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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY xtracts from the Morning Papers, Nor. 26,182,5. [THE TIMES.] An event of no mean importance has just oc rarred—viz. the commencement of a canvass in the great county of York, on behallof .Mr. R. Fountayne Wilson, and on the principle of - hos- . tility to Catholic aimancipation. It would be false to say that our minds have been unprepared *Jr such illustrations of what now begins to he a general - .feeling, throughout this Protestant .country. • In truth it may grieve, but does not astonish us. The Shiel and O'Connell curse has long been on the cause of which these men pro- . fees to be the ministers ; nor is it conceivable that any cause should prosper, with madmen for its counsellors and guides. Woefully is the empi rical attempt to frighten the people of England already about to visit the heads of those who have devoted themselves, and staked the hopes of six millions of their countrymen on an ex periment so much worse than desperate. If the Catholic cause be now a losing one, who tut Catholics are to blame ? It has . become a hackneyed fashion with the talkers and writers of that' body, as at present constituted, to identify the constitutional principles on which the measure of emancipation supports itself with some half a doien of persons who have thrust themselves into public notice as its prescriptive champions. Whenever the O'Con sells have been charged with a blundering misapprehension of the policy which they ought to follow—when they have been assured that intemperance was not courage—that invec tive against England was not the way to conci liate English prejudices—that they were making enemies where friends were most wanting—that 'they were plunging a good cause in obloquy and ruin—that their zeal had all the effect of treason against their own best interests, and that a question of immense universal import, to Pro testant as well as Catholic, was wasting and pe rishing in their hands, the parties making the remonstrance were treated as foes to emancipa tion itself, because they would not flatter the demagogues who had seized upon it as if it were :a personal inheritance. Nevertheless, we shall proceed, and maintain the cause by exposing the incapacity of its self-appointed trustees.-- Let us just ask one plain question : Through what means—what human means (apart frOni miracles)—do the Catholics hope to carry their l3ill through Parliament ? So far as our expe rience serves, a majority of both Houses is the proper instrument for getting a new law enacted. Is there any wisdom, therefore, in offending, or alarming, or disgusting the Legislature, at whose hands they look for this great boon of power ? Is it common sense, to deluge the world with attacks upon the Reformation ? to shock the prejudices, if they were pre judices, of a powerful community, com posed of Protestants, in the ratio of 20 to ? Is there any disgrace or humiliation in striving to propitiate those who honestly fear .mischief to the constitution , of their forefathers, from an admixture with it of one certain leaven, which those ancestors had industriously, in their zeal for liberty, rejected ? We say that the dread entertained of Popery in England, is an honest and conscientious —not, as it has often been iii Ireland, a mercenary and monopolizing terror. — What care the bulk of the people of England for the mess of pottage so long in dispute between the 014ange and Popish interests of the Sister Island ? The oppression against Catholic power in this country, then, being, if in error, one founded in manly and virtuous sentiments, it shews an utter ignorance of even the outlines of human character to assault such a feeling with virulence of threats. Men may he beaten, may be awed, out of their tangible possessions : the sovereignty of a State—of a whole world of Co lonies —may be wrenched by main force from a powerful nation ; but out of their favourite pas sion,a passion founded on principles which, young and old, they reverence as the most sacred be quest of glorious progenitors, as the noblest relic of themselves which can he left to their children's children, does the most furious visionary dream that he can scare fourteen millions of Britons? It is stupid nonsence, there fore, to abuse and exasperate the English mind by language fit only for bullies. This nation fears nothing. If the penal laws themselves, barbarous and insufficient towards any good end as we have found them, appeared to the people olEngland desirable for their own security, it is not the rills or gesticulations of Catholic orators that' would deter us from reviving them. We shall not, whether fairly or unfairly treated, be unjust ; but if the Catholics should succeed in making us feel the dangers which they labour to impress upon . us, we may be driven to the adop tiwi of such, defensive measures as they will be theforemost to regret. At the sante time, this , No Popery"! movement, upright thought it be v is, we think, discreditable to the judgment of-4er countrymen. What have they really to filo - ,BY,,letting the CathOlic Nobles and Gentry , sit in Parliament, tney may perchance inoculate them with wore enlightened views as members of a free society ; they may withdraw them from their priests ; they may dis-Pope them : while, as the Catholics now are situated, we see not how they can be reformed. Nevertheless, whether good or bad, the Yorkshire feeling is making progress. through this country. It will now hi fa,ilibly operate upon the general election ; it bids fair to diminish considerably the friends of eman cipatien in the next Parliament. We are sorry for it—unfeignedly sorry ; but the Catholic des megogues have themselves to thank for. it they have sinned against counsels far better than their •OIVIT. • [NEW TIMES.] .For some days past there has been 1 series of articles in The Times, tending to spread alarm throughout the, country, and to produce the most injurious; effects possible on public credit. Mis representation, gross and wilful, was the basis of all these articles, bu t the !climax of shameless and impudent fabrication is to be fou►►d in the article of yesterday. It is strange that any thing so' absurd could obtain a moment's credit. The Editor of a worthless Print gives his readers to understand that he is in the secret of what passed at a private interview of the Governor and De puty Governor of the Bank of England with the Chancellor of the Exchequer! Who could have let him into such a secret ? Could the Chan cellor of the Exchequer communicate the se crets of Government to this despicable scrib bler ? Could the Governor or Deputy Go vernor of the Bank have made him their con fidant? Idiocy itself will hardly believe that. Then we ask again, how could this fellow know what he pretends to retail to the Public ? Ma senon a vero,- some one may say, e ben tro vato. At least, if it be a fiction, it is a probable one! Indeed! Is it probable that Mr. Robinson would jeer, insult, and scoff at the Batik Direc tors with the vulgar insolence attributed to him by The . Times Mr. Robinson is certainly a Gentleman in manners as well as in birth and station. But to cut this matter short, though we do not, and cannot knoW what did pass, we know what did not pass ; and we assert that, out of the thirty lines purporting to contain an account of what was said and done at the alleged meeting, the only portion that approaches to truth - is the last line and a half. if the. C overnor and Deputy Governor of the Bank did wait on the Chancel lor of- the Exchequer, it is not unlikely that they took leave and returned to - the City."— An 'Evening Paper, speaking of this pretended dialogue between the eminent persons in question, says—" The whole is given in such an unquali fied manner, that little doubt is entertained of its. truth." Really they must be very simple Gen tlemen who believe any thing- because it is 1 " given in an unqualified manner" by The Times. We would trouble these credulous souls to turn over the files of that veracious.Jonr nal for the last eight years, and just reckon up the unqualified statements which have , prOved.to be utterly without foundation. There are other considerations besides the manner of this narra tive. The time of putting it forth .will serve as a tolerable touchstone of its truth. The moment of busy speculation for a fall in the funds is al ways the moment chosen by The Times for its alarming articles. The great secret of The Times is always to have somebody to abuse and vilify. Preceded by its dirty pioneer Daniel Hardcastle, it has of late shot all its mud at the Bank Directors. A peddling stock jobber and a hackney scribe, forsooth, understand the business of these Gentlemen better than they do themselves! We are told by such oracles that the Bank Directors have managed 'their affairs ill, and that their mismanagement is sole cause of the. late fall in the price of Stocks._ And how have they managed their affairs ill? Why, (the Times tell us) by limiting - their discounts. Now, this again is totally unfounded. They have not limited their discounts. They are at this mo ment and have long been dicounting as liberally as heretofore. True it is, that they have of late returned many bills •of eminent houses. But why ? Because the number of applicants is- in creased, and accommodation having - been -afford ed to individuals in the second classnf mercantile distinctions some of those in the first class must of course receive only limited discounts . - . [MORNING POST.] . . Brussels Papers to the 24th instant reached us last night. They contain a long article from Wurtzburgh, descanting on the retrenchments now effecting by the new . King of Bavaria in every branch of the public exPenditufi;, but especially in those connected -- With . the Roy-al , Household and the amusements of the Court. Thus he has parted with 200-of his horses, and given up the expensive establishments of -perfor. mers for Operas, Ballets, and Concerts. A doubt is raised, which without apparently intending it, involves no less a question than that of the inde pendence of the kingdom of Bavaria ; for it is asked whether the Great Powers," who since the new order of thiags have reckoned on the numerous armies of the little Monarchies, will oppose the indispensably disbanding of part of the troops of the small States ?" If those Powers possess any such authority, then Germany and all its Sove roigns, under every denomination, form hut one mass of slaves. But even then the expence of supporting large armies ought to be borne by those for whose use they are intended : for it is hard enough for Kings and States to be made dependent, without having to pay for the means of being kept so. The same article asserts that Russia is " resolved to follow the great principles now adopted in commercial matters." This does not surprise us. After the example given by our Government, and the successful results with which it has been attended, Sove reigns must be blind to the evidence of facts, or indifferent to the prosperity of their subjects, if they cling to ancient prejudices, and refuse to adopt a system proved by experience to be a cer. tail' source of wealth and power. [BRITISH PRESS.] We are glad to find the attention of the Ma gistrates has been again drawn to those annual nuisances in the neighbourhood of tlw metro polis, the Fairs of Camberwell and Peckham.— The reader will perceive by the important in vestigation which the subject has undergone— the full particulars of which will be found in another part of our paper—that no right to hold them could be established. As it is likely, however, that the question of right will be by a Quo Wel rant° before the Court of King's Bench, we abstain from offering any remarks upon this head.—Fairs, when originally insti tuted, were of incalculable utility in bringing those commodities into every village and market town, and to every one's door. which could not otherwise have been obtained without travel ling to a distance, at.an expence greater than the value of the articles to be purchased. The value of this accommodation has long since ceased, ex cept at a considerable distance from tnarkettowns. In the vicinity of London, fairs have been for the last half century the annual resort of the disso lute and idle from all quarters, and have served little other purpose than to furnish an annual harvest to cheats and pickpockets. The term Fair, in its primitive signification, is very different from that kind of market, the advantage of which we have just described. The fairs, feria were kept on festival days, dies sancti, and had no relation to the sale of merchandise. They ought not, therefore, to be confounded with the Nundince or markets which in Rome were kept every ninth day, and to which the people resorted for the purpose of buying and selling. The difference between a market, mercatus, and a fair, is likewise observable from the intervals at which they are kept : the former is usually kept once or twice a week, the latter annually, or at most twice in a year. ['MORNING CHRONI CLE.] We .have been favoured with a perusal of a Letter from a resident Irish Nobleman, the pro prietor of very extensive estates in the North of Ireland, which gives a most favourable account of the state of things in that part of the country. He says, " I have found my rents well paid this November. The . • . . . estate owes only now a little more than 2001., and b' next month I have no doubt not 20/. will be left unpaid. Not a single person has been dispossessed or forced to pay, they having all, except the few I have named, come alphabetically to their day. Upon a smaller property, where nearly 10,0001. was the sum of arrear six years ago, the arrears have been re duced one half, and only 9!. incurred in an Attorney's Bill.— The tenants were miserably poor, and their holdings small, yet they are now all improving and well satisfied. The Irish Papers are fond of exaggerations. No country in the world was ever so vexed with alarming reports, mostly without foundation. — Trade was never more prosperous. The coarse linen business is fast moving south and westwards, where it was always wanted, and is sure to do good. Enough of coarse and fine linen, as well aS cotton, remains here to employ a dense popu lation, at fair and regular wages. 3lasons and carpenters are in greater demand than ever, and no individual needs to be stile." The Marquis of Downshire, a Nobleman who may truly be said to be a blessing to that part of Ireland in which his extensive estates are situ ated, from the good which he himself does, and the influence which his example has on others, is hew arranging with a cotton-manufacturer to .build a factory. of 180 feet in front, upon a small farm of 22 Irish acres, which the Noble Mar quess. consents to let at 241. a year—a small sum in a part of Ireland (the county of Down) where land is extremely valuable; but he will receive ample compensation in the expenditure on the estate, occasioned by the profitable employment of 3 or 400 persons, and the impulse which will thereby be given to the population. The build ings and machinery will, it is supposed, cost from 15 to 20,0001.—We thus see that - improvement is making rapid advances in the North of Ireland. The cotton manufacturer exported from Ireland, .which in 1822 was only 871., was in 1823, 162,0001., and in 1824, 454,000/. It will soon be the principal manufacture of the country. Would that its increase could meet the immense redundant population ; but that is impossible.— (Ibid.) [THE PUBLIC LEDGER.] • We learn from the German Papers which ar rived yesterday, that the new King of Bavaria has come to the determination of reducing his army to one half its present amount. He hopes, it is said, to effect a saving of 3.000,000 of florins (about 300,0001. sterling) in this way ; and we have no doubt but his popularity, at least in the_ first instance, will be equal to the relief from taiation he will thus procure for his sub jects. But we have great doubts of the prac -licar Actsilimi of • this measure, as every one roust have who calmly looks at the situa tion of - his Bavarian Majesty, which places him in close contact with two of the greatest Mili tary Powers on the Continent. These, instead of respecting his motives, will abuse his weak ness, and take occasion from it to make further encroachments on theindependence of their Ger manic'co-esta tes of the second rank. This mea• . ..sore is not only a voluntary surrender of the po litical weight and consideration which Bavaria possesses as a member of the Germanic confede racy, but -it will be the means of levelling -the - fences -"for the protection of the minor States, by compelling them, as it were, to follow her example. Wurtemherg and the Grand Duchies of Baden and Hesse will now see the utility of keeping up their present military establishments, and the consequence will be that they will be all dragged into the vortices of Prus sian and Austrian policy, and perhaps obliged to sacrifice their Constitutional principles to boot, at the shrine of an unseasonable economy. The late King of -Bavaria, by forming an intimate union between all the secondary members of the con federacy, was able to check the inordinate am bition both of Austria and Prussia ; but this check will slip through the fingers of his sou, in consequence of liberality. It is probable, however, that this rash . resolu tion, before it can be carried into effect, will give way to a more considerate policy ; and this is the more desirable, as otherwise the Germanic Body will ,n holly degenerate from the principle of its institution. The other intelligence in the foreign Papers, which have reached us since our last, is wholly destitute of interest. !MORNING, lIERALD.I The coup tie main which was attempted on ► Thursday, to bolster up the price of Consols, was persisted in fora short time yesterday morning, but it soon became apparent that, notwithstanding the great influence of the interested par ties, the object was unattainable. Daily efforts are made by a set of hireling pseudo-political economists to pander to their in terest, by holding out that there is no just ground for the pre sent declension of prices. It is, indeed, so unpleasant a thing to have a large stock in hand, in the face of a falling Market, that (taking Stock Exchange morality for the criterion) 'there may be some palliation, if not justification, for attempting de ception. In such cases, however, other persons, as well as them, assume the privilege_ of forming opinions on the relative value of commodities : and if, as at present, a merchant or other person is pressed for money, and cannot obtain discounts, even at 5 per cent. interest, while at the same time they are in pos session of 3 per Cest. Stock, which will bring 84, or even 80, on Exchequer Bills yielding only an interest of 2i per cent., it is easy to see what alternately they will adopt. This is precisely the state of the case at present, and no Stock Exchange l i gambling operation can prevent it from taking its natural course. The fact is, that the extension of credit, which was at once the•cause and the ,effect of the late gambling speculations, raised prices above their natural level. The commencing price of Consols yesterday morning was 85 for the Account, and while the effort continued to preserve the price, one or two transactions were effected at 85i. The,Market first became languid, as no body would risk buying, and then the prices gradually gave way; until they closed at 848 sellers, and for money 84k. The Trans-Atlantic Securities opened more firmly, in consequence of the impulse given to Consols; but when .the English:Funds declined, the others went down in the usual proportion, and closed lower than they did on Thursday. foreign Exchanges just maintained the rates to which they advanced on TuCsday. A Spanish House of 'eminence in the City stopped payment 1 yesterday fora large amount; but it is alleged tnerc are feW of the debts owing in this country. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 25. DELAYS IN CHANCERY. A person of venerable appearance addressed the Lord Chan cellor at the sitting of the Court, - humbly intreating that his Lordship would so fai relieve him, as to pronounce judgment in a case, " Coleman v. Smythies," which had been long wait ing for decision. • The applicant further stated, that he was among the creditors of a bankrupt's estate, and that by the pro ceedings which had taken place thereupon in this Court, he had 22,000/. locked up. As he was 72 years of age, and had 17 children and 6 grandchildren, it was his earnest desire to be put in a condition which would enable him forthwith to settle his worldly affairs. The Loan CHANCELLOR expressed his readiness to fur ther the designs of the applicant, and directed that his case should stand for judgment. Upon recollection for an instant, his Lordship said that it occurred to him that he had given judgment in the case six months ago, and that finally. And upon further investigation it appeared that judgment was pro nounced ; but the decree had not been drawn, as the register had been impressed with the idea that his Lordship wished . to pen the minutes himself. His Lordship added, that it was to be desired that the old practice would be revived, whereby the party who prevailed moved and obtained the minutes of the decree before the cause was taken out of Court. WARD OF COURT. Mr. ROOTS, on the part of the father of .Nr. 'Wells, who lies under the injunction of the Court not to pursue his preten sions t Miss Adams, a ward of Court, took the opportunity of disowning that he (the father of Mr. Wells) had any knowledge of, or concurrence in, the designs of his son, as had been stated to the Court in moving for the injunction. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 25. CONTEMPT OF COVIIT.-WILMOT V. WIL}IOT. A motion was inaie in this cause for an order for the com mitment of the defendant, Richard Coke Wilmot, Esq., for contempt of Court. Upon a previous occasion, an injunction had been granted to restrain the defendant from proceeding in an action of ejectment against his sister, to recover possession of premises at Clerkenwell, to which he claimed to be entitled un der his father's will. On the hearing of the cause, the injunc tion was ordered to subsist ; but the defendant had nevertheless thought fit to commence another action, and for this breach of the order of the Court the present motion was made. Mr. Wilmot appeared in person to oppose the motion. He contended, that in commencing another action, he had in no way violated the order formerly pronounced. That related only to a particular action for a particular cause, while the ejectment he had since brought was in a different form, and for a different subject. Formerly he thought himself only entitled to one moiety of the property, under a devise in his father's will : having, however, since discovered that his father had levied a fine ten years after the date of his will, which was in law a revocation of it, he brought a new action to recover, not under the will, but as the heir of his father. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said the circumstances stated by the defendant, although they did not justify his conduct might in some degree palliate it. With this opinion, therefore, he would not visit upon him the most severe punishment, but would require him to pay the costs of this motion. If lie thought he had discovered any new title, he might assert it by means of a cross bill or supplemental answer. IN THE HATTER or SARAH GREENE. Mr. LORAINE moved his Honour to order the discharge of a woman named Sarah Greene, whom he described as a person who had been long in very indigent circumstances, and who, having been made a defendant in a suit in this Court, in which she had no interest whatever, had had an attachment proved against her in consequence of her not having put in an answer, she being too poor to employ Counsel. Under that attachment she had been incarcerated in Stafford Gaol for six months, and afterwards for an equal term in the Fleet Prison. Notice of this motion had been given to the attorney, by whom the cruel treatment had been ocr2sioned, And he had not thought proper ito appear to oppose t. . The VrcEXHaNcy.t.r.oll--Mr. Loraine, this is a horrid case. I could hardly have conceived that an instance of such oppression could have occurred in this country. Mr. Loaamt stated that he had affidavits of all the facts. His HONOUR directed the discharge of the poor woman, and added, he hoped that she would be advised to seek other redress against the attorney, which he was sure no Jury would refuse. Mr. LORAINE requested that, as the poor woman was anxi ous to return to her friends immediately, the order might be at once made out. The VICE-CHANCELLOR directed that the order should be immediately made out. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 2.5. Mr. Justice BAYLEY sat at Nisi Prius for the Lord Chief Justice at half-past nine o'clock, and disposed of a number of undefended causes. The Lord Chief Justice, however, en tered the Court with the other Judges about 11 o'clock. NE LUSH V. RICHARDSON. This, it will be recollected, is a writ of error from the Corn. mon Pleas. The defendant in error, Mr. Richardson, was the commander of an East Indiaman, and resigned this command under a contract with Mr. Mellish, by which, in a certain con tingency; he was to have the command of the Minerva East Indiaman for four voyages. The contingency happened, and Mr. Richardson called on Mr. Mellish to complete his contrad, by appointing him (Mr. Richardson) to the command agreed on. This Mr. Mellish refused to do. Mr. Richardson brought an action in the Common Pleas, to recover damages for the breach of contract, and obtained a verdict with 7,500/. da mages. Mr. Mellish then obtained a rule Nisi, to set aside the verdict and have a new trial, which rule was afterwards discharged. lie then brought alvrit in the King's Bench, and on a former day this term it was argued. For the plaintiff in error it was contended, that there was no consideration given by Mr. Richardson; but if there was any consideration given, then the contract came within the statute against the sale of public offices, and in either case it was void. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, as soon as he had taken his seat this morning, was proceeding to give judgment, when Mr. CAMPBELL rose to beg the Court to defer its judgment. He said he should have made a motion to this effect some days ago, but that ,he was waiting the result of a rule Nl:i in the Common Pleag, which had been obtained for amending the postea ; this rule had been made absolute, and the postea am ended accordingly. The LORD CHIEF JUST/GE, in reply to Mr. Campbell, who had pressed his application very urgently,_ said, that this was no reason for suspending the judgment of this Court upon the writ of error. His Lordship stated very briefly the grounds of their decision, reversed the judgment below, and ordered a new venire to issue. At a subsequent part of the day, the LORD CHIEF JUST ICE said to Mr. Campbell, that to prevent any misapprehension as to what had fallen from the Court in the morning, he wished him distinctly to understand, that when the Court of Common Pleas had amended their judgment, he would be at liberty to make any motion he pleased. Mr. CAMPBELL—I am very glad to hear your Lordship say so. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—What I wish you distinctly to understand is that you are not precluded from moving the Court. PICATTDO V. AIIiCHADO The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE mentioned this application which was made by Mr. Gurney, to discharge the defendant out of custody, after an arrest for 100,0004 on an order of the Lord Chief Justice. His Lordship said there were two grounds relied on in this case for the party's discharge—first that the affidavit of debt was sworn by the plaintiff, a foreigner, before the British Consul resident at Csdiz ; second, that the debt was described as so many pounds " sterling," without stating that the money was sterling money of England. On the first point there_ is a difference of opinion among the Judges, and there fore I will say no more upon it. On the second point, my learned brothers think that the description of the debt is not sufficiently definite to ascertain with precision its nature and amount; for my own part, I own that, on the best considera tion I have been able to give the subject, I have the misfor tune not to agree with them; kit I yield in this, as in ail cases, with the utmost deference to their united opinion ; and in this case I yield with the greater pleasure, because the ob jection arises to an order of my own. Mr. Gurney's rule, there fore, must be made absolute. The rule was accordingly made absolute for the discharge of the defendant, on filing common bail. THE ICING v:HON. AUOUSTUS STANHOPE The 6,;;t was crowded to hear this case, in which it vas understood the defendant attended to give sureties or - the arti cles exhibited against hint by the Marquis of Hertford ; but at Mr. Brougham's request the Attorney-General consented to postpone the case till this day, for the accommodation of Counsel. THE RING V. DUDMAN. This was an indictment for perjury, alleged to have been committed in an affidavit made in tile matter of the defend ant's bankruptcy, on which he was convicted at the . last Sussex Assizes. On the motion for judgment, the Court ob served objections to each of the two counts of the indict ment, which were worthy of further consideration. The ob jection to the first count was, that having stated die affidavit to have been made " in the matter of Mittman's bankruptcy," it alleged merely that the allegation on which perjury was a signed was "material in the matter of the said bankruptcy," without showing the precise object of the _affidavit or the:effect of •the perjury; dinct the objection to the second was, that in setting forth the' petition of the - defendant, the, word' " was written for " cOmmiSsioners." - The Court, there the° fore, desired that these points might be argued hef°llA,Der.'., day, and assigned Mr. Adolphus as Counsel for the P'bigobt The questions thus raised w e re no w argued, at cos,j,,l,Av length by Mr. ADOLPHUS for the prisoner, and hY for the prosecution. the arm The Co unT, after highly complimenting both ;• E Gentleman on the ability and research displaycd in w e oli ments, held the second count good, as the vrord sion" was often used to imply the parties named if TresPe‘ sion, and as in thi s case th e sense was obvious- " r - t hoe saf T el i y ie f: j e u ll d o g w m . to the first count, they were not called on to decide , t t i o igll it would not be considered as a precedent which P leau ` .- ent on the defendent was day of n T ex a t r te ic rT N . secou G V. Tim snha.lFF P s ° Or tPc'ned till the BRIVOL'Itook Mr. Sergeant WILDE moved for a rule to shOiv,c a nu i t i n' an information in the nature of a quo warranto issue against the Sheriff's of Bristol, requiring thetu what authority they exercised the functions of that a , " hsi grounds of objection to them were two: first, that th i e i filled the office before within three years; and, secr, e t s tlie, they had been elected by the Comnion Council, 14 'll e ` — ought to have been elected by the burgesses. thin k The CounT granted the rule on the last pint ottlX, in Sheriffs of a city or town corporate no ndetyf, s s Acts relative to Sheriff's of the larger counties : an d invj or. granted the same rule on similar grounds against the M aY Nit. WOOLER. kg b` i Mr. Wooler was in attendance to-day, as usual , t° nis o ao long-announced motion. Towards the close of the daY, eft chi the officers delivered u message to him, on which he jos tic Court, apparently to meet the Lord Chief' Justice , its Bayley, and Mr. Justice Holroyd, who quitted the B e o f tit' mediately after for their private room. The n3tll. vale communication did not transpire, and Mr. Woole r turned to the Court. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Ov• ? " d • — ¢sri l The Court was occupied the whole of the day in heitil%, merits on motions interesting only to the parties concern; On Saturday night, between ten el and e ng '' o'cloclx, as the Hon. JOHN COVENTRY was passing fi lc. - 9 1 / 1 city, he was followed by two men nearly to the P! h r o o Hotel, demanding money ; a scuffle took place, s oli:; soo the assailants was secured and taken into the 110V -1 , °7 ,, after another man came to intercede for his release; lie • A ilsot mediately recognised by Mr. Coventry as the other ssliciogli and was also taken into custody Both of them were.,,, b 41, 01 before the Magistrates on _Monday, and committed fori,"100 a charge of assaulting the Hon. John Coventry , ariCi f i: $r . ingly demanding money on the highway. The ir Wm. Harris and Richard lfrorces ter JOUrfla'' vt AlkU th at °C , 'ORDER.— vie regret to state, ta-- °big() count c h o a r s nm reached n u t s h o e f v a i murder inity r °l 0 11 Saturday night. The unfortunate of V '!! c ‘ r v i a m s e rr w eg as ti :l nt c l a y rm ii r ru , w ste( to, b 9 dreadful i bis party of poor f a rm e rs to bring to'Ciottriktf-bc'dererareioll 'posal, and it is supposed his brutal wa r n having first robbed him (his pockets beigliii off,) then steeped their hands in his blood•a Pte body was only discovered yesterday, all seated a most terrible appearance, th e 51" :,o0 0 ing broken in as if by a stone, and al so a Of which nearly separated the neck from the to ol We understand an express has arrived ialiss' to require one of the Coroners to proceed t ° 0 05 turk, where the body now lies, and vie.eiaci sincerely hope that the inquest will produj.po evidence as may lead to the discovery ,°,f.ttr nishment of those who have been 0 00' o enormous critne.—(Cork Chronicle.) e ejtir iniAtvnolfi.aognlee,wminegastuoriftligieseovtehtelrfeet froth I take' was at Cornish, Vermont, by Mr. J °WW be long The eagle had previously killed a 141°.4 4c0 g ing to Mr. C. and after satisfying his F -, 00 1 appetite for the time being, left the car cs .' c liie l the fie,ld. To ascertain the author of themlso(ol a trap was set, baited with the rerPa i f: s . Orel lamb . ; the aerial plunderer returned tO .livY t was caught in the trap by his leggya l l u safety. (P hiladelphia Pa p .) COAL MARKET, Nov. 25 ' Adair's, 39s—Burdon, 399—Beaumont, 38s---/wtou* rose, 368—Forest, 36s 6(l—Felling ' Main, 35„,5-,7,014,,i i i'l 395, 39s 6d—Hebburn Main, 39 - s 39s 3d-- -- . ll l. ° 4dersZyi Killingworth, 38A 3d, 38s 6d, 313 s 9d, 39 , ! --- "" 34i'v" - ► lt' 35s 9d—Old Walker, 36s 9d—ord's Redbugh", law, 378—Percy East, 388—Tanfield Moor, 3 9 1 r all!'0, 39s—Willington, -Walls 3d 39s 6d—Wylam 38s " 1. 5. 4 Pall Bell and Co. 40s End Bewicke arid CO. "igs---,1 Walls End Burraton, 39s—Walls End Oreen n s, „ End Hotspur, 39A 6d —Walt's End Newmarch, 00959d10: 4 E o n 3 d 6, lLor l t l h y u al n l i s b E er n la d nd ß , u 3 ss 9 ,7l, l , 2 r t 4 ll o % 1 . 6 - % d n , d 4 R it L dtl i e ,l: l ,l„l:l: it k; n ri ig l)* ker, 38s 9d, 395—Hetton's small, 245 3-s aflel u t mixed, 36s—Old Walker re-shipped, 34s 6d--19'1%il der, 39s 6d—Hartley, 41s—Stone Coal Christie, , ort bl‘; , , Eden Main. 37s 6cl-FanCett Main, 37s 61—lied:11.4* 35 s 6d—Lyon's, 41s—Montague Maio, 345--113;!_issv, Sactslie 41s 3d—Russell's Hetton's Walls End, 43s—VI; c i ste t ton, 42s—Walls End Lanibton, 91' 435 --. Ships at market, 141I —Ships sold, COURSE OF EXCHANGE, N° ;. 4' • A matetdam ....... Ditto, at Sight .. le . 5 . 6 0 . Rotterdam ............................. Antwerp Haniburglh Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight Ditto tlottrdeaux, ditto Berlin Frank fort on the u Petersburg!! Vienna Trieste Madrid 21 • 7 o.v .2 6 4 g 5 .. .......... 4.$ ........... • Y aa 0 aloo f. ............ or • • ..... " • Pi , ............ . 9 60, ............ • 9 33 of,c ,: , .......... 36i lfg ". 'i et t l ifl .. -• 0,4 Cadiz Bilboa . ....... • • Buretlorkt .............. .....~eciile ... ..... • ...... Gill! alt ........................ • .... 49i Leghot ..... el Gene 'a •- - • 444-Venice, II al. r•-• , ' 4 0! Pale' ................................ 51 ......... •• • 61 Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro ............................ 5; 8ahia.......... ........................ •' 43 j , Buenos Ares ........................ • Lot' Dublin .... 9} Cork ....• 9i BULLJON. OP . 0 101 Portugal Gold, in Coil; .................. 0 1 , (1 Forelgu (;‘,1(1, Bar ................... 0 , ' , •••• 1 New Dorihh,ons ............ New ...................... Silver Stand:Aid ii BM's, ............ .0 ; A i ______ A' ---- as e B 1 BTUS. On the 24th inst., at Northwold, Norfol,lsx ::::: ~ ,re' , Irs , Blair Hall, Esq., of a daughter. u dford -54' ' ti ll On the 21st inst., in South-crescent , x , e - • 1 Sor re .' G. Watt, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Lichfield-house;'ltica— lady of S. U. Russell, Esq., of a son. vic O e, f y c o h u o n lera morhug, at Cu p da l l E on n e , in the F ' l'' ' st ^ l:llcleieti;lll°ll:l° lath of .11lay last, Berm, Warr::r iensingtr_,' ',, s , Pq'' square, Grove, Blackheath. ri, P lli cl ief' i On tlle 24th inst., at Notting-hill, be of, Esq., in the 83(1 year of his ay.e, forfnerly of: r i jo use , l y OP On . Sunday, th e 2i) t h ,i ns i.. A t his %on ,i ) vo cilt. ,ll ~..40 1 g Edinburgh,tson J tie n liaietiCslina,rlEessql:enasintr, $0 • 1 1 1 ' the late Rev. John Pati:;on, of that place. o ne, eel John ()n Bamford, Esq., last :a;tgef:ll,^l:l2l,Trileirrly t o li f e C cQllaPi°-t. --' nover-square: 0 Printed and Published for the it 6 01 ,`• • • OFE:CE, No. 112, Strand, bjt...°"witit • •