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of their busine ss i s on. the-ordinary description / - S.' 6d. of property, and the diity ou that - amount fel. the same periOd is 35...0r 209 . per cent. on the amount of premium. Hence, many who could afford to pay the consideration charged by the Insurance Offices, cannot pay the additional expense of Government duty, and are tempted .to leave their property exposed to all the risks of accident. For the same reason those who do insur e :do so only to a very limited extent—to such an extent as may protect them against positive ruin in case of fire, but not to such an extent, as would be necessary to afford them full and complete protection. The operation of the tax is, therefore, most, injurious to the Insurance Establishments, to the Revenue —and to the public at large. To the first it necessarily limits the extent of business ; and so unproductive has it become, that several establishments have already given up Fire In surances altogether. For a similar reason the tax is highly injurious to the Revenue. The amount of property actually insured bears no proportion to the insurable property of the country, and there cannot exist a doubt, that were the duty reduced to one-third or one-half of its present amount, in the course of a short time a larger Revenue would be created. For this purpose some restrictions would require to be imposed on the Insurance Companies as to the mode of doing insurance—but into matters of detail we cannot at present enter. The effects of the tax ih • re Preasing a spirit of p ru d ence , an d enta ili ng ruin on those whom it induces to leave their property unproteeted, have been alre a dy p o i n t e d , and deserve the serious attention of the Le gislature. Th e - advantages that would flow from a reduc tion of the duty must be quite - apparent. A much g rea ter amount of property would be insured, d in this way, though th ere wou ld i n th e out set be * - a - defalcation such defalcation would so on -I j6 compensated. In proportion to the toount of re d uct i on, would the inducement incre' guard agai ns t acc id ent b y i nsurance b e ased ; and when accident did occur, those instances of misery and destitution, of which weno o frequently hear, would be altogether un- Ah own. Many arguments might have been adduced in tipport of the view we have taken, such as the ~.a d vantage whi c h th e l aw at present g i ves to ".igners and the inducement which it affords to effect insurance in countries where no tax on nisnrance exists ; but these we have purposely °llll tted, becau se we conceive that eno u gh h as b een stated, to shew that an urgent necessity does e xist f or a revision of the law 'regarding Fire nsnrance. The revision will not, however, we ' trust, be li m i te d to the dUty on Fire-insurance, I hit strong objection s likewise apply to the pre ?sett Beale of duties on Marine-insurance ; and e 2 fe . Will, it is t o b e h oped, speed i ly become t h e 41 ,1!et of enquiry —which must lead to redress. The fo llowing Official Notice has been cir elated' at Lloyd's a: : LONDON, MAY 21, 1817. PORTUGUESE CONsuLATE ,GErj"r" ..,6_Notie.e hereby given, that. Captains of vessels:an . d_otbers i ceeding to the Portuguese dominions, are on their arriva P° ll to deliver all their letters to the Officeri of the Pi..°4ll;lll°f,l,lealtla, by wh om th e y ar e to be visited on first tt, toe port. I n d e f au l t t h ereo f, th ey w ill be liable w. P_ellatea of fine and imprisonment, as established La Signed) - '•„ 1", S i‘jpA.ytia.Consul-General. Al t ,f lett er from La ' l oliayra, of the March, mentions hi tt h,...""fal Bermudez had left that place in disgust, sold 4 i"• i na.estates - in Cuinana, and went to Trinidad; 14 4 , 1 ,P, 'a and will b e a great loss to Colombia. It is said d o t President that he would rather serve the Eng teiiel..l4ll3';vate.soldier, than the ungrateful Republic as a bas ; how true _ I Will not say, but certainly he lie et i c °4 away muchr . disatisfied; there is a large garrison 4 4d ' sL i ne at, the Caraccas, at present ; money is very scarce, --,.ii",s•ooyernruerit have no means of paying their debts. 4 4 , - - 'Pce is not restored, and we fear if the President A'" t , l 'ls we shall again have more trouble. l e t ter 'rend' paper received this morning, states that a of t refeived f rom on b oar d the Talbot, in the roads 124,41 3 : 111 a, of 23d M arc h, w hi c h h as the follow i ng para 24iji - --grA. few days ago, two French frigates, the Ar tor land Galathea, took on board 500. Turkish soldiers — wija, with Soliman Aga, who is to be the new • , THE FUNDS—(THI I S DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clack. , too . ".7 thing relating to the British Funds is stationary, tol' s iett , re- AY any transactions have been done . all day. Con. E n P"led at the rate they have so long continued at, ta; ig h t3 . 3 and up to the present moment no variation t eh: 1 110 tied; no alteration has taken place. either in Fluer Rill s or I n di a B on d s s i nce yes t er d ay , th e f ormer p I r. Lilt at 49 SO MA the litter; '76 7 pm. The Foreign The ' 1 " had biz; little variety, Colombian being 31i 2.. ate . lints brought, by the Leeward Mail this morning ° n they of a very gloOmY character; at La Guayr?, , z!tss ; fn , there _ : neither money, credit, or bm u 114 Y tler quite gone, and the, Government was tietyw-,%.1'11t what it oug ht t o be, in fact, it scarcely d Mexican are steady at 684 14 ews ads are. rather better, being 581 9, but the lug in , b 1.." ,Tal reported yesterday of the action terminat *l44 ' l ° %tilde in favour of the Imperial forces, and d elve i ca tsed . the rise, is rather too much to place confi ii exa ;. the belief generally in the City is, that the fact `.I.Y contrary, and' that the Government would not this h a ttll e 4 to give the quickest information to the public on mutt, po,,ttant event if th ere h a d been any truth in the re- Au x . lti . e Sha re mar k et i s daily losing ground, Anglo l art are at 5 0 di s., and every thing relative to these -Ime alations seems on the decline. Thr e , sg.&;,..fitCent. Consols, 83 A. ; Ditto for account, koaeti, l 4, ll :::th476 7 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 4950 pm. Chilian. 39 7,„ 11 an; 681 9 • Buenos Ayres, 55 7 ; - , can, Five per C E . r i t., ,2 a n. 31t ; Danish, 611 ; Mem- Petlivian, 2'i 9; i4 t 6 ; Ditto, Six per Cent., 684 i; Spanish, 77 g";. Russian, 90i 1 ; aixi& —Anglo ; Par ; Colombi an , 10 12 p e ilZv' "hi ; Zrazilian, 1 dis. P par ; Tlalputahua, gcr 41? Real d e l Monte, 20 15 dis. ; B o la nos , 80 60 di e ' . ; ITllited Mexican, 16 '- - . Zito o' Clock. Consols are immoveable —not tli',A; ilitest variation has taiken place all -day, and 83f, 'sellers; continue the rice. hes litelniutn, and 76. i „u'lil Bonds are about 18. pe.r .eent. 31, which arises volOnabian Bonds have receded to 30i from the unfavourable intelligence froin that Republic. Mexican remain steady, at 6 81 - t• THREE OCZ 0 Cx. Consols, 83i, buyers ; for July, 83f. „FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. vonsols 831 Danish Bonds 61 ,Do. for Ac. 483 1 Greek Do. 16 . 2.5, -- 4razilian Bonds —... Mexican Do. 1825 68i tuenos Ayres Do Peruvian Do. C Chilian Do. * Russian Do. (I.l.lMbian, 1A24, 311 Spanish Do. 12i. ..............__ ~,. _ _ _ _ ___ , •the e East India Company's ship Orwell ar wfid off Saleombe on the 18th instant. She sailed from itel,Lo on the 19th of January, and from St. Helena on the ith of April. The 2.3unira arid Lady Melville arrived "1 of on the ilth of January. The'/Iforgnis of Huntly Wll , 8 to leave Macao on the 20th, and the _London about t ,i;e 224 of January. The forme r wto touch at the ‘ - ' a Pril The London had arrived at Std Hlen, and e l to sail for England about the 7th of April. The Orwell ,Illoke the 117 aterloo t outward bound, in Lat. 00. 20. north' I,.__cmg. 23. 8 0." west, on the 18th of April, all well. The wrrterioo parted company the day before frOm the General " I tYcl and Pariuharaln. 1, LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). HOUSE OF LORDS. SCOTCH APPEALS. The Cum BARON and the Duke of ATTIOL came down to the House of Lords this morning, for the purpose of hearing Scotch Appeals ; there was not, however, a Bishop in attendance to read Prayers, and although messengers were dispatched to the residences of several Prelates, two hours elapsed before one could be procured. ' The Bishop of London at length made his appearance. LOW, APPELLANT-DUNCAN, RESPONDENT. This was an Appeal by Low; who is the cashier of the Dundee Bank, from a Decree of the Court of Session in Scotland. The facts of the case are shortly these :—Dun can, who was a merchant residing at Dundee, procured a bill for 6001., to be discounted for him at the Bank within sixty days before he became a bankrupt. This bill was accepted by Duncan's son. Shortly after the bankruptcy of Duncan, the trustee of his estate brought an actioriegainst the Bank for the purpose of having the bill in question reduced. The case came on before the Court of Session, and it was decreed that the bill should be reduced and an nulled on the grounds that it was a fraud on the bankrupt's estate, and was intended to give the Bank au undue pre ference over the rest of his creditors. Mr. KEAY was heard in support of the appeal ; and Mr. CAurnELL was arguing in: support of the respon dent's case, when our reporter came away. WYLIE, APPELLANT—ROSS, RESPONDENT. The Court dismissed the appeal, and affirmed the de. cision of the Court below. COURT OF CHANCERY. His LORDSHIP took his seat at half-past ten. GIBBON V. COWLING. Mr. HEALD stated, that in this case the parties intended to move for a new trial : that Lord Eldon having been in formed of this, he had got the Judge's notes before whom the trial had been, which he had handed down to the bar; and as the Solicitor-General meant to attend here to morrow to move for a new trial, if his Lordship wished to see the notes previously, the parties would hand them to the Secretary this morning. His Loansutr desired to have the notes. NEROT V. BURNAND. Mr. HEALD moved that this appeal might be ordered to stand in the paper for the first appeal day in next Term. The appeal was from an order of the Vice-Chancellor, and had been fully argued before Lord Eldon, but as the parties seemed n)t very much disposed to take that Noble Lord's judgment, nor was it very evident that his Lordship felt anxious to have the task, for it was a very long and intricate case, it was necessary to have it set down for rehearing before his Lordship (Lyndhurst.) His Lonnsuir desired notice of the application to he given to the other side. It was then stated by another gentleman, that the other side did not object to its being set down for rehearing, and therefore it was directed to stand for the time named. IN THE MATTER Or JOHN MORRIS, A LUNATIC. Air. SUGDEN was instructed to ask that a petition in this matter might stand for to-morrow ; but he thought it probable that the Court would make the order now which the petition prayed. A committee of the lunatic's property had been proposed, but he had declined to act, and consequently the lunatic was without a committee at present. A banker had stated that he had 10,0001. belonging to the lunatic, which he was willing to pay into Court. Lord Eldon had a rule, never to refuse to receive a payment when it was offered, and as probably the present Chancellor would follow that precedent, he would permit it to be paid in forthwith. Order for the payment made. ATTOr EY-GENERAL V. GEE. Mr. SUGMEN stated that it was necessary to have this matter, together with two other causes connected with it, of the Attorney-General v. Haselheck, and the Attor ney-General v. Brande, set down for further directions, and to have an order of the Court approving of a scheme for the management of a charity, and he was requested to apply to have them put down here, instead of going before the Vice-Chancellor.—Leave given. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. 110THAM. The arguments in this appeal were concluded. The LORD CHAtqcrrama then said, the appellants here rested their claim entirely upon a Parliamentary survey, and some old documents of foreclosure, and were opposed by an usage of one hundred and twenty years, with respect to the greater part of the property. His opinion was, that the enjoyment of one hundred and twenty years was quite decisive, and that this gave the respondents an indisputable title of the property known by the name of the Hall and the Hall Platts. The Court cOnsequently so far confirmed the decree of the Master of the Rolls. The only remain ing questjon regarded a small plot of _land, which, after having read the affidavits to-night, his Lordship will de liver his bpinion upon to-morrow morning. TINDAL v. OSMOND, AND OSMOND V. TINDAL. When these eases were called on, Mr. tionifE stated that they had been argued before Lord Eldon, and the parties had agreed upon the minutes of the order which he de livered to the Registrar. 3 IN THE MATTER. OF WATSON, A 7.IINATIC. This was a matter that was mentioned :-ome days ago„- in which the Court was asked to confirm a report, Appro priating fifty pounds per annum to the maintenance of th e lunatic. The lunatic's property being considerably more, his Lordship doubted the propriety of only allowing 50/. Mr. Shadwell had consequently mentioned the matter again to Master Irwin, who made the report, and had now' to communicate to his Lordship that that Master considered; that, from the situation of the lunatic, being almost a perfect idiot, he was as well taken care of as be could possibly be, and that if a greater sum were, allowed for his maintenance, he should not be benefitted by it. The Report was then confirmed. V ICE - CHANCELLOR'S COURT. Nothing of interest occurred in this Court up to the time of our going to press. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. SITTINGS IN BANCO. Their Lordships were engaged during• the morning in listening to the arguments in the ease of Stone v. Marsh, in which trpoint- had been discovered on the trial for the opinion of they Court above. • Mr. Sergeant BOSANQUIZT was 'heard 'for the anti Mr. F.•PoLr.ocx at the other side. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Court sat in Banco this morning, and were occu pied till we went to press with a case of piracy, Newton v. Cowie; of little or no public interest, in whi c h t h e de fendant sought to enter a nonsuit. RIGA COURT OF ADMIRALTY. THE HERRING. Dr. LUSHINGTON applied to the Court, on behalf of the crew of two vessels called the Little Dart and the Emma, to determine the amount of a claim of salvage preferred by them against the proprietors of the Herring. On the night of the 4th of November last, while the Her ring was sailing towards the Port of London, she became leaky near the Wore, and was, accord ing to the applicants' . statement, run on the Jenkin Sand, when the applicants rendered their assistance to get her extricated and fitted to complete her voyage ; and two or three of them accompanied her to the port of London. The Herring and her cargo were estimated at 2,4001., and the claim laid at 4001. The defendants of fered 50/., which the applicants considered too small for their trouble. Affidavits for both parties were then read, which were contradictory, some swearing that the ves se l was i n t h e utmost danger, and others that the danger was very little, and that it was into mud, and not into sand, that she had run. Dr. JENNER appeared for the defendants, and contended that the sum offered was large enough for all the services rendered by the plaintiffs. Lord Srowm. thought, that considering the value of the vessel, and the stormy period of the year in which the accident happened, one hundred pounds should be allowed. We 'earnestly recommend to the benevolent consideration of the a Dispensary for the treatment and cure of Cancerous Diseases, opened in Charlotte street, Bloomsbury, on the Ist of May, under the direction and superintendence of Mr. Farr, the respectable Surgeon of Upper Montague-street, Montague-square, who is al ready known by two very able Treatises on Scrofula and Cancer; be has completed some very extraordinary cures of the latter by judicious medical treatment without the knife; and under such auspices, this most desirable Insti tution has the best hopes of prosperity. The Dispensary has hitherto been supported at the expence of a few indi viduals, and when it is considered that a number of un happy persons are afflicted with this lamentable disease, to whom this• truly benevolent Institution holds' out a pro spect of relief, we are assured the humane disposition of the public will he excited to contribute to its support. We understand Subscriptions are received •at the Banking houses of Messrs. Coutts, and Co., and Messrs. Smith, Payne and Smith's..., 'Weekly Dispatch. JA. _ STEPPING INI'rLLIGENCE(THIS DAY-) FROM LLOYD'S. - ~ ~ .J: i i 3 _ . DEAL, MAY 21.--Wind S. by W...--Passed, the Su perb, George, from Alexandria; Hazam,,-Bechatn, from Cette ; Arcadia, —, from St. Thomas's ; Eliza, Soper, from Grenada; and. Hampton, Williams, and Jolin,.Rus wick, from Jamaica. Passed from London, the London, Purvis, for Demerara; K. S. Forbes, Chapman, for Bom bay ; and Elizabeth, Springer, for Dominica. PORTSMOUTH', MAY 21.—WindW.N.W.—Arrived, the Sicilian,. Jameson, from Sicily. Passed, the Eggardon Castle, Harvey, for Jamaica; Niger, Luce, for Matanzas; Caroline, Smith, for New Orleans; and Prince Regent, for Bengal. PLYMOUTU, MAY 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived, the L'Auguste, Lanca, from Charente. Passed, the London, —, from India. CowEs, MAY 21.—Arrived, the Milo, Winslaw, from Canton ; spoke, on the, 22d April, the Robert Quayle, of Liverpool, for the Isle of France. FALMOUTH, 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived off Port, the Hayti, Heylin, from Port-au-Prince. Arrived, the Norfolk, Scott, from Leghorn ; Duke of Kent packet, from Lisbon ; and Sphynx packet, 'from - St. Thomas's. The Royal Yeoman, Willis, from Guernsey in 10 days, for Bridport (N.A.), put in, owing to damage sustained in a gale of wind, and with wooden ends and stern-posts started. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Emily, from Grenada to Bristol, on the sth inst., out 15 days, by the Sphynx packet, arrived at Falmouth; the Egide, from Ceylon to Marseilles, on the 14th ulr., in lat. 5. N., long. 24. ; the Robert Quayle, from Mauritius to Marseilles; on the 22d ult. ; and the Mary, from Dublin to New York, on the 3d inst., in lat. 41., long. 49. Extract from the Agent to Lloyd's at Tortola, dated April 21 :—The Flame Spanish privateer came into this port on the sth instant : she mounts 12 six-pound ers an d one long 24-pounder, with a crew of 110 men, under command of B. Arpuera, a Lieutenant in the Spanish ser vice. She sailed. on-the '7th, to cruise to the North.and West of the Island : she is an hermaphrodite schooner. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MA RKETS.—CAt per Load of,S6Trasset.) ST. JAMES'S:" - • 4.. :X. s. X. s. lA:Ryland Mead. Hay 3 15 to 4'13 Clober fraY,47' 4 15 to 7 0 Upland Ditto 4,15 6 0 Oat.Staw . 1 18 2 2 Rye-grass Hay -4' 15 0 Wheat Ditto 2 2 2 6 Supply, which embraced three loads of newly made Meadow Hay, the first of the season, good; trade dull, and prises as last quoted. X. a. X. s, I , £. t: X. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 15 to 4 15 ' Cloy. Haygetterally 4 15 to 6 10 Upland Ditto 415 635 Do. extra fine 0 0 015 Rye-grass Hay 415 5,15 Oat 5traw.....;...... 114 118 New Meadow Hay 0 0, 0 0 Wheat Ditto . llB 2 2 Supply liraitc-1, and trade moderately brisk, prices as on Saturday. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PWITSMOUTII, MAY 21.—At S A.M. Wind W.S.W., went out of harbour his Majesty's ships Dartmouth, Capt. Thomas Fellowes, C. 8., and Manley, Lieutenant William Field, commanding-. The Dartmouth will sail shortly for the Mediterranean station; and the Manley, for New foundland. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS The Duchses of Gloucester, the Princess Au gusta, and Princess Sophia, visited the King yesterday. Mr. Canning had an audience yesterday of his Majesty, at his palace in St. James's. The Princess Augusta entertained the Princess Sophia Matilda and a select party to dinner on Friday, at her residence in the King's palace, St. James's. The Marquis of Lansdown had'in interview yesterday with M r . Canning, - at his res id ence i n Downing-street. Viscount Goderich, and .a „number of official gentlemen, visited Mr. Canning yesterday morn ing at eleven o'elock, 'and transacted business with Mr. Canning for ''a cinisiderable time. DOVER, iN/AY 21.-=-Sailed 'this morning for Calais his Majesty's packet Crusader, with his Excellency Lord Granville, •Lady Granville, and suite, returning tqyAria jpAcm4ple,,h.isishitits,as. Ambassador for 'Great Britain..-,s R ile i d A ls.a.for Calais the Mitha steam a -littelce4 with Count Balmain, Aide.ilecmtaniP- Me' Emperor of Russia, charged , witirdetitehei The jSt. Peters burgh. ' M. Rossini has_ promised, to employ all the drummers of the National., Guard of Paris, _Pure! de Londres. A German Theatre is about to be got up at Paris. The Duchess of Kingston's trial was men tioned last night in Parliament. It reminds us of an anecdote which we have heard from an old gentleman who met her Grace on the Contin en t soon after the trial. The conversation turned on that event, and, amongst other things, the gentleman remarked that his wife had paid five guineas for a seat that day in -Westminster Hall. Ah," said the Duchess, " I would have given her mine for nothing. We hear that it is in contemplation to erect commodious Cavalry Barracks in the-fields right and left of the entrance to Carlisle Castle—the ditch to be filled up, and the passage to the Castle to run through the Barrack-yard. It would not be easy to find a more convenient scite, or, militarily speaking, a better position. The buildings would be completely under cover of the guns of the Castle.—Carlisle Patriot. Loll]) GREY.—AII our letters from England concur in the marked dissatisfaction which the late speech of this Noble Lord has caused to every lover of Constitutional Liberty, and tli delight which it has given the party to the con spirators. The same effect it has produced here. He who was called but a few weeks since radical" Jacobin, &c. &c. is now suddenly dis covered to be a high-minded, independent, staunch old whig, a very 4 ' refreshing" old Gentleman.—D ublin Patriot. The Duke of Bedford has, we understand, at length let the whole of his ground in the neighbourhood of Tavistock-square, to Mr. Cubit, and other eminent architects, on building leases, with an understanding that the houses shall all'be of the first class. Three excellent mansions, with extensive gardens and pleasure grounds, are now built upon the site on which the late Mr. Perry's delightful house formerly stood. They are surrounded by nearly two acres of ground, entirely planted with shrubs and flowers, originally laid eut by Mr. Perry, directed by the good taste of Mr. Forsyth. It having been discovered that the Right H o n. George Canning was, in very early life, a student at Lincoln's Inn, the Benchers of that Society have elected him one of their number. This is, however, a rather ex pensive compliment to the Premier, as he cannot accept it without paying up his annual dues to the Society, from the time of his quitting Lincoln's Inn to the day of his being elected a Bencher, the amount of which exceeds 250/. We believe this is almost the only instance of a person being elected, a Bencher of an Inn of Court without hav ing been first called to the bar. —Morning Paper. A very curious discovery was made in the Cathedral hare, yesterday, which has occasioned a great sen sation in the town. In carrying into effect certain altera tions and improvements at the eastern end of the church, and in that part known as the Chapel of the Nine Altars, an old oaken coffin was found, containing the remains of some distinguished personage—believed to be no other than the Patron Saint, St. Cuthbert, " whose restless body in the three hundred and ninth yeare after his first burial!, was, with all funeral pompe, enshrin'd" in " the White Church," at Durham, in the year 995, 832 years ago ! The skeleton was found to be remarkably perfect, and en closed in the remains of robes, richly worked with gold, a large and bright gold ring, having a crucifix, apparently of silver, appended, was found lying on the breast, and below it the remains of a book ; a large comb was also found in the coffin. The wood of. which the coffin was composed was about three inches in thickness, and strongly c l a mped with bars of iron. These are all the particulars we have yet been able to collect, but we hope to obtain further information before pur next; and should we suc ceed, we shall most certainly communicate the same to our readers.—Durham "Ickertisei. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS. The Duke of BEDFORD, the Bishop of BRISTOL, the Earl of ALBEMARLE, and Lord FEMURS, took the oaths and their seats. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT and others, brought up from the Commons, the bill to prevent the application of Cor poration funds, for promoting the Election of Members to serve in Parliament. Mr. Alderman WOOD and others: brought up the Bill for the better regulation of Watermen and Lightermen on the Thames. The Bills were read a first time. On the motion of Lord HOLLAND, the Bill for form ing a navigable communication between Norwich and Lei tester Road, was read a third time and passed. SCOTCH APPEALS. The Earl of ABERDEEN begged to call the attention of i.Le House to the system at present prevailing with respect to Scotch Appeals. A judgment had been yesterday pro nounced, by which the decision of the Court of Session in Scotland was reversed ; but the Learned Judge, who acted as Deputy Speaker, not having it in his power to state the reasons which influenced him in sug gesting that judgment to their Lordships, nothing was known on the subject farther than that the decision of the Court below was reversed. Now, if that appeal were useful it was as much because it fixed and settled the principles of the law r upon which the decree was reversed. But in the present instance nothing was known except the conclusion that was come to. The only security the people of Scotland had for the due consideration of their causes was the public declaration of the reasons which guided the House or rather the Learned Judge in forming their decision., In fact, the total silence as to those rea srns, reminded the Noble Lord of the Judge in Rabelaip; who, for 30 years; had the reputation of the most profound legal knowledge; until it was at length discovered, that he decided all his causes by throwing up dice. If the pre sent system were persevered in, as a measure of utility and convenience, lie thought that the Learned Judge should not only be permitted, but required to state his reasons, 'at least, whenever the judgement of the Court below was to be reversed. The Noble Lord trusted, therefore, that the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack would use his influence in opening the mouths of his deputies. The Earl of ROSLYN said, that the inconvenience complained of was one to which they were exposed from the laws and constitution of the country, whenever his Majesty peased to commit the seals to the custody of a Lord Keeper instead of a Lord Chancellor.— This was a practice which had prevailed from time im memorial ; he was very much afraid that the Noble and Learned Lord could not succeed in opening the mouths of those who presided in his absence, unless he were to au vise his Majesty to elevate him to the Peerage. At the same time the Noble Lord thought it would be very ad visable that the Learned persons who heard appeals should have an opportunity of declaring their reasons. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that no one felt more strongly than himself the inconvenience of the present system ; but their Lordships must be aware that the course now pursued, was not intended to be permanent. —With respect to the particular case alluded to by the Noble Lord, he assured bins that the Lord Chief Baron had paid the most anxious attention to it. He did not come to a decision immediately after the case was discussed at the bar, but after the interval of a day he came down and intimated his opinion to a Noble Lord, who said that he had not the least doubt that the decision in question was good and just. Although the rea sons had not been stated, and trusted that the tri bunal in Scotland would feel no mortification at the result. It was but due to the Learned Judge who pre-. sided on the occasion : there was no man better skilled in, or more capable of interpreting the Scotch laws. He made this remark to obviate any prejudice which might arise from what had fallen from the Noble Lord :of Aberdeen. The Noble and Loarnd Lord also injustice to himself to declare that the present inconveni ence did not result from his temporary measures, but was likely at any - time to occcur from the very Constitution of 'Pailiainent, and it frequently happened in former times that .the most eminent judges who filled the situation of Lords' Keepers were not in a condition to state the grounds of their decisions. Lord COLCHESTER and the Earl of ABERDEEN made a few observations.. CORN BILL. Lord BEXLEY said, he wished it to be generally un derstood that the discussion on the Corn Bill would posi tively take place on Friday next. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House sat at four o'clock. Mr. DUNDAS presented a petition from Edinburgh, in favour of the Salmon Fishery Bill. The House resolved itself into a Committee on Graham's Divorce Bill. Witnesses were examined, the House re sumed, and the report was ordered to be received to- morrow. Mr. HUME moved that the report of the Committee on the Edinburgh Oil Gas Bill, now on the table of the House, should be taken into consideration to-morrow se'nnight. Sir R. FERGLTSSON objected to the course which the Hon. Member suggested. The persons interested in the Dill had a right to know whether it was intended to refer the Bill to an Appeal Committee. After a few words from Mr. CALCRAFT and the SPEAKER in explanation of the Orders of the House, the Motion was agreed to. Sir R. FERGUSSON presented a petition from Dundee in favour of the Salmon Fishery Bill—Referred to the Committee. Mr. _Alderman WOOD presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Jewin-street Chapel, praying for the r , peal of the Corporation and Test Acts. Mr. GUEST presented a similar petition from a Pottery in the County of Devon. Similar petitions were presented from Salisbury, and from a place in the County os Cambridge. Mr. H. HUTCHINSON presented a petition from Messrs. Beamish and Crawford of Cork, against the Salmon Fishery Bill. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a petition from the Seamen of the Port of Newcastle, praying for the abolition of the practice of impressing Seamen. Mr. MABERLY presented a petition from the Dis senters of Abington, Berks, praying for the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. The Hon. Member said, that the state of the war with tespect to this subject was a great grievance to Dissenters. There was an Indemnity Bill, which in fact etas no indemnity, for if he understood rightly, any Dissenter, serving his Majesty, was liable, not withstanding the Indemnity Act, to be fined 500/., and he put it to Hon. Gentlemen, whether such a state of things should exist, and Dissenters, serving his Majesty, be left at the mercy of informers. Mr. WOOD presented a petition from the Cotton Weavers of Cobley-under-Line, complaining of distress. Sir N. COLTHURST presented a petition from the Ship-owners of Cork, praying the House to enact measures to protect the trade in British Shipping. THE FLEET PRISON. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a person named Lynn, who was lately confined in the Fleet prison. The petitioner complained of the rules and regulations which preiailed in the p4Sou, and also that the accommodation of the prisoners was - unnecessarily re stricted, The Honourable Gentleman said be knew that the arrangements with the Fleet prison Were under the superintendance of the Chief-Justice of the Com mon Pleas, but he thought that as the system did not ap pear to work well, the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Home department ought to interfere, and, if neces sary, move that the subject should be referred to a Com mittee of that House. Mr. Secretary STURGES BOURNE said the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now engaged in considering the expediency of a plan which would put this prison on the best footing. The subject had been before a Commit tee of the House in 1824, and that Committee recom mended that a physician should be appointed, which had been carried into execution by his Right Hon. Predecessor. Since he (Mr. S. Bourne) came into office, he had ordered that a sick room should be set apart, and a nurse to attend on persons who were ill. It was well known that the prison was very disadvantageously situated, which prevented many improvements that might otherwise be made. The City of London had offered a site on the other side of the water for a prison, and the only objection to this proposal was the expense. However, the whole subject was under consideration, and he did not think it would be judicious for the House to take any step at pre sent.—(Hear, hear.) The petition was then brought up and laid on the table. (Left sitting.) THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. Crown Office, May 22, 1827. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Harwich. The Right Honourable Sir William Rae, of Saint Ca therine's, Bart. Lord Advocate of Scotland, in the room of Sir Nicolas Conyngliam Tindrl, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. University of Dublin. John Wilson Caoker, Esq. Doctor of Laws, in the room of ;he Right Honourable William Conyngham Plunket, called up to the Home of Peers by the title of Baron Plunket. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. H. Ketch, Kennington, Surrey, coal-merchant, May 19. C. Bancks, Lalebrook, Stafford, dealer, May 21. J. Webb, Stroud, Gloucestershire, draper, May 21 . H. Hetherington, Kingsgate-street, Holborn, printer, May 22. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. F. Eburne, Ryton-upon-Dunmore, Warwicshire, miller. C. Kimber, Lambourne, Berks, brewer. .1. Baum, Hackney Wick, victualler. BANKRUPTS. J. Noakes, Ludlow, Salop, miller, to surrender May 28, 29, and July 3, at eleven, at the White Horse Inn, Ludlow. H. Hammond, Furnival's-inn ; and Messrs. Anderson and Downes, Ludlow. J. H. Dalton, Leicester, apothecary, May 29, June 15 and July 3, at t en , a t t h e C ourt o f Commissioners., Messrs. Fisher and Noroutt, Holborn-court, Gray's-inn. W. Mill, Fore-street, woollen-draper, May 29, June 8, and July 3, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. At torney, Tanner, New Basin&ll-street. J. Fletcher, Reddish, Manchester, calico-printer, June 4 and 5, and July 3, at two, at the Wellington Bridge Inn, Stockport. Attornies, Back, Vernlam-buildidgs, Gray's inn ; or Lingards and Vaughan, Heaton Norris. I. Briggs, Barkisland, York, dealer, May 30, at six, 31, at nine, and July 3, at eleven, at the Magistrates Office, Halifax. Walker, Exchequer-Office, Lincoln's- Inn-Fields ; and Scatcherd, Halifax. W. Pollard, Manchester, tailor, June 18, 19, and July 3, at twelve, at White's Hotel, Manchester. Milne and Parry, Temple; and Potter, Princess-street, Manchester. J. Wheeler, Fleet-street, tailor, June 1, 15, and July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Tanner, New Basingball-street. L. Bull, Chasley, Worcester, corn and cattle dealer May 26, June 8, and July 3, at eleven, at the Plume of Feathers Inn, Ledbury. Gregg, Ledbury ; and Beverley, Garden•-court, Temple. W. Whitfield, Bow-lane, Cheapside, tavern-keeper, June 1,8, and July 3, at eleven, at Court of Commissioners. Hodgson and Ogden, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry. T. Emsley, Great Horton, York, worsted-stuff-manu facturer, June 6,7, and July 3, at eleven, at the Star Inn, Bradford. E. Barret, Otley; and C. Singleton, New Inn. R. Jones, E. Jones, and G. Hulme, Manchester, iron founders, June 12, 13, and July 3, at nine, at the Royal Hotel, Manchester. Hum and Johnson, Temple Kiersham, Manchester. W. H. Kilbinton, lligh.street, Southwark, wine mer• chant,May, May 25, June 1, and July 3, at aleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Piercy and Oakley, Three Crown square, Southwark. W. Kirkland, Ripley, Derbyshire, common-brewer, May 30, at four, 31, and July 3, at ten, at the Angel Inn, Al freton, Derbyshire. Gervase, Alfreton ; and Hall and Brown, New Boswell-court. T. Mousley, Hanley, Staffordshire, scrivener, June 22, at five, 23, at ten, and July 3, at eleven, at the Dog and Doublet Inn, Saudon, Staffordshire. Dove, Carey-street, Lincoln's-Inn ; and Smith, Rugeley. R. Jones, Ledbury, Herefordshire, rnaltster, May 26, June 8, and July 3, at eleven, at the Plume of Feathers Inn, Herefordshire. Gregg, Ledbury; Beverley, Garden court, Temple. John Wardle, Carnaby-street, Golden-square, carpen ter, June 12, at nine, June 15, at eleven, and July 3, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. . Goren and Price, Orchard-street, Portman-square. Wm. Winscombe, Bristol, builder, Jnne 4 and 5, and July 3, at one, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol. E. and J. Daniel, Bristol; and J. Pearson, Pump-court, Temple. W. Perkins, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, uphol sterer, May 25, at ten, June I, at eleven, and July 3, at nine,at the Court of Commissioners. Wright, Bucklers bury. J. W. Brown, Cook's-row, St. Pancras, picture-dealer, May 25, June 1, end July 3, at elven, at the Court of Commissioners. Watson and Broughton, Falcon-square. J. Oldfield and V. Oldfield, Edgware-road, Middlesex, coach-makers, June 1,8, at ten, and July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Cross, surrey -street, Strand. J. Lawton, James-street, Bedford-row, Middlesex, iron manufacturerer, May 29, at eleven, June 5, July 3, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Hume and Smith, Great James -street, Bedford-row. LIES OF THE DAY. Lord Eldon and Mr. Peel are to ascend in a balloon, from the tea gardens, City-road, on Sunday next, if his Lordship can make up his mind during the week. Lord Londonderry and Mr. Yates Peel have determined to call out the whole Cabinet. His Lordship goes out on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; and Mr. Peel, the other days in the week. Sunday is to be a day of rest. The Rev. Mr. Dillon is busied in translating his "Lord Mayor's Voyage to Oxford" into English. The first class in the London University have almost effected the aspiration of the letter H. The two Senior Boys, it is added, can already dispense with it in the word Apple." MARCH OF Minh—Miss Arabella and Miss Clementina Gubbins, the accomplished daughters of Mr. Nathan Gub bins, fishmonger and Vestryman of Cripplegate, can almost play " the Battle of Prague" on the Piano. The bole in the Thames Tunnel is to be stopped up with the last month's unsold copies of the Morning Post. Three waggon loads have already been shipped for Bother hithe. Messieurs Longman and Co. are publishing a book in one vol., folio, entitled, " The Wisdom of Lethbridge." The Wisdom of Solomon, we are informed, is nothing to it. Doctor John Borthwick Gilchrist has shipped a cargo of Sanscrit translations of his own speeches at the East India House, for the express use of the Seapoys in Calcutta. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We recommend to general attention Mr. Ca . nning's speech, last night, on the subject of granting the public money for th e . purpose of promoting emigration. Our own previous re marks upon that subject were of the sa me com plexion with those which have now been Made by the Right Honourable Gentleman. " Im proving trade, however, renders it unnecessary to bring the question to an issue. The necessity for emigration is diminished, and therefore the application of the public money to that purpose (at all times reprehensible in our minds) is be come less urgent. And now we shall merely put it to the country gentlemen, as they are called, whether they would have the heart, even if they were allowed, to ruin these opening prospects of British prosperity, by rendering bread unat tainable to the manufacturing poor at a rea sonable price ? Were these the promises they held out, when they sanctioned the contracting of that debt, the weight of which, they must have known full well, would bear so heavily upon the country ? No : they talked then of " expend ing their last guinea, and shedding the last drop of their blood," in the just and necessary war! We have heard that Mr. Canning would not be sorry were the Corn Bill to fail, because such failure would render those by whom it is opposed more hateful to the country. We do not believe the statement. It is a vulgar maxim of rustic policy, to let " the dog hang himself, by giving him rope enough :" and it were needless to render the Opposition more contemptible than it is, in reputation for talents, or principle.—Times. We readily insert an official reply, or a reply from authority, to the statement contained in our paper of Tuesday last, that Lord Liverpool had, with his own hand, characterised an application from the present Lord Londonderry for a pen sion "in the following terms :—" This is too bad." Now, without seeking.further for proofs of the accuracy of our statement, the reply which is put forth at once proves its truth ; for' the -•- • , reply acknowledges that an application was Made for the pension ; and then concludes in the fol lowing terms—That the applicant (Lord ton donderry) has, at this time, " no Government pension or emolument of any kind for his mili tary and diplomatic services !" Ye powers of absurdity !--if such powers there be—to what do ye conduct your subjects in this world of va nity ! The military and diplomatic services of Lord Londonderry ! As to his diplomatic ser vices at Vienna, all Europe rung with them ; and one vast military service is honourably blazoned in this reply to our statement, which impartiality obliges us to repeat here, though it be our own confusion. " Lord Londonderry is Colonel of the 10th Hussars, the expense of which exceeds the pay, allowances, and receipts." The reply' fur ther acknowledges Lord Liverpool to have " ad mitted the circumstances under which diplomatic pensions were granted," but still his Lordship will grant Lord Londonderry none! If this acknow ledgment, coupled with the fact with which we have coupled it, does not explain Lord Liverpool's idea of Lord Londonderry's diplomatic services, ard his claims upon the nation on the score of them, nothing that we can say can contey the necessary explanation. We only hope that Mr. Canning Wiil remove another such warrior and diplomatist whom we could mention, and reward his services in like manner.—lbid. • The New Opposition, under the government of Sir Thomas Lethbridge, have been placed in rather a critical position, by the excessive ambi tion of that distinguished individual. 'We cau tioned some of Sir Thomas's party, in the other House, on a point of which they did not seem to be aware, namely, - that it was much easier to say stupid and abusive things, than to find patient listeners to them. Poor Sir .Thomas, not aware of this important point, • opened last night with questions of an hour length, fresh as ever and in fine feather. To the Right Hon. the Chancel lor of the Exchequer he addressed himself; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer, after gently correcting his misrepresentation of former pro ceedings, frankly stated, once for all, " If I any called upon by a regular motion according to re gular Parliamentary forms, I will afford every explanation which may be required ; but, I re peat; that I must refuse to answer questions pro posed in any other manner. We ought now to know, too, what is the Opposition we have to encounter, and who is to be its leader--if the Hon. Baronet is not the Phoenix alone of that Opposition, I challenge him now to find his compeer." The Hon. Baronet, so pushed, was obliged to announce - something like such a regular onslaught ; and declared with chivalrous boldness, that " he should not wait till he was assured of the co-operation of others." With becoming modesty, he added, that " if he was not joined by others in an endeavour to effect such an object, he, for one, would take it for a melancholy sign of the time t s h .' is ' No doubt Sir Thomas, f or H eaven i n its good ness has endowed a thick- s -d Somersetahire Squir e ‘ o i r tl t i jo a n ctoontfihdoenwcaeoitn of fis suchown e wisdom, ofidene s e tr e on4 rta in i t , inreod , portion by others. Mr. Brougham's - allusion to th e serv i ce of Sunday last, regretting that it had not " pleased Divine Providence to endue all the Nobility of realm with grace and wisdom, and understa n di ng , " was exceedingly relished by the House.--Morning Chronicle. The improvement in the state of trade through out the country, and more especially in the ma nufacturing districts, has, as we anticipated, led to an adjournment of the Emigration Projecit. The Chancellor of the Exchequer observeAllast night, in answer to a question put to hiln by Mr. M axwe ll, ~ I am happy to say, that 'according to all the reports we have had from the country, and particularly the manufacturing districts, there has been a visible, sensible, and growing im provement in the state of trade ; so much so, that I am informed, though wages are not high, there is no want of work, and that almost all the willing hands are in employment. ' Such are the reports that have been made to his Majesty's Government, and similar ones have reached the. Committee of Relief." After noticing that the recommendation of the Emigration Committee Was a deviation from a general principle, which the urgency of the case could alone justify, Mr; Canning proceeded to observe, " His Majesty's Government will adhere to that principle now,' the pressing urgency which might have taiken these instances out of the general rule Having passed away."--Some observations were after wards made by several Members, on the nature of the improvement, and the future prospects of the working population. Mr. J. Wood (of Preston) observed, " That as long as the exist ing system of currency continued, he was afraid the manufacturing districts would be always sub ject to something like an intermittent fever. The periods of prosperity would be followed by fre quentlyr recurring intervals of sull enness an d dis- . ss.' ' We h ave only to obser ve , th at we are tress." not aware that under any system of currency, there will not be constantly recurring periods of distress in the country. We know of no means . by which an 'industrious ccanmunity can be se cured against the vicissitudes of trade. When there is a demand for an article, every man wishes to avail himself of it, employs all the hands h