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PARLIANIENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Wilmot Horton—Bill to amend the Slave Trade Conso lidation Act. 2 Colonel Davies—Select Committee to take into consideration • the mode of taking the Poll at Elections for Members to Serve in Parliament for Cities and Boroughs. d. Sir John Newport—To refer the Irish Estimates to a Select • Committee. . Mr. Whittle Harvey—Return of the state of Causes before the Lord Chancellor, the Chief Baron in Equity, the Master • of the Rolls, and the Vice-Chancellor. " Mr. Alderman Wood—To add Sir George Cockburn, Mr. Keith Douglas, Mr. Croker, Lord Granville Somerset, Lorct Viscount Lowther, and Sir George Clerk, to the London Bridge Committee. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. I . Fowey Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three. 2. Wells Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at half after three. 3 Names of Members absent to be set aside. 4 . Defaulters absent at the Ballots (29th March and 3d April) to be reported. 2. Postage Duties Bill—Committee. Corn Duties Bill—Committee. Postage on Parliamentary Proceedings, Newspapers, and P amphlets —Committee thereupon. DROPPED NOTICES OF MOTIONS OF YESTERDAY. • Mr. Leader Maberly—Resolutions respecting the application of Corporate f u nd s t o El ec ti on p ur po s es. ▪ _ Hobhouse—Petitlon from the Directors and Members of the County Fire Office, complaining of the Fourteenth Re a s 1 't of the Revenue ommissioners on the Stamp Office. .alrard Knatchbull—Bill to regulate Appeals at Quarter Sessions. DROPPED ORDERS OF THE DAY OF YESTERDAY. W ays and Means—Committee. Default rs absent at the Ballot yesterday to be reported. Passengers Regulation Bill—Report. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCk. Paid. Per Share. Bolanos Mining Co. £323 305 300 310 305 Brazilian Mining Co. 2O 27 Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Assoc. 5 £1 11 £1 10 Real del Monte Mining Co. United Mexican Mining Comp 3O 17 Protector Fire Insurance C 0.. .? PRICES OF IRISH Hank Stock Consols, 3 per cent --. Goy. Stock, 3% per cent 874% Ditto, New 4 per Cent. Gov. Deb. 3 per cent Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock - City Deb. 4 cent - Ballast Office per Deb. 4p. ct - STOCKS APRIL 9. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings MA: Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 0 Brazil 0 0 Buenos Ayres 0 Donaghadee ... 1 Dublin 0 Flanders 0 1 France 0 Gottenburgh 2 Arrived. Due. 1 Guernsey. S, Jersey 0 0 Hamburgh 5 0 Holland 0 0 Jamaica 0 Leeward Islands 0 Lisbon 1 0 Malta 0 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDO N BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M °~ing... 5 minutes after 9. I Evening ...37 min u tes after 9. ___ Cbr j euV.,„ *Arin. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 18527. niS MAJESTY will arrive in town this after 'lo°n, when, it is presumed, the new arrangements respecting the Administration will be definitively settled. We received last night the Paris Papers of Monday, and the Etoile, dated Tuesday morning. The circumstances which occurred at the f uneral of the Duke de ROCITEYOUCAULT LIANCOURT are still discussed in every one of t he papers. The account first given of the trans action has been confirmed by the family of the de ceased. One of his sons has addressed a letter Co the Editor of the Constitutionnel, giving all th e particulars, which differ in no degree from the , original statement. The interference of the Police seems to have been quite uncalled for ; but it is attempted to be justified by reference to !' ) lne obsolete regulations relating to the mode 41 which funerals should be conducted. The affairs of Spain and her policy towards 0 4 -y °44 gal, are again matters of doubt. While 'PLInt d'OFTALIA has arrived in Paris from ' t vi adrid . in his way to this country, and we arc br one account that the Portuguese Rebels wer e instantly disarmed on crossing the Frontier, he learn by another account that Gen. MONET 4 been dismissed in consequence of having dis -4441ed these rebels ; . n that Gen.EGUIA, Capt.- ene ral of Gallicia, has interpreted his orders very, differently, and has permitted the Rebels vno had entered Gallicia to repass into the Pro nee of Minh o t o th e num b er o f 1200 men , whoh ave proc ee d e d t owar d s th e City o f S e t u b a l. , e 8 same authority—namely, the Private Cor- Pondence, from Madrid to the 22d ult., in the "stit utionnel and Journal des Debats, states that th e report o f th e dissolution of the Sp an i s h Army was spread to serve a particular purpos e , be .instead of decreasing it a new Brigade has s ent tow ar d s T a l avera . .e Cabinet of Madrid appear to be fully i n p in . d • Four C our i ers from Madrid arriv e d Vi en is o n the Ist, on their way to London, n a , and S t . P eters b urg h. --atracts from these Papers are in anothe r PA a n , g r 1 , 19 f. 50e. 60 °C1 EXCHANGE, APRIL 2.—Five per C=ents. 4,0 15 f. ; N a e ;; S per Cents. 70f. 20c. ; Bank Actions ; HayPtraßentea, 76f. 55c. ; Royal Spanish d Loan, month, paper In ...Loan 630 f.. Exchange on t L h o r n ee o d n it o to ne Paper 25E 25 c. : 3 : 012 4 • 5 : 2 , 5f na0 2 n 5 ey . 25f. 40c. ; Dutch als o l Pap ers to the 3d instant, reached us last night. They conta . 1 t substance of despatch es , receive December, detailing the operations against the Insurg en t s , which aear with more success topp to have been attended the been anti c i Dutch arm s than had pated. It is mentioned from Brussels that the KING has established provisional regulations for the navigation of the Rhine in the ki ng d om o f t h e Netherlands, which are to remain in force until a convention shall have been concluded at Mayence, according to the Treaty for the final navigation of the Rhine from the point where it beco mes navigable to the sea, and until such Con vention shall have obtained the sanction of the .t'itter3 on the banks of that river. 'Ph t : ri Countess of Chichester pack e t h as f et ' with a M e dit erra nean Mail. She s a il e d Corfu o n the 9th of Feb., from Malta on 18 th, and from Gibraltar on the 16th March. C°e le tters and p apers rece i ve d by her from Iftl and Malta bein of such old date, furnish no news, g We make the following extracts front the Gibraltar Chronicles to the 16th March, have been received b • y this opportunity : By his Excellency Major-General the 11,,,, vendish Ponsonby, Companion of the 11 1 1 ilt Frederick Ca- Military Order of the Bath, &c. s ce . Honourable e e i l e tenant- G o vern or of the Island of Malta and its I;ep This day his Excellency Major-General the KZ r derick Cavendish Ponsonhy, C. 8., &c. &c., appointe(;7; his Majesty Lieutenant-Governor of this Island and ital33e pendenciea, took the oaths of office, and, in consequence, has assumed the administration of the Government of these possessions. Notice thereof is hereby given, in order that all persons may obey him accordingly. By command of his Excellency, (Signed) FREDERICK HANKEY, Chief Secretary to Government. Malta, Fort Manuel, Feb. 13, 1827. MALTA, Fen. 7.—We have lately seen a correct ac count of the Egyptian fleet, which sailed from Alexandria for the Morea on the 20th of November. It was com manded by Moharem Bey, son-in-law of the Pacha, and consisted of 78 sail, of which 30 were sloops of war, four fire ships, and the rest European and Turkish transports.— There were no troops on board, but money, previsions, and ammunition. The specie on board amounted to 900,000 dollars. The Spring Guns Bill was read a second time last night in the House of Peers, with an un derstanding that some important Amendments would be proposed in it when it is committed. A general feeling seemed to exist that the use of these engines should be prohibited in every place without exception ; but if the prohibition is not to be made general, it does certainly seem abso lutely necessary that the places in which they may he used should be specified in the Act, and the law on the subject not be left in its present doubtful state, which is construed differently by the highest law authorities in the kingd om . _ _ No business was done in the House of Corn mons, there not being forty Members present al four o'clock. Mr. LUSHINGTON, one of the Secretaries of the Treasury, who was nominated some time since to the Government of Madras, was sworn in yesterday at the India-House to that import ant office. It is understood that he is to be succeeded at the Treasury by Mr. PLANTA, of the Foreign Office. Mr. LUSHINGTON, upon this occasion, dined with the Directors of the East India Company, and is now fairly installed as Governor of Madras. The whole of our connection with India is so extraordinary, that little comparative surprise is excited by that part of our policy, which generally appoints to the highest offices in the East not senior civil servants, whom a lifetime passed in the country might na turally point out as the fittest persons, but men, possessing influence at home, whether arising from family, or from the faithful discharge of official duties in this country. The reason obviously is, that whatever may be his inferiority in acquaint ance with the language and customs of the country, a stranger has the advantage of being free from those narrow prejudices and partialities which a man is too apt to imbibe when confined to any limited sphere, being inclined to undertake those details to which he has been accustomed, rather than a general superintendance of the whole machine. There have been, no doubt, instances in opposition to this theory ; and, on the whole, it is, perhaps, a better plan to have no general rule on the subject, or if there is one, to make exceptions to it without hesitation, when such men as Lord TEIGNMOUTH Or Mr. ELPHINSTONE have given a guarantee, by their previous lives, that they are superior to those mean considerations which are too common in everypart of the world. The approach of the period when the Com pany's Charter will expire, must soon bring the affairs of India into a prominent position be fore the public. At present we shall only re mark, that when one considers the difficulties of maintaining an empire by the sword, and of assuaging the hardships of military dominion, without endangering what is held by such a tenure—when even a surrender of that country to the merciless despots who formerly ruled it, could not be reconciled to our ideas of right, as resigning all thoughts of con ferring on 100 millions of men the lasting benefits of Christianity—when all these difficulties are considered, surely there is reason to wonder at the evils of our Government being so few, rather than at the occasional transgressions, stated by some orators of Leadenhall-street, in that peculiar style of eloquence which savours of the East (as regards the metropolis), not of the gor geous realms of day— " The clime of the East, the land of the sun." Charleston Papers to the Sth March, have been received at the North and South American Coffee House; but on a careful perusal we do not find any thing worth extracting; the chief intelligence being confined to mere local infor mation. (Extract of a Letter from Madrid, of the 23d March.) We have no further information relating to the detected conspiracy in the Army of Observation ; but in several places the Alcades have been arrested. We have also ac counts that at Tortosa another conspiracy has been disco vered ; at present a great fermentation prevails throughout Spain, and this capital is on the eve of seine important event. Th e Ap os t o licals are intriguing to turn out Reca cho. Arrests have taken place. Cuevas, ancient Deputy of the Cortes, is amongst them, and has been sent to the fort of San Pedro. `We understand, that it is intended to place the Bombay Marine on a new footing, under the command of a Captain of the Royal Navy, who is to be selected by the Court of Directors. Many officers are candidates for this appoint ment. It has been stated that Sir JOHN PHIL LIMORE has already obtained it—but that is not the fact. It is, however, under s t oo d th a t he is among t h ose who are de s i rous to obtain the ap pointment, and we have heard that Sir B. C. DOYLE, and Captains BARRIE, SHIRREFF, and HART, are also applicants for it. Governor-G e - We are glad to find that the neral of India in Council; by a General Order, dated the 3d of August, has been pleased to grant a remuneration to the troops employed in the late Burmese War. The following is the sub stance of the General Order : the l late To t wal troops,European Anaca n, and dd the Native, Sea employed Coast nin of the B urmese Territory, '4 :donation of six months' full or field rate of hatta, who were so employed for twelve months.—. This p er i od to be calculated from the date of landing in the Burme se Territory, until th e t erm i n ation of hostilities on 2. To those whoa, period of actual service falls short of twelve months, a donation of three months' batta. 3. The like donations respectively, are granted to the officers and men of the flotillas employed in the Irrawaddy, and on the coasts of Tenaserim and Arracan. This dona tion is limited to individua Company.ls on the regu l ar esta bli s h men t of the Honoura ble 4. These donations are extended to the Heirs or Assigns of individuals entitled to receive it, who died, or were killed in service during the war. 5. The rate of batta to be regulated accordiag to the Regimental rank, in which the individual s serve d at the conclusion of the war, death, or period of re-embarkation. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. The British Funds continue in a complete state of stagna tion, and until some final arrangement in the successor of Lord Liverpool, and the actual state of the Revenue is, as certained, no alteration is expected ; the same langour exists in every branch of business in the City, and particu larly in Mincing-lane, where the Brokers declare they never recollect produce in such a deplorable state, many of the staple articles being actually almost unsaleable at any but ruinous rates. In the mean time, Consols, which closed yesterday at 82a opened at the same rate this morning, and have had no alteration up to the present hour ; the Commissi oners w ere su ppli e d at 82i ; India B on d s are 65 6 ; and Ex c h equer Bill s , 45 6 pm. In the F ore i gn Funds two rather extensive purchases yesterday afternoon in Mexican Bonds raised them to 70 t, and this morning they fully maintain that price ; Colombian Bonds, 40i 1 ; and Spanish, 13. In Shares we can only repeat the re port so many times given, that nothing is doing and prices nominal. _ _ Three per Cent. Consols, 821 i ; Ditto for accou n t, 82* i : ; India Bonds, 65 6 pm. ;Exchequer Bill s , 45 6 pm. i; FOREIGN Ft' wns.—Brazilian , 641 1 ; Chilian, 36 8 ; Colombian, 1824, 404 li ; Danish, P 60 i ; Greek, 16* i • Mexican 5 per Cent., 5714: Bi-; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 7 0 Peruvian, 34 5 ; Portuguese, 77i ; Russian, • 87i 8 ; Spanish, 121 13. MlNEa......Angin Mexican, 42i 40 die. ; Brazilian, li 2i pm. ; Boliv a r, pa r ; Colombian, 15 17 per Share ; Pasco Peruvian, 17 16 die.; Potosi, 28 30 per Sha re; R eal del Monte, 90 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 20 30 pm. ; u n i te d Mexican, 14 13 die. Two o' Clock. There is scarcely a movement in the Cons o l M arket, 82* with a very trilling difference (when they wet: 821) has been the price all day; India Bonds 67 6, and Exchequer Bills 45 7 premium. Mexican Bonds are not quite so brisk as in the morning, present price 70k I ; Colombian are firm at 41 ; Spanish, 18. THREE 0' CL 0 CIS Consols, 82 FOUR O 'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 82i Danish Bonds 604 Do. for Ac. 821 4 Greek Do. 1825, Brazilian Bonds 641 Mexican Do. 1825, 70i Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. Russian Do. 871 Columbian, 1824, 414 Spanish Do. 121 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Aran. 4.—Wind S. the O'Hara, Douglas, from London to Quebec. Remain the Lion, Princess Charlotte, Marquis of Hastings, Caroline, Sea Nymph, Enterprise, Ellen, Highlander, Albion, Sarah, and Woodford. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 4.—. Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the London, Jolly . , from Naples ; sailed the 10th of February ; and the Medusa, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, APPAL 3.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Four Sisters, Miller, from St. Michael's; Countess of Chi chester packet, from the Mediterranean; sailed from Corfu the 9th February, Malta the 18th ditto, Gibraltar the 16th March, and Cadiz the 18th ditto. GRAVESEND, APRIL 4.—Arrived the Celia, Sherwood, from Batavia; Black River packet, Baker, from Jamaica. Sailed the Isabella, Blay, for Rio; Acasta, Chadwick, for New York ; Aurora, Thompson, for Gibraltar ; Emma, Reed, for Genoa; and M'Gillivray, Stoddard, for Quebec. JERSEY', Arum 2.—The Speedy, Godfrey, from South ampton, passed a great number of casks on the 30th ult. between Alderney and Sark; picked up one, marked " B. No. 2," containing French wine. EQUITABLE ASSURANCE -(THIS DAY. The following Resolution, passed at the last General Court of Propriet ors , that in f u t ure , th e c l a i ms d ue upon policies (provided such polieies be in the hands of the personal representatives of the deceased), he paid at the period of three months, from the time when the death of the party assured shall have been proved to the satisfaction of the Court of Directors, instead of the period of six mouths, as at present practised," was finally confirmed, as well as the Resolutions for encreasing the salaries of the Directors, Auditors, and Actuary. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 4.—Rear-Admiral Sir T. Hardy, and all the experimental ships, have dropped down to St. Helens, with the exception of the Sapphire, who will join them on Thursday morning, after the damage she sustained in the late gales during her cruise has been repaired; the came in with three feet water in the hold, and one of her pumps disabled. Our correspondent of March 24, has led us into an error respecting the ballast said to have been taken in by the Challenger and Columbine ; the former took in forty tons more, but the latter has taken in none since she came out of harbour. A society has been formed in the United States, under the name of " The American Society for the Promotion of Temperance." Seven thousand dollars have been distri buted in Boston, for tke object, which is specially to per suade the sober part of the community to continue sober, by avoiding entirely the use of intoxicating liquors.— Drunkards, we presume, are deemed irreclaimable. —Ame rican Paper. Increased anxiety is beginning to be felt for the arrival of his Majesty's ship Tweed from Vera Cruz. A vessel which sailed with her has arrived at Hamburgh, from thence, and the Underwriters at Lloyd's are asking higher premiums on her. MANCHESTER, APRIL 2.—The reported sales of Cotton for the last week have exceeded, in the number of bags, the quantity calculated to be required by the spinners for the consumption of a week; and although the prices have not altered very materially, yet they have rather bad a tendency to decline. The yarn trade has been decidedly heavy and a shade lower, and the stocks begin to accumulate. This circumstance, at this season of the year, must, of necessity, create very unpleasant feel ings amongst the spinners, who reasonably expected to have been better employed. That there are orders in the market is true, but they are offered at prices so low, that few will accept them, unless compelled by necessity. Goods are, in a measure, in a similar situation to yarns, as respects both the price and demand : particular sorts are at a shade lower, and, when offered at a reduced price, purchasers are found for tolerable quantities. Two or three failures have taken place, but, fortunately, not for sums of much importance; they, however, add to the de apondency which the unprofitable state of the Cotton trade had previously created. Till there are fewer goods made, things must remain as they are. We make more goods than the people want or cam.. Filly for ; and, as the United States people, as well as thrrople at Rouen, and other parts of the ontinent, are doing the same thing-- you must expect to hear from hence the cry of bad times. If the producers of grain could apply machinery, as we do to the production of Cotton goods, you would shortly have the quartern loaf at a penny or two-pence, and then Sir Thomas Lethbridge would, indeed, be forced to go with out a coat. The National Debt, and taxation, and tithes, and poor-rates, have nothing whatever to do with our situation, which has been entirely brought about by the excessive quantity of goods made. LA PERousE.—lt would appear from the following extract of a letter, d a t e d P or t Louis (Isle of France), Dec. 19 , that so me i n t e lli gence h as at length been obtained of the fa t e of this unfortunate navigator :—" We have advice' here of the celebrated navigator Monsieur La Perouse's sword having been found by the commander of a ship who touched at one of the Molucca Isles. The in habitants say that she was driven on shore in a tempest ; and, in consequence of some misunderstanding, they fired a broadside on shore, and in return they all were mur dered, at least the greater part of them. It appears his name is very distinct on the sword." The journeymen ship carpenters of this port, a class of tradesmen who have long exercised a species of dictation towards their employers, an d who prescribe the terms upon which they will sell their labours (the right to do which we do not dispute, so long as neither violence held on nor intimidation is employed to enforce their resolutions), ago. At this meeting it was held a meeting a few days unanimously resolved, that, in future, the master shall take wria, communicated to the one apprentice only to every gang of six men whom they m ina as y te e r m s, pl w o h . o, T at his aFriday last, unani mously resolved to resist the dictation of the journeymen, and to close their yards. The resolution was carried into effect on Saturday, on which day all the :ship-building yards in the port were closed. Several of the merchants resolutionmeeting and shipowners have, we understand, declared their deter mination to support the masters in resisting what they deem a very unreasonable demand on the part of the jour neymen. Since the preceding remarks were written, we have received a statement from the master shipwrights, w hich is inserted among the advertisements....—Liverpool Albion of Monday. ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(TIIIS DAY.) THE GALWAY ELECTION. The scrutiny proceeds very rapidly, 200 of Mr. Martin's votes have already been disallowed, it having appeared, by the evidence of two witnesses, that so many persons had voted twice, and several of them three or four times, at the election ; and what is shocking to state, it appeared that all these voters had, on each occasion, sworn that they had not voted before at that election. Surely some remedy should be applied to such a mass of depravity. It has been proposed, on behalf of Mr. Martin, that Mr. Lambert should be allowed the benefit of having the majority of legal votes, provided the Committee would adjourn to Tuesday, in order to give Mr. Martin an opportunity of producing evidence to show such corrupt practices on behalf of Mr. Lambert, as would disqualify him for a seat in the House; but this proposal was objected to, and the Committee proceed in the scrutiny. They strike off votes by half dozens. THE WESTMEATH ELECTION. Sir Thomas Chapman's Steward was examined to• day with a view to proveth etch e Baronet's tenants were bribed by the Catholic priests to vote for Mr. Tuite. It ap peared from his evidence that 114 of his tenants had voted for Mr. Tuite, and that they all owed two years' rent, which amounted to 3841. Ejectments were brought against them all, but were afterwards withdrawn through the interposition of Mr. Shiel, on condition that the rent should be paid and two Catholic Priests afterwards paid the entire sum. It also appeared that 50 of the freeholders held no more than a quarter of an acre of land, for which they were to pay one penny a-year, and fifty more held no more than half an acre, for which they were to pay sixpence a-year, and ejectments were brought for arrears of twopence, and in other instances of a shilling ; so much for the lenity of Irish landlords, and for the respectability of freeholders. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. GRANT V. GRANT.--+NE EIEAT REGNO. IMPORTANT QUESTION. Mr. Mawr again applied for judgment in this case. His LORDSHIP really could not say, that the suit could be absolutely discharged. Mr. HART then supposed it would have to remain for the 13,0001., the sum that had been at first named. •His LORDSHIP did not mean to say so ; on the contrary, it had been admitted, that it could not be sustained for 13,0001. but 8,000/. ; and therefore the sum to he mark ed on the writ would have to be reduced to 8,0001. Mr. HART taking this to be the present opinion of the Court, hoped his Lordship would afford him the oppor tunity hereafter of addressing to it a few words, upon what he considered to be one of the most important questions to the public that had ever been agitated in a Court of Justice, raised in this case, and which was, whether it was fit that a defendant at law could come to th 4 Court, obtain a writ of ne exeat rcgno to a very large amount against a plaintiff, hold him in prison for that sum, stated only on his own affidavit, and then be permitted to recede from that sum, but still continue to hold the individual in durance for a less amount? His LORDSHIP observed, that if Mr. Hart would apply himself to this question on Saturday morning, it would be impossible for him ever to do any thing more gratifying to the Court. Mr. HART protested, that if this writ should be left in the hands of the Court, in the way now proposed, he felt the utmost confidence that it would constitute a precedent of the most oppressive and injarious kind. his LORDSHIP agreed that it would form a precedent of a most important nature, and therefore he was perfectly ready, not only to be driven out of the opinion he had now delivered, but to slide gently out of it should the Learned Counsel satisfy him that he was wrong. Mr. HART conceived that the question to be spoken to would be this, whether a defendant at law could come into Equity, demand bailable process upon his own oath, ob tain it, and though it turned out afterwards, that be could not sustain it to any thing like the extent to which he had demanded it, the process did not wholly fall to the ground ? his LORDSHIP begged to explain himself a. little. He was sure that no man living had ever felt more anxious to discharge persons from - durance than he bad uniformly done. He looked upon it that equitable bail in this Court, might he had upon a party's applying fur it, and swearing to his belief. Whether this should have been originally esta blished or not, was another question ; but his Lordship felt bound upon the point by precedent. He had, in his own mind, assimilated this to what used to pass in the Court of Common Pleas, and not in the Court of King's Bench, though he believed the latter Court altered its prac tice by making it like that of the former, which was, that when a man was held to bail upon a positive affidavit, for instance, to the amount of 10,0004, the Court would examine into the question, whether the amount for which the bail had been obtained was for a larger amount, if it was matter of account, than was likely to be due upon the taking of the account, then the Court took the bail for the probable amount; and his Lordship doubted, that when a man had sworn to the amount of his debt as he verily believed it to be, this Court, by analogy to what passed in Courts of Law when a case was, as he might say, amended, would discharge the equitable bail altogether, because the sum had been reduced, or whether it would not rather reduce the equitable bail to the amount to which it was shewn it ought to have been given. A Gentleman behind the bar observed, that Mr. Hart had made a misrepresentation, in stating that the party who had obtained the bail here had sworn to a certain amount as being due to him, and had subsequently receded from that demand. The fact was, he had sworn that in one way of taking the accounts 15,000/. would be due to him ; that in another way of taking them there would be 12,0001, and a fraction due to him; and that in a third way there would be 8,000/. His LORDSHIP hoped Mr. Hart would consider the point till Saturday, and then let the Court hear him upon it. Mr. HART promised to do so, confessing at the same time that he had a very strong feeling on the subject. GREIG V. SOMERVILLE. Mr. SuGDEN entreated permission to bring the circum stances of this case to the notice of the Court. The ori ginal suit here had been instituted for the due administra tion of a gentleman's estate, who had passed a long time in Russia. A considerable time after the suit had been in stituted, two-thirds of the property was ordered to be paid to those decreed to be entitled to it, and the other third was detained for an infant, now come of age, on whose behalf Mr. Sugden now appeared. When the administration of the property was directed, it was believed there was no out standing c l a i m against it, th en un h ear d o f . L ate l y, how ever, the Emperor of Russia put in a claim for a consider_ able amount. The Vice-Chancellor had referred the claim to the Master. It was afterwards brought before this branch of the Court, and his Lordship gave an opinion, en passant, that the Emperor had no tenable demand against this third of the property; at all events, if he had any, that having allowed the other two-thirds to be paid away, he could not interfere against the payment of this re sidue, e xcept to the extent that would satisfy one his claim. The young gentl e m an was now t to hi ts i rdf i f 7 without the means of existence, and there fore his Counsel had to apply for an order, that the cause might be advanced to the head of the paper, or that his fortune might be paid to him instanter, except so woul t d h a a to n f e t w atut e ftu r urtehseidut residue discussioni rd shouldoupon remain the in the claim he ei r had n o u u e r h a I t l t u: fd abide d i d t o a e the and result Em peror's claim, when it could come regularly on. ii , Q Mr. H A AR?, on the other side, suggested the propriety of —u g"n'a client handing to his client a statement of what he really thought he could fairly call for to be pa id to him out o f Court, and on Saturday both a ides would be able to sp ea k to the propos i t i on . His Loltosm P app roved of this suggestion , which was adopted. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. EX - PARTE BIONOLD IN THE M ATTER OF HA RVEY . TlllB was a petition founded u pon a decision p ronounced yesterday by thßeAvNiKce_RcU: that the pet i t i oner , Mr. Bignold , was an T fice lE r T , IbTylNOvhNi.ch he de c l are d equitabl e mortga gee of the ban k ru pt's estates, to the amount of 85,000/. M r. Bi gno ld now prayed that the assignees may he direct e d to accoun t to him for the crops and produce o f the estates since the date of his original petition, and that they be restrained for the future from interfering with them. Mr. MONTAGUE, in support of the petition, said, that the Lord Chancellor had r ecognized the right of an equitable mortgagee to the produce of the proper over which he had the equitable lien. His Lordship said at the time that he would himself take the trouble of drawing up the order. The VICE-CHAtcztton—Let me see the orclr. Mr. 1410NTacmz—We all know that the great pressure of the Lord Chancellor's engagements renders him unable to do much that be promises, and no doubt at the time con scientiously intends to do. His Lordship has not as yet drawn the order.--(A laugh.) The Vicx_cliartcattoa.—oh! Dir. S ucn vs, on the part o f the assignees, denied that the decisi o n in his Lordship's Court bore upon the point now at issue. The Learned Gentleman argued at consi derable length, with the view of showing that the Inort gape could only claim from the date of the adjudicatiort by the Commissioners. Mr. MoNTAGo it, after addressing tke Court for some time in support of the petition, was interrupted by The VICE-CHANCELLOR, who asked when, in the Learned Gentleman's opinion, did an equitable mortgagee become entitled to the proceeds of the estate on which he had the lien. Mr. MONTAGUE confessed that lie had been taken by surprise. It would be of great advantage to the suitors if such of his Majesty's Counsel as took fees from them, at tended to argue their cases (there were at this time no King's Counsel in Court). The laborious duty of the outer bar was such as to disable them from always prepar ing themselves with the arguments ; and with the utmost pain, but without thinking himself at all entitled to blame, the Learned Gentleman admitted he was not in a condition to answer his Honour's question satisfactorily. When he (Mr. M.) first took his seat at the bar, it was the practice with Counsel not to take fees, unless they intended to give their services in return. A different feeling seemed now to influence the King's Counsel, and there was nothing more calculated to destroy the high character of theEnglishßar than such conduct. The Learned Gentleman, from the best consi deration he was able to give his Honour's question, thought that an equitable mortgagee was entitled to the proceeds from the day of presenting his petition to the Court. The Vxcx-CHAwcaLLon said, that at law a mortgagee was entitled to the proceeds from the date of his asserting his claim to the possession, by bringing his ejectment, or rather from the date of the demise, for the de mise would be illegal if it were made before his right to possession had accrued. Now the jurisdiction of this Court could only apply when the Mortgagee, instead of seeking for the possession of the mortgaged estate, wish ed to have it sold. The question then was, at what period, judging by analogy, did the mortgagee assert his claim in this Court, or what act of the mortgagee in this Court was equivalent to the demise in the Court of Law? His HONOUR. was of opinion, that the presenting of the petition was of the same effect as the snaking of the demise, and he therefore declared the mortgagee to he entitled to the emblements of the estates since the day he presented his petition ; but as the assignees had acted in the capacity of his agents, he must pay them all the expences incurred in the cultivation of those emblements which he was now entitled to carry off. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) These sessions commenced this morning before Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT. John Harrison, aged 23, and William Williams, 26, both of whom were charged with a burglary in the house of James Thompson ; and Richard Price who was charged with sheep stealing, upon their arraignment, severally pleaded guilty, and though cautioned as to the consequences lof persisting in their plea, they refused to go to trial, and the plea of Guilty was of course recorded against them. John Wise, aged 20, Wm. Walker, 18, John Maney, 21, Sarah Johnson, 18, Elizabeth Cooke, 20, and Mary Green, 19, were indicted for burglariously entering the house of Thomas Crawley, publican, of White Yard, Rosemary Lane, Whitechapel, and stealing two shawls and some trifling articles of wearing apparel. It appeared by the evidence, that the prosecutor was in Whitecross-street prison, but that his wife was awakened on the night of the 30th of January, by the watchman, who had been watching the prisoners, Wise and Walker, and who subsequently found that the prosecutor's house was broken into. The watchman subsequently found the six prisoners in a house in Parson's-court, Blue Anchor yard. It was four o'clock in the morning, and they were all dressed. The watchmen took them all into custody, and two shawls and a can of rum were found in their possession. Abney, on being apprehended, resisted, and got away, but afterwards returned to the house, and was retaken. The prosecutrix, however, would not swear to any of the property, not even to the can, although it was stamped with her husband's name and address, because, she said, she had often sent cans out to her customers. Se►eral witnesses were examined, who gave good charac ters to Wise and Maney. One of the female prisoners claimed the shawls as her property. The Jury, by the direction of the Learned Judge, ac quitted all the prisoners. Jeremiah Donovan, a boy about twelve years of age, was indicted for burglary in the house of John Robinsw. , and stealing therefrom one pair of shoes, value Ss. The offence with which the prisoner was charged, only amounted to breaking a pane of glass in a shop window, and extracting a pair of shoes. He was found Guilty, but the Jury recommended him to mercy in consideration of his tender age. The LORD Ciiizr JUSTICE said, the recommendation should be communicated to the proper quarter. John Reed was indicted for stealing a watch, value V., the property of William Green. If appealed that the prosecutor and prisoner both lodged in a house in Marylebone, and that on the night of the 7th March, the former placed his watch under his pillow, and went out next morning without thinking of it ; next day he found that the watch had been taken away, and it was subsequently traced to the prisoner, who had pledged it for 1/. ss. at a pawnbroker's in Knightsbridge. The case being most satisfactorily proved, the Jury, with out hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. David Skinner was indicted for assaulting Mary Ann Hoare on the highway, and robbing her of a silk scarf, bag, &c. Mary Ann Hoare (a young woman of respectable inte resting appearance) stated, that she lives at No. 10, John street, London Fields ; and that on the Ist of March last, as she was passing through London Fields, about eleven o'clock in the morning she observed the prisoner in an indecent situation ; witness turned away and the prisoner followed her and snatched a child which she held from her arms, and threw it on the ground.— He then seized on witness and put his foot against her side ; she endeavoured to save herself from falling, upon which he snatched her reticule and made off ; witness then screamed, and a young man leaped over a hedge and par sued the prisoner whom he brought back to witness with the reticule in his hand. Witness was at that period in a state of pregnancy, and was much alarmed. Thomas Gardner deposed, that he was walking under a hedge in the London Fields, on the day in question, when he heard a woman scream, and cry out murder. Witness then leaped over the hedge, and observed the prisoner run ning across the field. Witness asked the lady whether the fellow had taken any thing from her? She said, t, y e s, her bag." Witness then pursued the pri soner, and came up with him, after a race of about a quarter of a mile. The prisoner then took the bag from his bosom, and threw it on the ground.— Witness let go his hold of the prisoner to recover the bag, and he again endeavoured to escape. Witness instantly took hold of him by the collar and insisted on his going tbhaeckbatgo astheher lady. When A the property. then assisted witness to take the prisoner to the watch house. When it was proposed to do so, prisoner said if he p y erson returnedl who the w as lady passing einlagim b claimed was carried to the watchhouse he would cut his throat, and he subsequently attempted to put his threat in execu tion, but was prevented. The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, said, that he had the honour of serving his Majesty, as coxswain, for 15 years; but, having lost his hearing, he was dis charged without a pension, and was reduced to a state of deplorable distress. He protested to God that he had used no violence with the lady, but had snatched her bag with the intention of procuring himself food. Verdict— Guilty. N John Russell teasEinWdict eCOUßT.indicted for ste aiing (Before M r . Sergeant AL&lne.) a pair of silver sugar tongs, on t h e 19th of March, from the dwelling house of William Robert Keith D oug las, oug as, one of the Lords of the Ad m i ra l ty. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner came to th e prosecutor's house to get his signature to apetition ; the prisoner was l e ft i n th e passage , while the footman went up st a i rs , an d, when the latter returned, he missed the sugar tongs from the butler's pantry. The prisoner Was accused, and, en being searched immediately, the tongs were found in his coat po cket. The p risoner, O n being thus detected, begged hard for mercy, stating that h e was a true Scotchman, and hoped Mr. D. was the same. This ingenuous remark produced muck merriment in Court. The Jury, however, were not of his opinion, and found him Guilty. The REcoIiDER gave him an intimation that he would certainly make a voyage. THE MARKETS. —(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(AI ST, .1A s. l Lowland Mead. Hay 4 oto 5 0 Upland Ditto 5 0 6 6 liye-grass Hay 5 0 6 Clover Hay lo s ., meadow Hai last quoted ; p r i ces of Straw stat SMITH £. 8. X. 3. Lowland Mead. Hay 4 oto 5 0 Upland Ditto Rye-grass Hay 5 0 515 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Both Meadow and Clover It Tuesday ; in prices of Straw no a sluggish trade. t per Load of 36 Trusses.) LAZES'S. Clover Hay 5 oto 7 0 Oat Straw 2 2 2 6 Wheat Ditto 2 6 2 W ( ss. to 6s. per load higher than [unary. FIELD. ciov.Haygenerally 5 oto 6 15 Do. extra tine 0 0 7 0 Oat Straw .1 18 2 2 Wheat Ditt0.....•• 2 2 2 6 y ss. per load higher than on alteration. A short supply, and FISTIIONMILE AND MISCELLANEOIIe. WINDSOR, APRIL 4.—Yesterday afternoon his MAJESTY left the Royal Lodge at half-past two o'clock, in his pony phaeton, accompanied by the Duke of Dorset. A second phaeton fol lowed, containing Sir A. Barnard and Colonel Thornton. Others of the Royal suite were on horseback. His MAJESTY drove by Frogmore Lodge, through the Little Park, to the Castle, and continued his inspection of the improvements which he had not time to notice the day before. Mr. Wyattville was in attendance upon the KING until his departure from the Castle, when his MAJESTY continued his airing in the Great Park. His MAJESTY is eipected to dine at St. James's Palace to-morrow. The Earl of Liverpool continues in the same state he has been in for some days past, with the exception that his Lordship slowly gathers strengtt4.4 The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her apartments in the laulea Palace at Kensington. The Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester took an airing together yesterday. The Duke of Wellington and the Right Lion. C. Arbuthnot had a consultation with Mr. Secretary Cai.'- ning yesterday at the Foreign Office. Mr. Huskisson, we are happy to state, is much better. The Right Hon. Gentleman attends daily to his official duties as President of the Board of Trade. Monsieur Feick, the Ambassador from the Netherlands, transacted bushing yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs. The Archbishop of York entertained the Di rectors of the Ancient Music, and a distinguished party, to dinner yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. Prince Lieven gave a grand entertainment ore Tuesday at Ashburnham House, Dover-street, to Prince Polignac, the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Salisbury, the Marquis of Hertford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Earl and Countess of Harrowby, the Earl and Countess Cowper, Lord and Lady Grenville, Lord Seaforth, Mr. Fane, Mr. Planta, &c. Emily Marchioness of Londonderry entertained a large circle of fashionable, yesterday evening, at her house in St. James's-square. Signor Galli, the great Basso of the Italian Opera at Paris, is in London, and will make his debut in La Gazza Ladra, on Saturday next. The incidents of the forthcoming Easter Spec tacle, at Drury-lane Theatre, are borrowed front Le Sage's Gil Mat. Miss Kelly will be Gil Blas. The Earl of Sefton entertained a distinguished party to dinner on Tuesday, at his house in Arlington street, among whom were Lord Foley, Sir J. Shelley, Mt- Greville, Mr. Irby, arc. Lady Folkestone gave an elegant Ball and Supper, on Tuesday evening, at her house in Lower Gros venor-street, which was attended by Prince and Princess Esterhazy, the Dowager Duchess of Leeds, and nearly three hundred of the Haut Ton. Mrs. Wombwell entertained a distinguished party to dinner on Monday, in George-st., Hanover-square. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—It is whis pered in very high circles, that the recent visit of the Duke of Rutland to the King, at Windsor, was for the purpose of communicating to his Majesty the union which, we un derstand, is in prospect between the young Duke of Buc cleugh and a lovely and accomplished Lady of the house of Granby. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain William Henry- Ladd, of the ship Nellie Castle, took leave of the Court previous to departing for China direct. EMBARKATION OF THE MARCHIONSSS WZLLESLICY FOR ENGLAND.—The Lord Lieutenant and the Marchioness Wellesley left the Vice Regal Lodge yes terday morning, at seven o'clock, for Ilowth, escorted by a party of Dragoons. Her Ladyship embarked on board a steam-vessel, which was in waiting to convey her across the Channel ; after which his Excellency returned to the Park. —Dublin Morning Register. A gentleman has lately been very generous to a number of the ladies who walk the pare of this town, by presenting them with sovereigns, which have afterwards proved to be counterfeit. His plan has been to send for a bottle of wine, and pocket the fifteen shillings which he reeeived in change.—Bnqhfox Paper. We have reason to believe that the paragraph in our last paper, respecting Miss Row being carried off by Mr. Robbins, gave a somewhat inaccurate account of the transaction. We have received a letter from Mr. R. on the subject, which we have declined inserting, because we thought it calculated unnecessarily to wound the feelings of others.— Tyne Mercury. A faux pas has lately been discovered at Cheltenham, which has created a great sensation in that fashionable place. The injured husband having received anonymous intimation of the circumstance, opened his Lady's writing desk during her absence at church, and there found numerous proofs in the shape of letters from the gal lant, which proved that the intimacy was of some standing. John Bull's geography must (to use the phrase of Dr. Pangless) be a little loose, he states a coach which runs from London to Liverpool, to have been over turned at Northalierton. The unfortunate accident oc curred at Northampton. We understand that some of the Juries at the late Assizes were not of the most enlightened description. In one case a prisoner charged with robbing his master was acquitted, not only in opposition to the summing-up of the Judge, but even the confession of the man himself. who had admitted his guilt.—Brighton Gazette. . _ NATIONAL SOClETY.—Yesterday the Ge neral Committee of the National Society, held their meeting at St. Martin's Vestry Room. Present:--His Grace the Archbishop of York, the Lord Bishops of London, Wor cester, Bath and Wells, Lichfield, St. Asaph, Ely, Chester, Gloucester, and Landaff. Lord Kenyon, Sir James Lang ham, Bart., Rev. Archdeacons Cambridge and Pott ; Rev. Dr. Doyly, Rev. H. H. Norris, and John Round, Esq. Several grants of money were made from 201. to 400/. and eight new school. were united to the society. INGENIOUS Dzimter..—At the late Lime rick Assizes, a man of the name of Patrick Magrath was tried for stealing the great coat of the prosecutor. After this fact had been proved, the Learned Judge (Mr. Ser geant Lefroy) called on him for his defence, when the pri soner addressed the Court :—" My Lord, he saw what a bad way I was in fer c l ot h es , b e i ng almost nake d, and he said, ,‘ I would a d v i se you, P at, the f i rst coat or blanket you get, to throw it a b out your s h ou ld er . ;' I did so, any Lord, and now he i s p rosecut i ng me f or following his own b a d advice, and thi s i s m y d e fence, pleaseyour Reverenc e ' s Lordship." The Court was convulsed t e rb ad an d . "" Theiriswith laught.lr. Galway Independent. G REEK WOMEN. — SMYRNA, FEB. 2.—1 closed my last by making a few observ a ti ons on the dress of the Smyrn iot ladies. I will now say a little of the Gr ek they bees l tv ' ear Theirthe head former, with the exception of th e scar l et s k u ll -cap , over which m d u r c ess h th is e s g a e m ne e ra u ily th o e f silk, with a short silk spencer, usually lined with fur, an d not projecting farth er i n f ront than the breast. Thi s , o f l course, alludes to their dress when out walking, as well as in doors. As they wear no stays, and their dresses are all worn louse, they are, as you may suppose, wretched figures. They all wear the neat slipper, so prevalent in Italy. Some of the Greek women here are very beautiful; but their figures spoil all, particularly when viewed alongside the elegant Smyrniots. The gentlemen, both Greek and Smyrniot, dress in the European costume. The Greeks all wear mustachios.—Morning Paper. time since, an Arab woman, an inhabitan t of Ahusheber, went to England with the children of a Mr. Beaumau.— CO NTENTEDNES S OF - THE ARABSe.--SOIT IC She remained in your count r y four y ear s. When she re turned, all gathered rou nd her to g r atify their curiosity about England. ~ What did you fi n d t h ere? is it a fine country? are the p eo p le rich? are they happy ?" She answered "The count/ WSI like it garden; the people were rich, had fine clothes, fine hous es , fi ne h orses , fine carriages, and were said to be very wise and happy."— Her audience were filled with envy of the English, and a gloom spread ever them, which showed their discontent their own condition. at They were departing with this sentiment, when tic woman happened to say, " England certainly wants one thing." " What is that ?" said the Arabs eagerly. " There is not a single date-tree in the whole country !" "Are you sure ?" was the general ex clamation. "Positive," said the old nurse; " I looked for nothing else all the time I was there, but I looked in vain." This information produced an instanta neous change of feeling among the Arabs; it was pity, not envy, that now filled their breasts ; and they went away, won dering how men could live in a country where there were no date trees !...Sketches of Persia. I i