The Sun. — London, England, 1834-12-19 00:00:00

fair trial" ...words of despondency—and candidly ad mits his own " distrust" of his "qualifications. His apprehensions will b e speed i ly realized. As he is pled g ed not to repeal the Reform Acts, the pseudo eformer w ill soon come to understand them better than again to advertise such quack medicines for the Church and State. —Morning Chronicle. The address of Sir Robert Peel to the electors of Tamworth appeared in our columns of yesterday with out note or comment, except merely a notice to direct public attention to the document. Before this time it has been eagerly read by Englishmen of all classes, and all 'varieties of public opinion, as far as the wings of the Press have carried it. Its merits as a literary composition, though great for the chasteness, perspicuity, and polished vigour of its style and dic tion, sink into comparative insignificance when com pared with its importance as a political document—a manifesto of the principles and intended course of policy indited by the Premier, and addressed, through the constituency of Tamworth, to the people of the British empire. In the early enunciation of its prin ciples, the new Administration has paid a proper de gree of deference to public opinion —w e mean that sober, enlightened, and constitutional public opinion, -which we never did, and never can confound with the voice of factious clamour and turbulent agitation. On Wednesday last we said—" the Ministry having been formed, in spite of the threatened convulsion which was to shake the kingdom to the centre, the public have a right to expect, that, with as little delay as possible, some opportunity will be taken to give the country a view of its intended course of policy. We do not say that a reasonable time ought not to be given to Ministers to mature their measures ; but if those mea sures be such as are likely to obtain hereafter the sup port of the country it will be for the advantage of Mi nisters to make them known as soon as possible." Now, although there is as yet no exposition of specific measures, the earliest opportunity has certainly been taken by the Premier to give an exposition of the prin ciples and general course of policy upon which the Government is to be conducted. Let us examine what those principles are. Let us see whether they arc such as, if honestly acted upon, will satisfy all reason able and right-minded men that the current of. Reform will go on to the puri fi cation of abuses, w ith out sub verting institutions —that it will not, on the one hand, fall off, and subsid e in a stagnant reservoir of corrup tion, nor, on the other, grow into a fierce and impetu ous torrent of wild innovation and revolutionary vio lence. The first impression which the mind receives from the most hasty perusal of this document is favour able to the impartial and deliberate consideration of its contents. All men, of whatever political creed they may be, who have not sacrificed their reason to the bigotry of party, cannot fail to be prepossessed by the air of decision, at the same time frank and prudent, by which it is distinguished. Whether the views which it developes be correct or erroneous, it cannot be ob jected that they are not explicit. There is nothing of the studied diplomatic obscurity, so prevalent in poli tical documents at the present day, to baffle penetra tion—nothing of specious rhetorical artifice to mislead the judgment. It is equally free from the evasive and shuffling ingenuity of the timid Doctrinaire, who " uses language to conceal his thought," and the vague or exaggerated pretensions of the boastful politician, whose promises are equally magnificent and unmeaning. This testimony from us will, perhaps, not have the less value because we have never flattered Sir Robert Peel, nor, thiaugh admitting his capacity for business, and his ready eloquence in debate, have we ever re garded his talents as a Statesman with inordinate ad miration. There have been occasions when we thought his ingenuity more remarkable than his candour, and his political discretion superior to his moral intre pidity. But it is in times when feeble men fall that superior natures display their better qualities, and rise upon public estimation. Such times are the present--- the dangers of the country are great and pressing-- the hopes of its salvation, under Heaven, rest upon the Government avowing boldly and acting honestly upon those principles of enlightened policy which may obtain for it the confidence of the considerate, the re flecting, the moral, and religious portion of society. It is a season when artifice would be worse than useless, and when deception could only lead to ruin. Of this Sir Robert Peel seems thoroughly convinced, and we adduce in proof of it the following passage : " I have the firmest conviction that that confidence cannot be secured by any other course than that of frank and ex plicit declarations of principle ; that vague and unmeaning professions of popular opinions may quiet distrust for a time, may influence this or that election, but that such profes sions must ultimately and signally fail, if, being made, they are not adhered to, or if they are inconsistent with the honour and character of those who make them." This is exactly the principle:on which we wish to see Statesmen act. There is no act of statesmanship equal to honesty—an honest Government, even in error, will induce respect, while that sort of cleverness whose re sources are trick and deceit is sure in the end to fall into disgrace and contempt. The Whigs, who were floated into power with a greater tide of popularity than any Ministers enjoyed for a long series of years, " ulti mately and signally failed," not so much from their in capacity for business, though that was great—not so much from their ignorance of the position which Eng land ought to take among the nations of Europe though that was remarkable—it was the desertion of principle that lost them. character and influence. One day courting a Conservative alliance by the falsification of solemn promises, the next bowing down in abject compliance to the demands of de mocratic intimidation, they disgusted all parties, they conciliated none. No man could tell at last what their principles of government were, or what their course of policy was intended to be. Men's no tions became unsettled, and the affairs of the country still more so. The hopes of the destructives were raised in proportion to the despondency which such compromising weakness and want of moral and poli tical firmness brought upon all sober and enlightened reformers, and all honest lovers of their country. Who can wonder that such loss of character was followed by a loss of power, unlamented by all but thos e ' w h o were bound to the Whigs by the ties of self-interest, or who wish e d th em t o con ti nue i n • office long enough , h to ou g to serve th e p ur p oses o f faction—long en make sufficient br e a c h es i n th e C ons titution to let in the resistless tide of democratic principles ? " Any loss," said the Duke of Wellington 'aeon one occasion, "is better than the loss of char - at:t er , which is the foundation of public confidence,:" Sir Robert Peel has well judged that to obtP.in public confidence he must be candid and explicit i'a declaring the intended policy of Government, le:Piving nothing unexplained that ought to be renderea_ clear, and making no pro mises which it may I,e contrary to his inclination or beyond his power to fulfil. He, therefore, makes this manly avowal— " Now, I say r,G once that I will not accept power on the condition declaring myself an apostate from the principles on which I have heretofore acted." He then goes on to say, "at the same time I never will admit that I have been, either before or after the Reform Bill, the defan.anr of abuses, or the enemy of judicious re forms. I appeal with confidence, in denial of the charge, to the active part I took in the great question of the cur rency, in the consolidation and amendment of the crimi nal law—in the revisal of the whole system of Trial by Tory --to the opinions I have professed, and uniformly acted on with regard to other branches of the jurispru dence of the country. I appeal to this as a proof that I have not been disposed to acquiesce in acknowledged evils, either from the mere superstitious reverence for ancient usages, or from the dread of labour or responsibility in the application of a remedy." On the question of the currency we have differed, Ind still differ, from Sir Robert Peel. In reference to that most important subject we always regarded, ar.d still regard, him as an innovator, not a reformer i and great was the evil which that innovation worked.. The nature of pre-existing contracts between creditor and debtor was most unjustly altered, to the injury of the latter ; the man who borrowed a sum of money, whe ther on mortgage or otherwise, in a depreciated cur rency, was compelled to pay the same nominal amount in a currency greatly enhanced. In much the same proportion that the currency was enhanced the prices of produce were depressed. We derived from the Cur rency Bill the highly prejudicial combination of a peace -dirieney with a war taxation — a t least, with a taxa / 4.r. • tron which, though not quite so high as that of the - war, its quite too high for a time of peace—too high, allow a return to a metallic circulatin g me- dium without aggravating the embarrasments and distress which were consequent upon the sudden transition from war to peace. If Sir R. Peel adduces the part which lie took on the question of the currency as an example of former wisdom of statesmanship, we join issue with him, and let the country decide ; but if he only refers to it for the purpose of proving that he is ready to alter that which is fixed, when he believes such alteration to be improvement, we admit the force of the appeal. At all events, it is not for the 'Whigs and political econo mists, who persuaded him to make that innovation, to cast it in his teeth. His conduct in reference to the currency showed that he had no inflexible attachment to an established law or usage, if he became persuaded that the interests of society demanded its alteration. With regard to the criminal law, we admit that the Right Hon. Baronet did that which was most ex traordinary for a man in office at that time to do— commenced a reform ; but it was a reform of the law more as to consolidation and arrangement, than as to its vital spirit. He cut off some obsolete Sta tutes, the dead branches of a code which had be come too cruel and barbarous to be capable of any other than a comparatively limited execution. He en hanced the price of human life in some instances, which it is not necessary now to particularise, and in a few instances, where the law was liable to be executed, as in some cases of forgery, he repealed the capital en actment ; but still it cannot be denied that the criminal law came forth from the crucible of his reform not very substantially refined or cleansed from that dross of bar barism which made it a disgrace to a civilised age and a Christian land. Indeed Sir Robert himself admitted that it was still the most sanguinary of any in Europe. We contended, when the Right Hon. Baronet was in office before, for substantial, effective, and vital reform of the criminal law, not merely because it re volted the feelings of humanity, but because the cruelty of the law counteracted its own intention, and by making it in a great measure inoperative, rendered life and property more insecure than could be the case if its penal sanctions were proportioned to the degrees of crime, and not at variance with the conscientious feelings of civilised men. When Sir Robert Peel went out of office we did not fail to advocate with persevering zeal, and we trust not altogether without effect, this species of reform. Many substantial improvements have taken place, but only with regard to two Bills did Government lend its as sistance—the others were brought in and carried through Parliament by the efforts of individuals, who had often great obstacles, thrown in the way by Ministers, to encounter. The last two Bills upon the subject which passed the Commons were stopped in the Lords, and, we regret to be compelled to say, by th e intervention of Lord Brougham. Here there still remains a noble field of exertion for an enlightened Statesman—a field of exertion which has given a glory to the name of Napoleon, such as conqueror never yet gathered in " iron harvests" of the field of war. May we hope that, as Sir Robert Peel looks back with some degree of justifiable pride upon the commence ment of that reform, he will now think it not unworthy an enlightened ambition to proceed with the work, and bring it to a happy conclusion. Let us now glance at what the address states with regard to the Reform Bill. It will be recollected that the Whig papers have not merely insinuated, but openly told the people that the country was to apprehend from the new Government the repeal, or at least the dis turbing, oF the Reform Bill. Now, what is said in the address upon this subject ? Let us hear. " The Reform Bill, it is said, constitutes a new era, and it is the duty of a Minister to declare explicitly, first whether he will maintain the Bill itself ; and, secondly, whether he will act upon the spirit in which it was con ceived." As to the first of these points " with respect to the Reform Bill itself, I will repeat now the declaration which I made when I entered the House of Commons as a Member of the Reformed Parliament, that I con sider the Reform Bill a final and irrevocable settlement of a great constitutional question —a settlement which no friend to the peace and welfare of this country would attempt to disturb, either by direct or by insidious means." As to the second point he says--" Then, as to the spirit of the Reform Bill, and the willingness j to adopt and enforce it as a rule of Government —if, by adopting the spirit of the Reform Bill, it be meant that we are to live in a perpetual vortex of agitation— that public men can only support themselves in public estimation by adopting every popular impression of the day—by promising the instant redress of anything which anybody may call abuse—by abandoning alto gether that great aid of Government—more powerful than either law or reason, the respect for ancient rights and the deference to prescriptive authority—if this be the spirit of the Reform Bill, I will not undertake to adopt it ; but if the spirit of the Reform Bill implies merely a careful review of institutions, civil and eccle siastical, undertaken in a friendly temper, com bining with the firm maintenance of established rights the correction of proved abuses, and the redress of real grievances, in that case, I can for myself and colleagues undertake to act in such a spirit and with such intentions." In the sentiments of the above pas sages we believe all friends of sound and constitu tional, as distinguished from destructive, reform will agree with Sir Robert Peel—that such a course of policy should be adopted as would cause the country to move in a "perpetual vortex of agitation," could not conduce either to the security of the State, the prosperity of the industrious classes, the advancement of the arts of peace, or the happiness of society. `With regard to the demands of the Dissenters, the Premier acknowledges his willingness to remove their grievances, and satisfy their conscientious scruples as to the payment of Church rates and the question of marriage, on neither of which, after many promises, did the late Government give them any satisfaction. We will only advert to one more topic, but that a most important one. "As to the great question of Church reform," he goes on to say, "on that head I hare no n ew prof ess i ons to make. I cannot give my consent to the alienation of Church property in any part of the United Kingdom, from strictly Ecclesiastical pur poses. But I repeat now the opinions that I have al ready expressed in Parliament in regard to the Church Establishment in Ireland, that if, by an improved dis tribution of the revenues of the Church, its just influ ence can be extended, and the true interests of the established religion promoted, all other considerations should be made subordinate to the advancement of ob jects of such paramount importance." So much ej .,, the leadi ng t op i cs o f d omest i c po li cy. As tr ., rorelim policy, he d ec l ares " our o bj ect will t i,e the mainten. ance of pe ace , th e scrupuloil; and honourabl e fulfil ment, without reference '`.,o their original policy, of all existing engagemTnts with foreign Powers, th e support of public cr ed i t, the enforcement of strict economy, and the just and impartial consideration of what is due to all interests, agricultural, manufacturing. and com mercial." Supposing all these things are done in good faith, and done in a Statesmanlike manner, the country will have less reason than ever to re gret the change which has taken place in his Ma jesty's Councils. Then, indeed, may it be expected that all other real demands of enlightened public opinion will be eventually satisfied. The Church reform which we have always advocated is that which, while maintaining ine integrity of the Es tablishment, would purify its abuses, particularly those of plurality, non-residence, and sinecurism, making also such a distribution of its resources as may raedfeoqruma,tely provide for all the working clergy. This and the relieving th ose w h o are not members of the Church from the payment of church rates, ought surely to be sufficient for all whose object is not destruction. As anxious for the purity of the Church, we cannot require less ; as desirous of its preservation, we would not concede more. To conclude, that this address will disappoint the violent democratic party we believe, for it will take away much of the surmised illiberality of the new Government --much of the fuel of discontent with which they have endeavoured to in flame the passion s o f th e p eop l e; that it will, b e d as sailed and v ilifi e d by a ll t h ose who, the m os t w e r i eag slender resources o f ta l ent an d c h are -• destitute o f p r i nc i p l e , li ve and sh, With talent ration, th ere can b e no dor.:ot. In the same - propor tion we are disposed to think it will give hope and confidence to the enlightened, the respectable, and the really industrious classes of society, whose interests suffer from the continuance of political excitement and uenficeecrttianign yrteni gent En; ; gl In fi ne , we t r Wink it probable th a t ..sh reform, not t h e sub ver ,OA our institution!, l 'will re. m en, whose object the 5 ceztainly' fo • < ' 414e,n.rd0",,* THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1834. gard it on the whole as a judicious and appropriate commentary upon the text of the concise and expres sive speech lately delivered from the Throne, in which his Majesty declared that his Ministers would fulfil the first wish of his heart, by adopting such a course of policy as would correct the abuses of our institu tions, and improve the condition of the country. Morning Herald. We yesterday submitted to our readers the eloquent and manly address of Sir Robert Peel to his consti tuents at Tainworth, which avowedly embodies the development of the principles upon which the newly formed Government (" whose sentiments are in entire accordance" with those of the Right Hon. Baronet) are prepared to act. Satisfactory and cheering as this declaration must be to the whole country, we cannot but feel personally and particularly gratified by it ; since, from beginning to end, it justifies all the state ments we have made, all the hopes we have ex pressed, and all the expectations we have enter tained. We foretold that Sir Robert Peel would not hesitate to incur the vast responsibility which was offered to him ; we foretold his acceptance of office upon the very grounds which he himself assigns as those upon which lie implicitly obeyed the King's commands ; and before—long before—we heard that Sir Robert had accepted office we felt assured, and stated more than once or twice, that the spirit in which a Government formed by hind would act would be one in just accordance with the patriotic and mag nanimous declarations of the Sovereign—that of anxiety " to correct abuses where they really existed," coupled with a firm determination " to support the Constitution in Church and State." Most justly, most consistently, most triumphantly may Sir Robert Peel refer to his past exertions in the large and extensive reform which he himself has effected in our Criminal Law by his wise and judicious consolidation of the statutes, and by his elaborate revisal of the whole system of trial by jury, as well as by the course he adopted with regard to other branches of our jurisprudence, as proofs of the total absence on his part of any prejudice in favour of ancient usages, merely on account of their antiquity, and of fear or apprehension of either labour or respon sibility in the application of amendments, or the adop tion of remedies. In the same spirit are couched Sir Robert's observations on the Reform Bill and its operation. Sir Robert considers the Reform Bill as a final and irrevocable settlement of a great Constitu tional question, a settlement which " no friend to the peace or welfare of the country would attempt to dis turb either by direct or indirect measures." " If," says Sir Robert, "by adopting the spirit of the Reform Bill it be meant that we are to live in a perpetual vortex of agitation—that public men can only, support themselves in public estimation by adopting every popular impression of the day, by promising the instant redress of any thing which any body may call an abuse, by abandoning altogether that great aid of Government, more powerfu than either law or reason, the respect for ancient rights, and the deference to prescriptive authority ; if this be the spirit of the Reform Bill, I will not un dertake to adopt it ; but if the spirit of the Reform Bill implies merely a careful review of institutions, civil and ecclesiastical, undertaken in a friendly temper, combining with the firm maintenance of established rights the correc• tion of proved abuses and the redress of real grievances, in that case I can for myself and colleagues undertake to act in such a spirit, and with such intentions." What, we ask, can be more satisfactory, more conci. liatory, than this ? The question, as relates to the King and his people, the Ministers and the country, is here brought at once to issue. As far as men anxious for the correction of acknowledged abuses can apply themselves to the revision of the civil and ecclesiastical institutions of the country (always keeping in mind her rights and interests) they pledge themselves to our ser vice. Those who deny the wisdom, justice, and con stitutionality of this avowal, or question the justice and propriety of the reservation which 'accompanies it, de clare by that denial, and avow in that doubt, a reckless determination not to reform, but to revolutionize. It will be seen that the inquiry into municipal Corpora tions is to proceed, nor is its prosecution to be re moved from the hands in which it was placed by the late Government. The fact that Sir Robert Peel con sented to be put upon the Committee with which the measure originated is a sufficient proof of his opinion upon that question. Upon the subject of the Dissen ters and Si: Robert Peel's conduct in Parliament re garding them, we cannot refrain from repeating the Right Hon. Baronet's own words : " I will, in the next place, address myself to the questions in which those of our fellow -countrymen, who dissent from the doctrines of the Established Church, take an especial interest. Instead of making new professions I will refer to the course which I took upon those subjects when out of power. In the first place, I supported the measure brought forward by Lord Althorp, the object of which was to exempt all classes from the payment of church rates, apply ing in lieu thereof, out of a branch of the revenue, a cer tain sum for the building and repair of churches. I never expressed, nor did I entertain, the slightest ob jection to the principle of a Bill of which Lord John Rus sell was the author, intended to relieve the conscientious scruples of Dissenters, in respect to the ceremony of mar riage. I give no opinion now on the particular measures themselves. They were proposed by Ministers in whom the Dissenters had confidence. They were intended to give relief, and it is sufficient for my present purpose to state that I supported the principle of them. I op posed, and I am bound to state that my opinions in that respect have undergone no change, the admission of Dissenters, as a claim of right, into the Universities ; but I expressly declared, if regulations, enforced by public authorities superintending the professions of law and medi cine, and the studies connected with them, had the effect of conferring advantages of the nature of civil privileges en one class of the King's subjects from which another class was excluded, those regulations ought to undergo modifica tion, with the view of placing all the King's subjects, what ever their religious creed, upon a footing of perfect equality in respect to any civil privilege. I appeal to the course which I pursued on those several questions, when office must have been out of contemplation ; and I ask with confidence, does that course imply that I was actuated by any illiberal or intolerant spirit towards the Dissenting of real an s grievances e r body, or by an unw illi ngness to consider fairly the redress " any We w confidently N we believe we ure supported°b tion of th e Di ssent i ng y ‘ery large propor- and . in so answerin g retrospectiv e rev i ew o f " must be claso ,iie Pension Li s t i s one which the body itself, The question of a amongst those ca l cu l a t e d t o s trike at the Mc:erogative and insult the dignity and attributes of onarch--to break faith, and to entail distress, and in many instances misery, upon the subject. Upon that point Sir Robert's declaration is clear and decided; but the constitution and modification of the Pension List for the future will be his special care. In sum ming up Sir Robert Peel uses the following language, which we again repeat, completely and distinctly ful fils all our predictions as to the proposed course which his Government would pursue, the principles upon which they would act, and the objects to which they would devote themselves. After expressing his opi nions upon the unalienable character of Church pro perty, at the same time admitting the probable advan tage of some change in apportioning its revenues in Ireland, and after declaring his anxiety, if possible, to get rid of tithes by commutation, " founded upon just principles and after mature deliberation," Sir Robert " It is unnecessary for my purpose to enter into further details. I have said enough, with respect to general prin ciples and their practical application to public measures, to indicate the spirit in which the King's Government is pre pared to act. Our object will be the maintenance of peace, the scrupulous and honourable fulfilment, without reference to their original policy, of all existing engagements with Fo reign Powers, the support of public credit, the enforcement of strict economy, and the just and impartial consideration of what is due to all interests, agricultural, manufacturing, and commercial," With a clear conscience and a full confidence in the justice of our cause we can firmly, independently, and conscientiously support the Ministry of Sir Robert Peel after this declaration. Our hopes have been fulfilled, our predictions verified, and our expe c t a ti ons realised. And we have little doubt but that the Con servatives of every class will rally round a Govern ment which so fairly and explicitly declares its objects and intentions—intentions and objects beyond w hi c h one step involves Destruction.—Morning Post. Upon the whole it appears to us that Sir Robert Peel's prospectus of the policy to be pursued by his Administration is creditable to himself and satisfactory to the public. It possesses one characteristic which entitles the author to general esteem—namely, that of uncompromising frankness. If the Right Hon. Ba ronet has in one or two passages fallen short of the avowals which might be wished, or which some honest but sanguine Reformers expected, it cannot be said that lie anywhere attempts by vague professions to en courage indefinite hopes, or on tho other hand, by a pusillanimous reserve regarding points whereon he ought to have been communicative, to evade the cen sures of his political opponents. It is a grand advan tage for a people like the English, confident against known dangers, bur uneasy and embarrassed by the apprehension of hidden ones, to be assured of what they have to encounter, and to know with whom they have to deal. In these respects Sir Robert Peel has shown his acquaintance with the national character, and has consulted his own reputa tion. We shall state briefly and fairly what we think of his letter, as we go along. The Right Hon. Baronet's disclaimer of any intention to disturb that great constitutional measure, the Reform Bill, either " by direct or by insidious means," ought to have been unnecessary for any class of persons, but the silliest as well as the most malignant zealots of faction. But such a design was disgracefully imputed to him or his Ministry, not only by the regular breeders of chimeras, hut by men whose knowledge and station ought to have made them blush to utter such calumnious absurdities. In so far, again, as the enforcement of the spirit of the Reform Bill, by " a correction of proved abuses, and a redress of real grievances," combining both with the firm maintenance of established " rights," will satisfy the Reformers of Great Britain, to that extent Sir Robert Peel has pledged himself to make the spirit of the Reform Bill the rule of his future Government, and further no man of sense or principle would ask an English Minister to proceed. We sup pose that none but refuse Radicals would require the King's Government to plunge the country into a per petual "vortex of agitation," to promise the instant redress of anything "which anybody might call an abuse," or to abandon altogether that great aid of Go vernment, " more powerful than either law or reason —the respect for ancient rights, and the deference for prescriptive authority"--unless in cases where clear proof should be brought forward that the con tinued enjoyment of such rights, and the exercise of such authority, would be positively injurious to the nation. With regard to the commission of inquiry into Municipal Corporations, Sir Robert Peel will not in terrupt the progress of that inquiry, to the principle of which from the first he proved his friendliness by con senting to be a Member of the Committee of the House of Commons on which it devolved. Waiting for the Report of the Commissioners on that subject, Sir R. will do all that his noble predecessor in office would have done—give it, and the evidence on which it is founded, " a full and unp re j u di ce d cons id erat i on ;" of the result of which, in the extinction of several glar ing abuses, we suppose there can be no doubt. He will exempt the Dissenters from Church-rates (having voted for Lord Althorp's measure upon that question) He will relieve their conscientious scruples by a modi fication of the Marriage Act, having supported the principle of Lord J. Russell's Bill, and been certainly not chargeable with its childish, frivolous, tormenting, and inefficient details. He will oppose, and we at least have never been anxious to support, the forcible intrusion of Dissenters into the government of our English Universities, which in truth are portions of the Church establishment, and endowed by grants of property for the espec i a l b ene fi t of i ts members, and for the diffusion of its principles and doctrines. Our wish would be to see the Dissenters in possession of whatever advantages could be derived from a Univer sity of their own—that is to say, if any persons among the several Dissenting demoninations would follow the example set informer ages b y mem b ers o f t h e t h en established religion of the country, in their grants or bequests of certain perpetual revenues for the support of our English colleges. But we have always stated that a mere speculating company of joint-stock-subscribers, whose funds have already taken wing and flown away, come with no good grace to demand a charter from the Crown, or from Parliament exclusive privileges. We observe, however, that the Right Hon. Baronet ex presses a decided wish to arrange with the competent authorities (and such an arrangement cannot be diffi cult) some plan which may place " all the King's sub jects, whatever their religious creeds, upon a footing of perfect equality with respect to any civil privilege." Sir Robert Peel will not consent to revise the Pension List, with a view to the recall of corrupt or unmerited pensions, and he claims on this point a partnership of opinion with Lord Althorp. fo our minds it is a partnership in prejudice and error. We blamed Lord Althorp and the Whig Ministers for their decision on he same subject ; and equity requires of us to deal Ie same measure to Sir Robert Peel. We shot') be equally wanting in common candour if we did no, state that Sir Robert Peel here also emphatically declares his intention to go quite as far as Lord Althorp promised to go, and act in scrupulous conformity with the spirit and intention of Lord Althorp's resolution, for which he voted, and grant no pensions except " to such persons only as have just claims to the Royal beneficence, or are entitled to con sideration on account either of their personal services to the Crown, or of their performance of duties to the public, or of their scientific or literary eminence." On Irish Church Reform we differ from Sir Robert Peel, and maintain our former opinion, which was likewise upheld by the votes of a large majority of the House of Commons in the last Session. But we must add, that the difference may turn out to be one much more of theory than fact. Sir Robert Peel assents to the better distribution of Church property, both in Ireland and here, and declares himself, in the most emphatic terms, favourable to a commutation 9ftithe in both coun tries ; but he resists any alienation of Church property from strict ecclesiastical uses,—taking on that question the same ground as Mr. Stanley. In this country most Protestants are agreed that the sum-total of Church revenues is not more than adequate to the subsistence of the ministers of the Protestant religion. In Ireland a commission of inquiry was appointed by the late Ministers, which is still, we believe, in full activity ; arid on its report will probably depend the solution of the question, whether there exists in that section of the kingdom a surplus Church revenue, and how much. Unless the term " ecclesiastical purposes" excludes the education of Protestant children in the tenets and practice of the established faith, we appre hend that there can be no considerable surplus ; but it is absurd to suppose that Sir Robert Peel, at least, did not include in that term so important an object as the moral and religious education of the Protestant Poor. Sir Robert Peel pledges his Government to enter into a consideration of the laws which govern the Church (otherwise into the question of Church disci pline) with " the sincerest desire to remove every " abuse which can impair the efficiency of the establish ment, extend the sphere of its usefulness, and confirm its just claims to the affections of the people." On the subject of reduction of taxation, though Sir Robert Peel omits at this early stage of the Cabinet (which, indeed, is hardly yet completely formed) to give any s v pcfihe promises, in th e moa t emp h at i c ~oe r di s: pledge,th e enforcement of strict economy, and the just and impartial consideration of what is due to all interests—agricultural, manufacturing, and com mercial." Many of those violent and unprincipled opponents of the Ministers who " strike before they hear," because they are afraid to hear, have raised, both in England and abroad, a cry against the new Government, that it would upset all our foreign relations and engagements, and that England would be involved in war in order to gratify the sup posed ambition or prejudices of some members of the Cabinet. We, from the first, unhesitatingly rejected so gross an absurdity—the offspring either of igno rance or malice. These factious declaimers, we sup pose, will be silenced at least, if not convinced, by the peremptory declaration made in the name of the Go vernment—" Our object will be—the maintenance of peace—the scrupulous and honourable fulfilment, without reference to their original policy, of all exist ing engagements with foreign powers.' It seems to us as if it would be very difficult for any Minister to go more minutely into detail than he has done in a preliminary development of his views and sentiments ; nor do we think that on the address which we have now been ,alluding to, he need be afraid to meet a freely chosen English House of Commons. We be lieve with him that " the people of this country will so far maintain the prerogative of the King, as to give rs of hi i to the Miulste s choice, not animpl i c i t confi- dence, but a fair trial." Let the Ministers be firm and just, and they may defy their enemies. —Times. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 18. IN RE CHAMBERS, A BANKRUPT. Several lunatic petitions being heard and disposed of, his Lordship called on the senior King's Counsel ; but Mr. Glassington entreated his Lordship to hear him on a matter connected with the long-pending cause of Glass ington v. Thwaites. The LORD CHANCELLOR asked whether Mr. Glassing tion was a prisoner'? Mr. Glassington replied in the negative ; but the matter at issue had been a subject of anxiety to him for years. The LORD CHANCELLOR could not hear him in pre ference to the Bar, whose right it was to command prece dence. If Mr. Glassington had been a prisoner the case would have been different ; but as he represented his motion to be pressing his Lordship had no objection to come to Court to-morrow at a quarter before ten, it order 'tr. give him a full opportunity of being heard. Mr. Glassington thanked his Lordship, and accepted the offer with gratitude. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 18. SEAVER V. SEAVER. This was an action of assumpsit for money paid to the defendant's use. The plaintiff had accepted three bills of exchange for the accommodation of the defendant, and had been obliged to pay two of them for 251. Bs. and 201., as well as to pay the costs in actions brought to enforce the payment of them. It was also proved that on a balance of accounts the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of .5/. ss. Lord DENMAN was of opinion that as the record was now framed, the plaintiff could only recover the amount of the bills and of the balance of accounts. A verdict was accordingly taken for .50/. 135., the amount of the two bills, and the plaintiff's counsel had liberty to move the Court, if he should think fit, to increase the ver dict by the addition of the sum of 33/., the amount of costs incurred in the two actions. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEc.lB CARPENTER V. NICHOLL. This was an action to recover damages for running down the plaintiff's ship. The plaintiff, a respectable cornfactor in the City, in Oc tober, 1833, had consigned to him, by a house at Wisbeach, 275 quarters of wheat, which was put on board a regular trader between that place and the port of London, belong ing to a man of the name of Hickson, called the Thomas and Harriett. She had proceeded on her voyage safely, until the night of the Ist of November, when, upon tacking opposite the buoy at the east end of the Whiting Sands, opposite a place called Orfordness, she was met by a Scotch vessel, belonging to the defendant, called the Dundee, which struck her a-midships, she being at the time on the larboard tack, ran her down and sunk her. The crew then on board, consisting of the master, his father (the owner of the vessel), and brother, and a lad of the name of Mason, were soused into the water, and with great difficulty escaped drowning ; they, however, were picked up by the defendant's crew, and taken on board their vessel, where they had dry clothes given them, and were treated with great kindness by them. It was contended that the accident was attributable to a proper look out not having been kept by the people on board the defendant's vessel, which being so much larger than the plaintiff's, his being only of 40 or 50 tons, the de fendant's being 120 tons, ought to have been much more strict in doing so ; and that the plaintiff was pursuing his right course at the time the collision took place. In sup port of this statement the crew were called, who confirmed it. Mr. CRESWELL, on the part of the defendant, contended that the loss the plaintiff had sustained was not imputable to the defendant ; that it entirely arose from the plaintiff's want of activity in getting out of their way, with the dark ness - of the night upon the occasion. - • Mr. Sergeant WILDE having replied, The CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and the Jury found a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dic. 18. HOLTURN V. LOTAN. Mr. HILL stated that this action was brought to recover damages for an assault and false imprisonment. The plaintiff was a mechanic, and the defendant the proprietor of one of the Oundle coaches. On the Ist of June the plaintiff had occasion to come to town from his resi dence at Finchley, and on the road was overtaken by the Oundle stage coach, which was driven by the defendant. The plaintiff got on the'Steps at the back of the coach, and that way rode some distance, when he was desired to get down. He did not do so d immediately, and the defendant then got off the coac h a t The inn wher e it stopped, and ex amined the boot, and missing the parcel from it, followed and charged the plaintiff (who had walked on) with hay ing stolen it. A policeman was sent for, who, by the de sire of the defendant, took the plaintiff into custody, and he was taken afterwards before the magistrates at Hatton Garden, by whom he was remanded for further examina tion ; but on being brought before them two days after wards, he was discharged from custody. These were the facts of the case, and he called upon the Jury to give a ver dict for the plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff. Damages 20/. CRUSADE AGAINST CUCUMBERS. (From a New York Paper.) Every summer a crusade is started against cucumbers, and some errant knight who is as arrant a madman as ever was Don Quixote or Sir Hudibras, takes up arms against the poor harmless vegetable. The leaders are sure to be followed by a great number of squires, who, like Sancho Panza or Ralph°, are content to be the humble imitators of their crazy masters. Among those who have most frequently and persever ingly put lance in rest and run a tilt against this cooling and comfortable product of the vine, is a certain Captain Megrim, who resides everywhere in general, and nowhere in particular. He may be seen every summer, in some place or other, from Maine to Georgia, constantly engaged in preaching, writing, or fighting, against cucumbers. It is even asserted that he possesses a sort of übiquity ; that lie is known to be present in sundry places at one and the same time, and that, while he is writing an anti-cucumber para graph in New York, he is most eloquently holding forth against the vegetable in Philadelphia, and clambering over a garden wall to tear up the farmer's vine in some obscure country town. However this may be, it is certain that he is indefatig able in his endeavours to prevent the propagation and use of cucumbers ; and if not present in more than one place at the same time, travels with the most unaccount able rapidity from one end of the United States to the other. Pacolet, by turning the mysterious peg, was never whisked away on his wooden horse with such wonderful rapidity. In preaching and writing he uses a great variety of ar guments, adapted to the comprehension or the prejudices of his readers or hearers. At one time he asserts—" Cu cumbers are a slow poison." At another he facetiously says—" The only proper mode of using cucumbers is to cut them in thin slices, salt, pepper, and vinegar them well, and then—give them to the hogs." Again he says, adapt ing his language to the ignorant and the vulgar—" Cu cumbers is the most hurtfulest and dangerousest things that ever was eaten—they are as indi ges tibl as a grinstone, and as cold as a hisicle !" At other times the Captain inserts a paragraph in the newspapers purporting to relate the death or sufferings of some imprudent or headstrong person, who has died or come near dying from the use of cucumbers, as thus : " We are informed, that Mr. Thomas Towzer, who keeps a grocery near the foot of Maiden Lane was yesterday seized with a most violent disease, believed to be molera chorbus, in consequence of imprudently eating a plateful of cucumbers along with his dinner. Very little hopes are entertained of the patient's recovery." And again : " DEATH BY CUCUMBERS !—lt, is our painful duty to an nounce the death of Miss Wilhelmina Julietta Pigweed Snaggs, of this city, who died the day before yesterday of a cucumber, which she unfortunately ate with her dinner about six weeks ago—thus incontestibly proving, what we lately asserted, that cucumbers are a slow poison. The fate of Miss Snaggs is the more to be lamented, as we un derstand she was just on the eve of matrimony with a wealthy and respectable merchant, who does a whol esa l e business in Pearl-street, and who is said to be inconsolable for her loss. " P.S.—Since the above was in types, we are informed that the bereaved gentleman, being resolved not to survive the object of his affections, deliberately swallowed a peck of whole cucumbers, without pepper or salt, and di e d i n t h e space of fifteen minutes—the slow poison in this case being converted into a quick one by the enormity of th e d ose . In conclusion, this should be a warning to all persons, and especially to those who are in lov e , t o b eware how they meddle with cucumbers., At another time the Captain inserts a notice like the following : " CORONER'S INQUEST.—Picked up this morning, in the dock, near the bottom of Fulton -street, the body of an un known man, dressed in a blu e coat, w hi te wa i stcoat, checked pantaloons, and striped shirt. He was seen yesterday af terdoon going into an eating-house near the market, where he is believed to have eaten a large plateful of sliced cu cumbers, in consequence of which he is supposed to have fallen into the river and been drowned. Verdict—Died of cucumbers." THE EAST INDIA TRADE. Yesterday the merchants and others interested in Ea° India and other drugs, assembled at Garraway's Coffee' house, in consequence of extensive sales of produce bavi o .g , been d ec l are d f or t h at d ay . B e f ore t h e sa l e comm enced 11Ir. Howard, of the firm of Tucker and Co., addressed al meeting on the subject of the contents of the circular te . ant ° by the Committee of East India merchants, in which it wa. l stated that that body had resolved to abandon the period? cal sales for the present. It had been announced that, f° r the future, quarterly sales of certain East India prodded only would take place, the brokers themselves manag il l such sales. He (M r . H owar d ) sa id t h at not hi ng could' upon the face of any resolution, appear more candid the this, but when it was recollected that there was reason to or pose that certain members of the Committee of East I o ,d' a merchants, who played into th e h an d s o f t he St. Ka, . 1 1 rifle's Dock Company, s o m e o f th em i n f act b e i n g day proprietors, the trade should receive all their resolutio ns with caution. When, too, the conduct of parties c onneete a Le with the St. K a th ar i ne ' s D oc k s was reco ll ecte d, an d desire shown to make that Company the receiver of If posits, and the astonishment displayed by the Chairman f the Committee o f th e E as t I n di a merc h ants on hearinf„° such transactions, an d hi s d ec l arat i on t h at h e k new noil" of the fact, were borne in mind, he (Mr. Howard) Or sidered that too much reliance ought not to be placed 01 the resolution of the Committee of East India merchant: that they would adhere to the statement contained in 1 1 resolution. Th e course w hi c h t h e S t. K at h ar i ne ' s 1 ) 1 0 Company wished t o h ave a d opte d o f b ecom i ng ree ei4 , of deposits, would, if a d opte d, b e t h e means o f esta bu s Le ing a monopoly t o th e i n j ury o f t h e younger b ro k ers o f City of London connec t e d w i t h t h e pro d uce mar k ets . I" facilitate this object large loans were to be made to a!: mercial firms wh en requ i re d, an d t h us t h e l atter wou ld be enabled to swamp the junior mercantile firms.—(Hear'r,, The effect of all thi s wou ld ultimately be to throw I ''" trade of the b ro k ers i nto t h e h an d s of the St. Kathefitie Dock Company, and thus a more odious monopoly If, be created tha n th a t h e ld so l ong by the East India Cob pany. The mer c h an t s and buyers were i n t eres ted into{ question as well as th e brokers ; and for the purpose j A delivering a n ex p ress i on o f t h e f ee li ng o f t h e room h e e hnn'; move a resolution, th e e ff ec t o f w hi c h was, t h at con fided. could not be placed in the statement of the Committee ° East India m erc h an t s th at t h e i r sa l es would not be COn; tinned, and that measure; should be adopted by the tre e to protect their interests. Mr. Howard concluded 1 1 moving a resolution to that effect, which was adopted, s n i the business of th e d ay was procee d e d w i t h , t h e fi rs t sale ° drugs being conducted by Messrs. Clifford and Co. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE `VET Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. t Beans. .....- ...... ...0 P e aae. . • ,i Per Quarter. 4. uarter. a. to s. s. s, to s, is. to s. 5. to 1 ".... illandford ..-............. 40 52 32 22 43 -- ... Brigg 40 58 36 40 15 22 30 35 Canibridge............... 39 30 22 37 40 , Chard ..... 40 50 24 32 18 22 36 40 3 2 ... thintingdon........... 42 50 25 31 21 25 37 40 -- ... Llog 5utt0n.......„...,, 34 44 22 24 35 37 ... Louth -........................ 38 45 26 32 18 24 34 40 Lynn 34 49 26 32 23 24 32 31 32 .-- Newark . 36 45 128 40 19 28 37 42 --• .... No, tingham .......... 40 45 31. 36 22 26 35 42 -- .0 Peterborough —. 30 40 28 35 18 28 36 42 •""" .0. Plymouth -............. 40 50 30 34 20 23 ..0 P0ntefract,.............. 67 43 27 43 --• .0 sleaford —............ 65 70 136 38 22 28 41 43 -- ..0 D opingliam .. ........ 34 33 23 33 24 30 38 42 W .iliech --.. 45 -- 20 37 -',.....,0 5 " LEEDS CORN MARKET -Dec. 16 Wheat, Norfolk and Stiflblk, 601 b. York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Su /Bilk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding 225. to 234. Beans 63lb. nat. Pntnttles _ _ _ • 42s. to 513. :: 40i. to 4.91 1 . $ • 283. to 323. i 274. to 31s. 221. to 2% 23.1. to a% . 18s. to t/19 I. to 10}4c1. per sto , 221. to 243. per 1( —I. to —I. per Beaus Oats, l'otatoe For. 12d. to 13d. Eng. 9d Shelling Rapeseed, English, 25/. to 27, LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE—Dec 16. . fst WHEAT, English, White, per 7111 b. Red —.---- Scotch, Welch, and M a n x ... 510 •i 0 0 Irish, White 6 3 g -- Red 5 0 g $ Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 3 8 q - Irish 210 3 0 Foreign 0 0 0 a BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 3l 0 o° 6 Scotch and Irish, per 6011 is. Feeding 3 5 ' 0 BEANS, English, per Imperi a l quar t er 4G 0 43 Irish, &c. Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial qu ar t er 42 0 '. 0 . - Foreign 38 oso 44 42 0 0 kloutt, English, per 2801 b. Irish OATMEAL, English and I r i s h, per 9,401b s 2 3 0 gfr 0 INidaN Coax, per 440113. .,.. 33 0 42 0 RYE, per Imperial qu ar t er MALT, per Imperial quar t er ...' IMPORT OF GAIN for the Week endng Dec. 15 Wheat. I Oats. I Barley Flour i Us o ll I Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. !Foreign, BALI Irish, &c. Ss I 1 • 1 :1 5,c193 7,8 1 i 2,714 8,750 .... 'y SOUTHALL C'ATT'LE MARKET.—Dec. 17. „4, The supply of Beasts to this day's market was very good ; 0,., 0 i0 . ,, Calves, and Porkers, moderately good. There was rather a ntunoioll , " tendance town and country buyers, but the trade was dull, at tlig tug prices per stone of 81b. to sink the ofrals : ba Beef 2s. Si. to 4s. 2d. 1 1 Veal 3s. 6d. to 4A.,0 , Mutton 3 2 4 4 Pork ' Beasts, 351; Sheep. 1 4 20 ; Calves, 421; Pigs, 38. O 21 0 3 A great pott '''' the supply lett th e mar k et unsold _..." ROBit'ORD MA s. 4. to s. d. Ler. RKET.—Dec. 17. ft. d. to 4 : 4 6 3 4 4 A ',won . 1 I 2 4 4 Pork 2 8 3 0 Suckling Calves, Its. to 265.; Quarter old Store Pigs, Bs. to I% Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 111. Os. to 144 Os. Supply moderate, and trade rather brisk. __., LEWES 3I A liKET.—llec. 16. Beef Mutton 3 8 4 6 I Pork A moderate supply; trade with the primeat Beef an 3 d ; 7lu t tt ° o 34L : 6°‘ brisk, but otherwise dull. --.0-e BIRTHS. f o ' On the 16th inst., at H ar tfi e ld G rove, S ussex, t h e l a dy ° f T. Greenland, Esq., of a daughter. ° f On the 15th inst., in Great Marlborough-street, Mrs. a son. On the 17th inst., at Wallinford, Berks, the lady of Mr. —°llo4 Thomas Birkett, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at St ap l e t on , near B r i sto l , Gilbert .nr a ",,h Ubar ter Gnome Mathison, E s q., o f th e R oya l Mi nt, to Eli za, only clartf of the late Li eu t enan t-C o l one l J ones G rwme, of Oldbury '" Gloucestershire. tlis On the 9th inst., at Beeston, William Webber, Esq., 0n ., - ,hter late Joseph W e bb er , E sq ., o f F r i ston, S u ff olk, to Eliza, anuflk, of the late Si r Th omas P res t on , B art., o f B eeston Hall, t iv At St. John's, Paddington, Henry Routh, E sq ., Lieuterin i te the 49th Regime n t, t o Harriet Cornforth, daughter of the Albert Jones, Esq., of Champion-hill, Camberwell. Of On the 16th inst., Mr. Selves, of Eltham, to Miss WY - Artiery-street, Bishopsgate. On ll the lBth inst., at Plumstead Church, Henry A. ton Esq., Madras Army, to Eliza Frances, eldest daughter of CO Ilaultain, Royal Artillery DIED. $ 044 On the 17th inst., in Warwick-square, Walter Jackson, aged 57, of Burnham, Bucks. On the 13th inst., Mi ss Eli z . B ur t, o f G oug h House, Che4(Ter, On the 15th inst., Euph em i a , th e w if e o f J o h n Bromfield Esq., of Sloane-street, Chelsea, aged 27. On the 17th inst., M r . Ch a p pe ll, mus i c - se ll er, o f New street, aged 52. • 11 64 On the 17th nst., in Clarendon-square, S omers -town, Bone, Esq., enamel painter to his Majesty, in his 80th year• l iscly On the 6th i ns t., i n J ermyn - s t reet , S t . James's, William' intosh, Esq., late of Clifton. Clar i(e i On the 17th inst., at Copt Hall, Hendon, Catherine A a relict of the late Tho mas N ico ll, E sq ., f ormer l y Li eu t.-Col° ll ' the 70th Regiment. On the 7th inst., Captain Tapp, Royal Navy, aged 66. i 4 On the 16th inst., aged 23, Edward Champion Streatfield , of St. John's Clege, Oxford. 744 ; CI'A P On the 17th inst., in Euston-place, in her 49th year, .4•••• 116 lotte Frances Potter. WO' On the 17th inst., Mary, secon d d aug ht er o f Ch a rles S e Esq., of Clarendon-square. On the 15th inst., at Halifax, John Drumelzier Tweedy' aged 37. 9 11. ' On the 13th inst., in his 66th year, John Berkeley Mona , of Coley-park. pee r ' On the 15th inst., at N ew B uc k en h am - p l ace , Great street, Mr. W. H. Wells, surgeon. Es4' l On the 4th inst., at Ve rsa ill es , P. M on t gomer y MooreMoorel, many years rep resen t a ti ve f or th e county o f T yrone in Parl O iament. n the 15th inst., at Islington, John Eyre Coote, solicitor, elde st son of Mr. Coote, of Austinfriars, aged 29. ag ed 66. On the 17th i ns t., M r . G eo . L ey b urn , o f Cl ap h am -read, , r..ro iso On the 14th inst., M rs . M ary R usse ll, l ate o f Shoe Blackfriars, aged 81. egth On the 19th of September, a t St. Domingo, in his 01 4 George Brown, E sq ., e ld est son of the late Richard Bro'' of Mark-lane. Them" Lately, at D acca , i n t h e East Indies, Lieut.- C o l o nel e jo , Colclough W a t son, commanding the 53d Regiment o f Nat.l . / 4 ,, of fantry, son t o th e l ate Li eut.-Colonel Jonas W atson , fornw t i o ; his Majesty's 13th Regiment, who was killed at Wexford in hellion of 1798. „ Coon . On the 15th i ns t., M r. H a d na h Y ates, one o f th e Cororn °— cil On of the city of Lincoln aged 70. the 7th inst., the ' Rev. Phineas Stubbs, of Holly" Atorir l Vicar of Well, Yorkshire, and formerly Curate of West 1 4 . 1 this county. wife On the Ist inst., at Haselbury, Somersetshire, Mar ths 'oola s° Thomas Best, Esq., of that place, and mother of the Rev. Best, of Kirkby on Bain, Lincolnshire. th e lict ° o f On the 10th inst., at Grantham, aged 75, Julia, re. enclarY Rev. Joseph Smith, Vicar of Melsham, Wilts, and Pre0.,,...n00, Salisbury, and youngest daughter of the late Sir Thomas "'"- Baronet. coo' At the residence of her mother on Southernhay, Exeter, Woe C 1 line, youngest daughter of the late William Land, E , ' , Hous At Torrington,f Silverton. o wee p ft, the Rev. Denys Yonge, Incumbent _ ford for the long period of fifty years, and Vicar of 3 1 0 Cornwall. /l e, At Parracombe, Ellen Isabella, wife of the Rev. J A.M., R of thar, aged 24. At the ector residence at of p his son-in-law, Swanage , Dorset, pear Admit al Cooke, in his 85th year. At Milford Haven, where he had been for a few days ° ,, 13 ., min T' ing excursion, Charles Tessier Lewis, Esq., brother to `.' s l e ge Locke Lewis. His death was caused by the accidental tt uner t his gun severely fracturing his arm. Being alone at th e B un appears, from the traces of his blood, and the sail. or wa iket!! (which was found entangled in the hedge), that h , e spOP considerable distance before he obtained assistance, wo only a few words, and expired. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG' at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand. t hots fresh Th 0 11 n( this Will 1 th e i ng F v Q t, tot A TEI fond Held 1834