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NEW SOUTH WALES. (From the Australian.) SYDNEY, A uu. 4.—The futile labours of the Commissioners at l'arramatta ceased on Thursday last,_after a wearisome and unproductive hives tigatlon of fourteen days. We hope that Lord .Batharst in future will be more circumspect in prescribing duties of this nature to the Official Gentlemen of the colony. His Lordship's want of knowledge of the state of the colony, and of the occupation of those high characters whom hi selected for the purpose of conduct., ing the late Inquiry, is the only excuse that tan he pl.-ailed for setting on foot this course of procedure, or intermeddling with matters which ought not to have been noticed at atl,:uttless noticed in a manner that might have led to tangible results. It is truly absurd for the Secretaty of the Colonies to set himself above the ta*"itself, and on his own authority form a Tribtinal, superseding an appeal to a Court of - Law, though this alone could legally decide pak of those complaints which were intended 'to be submitted to the Court of Honour—it is truly absurd for his Lordship to make an ap peal• With all the solemnities of an impeachment to the Governor, the Chief Justice, and the Arch deacon of a Colony, to decide where the weight of honour lay between two Magistrates, when any three respectable Gentlemen could have arrived at the samt conclusion by a simple reference. It is, however, the first folly of the kind, and we heartily concur in the publicly ex pressed opinion of the Chief Justice, that as it is the first that has happened, so it will prove the last interruption of " that sort" which the business of the public will pxperience. The opinion or the judgment of the Commissioners will be forthwith transmitted to Lord Bathurst. Should it appear that this judgment unequivocally acquits Dr. Dou glass of the Charges brought against him, he will, Immediately on the transmission of it home, enter upon tit- duties of Secretary to the Coun cil, with his Salary of Eight Hundred a Year ; - bet, on .the contrary, if any doubt exist in the minds of the Court, the appointment will be with held 'till the pleasure of Lord Bathurst be known, but Dr. Douglas will meanwhile receive the Half of the Salary, Four Hundred a Year. BUSHRANGERS. Since the publication of our last statement, re . specting these desperadoes, 5 men have abscond- EA! from Mr. Boughton's farm, at Paterson's Plains ; for the purpose, it is supposed, of join ing Mr. Jacob's men. One man has run from Nr. Cobb's farm, and one . (and o ly one) from he town of Newcastle ; so that, if they coalesce, they will form a desperate gang, of eleven, alt well armed ; and who declare they will never he taken alive. It appears that Captain Allman has done every thing in his power towards getting the banditti taken. Eight soldiers, ac companied by several black natives, have been sent in pursuit of them. Lieutenant Hicks's farm has been visited by them, and stripe of provisions, - fire-aruos and ammunition, Mr. Ws watch, and in fact every thing worth having. Mr. Mazier's over seer has bad to go to Newcastle for a supply of provisions, he having been robbed by the hush rangers, of every thing except the clothes he wore; and Mr. M'Lymatit's farm house has also been plundered by them. On the 2fith ult. sub sequently to the robbery at Mr. M'Lymant's, .the bushrangers were traced by a party of natives, •to a brush . above Mr. Cory, senior's, farm, at 'Paterson's Plains ; and a party of soldiers sta tioned there, accompanied by three constables, immediately went ill pursuit of them. Messrs. Franklaud, Boughton, and E. Cory are also with the soldiers ; and it is to be hoped their efforts will be attended with success. The Military force of the Colony, we learn, is about to be augmented by an additional regiment, which was -expected to sail about the month of April. This order, we suppose, is the effect of some misinformation, as usual, for -warded from this place. The British Government is told that Bushranging is on the encreaae ; and it is made to believe that it is only to be put down by adding to the number of soldiers . stationed in Sydney. The Bushrangers are even now becoming more formidable than they were a short time ago, the fact of there being fifty in one gang at no great distance from Sydney, - is. sufficiently convincing ; that parties of soldiers also might soon capture and disperse or destroy them, is equally a truism ; ...at the same time were the Civil Power efficiently employed, we -should soon have reason to congratulate the Colony on the utter extinction of these depredators. Activity inthe Magistrates in the . -various districts would contribute much to the thinning of their rank. In noplace is the office ofJusticeof the Peace so replete with . care, or so arduous when the duties are properly performed, as throughout this territory, and never did we witness so much Slothfulness and so much inertness. it may be a very fine thing to affix J. P. in legible characters after the name ; it may- be very well to look big in a Police Office once a week, it may be fine amusement to order 50 lashes to be inflicted on the back of some poor two-legged animal for once in a way, ..drowning his cares or seeking a brief oblivion of the harsh treat ment of some brutal master in a glass of Bengal, it may be very creditable to spend a day or two in squabbling about licences; it may be.a pleasant occupation writing and posting prohibitions of horse-racing ; but, though the whole of the present genera-. tion of Magistrates in the Colony be quite innocent of the above habits, we think that Justices of the Peace do not perform their duty so long as they allow hordes of bushrangers to infest their neighbourhood with impunity. If they were to mount their horses, with . the whole posse comitatus at their heels, and scour the district in which they reside, and which they pretend to govern, thus making up by activity and courage what they may want in legal knowledge ; they would not long have to complain of sheep stealing, cattle slaying, or lie trembling in bed at every noise that accidentally disturbed their repose.— But, suppose they have neither time, nor leisure, nor inclina tion to catch as well as punish bushrangers, suppose they pre fer giving a lecture in their Court to giving chace in the bush, it becomes their duty to retire from office, and leave this to be -occupied by those who are willing to take the toil along with the honour. • proof. of the falsehood of many of the ru -movii which at prement prevail in London, it may be mention ed, that it was reported there on Friday that two Scotch banks had stopped payment. So far from this being the case, - we do not believe that a single sovereign has been demanded in exchange for a note from the one extremity of Scotland to the -.other.—(Glargora Herald.) IAI E. s - A r v., R. BREMEN, DEC. 11. CONVENTIO!•T OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN )tl4 MAJESTY Titt: ICING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE HANSEATIC LITIES. ilis Nl,tji• , ty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain oa the one part, and the Senates of the free and Hanseatic chits of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh (each cf these states treating in particular for itself ), on the other part, equally animated with the desire of procuring all possible fitciiities and encouragement for those of their subjects and citizens connected with commerce, and persuaded that nothing can contribute more advantageously to the attainment of this end than the reciprocal suppression of all difference in the duties payable by the vessels and cargoes of the contracting states in each others ports, have appointed plenipotentiaries, to conclude a convention to that end. ['rile treaty goes on to state, that the Right Hon. George Canning and the-Right lion. Wm. lluskiseon were appointed plenipotentiaries on the part of Great Britain, and James uolquhoun, the Agent and Consul. General in England for the Hanse Townet,..aceed as their plenipotentiary.l These gentlemen having exchanged their full powers, &c. agreed upon the following articles :- 1. Reckoning from this day, the vessels of Lubeck, 'Bremen, and Hamburgh, which shall arrive in the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, or which shall sail from them, as well as the English vessels arriving in the ports of the free cities of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh, or sailing there from, shall not be subjected to any other duty, or any other impost, more heavy than those which are paid by national ves sels arriving or sailing from those ports. 2. All merchandise, whether the produce of the territory of the free cities, or that of any other country, which may be im ported front one of the ports of the said free States in English vessels into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, may be introduced in the same manner on board of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh vessels, and all merchandise the pro duce of, the states of his Britannic Majesty, or of any other country, which may be exported from the ports of the United Kingdom in English vessels, may be in like manner exported on board of those of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh i • in short, all merchandise which may be imported on board of na tional vessels into the ports of Lubeck, Bremen, and Ham burgh, or which may be exported from them, shall enjoy the same advantage when on board of English vessels. 3. All merchandise which may be imported directly from the ports of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh, or one of them, into those of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, shall be intro duced for the same duties whether on board of English vessels or those of the said free States; all merchandise which is per mitted to be exported from the United Kingdom, shall enjoy the same bounties, drawbacks, and advantages, whether ex ported in English or Hanseatic vessels. The same reciprociiiese shall take place in the ports of the said free States, for all nier chandise which may be imported into or exported from their ports in English vessels. 4. There shall not be granted, directly or indirectly, either by one of the contracting parties, or by corporations, societies, or agents, trading in its name or under its authority, any pre ference to the purchase of the produce of. the manufacture, or otherwise, of their respective states' which are introduced into the other through the nationality of the vessels in which the importation takes place, the intention of the high contracting parties being that there should be absolutely no . difference in this respect. 5. Considering the small extent of the territories of the re publics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh, and the narrow relations of commerce and navigation which exist among them, it is provided by the present convention, that every ves sel which has been built in one of the ports of these states, or which is the exclusive property of one or more of their bur gesses, and has for master a burgess of one or the other ; in short, whose crew is composed of three-fourths of subjects or burgesses of the said republics, or of states forming a p at of this Germanic confederation, according to the table and the description contained in articles 53 and 56 of the general act of the Congress of Vienna, in 1315 ; that every vessel so built, manned, commanded, and being the property shove de scribed, shall be considered in what concerns all the objects of the present convention, 'as a vessel belonging to Lubeck, Bre tnen, and Harnburgh. 6. Every vessel, with her cargo, belonging to one of the three Hanseatic republics, and which shall arrive from one of their ports in the United kingdom, shall be .considered, with relation to all the objects of this convention, as coining from the country to which she belongs; and every vessel trading directly, or in succession with the ports of Lubeck. Bremen, and 'llanaburgh, shall be, as well as the cargo, treated, for the objects abore mentioned, upon the same footing as a Hanseatic vessel making the same voyage.. 7. It is besides agreed between the two parties, that in each of their States there shall not be raised upon any individual property of their subjects and burgesses, when it shall be trans. ported out of the territory or possessions of these states, either in tire way of purchase or otherwise, any other duties or taxes . heavier than those to which in each of those States the same articles of property are liable when transported by their own subjects or burgesses. . . 6. The high contracting powers reserve to themselves the right, in order to-facilitate and extend the commercial relations of their subjects and possessions, burgesses, and territories, be yond what is stipulated by this convention, of affixing addi tional articles, founded upon reciprocal or equivalent advan tages as the nature of the case inay be. Should the high con tracting Towers agree to one or more articles to annul these dis poiitions, it is provided that the article or articles which may thus be concluded in future, shall be considered as forming part of the present convention. 9. The present convention is concluded for the space of ten years, reckoning from this day, and for a space of twelve months more, after the King of Great Britain and Ireland on the one part, or the Governments of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburgh, or one of them, on the other, shall have notified their intention of putting .an end to it. Each of the high contracting parties reserves to himself the right of making to the other that notification at the end of the said term of ten years. It is agreed between them, that this convention and all its stipulations, in case one of the parties shall make to the other a declaration of this kind, shall cease entirely as regards the state which shall have made, and that which shall have received, this declaration ; it is nevertheless understood and agreed, that if one or more of the said republics shall make or receive the above declaration, this convention shall not remain the less in force and vigour against the other Hanseatic re publics which shall have neither made or received such a decla ration. The treaty is dated the 20th of September, 1825, and signed, G. CANNING. W. II USK ISSON. ADMICLILTY SESSLONS-CrlitS DAy.)—This morning these Sessions commenced at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, for the trial of offences committed on the high seas, within the ,jurisdic tion of the Admiralty of England. There are only three prisoners for trifil; viz. John Green land, for the murder of John Ilowlehan ; John White Ilele, for stealing 15,000 dollars on board the ship Tartar ; and Geo. Smith, for stealing 25 gallons of rum, the property of John Jones.— Afterthe Grand Jury were sworn, they retired to find the bills, and about 12 o'clock they re turned into Court with a true bill against John Greenland, for wilful murder. HontrlßLE 11A ank RIT Y.-Last night the neigh bourhood of Denham-court, Drury-lane, was thrown into alarm by distressing cries issuing from a privy. The neighbours thought they pro ceeded from a child, and.the watchman, Samuel Hunt, and his wife, were fetched by some of his lodgers to search, when it proved to be a large cat lately skinned, and still alive. The animal was taken out by the watchman and killed, to put an end to its torments, to the great satisfac tion of the neighbours. The horrid wretch who committed this act of barbarity, we regret to say, is not known. On Wednesday evening the house of Mr. WHITE, of Stockwell-place, was broken open, and a large quantity of plate and wearing ap parel stolen. Considering the situation of the premises, and the house being wholly occupied, it is a matter of astonishment how they could, un seen, have effected so bold an enterprize. ciri" TITHES. Yesterday .ms held the adjourned Vestry of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Olave, Hart-street. It will be recollected that it was adjourned for the purpose of receiv ing the report of the Tithes Committee, as to the result of a conference with the Bishop of London. The Rector (the Rev. Dr. Owes N) again took the Chair, and there wax - some expression of dissent from this proceeding, as indelicate, and restraining the freedom of debate. Mr. JONES, the churchwarden, read the letter which had been sent by the 'lithe Committee to the Bishop, in pursuance of the resolution of the last Vestry, expressing the earnest hope of the parishioners that the conference which the trustees of the parish were about to have with his Lordship would lead to an amicable adjustment. Mr. Jorews also read a reply from the Bishop, stating, that he had communicated with the trustees, and also four other parishioners ; but that nothing had been determined at either of the meetings that had been held. A letter was also read, signed by Mr. Morgan, Mr. Woodley, and Mr. Rixon, three of the gentlemen who had conferred with the Bishop, and who stated, that they did not feel authorized to communicate to the meeting the result of a private conference. If the Tithe Com mittee were sincere in their wishes to terminate the existing disputes, they should have no objection to make a communica tion to them, which might be conducive to an amicable ed justment. Mr. NODIN deeply regretted that the three individuals whose names were signed to that letter, had not thought proper to communicate to the parish the result of this confer ence on parish business ; but there was one Gentleman present (Mr. Jackson), who, by not signing the letter of his colleagues, would probably be inclined to state to the meeting what it con cerned them so much to know. Mr. JACKSON said, he was in a great degree restrained, by the determination of his colleagues, from giving the full par ticulars of the conference with the Lord Bishop; but he hoped, from what had transpired, that if the Bishop were convinced that the sum offered by the parish to be given to the future in cumbent was more than had been oared in the parish of Ilishopsgate, he would consent to a similar arrangement. In that parish a compromise had been made for an allowance to the incumbent, at less than the rate of Is. 6d. in. the pound.— The Bishop consented to a similar allowance being made in this parish for the future incumbent, and the tithe-committee offered him 1,200/., but he could not be convinced that Is. 6d. in the pound would produce less than 1,3501. per annum. Mr. NODIN, on the part of the Tithe Committee, denied the justice of the imputation conveyed in the expresion—" If they are sincere in their wishes to terminate the existing dis- ' putes." Now, he begged to say, that no single act of the Committee could be cited to warrant an imputation of insin cerity, and nothing could be more unjust or more unmanly , than such an accusation, when the committee having consider ed with the parishioners, that they made a liberal offer in pro posing 1,0001. as the stipend, at the request of Mr. Calcraft, and for the sake of unanimity, consented to its being raised to 1,200/., which sum was so far above the justice of the case, as to excite the complaints of many of their constituents.—(Cries of" Hear !")—Every , complaint was taken advantage of. Mr. ATKINSON.—The Bishop to fix the stipend at Is. 6d. in the pound. Now, Dr. Owen, will you be content with that sum ? Dr. OwxN—No ; you recollect that it is settled that I ant to have 1,8201. per annum. Sir. Jacxsore—The Bishop wishes to proceed on a calcula tion of the rack rent. A Parishioner.—]tack, indeed ! Another Parishioner—Did you not, Dr. Owen, inform the Bishop of the rental of the parish, on which his Lordship has made the calculation of what he considers to be the sum the parish ought to give ?—Dr. Owen. 1 believe I did. Here several Parishioners began to exclaim loudly, that the Bishop had been deceived by false and exagerated calculations of the rental. Mr. JONES (the Churchwarden)—The rental of this parish is 11,6001. per annum, and you have given the rental to the Bishop at 18,0001. Dr. OwEN declared, that he believed his calculation was under the mark. He had only given the Bishop an account of what he did know. How much beyond that the rental was he could not tell; but he believed the rental was upwards of 20,000/. Here a number of Parishioners said, that they had been ex orbitantly rated beyond their rental ; and one parishioner al leged, that not only himself, but his lodgers and under-tenants had been rated for their tithes. Dr. OwEer declared, that the course he had a right to take was to go to the under-tenant, and ask him. what rent he paid, and then go to the upper-tenant and ask him what is the value of the remainder . which is in your possession ? This course he had an undoubted right to take. Several Parishioners loudly declared that they had been rated even beyond the rack-rent. Mr. Nom en—But even at 18,000/. the rent of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, being 58,000!., 1,200/. is too much, in proportion to pay for the subsequent incumbent of this parish. Bishops gate gives 2,2001. only.—(Hear !) Sir. JACKSON was asked, from what had transpired at the conference when he was present, what was the fit course for the parish to pursue, and whether there was any chance of the subject being again brought before the Bishop ? He replied that he thought the Bishop was fully open to further considera tion on the subject. Mr. Roi.PH said, it was clear that the Bishop had not been made acquainted with all the particulars. For himself he would say, when he knew of one rector who was contented in this parish with 300 pound per annum, that so large a claim as 2,0001. was enormous and iniquitous, and lie was glad to have an opportunity of declaring before the rector, that the words of the Prophet Ezekiel against the shepherd who sheared his sheep of all their wool, fully applied to his case.—(Bear, hear!) —He was glad to make full and honourable provisions for gentlemen placed in such situations, and ample remuneration had been offered by the parish for future incumbents.—(Hear !) Mr. HOWELL stated, that a case had recently been heard before the Vice-Chancellor, in which he held that it was in cumbent on the lay-impropriator to prove the enrolment of the decree, under the statute of the 37th of Henry the Eighth ; that the suit for tithes had, in consequence, been dismissed with costs. An action was then brought for them in the Common Pleas, and just before the trial seas called on, the defendant, Mr. Young, was much surprised that the record was withdrawn. This circumstance encouraged hint to hope that they had not merely the justice and equity, but the very law in their favour.—(Hear, hear !)—lle thought that it should be made known to the Bishop that they were willing to make the same allowance as had been made in Bishopsgate parish. His Lordship's attention should be called to the figures, and he should be shown that the calculation of 1,3501. was erroneous, even upon the exaggerated statement which had been last be fore him. A Parishioner said, it seemed to be a principle with the Bishop, that if the church had once obtained any property (what. ever might hare been the means made use of for that purpose), that it should never part with any of it.—(Hear, hear!)—lf they were at the mercy of the clergy in these matters—and he sincerely thanked God they were not—he knew not what would be the consequence. Here they had provided the incumbent with a - rectory-house, they had from time to time voluntarily in - creased the customary payment, in consideration of his numer ous family, to a sum far beyond what was enjoyed by numbers of the most respectable clergymen, yet he was not contented, but exacted front his flock an exorbitant sum beyond what was deemed fair and honourable, in the parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. Botolph, Bishopsgate-street. Dr. OWEN said that neither of the cases had been fairly re presented. In both would the livings be delivered down to the future incumbents in better condition than the present incum bent found them. The Parishioner begged to remind the Doctor that, in the present case, the parishioners were the patrons of the living, and where there existed greater claims to forbearance the greatest rigour had been exercised. For his part, he considered that the clergy were benefitted by reducing their incomes ; for it was found the more they received, the less they attended to their du ties, as this parish could well attest.—(klear !)—By enabling them to ride in their carriages, the points of sympathy were dimi nished between them and the multitude who walked on foot.— , (Cheers.)—They became above their ditties, and were only seen by deputy. For his part, he was well persuaded that they were seriously injured by their emoluments being made so exorbi tant. Ile said this upon extensive observation. He had seen the Protestant clergy of Holland and of Switzerland, who were moderately paid, and they performed their duties well and zealously. The stipend given in this instance was most liberal and munificent, and was double that with which the rector's most worthy father was satisfied., He feared that the me mory of the son would not hereafter stand so high in the parish. Dr. OWEN (with much warmth.)—lt was because my father was weak and foolish enough to suffer himself to be worked upon—to be bamboozled out of his property—for I can call it nothing else but bamboozling—that Mr. Bark land was enabled to make the reproach to me which he did —that my-mother died in the poor-house, No, no, I will not be so weak. After some further discussion,the vestry came to a resolution, to the effect that the Tithe Committee was entitled to the entire confidence of the parish, and that it was to be hoped that by a continuance in the conciliatory conduct they had hitherto pur sued, they would succeed in convincing the Legislature of the justice of the claim made by the parish. After an ineffectual endeavour to induce the rector not to interfere, and take the chair in future at vestry meetings on the subject of ' tithes, it was left to the discretion of the committee to convene general meetings of the inhabitants, but not in vestry. Dr. Owsie-1. hare a right even then to come as a parish toner. Mr. NODIN —You may have; but surely you must he aware that an amicable conclusion of this business is not then so likely to be effected, and I must say, that we have reason to fear you will misrepresent to the Bishop the true feelings of the parish. Dr. Owrx—No ; I will be quite passive. I will not inter fere one way or the other, or with the Bishop as to the amount to be paid to future incumbents, my own annual sum being se cured. lam ready to shake bands with and to forgive every one of you, even Mr. Rolph. Mr. ROLPII—Why me in particular? The parishioners have nearly one and all expressed their reprobation of your conduct. Several parishioners—We are the aggrieved parties. Surely it is we who, having been fleeced, are to forg ive. The vestry being about to separate and cose the fatigues of the meeting, it being considered that the Tithe Committee was invested with ample powers Co communicate with the gentle men who had lately conferred with the Bishop, as also to arrange if possible with his Lordship, a vote of thanks was proposed to Dr. Owen for taking the chair at this vestry, and answering all questions put to him, which motion was strongly resisted, and an amendment for an adjournment was moved and carried, with only one hand held up against !t. WT. THOMAS'S DAY. The polling was resurr and this day it will final :Messrs. Vale - FARRINGDO - 289 - 189 - 187 182 - 180 - 180 - 173 - 170 - 169 - 169 This Wan Reeves Crook Butterworth - Tickner Savage Griffith Blacket Roberta Figgins IMHOF Messrs. Dep. Greenaway 107 oßenyou - 94 Day - 92 Sir W. Rawlins, 91 Peacock - 91 Bennet - 91 Du ddel - 91 'Weston - 67 The Ni'aid Messrs. Fisber I atthews Paxton Forrest Diggins led yesterday as follows, ly close : WITIIOUT. Messrs. Taylor - 162 *Ramshaw - 158 *Obbard - 155 Southgate - 154 Beckwith 151 *Bouefield - 151 Galloway 149 *Harmer - 148 *Jones 93 *Charles - 76 returns 16. .SG Me:qrs. Glover Stirterant - NVindut - Pliene Howler Hoare Steven 3 returns 14. ALDEIIsGATE WARD. 92 Messrs. Lloyd Larkin 'Walton *Alottram *Hume returns O. The Ward COLIMA:I-STREET WARD. Messrs.'Hunter - 86 Messrs. Bleadon West (Deputy) 79 Allen Carter - 78 'Griffiths 'Hale - 66 'Jones The NVard returns six. BREAD Messrs. Mathie - 20 Coleman - 20 Bridge - 20 Burris - 20 Legg - - 20 Davidson - 20 De Graive - 19 This Ward STREET. Messrs. Hallam Cope *Scott - *Frith *Hooper I. Lawrence *Shoobridge returns eight. TOWER Messrs. Samuel Wright 137 P. Skipper, Dep. 13#1 Wm. Cawthorn 135 Robert Smith 135 Samuel Dixon 134 Wm. Robinson 134 James Hunt - 134 WA LB Messrs. William• Gibbs Watkins - Richardson - Hale WARD. Messrs. Chair. Stewart John Drinkald E. H. Noy - Gilpin (lost "Howell - *lf unahorne - ItOOK. Met all. Woodward - Cope Deans Ryde This Ward .tarns eight. PO LICE INTELLIGENCE. TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK.—(This DAY.) COAL TRADE.—This day Frederick Levey, of Devonshire wharf, Bankside, Coal-merchant, appeared before the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Ald. SMITH, (having been twice summoned) to an information of having in use a bushell measure of less dimensions than ordained by Act of Parliament. The information was laid by Charles Hatching, and support ed by James Oxlee as witness, who stated, that on the 14th December instant, he observed a waggon with Mr. Devey's name in front, unloading at a house in Higlers-lane, Blackfriars-road, he measured the bushel, and finding it to be very deficient seized it, and conveyed it to the office. The bushel produced was the one taken by Oxlee, and owned by Mr. Devey. Here it was measured, and, notwithstanding the manEeuvring of the parties, it was acknowledged to be three quarters of an inch deficient in depth ; to prevent its gaining its original form, (as it was regularly stamped), two strong pieces of iron crossed the bottom. Mr. NEWMAN stated that the pe nalty, upon conviction, was not exceeding 201., and asked whether Mr. Devey pleaded Guilty or Not Guilty ? Mr. Devey pleaded not guilty, and endeavoured to prove himself so by stating that it was not a bushel for measuring coals, but for going with waggons. and it' the party to whom the coals are sent feel dissatisfied they are compelled to send for a princi pal meter. Mr. D.'s wharf clerk, James Phipps, the gentle man who yesterday attended for Mr. Devey, now stepped forward and endeavoured to exculpate his employer by various statements as incredible as false. The Magistrate, who was satisfied that the measure was incorrect, fined Mr. Devey in the penalty of 51., and recommended Mr. Devey to destioy it immediately. UNION HALL CHRISTMAS BEEF.—Late on Wednesday evening two young men of noted character, named Robert Hinton and John %Vilifier, were stopped by Brewer, near the Holland Arms, in the Brixton-road, with a choice surloin of be ef, weighing upwards of 40 pounds. With great difficulty he succeeded in capturing them, and has since found that Mr. Neil, of Clap ham, butcher, was the owner of the meat. Mr. Neil, who at tended, identified the meat by a slight but peculiar bruize, and said that it was purloined from amidst an immense quantity, while his men were killing in the back of the premises. They were committed. The prisoner Hinton had only left Brixton Gaol two days. He was tried at Chelmsford for horse-stealing only a short time since. A man about 22 years of age, whose face appeared very much lacerated, was brought up by William Hall, the officer, charged with obstructing the pavement on the Blackfriars road. From the statement of Hall it appeared that the pri soner was an old offender and endeavoured to excite the com passion of the passengers by chalking in the most fanciful manner (the smallest donation will be thankfully received.) He gave his name Henry Giant, and said his late master, Mr. HUI, of Rosemary-lane, shoemaker, would in a short time give him work. Mr. SWABY, who no doubt recognized him as a frequent visitor, promised hint work for the ensuing month at Brixton-mill. A lady, attired a la mode de Paris, applied for relief, or ad vise how to act under circumstances of great cruelty. She stated that her name was Steele, that she lived in Union-street, and that her husband was employed in the Insolvent Debtors' Court; that without any provocation, but wishing to get rid of her, he turned her out of doors, and refused her th e sli g htest relief. ' The Magistrate gave her an order to apply to the parish, who would no doubt bring him to his senses. The house of Mr. MILLS, Southampton-street, Camberwell, was burglariously entered a few evenings ago, the family being absent; but the robbers were disturbed by the sudden return of Mrs. MILLS. Last week, a very numerous flock of wild ducks was observed to pass northward, as a great height, over Lord HOLLAND'S Park, at Ken sington. FIRE AT MIRAMICHI. The following letter from Major-General Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS, Bart., Lieutenant-Governe r of New Brunswick, to JOHN BAINBRIDGE, Egg* agent for that province, and which, though a pri vate communication, Mr. Bainbridge, at the re quest of the Nil"' Brunswick Committee, has felt himself excused in publishing, will convey' more authentic and interesting account of the suf..' ferings of that devoted Colony, and, we trust, excite the benevolence of the public .to aid the . subscription for their relief:— " Mtnamtcut, OCT. 26. "My dear Sir—l have no doubt that the public journals will soon announce the awful calamity which has befallen the province. I have not time to enter into any of .its terrific de' tails. I shall confine my communication to purposes of succour' and relief. "So soon as I had completed those arrangements which • had considered it proper for the Government to make, and bet' dispatched an agent to Quebec to purchase provisions and cloth' ing to the amount of between five and six thousand pounds, it set off for this afflicted place, where I arrived last night ; • I shall only say, that I could form no conce,ption of misery au“ desolation so deep as that which has occurred here : other part° of the province have greatly suffered. Fredericton is more dull: half destroyed, and there has been a loss of property to $ gre ° amount. "M Government-house was the first to fall; and we have sustained severe loss; but in the greater which others ha ve su f fered, we lose all consideration of our own. Here the loss of life cannot be estimated under 300 souls ! Newc a stle, $ 0 , 2111 0 the settlements for 12 miles in continuity, are consumed• t subscriptions in the province and Nova Scotia have be en lo t liberal, and I hope there is nothing to fear from want in,rt winter; but effectual succour is beyond such means; e?„..s write this to urge all your influence into action for prorno uP yro general subscription. Your influence with the leading Ill e , A - bc I Liverpool, and other ports, as well as in London, wow' I most useful to this effect, and never was there a fitter or str° l4 o claim upon the abundant charity and benevolence of ° country. " Although we may arrest the strides which famine threa ts ed to make, and afford immediate relief, yet without such s o ; cours this country will be thrown back for years in the prufg oo it was making, and the mother country feel in c onvenience 3 langour in those operations which her wants have ex cit e a 5 much. arre i a 2 here, and the measure I allude to will be suggested by you r a bet 2 feelings for the case and for the colony. Pray, then , d otter you may consider right in this very afflicting case. 11 1 1 7, 0 e is written in haste and in affliction, amidst scenes which I considered it right to visit, to do what may yet further be in 1; , , Pow e r to comfort, succour, and restore. I cannot stay lottib„ ‘ the weather I have experienced on my journey hither warps '- () to lose uo time. " B e lieve me, my dear Sir, yours very sincerely , " LI (Signed) "HOWARD 1101.10 LAS. SOCIETY OF SCHOOLMASTER! 58 38 34 154 134 133 132 124 48 48 35 27 The annual Meeting of this Society, instittlitenuf for the relief of distressed Schoolmasters and Ushers, aif their widows and orphans was held yesterday at the Litt"- Fund Society's chambers, in Lincoln's-Inn-fields. From the statement of the Committee, it appeared , though the Society has been established nearly thirty Yegnief existence is not generally known ; and the applicants f0r . ,1 0 0 have become far too numerous to derive any adeq uate sibs., of its very limited resources. The more prosperou s mew'.'in, the profession, to some of whom the Institution o wes its ! te l . have contributed liberally to its support, but it is comp of beyond their ability to bestow permanent assistance on o c sb ie their brethren as by age infirmity, or misfortune, are MI, oir of maintaining themselves and their families. For th' - bg eo pension or annuity, no decent or comfortable asylum b.n n ce provided, either by private bounty, or by public inummci, W and, with the exception of the Institution, no fund ev'i'sp•• which, with any reasonable prospect of success, they ca ply, even for temporary relief. Among the donations received, was one from his DlA.lrlbsf: of a hundred guineas ; in mentioning the receipt of whiF i l e d; Chairman said he had reason to hope it would be coots:34o: but even with this the total subscription for the Carel3t amounted to only 2891. 16s. J oel° . After the business of the Meeting had been adjusw-,„,.0rn number of the Members adjourned to the Freellias ol3%' to dinner. Among these Gentlemen were the Re v P a r ' a rel" srr.r. of the Charter House, the Rev. Dr. Dim °L s - b 111: the Rev. Dr. BORNE': of Greenwich, Dr. Kul. LT Of F of tpe,, square, and several Clergymen who are firm friendsse laudable Institution. Considering the meritorious Pli7, ot ob' that Institution, it is much to be regretted that it does. v " e j tain a more efficient support from those wh o have de s o f —I " the adv a ntages of education from ScifooLatasT Eng , oust r; To most useful, valuable, and respectable classes of so ck re them the community are indebted for that instruction b e o f gion, morals, and literature, which enables them roman 4 props and ornaments of the State, and an honour to how:00 ture. Every man who has been a scholar , and who old to the means to increase the funds of the Society, ought,eoce,„tf: it a duty of justice and gratitude , as well as of henei°oll's render it all the pecuniary support that may be consiste his situation and rank in life. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENL, --...."-- erd AP * -- C AMB R I DGE, DEC. 22.---At a Congregation yes! a to * grace passed the Senate, "To affix the UniversitY • 0 8 7, 0 do' letter addressed to Sir John Richardson , requesting hin i he rro t terminc, after hearing CoUnsel, the manner in 1 4 ° 1 future so b fessors of mineralogy, botany, and anatomy, are in elected." Triq ° On Saturday last, James Bailey, Esq ., ALA,. f r oboe College, was elected Master of the Perse free grammarOs' in this town, by the trustees of that foundation, on the eeX Lion of the Rev. John Wilson, M.A. Sydney Gedge, Esq., 8.A., of Catharine Hall, "511441 14 elected a foundation Fellow of that society. ~ of ' At an Ordination held on Sunday last b y the Bislittocri terborough, in his cathedral church, the following 10 , were admitted into holy orders, viz. CO Y Deacon- 1 N illiam Stoddart, 8.A., Christ College/ bridge. 00 0 Priests—John Edward Gray, M.A. Oriel College' OP! Henry Berners Shelley Harris, 8.A., Worcester COW: , Op , Spencer Greswold Gunning, 13.. A , Brazennose C° l , l6 ,ldie , ‘‘ g Robert Wm. Scurr, B.A. Magdalene . College, Csi r ni lob" . 1 The following Gentlemen were ordained by the cord a O' 1 of Lincoln, at Bucliden, on Sunday last 1 Deacons—Samuel Best, Fellow of King's CA) 11 q0/ 1 ; bridge ; Christopher Geo. Richmond, B.A• Cate a ge Cambridge; Charles Lyne, of St. John's College, tis~ - , sobe ep William Falcon, B.A. St. John's College, Canihriage'stefli, Wade Gery, B.A. Emmanuel College, Carribridgelo. D'' Davies, LL.B. Queen's College, Cambridge, 0 . o°' from the Bishop r,j . Ely. Priests—Thomas Nayler, B.A. St. John's c e o nl i r e j e, e i , ( Cf : ; bridge ; Abraham Youldon, B.A. St. John's bridge ; George Nicholas Dealtry, M.A. Catharine fisloole; bridge ; James Moffitt Harington, B.A. Exeter College' 00, 1 4 Matthew Robinson, B.A. Caius College, Cambridge; p 1 , 0 7 0. Tomblin, B.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge ; willl so e Walter, B.A. Christ College, Cambridge • Willis i t i "ifl a g• son, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge;ißich• ' l "l,iie r 0 0 Taylor, B.A. Wadham College, Oxon.; Charles LePioriaoSm. At an Ordination holden by the Lord Bishop nf r it r i o itf ' Sunday last, Watson Joseph Thornton, B.A• of ''' lege, was ordained Deacon. ge s ill The run upon the different banking."°:,oll"# this town has completely subsided, notvi,fit",-00: ing one considerable firm (Messrs. P°.-00011 NASII, SEARLE and Co.) suspended Pa/ w or e on Friday. The liberal conduct of Of 0' respectable portion of the publics In fill i fi. pressing their general confidence, w ag na rt e l met by corresponding efforts on th e , 5 vii t ' l the bankers, who were speedily supp lied i on gold . and Bank of England Motes 01 , f rtli e A stderable extent. Indeed we are 1 , 1). : lle:, that some of the bankers, finding t " e i ! th r provided gold to a much greater arnV it to was requisite, returned a portion °` v ole", the metropolis. A most unfounded sta te of the failure of four banks in this to„ r vi n n o cie r t ed in the Times of Saturday last. " A e o gsif i , s l ) stand tl that actions have been commence:lie a tgeropsrsolf)arbiertiocrastioolfht_ha(tcPaampberir d f g or e nti li b ro bs : ) , . ;pi; - 19 - '9 - 19 - 18 - 17 - 10 4