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ON CHURCH ESTABLISHMENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The important reforms recently effected in the civil and political institutions of the country, have awa kened deep and anxious inquiry into its politico-ecclesias tical establishment. Resistance to the payment of tithes and Church rates, has increased. Memorials have been addressed to his Majesty's Government, urging an entire separation of Church and State. In Scotland, meetings, numerously and respectably attended, have been held, a t Which resolutions, strongly condemnatory of the unholy alliance, have been passed, while a Magazine, expressly devoted to this subject, circulates 3,000 copies monthly. All these are signs of the spirit of the times—Toryism professes to despise them—but, if they are despicable, why are the clerical meetings avowing attachment to the Church? Or why the petitions for Chureh Reform, ema nating from them from whose lips the word Reform never came before, but with the smile of contempt ? Why the pamphlets daily issuing from the press, in defence, not of the articles, but of the endowments of the Church ? And are not all these things symptomatic of churchmen's con viction, that their craft is in danger, that " the temple may be despised, and her magnificence destroyed ?" Under these circumstances, on the one hand impressed with the feeling that this excitement originates with many in partial views of the subject, and, unsustained by the knowledge of principles, cannot effect its object; and fearing, on the other, that the bold assertions of pamphlet eering Bishops and bullying Editors, may impose o❑ the credulity of the uninformed, I bur..bly solicit a portion of your valuable columns for a few letters on this topic, Which, daily growing in interest, will sink all minor dif ferences and complaints, and become the great matter of controversy between the friends and the foes of liberal Opinions and institutions. The question at issue is a tremendously-important one ....whether religion is to depend for its existence and ex tension in our country on the native purity and strength of its doctrines—the convictions and efforts of its adhe rents. It is not shall the State Church undergo some modifications in its doctrines—shall the number of its Bishops be diminished, and their revenues equalized— shall pluralities be prohibited, and the residence of the clergy be enforced—shall a general registration be enacted, and Dissenters he allowed to be married by their own ministers; reforms such as these might once have satis- fied Dissenters—they now come too late. Demands increase with the denial of conceived rights, and con cessions made to the force of public opinion, possess not the value nor yield the satisfaction of concessions made to the justice of public feeling. The demand accordingly is cot for bit-by-bit reforms. These will be received with the gratitude they deserve; hut it is not to be disguised that they will not meet fully the desire that the clergyman should live by them for whom he professes to live. Nor let it be thought that we wish to destroy the church properly so called. V We are indeed so represented as engaging in an unholy crusade. We protest against the calumny —a calumny which is often reiterated as a spell to excite pious passion and prejudice againstn iquiry, and yet a calumny which is totally unfounded. It would be true if the Chartered church and the Christian church were iden. tical. But it is not so—the Church of England possesses no monopoly of religious character ; and if to-morrow stripped of her temporalities, would not in such a fall involve the destruction of the true church. That rests on higher authority, and is shielded by a greater power than can be influenced by human arrangements ; and therefore would the Church of England, as a part of the true church—as a community of the faithful as a means of imparting religions instruction--b e firm as ever. For the good she has done in this light we venerate her, and wish to see her usefulness increased, but not at the ex pense of others. Let her priesthood live in the sympathies and be dependant on the generosity of their disciples alone, and their instructions will be more efficient and their s uccess more marked. Let us hear, then, no more of the cry—" Save the church—the church is in danger." The Church of England, considered as a section of the church universal, is no more in danger now than when her faint hearted friends, or hypocritical supporters, raised the signals of distress at the granting of Catholic emancipation, or on the repeal of the Test Acts: and though the last relic of her invidious superiority were now cast off, if strong in principle before, she would be as vigorous still. But then our sensibilities are appealed to, and we are called to think of the misery produced by the overthrow of the establishment among its pious and diligent ministers. And has it come to this, that that Church which, ac cording to its supporters, comprehends the great mass of the wealth, and learning, and respectability of England, could not, or would not, support those who officiate at her altar? What withering blight has passed over gene rous Old England, that her wealthy intelligent sons would not maintain in decent circumstances the guides of reli gious opinion, while the Dissenters, poor and insigni ficant as they are represented to be, contrive to give a comfortable subsisten ce to their Ministers? Or what influence has been at work in the ministrations of the priests, that they have not inspired a more generous spirit into the minds of their hearers, but that, as soon as deprived of their chartered incomes, they would be thrown destitute on Society? It is vain to deny it, that the ap- peal, however strong, when made to tender-hearted people, is unfounded ; and sure we are, from what we know of England's generosity, that while the members of its Church, reduced to a VOLUNTARY CHURCH, would place none of their Bishops amid the splendour and pageantry of Lambeth, or continue to the mitred Head of Durham his princely fortune, they would not permit the humblest of their Curates w starve, or to eke out a miserable sub sistence by the service of three or four congregations, if be but faithfully and affectionately performed his duty to them. Englishmen can appreciate labour, and feel kind. ness, and reward them too. But it seems that we wish to rob these individuals of their possessions to enrich ourselves; that the great object of all the present agitation is to obtain a share of the " loaves and fishes ;" and that if Government threw a sop to Cerberus, his barking and snarling would cease. Sir, are we to judge of the character of those who make such representations by their judgment of others; and to be lieve an account of the prominence which they say the temporalities have in Dissenters' minds, that the " loaves and fishes" are ever present in their visions by night, and their dreamy reasonings by day? They who seek to main tain undivided possession of the wealth and endowments of the Church, should hardly accuse those who are anxious to be free from its burdens, and least of all should they accuse them of selfishness, if even they sought a share of the secular blessings, in case some one more honest than polite, should whisper—" Physician, heal thyself." We have formed, however, a higher estimate of both parties, tha n to entertain such an opinion of either. Many churchmen are conscientiously contending, not from self interest, but th e conv i ct i on t h at w i t h t h e preservat i on o f the Chu rc h of England are bound up the morality and the edrution of th e peop l e; and among Dissenters is there a decided hostility to all pecuniary grants hereafter, and a growing desire that even the little which is allowed as a regium donun t to som e of their brethren should be with drawn, as a slur on their independence, and drawback on their influence. And we doubt n o t th a t if G overn . moot proffered its p ecu niarysupport, it wou ld b e a l mos t unanimously reje c t e d by Dissenting that by its acceptan ce they Ministers, convinced would be shorn of their strength—the veneratio n and the confidence of their people. In fine, look, say the advocateswh or) religion, leagued for their re ChurchEstabl sir ments, to the character of those all and men of destruction,—infidels who deny every shade of religious opinion. ki anted that infidels, feeling r.ggrieved by the exactions of an endowed system, are auxiliaries in its overthrow, --but should such a fact militate against the p rinci p le itse lf? Truth i s inde pendent of the character of those by whom it is defended or assailed; and though the moral conduct of men may be adduced as a collateral argument for the moral ten dencies of their opinions, yet are these opinions to be judged of by other tests; and, therefore, though infidels were found in the ranks of the foes of endowments only, it could not disprove the justice of their cause, more than the fact tbat bad men have fought, for freedom sullies its lustre, or weakens its foundations. Of course such men are only united with Dissenter s, and nothin g but pure and undefiled religion" impelled the Cavaliers in their strug g l e f or t h e a ltar and the throne ; and among those who in our R e p res entative House stickle for Church an d St a t e , th ere are none of infidel principles or practice, but all are honourable Christian men. But Without retaliating, although the field is open and tempt ing enough, is the fact so? In Scotland, the societies Which have been organized on this matter, exclude all but evangelical men ; and we doubt not that when a great movement takes place in England, similar terms of mem bership will be adopted. Having thus referred to some of the objections which are pretty current, and which have no bearing on the merits of the question, but on its entertainment, we c onclude the present letter with the hope that it may he the means of drawing the attention of your readers to a Subject so big with importance, and in which, as the subject of an impending struggle, every Englishman— C hurchman or not—should be well informed, and well c onvinced._l am, Sir, yours, &c. SAGITTARIUS. LITERATURE. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE APART FROM TAXATION. BY DANIEL WAKEFIELD, JUN., ESQ. Did we not know to the contrary, we should have been inclined to pronounce, from the in ternal evidence in this book, that it was written by the author of " England and America." The turn of thought in both is the same, the materials they use are often the same, and many of the objects they have in view appear to be the same. There is, however, one important distinction be tween the two writers. The author of " Eng land and America" has evidently thought more upon his subject than the author of " Public Expenditure" has upon his. The volume be fore us has the appearance of having been wiitten because the author's feelings were strongly excited by the materials he had collected in his portfolio. Let us endeavour to give the reader some idea of the author's thoughts. He consi ders expenditure not with a view to the taxation which must be imposed on the people in order to supply it, but with a view to its larger effects for good and for evil, whether it be too low or too high. In the first part of his book he contends that the pay of soldiers, of sailors, of the new police, and the inferior clergy, is too low. We must say we doubt whether the pay of soldiers or of the new police be too low, considering the advantages of certainty of employment, clothing, lodging, food, &c., they enjoy. We cannot either go the whole length the author does in what he says respecting the consequences of the present rate of pay received by sailors. That it is too low in time of war must be Omitted, from the degree of difficulty experienced in then obtaining men ; but a part of this difficulty has arisen from the arbitrary and oppressive conduct of the boys who have been placed in comtnand over them—conduct encouraged, if any thing, by the gross corruption which has, after the most flagrant acts of de linquency, procured pardons, and even fresh emoluments for their perpetrators. The adoption of a more humane system of discipline will, no doubt, save us much of the expense which it would be otherwise necessary to go to, in order to bring about the abolition of impressment, and enable us to prevent our sailors from de serting to America. Upon the subject of the too low pay of the inferior clergy there can hardly be a second opinion. In the last and larger portion of his work, Mr. Wakefield enters upon the wide field of the evils of excessive pay. The following observa tions on our diplomatic appointments will afford the reader a fair sample of the style of the work : " Although a man have now and then become an ambassador by means of ability or industry, the representa tives of the nation, in foreign countries, are mostly taken from the aristocracy, with little or no reference to the qualifications of the person appointed. Indeed, with very few exceptions, it has been the practice to make diploma tists of the younger branches, and often of the heads of the richest and most powerful families in the kingdom. In many cases these persons have possessed princely for tunes, and very few of them have not been intimately con nected with peers powerful in the commons, or with commoners of large possessions in land or in the funds. Again, the age of a diplomatic servant has never been considered a matter of importance. A raw youth, or a decrepid man of seventy, is squally eligible to many posts to which large salaries are attached. The consequence of proceeding thus in choosing functionaries has been, that their appointments have been looked upon by the Govern ment as a useful means of supporting itself at home, rather than as a means of efficiently performing the task of pro tecting the interests of England in foreign countries. * Being brother to an Earl is a better qualification to be an envoy extraordinary, with many thousands per annum, than the most intimate acquaintance with the language, history, or existing relations of a particular country. Being an Earl, if the Earl's friends be in power, is a better claim to an important embassy than having unrivalled and universal knowledge ; and being a Duke is a title to re present England in any part of the world, that must pre vail, be its possessor as devoid of merit as the pummel of his diamond-hilted sword. 'What, then, it may be na turally asked, is the occupation of English ambassadors, and of ministers extraordinary and plenipotentiary ? • * The only subject, indeed, respecting which he is called upon to exercise discretion, is in affording protection to his countrymen abroad. Even of this pertion of his duties, however, the most troublesome part falls on the subor dinates. If in case of ill-treatment of British subjects by a foreign government, an application for assistance be made, an ambassador merely decides whether the complaint shall he listened to or not. The secretaries of the em bassy refuse or afford the protection demanded, so that the chief of a diplomatic mission has, in reality, little to do beyond going to court and keeping open a good house. Hence the splendour and profusion of an ambassador's establishment in foreign countries is proverbial. In the large towns of Pat is, Petersbuigh, and Vienna, our diplo matic servants vie with the first people of the country in luxury of all kinds; and in the small towns, such as Naples, Florence, and Genoa, they live more splendidly than the King to whom they are accredited. The portion of time occupied in rendering service for the enormous s ilaries which enable English diplomatists to live in this way, is, in reality, next to nothing. The most important business generally transacted by them, is taking care to have the most brilliant equipage, the best kitchen, the best wine, and the prettiest oanseuses of the country in which they reside. Writing to Paris for a new cook is a grave morning's work for many a minister plenipotentiary from his Britannic Maj,sty. * Generally a man who displays knowledge, quickness, prudence, assiduity, and zeal in transacting business, can manage to support his own dignity, and that of his employers, without extrava gance or waste. But the chief business of English di plomacy is ostentation ; the practice of an art in which two and two do not always make four. The supporters of this system maintain that the dignity of England is better upheld by keeping a retinue of servants, giving large parties, and travelling with a suite of carriages, than by die playing the qualities remarkable in American diplomatists. An English ambassador, they say, had better cut a dash in an inn-yard, and rival Russian slave-owners in the estima tion of French postboys, than render real services for his princely pay. * * * ' What is the cause of negligence, ex travagance, and cupidity, in our diplomatic servants ? It can be nothing but enormous emolument, or in other words, disproportion of pay to service. There can scarce be a doubt, that if the salaries of ambassadors were dif ferent, the receivers would be chosen from a different class o f soc i ety ; t h at if t h ey were pa id no more t h an Franklin w as p a id, t h ey wou ld b e f ruga l, i n d us t r i ous men oconducted business, and English diplomacy might, perchance, be lik e that cf America. If hundreds were sub witted f or thousands, if the salary was in the ratio of the There i s scarce townt service, the a places would cease t o b e o bj ec t s o f am biti on among s t a nobility, ocean, thtt not on whom t e continent t n a e s n t b , been , justly a j r u o s c t k ly in sa t i h d e , if afford th em prov i s i on i n t h e s h ape o f a place.' the Engli s h res id ent at P ar i s, w h o does little mor e th an execute s u. order s th a t can b e sen t f rom London in a few hour re . paid at the s ame r at e a s m e n performing the same sort of b who would seek the place ? N si o n t es t s he in other departments, , half ruined brother r no asithock of a marquis , alieni a ppetens, sui prof, s jobbing Tory lord, not a g a mbler, who thinksi not th loosing five hu ndred at a sitti ng , but p prob a bl y a lg'of aln although a shre wd and careful man, like those wh o soad: rnirably represent the United States in all parts of the world." The following remarks upon the mo d e in which the legislative business of the country is performed, and its causes, have but too much foundation in justice : " Our mode of doing legislative business, however, must be a subject of pity or indignation, rather than of wonder, to those who reflect on the wide difference of character between the makers of English laws, and those for whom the laws are made. No intelligent man can feel surprised that the majority of the House of Commons does not sympathize, for instance, with the men of Man chester, Birmingham, Liverpool, or Leeds. These later are men of business, active, industrious, persevering, watchful, determined pursuers of profit; not given to idle speculations, nor distracted by attending to various sub jects, but filled full of one idea—that of employing capital so as to obtain the greatest possible return for it. The former, the men of the House of Commons, are fanciful theorists, or wild Irish, or dandies, or prodigals harassed by debts, or Nimrods, or clod-hopping persons, without even one idea, mixed up with some clever men who would make excellent jugglers—but how many are practical and safe men? That such an assembly should mismanage business, so as to inflict all kinds of injury on the country is not surprising. Except in cases where corruption makes them act in a particular way, they treat the affairs of the nation just as they treat their own affairs. The industry, knowledge, and capability which they bring to the consideration of their own concerns, being very little, and they being incapable of bringing more than they pos sess of these qualities to the consideration of public con cerns, it cannot be a matter of wonder that they behave as they do. But why do such persons become legislators? Because there is an extravagant expenditure. Tile sys. tematized profusion of the Government holds out tetnpta tions to men of all kinds to inflict their presence upon the Great Council of the nation, with almost a certainty of benefit to themselves, and with an absolute certainty of injury to every body else. The prodigality then, the dearness of the Government, is the mother of all the evils springing from careless, ignorant, and venal legislation. Who can describe or even number them ? The millions who suffer from antiquated institutions may answer, if they can. The agricultural labourer, who has become half peasant and half slave, from the operation of the corn and the poor laws, can show his wasted body. The over-worked and under-fed artizan in manufacturing towns has often told his tale of wretchedness. The voice of barbarous Ireland, hungry in the midst of plenty, has long ago been choked in blood. The struggle is vain, and the tight is hopeless, whilst the base lucre'of gain is a load stone to the House of Commons, attracting all who have sense enough to know that having something is better than having nothing. " The correctness of this estimate of the Lower House of Parliament will be proved by a cursory review of the proceedings during the Session which has just ended. During that period the great defect of the reformed House, already noticed, its not being a deliberative assembly, has been prominent on every occasion. The only rule of action has been confidence, blind confidence in the Mi. nistry. Proofs of the existence of this principle were seen in the general tone and behaviour of our reformed legislators, in every measure decided upon, and in the mass of business postponed in compliance with the desires of the Government. During the whole of the Session a disinclination even to bear any but Ministerial speakers was remarkable ; to which was added, an extraordinary readiness to believe in the promises of the Ministers, at all times and upon all subjects. " This predisposition on the part of the House being its only guide, caused it to choose a Tory President, because the Ministers said they should like to have one—to pass the Coercion Bill on the faith of the promise of a complete Irish Church Reform—to behave with ludicrous absurdity respecting the malt tax, when left to themselves for only a day—to approve first of a loan of fifteen millions to the planters, and then of a gift of twenty millions, both these very different measures being Ministerial—to shout for the principle of the 147th clause of the Irish Church Bill, and then shout for the abandonment of that clause—to be contented with a promise from Ministers respecting mili tary flogging and the assessed taxes—to put off business respecting which more than a hundred notices for next Session appeared as soon as the last one bad closed—and last, but not least—to truckle to the House of Lords, contrary to the wishes of the intelligent bulk of the nation. Reference to only a portion of the conduct of the Govern ment will show that this blind confidence was ill placed !" We must confess that we are more inclined to make allowances for the difficulties with which Ministers have been surrounded during the last two years, than Mr. Wakefield appears to be ; but the Government may be assured, that his sentiments are the sentiments of many, and that unless they rely more upon the people, conciliate more the people, feed them and trust them expectation of support from the Tories is mere folly, and from the Whigs in the House of Com. mons, independently of the people, little less.. Both the House of Commons and the Ministry have yet to learn what a general election under the Reform Bill will be in the hands of a disap pointed nation. We understand that Mr. Galt intends 'to pro-. ceed to Canada in the spring, or early in the summer. The reason for his departure is, we regret to say, conti nued indisposition, which prevents Mr. Galt from attending to literary pursuits or any business in this country, and be hopes that the change of climate will be serviceable to him. Sir Charles Flint expired on Sunday, at his house in Bolton-street, Piccadilly, of a paralytic affection and water in the chest, in his tS6th ye Ir. Sir Charles was trustee under Mr. Thelluson's will, which gave rise to so much litigation, until an act of the Legislature put an end to the contention. BRISTOL TIIEATRICALS.—Mrs. Alacready has taken the Bristol theatre for a short season, and will open it in a few days. A most excellent company has been engaged, amongst whom is our old favourite John Gardi ner, who, during the latter part of poor Kean's career, was so eminently successful at the Richmond theatre. FESTIVITIES AT WYNYARD HOUSE.--The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry have been entertaining a numerous party of distinguished friends, at their seat near Durham. Saturday last was the birth day of the Marchioness, whe❑ her Ladyship completed her 34th year, on which occasion a grand dinner was given, covers being laid for sixty. Amongst the com pany present were—the Duke of Rutland, Earl of Eglington, Lord and Lady Howden, Lord and Lady Ravensworth, Lord Castlereagh, Sir F. Trench, Captain and Hon. Mrs. Emily Wortley, Captain and Hon. Mrs. Trotter, Captain Remick, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Trevor, Captain Wood, &c. The principal saloon, which has recently been splendidly re-decorated, was thrown open. A ball terminated the festivities of the day. The guests were to remain some days, when French plays and other entertainments were to be got up for their amusement. We mentioned last week a report, derived through a source which we thought entitled to credit, that letters had been received from Miss F. Kemble signed by her married name, Mrs. Butler. We can now state posi tively, on the best authority, that she is not yet married, and that she will ❑ot be married to Mr. Butler until the expiration of all her engagements in America, in June next. Letters to that effect have been received from Mr. C. Kemble, dated near the middle of December, and in them it is also said, as we are informed, that Mr. C. Kemble has made up his mind to return to England in the approaching summer, and not to remai❑ for another year in the United States.—Morning Chronicle. LONGEVITY AT HELSTON.—We last week mentioned the ages of six persons who attended a funeral at He!stop, and which amounted to 500 years. We are informed there are in the poor-house at that place 12 men paupers whose united ages amount to 968 years ; and also 12 women, whose united ages amount to to 918 years,— making together 1,886 years for 24 persons, the youngest of whom has attained her 70th year.-- West Briton. GODOLPIIIN, OR THE OATH.—A contem porary styles this powerful novel " the season's finest and most flourishing production:" but this opinion has been echoed by critics in general. Be it remembered, we were among the first to testify to the high genius which pervades almost every page. Who the author is has nut been, and probably never will be, discovered. In the preface to the new edition, he remarks :—" I see the principle and moral of this book slowly working their way. To tell truth of one period is to prophecy the events of the next. Adieu, reader !—would'st thou see me unmasked, thou must come behind the scenes of this world ; and when the lamps are out, and the curtain dropped, thou shalt know me for what I am." LOADUTONES.—During a recent course of experiments at the Museum at Brussels, Professor Que. telet exhibited a loadatone of extraordinary and attractive power. This loadatone only weighs 27 kilogrammes, but can support 196, more than seven times its weight. The Professor stated that the loadatone previously supposed to possess the greatest power was in London, which, how ever, could only bold a weight of 50 kilogrammes (1001 b.) —Athenceum. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. be i ce ref' ARRIVALS. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, from Grafton. street, for Strathfieldsaye ; the Earl and Countess of Shrews bury, and Lady Mary Talbot, from Stanhope-street, for Alton Tower; Mr. and Mrs. Broadhead, from Berkeley-square, for Windsor; Lord Burghersh, from Hyde-park-terrace, for Brighton; Count and Countess de Salis, for ditto; Viscount and Viscountess Bollingbroke, and the Hon. Misses St. John for ditto; Sir Frederick Foulke, Bart., for ditto; the Misses Penruddocke, for ditto; Lord and Lady Southwell, and the Hon. Misses Southwell, for ditto; W. J. Drydale, Esq., M.P., for Mereville-hall, near Atherstone ; H. Walterton, Esq., at the Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street, frem Prestage-house, Bucks; K. Macaulay, Esq., at ditto, from Ripton Priory; Major M‘Mullin, at ditto, from Brighton ; Colonel Thomas, at ditto, from Dover; M. Thompson, Esq., and Mrs. T., at ditto, from Dover. DEPARTURES. Captain Cary, Ist or Royal Regiment, and Mrs. Cary, from the Blenheim Hotel, for Worcester; J. G. Micklethwaite, Esq., Miss M., and Captain M., from ditto, for his seat in Hamp shire; NV. Lambert, Esq., from ditto, for Woodmanstan, near Epsom; W. Lambert, Esq., sen., from ditto, for Oxford; J. Pitt, Taylor, Esq., from ditto, for ditto ; T. Evans, Esq., from ditto, for ditto; J. Franks, Esq., from ditto, for ditto; Captain Jebb, from ditto, for Cheltenham; W. Watson, Esq., Mrs. W., and the two Misses W , from ditto, for Brighton ; A. French, Esq., from ditto, for Dublin ; Patrick O'Flannagan, Esq., from ditto, for his seat, county of Galway ; J. Murphy, Esq., from ditto, for Dublin. FROM LAST NIGhT'S GAZETTE. THE PAVILION, BRIGHTON, JAN. 17, 1834. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Lieutenant-General Henry Bayly, Military Knight Grand Cross of the Roy al Hanoverian Guelphic Order. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 21. MEMORANDUM. The half_pay of the under-mentioned Officers has been can celled from the, 21st instant, inclusive, upon their accepting a commuted allowance for their commissions:— Lieut. W. Hatch, half-pay New Brunswick Fencibles. Lieut. C. W. Webster, half.pay 46th Foot. Lieut. W. C. Sharp, half-pay Royal Waggon Train, and Adjutant 4th East York Local Militia. Ensign A. Wilkinson, half-pay Canadian Fencibles. Lieut. W. F. Archdall, half-pay Royal West India Rangers. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Durham. R. Wright, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 10. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of the County of York, and of the City and County of the City of York. Z. Benyon, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 11. 2d Regiment of West York Militia. G. Bury, Gent., to be Ensign, Oct. 11. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Dorset. Dorset Regiment of Militia. J. Fcaver, Gent. to be Ensign, vice G. Gould, promoted. Nov. 5. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Stafford, Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry. R. Peel, Esq., to be Captain, vice E. Peel, promoted, Jan. 14; T. Chawner, Gent., to be Cornet, Jan. 1. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE BANASTRE PIX, pawnbroker, Liverpool, to surrender Feb.s and March 4, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Hall, Bishop : and Mouirlyan, Great James-street, Bedford row, London ; Neal, Liverpool. JOHN HANSON, THOMAS WARDLEY, JOHN LINN, JOHN FIELDING, THOMAS FIELDING, JAMES FIELDING, JOHN MELELEU, GEORGE TAYLOR BUTTERWORTH, and HENRY BARNES, calico-printers, Tottington Lowerend, Lancashire, Feb. 13 and March 4, at eleven, at the Commercial Inn, Bolton. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford row, London; Walker, Preston. DANIEL BATEMAN HOLE, victualler, Brixton, Jan. 29, at eleven, and March 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Tadhunter, Bermondsey-street, Southwark. JOHN WRIGHT and JAMES WRIGHT, ship.chandlers, Limehouse-hole, Poplar, Jan. 27, at half-past eleven, and March 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, King's Arms.yard, Coleman.street, official assignee ; Braham, New Inn, Strand. HERBERT CROFT RYLAND, victualler, Goswell-street, Jan. 29, at two, and March 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bank. ruptcy. Carlon, Chancery-lane. THOMAS DUCKWORTH, calico-printer, Manchester, Feb. 3,4,, and March 4, at one, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, Lon don ; Walker and Jesse, Manchester. R'JBERT SPRINGETT, hop merchant, Saint Margaret's l El'4 Southwark, Jan. 31, at three, and March 4, at one, at the Co ort of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall st.zeet ; Gresham and Miller, Castle-street, Holborn. THOMAS ASHBURNER, grocer, Manchester, Feb. 4 and March 4, at two, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester, Norris, Allen, and Anthony, Great Ormond-street, London ; Norris, Manchester. ALEXANDER WILLIAM MILLS, law stationer, Ca , rey_street, Lincoln's In Feb. 1 and March 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Holme, Frampton, and Loftus, New Inn; Cannan, L9thbury, official assignee. JAMES WANSELL, dealer in musical instruments, How land-street, Fitzroy-square, Feb. 4 and March 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Williams, Quality-court, Chancery lane ; Clark, official assignee, St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street. LOUIS GARDIE, importer of foreign goods, Leicester square, Feb. 7, at half-past twelve, and March 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee; Hoppe, Sun-court, Cornhill, London. WILLIAM DURRANT, brewer, Lindfield, Sussex, Jan. 30 and March 4, at four, at the Star Inn, Lewes, Sussex. Blaker, Lewes; Stowton, Great James-street, Bedford.row, London. DIVIDENDS. J. Leeson, hosier, Nottingham, Feb. 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Z. Pulhrook, bootmaker, Great Sur rey-street, Blackfriars-road, Feb. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy— W. R. W. King, wholesale tin-plate-worker, Hosier-lane, West Smithfield, Feb. 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T. Cocks, oilman, Little Lant-street, Southwark, Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. Nicholls and G. Nicholls, coal-merchants, Upper Thames-street, Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Robinson, buil der, Park-place, Paddington, Feb. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—Z. Delcroix, milliner, New Bond-street, Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Kenton, linen_ draper, High-street, Poplar, Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Greenacre, grocer, Old Kent-road, Southwark, Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—A. Bruce, J. Brown, and G. Scott, army clothiers, London, Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy--J. Turney and W. Bates, merchants, Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire, Feb. 13, at three, at the White Lion Inn, Halifax—J. Finlayson, merchant, Liverpool, Feb. 14, at twelve, at the George Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool— J. Thurtell, commission-agent, Great Yarmouth, Feb. 11, at six, at the office of Mr. Edmund Iteeve Palmer, Regent-street, Great Yarmouth—J. Tucker, victualler, Lymington, South ampton, Feb. 28, at one, at the Crown Inn, Lyndhurst—R. Maynard, wine.merchant, Durham, Feb. 2S, at eleven, at the Queen's Head Inn, Durham—A. Wright, currier, Louth, Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Crown and Woolpacks Inn, Louth—T. Cooke, brass founder, Birmingham, Feb. 11, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—B. Hobbs, coal-merchant, Red bridge, Southampton, Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Black Swan Inn, Winchester—T. Haywood, upholsterer, Manchester, Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, St. James's-square, Manchester—lt. P. Gibson, victualler, Manchester, Feb. 13, at twelve, at the Commissioners' Rooms, St. James's-square, Manchester—J. Hollingworth, ship-broker, Kingston-upon- Hull, Feb. 19, at eleven, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon- Hull—S. Fereday, R. Smith, and J. Fisher, bankers, Bilston, Feb. 11, at eleven, at Dec's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—J. Charlesworth, merchant, Copley gate, Halifax, Feb. 13, at two, at the White Swan Inn, Halifax. CERTIFICATES.—FEB. IL 11. N. Powell, scrivener, Chipping Sudbury, Gloucester shire—T. Richards and J. Harwood, newspaper-proprietors, Fleet-street—B. Kent, innkeeper, Bungay, Suffolk—A. Isaacs, rag-merchant, Petticoat-lane, Spitalfields. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. and J. May, farmers, Gutteridge Hall, Weeley, Essex— W. and J. Spence, surgeons, Bedale, Yorkshire—C. E. Hanson and W. B. Rirnington, surgeons, Piccadilly—J. and H. Hodg son, wine -merchants, Poulton-in-the-Fylde, Lancashire—NV. and B. Harris, millers, Stoke Prior, Worcestershire—G. Shil libeer and W. Morton, stage-coach-proprietors, St. Alban's place, Edgware-road, Paddington—S. and F. Baxter, book sellers, Norwich—D. Brigstocke and Co., brick-manufacturers, Carmarthen—J. Hull and P. Bevan, coal-merchants, Milford_ lane, Strand--J. Smith and S. Douglas, coach-masters, Chris topher-street, Hatton-garden-1. Leech, sen., and I'. Leech, jun., carpenters, Southgate, Middlesex—S. Ginder and R. Ham_ mersley, manufacturers of earthenware, Lane Delph, Lanca shire—J. Woolliscroft and W. Heathcote, plumbers, Manches ter—T. and J. Robbins, farmers, Bulford, Wiltshire,—J. Scho field, sen., and Co., Itochdale and Manchester, as far as respects J. Consterdine—H. and R. Johnson, cabinet-makers, Colet-place, Commercial-road—C. and G. Rolls, brewers, Swansea, Glamor_ gan—D. G. Jackson and T. Burne, corn-chandlers, Dean's-row, Walworth-road—J. Horne and H. Braby, painters, Barbican— J. Nicholson and Co., linen-drapers, Cheltenham, Gloucester shire—A. A. Melville and Co., stockbrokers, Angel-court, Thrognaorton-street—J. Shepherd and 11. Shepherd, school_ mistresses, Chorfion-upon-Medlock, near Manchester—J. J. Rhodes and W. Showier, cordwainers, Spilsby, Lincolnshire —D. Bowly and S. Bowly, cheesefactors, Gloucester—J. Young and F. Young, tanners, Bramley, Surrey—G. Leighton and A. Leighton, bookbinders, Vineyard-gardens, Clerkenwell—E. B. Neill and T. Davies, printers, Chandos-street, Covent-garden— J. Butterworth, serf., and J. Butterworth, jun., cotton_spinners, Heyrod Mill, near Staley Bridge, Lancashire—T. Holden and Co., coach-masters, Mitcham, Surrey—C. Rogers and G. Rogers, coach-builders, Andover, Southampton. The Marquis of Tweedale's family have all had the meazles for the last month, which has made a sick house during the festive season. Even the lady of the mansion has not escaped. Happily all danger is now over. There were thirteen of them laid up at one time. FRENCH PAPERS OF MO,ONY. (From the Journal des Detects.) We have received through the journals of Bordeaux the 1 declaration of General Llander. We publish it, thoub we are not able to guarantee its authenticity : " B acelona, Dec. 26. " Senora,—The fidelity due to a Sovereign, and the love of my country, have never ceased to inspire me in all the vicissitudes of my career ; and in the various secondary posts I have filled, my responsibility has always been de pendent on that of those chiefs who had me under their orders ; but, called to occupy a higher post, I think my duty is changed, and in order to comprehend all the extent of the new responsibility which rests on me, I need only call to my recollection the approbation which I have re •eived from the Government for my foresight and my zeal, when I took upon myself the execution of the measures which, for several months, I was forbidden to adopt, and which measures were made subjects of attack against me to my Sovereign, and that at the very moment when the then President of the Council, the Duke de Baylen, gave me to understand that my foresight and formal resolution not to follow the orders which T received from the Ministry had saved this province, and secured the cause of Isabella 11. " It was thus that in the superior command of the in fantry I showed, in the midst of the most difficult cir cumstances, a foresight and a perseverance, the results of which can only be appreciated by the services which the admirable and valiant infantry have performed on critial occasion•, and which at this very moment again defends with a courage and discipline which all the nation acknowledges, the still unconsolidated throne of our inno cent Queen Isabella 11. " During a long time Viceroy of Navarre, and Captain• General of the Basque provinces, I was in a situation to appreciate all that the public and the Government con• sider for the general good and public stability in a legal system of representation, such as our ancient laws esta blished, with an equal respect for the rights of the throne and the rights of the nation,—the only element of pros perity and strength for a monarchy,—above all, in the actual state of knowledge and of civilization. Since then, as Captain-General of Arragon, and now of Catalonia, I could easily perceive that where the Welfare and security of the provinces depend on circumstances, and where it is often necessary to have recourse to the armed force, such a state of things cannot be durable, when public opinion ceases to support it. 4 , When I bad the honour to be called to kiss the hand of your august daughter, your Majesty designed to accord me the permission of writing freely that which I might consider good and useful, assuring me several times that all your desires and efforts tended to but one object-. the happiness of Spain. I replied to this permission of your Majesty by addressing to you all I thought susceptible of enlightening your conscience. But continued and re peated proofs have caused me to perceive that the frank and heroic sentiments of your Majesty are repressed by the counsels of some men, who, in studying arbitrary governments in foreign countries, have forgotten their own —forgotten the wants and the wishes of their country— have forgotten all that could secure the well-being of the administration you have confided to them, and thus betray the generous views of your Majesty. " Such, Senora, is the general opinion of which I ought not to allow your Majesty to be ignorant. I ought, on the contrary, to add, in the interest of your government, that the Ministry of Zea has arrived at such a point of unpopularity that its continuance menaces public ti an. quillity, and even the throne of Donna Isabella 11. " Civil war is afflicting Spain ; Spaniards are armed against Spaniards, and the Ministers, not contented with not having known how to spare this disaster to all the country, seem to regret still further that it has nut reached this province ; and their untimely decrees upon the altera tion of the ayuntamientos, which only reckoned eight or tea months' existence, and other decrees proceeding as well from the Ministry of the Interior as the other departments, permit them to be accused of a conspiracy against the tranquillity which this province is enjoying amidst so many convulsions, and against your Majesty, who is compromised with all the nation in this struggle as it were to snatch from your subjects the very hope of a happier future, and one more just than the past, which they hove supported for so many years, notwithstanding the heroic sacrifices which this loyal nation, worthy of a better fate, made for an im prisoned King, for an abdicated crown, and for its inde pendence, its religion, its laws, its privileges, and the im mense renewed efforts of our day, with a heroism and a generosity which placed their trust in that dawn which was made to shine forth by the first acts of your Majesty's Government. " The Spanish nation forget that the late King, to annul all the nation had done in its struggle, and to oblige it to place itself under his sceptre, after having gained her own conquest without a King, betrayed as she had been, and delivered up to a foreign Power to please a Minister—the nation, I say, cannot forget that the late King promised her solemnly by his ordinance of the 4th of May, 1823, that the Spaniards should not be deceived in their expec tations; that be detested a despotism which the light and civilization of the age no longer permitted ; that in order to hinder the caprices of the rulers from overthrowing again, or betraying the throne, he had decided to maintain alike, on the one side, the dignity and prerogatives of the Crown, and on the other, the rights of the people, which are equally inviolable ; to consult the procurators of Spain and of America, and to assemble the Cortes in the fcrin and i❑ the same manner in which his ancestors had done before him ; that at the same time that the Royal inviola bility would be firmly assured by laws which should gua rantee order and public tranquillity, guarantees should he given for the good administration of the taxes, which cost so much toil and trouble to the contributaries, and that those taxes should no longer be arbitrarily fixed by a mi nister, but regulated and discussed in general Cortes of the kingdom ; that these same Cortes should make and promulgate the laws which should establish the rights of Spain ; and, lastly, that all the nation should see he did not wish to be a despot and a tyrant, but indeed the King and father of the Spaniards. " The promises of Kings are sacred, Madam ; their accomplishment ought to be infallible, like that of the prophesies of divinity. This is why I and the nation, who will ❑ot attempt to demand anything which is not due, and has not been promised to us, do recall to your mind, with hearts full of bitterness, such solemn declarations, which came from the mouth of our King at the 'moment he was receiving, irons our hands, a crown reconquered by the blood of a million of men. " The will of the deceased King, which is revered by the nation, has proclaimed Donna Isabella 11. Queen ; but where neither King Ferdinand has abolished the decree of 1814, nor the nation renounced the rights which for her are the results of that decree, and the very principle of which is so closely connected with the very rights of the Queen minor, who could have dared, without being mad, to advise your Majesty to follow the steps you have been walking in up to the present day, and what responsibility does not weigh upon the perfidious counsellors who have given room to distinguished writers in Europe, to Mar. tignac and others, to consign to history this failing of a Royal and sacred promise? " The existence of the throne of the Queen minor is, I repeat, bound up with the accomplishing of the promises of the late King ; for no one will be able to think that 15 long years of minority can pass on, resting upon anything so frail as a power without responsibility ; we, in particular, who have before us the shameful treaty of 1808, and the diabolical intrigue of La Granga in 1832. And what happens this very day, and all that has happened for 25 years past, ought to convince your Majesty that, if there are now its Spain fanatics and malcontents of every opinion (as happens in all classes and in all countries), it is in the immense majority of the nation, with the knowledge she has received from circumstances, that the surest support of the throne of your royal daughter is to be found, whom just and sage laws will soon deliver from the attacks of usurpation. It is because these laws have failed, and that the state of things has been disacKnowledged, as well as the wants of the different populations, that the nation has bad to traverse this long period of disasters and ca lamities. " Your Majesty has been told that you have not, as Regent, the right to innovate, and that you ought to transmit to your daughter the government such as you received it; but that is only a pretext to consecrate at bi_ trary power and to perpetuate abuses. " But can they call innovation the convocation of Cortes, when the gravity and the complication of public athirs call imperiously for this measure, which is pre scribed fundamentally by the ancient laws of the monarchy ? To those who would dare to speak thus to your Majesty the people will answer, that when the question was agitated of the sole interest of your august daughter, the convocation of the Co r t es w as no t regar ded as aninnova tion, but as an act in perfect conformity with the funda mental law. " Is it not an incontestable truth, Madam, that Spain is in want of an uniform legislation, and presents a mon strous ensemble, by the discord of the parties which com pose her? do not all the branches of the administration want an unity of action, which can alone be produced by capable men, but which will always be wanting, so long as the law which is promulgated one day can be revoked the next, at the will of ministerial intrigues? The Ministry, pre-occupied with its terrors for a - 01,r7 111 -~. !Waft 4, I letraentieism which tho nation t epulsee, tells us everyday atrairs to a good end ; and. intim I, iiat en li g hten e d men ,irt. s ee n . a id-to cotionet pito,: ir t naming a greet many commissions to realizes the ameliorations which it s troposes in the different public serve ices. But if this con currence of intellects is good an 1 profitable, why not e,tahlish legally this concurrence the necessity of which , eaks for itself? `I - ' Navarre, Madam, his its own. laws, with its Cortes " 1, ,a d : of yo 'o ur the least , infraction o . f ni 0f s to y tae t 'natal deputations, without its inhabitants ever con- West h refusing these same the laws which protect Can we attribute to the :! ntin g ' ' safety and property; of your kingdom, he genera. - o e t i ii n e t r en pr ti o t iolc. eti enfranchisemen , , e - decree of the 16th aw posterior to ti, --tiller because a I * - r , or as incapable of them from then. , May has withdrawn • t as they are km at rights as anciet. using with discernme, of -. ' want to live by all who do not ;11 not think it, prescriptible to the eyes Spanish nation w. ' , your Majesty, 'bus e s? N o; cer t a i n ly th e ;II the first acts o , for sh e h as b e f ore h er eyes st. of your daughter by filling which have assure d th e rights t this enthusiasm is; growing ill heat to with enthusiasm ;bu h taxes for so man, v years, . cold ; the people, overl a d en wit vould are beginning to lose the hop s that the dynasty . s:l _ ,t last take pity upon their situat ' ion, and the progros. v , : must at once supply 0, decrease of the resources which subsistence and the acquittal of put 'llic charges. ed for souse "The situation, Madam , if it is p rolong s of Donna months more, will do inure for the Isabella 11. than all the efforts of that pm arty, which has no iven to it. other importance than that which is g 'tate to embrace the " Besides, how many Spaniards hem cause of your daughter from the fear c f seeing the Pre cause chances w tender succeed legally to her, Oirough i when she scold may menace her existence up to the age the nation alon, be able to have another successor. It is those who have that can, united in Cortes, assure to a ll r your Alai . enty, compromised themselves in the caus e o, t to. die guarantees they - have so legitimate a rig. t the coat_ " The Minister Zea has done so muc h , , 'ha -1 . his acts "! parison is sad and even dangerous for him b.Mes, ag free and the promises of the Pretender , who it ofron wan- Cortes, with other advantages, and still furrier gi, tees. The province of Catalonia, Madam, does , no aspire to particular privileges, which are always odic U.), and contrary to the system of unity which forms. lc ' e strength of States. This has been said to instigate oafs to disorder ; but the heroic cot: duct of this province durinp, the bloody wars of NOS has plae.ed its patriotism above such a suspicion." The conclusion of the document, whic:.' we are compelled t to abridge, is as follows :-- " I consequently most respectfully implore your Majesty • to be pleased to order a change of Ministry, in conse quence of this sincere statement of a Spaniard pure and disinterested, who looks upon himself as identified with the fate of your Majesty and your august daughter. It is . in the conviction of the urgency of the circumstances, that he proposes the means which appear to him the most efficacious, to consolidate the throne of your august daughter. " That your Majesty be pleased to choose a Ministry which will inspire col plete confidence in the conutry ; that at the same time you i. .nruediately decree the convoca tion of the Cortes ; and that fou give to this assembly tot the three Estates, the powers and . the riAitude of whinh it has need in the present circumstances. " That your Majesty may deign to see in C 1.05 ex to position; a proof of my ardent and unalterable resolutioo do aft I can for the welfare of the throne. , ‘That all I demand may be done withou t delay. Lost time will be irreparable, and your Majesty has this only means of remedying the evil dispositions and measu,,•es already shown and dreaded. It is the only way of pre - venting far greater evils in time to come. " I conclude with giving to your Majesty the mesa sincere assurance of my resolution to preserve this pro vince, which is confided to me, in the fidelity which it owes to our innocent sovereign Donna Isabella II , whose life and happiness God preserve, &c., as I wish most sin cerely, 84 , -. " MANUEL LLANDER." wise THE UNKNOWN TONGUE.---(From the Chtlinsfurd Chronicle.)—lt is our painful duty to record an extraordinary instance of religious extravagance. One evening last week a meeting of the brethren and sisters of " the Church of the New Lights," in the parish of Chelms ford, took place for the purpose of considoring the slight progress which the Church made in numbers. As soon as they had met, the female " angel," „ s h e i s c oiled, set up a horrid scream, declaring that unbelievers wet,: the room. One of the brethren hereupon, it is said, put I'is hands into his pocket and walked off. The next step was' to discover what sin it was which prevented the increase of the Church. After a great deal of manoeuvring it was found that one of the brethren was making love to two of the sisters at the same time. The angel said the sin must be put away ; and she spoke, in an unknown tongue, eja culating " Zoro, z iro ! toro, toro !" till the house rang with the sounds. During this extraordinary exhibition there was great sobbing and weeping among the sister hood ; and the excitement at last became so great, and the noises so unearthly, that they gave the whole assembly a sybiline appearance. The thing ended, we understand, in the female angel forbidding the erring brother to marry one of the sisters. Several other meetings took place, at one of which the Lord's Supper was administered in a new way. We cannot but exp ress our s i nce re regret that respectable young femal es s h ou ld b e f oun d i n sub associa tions. A GIIOST.—The neighbourhood of Wins ford, near Middlewich, has, for the last three years, been disturbed by an apparition of rather a strange character, which in that part of the country is termed by the country folk " a Boggart." This apparition appeared in the shape of a naked man, generally at dusk, on the roads adjacent to Winsford, especially at those places where unmarried. females generally passed, sometimes three or four months intervening between the appearances of this much dreaded " boggart." At length the terror created by his appear ance so much scared the female part of the community, that they dared not to venture out of doors after dusk, and the alarm created amongst the people, induced a highly respectable gentleman, named Dudley, resident in the neighbourhood, to offer a reward of 101. to any person who would give such information as would lead to the detection of the imposter, for such certainly he deemed the ghost to he. On Saturday night, the 4th inst., be tween the hours of 11 and 12, a female servant at a beer house was washing the floor, in order to have the house clean against Sunday morning. All the family but herself were in bed, when she heard a gentle tapping at the win dow. There being no shutters, she lifted up her head, and to her terror and amazement there beheld the much dreaded " boggart," standing before the window. The terrified girl uttered a scream, and fell insensible on the floor. The noise awoke the master, who thought some person had been attempting to enter the house, and im mediately rising he ra❑ through the back door to the front of the house, where he came in contact with the appari tion, but being in no way daunted by his gbostsbip he seized him, when he said he had merely come for a glass of ale. The individual who bad been behaving in this disgusting and extraordinary manner, turns out to be a member of the Primitive Wesleyan Chapel in Winsford, and named George Barlow. Of course he was brought before the Magistrates, who regretted the law did not empower them to punish him further than by sending him to tile treadmill for three months. He is now undergoing that punishment at the Knutsford House of Correction.— Macclesfield Herald. SHOCKING DEMORALIZATION.-At the Bradford Petty Sessions, on Wednesday last, James Blakeley, an overlooker in the mill of Messrs. Margerison and Peekover, who has a wife and farni'y, was charged with having committed a rape upon Sarah Hutchinson, a little girl who worked in the same room that prisoner superintended. During the course of the investigation it transpired that the poor creature was pregnant. The conduct of Blak e l e y exc i te d th e greates t di sgus t in the Bench and spectators, as the girl, from her wan appear ance and diminutive size, did not appear to be more than ten or eleve n y e ars of ag e , though she was, in fact, he tween fourteen and fifteen. The charge of rape could not be substantiated, though it was admitted by the pri soner that he was the father of the child. Th e f e ll ow, after being severely reprimanded by th e B enc h, w h o ex pressed and inhuman their utmost conduct, was and discharged. aisbhcqrrgeend. T abhorrenc e of h h i e s brutal prisoner then made his exit amidst the hisses and disapprobation of the audience, which neither the presence of the Magistrates, nor the exertions of the peace-officers were sufficient to supp ress . When lie arrived at the top of the steps leading from the Magistrates' room into the yard, he had a more formidable tribunal to fasso than the one which he had left —namely, the crowd, who would have decided in a much more summary manner, ha-I he not, with much agility, leapt from the top of the stairs into the yard of the inn, whence he made his escape with the greatest swiftness up the road leading to Halifax, in stead of going into the town. The mob was much din. appointed by this, but a large number pursu-d him to a considerable di s t ance , w i t h t h e l ou d est s h ou ts and voci ferations. The little girl was removed by an order granted by the Magistrates to Leeds, the place of her settlement. It is due to Messrs. M. and P. to add, that they hive dis missed Blakeley from their employinent.—Leects Intel lifiencer.