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ltZ ,~~ l'i lL ~I I ~. =.~ 4 *=CTS: s . 4 '~~.., ~~~ ~f~ G LAW INTELLIGI&NCE. EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 24, ISQ7. lIHE COURT of DIRECTORS o f t h e UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND Trad "g to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said COAI PANY, will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on • WEDNESDAY, the 7th FEBRUARY Next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the desire of more than Nine Proprietors, agreeably to the following Letter, received this day, viz.:— " TO THE HONOURABLE, TILE COURT OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. WO, the undersigned Proprietors of India Stock, duly quali fied, request that a Court of Proprietors may soon be called, to Which it is our intention to submit the following Propositions :--- " let. To deliberate on the present State of Oriental Educe *ion, connected with the absolute necessity for the whole of the Company's Servants in Hindoostan to acquire at least some collo- quial knowledge of its popular tongue. Qd. To determine whether the elementary acquisition of H indoostanee in this country be not indispeneible to Candidates for °M ein' appointments previous to their nomination by the Court of Directors, in order so far to secure the future good Government of British India, and the durable prosperity of that vast Empire. " 3d. To decide also on the propriety of the proposed preli minary qualification for Free Merchants, Marines, and others, be granting them a licence to reside among a hundred millions of Native Subjects, in daily contact with those European Inha bitants, who, in general, know nothing of the Hindoostanee, and consequently may injuriously impede through the multifarious tr ansaction s of public or private life, not only the local Autho rities, but the common weal of the People and State. " 4th. For a Copy of the Regulations issued by_ the Court of Directors, relative to the public examinations at home and abroad of persons intended for the Company's service in India, on their olpective acquirement* as Oriental Scholars, with the view securing e ffi c i ent servan t s - for the eff ec t ua l management o f numerous important affairs in o'er extensive and extending Do tr'ains in the East. " 6th. To compare the real expense of the two systems of Oriental tuition existing here since 1818, with the notorious dis proportionate results of each ; the total charge of one mode of Oriental Instruction alone having amounted to 64,0001. for 560 Students, while that of the other was only 4,0001. for communi cating similar information to 1600 Pupils at the Hindoostanee and Persian Lecture Rooms in London, many of whom are now not only very useful Interpreters, &c., but are able and ready to exe-• cute other responsible functions in the East Indian Service. " 6th. To recommend the adoption of some plan here for the immediate encouragentent of appropriate military education andOri !nal literature,with colloquial proficiency among th e King'sofficers, the Comp any ' s Cavalry and Infantry Cadets, &e. to the serious atten 'lon of the executive Court, which has done nothing yet to enable those youths to proceed hence as Officers, or Linguists, to India, Well qualified to command numerous bodies of brave men, by :peaking the . most current local dialect, and being, at the same } :nle, as well instructed as the Engineer and Artillery Students ay e long been, at Addiscombe, in those arts of war and tactical exec long insepa ra bl e f rom the due per f ormance o f t h e i r respective duties in the Indian Army," " JOHN CAPRON, Finsbury-square, " JOHN NEILL, " JOHN LEDGER, " JOSEPH HUME, " R. SLADE, • "JOHN BORTHWICK GILCHRIST, " JAMES PATERSON, " W. MAXFIELD, " W. MASON, " LEICESTER STANHOPE, " J. KIERNAN." " Lond on , J anuary, 23, 1827 JOSEPH DART, Secretary. TEAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 24, 1827. HE COURT ofDIRECTORS ofthe UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND Trad ing to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That the SPECIAL - GENERAL COURT of the said COM- I'ANY appointed to he held at their House in Learlenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 7th of February next, is made FURTHER S PECIAL, for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors for their approbation, in conformity with the 17th Section of the 6th Charter of the:By-Laws, a Resolution of the Court of Di ' ie 'tcn's of th e 10 t h i nst., appointing an Aisistant i n th e M e di ca l 5.-'opar t ment at the C om p any ' s D epot at Chatham, with a Salary of ' lo use Rent. Per annum an d an a l lowance of 40/. 'l per annum, f or copy of tip?. said Resolution now bee open at this Hou se , f or t he perusal of the Proprietors. JOSEPH DART, Secretary BIRCHIN-LANE, CORNHILL. LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION. ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1720. FIRE and LIFE OFFICE JOMN C. powELL, Esq. Governor . . ABEL CHAPMAN, Esq. Sub-Governer. JOHN HII.LERSDON, Esq. Deputy Governor. DIRECTORS. Robert All en , Esq. Henry Bl anc h ar d Edward Har nage , E sq . , Esq. William King, Esq. George Barnes, Esq. William Ouchterlony, Esq. John Watson Borradaile, Esq. John Plummer, Esq. Atdward Burmester, Esq. John Anthony Rucker, Esq. aron Chapman, E sq . Daniel Stephenson, Esq. "lanly Dobree, Esq. James Sims, Esq. J ohn purse, Esq. G • Henry Bayne s W ar d, E sq . riel Gillett, Esq. J ames Willi ams, Esq. Gal Henr Ti y bbs, Esq. L es t oc k P eac h Wil son, E sq. `r"rge Gooch, Esq. Henry S. 11. Wollasto n , E sq . Abel Anthony Gower, Esq. Henry Woodfall, Esq. mi ne . Company have determined to make a reduction of Pre p."' In the three ordinary Classes of Insurance, except in special -ss es . The First Class, 2s. is reduced to I 5..6d. per Cent. per ann. Second Ditto, 3s. Third Ditto, ss. In reduction has also recently been made in the Rates of Life ei -ursn ce, and Tables prepared for effecting the Payments in a " -se n I/timber of Contributions, for short periods; as three, five, "e d ; ten year*, &c. by which means this useful system may be L et'ver the usual contingencies of Annuities, Fines of pli ers ' Personal Debts, &c. ; and may also be conveniently ap je 0 t " he s ecurity of Marriar.! Settlements, where the Capital vise from prospective resources. liverlPts for the QUarter, new entered on, are ready for de- .I Y at the. , C mPanys House, in Birchin-lane, and by their Nents in the Cou 4a)Astter.idance daily, from Ten to Four o'clock, when the Office cl oses at Two. except on Satur- SUPERIOR FOOD for CHILDREN, LIDS, and OTHERS. superior INVA- R.O/3INSON'S PATENT BARLEY, for making ar,l”' Water in Ten 111:n t and PATENT GROATS, for aking The Patentee solicits superior G in' Teenlllinutes: attention ruel to the following document : (corr.) A pothecaries' Hall, London, Powder which y Sie,-I have analyzed your Groats and Barley nicac, __ Feb. 8, 18,213. •:"' ~"7 i ng his kajesty's Letters Patent for the sole Ma t . Tar lton% ° pi til e lme, properly denominate " Patent Barleyre_ la in. --r°14.." have no hesitation in declaring them to b_ecogn sil„ irw a t . of the finest Barley and Oats I ever saw.nt_ the ~_ Cal wrl.4l)thhate, 641byag, and of great importance i h !fi 'ourof ration a valuable, fine, , mucilaginous bever_ mode preparation a _ in a few me _ nutes. 'IN and food may he obtained I have also analysed ' itations of your arti ebb', which are tc warran°!tn.e eamples—im . , ' these I pro ther'tti free from adulteration, bounce to be compositions of different meals, consequently, nei pure Barley Water nor Oat Gruel can be made from them. I am, Sir, your Obedient servant, ur To Mr 1%1 . RICHARD CLARKE. .M. Robinson, Red Lion -street, Holborn. The above testimonial fr ' --otn a ge ntleman who has rendered the public much service, b expog arioui deleterious mix ture* and adulterations in articles ' - v consumption, added to the of general recommendation of the medical profession, 'make it unnecel lary for the proprietors to do more than state, that none are ge nuine which do not bear the word s . Robinson's Patent," the 11°Yel Arms, and • the signature of "Matta. h Sold retail Robinson."in packets at 6d. and Is and in canisters et 2e., ~ Y most respectable druggists, grocers, oilmen, &c., in every town throughout the Kingdom ; and wholesale, by the patentee Lion— "lnlifactuers, Matthias Robinson and Co., No. 64, Red sheet Holborn, London. excellent fold to ib' The refuse meal of the above articles is an and preferable r dogs, poultry, &c., and is much cheaper than t° oatmeal &e. I, , i -,, „.,... • ~ : , . 11 c - -,... • 0 - ~,, ~. ---`, , 0 :Ni . a., ‘ ,., , 0 „t-A.7„. .- --- Nsi ''r. 6 40 -- ;°-:, - , -Ik ' 1 liffrSi .l''' ' * ' "9. ' .' ' ' 4 1' ' f 1 , 0 I '1 1 , 11 • __,... a .,-.,.. , , , 2100 1-- 44.41 ( CZ ti,. 1 .1 %." .- . ~,6 ~.. u - , 14:o 3 -tt 0 4. •,-, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1827. NEW WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, OF THE LARGEST SIZE, PRICE SEVEN-PENCE, TO COMMENCE WITH THE OPENING or PARLIAMENT. ON SUNDAY, the 11th clay . of February, will appear No. I. of the LONDON FREE PRESS ; a Weekly Journal, conducted by the late Editor of the " Glasgow Free Press," with the assistance of other Gentlemen; and which will possess Exclusive Correspondence with the Continents of Europe and America. To produce a Weekly Newspaper, containing a much greater portion of Original Discussion than any that has yet appeared, with exclusive intelligence from the Continent. up to the latest hour of publication, without possessing avistittller quantity of the News and Occurrences contained in the gremeling Morning and Evening Papers, is one of the objects of the " LONDON FREE PRESS ;"—another, and a higher, is to-establish a Journal ab solutely and essentially free, bold, and uncompromising, ready at all times to support sound principles and useful measures, regardless of party, and regardful alone of Truth and Honesty. The LoNoox Fars PRESS will contain tise Latest Intelli gente -from all quarters of-the World, Op tolitinrday Evening, when it will be despatched - to every part of the towitry by that night's Mail, and delivered in Town intheltforninghy the:regular Newsmen; . A Second Edition will be despatched on Sunday night, con taining all the intelligence which may arrive fromthe Correspon dents of the Office on the Continent and in America, particularly the following - places :—Paris, Lisbon, Madrid, Brussels, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Colombia, and Mexico. The importance of the Sunday night's edition will be appreciated, not only by the inha bitants of the Metropolis, but by all who live within 200 miles of it, as it will be the only London Paper arriving " in the country on Monday ; and will contain twelve hours' later News than the other Sunday Papers. It will supply the vacuum caused by the non-publication ofthe regular Evening Newspapers on Sunday. To he published at No. 3, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street. This day was published, in 3 vols. post Bvo., price 1/. I Is. 6d. ELIZABETH DE BRUCE. By the Author of " Clan-Albin." " 0 good your Worship, tell it of all things ; for I mightily delight in hearing of love s t or i es ." — S a v ow PANIA. Printed for William 131 / A twoo d, Edinburgh ; and T. Cadell, Strand, London. This day was published, in I vol. Bvo., 6s. 6d. boards, • GENERAL VIEW of the PRESENT SYSTEM of PUBLIC EDUCATION in FRANCE ; and of the Laws, Regulations, and Courses of Study in the differ ent Faculties, Colleges, and inferior Schools which now compose the Royal University of that Kingdom ; preceded by a short His tory of the University of Paris before the Revolution. By DAVID JOHNSTON, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Printed for Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh; and Geo. B. Whit taker, London. of the Continent, at distances never before heard of, if a free trade in corn is allowed, the groiving of corn in this country may be given up;"-,an observation in which this experienced farmer concurs. On the whole, it appears that the agricultural classes are in circumstances of the greatest hazard, and that nothing but the most vigorous exertions, both in and out of Parliament, can pre vent consequences the most destructive to their safety and inte rests from taking place. The Meeting then unanimously came to the following reso lutions : 1. That it is highly expedient and necessary, that the several counties in Scotland should forthwith present petitions to both Houses of Parliament, urging the necessity of giving to the landed and farming interests, adequate protection, and substantial relief. 2. That for the purpose of promoting such petitions, the pro ceedings of this Meeting be printed and circulated, anti transmit- ted to the Conveners of all the counties in Scotland, by whom, the Meeting have no cleat, the counties will he assibled.,Jor_ taking such steps - as the urgency and the imporlance of the case en evidently. demand. JOHN - SINCLAIR, P. The thanks of the Meeting, moved by Hugh Rose, Esq. of Glastullicb, and seconded by William Mackenzie, Esq. of Muir ton, were then unanimously voted 'to Sir John Sinclair, not only for his conduct in the chair, but for his uniform and anxious at tention to the agricultural interests of the empire.— Caledonian Mercury. MARINE SOCIETY'S OFFICE, BISHOPSGATE-STREET. ACCOUNTS of Receipts and Disbursements, from the 30th September to the Slat December, 1826. B .lance 30th September £225 1 9 Annual Subscriptions, Donations, Dividends, &e. 1853 16 2 £2,078 19 11 During the above period 39 Boys have been sent to sea. In the Royal Navy In the Merchant's service Total DISBURSEMENTS. For clothing, Maintenance of Officers and Boys on. board the Society's Ship, Salaries and other expences, coat X 1033 6 3 Apprentice Fees with Girls, pur suant to the Will of William Hicks, Esq. Annuities to Sufferers in the Engagement under Lord Duncan, from the Fund trans ferred to this Society Balance in the Bankers' hands 31st December £468 5 8 2$ S 0 54$ 0 0._.€1,510 14 Subscriptions received ince the lag Publication. Annual George Paton, Esq. A. 2 2 S. W. Sweet, Esq. A. 2 2 Hon. F. B. R. Pel lew, C.B A. 1 1 J. W. Golby, Esq. A. 2 2 Henry Floyd, F_.sq.... A. 2 2 Capt. Robert Scott, A. 2 2 T. C. Elton, Esq A. 2 2 Colonel Nugent A. 2 2 D W.Gregorie, Esq A. 2 2 Wm. Thomas Fitz- Irked (A.) T. Webb Whitmarsh, Esq. A. 2 2 L. Wilson, Esq. A. 2 2 J. Powell, Esq.... A. 2 2 Capt. H. Jenkinson, kN A. 2 2 Vice. Admiral Sir P Malcolm, K. C.B. A. 2 2 F. Wilson, Esq A. 2 2 J. W. Nelson, Esq. A. 2 2 H. Holland, Esq. A. 2 2 T. Saunders, Esq A. 2 2 W. Minshull, Esq A. 2 2 T. Wilson, E5q..... A. 2 2 G. G. D. H. Larpent, Esq. A. 2 2 J. H. Capper, Esq. A. 2 2 R. Farmer, Esq. ... A. 2 2 J. Hillersdeu, Esq A. 2 2 S. Groombridge, Esq A. 2 2 Admiralty Session Jury 5 5 W. Wright, Esq. A. 2 D. Mamie, Esq A. 2 2 S. Bosanquet, Esq A. 2 2 J. 0. Hanson, Esq. A. 2 2 J. 11. Lewis, Esq A. 2 2 C. Ferguson, Esq A. 2 2 Capt. C. R. Mangin, R. N A. 2 2 Mrs. Capt. F. Mary GrayN A A 2 2 2 2 E. Alacklew, Esq A. 2 2 Henry Gaitskill, Esq. gerald, Esq k I 1 Alex. Fraser, Esq. A. 2 0 J. C. Reeve, Esq....A. 2 2 James Brogden, Esq. .• if. P. Jere. Dyson, Esq A. 2 2 Richard Best, Esq.—A. 2 2 31. Ald. Bridges .A. 2 2 Rev. Win. Wood A. 12 12 W. Matthews, Esq A. 2 2 Fred. Bowman, Esq A. 2 2 La Mentze, Esq. :A.. 2 A. A. Gower, Esq A. 2 Jos. Rankin, Esq....A. 2 ' Richard Price, Esq. A. 2 Nich. Garry, Esq k 2 Thos. Langley, Esq. A. 9 Rev. G. Raymond...A. 9 SR.°ll*lrot Rich,lloway EEssqq:—...AA.. Messrs. Holroyd and Jackson ............... 2 Capt. Sir P. C. Sil vester, Bart. R.N. A. 2 Thos. Stilwell, Esq. A. 2 Capt. W. B. Procter, R. N ................ A. 2 Benj. Smith, Esq....A. 1 Matt. Foster, Esq....A. 2 T. W. Barker, Esq... A. 2 Right Hon. Viscoiliitess Mandeville A. 3 Most Noble Marquis of Hertford A. 5 lion. Sir J. A. ParkA. 2 2 Worshipful Company of Drapers A. 10 10 John Dobson, Esq A. 2 2 John Saunders, Esq. A. 2 2 Miss Ford A. 2 0 Richard Lee, Esq A. 2 2 George Eyre, Esq k 2 2 Rer. C. Prohy A. 1 1 lion. Col. Stanhope A. 2 2 2 2 J y . ie M e_ a A rs d li tn al . l, H E o s n q . . s:i.r.,Rl.. _ . and Party 3 10 C. Francis, Esq A. 2 2 James Lance, Esq A. 2 2 George Smith, Esq. A. 2 2 Ellis Bostoek, Esq. A. I 1 Capt. Fairfax l5 15 William Wells, Esq. A 2 2 W. G. Bolton, Esq. A 2 2 Vice-Admiral Sir E. Cod rington, G. C. BA. 2 2 Capt. J. F. Maples, R. N. C. B A. 2 2 Capt. A. Hamilton A. 2 2 H. J. Conyers, Esq. A. 2 2 J. D. Brockman, Esq. A. 2 2 T.G.Bramston,Esq. A. 2 2 Sir A. K. Legge A. 2 2 Heneage Legge,Esq. A. 2 2 Right Hon. Lord Wil loughby de Broke A. 2 2 Messrs. Hodgson, Bro thers, and Co.. A. 2 2 William Fuller, Esq A. 2 2 Capt. J. Sykes, R. N. A. I I Sir T. H. Farquhar, Stopford, K.C.B. A. 2 2 Rt. Hon. Lord Sondes A. 3 3 C. Ferguson ,jun . Esq. A • 2 2 Jos. Marryatt, Esq. A. 2 2 C. Marryatt, Esq. A. 2 2 T. Courtney, Esq....A. 2 2 H. W. Mertens, Esq. A. 2 2 J. Williams, Esq....A. 2 2 Bart A. 5 5 Sir R. T. Farquhar, Bart. M.P. A. 5 5 J. P. Larkins, Esq. ... 12 12 £272 0 The Public is requested to consider the great importance of procuring employment for Youths, that they may be rescued from poverty, and from temptations to vice, and may be rendered es sentially useful to the Maritime Interests of the Nation, instead of being a burthen to their friends, and to the State. Pecuniary as sistance is required, and earnestly solicited, to carry into effect such national objects, which, it is presumed, must meet with uni versal approbation, upon the ground of policy, as well as of bene volence and compassion. The Society maintain a number of Boys on board their Ship off Greenwich, where they are fitted for the Sea service by the most careful instruction. 75,902 individuals have received the benefits of this Society since its Institution in 1756. Further Particulars may be obtained at the Marine Society's Office in Bishops ate-street, where subscriptions will be most thankfully received ; and also by Samuel Thornton, Esq. the Treasurer, 57, Broad-street ; and at the following Bankers : Messrs. Barnard and Co. ; Barnetts and Co. ; Child and Co. ; Coutts and Co. ; Curries and Co. ; Dorrien and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; R. Fuller and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Gosling and Co. ; Grote and Co. ; Hammersley and Co. ; Hankey and Co. ; Hoares and Co. ; Lubbock and Co. ; Martin and Co. ; Veres and Co. ; Whitmore and Co. ; and Williams and Co. THOS. KING, Secretary. PO PRESERVE the .HUMAN HAIR,' and to retain it in healthy vigour to the latest period of life, is particularly recommended ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, The first production of the age, and the ORIGINAL and GENU INE, a VEGETABLE PRODUCTION, possessing salubrious and wonderful nutritive properties, which prevents the hair fall ing off, occasioned by excessive perspiration ; is pre-eminently successful in nourishing the hair ; preventing its falling off in cases of illness, &c. and has the unequalled property of giving a most fascinating and delectable appearance to the hair. Price Se. 6d.- 73.-10 s. 6d. and 21s. par bottle. ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, For preserving the CostmaxioN from Winter's chilling blast— renders the Skin peculiarly soft and pletaant--removes freckles, pimples, and all cutaneous eruptions; imparts luxuriant and match less beauty to the complexion. ROWLAND'S ESSENCE OF TYRE For changing Red-and Grey Whiskers to Black or Brown. ROWLAND'S ALSANA EXTRACT For the Tooth Ache, and preserving and beautifying the Teeth and Gums. CAUTION.—In consequence of the high popularity of the above articles, base Impostors hare imitated the Labels, Bills, and Bottles. To guard against such Imposition, it is necessary on purchasing to Ask for " ROWLAND'S," strictly observing their Signature in Red onfeach Bottle of the Genuine Articles, " A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden." Sold by them and most Perfumers and Medicine Venders. CORNS, BUNIONS, &c. MORRIS'S ROYAL BRUNSWICK CORN PLASTER, prepared from a Recipe belonging to Her late Majesty, and now in general use by the Royal Family, is an excellent Remedy for eradicating Corns, and giving relief to those who have hard fleshy substances at the bottom of their feet, with out the least pain or inconvenience, and will prove a very useful Family Plaster for fresh Wounds and Scalds, likewise for Bunions. Sold in Boxes, at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. by Butlers, Chemists, Cheapside, corner St. Paul's ; 73, Princes -street, Edinburgh ; and 54, Sackville-street, Dublin; Savory and Co. 136, New Bond-street ; Willmott, 83, High -street, Borough ; and the principal Medicine Venders in the United Kingdom. Of whom may be had, PERRY'S ESSENCE, which has been declared in highly respectable Medical Journals, to be the best thing ever discovered for the Tooth and Ear-Ache." In Bottles, at I s. 1 id. and 2s. 9d. Also, Dr. FOTHERGILL'S DROPS, so much celebrated for their efficacy in Nervous Disorders. In Bottles, at 4s. 6d., lls., and 225. And Dr. FOTHERGILL'S TONIC FEMALE PILLS. In Boxes, at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. N.B. Ask for Alomus's BRUNSWICK CORN PLASTER. CORN LAWS. At an Adjourned General Meeting of Landholders and Corn. inissioners of Supply, from several counties in Scotland, especially assembled to consider the question of an alteration on the existing corn laws, held at the Waterloo Hotel, Edinburgh, on Wednesday the 17th day of January, 1827 : The Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. in the Chair; Sir John stated, that in compliance with the instructions of the last meeting, he had written to Mr. Huskisson to know, " Whe ther, after a bill was brought in for altering the Corn Laws, (as it would contain resolutions imposing duties), it would not be considered as a money bill, and, consequently, that no petition could be presented against it." To which he had received an an swer, containing the following paragraphs : " My impression is, that the only description of bill, against which the rules of the House do not permit the subject to petition is, a bill, having for its object, and professing in the form of its preamble, to grant a supply, and that these rules do not extend to hills, in whi6h duties are only imposed, as the incidental means of enforcing regulations of trade. Such, for instance, are the duties established by the corn bill of the 3-ear 1822. " As it may be material, however, to the parties on whose be half you have written to me, to be correctly informed on this sub ject, I am sure I need not point out to you, that the source from which they may derive that information, in its most authentic shape, is, the Speaker of the House of Commons." The Chairman then stated, that in consequence of Mr. Bus kisson's suggestion, he had written to the Speaker, whose answer, dated Palace Yard, Jan. 12, 1827, was as follows : " I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th, respecting intended Petitions on the subject of the Corn Laws ; and I beg to state my entire concurrence with Mr. Huskieson's opinion, that no parliamentary rule precludes the pre sentation of any petitions, with reference to any bill that may be offered to the House on that subject." It is evident, therefore, that Petitions against any alterations in the Corn Laws, may be given in, after the bill is presented : at the same time, it is to be considered, that from the great activity displayed by the opposing interest, it is necessary to prepare and' organise every means of defence that can be devised, above all,, by presenting Petitions ; for if numerous Petitions are not sent to Parliament from the agricultural classes, their silence may be construed into acquiesoence ; and a display of Petitions, on the opposite side, will appear to enforce the arguments that may be adduced in their favour. Petitions, before the measure is introduced, must have a salutary effect in counteracting the effects of those Petitions which the op ponents of the agriculturists have given in. If immediately set about, they need not enter much into detail. They may state, the hazard of altering the present system ;—the danger of throwiag a. large proportion of our lands out of cultivation ;—the risk of our becoming dependent upon foreign nations for a supply of food the necessity of ample protection ;—the propriety of inquiring into the effects of the change of currency ;—and other general topics of a similar nature. But if circumstances should render early Petitions impracticable, no time should be lost, (if the plan brought forward in Parliament should be considered exception able), to petition against it. _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN then stated, that he had received several letters on the subject of the Corn Laws, which must create great alarm ; in particular, a communication from a respectable corn merchant at Leith, which contains the following remark : " We have now had a tolerable specimen of what the Continent can do, in the way of importation, after a bad harvest ; and it is an earnest of what we may expect in favourable seasons, if the principle of exclusion is not adhered to by parliament." In that letter was inclosed a c ommunication, from a great corn merchant in Lincolnshire, who had abroad purchasing grain for the English Market, which contaiim the following par ticulars : " The factors on the Continent misled us, or rather they did not calculate upon the iinmense distance in the interior, that would he swept out by the temptation of large prices ; and I have only one opinion as to the Corn Laws. Only give us permission to import, and we may give over cultivating our own land, until, owing to war, or some prohibition, the Continental powers pre vent our receiving what they can grow. If w e (that is the corn merchants), are allowed to import, the hom e t ra de will be good for little." Sir Jottx stated that he had received a letter from a gentle man in East Lothian, containing an extract of a letter from a Norfolk corn-merchant, in which he says-- " That from the quantities of grain coming from the interior SPOLIATION OF THE GRAVE. It appears that the three wretches, whose names are said to be Giles, alias Smith, Holland, alias Hollis, and Vernon, have fez the three last months taken part of the premises of Mr. Bullivant, the dyer, on the Leen-bridge, where they have carried on a busi• ness of the most abhorrent kind during that period, in a manner and to an extent hardly conceivable. It has been remarked that Giles has been very assiduous in rendering his services at the many funerals which had taken place in the burial grounds of St. Mary's parish, and in pretended commiseration with the mourners, has learnt the nature of the diseases of which their relatives have died, and it is now discovered that all this was done with the view of as certaining such particulars respecting the deceased, as might en able him to make a selection of those best suited to his object, of transmitting them to the schools of anatomy in London. On one occasion, we are informed, he actually visited a poor woman, whose son lay dead in the house-place, and, commiserating her situation, obtained a sight of the corpse in the coffin. Hampers, containing corpses, had been sent to London by Pickford's van, until their numbers at length excited suspicion ; and Mr. White, the book-keeper, refused receiving the next that was brought, on Thursday morning last, unless the person bringing it would open and show him its contents ; this was refused, on the ground that it was necessary to obtain the permission of the owner ; but he who brought it promised to go and ask his master's consent. Mr. White, with great propriety, privately ordered a man to follow him and watch his motions. This nian, whose name is Arnold, shortly returned, stating, that the supposed master was harnessing a horde to a cart, and seemed to meditate an escape. Mr. White instantly, taking Arnold with him, repaired to the spot where Giles was preparing his horse and cart for flight ; and leaving the latter to prevent the escape of the party, went himself to Aldo► man Barber, to acquaint that magistrate with the circumstance, and to request an officer to assist him. On the arrival of Jefferies (the constable), and Mr. White, the master and mail were gone, and wholly lost sight of. The cart .and horse were both seized, and Jefferies proceeded to Messrs. Pickford's yard, to examine the hamper. Here the most disgusting sight was witnessed, for upon opening the package, the bodies of a woman and child were dis covered ; and the offenders were at once known as what are called Resurrection'men. The corpses were now removed tothe guard house ; and on Friday they were recognized as those of persona very recently interred. At this time the scene of human suffering became intense.— Mothers were wailing for the suspected loss of their husband's and children's remains, daughters for those of their parents, and fa thers, husbands, and suns, with pick-axes and spades, were seen running to the different cemeteries to satisfy their minds on a point of so much interest. It would be impossible to portray many of the really distressing scenes, as the coffins were explored and found empty. One elderly female, on being informed that the corpse of her husband was secure, seemed to doubt the assertion, and ac tually got into the grave to satisfy herself. She put her hand into the coffin, and feeling the body, uttered an exclamation of joy ; but yet so wild and hysterical, that hard indeed must have been the heart that did not feel it. Parents were seen carry ing away the empty coffins and grave-clothes of their children. One individual, who, about a month since, buried two chil dren, found, on opening the grave, the bodies were both gone ; and another person, we are told, has actually set out for London, to try to recover the body of his son. Satur day and Monday were occupied in the mournful task of opening the graves ; and the groups of people that stood round while the men were occupied in digging, presented a me lancholy spectacle. Dr. Wilkins, the vicar, was feelingly en gaged throughout the whole time, in associating himself and his feelings with every party of mourners. Not less a number than thirty-four bodies were discovered to have been removed ; and, although reports were in circulation, that some of these had been interred for several months, nay, years past, in no authenticated instance have any been missed among those who have been buried previous to the 3d of last November. The supposition therefore, that Nottingham has furnished subjects for the dissecting-room before the last two or etree months, rest upon no shadow of proof. Dr. Wilkins has not only been constantly engaged in vi siting the burial grounds, and endeavouring to mitigate the grief of all the unhappy and disconsolate groups around him ; but he has been unceasingly engaged with the local authorities in endea vouring to bring the offending parties to justice. It has also since been discovered, that the bodies, when taken, were thrown into sacks, and put over various places of the walls, many of which admit of this being done with facility. These have afterwards been packed up closely in hampers, bukets, and boxes, and sent to London : how, and by what means (peid et quontodo), the arrangements have there been made, those in Lin coln's-inn-fields can, perhaps, best tell : but we caution them against making another attempt of this nature in this town. But though we have every reason ttrbeliere that this abhorrent prac tice of stealing the dead is of recent date here, we are enabled to judge, that the transaction of such nefarious business, upon a very large scale, has been contemplated. In the first place, a ready furnished house of residence for the guilty rnisereants was hired in Maiden-lane, which adjoins one of the burial grounds, and is close to another of easy access on the south side : besides this, upon the Leen-bridge, close to Messrs. Pickford's wharf, and opposite a house of call of all the southern coaches, premises were taken of Mr. Bullivant, consisting- of a cart lodge and stable, and a very extensive building, one half of whirls is very dull, and the other, partitioned off from it, lighted by sky 7 lights : hither the bodies were brought and packed in hampers, or in boxes, which were also here fabricated upon a principle suited to the purposes of securing their contents, and admitting of their being returned for future service. These boxes, into which were compressed bodies of a size larger than could have been supposed, were very closely joined, with tops fastened down with screws; besides these, were baskets of thick workmanship, adapted to the reception of the body of a child. These hampers, boxes, and baskets, were taken, some to M essrs . Piekford's office, others to the house of call, some put u p on coac h es passing by, and many others placed in a cart, were driven to various places upon the public roads, and left to be forwarded to their destination by any suitable conveyance. New locks are ordered to be placed upon the doors of all the burial-grounds, with the exception of the church-yard, from which, upon investigation, it appears, no one body has been re moved. The vicar has also ordered the practice of burying still born children at night to be discontinued ; seeing no reason why that necessary act should not be done by day ; so that in future, no pretence will exist for any person whatever to be in the burial grounds after the close of the day. — Nottingham Journal. So destitute of what poets call rhythm did some parts of the c h oruses i n Mil ton ' s S amso n Agonistes appear to th e critical taste of Bentley, that he 'has ventured to impute their state to Milton's blindness, and suggests that some careless, or worse than careless, amanuensis, had disfigured the verses; and that many of them could not have stood as they now stand, if Milton had seen them. COURT OF CHANCERY.—Jialcratti t 7. WILLISLIT V. DUKE OF BIMITORT. (Continued from our paper of Saturday.) The ATTORBEY-GENIRAL.—The parties left Albano on de Bth of October, arrived at Florence on the 18th, and on tile _ 29th of December Mrs. Wellesley withdrew her protection from Mrs. Bligh. It was at this time that Mr. Wellesley's passion began to mount, and he became bolder and bolder. Nento fad repente turpissimus ; the men who-at first went out disguised in a cloak, would soon throw it aside, and though Mr. Wellesley did not take liberties with Mrs. Bligh before his wife at first,' he did not hesitate to do to as the connection proceeded. It was dearly proved upon the affidavits, that on the 29th of December the adultery had been committed, and that Mrs. Wellesley had dismissed Mrs. Bligh. Mr. Hoare.--No such thing is proVed upon 'affidavit. The ATTORIMY•GENERAL said, he supposed' that there wis a connno in the argument, and that Mr. Bohm Meant to ipply the law of the comma to him. He must of course be liable to' these objections—pins in weight. He might, perhaps, hate said that Mrs. Wellesley knew of the adultery; instead.Of that, the etinduct of Mr. Wellesley was so gross, that abe could no lotiger doubt of the connexion between him mid Mrs. Bligh, and - that that Piste she dismissed that lady. The Learned Counsel then adverted is the departure of Mr. Wellesley and his family from Fforillee , They arrived at Paris in May, 1824, and on their departilrefriim Florence there appeared to be no disposition on the part of Mr. Wellesley to get rid of this woman. Meara swore that Bligh set out before them, and stopped at Fontainbleati ; that Mr. Wellesley, making some excuse, set off from Floreece two or three days before his wife, and joined Mrs. 'Bligh at the former place. That Mr. Wellesley slept. two-or Clive , nights with Mrs. Bligh at the hotel de- 4ivoli before the arrival of his wife- it... Retie, and teat, d wing. * resident:4e Mr. .Welles-- ley's family in that`city, he (Meara.> used frequently to take his master's clothes to Mrs. Bligh's, where he was sleeping. Unfor 'tunately for Mr. Wellesley there was a child born to them in 1825. Now a child was, to use a legal phrase, a thing in rerun:: natura, and a stubborn fact which a man could net very well get over: A child might, it was true, be sworn to any body, but it could not be, sworn out of the way altogether ; and, if 'it had - not been fog this, he (the Attorney-General)- dared say, that Mr. Wellesley would have spoken of the child with the same truth ache had of other matters in his affidavit. His Lordship would recollect the in June, 1824, Lord and Lady Maryborough arrived in Paris, lit consequence of a letter from Mrs. Wellesley, in which she, had de dared to them that she could bear her husband's profligate ceedurt and ill treatment no longer. When Mr. Wellesley received infer ' mation of their arrival, he is stated by Dr. Bulkeley to have roared and raved so that he might have been heard in the street, in the Place de Vendome, where the Hotel de Londree, in which Mr. We llesley's family were staying, was situated. A great deal of stress had been laid upon this expression of the defendant's, which, it had been said, was a wilful exaggeration, if not alto gether a fabrication. He (the. Attorney-General) had been at the Hotel de Londres, and thought it not at all incredible that a person might be heard from any of the front rooms, in the place de Vendome. His Lordship and most of the learned friends around him, would recollect a person whom they all remembered with respect, and who had a remarkable loud voice, he meant the late Sir Thomas Plomer. On one occasion, one of the members of the House of Commons seeing another about .to leave the House, asked him " Where 'he was going?" To which be re plied, "To a neighbouring coffee-house." " Why Sir Thomas Plomer is going to speak," rejoined the first, " won't you efop and hear him?" " Hang him," said the gentleman to whom the question was put, "he speaks so loud that you might hear him in the other world." It was now time that be (the Attor ney-General) should advert to another very material part of the case; he meant Mr. Wellesley's arrival in London, and-his visit to Clarges-street. The learned counsel here went over the details of Mr. Wellesley and Mrs. Bligh's arriving in London, under assumed names, and living together in adultery in Sey mour-place. It was in evidence, that from the time they arrived in London, 29th June, 1825, up -to Wednesday, 6th July, in the same year, they slept together, and on the 7th of July, Mr. Wellesley paid the visit to his wife in Clarges-street. Upon this occasion a hackney coach served the convenient purpose of con veying Mrs. Bligh . and Mr. Wellesley to the top of Oarges-street, where Mr. W. slighted to pay, what he called in his affidavit, a re spectful visit to his wife, and left his paramour to proceed in the coach to pay a visit to her friend, Madame Vestris, in Curzon . street, May-fair,—this a respectful visit ! Now, he (the Attar , nays General) would contend that nothing could hare been mars brutal than the whole of Mr. Wellesley's conduct in this visit.— The Attorney-General then went en to review the conduct of Mr. Wellesley during this visit in Clarges-street, and observed that he returned to Calais on the 10th or s l 1 th July. The LORD• Our:m.l,oa said, he believed there was no evi dence that Mr. Wellesley, when he came to England from Calais, after this return of the 11th of July, had seen Mrs. Thigh from February to April, in 1826 ; and this Mr. Wellesley had insisted was a breaking off of the connection between Mrs. Bligh and him. It the connection was subsequently resumed, or, as it had been urged on the other side, if a new connection had been commenced, it would be a question how far that recommencement was forced upon Mr. Wellesley. The ATTORNEY..GENER A L was prepared to contend, that though there might have been intervals in, yet there was no aban donment of, the consortium; there might have been a parenthesis in the connexion, but the continuity was never actually broken.-- In alluding to Mrs. Bligh's practice of disguising herself in- Mrs. Scott's clothes, The Loan CJ ANCFLLOR interrupted the Learned Counsel, and observed, that Mr. Scott had deposed to a curious• fact in his affidavit. He had stated, that Mrs. Bligh resembled his wife as much as possible in size, and that he one night mistook Mrs. Bligh for his wife, when she was walking in the latter's clothes. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL recollected the fact, and would ob serve, if he might be allowed the expression, that Mrs. Bligh was the pseudo Mrs. Scott. The Learned Counsel here • adverted to a fact sworn to, as evidence to Mr. Wellesley's general moral habits, that he had a tenancy in common in the favours of alady, the condition being, that one of the gentlemen should be received ita the absence of the other. This was important, as it served to show the habitual abandonment of Mr. Wellesley, and his conse quent inability to exercise with due efficiency the parental rights with which he sought to be intrusted. As further evidence of the general demoralization of his mind, it was important to remark, that he boasted, in one of his letters, of his indiscriminate inter course with women. After commenting on the means by which Mr. Wellesley endeavoured to deprive his wife of her pin -money, of 11,000/. a-year, after spending the remainder of her fortune, and after she had generously thrown her pin -money into a com mon stock for their support, and which attempt was only pre vented by the influence of Lord Maryborough, the learned counsel said he would next make a few observations on Mr.' Wellesley's conduct in relation to his children. The Loan CHANCELLOX.—The Court will commence on Monday by hearing what you may have to ssy•on that subject. • His Lordship then rose. Mr. Wellesley was not in Court during the Attorney-General's speech. BODY SNATCHERS.—In landing the cargo of the Manchester steam-packet at Liverpool from Dublin, oil Monday bodySmopeernd-0h morning, n a tt elderly 3e Jan. Brunswick in 1 827 man, ap parently whßaicsihn: upwards onw box beraidng w so a fe opened, found addressed to " Mr. Thompson, 27, Percy-street, Bedford-e l q o ue re re, old, London, disclosed the the officer of the customs caused to be conveyed to the dead-house, in Chapel-street. There were no marks of violence i t abou t it, and Saturday pttb to sea at Mr. Davies, the surgeon, was of opinion that had been interred. The mate of the Manchester was examined before Mr. Alderman t he received t o h n e e bo o x f stated, f t r h o e m C t o h i e vn eo ers mp fo a r ny th .s e s b to o r r e ou in gh Lu a b n i d in,aa s p part t h e at f evening. ten o'clock on the same night, and arrived h ere on S unday. Upon this evidence, the Coroner issued directi ons f or t h e i nterment o f the body.— Comme rcial Chronicle. didt e general not kn o w cargo, ho w about t came seven to o'clock store.k on EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.--011 Thursday, the 11th instant, the thunder produced, in three mills, in the en virons of Abbeville, distant about two leagues from each ether, very extraordinary effects. Between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, a great explosion was heard. The miller of Longue villers, who was then in his mill, was found outside, prostrate, in a meadow, and deprived of his senses. The upper part of the thigh and the leg appeared to have been burnt, and the foot seemed dead. 'lhe fall must have been the more severe, as the mill is built on a peak, and some anxiety is felt for the conse quences of this accident. At Plouy Les Dungueur, the miller's son left the mill, to which he had come to bring his father's din ner. He was much astonished, when, returning, he saw his father stretched on the ground, and senseless, not having felt the shock himself. The skin on one side of the body exhibited marks of burning, front the head to the feet. The hair on the same aide was burned to the body. At Gorenflos, the miller, having expe rienced a kind of vibration, was thrown out of the mill. I n the same village, a woman, frightened by the shock of th e exp l os i on, and having advanced to a window to see if a thunderbolt had not fallen in the neighbourhood, was instantly deprived of the use of both hands.— Gazette de France. - - • .. . . No. 10,729. 2 9 2 2 2 2 6 . -cII V , •.• l', --, .::,_-',.:..._ A -- e. ~...-..,-..,..-„:._ t:, _,... ir ' - PRICE In.