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Sub-Prefects, and the Mayors of adjoining Communes, ar eto have the right of visiting and voting in certaio cases. The Committee is to maintain order, t o make known to the Rector of the Academy (of the University), and to the Prefect, the state and wants of the sehuols. These primary schools may be private as well as communal ; but still they are to be subject to the same regulations and inspection. Every one who enjoys civil rights is to possess the title of establishing a primary school, or of being an in structor in a communal school, provided he shall deposit with the proper authorities—lst, a certificate of his capacity from the Rector of the Academy where he has been instructed and exa mined ; 2d, A certificate of good conduct, signed by the Mayor and three Members of the Municipal Council of the Commune in which he has resided three years.. On so depositing the certificates, he will have a right to act as a pri vate instructor in a private primary school ; but, in order to be elected as the instructor of the communal school, he must be appointed by the municipal - authority of the Commune, as the Inspecting Committee is, very properly, not to have the power of appointing a schoolmaster. In Communes where there are no funds or legacies which endow a school, the Commune is bound to pay the expences. In that case the instructor is always to be supplied by the Com mune with a school-room, and an apartment in which to reside, and with, at least, the sum of 200 francs per annum. In those cases where the Communes are so poor that they can not pay the expellee of educating the chil dren, the State is to contribute out of tht Budget of the Home Department. The Mu nicipal Council of each Commune is also charged to contribute towards the • necessary ex pellees. Of course the salary to the school master will depend, in amount, on the poverty or wealth of the Commune, and on the number of children to be instructed ; but it cannot be less than a lodging gratuitous, and 200 francs per annum. This sum alone would not indeed he adequate to maintain a master, but there are no Communes where some of the children would not pay, and 201. a year, with an apartment free of rent and taxes, may be put down as a mini mum of the remuneration. With this sum in France a schoolmaster of the communal school may be respectable. In order to provide for the wants of instructors, who may, from old age or infirmity, be prevented from giving instruc tion, the law directs that a sum equal to a twentieth part of the sum expended annually for the school shall be put aside and consecrated as a Pension Fund—but no pensions are to be granted before the Ist of January, 1836. Finally, the proposed law provides for the edu cation of persons as teachers in separate institu tions, with the view of supplying at all times the requisite number of instructors to the Communes of France. This is an outline of the new plan for edu cating the youth of this country. It is a great work which it pr o p oses t o a ccom pli s h, an d the measure is good, because it is adapted to the people for whom it is made. The same system would not do in your country. There is a spirit of aristocracy even in your small trades men in England. As to an English country 'Squire sending his sons to the same school as his linen-draper's, why that is quite out of the question ; and what would the Tories say to Prince George of Cumberland being brought up even at 'Westminster School ? With us this is different—and these communal schools will still further extend that principle of equality which announces as a dangerous truism, that " a cat may look at a King Fear not, however, that this equality of mind means equality of purse, nor that because the son of a shoemaker shall conjugate a French verb better than the son of a notary, therefore that he will steal the young notary's hat or run away with his books. 0. P. Q. An association is proposed to be formed for the encouragement of lit , r iture, by Assisting authors, who cannot induce the great publishers to bring their works forward, to appear before the public. A SHREWD GUESS.—A lad delivering milk was asked what made it so warm. " I don't know," re plied he, with much simplicity, " unless they put in warm water instead of cold. "—New York Paper. On Monday the despatches were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Pursers of the following ships—viz., Thames, Capt in JAMES KEITH FORBES, Bengal and China; General Kyd, Capt. ALEX ANDER NAIRNE, St. Helena, Bombay, and China. A PLAIN ANSWER TO A PLAIN QUES TION.-A few years ago a couple went to a country church to be married. When, in the course of the mar riage service, the Minister asked the bridegroom, in the usual form, " Wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife ?" he coolly answered, " To be suie I will ; I'm come o' purpose."— December was a merry month among the widows of military officers, a vast number of them having then re-entered the holy st ,te of matrimony, in order t secure their pensions, of which, by the new regulations, all those married after the 31st of that month are to be deprived. The misdeeds of the Liverpool electors will be subjected to a severe scrutiny pn the meeting of Par liament. Several individuals who were active agents of Mr. EWA KT, the Sitting Member, have been served wide notices to appear before the Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to try the merits of the petition against that gentleman's return. STEAM NAVIGATION.—(From a Corre wpondrnt.)—llis Majesty's ship ./Vorth Star, Captain Lord Wm. PAGET, was met off the Isle of Wight by the Thames steamer, (DoNNAN, Commander), belonging to the Dahlia and London Steam Marine Company. The NOI th Star, in consequence of bringing home the crew of his Majesty's ship Slaney, was short of provisions and water, and had suffered great privations for upwards of 10 days. On learning their situation, Captain DONNAN took the North Star in tow, and in a few hours brought her saftl) into Spithead. TIIE NAME OF CHARLES.—France has no cause to congratulate herself on the majority of her Kings who have borne the name of CHARLES. CHARLES the Bald was a capuchin King, and a visionary. CHARLES the Fat was possessed of a devil, and died a fool. CHARLES the Simple was worthy of his name. CHARLES the Handsome was the enemy of canunerce, and travelled nowhere without a carriage full of relics. CHARLES the Wise, in one day, during tie times of the Jacquerie, killed 20,000 of his subjects. CHARLES IX., the King of St. Barthelemy, as MEZERAY tells us himself, shot his subjects with his fowling-piece. CHARLES X., at Holy rood, crown s the series. NEW PUBLICATIONS.—Messrs. ' BLICATIONS.—Messrs. COLBURN I and BENTLEy.have lately published the following works : 1. Journal of a Nobleman, comprising a Narrative of his Travels from Moscow to Vienna, and of his residence in that city during the Congress, in 2 vols, post Bvo.-2. The Life and Correspondence of Jolts LocKE, by Lord K Second Edition with considerable additions, 2v01.. 8 .--3. The Second Volnine of the Life o f t h e great Lovr°d. ButtctiLEY , by the Rev. —ARES-4. ConversationsAzLlir of JAMES NORTI ICOTE, Es q . R.A. B y W. u Esq. 1 vol. small Svo. with a remarkabl y fine portrait of Mr. NORTHCOTE--5• Musical Memoirs, by W. T. PARKtr., Forty Years principal Oboist at the Theatre Royal Covent- Garden, 2 vols.-6. Captain FRANKLAND'S Travels to Constantinople, 2d Edition. 2 vols. Bvo. with, 38 En gravings, price 245.-7. The Octavo Edition of Mr. BUCKINGHAM'S Travels in Assyria, Media, and,. Persia, 2 vole.-8. The Octavo Edition of Mr. CRAUEURD's Narrative of a Residence at Siam, 2 vols.-9. A New and Revised Edition of Mr. CARNE'S Letters from the East, 2 vole. \ \,. ' 1 ‘''' SYDNEY, Jen , 31, 1830.. DEAR --, —Your letter, dated the 4th of Sep tember last., was 'delivered to me by —, who ar rived about the beginning of the month, after a very song passage and a long stay at Swan River, and every other place on the way they could stop at. I thank you for the news you communicate, and with out further reference thereto, shall. proceed to tell you w- , tt you require, to know of t hi s p l ace an d country it. return,. find that you were made ac‘ quainted with the lirst accounts I sent home, which were beat so-so—however perfectly correct. The Colony was then in a state of distress and privation from an awful droeght of three years' duration, the effects of which placed a gloom upon all nature, animate and inanimate; but towards the end of the fast year the rains returned, and have since continued at intervals to refresh abundantly the parched fields, ; and nothing could form a more striking contrast than their former and present state. In plate of ponder ing upon where our supply or food was to come from, the question new is, where to export our sur plus to. The Change has come upon us like magic, and must be incredible but to those who have had the opportunity of witnessing it; the only embar rassment now experienced proceeds from excessive abundance. You mast judge from facts, and these are as followst-The climate is very similar to that of Portugal ; the conveniences of life of every kited are much the same as you would find in any English town of teu thousand inhabitants, house rent and serrehts excepted, both of which are dear, and with convict servants in general the trouble is horrible. The boy I brought with me does ex tremely well, and has invariably done so; I consider myself fortunate in having brought him ; I would do the same in any such ease, and recommend to all who tan to make themselves independent of convict servants, although it must be confessed that servants brought out here often turn out very bad. All kinds of furniture and clothing are to be had here reasonable; but the latter can never be had so well as in London, by any one who is there present at least. Boots and shoes are made here as good as any where, and very little dearer than in Lon don. \Vine is here plentiful ; spirits also ; both about on. -half the price they cost in England ; there is now in the Colony, I am told, enough for ten years. When I was coming out I was sadly in want of information, and applied to man in London who had returned from hence ; he told me such a pack of nonsense about the want of so many things that I could not encounter the task of supplying myself, so I brought only my personal clothing, and if I were to come again I would exactly do the same. You have on landing the choice of many excellent hotels, where the expence is very moderate, and where you can remain with all convenience until more perma nently lodged. Furnished lodgings there are but few, I mean at present, for sudden changes are com mon here in most things. I have an excellent lodging, but rather dear, as it costs me in all 1001. yearly. - is still at the hotel, where he tells ! me he pays at the rate of 50s. a week for his living, lodging, and altogether, and finds it, he says, very comfortable. Houses are increasing very fast, and honesty also, I hope; so the two greatest disad vantages to strangers are in the way of being di minished. Money is very scarce; the usual rate of interest, with good security, is 15 per cent. A man of ordinary means should provide nothing whatever coming here but his own personal baggage, and as much money as possible. Our money is all British coin now, in gold and silver, the cams as at London. . I used to be told that women were remarkably scarce in this country, but here I never either re marked or heard of any such scarcity; there are even old maids to be seen. I said that the climate is like that of Portugal ; it is nearest to that of any I know, but still more pleasant I think by far. The heat of summer is not quite so excessive, and the winter is just cold enough to have a fire ; but more for the look of the thing than the cold, which can always be overcome by exercise. The rains are at intervals, and of short duration. The general cure of the atmosphere, even in winter, is bright, clear, cool, and invigorating. I have had a fire in my sitting room since the Ist of May ; last winter I had it for more than five months. The country in the vicinity of this place is very poor and sandy, but it is excellent riding ground, and for walking there can be none. better; an advantage which, when I remember Lisbon, I can well appreciate. I have only about four minutes' walk tosea-bathing of the best you can possibly imagine, and of which I avail myself daily when the weather is warm ; this, with riding, which I enjoy very much, and daily, is my only enjoyment of an active kind, for there is neither society nor amusement here of any description to deserve being mentioned. The mere expense of food here is very little, but an establishment to keep up is very costly, and breeding goes on with a ra• pidity unknown to all but this prolific land; in a couple of years we shall be quite over-run with horses, cattle, and sheep. Fifty sheep were offered here yesterday for as many shillings, and refused. Dogs got lately so numerous that Lisbon, in that way, was not to compare with Sydney ; it was reckoned that we had ten dogs for every inhabitant. A little terrier bitch I brought from Ireland with me has, in the short time I have been here, added seventeen to the number, and in a few days will, I think, make it up to five-and-twenty. It has been found necessary to make a law for taxing all dogs, and to make them be registered and wear collars ; 350 transgressors of this law were killed by the con stables in one day lately. All ladies who arrive here in the family way are quite sure to have twins; and many old apple and oysterwomen, who get into trouble in London, and are made to visit these shores, soon become happy mothers, despite their grey hairs and load of years; a wise arrangement of Providence, no doubt, in favour of a large vacant country requiring inhabitants. If abundance of food, as Malthus says, be the cause of an increase of population, it is also in full effect here. Beef is common at ld. per lb., and in many places id. a lb.; mutton double that; and I see daily fish of 201bs. to 301bs. selling for Is. each. A gentleman told me a few days ago that he went out for amusement to fish lately, and by three hauls of the net took above three hundred good fish, the least of them six pounds weight. The cheese made here now is equal to the best double Gloucester; I have even seen soap, candles, and leather manufactured here to perfection, and cheap. Furniture, and every thing in the way of a cabinet maker, is to be had, made of Colonial wood, in excellent style; indeed, nearly all trades are in full operation here—all the useful ones, at least—and the shops, many of which are splendid, are well filled with all that you can see in that way,' from Hyde-park-corner to Whitechapel. The lower orders of people are sadly addicted to drunkenness, and carry to excess the bluntness and insolence of old John Bull. In the similarity of so many things to England, and the facility of obtaining all that you are accustomed to require, there is little to remind you of being in a distant Colony— indeed the dis tance is quite forgot—and even were it not, it is by no means so formidable to encounter as you may think. For my own part, I found on the voyage that the accommodation, the living, and the weather, were such as one would fancy for a party of plea sure; and in the whole voyage I had no such incon veniences to meet as I have had every day on a voyage to and from Lisbon. I am, in a word, quite pleased that I came, quite contented to remain, and have no great wish ever to remove ; the idea, at least, of spending here the rest of my life has nothing unpleasant in it, arid I may, perhaps, after some time manage to buy a cottage for myself, and con sider it my final abode. This is, however, only an ideal scheme as yet, requiring to be often recoil sidered. I cannot now go much farther; but I am quite certain I might fare worse, and one of the point s of wisdom, which I hope I have derived from my experience, is to know when I am well off, at least I will try to do so. You will presume that my present opinion of this country is grounded on its present prosperous condition—the one and the other may both change from a competent cause, as they have already done. I have just read over the foregoing to ■••--, why says it is all gospel; rand the only remark he has to make is, that the necessity of bringing out as much money as possible should be in Italicks ; and that every one who can should give the preference to a convict ship for coming eut here, which is perfectly true. Clothing for the voyage should be of two opposite kinds—for the extremes of heat and of cold; and on providing it you should understand this literally, for much de pends do it in the way of comfort during the voyage, when at one time you will find the very lightest reo much, and the warmest too little. Pray, what could induce you to send me a letter without a newspaper or pamphlet,;z , -or something of that kind in it. You can have no idea of the value of such things at this great distance—magazines particularly; and when you write to me again, pray do not forget it. Should you decide upon coming, give me as much previous notice es you can, and I shall provide for you on arrival. There is a great deal of thieving and roguery of all kinds going on here constantly amongst them ; but theseare things which I only hear and read of, and have no annoyance for me whatever, for the bulk of the people are too bad to permit of it being otherwise. I thought to find the rising gene ration much improved, but not at all; the men are shocking drunkards, and the women sadly disposed to live a free life. The number of rogues who get hanged here is quite extraordinary; they have been at it lately twice a week, and there are generally several at a time—sometimes as many as six, seven, or eight. There is a horrid annoyance we are made to suffer here at times—l mean that of the hot winds. It has not occurred more than four times since 1 arrived, and has lasted nearly .a day each time. The whole atmosphere becomes like the breath of a heated furnace, and creates the most unpleasant sensation imaginable. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. Lord Chamberlain's Office, Jan. 21, 1831. Notice is hereby given, that the Drawing Room to b, held at St. James's Palace, 'on Thursday the 24th of Fe• bruary next, being for the celebration of her Majesty's Birth-day, the Knights of the several Orders are to appear in their Collars. Lord Chamberlain's Office, Jan. 21. Notice is hereby given, that the King will hold a Levee at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday the 23d of February next, at two o'clock ; and that his Majes•y's Levees in future will be held on every succeeding Wednesday till further orders. War-I , ffice, Jan. 25. 2il Regiment of Life Guards—Major G. Greenwood to be Major and Lieutenant• Colonel, Jan. 2. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Cornet W. H. Desborough to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pitman, who retires ; 13. Wodehouse, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Des borough, Jan. 25. 4th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. T. Darke, from the half pay of the 73d Regiment, to be Lieutenant, repaying the difference to the Half-pay Fund, vice Colthurst, promoted, Jan. 25. 12th Foot—Ensign J. Thompson to be Adjutant, ♦ice Dunn, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Jan. 25. 33i1 Foot —Lieut. C. M. Caldwell to he Captain, by purchase, vice Kelly, who retires. Ensign T. B. Gough to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Caldwell. J. Hen derson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gough, Jan.. 25. 41st Foot—Lieut. Hon. W. F. O'Callaghan, from the 37th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Ross, whose ap pointment has not taken place, Jan. 25. 56th Foot—Ensign J. G. Strachey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Manners, appointed to the 79th Regi ment; T. G. B. M'Neill, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Strachey, Jan. 25. 61st Foot—Ensign J. Maclean, from the half-pay of the Bahama Garrison Company, to be Ensign, vice Bar low, whose appointment has not taken place, Jan. 25. 67th Foot—Captain T. Unett, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice H. H. Vaughan, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Jan. 25. 75th Foot--W. Here, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moultrie, promoted, Jan. 25. 86th Foot—Ensign J. Gilchrist, from the half-pay of the 60th Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Gallwey, promoted in the Ceylon Regiment, Jan. 25. _ _ Ceylon R-giment—Ensign J. Gallwey, from the 86th Regiment, to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice T. Phelan, dismissed the service, Jan. 25. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex. 0. Yeats, Eq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commissions in the Stdffordshire Regiment of yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Stafford. Cornet M. Bass to be Lieutenant, vice Worthington, re signed ; F. Calvert, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Bass, pro moted, Jan. 12. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Devon. To be Deputy Lieutenants. J. Quicke, Esq., W. Nation the younger, Esq., J. Mil ford, Esq., S. White, Esq., J. W. Abbott, Esq., C. Hol man, Esq., G. Truscott, Esq., W. Browning, Esq. North Devon Regiment of Militia. A. Harris, Gent. to be Ensign ; R. Finley, Gent, to be ditto, March, 1830. South Devon Regiment of Militia. J. Serie the younger, Gent. to be Lieutenant, April, 1830. East Devon Regiment of Militia. J. Quicke, Gent, to be Ensign, December, 1830. Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. A. Smith, jun., Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Crockett, resigned, Dec. 15. J. Sanders, Gent. to be Corner, vice Duckworth, Bart. promoted, Dee. 18. W. C. Baines, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Duck worth, Bart. resigned, Dec. 24. North Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. L. R. Heysett, Gent. to be Cornet, Dec. 18. North East Devon Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry. J. White, E•q. to be Captain Commandant, J an . 19. G. Rich, Gent. to be Cornet, Jan. 19. East Devon Volunteer Cavalry. T. Mules, Esq. to be Major, Dec. 21. J. Basleigh, Esq. to be Captain, Dec. 21. W. Rogers, Esq. to be ditto, Dec. 21, C. S. Flood, Gent. to be Lieutenant, Dec. 21. P. Mules, jun. Gent, to be ditto, Dec. 21. W. Woodward, Gent, to be Surgeon, Dec. 21. C. S. Flood, Big. to be Captain, Jan. 7. H. Bellew, Gent., to be Cornet, Jan. 7. Feb. 9, at 81X, 10, at ten, ana March 8, at five, at the Ge. rge Inn, Andover. Bousfie!d, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London ; Mann, Andover. Thomas Jackson, Laverick-hall, Saint Bees, Cumber land, miller, Feb. 7,8, and March 8, at two, at the Black Lion Inn, Whitehaven. Pearson, Staple Inn, London ; Sherwen, Whitehaven. DIVIDENDS. J. Si Lade, Maidstone, corn-factor, Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—G. and T. Thorpe, Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, glass-benders, Feb. 4, at three, at the Court of Commissioners—J. G. Babb, Otford, maltster, Feb. 15, 40,.. ten, at the Court of Commissioners —J. Moreland, W. Sloan, C. lenton, and G. Scott, Shad Thames, Hotseleydown, stone -merchants, Feb. 11, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners—T. and G. Neville, Doddinghurst, Essex, farmers, Feb. 4, at two, at the Court of Commissioners—W. and J. Quinton, Basford, Nottinghamshire, timber-dealers, Feb, 15, at eleven, at the Punch Bowl, Nottingham—J. Lees, jun., Notting ham, joiner, Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Punch Bowl, Not tingham—G. Spode, Ipswich, shoemaker, Feb. 16, at twelve, at the Crown Inn, Ipswich—T. Keymer, Col chester, woollen-draper, March 31, at eleven, at the Three Cups Inn, Colchester—E. M‘Ghie and A. Wakefield, Manchester, milliners, Feb. 14, at nine, at the York Hotel, Manchester—J. Clarke, Denton, Norfolk, farmer, Feb. 15, at five, at the Angel Inn, Norwich—J., G. N., and C. Tostal, Wakefield, Yorkshire, corn-merchant, Feb. 16, at eleve►, at the Court House, Wakefield—H. Donaldson, Bmckingham-street, Strand, army-agent, Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. CERTIFICATES, FEN.IS. IL Hone, Brixton, Surrey, boarding-school-keeper—S. March, Nottingham Park, Nottinghamshire, lace manu facturer—R. Wilkinson, Epworth, Lincolnshire, linen draper—T. Keymer, Colchester, Essex, woollen-draper —J. Cunningham, Bristol, tin-plate worker—E. Carter, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, money scrivener—G. D. riasle wood, Oldlsury, Shropshire, apothecary—J. Jones, Bristol, merchant. !Quantities Imported in the United Kingdom 1 in the Month ended Jan. 1, 1831. The Produce of, and Im. Imported from ported from, Foreign British Posses. Total. Countries. slow; out of Europe. Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus. 34,750 5 6,274 7 41,1,25 4 10,427 2 10,427 2 6,455 6 6,455 6 1,129 1 1,129 1 14,063 3 192 6 14,256 1 26 5 26 5 1,031 4 1,031 4 67,884 2 6,467 5 74,351 7 Cwts. qrs. lb. Cwts. qrs. lb. Cwts. qrs. lb. 49,299 0 17 2,327 2 4 51,626 2 21 15 1 0 15 1 0 49,299 0 17 2,342 3 4 51,641 3 21 Quantities charged with Duty for Home Con sumption in the United Kingdom in the Month ended Jan. 1, 1831. s. The Produce of, and Im. Imported from ported from, Foreign British Posses- TAO. Countries. sions out of Europe. Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus. 60 4 411 1 471 5 17,188 5 17,188 5 386 5 386 5 107 4 107 4 14,845 6 192 6 15,038 4 20 6 20 6 618 4 618 4 33,228 2 603 7 33,832 1 Cwts. qrs. lb. Cwts. qrs. lb. Cwts. qrs. lb. 347 2 18 169 2 9 517 0 27 15 1 0 15 1 0 DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. Josiah Wooldridge, sen. and Josiah Wooldridge, jun. Birmingham, bran-founders. Charles Cousins, Drummond-crescent, Somers'-town, carman. Daniel Larter, High-street, Shoreilitch, victualler. Daniel Desonneaux, Cole's-terrace, White Conduit fields, chemist. George Russell, Brownlow-street, Drury-lane, coach smith. Species of Corn, Grain Meal, and Flour. Wheat ..... Barley ... Oats Rye Pease Beans Maize or Indian Corn i Buck Wheat Beer or Bigg Total of Corn andl Grain Wheat Meal, orl Flour Barley Flour Oatmeal Rye Meal Indian Meal ...... Total of Meal and Flour I Species of Corn, Grain, Meal, and }lour. Wheat Barley Oats Rye Pease Beans Maize or Indiana Corn Buck Wheat ' Beer or Bigg Total of Corn and Grain ............ Wheat Meal, O 1 - Flour Barley Flour , Oatmeal Rye Meal Indian Meal Total of Meal andl Flour Species of Corn, Grain, Meal, and flour. 'Wheat Barley Oats Rye Pease Beans Maize or Indian Corn Buck Wheat Beer or Total of Corn anc Grain Wheat Meal, or Flour Barley Flour Oatmeal Rye Meal Indian Meal BANKRUPTS. Thomas Webb, Seymour-street, Euston-square, shoe maker, to surrender Jan. 28, at twelve, Feb. 4, at one, and March 8, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Brongh, Fleet-street. John and William Wilson, W'hitehaven, plasterers, Feb. 3,4, and March 8, at eleven, at the Black Lion, White haven. Falcon, Elm-curt, Temple, London ; Hodgson, Whitehaven. William Gray, Giltapur-street, victualler, Feb. 1, at two, 4, at three, and March 8, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Venning and Naylor, Copthall-court, Throgmorton-street. James Leonard Cozens, Bedminster, Somerset, victual ler, Feb. 17, IS, and March 8, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Bath. King and WhitAker, Gray's-Inn-square ; Whitaker, Frame, Somersetshire. Godfrey Bower Rod well, James-street, Covent-garden, linen-draper, Feb. 1,8, and March 8, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Hemming, Great Knight Rider - street, Doctors'-Commons. Joseph and John Lamb, Liverpool, saddlers, Feb. 7,8, and March 8, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Mawdsley, Liverpool ; Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London. Joseph Richardson, Regency-place, Great Surrey street, Surrey, currier, Jan. 28, at three, Feb. 11, at two, and March 8, at two, at the Court of Commissionere. Drew, Bermondsey. William lox, Great Driffield, Yorkshire, tanner, Feb 17, at six, 18, and March 8, at eleven, at the Blue Bell Inn, Great Driffield. Williams, Verolam-buildings, Gray's Inn, London ; Foster, Great Driffield. Theophilus Nicholson, Burstwick, Yorkshire, horse dealer, Feb. 4,5, and March 8, at eleven, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon-Hull. Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London; Dryden, Hnll. Julia 13Algb, Niddlq Souttuu;optop, victualler, • Total of Meal and Flour E 2,908 1 91 1 10,864 0 25 131,772 2 6 By order of the Commissioners, T. WHITNIORE, Sec- Custom-House, London, Jan. 21, 1831. Mr. Alderman VENABLES, to enable his te nants in Buckinghamshire to increase the wages to the labourers, reduced his rents 17 per cent., although the leases were ten years unexpired. The Petition for Parliamentary Reform lying in this city has, we are informed, already 3,000 signa tures ; as it will, we understand, remain until Saturday next, a very great accession of names may be anticipated. —Bath Journal. SANCTUARY IN FRANCE.---The French Government have just resolved in Council that in future the surrender of no one, who has set foot on the French soil shall be granted, no matter from what quarter the application may come. The largest iron bridge in the world is i n China, near Kingtung, where it forme a perfect road from the top of one immense mountain to the other. It is formed of timing, 21 in number, and bound together by other cross chains. This bridge is more th*n 100 years olds RIGHTS OF THE PATENT THEATRES. The arguments respecting the above question were resumed in the Vice-Chancellor's Court at se ven o'clock last evening, before the Lord Chancellor and his Learned Associates. Prior to Mr. Adam resuming his argument, Sir CHARLES WEtHERELL intimated that he ap peared on the part of the proprietors of the Hay market; on which The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that they would hear him after Mr. Adam had concluded. Mr. ADAM, in commencing, read several extracts from letters written by Lord Dartmouth to Mr. Greville, in reference to the license which had been granted to Mr. Arnold, notwithstanding the Lord Chamberlain had made a promise to Mr. Greville that he should have a license, if erer it was thought proper to establish a third theatre. The Learned Counsel contended, that from them it appeared an infringement on the rights of the patent theatres was not contemplated, and that the license of 111 r. Ar nold was restricted to six months. This, then, should not, he apprehended, be overturned. Mr. Arnold had submitted to this decision ; and had not thought fit to make any further applicition, either to Lord Dartmouth, or to any of the succeeding Lord Chamberlains, till the present time, The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that he thought he should set the Learned Counsel right upon this point. From the information that he and his Learned Colleagues had received, applications had been made by Mr. Arnold to the Duke of Devon shire, the succeeding Lord Chamberlain, and lately to the Earl of Jersey. Mr. ADAM thanked his Lordship, and proceeded to say, that at all events no application had been made to Lord Jersey till his thea•re was burnt down. He was not the only sufferer by fire; and he could not see how that fact could entitle him to the favour of the Crown. The Learned Counsel animadverted on the manner in which Mr. Arnold had used the license given by George the Third, for the special purpose of promoting English music. He contended that his becoming the manager of Mr. Sheridan's theatre, instead of using the license at first, ought to deprive him of the favour of the Crown in restoring him to the enjoyment of the license (supposing it to be as Mr. Arnold stated), which he had abandoned so unjustifiably in the first instance. Another point which Mr. Arnold had urged in his petition was, that he had incurred great expence in consequence of the license, and that it would be a great loss to him if it were not extended to him. He (Mr. Adam), however, should say that it was not so; inasmuch as, a few weeks after his intention to open the theatre was known, a com plaint was made by the winter theatres, and a notice was given by the Lord Chamberlain that Mr. Gre ville would be admitted to a license for one half of the year. If he chose, after this notice that he would not be admitted to an unlimited license, to spend 27,0001. in building and fitting out, &c. a theatre, he surely would not say that he was an innocent and unconscious person, when he embarked, as he stated, all his capital in the Ly ceum. So much, then, for this point, which Mr. Arnold urged for his now being restored to his ori ginal license. But, supposing that he had had no notice, still he had proved successful in his specula tion during the six months of the year, as appeared from a letter written by him to Mr. Colman, in an swer to one that complained of the injurious effect the Lyceum had upon his little theatre. Then, as to the stress which Mr. Arnold had laid upon the cultivation of native talent and English music, they had no evidence upon it; at least, none such as could be acted upon by their Lordships. 'What, however, had been done by the two theatres ? Why they had been the real cultivators of British talent, having brought out successfully on their boards many celebrated singers of both sexes, such as Miss Tree, Miss Stephens, Miss Paton. Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Braham, and at the present time Miss Inverarity. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL observed, that he was not acquainted with the merits of the lady with the long name. Mr. ADAM replied that he himself was not per sonally acquainted with her talent; but he was given to understand that she was one of the most pro mising singers of the day, and his Learned Friend might have known that from the newspapers, and through the medium of his eyes, although not of his ears.—(A laugh.)—Yes, the patent theatres had not only brought out many eminent singers, but many excellent operas. What, however, had Mr. Arnold done ? He believed he had introduced Mr. Philipps, the great singer, to the public, and a pit ce of some celebrity, called The Devil's Bridge; but the devil another name could be found ! Then, in reference to his Lordship's question on the preced ing night, the patent theatres had represented many excellent stock comedies; such as The School for Scandal—that had been acted more than sixteen times during the present season—and several of Morton's, Reynolds', and other dramatic writers' pieces, which were acknowledged to be of good standing merit. The LORD CHANCELLOR—CertainIy. My only reason in putting the question the other night was, that in a book published by the late Lord Carlisle— a person of no mean authority in theatrical opinions and affairs—it was stated that the largeness of the theatres was inimical to the developcment of the expression of the actors' faces, &c., which, accor dingly, prevented the representation of any fine comedies. This was an argument used by many persons, and he only wished, for his own informa tion, to know whether such was the case or not. Mr. ADAM said it certainly was not the case in either of the theatres. Not only old pieces, but new were represented—amongst which was the Chancery Suit, a piece of five acts, and one which bade fair to be a stock piece. Whether or not from the circumstance of its being dedicated to his Lord ship he could not say, but— The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that he had never heard of the dedication. Mr. ADAM remarked that the dedication might he ad judicem and not ad nominee:—a dedication which would therefore be in perfect keeping, considering the length of time that it bid fair to stand as a piece of merit. The LORD CHANCELLOR smiled, and intimated that he did not think that the question, whether or not stock comedies had been represented by the pa tent theatres, would bear on the question. Mr. ADAM said, that the only object which he had in dwelling upon the subject was, that for the sake of the many eminent persons who had written the comedies, he wished their Lordships to be in formed, that the drama had not decreased in such a way as might appear from the discussion on the preceding evening. The Learned C ounse l t h en proceeded to a rgue the right of the p a t ent t h eatres to make an objection to Mr. Arn o ld' s app li cat i on. He gave a short detail of the applications that had been made to the Privy Council and the Commons' House of Parliament against the right of the patent theatres, which had ended in the right of the pa rents being recognised, and, as argued by his Learned Friend Mr. Harrison, confirmed. In consequence of these confirmation s , t h e D uke of Bedfor d an d nd wa re s h h u m ild w ing a g th re e a t t he s a u t i r n es. of of the the . proprietors went to most enormcus expellees i n fi th tt e m t g he o a u tr t e a s immense sums had been laid out within the last few years; so much so, indeed, that money had been borrowed to a great extent, and there were several annuitants to a large amount. The losses of the theatres were immense, the incurnbrances on Co vent-Garden Theatre alone being upwards of 200,000/. Drury-Lane Theatre, although not so greatly burdened, was encumbered to a large amount. What, then would be the consequence, if Mr. Arnold's competition were allowed ? What would be come of the annuitants and the lessees of the theatres, if such a dangerous precedent, as giving Arnold an ex tension of his license, were established by their Lordships ? He asked . them to consider the situation of Captain Polhill, a gentleman who was quite unacquainted with theatrical matters, and Mr, Lee, the two innocent lessees of Drury-lane Mies of C he B old old Strc :tedu which th, erell) dept arg e the , r p , rior claim great theatre, am l o w t h i n o t had ri t , a h k e e t aken conditionsi t , andla imposedid out a ca p ita l t lppoo usnd.so;otr eeprrroeerpedee:rt hidttyi bitoui thfili were, that they should pay nine thousand year for rent, for three successive years—th at I should keep the theatre open during 6 ° A in h Id 10vio 1 a 1 months, and preserve it in repair, &c. Woul d Pr°duced have done this if they had known that Mr. 1 SoLteft the C who had not made any applic4tion of t his ir k a i t l i te: it: itieh rl b a ri u gh " te o s p: many years, would have petitioned in the orl f Of t e h he had ? Would they, he asked,. as a common sense; hal'e gone to such expense an d i tri o risk, if they had any thOught Of it; danger 0 ;rent of . infamous an innovation in the rights 'd joyed by the patent theatres ? The lessees of P r o iti 1 1 2 lane Wile obliged to disburse thousands of PI As h : aPPrehe etkeeritai_b every week in payment of various incidents i k etti cvas unter e uwed, hi s , penses, and one thousand people were entitelishu pendent for their support on the keepil o s of that establishment, while nearly the oVo ur a t e number %Vete itt the stime situation 0.1 1 , ' t hat he 1 Coven!-garden theatre. It Mr. Arribl i d isir iSit it t g ‘ l o ' f thin tl strong claims to compassion, how many clients ? He, as an individual, had no doubtotitlit fered great loss from the burning of his T ti t t l oo l t ‘ge; t e e ' r ' o nas i t that was wholly uninsured; but then not to be made the means of doing that wh i l detedi n inic th at ' intended would bring ruin on thousands. 710* -- r o 111 , youi almost useless to argue that the grant of I ' e would greatly injure tie interests of Theatres. Which would be the greater —which course would be of the greatest loss to die public—Mr. Arnold, without .ion, or the lessees with the innovation patents, and the competition they woul' enter into ? The question needed not an more especially when he paid, that for men that Mr. Arnold employed, one in rived support from Drury-lane. Mr. A, failed in making out a case in respect eit: sums of money which he had professed to out in confidence of t he Royal word, or couragement which he had promised to gi tive talent. But, on the contrary, if e , was pressed upon the Royal attention w claims upon the Royal justice, they (the had made out such a case. Mr. LOWNDES, Mr. WILLIAMS, and Mr. on the part of the Duke of Bedford, Cal hill, and others interested with the patentee cated any extension of Mr. Arnold's liven! Mr. C. WETHERELL having risen to ad, Lordships on behalf of Mr. Morris, propri Hay mat ket Theatre, The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that as it less to think of finishing that night, he Sir C. Wetherell until the usual hour, an Learned Gentleman could conclude on evening. Sir C. WETHERELL said, that as his had so kindly offered to allow him an "aJ he would not do as Mr. Arnold had don baging upon his license.—(Laughter.) as he was then prepared, he would rathi that imperfection than trespass on their time another evening. He proceeded to the owners of the Haymarket Theatre had, rule of justice, a claim prior to that of M Should his Majesty, in concurrence with ships' advice, determine to allow a third th would have, as compared to Mr. Arnold, site right. It had long been his (Sir C. nion, that multifarious theatres tended the public taste. In 1763, Mr. Foote a license to exhibit, not ballets of they are termed, but dramatic repr, of every description. In the opiniol law officers before referred to, the sup( of Mr. Colman, who, at the time of tit possessed Foote's license, was admitterl. Foote's patent became vested in Mr. Col in 1805 it became vested in Mr. Morris. tiers of that license had never used it as had used his—in the language of the Si yers—extra vivis. In 1811, the propriei Haymarket theatre applied to the Prince an extension of the time during which t was permitted to be open, and, in cons, that application, in 1812 the extension wt from four months to seven. That was opened in 1766, before, perhaps, Mr. certainly before many of the illustrious , whom the other theatres boasted to have out—were born.—(Laughter.) They enjoy seven months' license from 1813 to 1822, /II latter year they were reduced to the forrae r j period. But that arrangement was coupl e c , another, which obliged the large theatres to be_ o during that term. When the Duke of De vu tt i became , Chamberlain, he was applied to to ° t l v ,' regulation made by the Duke of Montrose; thought there were not sufficient reasons alleoj! justify the change. It was not to be dente the Haymarket theatre had never claimed s° l,i' as Mr. Arnold had demanded ; but certainlY perior urgency of his requests did not e s 'idi, on his part, a superior claim upon de llo ' gence of the Crown. The Noblemen filled the office of Chamberlain were men:o, condescension, of culti va t e d t as t e , a nd o ' o o l , position to encoura ge th e ra tion a l aniusen o o ll,' public; and yet it was the opinion of then' ) t it the period of Mr. Arnold's license ought 11° 01 , extended. In the report of those two 1/, lawyers, Mr. Baron G arrow a nd Sir Salir 4, herd, it was stated as a doubt, whether ought to have been granted at all to Mr' / e : ' considering it an evas i on o f M r . C o lman's P de f' allow another theatre to be opened, even ki vr , restrictions. His Majesty's Privy Council', y '°N.AL House of Commons, had refused, as well I °l4, „"g the lawyers—Lord Sidmouth, and all the Charts fit,., t'l3l,4°Pasing for thirty years—" hoc genus omne" ef tre ( t,fteigiu" Kr had resisted the principle, that a third th 1, ir,P„wit be allowed. He must now claim for the fl a il! sl og, 0 - r ;'" the honour of having brought forward Al' b 9 whom the patent theatres had claimed, A l . the jD e Centr a l advocate, his Learned Friend Mr. AdonV 'hie a } • ' on th, candour he was sure, wo u ld i n d uce him t° s o o l , i ° elec; that rich prize.—(L aug h ter .) If a ny tb e t his pe "ctio na claim upon the favour of the Crown on the % b , merit, it was the Haymarket Theatre, wi i) o - fel:, 4 . 14 . the year 1766, had really been the means t i e t essztry raging native talent. In all applications to 1,00,!1,44 e rt °arc berlain, t he proprietors of that theatre had re1 0 1f,,,, W hich nivance with the claims of Mr. Arnold, atid o Att. 20 0 with the great theatres in resisting them. TO I er of th policy can be s u st a i ne d o f re f us i n g to sh at t er i t :tra t e . P"Vtisii which had so much longer possessed a gr e° re:d than Mr. Arnold, the privilege of being 0 til "e A seven months, certainly there could not e li p r , je g e r t ess t any policy for allowing that to be done in the ia , Itus st of which was to be resisted in the Hayros r A N 4 lated c le l t J claims of the latter theatre were superio7ilegf(i Ito: by reason of its greater antiquity, but of w hich ~ service which it had rendered to the /ote r ot alti (l a drama. If the consideration of the 1,0 4 1 0 : ' capital upon the theatre were allowed to tefelir Pl'it t,c, tch e ; t from weight, that theatre had strong claims to p o lio th ,„ t , t t i c' the on the ground of pre-occupancy. That ne rtYP, 14to rn l„ n Ca moreover been expended on Crown Pr ° I,o ° ( 1 t 4 1,7 g °' n trr , y • ti o m ost under such stipulations for the ado 0 ,4( t., : vlt. At. Crown, as the Crown invariably seeu r n e f iellY, ; I givea to question were to be decided on the pot et , 1 1)4 t u 'hiu g to policy, surely all public policy was in "1 to i 'it) cor a , theatre which had been founded so 111 0 e, , c O . i., p " the 2 ° previous to the date of Mr. Arnold's li ce re It it r so th retended was a rule in the drama which he w e ' to o i trit •• t " t h' be observed that night; no drama our ) ; cirsof taa:, d i n t " beyond five acts; none but a spuri o 0 0 0 11 t %With ret th ever exceeded that number, and Wil lie 6f t oli f 4 0 4 1, 1'es we c i e n cl the legal drama also terminate at t 0 1 14,1 e / i , with " exeunt onmes."—(Laughter.) . to rti e erir ne fore, should not his friend, the Soli ci o Can t; make his peroration that evening, so as bed t ,, 2 4 e.t,%! . `14ted drama with the fifth act. He woto ol d , r e 4 1 ", svitl make one other observation—Mr. Ar n dr arOP, T r h in e c lunce ceeded his license. 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Llewellin, Bristol, coppersmiths—T. Fox and Co., Wellington, Somersetshire, bankers—A. and T. Galloway, and W. Robertson, Glasgow, warehousemen— J. Kenyon and W. Taylor, Liverpool, master porters—J. 0. Norton and J. S. Sheppard, Newark-upon- Trent, Nottinghamshire, brick-makers—W. Wil liams and S. Foster, Bicester, Oxfordshire, anc • tioneers—W. Lazenby and J. Renshaw, Lamb's Con duit-street, oilmen—J. Walker and Co., Sheffield, steel manufacturers—F. C. Rawlinson and A. Lyon, Stangate, Lambeth, boat-builders—J. Ford and W. Grantham, Irongate Wharf, Paddington, wheelwrights—J. and H. Swift, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, cloth-merchants—C. and J. Swinburne, Barnard Castle, Durham, stone-masons —4. and B. Mee, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, drapers—J. Clark and W. Carlin. Pattrington, Holder ness, Yorkshire, coal merchants—W. C. Bromby and Co., Kingston-upon-Hull, wharfingers—F. T. Dovey and M. Hayes, Shoreditch, cheesemongers—B. Boothlsy and Co., Nottingham, ironfounders—W. H. Ross and S. Ross, Lancaster, chemists—R. °ram and W. Adams, Sheffield, cabinet-case-manufacturers—E. Moody and M. Dear, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, Southampton, grocers—H. Gresham and R. Py.ttt, Leeds, Yorkshire, pawnbrokers. MONTHLY REPORT OF CORN, BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS. An Account showing the Quantities of Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour, imported into the United Kingdom in the Month ended Ist January, 1831, the Quantities upon which Duties have been paid for Home Consumption during the same Month, and the Quantities remaining in Warehouse at the close thereof. (Published in conformity to the 6th sec. of the Act 9th Geo. IV. c. 60.) Qrs. Bus. 108,586 1 147,025 3 25,726 0 17,003 4 192 4 808 2 4,563 2 137 4 341,642 4 Cwts. qrs. lb. 120,906 2 91 - i 1 3 01 184 3 9 347 2 18 532 1 rQuantities remaining in Warehouse in the United Kingdom on Jan. 1, 1831. Imv c f r t e e i d gn from Countries. The Produce of, and Im. n p r o , t r i t o c f ile fosses_, ses.l sions out of Europe. Qrs. Bus. 8,131 7 8,131 7 Cwts. qrs. lb. 10,881, G 25 Total. Qrs. Bus. 116,71 S 0 147,025 3 25,726 0 17,603 4 192 4 SOS 2 4,563 2 137 4 312,774 3 Cwts. qrs. lb. 131,770 3 6 1 3 0