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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Poor Law Report, both from the intrinsic mag nitude and difficulty of the subject, and from the length and complexity of those discussions upon which the com missioners have entered in explanation or defence of the views which they have entertained, and of the measures recommended by them, is a work upon which we find it impossible to do more at this early moment, within the compass of an article, than touch, and that but sparingly. If we were to state that single feature in the administra tion of the poor law system to which by far the largest portion of its existing evils may he traced, we should say it was the improvident application of the poor-rate. In Vapport 'of this position, it is not necessary to deny that trnany 'of our deserving fellow subjects receive an allow 'aide more scanty than ought to be assigned to them, 'dr that others, who have rightful claims to relief, are not 'often contumeliously and cruelly rejected. But it is enough to establish what, we believe, will not be contradicted— that on the average vast sums are actually disbursed out of the poors' rates to individuals as well as classes of men, into the payment of which overseers are either deluded by misinformation, intimidated by threats, fatigued by impor tunity, coerced by local authority, or induced in one with branch of cases by mere cupidity, and which under a wise and wholesome system of regulations would be reserved for the really destitute—saving to the community perhaps one half of the tax now levied, and thus extensively misapplied. The able-bodied, idle, voluntary, and shameless pauper finds, in almost every parish of England, by far too ea. ) an access to the poor fund. Relief to poor families at their own dwellings, though in some instances, we fear, in opposition to the committee, unavoidable, save at a dread ful sacrifice on the part of the poor themselves, is much ton inconsiderately and too liberally granted. Support to the mothers of illegitimate children, though excused in a degree by motives of benevolent policy, has been carried to a pitch extremely oppressive to parishes, and grievously detrimental to female morals throughout England. Finally, the addition , o labourers' wages out of the poor funds, whereby the cost of production is dimi tiished to the farmer, and indir- ctly the proprietor's rent enhanced at the expense of those who derive no benefit in return, has crowned the abuses of the poor law system, and rendered some corrective measure indispensable to war-ts checkirg the natural tendency of the above prac tices to perpetuate and extend themselves ad infinitum. A , the evil has been described by one word, viz. " impro vidence;" so the remedy which the committee have pro posed may be almost as fully characterized by stating, that labour is to he the condition of relief, except only in cases of sickness or other infirmity ; and that the amount of such relief shall invariably fall short of the wages attainable by independent labourers. By a strict adherence to these two conditions one paramount advantage must be secured,— viz., a sure criterion whereby to determine the claims of every applicant for parochial succour. If the self-styled pauper declines to work on the terms prescribed to him by the administrators of the pow laws, he in effect admits that he Las not sunk to that level of fortune which would c institute a just title to relief. But as, on the other band, those terms are no less irksome than humiliating, should he comply with them it may be received as a proof of entire and helpless destitution. There can, we think, be little hesitation as to the soundness of the two condi tions above mentioned, regarded as general guides to the management of the poor fund. 1. No labour—no relief. 2. Igo relief that shall raise the pauper to the same level a , the independent labourer. The spirit of the law of El zabeth was, to find work for the able and the idle ; o Iterwise, no assistance, save only to the sick and weak. There was, moreover, an express provision of the law of Elizabeth, in furtherance of the former of the above principles, the general usefulness of which we do not me.n to question, but of which it may, we fear, be honestly doubted whether the rigid and invariable application can be enforced without, in especial cases, a degree of harshness approaching to inhumanity towards the poor. We mean the denial of even the smallest allow ance of food, clothing, or any other form of relief, except under the roof of the workhouse. Now it is easy to ima gine casts in which the rigorous enforcement of such a rule would be equal to the infliction of an intolerable punishment upon the pauper family. What could be more barbarous than to drag away an unfortunate being, who was thrown out of work, with his wife and infants, from their habitation to the common workhouse, and to exhibit them like convicts or wild beasts to the contempt of the whole world ? Poverty is in itself a severe misfortune, why make it an ignominious crime? Tae outcry is loud enough against the degradation of the poor of England, who, it is said, are so lost to all sense of shame that they receive public charity without blushing. Yet, insensible as they are to the disgrace of living on the public purse ( which iadeed there is another class of paupers not much abashed by submitting to), there are few or none of the labour ing poor who do not feel humbled by becoming the in mates of a workhouse. A " workhouse pauper" is no toriously a term of contempt ; yet this, the most degraded a•ate of pauperism is henceforth to be the destination of every pauper family throughout the kingdom ! Why not at once have the boldness to declare poverty " penal?" The spirit of English society would too well sanction such an addition to our jurisprudence, and the report of the committee falls little short of a formal statute in strict correspondence with it. Work, where it can he found, ought to be provided for the pauper but as to the forcing employment, with a view to make it profitable, which the committee seem to contemplate, the thing is a contradiction in terms. Upon the whole, it appears to us that the workhouse system might be much and usefully extended, but the project of making it coextensive with relief, outstrips our conception of what would be either humane or practicable in Great Britain.— Times. COURT OF CHANCERY, FEB. 24. His LORDSHIP gave judgment in the following cases : HUNTER V. ATKINS. His LORDSHIP said this case had excited considerable interest, not so much from the importance of the stake, which was in.ignificant, as from the character of a party being, to a certain degree, implicated in its result. A Court of Justice could not set aside a gift from Admiral Hunter to Alderman Atkins because it would be generous and meretorious in the Admiral to snake such a gift, but a Court of Justice could decide whether or no there had been fraud exercised for such a gift, and whether or no an undue influence had beer exercised to cause such a dispo sition of the Admiral's property. Unless some such cir cumstance were shown to make it apparent that fraud or undue influence had been exercised, the gift would stand good and unimpeachable. He thought the rule, as appli cable to the present case, could not be laid down more c mprehensively than in the following manner :—That when a person benefitted another in whom lie placed the greatest reliance and confidence, and when in so doing he disregarded more intimate and nearer connections, limits ought to he drawn between the probable feelings of kind ness and undue influence. His Lordship then proceeded to allude to the facts involved in the present case. That Admiral Hunter had to a certain degree placed confidence in Alderman Atkins, who had been his navy agent and banker for nearly forty years, and had most probably con sulted hm on his money affairs, was undeniable. Besides, the Admiral and Alderman Atkins had been shipmates, and he thought it was not remarkable for the veteran sea-- man to have entertained feelings of kindness and friendship towards the Alderman when the circumstance which he had just named opened a source of kindness and friendship at once legitimate and pure. He now approached to the fact which in itself formed the subject of the present suit, with these points established from the correspondence, viz., that the Admiral always expressed an intention to benefit Alderman Atkins, and that he had, to promote economy, carefully concealed the state of his affairs, and the disposal of a part of his property to the Alderman, from his wife. He awn referred to the allegations of the bill, which alleged that the Admiral was subject to fits of temporary delus on ; that he was, fr, m extreme age, in_ capable of managing his own affcirs; and that, in July, 1832, the period of the execution of the deed of trust, the Admiral was labouring under a fit of such mental delusion. His Lordship at great length then com mented on the evidence adduced on both sides in sup port and against these allegations, which evidence he did not think could invalidate the present transaction. The bill must therefore be dismissed, but not with costs, although imputations of a most grave nature had been cast on the defendant Alderman Atkins's conduct. The reason why he did not dismiss the bill with costs was, that the defendant hail, after the Admiral's death, acted iropro pei ly in not immediately giving the particulars sought by the Admiral's widow. The character of the Alderman re mained untarnished. The appeal was therefore dismissed. MORGAN V. HOWELL. His LORDSHIP, after recapitulating the facts of the case, dismissed the appeal wits costs. 818 KETT V. lIIBBEAT. His I.. ,, RDSHIP said that the application in this case was against a Master's report, who, it was contended by one party, bad made an improper settlement for a ward who had married a solicitor's clerk without the consent of the Court. His Lordship referred to different vises which were similar to the present, and he was of opinion, on their authority, that the settlement was an improper one, as it took from the ward in every event the disposal of her pro• perty. He thought that the settlement should be drawn up to the following effect, viz., that the ward might die pose by will of ber property, and in case of her dying without issue to her next of kin: and in the event of her present husband predeceasing her, and she marrying again, that the children of both marriages should have like sums settled on them on their mother's decease. The costs of the present application were to be paid by the husband. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 24. MORGAN AND OTHERS V. BRUDRETH, GENT. --.. _.. In this .• rase, which was not concluded yesterday when our reporter left the Court, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 24. (Sittings at Guildhall at Nisi Prius.) TYLDEN V. KINGSLAND. This was :in action brought by the plaintiff, who is Victr of Molash, in Kent, to recover from the defendant, a farmer, the sum of 51. ss. for tithes. The defendant had agreed to a composition for his tithes of Is. 6d. per acre for arahle land, and 4s. for pasture. On the audit in November last he paid the composition of 14/. 15s. 10d. ; on the following audit he paid 10/., and promised to pay the balance, 51., besides 10s. for wood, &c., which he subsequently refused to do. The present action was brought for the recovery of it. The plaintiff proved the composition, and the promise to pay by the defendant. The defendant not only denied not having promised to pay, but also contended that on payment being demanded he informed his collector that if the plaintiff would not take the 101. as a composition he would oblige him to take his tithes in kind. Several farmers from Kent proved the composition was by far too high. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for 51. ss. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, FEB. 24. Lord LvtirattrasT gave fu.igment in the case of Mr. Blacklow, an attorney, against whom an application was made to strike him off the Rolls for breach of professional confidence. Lord LYNDHURST had read all the affidavits, and it was his intention to make this order—that Mr. Blacklow should deliver up on oath all documents and copies of documents in his possession relating to the matter under consideration, and be restrained from acting as the attor ney of John Henry Taylor, or in any way assisting hint, particularly in the prosecution of the suit in equity and the action of ejectment, and pay the costs. • LOMAX V. JADIS. In this case, which was not finished till after our paper went to press yesterday, the Jun• returned a verdict for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAR YLEB ONE. A COCKNEY SPORTSMAN IN TROUBLE.—Yesterday John Bishop, a tailor, was charged with having dis charged the contents of a gun at the windows of Mr. Ro hart Harvey, of Notting hill, and broken several panes of glass. Complainant, about half-past ten o'clock the previous morning, was in his dressing-room, preparing to go to church, when he was alarmed by hearing the report of a gun, and a smashing as of glass breaking. He went out at the back door, when he saw that three panes of glass in the parlour window were broken. The defendant was, with other persons, standing at a short distance off, with a gun in his hand. Suspecting that he was the person who bad done the damage, he went up to him and taxed him with the fact, which the defendant acknowledged, and offered to make him full compensation. Thinking, however, that it was highly dangerous for a person to be trusted with a gun when fired so as to endanger his Ma jesty's subjects, be called a policeman to take him into custody. The defendant was sorry for what he had done, but what had happened was quite by mistake. He was aiming at a bird, when on discharging the gun it gave a sudden twist, and the contents perforated the complain ant's window. He did not after be had done the damage attempt to "cut and run," but stood his ground, and offered to make a suitable compensation, which was re fused, and he was conveyed vi et armis to the station. house. Mr. Rewcussow, after advising him net to seek after any other game than his goose, ordered him to enter into his own recognizance, in the sum of 201., to keep the peace for the next twelve months, and gave directions that the gun should be detained at the station-house. AuDActous ROBBERY. —Mary Lucas, a pretty-looking young woman, respectably attired, was charged with the following impudent robbery:— Mrs. Jane Butler, wife of Mr. E. Butler, jeweller, &c., No. 19, Crawford -street, about half-past nine o'clock on Saturday evening was engaged behind the counter, show ing some articles to a lady, when she was startled by hearing a pane of glass break. She looked towards the shop window, when she saw a female's hand protruding through one of the panes. She immediately went round the counter, when she saw the prisoner running across the road. She pursued and overtook her, when she found in her band a small tray, containing a gold eye-glas, se• veral gold rings, and various other articles of jewellery, the property of her husband. She called out for assist. ance, when her next door neighbour came out, and the prisoner was led back to the shop, where she acknow ledged taking away the tray with its con•ents. A po liceman was then called, and the prisoner conveyed to the station-house. Police constable D 111 stated that the prisoner said to him that " she intended that night to have had a silver watch or two from a new shop higher up the street, but through her laziness she was too late, and the shop was closed. On her return she thought she must have some thing, as she had no food or lodging, and she therefore broke the prcsecutor's shop-window, and took out the property, as had been described." She was fully committed to Newgate for trial. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Charles Bennett, a diminutive-looking young man, was charged with being concerned in breaking into the house of Sir William Woods, Clarenceux King at Arms, in the Coburg-road, Camberwell.—Remanded. SPANISH AMNESTY.—DECREE. —.cc Con. sidering the reasons which you have laid before me, and complying with the opinion of my Council of Ministers, I have thought proper, in the name of my beloved daughter Donna Isabel Segunda, to extend the Royal Decree cf Amnesty to all the ex-deputies of the Cortes who may be out of the kingdom in consequence of opinions expressed by them as such deputies, granting them permission to return freely to the bosom of their country. Take notice hereof, and do all that may be necessary for its fulfilment. Signed in rubric, and addressed to Don Francisco Mar tinez de la Rosa. Madrid, Feb. 7." SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—A very distressing occurrence took place at Tavistock, on Sunday evening last, the 16th inst., which threw the whole town into consternation, and, we are sorry to learn, has been at tended with loss of life. The first alarm took place in the Wesleyan chapel, where the door-keeper, in the act of lighting up the chapel for the evening service, observed a very large and unusual escape of gas from beneath the floor, and on approaching it with a taper an instant inflammation of the escaping gas took place, which set fire to a seat, but was extinguished before any serious injury had been done. About 200 persons were at this time assembled, many of whom rushed towards the avenues to the streets. Just at this time, the Rev. T. W. Smith, the officiating minister of the day, came to the spot and attempted to allay the excited feelings of the congregation, so fir suc ceeding as to obtain a gradual exit from the chapel. 'Water having been poured upon the ignited wood, and the main cock turned to exeude the gas entirely from the building, order was restored, candles introduced, and about 300 persons being assembled, the service of the evening pro ceeded as usual. Here, however, we are sorry to add, all did not end, for a person, io consequence of the accident, incautiously ran to the gas works, and directed the main supply to be cut off from the town. The congregation assembling in the Independent of worship had just commenced Divine service, when the lights throughout the chapel, with the exception of two candles, were almost suddenly extinguished—the momentary sensation excited by this circumstance appeared to be at an end, and the service was proceeding, until an alarm in the gallery, and a simultaneous rush from all parts of the chapel, suddenly took place; every effort to arrest the attention of the congregation proved unavailing, the loudest entreaties be ing entirely drowned by the cries of the people, and al though the avenues from the chapel are particularly spa cious, they were entirely choked up by the dense numbers which crowded them. When the tumult had subsided, it was ascertained that two boys, the sons of Mr. Thomas Symons, tailor, and Mr. N. Launder, mason, had been se severely hurt that their deaths almost immediately en sued. We are sorry to add, that in addition to lesser, though in some instances severe, injuries, a young woman was so much trampled upon as to render her recovery doubtful, and an old man, upwards of 70, had his arm and one of his ribs broken.— West Briton. EAST INDIA AND CHINA TRADE. THE PRINCESS OF ORANGE'S JEWELS. In the month of September, 1829, jewels and other valuable property, belonging to the Princess of Orange, were taken out of a casket in which she had deposited them in her bedchamber in the Palace at Brussels. The affair caused a great sensation at the time, and in conse quence of the extraordinary circumstances under which the very valuable articles disappeared, many strange re ports were circulated in the Nether! Inds respecting " the mysterious robbery," as it was called. It might Ise ex pected that e the mystery would be cleared up by the trial of the person charged with the offence, and now in cus tody at the Hague, but though the jewels were found in his possession, he has in the different examinations he has undergone persisted in denying that he was the thief. The Dutch papers have published some accounts of the prehrpinery investigation by the Judge, who instructs the process, and as facts disclosed are curious, a brief nee rative of them may be interesting to our readers. Tyr begin, then, at the beginning. In the morning of the 26th of September, 1829, while the Prince of Orange was absent from the Palace, and the Princess was at the Castle of Tervueren, it was discovered that a casket called a diamantaire, in which her Rectal Highness kept her jewels, had been forcibly broken open and carried off, with a great quantity of precious stones and pearls which it contained. A number of valuable papers had also been removed from the casket, hut these were found scattered about on the floor, anti part of them torn. The dia mantaire was covered with a glass, through which the jewels deposited immediately under it were visible. On breaking the glass, these being removed, beside them would be found the key of the lower part of the casket, the different compartments of which contained other jewels. A costly shawl belonging to the Princess was also miss ing, but it was afterwards found on one of the ramparts, and it was supposed that it had been wrapped about the casket in the bed-chamber, and afterwards dropped or thrown away. The manner in which the Princess's bed-chamber must have been reached has been the subject of much inquiry. It is said that marks were observed on a wall, which were supposed to be made by a ladder having been placed against it. This wall being surmounted, the thief or thieves must have passed through the garden of the Palace to a terrace, upon which a glass door opens. One of the penes of the glass door was found broken, after having first been smeared over with clay. When the pane of glass was broken, the door could be opened on the inside. From this door a suite of apartments led to the Princess's bed chamber, where the casket stood on a table dote to the fire-place. The measures taken to trace the property supposed to be stolen in the manner described were long fruitless. At last, in July, 1831, Mynheer Bangaman Huygens, the Dutch Consul at New York, was waited upon by a Frenchman, named Roumage, who told him that the lost property was in that city, and claimed the reward offered for its discovery by the Dutch Government. He stated that the jewels had been brought to New York by one Constant Polari, who had arrived there in company with a female named Susanne Blanche. However, before giving this information to Heer Huygens, Roumage being a wa:e that precious stones are subject to a duty on impor tation into the United States, gave notice to the col lector of the customs at New York that Polari had intro duced jewels fraudulently. The collector caused Poleri's lodgings to be searched, where a great number of jewels were discovered and seized. Nevertheless, a considerable number of the precious stones escaped the vigilance of the collector, because they were concealed in a tube in the form of a walking cane, and in the stick of an umbrella, which was also hollow. Immediately after the search, Polari, assisted by Susanne Blanche, buried these reserved jewels in a certain spot in the country near New York. On hearing of tie seizure made by the collector, the Duch Consul had the jewels compared with the descrip• tion in his possession, and was satisfied that they were the property of the Princess. Polari was then apprehended, and required to explain how the jewels came into his possession. After various evasions, he at last remarked that Mynheer Huygens must be already acquainted with the fact through Susanne Blanche. The jewels, he had no doubt, were the property of the Princess of Orange, but he solemnly declared that he was not the thief, and knew nothing of the manner in which the robbery hae been accomplished. The Dutch Consul had indeed been told nearly the same story by Susanne Blanche, with the addition that Polari had buried in the neighbourhood of Brussels a pot containing other valuable articles and all the cases and gold settings of the jewels. It appeared that Roumage had formed an intimacy with Susanne Blanche, and learned from her the facts which he had disclosed to the Dutch Consul, and also the spot where the remaining jewels were buried, in a wood not far from New York. Having got Polari fa-t in prison, Roumage and Susanne resolved to dig up the jewels, and go off with them to England. No time was lost by Roumage in extractin the jewels from the hole in which they bad been deposited, but before be was prepared for the voyage to England, he brought a few stones of great value to the Dutch Consul, and said that he bad discovered them since Polari was in custody. His motive for this is not known It is conjectured that these were jewels which he thought he could not easily dispose of, and the delivery of which to the Consul would lull any suspicion which might have been awakened against himself. On a future examination of Polari, the Dutch Consul, in the hope of obtaining further disclosures, exhibited one of the jewels he had received from Roumage, and asked the prisoner whether he knew it. Polari immediately per ceived that he had been betrayed by Susanne Blanche, and described the place where he had concealed the treesute. The Consul proceeded immediately to the spat, but ofcourse found nothing. He then got warrants fur the appre hension of Roumage and Blanche, but learned that they had only the day before sailed for England. Heer Huy gens, however, immediately despatched a messenger with the necessary evidence, in a vessel bound to Liverpool, where the fugitives were apprehended, and the jewels delivered to the Dutch Consul at that port. In the mean time an iron pot, which had been buried in a wood near Brussels, was dug up, and in it were found a number of cameos and small stones, and all the gold settings of the jewels. Polari, in his examinations before the judicial authorities at the Hague, has stated that in the year 1827 be came to Bi nasals Irom Lyons, where he had been carrying on business, but had failed; that in the month of November, 1829, as he was walking in a wood, he observed three per sons busy in digging a hole ; that on the following night he went to the same spot, and, on digging, found the casket and the jewels; and that on examining the jewels he be lieved that they were those which had been stolen from the Princess of Orange. He further stated that in July, 1830, he went to Lyons to see Susanne Blanche, with whom he had formerly lived, and took with him some of the jewels, one of which he sold there, and returned in January, 1831, to Brussels, accompanied by Susanne. They soon after resolved to leave Europe, and, on embarking for New York, be took the name of Carrara. Constant Polari is a Swiss, aged fifty-three, born in the canton of Tessin. From the inquiries which have e been made, it appears that he once carried on the busi ness of a tanner. The expression of his countenance is crafty, and altogether unfavourable. It is with the greatest reluctance he answers any questions on the subject of the jewels, and particularly those which have reference to the trick played him by Susanne Blanche. His trial is fixed for the 7th March, before the Court of Assize for South Holland. HULL RAILROAD.—This town is now con templating a railroad from Hull into the West Riding. Preliminary steps have already been taken.—Doncaster Gazette. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AND EXTRAORDI NARY DISCLOSURE.-In the beginning o f t hi s mon th a robbery of 8451. took place on the premises of Messrs. Cropper, Benson, and Co. The affair was last week brought to light. It appears that in 1832 the Jedhurgh Linen Company enclosed a bill for 681. to Messrs. Crop per, who were to forward it to New York. Intelligence arrived last week that the bid had never reached New York, but it was discovered that it had been regularly paid by Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, in London, and also that two of the names on the back of it were written the . ' one by a young man named Gregg, in the employ of Messrs. Cropper, Benson, and Co., and the other by his faller, a master shipwright, who it has been ascertained actually went to London to receive the proceeds of the acceptance. This led to the apprehension of the delin qtvnt, who has, we underst ind, confessed to the transac tion, as well as to that of taking the 8451. There is also another charge, which implicates both his parents. In the same year, and about the s true time, two 5001. bank notes were forwarded from Birmingham to Messrs. Cropper, Benson, and Co., and were lost. Both of these 500/. notes were exchanged at the Bank of England for 100 Si. notes and 500 sovereigns by the father of Gregg, and the mother has been recognised as the person who passed some of the 5/. notes in Liverposl, giving at the time a fictitious name. We understand that the defalca tion amounts to 2,0001., 1,1131. of which has been given up, and is now in the hands of Mr. Parlour, being the 8451. and 29f5/. of the money obtained from the Bank of England for one of the 500/. bills, Monday, pursuant to an advertisement addressed " to the merchants, ship-owners, tea-dealers, and others interested in th e trade with India and China," a meeting was held at the City of London Tavern, the object of which was to receive the Report of the Committee, appointed at a meeting held on the 9.d of January last. The room was well filled by gentlemen connected with the above trade, and amongst those present we observed Mr. Grote, M.P., Mr. Crawford, M.P., Mr. Lyall, M.P., as well as Mr. J. Horsley Palmer, who took the chair shortly after one o'clock, and proceeded to address the meeting to the following effect :—" He conceived it to be necessary that he should state the causes which had led to the object for which they were now assembled, as also the nature of the communi cation which it would be his duty to make to them. As soon as the alterations made by the Government in the affairs of the tea trade became generally known, the merchants of London expected to have found some regulations made by which they would have been enabled to take the place of the East India Company, as regarded that trade, and when the matter was first agitated all means then in the power of the merchants were made use of to obtain from the Board of Con trol some determination in favour of that object, but all those efforts were at that time ineffectual. The period was then fast approaching when all the mercantile operations should be commenced, but the trade was, notwithstanding, still kept in the dark as to this most important branch of the new legisla tion; they were led to expect that they would receive the ne cessary information, but no such information came. The con sequence was, that on the 2d of January last about twenty or thirty of the most influential persons concerned in that branch of commerce were called upon to form a committee, which they accordingly did, that committee being desired to take the earliest possible means of bringing the Government to a deter mination on those unsettled points. The matters to the settle ment of which the committee were to address themselves were-- 1. The disposal of the enormous stock of tea in the pos session of the East India Company, without the regulation of which question it would be impossible for any merchants to embark in competition upon any fair and equitable terms. 2. The better arrangement of the scale of duties on tea fixed upon under the late Act of the Legislature, to act upon which with any regularity or fairness was impossible, and which in fact opened the door for the commission of frauds, and for the encouragement of the illicit trader. 3. A question of vital importance to the trade—viz., the duties imposed by the Order in Council on goods in the port of Canton, the operation of which, unless under better arrange ment, would be so prejudicial to the interests of the trade, that it was quite monstrous that they should ever have been pro posed, and by which the trade would be exposed to such diffi culties that they would never have been able to have gone on, or that they must have been obliged to open a new outport. 4. What is the intention of the East India Company as to advances on tea cargoes and India cargoes, looking at the pre sent state of the exchange and of their charter—a matter which if not properly settled would effect such an alteration in the exchange and prices as to prove (for a time at least) most detrimental, ruinous, and destructive to the commerce of India, already affected by the state of credit in Bengal, and more so by the state of the remittances of the Company to this country. 5. Whether the limits of the port of Canton were to be con sidered as sufficiently defined simply by the letter from the Board of Control to Lloyd's, And 6. Whether the Commissioners appointed for the port of Canton are to have authority elsewhere—a matter of the importance of which the House of Commons could not have' been made properly aware. Those were the points to which the Committee were to draw the attention of the Government, and he (the Chairman) need hardly say how important they were to the interests of the trade, at the same time that he could not help referring to the fact that those interested had been kent in the dark upon them from July to February. He was not aware that an instance of such negligence on the part of a Government had ever occurred before, on an occasion where such important interests were at stake; and he believed that nothing but a direct application to the Premier, which was at last retorted to, would have effected their object at all. At the same time, therefore, with that observation he must say, in justice to Earl Grey and Lord Althorp, that the blame, if any, did not rest with the higher department of the Government, for as soon as that direct appli cition to themselves was made, those Ministers gave to the question their most prompt and decided attention. His object in imputing blame at all was with reference to the prejudicial effe. t which delay had occasioned to the vast quantity of East India shippi g now in the docks, three parts of which might have been employed if the necessary information had been de livered to the applicants for it before. He must also, in justice, observe, how very much they were indebted to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the India Board, for their interfer ence with the Board of Control, in endeavouring to procure the information required. The report of the Committee, giving the decision of the Government on all the above ques tions, would now be read to them, and he had only one more observation to make upon it—viz., as to the proposal to alter the scale of duties on tea fixed by the late Act of Parliament. Upon that point the Government had not decided in compli ance with the desire of the Committee. The reason stated by them for that non-compliance was, that it was desirable that the lower classes should be enabled to purchase the lower priced tea cheaper in proportion than that purchased by the higher classes. He (Mr. Palmer) however, thought that the Govern ment were under a delusion in that supposition, for ha thought that, in fact, as much of that descripsion of tea was not con sumed as the Government seemed to suppose. The report was then read. After detailing facts, the sub stance of which we have given above in the opening address of the Chairman, it concluded as follows, with the decision of the Government upon the six questions submitted, that de termination having been communicated by Earl Grey on the 13th instant " 1. That the East India Company will give instructions to their agents in China, and to their Governments in India, pre suming no unforeseen impediments to arise from the state of the Indian finances, to make advances upon the cargoes to be shipped in India and China for this country in the course of the present year, under certain regulations, which may be seen at the secretary's office at the East India-house, such ad vances, for the year 1834, being limited to about the sum of 1,000,0001. or 1,200,0001. sterling, a moiety of which will be applicable to the shipments from China. The Committee were further informed, that in future years the amount of the ad vances will probably be considerably increased. " That the rates of exchange for bills taken in India and China, will be fixed at the time of making the advances at the rates then current. " That parties wishing to avail themselves of the opportunity of fixing the rates of exchange upon the commencement of their operations in this country may take advantage of the East India Company's offer to draw direct from London upon their Government at Calcutta. " 2. That the East India Company will limit their sales of tea, in 1835, to 16,000,000 of pounds, unless the market value should, during that year, exceed the proposed upset prices now advertised for the sale in June next, in which case they reserve to themselves the rights to put up for sale at such upset prices any further quantity which they may deem to be expedient. " 3. That his Majesty's Government will not at present make any alteration in the proposed scale or mode for collecting the duties upon tea after the 24th of April next. _ " 4. That his Majesty's Ministers will recommend to Parlia ment to withdraw the duties proposed to be levied by the late orders in Council upon the British trade and shipping in the port of Canton, provided the East India Company will concur in defraying one-third of the charge for maintaining the consu late establishment at that port. " The committee have further to report, that they were in formed, at their interview with his Majesty's Ministers on the 7th inst., that the construction of Government as to the limits of the port of Canton was in conformity with the letter ad dressed to the Chairman of Lloyd's,—viz., within the Bona Tigris; and that the President of the Board of Control would give any more formal assurance to that effect which the mer chants might require. " It was further stated to the committee at the same in terview, that the commissioners at Canton had no authority to extend the exercise of their powers to any other port in China than Canton, without a previous declaration to that effect in the London Gazette ; and that the commissioners would take no cognizance of any clearances of ships apcl car goes for the United Kingdom from any other part of the Chinese empire than the port of Canton. . _ " In submitting the foregoing information for the guidance of the merchants in conducting their commercial operations with India and China, the Committee have only ,o suggest that due attention be paid at the time of making their ship ments of the different sorts of teas at Canton, from the diffi culty which may otherwise exist on the part of the revenue officers in this country in assessing the duties upon the respec tive kinds, the difference in duty between Bohea and Congou being Bd. per lb., and between Congou and Souchong 10d. per lb. The Committee would recommend, if it be practicable, to obtain at Canton certificates, attested by the consulate, of the respective sorts when shipped, which, though not conclusive evidence, will be the best proof which can be adduced, in case of dispute in the assessment of the duties in this country. " Having thus fulfilled one of the principal objects of their appointment, the Committee have only further to suggest that they may be permitted, on behalf of the importers of India and China produce, to consider whether any and what mode should be adopted for continuing hereafter that principle of periodical public sales which has so long continued through the East India Company, with advantage to the buyers as well as sellers, and with benefit to the port of London. It will at the same time be an object with the Committee, in taking this 'natter into their consideration, to endeavour to establish an uniformity in the weight, notes, and warrants to be issued by a ll the public docks in London, thereby affording the greatest security in the sales, and giving every practicable facility to the transfer of the property which the documents may represent." The CHAIRMAN then added one concluding observation — that it was the wish of this committee, should they continue their labours, to concert measures which should make London hereafter the great port for eastern produce, as it has always hitherto been, and, without standing pledged to any particular method, they would be happy to receive suggestions for the furtherance of that object. On the motion of Mr. LYALL, M.P., seconded by Mr. CRAW FORD, M.P., the report was then adopted and approved by the meeting. A vote of thanks to the Chairman especially, as well as to the members of the committee, was then agreed to; and the Chairman having returned thanks, the meeting separated. BANKRUPTCY COURT, FEB. 21. (Before Mr. Commissioner WILLIAMS.) IN RE JOSEPH STRANGMAN. Some curious circumstances connected with this case have been under investigation for the last few days. The bankrupt, Mr. Strangman, carried on business as a flour-factor, at Queen-street, Cheapside. In June last be suddenly withdrew to America. carrying with him a con siderable sum of money. A meeting of his creditors was shortly held, and a fiat of bankruptcy issued against him in July, to which he did not surrender on the 42d day, as required by the Act, and was accordingly proclaimed in the usual manner. By a curious coincidence, a profes sional gentleman named Mardon had started about the same time in pursuit of another runaway (Marfleet), whom be had succeeded in capturing. Shortly after his arrival at New York, Mr. Mardon received a letter from London, acquainting him with the flight of Strangman, and with directions to lose no time in looking after the fugitive. Pursuant to his instructions, Mr. Mardon made diligent inquiries, and traced the bankrupt first to New Yolk, and then to York, Upper Canada ; being, however, pressed for time, he relinquished the pursuit, and returned to England, but left with a professional gentleman at N..itv York instructions to follow up the inquiries he had com menced, and on the 14th of this month Mr. Mardon received a letter front his agent at New York, informing him that Strangman had returned to England, and had left behind him in America property of considerable value. A communication was then set on foot between Messrs. Young and Vallings, the solicitors to the fiat, and Mr. Harrison, the solicitor of South-square, Gray's Inn, when Mr. Mardon was instructed to take immediate steps for the recovery of Strangman and the property. After considerable inquiry among the American captains recently arrived in London, he ascertained that the bank • rupt had landed at Portsmouth on the 27th of January, from the Am ricas ship Montreal, in which he had sailed from New York under the assumed name of Perkins; he then traced him to London, thence to Calais, and thence to Boulogne, and eventually to Waterford, but, expecting him back to London, he had the house which the bank rupt was in the habit of frequenting when in town well watched, and at seven o'clock on Thursday morning last a special messenger, who had been placed on the 100k -out, saw Strangman alighting from a cabriolet in the neigh bout hood, and immediately took him into custody. The bankrupt, on being brought into court, made a very candid disclosure as to the way in which he had disposed of the cash with which be had absconded. He gave up the se curities of his purchases in America, giving a full descrip tion as to the mode in which the property could be reco vered for the benefit of his creditors. In the belief that he was sincere, and would do everything in his power to assist the assignees, he was then set at large, and it was suggested to him the propriety of instantly petitioning the Court of Review for leave to surrender, and by that means annul the proclamation issued against him for not surrendering within the time prescribed by law. A petition to this off ct is now in the course of preparation. It was stated by Mr. Mardon that too much praise could not be be stowed o❑ the legal authorities in Americ r for the seal and activity with which they aided him in his arduous task. Sir George Murray has at length formally declined the invitation to stand for the Ayrshire burghs. —Edinburgh Paper. The whole country surrounding this city, within a circuit of 50 miles probably, wa, in a blaze on M .nday night last, at an early boor. The illumination extended through, the counties of Limerick, Clire, Coik, Kerry, and Tipperary, spreading with amazing rapility at both sides of the Shannon. The mountains presented most extraordinary spectacle. It is supposed the fires were first kindled in Tipperary for Mr. Sheil's acquittal, and the signal was instantly telegraphed and spread through the contiguous counties almost simultaneously.—Limerick Chronicle. Pierce Egan, after " fretting his hour upon the stage" in all parts of Ireland, has succeeded in wilting a musical but letta for the Dublin Theatre, which has met with decided success, and which will, in all probability, be transferred to our London boards. It is entitled " Life in Dublin," and is a continuation of the merry frolics of the well_known Tom, Jerry, and Logic, in the capital of the Sister Kingdom. The whole thing is admirably got up, and gives a humorous view of the " Sprees of the tight Irish boys" at Donnybrook Fair, Howttt Rices, and all the well known scenes of fancy, fun, and frolic, on that side of the water. HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. —This new Work by Mr. Burke, the well-known author of the Peerage and B iruaetage, begins to excite very considerable interest among the landed gen'ry. The following is an extract from the preface:— " The first volume of this work is now completed, and an opinion may be formed of a project, which was deemed at its announcement so beset with difficulties, as to bold out little hope of a successful issue. Those diffi culties have, however, passed away—the completion of the first volume is accomplished, and nothing formidable re mains to impede the proeress of the second. In the•e pages will be found the lineage of nearly four hundred families, enjoying in the aggregate probably a revenue of two millions sterling, and deriving, many of them, their lierritorial possessions from William of Normandy ; invested however with no exclusive rank—designated by no ex clusive title—and born to no exclusive privilege. To this grade in her social system—her indepeneent country gen tlemen—England is mainly indebted for her greatness abroad, and her prosperity at home. In this—and her tree institutions, she differs from every other country in Europe." _ _ _ . . GAsPAR 11 AUSER.—This mysterious being seems destined to keep the mystery-loving Germans occu pied for some time. At present there exists, we believe we may say rages, a fierce controversy whether Gaspar Hauser killed himself or not. Several ingenious men have maintained the affirmative of the proposition, and it is yet so much in doubt, that we observe in almost every German paper the announcement of a new pamphlet on the subject. What a delightful leaf for the bibliography of some Ditolin a hundred years hence. Toe prevalent opi nion appears to be that Gaspar Hauser committed su!cide. From the post-office returns just made it ap rars the Duke of Richmond has 2,5001. a year; Sir Francis Freeling, 4,165/. 6 , . 4d. ; Mr. G. H. Freeling, 8001. ; Mr. T. Lawrence (Chief Clerk), 6271. 10s. ; Mr. C. Johmon (Surveyor of mail-coach department), 877/. 10s., and 265. a (Lay whilst travelling and chaise hire ; Mr. Peacock (the Solicitor) 3001. a year salary, and 1,4001 average profit on law proceedings; Mr. Willitnot (the Receiver General) 800/ ; Mr. J Bowden (the Chief Clerk) 6001. In the Foreign Office there are is Superintending President, two Presidents, and thirtten clerks, who have no salary or allowance of any kind from the revenue, but are paid sums descending from 6601. to 31/. 2s. 6il. a year, by the privilege of franking news papers to and from abroad, supplying the London news papers w;th translations from foreign journals, fees upon registers:: packets, letters after time, and for keeping ac counts wick the merchants, &c. The e moluments of the clerks of the roads, derived from dealing in n ewspapers, have been already stated. When Burns was first invited to dine at Dunlop-house, a westland dame, who acted as house keeper, appeared to doubt the propriety of her mistress ploughman who t rna ß de y r wy rhymes, as con vincing hewere a gentleman mere of old d Mrs. M‘Guistan , f or that was her n a m e , of the bard's right to such a dis t in ction, M rs . Dunlop gave her entertaining " The Cotter's Saturday Night" to read. This was soon a done : she returned the volume with a strong shaking of the head, saying, " Nae doubt gentlemen and ladies think mickle o' this, but for me its naething but what I saw l ' my father's house every day, and I dinna see how he could hae tauld it in any other way." ALLAN BRECK.--The new novel by the author of " The Subaltern," is a story of considerable in terest, and the subject quite as worthy of the immortality of fiction as " Eugene Aram." Allan Breck is not, as Eugene Aram was, a convicted murderer ; but little doubt can remain on the reader's mind as to the amount of his guilt. " The scene is laid in Scotland, about ' the forty five,' and the work illustrates the state of Scottish society during that period. Mr. Gl,ig frequently, in the course of this new production, turns his past experience of milli tary life into account. The whole of that eventful cam paign, which annihilated the last faint hopes of the un fortunate Stuarts is described with knowledge, vigour, and graphic effect. In fact, ' Allan Breck' has great merit, and equals any novel the past year has produced." —Spectator. IN A TRANCE.—In the village of Sheepridge, near Huddersfield, a boy, about 14 years of age, has been in a trance for the last sixteen weeks, with out any sustenance whatever. A neighbour, seeing his mouth partially opened, placed in it a peppermint drop, which remains undissolved.—Halifax Express. MELANCHOLY INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH.-Mrs. Bull, wife of Mr. William Bull, farmer, of Moreton, in the parish of Thame, while engaged in her domestic avocations, suddenly exclaimed to her daughter "Oh dear ! what can ail me? Lord have mercy on Inc!" She fell down and instantly expired, in the 55th year of her age.— Oxford Journal. THE ARMY. Colonel War ( b Y u r r o to m n7th B e st L b i L m i c g r h i t ck in C f h an re t n ty ic , t s command of this garrison, in the absence of Major- James General Sir Douglas in Dublin. ' Lieut. B on sick Bucker 60th Rifles, has left this garrison . leave. 11 We understand that his delicate state of health will not permit Ins remaining in the service. The depot companies of the 51st Light Infantry landed at Cork yesterday from the Romney, an d marched for Buttevant entney, this day. This day the first division of the service companies a the 92d Highlanders marched from Fermoy to Cork, to embark in the Jup • the temporary 'ter at Cove for Gibraltar, and the second division fol lows to-morrow. Friday next the first division of the six service companies of 64th regiment march from Ferm o y for Cork, to embark to the di the a Romney fo r J a m a ica, and the secon d Saturday. vision follows o turday. Detachments of the 36th, 67th, a nd 69th regiments are tto join embark e at Cork in the Athol troop ship for the Wes t Indies, ° The ir service companies. Thunde - re) ,of 84 guns, from Plymouth, is arriktid at the Cove Colonel of Cork, to convey the Royal Marines, under rein- Park e,from Spike Island to the Diediterranean, to / 0., force our fleet there. The h Marines are n quarters of t e occupied b - ;,,ent whicil y the depot companies of the 94th reg.-- , came in the Romney troop-ship. Three officers and seventy men of the 96th depot have pro-_ ceeded k Island, Cove. to Kinsale h S ' , ead-quarters from pi e where t of the Royal they occupied for a week the • . position tines ordered from Ireland. Thursday, the non-commissioned officers of the 59th wet inspected Ed in the Royal Barracks, Dublin, by Major-General SI Edward Blakeney, for ascer tai ning if they were the purpose of it perfect in the ' system of the new drill. So well did they aril , : . themselves that the markedapprobation of the Major Gene s.' was elicited. The 74th Regiment, Lieut.-Colonel Maine, now statiuned_il! , Richmond Barracks, Dublin, will shortly be relieved by the 47tR Infantry, L' _ Y, ieut.-Colonel Elrington, from Mullingar. Lieut the Bth • .-Colonel the Earl of Wiltshire, late Major of Hussars, is likely to succeed to the vacant command of the 150,, . ' Hussars. 1 Major Sir Walter I rth Hussars, has arrived , Scott, of the a in Cork, Captain leves, and resumed duty in the regiment. of the same regiment, has also arrived.redaction' In reference to a paragraph in our last stating the ~ of the Civil Branch of the Ordnance Engineer Department in this district, we have to explain that Mr. Adam Shea' use • years an Clerk of Works in that department, and a Most use 1 ' iv d . efficient officer, retires under the benefits of the Act 3d Mr. consequence of age and debility in the service. ff.' Connolly, another officer of the establishment, goes to Corl• _____. LONDON MARKETS• PRICE OF BREAD. B mi 36. wit The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis d t o. be 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from ,6c l • that price. r RIC; OF 5:E__D5.........—F0eb.5.260i1 60.• fin c: 66 : sTe l ew d w D W E it n t h o g i l t D i e s i h c tt fl l o o e _ Clover d e P Clover Seed (per Cwt,) 465. 565. ..... e. A. ,...5. _ s , _.-s. fin e_ _,,, v 5-- .cew Foreign Ditt0.—...........------.-....«.-. 50s. 50 8 60 8• fin e mss. 6 0 . Old Ditto --------- 50s. 565. fin 2 ~ • g~. Old Ditto Ditt0,.........---.....---..-*.....-.-. .... ..,_. fine , ,A• B C t o . r F ia o n lis der -_..-.._ New Trefoil ..................------***............ Lo: . .......... ne a.. . 8. ......s 31d Ditto •••••••••••••*1MM1*......../.**.* 145. ISs. tine 19'• E.: Rib Grass --...--------*--'* __.s. -.s. 84s. finev B ; English Carraway See —s . _s. 83s• fiee 10. Foreign Ditto „...---.....•-•-•-••-..,.... **ww --s. 12s. fine ~• 445. Rye Grass ..........m....”...."'"'",..................«. ......_ . ......, nevi - 4 ' goo, Pacey Ditto .....-.---.....----,-............................ _ s s . ....,_. fines• ..... 6. _ Linseed, for feeding -------"*...........•_ . 9 1 , 1 .2 ...4. fine .. .,--1: Ditto, forcrushing.....:=. 4ss_ . D ..... 1. fifie • en: uo% Canary Seed, New .....***......ww. w .r4.0 ...." 5 .5. .....s. .4. 0E1;1_ .7 ".........***"........ "Per QUarter): : "la° l►ld --s. 12s. 13s. 0 0 ,11; White Mustard Seed---(per 8u5he1). , .... _s, 1 7s. iss. f i neos. Brown Ditto .....-----....---...---------v* s• ......,. 188 . MI ",„,,, f urn ip and , .Rounds.--..---- _ s 3tis.. _3Bs s .. n fi e n w e 4t"• it , ...... —s• ; 18,, fin 6d. Green and Red Ditto •••••••••••••••••• I •M NIMIMMO . _. od. fine 5s 6d. .- Fares, 01d..... -. 4-s • 4s. 6d• fine i4i. 26 " D,tto New . `)4l. Foreign Eta; eSeed, v ~., Enolislast) 25,...- PLUCKS Ol' HOPS —Feb. 24 6/. C.. New Kent Pockets (per cwt.) —5/. Os. 51. 19.5. to ~,. OS. Choice ~„ 6/ 6s. W. os to 1.. 1 (~. , East Kent.---,-----...---... 6/. Os. a Os. to :tti ine. Choice ~,.. -....... 71. Os, 71. 105. to ; 0 , lop New S esex. Pockets— , 5/. Is• lg. ,N,' to 6/. OS' • ; Superfine Ditto —...—............................ 5/. Iss. Oi• „„"' i c , o lN. 1 2 S! ' Far..hant fine ---..---v- 1 ll Its. 01• '- t - „, 1 ii. Os. Ditto (5ec0nd5).....—.... 10/ Os 0/. tr , '''' Oil, brown PRICE OF 01L. .f4O 406. 6s. Refined .0 0 2 6 ig 0 6 ° Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake, Lke at thi per ton_ 5haw5..........—....—.. Middling ................... Marsh Champions Scotch Iteds--.... Chats ....---- PRICES a Per lb. d. to d. Butts, English 14 'A Ditto, Foreign- 13 20 Dressing 11 15 Ditto l2i 16 Ditto, light - Crop Hides, light 12 131 Ditto 40 to 501 b. 12 15j Ditto _ 14 18 PRICE OF POTAI'OES.—Feb. ,3/. 10s. to 41. (:). ditto• ~.,Al. Os. to t t t o 41. 3 1 1 0 0 9°5: pi t d d d Hl - 1 6 ' s E s t: od H . A to r S4s. EL o H d A . I li cl s o l v A er ltLiEl 7 '. o7 F a eb.: 9 y. Od• 00s. Od. to 3h. LEATHE Per 14 R. d. to English Horse 8 b,,, 17 Spanish Ditto Per doze n i t ib 14 91 • Calf Skins.. SO t ° t ai.' Ditto 40 to or to nab . 20 104 Dto 10 and 16 Small Seals. av'e n 154 Large diti 0. 4 RICE OF RAW FAT, per s tone 0. _ & - Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Idelters.)...---- SOAP, &c. per_ll2lb' Yellow Soap Mottled .^^" Od' White Graves —"^"' Good Dregs —^'"" ~ % PRICE OF TALLOV ['own Tallow ..,,.........» 495. Od. Yellow Russia . 46s. Od. White —B. Od. Soap Ditto —s. Od• Melted Stuff' 3ss. Od. Ditto Itough---. .—s. Od. PLUCE CAND .. 6 ( 0 1101i4 • the price of store Candles, in the retail shops, Candles, per doz. 7s. Od. to Bs. Od. I Moulds, perldozeu, • ET.—Feb. 24. 0. 4 Walls EnpdaNr Tewonniar 173.' Lambton's i T 0 Walls End Helton 10.- 9 Walls End Lyons...," 1 9 0 6 Walls End abwn 11 W. E. RussLell 'sm liettoo. g W a lls End Stewart's..., 6 6 Walls End Adelaide .... 6 Walls End Gordan"' 11 V Walls End 'fees I,b Cown lb 0 6 How pared'lntli.erj.,...,..„..oui- 16 Hartley 16 lb 7. Silkstone Stone Coal BegellY COAL MAIt Per Ton. s. d. lair's Chester Main l4 0 East Percy 14 9 1-1 dywell Newburn 4••••••••WO V. 19 9 Ord's Hedhugh 15 0 Pontop Windsor 15 0 fanfield 16 6 West Hartley 16 0 Wylam ~,.,.x.....17......•••••••••••• 3 Walls End Bell & Brown 15 9 Walls End Bewicke & Co. 17 0 W.E. Clarke and 14 0 Walls End 16 9 Walls End 15 6 Walls End 15 3 Ditto Northumberland... 15 6 S lips arrived since' it market-dah 1'24. MEETINGS OF CRE RE S wr 1 AT THE COURT, BASING H LL -S kesurgeon, 11, t . G. E. Clark, linen-d T T. B (From the London Ga zett) DIVIDENDS. - strew' R. Leach and W. M. Posissett, dealers, Cotv-eros s- V. ThompsonTowel,stationer , h ruh : ls r dai c : :: :: : r f,,uNG : eeoiy7 t rh. gßon .d.i oods, J. Richardson, victualler, Half-moon.street, A R. D. and l.?kae nsmt . reoent Jackson,and i) g inrsny,s h tuto i i hl s sa : t o bifidee r ate i it c lrei : ininni l gtg n istt tli o :::: :l niveT b p:h y ie,:aoi t tooG h . : o9:e a_ tpro ll srerr i rra l t l i t o: : : of Inf, fromih e,pTiha inhabitants ritneiu f ota o dsci r oa t oosf i b i fi c si litei o ihe:ve m npa,s i t,et, l in l o, by the French under Napoleon, and the work d e ' c i tb e ill an en d , % t v l i e tn and especially relates to the formation of tha t e t hi °. ( s i e l l o f a a rY'h odr Spaniard, of rences which he has embodied in his story _.....-- r , v iet , 818 THS. D ishoP er , On the 20th inst., at Addison Fenwick'sJ 4. 'f A dang l l c ?. mouth, the lady of William Brown Clark, Esq ~A ° . - o f the '' On the 21st inst., at Kirkby Lonsdale, the 134 c . ., ovi cr; George Dunnage, of a son. r , 1 On the 4th inst., Mrs. H. Teape, of Trinity-s(l° o f hill, of a daughter. 0 oraYt On the 23d inst., at Camberwell-grove, IVlrs. Pit t y t" Guerrillas.essa,iiy The author Icor, a daughter. d I I" 5 On the 24th inst., at the Rookery, near NVatfor , co lady of Thomas Rock Shute, Esq., of a daughter. .400, On the 10th inst., at Rome, the Hon. Mrs. 143 ' daughter. II ov iotP MARRIED. heel' P r 0 0 ' 1' At Trinity Church, Upper Chelsea (having ~ o i s o ' married in Scotland on the 6th inst.), Ashburn"adlli'ldof of the stotling eldest surviving son of Ashburnham Bullet', l' at l',.,'ll c hi jesty's Receipt of Exchequer, to Frances Ellen, °*- 1 4 ' 13 1 the late Captain Neptune Blood, of Sloane-street. p e tty o• On the 24th inst., at Cheshunt, Herts, Alfred ";,,, t:sci'' of Tottenham, to Louisa, daughter of J . D. A t ' be Albury-place, Cheshunt. Got . e°. DIED. S°I' - , On the 21st inst., John Swale, second an d only le i° Gataker, Esq., aged 14 months. , COO On the 12th inst., at Woolwich, in his 1 8 th Year' .031- the second son of Colonel Mann, Royal Engineers,' year' So, On the 19th inst., at Nile-terrace, in her 69t14,V., nah, relict of the late Rev. William Eveleigh, ' 54' t of Aylesford and Lamberhurst, Kent. o liao l ' S On the 24th inst., in Wimpole-street, Henry i i e t/0' in his 33d year. ,43., On The 212 d inst., John Wilder, Esq., of Purley '" t ier in his (16th f year. st in' the 3 On the 19th September, at Bareilly, in _, Lieut.-Colonel Charles Frye, 13th Regiment , 4• .. 041111 . 01 40, 1. PRIN'FLD •ND PUSLICIIED By M U R D 0 Y . ° SUN OFFICE, 112, iftsApar!,