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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, At this crisis of discussion at debate, on the subject of Catholic emancipation, •trid the repeal of the Test and CQI-poratitt Acts, there are published some very itYieresting documents, the nature of which will be best explained b y , their title, which we therefore here insert LETTERS 3'z0 , .1 HIS LATE MAJESTY TO THE LATE LORD KENYON., ON THE CORONATION OATH, WITH HIS LORD line& ANSWERS: AND LETTERS OF THE RIGHT HON. - - - Vt. PIT:X r 0 HIS LATE MAJESTY, WITH HIS LATE MA. J E:reS ANSWERS, PREVIOUS TO THE DISSOLUTION OF . LFHE MINISTRY IN 1801." It is superfluous, perhaps, to ald to this, the information that this correspondence has been communicated to the editor (Dr. Phil' tt ) by po s the present Lord Kenyon _; .attd it w ou ld b e an insult to the dignity of the documents them selves, to say that they are authentic ; they re quire no attestation—they are above all suspi cion. The t '.:pinion of the late King on the im portant gr.estion of Catholic Emancipation was well known, but his subjects were probably not awrie of the pains which he had taken, and the Conscientious anxiety which he had felt, to come to a right conclusion. Whether he were success ful or not in the attainment of that object, is a distinct consideration ; but most unquestionably one result of the publieation of the letters now before the British people will he, to prove to them, if such proof were now wanting, that their late Sovereign was what the poet calls " the noblest work of God—an honest man."—The Editor has not improperly inserted the passage of the Coronation Oath, by which his late Majesty con ceived, that as one of the estates of the realm, he was separately and personally prohibited from granting any further privileges to Roman Catho lics, called Papists, and even to Protestant Dis- centers, though the two other estates had passed a bill for that purpose. It is worth the while to observe, that his Majesty places Protestant Dissenters and Papists in exactly the same situ ation, as to the incapacity in which they stood, of receiving any further privileges from the Con stitution. And Mr. Pitt also, in his letters, avows it to have been a maxim of his policy to free both from their disabilities, which, of course., he thought might be done without detriment to the Consti tution. For our own parts, we are of opinion that a man who should rote for Catholic Eman ciption is not necessarily concluded (as the lawyers speak) to promote the views of the Pro testant DissP.:nters ; and, vice versa, that a friend to the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts ma`,,' be sternly opposed to making any further "concessions to the Catholics. Nay, indeed, the fact itself supersedes all reasoning on the sub ject ; for there are many Dissenters who would forego their ow - • pretensions of complete admis sion to the benefits of the Constitution, rather than that the Catholics should be admitted with them; and from the contemptuous and revolting manner in which Roman Catholic writers uni versally speak of Protestant conventicles and con venticlers, we shrewdly suspect that if persons of the Catholic persuasion enjoyed seats in the two Houses of Parliament, Protestant Dissenters would find them their firmest opponents. The .King's inquiry of Lord Kenyon is thus sketched :—" It seems to require very serious investigation how far the Ki ng ca n g i ve hi s ss •ent to a repeal of any one of those acts (Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity, the Test Act, and the Bill of Rights), without a breath of his Corona ion Oath, and of the articles of union with Scot land :" and farther, " If the oath was under stood to bind the Crown not to assent to the re peal of the Act of Uniformity in favour of Pro m:alit Dissenters, it would seem to bind the Crown full as strongly, not to assent to the re peal of the Act of Supremacy or the Test Act in favour of Roman Catholics." His Majesty seems to labour under some misapprehension as to the respective object of these several Acts : but it is cle a r that he held himself equally' restricted by his Coronation Oath from grant ing indulgences to any class of dissidents from the established church, whether Protestant or Catholic. Lord Kenyon's reply to these queries is able and cautious ; but it is still deci sive in favour of the liberty of the Crown to remit penal or disqualifying statutes ; for, says his Lordship, it has so remitted them. " The sta tute of 22 Car. 11. c. 1, for preventing conven ticles, and other statutes of like tendency, existed at the time when the Coronation Oath was framed and enacted by 1 William and Mary, yet in the same Session of Parliament the law called the Toleration Act was made. Several indulgences, both in England and Ireland, have been since granted to several denominations of persons, dissenting from the Church of Eng land. Those regulations have been supposed by the makers of them not to be hostile to the Church of England as by law established, but merely to repeal or lessen the rigour of penal statutes, which, though thought necessary at one season, were deemed inexpedient at another time and under different circumstances." Lord Kenyon's opinion, therefore, on the legality of the question, is all that is contended for by the advocates for emancipation. In answer to another unhappy and wild inquiry of the King's, his Lordship thus writes :—" It should seem that the Chancellor of Great Britain would incur great risk in affixing the Great Seal to a Bill, giving the Pope a concurrent ecclesiastical juris diction with the King !" In Lord Kenyon's reply to the King's second application, his Lord ship certainly seems a little inclined to grant somewhat more of indulgence to the Royal scruples, but without deserting the great prin ciples of the Constitution, according to which the King could not be bound up from grant ing his consent to any Act proposed to him by his co-estates of the realm. His Lordship's letter commences with this sentence, " It is a general maxim that the supreme Power of a State cannot limit itself." The con clusion of the same letter divests the question of all its stiffness, and puts it on the common and rational footing on which all men place it. If a King thinks he cannot, by his Coronation Oath, grant further indulgences to Catholics, it would be hard to force him. But the prohibition in the Oath is not so obvious that every King must necessarily think himself restrained or controlled. " It seems to me," says his Lordship, " that the judgment of the person who takes the Corona tion Oath must determine whether any particular Statute does destroy the government of the Established Church. It seems that the Oath, couched in the general terms in which it is found, does NOT preclude the party sworn from exer cising a judgment, whether that which he is bound to maintain will be essentially, or in any great degree, aFected by the proposed measures. And, we will add, should the affirmative seem to him to be the case, then he is bound to resist the measure . , with out an y reference to his Coro nation Oath whatev er ;. ay e , even before he has taken that Oath, the'eeremong itself of corona tion, b e i ng o f ten stispenaeci for a . long time. and not being necessary to mark, out the suc cess i on , or confer the Reg a l power. Th e correspondence between Mr. Pitt and his late Majesty, which took plc in the year 1801, immediately after the Irish Union, is extremely interesting, and highly honourable to both parties. It sterns that the Premier was detertnine•i, not only upon the measure of Catholic Emancipation, but also upon the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Upon these points he thus expresses himself.—" Under the impression of that opinion, he has concurred in what appeared to be the prevailing sentiments of the majority of the Cabinet,—that the admission of Catht;lie:s and Dissenters to offices, and of the Ca tholics to Parliament, (frim which latter the Dis senters are not now exClUded,) would, under certain ccnditious ió be specified, be highly advisable, with a view to the tranquillity o 7 Ireland, and to the ge neral interest of the United Kingdom." It was as a martyr to these principles that Mr. Pitt then re tired from office. In the full maintenance of them, and the firm conviction of their utility, he returned to office again, but with an understanding that the mind of the King should not be agitated by their immediate discussion ; and adhering still to those principles, Mr. Pitt died in 1806. The King re tained his conviction also, whilst reason retained pos session of his mind. If we are asked whether the 'publication of this correspondence will prove favoura able or injurious to emancipation, we answer, that death levels the accidental distinctions of rank. The King,and Lord Kenyon, and Mr. Pitt, are all equally sincere ; but inasmuch as the two latter are superior to the former in understanding, by so much ought their opinion to prevail over his throughout the country. From the Lord Chief Justice we learn the legality of the measure of Catholic Emancipation, and that the objections to it, on the score of the Co ronation Oath, are frivolous and unfounded. By the great Minister we are informed of its expediency, and " that it would" (in his opinion, of course)" be attended with no danger to the Established Church, or to the Protestant interest, in Great Britain and Ireland." If we appeal to authority, it is evident on which side the authority of mind and intellect rests. —Times. SECOND EDITI",IN. SUN OFF, GE, Seven o'clock. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS. Sir ALEXANDER. GRANT and others from the Commons, brought up the Bill for the Naturalization of the Rev. Joseph Wolfe, and several other Private Bills. Mr. CRAYE'ER presented a return of the total amount of the National Debt of England and Ireland, including the Austrian and Portuguese Loan. The Earl of ELDON presented a petition from the Electors of Penryn, praying to be heard at the Bar, against the Bill for disfranchising that Borough. MOST IMPORTANT. ABANDONMENT OF THE CORN BILL. CORN BILL. Lord GODERICH rose, and addressed himself in these terms :—I was asked, my Lords, in the course of last night to explain to you the course the Government meant to take with respect to the Corn Bill, after the discussion that had taken place. I was asked, first of all, whetLer it was my intention to propose, in any other stage of the Bill, again to resciqd the amendment, to which I had stated my objection ; and I was f ur th er as k e d on what day it wag proposed that the third reading of the Bill should be fixed for. Upon these ques- tions being put to me. I certaintly did not think myself able to give satisfactory answers, but I led that it is now fit I should state distinctly, on behalf of his Majesty's Go vernment what I propora to do. After the decision whioli the House came to, for the second time, upon the amend ment, it evidently would be quite out of question for me to make any further attempt again to induce your Lordships to depart from that 'lecision, I therefore am under the necessity of considering the Bill as finally having been sanctioned by your Lordships with that amendment to pass. I felt it my duty to state as strongly as I could, be cause I thought I had a strong case. I felt it my duty to state as strongly as I could the grounds on which I con ceived that that clause was not only objectionable, but in my judgment, fatal to the principle of the Bill, and inconsistent with the success of the measure. I have now to state that I cannot depart from that opinion, and that it is not possible for me to propose the third reading of a Bill to which it is quite impossible for me ever to bring myself to agree to. I shall, therefore, not proceed as I had intended, to move that the third reading of that Bill shall take place on Friday next. Lord MALMESBURY—I shall be at all times per fectly ready to meet the Noble Lord, or his Majesty's Ministers in amending the Bill in any way that may be considered the best. I should indeed be exceedingly anxious to adopt any measure in conformity with the landed interest, and the interest of the community at large ; and I think it right to state this now because, in my opinion, it is not too late to adopt a measure for the purpose of putting the Act of 1622 into operation.—(Hear, hear.)— I thould be exceedingly glad to see that clause removed which prevents that Act coming into operation. If it were removed and the Act brought into operation, I think it would ope rate for the benefit of the community, and without produc ing any very great inequality of opinion. Lord ELLENBOROUGH—My Lords, I think my Noble Friends' suggestion well deserves the attention of the House. The principle of that Bill of 1822 has never been tried. In the course of last year there could have been no objection to the passing of a measure to have brought that Bill into operation, and there would be time enough yet during the present Session to pass a short measure for that purpose, but I think that Act of 1822 is kept up as a grievance, in order to force Parlia ment to adopt some measure that may be proposed by Go vernment. Lord GODERICH.—I can assure the Noble Lord that the principles which operated his Majesty's Govern ment respecting that Act of 1822 were of the purest nature. The Duke of WELLINGTON.—Though the Noble Lord hes thought proper to say he will not move the third reading of the Bill, yet the order for the third reading of it not discharged, and I apprehend it is open io any body else to move the third reading of it.—(Cheers from the Op- position.) Lord GREY.—My Lords, I should wish to state what have been the motives of my own conduct, as well as the conduct of some of my Noble Friends. Undoubtedly it is in the Noble Lord's power, if he thinks the amend ment so completely mischievous as to render the Bill, useless or injurious, to withdraw himself from mov ing the third reading of it, and having such an opinion, he has done right to abandon it.—(Hear, hear, hear.)—My Lords, I cortainly did not vote for that amendment upon any idea of getting rid of the Bill.— (Hear, hear-)—I vote in the 'majority for its going into a Committee, and I hope it is unnecessary for me to say that I should not have lent myself, as I am sure the Noble Duke would net have left himself to any measnre to effect that indirectly to which he had not directly a ssented.—(Cheers.)—l vote for the Amendment, thinking it really an improvement. I certainly should have approved of an amendment if it had been moved by my Noble Friend sitting at the table, but as that amendment was not moved by him, and as the one moved by the Noble Duke seemed to me to be calculated to detect the frauds that that had been committed without impeding the effect of the Bill I voted for it.—(Hear.) That, my Lords, is still my opinion, and, thinging that a ve.ty unjust clamour has been raised on the subject of the Corn Laws thinking the Government has been much to blame far the measures they have adopted, which have much tended to encourage that clamour, thinking also there was no case made out for our immediate interference, nobody having been able to state, that for the last six years there had been any such inconvenience as to have called for the interference of the Government, I could not withold my vote for the amendment There had not been during these six years that fluctuation in the prices that had been stated by those Noble Lord who introduced the Bill, but being introduced, and feeling that it was connected with the maintenance of interests upon which the prosperity of the ecuntry depended, he gave it his support, and voted for it being entertained in the Committee. But in doing so, he never intended to go into that Committee, with the delusive idea that all power of deliberation was taken away.—(Cries of Hear, hear) ; he owed it to the House, and to the country, if any beneficial alterations in his view of the question should be proposed, to vote for them, and therefore it was that he supported the Amendment of the Noble Duke ; he did so, because he thought the amendment calculated to correct the dangers arising from our eystem of bonding --a system which was not now defended even by its former advocates; he voted for it under the impression that it might in some measure mitigate, if not avert, the danger to be apprehended from letting loose upon the market such an accumulation of Corn, as would inundate the Country. If the House were again to go into a discussion of the entire question, the Noble Lord would be prepared to defend his conduct with respect to this measure by ar guments which, to his own mind, tarred conviction._ It was for those persons who, in the first instance, agitated this question of so much delicacy and difficulty, now to suspend the consideration of it, and with that suspension to risk all the exasperation and angry feelings which may exist before any remedy could be applied, it was them to consider the expediency of such a pro ceeding adopted, becadse of the introduction of an amendment, the only practical effect of which, was to defer the period at which foreign Corn was to come into the market, from the time the price was 635. until it was 665. The important principle of the measure was still the same, and he could not believe that, even in the view of those who were most wedded to their own opi nions, the Bill had become so vitiated by the altera tion, that it ought now to be abandoned. If the alteration was found to be inconvenient, it would have been subject to the consideration of their Lordships at any future period. The Noble Lord, after entering into details of the Bill, with a view of showing thaf it had not been materially altered, an-I that he did not question the integrity of the Noble Lord (Goderich) who, he was willing to admit, acted in the conscientious discharge of his duty, but he could not think it other than an extraordinary proceeding on the part of the Noble Lord to abandon on account of an alteration of that sort, a Bill of so much importance in other respects. The Noble Lord could not sup pose that his Majesty's Ministers bad taken this courrse for the unworthy object of exciting the feelings "of the country against that House; ,but ifthat be the effect of their conduct (said the Noble Lord) I am ready to meet it.—(Cheers.)--I stand here, one of a body always ready, while they anxiously and feelingly protected the interests of the people to stand boldly forward in the maintenance of their own rights.—(Loud Cheers. )—lf, as we are told, that the result of our persevering in the amendment will be to force a worse measure of us. I, for one, declare that I am not to delare that I am not to be intimidated by that threat, and I trust that if that worse Bill comes, that it will meet from your Lordships a firm opposition, and ultimate rejection.—(Hear. hear, and loud cheers.) If we are un happily to come to that sort of contest, and that there is to exist that sort of exasperation of feeling with which we are threatened between this House and the body of the people, my part is taken..—(Cheers.)—l am one of an order with which I must stand or fall, and whose independence and privileges I will maintain to the last hour of my exis tence. (The Noble Lord resumed his seat amid loud cheers.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then rose, and depre cated any discussion when there war no question before the House. His Noble Friend near him (Lord Goderich) had no intention of submitting any motion to their Lord ships', but merely stated that the Order of the Day for the third residing of the Corn Bill stood for Friday next, and that he did not propose to move the third reading of it on that day. His Noble Friend did not even move that the order be discharged ; and, as the mat ter now stood, it was perfectly open to any Noble Lord who thought the 8.11, with the amend ment, would be still beneficial, to move the third reading of it on Friday. His Noble Friend conceiving that the Bill had now assumed a form materially different in its effects from what it was when first introduced by him, had, in answer to a question put last night, de clared his determination of not proposing that the Bill be carried through any other stagi, but any other Noble Lord was at liberty to do so. The Noble Marquis would not now enter into any vindication (which he easily could) of the conduct of his Noble Friend, though strongly tempted to do so by what had fallen from the Noble Earl opposite (Lord Grey); but an oppor tunity might hereafter arise of defending this, which required no defence, and then he would be prepared to show that nothing was more clear than that the amendment which had been introduced made the Bill, in its effects, differ materially from what it was when brought up from the Commons. The discussion on this subject here dropped. Mr. PEEL'S four Bills on the Criminal Laws were then read a second time, on the Motion of Lord Tenderden, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The House then divided on the Corporate Funds Bill, on the motion of Lord Lord Eldon, that the Bill be read a third time this day three months. Contents, 28 Not Content 9 I Majority against the Bill 19 The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At four o'clock this day there were exactly forty Mem bers present, and the House proceeded to business. Mr. SPRING RICE brought up the report of the Bill for regulating the sale of Bread in Ireland. TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS. Mr. PORTMAN presented petitions from several places in Dorsetshire, for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Similar petitions were presented from Devizes, Wilts, by Mr. Bennett. From Preston, by Mr. Wood.— From Peterborough, by the Attorney_General. From Lymington, by Mr. F. Baring. MR. MARTIN• Mr. HUME presented a petition from Mr. Richard Martin, late a Member of the House , complaining of the interference of the Marquis of Sligo and the Marquis of Clanricarde at the late election for Galway, and praying to be allowed to prove this charge at the bar. The Hon. Gentleman said, that he thought it his duty to present the petition, but, in his opinion, it came too late ; the charges made by Mr. Martin should have been proved before the Committee. Mr. HUME gave notice, that on Wednesday next he should move an address to his Majesty on the subject of Naval Pensions. Mr. HUME then presented a petition from the journey men weavers of Spitalfields, complaining of distress, and praying for retrenchment in the public expenditure. The Petition stated it as a fact, that a dragoon's horse devoured more in two days than would serve to support one of the petitioners, his wife, and seven children, for a week. The petition was ordered to be printed. PAUPER LUNATICS. Mr. GORDON rose pursuant to notice, to move for a select Committee to inquire into the number and state of the Pauper Lunatics, confined at the instance of the diffe rent parishes in the County of Middlesex during the last three years ; distinguishing the number of persons con fined in each place of reception. The Hon. Member stated that he was induced to bring forward this motion from a knowledge of several facts which had come to his know-. ledge, connected with the situation of the unfortunate persons, confined in the character of Pauper Lunatics. From Satur day, until Monday morning, the patients were confined in small rooms, called cribs, wallowing in their filth, and at tended only by assistant keepers, who were themselves con valescent patients. With respect to food and medical at tention, the condition of the Pauper Lunatics was also most deplorable. The Honourable Member alluded particularly to the Establishment, at the White House, Holton, under the direction of Mr. Warberton, in which, nearly 400 Pauper Lunatics were confined. . _ Mr. CROKER seconded the motion, and hoped it would be a spur to the Magistrates, of Middlesex, to build a Lunatic Asylum, for Pamper Lunatics, which at present amounted to between seven and eight hundred. Mr. Secretary BOURNE thanked the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Gordon) for bringing forward this subject, which was, in every respect, worthy of the consideration of the House. His own experience enabled him to confirm many of the statements made by his Hon. Friend. He thought, however, that it would be much better and more conve nient if his Hon. Friend, who was so well acquainted with all the particulars, would embody his views in a Bill ra ther than take the more circuitous route of moving for a Commitee. After some further business of no public interest, the House adjourned. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Whitehall, June 7. The King has been pleased to grant unto the Rev. John Russell, Doctor in Divinity, Schoolmaster of Charter house, the place and dignity of a Canon or Prebendary of the Metropolitan Church of Canterbury, void by the death of the Rev. Mathew Surteee. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northumberland. Northumberland Regiment of Militia.—A. M. Drum mond, Gent., to be Ensign. Dated 29th May 1827. Northumberland and Newcastle Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. Charles John Brandling, Esq., to be Captain, vice R. W. Brandling, reeigned. Dated 29th May 1827. Whitehall, June 2, 1827. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Philip Finch Curry, of Liveipod, in the county of Lancaster, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. T. Winder, Lancaster, licensed-post-master. E. Hay, Oxford-street, tobacconist. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. J. Allan, Truro, tea-dealer. G. Crafts, Wycombe Marsh, Buckingham, paper-maker. BANKRUPTS. W. Loveland, Cherry-garden-street, Bermondsey, ship wright, to surrender June 15, 22, and July 24, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Whiting, London bridge-foot, Southwark. J. Goddard and A. F. Cope, Walworth, sugar-refiners. June 15, 22, and July 24, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners. Lloyd, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn. J. Lomax, Stockport, Cheater, printer, June 28, 29, and July 24, at three, at the Warren Bulkeley-Arms Inn, Stockport. Back, Verulam-Buildings ; Newton and Win terbottom, Stockport. T. Cole, East Stonehoute, Plymouth, plumber, June 19, at eleven, 26, and July 24, at ten, at the Court of Com missioners. Pontifez, St. Andrew's-court, Holborn. W. Pinniger, sen. and W. Pinniger, jun., Caine, clothiers, June 19, at twelve, June 29, and July 24, st one, at the Court of Commissioners. Parker, Dyer's buildings, Holborn. J. Sadler, Jermyn-street, St. James's, Middlesex, wino merchant, June 15, 22, and Jaly 24, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Score, Copthall-buildings. H. Phillips, Stepney-House, York, merchant, 26, 27, and July 24, at the Elephant and Cagle lan, Scarborough. Edmunds, Exchequer-office, Lincoln's-Inn ; and Page Scarborough. J. Lee, Leicester, corn-dealer, June 18, 19, and July 24, at eleven, at the White - Hart Inn, Leicester. Milne and Parry, Temple, London ; Cape, Leieetter. J. T. Barham, Bread-street, Cheapside, lace-dealer, June 19, 26, and July 24, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners. Evans and Shearman, Gray's-inn-square. J. W. Jennings, Birmingham, factor, June 23, 25, and July 24, at one, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Nor ton and Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square ; and Willis, Bir mingham. _ DIVIDENDS. C. Goodrich, Etton, Yorkshire, corn-factor, July 7, at twelve, at the Rose and Crown The, Beverley, Yorkshire— J. Gerrish, Bradford, Wiltshire, victualler, July 2, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Bath—G. Keeting, Waterloo road, Lambeth, linen-draper, July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Bayley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, Bilk-throwster, July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commis sioners—W. C. Brown, Coleman-street, wool-merchant, July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—G. Blair and W. Plimpton, Lower Thames-street, *cyclamen, July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Mitchell, Wanstead, Essex, butcher, July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—R. Carbery and D. Howell, St. James's street, hatters, July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commis sioners—J. Thomas and S. T. Gilbert, Exeter, linen drapers, July 3, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners__ T. Brettell, Summerhill, Staffordshire, scrivener, July 4,, at twelve, at the Wheat Sheaf Inn, Bewdley, Worcester shire—F. E. and R. Willett, Thetford, Norfolk, bankers, July 6, at eleven, at the Angel Ina, Bury St. Edmunds-- W. Harrison, Nottingham, grocer, July 5, at one, at the Ram Inn, Nottingham—T. and E. Burden, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, drapers, July 5, at ten, at the Wheat Sheaf Inn, Bewdley, Woreestershire—R. and W. Wain, Long• nor, Allstonfield, Staffordshire, chandlers, July 5, at twelve, at the Green Man, Aahborne, Derbyshire. CERTIFICATES-JuLr 3. J. Bloor, Wheelock, Cheshire, Bilk-throwster—H. Hat ton, Liverpool, gun-smith—H. Rogers, King-street, West Smithfield, twine-manufacturer--J. Rogers, Shrewsbury, grocer—W. Chappell, Strand, butcher—J. G. Moojen, Mark-lane, merchant—H. Evans, Oxford-street, laceman —C. Granger, Cowley, Sedgley, Staffordshire, coal master—W. Sior, South-row, New-road, bookseller—J. Headford and J. Court, Out Parish of St. Philip and Jacob, Gloucestershire, brick-makers—T. Poolly, Norwich, corn-merchant--R. Hill, High-street, Southwark, sta tioner—M. Renwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, linen-draper —R. Ramsden, Southend, Essex, horse-dealer--J. Fletcher, Liverpool, merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. Samuel and R. Doke, Liverpool, silversmiths—E: Carden, T. Carden, and W. A. Carden, Regent-Circus, Oxford-street, silk-mercers—Susannah Smith and C. Smith, Chertaey, Surrey, bakers—T. Callcott, Hill, Wem, Shropshire, and T. Alenlove, Petton, Shropshire, coal merchants—J. Galbraith, jun. D. Forrett, and R. Clark, Glasgow, haberdashers (so far as regards J. Galbraith, jun.)—T. Arnold and T. Southcott, Manchester, joiners H. Wilson and W. Swayne, Rochford, Essex, solici tors—G. Vosper and A. Vosper, Callington, Cornwall, linen-drapers—W. B. Tarbutt and C. B. Tarbutt, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, merchants—E. Stubbs, J. D. Hancock, and E. Staple, Whitechapel-road, coach-makers (so far as regards E. Staple)—W. Harrison and W. Knee, Reading, Berkshire, printers—J. F. Hanson and W. Bad den, Size-lane, dealers--H. Jefferson, sen., R. Jefferson, and H. Jefferson, jun., Whitehaven, Cumberland, wine merchants (so far as regards H. Jefferson, sen. )—T. Bark ley and C. Smith, Little Tower-strget, chemists. On Tuesday last, died at Maidstone, James K ea n, a seventh son of a seventh son, who, by virtue of his birth, cured diseases, as it were by instinct. He car ried on a flourishing trade for some years, until, unfortu nately for him, a poor infatuated patient died at the doctor's house, while waiting for advice. An inquest was held on the body of the patient, and it was clearly proved that the doctor did not kill him ; but the occurrence, com bined with the profound ignorance and vulgarity displayed by the doctor on the inquest, gave a mortal stab to his fame, and marred his rising fortunes. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCIIS Jtatz IQ• soANE v. KNIGHT. This was an action to recover a compensation in damages for an article which appeared hi the Quarterly Magazine of April, 1824, of the defendant, who is a bookseller in Pall-mall East. The plaintiff is the celebrated architect. Mr. GURNEY stated the case. The old Courts of Justice in Westminster-hall were taken down some few years ago with the intention of rebuilding them so as to afford more accommodation, and the plaintiff was appointed the archited. In the spring of 1824, he had scarcely erected this Court, wheel he was mailed by newspapers and ma gazines, in such a mauder tts evidently showed no little malignity against him as well as hit' works. Every man thinks he is born an architect, and that he is qualified to judge of that which takes the whole life of the artist to learn. The defendant, in the Spring of 1824, at the time when this Court was in an unfinished state, but covering more ground than it does at present, so as to prevent the necessity of our entering the Court through a crowd, published the libel of which we complain. It is an article evidently prompted by private pique and malice against a man who has attained the advanced age of three score years and ten.' Mr. Soane called upon the defendant, who was the publisher ; he tkought proper to withhold the name of the author, who has not scrupled to represent Mr. Some as the Boeotian professor and the inventor of a new order of architecture. Mr. Gurney read the passages com plained of (which are after stated at full length) comment ing upon them as he proceeded. That Mr. Soane was to be thus held up to the ridicule of all who knew nothing of the subject, that is to say, the great mass of mankind, as the inventor of a new order of architecture, far doing that which in fact he had not done, was mere than he could put up with, and besides, he considered that what was his case to -day might be the case of a young man to-morrow, who might be overwhelmed with such unjust attacks, and he therefore brought the present action as well for the protec tion of rising young artists as for his own vindication. Colonel Stephenson examined by Mr. Bagtrcruast.—l• am surveyor-General to the Board of Works. I know Mr. Soane. He is the architect under the Board, and was employed in designing and superintending the erection of the new Court. Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL. - Mr. Seaue was the architect of the buildings round the House of Lords, and of the entrance for His Majesty. I attended his Lectures on Architecture some years ago at the Royal Academy. He was not a severe critic on other artists. Re-examined.—Part of the buildings in 1824 were pulled down, and this Court was contracted in consequence of the orders of the Committee of Taste. Mr. Miller purchased the magazine at the defendant's shop. $Mr. Britton.—ln my judgment the passages pointed out apply to Mr. Soane. Cross-examined.—They made no unfavourable impres sion on my mind against him ; some of my works have been reviewed with severity. I never brought any action against the Edinburgh or Quarterly Reviews. The passages complained of •vere then read. They are as follows : " On the 6th or Beeotian Order of Architecture. "We have thus complied with the mode which prevails of considering the column as one of the two great distin guishing characteristics of our order, but as instances of the pure Boeotian order are yet rare in this country (though we hope to be the humble instruments of its more extensive application), we shall proceed to investigate some of the pe culiar advantages and singularly beautiful effects of its style. Fortunately for us and our readers, splendid examples of it are within the range of their daily walks and ancient neighbourhood.' In entering into this part of our subject, we feel bound to confess that so recent is our initiation into its arena, that we have much less of the decision of the connoisseur than the diffidence of the student. Indeed, se apparently opposed are some of its doctrines to the gene rally adulated notions of good taste and propriety, that we should never have yielded our assent to their truth upon less authority than the precepts and practice of the present professor of architecture. To that alone have we bowed as he has to that of Van Bluggen ; and, until the gene alogy of our readers' credence be as perfect as our own, we shall claim no other admiration from them than an acqui escence in the fact of our undoubted veracity. The first dogma we heard ex cathedra made a whole host of preju dices reel, and we were infidels enough to withhold our con ♦iction till the evidence of another sense disproved all doubt. It was this : " Ist. That the utility of every building (not merely ornamental) may be sacrificed in any degree to further the architect's view of making it'a work of fine art. " There ban been an opinion even to the present time among all writers of jurisprudence, that the administration of justice should be as public as possible. A conviction of the truth of this proposition appears to have influenced the Government of this country to remove the old Law Courts in Westminster-hall, which were contracted and inconve venient. It was ordered that the'Bceotian Professor should eruct a new series of handsome and splendid buildings, and this order had in view the antiquated maxim that " ''Ti. use alone that sanctifies expence, " And splendour borrows all her rays from sense.' The professor, with the wand of a magician, has called up the present law courts, not for the accommodation of a listening public, not for the convenience of suitors, not for the ready access of witnesses, not for the ready unobstructed pursuits of students ; not for the uncrowded ease of bar risters, not for the state and dignity of the bench, but from genuine and convincing illustrations of this dogma of Baotian style. The greatest law officer of a country con taining twenty millions of people is desired to pro nounce upon their various and complicated interests in an area of 22 feet by 24. As might be expected from so daring an assertion of the supremacy of art, the profes sor has had to encounter the prejudices of men in power and out of power, but he will triumph over them all, and make the Boeotian science rear its mysterious masses un curbed ; yea, and its wall shall not be removed even though Kings and Parliament shall frown. " 3. That the Professor of Baotian Art be absolved from all obedience to the established authorities in archi tecture, and be perfectly free to follow the Cadmean prac. tics alone as described by Vander Von Bluggen. " 4. That there is no relation:whatever between the parts and the whole of the Baotian order and style, or between the parts themselves, and that all notions of relative propor tion are chimerical and absurd. " So different from the fourth dogma of the Boeotian ar chitecture have been the opinions of the most eminent pro fessors on the subject of proportion, that in all the subor dinate orders a constant relation has been preserved between all the members in their multifarious combination. To take a single instance—whenever columns are accompanied by pilasters in the same design, the diameter of the one nai formly corresponds to that of the other, a practice which is considered the axiom of the art. Not so in the &soli/tn. In this the shackles of ancient prejudice have been burst through, the columns may be the diameter of a lady's finger, and the pilaster have the breadth of a porter's shoulders; the column may be indicated by the professor's pencil, and the size of his pilaster rival that of his portfolio.—Vide Por ticus Emporii Robinsis. " Again, it has been believed that as little licence could be allowed in the variation of the proportions of a capital to its shaft, as in that of the head of the human trunk.— The slightest departure from the received limit was instinc tively condemned as tasteless, inharmonious, and oftensive. Bceotian art spurns this prejudice, and expands its capital from the compactness of the ovolo to the distension of the umbrella, a circumstance at once characteristic and conve nient. Again, the firmest supporters of the arch have been supposed to be those which are usually denominated its piers, and which are placed immediately beneath the springing of the curve. The great triumph of Boiotian science is to knock away this natural support, and to leave the arch miraculously suspended by the back, like a stuffed crocodile in the ceiling of a museum. To show the safety of the practice, the professor has adopted this in his own domicile, and over the lawyers' heads in the passage to the New Court he has suspended an infinite series of these ' fabrics' baseless as their arguments, and interminable as their harangues. It would be tedious to multiply exam ples of this interesting dogma, they occur in every square yard of the professor's masonry, and they will embellish every page of Vander Von Bluggen's book." The ATTORNEY-GZNIRAL said, it was the undoubted right of the press to endeavour to correct the public taste, and to explode by argument or ridicule all false notions and erroneous works. Of all classes artists had least right to complain of the press. It is possible that a work of real merit may for the time be obscured and thrown into the shade by the critic, and may not emerge from obscurity until the prejudice of the day passes. Even in the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews, I may read criticisms which may shade my opinion of many works of sterling merit, but it could never be endured that a work of criticism should be the subject of action in a Court of Justice, and I should the it public mischief if an author could maintain an action for a criticism on his works, however mistaken that criticism might be. The power of ridicule and the efforts of wit are not given by nature for useless pur poses. That work alone that can stand the butt of ridi cule becomes immortal, for that which ridicule can put down ought to be put down. If this remark applies to books, still more does it apply to the artist whose works, like his materials, are lasting, and who covers a me tropolis with them. The court we are now in is pot the Work of a day, and it will remain and live in the ma' mory and mind of the future lawyer, who shall make 1 110 interminable harangue in it. What signifies to the pktia" tiff that shapeless building which a Committee of the goo° of Commons ordered to be pulled down, as he has the pl: ( 1 sent Court to maintain his reputation. Has the plaiu t r., suffered any thing by the defendant's publicatioar, has lost any thing? Is he not still employed. His works). themselves, are the true criterion of his genius, on wh icii ' his reputation depends. If we wanted a house to be bat' should we be deterred, by reading this book, from emlPl°Y ing Mr. Soane ? No ; we should Took at his works, courts of justice, and judge for ourselves, and not be direr P " by a paltry maga:tine. Mr. S. did, some years ago, bring action for a libel upon the bank, which he 'built, and the l°' Lord Ellenborough, then at the bar, who defended the 07 tion, compered that building to a spare rib of pork scare' . down the middle. Mr. Soane then met with the same sac' test that I hope he will now base. Lord Ellenboroug h after Wards, hi an action which Sir John Carr brae . against One of the reviews, reprobated such actions,- for if an injury were done to a work b y a critieisla,' it was damnum absgue in juria—and be instanced St.' Lock's criticism on Sir Robert Filmer's work ow (4° ; vernment, w'o;eli completely demolished the reputation - that work, and asked if Sir Robert Filmer could ha, brought his action against Mr. Lock. There .is no redee' tion in this publication on the personal character Of tb : plaintiff; his works, the public buildings, reere l Y tacked. With all respect to Mr. Soane, I confess 11) ",,f do really think he has made a mistake in these Col rt s Justice, and has sacrificed utility to beauty. It was duty go to make the first motion before the new L Cliatwellor. I assure you I was nearly killed in the Po; sage iri getting into the Court, se ill - contrived , a s I thioke' are the passages, I think the style of architecture for a' Court of Justice ahould be grave, solemn, and serene, al:61• that this Court is too much ornamented. I may be wroq, in my criticism, yet I submit that no act ion will Vie agai ° me on account of it, and, whether the crit icism in the pub', lication is right or wrong, I ask your verdict. Good Goa how hard it would be on the poor critics in all the periafr cal publications, if they were to be cast in damages b e ' . cause their criticisms are not just. How hard it is upoa;, the defendant, who is compelled to pay his proportion 01, this public building, as well as you and me, that he should' not be allowed to laugh at what he does not like. l‘f r ci i Soane, who builds treasuries, and through whose hal : • large sums for public buildings pass, on all of which he bog, 5 per cent., shall be allowed to say, " If the public (1. °f• like my work, they shall not laugh at it, I'll ta ke can e that. If they do laugh, they shall be brought into a ei t ii of Justice." Is this to be endured ? The work complailiil of had passed away, but Mr. Soane drags it from ohs c " rity to put it in contrast with his own splendid War e I stand upon the public g oo,i, and unless you find that: defendant was actuated by porsonal malice , and movetio personal attack upon the charact,.'r of the plaintiff, you find your verdict for the defendant. rer Lard TENTERDIN said, if you fins' this to be a fair, . sonable, and temperate criticism, altho ugh you may tn t • the criticism incor , -ect, the defendant ent 4 led to Y O f verdict ; but if you think he has gone be Yond the lia e sa a a fair consideration, and has been intempera te, unjust , . 6 , unreasonable, erd that the criticism was me Silt t° pill dice him in his profession, you will find for the Pla:°01. The Jury immediately found a verdict for the a'elen"- LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of Tuesday.) SUGAR.—The uncertainty as to the measu r e s of God._{ ment, whether Foreign clayed Sugars would be adini7; ‘ , here for refining on the payment of a moderate duty, 1 ) , an end to all general business last week; the few I": ,„ chases were made at rather lower prices. The cons Pol; tive stock is increased about 1000 hhds. since last week , w i deliveries are about 600 casks less than the correspoo7r • one of last year. As the day advanced, the request fo r Muscovades appeared to revive ; we estimate the sa le lh e t 500 hhds. The Refined Market last week was r a . d & brisk at full prices : the request since has subsided, ~ yesterday it became very languid on account of the as 7 so . vourable reports from the Hanse Towne, &c. 14 1 °ti 1 for unvaried. This afternoon the demand for low export is languid. The grocers are purchasing the suitable for home consumption rather freely : we , d oe state any alteration in the prices. The Mauritius mu , ' 0 ( went off freely last week at high prices ; severa l parcsig..6,. Havannah and Brazil which had been advertised for pub sale were either withdrawn or taken in until the final retie', lutions of Government as to Foreign Sugars could be aseo_ A tained. Since the new regulations, about SO hhda• eu; quality Grey Porto Rico Muscovades sold at the otfr price 325. ; nearly 300 casks more are in this ma rketf,,, which higher prices are now asked. By public sale '4l- forenoon 4690 bags Mauritius, the good sugars above 0 5 1 , ;i sold at previous rates; the low Brown was very bea v Y chiefly taken in. CLAYEDS.—We understand the officers of tile C gst° • e l House have reported, agreeable to orders, what JO Clayed, compared with Muscevades, ought to pay. , Correa.—The public sales last week were e xtensi lre ; British Plantation descriptions sold at reduction of per cwt. ; St. Domingo about Is. lower. Rather a tell r , sive purchases of the latter at 43 fair quality. There viejo three public sales to-day. British Plantation iS 4 1' lower, making a fall of 2s. a 4s. since this day w ee n , good ordinary Jamaica, 435. a 455. ; fine ordinary bu' 535. ; low middling, 595. a 61s. For fine quality St. et mingo, 435. 6d. was offered ; a parcel by private Co nte ordinary, for money, 425. The market is very heel- t IRISH PuovlsioNs.—The late sales of Mess Pork 011 : 635. and 655. In Beef we have heard of no sales to all g tent. Bacon is still advancing. DUTY ON FOREIGN SALTED PROVISIONS--A letter f ry an official person to a private individual in the citit nounces the intention of Government to levy a duty of 1 o f per cwt. on all Foreign Beef and Pork when taken 4:61,t.0 bond. We understand the calculation made is on the of the contracts for a series of years, which certain l y not be taken as a criterion of the Market currency- r e , order makes no distinction between Beef and Pork ; til t " lative situation of each article is, however, widely ‘11..00 ent; Pork can go into competition with Foreign Coup'- Beef cannot. 10E° HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.-The latest letter's t '; i o St. Petersbnrgh state the exchange a shade lower, i t 6t, 101 d. The arrival of two , -essels yesterday front . 0 0 Petershurgh had an unfavourable effect on the.eregtliti heavy Market ; the prises have declined since thio week 6d. to Is. per cwt. The deliveries for consanil'op last week were 1,138 casks against 72 5 in the corresroo(l ing week of last year ; the stock is now abo ut 11, bit casks against 35,000 in 1826. There have eorrid gl o 4. sales of Flax, but at lower prices. Hemp is li ttle fat to t Hors.-The Hop Trade has become very beaff,,torhe prices are little varied, on account of the the . lantations being still unfavourable. The Duty i° P t y estimated at 55,0001. to 58,0001. The accounts fronliof Mop districts appear to be rather more favourable to-a on account of the very fine weather. wet end- TOBACCO-The purchases cf Tobacco for the s irl• ing last night, inclusive, consist of a few law Strips a Sid. At a late hour 225 hhds. leaf 2P• a 3d. t 40 ° FRUIT-There is little alteration in Fruit ; *boa brls. new Red Smyrna Raisins have been sold at 6°''' Brox-The purchases lately are considerable. 10 t Corrox-The sales of Cotton for the week eau i4 o bsc le night inclusive, are considerable, the prices ere lower. 1,000 Surats, ; 500 Bowed, bid. 5 $ ir 200 Bengal, 4id. a 4id. ; 600 Egyptian, 7d. co ttoa Duty paid. There is rather more inquiry' for Fr'c l4 ' to-day. The India sale is expected to be fixed for reports I_os, 6th July. b r i l l ‘ rt GLAADOW, Jurte o, 1827.-There has W- os ... , t 0 , demand for Cotton during the week, fro") n3bognt prices are without alteration. The sales $- 5,376 bales." et for der r der Ruse, BRANDY AND HOLLANDS..-The INi AiC n ifer iit t f , ward Island Rum is more firm, no parcels 0011/cce of il her 2s. Id. ; Rum for duty was never so scarce , r the ot over not fine have been sold at 4s. 2d., " sre b ir d strengths are comparatively neglected. Bran,- first marks, vintage 1825, are selling to ari'vf 0 t go. , in the Docks at Ss. 6d.-Vintage, 1826, " se . 6a.. 0, Brandies landed ir. 1824 and 1 82 5 , ol d gall 61 1„ Jo° 3c Sc. 7d. Geneva unvaried. Some sa les of mil" Mk to-day at 4s. 4d. rag /V . 11 TEA.-The Tea sale which commenced yeste owe is expected to close about Friday next. Cafge°ll3, fell sold id. per pound higher than last sr.le gra o l d 3 nearly the currency of the preceding sale; gOOOll a 2s. 4F1., fine 2 s. 60. a 2s. lOid. Twan! , a; 1 $ 2s. 54d. a 2s. 64d. ; Twankay good, 2s. 7d. gs . Twankay fine, Ss. a as. 44d. ; Hyson Ski; ; 141 d. 3s. 1 0 d. ; Hyson common, 4s. a 4 s*,_ 2 6 0 . t ) rp' ithaa t du 1 6s. good, Twan k 4 ay s $. a 7 r d e . 4d a . 4 t s o . 5 1 d 0 . d.pierlllby.soicrheAfinpee,t (w and Hyson Skins also; Hylton.; about Id. Oil 691. e. 011.3.-By public sale this weeSoperrnn ‘ ,,, td , a Y. 601.10 s.; Head Matterther () oo° Srrcxs.-East India Spices are entirely ne gle cted' Pimento sells 94d. a 9-firl. at ° lll ri Parlwn and PUBLISIIILD by M. Y011.1‘,.. Sox-W.210r, No. 1151, Strand.