. EX-PARTE INJUNCTION. DUNN V. WATKINS. Mr. Ha' applied ex-parte for an injunction, under these cir cumstances, on behalf of one partner against another : the plain tiff, John Dunn, and defendant Benjamin Watkins, in the year 1814 entered into copartnership, together with Austin, ❑nder a contract that each partner was to bring into the con cern capital to the amount of 7,0001. Mr. Austin died in IS2I, but the plaintiff and defendant continued to carry on the business jointly from then till now. In addition to the stipu lated sum of 7,000/. capital, that the plaintiff had brought into the partnership, he had been obliged to advance no less than 26,000/. The defendant never brought in more than 8,0001., to the amount of which he owed debts, and he drew out of the concern 12,000/. The bill then stated,that the defendant had been speculating in wool, without the sanction of the plaintiff, to meet which he had drawn bills, but afterwards assured the plaintiff that those bills had been paid ; yet the plaintiff had been called upon to dis charge them. All this had occurred during the years 1825 and 1526 ; but the plaintiff, unwilling to take any unpleasant step, abstained from giving notice to dissolve the partnership until the month of December last—there being no limited time for the expiration of the partnership. The bill further stated, that the defendant was insolvent and very embarrassed ; that in January last, he took a journey for the purpose of recovering the ortmer ship debts, on which lie had received 4001. that he had not brought to account, but applied to his own use; that he had threatened to receive other partnership monies upon another journey on which lie now was, and to apply them in the same way ; and that only yesterday afternoon lie had re moved a waggon-load of goods from the warehouse and partner ship concern without communicating it to the plaintiff. The bill therefore prayed for an injunction to restrain the defendant from further entering in the partnership affairs, from receiving the partnership debts, and more especially from drawing, accepting, or endorsing any bills of exchange in the partnership name. The LORD CHANCELLOR granted the injunction without hesi tation. RECORDER'S REPORT. The Loan CitANemott thought it might be convenient for him to state, on taking his chair, at eleven o'clock, that he was obliged to go to the House of Lords to-day at two o'clock, to hear depending arguments in a Scotch cause relative to a Scotch Elec tion, which, by Act of Parliament, it was imperative should be heard within a limited time; if that cause was not got through to-night, his Lordship would have to go for a short time to the House to-morrow evening, to hear it concluded ; but, as he had to attend the Recorder's Report, at au early hour to-morrow, even if the cause was concluded at the House, to-night, lie could not be here for any useful time to-morrow, but hoped to he able to sit on Thursday. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. MARTIN V. MARTIN. This was an application on the part of the plaintiff, that he be at liberty to examine certain witnesses as to the date of his birth, and that the evidence of such witnesses be perpetuated. The bill stated that the plaintiff, who will be of age in July next, was horn in the year 1806, but that he was not christened until 1809 ; that the only living witnesses who can prove these facts are his mother, Anne Martin, and the man-midwife who attended her at the birth of the plaintiff. The mother, the bill states, is the only person who can identify him as the same individual to whom she gave birth in 1806, and the man-midwife can cor roborate her evidence in a great degree ; they arc both now very old, and it was of the utmost importance to the plaintiff, who claims several large estates in fee, that no delay should occur in taking their depositions. The man-midwife, according to the bill, is sixty-four years of age, and resides at Bermondsey, which is described as a very damp and unwholesome situation ; he is stated, from the nature of his profession, to be much ex posed to danger, being liable to be called out of hit bed at all hours of the night, and therefore not likely to live long. The VICE-CHANCELLOR made the order as to the evidence of the mother ; but would not, without the consent of the opposite side, extend it to the accoucheur. HALLIDAY V. ACTON. The VICE-CHANCELLOR, observing Mr. Hart and Mr. Sugden in Court, said that he was now prepared to give his opinion in this case. The question, he said, was, whether a notice served on the defendant was such a notice as must determine the partnership subsisting between them. The partnership consisted of Messrs. Halliday, Studd, And Acton ; and, according to the provisions of the partnership deed, each partner had the power of withdrawing himself from the partnership, and so far dissolving upon giving three years notice of his intention. Studd died, leaving his wife and the plaintiff, Halliday, one of the partners, his executors. Shortly after his death, they served Acton with a notice, to the effect that they, Mary Studd and Simon Halliday, the executors of the deceased, and Simon Halliday, the devisee in trust, were determined to withdraw from the co-partnership. The question now was, whether Halliday signed this notice solely as the executor of Studd and the devisee in trust of his estate, or whether he in his individual capacity was bound by it. His Hosoun was of opinion, that the notice referred to the estate of Studd, and that Halliday did not by the notice express any intention of withdrawing him self from the co- p artnershi p . 'Mr. HART said, that the withdrawing of any of the three part ners was to have the erect of dissolving the firm altogether. The VICE-CHANC/1.1.0R replied, that such was not his impres sions as far as be recollected tile provisions of the partnership deeds, however, if Mr. Hart, upon examination of the deeds, found that it was so, lie might be at liberty to mention the matter again. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. The Masquerade at the Argyll Rooms last night, produced a very respectable show of disorderlies at this office this morning, the champaigne it would appear, had not only enlivened those within by the taste, but produced some very extraordinary effect. outside by the smell. A group of stray citirens probably wishing to dive into the mysteries of the Beau Monde, were so materi alized by its effects, that they put themselves upon their rights and the foot pavement, and refused to budge one inch, the natural consequence of which act was to find them selves before " his Worship" this morning. As many, however, as could quell their civic bile sufficiently to apologise without a wry face, were allowed to depart in peace ; but those who per sisted in their right to obstruct the foot-way, open the carriage , do° 73 , &c. were held to bail. LITERARY PLAGIARISMS. We have been informed, that when " Lochiel's Warning" first made its appearance, the late Dr. Leyden—whose memory, lik e all his other powers, was prodigious—used to amuse himself, and astonish his friends, by pointing out what he was pleased to deno minate " plagiarisms from other poets," in almost every couplet of that admired production. Many of the coincidences he exhibited were indeed quite remarkable; and upon the strength of these, he went so far as to maintain broadly, that that beautiful and finished little gem of poetry was nothing more than a mere cento of the finest passages of other poets, skilfully wrought up into a piece of exquisite mosaic, in which the delicacy of the workmanship was the only matter really worthy of admiration. In this judgment Dr. Leyden was undoubtedly guilty of very considerable exaggeration ; but the following example shows that there was at least some ground for his statement. Lochiel's Warning. All dark and despairing, my eight I may seal, But man cannot cover what God would reveal ; ' Tis the sun-set of life gives me mystioal lore, AND COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS 3QFORI• Death of Wallenstein. There are such voices doubtless ; yet Not WARNING VOICES, since they but foretell That which is fix'd and unavoidable. Even as the sun's reflection in the horizon Gleams ere he rises, so the spectral shadows Of great events come striding o before, And in to-day already stalks to-morrow. Caledonian Mercury. Act V. Scene sd. On referring to " Gertrude of Wyoming" we find another pla giarism from Virgil, equally remarkable with the foregoing. Mr. Campbell's genius is any thing but inventive; he is at best but a skilful adapter of the thoughts of others. Witness his celebrated Address to the Rainbow, which, as a writer in Blackseood's Magazine proved, was taken, unacknowledged, from a poem by an old writer named Vaughan. The following is the plagiarism referred to : _zaltem si qua mihi de te suscepta fuisset Ante fugam soboles, si quis mihi parvulus aulii Luderet zEneas, quite tamen ore referret Non equidem omnino capta aut deserta videbar.— Viva. Half could I bear, methinks, to leave this earth And thee, more blest than aught beneath th• sun, If I had lived to smile but on the birth Of one dear pledge ; but shall there then be none, In future times, no gentle little one To clasp thy knees and look resembling me ?—CampbeN. So again, Sternitur et dukes moriens reminiseitur Argos.— Virgil. The dying man to Sweden turned his eye, Thought of his home, and closed it with a sigh,— CarApbsli. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. The KING is expected to come to town to-morrow, to hold a Council, at which the Recorder will make his Report. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street, sum monses for the assembling of which were issued by Mr. Secretary Canning, last Friday ; among the Members of the Cabinet present were Earls Ilarrowby, Westmoreland, and Bathurst; the Duke of Wellington, Viscouat Melville, Mr. Wynn, Lord Bexley, Mr. Huskisson, &e. &c. The Council continued in deliberation till near four o'clock.--Mr. Huskisson came in his carriage to attend the Cabinet. We are concerned to say that Mr. Secretary Can ning continues still confined by indisposition, although he was said to be better yesterday than he was on Sunday. The Right Hon. Gentleman is attended by Dr. Holland and Dr. Warren. The Marquis de Palmella, the Portuguese Ambas sador, transacted business yesterday- at the Office of the Soerstary of State for Foreign Affairs. Viscount Granville, Mr. Huskisson, Lord Bingham, &c., visited Mr. Secretary Canning yesterday. Some of those who profess to be in the secret, as sert that the Duke of Wellington either has been, or is to be, in trusted with the task of forming a new Ministry; of which, of course, his Grace himself will in that case be it the head.— Morning Herald. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has given notice to the Trustees of the British Museum, that, in consequence of the distressed state of the finances of the country, only 12,000/. per annum, will be appropriated to the new buildings instead of 40,000/. The Lords of the Treasury, on the application of the Executors, have remitted the amount of the probate duty oa the Duke of York's will—the assets falling short of the debts. Mr. Huskisson took an airing on Sunday in the Regent's Park. The Right Hon. Gentleman walked a short distance, his carriage following him ; he looked very unwell. . . A correspondent informs us, that it is perfecily true, that Mr. Hart did refuse the recent vacant Judgeship.— Morning Paper. Lady C. Powlett is still residing at Floreneft. Mr. L. Fox, M.P., accompanied by Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart., paned through York yesterday, on their way to Whitwell.— York Courant, March 10. A grand Masquerade was given at St. Petersburgh, on the 16th ult., to the Nobility and Merchants at the Winter Palace, at which, it is said, 24,000 persons were present. Circ Te le h of C th o e un H te a s u s t T S a t. i, A o n n to s n un io e nt e rtained day.e,,ening, an elegant at her hotusin Hanover-square, The Privy Councillor and Senator, Areadi Nei doff, had just been elected Marshal of the Nobility of the Govern ment of St. Petersburgh for the next three years. 'We have had it from good authority, that Dr. Magee, at his last visitation, told the Clergy of the Dioee of Ferns, that, "lie wished for no half measures with the Papists." —Waterford Chronicle. R. MAccuLLocir.—We learn from a Scotch pa per that this erudite Theban is detained in the North by the snow ; he and the thaw, therefore, will come to London together.-- Arcades ambo—both are equally solid. We understand, more over, (from the same authority,) that he will come up by ono of the Edinburgh Light Post Coaches. Quere How can that. be, if he brings his Lectures in his pocket? On Saturday Mr. Smith, Paymaster to the Roy a l Navy, was found dead in his bed, at his house at Beckenham, in Kent. Mr. Smith had attended to his official duti e s the preced ing day at the Navy Pay-office in Somerset-ham. He was heard moving in his bed-room about eight o'clock on Saturday morn ing, but as he continued there longer than usual, hi, servant entered the apartment between 11 and 12 o'clock, and found Mr. Smith a corpse, Mr. Smith was appointed to his situation by 11 h :L a r s C bee a n n n Ns u -l e i d eo i M . officen C anningbyMr. as • a c s a T n r n e l a n s a T s r of the ucceuo successors. Nary, and CANINE SAGACITY AND GRATITUDE.—Dr.Von Iffidan relates a very extraordinary case of the sagacity of a New alarge i t o l n og o f b o l e n e e d ionfg my yrosfttliisdeleyn students r ; o m by t s h t r e r ic i ignhgt the l g, daotg fo New foundland dog. The Doctor observes :—" While in practice at .nd back, he w as coaxe d i nto t h e surgery, where, on. eo t Q r xn a u a c e mt t h b e ie e d n e laaoedn I found an artery an d th e t en d ons comp l ete l y di v id e d. I ordered the poor animal to be firmly secured, by which means a ligature was applied to the bleeding vessel, and after shaving the hair surrounding the wound, I carefully applied adhesive plasters, and brought its edges together (leaving a small aperture for the ligature) covered with a linen bandage. After the operation he was set at liberty; but to my great surprise, the following morn ing the dog was one of my earliest patients. The bandage ap peared to be undisturbed; I, however, removed it for the pupas of examining the state of the wound, and as the strips of pilaster seemed to be in the adhesive state I had applied them the day be fore, they were allowed to remain. On the third day, about the came hour, the sagacious animal made his appearance—he was then of course considered by me as an out-door patient, incopsliga. and patiently (by his gestures) awaited his turn to meet the atten tion of my assistants to dress anew his wounds ; to which be most gently submitted, licking, during the whole time of the operation► the hands of the operator. He continued punctually to visit my surgery every morning at the same hour until cured, which I be lieve was not less than fifteen days. I found some time after that the dog belonged to a respectable butcher in St. John's suburbs; and, to prove the gratitude of that animal, I must say, that every' time I had occasion to pass his master's house, it was impossible to avoid the extreme caresses and fondness which he displayed by his alert gestures and jumping, and even following me throughout my visits to all the patients I then had under my care in both suburbs, and then following until lie saw me safely in my own lodgings, when he immediately departed for his master's home ; and what is more extraordinary, all the enticing means resorted to by the studiants and myself, never could prevail upon the dog tg4 enter the surgery after he was dismissed as cured."